(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, Jan. 12. - "How is Prance
going to pay the bill? Bv applying to
productive occupations the effort she
has sustained in war," In the opinion
of M Raoul Peret, former minister of
commerce In an interview with the
Associated Press he also declared
that the theory of reciprocity ought
to be applied to the commercial re
lations between Prance and the
United States after the war. M. Pe
ret is now, "rapporteur” of the bud
get in the chamber of deputies — a
post equivalent to that of chairman
of the ways and means committee of
the house of representatives.
Alexandre Ribot, mininster of fin
ance, has had the delicate task of
borrowing the unprecedented sums
that have been swallowed up by war.
Raoul Peret, who has not much more
than half of M. Ribot's 75 years, has
before him the task of finding the
wherewithal to liquidate the debt.
“M. Ribot, by his prompt action in
issuing short term bonds, rendered
an inestimable service to Prance,”
says M. Peret. “He gave the Prench
people a chance to show their confi
dence; they brought him so much
money that it was not until the six
teenth month of hostilities that he
found it expedient to issue longer
term bonds. Investments in Prench
bonds are never a gamble; yet in a
sense the purchase of these securities
was a wager on the result of the con
flict and upon the ability of Prance
to font the bill. French peasants, la
boring men, mechanics, capitalists—
men and women of all classes that
have money saved up — have been
wagering in that way a billion
a month for nearly two years that
Prance will triumph. Thirty-three
and a half billion francs, all told, M.
Ribot found in two years time in the
pockets of our people.
i i«m r, in ivui years enori, ac
romplished in military preparation
what it took Germany 45 years to do.
The same effort applied to industrial
activity will do as much in solving
•he grave financial problem the war
will have left on our hands; hut it Is
scarcely necessary to say that we
shall need time to restore our fin
ances.
"It is difficult, and perhaps futile,
to make estimates while the great
eftort is going on, but, supposing the
war adds seventy billion francs to our
present national debt of- thirty bil
lions, we shall owe a hundred billion
francs. That involves an annual in
terest of five billion francs, and is
sufficient to require serious reflec
tion: yet it does not frighten the
French people upon whom the charge
is going to fall. They bring their
money into the treasury as freely to
day as they did after the battle of the
Marne, when we thought it might be
over in less than a year, and they
know exactly what they are doing.
"France has great reasons for wish
ing to promote closer relations with
the United Statec," said M. Peret, in
conclusion. "There are reasons of
sentiment and policy besides business
reasons. We shall want to see you
use more of our products than be
fore, and we shall need more from
you. What is desirable, even neces
sary, to facilitate these growing ex
changes is a commercial tariff sys
tem. Your advalorem tariff is the ob
stacle. It almost kept our industries
away from the San Francisco fair.
We are happy now that they went
there, and we have been glad to see
your industrial representatives here.
It is to be hoped that out of closer
intercourse may come a solution of
your great benefit as well as ours,
it is the theory of reciprocal advan
tage that ought to be applied."
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PROSPECTOR FROZEN TO DEATH.
The arrival of some of his dogs at
St. Michael, led a party to search for
a man by the name of Lawrence. He
was found about four miles from
Kllckerterick, frozen to death. Five
of his dogs were found nearby, all
nearly frozen and half starved.
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WRANGELL HAS NEW MARSHAL.
The town council of Wrangell has
created the office of marshal, and Karl
West was last week appointed to the
position. During the past year Mr.
West acted as night watchman for the
business houses of the town, his sal
ary being paid by subscription.
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John ltawson has removed his bar
gain store to the Northern block, op
posite the Cordova House.
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Ladies’ and gent's shoes oiled and
shined. Alaskan Hotel barber shop.
Prompt delivery.
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TOWN OF CORDOVA.
Municipal Taxes.
Town taxes are now due and pay
able to the town treasurer, H. I.
O’Neill, at his office.
Said taxes will be delinquent on
the second Monday in February. 1917,
at the hour of 6 o’clock p. m. Upon
all unpaid taxes after that time a pen
alty of five per cent will ve collected
H. I. O'NEILL.
Town Treasurer.
I SPORTS
Gossip About Events at National
Importance and the Persons
Who Are In the Head
Liner Classes.
(By Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 12. — Paul
| Verdier, polo player, and one of the
best known enthusiasts of the game in
San Francisco, who is an officer in
the French army, at present at home
on leave for a brief period, has the
following to say regarding the value
of sport as an aid to the men in the
trenches:
‘ Baseball Is a sport that fits a man
for the grim work midst the mud and
blood of the European trenches. A
great pitcher would be worth his
weight in radium to the armies on the
western front.”
