Copper Ore Shipments From Cordova Alone Are Over $2,000,000 Each Month
-sr- I The Cordova Daily Times i
VOLUME ONE. NUMBER 181. CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1915. PRICE TEN CENTS.
AUSTRIANS SINK ITALIAN BATTLESHIP
RUSSIANS RECOVERING GERMANS ARE HALTED
CARRANZA AGAIN
ATTACKS THE
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WASIIINCITON, D. C„ July 8.—It Is
> officially announced by the State De
partment that their agents in Mexico
have advised them that Carranza Is
continuing his attack on Zapata In
Mexico City, and that the attacking
troops have been heavily re-enforced.
They have recovered from the defeat
administered to C.onzales at the time
of the first attack, and are now gradu
ally drawing their lines around the
capital.
The advance guards of the Co.
ranza troops are within ten miles of
Mexico City. The railroad to Vera
Cruz has been repaired and the mil
tary trains carrying fresh troops am
supplies from the coast are operating
right up to the firing line.
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LONDON, July 8.—The postmnstei
general has decided to make a trial a
substituting women’s labor for that o
men In delivering mall. The first o
the new women postmen will be em
ployed at Epsom. If the experimen
Is successful, it is expected to be gen
erally adopted within a short time.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 8.—Th
Department of Agriculture has ai
nounced that the wheat crop for thi
year will reach a grand total <
963.000. 000 bushels. This is an 1
crease over last year's crop i
67.000. 000 bushels. The corn crop wl
^ reach nearly 3,000,000 bushels in 191
GLACIER EXCURSION WILL
1 RUN NEXT SUNDA
Next Sunday there will be a coi
pany excursion to the glaciers whi<
will be availed of by all the .employ
of the road. Supt. Corser has mai
arrangements so that any of the tov
people wishing to go. may do so, ai
m has established a special rate of $6.
'* * for the round trip. The train w
leave at 9 In the morning and retu
about 5 o’clock In the afternoon.
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Word was received in Cordova i
day that the Uev. and Mrs. E.
Ziegler will soon be returning to ta
up their residence here.
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Mrs. Kent Robinson, of Cordoi
has accepted a position as teacher 1
the new school which will be lnat
urated at McCarthy next fall.
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Councilman Bartley Howard w!
hlB family Is a returning passenf
on the Alameda from a trip to t
fair at San Francisco.
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
ROME, July 8.—The Italian war office in the
official statement issued this morning confirmed the
report that an Italian battleship had been torpedoed
and sunk by an Austrian submarine. The battleship
was the Amalfi, 10,(MM) tons, with a complement of
700 men. At the time of the attack the battleship
was participating in a reconnaisance of the I'pperl
Adriatic Sea. The attack was unexpected', and the
submarine was not sighted until the projectile hit.
There was no time to launch the small boats, the
vessel sank so fast, but the officers and men jumped
into the sea, and most of them were picked up by
accompanying vessels.
LONDON, July 8.—Tlie Russians have thrust
heavy re-enforcements into that section of the battle
front between the Bug and Vistula Rivers. These
fresh troops have compelled the Teutons to assume
the defensive, and especially so at Krasnik where
the Austro-Germans were threatening to break
through the Russian line, and endanger an impor
tant railroad line of communication. The Germans
great drive in this region which was headed towards
Moscow, has been checked. The Russians seem to be
making a deliberate blow at the Austrians who are
finding themselves in much trouble. The much dis
cussed and awaited German offensive in flu* west
with Calais as an objective has shown no signs of
development. There has been, however, a great
movement of troops into France, but the military
observers believe that the Teuton General Stall does
not dare to weaken the eastern armies with Husain
still not decisively beaten. The Germans have been
making violent attacks at several points in France,
but were repulsed at every point except at St. Mihiel
when* the French war office concedes that their
soldiers lost 700 yards of trenches. The Teutons seem
to have lost all desire to attack the British trenches
of late having been repeatedly repulsed with
enormous losses. In the region near Souchez, the
French have taken some trenches from the Germans.
