Clean Up and Paint Up. It Will Promote Health and Prosperity
The Cordova Daily Times PIF7
VOI.I MK ONE. NUMBER <WE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO CORDOVA, AI.ASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRltTsTlMS PRICE TEN CENTS.”
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PLACER STRIKE SHUSHANNA
GOOD PAY IS FOUND IN PRE-GLACIAL BEDROCK
SCHOOL CHILDREN ARRANGE
ENTERTAINMENT FOR PUBLIC
Tickets are now on sale for the
school entertainment to be held in
the Empress theatre next Tuesday
evening, and they are finding a ready
sale by the scholars. As the pro
ceeds are to be devoted to the li
brary fund, practically everybody will
patronize the entertainment.
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WOMEN REPLACE
MEN CONDUCTORS
HAMBURG, April 27—Hamburg Is
to install women as conductors on the
street cars so that, the men may be
free to go to war. The city now is
seeking a number of strong young
women for the cars running between
Blankenese and Ohlsdorf to relieve
the present employes. Berlin already
has a number of women car conduc
tors.
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Will Go to the States
Al. Church, of McCarthy, is in town
and contemplates making a trip to
the westward before leaving for the
states on a business trip.
he finally succeeded in doing, through the aid of a
three-inch drill, which he took to the bottom of the
shaft after it was impossible to proceed further
with pick and shovel, on account of the water.
The shaft had been sunk to a depth of 110 feet,
bringing it on a level with Johnson Creek. After
boring ten feet with the drill bedrock was reached,
and $!. recovered from the three inch hole, consist
ing of two twenty-cent nuggets and some finer gold,
of a very bright luster, and well worn.
The property was at once bonded by Commls
sioner J, J. Finnegan and associates, and the work
of tapping the shaft from Johnson Creek is now in
progress. It is generally conceded that one of the
many rich, deep paystreaks has at last been located
in the Chisana, and if this be true that camp gives
promise of forging ahead as a gold producer. It
also means that Chisana is at last to come into its
own, notwithstanding the many knocks it has re
ceived from those who rode over the country on
horseback and pronounced it a blank.
It is also reported that Charles Hawkins, who
is working with Louis Dahl on the left limit of
Johnson Creek, about a mile below Dry Gulch, re
cently picked up a $12.50 and a $3.00 nugget,
Special to The Times Ry Associated Press.
PARIS, April 28—The morning oflicinl com
munique announces that the allied troops operating
against the forts along the Dardanelles straits have
taken the town : Kumkaleh on the Asiatic side of
the waterway.
In regard to the situation in West Flanders, the
statement asserts that the strong German effort
made to turn the British Hank at Ypres has appar
ently failed, and it is thought that the Teutons have
been definitely checked. Violent fighting continues
incessantly, but the allied forces are daily improving
their position and regaining portions of the lost
ground.
High military authorities here are skeptical or
the theory that the strong German attack was’Tii
furtherance of a plan to break through to the En
glish Channel. From such huge concentration of
troops upon a limited front, as the Germans amassed
between Dixmude and Ypres, they judge that the
j present drive is preparatory to some far more im
portant undertaking.
LONDON, April 28—Little or no news is be
! mg received here concerning the operations of the
; allied land and son forces against the Dardanelles
; fortifications. The situation at present might best
| be described as obscure, although it is known pos
itively that the French and Fnglish land forces
; have made satisfactory headway with their land
ing operations.
HAS CLOSED OUT THEIR
BRANCH STORE MCCARTHY
M. Finkelsteln, who has been con
ducting a branch Btore at McCarthy
for the past few months, returned to
Cordova on yesterday’s train. He is
undecided as to whether the firm of
Finkelstein & Sapiro will take a
stock of goods to Ship Creek for the
summer season.
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BERLIN RAISES
PRICE OF BEER
AMSTERDAM. April 27—Berlin
brewers have agreed to increase fur
ther the price of beer by five marks
per 100 liters. There will also be a
similiar increase in the price of min
eral waters and bottled soft drinks.
Going to Ship Creek
James Heaney and wife came down
from McCarthy on Tuesday’s train
and will leuve on the first boat for
Ship Creek.
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The freighter Cordova will sail
from Seattle May 8, with a cargo of
coal and explosives.
