The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME II. NUMBER 545. CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1916. , ~~ PRICE TEN~CENTS
ALLIES ARE DRIVEN FROM DOBRUDJA
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X'l.U ^ ORK, Sept. 22. — Petitions
asking (’resident Wilson to call a spe
cial session of congress to meet the
increasing cost of food by placing an
embargo on foodstuff exportation, are
being distributed among 30,000 retail
grocers, bakers and other small deal
ers throughout the city. The Mas
ter Bakers’ Association is making a
nation-wide campaign.
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WILL SUPPRESS
NKW YORK, Sept. 22. — The union
leaders met today to decide whether
they would call out 750,001) unionists
on a sympathetic strike with the street
car employees. Mayor Mitchell an
nounces that he will use all civil and
military power to suppress disorder.
The attacks on the elevated cars con
tinue. and fortunate is the passenger
who escapes a brick or bottle thrown
from the roof of a building.
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KATALLA, Sept. 21. — Without the
slightest warning a wall of water
more than twenty feet high, came
tearing down Carbon creek, in the
Bering river coal fields, the other day.
completely flooding the country.
Men working on the Alaska-Anthra
clte railroad beat a hasty retreat with
their horses to the higher levels. No
lives were lost and no damage was
done to the railroad. The water sub
sided almost as suddenly as it arose.
For some time Katalla residents
were unable to solve the cause of the
flood, but it was later discovered that
a big chunk had broken off Martin
glacier at the head of the creek. With
other bergs it had floated down to
a canyon, making a jam. The water
had been held hack for several weeks.
The melting of the chunks ofiee let
loose the flood. Carbon creek is in
reality a river of no mean size.
FUNSTON'S BUS
NOT NEED OF
SALVATION
SAN ANTONIO. Sept. 22. — general
Funston told Baptist ministers that
they might preach to the soldiers, pro
vided they did not tell them they were
lost. Funston disavowed any desire
to dictate to the clergy, but objected
to revivals in the camps and any sup
position that army men needed special
evangelization was particularly ob
noxious.
HUGHES IKES
GOOD TOWNS
MU NCI E, Sept. 22. — Charles E.
Hughes whisked into Indiana towns
today and out again. The stations were
all crowded with people, while brass
bands furnished the music. Hughes
made brief addresses from the plat
form, as his voice is falling him, but
he indulged in a general handshake
with the throng.
STRIKERS WILL
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NEW YORK, Sept. 22. — Before en
j tering a conference with sixty-five na
tional and local leaders today, a com
mittee of five strike organizers an
nounced a plan of action for presen
tation to the conference. The union
heads are to notify shop foremen to
morrow that all union employees will
refuse to go to work on Monday morn
ing unless other means of transporta
tion are provided than by the roads
affected by the strike. The plan is
described as a combination of boycott
and strike.
NEW YORK. Sept. 21’. — The state
board of mediation plans to enforce
an arbitration of the street car strike.
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CHIHUAHUA, Sept. 22. — Trevina,
.1 Carranza commander, says that the]
report of the Villa raid furnished by
General Hell and published from
Washington, is a tissue of lies and
falsehoods.
t 1111UIA IIIT A, Sept. 22. — The Car- 1
ranza troops are pursuing the Villistas :
who attacked this city last Saturday, j
According to the latest reports the |
Villa bandits are moving along the
road to Jirninez, southwest of Chlhua I
hua Citv.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. — Tre- j
vina informed the Mexican embassy
that Villa himself was not a partici- j
punt in the Chihuahua raid, but that
the attacking force was composed of !
a combination under bandit juntas.
APACHE SCO UTS
El GHOST
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FIELD HEADQUARTERS, Ameri-j
can Punitive Expedition, Mexico, Sept.
22. -- The Apache scouts attached to
the American punitive expedition,
came all the way from El Valle to field
headquarters to give a ghost dance for ]
General J. J. Pershing, just before the
commander of the expedition left on t
his recent inspection trip to the bor
der, The dance, weird and picturesque, j
was witnessed by a thousand soldiers !
and was held only after painstaking '
preparations bv the Indians.
Prior to his first inspection trip j
(which took him to El Valle) the gen- ;
pent tiaaiU .., .t... '
ghost dances the scouts had been giv- !
ing at their camp, and before leaving
for I'l Valle had Informed Captain Jas.
A. Shannon, who has directed the des
tinies of the Apaches, that he would
be pleased to have them perform for
him. Communicated to the Indians,
the general's request caused great ex
citement, and they insisted on leaving
at once for field headquarters.
