The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 360. CORDOVA, AI.ASK1* FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, 1916. PRICE TEN CENTS.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. — It was
officially announced late this after
noon that Secretary of War Garrison
vhad resigned from the cabinet. It is
■^flnderstood that the resignation has
been accepted. The resignation came
as a bombshell to the public, which
had no intimation that there was any
disagreement or trouble in the Pre
sident’s official family. No reason for
the resignation has been made public,
nothing but the bare fact of the resig
nation being given to the newspaper
men.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 10. — A private!
dispatch, received from Bermuda to— |
day, the name of the author being
withheld, claims that the German
. commerce destroyer Roon, the cap
f ^lurer of the Appam, has been taken
’ by British armored cruisers. One of
the British cruisers mentioned is the
Drake, and the report says that the
Roon fought for three hours before
surrendering. The battle' occurred
two hundred miles east northeast of
Bermuda. Two merchantmen, flying
the German flag, had been previously
. captured by the British cruisers, one
¥ of them being armed.
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AMSTERDAM, Feb. 10. — The to
tal Prussian losses to date, taken from
the official German lists has reached
the sum of 2,377,000 men. in addition
to these, in order to get the full Ger
man losses the Wurtemberg. Saxon
and Bavarian lists must be counted.
Each of these kingdoms has suffered
heavily in the war, the Bavarians in
particular, having had many of their |
regiments decimated. Tills total does j
not include the naval losses, nor thoseJ
Germans who have been killed while
fighting with the Turks oh the Galli
poli peninsula, in Caucasia and in
Mesopotamia.
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SOFIA, Fob. 10. — The government
- organ published a leading article ves
1 terday. asserting that Bulgaria had
the right to invade Greece for the pur
pose of attacking the French and Brit
ish troops now there. The journal {
declares that Bulgaria is not respon
sible for the fact that the allies have1
already violated the neutrality of
Greece. The article is taken as an in
dication that the long expected com
bined Teuton and Bulgarian offensive
t against the allies along the frontier (
P from Monnstir to Doiran is about to
commence.
SNOW FAST DISAPPEARING
IN SEATTI.E
SEATTLE, Feb. 10. — The heavy
fall of snow which fell here last week
is fast disappearing. Already in many
places throughout the city the ground
Is bare, and the warm weather is
gradually driving it all away. Busi
ness has been fully resumed In Seattle,
all the street cars running on their
regular schedules. The schools have
been reopened. The snow in the
mountains is also melting, and so far
there has been no floods or washouts.
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PARIS, Feb 10. — Premier Briand
left here today on a mission to Rome,
where he will consult with the Italian
cabinet and endavor to make arrnnge
wits with Italy for closer co-operation
of the resources of the two countries i
in the prosecution of the war. Briand ]
has plans which entail for their suc
cess, tlie full collaboration of Italy and
her forces with France, Rngland and
Russia, and it has been felt that a per
sonal presentation of these by Briand
would largely influence the Italian
cabinet to their adoption.
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BERLIN, Feb. 10. — The war office
ssued an official bulletin today an
aouncitig that the Germans had can
lured a large section of a trench
northwest of Vimy. This is in the1
Artois district, which has been the
icene of much severe fighting of late ;
with the French and Germans in a I
deadly struggle for eacli other's!
trenches, both sides having made
gains, only to lose them again. The
Teutons have now fairmly established !
themselves in the captured positions.)
md have consolidated the new J
trenches with Ihose they formerly
livid. A mine crater near Neuville in i
lie same section was also captured |
by the Germans, after having been!
taken by storm by the French yester j
lay. This crater is northeast of!
Somme, and has been the goal of|
both armies, being filled with dead!
bodies when the Teutons retook it.j
The French have made many counter
attacks, and at least succeeded in
gaining a foothold in a small section
of the German trenches.
STOCKS
LONDON, Feb. 10. — The stock
market here does not show any of the
hysterical activity in the copper,
stocks reported from New York. The
leading American securities are listed
on the exchange, and while they are
all holding up firmly, and have regis
tered some advance, the British public
iH not so anxious to buy as the Am
erican people.
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Of course you are goiug to the
lance tomorrow night.
