The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 354. CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4, 1916. I’RK’E TEN CENTS.
APPAM SITDAITION PERPLEXING
ENGLISH MILITARY PRISONERS ALLOWED LAND
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'Special by Associated Press.
: NEWPORT NEWS. Keb. 3. — Late
1 tiiis afternoon everyone aboard the
'Appam. except the prize officer and
1 members of the prize crew, were or
dered permitted to land whenever
they so desire, which includes the
twelve British subjects whom the Ger
i man commander sought to hold as
military prisoners, because they had
, been gnu pointers on the British mer
chantman taken by the Raider.
WASHINGTON, Keb. 3. — The re
port of (’apt. Harrison, of Appam, to
the Eelder Dempster line, is now in
the hands of the British embassy.
Harrison says in this document that
it was not known the Raider was at
tempting to capture the Appam. as it
had the Swedish colors painted on its
sides. The other craft in tlie vicinity
. | at the time lie now believes were
supply ships.
WASHINGTON, Keb. 3. — Secre
tary Lansing says that there is no
| question as,to the status of the Ap
] pam as a prize ship, and the question
of her disposition involves further,
consideration of The Hague conven
tion. and the Pruasian-American |
treaty. Also that Lieut. Berg's re-j
fusal to land British seamen, who were
gun pointers on a British merchant
man. will be subjected to further
consideration.
NEWPORT NEWS. Eeb. 3. — The
Appam anchored here today to dis
charge 245 persons, who are at liberty
to land in the United States. Lieut.
Berg insists upon holding the others,
and will be permitted to do so until
Lansing makes a ruling.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.—So far the
officials of the state department have
refused to make public any public ut
terance concerning the attitude which
the Wilson administration will take
concerning the British steamer Ap
pam. which sailed into Hampton
Hoads in charge of a German prize
crew. The Germans maintain that the
Appam is a prize of war, converted
by them into a German cruiser, and
should be treated as such and interned
until hostilities have ceased. They
claim that the ship is now the pro
perty of the German crew of twenty
two ami Lieut, Berg. their commander
The Germans desire to liberate tht
passengers and the English crew, am
It Is likely that these will be allowed
to go ashore provided they can past
the examination by the immigratior
authorities. The Appam is strictly
guarded by the officials to prevent
any on board leaving the ship with
out the consent of the American of
flclais.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. — The neu
trality board was In session all day
today, considering the case of tht
Appam, which is proving a rather hard
knot for the officials to unravel. Rep
resentations have been received from
both British and German officials re
garding the disposition of the ship
but the government refuses absolutely
to give any intimation as to what
course of action it will pursue. There
Is a possibility that the facts of the
matter will be submitted to the su
premie court, and the opinion of the
justice's asked for. Tills solution ap
peals to a great many people, and it
I is being seriously considered.
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NORFOLK, Va., Feb. 3. — The gov
eminent officials have refused to al
low anybody from the Appam to go
ashore, with the single exception oi
C’ornmander Berg, lie conferred with
the authorities at Fort Munroe, who
met him in this city, and asked per
mission to lay up the Appam in Vir
ginia waters as a prize of war, liber
ating the passengers, and taking sup
plies of food on board the vessel. The
, matter of replenishing the food sup
ply on the Appatn was immediately
assented to by the officials, but they
reserved an answer to the other sug
gestions of the German lieutenant
The larders of the Appam were prac
itically depleted when she sailed into
the Roads.
LONDON. Feb. 3. — It is reported
officially here that the South African
liner Appam. which was captured by
the Germans and sailed into Hampton
Roads, has five hundred thousand
■pounds of bullion on board. Bullion
j is contraband of war, according to the
i international code.
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VALDEZ. Feb. 3. — Clerk of tin
Court Lang and Jury Commlssionei
Ed. Wood conducted the drawing foi
the petit jury at the next term of th(
district court, which is called for Keb
ruary 15* It is doubtful, however, ii
Judge Brown will return from th<
States by that time, and the jurors
are not required to report for dut>
until March 15. Those drawn froir
Cordova were (’has. H. Turner, F. H
Sheldon, Dean Searles, A. Laska. Wm
Patterson, Oeo. Hickman and R. T
Herron.
All of the above jurrors, with tin
exception of Messrs. Herron ant
f' Hickman, have left this section o
Alaska, and will be unable to serve.
