“He That Wasteth Today May Be Hungry Tomorrow"
The Cordova Daily
Member of Associated Press—Day and Night Telegraphic Service
VULUMEIIl, NUMBER 205 CORDOVA, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH I.!. 1918’ PRICE TEN CENTS
ALASKA FISH TRUST DISSOLVED BY U. S. COURT
BIG FISH COMPANIES
ARE MONOPOLISTS
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SEATTLE, March 18.—Judge Jeremiah Xeterer, in thej
1’nited States district court today, ordered the dissolution of
the so-called fish trust, and fined five companies alleged to l)t*'
members of the trust amounts totaling $18,000.
The Boot*! Fisheries Company of Delaware was fined the
sum of $5,000; the San Juan Fish Packing Company of Seattle,
$5,000; the Booth Company of Seattle, $1,000; the Chlopeck Fish
Company of Seattle, $1,000, nndthe International Fish Com
pany of Tacoma, $1,000. •—
These five companies were indicted in 1914 on charges of
violation of the Sherman antitrust act, and entered pleas of nol
contender.
AMERICAN SECTOR BECOMES
CENTER OF FIERCE FIGHTING
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W ITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, March Id.
The sector of the west front occupied bv American troops,
east of Luneville, which formerly was designated as being in
Lorraine, has developed suddenly into one of the most active
on the front, from the standpoint of artillery fighting.
The Americans are hurling thousands of shells daily
against the German positions, making it virtually impossible
for the enemy to occupy them. Investigation shows that the
trenches have been virtually abandoned.
GAS PROJECTORS OBLITERATED
There was greater artillery activity in the Toni sector, oe
copied by Americans, yesterday, than at any time since the ar
rival of the Americans. Five gas projectors which the Germans
had set up in preparation for an attack were obliterated by
American shells.
USE “MUSTARD” GAS SHELLS
I he Germans are using mustard gas shells against the
Americans. A small number of Americans walked through the
gas zone soon after the shells were fired,
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL RAID
LARIS, March Id.—An American detachment in tine Woe
vie sector successfully raided the German trenches south of
Richecourt yesteivlay.
TOKIO, March 13.— An Associated
Press correspondent on February lti
asked Foreign Minister Momtono as
to whether Americans were attempt
ing to gain special rights In Russia,
such as the transfer of Kamchatka,
across Bering strait from Alaska. He
said it was true that Americans were
active in Russia, but that the transfer
of Kamchatka would not be recog
nized by the Japanese government.
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CAPITAL OF
DESERTED 0! DIPLOMATS
WASHINGTON, March 13.—The
American and allied legations to Ru
mania have left .Taffy for Odessa, with
assurances of safe conduct from the
king of Rumania. They have been
held, with other Americans, in quaran
tine.
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“Food will win the war!” whose food
—German or American?
The world awaits your answer.
INS ARE III CO ID
OF WHEAT-SHIPPING PORT
BERLIN. March 13.- It is officially
announced that the German and Aus
trian forces have arrived at the out
skirts of Odessa.
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STOCKHOLM, March 13.—A Chris
tiania dispatch says that the Nor
wegian government is sending a
cruiser with a landing party to Trom
soe because of the spread of Bol
sheviki revolutionary agitation among
the fishermen there.
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THE FISH MARKET
KETCHIKAN, March 13.—Halibut,
12 3-4c; sable, 4c; red rock, 2c.
Seattle Prices
SEATTLE, March 13.—Brices for
fish at noon today were as follows:
Halibut, 15 l-8c; sable fish, 7 l-2c;
ling cod, 5c.
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OTTAWA, March 13.—Minister of j
Marine Ballantyne announced today;
that the long-standing fisheries dis-,
pute between the United States and
Canada has been settled, at least tor
the duration of the war.
Under an agreement just entered
into American vessels may enter and ■
clear from Canadian ports without be
ing required to provide themselves’
with licenses. Canadian fishing ves
sels will be accorded the same privi
leges in American ports, and both Ca-.
nadians and Americans may sell their
catches in the ports of either country,'
PROMINENT mm
HONORED BY FEl«
l.OXDO.V March 13.—John Dillon
member of parliament for Bast Mayo,
has been elected chairman of the Irish
Nationalist party, succeeding the late
John Redmond.
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LOS ANGELES, March 13.— Mrs
Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, widow
of the martyred 1’residonu James R.
Garfield, died at her winter home in
Pasadena today, at the age of 85.
She was the mother of Dr. Garfield,
national fuel administrator.
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WASHINGTON March 13.- The sen
ate yesterday passed the urgent defi
ciency bill, carrying appropriations to
taling $1,800,000,000.
Riders were attached to the measure
authorizing Custodian Palmer to sell
enemy property.
The biil already has phased the
house, and now goes to conference.
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CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE
IN FOURTH DIVISION
The following candidates have filed
for territorial offices in the Fourth
division:
Senator—O. P. Gaustad, Repub
lican: L. K. Pratt, Republican; Luther
(’. Hess, Democrat.
