Cordova Daily Times
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TUESDAY, APRIL 2.3, 1918
WE MUST WIN THE WAR
"Our present and immediate task is
to win the war, and nothing shall turn
us aside from it until it is accom
plished.”
Mr. Wilson said it, but as usual, he
was uttering the heart-throb of a na
tion never more in earnest in a gigan
tic undertaking.
We must not turn aside to criticize,
to spend our time on personal
grouches; to take thought of personal
gain or to impede the great war ma
chine we are perfecting.
Every other national function must
stand in abeyance until this- machine
goes forth and wins. Nothing shall
turn us aside.
The faith bespoken in those words
is inspired, and our nation will be
worthy.
The third Liberty loan is presented
to this nation. We understand that
our present and immediate task is to
win the war, and nothing shall turn
us aside from it until it is accom
plished, and we can think of no other
possibility but that the third Liberty
loan will be speedily oversubscribed.
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A SOLDIER’S APPEAL
i
Those have yet to buy a Lib
erty bond should read this stirring,
straightforward appeal from an Amer
ican in uniform, who simply styles
himself “Citizen Soldier No. 258.” It
ought to awaken a generous response
from even the most cold-hearted citi
zen:
"They say, w'ho have come back
from over there, that at night the
troubled earth between the lines is
carpeted with pain. They say that
Death rides whistling in every wind,
and that the very mists are charged
with torment. They say that of all
things spent and squandered there
young human me is neld least dear.
"it is not the pleasantest prospect
for those of us who yet can feel upon
our lips the pressure of our mothers'
good-bye kiss. But, please God, our
love of life is not so prized as love
of right. In this renaissance of our
country’s valor we who will edge the
wedge of her assault make calm ac
ceptance of its hazards. For us, the
steel-sw-ept trench, the stiffening cold
—weariness, hardship, worse. For
you, for whom we go, you millions safe
at home—what for you?
“We shall need clothes for our bod
ies and weapons for our hands. We
shall need terribly and without fail
ure supplies and equipment in a
stream that Is constant and never
ending. From you, who are our re
source and reliance, who are the heart
• and hope of that humanity for which
we smite and strive, must come these
things.”
This appeal strikes home. It says
everything; it leaves nothing unsaid
It appeals to one’s conscience, and
that after all must be the determining
factor in defining every citizen’s duty
LABOR STRIKE
AS PROTEST IN
WASHINGTON, April 23.—Senator
Poindexter of Washington made the
announcement in the senate yesterday
that Seattle labor leaders are propos
ing a general strike in protest against
the alleged persecution of Thomas
Mooney, convicted of murder in San
Francisco in connection with the pre
paredness parade.
The statement of Senator Poindex
ter has drawn from Samuel Gompers,
president of the American federation
of Labor, the assertion that any at
tempt to incite such a strike, in vio
lation of union laws, would be repug
nant to the rights and interests of the
workers themselves and would react
against Mooney.
Seattle labor leaders say the action
taken thus far has not been at the
instance of the leaders, but is forced
by the sentiment of the rank, and file
of the labor union membership. The
strike, if called, probably would last
but a single day.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23.—The
last statutory move in the fight to
save Thomas J. Mooney from execu
tion has been made.
Counsel for the defense have filed
with Governor William D. Stephens
a lengthy brief supporting Mooney’s
application for pardon from the death
sentence imposed upon him after his
conviction on a murder charge which
grew out of the preparedness parade
bomb explosion here in 1916.
Mooney’s application for pardon
was based on alleged irregular testi
mony of prosecution witnesses at his
trial. It was filed after every legal
method to obtain a new7 trial had been
exhausted—after the state supreme
court had ruled that State Attorney
General U. S. Webb's “consent” to a
new trial could not be considered, as
it dealt with phases of the case “out
side the record of the trial,” and after
the same court had overruled an ap
peal based oil a claim of reversible
error and insufficiency of evidence.
Pardon wa= requested in order that
Mooney might be retried on one of
the eight murder charges pending
against him in connection with the
explosion.
“Mooney does not ask commuta-'
tion of his sentence. It is submitted
that the only redress available to him
is a pardon, that he may hare the
benefit of a trial by a jury who may
know all ^>f the facts bearing upon
his case/’ the brief stated.
Interest in Mooney’s case was
worldwide. It was investigated by a
special presidential mediation com
mission, which recommended to Presi
dent Wilson that he be given a new7
trial. It drew two messages from
the President to Governor Stephens.
