VOLUME If. NUMBER 570. , CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1916. PRTCE TEN CENTS
, HEAVY FIGHTING ON THE SOMME FRONT
STB. SEWARD IS
’ WRECKED DN
A REEF
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21.—'The steel
freighter Seward, formerly owned by
the Alaska Steamship Company, has
been wrecked. She went on a reef
• outside of Cape Halten. Haiti, and
naval vessels have gone 'to her as
sistance.
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SEATTLE. Oct. 21. — The last
steamer sailing of the season for
Nome took place yesterday, when the
Victoria left for the liering sea. This
is a week later than the last boat usu
ally leaves in the fall for that port.
WHEAT HIGHER
, THAN SHE
T IL ...
CHICAGO, Oct. 21. — The sensa
tion of the market is the high price
of wheat. Never since the civil war
or the Loiter pool has wheat reached
such an advanced price, due now,
however, to the demand from the
warring countries for foodstuffs.
LAST BOAT HAS
1 LEFT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Oct. 21 The steamer
Mariposa sailed from here yesterday
morning. Her Cordova passengers
were Miss ll Wilson, Miss Emma
Shepard, Miss Mabel Morris, J. King,
•Chester Mellison. Mrs. Morton K.
Kuochi, Edward Bayles and wife.
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JUNEAU. Oct. 21. — Senator Miles
Poindexter lias wired tlie Dispatch as
follows: "No man has done so much
for Alaska as Delegate Wickersham.
K The Democratic effort to defeat him
on the ground that the Democrats are
responsible for the government rail
road is absurd, llills for the govern
ment railroad in Alaska were intro
duced by Progressive-Republicans
long before the matter was over
thought iif by the Democratic admin
istration. The final bill could not
have been passed without the aid of
Republicans. Of course, the Demo
cratic administration favored the mea
ure, but no one person did so much
ns Wickersham to secure its passage.
The same thing is true as to the terri
torial government bill and other mea
sures of vital benefit to the people of
Alaska. I would regard Delegate
Wickersham’s defeat as a misfortune
for that great territory.”
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CHAMBER TO MEET.
A special meeting of the Chamber
of Commerce will be held at the
Northland Club rooms Saturduy even
ing at 7 o’clock, and a full attendance
of members is requested.
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For Rent—House of five rooms. Air
ply at Bank.
SERBS oijtgem: j
EDITOR KILLS PRIME MINISTER
BERLIN, Oct. 21.—The heavy firing continues on the
Somme front. The English attacks on the German positions
between Lesars and Eaucourt Labbaye have failed. The Rus
sinus and Roumanians, south of Baehova, on the Danube river,
have forced their way into several points of main positions. In
Dobrud.ja the Teutons captured the Black sea town of Tuzlaaf
alter stubborn fighting, and stormed the heights northwest of
Toprni Sari and the heights northwest of Mulciova. Three
thousand Russians were captured on the river Naryuvka in
Galicia. 1 lie Germans also captured tin* Russian positions
northwest of Skomoroehy, taking a hundred and fifty prisoners.
lit)ND()N, < )et. 21.-—Notable headw ay is being made by tin
Serbians in a campaign against Monastir. The Serbians have
pushed well to the north of the Oerna river, following a recent
passage at Brod. The Serbians, assisted by the French, are
now attacking in the region along tin* Florina-Monastir railway
at Kenali, ten miles from Monastir. The Bulgarian position at
Kenali has been virtually outflanked by the Serbians, who cap
tured everything at Velyselo, six miles southeast of Kenali.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 21^-The kaiser, in addn ■ssing the
troops on the western front, paid a tribute to the dead. In the
course of his remarks lie said: “We who are living will fight
further until nobody ever dare again assail the honor and lib
ci ty of the German people.”
I’ETROGRA1), Oct. 21.—General Mackensen’s forces at
Dobrud.ja yesterday captured the village of Kokardja from tin1
Russo Roumanians, but later attacks on the allies in the same
region were repulsed.
YODNA, Greece, Oct. 21.— Detachments of Italian troops
are arriving at Saloniki.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 21.—The Russians have repulsed the
Teuton attacks in Narayuvka district, southeast of Lemberg.
SOFIA, Oct. 21.—Desperate fighting continues in the
Oerna bend, where we have repulsed all of the attacks made by
the Serbians.
