The Cordova Daily Times
^ VOM'MK II. NUMBER594. I CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER IK, 1016. PRICE TEN CENTS
MOVEMENT IS STARTED PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
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Kennecott
Stock Has
, Advanced
NEW YORK, Nov. 18. — The buying
of copper shares on the stock market
today was furiously active and some
times sensational advances were the
features. The Kennecott Copper Cor
poration stock opened with 15,000
shares at 02 to (13 1 2, the advance in
price being almost three points.
ST. PACT,, Nov. IS. - The complete
and unofficial vote of Minnesota gives
Hughes a majoiity of 330.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. IS. — Hughes'
majority in Wisconsin is 27.003. Sen
ator La Collette carried the state by
113,000.
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SEATTLE. Nov. is. The unoffi
cial returns from the si Me ol Wash
ington place Wilson'.- plurality at 1S,
(100; Senator Poindexter, 0.7,000: Cov
entor Lister, 12.coo.
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count of precincts just received totals
as follows: ,Sulzer. 1502; \Vi< kersharo,
1571. Koyukuk is the principal pre
cinct yet to come, which it is believed
Wickersliam will -cairy, giving him a
majority in the Fourth division.
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PEKING, Nov. IK. ('lien Chiu lao,
the minister of financi- has repeatedly
offered his resignation as a result of
a furor created by announcement that
he has made through Japanese bank
ers n loan of $5,000,000 Mexican on
the security of mines in Anhui and
Hunan provinces. Residents of those
provinces, which are within the Eng
lish sphere of influence in the Yang
tse valley, hive sent protests to par
jpqfcauicnt that the pledging or the mines
? is part of a plan to betray China to
Japan.
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Positions of vessels Nov. 17, noon
Victoria 658 miles west of Flattery;
8 p. in., steamer Turret Crown. Valdea
for Anyox, 11<> mites east Cape St
- Klias; Admiral Goodrich, Sitka foi
Cordova. 21 miles west Cape Edge
comb; steamer l.atouche, southbound
off Point Gull: steamer Cordova
southbound, 22 miles north Cape I)e
clslon; steamer John D. Archhold
eastbound, 234 miles west San Eran
cisco. November 18, noon. Mariposa
eastbound. off Chugach island; steam
er Watson, due Cordova 10 p. m. to
night. Watson leaving Katalla foi
Cordova at noon.
Will I' in li'ilillll l
NEUTRALS TO ISSUE THE CALL
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BERLIN, Nov. 18.—The Cologne Gazette prints reports
from the Swiss frontier saying a movement for peace negotia
tions will soon assume definite shape in the form of a joint call
from the various neutral governments to the belligerents, ask
ing them to send delegates to a peace conference. Several Eu
ropean neutrals are already in touch with the American govern
ment and various belligerent nations have already been sound
ed on the proposition. The conference would necessarily open
its sitting without a proclamation of armistice, the interruption
ir hostilities coming only after negotiations appear likely of
success. In official circles here it is stated that no facts are
known as a basis for the Gazette story, but believe that possibly
neutral governments are considering such a step.
I.(>ND< )X, Now IK. - 'I he British defeated six hundred
Mohammedan tribesmen on the India-Afghanistan boundary,
k'iling a hundred and' losing but one man. The British used
m roplanes for the first time on the India frontier.
L( )NIX )N, Nov. 18.—rI lie British troops advanced their po
tion northeast of Beaumont and Hamel, and pushed out fur
ther north of Beancourt.
HARIS, Nov. 18.—(>n the Macedonian front, east of tin1
(Vrna river, the Serbians captured eight hundred yards of
trenches and also stormed the hill in (Vrna bend, northwest of
veil. rl he French also progressed in the direction of Monastic,
reaching the outskirts of Kanena.
Bl (’HABEST, Nov. 18—The Roumanians have progressed
considerably on the Transylvania front in the legion of Dragos
lavele.
PK 1 R( XJRAl), Nov. 18.—Tin* Russians at Srany, south
east ot Pinsk, brought down a large Zeppelin, capturing the
lew of sixteen men.
ROME, Nov. 18. That the war will result in a rebirth of
architectural art, in vaster and more beautiful buildings than
the Coliseum or the American skyscraper, is the opinion of Dr.
Jesse Benedict Carter, director of the American Academy in
Rome, who has just been appointed by the French governor to
I deliver the Harvard series of lectures this winter before twelve
>1 its provincial universities.
BERLIN, Nov. 18. — All Berlin these days is living “in
the sign ot tunny fish’’- the best substitute for genuine meat
that has been discovered since there began to he a restriction of
the regular meat supply. < Mi “meatless” as well as other days
tunny now occupies a respectable place on the bill of fare of
every big Berlin restaurant, and great quantities of it are being
eaten.
