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The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME II. NUMBER 552. CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1916. . rpT,v.
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TEUTONS ENCIRCLE ROUMANIAN ARMY
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SAYS WICK DID
IDT PREPARE
‘ R. R, BIEL
JUNEAU, Sept. 30. — Delegate
Wickershain claimed in his speech
here that he secured the Alaska rail
road appropriation: that he intro
duced the bill in the house and Sen
i
ator Chamberlain introduced the bill
in the senate at his request; that he
wrote the bill and got the appropria
* tion. "John W. Troy, editor of the
Empire, and official organ of Charles
A. Sulzer, the Democratic nominee for
delegate, wired Senator Oeorge E.
Chamberlain, also a Democrat, if
Wirkcrsham's declarations were true.
He received the following reply:
“Alaska railroad bill my bill. Passed
the senate first and is the law. It was !
not introduced by me at the request j
of Wickershain nor written by him. I
But for the active support of the pre- |
sklent and the administration it would
not have been passed at all.’’
VILLA B AID ITS
ARE KILLED BV
CHIHU MICA CITY, Sept. ISO. The
Villa bandits yesterday attacked Cus
ihulriachc, but were defeated by the
Carranzistas, m which battle eighty
Villistas were killed. The bandits re
treated to Lubufu, where they encoun
tered Carranza troops, who succeeded
in killing twenty more of the outlaws.
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MORGAN LEAVES
NEW Volt Is, Sept 30. J. I*. Mor
gan sailed today for London, presum
ably to arrange for the floating of an
other $250,0110,000 British loan. Ameri
ca is at present in big demand for
the placing of foreign bonds.
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MULCTED BT
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 29. — Crimes I
committed against banks represented j
in the American Bankers’ Association 1
during the past year have shown no
marked increase, according to the an
nual report of the protective depart-j
ment at the convention of the associa
tion here today, and it was further
shown that a large proportion of the
burglaries and similar crimes proved
unsuccessful.
From the period from August 1,
1915, to Sept. 1, this year, there was a
total of 428 arrests and 307 convic
. tions. The report notes that the j
losses sustained by members in con-j
nection with burglaries amounted to
only $7,754, while the loss sustained
by non-members amounted to more
than $110,000. Through 35 holdups,
however, there was a loss to members
of $85,821. and through nine sneak
thefts a loss of $20,500. The depart
ment now has 4,720 photographs of
criminals, comprising burglars, holdup
men, sneak thieves, forgers and bogus
check operators, with a complete re
cord of each.
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READY TO BUILD HOMES.
The Cordova Building Association is
now ready to build moderate priced
homes. Applications should be made
to Nathaniel Greene, secretary of the
association, from whom the necessary
details can be learned.
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Empress Theatre open every night.
COLLECTION OF
Pupils enrolled at the Cordova pub
lic schools the first month of school:
Primary grades.23
Intermediate grades.11
(I ram mar grades, including fresh
men:
High.12
Per cent of attendance for Sep :
tember:
Primary.4 . . .91
Intermediate.99
Upper tirades.99
Thursday morning the upper grade
room was visited by Professor Mil
nor Roberts, dean of the college of
mines at the University of Washin
ton. lie said his students had made
a collection of minerals and different
ores, and had "made” specimens. He
is offering a collection of 135 speci
mens to the different high schools,
and said he would be glad to send a
collection to the Cordova school. He
has written a bulletin which he sends
with the collection. Each specimen
is discussed. This will be especially
Interesting to the physiography class.
The last hour of the last Friday of
each month is given up to book re
view, according to the following plan:
Xante of book, author, sitting, princi
pal characters, story (plot). The fol
lowing books from the school library
were reviewed: "Juan and Juanita,"
Reorge Wilson, Sam Hedges; “Bears
>f Blue River,” Emerson Tarpenning:
'The Flamingo Feather," Ray Elliott;
“Dave Porter’s Return to School,”
Edna Thawley: “Dynamite Workers"
from “Careers of Danger and Daring.”
