Only Afternoon Newspaper In Alaska Member Of Associated Press
The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 318. CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21,1915. . PRICE TEN CENTS.
GERMANY LIKELY ATTACK CALAIS AND EGYPT
HOPES BRING WAR TO SUCCESSFUL END FOR TEUTONS
‘ FIGHT IN
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—It is be
lieved here from advices received to
day from Mexico, that General Villa
has given up the fight, and is travel
ing from Chihuahua City towards the
Alaskan views, including scenes along
sanctuary in the United States. He
has his personal bodyguard of nine
hundred men with him.
EL PASO, Dec. 21. — During the
rioting which began at Juarez at noon
six persons are reported as having
been killed. The trouble arose over
starving the Villa soldiers. No Am
ericans were hurt in the fracas. The
Carranza consul here has sent the
money to pay off the Villa soldiers.
JUARE, Dec. 21. — Mrs. Villa has
departed for Cuba, via New Orleans.
General Obregon is now en route to :
Chihuahua City.
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EASTERN STAR
Last evening the following roster
of officers of Cordova Chapter, No. 4,
Orfder of Eastern Star, were installed
by the Past Matron, Mrs. Mary
Eames, assisted by Mrs. Lyllian Hunt
as marshal:
Worthy Matron. Mrs. Emma How
ard: Worthy Patron, Oscar C.
Meyer; Associate Matron, Mrs. Chris
tine Patton; Secretary, Mrs. Mary
Eames; Treasurer, H. A. Slater; Con
ductress, Mrs. Clara Glasbrenner; As
sociate Conductress, Mrs. Lucy Day;
Organist, Miss Ruby DeGraffe; Chap -
lain, Lawrence Black; Marshal, it. L.
Patton; Adah, Mrs. Cecilia Norgren;
Ruth, Mrs. Rose Lewis; Esther, Lyl
lian Hunt;; Martha, Mrs. Zella Sla
ter; Electo, Miss Cecilia Burroughs;
Warden, Dave Philip; Sentinel, P.
Sherman.
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HOT SPRINOS, Dec. 21. — The
President and his bride continue to
be the center of interest at this re
sort, and their rooms at the Home
stead Hotel are the center of the
town. The happy couple remained in
their rooms this morning and spent
the time answering congratulatory
letters, the President also clearing up
some official correspondence. In the
afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Wilson went
for a motor ride through the sur
rounding country.
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Some exceptionally interesting
Alaskan vlwes, including scenes along
the Copper River & Northwestern
railway, will be shown at Empress
Theatre tomorrow night.
Reserve New Year’s Eve for the
dance to be given by the Cordova
Volunteer Fire Department. These
are always enjoyable affairs, and, of
course, you intend participating.
PARTS, Doc. 21.—Tt is reported here that Germany is
preparing two new moves in the war game, which the Teuton
general staff confidently expects will bring an end to the war,
und victory to the standards of the central powers. The two
points to next receive attention from tin* German machine are
Palais ami Egypt. As the British are conceded to be the
stumbling block in the way of a decisive Teuton victory, so
the next operations will la* dirouted to the end ol bringing
home to England the fact that peace is more desirable than
having her own country devastated and suffering the loss ot
her richest province. All the immense resources of the Ger
man military force will be directed.towards the accomplish
ment of these two objects. The march against Egypt and the
Suez canal will begin about February, when the Germans ex
pect to have their double track railway across the Sinai penin
sula completed. The attack on the British lines in Flanders
in an effort to break through to the coast at Calais will begin
in the spring.
LONDON, Dee. L’l. Il is reported here that strong Teuton
and Bulgarian forces are marching across Albania with tin
purpose of preventing the Italians from occupying the whoh
j of the Adriatic Sea coast between Montenegro and Greece
That this section of the Balkan country will see some sever*
fighting in the near future seems assured, as the Italians an
said to be landing large bodies of troops at Avlona, and art
preparing to take an active part in the Balkan campaign. Tin
advancing Teutons and Bulgarians are marching in the dim*
'tion of Durazzo, which is the most important seaport in AI
bania, and will try and’occupy that city. The race for the city
between the Italians and the Teutons will be an interesting
| one, as the Italians are also said to be sending troops in tha
direction.