The contents of the first of these
has never been divulged. The second
asked that executive clemency be
extended to Mooney. The case drew
requests from Samuel Gompers, presi
dent of the American Federation oft
Labor; Andrew7 Furuseth, president!
of the International Seamen’s Union,1
and other labor leaders. It was made
the subject of many resolutions by
labor unions throughout the country,
which asked that a new7 trial i j
granted. In Petrograd, details of the
case were disseminated, and the rev
olutionists who effected Czar Nich
olas’ overthrow made a demonstration
against the American embassy. An
election to recall District Attorney
Charles M. Fickert, which grew out
of Mooney’s case, failed.
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Come to the big show and hear
four of Cordova’s charming ones sing
“Somewhere in France.” If you
haven’t heard this song you’ll be crazy
about it, and if you yave you’ll love
to hear it again, as these pretty little
ladies know how to “put it Over.”
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Save food or go on short rations.
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DETROIT, Mich., April 23.—When
Michigan goes dry at midnight on
April 30, a total of 3,285 saloons in
the state must go out of business
and sixty-two breweries are prohib
ited from manufacturing beer or any
intoxicating liquor. At the election
in November. 1916, the amendment
providing for “bone dry” state pro
hibition was adopted by a majority
of nearly 70,000.
Manufacturers of and dealers in
liquor in Michigan have had eighteen
months to dispose of their stock and
wind up their business affairs. Michi
gan breweries employed 2,060 men,
while saloons had a total of 6,387 per
sons. For several weeks saloon men
have been taking up other trades, but
the movement of labor from the brew
eries has not been pronounced.
Some of the breweries will manu
facture “soft” drinks, and others, it
is understood, will turn out distilled
products not prohibited by law. A few
beer plants will be converted into ice
factories.
According to claims made by the*
Anti-Saloon League organization in
Michigan. approximately 2,338.000
bushels of grain have been used in
the yearly output of the Michigan
breweries.
The internal revenue report for the
year ended June 13, 1917, showed that
2,338,521 barrels of beer were brewed j
in Michigan that year. Each barrel'
contained thirty-one gallons, and it
has been estimated that a bushel of
grain Is used to make a barrel of
beer.
The latest figures from the census
department concerning the liquor in
dustry in Michigan give the following
details: Capital invested, $12,384,-j
000; salaries paid, $558,000; wages
paid, $1,073,000; cost of materials,
$2,421,000; value of products, $9,840,-'
000; value added by manufacturer,'
$7,413,1/00.
One of the Anti-Saloon League ar
guments against the liquor industry
in Michigan has been the amount of(
coal consumed. Last winter, when
Michigan Industries were operated un.
der stringent coal conservation olios,1
many schools throughout the state
had to close.
It Ijas been claimed that Michigan
breweries used more than a quarter
of a million tons of coal during the
last year covered by the internal rev-1
enue report. This estimate is partly
based ore a statement credited to E.
D. Leach, assistant state fuel admin
istrator of Ohio, who was quoted as
saying that reports indicated that
Ohio breweries consumed pracicaiTy
a pound of coal to brew a pmt of
beer.
If it is correct, Michigan breweries
would have consumed about 280,009
tons of coal to turn ernrt 561,245,040'
pints of beer in the year 1916-17.
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WESTWARD ON MASH
The steamship Northwestern sailed
for the westward at 5 o’cTock this;
morning with the following passen
gers from Cordova r
Mrs. S. S. Fischer, William Bryant.'■
C. A. Estes, P. J. Lynch, Mrs. Lynch,
C. Stadtmimiller, Marie Dennis, H. V
Hopkins, Dan Sagcm'ch, Judge Med-i
ley, Miss Helen Sparrow, W. F. ;
Lowes, H. C. DeLion, Gus Preisner. j
Paul Buckner, R. C. Carlson, Dick!
Windmffler, George Kopich, T. J.
Donohue, T. J. Donohue, Jr., J. J.
Erich, R. Hoyt, P. Joseph. O. Berg.
R. Gunn, A. Ameson, A. Pratter, Pat
Thornton, Jose Estaul, John Sublish,
Nick Sublish, George Sublish, Joe
Bonefancer, Mick Voselich, Matt Gre
maur, Tony Martinzer, George Junk
set, E. Varley, Charles Whalen.
George List, J. G. Smith, Jim North,
J. Chamberburg, Tom Patterson, W.j
Kent, VV. H. McDonald, Victor Ma
cey, Mr. and Mrs. Hanley and family,
Mrs. L. P. Simpson.
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Just wait until you hear all of
those jokes which Messrs. Brock,
Council, Chase, Daggett, Hillery and
Haasch are going to spring in the big
show on the 30th. Some end men! ;
You'll laugh yourself sick and well
again!
