Cordova Daily Times
Member of Associated Press — Day and Night Telegraphic Service
VOL III. NO. 255. - CORDOVA, ALASK^E^ffiSDAY, MAY 15, 1918. ~ ~ PRICE TEN CENTS
ALASKA OIL LANDS
WILL REDEVELOPED
WASHINGTON, May 15. — The
house committee on public lands yes
terday authorized a favorable report
on the administration oil lands leas
ing bill, after eliminating tho section
authorizing the President to take
over interests engaged in prospect
ing on the public domain whenever
the public interest would seem to re
quire It.
The bill authorizes the exploitation
of coal, oil and gas lands, exclusive
of coal measures reserved, and ap
plies to public lands In Alaska.
Liberal to Alaskans
The committee report says that
Alaska should be given liberal con
cessions in the matter of oil develop
ment, because of lack of markets, cli
matic conditions and transportation
obstacles which obtain in the far-off
territory.
ARMS STORED IN AMERICA
TO GERMANIZE COUNTRY
NEW YORK, May 14.—Reports that
thousands of rifles recently were
imported from the Krupp works at
Essen to Germanize the United
States were related at an inquiry in
to the rumors of the hoarding of
arms by German interests in this
country.
One witness credited the reports to
James Crossley, who said that a mil
lion rifles had been imported via the
Hoboken docks to the German Steam
ship Company, and that they were to
be used in this country if the Ger
man forces in France succeeded in
reaching the channel ports.
The inquiry is being conducted by
Merton E. Lewis, state attorney gen
eral.
Statements to the effect that one
million Mauser rifles, machine guns
and ammunition were being held for
German account will be inquired in
to and an effort will be made to deter
mine if the reports have any founda
tion Jn fact.
SEATTLE, May 14.—The bureau of!
fisheries will hold a hearing here on j
Friday next to determine whether
salmon canneries should be permit
ted on the lower Yukon river in
Alaska.
The plan has met with vigorous
opposition from the residents of the,
Yukon Valley, who say the depletion
of the salmon run will be a serious
• blow to the people of Interior Alaska,
who depend upon dog teams for trans
portation for a large portion of the
year, and that salmon is depended
upon for dog feed.
The situation related in the above
dispatch arises from the plan of the
Carlisle Packing Company of Cordova
to establish a cannery for salmon at
Andreafsky, at the mouth of the river
of that name, which empties into the j
Yukon about 100 miles from itsj
mouth. The warehouse buildings and
hotel of the old N. A. T. and T. Co.,
long in disuse, have been secured by
this company, and last summer a
force of men was engaged in putting
them in condition, driving piles for
new buildings and for traps, and pre-1
paring for work on an extensive
scale.
The missions at Holy Cross, Nula-j
to, Anvik and other places on the
Yukon are understood to have pro
tested to Washington, and the result
was that work was stopped temporar-j
ily.
Ths spring a force of men left Cor
dova for the purpose of resuming
construction work and going ahead
with the plans of the company. They
were to build at Fairbanks or some
point on the Tanana river a number
of boats to be used in fishing opera
tions on the lower Yukon, and were
to be ready to follow the ice down
the Yukon after the break-up.
The man in charge of the party
stated while in Cordova that the com
pany had been authorized from Wash
ington to proceed with the enterprise.
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DROWNING VICTIM’S
BODY RECOVERED
An unidentified body of one of the
Pioneer clam diggers, who was
drowned several weeks ago, was
found on the beach near Strawberry
Point.
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BEAULIEU, France, May 14.—
Janies Gordon Bennett, proprietor of
the New York Herald, died here to
days.
Mr. Bennett was born in New York
city on May 10, 1841. and on the
death of his father succeeded to the
editorship of the New York Herald
and its Paris edition.
When seventy-three years old, in
1914, he married in Paris the Baron
ess de Reuter, widow of George Ju
lius de 'Reuter, a son of the founder
of Reuter’s, Limited, a British tele
graphic news service. The Baroness
was then about forty years old and
the mother of two children. She was
formerly an American, Maud Potter,
daughter of John Potter ot Philadel
phia.
On the day before his marriage,
Mr. Bennett was baptized in the Epis
copal church.
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LONDON, May 14.—The Associat
ed Pres has been officially informed
that the statement sent from Ottawa
on Sunday last, to the effect that an
announcement that the American
army would not be used on the west
ern front until it became a complete
and powerful force, was due to an er
ror, which has now been corrected.
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CLAM DIGGERS
WILL ARBITRATE
The clam diggers from the Pioneer
Company held a conference yester
day with Food Administrator Hillery
with the resuR that most of them
have returned to work, awaiting gov
ernment adjustment of the differ
ences. There is every prospect that
the employes of the other plants will
follow a similar course. The launch
Pioneer brought in ten tons of clams
find the Sylvia, of the Lighthouse
company, two tons.
