PRICE TEX CEXTS.
roiiSMi
SERI' SERIOUS
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On the train from Chitina last even
ing Ernie Bryson, a driver for the
Northern Commercial Company, was
brought to town and taken to the
Cordova General hospital. Bryson was
yM driving a team of six young horses
down the Tonsina hill last Thursday.
The wagon was lightly loaded and
the brake broke while the horses were
coming down the steep grade. They
rounded one of the sharp turns at
break neck speed, upsetting the rig
and throwing the driver down the
hill.
Bryson suffered a severe scalp
wound and a sprained leg. Over 20
stitches were taken in his head by
Mr. Morey, the druggist at Chitina,
He was brought to the hospital at his
own request. Hr. Council stated this
morning that Bryson would he around
again in a few days.
Mr. Bryson is a very careful driver,
and this is the first accident that he
has ever had. For the last lliree years
there has been an accident just about
this time on the Tonsina hill. As
soon as lie is able to do so, the in
jured man Will return to Chitina and
resume his seat on the stages.
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MILL CUISINE
Still.
CHIHUAHUA, Nov. 11. — The divi ]
sion of the Mexican army under Gen
eral Mu rgia s is now advancing north
from Ksealon in two columns. One
column is proceeding np the line of
the Mexican Central railway repair
ing the track as it advances, while the j
other column, composed principally of j
3,000 cavalry men, is patrolling thej
track. The cavalry is hunting for ]
bandits who arc operating in this
section of the country.
General I’ant ho Villa is reported to j
be near the Durango border. It is;
believed that he is again trying to or j
ganize his forces and it is for the pur- 1
pose of cutting him off from the
north that the army under General
Murghs is moving in that direction.
The Mexicans believe that it they can
prevent Villa and his followers from
crossing into Durango the chances of
capturing the rebel leader will be
* greater.
“* Temporary fortifications which now
encircle Chihuahua City have been en
larged and materially strengthened!
and it is not believed that Villa will !
dare attack Chihuahua City again. |
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PROSPERITY IS
RUE TO
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NEW YORK, Nov. li Records I
compiled by the government bureau
in this city show that the export of
war supplies for the nine months
ending the :!uth of September amount
of $998,()00,(Hid, or more than one
fourth of the total export trade of
the United States.
The value of the explosives which
have been exported to the belligerent
nations is placed at over $5iiu,()00,000
in the last nine months.
In the last 21 months the manufac
’ . rers of the United States have ship
ped through this port alone to the
warring nations of Europe more than
$1,618,000 worth of war supplies.
The war materials are coming to
this port faster than the ocean car
riers can handle them, and there is
now in this city many millions of dol
lars' worth of war orders, some part
ly filled, some entirely filled but un
delivered owins to the difficulty of ob
taining vessels to carry the cargo to
Europe.
OUT OF TOWN LADIES
BEING ENTERTAINED TODAY.
Mrs. J. V. Lydick entertained this af
ternoon at a luncheon and bridge
party in honor of a number of Iadl»«
who are visiting here from the states.
The guests included Mrs. James, Mrs.
Wutson, Mrs. Grosscup, Mrs. Council,
Mrs. Harwood, Mrs. Tingley, Mrs.
Brock, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Field, Mrs.
Keating and Miss DeGraff.
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Wanted — Woman desires to do
general housework Apply Times
office.
CORDOVA MERCHANTS RECITE
CASES OF EXCESSIVE RATES
This morning H. C. Wilson, exam
iner for the Interstate Commerce
Commission, heard several Cordova
merchants testify that the freight
rates to this town as well as those to
points on the Copper River & North
western railroad are excessive. The
witnesses were questioned by Dele
gate Wickersham, who is leading the
fight on the transportation companies,
and cross-examined by Judge W. P.
Bogle.
There was much very interesting
testimony heard during the day. I.
