The Cordova Daily Times
\ OLI ME II. NI MBER 520. CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1916. PRICE TEN CENTS
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WASHINGTON. Aug. 1!». — After
an hour's conference with Wilson, 33
railroad presidents left the White
House without giving any indication
that they had abandoned their stand
for arbitration. They will deliberate
further, however, and see Wilson on
Monday. Wilson seems a little peeved
that he has not been able to handle the
situation as he planned, and this af
ternoon declared “If the strike comes
the public will know where the re
sponsibility. rests, and it will not be
on me.”
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. While
the railway presidents conferred with
Wilson, the latter issued a statement,
in which he outlined his plan of set
fling the strike. In conclusion he said
“It seems thoroughly practical and en
tirely fair, and 1 think the public has
a right to expect its acceptance.”
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. IS SCI 3IC V.
V. (!. Vance, who has conduc ted the
Northern hotel for several years past,
yesterday purchased the Alaska
building, the deal having been coil
mini mated through A. ,T. Adams, presi
dent of the Northwest Trust & Realty
j Company. While the purchase price
* has not been made public, it is be
lieved to lie in the neighborhood of
$10,000. This building is one hundred
feet square, two stories in height, with
a basement, and was owned by Archie
Sl-.ii ills, \Vm. Simpson, Frank Meyers
and a man named Kane, all of whom
vi • --ii-mhers of the late Contractor
^ M .1 Honey's force during the build
^ ing of the Copper Riv er A- Northwest
ern railway.
Mr, Vance will at once begin the
work of renovating and remodeling
tiro building, so as to have* it ready
for occupancy by October 1, upon
which date his lease expires on the
Northern hotel, which will lie taken
over by Dr. \V. W. Council and fitted
up as a hospital. The foundation will
lie strengthened, a new roof p-.t on,
the entire interior remodelled and the
second floor transformed into a mod
ern rooming house, with baths, run
ning water and a heating plant. There
will bo fifty rooms in all, and a few
of them may be made into apartments.
The ground floor will contain sev
eral large store rooms, and Mr. Vance
says that In has already had an op
portunity to rent them.
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BERLIN, Aug 19. — The new dif
ferential tariff which lias heen adopted
in Turkey is meeting with muc h criti
cism from Turkish economists them
selves, according to the German Ori
ental correspondence bureau. The in
crease in the duty on sugar to 80 to
40 per cent ad valorem, with the in
tention of fostering sugar beet culti
vation, for instance, is declared to
have heen a mistake, as the prevail
ing dryness of the climate maker
Turkish soil ill-adapted to growing su
gar beets, and the result of the dut>
therefore will lie merely to increase
the price of sugar.
The people of Hadley held an elec
tion recently to establish a new schoo
district in order to be In a positioi
to obtain money from the temtoria
fund for the support of the school.
LONDON, Aug. 17.—The Italian passenger liner Stam
palia, of nine thousan dtons, was sunk while plying between
Genoa and New York. No details have as yet been received as
to whether or not the passengers and crew were drowned.
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—The agents for the liner Stampalia
believe the vessel had been taken over by the Italian govern
ment for a transport and that she carried no passengers.
NEW YORK Aug. 17.—No word has been received here
in shipping circles regarding the sinking of the steamer Stam
palia. She accommodated 1,700 passengers, but it is not be
lieved she had many aboard on this trip. The crew consisted
of 270 men.
ANGLO FRENCH ATTACK IS RESISTED.
BERLIN. Aug. 19.—The war department states that a stu
pendous Anglo French attack on the Somme front was victor
iously resisted, but the Germans were compelled to shorten
their line between Guillemont and Qurepas.
AUSTRIANS REPULSED BY THE ITALIANS.
ROME, Aug. 19.—The Austrian attack on the Italian left
wing was repulsed after a bttle, in which the enemy suffered
the loss of a considerable number of men.
BULGARIANS NOW OCCUPY FLORINA.
SALONIKI, Aug. 19.—The Bulgarians, while attacking the
entente positions along the Serbian front, were repulsed with
enormous losses. The Bulgarians, however, have occupied
Fiorina.
FRENCH HAVE TAKEN ALL OF FLEURY.
