The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TI. NUMBER 519. CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1*, 1916. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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LISBON, Aug. 18.—The Portuguese minister of war has an
nounced that Portugal will soon participate in the war, fighting
on the entente side.
4- PARIS, Aug. 18.—It is officially reported that after violent
fighting, the French troops expelled the Germans from part of
Fleury, northeast of Verdun.. Several German counter attacks
on the Somme front were also repulsed, and the French pro
gressed near Thiaumont.
SERBIA LOSES GREEK TOWN TO TEUTONS.
BERLIN, Aug. 18.—The Teutons began an offensive on
the Balkan front, capturing the Greek town of Fiorina from |
the Serbians. The Turkish troops are assisting the Teutons on
the Galician front. i
RUSSIANS ADVANCE IN GALICIA
PETROGRAD, Aug. 18.—The Austro German effort to
throw back the Russians in Galicia resulted in great losses, as
he German efforts failed, and the Russians advanced in several
places.
BELGIANS CAPTURE A PORT.
HAVRE. Aug. 18.—A brigade of Belgian troops captured
kirema port, on the eastern bank of lake Tanganyika, in Ger
man East Africa.
GERMAN SUBMARINES REACH DESTINATIONS
GENEVA, Aug. 18.—A private telegram from Berlin savs
the Deutschland arrived home safely, and reports that the
Bremen had reached Baltimore.
RAILROAD PRESIDENTS REJECT
THE EIGHT HODR DAY DEMAND
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—The union representatives held
a meeting and voted to accept President Wilson’s proposal for
an adjustment of the strike differences. The railroad presi
dents told Wilson that they would support the managers’ com
mittees in rejecting the eight hour a day demand, and they have
been asked to another conference at the White House tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—President Wilson again con
ferred with the railway presidents this afternoon and proposed
the acceptance of the eight hour day, with a special committee
to adjust the other difficulties. The union representatives
voted on the proposal with the result announced, and expressed
their belief that the railway presidents would support their
managers in rejecting Wilson’s proposition.
RICH COPPER ORE STRIKE
AT MOTHER LODE MINE
The Mother Lode copper property, near McCarthy, is now
a high grade mine.
Last week a big body of ore was struck, the extent to
which is yet unknown, but miners from there say it is a beauti
ful sight to see a whole face of pure glance to work on, running,
as it does, from 70 to 75 per cent copper.
This is the same high grade ore that they have in the Bon
anza mine, with every indication of living much more extensive.
The Mother Lode mine has over five carloads out now (repre
| seating a not value of $50,000), but will not lx* able to ship it
j to the smelter until the freeze-up, on account of a lack of trails
! pollution facilities from the mine to the railroad.
This new strike means a great deal for McCarthy and tin
j while district. The mountains in the interior are full of hi »•
i grade copper, which is only awaiting capital to open it up. Me
Cartliy expects to be a busy place this winter handling ore from
the Mother Lode, and probably the Tjosevig mine, which will
be freighted to that place and from there shipped over the Cop
per River railway to Cordova.
BIG SHIPMENT LIQUOR FROM
* CORDOVA RESULTS TWO ARRESTS
The shipment of 4,800 bottles of
whiskey and 5,000 bottles of beer
which was made from Cordova about
a month ago on the gas boat North
land to Campbell point, near Anchor
age. and there confiscated by the gov
ernment officials, has resulted in the
arrest of Jack Hennesy at Cordova
last night by Deputy Marshal Bright
well and also the arrest of Otis Os
good at Seward upon warrants issued
from Anchorage, charging them with
being implicated in the illegal ship
ment of liquor. It is said Osgood
chartered the Northland here, which
took the "booze” to the westward, and
Hennesy figured in the deal after its
arrival there.
After the Northland’s arrival at
Campbell point, the occupants said
they were seeking a site for the es
tablishment of a cannery. The story
did not ring true; the appearance of
the boat aroused suspicion and this
is what finally led to the discovery
of the cache and the confiscation of
the "booze." Several parties were un
der surveillance by the officers at An
chorage and later warrants were is
sued, which resulted in the above
arrests. The case comes under Sec
j.tion 240 of the penal code, and the
punishment for infringement is severe.
The recent Jaffe case tried at Valdez
came under this ruling, in which the
law says any liquor shipped falsely
manifested and labeled and consigned
to a fictitious name is subject to con
fiscation. with a severe penalty at
tached to the shippers.
