The Cordova Daily Times
- - - ('()T7i)nvT\ AI.Ask7\"THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1918. PRICFTtEN GENTS
VOLUME III, NUMBER 154 __LUKUUVA, alab&a, xnu »
ALASKANS MAY ENLIST
AND CHOOSE SERVICE
The Cordova Exemption Board has
received the full text of the special
ruling made covering the enlistment
of Alaskans before the selective draft.
The telegram is from Governor Strong
and is as follows: ,
In accordance with the ruling of
Provost Marshal General you are in
structed as follows: "Inasmuch as no
drawings have taken place in Alaska,
and no order numbers have been as
signed Alaskan registrants, and since
communications with local boards in
Alaska are now practically impossible,
the provisions of the regulations re
lating to the voluntary induction into
military service and enlistment, in
the navy or marine corps of such
registrants are not applyable. Ttq
following is, therefore, ordered to be
effective until such time only as a
drawing takes place in Alaska.
"No person under the jurisdiction
of an Alaskan local board will be con
sidered as within the current quota.
Any such registrant desiring the en
listment in the navy or marine corps
or voluntary induction into military
corvrlpo IVl n V OnnTir ♦ r\ onvr Innnl Kr.n..,l
for the certificate required by section
151, selective service regulations, or
for voluntary induction. The local
board applied to will require the regis
trant to expedite his registration cer
tificate, and. if satisfactory that he is
in fact an Alaskan registrant will re
quire him to file a questionaire and
^ will therefore treat him as one of its
own registrants, except that it will
enter on every paper, in every space
requiring a local board stamp the des
ignation of the Alaska local board,
^ will forward to the Governor of Alas
ka all papers required to he filed
by a local board, together with a let
ter of transmital stating that regis
trant was inducted into military ser
vice or authority to <-niisL in the n:
vy or marine corps anu will not <n
ter the registrant’s name on its
classified list. Credit for induction
accomplished under authority of the
telegram will lie allowed to tlie pro
per Alaskan board. Of course these
men are subject to the same In
structions as to induction as other
applicants, and no men will be in
ducted for any corps or departments
of the army for which induction has
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been stopped by existing orders.”
You are further instructed to give
this order as much publicity as pos
sible through your local newspapers
and otherwise to encourage voluntary |
enlistments and induction, in order to
make up the deficiency in our quota
in this manner if possible.
Section 150. referred to in the above
telegram, is as follows:
Any registrant, not an alien enemy,
whose order numebr is so low that
he is not within the current quota of!
his local board, may be inducted lm-|
mediately into military service on hisi
own written request by complying!
with the following reqiurements:
(a) If he is in class II, III, or IV,
he shall file with his local board a ^
waiver of all claims of deferred classi-j
fication.
(b) If he is in class IV, on the:
ground of dependency, he must ac-!
company his application and waiver |
with a waiver from those persons in
behalf of whom he wras so placed in
class IV. No waiver from children j
or persons non compos mentis shall
be recognized by a local board.
Upon receipt of such application and
waiver, the local board shall examine
mm pnystcaity anti, it ne is found
qualified for military service, shall
immediately induct him into such ser
vice by issuing, in respect of him, the
usual order of induction Into military
service, specifying the date desired by
him (but not later than seven days
after the date of his application) for1
induction into military service. The
local board shall thereupon send him
in the usual manner to the nearest
mobilization camp for assignment to
duty, but not as or with any part of
the current quota of such local board.
Nothing in this section shall be
construed as authorizing any local
board to send less than the total quo
ta called for from the local board com-1
posed entirely of registrants whose in
duction into military service was not
advanced under the provisions of this:
section. Credits for such registrants
so inducted into military service out
of their order will be allowed to local
boards on the quota called for next
after their induction into military ser
vice.
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♦ WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 —The ♦
♦ government has discovered a ♦
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♦ movement to reorganize the Sa- ♦
♦ botage and anti-war propaganda ♦
♦ throughout the nation. It was ♦
♦ unearthed through intercepted ♦
♦ communication and evidence ♦
♦ found on a score of aliens. I< ♦
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♦ is believed that the movement ♦
♦ has been broken and the activi- ♦
♦ ties confined to sporadic cases ♦
♦ without guidance from a central ♦
♦ headquarters. ♦
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AMERICAN CAVALRYMEN
WIN MEXICAN BATTLE
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DOUGLAS, Jan lit—The American1
cavalrymen clashed with Yac.iis at
Bear valley, west of Nogales jester '
day. Ten Yaquis were captured and
one died from Iris wounds, it is re
ported.
