The Cordova Daily Times
Only Afternoon Paper In Alaskli With Associated Press News
V< )LUME III. NUMBER 82._;_CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRII >AY, MARCH 9, 1917. PRICFT FxTeNTS
EXTRA SESSION
APRIL 1C
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♦ WASHINGTON, March 9. — ♦
♦ President Wilson has decided to ♦
♦ arm American merchantmen un- ♦
♦ dor his constitutional right. ♦
♦ Some of the American merchant- ♦
♦ men sailing for the submarine ♦
♦ zone will be armed by the gov- ♦
♦ eminent immediately ns prelim- ♦
♦ inary arrangements are complet- ♦
♦ ed, and the vessels sail in the ♦
♦ near future. Orders for the nr- ♦
♦ mament have been sent to the ♦
♦ navy department. +
♦ Permission for an extra ses- ♦
♦ sion of congress, beginning April ♦
♦ 16, has been issued from the ♦
♦ White House. The president ♦
♦ said much necessary legislation ♦
♦ is pressing for consideration. ♦
♦ The entire cabinet thanked ♦
♦ Wilson for his decision to arm ♦
♦ the ships. Guns for arming the ♦
♦ merchantmen have been assem- ♦
♦ bled at the navy yards along the ♦
♦ Atlantic coast and everything is ♦
♦ In readiness to carry out the ♦
♦ policy announced by the presi- ♦
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WASHINGTON, March 9. — Speak
er Clark called at the White House
today and asked for information about
the probable date of the extra session
of congress. President Wilson told
him he would be notified as soon as
possible.
Some members of congress wish a
two weeks' notice, and this will pro
bably be given, unless an emergency
arises. The president may arm ships
and call congress together later.
FRENCH TROOPS
MAKE BIG
ADVANCES
(By Associated Press)
PARIS. March 9. — It is officially
stated that the French attack in the
Champagne district has carried the
German positions in Champagne on a
front of fifteen hundred meters, vary
ing in depth from six hundred to eight
hundred meters, in the advance be
tween Butte, Dumesnil and Maisons
de Champagne.
eermITsidps
(By Associated Press)
AMSTERDAM, March 9. — The!
Germans have stopped all industry in
Belgium. Factories employing over
twelve hundred workmen or using en
gines over five horsepower or con
suming over five tons of fuel monthly
have been closed, and Belgians for
bidden to build any new factories.
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(By Associated Press)
LONDON, March 9. — The British
transport Mendi, carrying South Af
rican native laborers, sunk after a col
lision, and six hundred and twenty
five persons perished.
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CONDUCTORS OF TRAINS
GUARDIANS OF CHILDREN.
(By Associated Press)
SACRAMENTO, March 9. — Con
ductors of trains would be made tem
porary guardians of children between
the ages of 5 and 18 years, placed In
their hands by the parents, according
to a bill by Assemblyman Thomas Am
brose, of Los Angeles, which he has
introduced in the state legislature.
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YARROWDALE PRISONERS
HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
BERLIN, March 9. — The American
sailors on the Yarrowdale, detained
as prisoners, have left for Switzerland
en route home.
NO DOGS ARE ALLOWED
ON PRIBILOFF ISLANDS.
Secretary Kedfleld has issued an or
der prohibiting the landing of any
dogs at the I’ribiloff islands, Alaska,
and directing that all dogs now there
be removed not later than July 1,
1 1917, in order to prevent molestation
of the fur seal and fox herds now con
trolled by the government.
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CUIl PROTECT
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 9. — Ameri
can marines and bluejackets landed
at Santigao, Cuba, to protect the lives
and property of Americans and other
foreigners. There is no fighting in
the city or suburbs, but the civil gov
ernment requested the landing be
cause it feared attacks by the rebels.
seiieTaiiine
JUNEAU
(Special to The Times)
JUNKAU, March 8. — The house
named all of its committees this af
ternoon, and then adjourned until 2
o’clock Friday, at which time it ex
pects to receive a message from the
governor.
This afternoon the senate took ten
more ballots on the presidency, and
each one resulted in Hubbard receiv
ing four votes and Aldrich four. To
night there was a public caucus of the
senate, and the galleries were packed
with spectators. All efforts to effect
a compromise on the speakership have
failed, after an airing of opinions and
charges and counter charges being
made. The senate meets again at
12:30 o’clock on Friday.
