The Cordova
VOLUMEJIT. NUMBER 31. _ CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, PRICE TEN CENTS
nlajliiai 1MUJNI BErUKE LUMM11 1EE LAUaEa SENSATION
Ambassador to Germany
ReceivesA Gall Down
WASHINGTON, Jail. 8.— Secretary of State Lansing told
the investigating committee that he knew of no source of leak
in otiicials matters. I homas W . Lawson said it was one of the
commonest things on Wall street to receive advance informa
tion from Washington about government affairs; in fact some
°t H*1' atlairs were of such importance that they frequently af
teet countries and securities. ‘‘I mean also leaks from the su
preme court, advance information on important senate matters,
action of congressional committees, cabinet affairs and advance
information direct from the White House,” declared Lawson.
He declined to give the name of the person responsible for the
leak, but admitted he knew of no one at tin* \\ bite House who
was in any way implicated.
W ANHJNGTON, Jan. 8.— Lawson pictured the Lnited
States senate, cabinet officer and New York banker as hav
mg a joint stock gambling account, dividing profits, in his tes
tmiony before the committee investigating the leak of advance
diplomatic information. Lawson declined to give names, be
cause, he said, he did not know them of his own knowledge.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—Secretary Tumulty todav read
a statement before the house rules committee, investigating the
peace note leak, which was backed with President Wilson’s en
dorsement. He denied giving information to any one about the
peace note, and said he was not consulted in its preparation,
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Tumulty demnndcel i pul .lit* apology from Ropresentativi
Wood, ot Indiana, w ad accused him of being implicated ii
giving out advance m imation in reference to the peace note
WASHINGTON, m H. A report from Berlin is to tin
effect that Ambassa oranl, at a public welcome back b
Germany, said that ; since the beginning of the war have
relations between the 1 nited States and Germany been so cor
dial as now. This lifts been officially inquired’ into by the state
department, through a personal cable to the ambassador, as the
report as quoted elid nett convey the1 true view eif the German
American relations, which w<>re commonly el(“scribe*el as strainei
through recent submarine'activities. Such an utterance nun
have an undesirable cfte*et on the* public opinion e>f allied conn
tries, where publishei pent- showed the impression that tin
president was not in ne way /emimctcel with the' central pow
e'rs’peace proposal, an.i e-verv effort has been made to dispel
that belief.
BKRIdN, Jan. h The Russian troops made another at
tack yesterday with -being forces on the northern end of tin
Russo Galician t rout i,< r the gulf of Riga. The Russians gained
metre ground on “An' river, but were repulsed elsewhere. Tin
Roumanians and Ru - ms were* dislodged yesterday iron
strongly fortil'ieel pee Guns over a considerable front in south
cm Moldavia. The t. >vn e>f Folkslmni was captured and nearh
4,1 HH) prisoners take*n.^
wheat reaches
IRK
CHICAGO, Jan. S. Wheat for Im
mediate delivery touched $2 a bushel
today. AH other grains also took an
upward jump.
AT AGE OF 105
FINLAYSOITS
WRANGELL, Jan. R. John Finlay
son, discoverer of a lake and river
in the Yukon territory, died at this
place yesterday. Deceased was 105
years old and was an old-time resident
of Alaska.
DESTITUTION IS
NEW YORK, Jan. X. — The demand
upon charitable organizations is virtu
ally the same now as in the time of
a business depression. Of the fami
lies receiving aid the Italians head
the list, the Americans come second
■» and the Irish third
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EE I’ASO, Jan. 8. — 1’arral was oc
cupied yesterday by the Carranza
forces, under the command of Gen
eral Merguia, and nine locomotives
and a hundred cars captured. The
Villistas fled to the mountains.
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LIQUOR CANNOT
BE SENT TO
DOT STATES
WASHINGTON, Jan. K. The Welib
Kenyon law, designed to prevent li
quor shipments from wet to dry states,
lias been declared constitutional by
the supreme court.
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. Following
an urgent call to participate in a dis
cussion of pressing national questions
now facing American business, repre
senatives of commercial organizations
all over the country have signified
their intention of being present In
larger numbers than probably ever
before, at the fifth annual meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, to be held in Wash
ington January 31, February 1 and 2.
The war having opened a new era
in world commerce, business men are
now facing conditions without preee
deni, which will have to be met at
its close. It is argued this state of
affairs will, of course, affect our for
eign trade and it will also have far
reaching influence upon domestic busi
ness.
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The students at the University ol
California cleared $20,000 on their
game with Washington in Berkeley.
