The C< irdova Daily Times
VOLUME II. NUMBER 548. ♦ CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1916. PRICK TEN CENTS
MGUT SAILS
FROM SEATTLE
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SEATTLE, Sept. 2<>. — The steamci
Admiral Earragut left here Sunday foi
Alaska, her f’ordova passengers he
ing Charles Sehupeman and wife
Lieutenant A. Jones and Then John
son. The next Admiral sailing wil
lie the Watson on October 1.
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(iLoriE, Ariz., Sept. 26.'-— A seTiou?
gasoline shortage on the Pacific coasl
the effect of which would extend
throughout the entire country during
ttie next year, was predicted here to
il.i> during the closing sessions of the
convention of the American Institute
of .Mining Engineers.
Hi- cussing the value of chemistry te
the coal mining industry, Edwin M.
Chance, declared in a paper read that
Americans have in the past been pur
chasing coal on its looks rather than
because of its heating power. He
made public results of experiments
which showed dull appearing coal to
have better heating and burning pro
perties than the bright coals which
have formerly demanded premiums in
the market, it is said that this dis
covery will greatly help to offset the
cost of coal production without ma
terially increasing the cost to the
consumer.
COPPER SHARES AGAIN GO
SKYWARD
NEW YORK, Sept. 2G. — The deal
ings on the stock exchange yesterday
exceeded two million shares, half of
which was Xfnlted States steel and
| copper shares, a new high record in
prices obtaining in both.
MUSICIANS GET
START RAND
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i At a large!-, attended meeting of mu
suciais, held • * the city hall last night !
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! the Cordova band was organized by
the election of the following officers:
President, George Dooley; vice-presi
dent. A1 Foster; secretary, F. A.
Jones; treasurer. Clyde Morgan;
bandmaster. W. G. Tingley.
It was decided that those present
constitute a committee of the whole
to solicit members, a survey of the-*
field revealing the fact that there are |
at least twenty-five band men, and it
is desired to have all affiliate them- <
selves with the new organization.
A committee of three, consisting of \ 1
\aron Steel, Leonard lXaur and Roy
Snyder, was appointed by the presi- I
dent to interview the business men 1
and learn what financial support they 1
are willing to extend to the band.
Bandmaster Tingley has called the 1
boys together for Thursday evening, ‘
when the first practice will be held.
’ It is also dysired that all brass must- t
cians of the town be present, and
j that all of the instruments and para- 1
| phernalia belonging to the old organi- i
I zation be brought to the meeting. f!
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ATHENS, Sept. 26.—Thirty thousand insurgents are now i
controlling Crete, following the occupation erf Cananea and
Heraelion. Only eleven of King Constantine’s body guard re
nain loyal.
PARIS, Sept. 26.—It is officially announced that the Rus
sians took the offensive on the Macedonian front and captured
ihe strongly fortified hill west of Fiorina from the Bulgarians.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 26.—Danish fishermen report hav
ing seen a damaged Zeppelin traveling southwesterly yestcr
lay, being convoyed by torpedo boat destroyers.
CAIRO, Sept. 26.—The revolting sherif of Mecca captured
the Turkish garrison at Uarretsa Taif, sixty irijles southwest of
Vfecca.
ATHENS, Sept. 26.—Venizelos has gone to Saloniki and
us visit there is believed to have considerable significance.
BERLIN, Sept. 26.—The German airship*.bombarded Bu
•barest, and Mackensen’s forces invading eastern Konmania I
lave won further successes.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 26.—No less than 1,500 escaped Rus
sian prisoners of war are stated to have so far reached this
country from Germany. Owing to the deficient shipping con
nections with England lately, over 150 ure now waiting to sail
lor that country en route lor home to rejoin their regiments, ac
cording to the Amsterdam Telegraaf.
