The Cordova Daily Times
* V(>UMK 11 NTMBKK (iOl. _ CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1916. . PRIOR— ~
ENGLISH COAST RAIDED BY GERMANS
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20. — There
vn as an accident in the harbor yester
day which caused considerable excite
ment on the waterfront. Three United
Stales sailors from the supply ship
(Racier perished and twenty wore in
jured when a launch carrying thirty
five of them was swept under the pad
die blades of the river steame r A louche.
NEW YORK, Nov. 27. \ ho vise
hold embargo on cues was begun to
day, with the endorsement of the Ro
tail Housewives League, and the
wholesale and retail dealers. Repre
sentatives of the Socialistic organiza
tions and the Consumers’ League are
organizing a famine parade. It is re
ported that a hundred thousand men
and women have pledged themselves
to march to the city hall on Decern her
!* and demand of the mayor that he do
all in his power to give them the right
to continue in existence.
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^ WASHINGTON Nov 27. The In
terstate Commerce Commission re
ports that the Kansas City A. South
ern railway, enpilnli,.cd for s'm.nen.riiin
could be reproduced new lor s t•;.<•00,
000, and was now worth only tjt.is.
000,000.
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NEW YORK, Nov 27 The allied
merchantmen arriving today took pro
cautions, owing to the warning against
German submarines wirelessed by a
German cruiser, to have their lights
shrouded and life boats swung.
NINE CENTS
CHICAGO, Nov. ;’7. Wheat
crashed down nine cents a bushel to
day on the talk of the likelihood of
f an European arniisti i ,,n German sub
marine warfare on the \tlantic o • ‘.in
and the possible embargo on foodstuffs
by the United States.
WANT ll UNITE
FIR EIGHT
BOSTON, Nov. 27. — The American
Federation of Labor adopted the re
..~-t «r the committee, urging all work
1 era, both organized and unorganized
to concentrate their efforts to secure
an eight hour work day at the earliest
possible moment.
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ALAMEDA HERE LATE TONIGHT
The steamer Alameda left \ aldez ai
noon, but as she will load 250 tons ol
ore at Elllamar, Is not due In Cordova
until 11 o'clock tonight, and will re
main in port seven or eight hours.
VESSEL SUNK IN ATTACK
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BERLIN, Nov. 27.—It is officially announced that the Ger
man naval forces attacked Ramsgate and sank the outpost ves
sel. The battleships returned without seeing the British fleet.
LONDON, Nov. 27.—Six German torpedo boat destroyers
raided the English coast Thursday night, but the destroyers
steaim d away quickly after firing a dozen rounds. One of the
'in ns struck a small vessel, but caused little damage. The
crew escaped uninjured.
A I HENS, Nov. 27.—The allies delivered their ultimatum
to Greece, requiring the delivery of the Greek arms and guns,
i as demanded recently.
A'I HENS, Nov. 27.—The Greek ministry, after a new con
'■deration of the recent demands of tin* allies for the surrender
of all Greek arms and ammunition, decided not to resist.
SOFIA, Nov. 27.—The Bulgarians and Germans under
General Maekensen crossed the Danube river at two points east
of Alt river. The first crossing was near Sivistova, and the
second near Somovit, at Mount Alt.
Ill ('BAREST, Nov. 27.—The Roumanians have retired
from the line at the river Alt.
LONDON, Nov. 27.—The royal proclamation just issued
making all financial instruments contraband of war is intend
i d to prevent every transaction calculated to assist the Teutons
to prosecute war in any part of the world.
IT/I IKK!RAD, Nov. 27. The Roumanians have been
pushed I art her back toward the south of Tzalina on the river
Alt, also south of Rthentburm puss, and of Wallarachti, twenty
miles west of Alt.
I?l ( HAREST, Nov. 27.—The Teutons crossed the Danube
river at Islez and stopped at Zimnitza.
LONDON, Nov. 27.—It is not believed that the anticipated
Lei man diive at Bucharest was started, because Berlin cluiins
no great caplures. At Orsovia it is thought the Roumanians at
Little \\ allacliia escaped F’alkenhayn’s encirclement.
LONDON, Nov. 27.—The change in the Russian premier
ship is very satisfactory in official circles here. It crushes the
pro German agitation in Russia, and any attempts to promote
it will be futile.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 27. — The Roumanians operating on
the extreme left of their line in Wall extricated themselves af
ter destroying millions of hundred weights of cereals.
SI. Ql FA' I IN, France, Nov. 2/.—'W bile fellow airmen
wheeled their machines overhead' and dropped wreaths of flow
ers upon his coffin, Lieutenant Wintgen, next to Capt. Boelke,
the most successful German aviator flying in the west and chief
competitor of the ill-fated F’irst Lieutenant Immelmann, was
borne to his last resting place.
