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VOLUME TWO. NUMBER*322. CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1915. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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WASHINGTON, Doc. 27. — In hi
forthcoming annual report Sooretar
Lane says that the government shout
continue its systematic co-operatlo
a-A," development of Alaska. H
urge' that the confusion in adminit
trntive action in Alaskan affair
should he nbolished. “It would be to
hazardous a thing to surrender thes
resources to local control or disposa
for those who have lived in any ne\
country know the temptation is P
grant away waterfront and powe
sites, forests and other exceptions
resources to those who come offerim
large sums for quick improvement
Yet this should not drive us into t
P<*4cy that makes slow administrate
a necessity.
"The confusion in administrative
action In Alaska Is well known,
have tried to give it currency that i
might hasten the establishment o
some method of co-ordinated contro
of Alaskan affairs, primarily In tip
hands of a resident commission, bu
always in touch and responsive to th<
wish of Congress and the Presiden
through one of the departments. Tha
land has a mysterious charm, a pul
which affects all who set it and those
too, who know’ Indirectly of its large
ness, its grandeur and its economii
possibilities. This could not be bet
ter Illustrated than by the number o
applications for places which wer<
received by the Alaskan engineerinf
> commission. When that body left foi
Alaska in the spring the number wai
* <over 38,000, and most of those wh<
applied were not out of work, bu
already held positions with railroads
in banks, on farms, or in some cit;
shop. They wished a taste of th<
large life of this new land. Then
are many more of the same desire
some of whom will make Alaska rich
er by their presence and find happl
ness in searching out the land.”
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. — MucI
comment is being indulged in regard
ing the torpedoing of the Japanese
liner Ysaka. It is suggested that the
affair has wide possibilities, and it ii
believed that Japan is likely to an
swer the challenge to her shipping
by taking a more active part in the
•war, and particularly take part in the
J^.fighting in Europe by sending troops
to FTance and Russia.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. — The
American consul at Port Said hae
cabled the state department that the
Japanese liner Ysaka, which was tor
pedoed by a submarine last week, wai
attacked without any warning. The
ship made no effort to escape, and ii
fact did not know of the presence o
the submarine until the torpedo wai
fired. The nationality of the subma
rine has not as yet been established.
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MRS. LENA MORROW LEWIS WILI
SPEAK AT EAGLE HALL.
Owing to the fact that a number o
people who were anxious to hear tin
lecture on “Shall the United State
Prepare for War,” were unable to at
tend last Wednesday night, Mrs
Lewis will speak on the same topt
tonight at Eagle Hall at 8 p. m. Ad
mission free. Everybody invited.
TEXAS-PACIFIC RAILROAD
ASKS FOR RECEIVER
DALLAS. Dec. 27. — The bondhold
| ers of the Texas and Pacific railroad
brought a suit in the federal court
I here today asking that the road be
thrown into the hands of a receiver,
and alleging that the company was
operating at a loss and unable to pay
1 the interest on its bonds.
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Sunday was an exceptionally busy
I day at the Cordova postoffice, as the
II steamers Admiral Evans and Norta
western brought practically all of the
Christmas mail, and a train arrived
1 with the interior mail.
There were nearly 400 sacks of mail
^ received, and the local office was
1 strewn with parcel post packages.
The employes were kept on the Jump,
E but succeeded in getting out all first
’ class mall, as well as the parcels, for
delivery last evening. After this had
been done and the general delivery
1 window kept open until nearly 11
' o’clock p. m., a big dispatch of mail
for interior Alaska was gotten out and
! 1 left on this morning's train.
The public showed its appreciation
j of the extra effort made by the postal
j employes, and they felt fully repaid
| in doing this gratuitous work, which
the department neither pays for or
.seems to appreciate.
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THE PILOT ON MARIPOSA IS
SUSPENDED
United States Marine inspectors
Lord and Whitney rendered a decis
| ion in the Mariposa wreck case, by
| which Pilot John F. Wall will have his
! license suspended until January 11,
J 1916. The decision declares the of
1 ficer guilty of negligence.
The Mariposa piled up on the rocks
1 at Pointer Island, B. C\, not far from
i Bella Bella, two months ago. Wall,
first mate and pilot, was in command]
of the vessel at the time. The Mari
posa struck at 6 o'clock in the morn
ing. notwithstanding acetylene bea-|
cons were burning at two points not
far from there.
The Mariposa was salved and is [
now undergoing repairs at Seattle, i
which will aggregate $100,000.
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' PETROGRAD, Dec. 27. — The war
] office officially announced today that
the Russian troops in Persia had won
further victories, defeating a large
force of Turks and Germans and mis
cellaneous tribal soldiers. The enemy
included several thousand rebel Per
sians, members of the gendarmerie.
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r DUTCH HARBOR MAY BE MADE A
. SUPPLY BASE.
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The government wants Dutch Har
. bor, Alaska, as a supply base, the
■ coast and geodetic survey revealed
- when its annual report was made
I public.
