Copper Ore Shipments From Cordova Alone Are Over $1,500,000 Each Month
The Cordova Daily Times i iHE)
VOLUME ONE. NUMBER 161. CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1915. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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ALASKA SYNDICATE DEVELOP COPPER VALLEY
WILL ACQUIRE MORE MINES AND EXTEND LOCAL ROAD
PATENTS ISSUED FOR
KENAK ISLAND LANDS
Letters patent have been Issued to
the heirs of Robert M. Strauss, for the
homestead Strauss took up on Kenak
Island in Controller Bay. Kenak Island
was the first landing plaoe of those
who rushed to the Bering River coal
fields several years ago and the
Strauss homestead is one of the first
in the district for which location
notices were filed.
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This being Flag Day, a few of the
patriotic citizens floated the stars and
stripes. .
Special to Tho Times Ry Associated Press.
SEATTLE, June 14.—The Seattle Times prints
a special message received from New York City
today containing the information that the Morgan
Guggenheim syndicate has just sold through its
brokerage concerns $10,000,000 worth of bonds
bearing interest at 6 per cent. The purpose of the
bond sale was to secure funds to promote additional
development, and increase the present operations ol
its properties in Alaska. It is understood that other
copper propertigB along the line of the Copper
River & Northwestern Railway, in the famous
Chitina-Kotsina copper belt, are to be acquired and
put on a producing basis. The article also asserts
that there is a strong possibility that the money will
bo partly used to build extensions of the present
Copper River railroad.
Nothing is contained in the news dispatch to
give any clues as to what additional properties are
likely to be bought. Rurilors have been afloat for
some time that the company’s copper operations in
the Chitina valley were to be greatly increased.
Among other things that served as indications of
this coming increase was the recent filing with the
secretary of the territory of the articles of incorpora
tion of a new Guggenheim company, namely, the
Kennecott Copper Corporation.
It has also been vaguely whispered that a cer
tain prominent copper property close to the
Kennecott mine was being negotiated for by the
Alaska Syndicate. The stock market in New York
saw a remarkably activity in the shares of the
Morgan-Guggenheim metal concerns last week, the
i stocks rising from five to twenty points. The flood
of buying orders was due to the fact that inside
information of the big things the company intends
to do in Alaska, had in some manner leaked out
The present market value for copper is far abov<
what the average is, and offers a tempting field foi
a mining investment. There was no difficulty ii
obtaining buyers for the bonds, and it is said tha
the subscription was largely over subscribed.
NEW YORKER ARRIVES
AND GOES TO NIZINA
H. F. Andrus arrived from New
! York on the steamer Northwestern
1 Saturday night and registered at the
i Windsor hotel. He left on yesterday
morning's train for Nlzina, where he
has some extensive placer holdings.
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This afternoon's train brought down
21 cars of copper ore from Kennecott
which will be shipped to the Tacoma
I smelter on the steamer Northwestern.
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| Adolf Rappn. of Seattle, is among
■ the town visitors.
EVERYBODY WALKS IN CHICAGO TODAY
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WILL MEET TONIGHT
A regular meeting of the Chamber
„ of Commerce will be held at 8.30
o'clock tonight, and a full attendance
of the members is requested.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., June 14.
William J. Bryan, the ex-secretary o
State told a visiting group of news
papermen today that he would sooi
issue another statement to the publi
concerning the war in Europe. Thi
new statement will propose a mean
of bringing the war to an end, an
will be entitled “Causeless War.”
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A train arrived from the interio
about 3:30 o’clock this afternoon.
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Jerry Perry is a returning passei
ger to Cordova on the steamer Mar
posa.
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jinn* 14.—Chicago is once more 11b*
scene of it great war between capital and labor. At
midnight the employees of the street car and
elevated railway lines went on strike. There were
about 4,000 men on duty when the employees walked
out. and practically every man responded to the
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strike call.
