The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 394. CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 191(>. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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PARIS, March 21. — The German
forces north of Verdun made several
violent attacks west of the Meuse Iasi
night. All of the attacks were re
pulsed by the French defenders. The
chief point of assault was close to
Melancourt, which has received much
attention of late from the heavier
guns of the German artillery. No suc
cesses were gained by the attackers
last night except a slight foothold
in the southeast portion ot tne Mel
ancourt wood.
BERLIN, March 21. — The war of
fice officially announced this morn
ing that in the fighting yesterday and
last night around Verdun the Ger
mans had captured some French posi
tions in the neighborhood of Avon
court, and had taken twenty-five hun
dred French prisoners.
VIENNA. March 21. — The war of
fice announced unofficially today that
the Austrian troops operating north
west of Uscieczko. on tiie Dniester
river, near the border of Bukowina,
were forced to abandon their position
because of the pressure exerted by
the Russians, who attacked in far su
perior numbers. The bridge head and
the Austrian fortifications were evacu
ated and the soldiers forced to re
tire, the Russians capturing some of
the Austrian detachments. The re
maining Austrians had a running
fight with the Slavs, being forced to
cut their way through the Russian
lines to reach the Austrian advanced
posts at Zale Sczzky, north of Cer
tiowitz, the capital city of Bukowina.
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CHICAGO, March 21. — A sub-com
mittee of the Republican national
committee met here today and made
arrangements for the Republican na
tional convention, to be held in this
city in June. The sub-committee ad
journed without agreeing on a tempo
rary chairman to open the proceed
ings when the convention convened.
The members agreed to meet again in
Washington in the middle of April,
at which time the details of the con
vention will be completed and the
temporary chairman selected.
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James D. MacCormuc has returned
from the Sitka hot springs, greatly
benefitted in health.
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K. E. Holden is now one of the
mixologists at the Horseshoe, and his
friends kept him busy yesterday serv
ing mixed drinks.
SAN ANTONIO, March 21—A clash •£
occurred today between General Villa I
and his outlaws and a detachment of 5
Carranzista troops, near Namiqulpa. v
Pershing, at the head of the cavalry, i
is hastening thither and may reach S
the scene before nightfall. If Villa a
escapes from the cordon of soldiers c
which the Carranza commander is v
throwing around him, the Americans t
will use aeroplane scouts to locate the s
rebel leader. c
TORREON. March 21. — The gov
ernment troops attacked the Villals- d
tas at Trinidad yesterday and forced d
them to evacuate the city, leaving a
eighteen dead behind them. r
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COLUMBUS. March 21. — A United t
tates army aeroplane, accompanying
'ershing's punitive expedition into
lexica, was partially wrecked today
'hen it fell fifty feet, just after start
ig on a flight. The pilot, Lieutenant
. T. liowen, suffered a broken nose
nd other slight injuries. Thp mac
hine was put out of commission and
'ill be of no more service on the
•ip. Lieutenant Bowen said that a
udden gust of wind upset the ma
hlne.
WASHINGTON, .March 21. .— Presi
ent Wilson met with the cabinet to
ny and discussed the Mexican situ
tioii. with particular reference to the
egotiations with General Carranza
?garding what attitude the American
•oops must take while in Mexico.
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When the meeting adjourned It war
announced that it had been decided
to accept the Mexican proposal for a
protocol between the United States
and the Carranza government for co
operation of both armies in pursuit
of rhe outlaw Villa. General Pershing
reports that the Carranza troops and
the Mexican civilians generally so far
encountered by his expedition have
proven themselves extremely friendly
to the American soldiers.
SAN ANTONIO. March 21. — Gen
eral Funston today telegraphed the
war department at Washington, ask
ing for an allotment of additional
troops to be used in the campaign
against General Villa and his outlaws.
He said he needed additional men in
j order to adequately protect the lint
of communication, which stretched
from the Mexican border to the ad
vance guard of Pershing's forces. This
j line is already over a hundred milee
j long, and is gradually lengthening.
WASHINGTON, March 21. — Gen
eral Pershing has requested General
Funston for more men, infantry being
wanted, for the purpose of keeping
open his lines of communication with
the base of supplies in American ter
ritory. The additional men are avail
able and ready to move towards the
Mexican border at an hour's notice
Funston has transmitted the request
to the head of the army. Secretary
j Baker, with the recommendation that
' it be granted.
PUN ATTACK OF
BERLIN, March 21. — Reports are
being received here, telling of the
concentration of great numbers of
Russian troops In southern Poland.
The Germans believe that the Czar’s
generals are planning an attack in
force on the German and Austrian
line extending from Czartorysk to
K nvpl.
MANY PASSENGERS ARRIVE ON
WATSON.
