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Clean Up and Paint Up. It Will Promote Health and Prosperity
2EiE) The Cordova Daily Times I
x * >1 1 AIFi 1 NUMBER 125. CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1015 IMUCK TEN CENTS.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE TAKEN TO PARIS
LONDON, May 1—The shelling of Dunkirk by
the huge howitzers of the German army, and the new
German offensive movement in the direction of Li
bnu and the surrounding provinces, take precedence
in all the war news received today. The importance
of these two things overshadows all other move
ments along both the eastern and western fronts.
British aviators have made flights over the German
army in Flanders, discovering that the German bat
teries shelling Dunkirk were throwing shells from
distances ranging from sixteen to twenty-eight
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miles. The aviators dropped bombs on the bat
teries, but it is uncertain whether or not they suc
ceeded in disabling any of the great guns. The
London newspapers are all of the opinion that the
shelling of Dunkirk shows that the Flanders opera
tions are the critical theatre of the war, and that
the Germans have not yet given up hope of reaching
the English channel.
I * A HIS, May 1—The 15-inch shells which have
been falling in Dunkirk blast great craters in the
ground forty-five feet across, and send up dense
volumes of black smoke. Ten shells fell within the
town last night killing several people. The citi
zens of the town are maintaining their composure,
and are showing no signs of panic. The author
ities are taking steps to remove the women and
children from the danger zone, and all trains toward’
Paris are bearing full loads of refugees.
FOIjKKTONE, May 1—Six shells fell in Dunkirk
last night, causing much damage. The women and
children are leaving the town in large numbers.
ADDITIONAL HELP FOR
LOCAL CABLE OSFICE
Joseph Roy and B. W. Snyder, of
the U. S. Signal Corps office at Val
dez. came to Cordova this afternoon
on the Mariposa and will help out at
the local cable office during the inter
ruption in the line and while messages
are being received by wireless.
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PEKIN, May 1—The Chinese gov
ernment has definitely refused to grant
all the demands made upon her by
Japan. Some of the propositions
turned down by China embrace the
more important concessions asked for.
When the decision of the government
was communicated by the Chinese for
eign minister to the Japanese minis
ter, the latter said: "I am sorry, I
believe my government will be disap
pointed.” The situation created by
the refusal of China to meet the de
mands proposed by Japan is a grave
one, although it is believed that Chi
na has received assurances from cer
tain foreign powers that she will be
supported in her refusal, if Japan takes
drastic action.
WASHINGTON, May 1—At the re
quest of the German Ambassador,
Baron von Bernstorff, President Wil
son has commuted the sentence of
Edwin Scott, who was imprisoned af
ter being convicted of Bending threat
ening letters through the mails to the
German ambassador. Scott was ar
rested in Tacoma and tried in the
federal court, found guilty and sen
tenced to six months imprisonment.
Scott was released immediately after
the issuance of the order of commu
tation by the president.
OFFICERS 51N K
SAN DIEGO, Cal., May 1—The
steamer Victoria, which was disabled
by a fierce gale that was raging yes
terday off Coronado Islands, sank to
day with eleven members of the
crew. Fifteen passengers were tak
en off the boat last night, but the cap
tain and crew refused to leave the
vessel, thinking they might be able
to save her.
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Kenyon Slip-ons reduced to ?12.50
at Flnkelsteln & Sapiro’s.
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Carnation Cream, 3 cans for 25c.—
$4. per case at S. Blum & Co’s.
Read the Ti—ei, Dally and \>eeiiiy.
ALASKA NO PLACE
FOR WHITE SLAVERS
Territorial proscutionB will follow
the passage of the Held act making
it a felony to engage in White Slav
ery in Alaska. Representative Heid
introduced an Alaska white slave act
under the provisions of which it will
be extremely uncomfortable for pro
curers to ply their trade in Alaska.
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BUT FEW PASSENGERS
ON STEAMER EVANS
The st.-amer Admiral Evans arrived
from the south at noon today. She
had 26 passengers for Knik Anchorage
and 25 for Seward. Harry Hambur
ger and J. S. Sterling, and several
second class came to Cordova.
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Frank Sellers, who is developing a
quartz property at Mile 109, came to
town on yesterday's train.
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CHICAGO, May 1—Twelve hundred
bridge and structural workers joined
tlie strike of the building trades un
ion today, making thirty two thousand
j men idle as a result of the strike.
