The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TT. NUMBER 533. OOKDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1916. PRK 'F TFX < FXTS
CONGRESS ADJOURNED THIS MORNING
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. — The first
session of the sixty fourth congress,
which adjourned today, was concerned
chiefly with national defense. The
appropriations amounted to $1,900,
000,000.
When the gavel fell congress had
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directed reorganization and re-equip
ment of the army and navy for defense
of the country at the unprecedented
cost of $055,000,000, with authoriza
tions that will increase the total in
three years to nearly $800,000,000.
With all other expenditures, appropria
tions were brought to the grand to
tal of $1,6.17,,581,082, the greatest ag
gregate in the country's history, and
exceeding that for the last fiscal year
by more than half a billion dollars.
expenditures, necessitated by pre
paredness and the calling into action
of the military forces to meet the
Mexican emergency demanded reve
nue legislation in the closing days of
the session. Congress responded by
(building the normal tax on incomes,
creating an inheritance tax, muni
tions tax and miscellaneous excise
taxes to raise $20.5,000,18)1) and by di
recting sale of $110,000,000 Panama
canal bonds.
Congress established a tariff com
mission: a government shipping board
to rehabilitate the American merchant
marine: a workmen's compensation
commission to administer a new uni
form compensation law; a farm loan
banking system; a child labor law, en
larged the system of self government
in the Philippines and enacted many
other important laws which had been
contemplated by the administration.
APPROBATIONS TOTAL $1,900,000,000
The session was disturbed through
out by frequently recurring threats of
foreign complications from the Euro
pean war and imminence at one time
of a diplomatic break with Germany:
interference with American mails anj
commerce, invasion of American soil
and killing of Americans by Mexican
bandits, and danger of actual war with
Mexico.
l.ater in the session troubles arose
in th(> senate over the nomination of
Louis D. Brandeis, of Boston, to suc
ceed the late Justice Lamar as a mem
ber of the supreme court. Weeks of
investigation and deliberation by the
judiciary committee ended in confir
mation of Mr. Brandeis by a large ma
jority.
Most important legislative enact
ments of the session, exclusive of laws
for national defence, included the fol
lowing:
Government Ship Law. — Approprf
| sting $50,000,000 to operate ships in
foreign and coastwise trade when un
| able to lease them to individuals or
private corporations.
Child Labor Law. — Denying inter
state commerce to products of mines
and quarries employing children un
der sixteen years of age. and factor
i ies, mills, canneries and other estab
lishments employing children under
fourteen years.
Rural Credits Law. — Establishing
a farm loan board in control of a sya
tem of farm loan mortgage banka.
Workmen's Compensation Law. —
Providing uniform sick and accidem
benefits for employees of the fedora
government, and benefits to depen
dents in rase of death.
Emergency Revenue Law. — Pro
viding for doubling the normal incomf
tax on the lowest class; making addi
tional surtax ranging from one pei
cent on that portion of income exceed
ing $20,000 to 12 per cent on amount*
of incomes in excess of $2,000,000;
levying a graduated tax of one to ter
per cent on inheritances ranging from
$50,000 to $5,000,000; a ten per cenl
net profit tax on manufacturers of mu
nitions, five per cent net profit tax oil
manufacturers of materials entering
Into munitions: a license tax on ac
tually invested capital stock of cor
porations capitalized at more than $99.
000; wine, beer and liquor excise taxe*
and miscellaneous stamp taxes.
C.ood Roads Law. Providing foi
co-operative federal aid to the state?
for construction of highways, and ap
propriating $75,000,000 to be spent ir
five years.
Postal Savings Law. — Amendment
increasing the amount which individu
als may deposit from $500 to $1,000
with interest and an additional $1,
ooo without interest.
Federal Reserve. — Amendments
including amendment to Clayton anti
trust law, permitting officers and di
rectors of member banks to become
officers and directors of not more than
two other non-competing hanks;
| amendment permitting national
j banks to establish foreign branches.
I liberalizing regulations for discounting
| commercial paper and permitting
members banks in towns of 5,otto or
less population to act as agents for
j Insurance companies.
Railroad Legislation. — Creation of
p< joint subcommittee of senate and
j house Interstate Commerce commit
I tees to investigate necessity for fur
j ther legislation for railroads and the
| Interstate Commerce Commission.
1 question of government ownership of
public, utilities and comparative worth
of government ownership as against
government regulation.
Tariff. Creation of a non-partisan
j tariff commission of five members to
; investigate and advise congress on tar
iff revision: repeal of the free sugar
provision of existing tariff law;
| amendments increasing duties on dve
| stuffs to encourage manufacturing
[dyestuffs in the I'nited States; en
aetment of an antidumping provision
i to prevent dumping of foreign made
goods at less than foreign market
prices; authorization for the president
| to retaliate against foreign nations
I prohibiting Importation of goods from
the United States by laying an pm-1
bargo against imports from offending)
nations.
