< The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 408 CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, PRIDE TEN CENTS.
JULIES FIRE SNO
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PARIS, April tl. — The war office
t mmunique published this morning
( ports tlie sinking of a German sub
marine by a squadron composed of
British and French warships. The
crew of (he submarine were takpn
off before the ship sunk, and were
made prisoners. Torpedoes fired by
the submarine were rendered harm
less through being caught in the
safety nets on the battleships. When
the craft was sighted, the ships im
mediately opened fire on it, but not
before the Germans fired two tor
pedoes. The shells from the allied
vessels took effect, and the submar
ine sank in a few minutes. None of
the crew of the submarine were in
jured.
PARIS, April fi. it is officially
announced that the Germans deliv
ered a furious attack on the French
trenches in the village of Haucourt
last night. Despite repulsing several
attacks, and repeatedly checking the
German advance, with bloody sacri
fices on the part of the French troops,
the Germans managed to get a foot
khnld in the village. The statement
/ronludes: "We hold the village under
the fire of artillery from our domin
ating positions."
BUCHAREST. April C. The undis
gui.sed military preparations of Bui
garia which are evidently directed
against Rotimaniu, has caused the
Roumanian government to take the
t necessary military measures as if pro
sparing lo resist tin invasion. Several
classes of reset 'es have been t ailed
to the colors, and all furloughs grant
ed officers and men have been re
scinded, and the troops ordered to
return immediately lo their regiment..
The government hits massed a consid
erable force along the Bulgur' .n her
der, and unofficial statement; of fric
tion between the soldiers and the Bul
garians are reported. Six divisions
of Bulgarian troops have ... mob! -
lized along the border, and menace
Roumania. The greatest activity is
noticed in military circles throughout
the country, troop trains superseding
ordinary traffic on the railroads, and
heavy shipments of artillery and mu
• nitions being made.
WASHINGTON, April U. — Colonel
I JKouee, the sole member of Hie presi
tit's so- called kitchen cabinet, called
at the White House today and agnin
conferred with Wilson and Secretary
of State Lansing. It is persistently
repeated that House’s visits are con
nected with propositions for this
country to offer its good offices to the
European belligerents, who aie re
ported to be willing to consider terms
at peace. House, with his usual lion
^Koromitalness, refused absolutely to
V discuss the object of his visit with the
press representatives.
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Will A. Steel returned to Cordova
on the steamer Alameda yesterday.
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V. USHIXOTON, April — It is un
; (lcistood here unofficially that th<
Carranza officials along the Mexlcai
border have been requesting in form a
tion as to how much longer the Per
sliing punitive expedition intended t<
remain in Mexico, and also as to how
much farther south Pershing and his
cavalry proposed to penetrate. It ii
intimated in some quarters that far
ranza has indicated his desire tha
the American troops should lenw
Mexico. Nothing official can b<
learned concerning these rumors, ani
it is put down by some as evidenei
of the pernicious activity of certati
newspapers, already condemned by tin
president for their untrue stories abou
the Mexican situation, evidently pul)
Halted tot' the purpose of forcing the
> Washington administration to inter
i gene In .Mexico.
l-AUKDO. \pril 6. — It is reported
i here that fifty persons, till non-coin
batants, and including women and
t children, were murdered by Mexican
bandits between Torreon and Zacate
eas on March 28. The marauders
wrecked a train at the point where the
■ murders occurred, and the passengers
were shot down one by one as they
emerged from the wreckage. Kvery
■ body on the train, including the train
crew, was killed.
MKXK'O CITY. April «. — General
Gttiierrez reported to the Mexican war
department today that the capture of
General Villa by .he Constitutionalist
(prees was a certainty, and that it
would happen very shortly, as Villa
was now practically surrounded by
the federal troops. Other federal sol
diers front Ihe states of Jalisco, Aguas
Callentes anti Zacatecas are closing
in on General Bracamontea, who. with
a large force of Villa cavalry. Is lo
cated at Jtichipila, in southern Zaca
tecas.
WASHINGTON, April 6. — Secre
tary Lansing made a public announce
ment this afternoon, flatly denying the
published statements that the gov
ernment was contemplating withdraw
ing the American troops under Gen
oral Pershing from Mexico. He char
acterized Uic stories as unqualified
falsehoods, fabricated for the purpose
Of embarrassing the administration,
dnd their authors of being guilty of
disloyalty to their own government.
SAN ANTONIO, April 6. tieneral
Funston said today that he believed
that Villa was in the vicinity of Sa
tovo last Tuesday, travelling towards
Parra 1. No official telegrams from
Pershing were made public today.
