Mm VlbllLU m
(By Associated Press)
' WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. — The flood
which is now sweeping over the val- s
|iey sections of China is the most dis- j
astrous in the nation’s history. g
No previous floods in the annals of t
the Chinese race ever cost so man> j
lives and worked such devastation. All t
Chinese officials have been called s
upon to contribute ten per cent of f
their salaries for relief and citizens in c
' all walks in life are raising funds to s
aid the flood sufferers.
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(By Associated Press)
, DAWSON, Y. T„ Oct. 9. — The Yu- 6
kon’s open season is drawing near an c
end, and the crops of the country are »
being harvested. Much of the hay al
ready is cut, and soon the potato and t
root crops will be garnered. Owing r
to the excess of rain and an unusually
cloudy season the potato crop this t
year is understood to be much under
, that of last year in volume. Last
spring Dawson had potatoes to ship to
the lower country, and also supplied
many river steamers.
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Hid1 I
IF RUSTLERS
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(By Associated Press) p
DEMING, N. M.. Oct. 9. — Cattle 0
rustling was once a profitable pastime f
in the days of the unfenced range and ,v
open pasture in the southwest. But the e
Panhandle and Southwestern Stock a
Raisers’ Association has signed the j
death warrant of the rustler and he j
will be sent to the penitentiary when
ever caught. This was decided at a
recent meeting of the executive com- i
mittee of the association here. In- I
spectors, cattle rangers and spotters
to detect stolen cattle will be em
ployed to stop the growing practice of
stealing cattle from the open range.
ALASKAN NAT IV E
SEES SIGHTS .
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SEATTLE, Oct. 9. — A sixteen year .j
old boy of good education, saw his j
first horse, his first automobile, his
first street car and enjoyed his first
ride in an elevator in this city a few
days ago.
He is Tony Joule, a full blooded Es
kimo, who arrived here with A. R.
Hoare, a missionary from his home
at Point Hope, Alaska, 1500 miles
north of Nome. Tony w'as on his way
to New Hampshire to atetnd an In
dian school.
The Eskimos are suffering from the
high cost of living, according to Tony.
Flour, he said, costs $7.50 a sack of
50 pounds, but this would not be so i
bad had the price of whalebone in- 1
creased in proportion. Instead, t
whalebone has dropped until the Es- |
kimos now get almost nothing for their <
efforts. i
Tony said that he was going to study s
and learn so that he can return to his i
people as a teacher and protect them t
from selfish traders, who. he says. ]
cheat them at every opportunity. (
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S. C. StannardB, of Juneau, is on a <
business trip to Cordova. j
MB PEACE
(By Associated Press)
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 9. — The Duet
rhes Tages Zeitung, a Berlin news
aper, says it has been learned upon
ood authority that Germany and Aus
ria have agreed to make another
eace offer, the basis of which is to
e no territorial aggrandizement, the
urrender of Belgium and northern
ranee, no indemnities and the renun
iation of positive territorial acqul
itions for money payments.
TAL1AN SUB IS
SHELLED B?
MISTAKE
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. — The navy
epartment is waiting for full reports
f the shelling of an Italian submarine^
y a United States patrol ship through
misunderstanding and resulting in
tie death of an officer and an enlisted
lan. The patrol fired shots in the
arkness after the submarine failed
j answer recognition signals.
(By Associated Press)
PETROGRAD. Oct. 9. — The pro
isional government has apparently
on a complete victory over the pre
minary parliament outgrowth of the
'emocratic congress. Teeretelli, one
f the leaders of parliament, informed
Kerensky that the parliament had
ithdrawn its demands that the gov
rnment be responsible to it and had
cceded to the government's plan that
arliament act merely in an advisory
jgislative capacity.
HUES PUTTING
UP FIGUT LIST
OF TRIES
(By Associated Press)
BRITISH FRONT, France-Belgium,
let. 9. — The British troops pushed
he Germans through PoelCepelle,
Ighting in the cities and on eastern
utskirts, around a large brewery. The
lermans held out strongly, north of
Iroodseinde. At Daisy Wood the
iritish surrounded the wood and hot
ighting ensued.
