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V<)Ll ME <)NK- NUMBER FIFTY-FOUR. CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1915. “
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RUSSIANS CHECK AUSTRIANS IN SOUTH
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ELIZABETH, N. J„ Feb. 8—As an
indication of the revial in business and
the favorable outlook for a continua
tion of the movement, it was announc
ed today that the entire plant of the
Singer Sewing Machine Company, in
this city, will be in operation within
a month with a full force of employ
ees. The plant partially closed down
last fall, laying off 4,500 employees,
who will again be piB at work with
the opening of the plant.
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LONDON, Feb. 8—The indications
are more than favorable that the
American Belief Committee for the
Belgians wtill purchase the cargo of
food stuffs on the steamer Wilhel
mina, which is consigned to Hamburg
for American citizens in Germany. If
this Is done it will remove any compli
cations which miight arrive over the
seizure of the vessel by Great Britain
as carrying contraband of war, and
such a course will be welcomed by the
government. It is also likely that the
committee will also purchase the
vessel.
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STORMS AFFECT
: SERVICE
SEATTLE, Feb. 8—Telegraphic
conimunication with the oast anil with
California is greatly restricted as an
effect of the storms which are pre
vailing in these sections. The wires
are down in many directions, which
has resulted in the loading down of
those wires still in operation with a
tremendous volume of business great
ly delaying the service.
ULSTER LEADER
PUSSES MY
LONDON, Feb. 8—The Marquis of
Londonderry, leader of the Ulster
movement against home rule in Ire,
land, died today at the age of sixty
two years.
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VALDEZ CREEK PARTY
LEAVES FOR INTERIOR
The members of the Valdez Creek
party, which arrived here on the Ala
meda Saturday, left on the train this
morning for Chitina, from which point
they will move in a large quantity of
supplies for the season's work. The
party consisted of W. T. Soule, who
has charge of the transportation, N.
Sias, a brother of the president of the
company, and a number of others who
will assist in the transportation and
the working of the property.
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
DUNKIRK, Fob. 8~The British gunners here
did a pretty piece of shooting today, when they
brought down a German aeroplane with a shot from
a cannon. The aeroplane was passing over the city,
presumable spying out the position of the allies, when
a British battery turned their guns upon the aircraft.
One of the shoots took effect, winging the machine
and bringing it to earth, killing the aviator and his
companion.
LONDON,, Feb. 8—From advices received here'
today it is apparent that the Russians have cheeked
tin* onward rush of the Austro-German array in the
Carpathian mountain region, where the fighting for
the possession of the passes has been in progress for
several days past, with the Russians still maintaining
their important strategic positions.
Before Warsaw the Germans are still continuing
their battering tactics against the Russian center,
but without making any gains, and at a terrific sacri
fice of men.
Advices from Petrograd nre to the effect that
tin- Russian reserves will soon take the field and"
will reinforce the Russian army invading IIunary.
LONDON, Fob. K—The government today ask
ed a preliminary vote on the army supply bill, which
provides for the purchase of supplies for the army
without details as to quantities and amounts. The
hill, to all intents and purposes gives the govern
ment the authority to purchase supplies in any
amount and amounts in reality to a check signed iii
hlank on the treasury. An accounting of the exjien
dit tires is to he made after the war.
BIG LINER FLIES AMERICAN FLAG
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
LONDON, Feb. 8—The arrival of the Outlaid Lino steamer
Lusitania at Liverpool yesterday flying the American Hag, to
escape capture or destruction by the German submarines, is
considered of great importance, and is expected to bring about
diplomatic intercourse between the United States and Great
Britain that may have an important bearing on the attitude of
(lie United States toward England. The British government
will take no action in the matter unless the United States asks
for an explanation. The United States Ambassador Page has
sent a full report of the incident to Washington
GERMANS IN ALSAGE TIKE STEPS
TO SUPPRESS THE USE DF THE
FRENCH LANGUAGE
BERLIN, Feb. 8—The German military authorities in
Alsncc-Lorraine'tinve just decided to take steps for the further
suppression of the French language in business affairs in the
Reichland, and the substitution of German in its place. The
commanders of the four army corps stationed there have issued
a decree prohibiting the use of French on signs and placards
posted on the streets, on the inner or other walls of shops or
other places of business. Bills, receipts, letterheads, and other
business forms must be in the German language; books must
be kept exclusively in that language, and only in German mou
ey. Metz and several towns in upper Alsace are exempted
from the decree.
