The Cordova Daily Times
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VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 327. . CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1916. PRICE TEN CENTS.
NEW BRITISH LINER PERSIA SUNK
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LONDON, Jan. 3. — The admiralty
announced last Saturday that the
British steamship Persia had been
torpedoed and sunk by an enemy sub
marine last Thursday off the island
of Crete. The first dispatches on the
affair are incomolete and indefinite as
to the circumstances, but the state
ment was made by the government
that most of the passengers and crew
had perished. Among the Americans
aboard the boat were Robert McNeily,
the United States consul at Aden, who
was proceeding to his post of duty,
and Charles H. Grant, a member of
a well known Boston family. The
Persia was owned by the Peninsular
and Oriental Company, and was of the
burden of eight thousand tons. The
ship was proceeding from London to
Bombay when attacked.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. — The sole
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topic of Washington officials since
Saturday has. been tiie destruction of
the British lifter Persia. The con
tinued attacks by Teutonic submar
ines on passenger liners in the Medit
erranean are astonishing to the ad
ministration, particularly so in view
of the representations made by Aus
tria in her last note to this country
concerning the Ancona. This latest
attack throws the relations between
the Teutonic countries and the United
States into fresh danger. This Is all
the more surprising coming as it does
at a time when it seemed positive
that a satisfactory adjustment of the
delicate Situation was near because
of Austria's acceptance of the cardinal
principles of the American demands.
This new disaster, with its apparent
large loss of life, threatens to compli
cate diplomatic relations with Austria
as much as the attack on the Arabic
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endangered the Lusitania negotiations!
and brought a renewed crisis with
Germany. The two situations are al
most parallel. It is believed in offi
cial circles that the Austrian foreign
office and the Austrian admiralty
must be working at cross purposes or
this affair of the Persia could not
have happened. The foreign office
has said that it was ready to accede
to the requests of the United States
concerning attacks on passenger ves
sels, hut the Austrian iulmiralty has
not been brought into li^. It is ap
parent from the attack that the Aus
trian submarines have not been in
structed as to the new policy of the
government.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. — All the
agencies of the American government
have been set to work to gather the
exact facts concerning the attack on
(he British liner Persia. Astonish
ment is expressed on every hand, and
ihe officials say that the position of
the United States concerning the tor
pedoing of passenger liners is suffi
ciently well known to Austria, and the
Ancona negotiations have been long
enough under way, so that sufficient
time has elapsed for Austria to have
instructed all her submarines. The
reports so far received have all been
forwarded to President Wilson at Hot
Springs, Va. That the severance of
llplomatic intercourse with Austria is
nearer now than ever before is ac
cepted as true, but America will wait
until full and complete Information
has been received before taking that
step. That the government wdll move
jnhesitattngly when fully informed
?oes wdthout saying. Although the
nationality of the submarine which J
*unk the Persia has not been learned.
It is thought to be Austrian, as Am
bassador Bernstorff recently told the
secretary of state that no Turkish or
German submarines were operating in
the Mediterranean.
HOT SPRINGS. Jan. 3. — President
Wilson has decided to shorten his
honeymoon, and will return to the
White House tonight. The new devel
opments in the foreign relations be
cause of the attack on the British
liner Persia are considered of the ut
most seriousness by the President,
and call for such constant consulta
tion with the other officers of the
government that it is essential that
he be on the ground. The President
has been advised that Robert Mc
Neily, the United States consul at
Aden, who was on the stricken vessel,
was killed.
LONDON, Jan. 3. — As near as can
be learned the death list on the
steamship Persia includes two hun
dred and fifty passengers.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. — It is ex
pected that President Wilson will call
the leaders of Congress together and
acquaint them fully with the Persia
situation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. — Baron
Zwiedniek, who is in charge of the
Austrian embassy here, has called
upon Secretary of State Bansing and
asked for the withholding of judg
ment in reference to the sinking of
the Persia until all the facts are
knotvn. He expressed the belief that
the final outcome would be satisfac
tory.* Zwledin^k further stated if it
was proved that an Austrian subma
rine had’sank the Persia the Austrian
government would give full repara
tion and satisfaction.
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. — Ambas
sador Bernstorff called at the office
of the secretary of state this morning
and discussed certain phases of the
Lusitania controversy with Mr. Lan
sing. It is now understood that Ger
many will shortly present proposals
..or the settlement of the matter which
®rfill be acceptable to the United
States. This will be done early in
January.
