Only Afternoon Newspaper In Alaska Member Of Associated Press
The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 316. CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER'17, 1915. PRICE TEN CENTS.
CONCENTRATING TROOPS TO REDEEM SERBIA
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MILAN, Doc. 17.—Thirty thousand Italian troops hav<
already boon landed at Avlona in Albania, and more transport:
bearing additional troops are on the way there from Brindisi
The expedition is regarded as the commencement of large op
orations by the Italians in tin* Balkans, as it is expected that
they will join with France and England in the new Balkan
X campaign, which will endeavor to redeem Serbia from tin
Teutons and Bulgarians, and also invade Bulgaria. Russia
will play an important part in this movement, attacking Bui
garia from the south, and the Italians from the west.
SALONIKI, Dec. 17.—The headquarters of the Greek
army has boon transferred from Saloniki to Fozpani, fifty-five
miles southeast of Monastir. The troops in this city have all
been withdrawn, including a regiment of engineers and'an nr
tillery regiment, which were the last to leave, and whose per
manent barracks were in this city. The allied troops are in
full control here, and scenes of the greatest activity are
evident. v
SALONIKI, Dee. 17. It is announced officially that dor
■ ing the Franco-British retirement from Saloniki, the Bulgar
i ians captured two French machine guns, two batteries of Brit
isli artillery and about twfo hundred British prisoners. The
guns and men were captured outside of Uievgeli, as the first
nisli of the Bulgarian troops did not allow much time for the
men in that vicinity to retire with order. With this exception,
the allies lost no guns, and suffered hut few losses in men, and
managed to salve practically all of their supplies and uinmu
nitiou.
LONDON, Bee. 17.—The Italian troops are invading A1
baniu on a grand scale, and will co-operate with the Serbian
army, which has received new supplies and ys resisting the
Bulgarians along the Drina river.
BRH1.1N, Bee. 17- The Austrian troops invading Monte
negro have occupied the city of Bjelopolje. The city was hotly
defended by the Montenegrins, as it was of much strategical
importance. Several guns were captured when the Austrians
tool: th - town. Bjelopolje is located' on the Lime river, about
twenty miles west of the Serbian border.
PARIS, Dec. 17.—Finance Minister Ribot, of the French
cabinet, addressed the Chamber of Deputies today on the mat
ter of the financial situation in the republic. He told the
members that France was now expending for all purposes,
military and otherwise, 2,100,000,000 francs each month, with
the probabilities that as long as the war lasted this immense
sum would tend' to increase rather than decrease. He said that
at the* beginning of the conflict the government thought that
the fighting would not last longer than seventeen months, but
that now nobody could foresee the end of the war. Deputy
Roche spoke on the matter after the minister, and declared that
the war had already cost France five billion two hundred mil
lion dollars, while the enemies of France had expended' nine
billion four million. All of the belligerent nations had spent
so far a grand total of thirty-eight billion nine hundred mil
lion dollars.
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AUSTRIA’S REPLY DISPLEASES SECRETARY LANSING
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—The reply of Austria to the
American notes on the sinking of the Ancona has been received
bv the state department, and will be considered by the cabinet
today, and nothing official can be learned as to its contents.
Secretary Lansing told the newspaper men that the matter
would be made public after the cabinet meeting.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—There was considerable disap
pointment in official circles here when the contents of Austria’s
reply to the American note on the sinking of the steamer An-,
conn became public. Austria accedes to none of the demands
made upon her by Secretary Lansing, and the latter is very
much incensed at the outcome of the matter. He says that a
second note will go forward almost immediately, and that it
will be more insistent in its demands than the first note.
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^ FORD SHIP ON ITS WAY TO CHRISTIANIA.
LONDON, Dec. 17.—The Ford peace ship, which was de
tained at Kirkwall, has been released and permitted' to pro
ceed to Christiania.
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GERMANY WILL NOT INVADE GREECE.
