The Cordova Daily Times
Only Afternoon Paper In Alaska With Associated Press News
VOLUME TIT- NirMBKR 92. CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDN^DAyT^XHCI^JI, 1917. PRICE TKN CTNTX
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS APRIL 2
TO CONSIDER STATE OF WAR WITH GERMANY
(Ily Associated Press)
PETROGRAD, March 21. — The
Russian troops are driving southwest
ward from Sakkiz, Persia, and have
crossed the Mesopotamia frontier into
Turkish territory.
LONDON, March 21. — It is off!
cially reported another important
chieftain of Arabia has risen against
the Turks, and ^hat the Turkish forces
near Aden have been isolated from
other Turkish forces.
PARIS, March 21. — It is officially
stated that the French are progress
ing rapidly in pursuit of the retreat
ing Germans and have made important
gains on both sides of the Avon road.
Ten villages have already been cap
tured.
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(Special to Daily Times)
JUNEAU, March 21. — The reap
pointment of Governor J. F. A. Strong
was urged in a joint house memorial.
Hills making it a misdemeanor to re
sist officers, creating a new banking
and corporation law and also one of
fering a bounty of $5 for fur seals
killed was introduced in the house.
The senate adopted the resolution
asking for the reappointment of the
governor. A bill was also introduced
for the collection and distribution of
a sick fund for employees in all lines
of business in Alaska.
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METCALF LAND BILL DRAFTED
IN CONFERENCE ON CAMPUS.
SEATTLE, March 21 — The Metcalf
logged-off land bill, which recently
passed the senate at Olympia, was
worked out by the third logged-off
land conference, held on the campus
of the University of Washington last
December. It provides for community
help in clearing logged-off lands.
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WOODEN FLEET
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 21. — Vice
Chairman Brent, of the federal ship
ping board, left for the Pacific coast
to consult shipbuilders as to their abil
ity and speed in the construction of
wooden ships. The shipping board
aims to construct immediately a great
fleet of wooden vessels to transport
supplies to the entente allies.
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CALIFORNIA SENDS OUT
S. O. S. FOR MESSENGER BOYS
(By United Press)
SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 21. —
-Messenger lams anywhere from 8 to 80
years of age are greatly in demand in
government departments here and in
San Francisco and Los Angeles today.
The government is offering $25 to $50
a month and an opportunity to get an
education and an advance to a clerk
ship. Examinations are being held
today. The offer, or rather the frantic
appeal, has had few takers to date.
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FIVE AMERICANS PERISHED.
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, March 21. — Five Ameri
cans were among those who perished
on the merchantman Vigilancia, when
Bunk by a submarine.
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Good pay is reported to have been
found on the Diamond L. claim near
Nome in two shafts. One will be
worked this winter and the other will
be rigged for summer work.
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(Special to Daily Times)
JUNEAU, March 21. — The house
has passed a resolution asking Presi
dent Wilson and congress to regulate
affairs so that only American born
citizens or those naturalized be em
ployed in the different government of
fices in Alaska, and particularly on the
railroad, where many foreigners are
employed as clerical help and in other
branches. The Heid memorial will be
p'-esented Saturday. Amendments, re
ports and many bills have been sent
back to the committees.
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An order from Captain Mears at
Anchorage concerning the employment
of men on interior divisions, has been
issued to prevent difficulties similar
to those occurring last year. The or
der says:
“Misunderstanding arose last sea
son due to the action on the part of
some of the department heads in at
tempting to make special and person
al arrangements for hiring new em
ployees in the United States to come
to Anchorage at the opening of navi
gation.
“With a desire to avoid any of these
difficulties this season, it is announced
that all arrangements for the employ
ment of persons in the United States
will be made by this office. All de
partment and district heads will
avoid, as far as possible, direct cor
respondence with persons in the Uni
ted States in reference to employment
on the Alaska railroad work. All
communications of such nature should
be addressed through this office,
where they will be handled in turn
through the newly established em
ployment office in Seattle.”
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UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR HEADS
STATE LANGUAGE COMMITTEE.
SEATTLE, March 21. — Professor
F. W. Meisnest, head of the German
department of the State University,
has just been appointed chairman of
the modern language committee of the
state, by Josephine Corliss Preston,
state superintendent of public instruc
tion. The committee will be in charge
of the modern language division of the
new high school manual, which will be
published this spring.
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A rich strike is reported to have
been made recently on Disappointment
creek in the Marshall City district.
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At a rousing meeting held a few
days ago at Juneau the Juneau Home
Guard was organized, with fifty mem
ben on the roll.
