The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME IT. NUMBER 509. * CORDOVA, ALASKA, P'RIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1916. • PRICE TEN CENTS.
In Furious Counter Attack Germans Retake Part of Village
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PARIS, Aug. 4.—By attacking simultaneously from the
northwest and southeast the French troops yesterday stormed
the village of Fleury, three miles north of Verdun, capturing
several hundred Germans. The Germans launched a furious
counter attack and gained a footing in the south part of the
village, the French holding the northern section. The fighting
is progressing on a large scale and some decisive battles are ex
pected. The Germans are less capable of operating on an over
whelming scale, as they are unable to gather the masses of
troops necessary to reap the benefit of artillery preparation.
It has been twenty days since the Germans made the last big
attack on the bank of the Meuse river, obtaining small results
at a heavy cost in the loss of life. The French for the last three
days have been conducting an effective campaign, and regained
the ground whose capture cost the Germans several weeks’ of
effort. The French took 1,750 wounded Germans on the right
bank of the Meuse August 1.
LONDON, Aug. 4.—The British have gained some ground
west of Pozieres.
HAVRE, Aug. 4.—Important progress is being made by
the Belgians in German East Africa.
ROME, Aug. 4.—Two Italian submarines have not returned
and it is now believed that they have been lost.
PETROGRAD, Aug 4.—The Russians have captured the
village of Rudka Miryuskaia, nineteen miles east of Kovel.
HAGUE, Aug. 4.—The city of Brussels has refused to pay
the fine of five million marks, imposed by the Germans in con
sequence of their demonstration at the Belgian capital on July
21, National Fete day. Serious crises are expected from the
action taken by Brussels.
LONDON, Aug. 4.—Nearly 40,000 women in this country
have already been made widows by the war. When the con
flict. started and government officials were making estimates
of the number of widows that in all probability would be cre
ated by the struggle, one of the highest estimates was 30,000.
When Lord Kitchener heard of it he told those who were re
sponsible for making provision for the war widows that the
estimate was too low and said that they should make provision
for at least 50,000. As a result of the recent naval battle 1,550
widows were added to the list of women receiving pensions.
VIENNA, Aug. 4.—By raising the prices of cigars, cigaret
tes and tobacco by an average of 35 per cent, the Austrian state
monopoly hopes to raise an additional sum of nearly $16,000,000
a year.
BERNE, Switzerland, Aug. 4.—According to reports here,
the Bulgarians and Germans have about half a million men
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ready for an attack upon Saloniki. The greatest difficulty thi
Bulgarians have had to contend with is the lack of shoes. A
Swiss doctor just returned from Sofia says that fully half thi
Bulgarian forces are without shoes, which civilians also fine
with difficulty at prices running from eight dollars a pair up
ward.
Bulgaria, without shoe factories and tanneries, is also shor
of hides. The entire stock on hand has been distributed amonj
the troops. The soldiers are cutting them up themselves am
make a crude kind of sandal, such as served as footwear fo:
300,000 Bulgarian, Serbian and Turkish soldiers during thi
Balkan wars.
Tourist and military boots sell for $28 to $30 a pair whei
they are to be had. The government has advertised for leather
offering four dollars a pound, without avail.
PARIS, Aug. 4.—The series of international conference:
I etween the allies are to be continued according to the presen
program with a discussion at the next session of the following
subjects:
1. Prohibition of commerce with the enemy.
2. Execution of contracts.
3. Collection of debts in enemies’ territory.
4. Sequestration of enemies’ goods.
5. Patents and trade marks.
6. Prohibitions of importations and exportations.
7. Organization of the economic struggle after the war, in
volving customs agreements between allies, supervision of natu
ralization, and so forth.
This next conference is to be interparliamentary, the dele
gates being from the parliaments of the different countries.
In addition to this continuation of interparliamentary dis
cussion, a maritime conference with delegates from each of thi
entente powers will be held in Paris in December to discuss thi
basis of an understanding between the allies on questions con
cerning the merchant marine.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Aug. 4.—Private letters receivec
here from Jerusalem state that the number of Libanese and Syr
ians sentenced to death by the Turkish authorities is constant^
increasing.
In consequence of the rapid spread of spotted typhus
whooping cough and smallpox, the Turkish government ha
closed all the schools in Jerusalem. Newspapers are appear
ing with black bordered sheets and are filled with deatl
notices.
