The Cordova Daily Times
I VOLUME III. NUMBER 4. CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 191f, ~ " --
SITUATION GREECE EXTREMELY GRAVE
SERBS CAPTl
LONDON, Dec. 5.—War Minister Lord' Robert Cecil told
the house of commons that the situation in Greece is extremely
grave. Despite the formal and repeated assurances of the Greek
king and government that no disturbance would be permitted,
the most treacherous and unprovoked attack was made on the
allied detachment landed by Admiral Fournet Friday night. He
expressed the belief that the Greek king and government con
sjdered the responsibility of the attack. Great Britain is cou
riering in conjunction with the allies, immediate steps to se
cure a radical solution of the situation.
ATHENS, Dec. 5.—The Greek government has announced
that the fullest protection will be given the allied nations and
in palace circles they sav that normal relations with the allies
have been reestablished.
BARIS, Dec. b.—It is officially announced that the Ser
hians have captured the hill north of Grunisht, on the Mace
donian front.
LONDON, Dec. •").—The Serbian troops have been further
successful in the Corn a region. They carried Stavina village
by assault, capturing two howitzers. The village of Zovik, five
miles north of Grunishte, is now burning, the Bulgarians re
treating northward.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. .’>.—The passage of tin* home army
bill has caused a panic throughout Berlin, when the public rea
lized that women would be forced into factories for sendee. Tin*
wives of soldiers made a demonstration outside of the ('harlot
tenburg town hall, protesting against the provisions of the bill
and demanding bread and a two days’ leave for soldiers. The
women also demanded peace.
LONDON, Dec. 5.—Premier Asquith has decided, on the
advice of Lloyd George and supported by other members of
the ministry, to reconstruct the cabinet, which has apparently
saved a coalition government and insured a more vigorous pros
ecution of the war.
PARI>d Dec. 5.—The proprietors of the laundries in Paris
ind the neighborhood have decided' to close their doors. They
leclare that they cannot continue in business unless the govern
nent guarantees them an adequate supply of coal.
ROTTERDAM, Dec. 5.-—Germany has replied to the Dutch
irotest regarding Belgian deportations. The note, in words,
,vas equivalent to telling them to “mind your own business.’’
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 5.—Investigation shows that the mor
IRE VILLAGES
tnlity among infants is increasing. *
LONDON, Dec. 5.—The Westminster Gazette says Premiei
Asquith lias declined the proposal for a nation war council ,ot
which is not a member. Asquith has approved of a small conn
eil, but insisted that the premier be chairman.
BLR LIN, Dec. —The established sugar allowance is in
sufficient and an additional half pound* of sugar will be al
lowed monthly to all babies born after December 1.
PLTROGRAD, Dec..").—The Roumanians have failed to
check the Fentons on the roads to Ploechti and Bucharest.
NhW ^ ORK, Dec. •>.-—An agent of tin* Russian embassy
alleges that the blown up steamer in Archangel recently, with
the loss of war supplies valued at millions was destroyed by
bombs placed aboard at the New York piers.
I LlR(KiRAI), Dec. —The Teutons have occupied the
village o| (iradichtea, south of Bucharest. Obstinate fighting
is progressing between Alexandria and Bucharest.
FOKRZBl RL, Fransvlvania, Dec. •>. Prisoners of war
being not unwilling to please their captors, their statements
must be taken with a large pinch of salt. Though there be no
officer of the enemy present, the prisoner of war cannot bo sure
that his statements do not become known to the powers into
whose hands the fortune of war has placed him.
The Associated Press correspondent was able to interview
here today two score Roumanian officers and men who had fal
len into captivity near Rucar, some twenty miles south of here.
No central power officer was within earshot.
One of the first men questioned was a Russian Jew, a man
of some education and standing. lie had served as a private.
1 nhliishingly lie said that he had looked for a chance to surren
der. Questioned why, the man almost flew into a rage. He
could not see why a Jew should fight for a government which
in times ol peace gave him no vote and no part in the affairs of
bis country. He hoped that the central troops would get to
Bucharest in a tew days and bang them all, especially Bratianu
and Take Joneseu, who had so needlessly involved the country
in war. Six other Jews were a little timid in their expressions,
but seemed heartily to agree with their spokesman.
(■aptured officers are non interviewable, as a rule. The
code, as well as tact, forbids that they be questioned, but one
of them, a tall, handisome fellow of about twenty-five, gave it
officer of the enemy present .the prisoner of war cannot be sure
business.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. — Among
the appropriations asked are $60,000
for improving aids to navigation in
Alaska; $25,000 for encouraging indus
try and self support among the natives
of Alaska, and to encouraging the es
tablishing of small industries; $1,600,
000 for a continuation of the Alaska
government; $25,000 for the improve
tnent of Fish bay and a fish culture
station; $60,000 for the purchase and
construction of vessels for fisheries
inspection service in Alaska.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. — The army
estimates for the coming year are
$421,000,000, and the navy asks for
$382,000,000.
