The Cordova Daily Times
W VOLUME IT. NUMBER 579. CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1916. "
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BETTING IN NEW
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SEAT! LE, Nov. 1. — This morn
ing s Post Intelligencer says the bet
ting odds in New York are 10 to 9 an
Hughes. In Ohio, Illinois and Indiana
even money is being wagered on the
Republican candidate carrying those
states. Seattle store windows are pla-1
carded with offers to wager on Wilson,
which are untaken. The Times says'
the tide is fast running heavily to
Wilson.
EVANSVILLE, Nov. !. — This is I
Hughes' last day in the middle west.
He speaks at Terre Haute tonight I
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niNGHAMPTON. Nov. 1. - Presi
dent Wilson, en route to Buffalo,'
shakes hands with the throngs when
the train stops at (he stations.
WILKESRARRE, Nov. 1. — Five
thousand unionists cheered Represen-1
tative Adamson in his speech here last
night, when he said “Roosevelt hit ^
first and then arbitrated, while Wil-j
son seeks justice then enacts it and !
prevents a strike.”
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BUFFALO. Nov. 1. — A crowd at
the station and on the streets cheered
President Wilson when he arrived'
here. The president spoke at a
luncheon given him by the Elliott
Club.
SEATTLE OILY
WASHINGTON. Nm I The Se
attle Construction anil Drydoek (’(im
jianv is the only concern submitHng
a direct proposal for the construe
tion of one of the four swift cruisers
t be built by the government. It of
fered to construct one ship within
three months for $4,075,000.
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In the district court at Fairbanks
last week Judge Bunnell stated that j
he bad been requested to go to Valdez |
to hear a civil case there, which!
Judge Brown was disqu. 'iiied to hear
owing to an interest in the matter. I
Judge Bunnell stated that he had been I
asked to go there in December to
settled and now ho received another
wire, asking him to sit in another
matter. As yet he had not decided 1
definitely whether or not it will lie
possible for him to make the trip, hut
he thinks it will It will depend, how
ever, on whether he is able to clean
up the calendar before December.
The indications are that the calen
dar in the district court for the
Fourth division will be (■feared up
pome time in November, as there are
not many cases ready for trial.
CHON STOCK
NEW YORK. Nov. 1. — The Am
erican Smelting A- Refining Company
lias declared a quarterly dividend of
one and one-half per cent on its com
mon stock.
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According to reports reaching Fair
banks from the Tolovana that camp
has a very promising outlook for the
fall cleanup and the winter work.
ADMIRAL [VANS
SAILS DIRECT
ANCHORAGE
SEATTLE, Nov. 1. — The steamer
Ad viral Evans sailed yesterday direct
for Anchorage, with a general cargo
of freight for the Alaskan engineering
commission.
(! \LVESTON, Nov. 1 — John Cope
land, charged with the murder of Wil
liam Black, an anti-Catholic lecturer,
was today acquitted of the crime. The
jury deliberated for forty-eight hours.
DLD TIMER HAS
CROSSED THE
.1. W. Durnen died at an early hour
this morning from a chronic com
plaint. He had been in poor health for
several months and felt that his re
covery was doubtful. In fact, he
ii icuun lilttl UK UIU IIUl
believe he could live much longer and
gave instructions for his burial, in
case of death, and also made out his
will.
Three weeks ago he was confined
to bis bed and gradually became weak
er. A trained nurse was in attend
ance, as well as l)r. \V. H. Chase, but
his case seemed to be a hopeless one.
Deceased was about 55 years of age
and so far as known two sisters in
Montana are the only relatives that
survive him. He was one of the old
timers of Alaska, and has a large
number of friends in all parts of the
territory. Being of a very reticent
nature, he was generally known as
' Silent" Jack. The funeral will take
place from Lambert's undertaking
parlors on Friday at 1:30 o’clock.
com TRUST NOT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. —In the at
tack upon the so-called Hard Coal
Trust, the government in 1913 sued !
the Heading Company, a Pensylvania j
holding corporation, and affiliated
railroad and coal companies, asking
dissolution of an alleged monopoly in
restraint of trade in the anthracite
industry, having combined assets of
more than *500,000,000.
Two lines of attack were taken by
the government. Under the Sherman
anti trust law it sought dissolution of
various forms of the alleged combi
nation It charged violation of the
commodities clause of the Interstate
Commerce act, In the transportation
by the Philadelphia & Reading rail
road and the Central railroad of New
Jersey, both owned by the holding
corporation, of coal mined by respec
tive subsidiary companies.
In the decision by the district court
in Philadelphia July 3, 1915, from
which the present appeal was taken
tioth by the government and the Read
ing interests, the government lost all
but one of its principal contentions.
