The Cordova Daily Times
Only Afternoon Paper In Alaska With Associated Press News
VOLUME III. NUMBER 68._CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1917. PRICE^ENctJnTs" ~
AUSTRIA MUST
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♦ (By Associated Press) ♦
♦ WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. — ♦
♦ Ambassador Penfield, under ♦
♦ explicit instructions from the ♦
♦ state department, has naked ♦
♦ Austria to state Its position ♦
♦ regarding submarine warfare. ♦
♦ The state department Is reluc- ♦
♦ tant to sever relations with ♦
♦ Austria, as a break with Tur- ♦
♦ key and Bulgaria is certain to ♦
♦ follow a rupture with Austria. ♦
♦ Secretary Lansing and As- ♦
♦ sistant Attorney General War- ♦
♦ ren have urged the senate judi- ♦
♦ ciary committee to press the ♦
♦ passage of a bill authorizing ♦
♦ the president to use the armed ♦
♦ forces of (he United States to ♦
♦ enforce neutrality obligations, ♦
♦ particularly with reference to ♦
♦ vessels of belligerents in- ♦
♦ terned in ports of the United ♦
♦ States which might attempt to ♦
♦ escape. +
♦ After a cabinet meeting It ♦
♦ was indicated that there was ♦
♦ no immediate prospect of any ♦
♦ new action by the United ♦
♦ States on the main issue of the ♦
♦ submarine situation. +
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(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 20. — It is officially
stated that the subscriptions to the
new British loan will be at least
Jl 700,000,000, exclusive of the contri
butions from the banks, and this fine
showing is very gratifying to the gov
ernment.
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FEDERAL TRADE
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. — Presi
dent Wilson yesterday sent the names
of William B'. C'olver, a St. Paul news
paper publisher, and John Franklin
Fort, former governor of New Jersey,
to the senate for confirmation as mem
bers of the federal trade commission.
A.
PATRIOTISM OF
(Special to Dally Times.)
-M^'AHTHY. Feh IX — The cltl
zens of McCarthy have formed a peace
league, and all of its citizens have
signed an agreement to protect pro
perty and to work for the interests
of the United States, as is befitting
all loyal and patriotic citizens. It
was further agreed to denounce any
fanatical act or speech against the
property or interest of the United
States during possible trouble with
Germany or any other nation.
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BERNSTORFF WILL SOON BE
ON WAY TO GERMANY
(By Associated Press)
HALIFAX, Feb. 19. — No irregu
larities were found in Ambassadoi
the Eighth’s cargo, and their release
the Eighths cargo, and their release
Is expected soon.
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Now is th* time to subscribe for the
Times — $5 for six months.
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Photo by American Press Association
S35.II0 ASKED
EOD PUBLIC
BUILDING
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♦ (By Associated Press) ♦
♦ WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. — ♦
♦ The sundry civil bill intro- ♦
♦ duced in the house yesterday ♦
♦ contains the following Alaska «
♦ items: +
♦ Public building at Cordova, ♦
♦ $35,000. »
♦ Government railroad, $10,- ♦
♦ 500,000. +
♦ Care of insane. $70,000. ♦
♦ Education of natives, $200,- «
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♦ Reindeer, $35,000. •
♦ Medical relief, $50,000. ♦
♦ Protection of game, $20,000. +
♦ Suppression of liquor traffic, ♦
♦ $15,000. •
♦ Pribiloff fisheries service, ♦
♦ $28,000. «
♦ Afognak and Yes bay fisher- ♦
♦ ies station, $82,000 each. +
♦ General fisheries service, ♦
♦ $75,000. »
♦ Aids to navigation, $60,000. +
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NORTHWEST SODA WORKS
HAS NEW PROPRIETOR.
M. W. Dledrich today disposed of
the Northwest Soda Works to Pat
rick Cannon, who will immediately
take possession of the plant and con
duct it in such a manner as to war
rant him in believing that the busi
ness can be increased and put on a
profitable basis. Mr. Cannon intends
to devote his entire time to making
a success of his new venture, and if
ability and thriftiness count for any
thing he will soon be numbered among
Cordova’s successful young business
men.
