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F. A. Jones, Proprietor
FIRST AVENUE Below Alaskan’Hotel j
Cordova Mill & Lumber Co.
LONG AND SHORT MILL WOOD FOR SALE ^
Manufacturers and Dealers in Rough and
Dressed Lumber.
Also Outside Lumber
We Have Succeeded the Arctic Lumber Company and
All Mail Orders Should be Addressed to Us.
Orders From up the Line Office and Mill Opposite
Promptly Attended to. Railroad Depot. Phone 5
i Alaskan Hotel
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ROBERT GOTTSCHALK—Proprietors—ART CLONINGER ;
“The House of Comfort.” j
THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL IN
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Bar and Barber Shop in Connection.
i§ Hot and Cold Water, Electric Bells,
Electric Lights, Steam Heat, Suites
With Bath. “
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CORDOVA . ALASKA
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Carter & Bogart
PAINTERS AND PAPERHANGERS
Estimates Furnished. Phone 75
An Up-to-date Line of Wallpaper and Glass.
SIGN WRITING
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! STEEL NETS [ 1
ARE SET FOR
SUBS
* CORFU, Oct. 15— Travel in the
eastern Mediterranean during these
war days is no easy matter, for the
usual routes of travel are now barred
by long lines of steel nets, set to
catch submarines but at the same
time establishing a vast labyrinth of
danger and obstruction to any sort
of travel. The nets stretch clear
across the main channels, from is
land to island, and from the'shore is
lands to the mainland, sometimes ten
and fifteen miles away. Through this
line of nets the privileged steamer—
for all the regular lines are abandon
ed—must pick its way, during the !
brief interval that an opening is made
daily to permit the passage of t'riend
l ly shipping.
Seen from the steamer these tor
pedo nets stretch away for miles.
The visible part above water con
sists of a steel cylinder, about twelve
feet long and three feet in diameter,
like a good-sized log. These are chain
ed together about thirty feet apart,
and at intervals of every three hun
dred feet a large anchored buoy holds
the chain in an unbroken straight
line. Thus the chain runs for miles
—cylinders and buoys—with the mesh
es of steel net hanging under the wa
ter from the chain, to gather in the
submarines just as fishermen make
their hauls of herring.
One gets occasional gltmpes of this
I under-water net, js it comes to the
• surface on the station ships. These
- are small trawlers, or steam fish- \
launches, every mile or two apart,
and two of them are at either side
of the narrow passage admitting
friendly ships. It is their business
to raise the net at stated intervals
and to look over the papers of the
ships that pass.
As we moved through the passage
the steel net was plainly visible to
us drawn up on the station ship. It
looked to be about 12 to 18 feet across
and the strands of steel were very
heavy—about one-eighth inch and the
mesh rather open, as a submarine is
such a large game that a fine net is
not needed to take it. It was seen, al
, so, that each of the station ships had
I its own armor of steel nets. Long
g iron rods extended form the upper
•! docks, from which hung the nets,
making a curtain of steel entirely
^ circling each boat, thus protecting it
■j form attack while it remain in charge
j; of the nets. Each ship, too, it was
•i noted had a rapid fire gun mounted
5 fore and aft.
j: One line of these nets stretched
g from the upper end of the island of
£ Corfu over to the mainland of Alban
ia ia; It seemed endless, and its further
•i reaches were lost in the distance,
g Another line swung around the har
•j bor of Corfu, where the allied war
•: ships are gathered and the govern- j
Jj ment of Serbia is located since it was
•: driven from home. Further south a!
| third line of these nets extends from
j; the southernmost point of the island
over to the mainland. Back of the
nets could be seen the huge warships
and the frowning fortresses construc
t ted on the heights by the Venetians,
jj It seemed strange that strands of steel!
wire would protect such fortresses
and monster ships, and it indicated
to what an extent wire entangle
ment—on land and water— has taken
its place for the first time in this
war.
X-RAYS CAUSE THE
LOSS OF FOREARM. I
PARIS. Oct. 15—Doctor G. M. Vail
\ lant, head of the radiographic service
f at the Lariboisiere hospital in Paris.
• who had already lost several fingers
in successive operations resulting
from the use of the X-rays, has just
undergone the amputation of the left
forearm from the same caase. Dr.
Vaillant persists in continuing his
work at the Lariboisiere hospital, in
view of ‘! <j value of his work to the
wounded.
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Rece - rivals from Fairbanks re
"t t! v i >uis Huber shot and killed
his mining partner, M. Schranthan. of
New York, in the Kuskokwlm country.
No details of the crime were obtain-;
able when they left the interior.
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Try a loaf of “Sun Maid“ Raisin
Bread. It’s really fine. City Bakery.
