The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 309. OORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1915. PRICE TEN CENQ
WAR MEANS USELESS AND CRIMINAL BLOODSHED
BERLIN, Dec. 0.—Chancellor Betlnnann-Hollweg, after
holding a conference with the Kaiser, appeared in the Reich
stag today and replied for the government to the Socialist
question as to what would be the basis of peace proposals
which Germany would consider. The chancellor spoke for an
hour on the matter, and said that Germany felt that this war
had been thrust upon her, and was being continued without
■ffeiv fault of the empire. He said, in part: “If our enemies
make peace proposals compatible with the dignity and great
ness of Germany, and the safety of our country, we will always
he ready to discuss them, fully conscious, however, of the con
tinuation of our unshaken military successes. We decline re
sponsibility for the continuance of the misery now filling Eu
rope and desolating the whole world. No one can say that
Germany and her brave allies are continuing the war, because
we still desire to con<|uer this or that country.”
Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg was interrupted several
times during the course of his remarks, and was loudly cheered
at the close. He said that Germany’s enemies had been
Winded at the beginning of the war because of the false stories
about the Teutons, which excited' their people to hatred. Now,
after almost eighteen months of fighting these same enemies,
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after the complete and decisive failure of all tlieir military
and diplomatic efforts, seemed only able to cling to the idea
that Germany must be annihilated.
The chancellor said that this war could be brought to an
end only by the assurance of peace which would give a certi
tude that war would not return again to devastate the fields
of Europe. Intelligent persons who had studied the situation
scoffed at the hallucination of the allies that Germany could
be starved into submission. He said there were sufficient
food supplies in the empire to last for years, and as for am
munition, they had immense stores of copper adequate to
supply their armies for years to come, and were developing
new sources of supply.
BUDAPEST, Dec. 9.—The peace talk which seems to be
gaining strength in all the warring capitals, broke out in this
city today, when Count Tizsa, the Hungarian premier, dis
cussed the matter before the legislature here. In the course of
a speech on the conduct of the war, which aroused tremendous
enthusiasm, he said: “When pef\ce will come will depend
exclusively upon our enemies. The longer it takes our oppon
ents to reach the conviction that a continuation of the war
means useless and criminal* bloodshed, because it will only
result in further victories for our side, the greater victories
we shall win until that conviction finally emerges into day
light clearly enough for our enemies to visualize it.”
LONDON, Dec. 9.—Much discussion and debate followed
a speech in the House of Commons yesterday, delivered by
Philip Snowden, a Socialist member. Snowden brought up
the question of peace in Europe, and in a remarkable effort
asked the government o pledge itself that no negotiations for
bringing the conflict to an end should be rejected by the cabi
net because they 'compelled the allies to evacuate conquered
territory, unless parliament consented to such action. Pre
mier Asquith replied to Snowden, and said that if peace pro
posals were put forth by the enemy governments, they might
be discussed by the allies, and would be made known to parlia
ment and considered by the House. Asquith refused to give
any further pledge on the subject, and declined to promise
what Snowden asked. He did say that when peace negotiations
were being seriously considered that the cabinet would take
parliament into its confidence at tin* earliest possible moment
thereafter.
GERMANY ATTEMPTING TO RAISE OWN RAW SILK.
BERLIN, Dec. 9.—The forty million dollars which Ger
many has annually sent abroad in peace times as the purchase
price of raw silk for the German silk manufacturers, will re
main at home if the government’s experiments in breeding
silk worms in the German climate are as successful as a recent
circular promises. Former experiments in silk worm breeding
have failed because it was impossible to acclimatize the mul
berry tree. It has now been discovered that silk worms thrive
on comfrey, a herb abundant in Germany. Moreover, the
worms fed on the new diet produce a stouter, more elastic and
more glossy silk than those raised on mulberry. The only
doubt in the minds of the government experts is whether the
worms will degenerate when imported into Germany.
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ECONOMIC RESULTS OF THE PRESENT WAR.
