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VPLUME 1. NUMBER 139. CORDOVA, AIxANKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1915 PRICE TEN CENTS.
READY MOBILIZATION ITALIAN ARMY
Shipping Mail to Interior
A large quantity of the accumulated
mall at the local postofflce will be
shipped to Skagway on the Alameda
for Interior Alaska points. It consists
principally of parcel post packages «n«t
circular mail.
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TALK BY NOTED
The pupils of the Cordova public
schools enjoyed a great literary treat
today, when Rev. George Edw. Lewis,
of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, author
and lecturer, talked to the higher
grades this morning. Our distin
guished visitor took for his subject
his travels, and especially his visit
to the Panama-Pacific Exposition at
San Francisco, his description of the
"Fun Zone” being particularly inter
esting to the children.
Rev. Lewis also spoke of the lim
ited knowledge possessed by citizens
of the United States about Alaska; of
the similarity of the people from Ari
zona, Massachusetts, South Dakota 1
and Alaska—in fact, the world over.
He expressed his appreciation of the
Cordova schools and pointed out the
advantages they possessed, telling
wherein they surpassed those in many
In the states outside of the large cit
ies. i
After speaking of what our boys and
girls In Alaska may become in use
fulness. Rev. Lewis said that in Mas
sachusetts it is asked “What do you
know?” In New York "How much
are you worth?” In Virginia "Who
was your father?" But in the west and
in Alaska they ask“What can you do?”
The speaker referred to the great
resources of this territory and the op
portunities offered to the educated
and industrious. His talk was lis
tened to with marked attention by
the scholars, who enjoyed greatly the
wisdom and truth as expounded by
one who was familiar with his sub.
Jects.
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YORK
NEW YORK, May 18—General
Thomas H. Hubbard, a prominent at
torney and a director In many real
roads and other financial institutions,
died here today. Hubbard took an
active part in the Civil war on the
Union side, and was one of the best
known veterans in the eountry. He
also attained much publicity as pres
ident of the Peary Arctic Club, which
made such a strenuous fight disputing
the claims of Dr. Cook as the original
discoverer of the North Pole.
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LAUNCH DONALDSON
HERE FROM VALDEZ
The army launch Donaldson came
over from Port Liscum last night to
take P. G. Peltret, U. S. Inspector of
boilers, back to Valdez, and he will
leave for there In the morning. Capt.
O. Whitney, inspector of hulls, will
remain here until the Watson arrives,
when he will go to Kodiak.
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Brain Food f°r the 8taff
Yesterday afternoon Dr. C. U. Hale
and W. W. Wolf made a big catch of
fine black bass, and the Doctor very
kindly remembered the Times force
with some of these toothsome viands.
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ROME, May 19 —King Victor Emmanuel lias
issued a royal decree placing all railroad lines, e
quipment and stations under the din*ct control and
subject to the orders of the supreme military au
thorities of the nation. The step is preliminary to
the mobilization of the army at strategic points a
long the frontier, which step is hourly expected.
The declaration of war against the Teutons cannot
now bo long delayed.
ROME, May 19 Forty persons were killed and
*everal hundred wounded by the police and the Aus
trian troops in Pola, in quelling an uprising yester
lay. The revolt was commenced by Italians who
gathered in the principal square and insulted the
Austrian Emperor. The Austrian troops sacked
he Italian quarter of the city, and demolished the
lomes of all Italians. Pola is tin* Austrian naval
3ase on the Adriatic sea, and is an important mil
tary point.
ROME, May 19—Austria will ask the United
states to look after the interests of her citizens in
'taly in the event of war with the Italians. fler
nany has decided to hand' over her diplomatic af
airs to the representative of Switzerland.
VIENNA, May It)—The Austrian people are fnc
ng the Italian situation with the utmost calmness.
They feel that Austria has tried to do everything
jossible to avoid'war with Italy and that the decis
on is now in the hands of fate, the government hav
ng conceded all that it in fairness could. The
Austro-Italian frontier is extremely easy to defend
because of the strong natural advantages for for
tifying that the mountainous character of the land
presents. The whole section has been practically
converted into one immense field fortress, which
the Austrians prophesy is impregnable. The na
tion is ready for whatever may come, and the feel
ing is universal that their cause is just.
BASEL, May 19—The mobilization of troops in
upper Italy continues at a feverish pace. The
whole country is rapidly being converted into a
military encampment.- Many trains are daily leav
ing Milan carrying soldiers in the direction of the
frontier.
BERLIN, May 19—The Rome corres|)ondent
of the Berliner Tageblntt today sent a pessimistic
dispatch to his paper declaring that the short par
liamentary interlude in Italian politics barf ended
by the domination of the mob. The Italian dis
patches to the other Berlin newspapers are all in a
similar tone. There is a general feeling throughout
Germany that only a miracle can avert war between
Italy and Austria.
WASHINGTON, May 19—If Italy and Austria
declare war, there is no doubt but that it will also
be extended to Germany and Turkey . In that e
Ttaly wishes them to take charge of Italian inter
representatives at Berlin and Constantinople that
Italy wishes the mto take charge of Italian inter
ests in these respective countries. Germany is
not requiring American action on her part in the
event she enters the war with Italy.
