PERFIDIOUS GERMANS’
TREACHEROUS ACTION
Americans Battle Bravely Against Odds and
Teutons Escape to Their Lines
After Crying “Kamerad'’.
fRy Associated Press)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Feb. 11.—German shell fire
on Saturday night killed one Ameri
can artilleryman and wounded five.
rl he Americans sprinkled the German
lines with shrapnel all day yesterday.
On Friday night last an American
patrol of fourteen men clashed with
a much larger force of Germans in
front of the American wire entangle
ments. The Germans surrounded the
Americans and cried “Kamerad” as
they opened fire. The fight lasted
not more than a minute, when the Ger
mans retreated, taking with them four
American prisone-s end leaving four
dead and wounded Americans.
Yells from the retreating Germans
ps the American barrage fire fell
among them attested the accuracy of
the aim of the Americans.
The men fought with rifles, pis
tols and hand grenades.
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Hereafter it will not be permissible
for anyone not having business there
to visit the Ocean dock at Cordova.
And all persons having business there
will be required to transact such busi
ness with dispatch and make their
departure at the earliest possible
moment.
Such, in brief, is the gist of orders
received by the United States marshal
and his deputies, who are ordered to
.j, '-^forcing .proi’oauUion of
President Wilson, dated November 1G,
1917, concerning alien enemies, which,
among other things* provided that!
such aliens should not approach with
in one hundred yards of any “wharf,!
pier or dock used directly by or by
means of lighters by any vessel or!
vessels of over 500 tons,” etc. At the
time the order was issued it did not*
apply to Austro-Hungarians, as war!
had not been declared upon the dual
empire by the United States. But il ,
is presumed that it will now apply
*o all “alien enemies."
For the carrying out of the pur
pose of the proclamation of the Presi
dent ihe department of justice has
pros in, it eel instructions to "persons
owning or operating water-front ship
ping facilities” and has ordered the
United States marshals to see that
they arc given effect.
Those instructions specify that dock
and wharf mvnprs must iininnfliytrU
designate some person on whom the
government officials may serve such
notices. These persons are to he des
ignated at once and their names for
warded to the United States marshal |
of the district. The operators are
ordered to maintain inspectors during;
all hours of the day and night, whose
duty it will be to identify to the gov-;
ernment patrol all persons entitled to
access to the wharves and docks, and
this system of identification is to be j
applied to officers and employes of the j
dock, wharf or warehouse, and also to j
truck drivers, pedestrians and all per-j
sons having legitimate business there, j
It is the duty of these inspectors to,
see that all persons who enter the
docks shall depart therefrom at the1
conclusion of their business, "'so that!
no person shall lurk on the premises j
. after the conclusion of their business.”
Operators of water-front facilities
are ordered to prepare for inspection ,
by government officials a record of
its officers and employes, which shall,
include such data as name and ad-’
dress, country of birth, naturalization
facts, date of employment and last.
previous place of employment. They
must also notify the marshal in writ-.
ing of the name and address of watch- j
men employed, their duties and the
hours of employment, together with a
description of fire patrol and fire
prevention systems.
‘‘These instructions,” says the cir
cular received by the marshal, ‘‘are
prescribed for the purpose of aiding
and enforcing the President’s proc
lamation,” and must be strictly com
piled with. "Under no circumstances
will German alien enemies he permit
ted to enter the water-front prohibited
areas." and the operators will be hold
responsible for keeping such alien en
emies off their premises, conclude the
orders.
To Maintain Strict Patrol.
In compliance with the above, the
Copper River and Northwestern Rail
way, owners of the Ocean dock, have
appointed inspectors and additional
watchmen, and will see that the gov
ernment orders are strictly complied
with.
It is expected that no particular in
convenience will he involved to those
having business at the dock, but there
will be no loitering around the prem
ises by those having no business
there.
WHEN NEWS WAS SCARCE
CASE! MANUFACTURED IT
Word was received yesterday that
the government cable, which went out
of commission early on Saturday
morning last, was liable to ho down
for several days. \s a consequence
the Daily Times received its news
dispatches by way of the Ketchikan
wireless station, as on Saturday, at
greatly increasen expense.
