The Cordova
VOLUME III. NUMBER 32. CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY,
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Teutons Now Hammering The Retreating Russians
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* SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9.—Colonel D. C. Jackling,
* who lias large mining and transportation interests in
* Alaska and the states, has been negotiating for some
* time past to form a big merger with New York eapital
* ists, and that the deal may be consummated is evident
trom an interview which he gave today on the matter,
* in which lie said:
“A mining deal, involving $450,000,000, has been
* talked ot, but lias not reached the stage where the ne
* gotiations can be closed. The consolidation is said to be
* in a process formation through Daniel Guggenheim and
* Morgan & Co., of New York. It is reported that the deal
* will include the I'tali Copper Company, Kennecott Cop
* per Corporation, Nevada Consolidated, Broden Copper
* Company, the Copper River & Northwestern railway,
* Alaska Steamship Company and a number of other
* companies.”
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THEIR OWN
MANILA, P. I., Jan. 9. — The work
of the first Philippine congress is
largely concerning itself with reor
ganization of the government along
more independent lines. Heretofore
all legislative measures In the Phil
ippines have begun with the words
"by authority of the congress of the
United States, be it enacted by the
Philippine legislature.” One of the
first measures passed by the new' insu
lar congress was a change to read:
"The senate and house of representa
tives in congress assembled, decrees."
etc.: meaning, of course, that the Fili
pino congress is now acting on its own
authority.
ENGLAND PLANS M THE
IMPORTATION JEWELRY
LONDON, Jan. 9. — Importation of
jewelry of any description, except by
special license, has now been prohibi
ted by the British government. Other
goods prohibited are: Bold, manufac
tured or unmanufactured, including
gold coin and articles consisting part
ly of or containing gold. All manufac
turers of silver other than silver
watches and silver watch cases.
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The sailing of the next trip of the
Alameda from Seattle has been post
poned until January 12. The Mari
posa leaves there on January 16.
WIRELESS PICKS
OP MESSAGE III
TOKIO, Jan. 9. — The power of Ja !
pan’s new wireless station which is
now in regular communication with
the Fnited States by way of Hawaii,
was strikingly shown by its recent
picking up of messages sent front nor
thern Germany and from some other
continental wireless station. The Jap
anese station, which is situated at
Funabashi, ten miles east of Toklo,
was receiving a message from Hawaii
when it picked up several cipher mes
sages addressed to E. G. (’., which
stands for Madrid, which were being
sent by some powerful station some
6,000 miles away. The next day a mes
sage was picked up while it was being
sent by north Germany.
NEW FRENCH NEWSPAPER
STARTEO IN TOKIO
TOKIO, Jan. 9. — The increasing
interest which France is showing in
the Far East is evidenced by the start
ing at Toklo of a new French weekly,
called “L’lnformation d'Extreme
Orient.” The editor is Albert May
bon, a successful French journalist,
who came to Japan for the special
| purpose of launching the new organ
it is believed that the newspaper has
the support of the French government.
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Have your Job printing done at the
Times office.
Lawson Will Expose
Parties Guilty of Leak
WASHINGTON, .Jan. It.— The continual refusal of Thomas
W. Lawson to answer categorical questions by the house rules
committee, in the peace note leak inquiry, has caused the com
mittee to entertain a second motion citing Lawson before the
bar of the house for contempt. Lawson refused to name tin*
man who told him a New ^ ork broker, cabinet officiul and
United States senator participated in a stock gambling part
nership.
WASHINGTON, Jan. D.—The one man at the capital who
occupies the center of the stage, and upon whom the spotlight
is turned, is Thomas W. Lawson, of frenzied finance fame. Hi?
charges against some of tJie liigliest officials of the government
have created a profound sensation and he is making his expost
in a fearless manner, which leads to the belief that he still ha?
a few trump cards which have not as yet been played'.
Lawson told the investigating committee that he would
disclose the name of the cabinet official, senator and banker?
engaged in stock gambling if the house ordered un investigatioi
as a result ot the rules committee’s preliminary hearing.
