The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 365. CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1916. PRICE TEN CENTS.
WILSON'S POLICY
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NEW YORK, Keb. 10. — The Re
publican state convention completed
\ its labors today by adopting a plat
^ form and electing delegates to attend
the national convention, to be held
in Chicago next June. The platform
deals almost entirely with national
questions, and violently attacks Pre
sident Wilson's Mexican policy, infer
ring that this country should have in
tervened and brought about peace by
means ol' the sword in that country
long ago.
Preparedness is dealt with, and
unqualifiedly endorsed, and claimed
to be a Republican doctrine, which the
unprincipled Democrats have stolen,
and claimed for their own. The plat
form pledges the delegates to work
to have the national convention de
clare for a larger army and navy and
increased coast defences.
The Democratic administration’s
policy towards the perplexing interna
tional questions which have bothered
the Wilson government is severely
criticised. The platform unequivocal
ly demands that the United States
enforce the observance of internation
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fare. The merchant marine is consid
ered. and the Republicans line them
selves up solidly in favor of the adop
tion by Congress of adequate meas
ures for upbuilding our merchant ton
nage on Ihe four seas. Among the
prominent persons elected as dele
gates to tile national convention are
Coventor Charles Whitman. Senator
Wadsworth, the Republican leader in
, the state upper house, State Chairman
l Tanner, of the Republican party, and
state Senator Brown.
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NOME. Feb. lit The Solomon
derby dog race was run today and was
won by Fred Ayer in six hours and
nine minutes, which is considered
very good time considering the bad
condition of the trail between here
and Solomon. Ayer carried one dog
home with him, which became fagged
out on the run. Seppala won second
money, and Mdezena came in third.
BIG PUGS MEET
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CHICAGO. Feb. Hi. All arrange
ments have been completed for stag
ing a fight between Jess Willard and
P” Moran for the heavyweight pugilistic
championship of the world. Articles
were signed by the two fighters to
day, giving Willard the big end or the
purse. The fight will take place in
the Madison Square Garden in New
York City, on the evening of March
25. Both men have been doing pre
liminary training for the go, and are
In fair condition, but they will no#
begin to train in earnest, establishing
quarters In some suburban town close
to New York.
SCHEFFLER'S APPOINTMENT
WASHINGTON, Keb. lfi. — The
Senate yesterday confirmed the ap
pointment of C. H. Scheffler as post
master at Cordova, Alaska.
STF1ER HITS
Last evening the steamer Alameda
received a distress call from the
steamer Paboloff. formerly the Lind
say, and immediately sailed for the
westward to render assistance to that
vessel. Yesterday morning the I’abo
loff struck a rock and lost her propel
ler between Trinity and Goose islands,
which are situated on the point south
of Kodiak. A heavy sea was running
at the time, breaking over the vessel,
and as her condition is serious, a dis
tress call was sent out. The Alameda
is the only steamer in these waters
at present, and she went to the rescue.
TORONTO, Feb. IK. A lire and
explosion wrecked the six story build
ing of the American Club in this city
today. The explosion was heard dur
ing the progress of the fire, and was
of great force, making it impossible
for the firemen to do more than pre
vent the spread of the flames to sur
rounding property. There are uncon
firmed reports that the fire was of
incendiary origin. Those reports state
that the fire was set by German sym
pathizers, because of the pro-ally de
monstrations given bv members of
the American Club. P. 1,. Hurston, of
Dallas, Texas, perished in the fire.
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NK\V YORK, Kcli. 16. — The fire
on tlie Pioneer dock in Brooklyn, hav
! ing been checked on the waterfront,
lias extended to warehouses along the
street, and is still burning. The first
estimate of a million dollar loss has
been discarded, and the loss has now ]
reached a total of over three millions, j
Absolutely no evidence has been dis
covered showing that the fire was of
an Incendiary origin.
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A. 0. O'Neill and a crew of work
men arrived on yesterday's steamer
and will go to Miles Glacier to begin
the construction of a new ice breaker.
W'e are now located in our new
quarters. Cleaning and pressing neat
ly done. Suits made to order. Phono
and we will call. Phone 1.10. Bollin-j
ger and Graves.
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K. K. Stafford, who was one of the;
discoverers of an antimony mine in
the Tatiana valley, was an arrival on
yesterday’s boat.