BE BUILT Oil
H. A. Sprague, president of the
Lighthouse i’acklng Company, of Ore
gon, arrived in Cordova Sunday, ac
companied by his wife, and a party
of twenty-four people, to establish a
clam factory here.
A temporary location has been se
cured on the city dock where the
Alaska Transfer Company's large
warehouse will be equipped as a plant,
the machinery for the same having al
ready arrived. Mr. Sprague will op
erate on a small scale for a couple of
months.
Next March he intends erecting a
large building on the dock, which will
be 60x120 feet, and possibly two
stories. In order to put up this
structure it will be necessary to drive
new piling. A two line plant will be
Installed, with a capacity of from 500
to 700 cases a day. The output will
be handled from the city dock to the
ocean terminal by the railroad.
Mr. Sprague spent several weeks
here last fall making a thorough in
vestigation of the clam beds in this
vicinity, and satisfied hfmself tha.
here was a good field for a plant. He
found that the claims were very lus
cious, and the supply sufficient to
operate on a big scale.
There are twenty-six people in Mr.
Sprague’s party, representing a num
ber of families. These were busy to
day securing homes and practically all
of them have arranged for cabins, and
expected to be settled in a few days,
red will be quite an acquisition to
our town.
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KING OF SERBIA
FIGHTS IN
BRINDISI, Dec. 27. — King I'eter of
Serbia arrived here today, coming
from Avlona, in Albania, on an Ital
ian cruiser. The king fought in the
trenches wth his men when the Teu
tons invaded his country, and fought
by their side all during the long re
treat from Nish to the Adriatic Sea.
He is wasted from sickness incurred
through exposure to the elements,
and is practically confined to his bed
bed at present. The king and queen
of Italy have offered Peter the use of
one of their palaces at Naples, and he
has accepted. Physicians were in
Waiting when the boat landed to take
care of their august patient, and will
remain with him until be is out of
danger.
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ROME, Dec. 27. — Serbia has de
livered thirty thousand prisoners to
Italy. The captives are mostly Aus
trians, although many Germans and
Bulgarians are among the number.
This is the second consignment of
prisoners delivered by Serbia to her
allies, the first twenty thousand hav
ing been taken care of by France.
Italy is Interning the prisoners on the
island of Sardinia.
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FRENCH VESSEL
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PARIS. Dec. 27. — The government
Issued an official communique this af
ternoon. stating that another French
steamer had fallen victim to an enemy
submarine. The latest sufferer is the
passenger steamer Villede Laroltat.
with a large list of passengers, which
was attacked without warning in the
Mediterranean. The ship was tor
pedoed and sunk last Friday, and the
survivors have just reached land, hav
ing been two days at sea In life boats.
Some of the passengers perished, but
definite advices have not been re
ceived as to how many, or who they
were. The captain telegraphed his
company at Marseilles that most of the
passengers had been saved.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. — The
American consul at Malta reported
by cable to the state department to
day that seventy-nine persons were
drowned when the French steamer
Viile De La Ciotat was torpedoed by
a Teuton submarine last Friday. No
Americans were on board the ship,
and he states that the attack was
made without warning, the vessel
sinking in fifteen minutes after the
torpedo struck. The Viile De La Cio
tat was of the burden of 6,400 tons,
and was ownfd by the Messgerieres
Maritime of Marseille*.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. — A sec
ond message /rom the American con
sul at Malta states that the survivors
of the Viile De La Ciotat were picked
up by a vessel of the Moss line after
having been only two hours in the
small boats. The sunken French
steamship was bound to Marseilles,
coming from Japan, China and Ha
waii. Among the dead are one woman
first class passenger, a stewardess
and two children.
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ATHENS. Dec. 27. — That Greece
is no longer fearing that she will be
forced into the war is apparent from
a royal decree which was isued today
demobilizing two auxiliary classes of
Greek troops. General Castelnau, the
chief of the French general staff, is
in the city and has held frequent con
ferences with the Greek officials. He
had a long audience with King Con
stantine yesterday, and assured the
monarch that the central powers
would find It impossible to oust the
allies from Saloniki. He said that the
French and English are preparing to
launch a strong offensive against
the Bulgarians, and felt assured that
the movement would be successful, as
the country was particularly favorable
for such a campaign, the army having
Saloniki as its base of supplies.
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The steamer Northwestern brought
500 tons of freight for Cordova and
points along the railroad line.
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The Jesters very pleasantly enter
tained their friends at a dance at
Eagle Hall Saturday night.
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The Christmas services held at St. |
George’s Mission Sunday morning
were largely attended.
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Found—A purse in Empress The
atre. Owner can secure same at Alas
ka Transfer Co.’s office.
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KILLS TROOPS ARE BEING
MUSTERED OUT
EL PASO. Dec. 27. — The control
of the civil government at Juarez has
been taken over from the Villa offi
cials by the Carranza representatives.
The mustering out of Villa’H troops
commenced todnv. The Carranza gov
ernment announced that Governor
Cantu of Lower California, had turned
over his entire organization to the
Carranza officials.