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WILL DEVELOP NUMBER
INTERIOR COPPER MINES
—
i ne nigh price of copper and the
great demand for this metal has giv
en an impetus to the mining industry
in Alaska, and particularly the Cop
per river section, which is the richest
known copper belt in the world. Many
properties that have been undevel
oped owing to the lack of capital for
this work are now to be opened up
on u large scale and the coming season
promises to be the most active one in
the history of the interior country tri
butary to the Copper iiiver North
western railway.
While the production at the Bonanza
and Jumbo mines is averaging from
$2,000,000 to $3,000,000 a month, the
Mother Lode mine is also freighting
a large <|uantllly of copper ore to the
railroad and arrangements have been
• n » ■ • ha wa linn
consummated for the putting of the
Ole Berg and Peter Erickson proper
ties on a shipping basis, sufficient
money having been raised to develop
these mines. The Tjosevik Kennecott
Company also expects to expend over
1100,000 in opening up its claims, while
the Alaska Copper Exploitation Com
pany has struck a rich lead of copper
ore on the Westover group and has
blocked out a large body of ore
C. A. Bode, manager of the Nikolai
Butte group, returned on the steamer
Mariposa from an extended trip to the
states, where he succeeded in inter
esting capita! to assist him in the
development of what he believes is
a rich copper mine. Mr. Bode is a
mining man of considerable experi
ence, and it is gratifying to know that
the twenty i htims he and Filly Mvers
own on Dane creek are to be worked
the coming season, on at extended
scale. Being in the same belt as the
famous Bonanza mine, and tl surface
showing equally as good a that of
the other big producer, and adjoining
the Westover group, where there is a
fine body of rich ore, Mr Ik. le is very
optimistic over the outloo in din
cussing his plans he said
At present we have a for c of eight
men at work getting the camp in
readiness for active opera'tons, and
as soon as I can land supp s on the
property, which is about twenty two
miles from tin* railroad, a irge crew
of men will be pul to work There is
it large outcropping of ■ pper ore
on two of the claims, and I hope to be
able to ship some ore to tin smelter
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before the winter trail breaks up. Ot
the iron Key claim the outcropping i
25 feet wide and 150 feel long, and tin
ore assays thirty five per cent copper
Here we will drive 15tl feet of tunne
to strike the contact. There Is alsi
an outcropping 50 feet wide, and 20
feet long, on the Iron Door claim. Thi
ore runs forty three and two-tenth
per cent copper, three ounces in si
trr and three fourths of an ounce i
gold. Another 200 foot tunnel will b
driven on this property.
"We plan on expending about $30
ooo in development work and hope t
have one of the big producing mine
of interior Alaska. Our mining ei:
gineer, K. K. Wain, will return fron
the states on one of the next steamer
and will have charge of the develoi
[ ment work.”
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ABOUT PEOPLE
II. I>. Bogart and wife were Cordova
arrivals on the steamer Mariposa.
Ed Oss was a returning passenger
from the states on the Mariposa.
Deputy Marshal 8. T. Brightwell and
J V. Carter went to Valdez on today's
steamer.
E. T. Stannard came down from
Kennecott yesterday and left ou the
: Mariposa for I.atouche
Superintendent Caleb Corser, wife
and children have returned from a
pleasant trip to the states.
C. E. Lindlg, H. E. Ashley and Mrs.
W. Orlegler were passengers from
here for Seward on today's boat.
Frank Ford, who spent the holiday
season with friends In Seattle, re
turned home on the Mariposa yester
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The steamer Spokane left Juneau al
2 o'clock Sunday morning, and is due
here early tomorrow morning, stop
ping at Katalla eu route.
F. Graham, better known as "Blin
key," went to Valdez today, where h*
will serve a term In the federal jat
Max M. Smith, agent for the N. c.
Company at Nenana, arrived here ves
terday and returned to his interior
home on this morning’s train.
A cablegram received by Mrs. J. (lil
lis announces the marriage of her sis
ter, Dr. i,. von M-Zesch, to Captain
Charles Haul Auer, of Katalla, on De
cember 28, at Seattle.
Captain Hickman and Purser Tom
Kehoe, of the Admiral Watson, are
mingling with their many Cordova
friends during the prolonged stay ol
that vessel In port, and when they car
spare the time to come up town.
Captain Hickman is having the hot
tom of the steamer Admiral VVatsor
filled with cement, and ho will nol
know for a couple of days just whai
his plans will be in reference to tbt
departure from here of the vessel
which struck a reef in Irish bay Iasi
Friday
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LAW SCHOOL GRADUATES
LIKE PROSECUTING JOB
SEATTLE, Jan. 8. — Six graduate!
of the University of Washington sore
elepted prosecuting attorneys in th<
slate of Washington at the lust elec
tion. They are R. M. Sturtevant. ’03
Dayton, Columbia county, John It. Me
Ewuu, ’03, Goldendale, Klickltulu coun
ty. J I). McCalium, ’12, Davenport
Lincoln county; F. A. Beltz, T4, Erl
day Harbor, San Juan county; A. R
Hilen, ’13. Mt. Vernon, Skuglt county
and Lloyd Black, ’14, Everett, Snoho
mtsh county.