Despite the censorship the journals publish long article
sharply criticising the Turkish government for its neglect t<
enforce the most elementary sanitary measures. Wounded an<
plague stricken soldiers are brought from the battlefields o>
the canal and transported in the most primitive manner througl
inhabited districts.
VIENNA, Aug. 4.—Representing “the gratitude and ad
miration of all Mohammedans,’’ Medi Gassem of Naschhed
Pershia, a resident of Vienna, has presented Emperor Willian
of Germany with a huge talisman fashioned by himself out o
turquoises. In return the emperor has given him a stickpii
containing his monogram in diamonds.
For the talisman Gassem chose one of the three largest tur
quoises in existence, a stone the size of an ostrich egg. Thi:
is mounted in gold .surmounted by a crown and the letter “W’
ind flanged by the figures “1914“ and “1915.’’ Below thi
huge turquoise are four smaller stones, hte Persian sun and lion
and on the medallions on which the stones are mounted is a Per
sian poem to the kaiser, engraved in Arabic.
JERSEY CITY, Aug. 4. — Theodore
Johnson, president of the Johnson
Lighterage Company, who has been
arrested in connection with the ex
plosion of munitions, says he will pro
duce an employee who first saw the
fire in a box car on Block Tom island.
He declares the explosion, which
killed four men and caused $20,000,
00 damages, did not occur on his com
pany's barges.
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OVER THOUSAND DEATH8
FROM INFANTILE PARALY8I8.
NEW YORK, Aug. 4. — There were
175 new cases of paralysis and 48
deaths today. This makes a total of
4,700 cases and over a thousand
deaths.
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Spanish war veterans of Juneau,
Perseverance and Douglas met recent
ly in Juneau and steps were initiated
to start a camp of Spanish war vet
erans in that city.
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The Willow Creek Mining Company
is crushing forty tons of ore a day,
and the oompany has enough ore
blocked out to keep the m|U running
throughout the season.
SEATTLE, Aug. 4. — John W. Cor
ser, an attorney and mine operator
in the Nome district, who was the
candidate for delegate to congress
from Alaska in 1908, died here today
from an operation for cancer. Corser
was 55 years of age.
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GARMENT WORKERS WILL
RETURN TO WORK MONDAY.
NEW YORK, Aug. 4. — The gar
ment workers today called off their
strike and 50.000 employees will re
turn to work Monday.
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Helen, the nine year old daughter
of Captain Davis, of Fort Seward, died
recently on the steamer near Ketchi
kan while en route to the states with
her parents for medical treatment.
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John H. Patton and Fred Pauli re
cently took a lease on Cal Franklin’s
ground in the Tolovana district, and
have uncovered pay as rich as any
in the district.
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TREATY PURCHASE SIGNED.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. — The
treaty purchase for the Danish West
Indies has been signed.
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COMPANY MEETS1
EMPLOTEES
NE WYORK, Aug. 4. — The street
| car companies have answered the un
| ion's ultimatum, expiring at 3 o’clock
today, by offering to meet tomorrow
afternoon the company's employees
w ho presented the demand, in the hope
that some amicable agreement may
be reached.
JAPAN TO BUILD PALACE
AT SEOUL FOR EMPEROR.
SEOUL, Korea. Aug. 4. — Japan will
build an imperial palace at Seoul to 1
receive the emperor and empress in
case they visit the country, which 1b
now a part of the Japanese empire.
The construction of a detached palace
has been contemplated for some time
but was delayed by the coronation
of Emperor Yishohito.
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Philip Girard Funke, vice-president
of the Alaska Fish Salting and By
products Company of Kalisnoon, died
in the hospital at Juneau following
an operation for appendicitis.
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Robert Olson, of Petersburg, has
gone to Seattle to bring back a big
cruising boat for San Diego capital
ists who will tour southeastern Alas
i ka on a hunting and fishing trip.
n ARE KILLED IA
MIDDI.ESBOKO, Ky., Aug. 4 -
Vnother cloudburst occurred on Blair'
•reek and resulted in killing twenty
iight people. The property damage l
istimatetf at $150,000.
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-ORTY-THREE MORE DEATHS
FROM INFANTILE PARALYSIS
NEW YORK. Aug. 3. — There is n<
ibatement in the infantile parlysi
jpidemte. yesterday there were 4
leaths and 217 new cases.
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The launch Buffalo, Captain Hogg
las been chartered by the Alaska en
;ineering commission for use by >
surveying party which will be en
>ioyed in the vicinity of Kodiak.