UNIQUE LAWSUIT
OVER LARGE
LONDON, Jan. 9. — The longest
and one of the most unique lawsuits
ever heard in the English courts has
just been decided. It Involved the
ownership of $2,500,000 In gold which
the Amalgamated Properties of Rho
desia, Ltd., owners of a million acres
in Rhodesia, claimed that the Globe
and Phoenix Gold Mining Company,
which owns the richest gold mine in
the world, had taken from the Rho- ,
desia property. As if to be consistent ,
the court occupied two hours in deliv- ,
ering judgment.
The case lasted 144 days and cost ,
$750,000. One witness was on the ,
stand sixteen days, and another who ,
was on the stand almost as long. died. t
I Two other men who were interested ,
in the case died before it was con- ,
eluded.
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More than 50,000 questions were put
to witnesses and answered. In the 8
final summing up counsel for the de- (
fondants spoke for 45 days. Chief t
counsel for the defence received a fee
o' $5,000 and his "refresher” or daily [
charge was $500.
The documents In the case were so .
voluninous that two large rooms were «;
crowded with maps, assays and re- c
ports. The proceedings were enlivened |
by stirring scenes between opposing a
counsel and apologies were ordered N
by the court.
In deciding the case Justice Eve t
dismissed the action on the ground
that the Amalgamated properties had
failed to prove that the gold was ex
tracted from its mine, which adjoined
that of the Globe and Phoenix.
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EL VALLE SAN BUENA VENTU- .
RA. Mexico., Jan. 9. — Responsibili- (
ties usually assumed by brigadier gen- ,
erals have fallen to the lot of ColoneT ,
\V. H. Allaire, of the ltith infantry, |
present commander of this camp, the ,
most southern of the American puni
tive expedition. Colonel Allaire, who ,
is the only regimental commander of
the ten who entered Mexico with the ,
expedition last spring to retain his
command, not only has his regiment
and the camp, but heads the 8th in
fantry brigade and directs manoeuvres
for one cavalry and two infantry re
giments, several batteries of artillery,
and company of engineers, a signal de
tachment and an aero squadron. Hold
ing the most exposed part of the Am
erican line, the point Villa is expected
to attack should he carry out threats
he is reputed to have made against
the expedition, the colonel not only
has to keep out patrols, but must di
| rect the work of the intelligence de
| partment, the chief duty of which is
| to keep in touch with the bandit's
| movements.
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CAVANAUGH TO LATOUCHE.
J. Cavanaugh, who for the last year
has been one of the bookekeepers in
the mill store of the Alaska Gastlneau
Mining Company, at Thane, will leave
on an early Bteamer for Latouche, at
which place he will accept a position.
,Mrs. Cavanaugh and daughter will ac
1 company him.—Joneau Dispatch.
There were five large vessels in the
j harbor yesterday, the steamers Mari
: posa and Watson, freighters Cordova
; and Juneau and oil steamer Drake.
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Now ia the time to subscribe for the
Times — $5 for six months.
CHICAGO'S CHIEF
AND POLICE
GBAFTEOS
CHICAGO, Jan. 9. — This city' is in
Ihe throes of a vice scandal, which re
sulted in the arrest last night of Chas
Hurley, chief of police, Martin White,
2 lieutenant, and three others on the
charges of extortion, conspiracy and
orlbery. States Attorney Hoyne says
i great majority of the police captains
ind lieutenants of Chicago are in
,olved in the graft charges.
BUSINESS GOOD
PRICES
WASHINGTON, Jan 9 The gen
■ral feeling concerning business con
litions is that of optimism as to the
uture, though there .ire sharp excep
ions to this in those sections where
rops were poor. Such is Ihe report
f the committee of statistics and stan
ards of the Chamber of Commerce ol
he United States, based upon a sur
ey of crop and general conditions
ompleted the second day of this
lonth.
