The Cordi wa Daily Times
VOLUME ONE. NUMBER 226. CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1915. PRICE TEN CENTS.
Freighter Edith Is Total Loss
VESSEL AND $150,000 CARGO GOES TO BOTTOM
DEVELOPING
WASHINGTON, Aug 31.—Secretary
Lane is preparing his annual report to
Congress as Secretary of the Interior
and will recommed several new
changes in regard to the conservation
the great natural resources of the
country. The administration is now
ready to go ahead with its water pow
er bill, the provisions having been
agreed upon and the secretary is now
drafting the measure which he will
strongly urge upon Congress in his re
port. The bill will place all water
powers throughout the west and Alas
ka, not now privately owned, under
public control, with probabilities of
being leased under government regu
lations. The Secretary will also re
commend the passage of national leas
ing bills for the coal, oil and other
public lands of the United States, and
while details are not yet available it
is believed that the secretary is in fa
vor of making the terms of the leases
reasonable so that capital will be en
couraged to invest and devlop these
resources. Mr. Lane said today that
he expected all these bills to pass the
senate in the coming session although
they failed of passage last year. The
terms have been considerably modi
fied.
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TAKES SLAP
PEKIN, Aug. 31—That China has
not yet forgotten the Indignities heap
ed upon her by Japan at the the time
of the demands forced to be granted a
few months ago at the point of the
sword, is plainly evident from a mani
festo issued by President Yuan Shi
Kai to the Chinese people today. The
president of the republic appealed to
the Chinese of all classes not to for
get the national disgrace of May 7,
the date when China yielded to the
Japanese threats and accepted the
terms of the ultimatum. The presi
'y urges every patriotic Chinese not to
forget the history of Poland and asks
them to organize for the upbuilding
of their country and for the formation
of means to repulse further aggres
sions.
PROMETHUS ARRIVES
t HERE THIS AFTERNOON
The collier Promethus arrived fa
Cordova this afternoon and expects to
remain here two months, making re
pairs to the naval wdreless station at
Whitshed. She carries a crew of 400
sailors and about forty civilians, and
has a complete machine shop aboard.
The Promethus is 450 feet long, with
1 a tonnage of 12,585. She was built at.
Mare Island, Cal., in 1906, has a speed
of sixteen knots and coal bunker
capacity for 1,576 tons.
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The freighter Edith, with its cargo of copper concentrates,
was abandoned last night at 8 o’clock, forty-six miles east of
Cape St. Elias, Captain McMullen being the last person to be
taken off the vessel. She had a fifty degree list, due to the
cargo shifting, with a heavy southeast swell and a fresh wester
ly wind blowing. The vessel was sinking rapidly at the time,
with fifteen feet of water in the engine and fire rooms, and it
was only a question of a short time when the Edith with its
$150,000 cargo would drop out of sight. The steamer Mariposa,
which went to the rescue yesterday afternoon, stood by long as
there was any necessity and finally came on to Cordova, bring
ing the Edith’s crew of thirty-eight men, who are now here
alnd will return to Seattle on the Northwestern tomorrow
night.
Captain McMullen gave the following particulars of the
wreck of the Edith:
“The vessel left Latouche on Saturday last at 4 p. m.,
bound for Seattle, via the inside passage, to pick up canned
salmon on the way down, loaded with 2,000 tons of concentrates,
44(5 tons of sacked concentrates and 300 tons of copper ore, all
loaded at Latouche. The vessel appeared to be in fine shape,
leaving Latouche, passed Hinchinbrook at 11 a. m. Sunday.
Strong northerly wind was blowing, with south easterly swell.
Passed’ Cape St. Elias at 10:20 Sunday night. Wind haulded
to northeast, with heavy southeast swell running. Edith was
moving along without any trouble, at a speed of about six knots
an hour. About 0 o’clock Monday morning vessel suddenly
listed over to port at an angle of thirty-five degrees. Immedi
ately turned the vessel around to seee if I could straighten her
up with seas and decided to run back to Cordova or the nearest
port ot safety, where the cargo could be trimmed’ to straighten
up the ship. Vessel was listing more all the time, the port rail
being under water and seas breaking over the hatches fore and
att, making it impossible to take them off to trim cargo. Ves
sel being in such a precarious condition sent out wireless dis
tress calls, with the idea of having her towed to port. No
response was received from any one, so presumed our call was
not heard. Proceeded to swing out the life boats in case of an
emergency; the davits of the port life boats broke off twe feet
from the deck, carrying one of the crew overboard into the
sea. I then stopped the ship to pick up the man who was
pulled in over the port rail, practically all in and injured, owing
to the davit falling on him. On account of the heavy rolling of
the sea this boat was smashed to pieces against the ship’s side.
