« The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUMEII. NUMBER44!). CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 'I. I'M*;. PRICE TEN (’ENTS.
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ACTION
OYSTER RAY, May 21. — What is
regarded as a declaration by Theo
dore Roosevelt as his willingness to
leVftc candidate of the Republicans
ana Progressives for president, is
contained in a letter given out last
night to Ony Emerson, national sec
retary of the Roosevelt non-partisan
league. He endorsed the work of that
organization and referred to his can
didacy, which is one of the objects
of the league.
“As you know," Mr. Roosevelt said
in his letter. “I have refused to en
dorse the use of my name in the pri
maries or in any way to enter in any
factional contest which has for its
object my nomination in Chicago in
June. You also know that I have em
phatically stated it would he unwise
to nominate me unless with the full
understanding that such nomination
means the hearty suport of the prin
ciples for which T stand — the prin
ciples set forth in the Chicago speech
(delivered April 29) to which you
refer.
“Your league emphasizes its devo
tion to those principles and supports
rni‘ only as representing those prim
ciples. This is emphatically the pro
per/' tituile to take, i | he. hi you
an" irking hi this s ' t I veto earn
cstly approve your vnrlc. The safety
of this country depends upon our im
mediate, serious and vigorous effort
to squan1 'our words with our deeds
and to secure our own national reha
bilitation. The slumbering patriotism
of our people must be awakened and
transplanted into concrete and effi
c A iction.
"(to? awakening must he to a sense
of national and inti rnational duty and
rcsponsibilit Jr.”
ELECTRIC LIGHTS
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The city administration' is doing a'i
within its power in regard to the elec
tric light system for Anchorage. An
electrical engineer has been employed
who will have charge of the design
and construction, and will let bids
soon after his arrival and take im
mediate steps for the completion of
this much needed plant. It is the in
tention to establish a distributing sys
tem that will furnish power for the
buildings of both the commssion and
Anchorage, and probably have suffi
cient power to furnish street lights for
the city.
This department has labored under
distinct disadvantages from the fact
the commodities pertaining in any way
to per are very hard lo obtain,
fact it has been almost impos
sible to get delivery on account of
the nations involved In the European
war. making such a demand for cop
per. However, even with tlie* shortage
In copper an dtlie scarcity of electrical
material, the administration expects
to have everything in shape for the
operation of the electric light plant by
ydfcfirst of September.—Pioneer.
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ROOT HOLDS UP HIGH IDEAL.
NEW YORK. May 21. — Holding
up a high ideal of citizenship. Elihu
Root, addressing a meeting held to
begin a campaign for 100,000 members
of the Red Cross, said it was the duty
of everyone to help the Red Cross and
that "a republic cannot live unless
its people are willing to render ser
Wide." Development of a sense of
duty toward the government as
against a prevailing disposition to try
to get what they can out of it was
urged for citizens.
| YOUNG PEOPLE TO GIVE A
DANCE AT WINDSOR TONIGHT.
\ dance. In honor of Miss Elizabeth
I llnylc, of Douglas, who is visiting her
sister, Mrs. E. I*. Ziegler, of Cordova,
will he given tonight at the Hotel
Windsor by a group of the young peo
ple of the city.
The dance will be an informal at'
fair, and a large attendance is ex
pected by the promoters.
Theodore McCauley, formerly an
employee of the Copper River &
Northwestern railway, and a resident
of Cordova, has attained the distinc-l
lion of breaking a world’s record ini
I aviation, evidenced by the following
from the Literary Digest of May 13:
“April 30.—In the flying boat 11-7,
of the super American type, an Ameri
can aviator. Theodore C. McCauley,
breaks world’s records for speed and j
passenger carrying, taking six passen
gers to an altitude of 1,000 feet, in a
J seventy-minute flight at a maintained
speed of sx miles an hour. Another j,
I American. Victor Carlstrom. in a’
, twin motor military biplane, takes a1
' passenger to a height of 1*1 ".on ted
Viroal-itij; the world’s record for alii
fade with a passenger.”
■REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN
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SEES FAVORABLE SIGNS. ■
XKW YORK, May — Charles l>
! I lilies, chairman of the Republican1
; national committee, in a statement '
: yesterday pointed to the results of the 1
| recent elections as indicative of a 1
gradual growth of Republican senti '•
merit throughout the country.