BERLIN, Nuv. 18.—The Teutons made furthe i guiiitt in tin* |
Alt and .Jiul valleys in Transylvania.
ROME, Nov. 18.—The International Institute of Agrieul
ture urges rigid economy in the consumption of food through
out the world, owing to the deficient crqps and the extraordin
ary requirements of the European war. All nations are con
fronted with the grave situation of a shortage in all cereal
crops and fodder.
PARIS, Nov. 18.—The authorities are considering the is
sue of sugar cards for the suburbs of Paris.
BERNE, Nov. 18.—Germany is in the grip of winter, with
several trains from Berlin snowbound near the Swiss frontier,
where extreme cold prevails.
PARIS, Nov. 18.—The psychology of the military decora
tion is showing up more obviously every day in Paris life; it is
even getting into the police courts. The wearers of them have
multiplied rapidly since the beginning of the battles of Verdun
and tin* Somme, and increasing numbers of them are seen on
the lapels of men who have been mustered out and have nap
pea red in civilian attire, but their prestige is undiminished.
The cross of the Ix-gion of Honor, the military medal and tlm
war cross are shown a deference that amounts almost to a pass
key to every place and to everything; to illegitimate wearers of
them it amounts to a sort of stock in trade.
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KARLSRl’HE, Baden, Nov. 18.—The authorities of the!
grand duchy of Baden has found'a welcome solution to the pro
Idem that has long bothered them of how to address women
whose fiancees have been killed in the war, and who regard
t hemselves as wedded even though no ceremony ever took place.
By order of the grand duke to the ministry of justice such
women are entitled to call themselves and to be called “Frau’
instead of “Fraulein” if they can establish satisfactorily that
they were engaged, with earnest intention of being married', to
men who have been killed in the war or w ho are reported as
missing for a specified length of time.
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BERLIN, Nov. IS.—“War ink” is the latest invention to
supply an existing need. The minister of education announces j
the invention of a liquid highly adaptable to school work, which
does not penetrate loosely woven paper nor blot as ordinary ink
does, and w hich within a short time will be ready for introduc
tion into all public schools. The chief advantage of the new ink
is that it enables pupils to use cheaper paper for the exercises,
and makes them independent of the glazed papers that ordin
arilv take ink successfully.
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ML PASO, Nov. IK. -A (Htinese refugee from .liminez lias
reported that practically all of the foreigners at Parra 1 have
been killed by Villa bandits. '1’here is included in the list Am
eiican, Herman, Chinese, Hebrew, French and Arab residents.
Five Americans have leached Culiacan, Sinaloa, from Parral.
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Another Chinese refugee brought practically tin* same report
Thursday nigiit. Both reports agree that Villa and his band
of men, after occupying Parral, ordered all foreigners killed.
They then looted the stores, arrested many natives for ransom
and committed other depredations. Among the killed are 20
Chinese and fifteen Arabs, Hebrews and Syrians.
TOKIO, Nov. 18. — War is having
a disastrous effect upon the "third
class home" of Japan, according to
Mrs. Akiko Yosano, whose success as
a poet and reformer has led some to
call her a poetic Mrs. Pankhurst.
Writing in one of the national maga
zines of Japan, Mrs. Yosano says:
"To those who are eating the bread
(of idleness, relying upon the interest
of their money, the advance of prices
is a blessing for they are realizing
enormous profits through the same
cause. No wonder that they are hoping
for the continuation of the war as long
as possible. These upper and middle
class people do not care a fig if mil
lions of Europeans should perish and
billion of the third class people all
lover the world should starve in body
' and spirit, so long as they can wax
rich and thereby ’increase the wealth
of the country,’ as they say. This Is
their true state of mind This Is the
kind of international and commercial
I morality actually entertained today
by those upper and middle class na
lions of this benevolent and chivalrous
country who are sup|>osed to be the
guardian deities of the principles ot
Bushido.”
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The Juneau police force has initi
ated a war on all vagrants. Several
have been gathered In and given jail
sentences.
HOLLAND SHORT
OF STEEL FOR
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Nov. 18.
—Dutch shipbuilders and the entire
metal industry have been much dis
quieted by the recent restriction of
German exports of iron and steel to
this country. Shipbuilders are a!
ready experiencing a shortage in pro
file steel and other essential raw ma
terials, and unless an Improvement
soon cornea they may, despite their
overloaded order books, have to dis
charge a part of their workmen. Apart
from the big demands made on Ger
man industry by the manufacture of
munitions of war, the latest measure
is ascribed in well informed quarters
here to a desire to hamper shipbuild
ing in Holland now that a part of the
Dutch cargo space has been acquired
by the allies. In view of the difficul
ties described, and the anticipated
scarcity of iron and steel materials,
the industrial commission has ap
proached the minister of industry and
commerce with a view to the erection
of a state distribution bureau in this
country, and hope is cherished that
the threatened dangers will be warded
off.
