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VOLUME 111, NUMBER 155 CORDOVA, ALASKA. FB1D A JANUARY 11,1918. " PRICE TEN CENTS
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(By Associated Press)
ROME, Jan. 11—The Teutons have
forced the evacuation of French sec
tions near Cavaxucchurina on the
Italian mountain front. Italians were
(■aught in the fire of the enemy while
retreating and the Teutons inflicted
considerable losses.
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(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 11—Mayor Hiram
Oill charges that the State Board oi
Bar Examiners, which yesterday bar
red him from practicing law for a
year, made its decision long before the
evidence was submitted. He says it
was a frameup and the decision is a
political document as an appeal can
not be heard before the election in
March when he will probably run for
re-election.
A
FIX PRICE OF
COPPER IT
231-2 CERTS
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Jan. 11—The copper
producers have received word from
Washington that an agreement has
been reached for fixing the price ol
copper at 23 V2 cents a pound
for the next four months.
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(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan. 11.—President Wil
son is praised by the Economist as
“the man who can express clearly and
without bombast the fine ideals which
are the real war aims of the allies.’’ The
article says that, had such a spokes
man been found earlier, the sympathy
and support of Russia might perm
anently have been enlisted on -lie Ride
of the allies The paper asserts also
that President Wilson agrees with
Lord Lansdowne's much discussed
statement that the allies have no de
sire to deny to Germany her place
among the great commercial commun
ities of the world.
“We find.” said the Economist, "that
well informed opinion in the city is
very strong on this point—that it
would be very difficult if not imposs
ible, to impose an economic boycott
on Germany in time of peace. Such
threats have the unfortunate effect
of stimulating the war interest of the
commercial classes in Germany when
their instincts and interests impel
them so strongly toward the reason
able peace that President Wilson of
fers.”
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A Seward bootlegger was given one
year in jail and also fined $100.
EVER BEFORE
(By Associated Press)
AMSTERDAM, Jan. ll--The Tijd's
j German correspondent says Germany
i never was in such a dangerous col
j lapse as now. He says the public
action of the Socialist minority can
not be resisted longer even through
a militaryism gain and temporary
victory as a reaction will follow
quickly.
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ECGLES AS
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(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 11.—Stephen Birch,
president of the Kennecott Copper
corporation, has been elected presi
dent of the Alaska Steamship com
pany and Copper River & North west
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ern railway, succeeding S. \V. Ec
cles, deceased. Mr. Birch is a well
known mining engineer and former
I ly worked for Havemeyer, the sugar
magnate, when he owned property in
Alaska.
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About 2,500 gallons of intoxicating
liquor, seized at different times by the
authorities are held in the Anchorage
headquarters of the United States
marshal, awaiting instructions from
federal officials at Washington city.
I Of the 2,500 gallons, about 400 gal
| Ions are in barrels and kegs and the
remainder is in cases, which number
1 ed about 880.
None of the liquor will be destroyed
! or disposed of until final word is re
ceived from the Washington officials,
according to a letter received from
United States Marshal F. H. Brenne
man at Valdez by Deputy Marshal
Clarence H. Mossman.
The United States marshal’s office
at Valdez wrote to the w*r depart
ment asking for instruction/* regard
ing the disposal of the liquor.
It is expected that the war depart
ment will issue orddrs to ship the
liquor to the states where the alcohol
will be extracted from it for use in the
hospitals in the war zone.
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(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan. 11—A Petrogvad
coyrespodent erf the news says the
Bolsheviki government is attempting
to create a new and smaller army.
Foreign Minister Trotsky says the
»new army will not wage war but fa
vors a restoration of peace.
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Your eyes fitted. Compound and
astigmatic lenses replaced. See O*
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Major Frederick Mears and family
from Anchorage are aboard the steam
er Alaska bound for the states, and
they do not intend to return to the
territory. In discussing his future
plans Major Mears said:
“I have forwarded by resignation as
a member of the Alaskan engineering
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commission to Secretary of the In
terior Franklin K Kane, and upon my
arrival in Washington, D. 0., expect
to be relieved of my present duties
and rejoin the active military service |
of the United States. I do not care
to discuss about who my successor
will be, even if 1 knew. 1 will go
where I am assigned by the war de-^
partment but aside from these facts
do not care to discuss anything furth
er.”
