HOW BRITISH
STEAMER GAVE
U-BOAT SUP
LONbON. Jan. 7 (by Associated
IT. si Now that the censorship
ii b ■ - haw been much relaxed, ex
traordinary -tories of close shaves and
uae\pec ted happenings tire being pule
lishecl. Hat 1 to bent is one related
by the Liverpool levelling Fxpress.
It tells how a torpedo from a L boat
]>assed und- r an intended victim,
which tit the psv 1 oh>gical moment
wtis lifted beyond i‘ reach by ti big
wave and administered the quietus
to another enemy submarine on the
other side of the steamer. Here ,is
the paper's account of it:
The lirit: a steamer \lgorie<. com
manded by Captain Frederic v 'rtiylor.
wtis oil burdsey island, and hud a
cargo of timber from Roe-lute to (l.ir
ston. Then* was ti heavy sea and
the ship w.e pitching about.
The first to see the first submarine
was the gunner, who al-o spotted bo
track of a torpedo which, if some
thing like a miracle had not hap
pened. would have struck them amid
ship-. Nothing could he done in time
to turn the ship clear of danger, hut
a heavy sea lifted high on its < rest
the* steamer, whieli was only drawing
a lew feet of water, ami then those
who had just been expecting to he tor
pedoded themselves saw a second
F boat which was working in eon
junction with tin* one on the other
side of tie* steamer struck by the tor
pedo.
They hear I a deafening explosion
and saw ;• mountain of spray thrown
up into the air
t .ti——r—— ■ — n
LEAVE DIAMOND RINGS j
BEFORE ENTERING BATTLE
I'.UUS. Jan 7. Two parcels. as
vuluuhlc as they are small, arc
slowed away in a Y. M. A. j
safe at Ippcrourt, France. They
gin- the only elne to one of the 1111 |
finished romanees of the war Kaeh
| is addressed and ready for in; iling to ;
| a girl ha eh in America. Kaeh eon
j tains a diamond ring and more than
Ja thousand francs. They will have to
.lie in that Kr I Tri.ingle safe until tin
last easually list . are published. for
they wen turned over to the "Y" see
i-elary in (rust by two young officers
.Mist a day or f.vo before the lighting !
Ceased.
Say. Dm ' said the spokesman. 1
“we waul to leav - these with you in;
ease well, you know "In the morn
iur we're going after ileinie again .
If we don’t entile buck, send these
tilings to the addr -uses on them."
They haven't mine back yet. but
ih.j - y" : • is mil sure. Kings
diamond rings should lie messengers'
of joy to American girls, not barbing !
or- of tragedy. So the "Y" man is I
; keeping tin rings until the officers j
! turn ii’i or igi to- 1 e . lalt '
til t• T ";• u;• to - of supr -;a ■ saeri
lire
♦
TAX NOTICE
Notice is hereliy given that the
town taxes for the town of Cordova
for tic- year lrt|X are now due and
payable lo the undersigned at his of-j
f,ce. Tuv -.'.ill 1m delinquent mi
Monday. C ' -r.aiy 10. 1 '*1 ft. at G p m
and tiler aft. .. ;.< gaily of a per cent
will lie added
'i n. S SCOTT.
! - 'fi ra urer.
I ter. 7 • >
* ;
.1 ’ n.
Ml ■ I Ilf | * rtf - I I • • vr V. .M ~ raSBnBMil W
The Worst of It
The kaiser is a pot of fate.
Hi people he has tricked.
11• • merely has to abdicate
While braver men got licked.
♦
you do not receive your copy of
if Tim 's r enlarly. please notify the
ir ah.iion manager.
NOTICE
I). If. Sexton has purchased Robert
(Jottschalk’s interest in the Alaskan
hotel, and all persons having bills
against the hotel should present them
at once to Mr. Sexton, who has as
sumed these accounts 'I ff
♦
Advertise in the Daily Times.
jl> m eJIiti c li a rrr
«Li ZJ===^
JAMES R. MANN—NEXT SPEAKER?
The election of November f»
clump'd the political complexion of
coup-ess. When the members-elect
take their Seats March I next the Re
publicans will control both houses.
When the Republicans orpmize
the house, who will In elected Speaker
to succeed Champ Clark V The West
thinks .lame" It. Mann of Illinois is the
man. The List picks Frederick II
Fillet! of Massachusetts. Nicholas
I.onpvorth of Ohio is considered the
dark horse.
Mann represents one of the most
important districts in the whole coun
try* - e\ era I South side wards of < * 11 i -
cap*, lb- is an old timer, having served
t * • 11 successive terms. (1 i I let t i" even
more of an old-timer, having served
11! terms.
In pi' kinit (illicit the Fast elimi
nates Mann after this fashion: "It is
now pmerally accepted that Mann, tin*
nominal Republican lloor leader and
Bpgr-J>
logical candidate for speaker, will. l>y reason of his long illness, he passed
over."
Hut Mann appeared in Washington the other day. declared he was til and
looked it, and announced that only the unanimous verdict of his physicians
would keep him from being a candidate. Then he went straight to Johns
Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, for an examination and the verdict.
a Hp«
rcoat lime
Is always STYLEPLUS
time-because your money
will get the best results
i
for you in both SERVICE
and STYLE.
i
i
It is your duty to save, so
when you are in the
market see that you get
this combination—
SERVICE AND STYLE
\ ©
I Styleplus
I Clothes
i
WWm \vs'*n
BLUM-O NEILL CO.
