The Cordova Daily Times
Only Afternoon Paper In Alaska With Associated Press News
VOLUME III. NUMBER 60._CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1917. PRICE TEN CENTS
Germany Does Not Want War With U. S.
DIES NIT OFFER
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. — It is un
derstood here that Germany has ad
dressed to the United States a com
munication, suggesting that the two
governments discuss ways and means
of preventig actual war between them.
Information regarding the channel of
communication is lacking, but pro
bably it was through the Swiss govern
ment. It is understood that Germany
made it clear that although diplomatic
relations have been broken, she great
ly desires that peace be maintained.
The preliminary outlines regarding
communication do not indicate any
suggestion on the part of Germany
that it would modify its submarine
policy. The whole communication
clearly invites the American govern
ment to make suggestions regarding
the steps it thinks might prevent war.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. — When
the state department was closing for
the day it was said the communica
tion from Germany had not yet ar
rived, but the department view was
that the United States might not wish
to carry on such a discussion while
ships are beink sunk in violation of
international law.
(By Associated PresB)
NEW YORK, Feb. 10. — London ad
vices say that the British admiralty
Is convinced that the German unre
stricted submarine warfare is a fail
ure, as tending to cause starvation on
the British Isles. Sixteen ships es
caped in nine days, after the attach
begun, and the total number destroyed
in nine days was eighty-nine, twenty
one of the , mbeing trawlers and
smacks.
FEWlTEAiERS
WERE SUNK
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Feb. 10. — The reports
indicate that ten thousand tons of
shipping was submarined yesterday,
compared with twenty-six thousand
tons of shipping which was the aver
age daily destruction for the preced
ing three days. This is a decrease of
thirty-three thousand tons in the
campaign to isolate England.
FIRDDEClS Ti
CLOSE PEACE
(By Associated Press)
HAGUE, Feb. 10. — Henry Ford's
peace bureau here has been closed
mr amsunt rrfthe- break - between Am
erica and Germany.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. — The
universal training bill has been favor
ably reported to the senate by the
military affairs committee.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10. — All lnfor
mation as to the clearing of vessels
at the custom house, toward Europe
with the names, will be withheld or
orders Issued from Washington.
BERLIN, Feb. 10. — The Germar
public is serene and Americans wil
be treated with rigid courtesy. No ob
jection has been raised to the publh
speaking of English.
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All Elks are requested to meet ai
the City Hall on Sunday afternoon a
2 o’clock, as matters of importanci
are to be considered.
BERNSTORFF AND
6EDARD READY
START ROME
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Feb. 10. — Frederick
Seventh will sail on Wednesday af
ternoon with Ambassador Bernstorff,
who with his personal embassy will
leave Washington Tuesday night.
Some of the consuls will go to South
and Central America.
BERLIN, Feb. 10. — Ambassador
Gerard, with all of his personnel and
fifty American citizens, leaves Berlin
tonight on a special train for Zurich.
He will be received at the frontier
with all consideration.
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 10. — Tho
owners of the Scandinavian-American
liner Frederick Seventh gave permis
sion to convoy Bernstorff and suite
to a Scandinavian port. The date of
the vessel’s departure from New York
has not as yet been set.
CLAlIlOTHER
NEGRO KILLED
(By Associated Press)
MADRID, Feb. 10. — Three English
men and one American negro were
members of the crew torpedoed on the
steamer Dauntless. They were picked
up at sea by a rrawler and had been
without food fyr f^ye daVs
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Feb. 10. — Francisco
Villa, with a force of 25,000 men, sup
ported by thirty cannon, is occupying
the territory vacated by the forces of
General Pershing, and is gradually ad
vancing northward to make Juarez,
according to an official communica
tion received by Villa's representative
in New York from Hippolito Villa, the
general’s brother in San Antonio.
HIGifCDST OF
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. — Presi
dent Wilson has directed the federal
trade commission to begin immediate
ly the investigation of the high cost
of foodstuffs in the United States,
with special reference to violations of
the anti-trust laws. The department
of agriculture will assist in the work.
The alleged manipulations, control
and conspiracies in the distribution of
food will be inquired into particularly.
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VESSELS SAIL
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Feb. 10 — The freight
ers Orleans and Rochester sail for
Bordeaux today under the American
rlag. The crews are nearly all Am
erican. Neither ship is armed, but
both have their names and U. S. A.
painted in large black letters on the
sides of the vessels.
