The Cordova Daily Times
** VOLUME II. NUMBER 539. CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1916. PRICE TEn"ofNTs
ALLIED TROOPS CROWDING BULGERS
LIBERALS WIN
VANCOUVER, i! (>., Sept. 15.
Uiitish Columbia has adopted woman
suffrage and prohibition by 6,000 ma
jority, effective July 1 next. The Con
servative government was defeated at
the polls after a reign of thirteen
years, and the Liberals will take office
when the new legislature assembles.
FAIRBANKS IS
COMPELLED 10
CHICAGO, Sept. 15. — Candidate j
Chas. \V. Fairbanks is suffering from
a slight attack of gastritis, after
speaking yesterday. Tonight he will |
cancel nil his engagements and return j
to Indianapolis to rest.
NEW YORK, Sept 15. - The union j
leaders who are directing the true j
tion strike, state that seventy perl
cent of the 25,non machinists mostI>
working in plants furnishing war mu
nitions for the allies, voted to go on
a sympathetic strike to embarrass the
Morgan interests.
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John Reynolds, an old-lime prosper j
tor, met his death on Kaneslitic c:oek.
aboue one and a half miles from its
mouth. The body was found under
a windfall, and was guard 'd by his
dog, who would not permit a close
examination of tin* body hut from the
superficial examination made there
was no indication of foul play, but the
cause of death could not be ascer
tained.
Marshal Itrenueman will take up
the matter with Governor Strong and
obtain authority to incur the necessary
expenses of burial.
Last spring Reynolds was reported
missing by Jcpson and Sitts, who in
stituted a search for him and found
him working on some mining claims
some miles from his cabin, tie was
an elderly man and had suffered much
front rheumati in. which at times crip
pled him badly. Me had several
quartz and placer claims in and about
*■ Fall creek, where he had a cabin. Me
had not been seen for some little time
and it was presumed he was on a pros
pecting trip or traveling between his
claims when death overtook him 11c
was rather an unsociable character,
preferring to live alone, so that little
Is known of his movements prior to his
death.
ILLNESS PRESIDENT'S SISTER
CAUSING HIM WORRY.
LONG lift Well Sept. 15. — Presi
dent Wilson is very much worried
over the condition of his sister. Mrs
Howe, and is holding himself ready
to leave for her bedside at any time.
IRELAND'S EGG INDUSTRY
HAS GREATLY INCREASED.
DUBLIN, Ireland, Sept. 15. — Offi
cial returns show that the Irish egg
trude Is now amounting to an export
of some 840,000,000 eggs a year, which
Is a large Increase over ante-bellum
years. Everything Is being done to
foster the industry.
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SYDNEY, Australia, Sept. 15. —
Walter It. Griffin, the Chicago archi
tect who is director of construction1
and design for the new Australian
capital at Canberra, is one of the
principal witnesses in the inquiry
which the government is making into
the charges that the department of
home affairs has boon guilty of waste
of public funds and ineptitude in the
building of the capital.
W. O. Archibald, the former minis
ter of home affairs, who instigated the
charges directed against King O'Mal
ley. the present minister, and Mr. Grif
fin. testified that when Mr. Griffin
ook charge at Canberra he had
-laimed sole control of the capital
public works, and that the American
threatened a lawsuit (in Util) if he
was interfered with in what he consid
ored his prerogatives under his con
tract with the Australian government.
Mr. Archibald testified that he gave
the American to understand that the
minister of home affairs was “boss,”
hut that the architect would have a
square deal." lie denied that he
had ever referred to Mr. Griffin as a
“Yankee bounder,” but declared he
had caused friction by “rubbing de
utmental officers the wrong wav."
\V. A. Havner has returned from a
fourteen months' trip in the Broad
Pass mining country and further sub
stantiates the many mmol's of the re
cent strikes in that district. Mr. Hav
ner is interested with John Cheek, of
Raymond, Washington, and in a gen
eral way told of the development of
the different claims and the more
recent strikes. Mr. ilavner said the
Wells brothers were still working on
their claims on the Shulitna river,
Costello and Bremer creeks, and have
made a wonderful showing on the Nor
thern Light claims this summer. Other
important work was done on the
‘■lainis o| Miller, l’risbee and Murray,
and MeCallie on Ohio creek, and the
inn loot tunnel shows good values.
There are several deals pending
on different properties in the Broad
1’ass country, said Mr. Havner, and
the question of transporation is the
only one that stands in the way of
wonderful activity and further (level
opmont on a large scale.
In speaking of his own claims Mr.
Havner said that he and his partner
had thirteen claims located between
Big Honolulu and East Fork with
headquarters about three miles from
the proposed railroad line. This pro
perty shows free milling gold ore,
sulphide and antimony and the results
of this summer's development justify
the installation of a stamp mill.