Lieutenant \\ intgen’s burial was one of the most dramatic
episodes in the history of the little French city, which has had
its fill of the kind of drama that the war brings. It was attend
ed by almost every military person quartered in St. Quentin,
and by a large number of civilians as well. The interment was
in the local cemetery by special wish of the dead flier, who had
asked that in case lit* tell lie should be buried as near as possible
to the scene of his death.
ECK
Sulzer Wick.
First Division . . ... . ,2363 T88G'
Second Division .,.4 fill 827
Third Division.1638 1901
Fourth Division.1643 1636
Totals.6255 6250
Sulzer's plurality.5
"Who's to be our next delegate to
congress?" and "How does the vote
stand today between Sulzer and Wick
ershani?" are the queries thrt have
constantly been put to the Daily Times
since the election. If we were a pro
phet or the son of a prophet we would
gladly answer the first question, but
a: we are not, the reader knows as
much about the political situation in
the territory as we do, for the returns
are published as fast as we receive
them. And in this connection, it may
bn stated that the Times has spared
no expen- e in wiring to the other di
visions to leHrn exactly hoxv the vote
stands and what precincts are still
unreported.
in all of the divisions, except the
First, there appears to be no discrep
ancy in the vote. The Juneau papers,
however, do not agree on the total
! count of that division, although there
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Is only one precinct, Shakan, with
eight votes, stiil to hear from. The
Empire sttfl claims Sulzer's election
by a large plurality, but admits that
in the First division a mistake was
made somehow, and Sulzer's accredi
ted lead of 508 in that division has
been reduced to 408 The Dispatch
declares now, and has for tho past
week, according to their Burroughs
adding machine, Sulzer’s lead Is only
477, and we are rather inclined to ac
eept its figures.
Wick Gains in Second.
On Saturday morning a telegram
was sent to the Nome Nugget, asking
for the total vote of the candidates
for delegate, and the. names of the
unreported precincts. After going to
press the following reply was received,
which Increases Wlckersham’s lead
in the Second divisiou 48 votes over
the former totals:
Nome, Nov. 25. — Totals: Wicker
sham, 827; Sulzer, dll. Marshall and
Point Barrow missing, laitter esti
mated strong for Wickersham. Mar
shall we cannot estimate either as to
the number of votes or favorite.
NUGGET."
"Big Vote" at Marshall.
Dave Trwilllger, one of the best
known residents ot the territory, is at
present in Cordova. He made a trip
down the Yukon river late in the sum
mer, and visited Marshall shortly be
fore Sulzer arrived there, and states
positively that the total population of
Marshall at that time was seven in
habitants, all of whom were not white
people. Scattered on the surrounding
creeks he estimated that there were
not more than a hundred people. If
this statement is true, and we have
no reason to doubt it. the boast of the
Democrats that from 200 to 300 votes
would be polled at Marshall, and Sul
zer would get most of them, is either
a case of bolstering a political cause
or fooling themselves.
Vote in Fourth Close.
More returns have been received in
the Fourth division, and according to
the following wire received front Fair
banks this morning Sulzer's plurality
there has beeu reduced to seven votes,
and from the unreported precincts
Wlckershain is expected to come out
of the Fourth division with a slight
plurality, Here's the message:
Fairbanks, Nov. 27 — The vote for
delegate in the Fourth division shows
that Wickersham Is gaining a tittle and
with the exception of a couple of out
lying precincts, from which it is es
j timuted that ther are still fifty votes
| to come, the count now stands; Snl
zer, 1643; Wickersham, 1636.
CITIZEN.
Canvassing Board in no Hurry.
The law provides that the territorial
canvassing board, consisting of Gov
ernor J. !-\ A. Strong, Secretary of the
territory Charley Davidson, and ihe
collector of customs, J. F. Pugh, shall
meet within un days after the date of
I election and canvass the returns and
give a certificate of election to terri
torial officials elected.
It was authoritatively stated that
the board will be in no hurry to can
vass the returns; that the law gives
| 'he members the right to meet any
l time after the sixty days and that
they will wait for returns from all of
the remote precincts in Alaska before
making the official count.
Should Wickersham be defeated his
term of office will expire March 4
next. Sulzer would not take his seat
before December, 1S17, unless a spec
ial session of congress is held In the
meantime.
GERMAN PAPER
RE PUBLISHED
BERLIN, Nov. 27.—For the Improve
meat of il lations of all kinds between
Germany and Bulgaria, the German
lVulgarian Society of Berlin has de
rided to create and support for the
time being a daily German newspa
per in Sofia. This was decided upon
at a recent meeting of the society in
a large hotel here, at which Duke Er
nest Guenther of Schleswig-Holstein,
the president, presided.