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D. W. Terwllliger and H. B. Ingram,
commercial salesmen, well known in
Alaska, were arrivals here on last
night's steamer.
MOONEY GUILTY
SAYS JURY
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10. — Thos.
J. Mooney, was convicted of murder
In the first degree an the result of a
bomb explosion at Stenart and Market
streets during the preparedness pa
rade shortly after 2 o'clock on the
afternoon of July 22, last year.
Mooney was brought to trial Janu
ary 3 In the superior court. Among
the many sensations was the charge
made by Assistant District Attorney
Bdward A. Cunha that Mooney, Alex
ander Berkman, editor of the anar
chist San Francisco publication, "The
Blast," and others were the rlnglead
era in an alleged conspiracy to over
throw government, assassinate execu
tive heads in California and other
states, and that the conspirators in
directly threatened the life of Presi
dent Wilson. Cunha based his charges
on evidence contained In letters and
documents seized in a police raid on
the offices of "The Blast” early In
January.
Mooney's defense, through hlB chief
counsel. Attorney W. Bourke Cockran,
of New York, made counter charges
that the district attorney's office had
sought to prejudice the public mind
against Mooney by giving out for pub
lication "edited” letters seized in
“The Blast” raid.
Mooney has been known as a labor
agitator here for the laBt four years.
He was arrested in Martinez, Cali
fornia, on a charge of having dyna
mite in his possession. He was re
leased on this charge. Bast June he
was arrested here for circulating
documents urging a strike on the lines
of the United Railroads. Shortly be
fore the explosion he and his wife,
the police charged, attempted to -force
a strike, which failed.
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BITCH PERSONAL
AND LOCAL
The order of the Eastern Star held
its annual ball at Hegg's Bungalow
hall last night, and there was a large
turnout of the members and their
friends. All had a jolly good time, and
enjoyed the hospitality of their host
esses. During the evening dainty re
freshments were served.
Mrs. Rockafellow was guest of
honor at a thimble party given last
Monday afternoon by Mrs. Hedges.
The ladies present were Mesdames
Ziegler, Corser, Lydtck, MacCormac,
Jones, Phillips and Mrs. Morey, of
Chitlna.
Climatic conditions cannot dampen
the ardor of those who derive such
a good time by attending the weekly
dances given by the Eagles, and a
large turnout is expected at tonlght’B
affair.
The steamer Northwestern, on her
return trip south, will sail direct from
Cordova to Seattle via the outside
passage.
E. T. Stannard came over from La
touche on the Admiral Evans, and
will return to Kennecott on Monday's
train.
Charles H. Hill and B. M. Ferrell re
turned last night from a several
weeks' trip to the Sitka hot springs.
The members of the “Leftover Club"
expect to give a dance In the near
future, and say It will be a humdinger.
The Cordova band has decided to
give a dance at Eagle hall on Satur
day evening, March 3.
Will Clayson has returned from
Skagway, where he recently disposed
of hiB store at that place.
Mrs. H. J. Patterson was an arri
val In town on yesterday's train from
Fairbanks.
The Eagles will hold their regular
dance tonight, regardless of the
weather.
The Bungalow Club will give one
of itB delightful dances on Monday
night.
I. W. I CHARGED
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(By Associate^ Press)
MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 10 —
The minister of the navy, J. A. Jen
sen, In an address before parliament,
has just disclosed the fact that some
persons unknown, “iut presumably
members of the Industrial Workers
of the. World," cut all the electric
connections on board the newest Aus
tralian warship, the cruiser Brisbane,
while she was In the navy shipyard
at Cockatoo Island, Sydney, last fall.
Mr. Jensen said: "The persons who
did it are not known, but I instructed
the manager that any members of the
I. W. W. working at the island should
be dismissed. In addition to the cost
of repairing the serious damage done
the department has been put to a
great deal of expense In providing
special detectives at the yard.”
Special interest attaches to the
Brisbane, because she is the first
armored cruiser to have been con
structed entirely by Australian labor.
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(By Associated Press)
PARIS, Feb. 10. — The division of
archives at the front has gathered
more than 7,000 big cases of docu
ments for the usa of historians of the
I war. The final ulawtflcaUon adopted
covers 6,000 different subjects, and it
is done with such fastidious pains that
ail the future historians will have to
do is to name the subject or the part
of the line where occurred the opera
tions he Is studying to get a complete
record.
