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VOLUME III, NUMBER~210 CORDOVA,TlASKA, TUES DAY. MARCH!!), foig, “ PRICK TEN CENTS
INVITES NEWSPAPER MEN TO BIG SHOW
ABOARD SECRETARY BAKERS
TRAIN IN FRANCE, March. 19 — Sec
retary Baker, in an address to Ameri
can army officers, said that while we
were busy at home with industrial
preparations and training, our hearts
are transplanted to France. “My
visit,” he said, “has brought to me a
great uplift in spirit. As a boy takes
his watch apart, I have been taking
the army apart to understand its
functions.”
DUTCH ILL SET
FDR TUMPS
THE HAGUE, March 19.—Holland
has accepted with conditions the,
Anglo-American demand that Dutch
ships be given over to the allies in
return for wheat.
The Netherlands government thinks
the allies should allow neither troops
nor war munitions to be carried on
the Dutch ships. Vessels destroyed
are to be replaced after the war.
Premier Louden said that Germany’s
inability fo furnish wheat to Holland
had forced her to accept the terms of
the allies in order to get wheat.
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WASHINGTON, March 19.—The
senate postoffice sub-committee has
recommended a flat pay increase of 15
per cent for all postal employes, in
cluding aU grades and classes.
It is expected that the full commit
tee will concur in the recommenda
tions.
fiAYLIGHT:ill
SIGNED By PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, March 19.—Presi
dent Wilson today signed the “day
light-saving” bill.
KAISER WANTS PUBLICITY FOR COMING BIG OFFENSIVE
LONDON, March 19.—German army heads have invited a
number of newspaper correspondents from neutral countries to
be present and witness the coming great German offensive
movement. The Copenhagen correspondents leave for the front
Wednesday.
ALLIED OBSERVERS ARE SKEPTICAL
W ASHINGTON, March 19.—Military observers believe
that Germany’s constant massing of men on the western front
is for defense purposes, and that the long-heralded Teutonic
offensive never will materialize unless as a defensive measure
j against the growing pressure of the allied and American lines.
GERMANS REPULSED BY BELGIANS
PARIS, March 19.—An official bulletin says that there has
><‘< n heavy artlilery fighting on the Verdun front. Several
'even* struggle took place on the Belgian front before the Ger
mans were expelled from the trenches where they had gained
footing.
AMERICANS DESTROY GERMAN BATTERY
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, March 19.
-American artillery in the Luneville sector has blown up aj
German battery of mine-throwers which several days ago ob
;amed a direct hit in a dug-out containing a number of Ameri-■
ans. High explosives ended the battery’s existence.
At a meeting of the city council held
last night many matters of local in
terest were considered, most import
ant among which was the report to
the effect that the sewer system and
street grades laid out by J. D. Dunlap
at an expense of approximately $1,000
to the city were anything but satis
1 factory and the work will have to be
done over. The chairman of the street
committee was authorized to employ
an engineer to have the work prop
erly done.
Part of the material is on the
ground for the erection of a float at
the city dock and Dr. Council was in
structed to have this improvement,
■which will cost over $600, completed
ps soon as possible.
John Rawson presented a petition
for the placing of seven candidates
lor councilmen on the official ballot
at the municipal election, but as a
city ordinance provides that till peti
tions must be filed fifteen days previ
ous to the date of the election, the re
quest was not granted.
The bond of the school treasurer
was raised to $5,000, and Thos. S,
Scott presented a bond in that sum
which was approved.
A resolution was adopted instruct
! ing the city clerk to put the steam
! heating franchise on the ballot at the
election on April 2.
An ordinance providing for the ap
pointment of judges and clerks for the
primary election to be held Anril :!(]
was approved.
FATAL ACCIDENT IT
MIAMI, Fla., March 19.—An unfin
ished hangar r.t Dinnerney naval sta
! tion, near here, collapsed during a
: storm, killing two men and injuring
I thirty-three others.
SAWMILL AT WRANGELL
DESTROYED BY FLAMES
WRANGELL, Alaska, March 19.—The sawmill, planing
mill and box factory of the Willson ck Sylvester Mill Company
of this place, which has been working on a lari*e order of air
plane spruce for the United States government, was totally de
stroyed by fire yesterday.
Three million feet of lumber on hand was saved. The plant,
which was built thirty years a^o, was partially insured in the
sum of $20,000. A hot box caused the fire.
Prior to the war the concern specialized in cannery sup
plies, and had a capacity of 30,000 feet daily.
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AVIATORS OF ALLIES
CAUSE MUCH DAMAGE
LONDON, March 19.—An official bulletin says that Brit
ish airplanes destroyed five German planes between Thursday
and Sunday last, and that five others were brought down. Two
neiuy observers were killed. All the British machines re- ,
turned.
GERMANS PAID IN OWN COIN
LONDON, March It).—Neutral travelers from Germany
! -ay that allied airmen killed fifty persons and did great mn
i terial damage when they bomlied Ooblentz, Germany, ogl
March 12. A t X/**'
SKEPTICISM GIVES PLACE TO FEAR
A Ooblentz traveler said th people believed the raiders
[were Americans, and he s«v,:Mng--thing about it wasI
,*hat while there has been in evidence general skepticism as to!
whether American airplanes would come, there was equal fear!
j of them when they do come.
