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I. N. Stensland, a floating salmon
L trnp builder, arrived in Cordova on
the steamer Alameda and will remain
here as the new foreman for the Car
lisle Packing Company, which is
building a large cannery at the north
end of the ocean dock. Mr. Stensland
brings the Information that several
more new canneries are to be in oper
ation during the coming season in
this section, which promises to be the
principal fishing grounds in Alaska.
Among those who will change their
base of operations is the Hoonah
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Packing Company, which has a plant
at Icy Straits, and will put a cannery
on Bering river.
In speaking of the operations of
the Carlisle Packing Company, Mr.
Stensland says that the piling are now
being secured for the new dock here,
which will be erected on Jack Dalton's
property, and as soon as this is com
pleted work will begin on tlie erec
tion of the buildings. There are to
he two of these, and they will cover
an area of 160x60 feet. One is to be
two stories and will house the plant,
while tile warehouse will he but one.
story.
A three line cannery is to be in
stalled which will have a capacity of
80,000 cases. The latest improved
machinery has been ordered, and
everything will be in readiness for the
first run of fish. In the employment
of fishermen preference will be given
the local men, and as a hundred men
are to he on the payroll, this summer
t (his industry will certainly be of con
' siderable benefit to Cordova.
DENVER, Jan. 27. — A furious
blizzard is raging in southern Colo
rado, where the weather has greatly
increased in frigidity, and the snow
is falling and drifting badly before
the strong wind. The storm here is
the worst of the winter. The town of
Havre, Montana, reports a new low
mark for the temperature, the official
reading being fifty-four below. That
the west is not the only portion of the
country suffering from storm condi
tions is evident from the weather bu
reau reports, which state that a storm
of great energy is centered at Chicago.
The telegraph service east of the
Mississippi is demoralized.
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' EMPEROR’S LIFE
, OFJIME
ROME, Jan. 27.—Statements are
emanating from the Vatican which
confirm the rumors that Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria, is seriously
ill. The Vatican circles report that
the condition of the monarch is grow
ing rapidly worse, and while it is not
Btated that he is dangerously ill, it
Is being intimated that the aged em
peror will never recover.
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SUow at' Eraprepa Theatre tonight.
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BOYS LOOT BANK
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CHICAGO, Jan. 2s. — A daylight
bank robbery threw the entire busi
ness section of Chicago into a tur
moil this morning, the robbers suc
cessfully getting away with theii
haul in the confusion which follower
their deed. Four armed robbers en
tered the Washington Park National
Bank shortly before noon, drawing
their guns, they ordered everyone in
the place to throw up their hands
The cashier and clerks had no alter
native, and the twenty or more deposi
tors who were in the building at tht
time were summarily lined up against
the wall, while one of the robber?
stood guard over them. The robber?
then proceeded to take all the cash
that was in sight in the tills, not at
tempting to enter the sai* aepostt
vaults. They secured about twelve
thousand dollars, and backing out ol
the door, entered a waiting auto ami
sped away in safety, while the bewil
dered clerks and depositors were
looking for the police. The whole
affair took place in an incredibly
short space of time. The robbers were
hardly more than boys, none of them
appearing to be over twenty years ol
age.
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BRISTOL, Jan. 27. — The laboi
congress in session here completed
its debate on the compulsory enlist
men! bill passed hy parliament. Twc
resolutions were up for considerntior
dealing with the matter, the first be
ing a formal protest on the part o!
the working men against any font
of conscription, and the second pledg
ing the eongres to oppose the enforce
ment of the military service bill. The
first resolution was carried by a vot<
of 1,796,000 to 219,000. The majorit)
in favor of the second resolution was
[equally large. After the passage o!
[these two, another resolution was in
! traduced to have the executive com
mittee of the congress agitate for th«
repeal of the conscription bill, and il
was defeated by a bare majority.
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GETS REWARD
LONDON, Jan. 27. — After a shell
from a submarine crazed the head
of the captain of a British steamei
voyaging in the Mediterranean, the
captain hauled out the ship'6 gun and
returned a shot that caused the U-boai
to disappear. Then the passenger!
sang “Nearer My God to Thee," anc
a prayer was offered up In thankful
ness for their escape. A collection ir
gratitude for the skill shown by thl
captain and crew amounted to near!]
$1,000.
This incident is related in a lei tel
from Rev. A. J. Mortimore, formerlj
a curate of Southport. Beyond th(
fact that tire vessel waf fired on whilt
near Alexandria, no particulars as tc
its name or destination are given.