WASHINGTON, Dec, 9.—Six important recommendations
having to do with the economic results of the war and Ameri
can business are embodied in a referendum which was sent
out last night by the Chamber of Commerce of the United
States to local and national commercial organizations in every
state in the Union and the American Chambers of Commerce
in Berlin, Paris, Milan and Constantinople. An organization,
which will have its initial vote—the first organization in
South America to join the National Chamber—is the Ameri
can Chamber of Commerce for Brazil, which has its headquar
ters at Rio de Janeiro.
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HOLLAND TO CONSIDER WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
THE HAGUE, Dee. 9.—Woman’s suffrage lias been made
an essential part of tlm government's program in Holland. A
hill making suffrage possible through an amendment through
the constitutional law of the Netherlands, has just been,
brought into parliament.
The hill involves also other changes in the organic law. j
It proposes to extend the right of voting to all male citizens
who have reached the age of 23, and are not excluded by cer
tain disabilities, “and also to female citizens who have
reached the same age.’’
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LONDON GAZETTE CELEBRATES 250TH BIRTHDAY.
LONDON. Dec. 9. The London Gazette, the most austere I
and formal of all English newspapers,’ has just celebrated its
Width birthday.
^ The vast majority of Londoners have never seen the Ga
zette, and many live in ignorance even of the existence of such
a newspaper. For it is the official organ of the British gov
ernment, and its circulation is limited to official circles, or to
those who are willing to pay the fixed’ price of twenty-five
cents per copy.
ENGAGEMENT EMPEROR’S YOUNG SON ANNOUNCED.
BERLIN, Dec. 9.—Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt,
fwhose engagement to Prince joachin of Prussia, youngest son
of Emperor William, is announced, is a descendant of the one
time king of Naples, Joachin Murat, who lived from 1797 to
1815. The latter’s oldest brother, Peter Murat, was the father
of Marie Antoinette, who was married in 1808 to Prince Karl
Anton of Hohenzollern-Simaringen. Their daughter, Amalie
Antoinette, was married in 1835 to Prince Eduard of Sachsen
Altenhurg; their daughter, Antoinette, in 1854, married Duke
Leopold Friedrich of Anhalt, and the latter’s son, Prince
^Eduard of Anhalt, and, his wife, Princess Luise of Sachsen"
Altenburg, are the parents of Princess Marie.
AMERICAN FLOUR LOW IN ARGENTINE.
BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 9.—The fact that the agent of an
American company recently offered American flour for sale
on the Bolsa, or local stock evehange, at a price lower than
that at which Argentine flour is quoted, has evoked much
comment in business circles. It is argued that there must be
something wrong with the milling business either here or in
the United States if flour brought from 'a country several
thousand miles away c/ui be profitably sold here in the center
of a great wheat producing country. It is said that an inves
tigation may be ordered with a view to discovering the phe
nomenon which underlies the sale of American flour at a lower
price than the Argentine product. The farming industry in
Argentine is known to be heavily handicapped by tariffs, but
even in the face of these it fs a surprise that the Argentine
mills can be the victims of successful competition from the
United States.
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AEROPLANE FIGHTS STILL BEING WAGED.
LONDON, Dec. 9.—German air strategy has changed since
last May, when, for a period of some months few German aero
planes appeared' near the allied lines on the western front. But
the latest reports from Sir John French show that more than
200 air battles have been fought recently with the British avi
ators, by whom sixteen German aeroplanes wore brought down.
These included several new types, besides the familiar Taube.
CENSORSHIP EXTENDS SOLDIERS AND REGIMENTS.
LONDON, Dec. 9.—The bitter cry against the censorship
heard from the front is that neither regiments nor individuals
are allowed to gain any recognition or publicity for unusual
exploits. This is one of the handicaps a democracy meets in
trying to conduct war on the most modern lines of secrecy.
The Japanese army in the war against Russia was the pioneer
in this policy. The Japanese carried their attempts to keep
the enemy in the dark so far that none of the soldiprs wore
any regimental marks on their uniforms. Very few officers or
enlisted men have been made popular Jieroes through this war,
and no regiments stand' out conspicuously in the public eye,
although officers say that several of tfyem have achievements
t otheir credit equalling the charge of the Light Brigade at
Balaclava. So far as the regiments of the old army, “the Lit
tle Contemptibles” are concerned, more than a majority of
their members have figured in the casualty lists months ago.
