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Clean Up and Paint Up. It Will Promote Health and Prosperity
15iE 1 The Cordova Daily Times \
VQl.i ME ONE. M MBERONE HUNDRED TEN. CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14 1915. Pl.’irK TEN < 'ENTS.
. WILL SURVEY ROAD TO BERING FIELDS
PRELIMINARY TO BUILDING OF A RAILROAD
ORDER OF EASTERN STAR
TO HOLD ITS FIRST BALL
Corbova Chapter No. 4, Order of
Eastern Star, will hold Its first annual
grand ball at Eagle hall on Wednesday,
May 5, and extensive arrangements
are being made to make the afTair a
social success.
SUNDAY CLOSING
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JUNEAU, April 13—The house of
representatives today voted to pass
the bill repealing the Sunday closing
law over the Governor's veto. hut
the senate sustained the veto, and
the law requiring all business houses
except such as drug stores and under
takers to remain closed on Sundays
remains on the statute books.
The house voted thirteen to three
in favor of the repeal, but when It
reached the senate that chamber up
held the veto by a vote of five to
three. The bill was fathered by Hep
resentative Coombs, of Nome, and he
made a great fight to have the law
— stricken from the code. The bih
did not include saloons, which would
still be required to remain closed from
midnight Saturday to midnight Sun
day.
Coombs now announces that he will
insist on the law being enforced In
every division of the territory, and
has requested the attorney general to
issue instructions to all district attor
neys in Alaska to see that none of
the prohibited businesses are allowed
to open Sunday. He hopes in this
way to cultivate popular sentiment
against the law, which will result In
a demand for its repeal.
BISHOP ROWE'S SON
DIES IN SEATTLE
Cyril Rowe, the 31-year-old Bon of
Bishop Rowe, of Alaska, died in Se
attle on Sunday,-'as the result of the
severe burns received several weeks
ago when a gasoline tank exploded,
throwing burning oil upon him. Ev
ery effort was made to save the life
of the young man, but failed. Bish
op Rowe is now in Alaska making n
tour of the missions of the Episcopal
church.
The arrangements for the funeral
will await Instructions from the fath
er, and it is expected the remains
will be interred beside those of Mrs.
Rowe, who died last winter and was
buried at Sitka, Alaska.
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„ FORMER CORDOVAN TAKES
UNTO HIMSELF A BRIDE
Arthur Pinkus, who conducts a mo
vie house at Valdez, and was a former
resident of Cordova, has been married
to Miss Madge Strait, of Skamokawa,
Wash. The service was performed
by U. S. Commissioner George Love,
at his office. Miss Strait owns the
Valdez shooting gallery.
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MONUMENT FOR
HEROIC BELGIANS
PARIS, April 14—The youthful
Princess Marie Jose of Belgium, has
been chosen honorary president of a
committee which will erect a monu
ment in Paris “to the heroic Belgian
children of 1914-16.’’
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Special to The Times By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, April 14—The Alaska Engi
neering commission is preparing to make the neces
sary surveys preliminary to building a railroad to
bring the coal of the Bering River field to the sea
board. Two routes will be surveyed by the com
mission, one from Mile 38 of the Copper River &
Northwestern railway, by the way of Lake Char
lotte, and the other from Controller bay. There
will be two survey parties on the ground to cover
these possible routes within the next thirty days.
A preliminary survey of the Lake Charlotte route
was made last year by employees of the railroad
under direction of the commission. When the sur
veys are completed the commission will choose be
tween them as to the better route of getting the coal
to tidewater
Chairman Edes, of the commission, has ex
pressed considerable alarm over the prospect of a
stampede to Alaska by men looking for work on the
government railway. He said that but little work
will be done this year, and that there were already
enough men in Alaska to fill all the available places.
He also asserted that the wages to be paid would
not be high enough to justify men quitting jobs in
the States on the expectation of making more money
in Alaska.
The commission will operate no trains this year
furthr than Mile 45 on the Alaska Northern, and the
present gasoline car is all that will be used. There
will be no attempt this year to construct the forty
five miles of track necessary to bring Ship Creeic
and Kern Creek, the present end of the Alaska Nor
them, into communication. All supplies for the
commission and its employees will go by steamer to
Ship Creek.
