The Cordova Times
Y< >Ll.'ME IT. NUMBER 50(1. CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1916. ”DDTn„
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AVAS1!I\f;t<)X, No\ Pi. Fresi
dout Wilson's recoin cmdc.l ions for
railroad legislation, in hi: address to
congress, will |,e pra'ia ,;iy tin- same
as those made 1 . t \ i i, when the
strike v.as pending, il ■ asks lor the
enlargement and reap miration of the
Interstate ('otnn.en-' < .iii:niis-ioii and
the explicit approval l-> r.iir'ii , m
the consideration of im i as.. 1 l'r«• i• • lit
rates hy the commission.
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T. AI /IT .M (V !' Xnv. I. The of
ficials of the Hailr. i Brotherhoods
and President (lamp's ■ addressed the
Federation m I .abnr < on•. a n'ion today,
urging the affiliation c these two or
ganizations. Co.ap'gs said tli" money
power ol the Fnited St. les failed in
the attempt to con pi 'he <•'• •• • t<ual
capitalists and de. hired it could an
tagonize every effort of organized la
her.
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SEATTLE Not 21 1 i • <>
grai • re •( led a , immn . earth
quake last night. probaid ■ n the vi
clnlty of the Meutian i 1 1 Vlaskn.
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ATI.A STIC i ‘ITY \>n . : ' Him |
retary of Into •;■••• I <-!t ih man <>*'!
the .,ine: it .ill i i< a teH the.
Mexican member1 that body that
the American put. tiv < x|" dition
would be withdrawn > ithin a reason
able time and under i ndilionw which
would protect the territory patrolled
by Americans. Lane t• i-1 .• r aid that
American troops we Id piu: e* ;iero -
the border bandits v bo raid.-d into the
United States.
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CABLE OFFICE RFPOT!
POSITIONS OF STEAMERS.
Positions of steaii ■ i . \n ember -o,
at noon, Uanicda, for Ketchikan, off
Fogroclts light; K p. m . \dmiral U.ood
rich, wc: t bound
1 dova; Northwestern, southbound, in
Wright sound.
November ; 1. neon, aoatner Valdez,
northbound, Pi t< ib w t 1 st..
Klias; Mariposa, southbound, m; miles
west of Cape Spem-ei ; \dniiral Wat
son. southbound, at Cordova
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TO BUILD FORTY STEEL
CARS FOR CORDOVA.
flreater activity e expected to In
in evidence soon at the ear building
and repairing plant of the Twohy Hr s
Company, on Fast Sixtieth sire q a 1
joining the line of the Oregon Wash
ington Railroad K Navigation Com
pony, where a contract will In- riled
probably for conidtructing 40 standard
nil steel ears for the Carper River
Northwestern Railway Company. In
competition with I olein < •*r builders
and with a rix..l pi t t at Seattle, the
Twohy Bros company has submitted
the best bid having guarnnt-el de
livery of the shipment to Cordova,
Alaska, earlier than the time named
in other bids. The contract amounts
to approximately $04,000 — Portland
Telegram.
MIL ROAD BDYS
TO ENTERTAIN
T >ii"ht the railroad boys will be
Ire Is at a dance to be given at Eagle
hall, and to which they extend a cor
dial invitation to all their friends to
attend.
For several years past the employees
of the Copper River railway have
... complimentary dance to the
people of Cordova, and they have al
ways been most enjoyable affairs.
Practically everybody turns out and
spends the evening as the guests of
the best bunch of boys to be found
employed on any railroad in the conn
try, and as a result a very friendly
feeling has been cemented.
The music starts at 9:110 o'clock to
night, and as the floor is in excellent
condition, and a spirit of good fel
lowship prevails the jolly hospitality
of the railroaders will be enjoyed by
all who avail themselves of the op
portunity to spend a couple of hours
very pleasantly.
TO DEMAND FDD
HUSTON, Nov. 20.- Copper has be
■ me very scarce for the next five
months, December copper is selling
at 20 12 cents fi pound, the top figure1
thus far on this buying movement.
It has become very difficult to Con
trait ahead for copper for the first
three months of 1017. January and
iv-bruary have been sold out by the
largest producers and March sales
have been made at 28 1-2 cents a
pound. One consumer shopped in vain
last I’riday afternoon to secure metal
up to \pril of next year apportioned
among the five intervening months.
Sales have been made railing for
deliveries of copper up to January,
ibis. ,\ day or two ago November,
1017, business was recorded, now De
cember, 1917, copper has been booked
thirteen months ahead.