PARIS, Aug. 19.—After a battle which continued violently
all night, the French troops gained a decided victory and occu
py all of the Fleury village, northeast of Verdun.
RUSSIANS BREAK THROUGH ENEMY’S LINES.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 19.—The Russian offensive broke
through the Austro-German lines on Stokhod river at Volhynia,
and has advanced considerably.
BRITISH MAKE BIG GAIN ON SOMME FRONT .
LONDON, Aug. 19.—The British troops have advanced
over a two mile front, two hundred to six hundred yards deep,
from High Wood to the French junction on the Somme front.
AUSTRIA PROTESTS AGAINST BULLET PROTECTOR.
VIENNA, Aug. 19.—The Austrian authorities have been
making an apparently ineffectual fight against an alleged “bul
let protector” that is widely sold, but which it is claimed is
dangerous rather than helpful in any way.
The “protector” is nothing but a curved piece of metal
that is hung about the neck inside the tunic, and which, its pro
ducers claim, will stop or lessen the force of a bullet fired at
long range. In practice, the authorities claim, it is merely a
menace because a bullet at short range -as most of them are
will not only pierce it easily, but flatten out in the process and
often carry bits of the metal on into the body.
DUTCH OFFICER SUGGESTED BREAKING BLOCKADE
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Aug. 19.—A retired Dutch
army officer claims the fatherhood of the transatlantic submar
ine service recently inaugurated by the Deutschland. Jonk
heer J. Sandberg, formerly of the Netherlands East Indian
army, says that more than a year ago he addressed a letter to
Admiral von Tirpitz through the German consul general at Th'
Hague, setting forth the idea of breaking the British blockade
! by this means, and recommending its execution. A copy of
the letter was a few days later brought to the notice of Hen
Ballin, the managing director of the Hamburg-America line.
The latter was much taken with the plan, and consulted with
the competent authorities regarding its execution.
ALASKA ROAD COMMISSION
TO PROCEED WITH ITS WORK
Colonel \V. P. Richardson, chairman of the Alaska road
commission, received a telegram from Washington while in
Cordova, informing him that President W ilson had vetoed the
army appropriation hill of $.'>00,000,000, which carried with it
an item of $.’i00,000 for the construction of trails and wagon
roads in Alaska. The reason assigned for the veto was the fact
i hat III hill contained “articles of war,” which tin* president
was oppose! 1 t*>.
W hen interrogated as to w hat effect this action would have
on tin- construction work planned' for this territory, Colonel
Richardson said that I lie organization was effected and tin*
rows in 1 Lie field on the assumption that the money appropri
it' d b\ both houses of congress would soon he available and
ihat there would he no change in the plans of the road cominis
sion. He stated, however, that lie would immediately advis
the war department of the work under way, and unless it saw
fit to countermand the action taken there would he no cluing
in their plans, as lie firmly believed that the administration wa
il favor of the expenditure of half a million dollars for trai
building in Alaska, and when the new army bill was lvintro
duced it would contain this item.
The information contained in yesterday’s Daily Times that
$4(5,000 of the forestry fund was available for road work in the
territory prompted Colonel Richardson to cable (iovernor
Strong, urging him to wire the secretary of agriculture, urgine
him to facilitate the use of this fund so that the money would
be available as soon as possible for this summer’s work. Of
this amount $11,500 will be spent in the Third division, Utah r
the supervision of Road Overseer Kd. Wood, of Valdez.
■DATES ABE
Practically all of the candidates for
territorial senator and the legislature,
from this division, have filed the ne
cessary petitions with Clerk of the
Court Pang to have their name placed
on the official ballot.
The law requires that a petition re
questing it shall be filed with the
clerk of the court before the latter can
place the name of a candidate on the
official ballot in Alaska. In the case
of candidates to be voted for through
out the territory, ns candidates foi
delegate to congress and attorney-gen
oral, the petition must contain the
names of 250 qualified voters, and in
the case of divisional officers, includ
lug members of territorial senate and
house of representatives and road su
pervisor, the petition must contair
the names of 75 qualified voters.
The petitions for candidates for ter
ritorial officials must he filed in the
division in which the candidate re
sides, while petitions for those whe
are voted for in the division only mus
tic filed within that division. How
ever, there is a disposition on the
part of the voters to file the territorla
petition in all the divisions.