ARMED VESSELS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Ger
many and Austria have notified all
countries through the embassies at
Vienna nnd Berlin, that the date ae-|
lected after which all armed mer-;
chantmen would be treated as war-1
ships was March 1. The Washington
government recently sent a note to all |
the allied powers, stating that armed;
merchantmen entering United States!
ports would be given the same prlvi-j
leges as warships, and no other. Now ,
Germany and Austria state that the
allies have until the first of the
month to signify their intentions as to
this note, and that thereafter the Teu
tonic submarine commanders will give
such vessels the same consideration!
as a man of war. The allied govern
ments have not as yet replied to thej
I^anslng note on the matter, which j
proposed that all merehantment be|
disarmed.
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MUCH INTEREST
WASHINGTON’. Keb. 10. The
sub committee of the Senate judiciary
committee continued its public hear
ings today on the appointment of
ttrandeis to the supreme court bench.
The chief witness today was .lames
Oarinnlt, head examiner of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, who
contradicted Hie testimony given by
Clifford Thorne yesterday in regard
to Brandeis' unfaithfulness in the
hearing before the commission regard
ing the raise in freight rate'. Car
malt positively asserted that Mr.
Thorne was mistaken in his belief as
to tlie attitude of Brandeis, and de
clared that the appointee never con
cealed his belief that the railroads
were entitled to larger net returns.
The hearings tire attracting consider
able interest, and are well attended,
the committee being forced to secure
a larger room to accommodate the
crowd of spectators.
TEUTON ATTACKS
I'AIMS, Keb. 10. — The war office
issued an official communique this
afternoon, describing the fighting at
Neuville in the Artois district, south
of the Belgian border. The French
say that the fighting has been chiefly
artillery duels, followed up hv strong
German assaults on the French
trenches. The center of the attack
was between Vimv and Neuville. and
the French claim that all the Teuton
attacks were repulsed with great loss
es. The Germans, falling to gain any
trenches, although the capture of a
mine crater is admitted.
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There will be a call meeting of the
Woman’s Society of Church Workers,
Tuesday afternoon at 2:110 o’clock, at
Mrs. Hedges’. A full attendance is de
sired.
The Cordova String Orchestra wlM
give one of its enjoyable dances at
Ragle hall Saturday night, which you
cannot afford to miss attending.
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BERLIN, Feb. 10. — The German
newspapers in commenting on the of
ficial report of the fighting at Vimy,
claim a great victory for the German
arms The war office seems to look
upon lhe town and positions gained as
of greatest importance. Further gains
were made in this Neuvilie section a
short time ago by the Germans, and
they are apparently endeavoring to
drive a wedge into the allied lines.
Vimy is but a short distance below the
Belgian border.
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About twenty men are now em
ployed at Miles Glacier getting every
thing in readiness for the work of
rebuilding the ice-breaker, which will
begin on an extensive scale upon the
arrival of A. O. O'Neill, who is sup
posed to have left Seattle last night
on the Alameda. A crew of from 125
to 150 men will be employed.
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MILLIONS LOST;
300 KILLED IN
BUCHAREST, Keb. 10. The great
Austrian armament factory In Skoda.
In Bohemia, has been destroyed "by an
explosion All of the cannon under
construction in the works were de
stroyed, and millions of dollars of
valuable machinery was rendered
useless. All of the plans and drawings
on file in the offices of the plant were
lost, and irreparable loss has been
suffered. Three hundred of the em
ployees were killed outright and sev
eral hundred others injured when the
explosion occurred. The catastrophe
was not an accident, but was caused
by criminals, who used melinite for
their purpose. The miscreants have
been apprehended and will be put to
death.
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C. I>. Colville came over from Val
dez yesterday on the launch Elvira,
and will remain here a couple of days.
SPEECHES
WASHINGTON. Keb. l<» — Presl
dent Wilson is being urged by some
of his advisers to make more speeches
in support of the administration's pre
paredness program. The President is
beginning to feel that Congress will
pass the measures, and while he
wishes to inform as many people as
possible about what the government
intends to do. he is anxious to remain
at his desk in the White House and
keep a personal touch on affairs,
while the bills are in a critleal stage.
The matter of making another speak
ing tour has been taken under advise
ment by Wilson, and he will make an
announcement before the end of the
week.
