The Cordova Daily Times
_Only Afternoon Paper In Alaska With Associated Press News
VOLUME III. NUMBER 118._CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1917. PRICETEN CENTS
FOOD CORNER IN UNITED STATES SERIOUS
French Pressure Irresistible Along Whole Front
Enemv
(By the Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 20.—The secretary of ag
riculture has asked the senate for wide powers tc
meet the food crisis, including a complete survey of
the food supply, national supervision of all plants,
mills, packing houses, canneries, slaughter houses,
breweries, distilleries, storage houses or other fac
tories where food, implements and any other articles
required for agricultural purposes are prepared,
manufactured or kept for sale or distribution.
TOPEKA, April 20.—Fifty-five per cent of the
wheat crop has been abandoned' and the yield of 48,
000,000 bushels is less than half last year’s crop was
expected to reach.
CHICAGO, April 20.—City officials have begun
an investigation of the cramming of warehouses with
foodstuffs by speculators to corner the market. The
Momemakers’ Guild has instituted a nation-wide
movement to check the hoarding of foods, through
appeals to the patriotism of women. .The buying by
householders, who fear further advances in prices,
has reached a degree of insanity and grocers are lim
iting sales.
NEW YORK, April 20.—Herbert Hoover, chair
man of the national food commission, urges the boy
scouts of America to devote all of their energies to
the cultivation of beans, which are the h< I war em
ergency food.
A\ ASHINOTON, April 20.—-Secretary of Agri
culture Houston lias recommended that the council
of national defense be empowered by congress to fix
minimum and maximum food prices.
PATHS, April 20.—Violent fighting continued
last night, the French making further gains in the
regions of Laffoux and Vauclere plateau. Several
lines of trenches east of Livre were captured.
The Germans lost heavily in insuccessful counter
attacks in Champagne. The Germans nowhere were
able to resist the French pressure, all of the German
salients along the Xoissons and Auberinc front being
crushed.
LONDON, April 20. — It is officially reported
that the British and French troops at Mesopotamia
have forced a passage at Shattel Adhem, and at
tacked the Turkish positions, completely routing the
enemy. Twelve hundred Turks have already been
captured. The British advanced in southern Pales
tine, north of Wadi Gliuzze, and captured Turkish
advanced positions along a front of six and a half
miles.
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L< )XI)( A pi il 20. I I e I-itish gained ground
Inst night in the neighborhood of Villiers Gnishiin.
MADRID, April 20.—Premier Rom pones, in re
signing, told the king that the defense of lives and
interests of Spaniards will not be assured, if the gov
ernment policy is continued, bound by the limitations
hitherto existing.
AMSTERDAM, April 20.—There are strike* out
breaks in the German munition factories, including
the Krupps’ plant.
LONDON, April 20.—The indications are that
tin* Austrian government policy is seeking to concili
ate* Russia, and Austria-Hungary is hopeful of mak
ing peace negotiations with Russia.
WASHINGTON, April 20.—The senate has de
cided by a vote of 43 to 33 against the motion to
strike the entire press censorship clause from the es
pionage bill, and also rejected the substitute de
signed to modify the* provisions.
Treasury certificates for the indebtedness that
authorized up to $2,000,(MM),000 in the $7,(MM),(MM),
000 war finance measure are now before congress.
They will be issued, says Secretary McAdoo, as may
be necessary. As a bill becomes law, the bonds will
be authorized by the bill, but will probably not be
offered to the public before sixty days.
AMERICAN FLAG
FLOATS OVER
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, April 20. — A religious
service held at St. Paul's cathedral
celebrated America's participation In
the war. The American flag floated
over the highest tower of the parlia
ment buildings at Westminster, and it
was the first time any flag was so
flown. The king, queen and the high
est notables attended the service at
the cathedral.
