The Cordova Daily Times
\ nl.lME II. N1MBER 561. CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1916. DDT,P ,
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.« IIS HOLD ON
' HIE SERIES
BROOKLYN. Oct. 11. — With to
il.i\ s victory Boston has but one more
■ •mi to win to capture the world’s
series, having already taken three out
ol the four games played. The visit
or- outplayed the home team and won
by a core ot <5 to 2. Boston secured
ten hits and had one error, while
Brooklyn only connected with the ball I
sat el \ five times and four errors are
charged again: t the fielders.
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SI. \ I I’Ll . Oct. 11. — Through an
incendiary lire pier 1 if. owner by Gal
hraith A Bacon was totally destroyed.
A l.ii - * ipiaotity of freight stored on
th" dock \va also burned. The lass
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Jr
TOKfO. (lii II Premier Terau
chi tohl till Associated Press that .fa
pan would nut take any aggressive
step toward the United States or any
other foreign country while Japan's
vital interests and dignity is not in
fringed. lie said his earnest and con
stant endeavor would be to promote
friendly ties between the United
State- and Japan.
NICKEL LEDGE
CN SPIRIT
Chris Tjosevig, who recently came
to Cordova from the interior, brings
the report of the opening up of an en
ormous ledge in the Spirit mountain
district, which may mean the develop- j
ment of a new mining industry in
Alaska.
The property is owned by Andrew '
Halverson, Charles Young and IS. O. I
Peterson, and consists of a group of
claims covering a wide vein carrying
copper and nieket, the nickel predomi
nating. The ore is reported to carry
about to per cent of the latter metal
and the owners believe they have one
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territory. At the present time the me
♦ tal is in great demand in the manu
facture of war munitions and com
mands a % h price owing to the limi
ted output. The principal source of
the metal on the American continent
is the mines at Sudbury, Ontario, com
paratively little being produced in the
United States.
The owners of these claims have
_ corresponded with the International
Nickel Company regarding the prop
erty, and have received a request from
that concern for samples of the ore,
which it is hoped will lead to the com
pany interesting itself in the new dis
covery.
Messrs. Halvorson, Young and Pet
orson intend to carry on development
work on their claims during the win
ter and expect to make a showing that
will bring the property into promi
nence They have stripped the lead
for twelve claim lengths, and will now
commence driving a tunnel in on the
ore
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SHE’S ON HER WAY.
JUNEAU. Oct. 11. — Mrs. Kate Sad
ler. a Socialist speaker, leaves on the
Northwestern for Cordova, where sne
J M. Elmer, who is operating on a
large scale on Slate creek, expresses
himself as well pleased with his sea
son's work, and will return there
next season with a large quantity of
supplies, and also a complete sawmill
outfit, which he will use for cutting
about .100,000 feet of lumber necessary
to carry on his mining operations.
Charles Swanson, with a crew of fif
teen men. are now on the ground get
ting out the logs, and after snow falls
will freight them to the sawmill site.
During the past season Mr. Elmer
has done a large amount of work on
his property at considerable expense,
having built about ten thousand feet
of flume and pipe line for his hydrau
lic operations. The dead work occu
pied a large part of the season, so
that there remained but about thirty
days of actual piping in. It Is report
ed that out of a cut of about forty
feet square he took out about fifty
thousand dollars.
During the past season he has also
taken over several other properties,
and next season will take in a Key
stone drill to thoroughly prospect the
ground. On his return from the west
ward Mr. Elmer will go to his home
in California for the winter. Me has
practically completed arrangements
for the freighting in of his supplies
inn ing inn winter, ana wnen ne re-|
turns next spring will take a large
crew of men with him, anil will en
gage in mining on a large scale.
When the entire outfit is assembled
next spring Mr. Klmer will have one
of the largest and most complete hy
draulic outfits in the country, and an
ticipates making a big cleanup.