Charles Royal; “Stover at Yale,"
Seneviove Rosswog; "The Boy
Scouts in Alaska,” Elwell Thawley;
“Little Jarvice," Samuel Hedges;
"Anne of Oreen Cables," Leona Chur
chill; “Last of the Mohiclans,” John
Rosswog.
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AS SOLDIERS
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EL I’ASO, Texas, Sept. $0. — In the
great army of guardsmen from all
states scattered along the Mexican
frontier there is one regiments that
stands apart from the rest by reason
of its individuality. The others are
more or less of the same mold, with
the same manners speech, slang,
songs and jokes. Hut the Second Ken- |
tacky infantry goes its own quaint
way, unaffected by ragtime, foxtrots,
vaudeville jokes and sensations of the
Sunday supplements.
Officers of this command say that
no other regiment in the service can
show a muster roll of men whose Am
ericanism goes back two centuries.
Colonel Allen W. Gullion, a Kentuck
ian and West Pointer, transferred from
the Twentieth 1’nited Sta'es infantiy,
affirms also that no guard regiment
boasts so many old regulars. Sol
diering comes natural to (he l alives
of the Cumberlands, accustomed to
bear arms from boyhood .'ad brought
up in the fighting tradition.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3(1. — Inspec
tion of the big guns being mounted at
Port MacArthur, on Point Firman,
part of the Pacific coast defenses, was
one of the principal featurft of the
program which brought to a close the
annual fall meeting here of the South
ern California Editorial Association.
The editors also were to visit some
of the motion picture studios near
here, and were to be the guests of the ,
Hollywood Business Men's Club on
a long automobile sightseeing trip.
BERLIN, Sept. 30.—The Teuton troops under the direction
of General Falkenhayn won a battle at Hermandstadt. in Tran
sylvania, defeating strong sections of the first Roumanian
army. Falkenhayn was chief of general staff until recently
displaced by Hindenberg. Roumania is in a precarious condi
ion, being between two fires, with large Teuton forces under
General Mackensen, who is invading the southern province of
Dobrudja.
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LONDON, Sept. 30.—This morning’s Times: “The Ger
man chancellor’s speech reveals the fact of Germany's growing
consciousness that her plight is already grave and destined to1
Income graver.” The Mail says editorially: “(Bethmann sees!
Germany beaten and seeks to prepare his countrymen for tin*
time when the question will be not what can they get, but what
can they have.” t ... , jg I
“LONDON, Sept. 30.—The British government has requi
sitioned all sole and upper leather for military purposes.
BARIS, Sept. 30.—The French troops progressed north of'1
Raneourt by grenade attacks.
LONDON, Sept. 30.—The British losses up to September
30 were 800 daily.
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LONDON, Sept. 30.-—Several German counter attacks on
lie1 Somme front, in the north, were repulsed last night. It is
stat* d that the new Lngbsh troops fought bravely.
SALONIKI, Sept. 30.— -The Serbians in an official state
ment say that despit** the violent attacks of the Bulgarians at
the Sej bian s high peak on Kaiinakcalan ridge, the Bulgarians
were slaughtered.
LONDON, Sept. .10.—ri In* Board of Trade is investigating
the high cost of living, and recommends one meatless dav a
week for all not engaged in heavy manual labor.
10 >M L. Sept. .10. An Austrian spy named Larace, and two
Italians have been condemned to be shot in the back by the An
"ona court-martial for complicity in the attempt to burn tin
port of Genoa. With this conspiracy it scents were connected
■xplosions in munition factories in Milan and elsewhere, aggre
gating in damage a total of several millions of dollars.
Larace had in his possession when arrested eight jointed
walking sticks of about the size of a man’s little finger, painted
i gra\ green, tilled with dynamite. They were hidden in mu
bl'ellas when lie tried to escape. These dynamite canes had no
time fuses, but were so arranged as to explode a few weeks
after being placed in position.
