The Cordova Daily Times
^ VOLUME II. NUMBER 115. CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12,191fi. PRTCE TEN CENTS.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 12. — The Typo
graphical Union Is In convention here
anil one of the most serious problems
that confronts the delegates is the
A[act that thousands of printers are
v/kely to lose their employment, as
many of the big newspapers are about
to consolidate on account of the high
cost of paper.
ADMINISTRATION SCORED
FOR APPOINTMENTS
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HELENA, Aug. 12. — In his speech
here last night, Charles E. Hughes
continued his attacks on the adminis
tration, which he scored for its un
worthy appointments and the removal
of competent officials.
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FOUR HUNTERS
ARE KILLED IN
BIGJJNT
SURABAYA, Java, Aug. 8.—(Cor
respondence of the Associated Press.)
—The latest orangoutang hunt in Bor
neo has resulted in the killing of four
hunters, the serious injury of two
others, and the capture of two orang
outangs for European zoos. The ani
mals have been sent to Singapore for
shipment.
The huntsmen, headed by Charles
Mayer, an expert in wild animals, who
recently arrived in Borneo on a col
lecting expedition for European zoos,
set out for the Landak region to cap
ture two orangoutangs which made
the adjacent country unsafe for trav
elers.
Natives were engaged to fell the
trees within a radius of about a quar
ter of a mite of the tree in which the
giant apes had their abode, with the
exception of those immediately (sur
rounding it, which were only partly
cut.
Mayer then began cautiously to ap
^ proach the apes' tree, and after sight
ing the animals, which were of im
mense size, he gave his men a pre
arranged signal, and with a terrific
crash the partly lopped trees fell to
the ground.
A fim nf hranchoo wna tVir»n lit nn
derneath the apes’ tree, and when the
Bmoke had driven the animals to seek
refuge in the topmost limbs some of
the natives began felling the trees,
while others held in readiness two
large nets in which to catch the apes.
The tree swayed and fell, and utter
ing savage cries, the two animals,
their long arms tightly clasping one
another's bodies, came to the ground,
and the nets were thrown over them.
The male orang, contriving to re
lease one of his arms, clutched Mayer
by the leg and dragged him towards
the net. Mayer defended himself with
an axe, but his leg was broken before
his men could come to his assistance,
and divert the attack by belaboring
the ape with a club. The animal then
released his hold on Mayor, and seized
one of the natives, who was killed be
fore anyone could come,to his assist
ance. A second native also fell a vic
tim to the fury of the animal, and
while efforts were being made to re
■ lease him the female orang released
her prms from the net and killed two
men and crippled a third. Mayer was
carried away unconscious, and after
having been attended by a native me
dicine man, was brought to Rynbang
In Dutch North Borneo. His condi
H tlon is serious.
Four days later his native servants
arrived there, bringing with them the
two captured orangoutangs, which
have 3ince been dispatched for ship
ment to Europe.
1,41111 IffisTsra
FROM PARALYSIS
NEW YORK. Aug. 12. — There
were 42 deaths from paralysis today
and 167 new cases, making a grand to
tal of 6,100 cases and 1,400 deaths.
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Printing neatly done at the Times.
FAKE CHARITIES
LONDON, Aug. 12. — London so
ciety has been stirred by the revela
tion that some of its titled and most
prominent members have unwittingly
been lending their names to fraudu
lent war charity organizations. The
names of the frauds and of the lead
ers of Kngland's aristocracy who
served on committees were not given
put by the government committee
which made the disclosures.
Following close on the heels of the
report the founder of a war fund was
arrested, speedily convicted and sen
tenced to six months imprisonment at
hard labor for converting its money
to his own use. In passing sentence
the court condemned widely known
persons who had allowed their names
to be used on “dummy committees.”
Rumors that all was not right in
the affairs of many of the “charity"
organizations which have sprung up
since the outbreak of the war were
heard early this year, and resulted
in the appointment of a committee.
Us report bristles with stories of fake
charities, astounding proof of the gul
libility of mankind, and the ease with
which distinguished persons may be
trapped into lending their names to
what is described as “organized
roguery.”
