The Cordova Daily Times
Only Afternoon Paper In Alaska With Associated Press News
VOLUME 111. XTMHER 40. __CORDOVA, ALASKA TUI RftDAYj JANl AHY~18 pp: ~ ' ~ -- ;
GERMAN RAIDER CAUSES BIG LOSSES
JOSUIl APPEARS
A BOI ORE
ALASKA
(l$v Associated Press )
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. - Falcon
Joslin and P. A McKenzie appeared
before the house committee on ter
ritories today and argued against
Delegate Wickersham’s bill fora bone
dry Alaska. They favored a restrict
ed importation of liiiuor. Mrs. Thatch
er, head of the Alaska Women's Tem
perance t'nion. Delegate Wickersham
and officers of the anti Saloon League
spoke in favor of the hill, which the
committee will report favorably.
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(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. Presi
dent Wilson went to the capitoi today
and conferred with senate leaders on
the water power legislation he seeks
to have passed and wants to see the
radical difference in the measures ad
justed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. is. The
senate and house have each passed
water power bills to open develop
ment on navigable streams and the
conference committee has been trying
to reach an agreement on these mea
sures since last July. President Wil
son has not expressed a preference
for either, hut urges the adoption of
some legislation, and also the pas
sage of Senator Walsh's hill, now be
fore the senate, which would open
water power development on public
lands.
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(By Associate! Press.)
WASHINGTON', Jan. 18 — Secre
tary of State Lansing denied the state
ments made at the leak inquiry that f
lie had breakfasted several times at ,
the Biltmoro hotel in New York, with ^
Bernard Baruch He states that he ,
did not know Baruch and never con
versed with him.
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VESSELS SUNK
( By Associated Press.)
TOKIO, Jan. 18. - A total of J,2!»u
merchant vessels, with an aggregate
tonnage of 2,910,000 have been sunk
since the outbreak of the war, accord
ing to Baron Kenjiro Hen, minister of
communications, who spoke before
the Japan Trade Association on the
subject of war and shipping.
"Despite the heavy losses suffered
by some of the entente countries,"
he said. "Japan's loss lias been com
paratively slight. So far only six Jap
anese steamers, with an aggregate
tonnage of 26,000, have been sunk
by the enemy, while three more of
12,000 tons arc missing, making a to
tal of nine ships and 38,000 tons. Since
the outbreak of the war Japan's mari
time trade to foreign countries has
greatly developed and the tonnage of
‘tramp’ steamers now trading to Am
erica, Australia, India, etc., is put at
8OU.000. This shows a fivefold in
crease since the outbreak of the war."
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NATIONAL LEGISLATORS TO
HAVE CHARGE OF FUNERAL.
WASHINGTON. Jan 18 — The
senate and house will take entire
charge of the formal Dewey funeral
services in the capitol rotunda, after
private services have been held ear
lier at his late residence.
I DELIS DECIDE
CELEDBJTE ON
Cordova Aerie, No. IS2ti, K O. K.,
is making extensive preparations to
i elebrate the anniversary of the
I mnding of the order Kvery year the
Kagle lodges all over the country set
aside February tl as a day to honor
the memory of tin1 loyal band of Sc
attle good fellows who laid the corner
stone of this extensive brotherhood
on February (i. 1X08. The local aerie
has not been neglectful of its anni
versary in the past, and will Invite its
friends to celebrate with it this year
on February t! at a ball to be held in
Kagle hall The committee has been
selected and is already bard at work
making plans for a grand, good time.
Kagles from Chitina and McCarthy
will make a pilgrimage in order to at
tend. The Kagle will spread bis
wings protecting!,! over all on that
night, and his screams w ill be screams
of jov. Bald-headed eagles, especial
ly are invited to attend, as that spe
cies of the national bird are indigen
ous to Alaska. Something rare in the
line of entertainment is promised.
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PANAMA, Jan. 18. — The assembly
ol Panama has passed a bill autbpriz
ing the government to spend $500,000
lb loans to sugar plantation operu'ors
or in guaranteeing payment of loans
ami interest on them contracted out
side. Loans by the government must
be repaid within ten years. The ap
plicant for assistance must he a pro
ducer of 15.000 tons of raw sugar per
annum; and must have already in
vested at least one bait' of the amount
for which ho asks.
The bill was lathered by Deputy
Kusebios A. Morales, formerly min
ister ol Panama to the United States.
\ rider pro! ides a subsidy of half a
cent gold per kilogram ni white gran
ulated sugar produced iu the country.
WESTERN STOCK
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(By Associated Press.)
CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Jan. 18. —
Stockmen and others with Interests
in the live stock industry from the
western state were here in force to
day for the opening of the twentieth
annual session of the American Na
tional Live Stock Association, which,
according to call and program, was
to consider marketing conditions, fed
oral land policies and the protection
of live stock owners and ranchmen
in Mexico, us well as other questions
David 11 Houston, secretary of ag
riculture, was on the program for an
address. The proposed raise in graz
ing fees on the national forests, which
are under Secretary Houston's juris
diction, being administered by the de
partment of agriculture, were to be
discussed in detail by the stockmen
Other subjects listed for discussion
included data to be submitted to the
federal trade commission for an in
vestigation of the meat industry,
which the association leaders hope to
have made by the commission, the re
port of the association's committee on
marketing, classification of the re
malning public domain, reservation of
driveways for stock in permitting set
tlement on the public domain, freight
rute regulation and other matters.
Federal officers connected with the
biological survey, the bureau of ani
mal industry and other branches of
the government were on the program
for addresses, as also were state live
stock officials.
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Mr and Mrs. Jesse Forrester and
child returned on this morning's train
to their home at C'hitlns
Morris Jewett, who Is employed
by the railroad company, is at the
hospital, suffering from a slight In
disposition.
GARRISON URGED
AS COUNSEL
(Mv Associated Press )
WASHINGTON, Jan. is The on
trance of Postmaster General Murle
| son and Solicitor General Davis into
I the conferences of the Democratic
members of the house rules committee
discussing the future conduct of the
peace leak inquin has caused a stir.
Murleson frequently conveys to lead
ers of congress the personal messages
and wishes ot the president. IJndlcy
Garrison, former secret ar\ of war, is
being urged upon the committee by
main members of tin* house as coun
sel for the inquiry.
ESTATE OF BLUM
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(By Associated Press.)
SKATTI.K, .Ian. Is. The will of
the late Samuel Blum, of I'orduva and
Valdez, bequeaths all ot hi- o tale to
his widow, except $ln:i to e;o h of bis
three children.
A conservative estimate of the es
tate places its value at half a million
dollars, which includes Blums realtv
holdings in the state of Washington,
as well us his mercantile, mining and
banking interests in Alaska.
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OF HOOPS
(Hv \ssociated Press.)
WASIIli\<iTON, Jan. IK. - inade
quate and even contradictory reports
concerning Villa’s operations in .Mex
ico have bewildered administration of
ficials, and probably resulted in the
delay in ordering the withdrawal of
(ieneral Pershing's forces, (ieneral
Kunston yesterday completed the in
spection of the punitive expedition,
and news dispatches indicate Kunston
may renew his recommendation that
the troops be withdrawn from Mexico
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(By Associated Press.)
TOKIO, Jan 18. Investigators
estimate that there is a rise of 30 per
cent over last year in the price of ne
cessities in Japan, and the tendency
is toward a still higher level. Sugar
has increased 20-30 per cent, salmon
50-100 per cent, wine 20 per cent,
heans 30-40 per cent, grain 10 20 per
cent, and fuel 20 per cent. The cost
of cloth, apparel and oils has also in
creased.
Wages have risen, hut many people
not connected with the present pros
perity are meeting hard times.
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(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. — The
Ameiicun farm products were last
year valued at $13,500,000,000. break
ing all previous records. The crops
were comparatively low but the prices
were high. The prices paid to pro
ducers to December 1 were fifty six
per cent higher than for 1915.
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The W. T. U, will meet at the
home of Mrs. Cohrs Friday afternoon
at 2.30 o'clock.
Fifteen Cruisers
Searching Seas
!. ‘K, Jim. is. The Berman sea raider lias already
1,1 “ ’'“l 1 t" vessels and cnrimes cxeecdiny $15,000,000.
hm. I''. I‘ 11 teen British cruisers are reported
at hern seas in search ot the (lerinaii raider,
which lias so niiicli daiuaye to the shippiny industry and
caused inn ites to soar so Idyll.
^Fd{! a. IS. The (iei mails have evacuatedtheir po
sitions ne; i v, on the Somme front.
A i III |s |), eonipliance w ith the entente de
;ii;m<I the \ » who were arrested have been released and
11 a iet pre\ lyliout I’rance.
^ 11 a. Is. Premier <’lainmartinin and General
Ihder, at I of the Austrian war department, have left
lor Berlii uss the load <|iicstion with the German au
tlmrities.
■ .dan. Is. Swedish I’nited States Consul
*Hsson and il Confitson, Iroin (lalveston, who were re
ported as r f victims of the (ierniau raider, have alreadi
arrived at lestination at Havre.