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BUTTLE CENTERS
LONDON, Dec. 27. — Reports from J
the Balkans are conflicting. The chief
question is as to what course of ac-j
tion the Teutons and Bulgarians,
crouching on the Greek frontier, will
take. Some advices assert that the
Teutons under the leadership of Mac
kensen are steadily preparing for an
offensive in conjunction with the Bul
garians and Turks. According to
these rumors the central powers
plan to force the fighting down
through Greece towards Saloniki and
force the allies to evacuate that city.
Others say that the Bulgarian gen
erals are opposed to taking the of
fensive, as they fear to make an at
tack because of the nature of the
country between the border and Sa
loniki. According to these experts if
Bulgaria should attempt to advance,
they would be caught between twro
fires In the strip of territory extend
ing to the sea. One alied army would
attack along the railroad running
from Gievgeli to Saloniki, while an
other force would harrass the Bul
garians from the other side along a
line stretching from Doiran to Sa
loniki.
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PRESIDENT AND HIS BRIDE
SPEND QUIET XMAS
HOT SPRINGS, Va.. Dec. 27.—Pre
sident Wilson and his bride remained
indoors nearly all day Christmas and
yesterday, as a heavy snowstorm was
raging, making it impossible to enjoy
life outside. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wil
son were busily engaged acknowledg
ing the receipt of their Xmas pres
ents.
EASTERN STATES
STORM SWEPT
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NEW YORK, Dec. 27. — The heav
iest storm in years swept this section t
of the Atlantic seaboard Christmas
and yesterday, and inflicted a tremen
dous amount of dapiage on property,
particularly in the rural districts. The
storm centered over New England and
New York, but its severity was felt
as far south as Virginia. It rained,
snowed and hailed, accompanied by'
lightning and thunder. The wind
reached a high velocity, and many
buildings were unroofed in this city.1
Full details of the damage cannot be
secured, as the telegraph wires are
down in all directions, and only a few
main wires are still doing service.
Many ships were driven ashore along
Cape Cod, and in Martha’s Vineyard, j
In New York City eight people per
ished as a result of the storm.
STEAMERS BUG
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The steamer Northwestern reached
Cordova about 6 o'clock Sunday even
ing and brought the banner list of
passengers for this time of the year,
also a big cargo of freight, as well as
a batch of mail. The passengers
were:
For Cordova — H. A. Sprague, Mrs.
Sprague, Frank Snow, Elmer Snow,
J. Anderson, Chas. Thomas, Max
Boehmer, S. R. West, Mrs. West, Mil
dred West, J. Eldridge. Mrs. Eldridge,
Marion Eldridge, H. S. Foster. Mrs.
Foster, Mike Lewis, Vic Hendrickson,
W. G. Towse, Dan Vanderford. Max
Rede. H. C. O’Neil, M. Jackson. Miss
E. DeLane. Mrs. R. Schultz, J. Wal
lingford, Mrs. Wallingford, Marion
Wallingford. Miss E. Hannan, Miss
H. Harman, C. E. Trevethick and
Dane Steacy.
For Seward — H. B. Ingram. T. B.
Standifer, R. J Spicer. J. H. Breaig,
P. P. Brawick, H. P. Brawick, J. P.
Mantell, Frank Youngs.
For Valdez — T. W. Blakley, Jeanne
Beyer.
For Ellamar—H. McDonald.
The steamer Admiral Evans arrived
in port Sunday morning, after a
rather eventful trip. She brought a
large quantity of Christmas mail and
the following passengers for Cordova:
John Steen, Mrs. Sarah Jones. Mrs.
H. C. Hamilton, Mrs. A. Bell, C. A.
Hamilton, Thomas Clark. Fred A.
Thorster, Theresa Kernde, Dr. L. Von
M. Zesch, Peter Millan, Nick Bloom,
Peter Beghetti. Thomas J. Tedrabn.
Among the passengers on the Ad
miral Evans bound for the westward
is W. E. Patten. Mr. Patten is the
owner of a gold mining property ia
the vicinity of Valdez, and is on his
way there. He has interested capital
from Spokane, Washington, in his
claims, and they will be developed at
once, according to his statement.
Mrs. Mary Lesch, accompanied by
Miss Maud Lesch, are on board the
Evans, hound for Homer, where they
will join Mr. Lesch. Mr. Lesch has
charge of the government stock which
is being wintered there.
LONDON. Dec. 27. — It was an
nounced in an official bulletin this
morning that the British troops in
Persia were holding their own at Ku
telamara. and were in no danger of
being annihilated The wildest of
rumors have been floating around con
cerning the plight of the British after
their retreat from before Bagdad, but
today's statement while it admits that
the troops are being subjected to al
most constant attacks from the Turks,
declares that the British are well en
trenched, and in strong positions,
from which they cannot be driven ex
cept by overwhelming numbers and
heavy artillery. The Turks made a
mass attack on the British positions
last Saturday, but were driven back
with a loss of seven thousand in Ml’ed
and wounded. The British losses were
under two hundred.
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M rs. Horace Leach has been housed
through illness during the past week.
Sam Sanderson, a Nizina placer
mining operator, is spending a few
days in towm.