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Otto and • William Spangler of
Strelna are Cordova visitors. *
Jake Hoover returned on a launch
last night from a trip to Katalla.
The steamship Alaska is due from
the westward on Monday morning.
The steamship Alameda should
reach here from Seattle on Tuesday
afternoon.
The launch Pioneer returned last
night from Katalla, bringing a cargo
of gasoline.
There will be an especially interest
ing bill on at the Empress tomorrow
night—tavo shows.
Mrs. Hardy, who has spent the past
couple of months at Katalla, returned
to Cordova last night.
Captain George A. Green and B. C.
Parker of Fairbanks are in town on
their way to the States.
Fred A. Nicholls of Paxsons, who
conducts a roadhouse and stage on
the government trail, is town for a few
days on business.
James F. Dennis, Jr., came down
from Kennecott yesterday and will re
main here, having accepted a position
in the railroad shops.
F. W. Williamson of the Juneau land
office is again in Cordova, having re
turned on yesterday’s train from a trip
to Copper River valley points.
The city water main has been ex
tended from A avenue on First street
to the Forestry building, and fire
plugs have been installed in that part
of town.
Fred Erickson came down from Ken
necott on yesterday’s train, and will
leave for the States on the Alaska on
a vacation. He expects to return
North in the spring.
John H. Sellen returned last night
from Katalla. He superintended the
making of two test cuts at Lake Char ’
lotte. which were opened up, inspected I
and estimated for the proposed branch ]
of the Copper River railway to the
Bering River coal and oil fields.
The Daily Times is desirous of thor
oughly covering the social and gen
eral news field of .the week in the
“Village Gossip" department, pub
lished in Saturday’s paper, and those
having news items of interest will
confer a favor by handing them to or
phoning same to Miss Hilda Johnson,
No. 175—3 .rings.
The St. George’s Episcopal church
school held a party last night at their
club house. So far as a good time
and noise were concerned, it was sec
ond to none. Eighteen youngsters and
a dozen or so grown-ups indulged in
the festivities. Boxing, games, etc.,
were ■ followed by sandwiches, ice
cream and cake.
C. G. Morrison, engineer for the
Alaska road commission, has returned
from an official trip to Chitina and j
will make a preliminary investigation
of a proposed roadway in the Chugach
forest reserve, for which purpose funds
are available. It is the intention to
build a road from Cordova as far as
the radio station, following the bank
of Eyak lake. The actual work of con
struction of this road is expected to
take place next spring.
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The following program on “Child
Welfare” was rendered by the W. C.
T. U. on Friday afternoon at the Pres
byterian church: Song, “Touch Not,
Taste Not”; reading, “The Child Phys
ical,” Miss Edna IVIorris; reading,
“Moral Protection for the Boys and
Girls,” Mrs. C. Mellison; poem, “His
Smile,” Mrs. Ed Walsh; solo, “I’m
Hiding, but Please, Sir, Don’t Tell,”
Mrs. Ted Matson; reading, “Hints to
Mothers of Young Children,” Mrs. W.
Downing; reading, “Teaching Children
the Wise Use of Money,” Mrs. A.
Cohrs; poem, “I Stepped in Your Steps
All the Way,” Miss Morris; reading,
‘/Recruiting for Membership,” Mrs.
R. Koch; song, “Blest Be the Tie that
Binds.”
The regular Saturday night dance
will be given at Hegg’s hall tonight.
A new violinist has been secured and
a three-piece orchestra W’ill furnish
the music.
Masquerade, Eagle hall, Halloween.
The Ideal Club, which has been
established by W. T. Saffer, will be
open for inspection on Sunday after
noon. This is a membership club,
and its privileges will be fully ex
plained to all who desire to call. 15-tf
EXPERIENCES OF
AN ALASKAN
IN EUROPE
Among the passengers on the North
western for Valdez was H. Rowbot
tom, who has for some tftne past been
connected with the signal corps. Mr.
Rowbottom has just returned from
duty overseas, and his descriptions of
present conditions in England are
more than interesting. While over
there he visited his home in the south
ern part of Wales; to reach home,
however, he had to trudge much of
the way with a pack on his back, as
the railroads were tied up by a strike.
In England, Mr. Rowbottom says, the
conditions are alarming indeed. There
are hundreds of thousands of men and
women out of work and on every hand
one may see the disastrous effects of
the war in men, crippled beyond re
pair, and in the high nervous tension
and craving for excitement that char
acterizes everyone there. One of the
most pathetic and dangerous phases
of the industrial condition is the clos
ing down of those factories brought
into operation by the war, and thus
throwing out of work thousands of
girls dependent on themselves and yet
without the means of earning a proper
livelihood. The recent closing of a
sinjpie munitions factory in London
turned about 30,000 of these girls out
of work, and the same thing is hap
pening all over the country. Coupled
with this deplorable labor condition
is a shortage of food. Many things
can not be gotten at all, and what
can be obtained is rationed out to the
people, and prices are correspondingly
high.
In London alone there are thirty
thousand blind men wandering around
the streets, often three walking
abreast as an added protection. In
the same city there are two hundred
and fifty thousand totally disabled
men, unable to work if they could get
it; besides hundreds of thousands of
girls out of employment. Because of
the scarcity of men and the necessity
of getting a living somehow, these |
girls have been forced to take the 1
reins in their own hands and make >
proposals of marriage to men.
Wages in England have gone
up 100 per cent, while food prices are
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200 per cent and 300 per cent higher
than formerly. And the most surpris
ing part of it all is the mental atti
tude of the people; a reaction from
the strain of the heavy war work has
set in and they asre restlessly seeking
excitement. They spend their money
recklessly and extravagantly—any
thing to have a good time and satisfy
shattered nerves. At a recent auc
tion in London a second-hand Ford
automobile was sold for $1,500, yet
the same city holds a multitude of peo
ple on the verge of starvation. During
the policemen's strike the people in
one part of the city broke into the
shops and ransacked everything.
Heads that never before knew any
other covering but a shawl came forth
in the latest millinery; feet were clad
in shoes that didn't fit and were not
mated. The fit of anything mattered
little, for they were dolled up and out j
on dress parade.
The saloons in London are open
from 12 till 2 in the afternoon and
again from 6 till 10 in the evening.
And while open they are absolutely
packed; men and women are arranged
around the bars in tiers. Cigarettes
are forbidden by law to sold after 8
o’clock at night. The women seem to
smoke even more than the men, and
this is not due to any moral deprav
ity, but to the cry for narcotics by
nerves shattered by the strain and
worry of war and the fear of constant
air raids over the city.
Mr. Rowbottom says that there are
no more big hotels in London; for they
have all been turned into hospitals and
stations to carry on government work.
Money has greatly depreciated; the
English pound is now worth about
$4.13 instead of the usual value of
$4.65. France does not seem to be
as badly off as England; food is more
plentiful and prices are not so ex
orbitant.
Mr. Rowbottom is well known to
Alaskans, but what is not so well
known is the fact that he has received
from the government a special badge
of distinction for bravery.
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