The report, for instance, refers to
one charity that published no accounts
and to another with a merely nomi
nal committee; to a third whose bal
ance sheet fails to account for a quar
ter of a million dollars, to a fourth
started by an undischarged bankrupt,
to a fifth that was the invention of a
foreign swindler. To all these the
public gave freely.
“The favorite dodge,” the report
says, "is really to expend the major
part of the sum collected on the nomi
nal object of the charity, and only
steal twenty or thirty thousand
pounds.”
After calling attention to the reck
lessness of titled and prominent peo
ple in lending their names to these
fake charities, the committee recom
mends state supervision throughout
yy registration of charity funds.
“But,” says the Daily Mail, “that is
not enough. First let us have the title
of the bogus charities or the names
of their ‘treasurers.’ Titled and pro
minent people who lend their names in
this way place a vicious and contemp
tible blot on our social system, and il
would do a world of good if the names
of these dummy patrons were pub
lished along with the frauds they have
helped to foster.”
Many promoters have found the war
charity a gilt-edged investment, the
Daily Sketch deduces, and adds;
“There are certain men and women in
society who think that they have ful
filled most of their obligations to char
ity by allowing their names to go on
every committee which writes to
them.”
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ALAMEDA BRINGS MANY
PASSENGERS
The steamer Alameda arrived about
9 o'clock last night, but on on account
of the large quantity of freight for
here did not sail for the westward
until noon today. The following pas
sengers were for Cordova: J. P. Rock
afellow and wife, Ed. Pfelster, G. S.
Catudal, G. W. Brown, J. St. Peter,
H. S. Paul and wife, G. T. McConaghy,
Mrs. W. A. Gilmore, F. Huger, J.
1 Graves and wife, Mrs. H. W. Schmidt,
Mrs. G. Stone, A. I,ee, L. Earsen, J. E.
McCracken and wife, and five steer
age.
The round trip passengers were: Dr.
Ea Sexton and wife, C. Fantle and
wife, E. Freeman and wife, Miss E.
McClain, W. T. Montgomery, R. S.
Warren, Miss M. Andrews, Miss A.
Curtin, Miss Carolyn Hork, Dr. E. Pal
mer, W. E. Reynolds, F. T. Merritt
and wife, Miss R. Merritt, Miss E.
Hutchins, Miss A. Taylor, Miss H. Ely,
Mrs. M. Ely, R. Foster Stone, W. H.
' Warnick and wife, Miss E. Blunk, Miss
M. E. Blunk. Miss J. Gay Dodge, Miss
Rose E. Casserly, Miss Edna Chapin,
C. E. Eind and wife, R. C. Hill, Miss
| M. Merritt, E. G. Wilson and wife,
Miss M. Taylor, N. E. Weeks and wife.
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Juneau golf enthusiasts are plan
ning a golf course at thut city.
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Job Printing at Dally Times office.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—The final efforts of the mediation
board to settle the railroad wage controversy have failed, and
the mediators proposed to the brotherhood a new form of arbi
tration, which the chiefs and the delegates are considering.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—No decision has been reached by
the brotherhoods on the question of accepting arbitration as a
means of settling their differences, but they have decided to
give th$ir answer to the mediation board tomorrow morning. ■
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—President Wilson has informed
the mediators that he would like to consult with the represen- j
tatives of both sides before there was any break between them.
The president is in communication with the mediators, and in- i
formed them that a strike must be avoided.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—Garretson, chief of the Conduct
ors’ Brotherhood, said that the mediation board, after propos
ing arbitration, had not informed the men whether the rail
roads had any specific questions to arbitrate, and that the lat
ter would propose to the mediators that they obtain from the
managers of the railroads a more definite proposition. Garret
son indicated that the administration proposal was a general
one, and the men were withholding their final decision to learn
if the railroads cared to be more specific. Unless the mediators
are in a position to state definitely what the railroads will
agree to arbitrate there can be no further progress. Garretson
said that the sentiment of the men is still opposed to arbitra
tion, and the railroads have reiterated their determination to
fight for the arbitration principle.
