The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 355. CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRl ARY 5, 1916. PRICE TEN ( ENTS.
“ i THAT
COLLECTED
The following summary of the work
of the office of the chief counsel for
the territory in the collection of re
venues was received by the. Times in
last night's mail:
Back taxes collected
through this office .. . .t 10,ii9J.3'
Aggregate amount of judg
ments obtained for taxes,
unpaid, and pending in
the U. S. circuit court of
appeals at San Francisco.
(These are test cases) .. 13.491.69
Aggregate amount of taxes
(exclusive of interest),
due, and for which par
ties owing have signed
agreements to pay on af
firmance of test cases . . 220,043.7."
Total amount in juuKiuem»
directly or indirectly (ex
clusive of interest) .. .. 233,534.4-1
Accrued interest, approxi
mately . 10,000. Of
The back taxes in the first and third
divisions have been nearly cleared
up. There are a few only against
whom suits have to be brought ir
these two divisions.
From the second and fourth divi
sions returns and payments have beet
fairly well made from laundries, tele
phone companies, attorneys, doctors
and automobiles. But very few pay
ments, or even returns, have beer
made by the mining industry. Many
operators who, are known to havt
made large profits have so far noi
only failed to pay their taxes, bin have
ignored ail letters sent from this of
fice demanding a compliance with tin
law.
It has so far been the policy of tin
territorial officers to administer (lit
law in a spirit of fairness and liberal
ity. All who in good faith desired t(
test the law were given the opportun
ity to do so. without being penalized
and those who desired to settle theit
debts to the territory were allowet
to do so, by paying the amount o
the taxes and accrued interest. Tin
policy of fairness to all will be con
tinned. But it is intended to exac
penalties hereafter from all those win
have persistently ignored the law am
refused a compliance with the provi
sions.
In some sections there appears t(
be an impression that the laws passei
by the people of Alaska through theii
legislature are mere jokes, and tha
they can safely be ignored. Stept
will shortly be taken to correct thh
view.
While with the incomplete data nov
on hand no very definite statemen
can be made as to the amount of taxet
^ still due to the territory, yet then
is enough to safely say that if tin
Revenue laws of the territory are sus
Gained by the court of last resort thi
treasury will have a cash balance ot
hand when the next legislature meet!
rvf nnt Inc than S9Kn ftftO It mav ex
ceed $300,000.
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ANOTHER NEW CANNERY TO Bl
ERECTED AT DOCK.
The Canoe Pass Packing Compan.
intends erecting a new cannery a
the dock, to replace its present plan)
A building 40x200 feet, two storie
high, will be started next month, am
the force of employees during th
coming season will be greatly in
creased. Graham & Clark also in
tend to proceed with the building o
their cannery, and it is reported tha
several fishing companies on the Pi
cific coast are also planning to oper
ate in this vicinity during the presen
year.
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Job work of all descriptions turne
out in the most workmanlike style a
the Daily Times office.
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fhairman fhasles E. Herron ami
Committeemen Charles Kennedy, of
Candle, and George Irving, of Juneau, (
were in town last night on their way ^
to Seward to attend the Republican
Territorial committee, which will (
meet at the latter place Monday. t
George C. Hazelet joined the party,
and with the proxies of the commit- .
teemen from Cordova and Chitina,
journeyed to the westward with the
! politicians.
The meeting will fix the time and
place for holding the convention,
which will nominate a candidate for
delegate to Congress,* national com
mitteemen and candidates for both
Houses of the Alaska Legislature.
it is generally understood that
Seward will be selected as the con
ventfon city, and tlie gathering will
likely take place early in April. Thus
far the only candidate seeking the
nomination for delegate to Congress
j on the Republican ticket is the present |
! incumbent. Judge Wickersham. There j
was some talk of \V. A. Gilmore, of]
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Nome, and Senator Millard, of Valdez,
■ entering the race, but the former has j
(positively declined tile honor, and the i
latter has not -is yet thrown hie hat]
in the ring. The friends of Elmer E.
, Ritchie, of Valdez, are insistent that '
] he lie chosen as the national commit-1
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| The steamer Northwestern arrived ]
i in Cordova last evening about 5 o'clock
| with a large passenger list, and a big (
; cargo of freight, the latter amounting
1 to 750 tons arid consisting of 222.000
feet of lumber for the railroad com- ,
pany and pipe and other material to
be used in rebuilding an ice-breaker
! at Miles Glacier. The passengers
were:
! For Cordova — H. de Yonge, Mrs.
1 E. B. Wildt, S. J. Wenzel, Jas. Darling.
Mrs. Darling, W. A. Dallas, E. B. Hus
sey, J. Anderson, J. H. Prehle, C. H.
McDonald, M. C. Glover, E. Hender
son. I. C. O'Neil. E. Rantenberg, F.
- Henderson, P. A. Larson, F. Larson,
J. Augustine, H. R. Edner, M. S. Wil
son, F. Matheson, J. H. Gichlund, W.
’ J. Jones. H. H. High, M. R. Magnus.