LONDON, Oct. 21.—The British troops on the Somme
front have gained ground near Butte do Warlencourt, along the
main road from Albert toward Bapaume.
PARIS, Oct. 21.—It is officially announced that the Ser
bian forces which crossed the Oerna river are thrusting back
the Bulgarians and have captured several villages. They arc
continuing their offensive movement and are making progress.
BERLIN, Oct. 21.—All of the leading ministers of the Ger
man federal states are conferring today on tin* food problems,
mainly the question of providing the empire with potatoes for
11 to \vi ni or
LONDON, Oct. 21.—The premier of Austria, Count Karl
Stuergkh, has been shot.
AMS 1 hit DAM, Oct. 21.—In an altercation with a man
named Abler, publisher of a Vienna newspaper, Premier Stuer
gkh was shot.
VIENNA, Oct. 21.—The Austrian premier, who was shot
bv Abler, died almost instantly. He was dining at the time he
was attacked by the newspaper man, and but few word's had
been exchanged when the latter drew his gun and began firing.
I’EKINO, Oct. 21.-—A square mile of territory, adjoining
the French concession at Tientsin was forcibly seized by the
French consul with the assistance of troops. The ('hincse police !
arrested the consul and substituted Chinese in the foreign of
fice. A protest was also made to tin* French legation at Peking, j
which replied that it assumed full responsibility for the action.
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COLOGNE, Oct. 20.—The kaiser visited the Champagne
front on Wednesday and decorated General Eineni Saxon, a
commander. Tin* kaiser was in excellent spirits ami showed the
greatest confidenc in the ultimate victory of the Teutons. He
expressed great satisfaction at tin* heavy losses of the British
and French.
PARIS, Oct. 20.—The Serbians have captured the plateau
and village of Yelye Selo, on the western end of the Macedonian
front. The Bulgarians suffered heavy losses and fled in di
order.
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BCCHAREST, Oct. 20.—The Roumanians took the offen
sive in the Oituz valley, through which the Teuton forces in
vaded Roumania. The Teutons were driven back to the t’ron
tier, and their attacks on the other parts of Lite front were re
pulsed.
LONDON, (let. 20.—German newspapers sa\ tlie resigna
tion of Baron Burian, the Austrian foreign minister, i- impend
ing.
BERLIN, (let. 20.— Baron Burian conferred with Chancel
lor Bethmann at the German great army headquarters.
BERLIN, Oct. 20.—It is officially stated that the greater
uart of the trenches on the road between Eaueourt, Lnbhnye
and Labarqiic, which were captured by the British on October ,
IS, were retaken yesterday by the Germans. The attempts of j
the British detachments to advance north of Oourccletto and
east of Lesarsfod have failed. The German troop- stormed im !
portant Russian positions with adjoining lines west of the bank
of the river Naravuvk, in Galicia. They repulsed counter at
tacks and two thousand men in a forward movement. The Ser
bian forces in the bend of the river Cerna were halted by troops
of the central powers after temporary Serbian successes.
HIGH COST LUG
IS DUE ID THE
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. — Under
[ the Wilson administration and the
Democratic tariff law the cost to the
people of the United States for fifteen
articles of food alone has Increased In
the last four years approximately one
seventh.
An American family, under the Taft
administration, that spent $300 per
year for these foods, is now paying
for the same articles under the Wil
son administration $342 annually
Figuring five persons to a family,
this is an Increase of $8.40 for every
man, woman and child in the United
| States, or the stupendous total of
' more than $800,000,000.
Under the Underwood tariff law and
: the Wilson administration the high
j cost of living Fas increased by leaps
; and bounds.
Since June, 1912, up to June, 1916,
according to the latest available gov
eminent statistics there has been “»
Increase of 14 per cent in most of the
staple foods.
The Democrats have not kept their
promise, made in the Baltimore plat
form, to reduce the high cost of liv
ing. On the contrary, every family ill
the United States is paying higher
prices for the principal articles ol
food, 14 per cent higher than it cosl
I them under the Taft administration
and a Republican tariff law.
In the Baltimore platform, on which
Wilson was elected president, is the
following plank:
"The high cost of living is a rerious
problem in every American home. The
| Republican party, in its platform, at
tempts to escape from responsibility
for present conditions by denying that
they are due to a productive tariff.