CABLE TOLLS
ARE REDUCED
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♦ FOR READY REFERENCE. ♦
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♦ The new cable rates from Cor ♦
♦ dova to the states, effective to- ♦
♦ morrow: +
♦ To Seattle. ♦
♦ 10 word day message.$1.60 ♦
♦ 50 word night letter.1.50 ♦
♦ 10 word night message ... 1.10 ♦
♦ To New York. «
♦ 10 word day message .$2.50 ♦
♦ 60 word night letter.2.60 ♦
♦ 10 word night message .... 2.10 ♦
♦ To Chicago or St. Louie. ♦
♦ 10 word day message .. ..$2.25 ♦
♦ 50 word night letter _2.26 ♦
♦ 10 word night message . . . 1.85 ♦
♦ To San Francisco or Loa Angeles. ♦
♦ 10 word day message .. $2.10 ♦
♦ 50 word night letter .. .. 2.10 ♦
♦ 10 word night message . . 1.70 ♦
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A general reduction in the cable
rates to all coast and interior points
of Alaska goes into effect tomorrow,
w'hich will affect both day and night
service, and will be of Immense bene
fit to the people of this northland.
The reduction of the tolls is largely
the result of the efforts of Major
Lenoir, who has been thirty-five years
in the cable service, and the Alaska
bureau of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce, which has co-operated with
the commercial organisations of Alas
ka and some eighty Seattle firms do
ing business in Alaska,
Under the new tariff the Seattle
to Nome rate will be reduced from
$3.80 for ten words to $2.80, and the
night rate from $2.90 to $2.10; Seattle
to Fairbanks and Fort Gibbon, day
rate from $3.30 to $2.00, night rate
from $2.50 to $1 50; Seattle to Valdes
and Cordova, day rate from $2.40 to
$1.50, and night rate from $1.80 to
$1.10; Seattle to Seward, day rate
from $2.80 to $1.60, and night rata
from $2.10 to $1.10.
Through au arrangement with the
Alaska engineering commission, which
has a line connecting Seward and An
chorage, cable messages may be sent
to Anchorage at the cost of 50 cents
additional to the rate paid to Sew
ard.
The day rate from Seattle to Ke
chikan and Skagway has been re
duced from $1.90 to $1, night rate
from $1.40 to 80 cdnta; Seattle to Ju
neau, day rate froi£ $1.60 to $1, night
from $1.20 to 8u cents. Proportionate
| puts have been made in rates to all
other Alaskan stations reached by
cable and land lines.
The Alaska cable represents an out
lay of more than $3,000,000. It was
, first established In 1904. It embraces
2,600 miles of cable and 1,000 miles
of land line. There are twelve radio
stations, three new ones being under
the process of Installation at Port Yu
kon, Cordova and Holy Cross.
Fort Yukon will be the point furth
est north reached by the cable set
vice on the American continent. It is
directly over the Arctic circle.
The rate on night letters of fifty
words or less will bo the same as that
on ten word day messages. At import
ant stations In Alaska all-night ser
vice has bee nestablished.
To many people the distinction be
tween a night letter and a night mes
sage Is not plain. The difference is
that a night letter may tie fifty words
or any part thereof, while the night
message is ten words or any part
thereof.
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FARRAGUT HERE TODAY.
The steamer Admiral Farragut at
rived here at 9 o'clock this morning
and remained in port three hours, tak
,ing on a thousand barrels of oil. Her
Cordova passengers were Lieut. A.
Jones, Miss Wilma Grey, Theo John
son and ('has. Schupleman.
For Sale — Twenty foot skiff, com
plete. Apply 11. B. Wolklng. 6i
TRIPS KAISER
ARE DESCRIBED
I1HHINI) THK SOMME FRONT,
Sept. 29. -“-There never was a time
when so little was known of the kai
ser's movements as at present. When
he decides upon a trip to some point
on t,he front, it is kept as secret as
possible, and if ever reported in the
Oeryian press is delayed until the
royal visitor is far away — perhaps
on the other side of the empire. It is
i believed Emperor William visits the
| from ",.)rc frequently than an* other
ruler.
i Recently coriespondents visiting the
i southern section of the Somme front
did not leant until well past midnight
that the emperor at 9 a'eloek on the
morning of the day just breaking
would review as many of the troops
as could he assembled at a point a
few miles back from the fighting line,
but stilt within sound of the guns.