They passed the general en route
and it was only by the exercise of
great diplomacy that they were pre
vented from debouching from their
; motor trucks and giving their dance
on the trail. They were persuaded to
| continue tlielr trip, however, and
I busied themselves during their six day
i layover at headquarters by furnishing
f their costumes and securing a new
| and complete line of vivid paints.
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N !• Sian and wife have returned
from Valdez creek, where the former
is in charge of the extensive placer
property being operated by a com
pany of Boston capitalists.
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T. J. Tallent left last night for An
chorage, where he will accept a posi
tion with the Alaska Transfer Co.
BERLIN, Kept. 22.—Bulgarian and German forces, under I
lie command of General Mackensen, by an encircling attack,
I rove the Russians and Roumanians back from Dobrudja in
disorder.
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BERLIN, Sept. 22.—Desperate fighting between the Ten
ions and the Russian in the Carpathians still continues, and
after having changed hands three times has again been cap
lured bv the Russians.
PARIS, Kept. 22.^—The Serbian troops are continuing their
idvance along Brod'arvr and have reached the neighborhood of
I 'rhl. The allies have progressed on the heights dominating
lie road from Fiorina to Poplli.
LONDON, Kept. 22.—The British troops advanced last
night on a mile front of the enemy, between Flers and Martin 1
1 mic'li, capturing a line* of Gcnnnn trenches.
I lie British warships are actively engaged in bombarding
the Bulgarian positions in the vicinity of Neohori, on the east
bank of the Struma river, near its mouth.
I*ABIS, Sept. 22.—The German attack in France of the lat
ter’s position between Eapriez farm and Rancourt, the Germans
were mowed down by the French artillery.
LONDON, Sept. 22.—A German seaplane flew over Dover
md dropped three bombs, but no damage resulted.
BERLIN, Sept. 22.—The Germans in Volhynia, west of
laitskyta, repulsed the weak Russian attacks in the fighting
here Wednesday, and took 750 prisoners.
ROME, Sept. 22.—Italian troops made further progress on
the Trentino front, notwithstanding the extremely had weather.
of appeals. While the litigation was
One of the largest real estate trans
actions ever consummated in Cordova
has just been completed between lack
Dalton, of Cordova, and the Copper
River & Northwestern Railway Com
pany. Deeds have been filed for re
cord conveying to the railway com
pany all the properties and holdings
of Mr. Dalton at Cordova, consisting
of three mining claims at what is
called Three Tree Point, immediately
adjoining the present ocean dock. The
claims are known as the Bear. Comet
and Juneau Fraction lode claims, and
recently were patented to Mr. Dalton
by the United States.
In addition to the three minerals
claims, Mr. Dalton conveys to the rail
way company his mill, buildings, ma
chinery, water system, residence, fur
niture — in short, all property, both
real and personal, pass to company.
The property involved in this trans
action has been the source of litiga
tion in the past. When the railway
company began operations at Cordova
(he land embraced in the three min
ing claims was covered by non mineral
entries. Mr. Dalton also claimed the
ground under his three mineral lo
cations. A suit arose between the
adverse claimants, which was appeale 1
by both parties to the circuit court
i pending on appeal the ease was com
promised by the parties.
As a result of the present deal, the
railway company becomes the owner
of all the land near the dock, the three
claims extending from near the oil
I tank to a distance of about a thousand
feet along the shore north of the Car
t
lisle Packing Company's plant. It
also acquires the hotel recently built
by Mr. Dalton south of the dock, and
i all the shore lands adjacent to the
: lands conveyed.
| It is understood that the Canoe Pass
' Packing Company, which had begun
, the erection of a plant southwest of
(the present dock approach, will now
erect a cannery just beyond the Cor
dova Power Company's plant, a few
miles north of the town.
While the people of the town will
regret to lose in Mr Dalton one of its
old-time and popular residents, the
closing of the deal meets with general
approval among the citizens of Cor
dova, for in the acquisition of the
Dalton properties the railway com
pany w ill be in a position to encour
age industries desiring factory and
business sites adjacent to deep water,
tind the company itself is also in pos
' session of ample ground to enable it
to develop its own operations, and the
business of its allied companies.
HUNGER MEXICO’S
WORST DISEASE
JUAREZ, Sept. 22. — Throughout
August two hundred destitute men,
women ami children arrived In Jua
rez from the interior of Mexico each
week, according to an estimate an
nounced today by the Rev. Father
Jose Marquez, pastor of twelve Ro
man Catholic congregations, number
ing 22,000 members, along the Chi
huahua frontier.
Hunger is Mexico's worst disease
today, Father Marquez explained in
making the announcement, which was
in connection with the organization
of a "junta de caridad" (committee of
charity) among the women of the
city to distribute alms among the
poverty stricken.
