VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 350. COBDOVA, ALASKA, SUNDAY MOBNING, JANUARY 30, i 916. PRICE TEN CENTS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. — Great
Britain is sowing mines so thickly at
the entrance to the Baltic sea that
It is now' impossible, except when un
der the guidance of an official pilot,
to enter the waterway without strik
ing one of these deadly obstructions.
^ Similar sowing of mines is industrl
> ously being pushed in the waters be
tween Danish territory and the Ger
man coast. Thousands and thousands
of mines have been placed in position
so that it would seem that no enemy
ship could possibly feel her way out.
LONDON, Jan. 29. — Lloyd George,
in an open air speech today, before
a vast multitude at Hyde Park, said
that the allies were but just beginning
to fight. He said the problems here
tofore. had been those of organiza
tion and mobilization, as well as fur
nishing adequate munitions for the
huge forces in the field. He asserted
that the allies were daily growing
stronger in both men and other re
sources, while Germany and her allies
were weakening, they having shot
their bolt., and being unable to follow
up their first successes. By spring,
the minister of munitions promised
that England would have four million
trained men in the field, and then
the real test of strength between the
contending powers would come. The
famous Welshman asserted that right
was on the side of the allies, and that
in a short time might also would be
on their side. He said: "This war
must be victorious on our side, be
cause any other termination would
mean the death blow to liberty and
freedom. The great conflict now go
ing on is tbe final struggle between
military autocracy and political lib
erty.”
ROME. Jan. 29. — The Albanian ir
regulars, under Essad Pasha, have
managed to effect u conjunction with
the Italian forces fortifying Avlona,
in Albania. The country further south
j has all been occupied by the Italians,
who are strongly fortifying their po
sitlons. and making preparations to
staying an indefinite time in the
Country. Essad's troops are moun
taineers, who, while poorly trained,
make splendid fighters, fearless in
battle and thoroughly versed in the
art of guerilla warfare, capable of In
cessantly harrasslng an enemy force.
The Italian forces who occupied the
seaport of Ourazzo, further north,
I have evacuated the city, as it was
fouifd impossible to adequately defind
it. The Austrian troops who swept
through .Montenegro are pushing the
enemy and marching in tnc direction
of Ourazzo. They are not making fast
progress, as it has been raining heav
ily. making the roads, which are poor
at their best, almost impassable.
BERLIN, Jan. 2ft. — The war of
fice issued an official bulletin today
announcing that the Teutons had
taken the offensive along a stretch of
the western front, and had captured
a thousand yards of French trenches,
including the village of Frise. At
places they penetrated the French
lines to a depth of four miles, taking
many prisoners and machine guns.
The fighting commenced south of the
village of Fise, but soon swept north
ward, including the village, which was
taken by a bayonet charge, following
the shelling of the French trenches by
the artillery. Thirteen machine guns
and nine hundred prisoners were
taken at this point. Northeast of
Neuville, the Germans stormed the
enemy trenches along a seventeen
hundred yard front, capturing nine
machine guns.
I'AKIS, Jan. 29. — In this morning's
official communique the war depart
ment admitted the German offensive
taken at Frise and at Neuville. The
fight at Frise centered in the district
south of Somme, the Germans gaining
considerable ground In their first
charge, but all of this was regained
by the French in counter attacks. The
northern end of the line of the fight,
comprising the village of Frise, was
retained by the Teutons.
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29. — The
bursting ilam of the Southern Cali
fornia Water Company in the Otay
valley has caused tremendous prop
erty damage and killed fifty people
When the dam gave "'ay a wall ol
water thirty feet high swept down tlif
valley, carrying all before it. The
valley is narrow and steep, and the
water maintained its height, until i(
had almost reached the sea. Some ol
the dead were carried long distances
hv the raging flood, and their bodies
> swept out to sea. and there is little
I, likelihood that they wTll be recovered
Among the dead are twenty-five Jap
anese farmers, the Tapanese having
a large colony in the valley, and ail
being prosperous. Men, women and
children are listed among the dead
No attempt has so far been made tc
itemize the loss, but it is estimated
that it will easily run over a million
dollars.
YUMA, Jan. 29. — The Gila river
is at its flood stage, and the waters
are rising steadily. The crest of the
flood has not yet reached this city.
The Colorado river is also rising, and
jtlie residents nearest the rivers are
1 removing their property from their
homes, as it is feared that serious
damage will result if the waters do
not soon commence to subside. Al
ready the waters are creeping up the
streets, flooding cellars and endanger
ing the foundations of the houses.