The steamer Alameda was sche
duledto leave Seattle hist night, and
she likely has a large passenger list
for Cordova, as a number of laborers
are coming on that boat to work at
Miles Glacier on the new ice-breaker.
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The next term of district court eon -
venes at Valdez February 15.
SHANGHAI, Feb. 10. — The Chi
nese revolutionists continue to gain
fresh victories over the soldiers ol
Yuan Shi Kai. The important city
of Gut-how, in the southern portion ol
the province of Szechuen, was cap
tured by the rebels yesterday, who art
advancing, forcing the enemy to re
tire before them.
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Fuller's Harbor Shop is located at
Alaskan Hotel. Drop in.
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El. PASO. Feb. 10. — It Is official
i ly reported today that General Villa
and his few followers are now west of
Santa Crica, traveling between Santa
Anna and Lasc-rites. Yesterday he at
i tacked and burned ranch houses at
iSaii Puenta, close to the Hearst pro
perty at Robricora. Villa took what
supplies he could carry for himself
and his men. and carried off all the
live stock. The bandits are well
mounted, and have extra horses with
them. The federal troops are attempt
ing to close in on their elusive prey,
lint Villa will not stand and give
battle.
EL PASO, Feb. in. — The Mexican
government lias officially reported
that General Villa anil his band of
followers have been driven from flic
Nidi's canyon, in western Chihuahua,
and are fleeing eastward toward La
guna.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. — The
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States is holding its aunuul meeting
in this city, attended by about fifteen
hundred delegates. The meeting to
day adopted a resolution calling on the
railroads and their employees to set
tie their troubles by arbitration. The
chamber has considerable influence,
being composed of seven hundred com
mercial bodies from all parts of the
United States, and its territories and
colonial possessions. The body
strongly urged against the settlement
of the wage controversy now arising
between the men and the roads by r<
sort to strike, as the business interests
of the country would suffer tremen
dous loss at this time if the railroads
should be tied up.
FILIPINOS ALSO
MANILA. Feb. 10. — Telephones
have at last invaded the mountains of
northern Luzon. Several Igorrot
townships have set aside muni ipal
funds to provide for this modern
means of communication. Recently
the lfugaos have developed a craze
for talking over the official lines to an
extent that government business is
prejudiced.
NEW YORK. Keb. 10. — The lead
ing copper stocks continue to hold
the center of the stage on the local
| exchange. Nearly all of the stocks
'registered specific gains today, ex
ceeding the top marks shown by yes
terday's closing prices. Many of the
stocks set new high records, and the
trading reached immense volume. The
speculators consider it as a foregone
conclusion that this country will
greatly enlarge its facilities for mak
ing war materials, and that huge sup
plies of ammunition will be manufac
tured and stored. Electrolytic copper
threatens a further advance in price.
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WASHINGTON. Feb in. — Secre
tary of Stale Lansing announced to
day ilia' be had ashed Au trhi to in
vestigate the attack on the steamer
Petrolite by one of her submarines.
The note requests the imperial gov
ernment of Austria Hungary to ex
plain the action of the submarine com
mander.
1 NEW ORLEANS. Feb. in. — Dr.
Roth, the German consul in this city,
admitted to the Associated Press rep
resentative today that he had written
the letters found on C’apain Von I’a
pen. the recalled German military at
tache at Washington, by the British
who searched him when the German’s
ship reached Falmouth. The British
officials claimed that the letters had
been written by Von Meysenberg.
who was German consul at New Or
leans prior to Dr. Roth.
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WESTERN UNION
OFFICIAL CALLED
HOME
NEW YORK. Feb. 10. — Belvidere
Brooks, the vice-president of the
Western Union Telegraph Company,
died suddenly In this city today. The
physicians announced that Mr. Brooks
had heart failure. Mr. Brooks was
fifty-seven years old, and had been
in the service of the Western Union
for the greater part of his life time,
being responsible for much of the
jgreat growth of the company front its
'small beginnings to the present coun
try wide organization.
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The funeral of the late Paul Morgan
will take (dace from Lambert's under
taking parlors at 1:30 o'clock this af
ternoon.
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The steamer Admiral Evans is due
in Cordova from the westward early
this evening, and will remain in port
but a short time before sailing south.