Copper Ore Shipments From Cordova Alone Are Over $2,000,000 Each Month
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VOLUME ONE. NUMBER 200. CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1915. PRICK TEN CENTS.
RUSSIANS FLEEING FROM WARSAW
POLAND SCENE OF GREATEST TRAGEDY OF THE WAR
BRYAN IS OUT OF
PRESIDENTIAL
rORTLAND, Ore., July 31.—Wil
liam Jennings Bryan, ex-secretary of
state in the Wilson cabinet, arrived
here yesterday coming from San
Francisco, and will deliver an ad
dress. To the press representatives
who greeted him at the railroad sta
tion he said that he had at present
no political aspirations. He asserted
that there was no office within the gift
of the American people, which he had
desire enough for to enter into a race
for the place. His plans for the
future had not as yet crystallized,
but he assured the reporters that at
present they did not embrace any
office holding ambitions. He said that
he would probably remain a politician
for the rest of his life, and would al
ways maintain his interest in Ameri
can public affairs. For the immediate
task he had assumed the burden of
promoting a peace propaganda, and
upholding the error of war to the peo
ple of the United States. Such a pro
cedure was, he thought, of the most
importance to the people an a whole,
and of the greatest benefit if realized.
LABOR LEADER'S
KILLED
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 31.
When the Haytian rebels resisted the
landing of the American salors ant
marines from the cruiser Washington
six Haytians were killed and twt
wounded. Two American sailors weri
killed, one of whom, William Gom
pers, of Brookyln, N. Y„ Is a nephsv
of the president of the American Fed
eration of Labor. The Americans ar
now in full control of Port Au Prince
engaged in work of disarming th
natives without a hitch. The Cor
necticut will leave the Phliadelphi
navy yard today for the scene of th
disturbance.
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CAPT. CROSKEY TAKES
COMMAND AflllESOTA
SEATTLE, July 31.—Captain A.
Croskey, formerly master of the
Alaska Steamship Co.’s vessel, the
Northwestern, has been appointed
chief officer of the Minnesota, of the
Great Northern line.
VALDEZ TRAIL PASSABLE
SADDLE HORSES ONLY
Oscar Breedman wired Colonel
Richardson this morning to learn the
condition of the government trail from
Valdez to Willow Creek and was In
formed that the trail is passable with
saddle horses only, indicating that
some serious washouts have recently
occurred on that roadway. ,
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Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Brock re
turned on the steamer Mariposa last
night after having spent a couple of
months with friends in San Francisco.
Mr. Brock proceeded to Valdez, but
will be back on one of the next boats.
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Mrs. James Smith, who has Rpent
several months on an extended trip
to the San Francisco and San Diego
expositions, and also made a trip to
^ Miexlco, has returned home.
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Oscar Meyer will leave for a trip to
Seward and Anchorage on the Ala
meda tonighL
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
LONDON, July 31.—The 800,000 inhabitants of
Warsaw, laden with such household articles and
food supplies as they can carry in packs, and in small
carts, there being no horses or wagons available, are
fleeing eastward', and quitting their homes, fearing
the entrance of the German warlord and his cohorts.
Every dispatch received from the Russians makes
guarded reference to some phase of tin* situation,
which would lead one to believe that Warsaw is
gone, without actually saying so in so many words.
The Germans have now succeeded in driving
hack the enemy, and making a crossing of the Vis
tula river between Warsaw and Ivnngorod. The
problem for the military commadners is to hold
their wings firm while the Russian center retires.
This problem is hourly becoming more acute, and
the Germans realizing the attempt of the Russians
are driving home attack after attack in an effort to
crush the the Slav before he can withdraw in good
order. North and South of Warsaw the fighting is
terrific and incessant, the worn and wearied troops
having been without rest for 48 hours, yet doggedly
and stubbornly opposing the Teuton advance.