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RAILROAD ACTS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. — Congress
was reassembled at noon yesterday,
by Speaker Clark. Senator Kitchen,
majority leader in the senate, has as
sured President Wilson that they
would hurry the enactment of railroad
legislation and ask for the elimination
of the holiday recess. Congros will be
asked to appropriate $1,320,000,000 for
national expenditures.
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BE PLACED ON
WASHINGTON, Dec. r>. — Repre
sentative Fitzgerald has introduced
four bills in the house. Two of them
propose a foodstuffs embargo; one to
regulate the transportation of cold
storage food and another to regulate 1
the admission of farm products and
manufactured foodstuffs in the mail
as parcel post.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. — All year
excursion, fair and summer tourist
rates from Chicago to San Francisco
have been ordered by the Interstate |
Commerce Commission to be the same, |
whether by way of Seattle or Portland j
or New Orleans and El Paso. The
Northern Pacific railway fares are
now higher than those on the South
ern Pacific road.
VILLA HAS LEFT
* GHIHUAHUACITY
WITH 1101
JUAREZ. Dec. 5. — Villa has evacu
ated Chihuahua City and is going west
ward by train with much loot. The
^ Carranzistas entered the city unop
posed.
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CITY TREASURY IN MOST
HEALTHY CONDITION.
At a regular meeting of the city
council, held last night, the clerk sul>
mitted hiB monthly report, showing a
cash balance on hand of $2,431 26. The
street committee was Instructed to
have additional strips put on the rail
ings in front of vacant lots, so that
children cannot slip under them. The
chief of police reported four arrests
during November. The assessor re
ported that the tax levy amounts to
$953,000.
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Acting upon the suggestion of Fire
'hlef Dooley, the city council last
light ordered the erection of a small
lose house on Fourth avenue and the
jurchase of a sled for taking care
if the hose on the hill, where an aux
ilary company is to be organized
His other recommendations received
serious consideration, and the chief
was instructed to notify all property
iwners to comply with the ordinance
in reference to providing the neces
sary fire escapes; one of the chemi
cals was ordered moved to the ground
floor of the Northern hotel for the
winter months, and the chief instruct
ed to get prices of a fire net. The
above action was the result of the
following report made by Chief
Dooley;
•‘(ientlemen — During November 1
made the regular inspection of the in
terior of all buildings; the inspection
of the roofs has been a superficial
one owing to the snowy condition of
the roofs, and to an injury to my hand
making it impossible to reach all roofs.
“During the month two brick chim
neys have been installed — One in the
Northern hotel and one on the pro
perty of Joseph Hall. On November
28 the department had its regular
monthly drill was well attended.
"On November 29 the department
was called to a fire in the Grill of the
Alaskan hotel, which looked very seri
ous for the time being. The depart
ment responded promptly and extin
guished the flames in an efficient man
ner. The new hose has arrived and
was placed on the apparatus in place
of the hose stretched at the above fire.
“In taking notes at the fire at the
Alaskan hotel 1 feel that Cordova, in
order to make its fire department one
of the most efficient on the coast
should have a life net. 1 find that
we have now here in the fire limits
four three-story buildings, and had
the fire in the Alaskan hotel reached
the main hallway serious loss of life
might have occurred. Either the city
council should pass an ordinance com
pelling all hotels to keep a rope or
rope ladder installed in every room
or place at the use of the fire depart
ment a life net. as serious results are
always possible. I respectfully re
quest that the fire committee look
Into this matter at once.
“I have Inspected all hose and have
at present three hundred feet of hose
ready to be placed on the hill for the
protection of the residential district
I also ask permission to purchase a
couple dozen plain woolen mitts to be
placed on the apparatus in the winter
months, as men called to a fire at
late hours usually come scantily clad,
und to insure further efficiency, re
commend the above purchase.
"I also recommend that suitable
quarters he rented for the Chemical
Company No. 1. as the run to Second
avenue and return with apparatus is
too slow. I can set quarters for the
chemical in the Northern hotel on the
corner of First and B streets for $5
a month 1 deem this a reasonable
rental and respectfully recommend it
he secured at once.
“The fire plugs have not been test
ed owing to the extreme cold weather,
as in draining the plugs might freeze.
"1 also request the immediate pur
chase of one double ender sled for the
placing of the hose on the hill: also
a house for the installation of same.
As soon as hose is installed 1 expect
to organibe a company of residents
of the hill for use in case of fire to act
as an auxiliary to the active depart
ment, and in case of a conflagration
in the business section this hose could
be brought down for use.