"The elc tion yesterday of George 1
! M. Rowers, as member of congress |(
ylrom the second district of West Vir
ginia,’’ said Mr. Hiiles, "is most grati- 1
lying. For six successive years the I’
district lias been Democratic. At the!
November election in 1914 Mr. How >
its was defeated by over 800: yester
day he was elected with a plurality in j
excess of Son.
"Tile Democratic majority in theji
house of representatives is little more,
than 20.” \ >
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Since tlie break in the cable, thel
Times has been receiving its telegraph
service via the Radio station. Even
this failed us today, only a very small
report having been received.
It is reported that the line is clog
ged with government messages, which
have precedence oyer all others. The
result is that the people of Alaska
who pay for it all, have to await until
the officials in Alaska have done their
telegraphing before they can get the
news of the world through the news
pa pers.
CUMMINS SAYS U. S.
SHOULD STAY IN MEXICO.
GRANTS PASS, Ore., May 22. —'
Senator Albert B. Cummins, of Iowa,
opened his campaign in Oregon today |
to obtain (lie support of the slate dele ;
gallon in the national Republican eon-,
vention. The Oregon State Grange, 1
in annual session here, adjourned to
welcome Senator Cummins, who spoke
In a public square. Referring to tho
Mexican situation, the speaker de-'
dared that the United States, now
that It was in Mexico, should stay
there until the trouble was settled for
all time.
Plans now are under way by teach
’rs in the Cordova sehool and parents
jf the pupils to induce the city coun
cil and the school board to provide a
play house for the children, where
they can get the necessary exercise
*nd amusement on days when the
weather will not permit them to re
main out of doors.
Miss Elsie Ware, principal of the
I'ordova school, is an earnest advo
cate of a play house. “There are
nearly sixty children attending the
r’ordova school.” she said this morn
ing. "Think what it would mean to
these hoys and girls is, after sitting
n school for several hours they could
be turned loose In a play house, say
ibout 35 by 50 feet, where there was
i chance for a good run.
“Now, in had weather they have to
oass upstairs to the play room, where,
with so many children, the bigger
Joys and girls cannot run or play
is they would like to for fear of
njnring some of the smaller children.
“Some one tuts said that ‘children
lo net go to school to play.’ It is just
is necessary for children to play as
o work. There is as much education
n amusement as in study. Every
■I MP lias t i he tailgtil how to play,
10I only to make him strong and
lealthy, hut il is through plav that
ie learns to he gentle, thoughtful,
onshlernte and fair. He learns pres
ume of mind, how to he a winner, and
low to be a loser.
"Our children need n playhouse, a
abiding apart from the school house
)ne that will protect the children
rom the rain and storms, where the
dr is fresh and cold.
“Parents and guardians who favor I
his idea should. 1 believe, talk to the
itv eouueilmeii and members of the
ehool hoard. They have the welfare
if the children at heart, ami will doj
vlint they believe is right.”
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lOMMISION SECURES LOAN
OF TRANSPORT
M'ASMINOTOX, May 20. — Ar-j
alignments have been made with the,
var department by the Alaskan en
dneering commission, by which the
irmy transport Crook is to be loaned
o the commission to carry employees.1
iquipment and supplies from Seattle
o Anchorage and Seward. It is pro-1
lable that the commission will keep
he transport for several years.
Chairman Hides, of the commission,
estimates that it will take six weeks
0 equip the Crook for service.
m PUPILS NEVER LOST A
DAY SI SCHOOL
Two pupils of the Cordova school,
lenevieve Rosswog and Helen IDown
ng, were neither absent nor tardy
luring the entire school year, accord
ng to the report made today by Miss
Olsie Ware, principal.
Those neither absent nor tardv lori
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lie month of May were: Roberta
'lory. Edna Thnwley, Genevieve Ross I
vog, Elwell Thav.iey, Charles Royal, j
n lower grades: Billy Fields, Doro-J
hy Dooley, Headlee Lamprey. Helen
Downing, Bryan Lamprey, Phyllis’
Downing, Harry O’Neil, Verla Greeti
ng, William O’Neil. Edith Wilson,
dorris Randal.
Tlie number of pupils enrolled is
ilneteen in the higher grades, and
hirtv eight in the lower grades. The
ler t entage of attendance for the year;
n the higher grades was 96.
The eighth grade pupils took the
Vashlngton state examination in
irithmetic with the following result:
VIII Cla.vson, 98 per eenl; Edna Thaw,
ey, 88 per cent; Genevieve Rosswog,
9 per cent; John UoBswog, 87 per
ent.
