The Times
1 VOLUME III. NUMBER 24.__■ _ CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1916. PRICE TEN CENTS
ALLIES PREPARE REPLY TO GERMAN NOTE
H Will Be Forwarded to Teutons Through American Channels
NEUTRAL COUNTRIES
, UPHOLDING WILSON
LONDON, Dec. 29.—The entente reply to Germany has
been completed, but must be transmitted' to all the allies before
its delivery. Delivery of the note will be made about next Wed
nesday at Paris, and afterwards the communication will be for
warded to Germany through American channels. The reply is
very lengthy and it is believed that the note will be satisfactory
to Washington. The reply to the American note will follow in
a few days after tin* delivery of the reply to Germany.
LONDON, Dec. 29.—The Scandinavian countries stmt a
joint note to the belligerents supporting the Wilson peace note.
PARTS, Dec. 29.—The Socialist congress has adopted a re
solution calling on the government to pursue a more vigorous
policy to terminate the war rapidly.
B( TLOGNKI, Dec. 2!*. — President Schulties, of Switzerland,
has stated that the federal council had decided to support Pre
sident Wilson’s note, which had inspired an ardent desire to
see a termination of the suffering caused by a tenable war, and
from which the Swiss people have daily evidence in interned
invalids and civilians.
SPAINS VIGOROUS PROTEST
AGAINST SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN
MADRID, Dec. 29.—The Spanish government sent a vigor
ous note to Germany on the submarine question, declaring that
Spain would hold the destruction of prizes as illegal and aban
donment of crews from sunken ships far at sea as a violation of
international law. The note says that steps are being taken to
avoid or diminish the risks in Spanish shipping.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Spain’s vigorous action toward
Germany’s submarine campaign is welcomed by the state de
partment, which considers this situation serious. \\ hile the
United States will he glad to see protests by other neutrals, it
€• will not probably join in any united action with them.
VILLA CAPTURES
CAPITOL COAHUILA
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Eli PASO, Dec. 29.—Villa partisans suy the Villistas have
occupied Saltillo, the capital of Coahuila, but Carranza officials
deny the report.
EL PASO, Dec. 29.—An unconfirmed report states that
Villa and five thousand men are moving north from Torreon in
the direction of Chihuahua City, Villa having evacuated Tor
reon, which has been rooccupied by Carranza troops.
BOND ISSUE TO
MEET DEFICIT
IN TBEASUB!
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. — Presi
dent Wilson has tentatively agreed
with the administration leaders In
congress on a bond issue to meet part
of the treasury deficit which confronts
the government. For the fiscal year,
ending June 30, 19X8, it is estimated
at $180,000,000. With Secretary Mc
^joo the president is working on
other plans to raise additional revenue
PROTOCOL7 NOT
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. — Car
ranza's communication to Secretary
Lone, asking for a modification of the
protocol covering the withdrawal of
the American troops from Mexico is
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' tirement of the American forces. Car
ranza does not flatly repudiate the
protocal already signed by his repre
sentatives of the joint commission who
met at Atlantic City.
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High temperatures and a saline so
lution are the essential features of
a New York Inventor's process for
permanently waving women's hair.
LOYOLA CLUB ENTERTAINS
WITH CHRISTMAS PARTY
Fun reigned supreme at the Loyola
Club rooms last evening, the occasion
being a Christmas party tendered by
the members of that popular organi
zation to their many friends. Th<
club rooms were crowded with a jolly
good natured throng of people, whr
entered into the festivities with tht
proper holiday spirit.
The program was a variew aift ir
teresting one, and all present had a
good time. The hall was beautifully
decorated with spruce and evergreen*
and the man at the wheel offered all
an opportunity of winning a Christina*
prize. During the intermission then
was vocal and instrumental music, af
ter which refreshments were served
and dancing indulged in.
There was also a large Christina*
tree, beautifully decorated and bril
llantly illuminated. It contained
many gifts, the distribution of whicl
brought much joy to the recipients
The Loyola Club is to be congratulated
for the entertainment afforded, and b;
the giving of frequent social affalri
has done much to bring the young foil
together in a way that has promote!
the most friendly feeling among ou
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BOSS BAKERY CHANGES
LOCATION AND OWNERSHIP
The Boss Bakery will move into it
new location in the Wilson buiidfn;
on j«nuary 1 and tvII* sicrcaflar b
conducted as a bakery and lunch room
the restaurant feature being dropped
Leonard Baur haB purchased the bus
ness from hiH mother, Mrs. 8. Baui
who expects to leave shortly for Ed
erett, Wash., to be with her daughtei
Mrs. E. 8. Norland, who is not in th
best of health. The many friends o
Mrs. Baur will be sorry to see he
leave Cordova.
