The Cordova Daily Times
s VOLUME III. NUMBER 11. CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1916. __
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Advices from Berlin to the
Germany embassy here indicate that Germany’s peace terms
propose a restoration of the warring belligerent nations in
status quo before the war, with the exception of the establish
ment of an independent kingdom in Poland and Lithunia.
LONDON, Dec. 13.—The German note sent to the neutral
powers, making an offer of peace, is awaited with much curi
osity by the people of England and other allied countries.. In
official circles here there is much skepticism expressed of the
proposed terms offering even a basis for negotiations of peace.
The foreign office declared that it would not discuss the pro
posals until the terms had been received. In the meantime the
attitude of the British government, regardless of the peace
terms request, will remain unchanged.
I’A IMS, Dec. 1.!.—Franco awaits with much interest to
learn upon wliat basis Germany desires to end the war, and its
offer will likely to given serious consideration if it is a fair one.
FFTROGRAD, Dec. 13.—No intimation has been received
by the Russian government as to the terms of the peace offering
by Germany, and when they are submitted there will not likely
be any action taken until all of the allied countries have met
and carefully considered the terms.
PARIS, Dec. 13.—The French troops have occupied five
small Bulgarian posts on the right bank of the Verda river, on
the Macedonian front.
BERLIN, Dec. 13.— The town of Mizil, on the railway be
tween Plootehti and Buzen, lias been captured by the Teutons,
and Frzicenia also occupied.
LONDON, Dec. 13.—Foodstuffs amounting to 2,300,000
tons, and valued at $227,500,000 have been sent into Belgium
and northern France since the outbreak of the war by the Com
mission for Relief in Belgium, says a report .just issued here.
Besides foodstuffs the commission has shipped into this war
zone something like 3,000,000 articles of clothing.
Allied government subsidies for t he relief of people in these
stricken districts have amounted to $183,000,000. Public sub
scriptions, in kind and in money, and other private monies,
amounted to approximately $30,000,000, of which tin* Fnited
States gave about 33 per cent, and the British Empire nearly
all the rest.
The population confined to this territory as a result of the
war, all of whom received bread from the commission, numbers,
according to the report, 9,300,000.
ATHENS, Dec. 13.—Owing to the great increase in the
emigration of minors to the Fnited States, who have not
reached the age to perform their military service, the Greek
government has increased the amount of deposit to lie made
with the government by the parents or guardians of any minor
male child who leaves Greece. A youth born in 1898 must de
posit, or his parents must deposit for him, $120; one born in
1899, $100; in 1900, $90; in 1902, $70; and 1903, $00. Without
this deposit being made it is impossible for any male Greek of
the age indicated to secure a ticket on a foreign bound vessel.
RAILROADS ARE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. — Com
plete divorcement of transportation
from production by amending the com
modities clause of the Interstate Com
merce law; authority to sue corpora
tions wherever they transact business;
perfection of neutrality laws and ex
tension of the right of search warrant
In criminal cases are among the re
commendations of Attorney General
Gregory in his annual report to con
gress, just made public.
The attorney general says that de
spite the government's victory in the
supreme court In the Lackawanna
Coal Company case, the railroads are
still able to claim that the commodi
ties clause does not prohibit them
from engaging in production along
their lines, provided only that they
sell the articles produced before trans
porting them. He urged an amend
ment, Introduced at the last session
of congress, U> prohibit a railroad
from transporting articles manufae
tured or produced by it or by any cor
poration it controls or it is affiliated
with by having the same controlling
stockholders, Irrespective of interest
In the articles at the time of trans
portation. He says It is also neces
sary that congress prohibit any rail
road owned or controlled by a produc
ing or trading corporation, and not
merely a plant, from transporting the
articles produced or owned.
Employment for federal prisoners
and an amendment to the criminal
I code to prohibit the false fabeling of
, packages which contain arms and am
; munition are among other recommen
j dations. The last is to meet evasions
; of the embargo on arms to Mexico.
