The Cordova Daily Times
, V(>U’MK 1L >^TMBER 002._ CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER, 28, 1916. p'ZTT„
* SHIP HELPLESS
IN ALASKA
SEATTLE, Nov. 28. — The new
Norwegian steamer Niels Nielson, re
eently built In this city, bound for
Vladivostok, lost its rudder and is
drifting helpless seventy-five miles
from Triangle island, Alaska. The
cruiser South Dakota and revenue cut
ters Snohomish and Manning are rush
ing to the rescue.
COED IMPORTS
NEW YORK, Nov. 28. — The gold
imports since January 1 have been
$49(1,000,000, with the exchange on
Germany the low'est since the war be
gan. A German mark is now worth
only seventeen and one-eighth against
a normal twenty-four cents.
SCOUT CRUISER
• TO BE BUILT
IN SEATTLE
WASHINGTON. Nov. 28. — The Se
^ attle Construction and Drydock Com
pany has been awarded the contract
from the government to construct a
thirty-five knot scout cruiser, which
will cost $4,975,000.
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„ WICK BELIEVES
* THAT HE IS
RE-ELECTED
SEATTLE, Nov. 28. •—- Delegate
Wickersharn is here attending the
Alaska rate hearings before the In
terstate Commerce Commission. He
is keeping in touch with the election
returns from Alaska, and as he has
practically overcome Sulzer’s big lead
of a week ago, expressed confidence
in his re-election. Wickersharn will
go direct from here to Washington, to
be present at the opening session of
congress.
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NORTHWESTERN IS ON
THE WAY TO CORDOVA.
SEATTLE, Nov. 28. — The steamer
Northwestern sailed from here Sunday
for southwestern Alaska. Her Cor
dova passengers were C. E. Emory and
wife, Itoy Hegg, L. Black and one
steerage.
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f TWO AND HALF MILLIONS
’ SPENT BY REPUBLICANS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. — It is of
ficially stated that the contributions
to the Republican national campaign
were $2,500,000.
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VILLA HAS BEEN DRIVEN
TO THE MOUNTAINS.
^ JUAREZ, Nov. 28. — It Is reported
that Villa has been finally routed from
Chihuahua City, and is fleeing to the
mountains.
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I AFOLLETTE WINS BY AN
UNUSUALLY LARGE MAJORITY.
MADISON, Nov. 28 — Senator La
toilette's official majority in the state
of Wisconsin is 118,000.
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Coal from the mine at Matauuska
will be sold at Anchorage, commenc
ing July 1, according to reports re
ceived at the railroad town. Some 18
miles of track remain to be laid before
the coal can be used for commercial
purposes.
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BERLIN, Nov. 27.—It is officially announced that the
Teutons are advancing on both sides of the river Alt at Wall
achia, and have pushed back the Roumanian forces beyond the
Topelog river. The Teutons captured Alexandria, a R< uiman
ian town forty-seven miles southwest of Bucharest, The Rou
manians were retired from the Danube town of Orsova, and
Were forced further to the southeast by the Teutons, and the
Roumanian forces are now blocked by the approach of the other
Teuton armies in the rear in this section. Twenty-eight offi
cers and twelve hundred men were captured by the Teutons,
also three cannon and much war material was taken.
I’Ll ROGRAD, Nov. 27.—The retiring Roumanians are re
sisting the Teutons in western Wallachia, using natural de
fenses. 'I he Teutons have occupied positions on tin* Vede
river, between Rochi, Devede and Valeni.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. — Ambassador (I era rd yester-1
day conferred with Secretary Lansing, presumably on the sub
marine question and tin* deportation of Belgians. He also
called on President Wilson and sails for Berlin on December 5.
W ASHING! t IN, Nov. 28.—Ambassador Gerard will return
to Berlin next week, carrying the final word on the submarine
question, which emphasizes the fact that no more notes will be
conferred on Germany by Presidenf Wilson and the state de
partment.