RAILROAD GRADE:
COMPLETION
fleorge W. Nelson, who is the con
tractor in charge of the construction
of the railroad from Controller Bay to
tho Bering river coal fields, left for
the states on the steamer Mariposa,
lie says that work on the road during
the past season was pushed as rapidly
as circumstances would permit. Lack
supplies, due to the longshoremen's
strike in Seattle, hampered the work
considerably, but Mr. Nelson, with his
usual energy, pushed the work with
every possible speed, with the result
that more than eighteen miles of grade
has been completed, two miles of steel
laid and the smaller bridges and cul
verts finished.
A crew of men will be kept at work
during the winter getting out ties for
the entire roan, a large numoer or
which are already out, timbers for the
large bridges and for two 5,000 ton
coal bunkers, one at the mine and the
other at Controller bay.
M r. Nelson states that he expects
to have the road completed early next
season, and expects to have the road
hauling ore to tidewater not later
than the first of September, 1917.
After a short stay in the states to
arrange for the shipment of the ne
cessary supplies, Mr. Nelson expects
to return to Katalla and rush the win
ter work so that everything will be
in readiness to commence actual con
struction work at the earliest possible
moment in the spring.
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The Douglas Island News Is to have
a new model 5 Mergenthaler compos
ing machine.
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Ward Ai Co. on Tamarack creek, In
the Poorman district, are reported to
have uncovered 3,000 feet of bed
rock, and expect to clean up before
the freeze-up. The estimate the dirt
at $1.75 a foot.
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At the dairy cl Adelman & Qullty
at Mile 3 on the government railroad,
outside of Seward, a big bull moose
was fuuuii with the cows o::e B9?9*
iiig recently.
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VIENNA, Oct. 11.— In an official statement issued the war
department says: “In a battle at Kronstadt we captured from
the Roumanians 1,200 prisoners, twenty-five guns and vast
quantities of war material.”
RERUN, Oct. 11.—The pursuit of the Roumani an army,
which was beaten at Kronstadt, continues. The Roumanians
were also defeated in the Alt valley. The Germans in salient
projected toward the town of Vermandovillcrs, but were cut
off bv the French.
LONDON, Oct. 11.—The sustained character of offensive
>y the British troops, which forced a passage across the Struma
river indicates that serious operations will be undertaken on
he Macedonian front in the territory south and southeast of
Monastir, where the Serbians have been making important pro
gross. Heavy fighting is proceeding, and the Roumanians in
Transylvania are hard pressed.
BERLIN, Oct. 11.—An examination of men between the
ages of 53 and OK has begun in the province of Brandenburg,
which includes Berlin. Those previously declared unfit for
military service will be re-examined.
DUBLIN, Oct. 11—Lord Lieutenant Wilborne savs Ihe
Irish division at the front needs 30,000 reinforcements before
Christmas.
Xl'iW 1 OKI, Oct. 11.—rI here is no news of the submarines
and their whereabouts remains a mystery. As nothing further
ol the Kingstonian s crew is heard, it is probably proceeding to
Europe on a ship which rescued the men.
I ,OXI )OX, Oct. 11.—Premier Asquith has introduced a new
credit bill in parliament for three hundred million pounds, mak
ing the total credits three hundred billion and a hundred and
Ihi11\ two million pounds since the war began. Parliament
will probably discuss and make a closer scrutiny of exempted
men.
BERLIN, Oct. 11.—A bill for a new war credit of twelve
billion marks will be submitted to the reichstag soon.
SALON IK I, Oct. 11.—The British troops have occupied
the towns of Papalova and Prosenik, east of the river Struma.
The British mounted troops have reached a point two miles
south of Seres.
PARIS, Oct. 11.—The French have captured the village
of Boveiit, the north and west outskirts of Albaincourt and the
greater part of Chaulnes wood. They also took 1,200 prisoners.
\\ ASl 11 X’( JT( )N, < let. 11.—An American memorandum on
the use of neutral waters by belligerent submarines declares
that the allies failed to show cause why such vessels should be
denied entrance to neutral ports, and accorded the usual privi
leges extended to belligerent warships.