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Quality talks. Smoke un El Roi
1’an Cigar and be convinced; they arb
fftld_ tf
NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that on the
21st day of May, 1918, between the
hours of 8 o’clock a. m. and 7 o'clock
[). m., an election will be held in the I
town of Cordova, Alaska, and in the |
territory hereinafter described, to de
termine whether or not there shall
be annexed to said town of Cordova
that certain territory adjoining said
town on the north described as fol
lows, to wit:
Commencing at Coir. No*. 1 of U. S.
Survey No. 449, thence south 89 deg. |
20 min. west 521.5 feet to the point of
Beginning; thence north 30 deg. 30
min. east 663.4 feet; thence north 10
leg. east 1,715 feet; thence north 37
leg. east 1,630 feet; thence south 53
leg. east 1,025 feet to Cor. No. 2 of
C. S. Survey No. 829; tttenee south
19 deg. 40 min. west 1,510 feet; thence
south 19 deg. 30 min. west 490 feet;
ihence south 0 deg. 40 mint east 1,320
:eet to the northeast corner of that
portion of said town of Cordova com
monly called the Thirteen-Acre Tract,
But which contains 13.65 acres, which
corner is on the north boundin'y line
3f said town; thence south 891 cEeg. 20
min 1,313.5 feet to the point of be
ginning. •
All qualified voters are entitled to
rote at said election by placing upon
their ballots the words, “For annexa
tion to the town of CordoT*,’’ or
‘Against annexation to the town of
Cordova," or words equivalent thereto.
The polling place in the town of
Cordova shall be on the second floor
Qt' the city hall, on Second! street,
therein. The polling place* iin the ter
ritory proposed to be annexed shall
be in the office of the Pioneer Pack
ing Company, on second floor of their
warehouse, situated on the approach
to the Ocean dock.
The officers of election in the town
of Cordova shall be the following:
Pred Rayer, D. A. Mosser and R. E.
Hegg, judges; and George Kennedy
and H. I. Lewis, clerks. The officers
of election in the territory proposed
to be annexed shall be John Gillis
and A. E. Black, judges^ and Emma
Shepard, clerk.
Dated this 17th day of April, 1918.
NATHANAEL GREENE,
(Town Seal)Town Clerk.
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You have gone “over the top” admirably, fel
low townsmen. Now hold the ground you have
taken. Plan to meet your Liberty Loan pay
ments on the dot and put by something for the
next advance. Remember, to insure victory you
must not only have your battle line strength but
powerful reserves. Begin now to mobilize your
reserves for the emergency moment.
Will to win and work
We will help you
BANK OF ALASKA
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PAID ADVERTISEMENT
CHAS. A. SDLZER
Candidate for Re-election
As
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
From Alaska
“In deciding to enter tne primaries as a candidate for Delegate to Congress
from Alaska, I feel impelled to make a brief statement to the people of the
territory. It is now nearly a year since I was seated in the House as Alaska’s
representative to congress. During the most of this time the United States
has been engaged in a world war, and every resource of the nation, including
money and man power, is being devoted to the single purpose of winning this
great war. Every member of congress in considering legislation for the na
tion has placed the country's war meeds above all needs and requirements and
has subordinated his desires to the military establishment of the United States.
“Alaska has responded nobly to the nation's call. She has given her share
willingly and unstintingly. When the Democratic paorty went before the peo
ple of Alaska in hanvember, 19T6, it stood for a certain constructive
program which embodied as its principal element* a wider measure of
home rule for the territory, and a sane and rational policy in the develop
ment of natural resources and every possible aid to the pioneers of the coun
try.
“{ have introduced among others the following bills in congress which I
am pressing for passage as opportunity affords:
“Granting Alaska full territorial form of government with home rule the
dominating principle.
“Regulating the fisheries of Alaska along lines that will be fair to all, and
the protection of the salmon supply from depletion;
“Making changes ia the homestead laws by abolishing the eighty rod
reservation.
“Authorizing free surveys of homesteads in isolated sections.
“Changing the gam* laws so as to give the people a better opportunity to
use the game of the country without its being slaughtered.
“Extending the fedieral farm lean act to Alaska.
“Providing for the' care of Alaska’s insane within the territory.
“At all times I have endeavored to keep constantly in mind the needs of
the territory and the' people of the territory. In spite of the war some meas
ure of progress has been achieved. I have assisted in passing a law which
helped the prospector by suspending assessment work on claims during the
years 1917 and 1918. The extension of the wireless and cable system in Alas
ka has been accomplished with bright prospects for a further extension.
“Recognition has been forced for Alaska in the matter of appointments to
the second series of training camps for officers. Contracts which prevented
the farmers of the interior from supplying army posts with their vegetables
are canceled.
“Suggestions and requests that I again go before the people of Alaska have
come to me from Alaskans all over the territory. Reiterating my desire to
serve the best interests of Alaska I am submitting my name as a candidate
for the democratic nomination for Delegate to Congress.”
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