The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME II. NUMBER 507. CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1916. • PRICE TEN CENTS.
HOLLAND FORCES GERMANY TO TERMS
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Issues Ultimatum Insisting That
Her Ships be Allowed to
Trade With England
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 2.—It was learned today that the
German government has promised Holland that Dutch ships
carrying foodstuffs to England will be unmolested in the future.
The report asserts that Holland had presented an ultima
tum to the German government, insisting that her ships pass
unmolested. It is now thought that the unexplained mobiliza
tion of the Dutch troops some time ago, was the result of the
intention of the Dutch government to present this ultimatum to
Germany.
In the note to Germany the Dutch government asserts that
unless Germany agrees to the terms asked, Holland will close
her eastern frontier to all commerce.
It is asserted that such action on the part of Holland was
necessary, and was brought about party by the threat of the
| allies to stop all Dutch imports from American and Africa.
GERMANS PREPARE FOR PEACE
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LONDON, Aug. 2.—Premier Asquith today told the house
of commons that Germany already is organizing her industries
J for an assault on the markets of the world after the war, and
i for a vigorous attack on neutral markets.
The Germans, he said, would start with an obvious advan
tage through their destruction of the works and factories of the
j invaded countries, and because they have a large deep sea fleet
' safely interned in neutral and German ports.
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SEWARD, Aur. 2. — Henry D. Rey
nolds, nt a mass-meeting of business
men here last night, launched a pro
ject for an independent smelter here
to handle ore from all the mines on
Prince William Sound and elsewhere
within reach.
The factors on which this place is
chosen for the location are coal, water
power and lime close at hand. Andrew
Christensen, of the land department
of the railroad, has agreed to provide
n site on the east shore of Resurrec
tion hay, four miles from Seward.
A committee of six business men,
Including vice-presidents of the Harri
man Natvinal and the Seward banks,
F. E. Haf.aine, and others examined
the site today. The co-operation of
all independent mine interests is
sought.
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WONDERING AS TO THE
WHEREABOUTS OF BREMEN.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 2. — There is
considerable anxiety as to the where
abouts of the submarine Bremen, ns
no word has been received from her
since she left Germany. She may ar
rive at any time after tomorrow, say
those who are supposed to know'.
NEWPORT NEWS, Aug. 2. — The
Deutschland is reported by wireless to
lie rapidly approaching the capes.
ONLY ONE WARSHIP.
Nl WPORT NEWS, Aug. 2. — Only
one allied warship is visible off the
Virginia capes and it is supposed that
the others have moved farther out to
sea in the hopes of catching the Deut
schland when she comes to the sur
face.
NEWPORT NEWS, Aug. 2. — The
Deutschland was five miles from Fort
ress Monroe at 4 o’clock this after
noon, and was apparently heading for
the fortress.
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 2. — The
Supreme Lodge, Knights of Pythias,
which opened its twenty-ninth bien
nial convention here yesterday, con
tinued Its sessions today. The latter
part of the day, however, was to be
devoted to a sightseeing trip up the
Columbia river gorge.
Members of the Supreme Temple,
Pythian Sisters, and the Orand Lodge
of Oregon, who are holding their con
ventions here in conjunction with the
Supreme Lodge, were included in the
two parties that lef here on the trip.
One party went by boat and the other
in automobiles over the Columbia
river highway. They met at Bonne
ville for a Salmon luncheon. On the
return trip those who travelled by au
tomobile will return by boat, while
the steamer passengers will travel
back over the highway.
Tonight the Dramatic Order of
Knights of Khorassan parade and
ceremonial will be held.
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LOCAL MINING MEN ARE
LOOKING OVER JUNEAU FIELD.
Captain William N. Armstrong, who
lias been interested in Alaska propo
sitions of various kinds for many
years, and H. F. Andrus, of Yonkers,
\\ Y., are .Taneau visitors, and expect
to investigate some mining properties
in this section of Alaska.
Captain Armstrong was at one time
interested with a company that oper
ated in Siberia, and he has various
Alaskan inidfests. He is a resident of
Seattle.
Mr. Andrus is interested with Geo.
Max Esterley, who operates placer
properties in the Nizina district. •—
Juneau Empire.
Development on an extensive scale
rill soon be commenced on the pro
perty of the Endicott Mining & Mill
ing Company at William Henry bay,
on Lynn canal.
