The Cordova Daily Times
fef VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 372. CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1016. PRICE TEN CENTS.
SERIOUS BREAK
IS FEARED
WASHINGTON, Keb. 24. — When
Congress assembled today there was
an agitation warning all Americans on
belligerent ships to heed German's
,/leclared intention of attacking all
T armed merchantmen overshadowing
all other matters before that body
President Wilson is keeping in dost
touch with the smouldering sentiment
which his supporters are apprehensive
might suddenly blaze up to embarrasf
negotiations with Germany. A desper
ate effort is being made to hold thf
administration forces in line and tc
keep the question from the floor ot
the Senate and the House. The situ
ation now looks favorable to the Pres
ident’s plans, as the Republicans gen
erally realize the wisdom of his course
and oppose any action by Congress.
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disturbing rumors that drastic conse
quences would result from tension be
tween Washington and Berlin regard
ing Germany's submarine policy. It
fact it has already caused a breal
of over seven cents per bushel in th<
price of wheat compared with price*
curren earlier in the season.
BERLIN, Feb. 24. — It is officially
stated that the entire wooded distric
northwest and northeast of Beaumon
and the forest Herbe. as well as th<
villages of Brabant, Haumont am
Samognen. in the Verdun region, ar<
in possession of the German troops.
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IS CORDOVA BOOSTER 111
THE FI
A. J. Adams, the accredited repre
sentative of the Cordova Chamber o
Commerce at the Panama-Pacific Ex
position, gave a good account of his
stewardship to the local organizatioi
last night. He stated that fordov;
Jiad by far the best mineral exhibi
W'nim Alaska at the fair, while tin
agricultural exhibit from Fairbanks
was most creditable. Mr. Adams gavi
an outline of the work he did in be
half of the Chamber, and told how In
had succeeded, through the courtes;
of Commissioner Kenyon, in liavini
Alaska Day observed on October P
last. L. L. Bales, an old-timer fron
the territory, rendered valuable pub
Alioity service to Cordova and tin
tfcopper river valley, and upon the sug
gestion of Mr. Adams the f ham be
tendered Mr. Bales a vote of thank
for what he had done.
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The government cable between Se
attle and Sitka was down for fou
hours yesterday, and as a result on
full press service was not received las
^ evening.
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Alaskans returning home from visits
to the States report that alt indiea-1
tlons point to a great rush northward '
during the coming summer. The of-j
fieiais of the steamship companies
say that thousands of enquiries are re
ceived each week from all parts of
planning to make the trip to Alaska
with a view of making their future
homes in the north. Indications for
an unusually heavy tourist travel dur
ing the summer are very bright, and
those who made the trip last year
i have been advertising the scenery of
Alaska and the advantages of spend
ing the summer, especially the hot
months, in the north.
The building of the government
railroad is expected to cause a rush
to Cook Inlet district such as has not
been equalled since the days of the;
Nome stampede, and the steamship
companies are making preparations to
handle the big business.
. Alaskans who are in touch with af-(
fairs In the eastern states say that the!
outlook of capital coming to the terri-(
tory was never better than now, as |
Alaska is the most inviting region
: under the American flag in which to
invest money In mining and other le- |
. gitimate enterprises. Many prominent j
1 mining men who have been waiting!
for the Mexican situation to clear, [
have at last decided that Alaska of
: fees equal advantages and better pro
jection than in the turbulent republic. |
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MOTHER LODE SHIPS ORE
TO SMELTER j
The Mother Lode Copper Mines'
Company shipped 150 tons of ore to
the Tacoma smelter on the steamer
Alameda yesterday. It was not the1
high grade copper that has been
transported from the interior, although j
it ran thirty per cent, which would be
I considered rich ore in the States. The
i shipment had a value of $"1,000, and1
this mine has a force of over fifty men
working, and expects to soon send an
. other quantity of ore to Cordova.
