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Only Afternoon Newspaper In Alaska Member Of Associated Press
The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 313. CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14,1915. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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Special to The Times By Associated Tress.
ATHENS, Doe. 14.—It is reported unofficially that free
passage over Bulgarian territory will he demanded for the
German and Bulgarian forces who are pursuing the allies.
While the matter lias been put up to the cabinet by the min
isters of the central powers, no definite reply has yet been
given them. There is no douht but that Greece would not ob
ject to Germany crossing into Greek territory to fight the
Anglo-French forces, but if the Bulgarian soldiers come
across the frontier serious complications may follow. The
Greeks are suspicious of the good intentions of the Bulgarians,
and it is no secret that they have never ceased to hold the loss
of Saloniki against the Greeks, and would like to get it hack.
BERLIN, Dec. 14.— The war office in an official bulletin
announced this morning that the Bulgarian troops had broken
through the Anglo-French lines in southern Serbia and cut
their forces in two, completely separating the French troops
from the British, A long section of the French front was yes
terday taken by storm l*y the Bulgurs, who swept forward in
a magnificent bayonet idiurge, in face of a deadly machine gun
fire, straight into thoVVeneh trenches and put the enemy to
rout. The French forces are suffering particularly heavy
losses, as the Bulgarian attacks have been centered on their
flank of the allied line. The pursuit of the allies is still on,
and they are still retreating into Greece, under the steady
pressure of the Bulgarian forces.
LONDON, Dec. 14.—The papers are full of comment on the
situation of the Anglo-French troops in Serbia. The govern
ment has been subjected to much criticism for entering the field
too late, and for not sending larger forces to the aid of Serbia.
Among other reasons advanced' for the long series of misfor
tunes which has befallen the allied arms in Serbia is tin* fact
that the northern Serbian army retreated into Montenegro and
Albania instead of retiring southward and effecting a junction
with the Anglo-French troops, who would not then be so help
iessly outnumbered by jhe enemy. _
1815 IS NOW
The city council met last night, as
a board of equalization, and disposed
of all the kicks registered on the
assessment roll. The total valua
tion is approximately $925,000, and
the council will fix the tax rate at
its meeting next Monday. It is gen
erally believed that five mills will
praise sufficient funds to defray the
expenses of the city until next July,
when the federal licenses are due.
Last night the assessment of Chas.
D. Goodali on lots 5 and 6, block D,
was reduced from $4,490 to $3200.
II. C. Feldman's personal property
was assessed at $10,000, and he
tinted that it has not exceeded $4.
000 since October 1. It was reduced
to $8,000.
The Arctice Lumber Company
asked for a reduction on personal
property from $3,200 to $2,050. It
was reduced to $2,675.
The request from the Olympia
Brewing Co. of a reduction of the
assessment of $150 on a cabin, was
disallowed.
C. P. Michelson was relieved of
the payment of a tax of $400 on lodg
ing house fixtures, which ho does
not own.
Judge F. M. Brown advised the
council that he was taxed $675 on
lot 12, block 5, which he disposed of
to Mrs. Schooling, and he was re
lieved of this assessment and it was
transferred to the owner of the pro
perty.
The Carstens Packing Company
asked to have its assessment of $30,
450 on lot 26, block 7, reduced, which
the board refused to do.
The cable office objected to an in
crease of $200 in its assessment and
it was reduced that amount.
The Copper River & Northwestern
Railway asked for a number of re
ductions. The thirteen acre tract
was assessed at $14,000, and Attorney
Capers wanted it cut down to $12,
900, but this was disallowed, as was
also $225 on lot 20, block 9. Lot 13,
block 9, had been raised from $450
to $950, and was reduced to the
former amount. The assessment of
$1,000 on the lot at the southwest
corner of the survey of the townsite
was allowed to stand. Lots 23 and
24, block 14, assessed to the C. R. &
N. W. Railway, are now owned by
C. C. Keenan, and the records were
corrected accordingly.
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CHICAGO, Dec. 14. — John Bor
den, the millionaire sportsman of
this city, is planning to make a trip
to the Arctic next year along with
Captain Louis Lane, on a whaling and
trading trip. Borden wishes to get
a shot at a polar bear, and has been
much interested in the published ac
counts of Captain Lane's meeting
with Stefannson, and his stc)ry of
the experiences of his party. Bor
den and Lane are planning to leave
Seattle for the north in April, and
Lane is already making preparations
for a boat to replace the one he sold
to Stefannson.
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The Alaska Transfer Company to
day received a match team of four
year-old Clyde horses from the
States for local use.
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Mrs. Lena Morrow Lewis delivered
an interesting lecture at the Empress
Theatre last night. She is a fluent
talker and is well informed on Social
istic subjects.
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III the appropriation of $8,.47,000 asked by Secretary of
Interior Lane for government railroad construction in Alaska,
no mention is made of an emergency appropriation, with which
to continue the work during the present winter, and under
ordinary circumstances the money will not be available until
July. The estimate includes the following items:
Matanuska Junction to Chickaloon, $1,205,970.
