The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME II. NUMBER 541. * CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1916. ~ PRICE TEN CENTS
. 2 BATTALIONS NEARLY ANNIHILATED
I
SESSION BE S
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Judge C. M. Frazier, who returned
from Valdez this morning, reports tlif i
there are thirty cases being heard by
the grand jury, including seven min
ders, and ns a number of witnesses
are being examined but two have thus
far been disposed of, and in both in
stances a true bill was found. Nod;a
Pestrokoff, a native woman of Kodiak,
was indicted on two counts, one charg
ing iier with murder and Ihe 'ither
with concealing the body of her infant
child, in this case the prisoner is a'
leged to have murdered her illegiti
mate offspring by strangulation and
then hiding the body. Mrs. imnlap
was also indicted for selling liquor il
legally at Anchorage, and sentenced
to pay a fine of $1,500.
In the first case of the United
States vs. the Alaska Packers' Asso
ciation. charged with the illegal waste
of salmon, the jury disagreed after
being out forty-eight hoars.
The case of ,1. A. Christensen vs.
the Thomas Culross Mining Company
was set for trial October 5.
In the case of John E. Ballaine and
Frank I,. B'.illaine vs. the Alaska Nor
thern railway, an action for damages,
motion to make the complaint more
definite and certain was withdrawn.
In the case of the United Stales
vs. Harry Highland, the court-ordered
the trial immediately following the
return of the steamer Dora from the
westward This is an appeal case
from the commissioner's court at t'n
gr, where the defendant was fined v-5
p.nd costs on the charge of assault.
- CARS ARE AGAIN
NEW YORK, Sept. IK. A normal
service is being maintained by the
elevated and subway lines. The strik
ers, however, have made several at
tacks on the derated trains by attack
ing them from roof-tops with stones
and bottles.
NEW YORK, Sept. IK. — The un
ions have postponed calling a sympa
thetic strike, pending the renewed ef
forts of Taylor to settle the carmen’s
strike.
WASHINGTON, Sept 18. Major
General Albert Mills, chief of the bu
reau of military affairs, died at his
home here today from pneumonia lie
was ill but a few days, and his death
came as a great shock to his many
friends.
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NEW YORK, Sepl. IS. — Charles E.
Hughes has resumed his campaign
tours, and accompanied by his wife,
left today for Peoria, Illinois, where
„ he speaks tomorrow night. After that
meeting he will stump Indiana, Illi
nois, Ohio and Wisconsin.
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Earl Woolley, the newly appointed
11. S. commissioner at Seward, was
severely injured recently while hunt
ing by a large boulder rolling on his
leg, necessitating a trip to the hls
. pitai.
SETH LOW DIE!
YORK
NEW YORK, Sept. 18. — Seth Low
who began his work of ridding mun
ripalities of corruption in 188(1, whic;
was set in motion by the Tweed rin
in New York, died at his home in thl
city last night, at the age of 65 years
Low was twice mayor of Brooklyr
once mayor of New York and fo
eleven years was president of Colum
bia university. In each of these ol
fives he became distinguished fo
public service, and he was known
throughout the country as one of th
leading figures in New York life.
Young Low was educated at th
Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn, am
then at Columbia, from which he wa
graduated in 1870. at the age of 20. Ii
college he had been distinguished botl
as a student and an athlete, lie ex
celled in tennis and football, bowlinj
and billiards, and on the gridiron hi
often lined up against the herculeat
form of Hamilton Fish. Dr. Barnard
the then president of the college, wai
particularly attracted by young Low'i
work and personality, and in thi
spring of Low's senior year, the presi
dent spoke thus of him in a letter ti
a friend: ''I have just been havinj
a long tala with young Low, the firs
scholar in college, and the most manlj
young fellow we have ltSd here foi
many a year.”
RAILROAD SUED
GUK. , is.
The suit of the United States govern
ment against the Creat Northern r til
road for damages amounting to $24fi,
D00, is the outcome of a serious fores’
lire within the Lewis and Clark fores
reserve. The lire occurred in lltlii
and the government claims that i
was caused through the negligence
nf the railroad.
The Creat Northern was doilldt
tracking the line on (he division he
tween Java and Summia, Mont., ant
the contractors, it is alleged hy tin
government, carelessly permitted <
lire along the right of way to get he
vond control and spread to the nation
i! forest. The contractors were burn
ing brush anti other debris from tin
right of way at the time.
The fire was one of the most seri
ills conflagrations, and the forest re
terves and the government claims that
P-44»,oou worth of standing timber wat
consumed.
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PRESIDENT WILSON
ENDORSES SUL2ER
Democratic National Uonimitteemar
T. .1. nonohoe last evening receive!
lie following telegram fr^rii Presideni
Wilson, indorsing the candidacy o
Charles A. Sulzer, and advocating hit
Alaska:
Executive Office, Asbury Park. S'. J
September 15, 1916.
