fir. THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES rflzf
(ONLY CORDOVA PAPER WITH ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES)
VOLUME ONE. NUMBER THREE. GORpOVAj ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER i, 1914 PRICK TEN CENTS.
OFFENSIVE MOVE PLANNED BY ALLIED ARMY -
CLAIM BATTLE OF LODZ WAS GREAT RUSSIAN VICTORY I
IMPORTANT HUM MOVEMENT IS
EXPECTED TD TAKE PLACE IN
THE NEAR FUTURE
LONDON, Dec. 4—The war office this morning announced
that indications point to another German attack on the Allies
along the line in Belgium and France. The Germans arc* con
centrating their forces at strategic points and are evidently
planning a whirlwind rush of the allies to reach the coast.
The authorities, however, state that the* lines of the allies arc*
practically impregnable*, and that the artillery of the allies is
superior to that of the Germans. As a consequense it is said
there is no fear of a successful sortie by the Germans.
The military authorities have redoubled the stricture on
press reports of tin* war. The censors are cutting out every
reference to the movements of the troops, and this is believed
1o indicate that important movements are about to be made in
France and Belgium, probably a stiff offensive movement
against the Germans.
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R M IN
LONDON, Dec. 4—Tlie Russians are steadily pressing the
siege of Cracow, and are slowly closing in on the city. They
now hold the heights about three miles from the fortress de
fending the city, and the town is apparently doomed.
If Cracow falls into the hands of the Russians it will mean
a complete revision of the German plan of campaign in the east.
The Germans will la* compelled to withdraw their troops from
Poland to defend Silesia from invasion by the Russians, as with
the fall of Cracow practically the last line of defence between
thebordef and interior Germany and Austria will he in Russian
hands, and these countries will have to depend upon the efforts
of the army to repell the invaders.
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LONDON, Dec. 4—The Brit.oh army has passed through
an historical ordeal.
Raked by shrapnel, pounded by big guns, called on to face
terrible bayonet charges, harrasscd from above and below, by
bombs andmines, sorely outnumbered, in places by four to one,
General French's ^contemptible little Army," has, novel the
less, won through; we have held our own, and have even pene
trated further into Flanders, writes a correspondent to the Mail
from Calais.
The German offensive has crumbled away into stalemate,
but the Empire should know that the victory of Yprcs—for a
victory it is—has been purchased at a price as high as any pre
viously recorded in British battle history.
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PARIS, Doe. 4 The full story of the first action in which
the London Scottish have taken part since they have been in
France forms a page of mingled heroism and tragedy. This
fine corps, one of the “crack ’ regiments of Territorials, has
won its spurs, and has earned undying fame for tin* whole
Force which it typified—but it has paid the price.
The regiment marched out nearly 1,200 strong. The only
Germans who got to close quarters with the London Scottish lie
stretched on the bloddv field of Messines, bayonetted.
OFFICIAL BULL LTIN ISSUED IN PARIS
CLAMS IMPORTANT CAINS FOR
ALLIES IN BELGIUM
PARIS, Dec. 4- —An official report issued by the war office
this afternoon claims important gains by the allies. he bul
letin states that the fighting in Belgium has been im nittent
and without particularlar feature except a spirited c loading
near Ypres. It states further that “at Vermelles we are arc
organizing on ground taken from tin* enemy, and in Argomn
we have repulsed several spirited German infantry attacks, in
dieting severe losses upon the attackers.
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PARIS, Dec. 4 -Sharp artillery exchange was a market
feature of the fighting in East Flanders today. I he infant! \
firing was very slight.
Spend Holidays Outside.
Dr. Hale will bo an outgoing pas
senger on the Mariposa, and will spend
the holidays with his mother in Seat
tle.
MOTHER LIE TO
E
James J. Godfrey, president of the
Mother Bode Mines Co., was an ar
rival today from the property of the
Company near Kennecott.
Mr. Godfrey reports a new strike
of considerable magnitude, which was
made recently on the Marvelous lode.
The strike was made in a tunnel 360
feet north of the Intersection of the
Marvelous crosscut with the ledge,
and at a vertical depth of 800 feet.
A ledge 25 feet In width was opened^
eight feet of which is the rich cop
per glance which has made this mine
and the Bonanza, owend by the Alas
ka Syndicate, the wonders of the
world. Work on the new tunnel was
started on November 15, and the vein
was tapped a few days ago. Mr. God
frey states that a drift will be run
from the Petersburg Tunnel along the
vein to intersect if possible the newly
uncovered vein, although he is of the
opinion that it Is an independent fls
UI1PG
Mr. Godfrey is very optimistic over
the property, and states that the pres
ent force of 35 men will be largely in
creased in the near future, and that
several thousand tons of the rich ore
will be minSd and shipped if the cop
per market remains at its present
status. A large quantity of ore is
already on the dump and will be ship
ped out to the smelter just ns soon as
sufficient snow falls to afford good
sledding to the railroad.
