The Cordova Daily Times
_ Only Afternoon Paper In Alaska With Associated Press News
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BRITISH PRESSING THROUGH FLAMES OF FIRE
TRADING IN WHEAT, CORN AND OATS ORDERED STOPPED
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* I NDA I ED, May 14. — Through blazing oil, poison
ous gas and every other horror, the British troops are
* stubbornly lighting their way to the Droeourt-Queant
line, the gate to Doual and Cambria and the principal
link ot the Germans. Fetterers, in northern France and
the Quean4 faith end line is virtually protected to the
^ east, west a .'<1 south, and all natural barriers have been
♦ removed, except at the village of Bullecourt, half of
* which is still held by the Germans.
♦ The great German submarine base of Zebrugge and
* naval stronghold ol \\ ilhelmshaven were assaulted from
♦ the sea and air with notable success.
* General Guclikoff, the Russian minister of war, and
♦ General Kamiljoff, military commander at Petrograd,
♦ have resigned because of interference by the council of ♦
* workmen and soldiers’ delegates. ♦
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LONDON, May 14. — It is officially reported that the Brit
ish naval forces destroyed Zeppelin 22 in the North sea.
LONDON, May 14. — Ten thousand motor bus drivers of
this city have gone* on a strike* and thousands of munition work
ers were unable to reach their work this morning.
WASHINGTON, May 14. — Lord Balfour, of the British
commission, lias returned to this city, where he will remain sev
eral days before departing for Canada and England.
LONDON, May 14.—The English government has an
nounced the formation of a naval staff, headed by Admiral
Jellico.
LONDON, May 14.—The British troops have practically
absorbed the villages of Roeux and Bullecourt. The Germans
now hold only the isolated points, where the bombing continues.
PETROGRAD, May 14.—The council of workmen’s and
soldiers’ delegates denies the calling for an armistice. The
council is drafting an appeal to the soldiers at the front, point
ing out the inadvisability of separate peace or fraternizing with
the enemy.
MOUNT HATH
THIS INTO
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, May 14. — The Na
tional Geographic Society's expedition
for investigating the effects of the
violent eruption at Mt. Katmai in
June, 1912, will sail from Seattle May
28, and reach the mountain early in
June. The party will remain until
September, under the direction of
Robert P. Griggs, botanist of the Ohio
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OUTPUT IF THE;
HATCHERIES BE
INCREASED
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE. May 14. — The Pacific
Fisheries Society will hold Its annual
convention in Seattle July 30 and 31
and August 1. at which time the su
perintendents of all the state hatch
eries will meet here to consider the
means to increase the output of the
hatcheries. With the steady increase
in the price of meat, it is realized by
the national government and the state
of Washington that the only hope of
flesh food at reasonable prices in fu
ture years lies in the increase of the
fisheries, which is feasible.
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COLLEGE GIVES UP BASEBALL
FOR AGRICULTURAL WORK.
(By Associated Pre3s)
BOZEMAN, Mont., May 14. -- The
Montana State College baseball team
has cancelled its schedule tor this
year. The students did this so that
they can obtain practical work in ag
riculture. The college will give full
credits to students who engage in
practical agricultural work this year.
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Two Admiral steamers are due here
Thursday. The Evans from Seattle
and the Watson from the westward.
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CANNED CLAMS APPEAR ♦
IN BIG SHIPMENTS. ♦
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Pour thousand cases of canned ♦
clams, the biggest shipment of its ♦
kind ever received in Seattle, ar- ♦
rived from the north last night ♦
aboard the Alaska Steamship ♦
Company’s liner Northwestern, ♦
Captain J. C. Hunter. The con- ♦
signments are the product of the ♦
canneries of the Lighthouse Pack- ♦
ing Company and the Pioneer ♦
Packing Company of Cordova. ♦
► Canned clams have been received ♦
► in Seattle before from Alaska, ♦
► but never in such a large ship- ♦
► ment. The industry has been ♦
► growing and there are now two ♦
► canning plants in the north used ♦
► exclusively in the canning of this ♦
► sea food. The clams are cooked ♦
C and minced before canning. ♦
► Seattle Times, April 29. ♦
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(By Associated Press)
Juneau, May 14. — The Boone
end Crockett Club, through the United
States biological survey and tne na
ional forest service, is seeking to pur
diase twelve to fifteen wild mountair
"oats on the mainland of Alaska, tc
lie released on Admiralty island, south
if Juneau. This island is unuslall)
well adapted for the maintenance ol
wild goats. The animals must be spe
dally captured, with the consent ol
the forest service.
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WAR COURSES STARTED
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
(By Associated Press)
EUGENE, Ore., May 14. — Six "wa
courses” have been established at th<
University of Oregon here and alread;
several hundred men and women stu
dents are enrolled. The courses an
in ordnance, chemistry, medical ser
vice, artillery science, military tope
graphy, military information and off]
cers’ training.
