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VOLUME 1. NUMBER 144~ CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1915 n:|('K TKN ('hNTS
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ITALY TORPEDOES AUSTRIAN FRONTIER
NEW SALTERY AT
FLAG POINT BRIDGE
A new saltery is to be started at
Flag Point bridge, which will be con
ducted by Denel and Beehymen. A
large shipment of salt and barrels was
today received by the O’Neill & Slat
er Company for the above concern,
who will at once begin the work of
getting their plant In operation.
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ROCHESTER, May 25—The Presby
terian General Assembly, which is In
conference in this city, today adopted
a resolution condemning the noted
New York divine for writing a let
ter in favor of Baloons. Dr. l'aik
hurst wrote the letter to the Anti Pro
hibition Society, of California, and the
totter has been construed as support
Ing the liquor element, and was so
considered during the election in that
state.
The matter was the cause of mud
open censure of Rev. Parkhurst by hit
colleagues in the ministry. Dr. Park
hurst will probably have something t(
say on the matter, as he has beet
noted for his frank expression of opln
ion, and obtained much notoriety a fev
years ago, by several anti-vice cm
sndes which he started in New York
NATIVES REBEL AT
HIGH COST LIVING
CALCUTTA, India, May $6—.The et
larged powers granted to the India
government for dealing with uprh
ings during the European war, hav
now been applied to seventeen dis
trlcts of Bengal. This action is th
result of an epidemis of lawlessnesi
attributed by the authorities to th
Increase in the cost of living.
The trouble was all between n:
lives. About 1,600 arrests have bee
made.
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WASHINGTON, May 25—President
Wilson told callers at the White House
today that he could give no reason
for the delay of Germany In replying
to his note on the Lusitanlan disas
ter. The president knew nothing of
ficially why the answer should not
have been received before this, but It
Is presumed that possibly the crisis
with Italy has so occupied the atten
tion of the German government that
other matters had to wait. It Is
known that von Bernstrofl, the Ger
man ambassador here, has made sug
gestions to the home government foi
a reply. Among Germans and In Ger
man circles throughout the country
the Impression Is prevalent that thi
German reply will be entirely satis
factory to President Wilson and tin
American public.
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STEAMER ARRIVES
FROM SEATTLJ
The steamer Northwestern arrive
In port at an early hour this mornln
and remained here until nearly noo
discharging freight.
Her Cordova passengers were M. I
Scovllle and wife, 8. N. Laurie, M. /
Compass, H. A. Haynes, C. Labelb
C. M. Morton, E. EL Cory, W. I
Brown, A. W. Newberg and tea stee
• age.
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LONDON, May 25—An Italian torpedo boat
destroyer lias raided the seaport town of Buso, near
the frontier, and succeeded in destroying the docks
and landings and the railroad station. The barracks
were also set on fire by shells from the destroyer
and were demolished. Two Austrians were killed
by the fire from the Italial vessel, being the first
bloodshed of the war between Italy and Austria.
ROMK, May 25—In an official announcement by
the government it is stated that the Italian army has
t penetrated Austria, occupying the heights of Capor
j (*tto, between Judino and Isonzo. The towns of
(Wmob, Vervignnno and Terzo Were also occupied
b> the advancing Italians. These towns stretch!
along the frontier on a line running north from the I
Gulf of Trieste. The city of Trieste is only twenty- j
five miles from the Italian border, an dis the prob
able objective of the Italian troops. The towns
were taken with opposition, and' no clashes with
the Austrians have so far resulted.
liKRNK, May 25—The Swiss government will
represent Germany at Rome, while Spain has taken
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over the diplomatic interests of Austria in the inter
nal City.
ROMM, May 2."*—The Italians have landed
troops at Ruso, Austria. Slight resistance was of
fered', and seventy Austrian soldiers captured. The I
Italian losses were one dead and some wounded.
C1IIASSO, May 2f>— Both I Vince von Buelowj
the (lerman representative at Rome, and the Austri
an ambassador, have arrived here returning to their
respective countries. Neither would comment on
the action of Italy declaring war against Austria.
KETCHIKAN WIFE
SEES HUSBAND DROWN
Carl Gropper, a watchman at the Mt.
Andrew mine at Ketchikan, dove from
a rowboat in front of his residence,
to take a bath, and never came up.
His wife was watching him and
thought at first he was fooling. She
finally recovered the body with a hal
ibue hook and rowed three miles a
galnst the fide to get assistance. She
had never rowed a boat before.
Deceased leaves a widow and four
children, the youngest being one year
, old and the oldest four.
