The Cordova Dailj Times
VOLUME II. NUMBER 468. t'liKlmVA. \ I A SKA, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 15, 1916. PmCETEN CENT& I
BEAR WRECKED OFF MENDOCINO
, FIVE PERSONS
KNOWN TO HAVE
BEEN DROWNED
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T SAN FRANCISCO, June 15.—The steamship Bear, bound
from Portland to San Francisco with 100 passengers and a crew
of 80, last night went aground on Sugar Loaf promonitory off
Mendocina during a dense fog.
The Bear is leaking badly and probably will soon break up. |
All the crew and passengers took to the boats, but two life-1
boats are missing. Five bodies have been washed ashore at
the Mendocino lighthouse, and it is feared that both the miss- j
ing boats are lost.
The Bear was a vessel of 4,507 gross tons, 357 feet long
and 47 foot beam. She was built at Newport News, Va., in 1910, j
and was valued at SI.000.000.
KATALLA 01 US
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VALDEZ, June 15. — The property
of the Kata 11a Oil Company, which
■was sold by the court at Valdez yes
'll terday, was bought in by falcon Jo
’ Hn as trustee for tb • bondholders for
$ltl,i»27, which amount covers the
lions and labor claims against the pro
t party, and the costs of tin sale.
SPANISH IN MEXICO BEG U. S.
NOT TO ATTACK.
I MEXICO CITY, Jane 11. A thou
ml members of the Spanish colony
in this city signed a petition ad
dressed (•> Kin ' Alfonso of Spain,
asking that monarch to use his influ
ence with President Wilson in order
to avoid war between Mexico and the
United Stall's. The Spanish colony is
the largest, and most influential of the
foreign communities in Mexico City.
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. RESEftflCH IN LONDON
LONDON. June 14. — Chemistry's
Importance in the future prosperity
of ih< nation has been recognized by
Univeisity College, London, which has
just completed the construction of a
new chemical laboratoiy, with an in
stallation and reference library which
it is intended shall become one of the
most complete and comprehensive of
its kind in the world.
The faculty of the college, in carry
ing out its plans for the advancement
of chemical . rienee in Britain sought
for ideas in the principal modern la
boratories both in this country and
'abroad. The basic idea was to pro
vide for the needs of independent re
search. and the experimental depart
ment has been designed for the carry
i jT|</loot of te a on i lane- sc il»- with
/ the view ot utilization of new diseov.
' erics in connection with the industries
of the count .w The government lias,
during the war. taken advantage of the
facilities offered, and much valuable
work has been achieved.
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S. COAT OF ARMS " * •**V
CROWDS OUT PORK.
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CHICAGO, June 12. — The space on
the big board of trade blackboard or
dinarily devoted to quotations of pork
prices was so largely given over to
day to a big United States coat of
arms in colors that the figures were
all but crowded oft.
The combination was said to signify
^Mftess pork; more preparedness.” The
J^coat of arms was drawn to call atten
tion to directions for the board of
trade to the needy.
COURT IS CALLED
JOLT 17
Judge Fred M. Brown, of Valdez,
has called a term of court to be held
at Cordova, beginning July 17. at
which time he will listen to anything
which may properly be brought before
the court. Tite principal reason for
railing thr court here at lid:- »1 rii« , i,
is said, is in order to gi'r person*
wishing to take out naturalization pu
llers a chance to do so.
STREET is TO RAISE
I’Fill.IN, June 14. — Street car.
lairs in many parts of Clrniitiny hope
oi the near future to be aide to in
crear,e their tariffs by about 50 per
. ri in order to meet increased costs.!
At a congress of street ear men, held
recently in Berlin, resolutions were
unanimously adopted in which it was
.pointed out that the present universal
tnrift of 10 pfennings (2 1-2 cents)
iw.is iidopted in the nineties, whereas
; ven before the war the expenses of
mo; t companies had risen by 50 per
cent, and probably will rise even more
l after the war. A decided deteriora
tion of :t 11 lines is to he expected, the
resolutions point out, unless they are
allowed to raise prices to 15 pfennings
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LONDON, June 14. — Drinking in
the ironies is growing, ami there is an
in-re 'se of excess among those women
who drank lie fore the war, according
to a report by a committee of promi
nent women which has investigated j
the subject.
Remedial suggestions offered in
cluded more drastic restrictions as to
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I the distribution and canvassing for
! the sale of liquor, the withdrawal of
the proposal that the wives of sailors
I and soldiers should not be arrested
i for drunkenness except after a first
j or second offense; the extension of
I plan of trusteeship for the payment j
j of separation allowances granted to j
j wives whose husbands are fighting: I
| and the appointment of special plain
clothes inspectors for saloons and ol
women police at police courts.
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Don’t marry an old “flame” with the
expectation that she will crawl out of
a cold morning and coal up the fur
nace.