Judges McPherson, Buffington and
Hunt, who also decided the Steel
Trust case against the government,
did not sustain the charges of mono
poly against the Reading company,
but directed separation of the Cen
tral of New Jersey from its subsidiary
coal company, the Lehigh & Wilkes
barre Coal Company. Separation of
the Central of New Jersey from the
Reading company was refused.
SUBMARINE DEUTSCHLAND HERE
LONDON, Nov. 1.—The British steamer Kowanmore,
which attempted to escape from a submarine, was shelled even
after it had stopped, according to affidavits taken by the Am
erican consul at Liverpool. The submarine continued shelling
while the lit*1 boats were being lowered and the occupants were
drenched by the spray from the shells. The submarine then
headed tor the* life boats and threatened to run them down, and
the commander jeered tin* sailors. A revolver was pointed at
the Kowanmore\s captain when he refused to go aboard the
submarine. There were two white Americans and five Fili
pinos on the English steamer.
LONDON, Nov. 1.—Six Americans were drowned on the
steamer Marina. The surviving Americans have made affida
vit that the Marina was torpedoed by a submarine unwarned.
I he Americans were diowned as a lifeboat was launched, and
notwithstanding the rough sea a submarine in plain view of
fored no assistance.
W ASHlN(l I < )N, Nov. I. Secretary of State Lansing says
that the political campaign will not affect the investigation of
the submarine attacks, and there will be no change in tin* Am
erican policy. Bernstorff has asked his government to expe
dite th(“ details of the sinking of the steamer Marina.
NEW LONDON, Nov. 1.—The submarine Deutschland' ar
rived' here with Captain Koenig and a crew of twenty-five, all
of whom are well and report an uneventful trip. They left Bre
men on October 10, and their arrival was ox ] toe ted by con
signees, who had a tug in waiting. 'I'lie Deutschland brought a
cargo of chemicals and medicines, which negro stevedores im
mediately began unloading.
DON POX, Nov. 1. — rl Ik* Deutschland’s return cargo
of crude rubber and surgical supplies, valued at litdf a million
dollars, is now ready.
IT, 1 ROGRAI), Xov. 1. I la* Teutons and Russians are
fighting fiercely south of Brzeznny, in Galicia. In the region
of Michiseuv wood superior forces pressed tin* Russians to tin*
southern portion of the wood.
I.OXDOX, Xov. 1. I lie exportation of copper wire and
cables containing copper has been prohibited.
PARIS, Xov. 1. I he British captured tin* village of Bara
kli A/.uma, on the Macedonian front. The Bulgarians lost heav
ily and the British captured three hundred men. The French
troops advanced in the neighborhood of l,esboeufs, north of
Somme.
Bl (’HARKST. Xov. 1. The Roumanians drove* the Teu
tons from the region of t'ampuluge, in northern Roumania.
Four hostile battalions were annihilated by the Roumanians.
BFRI.IX, Xov. 1. The I’eiitiuis penetrated the Roumanian
positions near Predeal road, capturing ten cannons.
PKTRt XJRAI), Xov. 1. The Teutons have occupied the
Roumanian villages of Raeovitza and Titeehii, eleven miles!
south of Rothenthurm pass, mi the Transylvanian frontier, the1
Roumanians retiring smith.
LONDON, Xov. 1. Premier Asquith told the house of
commons that the enemy had killed six hundred British civil
ians, drowned .”*,000 and injured 1.700.
NAIL
The Anchorage Times pays a glow
ng tribute to our townsman, Captain
A. E. Lathrop, for the part he played
in securing a corner site on the main
street of that town for the erection of
t concrete hall for the Alaska Labor
Union to replace the large building
recently destroyed by fire. The Times
says:
The original deed to this lot was
nade out to a Mr. Miller, consideration
1775; the second transfer bears the
name of A. E. Lathrop as purchaser,
consideration $3,560, and the generous
hearted captain signed the necessary
papers vesting all rights and privi
leges in the name of the Alaska La
bor Union of Anchorage; considera
tion $1.00 and other valuable consid
erations.
The acumen of the committee in
charge of affairs has been proven as
has the business Judgment and gene
rosity of Captain Lathrop. It was
through the efforts of Captain Lath
rop that the deal was closed. In this
matter he was financially assisted b>J
other adjoining property owners, but
he bore the brunt of the purchase
price. The committee, going on the
supposition that there was a dividing
line in Anchorage, have been playing
one side of Anchorage against the
other, when in reality there is not
even the semblance of a chalk mark
for this is a united Anchorage with
a citizenship composed of broad
minded people, who ever look to the
best interests of the city as a whole.
While there really has been no
doubt but that the union boys would
rebuild, the matter of the real estate
transfer, giving them one of the choice
corners of the city, makes the issue
a certainty. The popular subscrip
tion list totals approximately $5,000,
and the solicitors continue to solicit
and will continue until the rag is^lry.
