The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME ONE- NUMBER 285. CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1915 PRICE TEN CENTS.
SERBS MAY RESORT GUERILLA FIG HTING
ROTTERDAM, Nov. 10—The total Prussian ’losses to date
have boon set at 2,090,000 men. This enormous figure does not
i^ilude the losses suffered by the Bavarians, the Wurtemberg
regiments or the Saxon army. Neither does it include the
totals of the fifty naval casulaty lists which have been made
public by the German Admiralty. The list would be further
swelled if the number of officers and men lost fighting with the
Turks on the Gallipoli peninsula were known.
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LONDON, Nov 10—The situation in Serbia grows steadily
worse in the north- The Bulgarians and Teutons are gradually
closing in on the remants of the Serbian army, and they will
soon hi* driven from all their positions, and compelled to resort
to guerilla warfare in the hills if they do not surrender. In the
gfoiith the conditions are reversed, and the Serbians and their
allies allies are steadily improving their positions, and forcing
the Bulgarians to yield some of the ground they had captured.
All of the various important railroads which run through Nish
that remains in the hands of the Serbians is a small section of
the line near Alekinatz. The Teutons and Bulgarians are con
verging on this place and it^is likely will force the Serbians to
retire. The allies are constantly receiving re-enforcements in
the south, and they will soon be strong enough to take the of
tensive.
SALON IK I, Nov- 10—It is officially announced that tie
British troops have been re-enforced by a new division of sol
diers which lias just reached the front from this port- They
now solidly occupy the region north of Doiran and are operat
ing in the direction of Strumitza in Bulgaria. The British
and Bulgarian patrols have already had several clashes. Sir
Charles Monroe, who will command the British troops in Serbia
is expected to arrive here at any time now, having left the front
in Flanders where he has been stationed.
LONDON, Nov. 10—Premier Asquith addressed the House
of Commons today and said that the governments of Great
Britain and France were considering the formation of a joint
war council, and that in all probability such a body would be
formed in which both the British and French Ministers would
sit. He also said that he hoped to see both Italy and Russia
take a similar action in conjunction with England and France.
ATHENS, Nov. 10—The French continue their advance
against the Bulgarians in southern Serbia and are forcing them
to retire northward along the line of the railroad. Yesterday
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the French troops stormed the Bulgarians positions at the town
of Veles, which the Bulgarians cultured early in their invasion,
and re-took the city forcing the enemy to retire leaving large
numbers of dead upon the battle field
ALEC’IRAS, Morocco, Nov. 10— British crusier sank two
German submarines yesterday when the under water craft were
attempting to steal through the straits of Gilbraltar. 1 he
The crews of both submersibles went down with their ships
LONDON, Nov- 10—The admiralty announced today that
the British torpedo boat destroyer Louis had been wrecked
along the shore of the eastern Mediteranean Sea. All of the
crew were saved. The vessel is a total loss.
PARIS, Nov. 10—The government of France has received
formal assurances from Skoul Oudis, the new Grecian premier,
that Greek would continue her attitude of neutrality in the
present but that this neutrality would be blended with the
sincerest benevolence towards the allies. The change in the
cabinet leaves the situation of Greece in the conflict exactly the
same as before the cabinet crisis. The king is still in control
of the government despite the charge of Venizelos that he was a
fine general but a poor statesman
American Counselor at Brussels Coming Home
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10—Counselor Delval, of the Ameri
can legislation at Brussels, has left his post and is on his way
home, not intending to return to Belgium. Delaval quit his
job because the State Department received notice from that
be was persona non grata with the German government. While
the reason for this has not been made public it is believed that
Delaval was prominent in the efforts to save Edith Cavell, the
English nurse executed by the Germans, from meeting tin
death penalty, and that because if this he incurred the dis
plasure of the German governor-general Von Bissing. The
State Department refuses to give out an official statement on
the matter
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ITALIAN LINER ANP
ALL ABOARD SUNK
ROME, Nov. 10—The Italian liner Ancona was sunk in
the Mediterrean yesterday by an Austrian submarine. Three
hundred of tlie passengers and crew perished partly from shell
fire ol the submarine and the remainder by drowning. The
Ancona had 83 first cabin passengers, 60 second cabin, and 339
steerage- The dead are mostly women and' children, the wives
and children of former emigrants to America who were bound
to the United States to join their families- W bile the identity
of tli** first cabin passngers has not yet been ascertained some
Americans are reported aboard- From the surviviors it is
learned that over a hundred shells were fired at the Ancona
before the ship was torpedoed.
ROME, Nov. 10—The Ancona, which was torpedoed and
sunk by an Austrian submarine with a large loss of life, sailed
from Naples yesterday bound fqr New York.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10—The State Department has an
nounced that no action will be taken by this government in
regard to the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona, until full
particulars of the matter have been received.
BERLIN, Nov- 10—The government has officially an
nounced through! the news agencies that the Italian liner
Ancona was shelled and sunk because the vessel refused to
heed the demands of tin- submarine to stop- Failing to shut
down her engines when the first shot was fired across her bows,
/; the Ancona increased her speed and endeavored to run away
from the submarine. The submersible gave chase and the
shells and torpedo were fire dduring the pursuit.
NAPLES, Nov. 10—Consul White, the American represen
tative here, has cabled the State Department that there were
two Americans on board the sunken steamer Ancona. The
Americans were Mrs. Francesca L- Massolo Mamura and her
infant child The cable does not state whether these American
citizens were saved.
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Allies Will Make Loan to Greece.