Arrangements have been made
whereby cast-off clothing and food
stuffs will be distributed by mem
bers of the organization each Sat
urday afternoon to the army of des
titutes from the stepB of the Church
of Santa Maria de Guadaloupe. A lit
tie box also has been placed In the
church, which was erected by the
Franciscans in 154!», in which Ameri
can visitors may drop contributions
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YAKUTAT NATIVE WOMEN
ENGAGE IN FIST FIGHT,
Paul V. Woodhouse, deputy marshal
at Yakutat, reports that Dora Wil
Hams, a native woman, has been
bound over to the district court for
trial. Dora Williams on July 31 is
alleged to have committed assault and
battery on the person of Ester Peter
son, another native woman. She was
arrested, but on account of there not
being enough jurymen in Yakutat to
try her, was put under bail to appear
in the district court.
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BANKS FORM MERGER.
SEATTLE, Sept. 22. — The Nation
al Hank of Commerce has absorbed
the Metropolitan Bank.
YAKUTAT, Sept. 20. — A sad affair
occurred when a bill net boat with
two men in it, Major Martin and John
Marks, broke loose and went out over
the I.etuc.k bar and capsized.
Major Martin is presumed to have
been drowned, as he has not been
seen since the boat went over. Marks
managed to get hold of an oar and,
swimming to the overturned boat,
succeeded in righting it. He then
bailed the boat out with his gum boot
and started, using the boot as a pad
dle towards here.
The cannery tender Ahruklim was
sent out during the night to his aid
and he was picked up at 5 o'clock
this morning.
Major Martin leaves a wife and two
children. Parties are still searching
for the body.
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Our former Townsman, Captain Pea
body, was a passenger on the North
western for Valdez, where he is as
sociated with Henry Herr Reynolds
in a mining scheme. His cards now
bear the address of 10 Wall 8treet,
New York.
HUM GOATS
TO RECEIVE
PROTECTION
SEWAKl), Sept. Tl.—Alaskan white
goats on Kenui peninsula are to re
ceive protection from hunters until
1918, according to a rule issued by the
secretary of agriculture. For the last
few years the goats on the peninsula
have suffered severely because ex
eluded in the ruling which protected
white sheep on the eastern section
of the peninsula.
Hunters barred from killing sheep
In this district made it a point to bag
the goats, which had not been men
tioned in the game las There also
is a suspicion that some of the
"goats" brought to camps headless
were once adorned by a fine pair of
big horns.
For some reason naturalists have
paid little attention to the Alaskan
goats, althaugh they have devoted
much space to the sheep. The goat
has spike horns and sojourns most
of the time at higher altitudes than
those frequented by the sheep.
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N. 8. Smart arrived on today's train
from Valdez creek, where he has been
employed all summer.
MINING ENGINEERS
MEET IN ARIZONA
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! DOUGLAS, \riz , Sept 21. The
flrHt of the technical sessions of the
convention of the American Institute
of Mining Engineers, which is meet
ing in Arizona this week, were held
here today on the general subjects of
"Smelting and Leaching." Before the
j opening of these sessions the several
j hundred attending members, who are
j traveling through the state by special
1 train, visited the reduction works of
the t opper Queen Consolidated Min
ing Company and of the Calumet A
j Arizona Mining Company.
A. G. McGregor, of Warren, Arizona,
! ill an address of the "New Copper
Smelting Plants of Arizona told the
engineers that in Arizona during the
j past five years there has been more
J activity in copper smelting plant con
] struction than in the same length of
l time in the history of the world. Mr.
1 McGregor said that in this period live
new copper smelting plants had been
constructed and put into operation
The monthly output front these plants
he said averages from a.qoq.nnn to 18,
000,000 pounds. He then described
new problems which had been met
successfully and new features in plant
design and equipment which had been
developed. \
At the evening session, on "Leach
ing,” Frederick Laist and Harold M.
Aldrich described the 2,000 ton leach
ing plant at Anaconda, Montana. A
paper on Possibilities in the Wet
Treatment of Copper Concentrates"
was read by Lawrence Addieks, and
"Leaching Tests at New Cornelia
were discussed by II. W. Morse and
II. A. Tobelmann. In the course of
the day's proceedings John (’. Green
way welcomed the members to Ari
zona and L. It. Iticketts, president of
the institute, responded for the dele
gates.
The party left tonight for Kisbee,
where tomorrow's sessions will be
held. Mining and Geology will be the
subjects to be taken up in the tech
nical discussions.
