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_The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME IT. NUMBER 532. CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 191(5 ~ *
_ ’ PRICE TEN CENTS.
. BRITISH STEAMER KELVINIA IS SUNK
TERRITORK GET!
, 1250,080 IN
BACK TAXES
jr.VEAU, Sept. f>. — A telegram rf
eelved here stales that the appellati
court has confirmed the contention:
of Attorne.v-f!eneral Cobh, in behal
of the territory, for the fishing an<
mining taxes on a test case. This de
cision gives the territory approximate
lv $250,000 additional funds. With tin
money now in the treasury it is be
lievcd the amount, with the addltiona
taxes due, will reach $750,000 by tin
time the legislature convenes nex
March.
SENATE PASSES
NEW REVENUE
BILL
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. — The sen
ate Iasi night passed the emergency
revenue bill, designed to raise $225,
Ouij.euii annually. Today a vote will
be taken to consider the Owens cor
rupt practices bill, which greatly cur
tails campaign expenses, imposing
heavy penalties for a violation of the
law.
1 SEEK TO PLACE
TIX REFINED
WASHINGTON, Sept. fi. — The
house conferees on the revenue bill
insist on placing a tax on refined cop
per, which the senate removed, and
the prospects are that there will be
an early adjustment of the measure.
^ Congress is at present in quite a dis
agreement with the senate over the
revenue bill.
CHAPLAINS ARE
ACTIVE ON
El. T’ASO, Texas, Sept. (i. — More
than one hundred chaplains on the
Mexican border with the national
guard regiments are doing much to
aid struggling border missions, in ad
dition to ministering to the spirtual
needs of the men of their commands
Euch Sunday sees the chaplains oc
cupying pulpits in practically every
community along the frontier from
Brownsville, Texas, to Calexico, Cali
fornia.
At least a dozen missions have been
organized by these ministers in ser
vice with the guard, some of them as
Ife sisting with their own hands in con
structing temporary buildings U
house the little congregations.
The chaplains represent almost
every faith; Jew, Protestant and Ko
man Catholic work together in help
ing the isolated border communitiet
in the religious work. Missionary so
cieties in Chicago. Boston, New York
Philadelphia and Cincinnati also havt
co-operated.
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PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR DEAC
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. G. — Dover
nor Penny-packer, of this city, diet
from uraemic poisoning.
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AUTO STAGE LEAVES
CHITINA TOMORROW P M
Tu* Frame auto stage will leavt
Chitina for Fairbanks after the ar
rival of the train at Chitina tomor
* row afternoon. Wire your reserva
lions to the Chitina hotel.
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Daniel Hudson, a former mayor ol
Douglas, and Miss Lawrln Tufty, wer«
recently married in that city.
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S. SOLDIERS
IT JOIN THE
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. G. — General
1 Funston says General Pershing’s sol
' diers may join the troops of the Car
' ranza government if Villa gets within
1 striking distance. The American ex
peditionary forces in an offensive cam
paign to exterminate the bandits.
EL PASO, Sept. 6. — All trains leav
ing Juarez for the south are heavily
guarded, presumably because Villa Is
marching northward.
NEW LONDON, Sept. G. — The first
formal conference of the Mexican and
American commissioners has issued
a summary of the day’s proceedings,
in which it is stated that the Carranza
government is growing stronger.
FAVORITE WAR
STOCKS AGAIN
ADVANCE
NEW YORK, Sept. 6. — Sensational
advances are being made by war
stocks, the favorites making new high
records. Today United States steel
stock touched par for the first time.
SURVIVORS Df
OUTSIDE
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Among the passengers on the steam-.
er Northwestern, from Nome, were;
members of the Stefansson party, and |
the crew of the wrecked schooner
Great Bear, bound for the states, ('apt.