The present difficulty of get tin
news is mm f;imili?ir fo nil newspaper
men in Alaska, as it is a common
occurrence for the cable to he out of
commission for days at a time. Many
expedients have been resorted to ly
distracted editors at such times, hut
perhaps none quite so hold as that
credited to “Casey” Moran, whose
death was recently reported. Tim
Seward Gateway is responsible for
the story, which is as follows:
“Not so very many years ago, when
‘Casey’ was in Fairbanks, then tele
graph edilor of the Times, news was
exceedingly scarce. The editor of the
Gateway was at that time in Seattle
supplying all of the Alaska papers
with their cable news. The editor
was doing his best to satisfy all the
publishers; but one day, when there
had been no extra burst of news, was
surpised to receive a wire, ‘Hurrah
for Ireland, she's free now. Send us
plenty of it.’
“Here is what ‘Casey’ had done. The
Irish home rule bill had passed the
first reading before the British parlia
ment. That much was sent in the reg
ular news of the day to the Alaska
papers. ‘Casey’ got it. ‘Casey’ knew
that Seattle papers would not reach
Fairbanks for six or seven weeks. He
ordered out the green ink and spatter
ed poster type all over the first page,
‘Ireland is Free,’ and wrote five thou
sand words about it. ‘Casev’ sold
about .1,000 papers, the greatest sale
ever made in the north of one edi
tion. When ‘Casey’s’ news was called
he explained it by saying: ‘Well, it
made a H-of a good story, anyway,
didn’t it ’ And that was all the sat
isfaction anyone got from ‘Casey.’ ’’
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B R. Colkett, assistant cashier at
the Bank of Alaska, left yesterday for
Seattle, and his place in the bank is
being filled by V. P. Nichols.
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Eat leas wheat. Get into the corn
line.
SOLDIERS AT LISCUM
HAVE LIVELY SIXER
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FORT LISCUM, Feb. 10.—The
amusement association of the post
held an enjoyable smoker last night,
the principal features of which were
several boxing and wrestling bouts.
Whittaker and Houston, Red Mann
and Rennart, in four one-minute
rounds, furnished the principal events.
Wrestling matches between Red Mann
and Orlando and Mann and Evans
resulted in victories for Mann in six
minutes and twenty-six seconds re
spectively. An amusing feature was
an "Adam and Eve” sock fight be
tween Russell and Boothbv, the two
juvenile soldiers of the post. Other
events were:
Two one-minute rounds between
Odle and Rod Mann; four one-minute
rounds; hot ween Creer and Whittaker:
four one-minute rounds betweenEvans
and Young.
There was an excellent attendance
at the entertainment, and lunch was
served.
A man named Cook of Valdez an
nounces that he is preparing to get in
shape for a big bout with Red Mann,
the star of Fort Liscum, some time
next month. Cook is a past performer,
and it is said he will give “Red" a
good run.
men booze
FOR USE Of Minis
Deputy Marshal Fursman has 413
gal'ot.s of liquor cached at the federal
jail, which he seized since the bone
dry law went into effect in Alaska on
January 1. According to the present
plan Of the officials this "booze” will |
be shipped to the United States In
dustrial Alcohol Company at Balti
more,' Md., where the alcohol will he 1
existed from the liquor for use in
the hospitals in the war zone. Just
what; disposition will be made of the
c r.tsvbrand beer and wines has not
as yei been decided.
Marshal Brennemnn some time ago
took up with United States Attorney
CienO'Sl Thomas \V. Gregory the mut
ter o. disposal of seized liquor in this
rlivijf.bn. The attorney general's in
structions Itiilov
"Stiip by freight any whiskey, gin
ot rum in your possession, which may
have been duly forfeited or to which
the government may have received ti
tle. to United States Industrial Moo
hoi OomjKuiy. Baltimore, Md. Ship
ment must ho plainly labeled as to
oontfcfit# in conformity with all laws
and marked Property of United States
government for use of war depart
ment.”
RUSSIA DESERTS HER ALLIES
AND SIGNS TREATY OF PEACE
(By Associated Press)
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 11.—A Brest
Lltovsk dispatch says that the Rus
sian government yesterday declared
the state of war between Russia and
the Teutonic allies ended, and order
ed the demobilization of the Russian
forces upon all fronts.
This action was taken despite the
fact that the president of the Russian
peadfe delegation desisted from sign
in!; *he formal peace treaty.