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Largest assortment of fancy Rib
bons at Mrs. Kate Rolfe’s.
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Your eyes fitted. Compound and
astigmatic lenses replaced. See Os-1
borne.
GREEKS BEING
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(By Associated Press)
ATHENS. Oct. 13—The Greeks are
forgetting Greek and learning French.
This is not because the French Expe
dition is here, or any allied domina
tion over Greece, but it is do to the
moving pictures for French has been
adopted as the cinema language of
Eastern Europe, just as it is the dip
lomatic language. The moving pic
tures is atso a public institution in
Greece and the Balkans generally.
It is not confined to small halls, but
is shown in the open at night, in;r
vast central squares.
In front of the Royal Palace here
is an esplanade where 50,000 people
have demonstrated during the recent
troubles over King Constantine. This
is now given over at night to the cine
mas, with enormous crowds at the
small tables, and no charge except
for a drink. There are three per
formances, with some 10.000 people
at each. And thus, 30,000 people
take an hour's French lesson nightly
at this one spot.
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TOKIO, Oct. 13—The cordial recep
tion given to the Viscount Ishii in
the United States caused a favorable
impression throughout Japan and has
called forth appreciative comment.
The semi-official Japan Times re- t
gards the reception as unprecedented
in Japanese experience in its hearty
cordiality, honor and respect paid and
in the enthuisasm of its demonstra
tion. The newspapers adds: “The
Embassy’s journey from Honolulu to
Washington has indeed been a veri
table series of royal receptions in the
best sense of the term, in which em
bodied American hospitality and sin
cerity on a most generous and majes
tic scale, for which the Americans
are traditionally noted. All this is
most gratifying to Japan and the Jap
anese. The honor done to Viscount
Ishii has been done to Japan and the
Japanese. Japan and the Japanese
cannot but feel and appreciate most
profoundly the expressions of the cor
dlaliest friendship and of the reality
of war time alliance made through
Viscount Ishii.’’
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PREHISTORIC BOG VILLAGE
UNEARTHED NEAR VENICE.
VENICE, Oct. 15—Italian workmen
at Fenilotto, in the province of Ver
ona, have uncovered the remains of
a prehistoric bog village, dating back
many centuries before the Golden
Age of Rome.
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Newest Georgette Crepe Waists at
Mrs. Kate Rolfe’s.
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Delicious Pumpkin and Lemon Pies
at City Bakery.
Northwest ♦
Soda Works l
Manufacturers and ♦
Bottlers
Soda Water, all Flavors, *'■
Gingerale, «|
Root Beer, ♦
Coco Cola. *
Mail Orders Given Prompt ♦
Attention. * :
Cordova, Alaska. « .
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Keating’s
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Opposite city Bakery. &
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Fait and commodloua ateamara sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova. Valdei. Seward
Leaves Leaves Cordova
Seattle. for Seattle.
Oct. 9.MARIPOSA.Oct. 19
The freighters Cordova, Latouche, Juueau, Valdez
and Ketchikan also make regular trips.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up-town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not ba received at the deck later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, S. R. HEDGES,
General Agent Agent
^FlcT^™^COMMN7]
Sailings from Seattle:. October 10, 18, 26, November 5, 16, 25.
SAILINGS FROM CORDOVA
Southbound Westbound
October 7 October 8
October 14 i October 16
October 22 I October 24
October 30 November 1
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Steamers President, Governor, Admirals Schley and Dewey, Queen.
Through Tickets to All Parts of the United States and Canada.
Right Reserved to Chance Schedule of Steamers Without Notice.
FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY
W. A. NOURSE, Agent. Empress Building.
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FOR GENERAL TEAMING, BAGGAGE
TRANSFERRED, AUTO SERVICE,
COAL AND WOOD.
ALASKA TRANSFER
COMPANY
UNEXCELLED WAREHOUSE FACILITIES
For Storing and Insuring Baggage,
Mdse and Household Goods.
Office—Northern Hotel Building. Phone 85.
j NORTHERN MEAT MARKET|
I WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
| Fresh Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton 1
\ and Provisions 1
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ji Particular Attention and Prompt 8ervlee Given to order* from
MINING CAMPS, ROADHOUSES AND
INTERIOR POINTS
| SMITH & GLASBRENNER, Props. I
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Sixty Steam Heated Rooms Eletric Lighted
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
With or Without Bath.
Cordova House
H. C. ROSS, Proprietor.
Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men
Satisfaction Guranteed
Rates Reasonable
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Foos Gas Engines 1
4 to 500 Horse Power
General Electric Motors §
Roebling Tramways . |
Pelton Water Wheels
Chicago Oil Engines and Compressors |
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Harmon Machinery Co.Inc |
Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting i|
CORDOVA, ALASKA