SAN \NTONIA, April fi. -- It was
learned today that the Mexican au
thorities had refused to accept code
messages for transmission to the Am
erican field forces in Mexico.
ZEPPELIN VISITS ENGLAND
BUT NO DAMAGE DONE
LONDON, April ti. — \ single Zep
pelin appeared in the heavens off the
northeast coast of England hist night,
but was picked up by the British
searchlights, and driven off by the
anti aircraft guns. No damage was
done by the Zeppelin.
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TO EVACUATE
BERLIN, April 6. — The war office
issued an official bulletin today, an
nouncing that the German army under
the crown prince had stormed the vil
lage of Haucourt last night. Haucourt
is located west of the Meuse, along
the line from Avoneourt to Bethin
court, northwest of Verdun. The Ger
mans entered the village and drove
out the French.
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WASHINGTON, April '>. — V doz
en arsenals are maintained !>y the
United States tor making supplies for
the army. All the muskets, small arm
ammunition, and personal and horse
equipments required tire manutuc
fuivd by the war department, but of
oilier classes of ammunition, small
arm;-, small cannon and gun carriages
a considerable portion of the re
quirements is supplied by private es
tablishments.
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS RE
PORTED BY WIRELESS.
I The Admiral Watson bad not arrived
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| at Juneau last night.
I The freighter Latouche is due in
RUamar today.
The steamer Dora has left Kodiak
for Seward.
The freighter Aroline left Port Gra
ham at 6 o’clock last evening.
The Admiral Karragut left Seward
at :! o’clock yesterday afternoon for
Cordova.
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Cannery crews for the Carlisle Pack
ing Company and the Abercrombie
Packing Company arrived on yester
day’s steamer.
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Miss Helen O’Neel, of Portland, was
a Cordova arrival yesterday on a visit
to her father, A. C. O’Neel.
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AIDED DP? ID
ESCAPE
WASHINGTON, Vpril — Kvi
deuce, charging Carl Luderitz th<
German consul at Baltimore with con
■living to secure passports for Horsl
Von Der Goltz, a confessed Germar
spy, will be presented to the federa
grand jury. The government claims
that the consul aided the spy to gel
a passport from the American gov
eminent under the name of Bridge
man Taylor.
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OUT MEUSE ST
PT, BAYONET
I’.VKIS. April The war office
officially announced today that tlu
French infantry assaulted the tier
man positions west of the Meuse Iasi
night, capturing long stretches of tht
German trenches north of Avonconrt
at the forest known as Hois Garre
The Germans were driven out at tht
point of tlie bayonet, after their post
lions had been subjected to a muted
dons fire from tile French artillery1
.Many prisoners were taken, and sotnt
-machine guns.
RUSSIA is STILL PLAilNf
NATIONAL DEFENCE
1‘ETROGRAD, April 0. Morethar
1,000 members of organizations gen
erallv known as military imlustria
committees, have assembled here frotr
all parts of the Russian empire t(
discuss what still 'needs to lie doni
to turn to account all the resource:
of the country for the purposes o
national defence.
FORD POPULAR IN HIS 01
HOI TOWN
DETROIT, April 6. The Republi
an state primary returns were com'
pleted today, and the final couni
shows that the party In this state en
dorsed Henry Ford, the millionaire
automobile manufacturer, for the nom
ination for president. Ford defeatec
-Senator William \lden Smith by fom
thousand votes.
The steamer Alameda brought 75<
tons of freight for Cordova and 2 >!
tons for the Orca cannery.
5PIHN OBJECTS
MADRID, April «. — \ cabinet meet
ing was called today to discuss tin
torpedoing of Spanish boats, severa
of which have been sunk by submar
ines of the European belligerents. Tin
ship owners have protested lo the gov
ernment oxer the alleged unlawfu
acts of the submarines, and the uaai
ter lias been freely discussed in tin
press, the editors being unanimous ii
calling upon, the government to act.
LAEOLLETTE HIS
HIT li THE
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MILWAUKEE, April 6. - The re
turns from Tuesday's primary elec
tions are sloxx in coming in, but sul
ficient have been received to indlcati
that Senator LaKailotte xvill securi
ten of the twenty-six delegates to thi
Republican national convention a
Chicago next June. The other dele
gates will'probably be iininstmctod a:
to a candidate for the presidents
nontini lion.
FIFTY MILLION OSMARFII
MANY STATFS
WASHINGTON, April — Fron
obscure beginnings in eastern Nev
York about twelve years ago. th<
chestnut blight has swept nlneteei
states, and now affects about all tie
northern half of American natlvi
i chestnut stands, doing damage esti
1 mated at close upon $5n,0i»t).o"0. yin
i federal and state governments an
endeavoring to check the disease.