“At 11 oclock Monday morning the vessel appeared to be
listing more and more and taking in wfiter in the engine room.
Steamer Mariposa came along about 3 p. m., when a tow line
was passed aboard and Edith taken in tow. Vessel was sinking
rapidly and the tow-line parted about three hours later. I was
taken off the Edith at 8 p. m., being the only person on the
vessel at that time, and the ship abandoned.”
The Edith was 276.4 feet long and had a depth of 27.4 and
a breadth of 37.3. Her gross tonnage was 2,369 and net ton
nage 1,495, and was built in Sunderland, England, in 1882.
She has been in the northern service for a number of years,
being owned and operated by (he Alaska Steamship Company.
LAND INSPECTORS ARE IN BAD
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
PANAMA, Aug. 30—Although the Joint Land Commission
lias suspendeded sitting because of the absence of one of the
American Commissioners, bitter attacks upon the American
members of the commission and officials of the Panama Canal
appear daily in the Panama newspapers. Charges of unfair
ness and prejudice together with allegations of false testimony
on the part of American land inspectors are made.
The recent troubles of the land commission were due to the
inability of the two Panama Commissioners and the two Ameri
can Commissioners to reach agreements on amounts to be given ^
certain claimants. The attacks on American canal officials are
directed chiefly against Frank Feuille, special attorney in
charge of the claims, although governor Goethals also is receiv
ing a share of the attack.
Governor Goethals has asked Secretary of War Garrison
to endeavor to have the Department of State arrange with
Panama for some other means of settling land claims. He ad
vocate's the organization of a special claims court to sit in the
{ anal Zone* for which claimants could appeal to a higher coutr
in the l nited States. Diplomatic difficulties, however, con
front this plan.
LONDON, Aug. 31—The situation in the Balkans remains
practically unchanged with Roumania and Bulgaria still un
decided as to what course of action to pursue. Both countries
have strong leanings towards the allies, but Bulgaria is still
bitter over the treaty of Bucharest and is trying to recover
territory from both Serbia and Roumania which she claims
was wrongfully taken from her. The Italian foreign office at
Rome is optimistic of a satisfactory settlement of the various
conflicting interests and they feel in Rome that will make
agreeable concessions to Bulgaria. The agreement made by
Bulgaria with Turkey relative to the Dedeagatch railroad will
not bind Bulgaria to preserve neutrality in case the allies satisfy
her demands.
SOFIA, Aug. 31—A German correspondent here says that
the central powers have offered Bulgaria a portion of Turkish
Thrace provided she will continue nutral. Bulgaria is flirting
with both sides and is cold bloodedly seeking to make the best
bargain possible. The Teuton proposition while not asking
Bulgaria to light on the side of the Teutons does request that the
neutrality be of a benevolent nature and that Bulgaria should
allow the shipment of arms and supplies to Turkey. The allies
are asking that Bulgaria tight Turkey and are offering her .the
concession of Macedonia.
Discuss Sinking of Arabic With the Emperor.
BERLIN, Aug. 31—Tee conference at the front between
Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg, Lord Tirpitz first lord of the
German admiralty and the other leading German statesmen and
soldiers with the emperor has been terminated and the party of
notables returned to this city today. The conference was with
the Kaiser on the matter of the American negotiations in regard
to the submarine warfare and the attack on the Arabic. No
official statement has yet been made regarding the position that
the Imperial Government is going to take on the Arabic but
there is good ground for believing that the government is going
to adopt the conciliatory policy recommended by the Chancel
lor. It is expected that the Foreign Office will send' a note to
Washington on the matter within a few days.
Submarines of Allies Passed Through Straits.