LONDON, Dec. 17.—It is reported that Germany has as
sured Greece that her territory will remain free of invasion on
the part of the Teutons, who propose to leave the allies at Sa
W- loniki. The Teutons are fortifying nine miles north of the
neutr'.l zone, and turning their main attention to other points.
Snowstorms are prevailing along tin* Austrian southern front
and the Russian northern front, and they are proving a great
haidieap to any aggressive fighting.
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FRENCH NAMES SUPPLANTED IN ALSACE.
PARIS. Dee. 17.—A certain number of French geographi
cal and municipal names in Alsace, tolerated by the Germans
f for 45 years, have now been supplanted by German names.
Bellefosse has become Schoengrund; Fortlouis is now Ludwigs
feste; Fomlav is changed to Urbach. The philological and his
torical mission that made these changes decided to leave the
names of Saint Privat and Gravelotte unchanged because of
the historical interest attaching to these famous battlefields.
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COTTON SMUGGLED ACROSS SWITZERLAND.
LAUSANNF, Switzerland, Dec. 17.—According to news
received here from Mutterz, a heavy consignment of cotton
that arrived there recently 7s being sent across to frontier into
Germany, notwithstanding the rigorous measures against con
traband. The consignee is said to have received from Germany
abont the same time a thousand large tin boxes. Tt was noticed
that the cot to. was gradually disappearing; the tin boxes also.
The cotton compressed into the boxes, found its way into the
Rhine and was fished out bj the Baden ferrymen who operate
the line between Switzerland and Germany a little farther
down stream.
FUNERAL OF W. H. LEAR CON
DUCTED BY EAGLES.
The funeral of the late William H.
Lear took place this afternoon, and a
large number of friends paid their last
respects to the memory of the de
ceased. Services were conducted at
Eagle Hall, under the auspices of the
Cordova Aerie, of which Mr. Lear was
an active member. There was also
a short service at the cemetery. The
music was provided by Mrs. W. H.
Chase, Miss Emma Shepherd and Al
vah Eames, Mrs. S. R. Hedges presid
ing at the organ.
The pallbearers were Art Cloninger,
N. Clasen, Bert Bollinger, Ed Lee,
Fred Schrenger and P. L. Simpson.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. — The
House today passed a bill extending
the provisions of last year's emer
gency revenue bill until the end of
1916. The bill will go to the Senate;
at once, as it is desired by the ad- ■
ministration that the matter be at
tended to before the end of the year,
so as not to disturb business condi
tions by leaving a hiatus.
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GALVESTON. Dec. 17. — In an’ef
fort to stop the spread of typhus,
which is epidemic to an alarming ex
tent, the sale of alcoholic liquors In
Mexico City has been forbidden for
ninety days. The snle of liquor haM
been permanently forbidden in the
state of Yucatan.
FLETCHER SETS
POST AT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. — Henry
Fletcher, who is now United States
ambassador to Chile, has been nomin
ated by President Wilson as ambas
sador to Mexico, thus restoring diplo
matic relations with Mexico after a
severance of two years.
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There will be no services at St.
George’s Episcopal MlsSion tomorrow,
as the minister in charge is holding
services elsewhere.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. — Score
tary of the Treasury McAdoo has
asked Congress for a deficiency ap
propriation of 12,000.000, which Secre
tary lame says Is needed at the ear
liest possible moment to enable a con
tinuance of the construction of the
government railroad in Alaska.
WHEAT til BP IS
WASHHNui JN. Dec. 17. — It is
officially announced that next year's
winter wheat crop will be 640,000,000
bushels. This will be 115,000.000
bushels less than the wheat harvest
for this season. The present winter
wheat acreage shows a decrease of
11 per cent.
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The steamer Mariposa, the Alaska
Steamship Company's liner which was
wrecked on the rocks in I,lama Pas
sage, near Bella Bella, last Sctober,
while en route to Alaska, will be re
paired at Raqulmalt drydock, the
Canadian company’s bid of $70,000 for
the work being the lowest.