Hon. T. J. Donohoe,
Democratic National Committeeman
Valdez, Alaska.
In reply to your telegram of recenl
late would say that I very earnestlj
favor the election of Charles A. Sul
ser as delegate to congress froir
Alaska. WOODROW WILSON.
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DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AT
AD SHOW OPENING
SEATTLE, Sept. 18. — Presiden
Henry Suzzallo, Governor Ernest Lis
ter and Mayor Hiram Gill were th<
Seattle Ad Chib’s guests of hone
when they opened their advertlsint
show Jn the Arena last Tuesday night
'!Tie showis the first of its kind to hi
staged west of Chicago. Most of thi
leading AA’ashington advertisers, the
paper houses and some of the largi
publications have exhibits. The shov
will continue the remainder of th<
week.
'RUSSIANS FIGHT FOR LEMBERG
I) i nu< ti a 1 n r j • on* • it i.i
i iHun, • ‘ '•—ii uinemiiy aniiouiietMi mat hip lior
mans lust heavily in the counter attacks north and south <>l
Summe last night. The French maintained the ground they re
•ently won and proceeded further and are near Fiery and Berne
md on the eastern edge of Deniecourt, which is completely
i circled by the French troops. It is reported that the German
; losses were enormous, as two battalions were almost annihilate*
hy the French artillery. Twelve hundred prisoners were take]
yesterday.
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BFjRLTX, Sept. IS.—In an official statement Germany ad
. mils the abandonment completely of the razed portions of the
positions between Barlaux and Vermundovillers, also the vil
i luges of Berney and Deniecourt.
LOXDOX, Sept. IS. Lieutenant Raymond Asquith, son of
Premier Asquith, was killed in fiction on September 15. II*
1 was dX years of age, and his two younger brothers were* previ
ouslv wounded'.
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PI'* I ROGRAD, Sept. IS. — General Brusiloff has resumed
; his campaign against Lemberg and Halicz, which blocks tin
. Russian progress from the southeast, and between violent
; presses the Russians are turning the left flank of the German
a* my have succeeded in capturing many of their men.
BLRLIN, Sept. IS.—The Germans defeated the Russians
operating against the Galician town of Haliez. During the en
gagement the Germans took 3,fi00 prisoners.
LONDON, Sept. is.—rrin- last remaining ports in German
Last Africa have been captured, and the Germans dislodged,
from riugura hills to Columbia.
A I UFA'S, Sept. IS.—The new ministry announces a verv
benevolent neutrality toward the allies, and the demand for war
is growing rapidly among the people.
BLR LI X, Sept. IS Die allied forces of eastern Roumania
have been reinforced and occupy a line across Dubrudja, a ‘Vw
miles south of the railroad running from Constanza to Danube.
SAI.OXIKi, Sept. IS.- The Serbians captured tin- first
and second line Bulgarian trenches at Kaimokcalan, also four
more field guns, making a total of thirty eight taken. The
French troops allied on the left wing and captured a station at
Fiorina.
Ml ATTACKS
CITY 801 IS
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♦ riimr \nr.\, sept. is. — villa •
> with a thousand men attacked ♦
♦ this city early Saturday morning, ♦
♦ and after a stubborn battle was ♦
♦ repulsed, losing 240 of his ban- ♦
♦ dits, 1of whom were killed and •
♦ 87 captured. The prisoners were ♦
♦ executed immediately Villa re- ♦
♦ inained outside of the city, but ♦
♦ personally directed the attack. ♦
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{AMERICANS SAY
KELIIA IS
NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—One of the
twenty-eight Americans who were
iboard the British ship Kelvlnia when
sunk on September 2, declared the
vessel was torpedoed. The Uutted
States officials are now taking the
depositions of all the Americans
aboard at the time the Kelvlnia was
lost.
WISCONSIN PAPER MILLS
WILL BEGIN MAKING PRINT.
SEATTLE, Sept. 18. — That many
print paper mills in Wisconsin which
have been closed down for a number
of yearB will again resume operations
was declared in a letter recently re
eived by the Washington Newspaper
Association. In the past it has been
found unprofitable to operate many
of these mills, but it is thought that
as long as the present high prices for
print paper prevail they can bo oper
ated profitably.
The Uon Ton orchestra will give the
first of a series of dances at Eagle
Hall on Thursday evening.
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Itobert E. Straus, the Juneau boy
w’ho was sentenced to death for kill
ing a guard in the Leavenworth peni
tentiary, has appealed the case. It Is
alleged that he stabbed the guard to
■ save himBelf from a brutal beating.
