PRICE TEN CENTS
CHAMBERLAIN’S REPLY
TO PRESIDENTS CHARGE
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—Senator
Chamberlain, addressing the senate
today, replied to President Wilson's
statement charging that Chamberlain
in a recent New York speech advocat
ing a government war reorganization,
and declaring that inefficiency existed
in all branches of the government, had
made an astonishing and unjustifiable
distortion of the truth.
Senator Chamberlain read from a
verbatim copy of his speech, and de
clared he adhered to it. He said the
President attacked his integrity and
veracity, heretofore unchallenged. In
answering President Wilson’s charges,
he said, he did so without any per
sonal feeling.
The Oregon senator stood firmly by
his charge that the American military
establishment was enmeshed in in
efficiency, and declared that President
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Wilson was ignorent of the true state
of affairs in the departments.
He said he would show that the
deaths of hundreds and thousands of
men at camps and cantonments were
due to the inefficiency of the war de
partment, and said that the epidem
ics could have been prevented had
the war departemnt been effective.
STR. ALASKA
' LEFT TODAY
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 24.—The steamer
Alaska sailed at 9 o’clock this morn-j
ing. Those who booked passage for
- Cordova were: Mrs. Lamprey and son,
, Mrs. L. Doolittle, B. Van Presley, T.
Lang, R. E. Capers, W. Everson, Wal
’ ter Brown, Philip Lexuy, Nils Borseth,
J. Most, E. G. Garvey, Henry Cue, John
' Barber and L. Anderson.
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The pretty comedy drama “Caprice
of the Mountains” will be shown for
the last time this evening at the Em
press theater. This is a very pleasing
story and was well enjoyed by all who
saw it last evening.
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Henry A. Slater, the dean of res
taurateurs, today leased his place of
business to M. E. Holben of the Alas
kan Grill, after having conducted it
continuously and successfully ever
since Cordova was placed on the map
as the terminal of the Copper River &
Northwestern railway. Cafes, restau
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rants and eating houses galore have
sprung up here during the past ten:
years, and while most of them had a
brief and rather meteoric careerj
Slater's has always been most popu-j
^ lar and best patronized This was due
< to his strict application to business,
courteous treatment of patrons and^
ability to give the best of service at;
a reasonable price.
After February 1 Mr. Holben will
take over this established business,)
having secured it for three years. He
will also continue to conduct the Alas
kan Grill, which enjoys a good pat
ronage. Slater’s restaurant will con
tinue under the old name, and for the
present no changes are contemplated
!by the new lessee.
It will be gratifying news to the
friends of Mr. Slater to know that he
will continue to reside in Cordova,
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where he has accumulated consider
able property and valuable commer
Icial interests. He feels kindly towards
the people of this town and wants to
live among them, for to them is due
much of his success, and at the same^
time he feels grateful for the many
social and political honors he has en
joyed at their hands.
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(By Associated Press)
PETROGRAD, Jan. 24.—Forty per
sons were killed and two hundred
wounded at Moscow in riots in con
nection with a demonstration on the
occasion of the anniversary of ‘‘RIoody
Sunday.”
The Bolsheviki have seized the Rus
sian Red Gross, which heretofore has
been in the hands of non-partisans.
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HAITI AIDS ALLIES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—A tele
gram from the American minister at
Port au Prince states that the official
publication of the Haitian government
recently published a presidential de
cree prohibiting the exportation of
foodstuffs to countries at war with the'
United States and countries associated
in the war and the re-exportation of
foodstuffs imported from the United
States except to the United States.
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The local Red Cross chapter has en
dowed a bed in the Neuilly, France,1
hosDital for the care of wounded sol-1
diers from Cordova.
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POILUS HI
(By Associated Press)
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES,
Jan. 24.—The French brilliantly raided
the German lines near Tour de Paris
Monday, along a front of three thou
sand yards reaching to a depth of five
hundred yards.
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No word has as yet been received
when the Admiral Evans will reach
here from the westward, but as she
goes to Kodiak and Uyak she is not
expected until Saturday afternoon or
evening.
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(By Associated Press)
PETROGRAD, Jan. 24.—Russia must
surrender Courland and the Baltic
provinces or the Germans will resume
military operations and occupy Reval
within a week This was the announce
ment made by the German delegates
to the Brest-Litovak peace conference
at its last session.
Adjournment was taken until Jan
uary 29.
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Mrs. W. A. Nourse is housed with a
severe attack of tonsolities.