There is concern in some sections
s to the probable eff«J upon demand
f the present high pfi«s, according
u the nutlouul cb '-onupUtee,
tuylng orTOS»r^.^ -fff spring
ud summer goods, itr°r f*’“r
piay not bp hjye*SPen wnnl,'d
tocks ob merchandise I t the hands
f dealers are said tor be generally
orinul. Meanwhile Here does not
ppear to be any dimiunitiou in the
olume of business and the pun busing
ower of the consumer ems greater
han for many years,
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1EPUT! WHSIHL
PETERSBURG
III
Sensational charges, letting the
'nited States marshal administra
ion at Petersburg are aid to have
leen sent to the depar • -nt of jus
Ice, These charges an ■ over the
ction of Deputy Marsh.1 Kildahl in
irosecutlng liquor dealer who refused
o support the Democrat, territorial
livlsional ticket at the Nuw-niber elec
ion. Also charges will I presented
o the senate, when it convenes on
darch 4, alleging violation; of the ter
itorial election law.
The direct charge against Kildahl
irises over activity during and after
he territorial election, it ts alleged
le openly threatened prominent busi
less men of Petersburg, followed after
he election by prosecution;.
Also, it is alleged, his father-in-law
s allowed to conduct his saloon in
ipen violation of the Sunday closing
aw, while other rival liquor dealers
tre prosecuted upon the leust possible
?xcuse.
Word comes from Petersburg that
he town is all torn up over the trouble
{rising directly from the election, and
tlie political activity of Kildahl is said
to be the cause of it, Juneau Dis
patch.
DEATH OF ALASKA MAN.
Word has been received at the gov
ernor’s office of the death at Morn
ingside Suntturium. December lii, of
M. R. Ackers, who was committed to
the Institution from Wrangell in 1912
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EAGLES, EAGLES, EAGLES.
Installation of officers Wednesday
at 8 p. in. Visiting brothers invited.
GEORGE nOOl.KY, Sec.
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A meeting of the Cordova fire de
partment will be held on Thursday
evening, and a full attendance of the
members is requested
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Wanted — Woman desires work by
the day. Apply Tlnien Office
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Bids for the construction of two 48
foot motor boats, designed by Martin
Krisman, well known naval archi
tect, will be asked from Seattle and
other l’uge Sound yards by the United
States bureau of fisheries, which will
use the vessels in connection with the
fisheries service. Ten thousand dol
lars was appropriated by the last con
gress for the boats. Krisman has been
retained by the bureau to supervise
their construction.
He was notified by Washington. H.
<\, that his plans and specifications
had been accepted and was directed
to turn them over to K. J. Brown.
Seattle agent of the bureau of fisher
ies. Brown is preparing to issue the
call for bids.
The vessels are to be duplicates,
each with a length of 48 feet and a
beam of 12.5 feet. They will be equip
ped with 25 horse-power motorB, burn
ing distillate oil. Each will have ac
icqjnmodations for a crew of two mon
quarters for two inspec
ir. » raised house aft, with a pilot
house and galley forward of amidships
4 infMt with a small spread of sail for
use ni emergencies will be provided
on each boat.
in design they w ill represent a mo i
diried seine boat model, und will pos 1
sess all the sturdy seagoing qualities
of that type.
Two 30 foot Karluk skiffs, designed
bv Krisman and built in Seattle, are
now being used by the fisheries bu
reau station on St. Haul island. Bering
sea. They were designed especially
for discharging cargo on the beach
from vessels moored in the roadstead,
each of the skiffs having a total cargo
capacity of five tons. They were sent
north late last summer.
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HAWAIIAN MH
MEN TO SAVE
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new process for the manufacture of
sugar from “final molasses," which
which was announced at the annual
meeting of the Hawaiian Sugar Plant
ers' Association, may, it is estimated,
result in a saving of not less than $2,
500,000 a year to the sugar men of
the Hawaiian islands, and effect even
greater saving in Cuba and other cane
growing countries.
The process takes from the so
called “final molasses" approximately
| one-half of the eight per cent of sugar
that has hitherto been considered s
total loss. No process had been known
by which this sugar could be crystal
tzed and recovered.
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TOKIO, Jan. 9. — A total estimated
population of 77,289.696 in Japan, Ko
rea and Formosa and the Japanese
half of Saghalien island, is announced
officially.