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SEATTLE TIED IIF
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SEATTLE. Fob. 3. — II has beer
snowing steadily in this city foi
three days, and there seems to he tit
sign of an early let up in the heavy
blanket of snow that is enveloping
4 everything here to an unheard of de
gree. The street cars are not running
today, and the snow in the city streets
is already eighteen inches deep ant
growing deeper every hour. No rail
road trains are running, and the lines
through the mountains are all blocked
In the mountains the snow is now
over thirty feet deep. The heavy
snow’ has caused considerable of the
light and telephone wires to drag down
and traffic in the town streets is
fraught w’ith danger. The roofs ol
many buildings, which were not in
good condition, have caved in, but
fortunately no injuries have been yet
reported from such a cause. Thai
th^ railroads are bound to experience
considerable trouble from snowslides
in the near future is assured, and
mucht trepidation is experienced for
fear of an accident similar to the re
cent one which swept two cars into a
canyon at Corea, on the Great North
ern. The telegraph wires to the east
are down, and news from the east is
coining in *y way of San Francisco.
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COASTING ON SIDE STREETS IS
VERY DANGEROUS.
Realizing the danger of children
t coasting on First to Front street, on
B. avenue, and from First street to
the cable office on C. avenue, Chief
of Police Dooley has posted placards
of warning, as he fears that a serious
accident is liable to result from the
practice at present being indufged in.
On A. avenue the coasters may run
into the ravine, while on C. avenue
the railroad crossing is most hazard
ous at this time, as trains are passing
back and forth every little while.
Chief Dooley uolicits the co-operation
of parents in his efforts to protect
the youDg folks from Injury.
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ST. LOUIS, Feb. 3. — The Uollseun
was today crowded with throngs 01
| people who gathjred to greet Presi
dent Wilson, and they cheered wildly
when he entered the hall. All scholars
had been dismissed from school, and
a chorus of fifteen hundred childrej
sang national airs, the President join
ing. the •audience in singing the "Stai
Spangled Banner."
In bis address the' President said
the United States should have the
greatest* navy in the. world, which re
mark brought forth prolonged tip
plause. Continuing, he said: "Upon
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llhe ocean there are hundreds of car
Igoes of American goods, including
cotton, grain and other supplies Am
erica is sending out to the world. Any
one of these cargoes or ships may he
a joint contract to bring America into
| war."
This declaration of the President set
the 2T,ooo people within the hearing
of his voice to thinking, all of whom
were not able to gain admission to the
Coliseum, but crowded the entrances
far into the street, so intense was
their enthusiasm to gain information
and support the administration’s plan
of preparedness.
TOPEKA. Feb. 3. President Wi!
son arrived in this city yesterday af
ternoon. and was welcomed by the
mayor and city officials at the rail
road station. The President received
a tumultuous welcome as he rode
through the streets in an uncovered
automobile. Speaking before an ini
mease crowd of citizens last night
the President deplored war, but as
serted that there were times in the
life of a nation when there was no
otlier remedy to protect the rights
or lives of its people. He said that
I the time might arrive when it would
become necessary for the United
States to use its armed forces for the
purpose of vindicating the rights and
I liberties of American citizens. These
I were the rights guaranteed them by
i humanity and civilization as set forth
Jin the recognized principles of inter
j national law, and which adhered to
on American no matter in what part
of the world he was. He said that at
the present time the administration
was negotiating with foreign powers
in an effort to secure the continuance
of these rights to our people.
BERLIN, Feb. 3. — It is reported
today that the German foreign office
lias prepared official instructions to
| be at once dispatched to Ambassador
j Bernstorff at Washington, which will
j go far tow ards clearing up all the re
imaining unsettled points in the Lu
Isitania controversy with the United
(States. The newspapers in discussing
the matter today state that the latest
Instructions to the Germanlamhassador
give ground for a responsible hope for
a positive understanding concerning
the whole question of submarine ac
tivities. The officials semi-officially
declare that the matter will soon be
closed.
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ANCHORAGE TO HAVE BANK.
The Bank of Anchorage, with a cap
italization of $25,000, is soon to be
opened. The officers are Charles
Brown, president; Sydney Anderson,
vice-president, and H. S. Balderson.
cashier, all of whom are Sewardltes.
REPUBLICAN POLITICIANS
ON WAY TO SEWARD
JUNEAU, Feb. 3. — The North-!
western sailed from here this morning
with many passengers for Cordova. I
There was also aboard Chairman!
