The Cordova
^ VOLUME II. NUMBER 508. CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY
German Attacks Are Unsuccessful
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BERLIN, Aug. 3.—It is officially announced that the
French troops have penetrated the German lines at Monacu
farm, in the Somme region, and they also took the trenches
north of that position. In the region north of Verdun the
French have recaptured the trench section lost in Laufee wood.
PARIS, Aug. 3.—The several German counter attacks
north of Verdun have been stopped by^ screen of infantry fire.
The French have progressed substantially south of Fleury,
capturing 1,100 Germans in the past two days.
GERMAN GUNBOAT IS SUNK.
HAVRE, Aug. 3.—The Belgian gunboat Netta sank the
German gunboat Graf Von Gatzen in lake Tanganyika, after i
battle in which there were no Belgian losses.
AIRSHIPS DO LITTLE DAMAGE.
LONDON, Aug. 3.—Six German airships raided the east
ern counties of London this morning and dropped eighty bombs
Nine horses were killed and three injured.
ENGLAND’S LOSS ONLY 220,000 MEN.
LONDON, Aug. 3.—Parliament has been asked to pass a
pension appropriation on the basis of 220,000 killed.
, MOVEMENT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. — As the
first slop in the federal government’s
part of spending $150,000,000 on good
roads during the next five years in
co-operation with the states. Secretary
Houston soon will announce prelimin
ary plans for organization and some
time before September 11, will notify
Hie governors of states of the ap
portionment of federal funds for this
year. A circular will also be sent to
all the governors and state highway
authorities, outlining a tentative plan
of procedure.
The $150,000,000 is to be paid half
by the government and half by the
several states, apportioned among the
latter according to their respective
area, population, and rural mail route
mileage.
The expenditures are authorized by
the Shackleford Bankhead good roads
law. the first granting federal aid to
states in road building. It was signed
July 11 by President Wilson, and gov
ernment officials are preparing to put
its provisions into early operation. Ac
tual construction of some of the
road may begin this fall and exten
sive construction next spring is
planned.
Appropriations for the present year,
ending July 1, 1!t17, authorized by con
pies are $5,000,000. For the four suc
ceeding years they are, respectively,
$10,0:10,000, $15,000,000, $20,000,00o and
. $25,000,000. The law provides, how
” ever, that no government money shall
be available unless the states spend
an equal amount, matching the gov
ernment contributions dollar for dol
lar.
I 'very cent of tbe federi# and state
fund . the act provides, shall be spent
to build new roads. Maintenance costs
thereafter must be borne by the states
alone.
Rules and regulations to put the
federal aid law, as it is popularly
known, into prompt operation are now
being drafted by the secretary of
agriculture, upon whom devolves prac
tically the entire work of supervising
the government expenditures. Imme
diate supervision will he by the office
or public roads and rural engineering,
of which Logan Waller Page Is di
rector.
A conference of highway represen
tatives or all states and, possibly, of
organizations interested in the good
roads movement, engineering experts
and others, to discuss measures for
promulgating the new law is planned
soon by Secretary Houston.
Apportionment among the several
states of the $5,000,000 for the first
year's work will soon be announced by
Postmaster General Burleson, who is
required to annually certify appor
tionments because of changes in rural
post route mileages and population.
The allotments of the federal appro
priations will be made by the secre
tary of agriculture, one-third being
based on the ration which the popu
lation of each state bears to the total
United States population, according to
the latest census, one-third in the
ratio which the mileage of rural post
roads in each state bears to the total
national mileage, and one-third in the
ration which the area of each state
bears to the total area.
Routes and construction materials
of the new roads are to be finally
determined by the secretary of agri
culture. No public road can be built
under the law until its location, cost
and character are appfcved by him
Rvery road project with plans, sped
ficattons and cost estimates shall be
P* available. There is no specific re
quirement that such roads shall be per
miinent, but the act declares they
shall be “substantial in character," the
secretary being given discretion tc
construe the question of substantia
bility in each separate case.