Since the strike began not a wheel has moved
on any of the street car or elevated lines, and the
business sections of the city were unwontedly
deserted during the opening hours this morning.
r Jitneys cabs are being pressed’ into use along the
. down town streets to fill tin* need of transportation,
i but every sort of vehicle is being utilized. More
bicycles were set'll on the streets of Chicago today
s than for years, and the fortunate owners of automo
* biles and motor cycles wended their way to their
1 employment on their machines.
The companies are firmly resolved to resist the
demands of the men and at present it looks as if the
1 labor war would develop into a life and death
battle. The men are fairly well organized, and' they
feel that it will be impossible for the companies to
i_ secure efficient men to fill their places.
There has been absolutely no disorder so far, as
the men are determined to keep the sympathy of
the public with them. It is estimated that one
million and a half people walked this morning where
ordinarily they would have given their nickels to
the street car companies.. The companies are adver
tising for 15,000 men to fill the places of the strikers,
and although at present everything is calm and
serene it is not expected that this condition will last
long when the strikebreakers take tlu* cars out on
the streets. The police are alert, and have all been
specially instructed. They are being compelled to
sleep at the station houses and are practically on
duty all the time.
CHICAGO, June 14.—Late today, trains com
menced to run on the elevated lines. No attempt
was made to operate the surface lines, for the offi
cials felt that the elevated lines could' be run with
less danger from interference on tlu* part of sympa
thizers with the strikers. Very few elevated trains
are being run, and they are manned by crews of
men, who have refused to strike, mostly men who
have been long in the service of the companies. The
cars are being run on only two of the elevated lines,
and tlu* trains are being sent out only every 15
minutes. There have been no disturbance as yet,
although some trouble is feared when the business
houses close and the people start for home.
CHICAGO, June 14.—1The business affairs ol
this great city are benumbed and thrown entirely
out of joint by the strike of the street railway
employees and business men who live in the suburb:
and' outlying sections of tin* city, were unable t<
reach their offices until afternoon, and they will In
unable to go home tonight. The hotels are taking
extraordinary measures in an effort to house tin
thousands of people, who will be unable to go home
and they are at their wit’s end trying to find sleepinj
accommodations for the men and women who ar
forced to remain in town because they cannot ge
home.
Every available space in the hotels has beei
turned into sleeping chambers. The banquet am
dining rooms even have been filled with cots, and al
sample rooms will house from two to five peopl
each tonight. If the weather is clear, many of th
hotels are arranging to place beds on their roofs, an
in case of bad' weather, some of the hostelries, ar
hastily throwing canvas tops over the roofs. It i
estimated that 15,000 business men will have t
remain down town tonight, and will have a vali
excuse to make to their wives for not going home.
NORTHWESTERN TOMORROW
SAILS EARLY WEDNESDAY
k The steamer Northwestern Is due
| from Seward tomorrow afternoon ami
will he in port some time loading ore
and salmon. She will nor sail for
Seattle until early Weduesdav morn
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MARIPOSA LEFT
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* SEATTLE, June 11.—The Mariposa
sailed Saturday for Cordova, and
\ other Alaskan ports. The passengers
] for Cordova were: N. l>. McClellan,
| H. McClellan, C. M. Frazier, Edw.
Harwood, Wnt. Gregory, Jerry Perry,
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John Pierson and two steerage.
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Edward Harwood, who has been at
** tending school at Tacoma, is now on
s his way to Cordova, where he will
O spend his summer vacation.
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All the Heal News In the Times.
Four More Vessels
Are Sunk at Sea
But Crews Saved;
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
LONDON, .Juno 14.—The British steamer Arm
dale, 3,500 tons burden was blown up by striking
a floating mine in the North Sea yesterday, and
sunk. Information has also reached here that the
German submarines torpedoed and sunk another
Danish vessel yesterday. The victim of the Teuton
torpedo was the schooner Merstal. The crew man
aged to reach safety in their life boats. Yesterday
/ was tin* first day for some time that the activity of
the German under water craft failed to be rewarded
with a British vessel. Nothing has so far been
received to indicate that any British ships were
attacked yesterday.
LONDON, June 14.—A French schooner, the
Dimant, was sunk by a German submarine off the
coast of Wales today. The crew were allowed to
launch the life boats before the torpedo was fired at
their ship, and they all reached' shore in safety.
