The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME II NUMBER 484 CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY r>, 19U». PRICE TEN CENTS.
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BIG WESTERN OFFENSIVE CONTINUES
ALLIES CLAIM
SUCCESS ALONG
A SOME TRENCHES
PARIS, July 5.—The French troops today again resumed
the offensive on both sides of the Somme, and have made fur
ther progress, forcing the Germans out of their trenches at
several points. Since the French offensive the army has taken
9,000 prisoners and the French losses have been very light.
SAY GERMAN LOSS 60,000.
LONDON, July 5.—The allies already have captured 15,
000 Germans in the battle of the Somme, and it is estimated by
military experts that the total German losses since the offen
sive began will be not less than 60,000 men, in addition to large
quantities of small arm ammunition and several heavy guns.
GERMANS SEND REINFORCEMENTS.
LONDON, July 5.—It is reported here that the Germans
are hurrying reserves from all parts of the empire to the
Somme sector in an effort to stem the great offensive of the al
lies now under way. Troops from every available point where
it is thought they will not be needed immediately are being
hurried to the front by train and automobile. It is felt here that
if the allies can continue to advance for only a few days more
the resistance of the Germans in the west will give way, as has
the Austrian in the east, and the war then will be near the end.
The people are wild with excitement, and no time during
the war, with the possible exception of the day succeeding the
great naval battle, have the people been so anxious for news
from the front.
The heavy bombardment continues between Somme and
Ancre, and 500 more prisoners have been taken by the British.
The fighting in many places is hand to hand, and the German
lines are setadily being pushed back.
In the Verdun region the Germans still hold the Thiamont
works despite the most vicious attacks by the French. It is
felt, however, that if the offensive on the Somme sector con
tinues successful, the Germans will be forced to withdraw some
of the troops from the Verdun front, which will allow the
French to once more regain possession of much of the ground
lost during the past several months.
DRIVE RUSSIANS BACK.
BERLIN, July 5.—The breach made in the German lines
by the Russians in the Baranovichi region has been repaired
The Russians immediately made another attack on the same
front, but were driven back from the positions which they had
captured.
ROME REPORTS VICTORIES.
' ROME, July 5.—The Italian army today gained new vic
tories over the Austrians in the Trentino district, and have oc
cupied the summit of Monte Corni and captured the crest of
Mount Hellugio.
Already the Italians have almost recovered the ground
gained by the Austrians in the big offensive launched against
Italy last month.
GERMANY NOT READY FOR PEACE.
LONDON, July 5.—Viscount Bryce at a luncheon speech
today said peace is not possible now because the German gov
ernment is not prepared for any terms the allies could accept.
He said that the German government may know that Germany
is going to be beaten, but the German people are still unin
formed o fthe real progress of the war.,
TWELVE KILLED
YESTERDAY IN
CHICAGO
CHICAGO, July 5. — Twelve per
m sons are dead and twenty-six injured
V as the result of the Fourth or July
celebration yesterday.
Despite the greatest efforts on the
part of the city authorities to reduce
the celebration to a safe and sane
basis, the death rate was higher than
in the past several years. Most of
; » the injuries were caused by giant
h crackers.
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EMPEROR DECORATES WOMAN
WHO GAVE ARMY SEVEN SONS.
VIENNA, July 5. — Emperor Fran
cis Joseph has bestowed a Madonna
medallion of silver, into which his
signature is wrought, and 500 kronen
^ in money, upon Frau Marie Mirtier of
Waldesberg, Steiermark, in recognl
tion of the fact that she haB %iven to
the army no less than seven sons,
three stepsons and two grandsons.
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Public office U a coat which every
man imagines is a misfit on the back
of others.
MONEY RAISED
By TARIFF
WASHINGTON, July 5. — When the
house ways and means committee met
to consider the general revenue bill,
framed by the Democrats and which
calls for $210,00,000, Fordney, of
Michigan, ranking Republican mem
ber, insisted that any additional
money needed be raised through the
tariff, rather than through inheritance
and munition taxes.
Fordney's motion to report the mea
sure adversely was lost by a vote of
15 to 4, three of the Republicans vot
ing with the Democrats.
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PROSECUTOR ARRESTED
ON CONTEMPT CHARGE.
NEW YORK, July 4. — H. Snowden,
Marshall, federal district attorney, was
today served with a warrant in con
nection with his alleged contempt of
congress for criticising a house sub
committee investigating the impeach
ment charges made against him by
Representative Buchanan. Mr. Mar
shall immediately obtained a writ ef
habeas corpus. £
FOURTH OF JULY
BEST EVER IN
Yesterday Cordova was host to the
largest number of people that have
been In the city for the past six years.
The weather was magnificent, and
from early dawn until the last couple
had left the dance at Eagle hall, the
holiday spirit pervaded the air.
