The Cordova
VOLUME II. NUMBER 500. -CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1916. i PRICE TEN CENTS.
BRITISH AND FRENCH CONTINUE GAINS
MOW YORK, July 25. — Thirty
eight children died and 150 new cases
of infantile paralysis were reported to
the health authorities (hiring the last
twenty four hours.
The epidemic appears to he increas
ing and the number of deaths is in
creasing steadily. Kvery possible pre
caution to prevent the spread of the
disease has been taken by the authori
ties. but little headway seems to have
been made in stamping out the pestl
lence. v
GUARD AGAINST PLAGUE.
SIOATTLK, July 25. Heglnning
today, physicians and nurses will in
spect arrivals here by boat and train
to guard against the entrance of per
sons afflicted with infantile paralysis.
Suspected cases will be taken to the
tuberculosis sanitarium for observa
tion.
I>r. Tuttle, state health commission
er, said the Auburn child afflicted With
infantile jiarlysls is recovering. No
other cases have been reported in the
state, he said. Dr. Tuttle recommend
ed placing an emergency fund of $5,
000 at the disposal of the governor
for use in controlling emergencies
tub as that presented by the threat
ened epidemic of infantile paralysis.
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PRESENT ASKS
FDR EIGHT
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WASHINGTON, July 25. — Presi
dent Wilson today sent word to con
gress that he intends to stand behind
the naval program as outlined by the
senate, which calls for the construc
tion of l'oui dreadnoughts and four
battle < raisers, all of which are to
be built immediately.
'rio* house has allowed for only Fivo
capital ships to be built at this time,
and thus far has refused to recede
from that position, despite the ef-i
forts of the senate to have the num
ber enlarged. The bill now is in the
hands of a conference committee, and
it is thought that since the president
has taken his stand in favor of the
senate bill, it is possible the house
committee will report in favor of the
larger number.
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BLACKLIST NOT
UNDERSTOOD
SAYS CECIL
LONDON, July 25. — The minister
of war trade, Lord Kobert Cecil, today
told the house of commons that the
American press criticism of the Brit
ish blacklist is based largely upon mis
apprehension and that if any person
or firm whose name is unjustly on the
list will report to the British gov-,
ernment, they will be removed.
Lord Cecil asserts that only the
names of such persons and firms who
have been active in their enmity to
the cause of the allies have been
placed on the list, and that when thej
matter is fully understood by the
American press the criticism will
cease.
CABINET DISCUSSES LIST.
WASHINGTON. July 25. — The
cabinet today discussed the British
blacklist as applied to American firms,
but no information as to possible ac
tion was announced, other than an
announcement by Acting Secretary of
State Polk, who asserted that no tm
mediate action will be taken.
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Business men in Fairbanks report
business conditions hotter in that
city this summer than at any tipie inj
the past ten years.
Drive Home Attacks on Somme
Front and Both Make Slight
Gains—Russians Near Erzin
gan and Turks Are Worried
PARIS, July 25 —The French forces today, after desperate i
f ighting, captured a block of houses south of Estrees and forced
the Germans to retire from their trenches north of Vermand and
Villers.
The progress of the allies is now slow, and every gain is
made only at the expense of heavy fighting. It is asserted by
military critics that no more great gains are to be expected un-1
til after the British and French have established themselves
firmly in their newly won positions and have been able to bring
up their heavy guns, with which they can batter the trenches
of the Germans.
The people of this city now are awaiting anxiously another
attack by the allies, which, it is thought will result in driving
the Germans out of France if it is as successful as the previous
offensive.
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BRITISH GAINING POZIERES.
LONDON, July 25.—The British now has possession of the
greater part of the village of Pozieres, gained after heavy fight- j
ing, which at times has been hand to hand. The Germans, after
being driven from their positions in the village, brought up
heavy reinforcements and made a violent counter, attack, but
were repulsed with heavy losses.
The possession of Pozieres by the allies, if it can be consoli
dated with the positions in the rear, will give the allies control
af several trunk lines, which will prove of inestimable value if
he offensive is to be continued. ;
ITALIANS GET MOUN TCIMONA.