Mile Eighteen to Ship Crook Junction, $2,912,270. (Mile
Eighteen is tin* end of the Alaska Northern R. R., and’ this ap
propriation is for the joining of Seward and Anchorage.)
Matanuska Junction to Talkeetna Crossing, $2,204,492,
General expenses for Seward and Anchorage, including
salaries in the offices of the commission, $81,669.
Final payment on the Alaska Northern R. R. in .Inly,
$050,000.
Fixing up that railroad, $217,7.00.
Improvements at Seward, $00,000.
Dredging at Anchorage, $250,000.
Clearing and grading near Tanana Crossing, $225,000.
Expenses purchasing office at Seattle, $14,000.
Salaries of the members of the commission, $10,000.
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GREECE SUFFERING SHORTAGE COAL AND FOOD.
LONDON, Dec. 14.—Tl*' Greek government has coniman
dered all Greek ships in American and British ports, and
orders have been cabled to have the Greek consuls notify the
masters to hold themselves and their vessels in readiness for
receipt of orders from Athens. The ships are to be used to
supply the deficiency in coal and'.food stuffs, from which
Greece is now suffering as a result of the commercial blockade
instituted b ytlie allies, as no British ships or French ships
will take cargoes destined for points in Greece.
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GERMANY’S PARTIAL LOSS IS 2,244,000 SOLDIERS.
ROTTERDAM,. Dec. 14.—The Prussian casualty lists so
tar published show a total loss in killed, wounded and cap
tured of 2,244,000 German soldiers. This sum includes only the
Prussian troops and does not include the losses suffered' by the
Bavarians, Saxons or the naval forces. The losses suffered by
the Wurtemberg regiments have not been included, nor have
the losses suffered by the German troops fighting with the
Turks on the Gallipoli peninsula.
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FRANCE MUST GIVE UP TEUTON SUBJECTS.
WASHINGTON, Oec. 14.—The secretary of state has sent
a note to Paris protesting against the stoppage of American
ships by the French cruiser Descartes, and the taking there
from of German and’ Austrian subjects. Secretary Lansing
made strong representations to tin* French government, set
ting forth tlie illegality of the aPts of the cruiser, and demand
ing that six German and Austrian citizens so far taken from
American ships be released at once and returned in safety to
this country. The first'American ship held up by the Des
cartes was the steamer Coamo. Three ships were searched by
the French warship in all.
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GERMANY NOW QUESTIONS GREECE’S NEUTRALITY.
ATHENS, Dec. 14.—Germany is bringing pressure to bear
upon Greece to prevent any further concessions to the allies.
Diplomatic inquiries have been delivered at the Greek foreign
office from Berlin, asking if the new concessions recently
granted to the allies does not violate the neutrality o.f Greece.
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DANGEROUS OCCUPATION OF MINE SWEEPING.
LONDON, Dec. 14.—The committee of the Mine Sweepers
Fund have just issued their first balance sheet for the year
ending September, 1915, showing that receipts, chiefly dona
tions, amounted to $98,000, while garments numbering 145,000
pieces, to the value of $.'17,(MX), were also received'. Expendi
ture of $66,000 was incurred for the purchase of clothes and
$8,000 for pipes and tobacco.
Some 21,000 men are engaged in this dangerous occupa
tion of mine sweeping, examination of vessels and other aux
iliary services, and these have all received complete outfits of
woolen garments and other comforts from the fund.
EAST IN THROES
OF SEVERE
NEW YORK, Dec. 14. — A heavy
snowstorm swept over the north
eastern and middle states yesterday,
which caused traffic on the railroad
and street car lines to be greatly in
convenienced, in many cases trains
coming Into the depots from two or
three hours late. The snow was wet
and heavy, and raised havoc with the
telegraph wires, the lines breaking
down in scores of places. In this city
six Inches of snow fell, while in other
places throughout the state as high
as fifteen inches fell. Several in
stances have been reported in the
middle west of trains being stalled
and unable to proceed.
ALBANY, N. Y„ Dec. 14. — The
snowstorm which swept over this
state last night has turned into the
worst blizzard that his section of
the country has experienced for 20
years. The storm shows no signs of
abating in northern New York, and
tremendous damage has already been
done. Telegraph communication is
hourly becoming more difficult.
while trains are .stalled all the way
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between here and Buffalo. Thirty
Inches of snow have already fallen
in this city, causing the street car
lines to practically suspend traffic,
lone cars being stalled at various
places throughout the city, and tho
entire force of the company putting
forth its efforts on the snow plows.
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WICK IS PLACED
Oil IMPORTANT
WASHINGTON. Dec. 14 — James
Wlckersham, delegate to Congress
from Alaska, was appointed to the
committee on military affairs by
Speaker Clark. It is likely that bt
cause of the administration’s pre
paredness program that this com
mittee will be the most Important
during the present session of Con*
gress. The fortifications bill has
been prepared and will be first con
sidered by the committee. It calls
for twenty-three million dollars to be
expended on big guns to be Installed
In the forts constituting the coast
defences, and for ordnance and am
munition. Last year but six million
dollars was expended for similar
purposes.
