Cordova Daily Times
_Only Afternoon Paper In Alaska With Associated Press News__ _
V< )LUME 11L NUMBER 122. _CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1917._PRICE TEN CENTS.
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Str. Mongolia Sinks a German Submarine
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LONDON, April 25. Captain Jfice, of the *
American steamer Mongolia. ha- arrived in a ♦
British port, and reports that the Mongolia *
fired the first gun of the war for the United ♦
States and sank a German submarine. The ♦
naval gunners made a clean hit at a thousand *
yards and the periscope was shattered, there ♦
being oil on tin* water ,\\ here the submarine *
disappeared. The submarine was preparing to ♦
attack a liner on April Id in British waters. ♦
Captain Rice highly praised the gunners ♦
and their commander. A big force of lookouts *
was on duty all the time, and at 5:20 o’clock ♦
in the afternoon a submarine was sighted ♦
close to the Mongolia. She submerged again ♦
to get in position for torpedoing. •
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WASHINGTON, April 25.—The govern ♦
meat's policy is to make no announcement or *
comment on the destruction of a submarine by ♦
the Mongolia. The American steamer carried ♦
a crew of navy gunners, under the command *
of a lieutenant. The .Mongolia was formerly ♦
a California Oriental liner. ♦
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COPENHAGEN, April 25. The Turkish vizier,
'alaat Bey, has gone to Berlin, supposedly to make
an appeal for help.
BERLIN, April 25. Spain’s note to Germany
conveys a grave warning that Spanish patience is
nearing an end, and suggests that a crisis is avoid
nble through negotiations.
UNDATED, April 25.—the British offensive to
day is pushing along a three mile front, between
Cojeu 1 and Scarpe rivers. Further gains were made
south of Arras and the battle front of the British is
eating into the German lines between Cnmbrai and
St. Quentin.
COPENHAGEN, April 5jD.-<-The movement for
overthrow of Dethmann has been halted for a time
by the adoption of a ruthless 'submarine warfare,
which has been resumed by Ohrmnny. The agitation
was encouraged by dissensions over industrial re
forms, possibly peace terms and food troubles. Pan
German conservative and National Liberal organs
are actively campaigning against the Socialist peace
program and assail the chancellor for not dissassoei
ating himself and the administration from Schide
mann and his propaganda, j
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BERLIN, April 25.—Tin* reichstag adjourned un
til May 2, after a brief session. Schidemann, the No
cialist leader, expressed regret over the quick ad
journment. Ledebour, another Socialist, said that
the expression of regret was not enough and he de
manded that the reichstag discuss the food problem,
as thousands of workmen were being forced to aban
don their work owing to physical distress. Lede
bour’s words caused an uproar, and he was not per
mitted to continue his speech.
HELSINGFORS, April 25. A council of array
and navy delegates has been informed by the allied
fleets that the Russian fleet and army is defending
its base completely and are ready to fight to the last
in its defense, as the soldiers and sailors are in com
plete accord with the officers.
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♦ WASHINGTON, April 25.—Opposition to ^
♦ selective draft reached a climax in the house ♦
♦ when Speaker Champ Clark took the floor to *
♦ champion the volunteer army amendment. ♦
♦ Advocates of conscription claim a majority of ♦
♦ sixty-five votes in the house. ♦
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WASHINGTON, April 25.—The French war com
mission has landed at the Washington navy yard,
where it was welcomed by Secretary of State Lan
sing and other notables. Balfour says tin* allies do
not ask the United States to depart from traditional
policies or enter any formal alliance.
WASHINGTON, April 25.—Secretary McAdoo
today handed an ambassador a treasury warrant for
$200,000,000. This is the first loan made to any en
tente government by the United States under the
$7,000,000,000 measure.
MADRID, April 25.—Former Premier Romanones
declares that his resignation is due to the conviction
that Spain should join the allies.
PARIS, April 25.—It is officially stated the
French troops gained considerable ground last
night in the Champagne district.
LONDON, April 25.—The British took three thou
sand prisoners, including forty-six officers, since
Monday morning. Bilhera, east of Havencourt, was
captured last night.
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(IYv \ssociated Press)
.11 NT'! \|iril 25. — No lives were
lost in Hie Treadwell disaster. The
Read) I lull ion mine will continue to
work. employing three hundred men.
Numerous men from the flooded mines
will ici eive temporary employment on
tin sun.hi and at the mainland
mines.
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t I’y Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 25. — The
ho nee leaders hope to reach a vote
on the war army bill by Friday, but
the outlook is uncertain, as sixty mem
bers are ib irons of speaking on the
measure. The same situation prevails
in the senate.
