The Cordova
VOLUME If. NUMBER 524. CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, PRICE TEN CENTS
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Fierce German Attacks South of the Somme Are Repulsed
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WASHINGTON, Ailg. L’4. The
< eeutiv s of the railroads have ex
pressed their willingness to grant an
eight hour day to employees If assured
of a !rer.ht rate increase and a perma
nent hoard is appointed for investigat
ing future labor difficulties. Presi
dent Wilson lias shown some sym
pitln with the railroads' counter de
mands, and will probably ask the un
ions to accept them.
Harry, the two-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Powman, of Greenstone,
iu the lUlhy district, was badly scald
ed recently by pulling a vessel filled
w ith hot water over on himself.
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SKATTKK. Aug. 24. — It is an
nounced that the Alaska salmon pack
"this cason is short a million cases of
pinks, and that the other grades also
how a decrease over the pack of for
mer years.
S. I. Godfrey and Thomas McKin
non have purchased frdm Dan Mc
Carthy and Duncan Miehie the inter
<■ is of the latter on Kivingood creek
for $15,1100.
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The clean up on I. ('. Brown’s fa
mous discovery claim on Kittle creek,
m ir Nome, which was made Saturday,
yielded two hundred thousand dollars
in gold. Machinery has been lstalled
and the old workings are being mined
over again.
The Pioneer Mining Company is op
erating five hydraulic elevators in
the vicinity of Kittle creek and huge
productions are being made by each
of the gold mining machines.
Mining is going on in full blast all
over the Nome district. There is
• plenty of water this season and it
promises to he one of the most pros
perous in the history of the country.
The dredging outfits, or the major
ity of them, report fine success, and
there is demand for dredging ground
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iJUMiU [H
NO SLUICING IN
That sluicing is practically at a
standstill for the full length of l.iven
good creek, in the Tolovana, Is re
ported. Some few outfits are sluicing
at times by damming up their water
and returning it, but it is impossible
to get good clean water for sluicing
purposes. No rain at all has fallen
STnce spring, and there is but little
water running In the creek.
Despite the fact that sluicing <s
Lcing held hack by the lack of water,
however, all of the operators are da
ing ns well as could he expected. One
good sign of good times in the new
camp i« the fart that there have as
yet been no failures.
Dirt is still coming out of the shafts
of all the big operators, and is being
put into hoppers. These are being
Ilya-- the smallest
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CAR SERVICE IS
TIED UP W
STRIKE
CHATTANOOGA. Aug. 24. A gen
oral strike of the street car system of
this city has been ordered, and the
j service is tied up. Thus far there
have been no demonstrations of any
kind, and how serious the trouble will
be remains to be seen.
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WOMANS PHUT!
SEATTLE. Aug. J4. - Mrs. Frances
C. Axtell, Progressive candidate for
congress in the second district, has
resigned the state chairmanship of
the Woman's Party, because of its op
position to President Wilson's re
election.
SCHOFIELD I!
A telegram from Nome says: “Re
liable information is to the effect that
Delegate James Wickersham and Cleo.
B. Schofield, candidate for attorney
general of the territory, will campaign
as Republican running mates. The
delegate has informed his local friends
and supporters that he is an indepen
dent Republican, not dominated by the
Shackleford crowd. The friends of
Schofield are urging him to make the
race with the delegate, and he is agree
able to the plan, if the delegate will
consent.
The Shackleford group has no fol
lowing here, aside from (liltnore, Mu
rane and a few others. The delegate,
on the other hand, has many loyal sup
porters, and the so-called regular Re
publicans propose to aid him. Scho
field is now campaigning in the outer
precincts.
TOKIO, Japan, Aug. 24. - Solemn
and historic services of ancient Japan
in vhich virgins took an impressive
part, have just been held in connec
tion with the reconstruction of the
('■rand Shrine at Ise, dedicated to Am
.aterasu Omikami, the grand ancest
ress of the Japanese empire, who, ac
cording to tradition, dwelt in the heav
enly regions. The sacred temples are
■reconstructed every twenty-five years,
and the time has now arrived for their
replacement.
The recent ceremony was that of
laying the foundation of the tempor
ary shrine, which will shelter the
sanctuary of the outer temple during
the work of reconstruction of the
main building. There were two ser
vices, one In the morning and another
at midnight, and they were conducted
in the presence of l’rlnce Taka Kuni.
the grand prelate of the Shrine, and
many officials and Shinto priests
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Peterson & Company, Livlngood op
erators, cleaned up $12,000 in one day
recently on the Sunny Bench claims
and $!<mi00 during the same time on
the Deep Channel claims.