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IDE BE THE
LONDON, May 31. — (Oorrespond
snce of the Associated Press.) — The
defence by the British at the Egyp
tian desert post at El-Dueidar during
:he Turkish raid of April 23, deserves
,o lie chronicled as among the rnemor
ible incidents of the war, according
:o Reuter's correspondent at the gen
;ral headquarters of the Egyptian ex
peditionary force. On that Sunday 150
British soldiers held a position far too
•xtended for such a small garrison,
(gainst a force of Turks and Arabs
dx times their own number, says the
;orrespondent.
The location of the defence is a
imall oasis in a depression in the
landy waste about thirteen miles east
if the Suez canal. The British had
■reefed two redoubts and several
miall isolated posts in the vicinity
il a grove of date palms. These do
tnses were not completed at the time
if the raid.
In a mist so thick that the defend j
os were barely able to discern the
mrlied wire fifty feet in advance of
heir redoubts, the attack began , at
S o'clock in the morning. Rifle fire
iL buck tile first assault very quick
y according to the correspondent, the
rurk.s retiring to reform.
Captain Ut/beris, of the Royal Scots
Fusiliers, was ill command. In the
tbsenco of communication trenches,,
le was unable, after the mist lifted at |
i o'clock lo lend roinlorcements, tun- ;
uunttiui) and messages to the isolated,
posts, as the attackers' rifle and
nuchine gun fire swept the Interven
ng spaces. One post was held by
■ight men. three of whom were wocn
led early m the engagement. To the
‘xtrcine right, some of tiie British lay
nit in ih* op*'!i .mu fought oft enemy
ittempts to rea, li the rear of the lic
enses.
till llllli- ' 'It rl licit l\ , Lilt- i|ji iii»
nought up a mountain gun, and with
l fiercely shilled tile oasis, hut, ac-,
ording to the correspondent, the aim
was wretched ami little damage was
lone. From a ridge to the left a ina
■bine gun raked the eastern range of
the oasis.
The attacking force numbered LM
Turkish camel corps and about 750 j
Arabs, together with two mountain
.pins and tiO artillerymen The British \
liter holding their positions through
out the day, resisted the final and
most desperate attack which began
it 7 o’clock at night, this assault con
sisting of three rush. - When il had
been beaten off, most ot the enemy
dead were found within fifty yards
:>f the British trench, one Turk being
found within twenty yard-;. The de
fenders had suffered ? great many
’asualties.
Meanwhile news of the attack had
leached brigade headquarters, seven
miles away, and two companies of in
fantry had been sent to the garrison,
which they reached about !> o'clock
after a trying march through deep
sand. The officer commanding these
fresh troops had orders to take the
offensive at the first opportunity and
irive off the enemy, but found that
the latter was too strong, and further
Infantry reinforcements were tie-,
spatched from brigade headquarters, j
while two squadrons of \u8tralia4 i
Light Horse hurried up front a place j
?ighteen miles away.
Before the arrival of these last re
inforcements, however, the Turks and
Arabs began to tail hack, and a British
counter attack drove off the rear
guard, twelve of the enemy being cap
tured. The Australian Light Horse
assisted in the full retreat, but were
unable to overtake the camels on
which the enemy was mounted.
The Turks and Arabs lost 70 dead,
one wounded and 31 prisoners, accord
WILSON ISSUES
I! DEFY TO ALL
Washington, June ir». — Presi
dent Wilson today sent to the leaders
at the Democratic convention a re
quest that the plank on Americanism
to he a part of the platform shall In
clude on unequivocal challenge to all
hyphenated Americans who seek to
embarrass the national government in
its dealings with foreign nations.
The president wished to pledge the
Democratic party against any change
in policy through the activities of
these propagandists, thus virtually
challenging the Republican nominee
to take a similar stand.
alamedTout foF south
THIS AFTERNOON
The steamship Alameda, of the
Alaska steamship Company, arrived
from thc> west eatly this morning and
sailed for the. south this afternoon.
Slie loaded about l.unu tons of copper
ore here.
Passengers from Cordova for the
outside include: L. V. Beeper, Wm.
Coutur, Mrs. Tom t’ioninger, 1). Blank
field. V AiA.uark. tins Naelion, Gust
S.uide, cluis Zatz, Win. If. Craig, Mrs.
B. Bmide and B. Tabell.
I he steamship Admiral Watson, of
the Admiral Bine, is due from the
west Friday.
Mrs. K. C. Bogert uni daughter, of
Portland, Maine, are round trippers on
the Maineda,
SEW \!tl), .Inne I I. Members of
the ciew of llic lighthouse tender
K ni are oil strike for an increase
in pay. amounting to per month,
ami the vessel is tied up at the dock
here. So far as known this is the
first strike to occur in the history
of the lighthouse service, at least on
this coast.
When tlie vessel arrived here - the
men complained that they had not
received pay due them for some
weeks back and they wanted it before
leaving. Then the question of an in
creased wage came up.
Captain Gregory left the matter in
the hands of Inspector Debrell, who is
aboard. The inspector declined to
discuss the matter, ottier than to say
he was awaiting a ruling from light
house headquarters before taking any
action.—Post.
CAN T BUY AEROPLANES,
SO HE ENDS HIS LIFE.