The prospective newspaper will
make a specialty of extended and re
liable trade and business sections and
reports, for the special benefit of Ger
man commercial circles. The paper
vill also issue a year book for the so
ciety. gotten up by prominent states
men, authors and educationalists in
the German and Bulgarian languages.
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A regular business meeting of the
Woman's Society of Church Workers
will be held at Mrs. Baird’s rooms,
Tuesday afternoon at 2:15 o'clock. A
full attendance is requested.
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Mrs. S. R. Hedges is spending a few
days at Chitina, where she is the
guest of Mrs. J. P. Rockafellow.
BELIEVE ALLIES
ILL RETREAT
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 27. — Accord
ing to Information gleaned from sev
eral hundred refugees from the occu
pied regions of northern France, who
have been passing through Holland,
the Germans have prepared positions
far behind thetr present front. They
are, it is said, reckoning more and
more on the possibility of a retreat to
the Belgian frontier. The positions
near Maubeuge and Hautmont are
even more formidable than those
north of Lille. The old forts are de
serted, for, taking full account of the
new methods of warfare, the Germans
have constructed a network of trench
es, and great earthen caverns made
with the aid of reinforced concrete
and iron.
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WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
Another one of those genuine sur
prise parties occurred Saturday even
ing, when a large number of friends
called upon Mr. and Mrs. Ed Currier
in honor of their second wedding an
niversary. Everyone so thoroughly
enjoyed themselves that It appeared
as if they were back again in their
teens. „ tft
LABOR ■ HIT
IN AUSTRIA BT
the:
VIKNNA, Nov. 27. — The war has
hit the trades and organized labor of
Austria a blow that is almost stunning
The total membership has been re
duced to 177,133 from 416,195, the
figure In 1913; thirty of the fifty-two
organizations that are banded to
gether in the so-called “imperial com
mission" have less than a thousand
members apiece now; and the income
of about half of the associations have
been so reduced that they were ex
ceeded by expenditures.
The reduction in the membership of
| the unions not only applies to men,
some 200,090 of whom have been
culled to the colors, but to women as
well, of whom 40 per cent of the old
number have left the organizations,
some trades, such as roofers and pa
per box makers, now have only 26
and 15 members left. The big metal
workers and textile trades have now
only 38,000 and 29,000 members left.
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Mrs. Dee Davis, of t'hitina, came
to Cordova on yesterday’s train.
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H. R. Owens and wife came in on
i yesterday’s train from Mile 14.
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BERLIN, Nov. 27. — The authori
ties have discovered a clever though
simple method of getting around maxi
mum prices for butter and the gen
eral prohibition of selling it in more
than quarter pound lots. It consists
of “buttered herring," consisting of
one very small, thin herring, encased
in about a pound of butter, which has
been selling on the Berlin market for
some nine marks a pound. Before the
authorities discovered the ruse, deal
ers who had managed to get both fish
and butter from Denmark and else
where. had succeeded in disposing of
hundreds of pounds.
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BAND BALL THURSDAY NIGHT.
The Cordova band benefit ball takes
place on Thursday e>cuing, auu as the
proceeds are to be used for purchasing
new instruments and music, there
should be a large turnout. In order
not to in any way interfere with this
event the regular Wednesday night
dance of the Bon Ton orchestra has
been postponed.
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Daily Times office.
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NEW HAVEN, Nov. 27. — In the
roothall game played here Saturday !
between the Yale and Harvard uni
versities. the former won in a close
and exciting contest, the score being
6 to 3.
NEW YORK, Nov. 27. — One of the
social events of the season was the
football game Saturday, the contest !
Ing teams being the Army and Navy
The event attracted an immense j
crowd, including thousands of promi- !
nent people from all parts of the east :
President and Mrs. Wilson had intend
ed to be present, but did not make
the trip, as the former was suffering
from a cold. The game resulted in
an easy victory for the Army eleven.
Score, 15 to 7.
STB. [VANS IS
SEATTLE, Nov. 25. — The steamer
Admiral Evans sailed last night for !
southwestern Alaska. Passengers for '
Cordova were Mrs. J. McClellan. Mrs 1
Olive Burke and Alex Fulton
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J! \UEZ, N'ov. 25, Villa's atta< k>
on Chihuahua City were again re
pulsed after desperate efforts to taU<
the city by storm.
■M A KHZ, N'ov. 25. — Muguias' cav
airy is advancing overland to attack
ViKa, and Carranza officials expres;
tin- hope ol capturing tlie bandit.
