The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 340. CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1916. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. — The
emergency appropriation of $2,000,000
for the Alaska government railroad,
as requested by Secretary McAdoo, is
not going to have the fine sledding
its advocates anticipated. In fact
3trong opposition has developed in
both houses against not only the re
gular appropriation of $8,000,00, but
the emergency appropriation as well.
The fight is being led by Senator
Knute Nelson, of Minnesota, and for
mer Speaker Joseph G. Cannon.
There are many leading Democrats
opposed to government ownership, and
they voted against the original Alas
kan bill. In order to secure its pas
sage it was necessary to enlist the
support of the Republicans, but it is
now believed that many of these sen
ators and congressmen are adverse to
voting in favor of any more appro
priations, as it has been charged that
the proper showing has not been made
for the money already expended by
the present railroad commission.
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FIRE WIPES OUT
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Jail. 17. — Fire
broke out in the town of Wirt. Okla
homa, early this morning and de
stroyed the larger section of it. All
of the business blocks were destroyed
and the greater part of the residence
section. Over one thousand persons
are homeless, and tents and supplies
of blankets are being rushed to Wirt
from the surrounding towns so that
the sufferers may he made comfort
able, and outdoor camps arranged.
The situation is distressing, as the
police force of the town is utterly in
adequate to cope with the abnormal
conditions resulting from the fire.
The mayor of the town has tele
graphed the governor, asking him to
send a company of state militia here
to take charge of the situation. It is
probable that the governor will com
ply with the request. All relief move
ments so far started have been unoffi
cial, and the authorities are being
criticised for their delay.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. — Sen
ator Jones, of Washington, intro
duced a bill in the Senate today ask
ing for an appropriation of three mil
I i lion dollars for the purpose of build
ing a drydock at the Bremerton navy
yard on Puget Sound. It is consid
ered likely that the bill will be favor
ably acted upon, in view of the re
cently expressed opinion of naval ex
perts that the Puget Sound yard was
the only theoretically dependable
navy yard in the country.
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U. S. Commissioner Robt. D. Gray,
of Katalla, is a passenger on the Ad
mlral Evans for Valdez. He has been
in poor health for some time, and will
go direct from there to Seattle for
medical treatment.
MAI WHITE SLAVE LAW
FOR ALASKA
WASHINGTON, .Tan. 18. — Senator
Overman has introduced a bill in the
Senate extending the Mann white
slave law to Alaska.
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CHRISTIANIA, Jan. 18. — The sea
port of Bergen suffered a disastrous
fire today, which thoroughly destroyed
one-third of the city and resulted in
a property loss of fifteen million dol
| lars. Over two thousand persons are
homeless. The greatest losses were
endured in the business sections along
! the waterfront, where whole blocks
of buildings and warehouses were
wiped out. Bergen is a seaport on the
west coast and at one time was the
most important city in Norway, and
is now the second greatest city in
the country. It proved difficult to
j fight the fire, as most of the houses
| are built of wood, and the streets are
j narrow and irregular on account of
[ the peculiar topography of the site
j of the city.
ADMIRAL EVANS
FREIHT
The steamer Admiral Evans, which
lias been mooching along the way for
I the past seven or eight days, arrived
I in port at 11 o’clock this morning. She
,10ft Seattle with a big cargo of freight
land also ran into a snowstorm in
southeastern Alaska. The Evans will
j be in port until 8 or 7 o’clock tonight
discharging freight. Her passenger
| list follows:
i Katalla — H. L. Simons, George
Sholter.
j Cordova — Julius Stolier, J. E.
Carlson, Mrs. E. Wallace, Adolph
! Carlson, Jim Pett, S. E. West, Mike
I Jurbos, Wm. Young and three steer
age.
Ellamar—R. G. Cox.
Valdez — Mrs. P. Davison, Mrs. W.
S. Fleming, A. Johnson, R. D. Gray.
Seward — J. II. McPhail, B. F. Wat -
son. D. J. McKenzie, H. Meagher,
Jack McDougall, H. A. Blythe, J. R.
McDonald, Alice Stotke, Karl Thiel,
R. S. Boyd, O. J. Keating, Lee Murphy
and wdfe.
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III THE ICE SI
SEATTLE, Jan. 18. — It is reported
here that the launch Traveler, owned
by the Alaska engineering commis
j sion, is a total loss, having been
'caught in the ice of Cook Inlet and
; been crushed by the moving floes.
| Captain Cramer and his crew aban
doned the boat and are encamped on
Fire Island, at the head of the Inlet.