There are no signs of an immediate
| settlement, of the difficulty.
400 REFUGEES IN GREECE
ATHENS, May 1—The number of
war refugees now in Greece is esti
I mated at 400,000.
BRILLIANT CHARGE OF CHOIS IT
GERMAN TRENCHES DURING TOE
FIERCE BATTLE OF TRUES
(>T i AW A, May 1—Details of Llie battle of Ypres, in which
the Canadian regiments showed such valor and steadfastness
i lithe face of tremendous German attacks, are being received
here. It was due to the Canadians that tin* German horde was
checked and hurled back, after they had proceeded to advance
over the asphyxiated French troops in the trenches.
The Canadians charged tin* Teutons in the face of a with
ering fire from the solid ranks ot their infantry and many ma
chine guns. This charge was made in broad daylight, with
bayonets fixed, right into tin* German trenches, turning back a
wedge of the enemy that had penetrated two and one-half miles
into the allied lines.
In an account of the battle by Sir Max Aitken, he closes
his story l>y saying that the empire is engaged in a struggle
without quarter, anil without compromise against an enemv
still superbly organized and still superbly powerful. The
British empire is still confident that its strength is the mate of
its necessity. His final remark is that the Canadian graveyard
in France is very large.
. ALLIES MAKING PROGRESS IN DARDANELLES
LONDON, May 1—Marked progress is being made by the
land forces in their attack on the Dardanelles fortifications.
The British have succeeded in throwing two lines across the
Gallipoli peninsula on the European side of the straits. The
French forces on the Asiatic side an* also making progress.
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AMSTERDAM, May 1—Yesterday a fleet of British and
French warships heavily bombarded Zeebrugge, Belgium, the
German base for the submarine flotilla, that has been ravaging
English shipping. The extent of the damage is unknown.
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IRELAND STRONGLY OPPOSED TO PROHIBITION
LONDON, May 1—The English people are sharply divi
ded on the question of prohibiting the liquor traffic. The
church and clergy are numbered among the opponents of the
measure, at least so far as it embraces total prohibition. The
strongest opposition to a measure providing for nation-wide
prohibition comes from Ireland. It is freely predicted that
Lloyd-George’s restrictive measure will not pass the House of
Commons.
ROOSEVELT LIBEL
SUIT DRAGS ON
SYRACUSE, May 1—The RooseveR
libel suit is still on, and it lias been
estimated that the testimony will
not be all in until week after next.
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WASHINGTON, May 1—The state
department has officially announced
that that the American steamer Cush
ing, which was attacked by German
airmen in the North Sea while on her
way from Philadelphia to Rotterdam,
was damaged by the bombs. The
extent of the damage is not known,
but cannot be very serious as the ves
sel reached her destination without
difficulty. No lives were lost.
241 PASSENGERS ARE
ON NORTHWESTERN
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SEATTLE, May 1—The steamer
Northwestern sailed last night with
240 passengers of both classes for
all points in Alaska, many of them
going to Seward and Ship Creek.
Those for Cordova are H. Tucker, J.
Dennis, M. Napex, C. T. Coates, Har
ry Delvig, H. McKinnon, Cressa Ca
rella and two steerage.
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SYRACUSE, May 1—Roosevelt's
counsel in the libel suit yesterday,
tried ineffectually to get damaging ad
missions from H. H. Vreeland, former
president of the Metropolitan Securi
ties Company, that he had contribut
ed to both Democratic and Republi
can political organizations in 1903.
At this time Barnes was chairman of
the Republican state committee, and
was receiving contributions from Vree
land.
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CHANGE MADE IN
LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE
Miles Hoadley, who has been sta
tioned at Ketchikan, as superinten
dent of the Aluska lighthouse district,
has reported to Robert Warrack, in
spector of the seventeenth lighthouse
district, at Portland, as superintendent
Ralph E. T. Tlnkham, of Detroit, Is
to succeed Mr. Hoadley In district 16
at Ketchikan.
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LOS ANGELES, May 1—May opened
here with ice on the ground in many
sections of the surrounding country.
In this city the weather bureau re
ports the coldest May Day on record
since the local office was established
34 years ago. The thermometer rang
es front 41 above here to 24 in other
places in southern California.
PORTLAND, May 1 — Prost formed
today in many places in Oregon, caus
ing some damage to crops. In this
city the temperature was 47 above,
and at Roseberg 32 above.
