The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 366. CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRl ARY 18, 1916. PRICE PEN CENTS.
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CAPTURE STRATEGICAL CITY AND 100,000 TURKS
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Special by Associated Press.
PARIS. Keb. 17. - Military experts
here claim that the cipture of Erze
rum by the Russians have given a new
twist to the war that is exceedingly
favorable to the allicH. The leading
journals carry articles about the fall
of the city, and its effect on the whole
Asian situation. The French writers
believe that Erzerum is the key to
Asia, and that the consequences of its
capture will he fat reaching.
General Gerthaut. a leading military
critic, asserts that the loss of the
Turkish city is a deadly blow to the
Ottoman empire, and that it will have
great effect on the other theatres of
war, notably the Mesopotamia situ
tion. Major Civrieux, another promi
nent French military writer, claims
that Krzerunt was the solitary bul
wark of the Turkish empire in Asia,
anti that its fall means the beginning
of the end. He describes the geo
graphical situation of the city, saying
that great open spaces are now open
to the Russian invaders, allowing
them to greatly enlarge their military
operations, which heretofore have
been confined because of the strate
gical position of Erzerum, which In
Turkish hands, would dangerously
menace any general advance by the
armies of the Czar. Grand Duke Ni
cholas, who fell into disrepute when
he was removed front supreme com
mand of the Czar's forces, and trans
ferred to tile Caucasus, has redeemed
himself In the eyes of the French
critics, who praise his generalship
highly, culminating as it has, in the
capture of the most important city in
Turkish Asia. The German and Turk
ish antagonists have retired a consid
erable distance, and are building for
tifications to oppose the further ad
vance of tiie Russian invaders.
PETROtiRAD, Feb. 17. — The Rus
sians are elated over the capture of
Erzerum by the army under Grand
Duke Nicholas. Full details of the
taking of the city have not as yet
been received, but the first reports
that the garrison had escaped has
been contradicted, and it is now
claimed that Nicholas captured a hun
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tired thousand Turks and a thousand
guns when the city fell.
LONDON, Keb. 17. — The chief
topic of interest in today’s news is
the capture of the Turkish city of Er
zerunt by the Russians. The London
experts believe that the fall of the
c ity Is of the greatest importance, and
they now assert that the Turks will
have to deflect the Gallipoli veterans
to hold hack the Grand Duke Nicholas,
rather than sending them further
south to assist in crushing Generals .
Townshend and Aylmer at Kut-el- |
Antara. It is confidently predicted ,
that the Turkish pressure on the Brit- ,
ish Mesopotamia expedition will now ,
be appraclably relieved. ,
‘VESSEL WRECKED
SAFE !
The steamer Alameda reached the
steamer Paboloff at an early hour this
morning, and found her hard and fast
on a rock, broadside, between Trinity
and Goose islands, south of Kodiak.
All of the members of the crew had j
left the wrecked vessel in small boats j
and were waiting on the islaid to be j
picked up. The Alameda will retifrn j
direct to Cordova with the Paboloff
crew, and will then continue on its J
regular run to the westward.
The Paboloff was formerly the
steamer A. G. Lindsay. She was built
at Detroit in 1880; her gross tonnage
was 1,085, and net tonnage G87, with
an indicated horsepower of 880, and
a registered crew of 4G. Was owned
and operated by the Pacific American
Fisheries Company, of Bellingham,
Wash. The vessel was on her way
to Herrendeen bay with a cargo of
material for the erection of a new
cannery.
' BIDS ABE ASKED|
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Special by \ssociated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 17. — Tlie
postoffice department has asked for
bids for carrying the mail by aero
plane over several routes in Alaska.
Separate bids are being asked for
each route. The routes as set out in
the published notice are from Valdez
to Fairbanks, from Fairbanks to Ta
nana, from Tatiana to Kaltag. from
Kaltag to Nome, from Seward to Idlt
arod, from Iditarod to Nome, and from
Seward to Anchorage. Much surprise
is expressed over the calling of bids
for aeroplane service between Sew
ard an Anchorage, as the government
is building a railroad between those
points, which the commission in
charge claim will be ready for oper
ation before the end of the present
yr, as very little of the line between
Seward and Anchorage remains to be
constructed.