SERiNS AGAIN
my to
RETREAT
UNDATED, Oct 9. — The British
nd French launched heavy attacks in
lelgium east of Ypres, where the Teu
on lines were already bent back by
irevious British thrusts, the attack
rs disregarding highly unfavorable
reather. The attack was made in a
urprisingly short time, notwlthstand
ng the fact that the ground is cov
red with mud. The British and the
French report that the allies are pro
cessing satisfactorily. The French
ay the struggle is continuing and an
itber strategic GermaD retreat is ex
acted.
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FliHSMAN TO BE
NEW DEPUTY
There has been a change in the of
fice of United States deputy marshal
ship at Cordova, but it will not become
effective for thirty days, when Wil
liam L. Fursman will relieve Sam
Brightwell, who has been granted a
leave of absence for that period, at
the expiration of which time his con
nection with the federal government
ceases. In the meantime his succes
sor will be in charge of the office.
Mr. Fursman Is well known to prac
tically every resident of Cordova, hav
ing for years been In charge of the
clothing department of the S. Blum
& Co. store. Shortly after Marshal
Brenneman entered upon his first
term he offered Mr. Fursman a de
putyshlp. which he later accepted and
went to Nachnek, where he and his
wife spent a couple of years. Our
townsman rendered such satisfactory
service to the westward that his chief
promised him a better station in case
of his reappointment. This Mr. Bren
neman recently received, and he im
mediately offered Mr. Fursman the
Cordova office, which the latter ac
cepted.
In order that Brightwell might have
an opportunity to take advantage of
the thirty days’ vacation, on pay, that
Uncle Sam allows all of his employes
each year, Brenneman decided not to
make the change here immediately,
but instead to give Brightwell his
leave of absence.
In the early days of the town when
there were few Democrats here, Furs
man was always loyal to that party
and has been ever since. Besides being
a good Democrat, he is a man of abil
ity and integrity, whose administra
tion of the affairs of the marshal's
office will be intelligently and effi
ciently discharged.
PLACER STRIKE
(By Associated Press)
DAWSON. Y. T.. Oct. 9. — A new
gold camp may be opened in Yukon
shortly. Arrivals from the vicinity
of Selkirk report that much staking
has been done on the newly discovered
placer creeks of Seymour and Kitch
ener and tributaries. The locality has
been christened unofficially the Kitch
ener creek strike. The merits of the
creeks remain to be determined, but
the prospects are said to be most en
couraging.
Most of the staking has been done
on Seymour creek, which is under
stood to have been staked a distance
of eight miles. Kitchener creek has
been staked to some extent and more
staking is under way there.
One of the stakers claims to have
got two cent pans in the^ravel along
Seymour for two to four miles. No
one is reported having reached bed
rock, so the depth is not known.
The nearest points on the new
creeks to the Yukon river js about
25 miles southwest of Selkirk, and
a little south from the old Dalton trail.
They are tributaries of Big creek, and
flow in from the southerly direction.
Big creek flows into the Yukon on the
left limit twenty miles south of Sel
kirk. Kitchener creek joins Big
creek 35 miles above the mouth of
Big. Seymour branches off from Kit
chener a short distance from the
junction of Kitchener and Seymour.
Ellis is a tributary of Seymour. Big
creek carries a heavy volume of
water, about twenty feet wide at the
mouth, and is almost a small river.
It rises well back of Selkirk and is
paralelled by the Selwyn, on which
gold prospects long have been
known.
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Eire destroyed the Koyal hotel at
Ketchikan recently, entailing a loss of
about $10,000. The hotel, which was
forty years of age, was on the water
front, and the fire was fanned by a
strong gale.
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THREE STEAMERS
’ IN T
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The steamer Alaska arrived from
Seattle at 7 o’clock last night, with
the following passengers:
Ellamar—F. M. Jordan.
Cordova — Mrs. JJ. Wiley, Mrs. p.
Reran, Miss B. Feckert, Mrs. L. E.