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The steamer Alameda is due fron
the south tomorrow evening.
CUPID ROBS U. S.
OF A VALUED
EMPLOYEE
Sunday morning at about 1 o’clock,
after repeated calls at the residence
phone of Postmaster Scheffler, he was
finally roused and informed by the
alert mail clerk, Blumenstein, of the
perpetration of the most successful
and sensational robbery in the annals
of the local postoffice^
The supposition (which has since
been brought out by certain unques
tioned testimony) was that the launch
from the Radio Station at Cape Whit
shed bore the party which sacked out
right a certain valuable package which
has been in the custody of the post
master for nearly two months and
was thought to be in secure deposit.
As much as we dislike to criticise
the present incumbent of this office,
we feel it our duty to voice the gen
eral public opinion that it was through
gross negligence that this successful
raid was accomplished.
Later discuosures revealed the con
tents of the valuable package to be
the person of Miss Bertha Whitlock,
sister of Mrs. M. W. Fry, of this city.
The perpetrator of the deed was Mr.
V, G. Hicks, of the Radio Station. The
other parties aiding and abetting were
a few immediate friends and relatives.
Rev. E. P. Ziegler was also an accom
plice.
To Mr. and Mrs. Hicks we extend
most heartfelt congratulations myl
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COPPER MINES
BEINC WORKED
TO CRPACITY
(By Associated Press)
GLOBE, Ariz., May 14. — The south
west, including Arizona and New Mex
ico, is doing its bit toward prepared
ness for the war with Germany. Since
the outbreak of the European strug
gle in 1914 every available copper
prospect has been developed and there
are now millions of tons of the red
metal being produced in the southwest
where not an ounce was mined prior
to the war.
One copper mine in the Globe dis
trict recently increased its output
from 35,000 pounds a year to 70,000
pounds by bringing in new mines and
erecting monster mills for conceniract
ing the ore. Another syndicate paid
$2,000,000 for 2,000 acres adjoining its
mining field in another copper district,
while capital stock is being doubled
throughout the copper field, output is
being doubled and everything possible
done to prepare the United States for
its share in the war. The output of
the mines has been offered to the
government at cost plus a reasonable
per eentage of profit whenever it is
needed for American ammunition.
ENEMY ALIENS
INTERNED IN
STOWE
(By Associated Press)
FOKT BLISS, Texas, May 12.—In
terned Germans from El Paso and
along the Mexican border are being
closely guarded in a special stockade
which has been built here in the reai
of the enlisted men's marracks. This
stockade is made of barbed wire and
■ rough lumber, with a special com
) partment for any women "enemj
■ aliens” which may be interned.
Guards are stationed at the entrance
> and patrol each side of the stockade
- while lookouts elevated on platformi
- guard the approaches to the stockade
- A number of Germans have been in
terned in the stockade at differen
times since the declaration of a state
i of war. but a majority of them were
released later.
PRESIDENT TO
REGULATE DSE
OF GRAINS 1
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♦ WASHINGTON, May 14 — The ♦
♦ house la still debating the war ♦
♦ tax bill, whirh it expects to pass ♦
♦ Friday or Saturday. The senate ♦
♦ committee is hearing protests ♦
♦ against the bill. Representatives ♦
♦ of the daily newspapers today ap- ♦
♦ peared and objected to Increased ♦
♦ postage rates, saying that It will *
♦ cause the suspension Of many ♦
♦ papers. O
♦ The senate rejected the amend- ♦
♦ ment to the administration es- ♦
♦ pionage bill to suspend stock ex- ♦
♦ changes and boards of trade deal- ♦
♦ ing in foodstuff products dur- ♦
♦ ing the war. The administration ♦
♦ leaders of the senate also plan ♦
♦ to eliminate from the espionage ♦
♦ bill the amendment approved on ♦
♦ Saturday, forbidding during the ♦
♦ war the use of grains and cereals ♦
♦ in the manufacture into intoxi- ♦
♦ eating liquor by offering substi- ♦
♦ tutes, giving the President power ♦
♦ to limit, regulate or prohibit the «
♦ use of foodstuffs for alcoholic or ♦
♦ non-alcoholic beverages. This ♦ :
♦ will be done to insure an ade- ♦
♦ quate and continuoi supply of ♦ 1
♦ food. By a derisive vote the sen- ♦ '
♦ ate refused to restore a modified ♦ 1
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The Alaska bureau of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce Is conducting
an aggressive campaign on behalf of
a better defense for this territory, and
copies of the following resolution have
been mailed to some forty-eight com
mercial organizations of the west, re
questing their support in bringing this
matter to the attention of congress;
Whereas, Alaska occupies a position
of strategic importance to the defense
of the western portion of our coun
try, and is unprotected and defence
less against foreign aggression; and
Whereas, Alaska contains enormous
bodies of high grade bituminous coal,
suitable for the use of the navy, which
is not to be found in any of our other
possessions bordering on the Pacific;
and
Whereas, the development of Alas
ka's enormous resources is now of vi
tal Importance to the entire nation, the
gold and silver to strengthen our
money reserves, the great deposits of
copper needed in the manufacture of
munitions, the unlimited supply of fish
products and the vast areas of arable
lands from which cun be obtained vast
quantities of food products;
Therefore, the Aimska bureau of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce and
Commercial Club, respectfully urges
on congress and the national admin
istration the immediate necessity of
establishing in Alaska such fortified
naval bases as may be required for
the protection of the territory; of
opening up such coal mines as may be
necessary to supply fuel for the Pa
cific fleet of the United States navy;
and of furthering by all possible ac
tion the rational development of Alas
ka’s great resources.