MEN 10 ME WANTED
0) EXEMPTION 00M0
Ernest Arthur Johnson, serial No.
328, order No. 128; Hans Lonnberg,
order No. 31, serial No. 121, draft re
gistrants, are requested to call on the
local board at once. Registrants
Paul Kintzele, Oscar Berg and Arne
Arneson also are requested to report
at the office of the board.
OVERMAN BILL PASSED
ID WILL BE SPED
WASHINGTON, May 15.—The long
fight over the Overman bill, which
give# the President power to reor
ganise the government departments,
was ended yesterday when the house
passed the measure unamended, and]
it now goes to President Wilson for
signature.
NO INDICATIONS OF
RENEWED OFFENSIVE
It is expected that the renewal of
the German offensive having failed to
develop, the allies will continue their
tactics of anticipating expected
thrusts by reaching new vantage
points from which they will be better
able to resist the Teutons, says the
daily summary issued by the Asso
ciated Press.
The French were the agressors in
yesterday’s operations, and they cap
tured from the Germans the woods
on the Avre river, where the Teutons
made the farthest forward advance
toward the Paris-Amiens railway.
Yesterday’s Summary
Yesterdays’s summary of the war
situation issued as follows:
Press was as follows:
“Committed as they are to a con
tinuation of the heavy fighting, the
Germans apparently are taking their
fuU time before beginning further
operations. In the past two we^f-,
the Germans have made only oue ks
termined attack. This was repulsed.
“Southwest of Ypres thfe German
guns are hurling thousands of shells
at the allied positions, but there are
no signs of infantry activity.”
General Haig’s Report
LONDON, May 15.—General Haig
' reported yesterday that in an attack
1 along a mile front near Maricneourl
j the Germans penetrated the British
positions at one place, but the Aus
tralians later recaptured the Jost posi
tion. At all other points the Ger
mans were repulsed with heavy
losses.
LONDON, May 14..—General Haig
reports that hostile artillery develop
ed some activity yesterday morning
north of Serre, and the action was
kept up during the day tai the south
ern portion of the British front and
the sector north of Kettel.
The war office official statement
says that violent artillery actions
took place In the Somme and Ancre
sectors.
Work of Americans
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN FRANCE, May 14.—The American
aviators this morning touched off a
gigantic enemy ammunition dump at
Cantigny. Two fires were started at
Montdidier, followed by numerous ex
plosions.
French Put Up Stout Resistance
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 15.—Hill 44, a small
but important elevation near Wiver
beek river and Kimmel hill, appeared
to be a source of danger to the Ger
i in*»is, and the enemy began an as
sault on Monday morning, where
they gained a hold. The latest re
ports stated that they were still cling
ing tenaciously to the rugged slopes,
although the French were pressing
them vigorously.
Surprise Attack Repulsed
PARIS, May 15.—The official state
ment issued yesterday says that inter
mittent bombardments are in pro
gress in the Grivesnes sector. The
French batteries dispersed enemy
concentrations and convoys in the
neighborhood of Montdidier. An
enemy surprise attack in Champagne
failed completely.
Today’s official statement says that
artillery activity has increased near
Moriancourt, south of Albert, and
near Kemmel hill, in Flanders.
The FTeneto attacked the Germans
kjSst HaiUes, below Amiens, captur
ing the woods on the west bank of
the Avre river. The Germans coun
ter-attacked, but were beaten off with
severe losses.
During the nght the Germans bom
larded north of Montdidier, and also
between Montdidier and Noyon.
Prepared for Expected Attack
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY, May
15.—The Germans are preparing
methodically for the resumption of
the offensive. The indications are
that they will attack between La
baRse and the front south of Amiens,
and it is probable they will launch
secondary operations simultaneously
in Flanders between Montdidier and
Noyon. But wherever they attack
ibey will find facing them the British,
French and Americans.
American Patrol Operations
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN FRANCE, May 15.—An American
patrol in Picardy met and routed a
German patrol of twenty men.
The Germans are using searchlights
and trench mortars occasionally, al
though their artillery fire is under
normal.
The enemy yesterday swept the
American front lines with machine
gu* fire, but there were no casualties.
A German Statement
BERLIN, May 15.—Strong British
attacks against the German positions
north and south of Givenchy were
repulsed yesterday with heavy losses,
says an official statement issued last
night
BARBAROUS TREATMENT OF
ITALIANS BY AUSTRIANS
WASHINGTON, May 14.—A Rome
dispatch to the Italian embassy here
says that Italian prisoners in Austria
are subjected to the most horrible
outrages. Never before in the world’s
history, it is stated, have these atro
cities been equaled.
It appears that the Austrians are
making a systematic effort to destroy
the manhood of Italy Italian prisan
ers, stripped of their clothing, are
left without food, and the wounded
remain unattended. Most of the pris
oners die of hunger and plague. Tu
berculosis also is raging, and thou
sands of consumptives fill the camps
Tuberculosis Rampant
When the condition of tho prison
ers becomes desperate the Austrians
exchange them for Austrian prison
ers, who have been treated kindly by
the Italians.