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ROUTE TAKEN
FAIRBANKS, Dec. 13. — In order
to save the life of his little daughter,
who was the only survivor of the cabin
fire two weeks ago, when two other
children were burned to death, J. P.
Sherman will give the skin to graft
on the child's neck and arms.
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SAD NEWS IS RECEIVED
TODAY BY AL LUND.
A1 Lund received a letter in today's
mail from Australia, informing him
that his sister’s husband had been
killed in the war. He also had word
that another sister, residing in San
Francisco, is Beriously ill and he
intends to leave for there on the next
boat.
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SEC. LANE SAYS
TAP UP
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. — Public
lands In the United States are being
taken up by homesteaders in rapidly
increasing quantities as shown in the
annual report of Secretary of the In
1 terior Lane. Twenty million acres
were claimed by private owners in the
year ending with June 30, as against
seventeen millions for each of the
preceding two years, and a still smal
ler average for previous years.
Of the two hundred and fifty mil
lion acres of public land still left in
the United States much is in the arid
region. The reclamation service car
ried on construction work on 24 irri
gation projects, completing ten and
adding 5,000 farms toterrltory for
which irrigation water is available.
Irrigation water is actually going now
to nearly 20,000 farms.
The report emphasizes the work of
the Indian bureau, whose health cam
paign, it is declared, has cut the death
rate among Indian to seven in one
thousand. The bureau has conducted
a campaign to save Indian babies by j
giving Indian mothers proper care.
Hospitals were constructed and addi
tional physicians were employed in
the health campaigns.
Commendation is bestowed on the
work of the bureau of mines in devel
oping methods of testing low grade i
complex gold, silver, lead and zinc
ores, which it Is claimed, promise to
rejuvenate mining in certain parts
of the country and make valuable mil
lions of tons of ore that now cannot
be treated. The bureau since its or
ganization has trained forty-one thou
sand miners in mine rescue work.
Agricultural possibilities in Alaska j
are a matter of conjecture, although
in some parts of the territory iac
hardier cereals and vegetables are be
ing grown. Completion of the railroad
now being constructed from Seward
to Fairbanks will do much for the
development of Alaska, the report
says.
BRAZIL ADVISED
UIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 12. Hr
Eauro Muller, the foreign minister of
Brazil, who has been absent in the
United States for the past four
months, has returned to this city and
with him came the vexed question
of neutrality and that of the attitude
Brazil should assume In the present
European struggle. For some time
past the Brazalian public has been
agitated over the utterances of Sen
ator Ruy Barbosa, the eminent Bra
zilian jurist and statesman, who has
repeatedly counselled the Brazilian
people to espouse the cause of the
allies in a warm and open manner.
Or. Muller, in his reply to the of
ficial speech of welcome made at the
great reception tendered him by the
people of Rio, advised an adherence
to the strictest neutrality, and told
his large audience that the salvation
of Brazil rested In the energy, cour
age and Initiative which Brazilians
might have in the fight to restore the
damages caused by the shock of the
great war.
No country in SoutlP America has
suffered more from the effects of the
war than Brazil. Economically the
war dealt all of South America a heavy
blow, but particularly it hit Brazil.
It cut off some of this country's best
customers, it dammed up the source
of considerable of its supplies, tight
ened the purse strings of its bankers,
and for a time threatened to paralyze
all big public enterprises under con
struction. The story is told by the
foreign trade reports of the past three
years.
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HOT 8PRINGS OUTPUT $900,000
Sylvester Howell, of the firm of
Howell & Cleveland, the big Hot
Springs mining operators, reports the
output from that district during the
past season will approximate $900,000,
and predicts that next senuoii'B output
will be much larger.
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TO PROSPECT MOOSE CREEK.
A number of men who have been
working In the Tolovana district this
summer for wages are reported to
have moved to the Moose creek and
Mike Hess side and will spend the
winter prospecting there.