Cotton Futures Act. — Providing n
prohibitive tax on cotton sold for fu-1
ture delivery In fictitious or wash!
sales.
Philippines. — Law to provide for)
a more autonomous government of the
islands, enlarging self government, re
organizing election laws, establishing
an elective senate and promising in
dependence whenever in the judgment
of the t'nited States the Philippine
people demonstrate capability for it.
Appropriations for all purposes
were:
Agriculture.$ 24,948,852
Army. 2(57.596,530 j
Diplomatic and consular. 5,355,096 |
District of Columbia 12.841,907!
Fortifications. 25,748,050 :
Indian affairs. 10,967,644
Legislative nnd executive 37.925,690 j
Military academy. 1,225.043
Navy. 313,300,095 j
Pensions. 158,065,000 j
Postoffice . 322.937.676
River and harbor. 40,598,135
Sundry civil. 128,299,285
Permanent appropriation 131,074.073
Shipping hill. 50,100,000
Deficiencies. 72,500,000
Rural credits. 6,100,000
t ,ond roads. 6.000,000
Floods. 2,000,000
Grand Total .$1,637,583,68:
In addition to the total there were
authorizations for expenditures In fu
lure years, Including naval, good roads
tariff commission and other expend!
tures to bring the total to approx!
mately two billion dollars, but these
amounts ele> ne»t properly apply to the
appreepriatiems for the fiscal year
In addition congress enacted an un
usually large amount of miscellaneous
legislation, Inedueling reorganization o
the patent office; provision fe»r tria
of space system in place of weigh
system fe.r payment for railroad mai
service and leaving to the Interstate
t ommerce (’eemmlssiem deeterminatioT
of the method and rate e>f pay; crea
tiein of a nattemat park bureau In tier
department of the interieir; establish
in,; ware house regulations for rotten
ami grains and providing a new graii
grading law ; extension fe>r a year o
the government war risk insurance
bureau; uniform law making bills et
keeling negotiable.
Proposed legislation whieh failed o
enactment anel has gone ove>r unti
next winter includes the Immigratioi
*>111; the corrupt practices act to Until
' inripaign expenditures for election o
tile', president, vice-president anel me*m
leers e>f congress: a vocational educa
tion bill passeel by the senate; ee>n
serration legislatiem, including the
public lands water power bill: the
Shields navigable streams water pow
er bill, which failed in ronferenec; the
oil leasing bill, including relief for
California oil men; a flood control
bill, which passed the house; ami a
1,111 to establish citizenship for natives
' of Porto Itico.
Three treaties were ratified tty the
senate The most Important was the
long pending Nicaraguan convention,
providing for the acquisition of a ca
nal route amt naval stations rights in
, the Bay of Fonseca for $:!.iidd.dOu. \n
| other was the trentv with the republic
jot Hayti, providing for an American
financial protectorate The iittii ti it is
; pitted pending treaty with Colombia,
alter several year (,f consideration,
was reported from the foreign rela
tions committee with an amendment
reducing from CF,.iiuinii. r,
Odd the proposed amount to tie paid
for the partition of Panama. The
treaty, however, was never taken up
in the senate because of unrelenting
opposition to it on tin part of many
senators and it remains on the calen
dar. The committee at the time of
adjournment still had under consider
ation tile proposed treat with 1'cn
mark for purchase of the I uni it West
Indies for $i’,t 11 ni,i 11 ni. \ tr -ji’ with
Creat Britain, providing for protec
tion of migratory bird on both sides
of the Canadian border was rati ;cd
Death claimed four mein be-- ot the
congress during the s.- ion Sen
ators Shivolv of Indiana mi I! irieigh
of Maine, and Hepreseniaii.es Brown
and Moss, both of West Virgil ia Rep
resentative Witherspoon of Mis-issip
pi. died just before the .- — ion began
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WASHINGTON. Sept. 8. — A bill
creating a national park out. of two
hundred and twenty square miles of
public land in Alaska, including Mt.
McKinley, was passed by the senate
before adjournment, but it has not as
yet passed the house.
TRAFFIC 15 NOT
AFFECTED IT
STRIKE
NKW YORK, Sept. 8. — The strike
of the employees of the subway and
elevated lines and surface systems has
proven a failure as the trains are
being run as usual with strikebreak
ers, and the walkout has in no way
affected traffic.
NKW YORK. Sept. 8. The trac
tion officials insist that the strike is
broken; that the subway and elevated
lines are operating normally and half
of the surface cars running.
MARIPOSA LEFT
SEATTLE
TOUT
SEATTLE, Sept. N. — The steamer
Mariposa left here this morning. Those
booked for Cordova were Hugh Me
Niben. Miss 11. Frederick, A. J Mb
lone, Raymond Fillinger, M. Yamaeakl
and wife.
