The Cordova Daily Times
mf' Y< >LIME II. NUMBER 536. CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12,1916. pR|( F TF V
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PORTLAND. Me.. Sept. 12. — After
one of the fiercest political battles
ever waged in Maine, the Republicans
achieved a great victory and swept
the state. For several weeks past the
leaders of both parties have been con
ducting an aggressive campaign, both
predicting success at the polls yester
day. Many orators of national repute
were imported to sway the voter, as
the result of this election is likely to
have eonsidernble bearing on the pre
sidential contest.
Milliken,. the Republican candidate,
"as elected governor over Curtis by
a plurality og 13,300. A solid Repub
lican delegation was elected to con
gress, and Hale and Fernald, Republi
cans were elected United States sen
ators. livery Republican candidate
for the state legislature was also vic
torious.
XKW YORK, Sept. 12.—There was
great rejoicing at the Hughes head
quarters lust night when the returns
of the Maine election were received,
and ihere i: now every confidence ex
pi'es ei| that Hughes will next month
also carry Maine, which cast its elec
toral vote for Wilson four years ago.
TOWN LOT SALE
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SEW A HI), Sept. 12. The govern
ment stile of lots In the federal addl
™ tion began yesterday, and the first
one was bought by Frank Eagerquist
for $475. The second lot was sold to
C. W. Wiustedt for $(105. The crowd
seemed eager to buy but refused to
bid much above $550, which Is consid
ered a fair value for lots in that sec
tion. The first sixteen lots sold
. ^ brought $i;.X2r,.
FIRST ACCIDENT
RESULT UF
STRIKE
NEW YOKE, Sept. 12. — The strike
situation continues to grow more seri
ous. and it is hard at this time to pre
dict the outcome. The surface lines
arc tied up solidly while the elevated
and subway trains are badly congest
ed, A trolley car, manned by green
motormen, jumped the track and the
accident resulted in two persons being
killed and thirteen injured.
STEAMER CEBU
HELEI UP BI
* BRITISH
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. — A vlo
lation of American neutrality by a
British torpedo boat which held up
and examined the Philippine steamer
Cebu, within the territorial waters of
the Philippines. The matter wus re
ported to the war department by Gov
ernor General Harrison. The dis
patch has been transmitted to the
state department, and will be the sub
ject of a vigorous protest to Great
Britain.
ELEVEN MEN WERE KILLED
IN QUEBEC ACCIDENT.
QUEBEC. Sept. 12. — The latest de
tails of the bridge disaster yesterday
show that eleven men were killed, and
a financial loss of $1,000,000 entailed.
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GERMANS ADMIT LOSS GUICHY.
BERLIN Sept. 12. — A German of
ficial report admits the loss of Guicl»’.
[PRESIDENT IT DIE OF
HIS SISTEH
NEW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 12. —
President Wilson has decided to re
main here for the present, because of
the critical illness of his sister, Mrs.
Howe.
HOME HERS
The Cordova Building Association
met last night and effected a perma
nent organization by the election of
the following officers: President,
Malcolm Brock; secretary-treasurer,
Nathaniel Greene, who with H. A.
Slater, A. J. Adams and George C.
Hazelet will form the board of direc
tors. A meeting of the directors has
been called for Friday night, when
plans will be outlined for the erec
tion of more homes in Cordova.
This organization is a timely one,
as there Is a demand for houses here
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which it proposes to supply. These
will be erected by the association for
people who desire to purchase them on
easy payments, thus giving them an
opportunity of owning their own home
by having the monthly rental apply on
the purchase price.
A number of persons have already
signified their intention of taking ad
vantage of this public spirited move
ment to plan and have built for them
the kind of home they desire to oc
cupy as permanent residents of Cor
dova.
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HISTORY OF ALASKA WORK
OF PRESBYTERIANS
The Presbyterian church began mis
sionary operations in Alaska in 1878,
when Mrs. A. It. McFarland came to
Wrangell as teacher in a mission
school. It was the pioneer organiza
tion in religious work and has kept
pace with material advancement in
the territory and plans to do so in the
future.
At this time there are eighteen fully
organized churches of the Presbyter
ian denomination in Alaska, with 1,
383 communicant members. There are
in addition 65 unorganized missions
and preaching points making a total
of 83 points of missionary work. In
connection with these stations are
23 Sunday schools with a total enroll
ment of 1,720 scholars.
The church maintains an industrial
school at Sitka, with a present capa
city for 150 native children, which is
soon to be increased to 200. There
are 18 teachers and helpers in this
' school. It also maintains a hospital
for natives at Haines, with a doctor,
nurses and helpers to the number of
j eight. Including 18 ordained mlnis
| ters and all other workers there is a
' total of 56 mission workers supported
by this church In the territory.