VENICE IS SAVED
FROM TEUTONS
(By Associated Press) ■
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS, Jan.
24.—The enemy has evacuated the ter
ritory behind Monte Tomba from the
Piave westward. The line of defense
has been moved back to Monte Spin
oncia.
Patrols making reccounoisances dur
ing the last few days found that the
Teuton sentinels and patrols had been
withdrawn. Later the discovery was
made that the enemy had abandoned
the entire region.
The retreat is a sequel to the bril
liant French victory on Monte Tomba
The retirement of the Teutons is
important, as it shows that the enemy
has abandoned its effort to force a
passage to the Venetian plains by way
of Monte Tomba.
POWDERED GLASS FOUND
IN CANDY DF SAILORS
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—An order
suspending the sale of candy to sail-'
ors, and prohibiting the purchase of
additional supplies pending an invest
tigation, has been issued by the navy*
department.
The order was the result of the dis
covery of impurities in candy supplied
to naval vessels. It is reported that
powdered glass was discovered in the
candy.
AMERICAN SEAMEN LOST
WHEN VESSEL IS SUNK
Press)
AN ATLANTIC PORT, Jan. 24.
The American steamship Owasco,
formerly the German liner Allemania
which wras seized when war was de
dared, has been destroyed by A sub
marine in the Mediterranean. Thr
ciew were lost.
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Freighter Latouche yesterday sailer:
for the Tacoma smelter with 2,600 tons
of coDDer ore from Ellamar and La
touche.
ALASKA LEGISLATION
DISCUSSED BY BUREAU
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 24.—At a luncheon
of the Alaska bureau of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce today. Chair
man Lang asserted that Alaska needs'
this year legislation permitting the'
development of her oil, coal and fish
eries resources, a modification of the
homestead law, coast surveys, im
j provement of Dry strait and NomeJ
harbor and improved mail service.
Mr. Lang said that Alaska had con
tributed food and metal products
valued at ninety-six million dollars to
the nation's war needs.
John W. Troy of Juneau, C. C. Her
ron of Anchorage and J. J. Finnegan of
Seward are in Washington, assisting
in the effort being made to secure the
passage of this legislation.
10 DETERMINE
FUTURE POLICY
OK HMDS
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24—The ad
ministration railroad bill has been
modified to stipulate that federal
operation is a war emergency measure,1
and shall not be allowed to prejudice'
the future policy of the government
toward ownership of the roads.
No specific time has been fixed for
I turning the roads back to their own
ers.
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GOVERNMENT NITRATE
Secretary of Agriculture Houston re
cently announced the purchase of 100,
000 tons of Chilean nitrate for fer
tilizer use by farmers under the pro-,
vision in the food control act which
authorizes the President to procure
nitrate of soda for this purpose and
to supply it to farmers for cash at'
cost.
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| HULA COSTUMES CHEAPER
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j WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Spring
. fashions in those shredded wheat af-1
fairs they gambol around in, in
Hawaii, will be cheaper next year for
Hula dancer here. The Interstate
Commerce commission has reduced'
! rates on copra from which the “gar-(
ment” is made and importations may
j increase
REDUCE SALES
TO DEALERS
(Bv Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 —To create
a large export surplus of floor for the
allies, the food administration is con
sidering the advisability of forcing the
reduction of flour sales by millers.
Wholesalers and retailers will be
asked to hold down their sales to 75
per cent of the amount now handled.
The allies are demanding about one
hundred million bushels more wheat.
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DRAFTED MEN READY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 —The pro
cost mastshal general says in a report
o the secretary of war:
“The provost marshal general is
ready and able to produce all of the
remaining men called for under the
initial draft. Many states have ex
pressed not- only a raadin.e*§ but a
desire to send their selected men to -
camp, in some instances reporting that
the failure to call men already noti
fied of selection is causing consider
able hardship and dissatisfaction ” t'
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(By Associated Press)
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 24.—Eleven
•ongressmen and 117 state executive,
egislative and judicial officials will
>e elected in California this year. The
irimary election will be held August
17. and the general election will be
leld November 5.
Congressmen will be elected in each
if the eleven districts of the state.
Twenty state senators are to be
lected, including one for each of the
enatorial districts of even number,
nd a successor to the late Henry H.
>yon, of the twenty-ninth district. Los
tngeles. Terms of all the eighty as
embly men expire this year.
The state executive offices to be
illed include: Governor, lieutenant
overnor, secretary of state, control
er, treasurer, attorney general, sui
eyor-general. superintendent of pub
ic instruction, and four members of
he state board of equalization.