The steamer Alaska arrhed in Cor
dova this morning and will be here
until 11 o'clock tomorrow, discharging
82f> tons of freight. Her Cordova pas
Hungers were John Muller, Waltei
Ilrown, P. Cannon and Ouy J. Johnson
The Alameda is due from the west
ward at 10:30 o'clock tonight. Sin
will go direct to Orca and after load
ing 10,000 cases of salmon will conn
to Cordova, where a quantity of cop
per ore will be taken on.
Printing neatly done at the Times
office.
CORDOVA’S AUGUST COPPER
SHIPMENTS NEARLY $3,000,000
Right million three hundred and |
seventy four thousand and twenty-six
dollars is the grand total of shipments
of domestic merchandise from Alaska
to the United States during the month
of August. 1916. Our former towns
man, Statistician M. S. Whittier, of
the Juneau customs office, has just
finished his compilation with the re
capitulation as above shown.
Interesting among the commodities
enumerated are the items of copper
ore, principally from the Kennecott
mine, aggregating 15,955 tons, or 11,
015,805 copper contents, in value $2,
'em,Ok? and canned salmon aggregat
ing 22,563,407 pounds, representing a
money value of $2,129,568.
With pride can the citizens of Alas
ka point to their great territory and
its wonderful resources. One signifi
cant fact stands out most conspicuous
ly In connection with these astonishing
figures It is this: The United States
paid Russia the trivial sum of $7,200,
000 for Alaska at the time, the pur
chase price was characterized by
many as a fabulous sum for such a
barren waste of territory — and now,
less than fifty years thereafter, in one
month, Alaska's shipments of domes
tic merchandise is in excess of the
amount originally paid.
What incredible values in ore, fish,
furs and other seemingly limitless pro
ducts that abound in her mines, wat
ers and forests, could today he chron
icled for the information of the world
had Alaska received the proper con
gressional attention and development
1 which was due her. Congress paid 1 it
I tie attention to this great territory for
| fully seventeen years after Its pur
j chase from llussia.
Following Is a detailed statement of
| the merchandise shipped out durin :
! August, 1916;
i Animals. . . $ 150.00
i Antimony ore, 555 gross tons
666,000 pounds antimony
contents . . . . . . 75.456.00
| Copper ore. 15,955 gross
1 ' 11 .
tons; 11,016.805 copper
contents.2,939,082.1®
625.00
Fertilizers. 3.695.00
Fresh fish, other than sal
mott. 516,211 pounds .. 28,706.00
Dried, smoked or cured
list). 152,768. pounds . 22.765.Ott
Fielded fish. 8.025 pounds 105,875.00 1
Canned salmon. 22,563,407
pounds . .. 2.129,568.00
VII other salmon. 102,669.00
Shell fish . 6,591.00
All other fish and products 3,737.00
Furs, other than seal . 64,556.00
l.ead ore, 103 gross tons,
82.987 lead content . . 4,979.00
Fish oils, 130,682 gallons 48,876.00
Stearin whale, 9.275 lbs... 390,1111
Stone, including marble. . 8,242.00
Whalebone, 1,500 lbs . . . 580.00
Total value of pro
ducts of Alaska ...$5,545,502,00
Articles and growth, pro
ducts or manufacturers
of 1'. S. returned .. , . 128,122 on j
Total value of ship
ments of domestic
produce . $5,07.1,084 no
Hold bullion, 112,04” ozs.. 1.925,859 on '
I lolil ore. "09,211.00 j
Silver ore .. 05.272.00 1
To!;:!. is i~4 U2ti Oil
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ROME, Sept. S. a great battle is now raging in south
eastern Roumania, and the fighting is fierce. Tin* Russian
troops are attacking the Bulgarians and'Hermans. They are
lighting over the whole front in Robrudjabtu, Danube and the
Black sea.
NOKIA, Sept. S. it is officially announced that the Ron
manian.s tire in possession of Orsova. The Bulgarian and Her
man iorees are invading eastern Roumania, and captured the
Iortresscs of Rubric and Zaps, Balt.jik, Kavarna and Kali Akra.
LONDON, Sept. 8. The British troops southwest of Lille
nave raided the Herman trenches southeast of (luichy and near
Kichebourg and Lavonc, inflicting seven* losses ontheoecu
pants.
BUCHAREST, Sept.s. ji ie Roumanian troops have occu
pied Orsova, an important Hungarian town on tin* Danube
river.