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TRACING ORIGIN HOPI
INDIAN TRIBE BY RELICS.
(By Associated Press)
TUCSON, Arlz., May 14. — Relics
which tend to prove the theory that
the ancient Hopi Indian tribe of Awa
tobi and Sityaki in northern Arizona,
were closely related to the pueblo
dwellers of the Salt river and Casa
Orande valleys, have been added to
the historic museum of the Arizona
University here. These relics were
the property of the late Dr. J. A. Mil
i ler, of Phoenix, and were collected
i among the ruins of the ancient pueblos
of this Htate.
LOCAL PLAYERS
MAKE A COOD
The baseball season opened in Cor
dova yesterday afternoon, when the
local team met an aggregation of
players from the collier Saturn and
easily defeated them by a score of 13
to 0. While it was more in the nature
of a practice game, it proved conclu
sively that we have the materiul here
for the strongest team that has ever
represented the city, and after Cap
tain Ripley gets his men down to
hard wrork it will be a pleasure to see
them in action.
There are four members of the
pitching staff, and three of them, Lon
Jntai, Harwood and Fillinger, were giv
3ii a tryout of a few innings each, and
hey demonstrated that they can de
iver the goods. Eddie will also wear
i Cordova uniform, and take his turn
n the box as soon as he recovers from
t recent Injury sustained. The In
ield is rast and was covered by Con
vay at first, Tuckee at second, Nourse
it third and Stephenson at shortstop,
n the outfield there was Inglefritz,
deebe and Taylor, with the old reli
ible Ripley behind the bat. All of
he boys showed class, both with stick
ind in their respective positions,
rhen there is Dr. Council, who is out
if town, Rogers, Steel, Hegg and sev
■ral others who know the game, and
low to play it. In fact all of the
WTtunlty"of iaak*u« \b.< team, ahh
Wy are lm-nen urTUrTr out for pract
ice Tuesday evening.
The Saturn boys were no match for
he home team, and consequently
vent down to defeat.
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DINING ON WAR
BASIS AT THE
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON. May 14. — Three
’ourses will be the maximum, even
for formal dinners in the United
3tates, while the nation is at war, if
the women follow the lead of the first
lady of the land.
White House banquets, in the past
noted for their extravagant elegance,
have been placed on a war footing. In
stead of the usual seven to ten course
dinner, only three were served to the
visiting English and French commis
sion at two dinners rivaling in import
ance and formality any ever served
in America.
The menus for both dinners includ
ed an appetizer; salad, ice and coffee
and cigars.
The dinners were in line with the
policy of economy recently announced
by Mrs. Wilson and the wives of the
cabinet ministers.
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MEXICAN CACTUS CANDY
COMMERCIAL POSSIBILITIES.
(Ify Associated Press)
EL PASO. May 14. — Mexican cac
tus candy has been a confection
among the Mexicans for many years,
but its possibilities as a commercial
product here were not discovered until
the national guard troops came here
and bought up all of the cactus candy
they could find to send home as sou
venlrs of the southwest.
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STUDENTS ABANDON
HISTORICAL PAGEANT.
(By Associated Press)
EUGENE, Ore.. May 14. — For the
reason that the students of the Uni
versity of Oregon are actively en
gaged in preparing for war and have
no time for rehearsals, the historical
pageant which was to have been pre
sented as a commencement week fea
ture has been abandoned. Kincaid
field, where the rehearsals for the
spectacle were to have been held, now
is being utilized as a drilling ground.
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H. A. Lawrence, traveling freight
and passenger agent for the Union
Pacific system, with headquarters at
Juneau, is spending a couple of days
in town.