W. Hurd, a merchant of McCarthy,
voiced the complaints of the people of
that town. He testified that the rates
on through shipments were excessive,
extremely so, and that the price of
meat was so great that it was almost
prohibitive. A way-bill introduced in
evidence, and commented on and
fought over by Delegate Wickersham
and Judge Bogle, concerned a ship
ment of candy. The goods were
shipped through from St. Louis. The
railroad charges in the states, from
St. Louis to Seattle were $4, from Se
itlle to Cordova the transportation
charges were $4.75, and from Cordova
to McCarthy the charges were in ex
cess of $8. This was used as a sample
of the charges levied by the Alaska
mill ■ ■ ■ n ■ » ■ h
transportation Interests as compared
with those of the states.
As a further evidence that the rates
charged were excessive, Mr. Hurd
used the rates between Seattle and
a town in the state of Washington one
mile further from Seattle than Mc
Carthy is from Cordova. These rates
he compared with those charged by
the Copper River road for the haul
from this town 122 miles to McCarthy.
In every instance the rates charged
by the Alaska road were from three
to five times as great as that charged
by the railroads outside. The ton rate
on potatoes for a haul of 122 miles in
the states was quoted at $2.65, while
over the Copper River & Northwestern
road the charges were $40.
Following the testimony of Mr. Hurd
James Flynn, manager of the Cop-op
erative store in Cordova, was sworn
as a witness. He spoke of the discrim
illation which the new tariff, effective
on the first of April of this year, made
against the smaller merchant. Under
the new tariff, according to Mr. Flynn,
the small merchant cannot avail him
self of as low a rate as the large ship
per, for the reason that to get a low
rate the merchant now has to ship in
15-ton or carload lots. He compared
the old tariff w ith the new in the case j
of shipments of canned milk. Under
the old schedule of rates a merchant
shipping five tons of milk would get
a lower rate than if he shipped a
smaller quantity. Under the new tariff
in order to get any reduction at all it
is necessary to ship fifteen tons before
any reduction in the freight rate is
obtainable. It was during the tesi
tnony of Mr. Flynn that the special
contract between the Carlisle Packing
Company and the steamship lines was
mentioned. Mr. Flynn testified that
some Cordova merchants had had
goods shipped to them through the
Carlisle Packing Company, thus avail
ing themselves of a cheaper rate, a
rate of $6 per ton on staples, while
other merchants, shipping direct had
paid SI4 a ton. The absence of the
officials of the packing company and
the fact that there was no copy of the
contract entered into between the
steamship company and the cannery
in this city made it impossible to get
all the information desired on this
subject, but it will be gone into more
thoroughly when the hearing takes
place in Seattle next month.
Mr. Flynn stated that the new
tariff required carload shipments of
the staples such as rice, sugar, flour,
potatoes, canned goods and the like,
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before a reduction in rates could be
secured. The smaller merchant, un
able to ship fifteen tons of any one
staple at a time, is therefore diserim
fnated against.
The cooling room charges levied by
the steamship companies was also
taken up. Delegate Wiekersham al
leged that the transportation eompan
ies often levy a cooling charge on
perishables and then place the tr< ight
on the upper deck, cover it with a
canvas and fail to give it the proper
attention. Mr. Flynn testified that
perishables had come to him in such
a condition that he knew that they1
had not been shipped in a tooling1
room, although there had been such
a charge levied against the perish
ahlpM
Gasoline, the high rate charged for'
its transportation and the big wharf
age charge were taken up.
The manner in which the steamship
companies charge for potatoes wash
also taken up in detail. Potatoes are
charged for. not by weight, as th
railroads charge Tor them, but b>
measurement on the steamships. The
result is that the merchant It.
about one-third on evert ton of pots .
toes shipped. \ sack of potatoes w ill
weight from 11(1 to 1l'u pounds. a<
cording to the statement of Mr. Flynn.
1 he steamship company carries th<
r-acU of potatoes by measurement. A
sack of potatoes measures three cubic
1' ‘'t There are 4<> cubic feet in a ton
so that for a ton rate the merchan
icches but 1,300 or 1,400 pounds o
potatoes.
.Ml of the matters are being gone
;i"" in detail Delegate Wickersham
is bringing out all of the points in
detail, and Judge Bogie is constantly
raising objections to the introduction
0 testimony that does not bear direct
ly tit the time of its introduction on
through bills of lading from point?
cast or south of Seattle and north ol
' 'ordova.
Following the testimony of Mr
t'liMn UMI1 -.