The correspondents were on hand
before the appointed time — and had
a chance to see some manoeuvring
that would have done credit to first
line troops in peace time. On the
dot of nine the companies drew up
iu parade formation on a broad level
ground that was formerly a hack
yard of an ancient chateau. They
formed three sides of a square, at one
end of which was a military band aud
in the center the officers.
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Half an hour after the appointed
time the kaiser arrived in a lean, gray
automobile. He sprang from the car
with the vigor of a young man. He
wore the helmet ot a general of in
fantry, hut the tali boots, coming in
front high above the knee, of a cuir
rasier. He cast from his shoulders
the long cape with a fur collar in
which he is shown in his favorite pic
tures, and with a stride of long steps,
lifting each foot high from the ground,
his majesty walked toward that end
of the formation where the hand stood.
His standard bearers, who always
walk behind with his flag, had their
work cut out (or them as he strode
ahead. At first he paused just a mo
ment. greeted the general In command,
bowed and saluted to the other offi
cers. and then turned down the line.
He walked as one attempting to go
through a dewy pasture and still keep
one's feet reasonably dry, with great
high steps.
After making the rounds of three
sides of the square the emperor then
turned and strode to the center to
chat with the various high officers
gathered there, and then began to
pin orders and medals on the breasts
of the chosen few.
It was only at the conclusion of this
ceremony that correspondents stand
ing at a little distance had a chance
to see his majesty at close range,
end to get a good look at his seamed
and lined but strong, healthy, vigorous
face.
After the decorating the kaiser walk
ed to the roadway that leads by the
c hateau. then faced about and pre
pared to review the troops. Most
of them were new troops, probably
few had ever marched by their ent
peror before, and it was possible to
detect some nervousness. Hut they
paraded in the goosestep as bravely
and as stiffly as ever did a like set
of men on the Tempelhofer Feld.
The commander made the custom
ary address, in which he pledged loy
alty to his majesty, and a firm deter
mination to fight on. His voice rose
and fell with emotion, and what he
said obviously affected the emperor.
The kaiser answered in a voice that
from a distance was hard to under
stand, though it was silver clear and
more highly pitched than that of his
general. The soldiers, however, could
hear It, and their faces* glowed as
their emperor thanked them.
The parade ended as abruptly as it
began. The emperor, hastily donning
his fur collared cape, sprang back
into his gray limousine and was off
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BROORLYN JUMPS
INTO PENNANT RACE
BROOKLYN, Sept. 30.—Rube Marquanl carried the
Rrooklvn National league team back into the leadership this
afternoon by pitching a wonderful game. The score was:
Brooklyn t), Philadelphia 1. Marquanl turned the Philadelphia
batters back repeatedly, allowing only three hits, two of which
were in the infield, and gave Philadelphia its only run. Al
■xander was hammered savagely by the Brooklyn team. St u
gel’s batting was a feature of the game, llis home run in the
fifth inning unsteadied Alexander, who seemed to lose speed
and much of the quick breaking curve after that.
Brooklyn will have four more games with New York aid
Philadelphia and six with Boston before the season ends.
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MARIPOSA SAILED THIS MORNING
SEATTLE, Sept. 30.—The steamer Mariposa sailed for
southwestern Alaska at 9 o’clock this morning. Her Cordova
passengers are Robert Loghry and wife, Mrs. F. A. .Jones, Mrs.
