[ The quota of Cordova and the Copper jj
B River Valley for Armenian relief is three jj
thousand dollars. What are YOU going g
to do about it? The relief of these deserv- jj
ing people is a duty develving upon the jj
more fortunate nations. Cordova is asked jj
j to do her share.
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| Capital $170,000.00 p
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ALASKA TRANSFER COMPANY
TRANSFER AND STORAGE
GOAL AND WOOD -
AUTO SERVICE
DAY OR NIGHT
Office, Northern Hotel Bldg. Phone 85
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ARE YOU GOING OUT THIS FALL?
Visit San Francisco and Stop with
i Mark C. Thompson
at his new hotel in the heart of the city between
Powell and Mason Streets.
! The Dale- Tallac Hotel
140 ELLIS STREET
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. Special Rates and Headquarters for Alaskans.
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THE NORTHERN CLUB
FRED HAEF, PROP.
POOL, CARDS, TOBACCO
Soft Drinks of All Kinds
The Popular Corner
PHONE 47 CORDOVA, ALASKA
OSBORNE BROS.
JEWELERS AND
OPTICIANS
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JEWELRY TO ORDER
CORDOVA, ALASKA
Cordova
Adjustment
Company
K. G. ROBINSON, Mgr.
Collections, Reports,
Insurance
Ostrander Bldg., Cordova, Alaska
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The Time* Will Do that Job of Printing RIGHT
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BLIMP IS ADRIFT
FOR TWO DAYS
Story of Hardships, Daring and
Escape From Death Dur
ing War.
THREE IN WILD RIDE
Big United States Dirigible on U-Boat
Hunt Year Ago Runs Wild 300
Miles From Port—Loaded
With Bombs.
Washington.—An unusual story of
during and remarkable escape from
death during the \v*- was brought to
light when naval officers made public
an account of the adventures of the
crew, of the navy dirigible B-12, which
was given up for lost by the depart
ment In July, 1918, after it had drifted
I around at sea for more than two days,
during which the crew had practically
nothing to eat and ran short of drink
ing water. The dirigible finally was
forced to descend and the crew was
rescued by the Swedish ship Skagern.
The B-12, with Ensign W. B. Grif
fin as commanding officer, Ensign W.
C. Briscoe as assistant pilot and ma
chinist’s Mate E. A. Upton as me
chanic, was ordered to leave Chatham,
Mass., early July 19 on a patroling
expedition.
German submarines were then oper
ating off the Atlantic coast and the dir
igible was well loaded with bombs.
Scanty food supplies were carried, as
Ensign Griffin expected to return to
Chatham that night. The radio equip
ment had only been partly installed.
Rudder Brace Lest.
The B-12 patroled to the north and
sighted a transport about 3:30 p. m.
Ensign G rtf fin headed toward the ves
sel, intending to escort it toward port,
when the heel brace on the rudder was
carried away, making it impossible to
steer the craft.
A sea anchor was rigged up and an
effort made to retard the dirigible’s
progress. After a few moments, how
ever, the towing cable parted and the
northward progress was resumed at
an increased speed.
About 8:30 o’clock that night a ship
was sighted and nine rockets were fir
ed from a pistol. The vessel apparent
ly saw the signals and directed its
course toward the B-12 only to turn u
way in a few moments und leave the
helpless gas bag to the mercy of the
wind.
About that time the pipe line leading
to the emergency oil tank broke and
Rockets Were Fired.
before the leak was discovered all of
the oil was lost, causing a consider
able decrease of ballast. The B-12
began to rise and ascended steadily un
til an altitude of 3,000 feet was reach
ed.
Wild Dash Northward.
All night the dirigible continued its
wild dash northward, the crew mean
time consuming the small amount of
food aboard. Ensign Griffin had no
idea of his whereabouts.
On the morning of the third day of
the involuntary cruise the sun shtne
brightly and as the gas In the bag ex
panded rapidly the B-12 started to rise.
Ensign Griffin, after a conference
with the other members of the crew,
decided to bring the B-12 to the sur
face and take a chance of being pick
ed up.
Shortly after descending a ship was
sighted aDd it directed its course to
ward the dirigible, the crew of
which meanwhile w'ere having great
difficulty in keeping clear of the
water. The vessel proved to be the
Swedish steamer Skagern, bound for
Halifax. A small boat was put over
the side and the crew of the B-12 tak
en off. Then, as the increasing heat
from the sun caused the gas further
to expand, the dirigible rose a fewr feet
above the surface, was pulled over to
the Skagern, the rip cord pulled, and
the B-12 salvaged without much dam
age, more than 300 miles from its home
station.
Eviction Postponed.
New York.—Just as the city marshal
was engaged In evicting the Kant
rowitz family for nonpayment of rent,
the stork arrived. Eviction postponed.
OF DEEP HISTORIC INTERESI
Possibility of Recovery of King John’s
Lost Treasures Causes Some
Stir in England.