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TOKIO, Sept 22. — Sharks are
raiding the coast of Japan os they
have been the eastern coast of the
United States. Bathers have been
warned to be on the lookout. A Jap
anese girl swimming off Hyogo was
, attacked by one of the monsters, who
caught her left leg in its jaws, and |
! alter tearing off the flesh disappeared,
i The girl was rescued and will prob
! ably recover.
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DANCE WELL ATTENDED
DESPITE THE WEATHER.
The dance given by the Bon Ton
| orchestra at Kagle Hall last night was |
: a most enjoyable affair. Notwith
| standiug the fact that the weather
j man did his worst, there was a good
! attendance, and all present spent a
most delightful evening, the music
being specially good.
Mrs. H. it. Kerwood and Mrs. J. M ’
Kmtl left on the Northwestern for!
\ aide*, where their husbands are em
ployed, and they will reside there In
the tfuture.
imoflisTS
MEET EL PASO
El, PASO. Sept. Ti.—The program
to l>e followed by the International
Irrigation Congress when it meets in
El Paso October 14 to 18 next, will
be one of the best ever presented for
the entertainment and instruction of
delegates to an irrigation congress
since the foundation of the institu
tion at Salt I,ake City in 1891.
From many points of view the for
tnal dedication of the Elephant Butte
dam by President Wilson will be the
leading feature of the program. The
dedicatory exercises will be held at
the dam at Elephant Butte. N. M.,
about 1115 miles up the Klo C.rande
from El Paso, and about 175 miles
below Albuquerque, from both of
which (mints excursions will be run.
At the conclusion of the dedicatory
ceremony the delegates to the lrri
gation congress will hold the first
session of the 1916 congress and for
mally organize, after which the presi
dential party and distinguished guests
will return to El Paso.
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John I-awrence, of Philadelphia, Is
registered at the Alaskan Hotel.
TWO STEAMERS
SEATTLE
The steamer Northwestern arrived
in port from Seattle about 5 o'clock
yesterday afternoon with the follow
ing passengers for Cordova: Mrs. II.
C. Wood, Mrs. T. M. West. Mrs. Bart
ley Howard, Jack Dalton, K. L. Swee
ney, Harvey M. Bloomenstetn and
wife, Victor Sicotte, and one steerage.
Passengers from here to the west
ward were Mr. and Mrs. W, C. Bdes,
B. II. Barndollar, Tom Tacv, for Sew
ard: Mrs J. M. Kind, Mrs. K. R. Ker
wood. colonel B. K. Midard. C. A. Sui
zer, wife and son, C Spiers, G. W.
Seay, S. T Bright well and J. Rooney
for Valdez.
The steamer Admiral Kvnns reached
here at an early hour this morning and
sailed for Valdez about noon. Her
Cordova passengers were Mrs J. How
ard, Hal Windner, A. K. Nelson, J. S.
Lawrence, Bob Lucia, M Catalfnich,
and two steerage.
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SUFFS OPPOSED
TO RECORD OF
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 22. — The
party in power is being held respon
sible for its sins of commission and
omission in not making law the na
tion wide suffrage amendment to the
federal constitution, in the opinion of
Mrs. Ida Finney Mackrille, of San
Francisco, who today addressed the
state conference of the National Wo
man's Party.
"The National Woman's Party," said
Mrs Mackrille, "recognizes the party
responsibility idea in government,’
and is holding the party in power re
sponsible for its sins of omission and
commission. The Woman's Party does
not pin its faith to individuals in
congress. It is not trying to elect men
who are ‘good suffragists to legisla
tive bodies. That was the old wav.
This is the new way We hold you,
leadership, organization, rank and file
| responsible. What is your record on
this question of political justice to
American womanhood?' "
The record of the Democratic party
and of President Wilson, she said.
was not satisfactory to the National
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Woman's party.
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MANILA, Sept. L’LV — A portion of
Manila, set aside as a model tow nship
for tuberculous persons and their fa
milies, is a plan which the Philippine
Islands Anti Tuberculosis Society has
Just submitted to the municipal board.
The society has already acquired a
large tract of land in the Balic Malic
district of Manila, and is to establish
i a big sanatorium there.
For years the society has main
tained a santorium at San Juan del
Monte, a suburb of Manila. This was
established through the efforts of Mrs
Eleanor Franklin Kgan. an American
writer, but the management of the
society has since passed into the hands
of Filipinos, who have kept the work
going.
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ANTIMONY IN ALASKA
IS OF A RECENT AGE.
Bold mining in the Willow creek dls
trlct of Alaska Is the subject of a
lengthy report by the geological sur
vey. Mention is also made as to the
production of antimony at Fairbanks
and Nome The opinion is expressed
in this report that the deposits of an
timony was formed during a recent
geological age.