The last three hundred Italian pris
oners received in exchange for Aus
trians were all suffering from tuber
culosis in advanced stages.
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SEATTLE, May 14 —Otis B. Kent,
attorney and examiner for the United
States shipping board, will leave here
Thursday on board the Alameda for
Juneau, whore an investigation which
started here Saturday regarding
rates, regulations and practices of
the steamship lines plying between
Seattle and Alaska will be continued.
From Juneau Mr. Kent will go to
Seward, Anchorage and Cook inlet,
where he will pursue his investiga
tions.
The question of permitting Cana
dian vessels to carry freight and pas
sengers between Alaskan ports as a
war emergency measure is also being
investigated.
Mr. Kent will be accompanied by
John H. Bunch, general freight and
passenger agent; W. V. Ford, audi
tor; Judge W. H. Bogle, counsel, all
of the Alaska Steamship Company;
C. E. Flye, general freight agent;
Judge B. S. Gro8scup, general counsel
of the Pacific Steamship Company.
TO SEIZE CHANNEL PORTS
IN EFFORT TO FORCE PEACE
COPENHAGEN, May 15.—The Ger
mans still believe they will be able to
reach the English channel coast, bar
navigation of the waters of the chan
nel, and bombard the southern coast
of England. It will then be easy for
them to begin peace negotiations.
This was the statement made by a
prominent German politician, a mem
ber of the reichstag.
This authority further stated that
the German offensive had thus far
failed on account of the heavy losses
sustained by the Germans. The Ger
man high command, he said, was
waiting to obtain more artillery.
Enormous Losses
Germany had lost three million
men in killed, wounded and captured,
said the politician.
THAT ITALY DAY
BLGELEBDATED
JUNEAU. May 14.—The following
telegram from Charles E. Hughes,
president of the Ftalian-American So
ciety of New York, was received by
Governor Riggs yesterday:
“May 24, the anniversary of the
entrance of Italy into the war will
be celebrated throughout the United
States as Italy day. Everyone is
asked to write to friends in Italy on
that day as a sign of appreciation of
what Italy has done. We will hold a
mass meeting in New York to ex
press American friendship. The
President of the United States has
kindly consented to act as patron of
the celebration.”
In transmitting the contents of the
telegram to the Alaska public through
the newspapers, Governor Riggs says:
“It is my wish that this request be
complied with as fully as possible.”
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WASHINGTON, May 14.—The first
million tons of ships built on the or
der of the United States shipping
board have been completed and de
livered to the government and al
ready are qp the seas aiding to de
feat Germany.
One hundred and fifty-nine vessels,
totaling 1,108,620 tons, have been
completed up to May 1. Since Janu
ary 1 there was a delivery of more
ithan one-half the total tonnage.
The monthly totals show a steady
increase. Most of the ships deliver
ed were requisitioned on the ways or
in contract form when the United
States entered the war. These were
mostly all steel construction.
More Encouraging Figures
WASHINGTON. May 14.—Eight
steel ships, totaling 48,000 tons, were
completed during the several days
ending May 11. Fourteen were launch
ed, with a tonnage of 57,000.
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Tenderfoot Scout Edwin Bollinger
has been assigned to Red Cross head- 1
quarters for the coming week.
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SEATTLE, May 15.—Mrs. Samuel
Blum, who brought suit against the
Penn Mutual and other life insurance
companies, for resisting payment of
policies carried by Mr. Blum on the
ground that the deceased committed
suicide, was awarded a judgment it*
the federal court of $25,000, the full
amount of her suit. The jury decreed
that Mr. Blum’s death was accidental
and that the companies were liable
for the amount of the insurance. De
ceased was a prominent merchant in
Cordova and Valdez, and was subject
to dizzy spells for many months be
fore the accident, when he slipped
and fell out of his office window in
Seattle about eighteen months ago.
HALF OF CRAFT
ILL BE CALLEO
\V ASHINGTON, May 15.—Twenty
tour states and the District of Colum
bia were called upon last night by
Provost Marshal General Crowder to
furnish for the National army 151,
600 men, the movement to take place
between May 20 and May 24 and May
29 to June 2. During the five days
beginning May 25 approximately
233,000 men will be moving to the
camps, including those called for
technical duties and men specially
qualified in various occupations.
This will make a total of 366,600
men, or nearly half of the eight hun
dred thousand men expected to be
jailed this year.
CHICAGO TEAMSTERS ARE
OUT FOR RICHER WAGES
CHICAGO, May 14.—Five thousand
eamsters and truck drivers struck
tere today without warning. The
anion leaders say that fiftem thou
sand men will be out before night.
Hie men are demanding increased
vages.