I H. E. Pratt, Mrs. Pratt, Mrs. B. Little,
• Mrs. A. J. Day, B. F. Lind, O. Larsen,
* O. Kayne, Robt. Morrison, J. F. Smith,
1 Mrs. B. Levy, W. E. Terrill, K. Kol
i Rnd, Wm. Lague.
For Latouche — Helen van Campen.
For Valdez — Miss H. Kussman,
t Mrs. M. Berge.
1 For Seward — H. Seidenberg, J. F.
- Cunningham, C. H. Thompson, Van
- Payne, R. C. Larsen. Chas. E. Herron,
t Chas, Kripting, J: C. Kennedy, M. L.
V. Smith, Michael Selch, Geo. E. Ir
ving.
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t The Daily Times Is the only office
in town equipped to do Job printing.
SEATTLE, Feb. L — The snowstorm
,-hieh has tied up all traffic in this
Ity for the past few days came to
n end yesterday. The total fall of
now was twenty-nine inches, and a
reat deal of damage was caused to
uildings which caved in because of
he tons of wet, heavy snow that col
?cted on the roofs. The worst acei
ent occurred when the dome of St.
antes’ Koman Catholic cathedral went
own with a tremendous roar. The
oof and dome went clear lo the floor
t tile building, tearing everything in
heir way and smashing the pews and
hurch fixtures to small hits. The
•hole interior of the edifice was
recked, and the financial loss to the
uilding is estimated at seventy-five
housand dollars. The only fatality
o far reported from the storm was
that of a laborer who, while shoveling
snow from the roof of the Carter
building, fell through a skylight, on
which he inadvertently stepped, and
landed in the street, six stories be
low. He was rushed to the hospital,
hut died shortly after arriving there.
There are no street ears running, and
people living in the outlying sections
were compelled to remain at home to
day. None of the railroad lines en
terlng this city are operating trains,
and the only telegraph wire still up
is that running to San Francisco.
Thousands of men have secured em
ployment removing snow, both from
the city and from private individuals.
The officials of the strepf department
are facing a new problem as the snow
breaks all records In quantity of
fall.
MJTSLJNIi, Ireland, Feb. 4. — John
todinond. the leader of the Irish Na
ionalist party in the House of f'om
iions. addressed a great outdoor
neeting here today on the war. He
issued a stirring appeal to the young
nen of Ireland to join the army and
ight against the enemies of Great
iritain and France. He told ills hear
ts that the very continuance of pro
iert\ interests in Ireland depended
ipon the success of the allied cause,
le assigned as a reason for this
tatement that under the present ag
ic.uliural bill tlie land was being
aken over by the Irish people, and
andlordisrn abolished, while if Eng
ine! was beaten by Germany, the vlc
orious Teutons would take away the
and from every Irish tenant and til
ide it up among their own nobility,
le recited the evidence of good faith
owards Ireland shown by the present
idministration, which had given Ire
and home rule, and removed her
rom the provisions of the compulsory
ervice hill, and asserted that Ire
and should respond by sending her
uanhood into France to defeat the
nemies of the empire.
rURKISH PICE
PARIS, Feb. 4. — t’herif Pasha, the
eacler of the Turkish revolutionists,
aid today that the official announce
nent sent out by the Turkish govern
nent to the effect that the heir ap
parent, Yussef Izzedin, had cominit
ed suicide because of ill health, was
alse. Cherif Pasha claimed that lie
pad received secret advices from
’onstantinople stating that the young
prince had been assassinated by his
personal suite at the order of the com
nittee on union and order. This com
nittee is the managing head of the
foung Turks party, and it is asserted
hat Izzedin had revolted against the
lirection of the Young Turks, and
itubbornly refused to any longer fol
ow their advice on matters of state.
GERMANY'S NEXT
LONDON, Feb, 4. - The military
observer*, writing for the London pa
i per* are devoting much space to dis
cussing the next move of the Teuton
forces, now that the object of the drive
through Serbia has been accomplished.
They practically all agree that the
German general staff will now turn
its attention lo the western front.
They believe that the Teutonic al
lies are planning an offensive on an
unprecedented scale against the left
flank of the allied line in France and
Flanders. Germany is said to be pre
paring to blast her way through to
| Calais and Dunkirk by the use of
strong bodies of infantry supported by
enormous masses of artillery. Great
guns of the largest calibre have been
prepared and tested and are being
steadily brought forward to the front
by the Germans and placed in posi
i tion, who have been working with
feverish energy.
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Jack Kissel, representing the Alas
ka Brokerage Company at Juneau, is
a town visitor, and among other
goods he is placing with local mer
chants is a line of Gunst’s cigars.
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ZEPPELIN SttN
IN A SINNING
CONDITION
LONDON. Feb. 4. — The war office
announced officially today that Brit
ish trawlers returning from the fish
ing grounds in the North Sea had re
ported sighting a Zeppelin dirigible
I in the ocean. They said that the air
’ ship was in a sinking condition, but
1 refused to approach near enough to
the wreck to ascertain whether any
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of the crew were on board. The ad
miralty has communicated the infor
mation by wireless to the fleet, and
battleships will be sent on a search
to locate the Zeppelin.