I,OS WGELES, June 14. — Captain
II. C. van Steyn, of the Dutch army,
commissioned to buy aeroplanes for
his government, was found dead today
in his gas-filled apartment. A note,
addressed to his superior, Captain C.
1,. A nice Vogelsang, said: “My mis
sion has been a failure from begin
ning to end.” •" ' j.
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Seward people are making a strong
fighi to secure a wireless station at
that place.
ing to the correspondent, who does
not state the British casualties. The
latter included Captain A. C. A. Brace,
of the Army Service Corps, the only
officer of the original garrison killed,
and Lieutenant Crawford, of the Royal
Sccjts Fusiliers, wounded. Captain
Place met death while trying to res
cue Lieutenant Crawford, who was
lying on the sand exposed to a deadly
fire.
MEXICANS MAKE
ANOTHER RAIC
SIX KILLED
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SAN ANTONIO, June 15. — One hundred Mexican ban
dits yesterday crossed the border and were met near San Ig
nacio, Texas, forty miles southeast of Laredo, by a troop of
140 American soldiers. In the fight which followed two Am
ericans and six Mexicans were killed, and seven Americans
wounded.
The bandits retreated, and the Americans, with heavy re
inforcements, now are in hot pursuit. It is intended to follow
the Mexicans across the border and keep after them until they
are caught, killed or dispersed.
VILLISTA CAPTURED.
FIELD HEADQUARTERS AMERICAN ARMY, June 15.
—Colonel Pedro Lujan, a Villista chieftain, and one of the lead
ers in the Columbus raid, has been captured by the American
troops.
TJOSEvlb GIVES
NEW BOND ON
Christian Tjoacvig returned to Cor
dova on thr- steamship Maine 1 i this
morning front a trip to Valdez He is
now on his way to the copper prop
erty which he owns tjear Kenn- colt.
Within the past two weeks Tjose
v ig has renew ed a bond on his pro
perty. which calls for the transfer of
his interests after he has received
$175.0011. The bond is given to the
Tjose\ig-Ketniecott Copper Cornpatix
which was represented by George
Francis Howe, through whe n the de I
was made.
The property is one or the most
promising prospects yet uncovered,
and is owned by Tjosevig and his
brother.
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♦ BURNSIDE BUSY AGAIN.
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♦ Another convention is in pro
♦ gross in the states today, so
♦ the cableship Burnside picked
♦ up the string and stopped all
♦ communication again. We got
♦ a little service through, how
♦ ever, before the interruption.
♦ The Burnside gradually is
♦ working, back to Seattle, and
+ after her arrival t here everi
♦ thing will be lovely again until
♦ some fishing boat tangles its
e- anchor up in the, cable.
♦ Truly, that cable has a toijgh
♦ time.
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H. McAtee. a mining expert from thr
outside, is in Cordova to examine the
copper property owned by dim Ken
nedy a short distance back of Nel
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Kennedy has given a bond on his
property to Sam Brightwell, who has
interested others in the proposition
and McAtee is here to examine the
showings. - * '2 ~
The bond calls for the payment oi
$40,000, and will expire on July 20.
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Fait banks authorities have issuer
a '.valuing to bicycle riders to keei
off the sidewalks.
! The Juneau city council is planning
measures to attract the , fishing flee
< that city.
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PARTS, June 1,1. A violent Ger
man artillery bom bard men t of the
French positions north of Souville,
which is tlie key to the inner de
fenses of Verdun, continues without
'abatement. Tbre was no infantry
lighting on either bank of the Meuse
last night.
TWO RAIDERS BROUGHT
DOWN IN Ai R BATTLE.
PARIS, June 14. — A squadron of
French aeroplanes, pupating a group
of German machines which had just
bombarded Bar Be Due, brought down
two machines, one of which was a
Foraker.
Last night's French official state
ment said that eighteen civilians in
Bar l.e Due were killed by German
bombs.
1917 LANDSTRUM CLASS
CALLED HOME BY GERMANY.
LONDON, June 14. — A Reuter dis
patch from Zurich says that members
from the German landstrum. class of
1917. who are living abroad, have
. been ordered to return home immedi
I ately.
The landstrum is a home defense
force, which includes, in addition to
i
trained soldiers between the ages of
and 45. all those between the ages
Of 17 and 39 who have received no
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military training.
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MINALD MINE DEAD! IQ
! SHIP GOAL
\y, H. Dugdale, of Katalla. has sturt
| e<l work on the McDonald coal mine
| near Katalla, and work has progressed
| to a point where ha is now taking or
deis tor delivery to Katalla residents
for domestic purposes.
I Arrangements hate heen completed
! for bringing the coal down the river
! to t'hiicat, where launches can get
it easily. The coal is described as a
jjood grade of steaming coal.
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MEXICANS HAVE ON
“PREPAREDNESS PARADE.”
LAREDO. Texas. June 14. — As a
protest against possible American in
tervention in Mexico. 15,000 Mexicans
paraded today through the streets of
Monterey, while anti-American senti
ment was freely expressed in dispara
ging remarks and yells, according to
reports reaching the border.