The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME III. NUMBER 18. CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1916. '
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WILSON ISSUES AN APPEAL FOR PEACE
NliW YORK, Dec. 21. — Extreme
weakness, bordering on demoraliza
tion, marked the opening dealings on
the stock exchange. War shares
broke front two to eleven points, then
made further declines. The most sen
sational feature was the unprece
dented offering of fifty thousand
shares of United States Steel stock
at $104.50 to $105 against yesterday's
closing price of $108. The selling
seems to come from all quarters and
was not confined to any individual or
set of men. The total sales of steel
stock for the first half hour this morn
ing was 220,000 shares.
CHICAGO, Dec. 21. — Wheat de
clined seven points at the opening of
the market this morning
NEW YORK, Dec. 21 — Stocks con
tinued to fall today and the sales for
the first hour were 850,000 shares.
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GOOD LIST OF
The steamer Mariposa arrived in
port at 9 o'clock this morning with
many passengers and 429 tons of
freight for Cordova, making the trip
from Sealtle in four days and sixteen
hours. Her passengers were:
■> For Cordova — E. F. Medley, Mrs
W. McFadden, Carl Whitham, Joseph
Feaster, C. Chalmquist and wife, John
Metzger and wife, Miss J. Sullivan, C.
Vaclion, E. A. Graham. I*. Vachon, J
Stremple, Carl Sarin, T. A. Haivsen
May Colburn, M. B. Fleming, C. C. Jo
hansen, George W. Mead, Rev. Father
Creniont.
4 For Valdez — Mrs. J. C. Martin, M
t F. Henderson.
For Seward — Mrs. Stella Gibbs, O.
O. Melvin, Win. Bader, J. n. Gal
braith. Miss I). Fowler, G. C. Frame.
NEW YORK, Dec, 20. — Two years'
study of original Insurance statistics
indicate cancer is neither hereditary
nor contagious, according to a paper
presented to the Association of Life
Insurance Presidents here today by
President Arthur Hunter, of the Ac
tuanal Society of America.
“There seems little to support the
view that cancer is the result of con
tagion. Twenty thousand applications
for insurance were reviewed and it
was founa that in 488 cases one only
of the parents of the applicant was
stated to have died from cancer and
f in four cases both parents were stated
to have died of that disease. There
were 122 times as many cases in which
one parent had died of cancer as of
those in which both parents had died
of that disease. There could hardly
be a stronger test than the case of
husband and wife."
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FINED FOR THEIR HILARITY.
A number of Indians and FilipinoB
who had been ^indulging freely in
hootch, engaged in a big fight on the
beach at Douglas recently, resulting
in the bunch being gathered In by
the police. They drew fines of from
$5 to $15 each in the magistrate’s
court.
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TANANA VALLEY GOLD OUTPUT.
The gold output for the Tananu dis
trict for the season of 1916 was $3,
600,000, according to figures compiled
by the First Uational Bank, the Am
erican Bank of Alaska and the Wells
Fargo Express Company at Fair
banks. This is about $300,000 less
than last year's production.
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Asks Belligerents Discuss Basis of Terms
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Diplomats here were surprised
when it became public that President Wilson has appealed to all
the belligerent countries of Europe to discuss peace terms. The
notes were completed Monday and dispatched on Tuesday.
Without actually proposing peace or offering mediation, Wilson
sent formal notes to the governments of all of the warring na
tions, suggesting that an early occasion be sought to call out
from the nations at war such avowal of respective views as to
terms on which war might be concluded and arrangements made
which would be deemed satisfactory as a guarantee against its
renewal or the kindling of any siinilai conflict in the future, as
would make it possible to frankly compare them.
It is believed thaf the president's action will give strong
encouragement to some sort of an exchange, which might result
in the discussion of definite peace terms among the belligerents.