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EARTHQUAKE OPENS OP HOT
SPRING
President Sprague, of the Light
house Packing'Company, has returned
from a trip to the big Mummy islands,
where he lias a force of men engaged
in erecting living quarters for his
clam diggers. He was on the Island
when this section experienced two
slight earthquake shocks, on Tuesday
morning last, tint! reports that as a
result of these disturbances a hot
springs was opened up there. He
brought a quantity of the water to
Cordova to have it analyzed for its
medicinal qualities. Should it prove
beneficial the probabilities are that
some one will establish a sanitarium
on the island.
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APPOINTMENTS TO LAND
OFFICE ARE MADE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. — Frank
Boyle has been appointed receiver of
public moneys at the Juneau, Alaska,
land office, and Clyde B. Walker
named as registrar of the land de
partment, whose head offices are in
this city.
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COTTON CLOSES
VIENNA, Feb. 17. Owing to gov
ernmental restrictions in the manu
faetnre of cotton goods, a large num
ber of factories in Austria--Hungan
have closed down. Only those estab
lishments continue running which an
making materials for the army, ant
owing to the shortage of raw cotloi
even their output is limited. Hitherti
tlie manufacturers have been assist
ing the unemployed, but the genera
situation has now become so serious
that the governments in Vienna am
Budapest have been forced to com*
to the rescue of the workers. Ilotl
have agreed to grant subventions, itn
der the supervision of a joint com
mission composed of representative!
of the manufacturers and workers, am
officials front the ministers of the in
terior, finance and commerce.
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JUNGLE BEASTE
BUDAPEST. Hungary, Feb. 17.
Rats are being bred for the Budapes
Zoo in order to save the scant ratio:
of horseflesh for the lions and tiger:
whose constant roaring shows the ex
tent they suffer from the genera
food shortage. Eagles, vultures an
the wild birds are fed exclusively o
rats. At times when horse meat ha
been unobtainable, goats and the les
valuable animals have been sacrifice
to save the lives of the beasts tha
once ruled the jungle.
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No word was received from th
1 Admiral Farragut up to midnight, al
though she is due in port at any tinn
COLLAPSE OPERA
MEXICA, Texas. Feb. 17. — The
opera house in this city collapsed to
day while the School Art Exhibit was
being held therein. The building was
well filled with visitors at the time,
who were viewing the work of the
pupils, and three persons were killed, j
besides many others being injured.
The dead are A. B. Wiesner. superin
Itendent of schools, and his wife, and
Professor A. (\ Burton. When the
building collapsed a fire started,
which communicated itself to the
neighboring buildings and spread with
sm b rapidity that six men were burned
to death in a nearby cafe.
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-j WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. — The
Senate subcommittee on the judiciary
is still engrossed with listening to
protestants over the appointment of
Louis D. Brandeis to the supreme
| court bench. The chief witness today
| was Moorefield Storey, an eminent
' I Boston lawyer, with a nation-wide re
| i putation, who has been president of
j the American Bar Association. Storey
said that in his opinion it would be
a serious mistake to elevate Brandeis
to the vacant place of Justice Lamar.
He detailed some of Brandeis legal
operations in the past, mentioning
particularly his connection with the
old New York and Northeast railroad,
jand claimed that through the manipu
| lations of Brandeis that the road was
I wrecked in 1892 and 1893, and as a
' J result was abandoned by the New
1 Ydrk, New Haven and Hartford.
Storey asserted that if it had not been
for Brandeis the road would have
' weathered its evil days, and be in
* operation now. but his attacks against
1 the concern made such a thing im
possible at the time.
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t A bootblack stand has been estab
lished at the office or the Cordova
Messenger Service, in the Alaska
building.
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Show at Empress Theatre tonight.
KILLS TEN
AMSTERDAM. Fob. 17. — Ten
children are reported to have been
killed by tin aeroplane bomb explos
ion at Cologne. The youngsters were
playing in a ditch near the flying
ground., when they unearthed tlir
bomb from a rubbish heap. A sentry
nearby shouted to the children to gc
away, whereupon one of the boys
picked the thing up and threw it al
the man. The bomb burst, inflicting
mortal injuries upon all the children
but the sentry was not hurt.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. — Ger
many Is being prevailed upon to in
form tlie United States that if passen
ger liners leaving American ports
with defensive armament, are to be
immune from submarine attacks with
the effect that the German govern
I rnent promised las! September, whei
!the sinking of the Arabic was in con
! troversy. Advices from Berlin are tc
the effect that the Gorman govern
I rnent expects some assurances thai
'liners will not attack submarines.
