Cordi wa
CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY
-- PRICE TEA’ CEA’TS
ROUMANIANS TO DEFEND BUCHAREST
ROME, Dec. 1.—The Roumanians are preparing to defend
i Bucharest desperately. The civilian population has evacuated
and the government officials retired to a town on the Russian
frontier.
BERLIN, Dec. 1.—The advance on Bucharest continues,
notwithstanding the resistance of the Roumanians. Macken
sen’s lorces, which crossed the Danube, is approaching the Arg
oshu river, in the direction of Bucharest. Yesterday the Teutons
took 2,500 Roumanians and twenty-one cannon.
BERLIN, Dec. 1.—On the northern Roumanian frontier the
Russians arc continuing their new offensive movement, gaining
small advantage at a heavy cost. In western Roumania the
troops detending the line before Bucharest were driven back
turther. 'flic Teuton forces captured the Roumanian city of
Campulung, opening the road through Tozburg pass, and also
took twelve hundred Roumanian prisoners.
BERLIN, Dec. 1.—It is officially announced that near Cio
lanesti, twelve hundred Roumanians and ten cannon were cap
tured. The Maekensen troops, which crossed the Danube river,
took 2,500 Roumanians.
B1 CM A REST, Dec. 2.— Heavy fighting is progressing i
along the frontier of northern Roumania, and in western Ron
mania, but the changes are unimportant in Dobrudja. A violent
attack has begun over the whole front by the Roumanians.
A I HENS, Dec. 1. A detachment of armed troops landed
at Piasus today.
L< )NDON, Dec. 2.—A strong impression prevails that (treat
Britain has yielded to the second request by tin* I'nited State*1'
for the safe conduct of Tarmoklikin, the now Austrian minister,
to Washington.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The Belgian minister reports
that a hundred thousand Belgians have already been deported
to Germany.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 50.—The Russian troops are advanc
ing east and south of Kirlibaba, in the southern Carpathians
and captured the heights and seven hundred prisoners.
PARIS, Nov. 50.—The Serbians captured tin* height north
wcs1 of Grunishte, oast of tho Cernn river. A violent battle is
now raging northwest of Monastir.
I LI R( Mi WAD, J tec. 1. —The Russian offensive lias been
successful along the whole Roumanian frontier. South of Kir
libaba, despite violent German counter attacks, the Russians
occupy the whole range of heights.
LONDON, tVoc. i.—The British have gained conspicuous
success in German Last Africa, where many prisoners and much
booty was taken.
\\ AKIIINt id ()N, Dec. 1.—The German submarine com
mander who sunk the British horseship Marina, with the loss
ol six Americans, has reported that lie took tin1 vessel for a
11ansport. German}' has asked the l nited States for informa
(ion as to the status of the ship, and will offer amends if tin
Marina is entitled to immunity.
LONDON, Dec. 1.—The British casualties on all fronts for
November were 7f),<tno. The total British casualties since the
Somme offensive began were 4S!t,()()().
\\ ASHING I ON, Dec. 2.— President Wilson and Seeretarv
Lansing have conferred over tin* sinking of the ship Marina.
They have agreed that their information is insufficient on the
chief point, and are undetermined as to whether the Marina was
a transport in service when torped.I, and whether the Marina
was previously a transport.
\\ ASHING ION, Dec. 1.—President Wilson is looking after
the Marina case personally, and will pass upon any understand
ing reached by Ambassador Bernstorff and Secretary of State
I iU using.
PARIS, Dec. 2.—‘‘A field of battle for sale,” was the
unique heading of an advertisement in a Paris newspaper re
rently. The texf was as follows:
“Twenty five acres of land, furrowed by German and Brit
ish trenches, in the full center of the battle of the Somme, north
of the Fameaux W oods and southeast of Martinpuich for sale.
Address, etc.”