Louis Lane was not aboard, he having
remained for a time at Nome. In dis
cussing the accident one of the mem
bers of the party said:
The Great Bear is a total wreck. All
the passengers and crew on board are
safe, after subsisting fifteen days on
Mathew island, and were rescued by
the coast guard steamer McCulloch.
The place where the Great Bear was
shipwrecked is Binnacle- island, so
called by Captain Cook, and is a vol
canic islet south of South Mathew is
land rising to the height of T10 feet.
It is very bleak and desolate. Cap
tain Lane, with the Great Bear, went
to St. Mathew island with the inten
tion of investigating the report of a
shipwreck in that quarter, and of
which he had been advised when on
his way north. Notice to this effect
was given to St. Paul island, which
was in turn radiographed to Nome by
the St. Paul naval radhfttallon.
Shortly after midnight on Thursday,
August HI, the Great Hear was caught
in the great storm that was then rag
ing and instead of affording assist
ance to a shipwrecked crew, was
wrecked on Pinnacle rock herself.
The Great Bear was taking a party
of wealthy eastern men, including Bor
den of New York, on a hunting trip
to the Arctic and Captain Lane had
intended to proceed in the direction
of Banks Land. ' The first suspicion
that something was wrong was held
when the Great Bear became overdue,
but information that the inotorship
was in the vicinity of Mathew island
with the intention of investigating the
alleged wreck of another vessel some
what allayed all fears.
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A degree team from Seattle arrived
in Juneau recently to institute the
new lodge of Knights of Columbus,
recently organized at that place.
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Heavy fogs all along the coast of
j Alaska were responsible for a consid
erable delay on the part of vessels,
navigating northern waters recently.
Two big Kelly auto trucks have been
unloaded at Tolovana station which
will be sent to the Kantishna to haul
ore from the Taylor mine to the river.
RUSSIANS TAKE MANY POSITIONS
WASHINGTON, Sept. G.—It is officially announced that
the British steamer Kclvinia, bound from Newport News to
Glasgow, was sunk on September 2. It is not known definitely
whether a mine or a torpedo caused the loss of the steamer.
Twenty-eight Americans, presumably muleteers, were saved,
and landed at Glasgow.
1’1'il ROGRAI), Sept. ;».—The Russians officially announce
the capture of the Teutonic fortficd position in the region of
lower Gorodenka, in the direction of Halicz, Galicia. They drove
the Teutons toward the northwest. The Russians captured 4,
oOO men in lower Gorodenka, including 2,000 Germans.
LONDON, Sept. G.—North of Somme the French troops
took the outskirts of Anderlu wood, Hospital farm, Rainuette
wood, a portion of Marrieres wood and a position on the road
leading from Bouchavesnes to ('lory. The French also cap
tured d.aOO prisoners, and .MG guns since the British won all the
territory between Falemont farm and Pineliv, which they cap
tured Sunday. Since then all of Lenze wood has been taken.
BERLIN, Sept. G.—The war office admits that the Rus
ians pressed back the Austrian center, between Zlota, Lipa and
Dneister rivers, in Galicia. The allies also captured' (Mery,
tlm e and a half miles northwest of Peronne.
| A I llh.XX, Sept. (>. 1 lie Italians from Avlona arc pressing
steadily into interior Albania. They have also occupied north
Kperusisby. Greek authority is prohibiting the departure of
prominent citizens for regions occupied by the Italians in build
ing railroads.
LONDON, Sept. (i.—A great crowd attended the funeral of
the sixteen members of the Zeppelin crew recently killed. The
burial took place in the village cemetery, there being one large
grave for the men and a smaller one for the officers.
BKRLIN, Sept. 6.—Seven of the Tutrakan works, in south
ern Russia, including batteries, were stormed by forces of the
central powers.
I>1 < HARKS 1, Sept. (>.—Tin* German and Bulgarian at
I tempts to invade eastern Roumania has been defeated and the
I Roumanians possess all of the frontier east of the Danube which
I was attacked. In upper Maros valley the Roumanians cap
tured seven officers and seven hundred men.