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( HI( AGO, May 14. — All trade in wheat contracts, ♦
' except close existing contracts, have been ordered stop- ♦
♦ ped for two days by the Board of Trade. All trading in ♦
eorn and oats was also ordered discontinued. Kxtrcme ♦
♦ declines of from nine to twelve cents a bushel for July ♦
♦ and (September wheat followed the board’s order. The ♦
♦ board is acting in co-operation with the government to ♦
♦ prevent speculating in foodstuffs. ♦
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WASHINGTON, May 14.—During a senate debate today
the proposal to abolish the future trading in food, the specu
lators were called pirates ami robbers and lamppost hangings
were mentioned as a remedy.
A\ ASHING 1 ON, May 14. — Senator Overman today de
clared that an effort will be made to restore tin* press censor
ship section in the administration espionage bill before its final
passage.
W ASHING I (>N, May 14. — President W ilson has author
ized the expansion of the regular army to the full war strength
contemplated in the administration army bill. The organization
of new regiments will begin tomorrow and 55,000 of the 183,
K)0 men are to be added to the army already recruited.
SCARCITY OF COAL NOW
THREATENS ARGENTINA,
(By United Press)
BUENOS, AIRES, May 14. — Coal is
so scarce In Argentina that the dredg
ng of the country's navigable rivers
mil Buenos Aires harbor has prac
Ically been suspended. This is a
jarticularly serious mutter here, as it
local harbor to permit the entrance of
arge vessels and a constant enntir.;;
ttion of dredging is required to pre
sent it from refilling. The newspa
pers are urging the government to
<eep the dredges working off Buenos
Vires, at least at almost any cost.
FINEST FIRE
(By Associated Press)
SPOKANE. May 14. — Horse drawn
[ire equipment in Spokane has respon
ded to its final alarm, and this city
now claims to possess the only "all
gas" fire fighting fleet in the west.
The last unit of the motor apparatus
has just been placed in commission,
and this city is now using thirty-three
six-cylinder engines.
One feature of Spokane's fire fight
ing equipment is that nearly all of it
has been built in Spokane, with the
result that the cost has practically
been cut in two.
WANT S, TO
CONTROL ATE
FOODSTUFFS
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, May 14. — The State
Council of Defense, composed of six
teen of the most prominent business
and professional men of Illinois, has
urged congress to enact immediately
as a measure of the utmost necessity
a law creating a commission for the
absolute control of foodstuffs, fuel
and other basic commodities.
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OFFERS PRIZE FOR BEST
CROP OF POTATOES.
(By Associated Press)
POCATELLO, Idaho, May 14. —
For the purpose of encouraging >he
conservation of food and in line with
the policy of cultivating waste acre
age, Mayor-elect A. B. Bean has of
fered $110 in prizes for the best crop
of potatoes grown by a boy on a city
lot in Pocatello.
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Jack Hutchinson, who has been iii
charge of Clark Davis, coal mine al
Katalla. which he is opening up. came
to town today and will make a busi
ness trip to Seattle.
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HEED BACK B!
in the opinion of one well known
local business man, at least, mining
in interior Alaska during the coming
summer will not be as productive as
usual. This condition of affairs will
not be because the gold is not in evi
dence, but because it is not to be found
in quantities large enough to enable
the operators and miners to overcome
the present high cost of the goods of
all grades which are necessary to the
mining game. Therefore the high cost
of living can be said to be interfering
considerably in the matter of the pro
duction of placer gold in interior
Alaska.
This business man bases his state
ments on the fact that he has been
told that large areas of otherwise
workable ground will be allowed to lie
idle during the coming mining season
on account of the high cost of living.
The ground for the most part is owned
by men who can well afford to let it
lie idle until such time as the gold
can be extracted with less cost and
more profit to the operator.
This does not pertain, of course, to
all mining men. Kor it is a well known
fact that others than those mentioned
above are content to continue work
on their properties, asking only the
assurance that they will break a little
better than even on the season, even
if they do not make as much as they
would if they waited for prices of
goods to become lower. This is the
class of miner who is anxious to get
his work cleaned up so that he can
quit the game.
Then, there is still another class
of miner; he who depends upon the
merchant for support, having nothing
but his own labor to lose in any mining
venture, fie is always to be found,
and while he expects to make some
thing by working, he is nothing out if.
at the close of the season, he has made
nothing.
chants are forced to take while the
cost of living is so high, according to
the business man. He admits that
there are many good miners working
in this latter class who would un
doubtedly make good to the merchant
any loss he might sustain, but also
contends that merchants this year are
taking long chances on selling goods
without adequate security. — Fair
banks Citizen.
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PENITENTIARY LAWN IS
NOW UNDER CALTIVATlON.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., May 14 —
Three acres of the beautiful lawn at
the Washington state penitentiary
have been turned under and what was
lawn has been planted to potatoes.
The sacrifice of the law'll is a part
of the movement at the prison to uti
lize all available space for the produc
tion of foodstuffs.
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E. L. Harwood is having his new
home beautified with a coat of paint.