SPECIAL ELECTION
ON SALOON QUESTION
Federal Judge Tucker lias announ
ced May 5 as the date for holding a
special election at Nome on the sa
loon question, preliminary to grant
ing licenses for the second division,
according to the majority sentiment
of the people.
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Katallaite Goes to Seward
H. S. Balderston, who as cashier of
the Bank of Katalla, his finished li
quidating the affairs of that institu-i
tion. has been elected assistant cash-1
ier of the Bank of Seward.
J. S. Sterling, one of Fairbanks!
representative young business men,
is a Cordova visitor.
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Mrs. Malcolm Brock and son John
left this afternoon on a visit to the
states.
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HOrrMfOAM, May 1—Tlu> American steamer Cushing, I
from Philadelphia, arrived here yesterday and reports that
she was attacked by a German aeroplane while crossing the
Ninth Sea. Two bombs were dropped by the aviators, but
neither ot them struck the vessel and no damage was done.
The Cushing Hew the American flag and had her nationality
painted in huge letters on the sides of her hull.
RUSSIAN STE|E11 TORPEDOED
Li ).\DON, May 1— 1 he Russian steamer Shorono, of two
thousand tons burden, carrying coal to Archangel, tin* most
northerly Russian port, was torpedoed and' sunk by a German
submarine off the west coast of Ireland. The crew of the ves
sel was saved by a patrol boat.
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SEEK TO REPLENISH SUPPLY OF FOODSTUFFS
l‘K FROGRAI), May 1—A general German offensive move
ment is again under way along the entire eastern battle front
of the Prussian border from Tilsit to the Vistula. The German
advance is evidently aimed at the balance of the provinces not'
overrun by them in their last forward movement, as these prov
inces are rich in crops and resources, and the Gerfnans are in
tending to replenish their supplies of foodstuffs and grains.
MERLIN, May 1—There is a serious shortage of truck
horses in this city due to the commandeering of all available
animals for use of the military. As all the automobiles have
been taken over by the army, the shortage of horses is result
ing in a bad stagnation of the usual channels of business.
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GERMANS ADVANCING IN RUSSIAN POLAND
BERLIN, May 1—The official statement issued yesterday
afternoon asserts that the vanguard of the German army ad
vancing into Northwestern Russian Poland have reached the
railroad running from Duenaburg to Libau. The Russian
troops offered small resistance, but there has been heavy fight
ing northwest of Suwalki.
ATTORNEY MEDLEY NOW
FULL FLEDGED JUDGE
Attorney E. F. Medley this morning
received a cablegram from Arthur
l.ang. clerk of the district court. In
forming him that his bond as United
States Commissioner for the Cordova
precinct had been approved and be
immediately entered upon the dis»
charge of his new duties.
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MARYSVILLE, Cal.. May 1-The
dead bodies of Emil Packard and his
wife were found yestert^ay in their
home nine miles from this place. Mrs.
Packard was discovered in the house
with a bullet through her head, and
the man was discovered shot in the
barn.
Packard was a member of the jury
that convicted Robert Ford and Her
man Suhr, the two leaders of the In
dustrial Workers of the World who
were indicted after the hop pickers'
riots at Wheatland. It is reported
that Packard’s life had been threat
ened after the jury he served on con
victed the I. W. W's and the author
ities are w-orking on the present case
on a theory that members of that or
ganization are responsible for the mur
ders.
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SHEEP PERISH If
PORTLAND, May 1—In a terriffic
snow and windstorm which swept
northeastern Oregon yesterday, con
siderable damage was done to the
sheep on the ranches in Umatilla and
Morrow counties. The sheep had
been newly sheared and the cold and
storm beat upon them pitilessly driv
ing them helter skelter and killing vast
numbers of them. A conservative
estimate of the number of dead sheep
places it at fifty thousand, valued at
four hundred thousand dollars.
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SEATTLE, May 1—The seismo
graph at the scientific laboratory at
the state university here, showed a
record this morning of a severe earth
quake shock. The calculations from
the diversity of the liues on the seis
mograph show the earthquake to have
been ut a distance of one thousand
miles from this city.
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LAWRENCE BARRETT a mild
Havana smoke at all dealers.
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B'ggs, B'resh from the Local Ranch,
at O’Neill & Slater Co's.