Why anyone would deliberately care
ot go so far as to get a monopoly on
the whiskey and beer trade in Anchor
age is beyond conception, and it is
ridiculous for them to imagine thev
could get by with it. It is strange
how really intelligent men sometimes
try and pull this raw stuff aitd work
overtime trying to beat the laws of
the country; the methods they often
resort to are cunning, sometimes suc
cessful, but more often they are
caught; Just at the time vlien every
thing looks propitious they are appre
hended and doomed to failure, penury
and justice. The long arm of the
law eventually gets them and it Is
right; law and order must be upheld
There may be some question in re
gard to the legality of liquor ship
ments and this ease may be the one
to bring out the law. Up to date no
one has claimed the liquor, nor is any
one likely to.
ANTIMONY PRICES COLLAPSE
MARKET OVERSTOCKED
HANKOW. China, Aug. 18. — Anti
^ tnony prices have collapsed and scores
of Chinese who were millionaires on
paper a few months ago, are now com
puting their Uabilltias.
The demand for antimony was so
keen early in the war and the supply
was so limited that prices soared.
Many new mines were opened, and re
ductiou plants were built. Hunaa pro
_ vlnce is the greatest antimony pro
ducing center of the world, and Chang
sha is the center through which most
of the ore is handled. That city be
came a regular El Dorado. Fortunes
were made over night, and for a time
there seemed to be no limit to the
prices which producers could com
mand from firms that required the me
tal to harden shell cases for the vari
pua armies.
At one time antimony in crude
smelted form commanded over eight
hundred dollars per ton. Speculators
predicted the ore would bring fifteen
hundred dollars a ton, and acted on
that prediction.
Hut the metal trade suddenly read
justed. The output of antimony, which
is used only in very limited quantities
by ammunition makers, exceeded the
supply. Ore which at one time sold
in New York at fifty cents gold a
pound has dropped to fifteen cents
gold per pound, and the wind has gone
put of the sails of the Changsha
boosters.
Many of the antimony producers
now have ore on the way from Chang
sha to New York, which Is mortgaged
to bankers for more than the present
market price of the metal.
William Cels, a machinist at Thane,
while testing a motor, lost a finger.
Hear creek is reported to have been
the biggest gold producer In the Keual
peninsula country.
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The Juneau Dispatch places the
weight of a halibut on exhibition In
thut city at 2,000 pouuds. Some fish
even for Alaska, where everything
grows large.
NEW REGIMENT!
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MANILA, P I„ Aug. 18. — Cable in
structions from the war department,
directing the formation of a new regi
ment of infuntry in the Philippines are
being carried out in accordance with
the terms of the new army bill. Lieu
tenant-Colonel Walter H. Gordon, of
the 27th infantry, has been promoted
to the colonelcy of the new regiment,
which will be known as the 31st. It
is believed that the regiment will be
recruited almost entirely from infan- j
| try regiments already serving in the
j islands, as most of the companies now j
here number 150 men, while under the
new arrangement the companies will
j number 100 men.
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I>r. C. C. Georgeson. head of the
| Alaska agricultural experimental sta-,
I tlon, is on his way to the interior to
! inspect the stations at Humpart and
I Fairbanks. 1
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DUBLIN, Aug 18. — The Irish emi
gration returns for the first half of
1916 show a still further increase on
the 1916 figures. In the half year
there were 3,073 emigrants, which Is
988 less than for the corresponding
period last year. The decrease is sole
ly due to men, as emigration of wo
men increased by over 600. One hun
dred and fifty-two emigrants had their
passage prepaid to America. As usual
Ulster has most emigrants and Mun
ster least.
E. W. Griffin, a Fairbanks business
man, recently returned from a visit
to Ruby and reports that camp will
produce upwards of a million dollars
this season.
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J. J. Hill and Lee Jensey are oper
atlug a hydraulic plant on Uergoitht
creek, in the Chisana district.
ARMY BILL IS
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. — Presi
dent Wilson today vetoed the army
dfkprnprtat ion hill because of the re
vision of articles of war which it in
elided. This measure also carries the
appropriation of $500,000 for the Alas
ka road commission, which will be
heid in abeyance until the bill again
pffsses both houses.