LONDON, Sept. 6—The British lost 2,:>()() officers, killed
, ""I wounded, in opposing the enemy the first two weeks in
\ugust. The total number of casualties since the beginning of
! the war is placed at .‘19,000.
WANT ENGLISH RAILWAYS NATIONALIZED
R1 KM 1XXSHAM, Sept. A determined stand for the 11a
Iionalization of tlio British railroads has been taken by the
Trades I'nion Congress, representing two and a half million
men. It has demanded the acquisition of the railroads bv the
state and a voice in their control by the workers.
BI KM INGHAM, Sept. (1.—The Trades I nion (’onnress Ini'
adopted a resolution virtually endorsing personal protection,
ind asks for tin* adoption of methods restricting or preventing '
l In* importation of cheap manufactured no,ids, produced at low
i wanes and under worse labor conditions than prevail in 1
l Great Britain.
ABOUT PEOPLE
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li. M. Fleming was the only passen
ger on the steamer Karragut this morn
ing.
Jack E. Way will leave on the Ala
nieda for Seattle, where he will make
his future home.
B. W. Elliott left today for Valdez,
where he will serve as a juror at the
coming term of court.
Rev. A. U. Shriver returned today
from Anchorage, where he attended a
meeting of The Presbytery.
The steamer Alaska is due here
from Seattle Thursday at midnight
with a number of passengers and 825
tons of freight.
George B. Grigsby, of Nome, Demo
cratic^ candidate for attorney-general,
is u passenger on the Alaska, which
Is clue here late Thursday night.
Extensive improvements are to be
made to the Beatson mine at La touche,
which will Increase the production of
the mill to 1,500 tons of ore per day.
The steamer Admiral Farragut ar
rived from Seattle nt 8 o'clock this
morning. She came via the outside
passage and made the trip in four
days.
I)r. McMillan has been appointed
station agent for the C. R. & N. W.
railway at Chitina, during the absence
of Henry J. Rrandt, who is on a trip
to the states.
The Alameda is duo from the west
ward Thursday night, but will not sail
for Seattle until Friday, as she will
take on a cargo of copper ore and
canned salmon.
E. L. Harwood has let the contract
for a two-story home, on C avenue, be
tween Second and Third streets, to
Howard & Lund, who will at once be
gin w<yk on the new residence.
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" Mayor Slater lias arrunged to reno
vate the dining room of his restau
rant, and the improvements when
completed will make It one of the
most attractive eating houses In
Alaska.
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I The Admiral Evans was in poi
| this morning, and sailed south at nooi
The outgoing passengers were Janie
A. Miller and wife, for Juneau; E. h
Thomas for Ketichakan, and W. (
Kyle for Seattle,
Hub llollinger has leased the Bloue
building, corner of First avenue an
t
I B street, where he will conduct a tai
] oring establishment. An office ha
| also been partitioned off for the Kt
| liable Messenger service.
.1. B. Meenich and son. H. W. Me*
j nich, well known mining men, returi
; ed on the Evans today from a trip t
! the westward and wilt leave on ti
j morrow's train for the interior to loo
! over some mining property.
A. Christensen, manager of the ir
| dustrial department for the Alaska
engineering commission, left for th
westward today on the Evans. Mi
Christensen just came out from Fail
banks with Bobby Sheldon, and mad
a record trip, covering the distance t
CtJltina by auto in two days.
W. ti. Tinglev and wife returned ti
day from Shoup bay. where they huv
been for the past couple of month!
and will make Cordova their futur
home. Mr. Tingley Is an experience
band director, and the reorganizatlo
! ing his return.
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SENATOR DOOLEY.
^ In the town they call Cordova,
[ On the Copper River mad.
j There lives a man called Dooley,
Who carries quite a load.