The steamer Admiral Watson ar
rived here from Seattle yesterday
with twenty-nine first class and a .
large number of steerage passengers |
for Cordova as follows: J. D. Mac
Cormack, F. ,T. Weith, Mrs. Trina An
derson, B. F. Cook, Fred Litton, Chas.!
Bloom, Theo L. Westhouse, C. T. |
Mixer, C. J. Hurley, E. B. Smith, B. J
Smith, John Srigreich, C. N. Houch.
Frank Gibbs, W. B. Cummings, Geo. '
G. Leshey, John Carroll. Walter John- *
son, Fred Hopprieh, Mrs. Thomas 1
Davis, H. Hebeler, II. W. Benson, John ‘
j L. Menzimer, Joe Matthews, L. W.
Ferninand. Miss Kae Martin. P. Me- [
Kenzie, A. C. Smith.
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
WANTS MORE VESSELS.
“The Alaska Steamship Company
made more money on the recent char
l ter of the freighter for one year than
| it made on all of its fleet last year."
I This statement w as made by R. W.
! Baxter, vice-president and general
! manager of the Alaska Steamship
Company.
“We are in Alaska to stay, and we
'propose to expand with the great de-1
| velopment of that great country. We1
will keep our fleet there and not onejv
vessel is for sale. In fact, this com-|u
pany wants to purchase three or more,11
right now'.”
Mr. Baxter made the general stute n
ment ow ing to the reports, that on ac-;f
count of the shortage of tonnage on (c
the Pacific coast steamers were com- j f
manding high figures, and it was ru-|d
rnored that several of the largest, 8
steamers of the Alaska Steamship j*
fleet would be sold. The statement;!
or Mr. Baxter puts the quietus on all, c
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rumors.
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TWO APPLICATIONS FOR HOME- b
STEADS ARE FILED.
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Two applications for homesteads;!1
were filed in the Juneau land office. V
George Vogt has located a homestead ^
on Hinchlnbrook island, near Cordova, "
and applied for a tract Qt 100 acres.
Joseph S. Hoffman has located a
homestead near Seward. and applied a
for 171 acres. 9
HUES PROMISE
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BONBON, March liB — The entente
Hies today made a formal promise t
o King Albert, of Belgium, that his t
ountry would be taken into the ne 1
inflations at any time when terms of \
mace were being considered. The t
iromise was given to assure Albert i
hat the allied nations would stand I
lack of their original agreement to \
me that Belgium was restored to her \
iwn people, and proper Indemnity ]
laid for scourging the country by the^
lermans.
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MINE VEHICLES CANNOT,
BE SENT OUT ENGLAND ;
LONDON, March 21. — A proclama
ion was Issued today by King George,
rohibiting the importation from *
ireat Britain of automobiles, motor r
ycles and all gasoline driven ve- 1
icles. The order also forbids the im- a
ortation of alcoholic beverages. *
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ATHENS, March 21. — "Greece is
mch more likely to be starved into h
■ar titan Germany is to be starved
ut of it," said a prominent official *
f the present Greek government to 1
te Associated Press correspondent. •'
he expression is scarcely accurate, c
jr while the prices of the ordinary a
omuiodities of life, and especially l
lodstuft's, have in many instances It
oubled and in virtually all instances h
really increased in the past yeur, s
le fault is largely with Greece. If c
tere be serious discomfort in the r
outitry it is quite as much due to bad H
iternal management as to the mas- £
>ry of the Mediterranean maintained
y the Fra neo-British fleet. The c
starving” process, therefore, is much fl
lore apt to lead to trouble for the
resent Greek cabinet than, unaccom
anied by any other circumstance, to e
reece’s enforced participation in the v
ar. S
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Mrs. Thomas Davis returned from j
n extended visit with friends in the
tates. b
DANS TAKE
TEHERAN, March 21. — The Rus
lans yesterday stormed and captured
he important Persian city of Ispa
an. The Russians are advancing to
rards the border of Mesopotamia in
wo columns, the nearest one proceed
ug through the mountain passes from
iermanshah, along the Bagdad high
way, and the other being the force
,'hich took Ispahan. All of the im
ortant Persian cities from the Rus
lan border as far south as Ispahan
re now in the hands of the Russians.
Deluding Kuni.
SEAMAN MONEY TAKES A
DROP IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK. March 21. — The Oer
lan exchange declined to a new low
Bcord today in the financial district,
•einand bills on Berlin were quoted
t 71 7-16. being the equivalent of
)ur marks.
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TOKIO. March 20. — Tsen Chun
suan, a central figure in the present
prising in Yunnan province, China,
i in Tokio in conference with Dr. Sun
at Sen, the Chinese revolutionary
■ader of former days, who is a politi
al refugee here. What part Dr. Sun
my be taking in the Chinese revolu
on is hard to say, but the fact that
e has received Tsen is indicative of
is interest. Tsen, who has been
poken of as the man who might be
>me president of China in case the
•publican army of the south should
tcceed in establishing a southern
overnment, is not supposed to have
een in harmony with Dr. Sun, but re
•ntly their relations have become
•iendly.