LONDON, June 14.—A German submarine met
the British steamer Hopemount off Saint Ives today,
and torpedoed and sunk the vessel. The crew reached
a place of safety. The Hopemount was of the burden
of 3,300 tons.
WINNKSBORO, S. C„ June 14 — A
while man named Eisenliauer, and
Utes Smith, a negro charged with
criminal assault on a young girl, were
killed here today, as the result of the
attempt by a mob to lynch Smith. The
mob gathered in front of the jail, and
demanded the sheriff to deliver his
prisoner up to them. The sheriff re
fused, and threatened to (ire on the
crowd if they charged the jail. The
sheriff had sworn in a squad of spe
cial deputies, and on the refusal of
tiie sheriff to give them the negro,
the mob surged forward and broke
into the jail. The officers fired on the
mob killing Eisenhauer. Pistols were
drawn by the mob, and in the meict
which followed five of the special
deputies were wounded, and the negrt
was shot and killed.
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Chris Peterson and wife came tt
town on today’s train and will go t<
Anchorage.
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MINERS SPECIAL Red Sole Root:
at S. Blum & Co's.
STRENGTH ON LIE III 1ST
BERLIN, June 14.—The war office lias officially
announced that in the operations of the troops
under General Aiackensen on Saturday last, 14,000
Russians were taken prisoners. Mackensen is con
tinuing his advance in the direction of Sienawa,
and the war office reports that tin* Teutons are
successful at all points along the eastern frontier.
The Russians are now in possession of no important
towns in Bukowina, and on the contrary, the
Austrians have invaded Russian territory in this
section.
BATTLE RAGING ALONG LINE
I FROM BALTIC TO ROUMANIA
LONDON, June 14.—The Teuton efforts all
along the eastern battle line to crush the Russians
continues. The interest in the outcome of the
battle, which is raging on an enormous scale is
intense in this city. The Austrians claim to have
occupied Zurawna, and they also assert, that further
south they have invaded the Russian province of
i Bessarabia, having crossed the Dneister. Nothing
has been heard from Petrograd either confirmatory
or in denial of the Austrian claims. The Russian
1 official statement admits that the battle is raging
along the entire line from the Baltic to Roumauia.
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BEEN UNDULY
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ANNAPOLIS. Mr.. June 14—A sen
sation was sprung by Congressman
Hay today, during the course of the
trial of several of the midshipmen at
the naval academy. The young men
are being tried by a court of inquiry
for certain irregularities charged
against them by the superintendent of
die academy. During the course of
the examination of witnesses for the
complainant. Congressman Hay made
an impassioned plea to the court, In
which lie charged, that the witnesses
under examination showed by their
testimony that they had been unduly
influenced by the superintendent of
the Naval Academy. He also said
that certain documentary evidence
offered showed indisputable proof that
the superintendent had tampered with
It. lie said that the witnesses In
question had all been before the super
intendent before they testified, and
were not telling their story as free
agents.
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Reduction in Uasoline at 8. Blum A
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Important Decisions
Are Handed Down
By Supreme Court
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, I). C., June 14.—The Supreme
Court of the United States today handed down two
decisions of national interest. One refused to
reverse the decision of the Circuit Court *>t Appeals
in the National Cash Register case. The officials ot
tlu* company had been found guilty and sentenced to
various terms of imprisonment, under tlu* criminal
clause of the Sherman Anti-Trust law. The defend
ants appealed to the circuit court, which reversed
tlu* findings of the trial court. The decision toda\,
means that the officials of the company, ire free,
and will not have to go to jail.
The second decision was a refusal to ^reverse
the sentence of conviction passed upon F. Drew
Caminetti, for violation of the white slave act. 1 he
Caminetti case attracted wide attention at the time
of the trial in San Francisco, because ot the promi
nence of the defendant, and the many sensational
features of the case, which involved the elopement
to Reno, of two young girls with married men
Caminetti is tin* son of a prominent Californian, 8
United States Commissioner of Immigration, and tlu
young man will now have to serve his sentence ii
the federal jail.