F,axter, Charles Otrorn, W. Johnston,
S. G. Stannard, S. J. Kimble, J. C.
Bolan, J. B. Johnson.
Seward — G. P. Kelley", Mrs. K.
Evans.
Anchorage — 1. Bachman and wife,
E. W. Smith, Mrs. Saunders, W. H.
Brooks, J. Moulton, Mrs. IB Schodds.
The steamer Alaska took out WOO
tons of copper ore, 6.000 cases of sal
mon for the Carlisle Company, 2 000
cases for the Copper River Packing
Company and 1,654 cases for Clark &
Graham.
The westward passengers from here
on the Alaska were Thomas Riggs, Jr.,
and J. H. Jackson for Anchorage; E.
Elmer and W. King for Valdez.
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The steamer Alameda sailed for Se
attle this afternoon with the follow
ing passengers from Cordova: .Mrs.
O. B. I^arson, Ml). J. B. O'Brien, Miss
Julia Steinmetz, Mrs. Warden, Miss
Stella Wallace, J. J. Strlgsve, John
Christensen, K. Adler, W. Howell,
Alex Anderson, Griff Ellis, E. B. Olson,
Mrs. C. S. Bratton, W. Kerr. A1 Beal.
Marshal Erwin, Joseph Clark. C. Prit
chett, J. R. Reed, A. A. Thomas, W.
R. Coleman, H. McCue, H. S. Paul,
and forty-five kecond class passen
gers; Mrs. G. W, Mosely, J. McDonald
for Juneau.
The Admiral Kvaus arrived trorn the
south at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon
with the follovjit, mtssengers fur Cor
dova: Hans Brundewald. G. Jacob
sen, Ed Aura. J. Johnson, A. Peterson,
A. C. Jurick. P. Johnson, A. Johnston,
O. H. Nordeen, Ed. Scalberg, G. W.
Carlson, Charles Swanson, E. John
son, H. Johnson, John Rock, W. Ol
son, A. Anderson. Those leaving for
the westward were C. E. Flye and
wife, and O. Hansen.
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The Presbyterian church, the oldest
and the largest Protestant body doing
missionary work in Alaska, will hold
its annual meeting of Presbytery in
Cordova this week. The first session
will open this afternoon with thfi fol
lowing visiting ministers present:
Rev. J. H. Condit, D. I)., of Juneau,
general missionary for all Alaska;
Rev. J. L. McBride, of Anchorage,
chairman of the home mission com
mittee; and the local pastor. Rev. A.
G. Shriver. Since its ministers are lo
cated in the various fields entending
from Cordova to Fairbanks, as as far
north as Point Rarrow, it makes it
impossible for all the ministers to at
tend these meetings.
The Presbytern has a full docket of
business to transact. New fields as
well as old ones must be supplied with
ministers. Recently Dr. J. H. Condit
established the Rev. J. Dinen, D. D„
at Nenana.
At the Wednesday evening service
both Dr. Condit and Rev. McBride
will speak.
Thursday morning the Rev. J. H.
Condit, D. D., and Rev. A. G. Shriver
will leave for a visit to the missions
at Chitina, McCarthy and Kennecott,
returning Sunday for the evening ser
vice.
1 he Rev. J. L. McBride will preach
at *he morning service. His many
old friends will be glad to hear him.
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Marlon Goldstein, son of the promi
nent Juneau merchant and furrier,,
who enlisted in the naval reserve
some time ago, has received orders to
report at the Bremerton navy yard
for training.
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NO GAME IOH
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Oct. 9. — The third
game of the world's series was post
poned on account of rain, and will be
played here tomorrow. Friday's game
at Chicago will not take place until
Saturday, and the teams fill return
here on Monday, if necessary. A
small crowd waited all last night for
bleacher tickets, but the i»olioe said
it was the smallest all-night crowd
waiting for a world's series in years.
NEW YORK, Oct. 9. — Fifteen thou
sand spectators were on the grounds
this afternoon w-hen the game was
postponed. There is no cessation in
the rain. The betting is practically
all in favor of Chicago.