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SALONIK1, Jan. 3. — The German,
Austrian, Turkish and Bulgarian con
suls in this city have been arrested
by General Sarrail, chief of the
French expeditionary forces. The
Ttarkish and German consulates have
iOm turned over to the United States
consul, with the request that he take
charge of their affairs.
STEAMER ABELLA
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LONDON, Jan. 3. — Advices have
iV.en received here to the effect that
new British steamer Abella has
‘'■fcpu shnk by a submarine presumably
some place in the eastern Mediterran
ean Sea. The ship was bound from
Bombay to Hull, and was of the bur
den of 3,660 tons.
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Mrs. L. L. Butler, of Chitina, is
'spending the holiday season with Cor
dova friends.
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j EVANS SAILS FOR SEATTLE; N<
CORDOVA PASSENGERS.
The steamer Admiral Evans arrive:
from the westward about 5:31) o'rlocl
last evening, and two hours late
sailed for Seattle. She had aboari
500 tons of copper ore, shipped by tin
Alaska Mines Company at Fidalg:
Bay. Capt. Lathrop. agent of the Ad
miral line, reports that for the firs
1 time in five years there was no south
bound passengers from Cordova.
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BERLIN, Jan. 3. — General Jecoff
the commander in chief of the Bulgar
ian forces, declares that tio decisiot
has yet been made by the Bulgariai
general staff regarding the question o
crossing the Greek frontier for th:
purpose of driving the aliied troop:
out of Saloniki. The chief dangei
which the Teutonic powers felt t’ron
the allied expedition was a poiitica
one, as it was feared that the pres
ence of the Anglo-French troop:
would induce Greece to enter the wai
against the central powers. Jeeof
intimated that the Bulgarians hat
abandoned the pursuit of the Serbian:
at the Albanian border partly on ac
count of the wretched nature of th:
country and the difficulty of preserv
ing a proper line qf communication:
for a large army,- and partly beeaus:
of the political conditions, as it ex
pected that the Albanians themselve:
will attend .to the complete destruc
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tion of the Serbian army. Jecoff sail
that he did not see any immediat:
possibility of peace before nex
spring, since the allies cpuld not hop:
to make any offensive movement unti
then.
LAST GAME CALLED !
ACCOUNT OF DARKNESS
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MONTREAL, Jan. 3.—Alp O’Neill
a famous old time baseball player
who made a national reputation wltl
the St. Louis team In the days of tin
Brotherhood, died suddenly here to
day, O’Neill was in a street car go
ing towards his home when -Jie col
lapsed, and on examination At wa:
found that his death was due % hear,
failure. ^
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(By The Associated Press!
SEATTLE, Jan. 3. — The prohibl
i tory law went into effect here Fridaj
at midnight without any hitches, anc
with perfect smoothness as far as the
police contrpl of the situation went
The same is true of the other large
cities of this state, and the expected
hilarity and big noise that was
thought would develop with the pass
ing of John Barleycorn failed in a real
sense to materialize. Most of the sa
loons closed long before midnight, sc
, that there would be no suspicion ol
violating the law, and the few that
i remained open until the last minute
. were not overcrowded. Practically all
1 the liquor supplies on hand had beer
■ exhausted, as the saloons had beer
- chary about laying in new stocks, and
■ the people had invested largely ir
bottled goods the past two weeks, an
ticipating a prolonged dry spell after
the first of the year. The supplies ot
j whisky were first to run out, the
softer drinks hanging on to the end.
It is estimated that over a million dol
lars was expended in this city the
past two weeks for bottled liquor,
which was taken home. The crowds
on the streets Friday night were only
half the usual size, not even equally
j the ordinary New Year's inerrymak
| ers. Of all the liquor emporiums in
Seattle, but two were charged with
j remaining open after midnight, and in
| both cases the proprietors were ar
rested. Under the law the owners of
jthe buildings where these two were
j located are also liable to prosecution.
J The liquor dealers have made prepar
i atlons to establish a wholesale liquor
depot at Ketchikan, for the purpose
of supplying the Alaska trade. The
liquor will be sent from San Fran
cisco to Ketchikan, stored there, and
orders from the other towns in Alas
ka will be filled from that point.
