Copper Ore Shipments From Cordova Alone Are Over $1,500,000 Each Month
HE 1 The Cordova Daily Times i -^-7
VOLUME ONE. NUMBER 160. CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY. JUNE 12, 1915. PRICE TEN CENTS.
VILLA SUGGESTS NEW UNION MEXICANS
ESTHER ROSS.
8h« Will Christen the United
8tatee Battleship Arizona June 19.
Photo by American Press Association.
NEW YORK, June 11.—The launch
ing of the new superdreadnaught
Arizona on June 19 is expected to
prove one of the greatest naval cele
brations in the history of New York.
President Wilson will be urged to go
to Brooklyn for the launching. In
the accompanying illustration is
shown Miss Esther Ross, one of the
fairest young women in the state of
Arizona, who will christen the new ad
dition to the United States navy. As
soon as the Arizona takes the water,
preparations will begin for the laying
of a keel of the still greater super
dreadnaught California, which also is
to be built at the navy yard. Con
tracts for the materials to be used
in the construction of the California
are now being let.
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NO OUTLET
Capt. G. W. Porter is here awaiting
the arrival of K. W. Brown, engineer
for the railroad commission, who is
due from Seattle on the steamer
Northwestern tonight. They will
leave for Katalla, as soon as they
organize their crew and arrange for
a camp outfit, to make weather and
ice observations in Controller Bay and
the Bering River. This is being done
for the purpose of determining the
harbor possibilities in connection with
a government railroad from the coal
fields to tide water. A base line will
be established and soundings made in
all directions It is estimated thni
the work will take four or five months
This is not the first time that an
Investigation has been made of Con
troller Bay as to its harbor possibili
ties. Some of the best engineers ii
the United States, as well as experi
enced mariners, have reported or
their observations and in every in
stance reached the conclusion that 1'
is impracticable to establish a hurboi
at Katalla. And now Uncle Sam ii
going to take a "flyer” at the proposi
tion and it will be interesting t<
know the conclusions reached in tin
report filed. In government enter
prises for Alaska there is alwayi
more or less experimenting, but whei
the Bering River coal is marketed i
will be transported to Cordova ove
the Copper River & Northwesteri
Hallway, the only logical route.
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WATERMAN, WEALTHY PEN
MAKER ON NORTHWESTER!1
L,. E. Waterman, multl-mlllionair
fountain pen manufacturer, Is a pat
senger on the steamship Northwesl
ern, accompanied by his family, fo
a round trip between Seward air
Seattle. The Northwestern Is due 1
Cordova tonight.
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Kli PASO, June 12.—General Villa
lias written a note In reply to Hie
warning sent out by President Wilson
for the Mexican warring factions to
get together and bring out peace in
their distracted country. The note or
Villa Is addressed to Wilson nnd In
it tlie Mexican general expresses his
willingness to invite a new union of
all Mexicans for the purpose of work
ing together. He says this harmoni
otis union would insure the triumph of
the revolutionary principles which lie
has been fighting for, make the con
dition of the masses better, and
abolish peonuge. The land question is
a vital one to the security of peace.
and Villa assorts that the agrarian
problem, the division of lnnd among[
the people, the abolishment of the
feudalism of the lnnd owners, and the
extension of some general educational
scheme nrnong the poorer classes, nre
the questions that must be settled be
fore the dove of peace can perma
nently abide in Mexico.
EL PASO, June 12.—General Villa
lias invited General Carranza to hold
a conference with him. The invita
tion points out two reasons why the
conference should be held The first
is that unless the Constitutionalists
reorganize the government, the Cien
ttflcos or Diaz party will again get
control under another name. Both
Villa and Carranza are opposed to the
return of the Diaz regime, and it is
thought that this common purpose
may help them to get together, and
settle their differences.
The second reason enumerated by
Villa for the conference is that unless
conditions In Mexico are Improved the
United States will Intervene. The
invitation asks Carranza for an early
reply but suggests no meeting place.
WASHINGTON, D C„ June 12.—
General Carranza, the leader of the
Constitutionalists, has Issued a state
ment from his headquarters at Vera
Cruz, making a bid for his reeognl
lion as the head of the Mexican gov
ernment. by the United Slates. The
statement calls on the ather wurring
factions In Mexico to • tttIiate with
him. He claims to have control of
nine-tenths of the population of
Mexico and seven-eighths of the terri
tory, and for that reason Is more en
titled to recognition than Villa or
Zapata.
EL PASO. Juno 12.—The note of
I (lenentl Villa in reply to the warning
: issued by Wilson about the condition
; in Mexico, is very friendly to the
United States. He speaks about
Wilson's policy in the Mexican crisis
us a very commendable course for
lhis government to pursue.
WASHINGTON. D. ('., June 12.—It
is officially announced that the victory
of General Vjlla over Obregon at
Sllao has been confirmed. In the
later battle at Leon, the victory
at Sllao was accentuated, and made
more crushing. Villa has retained all
the supplies he captured at Libera
from the Carranza forces. The latter
troops in that vicinity are too weak
to attempt to take the offensive
against Villa at this time.