[ A survey of the damaged vessel
after she was raised and brought to
Seattle showed that sixty five steel
plates were crushed In or otherwise
broken, where she came in contact
with the rocks, It Is estimated that
fifty of the plates will have to be, re
moved and new ones substituted. The
damaged plates will be removed from
the hull and faired and then replaced.
The stern post will have to be re
newed and a new rudder installed. A
number of frames on each side were
so badly damaged that they will have
to be renewed, as the survey showed
that the rocks had penetrated the
hull where she struck and had crush
ed the plates at other places when
she settled by the receding of th«
tide.
It is not expected that the Mariposa
wiTT be ready to resume her run on
the Southwestern Alaska route before
spring, as she will be taken back tc
Seattle after the repairs are made tc
her hull to bo refurnished and refit
ted, it Is estimated that the total
expenditures on the liner will be
close to 1100,000.
LOCAL MASONIC LODGE ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS.
Mt. McKinley Lodge, No. 183, F. &
A. M„ elected the following officers
last night, to serve for the ensuing
term.
Worshipful Master — H. A. Slater.
Senior Warden — A. N. Field.
Junior Warden — (). Meyer.
Treasurer — It. L. Patton.
Secretary — E. F. Medley.
ROOT IS NAMED
William E. Root, manager of the
Northern Drug Company, was yester
day appointed postmaster at Seward,
to fill the vacancy caused by the re
signation of Phil J. Hickey, a Repub
lican holdover. Delegate Wickersham
today wired Mr. Root, advising of his
nomination, and assuring him of his
confirmation.
Mr. Root is president of the Demo
cratic Club at Seward, and has been
an applicant for this position since
the last Presidential election as soon
as there was a vacancy, preferring to
allow Mr. Hickey to serve out his term
if he so desired. The latter, however,
refused to longer continue in the
service when the department saw fit
to <vduoe his clerk hire allowance.
The Democratic organization of the
territory endorsed Mr. Root, and the
Daily Times extends its congratula
tions to him in landing the coveted
fob. The only other applicant for the
office was J. E. Thwaites, mail clerk
on the steamer Northwestern, who
was formerly purser on the little
Dora, running from Seward to Un
alaska.
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CAMPS
.las. R Wilson, the Valdez freighter,
came to Cordova this morning on the
steamer Admiral Farragut, and will
leave on the first train for the in
terior. He has the contract for the
delivery of four hundred tons of ma
chinery. fuel and supplies from Strel
na station to Nugget creek for the
Vluska Copper Corporation. Charles
Payne will have charge of the work
of moving the freight for the mining
■ompany, and will have Rert Gau
thier. Alex LaRoux, J. O. Stevens and
Chris Anderson as his crew.
Mr Wilson states that present in
dications point to greater activities
in the interior mines during the com
ing year than ever before, and that
many big operators are preparing to
'uke in shipments to their properties
as soon as conditions on the trails arc
right. He has under consideration a
contract for delivering freight to Val
dez creek for the Valdez Creek Placer
Mines, the Roston syndicate, which
is among the largest operators in
Alaska. They will install another
hydraulic plant next summer and the
pipe and machinery will be taken in
over the winter trail soon after the
beginning of the new year.
The syndicate of California people
which took over the Swanson hold
ings on Slate creek, will also send In
a hydraulic plant and has offered the
contract for its delivery to Mr. Wil
son. The freight will go in via
Chltina.
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FARRAGUT SAILS SOUTH.
The steamer Admiral Farragut ar
rived from the westward this mom
ing and after remaining in port an
hour sailed for Seattle. The only
outgoing passenger was Mrs. M. R
Goodrich.
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> Nitty Job printing nt the Times.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—Early enlargement of the mem
bership of the Interstate Commerce Commission, with statu
tory power to act through subdivisions, and “appropriate and
adequate” legislation for control over railway capitalization
v,ere among the important recommendations made to Congress
in the commission’s annual report.