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Chairman Edes, of the Alaskan en
i gineering commission, was the guest
i of honor recently at a banquet given
' by the city council and the Comnier
i cial Club at Fairbanks, following
’ which a reception was tendered to
i Mr. and Mrs. Edes at the Tanana
Club.
Hon. J. C. Cotton, personal reprc
senative of Secretary of the Interio
Lane; Chairman W. kj Kdes, of th
Alaskan engineering commission, am
Mrs. Kdes were arrivals In Cordova 01
Saturday's train. They came over th'
trail from Fairbanks, and Mr. Cottoi
left this afternoon on the steame
Mariposa for Washington, where h'
will submit his report of condition
along the government railroad to Sec
rctarv Lane. Mr. and Mrs. Kdes re
turr. to Seward on the next boat
Mr. Cotton has made a complet'
tour of inspection of the work bein
done by the commission at Seward
Anchorage and Fairbanks, anil gaine
much first hand information w hid
will be of value to his superior
In an Interview with Mr. Cotton lo
expressed himself as being mud
pleased with his visit to Alaska, liu
laid particular stress on the fact tha
It was essential. If the tiest result
were to he achieved in the building o
the big railway and the developmen
of the country generally, that the hear
tiest co-operation maintain between
the people of the territory, the Alas
kan engineering commission and tin
authorities at Washington. He pointe
out that unless the hearties co-opei
atlon was maintained, the best result
could not be gained, and it would Iv
very unfortunate indeed if other that
the most cordial relations continuei
as between the people and thos'
charged with the responsibility o
building the railway
The summer of 1919 probably wil
see the opening to traffic of the nev
United States railway from Seward t>
Fairbanks, according to William C
Kdes, who has just completed an in
speetion of the construction situatiot
on this portion of the proposed line.
It is understood that Chairman Kdes
while at Fairbanks, looked Into th'
question oi puri uttsiuK me i uuau.
Valley railway, now operated out o
Fairbanks to the mines. It Is pro
posed to use this with the line nov
being pushed toward the Nenana ooa
field to supply fuel for further min
eral development in that section o
the territory.
Early fall will find the main 11m
open from Seward to Kern creek
Turnagatn Arm. and from Anchorage
to a few miles north of Matanusk
Junction on the* new devision, witl
about fifteen miles of steel laid soutl
of Anchorage toward connecting witl
the coast section.
Experience has taught the engineer
that it is a good thing to huve th
right of way cleared one season in ad
vance of all work. Clearing away th
trees gives the sun a chance at th
ground and takes the frost out of th
cleared sections a month eurlter thai
where the spruce forest still stands.
For this reason clearing gangs ar>
busy cutting along the line from Mata
nuska Junction to Talkeetnu, and be
yond on the way up the Susitna val
ley toward Broad PaBS. A section o
the division will be campleted befor
the frost comes, but there will be i
long sfretoh ready for early work In i
1WI7, during which the clearing will
be pushed on to the pass.
The coal field branch line from Ma
tanusku Junction to King's river, and
the main line from the junction to
Anchorage, will be kept open during
the winter to provide fuel for con
struction work along Turnagaln arm.
] which being in hard rock can be
J handled without regard to the frost.
SPORTING DOPE
OF INTEREST
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SAN' FRANCISCO, Sept. IS.— Base
1 ball fans are keeping a weather eye on
the sale Lake City Bees, who began
a rally at about this time last year,
which nearly brought them the chain
1 pionship. The Bees last week took
the series from San Francisco, despite
' the fact that Manager Cliff Blanket!
I ship was absent several days, having
tendered his direction to the team
1 owners and gone to Salt Lake City to
“ confer with them about it.
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I Kddie Maier. of Los Angeles, owner
■ of the Vernon team, encountered ad
f verse criticism from other team own
ers because of his alleged violation
I of the $4.r>00 salary limit rule by an
nounclng his purchase of an option on
Washington Park, the grounds used
alternately by Los Angeles and Ver
non in Los Angeles Popular opinion
j classed this us a salutary answer to
the published demand of Henry Berry,
owner of the Sati Francisco club, that 1
Maier retire from coast league base
ball.
Berry announced early this week
that new stands would be built, and
the grounds reshaped at the end of
the season at Recreation Park, the
local baseball lot in Valencia street.
The club has permission to sell $400,
j 000 worth of stock for the improve
! j nietils.
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| With the big league tennis players,
1 ; tlrlffin, McLaughlin, Johnston, et al.
1 , disputing national chainpionships in
1 j the east, no local matches of constd
1 [ erable Interest have drawn attention.
In place of tennis, swimming and pre
’ parations for collegiate football are
“ crowding up for popular approval.
