The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME III, NUMBER 143 CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DKCEMBER~27, 19177 ~ OTKTO. kTrjT _ ~
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GOVT. TAKES OVER RAILROADS
GERMANY ACCEPTS THE RUSSIAN PEACE TERMS
UNCLE Si TO
OPERATE TRE
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 37—The
United States government is to
take over and operate the rail
roads of the nation, beginning to
morrow at noon. Secretary of
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Treasury McAdoo has been nam
ed as director general of the rail
roads, but he will not resign as a
member of the cabinet. One of
his first acts will be to reduce the
large salaries paid executives and
increase the wages of the work
President Wilson is to ask con
gress to appropriate a large sum,
probably $200,000,000, for an im
mediate supply of rolling stock to
handle the flood of traffic which
now swamps the roads.
McAdoo is to decide whether
the government will operate the
express companies. The securities
issued while the government is in
control are to be not less than
four per cent, and all dividends
over that amount to be agreed
upon will go to the government
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NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Stocks
v on the market today soared, de
noting the financial communitv's
satisfaction with President Wil
son’s decision to commandeer the
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railroads.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27—Rail
road officials are pleased with the
government’s action and all have
promised to co-operate.
NEW YORK. Dec. 27.—The
commandeering of railroads, with
government guarantees of earn
ings. was reflected in Wall Street
by one of the most sensational ad
vances in stocks seen in years.
Many railway issues recently
reached the lowest levels in his
tory. Today’s news shot them
up from five to eighteen points
above yesterday’s closing price.
In order to ascertain what ef
fect, if any, the action of the gov
ernment would have on the Cop
per River and Northwestern rail
way the Daily Times called up
the superintendent’s office upon J
receipt of the above telegrams
and was informed that the com
pany had received no advices in
reference to the matter.
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(By Associated Press)
• LONDON, Dec. 27.—Over three
hundred members of the German min
ority Socialist party were arrested
on Christmas eve, according to Zurich
reports.
(By Associated Press)
HALIFAX, Dec. 27.—In addition to *
the large number of killed and wound
ed as the result of the explosion it is
also estimated that five hundred have
been blinded.
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' DEN VESSEL
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Rear Ad
miral Bowles, assistant general man
ager of the Emergency Fleet corpora
tion, told the senate ship building in
vestigation committee that the wood
en ship building program was almost
a complete failure.
Bowles said that three ships had
been launched since Saturday, one of
which was at Seattle. The committee
is inclined to think the profits are
too high. Bowles stated that the Am
erican International Corporation, of
Camdem, N. J.. will make a profit of
$6,000,000 on the construction of one
hundred and twenty steel ships.
The Christmas party given last
night at the Red Dragon Club house
by the Woman's Guild of the Epiaco
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pal church was one of the most suc
cessful entertainments yet given. The
program started with Santa Claus
greeting everyone and the distribu
tion of gifts to the children of the
Sunday school. Everyone else re
ceived candy and fruit. The Bon Ton
orchestra played during most of the
evening and dancing was enthusias
tically indulged in from the youngest
to the oldest.
The program was varied by the
crowd singing America, and the fol
lowing numbers were contributed by
the guests present: Mrs. T. N. Hub
bert. Miss Emma Shepard, Mrs. Chase,
•Miss Francis Fraisure and Miss Ellen
Fraisure.
Refreshments were served later in
the evening. A patriotic young lady
auctioned off a sandwich for the bene
fit of the Red Cross, for which Mr.
Dickinson outbid Mr. Summers by 7
cents. The sum of $1.50 was realized
by the sale.
The guild wishes to thank the or
chestra and all of those who contribut
ed to the success of the evening’s
entertainment.
Joseph Beach, proprietor of the D.
& D. Smoke Shop of Anchorage was
recently arrested and given six
months for bootlegging.
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The Daily Times today received the
following telegram from Fairbanks,
signed by Hiram V. Woodin: "A peti-:
tion signed by appriximately five uhn
dred in the past three days has been
wired to Governor Strong protesting
against the suspension of the eight
hour law. The interior is in favor of
said law. We have wired Nome, An-j
chorage, Valdez and Cordova for their;
assistance.”