The northernmost mission of the
I church, and in fact, on the western
i continent, is at Point Barrow, among
the Eskimo. Missions are maintained
among four of the six native tribes.
HILL'S INHERITANCE TUX IS
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ST. PAUL, Sept. 12 — James J.
Hill's Minnesota holdings are worth
$40,000,000, and under the inheritance
j tax amendments he will have to pay
| *1.250.000.
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The steamer Alaska is due from the
westward at 10 o’clock tomorrow
morning, and will remain here some
time loading ore.
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Today's train did not leave Uhltina
until noon, presumably waitiug for
some passengers from Fairbanks, and
will be here at 8 o'clock tonight.
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The "wets" carried the Yukon ter
ritory. where an aggressive fight was
waged by the Prohibitionists, who
thought they had the election won.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. — Speak
ing tours for many senators and rep
resentatives In the Republican caat
paign in doubtful states wer* an
nounced by Representative Stamp,
acting as chairman of the speakers'
bureau of the Republican congresaton
al committee. They run from the mid
die of September to the first week of
November.
Senator Borah, opening the cam
paign in New Jersey, September 14,
begins a tour covering 24 states. Sen
ator Harding will speak in 18 states,
Senators Cummins in 14 and Senators
Gronna and Kenyon in six states each.
Senator Wadsworth will campaign
two weeks in 10 states. Senators
Sterling, Norris, Weeks and Jones will
speak in six states, Senator Curtis in
four and Senator Sherman will make
a two weeks' tour of 12 states. Other
senators, including Senators Fall,
J>odge and Page, while conducting
campaigns In their own states, will
speak at odd times in adjoining states
Republican representatives will
make tours ranging from one to five
weeks under the plans of the congres
sional committee. Representative Mil
ler, of Minnesota, will speak five
weeks through the west and south
" i iivccn tuniro win iit-ar
sentative Fordney, of Michigan, while
Representative Longworth, of Ohio,
will cover a dozen states, mostly In.
the east. Representative Foss, of
Ohio, will campaign in Indiana, Mis
souri and West Virginia. Representa
tive Rodenberg, of Illinois, will go to
Nebraska and return through Missouri
and Indiana Representative Ellsworth
of Minnesota will speak throughout
the Northwest; Representative Britten
of Illinois, in Montana and other west
ern states.
Representative Moore, of Pennsyl
vania, will sppak about the protective
tariff in the Central West; Represen
tatlve Sweet of Iowa will discuss ag
ricultural conditions with the farmers
of Missouri and Indiana; Representa
tive Dyer of Missouri will talk In Ken
tuckv and Iowa; Representative
Barchfield of Pennsylvania will have
a continuous two weeks' speaking tour.
Representative Lenroot, Wisconsin,
will speak in Nebraska and Indiana,
and Representative Campbell, Kansas,
as far west as Utah. Representative
Schall of Minnesota, will speak in
Kentucky. Representative Hamilton
of Michigan will deliver Republican
arguments in the Middle West and
Maine.
Governor Capper of Kansas will
speak in neighboring states, and Gov
ernors Whitman of New York and
Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania also are
on the list of 150 speakers available
for the congressional campaign ltin
erarles.
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EFFECTIVE
WASHINGTON Sept. 12. — Kegu
lations for enforcement of the new
federal migratory bird law have been
approved by President Wilson, and
now are effective. The department
of agriculture, however, advises all
hunters to consult state laws because
the federal regulations will not be con
strued to permit hunting within a state
which has created a closed season if
that season falls within a period
which the federal government posts
bb open.
Shooting is prohibited between sun
set and sunrise. Insectivorous birds
are protected indefinitely, and no open
season Is allowed. Band-tailed pigeons,
cranes, wood ducks, swans, curlew,
willel, upland plover, and smaller
shore birds are protected everywhere
until September 1, 1918.
The steamer Mariposa is due from
Seattle at 6 o'clock this evening with
a number of passengers and consider
able freight for here.
BIS OFFENSIVE
♦ LONDON, Sept. 12.— Reports ♦
♦ from the Macedonian front ♦
♦ point strongly to the probabil- ♦
♦ Ity that the present thrust of ♦
♦ the allied forces may be a long ♦
♦ expected general offensive ♦
♦ movement, the British and ♦
♦ French forces exerting heavy ♦
♦ pressure for a decisive drive. ♦
♦ The British along the Struma 4
♦ front and the French north and ♦
♦ along the Vardar. The French ♦
♦ and British are also co-operat- ♦
♦ ing in a more easterly opera ♦
♦ tlon. ♦
♦ The village of Yenlmah and ♦
♦ the western ten miles of Demlr ♦
♦ Hlssor have been captured by ♦
♦ the French. ♦
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G R EEK PREMIER
GIVES UP UIS
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ATHENS, Sept. 12. Premier Zai
mis has resigned. He complains that
the internal incidents have prevented
him from dealing with the external
situation in a manner that was satis
factory. He says that should Greece
decide to join In the war on the side
of the allies, the latter are willing to
give no guarantee for the future, al
though the allies will furnish the mu
nitions aud equipment.
