The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME mi. NUMBER 31. ’CORDOVA, ALASKA, U Kfm^SnAY? AUGUST 8~1917 . = r
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GERMANY WANTS PEOPLE TO GOVERN
ONE SUBMARINE SINKS 19 SHIPS THREE WEEKS
SOCIALIST MEMBER REICHSTAG SEES SOLUTION
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 8.- Scheidemaan, the Socialist mout
her ol tlic German reighstag, in a speech before (>,000 people at
Mannheim demanded in the interest of peace the substitution ol
a government representing people instend of the autocratic
Michaelis government. *
BELIEVED ALLIES INFLUENCED CHINA’S ACTION
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 8. The Austro-IIungarian newspa
pers view China’s war declaration as the work of the entente
and especially President Wilson, and aimed as a blow at Teutoi
business interests in (Tina, according to a Vienna dispatch.
TWO RUSSIAN REGIMENTS DESERT POSITIONS
PETROGRAijt, Aug. 8.—Toward Kimpolung, in'Bukowani,
the Teutons have occupied the heights of Molit. Two Russian
regiments voluntarily left their positions by Stritza, in the
>iver region. The Russians repulsed the Teuton advanced
posts south of Griwmalov.
. ROOT MISSION HAS RETURNED FROM RUSSIA
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.- The American mission to Rus
sia, headed by Eliliu Root, has returned to this city. The mem
bers are optimistic over Russian successes and declared its
needs were improved railroad facilities and the assurance that
America would unitedly remain in the war to the end. Root
said America’s entrance into the war had a good effect.
BRITISH FRONT IN BELGIUM IS BOMBARDED
LONDON, Aug. 8.—The Germans last night began an ac
tive bombardment of the British front in Belgium, east and
north of Ypres.
AMERICAN RED CROSS UNIFORMS WORN IN EUROPE
WASHINGTON, Aug. .8.—Because Red Gross and Voting
• Men’i* GJiti«iJ.;m Association officials arc Id iiijim'is! fn tlicir:
work on account of being denied the recognition accord* d the
uniform of the Red Gross' it is probable the association offi
cials in Europe will wear the American uniform.
NEW RUSSIAN CABINET HAS BEEN FORMED
PETROGRAD, Aug. 8.—Prime Minister Kerensky has
completed the formation of his new cabinet.
LOTS OF SMOKES FOR AMERICANJ30LDIERS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—The Liggett & Myers Tobacco
Company lias donated a huge supply of tobacco for the Ameri
can troops'in France to replace a lost shipment.
GERMANS REPULSED AND CHECKED BY FRENCH
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PARIS, Axnc. .8.—The French troops repulsed German at
tacks on Pons, east of Vaux Aillon and west of Gala plateau, in
the Aisne region, and checked the German raids in the Verdun
sector and upper Alsace.
EVACUATION BY RUSSIANS WAS PREDICTED
LONDON, Aug. 8.-—The newspaper, Novoe Vremya, has
predicted the reports that the Russians evacuated Pre-Karova
in Podolia and Kasenetz Podolsk to the south.
AMERICANS ABOARD BRITISH SHIP TORPEDOED
LON1X >N, Aug. 8.—There were four Americans among the
thirty-eight members of tin* British steamer Belgian Prince,
torpedoed on July 31.
SENATOR DENOUNCES FILIBUSTERING COLLEAGUES
WASHINGTON, Aug. &■»—During the fool control bill de
bate in tin* senate yesterday .John Sharpe Williams declared
that this was the time to forget party alignments. He de
nounced what he called a small group formed into an anti-ad
ministration and anti-American party.
AUSTRIAN BLUEJACKETS SYMPATHY WITH ALLIES
TOKIO, Aug. 8.—Thirteen natives of the Trentino, Cars*
and adjoining districts of Austria who were serving as blue
jackets on the Austrian cruiser Kaiserin Elizabeth, which wa.
sunk at Tsingtou, and who were taken prisoners at the surren
der of the fortress, have been released by the Japanese authori
ties and are to be returned to Italy.
Although nominally enemy prisoners, all their sympathies
were with the entente allies, and their relations with the othei
prisoners were, in consequence strained. One of the men was
discovered attempting to commit suicide, his explanation beini
that life was unbearable under the conditions of the camp.
UNCLE SAM’S SOLDIERS TO BE WELL FED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—Uncle Sam’s soldiers in Franc*
won’t be obliged to subsist on the ordinary “beef and beans’
popularly supposed to be the only army edible.