1 Alaska Huskie.
Order your letter heads and enve
SOFIA, Aug. 24.—The Bulgarian troops are advancing o
the western end of the Macedonian front. They defeated tli
Serbians, compelling them to retreat. The Bulgarians also ca>
! iured several important positions.
BERLIN, Aug. 24.—The Bulgarian attack is proceedin
igainst Serbian positions near Lake Ostrove, on the Macedoi
j ian front. The Bulgarians defeated the Serbian counter a
i tacks.
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GREEKS REFUSE TO CEASE ATTACKING BULGARS.
ATHENS, Aug. 24.—The Greeks continue resisting th
Bulgarians at Ceres, notwithstanding orders given the troop
to retire. The Greeks are being rapidly reinforced by volui
teers.
WANT SALE OF WEST INDIES POSTPONED.
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 24.—Landsthing has adopted a r<
solution asking for a general election if the sale of the Danis
West Indies to the United States cannot be postponed until a]
ter the war.
GERMANS SUFFERED HEAVILY IN ATTACK
LONDON, Aug. 24.—The strong German attack near Cui:
leraont has been repulsed with a heavy loss of life.
TWO REGIMENTS ARE CAPTURED.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 24.—Two attacking regiments of th
enemy in the Caucasus were captured.
TEUTONS ARE ATTACKING THE RUSSIANS.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 24—The Teutonic forces began
| series of determined attacks against the Russians, who recenl
ly crossed the Stokhod river, northeast of Kovel.
NAVAL BATTLE IN NORTH SEA
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 24 —Heavy firing has been heard i
the North sea off Ameland island, and another naval battle ma
be in progress.
BULGARIANS DRIVE OUT ENTENTE FORCES.
BERLIN, Aug. 24.—It is officially announced that the Bir
garians defeated the entente forces along the Struma river, i
northeastern Greece. The enemy was forced to flee, leaving th
ground covered with their dead. Over four hundred bodie
51 were counted and large quantities of munitions and eight ma
e j dune guns captured.
ROUMANIA MAY NOT GO TO WAR
k BERLIN, Aug. 24.—Though none too optimistic, tne Ger
i ; man officials view the Roumanian situation calmly. The latesl
Bucharest dispatches indicate that the war fever is subsiding
RUSSIANS LOSE OUT CAUCASUS FRONT.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 24.—The Russian attack or
the Caucasus front was unsuccessful and in the offensive the}
lost 3,400 men.
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KING OF BAVARIA IS STRICKEN.
ROME. Aug. 24.—It is reported that King Ludwig of Ba
varia has been stricken with apoplexy, and his condition is con
sidered grave.
i GERMANS REPULSED SOUTH OF SOMME.
PARIS, Aug. 24.—The fierce attacks being made by th(
Germans south of Somme have been repulsed, and the French
are holding their positions.
UNSUCCESSFUL AIRCRAFT RAID.
LONDON, Aug. 24.—Another German airship made a rait
>n the English east coast last night,. A number of bombs wert
Iropped, but no damage done.
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INTERNED LINER LEAVES BOSTON
BOSTON. Aug. 24.—The North German Lloyd liner Wille
hod, which has been interned here since the war began, slipped
i from the harbor, presumably foi New London, Conn., for which
- she obtained clearance papers. The company officials deny an}
connection between the steamer’s movement and that it expect
d the arrival of the submarine Bremen.
1 DEUTSCHLAND ARRIVED SAFELY AT BERLIN.
f BERLIN. Aug. 24.—The submarine Deutschland arrived
! yesterday. The crew are well and report a fine trip home.
SUBMARINE BREM -3N ON W AY HERE.
LONDON, Aug. 24.--Reuter’s Amsterdam correspondenl
a, confirms the report of the Dei Lschland’s arrival home safely
2 The submarine traveled a hundred miles under water. The
s iremen left for the United States a week ago.
UNIVERSITY SODS
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TO FACULTY
SEATTLE. Aug. 24. - TUe faculty
' of the University of Washington, in
anticipation of the new college year,
opening September 11, has been In
creased by thirteen new instructors.
Two of these are in the department of
education, two in the extension divi
sion, three in physical education and
one each in Spanish, civil engineering,
English and home economics.
Ur. Leonard V. Koos has been made
associate professor of education, and
! Clifford Woody has been elected as
j sistant professor in the same depart
ment. I)r. Koos is a graduate of Ober
Iin University, and did post graduate
. work at the University of Chicago.