PARTS, April 28—The armored cruised Leon Gambetta, of
the French Navy, was torpedoed anti sunk in ten minutes, while
cruising at the entrance of Otranto Canal, at tin* mouth of the
Adriatic Sea. All of the officers of the Gambetta perished,
although an Italian vessel succeeded in saving 13G members of
the crew.
BRINDISI, Italy, April 28—The French cruiser Gambetta
was run ashore after being struck by a torpedo, and fears are
entertained here that she will Hoat away at the next high tide.
BRINDISI, Italy, April 28—The Gambetta was torpedoed
by the Austrian submarine U-G, whose base is at Cattaor, over
three hundred miles distant from where she located the Gam
betta. When the projectile struck the Gambetta the majority
of her crew of 714 were asleep, which partiy accounts for the
large loss of life.
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PARIS, April 28—The fighting in the Carpathians is be-!
coining more intense, and the activities of the troops are ex
tending along a greater section of the battle front. The most
vigorous operations are centering in the vicinity of Uzsok Pass.
STOCKHOLM, April 27—The Swedish steamer Cedric,
bound from Stockholm to Helsingfors, was sunk yesterday by
striking a mine off the Alands Islands. The vessel was a
thousand ton steamer and cannot be salved as she sunk in
deep water. The entire crew were saved.
LONDON, April 28—It is reported here that Austria has
communicated' new concessions to Italy. Italian observers
believe that there are important points still unsettled, but that
at pr>s nt the un -ttled matters in no wise make an agrement
impossible,
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BIG MINING DEVELOPMENTS
IN BROAD PASS COUNTRY
When A. A. Zimmerman, the Knik
mining man went through the Broad
Pass mining district a few days ago
he found there fully fifty men. A
mong them was W. E. Dunkle, agent
for the Guggenheim interests, who
Bhippen in five tons of powder, drills,
chemicals and assay outfit over the
snow this winter, and is is getting In
several tons supplies before the snow
goes off. In the outfit also was a
very small hand mill.
With this equipment he purposes to
test the big mineral dyke this sum
mer and thoronghly prospect it. How
large it is no one knows as yet, but
judging from the outcroppings, Mr.
Zimmerman believes it will run be
tween 200 and 300 feet. Several tun
nels driven last year cross-cut it for
00 feet and it was that work which
lead Tom Aitken, of Iditarod, to in
vestigate and recommend it to the
Guggenheims. Aitken optioned the
three claims owned by the Wells
Brothers, and Tom Colley for $250,
000 and paid down a substantial sum
in cash to bind the bargain. Dun
kle came up from Seattle to take
charge there for the Guggenheims,
and is still there as stated. The
Attken option was taken in Novem
ber last.
The big ore body Is a gigantic dyke
cross-cut by the Chutltna river, a
branch of the SuBitna, right at the
foot of the main Alaska range. There
muHt be ten or twelve miles of it and
It is believed to average between $6
and $15 per ton Through the cen
ter of the dyke on the Wells Broth
ers' claim there is a central lead
which assayed at the surface as high
as $200 a ton, the surrounding ore
body running $30 to $40 a ton. It
is a tremendous ore body hard to ap
preciate and once opened will prove
to be of enormous benefit to the rail
' road.
Smelters will also be needed for
it is asrenic and lime in composition,
j carrying gold values. Poor men can
stake the ground, but it will require
great capital to develop it and take
I out the ore to smelters. The Guggen
heims being so heavily interested In
the smelting industry it was not dif
ficult for them to see that particular
advantage to them of taking hold of
the Broad Pass low grade proposi
tion.
Mr. Zimmerman says the miners
there were filing on adjoining coal
lands in ten acre tracts as they may
do under the new laws. This coal
Is in the same mineralized zone and
could not he more conveniently loca
ted for local use. As to the qual
ity Mr. Zimmerman did not care to
express himself beyond saying that it
was soft coal found in the Interior in
] large bodies.
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LIBEL SUIT
SYRACUSE, April 28—The Barnes
libel suit against Roosevelt opened
this morning with the ex-president on
the stand. The attorneys for the
plaintiff finished their cross-examina
tion and turned the witness over to
the defendant’s lawyers for re-direct
examination. The interest in the
trial shows no indications of falling
off, and tlie court room was crowded.