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William E. Terrill, the Fairbanks
freighter, arrived from the States on
the Nortwestern. and will leave for
the Interior on the next train.
SCHOOL ROMANCE
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Assistant United States District At
torney Harry K. Pratt returned on the
Northwestern from the States, aceom
punied by a bride, and they will leave ;
on the next train for their home at
Fairbanks. Their wedding, which
took place a couple of weeks ago, is
the culmination of a school day ro
mance, begun some seven or eight
years ago, when the young couple at
tended the University, of Colorado
The bride was formerly Miss Kather
ine McKenzie, of Boulder, Colorado,
where the wedding took place at the
home of her parents.
Miss McKenzie entered the uni
'varsity as a freshman when Mr. Pratt
was a senior. Mr. Pratt then entered
the law branch of the university,
where he remained for three years,
graduating from there the same year
that Miss McKenzie graduated from
the college.
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WARSAW, Feb. 3. — General von
Beseler, governor of Poland, has 1s
i sued a decree according to which that
portion of Russia now occupied by the
Germans shall henceforth change
from the Julian to the Gregorian cal
endar, anil therefore conform to the
standards of a majority of the coun
tries of the world.
Heretofore Russia and Poland, ha\e
gone by the calendar introduced by
Julius Caesar in the year 47 B. C„
which varies by 13 days from the
Gregorian calendar compiled in the
Sixteenth Century, and adopted by
most countries in the Eighteenth
Century.
SNOWBALL HIJ
RECRUITING IN
SYDNEY, Australia, Eeb. 3. — The
“snowball army” idea has taken hold
of many communities, and there are
now four such “armies” marching i
from as many towns in New South ]
Wales toward Sydney, accumulating
recruits on their way. i
The military authorities are giving i
these voluntary “armies" as much en- :
couragement as possible. Staff ser- I
geant majors have been provided for
each contingent. The several marches
now.' in progress cover front 100 to
400 miles, and along the way the
volunteers are the center of many pat
riotic ovations. i
If you do not receive your paper re- '
gularl.v cal' utt the Dally Times office.
"In the commercial record breaking
period covered by the calendar year
1915, in which the United States made
such marked advances industrially
ind in trade, the territory of Alaska
occupies a worthy place and continues
in the march of progress toward an
important position in the nation." says
Customs Collector i’ugh, in his annual
report, received in last night's mall.
While It was hoped that the total
value of commerce might reach the
hundred million dollar mark, the in
crease of more than twelve millions
aver last year is gratifying.
This report treats of commerce and
trade, and only by the results shown
In the movements of commodities is
the extent of production indicated.
The increased imports, largely con
sisting of merchandise from the
United States, entered into the mining
development of the southeastern and
the railroad exploitation in the south
ern sections. The increase in exports
affects till parts of the territoiy ex
•tpt The Yukon valley, the products
of which, consisting mostly of placer
gold, have been steadily declining for
the past live years. The balance of
trade in favor of the territory, gradu
ally increasing with each year's re
turns, has in 1915 reached a value of
nearly twenty-seven millions of dol
lars.
The decrease in value of merchan
dise from foreign ports is largely due
to the value of foreign coal consigned
to Alaska entered at Seattle. While
the figures are not available, it is
believed that with this addition the
amount would equal that of last year.
EAGLE DANCE TONIGHT.
Cordova Aerie. No. 1820. F. 0. E.,
celebrate their eighth anniversary to
night in Eagle Hall. The committee
promises everybody a good time, and
strangers in town will be introduced
to The loveliest girls in Alaska. The
Eagles have made their dances an an
nual event in Cordova, which is al
ways looked forward to vyith anticipa
tion by those who know. Tonight's
affair promises to eclipse all others
in real enjoyment and get together
spirit. All are welcome, and as a
forecast we hazard a guess that all
will be there. Eagle Hall at 9 p. m.,
will be the Mecca for a merry throng.
FREIGHTER LOSES PART OF HER
CARGO IN BAD STORM.
The freighter Redondo ran into a
bad storm about 75 miles this side of
Cape Spencer and was compelled to
jettison a box car for the Copper river
railway, which was on deck. The
vessel put back to Dundass Bay to re
pair the minor damage it had sus
tained through the high sea.
FIRST ACTORAWARDED THE
VICTORIA CROSS
LONDON, Feb. 3.- Lieutenant Wil—
3ur Dartnell, of the Itoyal Fusileers,
yho has been posthumously awarded
he Victoria Cross, is believed to be
he first actor to have gained this
tonor.
It was in East Africa that Dartnell,
tlthougb shot in the leg. crawled out
o save the lives of his comrades
itricken in action, and he gave his
ife in this attempt.
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■NOTHING DOING” REPORTS THE
SITKA RADIO.
The wireless station at Sitka was
mable to handle ail of its business
ast night, and as a result the Daily
rimes this morning does not contain
ts full Associated Press service.