SEATTLE PLANS
■ HP IFF
PROJE
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(Ry Associated
SEATTLE, Oct. 9. -|S
Seattle, the society mai
supporting office work
are banding together ir
relief work project. 1 .
ning the greatest carni
in the history of the c
initial fund of $100.0( i
be devoted to the cai
wounded soldiers and t
dependents left behind
men who marched awa
ago to enter their peri
for the war on dermatic
The carnival probabi
early in December, coffriWmj^dr an
entire week.
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RANCHER SELLS
OF SHEEP
BILLINGS, Mont., Oct. ». — Lee
Simonson, a stockman of this city, re
cently received a check for $155,764 in
payment for a trainload of sheep sold
to a Denver firm. He said he had
four trainloads of sheep to ship. In
all he sold 40,000 head, which he is
shipping to Idaho and Colorado ranges
for the winter.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 0. — The gov
ernment today made additional loans
of $40,000,000 each to England and
Prance. The total amount now loaned
to the allies reaches $2,613,400.
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MINE INSPECTOR’S OFFICE
BEEN INDEFINITELY CLOSED
The federal mine inspection office
at Juneau is to be closed at once for
an indefinite period, according to or
ders from Washington. John A. Huff,
who has been in charge of the office
for the past three months, has been
ordered to report to Washington at
the earliest possible moment.
Sumner S. Smith, the federal mine
inspector, is at present detailed to the
work of superintending the opening
of the government coal mine at Eska
creek, for the Alaska engineering com
mission, and the records of the office
will be shipped to him at that place.
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Advertise Id the Times—It pays
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GERMAN CRUISER
INJURED 8T
MINE
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Oct. !t. — A new German
battle cruiser on its trial trip off Heli
goland. struck a mine and was badly
damaged, according to a report re
ceived by the admiralty today. The re
port states that three officers and
twenty sailors were drowned. Ves
sels coming to the assistance succeed
ed In towing the damaged warship into
port.
NATION'S CORN
CROP BREAKS
RECORDS
WASHINGTON. Oct. 9. — This
year's corn crop will be the greatest
in the nation's history, according to
* n announcement issued by the II. S.
epartment of agriculture today. This
* n spite of the fact that a loss esti
vated at 37,000,000 bushels occurred
urlng the month of September. The
rop, it is expected, will be approxi
mately 310,795,000 bushels. Crop sta
istlcs indicate that spring wheat will
xceed last year's crop.
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This auto contest shows some
| speed. It keeps the public's eye in
deed, and all the folks In this hero
town are pungling up and digging
down to help some charmer win the
race and put a smile upon her face.
I only wish that I could stay until
that most eventful day. when they
announce the winner's name. I may
be wrong, hut just the same. 1 bet
she'd take me for a ride and Ford me
o’er the countryside, of all Cordova's
hell the queen, this winner of the buzz;
machine.
And. say. the girl that wins this
car, she will not have to look far.
for beaus to try to win her hand.
They'll flock around to beat the band,
and she can have her choicest pick,
and need not choose a Boob or Hick..
So, boys, if you would win a home,
you ought to heed this rambling poem,
and enter in the game at once, and if
you don't you are a dunce. Just
choose a damsel from the bunch and
place your shekels on your hunch, ami
play the fair young thing to win and
you'll find out. as sure as sin, you’ll
have a seat reserved for you within
that auto bright and new. Your fu
ture life will be serene and scented
up with gasoline.
So this 1 give as good advice. If
you would pick a winner nice, just
rustle round and give her votes and
get the other fellows' goats, and on
that first November day. your favored
one will speed away, upon a chariot
of tin and you can sit and hold Iter in.
And so 1 wish—I surely do. that I
could stay and see it through. But as
I can't, 1 hope that she who wins the
buzz machine, by Gee, will be the hap- '
piest young queen that this world has
ever seen.
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IN
COPENHAGEN. Oct. 9. — The sub
marine danger having decreased, the
insurance on Norwegian cargoes in the
North sea have been reduced from
eight to seven per cent