The British public is deeply concerned over the
fall of Warsaw, and this city of wars and rumors of
wars, is engaged' solely in discussing the eastern
battle today. The newspapers have again resumed
the cry for conscription. More men are needed to
hold hack the Austro Germans, and if the great
middle classes of the empire, who seem loath to
enlist, refuse any longer to bear arms for their
country, the editors say force them to do their duty.
In Russia, the newspapers while not openly com
plaining about the lack of support afforded by the
allies in the west, yet keep making more and more
persistent assertions that the French and English
should have come to the aid of Poland with a counter
attack in force.
They feel that the bulk of the Teuton strength
was in Poland, and has boon since the fall of Lem
berg, and that despite that, and the fact that the <1
ullies were fully aware of the importance of the t
events transpiring in the east, no attempt like the \
Russian invasion of East Prussia, was made to re- t
lieve the pressure upon the .Slav armies. It is doubt- j
less true that the Russian initiative has been broken |
for the remainder of the Summer, and this will j
enable the Teutons to transfer large bodies of troops <
to the west, and strike* a blow at any of several I
places. The pressure upon Austria along the Italian i
border may be relieved, or a new drive towards <
Calais or Paris may be made, or the Austrian (
offensive in Serbia resumed. 1
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LONDON, .July 31.—The important Lublin
Cholm railroad is now held by the Teutons cutting ]
the southern line of communications of the* Russian \
defenders of Warsaw. This capture does away \
with any chance of the Russians retreating in this ,
direction. Buelow and his 30,000 cavalry are con
tinuing their drive towards Vilna in an effort to cut
th<* northern railway line leading out of the Polish
capital. The problem of the Russian commanders to
withdraw their forces intact from Warsaw is becom
ing hourly more perilous and it is feared that the
Russians may be unable to extricate themselves from
the encircling ring of Teutons without suffering
heavy losses.
VIENNA, July 31.—The Austrian official stale
| ment issued this morning says that the Austrian
cavalry entered Lublin on Friday afternoon. This
closes an important avenue of retreat to the Rus
sians who are defending Warsaw. Tin* railroad
running through here goes southward to Odessa,
and with the cutting of the line of communication by
the capture of Lublin, the Russians have but one
avenue of escape left, the raliroad running from
Warsaw to Petrograd.
PETROGRAD, July 31.—Routes have been
esignated hv the military authorities in control of
lie Polish capital, for the people to take who are
oluntarily leaving the city. Grand Duke Nicholas,
he Russian commander in chief has decreed that no
importy in Warsaw shall he destroyed unless im
erative military necessity demands it. The decree
iroclaims that all owners of property and growing
rops who have suffered "from the hands of the
lussian troops, because of the defense of the city,
pill lie recompensed for their losses. The appalling
lesolation and destruction throughout the remainder ,
>f Poland' has had considerable influence upon ,
sicholas in reaching his determination not to destroy i
he city.
The first tragedy of Poand was as nothing coin
rnred with what it is now undergoing, the entire ■
heater of Eastern fighting being within the terri
orv of the old kingdom of Poland, with Russian
irmies tramping over the country from the east,
Austrian armies from the south and German armies
‘rom the north and west, nil compressing Poland as
in a double vice, from four sides, marching and
fighting on a scale of unprecedented' magnitude, and
leaving a train of wreck and desolatjon even greater
Ilian that of Belgium or Serbia. This is the testi
monv of disinterested eye witnesses, Polish, English
and American, who have recently traversed the
stricken regions.
Such telegraphis news as trickles through from
Poland, except the official reports of military
operations from the three sides, is censored and
garbled and gives only the picture of fighting, with
out that of the prostrate country under the heels of
the fighters pressing from four sides. Pet from eye
witnesses returning, from Polish student refugees
from the scourged' district and from letters to those
who have sought asylum here, there is a mass of
information on the real conditions at the scene of
these gigantic Eastern operations.
