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The Cordova Daily Times
Only Afternoon Paper In Alaska With Associated Press News
VOLUME 111. NUMBER 44. CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY. JANUARY 1017. PRICE TEN Cl sTS
♦ { By Associated Press) ♦
♦ NK\Y YOUK. Ian. IM. The ♦
♦ house rules couiinittee has deeid- ♦
♦ ed to turn the sear blights ini- ♦
♦ mediately upon all short deals on ♦
♦ the stoc k exchange from Decent- ♦
♦ her lo to l’ on such speculation ♦
♦ profits that were made on ad ♦,
♦ vance information regarding the ♦
♦ president s peac e note. The coni* ♦,
♦ mittee has ordered President ♦ i
♦ Noble, of the exchange, to re- ♦
♦ quire .11 member- to supply the
♦ committee forthwith a list of ail ♦
♦ transactions between the* dates ♦
♦ named. ♦ i
DANISH VESSEL
CAUGHT IN ACT
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(lly Associated I’ress.)
UK) JANKIKO. Jan. L'.'i. — The Dan
ish steamer llammershaus was fired
on by the forts and halted while try
ing to put to sea secretly alter re
ceiving a ouantitv of provisions and,
according to report, a large amount
of explosives, from (ierman ships in
terned in the harbor.
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GETS 130,000
'#" J
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE. Jan. 2.°*. Olivia D. Lar
son, who sued Robert Spencer McMil
lan, a wealthy Iditarod miner, for
damages because he already had a
wife at Prince Edward Island, when
he married Miss Larson in 11*11, was
awarded a verdict for ,ihm*.
63 KILLED 1)
400IIIJUDED
(By Associate! Press.)
LONDON, .Tan. 23. — The total
casualties from the explosion in a
chemical works on Frida night last,
as a result of a fire, is 463. Of this
number sixtv-nine employees were in
stantly killed, seventy two seriously
injured and three hundred and twen
ty-eight slightly injured.
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EFFECT WILSON S
PEACE SPEECH
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, Jan. 22. — Comment on
President Wilson's speech delivered
yesterday to the United States sen
ate, is sympathetic but skeptical.
LONDON, Jan. 22. — The Manches
ter Guardian calls Wilson’s speech to
the senate a splendid policy nobly ex
pressed, which will be received joy
fully by the people everywhere.
TEUTONS AGAIN
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN, Jan. 22. — It is officially
announced that the Teutons have re
sumed the advance in Dobrudja. The
Bulgarians crossed the southern es
tuary of tint Danube river, near Tult
cha, and held the ground taken against
the Russian attacks.
REVOLT
(By Associated Press.)
SIMLA, India, Jan. 23. — Many stor
ies have appeared at various times to
the effect that India was on the verge
of an armed revolt. Though the revo
lution has not materialized, the ques
tion of the real attitude of the people
still furnishes material for specula
tion abroad. To all outward appear
a- res the traveler today finds India
as peaceful as America, but the wat i
c;s of sedition run deep and to learn
the facts a correspondent of the As
sociated Press has interviewed many
people American residents, British
otflcials and business men, Indian sub
jects of varying rank In private life,
and conservative and radical Indian
politicians, both Mohammedan and
Hindu.
The vast majority of the 315,000,
000 inhabitants are peace loving folk
who are opposed to all ideas of revo
lutionary bloodshed. The illiterate
( lass, which forms the bulk of the pop
elation, has little or no interest in po
litics. The educated people of the
law abiding section, whether they be
ultra radical home rule advocates or
not, desire to remain a part at the
British empire, feeling that the pro
tection of (Ireat Britain is essential
to the welfare of India. Most "of them
look forward to the time when India
will occupy a position similar to that
of Canada and Australia; many assert
India is ready for the change now. hut
they all hope to achieve their aims
by peaceful methods, and in all events
do not desire a total severance from
England.
There is a certain amount of sedi
tious unrest in various sections, but
the people who harbor revolutionary
ideas are declared to be negligible in
number. The clique are more or less
independent of one another and are
composed largely of men who have
a smattering of European education.
The majority have studied with the
UIao of 4k* rr"•“*
vice. Naturally there are not enough
civil service positions to go around,
and as these men feel that having ac
quired polish, they are above return
ing to the trades of their fathers,
they find themselves without means
of making a livelihood. Eor this they
blame the government. Idleness
brings them together for discussion
of their alleged wrongs, and they
prove fertile ground for the really
educated professional agitator to work
upon.