Since President Wilson seeks only a clarification of peace views
and does not offer mediation, the United States cannot be
placed in an embarrassing position, if the European nations are
unable to finally develop a basis on which to approach each
other. The London foreign office is now considering Wilson’s
statement, but no statement has as yet been given out by it
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21—Secretary of State Lansing, in !
a statement issued, explaining the sending of notes by Presi- j
dent Wilson to the belligerents, declared it was because the
j situation for neutrals is becoming increasingly critical and the
j United States itself is being drawn near the verge of war.
Diplomats think that Wilson would not have acted without
the assurance that his suggestions would not be rejected with
out consideration by the allies. The Germans here welcome the
suggestions. Ambassador Bernstorff said that he was perfect
ly convinced that there would be a peace conference.
In his statement Lansing said that no nation had been
sounded and no consideration of the German overtures or
the speech of Lloyd George taken into account in the for
mulation of the document. In fact, the only thing the overture
did was to delay the note a few days. It was not decided to send
it until Monday, as the difficulties facing the president were
such that the note might be construed as a movement toward
peace and in aid of the German overtures. The president speci
fically denies this in the document itself.
BERLIN, Dec. 21.—Lloyd George's references in his speech
in the house of commons to restitution and reparation are uni
versally interpreted here as an allied demand that Germany
surrender all occupied territory and probably pay an indem
nity. Such terms are regarded by the Teutons as impossible.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—After a conference with the pre
sident this afternoon, Secretary Lansing issued a statement
amplifying and qualifying the one he made this morning, re
garding Wilson s note to the belligerents, because he feared
some incorrect inferences are being drawn from his first ut'.er
ances. He desired to make it clear beyond any question that
there was no change in the policy of neutrality on the part of the
United States. He says the notes to the belligerents are in no
sense a threat to any of the governments.
^ I BRING, Dec. 21.— I lie Russian, Japanese, British ami'
French legations have indicated to the foreign office and Amer
ican legation their desire for American cooperation in the re
organized loan ot ten million pounds.
ASHING D )N, Dec. 2o. 1 wo hundred Americans de
tained in Syria and Palestine by the Turkish military antic :i
ties have obtained permission to leave via Beirut, after b'-'mu;
interned fora month. They were considered valueless f„, ;,ny
militnry information they have.
Chief Goodlataw, of the Copper river
Indians, is highly incensed that Uncle
Sam does not put an end to the war
in Europe. Goodlataw is a learned
man among his tribesmen. He knows
Alaska well, and as a taker of salmon
and Unpper of foxes he is without an
equal. He gained considerable repu
tation during the building of the Cop
per River & Northwestern railway by
bringing to court offenders who Bold
liquor to members of his tribe and he
has profound respect for the officers
of the court, who are to him the high
est representatives of the law.
Ever since the war began in Europe
Goodlataw has been hearing about it
from time to time, but his only com
ment has been: "Those fellows bet
ter look out over there."
Recently the chief listened with in
reasing restlessness to talk about the
battle of the Somme, with details of
the number killed, wounded and cap
tured, big guns and miles of trenches.
Finally he broke out with:
"What's the matter over that place,
no United States marshal? Why, they
don't write a letter to the judge? He
fix 'em.”
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NEW BIRDS WILL OCCUPY
NESTS THE COMING YEAR.
At a well attended meeting of Cor
dova Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles,
held last night, the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
Worthy President — Jack Sapiro.
Worthy Vice-President — H. W
Hawes.
Worthy Chaplain — Victor Hend
rickson.
Worthy Secretary — George Dooley.
Worthy Treasurer — George Hick
raan.
Worthy Physician—I)r. W. H. Chase.
Worthy Inside Guard — Rudolph
Voight.
Worthy Outside Guard — John
Nebbe.
Worthy Trustees — Robert Gott
schalk, for three year term.
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PET ANIMALS AUCTIONED TO
RAISE WAR FUNDS.
LONDON, Dec. 21. — In these days
when nearly everybody is giving up
something to the cause of the war, pet
animals have played a prominent part
as a form of war charity. People have
given their dogs and cats to charitable
institutions to be auctioned off to
raise money for wounded soldiers. So
many unsaleable pets have been of
fered as to make them a burden to
the animal protection societies.