Mr. Godfrey’s visit to town is on
business connected with the mines,
and ho will return in a few days to
the interior.
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CORDOVA BOY APPEARS
IN EMPRESS PICTURES
The Pathe Weekly on tonight's pro
gram at the Empress gives some fine
views of the Eight Oared Inter-collegi
ate boat race at Poughkeepsie which
was won by Cloumbta. It will be re
membered that one of our own Cor
dova boyB, Norman Bratton, rowed
with the wining crew.
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Former Cordovan Visiting Sister
Mrs. Walbank and child of Nani
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mo are visiting the former's sister,
Mrs. John Day. Mrs. Walbank was
formerly Miss Nellie Neville and
resided at Cordova for some time be
I for she was married, and has a large
circle of friends here.
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LOCAL JOTTINGS.
Norman McKay and W. H. Owens,
of Fairbanks came in on the train this
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afternoon from the interior.
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George Fawcett, of 8. Blum & Go’s
store, will leave on the next boat for
Valdez. He will return in a few dajs
and remain here during the winter.
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Fagle hall tomorrow night Ladles
free. Everybody welcome to have a
good time. No factions or classes.
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A large number of young folks have
arranged a skating pinny for Eyak
Lake tonight.
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The man who sprinkles a few ashes
on especially sidewalks is doing a ver>
humane act.
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A great variety of attractive Christ
‘ mas cards at E. A. Hegg’s.
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Advertising Buys In the Times
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4—Signor
Peruglnl, husband of Lillian Russell,
and formerly a well known opera sing
er, died this morning. Signor Peru
ginl was Miss Russell's third husband.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 4—Rube Mar
quard, the famous pitcher of the New
York National league team, signed
with the Brooklyn Federal league to
day. Walter Johnson, pitcher of ihe
Washington team, and who is said by
many to be the greatest pitcher in the
world, signed with the Chicago Fed
erate yesterday. The amount of John
son's salary for the coming year is
not made public, but is stated to be
the largest ever paid to a ball player.
A a meeting of the stockholders of the
Chicago Federal Association yester
day the capital was increased to $400,
000.
WILL CLEANUP
ABOUT 1150,000
The output from the Dawson-Nuttcr
mine on Crow Creek will be $150,000
next year according to the Seward
Gateway. Since Mie close of the
sluicing season they have taken out
200,000 feet of logs to be ready for
the saw mill that will be erected next
spring. They have also excavated a
bye path for the river which will
carry the »*atire waters of the river
for 4,000 feet and leave the present
channel dry. This bye path repre
sents a cost of $20,000. The prospect
ing which they have recently done
shows that the pay dirt runs seven
dollars and sixty one cents to the yard
and was measured up by Engineer
Newsome who was there representing
the Guggenheims. They also started
a water power plant this fall.
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PREPARING APARTMENTS
FOR COMING BRIDE
ChrisJohnson is busily engaged in
fixing up apartments In the Recep
tion Rumor says that Chris Is
about to take unto himself a bride
and that th* y. ang lady will arrive
here before Chris, 'as, being now or
her way here from -"’openhagen.
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TRAIN FROM CHITINA
IN THIS AFTERNOON
A regular train from Chitina carat
in Mils afternoon at 2 o’clock witi
a number of passengers, the lnterioi
mail and five cars of ere from tin
Bonanza mine.
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Winners of Sofa Pillows
Mias Anna Webb and Guy Higglu
son were the lucky winners of the sofi
nillows raffled off at Clayson’s yes
Club variety. The other handsonn
pillows displayed in the store windov
are alBO to be raffled,
James Cassidy nnd wife, and Mrs
Gray, mother of Mrs. Cassidy, wer
arrivals'in town on today’s train.
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T. J. Robertson an<J Tom Pattersor
of McCarthy, wore arrivals in tow
this afternoon, they are registered a
the Rainier Grand.
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A man of the trade is the one t
deal with.—OSBORNE BROS.
School Board Meeting.
The regular meeting of the Cordova
School Board will be held this even
ing at the office of the Chairman of
the board, A. J. Adams, at 7:30.
HISTORICAL TALK
TO PUPILS BY
I
The fifth in the series of talks to
the school children which have been
arranged by the school teacheds was
given this morning. The speaker was
Bdward F. Medley^ and his subject
was, The Historical Points of Inter
est in and around Boston.
The speaker emphasized the fact
that the history of Boston in large
part meflns the history of our country,
and brought out the facts and places
which concerned the pre-revolutionary
days, and the beginning of that war.
The battles of Lexington and Con
cord, Bunker Hill, and the siege of
Boston were commented on.
The first public school in the United
States was founded In Boston and the
first institution of higher education,
Harvard College, was also founded by
the Puritans. The address was listen
ed to with close attention by the child
ren. and the story told by Mr. Medley
brought hack to their mind, many
inuigs uiey naci learnea in reading
about the revolution. Reference was
was made to the house of the many
literary men who have lived in Itoston
such ns Longfellow, Whittier, Thor
eau, Emerson and Lowell, and the
fact that their homes and places as
sociated with them, had been preserv
ed for the benefit of future genera
tions to inculcate in our people n
reverence for them as figures in his
tory, as well as our soldiers and war
riors, was told to the scholars.