JUNEAU, Feb. 1t1. — The gas boat
Swan, which left Juneau for YaUy last
November, has not been heard of since
starting on the voyage, and all hope
has been abandoned for the safety of
the new. It is felt that the men would
have been heard from long tiefore this
if they had succeeded in weathering
the severe storm which swept the
coast about the time they left. The
boat carried a crew of three men.
namely, tleorge Young, Thomas \far
tin and Robert Fulton.
1IUAR INCREASES THE PRICE
Of FOODSTUFFS
LONDON, Feb. 1«. — It was offi
cially announced today that after an
investigation by a committee, it had
been figured that the war had in
creased the price of food stuffs in
London on an average of 22 per cent.
The same official statement claims
that prices of similar goods in Berlin ,
are 83 per cent higher, and in Vienna
113 per cent higher.
BIG BLAZE DOFS
FULL RIVER
FALL RIVER, Mass.. Feb. 1«. — A
destructive fire broke out in the
business section of this city curly this
morning, and before the spread ot
the flumes could be checked had de
stroyed property valued at two mil
lion dollars. The blaze started in the
Staiger department store, filled with
articles of a light, inflammable na
tore, and spread with incredible rapid
ity, jumping from building to build
ing and from street to street, fanned
by a cold, strong wind which was
blowin. The lire spread north and
south, and left a huge charred scar
in the center of the city.
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LONDON, Feb. Id. - The govern
ment of Great Britain is preparing to
commandeer all the distilleries in tlit*
empire, owing to the heavy demand |
for alcohol in the manufacture of higli ,
explosives. The news conies as a se- ,
vere shock to the consumers of alco
holic beverages, who will have to ,
rely on the importation of their favor
ite beverages after the stock already
on hand has been depleted. American i
Importers of high grade Scotch and .
Irish whiskies will be also unable to i
make purchases. The Scotch high- i
ball may soon become as rare in Am- <
erica as German aniline dyes now are,
and the horrors of war he fully
brought home to the dritiklifg man. s
K. B. Hussey, of Seattle, and Judge |
Royal A. Gunnison, of Juneau, who are |
prominently Identified with the Ma
sonic order, are spending a couple of
days in towp, and attended a meeting i
of the local lodge last night. s
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LATEST NOTE ON
IS FILED
WASHINGTON, Feb. HI. — \mbos
tador Bernstorff today called at the
itate department and presented Sec
■etarv l.anslng with the latest draft
>f an agreement on the Lusitania
■use, The new draft embodies changes
ast suggested by the American gov
ernment, and also one change put
’ortli by the Berlin foreign office In
iicatlons are increasing that the Wil
ton government will accept the agree
nent in its present form.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1fi. — The
tew Lusitania agreement presented
jy Ambassador Bernstorff today pro
nises indemnity for all Americans
ost on the (’unard liner, and oxpres
tes the profound regret of the itnper
al German government for the deaths
if the Americans. The note recog
li/.es and admits the liability for the
oss of life. The German government
nakes proposals concerning submar
ne warfare, and deals with the sub
iect of reprisals when the merchant
thips have other than enemy subjects
m board.
[XPERT SKATERS
RIDERS
KIEV. Peb. Id. \mong German
nisoners recently brought here were
i number of men who called them
selves “Dispatch Skaters." From them
t was learned that a whole company
if expert skaters had been equipped
•arly in the winter to carry dispatches
by short cuts across the lakes among
which the Germans have taken up
winter quarters in various sections.
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if the front. The organizer was said !
o he a man of the name of Wagner
'rom Vienna, a prize skater and racer
if local renown. The prisoners, in j
hiding Wagner, were captured at Vo
ini, near Vladimir.
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GREAT BRITAIN
LONDON. Feb. 1 »J. — A “Kiel canal''
or Great Britain, connecting the
iiver Clyde, which flows into the
rish sea, with the Firth of Forth on
he North sea side, was recently dis- j
ussed before the Royal Colonial ln
ititnte as a necessary naval measure, j
Such a canal would open up naval j
■ommunications between the east and !
vest coasts of Scotland, save war- ■
(hips from the danger of hostile sub
narines lurking among the numerous]
iinall uninhabited islands of the Scot
ish coast, and put the great ship*
tuilding yards along the Clyde at the
lisposal of the North sea fleet.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Wood, who spent
everal months In the States, were |
ilaineda passengers yesterday, and
eft on this morning's train for their
lome at Fairbanks.