I I I I’1 " \ I), dan. Is. 1 11success!111 raidinys and min
iny operati i av«* been done in the reyion of Smoryon.
Al>. Jan. Is. I lie I eiiton attacks atony tin
northern UaHmanian front have been repulsed.
“SNOW BABY” PLAYS SANTA CLAUS
Miss Marie jliito Wary, daughter of Admiral Peary. <lls<*u\erer of
the north in*. ted j„ di-t i iiamn. t«»\» given l*y the « hildren who at
tend the play uni I Washington t • invalid youngsters In the hospital fre#
wmds. She v a in tin* ar tit ami is mih as the “snow baby and today.
Tr? ".sport Japs
South America
I'dxl' n Is 'I'li,. Nippon Vuscii Kaisha. Japan's larg
cst steams. "inpanv, lias concluded an agreement with tin
Eolith Ann n Kmi-iatimi l ninn for the transportation ol
JO,000 .lap; • emigrants to South America within four years
11 °ni I'M, ,, companx has also decided to open a regulai
11 uai ter I x s ,.e het \\ ecu .la pan a m I South A merica xx it h ships
ol ahoiit 0. lmis each. Tin x xx ill procccil hy xx ay ol South
All lea. I'll e hiiiuewaril hoiiU'l route has not yet been
se lee teil
Mnron oiilo, president of the company, xvliich has just
declared a \ idend of J>» pi r cent, issues a warning that the
cuiieni shi mg iHioni xx iii lie greaiix changed alter the war.
when all l -hips now used as militarx transports return to
the earn in rude. In the meantime, lie declared, the great in
crease m ll cost ot coal and otliei necessities would cut henx
ily into shipping profits.
During the last six months the company, xvliich owns !*1*
steamers and has ten others tmdei charter, has transported a
cargo approximating J,47U,lHH> tons and more than 1 ::7,< KM I pas
sengers.
ACQUIRED W
UNCLE Si
(By Associated rresa.)
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 — The
Danish West indies passed under
United States sovereignty yesterday,
after having paid $25,000,000 for the
islands.
The newest American possessions
are a continuation of the marine ele
vation of which Cuba, Jamaica, Haytl
and Porto Rico are a part. They lie
off the east coast of Porto Rico, and
St. Thomas, the most famous of the
Islands, is 38 miles distant from that
island. St John Island lies about 12
miles east of St. Thomas, and St.
Uroix lies 50 miles south of St. John
and St. Thomas and 60 miles south
east of Porto Rico. The iBlands have
an area of approximately 90,000 acres
St. Uroix, the largest of them, is about
20 miles long and from one to five
miles wide, while St John, the small
est, contains but 20 square miles of
area. The combined population is ;
about 35,000, mostly negroes. St. j
Thomas is regarded as by far the most j
Important of the islands, but that Is
largely due to the strategic import
unce of its principal harbor of Char
lotte Amalie, where there Is a popu
lation of 10,000 people. However, the!
port of Uoral Bay, St. John island, is !
one of the best protected harbors of
the West Indies From a producing j
standpoint St Uroix is by far the most
important of the islands. It contains \
SO square miles, and much of its area 1
is devoted to the production of sugar
cane and tropical fruits. All <>: the Is
lands are in the Torrid Zorn
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An echo of an explosion occurring
in the Bonanza copper mine at Ken
necott, in January, lhlj, was heard
in the stales the other day, when Matt
Matson, who was employed in the!
mine at the time, filed suit for $75,non
for personal injuries alleged to have
been received. The Kenneeott Cop
per Corporation, owner ot large min
Ing interests, is named as defendant
Matson alleges that the mining :
company was using frozen and deter
iorated dynamite and defective fuse
and caps in Its workings, which re
suited in a charge missing fire When
he drilled into it later not knowing
that it had failed to explode, the dy
namite was set off, causing him to
become totally blind
The plaintiff alleges further that af
ter the explosion the Kenneeott Mines
Company, which owned the mines,'
made a pretended dissolution, while
it owned several million dollars of as
sets, and that this dissolution was •
fraudulent and made for the purpose
i of escaping the payment of debts until
obligations, including the obligation
incurred to himself by reason of the
explosion The company, he asserts,
fraudulently transferred all its hold I
ings to the Kenneeott Copper Corpor- 1
lation without anv consideration.
PORTO RICANS
ANXIOUS TO
ENLIST
SAN JUAN. Porto Rico. Jan 18. —
Although the Porto Rico regiment of
infantry has been almost doubled in
the number of enlisted men since the
passage of the army reorganization I
act by congress, last July, there is j
again a waiting list, li had been a
two-battalion organization, but now
has the full regimental strength of I
1,300 men.