Job Printing at the Time*. V
tmrntaa mcsint mi vmlucz.
TO REOPEN EAGLE HALL.
Manager I’inkus has win lu re that
he saved all the films, plat mi ma
chines in the Empress the . at Val
dez, which burned down l ast week,
and that he would resume isiness in
Eagle hall, giving three sh .» week
The gold fibre screen and hairs were.
destroyed, the loss amounting to about
$2,000.
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TWO SEATTLE COMMERCIAL
ORGANIZATION1 MERGED.
The Seattle Commercial Club has
voted to merge with the S' ittle Cham
tier of Commerce. The m turn of the
club followed reading 01 the report
of a joint committee re uumending
the merger and outlining plans for the
consolidated Chamber i commerce
and Commercial Club.
The members of the misolidated
organization next March a ill elect a
president, a first and sec nd vice-pre
sident and a board of ti -tees of 18
members. The board of trustees will
choose a secretary and tn surer The
new organization will I ve bureaus
devoted to nine separate tields of ao
tivity
Two previous attempt!- the first in
1911 and the second last January, were
made to effect a merger of the two
commercial bodies. Both . Hurts failed
because of the refusal uf the cham
ber to consent to the transaction ot
business by the membership in open
forum instead of by trustees.
linder the plan of the present mer
ger the membership, It is declared,
can direct policies by controlling the
election of the president and trustees.
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Job Printing at Dally Times office
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. — I’lanB fo
ihe second annual meeting of the Air
erican Institute of International Law
comprising five delegates from each o
the national societies of the 21 Amer
can states, to lie held in Havana, b<
ginning January 22. are well unde
way. A meeting surpassing in in
portance even that of last year is at
ticipated Hr James Brown Scott, prt
sldent of the institute, and Hr. Alt
jandro Alvarez, of Chile, seeretar
general, who is now in Washington
are working on the program, which i
expected to be announced shortly.
The meeting is to be held in Havan
at Ihe invitation of the Cuban govern
ment, which has planned the appre
prlation of lO.Oim pesos for its ci
pense Many sources of eutertainmen
have already been arranged, such a
a gala day at the race track and th
opera, a trip out through the countr
and an excursion to Mstanzas Th
morning sessions of the conference ar
to be held in the Academy of Science!
the afternoon ;,t ihe university, whll
the evenings arc to be given over t
social events
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FOOTBALL BRINGS *4,000
SEATTLE, Jan 8 — The net pit
fits of the fiHitball season Just close
1 will swell the bankroll of the assoc
aled students by 11,000.
ALLEGED BIB
THROWER NOW
ON TRIAL
8AN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8 — Thos
J. Mooney, one of five alleged bomb
• plotters charged with the murder of
ten persons and the Injury of forty
others in a bomb explosion here on
July 22 last, during a preparedness
parade, is on trial in the superior
court of Judge Franklin A. r.riffin
, here. He is defended by an array of
counsel, headed by W. Bourke Cock
ran, a former congressman and New
York attorney, who defended Lieuten
ant Charles Becker, of the New York
- police department, on a charge of mur
der.
Mooney's defense will be financed
by the International Workers' League
as was that of Warren K. Billings, one
of the alleged five plotters already
convicted and sentenced to life Im
prisonment. It was after reading the
transcript in Billings' trial that Cock
ran wound up his New York affairs
to defend Mooney free of charge
Both the prosecution and defense,
it was said, would rely upon a photo
graph, showing Mooney on the roof
of a building many blocks away from
the scene of the explosion. The hands
of a street clock in the picture point
to one minute past 2 o'clock in the af
ternoon, just a few minutes before the
bomb exploded.
The other defendants who will stand
trial later are: M—■ ,.»ooney,
wife of Thomas J. Mooney; Edward
J. Nolan, a machinist; and Israel
Weinberg, a jitney bus driver.
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ALASKA BANKS
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WASHINGTON, Jan K. — (Sold and
1 silver production in America for 101
' fell below 1815, according to reports
' made public The decrease was ovei
4 $8,000,000 for gold and 2,000,oOo
4 ounces of silver The 1810 produe
tion, according to mint officials, was
’ gold $92,:Slt>,000, silver 72.88:1,400
J ounces.
California leads with a gold produe
tion of over $22,000,000.