TWO STEAMERS SUNK;
HALICZ SOON TO FALL
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 12. — The Danish Steamer Store
bert, carrying a cargo of butter, pork and eggs from Newcastle,
was captured by the Germans and taken into Swinemuende.
A submarine sank one of a number of German steamers con
voyed by German armed trawlers and torpedo boats.
JAPANESE STEAMER IS SUNK.
MARSEILLES, Aug. 12.—The Japanese steamer Temmei
Maru was sunk in the Mediterranean sea by a flagless subma
rine, which shelled the steamer without warning. The crew of
forty-six escaped in lift boats, although they, too, were fired
on by the submarine.
RUSSIANS CROWDING THE AUSTRIANS.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 12.—Halicz, sixteen miles north of
Stanislau, appears likely to fall into the hands of the Russians
soon. The Austrians are falling back to Halicz, but are being
pursued so closely by the Russian cavalry that it gives the
Teutons no time to rally.
BRITAIN WANTS $250,000,000 LOAN.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—Great Britain is reported negoti
ating for a loan of $250,000,000 in this city, running two years
at five per cent, at a price of ninety-nine. The security to be
deposited is Canadian, Argentine and Swiss government bonds
and stock and bonds of American railroad and industrial oper
ations. The English desire the money for the payment of war
munitions purchased in the United States.
TEUTON WAR HEADS IN CONSULTATION.
VIENNA, Aug. 12.—Emperor Francis Joseph today re
ceived German Chancellor Bethman-Hollweg and later the em
peror was closeted with German Foreign Minister Jagou.
TWO MORE VILLAGES CAPTURED.
PETROGRAD, Aug. 12.—The Russian troops in Galicia
have crossed the river Koropice and captured two villages.
AEROPLANE DESTROYS ANCIENT CHURCH.
ROME, Aug. 12.—An Austrian aeroplane made a raid and
destroyed the ancient church Santa Maria Formosa at Venice,
but the art works had previously been removed.
CARSO PLATEAU OCCUPIED BY ITALIANS.
ROME, Aug. 12.—The Italians have taken the town of Op
pachiasella, on the Carso plat au, a mile east of the Sallone
line, which the Austrians occupied yesterday.
ROME, Aug. 12.—It is officially announced that the Italian
roops are advancing on the Carso plateau, but the Austrians
are still holding out in the hills east of Gorizia.
LONDON, Aug. 12. — Before the
“big squeeze" began discussion of
British gas attacks was strictly pro
hibited, but now the taboo has been
lifted, and a British “gasman" has
been allowed to write a graphic ac
count of the work of his own special
corps whose business it is, he says,
"to doctor the Germans with their own
medicine."
"Behind our lines,” he writes, "the
sun set in a blaze of glory. A glance
over the parapet shows the green and
scarlet of the poppied No-man’s Land
already merging into the gray mists
of twilight, but 150 yards away, like
a brown earth shadow among the
grays, hangs tt*a.rusty barbed wire of
the enemy and Just beyond a white,
chalky upthrow marks his front line
trench. The gas men starts across
the silent shadows at that white line
^nd for a moment they think of the
choky, gurgling cough of the men who
die by gas. It is not pleasant to die
by gas.
“’Connect up!’ The order comes
down the line from one bay of the
trench to another, and the gasmen im
mediately get busy. The front rows
of neatly piled sandbags of which each
fire-step is apparently solidly built,
are pulled out and disclose a cavity
in which show, black and ominous, the
cowled heads of a row of iron cylin
ders. They are sunk in pits wall
'bagged up’ to protect them from pos
sible crack or puncture by flying frag
ments or richochetting bullet. Each
cylinder weighs about 130 pounds, and
contains sufficient compressed gaB, if
it could be used without waste, to put
an entire company out of action.
"On top of the cylinders lies a tan
gle of flexible connecting pipes, three
and four-way joints, spigots and screw
Jet, and upon these, with spanner and
key the gasmen start work. The cyl
inders are all connected up in series,
and nothing remains but to throw the
jets over the top of the parapet and
open the valves in order to release
the deadly fumes.
