The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME 1111, NUMBER 110 ~ ~ CORDOVA, AI^ASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1917 ~ = ~ NUMBER 15iT
„ (By the Associated Press)
PETROGRAD, Nov. 13 —
The American Consul Gener
al at Moscow through Ambas
sador Francis under Sunday’s
date, confirms the reports of
the fighting between Bolshevi
ki and the prvisionai govern
ment forces. He says the gov
ernment troops are seemingly
winning and that all Ameri
cans are safe. It is rumored the
cossacks have already arrived.
LONDON, Nov. 13— The
complete defeat of Premier
Kerensky and General Korni
loff is announced in a Russian
communication by wireless.
After bitter fighting at Esors
koe tip* X<\$o Revolutionary
army completely defeated tin*
country's revolutionary forces
of Kerensky and Korniloff
yesterday, says an announce
ment. The soldier’s and work
men’s deputies have, ordered
that all measures necessary be
taken for the capture of for
mer Premier Kerensky who is
retiring before an offensive.
LONDON, Nov. 13—A Co
penhagen dispatch confirms a
report that Kerensky gained
a complete victory over Bol
sheviki. It is also reported
that Kerensky. General Korni
loff and General Kaledites
formed a triumvirate at Petro
grad where the troops side
with Kerensky. Leniue was
captured, a Stockholm dis
patch announces. Upon the ar
rival of Kerensky and Korni
loff at Petrograd, Bolsheviki
was defeated at Tharko. Solo
retreated to Petrograd.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 13 —
The fighting is progressing in
Grand Norsekia between Bol
sheviki infantryman and Jun
ker forces in armed cars.
ROME, Nov. 13—The Ital
ians yesterday resisted the en
emy everywhere on the North
ern front along which the Aus
trians are endeavoring to out
flank the Italians on the river
line. There is also brisk fight
ing across the Piave river.
BERLIN, Nov. 13—It is of
ficially announced that Fonza
zo and Montedongara have
been captured by the Austro
Germans.
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EL PASO DISTRICT TO
ENTERTAIN SOLDIERS
EL PASO, Tex.. Nov. 13—Every
soldier in the El Paso district will
have an invitation to be the guest of
an El Paso organization on Thanks
giving night if the plans of the Sol
dier’s Welfare and Recreation Commit
tee work out. All of the women’s or
ganizations in the city have agreed to
have a special entertainment and “op
en house” on that night for the troop
ers of the district. There are 15,000 of
them. A number of elaborate musi
cal and literary programs are being
planned. The soldiers will b,e sent
written invitations and will be the
guests of honor of the clubs on that
night.
E. S. Hewitt returned to Juneau af
ter spending the past week In Cordova
calling on local trade.
GERMAN PLOT IS
UNEARTHED AT
SEATTLE
(By the Associated Press)
SEATTLE Nov. 13—Gus
Vollratli, German foreman of
the Olympian Steel Works,
was arrested today charged
with causing the explosions at
the Olympic Steel Works
The police think that Vollratli
is in a plot to prevent the
manufacture of steel plates
for government ships under
construction here. Vollratli
used a mysterious acid and
plant officials claim he doctor
ed the steel so that it would
not meet the government re
quirements.
SOLDIERS HILL
HAVE CAUSE
(By the Associated Press)
AMERICAN ARMIES IN
I FRANCE, Nov. 13—A large
shipment of turkeys, mince
meat, cranberries, nuts, rai
sine and sweet potatoes for the
Americans soldiers on Thanks
giving day have arrived and
other shipments are coming.
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(By United Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13—An Am
erican firm—Adolf Lewisohn ai.d Son
of 61 Broadway, New York, has the
valuable concession —(an absolute
monopoly)—of mining Colombian plat
inum.
Platinum—a war metal more cost
ly than gold, is today selling ior $116
an ounce, the Council of National De
fense statees. although the govern
ment is filling all its needs at *65 an
ounce.
Before the war platinum was worth
only $40 an ounce. Stopping tile Rus
sian supply to America—before Am
erica entered the war, and the urgent
demand for platinum for making the
sparkers in spark plugs, boosted the
price.
Today, prospectors are scoring the
far corners of the earth for platinum
deposits. The rich placer platinum de
posits in the San Juan and Condole
I rivers in Colombia are Delng drawn
t on heavily to fill the need.
While there is no national short
age in America for war platinum, the
Council of National Defense has cau
tioned against lavish use of the pre
cious metal for making watch or cig
arette eases.
Its use in smaller and more Intri
cate jewelry is permitted, however.
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Contractor George Nelson of the
Alaska-Anthraelte railroad, which he
is building from Katalla to the Ber
ing River coal fields, Is a Cordova vis
itor and will leave on the next boat
for the states, all work for the winter
having closed down.