We take issue with them on this sub
ject, and charge that excessive prices
result in a large measure from the
high tariff laws enacted and main
tained by the Republican party and
from such trusts and commercial con
spiracies fostered and encouraged by
Buch laws, and we assert that no sub
stantial relief can be secured for tha
people without import duties on the
necessaries of life are materially re
duced and these criminal conspiracies
broken up.”
A 14 per cent Increase in the cost
pf the principal foodstuffs is the way
the Democrats and the Wilson admin
istration have kept this pledge to the
people.
A table prepared by the bureau of
labor statistics of the department of
labor, shows relative prices of IB of
the principal articles of food in June
of each year, 1912 to 1916, included.
To form a basis for the table the price
for June, 1912, is placed at 100, and
the price for each succeeding year Is
figured accordingly by the bureau of
statistics.
A careful calculation of this table
shows that with 100 as a basis for 1912,
the 1916 percentage is 114, or an in
crease of 14 per cent in the cost of the
combined foodstuffs since the declar
ation of the Democratic platform.
JUSTICE IS BEING
1DEZ
The grand Jury returned an indict
ment against Captain C. L. Peabody,
on the charge of larceny.
In the case of Christensen vs. The
Thomas-Culross Mining Company, on
motion of attorneys for defendant to
strike out interest on the Judgment,
the court held that the jury in render
ing a verdict had not considered the
question of interest, and that interest
on the judgment could not be allowed
prior to the date of the Judgment.
The motion to strike out the fees of
the custodian on the ground that the
attachment was imperfect was over
ruled.
Kd Sellers, indicted for larceny in
the Bremner country, was arraigned
and given until today to plead.
Two other indictments each contain
ing two counts against the accused,
for maliciously burning lumber and
maliciously destroying personal prop
erty and two further counts of lar
ceny were read and the accused given
until today to plead.
The trial of the case of the United
States vs. George Blouen, charged by
the indictment with Belling liquor
without a license at Ohitlna, was com
menced yesterday.
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SUNDAY SERVICES
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EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
St. George's Episcopal Mission, lied
| Dragon Club House. — Eighteenth
| Sunday after Trinity. Holy Commun
ion at 8 a. in.; morning prayer at 11
a. m.; Sunday school at 12 m.; even
song at 4 p. m.
REV. E. P. ZIEGLER.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Preaching service 11 a. m., “Avoid
ing Temptation;" Sunday school 12
m.; preaching service 8 p. m„ "Pea
sant's Hut or King's Palace." The
music for the evening service will be;
Anthem — "Come Ye Disconso
late” . Mine
1 Anthem — "Who is thA King of
Glory”.Marlin
The public is cordially invited to
these services.
A. G. SHRIVER, Pastor.
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The sailing of the steamer North
western from Seattle has been post
poned until Saturday. October 29, at
9 a. m.
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Nick Meckern, who recently mad)
the big quart* strike near Teikhell,
has a fine collection of nuggets picked
out or the dirt in the vicinity of 'h«
vein.
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M. H. Marston. of the firm of Riley
& Marston, mining operators in the
ldltarod district, hus sold out all of
his Interest In that district to his
partner, J. E. Riley.
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Today's news In the Times today. J
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ABOUT PEOPLE
f)r. V. A. Schmitz will leave on the
Alameda to spend the winter In the
states.
Art Clonlnger returned yesterday
from a week's business trip to Mo
f'arthy.
The steamer Alameda is due from
the westward Sunday night, and will
remain here sometime loading ore.
On account of the inclement wea
ther the usual Saturday night dance
at ICagle Hall will be postponed until
next week. ®
t'harles A. Sulzer is due here on the
next boat, when he will address the
voters on his candidacy for delegate
to congress.
The S. R. Club will meet at the
home of Mrs. A. (!. Shriver, Wednes
day, October 25, at 2 p. m. AH are
trged to be present,
Mrs John Y. Ostrander will return
10 Olympia on the steamer Alameda,
ifter having spent several months
with Cordova friends.
Judge Edward K. Medley will be an
outgoing passenger on the Alameda
>n a six weeks' vacation, which he
will spend in California.
Rev. A. 0. Shriver will leave on
Monday for Chitina, McCarthy and
Kennecott in the interest of church
work. He will return on Friday’s
train.