E. F. Pittman, Mrs. William Whalen, Mrs. M. Astrup and baby,
E. Excell and wife, Harry Pittman, J. Marks and one steerage.
BETTING 2 TO 1
WICK CARRIES FIRST
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.11 NKAl , Sept. .‘{(I.—Alarmed at the growing strength for
A ickersham in the First division, Nulzer returned here last
night and immediately went into consultation w ith the party
oaders, who are urging a change in campaign methods. It is
imlerstood the leaders fear the Republicans are now combining
m all divisions to go down the line for Wickersham, Schofield
mi the legislative tickets. The Valentine faction of this divi
ii ii i> already out for the Republican legislative ticket. The
nn an Fmpire sent a telegram to Fairbanks, quoting Wicker
; -ham as saying be lost this division. The betting in Juneau is
two to one that Wickersham will carry the First. The Daily
I Dispatch has received messages from the Wrangel Sentinel, I
I Petersburg Report and Skagway Alaskan, saying that they are
lout for Wickersham, Schofield and the Republican legislative
icket ^ _ __ . ___
PLANNED IT
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NEW YORK. Sept. 30. — The Na
tional American Woman Suffrage As
sociation has designated October 7
and 21 as federal amendment days,
and on those days suffragists all over
the country will mark the progress
and status of the Susan B. Anthony
amendment with fitting public demon
strations.
On October 7 public meetings will
be held by the suffragists of the local
organizations over the country, at
which will be given the first reports
of the canvass of congressional candi
dates. The candidates' views on suf
frage will be read. Suffrage speeches
will be made, and the voters will be
urged to select a candidate from
among those who favor equal suffrage
and the federal amendment. The suf
fragists will continue to maintain their
strictly non partisan attitude and will
endorse no party candidate, but will
make it clear that they do not favor
those who are unwilling to vote for
the submission of the federal amend
ment. The anti and the noncommit
tal candidates will have another
chance, and on October 21 a second
series of meetings will be held and
all candidates who have changed thefr
attitude will be advertised accord
ingly.
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HARVEST FEIST
CELEBRATED
IT NATIVES
TAOS, N. M„ Sept. 30. — The rising
nun today saw the beginning of »ire
celebration of the annual Harvest l e>,
tival, or feast of San Gerotiimo, by
the residents of the ancient commun
al dwelling of Taos, inhabited by Pe
ebio Indians. Hate in the afternoon,
with the setting of the sun, the feast
was to end with the dancing of the
famous sun dance in honor of the sun
god and in thanksgiving for the boun
tiful harvests of the year.
Part of the celebration was com
posed of a fair, a line of booths, decor
ated gaily in the Indian fashion, hav
ing been built in the pueblo plaza.
Purchasing the wares there displayed
formed a large part of the pleasures
of the day. Here were sold Apache
woven baskets, Hopi blankets and Pu
eblo wicker and earthenware, all
painted or woven in the gayest colors
and in a fashion peculiar to these In
dians for centuries.
The harvest feast really began long
before the rising of the sun, for the
Indians were early astir preparing for
the greatest day of their year The
rising of the sun, however, was the
signal for the real beginning of the
r*»lf>hrnt in*l tlW'llirTlncr ihn ralaln^ nf
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the offering pole in the center of the
Puebla plaza, on which nimble Taon
ans hang the harvest offerings, mel
ons, bread and a slain sheep.
Tonight are to be held the real ntys
• eries of the festival. In the kiva, or
ceremonial caverns underground are
held those rites which none except
the initiated ever attend Only one
white man is believed to have wit
nessed these ceremonies, which ure
declared to be as ancient as the tribe
itself, and to have been handed down
from generation to generation long
before the coming of the Spaniard
three centuries ago.
The sun dance in the low rays of
the setting sun and early twilight
brings the feast of San Ueronimo to
an end.
Chris Strank, of the fishing schoon
er Three Brothers, jumped from the
rail of the boat to a hatch when a
halibut hook hanging from a line in
the rigging caught in his neck close
to the cartoid artery. The hook was
Imbedded in his neck nearly an inch,
and his brother had to use a razor
to cut it out of the flesh.
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Something worth keeping in mind—
Kmpresa Theatre will be open every
evening.