Many of the Alaskan Councils of j
National Defense have taken up this1
at Washington and Governor Strong
and asked for the suspension of the
law during the period of the war. notj
because they are opposed to an eight.,
hour law hut on account of the drastic1
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act passed by the last local legisla
ture. The law,as it now stands would,
greatly retard the development of the,
resources of the territory at a time
when foodstuff and munitions of war
are needed by the government. An
other serious objection to the b»w on
the part of workingman, is the fact
that it forbids him from earning any
overtime, which is not the case with
the eight hour day in the States.
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GERMANY SHORT LEATHER;
CANNOT SUPPLY SHOES
ZURICH. Dec. 27.—Significant in
part because a German newspaper.
the Constance Gazette, publishes the
information, comes word that Ger
many today possesses less than one
seventh enough leather and completed
shoes to supply its population for the
winter.
The figures, says the newspaper,
arc the more alarming because fhey
are based on a population of fifty
million which averages but one pair
of shoes; and three sets of soles, per
year. Since certain classes of work
ers, adds the Gazette, must absolute
ly have more shoes than this, the grav.
itv of the situation is increased, and
is not apt to be allayed by the pro
duction, as planned at present, of
shoes of cloth with wooden soles
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LAKE NAMED IN HONOR OF
DAUGHTER SECRETARYJtAN E
One of the most picturesque of the
many unnamed lakes in the vicinity
of the right-of-way of the Alaska rail
road north of Anchorage has been
named “Lake Nancy” in honor of the
little daughter of the Secretary of the
Interior, Franklin K. Lane, and the
Alaskan engineering commission has
caused a sign bearing the new desig
nation to be placed on the shore at a
point near th0 railway track.
The lake abounds in several species
of trout and the surrounding country
is one of the best sections for the
hunter and trapper to be found in
Alaska. The sheet of water is about
2 1-2 miles in length, and about one
mile across at its maximum width. It
is located at Mile 180, about thirty
miles northwest of Matanuska.
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ELEVEN TEUTON
PLANES TAKEN
ONE BATTLE
ROM]-,, Dec. 27.-—The British and j
Italian aviators downed eleven of the'
Teuton s planes in a big aerial bat
tle, which developed when the Teu
tons attempted to bomb Treviso, six
teen miles north of Venice. j
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, Dec. 27.—The Germans at- (
tacked twice today and thrice last
night on the Verdun front, east of
Meuse. i! is officially announced.
Once thi \ reached the French lines
hot were driven out with heavy loss
es and lefcng many prisoners.
MANY wEMBERS ENROLLED.
The local managers of the Red
Cross drive will meet tonight at the
Northland club for a final accounting.
The hour has been set at 7:30 o'clock
so as not to interfere with the card
party given for the benefit of those
who suffered losses in the Halifax
explosion. It is estimated that over
1,200 names were enrolled in Cor
dova as members of the Red Cross
during the past week.
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HOW ALASKA CAME THRU
FOR THE RED CROSS
Every chapter in the territory of
Alaska is making good its promise to
respond liberally to our Red Cross
needs. From the busy community of
Ketchikan in the south to the ice
sealed port of N'ome, the chapters are
pouring in their responses to the call
for Christmas presents for our soldiers
and sailors.
Juneau, the capitol. and Douglas
Treadwell across the channel, the lit
tle town of Wrangell, the ports of Cor-1
dova. Valdez and Seward, have all ex
ceede their allotments, many of them
cabling their Christmas presents south
to the division office, where the pac
kets are being prepared for them.
Special credit is due to the chapter
at Anchorage, which was asked to
provide 200 packets and responded by
furnishing 576.
These responses show that Alaska
is keenly alive to our country’s need
and their generous response in helping
to meet them serves as an inspiration
to the Red Cross workers throughout
the northwest—Red Cross I^illetin.
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Three men from Metlakatla recent
ly set out to look for some of their
friends who were supposed to be lost
and were shipwrecked in a gale, los
ing their boat. Two of the men, Pe
ter Robinson and son Richard, were
washed away but the third member,
Stephen Ryan managed to sustain his
hold on life and existed on a cliff un
til wescued.
(By Associated Press)
GENEVA, Dec .27—The kaiser's
special train left Mannheim station
an hour before the British airmen
party wrecked the station on Christ-'
mas eve. The kaiser was returning
from a visit to the Verdun front.