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SINCE OUTBREAK OF IB TO
REMARKABLE EXTENT
BERLIN, Feb. 8—Criminality has diminished in Saxony
during the war to a remarkable degree according to the police
commissioners reports. In Dresden the number of frauds has
been reduced by forty percent and burglaries by seventy per
cent. This ocurrence is not attributed to the calling up of the
members of the habitual criminal classes among the men drawn
to take their places in the ranks of the army, but is due to
psychological reasons, in the opinion of the noted criminologist,
Dr. Robert Heindl.
PREMIER flSOOITH TELLS
Of ENGLISH LOSSES SINCE TOE
BEGINNINGOFSTRUGGLE
LONDON, Feb. 8—Premier Asquith, in an address before
the House of Commons this morning, made the statement that
the total British casualties in all ranks in the western arena of
the war, since the beginning of hostilities until February 4, were
104,000 killed, wounded and missing.
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BOULOGNE, France, Feb. 8—Max Lud'o, the French
heavyweight boxer, known also .-is Ludovie Mercadier, who
brought out Carpenter, has been killed in action.
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ALAMEDA DUE HERE
AT 6 THIS EVENING
The steamer Alameda la due to ar
rive here at 6 o'clock this evening
and Will remain here for several hours
loading fish and ore. She la expech
ed to sail south about midnight.
SEATTLE, Feb. 8—The Russian
Consul Bogaiavlensky, In this city,
has been promoted to the position of
Consul General, With jurisdiction over
a wide area, including Alaska.
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MARIPOSA SAILING
DELAYED TILL TOMORROW
The sailing of the steamer Mariposa
from Seattle, which Is scheduled for
tonight, has been postponed for twenty
four hours, and she will not get away
until tomorrow evening.
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LOCAL JOTTINGS.
Attorney Henry Roden left on this
morning's (ran, enroute to Fairbanks
and Iditarod.
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A meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce will be held tonight. All mem
bers are requested to attend.
Rev. and Mrs. J. L. McBride left on
this morning's train for Chitina and
McCarthy.
Ben Simeon, of Fairbanks, was an
arrival in town Sunday, on his way to
the states.
B. Simpson, of Fairbanks, was an ar
rival on yesterday's train from the in
terior and will leave on the next boat
for the states.
H. R. Stevens, of Sushanna, was
among the arrivals on yesterday’s
train from Chitina.
W. Danielson, of Strelna, was an ar
rival yesterday afternoon from the in
terior.
Carl Carlson has returned from a
several day's hunting trip, out the
line, bringing In about eighty ptarmi
gan.
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Socialists will give a dance at Eagle
Hall Saturday night, Feb. 20th. Music
by the orchestra. Admission 50 cents
to all.
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Little Edna Shepard, aged 4 years,
was presented with a medal from the
Presbyterian missionary society, dur
ing yesterday's services, by Rev. Mc
Bride, because of a somewhat remark
able achlvement for a child of her age.
Accompanying the older children of
the Sunday school class in study of
the testament, Enda has learned the
names of all the books of that portion
of the Bible and is able to pronounce
the most difficult onii correctly.
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LONDON, Feb. H—The American ambassador here lias
not communicated with the foreign office regarding the living
of the American flag by the steamer Lusitania, of the Canard
line, when she entered Liverpool. No communication haft
passed lit tween the two governments over the incident, al
though it is expected that the l nitcd States will take some
action, as the matter has been covered in a report sent by Am
bassador I’age today- The British government officials state
that the flying of the American flag by the Lusitania was wholly
"itlim'! instructions so to do by that goveinment, and was done
wholly upon the intiative of the master of the vessel of her
owners.