1 ROGER CASEMENT
MUST PAY THE
DEATH PENALTY
LONDON, Aug. 2.—Preparations to hang Sir Roger Case
ment in Pentonville prison Thursday morning are proceeding.
Premier Asquith has given no indication of intervention, and it
is thought Casement must pay the death penalty.
SENATE RESOLUTION CABLED TO LONDON.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—The resolution passed by the
United States senate asking the president to urge clemency for
casement, was cabled to London this afternoon. The request
will be presented to the British foreign office without represe
tations.
ADOPTS CATHOLIC RELIGION.
LONDON, Aug. 2.—Since the conviction of high treason,
Sir Roger Casement has embraced the Catholic religion, and is
visited in his cell daily by a priest. He today bade farewell to
his relatives, and appeared ^concerned over his fate. The
execution will be held in the morning and will be private.
NO REPRIEVE WILL BE GRANTED.
LONDON, Aug. 2.—Lord Robert Cecil today asserted that
Casement will surely be executed tomorrow, and that no re
prieve will be granted.
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TORONTO. Auk 2. — It is estl
mated that, the lamb fires In northern
Ontario resulted In the burning to
death of five hundred settlers. In
many other sections a large number
of people perished from the flames,
and clearings are strewn with dead
NEXT PRESIDENT TO VISIT
PACIFIC COAST THIS WEEK.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. — Charles
Evans Hughes went shopping today,
prior to starting on his western tour
Saturday. He speaks at Seattle and
Tacoma on August 15.
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WILSON REFUSES TO HEED
REQUEST WOMEN TO VOTE.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. — President
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towards woman suffrage. He believes
that the states should decide whether
or not the fair sex are entitled to vote.
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Printing neatly done at the Times.
FIRST CAFETERIA
NETS WOMAN
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2. — If you
! were a woman absolutely Inexperi
enced in business, save for having run
a Y. W. C. A. lunch room in a small
Michigan town, and you took into
partnership two women who had not
ventured even thus far into business,
would you expect to revolutionize peo
ple's eating habits and incidentally
make $40,000 for yourself in seven
years? It has been done.
In May, 1905, Miss Helen S. Mosher,
of Michigan, with Mrs. Nellie Estab
and Mrs. Pauline Bolts opened, on the
fringe of the downtown retail district
here, a noon lunch room especially
catering to business people.
Curious persons investigating tho
“cafeteria" signs on the windows,
found a well lighted semi-basement
room with 75 tables, a long steamtable
heaped with home cooked foods, and
stacks of trays on one of which each
proceeded to carry to a table the meal
of his own choice. He also had to
carry his empty dishes back to the
rear of the room when through. With
in a few days a “queue" of would-be
patrons extended into the street at
each lunch hour, and within a few
weeks the same phenomenon existed
at the dinner hour.
Since that time much of life in Los
Angeles has been just one cafeteria
after another. Within a year or so
after the establishment of the first
cafeteria, practically every downtown
restaurant except the most expensive
and the comparatively few serving li
quor had gone out of business. At
tho present tens of thousands of meals
are served in the downtown cafeterias
daily, one place alone, two blocks Trom
the original cafeteria, which still ex
ists, seating 1,000 persons. Women
as owners have entirely disappeared
from the local field.
The three women, after having
( opened a second cafeteria here and an
| other in San Francisco closed out
their business in 1912, no longer feel
ing the necessity for engaging in the
strenuous competition. Miss Mosher,
now pursuing a more leisurely voca
tion here, does not remember cer
tainly where she found the name
"cafeteria,” save that she thinks a
small lunch room in Chicago was so
called.
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MAKING PROGRESS ON TRAM.
George A. Harmon, of Cordova, who
Is erecting the new tram at the Sea
coast property at Shoup bay. was in
town yesterday afternoon with a crew
of men, loading a barge with heavy
timbers for the towers for the tram.
He reports that excellent progress Is
being made with the installation. —
Valdez Prospector.
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Volney Richmond, manager of the
j Northern Commercial Company, with
headquarters at Fairbanks, has recent
ly returned to that city from a trip
down* the river, and Bays that the
Ruby district is one of the most pros
perous of the north.