In reply to a question, "Is sport an
affective preparation for war?” he
said:
“The training of an athlete proved
valuable in the early chapter of the
war, when we were marching to and
fro an average of twenty twenty-five
miles a day, and on occasion, had to
tramp all night with seventy-five
pounds of equipment on our backs.
“I believe the French and British
armies survived this drastic ordeal
that culminated in the battle of the
Marne, as well as they did, because of
the high percentage of athletes in the
ranks.
iHiring me last twenty years the
youth of France have embraced sports
with an enthusiasm that is perhaps
scarcely realized in other countries,
certainly not in America. There are
hundreds of football teams in Paris
alone, and track athletics, swimming,
rowing, tennis, baseball and cricket
are pursued with Gallic intensity and
intelligence.
"Bomb throwing is now the only
athletic activity that remains in the
trenches. Here the baseball pitcher,
of course, is supreme. French soldiers
can pitch the grenades forty yards
with accuracy. A man trained in the
box on the diamond will excel this
distance by twenty yards and hit his
human target every time.
The French excel the Germans at
grenadine, I think. It seems to suit
the instincts of the race. No, trench
war tactics are not effective prepara
tion for sport. 1 played my first game
of polo recently since my return from
the front, and am still sore and stiff
and every movement is painful. The
confined existence, half under ground,
has rendered my muscles softer than
they ever were in time of peace.
“The French troops have promoted
bomb throwing to the ranks of major
sports, t’ompetitions between patoons,
regiments and brigades take place,
and there are many army champions
and valuable prizes.
"Polo imparts a unison of wrist and
eye. and resourcefulness of mind, and
of course, these are useful in any form
of fighting. But the cavalry brigade
charge of the poloists' dream is al
most entirely a thing of the past."
Followers of the rod and reel on the
Pacific coast are making preparations
to do honor to the man who is accre
dited as their patron saint.
For the first time in the history of
angling in America an effort will be
made next year to properly celebrate
the birth of Izaak Walton, the angler.
Although Kngllsh fishing clubs for
years have had celebrations on the
birthday of the fisherman who wrote
the classic, "The Complete Angler, or
the Contemplative Man's Recreation," j
American anglers have lien remiss in
this respect.
The United States Anglers' League
of New York Intends a national cele
bration to commemorate August 9,
1593, the day when "Honest Izaak”
was born at Stafford, In the parish of
St. Mary. The league will ask the co
operation of fishing dubs all over the
country.
To this end the United Anglers'
League has appointed an Izaak Wal
ton committee, consisting of John W.
McDonald, John 8. Roberts and Jul
ius lleymon. The committee probably
will be Increased to permit the ap
pointment of several sub-commitees,
each with a special function. The
idea will be an annual celebration on
Walton Day.
Walton published the first edition
of his celebrated work In 1663, and
lived to see it go through no less than
five editions, the last of which was
accompanied by a second part, writ
ten by his intimate friend and adopt
ed son, Charles Cotton of Beresford
Hall, in the county of Stratford in
it Cotton treated of fly fishing.
Anglers of the Pacific coast are vir
tually unanimous in presenting legis
lation which will tend toward the
protection of fish.
The executive committee of Ihe
Multnomah Anglers' Club of Portland,
Oregon, recently decided In favor of
Increasing the cost of fishing and
hunting licenses from $1.00 to $1.60.
which would make the combined li
cense $3.
The committee also expressed the
opinion that not more than 25 per
cent of the cost of the work on steel
heaiy at the Bonneville fish hatchery
should he charged to the ftsh and
game fund. The bill for closing the
Willamette river to net fishermen was
drawn and will be presented at the
legislature by Senator Johu Gill.
Three Important changes are con
ALASKA JUSTICE
STYLE
The following story, dealing with
the conditions in Alaska prior to the
big gold stampede of 1898, is taken
from the Valdez Miner:
On or about February 15, 1888, Mr
Holt, the agent for the, Alaska Com
Mercial Company at Knik. was shot
and killed by an Indian by the name
of Nicolai, belonging to the Matanus
ka tribe of natives.
The cause of the shooting was a
dispute between Holt and the Indian j
over Borne tobacco, known as "Sheep I
Dip,” or natural leaf. Nicolai was
urged to commit the deed by one of j
the Knik tribe of Indians by the name
of Afinacie, for which killing he (Afi
narie) paid Nicolai with plunder out
of the A. C. store.