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(By Associated Press)
PETROGRAD, March 21. — The
Russian government has ordered that
the deposed emperor and consort be
regarded as deprived of their liberty
and brought back to Petrograd. Th«
orthodox clergy has recognized the
new government and a general politi
cal amnesty been ordered.
britIsTdrives
TO RETREAT
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, March 21. — The stormy
weather continues in northern Prance,
with severe cold winds and frequent
snow squalls. The British troops are
following the retreating Germans
closely and the ruined villages aban
doned by the Germans are affording
shelter for pursuers. The Germans
take the last loaves of bread from the
inhabitants before setting fire to the
villages.
The Germans are falling back more
rapidly and offering less resistance to
the British pressure between Ham
and Peronne, but the resistance is
more stubborn further north and
south of Peronne. The British are
now entering smoking villages seven
miles east of the Somme river.
TROOPS TO QUELL
OLDENZAAL, Holland, March 21.—
There are persistent rumors of great
rioting in Berlin and that frontier re
giments have left for that city to
maintain order.'
AMSTERDAM, March 21. — it is
reported that serious food riots
have broken out in Berlin over the
scarcity of food.
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The cannery tender Willard B., be
longing to the Libby, McNeil & Libby
plant at Cook inlet, and the first of
the cannery vessels to leave Seattle
this season, arrived at Seward recent
ly on her way to Kenai.
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The Bon Ton orchestra Invites you
to attend the dance at Hegg’s hall to
night.
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It is reported that the miners in
the KuBkokwira district are busily en
gaged in taking out dumps and a large
output of gold is anticipated.
SALIENT IMS
(By Associated Pressi
AMSTERDAM^pafrch 21. -- The
German withdrawal In the region
north of Arret), extending into Belgian
territory, is expected. The (Jermuns
are reported a« (luvwlopi w^.^roat ac
tivity from a point north of Labas.se
canal, to a point past Freanco, on the
Belgian frontier, which seems to in
dicate the withdrawal of the salient
lines. In the direction of Lens anti
Douai heavy explosions are heard
daily, and the same pairol activity
which preceded the retreat on the
southern front is now observed north
of Arras.
PARIS, March 21. — After severe
fighting with a heavy loss of life the
French troops have carried Soverieno,
a castle and the village of Jussy, nine
miles south of St. Qautin.
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(By Associated Press)
CHEYENNE, March 21. — The offi
cial document proclaiming Frank L.
Houx governor of Wyoming to suc
ceed John B. Kendrick, who resigned
to take his seat in the United States
senate, bore the signatures of Frank
L. Houx as governor and also as secre
tary of state. The new executive will
continue to look after the duties of
both offices and draw the two salaries
during the remaining twenty-two
months of Governor Kendrick’s unex
pi red term.
Governor Houx has served as secre
tary of state for six years, and for the
greater part of his twenty-two years
residence in Wyoming has boen active
in Democratic party politics, having
served as mayor of Cody and munici
pal judge of the town before his elec
tion to the office of secretary of state
in 1910.
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THE PIRAEUS, Greece','March 21.—
If the British proposal to lease the
Greek merchant fleet with the alterna
tive of refusing to insure Greek boats
or furnish them with coal, is put
through the secretary of the Greek
Shipowners’ Union states the Greek
shipowners will all be ruined as the
price offered per ton for the lease is
far below what can be obtained in
the open market today.
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One hundred reindeer were recent
ly sent from Golovin to Nome. The
animals will be slaughtered for the
local market.
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The Valerie copper mine in the
Whitehorse district, reputed to be one
of the richest in the district, will bo
opened up at an early date on a large
scale.
(Special to Daily Times.)
JUNEAU, March 21. — The devision
of Judge Jennings, re delegate elec
tion. has been given to the canvassing
board, but the latter has taken no ac
. lion as yet.
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(By United Press)
NEW YORK, March 21. — Having
served the thirty days to which she
was sentenced for disseminating birth
control information in New York City,
Mrs. Margaret Sanger, national leadei
of the birth control movement, was re
leased today. Mr. Sanger, unlike het
sister, Mrs. Ethel Byrne, did not hun
ger strike in the prison at Blackwell's
Island. She served her time quietly
and made the best of her opportunity
to study prison conditions.
“1 have gathered a great deal of ma
terial which I shall use in my future
writings," said Mrs. Sanger today,
“but I did not break any of the prison
rules nor attempt to do anything out
of the ordinary that would make me
trouble.