Chairman Edes further said that the seventy
five miles of track necessary to be constructed to
bring the Matanuska coal to Ship Creek would not
be completed before the end of next year. The
work this year will include the erection of a sub
stantial wharf in the Ship Creek channel for the
landing of supplies. The railroad construction
work during the summer will be limited to dredg
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ing and dirt work, but heavy rock work will be
continued throughout the winter.
SEATTLE, April 14— The Post-Intelligencer,
in an editorial this morning on the Alaskan rail
road situation, comments at length on the announce
ment by George W. Perkins on the plans for the fu
ture development of the Copper River railway.
The editorial paints a glowing picture of the coming
greatness of the two cities, Cordova and Seward.
It says that the Cordova road will tap the Tan
ana valley agricultural district as well as a great
mining district. The Seward road will look after
the development of agricultural lands of the Su
sitna valley and of an equally great mining district
as that tapped by the Cordova road. The writer
sees Cordova and Seward as the two brightest stars
in the firmament of Alaska cities, and says that
under the present plans for the development of the
resources of the territory, these two cities should
proceed jointly to great prosperity, and become
equally important as gateways to the great interior
of Alaska.
RUSSIAN ADVANCE III CARPATHIAN
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HEIGHTS Bfi UZSOK PISS
LONDON, April -4—An official statement from Petrograd
says that the fighting is progressing fourteen miles south of
the Dukla pass in the Carpathian mountains. The dispatches
indicate that the Russians have made considerable advance in
the direction of the plains of Hungary. The combined Aus
trian and German forces still retain possession of Uzsok Pass,
but the Russians announce the capture of three more heights
within four miles of the pass.
PETROGRAD, April 14—The Teutonic forces which are
now in possession of a few isolated' summits of the Carpathian
mountains, are contesting stubbornly every Tout of the Rus
sian advance. The fighting continues along a front of one
hundred and fifteen miles, with the armies strung out in two
parallel lines running almost due east and west. The Rus
sian army is concentrated between Bartfold and Ktyri.
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GER S I
BASEL, April 14—The German military authorities at
Istein ar emaking preparations to resist the anticipated suc
cessful French advance. At Istein new underground barracks
have been constructed and other necessary stops taken to re
sist a siege. The Rhine at this place lias been dammed so
that the surrounding country can be easily flooded by opening
the sluice gates.
PETROGRAD, April 14—The lighting along the Prussian
border in the vicinity of the Russian fortress of Ossoketz,
continues with unabated vigor. The fortress is subjected to
a continual bombardment fromthe huge German howitzers,
but the Russians are pressing a strong attack on both sides of
the besiegers.
Will Observe Holiday Will be Located In Seattle
Tomorrow being Lincoln's Birthday W. B. Gilbert, who has been In
the cable office will only open from charge of the local cable office, de
9 to 10 o’clock in the morning auu parted today for Seattle, to which
5 to 6 o'clock in the afternoon. place he has been transferred. R. L.
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Some cooking at the Windsor grill, ceed Mr. Gilbert.
MEDICAL MEN TO
MEET HERE FRIDAY
The Alaska Medical Association will
meet In Cordova on Friday and mem
bers of the profession are expecteu
to be present from Valdez, Seward,
Latouche, Kennecott and Cordova. A
number of interesting papers will be
read and stereoptlcan views shown,
Illustrative of the subjects treated up
on.
FIERCE FIGHT IS
WASHINGTON, April 14—The bat
tie between the Villa and Obreon for
ces was under way all day yesterday
and the fighting along the whole line
was hard and fierce. Today the for
tunes of war favored the Villa forces
at Celaya, where the fighting was hot
test. The line of battle extended
from Celaya to Queretaro and La Gri
ega. About forty-five thousand men
are engaged in the fighting on botn
armies. Two of the Obregon com
manders have surrendered and the
retreat of his army to the south has
been cut off.
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PASSENGERS ON ALAMEDA
GOING TO SEATTLE
The steamer Alameda arrived from
the westward shortly after midnight
and sailed for Seattle at 4 o’clock
with the following passengers from
Cordova:
Aivam Fames, W. B. Gilbert, Dr. P.
J. B. LeBlanc and wife, K. R. Peo
ples and wife, Robert Lavery, Angus
McBride, W T. Harris and wife, Mrs.
Wm. J. McDonald and Father CrI
mont.
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John Zugg, who Is In charge of the
Alaska Road Commission's work In
the Tatiana valley, came over from
Valdez this morning and will leave
on tomorrow’s train for Fairbanks,
to remain there until next fall.
