The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME II. NUMBER 516. CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 14. 1916. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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The steamer Northwestern sailed
from Seattle yesterday and will go
direct from Seward to Nome. Among
her Cordova passengers is K. H. Bax
ter, president of the Copper Itiver
railway, who will make a trip of in
spection over the line.
The steamer Mariposa sails from
Seattle on Wednesday.
The steamer Umatilla left Nome on
Friday afternoon and will come direct
to Cordova, stopping neither at Sew
ard or Valdez. Among her passengers
is Col. W. P. Richardson, of the Alas
ka road commission.
Early Sunday morning the steamer
Admiral Evans arrived with the fol
lowing passengers from the west
ward: Frank Pierre, .Tack Chisholm,
A. H. Bryant, Mrs. A. Burke, Irene
Jacobson, Nellie Jacobson, Mary Ja
cobson and M. Hatzkana.
The steamer Admiral Farragut ar
rived in port at 8:30 o'clock Sunday
night. On account of the rough wea
ther she was unable to land at Katnlla.
The passengers for here were Dr. Mc
Millan and wdfe and Dr. von Zetsch.
There were thirty-nine round-trippers
aboard.
There was a personally conducted
excursion of twenty-four from Louis
ville, Ky., on the Admiral Farragut,
In charge of Evan Prosser, of the Bal
timore & Ohio railroad. The trip to
the glaciers will be made upon the
return of the boat from Anchorage to
Cordova.
Among the outgoing passengers on
the Evans were W. B. Bradford, H. C.
Scott, H. R. Taylor, Oeorge Middleton
and 0. R. Brown for Juneau; Mrs.
Harriett Hedley, Misses Madeline and
Harriett Anderson, Bryan Lampfrey,
Mrs. Louise Smith, John E. Erickson,
I O. B. Kent and H. J. Richardson for
Seattle.
The steamer Alaska is due from the
westward tomorrow.
The U. S. transports Crook and
Nanshan are on their way to Anchor
age and Seward with three thousand
tons of rails and other materials for
» the Alaskan engineering commission
at Anchorage and Seward. In addi
tion to her cargo the Crook carried
three hundred men who will be me
plo.ved on the railroad. The steamer
Valdez also sailed for Seward and An
chorage with 150,000 feet of lumber
for the commission.
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The grand and petit jurors for the
term of court called for Valdez to be
gin September 11, has been drawn
by Clerk of the Court Arthur Lang
and Jury Commissioner Adam Swan.
The jurymen selected are as follows:
Grand Jury — Hans Christensen, G.
O. Reinke, S. B. Bard, James Cusick,
A1 Dubreck and Jesse Crawford of
Valdez; M. Brock, H. A. Slater, George
Burleigh, John Emil, O. M. Kinney and
E. A. Hegg of Cordova; H. D. Phelps,
John Wiles, George Wallentine, John
Stevens of Ellamar; T. M. Ogle, ('has.
Christianson, J. C. Tolman, Wm.
Kingsley, Harry Johnson, James J.
Howie and F. E. Youngs of Seward.
Petit Jury — Hans Steinfeldt, M.
Shinn, Heber Smith, August Hogan
son. H. P. King. Henry Ober, Jr., Ken
► neth Rudolph, J. C. Dieringer of Val
dez; W. A. C. Baldwin, L. R. Baird, L.
Wain. Swan O. Anderson, Ben Elliott,
8. B. Cochran, Harry Willson, James
Lyons, Thomas Thompson, R. R. Ker
wood and O. L. Larson of Cordova;
Derrick Lane, L. E. Thompson and
James Bennett of Seward; J. R. Gelin
eau and W. R. Holland of Latouche;
J. Whalen of Ellamar; J. S. Raymond,
Frank McManus and Charles Swan
son, Granite mine; Thomas Groves of
Landlock.
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Three hundred and seventy men
and two hundred and forty women at
tended a dance given by the Labor
union at Anchorage recently.
French Capture Somme Trenches
VIENNA, Aug. 14.—The most severe fighting is in pro
gress at the Heights, east of Gorizia. The Italians are putting
up a great battle, having stormed the heights seven times, but
each time they were repulsed, with heavy losses of men. The
Teutons also recaptured 5,000 prisoners.
PARIS, Aug. 14.—The French troops have captured the
Somme trenches after some fierce fighting, and also report that
the German attacks near Verdun have been repulsed.
RUSSIANS STILL MAKING GAINS.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 14.—The Russian sweep continues
unchecked along the Galician front, and further gains were
made on the upper Sereth river. The Russians are still pursuing
the Austrians in the middle of Stripa and have reached the
northern bank of the Dneister river, before Mariampol.