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VILL1STAS LISE
BATTLE WITH
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(By Associated Press)
JUAREZ, April 25. — The Carranza
forces under General Eduardo Her
mandez, defeated the personal com
mand of Villa at Carmen, between San
Buena Ventura and Montezuma. Three
hundred \ illistas were killed and
wounded. General Manuel Ochoa, Vil
lista commander, was among those
who were killed.
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WHEAT TAKES ANOTHER
LEAP TO $2.50 A BUSHEL.
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, April 25.—May wheat to
day advanced to $2.50 a bushel. The
price of wheat, corn and oats is now
the highest in the history of the
country.
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(By United Press)
! HUNTINGTON, W. Va„ April 24.—
* Bandits, armed with revolvers and
j with faces hidden behind masks,
| swept down on the polling place In
Rockhouse precinct, Mingo county,
shortly before the ballots of the 1914
congressional elections were counted,
held up the entire election staff at
the point of guns and stole the entire
franchise of the precinct. Poll books,
ballot boxes and election parapher
nalia were carted away.
Two brothers of a former governor
of this state will go to trial tomorrow
in the federal court here charged with
complicity in that raid. They are
! Greenway and Valentine Hatfield,
; brothers of rormer Governor H. G.
! Hatfield. Three others — Noah
! White, George It. Maynard and Jack
Brewster — who experienced a mis
; trial at the September term, will face
| the same charges tomorrow.
One lone Bull Moose ballot, found
on a wild hillside, miles from the
precinct, is the only one of the 80G
ballots ever found.
Howard Sutherland, Republican sen
ator from West Virginia, and C. E
Cooper, Republican, were the suc
cessful candidates in the 1914 elec,
tlon. The alleged fraud favored the
Democrats it is claimed, but did not
materially affect the Republicar
; count.
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! The Daily Times' war news is au
thentie and worth reading.
JITNEY IRlStll
FUSES TIL IN
(By United Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, April 24.
rael Weinberg, third of the group of
alleged conspirators held responsible
for the bomb explosion which killed
eleven people in San Francisco pre
paredness parade last year, wont on
trial before Superior Judge Dunne to
day.
Weinberg, a jitney driver, is claimed
by the state to have driven Thomas .1
Mooney, Warren K. Billings and other
conspirators, to the corner of Steuart
and Market streets, where the bomb
was placed. Warren K. Billings and
Thomas J. Mooney have been tried
and convicted of murder, Billie vs be
ing under a life sentence and Mooney
sentenced to death.
Weinberg, it appears, will claim lie
was not on Market street the after
noon of the explosion and had no con
nection with the plot, whatsoever.
ILLINOIS INILl
SPRINGFIELD, 111., April 25. — 1
linois, one of the middle wester
states which will be asked to bear th
brunt of supplying the European a
well as the American armies wit
foodstuffs, Is mobilizing for duty.
The state board of agriculture urge
Illinois farmers to raise 20 per cet
more corn this year than in fornu
years. They also will be urged i
employ only that class of laborers m
of military age or having a defect th.
would make them unavailable for se
vice.
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THIRTY-SEVEN PASSENGERS
ARRIVE ON ADM. EVAN
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The steamer Admiral Evans arrive
in port at 7 o’clock last night at
sailed westward at 11:30. The p
sengers for Cordova were: N. 1 attn
W. Gorsling, W. Sprossig, J. A M;
son, Hans Merson, W. W. Work, \
ton Johnson, Ada Stossing, Geor
Vinger, Sidney Smith, Albert Ca
well and Mrs. Judy Caldwell and
steerage.
Those leaving here for the we
ward were albert Nordstrom,
Blum, R. Kimball, George Town a
and N. Spacoff.
GERMAN FORMS STILL IN
VOGUE IN AFRICA.
(By Associated Press)
CAPETOWN, April 2fi.— Despito
the prolonged British occupation of
German southwest Africa, the business
of the government is still being con
ducted along German lines. The old
German official forms are in use; all
the government documents are still
printed in German, and all official
correspondence is carried on in Ger
man.
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LIIN
(By Associated Press)
HOME, April 25. — After two years
of war, Italy continues the cheapest
country in which to live of all those
engaged in the present struggle.
In the larger cities the housekeep
ers' menu has become limited by gov
ernmental degree forbidding the sale
of meats and pastries on certain days
of the week, but otherwise the cost of
food has hardly doubled. In the coun
try towns and on the farms little or
no attention is paid to such restric
tions, and there food is scarcely dearer
than before the war, except for meat,
sugar and coffee. While only brown
bread may be sold, its price is five
cents a pound, the government shoul
dering the increased cost of wheat.