The Worthen mill at Juneau recent
!y cut a timber 32 by 37 inches ani
28 feet long, containing 2,762 fee
board measureinnt. from an Alaski
ipruce tree.
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MEXICAN COMMISSION NAMED.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. — Ambai
*ador Arredondo has delivered a not
to the state department, announcin
the Mexican members of the Join
commission.
UNKNOWN BODY
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SHRSIIANNA, Aug. 3. — The body
of an unknown man was found near
G win's road house yesterday by C. R
M. Cole, the mail rarrier. Judging
from the decomposed condition of the
remains they had evidently been in
the water several months.
S 0 LO1ERS WIPE
001 LEPER
CANTON. China. Aug. 4. — Julius
A. Kempt', a member of the American
Reformed Presbyterian Church Mis
sion at Tak King, on the West river,
in Shantung province, has advised the
American consulate here of the com
plete extermination of a leper colony
near that mission by recent revolution
ary soldiers, and sought the assist
ance of the consul in preventing a re
currence of such barbarity.
The leper colony consisted of thir
teen unfortunates, who made their
home on a houseboat on the West
river near a temple in which the sol
diers were quartered. Without warn
ing the soldiers fired upon the house
boat. killing ten of the lepers. Two
members of the colony jumped Into the
river and started for the opposite
shore, hut it is not known whether
they escaped death. One leper escaped
into the hills. The soldiers then
burned the houseboat.
Mr. Kompf and bis associates had
born assisting the leper colony for
some time, supplying the sufferers
with food and endeavoring to better
their condition.
It is not uncommon for leper colo
nics to he exterminated in China
either by the military or civilians who
resent, having the unfortunates near
them. In many cases the lepers pro
voke the attacks by begging insistent
ly and threatening to touch persons
who refuse to give them.alms.
GERMS IN BELGIUM (IRE
PREVENTING EPIDEMICS
BRUSSELS, Aug. 4. — An “Exhibi
tion of Social Help” is in session here
to show what the Germans have ac
complished for the public welfare In |
various directions since they occupied
Belgium. The system of workingmen’s
insurance introduced by them will he
one of the chief subjects covered.
Other matters, like improvements in
caring for the public health, in pro
viding better dwelling accommodation
and in preventing epidemics and tu
burculosis, will also he illustrated.
Much of the exposition will be in the
shape of moving picture exhibits. The
Social Welfare branch of the Belgian
T Red Cross will have charge of the
exhibition, and Governor General von
Biasing has accepted the position of
honorary president.
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JAPS ARE INVESTIGATING
INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS.
TOKIO, Aug. 4. — The Japanese
government has inaugurated an ex
hastive investigation into the indus
trial and commercial conditions of the
empire. Including the change in popu
lation, the occupation of the people,
the classification of the number of
persons in the public, service and in
independent occupations and an in
quiry into the problem of the unem
ployed. The underlying idea is that
of devising means to develop Japan s
industrial and commercial forces.
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C. K. Arnndell, recently appointed
to succeed Andrew Christensen as
chief of the field division of the gen
eral land office at Juneau, has ar
rived there to take up his duties.
CLERKS AND
GET 135,000
DETROIT, Aug. 4. — Five automo
bile bandits, armed with rifles, held
up the pay clerks entering the plant
of the llurroughs Adding Machine Co.
After a battle with the clerks, during
which one of the latter was shot, the
bandits escaped with bags containing
$;i7,Oon. The employees of the plant
jumped into another machine and gave
chase to the robbers. In a running
fight which ensued one of the bandits
was wounded.
LONDON, Aug. 4. — To the many
architectural beauties of London will
be added after the war a grand mosque
in memory of the Moslems who have
fallen in the war on the side of the
allies.
The work of raising funds for its
erection is in the hands of Lord Head
ley, who embraced Mohammedanism
three years ago and is a devout mem
ber of the faith. He has raised even
now a large sum toward his object,
but perhaps will obtain twice the sum
now available before the building will
begin.
In the records of the Mohammedan
faith Lord Headley Is described as
“Saifurrahman Shaikh Rahmahillah
Karoog," it is a title of highly com
plimentary nature. Lord Headley has
ilwaya had a reputation as an enthu
siast, and this he is maintaining in
his new religion. In his younger days
he was the best boxer at Cambridge,
having won the middleweight and the
heavyweight honors. He is a civil
engineer, a former editor and a large
land owner in Ireland.
