The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUMEONE. NUMBER262. CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1915. * 1*1.' 1< I' 1 1( EX IS.
BULGARIA JOINS TEUTONS IN WAR
Italians bombarding Austrian city
ALLIED AEROPLANES RAID GHENT
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LONDON, Oct. 14—Bulgaria formally declared war upon
Serbia yesterday and immediately commenced hostilities by the
inauguration of artillery tiring on'the Serbian positions across
the border. Both sides have prepared for this evntualitv, and
the border. Both sides hav eprepared' for this eventuality, and
Serbin guns.
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GENEVA, Oct. 14—The Austrian city of Gorizia, or Gor
itz, as it is sometimes called, on-the east bank of the Izonso, is
ready to fall into the hand of the Italians, who are now bom
barding the stronghold with heavy guns, which will be follow
ed by infantry attacks. The Italians have been slowly but
steadily drawing their net around the city for months, and its
capture will seriously endanger the remaining Austrian posi
tions on the Izonso, and facilitate the advance on Trieste.
AMESTEpDAM, Oct. 14—All the German hangars in
Ghent and' their contents, containing airships and supplies,
were destroyed by a fleet of French and British airships which
successfully raided the city and dropped numerous bombs upon
the Germans. The allied airmen descended upon the city in
their new formation of mass attack, and hundreds of bombs
were dropped.
PARIS, Oct. 14—Russia will be fighting in the Balkans to
morrow and will take up the defi of Bulgaria by bombarding
the Bulgarian *ports on the Black Sea, and’probablv an army of
invasion will be landed. It is rumored that a great number ot
Russian transports loaded with troops are being convoyed by
the Russian Black Sea fleet in the direction of Bulgaria.
PARIS; Oct. 14—The allies are prepared to send sutlicieiit
troops into Serbia to resist the invasion of that country against
both the Teutons and the Bulgarians. Enough troops are now
under arms so that they can be spared without seriously im
pairing the efficiency of the army fighting in northern France.
The capital of Serbia has been removed to Monystir.
ATHENS, Oct. Oct. 1-1—Hostilities between Serbia and
Bulgarians commenced yesterday with an attack on the Serbian
positions south of Seaitchar. The Serbians repulsed the ene-t
my, inflicting heavy losses on the invading forces.
ATHENS, Oct. 14—The new premier Zaimis officially an
nounced' yesterday that Greece would pursue a policy of armed
neutrality in the present Balkan crisis. The premier assured
all the belligerents that the interests of his country were con
trary to that of the combatants and that Greece would strike
only in defense of her own rights.
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BERLIN, Oct. 14—The war office issued an official bulle
tin yesterday stating that the Teuton advance from Belgrade,
the capital of Serbia, had commenced.
LONDON, Oct. 14—It is reported'here that the Kaiser has
left Berlin and has gone to General Von Mackensen’s head
quarters in Serbia, and will remain with they there until the
object of the Teutonic invasion has been accomplished.
TOKIO, Oct. 14—The reports that .Japan will send troops
to Europe to aid her allies are growing stronger, and it is now
stated tfcat the troops will be sent into the Balkans to aid the
Russians in invading Bulgaria, and attacking the enemy of
Serbia from the rear.
Copper ore from the Bonanza and Jumbo mines at Kenne
cott is piling u]> in Cordova so rapidly that tin* care <J it is
becoming a serious-problem, on account of tin* lack of carrying
freighters to transport it to the Tacoma smelter.
There is at the present time thirty-four cars of this high
grade ore on the ocean dock and' twenty-nine cars of high ore
and fourteen cars of slime stacked in the railroad yard. On
tomorrow’s train thre will be sixteen more care of glance
brought here.
Today’s market quotations show that copper has advanced
to IS Vi cents per pound, with a steadily increasing demand for
this metal, and Cordova enjoys the distinction of being the
leading copper export port of the world. Tlu1 average person
cannot fully appreciate the value of the ore shipped from lien.*,
unless they make a careful examination into the facts.
The seventy-nine caijs of copper glance, awaiting ship
ment, represents 3,500 tons, which runs seventy per cent cop
per. This makes 2,488 y* tons of pure copper and at a selling
price of 181/> cents per pound is worth $940,745. Ihe fourteen
'ears of slime are worth $40 a ton and the supply stored here has
a value of $28,000. This makes $968,745 worth of copper ore
sacked and piled in Cordova ready for shipment to the smelter.
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Special to The Times By Associated Press.
PARIS, Oct. 14—It is reporeed here that the diplomatic
defeat in the Balkans of Sir Edward Grey, the British foreign
minister, will force Grey to resign his portfolio. The British
public is keenly disappointed over t lie turn affairs have taken,
and they feel that not only should Grey have been able to con
vince Greece to live up to its treaty obligations with Serbia, but
! that also the failure to keep Bulgaria neutral was an unforgive-i
able error.
PARIS, Oct. H—Foreign Minister Deleasse has resigned
| from the cabinet as a result of the critcism over the failure of
1 the allied diplomacy in the Balkans. The resignation has been
accented, and his successor is now under consideration_ j
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ALLIES ON OFFENSIVE IN FRANCE
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AMESTEEDAM, Oct. 14—The allies on the western front
hav£ started a new drive at the German lines in the Artois and
Champagne regions. 1 he allies plan to continue then offen
sive, and to keep the Teutons busy so as to prevent the with
drawal of lilen from the western front for the purpose of assist
ing the invasion of Serbia. Troops have been taken from the
eastern front for that purpose, and also from the fighting along
the Italian border, but the French and English are determined
to force tin* Germans to keep their war strength on France at its
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British Submarines Does Some Torpedoing.