Besides these archives to the mill
tary operations, red tape methods have
required the different units in the
French army to furnish something
like 25 million written documents
since the beginning of the war. A
single division of cavalry was called
upon for 368,000 reports and statisti
cal documents In two years; not one
of them referred to the action of t
division in battle or at the front.
These statistics are being used by
the enemies of bureaucratic methods
to foment a revolt against them.
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MAN WITH BRAND NEW
CALENDAR DOPED OUT.
(By United Press)
FRESNO, Cal., Feb. 10. — Now
conies Benjamin B. Goodman, of this
city, with a new calendar. If it went
into effect we could forget the old
rhyme about: “Thirty days hath Sep
tember, April June and November.’’
Under Goodman's system the year
would be divided into four seasons of
three months each. Each season
would contain two months of 28 days
each and one month of 35 days. New
Year's day would not under this ys
tem be January 1, but would be sim
ply known as New Year’s day and
would be the day following the last
day of the year. The day after New
Year’s would be January 1. Goodman
says his system would produce a con
dition where the same date in each
month would always fall on the same
day of the week.
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FACTORIES MOVE OUT TO
GIVE NEW YORK CHANCE.
(By United Rress)
NEW YORK, Feb. 10. — Thirty of
the 200 factories that are moving out
of downtown New York to save the
district to retail stores and to cut
their exceedingly heavy rent, started
to get out today. The balance of the
200 will depart gradually, as their
leases expire, the last of them to be
gone by the end of 1919. Many of them
will move to Long Island City and
other places in and around New York.
Some of them will cut their rent
thereby from $40,000 a year to $20,000
or less. This, they say, will mako a
difference in the price and quality
of their products sold to Chicago. San
Francisco and other cities’ stores.
Five hundred million dollars worth of
clothing was made annually In thiH
downtown area.
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STEAMERS COME
THREE IT I
TE
Three steamers arrived In Cordova
last night, the Northwestern and the
Watson from Seattle, and the Evans
from the westward
The Northwestern reached here
about 9:30 o'clock, having been de
layed several days at Ketchikan on
account of being quarantined. Her
passengers were:
For Cordova — M. Holmes, Joe
Heddington, S. J. Jones, J. M. Rason,
Steve Green, H. R. Reebs, Billy 8um
mers. Miss M. L. Creamer, Miss Hen
drickson, H. Warren, Charles Hawk
Ins, Elmer Swanson, E. E. Gerdrum,
L. K. Moore, J. R. Cummings, Thos.
Thompson, S. Anderson, Mrs, M. A.
Peterson, E. Berglin, George Jacob
son, Mrs. E. F. Moore, C. Swanson,
Will Clayson.
For Valdez — F. M. Brown, J. A.
Hesse.
For Seward — J. J. Chisholm, Geo.
P. Reilly, Lee McFarland, Mrs. J. H.
Romlg.
For Ellamar — Mrs. R. C. Mohler.
The Admiral Watson steamed Into
port shortly before midnight She
brought the following passengers for
Cordova: Charles H. Hill, James
Hogson, Otto Hucking, B. M. Ferrell,
Ed M. Kane, N. P. Wasmuth, S. S.
Lee, G. S. Hynes, E. W. Smith and
seven steerage.
The Evans came from the westward
about 11 o’clock last night, and did
not sail for Seattle until this after
noon, as she loaded 420 tons of Kenne
cott copper ore here. Mrs. A. Von
1)111 and J. C. Gaffney left for Juneau,
and G. W. Parker and R. Lloyd for
Seattle.
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BIG ORDER FOR
BAILS GOVT.
ROjD
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Keb. 10. — The contract
for thirteen hundred tons of rails for
the Nenana-Falrbanks division of the
government railway has been award
ed to the United States Steel Pro
ducts Company.
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FOR LIBOR
(By Associated Press.)
DENVER, Feb. 10. — With her
children grown and married and her
household duties less burdensome
than formerly, Mrs. Evangeline
Heartz Is serving her fourth term as
a representative in the Colorado leg
islature. Mrs. Heartz, a Democrat, of
Denver, contested the election of Geo.