LONDON, Nov. 28.—(treat Britain has definitely refused
to grant safe conduct to Count Tarnow, the Austrian ambassa
dor to the Cnited States.
SOFIA, Nov. 28. — The Czar lias arrived at Kiev, on his
way to the Roumanian frontier to confer with King Ferdinand,
of Roumania.
BERLIN, Nov. 28.—Woman are now rendering invaluable
aid in the administrative work of Belgium, Governor General
von Bissing having availed himself of as many female em
ployees as were obtainable.
Several hundred of them have been appointed as hygienic
instructors, as sanitary inspectors of homes and factories, and
as enforcers of the sanitary and other regulations introduced
by the German regime. The women also give special attention
to measures for combating the social evil.
At the outset it was found very difficult to discover women
trained to this kind of work. They have, however, proved them
selves extraordinarily adaptable, and have come to be what
General von Bissing describes as a humanizing link between the
Belgian population and the governing machinery.
MASQUERADE BALL TO
USHER IN NEW YEAR.
The Cordova fire department, at a
special meeting held last night, decid
ed to hold a masquerade hall at Eagle
hall on Saturday evening, December
30. The affair will be in charge of a
committee consisting of Clark Byers,
Charles Cerney, R. R. Kerwood, "Doc”
Ballard and Lewis Laska. It is un
derstood that a number of costumes
will be brought here from Seattle to
be rented to those desiring to masque.
There will also be confetti, horns and
all the accessories for the proper ush
ering in of the new year.
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WELL KNOWN ENGINEER
HEAD MINING STATION.
George Watkins Evans, a well
known mining engineer of Seattle, has
been appointed head of the United
States mining station and university
to be established at Fairbanks next
summer.
Evans is thoroughly familiar with
mining conditions in Alaska, having
spent a number of years in the ter
ritory. lie wa Balso the engineer in
charge of the party which took out the
coal from the Matanuska field for a
naval test about two years ago, and
has made a careful examination of the
Matanuska and Bering fields. During
the past summer he also mude an ex
amination of the Matanuska fields.
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LABOR UNION ISSUING
BONDS rOR NEW HALL
At a recent meeting of the Alaska
Labor Union at Anchorage it was
voted to issue bonds in the sum of
$15,000 for the purpose of raising the
funds to complete the new hall. It
is expected to cost about $25,000, of
which amount more than $7,000 has
already been donated. The bonds will
bear interest at 6 per cent.
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The A. B.’s of Juneau have formed
an indoor baseball club, and it is ex
pected that other channel towns will
follow suit, and a regular league
schedule played this winter.
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! Robert Small, a blacksmith of An
chorage, sustained a considerable loss
when his cabin back of his shop was
destroyed by fire. The fire was caused
by a defective flue.
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Plans for the reorganization of the
Petersburg fire department are under
way. The merchants of the city have
pledged monthly contributions for the
maintenance of the department.
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A new 860 horsepower boiler has
been istalled In the new heating plant
at the Perseverance mine near Ju
neau.
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The new stamp mill at the Three
In-One mine, near Valdez, is nearly
completed, and it is believed will be
ready for work by January 1.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. — Reflect
ing the interest of the country at large
are resolutions coming into Washing
ton from trade bodies, requesting fur
ther action by the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States on the rail
road situation.
The Railway Business Association
favors an investigation upon correc
tion of defects in the system of rail
way regulation. They advocate espec
ially that the national government
should on behalf of the states regu
late instrumentalities of Interstate
commerce except in those spheres
which are distinctively state, Also
that congress, in order to keep regu
lation close to the people, should cre
ate regional sub-commissions, appoint
ed by the president and subordinate to
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
to conduct administration over areas
corresponding to traffic movement.
Finally, it is recommended that con
gress, having chosen to leave to pri
vate capital the function of providing
the people with rail highways, should
insure reasonable extensions of such
highways into new regions as well as
the improvement of existing roads by
declaring it by statute the policy of
the government to permit such a sys
tem of rates as will yield earnings suf
ficient to attract investment for new
construction.