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Special to The Times By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, D. ('., dune 12.—The recent
reverses suffered by the Russian troops in Central
Galicia terminating with the fall of I’rzemysl, have
been the subject of much mystery and conjecture to
the military observers here. Before that time, tin*
Russians were sweeping everything before them.
Every move they had’ made in Galicia had resulted
in practically an overwhelming victory, and the
shock of the sudden defeat has been for some reason
inexplicable.
It has been learned however, that the defeat of
the Russians was not due to any reversal of fighting
form on their part, but to their utter lack of supplies,
and their inability to get any. The Russian army up
to the time of the trouble between China and Japan,
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when Japan commenced to mobilize her army ami
navy, had been receiving a large quantity of her war
munitions from the flowery empire. The arms and
powder factories of Nippon were working night and
day and were selling their entire output to Russia.
Knormous amounts of munitions were being trans
ported' across the Siberian railroad to the eastern
fighting line, and the sudden stoppage of the source
of supply raised havoc with the Russian army. The
amount of shot and shell expended in one battle of
size, is enormous, and all the countries now at war
find that keeping their soldiers supplied with powder
and shell is tin* first requisite of a, successful army,
and no mean task.
Conditions have now changed however, for at
Jhe urgent solicitation of the allies, Japan has
resumed her shipments of ammunitions and’ guns to
Russia. Russia is less prepared to manufacture
war munitions for her own soldiers than any of the
other countries, and the attempt now being made by
the allies to force the Dardanelles, has for one of its
main reasons the desire to find a ready means of
getting war supplies into Russia. Nothing can be
taken in through her Baltic ports, and the port of
Archangel is unavailable during the colder months
of the year as the harbor freezes ov< t With Russia
being properly supplied with ann....:iition, the allies
believe that the war will begin to ap;n ach its close.
If it had not been for the China dapanc.- * imbroglio,
it is believed that Russia today would be over
running the plains of Hungary, and' would still be in
the possession of Przemysl.
RUSSIA ADVANCING IN GALICIA
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
RKTROGRAl), Juno 12.—The Russian official
statement issued this morning contains accounts of
additional victories for the Muscovite arms in
Galicia. The Russian advance along the Dneister
is being continued with marked success and the
Teutons are suffering heavy losses in killed and
captured. Many guns have been taken, due to the
hurried retreat of the Germans at several places. The
Russian offensive is gradually assuming a general
character in this region and is daily developing
additional power. Near Stryi, several villages in
the possession of the enemy were stormed and held.
In one village an entire company of the Seventy
Ninth Austrian regiment was captured, including
tho officers. In the fight at the village of Wyscznuve
the Prussian Guard suffered'severely. They offered
a desperate resistance to the attack of the Russians,
and held their ground stubbornly despite a terrible
lire that was directed upon them, but they were
finally forced to give ground abandoning ten cannon
and eighteen mitrailleuses. Many of the Guard
were taken prisoners by the Russians.
LONDON, June 12.—The British military com
manders art* expressing the opinion that the Russian
offensive against the Austro-Gorman line in Galicia,
which is a sharp turn in the situation as it seemed to
be one week ago, will prevent Germany from trans
ferring her troops in any great numbers from the
eastern line to either the western battle front or tlie
Italian frontier. Military observers have said that
if Italy entered the war, tin* Germans and Austrians
would strike in force down tin* valley of Trent, and
push a wedge into Italy effectually cutting off the
provinces of Venetia and the surrounding country.
The activities of the Russians will act as a powerful
deterrent from attempting any such stroke as this.
There lias been, it is true some German regiments
sent to the Italian frontier to help the Austrians
there, but no large* body of troops sufficient to under
take an offensive heavy enough to force the Italians
back across the border. Advices from Petrograd
assert that the Russian army have lost no ground at
any point except along the river Prutli.
CORDOVA SHIPPED $1,932,000 WORTH
OF COPPER ORE DURING MONTH MAY
Cordova is now the “Copper City” of the
United States, as it leads in the value of ore shipped
to the smelter. During the month of May the pro
duction of the Bonanza and Jumbo mines amounted
to 11,500,000 pounds of ore which runs from (>l) to 7S
per cent cop]ter. At the market price bf this ore, the
value would be $1,932,000. With a stimulated mar
ket the output of these mines has been steadily
increasing and they are now handling their capacity,
which means that the June shipmnets will be worth
more than $2,000,000.
All of this ore is brought from Kennecott to
Cordova, over the Copper River & Northwestern
Railway, and with the extension of spurs to other
properties and the opening of the Bering River coal
fields, this route will handle a big tonnage and
demonstrates what has always been content led—
that the Cordova road offers the best opportunity to
open up the mineral wealth of interior Alaska.