Major Mears will be promoted in
the immediate future to a colonelcy in
the United States army and requested
to raise forthwith a regiment of rail
road engineers for service in France,
according to advices received by him
from Thomas Higgs. Jr., the member
of the Alaskan engineering commis
sion for the Fairbanks district, who
is now in Washington city.
Official announcement of the ma
jor’s promotion to a colonelcy and of
ficial orders directing him to organize
the regiment of railroad engineers are
expected within the next few days,
or a week at the latest.
Andrew Christensen, manager <>i
' the land and industrial department of
• the Alaskan Engineering commission,
since Major Mears departure, will
temporarily act as member of the en
gineering commission for the Anchor
age division.
Aerruitlne offices for (he reeimenf
will be established at Seattle almost
immediately and quite likely in Al
aska towns in the near future. Ap
plications for enlistment in the regi
ment may now he made with Mr.
Christensen.
It is expected that the organization
will attract former employes of the
engineering commission, who may he
living in Alaska or the states. Accord
ing to the advices received from Wash
ington. it is not the intention of the
government that recruits should be
enlist from present employes of the
commission, as it is the purpose to
keep intact the railroad construction
at Anchorage.
In all likelihood, when the drawing
of Alaska conscripts takes place,
which is expected about January 15.
provision will be made for the trans
portation at government expense of
drafted recruits from the places, of
their registration to a mobilization
camp in the states, and w’hen Major
Mears arrives in Washington he will
endeavor to arrange for the enlist
ment in Alaska of recruits for the
engineering regiment and for govern
ment transportation of them to the
states.
('. R. Breck, who was division en
gineer of the Matanuska division, and
H. P. Warren, who w'as engineer of
maintenance for the Anchorage divis
1 ion, will hold commissions in the new
regiment, which is already referred
to locally as the “Sourdough regi
ment,” and one of them will be in
charge of the regiment's recruiting
office in Seattle.
In explanation of the new military
organization. Major Mears has issued
the following statement:
“To all concerned: The following
information relative to organizing a
railroad engineer regiment for service
in Prance from Alaskan Engineering
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EFFECTIVE 11
OF CRUISER
(By Associated Press)
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4 LONDON, Jan. 11—The sub- 4
4 marine warfare has taken on a 4
4 new phase. Since the winter be- 4
4 gun cruiser type submarines, 4
4 which are wonderfully seaworthy 4
4 are doing most of the sinkings, 4
4 and the smaller submarines are 4
4 apparently laying mines. The 4
4 cruiser submarines are more 4
4 manageable than the torpedo 4
4 boat destroyers in heavy storms 4
4 The cruisers carry two guns and 4
4 sixteen todjt^io tubes and are 4
4 able to remain at sea six weeks. 4
4 Only six or seven cruisers are 4
4 working but they all seem to be 4
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AMSTERDAM, Jan 11 — Germat
Foreign Secretary Kuehleman 'oh
the Russian conferees at Brest L<t
ovsk that the Teutons had withdraw !
their peace terms
cnmmisslon^^pkiyes and otherfAla!
kan sources is given out for the ben
fit of those who may be interested:
“Immediately upon Mr. William C
Kdes' arrival at Anchorage fror
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Washington 'ast June, the naaer c
recruiting .inch a regiment was dit
cussed and formally presertcd \o th
secretary of the interior.
“No definite action having been tal
ei), the matter was again considere
when Mr. Meyer and his party wt.r
here in August. However, action »a
deferred by Secretary Lane until h
had an opportunity to confer with Mi
Kdes and Mr. Riggs upon their ai
rival In Washington.
'‘I am now authorized to state tha
Secretary Lane has advised that h
has no objection to an engineer reg
ment being recruited in Alaska, o
from employes of the Comnjissior
provided no one be recruited fror
present employes without Chairmai
Kdes' approval being invariably secui
ed before the matter is discussed wttl
the employe. He further directs tha
if any employe should endeavor t<
avoid this regulation by resignatior
from the commission, he must not b
recruited in said regiment.
“I am also in receipt of a cablegran
from Commissioner Riggs to the et
feet that the chief of engineers, U. S
A., is agreeable to authorizing the or
gnnization of an additional enginee:
regiment and that definite announce
ment will be made in the near future
“The war department has not ye
appointed a commanding officer foi
this regiment, but it is expected tha
such an appointment will shortly be
made.”