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FIFTY DEAD IN TERRIBLE STORM
PROPERTY LOSS IN MILLIONS
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 8.—One of the worst storms in
years swept over the middle western states last night
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and today, causing a tremendous property loss and a
death list of at least 50. The storm center varied
in the country between Nebraska on the west and
Ohio on the east, and all the intervening country
suffered more or less from the severity of the wind
and rain. From reports so far received it is believed
that the estimation of 50 persons killed is conserva
tivo, and that over 100 have been injured. The
damage to property runs into the millions and no
one has been able to grasp the extent of it so far. The
greatest loss occurred in the city of Cincinnati and
vicinity, where there are 33 known dead and 15 miss
ing. Eighteen of the dead so far recovered are deck
hands who had been working on a towboat and its
convoy, which was capsized by the sotrm in the < >hio
River. In Eastern MissouE the storm developed
into a regular tornado, and in the city of St.
Charles every building in 1(>2 blocks was demolished.
The damage here was great hut in some remarkabh
manner no lives were lost.
CINCINNATI, July K.—From the latest report
it is now known that there are J‘2 dead in this eit
as a result of the storm. In this portion of tli
Ohio valley there are ten others missing who ar
believed to be buried under the ruius of five collapse
buildings on Sixth Street, this city. Tu Cincinna
the property loss is over one million. In Norther
Kentucky the property loss is also over a million In
only one life was lost in that section.
ATLANTIC LINER ON FIRE AT SEA
FLAMES STARTED BY EXPLOSION
NEW YORK, Juiy 8.—The Atlantic transport
liner Minnehaha is afire at sea. The fire started in
the hold of the ship, and the entire crew is working
the pumps, and throwing streams or water on the
flames in a desperate effort to prevent the fire from
spreading to the forward' holds which are filled with
ammunition for the allies. The vessel is bound irom
New York to London, and has a valuable cargo of
shells and powder on board. As soon as the fire was
discovered, the captain headed t'or Halifax, Nova
Scotia, and is now going ahead at full speed in a
race with death.
NEW YORK, July K.—Later wireless reports
received from the Minnehaha have set at rest all
thoughts of the vessel being destroyed. The
flames are now under control, and the forward
hatches are still intact. The tire was started' by an
explosion, and it is believed that probably some of
tin* dynamite that Holt bought was on board the
ship. There are no passengers on the Minnehaha. The
Minnehaha sailed from here last Saturday, and was
in port at a time when Holt could have placed a bomb
on the ship.
FRENCH FORBID EXPORT
. OF GOLD FROM COUNTRY
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11 PARIS, July 8.—The government has forbidden
the exportation of gold by all banks or private
parties with the exception of the Bank of France,
The decree went into effect today, and is intended tc
Y assist the government in conserving the supply oi
gold and using the same exclusively for the payment
„. of bills incurred in carrying on the war.
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j UNITED STATES SILENT
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ie Special to The Times By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, July 8.—Ambassador Geran
has been notified that this government will not com
B,
or ment on the German note until it has been official!;
'*• received. The cabinet have decided not to make an;
response to the informal advices received fror
th Berlin two days ago. If such advices have a
!r official sauction and are sent officially this goven
he
meat will take note of them.
WIRELESS PUNT GRABBED;
GOVERNMENT SUSPICIOUS
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, 1). C., July 8.—The United
States today took over by condemnation proceedings
the monster wireless station at Sayville, Long
Island. The station is privately owned, and is one of
the most powerful in the country having direct com
munication with Germany. The government has
been suspicious that the station was violating the
neutrality laws, and a strict censorship has been
maintained. Despite this the suspicion has been
growing that news of the sailing of vessels from
New York was being transmitted from Sayville to
the German submarines, and' the government took
final action today to prevent such occurrences in tho
future. The station will continue in operation, but
only under employes of the United States army or
navy.