Washington, Aug. is. - The
veto necessitating the pussoge of a
n»*v bill may delay its adjustment,
tjf.Urman Hay reintroduced a bill In
U v house with all references to v.ar
!|oles omitted, and will attempt to
piss it next Tuesday. The president
cfjected to the provision for the ex
bpiioii of retired officers from court
lyprUal, but wants antiquated articles
o» war revised. The senate will pro
bihly Insist on a revision of 'he bill
At accordance with the president's
vSfshes.
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-WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. — Alaska
Ik- allotted $46,000 for road work in
llio national forests.
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PROGRESSIVES WILL SUPPORT
WILSON FOR RE ELECTION.
Washington, Aug. is.—Members
of the Progressive campaign commit
tee conferred with President Wilson
yesterday over the participation of the
Progressives in his campaign.
Miss I,. Rrady. one of the graduate
nurses of Juneau, and president of the
Graduate Nurses' Association, re
ceived word from Washington that her
name lias been placed on the reserve
lists of the Red Cross Nursing Ser
vice, and that she is subject to he
called at anv time.
SEATTLE. Aug. 18. — Jas Murphy,
a union longshoreman, was arrested
I ist night by a policeman, who said
he saw Murphy throw a bottle of phos
phorous into l’ier 2, owned by the
Alaska Steamship Company, which
caused a small fire. The flames were
extinguished before any damage was
done. Murphy denies the charge
against him.
GHINKS RESENT
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PEKING, Aug. 18. — Chinese offi
cials say that the Japanese arms ped
dlers' resistance to the Chinese ef
forts to expel them from Mongolia or
stop selling arms to outlaws, caused
a clash Saturday between the Chinese
and Japanese soldiers. The Chinese
deny that the Japanese soldiers have
any right to enter Mongolia.
TIN HELD UP
hi- FASO. Aug. 18. — Sixty revolu
tionists held up a passenger train on
the Mexican National railway near
Aguas Calicntes, capturing twenty
five Carranza soldiers. The passen
gers aboard were unmolested. The
revolutionists belong to a new group
called hegalistas.
One of the largest halibut ever
brought into Juneau arrived there re
cently on the halibut boat Blue Bell.
It weighed 11*5 pounds dressed.
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William Stubbs, a pioneer merchant
of Douglas, is going to retire front
business to take a much needed rest.
TROPICAL STORM REPORTED
SWEEPING PART OF TEXAS.
DALLAS, Aug. 18. — Telegraphic
communication with Brownsville and
the extreme south of Texas at 1:30
o’clock this afternoon report a tropi
cal storm sweeping the gulf.
BID BOND ISSUE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. — The
majority of the members of the sen
ate finance committee have recom
mended the issuance of $130,000,000
worth of bonds to meet the extraor
dinary expense arising from the Mexi
can situation. This is sufficient to
meet the expenses until January 10.
If the present border conditions con
tinue $80,000,000 more will be needed.
The treasury department supports the
recommendation and estimates the
dibursements for the fiscal year at
$1,126,000,000, and the receipts at
| $762,000,00.
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VALDEZ, Aug. J8. — On complaint
of I’ostal Inspector Neil, J. B. Keene
formerly postmaster at Fort Liscum
'has been arrested on a charge of he
ing short in his accounts.
A hearing had before U. S. Commis
sinner Love resulted in the finding ol
probable cause, and the binding over
■ of the prisoner to the grand jury un
der bonds of $1,500.
Inspector Neil was the only witness
in the case. He testified that a short
age in the accounts of the Liscum
office, amounting to $1,044.13, had
been discovered, of which amount th«
.accused had made up $226. The ac
Vised waived his privilege of making
a statement.
Keene's friends believe that he cat
easily explain the shortage to the sat
Isfac tlon of the officials, and that
there has been no intention of wrong
doing.
PURCHASE SHIPS
MOVE CHOP OF
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MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 18.—
I'he government s purchase of fifteen
large steamships in England, to be op
erated b\ the Commonwealth in the
movement of Australian wheat to Eu
rope will not go far towards solving
the problem. The steamers have a
total cargo capacity of 120,000 tons,
but it is doubtful if they can make
more than two trips each to Europe
before the end of the year, and this
will dispose of only 9,000,000 bushels
of the huge quantity of the cereal thal
is awaiting shipment here
Australia has almost 100.000.00(1
bushels of wheat stored in sheds ot
, beginning to sprout in stacks where
| storage is unavailable in country rail
! road yards, and the Commonwealth’s
next wheat harvest Is already in sight
to further complicate the problem.