Ho comes to Washington after a long
experience as superintendent of
schools in various cities in the middle
west. Mr. Woody received his tratn
| ing at the University of Indiana and
i at Columbia University. He comes
to this Institution from the education
! department of Indiana University.
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SEATTLE. Aug. 24. — The steamer
! \dmlral Evans sailed from neie Tues
day night. Her Cordova pa> seniors
were Dean Mllnor Roberts. Ivy Sel
| mines, Mrs. C. II. Turner, Mrs. T W.
I Hooker and child, P*. W. Martinez and
j three steerage.
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Southeastern Alaska tourist travel
, Is said to have been affected by the
I mobilization of the National (Juard
In the states. One hundred and nine
passengers cancelled their reserva
tions on one steamer, largely from
this cause.
TWO MILLION WORKERS
FURNISH THE MUNITIONS
LONDON. Vug. 21. (Correspond
j enee of the Associated Press.I When
! the British forces in l-'ranre begun
| their offensive bombardment on Jane
27, and for da\s hurled into the tier
man lines such an avalanc he of steel
and lead as the world had never
known before, even the people of Kng
land expressed wonder that it should
have been possible to assemble so
vast a storp of munitions. The story
of how these supplies were created
constitutes one of the most important
chapters in the history of British
achievement during the war.
At the outbreak of hostilities two
years ago there were only three im
portant government munitions factor
ies in the British isles Today some
four thousand government controlled
firms, employing more than 2,000,000
workers, are turning out virtually all
of the tremendous amount of war ma
terials which have gone to equip (lie
five million British soldiers In the!
field.
The organization of this great Indus
try has been accomplished in a little
more than one year by the ministry ol
munitions, which was established in
May, 1915, under the leadership of
David Lloyd George, in that time
every available resource of the coun
try has been built for the production
of munitions. Some idea of the scale
upon which this organization has been
carried out may be gained front the
statement that the largest of the new
plants covers an area nine miles long
ml from three to four miles wide.
A staff of .'i.OOd people lias been re
quired to supervise the work. At the
head of this staff and responsible only
lo the minister of munitions, has been
i man whose organizing ability has
been accorded widespread recognition
He is Hr. Christopher Addison, inter
nationally known for his medical rc
search work. For some years lie has
devoted his attention to politics, and
besides holding a scat in the house
of commons had been parliamentary
secretary to the hoai d of education
before entering on hiH present duties
as parliamentary secretary to the min
Istry of munitions. Kvery detail of
the munitions production is known to
Hr. Addison, and during an interview
with a representative of the Associ
ated Dress lie told as much of the
story of the creation of this industry
as could be made public at this time.
At the outset he disposed of the
statement which has been made in
America to the effect that if it were
not for the munitions furnished by the
United States (ireat Britain would
have quit the war.
"I have heard that statement made,"
Said Hr. Addison, "and it is prepos
terous, of course. The United States
lias furnished, and is furnishing, many
aw materials which we are anxious
to get for the.manufacture of muni
tions, hut so far as the actual produc
tion of shells goes, America has pro
vided us with only a very small per
-entago of those which wc have used."
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SENDS
GIFT BOOKS TO WASHINGTON.
8KATTLK, Aug. 24. — Columbia uni
versity of New York has presented
the University of Washington a set
of 142 books, through the courtesy of
its president. Hr. Nicholas Murray But
ler, who gave the principal inaugural
address on the occasion of the induc
tion of President Henry Kuzzallo Into
I office last spring. The shipment also
contains forty-one Items in paper cov
ers, which will be bound by the uni
versity as soon as funds are available.
Old papers 10 cents a bundle —
Tin nun ^/flAa
SAY GUGGENHEIMS HAVE
BOUGHT REYNOLDS LAYOUT.
The report has been brought to
I Seward that Steve Birch, reprcso' itrg
I tne Guggenhelms. has purchased .In
i Little mine on I. a touche Island. This
Is one of the properties from which it
j was intended to ship ore t > a Seward
j smelter. The report says that Rey
' nolds had a lease on the mine to date
front September, but before ’ne date
arrived the others had the ml to hi
their possession. Tit's is not confirm
ed officially.—Seward Gateway.
Job Printing at Daily Tlm*» office.
"Fairbanks is the headquarters ol
the interior end of the Alaska eugi
neoring commission, and will continue
to be." said Thomas Higgs. Jr., mem
tier of the commission, when ques
tinned regarding the rumor that head
quarters are to lie moved to N. nana.