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L. J. Coughlin, purser on the Spo
kane, was on shore for a few hours
this morale#
CM PROTESTS1
ACTION JAPAN
(By the Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13—
China, awakening to the im
portance of the agreement re
cently entered into between the
United States and Japan for
an open door in China was re
gistered in a formal protest
of the Peking government fil
ed at tiie state department by
the Chinese minister Koo. Chi
na filed a similar protest at
i Tokio and expects Japan and
the United States to reply to
China, disclaiming any sinis
ter action against China.
VICTOR! LOU
(By Associated Pres9)
TORONTO, Nov. 13—Pleil
I gos of (Simula's Victory Loan
tin* first tlay aggregate $10,
000,000. This is only partial
;ami only it lew of tin? largo
subscriptions have been report
i e<l as yet.
NEW CHIEF OF POLICE AND
PATROLMAN FOR CORDOVA
j At a special meeting ot the city
laM night, the rpfgnr
JrChlef of Police Holey and of
Patrolman Hickman were accepted.
J. J. Murray, who has been in charge
of the Carlisle Packing Company’s
| fishing fleet, was elected Chief. H.
W. Hawes acted as patrolman last
night and a permanent selection for
this office will be made today.
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FRANKFURTURS ARE IN
DEMAND IN CALIFORNIA
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 13—Miles of
Irankfurters will be consumed by the
wards of California in the various in
stitutions of the state, according to H.
McMillan, purchasing agent, who is re
ceiving requisitions for the prisons,
hospitals and state homes for the sup
I ply of meat that will be needed in the
next nine months. More than 100,000
| pounds of so called “hot dogs" are
i wanted by the institutions. The al
lotment for the Southern California
hospital alone is 45,000 pounds and
theVampa hospital wants 24,000
pounds.
A peculiar feature of the demand
is that while the state prison at San
Quentin has put in a requisition for
13,000 pounds, Folsom prison has ask
ed for none. Nine thousands pounds
of frankfurters are wanted at the
Agnews hospital and 4,500 at the
Yountville veteran’s home.
Beef is the big item in all the in
stitutions.
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That Cordova is destined to become
the gateway for interior travel is evi
denced by the unprecedented number
ot people daily arriving from Fair
bunks, Nenana, and Yukon river
uoints. Both steamship offices are be
seiged with applications for passage
to the states and the hotel proprie
tors also report that they have a
great difficulty in accomodating the
new arrivals.
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O. W. Bremmer was a returning
passenger on the Spokane from a trip
to the mates
COL. HOUSE AND
WIFE GUESTS
OF KING
LONDON, Nov. 13- -Colonel
House, 1j<*Sh i of the American
flelegatioiyo the allied confer
ence, and/his wife were the
guests of/the King and Queen
at Buckingham Palace yester
day.
BIG EIGO MB
WILL OF LATE
BOLEN
(By Associated I’rcss)
HONOLULU, Nov. 13—The
national guard troops of Ha
waii have taken charge of the
body of the former Queen Lil
inokalaui because of a threat
etied contest of the will and
control of the body by J. Oil
burn who asserted that the
monarch’s will dated August
—H, 1917, appointed him execu
tor and lie planned on making
changes in the disposition ol
| the property.
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(By the Associated I'ress)
MELBOURNE. Nov. 13—The Bri
tlsh government has been in communi
cation with the Australian governmen
with a view of requisitioning all thi
available shipping in Australian wat
ers for the transporting of cargos foi
overseas service. Already the Inter
state and the coastal trade has con
tributed over 90,000 tons of shipping
but a considerable additional arnoun
is said to be forthcoming.
Among other things it is proposet
that the large lighters employed at th<
principal Australian ports should b<
loaded with wheat and ottyer com mod
itles and towed to South Africa, where
the cargos could be discharged intc
steamers for England, thus saving ton
nage and time.
As regards shipbuilding in Austral
ia. the outlook is now more satisfae
tory, largely' as a result of a series ot
conferences betwen the represents'
tives of the governmnt and the men.
An effort is being made to guarantee
continuity of employment, so that a
large number of ships may be laid
down and completed on the standard
ized system.
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CHURCH FUND IS TURNED
INTO LIBERTY BONDS
DEMING, N. M., Nov. 13 —One
Deming church shows its patriotism
in a practical way by subscribing
$10,000 for Liberty bonds. It used the
funds which had been raised to erect
a new church building. It was unan
imously voted by the congregation
that the country needed the mouej’
more than Deming needed a new
church.
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A. R- Hoerle was able to be about
today for the first time since his re
cent illness and plans on leaving for
•be. states on the next southbound
trip of the Alameda.
ASKS REHEARING
ALASKA RATE
CASES
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13—
Yesterday Judge Wickersham
filed a petition for a rehearing
in the Alaska rate investiga
tion. According to his state
ments the high rates of the
Copper River & Northwestern
railway are curtailing the Al
aska copper production.