The Traveler was being used by the
commission to investigate the ice
conditions in the Inlet with a view to
determining the possibilities of mak
ing Anchorage a winter port.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 18. — Miss Jean
ette Leonard Gilder, the noted author,
art critic and journalist, died here to
day. Miss Gilder was editor of the
Reader magazine and occupied an en-,
viable position in American letters, i
Born in Flushln, N. Y.. on October 3.
1849, she entered the field of journal
ism in 1869. She served on the New
York Herald as literary editor and
also as musical and dramatic editor.
In 1881, with her brother, .J. B. Gilder,
she founded and became editor of
"The Critic,” a monthly review of lit
erature. drama and art. She drama
tized "Quo Vadis,” and wrote "The
Autobiography of a Tomhoy" and
"Taken by Siege.”
EXECUTED
EL PASO, Tan. 18. — The Carranza
| commanders are busily engaged In
executing such of the Villa command-^
ers as are unfortunate enough to be
captured. Two were executed previ
ously this week and today Colonel Ba
oavalles. who was captured near Pa
lomas, was executed at Juarez. Para
vanes was lined up before a firing
'squad without being blindfolded.
' which was his own request, and died
| Instantly, as the first volley pierced
'him through the heart. The dead man
formerly held the post of chief execu
tioner for General Villa, and had his
| headquarters in Juarez. The execu
tion took place near the railroad sta
tion and the body was afterwards
taken to the custom house and ex
posed to the public alongside of the
body of General Hodriguez, the Villa
bandit chief who was executed near
Madera in Chihuahua last week. Col.
Enrique Cfsneros. who was captured
at the same place and time as Baca
valles, is being marched overland to
Juarez along with eight of Ms fol-j
lowers, who were also taken prisoner.
The Carranza authorities have stated
that he "ill be executed upon his ar
rival at Juarez.
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SILIES ISSUE 1
GREECE
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BERLIN, Jan. 18. — A dispatch re-[
ceived here today from Sofia by the
Overseas News Agency states that the
allied diplomatic representatives at j
Athens have presented the Greek for- j
eign office with an ultimatum. The;
allies demand that Greece give the,
ministers and consuls of the central t
powers their passports within forty- j
eight hours. If this is not done the j
allies threaten to take active military
this vicinity are diligently plying
their demands. They claim that
their operations in SaloniW are ham
pered by the presence of the Teuton
ambassadors at Athens.
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CORPORATION DISSOLVES.
The Northern Meat Company has
made application to the secretary of
Alaska for dissolution as a corpora-,
tion, but will continue to do business
nt the old stand, with James Smith
and Ered Glasbrenner as partners.
SHERIFF RAIDS
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II SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Jan. 18. — The Rainier
Club was raided by the sheriff of
King county today and large quanti
ties of alcoholic beverages were
seized. The action of the officials
created a sensation, and a largo crowd
gathered and watched the officers
carry out case after case of bottled
goods, load them into the patrol wa
gons and take them off to the police
station. The officials of the club are
indignant at the action of the sheriff
and claim that the organization was
in no way violating the prohibitory
law.
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DEFENCE
WASHINGTON. Jan. IS. — Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Gabor, today addressed
the meeting of the National Civic
Federation in this city. He spoke at
length on the relations between capi
tal and labor, and discussed the la
bor movement with reference to the
interests of the United States. Speak
ing of the present administration's
program for increased national de
fence, Gompers asserted that his or
ganization was behind the President
in his efforts for preparedness, hut
said he would insist upon representa
tives of the labor movement being
called into council and given seats in
all bodies which would decide the
national defence problems. He said
that the workingmen was the back
bone of the nation, quoted the Euro
pean war as showing tlie immense im
portance of skilled workers to a vic
torious war, and asserted that the
United States should set an example
and protect itself by learning what
the workingman's idea of defence was
and thereby gaining their support in
the movement.
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ATHENS, Jan. 18. — The Turks
have removed four hundred guns from
the Gallipoli peninsula and have
brought them to Xanthi, a town in
Turkey, near the Greek border, east
of the British lines aroijnd Salonikt.
It is believed that the central powers
will soon move in an attack on the
allied positions at Saloniki, and that
the Turks will send a large force of
men and guns to assist in the move
ment. The Teutons and thel- Bul
garian allies have assembled 120,000
troops at Gievgeli, near the frontier,
and the main attack will be directed
from this point, being driven along
the line of the railroad running to Sa
lonika
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GIVES UP HOMESTEAD.
The Juneau land office has been
notified of the relinquishment by M.
A. Green of a claim of land covered
with soldier’s script at the Juncture
of Stillwater and Bering river, in the
Bering river coal fields.