WASHINGTON, Kel). 11.—Ambassa
dor David T. Francis, telegraphing
Irom Petrograd on February 6, re
ported that all Americans in the city'
were safe and well.
This is regarded ns disposing of the
rumor recently given circulation to
the effect that all diplomats of the)
governments of the allies had been,
expelled from Petrograd.
LONDON, Feb. 11.—Arthur J. Bal
four, British foreign minister, in re
ply to the claim of The Netherlands
I government for damages because of
the sinking of one Dutch steamer and
the damaging of another while the
latter was being salved by the Brit
ish navy, through the attacks of Ger
man submarines, declares that the
claims should be made on Germany.
Mr. Balfour adds: “It is not easy to
characterize such action by a pro
fessedly friendly power, with due re
gard to the amities of diplomatic cor
respondence.”
VIUIUHIAS fflSMMS
FOR OUTS! POINTS
The steamer Victoria sailed for Se
attle, via the outside passage, at 2
o’clock this morning. Passengers
from here were:
Harld Rood. F. H. Young, D. M.
Gudom, Alex Allen, J Taylor, C O.
Baxter, Pno. Popich. Mrs. L. Patter
son, Geo. Volnuff, C. M. Frazier, B. R.
Colkett, Gus. Cozakas, Mike Papas,
Oscar Nyberg, Swan Sundquist, H. H.
Lundholni and wife, (’has. Smith, T.
W. Whitmob, J. R. Reed.
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Bargain Notice—For sale one four
foot fireproof safe, three National cash
; registers. Adress Prospector, Valdez.
Y'WITNBTDN. Feb. 11—No Alaa
j( -i. prj vrtrv few soldiers from the
; nes of Oregon and Washington,
v re among those who lost their lives
\ v .the . auspori Tuscanla was tor
I • , im . mile i t British waters on j
T"' '1 y of !•>?.*. week
wh-' ■ aennnnmoment was made by |
the ivir department today. The ras-|
nah y list continues to grow, however. |
t.,,d ti ,a i.jii given out that :.ir> sol
i re r.nacvou, t 1 'or.
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The quarterly statement from the
Morningside sanitarium, which cares
for Alaska’s insane, has been received.
There were five patients cured and
sent home during the quarter ending
December 31, and fourteen received
into the institution. During the same
perior there were seven deaths out of
216 inmates, 192 males and 26 females.
At the present time there are 187
males and 28 females in the sanita
rium, a total of 232.
During the present quarter two in
mates, Herman Fore and Hans Knut
son, have been cured and sent home.
Fore was received into the sanitarium
from Kenai in May last, and was dis
charged on January 7, leaving for his
home in Kellogg, Idaho. Knutson was
sent from Petersburg last September.
He was pronounced cured the second
week in January, and is now on his j
way to California.
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DIM MITTEB OF TIBI
NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—The reeov-;
erv of former President Roosevelt is
now only a matter of time, according
to the statement of his physicians is
sued today. His condition today
showed marked improvement.
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AMERICA’S PURPOSES
REITERATED BYWILSON
Country Will Exert its Entire Strength in the
War of Emancipation and Will
Take No Advantage.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11—President,
Wilson, addressing a joint session on
congress today, replied to the recent]
speeches of the German chancellor,1
fount Von Herding, and the Austrian
foreign minister fount fzernin.
The President said that fount Czer
nin’s speech was very friendly in tone.]
He said that fzernin seemed to see
the fundamental elements of peacei
with clear eyes, and does not se nt to!
obscure them.
Hertling's speech, said the. Presi-j
dent, was vague and confusing, and
while it practically led to no conclu-1
slon, it was very different in tone from 1
that of Count Czernin's.
The President reiterated that the!
United States would put forth its
whole strength in this war of emanci
pation. and said that America dirt|
not desire to interfere in European
affairs, and would disdain to take ad-1
vantage of any international weakness |
or disorder in order to impose its will j
eii .other nations.
The President totd congress that
there can be no peace based on the
German position as outlined by the
chancellor. The German position,
said the President, makes for a con
tinuation of the war. He said that
Austria-Hungary's attitude was direct
ly opposite to that of Germany and
he praised Count ('zernin's address,
but made it plain that Germany’s
dominance of Austria prevented Aits
tria from being frank.