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(By Associated Press)
r TOKIO, April 25. — The marriagi
arranged between Prince Yi Y'ong, soi
of the former emperor of Korea, am
Princess Masako, a daughter o'' Prtnci
5. Nashlmoto, is to take place sometinr
♦ this spring. Prince Yi. Sr., grand
d father of Prince Yi Yong, intends t>
d come from Seoul personally to e>
s press thanks to the Japanese empero
n, and empress for the alliance betwee
t- the imperial Japanese house and th
ii- former imperial house of Korea. H
;e will be accompanied by a suite of 1
d Japanese and Korean officials.
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The change of pictures tonight c
d- the Empn ss theatre include two goo
U. comedies and David Belasco's gret
ul success, "May Blossom." Also Swet
isli army manoeuvers.
U-BOATS 3RIVEl
SEA GDLta TO i
(By United Press)
LONDON, April 25. — Hardships of
the new relentless submarine warfare
have not been confined lo the terres
trial population of the earth. Even
the sea gulls today showed signs of
the strain.
The sea gulls’ meal ticket is, of
course, the maritime traffic of the
globe. The more exclusive gulls fol
low the ocean linors, while the bour
geoise take their table d’hote from
any old vessel at all.
Curtailment of ocean traffic has put
the voracious fowl on strict war ra
tions. As a result, many of them are
invading the western front and trying
to share the scoff and “plum 'n apple”
of the Tommies.
Thousands of sea gulls are hover
ing over the Somme region, squawking
about the mess camps and bring the
French chefs to despair. And food
left unguarded for any length of time
is at once snatched away. As a re
sult of this unwelcome aerial “straff
ing,” a new sport is in progress,
“(.lull hunting,” with plenty of targets,
furnishes amusement for the Tom
mies.
In the rear, however, where great
piles of refuse and empty cans accu
mulate, the gulls perform valuable ser
vices in cleaning up the debris. At
“licking the platter clean" neither the
small American boy nor Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Sprat have anything on a sea
gull.
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GERMAN SHOE FACTORIES
ARE CLOSING DOWN
(By Associated Press)
BERLIN, April 25. — Of 1,400 shoe
factories in Germany, 1,070 will be
closed this month, and the remalndei
placed under government control. ()
the latter one hundred will be opernt
■ ed to meet the requirements of tilt
i army, and the other 230 to satisfy tin
1 needs of the civilian population.
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LET THE OLD MEN FIGHT.
(By United Press)
) SAN FRANCISCO, April 25.—“Le
- the old men go to the trenches first
r the men above forty years. Then 11
t enlist,” is the plea of Eugene Shelly
3 secretary to Mayor Rolph. "Why dt
3 stroy the flow of youth and preserv
) the relics?”
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A second slide is reported to hav
t occurred in the Pueblo mine, nea
1 Whitehorse, where nine men were et
t tombed several days ago, six of whor
I- lost their lives The mine has no"
dosed down.
SHORTAGE OF CLOTHING
FORCES AN ECONOMY.
(By Associated Press)
mmAPksT, none.--*, Ar-n uc ~
It Is a badge of patriotism in Hun
gary nowadays to wear a coat with the
side pocket on the right hand side,
revealing that the garment has been
turned so as to make it presentable,
thus saving the labor and expense of
a new suit. In fashionable resturants
and hotels one sees many prominent
people thus attired.
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(By Associated Press)
LONDON. April 25.—The corps c
African military workers behind th
lines in France is to be very largel
increased this spring. By summer I
is expected that the native labor arm
will be multiplied to many times it
original size. The experiment, accon
ing to army reports, has been a bri
liant success. The chief fear, whe
the first detachments of natives wer
sent to France, was that climatic col
ditlons would prove an obstacle, pa
ticularly the rigor of the Europea
winter. The mortality last winte
however, was very low, and the di:
ease that was most dreaded, pne
monia, hardly existed among them.
(By Associated Press)
PETItOGRAD, April 25. — The Rl
slan newspapers devote considerat
space to accounts of a brilliant atta
by a Russian regiment in the rogi'
of Auberive, on the French front
Champagne. All the Russian re
ments in France have received lo
official accounts of the revolutit
and most of them have held meetln
I to endorse the new government.
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FORBIDDEN FRUIT IS SEIZED
' ROME, April 24. — La Teurs a
Aragno's, Rome’s largest cafes, ha
been fined for selling ices and I
- creams on “sweetless" days. Appro
r niately $4,000 worth of the "forbidd
• fruit" was sequestered by the muni
i pal authorities and distributed amo
/ the city’s soldier wounded and w
orphans.
BRAZIL SPEEDS!