GERMANS MAKE GAINS NEAR POZIERES.
LONDON, Aug. 14.—The Germans have gained a foothold,
temporarily, in the positions the British recently captured near
Pozieres.
RUSSIANS LOSING GROUND IN CAUCASUS.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 14.—The Russian forces in the
Caucasus, Persia, are being pressed back, still further.
ITALIANS STILL PRESSING AUSTRIANS.
ROME, Aug. 14 —The war office announces officially that
the Italians are still on the offensive and continue pressing the
Austrians back on the Carso plateau. They are also piercing
another strong line of entrenchments and captured eight hun
dred prisoners.
NEW ZEPPELINS FOR THE GERMANS.
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 14.—The Germans, says a report re
ceived here, have just completed and placed in a huge shed at
Darmstadt, ten Zeppelins of 820 feet in length with a gas capa
city of 190,675 cubic feet. In the hull is provision for machine
guns and for light pieces of ordnance.
The newest Zeppelins are said to have four armor plated
cars, of which the first is the heaviest. All the cars are fitted
with guns. Armor-plated gangways connect the cars. The en
gines indicate 4,000 horse power, and the speed is 57 miles an
hour. These ships can reach a height of “more than 13,000 feet.
GERMAN NAVAL SQUADRON STRENGTHENED.
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 14.—The German naval squadron at
the Belgian port of Bruges has been considerably strengthened
in recent weeks, according to the Amsterdam Telegraaf, and
now comprises at least 22 torpedo zoats and torpedo destroyers,
including many of a new type with three funnels. Torpedo
boats have frequently passed through the canals of Belgium,
while dismounted boats are said to have been transported from
Germany by that route.
TO EXTEND LIFE OF PARLIAMENT.
LONDON, Aug. 14.—Premier Asquith has introduced a bill
extending the life of parliament for eight months, or until next
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NORTHWESTERN AND WATSON
ON THE WAY TO CORDOVA
SEATTLE, Aug. 14.—There were two steamer sailings
from here Sunday for Alaska. The Northwestern, with the fol
lowing passengers for Cordova: R. H. Baxter, Dan Quick, Roy
Fulton, Agnes Christensen, Walter Scott, John Clements,
Charles Lawson, P. Fardy, Jack Otey, Mrs. Jessie Cloninger,
Miss L. Dwyer, Miss G. Fuller, R. E. Capers and Alfred Smith.
The A-dmiral Watson also steamed for the north, her only Cor
dova booking being George Ide.
CARPENTERS ARE WANTED
ON GOVERNMENT RAILWAY
Lieutenant Mears, of the Alaskan engineering commission,
is still short-handed in his railroad work at Anchorage, as the
following self-explanatory telegram, received from him by the
Daily Times this afternoon, shows: “Can use fifty to sixty
first-class carpenters. Seventy cents per hour is paid on this
work.”
ANOTHER SALE
Of LOTS AT
There will be a sale of government
lots within the federal and Cliff addi
tions to the town of Seward, beginning
at 10 a. m., September 11, 1916. These
lots will be sold at public auction to
the highest bidder, under the regula
tions contained in an executive order
of President Wilson, dated July 11,
1916.
No lot will be sold for less than
$25, and no bid for less than $5 in
excess of $25 will be accepted. A
minimum of $25 must be paid on each
lot sold for less than $50, which must
be paid at the time of the sale. If
the price bid is $50 or more, one-half
of the price must be paid at the time
of the sale, the remainder to be paid
one year from the date of the regis
ter's certificate of sale, or the entire
purchase money may be paid at the
time of the sale.
There are 158 lots within the fed
eral addition, and 116 lots within the
Cliff addition, which will be offered
for sale. The sale of lots will con
tinue as long as there is a reasonable
demand therefor. When this demand
has been met the sale will be discon
tinued, and another sale held there
after when future demands require it.
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NUMBER PARALYSIS DEATHS
IS ON THE DECREASE.
NEW YORK, Aug. 14. — The infan
tile paralysis situation is slightly im
proving, as there wrere only thirty-one
deaths and ninety-five new cases re
ported during the past twenty-four
hours.
Miss Phyllis White, an artist of Fair
banks, was recently wedded at that
place to John Oscar Johnson, a Tolo
vana mining man.
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W. E. Kendrick, the well known Ju
neau sign painter, was taken serious
ly ill while at work in that city re
cently.
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Order your letter heads and enva
lopes now.
