, The Cordova Daily Times
VOLl ME II. NUMBER 451. CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY EVENT NO, MAY 26, 1916 PRICE TEN CEN
SHDSHANNA STRIKE REPORTED
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GERMANS FORCE
FIGHTING ON
V VERDUN FRONT
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PARIS, May 24.—Launching a general offensive along the
entire Verdun front late yesterday, the Germans made a vali
ant effort to regain Fort Douaumont and crush the center of
the French line, with the following results:
The Cumieres salient was crushed, the assaulting troops
breaking through the first line trenches as far as Cumieres
village, gaining nearly a mile of ground.
French first line trenches east of the Meuse were taken by
the enemy in the Haudromont section.
Fort Douaumont was held against all attacks.
The same disregard of life shown in the earlier Verdun as
saults was apparent. Casualties at Douaumont were severe,
but the losses in forcing the Cumieres line beggar description,
the enemy advancing in face of a screen of fire which wiped out
wnoie ucictuiimciiuD.
GERMANS FAIL AT HILL 304
PARIS, May 24. — All day yesterday the Germans were
striving violently to capture Hill 304 and Deadman s hill and
win back Fort Douaumont. Attack after attack was hurled
against the French lines, but at nightfall the ground wrested
from the Germans was firmly held by the French. The Ger
mans incurred fearful losses without gaining any advantage.
FRENCH DRIVEN FROM CUMIRERE.
BERLIN, May 24. — German troops stormed and captured
the village of Cumirere, east of Deadman’s hill, taking 300 pris
oners, including eight officers, according to an. official, an
nouncement by the government today.
GUNS NEVER CEASE FIRING.
BARIS, May 24.—A description of the fighting around
Fortniouaumont was given by a survivor today, who said:
“Not for a second did the guns cease roaring or the men fall-,
ino-. Immediately on the completion of a trench the shells
would begin to drop on the survivors, making it necessary to
abandon the ground and begin the attack over again. Infantry
officers say it is impossible for either side to retreat or advance
on account of the terrific tornado of artillery.”
VON HINDENBURG WARNS MEN.
BASEL, May 24.—General von Hinderburg today warned
hi^Ksoldiers against placing credence in the rumors of peace.
He said peace is impossible until th0 Germans have crossed
Dvina.
AIRCRAFT BOMBARD TROOP TRAIN.
ZURICH, May 24.—Five French aeroplanes located a Ger
man troop train in the rear of the Lorraine line yesterday and
so successfully bombarded it that the train was destroyed, 130
of the soldiers aboard being killed or wounded.
SERBIA MUST BE!
RESTORED SB!
BELIES
ATHENS, May 24. Urince Alex
amlria£k Serbia, has received assur
ancesWorn the Allies that no set
tlement of the war will be accepted
Which does not allow for the restore
tion of Serbia.
It has been reported that Serbia
was to be left to its fate in the peace
terms, and the assurances of the al
lies that the little country must again
be n^ored is gladly received by
th^Hphy Serbs now in Greece.
SINN FEIN PRESIDENT
IS FOUND TO BE GUILTY.
DUBLIN, May 24. — John McNeil,
president of the Sinn Feiners, today
was convicted of complicity in the
Irish rebellion. Sentence has not
been passed upon him yet.
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iW'Hickey, formerly, postmaster
at Reward, is an outbound passenger,
on the steamship Alameda.
SENATE TO MARK
TIE UNTIL
WASHINGTON, May 24. — A for
mal agreement lias been reached by
the Democratic and Republican lead
ers in Hie senate, by which all senate
work, except only legitimate activities,
will cease until after the national con
ventions. An adjournment of three
days will be taken during the conven
tion at Chicago, and from now until
June 20 only perfunctory business will
be transacted.
It is expected that the same agree
ment will be reached by the leaders
of the house.
$241,000,000 IS ASKED
IN NAVAL APPROPRIATION.
WASHINGTON, May 24. — The
naval appropriation bill, carrying
$241,000,000, has been reported favor
ably to the house by the committee.
Of the sum recommended, $91,000,000
is l,o be axpepd.e4,vfwrv.the conserve
tion of new vessels.