Of the totally illiterate people great
numbers are still in the primitive
state, and their minds operate along
the same lines as did those of their
ancestors centuries ago. Their
thoughts mainly concern their stom
achs. If they have enough food to
stay their hunger and a place in the
sun they are content. The question
of who is ruling them does not bother
in the least. Many of them undoubt
edly never heard of England, or any
other place outside their own little
sphere, and it would be difficult to
in arms and oust the governing power.
In a country as vast as India there
is always a probability that local
troubles may occur. Things are quiet
at the moment, but it would be unsafe
to predict that seditionists might not
stir up feeling which would result in
local disturbances tomorrow. Such
events have occurred since the begin
ning of the war, the most pretentious
attempt having been made in the Pun
jab, as the result of a conspiracy de
veloped among the Indian emigrants
on the Pacific coast of America, large
ly in California and Oregon. Retween
five and six thousand seditionists
made their way home and into the
Punjab, where for months they vain
ly endeavored to cause general dis
affection among the Indian troops and
the people. There were murders and
other outrages, but the attempt failed,
largely because the people, having no
sympathy with the movement, volun
tarily turned to the aid of the govern
ment and helped arrest many of the
offenders.
Aside from internal affairs is the
question of the border tribesmen at
the north. These are by nature a war
like folk, and fighting is their main
business. There have been a number
of conflicts between them and the
government forces since the war be
gan, but it is declared sufficient
troops are maintained in that section
to deal with any situation.
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(1. K. Talinadge has been appointed
claim agent for the Alaska Steamship
Company, with headquarters at Se
attle.
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There will be another one of those
popular Bon Ton dances tomorrow
night at Bungalow hull.
NO BAD FOOD FOR GOTHAM!
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Photo by American Press Association.
Thousands of tons of spoiled food u:v condemned by New York's food in
spect oiM yearly, spoiled chickens belli.; thrown in the rubbish heap.
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GUILD TO ENTERTAIN
ON FRIDAY EVENING.
A basket social will be given by the
vuuneuA timra rmray e’ intnT fr’"tT
at Hegg’s Bungalow hall. A good time
is promised all. (’.iris, bring your has
kets filled with enough for two, and
put your name in the basket. It they !
are attractive on the outside no mat I
ter about the inside. Coffee will be j
served by the women of the guild.
Everybody welcome.
STB ALiSKA TO
START NORTH
FRIDAY
(By Associated Press.)
SEATTLE, Jan. lb'!. The steam
ship Alaska, which has been out of
commission since October on account
of being on the drydoek, received its
trial today with a new cylinder, and
is in better condition than ever. The
Alaska will sail north on Friday next,
relieving the Alameda, which will be
overhauled.
GERMAN PEACE
PEAN3 NOT
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2:!. It is of
ficially stated that President Wilson
has received no word from Germany,
even unofficially, that she and her
allies were willing to lay their terms
of peace, even confidentially, before
him.
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(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23. — The
withdrawal of General Pershing's out
posts in Mexico have been ordered by
the war department, with President
Wilson’s approval. It is intimated
that the main body of the troops will
move toward the border after the out
posts are withdrawn.
NOT WHEN
♦ .H'M-I.ur. .Ian. 25. The . all 4
♦ vossing board for the •< ent ter- 4‘
♦ ritorial eleetion nun iini com ♦
4 pletc its final count lor some ♦
♦ time. Accepting the 1 trial re ♦
♦ turns only in the fire, second 4
4 and third divisions :>■ ■ I tlm un- ♦
4 of fit-in 1 returns in lie imirth, 4
4 Sulzer leads by 28 ,a. The ♦
♦ board's actions are all inert to ♦
♦ revision until the fin 1 < • ■ rlifioa- ♦
♦ lion. The question oi irrcgularl- 4
♦ ties depends upon win :io : or not ♦
♦ such requirements of lav, as mat ♦
♦ be necessary to fulfill in order ♦
♦ not to open the door inr fraud ♦
♦ have been complied with *
♦ The official count in the first ♦
♦ division is completed , ml Sal ♦
♦ /rr lias a plurality ol i 1 votes ♦
♦ Sulzer polled 2295 ami Wicker ♦
4 sham 1900. 4
4 In Ihe second division Porttina ♦
♦ Lodge, Willow and I nalaklcel ♦
4- precincts are missing, and t'tica 4
♦ lias been passed. Of tlm \t,p *
♦ turned. Wickershatn hi a plural ♦
♦ ity of 194. receiving 7sx ami Sal ♦
♦ zer 594 votes. The D< ering pre ♦
♦ einct, where Wiekerslt,,m polled ♦
♦ ten votes and Sulzer six votes, ♦
♦ was protested, but is in, hided in 4
♦ these figures.