The commission suggested that it should have express au
thority of law to have access to the letter files of carriers; that
the use of steel cars in passenger trains be required, and that
the use in passenger trains of wooden cars between <»r in front
ol steel cars be prohibited. Tt was recommended that the
minimum penalty for violations of the hours of service act be
fixed at a fine of $100, and that provision be made that all ac
tions relating to transportation charges should be brought
within three years.
Tlie report is largely devoted to presenting the commis
sion’s work for the year. Under physical valuation work it
reports that since June there have been twelve roadway and
track parties in the field in each of five districts into which
the country has been divided, and that their total average has
been about 4,000 miles per month. By January 1, the report
says, surveys of nearly 50,000 miles of railroad will virtually
be completed. The total railroad mileage of the country is
put at 250,000, and the report says that the 200,000 miles left
at !lie beginning of the year should be surveyed in the four
following year under the present arrangement.
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SERBIA INTERNES THOUSANDS TEUTON PRISONERS.
MARSEILLES, Dec. 17.—Great bodies of Austrian and
German prisoners are arriving here on their way to concentra
tion camps, the men having been captured by the Serbians,
and brought out to Albania in the retreat, and from there to
this city for internment. There are about 750 officers among
the prisoners, most of them being Austrians, but containing
a fair proportion of Bulgarians and Germans. The number of
soldiers arriving yesterday is about 20,000.
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SIBERIAN EXPEDITION HAS RETURNED.
LONDON, Dee. 17.— Tlu* last members of tin* Siberian ex
pedition promoted by the Oxford University’s school of an
thropology, and the Philadelphia University Museum, have re
turned' to London with a rich collection of material and new
information about a strange region.
Miss M. A. Ozaplicka, a native of Russian Poland, was the
leader of the party, assisted by H. A. Hull, of Philadelphia, as
ethnologist, Miss Curtis, an artist, and Miss Haviland, an orni
thologist. They set out from London a year ago last May:
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CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS DOING GOOD WORK.
PARIS, Dec. 17.—There are now in the district forming
the entrenched' camp of Paris 1,448 charitable organizations
working for the relief of victims of the war, and more than 400
hospitals, which afford accommodations for about 40,000
wounded.
The four regular military hospitals, the most important,
have now forty annexes. Tin* Red Cross hospitals number
about 300, and there are 28 convalescent establishments, five
independent hospitals, American, English, Japanese ami
Russian.
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ENGLAND TO PAY SUBSIDY ON SPELTER.
LONDON, Dec. 17.—The payment of a government sub
sidy for a period of twenty years on spelter produced at works
in Great Britain from ore “of empire origin” has been offi- .
einlly recommended by the council of the London Chamber of
Commerce. The bonus is to be payable only when the monthly
average juice falls below $115 a ton, this being the lowest
price at which smelters can operate profitably in England, ac- ;
cording to testimony taken by a London committee. The
amount of the bonus is to be sufficient to raise the month’s
price to $115. This figure compares with the present war
price of about $340.
MONTENEGRINS LOSE A STRATEGIC CITY.
» CETT1NJE, Dec. 17.—The Montenegrin general staff is
sued an official statement today, saying that the fighting along
the Montenegrin borders was being prosecuted with great
vigor by both sides. The Germans are forcing their way in
from Serbia, while the Austrians are advancing through Bos
nia. A general attack on all the Montenegrin positions in the
Kan,ink was inaugurated last Tuesday. The fighting com
menced at dawn, and was continued with sustained fury until
nightfall, when the Montenegrin advance guard was obliged
to retire. The retirement took place north of Chahoure and
Bielo, in the direction of lpek. Much fighting occurred at
Rnzai, which was well defended, and did not give in to the
invading troops until after several days’ fighting.
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George Bernard Shaw foresees the possibility of America $
and Germany combining against Great Britain after the war.
Shaw has the imagination of an artist, not of a prophet.
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If there ever was tainted money it is
I Krupps are giving to charity.