EClfPT IS II
TURKS
CAIRO. Kgypt, May 22. — Serious
j Turkish attacks on the Sue/, canal and
Kgypt. with the coming of the hot
! weather and the drying tip of many of
the desert water holes, are now said
to be only a remote possibility, though
sharp raids may, it is thought by the
allied military authorities, be attempt
ed by the Ottoman commanders,
Turkish troops are still on the
Sinai peninsula, an arid tract of
Kgyptian territory lying between the
Suez canal and the nominal boundary
1 of Turkey in Asia, stretching across
front Rafa on the Mediterranean to
Akaba on the gulf of the same name,
forming an arm of the Red sen. Thev
are, however, the object of repented
observation on the part of allied air
men. and reconnoitering parties have
kept In touch with them and mad -
themselves fully acquainted with their
dispositions. Only recently the occu
pation by allied troops of .TifJaffa
about sixty miles to the east of the
Suez canal, placed an obstacle in what
would have to he the main line of
This runs from El Audja to Isnmilia.
Two other practicable routes lead
from the Turkish positions across the
deport sands towards Egypt propew
The first runs almost parallel with
the Mediterranean coast line from
Unfa through El Arisli ind Katia to
El Kantara. but some time ago the
Katia district with its water supply
(ante into the allies' pn session, and
rendered difficult any attempt by the
Turks to force their way along to the
penal banks and Port Said.
The second remaining lint of pos
sible approach is further to the south
from Kkaba by way of the oasis of El
Massana towards Suez It was this
oasis, occupied by Turks ami Arah
horsemen, which was bombed by a!
lied airmen in March.
Nothing ik permitted to he recorded
>f the preparations made bv the al
lies to meet any effort at a Turkish
offensive movement.
The Prince of Wales, now a stuff
captain, a few weeks ago, made a
tour of the entire front and saw the
allied troops at their work of
strengthening their line, which runt
through districts where the Israelites
on their flight from Egypt are said
to have drunk from wells stil! in daily
use.
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150 DEAD IN FLOODS.
CAPETOWN', Union of South Afri
ca, May 21. — Hundreds of persons
are homeless as a result of the floods
in the Midland districts. The loss of
life is estimated at 150. The pro
perty damage is very large.
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mo CHINA IS NOW
PUN
PEKING, May 22. — Agreement
been reached between tin* t’liiuose and
ihe Russian government', tor iho con
Ktniction of a railway in North Man
churia. connecting the Trans-Siberian
railway at Harbin with the Amur
river at Aigun, and having a spur
from Hie important town of Mergon
^outh to Tsiasihar.
This new railway will be about f.fiO
miles in length. Funds lor the con
struction of the line will he raised hy
Russia through flotation of a bond h
sue. The railway ,v111 give Russia
an added hold in No,’Mi Mum''. i n
and is of special strategic and politi
cal importance. The Amur river,
which will be brought into touch with
Harbin. <s a very imp.,H ie* commer
cial highway in the open season. The
river flows Into the ocean iar north
of Vladivostok, and on its lower
reaches there are important fishing
industries, especialy salmon canneries.
' ITALY CALLS ITALIANS
AT SPOKANE TO WAR
8POKANK, May 21. Practically
nil maic Italians In Spokane between
i he ages of 22 and 31* were railed to
:lie* colors by Italy, according to wbrd
^ received here today by l.ttore O
I Fiordalisi, Italian consular represen
j tative. The notice calls on reservists
born between lHTfi and 1804 to be in
Italy by August 31.
MOTHER LOBE IS
IN BODE OF
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Reports that the Mother Lode Min
I ing Company has struck ore which
I will rival in richness that, of the
Kennecott Mining Company were re
! reived from up the line today.
According to the story received, the
ore now being mined by the Mother
FjjOde will run as high as 60 per cent.
While this is not as ricli as that of
the Kennecott, the ore constantly is
getting richer, ami higher values are
expected to be tapped soon.
The ore which was mined and ship
pad all winter by the Mother l.ode
ran between 35 and la per cant copper
'which was rich enough to (tear tin.
high expense of getting it to market,
i If the report of increased value proves
' to be true, it i; »\pe> ted greater d e
velopment of the property will lie un
dertaken the coming year.
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GREAT BRITAIN AIDS SOLDIERS
TO MEET THEIR OBLIGATIONS.
