The Cordova Daily Times
VQLUME ONE. Nl MBER 225. CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1915. PRICE TEN CENTS.
SCHOONER PARAISO SINKS HER AT SEATTLE PIER
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HINGHAM, Mass., Aug. 30—John
D. Long, a former Secretary of the
; Navy, and who acted in that capacity
% during the Spanish-American war died
here today at the age of 77. Born in
Maine, his reputation was made in
Massachusetts, serving four terms in
State Legislature, three of which were
as Speaker of the House. He was
elected Lieutenant Governor and in
1879 defeated General Ben Butler, the
democratic candidate for governor by
a plurality of 13,000. He was twice
re-elected governor of Massachusetts
and served three terms in Congress.
Mr. Long was called to the head of
the Navy Department when President
McKinley took office in 1897 and also
served a year in the cabinet of Presi
dent Roosevelt. He was under fire j
during the Sampson-Schley contro-J
versy and rumors of his resignation
were rife, he being accused of unduly j
favoring Schley. He refused to re
sign under fire and remained in office
until his daughter died in 1902.
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FORGING AHEAD
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 —The
American flag is now floating over
more ships in the foreign trade than
since 1863, and this country is now
pressing France and Germany as the
maritime nation. This year’s in
crease has been 3636 ships with a ton
nage of 1,814,000 tons.
SEATTLE, Aug. 30—Robert Turner,'
a United States Inspector of Boilers
was instantly killed yesterday while
automobiling in Snohomish County.
The accident occurred while taking a
sharp turn at high speed along a road
running into the town of Sultan. The
automobile capsized throwing out the
occupants, Captain Turner being im
prisoned beneath the overtuned car.
The other members of the party were
only slightly injured.
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Word was received from our former
townsman, A1 Lund, in yesterday’s
mail. He is at Nelson Lagoon, in
Bering Sea, engaged in building can
neries and will not get through with
his work this fall as he expected and
will not now return to Cordova until
next February or March.
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Rev. J. L. McBride left yesterday
for Anchorage.
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SEATTLE, Aug. 30—The steamer Admiral Watson of the
Pacific-Alaska Navigation line was sunk while tied up at her
pier through a collision with the steam schooner Paraiso, which
rammed into the Watson, apparently the cause of the accident
being a dense smoke which was prevaliant at the time. The
Paraiso pulled off undamaged, but the Watson was injured to
the extent of $50,000. A longshoreman, C. Millmoe, who was
working on the boat at the time of the accident, was killed, out
side of a few slight injuries, and a ducking no one else was in
jured. The accident created a great deal of excitement on the
waterfront, and attracted a large crowd of sightseers.
The officials of the company announced this morning that
work would be strted at once to raise the Watson and that as
soon as she was repaired she would be put back on the run to
Southwestern Alaska. In the meantime the Admiral Farragut
will be transferred by the company to the Alaskan run, and
every effort will be made according to President Alexander to
expedite the work of raising and repairing the Watson.
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The freighter Edith, owned by the Alaska Steamship Com
pany, left Ellamar yesterday with 2,800 tons of copper con
centrates, and when forty-seven miles east of Cape St. Elias, at
6 o’clock this morning, sent out a distress call by wireless, the
supposition being that her cargo shifted and the vessel was
badly listed.
The steamer Mariposa, due here at 8 o’clock this morning,
picked up the call while off Point Johnson and immediately
started back to where the Edith is. The flotilla of torpedo boat
destroyers were in Sitka waters this morning when the distress
signal was heard and are now on their way to the scene. A3
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these boats make more then thirty miles an hour they should
reach Cape St. Elias late this afternoon.
Several unsuccessful efforts have since been made to get in
communication with the Edith by wireless, and nothing definite
as to her position can be learned until the Mariposa reaches
her.
When the Mariposa reached the Edith at 2:30 o’clock this
afternoon the latter boat was in a precarious position, but still
afloat. She had a bad list to port and most of the crew had
taken to small boats and were picked up by the Mariposa,
which is standing by until other assistance arrives.
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L( )N l X )N, Aug. HO—A resume';of tlie military operations]
ol the past few days shows that nothing 11,1s been occurring of
exceptional interest. The Austro-Germans in Galicia have
shown some activity, apparently with the purpose of clearing
the last Russian soldier of their territory. The Russian lines
on the upper Bug river, on the Zlota and the Lija have been
pierced. It is expected by the military observers here that this
movement will conclude tin* active offensive operations of the
Teutons on the eastern front. Both Austria and Germany are
massing large bodies of troops near the border of Roumaina and
Bulgaria for the purpose of intimidating those countries and
to prevent them joining the allies.
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Americans to Receive Their Christmas Goods.
WASHINGTON, Aug. HO—The British have made con
cessions to the United States in the enforcement of its block
ade order, as Americans complained that their Christmas trade]
was threatened by failure to get goods made in Germany and
Austria. England has decided that the goods actually owned
by American importers will be allowed to pass. At the present
time there are goods, valued at millions of dollars, act emulated
at Rotterdam awaiting shipment.