♦ in the third division, Hidalgo. ♦
♦ Granby. Granite, Landlork, La ♦
♦ touche and Bristol Bat pro, im ts 4
♦ are missing or were pa-nl ♦
♦ Here Wiokersham leads p. ^
♦ votes, the totals being Wicker ♦
♦ sham 18K:! and Sulzcr lues. +
♦ !n the fourth division the un ♦
♦ official returns give Sulzcr a lead ♦
♦ of seven. +
♦ JOHN' W TKOy. «
The above telegram " is received
this afternoon from the editor oi the
Juneau Empire, the leading Demo
cratic paper in the territory in the
missing or passed precincts in both
the second and third divisions, Wiok
ersham received a substantial plural
ity. considerably more than enough to
overcome Sulzer's lead of tsp in the
first division. In the fourth the re
turns received by the clerk of the
court only give Sulzer a plurality of
seven votes and this would make Sul
zer's plurality in the two districts he
carried -iiMi, which Includes all votes
that can be counted for him. in the
second and third divisions there are
precincts to he reckoned with that
give Wiokersham a plurality of lie
tween fifty and sixty more votes, but
from the above telegram it would ap
pear that the result of the delegate
1 election is still very much in doubt.
DEFECTS ALASKA
COMPENSATION
ACT
—
Fatal defects In Alaska’s working
men's compensation law and the
means to correct these errors are
pointed out in the following communi
cation l>y E. E. Ritchie, of Valdez, to
the Prospector. This law is of vital
importance to every man employed on
a salary and any changes made In It
by the coming legislature will receive
the closest attention by Alaskans.
The Alaska legislature of 1915 en
acted a law which purports to be a
workmen's compensation law, model
ed after the workmen's compensation
and industrial insurance laws In force
In about twenty states. It lacks, how
ever, many features of the state laws
and is particularly deficient in making
no provision for enforced settlement
nf claims out of court. Therein lies
I he fatal defect, thHt justifies the
charge that the act was never Intend
ed for any purpose but to limit the lia
bllity of mining companies. It did
not include any occupation but min
ing.
No doubt most of the legislators
who voted for this law did so In good
faith. They believed it was what Its
title alleges It to be. The legislature
which will meet next March will have
in opportunity to make it a work
men's compensation law. I have
drawn an amendment providing for
ompulsory arbitration out of court at
little expense of all claims for com
pensation by injured workmen. This
is based upon provisions of the IIli
uois and Nevada compensation acts,
ind Senator Hubbard has promised to
introduce it with any changes which
may occur to him as likely to make
it more effective. It is as follows:
"In case any question of law or fact
regarding the application of this law
irises in fixing the compensation pay
tide under its provisions which can
not be settled by agreement of the
parties, the employe and employer
•diall each select a disinterested party
to act as arbitrators, and these two
-ball select a third, or in case of their
inability to agree upon a third disln
lerested party the judge of the district
•ourt of the judicial division In which
llie injury occurs shall on request
name such third party. The persons
so named shall constitute a hoard of
irbitrators in the case and it shall tie
Hie duty of both employe and cm
plover to submit to such board within
ten days after if is constituted, all
facts or evidence in their possession
>r under their control relating to the
questions to lie determined by the ar
bitrators. Said board shall in con
sidering tlic case have access to any
books, papers or records of either the
employer or the employe which may
he material to the questions at issue,
and the members shall be empowered
to visit the place or plant where the
accident occurred, to direct the in
jured employe to be examined by one
or more regular practicing physicians
or surgeons, and to do all other acts
reasonably necessary for a proper In
instigation of all matters in dispute
"The finding of such board of ar
bitrators shall lie binding upon both
the employer and the employe except
for fraud or mistake. Provided, that
either party to such arbitration shall
h ive the right to appeal to the district
court of the judicial division where
the accident occurs by filing a peti
tion on appeal in such court within
iwemy uuys nuer rt-cei\ing a »
of the written findings and award ol
the arbitrators, and giving a bond to
lie approved by the court or judge
thereof to comply with the final d»
vision in the case. Upon such appeal
all ipiestions in dispute shall be heard
do novo, and either party may have
a jury upon filing a written demand
thereof with his petition.
