The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME ONE. NUMBER 275. _CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1915. PRICE TEN ^'ENTS.
COPPER RIVER & NORTHWESTERN ROAD TO INCREASE SERVICE
The .development of the mineral belt tributary to Cordova
has resulted in increased tonnage and in order to facilitate the
^handling of this business, the Copper River Northwestern Ry.
will shortly inaugurate a train schedule that will afford mine
j operators needed transportation facilities and cause Alaskans
to rejoice in the fact that a new era has dawned for the terri
tory.
While Cordova enjoys the distinction of having the only
broad-gauaged railroad in Alaska which was constructed at
an approximate cost of $20,000,000 an maintains a regular sche
dule a distance of 19(5 miles to the rich copper, gold quartz and
'■•filacer mines of the Interior, the latest innovation will cause our
residents, as well as the people in the states, to marvel at the
service about to be inaugurated.
Two trains a day—twelve trains a week-are to be run
over this road. One will leave Cordova every morning for
Chitina and Kennecott and the other will start from the latter
places. Heretofore there has been from one to three trains a
week, and' in order to give the extra service considerable ad
ditional equipment has been ordered, at a cost of several hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. It includes another rotary, a
I number of standard make locomotives and engines and many
freight cars.
The trains will handle passengers, mail and freight, with
!dinning car attached', and the volume of business offering has!
Justified tin* Copper River & Northwestern railway in going
to considerable expense in taking care of it. The Bonanza and
Jumbo copper mines at Kennecott are working to capacity and
their output alone has a value of from $1,500,000 to $2,000,000
per month. Extensive development work has been done during
the past summer on the Mother Lode Copper Mines property,
near McCarthy, and considerable ore has been blocked out and
is awaiting shipment to the smelter. The Alaska Consolidated
Copper Company has opened up a big ledge on the Kuskulina
and will be on a shipping basis this winter, while the owners of
the Lakina Mines, on Castle mountain, are now building a
wagon road from the mouth of Mill preek to the mine on the
mountain, from which part the ore will be hauled direct to the
railroad without transfer.
These are among the biggest producing copper mines and
when all are shipping their output Falcon Joslin’s statement
in Washington last year that a double tracked railroad through
the Copper River valley would he necessary within the next
five years to handle the ore production of this section will he
a reality in a much shorter time. W ith a stmulated cojiper
market many low grade properties are likely to he opened up
and negotiations are now pending for the taking over and
working of the large body of gold quartz at McKinley Lake, but
thirteen miles from Cordova, and along the line of the railroad.
Mining experts are on the ground making an investigation and
the assays of the ore are such as to justify the erection, at
once, of a hundred stamp mill, as most of the ledges have al
ready been cross-cut and show good values.
Every precaution has been taken in order to provide
against climatic conditions interfering with traffic on the rail
road' during the winter months. Three rotaries will be in
operation and a “Y” trestle is being built at Mile 39, with
snowsheds wherever needed, and the lumber will be here in a
few for additional section houses to be erected at Tiekel and
Shushanna Junction. New trains crews will be put on and
more men employed on the railroad than at anytime since it has
been in operation, all of which means a season of activity for
Cordova._
TIRE DESTROf!
SEATTLE
DOCK
SEATTLE, Oct. 29—The Dodwel
Pier at the foot of Broad Street, fron
which point large quantities of wa
materials have been shipped to Vlad
vostock was destroyed last night b;
an incendiary fire. There was mucl
merchandize from China and Japai
on the dock at the time, which wa
also totally destroyed. The loss is es
timated at over a half million. Twi
previous attempts to set fire to thi
dock were made last Tuesday but th'
flames were quickly extinguished b:
the prompt work cff the fire depart
ment. At the time of the prvious al
tempts there was more property 01
the dock than last night and the Bril
ish steamer Ixion with a $2,000.00
cargo was also endangered. Sine
Tuesday the dock has been guarded b;
additional watchmen, and the city ant
federal authorities have been searct
inf for the incendiary, and despite al
this the attempt last night was su<
cessful. The Blue Funnel staearr
ships use this pier. The police ar
positive that the fire was the work c
German sympathizers, who are trj
ing to prevent the continued shij
ments of war supplies to Russia.