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l)r. W. W. Council was a returning
iassenger on the Alameda, having
pent a couple of months in the States.
RUSSIA NOW OCCUPIES CITY
Of ERZERUM
PKTROGRAD. Keb. 1H. It is of
finally announced that the Russians
have occupied the Turkish city of Kr
zerum. The city’s garrison of Turks
and Germans were able to retire, al
though suffering heavy losses in the
movement.
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A letter was received on the Ala
meda today from George Williams,
formerly employed by the Northern
Meat Market here. George enlisted
in the English army shortly after he
arrived in England, on December 28,
1915. He was placed in a mounted
regiment, known as the Somerset
Yeomanry, and Is in the third line.
George’s experience in America, and
on cattle ranchos in Wyoming led the
war office to offer him an officer’s
post, hut he preferred to serve in the
ranks, lie is now putting in his re
gular three months in the training
camp before proceeding to the front.
He is stationed at Bath, and says that
there nr.- lots of French soldiers mere,
probably wounded, who came to Eng
land from Belgium. George says that
the French soldiers are having a great
time with the English girls.
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SPKINGFIELI). 111.. Feb. Id. — The
state supreme court today handed
down a decision of extreme import
ance to the advocates of totes for
women cause. The last legislature
gave the women the right to vote, but
under the terms of the law the court
holds that they cannot participate in
the coming primaries when the dele
gates to the national conventions will
be selected, nor can they participate
In choosing the state, central and pre
cinct committees.
BERLIN. Feb. 16. — The war of
flee issued an official bulletin this
morning, stating that the British
troops had been repulsed with heavy
losses in three fruitless attempts to
recover the three lines of trenches lost
to the Germans yesterday in the re
gion southeast of Ypres, in Flanders.
The French have also been attacking
the Germans in an effort to recapture
the ground lost to the Germans north
west of Tahure. but have been de
feated in every attack so far made.
The Germans are using machine guns
with deadly effect when the allies try
heir Infantry charges.
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Judge Fred Brown and wife, who'
were passengers on the Alameda for.
Cable*, remained over in Cordova and
will take the Admiral Farragut for the j
Glacier City.
FIDE LOSS IS
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NEW YORK. Keb. 16. - A severe
fire broke out on the waterfront this
morning, which caused a loss of over
a million dollars. The fire depart
ment had one of the worst fights on
their hands it ever experienced, and
many firemen were injured before the
blaze was subdued. The fire occurred
on the nine hundred foot pier at the
foot of Pioneer street, in Brooklyn,
and destroyed the steamships Bolton
Castle and Pacific, which were tied
up there loading. The steamer Pal
ladia was damaged, but was towed
away before the fire destroyed her by
tugs. Twenty-five scows and lighters
which were being used to load the ves
sels were also destroyed. It is sus
pected that the fire was incendiary,
and an investigation has been started.
Without the aid of the fire boats,
which rendered valiant service, the
lire would have spread to adjoining
wharves, and been much more serious
in effect. The Bolton Castle was load
ing with gasoline bound for Russian
, for the use of the Russian army. The
burned pier was filled with merchan
dise consigned to foreign points, a
large portion of which was war mu
nitions.
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WASHINGTON. Feb. Hi. — Ambas
sador Bernstorff made a formal re
quest for explanation to the American
government this afternoon, asking
why the American wireless censors.
,it the great wireless station at Sav
ville. I. T., had suppressed the offi
cial announcement issued bv the Ger
,11181) admiralty concerning the sinking
j of the British cruiser Arabia in the
I North sea. The navy department re
plied to Hie German representative
| that the dispatch had been suppressed
by the censors because it contained
references to the movements and loea
I tions of warships, and was therefore
considered to be violating American
neutrality.
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NEW YORK. Feb. 16. — The reso
lutions committee of the Republican
state convention presented a platform
which, while endorsing the Republican
state administration, makes absolutely
no mention of Governor Whitman.
This is considered a victory for the
supporters of William Barnes in the
convention. A proposal was defeated
in the committee which provided for
a plank in the platform, endorsing
Elihu Root for president. The motion
was spiritedly debated, as the ex
secretary of state had many warm
supporters, who wished to put the
convention on record in his favor.
The Pacific Alaska Navigation Com
pany, which operates the Admiral
line of boats, has purchased the steam
ship Aroline. which will be placed on
this run.