The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 333. CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 191«. DRIVE TEN CENTS.
BALLAINE SUES
SEATTLE, Feb. 2. — Another suit,
involving title to Seward property, has
1 been started in the local courts. 1 >hn
Ballaine is suing VV. J. Boland, \V. E.
Stovell and F. C. Jemmett, trustees
of the Alaska Central railway, and lie
asks the federal court to award him
$500,000 damages, charging the de
fendants with conspiracy. In his
complaint Ballaine alleges that lie
and his brother, Frank, own 320 acres
of a townsite at Seward, and that
the defendants in selling the railroad
property to the government reserved
this land for themselves, thus depriv
ing the Ballaines of large profits.
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FIGHT JAGK
t NEW YORK. Fell. 2. — II was of
ficially announced in sporting circles
today that Jess Willard and Jack Dil
lon have been matched for a ten round
go. The bout will take place in this
city, but the date has not been defi
nitely set, although it will be between
April 10 and 22.
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; FORMER LEADER
EXECUTED BT
VILLA
EL PASO, Feb. 2. — The Villaites
are still pursuing their murderous
tactics, notwithstanding the attempt
of General Carranza to suppress these
Mexican bandits. Today they com
mitted another atrocious crime by
stopping a train from Juarez when it
was approaching Chihuahua, and took
General Thomas Ornelas, formerly a
Villa commander at Juarez, from the
coaches and executed him in the pres
ence of the passengers. Ornelas was
accused of treachery to Villa, and paid
the death penalty, after which the
bandits proceeded to rob the passen
gers ol' their belongings and also loot
the mail and express. its
THREE FEET OF SNOW
, IN SEATTLE
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SEATTLE, Feb. 2. — A severe
snowstorm has been raging here all
day, and was one of the worst thus
far experienced this winter. In the
suburbs the fall was heaviest, and at
many places it is three feet deep.
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HALF MILLION DOLLARS WORTH
OF ORE.
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The steamship Victoria left yester
day at noon, sailing direct for Tacoma
with a half million dollar shipment
of copper ore from here for the
smelter.
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NOME DERBY FEBRUARY 12.
Arrangements have been made for
the annual classic Solomon-Nome dog
/V races. The races will take place on
February 12, Lincoln's birthday, and
a prize of ?250 will be offered.
ENGLAND WILL NOT SUL
POO PEACE
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LONDON, Feb. 2. — Official denial
was made today of the. German report
that England intends to abandon the
allies and make separate peace with
Germany.
CIA ON VERGE
PETROGRA 1*. Feb. 1. — Advices
received here from China today state
that the insurrection against the gov
ernment of Yuan Shi Kai is growing
to alarming proportions. In addition
to the victorious rebel forces in the
province of Yuannan, a large body of
Mongolian insurgents, estimated at
twenty thousand, is reported to be
marching towards Pekin. It is gen
erally believed that this new insur
rection is further evidence of the an
tagonism to the proposed re-estab
lishment of tiie monarchy by the bulk
[of tlte Chinese people. The whole
country is verging towards disorder,
[and tiie government of Yuan is also
facing serious international troubles
because of the insistence of Japan
upon Iter recent demands for conces
sions.
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ICORDOVA WIRELESS PLANT
TO BE ENLARGED
Secretary of the Navy Joseph Dan
iels has approved contracts with the
Federal Telegraph Company of San
Francisco, for the construction and
equipment of large radia stations at
San Diego, California, Cavite and
Pearl Harbor.
Secretary Daniels also announced
that the advancement in the wireless
department would consist of enlarge
ment of the plant at Cordova and
other Pacific Coast points.
The secretary stated that the de
partment was anxious tcf have a line
of wireless stations in shape to
sweep the whole Pacific coast from
Nome to the Panama canal.
HOPE HELD HOI
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is- WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. — Secretary
(,l 1 nterior 1 . at stated today that be
p#ouid soon munce a coal leasing
il for Ala.-;a, which will give the
small miner or operator a chance to
mine this fuel. He also said he ex
pects the government railroad will be
built to the Matanuska field by fall.
SEIZURE PANAMA TO COST
SIOOO'H
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. — The
House committee today favorably re
ported a bill for our seizure of the
Panama canal, after cutting the pro
posed payment to Colombia from $25,
000,000 to $15,000,000.
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The thermometer registered but five
below zero at CUitina yesterday,
which is the warmest it has been
there for a month.