ROME, July 25.—The Italian army today captured the
summit of Mount Cimona, after a desperate attack, during
which the Austrians lost heavily. Yesterday the Italians cap
tured the upper defenses, and today by a fierce assault man- j
aged to attain the summit.
RUSSIANS NEARING ERZIN6AN.
PETROGRAD, July 25.—Some of the Russian detach
ments in advance of the main force of the Czar, have advanced |
to points less than ten miles from the fortified city of Erzingan.i
in Turkish Armenia.
The commanders of these detachments report no opposition
from the Turkish army in the city ,and it is expected that the
garrison, supposed to defend the city, has retreated in the direc
tion of Constantinople rather than face the possibility of with
standing a siege by the Russians and being forced to surrender.
It is reported that the whole Turkish empire is now fearful
that nothing can stop the Russian advance until it has arrived
at Constantinople, when it is admitted the city must fall before
the superior forces of the Slav.
RUSSIANS GAIN AGAINST GERMANS.
BERLIN, July 25.—It is officially reported today that the
Russian forces have succeeded in penetrating the German front
along a small section in Von Linsingen’s lines.
The gain made, it is asserted, is of no strategical value, and
was mad® at an excessive cost to the Russians.
IS
MYSTERIOUSLY
BALTIMORE, July 25. — Captain
Koenig, master of the German subnia
•ino Deutschland, today said that cir
nunstanees and conditions over which
ie has no control are delaying the de
parture of the submarine on its re
urn journey across the Atlantic. At
[lie proper time, he says, the vessel
will leave this port on its return.
The Deutschland has been loaded
uul ready for her return voyage for
pearly a week now, and the delay has
;iven rise to much speculation as to
he reasons.
SI IS STEADY
YOTE GETTER
IN CONTEST
Sam Hedges may not be a whirlwind
In getting votes, but when it comes to
a matter of steady progress, Sam is
there.
Since the contest first started Sam
has progressed steadily, and while he
has made no phenomenal gains, he at
all times has been well up the list.
Today he is the only boy who regis
tered gains in the contest, and while
he has not advanced in his position,
he is leaving Brook far in the rear,
and is creeping close to George Wil
son.
But five more days remain before
the close of the contest, and If the boys
now in the rear want to get among
the winners they will have to hurry.
The standings of the boys at noon
today was:
John Rosswog.7575
Harry O’Neil.6200
George Wilson.4960
Sam Hedges.3055
Brook Lamprey.2200
Elwell Tliawley.925
Edwin Bollinger.726
Charles Royal.466
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NEW YORK, July 25. — Progressive
.national leaders today are planning
for a conference to be held this week
in order to prepare for a national Pro
gressive meeting, to be held in Chi
cago August 5.
Col. Parker of Louisiana, the nom
inee of the Progressive party named
at the Chicago convention, is deter
mined that the party shall not be
wrecked by the desertion of Roosevelt
and a few' of the more prominent lead
—ers, and insists that another nomina
tion be made to head the ticket.
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EGYPTIAN PHAROAH HAD
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM.
PHILADELPHIA. July 25. — The
museum of Pennsylvania has just made
public a report from Dr. Clarence 9?
Fisher, leader of the Eckley B. Cox.
Jr., expedition to Egypt, in which he
tells of ?<*ijat appears to be the dis
covery that Meremptah had in his
palace an archaeological museum.
Meremptah was the son of Raineses,
the great, and by many is identified
as the pharaoh of the oppression as
described in the book of Exodus.
The palace was discovered early in
the present year, the report said. It
was about 180 feet long and 100 feet
wide, and contained about 20 rooms.
The throne room was a magnificent
chamber of about 60 by 40 feet. In
describing this room the museum an
nouncement said: “It Is probable
that this throne room, if not the same
one. is similar to the one in which
Moses and Aaron confronted the
pharaoh, demanding that the people
of Israel be permitted to go.”
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Bear hunting to the westward has
taken a slump, as the bears are now
shedding and the hides are practical
ly worthless.
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In order to retain her youth and
beauty all a girl has to do is to in
herit a fortune and remain single.
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Old papers for sale at the Times
office.