A limit of $10,000 per mile, however
is the maximum fixed by law to pre
vent use of the government funds ir
building costly boulevards whic-1
would not assist in rural development
Whether the new roads built undei
the law shall be main travelled trunl
lines, connecting inter state highways
or merely small sections scatterec
throughout the states is also left tc
the discretion of the secretary of ag
rlculture. Construction of both is ex
pected. At the proposed conference
| of state highway representatives here,
it is believed that proposals for a com
prehensive, correlative road building
scheme will be reached. The Ameri
can Highway Association, the Ameri
can Automobile Association and other
good roads organizations are Interest
ed in such co-ordination and correla
tion of the public roads throughout the
entire nation. Development of the
| national road system ns a whole is the
broad scheme and aim of government
' officials, with the aid of the state au
thorities.
The machinery for co-operative ac
tion is substantially as follows: States
desiring to secure their share of the
federal funds will, through their hlgh
wav commissions or departments, file
*
formal applications, submitting the
I route and character of roads proposed
io (lie secretary of agriculture. Should
j he approve the projects, the secretary
| of agriculture will notify the state
commissions and the secretary of the
treasury The latter will then set
aside the share of the United States,
which shall not exceed fifty per cent
or the cost. The secretary of agri
culture will order payment of the
federal funds upon completion of the
| roads, and is also authorized to make
I partial payments as construction pro
ceeds.
The construction work and labor in
each state is to be done In accordance
with state laws and under immediate
supervision of the state highway de
partment, subject to inspection and
approval by government engineers.
This leaves the states in control of
the construction, subject only to in
sure good designs.
Selection of road routes, as well
as their type and structural compo
sition is also left primarily to the
state officials, subject to approval or
rejection by the secretary of agrlcul
ture.
To secure a share of the federal
funds, state legislatures or counties i
must appropriate sums equal to the j
federal allotments. The act also re i
entires the formation of state |
highway commissions, or a similar
state agency, to have charge of the
states' part of the work. Four states,
Indiana, South Carolina, George and
! Texas, have no such commissions or
corresponding organizations, but to
secure federal funds they must be
organized. Other states have no high
way commissions, but have substan
tially similar departments or agencies.
Where states, like Illinois, are pro
hibited by their constitutions or other
wise prevented from acting under the
contributory plan, the act provides
that the federal appropriations may
become available to separate counties
when they shall match the govern
ment's contributions, such roads, of
course, being built only within the
contributing counties.
To give the states ample time to
build roads and to guard against hasty
or extravagant construction, the law
also provides that unexpected federal
appropriations each year shall be
available during the succeeding year,
while this year’s allotments to states
which have no highway departments
shall be available for three years, to
give state legislatures time to create
such departments.
For enforcement of the provision re
quiring the states to maintain the
new roads without federal assistance,
the secretary of agriculture is author
ized to disapprove of further roads
projects from such states or their
civil subdivisions and deny further
government aid if roads are not put in
proper condition after four months
notice.
Development of a federal corps of
highway engineers is one of the re
sults expected from the new law. Civil
| service examinations will be held Aug
ust 8, for any more highway engineers
needed by the government.
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According to the latest reports In
mining circles the United States Re
fining & Smelting Company will ex
ercise its option on the Ebner mine in
Last" Chance basin and will carry for
ward an extensive plan of development
which will rival the operations now
under way on the part of the Alaska
i Gastlneau Company and the Treadwell
group of mines.
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An arrival at Fairbanks from the
Tolovana camp says that a shortage
of water Is hampering the mining men
and a shortage of currency is caus
ing the business men considerabl*
bother. All transactions are by means
of checks.
SUBMARINE GETS
BY AEEIEO
NORFOLK. V«„ Aug. 3. — The
merchant submarine Deutschland has
passed the allied patrol unobserved,
as she was submerged. After passing
the capes the whole crew stood on
deck and gave three cheers for Ameri
ca and Americans.