In an editorial on the situation in copper, the
Engineering and Mining Journal says:
The lull in the buying of copper which began
about three weeks ago naturally caused a halt in the
5 advance of price and’ then a recession from the high
mark. No matter how satisfactorily the big pro
. ducers may have contracted for the delivery of their
r expected output a long way ahead, there are always
l many small producers, not only in this country but
i also in Chile, Japan, and elsewhere, whose affairs
are not so fortunately arranged, who are willing to
sell for what they can get; and refiners buying cheap
raw material are anxious to cover their purchases
by sales of refined and in turn are willing to take
wlmt they can get.
The small recession in price that has lately been
recorded does not indicate a serious turn of the tide,
hut merely, we think, that the excitement has faded
away, which in our opinion is a fortunate develop
ment rather than the opposite. A resumption of
military buying on a large scale may temporarily
stir up things again, but in default of it the market
ought to become quiet and steady at a little lower
level, pending the development of new governing
factors.
As for new governing factors, one may ho fore
seen certainly. That is increasing production. The
mines have gradually been resuming full gait and
about the end of June the refineries ought To be
getting into step. Later in the year the new Inspira
tion and Chuquicamata copper will begin to be felt.
A market factor whereof the development is earn
estly hoped is increase in consumption for peaceful
purposes, especially domestic. There are unmis
takable signs of the beginning of this, and con
sidering the riches that are coining to the United
States it is hard to see how an expansion in our
internal business is to In* avoided. In so far as the
copper trade is concerned, however, it would he
better to make a sturt from a market at 16(ul7c.
than from one that is over 20c., for the former is not
an extravagant price and the latter is.
Whatever may happen, the copper producers
will have no ground fo rcomplaint. They have sold
a lot of their 1915 oujtput at better than 18c., which
is a very fine price, and they have reason to expect
for a long time to receive a price well above what
is commonly regarded as a normal average price.
At the close of this week there appear to be
signs of a renewed demand for copper and there is a
general expectation among producers that the
market will rally and go above Ilk*., which of course
remains to be seen.
FAMOUS NIGHT RESTAURANT CLOSED
PARIS, June 12.—The restaurant Baratte,
famous night resort of tin1 quarter of tin* Central
Markets, has been closed and will probably never
be reopened. No resort in this world was better
known to high livers and pleasure seekers of all
classes. k
AEROPLANE DESTROYS TANNERY *
BERNE, Switzerland, June 12.—The recent
French air raid on Strassburg resulted in the burn
ing of one of the largest tanneries in Germany, an
establishment which has been engaged exclusively
on army work since the commencement of the war
The loss is over a million dollars.
BRITISH AIRMEN WON 35 BATTLES
LONDON, June 12.—The log of the Brii.sh
Flying Corps for the past month shows that then
have been no less than 35 battles in the air, in all oJ
which victory is claimed for the British airmen. Twi
encounters with Zeppelins are included in tin* list
MRS. FLORENCE CARMAN
Now York Woman Has Soo
ond Trial on Murdor Charga.
Photo by American Prea* Associate
FREEPORT, N. Y„ June 11.—
Florence Carman, twice on trial
the charge of murdering Mrs. I,o
D. Bailey, who was found sho
death in the office of Dr. Carman.
Carman's husband, indignantly de
the report that she Intends to b
tills place. She declares that she
amply proved her Innocence and
the real murderer of Mrs. Bailey
vet be found. During the two t
pinion was about equally dlv
as to the guilt or innocenc
i.e iccused woman. The aceomp
in,’ photograph of Mrs. Carman
tu' i ust after she had been acqu
on i!n .’.econd trial.
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BE DELAYED
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 1
The officials here are marking
pending the receipt of the Ger
reply to the second American i
The note which has been delivt
will not probably be consideret
detail by the German foreign c
until the arrival at Berlin of M
Gerhard, the special representatlv
the German ambassador at Was!
ton. Gerhard will acquaint his h
government with the true facts of
American public opinion with r
ence to the submarine warfare,
it is believed that Bernstorff
asked Gerhard to express the
sonal opinions of the ambass
also. Much confidential mattei
carried by Gerhard that could
be entrusted to the cable. U
these circumstances it is beli.
here that the German reply will
be received for two weeks at b
The impression is growing daily,
the American note has opened
way for Berlin to continue peae
relations with this government,
talk has disappeared, and the c
try has lost entirely whatever j
spirit previously manifested itse
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GEOLOGICAL PARTY DUE
IN CORDOV ATONIC
Among the passengers due In
dova tonight on the steamer N<
western is F. H. Mofflt, of the Un
States Geological Survey, who,
sisted by R M. Overbeck and a c
of men, will this summer survey
upper t'hitina basin, where no
logical work has been done.
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Sailing Time Changed
Hereafter the Pacific-Alaska N
gallon Company's steamers Aden
Watson and Kvans will leave Se;
i at i> o’clock in the evening, instea
5 in the afternoon as at present.