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(ONLY CORDOVA PAPER WITH ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES) _
VOLUME ONE. NUMBER THIRTY-EIGHT. CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1915- PRICE TEN CENTS.
SELECT CORDOVA’S FEDERAL BUILDING SITE
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19—The Treasury De
partment today accepted deeds to twelve lots in Cor
dova, Alaska, as the site for the federal building to
be erected there. George C. Hazelet, who is trustee
for the Cordova Townsite Company, and is now in
the city, made out the deeds and delivered them to
the treasury department today One hundred thou
sand dollars has already been appropriated for the
construction of the building.
The propety conveyed by Mr. Ilnzelet to the gov
eminent consists of twelve lots on Second and ¥
streets, forming a triangular plot with a frontage oi
Second street of 70 feet, and 130 feet on B street
It embraces all the ground between the Third Street
and the Windsor hotel running parallel with Third
street a distance of 220 feet, and the plot on Second
street between the property of Hurry Tbisted and
that of (). K. Lambert, having a frontage of 70 feet,
and running back a distance of 114 feet to its inter
section with the lots on Third street.
Lieutenant Alger, of the Revenue Gutter
McCulloch, who was delegated by the Treasury de
partment to select the site, spent several days while
that vessel was in port last summer, inspecting tin*
sites offered and getting opinions of the people ns to
the best location for tin* public building. As a re
sult of his investigations Lieutenant Alger recom
mended the site above to the department, and upon
his recommnedation it has been selected. This site
was donated by tin* Townsite company to fin* gov
ernment. The only other site offered consisted of
twelve lots cornering on Second, Third and C streets,
for which about $20,000 was asked.
Mr. Geo. C. Huzelet, who is in Washington for
several weeks, has been urging upon the depart
ment the immediate necessity for tin* proposed public
building in Cordova- He lias had a number of in
terviews with the officials on the subject, and was in
formed that the acceptance of a site would expedite
the construction of the building, and as a conse
quence has devoted his energies to securing from the
Treasury department a decision as to the ground to
he taken, and upon the making known of this deci
sion lie immediately made out the deeds transferring
the site to the government.
By this action it is estimated that the work of
constructing the building has been forwarded at
least three years. It has been generally understood
that it would take at least five years before the work
would he commenced, but under the present circum
stances it is expected that construction will be un
dertaken within two years.
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DEATH 111 HIS
DAWSON, Jan. 19—Albert Wise, an
old-time miner and prospector, was
burned to death last night in a fire
which destroyed his cabin, opposite
MokeJhurst's claim on eighteen below,
Sulphur creek.
PRESIDENT SEES
PEACE"
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19—President
Wilson, In a conversation with callers
this afternoon, stated that he saw no
likelihood of the great European war
terminating next spring. The presi
dent conveyed the impression that he
believed the war would be a long one.
Route Named Feb. 15
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1!>—J. P. Morgan this morning submitted to Secretary Lane figures
showing the cost of operation and maintenence of the Copper River & Northwestern railway, in
connection with his offer of sale of tin* road to the government.
Secretary Lane stated that the determination of Alaska’s railroad routes and the questions
therein involved is expected to be made about the middle of February. He said that before
any steps in this direction would be taken the members of the Engineering Board had to make
their report and recommendation as to the most feasible routes, and these facts and the surveys
would be submitted to President Wilson, who would make the selection of the route or routes to
be taken.
It is believed here that the early settlement of the government trunk line route is being
made so that an appropriation can be secured at this session of Congress so that actual con
struction work can begin this spring
QUAKE VICTIMS
HOME, Jan. 19—Reports from the
zone south of Avezzano, which was
affected by the quake of last week,
show enormous losses of life. At Or
tucchie two thousand persons were
(killed by falling walls, and at San
Benedetto four thousand persons were
killed.
England Files Protest
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11)—The British government refuses to permit, the steamship Dacia,
rec< niy transferred'from German to American register, to proceed to Rotterdam under safe
conduct, with a cargo not for Germany. This decision was made known to the state depart
ment today by the British ambassador.
The ambassador states that Great Britian is reluctant to create a precedent, which will be
followed by many similar purchases of German ships in America and operated on former Ger
man trade routes. The British government intimates that the transfer of the Dacia is fraudu
lent, as the name of the new owner is named Breitling, a German, and’ it is intimated that the
transfer is merely a ruse to enable the ship to operate under the American flag.
It is believed that the vessel will sail and take a chance of seizure. She is loaded with
cotton, which, under the rulings of the British government, is not contraband of war, and
therefore not seizable.