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BROWNSVILLE. Texas, Jan. 27. —
| What threatened at one time to cause
open friction between the Mexican
and American troops facing each other
across the border here, was only pre
vented by the prompt action of Gen
eral Funston. the commandet* of the
American troops. Two privates of the
Fourth Field Artillery while bathing
in the Rio Grande, landed on the
Mexican shore and were arrested by
Mexican civilian officers. This hap
pened yesterday, and the men were
returned to their command by order
of the Carranza military forces today.
When the trouble hapened yesterday
four other American soldiers, Ser
geant Owen Clement, Corporal Mi
chael King and Private Henry Rhode
of the Fourth, with Private Chartes
Wilson, of the Twelfth Cavalry, at
tempted to swim across to the Mexi
can stde to rescue their comrades. The
four men were drowned in the at
tempt, and their bodies have not yet
been recovered. Later Lieutenants
Mort, Yayton and Waldron crossed
over into Mexico searching for the
missing soldiers, and on their arrival
were arrested by General Funston for
j disobeying his orders about crossing
| the border. General Funston lias sat
! isfactorily adjusted the trouble with
the Mexican commander.
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UNCLE SI ON
WASHINGTON. Ian. 27. — Increase
in ilie number of government lotter
ies abroad as the war drags itself out
is forcing United Stares postal author
ities to be especially watchful to pre
1 vent their advertisement in this coun
[try. The lotteries are given publicity
| in the United States in two ways, It
i was said at the postoffice department
1 today. Individual letters are written
I to American citizens in an effort to
induce them to purchase tickets, and
news stories are circulated of fabu
lous sums won.
Letters soliciting clients, if they fall
into the department’s hands, never
reach their destinations. Some get
through the department if on the out
side they do not present a suspicious
appearance. All the suspected let
ters are diverted and opened.
FATALITIES IN
MINES AND
LONDON, Jan. 27. — There were
1,300 separate mine and quarry acci
dents, causing the loss of 1,338 lives
In Great Britain during the year 1914.
according to the report of the chief
inspector of mines and quarries, which
has just been issued. This represents
a decrease of 52 fatalities over 1913.
Besides those killed there were 165.
000 persons injured in the mines and
laid up for a week or more, but this
was a decrease of 19,052 over 1913.
The number of persons employed in
the United Kingdom during 1914 was
1,167,455 In the mines, and 78,908 in
the quarries, or 158 more than the
preceding yeah.
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PROVE FIERCE
BERLIN, Jan. 27. — Dispatches
; sent Jrorn Cairo to the Cologne Ga
zette today assert that the British
forces in Mesopotamia are once more
in a dangerous position, owing to the
fierce and continued attacks being dl
I retted at them by the Turkish troops.
Tiic Turks are being assisted by
: hordes of Arab irregulars, who are
j proving fierce fighters, and who go
into battle with a reckless disregard
j of death and danger. The Arabs are
fighting with all the icrvor of re
i ligious fanatics, and they return to the
attack again and again despite the
hail of machine gun fire with which
the British have been mowing them
down. The British are also suffering
1 heavily, for it would be Impossible
for any force to withstand the sus
tained ferocity of the Arab soldiers
without enduring great losses. The!
correspondent of the Gazette states
that up to December 30 the British
casualties were fifteen thousand
killed ami twenty thousand wounded.
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BERLIN, Jan. 27. — Reports are
being received from the front in
: France and Flanders stating that the
j favorable turn which the weather has
.taken has resulted in Increased activ
' itv among the opposing troops. Active
!fighting has been going on at several
j scattered places from the Ypres dis
trict to the Vosges. The Germans
[have not taken the offensive except in
j one locality, near Neuville, where the
French trenches were shelled anil
'three links cf the enemy's position
I captured by an infantry charge. The
captured trendies were retained by
the Teutons, although they were com
pelled to repulse eight fierce assaults
'by tile French troops, both sides los
ing many men. The British artillery
has been particularly busy the last
few days, and the portion of the weBt
tern line near Nieuport has been jsub
jected to a continuous fire of shrap
nel and explosive shells. In this re
gion yesterday the English fired 1,700
shrapnel shells and 700 explosive
shells, besides the same number of
bombs.
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TWO TRAINS DUE TODAY.
The northbound train reached Chtt
ina shortly before midnight, and two
trains will be in Cordova today. The
first is from Tiekel, and is due early
in the afternoon, the other one coming
from Chitina, with passengers and
the interior mail, and will be here this
evening. The next train out will like
ly fce on Saturday morning.
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The steamer Victoria arrived this
morning from Seattle, • bringing a
cargo of ties for use on the north
brunch of the Copper River railway.