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SMALL BOY IS THERE AS DARK NIGHT GUIDE.
LONDON, Dec. 9.—The darkening of the London streets)
has provided a new occupation for tin* small boy. Armed)
with a small electric flash light, lie takes his position soon:
after nightfall at the suburban subway station and' carefully
scans the faces of arriving passengers. Espying a stranger,
he advances and, flashing his little lamp, offers to conduct the
stranger to his destination. The price of the service, which is
generally eagerly taken advantage of, is ten or fifteen cents,
according to the distance.
THE BOTTLE TRADE HAS INCREASED IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, Dec. 9.—A statement made public by represen
tatives of the British liquor trade, shows that the"rigid restric
tions on the sale of alcoholic beverages imposed since the war
began, have curtailed the sale of beer about 17 per cent. But,
on the other hand, there has been an increase in the sale of
spirits of 19 per cent.
Drinking across the bar, it is added, has lessened to a
marked degree, but the “bottle trade’ has increased corres
pondingly. According to dealers, spirits are chosen in prefer
ence to beer for drinking at home, ns they are easier to carry.
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CURTAIL PLANS FOR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 9.—Plans for tlu* elaborate cele
bration next July of the 100th anniversary of the establish
ment of the Argentine Republic* have been large]; curtailed
because of the world-crisis now prevailing, and i has even
been suggested that the celebration be postponed for several
years unless there is early relief from the genera trade de
gression. Congress has cut down considerably 1'u* sum of
money which was deemed necessary to carry out the original
plans, so there is little likelihood that the Centenary of the
Constitution will be observed on such an elaborate scale as
was the centenary of the War of Independence, which was
celebrated in May, 1910.
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URUGUAY TAKES OVER PAN AMERICAN RAILWAY.
BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 9.—The government of Uruguay
has taken over a section of the Pan-American railway line,
iwhich will enable the development of that important section
of Uruguay tying between the capital, Montevideo and Co
fonia, a center on the Parana river, where business has re
mained almost stationary for generations owing to the lack of
land communication with tin* rest of the country and with the
Argentine. The Pan American company, which was formed
Only a few years ago, largely by English and' American capital,
has a franchise to connect Colonin, which is the nearest Uru
guayan port to Buenos Ayres, with Huge, and so to Rio do
Janeiro.
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DEATH LIST FROM MINE ACCIDENTS DECREASING.
WASHINGTON, Doe. 0.—A gratifying decrease is being
shown in the deaths among men in the mines and quarries of
tin1 United States, according to Van II. Manning, director of
the Bureau of Mines.
The figures for 1014, which have just been compiled, show
tlmt 458 less men were killed than in the year 1013. The total
number of men killed in nil coal mines, metal mines and quar
ries in 1014 was 3.103. In the year 1013 the number was
3,051.
“The totals do not by any means tell the whole story,”
said Director Manning. “There were more than a million
men employed in these mines and quarries, and the death rate
lor the year 1014 was 3.1(1 for ' ach 1,000 men employed, as
compared with 3.49 for the year 1013. These figures mean that
in every three thousand men engaged in mining, one man was
saved in the last year. In other words, in nearly every mining
camp of any sine in the country there is one miner spared to
his fa mil v, who would have been killed had the same fatality
rate obtained in 1014 as the previous year.
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JAPAN GREATEST FISHING COUNTRY TN WORLD.
TOKIO, Dee. 9.—Reports just compiled show that Japan
is the leading fishing nation of the world in the number of
neople who make their living from fishing, in the relative im
portance of fisheries in domestic economy, in the ingenuity
and skill of the people in devising fishing apparatus, in the
preparation of fish and in the interest shown by the govern
ment in promoting fisheries.
Tt is estimated that one person in 20 in the entire empire
is more or less of a fisherman. Fish appear in some form on
the table of every Japanese family daily, if not at everv meal.
The annual value of water products is over $30,000,000. Half
a million boats are engaged in fishing, of which 18 000 ar >
more than 30 feet long. Almost a million men are professional
fishermen, and 1,400,000 more give part of their time to fish
ing, and the rest to farming or other pursuits.