Everybody had a good time. The
sports wore excellent, the ball game
was the best aver, and all went home
hoppy.
The trains from up the line brought
In many visitors and the fishing fleets
from the flats were in for the day, and
a goodly number of rooters accom
panied the Valdex ball team to Cor
dova.
Nothing occurred during the day to
mar the celebration, and the prompt
ness with which the program was car
ried out was a credit to both the men
In charge and the contestants.
From early mornIng till late at
night the streets were crowded, and
although many visitors were forced
to return to their work today, many
remained for the events which are
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The dance given by , the Eagles,
which marked the end of the festivi
ties yesterday, was one of the largest
attended functions held in Cordova for
years. The hall was filled to overflow
ing, and the big crowd present was
filled with the festive spirit of the day.
,The results of the sports held yes
terday were as follows:
In the parade Elaine Bollinger won
first prize for the prettiest costume.
Grace Dooley second. Bryant Eam
pre and Geo. Dooley divided first
prize for the most comical costume,
and Geo. Wilson was awarded second
money.
The first children's race was won
by Kennedy first, with Hedges sec
ond, Donohue third and Hartmen
fourth. The Becond race for girls was
won by Miss Thornston, Miss Flory
second and Miss Nichols third.
The third race was won by Amelia
Nichols, with Norman second and
Shepard third. The native children’s
race was won by Tlderman, with Ar
mle second and Shepard third.
8am Hedges won the potato race,
with John Rosswog second and Shep
ard third. The results of the sack
race were Terpening first. Earnest
second and Chas. Royeer third. The
second sack race was won by Guyle,
with Bollinger second.
The first money in the obstacle
race was won by Brook Eampre, with
Nieholl second and Ernest Torpening
third.
The one mile handicap for Japanese
was won by Ichokl, with Ymaeda
second.
The tug-of-war between native and
white boys was won by the natives.
In the two mile handicap Forest won
first money, with Patterson second.
In the pie eating contest “Steve the
Champion” successfully defended his
title, with Tom In second money and
Alec In third.
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AVIATOR’S HONEYMOON
ENOS IN TRAGIC FALL.
OSHKOSH. Wli, July 4—Charles
Niles, the aviator, who foil here yes
terday while looping the loop in a war
monoplane, died this morning at 6
o’clock. He was 26 years of age. and
was born at Rochester, N. Y. Niles
whs married last Friday at Chicago
to Miss Lucille Goddard of La Oastic,
Philippine Islands.
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they just live on honey.
ABERDEEN, July 4. — Two infant
humming birds, the mother of whom
was accidentally killed, are being
brought up by hand at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Benn, founders
of Aberdeen. The birds now are about
grown. The Bonns have fed them on
honey and they have become so tame
that after being freed for the day in
the Benn yard they return to the Benn
home at night for shelter.
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U. S. Grant. Jr., son of General
Grant, was made a member of the
Arctic Brotherhood while he was In
Skagway recently.
At the meeting of the common coun
cil Monday night the public building
and improvement committee was
given the necessary authority to fit
up an additional room in the school
house and install twenty desks, and
also to build an outdoor playground
for the children.
The additional rooms and desks are
made necessary by the greater num
ber of children Hi Cordova over last
year. It also is thought that an addi
tional teacher will have to tie em
ployed by the school lioard to care for
the large attendance.
The authority which was granted to
the committee to build a covered play-1
ground will mean the expenditure of j
about $1,200, but it is pointed out by,
members of the school board and by j
parents of pupils that It is absoluely \
necessary that the children have a
place to play in the winter time when i
the weather Is so stormy that it pre
vents them from getting out of doors.
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SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST
STURTS TODAY
The Times today is inaugurating a
contest among the boys of Cordova, by
which two of the youngsters of this
city will bo made happy by the ac
quisition of a bicycle and a new
watch.
The contest Is one which should
stimulate the youngsters to hustle and
show what qualities of salesmanship
they have.
The progress of the contest will
be noted from day to day in the col
umns of the Times, and the boys who
make the best showing will have the
fact made known to every resident in
the Copper river valley.
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ALASKA TAKES A
BIG LOAD TO I
SOUTH
The steamship Alaska, of the Alas
ka Steamship Company, with 1,500
tons of copper ore and a number of
passengers, sailed from Cordova yes
terday direct for Seattle via the out
side passage.
Captain Fred Warner is master of
the Alaska on this voyage, having re
cently returned from the east, where
he brought one of the new vessels
for the Alaska Steamship Company.
The passengers sailing from Cor
dova on the Alaska were: Falcon Jos
lin and son. Barney Geogeghan, Mrs.