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TODAY FDR
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 10—The steamship
Victoria sailed for southwestern Alas
ka a( 9:00 o’clock this morning. Pas-(
sengers booked for Cordova are F. M.
Ford, E. M. Yeager and wife, Stella
Wallace, John Hedstrom and Fred C.
Oars.
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OIL INDUSTRY SOON
BE UNDER GOVT. CONTROL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10—Mark'
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Requa, of Oakland, Cal., Food Admin-^
istrator Hoover’s assistant, is to be
placed in charge of the oil industry.!
when the government take.s control
which will be soon.
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T. C. Cunningham, better known as
"Red”, one of the attaches of the na-'
val radio station at mile 14, has been
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ordered to report at Bremerton navy
yard for active service in the war.
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♦ WASHINGTON, Jan 10.— ♦
♦ Secretary of War Baker told the ♦
♦ senate war investigating commit- ♦
♦ tee that America has an army of ♦
♦ substantial size ready for service ♦
♦ in France; that the officers and ♦
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♦ modern warfare, and independ- ♦
♦ ent lines of communication in ♦
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♦ great program formulated for ♦
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♦ ments of war and said arms are ♦
♦ the most efficient kind provided ♦'
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♦ this year. ♦
♦ Baker further stated that no ♦
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♦ tory of the world had ever been ♦
♦ been raised, equipped and train- ♦
♦ ed so quickly as the great army ♦
♦ of Americans now formed and no ♦
♦ such provision was ever made ♦
♦ for the comfort, health and well ♦
♦ being of an army. ♦
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DENTISTS !
Upon recommendation of Governor
Strong, President Wilson has ap
pointed the following named doctors
of dental surgery, from the different
divisions of Alaska to act in the ca
pacity as members of the medical
Advisory board under the draft act: I
Dr. W E. Ztiber. Ketchikan.
Dr. E. C. Emery, Wrangel.
Dr. H S. Hall, Dougras
Dr. George Freeberger, Juneau.
Dr. E. S. Keller, Skagway.
Dr. C. F. Daggett. Cordova.
Dr. 11. Cockerville, Valdez.
Dr. H. A. Keating, Seward.
Dr. W. E. Peterson, Sitka.
Dr. James W. Bayne. Nome.
Dr. Robert R. Myers, Fairbanks.
Dr. F. A. Ross, Anchorage.
Dr. P. J. Mahone, for the purpose
of organization, has been designated
temporary chairman of the board, andj
following instruction of the governor
in his letter to the above named den
tists. he says:
"You will please communicate with
Dr. Mahone at your earliest conven
ience, relative to your duties as mem
bers of this organization. T herewith
enclose a blank oath, which you will
fill out, sign and swear to before a
notary public, or a commissioner,
and return to this office as soon as
possible.
“Your appointment is in the nature
of a draft and is without compen
sation, but, it is believed that your
patriotism and your sense of duty to
your country in its hour of need,
will impel you to put forth your best
efforts to serve the National end.”
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JAPANESE HOUSEWIFES
SIGN FOOD PLEDGE
(By Associated Press)
HONOLULU, T. H. Jan. 0.—Prelim
inary reports received from the food
pledge campaign which has been held
during the last week throughout this
territory indicates that there will be
between 5000 and 6000 signers. Many
of these are Japaneses housewives.
SHORTAGE FLOUR
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(By Associated Press)
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4 WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—The 4
4 food situation is regarded so crit- 4
4 ieal that the food administration 4
4 is planning for the release of 90,- 4
4 000,000 bushels of wheat, despite 4
4 the fact that a normal export 4
4 supply was shipped by the mid- 4
4 die of December. The American 4
4 people are to be asked to make 4
4 up the deficiency. Allied demands 4
4 are so insistent that Administra- 4
4 tor Hoover has decided to take 4
4 no chance on a shortage in the 4
4 spring to meet the allies' needs, 4
4 in part. If the American con- 4
4 sumption is not reduced officials 4
4 see a possible shortage of flour 4
4 here in May, before the new 4
4 crops comes in June. 4
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GERMAN SPY ESCAPES.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10.—Adolph
Bollman, the suspected spy, has es
caped.
The A’ »sue, one of the
largest prohibition papers in thi
United States says:
“Mrs. Cornelia T. Hatcher, presi
dent of the Alaska Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union, was an in
foresting figure at three conven
tions at Washington. She came primar
ily to attend the national W. C. T. U.
convention and remained for the con
ventions of the Anti-Saloon League
and Suffrage Association.