"1 still contend, in accordance with
the finances of the city, that the fire
alarm system is needed. This system
can be bought on time and I deem it
an important factor."
"The Cordova Power Company has
completed its improvements of the
extension of the dam and the water
supply is increased by 500,000 gallons
a day, with a reservoir capacity of
10,000,000 gallons. At the present
time there is an overflow of 400,000
gallons daily.”
PROLEM OF AFTER THE WAR
NORFOLK, Va.. Dec. 5 — What will
happen after the war is the problem
to be discussed at the convention of
the Southern Commercial Congress
here December 11 to 14 It will be the
eighth annual gathering of the con
gress and "International Reconstruc
tion" has been chosen for its theme.
President Duncan U. Fletcher, sen
ator from Florida, and other leaders
declare that the changed outlook re
sulting from the war will greatly af
fect this country, and no section more
than the south, and they hope to
evolve at this convention a plan of
action with which to meet the new
order. Beonomlc, agricultural, Indus
trial, military, governmental, fiuan
ctal and commercial problems will lie
considered.
Acceptances already have been re
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celved from the following men of pro
minence who have been Invited to ad
dress the congress: Secretary of State
Robert Lansing; John Skelton Wll
Hams, comptroller of the currency;
Secretary of Labor William U. Wil
son; Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniels; Secretary of Commerce Wil
liam C. Redrield; Frank A. Vanueriip,
Dr. Wellington Koo, the Chinese min
ister; William Jennings Bryan; Don
Joaquin Mendez, the Guatemalan min
ister; Roniulo S. Naon, the ambassa
dor from Argentina; Alberto Membra
no, minister from Honduras; Carlo*
Manuel de Cespedes, minister from
Cuba; governors from nine states. In
eluding Governor Willis of Ohio, and
Governor Dunne of Illinois, and United
States Senators Ransdell, Overman
and Oven.
Seventy-seven set speeches a
twelve sessions will he followed b
open discussions. In which the dele
gates and guests will be free to pai
ticlpate.
Coincident with the meeting of th
Southern Commercial Congress si
other organizations will hold the!
conventions under it“ auspices. The
are the Souse of Southern Governors
the National Association of Commit
sloners of Agriculture, the Souther
Cotton Congress, the American Assi
ciation of Agricultural Organization!
the Southern Commercial Secretariei
Association, and the Woman's Aui
iliary of the Southern Coinmerck
Congress.
Secretary Daniels has ordered th
Atlantic fleet mobilized In liampto
roads while the congress Is in sessio
t and (be smaller vessels of the coast
' and geodetic survey, the bureau of
- navigation, the bureau of fisheries
and the lighthouse service will be as
sem tiled In Norfolk harbor for the In
> spection of the visitors. A review of
i ; the fleet is planned as one of the fea
r | tares of the congress. There will ha
i I also a military parade in which the
. | Virginia national guard and officers
1 and sailors of fleet will participate
i The Southern Commercial Congress
► Is a union of effort on the part of
i. southern commercial bodies and iudi
f vidual business institutions to educate
the people of the United States, In
1 eluding the southern people them
selves, as to the resource* of that sec
b lion Its slogan since its organisation
a has been "a greater nation through a
i greater south.'* t
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Another popular Bon Ton danrp
Wednesday night.
The Loyoia Social Club will give
another or its delightful card parties
on Thursday evening.
A chemical has been placed in the
Northern hotel building, for the mem
Iters of Company No. i.
Art Holt and wife have moved to
Chltina, as the former is now running
vn the branch line to Kenneeott.
Jack Freeburn, of the Yukon Alaska
Steamship Company, was an arrival
from the interior on today’s train.
Dr. W. H. Chase is the possessoi
of a fine pedigree bloodhound pup.
which he had shipped him from Lex
ington, Kentucky.
The steamer Mariposa is due from
Seattle at 10 o’clock tonight, having
made the run in the exceptionally fast
time of four and a half days.
i np steamer Northwestern, which
loaded ore at I.atouche, is due in Cor
dova about midnight. She will be in
port about nine hours before sailini
for Seattle.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. St. George
and Mrs. Jack Healey, of Fairbanks
reached Cordova on today's train, en
route to California, where they will
spend the winter.
Extensive preparations are alreadv
being made for the masquerade bal
on Saturday night, December 30, whirl
will be given under the auspices o
the Cordova fire department.
The regular business meeting of th>
Woman's Society of Church Workers
will be held at Mrs. ftaird's rooms, a:
the Windsor, at 2:15 o'clock tomor
row afternoon. All members are ex
ported to attPnd.