I. W. W~ AGITATORS ARE !
MEETING WITH MISFORTUNE
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SI. MARIES, Idaho, March 19.—As the first st«*j> in what'
the state adjutant general announced would be a general round-1
up ot the Industrial \\ orkers ot the World in Northern Idaho,
fifty supposed members of the organization have been arrested
'at Fermvood, a lumber town near here, by the state guards.
’.Ten have been held pending further inquiry, and the others
I were released upon signing the oath of allegiance to the United j
States government.
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HE IS GOING YET
YAKIMA, Wash., March 19.—A mob at midnight last
i night tarred and feather James Meyers, secretary of the Indus
j11 ia 1 Workers ot the World. Myers’ present whereabouts arei
! unknown, but it is believed he kept on goim»
FORCED GERMAN TREATIES
WILL NOT BE RECOGNIZED
DATELESS.—The supreme war council has decided not
O recognize German-made peace treaties forced on the Russian
jand Rumanian peoples. A manifesto issued by the council de
nounces the German policy of plundering those countries, and
jsays that the allies mean to continue fighting to end this ag
| ' cession. The people of the allied nations, says the communica
tion, may place their trust in the allied armies.
INSIGNIFICANT FORCE EMPLOYED
i IN CAPTURE OF IMPORTANT CITY
i -J E 1 BOGItAD, March Id. -Four regiments of German
I troops only were engaged in the taking of ( hlessa, which capita
I l.ited without a tight, the Teutons took enormous quantities ]
j°f war material and other booty. Before retreating the Bus <
; inns made a feeble effort to burn the city, but the quick arrival
i of the Teutons frustrated their plans i
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WAR SAVINGS
WASHINGTON, March 19.—Mia-j
souri, with a total of $9,015,880, leads
he country in the sale of war-savings
stamps.
Alaska’s totals are not given in the
ist of states.
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fbii pisptciffi'j atm
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Friends of Hob Scott, the well
known prospector of Valdez, fear that
some accident may have befallen him,
or that he has been cast away at some
point down the sound. Mr. Scott left
Valdez about January first for Galena
Bay, where he intended to run a trap
line the balance of the winter. He
never showed up at his destination,
nor has any word been received of
his whereabouts by his friends.
Late in December Mr. Scott repaired
a small boat on the beach, near the
Prospector office, and after laying in
a stock of supplies sailed for his pro
posed camp down the sound. Since
that titne no one has seen or heard of
him.
The Indians at Galena Bay report
that he has not come in there and
boatmen plying the sound say that
they hav ebeen unable to find any
trace of him in any bay or inlet navi
gated by them.
While passing Freeniantle a few
days ago, Capt. Jack Reiter states that
lie saw the hull of a boat cast up on
the point which might be .Scott’s boat.
A heavy sea was running making it
extremely dangerous to attempt to
land mi the lee shore, and investiga
tion was delayed until another time.
The hull was covered with snow and
ice and its identity could not be ascer
tained.
Mr Scott is well known in the city
md has many warm friends here who
ire anxious to get news of him.—Val
lez Miner.
SLUED NATIONS
LEAVING RUSSIA
TOKIO, March 19.—American Am
bassador Francis, together with the
British and French diplomats, were
expected to arrive at Seoul yesterday
from Russia. They are reported te
be en route to Japan.
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IN DISREPUTE
WASHINGTON, March 19.—The de
partment of justice has forbidde- ...
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distribution of the posthuni
1 jiU' mys
tery book of the late "Pf^^ RUMeU_
The book describes _ ... ..
< patriotism as a
certain delusion^ a,jd a narrow.minded
hatred of ^thef8 pcoples;.
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ISSISTK IS DINTED '
mmTHummst
Miss Geneivive Grant of Seattle hag
been appointed representative of the
queens of Belgium and Rumania for
the Aide Civil et Militarie Beige, whicn
organization keeps hospitals, orphau
ages, maternity homes, etc., in unin
vaded Belgium. The queen of Bel
gium, who is practically a physician
herself, personally does a great deai
and turned to American for all poss
ible help as this is all for the relief of
the refugees and those who are com
ing from behind the lines as the coun
try is reconquered.
There is not a thing left in these
countries—even to a pin, string, or
button—everything must be started
from the beginning, therefore we must
make the most of what we have and
not waste a thing that is possible to
save or use—what may seem of little
or no value to us, will be a blessing
untold to the ‘war-stricken people.
We in no way suffer from any self
denial we may make, yet the comfort
and care given to these refugees can
never be fully expressed.
Miss Grant has written to .Mrs. E.
L. Harwood asking most urgently that
the ladies of Cordova keep gathering
together partly worn garments of all
diseriptions, shoes and stockings of
men, women and children—all such
us cun be made over to good advant
age.
The only stipulation made is that
all garments be clean. If unable to
deliver, kindly notify Mrs. Harwood,
phone 20, who will send a Boy Scout
for the bundle.
SNOW PLOW TURNS TURTLE
AND MEN LOSE LIVES
NKA(I\\ A\ , March 19.—A rotary snow plow on the White
hiss & Yukon railroad turned turtle at McCrea spur, north of
lore, yesterday, and Janies Collinson, the pilot, was killed and
Engineer K. J. Barry was probably fatally scalded. Two others
“scaped by jumping.
The rotary was clearing the track to the Pueblo copper
nines, in order to enable them to ship ore to Tacoma.
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