GETTING AUTOS IN SHAPE
EOR THE TRAIL
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Grover and Billy Frame are now i
on their way from Fairbanks to Chi-j
tina, where they have two automobiles j
and expect to get these cars ready,
for the travel just as soon as the trail
' is in shape for them to drive their
i cars.
1 The Dodge car which Grover Frame
| bought of J. H. Groves is in Fair- :
banks, and will be used as a relay
j car, to be used as occasion demands'
; it.
(, The boys are walking to Chitina.,
‘ j If the trail seems to be in shape for
it they will start to operate their cars
‘ an far as possible immediately. It
• is hardly possible that they can now
’ run the machines a distance of 100
1 miles or so from the interior terminal ,
of the railroad, and if this is possible
it will mean that they will start to
work at once, increasing the distance
‘ they travel as the conditions permit.
Freddie Haef was about yesterduy i
after his recent illness.
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The Chamber of Commerce held a
ipeeial meeting last night, at which
leveral matters of importance to Cor
lova were considered and acted upon,
fhe war department recently issued
in order establishing an all-night
:able service at Sitka. Juneau, Valdez
ind Fairbanks, but for some reason
>r other overlooked the fact that Cor
dova is the most important commer
cial station in the territory, with the
•ossible exception of Juneau. The
■able office receipts here are larger
han at Sitka, Valdez or Fairbanks, the
owns that are to enjoy a twenty-four
lour cable service. Then, again, Cor
iova's population is constantly grow
ng, and its business increasing. Un
der the circumstances, the Chamber
’elt that this town was entitled to the
came consideration as any other town
n Alaska, and instructed its executive
committee to draft a resolution to the
•roper officials, requesting that the
ill-night cable service be extended to
Cordova. I'
The establishment of a postal sav
ings bank at Cordova was also consid
ered, and the Chamber requested the
local postmaster to make application
to the department at Washington to
have one started here. This system
was extended to Alaska the other day,
and Juneau. Treadwell, Skagway.
Wrangell, Ketchikan. Petersburg and
Fairbanks designated as depositories
on April 1.
Another important matter consid
ered by the Chamber was the inade
quate and poorly paid clerical force
in the local postoffice. A special com
rnittee, consisting of Messrs. R. E.
Capers and M. Brock, was appointed
, to lay the facts before Postmaster
General Burleson, with the request
that an inspector familiar with condi
tions in Alaska be sent north to In- '
vestlgate the demoralized condition of !
the service, brought about through the 1
] recommendations of Inspector Neil.
ANOTHER ASST.
At a special meeting of the Cordova
’hatnber of Commerce, held last
light, the following resolution was
ldopted:
Whereas, the Third Judicial district
if Alaska includes that section of the
erritory in which construction work
>11 the government railroad is now in
jrogress; and,
Whereas, The United States district
ittorney for this district is allowed but
wo deputies to assist him in handling
loth field and office work; and,
Whereas, It appears that this force
s not sufficient to conduct invest iga
ions and prosecution of violations of
aw reported from the more thickly
jopulated sections of the district, not
o mention the needs of the sparsely
settled areas; and,
Whereas, The rapid increase of pop
tlation along the route of the govern
nent railroad has resulted in condi
ions greatly increasing the work of
taid United States district attorney
ind his deputies; therefore.
Be It Resolved, That the attorney
;eneral be urged to take such action
is may-be necessary to provide an ad
litional deputy in the office of said
Tnited States district attorney, for
his. the Third Judicial District of
Uaska; and,
Be It Further Resolver. That copies
if this resolution be sent to other
•ivic bodies in this district and to our
lelegate in Congress, James Wicker
sham, and other members of Congress,
ind that they be urged to co-operate
vith the attorney-general to this end.
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NORTHWESTERN THIS AFTER
NOON; EVANS TOMORROW.
The steamer Northwestern left Ju
leau at 4 o’clock yesterday morning,
tnd is due in Cordova late this after
loon. She has about a hundred pas
sengers and a large quantity of freight
or here.