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The Cordova fire department has
arranged a fine programme for mem
bers and friends who attend the
smoker at Eagle Hall tonight, and n
large turnout Is expected.
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Wm. A. Hesse, a deputy mineral
surveyor, arrived here on the steamer
Farragut this morning.
THE RAILROAD EQUIPMENT
ARRIVES ON FHEICHTER
The freighter Latouche arrived in
port yesterday morning and brought
part of the new equipment for the
Copper River & Northwestern rail
way. It included two rotary tanks
and one caboose car. She also had
aboard a 60,000 gallon oil tank for
the copper mines at Kennecott.
Contrary to expectations the La
touche did not bring any domestic
fuel for Cordova, where there has
been a shortage for some time past,
owing to the fact that the freighter
Seward had a quantity of freight for
Anchorage piled on top of the coal
for here, and was unable to discharge
the latter while In port. The La
touche brought 750 tons of steam
coal, however, for the railroad.
The freighter Cordova, now on the
w'ay is bringing one of the three en
gines for the local road.
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 14. — The
sub-committee of the Republican na
tional committee has completed its
labors and adjourned. The body de
cided to hold the convention in Chi
cago after a prolonged, protracted
fight against that city, led by the
adherents of St. Louis and San Fran
cisco.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 14. — The
subcommittee of the Republican Na
tional committee, which is meeting
here to decide the date and place of
the next national convention, is still
in session, and the place of the meet
ing is still being debated. It is re
ported that the body has agreed that
the convention should be held prior
to the Democratic convention, and
that the date selected for beginning
is June 7, one week before-the Demo
crats convene in St. Louis. The sit
uation over the convention city is
such that it is believed that the sub
committee will refuse to recommend
a place, but will refer the matter to
the full committee.
BIG ALASKAN TRAVEL NOW
PREDICTED NEXT YEAR
SEATTLE, Dec. 14. — The Pacific
Coast Steamship Company in pub
lishing a review of the Alaska busi
ness for the past year, states that
the tourist travel to the territory
has been greater In 1916 than in any
previous year, nnd that all indica
tions pointed to an even more sue
cessful season in 1916.
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George A. Harmon, who was ro
cently a member of the city council,
took the oath of office last night.
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The local firemen nre looking for
ward to their smoker at Eagle Hall
tonight with much pleasure.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—The demand for American coal is
becoming so urgent and the shortage of available bottoms tor
transporting the fuel to the warring countries in Europe, who
are tin* heaviest buyers, has become so acute, that the coal
dealers in this city say that France will be compelled to operate
her own fleet of colliers if she wishes to secure coal from Am
erica. The lack of ocean freighters is causing tons of freight
to pile up here, and the ships are bringing the highest prices
in-history. France has been our heaviest buyer, but the deal
ers here have been unable to deliver the product, and it i> con
fidently expected that the French government will operate its
own boats. Most of the European and South American coun
tries are turning to us for coal, and the coal barons are making
fortunes over night.
MONTENEGRINS FORCED TO RETIRE BY AUSTRIANS.
RERUN, Dec. 14.—The Austro-Hungarian forces invad
ing Montenegro yesterday made a considerable advance. The
enemy suffered heavily from the accurate artillery fire of the
Austrians, and seemed unable to withstand the shelling. Few
prisoners were taken, as the Montenegrins retired', refusing|to
give battle in the open.
WOMAN LIVED 107 AND NEVER DRANK WATER. \
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ROME, Doc. 14.—The story has come from Lxxcisa Val
darno, near Florence, that a woman, Paolina Pellegrini, has
just died in the house of the village priest at the advanced age
of 107 years. She was the curiosity of the village, for she pro
fessed to have never drank water in all her life, confining her
self when thirsty to wine.
U. S. WILL CONTINUE TO THRIVE AFTER WAR.
PARIS, Dec. Id.—That the volume of business between
the United States and Europe will not cease with the war, that
the United States will not for several years have to fear Euro
pean competition in manufactured products, is the opinion
expressed here by Robert Pinot, general secretary of the
Donate d'es Forges de France. This organization is the offi
cial representative of the ereusot works and all the.other iron
and steel manufacturers of France, and the medium through
which the French government is now securing large quanti
ties of war munitions for the'use of the French and Russian
armies. In an interview Mr. Pinot said:
“It is unfortunately true that we must look to the United
States for several years to supply us with money or credits
and with raw and manufactiired materials. 1 say this is unfor
tunately true because I realize that we will be working for the
next twenty years to pay what we owe. Not before that time
can we begin to put any profits in our own pockets. The fear
that so soon as the war is ended the manufacturers now busy
making arms and cannon and shells will conv< rt their factoY
its into the making of products to compete with yours is un
grounded. M
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