TIBS' ELECTION
Just as we were going to press yes
terday afternoon a wire was received
from the Fairbanks Citizen, in answer
to an inquiry as to the official totals
of the candidates for delegate to con
gress in the Fourth division, as the
Valdez Prospector credited Sul.-.er
with a plurality of twenty-three votes,
while the Daily Times count showed
he was only leading by twelve. The
answer verified our count. Here ii
is: “Returns Fourth division, Sulzer
1088, Wickersham 1670. Russian Mis
sion only unreported precinct; three
votes there last election.”
When this correction is made by the
other papers all will agree that Sul
zer has a plurality at this time of
one vote in the territory, with several
precincts still to hear from.
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ANNEX EAST
INDIES
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Itee. 12.
If Japan gets Java and Sumatra
from Holland as a present, the hun
dred thousand emigrants In the I'nited
States can be recalled, so that Atneri
ca will also then be satisfied," declares
the Japanese ex-minister and publicist.
Yusaburo Takekoshi, in his latest con
tribution to a well known Japanese
review- that has served once again to
fan Dutch suspicion regarding the
Hand of the Rising Sun. "I therefore
tliink iliai < uiiiitFy ir» in entire agree
ment with our policy," he adds.
The article is a plain, unvarnished
demand by this former minister of
education that Japan shall take ad
vantage of the present favorable June
ture to annex the Netherlands East
Indies. "If," he exclaims, "things are
allowed to go on as they are going,
there is every chance that Japan will
get as good as nothing for the mobi
lization of a big army. I do not de
sire that the government shall pur
sue a quixotic policy, but I do do
sire that it shall strike a great blow
to secure the safety of the nation and
increase its influence, now that such
a fine opportunity offers, an oppor
tunity which, if allowed to slip by.
will not recur in a century."
Should Germany prove victorious,
he argues, she will get the British
and French colonies, and Java and
Sumatra will also tall into her hands;
if the war ends indecisively, Germany
will cede Alsace Horraine to France
in exchange for French possessions
like Annam and Tonking, in which
case the position of Java and Su
matra will be seriously threatened;
while if, on the other hand, the allies
win. Great Britain will turn egoist,
and in that case again the fate of
those islands will cause Japan much
anxiety. "In view of these consider
ations," reasons Yusaburo Takekoshi.
"it is better for Japan to demand
Java and Sumutra from Holland now,
for the powers at present leave Japan
a free hand and do nothing but nurse
her friendship and goodwill." He
further urges the necessity of Japan,
as an industrial country, hating more
tropical territory whence in time of
need it can get its raw materials, and
on the other hand, throws doubt on
Holland's record in the matter of pre
serving neutrality in its colony, and
on its future ability in this respect,
thus rendering the Hast Indies a po
tential handy basis for Japan's ene
mies.
The Dutch press emphatically re
futes all suggestions that the Nether
lands has not strictly carried out the
duties of neutrality in every instance,
and while not inclined to exaggerate
the importance of such solitary utter
ances as the foregoing it considers it
wise thnt the nation not let this cam
paign escape its attention, "waged as
it is by a man of influence in Japan
against the highest interests of our
country."
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FLOAT FOR SMALL BOATS.
In compliance with the request of
the many fishermen, the city council
of Juneau h““ decided to build a land
ing float there for small boats at a
cost of $3,000 to $4,000.
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GOLD BELT CO. SHUTS DOWN.
The Alaska Gold Belt Company,
which has been operating extensively
during the past summer ^t . .Sheep
creek basin, near Junegu/ "has shut
down for the winter. 4
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FAIRBANKS CASE
REVERSED BF
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FAIRBANKS, Dec. 13. — Word has
just been received here that the cir
cuit court of appeals has reversed
the decision of the local court in the
case of W. 11. Woolridge, who was
sentenced last spring to seven years'
imprisonment at McNeil's island, for
attempted rape on a child. This was
one of the seven sensational trials
held here, which split the town into
factions. Woolridge was completely
exonerated, as the case was not re
manded for a new trial. Woolridge
was one of the parties against whom
it was freely charged the federal of
ficials fixed the case on account of
his activity against them.