The past week's business was very
largelj confined to domestic sales with
the total estimated at 100,000,000
pounds, against the previous total of
r.o.ooo.ooo pounds.
The inability of the refineries to
make deliveries on schedule is an ag
grawiling feature of the situation. One
of tiie larger eastern plants has a por
tit>u of its equipment under repairs,
cutting supplies down materially.
GROWTH ALASKA
The vote of Alaska at the recent
election tells an edifying tale of the
progress of the territory during the
last two years. There has been an in
crease of approximately to per cent in
the total vote cast. When the returns
are all in it will probably be diacov
red that the total vote of the terri
tor> was nearly or quite 14,000.
This increase has been mostly in the
First and Third divisions. The First
division until recently the smallest
in the territory, and two years ago the
'-croud in size, has become the first.
The Third division formerly the third
in size, has become the second, and
the Fourth, which led at all elections
before the present, is now the third
in size, though it actually has In
creased. The Second, which was the
second in size during its palmy days,
is now, as two years ago, the fourth
The Third division cast 3,979 votes
to date and more than a dozen pre
cincts are still to hear from. The
First division will have almost 6,000
votes to its credit; over 1,500 in the
Second division, and about 3,400 in
the Fourth division.
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The local saloons have raised the
price of all mixed drinks to twenty-five
cents.
BKRMN, Xov. 21.—It is officially stated that the inqxjrt
ant railroad town of Craiova, in western Wallachia, has been
occupied by the Germans.
BKRMN, Xov. 21.—The Teuton troops are now before
* raiova, in Monastic, but tin* allies are still advancing.
BKRMN, Xov. 21.-—Germany has informed the American
ambassador that a German submarine did not fire on the life
boats ot the British steamer Rowanmore, but on the other hand
'lie Rowanmore crew was saved by German precautions. Ger
many denies sinking two other ships last September, concern
ing which tin* embassy inquire*]. Germany insists that the
steamer Antwerpen, belonging to the Standard Oil Company,
was sunk lawfully.
XI-.\\ IA >N I )< >N, Conn., Xov. 21.—Tlie merchant submarine
Deutschland, which was damaged last Friday by sinking its
tug, the I. A. Scott, *Ir., and had to put back hero for repairs,
sailed this afternoon for Bremen.
I ARIS, Xov. 21.— I lie allies are pressing the German and
I nilgai inn icai guard north of Monastic, but the Italian troops
vvere repulsed in their counter attacks west of Monastic. The
I' reiicli troops occupied the village of Kroni, west of Monastic,
on Lake Prosha.
f * M KNHAGKN, Xov. 21.-—rI lie roval provision committee
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[of Norway has unanimously derided to in-,titut. a ticket svstcin
[to meet the food situation. Th Norwegian f.| minister ays
that Sweden has seen ami id'en ified tlm Goman ticket system
for grain and flour.
KALONIKI, Nov. 21.—The Serbians have captured -even
[villages west and northwest of Monastic. Tln-y also took many
[ prisoners, three field guns and :■ gn at <|uaniity <»f w ar material.
1 KT ROGRAl), Nov. 21. I lie Roumanian I<>r<*( - in sotif h
western Roumania Iiave retirc< 1 I»of<nv Teu1on attack - to the n
gion of Filliash, forty miles northeast of Ciainva.
BKRIilN, Nov. 21.— 1 lie I'ageblntt, in discussing ihccnm
pulsory service of civilians in the propos ,| I .!.• in the annv,
expresses the Indict that this sli p will cause deep lap (piiet
revolution in Germany, il -ay- Germain must < merge from the
war a free parliamentary country, and ey.-rrl*od\ pnd'e.-iunalh
engaged in sowing seeds of into national hali d should he
punished.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 21. The n mmoi eoiirc il at \nt
werp refused to deliver the lists of th mi mplo.. ,| to the t|, r
mans. The Germans are summoning men of all la--. - t..i . :
auiination, and they must choose 1 m• t\\• -n German inhoi eon
tract of three to six months or suffer i mined in t. deport at ion (<
Germany. An official letter ha- been -. at ton II lgi.ni Imrg-o
masters, demanding !i Is of the unemployed under penalty of
[deporting all classes of people to G. rman\
GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF
AN ASSAULT ON THE FRONT
FRENCH FRONT, Nov. 20.—Tense
excitement, hut no flurry, reigns along
any sector of the French front just
before an assault is to be delivered.