LEYLAND LINEFT IS SUNK
FIVE OF CREW ARE KILLED
LONDON, July 31.—The Leyland liner Therinn,
5200 tons was torpedoed and sunk by a German
• submarine today. The Tberian was subjected to
’ shell fire from the German craft, resulting in the
’ death of five of the crew, two of whom succumbed
to their wounds after being placed on a rescue* boat.
Sixty-one of the crew have landed unharmed. While
absolute facts of the attacks are not known, it is
reported here that four of the five members of the
, crew were killed, were American citizens.
The Iberian for tin* past several months has
i been engaged in transporting munitions of war
a from Boston and New York to Great Britain.
WASHINGTON, July 31.—Consul Frost, the
American diplomatic representative at Queenstown,
•eported to the state department this afternoon that
lie Leyland liner Iberian had disregarded the orders
>f the German submarine to stop, and the shelling
*vsa not commenced until full warning had been
riven. Only one American among the dead, a mule
tender named Phyley.
FOUR MORE TRAWLERS ARE
DESTROYED BY SUBMARINES
LONDON, July 31.—Today four Lowestoft
trawlers were sunk by a German submarine. The
crews of all the fishing vessels were saved by taking
to the small boats, the Germans giving the men
ample time to quit their ships before torpedoing.
BERLIN, July 31.—The German Red Cross
some time ago suggested that all Germans who line
foreign coins or postage stamps should turn then
over to the organization for its work at ttie front
Those persons who collected six dollars’ worth c
these coins and stamps were offered a medallioi
bearing the German eagle, the whole being made o
metal from French and British guns captured n
battle.
AMERICAN FLAG DERIDED I
BT STUDENTS AT BERLIN
ZURICH, July 31.—American travelers arriv
ing in Switzerland from Berlin report that the feel- tl
ing against the Americans in the German capital is t<
growing intense, and that several serious outbreaks <>
against the Yankees have been nipped in the bud by w
the police. The worst of the disturbances occurred tl
last Tuesday and Wednesday, large crowds of | \\
students appearing on both days before the Ameri- e
can embassy and hooting and yelling, deriding the
American flag. The crowds were dispersed by the I
police without any arrests being made. The police r
authorities have requested all Americans in the Ger- I
man capital not to wear the stars and stripes as
doing such irritated the Germans, and exposed the
wearers to molestation.
ALL METAL COMMANDEERED :
PRUSSIA FOR USE OF WAR!
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BERLIN, July 31—The military authorities of <
the Prussian province of Brandenburg, which in <
eludes the city of Berlin, have issued* orders decree t
ing that all supplies of copper, brass and nickel from f
henceforth become the property of the state. The -
order covers all sorts of skillets, pots, pans, kettles,
and other household utensils made ot the three
metals, but allows the owners to retain such house
hold utensils until further notice, or until they are
wanted by the government. In the meantime owners
of metal cooking dishes are forbidden to sell, destroy
or otherwise dispose of their property to anybody
hut the military authorities.
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LONDON, July 31.—The Duke of Orleans, pro
i tender to the French throne, is convalescing from a
severe injury to his light hip, received when he was
? knocked down by an automobile while crossing the
i street near his London hotel some weeks ago.
f The Huko was looking forward to joining the
l war with the Italian army at an early date, but this
plan has now’ been postponed indefinitely.
NGLISH POSTAL SERVICE
CURTAILED ACCOUNT OF1R
LONDON, July 31.—Shortages of men has led
ie British postal authorities to take* renewed' steps
> curtail the free delivery service in various parts
' the country. In the business section of London,
here twelve deliveries a day were formerly made,
ie number was cut to six at the beginning of the
ar, and will now be further reduced. In smaller
ties only three deliveries are now in operation.
'OPE’S P[EAirPEACE
IS REJECTED BV ENGLAND
LONDON, July 31.—The Pope’s plea for peace
as been coldly received throughout England. No
vmpathetic response can be found anywhere in the
British press. The public of the empire are in no
mod for peace until the terms can be dictated by
he allies and Belgium restored to her own. The
ewspapers here reject unanimously the implication
f the Pope that all the belligerent nations are
qually involved in the present fratricidal war, and
hat all of them are in an equal degree responsible
or the origin and the outcome of the strife.