Food contracts placed by the government show the Ameri
can fighters will have four kinds of tea, coffee and plenty o
granulated sugar, pickles, all sorts of peppers and spices, potn
toes, onions, flour for biscuits, hard bread, cane syrup, vanilh
and lemon flavorings, lard, butter, canned and dried fish, vege
tables, apples and peaches.
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(By Associated I’ross)
CHICAGO, Aug. 8. — Gene nl Sec
retary and Treamirer Haywood, of the
Industrial Workers of the Worl 1. de
clares that the sentiment for a tenoral
strike among the memliers of that
organization Is growing on account
of the lynching of Prank Little at
Butte. He said that 75,000 n on are
out now.
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WATSON LEAVES FOR CORDOVA.
(By Aasoclated Press)
SEATTLE., Aug. 8. Tho steamer
Admiral VVataon suilnd nt 11 o'clock
yesterday maiming. Her Cordova pas
rengers wore Mrs. Gray nmf J. H.
Dournus.
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ENGLAND TO SPEND VAST
SUM FOR REFORESTATION
(By Associated Press)
LONDON. Aar 8. - • It Is planned
to spend between five an<l six million
pounds sterling within tho noxt ton
years for roffilcstatlon In the IJnltod
Kingdom. The reconst ruction com
mittee has an *iabornte plan In hand ^
for replanting),especially in Ireland.^
where the areas have been denuded *
of timber for pit props.
WIFE KILLS HER
HUSBAND IN
fDBA STATE
(By Associated Press)
MENBOLA, N. Y., Aug. 8.—John
Longer Desaullcs, Jr., a small son of
Mrs. Blanca ItosaulIoM, who shot and
killed her husband on Friday last, was
round today In the care of Maurice
Secksoher Desaullcs. business partner
of Mrs. Dosaulles. An attorney made
un appeal that the boy be permitted
to see his mother, who Is seriously 111.
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Most Thrilling Episode In Ten Reel Fea
ture Is Staged at Childs’ Glacier
The Smith Film Company, a subsid
iary of the Paramount and Ai craft,
arrived in Cordova yesterday after- 1
noon, after having spent the past eight
days at Miles and Childs glaciers, on ^
the Copper ltiver & North western rail- I
way, whero was enac ted some of the (
most thrilling scenes in a real Alas- i
kun photo play, "The Silent North," I
or len reels. This is the first time'
.that screen stars ha vui mut:.auu^r*
to stage an Alaskan production n this
country, and thus give It a purely lo
cal color. Most of these northern
plays haye had their setting at
Truekee, California, and to the se fa
miliar with conditions in this terri
tory, the "faked" pictures have been
most amusing.
The story of the screen is that of
a Los Angeles waif who comes to Alas
ka as a stowaway from Seattle on
the Steamer Alaska. Miss Lottie
Kruse, formerly with I). W. Griffith
and of Triangle fame, is featured us)
the waif, who 'ttoes {.board the boat
disguised as a man an I dressed in the !
garb of a prosector, with overalls. I
flannel shirt and high boots. Miss j
Kruse Is a very jvarsutile and charm
ing little actrest.j.with a pleasing per
sonality and Uie;|ountor part of Miss
Blanche Sweet, fihd h .s appeared fre
quently at the lflfal pUy house. Mrs.
A. I. Smtth. who know-n by another
name on the -rSr-n; Henry Bolton,
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fVnmiam* pnil
Charles Wadsworth u:e co-stars. aha
the balance of the company Is made
up of Alaskans Inhere being over three
hundred people In one of the scenes.
The play being enacted includes
scenes at Ketchikan. Skagway, Ju
neau, Cordova. Seward, Anchorage.
Seldovia and Fairbanks, but the big
episode of the whole picture is en
acted at Childs' glacier. Here Miss
Kruse performs the daring feat of
shooting the Abercrombie canyon In
a small boat, pursued by her lover,
who has traced her from Califo nia to j
this northern country. When in front !
of the (flucier her boat capsizes'and 1
she is thrown into the raging waters.
The current is so swift, that it is a
physical impossibility to swim ashore, j
and ns she begins to realize that all
hope of escape is lost, she is carried
upon the beach by one of the splashes 1
<^f the glacier. In attempting to res- i
cue the drowning girl, the hero gets .
too close to the glacier and juBt as ,
the boat and drown its occupant.
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wonderful film, and one that he was J
particularly fortunate in securing, as <
he might have remained at the glacier
for months and never been able to get |
the results attained. After making a j
circuit of westward and iuterioi ^
towns. Mr. Smith will return to Cor
dova the latter part of September.
and spend seveftl days here taking (
the clam industry for the paramount |
Company.
The records of the exports from
Alaska for the month of July, as com
piled in the Juneau customs house
show a marked increase i-n the value.