• * iu.*nun, im; niHIlier, W»H
'worn, and took the stand, fie had
Ailli him some freight bills which he
brought at the request of Delegate
Wickersham, and which were intro
ioced for the purpose of showing the
excessive rates.
Other merchants will testify this af
• a noon and Monday, and Examiner
>Vi! on will thiqi continue his hear
ngs in Juneau and Seattle. In both
■ I these cities Delegate Wickersham
'ill look after the interests of the
icople of the territory.
WIM m LUU
131 VOTES IN
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In the territorial election there are!
still a number of precincts to be heard ]
front. For delegate to congress in-j
complete returns give Suizer a plur
ality of 416 votes. In the Second divi- J
sion Wickershant leads by 56 votes. |
In the Third Wickershant is ahead 222
votes. In the count to date. In the
Fourth division Wickershant only
leads by 10 votes, but his friends
there say that when all the returns
are in he will have a plurality of from '
loo to 150. As the vote stands today
Suizer is leading in the territory by
130 votes, with quite a number of
precincts to still hear from.
For senator the race is a close one,
with Dooley leading, but Itonan's vote
in Valdez Is not recorded, and the
probabilities are that the fight will
be between he and Dooley.
Cannon, Day, Price and Murray look
like winners in the legislative contest, j
Wood is leading for road overseer.
The drys and eight hour law won out !
easily.
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n i I i “I r* rv i i r* ■ n n
bULZtH IttAUbi
WICKERSHAM
AT UNGA
UNGA, Nov. 11. — The full returns
from the Unga precinct show that Sul
zer got 19 more votes there than (lid
Delegate Wickersham. The full re
turns are as follows:
For Delegate—
Lewis.1
Sulzer .51
Wickersham.32
For Attorney General—
Cobb.18
Grigsby. 52
Schofield.11
For Senator—
Dooley.7
Frame.20
German.6
Ronan.46
For Representative—
Cannon.48
Day.22
liegner.6
Henry, W. J. 12
Henry, W. 1’.20
Holland.45
Hunter.19
McCallum .38
Murray.18
Noon .18
Price.43
For Road Commissioner—
J Dieringer.4
Jeter.4
Wilson...63
Wood.60
This district cast 41 votes for the
wets and 39 for the drys. Sixty-one
voted for the eight hour law and 12
against it.
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The Admiral Kvans Is due from the
westward tomorrow.
SANTA KE. Nov. 11. — Hut 29 pre
cincts in this state are missing anil
President Wilson is leading Hughes [
by 1,200 votes. There are hardly
enough votes in the missing precincts i
to give Hughes this state, even if he \
were to get all of them.
British Mr
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THEJEST
BERLIN, Nov. 11. — The Herman
war office this morning officially an
nounced that reports received from
the western front state that the Brit
ish troops had forced their way I
through the Herman lines northeast !
of the town of Courcelette. A battle
of several days' duration, in which
the infantry and artillery never rested
was terminated only when the allied
forces stormed the German lines and
penetrated them.
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JOHNSON TELLS
LOST OUT
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 11. — Gov
ernor Hiram Johnson, who was elected
senator from this state by an enor
mous majority, issued a statement in
this city today, in which he charged
the defeat of Hughes in California to
the petty plans of Borne politicians
acting in conjunction with certain
newspapers who so misused and mis
interpreted the visit of the Ilepubli
can candidate to California that John
son and his friends were unable to
undo the injury they had done Hughes.
Governor Johnson says that that
alone accounts for Wilson's plurality
in the state. He charges both Crocker,
of the Republican national committee,
and Francis Keesling, formerly state
chairman of the G. O P. in California,
with holding Judge Hughes up to the
people of California as entirely a re
actionary candidate, and says that
this lost the Republican nominee a
large percentage of the Progressive
vote, which under ordinary circum
stances he should have received.
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U. F. Watson, who was recently pro
moted to the position of genera!
agent for all Alaska of the Pacific
Steamship Company, accompanied by
his bride, is spending a couple of days
with local friends.
Lost — A black wallet containing
several checks. Finder will return to
Times office and receive reward.
HUGHtS IS STILL
[LADING IN
ST. PAUL, Nov. 11. — With 31 pre
cincts to hear from, (’has. E. Hughes’
plurality in this state Is less than ?no.
