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The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME m. NUMBER 59. CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, SKPTEkBEB 10, 1917. ‘
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GERMANY TO MAKE DEFINITE PEACE OFFER
WAR TAX BILL IS
LIKELY PASS
TODAY
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. — The
passage of the $2,500,000,000 war tax
bill late today by the senate will be
the first major item of the adjourn
ment program being framed by the
leaders, who are endeavoring to recon
cile the desire at the capital to close
the session of congress next month.
1 he president's legislative program,
with the war insurance bill, is the
chief obstacle In the senate. The lead
ers are trying to secure the postpone
ment of the enactment of this meas
ure until December, on the theory
that the few soldiers will be actively
In the trenches by that time.
ON STRIKE IN
; 1ST
(By Associated Press)
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 10. — The
strike order yesterday called out 7,
000 freight handlers and checking
clerks of the Rock Island, Missouri
and Kansas railroad. The Texas and
Missouri Pacific road employees are
expected to quit today.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. — Dele
gate Charles A. Sulzer, of Alaska, has
received an indefinite leave of absence
from congress on account of the death
last Friday of his brother, John A.
Sulzer, a wool merchant of New' York,
and the serious illness of his mother
In New York.
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President Wilson has appointed
George C. Hazelet, E. F. Medley and
Dr. W. H. Chase members of the ex
emption board for Cordova, upon the
recommendation of Governor Strong.
The latter, in defining the duties of
the exemption board, says they are,
broadly, to pass upon claims of ex
emption that may be made before
them; and the findings of the local
boards are subject to review by the
divisional exemption boards. The
governor further says;
“You are instructed to organize your
board as spedily as possible by the
election of a chairman and a secre
tary, certifying the names of the offi
cers as elected to this office.
v“The necessary supplies for the use
of the exemption boards have already
been forwarded from Washington and
upon their receipt here they will be
Immediately distributed to the various
exemption boards of the territory
“You are advised that your appoint
ments to this board are in the nature
of a draft, and that the board is a con
tinuing one—that is, it will, in all pro
bablllty, continue in existence during
the period of the present war. I need
not remind you that you are charged
with an important duty, and I am sure
that you will, Individually and collec
tively, discharge with the utmost fi
delity the trust that has ben reposed
upon you.”
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COPPER IS NOMINAL.
(By Associated Press)
NEW YOKE, Sept. 10. — Copper is
nominal. September and fourth quar
ter deliveries are quoted at 25 am
26 1-2 cents.
General Korniloff Been
Removed From Command
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I h 1 ROGRA1), Sept. 10.—Premier Kerensky has *
declared that a state of war exists in the town and dis- ♦
* trict ol Petrograd. Kerensky has ordered General Kor- ♦
^ niloll, commander in chief of tin* Russian armies, to re- *
si"n, in consequence of his demand for supreme power. ♦
* General Klembioasky has been appointed commander in *
* chief. Kleven cabinet ministers sat continuously yester- ♦
! * day considering measures to face Korniloff’s revolt, ♦
j ♦ which the ministers regard as the gravest event since the *
i * revolution, except the disposition of Korniloff, which the ♦
* general appaVently intends to defy. No measures were ♦
I * decide <1 upon, but the discussion is proceeding on a plan ♦
* of a constituted directory of five men vested with full ♦
* power to act. ♦
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RATTLE IS NOW RAGING IN THE REGION OF GORIZIA
ROME, Sept. 10. —Northeast of Gorizia, in the San Ga
briele region, artillery battle is continuing. On the remainder
of the front patrol actions are under artillery fire.
RETROGRAD, Sept. 10. German engineers have bridged
the lower Aa river, in Livonia, and Germans are being concen
trated on the north bank. The Russian cavalry is impelling the
progress of the Germans on the Rakov river. Unusual activity
in Jncobstadt and Dvinsk regions are reported.
mSm BEEN CAPTURING GERAAAN TRENCHES
LONDON, Sept. 10.—The British are holding the line east
of Villeret. Southeast of Hargicourt they entered German
trenches, on a front of several hundred yards, taking prisoners
and trenches and also successfully raided near Gravellees, east
of Vermelles.
THE FRENCH IKE MS IN THE VERDUN SECTOR
BERLIN, Sept. 10.—The French gained possession of some
ground in the southern part of Chaumes wood and Ten ridge
east, in (lie Verdun region. Their objective was the village of
Ornes, which they failed to gain. On the Flanders front the
British attacks were repulsed.