HOME, Jan. 1!)—A strong earth
quake shock was felt this morning in
the province of Calabria, in the south
erni part of the peninsula, and far
outside of the zone affected by the
big quake of last week. So far as
learned no loss of life occurred nor
was the property damage of conse
quence. The quake, however, spread
' terror among the inhabitants of the
district, who looked for a repetition
of the disaster of a week ago in the
central portion of the peninsula.
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FOUR KILLED IN
BUTTLE WITH
STRIKERS
ROOSEVELT, N. Y„ Jan. 19—At a
battle this morning between two hun
dred strikers and fifty deputy sheriffs
at the plant of the American Agri
cultural Chemical Co., fourteen men
were shot, four of them fatally.
The strikers are unskilled laborers,
mostly foreigners, and are striking
for an increase in wages. They have
been getting $2 per der day, and made
a demand for $2.40, which was re
fused.
As a result of the battle between
the strikers and the deputy sheriffs
one of the strikers is dead, and eigh
_ teen are in the hospital suffering
from gunshot wounds, several of whom
are likely to die.
ROCK SLIDE MILE 95
DELAYS TRAIN SEVERAL HOURS
The train from the interior is no
due to arrive here until 7 o'clock thii
evening. It did not leave Chltlnn un
til noon to give the workmen time b
clear out a rock slide which occurrei
at Mile 95. The weather has bee
mild out the line for several dso1
past, but tightened up today and n
further trouble is expected from slide
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FOUR TURKISH VESSELS SUNK
RUSSIAN TORPEDO BOATS MADE BOLD DASH
INTO THE HARBOR OF SINOPE, IN THE
BLACK SEA AND SINK TURKISH
STEAMER AND THREE
SAILING VESSELS
SEBASTOPOL, Jan. 19—Russian torpedo boats
today entered tin* harbor of Sinope, a Black Sea
port in Turkey, and sunk a Turkish steamer and
three sailing vessels.
PETROGRAI), Jan. 19—'The bulletin issued to
day by the Russian General Stall states that in North
Poland the Russian army is steadily pressing for
ward' toward East Prussia. In the extreme south the
Russian army of invasion has entered the plains of
Hungary and is steadily advancing. In Galicia the
Austrian advance has been checked by the Russian
artillery.___
RUSSIA SMS GERMANS MUST
PIERCE RUSSIAN CENTER
OB RETREAT
PETROGRA1), Jan. 19—An official bulletin to
day states that the German forces in central Poland
are continuing their efforts to advance from the west
and southwest of Warsaw, although the German left
(lank is endangered by the advance of the Russian
troops along the right bank of the Vistula west of
Plock. The present position of the German right
flank is untenable, and all forward movements of the
German center have been unsuccessful, Russian
aeroplanes, by directing the Russian artillery fire,
having circumvented all of the German movements.
All the trenches, taken by the Germans during
the fierce fighting of last week, have been recaptur
ed by the Russians. As the armies are now formed
the Germans must either force their way through
the Russian center, against which they are now
directing their efforts, or else retreat to the Warta
river, twenty-five miles from the German frontier.
SI I
MEN BE PARTY IIII
FIR SPEED! PEACE
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 10—At a conference of
representatives of the Socialist bodies of tin* neutral
countries, in session here, resolutions were passed'
urging all Socialists throughout tin* world to work
for a speedy declaration of peace and disarmament
of the nations of the world
Socialist parties in the neutral countries are
are urged to impress upon their respective govern
ments a policy of offering mediation between the
warring nations of Europe.
FRENCH TROOPS ARE MAKING GAINS
IN THE VICINITY OF ST. MIHIEL
PARIS, Jan. lb—A war office bulletin today
states that the French troops are making a determin
ed attack upon the German line in the vicinity of St.
Mihiel, forcing the Germans to fall back, and gaining
considerable ground'.
COMMISSION INVESTIGATING HIGHER-UPS
NEW YORK, Jan. 19—Whether re
sources of approximate a quarter of
a billion dollars controlled by four
great phllantropic Institutions should
be employed without government re
gulation in the promotion of enter
prises affecting public vrelfare, especi
ally that of wage earners, is one of the
questions which the Federal Relations
Commission will bring to the front
during its hearings which started
j yesterday. Investigators l ave for
the last two weeks been preparing
data upon which to base the examina
tion of witnesses.
