The Cordova Daily Times
J VOLUME II. NUMBER 534. CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1916. PRICE TEN ('ENTS
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KAISER FIRES GENERAL FOR THE SUGGESTION
-< LhlELy TOWN IS
"When 1 see n city of 1.000 people
"'l'ere a couple of million dollars worth
of raw materials is shipped every
month. I ran at once point out a live
ly burg." said \Vr. H. Waldo Coe, su
perintendent of the Morntngslde sani
tarium at Portland, who is a Cordova
visitor.
“ \s well might Portland complain
at the growth of Salem, Eugene or
Medford, as one here to wonder what
is to occur should a good town grow’
up on the line of the C. R. & N. W.
railroad. These towns hack of Port
land help build ui> that city, because
Portland is the shipping port of the
Willamette valley. In a like manner
are improvements back of Cordova go
ing to build up this city. The more
money that is spent on the line back
of Cordova, the more prosperous and
greater will grow your city. This
same condition applies to some other
ocean lying points of Alaska, back of
W lilt li 11 *• i 1‘^iuiirt i m u in imiuini i c
sources. *’
Dr. Coe. with his wife, have been
taking in Alaska by slow stages, visit
ing as far north as Anchorage, looking
up friends and relatives, so far as they
could find them, of insane patients
at Morningside, where Hie insane of
Alaska are eared for.
Dr. Coe has eliarge of this service
in his own institution, where already
ten buildings enter into the equip
ment. and where work is now in pro
gress upon an additional building for
men, 50x120, which Dr. Coe says will
relieve the crowding there and permit
the addition of some newer things in
treatment.
Dr. Coe says that he has had n very
pleasant trip through Alaska, and has
been treated with courtesy and eon
sideration, and that he plans an an
- ^ nual Dip hereafter, to bo made to this
country.
He said that lie is pleased to find
that the government reports have ap
parently settled in the minds of Alas
kans a conviction that the patients
are being kindly treated at Morning
side.
Dr. and Mrs. Coe took a trip over
the C 1!. A N. \V. railroad to the gla
ciers. This is the second trip recent
ly made to Cordova by Dr. Coe.
SCHOFIELO GOES
AFTER SCALP
OF GRIGSBY
XO.MK, Sept. !t. One of the larg
est and most enthusiastic political
gatherings ever held in Nome was the
Republican meeting held last night
in tlie interest of George 0. Schofield
for attorney general and the Republi
can legislative ticket. Schofield was
the principal speaker, and scathingly
criticised George It Grigsby, his op
ponent Schofield made a strong
speech, and exploded bombs in the
Grigsby camp, making some serious
charges against his record as district
attorney Schofield leaves for Fair
banks tomorrow on an active cam
paign of the territory.
WILSON TURNS
GOOD FIR TO
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ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 9. — l'resi
d nt Wilson addressed the National
Woman's Suffrage convention Iasi
night, predicting an early triumph foi
suffrage, lie left for Shadow Lawn
this morning, a large crowd being pre
sent and cheered him as he departei
Prof. it. F. Griggs, of the University
of Ohio, who has just returned from
a visit to Katmia volcano, accompan
ied by O. B. Church, a student at the
university, who took the pictures for
an article to appear in the National
Geographic Magazine.
Verifying reports recently received
from Kodiak, Professor Griggs says
the Katmai volcano and surrounding
craters surpass anything seen in any
other part of the world.
The great crater, three miles long
by one mile wide, is a record breaker
in itself, but even more terrifying
than this is a valley Id miles long and
three wide, discovered a few miles
northwest of the crater, with a thou
sand steam jets playing from cracks
which crisscross the valley floor in
all directions.
The odor of sulphur is strong in the
air and at times almost overpowering,
according to Griggs. He had with him
pictures of the Katmai crater moun
tain, flats near by and the valley with
the steam jets.
“Hast year the Katmai valley was
swept by a flood, when a lake broke
which had been caused by the dam
ming up of a branch of the stream,”
said Griggs. “The high water mark
on the rim shows that it swept toward
the sea 40 to 60 feet deep in a valley
a mile wide.”
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HOCK I,A NT), Me., Sept. !». — Chas.
E. Hughes passed a strenuous day,
ending with an address here tonight,
after which he leaves for Boston: then
for Syracuse on Monday. The Repub
lican presidential candidate is making
« most favorable. Impression wherever
he speaks, and is also being given a
rousing reception by the people.
FIGHTING RAISE
IN PRICE OF
CHICAGO, Sept. 9. — A federal in
vestigation of the National Bakers' As
sociation, who plan to make the price
of bread six cents a loaf instead of
five, has been started by the district
attorney. The latter contends that
the penny increase adds daily to the
burden $10,000 on Chicago household
ers.