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All the Real News in the Times.
BEER DRLf ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
r 'PERMITTED TO BE SOLD
IN ARMY CANTEENS
LONDON, April 14—In answer to a question in the House
of Commons today, the government replied that beer was the
only intoxicant now permitted to be sold in the armv canteens.
All other alcoholic beverages have been placed under the ban.
In the debate which followed some of the members suggested
that the Houses of Parliament should follow the example of
King (leorge and abstain from intoxicating liquors. The gov
ernment in that regard said that it was a question for the
houses of parliament to decide for themselves, and that the
cabinet could not properly interfere. It was also announced
that the government had decided to remove cotton from the
list of contraband'.
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AUSTRIANS RETREATING HUNGARY
AND RUSSIANS GAIN BIG VICTORY
LEM BERG, GALICIA, April 14—After a stubborn fight
lasting twelve hours today, the Austrians practically retreat
ed from their position at Mezolaboracz. This town is lo
cated on the Hungarian side of the East Reskid mountains,
about fifty miles south of Przemysl. The battle today left
the whole main crest of the mountains in the hands of the
Russians. The Teutons had always considered the fortifica
tions at this point impregnable, and' the loss of their positions
is a serious blow to their plans for the defense of Hungary.
EFFORT TD BE IDE BY AELIES
TO OUST GERMANS ST. MIUIEL
LONDON, April 14- -The allied forces are making vigorous
preparations and consolidating their positions in the territory
recently captured from the Germans north of Verdun, and an
early effort to oust the Germans from St. Mihiel is anticipated.
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PARIS, April 14—The weather at the front has under
gone a change for the better and the troops are no longer suf
fering from cold. For the past few days the region along the
battle front has been favored with mild spring weather, and
the trenches are no longer filled with icy water.
SEATTLE PASTOR WILL
SETTLE IN VALDEZ
Kev. J. F. Dunstan, pastor of the
WeHt Seattle Congregational church,
has accepted a call for Valdez, for
the same denominational church. He
will leave for the North on the Mari
posa April 18.
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OP
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THIS PILL
The proposed location for the large
new- naval radio station is between
Miles 13 and 16 on the Copper River
railway, near the old ball grounds,
and the site extends back for six
miles. The survey has been com
pleted by manager John Gillis, of the
wireless station at Whitshed. and a
request will be made that the reserva
tion be set aside for naval purposes.
The material and equipment for the
new plant is now being assembled at
Bremerton, Wash., and the boat that
will transport it north Is due to ar
rive in Cordova about the middle of
June. At first it was reported that
the cruiser Annapolis would be here,
but it now appears that it has not
been definitely determined what boat
is to be used for this radio work, but
announcement of the selection is ex
pected to be made within a few days.
It is the Intention to erect a large
concrete structure to be known as
the administration, and this will be
surrounded by smaller buildings and
cottages to be occupied by the force
in charge of the station. At least
fifty men will be employed in the
work, which it is hoped to rush
through so that the station at Whit
shed can be transferred to the new
location this fall.
Today the Copper River & North
western railway train crews for the
summer were made up. the men hav
ing obtained their positions tbrougn
seniority rank as follows:
Main line local: O. L. Larson, con
ductor; K. G. Robinson and W. G.
Sutton, brakemen; J. W. Fillinger,
engineer; Ed. Walsh, fireman.
Branch local: L. L. Butler, conduc
John Nicolet and Carl Johnson,
brakemen; J. It. Reed, engineer; Ar
thur Holt, fireman.
Pile driver: Wm. Hayes, conductor;
Wm. McFadden and Floyd Smith,
brademen; Henry Lee. engineer;
Jack Courtney, firemen.
Hitcher: George Scott, conductor;
Kenneth Holden and Geo. Steel,
brakemen; George Buchanan, engi
neer; August Thiel, fireman.
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COURT OFFICIALS TRYING
BEACH COMBER CASES
Judge F. M. Brown, District Attor
ney Spence and Assistant District At
torney Munley are in Seward investi
gating the beach comber cases. The
effort is being made by the attorneys
for the Alaska Central railroad to
have an order of eviction against the
men living on the beach executed, but
it is objected to because the company
no longer exists.
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Flor De Lover&j CLEAR HAVANAS
ask for the MONARCH SIZE.