APPEAL IS MADE
The Chambers of Commerce in Alas
ka have received a communication
from the Merchants’ Association of
New York, urging that action be taken
in all parts of the United States in
support of the administration in deal
ing with international problems. The
letter and resolutions of the New York
organization, which are as follows,
show the support which President
Wilson is receiving from all parties
and business people:
At an enthusiastic luncheon meeting
of our members’ council, twenty-five
hundred of the most representative
business men of this city enthusiasti
cally and unanimously endorsed an ex
pression of patriotic principles. We
enclose herein, for your information,
a copy of these principles, which also
appears in ‘‘Greater New York,” and
would suggest for your favorable con
sideration the adoption of some simi
lar statement of principles by your or
ganization to be forwarded to the pre
sident of the United States.
The attendance of our meeting was
limited because of the capacity of
the dining hall. Many hundreds were
turned away. Yours very truly,
THE MERCHANTS’ ASpCIATION OF
NEW YORK.
By C. S. Mead, Secretary.
Statement of Principles.
Endorsed at a meeting of the mem
bers’ council of the Merchants’ Asso
ciation of New York, held on February
20, 1917.
1. That we publicly attlrni lull ana
complete loyalty to our beloved coun
try.
2. That we pledge our support to
the president of the United States, the
constitutional leader of the nation.
3. That we assert our belief in the
patriotism of the individual citizen, of
whatever birth or former nationality.
4. That we believe that a spirit of
patriotism, not surpassed in fervor or
intensity at any time in our national
history, lives in the hearts of the en
tire American people, which only
awaits the call of the nation's leader.
5. That, as American citizens resi
dent in New York, we declare our
readiness to make any sacrifice in de
fense of those principles of individual
liberty and freedom on land and on
sea, for which this nation has fought
three wars, and which constitute the
sacred badge of American citizenship.
6. That New York wishes to place
Itself before the nation as unequivo
cally devoted to the principles of
peace, but only upon condition that
peace can be maintained without the
sacrifice of national honor or Ameri
can principles. ,
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FORMER GOVERNOR TERRITORY
SUSTAINS SEVERE ACCIDENT.
Former Governor John G. Brady fell
from a boat cradle on the beach at
Sitka, hitting the rocks below, break
ing his left arm and seriously injur
ing his back and head. From the ex
amination of the aged man's injuries
at the time it was not known whether
he sustained internal injuries or not
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WHEAT STILL GOING UP.
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, April 20. — May whea^
has again advanced in price and to
day sold at $2.43 a bushel.
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Miss Mazelle Moss and Miss Elsh
DeClark, two of the teachers in th<
Douglas schools, have resigned the!
I positions, having taught there threi
and two years respectively.
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NEWS ITEMS OF
PURELY LOME
INTEREST
The Empress Theare is undergoing
a complete renovating for the spring
business. An attractive box stand has
been built for the new $1,000 Knabe
piano, and is a great improvement for
tone and appearance. A new Powers’
moving picture machine is expected
on the next boat, and under the cap
able management of A. H. Pinkus, the
patrons can look forward to spending
enjoyable evenings. Miss -Langdon,
the accomplished pianiste, is enter
taining the patroiiB with appropriate
selections.
Upon their departure from Cordova
the commanding officer, officers and
crew of the United States ship Saturn,
acknowledge with gratitude the hos
pitality extended by the citizens of
Cordova and members of the North
land Club. The material success of
the expedition has been contributed
to in no small degree by Superinten
dent Corser and the other officials
of the Copper River & Northwestern
railway.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles will
resume their regular weekly dances
tomorrow night, and continue them
every Saturday night that Eagle hall
is not engaged for some other enter
tainment. There will be the best of
music, and as the floor is all that
could be desired, terpsichorean devo
tees will derive much pleasure from
these affairs.
The census enumerators on the wet
and dry question are making remark
able progress, having registered the
votes of over five hundred residents
since yesterday morning.
An excellent change of pictures at
the Empress tonight at 8 o’clock. The
"Come Dack’’ is fine. Also laughable
comedies. Change again tomorrow.
It is none too early to start to raise
funds for putting the park in condi
tion for ball playing during the com
ing summer.
The superintendent of the Red Ora
gon having returned to town, the clul
house is open from 2 p. m. to 10: 3<
p. m.