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PRACTICALLY NO SNOW
ALONG RAILROAD LINE
Trainmen report that there is no
snow along the line, and that while
there was a lighi snow fall in Chitina
last night it was fine and fell to no
depth. There Is little more than 6
inches of snow in that vicinity and
practically none along the line this
side of that town. I^ast year the
rotaries were in operation along the
road on November 24.
Fishing in the Lake.
Anton Eide of the Alaska Road
Commission, and Attorney Capers, of
the Copper River road, went fishing
through the ice on Eyak lake yes
terday for trout and whi c-fish. As
they did not display their catch on
their return It Is believed their luck
was not of the best.
LOCAL JOTTINGS.
Albert Faker and E. Williams, ot
Fairbanks, were among the arrival?
from the interior on the train this al
. ternoon.
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F. J. MeOroskey and J. Matthews
of Koyukuk, came from the interim
on the train this afternoon and arc
registered at the Windsor.
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There will be a train leaving foi
-Chitlnn and Kennecott tomorrow
morning.
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The next meeting of the Ohnmbei
of Commerce will not he held tinti
' Monday evening, December 14.
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Coasting on the sidestreets is a popu
Ur sport these days for the young
sters.
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1 Frer.ii shipments of corn on the col
at Kinney’s.
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3 Alt the news all the time in th
Daily Times—Get It now.
CLAIMS BATTLE OF LOO/ WAS GREAT
Y--SECRETRDPHIES
PETROORAI), Dec. 4—The Boerse Gazette, in an account
of the battle of Lodz, claims that the engagement resulted in
a great victory for the Russian army. A large number of Ger
man prisoners fell into the hands of the Russians, together with
several batteries of field artillery and a number of machine guiu
A correspondent of the Gazette states that lie -. u. u,0
Russian success are now being brought into Lodz.
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LONDON, Dec. 4—-An English lady has just returned from
Berlin, where she has been living under tolerably normal con
ditions since the war started. She received letters from Eng
land and wrote them almost as if the war were non-existent.
Berlin is a dumping ground for rumors. Almost ever>
member of the Royal Family has been killed and brought to
life again, some of them more than once. Victories an* report
ed daily and cause momentary excitement, but the constant
(juastions asked of all who have come back from the front or
have special information are these: “How far are we from
Paris!” “How far are we from Calais?”
- Amid all this crowd of rumors the English lady could only
votieh for the truth of one: “It is absolutely true,” she said,
“that the Kaiser’s hair has turned white since the war began!”
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A WOMAN'S mss OF WELCOME
PARIS, Doe. 4—Tlu* Petit Parisian publishes an interesting
diary of a young woman resident of Armentieres, who from hour
to hour recorded her irapjressions of the tweleve days’ Ger
man occupation.
When the Germans arrived she made a vow that slie would
kiss the first French soldier who came to the relief of the town.
She describes how she nearly had to kiss an Englishman, for it
was the British who relieved Armentieres, only ‘‘I found a
French sergeant at the head of the British troops acting as
their interpreter, and it was him, I kissed to the shouts of ‘Hip,
hip, hurrah’ by the Englishmen, while the British officers salut'
ed and complimented me.”
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GERMANS DENY FRENCH GAINS
BERLIN, Dec. 4—An official report issued today says that
French attacks upon the German positions in Flanders have
been repulsed repeatedly, as have also French attacks at Al
tkirche, in Alsace. Emperor William arrived here today for
a short stay in Berlin.
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NO SIGN OF ENEMY
CARGOW, Dec. 4—A British airship is constantly flying
over the Sinai peninsula. There is no sign of the enemy.
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BRUSSELS WAR INDEMNITY.
AMESTERDAM, Dec. 4—A telegram received from Ber
lin states that after long negotiations the war indemnity for
the city of Brussels has been fixed at £1,800,000 instead of the
£8,000,000 at first demanded; £100,000*18 to be paid weekly.
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CANADIAN WAR HOSPITALS.
LONDON, Dec. 4—The Queen’s Canadian Military Hospit
al which has been establish by the Canadian War Contingent
| Association, in co-operation with the Canada Lodge of Free
masons, at Beacbborough Park, Shomcliffe, is now fully occu
pied by wounded British and Belgian soldiers.
FRANCE gIlsIoyToTEIGHTEEN
TOPHESENTTHENISELI/ESF0R
MILITARY TRAINING
BORDEAUX, Dec. 4—The war department today issued
■ an order calling out boys from 18 years up to report for military
training on December 20. It is anticipated that tin* call will
bring together 200,000 new soldiers for the fighting line. The
' calling out of these youths, together with the strict censorship
that is being maintained in France and England is believed to
indicate that the nllies are preparing fo ra great offensive
movment in the near future.