COURT IS STILL
GRINDING OUT
The court ordered the case of the
United States vs. E. McLean con
Inued over the term. The accused Is
charged with the murder of his wife,
ind material witnesses In the case
were to be brought over on the reve
lue cutter McCulloch. Advices re
ceived today stated that the cutter
ciad attempted to enter the harbor at
V'ushagak, but had been unable to do
to, and would leave Unalaska today
tor Seattle. As a consequence the
witnesses cannot be brought to Valdez
until next spring and the case was
continued over.
The grand Jury returned a true bill
igainst F. Schmitze on the charge of
giving intoxicating sourdough to an
Indian. The crime is alleged to have
ueen committed at Kenai.
Adolph (Justuvson, convicted of ob
taining money under false pretenses,
was this morning sentenced by the
court to serve a term of Imprisonment
)f six months In the Valdez Jail.
Osgood, Fitzgerald and Hennessy,
ndicted on two counts, one charging
conspiracy to illegally transport In
toxicating liquors into the territory,
md the second of importing lntoxicat
,ng liquors illegally Into the territory,
were aggalgned and plead not guilty
to both counts.
The case of the United States vs.
Osgood, Fitzgerald and Hennessy, a
motion to quash was denied, and de
murrer to indictment overruled.
In the case of the United States vs.
ril.u 11 n 1 u t ritm « L m five a noil/
trial was denied.
Later Otis Osgood and Henry Fitz
gerald entered a plea of guilty to the
charge of conspiracy to Import li
quors into the territory, and the sec
onod charge was dismissed. James
HennettBy pleaded not guilty to the
same charge, but the second charge
stills holds over. He was discharged
from custody on his own recognizance.
Advices to the marshal’s office from
Deputy Cameron at Seldovla, state
that Tim Balashoff was arrested at
Sadie Cove on the charge of assault
upon M. J. Markle with a dangerous
weapon, and at a hearing before the
commissioner wsb bound over to the
grand Jury.
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FOR AMERICAN RIGHTS.
CLARKSBURG, W. Va , Oct. 11. —
Charles E. Hughes addressed a large
meeting here. And among other de
clarations said that he stood for Am
erican rights throughout the world.
WEDDING AT LATOUCHE.
Conrad Lorentzeti and Miss Caro
line Myher were married at 3:30
o'clock last Saturday morning at La
touche by Rev. J, J. Patton, who was
en route from Fairbanks to 8eward.
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Brown & Hawkins, the Seward and
Anchorage mercantile firm, have
chattered the sthoonel Carl Bleckham
and tha ,auel left Ban Francisco with
a capacity cargo for the two stores.
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HOW BOSTON PUT
IT OVER BROOKLLN
BROOKLYN'. <>ct. II.—Tim Huston Americans have the
championship almost within their grasp. “Dutch” Leonard’s
drop curve and speed hall was Brooklyn’s undoing after the
first inning, when Brooklyn nicked him for two runs. Boston’s
southpaw held the national champions helpless.
Mnrquard began pitching for Brooklyn, but a base on balls,
followed by Lewis’ double clout and Ciardner’s home run, set
tled him and he was taken from the box after the fourth in
ning. Leonard had one earned run and five hits recorded in
nine innings. Marqunrd was touched' up for five hits and four
runs in four innings; Cheney for four hit- and one run in three
innings; Rucker for one hit and no runs in two innings.
MANY SOLDIERS
MAUTHAUSEN. Austria, Got. 11
From a picturesque though little
known village on the upper Danube,
Mauthausen has become the "clearing
house" In Austria for Italian prison
ers of war.
Its peace time population of a few
hundred persons has grown to the
sine of a small city, and each month
there pass through it, with a three
weeks' stop for quarantine purposes,
several thousand Italian soldiers and
several hundred Italian officers.
The town consists of a group of pic
turesque houses, a church or two and
an ancient palace that clings to the
edge of the Danube. What may be
called the new city consists of acres
upon acres of whitewashed barracks,
holding in all when full 42,000 soldiers
There were only some eight or ten
thousand Italian soldiers interned in
the "city" when the Associated Press
correspondent arrived to pay the
camp a visit. Two days earlier there
had been 26.000, but the greater part
of them had been sent out along the
way — to permanent camps in eastern
Austria and Hungary.