PARTS, Sept. 10.—Premier Ribot has placed the resigno
1 ion of the ministry in the hands of president Poincaire. After
conferring with tin* heads of tin1 legislative bodies the president
asked Ribot to form a new ministry, and he has accepted the
commission.
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TEUTONS BAGIN TO REALIZE
HOPLESSNESS OF BATTLE
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♦ LONDON, Sept. 10.—Germany will shortly be able
♦ to publish its pence terms, announced Chancellor Mica
♦ aelis. lie said the reichstag had “tried to make final
♦ arrangements regarding conditions and the question of
♦ Alsace-Lorraine, but no decision had as yet been
♦ reached.”
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♦ LONDON, Sept. 10—Official London believes a very
♦ definite peace offer will come from Germany before the
♦ winter sets in, and the offer will suggest an immediate
♦ cessation of hostilities on a status quo basis. Entente
♦ statesmen fully indicated that they would refuse such
♦ terms, and Germany was aware of this, but .the German
♦ leaders regard a status quo offer from the Teuton side
♦ as an indispensable step toward the preparation of Ger
♦ man public opinion in favor of further concessions.
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GERMAN PAPERS ARE NOIN PEEKED AT UNITED STATES
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 10.—There was a fresh outburst of
rage against the United States in Saturday’s German newspa
pers. It was in connection with Secretary Lansing’s reported
denial of the statement that America would not insist upon the
elimination of Hohenzollerns before entering into peace negoti
ations.
KAISER RAS RIS
EKE ON ALE
AMERICANS
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. — Watch
your step, America! Also your facial
expression. Kaiser Willie has his eye
on you, looking for signs of moral
weakness. If he sees 'em he'll figure
our morale Is breaking niftier the
strain of war and that he's winning.
Scattered through every belligerent
country fighting Germany, so the tale
Is told, via Paris and Berne, the Won
der Man of Wilhelmstrasse has sta
tioned n flock of goggle-eyed psycho
logists with two ton brains.
“Watch the people!” is what they
read when they got to their posts and
opened their sealed orders. There are
it is understood, a few samples ol
these heavy headed watchers in Wash
ington, Now York, Chicago, Denver
San Francisco and here and there in
other cities in the country.
Maybe one of them is especialy de
tailed to watch the president. If so.
| he must send some discouragingly
cheerful reports to Berlin, for Mr
| Wilson has spring in his step, a ready
! smile, a ruddy complexion, dear views
on the situation and an unimpaired
thinking apparatus.
Reports from America to the “Psy
chology Bureau” in Berlin are expect
ed to influence the trend of Germany's
diplomacy. If the brain students in
American cities report: “Americans
dragging feet listlessly, faces register
blank expression, mental processes
foggy and blunted, eyes flat and
I fishy."
i n it will be Germany 8 -no to re
double Its flagging efforts to sink de
mocracy with Its aubmarim *. to pat
ent a few more choice ttrands of
frightfulness (commonly known In
Germany as shrechlichkeit), claim vie
tory and the whole of Europe and let
it go at that.
Hut if the watchers find us keyed
up and capable, determined to sweep
up the wreck of the Prussian machine
with the kaiser's moustache and use
liia npse for a pick-axe to dig his po
litical grave, that will be a tip to
Hr’er Michaelis to use a rat-tail file
on his raucuous utterances.
"I do not think,” said Miss Harriet
Underwood, lecturer on psychology at
George Washington University, and
an authority on the study of the mind,
‘‘that these German observers wil
find any evidences of a weakened
morale here. Our present attitude, 1
should say, is one of indifference, but
I believe that will disappear when the
casualty lists be^in to come in.
"The American Is, as people go,
stable. So far we have had no great
calamity to break down our morale
When the crisis comes I have no fear
but that we will respond in our nor
mal way.”
And that's the way several other
of our own experts looked at it. They
said, in short, that the kaiser’s morale
squad won't get any satisfaction out of
its observations in the United States
until a certain torrid and justly fa
mous locality is coated over with a
thick slab of ice.
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RED CROSS MASS-MEETING
BE HELD TOMORROW NIGHT.
A mass-meeting of all Interested in
the American Red Cross will be held
at Eagle hal on Tuesday evening at
8 o'clock for the purpose of organizing
Cordova Chapter. A full attendance is
desired, as there is considerable work
ahead for the chapter, and it desires
point the necessary committees,
to elect its permanent officers and ap
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ITALIANS PRESSING
AUSTRIAN LINES.