* Ludy linger, of I,os Angeles, swim
* tiling under the colors of the I„og An
* goles Athletic Club, capped a success
1 ful trip east in defense of his quarter,
half and mile national titles by voyag
* ing to Honolulu and defeating the re
- doubtable I Mike Kahanamoku in a 500
* j yard ope# water swim. The swimming
- championships at San Wiego In the
f state Amateur Athletic Union meet,
! especially the women's contests, re
i suited in nine new records.
MULCHSRIGH
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♦ CHICAGO Sept IS. Eight ♦
♦ members iif an alleged hlnekhand ♦
♦ gang, w ho are < barged w ith using ♦
♦ beautiful women members and ♦
-♦ the fascinating powers of male ♦
♦ confederates to mulch wealthy ♦
♦ men and women out of millions ♦
♦ of dollars since the first of the ♦
♦ ear, have been arrested bv the ♦
♦ federal authorities here They ♦
♦ will lie tried in Philadelphia ♦
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NEW LONDON, Conn., Sept. 18. —
President Wilson today attended the
funeral of his sister, Mrs. Mary Howe.
Crowds met the train everywhere
along the way to this city. The presi
dent departs tonight for Long Branch
LOCAL JOTTINGS.
M rs T M Hunt and two boys left
on the Mariposa for the states
Mrs. H. B. Burkhardt left on the
Mariposa this afternoon for the states
to visit friends.
Attorney C. M. Frazier returned
from Valdez, where he had business
before the district court.
it. II Barndollar, auditor for the
Alaskgan engineering commission
came over front Seward this morning
to consult with Chairman Edes.
Sam Knudson, wharfinger at the
Valdez dock, was in tow n today on bis
way to the states. This is his firsl
trip outside in nineteen years, and ti
body-guard accompanies him to see
that he meets ^ith no accidents.
Julius Struck urrived on Saturday's
train from Long Lake, to accept a po
sition as head sawer in Charles Good
all's mill He has rented the Tausey
cottage, which he and his family will
occupy.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Adams returned
this morning front a several weeks'
stay at Anchorage. While there Mr.
Adams disposed of the Northern Drug
store, of which he was the president
and principal owner.
HUES ENJOY
CO-OPERATIVE
COMMUNITY
WASHINGTON. D. Sept. 18. —
Under the guidance of the teachers in
the government sc hools of Alaska, co
operative community enterprises have
been successfully established in the
past three og four years. During hla
administration President Wilson has
reserved, by executive order, a num
j her of carefully selected tracts of land
j on which the natives of Alaska can
I obtain fish and game and conduct
| their own industrial and commercial
j enterprises without the interference
j of the white man.
Hydaburg, in southeastern Alaska,
is a typical example of what enlight
| eminent government policy under See
| retary Franklin K Dane has done for
; Alaska. This town was formed by the
, migration of natives from two villages
to a site reserved by executive order.
I Here, under the supervision of the
i teacher of the United States public
! schools, a co-operative company of
the natives was organized to transact
the mercantile business of the settle
ment, and to operate a sawmill, the
machinery for which was provided for
by the government.
The people of Hydaburg, through
their own efforts, have turned a dense
foresi into a thriving town with a busy
wharf, a sawmill that turns out good
| lumber for them at a cost of $lu per
thousand, neat, single family homes
instead of the communal houses of
the old villages, a long boarded street
! of which they are proud as the finest
| in Alaska, and a co-operative store
! which has paid handsome dividends
from the start
I The movement to set the clocks
ahead an hour, as recently recoin men
j ded by the local chamber of Com
i tneree, has spread to the other coast
towns, and today the Daily Times re
ceived the following wire from the
Seward Post:
"Will you take part In a move to
advance all . locks in Cordova, Valdez
and Seward one hour on October 1.
Several local business men have al
ready adopted the plan to use Sitka
] time instead of that at Kodiak. Steam
J ers probably make change if all towns
act together.
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LOCAL JOTTINGS.
C. B. Wark, one of Anchorage's pro
I gresslve young business men, spent
i the day here.
!,. tl Belter has returned from Val
dez, where he was a witness before
(the district court
The steamer Admiral Goodrich ar
I rived in port last night, bringing mail
and explosives, but no passengers.
The steamer Mariposa arrived from
I the westward at an early hour this
I morning, and sailed for Seattle about
4 o'clock p. m.
Mrs Jesse Martin, of Valdez visited
| with Cordova friends today while the
Mariposa was in port She is on her
I way to the states.
Crank Wilson, a Mexican, was found
guilty In the commissioner's court of
1 having entered the cabin of N. J
Black and purloined articles which
were not his, and was sentenced by
Judge Medley to serve eight months
In the federal jail.
J 1„ McPherson, secretary of the
Masks Bureau of the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce, spent the day on his
i way home from a trip to the westward.
Mr McPherson was one of the locating
engineers of the Copper River &
j Northwestern railway, and has a host
of friends in this section.