The First National Bank is shifting
its deposits and other property to
1 a place of safety, and all the mer
chants are taking similar precautions.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 29. — This
section of the country is suffering
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intensely from the heavy and continu
ions rains which have been falling.
The rain, which stopped for a time
yesterday commenced with renewed
fury this morning, and is general all
over southern California. Much fur
ther damage is threatened. The prer
viousiy flooded districts and the resi
dents therein have had no time to re
cover front the first downpours, and
it now spetns as if the. present storm
was about to complete the work of
destruction already commenced.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2i».—Storms
are general along the Californian
coast, exceeding in length and sever
ity those of any other winter. A
heavy snow has fallen today all along
the east shore of San Francisco bay,
causing much discomfort to the peo
ple and disturbance to traffic. The
storms have taken a heavy toll of hu
man life, the figure of deaths along
the Pacific coast since last Thursday
being set at liti.
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LAUSANNE, Jan. 2#>— Demonstra
tions against the Germans in this city
broke out again las: night, exceeding
in violence the riot at the railroad
station yesterday. The trouble cen
terede last night in the vicinity of the
German consulate, which was heavily
guarded by police. The government
sent troops to guard the consul and
the other Germans in the building, but
despite the' presence of the soldiers,
the people continued their attacks,
and hundreds of the rioters were ar
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rested.
J. H.'Ingram, superintendent for the
Alaska road commission, went to the
Interior on this morning’s train, where
he will investigate what work is ne
cessary for the commission to do dur
ing the coming season.
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H. I>. Smith, an engineer at the
Kennecott mines, is in town on his
way East, where he will enjoy a va
cation.
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United States Deputy Marshal Jas.
Feaster, who spent the past couple of
weeks in Cordova and Valdez, re
turned on this morning’s train to
Chitina.
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19M Pacific Coast tide tables have
arrived. Northern Drug Company.
I NO ORDER TOO LARGE FOR THE
DAILY TIMES.
Possibly the largest single job
printing order ever placed with an
Alaskan newspaper was the one just
received by the Daily Times from the
Lighthouse Packing Company, who
recently installed a clam factory here.
It was for the printing of 300,000
labels, of different sizes, to be uBed
on their cans for this winter's jiack.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 29—The de
partment of commerce and labor an
nounced officially today that the Jap
anese manufacturers hac captured the
American cotton trade with China
completely. The activity of the Jap
anese in China has been going on for
years, the American goods being
gradually displaced by their Oriental
rivals, until now not a vestige of this
once rich field of commerce is left to
the American manufacturer. The
Japanese produce their goods more
cheaply than the Americans do, as the
scale of wages are infinitesimal com
pared with what is paid in the cotton
factories of New England and the
South. Added to this the American
manufacturer is hampered because of
the long distance he must ship his
goods, which adds materially to the
selling price.
FULTON AWARDED
DECISION IN
FIGHT
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 29. — Fred
Fulton and Porky Flynn fought twen
ty hotly contested rounds here today,
and at the close both men were still
on their feet. The referee awarded
the decision to Fulton, who had the
best of the later Founds. In the early
part of the go the honors were even,
but the greater strength and the youth
of Fulton allowed him to stand the
gaff better than his adversary, who
j was punishod severely towards the
I last.
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Mrs. N. Yeager loft on this morn
ing’s train for Chltina, and will go
to the Sourdough roadhouse, which
she conducts. She is returning home
from a trip to the States, the first
in three years.
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The steamer Alameda will arrive
from the westward about 9 o’clock
this morning, and will remain here
until after midnight loading copper ore
for the smelter.
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S. H. Sexton, storekeeper at Keu
necott, accompanied by his wife, are
in town, and will leave on the Ala
meda for the States.
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Mrs. D. C. Steel returned on this
morning’s train to Mile 114, after a
visit to the States.
PITTSBURG, Jan. 29. — President
Wilson left here today for Cleveland,
where he is booked to make his sec
ond speech in his round the country
campaign for preparedness. Wilson
spoke here last night in Memorial
Hall before an audience which over
flowed into the surrounding streets,
and which greeted the chief executive
with great enthusiasm. His words
were closely listened to, and the meet
ing broke up in a great patriotic dem
onstration. Wilson was much pleased
with his reception, and expressed the
hope that Congress would agree with
the people in the need for increased
national defences. The President said
that the real test for national pre
paredness lay not with Congress, bill
with the people, whose voice thetr
representatives were bound to obey.