I ANAMA, FVb. K-— Canal engineers now are optimistic re
garding the permanence of the channel throuh the Culebra sec
don, where the slides recently occurred. For the past month
derdging operations have been more than able to keep ahead of
the incoming soil and there is no longer any serious anxiety
about assuring a safe pasage to battleships during the formal
opening of the canal on March 5.
Col. (Joetlulls and the other canal engineers are of the opin
ion that at least a year’s hard and steady dredging will be nec.s'
sary before all movements of earth will have ceased.
Notwithstanding the handicap of the slides traffic through
the waterway is increasing as is shown by the tolls collected'.
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PARIS NEWSPAPERS AGAIN AGITATE
BUILDING OF TUNNEL BETWEEN
FRANCE AND ENGLAND
PARIS, Feb. 8—The Paris press has again taken up the
question of the projected tunnel under the English channel,
some writers pointing out that had the project been realized the
co-operation of British and' French troops would have been so
facilitated as to have had an appreciable effect on the military
operations.
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LONDON, Feb 8 Lionel Mackinder, a well-known English
comedian who was one of the first of a group of London actors
who volunteered for service at the beginning of the war, lias
been killed at the front.
Mackinder made his first London success iu 18i)f> in “The
Shop Girl.”
EMPEROR WILLIAM INSPECTING
BERLIN, Feb. 8 Emperor William has-arrived in the
eastern zone, and today inspected the troops in the Bzura
river district, to the west of Warsaw .
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PARIS, Feb. K- News received from Bussels indicates that
the Germans are coining five franc pieces of the effigy of Albert
I. with plates that the Belgian mint had failed to remove.
STRIKERS
ROOSEVELT. N. J„ Feb. g—A storm
of angry women stormed the gates of
the two fertilizer plants of the Ameri
can Agricultural Chemical Co. here
this morning, where the nineteen
strikers were shot by deputy sheriffs
last month. The women administered
a severe beating to Elmer Osborne, the
chief engineer of the plant, and to
Franck C. Davis, a clerk. The police
arrived at the scene Just in time to
save the women from probable seri
ous injury.
The trouble occurred when some
men attempted to go to work this
morning in the place of the strikers,
at a wage of $1.00 per day. This is
the wage that was offered the strikers,
and was the cause of the strike, as
I lie men refused to accept this cut
from $2 per day. and demanded $2.40.
The women jeered and hooted at the
men going to work. None of the
striking laborers went back at the re
duced wages.
IE PRESIDENT
HILL BREAK
TIE VOTE
WASINGTON, Feb. 8—The two ad
ministration senators. Newiands of
Nevada and Smith of South Carolina, (
arrived here today. Their votes in
favor of resubmitting the ship pur
chase bill to the commerce committee
with instructions to report the same
with amendments requested by the
Progressive members of the senate,
will make the vote a tie, which will be
decided by the vote of Vice-President
Marshall.
This morning the Republicans held
a caucus for the purpose of discus
sing the shipping bill. While the fili
bustering tactics indulged in by both
sides, on the shipping bill is in pro
gress, all the appropriation bills are
being held up. including the sundry
civil bill, which carries vital Alaska
appropriations.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 8—With a full
membership of ninety six present In
the Senate, Senator Ransdell, of
Louisana, this afternoon began a
speech in favor of the Ship Purchase
bill. The Republicans are ready to
resume their filibustering tactic*
Whenever necessary to prevent any
action on the bill.
GITV PRINTING 81
SAN FRANCISCO. Fob. g A decls
ion rendered in the state supreme
court today, is to the effect that the
City had no right to require that all
city printing be done by a Union
shop. The decision states that the
city had no right to require that all
shall bo done in union shops consti
tutes class legislation, and Is there
fore void.
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