“But something is required to carry
the gas over to the German lines — a
favoring breeze — and never did sail
or scan the sky more intently than
the gasmen watch their little, incon
spicuous wind guages, fixed to the
edge of a trench. They must have
a wir d of a certain direction, and they
prefer it of a certain strength. On
this occasion the direction is satisfac
tory enough, but the breeze shows
signs of weakness, and occasionally
falls to a mere, almost imperceptible
zephyr.
“When not watching the wind the
gasmen are watching their pipes; re
peatedly feeling and testing every
Jnch of tube and joint, for none know
better than they the danger of leak
age and of the escape of gas into
their own trenches. Persistently an
officer passed down the line, casting
rapid though keen glances as he goes
at each set of cylinders, and their con
uecting pipes. And in every bay he
pauses and whispers two w'ords to
the corporal in charge: ‘Eleven
o'clock.' But the wind, without which
the gas will not reach the enemy’s
trench, and do its deadly work among
its occupants, begins to peter out.
“At ten fifty the gasmen dou their
special respirators, which in the dim
light give the wearers a strauge, al
most inhuman appearance. Masked
and goggled, with weird, trunk-like
pieces of hose running from the
mouthpiece to the box of air-purifying
chemicals strapped to their chests,
they look like some of the unearthly
beings who people the books of Mr. H.
0. Wells.
“But not a breath disturbs the still
air. The feeble breeze has died com
pletely. Hurriedly the order runB
down the line; ‘Cancel, and stand
by.’ Behind their masks the gasmen
grunt disgustedly. But suddenly -
‘crack! crack!! rat-a-tat! rat-a-tat tat!
The orders to the infantry have not
been countermanded, and the quiet
of the night is roughly shattered by a
long line of viciously crackling rifles
and Lewis guns, to which the Germans
reply.
“The gasmen move about uneasily.
It is not for themselves they fear, but
for those pipes and cylinder heads
bare and exposed to the hail of flying
' fragments. Well they know the dan
ger of bursts, and of trenches filled
with gas and no wind to move it. But
they cannot ‘bag up’ without orders,
and so they detail one of their number
in each bay to watch the cylinders
while the rest gather behind the tra
verse, as being a slightly safer spot.
“When day breaks a fair wind is
blowing, straight towards the German
trenches But, of course, it is now
broad daylight, and the gas will be
visible as soon us it leaves the pipes.
The gasmen know what to expect.
They know that as soon as the green
ish gray clouds appear outside their
parapet there will be running messen
gers and hurried' telephoning in the
German lines. They know that with
in a few minutes the word will have
reached the German big guns at the
back, and that every piece capable
of flattening out a parapet and bury
ing them, mangled and broken, among
their own cylinders will be concentrat
ed upon the front line trench in which
they stand.
“ ‘Time!’ Over the top the jet pipes
are flung, and then, simultaneously
along almost two miles of trench there
arises a sibilant hiss, as of some inon
strous and venomous snake sudden
ly aroused from slumber. Now the
gasmen are working frantically with
wheel and spanner and key, and the
hiss increases in shrillness and vol
ume. Outside the parapet the green
poison fog is already spreading like
a foul blanket over No-man's Lard.
Carried ceaselessly forward its outer
edge is rapidly approaching the Ger
man trenches, Into which It will pres
ently sink, spreading agony and death
among those who cannot escape
"No rifle or machine gun fire has
has been ordered this time, and
from either line scarcely a sound is
heard except the deadly hiss of the
escaping fumes. The minutes pass in
tense, ominous quiet. Nature herself
seems to pause aghast to watch this
latest deviltry practised by her child
ren upon one another.
"Behind their masks the gasmen be
gin to breathe more freely, and then
suddenly on the left, ‘Crash!’ And
'crash' again, and yet again. This
time on the right somewhere close at
hand. The men crouch lower over
their cylinders; the explosions follow
one another almost too rapidly to be
counted, and In any case their minds
are no longer fitted to count — or
care. Only the valves must be turned
and the pipes must be watched, and
the sudden spurt of vapor which
marks a leak must be checked by the
application of a handful of mud, which
the gas Itself immediately freezes into
an iron-hard and impenetrable mass.
"In one of the bays, the parapet
rocks suddenly and falls forward,
burying the men and their cylinders.