ATHENS, Aug. ill—It is unofficially reported here that
submarines of the allies passed through the Dardanelles straits,
the Sea of Marmora, and appeared off Constantinople where the
little under water craft blew up the bridge between Constantin
ople and Galata. The rumor has not been confirmed, although
it has gained considerable credence.
Welsh Coal Miners Strike Is Ended.
LONDON, Aug. 31—The'government announced today that
the second strike of the Welsh coal miners since the war started
had ended and that all the men had agreed to return to work by
tomorrow. The difficulties between the men and the mine own
ers have all been adjusted to the satisfaction of the employees,
and it is not anticipated that any further trouble will result.
LONDON, Aug. 31—The South Wales miners have finally
decided to accept the award of Waited Runcinmn, President of
the London Board of Trade, who was appointed arbitrator by
Lloyd’ George at the time of the first labor disturbances in the
coal fields. The mine owners have granted additional bonuses
to the engineers and all other surface workers, who were not
covered in the first agreement.
Italians Capture Important Strategic Point.
LONDON, Aug. 31—The Italian forces captured by storm
the summit of Cimacista, over a mile high, which commanded
the Italian positions, and seriously threatened the safety of the
army if retained by the Austrians. This 6500 foot summit was
shelling the Italians at Monte Salubio, and inflicting ureat
damage, until orders were sent out by General Caneva to tak%>
the position.
BOX TEN ROUNDS
FOR PURSE Of
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NEW YORK, Aug. 31—New heights
in ring finance were reached in the
signing of Packey McFarland and
Mike Gibbons to box in this city Sept.
11. These two glove artists agreed
to box ten rounds without decision for
a purse of $32,500, of which McFarland
is to receive $17,500 and Gibbons $15,
000. No title will be involved and
even though a knockout occur the re
sult will be without championship
value.
Underthe circumstances the paying
of $583 per minute to McFarland and
$500 per minute to Gibbons establishes
what is undoubtedly a new record in
limited round pugilism. Owing to the
boxing skill and reputation of these
modern ring generals the gate receipts
are quite likely to exceed by several
thousand dollars the purse and other
incidental expenses but there is noth
: ing in local puglistic history to war
; rant the idea that the receipts will ap
| proach the figures reached In famous
battles of the past.
I The largest gate receipts ever re
corded at a bout in New York were
$66,300 taken in at the Jeffries-Sharkey
j twenty-five round battle, fought at
i Coney Island, November 3, 1899. The
fight between Jim Corbett and Kid
McCoy, during the closing days of the
Horton Law, under which some of the
greatest bouts of modem ring history
were fought, netted $56,350 at the
gate. Championship fights in Nevada
Australia, and several other points
have drawn larger gates but many
famous flgthers including Nelson,
Gans, Britt, McGovern, Fitzsimmons,
Ketchel, Jeffries and Corbett risked,
and in some cases lost, their titles be
fore fistic gatherings, the recipts
from which did not equal the set aside
for Gibbons and McFarland.
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MARIPOSA R E R E
LIST
The steamer Mariposa arrived in
port about 8 o’clock this morning with
the following passengers:
For Cordova—Miss Celia Burroughs,
Fred Anderson and wife, Miss H. An
derson, Miss M. Anderson, W. H.
Webb and wife, Mrs. T. S. Scott and
child, C. Cockran and wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Lamprey and 3 children, C. Phil
lips and W. A. Conroy.
For Valdez—Mrs. O. A. Hall, Miss
H. M.Kaher, Annie Hanell, M. Skir
van, A. Busher and wife.
For Latouche—l)r. W. A. Brown.
For Seward—Mrs. C. D. Meyer and
son, Miss Wedd, Mrs. Choin, Helen'
Chevin, J. Corson. Mrs. G. Corson, G.
Waring, A. Nicholas.
For Anchorage—J. E. Uihlein. E. J.
Hihlein, Blanche Shox. Lucy Mathews,
Miss C. Oslund, Mrs. J. Jackson, W.
G. Stevens, L. P. Byrus, J. C. Telmas,
Ora Clare, M. 1, Peters, C. Armstrong,
P. C. Birdsall, S. Carney.
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