LONDON, Dec. 21.—The Bulgarians are busily engaged
entrenching themselves along the Sorbo-Greok border. Neither
side seems prepared to take the offensive at once, although
the military observers here believe that the Teutons and Bul
garians are in much better shape to commence fighting than
the allies. If the central powers begin the offensive and invade
j Greece by marching on Naloniki, Greece will be unable to in
terfere, as she has tied her hands by giving the allies so many
extraordinary privileges, that she will be unable to forcibly
prevent the central powers from assuming the same rights.
The French and Knglish are ceaselessly disembarking men
and ammunition, including scores of machine guns and can
non, at Naloniki. Nevernl months must elapse, however, before
Stlie allies will be strong enough to risk taking an offensive 012
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LONDON, Dec. 21.—Premier Herbert Asquith addressed
lie House of Commons today, and asked the Commoners for
mother million troops. Ib* said that Great Britain already
ind a million and a quarter soldiers in the various fields of
operations, but that the losses had been enormous, and the
raps in the ranks must In* filled up if the allies wish to bring
he war to a conclusion within a reasonable time. He said that
lie country must aim to get every man of military age, who
was physically qualified, to join the army. Every available
man should la* placed in the field consistent with all necessary
provisions for national requirements. Towards the conclusion
[>f his speech tin* premier announced that Sir William Robert
son, the chief of the general staff, has been recalled from
Prance, and' would become chief of the imperial statt at the
jinny headquarters in London. Robertson will replace Lieu
left behind, and all other munitions and supplies were carried
i*d to an important command in the field.
ALLIES DETERMINED TO WIN THE WAR.
LONDON, Dec. 21.- Premier Asquith says that the recent
conference of the allies at Paris had' resulted in extremely im
portant conclusions, and that the allies were all determined to
win the war, and will persist at all cost until the supreme
common purposes were achieved.
BRITISH WITHDRAWN FROM SUVLA BAY.
LONDON, Dec. 21.—Tin* war department announced offi
cially that the British had succeeded in withdrawing their
forces from Suvla Bay and Anzuc with remarkable precision,
and through the support of the warships, which shelled the
Turkish positions while the troops were being withdrawn, the
casualties were practically negligible. Nobody was killed, and
but. three soldiers were wounded during the whole movement,
■six guns which were destroyed and rendered useless, wen*
left behind, an dall other munitions and supplies were carried
away.
GREAT ACTIVITY IN SHIPBUILDING IN JAPAN.
KOBE, Japan, Dec. 21.—No visitor who enters Kobe by
sea can fail to observe the great activity in shipbuilding at
this port. The most heavily capitalized ship yard in Japan is
located here, and all its docks are filled with work. Three
large ships and many smaller ones are in course of construc
tion. Electrical steel riveters keep up a constant, din, which
can be heard far out at sea.
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NORWAY NOT IN FAVOR OF PROHIBITION.
ROTTERDAM, Dec. 21—The war office at Berlin has
published additional casualty lists of the Prussian troops,
which brings the grand total of killed, wounded and missing
to date up to 2,287,000. This number is exclusively Prussian
casualties, and does not include the Wurtemberg lists or the
losses suffered by the Saxon troops. The J»avy casualties, the
Bavarian losses and the Germans killed and wounded while
fight ing in Turkey are also omitted.
POSTAL DEFICIT IS $11,000,000.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Postmaster-General Burle
son’s annual report, made public, says the European war has
cost the American postal service $21,000,000, but that economies
of administration have reduced the audited deficit to a little
more than $11,000,000 for the fiscal year which ended last
June. Considerations of service, the report says, were placed
above all others, and notwithstanding adverse revenue condi
tions, expansion and improvement of postal facilities con
tinued. Had it not been for economical reorganization, begun
before the war and continued since, the postmaster-genernl
says, the audited deficit would have* been at least $24,000,000.