According to the plans, the new
building will be a credit to Anchor
age and to the people who have mater
ially backed the proposition financial
ly. The business men of the city
did not fail to come across gracefully
and generously, and it was not solely
to the members of the Alaska Labor
Union that the new building is as
sured.
The new' building will be pretentious
and adequate for all intended pur
poses and its completion will be anx
iously awaited by the people so they
can again say, "The best and most
substantial conventional hall in the
territory.” The members of the union
will not forget the aid received from
■ ■ -l I -d i. i~^ ' Fife'* •
citizens outside of their organization
and this building will further bind
the present friendly feeling existing
in the class conditions of Anchorage,
the city that has neither a real estate
dividing line nor a line dividing com
munity interests.
Following a suggestion made by the
Daily Times, arrangements will be
made for an appropriate ceremony
laying the corner stone, at which time
the names of the donors will be buried
in concrete, together with all past
antagonistic feeling. Upon comple
tion to Captain A. E. Lathrop should
lie tendered the honor of driving iiie
golden nail.
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LOCAL JOTTINGS.
Hallowe'en was thoroughly enjoyed
by the youngsters last night. Judging
from the way they decorated the win
dows of the different places of busi
ness with chalk and soap.
Miss Audett came over from An
chorage on the Admiral Farragut to
accept a clerical position with the
Alaska Transfer Company.
Considerable interest is being inani
tested locally in the national election,
and a number of wages have been laid
on the result.
The Japanese residents of Cordova,
about forty in all, celebrated the birth
day of the emperor of Japan last night
by holding an appropriate celebration.
The City Express and Transfer
Company is having signs painted on ,
Its office windows in the Northern j
Hotel building.
The supplies bought for the govern
ment railroad in Alaska up to the pres- j
ent have cost $4,000,000 since March.
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Seattle capitalists are organizing a 1
steel plant and have secured options '
on Alaska iron deimsits.
It is believed that a largely in
creased vote will be cast here at the
election next Tuesday.
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More delightful weather than we are
now enjoying cannot be found any
where.
Dick Kerwod and family have re
turned from Valdez.
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Bon Ton Orchestra dance at Eagle
hall tonight. Everybody welcome.
A new recration hall has been com
pleted in Anchorage and was recently
opened with a smoker given by the
Athletic Club.
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The Pioneers of Alaska at Anchor
age are agitating the matter of erect
ing a home tor the order in that city.
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ITEMS GENERAL
INTEREST
Owing to the prevalence of a nuni
her of canes of measles at Douglas,
the Douglas Island Labor t'nlon post
poned Its regular monthly card part>
last week.
J. 1’. Hose, convicted of perjury at
Fairbanks in connection with the re
rent trial against delinquent children,
must serve out his sentence, the cir
cult court of appeals having upheld
the decision of Judge Bunnell.
Caribou are reported running in
great numbers around Salcha. on the
Valdez-Falrbanks road.
Lumber is reported to be bringing
$1115 per thousand at Marshall City,
and is in great demand.
The old M Air F building at lister
creek is being torn down and will be
moved to Nenana by a recent pur
chaser.
Parties coming in from the Salcha
region report geese and din ks unusu
ally abundant In the river near lh.it
place.
The Brooks Whirlpool, published in
the new Tolovana camp, is no more
It suspended publication when its edi
tor, Mrs. C. K. Wright, became Mrs
Peter Perrin.
Reports from Marshall City state
that McGrath & Co. had taken out
about $44 ,000, and expected to take
out as much more before the end of
the season.
Anchorage is truly a metropolitan
city. The latest addition to its at
traction is a handsome young lady
who imitates Harry I.auder. Some
combination.
Judge Charles K. Bunnell, recently
issued an order permitting the incor
poratlon of the Town of Buckley, for
merly known as Woodchopper, in the
Hot Springs district.
The Christian Scientists of Dawson
have acquired a tract of ground and
will erect a church there.
Senator Dan Sutherland is cam
paigning the Second division in behalf
of Delegate Wickersham.
Boh Sheldon, the veteran automo
bile stage driver, w ill establish an all
winter stage service be! ween Fair
banks and Chitina.
The members of the Masonic lodge
of Anchorage have started work on
the construction of a Masonic hall at
that place.
William Reck, son of the president
of the First National Bank «' Juneau
and Miss Minnie Clifford of Tacoma,
were recently united in marriage in
the capital city.
it is reported that there are at least
fifteen parties in the Ohlekaloon coal
fields looking for locations with the
intention of mining and putting the
coal on the market.
t.ITTLE DOPE ON
NEXTTUESDNY’S
Political dopesters are busy these
d: v and it depends entirely upon
who's your favorite candidate in the
national and territorial elections as
to who you have picked for the »In
to •> at next Tuesday's election.