Germany’s Course Re Sinking of Arabic.
BERLIN, Aug. 30—It is understood by those who are close
to the government officials that Germany’s course regarding
the sinking of the liner Arabic will be decided following along
the line of Chancellor Behmann’s conciliatory statement.
Germans Have Captured Lipsk.
BERLIN, Aug. HO—It is officially announced that the Ger
mans have captured Lipsk, in northern Russian-Poland, twenty
three miles west of Grodno, after a sharp encounter between the
opposing forces. This is the last of the Russian forts near the
German border.
Few Autos Now Cross in Switzerland.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Aug. HO—The completeness of the
decline in foreign traveling in Switzerland owing to the war is
indicated by tin1 figures for foreign automobiles crossing the
border. Last season the number was over 3500. This year it
was only 150.
Holland Objects to Floating Mines In Her Waters.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Aug. HO—The Secretary of the
Dutch Navy has issued a special proclamation expressing his
appreciation of the work done thus far by the Dutch naval mine
layers, whose duty since the European war began has largely
been the removal of the mines of other nations which are blown
into Dutch territorial waters. More than a dozen of the men
have been killed in performing the risky operation of blowing I
up these mines or taking them apart.
Altogether 234 mines of foreign origin have been washed
upon Dutch ground and put out of harm’s way.
Cuba Organizing a National Guard.
HAVANA, Cuba, Aug. 30—Tentative plane are in process
of formation by Colonel Jose Marti, chief of the General Staff
of the Cuban Army, for the creation of a National Militia as a
second line of defense in the event of war. All Cuban citizens
of military age, of good repute and capable of passing the regu
lar medical examination, are eligible for enlistment and the
organization equipment and arming of the force will be uniform
with the regular army.
Former Mayor of Rome Given Commission.
ROME, Aug. 30—Signor Ernest Nathan, former Mayor of
Rome, who recently applied for a cqmmission in the Army, has
been appointed to an infantry regiment at present quartered in
the capital. His position is that of Inspection-Lieutenant, and
he will look after the supply of food, bedding and' other daily
necessities.
Serbia Frontier Well Guarded by Allies.
BELGRADE, Aug. 30—The general frontier of Serbia is
now guarded by French aviators, the river boundary is protect
ed by an English naval contingent, and' are three are two Rus
sian batteries of artillery entrenched behind Belgrade.
Japan Refuses Handle Goods for Teutons.
TOKIl), Aug. 30—Japan has requested her various steam
ship companies to discontinue handling German and Austrian
goods for and from China or along the Chinese coast.
Great Britain has been anxious to have Japan’s support in
a move to cease all trading with the Germans and Austrians in
China. At first Japan decided against the project but now has
fallen in with the plan.
Nine Sons Are Victims of the War.
BERLIN, Aug. 30—The colonel of a regiment stationed in
the West issues an appeal for assistance to a mother who had
suffered terribly through the war. Her nine sons and a son-in-1
law went to the front. Five of the sons are dead, and three of
them and the son-in-law are severely wounded.
In a statement issued President H.
F. Alexander, of the Pacific Alaska
Navigation Company declared that the
Board of Directors had voted to ex
pend a half million dollars for the con
struction or purchase of two steam
ships for the Alaska service next year.
The company operates the steamships
Admiral Watson and Admiral Evans
on the Seattle-Southeastern Alaska
western Alaska route, including Cook
Inlet.
A few days ago the Alaska Steam
ship Company announced that it would
buy or build two new steamships for
Northern trade, owing to the heavy
tonnage of copper ore from Cordova
and Prince William Sound. This
company not long ago bought the
steamship City of Puebla from the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
It is announced that the liewly or
ganized Parr-McCormack Steamship
Company at an early date will establ
ish a steam-schooner service between
Seattle and Southwestern Alaska. R
is expected the company also will
serve Bering Sea ports, including
Nome, St. Michael and Kotzebue.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 30—Abnorm
ally low temperatures are prevailing
in the upper Mississippi and upper
Missouri valleys and the lake regions.
The temperature at Chicago today
dropped to 47 degrees and there was
frost in many places. There is a cold
wave in the Canadian northwest,
which is sweeping toward the Atlantic.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 30—The English
sterling pond has dropped to $4.62 on
the market, which establishes a new
low record despite the arrival of more
gold and securities from England.
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Prof. F. G. Davis, superintendent of
the Valdez public schools, accom
panied by his wife, greeted Cordova
friends yesterday, on their return
from a several month's trip to the
states.
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W. B. Sprague, purchasing agent
for the Alaska Steamship Company,
was a Northwestern passenger for
Latouche. He is accompanied by his
wife and will later return to Cordova
and make a trip over the railroad
line.