LONDON, May 21. — The long
awaited government plan for assisting
married soldiers to meet I heir house
hold expenses while in the army will
soon be made public. Any man. single
or married, it is said, will he permit.
^•d to apply for gram - to enable hint
to meet such liabilities as mortgage
interest, building or furniture install
ments. rent, taxes, insurance, and in
the case of married men expense of
educating children. The assistance
granted will in no case exceed Ll“
weekly. Each application will be in
vestigated by a lawyer, who will do
eide whether the resources of the ap
plicant are insufficient.
The Times says it believes the num
ber of immediate applications will ex
'>iiu nun
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JUNEAU, May 15. — Unvid Starr
was stricken with heart failure on the
Pacific Coast dock yesterday forenoon
and as the heart stopped and anima
lion ceased the body toppled over the
guard rail of the dock and into tie
water below. Those with him at the
time secured a boat and pulled tti*>
corpse from the water. Hr. It. f. De-.
Vighne was summoned and after au|
examination said death had been
caused from heart failure. There was
no water in the lungs, proving that
Starr died before striking the water.
Starr has been in Juneau for the I
past sixteen years, and was employed
at the Occidental hotel until last;
June. Shortly after he was in the
St. Ann hospital for treatment, ami,
when recovered remained there in the
employ of the Sisters of St. Ann.
He was well known here, and has,
a host of friends. Everybody has a
good word 10 speak for him. and he
was known as a strictly honest man.
who was always ready to help n fel
low man.
Starr was born in New York city,
and was 54 years of age. He is sur
vived by a sister in New York and
two brothers in Paterson, N. J.
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SPOKANK. May 22 — An alleged
j fraud, in which the public is said to
have been mulcted of more t'uau $300,
i 000, involving prominent Montana
state officials, will be brought to the
attention of the federal grand jury
! soon to meet in Great Falls, according
to postoffir.e inspectors working out of
Spokane.
| The investigations center on the
J operations of the Northwestern Trus
j tee Company of Great Falls. Robert
R. Sidebotham, organizer of the com
pany, lias been arrested and released
on $12,000 ball, accused of fraudulent
use of the mails in the transaction of
company business. A warrant is out
for the arrest of J. G. G. Wilmont. who
with Sidebotham was fiscal agent for
the company.
Among those whom the company’s
prospectus shows to have been directly
or muirectiy connected on me trus
tee rornimny are Kx Oovernor Ed
win i.. Norris, of Montana, attorney
for the Northwestern Trustee Com
pany: A. M. Anderson, secretary of
the state of Montana, anil president
of the company: William P. Rao,
treasurer of the star, of Montana, and
l secretary- treasurer of the company.
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TOKIO, May 22. In vi *w or the
increase of exports and growing scar
city of cargo space the government
has authorized the Japanese steam
ship companies to increase freight
rates. The increase affects t'-- three
great Japanese shipping concerns
which run a service to the United
States and Panada. The increase of
rates to America is from 15 to 20 per
cent when the goods are consigned to
ports and 20 per cent when destined
for interior points.
• The principal items of (he goods
exported to America to he affected by
the increase comprise rice. tea. fancy
matting, raw silk, silk fabrics, cotton
manufactures, soy. bamboo and bam
boo works, porcelain and earthenware,
straw braid, provisions, corn, pea
nuts and camphor.
The freightage on the goods im
ported to Japan from America has
been raised by about 25 per cent on
the whole, with a few' exceptions. The
goods affected are cotton (raw and
ginned-, machinery, iron and steel
plates, salted fish, pulp, wheat and
wheat flour, zinc plates, iron nails,
glass, condensed milk, malts and other
commodities.
The communication department is
consulting with the N'ippon Yusen
Kni-ha with a view to increasing the
carrying capacity on the Antwerp
and American lines, and it is not un
likely that the company will run extra
steamers. The Osaka Shosen Kaisha
also will probably increase its ca
pacity by putting on chartered vessels
on the line to America.
ACCOMMODATIONS GUARANTEED
CHICAGO, May 22. — Reports that
hotel accommodations for convention
week are inadequate were denied last
night by George M. Spangler. Jr., man -
ager of the convention bureau of the
Chicago Association of Commerce. Mr.
Spangler said that hotel accommoda
tion would be guaranteed for every
visitor who desired to visit Chicago
at that time.
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The power schooner Shamrock, ar
rived from Valdex this morning. Sev
eral drummers were passengers.