It has never been difficult to get
men to enlist in the regiment, and it
is believed to be among the very few
bodies or organized soldiers any place
in the world that has maintained a
waiting list. The percentage of do
sertions has been the lowest of any
organization in the United States
army.
KENNECOTT WAS
HIE DIVIDEND
BOSTON. — With approxi ec
$167,000,000 distributed to them
ing the year 1010 in dividends, coppe
shareholders will have enjoyed Mo
greatest period of pro-peril;.
known In the life of the Industry,
has been a record year for < ■.f»;><■ r t*.
every department and the ; r- > •
earnings resulting from tin
outputs and highest prices c . r
nessed have iieen liberally ret . nu-,i t
the holders of enpiier -t'.i k- ■ m
have the old established minin
panies been stile to materiuih i.
crease their dividend rat.
number of new - outers been - i !•■!
The Utah Copper Compute it. ,d
the list of 30 copper prod.u lug .
jianles — which will hao‘ p ml
about $157,000,000 in dividends la-*
year with a distribution of f l ;• i.
000. Although beading all others in
the matter oi production, the ttiaion
da ranked third in dividend-, wish
$1*1.000,000. Kenneiott was end
and I’helps, Itodge Compam ;,. ,t r t It
With the payment on tin last I, .
ness day of the > ear of the "porphyr
dividends. Including the rtah. N. .ad,
Consolidated, liny Consolidated and
Chino, December will have c-iublish. I
a new monthly high record with di
vidends from copper companies ol ip
proxlniately $3 ...on.. This com
pares with the S*>ptember reeord ol
t3t>.3k!*,lI3
The following tabulation records the
dividend payments by the leading
companies
rt»r ana re i ouu
l’tali $r.4.4'.»;i.SvM
Konnecott . rt.00 l »;.•:<>. 4$s
Anaconda T on 1 : 1H 7T»«»
Phelps DodKe !l* .*•" l I> •
Pal A I4ecla TTi.iin 7 r>iM(.miii
Nevada Con. 7 7'. 7.4>7 :n;;;
1 ’hino . . s 7.177.777
Inspiration 7 7 17. "7.777
( hampion 7«; 7 i.....
< al. A Vri/ona '• > 7 7
Ray Cons . 77 t. :i7.1"7
Miami .7 77 1 7:n;.n7s
Creene 1 amine . s ■ "l ,. 1 7
Copper Range 1" 1 1 ' v7; s7h
l'uited Verde 1.5 , \ ,
t)lii 1 tom Co 1. "
C.rei n»* t ’oils. ..." 1 i
Cerru de I'aseu 1 " ■ ,
Ahmeck 1. 70
O. I) C M ,v S 17 "" 1 'll 4 " 1
Qnincy i>. i.7'7 1
Mohavv k . 17"" 1.7
I'n tllobe . 77 • 1.1.7 - 1
Shat. Arlz. . . I “7 1 t . 1
Osceola . . . . . ■ 1
l"tali Con y
North riutte 5 7 1
I'n. \'erde 17x 1 no 1
(Jrunby 7 "" ) , • - r,
Wolverine.17."O 77".1- 1
Allouez . 7 "" 7.* 1 i
Isle Roy.lie 4.ml lUin.nnM
Magma 7."" 1:14.• i '.4
Mass . 7 no 7:141;., (
Shannon . 7 " 15o,ooo
First Nat 7.7 177,500
Arizona Cons .7" 177,7.00
Superior .... 1 mi 100,0011
Centennial . I no 90,000
Total 79 Co's $1.7i;.!i57,T46
Into the compilation detail’d above
no account is taken oi the dividends
paid by the metallurgical companies
whose business has to do not only
with copper, but other metals. This
would include the Unerican Smelting
A Refining Company, the Fulled
States Smelting. Mining and Uetining
Company and the Nichols Copper
Company. Were their total disburse
ments considered among the copper
producers the distribution for the past
year would have been around $17.7,
000,000.
Sight should not be lost of the fact
that not only were dividends liberal
ly distributed among copper share
holders, but employees at the mines
were also granted a number of wage
increases based on the price of cop
per. Notwithstanding these heaw
payments, every one of the copper
companies wound up the current year
with more cash in their treauries than
ever before
The Reil Dragon cordially invites
the young intoide of town to a party
to tie given tonight at llegg's Itunga
low'' hall The committee in charge
guarantees a good time good music,
good refreshments Complimentary
parties such as this will he given from
time to time, and it is hoped that all
our friends will tie there
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