’ Colorado is second with over $18.
4 000,000, and Alaska Is third with $10.
240,300.
TRAVEL GERMANY
. IS NOW BEING
RESTRICTED
LONDON. Jan. 8. — The prohibition
of all unnecessary railroad traveling
in Germany is likely to be followed
shortly by similar measures In tSic en
tente countries. Such a prohibition
r has for some time been under consul
eratlon in England, and the Board ot
Trade a few weeks ago issued an ap
f peal which was regarded in man)
circles as a preliminary to restrictive
legislation. The appeal urged in em
i phatic terms that every person pro
posing to travel by train should con
sider whether the Journey is really
necessary.
The military authorities have de
creed that still more men must lie re
leased from the railways for army
service. This will inevitably mean
some reduction of work and the only
i economics which appear possible, ac
cording to the railway managers, are
connected with the passenger train
service and in securing greater expe
, ditlon on the part of shippers in hnnd
; ling freight traffic
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RETURNING PASSENGERS ON
> THE STEAMER MARIPOSA
, The steamer Mariposa arrived Sun
day afternoon, bringing many passen
» gers and 550 tons of freight for Cor
, dova She lert tor me westward hi 7
o'clock this morning Those who got
off here were Caleb Corser. wife and
children, H D Bogart and wtfe, Mrs
It. E. Hegg. Miss Rhea Kenton, Frank
i- Fork, (' il Bodie. Max M. Smith. Kd
i Oss, H l.auf. Mrs E Wilson. Lett)
Moss. Bessie Swanson. May Smith, E
Petrokva and G. Zelygsheti
SEEKS COLLECT
COSTS FROM
WASHINGTON, !> C„ Jan H
Visions of a section of track or a loco
motive and a string of cars of the go\
eminent railroad in Alaska being
seized by u United States marshal to
enforce payment of a judgment in a
civil suit are conjured up by the visit
of John E. Ballaine. of Seattle, her.
Ballaine was one of th»- promoters
of the Alaska Central railroad, later
the Alaska Northern, purchased by the
government as a starter for its trunk
line. In ils contract to purchase the
road the government permitted the old
company to bring suit against B.,1
laine with the proviso that anything
collected would go to the old owners
Suit was brought It was to recover
possession of tfie townsite of Seward
owned lit’ Ballaine, on the allegation
that Ballaine used company funds to
acquire that townsite. The suit was
won by Ballaine. Judgment for costs
was rendered in his favor. Those
costs amount to about J'ju.uOo.
\V ('. Edes, chairman of the Alaskan
engineering commission, is now the
president of the Alaska Northern rail
jroad. all of the stock of which is
owned by the government. Mr Bal
laine is here presenting his bill of
costs in the action He opines that the
owners of the old company, being Can
adians, can not be mulcted, but that
the new owners of the company, name
ly the United States government, can,
and that civil processes can run
against their railroad the same as
against any other successor.
The department of the interior has
referred Mr. Ballaine to J. P. Cotton,
jot New York, attorney tor "i.»«««i .
' kan engineering commission Mr
| Cotton is frisking the law books or
i some precedent on the subject.
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TRUST
WASHINGTON. Jan S. Adminis
tration officials investigating reports
of special investigators on news print
paper situation to determine whether
there is a paper trust, are believed to
j be considering institution of grand
' jury proceedings for indictment un
| der the anti trust laws,
i Investigation discloses a paper scar
city was manufactured by press agents
and jobbers at the instigation of the
I mill people.
WILD ANIMALS
DEATHS
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SIMLA. India. Jan s More than
28.006 people were killed by snakes
and wild animals in British India last
year The government reports show
that 1923 persons were slain by tigers
and other beasts, and 26 38.'. perished
through being bitten by reptiles, an
increase over the previous year of 3.
700 deaths met in this manner. No
figures are available for the native
states with their population ot some
90.000,000.
During the past five years elephants,
tigers and other animals have killed
9.192 people in British India and. of
these, tigers have claimed a toll of
3.682 In the same period 1 le v 's |„.r.
sons have died as (he result ot snake
| bites.
I.ast year the highest total of deaths
I due to animals in any one province
was in Bihar and Orissa, where 684
people lost their lives, tigers alone ac
counting for 476 In the I'nlted Pro
vinces one man eating tiger in the
Vlmora district killed ten persons out
I of iiie provincial ioiai of iweniv
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[STRONG MAN RECORD SMASHED
8LA11 LE. Jau S — Tin1 sirong -t
man who ever entered Die university
is Frank Williams, of the class of
1920. His record is 3.089 points, 2Jo
points more than Max Fakina' strength
record of several years aog.