For the presidency much hinges on
tl results in New York, Indiana, II
lit ois and Ohio. Hughes Is the favor
it in tin betting in the former state,
at d while the Kepublicans feel rea
sonably sure of carrying Indiana, even
money is offered, as is also the case
in Illinois and Ohio.
For delegate to congress from Alas
ka Judge Wickersham is the favorite.
No even money can bo secured aguinst
him, and some bets of two to one
have been made that he will be re
turned to Washington. Two years
mo Wickersham had a plurality of
I'.viT, and it is generally conceded
that (lie vote next Tuesday will be
considerably larger than ever before
Believing this to be true and granting
that the present delegate only gets
his proportion of the additional bal
lots cast this would give him a plur
ality of at least 3,500 over Sulzer. On
the other hand, admitting that Sulzer
will poll mure votes in the First dl
vision than did Bunnell, his chances
of election are slim indeed.
In the senatorial fight George
Dooley looms up strong in a four
cornered contest. At Anchorage,
where the biggest vote w ill be polled,
he will get considerable support,
while German and Frame will also get
I most of their votes in that section
Itonan should be strongest in the
1 country tributary to Seward, while
i Dooley also has many friends among
the old-timers at Valdez and to the
westward, and will get a big vote in
the Copper river valley.
For representative it is sort of a
free-for-all affair, with Joe Murray, of
McCarthy, in the lead. Cannon of
Knik, Day of Valdez, and Henry of
Seward also appear to be in the run
ning.
Valdez is sure to get the road com
missioner, as the fight is between Ed
Wood and Jim Wilson, of that place
it is reported from Fairbanks that
the Alaska road commission will con
struct a road from Terminal, the
head of navigation, on the Tolovana
river, to Brooks, In order to expedite
the handling of freight.
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Ducks and geese are reported to be
plentiful in the vicinity of Sitka, and
huuters are making good bag*.
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McCarthy, Oct. 30. — Patrick
Bonner and associates of Spokane and
Wallace have purchased the Krickaou
copper property, located on Glacier
creek, for a consideration of $100,000.
Mr. Bonner arrived In town Tuesday
with an outfit of several tons of sup
plies, and after employing a number
of miners, left for the property Thurs
day. It is the intention of the new
owners of the property to ship several
carloads of high grade ore this win
ter and to place the mine on a paying
basis as soon as possible. A few more
men such as Bonner and his people
P'u [ne upper ( opper river in the
position it should have been years
ago.
1 he Erickson property has been one
of the show properties of this section
for years. A large body of ore run
ning from twenty-five per cent up is
in sight, and the only reason that it
has not been proved a mine Is the
lack of transportation facilities.
On Thursday evening the business
men of McCarthy met at the A B. Hall
for the purpose of organizing a Oom
nrercial ( lub. Nearly every business
man in town was present. E. J. Davis
was elected temporary chairman. Af
ter discussion by those present a per
manent organization was effected,
with the following officers elected:
President, John Barrett: vice presi
dent. E. J Davis; secretary-treasurer,
1 B Hurd.
The largest gathering of people ever
assembled at a political meeting in
Met arthy heard James Wiekersham,
delegate to congress, at the Auditor
ium Mr. Wiekersham spoke for two
hours on the questions vital to the
interests of Alaskans, holding the at
tention of his audience from the first
to the last word, and being frequent
•y interrupted with enthusiastic ap
plause Mr. Wiekersham is a forceful
speaker. His .delivery reflects the
strength of the man and his bulldog
tenacity of purpose Many of his
auditors had known him for years,
and it is safe to state that the present
delegate will leave McCarthy on elec
tion day with his usual two to one ma
jority.
Henry Alhelt, who has been doing
some extensive prospecting on upper
t alamity gulch, reached town Mon
day, bringing with him a quantity of
coarse gold taken out during the last
summer. Mr. Alheit is on his way to
the states for the purpose of securing
a plant for the operation of his pro
perties next year.
Mrs. E. A. Damon has rented the
A. E. Todd building, and will have it
remodelled and soon display a nice
line of up to date ladies' furnishings
and will also carry a line of select
gent's notions and will also carry a
line of drygoods.
R E. H. Marshall has moved to his
new quarters, and is now fully in
stalled in a modern meat market
Billy Godfrey was in Friday from
the Mother Eode mine. He expects
to soon take a trip outside and renew
acquaintances.
GUI HAIMS
EL PASO. Nov. 1 — Bandits have
cut railroad communication on all
sides of Chihuahua City, and it is
feared the Villistas are preparing to
make an attack, which is looked upon
with alarm.
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Reading the claims of the various
candidates in the various newspapers
of the territory, one is impressed with
the fact that every candidate of every
party In every division is confident of
election.
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Mrs. Pullen, proprietor of the Pul
len House at Skagway, Is the proprie
tor of a ranch at Dyea. from which
she harvested 260 bushels of potatoes
and 40 tuns of hay this year.