BRITISH CAPTURE TOWN Oi
OF FELAHIE
LONDON. April d. — Tile war offic<
! officially announced today that tin
■ British forces in Mesopotamia had as
satilted and captured the town of Fe
la hie. All of the Turkisn position!
taken have been consolidated, and tin
Turkish counter attacks repulsed.
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Deputy Marshal Frank Hoffman am
k\ I). Kelley arrived on yesterday's
train, coming direct from Chisana. Mr
Hoffman’s office in the interior lm>
been abolished, and it is reported thn
ho is to be transferred to Mntanuska
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IS TORPEDOED
WASHINGTON. April 6. — Tlie Am
erican naval atta he at London lias
advised the state department that the
(toss channel liner Sussex, which was
sunk on her way from Dover to Ca
lais, with American citizens on board,
was probably torpedoed.
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FOR COAST
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| WASHINGTON, April «. The ap
propriation committee introduced in
the House today another of the bills
approved by the administration for
the increase of the preparedness Of
the nation's defences. This measure
carries a hundred million to he ex
pended on coast defences, and laying
in increased stocks of munitions for
the big guns.
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| LONDON, April ti. L.uly Florence j
j Baker, widow of Sir Samuel White j
J Baker, author and explorer, who died j
1 recently at Newton Abbot, Devon, at j
j 74 r ears of ape, was known as one ot
11 the most daring explorers. In 1 SB 1
she accompanied her husband upon an
* expedition for the discovery of the
i Nile sources. The party went on with
■ out interpreter or guide, and in de
' fiance of the oppisition of the slave
hunters, who attempted to bar their
> progress. She also accompanied her
• husband when he commanded an ex
pedition to Central Africa, organized
joy the khedlve for the suppression of
\the slave traffic. She was the first
white woman, as her husband was the
first white man, to set foot in the
region of the Albert Nyanza lake.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 6. — The
Republican state convention met here
today end endorsed former Senator
and former Vlce-l’resident Fairbanks
] for the Republican nomination for
' president at the Chicago convention.
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A special train leaves this morning
for Chitfna.
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LONDON. April <i. —/The British
steamer Zent was torjeaoed without
warning off Fast net Jo^terday and
sunk. The Zent watf of flic burden of
:’,P00 tons. Forty-eight members of*
the crew are missing, and it is sup
posed that they were drowned, as
the ship sank almost immediately and
hut a portion of the life boats w’#r©
launched before she disappeared be
neath the waves. Two of the engine
room force were killed outright when
the torpedo exploded.
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STEAMSHIP LINE
JUNEAU TO
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It is very probable that a steamer
line between Juneau and Anchorage
win lie established within the next
few- weeks.
William Sutherland, one of the best
known liquor dealers in the north
west. and who prior to January 1
operated “Billy Sutherland's" in the
Alaska building, Seattle, will be at the
head of the new- steamship company.
With associates, Mr. Sutherland has
purchased the former survey steamer
McArthur. The craft is now being
thoroughly overhauled and oil burn
ers being installed. Mr. Sutherland
stated the other day that probably the
steamer would be operated from Ju
neau to the westward. He states that
he has a working agreement with two
lines at Juneau to care for their freight
and passengers for the westward, the
freight shipments being transferred
at Juneau.
.Mr. Sutherland has had an agent
in Juneau for several weeks, and the
latter has reported that there is a
rowing business between the Alaska
capital city and western ports.
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FREIGHT RITES
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from the I'nited States to Panama are
increasing rapidly, according to mer
chants here. It is stated that the
rate on cement has recently been in
creased front $1.20 per barrel to $1.55.
which is more than the value of the
cement at the factory. Cement is
now selling here at $2.75 a barrel.
it is understood that the Panama
Association of Commerce is investi
gating the rate situation in view of
the many recent increases that have
been made by the so .unship compan
ies.
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GOES TO RESCUE WAIF.
Captain Frank Cole left in his
launch yesterday afternoon to go to
the rescue of the distressed launch
Waif, which left here several days
ago for Katalla. There is a storm rag
ing at sea. and it was feared that
Captain crocker and his boat were in
danger. When heard from last night
the Waif was off Cape Whitslied with
out a rudder.
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ROME, Apr!! t>. — It has been de
eided by the Austrian commander in
Albania to rename all Albanian towns
bearing Italian name with their old
Albanian names, spelled, however, iu
the Austrian style.
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