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HOUSE RACING IS
SPAIN
SAN SEBASTIAN. Spain. July 30. —
(Correspondence of the Associated
Press.)—Bull fighters and their parti
sans look askance at a luxurious new
establishment just completed here,
where thoroughbred horses will soon
begin racing on a scale hitherto un
known in Spain.
The race course has all modern im
provements and with grandstands that
rival those of Longchantps and Au
teuil neur PariB. Alfonso XIII has
not only sanctioned the enterprise, but
has given It vogue by acquiring a
stable of thoroughbreds himself; some
of his horses may make their debuts
at the meeting which opens July 21,
and will continue until October 1.
The more emotional and more con
servative see in the king's encourage
ment of horse racing the prelude to a
radical step in the modernizing of
Spain—the enevtual abandonment of
the bull fight out of regard for the
sentiments of visitors front countries
whene it is not looked upon as sport.
Others see in it simply a timely and
enterprising project in the Spanish ef
fort to encourage touring on the pen
inouta.
Spain has shown a remarkable burst
of energy since the war began, with
King Alfonso setting the example. He
has accorded special facilities to com
panies and capitalists for the building
of hotels at favorite points, such as
Seville, Cadiz and Algeciras.
The city of Barcelona is organizing
a systematic movement with a view
to attracting American visitors to that
port of the Mediterranean coast. Fin
uncial aid to hotels and other en
couragement to promoters of improve
ments in coast resorts are to be given,
and it is intended to do everything
possible to create a popular winter re
treat on the Spanish coast from where
cruises may be made to the Balearic
islands.
The extension of horse racing here
tofore absolutely neglected in Spain,
is a part of this movement and does
not at all mean that bull fighting will
be superseded by it. The national
sport will go on as long as there are
crowds to witness it, probably. It all
depends on what taste the Spaniards
develop for the horses.
The idea is to profit from the para
| lysis of racing in France and Belgium
j to draw to Spuin's great sea resort
the big spending owners of the
thoroughbreds and the free livers that
follow racing wherever it is.
i A twenty thousand dollar stake for
j the opening day indicates the earnest
| ness of the enterprise.
| Among the stables represented are
; three American owners, W. K. Van
] derbilt with 30 of the 60 horses he has
j training at Saint Louis de Poissy, Jet
400,000 RAILWAY EMPLOYES
LIKELY TO GOON STR'KE
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—In the count of the vote of the rail
roaders nearly all of the 300,000 thus far counted are in favor
of a strike, and it is expected that by tonight the remaining one
hundred thousand will be counted.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—President Wilson has consulted
William L. Chambers, commissioner of the federal board of
mediation and conciliation, regarding the threatened strike of
400,000 railway employees. The board anticipates the men will
vote in favor of a walkout, and expects to be called in to medi
ate. The crisis will likely be reached August 8, when the result
of the strike vote will be announced, and another conference
I between the railroads and employees will be held. The media
tion board says it cannot take any action until the vote has
been announced and a final disagreement reached. President
Wilson is considering whether extraordinary action is possible.
CROWD JEERS WHEN TRAP
SPRUNG ON CASEMENT
LONDON, Aug. 3.—Sir Roger Casement was hanged at the
Pentonville prison at 9 o’clock this morning for treason. There
was a l«uge throng of people outside the prison walls and when
the bell announced that the trap had been sprung jeers rent the
air, showing the sentiment of his friends and followers. Case
ment died calm and courageous. He mounted the platform
firmly, and eight minutes later was dead. His remains were
buiried in quicklime in the prison yard.
MORE LOTS II
SOLO
SEWARD, Aug. 3. — Andrew Chris
tensen, chief of the publicity bureau
of the Alaskan Railroad Commission
announces the sale by auction of gov
ernment lots In two federal additions
to Seward. The sale will be held or
September 11, and a minimum price
of $25 has been placed on each lot
There will be 320 lots offered for sale,
and reservations made for parks and
public buildings.