The increase is due in part to the
canned salmon shipments and extra
large shipments of gold from the ter
ritory.
The total value of all exports of
Alaskan products, Including gold and
precious minerals from the territory
during the month amounted to $6,
367,966 This includes goods and
gold r» the value 01 $384,145, which
was shipped to foreign ports.
In the list of Alaskan products ap
pears for the first time canned clams,
$56,811. These have heretofore been
listed under another head, which from
now on will be segregated and report
ed separate In the monthly report. In
cluded In the item “all ^ther articles"
appears canned codfish. $14,148; kip
pered herring. $14,737, and chrome
ore, $2,500.
The copper ore shipments from the
. territory for the month amounted to
$2,288,708; canned salmon, $1,298,183.
The value of the gold bullion, gold
ore, and silver ore shipped amounted
to $1,914,011. Of this amount $384,
145 was the value of the geld bullion
and ore shipped to foreign ports.
1 The segregated list as prepared by
' the customs house force follows:
Hones, hoofs.$ 101
■ Copper ore . . . _.. 2,288.708
Curios. 804
Fertilizer. 11,334
( Fresh fish. 48.37E
, Dried and propared fish . 83 334
Pickled fish. 12,922
Canned clams. 50,811
Canned salmon.1,298,182
f All other fish. 110,812
Fish meal. 3.021
Furs. 70,92;
* Gypsum. 7,4Ut
‘ Ivory. 4(
Jewelry. 51
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head ore .. . 10,381
Oils, animals and fish. 136,917
Stariu herring . 414
Marble. 11,225
Wood . . 1,112
All other products. 31,624
Total.$4,190,622
U. S. goods returned. 148,728
Foreign merchandise .. 104,674
Total.$4,443,955
Gold bullion to XI. S.1.030,881
Gold ore. 454,362
Silver ore. 43,426
Silver coin. 1,-197
Total.*5,973,821
Gold bullion, foreign . . . . 378,822
Gold ore. 5,323
Grand total.*6,357,996
(By Associated Psoas)
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 7. #— Albert
Murphy, an American, his been
cleared of any responsibility, in con
nection with the assassination of Pre
sident Francisco Madero and Vice
President Jose Marie Pine Saurcz on
February 19, 1913. Murphy owned the
automobile in which the preadont and
vice-president were taken fiotu the
national palace and shot. It was
proved he was not present and hail
nothing to do with the plot.
A tree, the leaves of which yield an
oil from which camphor can he ex
tracted. has been discovered in Aus
tralia.
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Virginia has the largest vinegar fac
tory in the United States, operated al
most entirely by electric power.
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Artesian well drillers in Argentina
discovered a rich deposit of copper
i where none was known to exist.
Arthur if. Miller, superintendent for
the bureau of education in the Third
judicial division, and C. T. Cook,
teacher of a native school at Tatitlek, 1
had a narrow escape from being as
phyxiated while coming from Ellamar
to Cordova on the launch Rainbow
lust evening, after having visited the
Indian fishing villages and fishing re
serves in (Iravina bay. When within
sight of Cordova Mr. Miller, who was
running the engine, was overcome by
the gas fumes and remained uncon
scious for Half an hour. Mr. Cook
was also a victim of the fumes, and
for a time his condition was quite
serious. Upon arrival here he was re
moved to the Windsor hotel, and Dr.
Chase summoned, who placed him un
der '.ho care of Mrs. U. K. llallard. a
trained nurse. He is still confined
to his room, although greatly im
proved today.
POLES WANT TO
RAISE ARMY IN
(By Associated Press)
MILWAUKEE. Aug. 8. — At a meet
ing of four hundred Poles, they passed
a resolution asking President Wilson
to permit the raising of an army of
300,000 Poles in America to avenge
German atrocities in Poland.
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Clamps have been Invented to fas
ton the cover on an ironing board in
a few seconds.
Great Britain has adopted the met
ric system for use in its official phar
macopoeia.
CONSIDERABLE TONNAGE IS LOST AT SEA
ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. 8.- One German submarine, for
lie three weeks ending July 19, sank nineteen vessels of .'5b 000
tons, according to a sailor on one of the ships sunk, who said
Jie submarine commander gave him the information.
GERMANS REPULSE ATTACKS BY THE ENTENTE
BKRLIN, Aug. 8.—The British attack from Nieuport, ail.a
a heavy artillery fire, was repulsed. In the hand to hand fLdit
mg which followed, the Germans repulsed the strong enten e
attacks between Prai f.ank and Frozenbcrg, northeast of Yt res.
WILL REGULATE THE COST OF COPPER
\\ ASHING I ON, Aug. 8.—The trade commission report on
American copper and its production cost will be transmitted
within two weeks, and be the basis to prevent anv undue ad
vance in price.