George 1). Schofield, Republican
candidate for attorney general, will
iddress the people of Cordova at the
Empress theatre tonight at 8 o'clock.
[Jo hear him.
Mike Johnson came down from Chi
tina yesterday and he and Joe Stan
ton, of Valdez, have formed a partner
ship and hereafter will conduct a
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11 (limit, i i/u.’im .I..,
James C, Gaffney returned last
night from his westward trip, and is
spending a few days here with his
brother, Walter Gaffney, before re
turning to the states.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith have re
turned from Valdez, where they were
recently married. The bride was for
merly Miss Thorensen, and the newly
weds have lived in Cordova for some
time.
J. C. Murray, one of the principal
operators on Cache creek, was in
town last night on his way to the
states. They are operating a dredge
and he says the first season's work
tcog ntif lenlv unltufool awc
William A. Hesse, mining engineer
I
and an enthusiastic Democrat, went
to Juneau this morning for a st:ort
time, where he hopes to be able to
mingle with at least a few people vho
are of the same political belief. He
feels that “there ain't no such ani
mals" in this section of the country
A. E. Harris, traveling passenger
agent for the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. I'aul railroad, arrived in town last
night and will remain here several
days. He says his company is now
Issulrg through tickets from Cordova
to any point in the United States or
Europe, and that ticketA can be se
cured from the ageuts of either the
Alaska Steamship Company or Ad
miral line.
i he steamer Evans arrived from
the westward late yesterday afternoon
Her Cordova passengers ware A. E.
Harris, J. C. Gafney, Wm O’Connor,
E. A. Munson, A. Bishop and E. A.
Winters. The outgoing passengers
were W. A. Hesse and Mrs. E. Joki for
Juneau; C. M. Anderson snd wife, K.
Heed, E. Barnhardt, J. P. Anderson
and Miss Bellman for Seattle.
WILSON TELLS
EWHMERS OOW
LOVES THEM
LONG BRANCH, Oct. 21. — Presi
dent Wiiaon today addressed a delega
tion of farmers from New Jersey and
neighboring states. He told (hem
^vhat the present administration has
done for the farmers. Speaking of the
tariff, he attacked the Republicans as
a party, and said they represented
special interests.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21. — Charles E.
Hughes Is resting today at Montcalm,
fN'ew Jersey. His remaining cam
paigning tours will include trips
through the New England states, New
York, Ohio and Indiana He starts
next Tuesday and will make his clos
ing address on Madison Square, New
York, November 4.
Ntw dAI ILLbHIr
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct, 21 — Les
sons of the European war. especially
those taught by submarines and tor
pedo attack, have been so well ana
lyzed by United States naval construc
tors that the new oil and electric
super-dreadnaught California will be
able to make port in spite of numer
ous and several torpedo wounds, say
navy engineers
The 1,022 bluejackets who will man
the battleship under 58 officers, how
ever, probably will divide their ad
miration between this, her dozen four
teen inch guns, and some of the many
electrical devices such as the electric
potato peeler In the galley, the electric
driven Ice cream freezer, or the elec
tric dish washing machine with a ca
pacity of 1.000 dishes per hour.
Use of electricity on the California
begins with the main engines, driven
by moters supplied with current by
generators turned by steam turbines
of 28,000 horsepower. There will be
practically no work done on shipboard
directly by steam, and the “black
gang" of tradition, instead of heav
ing tons of coal per hour into ever
hungry furnaces, will manipulate lev
ers controlling oil burners under the
boilers. These latter will be the usual
water tube type, but new methods of
installation have been devised for
practically all the California's engine
and boiler room equipment, it is said.
It is understood that the new tor
pedo and mine proof construction is
gained largely by an improved method
of bulkhead building The bulkheads
are to be of steel, but less rigid than
the ordinary types, and resistance is
said to have been increased 25 to 30
per cent.
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The mate of the codfishing schooner
Galilee was washed from the fore
castle head of that vessel during a
heavy storm in the Bering sea, but he
was rescued.
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R. B. Mays, manager of the I„ibby,
McNeil & ldbby cannery at Kenal.
reports a very satisfactory season. The
plant put up 62,000 cases of salmon
this year.
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It Is claimed that with the addition
of a little gravel that the government
trail to Fairbanks will rank in the
boulevard class. A large auto tourist
travel is expected over it next year.
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