PRIZE
VIENNA, Aug. 2. — Entering the
war as a volunteer surgeon little
known outside the circle of specialists
of his own class, Dr. Robert Barany,
of Vienna, after fifteen months of cap
tivity In Russia, has at last returned
as an “exchnnge invalid" to find him
self famous as thesNobel prize winner
in medicine.
The knowledge which was the basis
of his prize winning book was gained
chiefly as surgeon in Przemsyl; the
book itBelf was written in captivity;
it has brought him 400,000 crowns in
money; and it played no small part
in securing his release from Turke
stan.
The dramatic circumstances sur
rounding his achievement have great
ly heightened the effect or his return
to his family. Nominally he was per
mitted to leave Russia because he is
slightly lame from an affection of
one foot from which he has suffered
since a child. Actually, his unexpect
ed distinction, plus the efforts of
| Prince Karl of Sweden, went far to
secure his exchange.
Despite his lameness, Dr. Barany
volunteered for service at the out
break of the war, and was detailed
as chief surgeon of the surgical de
partment of a hospital in Przemsyl. It
was while there, as he modestly ex
plains. that he was "so fortunate to
discover a new method for the treat
ment of head wounds,” a discovery
that enabled him to cure a vastly
greater percentage of cases than be
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For four weeks after the fall of
Przemsyl the Russian commander al
lowed Austrian physicians to remain.
Then in transports of about 100 they
were sent to various parts of Russia,
many to Siberia, the surgeon and
many others to Turkestan. Unlike
many others. Dr. Barany on his return
has reported almost universally good
treatment in captivity, treatment that
includod a sufficiency of decent food,
liberty not too restricted, and plea
sant professional relations with Rus
sian commanders and colleagues. Dr.
Barany was given fairly ample oppor
tunity to practice, and to lecture on
his specialty to Russian and captive
Austrian physicians.
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IS A GOOD LAW.
The newly passed amendment to
the homestead law, allowing every
qualified person to take up a home
stead in Alaska of 160 acres, without
regard to whether or not they have
used their homestead rights in the
states, is a good move for the ter
ritory.
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A. F. Mahaffy, a member of the
Dawson school staff, has been appoint
ed a lieutenant in the Canadian army
service, and will be connected with
the Yukon contingent, which left Daw
son recently for the front in France.
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Old papers for sale at the Times
office.
DENVER ADOPTS
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DENVER, Aug. 2. — From the ashes \
of the old mayor and commission
forms, a new type of municipal govern
ment has arisen in Denver. This city
has abandoned the commission form
of government for a system character
ized by its supporters as the elective
manager plan.
The new system provides for the
election of a mayor, nine eouncilmen,
and a city auditor. The mayor is head
of the government, and appoints man
agers of parks and Improvements, re
venue, safety and excise, and health
and charity. These four executives
constitute the “mayor's cabinet," and
meet with him once a week to discuss
questions of policy. They constitute
the executive branch of the govern
ment and have no legislative func
tions.
The executive, legislative and audit
ing departments are independent of
each other. The nine eouncilmen com
pose the legislative branch. A civil
service board is appointed by the local
district judges.
Figures made public today are cited
by city authorities as indicating eco
nomic reasons which actuated the vot
ers in deciding last May to abandon
commission government. They point
out that during the former adminis
trations of Mayor Robert W. Speer, he
conducted the city government on an
nual average tex levies $270,576 less
than required for commission govern
ment, put into permanent improve
ments annually $148,224 and finished
each year with a surplus of $179,748
as against deficits of $121,576 under
commission government.
In this connection it was explained
that under neither form of government
did the above comparative figures in
clude levies for mountain parks, main
tenance of parks, sinking funds, bond
ed indebtedness, firemen’s pensions
and county levies.
The statement by the city authori
ties also adds that since the inaugu
ration of the new system the city pay
roll has been reduced $93,700, despite
the fact that the addition of a coun
cil and central inspection department
added $9,300 to the budget. This
leaves a net annual saving of $79,000,
they say. Seventy-seven city positions
were abolished and thirty-five were
reduced to standardized salaries.
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At a recent meeting of the Mabel
Mining Company, held at Anchorage,
W. E. Bartholf was elected president,
Fred Laubner vice-president, and T.
Canvy secretary. These, with Harry
Bartholf and William Martin consti
tute the board of directors.