GERMANY'S NEW POLICY
1 TO BUILD SUBMARINES
’’ LONDON, July 8.—It is reported that Germany
i is concentrating her ship building energies on the
( construction of submarines. The German admiralty
have decided to increase the number of submarines,
and inaugurate a constantly growing campaign of
destruction against the shipping of the allies.
GERARD CONSULTS SECT],
ON LUSITANIA MATTER
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
BERLIN, July 8.—Ambassador Gerard called
at the German foreign ofiiee this morning and spent
considerable time in it conference with German under
secretary for foreign affairs, Ilerr Von Zimmerman.
The matter under discussion was the German reply
to the second Lusitania note, and the information
received from the American government after the
dispatch of the German informal advices.
QUESTION SAFETY DF SHIP
ADRIATIC NOT ARRIVED
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Special to The Times By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 8.—The White Star liner
Adriatic, which the German submarines have been
waiting for, and which the American public was
warned not to soil on, has arrived safely at Liverpool.
NEW YORK, July 8. The press report circu
lated here that the White Star liner Adriatic had
arrived safely in Liverpool has been officially denied
at the offices of the company in this city. They state
that the vessel has not yet reached' her port of
destination.
ALAMEDA SAILS
NORTH LAST
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The Alameda sailed last night from
Seattle, with a large passenger list.
Many of Cordova's citizens who went
j outside for their summer's vacation
are turning their steps homeward. The
i passengers for Cordova are: I). Me
j Caughlin, A. Rateman, Mrs. Paul Coe,
Miss M. lioag. Frank Hotchkiss. An
1 drew Hotchkiss, Asahel Hotchkiss,
Mrs. A. Fyler and son, W. Clarke, B.
Graham, K. Grueber and wife, Mrs. L.
Black, Mrs. T. V. Eving, Mr. Hyde,
Mrs. Samuel Hedges, Sam Hedges, Jr.,
Georgina Hedges, Gladys Hedges, Mrs.
J. Rockafellow and two children, Mr.
and Mrs. Bartley Howard, and daugh
> ter and three steerage.
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The S. S. Seward, of the Alaska
Steamship Co., is now unloading at
Anchorage, approximately 1,000,000
feet of timber cut at the Sob wager
I Nettleton mills under contract for the
United States railroad construction.
The shipment is the second shipment
to go north this summer. The first
was handled by the steam schooner
San Ramon and consisted of 1,000,000
'(1 feet. The Seward has also on board
II 250,000 feet of lumber for the Kenne*
if cott mine.
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GET FAT IN
CAPTUITT
BERLIN, July 8.—Prisoners of war
are treated so well that they are get
ting fat. l)r. Bruno Wolff, chief mili
tary surgeon of the prisoners' camp at
Nuremberg has had a squad of 63
II prisoners weighed twice a week at
01* fixed hours from the time they entered f
11. the prison two months ago. Forty-one
|v showed changes in weight of a pound
‘ or more in that time. Only five lost
III weight. The Increases in some cases
it‘ were as much as ten or eleven pounds.
ENGLISH NOBLEMAN
HELPS IN FACTOBY
|| LONDON, July 8 Lord Norbury
|| former Chief Justice of the Court of
U Common Pleas, has taken employment
ns a fitter In an aeroplane factory in a
London suburb. He will pul in 13
hours dally at his work.
,ij- At the same time. Lady Norbury
had begun work as a waitress in a
soldiers’ cofTee canteen at Ruston
station.
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A train left this morning for Chitina
m taking out the mining engineers who
arrived from Seattle yesterday.
Messrs. Krumb. Ely and Schmidt
’■'1 went to Kennecott, while Mr. DuBoise
itr rode to Strelna to examine the prop
of erty of the Alaska Consolidated Cop
per Co.