THE HAGl E, Netherlands, Sept. 26.—The Belgian town
of Eierre has been fined 50,000 marks because, on the occasion
of the recent national fete, some of its inhabitants had hoisted
a big Belgian tricolor on the top of an oak tree. In order to de
fend the tree against German assaults, they had surrounded it
with barbed wire.
1 >XIM )N, Sept. 26.—()ne of the many reasons for rejoicing
here at the entrance of Roumania into the war on the side of
the allies is the fact that the Roumanian queen is an English
woman of great popularity. Before her marriage to the Hohen
zollern prince, who is now King Ferdinand, t^ueen Marie was
the beautiful and popular daughter of the late King Edward’s
eldest brother, the late Duke of Edinburgh. She is still regard
ed as beautiful, and indeed with her husband and two boys an»l
four girls is frequently spoken of as constituting the best look
ing royal family in Europe as well as the most photographed'.
SMOKE CAFES
EOS ANGELES
1.08 ANGELES, fiept. 26. — After
linner cigarette* for women have been
mnished from Los Angeles cafe* in
he wake of the “bean sandwich" and
'the rubber duck," notorious subter
uges for meals to be served with
Irinks, by a clean up order from Chief
>f Police Claire Snively.
Women frequenters of the brightly
Ighted eating establishments, by
gentlemen's agreement," have been
>ermitted to smoke openly for many
aonths.
^he new order stipulates that any
vom&n seen smoking in such public
laces will be subject to arrest and
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Judge Janies Wickersham, delegate
to congress from Alaska, arrived in,
Cordova on the steamer Alameda, and
has been busy all day meeting friends !
and conferring with tiis political fol
lowing. He has just completed his
campaign for re-election in the First
division and feels satisfied that he
will receive his usual majority there, j
The delegate is on his way to Anchor
age, and upon his return will address j
the voters of this place and proceed
from here through the Copper river
valley and thence to Fairbanks.
The principles and purposes for
which fudge Wickersham will stand,
in case of his re-election, are embodied
In the following platform:
1. The lawful control of transpor
tation rates to, from, and in Alaska,
and the reduction of present extor
^ tionate rates to reasonable standards;
the prevention of rebates to favored (
shippers and of unlawful combinations
in restraint of trade.
2. The enforcement of the Inter
• state Commerce and Anti-Trust laws
in Alaskan trade, commerce and trans
portation,
3. The. prompt completion of the
government railroad from Seward to
p Fairbanks, via the Matanuska and Ne
,nana coal fields, and into the ldita
rod; the extension of a system of pub
lic roads and trails and government
telegraph lines to all parts of the ter
ritory.
4. The passage of laws by congress
for the extension of the powers of
'the Alaska legislature over fisheries
^ and fur bearing animals, and the en
actment of such laws as will save
the fisheries from destruction and en
courage the settlement of a population
of fishermen along our coasts; the
enactment of such laws as will re
quire those engaged in Alaajtan fjsh
eries to pay their just proportion of
taxes for the.development of Alaska
and her government.
6 The enactment of laws by con
gress extending the powers of our
legislature so as to permit the full
development of an American type of
territorial government in Alaska, with
power to enable her citizens to pro
led their own and the public interests
and to increase the general prosperity
without limit.
ti. Statehood for Alaska as soon as
it can he organized in the interest and
to the advantage of the people.
7. The prevention of further exten
sion and the repeal of the present
bureaucratic form of government in
Alaska, whereby bureau clerks In
Washington really govern our people
by the issuance of "rules and regula
tions" having the force of laws.
8. The abandonment of the pres
ent useless and harmful forest and
other reservations in Alaska, w'here
by great bodies of our lands are
withdrawn from settlement and use
by the people and form a basis of bu
reau control from Washington with
out rational excuse and to the great
loss of the national treasury.
9. Opposition to the levy of any tax 1
on trade or business in Alaska by con
gress, and the repeal of the law now
providing for such system, and the
control of all taxation In Alaska by the
terrilorial legislature.
