. The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 435. CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1910. PRICE TEN CENTS.
.MEXICANS KILL MORE AMERICANS
BANDITS CROSS
BORDER INTO
TEXAS; KILL 3
WASHINGTON, May 8. — Three American soldiers and
two civilians were killed at Clean. Springs and. Bosqyillas, j'
Texas, last night in a raid by Mexican bandits, which closely |
lesembled the Columbus massacre. It is probable that another ^
punitive expedition will be organized and cross the border in
pursuit of the bandits. ! i
General Funston is authority for the assertion that fully
500 bandits are in hiding in the hills south of the border, and
the only way to insure the peace and safety of American border 1
towns is for the U. S. army to make a thorough cleaning of the
adjacent country.
Full authority has been granted Funston to take any steps
he may think necessary to capture the raiders, and it is thought
that he will lose no time in throwing his soldiers across .the
border. It is not proposed that so much time be taken up in
diplomatic negotiations, as in the case of the Villa raid on Co
lumbus, which allowed the bandits time to make good their
escape.
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BIG BRITISH STEAMER SINKING
LONDON, May 8. — The British steamship Cymric,
of the White Star line, is reported sinking. Her position is
not given.
The Cymric sailed from New York April 29 in the ser
vice of the British government. She carried no passengers.
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NAMIQUIPA. May 8. — Twenty
Apache scouts, attached to the Ameri
<£ti army, participated in the fight
with the band of Mexican outlaws
Saturday, when a squadron of cavalry
surprised a large force of Yillaistas.
Later returns from the army in the
field show that fifty-five Mexicans
were killed in the battle.
CHICAGO PREPARING FOR
NATIONAL CONVENTION
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CHICAGO. May 8. — Carpenters to
a day began work on the Coliseum
S' transforming the big building into a
1 convention hall for the Republican na j
S tional convention, which will meet i
■k June 7. The national Republican coin- j
k! mittee will meet June 7 to complete j
S the temporary roll. Very few "con!
Vte^i^jpve been filed.
IRAL FARRAGUT SAILS
FOR ALASKAN PORTS.
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SEATTLE. May 8. — The steamship
Admiral Farragut. of the Admiral line,
sailed today for the north. The fol
lowing passengers were for Cordova:
Mrs. N. Johnson, Edward Croker, Mrs.
,U^l^fXVar<l and child, Mrs. M. Charl
for Kata)lla, J. P. Ryan.
The steamship Alaska, of the Alas
<a Steamship Company, arrived from
Alaska yesterday. She will sail again
for the north Wednesday.
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The office of the United States de
puty marshal at copper Center has
been abolished, and Deputy Marshal
% J. jOameron. who held the position
wil1 be transferred to a new
office which has been established at
Seldovia.
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TWO GERMANS
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NEW YORK, May 8. — Carl Luder
itz, German consul at Baltimore, lias
been indicted by the federal grand
jury, charged with aiding one von
Bergoltz to obtain a false passport.
Wolf von Igel. former secretary to
Captain von Papen, was indicted,
charged with conspiracy to ship lubri
cating oils to Germany ralsely mani
fested as fertilizer.
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WASHINGTON, May 8. — The sen-',
ate plan for a standing army of 250,- ,
000 men, supplemented by a volunteer j i
army of 260,000 men, pledged to thirty j
days intensive training each year, to |
day was defeated in the house a by a i
vote of 251 to 109.
The bouse bill providing for the i
standing army, calls for only 140,000 ,
men. !
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MRS. BOYLE UNDERGOES 1
OPERATION FOR APPENDICITIS.
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eturn
ing to Cordova on the Mariposa, after
having spent several months In the
stateB, was taken seriously ill aboard
the vessel and removed to a hospital
at Ketchikan. Here it was found she
was suffering from acute appendicitis,
and an immediate operation was ne- t
cessary. This was successful and the' I
patient was resting easy at last re- t
port c Mr. Boyle will leave for Ket- t
chtl an on the Alameda this evening. t
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PARIS, May 8. — The Germans
lave brought up strong reinforce
nents to the Verdun front, and fight
ng today is almost equal In fierceness j
o the first attack made by the Ger !
nans In March.
Overwhelmned by the savageness of j
he attack, the French slowly are giv j
ng way on both sides of the Meuse,
ind the soldiers of the Kaiser are oc
:upying ground which hitherto they
lave been unable to take.
It is expected that after the tier
nan onslaught has spent itself, the
•’rencli army will make counter at
acks, when it is expected the lost |
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jround will be recovered. |
The Germans, with a whole armyj
■orps, made an assault through the
avine between Hill 304 and Dead
nan's Hill, seeking to crush the
french line along the front for a
nile and a half. The ground was fav
irable for an attack, but the French
lefenders repulsed the niitial attack
vithout giving ground. The battle
s still raging with unabated fury, and
he outcome is yet in doubt.
Last of the Meuse the Germans de
ivered four attacks on a front of two
housand yards. Each attack was
leaded by a different Prussian regl
nent, but they failed to dislodge the
'rench. The fighting is still incon
lusive.
GERMANS CLAIM GAINS.