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J. Mutchler. who runs the stage
from Iditarod to Flat creek, is in
town. He is accompanied by his niece.
Mrs. Win. Goodrich.
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1>. Ferriii. a mining expert from San
Francisco, is here on his way to Slate
creek.
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John Murz is here, en route to
Tolovana with'a string of good horses
where he Is engaged In the freighting
business.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27. — President
Wilson arrived here from the White
House this afternoon, and will speak
before a body of railroad men this
evening. The President Is supposed
to fire his first gun in the prepared
ness campaign at the meeting to
night, and it is thought that the speech
will contain an important message to
the people of the country. While he
is not going to discuss national de
fence in all its particulars. It is be
lieved that an outline of the govern
ment's position will be given, with
particular attention to the part the
railroad will play in such an emer
gency as a foreign war.
The President was not accompan
ied by his wife, arriving here with
only Secretary Tumulty and two se- j
cret service men. He was visited at
his hotel by a delegation of the lead
ing suffragettes in the P^mpire State,
who asked Wilson to support the
proposed amendment to the United ^
States constitution granting full
suffrage to the women. Wilson told
the delegation that he could not favor ■
such a proposition, nor lend his sup
port to it, as he considered the suf
frage question one for the individual
states to settle. The President will
leave here on the midnight train for
Washington.
BRISTOL, Jan. 27. — The labor
congress in session here listened to
a story of the horrors of war today
from the lips of a Socialist deputy in
the French Chamber. M. Longuet.
one of the leading labor unionists in
his country, was the speaker, and he
recounted the heroic sacrifices made
by the workers of France for their
‘■patrie." Longuet asserted that the
loss of life among the French soldiers
was even greater than among their
enemies, as the French official lists
show a loss of eight hundred thou
sand men killed, and 1,400,000 wound
ed. He also stated mat 300,000
Frenchmen had been captured by the
Germans and were being detained in
various camps in Germany and Aus
tria.
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PRESS IS DOING!
ITS PART IT
LONDON. Jan. 27. — The official
organ of the institute of Journalists
publishes a roll of honor, showing that
1,468 journalists are on active ser
vice in the army and navy, including
85 from overseas. Fifty-five have
been killed, 71 wounded, 11 reported
missing and 10 have been decorated
for gallantry.
Many women journalists are serving
with the Red Cross. It is hoped to
publish a complete roll of journalists
with the colors at the end of the war.
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The Daily Times is the only office
in town equipped to do job printing.
STORMS AFFECT
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SAN FRANCISCO, Tan. 27. — Th<j
abnormal weather conditions which
have prevailed in southern California
for the past month seem to be in
creasing in violence. Transcontinen
tal railway service is still seriously
disarranged and the conditions In the
large cities are steadily growing
worse. The rain is still falling, with
no sign of its stopping. Within the
past twenty-four hours the rainfall
has increased in intensity, and the
discomfort is being added to by a h'gh
wind. This condition is genera!
throughout the district, but in the cit
ies of Los Angeles and Han Diego the
storm seems to have reached its
height. The streets in both cities are
inundated and street car traffic has
been totally disorganized.
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TORRKON. Ian. 27. General Ca
vazos, the Carranza commander in this
region, is in hot pursuit of the Y'illa
forces, and is keeping them on the
move to avoid battle. Yesterday Ca
vazos forced the Y'illialstas to hur
riedly evacuate the towns of Guer
rero and Maquira. At the former
place a million and a half rounds of
ammunition were captured, while at
Maquira another half million was
seized, the federal troops descending
on the enemy so suddenly that they
had no time to prepare their supply
trains.
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SPANISH ARMY
ON MODERN
LINES
MADRID, Jan. 27. — Army reform,
with the reorganization of the Span
ish army on modern lines, now stands
an excellent chance of being carried
out by the Cortes, aroused by the
lessons of the present war. General
Luque, the war minister, has proposed
such a reform since 1906. He re
gards the formation of a general staff
to be of first importance. To save
time, this has just been done by a
royal decree. Then comes the task
of reducing the enormous number of
officers, particularly generals, with
whom Spain's army is overstocked.
This is a delicate problem, and one
sure to cause a great deal of jealousy
and bitterness. Reforms in adminis
tration and equipment will follow.
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SAILING IS DELAYED.
The steamer Alameda did not sail
from here for the westward until late
yesterday afternoon, being delayed on
account of taking water aboard for
[he freighter Seward, which is lying
off Latouche, where repairs are being
made to her steering gear.
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Meet us at the Empress next Sun
day night. Marie Dressier. Charlie
Chaplin.
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WANTED—A girl for general work.
Apply Mrs. Wells, Oldtown.