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Three placer strikes are reportec
to have been made in the Kuskokwlu
district, on (icorgo river, Croolcec
river and Candle creek. On Crookei
river $1 pans are renorted to havi
been take noul.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19.—Profes
j sional wrestling has received. In the
past, more unenviable notoriety than
any other sport, due to the unethical
methods of both promoters and per
formers, and the fact that wrestling
lends itself easily to faking.
With the passing of the law In Cali
fornia, forbidding the holding of cham
pionship boxing matches, such as were
! previously allowed, the public of San
i Francisco turned to wrestling as a
substitute in the hope tt would take
the place of boxing. That It has failed
In this is apparent, and the indications
are that another black eye has been
registered.
Recent boxing matches In which lo
cally prominent wrestlers have taken
part are criticized by local sport writ
ers. At the last even the men wrestled
for nearly three hours without a fall.
For the first hour the men were ac
corded the respectful attention of the
spectators. Then the gallery an
nounced Its sentiments respecting that
particular bout. At the end of an hour
the spectators occupying the ringside
seats had Joined In the chorus. After
two hours all began leaving the build
mg.
Not a newspaper in the city had a
1 good word to say for the match, and
the suggestion was made to one of the
l principals that he Beek his future
I matches at other places.
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COMPENSATION IS PROVIDED
FOR DISABLED EMPLOYEES.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. — The
compensation bill, providing com pew
nation for disabled government em
ployees, panned the senate today. As
the house had already passed the
measure, it now goes to the president
for hiB signature.
Old papers 10 cents a bundle
Times office.
WARM WAVE CAUSING
SUFFERING IN STATES.
CHICAGO. Aug. 19. — Another heat
wave in the middle west states is
causing considerable suffering. The
temperature ranges in most places
from 95 to 100.
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The women of Juneau are organiz
ing to aid in the election of Charles
A. Sulzer, the Democratic nominee for
delegate to congress from Alaska.
WHO’S WHO“In Alaska Gubernatorial Fight
There is considerable speculation as to who will succeed
the present governor of Alaska, providing, of course, that
Charles Evans Hughes is the next president of the I'nited
States and all Republicans, especially the office* seekers, believe
his election is a foregone conclusion. The returns of the vote
in November will definitely settle* that question, but in the
meantime the nets have l>«*en strung unel this muchly -coveted
plum is being fished for.
Whether the best angler will lane I the prize remains tee be
seen. Alaska had two delegates in attendance at tin* Republi
can national convention—Louis l\ Shackleford, of June au, am
William A. Gilmore, of Nome. The former poses as the* politi
cal boss of the territory, but lie* eliel not think Hughes was i
winner and cast his vote for Senator Weeks fen* first place*, be
ing at all times willing le> switch te> any candidate* that Se*natoi
Murray Crane favoreel for the presidency. Gilmore, however
was a staunch supporter of Hughes, ami was with him first, las
and all the time. As a consequence, he* is slated to stump s<*v
oral of the middle west states for the standarel bearer of the
Republican party.
This is all preliminary to the gubernatorial fight in Alaska
Jafet Lindeberg, the millionaire mine owner of Nome, was saie
to have aspirations in that direction, and it is report<*el that In
contributed liberally to the* territorial campaign fund in onle1
that the steam-roller might be preiperly applied at the Newan
I 'oiivention. And it was, but with it also went glimmerhug
j .Jafet’s chances of occupying the executive mansion at Juneau.
In fact tin* opposition to his candidacy from all parts of the ter
ritory became so strong that he was forced' to drop out of tin*
race. Shackleford then decided to honor his friend, Bert Thane,
of Juneau, with the governorship, and it is understood that lie
I is slill willing to sacrifice anything and everything to bring
about that result, for Bert is also alleged to have bet n one who
was willing to assist in financing Shackleford when there was
great need of someone with the mazuina coming to the rescue.
It is said that Gilmore feels that he is not only properly
qualified, but also entitled to have the prefix of governor at
tached to his name, and is in the race to win. lie made the run
for delegate to congress on the Republican ticket two years ago
and lias since served as a delegate to the national convention.