SPAIN ITCHING
TU GET INTO
MADRID, Sept. 12. — Former Pre
mier Maura, leader of the Conserva
tive party, in a public address deliv
ered last night, said Spain must de
cide in favor of one or the other group
of belligerents. He also declared that
it was essential to have France and
England friendly toward Spain.
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FRENCH TROOPS
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PARIS, Sept. 12. — The French
troops on the Macedonian frout have
captured all the Bulgarian positions
on a front two miles for a depth of
eight hundred yards. They are still
advancing and the enemy seems pow
erless to check them.
RUSSIANS IN
PETROGRAD, Sept 12. — It is of
ftclally announced that the Russians
won a new victory at several heights
in the t'arpathians. Blaty, in the t’he
remosb region, near the Bukowina
border, has been taken: also Kapul
mountain and a thousand prisoners
captured
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The freighter Latouche was in port
last night, and loaded 860 tons of cop
per ore. The balance of her cargo
constated of 250 tons of tin ore from
Nome, 1,000 tons of Beataon mine ore
and 560 tons of Ellamar ore.
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AEROPLANE MAtLi
DISCUSSED BY
DDC MUSHED
Kric Johnson, the famous Nome
mall carrier, dog racer and all-round
Alaskan trail musher, has not confi
dence in the proposal to substitute
the aeroplane for the malaraute as a
conveyer of Uncle Sam's mails in the
north. Mr. Johnson has just come
from taking a course in aviation at
Fort Worden and San Diego at the
United States army schools of avia
tion. He was in Cordova on his way
to Nome, and left for Chltina to take
the overland trail to Fairbanks and
down the Tanana and Yukon rivers,
"The aeroplane has not yet been
developed so that it will be practi
cable as a mail carrier in the north,’’
said Mr Johnson the other day. “They
will have to have a better cooling sys
tem for the engines and they will
have to arrange for artificial heat be
fore they will be able to navigate the
air of the Arctic winter.”
Mr. Johnson has participated in
many of the Nome dog races, and a*
a fast traveller behind Alaskan dogs
his reputation at Nome Is second only
to that of “Scotty" Allen.
For many years he has had several
of the United States mail contracts
for the winter delivery of mail on the
routes leading out of Nome. He said
that he expects to deliver mail this
winter again with dog teams, though
he admits that he fears that they will
seem slow’ after riding through the air
all summer In flying machines and
driving fast automobiles.
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William Elliott will be presented at \
the Empress theatre Friday night in
a five part photodrama, “Woman and
Wine based on the great Brady stage
success of fifteen year* ago. '
Dick Seymour (impersonated by Mr.
Elliott) is fortunate in having a nice
father and a nice girl as sweetheart.
Money Is coming to him. But tempted
by woman and wine on the great white
way of New York, he falls down badly.
His money is in Paris. In that ciiy
he goes from bad to worse, and Is ac
cused of murder. From jail and death
there seems no escape But his father
and sweetheart have been loyal to him
and he 1b proved innocent of the crime
and saved. He finds happiness by
shunning bad company and bad habits.
The Bettings in New York and Paris
are brilliant and effective, and Mr.
Elliott Is supported by a powerful cast.
The offering is the first contribution
of its director. Fred Thompson, to
the world film program.
The duel of two women with knives
was one of the features of the original
drama, the victors placed the corpse
of her victim in a box and covered
it with flowers Along came the hero
ine. now a flower seller, for flowers;
to her surprise the box contained the
body of a dead woman—horror doesn’t
describe the intensity of the situation.
STEFftNSSON 60
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SEATTLE. Sept. 12. — Kudolph >11
1 demon, one of the scientists who has
: just returned from Nome, says explor
er Stefansson is planning to make the
I Northwest Passage with the Polar
Bear, ending the voyage by aseentPng
the St. Lawrence river to Montreal
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About 5 o'clock tomorrow morning
is the time set for the arrival of the
Vdmiral Watson from Seattle.
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Order your letter heada and enva
i lopes now.
BIKERS SHORT WEIGHTED
LOAVES BREAD
CHICAGO Sept. 12. — Thirty bak
era have been found guilty of selling
short weight loaves of bread and will
be prosecuted by the district attor
ney.