In the state judicial departments the
erms of the following expire this
ear: Supreme Court Associate Jus
ces Curtis D. Wilbur and William G.
.orrigan; Associate Justice John E
lichards, first district court of ap
eals; Associate Justice William P.
ames, second district court of ap
ieals; Presiding Justice Norton P.
ihipman, third district court of ap
eal.
FORMER BRITISH CABINET MINISTER PREDICTS BLOODLESS REVOLUTION
(By United Press)
LONDON, Jan. 24.—British writers
of a liberal bent have written a great
deal in the past several weeks about
the conference of the Labor party
which opened yesterday in Notting
ham. Somewhere in the course of
most of such articles there has ap-1
peared the phrase: “Arthur Hender
son has a great opportunity before!
him.’’ The United Press asked the
head of the Labor party today w’hat
he expected to develop from this great
opportunity. He answered:
“Revolution.”
He spoke in a serious manner, his
head down in the peculiar bulldog
manner of British fighting politicians,1
but he looked up immediately and
smiled.
“There’s a revolution coming, all
right,” he explained; “but it will be
a bloodless affair, entirely political.1
The British people are seeking the
means for a swift transition from the
old order of things to the new, but
they wish it to be smooth as well as
swift. We are reorganizing the Labor
party to make it the vehicle for the
change.”
The reorganization referred to is
that proposed by the national execu
tive, whereby the Labor party mein-1
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bership will cease to be based exclu
sively on affiliation with a trades
union, but will be open to any voter
agreeing with the party’s program.
"When the scheme comes into op
eration it will provide the people with
the means of effecting a complete rev
olution in the control of the state.
The revolution will have the thorough
ness of the Russian revolution, but
will avoid Russia’s disasters. The
British people have learned how to
operate free representative institu
tions. They are skilled in the prac
tice of political democracy.
Cling to Traditions.
"No people clings more stubbornly
to rooted traditions, is more jealous
of any infringement on liberty, or is
more opposed to any change for the
mere sake of novelty; yet no people
has a stronger grasp on the realities
ot life or is capable of going so fast
or so far when the signal moment has
arrived.
“That moment is rapidly approach
ing; the war has stirred the British
people to its depths; it has evoked a
new vision of constructive possibili
ties; it has revealed essential defects
in the structure of society; it has
given democracy a consciousness of
power. Political democracy will have
no patience with any party or leader
j iliui seeks to serve the interests or,
preserve the privileges of a class
against the common interests of all.1
“The new constitution leaves the
Labor party solidly based upon the^
organized working class movement,
i Prom the trade unions which are the
j mainstay of the party—the bankers,
| in fact—neither their right of repre
i sentation nor their voting power can
be taken away. The party does not
abandon its original basis as a federa
! **on of societies—trade unions, Social
ist societies, women’s organizations,
trades councils, co-operative societies.
"Becoming a national party, we
broaden the definition of the word!
labor to make it include all who^
produce, whether by hand or brainj
as distinguished from the classes thuti
live on rent or interest, without mak
ing any productive effort to add to the
wealth of the community.”
Meets Wide Response.
Henderson said this appeal to oth
ers than trade union members had'
met with a wide response throughout!
the country. Young men of education
and training in great numbers have
indicated that they find this opening
to political effort attractive.
"What part do you think the new
Labor party will be able to play in
case of an election this spring?” Hen
derson was asked.
“With us,” he said, “it is not a mat- i
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ter of winning the next election or l
any particular election. I know there I
is a certain expectation that Lloyd |
George will spring a general election1 :
on the people at the first seemingly' 1
favorable opportunity, notwithstand-j
ing the objections he once eloquently (
voiced to the principle of a ‘khaki elec
tion.’ An election on a stale register £
or even a new register during the war s
should only be held if inevitable. i
“We shall be organized, and no1 ]
doubt able to place three or four hun- ,
dred candidates in the field whenever s
the election takes place. The country
is alive. Old habits of thought are f
in the discard. Young and enthusi- t
astic candidates of education and ex- 1
perience will enlist with us to assist \
our trade union and working class So- ]
cialist parliamentarians. The new Na- t
tional Labor party will exert a na
ional interest, and whatever may be t
the result of a general election, y
whether it come soon or late, there is t
little doubt that the Labor party will I
play a very prominent part in future ]
political events. The new party will j
i>e a people’s party, and as such will j
be the party of the future in national, i
Inter-dominion and international poli- (
tics." j