(By Associated Press)
ROME, Sept. 9. — The Italians are
still energetically pressing the Aus
trian lines in the Sangabriele region.
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SUNDAY BALL GAMES
CLOSE AND INTERESTING.
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Sept. 10. — Sunday's
ball games in the big leagues resulted
as follows: American league — Chi
cago 9, Cleveland 0; St. Iatuis 0, De
troit 7; St. Louis ti, Detroit 2. Na
tional league — Cincinnati 3, St. Louis
6; Cincinnati 0. St. Louis 2; Httsburg
0. Chicago 1.
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Furnished cabins. See Dooley.
Swedish Minister Denies
Intrigue With Germany
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W ASIIINGTON, Sept. 10.—Tlu* disclosure of a ♦
* Swedish displomat in Argentina, acting as an intermedi- *
* ary for messages to Berlin, creates one of the most diffi ♦
* cult international situations of the war, is the official *
* view here, and the chief surprise is how Americans were *
* * ahle to obtain the messages. ♦
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* Bl ENOS AIRES, Sept. 10. — Baron Lowen, the ♦
* Swedish minister, yesterday denied that dispatches in ♦
* cipher had been sent to Berlin through the Swedish lega- ♦
* tion. He declared he had “not sent, or caused to he sent, ♦
* by the legation, any telegram to the German legation, *
* and the news is a great and disagreeable surprise.” ♦
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GERMANS HAVE BEEN DEFEATED IN EAST AFRICA
LONDON, Kept. 10.—Defeats of Germans from along the
line in Last Africa are reported in official dispatches.
ENEMY HAS BEEN REPUlIDliTiniSEWfl
PARIS, Kept. 10.—Strong enemy attacks on tin* right bank
of the Meuse river, to the extent of nearly two miles, have been
repulsed by the French troops after the Germans gained a tern
porary foothold at some points. Attacks on new French posi
tions north of Chaume woods were also repulsed.
STEAMER ALASKA SAILS FOR CORDOVA
SEATTLE, Kept. 10.—The steamer Alaska sailed last
night at 9 o’clock. Her Cordova passengers were Mrs. Clark
It. Bvers. Mrs. J. Haney, Theo .Johnson, G. .1. Goodwin and NY.
H. Penan.
CABLE IS OUT OF COMMISSION
The government cable was interrupted early this afternoon
and since then no messages have been received, .lust how long
it will be out of commission cannot be stated until tin* break is
located.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES TO
BE TAUGHT IN BELGIUM.
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(By Associated Press)
HAVRE, Sept. 10. — The Belgian
government, under the direction of the
minister of arts and sciences, has es
tablished a correspondence course foi
the instruction of officers and soldiers
in the Belgian army. The French.
Flemish. English. Italian. Russian and
Spanish languages will be taught in
■n attempt to increase the men’s op
portunities for obtaining a means of
livelihood after the war. T'.e course
will be conducted in collaboration with
an established Parisian educational in
stitution, and small fees charged to j
cover the actual expenses of the work
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NEW ARMOR MATERIAL
IS LATEST INVENTION
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(By Associated Press)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Sept. 10
—The Butch general staff, as well a*
one or two foreign military attaches
are evincing considerable interest it:
a new armor material devised by at
inventor here. The principle on whicl
it is based is that of distributing the -
pressure of projectiles and explosive*
as rapidly as possible. The armor con
sists of a system of double plates with
more or less space between them
filled with a material that is verj
similar to sand, but is of extremely
fine grain and at the same time ex
traordinarily hard.
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JITNEY DANCE BIG AFFAIR
TONIGHT’S ENTERTAINMENT
There will be a jitney dance at
Eagle hall tonight, given by the Worn
en’s Patriotic League for the purpose
of endowing a bed in a French hos
pital for American soldiers. The Bon
Ton and Ragtime Trio orchestras will
furnish the music, and practically
everybody in town will be there, as
the cause is a most worthy one.
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PUSHING RUSSIANS BACK.
(“By Associated Press)
BEIRLIN, Sept. 9.— The Russians
are hastily leaving the Riga region,
west of Venden. The Kussiun cavalry
hs in touch with them on the new line
and the advanced Russian detach
ments are being pushed back.