FEATURE SEVEN
HEEL FILMS
Captain A. K. Lathrop has made a
great coupe for his string of moving |
picture houses in Alaska. While on j
a recent trip to the states he closed
a'contract with the Triangle Film
Company for their productions, and
about December 1 the service will be
shown at the Km press theatre. This
Is the same company that produced
Billy Burke In 'Peggy." and its pro
gram now consists of seven reels, in
eluding both a comedy and a drama
by the best known actors and actres
ses in the moving picture business.
The list of the first twenty six of
these seven reel programs has been
received, and the local patrons can
rest assured that a great treat is in
store for them Some of the strong
est plays and best comedies will be
shown, and among the array of artists
are such well known people as Dorm
thy and Lillian Gish. Bessie Barriscale.
Billy Burke, Mabel Norman, Webber
It Fields, Dustin Farnum Raymond
Hitchcock. Fred Mace, Sam Bernard
and Douglas Fairbanks
CORDOVA’S ACTION STIRS
OP OTHER TOWNS
Now is the opportunity for Seward
to combine with Cordova and Valdez
itid bring about a change of time.
Recently the members of the Cor
lova Chamber of Commerce met and
discussed the subject of adopting Sit
ka instead of Kodiak time, this bring
fng noon an hour earlier in the day.
Crank L Ballaine tried to interest
local people In this proposition of
gaining an hour of daylight some time
back, but people were too busy talking
real estate, railroads and mines to
consider anything about sun and time.
With Cordova and Valdez joining
in advancing the hand of the clock an
hour, the co-operation of the steam
ship companies is all that is needed
to bring the change into effect.—Sew
ard Post.
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WOMEN CLERKS
LONDON, Sept. 12. There are 11,
OOO women clerks and stenographers
now employed in the British govern
ment offices in Whitehall, a fact
which gives some idea ot the way the
women have filled the gups left by the
men who have joined the army. And
still the cry Is heard for more wo
men, which leads to the belief thut
the demand has outstripped the
supply
Even the government departments
are finding difficulty in securing the
clerical assistance they require At
one time Whitehall officials could pick
and choose their clerks, and the ma
jority of those engaged were of an
adaptable age-—from 20 to 30 but
an intelligent girl of 17 without ex
perience can now find a place, and
middle aged women need no longer
feel that they are not wanted.
To meet the extensions of the ac
tivities of auch busy plates as the
war office and the ministry of muni
tions. It is estimated that some 100
women clerks can be absorbed every
week into the official machinery.
The pay is not high, though it is
regarded as a satisfactory starting sal
ary for young glria. It ia, of course,
far below the salary paid for similar
work in tha Uglied Statae.
SULZER C0I1II
TO CORDOVA
NEAT WEEK
FAIRBANKS, Sept 1Charles
A. Htilzer, Democrat ii camiiilate for
delegate to congress, addressed a large
meeting here last night and appar
ently mad** a very favoraMe impres
sion lie will leave over the trail for
t'hitina, expecting to arrivi there on
Friday, from which place he will make
a trip to McCarthy and Kelinecott, ar
riving in Cordova a week from today
lie Is accompanied hy his wife and
has been cordially received through
out (he Tatiana valley
JAPAN STATES
ITS POSITION
WASHINGTON Sept Jj la pan
has informed the* t .11. department
that there w;m nothing in .I p.ms de
mands upon China, in « onto ■« tion with
the disagreement in Mongolia. that
infringed on tin* sovereignty nf china,
or impaired the Hoot Takahirt agree*
ment This government had asked
Japan for a statement i»i Hie nature
of its demands.
BERLIN, Sept IL' frown IP jure
Rupprecht. of Bavaria, lias taken coin
niatnl of the (lerman forces on the
Somme front, and it is expected that
he will inaugurate a more aggressive
offensiv e nun ement
36 HOUR BUTTLE
TO BULGURS
ATHENS. Sept. T- The Bulgar
ians sustained enormous lo* -os in a
Imttle which has just ended, after hi
hours of terrific lighting The Bel
gartans are now retreating and the al
lies are pursing them
LONDON. Sept. tL' King Ferdi
nand of Bulgaria visited the kaiser
at Berlin It is claimed that he is
•>ry much discouraged at the great
slaughter of his troops and Ids mis
sion is presumably to stale the <soldi
tions under which Bulgaria is willing
to continue in the tight
PARIS, Sept. 12. The Bulgarians
have evacuated all the forts at the
<!reek sea|s>rt of Kavaln. which they
captured last month, hut were unable
< to hold. The allied warships made
these positions untenable for the Bui
gartans, and they have been reoccu
pied by the Greeks.