The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME ONE. NUMBER 208. _CORDOVA, ALASKA TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1915. PRICE TEN CENTS
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PASSED UP
Tiie local Chamber of Commerce
does not propose to have Cordova en
tirely passed up by the government in
the investigation of harbor facilities
for terminal purposes, if it can help
help it. And with that end in view a
telegram was today sent to Secretary
of Interior Lane requesting that he
instruct Lewis E. Smoot, his personal
representative now in Alaska, who has
this work in charge, to visit Prince
William Sound and Cordova bay.
fhen Mr. Smoot was in town the
r day he remarked that if he had
the time he would visit Cordova later
and look Into our harbor conditions.
The fact that he spent ten hours here
and made no attempt to acquaint him
self with the superior advantages of
the local harbor, and seemed to have
already formed some opinions as to
conditions along this coast, although
this is his first trip to Alaska, did
not look good to the local commercial
body.
Mr. Smoot spent all of his time while
here in visiting the glaciers and the
Times representative was unable to in-1
terview him, but it is known that hej
expressed himself freely as to thej
harbors of Southwestern Alaska, none!
of which he is familiar with, excepting
through the information he has glean
ed from some charts, which he had
with him. If his investigations are to
be of any value to Secretary Lane they
should be thorough and the informa
tion gathered authentic.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 10—Twenty mil
lion dollars in gold is now in transit
across the Atlantic consigned to the
banking house of J. P. Morgan & Co.
The gold will be shipped to Halifax
and brought to this city by tram.
This huge shipment of gold, is an In
stallment on the payment of the large
war orders that the allies have placed
in .America.
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jfl^BERLIN, Aug. 10—The British
■'diary cruiser India, 7900 tons was
torpedoed and sunk off the coast of
Sweden today. Only eigthy of the
the crew were saved. One torpedo
from a German submarine was all that
was needed to send the ship to the
bottom.
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Up to the hour of going to press
^Jothing had been heard from the
steamer Watson, but she should reach
here tomorrow afternoon.
WARSHIP ORDERED THERE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10—Comman
der McNamee, the senior American
naval officer at Vera Cruz, has wired
the Navy Department asking it to send
additional ships at once to that port
as he feared that an outbreak against
the foreign residents was likely tc
occur at any moment. The excite
ment caused among the Carranza fol
lower over the receipt of the
news of the joint action to be
taken by the United States and the
South American republics against
Mexico, is inflaming the people against
all foreigners, especially Americans,
and the possibility of violence is im
minent. McNamee asked that the
battleship squadron be sent to Vera
Cruz at once. In various places
throughout the city, speakers are at
tempting to excite the populace
against the United States, and vitrio
lic, inflamed addresses are befng made
calculated to excite the mob fever of
the people. The battleship New
Hampshire, now at Newport, R. I.,
has been ordered to get ready to go
south at once. The Connecticut is
now in Hayti, and is the most avail
able vessel to send to the scene of the
trouble. The gunboat Sacramento Is
the only American warship now at
Vera Cruz.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10—The Gov
ernment has decided to send but one
warship to Vera Cruz in response to
the request of Commander McNamee
for further ships there to protect fore
ign residents. The warships will re
lieve the ship now there which is to
be used to take away the Brazilian
and Guatemalean ministers who have
been ordered out of the country by
Carranza. The cabinet will meet Fri
day for the express purpose of consid
ering the Mexican situation, and it is
likely that the question of sending
further ships to Mexico will be con
considered at. that time. The out
look at present does not warrant undue
exciting the Mexicans by having too
large a squadron in Vera Cruz harbor.
That ships will be in reach in case of
urgent necessity goes without speak
ing.
CORNISH, Aug. 10—President Wil
son is still here and will not leave until
the day after tomorrow. His plans
contemplate attending a cabinet meet
ing in Washington next Friday, at
which the Mexican question will be
considerered, the government at last
being ready to proceed to settle that
problem. In the meantime, all hap
penings in Mexico are being tele
graphed to the President so that he is
fully informed of all developments.