Word has been received from Ju
leau that the Admiral Evans passed
here yesterday at noon. She will he
n Cordova early tomorrow morning.
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GIVEN A HEAVY FINE.
Charles Monroe was given a hearing
icfore United States Commissioner
lledley yesterday afternoon, on the
barge of assault and battery, and ba
ng an old offender, the court fined
lim |150 and costs.
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Yesterday P. A. Mosser received a
vireless message, containing the sad
lews of the death of his mother at
ler home town in Pennsylvania.
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DEMOCRATS FIX
TIME IF THEIR
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The Democratic committeemen for1
this division met in Valdez to arrange j
for the primaries and for the purpose
of making the apportionment of dele- ;
gates for the various precincts to the !
Democratic territorial convention, to
j be held at Juneau. May 24. 1916.
j It was decided and ordered that
the delegates elected from Valdez Cor
dova, Seward and Anchorage should
he elected at primaries, but that in
all other precincts the delegates may i
he elected at primaries or at caucus,
the manner of election being optional
with the Democrats of the several
divisions. |.
It was also ordered that the pri-j
maries and caucuses for the election j
of delegates to the convention may be
held at any time within and including,
the 15th day of March and the 8th
day of April, 1916.
Following is the apportionment of ,
delegates, of which there are ”5, to ,
the various precincts:
i ‘Anchorage .6 |
j.lfognak.1 i
^‘Cordova and Eyak ... -.11 ,
•Copper Center and Sourdough .... 1 ji
Chitina.4 (
•Cliff and Shoup Bay. 1 |
Chisina.1 I
•Ohogguing and Kogguing. 1 <
•Eliamar and Landloek.S t
Fidalgo.1' i
Granite.1 i
Girdwood.It
Hone .1 1
Katalla.2 i
•Kntk and Shushitna.2 i
Kodiak.4 j t
Kennecott.21
Latouohe...1^1
McCarthy.3 <
•Naknek and Nushagak.1 t
Port Wells.1 ■'
RooseYelt.1 11
Resurrection .1 1
Reservation.1
•Seward.8 j
Strelna.11
Sunrise.1
•Teikel and Allen.1 I
Unga.1 j
Unalaska.1 I
•Valdez.11'r
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Total.75 jf
Primaries to 6e held in precincts 11
checked *. 1'
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Yesterday's train brought nearly 800 t
tons of ore from the Kennecott mines, d
which will be sent to the smelter on ti
the first southbound boat. J v
HIE TELLS OF
WORK GOVT.
In his article in the ecological 1
Magazine. Secretary of the Interior
>ane tells something of the railway
ine leading from Matanuska Junction
o the Matanuska coal fields. It fol
ows:
"From Matanuska Junction to the
■oal fields the line follows practically
or the entire distance the drainage
)f the Matanuska river. This stream
or a considerable part of the dis-.
ance is banked by cliffs of gravel
ind sand, in places a hundred feet
tigh or more. To attempt to cut
nto these banks, in many places,
vould invite slides of a similar na
tire to those creating serious diffi
culty at Panama.
"To avoid this danger it is pro
>osed to build up the embankment
ilong the side of the river bed against
he cliffs, diverting Ihe course of the
dream with wing darns. As the Mat
muska is largely fed by glaciers, its
low is at a minimum In winter, and
lespite the short hours of daylight,
nuch of the work of grading could be
iccomplished with fewer obstacles
ind at lower cost in the winter than
n the summer.
"Overland transportation of supplies
mil equipment, too, can be made more
'asily and cheaply in winter. The val
eys and bottom lands of Alaska are
generally swampy. In summer men
ind horses sink into the morass at
>acb step, while the difficulties of
ravel through new country are en |
lanced by the heavy herbaceous |
trowtli. which approximates tropical
tingle undergrowth in density. Under
hese conditions pack horses are prac
icaily the only means of carrying
mpplies, excepting along constructed
rails. In winter, however, roads are
•asily broken in the snow, and trans
icrtation of any kind becomes a much
dmpler and cheaper matter.