ZEPPELIN RAID
KILLS 54 AND
INJURES 67
LONDON, Feb. 2. — As a result of
last night Zeppelin raid fifty-four per
sons were killed and sixty- seven in
jured. Bombs were dropped at sev
eral towns and rural districts of
Derbyshire, Leicestershire. Lincoln
shire and Staffordshire, where some
property was also damaged.
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TWO TRAINS DAILY ON THE
LOCAL RAILROAD
A train left Cordova yesterday
morning for Chitina and Kennecott,
and one arrived from the interior in
the afternoon. Another local goes
out this morning, and one is due here.
With two trains a day operating on
the Copper River railway the people
are certainly getting an excellent ser
vice, especially when it is taken into
consideration that many roads in thei
States are tied up on account of |
styrnis and deep snow.
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WHAT EMPLOYEES
TO RAILWAYS
CMR'ACO, Fell. 2. The railway
owners declare that the employees
demand for an advance in wages and
other concessions will mean file in
crease of $100.00o,0d0 annually in the
operation of the roads, or twenty-five
per cent more than it now costs.
WILSON TAKES SLAP AT
THEODORE
TOPEKA, Kansas. Feb. 2. — In a
speech delivered here today Presi
dent Wilson, indirectly referring to
Roosevelt, said: “We act equally to
have men preaching war."
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TOKIO, Feb. 2. — One superdread
nought, two cruisers, one destroyer,
three submarines and two special ser
vice ships constitute the program of
naval building for Japana for the com
ing year. Admiral Kato, minister of
marine, explained the naval expansion
propect before the budget committee
of the Diet yesterday, in response to
an interpellation. The battleship will
be about the same type as the Fuso
and Yamashiro. which was recently
launched, and will carry twelve 14
inch guns and sixteen 6-inch guns. The
two cruisers will have a speed of 28
knots. They will probably be in the
nature of light scout ships. Their ar
mament has not yet been decided. The i
submarines will have a displacement
of seven hundred tons each, a speed i
of IS knots on the surface and 10 i
knots under water, and will carry one i
gun. i
IIIISI1 DENIES
PERSIA
WASHINGTON. Feb 2. — The Aus
trian government having denied that
any of its submarines are responsible
for the sinking of the Persia, Secre
tary of State Lansing has addressed
a note to Turkey, making inquiry as
to whether or not there is any sub
marine responsible for the loss of the
vessel.
P. 0. DEPARTMENT APPLIES
AXE AT NOME
There is a general round of indig
nation in Nome owing to the reduction
of thp force at the postoffice there.
The postmaster was compelled to re
duce the force one man. and this, not
withstanding the fact that the force
has been compelled oftentimes to
work overtime to maintain the ser
vice.
An effort is being made to induce
the department to rescind the order,
but there is little hope of success.
The people of Nome tire beginning to
believe that they are the despised of
the land, so far a's the postal depart
ment is concerned.
GERMAN RAIDER
FLIES BRITISH
FLAG
NORFOLK, Feb. 2. — The Appam
prize crew says it was ready to ex
plode bombs in case of mutiny on the
part of any of the captured sailors.
There is still considerable mystery as
to the identiy of Lieut. Berg, the Ger
man naval officer who took the Ap
pam Into port at Newport News.
The German commerce raider
Moewe, which charged the Appam, is
still roaming the seas flying the Brit
ish flag, with false canvas over the
forecastle, concealing its batteries.
ZEPPS DAMAGE INDUSTRIAL
PLANTS
BERLIN, Feb. 2. — The Zeppelins,
which damaged a large number of
industrial plants at Liverpool, Man
Chester and Sheffield, have returned
:o safety.
REVIVE TIMBER
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LONDON, Feb. 2. — A movement
or the home growing of timber has
teen initiated here by Lord Selbourne
n order to revive a steadily declining
ndustry. Foreign competition has,
vithin the past twenty years, driven
ill enterprise out of the British Uni
ter trade, and frightened away capi
al. But Lord Selbourne hopes to take
idvantage of a temporary revival due
0 the war, and put the industry on
1 permanent fooling.
CHINESE INSURRECTION
SPREADING
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MUKDEN, Feb. 2. — The Mongolian
| insurgent# have crossed the gr^at wall
to China, and the advance guard is
now besieging the city of Datumfa.
LONDON, Feb. 1. — "Motor subma
rine chasers," shipped to Archangel
are described in Yachting. The boats
are designed for use in all weathers.