10. The centralized control of all
national administration activities In
Alaska hv a national administrative
body, to the end that there may he
one b isiness head to such work in
stead of twenty or more.
11. The appointment of Alaska
Alaskans, and none other, to appoint
ive offices in Alaska; and 1 utterly
repudiate that plank in the Seward
platform seeking to take away from
the people of Alaska their right to be
consulted in the consideration of such
appointments and to give the sole
power of naming such officials to a
Seattle lawyer; It Is un-American, un
Republican and the beginning of boss
rule in Alaska by the great corpora
Iona able to employ the lawyer; I
'ledge the people of Alaska that if I
m elected I wili not recommend
ny man for an appointive office In
Uaska who is not first approved by
he people of the territory, and by
hose residing In the vicinity where
le is to serve.
12. The enactment of primary elec
ion laws for the purpose of enabling
he people by their votes to control
heir conventions and the nomination
if their officials without the corrupt
nanipulation of political bosses.
13. Continued opposition to the ef
orts of interested copper companies
o secure the passage of a blit In con
fess for the appointment of a com
illusion to revise the United States
nineral laws in Alaska; their purpose
a to take away from the territorial
egislature of Alaska its power to al
er, amend or revise such laws In
Uaska, and to disapprove and repeal
ill such laws heretofore passed by
mr legislature and rob it of all power
o legislate hereafter on that subject
n Alaska. It is a scheme to extend
o all mineral lands in Alaska the
irlnclple of reservation and leasing
iy a government bureau In Washing
on, after the plan of the Alaska coal
easing law, which was drawn by Sec
retary Lane, approved by Mr. Gifford
Plnchot, introduced by Congressman
Perris of Oklahoma, passed by a
Democratic congress and signed by
President Wilson. I shall oppose such
■eservation and leasing of placer and
luartz mineral lands in Alaska, and
'avor the revision of such laws, when
lecessary, only by congress or by the
Uaska legislature.
14 Finally, I shall support Hughes
ind Fairbanks, and the national Re
publican platform, unless they or
those representing them shall inter
fere with the passage of needful and
lieneficial laws for Alaska, In which
svent I shall stand by Alaska and her
interests, as 1 always have done, with
uut regard to party threat or favor.
NOVEL SCHOOL IS
OPENED IN
DENVER. Colo., Sept. 26. — There
is no longer a valid excuse tor being
without an education In Denver. The
hoard of education wiped away the
last alibi for the illiterate recently
when the doors of Denver'3 new op
portunity school swung open to the
.hundreds of persons, old and young,
eager to add to their neglected edu
cation or to supplement earlier train
ing.
Courses from baby tending to high
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mathematics, and including languages,
hair dressing, scientific laundering,
history, manicuring, cooking, carpen
try, shorthand, salesmanship, eti
quette, millinery and dressmaking arc
provided in the curriculum. The
school's sessions are at night. The
enrollment exceeds twelve hundred,
and Is made up of men, women,
boys and girls, whose ages range from
twelve to sixty years.
The school was established “to give
everyone an opportunity to learn.”
CARRANZA BOV
JUAREZ. Mexico, Sept. 25. — With
a large red top as a plaything and a
yellow, stub tailed dog, that spends
most of Its time chasing flies, as a
playmate, Eulalio Rodriguez, u Car
ranza soldier of the Canales brigade,
is convalescing in a local hospital
from wounds sustained In action. Eu
lalio, who is ten years old. is perhaps
one of the youngest of the boy soldiers
helping to make up the fighting forces
of Mexico. He was wounded In the
engagement with Americans at Car
rtzal in June.
The youngster was bending over
the body of his company commander,
Lieutenant Evarista Martinez, when
he was shot through the body. But
Eulalio insists that although his
wound hurt that he kept on fighting
until the Americans retreated.