JUNEAU, March 9. — The senate
took five ballots this afternoon for
speaker, with the usual four to four
result, after which an adjournment
was taken until 12:30 o’clock tomor
row.
At a caucus held at midnight be
tween three Wlckershamites and two
Republican senators, they were un
able to accomplish anything in refer
ence to the deadlock.
The house will probably not receive
the governor’s message this after
noon, as the latter wants it given
jointly to both houses.
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HURJA REPORTING THE
LEGISLATIVE DOINGS.
Emil Edward Hurja, former mem
ber of Ford’s peace party from the
University of Washington, where he is
a student, is at Juneau, covering the
activities of the territorial legislature
for a number of newspapers in the
states and Alaska.
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MOTHER LODE OFFICIALS
DENY RUMORS OF SALE.
Refutation of recent rumors circu
lated in New York suggesting that the
present control of the Mother Lode
Copper Company would in the near
future pass to the Kennecott Copper
Corporation have been made by of
ficials of the former company.
It has been learned from persons
closely in touch with the operations
of the Mother Lode Company, whose
home office is in Seattle, that no such
consolidation Is even being contem
plated, jind It is felt that she rumors
circulated find their source at the
hands of stock manipulators rather
than with the principals of either of
the copper companies.
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SIDNEY D. CHARLES TO
PUBLISH ALASKA MONTHLY.
Sidney D. Charles, a former Cor
dova newspaper man, and until re
cently with the Juneau Dispatch, will
publish at Juneau a new monthly pub
lication under the title of "Alaska.”
The first number, which is soon to be
issued, will be known as the legisla
tive number. Concerning his new
venture, Mr. Charles said:
“The publication is the crystallisa
tion of Ideals and dreams which I
have had for years. Heretofore, most
monthly publications tor Alaska have
been gotten out in Seattle. They have
lacked the original flavor and fresh
ness of the true northland spirit. Mine
will be for ‘Alaska,’ published in Alas
ka, by an Alaskan who knows the
conditions and by an Alaskan publish
ing firm. For the ‘Legislative Num
ber’ this month I have already secur
ed much Interesting data.’ ”
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, March 9. — General Mau
rice, chief director of military affalrB
at the war office, says that the fur
ther retirement of the German lines
on the Somme river front and the
arrival of the British army before
Bagdad may be predicted as early
events.
TESIlFitT GILL
ACCEPTED
BfE
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, March 9. — In the graft
trial today Logan Billingsley testified
that he gave Mayor Gill a bribe of $4,
000 last August for dropping the prose
cutions against he and his brother, and
also for returning Incriminating evi
dence. Billingsley thereafter Import
ed whiskey by carload lots, instead of
barrels and cases, as theretofore.
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VALDEZ
The district court is now in session
at Valdez. The grand jury of 17 mem
bers were sworn in, six having been
excused for good cause, and Hugh
Dougherty of Seward, was appointed
by the court foreman for that body.
The jury immediately started In to
work on cases presented by the dis
trict attorney.
In the case of H. A. Sprague vs. the
Lighthouse Packing A Canning Com
pany an order was issued allowing
the defendant to file a cross-complaint
and to bring in an additional party de
fendant.
The following cases on the calendar
were taken up and dismissed:
National Grocery Company vs. J.
G. Snyder.
S. O. Breedman vs. A1 Church.
Marie Frantzen vs. Olaf Frantzen.
R. E. Capers vs. S. O. Breedman.
In the case of the United States
vs. S. S. Alameda et al., an order was
made setting March 19 as the dato
for taking testimony.
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STEAMER ALAMEDA SAILED
SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON.
The steamer Alameda sailed south
at 2 o'clock this afternoon, taking out
650 tons of Kennecott ore and 500
tons from Latouche. The outgoing
passengers were Miss Rahill, Mrs. J.
E. Clark, Miss Beals, Mrs. C. W. Land
wehr, Miss Genevieve Whalen, Mrs.
Hutchinson, F. E. Barlow, Pat Davis,
Judge Erwin, Dr. J. R. Bowen, H.
Lappin, N. Boden and J. H. Bair for
Seattle; Rev. G. G. Bruce and wife,
Joseph H. Murray and A. Vlen for
Juneau.
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SEEKING DATA FOR FUNDS
NEEDED FOR THE SCHOOLS.