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(By the Associated Press)
DAWSON, Y. T.. Nov. 13—Bishop
Stringer and Archdeacon Whittaker,
of the Anglican church, returned from
a visit along the Arctic coast, cover
ing thousands of miles on foot, in
canoes and in large vessels within
the Arctic circle. They have written
an interesting account of their voy
age from Fort IvIcPherson to Hers
chel Island and thence to Cape Bat
hurst and elsewhere, of which the ex
, tracts follow:
“We started along the Arctic coasl
on July lit in a little schoner to visit
the Eskimos. Beating headwinds foi
six days, we met a large group 01
Eskimos at Pillage Point, the plact
where Frank had such an unpleasan
with Eskimos nearly nine
ago, and Rad so narrow ai
escape at their hands. But our exper
lence was altogether different. Thougl
it was at the height of the whaling
season, all hunting stopped during
our three days stay and they gavt
all their attention to instruction ant
service.
"We reached Herchel Island about
July 28. It w-as twenty years since
Bishop Stringer, then the Kev. J. (),
Stringer, with his wife and infanl
daughter first went into residence ai
Herschel Island and began systematic
teaching of the Eskimos. This was
a score of years ago and since then
many changes have taken place in
the region of the islands. The whal
ing fleet of ‘97 comprising over 29
vessels, had dwindled to five. Twenty
years ago the island was wide open
and the arrival of a ship was the sig
nal for a great debauch which affected
almost the whole population. Drink
and disease were destroying the peo
ple.
“Fifteen years ago there was but
one Canadian tradi 4 post north of
the Arctic. McPher. .;. and but one
trader, John Filth. Since that time
there have been added the following
Arctic Red River; ! turn part House;
Old Crow; MacKenzig Delta: Kitiga
girt; Baillie Islands; Anderso 1 liver;
Fort Bacon, and the Hudson Bay head
quarters and the depot at Iierschel
Island. This year a new post has
been estableshed at Shingle Bo. One
or two small schooners are trading
there on their own account.
“On account of the blokade of the
ice none of Stefansson’s vessels had
returned when the party left the
coast, though they were expected and
should conditions permit they may
get out. It they do they should have
a tale of Interest to tell.
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Bocal hardware merchants have the
Old Reliable No. 2 shovel for sale
which with a little physical labor
would materially help the conditions
or the sidewalks on Firat street
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AMERICAN ARMIES IN
FRANCE, Nov. 13—Americans
are rapidly becoming expert
at patrol work and along the
American sector is virtually
open warfare, which is distinc
tly an American game. The
recent incident involved five
Americans who rushed from a
dugout as the Germans enter
ed the trenches and the Amer
icans fired so successfully as
to prevent the Germans from
advancing.
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PINS HIS FAITH TO
" GHORAGE
Jas. E. O'Reilly, president of the
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, is
visiting his old time friends in Cordo
va during the time the steamer Mar
iposa is in port. Mr. O'Reilly is on
his way to the states where he will
spend the next three months on bus
j iness connected with the various en
| terprises in which he is interested. In
| speaking of the conditions in Anchor
j age Mr. O'Reilly was all optimism re
garding the future of the government
town and said that the development
j of the Matanuska farming cotumun
I ity, Chicaloon coal fields and the Wil
j low creek quartz district wottM- more
than offset the lack of railroad con
• structlon.
The merchants of Anchorage, he re
marked, were all carrying a largf •
stock of merchandise and were wet!!
prepared to handle the winter trade.
The opening of Unit 1J in the Chica
loon coal fields and the Baxter mine
at Moose creek he says have solved
the fuel problem. While the peopfe
of the town realize that the Mariposa
is probably the last steamer they will
see for several months they are re
signed to their fate, especially as they
| have every confidence that the work
j of the new government dredge will
make Anchorage an open port next
winter and that winter sports will
play an important part in the town
calender this winter.
Preparations have been made for a
series of basket ball games in which
four teams will participate, also an
ice rink has been constructed on the
Municipal block.
Mr. O'Reilly was impressed with the
growth of Cordova and is of the firm
opinion that the towns of Alaska
should work in harmony for their mu
tual advantage. He expects to return
to Anchorage about the middle of
February and will devote the most of
his time to the Willow creek quartz
property in which he is largely int
erested.
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Andrew Stevenson, president of the
Hank of Alaska, has engaged passage
on the Mariposa for Juneau where he
will spend several days before going
to Skagway where he has his head
quarters. Mr. Stevenson has been in
Cordova for the past week in the in
terests of the local branch of the
banking system which has branch
banks in Wrangell, Skagway. Anchor
age and Cordova. Mr. Stevenson ex
pressed himself as being well pleased
with local conditions and stated be
fore leaving the Bank of Alaska stood
ready at all times to assist in the ad
vancement of Cordova and the up
building of the vast territory.