P. Winters, Republican, at the open
ing of the present twenty-first gen
eral assembly and won. 8be was a
member of the eleventh, thirteenth
and twentieth general assemblies.
Labor legislation and matters affect
ing women and children have demand
ed the attentior of Mrs. Hearts
throughout her career as a member
of the legislature. She "mothered"
women's compensation bills and was
instrumental In passage of that act
four years ago. At the present ses
~sTdB fine says Hhc eipects to devote
her efforts to measures advocated by
union labor.
Mrs. Heartz’s career in politics
dates from her girlhood, when she ac
companied her father, a country law
yer, to political meetings. She was
one of the suffrage leaders when
Colorado gave the women the ballot
23 years ago.
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BUND SOLDIER8 LIKE MOVIES.
LONDON, Feb. 10. — Soldiers who
have lost their eyesight are enthusi
astic over moving pictures. Lady
Waterlow frequently conducts small
parties of blinded soldiers from St.
Dunstan's Hotel to cinemas, where
she describes rapidly and clearly the
various pictures as they come on the
screen. The men are especially fond
of ullustrated lectures.
WICK HIS LEAD
42 VOTES TOR
DELEGATE
The tabulated figure*, omitting
Utica precinct In the Second division
and Kantishna, Discovery, Dlkeman
and Flat In the Fourth division, are
as follows:
8ulter Wick.
First Division.2395 1906
Second Division . 673 886
Third Division ... .....1698 2007
Fourth Division .1596 1604
Totals.6361 6403
The canvassing board has finished
the work of tabulating all precincts
In Alaska where elections were held
with the exception of Utica, in the
Second division, Kantishna, Discovery,
Dlkeman and Flat in the Fourth divi
sion. The vote as tabulated Includes
all precincts except those named
whether the returns were Irregular or
not, and many precincts have been
protested on account of failure to use
the official ballots without returning
the necessary certificates, and also
for failure of the Judges of election
to execute proper certificates.
The four precincts in the Fourth di
vision which have not been tabulated
are held up waiting returns of tbe
commissioners stating that the notices
and orders of election were posted and
published In due form. When these
assurances have been received the
board will reconvene knd finish their
work of tabulating the returns from
the Fourth division.
The returns from the three Bristol
bay precincts, Chogglung, Nushagak
and Naknek were opened by the can
vaaslng board and passed for a day
to allow the attorney general to ascer
tain whether the canvassing beard is
Wl* "hsthsi the election was
regular or not.
i n« v. noggiung returns are on type
written ballots, with tbe name of Jas.
Wlckersham for delegate, George
Schofield for attorney general, John
W. Pi a me tor senator, with four
names for representatives, one name
tor road commissioner and the wet
and dry questions sat forth. No De
mocratic name was on the ballot and
In several of the spaces there was not
room to write another name. The
returns were for Wlckersham by a
majority of 25 to 3.
The Nushagak returna show the bal
lots used were those sent out by the
Democratic central committee, and
are what are known as "party work
ers" ballots. The same le true of the
ballots from Naknek. In each or the
last two Instances tbe Judges of elec
tion certified that the official ballotB
were not received aifa the ballots re
turned were the ones used.
In the case of Chogiung, no certifi
cate was returned, although the regls
tratlon book was received, duly signed
by the voter*. The three Bristol bay
precincts returned a majority of 1
votes In favor of James Wlckersham.
The following day territorial Attor
ney General George B. Grigsby stated
to the board that under the law allow
ing the voters the right to make their
own ballots, the ballots received from
the Bristol hay section were regular
and the board had no recourse other
than to tabulate them, subject to pro
test. Two of the precincts. Nushagak
and Chogiung. were canvassed and
found to have no certificate of the
judges or election attached stating
why the official ballots had not been
used. Naknek returns were tabulated.
The officlsl ballot had not been used,
but the necessary certificate was at
Inched, making the returns regular.
The attorney general did not pass on
the legality of the returns where there
were no certificates setting forth the
cause for falling to use official ballots.