Governor Strong is requesting
the clerks of the court in the different
divisions for information in regard
to the amount of money collected from
liquor licenses in a year’s time. It is
believed that the seeking after liquor
license figures by the governor means
that the chief executive is arranging
a plan for meeting the deficiency in
the school fund of the territory and
of the incorporated towns, which will
materialize when the dry law goes In
to effect. It is thought probable that
he will submit any plan he has to the
territorial legislature.
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It is predicted that the output for
the coming season in the Tolovana
will be considerably larger than that
of last year.
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The store of J. L. White at Olnes,
which was recently damaged by fire,
has been repaired and is now open for
business.
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Fred Olson, of Latouche, and Mrs.
Susie Carter, of Douglas, were mar
ried in the latter city recently by the
Rev. Martin L. Larson, of the Luther
an church.
Mary Junemann, of Kansas City,
wants to marry a young, good looking,
well to do Alaskan with a good dis
position. Gosh, that girl is some par
ticular.
(Special to the Times)
SEATTLE, March 9. — The stenmer
Alaska sailed at 9 o'clock today, with
the following passengers for Cordova
M. T. Pinkerton, Jack Leach. T. Ly
man, Mrs. Carol Goodrich, Mrs. Kate
Masters, Miss L. Frank, J. Frank, R.
Graham and wife, Mrs. George Stone,
Mrs. J. Cleveland, P, Wranstedt,
Frank Kernan, Robert' Morrison, R.
Hutchison, S. Howell, A, Howell, Paul
Meister, Frank Smith, Jack Adamson.
J. England, Charles Hahn, C. Holmes,
Henry Wagner, J. Anderson, Miss
Mabel Dixon, Mrs. Car! Johnson, V.
Peterson, Olaf Larson, 'V. Catching,
Lee Catching, Ola Borseth, Leo Erick
son, Pete Benson, G. Carlson, J. Elli
son, A. Hoff, J. Hall, F. Jorgor, O. Ol
son, F. Peterson, O. SSteoe, I. Han
danger, O. Hanson, H.| Hanson, P.
Wick, Fred Peterson, Jphn Larson
and wife, Lewis Steen,, A. Cowker,
John Peterson, Ed Hauftman and 17
steerage.
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♦ "WHETHER OR NO.” ♦
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♦ (By United t’r^BS) ♦
♦ There's not a singleihypocrite ♦
♦ among all the worshippers at the ♦
♦ shrine of the god of gold,—Old ♦
♦ Man Sage. +
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BOW
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, March 8. - A' cable
ship Burnside arrived aMBri-merton
last evening Inn A tniU<<P<nfc..T-. she
has been repairing the Valdez-Cordovs
cable. She had a big, ten-foothole
in her bow, occasioned by ramming
the wharf at Port Wells last Satur
day. She will go onto drydock at the
nav yard to have the damage re
paired.
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HELD UP Bf
DELEGATE
Word has been received in Fair
banks to the effect that the house of
representatives had stricken the pro
vision for the appropriation of $500,
000 for Alaska roads and trails from
the army bill and that Delegate Wick
ersham had been instrumental in the
striking. The Citizen immediately
made an effort to ascertain the truth
of the matter. A wire was first sent
to the Associated Press, asking that
an effort be made to ascertain who
was responsible for the striking of
the appropriation. The answer to that
wire said that Representatives Gor
don of Ohio and Stafford of Wiscon
sin were the congressmen who had
asked that the appropriation be strick
en on a point of order.
Not content with this answer, how
ever, the Citizen again wired the
Associated Press, the wire being as
follows: “Was Delegate Wickersham
instrumental in causing suspension of
Alaska road item? What part did he
take?” In answer to which query the
following was received on Sunday:
“Wickersham not instrumental. Point
raised by parliamentary law experts.”
Henry T. Ray also wired the dele
gate. His message, addressed to Dele
gate Wickersham at Washington, was
as follows:
"Wires received here state that
road appropriation of six hundred
thousand stricken in house your sug
gestion. Your friends refuse believe,
but on contrary say you would sup
port. Rush answer.”
The following answer to his query
was received by Mr. Ray from the
delegate yesterday:
“Point of order knocking out road
appropriation made by Stafford of
Wisconsin and Gordon of Ohio on
ground no previous authorization for
such work.” — Fairbanks Citizen.
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The Citizens’ Gas Company is the
name of a new corporation formed at
Juneau for the purpose of manufac
turing and Belling gas to the people
of that community. A franchise was
recently granted by the city to George
Irving, who waB one of the promoters
of the company.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 9. — The
navy department will appeal to the
American newspapers to refrain from
publishing any information whatever
of the nature of the armament of
ships. The cable companies have al
ready been requested to suppress all
Information of ships crossing the At
lantic ocean in either direction.