PROFIT MADE ON
OLO SILVER
COINS
MANILA, P. I., July 20. — The Phil
ippine government has just sold to
the government of British India 7,
500,000 silver pesos at a profit of ('lose
to half a million dollars over the ori
ginal cost of the currency. The pesos
when coined, each contained about j
thirty cents' worth of silver, but the
price at which they were cold was
38.6 cents.
The phenomenal rise in the price
of silver the world over some weeks
ago, led officials of the insular gov
ernment to study the question of the]
wisdom of disposing of a part of the
silver hoard which the Philippines
purchased at the low prices current
in 1902 and 1903. At that time this
purchase was made necessary by law
to secure the issuance of 34,000,000
pesos of paper currency (silver cer
tificates). A later law, passed in 1906,
permitted a large part of this issue
of silver certificates to be secured
by gold, but the government then had
in its vaults 34,000,000 silver pesos,
coined at a cost of thirty cents apiece.
Some weeks ago J. L. Manning, the
Insular treasurer, was sent to Hong
kong to look into the silver market
and to confer with officials of the gov
ernment of India, then in the market
for silver. The net result of his trip
was the sale of about one-fifth of the
government’s hoard. The delivery of
the silver is to be made at the Manila
branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation, in lots of a mil
lion pesos. The coin is then to be
transferred to India, where it is to be
melted into bullion in the presence of
Insular Auditor O. H. French, who is
now en route to India to fulfil this
duty.
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SWIMMING ON WAGER
TWO MEN DROWNED.
PORTLAND, Ore.. July 25. — Word
was brought here today that William
W. Watson, Jr., of Portland, and Jack
Miller, of Scranton, I*a., were drowned
in the Deschutes river late yesterday
at one of the logging camps of the
Shevlin-Hixon company. The men at
tempted to swim across the river on
a wager.
U. S. TO BUT THE
WASHINGTON, July 25. — It was
officially announced at the White
House today that negotiations practi
cally have been completed for the pur
chase by the United States of the Dan
ish West Indies from Denmark. The
price to be paid is said to be $25,000,- *
000. The treaty probably will be
signed today and go to the senate Im
mediately for ratification.
The purpose of the acquisition of
the islands is thought to be for the
purpose of allowing a better defense
of the Panama canal.
RUSS IS SLOWEST
OF EUROPE’S
VIENNA, July 7. — (Correspond
ence of the Associated Press.)—"Pro
metheus,'' well known military publi
cation. presents some interesting fig
ures about the marching speed and
ability of the various armies now’ at
war. According to these statistics, the
Italian BCTsaglieri are by far the
speediest soldiers in the world, the
Russians the slowest: Following are
the figures:
Strides per Stride Dist.
Minute Length Per hr.
German.114 80* *5.47
Austrian.115 75* *5.17
French.120 75* *5.40
Italian.120 75* *5.40
Hersaglleri .. ..140 80* *7.28
Russian.112 71* *4.77
Note—‘Stride length is in centimet
ers, and ‘distance per hour is in kilo
meters.
The Hersaglleri are able to outdis
tance all other soldiers so notably be
cause they travel very light, and carry
less baggage than any other troops.
The short, slow walk of the Russian
is laid to the poor roads that prevail
everywhere in Russia rather than to
Inferior marching power.
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IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, July 25. — Police Ser
geant John Weeden was killed and Po
lice Chauffeur Robert Wiley danger
oualy wounded in a pistol battle last
night with I Suchiro. Japanese watch- \
man in a warehouse previously raided |
for contraband liquor. Suchiro was j
fatally wounded and later died at the
hospital.
In his statement before his death,
Suchiro asserted he thought the po
licemen, who were wearing civilian
clothes, and who had stopped to in
vestigate a reported holdup, were rob
bers, and he resisted their attempt to
enter the warehouse.
GAS EXPLOSION IN TUN!