LONDON, July 1.—As evidence that romanc.
s not to be diverted even by the grave affairs of tin
xditical world in war time there comes the accounce
lu>nt that Miss Violet Asquith, daughter of tin
premier, is to marry her father’s private secretary
Mr. Bonham-Carter. *
The “official bulletin” states the fact in th
following terms: “A marriage has been arrange*
and will shortly take place between Maurice Bonhai
Carter and Violet, elder daughter of the Prim
Minister.”
Miss Asquith is 28 years old; Mr. Bonhai
Carter is 35. He has been with Mr. Asquith lor eigh
years, and has made himself generally popular %\ it
his employer’s friends and associates. He is
graduate of Oxford, where he distinguished him
self equally at cricket and in scholarship.
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The steamer Mariposa arrived from
iealtle last evening at 7 30 o'clock
nd Balled for the westward five hours*
ater. Her passengers included:
For Cordova Malcolm Krock and
vife, Jno. Flllinger and wife. Mrs.
lames Smith, Mrs. H. I. Lewis, M. A.
iowe and wife. James Lyons. Robt.
Vakelin, S. O. ilreedntan, E. S. Rus
tell. Chas. Dustin. D. Wardie and two
iteeragc.
For Valdez—J. M. Jenkins, Mrs.
"■hapman. K. B. Burwell. F. E. Cutler,
wife and daughters. Geo W. Slas, B. R.
Houghton. J. L Libbe, It. R. Ensign
and wife, J. W. Frame. C. A. Aronsen.
\V. B. Bennett, Elizabeth Bennett,
Chas. DeVis.
For Seward—Mrs. W. Walderman,
and daughter. J. C. Patterson. D. M.
Steward, E. B. Johnson, E. C. Niles,
F. E. Young. W. H. Wilson. F. C.
Copies, Mrs. D. Nichols. Mrs. W.
Donovan. Geo. Roycroft, M. P. Good
man. H. L. Coleman. W. A. Smith, J.
W. Carter, G. L. Hart, Miss L.
Latorter, Eva Socks. Miss R. Bugge,
W. F. Winner and wife, Mrs. C. E.
Bode and daughter, L. A. Norton, K.
M. Farlin, J. Fulton and wife, K. I.
Fulton. ,—_
ANACONDA BUYS
LEI,
COPPER CO.
NEW YORK, July 31.—The name of
the Amalgamated copper stock, has
been dropped from the list of stocks
subject to barter upon the New York
Stock Exchange. The dropping of the
famous copper company’s name is be
cause the concern has been combined
with the Anaconda company, under
the latter name. All of the assets of
the Amalgamated were taken over by
the Anaconda, the old company ceas
ing to exist.
WORK ON LIGHTHOUSE
ST, ELIAS PROGRESSING
The exceptionally good weather has
allowed the government crew who are
working at Cape St. Ellas on the new
lighthouse to accomplish a great deal
more this summer than was planned.
The site has been cleared and the
ground stripped to bed rock, material
for the building assembled, and the
forms for the solid concrete founda
tion put In place. A force of men are
working night and day pouring the
concrete and they expected to be fin
ished within two weeks.
The warehouses and storerooms
have been constructed but the work
' on the main lighthouse building will
“ be stopped until next spring.
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; CARRANZA TROOPS
; RE-OCCUPY MEXICO CITY
1 A\N ANTONIO. July :0.~A dis
' p*h received by the Carranza
agency here asserts that the Carranza
1 forces under Oonzaiea re-occupied
t Me,xiCo City ast night. The Zapata
> forces did not give battle to the ad
t vanciug Constitutionalists but re
- tired from the city as the soldiers
from Vera Cruz approached