SANTA FE, N. M„ Dec. 29. — In
his annual report, just made public
here. Adjutant General Harry T. Her
ring makes strong recommendations
for the universal military training of
the youth of the state in its schools
and urges that all men between 18
and 30 years of age be required to
enlist in its organized militia. The
recommendations are made to provide
a force of trained men, available when
the country shall call them, and in
view of the benefits, other than that
to the state and the country, to be
attained through physical and menal
training of the state’s young men.
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COPENHAGEN ORGANIZES
ITS FIRST JEWISH CLUB
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 29. — The
first Jewish club in Copenhagen was
oponed recently with an address by
the American minister, Dr. Maurice
Francis Egan. The club is composed
of young Jews, and l)r. Egan, In the
opening address, spoke of the future
for young Jews in the United States.
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> ANNOUNCEMENT. ♦
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» The Northland Club will keep ♦
» open house on New Year’s af- ♦
♦ ternoon from 3 to 6 o’clock. ♦
t A cordial invitation is extend- ♦
♦ ed to all the town’s people to ♦
♦ attend. ♦
♦ The dance announced for the ♦
♦ evening of that day will be ♦
♦ postponed. ♦
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MASQUERADERS WILL BE
OUT IN FORCE SATURDAY.
For several days past decorators
have been busily engaged in trans
forming Eagle liuii into a most attrac
Live spot for the pulling off of the
firemen's masquerade ball on Satur
iay night. The floor has also been
Improved, and excellent music en
gaged. It is reported that an unusu
ally large number of costumes are
being made, and that there will be
many contestants for each one of the
twentyfour prizes to be awarded.
Practically everybody In town will be
Lhere, and you cannot afford to miss
he fun.
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AMSTERDAM, Dec. 29. — The
Dutch branch of the League of Neu
ral Countries has presented to the
Ireat Eastern Railway Company a
marble memorial plate, with a bronze
medallion portrait in relief, in mem
>ry of the shooting of the nermans by
’aptain Fryatt, of the steamship
Brussels.
COAL FIELDS OF
SAXONY 10 BE
DRESDEN, Dec. 29. — To put an
end to speculation that has prevailed
for a long while, the state of Saxony
is to purchase and own its coal fields.
Existing coal fields that are privately
owned will be operated as before, but
they may not be extended, nor may
other fields be purchased privately.
The coal fields of Saxony have for
years presented a rich speculative
field. It has been the practice, per
mitted by law, to buy on speculation,
and in consequence the purchase of
a field has almost never indicated that
the purchaser intended to operate, but
rather that he hoped and expected to
sell at an advance. The public has
hardly benefitted from the practice.
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TOKIO RAISE $5,000,000 FOR
ELECTRIC ENTERURISES
TOKIO, Dec. 29. — The city of To
kio has offered for public subscription
bonds to the amount of 10,000,000 yen.
or $5,000,000, to be used in the devel
opment of electric enterprises.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 29. — Pro
hibition will be the chief issue before
the fourteenth state legislature, which
will convene here In biennial session
on January 9. An active campaign
was conducted by the anti saloon bill
submitting a prohibitory amendment
to the people at the next election. The
liquor interests throughout the state
announce an intention to resist the
passage of a submission bill.
Although the state went Democratic
on the presidency and the United
States senatorship, the Republicans
will have a majority in both houses of
the legislature. In the senate the
lineup will be, 16 Republicans and 11
Democrats; in the house 32 Republi
can* and 25 democrats.
The Democrats were pledged In
their state platform “to the submis
sion to the people of all issues of
popular concern.” Most of them are
expected to vote for the prohibitory
submission bill. The Republican party
took a stand on the issue, but the
anti-saloon leaders say they will sup
port submission.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah., Dec. 29.—
The state wide prohibition, public util
ities commission, purity of election
law, direct primary, civil service —
these are leading issues that will at
tract attention at the session of the
state legislature, which convenes here
in biennial session in January. The
Democratic-Progressive fusionists are
In control of both houses, and it is
believed that much more legislation
of a progressive tendency will come
before the body.
The main struggle probably will
come when the state wide prohibition
bill comes up for degate. Two years
ago the legislature forced through a
drastic prohibition measure, which
the retiring governor, William Spry,
vetoed in the last hours of the ses
sion. The Democrats in their plat
form pledged that the state shall be
1 perfectly dry by August 1 next.
1 HELENA. Mont., Dec. 29. — The
; farmers and consumers of the state
will receive consideration at the hands
of the Montana legislature, which
meets here for a two months' session
on January 3. Bills in their interests
have already been prepared and will
be introduced immediately after the
session convenes formally.