The Merchants' Association of New
York has sent to other commercial or
ganizations throughout the country
copies of the pamphlet containing the
resolutions adopted by the Associa
tion in support of the plan for prevent
ing the interruption by strikes, of the
operation of public utilities, together
I with an outline by Henry It. Tnwne,'
of New York, telling how the plan
might be carried into effect.
Briefly, it provides for the enforce
ment of a contractual relation between
employers and employees on public
utilities. It is suggested not so much
as a final solution of this important
question, although the Merchants' As
sociation hopes it may prove to be
such a solution, but as a means of
bringing the matter forward for dis
cussion. The Association has asked
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States to submit the question
to its constituent members in the form
of a referendum in order that the sen
timent of the business men of the
country may be ascertained. It has
also asked other organizations to join
in requesting such a referendum.
Typical of the manner In which com
mercial organizations all over the
country are discussing the railroad
situation at the present time is the
expression of Charles F. Weed, presi
dent of the Boston Chamber of Com
merce. He said:
“Strike sand lockouts must cease.
It is my hope that the Boston Cham
ber of Commerce may assume the
leadership in proposing and securing
legislation which will sound the death
knell of strikes and lockouts in public
service corporations in Massachusetts.
It should also do its part toward se
curing national legislation to the same
end with regard to public service cor
porations engaged in interstate com
merce.”
Early indications are that the Na
tional Council meeting in Washington
will be largely attended.
ROADHOUSE ON TRAIL
DESTROYED BY FIRE
The roadhouse at Birch lake, twelve
miles this side of Richardson, was
wholly destroyed by fire on Wednes
day. This stopping place on the
government road, which was owned by
Harry Simmons and James f’hisholm,
is said to have been one of the most
beautifuully located and picturesque
bv travelers. The site is an extreme
ly fertile one, and the proprietors
always had one of the finest gardens
in the country. The owners lost
everything in the flames, and made
their way to Richardson. The fire
originated from an overheated kitchen
stove.
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GOVERNMENT TUG CARRIES
VALUABLE CARGO BOOZE.
The tug Roscoe, belonging to the
Alaska engineering commission, has
left Anchorage for Seward. The Hos
coe will take to Seward the 3tock
of liquors seized by the IT. S. deputy
marshals at Point Possession last
summer, which was shipped under
false labels, and which, it is believed
was about to be smuggled Into An
chorage. The cargo consists of 3820 (
bottles of whisky and 814 bottles of
beer, and will be taken to Seward,
where it is to be dis[>osed of at pub
lie auction on December 15.
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ANOTHER HOSE STATION
BE ESTABLISHED ON HILL.
The city has received 500 feet of
new hose for the fire department, and
Thief Dooley is arranging to place the j
old hose on Fourth street, to protect j (
the thirty-two cottages on the hill He
will also organize an auxiliary night
company to look after the apparatus
at the new hose house.
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THIRTY ARRESTS FOR i
GAMBLING AT ANCHORAGE. I
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Advices received from Anchorage i
state that thirty arrests have been (
made there within the past few days <
for gambling. Four of the prisoners
have plead guilty to the charge and ^
paid fines. The remainder have elect
ed to stand trial.
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The clerk of the district court at ,
Nome turned over to the city $l,&9i).86
saloon licenses recently. This was
the amount received for September li
censes.
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Miss Juanita Anderson, formerly a
school teacher at Seldovia, has leased
the Herbert building at that place and
opened a general merchandise store
at that place.
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Two Fairbanks couples, Mr. and
Mrs. Tobias Fleischman and Mr. and
Mrs. Harry I). Marsh, celebrated their
silver weddings in Harmonie Hall re
cently. They were the recipients of
many handsome presents.
WIRELESS STATION HANDLING
MESSAGES DURING BREAK.
The cableship Burnside was sche
duled to leave Seattle today to repair
the break in the Alaska cable, which is
somewhere between Sitka and Valdez.