E. J. Davis, G. P. llalferty, J. H. Hernl
ley, J. Bremner, Iver Krook, John
Ross. E. Hendrickson, A. G. Morey,
H. Heiser.
The steamship Alameda, of the same
line, is due in Cordova from the west
Friday morning.
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FRANCE TO FIGHT “ORGANIZED
CAMPAIGN OF CALUMNY."
PARIS, July 4.—The chamber of
deputies last night appropriated 25,
000,000 francs as a secret fund for the
ministry of foreign affairs. It is ex
plained by Alexandre Ribot, minister
of finance, that this amount was ne
cessary to defend France abroad by
means of an active propaganda
against “a campaign of calumny.”
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“C ME” FELIX BROWN
INJURED AT KNIK.
Felix Brown, merchant of Anchor
age, while on a trip to Knik fell and
sustained a fracture of the hip and
arm. He slipped on the steps of
Frank Cannon's roadhouse and fell
in such a way as to sustain the double
fracture. He was taken at once to
Anchorage for treatment.
Brown is well known here through
his mining interests at Broad Pass,
where he was engaged last summer.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 29. — The
Western Pacific Railroad, hawked
from auction block today at Oakland
for $18,000,000, was flung over the
mountains from Salt Lake city to the
Pacific by George Gould as the last
link in his faded dream of a mighty
ocean to ocean railroad. Actual con
struction and equipment cost $75,000,
000, but since the day work began
on it in 1905 until it went into the
hands of receivers, Frank G. Drum
and Warren Olney, Jr., in March. 1915,
the Western Pacific swallowed up
$84,000,000. Gould's dream vanished
bit by bit as the great railroad sys
tems he had hammered together with
ered in receiverships before the last
spike was driven on the Western Pa
cific in 1909.
The Denver & Rio Grande, bound by
guarantees,»poured millions into the
branchless trunk railroad to meet an
nual charges of $2,500,000, until last
March, when It gave up the hope of
making its offspring pay and refused
to meet the semi-annual interest on
the $50,000,000 first mortgage West
ern Pacific bonds. Three days later,
upon the petition of the Equitable
Trust Company of New York, trustee
of the first mortgage, receiveds were
appointed by Judge William Van
Fleet, of the United States district
court, and a few months later there
began a bitter contest for immediate
control of the road, which ended with
complete victory for the Equitable
Trust Company and the majority
bondholders, when Federal Judge
Maurice T. Dooling fixed the price
of the Western Pacific at $18,000,000.,
The fight revolved around the ques
tion of adjudicating the responsibili
ties of the Denver & Rio Grande, a
Gould line, before or after the fore
closure sale of the Western Pacific.
Interveners, receivers, and Judge Van
Fleet held that the Rio Grande must
answer in the foreclosure suit, but
the Equitable Trust and the reorgani-|
zation committee of the bondholders,
seeking an immediate sale and a
planned reorganization of the road,
won their opposing contention by ap
peal to the United States circuit court
The Equitable Trust also sought to
disqualify*Judge Van Fleet and when
they failed by legal action he volun
tarily withdrew, leaving it to Judge
Dooling. Intervening bondholders,,
those who did not deposit their bonds
with the reorganization committee,
charged a conspiracy to let the Den
ver & ltio Grande escape its obliga
tions and declared the defunct road
should not be sold for less than $40,
000,000. The Equitable Trust and the
reorganization committee asserted
that receivership would be almost In
terminable if the sale of the road was
not permitted immediately and judg
ment against the Denver & Rio
Grande separately.
Suits filed in the New York fed
eral courts by the Equitable Trust,
but enjoined by Judge Van Fleet,
w'hose decision was overruled by the
higher court, are now pending for an
accounting and judgment of the Rio
Grande obligations which, it is said,
will be pushed with a view of sparing
receivership of that road.
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FAST TIME MADE OVER THE
CHITINA FAIRBANKS TRAIL.
W. B. Hargraves, of the Har
graves Mining and Engineering Com
pany, arrived in Cordova yesterday
from Fairbanks, via Chitina, having
made the trip from the interior by
automobile. He came out with the
Frame auto stage company, and says
the trip was made from Fairbanks to
Chitina in forty-eight hours.
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Cannon cracker injures boy.
HERMISTON, Ore., July 4. — The
11-year old son of J. N. B. Ross, a
fanner near here, was fatally injured
yesterday by an explosion of a cannon
cracker. One hand was torn off and
his stomach was terribly mangled.
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High water at Coldstream, in the
Fairbanks district recently caused the
shutting down of mining operations. (
CARRANZA TALKS
VERY TAME AND
WAR SCARE PAST
WASHINGTON, July 5. — Carranza’s reply, deliver**
yesterday to the department of state, is conciliatory in ton*
and offers a basis for the opening of negotiations which will
adjust the difficulties between the two countries.