The examination was largely to
counteract the evidence brought out
by Barnes' attorneys concerning the
intimate relations Roosevelt had with
Senator l'latt, the deceased boss of
New York. The defendant testified
that while he waq, governor of New
York he consulted with Platt fre
quently because he had not been long
in office before • he found that the
legislature obeyed whatever orders
Platt issued. When he became pres
Went he conferred with Platt on all
manner of tilings as he considered the
dead senator’s advice on public mat
ters affecting the nution as extremely
valuable.
His lawyer asked Teddy about a
letter written by Senator Platt In
which the statement was made that
Roosevelt was fancy free in regard
to the relations between capital and
labor. In reply Roosevelt said that
Platt’s statement was correct.
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ALAMEDA NEXT BOAT
DUE FROM SOUTH
The steamer Alameda left Juneau
at 10 o’clock last night and is due In
Cordova early Frida ymornlng.
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Bound for the Westward
William Bolte and Win. Hiltz will
be among the passengers leaving here
on the next steamer for Ship Creek.
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SALE OF ABSINTHE
PROHIBITED EGYPT
CAIRO, April 27—A proclamation
has been issued here prohibiting the
sale of aslnthe throughout Egypt.
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Petaluma Eggs, 36c. per doz. al
S. Blum & Co's.
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CALIFORNIA
SACRAMENTO. April 28—Gover
Hiram Johnson signed (our bills to
day, making state elections entirely
non-partizan. Under the new laws
no candiduteB for office at state elec
tions will carry party or other la
bels when running tor office. The
only political aspirants who are now
entitled to have party designations af
ter their names on the ballot, are
those running for Congress and the
U. S. Senate.
Will Attend the Fair
Thomas I,ane and wife are recent
arrivals from McCarthy, and will sail
south on the Mariposa, returning to
their home in San Francisco.
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Fresh Cordova Eggs at O'Neill &
Slater Co's.
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All the Real News in the Times.
LONDON, April 28—Captain Scott, the commander of a
Norwegian steamer which lias been in the service of the Bel
gian relief committee, reports that on his last trip across the
North r-tea his vessel encountered a German fleet numbering
sixty-eight vessels. While crossing the North Sea Scott’s
ship was held up by one of tin* German warships and her
papers examined, after which she was permitted to proceed.
Ib* sajs that the licet was composed of all classes of vessels
from battleships to torpedo boats. This statement corrobo
rates tin* articles in the German papers claiming that their
fleet has cruised several times in the North Sen, even approach
ing the English coast.
MAUSER RIFLE FICIORf DAMAGED
B
GENE\ A, April 28—A French airman made a daring flight
into Germany and threw four bombs upon the Mauser rifle fac
tory at Obermlorf, near Stuttgart. Each missile reached’ its
goal causing great damage to the rifle works. As a result of
the attack a large quantity of rifles and a small amount of ma
chinery were destroyed.
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\\ ASHINGTON, April 28—Secretary of the Interior,
Franklin K. Lane lias announced that the water-power bill
which failed' to pass the congress that adjourned last month,
will bo re-introduced as an administration measure when the
coining congress convenes. The Secretary said that the re
ported consolidation of many water power companies in the
states of Washington, Colorado, Utah, Montana, and Idaho,
will, if true, place more than 50 per cent of the developed water
power in the western states under the control of a single cor
poration. Mr. Lane further said that he \Vas strongly of the
opinion that the administration bill to regulate and control
tht' water powers of the west should be quickly passed or the
interests of the public would suffer irreparable injury.
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GREEKS ARE NEGOTIATING FOR LOAN $7,000,000
ATHENS, April 27—It is semiofficially reported that the
Greek government is negotiating with American bankers for
a loan of seven million dollars.
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A recent placer’strike in the Chisana district
demonstrates and substantiates the pre-glacial bed
rock theory, as there were several stratas of grav
el encountered at various depths, ranging from two
to seven feet in thickness, and yielding from three
to seven cents to the pan in fine gold; these stratas
of gravel being glacier deposits.
Bedrock and pay has been found on Dry Creek,
a tributary to Johnson Creek, on the right limit.
The claim is owned by A. McGuire, who arrived in
Cordova on Tuesday’s train, and who has worked
for many months trying to reach bedrock. This