The four institutions are the Rocke
( feller, Sage, Cleveland (Ohio) and
Raron de Hirsch foundations, the lat
( ter represented in this country by
j Jacob H. Sciff. Their chief officers
j have been summoned to testify and
B will be asked, it said today at the com
B mission headquarters, to tell what pol
j icies govern the distribution of theii
charities, their attitude toward labol
1. problems, the nature of their schemes
for social betterment; in sum, to dis
close in detail the character of all
their activities.
In view of the fact that the immense
resources of these institutions were
chiefly derived from the profits of in
dustrial enterprises and that they
were employing them in many way af
fecting the conditions of wage earners,
it was desire of the commission, it
wus explained, to determine whether
their policies were in every respect
consistent with the public welfare.
It was pointed out that the Institutions
were under no legal obligation to work
their operations public and that it was
a pertinent question to determine
whether such immense resources were
potentially dangerous, when not sub
ject ot governmental supervision.
The commission also plans to call
the directors and chief stockholders
of several of the large industries tc
obtain a discussion of their relations
with employees; also members of th«
National Civic Federation, and th<
New York Charity Organization So
ciety.
"It Is the purpose of the Commis
sion,” says a statement by Frank P.
Walsh, chairman of the Commission,
“to bring before it in New York the
men whose names are most closely
associated with our great basic In
dustries, and through this means to
obtain a full, frank discussion of the
relation that exists between the cen
tralization of wealth and power In
their hands and a feeling of unrest
among wage earners.
Nearly fifty witnesses have been
summoned, most of them persons of
national prominence.
They include: John D. Rockefeller,
Jr., J. P. Morgan, Jacob H. Shiff,
Charles Stelle, George W. Perkins,
George F. Baker, Andrew Carnegie,
Daniel Guggenheim, B. J. Berwlnd,
Adolph Lewisohn, August Belmont, A.
Borton Hepburn and Samuel McRob
erts. New York financiers; Julius
Rosenwald, Chicago merchant; Henry
C. Ford, Detroit, automobile manu
facturer; Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of Labor, 1
and Jno. Mitchell, vice-president; Jane 1
Adams, of Chicago, social welfare i
worker; Seth Low, president of the i
National Civic Federation; Samuel t
Untermeyer, Robert \V. de Forest, t
New York, and Louis Brandeis. Bos
t
ton, attorneys who have been promi- .
nently connecter! with the activities |
of corporations; John Hays Ham
mond, New York, engineer, Charles
W. Elliot, president emeritus of Hav
ard Universi'y; R. Fulton Cutting and
Amos Pinchot, indeutifled with philan
thropic work in New York; Professor
Jacob H. Hollander of Johns Hopkins
University, and Professors Franklin
H. Biddings and George W. Kirchwey
of Columbia University; Morris Hill
quit, socialist and labor publicist,
John M. Glenn of the Russel Sage
Foundation, Frederick P. Goff of the
Cleveland Foundation. Jerome D.
Greene, of the Rockefeller Founda
tion; Paul U. Kellogg, editor of the
Survey; Charles B. Going, editor of
Engineering; Rev. John Haynes
Jolmes, New York; Charles P. NelVl,
ormer Commissioner of Labor, James
daskaye, of Boston, writer on ethical
iiul political subjects, and Roger Bab
on of Wellesley Hills, Mass., statis
ician.
ISON EXPECTS
TO PASS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19—The can
:us of the Democratic Senators Iasi
light endorsed the rural credit bill
ind discussed the ship purchasing bil
it length. As a result of the caucus
President Wilson expects the shipping
till! will be passed at the present ses
don of congress practically unchanged
SRTILLERY SENT
a
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 19—The ar
tillery sent to Naco, Texas, by the
government, while the forces of Villa
and Carranza were fighting across the
border, and sending occasional shots
and shells into American territory,
has been ordered to return to Okla
homa. The Mexican town of Naco
has been evacuated by both factions
of the Mexicans.
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51Af OUTDOORS
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ROME. Jan. 19—Throughout the
earthquake beU, even where uninjured
buildings remain, the people refuse
to enter the houses, fearing a repe
tition of last week’s disaster. Con
sequently they remain in the open,
and are suffering from the cold weath
er prevailing. Snow is falling heavUy
in the mountains, increasing the dis
tress.
WICK AND JONES
CLASH OVER
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 19- Before the
House committee on Ways and Means.
Delegate Wickersham of Alaska,
strongly opposed the Palmer bill,
which confers upon the Secretary of
Commerce increased authority over
Alaska fur bearing animals. Deputy
Fish Fish Commissioner Jones also ap
peared before the committee and
strongly advocated the passage of the
measure.