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Buried, at McCarthy, Alaska, Tuea
! day, April 17, Miss May Vance; ag<
i 24 years; Rev. E. P. ZAegler officiating
i Tonight the Assembly Club wil
meet for its usual club dance. %
The launch Allies arrived from La
touche last evening, with Gears* li'riin
zen, H. A. Hansen and 13. O’Neil.
Buried Cordova cemetery. Friday,
April 20, J. Durkin; age 40 years; Rev.
E. P. Ziegler officiating.
Mrs. White, of Katalla, will leave
on the Watson for a trip outside, the
first time in years.
A train arrived from Chitina this
afternoon, bringing passengers and
mail.
The snow that fell last night is fast
disappearing under the rays of Old
Sol.
C. C. Howard will leave on the next
boat for Valdez.
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MUCH MINING ACTIVITY IN
ALL PARTS OF ALASKA.
From all present indications there
will be more people prospecting in
Alaska this year than ever before in
the territory's history. From every
point hereabouts men are going into
the hills and up the rivers to spend
the summer. Late reports from Fair
banks contain the news of the find
ing of pay on the Goodpaster. The
Marshall diggings are being widened
out, a new pay creek on the upper
Kuskokwim, close to Candle creek
where Aitkin and McKinnon have
some of the richest placer in Alaska
From the lower Kuskokwim comes re
ports of new strikes. A lot of men
are digging around the Nenana and
the many rivers in that vicinity. There
is a new placer strike on the Kaltat
river. Jim Fullerton reported thu:
they were getting good prospects or
Horsefly creek, close to the town o
Dlkeman. Then there is the Tolstoi
and the creeks to the north and soutl
of it, from Long to Takotna.
In this division there are the riel
copper deposits and placer digging:
of the Copper river valley, and thi
prospecting on Susitna river, in th
Cache creek section and the Broai
Pass country.
The trader, the whaler, the trappe
and the explorer by their combine
efforts were never able to put Alask
firmly on the map, and it was not ut
til the event of the prospector tha
this great territory was clearly mad
known to the world, and their wor
has only just commenced.
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A number of ladies of Juneau ar
preparing to organize a Red Cross A
i soclation in Alaska.
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Dr. Aline Bradley, of Fairbanks, h£
applied to the court at that place f<
■ admission to the bar. If granted si
i will be the first woman in that div
. sion to gain the distinction.
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1 The news when it is newB—in tl
Daily Times.
William Kleinberg, a former resi
dent of Fairbanks, was recently arrest
ed in New York in connection with
a plot against the United States gov
ernment, and was held under bail of
*20,000 for a hearing.
The officers working on the theft of
the gold bricks from the Chichagoff
mine, express confidence that they
have unearthed information which will
lead to the finding of the gold in the
near future. It is thought the pre
cious metal was taken no great dis
tance from the mine.
Tom Lloyd, with a crew of men from
the Alaska road commission, have
completed-a new trail 37 Guiles long
from the Kanttshna to a point about
30 miles above Nenana, on the line
of the government railroad, which
brings the Kantishna within three
days’ travel of Fairbanks.
Weather conditions permitting, the
work of laying track along the grade
south of Nenana will start this month.
Ties are being distributed along the
grade and other preparations being
made to commence actual construc
tion immediately.
Richard Baryhel, a Tolovana oper
ator, is authority for the statement
that the mining men of the Tolovana
district conservatively estimate the
output of this district will be between
one million and one and one-half mil
lion dollars during the coming season.
It is expected that the first spring
washup will yield about half a million
dollars.
It is reported that the Alaska Mines
i Corporation will instal a mammoth
i electric power plant on Seward pen
* insula, a waterfall in the Sawtooth
s mountains being utilized for the pur
I pose, which will provide electric pow
er for mining all over the district. The
r company will also instal a giant
I dredge at a cost of about a million
t dollars.
