The Cordova Daily Times
W VOLUME II. Vl'MBKBrwO. CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2H, 1916. PPI,ir Trv
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ALLIES MAKE BIG GAINS NEAR! SOMME
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SEATTLE, Sept. 28. — The Paclfii
Coast Steamship Company and thi
Pa< it ic-\laska Navigation Compan;
have formed a merger under the tith
of the Pacific Steamship Company
The deal is effective November 1, an<
tlie new company will own twenty-twi
steamships, valued at $12,000,000. Ii
the reorganization the following offi
cers were elected: II. T. Alexander
president; E. C. Ward, vice-president
It. J. Ringwood, vice-president it
charge of traffic; A. F. Haines; man
ager. ft is understood that more boat!
will be put on the Alaska run. Col
Jackling, who is heavily interested it
the new company, intends to develo]
a number of Ala.’lui mines.
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PRICE OF FLOUR
IS SID
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 28. — The
millers of Minnesota predict that the
price of flour will go to $10 a barrel
in the near future. It has already ad
vanced, and is now $8 a barrel higher
than it was a year ago, being quoted
at $K.8o in car load lots.
SEATTLE UNIONS
SHE
SEATTLE, Sept. 28. - The Central
Labor Council has voted to take a re
ferendum on the ground of a strike
of all Seattle unionists in sympathy
with the striking longshoremen. The
referendum will close on October 10
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NEW YORK, Sept 28. — A crowd
of sympathizers of the strikers at
tacked the Grand street crosstown cat
with stones. The windows were shat
tered and ttie rnotormen, conductors
and passengers driven into tin
street. The police disbursed the mob
In Westchester county sympathizer!
cut the feed wires, soaped the rail!
and pulled the trolley poles off tin
wires.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28. — Ernes
Bohni says that 16:5,000 unionists an
on strike out of sympathy with tin
traction employees. The police havi
been informed that 12,000 tunnel work
era in the new subway are preparini
to strike.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28. — Despiti
the claims of the union leaders tin
pplice say that if a general strike h
progressing they have been unable t<
— find it.
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northwestern sails south
WITH MANY PASSENGERS
The steamer Northwestern arrivei
here at 9:30 o'clock last night am
sailed south today at noon. The oul
going passengers were .1 IJalton am
wife, N. Sias and wife, Geo. Stone am
wife, Mrs. Sparrow. Miss Fuller, Mis
Dwyer, Geo. Handy and wife, Ed Her
ley, Fred Smart. Harry Delvig am
about thirty cannery employees, fo
Seattle; Mrs. Krippaehne and T. M
"West and wife, for Juneau.
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Printing neatly done at the Tlmef
office.
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1CHI5AIUA OUTPUT
BE ABOUT
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' Lee Catching, a placer miner of
! nearly forty years experience, who
■ was one of the first stampeders to the
s Chisana district, is in Cordova on his
way to the states, where he will pur
I chase an outfit to often up a group of
t thirteen claims on a tributary of Bea
i ver creek, which he intends to work
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extensively next summer.
Mr Catching and his partner, Harry
Boyden, have been mining on Hold I
Bun this season and the results have j
been very satisfactory to them. He !
reports that the district will produce !
in the neighborhood of $80,000 for the j
I year, which amount would have been ]
! much larger had there not been a scar- |
| city of water on the creeks. Among i
those who made good cleanups are
McClellan and Taylor on Bonazna; j
Carl Whitman on Little Eldorado, and j
Bringham and McCabe on Big Eldo '
rado.
There was also considerable acttv J
itv on Notch creek, where a number
of claims have been staked and the ;
ground looks promising. Mr. Catch |
ing estimates that there will be from !
60 to 80 people winter in the camp.
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PRESIDENTVOTES
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1.0NT. BRAN('H, Sept. 26. — Presi
dent Wilson motored from here to his j
home In Princeton yesterday and voted")
at the state primaries. He greeted i
his old friends and neighbors, who
were gathered at the polling booth
to meet him. His stay In Princeton
was short, as he returned to his sum
mer home here immediately after
casting his ballot.