To reach Washington she traveled
nine miles on horse back, fifteen
miles on a lumber wagon, fortyfivt
miles on a lumber wagon, forty-five
road, twenty-two hundred miles b>
steamer to Seattle and thirty-five
hundred miles overland by railroad
from Seattle to Washington. She is
much interested in the fight which
the people of Alaska are making
against the corrupt interests of the
territory. These latter are seeking
tn miKA riftVfiPimr Qtrnna nr.* will
move on the administration with the
argument that Strong’s political loy
alty is much in question. Mrs Hatch
er declares that the moral forces of
Alaska are unanimous for the reten
tion of Governor Strong in office.
While in Washington she will make
her report to President Wilson, who
has agreed to accept her statement
of the moral forces of Alaska in the
Strong case. Mrs. Hatcher was for
merly editor of the Union Signal,
the national organ of the Women’s
Christian Temperance Union.
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RITCHIE SUCCEEDS LYONS
MEMBER EXEMPTION BOARD
On account of an indefinite ab
sence from the Territory John Lyons,
attorney of Valdez, tendered his res
ignation as a member of the Division
al Exemption Board No. 3, which was
accepted by the President, and upon
recommendation of the Governor’s
office, E. E. Ritchie, also an attorney
of Valdez was appointed to fill the
vacancy.
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Alaska draft registrants who have
faithfully watched the papers for their
serial numbers, and who have care
fully committed same to memory
against the day when the selections
will be made, might just as well set
to work forgetting their carefully
learned number.
For the Alaska draft men are going
to be renumbered, all over again.
The governor's office received a
telegram from Provost Marshal Gen
eral Enoch Crowder announcing this
step and giving other instructions to
the force handling the Alaska draft
work.
No time has yet been set for the
new drawing to determine the num
bers of the men, that for the pres
ent, all those who registered under
the selective service act are back at
the place whence they started.
Another important direction given
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in the telegram was that all men who
registered In Alaska giving address
es Outside, shall immediately be trans
ferred to their own local boards as
indicated by these addresses. This
will mean that from fifty to seventy
five per cent of the men who regist
ered in Alaska will be called through
their own local boards in the States,
and will reduce the number of met*
from whom the Alaskan contingent
will be picked to about one-fourth
what it is now.
There were in the neighborhood oT
10.000 men registered in Alaska and
a large portion of these were sum
mer cannery workers, so that it is
quite possible Alaska's quota for the
National army will be chosen from
about 2,500 men remaining when the
transfer of cards to the Outside is
made.
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. OTTAWA, Jan. 10.—The Water
1 Street Catholic hospital burned to
the ground. One hundred and fifty
six patients, including many child
ren, were rescued. Two little girls
died from the effects of burns receiv
ed
INJURED IN
(By Associated Press)
MKMPH1S, Jan. 10.--Dynamite mix
ed in coal shoveled into the engines
boiler exploded and wrecked a freight
locomotive and as a result two of the
trainmen are dying from injuries re
ceived.
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FORT SMITH, Jan. 10—The powd
er and dynamite plant at Patterson,
Oklahoma, eighteen miles east of Me
Alester has blown up and although no
details of the accident are available
a heavy loss is reported.
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AGED BANDMASTER WANTS
LEAD MILITARY BAND
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HONOLULU, Jan. 10— Henry Berg-j
ger. veteran leader of the Royal Ha
waiian band in the days of the mon
archy and intimate friend of Robert
Louis Stevenson at the time the fam
ous writer lived at Waikiki Beach,
Honolulu, has volunteered to act as
leader for the military band of the
1st Hawaiian infantry. National Guard.
Uapt. Berger is too old to enlist as a
guardsman but he proposes to instruct
the ban free of charge as a civilian
leader.
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♦ BERNE, Jan. 10.- Bulletined ♦
♦ reports say that Bulgaria and ♦
♦ Russia have signed a separate *'
♦ peace agreement. •
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♦ PETROGRAD, Jan. 10.—The ♦
♦ Post says German delegations ♦
♦ here are reported to have gotten ♦
♦ in touch with the Swedish lega ♦
♦ tion here and expressed a desire ♦
♦ to have Sweden act as a go-befa •’
♦ tween with England, France and ♦*
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♦ PETROGRAD, Jan. 10 —The *•
♦ Bolsheviki government has re
♦ fused Turkey’s separate peace ♦
♦ proposal. ♦
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ENGLISH SECURE
GERMAN DYE
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan. 10.—The Mail pays
a group of British texile men captured
two hundred and fifty-seven secret
recipes of the great German dye in
dustry belonging to the Badische
works and they are now in a Loudon
bank.
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TAKES PLACE
TODAY -
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—The house
votes late today on the Susan An
thony suffrage amendment. With the
approval to the amendment given by
President Wilson yesterday the suf
frage leaders feel certain the amend
ment will poll over the necessary two
thirds vote.