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Miss Sarah Cuthbert of Vermont,
arrived in Dawson recently, having
made the trip of more than 4,000
miles to wed John Wilson of that
place, an employee of the Yukon Gold
Company.
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POPULATION OF
0. S. ON THE
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WASHINGTON. Nov. 18. — The
population of the United States has
Increased 24,000.000 people in the last
rifteen years, and the number of beef
animals has decreased 6,000,000 and
sneep 10,000.000. while hogs have in
creased only 11,000,000.
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The steamer Admiral Watson is due
from Seattle at 10 o'clock tonight.
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William Fosha, the master mechanic
at Uatouche, Is visiting in Seward,
This is the first time he has been off
the Island in four years.
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The Dawson News says the past fall
was the latest and mildest Dawson
has ever known. On October 17.
when the rives, is usually closed, there
was no sign of a freezeup.
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A movement Is on foot to organize
an athletic club at Seward. The la
dies of the town have already organ
ized two Indoor baseball teams.
The Ketchikan Moose have pur
chased the skating rink In that place
and will reconstruct the building into
a fine home for the lodge.
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Are you an Eagle? We are running
dances every Saturday night.
Printing neatly done at the Times.
WHEAT LAST j
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. — The
tendency in the last few years toward
the spread of rye culture in the Uni
ted States led the department of agri
culture to issue a treatise on the sub
ject, which has just been published
and is being distributed to farmers
asking for it. The United States last
year produced its record crop of rye,
harvesting 49,00,000 bushels. Ameri
can production Is only three per cent
of the world’s production. The depart
ment experts point out that there are
many excellent reasons for growing
rye on the farm even though in most
localities it is less profitable as a
grain crop than wheat. Rye is hard
ier and can therefore be grown as a
winter grain in cold, exposed places.
It will do well on sandy, poor, or acid
land and may be sown later than
wheat. It is attacked by fewer in
sects and diseases than wheat, pro-,
duces a valuable straw, requires less
fertiliser, and being earlier Is better
as a forage crop. In some sections
production value per acre from rye
actually exceeds that of wheat. This
was true in the five year period from
1910 to 1914 in South Carolina, Ala
bamu, Texas, Minnesota, North Dakota
and South Dakota.
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The Eagles Invite you to attend their
wAlcly dance tonight.
BIG VOTE STILL
DUE IN THIS
VAI,
he Third division officially reported
'.ivc Wickersham 18.10; Sulzer 1012.
here me still twenty-one precincts
ni I orted, as follows: Chigunig,
s'ushugak, Nlzina, Susltna, Cache
reek. Taikoetna, McDougall, Illiantna.
iVillow Creek, Wassila, Resurrection,
venal, Xinilchie, Xaknek, Koggiung,
ieindeer, Sand, Cldgnik. Port Wells,
hisatia and Bonanza, It is estimated
hat when all the returns are In from
this division Wickersham will have
a plurality of between 350 and 100.
YIK i to
constantly recurring charges in the
Italian press that Italian prisoners of
war held by the Austro-Hungarian au
thoritics were badly treated, the fob
lowing official statement has been is
sued:
“The housing n| prisoners of war in
Acsti i i-Hungarv complies w itti all
’■•'lit try laws, for which the excellent
health of prisoners of war is the best
argument,
“The broad furnished prisoners of
war is the same issued to Ausarta
Hungarian soldiers and consumed by
the population of Austria-Hungary.
''Handcuffs and tying prisoners arc
provided for by the service regulations
of H>c imperial royal army, and are
applied to members of this army in
a manner lmdetrimetitul to health. In
the sense of The Hague convention
this punishment may also he applied
to prisoners of war. It is asking too
111 't h til I ..i t til .1 l.l-im.lli.ra .. (
nr l.i remain unpunished for offenses
for i tiii h soldiers of the army would
In ' "iiis'i. 1 The prisons. Into which
prisoners of war are never thrown,'
as charged, hut led. are sanitary build
ings in tin- prison camps in which
"'lien nc< e-sarv, ire confined also
members of the camp guard organiza
lions.
“Tile attack on oiw medical system
is a misrepresentation. The substance
referred to l>v « «ritrr in otastor of
paris is dried milk of the sort used
in all army hospitals and similar insti
tutions.