WASHINGTON, May 19—Austria lias request
ed the l nited States to care for her diplomatic in
terests in Home. Italy has also requested the Unit
ed States representative at Vienna to look after Ital
ian interests there in case of war. The State De
partment has instructed our ambassadors at both
Home and Vienna to be ready to assume the addi
tional duties in the event war is declared.
ROMH, May Id The attitude of Roumania is
being closely watched by all the diplomatic repre
sentatives of the various warring nations in the city."
Roumania is known to be on more cordial relations
with Italy than with any of the other Kuropean pow
ers, and it is now more than possible that an actual
alliance will be consummated between the two coun
tries. Heading diplomats of both peoples have long
desired it, and it is certain that the present crisis will 1
result in at least a diplomatic understanding being
arrived at, and certain officials state that this diplo
matic understanding already exists, and will mean
that Roumaina will follow whatever course Italy
takes at this time.
The Italian government has issued a green book
stating Italy’s position in the present imbroglio, and
asserting that it Italy should enter the war she will
commence fighting only from necessity. Austria
has apparently failed to realize that Italy was firmly
determined to enter the war if she failed to obtain
satisfactory territorial concessions from her neigh
bor by the use of diplomacy . This undoubted mis
understanding of the Italian attitude is incompre
hensible to anyone who has closely watched the
course of events for the past few months.
FAVOR KILLING SEALS PRIBILOF ISLANDS
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, May 19—Congres
lional legislation to carry out recom
liendations of a commission of three
iclentiflc experts with a view to the re
mmption of commercial killing of
teals at the Prtbilof Islands in the
Bering sea, will be recommended next
winter by the Secretary of Commerce,
William C. Redfleld, according to
present expectations. The ultimate
Future of the Alaska seal herd has
been a vexed international question
For years.
Canada and Japan, which are inter
ested financially in the American seal
herd by the terms of a treaty which
abolished pelagic sealing, made an in
vestigation contemporaneously with
the American experts. Both govern
ments have made representations to
the United States that the condition
of the seal herd warrants resuming
sealing operations at once.
The report of the three American
experts, submitted to congress in its
closing days, and about to be pub
lished, is by Wilfred H. Osgood, Ed
ward A. Preble and George H. Par
ker, selected by the National Academy
of Science, the Smithsonian Institu
tion and the Secretary of Agriculture
at the instance of the Secretary of
'ommerce. These men investigated
conditions on the Pribilof islands last
ummer.
Their report, whose revision has
just been completed, points out that
the treaty effective December 15, 1911,
between the United States, Great
Britain Japan and Russia, is essen
tially an agrreement by which the
foreign nations relinquish their right
to take seals on the high seas in ex
change for a share in land sealing to
be conducted by the United States.
Great Britain and Japan paid large
sums to retire their sealing fleets,
"obviously expecting to be reimbursed
in the near future by their 15 per
cent share of land sealing." The
United States reserved the right to
suspend land sealing if necessary to
protect and preserve the seal herd
and to increase its numbers. The
report contends that now, after three
seasons without commercial sealing,
there is no necessity for continued
suspension.
"The condition of the seal herd in
1914,” says the report, “is such that
resumption of commercial sealing on
a moderate scale in 1915 could be un
dertaken with confidence that the pro
tection and growth of the herd would
not be jeopardized in the slightest de
cree. The inference is clear that un
less sealing is resumed agitation will
continue and the Integrity of a must
Jesirable treaty endangered.”
The voluminous report states that
the people of the Pribilof islands,
though not natives, have so long made
the islands their homes that they rec
ognize no other. “They are a peo
ple still semi-civilized,” says the re
port, They constitute a heritage ac
quired by the United Stutes with the
islands and their valuable wild inhab
itants. and considerations of economy
ind humanity demand that they be
iccepted as such and managed with
ill possible wisdom and fairness.
“Many changes In the methods of
lealiug with the natives seem neces
sary. In their management a great
leal will depend on the personality of
the officers in charge. It is believed
that the work necessary to put the
sealing plant on an efficient basis
md the resumption in the near fu
ture of commercial sealing, accompan
ied by a better system of compensa
tion and the opportunity of exchang
ing the reward of their labor accord
ing to their desires, will help to make
the natives self-respecting, and the
people may become an entirely self
supporting, efficient, happy communi
ty.”
There are good reasons, from botli
economy and welfare of the seal herd,
to resume commercial sealing at
once, the report concludes. There
should be only two restrictions to
practically guarantee the growth and
preservation of the herd. These are
that females should not be killed for
their skins or for food, and that breed
ing bulls should be maintained in
numbers sufficient to supply one for
each forty bearing cows.
The report says the management of
all the animals should be placed In
charge of a specially qualified officer
and the management of the natives
and the fiscal affairs under another
officer, the former liuvlng senior rnnk.
That the Pribilof seal herd is not on
the verge of extinction is asserted,
with the declaration that complete |
rehabilitation of the herd may be con-1
fldently expected in view of its pres
ent size and condition. “Provisions'
commensurate with the needs and 1m- ^
portance of the property involved,” |
the report adds, “are to be regarded
as wise Investments and curtailment
of operations at this time is not jus
tified by conditions.”