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 — The boy
vho clerked in a bank and grabbed his
toondav lunch at a "walk around and
;et it” cafeteria, won't be lonesome
when he joints the navy. Yes sir. the
‘grab it and scoot” joint has been
•stablished aboard the big battlers of
he United States navy. It is one‘of
he two methods evolved for the serv
ng of food aboard naval vessels, to
iave time, money and food.
At the cafeterias between decks
iboard the U. S. S. New York, black
wards hang above the counters show
ng the bill of fare, and also indicating
■vhat dishes a man should pick up on
lis way, for each item. The men
'hoose what they want, 'then can*)
:heir trays to the mess tables, which
iave been set with cups, knives, forks,
spoons, syrup, preserves and condi
ments.
In the food container system, par
icularly adapted to smaller vessels
if the older type, instead of the men
’orming in line each carrying a t-av.
ihe food is brought to the table in
<ervlng pans, pots and trays and tho
men help themselves. The new sy*
:ems wdre worked out by Paymaster
George K. Venable, of the U. S. S.
New York.
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AIRMEN KEEP RECORDS OF
POSITIONS ON PHONOGRAPHS
PARIS, Sept. Id. — The phonograph
Is proving a useful adjunct to obser
ation officers on duty in the
air. These officers, forced to keep
their field glasses continually on tho
positions they are observing, have
found considerable difficulty in mak
ing notes as quickly as they see them.
Observation airplanes are now fitted
with a registering phonograph into
which the officers speak through an
acoustic tube. ThtiB, all the points
the airmen have noted are correctly
recorded for future use.
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(By Associated Press)
SAN JOSE. Cal.. Sept. 10. — A pe
tltlon has been presented to the cltv
■ouncll asking that the council mem
•ers either call an Initiative election
>r vote the saloon out of business.
Approximately 2.7uo names were no
cessarv to call nn election. The can
vass was made by a committee head
ed by business and professional men.
The proposed ordinance would per
mlt restaurants to sell malt and vin
ous liquor between 11 a. m. and 9 p
m,. with meals costing a minimum o!
2ft cents. It would permit the sale
of any liquors, including whisky, in
wholesale houses, which are limited to
six In number, nnd provides penal
ties, 1 deluding a jail sentence for sec
ond offenses, for violations. Any one
(hay have any kind of liquor in his
home and may give it away, by provi
sions of the ordinance.
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ADMIRAL F'JINS
01 THE W
NORTH
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Sept. 10. — The steam
er Admiral Evans sailed at lo o’clock
on Saturday morning, but no passen
gers left here for Cordova.
HITS SILTED
Returning from the Ilroad Bass
country, where he has been prospect
ing for several months, Jas. Honey
arrived in Fairbanks recently, most
optimistic as to the future of that sec
tion and of the development of the
whole interior. Mr. Honey believes
that the greatest good that could come
to the interior at this time would be
a smelter, and a government owned
at that.
“In one little section alone." Mr.
Heney said, "enough has been found
to furnish enough work for a smelter.
And then there is a great stretch of
country extending over miles which
carries minerals in such quantities
that a big smelter could be kept go
ing steadily.”
Besides the great quantities of ores
there are many kinds of ore. all of
which should be handled through a
smelter. If such a smelter were es
tablished in Fairbanks, Mr. Honey
believes that it would give the rail
road such a tonnage as to insure its
being a good paying proposition.
Besides the ores from the Broad
Bass country, Mr. lleney points out
that the extent of the great copper
and antimony properties on the upper
Tanana river regions, in the Nabesna
and other places, all of which could
be got to Fairbanks for treatment, at
little expense.
It might be the means of hurrying
along the construction of a railroad
through the upper Tanana valley also.
Next to the smelter comes a central
power plant, one that will furnish pow
er to the mines at a reasonable rate.
But first, in the opinion of Mr. He
ney, cbmes the question of a govern
ment owned smelter. Ho believes that
Fairbanksans should lose no time in
boosting for such a proposition, for if
the interior doesn’t get it the coast
may, and then the Tanana vallev
would have difficulty in trying to
land it.—Fairbanks News.
"The Bure of Heart’s Desire ' played
by Edmund Breeso, at the Empress
theatre tonight. Also Dictograph
shown first. After which the Red
Cross will draw to see who wlas the
dog.
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Yesterday’s train was delayed sev
eral hours in reaching here on account
of washouts, dut to the recent heavy
rains.
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