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DIES AT HOME
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. — Associate
Justice Joseph Bueker Lamar, of the
United States supreme court, died in
this city last night after an illness of
1 several months. Lamar was born in
Georgia. October 14. 1857. His first
Judicial service was on the supreme
bench of his native state. Although
a Democrat, President Taft apointed
him to the supreme bench in 1910.
Early in his service on the supreme
court bench he became recognized as
one of the most powerful members.
His opinions 'were finished works of
logic. Applications for rehearings
were rare in cases decided.
Coming to Washington as a man
little knowm beyond his state, his rise
In public estimation as a member of
the court, led President Wilson to
select him as the principal commis
sioner for the United States In the
A B C mediation at |4iagara Falls In i
1914 between the United Statea and i
Mexico over conditions in the south -
ern republic. In this position he ac
quitted himself with distinction.
BRITISH CABINET CONSIBER
CONSCRIPTION
LONDON. Jan. 3. — All members
:>f the cabinet attended the meeting
today to consider the matter of com
pulsory enlistment. It is well known
that all the members are not agreed
m the matter, but so far no resigna
tions have been forthcoming. The
lames of McKenna, the chancellor of
the exchequer, Runclman, the presi
Jent of the London Board of Trade,
ind Simon, the home secretary, have
>een mentioned in this connection.
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CARD SOCIAL POSTPONED.
The card social to have been given
iy the Catholic ladies at the Windsor
lotel Tuesday evening has been post
loued until the next visit of the Rev.
dr. Corbett to Cordova, on account of
here being considerable sickness in
he town at present.
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Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Sprague have
•ented living apartments over Finkel
iteln & Saplro's store.
JUDGE BUNNELL IS RETURNINC
ON STEAMER ALAMEDA.
Judge Chas. E. Bunnell, of Fair
banks, is a returning passenger on tin
Alameda. He spent the past rnontl
in Washington on some business mat
ters, and also in visiting his old homi
in Pennsylvania. The judge will g<
direct to Valdez, where he will spent
a couple of weeks before proceed ini
to the interior, where he has callei
a regular term of court to convem
the first week in February, when i
grand and petit jury will be sum
moned, as there are a number of im
portant rases to be disposed of.
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GERMANY BN fi
SEALED TRAIN
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 3. — The Ger
: man government has granted the For<
expedition permission to travel fron
The Hague through Germany inti
j Switzerland. The party will leavi
Copenhagen by special train next Fri
day. The privilege was granted de
spite the refusal of the United States
' to give passports to any of the peac<
delegates covering any of the bellig
erent countries. The train on whicl
the party will travel will be sealed
and no one will be permitted to touch
German soil during the transit, the
doors being kept securely locked. The
German government has required that
the party take with them no written
printed or typewritten papers. Cam
eras, postcards, opera glasses and gold
coin must also be left behind. Most
of the baggage of the party has al
ready been shipped to the United
States from Copenhagen. The present
plans of the expedition call for the
party being disbanded on January 12
at The Hague, the members returning
to New York from Rotterdam.
DEATH TO THE WESTWARD.
Information has been received in
Cordova of the death of I. V. Shlsktn.
assistant postmaster at Nushagak. He
was an oldtimer, and the father-in
law of A. H. Slittendorf.
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Dr. A. F. Heimlich, formerly of Cor
dova, is now located at Nome.
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F. A. HEGG. agent Columbia
Graphophones aud Records.
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, NEW YORK. Jan. 3. — The demand
tor copper continues unabated. There
are no supplies on hand for immediate
'delivery, and the recent quotations of
23 cents a pound represents the price
.! for future deliveries. If there Is
any copper to be sold for immediate
i delivery it would bring even a higher
price than this.
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| TOKIO, Jan. 3. — The government
t has announced that the cruisers Ka
*suga. Tokiwa and Chutose will leave •
immediately for the Suez Canal, and
enter the Mediterranean to protect
Japanese shipping against the Aus
trian submarines. This action is taken
because of the sfnking of the new
Japanese liner Yasaga last week by
a submarine.
imr CONTROLS
ROME. Jan. 3. — AH the port and
dock laborers throughout Italy have
I been placed under military control,
practically ennjlling them as govern
ment employees. The purpose of this
move is to prevent stri tes, »nd is
taken as a purely militar necessity,
owing to the large shipment >i tvofrs
and supplies that this country Is se fl
ing to foreign quarters, notably Al
bania.
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The Blum. O’Neill Company is to
day placing a handsome electric sign
in front of their Front Street store.