The Cordova Daily Times
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CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST :’.l. 1!Ho.
PANAMA CANAL DEFENSES.
A good deal of discussion is going on as to the nature of
the defenses intended to protect the Panama canal.
Ordinary fortresses have, in the present war in Europe, .
proven only able to delay, not to stand off an army. Can they
be improved upon at Panama?
Would it not be better to expend' the money on submarines,
aeroplanes and the wireless? Or to wait a year or two and see (
if Hayes Hammond, Jr. cannot perfect his apparatus so that he
can guide a destroyer from the shore and destroy any hostile
ship within a few miles of land? And are the gun makers ex
perimenting? The Germans and French have demonstrated* -
that the limitations of guns have not been reached. Then if
old Panama smells as it did three score years ago, cannot some
chemist utilize that ord'or in a way to make the German noxious
gases seem like a fresh bouquet by comparison?
General Sherdian was want to declare that earth banks
made the best forts. Earth banke with underground galleries .
in which guns could be loaded, then raised and fired and then
lowered again. The most terrible fort that could be built on
the isthmus would be out of Panama fever, if it could be con
fined and' at the right moment let lose upon an army. It would
in three days work a Senacharib destruction.
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THAT MAYOR OF ATLANTA.
The Atlanta mayor did not make a fool of himself in San
Francisco, \yhen he tried to justify the Frank murder, but he
did succeed in making clear that he was bom a fool, and a vici
ous one at that. When he justified mob violence, he made clear
that he has no idea of the duties of citizenship; no conception of
the need of obedience to the laws. When he cautioned an ex
governor against returning to his state for the crime of having
performed his duty, as God gave him to see it, under his oath of
once, he made clear that an oath has no solmnity for him or
that by his words he was disgracing the state which he holds to
be the foremost state of the South; when in closing he gradilo
quently explained the sacredness of the honor of women in the
thoughts of his people, lie made clear that he in person ought
to spend the balance of his life in posing for a vaudeville mov
ing picture show. In the long ago the writer knew several
gentlemen of the same order of mind as this Atlanta mayor.
They were most sensitive about the reverence due women,
to hear them tell it, but no one of them would have liestitated
about borrowing $.‘?.00 from the old black mamma who nursed
him when a baby, and then having an absolute lapse of memory
when the obligation became due.
And the people of beautiful Atlanta elected this man
mayor?
THE PEACE RUMORS.
Peace rumors have become persistent of late, but the news
from the battle field offers no confirmation of them. The kaiser
is evidently preparing for a drive to the southeast or to the west,
perhaps to both at the same time. Could he raise the siege that
is losing ground ConstatiUople and then propose peace, it might
lead to negotiations. Could he break the defense in France,
take Paris and menace fearfully England and then offer to treat
for peace, in our judgment the offer would be scouted', for the
offer would really mean the making of subject powers of both
France and Great Britain which would be intolerable to both
those powers. It would be just as it would be in Russia were
the Germans to capture Petrograd. They might take it and
burn it, but that would make no difference in Russia’s determ
ination.
The surest road to peace for the kaiser lies to the southeast.
For him to present the power that is assailing Constantinople,
would present a dgnger to both Russia and Great Britain which
neither wants to contemplate.
Meantime the strain on all the powers is becoming very
great. Germany is training her boys and both England and
Canada have reduced the height which was first held necessary
to enlist by several inches.
The pressure all around is reaching the point of the un
bearable.
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ojouSi Xipimj iibo uosji^y }u3pxs3.ij rasas pjnoAv pj,,
this cool defiance of his recent note,” says the London Stan
dard, of the Arabic incident. This is in line with the taunts of
all tin* English papers. They are humorously difficult for the
moment on the “cool defiance” of the latest English note to this
government, which practically told President Wilson that Eng
lish violation of the rules of the sea is not a matter that need
deeply concern him.
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German socialists are protesting against any attempt to
hold the territory which German armies have taken, because
that would plant seeds of war that will be certain to germinate.
Right. But if the kaiser wins this war he is likely to hold to
his newly acquired acreage until a handsome indemnity is paid.
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Carranza sends his best wishes and kindest regards to the
American people. Same to you, Carrie—nitl
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Jffice over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Rainier-Grand Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Company Hospital
Sours—10 to 12; 1 to 6 p. m.
DR. C. L. HALE
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DENTIST
Office In Adams Building
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez, Alaska
GEO. F. WHITE
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Established 1911. Formerly 12 years
with Tacoma Smelter
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Councellor at Law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
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E. A. HEGG
PHOTOGRPHER
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Views and Post Cards
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The MECCA
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Dealers in
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CIGARS
Phone 107.
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Make You
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Regular Patron
At
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Private Boxes
For
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gold-copperI
FOR SALE
A high grade Gold property, ten
miles from Valdez with several
hundred sacks of high grade ore
on the dump. This property ad
joins a producing mine and sev
eral velng of high flrade ore are
exposed on the surface of this
ground.
Also four groups of copper
[ properties on Prince William
t Sound, adjoining navigable water.
All of these properties could be
made producers with a small
amount of money and for a party
who can open same up or can se
cure the capital to do so, this Is
an opportunity to make a fortune.
For prices and terms apply to
I S A. HEMPLE, Valdez, Alaska
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CLEAR HAVANA
CIGARS
MADE IN BOND
Lovera Cigars are Sold
by all Best Dealers
Schwabacher Bros, and Co. Inc.
-Distributors
Seattle, Washington
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skanway. Cordova, Valdez, Seward and
SHIP CREEK, via INSIDE PASSAGE
Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
August 13.ALAJflEDA.August 23
August 20.NORTHWESTERN.August 29
Regular freight service Tor Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. S. Seward. 6. 8. Seward, 5th; 8. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up-town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT, "
General Agent Ticket Agent
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. 8. CO. ALASKA COA8T CO.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from 8eattle will be Vb
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT, September 5 — i-*
ADMIRAL EVANS, September 15
Vis the irvsiDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, YakutaL
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Ports.
Schedule subject to change without Notice
ALASKA TRANSFER <LO., Local Agents
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Effective June 12th, 1915. fi
Two trains every six days between Cordova and I
f Chitina, one of these trains leaving Cordova making if
f connection with Alaska Steamship Co. steamers arriving if
f from Seattle.
Trains between Chitina and Shushanna Junction, if
If and Kennecott connect with trains between Chitina and if
If Cordova.
All trains from Cordova leave from Second Street if
f Depot.
if Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Pessenger Trains Be- if
tween Cordova and Chitina.
The above schedule subject to change without notice.
Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Tickets on sale at Depot or up-town office, Alaska if
if Steamship Company building fi
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Superintendent Cordova Agent fi
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