*
«! ®1| imb—W
WINTER
WEARING
APPAREL
TO KEEP YOU WARM
Arctic Overshoes
Shoe Paks, Felt Shoes
Mackinaw Coats
Large Stock of Quilts and Blankets
Heavy and Light Wool Underwear
Wool Overshirts
FINKELSTEIN & SAPIRO
“THE STORE THAT SATISFIES”
Phones—Grocery 21; Office 74
TERRITORIAL
Urcdpts frii;:i tin- federal fund for
t h * * r«*li« I of indigene*. in this division
for tin- year l',ls amount to I"
\ like amount ha h*•• n availahl- for
each of the ntlei divisions, so that
the total from tie* federal fund for
Alaska for tele t of indigent - fm the
year 1!»1 s reaches tie* sum of $20.
156.40.
It would seem that this fund should
he apportioned with regard to condi
tions existing in the respective divi
sions. instead of giviing each division
the sane* amount Comparing rondi
times in thi> division with the rondi
lions in the First division, it i- found
that if costs from $21'• to ?2'»" to send
an ndig- nt from Fairbanks to tie* Fio
ne»*rs’ home at Sitka, as against not
to excel to transport an nidi
gent from an> pla« in the First di
vision to Sitka. It. C. • *i.: ! di\ : >n
the cost n ill average about Trans
pomatum from tie Second division in
winter is. of course, out of the qurs
tion. hut in tin* summer will amount
to about 'l l" per individual The pop
illation nf ill" Second division is prnh
ably only one-fourth that of the
Fourth division, yet it receives the
same allowance as the Fourth. So no.
matter what tvay you look at it. even
if the cost of supplies is eliminated
from consideration, the fund for the
Fourth division does not go very far
For the year ending September Hit.
mis. the I’ionoors' home rendered to
counts to tile judge td' tile district
court amounting to $5.11112, calculated
at the rate of $1 per day for each in
dividual in the home from this divi
slop Practically all the fund must
be used tor other purposes, and pay
ments to tile Pioneers' home ar- not
compulsory. lor that institution F pro
vided for by territorial appropriations
Hut whenever tlnTo is an unexpected 1
balance it is discretionary with tit"
district judge to pay any such lialanc
to the Pioneers' home for its main 1
tenance or return it to the treasurer
of the I'nited States for redistribution
among the four judicial divisions IHir ; '
Ing the past year tile demands upon
the indigent fund have been very i
heavy, and Judge Bunnell has paid i 1
to the Pioneers' home only $50-1.97. |!
The heaviest items of expense have j 1
been for transportation and muinte j 1
nance on route to the home. The to |'
tal expended in tills way amounts to ['
$2,096.75.
Hut even if it might be possible to
devise a means for distributing the in '
dlgent fund more equitably among tho '
four divisions it is. nevertheless, a ■
great assistance to tho division. A !
pioneers' home in this division at some
one of our hot springs would eliminate
75 per cent of the present transporta
tion expense, and would probably be
more satisfactory all the way around. 1
It is a long trip from here to Sitka; t
there are many delays; in about half
af the eases attendants are necessary. I
and the moving of elderly, feeble per- <
Bons from the dry climate of the In- t
• rior to the raw. 'lamp climate of th**
• M-t l- not alwav attended with th*
i t results Fairbatil < iri/.-n
♦
PERSONAL AND LOCAL
NOTES OF INTEREST
ReV K I* Xiegb I 1* it 1**1 ( i > J i pe I
diver valle> point on tin • aunirng'
rain
Tin- freighter Cordova h it Latum he
a st night t**r th*- Tacoma ni*lter
a It tl toils oi copper ore
W .1 ('avanaugh, formerly * *>n
meted with the Alaska Transfer Com
»any. who went Outside to enlist, is
•eturning here on the Alameda
Mayor Hiller> has requested that
ill flags lie draped or placed at half
Hast tomorrow when Coloiml Th*
lore Roosevelt' ■ funeral tal * t i.<
n honor of the m**mor> ot o,n •
I ‘resident
Mr-. Florence Sullivan, th* tra.n
iur>e who took James Hylat i
Ma> o Pro- ' institute at Km h*
Minn. i> a returning passenger
trdov.i or: th*- \lam**«la. which I*
Seattle yesh*r'da>
A J Hay. who \s as in charg<
he No me lighting plant for .t nu
i*-r "t year*. is returning to Cordov
nun a trip to San Francis*o to
-nine charg* oi th** new auxiliai
danf of the Alaska Public I'tilith
u t he foot of (' street
The Skagwav is due here Frida>
vith r;ini tons of coal for towpNand
or the railroad, as well as 200,fee
eel of lumber for the Cordova Mi l
md Lumber Company, and a :.u.
ia?ch of miscellaneous freight.
.1 I? O'Neill wife ami little daugh
ei who have spent the past live ni
iv weeks in Cordova. left today fot
heir home at McCarthy, but before
irriving there it will m•» • »r> f«e
hem to go into quarantine . * th
vciinecutt detention hospital P«r iiv«
lay s.
Charles M Kosswog i in ree* ipt
q" letters from four form- r Cordova
toys in the service who are ail anv
ousl\ awaiting the da> of th• *ir di
barge. when they will i.nmodiatclv
tart for Alaska. T C. Cunningham
\ rites from llrest Cram • . lie wa
ittached to the naval radio station
it Mile 7 before going abroad 1' \\
'hupman, is in Frame, and has had
he title of sergeant conferred upon
dm. Karl Whittmoyer sa\ as soon
is the armistice terms are agreed
ipon he hopes to be discharged, and
vants to return to his old friends
lore. Clyde Stephens is breaking
lorsos at Camp Lewis, and likes his
oh. but not the pay in peace times
ind is itching to return north
-+—
Looks Official Enough
Puzzled Income Tax Official And
s the separation from your husband
in official one?
Munition Kate—I dunno about ‘of*
Icial.’ All 1 knows Is as when V
omes to our ’ouse we calls the police
ind they chucks ’lm out.— Punch