Of the total deficit, however, his analysis of the departments
finances, declares that; all but a little more than $000,000 was
the result of increases of postal salaries and additional rail
way mail pay required by law.
One of the three new engines re
cently purchased by the Copper River
& Northwestern railway has arrived
on the freighter Cordova, and will be
put into service next week, together
with the new rotary, which will alto
make its Intlal trip out the line. There
are two more engines, two rotary ca
booses and fifteen box cars at Seat
tie, and this equipment will be
brought north on the return trips of
the freighters I,atouche and Seward.
Twenty steel fiat cars have also been
ordered, but wil! not be ready for de
livery until spring.
The new engine received w’as de
signed especially for service here, as
a rotary pusher, and was built at
Schenectady, New York. Tt is the
Mikado type of freight locomotive,
with oil burners and weighs 9,600
tons, it has cylinders 20x28, and a
48-lneh driving wheel, which makes
it very powerful for snow conditions.
It has Schmidt super heaters, reverse
levels, electric headlights, and in fact
all the modern equipment.
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TAX LEVY IS FIXED AT FIVE
MILLS.
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At a meeting of the city council,
held last night, the members of that
body decided upon the tax levy, which
was fixed at five mills. This is lower
than previous years, but will provide
ample money to run the municipality
until July l, when the federal licenses
are due.
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LOCAL JOTTINqfc
The Chamber of Commerce meets
tonight, and all members should be
present.
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, Mr. and Mrs. Warren A. Taylor
are both laid up with severe attacks
of pneumonia.
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The street committee had a force
of men at work today shoveling the
snow from the sidewalks.
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Lost—Mink skin neckpiece. Finder
will please return to Mike Sullivan,
care Windsor Hotel, and receive re
ward.
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Lucky No. 10 — Ladie's coat collar
and cuffs, raffled by Mrs. C, it. Nor
man. Winner please call at Mrs.
Rolfe's store for same.
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All the Real News In the Times.
CABLE SYSTEM IS
LIKELY GO TO
P. 0. DEPT
In the mail which arrived last even
ing a letter from Valdez was received,
enclosing a copy of a letter from
Washington, in which it was stated
that there was greater likelihood this
year of having the telegraph and
cable system turned over to the post
office department than ever before.
The letter was writtn by a govern
ment employe in Washington, who
states that he knows Postmaster
General Burleson is now' willing to
take over the management of the
telegraph lines if Congress sees fit
to make the transfer.
In a recent wire from Washington,
it was staled that the postmaster
general mad made an estimate of the
amount of money he would require
if he was to take over the lines, so
that this loads to the belief that the
I letter received yesterday is based on
' a well founded tact.
Should the postoffico take over the
telegraph lines, it means that many
civilian telegraph operators would
have to be imported from the States,
as there are not enough In the in
terior to take charge of all the sta
tions.
As many of the smaller stations
along the trail do not take in enough
receipts in a month to pay for heat
of the buildings. It is likely that many
; of them would be closed and that
! there would be long stretches of ter
ritory, as on the Canadian line, where
there would be no operators.—Fair
banks Times.
FIVE THOUSAND TONS SHIPPED
TO SMELTER.
Through a typographical error yes
terday we stated that the freighter
Seward was taking 200 tons of copper
ore to the Tacoma smelter. It should
have read 2.000 tons. The cargoes of
ore on the Latouche and Seward
amounted In all to 5,000 tons, includ
ing shipments from here and to the
westward.
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NOTICE TO EAGLES.
A special meeting of the Eagles
will be held at 7 o’clock Wednesday
evening. Matters of importance. Be
there.
GEO. DOOLEY, Secretary.
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One-fourth off on all cut glass at
the Blum, O'Neill Co.