As chief of police, he is a bear,
And as to fires, well, he's always then
The lights of the city are alway
turned on
By old Chief Dooley when the day ha
gone.
The kids of the street were heard t
say.
Here comes the chief, let's make awa:
The whooping cough is contagious.
And war the chief he wages
On those kids who are hard to defea
The troubles of the chief are many.
For his boats cost quite a penny.
He has engines of every kind.
And though gas they will not take.
In addition to his many troubles
He has started in to run
For representative of this district.
So we will have a lot of fun.
Now, boys, get together
And show no whitened feather.
Give Chief Dooley your support
And in Juneau he will give a goo
report
As a successful candidate.
A VOTER
t BUILDING ASSOCIATION WILL
SOON BE ERECTING HOMES.
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A well attended meeting of the Cor
dova Building Association, which is
in its formative stage, was held at
the Chamber of Commerce rooms last
, night, and considerable Interest inuni
I fested by the members. A plan of or
ganization was adopted which has for
its object the building of homes in Cor
dova for those who desire to secure
same on monthly installments. Quite
a number of liberal subscriptions were
made, and all who are desirous of as
sisting in the upbuilding of the town
can place their names on the honor
' roll at the office of the temporary sec
retary. Edward E. Medley.
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WICKFRSHAM CAMPAIGNING
IN FIRST DIVISION.
Delegate James Wickershain is now
( in southeastern Alaska, campaigning
for re-election to his fifth term in
congress. He has declared himself a
Republican, admits that Lewis B.
i Shackleford and his following would
not support him, predicting that ('has.
E. Hughes will lie elected president,
and asserts that the administration
"fought viciously and without reason
his proposal to regulate the fishing in
dustry of Alaska, which without relief
^ would soon be a total loss."
Wickershain claims to be the regu
lar Republican candidate in Alaska,
basing his claim on his endorsement
by the divisional convention in the
| Third judicial division of Alaska, and
the failure of the committee created
by the Seward convention to name a
candidate.
Kev. Maloney, formerly rector of
the Episcopal churches at Valdez an!l
Seward, Is at Pacific Grove. California,
] where he is resting to regain his
H health.
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s Deputy Marshal Barney O'Heilley.
of Nome, stakes his reputation upon
11 i the fRct that there are mosquitoes on
the Kiana which grow fur and operate
• winter as well as summer.
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Col. W. L. Stevenson, of the Bank
; of Alaska, at Skagway, has purchased
: the launch Golden Rod. which has
boon operating at Skagway as an ex
cursion boat ibis summer.
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Major McAndrews, of Fort William
H. Seward, left for the states recent
ly for medical attention. He was suc
ceeded as post commander by Captain
Warfield.
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William Keiton, of Ketchikan, a
1 fisherman on the halibut achooner
J. P. Todd, fell overboard from that
vessel while on the banks, and was
drowned.
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MCCARTHY, Sept. 4 — The report
has reached town that Chris Tjosevig,
in charge of the development work on
the Kennecott Tjosevig property, near
the Bonanza, has made a new strike
of high grade copper glance on the
property of that company. The face
of the tunnel is solid ore. Those in
terested in the property state that
about six hundred feet of Tuck work
will he commenced at once in the'
construction of the motor road which
will bring the ore to McCarthy for
shipment.
The Kennecotf-Barrett Copper Com
pany has been organized by fleorge
Francis Howe for the purpose of work
ing properties taken over by the com
pany from John K. Barrett. Bate de
velopments in quartz mines have as
sured the permanency of this camp.
Judge Barnes, Mr. and Mrs Wooden
and Mrs. Burrows left Monday for
Fourth of July pass to look over some
copper prospects which Mr. Wooden
holds in that vicinity. Billie has some
fine samples from these claims and
the changes are favorable for this
property to develop Into a good pro
ducer.
Fred Beck, the Chtsana placer man,
arrived 111 town yesterday. Fred re
ports a short season in the interior
camp, caused by a shortage of water.