ATHENS, Oct. 14—The activities of the British sub
marines in the Sea of Marmora is increasing. "Yesterday one
. of the submersibles penetrated into the Bosphorus successfully
eluding all the traps set by the Turks and torpedoiug some of
j the shipping. The submarine returned in safety to its base.
Sultan Says Massacre Armenians Will Cease.
ROME, Oct. 14—Word was received by the Pope today in
‘answer to the Pontiff’s letter of intercession to the Turkish
monarch on behalf of the Armenians. The Sultan assured the
Pope that the massacres of the Armenians would be stopped. '
DEFENSE PUN
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14—A prelim
inary canvas of both houses of Con
ss shows that both the Senate and
House are in favor of the Adminis
trations plans for a large increase in
the navy ^y the construction of all
classes df war ships. The larger de
fense plah is meeting with practically
unanimous approval of the editors
from all over the country, and is es
pecially warmly welcomed by the Pa
cific coast, where the people have been
agitating for years for a larger Paci
fic fleet. .j ^ [j*. ..
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CITY PUEBLO ON
ML TRIP
CORDOVA
SEATTLE, Oct. 14—The Alaska
Steamship Company’s new liner, the
City of Pueblo, sailed Tuesday night
for Southwestern Alaska. Her Cor
dova passengers were W. S. Smith,
Mrs. G. King, Nels Hawkinson and
E. Wilde.
NEW YORK, Oct. 14—The trial oi
the directors of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroa i under a
criminal charge of manslaughter foi
the killing of passengers in various
train wrecks was commenced in this
city today. The filling of the jury
box commenced and is proceeding
slowly, as all the uanels are subjected
to an exhaustive examination to dis
close bias by the railroad attorneys.
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INSTRUMENTS ARE FILED
IN LOCAL PATENTS GRANTEE
The mineral patents granted to Al.
Lowe, Wm. Boswell and Jennie Dal
ton for the Comet and Juneau frac
tions and to AL Lowe and Jennie
Dalton for the Bear claim, have beer
placed of record in the local record
' mg office. This is the ground thai
was in litigation for several years be
fore the district court and on July 11
the General Land office gave title t<
game to the above named parties.
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EVANS DUE IN CORDOVA
EARLY TOMMORROW MORNINC
The steamer Admiral Evans lef
Juneau at 6 o’clock yesterday morning
and as she does not stop at \akuta
on this trip, is due in Cordova earl;
tomorrow morning. The Evans ii
bringing the passengers, mail and ex
press from the wrecked steamer Mari
posa.
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The Cordova Volunteer Fire De
partment meets tonight and a full at
f ' tendance of the members is desired.
ALASKAN'S PLAN
Oeorge Max Esterly has an Ingen
ious plan for routing the enemy from
Ihe trenches in the European war. He
says that water is more effective than
powder and having had considerable
pxperi°nce in mining knows whereof
he speaks. According to his idea the
expense would be comparatively
small in comparison with the vast
sums of money that are being shot
away by the artillery and the results
would be more effective.
Mr. Esterly says that, on his min
ing claims in the N'izina district that
under an eighty pound working press
ure he can throw a six inch stream of
water two hunderd feet. He believes
that if giants were placed in the tren
ches, say 500 feet apart, or ten to the
mile, that with ten inch ncrzles. under
200 pound pressure, enough water
could be sent into the camp of the ene
my with sufficient force to not only
flood and bury the troops, but also to
clear the ground and put it hack into
condition for agricultural purposes.
If lakes are available a hydro- eh- trie
plant could he installed, but if not 'he
power could be transmitted from any
distance necessary. These plants,
Mr. Esterly argues, would be useful
even after the war ends, whereas ail
the powder and shells now used are a
total monetary loss.
Of course it remained for an Alas
kan to devise some new, effective an<?
inexpensive kind of warfare for the
Europeans to adopt in case they want
to end the present war in a hurry.
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REGDGNIZE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14—The re
cognition of the Carranza government
in Mexico by the United States was
considered yesterday, and while no
information has been disclosed as to
the result it is rumored that Lansing
is preparing an official recognition of
Carranza which will be made public
today.
EL PASO, Oct. 14—General Villa
is seizing all the money and property
of foreigners in the State of Chihua
hua. Foreign residents of all nation
alities are being despoiled, and are
being ousted from their ranches and
mines.
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ADMIRAL LINE DICKERING
FOR TWO STEAMERS
While probably nothing will come of
it. President H, Alexander, of the
Paeific-Alaska Navigation Company
has submitted a proposal to the Paci
fic Coast Company to purchase their
steamships Governor and President,
with the intention of placing them on
the Southwestern Alaska run. The
Governor and President are in the
Seattle-San Francisco service.
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Moose Meeting Thursday Night.
A regular meeting of 'he Loyal
Order of Moose will be held at F.agle
hall, Thursday night, at 8 o’clock.
Important business.
J. E. WAV. Secretary.