Daily there arrive ut Mauthausen
some 8,000 bulky parcels or "love
gifts" from relatives and friends in
Italy. The banking and bookkeeping
deportment of the camp has to main
tain a ledger with something over 41,
000 running bank accounts, the total
of which far exceeds a million crowns
Each prisoner, wherever he may be.
is permitted to possess ten crowns
a week for canteen spending money
All that he receives from home over
that goes into his account. The ac
tual handling of cash devolves upon
Austrian officers; the bookkeeping is
done by Italian prisoners of war, who
are thus In a position to know that
the funds of their compatriots ure
honestly and accurately administered.
So long as he stays In Mauthausen,
which may be for a year if his con
duct is good, the Italian soldier is of
fered the privileges of a school in
which Illiterates are taught to read
and write, and In which the better
educated may take courses In tier
man, in English and in other useful
subjects. If so inclined he mav take
up painting and wood carving and
sculpture He will be furnished the
materials, his "product" will be sold
at a price not under a minimum set
by himself, and he will be given the
balance between sales price and cost
of materials Or he can enter either
the stringed orchestra, or the brass
band.
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LOYOLA CLUB TO GIVE
SMOKER THURSDAY NIGHT.
The Loyola Social Club is giving
a smoker to the men members and
their friends Thursday evening. The
committee, consisting of Jas. MacCor
mac, Dan Sexton, John O’Neill, Harry
O'Neill and Frank Jones, are energeti
cully working for the success of the
affair, and no doubt their desire will
be realized.
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MARIPOSA SAILS SOUTH.
The steamer Mariposa arrived from
the westward at 9:30 o’clock last
night, and sailed for Seattle at 7
o'clock this morning, with the follow
ing passengers from Cordova: W. H.
Seagraves and wife, N. A. McDonald,
('. O. Moore, Mrs. F. Evans, Miss Clara
Evans, F. Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Went
zel, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Carvey, Mr.
and Mrs. George Max Esterlv, Jack
Keagh, George W. Evans, Charles
Crary, Fred Hotchkiss, H. F. Andrus
and H. Veltch.
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HIGH WIND TONSINA.
A report from Tonslna states that
an extremely high wind prevailed
there recently, which uprooted a num
ber of trees along the military tele
i gruph line, badly tangling up the
wires.
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Residents of Juneau are much
j worked up over the disappearance of
i a number of pet piegons which make
their home along the wharves. It is
believed wharf rajs are the cause,
and steps will be inaugurated to ex
terminate them. v
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Ducks, geese and swans are report
ed very plentiful In the neighborhood
of Katalla.
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Arthur H. Miller has been appoint
ed by General Superintendent Lopp as
superintendent of the native schools
I for the southwestern division of
Alaska.
Stories of how vessels have been i
found at sea. with all sails set, sail
Ing aimlessly about with no one
aboard and nothing to tell the tale '
of why she was abandoned are often
heard, and frequently the mystery is
never cleared up. How such things
might occur, and yet having a happier
ending, is told In a story brought from
the westward.
About two years ago the schooner
Allan, belonging to the Alaska Cod- i
fishing Company, arrived off Unga,
bringing a cargo of supplies for the 1
company's stations. She came to an <
chor off the town, with two anchors I
out and also had a line out to a 3,000 '
pound mooring. Shortly after a heavy
southeast gale, which had been threat i
ening, broke, and the schooner was
severely buffeted by the wind and
waves. All night long she rode the
seas and held, but the next morning
she foulled her mooring line, and com
menced to drag anchor toward shore.