DEE SITUATION
BEEN SOLVED j
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PATERSON, N. J., Nov. 27. — Wo
men may get practically all of the col
or effects in dress goods that were
known before the war upset the dye
Industry, and will soon have every
known color to choose from, all made
in America, fully as good in quality as
those made in Germany or any other
country, according to 1. K. Stone, pre
ildent of the National Aniline and
Chemical Company, who addressed the
National Silk Association convention
Here.
Mr. Stone told many interesting
things about the dye situation The
veriousness of it, ns it was viewed
two years ago, has largely disappeared
He saitl. I.arge increases in produe
lion of dyestuffs by the already estab
lished factories in this country, and
the installment of a large number of
new factories, has so cleared the situ
ltlon '‘that at the present time the
production of the American factories
will be enough to take care of the
whole consumption of aniline dyes in
this country in the future, for all of
what 1 might term staple colors, and
before another year has passed every |
color which is necessary to American
consumers will be produced In this ■
country."
Mrs. Grant Ueed has moved from
the Hunt residence to the Windsor
hotel.
Mrs. Myers and Mrs. E. Doty Robin
son, of Fairbanks, are recent arri
vals in town
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A special meeting of the Cordova j
ftre department will be held at 8 '
o’clock tonight, to formulate plans for \
a dance on New Year's night.
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Wanted — A girl for general house
work. Apply to Mrs. Will Clayson
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FIRST DIVISION
WANTS CECEOE
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■Tt NEAT’. Nov. 25. — A complete
form of territorial government for the
Elrst judicial division of Alaska, to
be known as the Territory of Seward.
Delegate Wickersham Is prepared
to introduce such a bill In congress
provided the people of the First ju
dicial division will enforce it as a
non partisan move. Also the move
ment must not only have the endorse
ment of the press of southeast Alaska,
but the municipal government heads,
is the opinion of Delegate Wickersham
expressed in Juneau
yoHtf>rda'\
Delegate Wickersham sent a wire to
Juneau during his campaign indorsing
this move. He is now willing to make
good provided he can have the sup"
port of both Democrats and Kepubli
cans in this division. Delegate Wick
et sham does not want the issue to be
made a political one, and result in
defeat for that reason
Two propositions have been under
discussion. One was the creating of
two delegate divisions In Alaska and
the election of two delegates to con
gress. The other is the
off the First division from the terri
tory of Alaska, renaming it and giv
ing it separate territorial form of gov
etnment. The latter is being general
ly indorsed as a non-partisan move
ment in which all citizens can join.
The movement starts first with an
invitation to the press of southeast
Alaska to discuss it with a view of as
certaining sentiment for it in different
localities. The second will he the
calling ot a convention in Juneau to
he attended by the mayor of every mu
nicipality in the First division to draft
the petition tn congress The third
move will be the ratilication of the
petition li> the next territorial legis
lature.
Discussing the matter Vvuh the Dis
patch. Delegate Wickersham said he
heartily favored such a move pro'id
ed it was hacked by the people of the
first division I am not supporting
it to advance any political aspirations
of my own," said Delegate Wicker
sham. T| 1 am defeated for delegate
when the official count is finished I
would not he a candidate for delegate
again. 1 promised to support such a
measure if it was the wish of the
people of the First division and I will
do so."
Tiie creation of the new territory
would give a new set of federal and
territorial officials The present tor
ritorial offices of attorney general and
treasurer would be removed to the new
capitol of the old territory. In their
place would be elected new officials.
The federal courts and other federal
officials would remain in new terri
tory.
NM CHARITIES
IK ENGLAND
pleted for the first two years of the
war show that the enormous sum of
$250,000,000 has been raised in the
Itritish empire for charities growing
>ut of the world conflict.
Of this amount more than $100,000
lias been contributed for the relief
if distress and the reestablishment of
men returning to civil life. The Prince
uf Wales Fund is perhaps the greatest
uf the public charities dealing with
distress. About $00,000,000, however,
lias been raised in factories, hanks, of
fives and various busines sestablish
ments through weekly contributions
for the assistance of families and do
pendents of employees who have gone
to the front. Part of such funds is,
of course, being reserved for relief
work after the war
For sick and wounded soldiers and
sailors the contributions are estimated
at $30,000,000, most of which has been
raised and administered b> the itritish
Ked Cross. Another $30,000,000 has
been spent for soldiers’ "comforts,"
such as tobacco, mufflers, pipes, socks,
milieus gloves, sweaters, safety ran
ors, insect powder, needles, sewing
cotton, writing materials, chocolates
and sweets.
It is estimated that fully $5O,0Oo,OoO
contributed in the empire, has gone
for relief work among the allies, the
largest amount going to Belgium. Be
lief among the Belgian refugees in
Great Britain also has called tor large
expenditures