I They are of the V-bottom type, with
floor flattening out aft, like a giant
monoplane, 60 feet long, 10 feet beam,
and have a draft of two feet 10 inches.
J Three eight cylinder motors of 175
j horse power eadh guarantee a speed
of 26 miles per hour, with a radius at
top speed of 300 miles on one filling
j of the tanks. Each of the eighteen
boats already built, however, have
done from 28 to 30.3 miles per hour.
Fuel is carried in four 270 gallon
tanks, placed just aft of the engine
room, giving a total capacity of 1,080
gallons, and at a speed of 26 miles per
hour, this gives a radius of from 500
to GOO miles.
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COLD BAY PRODUCING COLO
OUST
The amount of gold brought out on
the Dora from the Cold Bay strike
was about thirty ounces, in the opin
ion of Wireless Operator Musgrpve of I
that vessel. The gold came to be
used for paying for supplies, and was
not intended to he banked. The Dora
took no one out or in directly con
nected with the strike, and so iiad no
direct information. It is known that
the region is included in the gold belt
as described by the geological survey.
A ledge was discovered between Cold
Bay and Katmai, and is said to he
rather promising. It is apparent that
what lias been discovered so far is not
rich according to the standards of
the great camps, but the find is
mighty significant, and the fact that 1
so very few people have prospected ■
there makes it all the more promising, |
The question now is whether it would
be worth taking a chance on it or not. j
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ESCAPE
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ROME, Feb. 2. — Eighty thousand !
Turks, under the commands of Mar
shal Goltz, have been surrounded at
Birusus, in Erzerum, and the pro
vinces are reported short of food sup
plies, which means that eventually
this great army will be captured by
the Russians.
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TEN MILLION DOLLAR LOSSj
BY FLOODS
HELENA, Mont., Feb. 2. — Floods
are raging through this section of the
state and the damage thus far done is
estimated at $10,000,000. Eight per
sons were also drowned in the high
water.
BRITISH SHIPS
SUNK IT THE
NEWPORT NEWS. Eeb. 2. After
the Appam had been captured, the
German submarine sank the British
steamers ('orbridge. Trader. Ariadne.
Uroomby. Farringeford, Clan, Okta
vasli anti Athuro.
NEWPORT NEWS, Feb. 2. — The
British merchantman Appam, brought
into port by a German crew and fly
ing the German flag, hail four hundred
and fifty persons aboard. This num
ber included its own crew and the 113
passengers originally on the liner, 55
survivors from seven ships destroyed
in German sea raids off the African
coast, 138 German prisoners bound for
detention camps, prize crew of 22 and
four injured persons.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2. — The agent
for the owners of the Appam says the
steamer was captured by a small boat,
having the appearance of a tramp, but
was heavily armed.
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LONDON. Feb. 2. Most of the
200.00O Belgian refugees in England
have now heen assimilated into Eng
lish social ami industrial life. About
20.0nn refugees formerly of the well
to do class, are now maintained by
hospitality, as are also a residue who
are unable to look after themselves,
and are consequently maintained by
the government in a camp on one of
the local exposition grounds. Work
has been found for practically all of
the Belgian workmen, who number
about 00.000. out of the 80,000 men
refugees. There are now in England
no Belgians who are fit for military
service except those exempted for
war work. Very few undesirables
have been found among the refugees,
and they were early taken in control.
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OAKLAND GARBAGE DUMPER
WRECKED AT SEA
SAN FRANCISCO, Eeb. 2. — The
little steamer Aberdeen, which takes
the garbage from Oakland and dumps
it b< omjjpe Ledge, was wrecked at
sea. and 'tL?-.rew of eight men were
drowned.
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R ’UBLICAN ,COMMITTEE MEETS
SEWARD NEXT WEEK.
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'fvW' Republican Territorial Commit
lee will meet at Seward, upon the ar
rival of the Admiral Evans there.
Chairman Chas. E. Herron is on that
tioat, as likely also Wm. Gilmore and
leo. D. Schofield, who represent Sew
ird Peninsula. Just what eommittee
nen will attend from the First divi
sion is not known, but Thos. S. Scott,
3f Cordova, and Fred M. Schnapp, of
Chitina, the local committeemen, will
Je represented by proxy. J. J. tcin
legan and E. 1.. Whittemore tl at
end front Seward and the ' Award.
William Cavanagh has .turned
’ront a trip to the interior, which he
nade by dog team front Chitina. He
,-isited the Nabesna section, and from
here went into the Shushanna, re
urning over the glacier trail.