Mr Havner opened up thee ledges
ihis summer, being 50, 30 and 16 teet
in width, and the 50 foot tunnel driven
In the base of the sulphide ore devel
oped into a 34 foot ledge or unknown
depth.
The finding of antimony in this
country has caused great excitement,
and this find seems to he absolutely
bona fide. The antimony ledge is 16
feet wide and in driving in 17 feet Mr.
Havner took out ten tons or ore.
ROTTERDAM’S EMIGRATION
IS NOW AT LOW EBB.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 15. — Accord
ing to reports of the emigration com
mission, only 6,176 persons emigrated
from Rotterdam to North America
during the past year, as compared
with 82,470 in 1913.
ADMIRAL GOODRICH SOON DUE.
The steamer Admiral Goodrich is
due here tomorrow from Seattle, hav
ing left there last Sunday, and will
not stop at Juneau. This vessel was
formerly the Aroline.
PARIS, Sept. I.").—Tlu* French, British and Serbians are
operating at different points in Macedonia, and broke through
the Bulgarian defenses and gained considerable advantage.
The French captured positions half a mile deep over a mile
front. The Serbians took twenty-five cannon and a large mini
her of prisoners. This movement compelled the Bulgarians to
retreat for twelve miles. The Serbian victory was gained after
a battle lasting several days, west of lake Ostrovo. West of
Vardar river tlu* British scored a victory, and tlu* French were
equally as successful east of Vardar.
LONDON, Sept. lft.—Tlu* British troops have attacked
along tlu* whole of a six mile front, where the fighting is pro
grossing, where they recently advanced from 2,000 to .‘{,000
yard's. The British have also advanced on a line from Bouielax
wood, between Comities and Ouichv, to a point north of Albert
Bnpaunu* highway, and previously took a thousand yards of
Dorman trenches southeast of Thiepval.
PARIS, Sept, lb.—-North of Somme the French troop cap
tilled a series of Derma ntrenches and advanced to the village
of ('ancourt.
LONDON, Sept. 15.—Tlu* British took a great many pris
onouers in this morning’s baftle. A now type of heavy armored
car was used for the first time. The British broke lln* Dorman
third line defense and took tlu* village of Flers, two miles north
of Ouichv, and they also gained tlu* outskirts of Mart inpeaich,
a mile and a half east of Pozieres.
BF.RLIN. Sept. If). Prince Frederick William of Hesse
was killed at Cara Orman, in the Balkans.
LONDON, Sept. lb. Dispatches received from Switzer
land say llu* Austrians suffered another sanguinary defeat west
of Kapul mountain, in the Carpathians.
LONDON. Sept. If). Nothing lias been more wonderful
in tlu* whole history of this war than the spectacle of the ad
va iice of a new armored mol or car against t lie Herman 1 renches.
Tnssfjs the trenches and the shells clatter.
Tlu* British troops are close to tin* village of ( ourselette.
and tin* liatlli* is continuing with unabated fury.
\ IEXXA, Sept. 15. For the second time since the begin
ning of tin* war the government has found it necessary to step
n and confiscate the rubber supply. The second confiscation
■ s so drastic and far-reaching that it is going to put taxicabs,
many horse cabs, motor cycles and a host of other tilings out of
commission.
I’ETR( H1BA1), Sept. 15.—The recent resignation of S. I).
Sazonoff, for six years minister of foreign affairs in Russia, and
11 a* resignation of A. X. Naumoff as minister of agriculture, to
he succeeded by Count Bobrinsky, makes the nineteenth change
n the council of ministers since the beginning of the war, and
leaves IIBark, minister of finance*, and L. K. (leogorovitch,
minister of marine, the sole survivors of the original thirteen
u mbers of the cabinet who held office in August, 1!M4.
BERIdX, Sept. 15. In a small country newspaper in \\ urt
temburg appears an official notice ordering the peasants to re
move any old clothing from the scarecrows in the field. It has
been found that escaping prisoners of war have exchanged
clothes with the scarecrows.
l.OXDOX, Sept. 15.—Steps are now being taken by the re
i ailing authorities to examine the floating population of Eon
don in lodging houses and elsewhere tor the purpose o! finding
shirkers from army service, (’alls are being made at private
louses for the same purpose. The shirkers are said 1" torni a
,mall minority, but there are believed to be enough of them in
London alone to make up an army corps.
PARIS, Sept. 15.—Each soldier in the French army has
consumed a half ton of bread since the beginning of the war, ac
cording to the Army Bulletin.
It has required seventy five million yards of stall to clothe
tin* army.