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(Special to Daily Times.)
JUNEAU, March 8. — Isaac Sower
by has been elected by the votes of
the First division as a member of the
legislature, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of the late John G. Held.
His opponent was John Reck.
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 9. — Secre
tary of State Bansing and Attorney
General Gregory have advised Presi
dent Wilson that he has legal author
ity to arm merchant ships for pro
tection against submarines without
awaiting congressional action. The
decision to follow this course will
pofinlbiy be made today by an execu
tive order, without any action by a
special session of congress.
PERSONAL GOSSIP ABOUT
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
A1 White, of Valdez, was in town
today, on his way to Juneau. •
Henry N. Stoter and Peter ltandln,
of Valde2, are spending a few days
in town.
Miss Genevieve Whalen left on to
day's boat for Seattle, and from there
will go to St. Paul on an extended
visit.
The steamer Watson arrived from
the westward about 3 o’clock this af
ternoon and will be in port six or
seven hours loading ore.
If you believe in war go and fight;
your country needs you; but don't
stand around making your fellowmen's
life a hell telling them about it.
Sergeant H. W. Kirby and wife, of
Valdez, were passengers on the Ala
meda for the states, and visited with
old Cordova friends during the day.
J. B. O’Neill and family have gone
to McCarthy to make their home and
where the former will be in charge of
the new Blum, O'Neill Company store.
Hr. F. M. Boyle came over from
Valdez this morning on the steamer
Alameda and expects to remain here
about ten days. He has so arranged
his affairs at Valdez that he intends
going to Anchorage, where he will be
permanently located.
l hlef Clerk Alvah Eames has re
ceived authorization to dispatch a
thousand pounds of accumulated mail
at McCarthy to Chisana. The rate
paid for freighting same will he 45
cents a pound, and the mail will start
for its destination on Tuesday.
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Aarticles of incorporation are being
drawn up in Juneau for a shipbuilding
company, organized by residents of
that city, and ground has already been
leased on the waterfront for the plant.
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Civil service examinations on the
subjects of stenography and typewrit
ing will be held in Fairbanks next
June before the loeul board of exam
iners which has recently been organ
ized.
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Ketchikan was the only place in
Alaska where the groundhog failed to
see his shadow on groundhog day, and
the people of that burg are preparing
for an early spring.
REPORTED STONE BUYS
FORTY-NINTH STAR
It Is reported that R. M. Stone, for
merly editor of the Seward Gateway,
has purchased from John Heckey the
Forty-Ninth Star of Anchorage, of
which John W. Frame has been the
editor and manager, and that in the
future Mr. Stone will edit and publish
that paper.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 9. — The
senate has adopted the closure rule by
a vote of 7d to 3, which provides that
senators present may by a two thirds
vote, end a debate and fix the time
for voting. Senators Lafollette, Gron
na and Sherman voted against the
measure.
cook Inlet is
CLEAR OF
(By Associated Press)
ANCHORAGE, March 9. — There
was great rejoicing here yesterday
when a tug arrived from Seldovia and
reported the ice all gone and navi
gation again open on Cook Inlet.
(Special to the Times)
ANCHORAGE, March 9. — The tug
Annen, with the barge Knik, arrived
from Seldovia, with a cargo of pow
der and gasoline. She is the first ves
sel of the season to reach here, and
reports having encountered practical
ly no ice. The weather is mild and it
Is thawing. As the harbor is clear
of ice, there is no reason why large
vessels should not come to Anchorage.
The barge has returned to Seldovia.
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THREE PRISONERS ARE
HELD TO GRAND JURY.
Advices received at the marshal's
office from Anchorage state that three
residents of that place have been
bound over to the grand jury in the
commissioner's court at that place,
two for selling liquor without a li
cense and one for theft from a resi
dence. Alice Johnson, one of those
held for the illegal sale of liquor, is
a woman over sixty years of age, and
once before was in custody on a simi
lar charge, to which she pleaded
guilty and was fined $100. F. T.
Brown is the name of the other pris
oner charged with the illegal sale of
liquor. William Meinberg is alleged
to have committed theft of a quan
tity of cut glass from a residence,
and when arrested a portion of the
articles taken were found in his pos
session.
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LITIGATION IS STARTED
FOR INTEREST IN CLIFF MINE
A suit has been filed in the district
court by Edmund Smith, George C.