The Vera Cruz situation is being per
sonally handled by Wilson, and today
he asked for additional information
on the situation there. On receipt of
McNamee’s telegram for assitance, the
president immediately went into con
ference with his secretary and It Is
felt that the government will take
some action to protect the foreigners
there at once. The decision of the pres
ident on the matter will be announced
in a few hours.
EL PASO, Aug. 10—General Scott,
commander in chief of the United
States troops along the Mexican bord
er crossed into Mexico today and held
a conference with General Villa, the
leader of the northern faction of war
ring Mexicans. On his return Scott
said that Villa assured him the pro
posed meeting of mining men In Mexi
co had been postponed Indefinitely.
Villa also assured the American that
the merchandize of the foreign mer
chants which was seized by Villa In
Chihuahua last week would all be re
stored to Its rightful owners.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10—While
Lansing refuses to give out any details
of the agreement reached by the Pan
American conference as to the proper
method of dealing with the situation
in Mexico, it is believed that the plan'
as agreed upon by the conferees con
templates forceful action unless Car
ranza yields to the preliminary pro
posal of of the meeting. The army
and navy of all the countries con
cerned are preparing to assist in the
enforcement of the demands of the
conference, and they will be ready for
any eventualities although the military
will only be used as a last resort.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10—Secreary
of State Robert Lansing admitted to
the press representatives today that
the conference recently held by him
with diplomats from the six leading
South American countries, had result
ed in the framing and acceptance by
all the conferees of a very definite
plan of action in regard to Mexico.
The Secretary said that the period
of watchful waiting was over, and that
from now on active measures would
be taken to restore order in Mexico.
Lansing refused to give the details of
the plan agreed upon, saying that it
might interfere with the successful
operation of the plan If the intention
of the conferres became known.
BROWNSVILLE, Aug. 10—United
States cavalrymen and Mexican band
its engaged today In a fight along the
Mexican border. The skirmish, for
that was all it amounted to occurred
near Mercedes, Texas. One Mexican
was killed, and none of the Americans
wefie injured. The frequent recur
rence of these clashes has led to the
re-enforcement of the border patrols.
KRUPP’S OFFER TO ROUMANIA
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
ATHENS, Aug. 10—The allied land and naval forces have
been attacking the Turkish positions on the Dard'enelles vig
orously for the past two days, the fighting being the equal in
severity of any that has yet occurred on the Gallipoli peninsula.
The French and British troops are making appreciable pro
gress. They still retain control of the crest of the ridge, dom
inating the Turkish positions, which was captured last week.
It is believed that the allies fearing an effort on the part of
Germany to sweep through Serbia and thus open a lane to re
lieve the pressure to inflict crushing defeats upon the enemy in
this region. If the Turks can be driven from the Gallipoli
trenches before relief reaches them, it may be the turning point
of the war. Indications are continually increasing to show that
the east will yet settle the war.
Bl CHAREST, Aug. 10—It is reported here that the Ger
man government is using every endeavor both by bringing pres
sure on the Roumaina government and by extending induce
ments to them, to allow the passage of munitions of war from
Austria and Germang into Turkey, over Roumaina territory.
The latest attempt made was accompanied by an offer from the
Krupp Company to the Roumanian government of thirty-six
batteries of artillery, plenty of amunition for the guns, and two
million pounds of barbed wire provided they would give safe
passage to shipments of war supplies to Turkey. When tlier
offer became known the British minister intervened and' through
his urging, the government refused to accept the donation of
the Ivrupps, and would not allow the munitions to be transport
ed across Roumania.
LONDON, Aug. 10—Fighting in the Baltic provinces is
still going on, and the Russians are far from being crushed.
