The Cordova Daily Times
GREATER CORDOVA'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER
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C. H. WILCOX, City Editor.
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CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 0, 1915.
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THE “HOODOO” ON THE SAILING SHIP
WILLIAM P. FRYE MAKES GOOD
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NO PERSON in the world has felt more poignat sorrow over
the fate of the American sailing ship William P. Frye,
which was sent to the bottom by the German cruiser
Prinz Eithel Frederick, than Mrs. Frank H. Briggs of Wash
ington, D. C., a daughter of the late Senator William P. Frye, of
Maine, in wdiose honor the vessel was named. For the destruc
tion of the William 1*. Frye,” said Mrs. Briggs, sorrowfully,
“come pretty close home.”
The doomed ship was built in Bath, Me., in 1901 and Mrs.
Briggs recalls incidents connected with the launching which, at
that time, were interpreted by the superstitious as auguries of
evil. The day had been set. It was a gala event, for the
William P. Fyre had been built on the fastest lines of a sailing
ship and her projectors and owners had boasted' that she could
enter into actual competition with the ships propelled by steam.
Huge crowds had gathered to witness the ceremonies. Senator
Frye was there, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Briggs, and
his granddaughter, Caroline Briggs. To Miss Caroline had
been assigned the honor of christening the vessel.
The supreme moment arrived. A cannon was fired, Miss
Caroline stood poised in readiness to dash the bottle against the
good ship’s side. But the block would not move. The William
P. Frye remained stationary. Nothing is regarded as a greater
hoodoo than that in the lore of nautical supertitions. In the
minds of the old tars who witnessed the incident, the ultimate
fate of the ship already was sealed. The crowd dispersed' and
the launching was postponed.
About a week later the ceremony was performed. But in
stead of a beautiful summer’s day the heavens were threaten
ing. Instead of the great turnout of the week before, only a
small crowd had gathered. Senator Frye was absent. Mrs.
Briggs was there and her daughter, Miss Caroline, christened*
the ship. But Maine was a prohibition state and in deference
to a certain sentiment a bottle of spring water, instead' of a bot
tle of champagne, was used. Again the old tars shook their
heads and expressed their misgivings. The vessel woud come
to a bad end, they said.
Senator Frye was not superstitutious. But he did say af
terwards that he “hoped nothing would happen to the ship in
his owrn lifttime.” He died three years ago. His gi'andaugli
ter, who christened’ the ship, is now the wife of Garret A. Ho
bart, son of the late vice president} whom she married a year or
two after the launching of the William P. Frye. She lives in
Patterson, N. J.
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The Russians speak of the fall of Przemysl as a pro
nounced victory, but on this side of the Atlantic it isn’t so.
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The facial appearance of many women proves that the
“clean-up-and-paint-up” movement is being widely observed'.
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A Maine legislator has introduced a bill to provide a closed
Season for bullfrogs. What we need' more is an open season
for killing croakers.
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Pressure is growing heavier and heavier on our grape
juice diplomacy. The situation in Persia is the latest bar to
4 4 Chautauquacking. ’ ’
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It may not be overstating the case to say that the Dupont
powder plant employees are exploding with joy over the hand
some increase in wages.
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Even in this period of spring colds the million and a half
dividends on its common stock declared by the snuff trust is
nothing to be sneezed at.
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Rev. Mr. Matthews, of Seattle, assures us that the devil
pays all bills promptly. Those who desire to open an ac
count should first learn, however, satan’s medium of ex
change.
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Panama is inviting the Mormons to settle there. Feels
that it can stand the plurality of marriage for the sake of plu
rality of prosperity which these people seem to have a genius
for producing.
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We are told that a food famine in this country is impos
sible owing to-the development of the canning industry. With
n deep sigh of relief we may find solace in the thought that a
music famine also is remote.
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Spain thinks that the United States will have to inter
vene in Mexico, and that nation will not be a laggard in
pushing the affair, remembering the interest we took in Cu
ban nifil Philippine matters.
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Among other things discovered by German science is that
if a mule’s tail is weighted the animal will not bray. The
war is not in vain. We now know what to do with a lot of
those jackasses who are always yawping that the town’s no
good.
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The Louisiana courts have handed down a decision that
prevents the use of the T^ord’s prayer in public schools. The
ruling seems to permit the use of the old testament but not the
new. A bitter religious controversy has accompanied the le
gal contest. If sects could agree on the true route to heaven
the road would be more largely patronized.
Germany is employing fl0,000 Russian prisoners in drain
ing the marshes and clearing land between Hanover and Ber
lin for the summer crops. Germany is said to be holding
GO,000 prisoners and a great number of them are at work.
That’s better for the prisoners—though they may not relish
it—than loafing within stockades, and certainly fron an
economic standpoint, Germany cannot complain. It’s cheap
labor to keep the war machine going.
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"England's blockade of German ports has caused the deep
thinking Teuton to discover a new food—straw bread, a
nourishing and palatable food. Two |>ounds of straw flour
contains 700 calories, 1.2 per cent of albumen and 15 per cent
of nitrogenous matter, and large proportions of mineral salts,
and from the flour is also prepared soups and broths of an un
usually nutritious character. Starving out a nation to full
of scientific resourcefulness will be a long, long task.
VALDEZ PRAISES
George C. Hazelet, former mayor of
Cordova, and at present the president
of the Cordova Chamber of Commerce,
is returning to Cordova on one of
the next boats after spending the
winter in Washington as the publicity
agent of the railroad town. Mr. Haze
let did excellent work for his home
city and incidentally for Alaska, en
tertaining the people of the East and
the members of congress with stories
of the north and describing to them
the conditions that have existed in
Alaska for the past ten years and pre
vented the development of the terri
tory.
Mr. Hazelet urged upon the Inter
ior Department the selection of Cor
dova as one of the coast terminals
for the government railroad, claiming
that considerable tonnage was already
blocked out and ready and also insist
ing that the coal from the Bering river
section should be placed on the
market, thus further adding to the
tonnage of the road to Cordova—Val
dez Miner.
DILLON CHS
LIGHTLY REGARDED
The efforts of the Alaska legislature
to cause the removal of Commissioner
John L. Dillon from office for ignoring
the territorial laws In the matter of
recording fees, is not taken seriously
in Fairbanks.
The legislature, during its first ses
sion, passed a law providing for the
registration of vital statistics free of
charge by Alaska commissioners and
Imposing heavy fines on physicians
for failure to record births and deaths.
Ministers officiating at marriages were
held responsible for the certificates
being placed on record.
Commissioner Dillon ignored the
Alaskan law and has been charging
a fee of |1.25, with the result that
few registrations have been entered.
The doctors and ministers refused to
pay the fee. The commissioner says
he received no official notification ■
from the department regarding the
change.
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LAWRENCE BARRETT a mild
Havana smoke at all dealers.
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug 8tore.
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Drug Store. Residence,
Rainier-Grand Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Company Hospital
Hours—10 to 12; 1 to 6 p. m.
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Office In Adams Building
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Councellor at Law
Room 1
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ALASKA
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Fait and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward, via
INSIDE PA8SAQC.
Sails frcm «—ttto- Sails from Cordova_
March 24.NORTHWESTERN.March 31
April 6.ALAMEDA.April 15
Regular freight service ror Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. S. Seward. 8. S. Seward, 5th; S. 8. I stouche, 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up-town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not bn received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
General Agent Ticket Agent
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND ALASKA ROUTE
Next Balling from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL EVANS, March 25
ADMIRAL WATSON, April 5
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Ports.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
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; Wednesdays and Saturdays ;;
; Chitina for Cordova—
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