Treat and Logan Archibald for a one
fifth interest in the Cliff mine, and it
is expected the case will come up for
trial In the near future in some of
its phases. This suit is the outgrowth
of a similar action brought sometime
over a year ago, in which judgment
was rendered by the court in favor
of the plaintiffs. Later the appellate
court reversed the judgment of the
lower court on the purely technical
ground that the complaint did not set
forth a cause of action.
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♦ WHATCHMA COLUMN. ♦
♦ Flats. 4
4 - 4
4 (By United Press) 4
4 A flat is a place with no room 4
4 for expansion, intellectual or 4
4 chest. 4
4 It requires thin furniture and a 4
4 narrow wife. The rooms are so 4
4 when you wear your winter cloth- 4
4 ing. And It’s no place for a man 4
4 with a stomach if you don’t want 4
4 the walls to bulge. 4
4 Newly initiated flat dwellers 4
4 have to be carefuly trained so 4
4 they won't walk out In the back 4
4 yard and fall off the fire escape. 4
4 When the fellow who said any 4
4 old place he could hang his hat 4
4 was home, sweet home to him, 4
4 went to live in a flat he kept his 4
4 hat on and hung himself instead 4
4 Life isn't much without a front 4
4 porch and a back yard anyhow. 4
4 But what's a man with a 1x5 4
4 income going to do with an 8x10 4
4 disposition in a 2x4 flat? 4
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FOR RUSSIA’S
BIC LOAN
(By United Press)
TOKIO, March 8. — Because the
Japanese bankers have made the un
usual demand that they be given se
curity, Japan nny have to refuse the
request of her ally, Russia, for a new
loan of $100,000,000. Should Japan
make this loan ft would be the largest
ever floated in this country.
Russia proposed the Issue to the
Japanese government, which acquaint
ed the bankers with Russia's over
tures. As Russia intended spending
the money for munitions and other
products purchased in this country,
the proposition met with the approval
of the government.
Japan has the money to make the
loan, and its success seemed assured
until the Tokio bankers made their
demand for security. In view of her
position as a first class power and a
friend bound in alliance with Japan.
Russia believes such guarantee un
necessary and beneath her dignity.
Japanese financiers take the attitude,
however, that considering the large
amounts Russia has already borrowed
here and the magnitude or her latest
proposal, some form of security should
be offered.
SOUTH AMERICA
LIKES WILSON
POLICY
(By United Press)
BUENOS AIRES, March 8. — Re
cent news dispatches from the United
States, Indicating that President Wil
son's forehearing policy toward Mexi
co was adopted to some extent in de
ference to South American public opin
ion. have created an excellent impres
sion in the southern republics.
For the first time since the Mexi
can situation became acute the admis
sion is being made here that the Uni
ted States government has been very
patient under very severe provo
cation. Whether this view would still
be held in the event of fresh threats
of intervention in Mexico is doubtful
It is a distinct change, however, from
the hitherto generally expressed opin
ion that North American mistakes and
deliberate mischief making were re
sponsible for all the Mexican troubles
of the past few years.
That their wishes would be taken
into account by the Washington ad
ministration, to tell the truth, was
more than South Americans expected.
From all appearances the president's
attitude has done more to develop a
friendly feeling on the southern con
tinent toward the United States than
anything in a generation.
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(Ry Associated Press)
SACRAMENTO. March 9. — There
are many wife abandonment bills be
fore the legislature. Paul J. Arner
ich, Alameda assemblyman, would
make wife abandonment on second of
fense a felony.
Support of wives and children left
destitute by the conviction of the hus
band and father for a felony would
fall upon the counties, in a bill by
Senator Henry Lyon, of Los Angeles.
Lazy husbands would be required to
file good sized bonds before being ad
mitted to parole, in a bill by Assem
blyman Baldwin.
Two measures by Assemblyman N.
,1. Prendergast of San Francisco, re
lative to the liability of the husband
when abandoned by his wife, are pend
ing. One provides that when a wife
who is separated from her husband
fails to announce the separation when
obtaining credit, she may be prose
cuted on a misdemeanor charge. The
other provides that the liability of
the husband for his wife's debts shall
continue after she leaves him until
he gives due notice personally and by
publication.
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PRESIDENT SEEING NO CALLERS.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. March 9. — Presi
dent Wilson is still abed, suffering
from a severe cold, and is receiving
no visitor*. . , j