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WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY
DANCE BE FlfE AFFAIR.
The resident members, B. P. O.
Elks, are leaving nothing undone for
the success of their dance on Thurs
day evening. Eagle hall has been
beautifully decorated in the club's
colors, purple and white, and excel
lent music engaged. Then there will
be attractive dance programs, and
all who are fortunate enough to re
ceive invitations will be present
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VESSELS IGNORE WARNING.
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Eeb. 20. — Eight ves
sels departed yesterday for European
ports.
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ALASKA IN THE MORNING.
The steamer Alaska left Juneau at
10:30 last night, and is due in Cordova
at 11:30 o'clock Wednesday morning
She has a large passenger list and
over 500 tons of freight for Cordova
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GUILD TO MEET.
Th- Women's Guild will meet at th«
Red Dragon tomorrow afternoon at 1
o’clock.
VH HAS SAFE
LEAD FOR
DEFECATE
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to The Times)
} t .VT2A ir. Kfih. ?o. — Wicker
Pham haH a safe l“ad In the race
for delegate to congress, accorct
*r.j» to the official returns, and
It Is doubtful If he can be counted
out. as the canvassing board has
several times indicated their posi
tion.
The -friends of Wlckersham arc
prepared, in case of an error by
the canvassing board, to appeal
to the coming territorial senate to
take the matter in hand and Issue
Wlckersham a certificate of elec
tion.
The canvassing board is not In
session and is awaiting the oaths
of office of election Judges, cer
tificates of commissioners creat
ing polling places and several
other minor defects in the returns.
These will not alter the results,
unless the whole Second division
is thrown out, on account of lack
of registration, which would give
that division no representation in
the territorial legislature. This
is improbable, as the known mem
bers- elect have been summoned
for the coming session by wire.
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GUEST HELD
The common council held Its regu
lar bi-monthly meeting last night and
transacted considerable routine busi
ness. The chairman of the street com
mittee reported the railing on Front
street repaired. The committee on
assessment and collection of taxes re
ported the publication of the delin
quent tax list for the year 1916. No
report was received from the school
board.
After considerable discussion the
compensation of the town treasurer
was fixed at 2 per cent of the taxes
collected.
A proposed ordinance was Intro
duced, prohibiting the running of
dogs at large in the streets, whether
licensed or unlicensed, unless under
leash or in immediate control of the
person owning or in charge of the
same. The ordinance provides penal
ties of from $5.00 to $100 for its vio
lation. The matter was thoroughly
discussed, several complaints being
detailed concerning young children be
ing frightened by dogs, and the ordi
nance referred to the police committee
for report at the first meeting in
March. The sentiment of the council
seems to be in favor of the passage
of some sort of a regulatory measure,
but the exact nature of the same will
be decided upon later. Some of the
members favor forbidding the dogs
on the streets at all unless under
leash. In compensation for this regu
lation it Is proposed that the present
dog license be abolished.
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SPIES WILL BE
GIVEN THE
LfT
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. — The ad
ministration espionage bill, prescrib
ing severe penalties tor spying on
matters of national defense and pun
ishing conspiracies in violation of
American neutrality, passed the sen
ate today. The vote stood 60 to 10
In favor of the measure.
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NEW MILL WORKING FINE.
The Cordova Mill and Lumber Com
pany has tried out its new plant and
everything has been found to work
satisfactory. From this time forward
the mill will be sawing logs Into all
sizes of lumber, which the new com
pany will be prepared to serve the
public.
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SIGNAL CORPS OPERATOR
TRANSFERRED TO VALDEZ
I. A. Beal, of the Signal Corps, hat
been transferred to Valdez, and wll
leave for that place on the Adniira
Farragut. Mr. Beal has been heri
some time, and made a large circle
of friends, who will learn with regre
of his departure. He will be succeed
ed by Corporal Rogers, of Valdez.