In (he meantime an efficient service
is being maintained by wireless and
on account of the increased volume of
business at the navy radio station,
Whltshed, Captain Nolan, of the Signal
Service, has detailed three men to as
sist the operators. They are John J.
Motuka, Bill Mooney and It. Rlmquist,
who arrived in Cordova this morning
on the steamer Alameda from Valdez.
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Henry Hart, a Juneau carpenter, was
recently found insane by a jury in the
commissioner's court in that city. He
is suffering from religious mania, and
will be sent to Morningslde.
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Cornelius Jacobsen, a fisherman on
the schooner Mira, slipped and fell
on the sidewalk at Petersburg, fractur
ing his left leg below the knee and dis
locatong his left ankle.
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Mrs. 1. A. Gilman, teacher of the
Douglas native school, has caused the
arrest of Mrs. Weaver, a native wo
{ man, on the charge of not sending her
i son to school, to make a test of the
compulsory education law.
VENUSTIANO CARRANZA.
President Mexican government,
whose forces have driven the Yillfstas
from Chihuahua City to the mountains
and are in full possession of that for
tified city. Just what move the ban
dits will next make is problematic,
but it is believed that they will soon
tie heard from again.
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Daily Times office.
BERLIN, Nov. 28. — l^ocal author!
lies in various towns and cities havinj
failed to enforce certain arbitrar;
changes in language, to the end tha
all words of foreign origin might hi
weeded out, the minister of the inter
ior has taken a hand in the matter
In a communication to all the presi
dents of individual governments h<
urges that they give up the effort t<
weed out foreign words by compulsion
and that rather they work along lines
of common sense, leaving such words
as are almost impossible of replace
ment or translation into German and
urging the acceptance of other words
that may take the place or foreign
words meaninglessh adopted.
COLOGNE FEEDS
HALF OF IIS
POPULATION
( OLOGNE, Nov. 27. — The munfci
pality of Cologne is today the biggest
restaurateur in the world. It feeds.
»ix days a week, nearly half of its
population of about 700,000 persons al
the astonishing price of two marks
(fifty cents) a week for six square
meals. It supplies the food from a
kitchen that has cost millions to con
struct, and delivers it by means oi
hundreds of teams and automobiles in
Jtensils that alone represent an in
vestment of thousands.
To do this it has to employ all in
ill several thousand people, whereby
t also does good because it thus give.'
sm ploy men t to people who need it
t invests, weekly and monthly, thou
lauds of marks and manages to break
'bout even on the investment.
MANY PASSENGERS LEAVE
FOR STATES ON ALAMEDA
The steamer Alameda arrived from
he westward about 2 o’clock this
norning and sailed for Seattle at 11
) clock with the following passengers
rom Cordova: Sirs. E. Calmer, Mrs.
>\ Meyers, W. \V. McKenna, A. Mai
nedal, Isaac Dutton. It. T. Smith, J.
larripgton and wife, M. A. Hickey. C.
'lark, Mrs. I). Kobinson, Mrs. \V. \V.
lark, Mrs. F. Carroll, C. Lawson, M
i. Elmore, J. J. Hlake and wife, Mrs.
1. S. Itizor, Mrs. Dee Davis, H R. Ol
ten and wife, Miss Stergmann and
Hiss Duffy, for Seattle; O. R. Hart,
d R. Fleming, Mrs. Foote and Miss
•'oote, for Juneau.
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NERE 25 DAYS ON TRAIL FROM
IDITAROD TO SEWARD.
Henry Riley, Charles Ross, Angus
dcKenzie, Harry Johnson, Jim Kepler,
foe l,oranzo, Chester Brink and Harry
'unningham, of Iditarod, and Hans
Crick son, of lnnoko, formed a party
if Interior mining and business men
vho were passengers on the Alameda
or the states, it took them twenty
ive days to make the trip from Idita
od to Seward. Seven feet of suow
ell on the trait, and as the weather
noderated immediately afterward it
vas almost impossible, for several
lays, to make any headway with their
og teams,
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(ENNECOTT COPPER COMPANY
HAS NEW SET DIRECTORS.