PACIFIC COAST
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OATES ''
SEATTLE, Sept. 26. — In accord
ance with the numerous suggestions
made by the people and newspapers
of Alaska, the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company has announced a re-1
duetion in rat^s of twenty per cent
on round trip tickets from Alaska to
points in the states, good until June
1, and permitting numerous stopover
privileges. This cut is made to per
mit Alaskans to spend the winter
months in the states, and it is expect
ed will have the effect of largely In
creasing the passenger traffic on the
company's steamers. It is anticipated j
that other steamship lines operating
to Alaska points will follow suit. This
reduction, it Is believed, will hit hard
at the Prince ltupert linerB and the
White Pass & Yukon route, which
have recently Increased their rates.
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EXTERMINATION OF MOOSE
AND SHEEP STOPPED.
The secretary of agriculture haB just
1 Issued a regulation, effective October
1 1, prohibiting the Bale or shipment
for sale until October 1, 1918, of car
casses of moose and sheep south of
latitude 62 degrees and between lougi
. tude 141 W., and the western outlet
of Lake Clark, longitude 155 W.
I The primary object of the regulation
I Is to prevent the extermination of
- Moose and mountain sheep In the Ke
I nai peninsula, which is rapidly filling
I up with settlers, and through which
t the new government railroad runs, lte
- ports from game wardens and other
I officers in that region have for some
r time shown a constant Increase in the
. number of game animals killed, and
especially moose and sheep, many of
which were marketed.
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Job Printing at the Timea.
LONDON, Sept. 28.—After the capture of Combles the
British took Thiepval. On Monday and Tuesday they also cap
tured 3,500 prisoners. A large number of Germans discarded
their rifles when approached, ami batches of prisoners are nr
riving daily. Since the offensive began the British have taken
nineteen villages and gained six miles deep on the Somme front.
The British casualties have been surprisingly light, as the Ger
mans showr an inclination to withdraw their guns whenever
they are endangered.
LONDON, Sept. 28.—The German prisoners taken the past
two days now number 5,000. The fighting continues, and last
night the British were pressing their guns forward on armored
notor cars and overwhelmed tile machine gun positions. It is
reported that the Germans have withdrawn from around Grand
■ourt and Anere valley. A thousand prisoners were taken at
Thiepval and Zollera works.
LONDON, Sept. 28.—The French troops are apparently
unking a new drive at Chaulnes, the southern end of the Somme
line. The French advance beyond' Bouchavesnes directiv
threatens Allaines, two miles north of Peronne, and prepares
the way for an encircling movement intended to drive the Ger
mans from Peronne.
LONDON, Sept. 28.—The progress that the allies have
made against the Teutons can best be judged from the fact that
'hev took 60,000 Germans, one hundred and ninety square
miles of territory and forty-four villages since July 1.
LONDON, Sept. 28.—After the capture of Guedecourt an
armored car forged ahead, and as the gasoline became ex
hausted, Germans surrounded the car, which kept firing at the
neniv. When rescued by the British infantry two hundred and
fifty dead Germans were found around the machine.
PARIS, Sept. 28.—A brilliant nttack made bv the French
troops east of Vermandovillers resulted in the capture of the
strongly fortified wood.
BUCHAREST, Sept. 28.—It is officially stated that th
great battle on the Dobrudja front, which began September 17
ind ended two days later, resulted in a decisive defeat for the
iei mails and Bulgarians. The enemy’s massed formation was
mowed down by artillery tire, and the losses were enormous,
veryw here heaps of dead being found.
LONDON, Sept. 28.—The British advanced again on the
Somme tront last night. Their greatest success was won in the
lireetion of Faucourt and Abbaye.
BERLIN, Sept. 28.—It is officially reported that after un '
.isually severe fighting the allies captured Thiepval, and gained
ground on both sides of Courcelette.
ATHENS, Sept. 28.—Four thousand Greek troops at Can
•a, Crete, have joined the revolutionists, who are daily gaining
strength.