There was no chance to work her
off shore, and there was nothing to
do but wait and hope. Slowly but
surely the schooner drew nearer the
rocks which lined the shore, and when
she was so close that a man might
almost leap to land, the captain gave
the order to abandon the ship, A 1
large yawl was lowered, into which 1
the officers and crew lowered them- I
selves, and they put off, leaving the '
vessel to her fate. This was in the 1
early evening, just at the approach of
dusk. Owing to the force and direc- 1
tlon of the wind the men were unable !
to make Unga, and put out across the
strait 18 utiles to Nagai island, where 1
the) landed in safety and found ahel i
ter in a fishing station. 1
Shortly after the crew left the
schooner the wind veered off shore,
swinging her away from the beach. I
Here the situation was ripe for the I
making of another of those sea tales i
of mystery, but being slightly protect
ed from the force of the gale, the an 1
chore held her safely, and all day i
long she rode the Seas in safety. I
The people of Unga, unaware that I
the vessel had been abandoned, watch !
ed the schooned all day, wondering 1
why she did not put farther out, or I
someone come ashore, but no one
thought of venturing aboard. i
The following morning, the gale hav
ing abated, the crew made their way
from Nagai back to Unga in the hope
of saving something from the wreck, i
Imagine their surprise and delight
when they found the vessel swinging
safely but a short distance from where .
they expected to find a battered hulk, i
They made their way aboard, found
everything intact, and hauling up an
chors, made their way into a safer ,
spot in the harbor. Eventually they ,
delivered their cargo of supplies and (
sailed back to San Francisco, none
the worse for their experience.
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Miners at Unga a-e reported to have
DEMOCRATS LIKE
COBB
Fairbanks, Oct. 11. — At a meet
ing of the Democratic divisional com
mittee, held here, at which were a
number of the leading Democrats of
the Fourth division, the following re
solutions were adopted:
Whereas, John 11. Cobb, present
ittorney general of Alaska, holding of
ice under an appointment of Gover
nor Strong, whose name was placed
before the regular Democratic con
vention for nomination for attorney
;eneral, and who was defeated for
said nomination, is now running as an
ndependent candidate for the office
nf attorney general as against the
nominee of the regular Democratic
invention; and,
"Whereas, We deem it unfair and
tnjust to the local party men who
ire spending their time and money
n an effort to elect the party ticket
ind to build up a party organization
:o permit the said John H. Cobb to
lold the office of attorney general;
tnd,
"Whereas, The said John IT. Cobb
tas been absent from his offiae in Ju
leau and has been making a tour of
>art» of Alaska in an endeavor to in
luence the voters of Alaska to elect
Jim to the office of attorney general
is against the regular nominee of the
Iemocratic party; now, therefore.
“Be it Resolved, That the actions
>f the said John H Cobb are hereby
ondemned and we do hereby request
lovernor Strong immediately to re
juest the said John H. Cobb to hand
n his resignation as attorney general
»nd in the event of his declining to
•esign that he be peremptorily re
noved from said office; and be it fur
her
“Resolved, That a copy of this reso
ution be sent to Governor Strong and
me to T. J Donohoe, Democratic na
ional committeeman, and that the fact
hat this resolution has been passed
>e wired to the governor immedi
itely.”
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CAIRO, Egypt, Oct. 10. — Important
liscoverles which are said to have
applied much of the hitherto obscure
ilatory of ancient Ethiopia were made
ecently by the Egyptian Expedition
tent by Harvard university and the
loston Museum of Fine Arts under
he direction of Dr. George A. Reis
ter, well known as an Egyptologist.
In an interview with a represents
ive of the Associated Press. Dr. Reis
ler said that during excavations at
Jebel Barkal material bearing the
vhole period between lt>00 11 C. and
00 A. 1). had been found, and that
irospects were that further excava
ion would bring to light objects of
till greater Importance.
Among the more important finds
lave bee nten large statues of kings
>f Ethiopia Five of these were near
y complete and five were lacking ihe
leads, but tt is believed these will be
ound The expedition has also un
covered the foundations of temples
milt by Egyptian kinds of the Eigh
eenth Dynasty and shown that the
iphtnxes of Amenophis III and other
nonuments of that period found at
ctargal belong to these temples and
vere not brought here In later times
is soma historians have assumed.
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A new run of pay has been discov
ered on Wolf creek, which comes Into
'leary on the right limit at discovery.
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Secretary Koch, of the Anchorage
'hamber of t'omuierce. shipped out
our boxes of ore from the Willow
reek and Broad I’ass country to the
v'orthwest Land Exhibit at Seattle.
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All the canneries of southeastern
ilaaks have closed down for the sea