Secretary Lansing has accepted the
| Lusitania agreement as acceptable tc
| the United States concerning that ves
sel, hut asks Ambassador Bernstorf
| for assurance that Germany will noi
j carry out her threatened policy o’
sinking merchant ships without first
giving warning to the liners, even it
i they carry defensive armament. It
j is authoritatively stated that Ger
many, because of her unusual position
will not accept the suggestion of the
United States that liners carring arms
i be immune from attack under anj
previous assurances.
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The steamer Alameda should be
hack from Kodiak either Saturday
night or Sunday morning.
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SECRETARY OF WAR
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. — There
is a growing feeling here that Sec
retary Houston, of the agriculture de
partment. will be tendered the secre
tary of war portfolio.
WOMEN FILLING
ILL IDS OF 1
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VIENNA, Feb. 17. — Of (he bun
jdred and fifty thousand male teach-]
ers in the German Teachers' Associa
| tion, fifty five thousand have been j
j called into the army. Seven have been i
-captains. 4.1100 lieutenants. 2.238 de-I
. puty lieutenants and 20,901) sergeant j
j majors and other under officers. In 1
addition 5,1*11 teachers in the field!
have received the Iron Gross.
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. — All of
the data which the state department
had in its possession regarding the
, Mexican situation, and which was
, recently transmitted to the Senate I
committee on foreign affairs by the1
President, has been ordered to be
printed by the committee. The com
mittee decided to omit nothing, the
desire being to lay the condition bare
to the American people, so that they
might be fully apprised of the reasons
j behind the administration's handling
\ of Mexican affairs. The information
was considered not to be of such a
nature as its publication would be a
breaking of confidence. Among the
information contained is a letter to
President Wilson from Secretary of
State Lansing, stating that during the
years 1913. 1914 and 1915 seventy-six
Americans were killed in Mexico, as
compared with forty-seven for the
[three previous years.
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A good sized crowd attended the
| benefit dance at Eagle Hall last night,
and spent several hours very plea
santly.
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BRIDGE
During a raging snowstorm there
cas a collision on the Miles Glacier
nidge, about 11:30 o'clock yesterday
norning. resulting in the local train
eleseoping and wrecking the caboose
if the rotary and doing considerable
la mage to a number of freight cars.
The local had a number of passen
;ers and considerable freight for the
■onstruction work on the ice-breaker
it Mile 4h and stopped this side of
he bridge, while the rotary proceed
'd across the bridge. I.ater, when the
rain was ready to continue on its
ourney to (’hitina. it ran into the
rind-end of tire* rotary, being unable
o sec the rotary on account of the
Minding snow that was falling.
The southbound train will pick up
be through passengers and bring
hem to Cordova early this morning,
t is also expected that the wrecked
•aboose and cars tVill also be brought
o the local shops sometime today.
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ATHENS, Feb, 17. — The French
loops have occupied all the bridges
•rossing the Vardar river in Greek
territory. The allied line on the river
now extends from Topsin to Monts.
1'he French have not met with any
serious resistance in their advance,
ind with the exception of a few
brushes with the enemies' outposts,
10 clashes of any kind have occurred.
Aeroplanes of both belligerents are
exceedingly active, doing scouting
Juty. and dropping bombs on the
snemy camps. The French and Brit
ish machines outnumber those pos
sessed by the Germans and Bulgar
ians. and are constantly harrassing
he enemy with explosive bombs,
ritey seem to get the range well, and
lave inflicted great damage.
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BERLIN, Ft'b, 17. — A noteworthy
Iecrease in the number of bankrupt
cies was one of the more striking fea
tures of Germany's business life in
1915. \ccordlng to statistics just Is
sued there were only 4,580 bankrupt
cies as against 7.738 in 1014. These
figures are commented upon in the
liress as denoting the economic sound
ness in Germany's position.
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