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SPOKANE WANTS
FREIGHT RATE
SPOKANE, Dec. 13. — Spokane
shippers tomorrow will present theii
case to Attorney-Examiner Thurtell
ol the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, on the proposed increases in
transcontinental freight rates which
are to become effective on December
3d, according to information from
Washington for some time by the
merchants' and Jobbers' organizations
Proposed increases in transconti
nental Ireight rates which involve a
higher rate to Pacific coast ports with
proportionate increases to intermedi
ate points, have been the subject oi
protests by shippers and suspensions
by the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion for the last twelve years. The
so-called transcontinental rate case
has been the subject of hearings and
controversies between shippers and
railroads for many years.
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ACCURATE CROP
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. — The
method of estimating the size of the
country's farm crops has been so Ini
proved and systematized ihat the ac
tua! production of important products
is now made with a close degree of
accuracy by the bureau of crop esti
mates of the United States departtnen'
of agriculture. Nearly two million
schedules are handled each year by
that bureau in making up the govern
inent monthly crop reports. About
one hundred and sixty thousand names
are constantly making personal inves
ligations, one agent covering a state;
and 105 clerks are employed in Wash
ington handling the large number ol
reports from the voluntary crop re
porters and to keep records of crop
information of this and foreign coun
tries.
So carefully and systematically has
ihe work been organized that the 191 f
cotton crop estimate was only three
tenths of one per cent less than the
amount actually ginned as reported
by the customs bureau after the close
of the season.
The most complete record in exist
ence is kept in the bureau of estimates
and statistics relating to the world's
< rops and live stock.
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OLDTIMER DIES AT SANITARIUM.
Word has been received at the of
fico of Governor Strong that George
E. Francis, a pioneer resident of Ju
neau, who last September was com
mitted from the Pioneers' Home at
Sitka to the Morningside Sanitarium,
hail died at that place. Deceased was
a native of Norway.
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FAIRBANKS HAS JUVFNILE BAND.
The members of the Juvenile brass
bund of Fairbanks, gave a ball re
cently to secure funds to pay the
balance due on the Instruments pur
chased some time since In the states
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WILL WORK PAYSTREAK.
A. C. Stewart, who made a big strike
on Boulder creek, on Seward penin
sula, is making arrangements to carry
on extensive mining operations there
during the winter.
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WHY WILL NOT
CONGRESS HEED
In tlie annual report of the governor of Alaska, received in
today’s mail, the great handicap tlio territory is laboring under
is pointed out to the secretary of the interior in the following
forceful manner:
A research shows that Alaska, until within the past
dozen years or less, received little consideration by the govern
incut except in the casual and haphazard wav. Rv this i- meant
that there has been a distinct lack of interest shown; such inter
st as has been taken has nearly always been general and not
particular; it has been merely academic. Restriction rather
than privilege has been abundant. Its people have been told
what they must not do rather than encouraged to make the best
legitimate use of their opportunities. Rc.-ervation was too long
apparently the only end sought to In* accomplished. There i
still too much of it for safe and sane progress and development.