EXPLORED THIS
COUNTRY 25
YEARS 500
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4 SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 20. — 4
4 Major General Frederick Fun- 4
4 ston, commander of the south- 4
4 ern department, died sudden- 4
4 ly last night from an attack of 4
4 uugina sclerosis, while seated 4
4 In the lobby of the hotel after 4
4 dinner with a party of friends. 4
4 Since the mobilization of the 4
4 national guard, following N il- 4
4 la's raid on Columbus, Funston 4
4 commanded the largest army 4
4 gathered together In a single 4
4 department since the Civil war. 4
4 General Pershing succeeds him 4
4 temporarily. 4
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4 WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. - 4
4 General Funs.on as botana for 4
4 the department of agriculture, 4
4 explored Alaska in the begin- 4
4 ning of 1891. He crossed Alas- 4
4 ka to the Arctic ocean and 4
4 traveled from the Mackenzie 4
4 river to the Bering sea, a dls- 4
4 tance of 3,600 miles. Funston 4
4 camped In the Klondike during 4
4 the winter of 1893, then alone 4
4 floated down the Yukon river 4
4 in a canoe many hundreds of 4
4 miles without seeing any per- 4
4 son. 4
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Photo by American Press Association.
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ADMIRAL FARRAGUT DUE
THURSDAY MORNING.
The steamer Admiral Farragut left
Juneau at 1 o’clock this morning and
should reach Cordova early Thursday
morning.
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TO GO TO THE STATES.
T. H. Huber, day chef at Slater's
restaurant, will leave for Valdez on
the steamer Alaska, in order to take
out his final papers, lie will them go
to the states on a visit, but Is unde
cided as to just'when ne will return
to Alaska.
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FUNERAL HELD YESTERDAY.
The funeral of Frank Miller took
place at 4 o'clock yesterday, interment
being made in Eyak cemetery, where
services were conducted by Rev. E.
P. Ziegler.
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Don’t forget to call on the Presby
terian ladies Thursday, February 22.
Boston baked beans and brown bread,
also boiled ham, luscious potato salad,
ice cream, cake, coffee and many
other good things.
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Of course you are reading the Dally
Times. Why not scve a dollar by pay
ing six months' subscription in ad
vance; $5 will do the trick.
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Have you seen that exquisite line
of one-piece dresses at Clayson’s.
SERGIUS SAZONOFF.
Ex-Russian Foreign Minister May
Become Ambassador to England.
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CAPTi DODGE
WITH POUR
BEAR IE
All residents of the coast section of
southwestern Alaska and the Bering
sea country, know Captain Dodge, of
the cutter Unalaga, and the following
story printed in a Chicago paper about
his bear hunting experiences on some
long past voyage will prove exceed
ingly Interesting. The best part of
the yarn as published is the picture
which accompanies it, which unfortu
nately cannot be reproduced here. It
portrays a rather frightened appear
ing individual clad after the manner
of a Siberian, with a giant polar bear
at his heels, and in the background a
dense growth of spruce showed. The
National Geographical Society would
probably pay a high price for a photo
graph of polar bears living In a spruce
forest, close to the habitat of polar
bears, but It made a good drawing any
way. The bear story:
According to Captain P. C. Dodge,
Of the U. S. steamship ITnalaga, which
arrived a few days ago at St. Mathew's
Island, Alaska, polar bear hunting is
fine sport — "if you see the bear first
and he'B a long way off.”
“Those I have encountered were al
Way8 too close for comfort, and a
inan's self respect. I have a suspi
cion that it was more sport for tnem
[than for me," said the captain.
Captain Dodge was trying to reach
St. Matthew's through the pack ice on
t government errand. Incidentally he
expected to get some polar bear .(hoot
ing, for they came to that region to
rear their young.
"The first I ever saw and hunted,"
he said, "was one the ice here. 1 had
gone ashore with five other officers.
We had seen a big female and two
cubs, feeding on fish, from the ship
and had come up to leeward of them.
“As we neared the spot where the
bear had been seen, one after another
of our party suddenly grew tired and
stopped to rest. The size of the
tracks had turned their sporting
blood to ice.
"Finally only one other and mysell
were forging on. We, too, wanted
to call It off, but each was afraid ol
the other’s taunts. Coming around a
hummock, we heard a furious snort.
There was the bear, mouth open
tongue hanging out, with a cub al
either side — not twenty feet away.