In the vicinity of Riga, which late reports indicate may not
yet have been captured by the Teutons, the German advance
has been checked, and the calvalry of Von Buelow met with a
severe defeat. In conjunction with the land movement toward
Riga, a large German fleet attempted to seize the Gulf of Riga,
but were met at the entrance by the Russian battleships squa
dron, and flotilla of submarines and torpedo boats, and were
driven back with hevay losses. The damage to the German
fleet has not been ascertained, no detail of the naval fight having
been received so far.
LONDON, Aug. 10—The fighting along the western line is
again attracting the attention of the military observers, as it is
operations by the allies, are about to take place in that theatre
of the war. Yesterday after directing a withering artillery fire
on the trenches around the Belgian village of Hooge, which the
Biitish lost to the Germans on July 30, the English charged
the Germans at the point of the bayonet, tuid succeeded in re
taking all their lost positions. In addition to the taking
possession of their former position, the British continued their
charge, the men rushing forward with wonderful disregard of
the danger, taking many prisoners and some machine guns.
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LONDON, Aug. 10—Austria is massing troops along the
Serbian border, and it is evident that they intend to renew their
unsuccessful campaign. The purpose of the move at this time,
is not so much to crush Serbia, as to find an avenue for the
transportation of war supplies to Turkey, where the troops
defending the Dardanelles are finding flu* munition problem the
most difficult one they have to deal with.
LONDON, Aug. 10—The leading British newspapers give
much of their space today to discussing the peace overtures
which Germany made to Russia after the evacuation of War
saw. The comments of the press are generally in a sarcastic
tone, and frank unbelief is expressed at the credulity of the
Teutons in thinking that the tie which binds the allies is so
weak that Russia could be induced to yield on such terms as
Berlin offered'. The British papers all assert, irrespective of
political belief that there can be no peace until the allies are
victorious and until the Germans have been driven back on
their own soil, defeated and crushed, and Belgium restored to
its people. England would fight to the end for these things
even tho deserted by Russia and France, and no doubt is ex
pressed about the security of the influences which bind' the three*
nations together. It is generally believed that Germany would
be willing to couelude peace as matters stand', but the allies re
ject the suggestion.
CROSS GREAT
BERKELEY, Aug. 10—George Fitch,
the author died here today. The
death of Fitch was a shock to his
friends and relatives and was entirely
unexpected. The physicians pro
nounced the cause of the death to be
heart failure. Fitch was one of the
best of living American humorists,
and his writings obtained large sale
throught the country.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 10—Charles
Heber Clark, the American humorist
writer died here today. Clark wrote
under the pseudonym of Max Adler,
and his best known works are out of
the Hurly Burly, Elbow Room, The
Fortunate Island and Captain Bluitt.
Clark has been ill for some time and
his death was expected. He was
seventy-four years old.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10—The remains
of General Tracey, who died last Fri
day, were buried yesterday with mili
tary honors, the funeral being largely
attended.
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SEATTLE. Aug. 10—J. E. Chilberg,
one of Seattle's foremost banking offi
cials, returned from Alaska yesterday
from an incestigating trip of a mine
in the Stikine river district. Mr.
Chilberg said that the biggest zone of
lead, silver and copper ever found in
any country exists in the district
which he has just visited. He made
a careful examination of the ground,
looking over several properties which
have been staked and partially devel
oped, and says that the entire section
is mineralized to a high degree, and
that millions in metallaiferous weatth
will be taken out of there. This rich
section lies about forty miles below
Telegraph Creek, and extends to Lynn
Canal.
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LONDON, Aug. 10—A ueet of Zep
pelins flew over the east coast of
England last night and dropped many
bombs both explosive and incendiary.
The damage done to property by the
air raid has not been fully ascertained.
The Germans succeeded in killing nine
women nad four children and one man.
The wounded totaled seven women,
five men and two children.
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A meeting of the Cordova Are de
partment will be held at the Are hail
on Thursday evening. All members
are requested to attend.
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