ST. CLAIHaVII.EE. <>., Sept. 9.
Automobile bandits held up and mur
dered Lee Rankin, superintendent of
the Florence mine, owned by the
Younhioghenny Coal Company. Ran
kin was on his way to pay the miners
and the bandits stole $10,000, after
which they made their escape.
At a recent meeting the Juneau city
council went on record as opposing the
action of the forest service in increas
ing the stumpage price of timber in
the Tongass forest from $1 to $1.50
per board thousand feet. A similar
protest was recently made by the
i. Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce.
BERNE, Kept. 9.—The dismissal of Falkenhayn as chief of
the German general staff, was due to his suggestion of a com
plete change in the German war plans, which the kaiser indig
nantly rejected', predicting tin* complete downfall of Bulgaria
as a result of converging the attacks from the north and the
south and the consequent supporting of communication with
Turkey. Falkenhayn urged that the whole Balkan campaign
he abandoned, tin* eastern line shortened and occupied terri
toiy evacuated. Falkenhayn said that the transportation of
the troops and German strategy thrown into a purelv defensive
campaign on a shorter front would paralyze the allies.
LONDON, Sept. 9. — Satisfactory conclusions have been
reached at the conference in Laris between the French and
British ministers, regarding the employment of the joint mili
tary resources of France and Great Britain. Lloyd George par
ticipated in the conference*.
LONDON, Kept. 9.—The British captured the trench on
high wood' Somme last night, inflicting heavy casualties.
BERLIN, Sept. 9. — Along the Black sea and tin* coast of
Bulgaria the German forces have advanced fifty miles beyond
the frontier of Roumania.
BERLIN, Sept. 9.—The French announce that the central
powers in the Carpathians, northwest of Rapid, yielded yester
day before the pressure exerted by the Germans.
LETKOGRAD, Sept. 9.- It is officially announced that in
tin* Carpathians, south of Rurunoff, the Russians stormed Se
lies heights and took five hundred prisoners and a mountain
battery.
PARIS, Sept, D.—-The number of prisoners taken bv the
1‘ reueh since September •"> total 7,700, including a hundred of
ficers. South of Soiuine the French troops hast night carried
Small Wood, east of Belioven Sant fit* and progressed east of
I feiiiecourf.
SAX FRAN( '1S('(), Sept. 5h Captain Tobin refused to sail
on the American bark Callao, which cleared for New York with
copper and oils .having a cargo intended for German ports, af
ter the British consul warned him that the bark would he
seized by a British cruiser. The agent for the Callao, George
W. MeXear, is on the British blacklist.
IA >X I)(>X, Sept. It. Raressalaani, the chief town of Ger
man Fast Africa, has surrenndered to the Russians, being the
third town to do so. Brusiloff’s army captured four hundred
Teuton officers, ID,000 men and twelve cannon.
COPFXIIAGFX, Sept. It. Fishermen observed a hadl\
damaged Zeppelin throwing art icles overboard, which probably
fell into the sea between S\ let island and Sehlesweg coast. Ac
companied by four other Zeppelins it was traveling eastward.
PFTROGRAI), Sept. D. The Russians broke through
Theniovka river, the western tributary of Gelota Fijia, fifty
miles southwest of Femsbeig. and seized the Teuton position
and captured *J,7<H) men. The Roumanians in the Carpathians
captured a whole series of mountain heights and are now ad
vanning to the Hungarian border.
PARIS, Sept. D. The Serbians on tin* Macedonian front
took the offensive last night in the region of lake Ostrovo. and
after a violent engagement the Serbians captured the height
west of the lake.
ALASKA NATIVES
HUE MAKING
PROGRESS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. — To fit
the natives of Alaska in a practical
way to meet the bewildering eondi-1
Hons forced upon them by the white |
men's complex civilization this has ;
been the policy, especially during the I
past three years of the department of
the interior through its bureau of edu
cation. It is well known that Secre
tary Lane takes a special interest in
all Alaskan matters.
Practical education is emphasized.
In the school rooms of Alaska such ■
instruction is given as will enable the <
natives to live comfortably and to
deal intelligently with those with |
whom they come in contact. Parpen- j
try. cooking and sewing are proml- j
nent subjects of instruction, together
with English and elementary arithme
tic. The school work is connected
directly with community life.
Children and older men and wom
en are encouraged and directed in
gardening and many of them grow
considerable quantities of vegetables j
Most of the school buildings contain,
in addition to the recitation rooms,
a workshop, kitchen, laundry and bath j
room. Sanitary methods of living are j
impressed upon the natives; the na-j
tives are urged to replace their filthy
huts by neat, well ventilated houses.
In some sections the natives have
been taught how to raise vegetables,
lllt'Wt' MM 111 111 it llt'tllllll 111 UUUIllUIl tVJ
the usual diet of fish and meat.