Ft •<LARAS, Transylvania, I)ee. 2 The legend, ”Roumania
Mare” and paper ribbons in the Roumanian national colors,
blue, yellow and red, are the only signs left in this region today
which speak of occupancy In the First and Second Roumanian
armies, though many a wrecked or burned' house gives evidence
id the recent passing of some hostile force. “Roumanian Mare”
—Greater Roumania has been painted above the doors of
nearly all houses in which sonic Roumanian official had his
headquarters. Those who caused (hem to lie placed are gone,
find the central powers’ troops, by transposing the letter “m”
have changed the legend to “Anne Roumania”—Poor Ron
mania. The paper ribbons still hang in the autumn leaved
I l ees.
\KW \ORK, Dec. 1. — The presi
dents of twenty retail grocer^ asso
ciations met with the secretary of
Mayor Mitchell's food committee to
consider measures against the pre
vailing high prices, and a series of
boycotts on poultry, butter and other
foodstuffs was provided. The boy
cott already begun has been discon
tinued until Dec. 12, if prices are
satisfactory. The wholesale price
of eggs dropped three cents a dozen!
since the boycott began. Thanksgiv-1
ing turkeye were left on the leaders’
hands on account of the housewives
refusing to pay the high prices asked.
T here is a surplus of cold storage
turkeys, and it is predicted that the
(’hristnlas bord will be much cheaper.
M£\\ ^ ORK. Dec. 1. A seventy
hour ultimatum has been issued to the
eggs dealers, directing them to mark
plainly all cold storage egs before
placin them on sale.
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WASHINGTON, Deo. 1. — rapt,
fc- Knapp, commanding the American na
val forces in Dominican waters, pro
claimed military rule over the Domini
can republic in order to break the
deadlock in the local government and
to fulfill the treaty obligations in
which the United States is to guaran
tee the interest on the public debt and
_ other obligations. Secretary of the
Navy Daniels has approved the ac
tion. Knapp expects the naval service
to have the affairs straightened out
in a few days. Conditions are quiet
and the population is pleased with the
action taken. There has been no
military clash and no military govern
ment appointed.
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NEW YORK. Dec 1. — Morgan &
Co. have withdrawn from the proposed
sale of British and French treasury
bills, owing to the federal reserve
board's warning to American bankers
against purchasing same until the
withdrawal of gold has been ordered
from Europe.
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I
officers are massing troops here and
at other border points to prevent Villa
raids. Ozuma's cavalry met a band
of Villa troops south of Berrazas yes
terday and drove them hack into the
city of Chihuahua.
STANDARD OIL
QUITE ILL
TERRYTOWN, Dec. 1. — John B.
Archibald, the Standard Oil magnate,
is seriously ill. following an opera
tion for appendicitis. Blood for trans
fusion was taken from his chauffeur
for his benefit.
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K. OF P’S TAKE NOTICE.
The K. of P.’b and their friends are
required to meet at Masonic hail on
Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock.
WATSON LEAVE
SEATTLE, Dec. 1. — The steamer
Admiral Watson sailed Thursday, but
had no passengers for Cordova. On
Friday morning the steamer Mariposa
left, with the following list for Cor
dova: Mrs. J. Sapiro, Mrs. C.eorge
Morgan, Mrs. Julius Pincus, J. (iillis
and wife, J. Frazier, Judge L. T. Er
win, Dong Long, P. King, Bryan Lam
prey, C. Davis and two steerage.
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CELEBRATE AT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. — William
Jennings Bryan has been invited to
dine with President Wilson on Decem
ber 6. Bryan gives a dinner on De
cember 7 to celebrate the Democratic
victory, at which National Chairman
Vance McCormick will be the guest of
honor.
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LIBERTY GETS NEW BONNET
WITH FEATHER IN HAT.
A number of the new 10-eent pieces
are In circulation in Cordova, and all
pronounce the new issue one of the
neatest ever created. The coin is just
the same in size as the old piece, but
Is absolutely different in design.
On one side is the head of Miss Lib
erty, wearing a winged cap. The gen
eral features are much the same as
those on the new $20 gold piece, and
also like the gold coins, the words "in
Ood We Trust" appear to the left of
the head, and the word "Liberty" at
the top of the piece. The issue year,
1916, is found to the lower right of
the head.