Tames, Nelson & Co. have installed
their hydraulic plant and have taken
out some money. Cari W'hitham is
doing well on No. 2 Little Eldorado.
The Mother Lode Mining Company
are wording on a full face of high
grade ore. and they will do some heavy
shipping next winter.
It. \V. Wiley, of Portland, New
York and Chisana, arrived from the
interior today. Bob will leave tomor
row for the Nizina country, where he
will investigate copper and placer pro
perties.
Charles Olson, Oust Charlatrom.
John Luckey and John Johnson came
in from Hex creek where they have
been operating on a lay from the Hex
Alaska property, they closed down
early on account of water shortage.
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The Tolovana section is said to be
a veritable paradise for hunters of
both large and small game. Big game
is reported to be unusually plentiful
this season.
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Today's uews In the Times today.
FEDERAL FIRM
ewiy
created Federal Farm Loan board be
gan hearings here today to determine
where In the Northwest a federal farm
loan bank shall be established, and
what territory it shall include. Under
the act creating the farm loan board
and system, farmers under certain re
gulations may borrow from $100 up
at not more than six per cent interest
for from five to twenty years, for farm
development purposes.
Speakers at the hearing here sought
to convince the board that the dis
trict should be Oregon. Idaho, Wash
ington, Montana and Wyoming, with
a bank at Spokane. At Portland an
effort will be made to persuade the
board to create a farm loan district
of the states of Oregon. Washington
and Idaho. There will lie twelve dis
tricts in the United States
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HOD(; KNS V f L LE, Sept. 4 Stand
ing before the log r^bin in which Ab
raham Lincoln was born, now housed
in a magnificent memorial structure.
President Wilson today, in behalf or
the United States, accepted the Lin
coln homestead, acquired by popular
subscription through the Lincoln Farm
Association. The president made his
trip to Hndgensville wholly one of tri
bute to the memory of Lincoln, declin
ing all invitations to make speeches
in the political campaign.
"How eloquent this little house
within this shrine is of the vigor of
democracy," exclaimed the president
as he spoke of Lincoln as exemplify
ing the American spirit as showing
the heights which men of lowly birth
ma> attain.
"We are not worthy to stand here,"
said he, "unless we ourselves be in
deed and in truth real democrats and
servants of mankind, ready to give
our very lives tor the freedom and jus
tice and spiritual exaltation of the
great nation which shelters and nur
tures us."
GOV. ALEXANDER RENOMINATED
BY IDAHO DEMOCRATS.
ROISK, Idaho. Sept. 5 —Governor
Moses Alexander run unopposed for
renomination on the Democratic ticket
in the Idaho primaries today, with
four Republicans contesting the op
portunity to run against him. They
are George E. Crum, E. G. Davis. Her
man 11 Taylor and D W. Davis.
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RAILROAD BUILDING ROUND
house at McCarthy.
The Copper River & Northwestern
railway has broken ground for the
new round house to be built near the
water tank at McCarthy. The pile
driver crew is working early and late
driving piles for the foundation The
old round-house will be torn down i n
the completion of the new structure,
which will be larger than the old one
and in a more convenient locality
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HOT WAVE IN EAST
DRIVES GIRL TO MARRY.
CHAMPAIGN. UL. Sept ti — I p in
Tana, Alaska, where Juck Shirloek Is
a government wireless operator, the
withering rays of Old Sol's hot wave
did not make much difference in the
temperature, but they did make, nev
ertheless. a big change in Jack’s life
For fourteen years he had wooeed
Miss Pearl Handel of this city, but
the girl couldn't see the life In the
rroaten north.
When the hot wave broke all rec
ords, Miss Handel hunted up a tele
graph office and »ired Jack Shirloek:
“I'm on my way to Bristol Bay" —
or words to that effect.
Miss Handel left for Alaska to be
come Shtrlock's bride aud keep cool.