The child was taken to the military
hospital in Chihuahua City, discharged
as recovered, and ordered with his
| brigade to Juarez. On the troop train,
however, he wounds broke open
afresh and he was taken to the hos
pital here, where he is said to be
recovering rapidly. Each day he sits
in the sun awhile and spins his top,
given him by an American newspa
per man, while the dog, which "Just
adopted him.” plays about.
Eulalio, although he can neither
read nor write, seems rather pre
cocious in his patriotism, and in an
swer to questions, be said:
"I like peace better than war. And
when the fighting is over 1 am going
home with my father and go into the
farming business."
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Cordova went on Kodiak time this
morning by placing the clocks ahead
•n hour.
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COLUMBUS. N. M., Sept. 26.—Huge \
humidors, similar to those used for
seasoning and preserving tobacco,
have been erected on the United i
States army aero field here for the j
purpose of conditioning popular blades I
of the army aeroplanes. 1
At the outset of the Mexican expe- 1
dition much trouble was developed 5
with the wooden blades because of '
their warping and splintering in the
dry climate. After experimenting
w ith metal propelku s, the humidur,
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according to the aviation officers, j i
there has been little trouble with the j 1
blades. |
Twelve machines are now In service
vith the expeditionary forces Each
>lane is equipped with two automatic
Ifles. and each aviator wears a pistol,
n its equipment the aero corps has
10th incendiary and explosive bombs
ind automatic cameras.
WILSON GIVEN OVATION IN
BALTIMORE j
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BALTIMORE, Sept. 28. — President
Vilson s progress through the streets
if this city yesterday was marked by
t continuous ovation. The detnon
tration in the theatre, where be spoke
asted five minutes.
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The second of a series of dances
kilt be given at Eagle Hall tomorrow
light bv the Bon Ton orchestra, and
hose who want to spend a couple of
lours very pleasantly will make their
rrangementa so as to be present. 11
AUTO THIEVES IN
BUSY
1-08 A NOBLES, Sept 26. — Auto
mobile thieves have stolen $1,000,000
worth of automobiles and accessories
from l-os Angeles motorists since
January 1, according to a report by
the theft bureau of the Automobile
i'lub of California.
The report points out that this valu
itlon exceeds the combined theft rec
jrds of New York. Chicago and Phila
lelphla
The report shows: Of 827 automo
miles stolen, 650 have been returned
:o owners.
The value of stolen plunder not re
covered is $00,000.
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FIRST CANDIDATE TO
ADDRESS CORDOVA AUDIENCE.
J H. Cobb, of Juneau, independent
andidate for attorney general, ad
Iressed a meeting at Eagle Hall last
night, which was presided over by
Mayor H. A. Slater. As chief coun
sel for the territory, Mr. Cobb ex
plained at some length the fight be
Pad made in the courts to compel
he fisheries of Alaska to pay a tax,
is levied by the legislature, and that
»y being sustained in his contention
py the circuit court of appeals, the
erritorial treasury would be enriched
py many hundreds of thousands of
lollars He spoke of the legal aspect
>f the office he was seeking, and how
t should be conducted, believing, of
:our»e, that he was the best qualified
unoiig the candidates to safeguard the
intar eats of the people Mr. Cobb ia
* pleaatng and forceful speaker and
ii» address was listened to by about
ilxty people
ifa f |irto
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Hon. Albert Johnson, of Hoijuiam,
Wash., member of congress from the
third Washington district, was in Cor
dova all day, and talked with many
leading citizens. Mr. Johnson recent
ly came through a primary election
with a plurality of 15,000 over his
opponent, Mayor Fawcett, of Tacoma,
and is fairly sure of re-election to the
house of representatives, which body,
he says, will he Republican by not
less than 75. In that event Mr. John
son will have his choice as chairman
of the committee on immigration or
the committee on territories.