"Concerning the complaints rela
live to the quantity of food the state
ment mat bo made that the boaraHe
limitations which England's starvation
policy has imposed upon the central
powers must of necessity he borne also
by prisoners of war. It would be dif
lu ..It to group under the heading of
humanity m arrangement by which
hard worl ug men, troops in the field,
women and children were to be de
nrived of food for the purpose of pro
viding greater rations for prisoners
of war whose governments act with
out the slightest regard for interna
tional law.
'"The attitude of Austro-Hungarian
officers towards Italian captured offi
cers has always been proper; that
personal sympathy is. out of the ques
tion is due to conditions whose dis
cussion Italian publicists might better
leave untouched.”
The last inspection of prison camps
in which Italians are detained, made
by the American anibasndor to Aus
tria- Hungary, resulted in a report to
the Italian government that its pris
•iners of war in Austria-Hungary were
well cared for in the matter of hous
ing and dolling, and that the food was
in quality and quantity such as was
procurable in the monarchy under pre
sent conditions, hut ample to meet the
needs of the men.
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SCORES OF FOOTBALL GAMES.
NEW YORK, Nov. IS. — There were
two big games of football played tills
afternoon, the scores being as follows
Vale 10, Princeton 0; Brown 21, Har
vard 0.'
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AWAITING OFFICIAL COUNT.
NEW YORK. Nov. 18 — Charles E
Hughes and wife went to Lakewood
for a fortnight to await the official
count from California.
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C. v. Pearson, a prominent mer
chant and mining uian of the ldita
rod country, left for the states recent
ly on his first visit to the outside In
eighteen years.
FREIGHT HATES
LONDON, Nov. 18. — Representa
tives of thirteen of the transatlantic
steamship lines, in a meeting just held
in London, listened with great atten
tion to arguments in favor of the pro
posed International Commerce Com
mission by David Lubin, of New York
and California, who succeeded in get
ting through rongress resolutions en
dorsing the idea, which has for its
object the steadying of prices of
staples through the fixing of freight
rates on ocean bulk traffic.
Mr. Lubin has succeeded in interest
ing the big shipping men here in his
plan, among them being Walter Run
ciman, president of the Board of
Trade, who is a member of a wealthy
shipping family. The meeting was
called by Sir Norman Hill, a great
Liverpool shipping magnate. Among
the lines represented were the Am
erican. Allen, Atlantic Transport, As
sociated Lines, Canadian Pacific, Cun
nrd, Dominion. Furness Withy, Harri
son. Leyland, White Star and Wilson.
Mr. Lobin's address was followed
by questions from practically all at
tending that revealed general interest
in the plan. To questioners who
feared the result of such a strict con
trol of the lines as to compel them
to conform to special rates, Mr Lubin
pointed to the benefits sustained by
the railroads in the United States froi?i
the Interstate Commerce Commission
rules.
"Before the Interstate Commerce *
Commission came into being the price
of the leading American railway stocks
>n your market here were as uncer
tain as those of common wildcat
schemes offered to the public," he
said. "But the stabilizing effect of
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion's control has, as you know', of
your own personal knowledge, convert
ed them into the highest gilt-edged se
curities.”
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"Hare old violins made while you
wait "
That is the occupation — rather the
hobby — of J. VV. Stevenson of Sew
ard. Although Mr. Stevenson does not
claim an expert knowledge of the ma
tician’t art, he believes he can carry
out the foregoing announcement with
out difficulty. He does it in this wav,
•lays the Seattle Times.
Every year Stevenson comes to Alas
ka to work his mining interests. Be
ing an expert woodworker and lapi
dary, he spends his spare time mak
ing things, useful and useless. Sev
eral years ago while traveling on the
Aleutian islands he found some did
eagins, built hv the natives several
hundred years ago, but still standing
in almost perfect condition.
The cabins are made of Alaska na
tive^ spruce, which, after such aging,
is thoroughly seasoned. Stevenson
picked out a deserted cabin and cut
one of the most perfect logs from It.
From this wood he made a violin
which carried a tone as sweet as the
oldest Stradi varies.
"You see," said Stevenson, "most
violins are manufactured and then per
mitted to age. Mine are aged and
then manufactured. The result, 1 be
lieve is the same and some of the most
renowned artists in America have pro
nounced my instrument the equal of
those used by the old masters.”
While in the north last sunnier
Stevenson made a violin of this wood
which is Just nine inches long. The
instrument is perfect in construction,
however.”
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RAILROAD BOYS TO ENTERTAIN.
On Tuesday evening next the rail
road boys will be the hosts at a dance,
to be given at Eagje hall. They ex
iciiu a cordial Invitation to the public
to be their guests and guarantee all
who attend a most pleasant time*
The Presbyterian church will oc
cup.v the Reception Hoorn building for
the winter months.
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Intense cold weather has been re
ported tn the Interior, the mercury
reaching 60 below zero at Richardson
and McCarthy. *