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DAYS BEGAN TO LENGTHEN
AT 3:10 O’CLOCK TODAY.
At 2:10 p. m. local time today, or
3:17 p. m. by the Cordova clocks, the
sun reached its most southerly point
in the ecliptic, popularly known as the
winter solstice. At that exact instant
the days began to lengthen.
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Mavor H. A. Slater is confined to his
room, suffering from a wound recently
received by a lump of coal striking
him on the leg.
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Verne Elliott, who has been em
ployed by the Signal Corps on the
government trail, is home for the holi
days. Verne is now a full-fledged
wireless operator.
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WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. — Maim |
facture of radium worth more than !
a million dollars; a saving of more!
than $20,000,000 worth of natural gas -
in the Blackwell field in Oklahoma; '
manufacture of gasoline at a cost of j
six cents a gallon; development of an
electrical furnace which promises to
wipe out losses of $10,000,000 a year
in the melting of brass, and the sav
ing of many lives, through the pronto
tion of scientific mining methods are
among the achievements of the federal
bureau of mines outlined today in the
annual report of the director, Van II
Manning.
The manufacture of radium was ac
complished in co-operation with the
National Radium Institute, which fur
nished capital of $300,000 necessary
to develop an econlmical method of
extracting the precious metal from
the carnotite ores of the west. Eight
and one-half grams of radium were
produced at a cost of less than $40,
000 per gram, which in the open mar
ket would cost between $100,000 and
$120,000 a gram. The greater part of
the product was turned over to two
great hospitals for use in treatment
of cancer, from which it is estimated
there are 75,000 deaths each year In
thp TTnit«*rt
The saving of $20,000,000 worth of
natural gas in the Blackwell field was
accomplished by the bureau's new' me
thod of drilling wells. It includes a
process of sealing the gas in Its ori
ginal reservoir until marketing time.
Oil operators in Kansas and other
states have adopted the method.
The new' process of manufacturing
gasoline was evolved with the Ritt
man furnace, which makes it possible
to take the waste gas oil of California,
which is worth two cents a gallon and
make from it gasoline at a cost of six
cents a gallon. The report announces
that the Rfttman process is a commer
cial success and that the bureau is
ready to "give to the public a commer
cial cracking process, free of royalty
which will make available for interna1
combustion engines large quantities
of otherwise unavailable fractions of
petroleum.”
In studies for recovering ineta’
wastes in melting brass, the bureau
has developed an electric furnace
which gives promise of eliminating
wastes of $10,000,000 a year at the
present rate of great production and
high prices.
In its work of safety for miners,
the bureau has approved types of elec
tric miners' lamps which are being in
stalled at the rate of 100,000 a year,
and will eliminate the cause of many
fatal explosions.
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WATSON ON WAY.
SEATTLE. Dec. 21. — The
steamer Admiral Watson left
last, night for Alaska, her Cor
dova passengers being Harry
1'rntt, (loorge Berg and Henry
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SHIPMENT GOLD SILVER ORE.
The first shipment of gold-silver ore
from the Big Thing mine. In the Con
rad district, under its present man
agement, was made recently when 30
tons of ore, valued at $750, were placed
on cars at Carcross, consigned to the
Tacoma smelter.
ANOTHER BIG
COPPER DEAL
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SI',A I ICE, Dec. *J 1. Tin* organization has been coin ;
I'leted of I lie Tjosevijr Kennecott Copper Company, ineorpor
ateil tor $!’,.»<M),(MX). The corporation recently purchased mines
ikmi the Bonanza and Jumbo properties, and development work
"ill start immediately, file capital is bcine; furnished by Spo
kane and Seattle parties, although shares of stock were
subscribed for in New York. I). K. McDonald, of Spokane, is
president ot t lie new company.