YOUNG MAN DISAPPEARS;
INFORMATION WANTED
The governor's office is in receipt
of a letter from Mrs. W. 0. Middaugh
6.29 West Ninth Street, Tulsa, Okla
iioma. in which she asks for informa
tion concerning her son, Moncel Mau
rice Middaugh, who has been missing
since June 6, 1914. and who, she be
] lieves. may be in Alaska.
Young Middaugh disappeared from
Dogansport, Da., where he was em
ployed in the civil engineering depart
ment of the Texas Company, on June
6. 1914. His mother states that he
had frequently talked of going tc
’Alaska, and she believes that he may
have come to this territory. Young
Middaugh was then 5 feet 10 inches
in height and weighed 155 pounds, had
brown hair, gray eyes and a fair com
plexion. He was 19 years of age or
February 11, but his mother states
that he could easily pass for 22 years
of age.
Anyone knowing anything about th<
young man should either address th«
mother at Tulsa or advise the gover
nor's office at Juneau.
ferson Davis Cohn with about th<
same number, and T. P. Thorne with i
dozen or so. Only ten French owners
are represented.
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Today’s news in the Times today.
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SEATTLEITE
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SEATTLE, Aug. 3. — An attempt
; was made last night to blow up the
1 home of J. M. Jarvis, timber inspector
j for the Alaskan railroad commission.
A quantity of dynamite was exploded,
and while the house was badly dam
aged, nobody was hurt. Jarvis has
been employing labor for the rail
road work and suspects a man eject
ed from the office of committing the
crime.
HORACE E. HOOD MEflflBEH
OP CALLIOPE
SYDENY, Australia, Aug. 3. — That
thrilling incident at the height of the
hurricane at Apia, Samoa, in 1889,
when the crew of the foundering Uni
ted States warship Trenton cheered
the British warship Calliope as the
latter fought her way inch by inch
out of the harbor to the open sea and
safety has been recalled in Sydney by
the death in the Jutland naval battle
of Rear Admiral Horace L. Hood, of
the British navy. Hood was a mid
shipman on the Calliope on that oc
casion, as were other youths who have
since been more or less conspicuous
ly engaged in this war. Some of them
besides Hood were Frank Brandt, who
commanded the Monmouth when she
was sunk by the Germans off the
•oast of Chili; Wilmot S. Nicholson,
who commanded the Hogue when she
was sunk in the North sea by mines.
Inhii C. T. Glossop, who commanded
the Sydney when she defeated the
Emden off Cocos island; Sidney R. D.
l,owe. who commanded the Chatham
when he ‘tattled up" the German
cruiser Koenlgsberg; and Cecil H. Fox,
j who commanded the Amphton when
she was blown up by a mine and later
commanded the Undaunted when she
was sunk by German destroyers.
MANY DROWNED
IN TENNESSEE
MIUDLESBORO. Ky„ Aug. 3. — Ii
! a cloud-burst at Blair Creek, neai
Tazewell, Tennessee, twenty person!
were drowned and the property losi
is enormous. Practically every build
ing in the town was damaged. Nim
j Iwidles have thus far been recoveret
j from the water.
KNIGHTS EIGHT
OVER ELECTION
PORTLAND. Ore, Aug. 3. — Thi
Supreme Iwydge, Knights of Pythias
which ia meeting here In twenty
ninth biennial convention, and the Sp
preme Temple, Pythian Sisters, wer
to be In almost constant sessloi
throughout the day. The principa
business before the Supreme Lodg<
was the election of officers.
Since the first of the week a move
ment has been under way to brim
about the election of a western mat
I as supreme vice-chancellor. This 1;
j equivalent to electing a supreme chan
j eellor, as the invariable rule of thi
body is to advance the vice-chancei
lor at the next election.