AUSTRIANS NEED
FORJTALT
ROME, May 24. — The Austrian
military activity has been followed by
a sudden cessation while fresh troops
are brought up. Large Austrian
forces are advancing along the hanks
of Lake Uarla, and it is apparently
the intention of the Austrian com
manders to attempt an invasion of
Italy through the province of Brescia.
DESTROY MUNITION DEPOT.
ROME, May 24. — Shells from Ital
ian guns today blew up the largest
munition plant at Revereto, and the
town is reported to be burning.
CORDOVANS GO AFTER THE
BIG BROWN BEAR
Oeorge C. Hazeh-t. It. E. Capers, lfr.
\Y. \Y. Council of Cordova, and Or.
Hunch of Kennecott leave tomorrow
for the Martin river country to hunt
bears.
They will go from Cordova to Mile
from which point they will strike
off into the district where the big
brown bears are supposed to be plen
tiful. Every member of the party is
firm in the expressed intention not to
return without having bagged at least
one of the bruins.
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WASHINGTON. May 21. Accord
ing to a statement given out by the
war department today. Carranza troops
are pursuing bandits east of Persh
ing's position in northern Chihuahua.
General Gavira lias been appointed
commander of the military along the
frontier, and lias been ordered to pur
sue the bandits unceasingly. .Fresh
cavalry troops were sent to him to
day by Carranza, and it is proposed
by the Mexican government to dear
out the bandits without delay.
VILLA AGAIN LOCATED.
Villa is reported to be hiding at
Hacienda Mimbrera, where he is re
covering from severe wounds. He
has a small band of followers with
him.
Twelve hundred followers of Gen
eral Canuto Keyes, whose loyalty was
questioned by the government, are
being disarmed.
LACK OF LEATHER MAKES
MAKES LINEN SHOES POPULAR
VIENNA. May 22. — Linen shoes
have become the fashion for spring
and summer in Vienna this year on
account of the confiscation of the
leather supplies for military purposes.
The new linen shoes are being made
in light colors, white, light brown and
brown, and a variety of other shades.
They are said to be strong and com
fortable. and cost but three dollars a
pair, as compared with the eight dol
lars at which leather shoes are now
priced.
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At the meeting of the Eastern Star
last night the degree of the order
was conferred upon Mrs. Edward Cur
rier'and Mrs. B. W. Elliott. Sev
eral v l si toss. front- • distant chapters
were present at the meeting.
CONCEDE SULZER
JUNEAU, May 24. — (Delayed In
transmission.) — It is conceded on all
sides ('has Snlzer will be nominated as
delegate to congress by the Demo
cratic convention, which met here
this afternoon.
The only contest which is expected
will be over the national committee
man, for which there are several as
pirants. The only possibility yet
mentioned is J. A. Baxter, who was
named as temporary chairman.
The reception committee of the con
vention has been highly compli
mented hv visiting delegates over the
perfect arrangements made for the
convention.
NAVIGATION OPEN TO SUSITNA,
BIG TRAFFIC SOON.
Navigation opened on May 15 to
Su itna station. The launch Sea Linn,
from Anchorage, was the first to com
plete a round trip up the river.
There will he an unusual amount of
traffic on tho Snsitim tlii year owing
to the extension of work to the Mata
nnska Janet ion-Talkeetna section of
the U. S. railroad. Two especially
constructed boats, the I) 1 and U-2.
are due at Anchorage any day now,
which will be used for this work.
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WASHINGTON. May 24. — Thfl|
senate judiciary committee today
voted 10 to 8 to confirm the appoint
ment of Braudels to the supreme
court. The poll shows the vote to
have been strictly on party lines.
The senate absolutely refused to
reconsider the rejection of the no
mination of George Rublee as a mem
ber of the federal trade commission,
i who is personally objectionable to
Senator Gallinger.
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TEUTONIC SHIP SUNK
WITHOUT WARNING.
BKRLIN, May 21. — "The Austro
Hungarian passenger steamer Dubrov
nik lias been torpedoed and sunk by
an enemy submarine in the Adriatic.”
says an Overseas News Agency an
nouncement today. "The Dubrovnik
was not armed and was torpedoed
without any warning.”
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Sam Blum and Meyer Blum arrived
in Cordova from Valdez last night on
the steamship Alameda, and will spend
several days in this city. Both
gentlemen express satisfaction over
the business outlook for the summerj
in all the camps and cities on Prince
William Sound.