SOFIA, Sept. 28.—After ten days of heavy fighting be
ween the Serbians and Bulgarians on the western end of tin
Macedonian front, the Bulgarians forced back their opponents
and compelled them to retreat along the whole front.
PARIS, Sept. 28.— The Germans made a strong attack on
the Verdun front at Thiaumout and were repulsed with heavy
losses. The Bulgarians made two attacks last night'near Fior
ina, but were unable to make any headway and had to retire.
, ATHENS, Sept. 28.—-After a conference of the heads of
the government it was decided that Greece would immediately
declare w ar on Bulgaria.
ATHENS, Sept. 28.—The king will send an ultimatum to
Bulgaria, demanding the instant evacuation of all Greek Mace
donia. Mobilization of the army has been ordered and the pen
pie are pleased over the prospects of war with Bulgaria.
ATHENS, Sept. 28.—The resignation of the cabinet is ex
■ looted soon, to be followed by a proclamation from the king t<
the nation, as Greece intends to join in the war on the side of the
entente allies.
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The Dally Times was today In re
ceipt of the annual report of the Alas
ka road commission for 1916, which is
just off the press, and contains much
interesting matter. The work of the
commission was widely distributed,
covering all parts of the territory.
On June 30, 1916, there were over
900 miles of road which cost on an
average of three thousand dollars per
mile. This Includes the cost of all
surveys and construction; cost of
maintenance for the ten years of the
existence of the roads and also all
overhead charges of every nature for
the same period. In other words the
entire cost of construction and main
tenance has averaged three hundred
dollars per mile per year for ten years.
Compare this With the money ap
propriated for the construction of the
Bagnfo-B^nguet road in the Philip
pine Islands, where, when 28.7 miles
of road was "finally ready for traf
fic" the cost aggregated $1,961,847 06
(see "the Philippines, past and Pres
ent,” page 456, by Commissioner Wor
cester, secretary of the Interior of the
Philippine islands).
The above comparison Is made only
to show the liberal policy towards the
roads in the Philippine Islands com
pared with that towards Alaska.
On a recent issue of a road map
of California, by the California High
way Commission, there is a statement
to the effect "that out of every dollar
expended, 87 1-2 cents went directly
into the roads," and that "the remain
ing 12 1-2 cents represents every other
character of expenditure."
The statement shows an expenditure
of over sixteen millions; shows excel
lent results accomplished and shows,
moreover, that in this expenditure, as
in all others, a certain percentage
(12 1-2 In this case) of an appropria
tion for roads cannot be put "direct
ly Into the roads," but must be used
for "every other character of expend!
ture" made necessary by the work at
hand.
The percentage of an appropriation
which can be put "directly into the
roads" must obviously vary somewhat
with the size of the appropriation, but
notwithstanding the various and irre
gular amounts the Alaska road com
mission has had at its disposal during
the past ten years the records show
that over ninety per cent of all money
appropriated for roads has been put
“directly into the roads,”
The above comparison is made only
to show that money appropriated for
roads is as economically expended in
Alaska as elsewhere.
The salaries of the members of the
\laska road commission are not paid
from the appropriations for roads,
but directly bv the war department
and this in some measure may ac
count for the increased per cent of
the appropriation the commission has
been able to put "directly Into roads.”
Much speculation is often indulged
In as to cost of roads. Many people
are often heard to splurge forth on
such subjects as "upkeep," "overhead
charges," "maintenance" and "con
struction of roads without having very
definite ideas as to just what these
terms mean or realizing what the cost
of their theories would be if put into
practice.
For instance, not long ago a gentle
man seriously advocated a three-mile
plank walk on trestlea to cross a gla
tier delta Instead of an earth road
connected by bridges at intervals as
at present
Another advocated the digging of a
rtver channel from Valdez bay to the
glacier (about four miles) and fore
lng the glacier stream to follow It.