“I simply couldn’t lift my gun, and
Qulnan, the other man, was equally as
helpless with fright. Meantime the
bear rambled off In a hurry.
"When she had taken a good lead
we ran lamely after her, firing wild,
And suddenly the other ‘tired’ men
TSfiiii running up, too. shooting In vol
leys.
“Oh, It was great sport, all right!
‘‘Another time I jumped a polar beai
from behind a fifteen foot ice hum
mock. I fired just as he came foi
me, wounding him without stopping
his rush.
“Dropping my rifle, 1 sped for th«
beach, the bear right behind me. leap
ed into the icy water and swam foi
the small boat that had brought m<
ashore. The brute piled right In af
ter me, and I swam as I never hav«
before or since. The cockawaii
pulled me Into the boat, while th«
crew filled the bear with lead. I havi
his skin at home now—over ten feel
sqm: re.
“l‘ve had all the sport with th«
polar bear I want.”
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The Daily Times la a member nf thi
Associated Presa. Got Uie news.
FOOD SCARCITY
IN GERMANY IS
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 20. — A summary of
the German food situation today
shows: Very little butter, with little
If any prospect that there will be
more In the Immediate future. An
equally small amount of margarine,
or other substitutes for butter. A sup
ply of meat that does not bid fair to
increase because there Is so little feed
on which the cattle can be nourished
and fattened. A minimum amount of
sugar, since less than the usual sup
ply of sugar beets was raised In 1916,
and a part of the supply has to go to
ward making chemicals. An almost
complete failure of the potota crop,
so that the bread ration la to be
"stretched" with barley instead of po
tato flour, to the consequent diminish
Ing of the beer production. An almost
negligible supply of coffee and a very
slender amount of tea.
On the credit side of the ledger
stand the vegetables that were raised
in great quantities during the past
summer, and that with German
thoughtfulness and system have been
dried In great quantities, and will be
available for the winter. Likewise
there are great quantities of marma
lade, or near-marmalade, which have
been stored up as a substitute for but
ter. The substitute is very poor, bui
better than nothing.
The average German will insist that
Roumania stands on the credit Bide
of the ledger too, and that It Is a big
item. But It Is extremely probable
that the amount of food found in Rou
mania Is far smaller than had been
anticipated. Turkey, Bulgaria. Hun
gary and Austria, all also have a claim
on whatever there may be. Though
Germany Is running the military situ
ation In Roumania, Germany Is very
far away. Her authorities have known
for weeks that there Is little to ex
pect from Roumania, and have tried
to break the evil news gently. First
came the announcement that the size
or the mssUm MelSMt wee unknown.
then the word that whatever might
be found would not be used but kept
as a reserve.
It Is, of course, the big German clt
lea that are Buffering, and that are
going to suffer increasingly as the
war continues Lack of transports
tlon facilities Is an Increasingly Im
portant factor.
Germany, which before the war had
somewhat more than ample freight
cars for ita own needs, now has to
make the same number of cars, ap
proximately, do for all of the Ger
man empire, nearly all of Belgium
northern France, all of Poland and a
big piece of Russia, in addition to Ser
bla, Montenegro and the biggest half
of Roumanla. Only a relatively small
number of cars captured in Belgium
have been added to the German roll
Ing stock.
As the war has gone on the condi
tion of this rolling stock has deterior
ated steadily, and scarcely any of It
has been replaced. A shortage of oIIb
has not allowed the proper care of
what cars there are; hot boxes on
both passenger and freight cars are
everyday occurrences. The engines
have now to draw such heavy loads
that they are going to pieces faster
than they used to.
Feed and fodder conditions for Ger
man livestock Improved somewhat
through laat year’s harvests, but only
somewhat. The cattle are still thin
and scraggy. The milch cattle give
less than ever and there Is little milk
that can be spared for cheese. The
cattle, when slaughtered, give less
meat than they used to, and so horse
meat has had to be resorted to in a
degree that is unprecedented.
The available aupply of awlne has
never recovered from the original
German mistake of 1914 and 1915,
when millions of pigs were slaugh
tered to aave the food that they de
voured, only thereby reducing the
-"supply of fat to- a dangerous point
The Germans have never forgiven
themselves for that short-sightedness.