Among statements by the three ex
ports are:
"The fur seal herd contains approx
imately 2§4,000 individuals, 93,250 of
them being bearing female seals.
The ration of one seal bull to forty
bearing cows meets all possible de
mands of safety and conservation.
The law of 1912, stopping commercial
killing, has greatly increased the male
seals. The male seals will be greatly
in excess by 1916. The herd is in
excellent condition. Yearling seals
rarely come to land at all until after
the close of the killing season. The
increase In the number of bearing
seal cows was small. Marking of
breeding reserves wiith a permanent
hot iron brand is practicable. Meth
ods of killing seals is not objection
able from the humane standpoint,
but shorter drives are desirable. Dead :
animals should be measured before
they are skinned, the present system
of weighing beiing antiquated. Build
ings, transportation methods and
methods of work need general reform.
The fox herd is in poor condition, the
reindeer herd is increasing, sea lions
and certain birds need protection con
tinued. The natives constitute a
serious problem; their condition, while
far from hopeless, is not creditable to
the government.”
Had Successful Outing
K. L. Harwood and Dr. W. W.
Council were ladened w'ith black bass
ind rock cod when they returned last
light from a fishing trip on the bay.
ind today their friends are feasting
m fish.
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SEATTLE, May 19—The steamer
Northwestern sailed last night with
a large list of passengers and a full
•argo of freight, mostly for Seward
md Anchorage. ’Those booked for
‘ordova were S. Covel and wife, C.
S’orton, S. Laurie, 11. II. Hagres, (’has.
,abelle, E. Coy, M. Compass, Wal
er Brown and six steerage.
JO nr DECLARES
In the United States Commission
er's court ttiis afternoon. Al. Harper
was given a hearing as to his sanity,
a complaint having been issued at
the instance of the chief of police
Dooley. Harper has been a local
fishermen for a number of years, and
lately lived on an island in Deep bay,
which is a part of a military reserva
tion. Ills conduct has been such
that he was not considered a safe man
to be at large, laboring under the im
pression that he had undisputed pas
sion to tile island and threatening
those who went near there. The wit
nesses summoned by the government
were T. M. Hunt. (Jeorge Dooley,, T.I
C. Price, Wm. Smith, O. M. Kinney,
Jack Way, C. C. O'Neill and Al. Har
per.
Attorney Frazier represented Har
per, and his case was heard by the fol
lowing jury. Capt A. E. Lathrop,
Harry Kolfe, Dean Searles, James Ly
3ns, Thomas Tallent and Oscar Lar
mn.
After debating for a short time the
iury returned a verdict of insane
against the defendant.
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Will Visit the Fair
Mrs. H. I. Lewis will leave on the
text steamer for Seattle, where she
will visit for some time. Later she
will be joined by Mr. Lewis and to
gether they will go to the San Fran
:lsco fair.
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SOFIA, May 19—All reserve officers of the Bulgarian
army have been called to the colors for a month’s training.
The Turks are hurrying huge quantities of troops, provisisions
and war munitions from Lute Burgas and Kashan to the Galli
poli peninsula, in an effort to stem the advancing tide of the al
lied forces. All the siege guns and heavy artillery have been
removed from Adrinople and sent to the coast of the Aegean
Sea. Kalshan and Malgara, near the Gallipoli peninsula, are
being hastily fortified.
KAISER VISITS EASTERN FRONT
AND STIMULATES THE FIGHTING
BERLIN, May 19—I nthe German official statement issued
today, it is announced that the Kaiser was present on the firing
line last Sunday, while the battle was progressing along the
eastern front. He first traveled along the line with the Gen
eral Staff, and' later followed the division which was struggling
to cross the river San. The presence of the emperor filled his
soldiers with enthusiasm, and he witnessed some hard fighting.
ENGLAND EXPERIMENTING WITH
WIRELESS REPLACE COAST LIGHTS
LONDON, May 19—Experiments with Hertzian waves are
being followed very closely by “Trinity House, in the belief
that the system will prove more valuable than coast lights.
Some experts are even looking forward to the gradual ex
tinction of the latter.
The wireless signals can be employed in foggy weather,
when lighthouses cannot be seen, and several vessels are now
fitted' with what are known as direction finders.
On the North Coast of France the French government has
been experimenting with special stations, the signals being
emitted at regular intervals. If a vessel is fitted with a ra
dio compass it is easy to apply the information, but even with
out one the receipt of any signal at all is an advantage, for the
exact positions of the stations are known.
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ATHENS, May 1!)—The allies have disembarked fresh con
tingent of troops near Kmnkale on the Asiatic side of the
straits of Dardanelles. The forward movement of tin* allied
troops continues without serious interruption, although the
Turks are using every endeavor to repulse the invaders, but so
far without conspicious success.
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CARDIFF, Wales, May 19—The British steamer Drum
eree was torpedoed by a Herman submarine in the English Chan
nel yesterday and sunk. The crew had time to launch the life
boats and were picked up in a short time by a passing vessel.
No lives were lost. The vessel carried no passengers.