“1 wus sent to prison unjustly, but
many persons have had the same
thing happen to them. I shall con
tinue my birth control propaganda
work just the same as I was doing it
before my arrest.”
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WILL FURTHER FRIENDSHIP
BETWEEN CHILE AND AMERICA
SEATTLE, March 21. — In order to
partly lay the groundwork for culti
vating friendly feelings between the
South American countries and the
United States, and to Increase the
knowledge and understanding of each
nation by all the others in the west
ern hemisphere, the Carnegie Endow
merit for International Peace has ap
pointed Professor Charles M. Strong,
of the University of Washington~d«T
partment of Spanish, to the position
of temporary correspondent in Chile
of intercourse and education of the en
dowment.
Professor Strong is now on his way
to Valparaiso, Chile, where In the In
stitutio Commercial he will teach Eng
lish language and literature as the
first exchange professor between the
University of Washington and the
University of Chile.
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The driving of poling for the 250
foot approach to the fish dock of the
San Juan Pishing & Packing Com
pany plant at Seward has been com
pleted and the work on the dock pro
1 per commenced.
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Have you registered yet? If not,
you had better do so now.
PERSONAL GOSSIP ABOU1
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
The launch Waif returned to Ka
talla today.
J. J. Hill and wife were outgoing
passengers yesterday for the states.
The regular weekly dance of tht
Bon Ton orchestra at Hegg's hall to
night.
Finkelsteln & Sapiro are now nicelj
quartered in their handsome new
store building.
J. W. Fillinger and wife left for thf
states yesterday, where they wil
spend a couple of months.
Lawrence Eddy, foreman of the con
centrator at the Bonanza mine, cairn
down from Kennecott yesterday.
Charley Thompson, one of the Fair
banks live wires, arrived in town or
yesterday’s train on his way to lh(
states.
Everybody is cordially invited to at
tend the bible class held at the Pres
byterian church this evening at
o'clock.
Gus Anderson Is confined to the
hospital with a badly broken leg, sus
tained last night by being thrown on
the sidewalk.
Superintendent W. B. Hancock, o(
the Mother Lode mine, is in town on
business, having come from McCarthy
on yesterday's train.
"Saving daylight" Is no longer ne
cessary in Alaska, as the days are
fast lengthening and ere long darkness
will be entirely bottled.
Dr. C. L. Hale wil leave on
the Northwestern this evening for La
touche, where he has been called to
treat a number of patients.
If Cordova is to have a ball team
in the field this summer some ar
rangements should be made to put
the park in condition for playing.
F. O. Lawrence, one of the success
ful operators in the Tenderfoot dis
trict, accompanied by his wife and
son, left yesterday for the states,
where they will make their future
home.
The freighter Stanley Dollar left
Juneau at 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon. She is bringing coal for Cor
dova and the Copper River railroad
and gasoline for Chitina.
The steamer Admiral Farragut ar
rived from the westward about 10
o'clock last night and sailed south a
couple of hours later. Glenn Carring
ton and F. D. Labby were passengers
from here for Juneau.
According to the San Francisco Ex
aminer, Clarke Davis and George O.
Nelson are in that city purchasing
locomotives, coal carB and flat cars
for the Alaska Coal & Petroleum Com
pany, which Is building a railroad
from Katalla to the Bering river coal
fields.
The steamer Alaska sailed for Se
attle yesterday afternoon, with tho
following outgoing passengers: J. \V.
Fillinger and wife, J. J. Hill and wife,
F. O. I^awrence and wife, Harry Young
and wife, Mrs. W. F. Hill. Miss Ruth
Hanson, C. Fisher, J. Wilson, F. O.
iAiwrence, G. Ecklon and R. Gresham.
- Yesterday—the, wrecking train., met
with an accident in the railroad yard.
While hoisting a heavy load the boom
became unbalanced and fell to the
ground, taking the engine with it.
James Bennett was burned about the
head, wrists and body and Lara Saby
sprained his back. They were removed
to the hospital.
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The Juneau Empire will add within
a few days one of the latest models
of the Optimus cylinder press to Its
job department. The new press will
have a speed of 2,500 Impressions an
hour.
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The application for an official sur
vey of the townsite of Petersburg for
a patent has been granted by the gen
eral land office.
For Job printing call us up.