Representatives—E. B. Collins, Re
publican; John W. Dunn, Democrat;
A. M. Kilgore, Democrat; A. J. Nor
dale. Democrat; G. W. Pennington,
Democrat.
Road Supervisor—Robert Sheldon,
Democrat; Peter Steil, Democrat; H.
H. Ross, Republican.
FUST 1ERIU
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* LONDON, March 13.—Mrs. Lena
Uuilbert Ford, American author of
"Kepe the Home Fires Burning.” one
ot the most popular marchings songs
adopted by the British army, was
killed in a recent air raid here.
A bomb struck the house in which
Mrs. Ford and her son were sleeping,
causing the collapse of the house. She
probably was suffocated.
Mrs. Ford was the first American
who has been killed in a London air
raid.
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JUNEAU, March IS. The passen
gers of the wrecked steamship Ad
miral Evans for Southwestern Alaska
will leave here tonight on the Ala
meda.
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XKW YORK, March 13.—Captain
Archibald Roosevelt, son of former
President Theodore Roosevelt, has
been wounded in action with the
American forces in France.
According to a cable from Major
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., sent to Colo
nel Roosevelt, the captain was
wounded in the log and his arm was
broken. His injuries are stated to he
not of a serious nature.
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WASHINGTON, March 13.—The
shipping board has authorized the re
duction in sizes and changes in shapes
°f timbers used in building wooden
ships in the South.
Under the old specifications few
trees were found in Southern forests
large enough for the heavier pieces.
Twenty-three hundred cars of fir
have been ordered from the Pacific
coast for Southern yards.
Officials hope the change will speed
llP construction.
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FORMER AMBASSADOR
DEAD IT WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON. March IS.—Charles
Page Bryan, former ambassador to
the Japanese government, and minis
ter to other countries, died hero yes
terday, aged 61.
BAKER UNDER HRE
IN PARIS AIR RAID
PARIS, March PI.—1’nited States Secretary of War Baker,
who is in France on a tour of inspection of the American bases,
was in conference with General Bliss, American chief of staff,
yesterday when a raid alarm was sounded. The American offi
cial was not perturbed 1^ the alarms or anti-aircraft guns, but
Ihe hotel management, fearing for Secretary Baker’s safety,
persuaded him to take shelter in the wine cellar. The confer
'lice was continued there.
Mr. Baker left for Versailles this morning.
One hundred persons were killed in the German air raid on
Paris last Monday.
ZEPPELINS DROP BOMBS ^N ENGLAND
LONDON, March 13.—Three Zeppelins raided England
last night. One of them dropped four bombs at Hull. One
woman died from shock, -J ' - « ^
NEWSPAPER IS BLOODTHIRSTY
AMSTERDAM, March 13.—The Berlin Tages Zeitung de
mands that German airplanes destroy four hundred English
Downs as reprisal for the confiscation of four hundred German
merchant ships by the allies.
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W ASHlXd P()X, March lg^—()n behalf of the American
Allihfire tofT^ihoV hrfff' I>ernoeracr;'Samnel (rompers lias sent
to the congress of the Russian Soviets, in session at Moscow to
<la\ to consider tin* acceptance or rejection of the (Herman peace
treaty, a message of sympathy for the Russian people in their
struggle to defend their freedom.
I lie message ol Mr. Rompers said that the American peo
pie were as pained by every blow at Russian freedom as thev
would be at a blow at their own liberties. Americans want to
know, he said, how they can help the Russians in their struggle.
It is announced that the opening of the congress has been
'osttioned until tomorrow.
REPUBLICAN
INTERESIEO IN SUFFRAGE
NEW YORK, March 13.- Will H
Gays, chairman of the Republican na
tional committee, expects to go to
Washington in the interest of the
suffrage amendment to the federal
constitution.
ZURICH. March 13.—Serious bretd
riots have taken place at Gratzkup.
in the Austro-Hungarian crown land
of Styria. Deputations were sent to
the authorities to complain of the poor
quality of the bread furnished.
The mobs smashed windows, plun
dered the shops and inflicted great
property damage. The police were
powerless.
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REGISTRATION SLOW
Only a hundred voters have regis
tered for the municipal election,
which is about one-fifth of the num
ber who should show sufficient inter
est in the affairs of the city to not
only register, but also vote.
FAIRMONT, Minn., March 13.-- V C.
Townley, president of the National
Non-partisan League. an i Joseph Gil
hert, a state officer of the organiza
tion, were indicted on two conn’-;
terday by the county grand jury.
They are charged with circulating a
seditious pamphlet.
CSLIfflll AUDITORS
TO MEET IN CONVENTION
EUREKA, Cal., March 13.—Forty
members of the State Auditors’ As
sociation will meet in this city on
May 27, 28 and 29, according to an
nouncement by County Auditor T. K.
Carr. The delegation will be headed
by L. R. Johnson, auditor of Merced
county, who is president o^ the asso
ciation.
When the delegates are not occu
pied with convention matters it is in
tended to take them on automobile
trips through the redwoods and along
the highways of Humboldt county.
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If all the waste in a community of
12,000 could he piled up in a city
square you would find that the whote
immunity would be shocked.