At the annual meeting of the Ken
lecott Copper Corporation held recent
y Elliot C. Bacon and 8. VV. Eccles
'©signed as directors. John M. Steel
-esigned as a director of the exeou
lve committee.
To fill these vacancies Wm. t\ cot
ter was elected as a director and a
member of the executive, and H. F.
Juggenheim and E. A. Guggenheim
were elected directors. Wm. C. Pot
ter was also elected as chairman of
the board.
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Aaron Erickson, the game warden
for the Seward district, was recently
wedded at Seward to Miss Mary Scott
if Anchorage. They will reside in
Anchorage.
: LOCAL JOTTINGS
ABOUT PEOPLE
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F. B. Tracy and wife, of Anchorage,
are spending a couple of days In town.
Attorney It. E. Capers returned this
. morning from a business tiip to
Valdez.
Will Frame, of the Frame Auto
j Stage line, came down from Chitina
on the last train.
Judging fro, , the number of tickets
i already sold the benefit ball to be
given by the Cordova band. Thursday
night, will be largely attended.
The Cordova barbers have agreed to
close their shops on Thanksgiving day
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon.
Mark Fleming left on the Alameda
today for Juneau, and from there will
go to Seattle to spend the holidays.
t harles Fowlkes and his mother,
Mrs. Ksson, of Valdez, wrere outgoing
passengers to the states on the steam
er Alameda.
• 'apt Frederick Mears, of the Alas- ‘
I ka engineering commission, greeted
Cordova friends today. He is on his
way to the states on official business.
The fire drill last night was respon
; ded to promptly by the local depart
ment, thus demonstrating its effi
ciency in case of need.
Mrs. Arthur Pinkus, of Valdez, was
a passenger on the Alameda for Port
land, where she will spend the win*
ter to recuperate her health.
Among the prominent Valdezites
who were passengers on the Alameda
tor the states were Mrs. F. M Brown
and daughter, Mrs. I.. I„ Middlecamp.
and Miss Blanche Fogg.
Jack Chisholm, representing the
West Coast Grocery Company of Ta
coma, who has had his headquarters
it Anchorage during the past summer,
was in town today on his wav to the
states.
Captain K. Hanson, formerly master
of the steamer Santa Ana, is making
the trip on the Alameda as pilot. The
Santa Ana broke her shaft while
southbound recently in southeastern
Alaska waters.
H A. Sprague is in town from the
Pinnacle Rock Canning Company’s
plant and he reports that their new
clam plant is about completed, and
within a couple of weeks will begin
putting up dams for the market.
.mis. j. toner, or tmcinnau,
Ohio, makes inquiry regarding her son,
supposed to be in Alaska for the past
three years. His name is Harry Col
ter, 6 feet 4 inches tall, lame in leg.
Any information kindly inform Rev. E.
P. Ziegler.
The young people and those who
feel young are in\ i I'd to meet at the
Loyola Club rooms this evening to
take the necessary action i.i the for
mation of a social organization which
will have for its object the entertain
ment in different forms of the mem
bers of the new club to be. You are
respectfully requested to be present.
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WESTERN RATES EFFECTIVE
ON GOVERNMENT RAILROAD.
Copies of the western classification
rules for the handling of freight and
fixing of rates have been distributed
to the officials of the government rail
road. with instructions from the sec
retary of the interior to operate the
road under this schedule. The rates
are established by the Interstate Com
merce Commission for all lines in the
W cot.
It Is under these rules that rates for
short hauls out of Anchorage were
doubled recently.
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CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM
CLAYSONS BIG STORE.
Will Clay son has many holiday sug
gestions to make to the people of Cor
dova and the Copper river valley in
a new half page ad, which appears In
this Issue, and should be read by all
seekers of Christmas gifts.