BERLIN, May 8. — In the recent
ighting, on the Verdun front, the en
ire system of trenches on the nortli
rn slope of Hill 304 were captured by
he Germans, according to an official
nnouncement made today.
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)M. STOREY IS GINl!
JUDGMENT FOR SH5
The case of Walter Storey vs. S. O.
Ireedman, which went to trial last
Vednesday morning at Valdez, result -
'd in a verdict on Saturday night in
avor of Storey in the sunt of $083.
Phe suit grew out of a lease on the
Id McCormick Hotel in Cordova, now
mown as the Alaskan Hotel, made to
Ireedman in 1910, and running until
9?ll
Storey sued on two causes of sc
ion, the first to recover nearly $2,000
entals from May 1, 1015, until August
5, 1015, and the second to recover
3,000 damages alleged to have been
iccasioned by the condition in which
he hotel was left. To the action for
ents, Breed man pleaded a surrender
n law of the premises on May first
ast, and to the claim for damages lie
nterposed a technical defense.
Breedman’s defeat on his defense
o the action for rentals would have
objected him to suits for rentals at
1500 per month, less whatever Stn>'»y
s able to get ipit of the property un
it the end of the lease. It is said that
uch liability would have amounted
o about twelve thousand dollars. The
erdict of the jury forecloses any fur
her suits for rentals under the lease.
Captain Storey returned on the
Vatson last night, and will sail tonight
or the outside on the Alameda.
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M. J. Sullivan, one of the best known
nen in Alaska, and the man who made
’ortage Ray famous, Is again In Cor
ova for a short stay. Mike wa» a
elegate to the Republican convention
t Seward. ,
BRIEF REPLY IS:
SENT TD THE
WASHINGTON, May 6. — Secre
tary Lansing has completed a brief
note to the German government, which
probably will be forwarded to Berlin
today and published soon after it has
been sent.
It is known that the note will in
form Germany that diplomatic rela
tions between the two countries will
be observed only so long as the new
instructions to submarine command
ers as indicated to this government
in the German note are observed.
The note further informs Germany
that this country can accept no dicta
tion from the German government as
to negotiations which are being car
tied on between America and Great
Britain. This passage was deemed
necessary, as the Kaiser used our dif
ferences with Great Britain as justi
fication for the submarine warfare as
formerly conducted, and suggested
that if the United States would ob
tain concessions from the British, it
would make the adjustment of the
differences between Germany and
America much more satisfactory.
NOTE IS VERY SHORT.
WASHINGTON, May 8. — The Am
erican note to Germany was sent to
Berlin today, and the full text will be
published tomorrow morning. It is
understood the note was only two hun
dred words in length.
President Wilson worked on the
note today following a conference with
Secretary Lansing. While the Ger
man note temporarily averted a break
in diplomatic relations, the president
is not satisfied with the apparent con
ditions Imposed by Germany. The
United States stands by its demand
that Germany cease attacks on vessels
contrary to international law, regard
less of negotiations carried on by Am
erica with Great Britain relative to the
food blockade.
DUBLIN, May 8. — The government ,
today is conducting a, vigorous exam- .
Ination of all local departments, purg
ing them of rebels and their sympa
thizers. Many branches of the gov
ernment service, particularly the post
office department, are honeycombed
with disloyalty. The house In which
one high official was living. When ;
searched, wras found to a veritable
arsenal, large quantities of arms and
ammunition being found concealed in
different parts of the building.
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REPAIR SHIP SATURN WILL
SAIL FOR ALASKA MAY 10. i
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The U. S. repair ship Saturn is .
scheduled to sail from Bremerton for i
Alaska May 10. She will call at all
the wireless stations along the Alas- |
kan coast, going to the westward first '
and gradually working back south. She (
will be in Cordova sometime in July, i
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Tom Cloninger this morning left on <
the train for McCarthy, where he will I
assume charge of the Alaskan bar, <
jwned by Gottschalk and Cloninger. 1
A. Cloninger, one of the proprietors, 1
will return to Cordova to assist in j
he management of the Alaskan Hotel, 'i
SAY MOFFATT
DELAYED STRIKE
SETTLEMENT
Special Correspondence
ANCHORAGE, May 1. — The dis
latches of the past few days no doubl
lave told your readers of the progress
if negotiations and final settlement ol
he strike, which tied up all operations
m the government railway projec!
:iere; but there are many incidents
connected with this unique "labor dis
tirbance" which have not been print
sd, yet are of world wide interest. I
was not a fight between labor and th<
government, as some of those inter
psted would have the public believe
It was a victory for justice and hon
esty as much as one for labor. Tin
lesson it taught will prove beneficia
not only to the parties directly inter
psted. but also to employers and em
ployees everywhere, as it establishet
new precedents of far reaching import
ince.