"ontinuiiig. he . r i F, owing to the
fact that considerably more work is
being done at Ne.nana than Fairbanks,
an accounting office will be estab
lished there, and that ti. Fenton Fra
tiler, disbursing officer, and M J
llubbach, accountant, will probably la
'ocatcd there.
It is stated that there are now 280
iien on the payroll of the Alaska eu
gincering Commission in the interior
\iui more will he put on as rapidly as
possible, us Mr. Higgs expects to rush
the work of preparing the right of way
for the reception of the rails. Me
says that he will have !>no men work
ing as soon as the expected niaehln
erv, one piece of which is a drag line
scraper, which operates under its own
power, arrives from the outside.
VIOLENT SHOCK
FELT FOR
MILES
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! EUREK A, Fal . Aug. 24. - Practical
j ly all of Humbolt county felt the vln
flent earthquake yesterday, which
j the worst experienced since the Sun
Francisco quakes.
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I BERKELEY, Aug. 24 — The uni
1 versity seismograph recorded a Might
I shook.
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FVIRO, 111., Aug. 24. — A slight
( earthquake shock w as felt here this
morning.
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I Today * news iu the Times today.
ANt’HORAOK. Aug. 21 At the
Republican rluh meeting it ns «l-». ill
etl to make no further nominations for
the legislature to til! the vacancies
caused b\ K I. Kedde!I and Arthur
frame not being able to qualify. On
account of Anchorage being onl\ one
year oltl (here are no available candi
dates in the parly. Republicans w ill
not endorse any Democrats. Ir.it will
support two who are known to be fa
orable to a dire-t primary law and
WickershaIll's policies.
TIMES.
Olio uf Hi host and i nisl phasing
concerts given in Cordova was thor
oughly appreciated Py tin- larce audi
eiii e at the Kmptess ihe tre last night
It was in the nature of 1 i-nefil for
tile organ fund of the Pre-t yterian
chttri-h, and practically the entire
town turned out, and were fully repaid
hv hearing an exceptionally well sc
■ le( P-d and entertaining program,
which w;- given under the dire-tinn
of Mrs. 8. I! Hedges Pur several
weeks past she has devoted consider
able time to the arranging of the pro
grant and the training of those who
participated That her efforts were
crowned with success should be as
gratifying to her as it is to her large
ciri le of friends, who appreciate Iter
indefatigable efforts to give Cordovans
a concert of which any town may well
feel proud We trust that at no dta
t tit d.tv we will again have an oppor
tunity of attending another of these
enjoyable affairs.
The stage had been beautifully
banked with evergreens ami potted
plants, and the opening number was
a selei itoti bv the I'nti Ton orchestra,
which made its initial appearance in
public and gate a very good account
of itself It is composed of Mr
Courtright, piano: II Chittenden, vio
lin: V Steel, cornet, and c Morgan,
clarionet.
The vocal selections by- Mrs 0.
It I/or. Mrs .1. n O'Neill. Mrs \ Court
right, Mrs. .1 l-\ Appleby, Mrs. 1.. It.
Baird. Mrs I. Nichols, Mr. II Chitten
den and Mr It. Servick are deserving
. . t’ e nn>> i . 1 initiitiiiit t ?> •> i \ii> r‘4i tv* id
dered in good voire and proved very
enjoyable. The choir and the chorus
also sang in most pleasing manner
The instrumental music was also
n treat Ihe eight hmids. two "i trios,
by Mrs O’Neil. Mrs. Sapiro. Mrs Heap
' diet and Mrs. Hedges being an es
pecinlly good number, while the piano
duet by Mrs. Benedict and Mrs
Hedges and solo by Mrs Benedict
were well rendered. In fact, all who
took part in the concert acquitted
themselves creditably, as was evi
denced by the liberal applause on the
part of the audience.
PIONEER MINING COMPANY
HAS BIG CLEANUP
The Pioneer Mining Company at
Nome recently cleaned the big hydrau
lic elevators of :he Fox-Brown claim
on Kattie creek, and later announced
the total as $200,000.
Five elevators are working full
blast, and work will be begun at otica
on the Fox-Portland benches.
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WILL CLAYSON DECLINES
TO MIX IN POLITICS
Being thoroughly positive that po;t
ties and business do not mix very
well, I hereby decline the appointment
as a member of the Republican com
mittee. i take occasion to thank Mr.
E. V. Boyle and Dr. \V. H. Chase fo
% iQe
the kind consideration rtu'ci
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