In his note, the president of the de facto Mexican govern
ment reiterates his friendliness toward this country and offers
assurances that he is desirous of reaching a peaceful solution
of the difficulties which have arisen.
It is believed here that%ll danger of war with Mexico now
is passed, and that all demands made by the American govern
ment for reparation and damages will be conceded by the Mexi
cans. The military preparations now under way, however, ar*
proceeding with the same dispatch and on the same scale as
when the crisis was most tense.
In his note to the state department Carranza says:. “The
Mexican government is willing to consider in a quick, practi
cal way, prompted by a spirit of concord, such remedies as ar*
Applicable to the present situation. This government proposes
to employ all the efforts at its disposal to avoid any recurrence
of new incidents which may complicate and aggravate the situ
ation. It hopes the American government may make all efforts
o prevent new acts by the civil and military authorities on th*
frontier that might cause new complications.’’
CARRANZA WROTE NOTE.
WASHINGTON, July 5.—Although Foreign Minister
Aguilar signed the note received by the state department, it is
believed here that Carranza himself dictated the document.
It is asserted by diplomats that a way now has been opened
for an interchange of views and leading to an amioable adjust
ment of all difficulties.
Joint efforts will be immediately taken by the two coun
cries, it is said, looking to the curbing of border bandits and
jther agencies which have kept the two governments embroiled
for the past year.
The presence of 150,000 American troops on the border
makes it no longer necessary for Pershing to keep his front so
ar in the interior of Mexico, and it is asserted that he will soon
oegin shortening his lines and withdrawing his troops nearer
he American border. _
Ilf BUILD NEW
VALDEZ
' R. A. Simms, of Port Townsend.
Washington, had an informal meet
ing with members of the Valdez city
council recently, and broached the
subject of securing a lease on the city
wharf for a period of three years with
a view to establishing a cannery
there. Simms has a cannery at Ber
ing river, near Katalla, another at
Port Townsend. Wash., and anoti'jr
near the San Juan straits. He u.so
has a cold storage plant near Hoo
nah, at Icy Straits. Simms visited Es
hatny bay, where there is a red sal
mon stream, and other points on the
sound with a view to ascertaining the
size of the rua of fish, and if thi3
proves large enough to war-*'t he
will complete arrangements for put
ting up a plant.
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FOREIGN BORN RAISE
FORCES FOR UNCLE SAM.
WASHINGTON, July 4. — Speeding
up of the mobilization of National
Guardsmen was reported to the war
department today from nearly all the
states.
The war department has received
many requests from separate organi
zations not identified with the Na
tional Guards to be recruited. Citi
zens of German-Polish and other for
eign birth or parentage are organizing
separate companies. Army heads ex
plained today that such organizations
could not be accepted unless they
should answer a call for volunteers.
"As far as the war department ts
concerned,” said Secretary Baker,
•there is only one nationality recog
nized—American.”
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WOMAN FORESTER.
BERLIN. July 5. — The latest mas
cullne occupation invaded by women
is that of forester, a young woman
having taken that post on the estate
of a count In Silesia. She fulfills all
the duties of a forester', and Is also
overseeing the spring ^planting on the (
•state. j
NEW YORK, July 5. — Since June
26 there have been 702 cases of ln
funtile paralysis re'ported to the au
thorities and 138 deaths.
The epidemic has created a panie
among parents, and all who can afford
it are sending their children out of
the city to the country.
Doctors from all parts of the elty
report an increasing number of cases,
and in most every instance the victim
of the disease dies.
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INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
FOR JAMES MoCOY.
SEWARD. — James Mir Coy, for
mtirly in crested in the mining busi
ness bore, and associated with Attor
neys Van Felt and Stevens, was sen
teuced to a term of one to fourteen
years at Twin Falls, Idaho, for em
bezzlement recently. News «f the oc
currence was received here In a Twin
Falls paper by Edgar Hawley.
McCoy, who was arrested here on
«i warrant from Idaho, and taken out
on extradition papers authorized by
Governor Strong, was accused of tah
ink $5,000 belonging to his partner
McCoy’s defense was based on the
claim that this was a loan covered by
a note. The note was produced In
evidence and found to be a forgery.
The story of McCoy’s speculations, aa
told by W. T. Thompson, the deputy
sheriff who came here to take McCoy,
Included some Interesting information
in regard to a mining deal In that sec
tion.
McCoy was in charge of the mlne»
which. It is claimed Is a fair produce*
After a number of years the produe
tion fell off. and it was fiually closed
down. Eater McCoy and his partn«
made a deal to work the tailings .and
are said to have taken out $60,000. It
was over part of this money that Me
Coy was arrested. The owners of the
mine claimed thut the pay was di
verted Into the dump. McCoy \ aa
away from Twin Falls for two years
before he was located here in Seward.