While in Chicago (iil did a little polities on hi>■ own hook, and
. as he is to he one of the campaigners in the states this fall, sees
no good reason why lit* should not land in the easy chair at the
capital if Hughes is elected. Just what effect hi- candidacy is
* going to have on Shackleford’s plans remains to be seen, but
|Gilmore’s friends say lie can get the appointment even without
,| Louis Ik’s endorsement. Time will tell.
I lu the meantime Delegate Wickersham Ids issued Ids defi,
■ in which lit* openly declares that no candidate of the Shackle
ford' brand will be able to land any appointment under the
I j Hughes administration, and there you ure.
REFUSE SERVE
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19. — The
union waiters refused to serve a lunch
eon given by the Commercial Club to
Charles E. Hughes, because the club
has been participating in the open
shop campaign being waged in this
city. A prominent cafe closed its
doors so that its entire non-union crew
could serve the Hughes luncheon.
SEVERAL LIS
LOST IN GULF
SAN ANTONIO. Aug. 19 - The
gulf storm last night wrecked the
army camps at Brownsville, hut did
little damage, with no loss of life. A
I small steamer is reported sunk and
Ion people drowned.
DALLAS, Aug. 19, — Several lives
wot'h lost in the storm at Rockport,
and considerable damage was done be
tween Corpus Christi and Brownsville.
PORTLAND, Texas. Aug. 19.—Line
men who reached the shore of Corpus
Christa bay this morning report that
they were unable to determine the con
ditions in Corpus Christi, seven miles
I distant.
FUNSTON INIS
OUR TROOPS
WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. - it is
rumored that Genetal Funston lias
recommended the withdrawal of the
American troops from Mexico, hut the
I war department officials refuse to
1 confirm or deny the report.
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WILSON PROGRESSIVE IS
MADE POLITICAL MANAGER
CHICAGO, Aug 19 Judge Albert
| Norton, former Progressiv e leader of
Missouri, who announced his intention
to support Wilson, has been placed in
charge of the Progressive campaign
in western Democratic states.
The Granby Mining Com pat v at
Valdez shipped out 1.900 tons of or-'
to Anyox, B. C., smelter this week.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Coyo., Aug.
IP. — "Thou art weighed in the bal
ance and found wanting," was the mes
sage which Mrs. Sara Bard Field, of
San Francisco, gave to the Democratic
parly here at the conference of the
National Woman's Party, on "The Pre
sident ant! tht> Suffrage Amendment.”
Mrs. Fit-Id attributed to President
Wilson personally the failure of the
Congressional Union for Equal Suf
frage to get what it wanted at the
Democratic national convention at St.
Louis. Josephus Daniels, secretary- of
the navy, with Miss Alice Paul and
Miss Anne Martin, she said, drew up
, a satisfactorw plank, and the resolu
tions committee listened “with marked
deference.”
CLARK PUTS HIS
RESPECTS TH
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BRUNSWICK, Me . \ug IP Speak
er Champ Clark opened the Democrat
ic campaign in this state last night
w ith one of his characteistic speeches,
in which he enumerated the adminis
tration's accomplishments. He an
swered the Republican candidate's at
tack on the administration, saying,
"Hughes shot his bolt, but failed to hit
the bullseye."
I Clark also spoke at length upon the
Alaskan legislation as being among
I the administration legislative acts, it
being presumed that lie referred par
j tieularly to the government railroad
being constructed in the north
TAKEN TO SEWARD FOR TRIAL.
Deputy Marshal Buckley took Jack
Hennesy to Seward on the Northwest
• ern. where he and Otic Osgood will be
i tried on the charge of illegally ship
j ping a large quantity of liquor from
Cordova to Anchorage on the gas boat
Northland.
Charles E. Duffield, who formerly
edited the Weekly Alaskan at Anchor
age for Bob Hunter, is now in Seat
j tie buying a newspaper plant, and will
S soon start a weekly paper of his own
at Anchorage.
Dutch Beihling, who is operating on
Gold Run. in the Chisana district, is
reported to be in on the coarse money.
Three insane persons were recently
J sent front Juneau to the M nningsiJe
| Sanitarium near Portland.