Many similar impracticable theories
and suggestions might be quoted. The
road work in Alaska differs somewhat
from that in the United States, hut It
it safe to say that the best results
are obtained by following the general
principles laid down by eminent eu
gineers long familiar with such work
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IN sunn
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Oscar Erickson, a well known miner
of the Chlsana, was found dead at the
itottom of a shaft on his claims on
Johnson creek by a number of min
ers who had started out to look for
him. He had evidently been dead for
some time, and is believed to have
suffocated in the »haft from the gas
formed by his thawing fire. The fol
lowing letter from Charles Hirdning,
of Chisana, bearing date of Septern-'
ber 10, gives the full detallB of the
finding of the body:
"Upon the arrival here a few days
ago of George Goshaw, he made In-!
qulry of Dick Woodman and Mrs j
Edison, who had been operating on
Big Eldorado, as to the yhereabouts
of Oscar Erickson. Neither of tbs
parties had seen the man for some
time past, and when Mr. Woodman :
went over to Bonanza a little time1
later, he made Inquiries there con
cerning the man. He learned that
Erickson had not been heard of nor
seen for about twenty days. Mr. Go
shaw and Mr. Woodman then started
up to Erickson's claims, on Johnson
creek, to ascertain what had become
of the man. They arrived at his
sabln and found the place empty, but
on the atove waa a pot of beans, all
mouldy, showing that the man had
placed them on the stove to cook be
tore leaving the cabin, evidently ex
pecting to return within a short time. |
but that he had not been there for:
possibly a week. Goshaw and Wood- j
man then went up to his workings
Erickson had done considerable work
on his claims, having sunk three
shafts and on the htll above had driven
four tunnels for varying distances. Of
the shafts two were filled with water
and one caved in. and the tunnels
were all badly caved In, showing that
no work had been done for some lit
tle lime. At one of the shafts, stick
ing in the windlass frame was Erick
son's jacknlfe, and nearby some kind
ling wood, split fine, several oil can
water buckets for holsing water, a
gold pan and a pick and shovel. Go
shaw and Woodman reached the con
elusion that Erickson must be somfr
where In the shafts or tunnels, and
they went back to Bonanza and notl
fled the commissioner and the min
ers This morning about eighteen men
from t’hlsana and Bonanza left for the
scene Arriving at Erickson’s claims
they found that the shaft over which
the windlass stood was about 40 feet
deep and had between 17 and 18 feet
of water In It. Johnnie Johnson went
down the ladder In this shaft to fill
the buckets, while Goshaw and an- ,
other men started to hoist the water
in the buckets by hand In the mean
time McMullen, "Dutch" Robert Hoo
ver and others started digging out
the drifts in the sidehill. Roy Bad
den made a hook out of an old sled
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shoe and fastened It to a 14-foot pole.
After about three quarters of an hour’s
work the water in the shaft had been
lowered several feet, and the hook
was used to discover if there was any
thing at the bottom. Almost the first
attempt the hook caught in something
and in a moment the body of the miss
ing man was brought to the surface.
The body showed that It had been In
the water for a number of days. A
stretcher was at once made and the
body taken down the creek until 0.
A. Simons met the party with his
horse and wagon and relieved them
of the burden, taking it to Chlsana
The following day the body was rever
ently laid at rest In the village ceme
tery with appripriate ceremonies.
“It is the general opinion here that
Mr. Krlckson had gone down into the
shaft to clean out the gravel and had
been overcome by the gas from the
fire he had placed the night before
to thaw the ground, as It Is well known
that in deep shafts this gas Is par
ticularly fatal, und working all alone
had succumbed. The seepage water
had finally filled the shaft to a con
siderable depth, thus covering all
traces of the body.
"Mr. Krlckson was a pioneer of this
camp, a sober. Industrious man, who
held the esteem of every member of
the community, and hie death will be
sincerely mourned. Thus in his prime
has passed away another of those pio
neers of the North, one of those fear
less searchers for gold, and bis taking
away has cast a pall of gloom over
the entire camp. Mr. Erickson is sur
vlved by two brothers In Valdez. Er
nie aud Wm. Erickson, and a sister
somewhere In the states."