The*cost of feeding the men has been figured at forty cent'
per day. It costs almost as much to clothe them when they at
Il,e front, while those at the rear are clad at an average cost of
iglit cents per day.
STEAMER CONGRESS ABLAZE
AT SEA WITH BIG LIST PEOPLE
MAIfSIlFIFI.I), <>ic.. Sept. In.—Tin* Pacific Coast Steam :
ship Company’s liner Congress, hound from San Francisco to j
Seattle with two hundred and fifty-three passengers and a crew
of one hundred and seventy !ive aboard, cnughi tiieoll Mai-'>>
field at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon.
The Congress raced for the entrance to Coos hay, in the
meantime calling for aid by wireless. She anchored three
miles off shore and was there met by relict steamers, which
the passengers and crew off. The Congress soon afterward
hla/.ed like a torch from stem to stern, hut she is still alloat
today.
As soon as it became known that the vessel was at ire the
ivatest excitement prevailed among the passengers, and it was
,„|v through the efforts of the officers that a panic was averted.
Some very dramatic scenes were enacted, as practically all re
lii/ed that their position was a perilous one, and they might
it her he burned'to death or drowned.
Then* is little or no hope of saving the Congress, which is
valued at $2,000,000. The large cargo she had aboard was also
destroyed.
\* \ P'S} | |'S i\i ,i), (he., Sept la. The passengers oil tin- ill
fated -tearner Congress were all lamled here safely and are
leavin- on a special train for Seattle. They give great praise
,,, the officer- of the liner for the cool manner m which they
handled the situation. As soon as it was practical to do so tic
women and children were loaded in the life boats first, there be
iu,, ai,-eiit the usual confusion under such trying circumstance-,
c fact-all of the crew and male passengers rendered then, every
assistance in making their escape from the burning slop, and
fortunately had time enough to get off themselves
'Hu. fire burned itself out on the Congress this u ternoon.
The hull seems intact and the cargo in the forward holds 1
partly nnlnirned. ______
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Probably'no man tn the north is
so well Informed on Alaska as Dr.
Alfred 11. Hrooks, of the geological sur
vey. and he has a fund of pleasant
stories about his wide experiences. A
late one he gathered up last fall while
outside. He had occasion to visit a
summer instruction camp of militia
and among other things learned how
to pitch a tent—found he had been
doing it wrong all these years he has
been cumping on the plains and gla
ciers of Alaska. On returning from
the ramp one of his friends, hearing
him exclaim his recently acquired
knowledge demanded to know whether
or not these young men had taught
him how to build a camp fire, to
which he replied, "No, they told me
1 hadn't advanced fur enough to take
up fire building."
Dr. Hrooks says there is an unusu
al demand for chrome, which is used
in the manufacture of hard steel,
which may result in the development
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of the chrome iron deposits near Sel
dovia. He has made some inquiry
about recent mineral finds in the Nuka
bay region, and was very much inter
ested to hear of the possibility of lo
cating high grade copper at Thumb
cove.
On hearing the story of the bears
on Kodiak having lost most of the
hair on their hacks as (he result of
irritation caused hy pumice ash, which
blows up In great clouds with every
wind since the Katina eruption, the
geologist expressed sorrow for bruin.
"It must be rough on a hear to have
a hairless buck In winter." Some one
suggested that he ought to take the
mntter up with Congressman Humph
rey of all brown hears, and have a hill
passed through congress providing a
supply of hair restorer for the bears,
one bottle to be given to each licensed
guide, with instructions how to apply
the same on unfortunate bears. Brooks
said the matter was more or less out
I of his line and suggested that J. L.
McPherson, of the Alaska bureau,
should co-operate with Humphrey.
NORTHERN DRUG CO. SELLS
ITS ANCHORAGE STORE.
The Northern Drug Company, of
w hich A. J. Adams, of Cordova, is pre
, sident, has disposed of its druge store
( at Anchorage to J. Z. Loussac, of the
| latter place.
missing scow located bv
STEAMER ALASKA.
Captain Fred Warner, of the flag
ship Alaska, has wired Agent Hedges
that he passed two scows with tanks
between Anchor Point and Bear Cape,
two miles off shore, drifting north by
south, which he would attempt to pick
up. These are likely the scows owned
by the Canoe Pass Packing Company,
which were lost off Cape St. Klias in
a storm while being tow ed from Wran
gell to Cordova.
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LIQUOR CONSIGNED CORDOVA
ISSEIZED IN SEATTLE.
A dispatch from Seattle says: Two
hundred and fifty gallons of whiskey
consigned by the Leavitt Company
of Sun Francisco, in care of the King
Transfer Company, Seattle, for C. H.
Boss. Cordova, were seized by the
police Tuesday morning and poured
Into the sewer.
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RETURNING TO GEORGIA,
BUT WILL COME BACK.