The men stand to arms coolly as
though they were going on to the
parade ground. They look to the
breeches of their rifles, load their
magazines, loosen their bayonets In
their scabbards, fix the straps of their
steel helmets or tighten their belts.
Some of them sit down with their
backs supported by the side of the
trench writing what may be their last
message to their relatives while wait
ing for the word to "go over." There
is no hesitation when this comes. The
men, with every confidence in their
leaders, all their nerves and muscles
taut, clamber out and spring forward
and in the recent offensives have al
ways achieved the object set them by
their commanders.
The Associated Press correspondent
had an opportunity to be in the midst
of one of these movements of prepara
tion at a certain point of the French
line somew here south of the Somme at
a time when the allied offensive was
pushing forward with great vigor.
In the sector visited by the Associ
ated Press representative the French
and German first line trenches are
separated by a distance of from 200
to 300 yards In between are wide
barbed wire entanglements, erected
at night alter the French had driven
the Germans from a village and a wood
by surprise. With modern arms the
covering of such a distance across
open ground by attacking Infantry
would mean a terrible casualty list.
The French, however, were determined
to advance. To do so they excavated
with great rapidity approach trenches
zigzagging forward some fifty to
eighty yards, where they were joined
up by a parallel trench known as the
"taking off parallel." From this run
ning still further out saps were cut
leading towards the German lines and
these were occupied by listening pa
trols and armored machine gun em
placements. From the bottom of the
taklng-off parallel steps cot In the
earth l|id up to the level ground. Up
the^e t$e companies chosen for the
assault were to spring on the signal
for the departure and spread out In
open formation, dashing forward In
sections towards the German works,
previously almost battered out of ex
istenee by the French artillery.
The sector was not at all "healthy"
when the correspondent visited It.
German aeroplanes cruised about
overhead, evidently scenting that
something was about to take place.
Their activities were not to the Ilk
ing of the infantrymen below, who
while not Impressed by the dangers
of artillery and machine gun fire, ob
Jeet strongly to the appearance on the
scene of these aertal Intruders.
Artillery curtain fire had been start
ed by the Germans to prevent the ar
rival of French reinforcements, hut It*
effect on the French troops was al
most nil.
The French general commanding the
division, who had been promoted only
recently for brilliant service on the
Somme, hud spoken with the corres
pondents before their departure for
the front line. They had invaded hlB
post of command on a particularly
lively sector of the French line for
(he time. The general occupies a
dugout excavated for a German battal
ion commander, who had remained
in possession for the greater part of
two years. It was dug deep down be
neath the earth, nearly six solid yards
of which guarded It fro'm shell of or
dinary calibre, and It was fitted up In
a style which assured a considerable
degree of comfort to its inmates. This
caused the general to excuse himself
to the correspondents, who, he thought
might draw comparisons with his quar
ters and those of the soldiers. He
said: "If 1 had this made for myself
it would in all probability have meant
my being put on the retired list."
Ah the correspondents left the gen
eral remarked: “You may go wher
ever you like, but I cannot guarantee
you Immunity from shells or torpo
does. 1 wish you good luck. See that
you come hack here and have tea w ith
me."
Shells ranging from two inch pom
poms to the big missiles from eight
inch howitzers fell intermittently till
around at the time. A well kept,
wide and deep communication trench
with a floor of earth in most places
trodden hard by thousands of feet, led
towards the front line some four thou
sand yards. To go through its intri
cate twistings and twinings meant a
march of ten miles. The officer ap
pointed as guide, however, decided
that for some distance at least it
would be comparatively safe for the
party to proceed across the open, as
a slight haze in the atmosphere bin
dered the Germans seeing distinctly
any movements in the French lines.
This progress, however, did not last
long Shells begun to fall with greater
frequency and it was decided to adopt
Ihe more prudent course of entering
the communication trench. A couple
of miles march In Indian file led
ihrough a destroyed village constant
ly under fire, and breaches in the
trench parapet especially in the viein
>ty of batteries caused the party lo.
make sudden dashes with intervals of
fifteen yards between each two men.
Meanwhile artillery fire became more
intense, and it was necessary to
croacb or lie down very frequently
to avoid the splinters of bursting
shells.