George D. Schofield, the Republican
t candidate for attorney general in the
b last election, is reported to have suc
* cessfully negotiated a mining deal
whereby several molybdenite claims,
located near Clifton, on the White
e Pass railroad, have been transferred
s- to outside parties. It is the intention
of the new owners to work the pro
perty during the coming summer,
s Glen Carrington, of Anchorage, has
r arranged with the publishers of
e Spaulding's Baseball Guide to publish
i the records of the individual players
and the team record of the Cook Inlet
Baseball league in that publication
e A group picture of the winning team
will also be printed in the book.
;anneries may ask for
DCFUND OF TAXES PAID
That suit will be brought agai.isl
he territory of Alaska by the Alaska
nnneries for the tuxes paid recently
o the territory can be stated on Liu
uithority of the Pacific Fisherman, a
publication which is apparently in
;pired. The Fisherman for March s ys
hat the case is still pending bef ir«
he United States supreme court nnc
hat J. H. Cobb, when chief count el
itipulated with the cannerymen, v. itl
the sanction of the governor, tba
pending a final decision paymen
would not be enforced. The publ.ca
tion goes on to state that Attorn*!
General Grigsby notitied the canner
les that if the taxes were not pail
ho would proceed against them to col
lect the taxes with the accrued inter
pst and penalties attached. This, Thi
Pacific Fisherman says, caused lb
canneries to pay but under protest.
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FOOD MARKETING SUBJECT
OF CAMPUS CONFERENCE
SEATTLE, April 20 — A convent ioi
of foodstuff dealers and economist
will be held on the university campu
the middle of May to discuss the n n
keting and distribution of food | ri
ducts. Dr. Edwin A. Start, direi to
of the extension division of the un
versity, will have charge of the < >i
ference.
The session will extend over a p<
riod of several days and will consi.le
from all possible angles the problc ti
involved in selling and marketing.
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Mammoth bones in considernbi
quantities are said to be found in ih
paystreuk on Boob creek, in the To
stoi country.
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The district surrounding Fort Yi
kon is reported to have been overru
by bands of wolves this winter, whic
have devoured all the game and mm!
it difficult for the Indians to proem
animals for food.
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Lynx have appeared in such nui
bers on the Seward peninsula durii
the past winter that they are provii
a serious menace to the reinde
herds. The big cats are not loath
attack a deer, which they kill easil
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Reports from the lower Yukon st.i
that the dogs of that district are dyii
off rapidly with distemper, few of ti
animals that have been there for ai
length of time having escaped the d
ease. The mail carriers have suffer
heavily.
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James Dixon, an employees of t
Alaska-Juneau mine, who accidental
fell into the dump pit about thr
weeks ago, striking on his head a
who has been receiving treatment
the St. Ann hospital at Juneau, di
from the effects of the wound a fi
days ago.
SEEK* BRIEF
FROM ITS.
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Anchorage is probably the most po
pulous city in Alaska. The buildings
which have been built since the town
site was established are probably
worth a half million dollars. The real
estate is probably worth three times
that much.
And yet, thanks to the law of con
gress, which was passed at the behest
of the railroad commission, the com
mission believes that nobody has the
■ power to lay a tax which can be used
i for school purposes. So the commis
sion, which is responsible for the ex
isting sociological conditions, wants
the territory of Alaska to support the
. Anchorage schools at its sole expense.
When the government laid out the
1 townsites on the line of the new gov
j eminent road, it was anxious that the
i commission should have all the police
- power in the premises. So it arranged
to let the highest bidders in on the
r town lots, under lease which withheld j
- title for five years. The law passed
- by congress on the recommendation
of the commission make assessments
t- on the lot holders for fire protection,
r police protection and street improve
s ments, but not for schools.
Two years ago the railroad com
mission petitioned the governor for a
e school. The maximum amount allowed
e by the Nelson law for a school build
[- ing was $1,000. The sum being in
adequate to erect any building which
would be of sufficient size, the com
i- mission furnished $4,000 for the pur
n pose, under the clause in the lew
h which permits the president to do any
e thing in relation to the railroad which
e he may think proper. The Nelson
fund paid for the teachers. The fol
lowing year a new building was need
i- ed, and unable to get money from the
g Nelson fund, the commission built at
g its expense a $35,000 school house and
>r paid the teachers. It being impos
;o slide for the Nelson fund to pay for
y. the corps of teachers which had be
come necessary, the commission paid
te for the teachers.
ig The commission thinks now that
ie the territorial legislature should reim
iy burse tho commission, and appropriate
s- $20,000 for the school this year. A
Hi similar situation exists at Nenana,
and the commission expects similar
provisions for that town.