It. is believed, however, that the Re
publican candidate will carry the state
by a very small margin.
DEVISED COUNT
GIVES WICK
FOURTH
PAIHHANKS, N'o\ 11. — A correc
tion in the figures received from the
precincts of the Fourth division
w here there is telegraphic communica
tion. show that Charles 10. Sulzer
polled 1,453 votes in this division,
while Delegate Wickersham polled
1.403. There are several precincts
still to be heard from, among them
the Koyukuk, which will register
about 75 or more votes, the majority
of which it is believed will be for
Wickersham.
It is certain that the delegate has
carried this division, but by how’ big
a margin is as yet doubtful. Conser
vative estimates place his plurality
here after all the precincts shall have
been heard from at between 100 and
150.
GERMANS ARE
BUCHAREST. Nov. 11. — Great
fires are plainly visible in the dtrec
tion of Tehernnvoda and Constanza,
the termini of the railroad between
the Black sea and the Danube, It is
believed here that the Germans are
destroying the stations and the roll
ing stock preparatory to evacuating
the district. The Germans are hard
pressed and the forces of General von
Mackensen are in full retreat.
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CONCORD, Nov. 11. — Certified re
turns in this state give Wilson a plur
ality of 6.1 votes, the smallest margin
by which this state has ever been car
ried in a presidential election.
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SAN KHANCISl'O. Nov 1] It
was announced here today that there ’
is small likelihood of the decimal
vote of this state being split thm year
as it was four years ago. Even the
lowest electoral vote has a safe h ad.
and the indications are that all of tlio
electoral votes in this state will go to
Woodrow Wilson.
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HOME. Nov. 11 General Maekeil
sen s army is still in full retreat front
Dobrudja. The German army is re
treating in an orderly manner Tin
Bulgarian population which followed J
the German forces into Koumaniun ter !
ritory when the first Teuton offensive
drove the allied forces hack arc now
fleeing to Bulgaria. The reports re
ceived In this city today indicate lit it
the campaign in the Ear East i favor
able to the allied forces.
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PETROGRAD. Nov. 11. Official
reports issued this afternoon by the [
Russian war office announce the sue j
cess of the Russian counter at tucks j
in the Baranovihi region. The itus
sian forces recaptured from the Ger
mans those positions which had been
taken by the Teutons several days
ago. The positions were near the
town of Skrobowa, and are important
points to the Russians.
PETROGRAD. Nov. 1 The war of
flee states that reports received from
the front state that the Russian
forces advancing southward along the
right bank of the Danube ri\or have
occupied the towns of Ghismareeti
and Topal.
The bulletin further states that tilt*
Russian detachments in Dobrudja
have advanced southward.
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Falcon Joslin, president of the T.t
nana Valley railroad. Is an interested
spectator at the Interstate Commerce
hearings. Mr. Joslin Is oil his way to
New York after a summer spent in
Fairbanks.
Louis Klopts, former editor and ow n
er of the Fairbanks Times, was an ar
rival in Cordova on yesterday's train,
on his way to the states.
WILSON HAPPY
WILLIAMSTOWX, Mass.. Nov. 31.—
Ihesidcnt Wilson is absolutely uncon
cerned over the refusal of the man
1 r of the Republican campaign
committee to concede his re-election
llis chief anxiety now is the political
complexion of the next congress. The
president is very anxious to know
whether or not he will have a Demo
i iti< house to assist hint in carrying
out his policies.
I'r.'ddcnt Wilson stated today that
In legardod the election as a complete
vindii ttlion of his policies and that
In felt that the people of the country
had put the stamp of approval on his
|d u ‘tor the future as he outlined
ill me 111 his recent addresses.
I n ident and Mrs Wilson left this
city this afternoon for Rhinecllff, N.
^ . where they will board the presi
dent's yacht, the Mayflower, for a trip
down the Hudson to New York.
Am en ding to his present plans 1’re
-ident Wilson will reach Washington
hi Sunday, and alter disposing of his
o cumulated business he will lmme
diately begin work on his Decern he
message to congress. It is not knowr
whether the president will remain it
Washington until congress meets ot
whether he will return to Shadow
La . n fi.r a week or so.