The government teacher In ’Alaska :
is not merely a teacher of academic
subjects, but a leader and guide In the
life of the community.
RAPID GROWTH OF FREE
DELIVERY SERVICE.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. — Free de
livery service of postal matter In the
United States, established July 1, 1863,
under Postmaster General Montgom
ery Blair of the District of Columbia,
has grown from 66 city delivery of
fices having 685 carriers and costing
$317,063 in 1861. to 1.808 city deliv
ery offices, having 32,902 carriers and
costing $12,038,876 in 1916.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching service at 11 a. m ; “Your
Light.” Sunday school at 12:15 p. m.
Preaching services at 8 p. m.; “First
Commandment."
Mr. Sorvlk will sing at the evening
service. We cordially Invite you and
friends to these services.
A. Q. SHKIYEH, Pastor.
FREIGHTER JUNEAU TAKING
OUT BIG CARGO OF ORE.
Captain Jensen, of the freighter Ju
neau, now in port, says that lie ran
into a hurricane on the way to Nome,
which put the wireless plant out of
commission, and flooded the state
rooms of the vessel. He is taking on
ore here, and with shipments from
Kllamar and Uatouche will take out a
cargo of 3,000 tons
BUILDING
BERING L
FIELDS
George \v. Neison, who is superin
tending the construction of a railroad
front Controller bay to the Bering
river coal fields, arrived in Cordova
yesterday on the launch Triton, to pur
chase powder and supplies.
Mr. Nelson reports that the work is
progressing very satisfactorily and
that the grading has been finished and
bridges erected for seventeen miles.
The ties have also been cut, and as
the dlt lance to the coal fields is only
twenty-six miles, Mr. Nelson feels that
before long the Alaska fuel will be
available for local use.
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Colonel D. C. Jackling, heading a
party of noted capitalists and engi
neers who have been inspecting the
w'ork on the property of the Alaska
(lastineau property at Juneau, has
left for the states. The party expres
sed themselves as well pleased with
the results of the work.
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Henry Shattuck, president of the
AiasKU supply <■ ompuny ui juueau
baa purchased for the company the
cargo of 2,318 tons of coal on the
barge William H. Smith, which sprung
a leak while being towed to Unalaska
and was unable to proceed. The boat
was consigned to the government.
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The board of trustees of the Pio
leers' Home at Sitka have received
applications for pensions under the
provisions of Chapter tH of the Ses
gion Laws of 1915. from William
O'Brien of Nome, aged 66 years; Peter
Boudreau of Anchorage, aged 75; and
Herman Hart of Knik, aged 66 years
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A Fairbanks report stutes that five
passengers and the driver of the Ross
automobile Btage received an Invol
untary bath and one of them, Sam
Ivey, was nearly drowned when the
bridge over Noyes slough collapsed
and dropped the conveyance Into the
water. The machine was wrecked.
EPIDEMIC INTERFERES WITH
ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOLS.
On account of the epidemic of
whooping cougli the attendance at the
public schools lias been considerably
reduced, and Miss Ware reports that
for the opening week there were only
twelve enrolled in the grammar grades
and freshman high school, seven in
the intermediate grades and sixteen
in the primary grades.
UNION TO GAIL A
STRIKE
NEW YORK, Sopt. k.—The Centra!
Federal Union, alter an all-night ses
sion. announced that a committee had
been empowered to call a sympathetic
strike of all trades, if such action is
considered necessary, to help the em
ployees of the Interborough Rapid
Transit Company, and the New York
Railway Company in their strike.
UNIVERSITY SENDS OUT
CASES MINERAL SPECIMENS.
SEATTLE, Sept. !*. — The last of
HU cases of samples of Washington
ores and useful rocks to be sent out
by the college of mines of the Eni
versify of Washington to accredited
high schools were packed ready for
shipment recently. The cases con
tain from 111! to 125 specimens each,
tid each bears a descriptive legend
hat will make the collections of value
vhen placed in cases at the various
ligh schools of the state. In all more
han 20,000 samples have been sent
from the University of Washington
Prof. Milnor Roberts, dean of the col
ege of mines, was of twenty cases of
ires for state high schools and aca
leinles and eight for Alaskan high
schools.
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Contract for clearing eight and
me half miles of the right of way from
N'enana toward Coldstream was re
cently awarded to R. S. Hates, of Fair
banks, while the contract for clearing
six and one half miles south of tlu
Nenana river was awarded to C. S
Johnson.
During the first two days of the
lot sale at Nenana, the new govern
ment railroad town, 253 lots were sold
at auction, bringing a total of $126,
080. During the first morning of the
sale 38 lots were sold for a total ol
$53,000. H. E. St. George purchased
the first lot for $1,600.