"You can't fight the government ant
“Xpert to win.” said friends of tin
Alaskan engineering commission, am
(he so-called federal board of arbi
tration and conciliation. The* answei
vf those who had the audacity to pro
:est against further impositions anr
hjustice was: “We are not fightinf
he government, but those here wlu
are misrepresenting it.” The firs
-eport of the labor commission grant
ng a raise of only 6 14 cents an houi
o common laborers, who comprise a
east 80 per cent of the force, was re
lected by the union without an oppos
ug vote. In the revised scale seni
back to the commission, practically th«
anly differences between that bod;
and the union was in the Items involv
ng common laborers and longshore
nen. The commission offered 43 3-4
md 46 7-8 cents for different classes
jf laborers and 56 1-2 cents for long
shoremen, while the union asked 5(
ind 75 cents. While real arbitrator
,vas in progress Thursday for the firsl
ime, the wires between here anc
Washington were busy. Both sides
nade concessions, and late Sunday af
ernoon the amended scale was ac
opted by the union by the customarj
rote of about 1.000 to half a dozen.
The strike was so effective thal
svithin three days after the hour sei
he Alaskan engineering commisslor
innounced indefinite suspension of al
.vork and laid off the few' strike break
■rs who had heen working in the yards
md construction camps. Station gang
•ontractors and employees of the cit>
vere not Interfered with. The steam
ship Aerolfne, arriving from Seattle
ast Tuesday, was stopped fourteen
niles down the arm and met by gov
smment tugs and lighters, with the
apectation that steerage passengers
md crew could be induced to act as
itrikebreakers. This plan failed, the
jassengers rejecting the alluring of
or of $1.25 an hour. When the stearn
ihip Farragut arrived a few hours
ater. both caaie up to the port, and so
ar as concerned the unloading of
reight, the "nothing doing” sign was
lisplayed until the office force of the
1. E. O. got busy and unloaded ^hese
easels, ns well as the steamer Alaska.
It was at this stage of the game
hat the A. E. C. began cooperating
irith the union and proding the so
alled conciliators into life and ac
ivity. In reality the strike was one
nan against both the engineering
ontmission and the union, that one
leing Chairman Moffatt of the con
iltators. Learning upon his arrival
hat the Alaska Labor Union was an
ndependeut organization intended es
lecially for the benefit of Alaska, and
iOt affiliated directly with the Ameri
can Federation of I-abor, yet ready
at all times to co operate with all ro
ganizations and movements intended
to aid toilers everywhere, Mr. Moffatt
began to sulk and kill time. He boast
ed that he had aided in settling great
er strikes within a week, yet at the
end o fa month be and his companions
were stili inactive, saying the Alaska
Labor Union was not a real union, and
because not affiliated directly with
the A. F. of L., could not be "reroc
, nized.” Asked by the committee, im
mediately before the strike went into
effect, when the new schedule would
,j bo announced, he replied: "It might
I j be in a week, a month or a year." The
rapid fire equipment and the wires
to Washington were then brought into
i j action.
. I The few skilled workmen whose or
ganizations are affiliated with the A.
F. of L., and who, acting on the advice
, of Moffatt, either refused to partici
pate in the strike, or afterwards went
back as strike breakers, now admit
. that although the Alaska l.abor Un
ion may not be a "real" one. it is a
mighty good and effective imitation.
The large majority of these are Can
, adians and Irish.
One of the prominent features of
the strike was the good orders which
. prevailed. Only one fight occurred:
the aggressors being union men. who
came out “second best." One pair
of these were arrested, but the jus
tice dismissed them with a few words
, of good advice. Prominent members
of the union state that one of the
principal reasons for lack of disorder
was the absence of saloons and the
presence of a large hall of their own
' for the men to congregate in.
During the entire period from the
date of the walkout of the steel gang,
early in February, until the strike end
ed, the union retained the support
and respect of every businessman and
firm in the city, with three exceptions.
The following is the wage schedule
iiMaujy iiAru uy me tcurrtti vumiuio
' sloners:
The Following at 40 5-8 Cents Per
Hour.
Sfeetion laborers on maintenance of
way.
The Following at 45 Cents Per Hour.
Laborers on extra gangs laying steel,
surfacing, ballasting or grading. La
borers in material or supply yards.
I Laborers in camps. Snow shovelers.
Camp woodcutters. Laborers engaged
! in derailments, washouts and so
1 forth. Laborers in sawmills. Slipp
' scraper loaders. Dump men.
Following at 67 718 Cents Per Hour.
Spikers and certain other experi
! enced tracklayers; laborers engaged^
j in axcavating for bridge culverts;
| muckers outside and in tunnels; hand
drillers, outside: tunnel plant fire
jinen; machine helpers, outside and in
tunnel; powder thawers; wheel scrap
I er loaders; plow holders; stationiuen
laborers.
Following at 53 1-8 Cents Per Hour.
Carpenters’ helpers; bridge carpen
ters’ helpers; hand drillers in tun
nels; harness makers; powder men
loading holes; machine drillers, out
side; machinists’ helpers; black
smiths’ helpers; plumbers’ helpers.
Following at 56 1-4 Cents Per Hour.
Stevedore laborers.
Following at 60 Cents Per Hour.
- Piledriver boom men; machine dril
lers in tuunels; rivet heaters; struc
tural iron helpers.
Following at 70 Cents Per Hour.
Ship caulkers; structural Iron work.
(Continued on Page Three.)