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C. J. Hurley, president of the Am
rican bank al Fairbanks, was an arri
nl in town yesterday from the
tates, and will leave for his interior
ome on Thursday's train.
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H. Heveler, of Huby, is- in town
>day.
FIGHT WILL GET
NEW YORK, March 21. — With but
a few days intervening before the
principals enter the ring, the Willard
Moran bout lias already broken all
financial records for pubilistic bat
ties held in New York state. The ac
tual receipts for tickets sold and paid
for to date is, in round figures, $75.
OtiO. In addition to this sum tickets
valued at $20,000 are being held foi
persons who have not as yet taken up
their reservations. Of the $125,000
worth of tickets originally printed, but
$20,000 remain unsold, and the major
non tlm i K mil O 11(1 I'iro (lol.
lar seats which will not be put on sale
until the day before the bout.
The heaviest sale has been made in
the twenty-five dollar reserved and
box seats, although there is a big de
mand for the ten and fifteen dollar
coupons. Notwithstanding the care
exercised by the promoters a consider
able number of tickets are finding
their way into the hands of speculat
ors, and the indications point to these
gentry reaping a royal harbest, since
one box has already been sold for
1 $600, which is several times the face
value of the pasteboards.
The demand for seats from out of
| town points is the most surprising
feature of the advance sale. Fully 40
' per cent of the tickets disposed of to
; date have been taken by mail and tele
j graph applications from the large cit
[ies of the Middle West. South and
New England, Chicago, Pittsburg.
! Boston, Cleveland and Detroit put in
| large applications, with scattering re
quests as far west as Kansas City.
This advance sale clearly indicates
'that the receipts for the ten round no
| decision bout scheduled for March 25
will surpass by more than fifty thou
sand dollars the largest gate ever col
lected for such a contest in New York
State, and with the exception of the
Johnson-Jeffries battie at Reno. Ne
vada. July 4, 1910. the largest in the
history of the prize ring. The gross
receipts of this bout were $270,755.
Jeffries and Sharkey drew $66,300,
when they fought at Coney Island in
1899; Gibbous and McFarland boxed
before a $58,069 gate when they met
at Brighton Beach last September,
and the Corbett-McCoy contest In
New York city on August 30, 1900,
drew $56,350. The Cans Nelson.
Johnson-Burns and Johnson-Willard
bouts held respectively at Goldfields,,
Sydney and Havana, brought out gates
that ranged between $66,000 and $69.
000,
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The steamer Northwestern is due
in port at 6 o'clock this morning, and
will remain here about ten hours load
ing ore for the Tacoma smelter.
PRESIDENT ILL
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WASHINGTON. March 21. — The
House resumed the debate on the
army bill favorably reported by the
House committee on military affairs.
An amendment which caused much
debate, was one giving the President
absolute control of the. reserve sixty
thousand men which the measure pro
vides for. The bill as prepared by
the committee originally provided
that the reservists could not be mobi
lized miles sthe necessary authority
had been granted by Congress. The
amendment was adopted after a spiri
ted debate, although the vote was not
close. Another amendment adopted
was one which provided that the com
manding officers of the army may dis
charge men who show that they aro
peculiarly efficient after one year's
training. These men will thus go
into the reserve after only serving
one year instead of the usual enllst
i nient period of four years. These
men who are so favored will be com
pelled to remain four years with the
reserve for the three years they
avoided serving with the colors.
Chairman Hay, who sponsored the
committee's bill, opposed this amend
ment, but it was adopted by roll cjll
over his objections. He declared that
if adopted it would seriously impair
the efficiency of the army.
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BUCHAREST. March 21. — The
Bulgarians are making extensive mili
tary preparations along the Rouman
ian frontier. Today boats laden with
mines appeared in the Danube, near
^ Kustchuk, Bulgaria, and off the town
of Giurgevo, Roumania. It is believed
j that the Bulgarians intend to scatter
mines broadcast in the Danube, ap
parently fearing an invasion from
Roumania. The Bulgarian press has
adopted a threatening attitude to
wards Roumania. and affirs between
the two countries are fast approach
ing a critical point.
FIRST REGIMENT
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PITTSBURG, March 21. — The first
regiment of American Riflemen has
been organized in this city. The
movement is forwarded by the Young
Men's Business Clubs, of which there
is one in most of the large cities of
the country, and the sole object is to
acquaint laymen with the handling of
a military rifle. The movement is
said to have originated in Cleveland,
and the Idea was disseminated from
there, but the Pittsburg regiment is
the first to complete organization.