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K. Kuney, one of the best known
of the engineers on the Copper River
Ai Northwestern railway, will sail to
day on the steamship Alameda for the
outside to obtain medical attention.
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Mrs. Selma Scott, one of Seward’s
merchants, is a passenger on the
steamship Alameda, hound for the
outside, where she will buy stock for
her Seward establishment.
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COARSE GOLD IS
FOUND IN DEEP
HOLE ON FOLEY
SHUSHANNA JUNCTION, May 25—Four feet of pay
and bedrock not yet reached, coarse gold and the pay getting
better as they went down, and then driven out by water which
easily could have been handled by an ordinary pump, is the
story of the strike on Foley creek, a tributary of Notch creek,
twenty miles from Shushanna City and. twenty-three miles
from the Nebesna.
The strike was made by Louis McCallum, Ed. McMullen,
George Tweedale, W. A. Biglow, L. McAllister, Tony McGeggi
gen and F. Nelson.
According to McCallum, who brought the news of the
strike, discovery hole was down ninety feet when the water
was struck. The only pump the outfit had was a small feed
pump, which was unable to handle the water. A three-quarter
inch ejector was rigged up, and with this the water was kept
down for a while, but gradually gained until the men were
driven out. The flow of water, it is said is very light, and easily
could have been handled with an ordinary mining pump.
Before they were driven out, however, the men had gone
through four feet of pay.. The gold is coarse and the wash was
preglacial. The deeper they went the better the pay became,
and when they 'were driven out they had no means of knowing
how near they were to bedrock.
That a paystreak exists in the creek is the belief of the
men on the ground, as traces of the same wash which carries the
pay can be found along the rim four miles along the crcck.
More than 100 claims have been staked to date, and men
from the surrounding country are stampeding to. the. new
strike.
According to McCallum there is a shortage of horses and
supplies, which will make the development of the creek slow
until that difficulty is overcome.
Notch creek, mentioned in the dis
patch, is a tributary of the Chisana,
and lies between that stream and the
Nnbesria river. It is a creek of con
siderable size, and lias many smaller
tributaries.
The route to the new diggings is
the same as tlint followed to the
Sbusbanna. except that it is twenty
miles farther. Via Scolia pass, which
is the summer route, the distance
from McCarthy or Sbusbanna Junc
tion, Is approximately 100 miles, in
the winter time the trail leads over
the glaciers, which makes the dis
tance about 70 miles.
There are no wagon roads in the
country, and all supplies taken into
the diggings in the summer must lie
tarried by pack animals via the
Scoliu pass. There is a good paok
trail.
(ieorge 0. Hazelet, who has been
in that country many different times
in tin* past eighteen years, says that
prospects have been found on Notch
creek before, but that he never knew
of men sinking in deep ground.
Reports received today from Mc
Carthy say that many men have left
for the new strike, and the city prac
tically is deserted.
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NEW YOKE. May 24. — President'
Wilson arrived in Mew ^ ork today,
and immediately went to the home of I
Pol. House, where it is thought lie
will confer with the colonel over thcj
peace speech which he proposes to de-j
liver at Washington Saturday.
The president and Mrs. Wilson are
here to attend the wedding of Dr.
Pary Maly, son of the president's
physicians.
FOURTO CELEBRATION LEFT
UNSETTLED
On account of the small attendance
it the public meeting called for last
night to determine the manner in
which Cordova will celebrate the ’
fourth of July, no action was taken.
It was thought by those who attend
sd the meeting that it would be bet
ter to not decide upon anything at
this time, but wait until a larger num
ber of citizens can be gotten together.(
LONDON, May 24. — Prince von
Buelow is proceeding to Washington
on a special mission, and it Is believed
that he will succeed Ambassador
Bernstorff. whose activities have al
most resulted in a request for his re
call.
RUMOR DENIED.
WASHINGTON. May 24. — The re
port that Prince von Buelow is com
ing to Washington to succeed Ambas
sador von Bernstorff is generally dis
credited in diplomatic circles. The
first intimation of his visit came from
London, and the report given out
there was that President Wilson had
intimated to the Kaiser that he would
welcome a change in ambassadors at
Washington.
Secretary Imnsing today emphati
cally denied that any such intimation
had been sent out by the White
House, and that hs far as the state
department had been informed, there
was no change contemplated.
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