Gypsies for the Westward
A band of gypsies were aboard the
Northwestern enroute for Ship Cree.
It is said that their last field of op
eration was Juneau.
WHAT ITALY HOPES TO GAI
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Photos by American Press Association.
Shaded portions of map show Trent and Trieste, territory Italy wants of Austria. Specimen of Italian sol
dier la seen on left and Austrian artilleryman on rlicht.
SCARCITY PETROLEUM
REPORTED AT BERLIN
BERLIN, May 25—A great scarcity
of petroleum prevails in Berlin. Ac
cording to some reports it cannot t>e
be bought in the shops at all. Not
withstanding t lie scarcity, however,
the price lias been held uniformly at
22 pfennigs per litre since the war
began, but there is now a movement
on foot to raise it to .~o pfennigs. It
is explained that the German branch
of tin* Standard Oil Company pur
posely kept down the price so that
petroleum might not be displaced dur
ing the war by gas or electricity.
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Suffers From Deep Cut
E. L. Harwood is nursing a very
sore finger, which he cut to the bone
yesterday afternoon.
ATHENS, May 25—The fighting on the Galli
poli peninsula has been extremely severe ot late,
particularly in tin* early days ot last week, and as a
consequence thousands of wounded are daily arriv
ing at Constantinople, where the hospital authorities
are hard put to it to furnish proper medical attention
to the injured soldiers
The First army corps of the Turkish army,
which contains the flower of the regiments, has boon
subjected to the heaviest fighting against the allies
and their losses have been tremendous. Turkey is
straining her resources to withstand the attacks of
the allies and’ is desperately attemptii to retain
control of the Dardanelles, for with a clear passage
of the allied battleships into the Sea of Marmora the
fate of Constantinople would soon be decided. Eit
1 tie is known of the activities of tin* Russian fleet,
5 which is operating against the Turkish forts on the
1 Bosphorus.
B Constantinople at present is a veritable hive of
'* industry, but the population is beginning to feel the
'■ strain of the war, and the sacrifices made necessary
* to provide for the soldiers in the field has already
1 caused a shortage of foodstuffs. The supply of
8 petroleum is also exhausted, and there is no coal or
l* wool to be had in the city.
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s- TOKIO, May 25—Tlu> alli(‘S have abandoned tin
ie project of asking Japan to send an army to Europe
to assist in subduing the Teutons. The entrance
of Italy into the war, has in the opinion of the on
tente powers, simplified their task, and they nov
E feel that they are relieved of the unpleasant neces
sity of calling upon Japan. There has alwayi
!d been considerable objection to such a course of ae
lg tion, although Japan stood ready to send the arm;
if desired.
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»r- CONSTANTINOPLE, May 25—The Turkis’
war department officially announces the sinking n
a Russian warship in the Black Sen by a Gorina
br. submarine.
“WETS” PILE UP BIG MAJARITIES IN THE
LARGER SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA TOWNS
JUNEAU, May 25—This city, Douglas and
Ketchikan went “wet” at yesterday’s special elec
tion by a vote of nearly three to one. Several ot
the smaller towns, including Wrangell and Haines
did not get the necessary majority and will be dry.
GHURGHILL MM FISHER BEEN
OUSTED FROMTHE GAB1NET
LONDON, May 25—The reorganization of the
inet, which is now being effected, is expected to re
sult in a clean sweep of the high officials of the Ad
miraltv. First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston
Churchill, and First Sea Lord, Baron Fisher, be
tween whom there has been anything but harmony
of late, will both lx* replaced by new men. The
forces behind' the reorganization are not attempting
to settle the differences between the two officials
but are acting in the belief that the efficiency of tin
navy demands harmonious action, and that, there
fore, a change is necessary in order to secure sued
harmony.
LONDON, May 25—Signs that the Russian
have checked what once seemed to be an overwhelm
ing advance of Teutons against the Muscovites i
Galicia, are becoming more apparent. Even th
flying wedge driven into the Russian center and i
■ cross the River San, has been definitely halted, am
. forced to yield some ground. The Russian counte
• s trokes on both flunks of its center have been stron
forces in causing the German center to yield, fc
• the Germans were fast getting into a place wliei
thev would have been cut off from the rest of the at
i ms, and their line of communication attacked. Th
tension on Przemysl has been relaxed, and the Ru
; sinn forces are rapidly strengthening their pos
tions, and are bringing large bodies of fresh trooj
into action.