■te it is probable that the legislature
ly will feel that since the existing con
ce dition is due to the mistake of the
id commission and congress, to them be
at longs the dilemma.
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• w Have your Job printing done at the
Times office.
CART. KLEIN IN
NAVAL COAST
DEFENSE
Captain Herman C. W. Klein, pilot
of the steamship Northwestern, of the
Alaska Steamship Company, and for
several years first officer of the huge
liner Minnesota, of the Great North
ern Steamship Company, who was
born and educated in Germany, yester
day was appointed a lieutenant in the
United States naval coast defense re
serve, the first Seattle navigator of
merchant craft to be so honored by
the United States navy department.
Captain Klein was a chief gunner's
mate with Admiral Dewey in the bat
tle of Manila and served with the Pa
cific fleet throughout the Spanish
American war. He is one of the most
skillful navigators in the employ of
the Alaska Steamship Company, and
is not only familiar with Alaska wat
ers, but has had wide experience on
the overseas routes, particularly to
China, Japan and the Philippines.
“Although I was born in Germany
I am anxious to defend the American
flag, and will give the country’ of my
adoption the best service I can per
form.” said Captain Klein recently.
“I have received my commission as
lieutenant, junior grade, naval coast
reserve force, which means that if 1
do any fighting it will be in the na
tion's first line of defense.” — Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
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IKES PROTEST
AGAINST I n.
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Demanding a congressional investi
gation Into the methods employed by
the purchasers of the Alaska engineer
ing commission, a telegram signed by
H. B. Van Duzer, J. F. Hamilton and
C. E. Dant was sent to Senator Geo.
E. Chamberlain and Congressman C.
N. McArthur, says a Portland dis
patch.
In bids opened at Seattle March 10
for furnishing the commission with
12,000,000 feet of lumber for shipment
to Anchorage, Alaska, Dant & Bussell,
of Portland, submitted the lowest of
fer. Instead of being awarded the
contract promptly the commission lost
valuable time juggling over the bids
and finally decided to cancel all pro
posals.
On the ground that the available
funds were becoming depleted the
commission announced that other bids
would be opened for furnishing the
government with only a trifle more
than 4,500,000 feet of lumber. Feeling
that it would be a waste of time and
effort, no- local firm put in a bid for
the business.
uwuuac ui me uni wtovi iiiinut
tion shown by the commission in fa
for of Seattle ami Puget Sound, indig
nation broke out among the lumber
men of Oregon. A meeting was held
in Portland last Friday, and following
a discussion of the matter. Messrs.
Van Ouzer, Hamilton and l)ant were
named as a committee to inquire into
the matter thoroughly, and to take *
what action they deemed proper. The
message the committee sent to Wash.
ington Is as follows:
“At a meeting of 75 lumber manu
facturers held in Portland last Friday
the undersigned were appointed a
committee to make further representa
tions in the matter of the purchases
of lumber for the Alaska commission.
Those present represented the entire
state and were in one accord that a
rank injustice has been done Portland
and Oregon in the refusal of the bid
recently made by ltant & Russell. Tho
meeting unanimously went on record
in authorizing the committee to ask
all representatives at Washington to
demand a congressional investigation
of the lumber purchases of the Alaska
commission, feeling that this is the
only way that justice can be secured
by the Columbia and Willamette river
shippers.”
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mt. mckinley lodge, no. 183,
F. & A. M.
Special meeting tonight at Masonic
Hall, 7:30 sharp. Stereopticon lecture
in first degree. Visitors welcome.
A. McN. Field, W. M.
J. H. 8ELI.EN, Secretary.