MORGAN U If D E F
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KNIFE
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% NEW YORK, Oct. 29—J. P. Morga
is again confined to his bed at hi
country home on Long Island. Thi
time the cause is not an assassin’
bullet but the noted financier ha
been operated on for appendicitis, an
while the physicians report the open
tions as entirely successful, it will b
some time before his New York offic
A will see him again. Morgan is r
ported today as resting comfortably f
Glencove.
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E. T. Stannard, mining engine*
for the Kennecott Copper Corpor;
tion, arrived from the westward on th
Alameda and will go to Kennecott o
the next train.
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TALL OF NISH PROBABLE
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. l29—The invaders of Serbia have not only
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effected a conjunction of the Teuton and Bulgarian forces at
the extreme northeastern corner of that country, but by push
ing their advance forward from the Danube have practically
,; insured safe passage down the river for a large flotilla of barges
•land steamers which are already loading with supplies for the
| Turkish army. The Bulgarians will have their offensive pow
er greatly increased when the German deliver artillery to her,
i and it, is felt that this was as important to the central powers,
as the relieving of Turkey. The Bulgarians are already
threatening Nish, being but a few miles fro mthe city and the
Serbian in the north will be in a serious predicament if the
Bulgarians succeed in capturing the town, as retreat south
ward along the railroad will then be out of the question for the
: Serbs. With the fall of Nish the important section of the rail
road will be in the hands of the Teutonic allies, and the prob
h*m of shipping munitions into Turkey and Bulgaria will be
simplified.
ATHENS, Oct. 29—'The French troops operating against
the Bulgarians in the Ktrumitza region have occupied the
heights of Valad’ovo, Kabrava, Tatar and Lisofre. 1 hese em
inences dominate the city of Ktrumitza, which will very likely
soon succumb to the French attack, as the town can be shelled
easily from the new position of the French, and the Bulgarians
would be annihilated if they tried to remain.
LONDON, Oct. 29—The war office announced today that
according to the official lists received from the various fighting
zones up to October 9th, the total British casualties since the
outbreak of the war have been slightly over 423,000. This in
cludes killed, wounded and missing. An abnormally large
percentage of these losses have been suffered in the fighting on
the Gallipoli peninsula, and most of the remainder in France
and Belgium.___
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j , King George Injured Inspecting the Army.
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'I LONDON, Oct. 29—The government announced officially
' today that King George had been injured while inspecting the
‘ army in the field yesterday. The king was riding a spirited
charger at the time, and the horse became excited at the cheers
' with which the soldiers greeted his majesty and rearing, threw
the monarch to the ground. The king was severely bruised by
J tjie fall, and has been confined to his bed since, but the attend
f mg physicians says that he passed a restful night and is in no
- danger.
LONDON, Oct. 29—It is officially stated that the accident
to the king is not serious. The accident ocurred along the
. front in France, when King George in company with President
I Poincare of France, the Prince of "Wales and Minister of War
j Miller and were reviewing the British trops.
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Brandt Reorganizes French Cabinet.
PARIS, Oct. 29—The Viviani cabinet resigned yesterday
and the president of the republic selected Aristide Brandt, a
former cabinet minister to succeed Viviani as premier. \ ivi
ani stated that the cabinet had resigend because the policies ot
the government were not whole heartedly supported by all tin
departments. Brandt is forming his cabinet and is seeking to
1 consolidate the conflicting elements in the new body. Besides
8 being premier Brandt will occupy tin? portfolio of foreign min
8 ister. General Gallieni, the military commander of Paris will
8 be Minister of War, and Emile Combes, a former premier will
8 be minister of instructions.
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Germany Fixes Maximum Price on Foodstuffs.