FORMER BRITISH OFFICIAL1
DIES IN LONDON
LONDON, Jan. 18. — Arnold Mor
rey, former postmaster-general of the
empire, died here today after a long
illness. Morrey was instrumental In
developing the British postal service
to a high standard and devoted con
siderable of his time when In office
to perfecting the government opera
tion of the telephone and telegraph
lines.
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com UPHOLDS
The
supreme court of the United States
today handed down a decision set
tling several important questions in
volved in the operation of the work
men's compensation law of the state
of Washington. The court held that
the statute abolished all damage ac
tions in the courts by workmen em
ployed in hazardous employments cov
ered by the law, whether these actions
were brought against the employers
or against third persons. The court
was unanimous in its decision on the
disputed points. This decision is con
trary to the wishes of the workmen,
who claimed in certain cases to be
still able to bring suits in the courts
and recover damages as assessed by
a jury, rather than take the stated
amount set forth in the Workmen’s
Compensation Act.
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PIECES
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PETERSBURG, Alaska, Jan. IS. -
The schooner Volante. which was be j
ing towed from Petersburg to Sitka j
j by the power boats Penguin and Cljoa.
j parted her tow lines in a violent wind
storm near Cape Ommenmay. The
crew of the Volante were on board at
the time, but the ship, being helpless
and driving shoreward, the crew took
to the lifeboats. They had an excit
ing experience, as the small bfiats!
were nearly swamped several times!
before they were picked up by the
power boats. When last seen the Vo
lante was fast drifting on the shore
rocks, and it is felt that she is a total
loss, as she probably pounded to
pieces on the rocks. She had six j
thousand dollars in herring and fish
ing equipment on board at the time
of the accident. The lost vessel wos
owned by the Pacific Mild Cure Com
pany, of Seattle.
YAKUTAT COMMISSIONER WANTS
TO BE LAWYER.
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E. A. Masmussen, former United
States commissioner at Yakutat, re
signed and went to the States and
took a course in law. He recently
applied for admission to the bar in
the First division. The iast legisla
ture passed a law that no attorney
could be admitted to the bar in Alas
ka unless he had practised five years.
Judge Jennings, in view of past work
of Mr. Rasmussen and that he hus now
thoroughly become versed in the law,
declared there was no reason why he
should not be allowed an examination.
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Purser Thomas Kehoe is not on the
Admiral Evans this trip, and his
friends do say that a little family
matter has detained him in Seattle,
and next time he visits us he will be
open for congratulations.
B. F. Watson, general agent for the
Alaska-Pacific Navigation Company,
whose headquarters have been moved
from Seward to Seattle, arrived in
Cordova today on the steamer Ad
miral Evans, lie is making the round
trip, and as he was but recently mar
ried is receiving the congratulations
of his many northern friends. Mrs.
Watson did not accompany hint on this
trip, but will do so a month or two
later.
When asked as to the latest steam
ship news, Mr. Watson beamed and
stated that the Admiral line was keep
ing pace with the development of
Alaska, and had made all arrange
ments to greatly increase its service.
He said:
“Beginning March 5 we will have a
weekly service to and from Alaskan
ports. The Admiral Watson will soon
be ready for the route, and our pas
senger steamers will leave Seattle
every seven days, sailing from the
Sound every Sunday morning at It
o'clock. The Admiral Farragut will
not be taken off the northern run,
thus we will have besides the Farra
gut and Admiral Evans and Admiral
Watson serving southeastern and
southwestern Alaska. Some time dur
ing May the two new freighters the
company purchased in the east, the
Admiral Sebree and Admiral Clark,
will be sent to the Pacific, and short
ly after arrival will enter the north
ern trade.”
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NEW YORK. Jan. 17. — Both civil
and naval investigators are searching
for the causes of the explosion on the
Cnited States submarine E-3, which
resulted so fatally last Saturday. Both
classes of investigators say that the
trouble was entirely due to neutral
causes, and that no outside agencies
were implicated in the matter. Three
of the six enlisted men who were in
jured are still in a critical condition
at the hospital, but the four injured
civilians are fast recovering. The
civilian employees were expert work
men, acquainted with the motor and
its power, and they state that they
noticed no unusual odor before the ex
plosion, although it is intimated that
there should have been such au odor
if the trouble occurred from neutral
causes.
ALLIED FLEETS
ATHENS, Jail. 18. — The ships of
>oth the English ami French fleets in
his vicinity are diligently pi yink
heir way in and around the various
ittle hays and indentations which
nark the Greek coast, as it is believed
hat the Germans have concealed sub
narine bases in this neighborhood. It
s thought that the Austriau subina
Ines which have been attacking ships
u the Mediterranean are being sup
died with the necessary fuel from a
loint in Greece.
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