In this way the front line was
reached. The majors In command of
the two battalions holding the ad
vauced positions themselves came out
of their dugouts to act us guides and
led the way to the parallel of assault
from which it was intended to start
the attack from the allied line Only
a few men were on duty at the look
out posts, the others all having l iken
shelter in their "funk holes," whil.
the artillery was tiring heavily, in tin
most advanced sap. whence every de
t»it ot the opposin'; Berman trenches
ci .Id be sect: the you it". lieutenant in
'•hire.■ kept constant watch and re
P|T" ,e i to a telephone operator nearby
i ' • 1< ot the French artillery
1 !’• n -in.ejit t ite French
tri >’ t .. t I usy . nd their
"t '.it missiles, weighing five hundred
pounds, could be watched during their
entire i '! Id from the muzzle of j
tie t . tF - ir ii. i nation K.tch
>11" I.-!1 do !' in tin1 Berman
trend s some t o hundred yards
fro.n wlin the correspondents stood
tnd the eawriiiims black clouds of
earlli thrown up be tin. cvplosions in
dictte.l in.,i at 1. ■ , s I great niatei*ial
damage « j> being done
The rein,ti march Was made for half
a mill along the parallel, and was ren
d ue.I wry interesting from the fact
that the in e ipants of a Berman aero
plane had noticed tin- movement in
the treneh. lie immediately began to
display in unfriendly spirit bv drop
pine ei 1 bombs, which, however,
did no ii.. age Meanwhile several
Frcmh lly.r; approached anti a lively
exchange u machine gun fire ensued
until tin- Bormans «»-i■!tn>-<i to their
own lines.
In the interval the correspondents
were advised oil account of the brisk
ness of the firing to take refuge in
the major's (logout While there they
could hear tmn h more plainly than in
the open the terrific bombardment by
>• oral hundred batteries then in pro
tress in preparation for an attack by
the British tun th of the Somme, the
•artb seemingly acting as a more deli
cate conductor than the air. It was
afterward learned when the party re
turned under covet ol night to the
.eneral quartet-- that the British had
taken a thousand prisoners and had
made a further advance.
ABOUT PEOPLE
AND DOINGS
Mrs. W. W. Clark, of Fairbanks, was
a Cordova arrival on today's train.
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A train urrived this afternoon from
Cliitina, bringing passengers and mail.
Horace Leuch and wife have moved
from the Kmpress building to the
Windsor hotel.
Ur. P. F. King, of Vancouver, is in
Cordova, having arrived from the In
terior on today's train.
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The Admiral Watson was In port for
a couple of hours this morning on her
southbound voyage.
The sailing of the steamer Admiral
Evans from Seattle has been post
poned until Wednesday at S p. m.
Tenny Carlson, of Latouehe, was
made a citizen of the United States
In the district court at VAldez yes
terday.
H. M. Mackintosh, who is doing
some extensive mining at Fldalgo bay,
came to town on the Watson this
morning.
A. E. Alexander, of St. I.ouls, and
Oscar K. Hunt, of Seattle, commercial
travelers, who have been in the inter
ior, arrived In town on this afternoon's
train.
BIRTHDAY PARTY WAS
VERY ENJOYABLE AFFAIR
A jolly party of sixteen surprised
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Phillips last
evening at their home, the occasion
being Mrs. Phillips' birthday
The evening was one continual
round of surprises and jokes Music
and games were indulged in until a
late hour, when refreshments were
served.
Two birthday cakes were presented
to Mrs. Phillips, the flrBt, a large
white cake having in red decoration.
"Fannie Phillips, sweet 16." This
cake refused to be cut into and was
set away to Improve with age.
The birthday cake proper was dain
tily frosted, on top In colored frosting
was written "A Happy Birthday." Six
teen candles also decorated it.
With many loving and hearty
wishes to Mrs. Phillips, the guests
took their departure.
NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN
DIES FROM ATTACK PLEURISY.
ST. PAUL. Xov. LI Chester A
Congdon, Republican national eomniit
teeman. and a iirotninent resident of
tlie state, who is enormously rich,
died I ,-re today with pleurisy .
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FASCINATING LITTLE ACTRESS
MADE BIG HIT HERE
Cordovan., hud an opportunity last
night of seeing for the first time on
a local screen the talented and i harm
Ing little aetress. Miss Marie 1'oro,
in "The Morals of Marcus." The play
Is a celebrated one. and in the lead
ing role of Carlotte. refugee from h
Turkish liaiem. who afterwards he
comes the wife of a wealthy English
gentleman, Miss Doro proved her abil
ity and versatility. The same film
will be shown at the Empress theatre
tonight.