Indications are that all the legisla
tion passed hv the coming session will
be of a compromise and joint nature,
since the senate is Republican by a
largo majority, while the house is
Democratic. In the senate there are
29 Republicans and 12 Democrats: in
the house tit Democrats and 49 Re
publicans. From this it is believed
the session will prove interesting.
There has been some talk of an at
tempt to introduce a law granting cit
ies county opinion on prohibition. It
is declared, however, by many lead
iug lawyers of the state that such a
law, if passed, would prove unconsti
tutional because the prohibition law
was established through the initiative.
It is believed by many, therefore, that
the attempt will be abandoned.
DENVER, Colo., Dec. 29. — Daws
designed to strengthen, or make more
effective the prohibitory amendment,
and measures to extend the scope of
the industrial relations and public
utilities commissions, are expected to
be of chief interest in the twenty Iirst
Colorado legislature which convenes
here January 3.
The legislature will be composed
of 100 members — 05 representatives
and 35 senators. The lower house
will have 39 Democrats, 23 Republi
cans and three Republican-I’rohibi
tionists. In the senate there will be
18 Democrats and 17 Republicans.
A state constabulary to replace the
present militia, recodoficatlon of the
criminal statutes, placing all state in
stitutions under the control of one
board, the appointment of a state
guardian for all unattached minors,
mother's compensation law, women's
minimum wage law, and the diversion
of Inheritance taxes to pay state war
rants are measures likely to be pre
sented.
BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 29. — Economy
and tax reduction, together with revi
sion of the election laws of the state
are the main articles on the legisla
tive program to come before the Idaho
legislature when it convenes here on
January 8. For the first time in four
teen years that body is controlled
by the Democrats, who, at the last
election, managed to elect a majority
in both houses.
Haying obtained control, the Demo
crats plan a brief session, with ad
journment to come well within the
legal sixty day limit, something that
has never before happened in this
state. Aside from the proposed tax
reduction and revision of election laws
little new legislation is proposed. In
fact it is said the Democratic pro
gram is the least imi>ortant ever pre
sented to a session of the state legis
lature.
The house is composed of 36 Demo
crats and 111 Republicans, and the sen
ate ot L’l Democrats and 16 Republi
cans.
SANTA FE, N. M„ Dec. 29. — In
common with several other western
states, the legislature of New Mexico. ,
which convenes here for a sixty day
session on January 9, will concern it
self with a proposal to submit a con
stitutional amendment to popular
vote. Of equal importance will be
a submission proposal to the voters
of equal suffrage
Both of these issues were advocated
in the platform of the Republican and
Democratic parties. Both houses of
the legislature being controlled by the
Republicans, it is believed they will
carry out their party pledges, and
that little opposition will come from '
the Democratic side.
Other matters to come before the
body include an election law, primary
law, additional state highway bond is
sues and changes in the roads law,
taxation legislation and an executive
department budget system for all
state appropriations. Legislation af
fecting the legal rights of women will
be introduced by the New Mexico Fed
eration of Women's Clubs. Laws per
taining to educational matters are be
ing framed by the New Mexico Edu
cational Association.
The Republicans will have only a
small majority in both houses. In
the senate there will be 14 Republi
cans and 10 Democrats. In the house
there will be 29 Republicans and 20
Democrats.
. S. NORTHWESTERN
: HIT BY SCHOONER
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29.—The steamer Northwestern,
• formerly on tin* southwestern Alaska run, which is now plying
• between Portland and San Francisco under charter, today eol
f lided with an unidentified schooner off Eureka. The schooner
r struck the Northwestern seventy feet forward of the stern, but
it is not believed that the latter wus seriously damaged.
DRESSING ROOM
PROVIDED FOR
USE OF LADIES
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generously given the use of
their club room to the firemen
on Saturday evening for the
exclusive use of the ladies who
attend the masquerade ball.
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Of course you are going to the
masquerade ball at Eagle hall Satur
day night. AlAjkflH
TEUTONS ADVANCE
IN ROUMANIA
BERLIN, Doc. 20.—Tt is officially announced that in Rou
mania jestorday the Teutons captured several positions, taking
four hundred prisoners and three cannon. The advance in Wal
lachia pushed to a distance of twenty kilometers northwest of
Rimnik Sarat. In the lake sector tour hundred Russians and
three cannon were captured, also the town of Ratchelu, in
Dohrudjn.
LONDON, Dec. 29.—George F. Graeey, a member of the Ar
menian Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief, who has
helped to teed and clothe about u.),000 Armenians in their native
land, and again when they fled to the Caucasus to escape the
Turks, has just returned to London. ‘‘ Most of i his was possible
only through the generosity of the American people,” declared
Mr. Graeey, who is not an American, lmt an Englishman, and
has been a member of the American commit lee for the last
twelve years. Since the war broke out be has been directing the
relief work for the Armenians from Tiflis.