PINCHOT ATTACKS
LANE’S POLICIES
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WASHINGTON, Any. 14.—The Democratic members of
an open letter to Secretary of Interior Lane, declaring that
Lane abandoned his conservation policies and “your plan was
to turn Alaska’s resources over to the bipartisan political com
mittee embodied in the Pittman bill now before congress, which
would open the way for a discussion of our whole system of
national conservation.”
CORPORATIONS BE
TAXED$20,000,000
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1+.—The Democratic members of
the senate will caucus again tonight to consider further the
finance committee’s report to raise revenue.. This bill at pres
ent includes the stamp section, which is objectionable.. Yester
day it was agreed by the committee to yield to the demand to
place a tax on stocks and license corporations, which, it is
claimed would yield $20,000,(MM).. The most objectionable stamp
taxes will be eliminated and'the munitions tax amended by re
ducing the net profits tax on munitions and materials.. The
western senators contended that the commission plan would
place too heavy a tax on copper.
BELIEVES STRIKE
CAN BE AVERTED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—After today’s conference with
President Wilson, one union leader late this afternoon charac
terized the meeting as most encouraging, and declared that the
outlook for preventing a strike of the railway employees was
at the present time very hopeful.
Sergeant William F. Stepat, of Fort i
Davis, was recently married at Nome j
to Miss Dollie M. Ellis, a late arrival
from Vancouver, Wash.
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The Alaska road commission is
building a new bridge across Snake
river at Nome.
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Old papers for sale at the Times
office.
The auto stage driver on the gov
ernment trail from Valdez to Fair
banks recently saw five moose along
side the road on one of his trips.
J. D. Johnson, owner of a tract of
land at Woodrod, on Bear creek, near
Seward, has donated a site for a post
office at that place.
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Today’s news in the Times today.
SEWARD, Aug. 14. — The enemy
came, and although conquered, was
not vanquished. For some time past
there has been considerable talk as
to the relative merits of the Anchor
age and Seward baseball teams, and in
orded to settle this much-mooted
question a series of games was ar
ranged.
The Anchorage team brought a num
her of rooters along, and considerable
money to wager on the games, the
first of which was scheduled for Fri
day, but did not take place until yes
terday afternoon, as the weather man
was too busy with his rain machine.
One of the largest crowds of the
season gathered on the diamond and
the rivalry was intense. It was a
pitcher's battle from the start, the
Seward twirler having a little bit the
best of it, as the Anchorage infield
fumbled several balls, and Seward
won by a score of 4 to 2. If the
grounds are dry enough today the sec
ond game will be played, and the home
fans feel confident that their team
will win the series.
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COOK GOVERNMENT RAILROAD
ENDS LIFE BY SUICIDE.
Peter Skembos, a Greek cook, em
ployed on the government railroad at
Mile 24, outside of Seward, committed
suicide sometime Tuesday. The body
was brought to Seward, where an in
quest was held, the jury returning a
verdict to the effect that the man had
taken his own life. No cause for the
act is known.
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C. S. Delamoite, an Oregon creek
miner, near Nome, suffered a slight
stroke of paralysis a short time ago,
but is recovering.
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Ben Bullard, a Taku inlet rancher,
has purchased a herd of fifteen Hol
stein and a registered bull, and will
make a specialty of dairy products.
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There are now 61 inmates of the
Pioneers’ Home at Sitka. ^
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COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, Aug. 14.— ^
‘Candidate Hughes, in replying to the
criticism that he was not constructive,
declared that he stood for a protective
tariff budget system, the elimination
of pork barrels, the end of extrava
gance and the appointment of quali
fied men to office.
SECRETARY LANE IS NOT
COMING TO ALASKA
It waR announced that Franklin K.
Lane, secretary of the interior, has
postponed his trip to Alaska indefi
nitely. Secretary Lane had made all
preparations to leave Washington
for the coast and then to go north,
stopping at Ketchikan, Juneau, Skag
way, and then going to the westward,
visiting Anchorage, returning stop-5
ping briefly at Seward, Valdez and
possibly Cordova. It was also Secre
tary Lane's intention to, if possible,
make a trip to Fairbanks, thence to
Nenana to inspect the northern ter
minus of the Alaska railroad.
The reason Secretary Lane has been
forced to postpone his trip to Alaska
is on account of his having been
chosen by President Wilson as one of
the commissioners to sit with the Car
ranza commission to adjust the Mexl
can affairs.