BERLIN, May 25—The German official stab
merit denies that the German offensive movement i
Central Galicia has been definitely checked, and tin
1 Prezmysl is out of danger. It asserts, on the co
f trary, General Mackensen has renewed the offensi1
n against the Russian forces north of Przemysl, at
[that he has captured twenty-one thousand prisoner
GERMANY ASKS FORMDFIETIME
REPLY 111 UNITED STATES
RE LUSITANIA INCIDENT
WASHINGTON, May 2f>—The German govern
meat lias asked the American government for a fur
ther delay of a week in order to reply properly to
tlie Wilson note on the Lusitania incident. It is
probable that the reply will be prepared in time t<
be forwarded to the American government on Sat
urdav. It is believed' here that the German reply
will be couched in very friendly terms, on accoum
of the recent Italian episode, and the fact that tlu
action of Italy has forced the German public to taki
a calmer view of the attitude of the United States
The expressed sentiment of hundreds of thousand:
of German Americans in the United States, as so
forth by Merman Kidder in the New York Stunt
Zcitung, proclaiming their fealty to the United State
in the case of trouble with the Fatherland, has al
so caused Germany to stop and consider. Every
thing possible is now being done by Germany to a
1 V; rt trouble, and her submarines are to be instructe<
accordingly, although Germany cannot openly stoj
her submarine warfare.
NETHERLANDS PROTESTS
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TUP HAG I P, May 25—The government of th
ii Netherlands has sent a note to Germany protestin
e against the sinking of the Lusitania.. The not
i- objects to the use of submarines against passengt
1 vessels, and contends that the practice is contrar
r to all the accepted rules of international law and ci1
i? ilized warfare.
HARWICH, England, May 25 -A British to
»- pedo bout destroyer has arrived here, having <
n board a German lieutenant and mechanician wl
it were jacked* uj> in the North Sea. The Germai
i were the crew of an aerojtlane that had descendi
re beoanse of engine trouble. The destroyer tom
d the North Sen and took the crew prisoners. T
s. aeroplane was destroyed and sunk.
PLAN CELEBRATION
FOR FOURTH OF JULY
A movement Is on foot to hold a
:elebration here on the Fourth of Ju
y, similar to the ones held during the
mst two years. It is to be strictly
i Copper Itiver valley affair, and the
people of Chltlna, McCarthy, Strelna
ind Kennecott, and in fact all along
:he line will be invited to come to
I’ordova and join in having a good
lime.
ELECTRIC Clll
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ALBANY, May 25—The court of
appeals today banded down a decis
ion sustaining the second conviction
of Police Lieutenant Charles Becker
for the murder of the Rambler Rosen
thal. The Becker case has been one
of the noted criminal trials of the new
century, and will rank with the great
cases of history, disclosing as it did
the remarkable alliance between the
/New York police force and tb ? eriini
nal element. When Rosenthal, one
of the gamblers front whom the police
had been collecting hush money,
threatened to squeal, Becker threat
ened to have him killed. The trial
that followed was prosecuted by Dis
trict Attorney Whitman, now Gover
j nor of New York, and Becker's trial
was the big thing that boosted him
into the gubernatorial chair. Beck
er’s last chance to escape the electric
chair is now gone, unelss his sentence
is commuted by Whitman, who con
victed him, or some grounds are dis
covered to take the matter before the
United States Supreme Court.
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NORWAY TO CENSOR
LETTERS TELEGRAMS
COPENHAGEN, Ma|y 25— The
Norwegian government has drafted
a bill for the establishment of a cen
sorship of letters and telegrams. If
passed, the bill will mark Norway as
the first neutral to take such a meas
ure.
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IO TREATY FDR
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( PEKIN, May 25—The new treaty
between China anil Japan has been
signed by both of the high contracting
parties. The treaty ends the difficul
ties between the two countries which
at one time threatened into an open
breach, and had gone so far, before
(China conceded her neighbor’s de
mands that Japan had her fleet mo
| Mlixed and ready for action. All
differences have been settled, and
(. nothing remains but to satisfy the
irj demands of certain Japanese for dnm
j ages to their shops by a Chinese mob.
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BUT DRILL REGULARLY
LONDON, May 25—The new nation
Ial guard, composed of civilians past
the army age or otherwise unfit for
service, has been dubbed the Methu
P saliers by Londoners in playful refer
! ence to the age of its material as well
I as the imitation of the popular name
for the rifle regiments, the fusiliers.
[._ However, the Methusaliers are not to
be laughed out of doing their duty.
10 They drill at least two nights a week
ls as well as on Saturday afternoons and
Sundays. The men wear a uniform
u| of dark green, regulation cut, and a
u, red sleveband with the black letters
"G. R.,” meaning "Georgius Rex.”