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ENGLAND TO FORBID
THE USE OF GAS
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan. 11.—Numbers of mo
tor cars in this city are being con
verted into gas-driven vehicles. Sc
many men are engaged on this work
that it is probable the governmenl
will take steps to forbid the use ol
gas as a propellant where petrol li
censes have been refused.
per corporation have declared a divi
dend of fifty cents per share and a
I ‘‘capital distribution of fifty cents per
| share on the 2,786,986 shares of stock
I outstanding, as compared with a quar
( terly dividend of $1.50 per share which
; has prevailed since March 1916. The
, distribution announced is for the quar
i ter ending December 31, 1917 and was
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! payable on that date to stockholders
I of record December 11. President
I Stephen Birch is quoted as saying:
I Notwithstanding the fact that the
I earnings of the corporation have been
| entirely satisfactory and its financial
! condition excellent, the directors be
I lieve that, on account of the uncer
tainty of the future, they should pur
| sue an especially conservative policy
| at this time, and to that end have
declared a distribution of $1 per
share for the quarter ending January
31. 1918”.
The production of copper ore in
pounds for 1917 was 12,898,000 as
! against 7,080,000 for 1916, an increase
' of 5,818,000 for last year.
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Advices from Washington state that
' Attorney Generay Thomas W. Gregory
has started an investigation ovei
i charges made by Nome citizens that
Judge Holzheimer is a pro-German
| a gambler and drings to excess. It
is known that there is much opposi
1 tion at Nome to Judge Holzheimer,
who was recently appointed district
judge of the Second division from
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Ketchikan, by rump element of the
democratic party in that place, who
are composed of Wickersham men
and quasi-republicans. That nothing
^ will come of the charges is believed
here, as Judge HoUeimer is a man
; whose character as a citizen is above
reproach.
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j AUTOS USED TO CARRY
,! BOOZE INTO SPOKANE
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in bringing liquor into the state are
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“implements” under the liquor law,
' and subpect to confiscation and sale
for the benefit of the school funds,
in the opinion of John B. White, coun
1 ty prosecutor.
He recently brought an action to
gain possession of a machine said to
I have been used by a man who is
i charged with bringing liquor into the
| state unlawfully. Superior Judge 1).
j W. Hum signed an order presented
by Mr. White directing the owner of
the automobile to appear in court and
( show why it should not be confiscat
: ed by the state.
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DESERVED PRAISE FOR *
CORDOVA RED CROSS
Josiah Collins, director of the bur
eau of development for the North
western division, with headquarters at
j Seattle, commends the works of the
local Red Cross organization of the
following excerpt from a letter he re
cently sent here:
“The spirit of co-operation evidenc
ed by your chapter is a source of much
J encouragement and inspiration to us."
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(By Associated Press)
AMSTERDAM Jan. 11.—Vienna
papers consider President Wilson’s
peace conditions only possible if ibe
Teutons are completely defeated. The
Brusseldorf Nachrichten says Wil
son's proposals are utterly unaccept
able and a further discussion of them
is useless.
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HANFORD, Jan. 11— Elizabeth
Guistorf, apparently a German, was
arrested as a suspicious spy. Two se
ditious letters, one referring to Fort
Grant, Oregon, and the other Presidio,
near San Francisco were found in her
possession. The letters referred to the
sending of mysterious maps.
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TO STATES
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11— Woman
suffrage is a step nearer realization
as a insult of the House of Represen
tatives passing, last night, a resolu
tion authorizing the submission of the
Susan B. Anthony suffrage amend
ment ^o the states by a vote of 274
to 136. It now goes to the Senate.
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8T SENATE
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Secre
tary of War Baker’s examination be
fore the military committee w'as
warmed up by the rapid cross fire of
questions put to him by the senators
of both parties who didn't agree with
a favorable view of the war prepara
tions Baker depicted yesterday.
Baker was handled without gloves.
The committee said his declaration
that war supplies were adequate
would mislead the country for weeks
and declared that the country should
not be lulled to sleep by a statement
of non-existing facts.
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(By Associated Press!
WASHINGTON. Jan 11.—Senator
J. Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, intro
duced a resolution having the senate
approve President Wilson's course in
presenting our peace conditions.