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Nifty job printing at the Times.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—A full settlement of the Lusi
tania case, including reparation by Germany for the loss of
American lives, has been postponed by the dismissal of the
German military and naval attaches at Washington. The de
mands upon Austria Hungary in regard to the torpedoing of
the Ancona has also had considerable effect upon public opin—>
ion in Germany, and will influence the government somewhat
on the entire submarine question. Tin* German statesmen
have decided that because of the action against the attaches
and the sharpness of the American notes to Vienna, that any
action Germany might take with reference to the* Lusitania
would not meet with the approval of the German people, and
particularly would be voted down in the Reichstag, as the
sentiment in that body has crystallized against the I nited
States. From the tone of the newspaper comments on the
question as taken from the leading papers throughout the em
pire it is easily seen that the Germans are resentful particular
ly over the Von Pa pen and Iloy-Kd case, and the comment on
the conviction of the four officials of the Hamburg American
Line is also acrimonious.
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SYSTEM OF CENSORSHIP IS NOT HUMANE.
LONDON, Dec. 21—The heartlessness of the red tape
system is shown in the letter written by a mother to one of the
London papers, who, instead of a letter from her soldier son,
now in the trenches, received the following typewritten notice,
from the military censor: “letter destroyed'. This pattern
of envelope is obsolete, and its use is forbidden.”
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RUSSIAN SOLDIERS WANT FIGHT TO FINISH.
DETROGRAD, Dec. 21.—The effect of the war on the com
mon soldiers and their families in the villages has been studied
and reported to the Imperial Geographic Society by 1. I.
I ylanoff, on the basis of letters that have passed through his
hands. Mr. Dylanoff examined fourteen letters written about
the same time from the Dvinsk front, and an equal number of
letters written fro ma village in the northern province of Derm.
Of course there was no selection. Without exception all the
village letter writers declared the war had' to be fought to a
victorious conclusion, no matter what the cost to the country
or to themselves.
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MAMMOTH GERMAN LINER NAMED HINDENBERG.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 20.—According to a dispatch from
Berlin, a new 35,000 ton passenger liner, which the North
German-Llovd is about to build for service in the transatlan
tic trade after the war, will be named the Hindenburg.
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BOMBARDING BULGARIAN PORT OF VARNA.
ATHENS, Dec. 21.—A Russian cruiser and two destroy
ers appeared off the Bulgarian port of Varna, in the Blade
Sea, this morning, and commenced to bombard the town. Ac
companying the warships are sixteen transports loaded with
troops. The bombardment is still under way, the shore bat
teries replying vigorously to the fire from the ships, and tin
town suffering heavily from the Russian shells.
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LOSS TO PRUSSIAN TROOPS 2,287,000.
CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Dec. 21.—A bill restricting am
regulating t he sale of liquor has been prepared by a govern
tnent committee, and as it has the support of two-thirds o
the members of the newly elected Norwegian parliament, i
will soon be enacted into law.
Total prohibtion has been rejected' by the committee ai
impossible to enforce, and detrimental to real temperance. Bn
it is felt that the sale of strong liquors should be strictly con
trolled. Beer containing less than three per cent of alcohol i
regarded not only as a harmless but a beneficial drink. Ligh
wines will also he favored. The strong drinks will l»e deal
with according to their relation with the grosser forms ol
drinking.
SOCIALISTS ARE AGAINST ANNEXATION.
BERLIN, Doc. 21.— The Reichstag passed a measure to
day, providing for an additional war credit of ten billion
marks. The government had asked for nineteen billion. I he
Socialists in tin1 Reichstag voted solidly against the appropria
tions, and Frederick Oyer, the spokesman for the Socialists,
in an impassioned speech, denounced the continuance of the
war, saying that all the endeavors made heretofore and being
made to bring about peace had failed because annexation was
the aim of both sides. Coyer declared against annexation, and
defended the right of the smaller nations to retain their na
tional identity.
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