The government’s purchase of the
steamers is hailed by the l.abor party
with gratification, for the establish
mont of u government-owned fleet has
long been a plank in its platform.
A resident of Anchorage says there
are enough Canadians there to organ
ize a battalion and enough Russians
and other Slavs to organize a regt
ment, and Creeks, -
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Ned Ntoe, for the past year sport
ing editor of the Daily Dispatch at
Juneau, has enlisted in the medical
corps of the Canadian army and will
soon leave for the front.
Murie and Costello are operating
Nos. 10 and 12 on Bonanza, In the
Chisuna district, and are much encour
aged by the prospects.
Old papers 10 cents a bundle —
Times office.
STEAMERS ARE
ARRIVING IN
BUNCHES
The steamer Northwestern arrived
shortly after noon, bringing many
tourists and the following passenger*
for Cordova: R. W. Baxter, H. A.
Sprague, R. E. Capers, Mrs. Harry
Malone, Miss Dwyer, Miss Fuller, Al
fred Smith, Dan Quick, Roy Fulton.
Miss Agnes Christensen, Walter Scott,
John Clements, Charles Lawson, Mrs.
Thos. Cloninger, P. Fardy and Jack
Otey.
The steamer Alameda sailed thi*
morning for Seattle with the following
passengers from here: George Boyer,
W. F. Barney, Mrs. Hatcher, Mrs. M.
Seague, Clark Davis and wife, Mrs.
Scott Flory, Roberta Flory, Mrs. Car
j rie FiBher, Fred a Thisted, John Win
ters, H. D. Cody, H. S. McDonald, E.
M. Bates and wife, P. J. Bonner, H.
W. Sheridan, Jr., Gus Anderson, W. C,
Baxter, J. Rowan, K. B. Castle and
wife. N. B. Castle.
The freighter Valdez is in port, hav
ing left Nome on Anugust 10. Cap
tain Thomas Moore reports a fine
trill down, excepting off the peninsula,
where the weather was bad. At El
lamar 2.200 tons of ore were loaded
and about 80o tons of Kennecott ore
will be taken aboard here.
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The flagship Alaska left Orca short
| ly before noon with the following Cor
I dova passengers for Seattle: John
Ryan, Carl Jensen, Fred Anderson,
Andrew Cummings, G. W. Brown, Ed.
Pfeister, Miss Ada Bogue, J. B. Mc
Leod, A. Holze, Fred Lee. Mrs. A. Lee.
The steamer Admiral Watson is
due at Katalla at 11 o’clock tonight,
and should reach here before noon to
morrow.
The steamers Alameda and Alaska
took out from here 2,200 tons of Ken
necott ore. and 45,000 cases of sal
mon.
SEATTLE, Aug. 18. — Opportunity
is offered those students of the Uni
versity of Washington who want to
obtain a commission in the regular
army of the United States to obtain
an appointment as a second lieutenant
by taking and passing a competitive
examination.
In a letter received by E. B. Stev
ens. executive secretary of the univer
sity front the war department, it is
stated that there are now 1.500 vacan
cies of this grade. It states also that
under existing laws many of the men
appointed to these positions will be
advanced to the rank of first lieuten
ant.
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FORMAL OPENING
ALASKA COAL
FIELDS
The first train load of coal from
the Moose creek mines has arrived at
Anchorage. In honor of the event the
Alaskan engineering commission ran
an excursion from Anchorage to the
mine.
The trainload Is the first from any
coal fields tapped by the government
railroad, and came from Dick Dough
erty's mine on Moose creek, a dis
tance of about 52 miles from Anchor
age. It is the first consignment of
an order from the government rail
road commission, calling for 2,000
tons, to be delivered as soon as pos
sible.
The bunkers, built on a spur a quar
ter of a mile from the main line, are
constructed entirely of logs and mea
sure 50 feet wide by 30 feet high.
From the top of the bunkers extends
a chute 100 feet up the hill side to
the end of the track leading front
Dougherty's mine, a mile away. There
is a small down grade from the mine,
making it possible to move the loaded
! loaded cars with very little effort.
! Mr. Dougherty expects in the near
; future to Install a small locomotive
1 to handle them more efficiently.