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The Cordova Daily Times
\ VOLUME III, NUMBER 123 CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28,1917 " ^^ ~ f>RICE ,riR?CEXTS
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PETROGRAD, Nov. 28.—Represen
tatives of ensign Krylenko, the Bol
sheviki. commander-in-chief has cross
ed to the German side and entered
into negotiations with the German
authorities, it is officially announced
by Bolsheviki.
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DATELESS,—The Russian and Ger
man leaders are negotiating for armi
stice behind German lines, it is be
lieved. The Russian negotiations rep
resent only a laction of the Russian
command, and only the northern Rus
sian armies.
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PETROGRAD, Nov. 28.—The Ger
mans have set December 2nd for a
conference for negotiations for arm
istice. The Russian fifth army has
announced that it intends to choose
• parliamentarians to be sent to Ger
many.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—America
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“’find its allies are to determine whoth
g er Bolshevikis be classed as enemies
™ and Germany’s allies when the offi- \
cial advices of the conferences be-'
tween the Bolshevikis and Germans,
reach here. The allies wi’l probably
withdraw their embassies from Petro
- grad as there is now no hope that
' Russia will fight against Germany.
There is a confirmed belief the Bol
sheviki is being fostered by a Ger
man propaganda seeking to break
Russia from the allies.
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Nov. 28.—federal offi
f>. cials expect to arrest more Italians
in the northwest who ire said to be
long to the Circola Hindi scciety,
f‘ which is an alleged anarchistic so
ciety. Over seventy have been ar
il rested since Saturday at Seattle, Ta
coma, Spokane and Portland charged
with plotting to help Germany win
I the war by assassinating the King of
Italy and fomenting disturbances
here, by urging all Italian,; -to stop
fighting.
It is believed the plotters intended
to attack the work of the fooft admin
istration and urge the Italians not to
. obey Hoover's instructions. Commis
sioner White said he originallv in
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tended to arrest a hundred and five
| Italians, but many of them left.
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Tomorrow being a legal holiday
there will be no meeting of the Epis
copal Guild Auxiliary.
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(By Associated Press)
BALTIMORE, Nov. 28.—Six men
from three Dutch steamers, lying
here, were drowned and nine rescued
when a launch carrying them to the
ships capsized in the harbor. All of
them were' Hollanders.
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Nov. 28
—The Germans continue to carry off
the civilian population of the towns
and villages of Flanders, according
to the Nieuwe Rotterdam Courant.
Roulers is entirely evacuated. At
least 2,000 inhabitants have left Cour- i
trai and at Ostend the exodus contin
ues. A large number of residents of
Berlaere have ’been taken to Toiurco
ing, there to be set to the construc
tion of military works of defense; and
at Sleydingen all men; without distinct
tion of rank or fortune, have been
forced to labor at the laying of roads.
At Puers, Bornhem and Willebroeck,
in the province of-Antwerp, the Ger
mans have requisitioned the people's
bedding.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—Protests
of the canners against the govern
ment commandeering of tin revealed
the fact that the navy department
had commandeered all the tin in the
New York warehouses.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—There is
great activity among the Teuton’s
division along the Italian front and
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it is believed it is a forecast of a
greater offensive in the northern sec
tor with elaborate preparations for
a mighty effort to break through the
line.
(By Associated Press')
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, Nov. 28.—Several hundred
Belgian children who are npw living
in the danger zone close to the fight
ing lines in the immediate future will
be establised in safe and comfortable
gnarters in a colony of their own. This
is being prepared by the American
Red Cross at certain places in free
Belgium. Sections for ten barracks
were shipped from Paris yesterday,
and under the supervision of Messrs.
Bickneil and Van Schaick these will
be set up at once, and the little folk
moved in.
CHRISflANlA, Nov. 28—The news
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papers express dissatisfaction with
the new Norwegian passport regula
tion, because, Danes and Swedes are
exempt front Its provisions on the
ground of reciprocity. This, It is said,
means the foregoing oven of the right
to inquire whether Swedish and Dan
ish passports are genuine or false,
so that anyone who speaks these lan
guages can travel in Norway with
out hindrance. ''Since there are plen
ty of places where false passports
are made,” says Tidens Tegn. "this !
regulation makes the whole law use !
less.”
RATITUDE 33 a virtue too often inadequately ex
pressed. However, it does trot follow that we are
jS wholly or even seriously deficient in apprecia
tion because of failure to be continually openly
acknowledging indebtedness for a multitude of blessings.
An individual too quick or too profuse in expressions
of thanks runs the risk of being regarded with a bit of
suspicion.
In its inner tabernacle the humble soul may daily
sing praises for a continuance of blessings and by a pre
dominance of such thoughts develop a beauty and rich
ness which will thrill and Inspire when occasion demands
that it should be heard. The nobility of our thoughts
and not the multitude of our words determines our
character. Thanksgiving is mere a matter of attitude
than of speaking. It is spiritual.