“Mv inclination," said the congress
man today, “is to take the chairman
ship of the immigration committee. It
is the goal T have sought. My belief
is that if the United States persists
in Webping locked up for posterity
the great resources of the 160 odd
forest reserves of the western states
and Alaska, It is about time to decide
that those resources shall be for the
children and grandchildren of the one
hundred million people now In the
i'nited States, and not for children yet
unborn In Constantinople. 1 believe
In ‘putting up the bars’ at Ellis Is
land except to those Bturdy people
from the north of Europe, who know
how to appreciate our citizenship
when they come here, and who can
help us build a great west which shall
in time outdistance the east.
“Hut while 1 prefer the immigra
tion chairmanship, my friends in Ta
coma, Seattle, Grays Harbor and else
where are urging me to accept the
chairmanship of the committee on ter
ritories, believing that I can in that
position be of more real service to the
coast states and Alaska. Hut, I know
that in that committee I shall be con
fronted with many hard problems,
over which the Alaskans themselves
| are always divided. You see, all
Alaskans are individualistic, pure and
simple. Alaskans have only a passing
j Interest In the great national Issuas
Sometimes last winter 1 thought that
your delegate was a lucky man In that ‘
he could not cast a vote on some of 1
the mean problems wblcb confronted
congress — the McLemore resolution,
the Mexican invasion, etc., but 1 see
now I was wrong. If your delegate,
Judge Wickers ham, had a voting rec
ord of national problems to bring
home with him for your examination,
bis election would be a foregone con
clusion. But his problems are all
Alaska problems, and whether be is i
right or wrong on each one of them, j
l say frankly that If the territory falls
to return him to congress, the terri
tory will set Itself back six years, If
not more.
"I would like to talk about conBerva
tlon, which 1 oppose, and about leas
tug, which 1 oppose, but this interview
is long enough. At any rate, it is like
link sausage— you can cut it off any
where.
“The main object of my trip north
was to study the halibut situation at
first band. The rest of tny trip to
Anchorage is for rest and observation.
1 am enjoying myself to the fullest ex
tent, have met many well informed
Alaskans, and have. 1 hope, added con
siderably to my stock of knowledge,
which 1 admit was limited con
cerning the territory.
"1 shall be back lu Tacoma October
10, and shall campaign for the He
publican ticket from then until elec
tion day.”
HUGHES NOW*STUMPING IN;
OHIO TOWNS
DAYTON, Sept. 2« — t'harle# K
1 Hughes began bis speaking campaign
here yesterday before an immense
and enthustactic audience.
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The steamer Alameda will remain
in port until tomorrow morning at'
, it) o’clock.
kLAMEDA IS IN PORT
WITH MANY PASSENGERS.
The steamer Alameda arrived In
>ort at 9 o'clock this morning with the
ollowlng passengers for Cordova J
-arson, Mrs. Louis Smith, Miss Mae
teynolds, Miss C. Astruss, Mrs L.
dendhaui Mabel Kampbell, A S. Cum
nings. Mrs Ida Freeman, Miss A
.Void, Mrs. M L. McAllister. A. C.
Rruckson. Mrs C. T. Davis. Mrs. H.
k. Slater. Grant Caughev, E. F Beck
it. L. F. Becket, E. F. Moore, Mrs. A.
k Mitchell. Jack Reagan, and three
iteerage
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CLOSER TRADE RELATIONS
WITH CHINA HELD IN VIEW
SEATTLE. Sept. 26 — To promlte
;loser trade relations with China and
bring about a better understanding
between the American and Chines*
people, a China club has been organ
ized In Seattle with the close co-oper
ition of the university The new club
Is the first one to be organized in the
United States It is one of the re
suits of the visit here recently of Jul
ian H. Arnold, United States comnier
rial attache at Peking and Tokio.
AUGUST EXPORTS B H EHK
HEE RECORDS
WASHINGTON. Sept. 26 — Th*
American eiports for August were
|510,DIM),000, breaking the monthly re
cord of this and every other country
in the world.
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George C Hazelet returned this af
ternoou from Katalla, where he spent
the past two weeks looking after the
business of the St. Ellas Oil Company,
In which he Is Interested