The same In a measure holds true
of sugar. There had been an over
supply In 1914, and solemn warnings
went out not to plant so much land
to sugar beets, and more to grain. The
peasantry followed the advice too lit
erally, and Germany awoke to find
that the had hardly more than enough
sugar for purposes other than food.
So the big cities are In part living
on saccharine now. and there la not
enough of that.
The coffee “stretching” process be
gan laat spring, and has continued so
diligently that real coffee la an al
most unattainable rarity, sad the av
erage "coffee” that la available la so
poor as to be undrinkable for tbe
persons used to real coffee. Substl
1 tutes such as chicory, herbs, mixtures
of all kinds, have taken coffee’s place.
The most perfect organization and
•yatem in the world has stepped in
and bo regulated food affairs that
every adult in the empire is pretty
well assured of half a pound of meat
a week. But nearly every ounce of
that half pound Is lean meat. The
fat rarely reaches the purchaser, for
It Is Jealously hoarded by the govern
ment.
System likewise has provided that
there shall be no more butter riots,
or bread riots or meat lines. There
Is now a so-called "customers’ list”
whereby each resident of any large
city is registered with one dairy store
and one baker and one butcher. The
customer has a number, and on stated
days may purchase his or her quota
of food by number. Government se
cret service agents have been busy
ferreting out cases of extortion and
overcharging, and heavy fines and Im
prisonments have been Balutary In
their effect. Likewise the custom of
hoarding, which the Germans call
"hamstering" after the animal "ham
ster" or groundhog, has been discour
aged to a great extent by fines and
other punishments.
During the final months of 1916
Germans of the wealthier class helped
out their scanty larders with butter,
eggs, cheeBe and the like which they
procured from convenient "relatives”
whom they discovered In Holland and
Denmark. Now that has been done
away with. From the first of Janu
ary the German government, through
Its central purchasing company, buys
all the foods in adjoining foreign
countries that those countries will or
may sell, and will distribute it equal
ly in Germany.
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Bread
RISING COST OF
FOOD MOSES
RIOTS II. T.
♦ (By Associated Frees) ♦
♦ NEW YORK. Feb. 20. — The ♦
♦ city authorities are endeavor- ♦
♦ ing to curb the rising cost of ♦
♦ iood, which caused rioting yes- ♦
♦ terday in three tenement dls- ♦
♦ tricts. Indignant housewives ♦
♦ became aroused by peddlers •
♦ quoting potatoes at from five ♦
♦ to Beven cents a pound, and on- •
♦ ions at sixteen cents a pound. ♦
♦ A thousand women partici- ♦
♦ pated In one riot and push ♦
♦ carta were overturned and set ♦
♦ afire after the vegetables had •
♦ been doused with kerosene oil. ♦
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♦ NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—Sev- ♦
♦ eral hundred women from the ♦
♦ tenement districts stormed the ♦
♦ city hall, screaming: "We ♦
♦ want bread." Many of them •
♦ carried babies. The police ♦
♦ barred the entrance to the •
♦ mayor's office, although the ♦
♦ mayor was not there. A wo- ♦
♦ man spokesman was arrested. ♦
♦ and this was the signal for a ♦
♦ general outburst. They at- ♦
♦ tempted to rescue her, and in •
♦ doing so scratched the police- •
♦ men's faces and tore their •
♦ clothing. The mounted police- •
♦ men scattered the women, but ♦
♦ the rioting on the East side ♦
♦ continued throughout the day. ♦
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(fly Associated Press)
ASHLAND, Wls., Feb. 20. — Mrs
George Wilkinson is racing with death
from St. Paul to Seward, Alaska,
where her son, Albert, and her hus
band were both injured in separate ac
cidents a day apart. The son is fa
tally hurt and the mother is losing uo
time In reaching his bedside.
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ATTRACTIVE NEW STOREROOM.
Finkelstein & Saplro have had an
attractive front placed in their new
building and a force of carpenters are
at work on the other improvements
which will be completed so that the
building can be occupied by March.