The board of equalization met las!
night, but no one appeared to objer
to the assessment as levied agains
their personal or property holdings
These sessions will continue earl
night this week, from 8 to 9 o'clock.
Hanker C. J Hurley and Roy Iluth
erford, of the Independent Eiiinbe
Company, were among the Fairbank
sans who arrived in town today The>
will make the trip to Seward on the
Mariposa tonight, before going to the
states.
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ARCHIBALD OILS
FROM RESULT
OPERATION
TAHHYTOWN. Dec. 5. — John D.
Archibald, president of the Standard
Oil Company, of New Jersey, died here
today following an operation for ap
pendicltis. Deceased was ti8 years of
age and one of the leading financiers
of the country.
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FACTS WORTH REMEMBERING.
The manner in which you use the
telephone indicates largely what you
are.
Many a man has dug his grave witht
his tongue.
Discourtesy hurts the person who)
uses it more than the person towards j
whom it is directed.
You cannot get away from that truth 1
by drawing a herring across the trail
We have proved to our satisfaction
that courtesy is a good Investment.
One discourteous actiou by you over
the telephone to a patron or prospec
tive patron does an injury U> every
man whose name Is on the payroll:
and a place In the payroll beats one In
the bread line.
It Is not always what a man knows,
it is what he does that counts Oppor
tunity plays no favorites.
Knockers do not kill men — they
kill business. They are the persons
who sift sand Into the gear boxes of
progress.
Wounds Inflicted by a knife heal
more quickly than those Inflicted by
a sharp tongue.
Chickens come home to roost, so
do harsh words.
mi WHITE
SUiVE ACT
\V ASHI.VQTON, Dec. 5. — Although
the supreme court had previously ui>
held the constitutionality of the Mann
white slave act, the question of wheth
er it prohibits interstate transports
tion of women only for commercialized
vice or applies to mere personal im
moral escapades having no element of
commercialism or coercion has been
disputed ever since the law's enact
ment.
Interpretation by the supreme court
of the disputed point was asked in
the celebrated Diggs Caminetti cases
and in the case of I, T. Hays, of Alva.
Ok la. In all three cases the govern
ment conceded there was no element
of traffic for gain.
Caminetti was sentenced to eigh
teen months' imprisonment and fined
•*1,500; Diggs to two years and a $L\
not). Hays had an eighteen months'
prison sentence. All have been at
liberty under bail.
i-ower teuerat courts, and different
administrations of the department of
justice have differed over the law's
interpretation. Vartou's women's
clubs and other organizations have
agitated for an interpretation to curb
all immorality, whether commercial
or not.
Two other important questions raised
were whether women were accom
plices, and whether men might be con
victed solely upon a woman's uncor
■oborated testimony
While Diggs and Caminetti volun
tarily gave some testimony they re
fused some further testimony and the
trial judge instrut ted the jury to con
sider such refusal in reaching their
verdict. Diggs and Caminetti con
tended that violated the constitutional
clause exempting persons from test!
tying against themselves. The Ninth
federal circuit court, however, held
that tinder various precedents the
trial court's charge was justified, the
defendants testifying voluntarily but
■illy in part.
The defendants contended that con
gress never intended to include, with
-humifications as felonies, offenses
which are misdemeanors in most states
but aimed the law against persons
transporting women victims in com
mercialized white slave traffic.
I STILL
A VERT USEFUL
VIAL
EL PASO. Dec. 4. — In the big
practice marches that the national
guard units along the border are put
through, with 18,000 men on the road
at one time, the heavy test thrown
upon transportation has vindicated the
army mule in n way that surprises old
timers.
Motor trucks, with yellow prairie
schooner tops drawn over tons of sup
plies, make an impressive display on
paved streets or macadamized roads
In Europe, where the road systems
are pertect, motors have naturally
superseded the old kind of transport
Hut except in certain localities the de
serts of the southwest are not provid
ed with roads built for automobiles.
The divisional "hikes' out of El
Paso form lines altout fifteen miles
long For about ten miles stretch sec
tions of infantry, cavalry and artillery
that grind the roads under boots, hoofs
and wheels. Then come field ambu
lances and supply divisions. The ac
cumulaltHl dust and drifting sand con
ceals treacherous chuck holes. Sud
denly a truck goes in up to the hubs.
In the rear line, stalled trucks, and
even stalled wagons, appear at inter
vals. They are unloaded. Invested out
of the ruts and reloaded Some of them
are left too far behind to cat< h up in
the night. This means some company
has to roll up in Its blankets supper
less, the horses of some troops must
go without fc#dder.
SCARCITY OF POTATOES IN
THE UNITED STATES.
WASHINGTON. Dec 5. — The
quarantine against Canadian potatoes
has been relaxed owing to the great
scarcity of "spuds" in the United
States.
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