Armenia has replaced Belgium and Serbia is the most
distressful country on the face of the globe.” -aid Mr. Graeey.
‘The Armenians have twice been dr 1 1 \ 1*1 it 11 t ll/»ir tiotii'n 1 o-ti/4
Those who were not massacred when the Turk— invaded their
country early in the war fled to tlx* Caucasus. They returned
when tlie Russians drove the Turk— out of Armenia. They were
forced to flee to the Caucasus again a few months ago when the
Turks chased the Russians out of Mush and Bitlis, and for a
time threatened the czar’s army at Van, on the east side of the
lake of that name.”
ROME, Dec. 28.—In order to increase its mercantile marine
Italy lias by governmental decree dropped its subsidy poiicv
ind made a hid to shipbuilders to place their vessels under the
Italian flag, hv ordering the removal of practically all ship
taxes for five years and exempting such-ships from military re
luisitiou for a similar, period. Already twelve new ships are
building in Italy under the new law, and, inasmuch as a vessel
l»ays for itself within three or four trips under existing freight
rates, it is anticipated that foreign firms will take advantage
if these new conditions.
The immediate reason for the new law is that Italy has
been suffering severely during tire war because of high ocean
freight rates on grain, coal and every other product imported.
BERLIN, Dec. 28.—German commercial organizations are
unking a strenuous protest against a lorm of ‘‘commercial
slavery,” which they say is beginning to make itself known.
Most business firms, since the beginning of the* war, have
voluntarily paid to the relatives of employees called into the
he army, a portion of such employees’ salaries or wages. Some
if them, particularly in the Rhineland, arc now making the pm
iiloyees enter into an agreement to work for their firms at least
Tree years after the arrival of peace, on pain of having the
voluntary payments to their relatives cease. Their salaries
nay or may not be raised during that time. They also are asked
lo sign a sort of note, which in effect is a promise to repav the
iggregate of the payments made to relatives, at five per cent, if
Tev leave the emplov of the firm within three wars.
NSTALLATION OF OFFICERS
ORDER EASTERN STAR.
Last evening the Order of Eastern
Star held an Interesting meeting at
daaonic hall. After the Initiation of
leveral new members, the following
ifficers, elected for the ensuing term,
vere installed by Mrs. Bartley How
ird, past worthy matron, assisted by
llrs. Royal, after which refreshments
vere served and a social time en
oyed;
Worthy Matron—Mrs. R L. Patton.
Worthy Patron—Ed Currier.
Associate Matron—Mrs. Glasbren
ter.
Secretary—R. L. Patton.
Treasurer—Peter Shearman.
Conductress —Mrs, Day.
Associate Conductress—Ml s. Grant
leed
Chaplain—L. D Black.
Marshal —Miss Cecilia Burroughs.
Organist—Mrs. L. R. Baird.
Adah—Mrs. Elinor Adams.
Ruth—Mrs. Anna Currier.
Esther—Mrs. Zella Slater.
Martha—Mrs. Emma Howard.
Electa—Mrs. M. S. Wilson.
Warder—Mrs. Anna Royal.
Sentinel—Iver Suphellen.
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MINES STATION WILL SERVE
ALL NORTHWEST TERRITORY.
SEATTLE, Dec “H-The experi
tnent station of the United States bu
reau of mines, to be located on the
Ham pus of itie University of Washing
ton. will not only serve the needs
tind Interests of the immediate field,
but will extend Its services to the
whole northwest and to the coast re
glon of Alaska, said Itorsey A. Lyon,
superintendent of the station, on a
recent visit to the campus to begin
the work of organizations
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 — The rov
ing voyage of a whistling buoy has
just been written into maritime rec
ords by the United States bureau of
lighthouses and Its courses charted
by the hydrographic office of the navy
in the interest of science.
Nantucket Shoals whistling buoy,
stationed of fthe Massachusetts coast
to mark the location of the Nantucket
Shoals lightship, began its wander
ings on January 20, 1913, and with its
siren constantly sounding a doleful
warning to mariners, continued its
voyage for a year and seven months.
It was recovered August 16. 1916,
In good condition approximately 273
miles northwest of Bermuda by the
French cruiser Marseillaise, tower
into Bermuda and since has been
turned over to the United States go\
eminent by the Bermuda authorities.
The officers of the Marseillaise have
been appropriately thanked by the
United States, and the buoy, which
had been unsuccessfully sought by
steamers of the lighthouse service and
other government vessels after hav
ing been reported at various points
in the north Atlantic, is again ready
for service, after overhauling at New
York.
'Hydrographers estimate the buoy
has traveled at least 3,300 miles, cal
culating the distance in air lines from
point to point where it was reported
Her actual mileage undoubtedly was
much more than that.