Therefore, the territory languishes when it should flourish; it
stagnates when it should show strong virility. For Alaska has
all those natural resources that are essential" foundation stones
of a great commonwealth. It has gold, silver, copper, coal, tin,
iion, gypsum, lime, graphite, marble, oil, antimony and many
other minerals in abundance; it has the greatest fisheries of the
world; its water powers are practically untoucln d; it- fur- long
since attracted the attention of the world and have produced
millions; its agricultural resources are potentially great, and
its timber is not inconsiderable. It lias a diversified climate;
in the coastal sections the climate i- equable, there being few
•xtremes of heat or cold; in the great interior legion- the sum
mer season is dry and warm, the winter is dry and cold, the pro
•ipitation being much lower than on the coa.-t. It i- one of the
most healthful countries of the world; vegetation, except in
the extreme northern regions, is luxuriant and rapid. Nearly
every variety of hardy vegetables and tru11 — grow in ahund
ince; on the plains and plateau- of the interior various gra-ses
are found, extensive in area and in great abundance-, in the
valleys and more mountainous coast sections, fine agricultural
'and is found, suitable for farm and dairying purposes; and,
-peaking generally, Alaska is as faxorably -ituated climatically
is the Scandinavian peninsula. If all its natural re-otnves, in
dialing agricultural, were developed, tiny would he found '.■>
be infinitely greater; and yet while the Scandinavian countries,
much smaller in area, have a population in excess of 10,000,000,
it has taken Alaska nearly fifty year- to achieve a white popu
lation of not more than f>0,000 souls. Of course, Scandinavia
has the advantage of years, hut Alaska can offset it with natu
ral wealth and opportunity.
And all its‘wealth of natural resources has been scarcely
touched, although the land resources have already yielded a
piarter of a billion dollars and the sea almost, if not quite, as
much. Alaska ngods people who are ahie and v illing to work
(hose who are able to breathe life into a stone, or quicken a
rock; it offers splendid opportunities for the invcstmmil of
capital and tile consequent employ'tm nt of labor; it welcomes
in independent, self reliant citizenship; it needs home builders,
and it offers tjtem that independence that is achieved by lamest
labor and intelligently directed effort. It would not h. within
the confines of truth to say that Alaska presents no dil'ficnltie
to the investor of to labor. Nothing that is worth whim is
achieved without toil, mental or physical. Alaska is not a conn
try of tropical mould; it is stern and rugged in exterior, rather
than mild ami benevolent; it is a country wlier. in it i- decreed
that the strong and the healthy shall siir\ ive and the weak and
incompetent fail, if not perish. He who would find wealth in
its gold placers or quartz lodes, must work for it; lie w ho would
reclaim the wilderness and make it hud and blossom, can not
•scape some hardship. To make the land produce crop- much
toil and patience are required, but it can he done, and in the
years to come it will be done and Alaska will be know n not only
as a mining and fishing country, but an agricultural domain,
with a happy and prosperous people attached permanently to
the soil.
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ST LOUIS. I>ec. 12. — The divorce
■ourts, as busy as they are. reveal
but a small proportion of the martial
Infelicity in this country, says the
Commission on Family I.ife which rc
ported at the session of the quadrien
nial meeting of the Federal Council
>f Churches of Christ in America. The
repoit included statistics and discus
•dons of many phases of the complex i
problems of martial relations.
As to divorce, it says: “At this mo
meat it is thought that one marriage
in ten is broken by divorce, and that
in some states the proportion may be
is high as one in four."
"It is a striking fact." the commis
sion says. ' thai iu the majority of di
vorce cases dissolution of marriage
has occurred, not hastily after a brief
trial, but deliberately after a consld
enable period of marriage; the average
exceeding six aud one half yeara. Com
mon observation will show frequency
of divorce among people who have
been married twenty years or more."
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ALAMEDA HAS FOURTEEN
PASSENGERS FOR CORDOVA.
The steamer Alameda arrived in
port at 8 o'clock this morning, bring
Ing fourteen passengers and 3to tons
of freight for Cordova. She will not
leave for the westward until 8 o'clock
tonight. Her passengers for here
were \V McKadden. K. Sommers,
K. \\. Chapman, J J Miller. Ted This
ted, C. Johnson, Mrs. Mary Diffley.
K. Diffley, James Diffley, C Larson,
Mrs. c. Mellison. Mrs K H Miller.
Keith Miller, II. Kimball.
GRAFT SKIN ON
BURNED CIO
FAIRBANKS, Dec. 13. Georgia
Phillips, a despondent woman, com
mitted suicide lust night She satu
rated a towel with chloroform, which
she put over her face and then cov
ered it with a pillow.
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