At the present time Wlckersham
has a lead over Sulser, but unofficial
returns In tbe precincts not tabulated
from the Fourth division, are to the
effect that Sulser gained a majority
In them, which will cut Wlckersham's
lead, and If It should be decided defi
nitely that under the law those pro
tested precincts which did not furnish
certificates as required by law can not
be counted, the whole result of the
election would be changed. In almost
every case where irregularities oc
curred In the returns, the majority of
the votes were for Wlckersham, and
should the matter be taken Into court
and a recount ordered, or the board
be ordered not to count precincts
where the law was not lived np to,
there le no doubt but what Suiter will
be found to be sleeted the next dele
gate to congress.—Juneau Empire.
JURORS DRAWN
MARCH TERM
OF fURT
Judge F. M. Brown was in town last
evening on his return to Valdez from
a trip to the states, and he said that
he would call a term of the district
court at Cordova the latter part of
next month, the exact date to be fixed
as soon as he could learn the wishes
of the local attorneys.
A session has been set for Valdez
on March 8, for which a grand Jury
of 23 members has been drawn, while
the petit Jury will consist of 24 mem
bers, called for March 14. The fol
lowing were the names drawn:
Grand Jury — George Long, C. P.
Topliff, Pete I,ayton, H. J. Harvey, 8.
L. Carter of Valdez: J. R. Reeves, \V.
8. Newlln, George Scott, J. i>. Mac
Cormac, Roy DeLeo, C. H. Lamfrey,
Wm. O'Loughlin, C. C. Keenen, of Cor
dova; Claude Fisher. VV. E. Ballinger,
of Eyak; J. J. Campbell. G. A. Mitch
ell, H. E. Ellsworth, Hugh Dougherty,
Nelson Steele of Seward; Nick Mec
kem, Cliffe Mine; C. P. Hazelet of
La touche, and J. S. Craig of Granby.
Petit Jury — William Egan, George
Tiffany, J. E. Wilson, R. O. Vogt and
George Madden of Valdez; J. a. Nlco
lett, H. B. Wolking, J. I.. Smith, O. E.
Lambert, J. Lydlck, G. C. Hannemann
of Cordova; V. L. Wood, A. H. Tutt,
C. E. Whitney. A. H. McDonald, J. F.
Mlfford and Ross J. McKinney of Sew
ard; Frank Porter, Victor Warner
and Hugh Glllis of I,atouche; Duncan
Little of Roosevelt; J. J. Kenneally of
Eyak; George Wagner of Granite; W.
Welsh of Allen.
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GILL IS DENIED
I SEPARATE -
TIL
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Feb. 10. — There will
be no separate trial granted Mayor
Gill on the charge of conspiracy to
violate the liquor law, and the trial
of both he and Chief of Police Charlie
Becklnghaiu has been set for March K.
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DECISION DISTRICT COURT
UPHELD IN THE APPELLATE.
Advices received state that the de
cision in the case of H. M. Kagerberg
vs. U. S. Marshal, which was taken to
the appellate court from the district
court here, has been sustained by the
appellate court. The district court
gave the plaintiff Judgment in the
sum of $3,000 for illegal attachment
of property. The actual defendant in
the case was the CarstenB Packing Co.
of Seattle, who sued for an account
due from J. A. Kagerberg and at
tached property at McCarthy owned by
his brother, H. M. Kagerberg. The
latter brought action in the district
court for damages, and secured a ver
dict for $3,000. The case was appealed
and the appellate court has upheld the
decision of the lower court.
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EMPRESS ATTRACTIONC FOR
THE COMING WEEK.
Tonight there will be repeated at
the Empress theatre that clever com
edy, “Excuse Me," which entertained
a large audience last night.
On Sunday there will be presented
“Acquitted," a Triangle fine arts
drama In five parts, with Wilfred Lu
cas and Mary Alden in the leading
roles. Charley Murray will also ap
pear .In s Keystone comedy, "His
Hereafter."
Lois Meredith, In "Help Wanted," a
national success, will be the attraction
Tuesday night
Wednesday and Thursday that pop
ular favorite. Hazel Dawn, one of the
prettiest and best actresses on the
screen, will appear In the fanciful
comedy, "Nlobe,” Miss Dawn taking
the part of the incarnated statue.
Mary Plckford will be with us again
next Friday and Saturday nights, in
“Mistress Nell," the celebrated ro
mantic drama.
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Classified advertisements In the
Dally Times bring results. A gold
brooch was lost at the Eagle dance
Tuesday night, and when the fact was
made known through these columns,
the missing piece of jewelry was
promptly returned to Its owner.