IN OF NiySTERy
GOING INSIDE
WITH OUTFIT
(From Fairbanks News-Miner)
Deming Wheeler, Alaska’s man of
mystery, is making another mysteri
ous move, according to advices re
ceived here from the coaBt. Again
his move is in the direction of Fair
banks, which he has made his head
quarters off and on for the past sev
eral years. This time he is bringing
a large outfit, presumed to be for
camping purposes, as he is bringing
it with a four horse rig. His wife and
her brother are with him, as are sev
eral hired men. Nothing is kuown
concerning the destination of the
party in the interior, but it is pre
sumed to be the Mt. McKinley coun
try. The Wheeler party left Cordova,
and is due to arrive in Fairbanks
within the next few days at the most,
but just when is not known.
Mr. Wheeler has been coming to in
terior Alaska for the past four or five
years. Sometimes he came in over
the trail and other times from some
other direction. Once, in the depth
of winter, when nobody in Fairbanks
knew anything of his whereabouts, he
came down the Yukon river, and still
another time from the upper reaches
of the Tanana. Each time he name
he stayed here but a fewr days, always
leaving for parts unknown just as
quietly as he came. Questioned in re
gard to his travels, he has always said
that he was traveling for pleasure and
health, and this explanation has al
ways been accepted, as he is known to
be the scion of a wealthy Indiana
family.
Last spring Mr. Wheeler brought
his bride to Fairbanks. Shortly before
the opening of navigation they took a
dog team and started down the river.
They were heard of at Nenana and
several other places along the river
at that time, but nothing was general
ly known concerning their departure
from the outside, where they have
presumably been.
One of Mr. Wheeler’s pet hobbies
has been to try to cross dogs and
wolves in order that he might secure
some fast sled dogs. He has been suc
cessful to a considerable extent, ac
cording to current report, as he has
several wolf dogs in the fast team
which he drives in the winter.
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(By Associated Press)
BERLIN, March 21. — Exact fig
ures regarding the number and per
centage of tuberculosis prisoners of
war in the scores of German camps
have been collected as a result of the
charges, widely circulated abroad, that
prisoners are intentionally Infected
with this disease. The figures show
that the French suffer most of all
from tuberculosis, but that the disease
on the whole is on the wane.
In the first year of the war there
were discovered in German camps 3.
542 tuberculosis Frenchmen, or two
per cent of the number of prisoners;
in the second year there were 2,094,
or 0.75 per cent. In those two years
there were transferred to Switzerland
X552~UetJ-1a-ns, Englishmen, 11,-——
316 Frenchmen. Sufering from tuber
culosis among this number there were
120 Belgians, 94 Englishmen and 900
Frenchmen. There died later of the
disease in Switzerland two Belgians,
41 Frenchmen and no Englishmen.
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EDUCATION COURSES ATTRACT
802 U. OF W. MEN AND WOMEN.
SEATTLE, March 21. — Of the 802
different student senrolled in the
courses of education at the State Uni
versity G03 are women. Although only
150 students are actually registered
in the college education, the great ma
jority of those students looking for
ward to teaching are enrolled in other
colleges of the university and take a
few courses in education as elective
work.
WASHINGTON. MARCH 21.-PRESENT WILSON TODAY CALLED CONGRESS IN EXTRA SESSION ON APRIL 2
FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING ACTION ON THE STATE Of WAR WHICH ADMITTEDLY NOW EXISTS BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES AND GERMANY. CONGRESS WILL PROBABLY BE ASKED TO DECLARE THAT A STATE OF WAR EX
ISTED AT SOME RECENT DATE, WHEN GERMANY REGAN CONDUCTING MOST WARLIKE OPERATIONS AGAINST AM
ERICAN COMMERCE.
WASHINGTON, March 21—The proclamation does not state specifically that the president considers a state of war exists
hut leaves the question for discussion in his address to congress and for action by that body. Wilson says that the purpose*
of calling congress together at an earlier date than announced is that it may receive from him the grave questions of inter
national policy. The president’s decision was reached as a result of yesterday’s cabinet meeting, at which the unanimous
opinion was expressed that congress be summoned and in the meantime the armed preparedness continue. Tt is understood'
the sentiment of congress overwhelmingly favors the declaration that a state of war already exists.
WASHINGTON, March 21.—When the president asked congress for authority to arm American merchantmen he de
clared he was contemplating no step that would lead to war and was not contemplating war itself. "He said that nothing but
warlike action on the part of another nation against the United States could bring this country into war. The president,
members of the cabinet and all official Washington now believe such a moment has come and is not of this country’s choosing
WASHINGTON, March 21.—It is unknown how much money President Wilson will ask for if war is declared', but senate
leaders suggest $■>()(),000,000, and it is unlikely that there will he any opposition to such an appropriation.