Chas. E. Herron, Committeeman Chas. j
Kennedy, of Candle, and Committee !
man Heron W. Irving, of Juneau, to I
attend the Republican territorial com
mittee meeting at Seward.
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GERMAN ARMED CRUISERS!
RAID COMMERCE
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 3. — It is re
ported here that several of Germany's
armed cruisers, of ten thousand ton
nage, have made their escape from the
Kiel canal, and are now raiding com
merce on the seas.
EVANS NOT REPORTED.
No word has been received from the
steamer Admiral Evans up to the hour
of going to press, but it is believed
that she left Juneau yesterday, and
should he here Saturday.
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Everybody has the Empress habit.
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MESSAGES TAKEN SUBJECT
TO DELAY
Seattle has notified the local cable
office that all business for the States
will be subject to delay, except mes
sages for Vancouver, Victoria and
Tacoma. On account of the heavy
snow and ice the Federal Telegraph
Company have but one wire left to
San Francisco and no wires east.
MILITARY SERVICE ACT IN
FORCE FEBRUARY 10
LONDON, Feb. 3. — King George
today issued an imperial proclamation
decreeing that the military service
act passed by the last parliament
would be in force on and after Feb
ruary 10.
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FREIGHTER DUE TODAY.
The freighter Rodondo is due here
oday with four box cars for the Cop
ier River & Northwestern railway,
ind 330.<)00 feet of lumber, most of j
which is for the Kennecott mine.
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Job work of all descriptions turned
>ut in the most workmanlike style at
he Daily Times office.
ZEPPELIN DROPS
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SAI.ONTKI. Feb. 3. — A Zeppelin
dirigible flew over this city last night
and dropped numerous inflammable
bombs in an effort to strike the mili
tary depots of the allies and the rail
road station. The Greek officials here |
stated today that two Greek soldiers
were killed. None of the troops were
hurt. Besides the Greek soldiers five
refugees from Serbia were killed.
Seven workmen with the allied forces
and fifty civilians were injured. No
serious fires were caused by the
bombs, as only residence property
was endangered. None of the military
buildings of the French and British
troops were damaged in the least. j
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MANY MEN EMPLOYED.
There are at present eighty men
employed in the local railroad yard, j
which Is exclusive of fhe large force]
it work on the dock handling the ]
shipments of ore being daily received (
’rom the interior.
m VON PAPEN
OF PLOTS
LONDON, Feb. :!. — The foreign
office announced officially today that
Bridgeman Taylor, who was detained
here recently on the charge of being
an unregistered alien enemy, and con
fessed that he was associated with
Captain Von i’apen, the recalled tier
man military attache to the United
States, in the latter's efforts to destroy
munitions factories and international
bridges in America. He told the Brit
ish authorities that Von I’apen had
organized and was the brains behind
the plot which was conceived for the
purpose of blowing up the Welland
canal.
SENATE DEFEATS
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FOR FILIPINO
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. — The Sen
ate today voted on the bill granting
independence to the Philippines, and
rejected it by a vote of 59 to 16. The
administration is in favor of a greater
I measure of self government, and the
j proposition rejected today was
| brought up on an amendment to the
I administration bill. The amendment
giving independence was offered by
Senator Cummins, of Iowa. Previous
to the adverse vote on this the Senate
had gone on record as favoring the
islands being freed from the control
of the l:nited States.
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ELEVEN VICTIMS
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PETERSBURG, Alaska. Feg. 3. —
Eleven men are dead in this vicinity
as the result of the great storm which
swept this section of the coast last
week. The fishing schooner Edison
was lost off Cape Decision, and her
entire crew of six men were drowned.
Two other men lost their lives in a
gas boat which got caught by the fury
of the waves and was overturned,
fragments of the vessel later drifting
ashore. Two sailors were swept over
board by the wind and waves from
the fishing schooner Eunice. The
eleventh fatality happened when Her
bert Allen was found frozen to death
near (he Olympia mine.
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CAME FROM VALDEZ ON LA CH.
Yesterdaj afternoon the unch
Merry T.ee arrived from Va'.i It
brought over \. E. Grigsby, *. J. Cook,
superintendent of the Midas nline. and
['apt. Geo. Strixner, who will spend
t couple of days at Cordova, in their
cruise around Prince William Sound.