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LEAD TO S3
In the returns just received from
Susltna. McDougall, Cache Creek, Wil
low < reek and Hope, precincts all to
the westward. Shlzer received 29
votes and Wickersham 72, or a plural
ity- of 4.1 votes for Wickersham, and
iccnrdlny to revised returns from the
territory it reduces Sulzer's lead to
'*9 votes. There are some papers,
however, that yive Sulzer 41 more of
a plurality In the First division than
our table shows, as follows;
Lewis Sulz Wick
First Division.300 2383 1886
Second Division 128 589 782
Third Division .4 19 1(2!8 18s4
Fourth Division . . 210 1340 1517
Totals lov7 8128 8059
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LATEST RETURNS.
Susitna Lewis 3, Sulzer 0, Wick
“lstiarn 10, Cobb Li, Grigsby 4. Scho
i iclti ). Moolev 0. Frame 5, German ti,
Honan 1, Cannon 19, Day s. Hegner 5,
■V .1. Henry 5. W l>. Henry 3, Holland
1. Hunter 9. McCallum 1. Murray 2,
Noon II, price ti, Dieringer 1. Jeter
in, Wilson 1, Wood 0; dry 17, yvet 3;
-iiilit hour law 10. against 3.
Cache Creek Lewis 1, Sulzer 1.
Wickersham 9. Cobb 1. Grigsby 5,
"< hofield 4. Dooley 0, Frame 3, Ger
man. 2. Honan 5. Cannon in. Day 4,
legner a. W I Henry 0 W P. Henry
'■ Holland 2, Hunter 2, McCallum 0,
Murray u. Noon 4, Price l, Dieringer
Jeter 1. Wilson 2 Wood 4; drv 11,
vet tt, eight hour law 5, against 3.
Mellon gall Lewis 7, Sulzer 9.
Wickersham 17, Cobh IS, Grigsby 8,
S hofield 4. Dooley 0, Frame 9, Ger
man L Honan 12. Cannon 20. Day 12.
L ■! er f». W .1 Henry 5, W. P. Henry
I. Holland I. Hunter 15, McCallum 5,
M'tr: ay v. Noon II. Price 9. Dieringer
!. Jeter 3. Wilson 7, Wood Li; dry 23.
"U M eight hour day 23, against fi.
Willow Creek Lewis 2, Sulzer 5.
Wickersham 9,'Cobh 1. Grigsby 13.
Schofield 2, Dooley 2. Frame 15. Ger
man 5. Honan 4. Cannon 15. Day 9,
legner 5, W. .1 Henry 2, W P. Henry
Holland n, Hunter ", Mi Callum 8,
Murray 2, Noon 5, Price 5, Dieringer
Jeter I" Wilson 1. Wood 2. dry 12,
vet t; eight hour day lo, against 0.
in in Lewis n, Sulzer II. Wicker
sham 21. Cobh 14, Grigsby 16, Scho
ield 1. Dooley 4. Frame 14, German
‘ Honan 11. Cannon 31 Day in, Heg
uer 5. W .1. Henry In. W P Henry 12,
Holland 2. Hunter 9, McCallum 3,
Murray l. Noon 10. Price 0. Dieringer
1. Jeter is, Wilson in. Wood 5: dry IS,
wet 14: eight hour day 3t>, against 2.
THIRD DIVISION.
Susitna . . . . 4 o lo
Cache Creek. 1 1 9
Melt mgall 7 9 13
Willow Creek .2 5 9
I lone . II 14 21
Wassila . 6 10 8
Itoosex elt .3 10 12
; Sunrise. 1 2 11
Mouse Creek 16 18 11
Moose Pass .... 7 1
VI dll leo 24 7 1
! I.andlook ...... 3 5
Granite. 12 13 27
l.atouohe . 3 34 32
Copier Center . .. . 2 5 10
Matanuska. 47 41 46
Kllamnr. 6 20 is
Ouzinka. 36 5
cliff Mine. 5 6 8
Seward. 183 258
Valdez. 12 237 202
Vnchorage .218 336 432
Cordova . 34 157 201
Girdwood. 4 30 15
Katalla ... 1 24 16
Granby .. 11 13
Tefkhell. 4 7
Cnal.tska . 2 57 30
Kodiak. 66 67
llonanza. 4 9
Jumbo. 13 5
Kennecott. 24 23
Strelna. 9 9
Chttina. 7 45 42
Kyak . 17 30 40
Allen. 2 4 3
Tiekel. 5 4 11
Souiuougu. 5
fAognak. 11 15 45
Seldovia .... 11 23 55
I'nga. 1 51 32
McCarthy . 8 51 84
Knik. 11 43
Totals. 449 1636 1894
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