(By United Press)
BIO DE JANEIRO, April 25. — To
increase its output of cattle and help
feed the allies, the Brazilian National
Society of Agriculture, plans to open
a great cattle congress here early next
I month. American packers have taken
an interest in increasing the Brazil
ian export in this line, and will aid
in staging the exhibition.
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, ANSWER CALL
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p ST. PAUL, April 25. — Two St. Paul
fl women have answered the call of Carl
e Vroomau, assistant secretary of ag
riculture, for a million women to
solve the proble mof helping to feed
n America and her allies by volunteer
P> ing for farm work.
, They are Miss Ruth Hillman, who
). developed a 2,700 acre farm in Canada
through her own work and ability,
and Miss Edvthe Jenks, \^io declares
- she has ploughed, pitched hay and
done all kinds of farm work.
" Canadian women set an example for
■■ American women to follow when they
went into the fields as their men left
them to go to the front, Miss Hill
man declared today.
Both offer their services in organ
izing a ‘ back to the soil" movement
among the women of the ndrthwest.
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BUT THEY’LL MARRY FOR LOVE
(By United Press)
s‘ MISSOULA, Mont., April 25. — A
le college man should have an income o
■k $2,000 to $3,000 before he marries
>n Montana University freshmen girh
in agreed today in writing a series o
5*- compositions on the high cost of i
’8 home. But most of them will marr;
n, a poor man if the poor man is the on<
g® they love, they say.
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FROM THE END OF THE RAINBOV
PORTLAND, Ore., April 25. — Mrs
id l (\ Parrish wants to know when
ve her turkey got the gravel in its craw
ce She may start another Klondike rush
xi- Winning a turkey in a movie shox
en drawing, she found several dollar)
cl- worth of small gold nuggets when sh
ng prepared the dinner to celebrate he
ar luck. Today she is trying to trace I
back to its first owner.
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(By United Press)
NEW YORK, April 25. — "'lie giant
super-dreadnnught New Mexico, sister
ship of the Pennsylvania, will slide
down the ways in Brooklyn n«v> yard
today and soon join the war mobilized
naval forces of Uncle Sant
The New Mexico displaces :12,uihp
tons and will have twelve 14-inch gum
The launching ceremonies will l,e (pri
vate, attended only by naval officers
and officials of the state of New
Mexico.
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(By United Press)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 25. — Ohio
Is taking stock, preparing to dip her
bit,” In the war. Various statp- de
partments reported today showing her
man and munition power as follow
500,000 men of military age, 2o,OOii,pmmi
acres of farm lands, nearly $2..,..
000 resources, 1,600 plants capable
of making war munitions, ,'140,000 au
tomobiles in the state and a coal pro
ducing capacity o£ Xtftv million too:.
NLW1 WILLS
BEING DRIVEN
(Special to the Times)
KATALLA. April 23. — George (
Hazelet. who is in town on his way to
Cordova, reports that the St. Elias
Oil Company's new sawmill is running
full time getting out rig timbers and
lumber for the new derricks that th
company is erecting, on their oil pro
perty. The drillers who were engaged
to put down the first new well of the
season, arrived on the last boat and
Mr. Hazelet hopes to have the drill
(dropping by May 1.
The Alaska Coal Oil Company, now
drilling at Camp Seven, on Mirror
Slough, are down 1,400 feet, and indi
cations are getting better with e.n-h
foot.
George Nelson, with 50 men, arrived
on the last boat to resume the build
ing of the Alaska Anthracite railroad
from Goose City to the Bering river
coal fields. As the roadbed is al
ready cleared, and all the small tres
ties in, Mr. Nelson says he can com
plete the line by August 1. \. M Koat
ing, field engineer of the company, is
now at the terminal on Controller
bay surveying dock sites and terminal
grounds.
Dan Sheean and Addison Davis, who
spent the winter in the states, are
back again with the Alaska Anthra
cite Railroad Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cameron have re
turned from the outside. Mr. Cam
eron is getting ready for drilling on
his oil property near Camp Seven.
Mrs. Dave White left for Seattle on
the last boat.
Word has been received that Hold
D. Gray, commissioner at Katalla, is
seriously ill gt the home of his peo
1 pie in Jefferson, Texas.
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BARBERS FOR TRENCHES.
! (By United Press)
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 25. — Dick
Grabe, “tonsorial artist," wants to or
! ganite a corps of barbers to follow
Ohio boys into the trenches in Eu
rope, keep them shaved and trimmed
1 and wield the razor on the enemy if
. the opportunity offers.
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The Gastineau Cafe at Juneau now
. furnishes music with its eats.
r The secretary of the Nome Chamber
* of Commerce has received an inquir>
8 from Havana, Cuba, asking for in
r formation regarding the codfish in
t dustry and requesting samples of the
product and prices.