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SALT GURGLED IN BARREL,
PROVES TO BE WHISKEY.
Five barrels marked "salt," and a
trunk shipped from Seward on the Ad
miral Goodrich by H. Peterson to
Goose bay were seized on the srrivai
of the vessel at Anchorage When
the heads of the barrels were broken
in each was found to contain whiskey
and the trunk was filled with t)ie
same commodity.
This liquor was packed at Seward
and consigned to Peterson himself.
Marshal Kvane has been notified of
the seizure at Anchorage Peterson
is said to be liable to indectment for
violation of the laws against false
manliest, in addition to shipping li
quor into dry territory.
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Charles A Sulzer, Democratic can
dtdate for delegate to congress, ac
companied by his wife and son, was in
town today. He is returning to Ket
chikan, but will come to Cordova later
and hold a political meetlug here
Job Printing at Dally Tlrnaa office
EARLY ROMANCE
ENDS VERY
Last evening a wedding was con
summated at the Presbyterian church,
which was the result of a school day
romance. The contracting parties
were Mr Ben Osborne, the local jew
eler, and Miss Adrine Wold, who ar
rived here on the last steamer from
Christiania, Norway. Rev. A. G.
Shrlver performed the ceremony in
the presence of a few inimate friends
The church was tastefully decorated
and Mrs. Benedict played the wedding
march. After the nuptial knot had
been tied, the bridal party repaired to
the home of Mr. and Mrs Edward
Walsh, where a dainty luncheon was
served
Mr and Mrs. Osborne left on this
morning's train for a trip to Chttina,
McCarthy and Kennecott. Cpon their
return they will immediately go to
housekeeping. The Daily Times Joins
in extending its congratulations to the
newly weds.
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PITTSBURG. Sept U8. — Charles
Evans Hughes entered the Pittsburg
district yesterday afternoon, and was
met at the station by a big delegation
of Republicans from western Penn
sylvania, eastern Ohio and northern
West Virginia. They immediately
started on a tour of the industrial
towns, escorted by a parade of auto
mobiles filled with spectators.
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WHAT IS TRANSPIRING
BEFORE DISTRICT COURT
In the case of Marjorie E. Glegold
vs Nla* Glegold, a decision was ren
dered for the plaintiff and a divorce
granted on default of the defendant.
The grand jury has returned two
Indictments, one against A. E McLean,
charging murder in the first degree,
and the second against l)r M. F.
Spiers, of Unga, on the charge of sell
ing liquor w sthout aa license
The court issued an order for the
appointment of a temporary receiver
in the case of Clifford Mooers vs Port
Graham Coal Company, and an order
Issued appointing \V. J Whorf recelv
or anH nrnviHinv fur tho tiiihlipuMidn
of summons
A demurrer to the Indictment In the
case of the United States vs Adolph
Gustafson, Indicted for obtaining
money under false pretenses at Sew
ward, was argued, and the demurrer
overruled
Simeon Veraskin, indicted for man
slaughter, committed at Izeenbach bay
last December, was arraigned and
pleaded not guilty to the charge
The grand jury returned an indict
ment against George Frazer, of An
chorage, charging the obtaining of
money under false pretenses The
prisoner was not at court, being out
on bail at Anchorage
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ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
NOW OUT OF OFFICE
Judge W. H Whittlesey Is now out
of office as assistant district attorney
of this division, and will return to
Seward to resume practise of law It
has been well known for some time
that Mr. Whittlesey contemplated re
signing, but the story that comes now
is that the department has declared
the office vacant for the purpose of
economy. It Is said that Judge Whit
tlesey received notification of the fact
while he was out to the westward on
official business Another peculiar
rumor has come to the effect that a
nephew of Judge Spence has entered
his uncle's office.
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Mr. and Mrs. t haa E Mills were
arrivals In town today from Anchor
age Mr Mills came here to lake the
1 management of the Empress theatre
tor Captain A E Lathrop