In the half century of the hiator
of the fraternity, the west has neve
had a supreme chancellor. Anion
the western candidates whose name
have been put forward are Robert F
Rurns, of California, and Charles F
! Davis, of Colorado. William Ladu«
of New' York, and W. F. Boening, o
Maryland, are among the eastern mei
who have been prominently mentionei
for the vice-chancellorship.
STREET RAW
I EMPLOYEES TO
STRIKE
NEW YORK, Aug. 3. — A genera
strike of street railroad employees
tieing up every surface line in Man
hattan, Bronx and Queen s count:
| seems inevitable. The labor unioi
leaders gave their ultimataum to thi
railway companies, which gives then
until ti o'clock tomorrow afternoon t<
yield to their demands. Mayor Mfi
chell's arbitration efforts have failei
and the companies have united in thel
refusal to make any concessions t
the men.
Charles N. Hayes, foreman of Uv
cyanide plant at Treadwell, and Mis
Martha J. C. Olson, teacher in tlv
Douglas public school, were Quietl;
married recently to the surprise o
their friends.
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T. Zorn, an old time prospector o
the Lake Creek section, says tha
there are more prospectors in tha
country than ever before, and man:
of them are meeting with fair sue
cess.
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old papers for sale at the Time
office.
' TO PRESENT
MEXICO CITY. Aug. 3. — Luis Ca
brera, Ygnaclo Bouilles and Alberto
Hanio have been selected as com
missioners to negotiate with the
United 8tates. It will be their duty
to report the questions at issue be
tween the United States and Mexico,
and If acceptable to Washington, the
delegates will soon leave for the
states.
WASHINGTON. Aug 3. — The an
nouncement of the Mexican command
i ers indicates a favorably reply to the
American note accepting the proposal
of a Joint commission with extended
scope. Justices White and Brandela
and Frederick Lehmann have been
suggested as the American commis
sioners.
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LONDON, Aug. 3. — Women police
are making good, according to th«
I chief officer of the Women’s Police
Force. They are employed in muni
tion factories very largely to search
the ingoing and outgong women work
ers for contraband, keep order in
trains, to Inspect passports and to pa
trol the lanes and yards. They get
$10 weekly with railway fares, ser
geants receive $11 and inspectors $12.
' The chief officer says school teachers
are particularly wanted for the force,
as their training fits them admirably
! for police duties which require good
1 tempers, patience and tact with firm
* ness.
* The girls in the factories appear to
be very fond of the women police, and
the government are asking for more
' to be appointed at various munition
1 works throughout the country.
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RESTRICTS USE
OF COFFEE IN
; VIENNA
f VIENNA. Aug. 3. — The long dread
i ed restriction In the use of coffee —
I which is to Vienna what beer is to
Munich — has come at last, bringing
with it coffee cards entitling each
| person over four years of age to half
a pound of coffee a week and confia
cation of all the coffee now on hand
to prevent hoarding.
The government order announcing
the step contained one saving clause,
however. It exempts from restriction
the supplies needed for restaurants
and coffee houses, which means that
Vienna will still be able to pursue
its favorite pastime of sipping coffee
1 “black" or "brown” on the sidewalks
' in front of the nuumerable resorts that
line every boulevard and street.
Each coffee store, wholesale and re
1 tail, has been required to notify the
' authorities of its exact supply of cof
' fee over 100 kilograms (220 pounds).
* The excess in each case is then sub
ject to the control of a "coffee cen
1 tral,” which in future will regulate
' the disposal of the product to the
’ public, and have charge of all coffee
that in future comes into the country.
The coffee cards will be issued by
’ districts and a card in one district
' cannot be used In another. They are
> non-transferable, so that the rare per
r son who does not use coffee cannot
f pass his or her card on to a friend.
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H. p. Hall, of Hope. 82 years of age.
t had his first automobile ride a few
t days ago while on a visit to Anchor
t age. He- was a resident of the Hope
r country for more than twenty years.
C. U Selling, who is connected with
the Bahrenburg & Bubb placer pro
perty on Dollar Creek, says that eight
i miners are employed on the property
and they are working four giants.