LONDON, Nov- 10—It has been announced that tin- loan
from the allies to Greece has been definitely completed and the
terms agreed upon. The new loan will assure the allies the
continued friendship of Greece
POSTAL SERVICE IS
SLASHED TO PIECES
Through tin* machinations of a lnjrde special agents, in
specters, “gum-shoe” men, and-what nets, a blight lias been
cast upon Alaska, from the efforts of which it is .just about re
covering, when another menace threatens us. TffTlie" first in
stance these government men were reprepreservatives of the
land department and clothed with a little authority, $75 a
month job and a $4 per diem expense account, were largely
responsible for the tying up of Alaska’s resources. And they
were not very particular as to the methods adopted to accom
plish that end Honored men, and men of integrity were brand
ed as lawbreakers and in many instances were forced to pro
tect their good names in the courts but there is riot a single
instance of record in which they did not secure a complete vindi
cation. The country finally having gotten rid of most of these
miserable wretches another branch of l ncle Sam’s business
throughout this section of Alaska is now feeling the effects of a
recent visit to the territory of one of the aforesaid mentioned
“gnm-shoe” artists.
As a result of a junketing trip through Alaska this sum
mer of Inspector Neil the excellent postal service given in most
of the towns is to be all shot to smithereens- This doughty
champion of administration economy—always with a large
“K”—jumped into his buckler to declare himself the watchdog
of tin* United States treasury and upon his recommendation
the Postoffice Department at Washington, having taken this in
flated creature seriously, have cut tlu- allowances for clerk
hire to such a minimum that it may be nceessary to give theee
federal jobs to the “bohunks” at Anchorage, who are working
on the government railroad at a lower rate of wages than will
sustain a white mail. In tin- Cordova office, which is the dis
tributing station for all the interior mail for eight months out
of the year, the allowance for clerk hire has been cut in two.
< If course the necessity of having a janitor in a building that
handles nearly 300 sacks of dirty mail from each steamer is
the grossest kind of extravagance, and the position having
been abolished possibly it is tin- intention to have this man
Neil do the work—and lie’s certainly more fitted for it then In
is to revolutionize the postal service.
As all in Cordova know there is no more loyal and raiuiiui
employe of the postoffice than A. B- Cooper, who has made the
duties he performs his life work. That he, as well as the other
clerks, work from twelve to fourteen hours a day, at least three
davs a week during the winter, and frequently a twenty-four
hour shift, counts for naught. Of course they are only suit
posed to work eight hours a day, but to only perform that
amount of labor, would greatly cripple the service by prevent
ing the quick dispatch of mails. Not content with wanting to
cut the salary of Mr. Cooper down from a third to a half less
than is being paid mercantile clerks in Cordova, this checlia
cho disciple of economy has succeeded in convincing the De
partment that the force in the local office should be reduced,
presumably in order that those remaining on duty could put
in all of their time for the love of their country and' in order
that a fool recommendation be carried out- Neil’s time in
Alaska was devoted principally to minding other people’s busi
ness in order that lie might make a showing, such as it is, to
hold his own dinky job- And, as usual, Alaska suffers for the
ignornace of such incompetents.
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Exodus Military Subjects From England Checked
LONDON, Nov- 10—The British government has taken its
first definite steps to prevent the emigration of able bodied
British subjects 'who have been leaving the country in large
numbers to escape possible military service.
All men over the age of nineteen are now compelled to apply
to the foreign office for a passport before leaving Great Britain,
and the foreign office has the privilege of refusing to issue this
passport, the intimation being that it will not be issued it the
applicant is fit for military service. The steamship companies
•have already expressed their determination to refuse to sell
transportation to all able bodied Britishers.
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YOSHIHITO MADE
EMPEROR JAPAN
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TOKIO, Nov. 10—Yoshihito was confirmed or consecrated
Emperor of Japan in Kioto, the ancient capital, today, and in
I every city, town and village throughout the Empire, whereso
ever, indeed, a Japanese was to be found, the event was celebrat
ed in some fitting manner. The Japanese call the consecration
“Go Tairei,” or the* Great Ceremony, implying the greatest of
all national ceremonies. When they are speaking English they
refer to it as the Coronation
The new sovereign neither subscribed to oaths nor took a
! hereditary crown upon his head. No clergyman, priest or arch
bishop officiated as the intermediary between Heaven and
Earth
Here the Emperor himself is supreme. Here the corona
tion takes the form of announcing to the spirits of the imperial
ancestors that he has formally succeeded to the emperorship,
that he has come into possession of the three Divine Treasures,
and that he has actually ascended the “Takamikura” or
imperial throne, and from the throne he announces to his
subjects that he has been consecrated' «s Emperor.
There is no break in the sovereignty over the Japanese
Empire. When the Emperor Mutsuhito passed away his son,
Yoshihito—on July 30, 1913—immediately acceded to ‘the
throne and duly acquired the Sacred Treasures. Simultaneous
ly the new ruler, who was today consecrated, received his min
isters of state and' members of the court and proclaimed his
reign as that of “Taisho” or “Era of Great Righteousness ”
Mourning for the Empress Dowager Haruko caused a post
ponement of the coronation ceremonies, and today they were
conducted without the presence of tin- Empress Sadako, consort
of the Emperor, who is soon expecting to present another heir
to the throne
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uxlina names nepieseniawve 10 neguuave wun iingiauu.
PEKING, Nov. 9—President Yuan Shi-kai lias issued a
mandate designating Alfred Sze, Chinese minister to the Court
of St. James, as Chinese plenipotentiary in negotiations which
are to be resumed very shortly in London between Great Britain
and China for the settlemnt of contending claims regarding
Outer and Inner Tibet.
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Kaiser Present When French Advance Was Checked.
PARIS, Nov. 10-*-Prisoners recently captured during the
fighting in the Champagne country have said that Emperor
William was at Sedan during the recent unsucessful attempt
of the French to advance in the Champagne section ot the line.
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