On the opposite side is a well-de
fined Roman fasces, the ancient sym
bol of authority. "E Pluribus Unurn"
appears to the right of the fasces and
the usual coin designation, "One
Dime,” is found at the bottom.
In its entirety the coin presents a
much more pleasing appearance than
the old one. It is of less forceful line*
and is very attractive.
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SEATTLE, Dec. 1. — Experts in the
United States bureau of mines, after
several months of investigation, have
selected the University of Washington
campus as the site of a government
mining and metallurgical station for
the Pacific Northwest states and
(\ laska.
Congress has voted an appropriation
of $25,000 a year for the maintenance
of the station, but will increase this
amount when development demands
it, according to Bo Sweeney, assistant
secretary of the interior.
The station will serve Washington.
Oregon. Idaho, Montana and the coast
al region of Alaska from Ketchikan
to Nome. The interior of Alaska will
be served by a Fairbanks station.
In determining upon a site for the
station the bureau of mines took into
consideration the large number of
graduates of the university college of
mines in recent years, and also the
advantageous position of Seattle in re
lation to the mining centers of the
northwest, according to Dean milnor
Roberts, of the college of mines.
Dorsey A. Lyon, a graduate of Ley
i land Stanford, Jr., university, will be
! in charge of the station. He was for
merly professor of mining engineering
at the University of Washington. He
Is a specialist in electrometallurgy.
Three government investigators will
assist him.
Electrometallurgical treatment of
ores will be the first work taken up
by the station. The following year it
will include in its experiments many
problems of mining, milling and metal
lurgy. Electric furnaces will soon be
installed in the present mines build
ing and analytical laboratories and
offices will be established In the for
mer Women's League building.
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LARGE AMOUNT OF GOLD
BE MINED NOME THIS YEAR.
With the settling down for winter,
after the departure of the last vessels
from Nome, it has become apparent
that the amount of gold taken out this
season will bo nearly double that
taken out during the closed season last
year. A steady string of teams, laden
with prospecting outfits and mining
supplies, leaves Nome every day for
the adjacent creeks.
After the departure of the south
bound ships the weather moderated.
There is no ice in sight yet, and the
snowfall has been so light that auto
mobiles are still running.
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MITES
Much to the annoyance of the in
habitants, both white and native, a
» large pack of timber wolves, driven
north by the bounty hunters of south
eastern Alaska, has put in Its appear
ance at Katalla, where they are mak
ing life disagreeable for everybody
I'oneerned.
A number of bounty hunters will
start out today to try and clean up
the band. 1ml will probably only sue
feed In driving them off. It is feared
that because of the heavy snows, the
wolves will not attempt to cross the
coast range to the caribou country,
north of the Yukon and on the Mac
kenzie river delta, but will continue
northward along the coast until they
strike the domesticated reindeer herds
an the Kuskokwim and along the
shores of Bering sea.
Serious Menace to Reindeer.
If the wolves once get into the rein
deer country the herders doubtless
will suffer considerable loss. The
reindeer herds are valued at more
than $2,000,000, and a few packs of
wolves soon would wipe them out.
The wolves circled Katalla not three
blocks from the main street, and made
ihe night hideous with their howls:
they have looted every chicken house
in the camp, and several dogs have
been rounded up and killed by the in
vaders.
Mrs. Charles Naughton. going to her
woodpile, encountered a big timber
wolf In the yard. She drove the ani
mal off with a club.
The Indians say they have no tra
ditlons of a visitation of this kind.
They never have heard of such a
thing, and like the white people, who
escort their children to school under
arms, the natives are applying “safety
first" principles. An Indian funeral
was held at Katalla recently. The
cemetery is about a mile from town,
and each of the large crowd of mourn
ers who attended, carried either a
rifle of shotgun in the procession.
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PERFECTLY GOOD
WINE POURED
LONDON, Dec. 1. — The action of
Rosalind, Countess of Carlisle, in pour
inn away into 'he ground about 1.500
bottles of wine, as evidence of her
strong temperance views, has aroused
a storm of criticism in letters to the
newspapers. The countess is presi
dent of the British Women's Temper
ance Association. She has been a life
long total abstainer and temperance
advocate.