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DUTCH SEAMAN CANNOT
AFFORD AMERICAN LUXURIES
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{Bv Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.—'Tim
reason why Dutch seamen stick close
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to their ships while in this port was
explained by the third officer of a
Dutch steamer which arrived here re
cently.
“I am paid 100 g lilders a month," (
he explained. “It is a big salary in
Holland and twice as big in the Dutch1
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East Indies. Recently I changed a
month's pay here and received $20 in
American money. One dinner and a
taxicab and it was all gone.”
The guilder is said to be worth $1
in Holland and much more in the
Dutch West Indies.
SIXTY DAYS IN JAIL
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W. Nelson, a sailor on the freighter
Ketchikan, was yesterday sentenced
by Commissioner Medley to serve six
ty days in the federal jail for assault
ing E. C. Tillman on the ocean dock.
Nelson gave Tillman what is known
as the “Swedish Kiss,” by butting
him in the face with his head and
knocking out several teeth.
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CARD PARTY TONIGHT.
There promises to be a large turn
out at the card party which will be
given by the Order of the Eastern
Star at Masonic hall tonight, for the
benefit of the Halifax sufferers. Every,
body is invited and as the cause is a
worthy one you should attend.
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ALAMEDA SAILED TODAY.
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(Bv Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Dec. 27.—The steamer
Alameda sailed at 9 o’clock this morn
ing for Southwestern Alaska, with
Mrs. J. Thirhill and Mrs. O. J. Hos
ford as passengers for Cordova.
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MORE “SUDS” FOR ENGLISH.
(Bv Associated Press)
LONDON. Dec. 27.—The food con
troller has issued an order permitting
the brewers »o increase their present
output twenty per cent.
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WHEN AUXILLARIES MEET. i
The Auxiliaries of the Cordova Red
Cross will meet at the hospital for
making of surgical dressings as fol
lows:
Presbyterian Auxiliary, Thursday
from 2 till 5 o’clock. Episcopal Aux
iliary from 2 till 5 o’clock. Eastern
Star Auxiliary, Wednesday from 2
till 5 o’clock.
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Advertise in the Daily Times.
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(By Associated Press)
DATELESS. — Austro-Hungar
ian foreign minister Czernin is
sued a statement to the Brest Lit
ovsk peace conference on Tues
day, virtually declaring the Teu
tons would accept Russia’s peace
terms provided Russia and its af
lies recognize them and carry
them out honestly toward the
Teutons; that peace without for
cible annexations and indemni
ties is agreeable to the Teutons
and they will conclude a general
peace immediately on conditions
equally just to all belligerents.
The return of Germany’s lost col
onies is made an essential part of
of the German conditions.
0.5. TROOPS ARE
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(By Associated Press)
MARFA, Texas, Dec. 27.—The Am
erican troops entered Mexico yester
day in pursuit of the bandits who
raided the Brite ranch on Christmas
and killed an American mail carrier
and two Mexicans. It is reported that
one American soldier and an unknown
number of Mexicans were killed in a
running fight.
MASONIC OFFICERS WERE
INSTALLED LAST NIGHT
The eighth annual installation of
officers of Mt. McKinley lodge No.
183, F. & A. M., took place at Masonic
hall last night and was largely at
tended by the members. After the
solemn and impressive ceremonies
light refreshments were served and
a social time was had. The officers
were installed, as follows, by Past
Worshipful Master Bartley Howard/
O. C. Meyer, worshipful master; E. F.
Medley, senior warden; J. H. Sellen,
junior warden; H. A. Slater, treasur
er; David Phillips, secretary; A. McN.
Field, chaplain; John Oillis, marshal;
Harold Chadwick, senior deacon; A.
Jeund, junior deacon; Peter Shearman,
senior stewart; \V. A. Hesse, junior
stewart; W. E. Brown, organist; Wm.
Hinds, Tyler.
FOREIGNERS ARE RAPIDLY
ADOPTING AMERICAN NAMES
SAX FRANCISCO. Dec. 27.—A lot
of name changing, for which cupid is
not responsible, is now going on in
this city. Various persons having cog.
nomens with an enemy alien sugges
tion. are asking the courts if they
might switch to “Lee,” “Smith” and
various other names having a dis
tinctly American flavor.
Before the war the courts here were
asked to change hut two or so names
a year. Now they are being asked
to change that many a day.
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