PORTUGAL AND
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Dec. 21
- Negotiation and arbitration, as the i
preferable alternative to a colonial
war, have finally removed what was
for many years a source of friction
between Holland and Portugal These
two small countries, so famous three
or four centuries ago as colonizing j
pioneers, and who still hold import
ant colonial possessions, concluded a
boundary treaty as long ago as the
year 1904 for the settlement of lone
standing frontier disputes in the is
land of Timor, but the terms of the
treaty have only just been put into
execution by the transfer to Porta
guese hands of the district of Man
catar, and on the other hand .the ees
sion of the Noimuti, Tahakay and Ta
mini Ailala districts to the Nether
lands East Indian government.
VIENNA, Dec. 21. — "Concordia," a
journalistic association of Cranz, con
sisting of German writing newspaper
men of Bohemia, Salzburg and the
Tyrol, have involved itself In a bitter
controversy, and in doing so is throw
ing some interesting sidelights on the
newspaper situation in Austria, by
charging that a definite effort is be
ing made to assemble the press of
Vienna in a gigantic trust.
Privy Councillor Sieghart, of one of
the largest of the Vienna banks, is
the man the "Concordia" is fighting,
and the journals claim he. not content
with controlling a large part of the
Vienna papers, is trying to extend his
sphere of influence to Bohemia* and
the Tyrol. The control is being exert
ed they claim through the bunks, and
they want the new government to take
a hand in the Interests of a free and
independent press.
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Deputy Marshal Joseph Feastor,
who made an official trip to the states,
came back on the Mariposa and will
leave on the next train for his post at
Chitlna.
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A most suitable Christmas gift is
ladies' silk hosiery, and Cluyson has
an assortment that is sure to please.
NATIONAL PARKS;
IN FORESTRY
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 20. — The!
watchful eye of the forest fire fight | ,
ing system of the forest service will ,
include the national parks in their j
range of vision should a recommenda j
tion made by Secretary of Agriculture I
Houston and contained in his annual j
report to congress be favorably acted
upon by that body.
The secretary recommends that the
national parks, now under the juris
diction of the department of the in
terior, and the national forests, admin
istered by his own department, should
be placed by congressional action un
der one executive department of the
government. By inference the secre
tary says this should be the depart
nient of agriculture.
Secretary Houston's recommenda
tion follows considerable discussion
in his own department regarding the
future administration of the national 1
forests and parks. According to Coert
DuBois, I’nited States district forest
er here, the advisability of transfer
ring the national parks from the de
purl meat of the interior, of which
Secretary Lane is the head, to the de
partment of agriculture, has frequent
lv been discussed in forest service 1
circles, and has beeu the subject of
informal discussions with Secretary
I fouston.
Mr. Houston's report points out that
the importance of a clear cut policy
with reference to the administration
of the national parks and forests is
"evidenced by the efforts frequently
made to secure the creation of na
lional purks out of areas containing
great bodies of timber, extensive graz
ing lands, and other resources, the
withdrawal of w-hich from use would
be uneconomical and prejudicial to the
local and general public interest." He
declares that cause for confusion lies
in the fact that the "national parks
and national forests are administered
by two executive departments." ,
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Big assortment of ladies' embrol ,
dered handkerchiefs Just received at (
Clayson's. Drop In and see them.
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Ladies' and gent's shoes oiled and I
shined Alaskan Hotel barber shop, t
Prompt delivery, j
FEW ARE SICK OKI
K’OKT 1 _ French
icldiers have withstood the awful rig
irs and privations of the fighting
luring the wet fall in the seoto:
iround Verdun with notably little sick
less. The army dot tor in charge 01
t division told the Associated Pres
•orrespondent the number of si. k in
natty of the battalions was as low a;
ltree or four per thousand.
Men in the front line are put to th.
Tying experience of remaining fo.
lays at a time in the open crouching
n shell holes, which have been joined
ogether by stiff spade work. At this
teriod of the year the frequent rains
ind wet mists drench them to th,
dun. while the mud in which they li,
Don changes their uniforms front ligh
due to a color which is indistinguish
tide from the field gray of the Oct
nans or the khaki of the British \:
he same time, their food, which, o
■oiirsp. has to he eaten cold, is often
ipoilt by the foul water penetrating
heir haversacks, and their small sup
ily of water or other drink, is often
exhausted long before > they are re
ieved.