The wine was of old vintage and
was stored in the cellars of Castle
Howard, the Yorkshire estate of the
countess. She inherited the stock,
but is said to have kept the cellars
sealed for the Iasi thirty years A
few days ago the wine cellars were
opened, a large hole was dug near the
countess' mansion, and the caretaker
poured the contents of the bottles into
it.
The countess' action has been crltl
cized on the ground the while it is
consistent with her principles, the
wine would be very acceptable in mili
tary hospitals for the use of convalesc
ing soldiers.
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ENJOYED CARD PARTY
GIVEN BY MRS. .HILL
Mrs. W. F. Hill planned a surprise
for her husband. In the form of a card
party, the game played being 500.
The first prizes were won by Mrs
Fry and Mr. Bollinger and the sec
ond awarded to Miss Holstein and Mr
\nderson, while Mrs. Wells carried off
the booby. After the card game light
refreshment- w'ere served and a thor
oughly enjoyable evening spent by all
The guests, who were received by
Mrs. Hendrickson, Included Mr. and
Mrs Bollinger. Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Hendrickson, Mrs. Fry. Mrs. Wells.
Miss Mabel Holston and MeBsrs. Geo.
McPherson. Oscar Anderson and John
Strlgsby.
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MAHSHALL CITY
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Sulzer Wick
First Division.2387 1894
•Second Division.611 827
Third Division. 1679 1944
Fourth Division . 1643 1636
Totals .6320 6201
Wick's plurality Marshall. 4
Suizer's plurality .... .IT,
The delegate election returns con
(inue to he received and most of the
precincts now rejiorting give Wicker
■‘ham a plurality. The vote is so
lose, however, that it will require the
official count to determine who is
denied. According to the new totals
from the different divisions Sulzer
has a lead of fifteen votes.
I11 the First practically everything
s in. Shakan being the only missing
irecinct with eight votes, and no elec
ion was probably held there. Suizer's
plurality there is gh n as 493 by the
Democratic press. In the Fourth di
vision there are but few outlying pre
cincts to hear from, w ith Sulz.er seven
in the lead.
Marshall City has been carried by
Wickersham bv four votes, according
'o a telegram received today bv De
uuty Marshal Bright w ell. The only
ither precinct in the Second division
in reported is Point Barrow, and Wick
ersham at the present time has a plnr
ility of 220 in that division.
The returns from Shushanna gin
Wickersham 17 and Sulzer 7, thus
swelling Wickersham's lead in the
Third division to 265. There are still
i number of voting places to the west
ward to be heard from, but Suizer’s
lead has been reduced to fifteen votes
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DEDICATES NEW
L TO THE
A, B.
“The Klondike Clan," by Rev. S
Hall Young, formerly pastor of the
Cordova Presbyterian church, a recent
addition to the literary world, is. as
the title indicates, a story of the Klon
dike and begins with the first mad
rush of the gold stampede in when
the famous Soaphy Smith and his gum
haunted the trails into the land ot
gold to relieve the unwary and un
suspecting of their money.
The author is in a position to know
whereof he speaks as he was among
the first who underwent the hardships
of the Cliilkoot pass in the wild dash
to reach the Klondike before deep
snows made travel impossible until
the next spring. It is easy to see
that the author knows and loves Alas
ka. The theme is big and the story
well told. Men left their all for the
gold lust, and with each trying to get
ahead of the other or keep his own
place on the perilous trails and rivers,
it was easily a case of the survival of
the fittest.
The characters of the Parson and
Long Sandy are well and convincingly
drawn and Viva, the heroine, is sweet
and lovable. There is nothing she
cannot do, from tossing a flapjack six
III lilt? it 11 III If.ll ill 11 it I litsmuii,
to steering a boat down the dangerous
Whitehorse rapids and shooting twen
ty-five caribou in one hour when the
winter supplies of several of the min
ers were burned and they stood
In danger of starvation, as there was
no food to be bought in the whole
camp. But, then, we must remember
that Viva was raised on a Montana
ranch, was a sure shot and in the
habit of shooting rapids as long as she
can remember. There are women.