WOMEN WANT UNCLE SAM TO ATTEND TO KNITTING
i\ASHTNGT<>N, Aug. 8.—An organized uprising by the
vomen of the nation against knitting mufflers, mittens' etc
or the navy seems to be fomenting. “ Why are not these gar
ncnts part of the equipment furnished bv the government ’’
-sk the women. “Why is slow hand knitting resorted to in
•uch a time of immediate need •
These are a few of the hundreds of questions women from
ill pflrtsmf the country are firing at the government every day.
FRANCE TO USE PRISONERS INCREASE FUEL SUPPLY
PARIS, Aug. 8.—German prisoners of war are to bo utii
zed in the digging of peat in order to eke out France failing
net supply. They will work under the supervision of territor
als familiar with the peat regions who will be given long
eave from the army for that purpose. Engineers have been
ent to the principal pent bogs, such as the “Grande Briere,”
leai Nantes, to organize the workf l'u~ *—*—!**•*• * -
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JIG SUM MONEY FOUND DEAD SOLDIERS UNCLAIMED
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LONDON, Aug. 8.—Over $50,000, found on soldiers who
lave lost their lives in France, is waiting at tla* war office to
>e claimed by the next of kin of the dead men. As the war of
iee is still asking for the next of kin of soldiers who died seven
ears ago, leaving sums of money, it is not expected that much
>f the present fortune will ever he claimed. The amounts left
)V individuals vary from a' shilling to several hundred pounds.
MERCHANT MARINE EVADES SUBMARINE MENACE
LONDON, Aug. 8.—The British merchant marine has ear
ned successfully to their destination 8,000,tHM) men and ]0,00(),
KX) tons of war material, said Commander Dion Cal thorp, de
scribing the work done by the navy.
In six months of last year only one in a thousand ships
mssiug through Dover patrol had been sunk or damagi d.*
lrp to January of this year not a life had been lost in the
rnnsport df men from this country to France.
In the course of the war 1,0LH),01H) sick and wounded men
iml been transported to this country, more than 1,000,000
lorses and mules, 50,000,000 gallons of petrol, 100,000,
)00 hundred weights of wheat and 7,000,000 tons of iron ore.
MARKET PRICES
PREVAILING IN
SUTTEE
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(By Associated Press)
BATTLE, Aug. 8. — The potato
prices remain steady, as no-large thjp
inenta have been received within the
last week. The local fruit and vege
table market also continues firm.
Dairy products are firm, the local de
mand keeping well up with the slip-'
ply of all commodities. Wheat end
corn are featured by slight gains in
Chicago pits, Ihe reports of rains and
bumper crops failing to lower the
prices. Grocery staples remain tin
changed. Potatoes, Puget Sound, $40
and $50; cabbage, 2 and 2 1-2 cents;
unions, California yellows, $1.5’) and
$1.75 a crate; apples,. Graven steins,
$2.25 and $2.50 a box; eggs, ranch, 45
cents; butter, 43 and 44 cents; cheese,
Oregon triplets, 24 cents.
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NEW MEXICAN GOLD
COIN TO BE MINTED.
(By Associated Press)
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 8. — A now
Mexican coin will be put tnto'clrcu
latiou shortly. It Is a gold twenty
peso piece, the design having the
Mexican eagle -in one side and a re
production of the Axtee calendar stone
on the other. They w|ty be known as
"calendurioa.''
GLOBE, Ariz., Aug. 8. — ,<v force
of mounted rangers are expected to
reach the scene of the Apache Indian
uprising in ffee Sierra Anchas moun
tains, fifty miles rarthwest of here,
where nine men eu ployed at the as
bestos mines are reported surrounded
by a hundred Indian and Mexican
miners. The forest fire set by the
Indians is sweeping the mountains.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Aug. 8. — '>lo
phone messages from Globe and Mi
ami indicate that the band in the
Sierra Anchas mountains is still hold
ing out, although 'he supplies of food
and ammunition are perilously low.
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CORDOVA LADY GETS LARGE
TROUT IN LAKE DEWEY.
Mrs. J. B. Carlyle, a resident of Cor
dova. traveling through Skagway on
tho Alaska, went to lake Dewey fish
ing, and brought back a mountain
trout measuring 21 inches long and
weighing two pounds eleven ounces
dressed. If anyone doubts the authen
ticity of this report they may verify
it from Jack Keller, who weighed and
measured the fish in the presence of
Senator Driscoll. Mrs. Jack Keller and
Miss Nellie Norton. Mrs. Carlyle also
secured a number of smaller trout.—
Skagway Alaskan.