The President said the whole
strength of the country would be de
voted to the emancipation of the pec.
pie of the war theaters, from the
domination of selfish groups of auto
cratic rulers. The president said the
central powers can secure peace only
when such an adjustment is likely to
bring permanent peace, (iiift peoples
and provinces must not be bartered
like chattels, and that every territor
ial settlement involved in this war
must be in the interests of and for tin
benefit of the people concerned.
NERIES GIVE
CORDOVANS PREFERENCE
For some time past rumors have
been in circulation as to the large
number of girls the Pioneer Packing
company intended to ship to Cordova
this season and in order that there
might be no misunderstanding here
Harry D. Foster, who is in charge ot
the local plant, communicated with
Superintendent F. E. McConaghy at
Aberdeen and yesterday received the
following self-explanatory telegram: I
"Contrary to reports circulated at!
Cordova we will give Cordova people I
the preference insofar as work in our |
cannery and clam digging is concern-!
ed. Notify Cordova Times according
ly. Expect to be in Cordova March ’
and will be glad to receive applies !
tirns."
(T»y Associated Press)
HEREIN, Feb. 11.— Herr Pittman,
Socialist leader and member of the
reiohstag, who was arrested last week j
for attempting to incite a group of,
workmen in the suburbs of lierlin to'
continue the strike against the gov
ernment, was today given five years
in prison for inciting to high treason
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DOT CLAIMS WIFE OF
0. W, WALKER OF MICK
The many Cordova friends of Mrs.
I). W. Walker, of Alganiek, were
grieved to learn of her death at the
general hospital at 5 o'clock this
morning from typhoid pneumonia. Mrs.
Walker had been ailing for several
weeks and was brought to town for
medical treatment about eight days
igo. nr. W. 11. Chase reports that
die was getting along nicely until 2
o’clock yesterday when she had a
linking spell from which she never ral
lied.
The deceased was about 45 years of
ige and with her husband and little
laughter. Louise, resided at Alganiek,
but made frequent trips to Cordova
where she was beloved by all who
knew her. The sympathy of the en
tire community is extended to the be
reaved husband and daughter.
No funeral arrangements have as
yet been made, but announcement of
the services will be made in tomor
row’s paper.
Cordova will present the names of
two of its leading citizens to be voted
upon at the primary election to be held
on Tuesday, April 30, and feels that
they are entitled to the support of tht
voters ot the entire Third division, oe
cause they would make good officials
and for tho further reason that Cor
dova has not been represented in these
positions since they have been created
I'pon the solicitation of his many
friends. Ilenrv A. Slater will eater the
race for the Republican nomfTi.ui n for
the territorial 'legislature. Me ha
been a resident of Alaska fo : *arly
fourteen years, and during that time
has been a progressive and srcc -sful
bt dtiess man.
.Mr. Slater arrived at Fairbanks it
1904, and'five years later cam - , Go
dova, where he has since residue ant’
held many positions of honor ar.d trust
He was a member of the cit. • incil
for three terms and was elec; ; ,ayor
* * . W tm<r< £.11 y iyj. J.' i'in •
t!on ro business .Mr. Slater 1 . stab
lished himself as one of Cordova's
substantial citizens, and if elected :<
member of the legislature he can be*
depended upon to give the same care
ful attention to his official duties that
has resulted in the success of his own.
business. There is not a more de
servedly popular man in the Copper
River valley than Mr. Slater, and he
will find when the votes are counted
that his friends have stood loyally be
hind him.
No better or more experienced per
son could be selected to fill the office*
af territorial road commissioner than
James I,. Galen of this city, who re
aentlv purchased the Alaska Transfer
Company. He will seek the Repub
lican nomination. Mr. Galen is favor
ably known in every section of Alaska,
He landed at Nome in 1900, and with
the exception of two years, from 1912
:o 1914, that he was superintendent ot
:he Glacier National Park, in Montana.
Mr. Galen has since been a resident ol
this Northland, having mined and pros
fleeted in practically every section.
Por several years prior to coming to
Cordova Mr. Galen lived at Valdez,
and he has mushed over all the trails
and hills, having personally come in
contact with 'most all of the old-timers.
He has built many roads in Alaska and
also in the Glacier National Park, and
his experience especially equips him
for the duties of the office to which
ho aspires.