SOLDIERS LEARN
SPANISH FROM
FI- PASO, Sept. 9. — Supper was
over and a score of national guards
j men encamped on the outskirts of FI
| Paso were taking their daily Spanish
j lesson. Without desks, books, paper
or pencils they set on the desert sand,
hedged in by clumps of mesquite,
"bile a half dozen ragged Mexican
newsboys gave them their lesson.
It Is thus that many of the guards
men on station here are learning to
speak Spanish In the camps of the
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Michi
gan, Rhode Island and South Carolina
contingents the newsboys may be seen
teaching their soldier pupils almost
every evening.
Many of the youngsters, all of whom
speak both English and Spanish, are
homeless, having been orphaned by
the civil strife which has torn Mexico
for the last five years. Some of them
have been adopted by the militiamen
as mascots and are fed in the com
pany kitchens and in return they run
errands and teach their guardians
Spanish when they are not peddling
newspapers.
The method of instruction is simple.
A guardsman will point out an object
and one of the instructors will give
Its Spanish name The soldier will
repeat this until he has fixed it in
his mind Thus a vocabulary, as a
basis for a later study of the language.
Is acquired. Once the vocabulary is
obtained the student is ready to buy a
book and begin the study of the gram
mar.
"It isn't a very elegant way to learn
the language." one graduate of "the
newsboy school," who is now atrug
l gllng with Spanish verbs, said, "but
j is practical "
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EXAMS FOR RHODES SCHOLARS
TO BE HELD OCTOBER 3 AND 4.
SEATTLE. Sept *4. — The Rhodes
scholar examinations for the state of
Washington in Seattle and the State
College in Pullman on October 3 and
I 4. The .tests will extend over two
days. (?n Tuesday. October 3. the
candidates will be examined in Latin
and arithmetic, and on Wednesday,
tlreek. grammar, algebra and geome
try. The two making the highest
grade* will have all their expenses
paid while they attend Oxford Univer
sity in England.
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Nice large front and other rooms.
Apply J. K. Smart, over Ktukeistein &
Suptro's 8-2t
DEATH PIIEER
RESIDENT OT
ST. LOUS. Sept 'i Richard C.
Kerens, who was ambassador to Aus
tria Hungary during the administra
tion of President Taft, was for more
than a quarter of a century one of
the Republican leaders of Missouri,
and in that period was high in the in
ner councils of the party nationally, is
dead.
Mr. Kerens was a pioneer in the
transportation field. In 1 he moved
passengers, mail and express from the
western terminals of railroads through
hostile Indian country to frontier set
tlements In INTI he became contrac
tor for the Southern Overland Mail
Sen ice, a transportation service by
stage coach covering more than 1,400
miles. At that time he lived in San
! Diego, Cal.
When the development of railroads
eliminated the wagon and stage coach
as a factor in transcontinental traffic,
Mr. Kerens settled in St I amis and
became active in politics and in the
development of railroads He was in
terested in the Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Fe; the St. Louis Southwestern
(Cotton Belli; (he Los Angeles Termi
nal; the San Pedro, Los Angeles and
Salt Lake, and the West Virginia Cen
tral and Pittsburg. He also had exten
she interests in \rizona. New Mexico
land Colorado.
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WASHINGTON', Sept, ft Two
years from this month the SH.nfln.rton
Lincoln memorial now being construct
ed in Potomac park here w ill lie ready
for dedication The cornerstone was
laid February l", Pals. Henry Bacon,
architect of the memorial, in speak
ing of the progress oi the work says:
"Before the winter is over the Lin
coln memorial will tic roofed and the
building will he completed and the
j statue of Lincoln in place two years
from now The largest blocks of
marble ever used in the construction
of a building have been used in the
memorial. One. the largest block, is
IK feet long anil <i feet high It is
the top middle stone over the entrance.
The memorial when finished will lie
as tall as an average ten story office
building."
CAPITAL LOOKS
LIKE DESERTED
VILLAGE
WASHINGTON. Sept 9 This is
already a very much deserted city,
practically all of the statesmen and
officials having hied themselves to
; other fields as soon as congress ad
journed Most of the members of both
houses have gone home to look alter
their political fences, while a few are
I vacationing.
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A • report has reached Ketchikan
' that an attempt to raise the steamer
1 Northland has resulted in the steamer
! going again on the bottom in one hun
j dred and ten feet of water. She had
j been raised, and w hile being towed to
shallow water the cable broke, letting
her into deep water.
According to word received in Ju
neau In the last mail Dime creek, on
Seward peninsula, will produce over
$100,000 from the winter and spring
dumps. The discovery of gold on
Dime Creek was made about a year
ago, and It is a tributary of the Koyu
kuk river.