LONDON, Kept. 8.—After the British bombardment of
the positions at (Juillomont, tla* ground east of the villages was
strewn with the (Jemma dead. Many of them were stark
naked, every stitch of clothing having been blasted off. A large
number of the wounded were killed by the intense concussion
of the Italian guns, and the allies captured the ground bom
airded bv the German field guns, indicating that the Teutons
withdrew their field artillery possibh preliminary to a general :
withdrawal of troops.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Sept. 7. The fear expressed in
! government circles here that belligerent naval operations in the
j Italtie this summer would place a heavy burden upon the lieu
jtralitv of Sweden seems to have been amply justified by the
I events of the past few weeks. The Swedish navy, small but ef
ficieut, has worked night and day to keep the territorial waters
free of infringement, but despite this vigilance submarines and
stealthy destroyers of the warring powers have slipped into the
three-mile limit and stolen away with a prize.
Germany has been the chief offender of late, but the llns
sians were guilty of poaching earlier in the summer, ami still
hold two Herman steamers taken within the three mile limit,
spite the protests of the Swedish government. j
HUGHES MAKING
SPEECHES IN
PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 8. — Pan
ilhlate Charles K. Hughes addressed
ii big meeting at Lewistown this morn
ing, and will speak at Waterville and
Pittsfield this afternun. A monster
Repuhliean rally take splate at Pan
gor tonight, where Hughes will be
the principal speaker.
WILSON STARTS
OUT AFTER
VOTES
WASHINGTON, Sept. S. — Prftsi
dent Wilson left Washington today
and may not return until alter the
election lie speaks before the Na
tional Woman Suffrage convention at
Atlantic City tonight, and goes to
Shadow I .awn tomorrow.
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FORD SUES CHICAGO TRIBUNE
FOR $1,000,000 DAMAGES.
CHICAGO, Sept 8. — Henry Ford
has started his threatened libel suit
against the Chicago Tribune for de
famation of «haructer, in charging
him with being an auarchist. Ford
has sued for $1,000,000 damages.
Washington. h ti. >-o
venue bill as finally ; ■ . I
out the provision agaii.'i 1 h- - r.pi i
tatlon of salmon and halibut ! t ••!
from British Columbia p'its The
copper tax and the stamp luxes were
also stricken from the bill.
I.KW1STON. Sept s Charles K.
Hughes, in a itrong speech hen* to
day, attacked the administration In
connection with the eight hour law,
and felt assured that the whole coun
try stood aghast at the abandonment
of legislative prerogative and con
gressional duly lie said 1 want
fair wages, but the principles of the
Vmerican government underlies every
contract and opportunity of labor. The
laboring men can no more take a
chance of surrendering vvhal has been
won than they can surrender oppor
tunities which victory would be the
cause of their existence
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SAN FRANCISCO Sept S Frank
Walsh, chairman of the federal indus
trial relations committee contributed
$250 to defend five suspects « barged
with murder in connection with the
recent bomb explosion in this city
Walsh intimated that he would con
tribute more money if it is needed.
George It Grigsby, til Nome. Demo
cratic candidate for attorney general,
is a passenger on the Alaska aud
mingled among Cordovans today Mr.
Grigsby was formerly district attor
ney of the Second division, and is on
his way to the westward He will
stop over here on his return aud like
ly address the voters on the Issues of
I the territorial campaign.
MANY PEOPLE ENJOYED THE
HOSPITALITY OF LOYOLA CLUB.
Mxnit fifty people were entertained
at the card party given by the Loyola
Social (Tub last night. "Five Hun
dred" was the game played. The first
prize, a eut glass cake dish, was won
by Mrs. Keating, with a score of 2320.
Mrs. iJoppe was second high, with u
- total of 2200 and received a silver
mounted carving set. The third prize,
a beautiful carving set, was won by
. Mrs. Tingley, whose score was 2110.
An appetizing lunch was served after
the games ami the party dispersed af
ter midnight.
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K B. Wheat, for a number of years
connected with the S. Blum & Co.
store at Valdez, is in Cordova today,
lie is returning to resume his old
position, having been in the states for
some time undergoing medical treat
ment. and is now in the enjoyment of
the best of health.
Attorneys it. A. Gunnison and J. 11.
Cobb, of Juneuu, are passengers on
the Alaska for Valdez to attend court.
DECREASE IN NUMBER OF
DEAD LETTERS
WASHINGTON. Sept 8 — The
dead letter office of the postoffice
department received the greatest num
j her of undelivered letters and pack
ages in 1911, when they numbered 13,
614,416. Since that time there has
been a decrease each year and in
1916 the number was 10,781,927. Kach !
year there Is a sale of articles found j
in letters for which the department
is unahle to find owners. The pro
ceeds of this sale last year amounted
to $::*,5n.
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This morning the case of H. E. Wil
son vs. A. Nelson, for the posses
sion of the building on First street,
between \ and It. avenues, was tried
before t'nited States t'onunissioner
Medley. The Jury rendered a deci
sion in favor of the plaintiff and or
dered the defendant to vacate within
a week, and also to pay the costs of
the trial.