This does not mean that we should be dumb in the
- presence'bf an abundance of good things showered* up
on us by Providence and by friends. Out of the abund
ance of a grateful heart, the mouth should speak. A
virtue well developed cannot bo stifled—true character
speaks through every act, when words are scant.
i henRsgiving should be a daily devotion, unmarred by
mockery or insincerity. Such devotion was more pre
doir.lr.ur*. among our pious New England forebears than
with os today. Comparatively scant as were their bless
ings and grievous as were their privations, they sincerely
professed to find much occasion for daily thanksgiving.
Even with these devotions a day of special thanksgiving
and praise was deemed meet. And thus waa born the
beautiful custom of our annual Thanksgiving.
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♦ Tomorrow being a legal holi- ♦
♦ day. Thanksgiving day, it will be ♦
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♦ of Cordova and the fcopper River ♦
,♦ valley. The banks, postoffice, ♦
♦ cable office and stores will be v
♦ closed and in order that the em- ♦
♦ ployed of the Daily Times may ♦
♦ participate in the festivities with +
♦ their friends and neighbors there ♦
♦ will be no paper issued tomorrow, ♦
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| JUDGE GUNNISON FOOD
COMMISSIONER FOR ALASKA
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 28.—Ex
Judge Royal A. Gunnison, of Juneau,
has been appointed federal food ad
ministrator for Alaska.
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Up to the middle of October, Nome I
| had produced an output of gold equal !
j to that of 1916. However, October I
■ was the banner month in 1916 and it
l *s doubtful whether Nome produced
i an amount during that month to
| equal the preceding year.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—Sixty
three men are missing and three un
accounted for from boats of the Am
erican steamer Actalon reported yes
terday torpedoed by a submarine. One
boat with twenty-nine survivors land
ed at Cape Finisterre yesterday.
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(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Nov. 28.—Since the issue
of the new five percent war bonds,
the applications received by the Bank
Of England have totalled £37,991,550.
The average daily sales have been
| nearly £3,500,000. During eleven
days in which the five percent, ex
chequer bonds were on sale applica
tions amounted to only £12,000,000.
The last named bonds have now been
suspended.
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LONDON, Nov. .28.—'The opening of
a large nejv aerodome.at Hanworth
park, near London, marks the com
pletion of an engineering work which
involved the deflection underground
for a-distance of nearly a mile, of the
\V olsey river. The stream intersect
ed the field selected for the main
landing ground of the aerodome and
impeded the landing of aircraft there.
To remove this defect, the engineers
constructed a conduit, capable of car
rying 27.000,000 gallons of water daily,
into which the stream has now. been
diverted, and its be ; ’ rvelled to give
an unbroken flat sr e for the aero
dome. The size of the conduit was
such that befor the river was divert-!
ed fifty soldic.. marched upright'
through the underground way.
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GERMANY MAKING SHOES
OF LEATHER SUBSTITUTE.1
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(By 'Associated Press)
AMSTERDAM. Netherlands, Nov. 2S
—A standard shoe is to be introduced
in Germany this winter, according to
the German papers. Millions of pairs
will be manufactured, Deing made of
a leather substitute. The soles will
be formed of wood and small pieces
of leather.
HIS THREATEN
(By Associated Press)
DATELESS,—At a meeting of three
Scandinavian Kings at Christiania it
was learned the hostility to iermany
in Norway had reached such a stage
that Germany believed Norway vas
about to aid the allies. In order to
counteract such a possibility Germany
informed Denmark that Germany
would occupy Denmark if such a step
was taken. Norway intended to al
low America and England to estab
lish a naval base in Norway.
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CAPT. O’BRIEN LOSES SON
AFTER A LONG ILLNESS
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Nov. 28.—Francis Will
iatn O’Brien, second sou of Captain
Charles O’Brien, of the wrecked
^ steamer Mariposa, died yesterday at •
; er a long illness. He was thirty
; years of kge.
FI!LY OF FI
' MURDERED BF
BOLSHEVIK!
OOEL’R DA LE&E, Idaho, Nov. 28.
—The dead bodies of Michael Kelly,
his wife and three children were
r'ound with their throats cut in the
home of a Bolsheviki near here. A
butcher’s knife, covered with blood
was found in the kitchen and a blood
stained razor in the living room. The
house was not broken into.
CRIPPLE CREEK", Colo., Nov. 28.
—Despite the shortage of labor in
the mines and generally increasing
cost of production the Cripple Creek
district’s output of gold bearing ores
for October shows an increase over
September’s production. A net pro
duction of 98.297 tons at an average
value of $10.44 a ton brought an in
come of $1,026,933.70. Dividends, dis
tributed amounted to $302,000.
The value of the ore varied frcrn
$1.60 to $55 a ton. More than halt'
the production was treated at local
smelters.
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Be sure and do your buying today
and tomorrow as we will be closed
rhanksgiving day. fhe ' Blum, #
O'Neill Co.