Hod bless ’em, who can raise to any
emergency.
As to the scenic descriptions, they
are beautiful, depicting the wonder
and grandeur of Bod's mountains and
rivers. It is a wonderful country this
Alaska — this land of the north — and
must be seen to be appreciated The
book will bring back vivid memories
to old timers, aud cannot fall to prove
interestb'g reading to all
Kev. S. Hall Young dedicated ’’The
Klondike Clan” to the Arctic Brother
hood.
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The Yukon river closed In front of
Dawson on the night of Monday. No j
vember 6, this being twenty-two days
earlier than In 1915. At Whitehorse,
on this date, the river was entirely
dear of Ice.
US RESULT Of
Mrs. L. M. I’rice, formerly of Cor
dova, writes the following interesting
letter from England to George C.
Hazelet: "We arrived here safely on
October 2, being eleven days in cross
ing the Atlantic. The last few days
were most exciting, so much so that
I will never forget them. 1 hope that
when we are ready to return the war
will be over, but from all appearances
it is very evident to continue for years
to come. The si ffering in the country
is something terrible, and almost
every home has its sorrow Mv young
rsi brother, ‘Jt vearr old leave*; fn**
'he front shorth and will have to take*
hi* chances like every other man
“It costs three times as much to
iive here as it did before the war, and
there is a limit to all the foodstuffs.
t)til> a small amount of sugar is al
lowed for each family, and it is im
possible to get more. ! don't know
what tin* country will come to if this
war continues.
I wo (lertnan Zeppelins came right
>ver our home here last night, but we
lidn t know anything about it until
two hours later, when the neighbors
nine in. Kortunately no damage was
l*»ne. Sunday night my father saw
three Zeppelins about ten miles from
here.
“I found my mother in failing health
mil so changed that it gave me quite
i shock. She has improved wonder
ully since I arrived home, and tells
no I have put new life into her. I
have two younger sisters at home and
they are so happy to have vis with
hem again.”
IKING G033
PIEI.H HEAI XJl' A15TEUS, Amerl
•an Punitive Expedition in Mexico,
Elec. -■ (jet there and hack" is the
motto of the punitive expedition's aero
squadron. Censorship restrictions
lave placed an almost impossible
hedge about the army a viators, but it
nay lie said the squadron lists lived up
to its motto
Plights are not begun at sea level,
where the propeller blades can grip
■ he air, but at a height of .Vi'Ot) to
too feet, where the atmosphere is thin.
The mountains, cannons and sun
baked plains plus the altitude, com
bine to produce air currents and pock
Us that are a constant source of
peril.
In one case ,i pilot went through that
nightmare of all aviators, a spiral
lose dive. The machine was flying at
in altitude of 5,000 feet, which is more
han 10,000 feet above sea level, w hen
it struck an air pocket. Clouds ob
icured the pilot's vision and he had no
dea where he was. When he realized
hat manipulation of his controls pm
luced no effect, he glanced at his
'ompass, it was turned sideways, in
Ucating that his plane was falling
with its wings at right angles to the
»arth. Carefully he reversed his con
rols, fearing that too quick a reverse
would crumple the plane- Several
imes he did that. At last he felt them
ake hold.
Just then the clouds thinned and he
law the earth not more than 500 feet
beneath him. He had fallen like u
plummet at least 4.00 feet
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BUF — The
whittling away of the Argentine mer
chant marine, freighters, passenger
boats and fishing fleet, continues rap
idly, owing to the foreign demand for
vessels. The best known eompames
In the River Platte has parted with
passenger and cargo steamers without.
It appears, any immediate intention of
replacing them. The sale of two more
river boats is announced, the purchas
ers being European firms who have
paid 1100,000 sterling for them Two
modern tugs have alBo been disposed
of tor 136,000 the pair.