Me also said that defences of the na
tion depended upon the sturdiness of
its manhood, and this manhood would j
show itself if a call for volunteers was
necessarv. The employing classes j
also, said Wilson, would be put to the !
lest in case of a crisis «nd attack by
a foreign enemy, for it would be their
duty to see the greater needs of the
country by submerging their individu
al interest to the greater good of
all tlte people by not opposing any
free response to the plans of the gov
ernment for increasing the country’s
military strength. One point that the
President made plain was that in the
opinion of the present administration
efficiency in military matters did not
call for the formation and mainten
ance of a great standing army.
CELEBRATES I
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Captain John A. O'Brien, commo
dore commander of the Alaska Steam- J
ship Company's fleet, who brought
the liner Victoria to Cordova with a
cargo of ties for the Copper River &
Northwestern railway, celebrated the
passing of his sixty-fifth milestone
last evening with a little dinner party
at Slater’s restaurant,
Captain 0‘Brien is one of the most
careful and best known navigators on
the Pacific ocean. For the past six
years he has been master of tbe Vic
toria, and has the honor of having
made six(y-two voyages on tne Bering
river route, thereby setting a new
high mark for the run., No other
steamship master conies within strik
ing distance of the record. When
navigation opens next spring Captain
O’Brien will return to the Bering sea
route.
Since he first entered the Nome run
in 1901, Captain O'Brien has com
manded the following steamships in
the order named: Manuense, Eureka.
Olympia. Oregon, Edith, Yucatan,
Northwestern, Alameda and Victoria.
Next July Captain O'Brien will ob
serve his fiftieth anniversary of the
day he first went to sea. He rose to
master when he was only 23 years
old, his first command being the bark
Edward Janies, running out of Port
land, Oregon, in the China trade. loit
er he commanded the ship Alice C.
Dickerman of Boston, the ship Kate
Davenport, also of the Atlantic coast,
and the hark Eilieu of Honolulu. He
was one of the navigators who in the
days of the sailing ships helped to
make America known on the Seven
Seas. 1
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Show at Empress Theatre tonight.
EAGLES’ ANNIVERSARY DANCE
NEXT SATURDAY.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles In j
Cordova is busily engaged in prepar-j
ing for its eighth annual anniversary
dance. A committee composed of,
Jeorge Dooley. Rev. E, P. Ziegler and
Harry Rolfe has been appointed to
make all arrangements. The tickets)
ire now on sale at the various stores 1
ind they can be bought by gentlemen
only. A good time is assured to all
Ly this oldest fraternal order in Cor
iova.
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LONDON, Jan. 29. — Brigadier
deneral Benjamin Hodson. who was
sounded severely while fighting with
tiis command on the Gallipoli penin
sula against the Turks, died here to
lay. General Hodson had a brilliant
■ecord in the present war. and his
iravery and courage was a byword
unong the troops. Hodson fought
hrough the Boer war and had seen
lervice in Indian campaigns as well
is under Lord Kitchener in Egypt. A
Sfeat public funeral will be held in
lonor of the dead hero.
\V. L. Taylor came down from Ken
lecott on last night’s train, and will
eave on the Alameda for Los Ange
es.
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Dutch Blanchfield came out from
Fairbanks on last night's train, on his
vay to the States.*
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The dance of the Cordova String
Orchestra, given at Eagle Hall last
light, was well attended and a social
mccess.
EL PASO, Jan. 29. — General Mi
guel Hernandez, a former Villa com
mander. who has been conducting a
guerilla warfare, was surprised and
attacked by a band of armed Mexi
can ranchers in the Guerrerro district
of Chihuahua yesterday. Hernandez
has twenty-five men in his band and
they have been plundering and kill
ing in the district to such an extent
that the ranchers organized a move
ment independent of the government
in order to protect their families and
their property. When the ranchers
appeared the bandits fled To save thetr
lives, as they had not time to make a
stand. They left their horses, rifles
and ammunition behind them when
they fled.
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SYRACUSE, Jan. 29. — A boxing
bout between Jim Coffey and Lew
Bodie, which was scheduled to go
twenty rounds in this city last night,
terminated in the middle of the fifth
round, when Coffey, who had the best
of the previous rounds, let himself go.
uul knocked out Bodie with a right
swung to the jaw.
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E. T. Stannard lett on this morn
ing's train for Kennecott.
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