"A demand for arbitration of a
claim for compensation as herein pro
vided may be served at any time by
either party upon the other, and h
shall be the duty of the party upon
which such demand may be made to
comply with the same within ten days
thereafter. In case of refusal to com
ply with such demand the party mov
ing for same shall have the right
after the expiration of ten days to
apply to the judge of the district
court of the judicial division where
th(> accident occurs to name two ar
bitrators to act yvith one named by
tile party and the three persons so
designated shall constitute the board
of arbitration in the case and they
shall proceed as if named by the par
ties. All expenses of the arbitration
shall be taxed to the employer, sub
ject to revision in the district court
of appeal."
Another amendment will propose
extension of the law to cover all haz
ardous employments in the territory,
such us railroading, sawmills, can
neries and various manufacturing
plants. The present law is considered
by many lawyers to be class legists
Hon. for the mining operators, hy tho
mining operators and of the mining
operators.
The law bo amended will be a real
compensation act. It will take away
from the courts and lawyers contro
versies over compensation < Injured •
workmen and make such cases mat
ters of business adjustment with rare'
resort to the courts on appeal. That
has been the result In the states
which have such laws.
The present Alaska law provides
that employer and employe "may" sue
in the district court. They had that
right before and the law added no
thing to It. It provides that If no
settlement Is made the employe "may"
sue In tho district court. The em
ploye had that right before, without
limitation of the amount he could re
cover. E. E. RITCHIE.
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(By Associated Press.)
WITH THE BELCH A NARMY. Bel
glum, Jan. 23. — The pride of the Bel
gian troops in holding hack the (}er
mans from further encroachment on
Belgian soil is observable immediate
ly one enters the sector occupied hy j
King Albert's troops. Determination,
to prevent any advance hy the Her
mans and the will to push hack the
Invaders when the time is ripe arc
evident everywhere.
The Associated Press correspondent
lias visited the Belgian advanced
lines at a point between Dixmude and i
Boesinghe. where, for the moment, i
there is still fighting. Winter under •
foot, thick mists making the atmos- i
nhere heavy and preventing otiserva-1
tion, and cold rain falling in a con ;
Uiiuouh pent rating downpour make ac
'ion almost Impossible.
Out in the front dines, after a long
tramp over board walks across sod
den fields and irrigation channels, the
correspondent saw the Belgian sol
diers keeping their constant vigil, |
clothed In heavy woolen coverings
tub oilcloth coats atirl high rubber |
boots. Here and there a sentinel 1
stood looking out over the mile or,
so of water covering the space he \
tween the Belgian and Herman lines. !
dimly visible In the distance No
barbed wire entanglements are pns-1
sible here; iheir place is taken by sea
water. which by the cutting of dikes1
has been permitted to flow where it
wills, although it renders the land uti
cultivatable for twenty years
The crack of an occasional rifle
shot, fired from one side or the other
when a guard imagines some move
ment in the opposing lines, was dulled
bv the heavy air. and sometimes near
hut generally far off was heard tin
roar of an aerial torpedo.
It is impossible at any point of the
Belgian front to excavate a trench, i
for each spadeful of earth taken out
is at once replaced by a hole full of
water. In place of trenches the only
way to form a protective line for the
infantry occupying the front lines Is
io construct shelters of sand filled
canvas sacks and this has been de
veloped into an art by the Belgian
troopers. For four days at a stretch
the same men remain without relief
at the front under these distressing
conditions, but there is no complaint, ■
for the men are mostly hardy pea-1
sants or laboring men, wno na\o nan i
to combat the Belgian climate all t
their lives. Hardships which for
troops from other and drier districts j
would prove unsupportable. are borne
by them with cheerfulness.
King Albert, who lives near the
actual lighting line, pays an almost
daily \isit to some part of the front.
The queen, too, remains on Belgian
soil, and when not engaged in hospi
tal work Is often seen walking along
among the soldiers when they are
enjoying a short respite from active j
service.