ERIE KILLS TWENTY
MORE
CLEVELAND, July 25.—1
others are dying as the result o
works tunnel five miles from si
night. Eight bodies have been
were rescued alive have since d
Gustav Van Duzen, constru
relief party in an attempt to rei
the explosion, is among the deac
LINER
LONDON, July 25. — S. S. McClure
owner and publisher of McClure's
magazine, who was detained aboard
the American liner Philadelphia at
Liverpool by the British authorities,
today was released on representations
made by the American embassy.
The reason for the detention of Mc
Clure was not made public, but it is
thought to have been on account of
matter published in his magazine,
which it was thought was detrimental
to the cause of the allies.
WELL KNOWNPERSONS ABE
ABOARD WATSON
Among the passengers on the steam
ship Admiral Watson are: Miss Can
non, daughter of “Cncle" Joe Cannon,
of Illinois, who will make the round
trip to Anchorage: Mrs. Samuel A.
Perkins, wife of Sam Perkins, owner
of the Tacoma Ledger and News, be
sides newspapers In other cities in
the Northwest; Miss Anita Thorn,
daughter of Chester Thorn, the weal
thy man of Tacoma; and William
Jones, treasurer of the Pacific-Alaska
8. S. Co., and president of the Cordova
Power Co. Jones is accompanied by
Itis wife.
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PITTANCE BUT ADDS
TO VICTIM'S HURTS.
SEATTLE, July 25. — Charles Nel
ton, 397 Washington street, has five
broken ribs, a dozen bruises and in
ternal injuries that may prove serious,
ind $4 which was placed in his hand
by the occupants of a heavy automo
bile that ran him down yesterday af
ternoon, and then sped on its way. Af
ter being run down Nelson says he
was dazed, but not unconscious, and
that the occupants of the machine
picked him up and placed the money
lu his hand. He became unconscious
and on recovering his senses several
hours later, found himself lying In
the street, still holding the money. He
managed to reach his hotel and is now
in the hospital.
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The Treadwell C.un Club is holding
special shoots for ladles, in which a
number have participated.
IRISH QUESTION
CAUSES MUCH
LONDON*. July 25. — The Irish sit
uation is becoming acute, as a result
of the decision of the government not
to introduce the compromise home
rule bill at this time.
John Kedmond, the leader of the
Irish Nationalists, says the govern
ment is taking the surest means to
accentuate every possible danger.
Creat pressure is being brought to
bear upon Asquith and his advisers
by many of the prominent men of
England, not otherwise connected with
politics, asking him that he recede
from the uncompromising attitude he
has assumed.
SfEL UNDER LAKE
Four men and six
ARE FATALLY INJURED.
wenty-four are dead and six
f a gas explosion in the water
lore underneath Lake Erie last
recovered, and three men who
ed in the hospitals.
3tion superintendent, who led a
icue the men immediately after
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SOLDIERS FIRE
ek m
SAN ANTONIO, July 25. — General
Bell, in command of the American
forces at this point, today reports that
shots were exchanged by the Ninth
Massachusetts infantry and the Mexi
can soldiers near El Paso on Sunday.
Bell asserts that the United States
soldiers fired at the first shots, believ
ing, from the actions of the latter that
they were preparing to train a ma
chine gun upon them.
The matter has been taken up with
the Mexican commander, and as no
casualties have been reported, it is
believed the matter will be easily ad
Justed.
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U. S, STEEL
NEW YOKE, July 25. — The United
States Steel Corporation today de
clared an extra dividend of one per
cent on common stock, besides the re
gular one and one-quarter per cent
quarterly dividend.
The earnings of the corporation for
the quarter ending June 30, was $81,
000,000.
The increased dividend declared by
the officers of the steel corporation
has resulted in an Increased price on
the stock exchange with no stock of
fered for sale.
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SAUSAGE FACTORY BURNEO.
COPENHAGEN. July 25. — Accord
ing to the Kieler Zeitung, Heine's sau
sage and meat curing factory in Hal
berstadt, one of the largest concerns
of the kind in Germany, and recently
engage din carrying out army con
tracts, was burned down late in June.
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J. W. Felix, a Juneau junk man, was
recently arrested for purchasing
stolen property, but was discharged
for lack of evidence.
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The Nome Nugget reports that a
considerable quantity of tungsten ore
will be mined in that vicinity this
summer.