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N COOK INLET
112VIIES
A.VCUOKAOE, Nov. 11. — The vote
it \n< -borage, Moose Creek, Knlk,
Matanuska and Cirdwood is as fol
ows Lewis, 2*t; Stil/.er, 436; Wicker
ham. r>4H; Cobb, 274; Ortgsby, 734;
St hofield, 111.
Wasilla precinct, where there are
ilimit 30 votes, is yet to come. It is
estimated that two-thirds of that will
ito to Wickersham.
NEW LONDON, Nov. 11. — The
merchant submarine Deutschland Is
all loaded ready for her return trip
to Germans In addition to rubber,
nickel and surgical supplies, the sub
marine Is taking about 300 pounds of
first class mail. The boat is liable
t6 leave at any time according to the
statement made by Captain Koenig.
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“Commercially speaking, Fairbanks
is better off today than at any time
within the last eight years," said an
arrival from the metropolis of the in
terior today. The reason assigned for
the business boom is the railroad work
which is going on at Nenana. There
are now about a thousand men work
ing on the railroad and there will be
two thousand employed next summer.
The town of Nenana depends to a very
large extent on Fairbanks for supplies
and the Fairbanks merchants are do
ing a very much larger business than
at any time since the bonanza days
of the camp.
The mineral output of the Fairbanks
district this year will be close to $5,
0(H),nno. While the gold output, par
ticularly the placer output, will not be
as large as it was last year, the tung
sten properties, the galena properties
and the output of the quartz mines will
be much greater than at any time in
the history of the camp.
A new Lane mill was recently in
stalled on the property of "Shorty”
1 homas, at the head of Rva creek.
This property is immediately adjacent
to the Ryan lode, which was recently
-— • w.cwu d't.iiiu «IIU f\. 4 .
Wood, and which is supposed to be
the widest ledge of low" grade free
milling ore in the Fairbanks district.
The new l.ane mill is the first of its
kind to be used in the Fairbanks dls
trict. The first 30 tons run through
the mill showed that the ore was
rich, the rock yielding about $42 a
ton.
“Until Fairbanks gets cheaper trans
portation and cheaper fuel her placer
output will decrease yearly, because
the rich claims have nearly all been
worked out. The quartz mines are
developing slowly. Agriculture is be
ing carried on on a larger scale than
exer before. No outside potatoes were
shipped to the Tanana valley this fall,
and the rancher in the interior finds
a market for all that he can raise.
The government has lowered the
I scale of wages in the country. The
laborer used to get $3 a day for his
j work, w hile since the government has
been employing men on the railroad
the scale has been reduced to $4. The
operators still pay $5 a day for under
ground miners. I
Fairbanks expects to see a big boom
next summer. The people of the in
terior have great faith in the Tanana
[ valley, and are working w hole hearted
! ly to develop the resources of the
j Fairbanks district.
SUTHERLAND IS
RE-ELECTED
EASILY ■
FAIRBANKS, Nov. II.—Dan Suther
land of Ruby, of the Alaska senate,
was re-elected after one of the bitter
est campaigns in the history of the
territory. He defeated Thomas A Me
Gowan, who had the support of the
Democratic machine, and who was
strongly assisted by the Northern
Commercial Company, whose attor
ney he is.
C. K. Snow, of Ruby, was elected to
the house. Mr. Snow was running as
an independent candidate. He Is the
father of Prohibition in the territory,
and was consistently boosted by the
drys.
Luther C. Hess and W, A Burns,
both running on the Democratic
ticket, were elected, as was Andrew
Nerland, who was a candidate on the
Wickersham ticket.
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WHAT FOREIGN
PRESS SHYS
IF II 1
PARIS. Nov. 11. — The comment of
the neutral press In this city Is fav
orable to Woodrow Wilson, and the
papers here are pleased with his ap
parent re-election.
TOKIO, Nov. 11. — The press of
this country Is enthusiastic over the
election of Woodrow Wilson, practical
ly all of the papers praising the pre
sident for his attitude on the Euro
pean war and the Mexican situation.
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The steamer Northwestern arrived
from Valdei late this afternoon and
will take a cargo of ore for the Ta
coma smelter.