This shows an increase of 1,670.835
over the estimate a year ago. The
increase for the last year in Japan
proper was 881,343, or an average In
crease per 100 inhabitants of 1.60 per
cent, the same percentage of Increase
which has prevailed for the past four
years.
The population of Korea or Chosen
leaped from 16,804,013 to 17,619,864.
an increase of 716,861, or 4.26 per
cent.
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* General Maekensen’s drive against tlie Sereth line *
* in southern Moldavia continues t<> gain ground and the *
* Teutonic thrust against the Moldavian frontier moun *
* tains and inflanking operations are likew ise progressing *
* northward from Fokshani. Mackensen drove the Rus- ♦
* sians across the Putna and is now hammering at the new ♦
* position the Russians have occupied there and further ♦
* southeast toward tin* Danube river. The Russians realize ♦
* the hopelessness of their plight and are beginning to *
* yield again, losing another town. ♦
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HFK1.IX, Jan. !).—The Russian forces are preparing to
launch a great, new offensive in the Riga sector. They are
equipped with great quantities of munitions and backed b\
large reserves. Near Mitau and south of Riga the artillery fire
has constantly increased on both sides. During the past few
days the weather has been frosty and clear and the country cov
ered with snow.
Notwithstanding the determined Russian resistance the
Teuton troops have stormed the defenses on both sides of the
Kasino and Xuchitza valleys in northern Roumania. Maeken
sen captured the Roumanian town of Galruska and d,4"n
prisoners.
BKHLIN, Jan. 9. — The Boersen Zeitung, a leading finan
cial journal, in discussing the banquet to Ambassador Gerard,
expresses the utmost enthusiasm as to the cordial relations ex
isting between the United States and Germany. The evening
papers declare that Germany will welcome every support Am
erica may lend'to the peace movement so long as it doe- not at
tempt to narrow or foil the acquisition of peace worth\ of
Germany.
1’HR A FA'S, Jan. 9.—The ministers of the allies have hand
ed the Greek government an ultimatum, giving them forty
eight hours to comply to the demands contained in the allies’
note of December 31.
LONDON, Jan. 9.—-Queen Mary, in view of her interest in
the (piestion of food supply, recently summoned Walter Runci
man, president of the Board of Trade, to an audience at Buck
inghani palace. It is very unusual for the queen to semi for a
cabinet minister.
The conference was a long one, the queen being particularly
interested in definite details as to how the proposed food regu
lations would affect the poor, especially the working women
and women belonging to the so-called professional classes.
From the very beginning of the war, the queen has shown par
tieular interest in the position of middle-class women, women
of education and breeding, who have moved for years in one
groove, and who were no longer young enough to be able to
benefit by new openings when their old occupations or incomes
gradually became insufficient.
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National Capitol Goes Dry
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.—The Sheppard prohibition bill,
forbidding the sale of intoxicating liquor in the District of t’o
lutnbia, but allowing small importations for personal use, was
today passed by the senate, the vote being fifty five in favor
and thirty two against the measure.
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Thaw is Indicted
For Assaulting Boy
NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—Harry K. Tlinw has been indicted
on three charges of assaulting Fred Grump, a high school boy
of Kansas City, Missouri. A bench warrant issued' for Thaw,
who is staving at a hotel in Philadelphia, and the officer has
gone to make the arrest. Thaw is accused of enticing Grump,
aged sixteen years, from Long Branch, Cal., to this city, assault
ing him at his hotel with a buggy whip on three different oc
casions. George F. Obrvnes, Thaw’s bodyguard, was arrested
in Philadelphia, charged with aiding and abetting Thaw. The
boy was assaulted on Christmas night and t ied to Kansas (Jitv,
where he told his story to relatives. Frank Walsh, a leading
attorney of Kansas City, came to New York and laid the all<^
gations before the district attorney.
The steamer Spokane arrived from
Seattle at 2 o'clock this afternoon, but
brought no mall or express.
The Fraternal Order of Kaglea will
'natal their newly elected officers on
Wedneada) uight.