Everywhere there are evidences of
America's aid to the Belgian woun
ded and to refugees from the inter
ior. who insist in remaining on the
small portion of Belgian soil stiil lelt
to them. American ambulances arc
often seen along the routes.
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GOVERNMENT TUG
FORCED TURN BACK
The government tug Roscoe, laden
with a cargo of gasoline, started from
Seward for Anchorage, but encounter-,
ing a heavy south wester outside Rug
god island, was forced to return to
Seward Another attempt is being
made to land the needed cargo at An
chorage. but with what success has
not been learnod.
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Class Dance to be given this even
ing at the Bungalow.
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Why not learn to dance and enjoy
yourself. See l*rof. Hegg.
♦ (By Associated l'r< i a
♦ WASHINGTON, Jan . \ ♦
♦ new alliance between Villa .rep
p Zapata against t'arran/a ♦
♦ made i,\ representatives ■ i •• ♦
a two chiefs at a eonferein* r *
a Andres The \*i 11.1 field n •
a report lhat tin", li e • ♦
a trated south itnl . tliw • ■ i r ■ *
a Chihuahua City eight e
a men equipped to laum h a net «
a <ampalgn Villa conn ti •
a Of tliis stroll,1 11u lli'lil :i I • li •
a Intention to -,nt• ■ t tin < lit! I *
a ol that region In itn; iinn.don-- t ♦
p by tin- Pershing expedition Oi a
a flciala here hope that Carranza ♦
a will lie aid*1 to doiniii'it' this e
a region a
Private advices have ’>* . n i . (.
giving information of an incr**n-«
he schedule and nuin! .-. i . ,t .
•rated to Alaska !.\ tie I’im ri
(hip <'ompan> dnrin f In n»*\i
ner season. The prop *i
las not been ol'lieiallv approx* !
,et. but the adviei-> re« ••! .. .i .c •
he effect that it v ill pml* ! 1> }.
ldopted.
The schedule as planto* 1 < 11
he City f)t' Seattle. Spokac*. Ml .ir •!
Watson to operate on tin- -onthe • i
\laska route, with tin Mln.i*ul I
ragut. Admiral laans. Admiral > bl
ind Admiral Dewey on the westward
run. This will make seven boats on
the run. and will allow for a sailing
from Seattle every day and a half.
The Alaska Steamship < ■ mp ; . li is
nade no announcement of their pi.,
posed schedule as \et. 1 at it \ u
lerstood that nier** boat
'rated than last year.
Ml steamship and i. ■ . . ails
ook for otic of the large » i .mi ! e.i
tons in tin* history of the north P.
ng the coming summer. and • • t if
o even exceed the trave l •*! last y-;ir
rite steamship companies * p. rutin,
mats to Alaska are mukin.- streu <•
efforts to care lor tin* c\pe< ted in
•lease in travel in a proper manner.
mN DIFFERS
(lTv Associated Press)
MADISON, Jan. _ William Jen
nings Bryan in commenting on Wil
ton's speech saym "The pre- iio-nt's
nessage is a wonderfully eloquent ap
peal to the nations at war. I dissent
entirely from the proposition that this
nation should join a movement to et
[ect peace in Kuropc It i imomeiv
thle that the \ ••rii-ati people should
he willing to put the Muerican army
and navy at the command o; a:t inter
uational council, whidt would noces
sarily he controlled I \ K iropeau na
tions, and allow that m> il to decide
for us when we should go to war. The
president sowed tin w in at and tares
together.”
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LIFE OF MUSHER
SAVED ON TRAIL
Word comes from Mil*' ,"<4 that
Frank Cotter, who left for Anchorage
with Harry Halderstoii, rescued a mail
from death by exposure on the thus
north of that point.
Men arriving from out tlu* lin ' did
not know the masher s name, but said
that he was in a bail way
"He left Kern Creek for Mile '4 just
after the heuxy rain and fall of net
snow last xveek xxlien the trail xvas ill
bad shape. From Mile (50 this xxnv
the new snow x\ ns waist deep and fail
af water, so he wore himself out and
spent the night in the wet Fortun
ately the weather remained above
freezing point all night
When found by Cotter the next
morning he was in bad shape and
another night would have finished
him. “Sandy’ put him aboard his
sled and took him to Mile l road
house, where he is recuperating —
Seward Post.