The case was laid before Governor
Swineford, and he was asked by the
people of Cook Inlet to take the mat
ter In hand. All the satisfaction they
could obtain from the governor was
that he did not have time to attend
to the matter, P. I,. Shell, A. R. Ryan
and Hr. ,T. R Rallou offered their ser
vices free of charge to hand over the
murderer to the authorities, but could
not get them interested in the case
The native, Nicolai, being the son of
a medicine man, was greatly elated
by his dastardly act of murder, and
was greatly feared by the rest of his
tribe. He swaggered around the post
for some lime following the murder,
and several times threatened to kill
Mr. Shell, who succeeded Mr. Holt as
agent for the A. C. Company at Knik
Mr. Shell tried to explain to him the
enormity of the crime he had commit
ted and that the officers of the law
were liable to take hold of him at any
time, but he paid no attention to the
warning, and continually made threats
against the life of Mr. Shell.
Hater Nicolai returned to his own
'iwniaiu i/U lilt- .>1 U I if II il H K it , 1)111 in lilt’
winter of 1891 he came Into Knik
with the avowed intention of killing
Mr. Shell. He came Into the station
armed to the teeth, but Mr. Shell was
prepared for him, as he had a tower
built 25 feet high, on the blockhouse
style, from which he took Nicolai by
surprise, and justice was done the In
dian in real western style, but not un
til after the law had been given
every opportunity to do justice.
Following the killing of Nicolai
there ensued twenty-eight days of the
most vigilant watching from the town
while the mercury stood at the freez
ing point or lower. The few white
men were compelled to take turns
keeping w-atch on (he natives to
prevent them from surprising the
whites and murdering all hands. Fin
ally the tundra broke and the Mata
nuska Indians were compelled lo fall
back Into their own country.
The Indian Aftnarle is still at large
and there never has been any attempt
to apprehend him, although he is the
one actually responsible for the com
mitting of the murder by Nicolai.
It is only a few years ago that an
Indian on the Susitna river murdered
a Kiri (Indian) at the village, and
burned the body. This crime has also
been overlooked by the authorities
and passed underneath.
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The Daily Times is a member of the
Associated Press. Got the news.
templated in the fishing laws of Cali
fornia. At a special meeting of the
fish and game commission, which was
attended by representative spotsmen
from San Francisco, the bill contain
ing the changes was discussed.
It is proposed to open the trout
season on April 1, setting the time for
fishing a month earlier than now pre
vails. Winter fishing for steelheads
is proposed for both districts 1 and
2. This will allow these fish to be
taken in the coast streams as far
south as Santa Barbara. The use of
salmon eggs as bait and spearing Is
to be forbidden. These changes are
embodied in a bill which is to be
pushed by the commission at the com
ing session of the state legislature.
Followers of golf throughout the
United States and Canada will be glad
to learn that the reported death of
Janies Braid, the famous Scotch pro
fessional, was based upon a case of
mistaken identity and that Braid is
very much alive and looking forward
to the time when conditions abroad
will permit him to visit this country
and play in a series of exhibition
matches.
Karly in the month a short dispatch
from London announced that James
Braid, the famous golfer, had been
killed while hoarding a moving train
in the Waterloo station. It further
stated that Braid had been thrown
backwards from the train and had died
on the way to the hospital, apparent
ly from a fractured skull. The report
was given wide publicity, and It was
not until recently that it was learned
that the man killed was not the open
champion of 1901-6-6-8-10.
The James Braid who was killed
In the manner described was a pro
fessional golfer employed by the
Bouthsea Club, and so far as known
no relative of the James Braid who,
with Hay Vardon, J. H. Taylor and
one or two other players, stand out
as the most famous exponents of the
ancient and honorable game.
notice.
All creditors of the Cordova Pack
ing Company, who have not heretc
fore presented their claims to M
Brock, at the Blum, O'Neill store, an
requested to do so at once
Big assortment of ladles' embrol
dered handkerchiefs t received a
ciayson's. Drop In and Hee them
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By SFIEEN
The wise housewife
saves many a penny read
ing the newspapers.
If there is a bargain
advertised she’ll not miss
it. She constantly is
looking for it.
It is up to the mer
chant. Keep the house
wife posted. ! .et her
know through ij, news
paper what you have to
offer. Incidentally men
today ransack the news
papers for bargains as
assiduously as do women.
If you want to sell
your wares advertise.
Advertise in th best
medium, the new paper.
Also if you w a to buy
successfully read the ad
vertisements.
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Three Trains Weekly Between Cordova and Chitina. jg
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£i Fridays.
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g; Thursdays and Saturdays.
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