ANOTHER CLAM PLANT MAY
BE ESTABLISHED AT CORDOVA.
Elmer E. Heinrich, who operates a
clam plant at Aberdeen, Wash., has
returned to Cordova from a tour of
inspection of the clam beds in this
vicinity, and while he would give
out nothing for publication it is un
derstood Mr. Hamrick is favorably im
pressed with the clam outlook here,
and may add another plant to Cor
dova’s already growing industry, pro
viding he can secure a suitable site.
Mr. Hemriek is accompanied by Hans
Nyman, an experienced clam man, and
will leave on one of the next boats for
the states, when some decision will
be reached as to their future plans
here.
RAILROAD STRIKE
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. — Judge
Chambers, chief of the mediation
board, today conferred with President
Wilson in reference to the threatened
railroad strike. He told Wilson that
the bourd was unable to act until a
final disagreement was reached, but
he does not think the situation is hope
less.
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By an agreement reached last week
between T. H. Beaumont and W. B.
Phillips and wife, the legal actions
known here as the Fort Yukon cases,
instituted by Beaumont, have been
settled. It Is understood that Beau
mont has been given undisputed pos
session of the trading post at Fort
Yukon, of which his ownership was
formerly disputed. Mrs. Phillips was
formerly the wife of Beaumont
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PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 4. — Fol
' lowing today's sessions, at which much
business was transacted, the Supreme
J Ia>dge. Knights of Pythias, which Is
* meeting here in twenty-ninth biennial
i convention was to recess tomorrow
| while the members visited Astoria and
| Seaside. They will be accompanied
I ; by the delegates to the Supreme Tern
^ j pie, Pythian Sisters A special train
! will carry the visitors to Astoria,
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’ where a luncheon will be served on
the municipal dock. Later in the day
they will attend a clam bake at Sea
side.
iCHANT PRAYERS
FOR PRESIDENT
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! PEKING, Aug. 4. — According to
■ I Yuan Shi Kai's death bed request, his
! eldest son. Yuan Ko Ting, and his sec
j ond and third sons, together w ith all
! the daughters and concubines of the
lamented president, will return to his
native village of Changteh, in Honan
/province. The late president also re
quested that his fourth, fifth, sixth
, anil seventh sons shall be sent to Eng
i land to be educated under the direc
. j.tion of Yen llsiu, former minister of
j |/education. His next four sons will
i be entrusted to Hsu Shih Chang, for
j i mer secretary of state.
j According to old Chinese customs
j and practices, the family and the
i kinsman of the late president offered
* .sacrifices to the spirit of the de
l ceased. Among the things sacrificed
were paper launches, carriages, auto
mobiles and images of maid servants
* and man servants. And in order to
( quiet the departed soul of the late
[ chief executive in the shades large
t j numbers of Lamas and Taoists were
^ called to chant prayers in the pres
j ence of his remains. Telegrams from
J rulers of the various treaty powers.
I expressing their condolences to the
*: family of the late Chinese president,
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I were put in frames and hung up in
' j front of Huai Jen Tang, where the
, coffin is lying in state. From morn
- j ing to evening government officials in
i the metropolis offered their sacrifices
i and paid their respects by bowing
down three times to the deceased with
! out prostration.
RUSSIAN AGENT ON VISIT 10
JAPAN
TOKIO, Aug. 4. — Charles Miller,
a Russian financial agent, has arrived
in Japan to arrange for the payment
i of war munitions purchased here and
to investigate and study the commer
cial conditions with a view to pro
moting Russo-Japanese trade. Mr.
Miller predicts a steady increase in
commerce between the two countries
when the war is concluded. He said
(hat the abolishment of the sale of
' vodka, while sacrificing a revenue of
1 over 500 million rubles, has brought
about an important improvement in
the economic condition of the Rusaian
people and had greatly increased their
purchasing powers.
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CONTINUED RAINS CAUSE USE
PATENT LEATHER HATS.
VIENNA, Aug. 4. — Rainy weather
I that has prevailed for weeks without
t a letup has been responsible for the
i introduction of patent leather hats,
which are now in great vogue among
the women of Vienna. In addition to
the genuine there are numeroua imt
r tation patent leathers which are not
> affected by dampness. The patent lea
51 ther style has also extended to in
t i elude belts, cuffs, collars and other
i parts of the costume.
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