"Reaching the Matanuska coal fields
vith a railroad at as early a date as
lossible will not only encourage quick i
levelopment, but also will open up a i
;ource of fuel for the use of the com- i
nission in railroad operation, and in
^instruction work along the northern .
tart of the line. The Matanuska coal
ields furnish a high grade of bitumin
us coal, which has been found en
irely satisfactory for naval use. The i
oal of the Nenana fields, on the other t
■art of the railroad, is a high grade t
P limiito whlr*h nYnpr'fprl tn fur— S
lish cheap and excellent fuel for do- I
uestic and industrial use in the In- t
erior of the country, along the Tan- 1
na and the Yukon.
“No attempt is being made to add i
o the cost of the road by elaborate f
r ornate structures. It is realized \
hat the prime need is for a road thut e
•ill as quickly as possible lay open t
he riches of Alaska for use and her i
mds to settlement.” c
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AMOUS TUNNEL BUILDER NOW
ELLAMAR MINE FOREMAN. (
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Paddy O'Neil, who acquired the re- l
utatfon of being one of the best r
ock breakers on the American con-^
Inent while driving the big tunnel
jr the Alnska-Oastineau company I
hrough the mountain hack of Juneau, t
as accepted the foremanship of the a
lllaniar copper mine. During the en - o
re time that the tunnel was being t
riven at Juneau not a fatal accident c
appened on the face of the tunnel
•here Mr. O'Neil was in charge.
SANTA CRl'Z. Canary Islands, Feb.
:4. — The British steamer Westburn
trrived in this port, flying the Ger
nan flag, under a prize crew of eight
nen from the Moewe. The captured
vessel carried two hundred and six
jassengers from the steamers Fla
nenco, Horace, Clan, McTavish and
'orbridge, British bark Edna and Bel
gian bark Luxemberg. These vessels
vere captured and sunk by the Moe
ve. After landing the prisoners, the
ter man crew put to sea with the
rVestbum. f j £
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FRENCH BELIEVE
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PARIS. Feb. 24. Although some
'round has been lost north of Verdun,
.vliere the German attack with an en
jrmous force has been progressing the
ast four days, the French lines are
ml broken at auy point, and the war
iffice is confident the lines will con
;inue to hold.
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CZAR OF RUSSIA ROES TO
THE FRONT
PETROGRAIJ, Feb. 24. — The Czar
el l for I lie front today in order that
ie might personally inspect the
roops and congratulate the men upon
heir excellensive fighting.
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ADMIRAL VON HOPE IS DEAO
AT HIS HOME
BERLIN, Feb. 24. — Rear Admiral
lugo Von Hopl. commander of the
Jerman battle fleet until his recent
etirement because of ill health, died
it his home in this city today.
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ANCHORAGE PEOPLE HOPEFUL
OF FUTURE.
Jim Hagen, one of the best known
iiiners in this section of Alaska, re
timed to town after having come over
he winter trail from Anchorage to
Seward. He reports that the distance
let ween Seward and Anchorage is
ne hundred and thirty miles, and that
e made the trip in four days.
Mr. Hagen reports that Anchorage
t a busy place, notwithstanding the
act that there is little doing in the
fay of railroad building. The real
state market in the new town is ac
!ve and property is said to be chang
lg ownership at figures which indi
ate that the residents of the town
elieve that Anchorage is on the map
f Alaska to stay.
The reported shortage of certain
nes of staple goods has failed to ma
wialize, and the market seemed to
e plentifully supplied, with prices
msonable.—Valdez Prospector.
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H. A. Sprague, president of the
iglithouse Packing Company, re
mind from Mummy island last night,
nd reports that he had a record catch
f clams yesterday, as four men dug
iree toms. He expects another big
itch today.
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Kmpress tonight. Big attraction.