SIX COTTOS TO
BE BUILT BT
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The Pioneer Parking Co., which
is erecting a large clam plant at the
ocean dock, will employ a large num
ber of people when in operation, many
of whom have already arrived here
and others will come just as soon a9
the work of putting up the pack be
gins. This plant will have a capacity
of from 300 to 400 cases a day.
Superintendent Schmidt's family ar
rived on Saturday and as there is a
scarcity of homes in Cordova the Pio
neer Company has purchased lots 9
and 10 in block 17, corner of fifth and
C streets, from the Townsite Company,
and will at once begin the erection
thereon of six cottages. These will
be occupied by their employees, and
as the lumber is here, they will be
pushed to completion as rapidly as
possible.
This is only the beginning of a small
building boom Cordova is likely to ex
perience before the summer is over.
Others are securing estimates for
homes and the probabilities are that
a number will be erected within the
next couple of months.
OANISH WEST INDIES SALE
IS RATIFIED IN COPENHAGEN.
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 14. — The
lower house has voted in favor of
selling the Danish West Indies to the
United States, if the plebiscite favors
the sale.
RAILROAD STRIKE IS
STILL IN BALANCE
WASHINGTON, Aug 14. — After a
conference with the railroad managers
President Wilson issued the following
statement:
"I met both sides and went over the
situation with the utmost frankness,
but shall not be able to judge until
tomorrow whether we have a favor
able basis for a settlement of the
strike situation."
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. — Presi
dent Wilson today conferred with the
union leaders and railway managers
in the effort to prevent a general rail
way strike. The men are adverse to
the arbitration of their demands for
an eight hour day, and say they are
backed up in this stand by four hun
dred thousand employees. Thirty-five
of the union leaders met with the pre
sident at 10 o’clock this morning, and
the railroad managers later had a con
ference at the White House. The em
ployees expect to visit the president
again this evening.
If the threatened strike affects a
quarter of a million miles of railroads
it means that every railroad in the
country will he tied up, as the statis
tics for 1915 give the total mileage of
the railroads in the United States as
241,199. When it is said that the
"trainmen” are the strikers it is pro
bably meant that they are enginemen,
firemen, conductors, which altogether
number 181,262. Under the head of
“trainmen" also come an additional
number of 137,067. These figures do
not include terminal and switching
companies, but the figures suggest that
those are the occupations affected.
ALASKA FISHERIES GREAT
PRODUCERS
Dr. Hugh H. Smith, one of the lead
ing authorities of the United States,
and for that matter, one of the best
known on the Western hemisphere, in
a communication to the National Geo
graphical society, places the annual
value of the present fisheries in the
United States and its possessions at
$76,000,000.
The communication to the Geo
graphical society pays a glowing tri
bute to Alaska. Reference made by Dr.
Smith to the northland is as follows:
“With the acquisition of Alaska,
there came to the United States ma
rine resources of such a transcendant
value as to overshadow all other na
tural products and to give to the
United States fisheries the ieading
place among the nations of the entire
world. With care Alaska should fur
nish the greatest fish product of any
other part of the world."
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NEW COMMISSIONER IS
APPOINTED FOR SEWARD.
Judge F. M. Brown has Issued
an order appointing J. Earl Woolley
United States commissioner at Sew
ard, the appointment to take effect
September 1. The office has been
temporarily filled by Frank Q. Ennis,
who was named by Judge Brown last
spring while at Ketchikan, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
M. J. Conroy.
JOHNNY THUNKS FRIENDS
FOR SUPPORT
I wish to extend my thanks to my
friends in Cordova and the Copper
river valley, whose generous help en
abled me to win the fine gold watch
awarded in the subscription contest.
1 wish also to thank Mr. Ward, the
originator of the contest, and whose
wonderful encouragement kept me
working.
JOHN ROSSWOG.
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CHAPLAINS APPOINTED
FOR REV. E. P. ZIEGLER.
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Bishop Rowe has appointed the Rev.
G. D. Christian, of Trinity Church, Ju
neau, and the Rev. H. H. Kelley, of
Kotiehikan, as examining chaplains
for the priesthood examinations of the
Rev. E. P. Ziegler, of Cordova, who is
at present in deacon's orders. The ex
aminations will take place in Juneau,
Hnd the ordination will probably take
place at Trinity church.
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BLUM STORE AT VALDEZ
OPENED WITH BIG DANCE.
On Friday night S. Blum & Com
pany opened their new $30,000 store
building at Valdez with a housewarm
ing. which practically everybody in
that town attended. The store had
been handsomely decorated with wild
flowers and ferns, and as good music
wbb provided the terpsichorean devo
tees enjoyed themselves Immensely.