Almost immediately the men scramble
out unhurt; but the pip#i are broken,
and the gas is rilling the trench. With
spanner and mud the thing is stopped,
new connections are rigged up. and
the death vapor is again directed out
side what is left of the trench. But
one of the men has had the mouth
piece of his respirator broken, and al
ready he is coughing and choking
painfully. ‘I’ve got it!’ he gasps
hoarsely, and goes behind the traverse
to suck an ammonia ampule and die
slowly.
“‘('losing up time!’ Rapidly the
valves are shut down, the Jet pipes
withdrawn and plugged and stacked
a- ay. Feverishly the men work at
bagging up’ their cylinders again. Im
perturbably a sergeant stalks down
the ruined and battered trench, shep
herding his flock towards their dug
out. He is an old-timer — a transfer
from the Infantry — and he scarcely
NORM TO CUT
OUT USE Of
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CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Aug. 12.—
A bill prohibiting ail workers on pub
lic conveyances as well as soldiers
and sailors of both the fighting and
merchant fleets from consuming in
toxicating liquors during their working
hours, and also six hours before they
take up their duties, has been intro
duced into the Norwegian parliament.
It is believed that as the majority of
[the legislators are in favor of prohi
' bltlon, the bill will become law in
a very short time, and may possibly
lead to prohibition throughout the
country.
The measure provides for criminal
prosecution of offenders against its
articles, the first offence being pun
ishable by fine, and a repetition by
imprisonment for a maximum term
of three months and liability to dis
missal without possibility of return
to public service.
Employees on street cars, omnlbus
ses, taxicabs, railroads and passenger
boats are to be subject to the provis
ions of the bill, as well as soldiers and
sailors, but the king has the power
to grant dispensation to the officer*
and crews of warships visiting foreign
ports where they may be entertained
by the hosts or have to give enter
tainment in return.
Most of the Norwegian steamship
lines already make it a condition of
their contracts with the officers and
crews that they qhall totally abstain
from intoxicating liquors during their
service.
REMOVE PARIS MARKETS
WITHIN FORTIFICATIONS
PARIS, Aug. 12. — The municipal
council of Paris is considering a pro
position for the removal of the
“Halles” — Central Markets — from
the center of the city to the ouskirts.
along the line of the present fortifica
tions.
The great wall of Paris, with its
moats and casements, was doomed to
destruction after its usefulness was
demonstrated in 1870-71. Its disap
pearance w-ill leave a broad space avil
able for all kinds of public improve
ments, including parks, play grounds,
sporting arenas and boulevards. A
new hospital to replace the Beaujon
hospital will be erected near the Neu
illy section and farther north and
east, in close proximity to the Saint
Martin's canal, it is suggested, a lo
cation can be provided for the mar
kets where they can be reached di
rectly by water and rail, reducing by
more than half the cost of rehandling
the provisions of Paris.
The future “Fair of Paris," to be
organized somewhat on the lines of
the recent “Lyons Fair,” may also
be located on the site of the fortifica
tions. It is proposed to build an ex
position palace, reserved more espec
ially for industry and commerce than
art, which finds its place in the Grand
Palais, and the favorite sites are the
emplacement of the fortifications near
the Porte Maillot or the Porte d'Au
teutl.
BOY HELP IN ITALY IS IN
DEMAND
ROME, Aug. 12. — The small boy Is
becoming rapidly one of the most
prized labor assets In Italy, according
to a recent report of the ministry of
labor. There is a small boy famine
in all business offices, and the wages
of the boy from twelve to fifteen
years have Increased from board and
lodging and two or three dollars a
month to fifteen to twenty dollars.
quivers as a shell' bursts behind a
traverse he has just left. Quietly he
directs two of the men to carry an
unconscious case to the nearest point
of the communication trench, where
stretcher bearers may be found.
"In the dugout, with the shells still
pounding overhead, the section's roll
ts called. Most of the men answer
to their names. Some are answered
by comrades as wounded and for
others no one answers at all.
“But over in the German trenches
hundreds of men are choking and
gasping in agony for an hour before
they can die. They have been made
to quaff their own medicine.”