The Idea of making use of the elec
tric apparatus used in locating ores to
discover King John’s lost treasure has
been put forward by Capt. Hugh Pol
lard in an English paper. He recalls
the fact that, several years ago, Sir
William Hope informed the Society of
Antiquaries that the ford of the Wash
where the treasure was lost in the
thirteenth century was reclaimed in
the seventeenth, and that the land lies
between Walpole and Long Sutton in
Lincolnshire. Now this treasure of
King John’s is of extraordinary inter
est. Not only did it contain loot from
half the castles and churches of Eng
land and John’s own jewels, but the
crown of King Alfred as well. At the
close of the seventeenth century King
Alfred’s jewel, now in the Ashmolean
museum, was found some distance
north of the site of Athelney abbey in
Somersetshire. The gem is made of
pure gold and contains colored stones
covered by a thick crystal, through
which is seen the miniature of a man
clothed in a green Saxon tunic. It is
formed of enameled mosaic on a blue
ground. The man is seated on a throne
with a crown on his head and holds a
fleur-de-lis in each hand. Round the
edge are the words in Anglo-Saxon:
“Alfred had me worked.” Some say
the figure represents Alfred himself.
If so, perhaps the crown which the
gem depicts is the one which the ele
ments wrenched from the unworthy
hands of John all that long time ago,
and the one which, it is to be hoped,
the twentieth century will recover.
We have just received a line of
boys’ wearing apparel such as pants,
waists, shirts, jerseys, hose, union
suits, pajamas, shoes, etc., at the Cor
dova Dry Goods Company. 17-3
Best coffee in town at the City
Bakery. 2-6t
Fresh Ever-Ready Flashlight Bat
teries, all sizes. Blum-O’Neill Co. 3-tf
Your eyes fitted. Compound and
stigmatic lenses replaced. See Os
borne.
Electric irons, 3 pounds to 6V2 j
pounds. Prices $3.50 to $6.50 at the
Northwestern Hardware Company.
SHOE REPAIRING |
Shoes Dyed, $1.25
Ladies’ Shoes half-soled $1.50
At Hubbert’s Tailor Shop
STEVE OROS
Ph *nc 130
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IRON STAYS HOT
I YOU STAY COOL
I In the torrid summer
| days when the thermometer
stands at a hundred in the
! shade the
UNIVERSAL
Electric Iron
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comes to the relief of the
busy housewife with a com
forting sense of work more
easily done in the very cool-1
est way, Efficiency and .
economy account for the
j popularity of UNIVERSAL
Electric Irons.
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iaska
I ’ Steamship Company
Regular Sailings Between Seattle,
Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Valdez,
Eilamar, Liscum, Latouche, Seward
FROM SEATTLE— SAILS SOUTH—
Sept. 5.. ALAMEDA.Sept. I 5
Sept. 13.NORTHWESTERN..Sept. 22
Sept. >8. ALASKA.Sept. 28
Sept. 25.ALAMEDA.Oct. 5
Steamer Alameda will make trip to Anchorage.
Frequent sailings of freighters carrying explosives.
This schedule subject to change without notice.
F. B. TRACY, Agent
Alaska—Washington—California ALASKA ROUTE ’
Safety Courtesy Service Speed
OFFICE EMPRESS BUILDING " ' | >I? r
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WEST BOUND SOUTH BOUND
LEAVE CORDOVA LEAVE CORDOVA
About Oct 15..... WATSON.Sept 28
Three Sailings per Week from Seattle for San Francisco, Los An
geles and San Diego. For further information call
Office phone 223. L. A. COUNTS, AGENT Residence Windsor hotel
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Trains leave Cordova for Ciiitina Sunday and Thursday
Trains leave Chitina for Kenneeott Monday and Friday
j Trains leave Kenneeott for Chitina Monday and Friday
Trains leave Chitina for Cordova Tuesday and Saturdav.
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Dining Car in Connection with all Regular
Passenger Trains between Cordova and Chitina.
j Freight received and delivered at Cordova
\\ hart irom 9 a. m. to 5 p m., except Sundays.
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot office
one i;»»nr before departure of trains.
CALEB CORSER Superintendent
D. L. LEATON, Ticket Agent
'U IMPORTED
OOMETTIC FABMSt ij
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ON DISPLAY
> Our new fall line of Blue Serges,
Bankers’ Grays, Fancy Wor
steds and Imported Tweeds.
All suits will be made here
HUBBERT & STEEINE
PHONE 130
FRED M. SCHAUPP
SANITARY PLUMBING
Steam-Fitting, Marine Pipe and Tank Work
Sheet Metal Work
SECOND STREET, NEXT DOOR TO FEDERAL JAIL
PHONE 72
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Manhattan Hotel I *
R* W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
KENNY HOLDEN’S
Poo! and Billiard Parlors
CIGARS. SOFT DRINKS AND TOBACCO.
FIRST-CLASS BARBER SHOP
IN CONNECTION
MUSIC EVERY NIGHT PHONE 15
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