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GOVERNMENT CABLE OFFICE
MAY MOVE UP TOWN
The inconvenience of having t,
valk a considerable distance to th,
tutskirts of the town, down a stee
till and over poor sidewalks, to reach
he cable office has been a cause fo,
uuch complaint among the patrons of
hat brunch of the government service
iVith the growth of the town and a
•onstantly increasing business the
llgnul Corps officials at Seattle have
Inally realized that Cordova is en
itled to better treatment than it has
teen receiving front Uncle Sam. and
t. 1.. Patton, in charge of the local
tffice, received instructions to ascer
aln if a suitable location in the cen
or of the tow n can he secured lor th,
ranHaction of this business, and re
tort the cost of moving and mainten
nice. The public awaits with consul
irable Interest the outcome of this
tctlon, and feels that the office should
>e moved, and at once.
CHINA SEEKS TO
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PEKING, Dec 2d. The ministry
it interior, prompted by Chinese medi
al men with western scientific train
ug, has just issued a circular to pro
inrial officials calling attention to
he edict issued ten years ago against
oot binding, and urging them to put
t Into effect. In remote sections the
iraetice is almost as general as it was.
fid it *■ BO l!BOO?B!!’On to
oung girls with bound feet even In
'eking and other North China cities
there the practice never was as much
n favor as in the south.
Rewards are now to be offered to
amity and clan chiefs who succeed
n stamping out foot binding among
be persons under their patriarchial
jrlsdictiou. l
CONSPIRACY 10
RAISE PRICE
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A* Ab111N< i rOX. I )ec. 2d. — Repre
sentatives of tlio American Newspa
per Publishers Association, and many
small newspapers held meetings here
fo name committees to meet with a
committee of paper manufacturers and
the federal trade commission to form
a plan of equitable news print paper
distribution.
At the American Newspaper Pub
lishers* Assoc iation meeting individu
al publishers expressed doubt as to
the practicability of the distribution
plan, and asked that the publishers’
ommittee seek of the trade commis
sion and the manul.n turers tomorrow
some assurances of lower prices
through increased production. There
is an increasing demand among the
publishers, ii was said at the meeting,
that the department of justice push
■’ complaint filed a few days ago,
charging paper manufacturers with
conspiracy to raise prices.
SILLER DEATH
DATE BASIES
THIS YEAR
NEW YORK, i>tv L‘|1 Deaths
inning baliies in New York city were
considerably reduced during 1916 as
compared to previous years, notwith
standing the infantile paralysis epi
demic. according to an announcement
by tin" Babies' Welfare Association.
The figures for the year indicate
the morality among babies will have
been one thousand h ss than during
1915. During this year, the asso ia
tion. which acts as a clearing ho se
for the care of babies, has rescued
over ten thousand infants through a
widely varied number of channels.
There are now one hundred twen* '•
six institutions and charitable socie
ties cooperating officially with the
Babies' Welfare Association, and
scores of others call upon its services
from time to time
PREMIER GERMAN JOCKEY
IN TRAINING FOR FRONT.
BERLIN, Dec. L’l — Kustcnbcrger.
the premier among German jockeys,
who won almost 50 firsts this year for
the Royal Graditz stable and who
leared nearly half a million marks
for his employers, has at last been
drawn into the army. He is now train
Ing as an artilleryman at ifrankfort
an the Oder
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SHOT THE WRONG MAN.
John Shakes, a son of Chief John
Shakes, was shot and killed instantly
it Wrangell by E. R. Bingham, a
plumber of that place. Bingham was
looking for a man by the name of
Moore, whom he claimed was after
lis wife. He mistook Shakes In the
lark for the man he was hunting and
tilled him. *
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The freighter Latouehe has raised
he piiedrfver, engine and boiler which
vere lost when the driver capsized at
he Beat sou mine.