W. B. Bennett, of the district attor
ney’s office, was an outgoing passen
ger on the Alaska. He is going to
Macon, Georgia, where he will attend
law school this winter, returning to
Alaska next spring.
ON HIS WAY BACK EAST TO
DEMONSTRATE NEW SHELL
Our former townsman, Jeff Dowling,
who is also well known in the interior,
having worked at the Bonanza mine
was an outgoing passenger on the
steamer Alaska yesterday. He is on
his way east, where he will give a
demonstration of his newly invented
shrapnel shell before officials of the
war department.
TRAIN IS DELAYED IN
REACHING CHITINA
There was a slide in Abercrombie
canyon and also a washout at Mile 55
which delayed yesterday's train ir
reaching Chitina until 5 o'clock tbis
morning. The damage to the roadbed
was slight and has been repaired.
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CORDOVAN RINGS WEDDING
BELLS WHILE AT SEWARD
The first marriage performed b>
Kev. J. Karl Woolley. lT. S. commls
sioner, was that of last night, when
Mr. Willie Flynn of Cordova und Miss
Jeanne Anderson of Itosebank, Nanai
mo. British Columbia, were made man
and wife. The bride arrived last night
on the Alameda and the marriage
was performed immediately after
wards. Bernie Hettel and Kunis
I French were among the witnesses.—
Seward Gateway.
SEW AW), Sept. I t. \ government
railroad gang driving a line rn s a
wild bit of Alaska and breaking the
age-old silence ol the almost primeval
section with the prosaic locomotive
toots and crashes of falling timber, is
meeting unusual situations and mix
ups heretofore unknown to construc
tion workers. The road is the Ameri
can government's first venture in that
branch of the transportation business
and when completed, will connect
Fairbanks, the metropoli of the fer
tile Tanann valley, and the c >al fields
of Matanuska with the so (port of
Seward, which is never closed with
Ice.
Often gangs away out on the out
posts of the line are forgotten or
overlooked by the headquarters com
missary department, and have hard
times getting their supplies Rival
engineers compete for construction
material at the supply station in order
that they may go ahead.
Advance guards of the road have
already penetrated far into 'he Tal
keetna country, some Lid miles in
land from Seward. Lieutenant Fred
erick Mears of the MasVa Railroad
Commission, has (barge of tin- work
The railroad is already using coal
from the fields it is tapping The
Happy Valley" Coal Company is sell
ing the coal, and has disposed of sev
eral thousand tons in the construc
tion town.
When head quarters were built at
Anchorage, the gang faced the prob
i lent of unloading ships by barges In
jan eight knot tide. Kvery Alaskan
sourdough in the section had his own
: Ideas about the problem and none
! were backward in advising Lieutenant
j Mears. The question was solved by
j the erection of a "gridiron" at the
I mouth of a ( reek at \n( borage The
I barges are loaded from the shifts an
; chored off the town, nnd then are
hauled onto this gridiron at high tide
When the tide goes out thev are left
high and dr' and are unloaded at lei
sure into the ears or warehouses. _
When the longshoremen were strik
ing up and down the coast, there was
trouble in getting supplies to Anchor
age And after they did arrive there
was competition between representa
tives of the rooks .of the different
ratnps as to who was to get the most.
Sometimes it was a “survival of the
fittest,” and the camp with the strong
est representative often had more to
eat than their fellow workers who
sent a little man to town Often
those not represented got nothing
And even after the supplies were on
the trains en route to < amps far out
along the line they were not always
. safe, for intermediate camps would
stall the trains sometimes and help
themselves
Advance gangs change their posi
tions suddenly and carry hut few sup
plies, depending upon the commissary
department to keep them supplied
Sometimes they are forgotten or over
looked, and then send in hurry calls
In response to one hurrv call one
camp once received ten barrels of
sauer kraut On the next call it was
sent a whole beef, several cases ot
tomato catsup and nine her- of pick
les. For two days the men lived on
beef and pickles, and then moved,
depositing the remainder In the brush
along the track and sending one of
their number to Anchorage to hold
conference with the steward.
There is considerable rivalry to ob
1 tain construction material among the
division engineers AAith war orders
| on hand, the factories sometimes de
| lay their shipments. Each engineer
wants to make a good showing, ami
were It not for the hunting hand of
the Alaska Kailroad Commission,
which has charge of the work, the
j most aggressive division head would
j take hts choice and iho others would
i take what they could get. But tiio
J work is progressing regularly, as the
j commission is handling the supplies.
Thomas William O’Brien, known as
! the Klondike King, died recently at
Dawson, lie was one of the founders
of the Order of Yukon Pioneers, which
was orgaulred at Forty-mile lu 1894.