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Alex Irvine arrived in Fairbanks re
cently from Circle and reported the
finding of the skeleton of a man in a
pool of water uear the Miller creek
divide. It Is believed to be the re
mains of a frenchman who was lost
In 1904 or 1906.
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Job Printing at Dally Times office.
GENERAL STRIKE
SEATTLE, Aug. 2. — There is trou
ble ahead for the man who expects
service at the hotels, restaurants anti
cafeterias in this city. Half of tht
union employees of five restaurant)
struck yesterday and today all of tht
union help at one hundred and fiftj
of the places where you eat have beet
ordered discharged. This locks ou
over 4,000 employees who will be walk
1 ing the streets tonight.
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One hundred and four dog license
were recently issued in Juneau, ant
a great part of the canine populatioi
had gone rabbit hunting on that date
too.
DEMOCRATS ARE
AFTER SCALP OF
MR. SPENCE
The Democratic divisional conven
tion held at Seward passed a resolu
tion calling for the removal from of
fice of District Attorney Spence on
the grounds of incompetencey, failure
to support the Democratic party and
for actions such as physical attacks
on private citizens.
The platform adopted followed the
usual lines of Democratic platforms,
but a strong plank has been inserted
calling for the expenditure of terri
torial funds for the establishment of
schools and the building of roads. It
! is said that when the next territorial
legislature meets the territory will
have about half a million dollars to
its credit.
The following divisional committee
men was 'named: Charles Wilcox.
Valdez; J. C. Murphy, Anchorage; Geo
Phelps. Seward; E. F. Medley, Cor
dova. and L. F. Dwier. Copper River
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i NEW TRUCK FOR THE
ALASKA ROAD COMMISSION.
A new two and one-half ton truck
j has been received by the Alaska road
J commission. The car is constructed
[ for carrying rock and gravel, and is
! self dumping. It Is a six cylinder ma
i chine, built by the Berlinger Motor
(Company, of Tacoma. The front
wheels are of the regular Goodyear
rubber Company solid tire, while the
rear wheels are of iron, 14 inches
w’ide, with the face bored for the pur
pose of attaching cleats.—Anchorage
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WHY NOT COME HERE ALSO?
The Anchorage baseball team will
go to Seward and play a series of
' three games on August 11. 12 and IS.
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i j range to have the club from the rail
, | road town come to Cordova for a bat
| tie or two on the diamond.
FRENCH FORCES
TAKE TRENCHES
FROM GERMANS
PARIS, Aug. 2.—The French forces today captured strong
ly fortified German positions between Hemwoon and the Mo
nacu farm. The assault was the first of importance and was in
greater force tha nany attempt made by the allies on the west
ern front for several days. It is asserted that a large number
of prisoners and many munitions were taken.
GERMANS TELL OF LOSSES.
BERLIN, Aug. 2.—According to an official statement to
day, the French troops yesterday penetrated the German lines
on the high road between Maricourt and Clery, after having
first completely demolished the German trenches by heavy ar
tillery fire.
ITALIANS WIN. '
ROME, Aug. 2.—The Austrians today suffered a severe
defeat in the Astico valley, after making heavy attacks on the
Italian positions at Monte Seluggio Gastellate and Monte Ci
mona. They were repulsed with extremely heavy losses, and
later were driven from their original positions by the Italians.
MANY DEATHS REPORTED.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. — Forty-om
more deaths have resulted from in
fantile paralysis, and 160 new casei
reported.
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After an absence of more than tw<
years in the Lake Minchumina coun
try, Stephen Foster and Walter Ames
have returned to Fairbaks. Th«
European war had been In progress
more than eight months before the>
learned of it from travelers.
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Fnder the license law passed bj
the last Yukon council, saloons in th<
territory must close from midttighl
until 6 o'clock In the morning on week
days, and from midnight Saturda)
nights until 6 o'clock Monday morn
togs.
GENERAL STRIKE
LIKELY ON THE
RAILROADS
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. — There is
every indication that a general strike
will be declared on the railways of
the country. The work of counting
the four hundred thousand ballots cast
by the members of the four brother
hoods is proceeding and thus far a
majority favor a strike. About half
the ballots have already been counted.
Such a tleup will affect two hundred
and twenty-five railways.