BERLIN, Get. 29—The Federal council have recently
8 adopted an order, empowering the Imperial German Chancel
for to fix the maximum price at which fish, potatoes and game
f could be sold. This is in line with the policy of the govern
meat to regulate the prices of foodstuffs as well as their con
r sumption, and prevent the dealers from taking undue advan
l tage of the abnormal situation existing throughout the country
e 1 at present. Immediately upon the passage of the order Beth
n! mann-Holhveg fixed the price of potatoes, at $1.09 per bun
1 dred weight.
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Shooting of Nurse Arouses England.
LONDON, Oct. 29—An impressive memorial service was
held in St. Paul's Cathedral today for Edith Cavell, the Eng
lish nurse who was shot by a German firing squad in Belgium,
where she had been serving in the capacity of a nurse. Tre
■ mendous crowds attended the last rites over the dead girl, and
a vast multitude was turned away because of the failure of
the immense cathedral to anywhere near accommodate those
who wished to attend. The service was mostly music.
Miss Cavell was executed by the Germans in Belgium, lie
cause she had helped some of the English wounded to escape
into England. The details of the woman’s execution as re
ported are that the woman fainted when lined up before the
firing squad and while in this condition was shot by the officer
in charge.
England has been tremendously aroused over the death of
Edith Cavell, and that more than any one thing has stimulated
the recruiting of late. A Cavell regiment is being formed.
Greece May Yet Fight on Side of Allies.
LONDON, Oct. 29—Foreign Minister GTey said today in
answer to the rumors that Greece might swing to the side ot
the central powers, that such a contingency was out of the
question. He assured tin* British public that Greece would
remain friendly to the allies, and said that there was still a
| possibility that she might fight side by side with them in
Serbia.
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Japan Will not Consider Seperate Peace.
LONDON, Oct. 29—The government announced officially
today that Japan had agreed with the other allied nations not
to make peace seperatelv with Germany or Austria. This
brings Japan into line with England, France and Russia on
the matter, and effectually blocks any efforts of the Kaiser to
get some of his enemies to withdraw.
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Yacht, With German Interned Officers, Is Sunk.
ROANOKE, Va., Oct. 29—The power yacht Eclipse which
was seized by six German warrant officers who were interned
in this country, and' made away with it an effort t° escape to
Germany has been sunk by the Australian cruiser Sydney.
The fate of the officers who broke parole is not known. The
Sydney sank tfie Eclipse on October 19.
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IIFHEIGHTLHS
TACOMA. Oct. 29—The Pacific Al
aska Navigation Co., not to be out
done by its rival, the Alaska Steam
ship Co., ',has purchased two addi
tional boats to be put on the run be
tween this city and Cordova. The
boats in question are the lake freight
ers Rutland and Ogdensburg. and they
will both be given new names with
Admiral as a prefix. The two vessels
are of 1700 tons net burden but can
carry 3000 tons of ore each.
The Ogdensburg and Ruthland are
twin freighters and were built at
Cleveland. Ohio, in 1906. They have
a gross tonnage of 2.329 and a net
tonnage of 1.673; length. 242 feet;
greath, 43 feet; depth. 265 feet, with
a crew of twenty men.
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SOLDIERS
BROWNSVILLE, Oct. 29—Luts
Delarosa, a Mexican bandit who has
been suspected ot being at the head of
the band of Mexican outlaws which
has been responsible for the recent *
outrages on the American side of the
border was captured today by a de
tachment of Carranza’s soldiers, who
surprised the outlaws in camp and
made most of them prisoners after a
brisk fight. Many of the outlaws were
killed by the Mexican soldiers, and it
is believed that the activities which
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have been harassing the American
troops stationed in this neighborhood
have been brought to a close.
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ALAMEDA SAILS SOUTH
EARLY TOMORROW MORNING
The steamer Alameda a1" ved from
the westward at 9 o'clock lis morn
ing and will sail for Seattl tomorrow
morning at 3 o’clock. She ..us a large
outgoing list, including about fifty
passengers from Anchorage.
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