The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME TWO. NUMBER 328. CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1916. PRICE TEN CENTS.
ALASKA OUTPUT
IS 516,62J,OBI
TOR 1815
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. — The gov
ernment has compiled figures showing
the total gold production of the United
States for the year 1915. California
leads all the other states of the un- j
ion In this regard, retaining her hold |,
on first place which she has held for j ]
so many years, notwithstanding the;
fact that the bonanza days of '49 are j
long since past. Hast year California;
contributed twenty-three millions in '
gold to the wealth of the country. |
Colorado came second with a total of
twenty-two million, and Alaska w-on i
third place by producing $16,627,000. J
This is almost a million dollars more
gold than Alaska produced in 1914.
BRITISH VESSEL
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LONDON. Jan. 4. — Another British
steamship lias been sunk in the Medi
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terranean sea by an enemy submarine.
The latest victim is the Glengyle, a
vessel of 9,400 tons, which was at
tacked Sunday and sunk shortly after
being torpedoed. The ship had 120
persons on board, and the latest re
ports state that all but ten of these
have been saved. There were no Am
ericans on hoard the boat, which was
owned and operated by the Royal Mail
Packet Line.
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PARIS. Jan. 4. — The war office is- (
sued an official communique today,
stating that heavy fighting was still
on in the Vosges mountains, centering
in the region dominated by the emi
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nence known as Hartmanns Weller
kopf. The French positions were vio
lently bombarded by the Germans, be
ing subjected to a terrific hail of ar
tillery fire, which compelled the
French to retire along a front of two
hundred meters on the western side
of the ravine, south of Rehfelsen.
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ANOTHER BREAK IN CABLE.
The government cable is again
down. The break occurred some
where between Sitka and Seattlo, and
no information is obtainable as to how
long the wire will be out of commis
sion.
TRAIN LEAVES CHITINA AT NOON
Today’s train did not leave Chitina
until noon, and is not duo hero until
8 o’clock tonight. The next train for
the interior will leave on Thursday!
morning.
OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS.
The oil steamer Ascension arrived
in port this morning, and will dis
charge 23,000 barrels of crude oil
here.
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Jack Reed, who is running on the
Chitina branch, is spending a couple
of days in town.
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ALAMEDA HAS BIG CARGO1
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The steamer Alameda is due to
light at 7 o'clock. She has a large
1st of passengers and considerable a
reight for Cordova.
The Alameda has 600 tons of
relght and 23 head of horses for Cor- tTl
lova. and will likely be In port 24 r
d<
lours.
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5TRELNA MAN LOCATES:
COPPER PROPERTIES |?
J. G. Bellows, formerly of Strelna, L
vho is now located to the westward.' I
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ecently returned to Anchorage from^
mints on the upper Matanuska river, j
,Vhile in that section Mr. Bellows lo-j
iated for himself and associates thej
veil known Copper Lead on Sheep
nonntain, above Hicks creek.
These copper properties have now
become valuable, owing to the con
struction of the government railroad
nto that section. The ores consist of
glance, bornite and also the lower
srade sulphide ores known to miners jb'
is yellow copper. These properties j is
ire tributary to Anchorage. |ti
Mr. Bellows reports the Matanuska G
n fine condition for travel, and sev- oi
iral outfits were met en route to the m
Celchina .placer country.
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GENERAL PODGE
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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia„ Jan. 4. —
leneral Grenville Mellen Hodge died
lere today. General Hodge was born
n .Massachusetts, April 12, 1831. He
ierved in the federal army during the
ivil war. winning his title as general
n that conflict. After the war he
vas chief engineer of the Union Pa
■ific railroad, and superintended Its f:
construction. He was a member of tl
'ongress from Iowa from 1867-B9. He h
mcceeded General Sherman as presi b
lent of the Assoo'ation of the Army it
if the Tennessee in 1894, and was h
tlso president of the New York com- f<
nandery of the Loyal Legion. In ci
1898 he was made chairman of the tl
^resident's commission to inquire
nto management of the war depart- ti
nent. in the war with Spain. u
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SIO MORE DARK NIGHTS AT THE 11
EMPRESS THEATRE. ip
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. Oapt. Lathrop has installed his new
dectric lighting plant for the Em
iress Theatre, and a satisfactory test
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vas made bv George Mosser, who had
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diarge of putting the plant in oper
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WANT RACE DOGS FOR PURSE OF ()
$1,500. j „
The Anchorage Kennel and Sport- y
ing Club proposes a dog team race ^
from Anchorage to Seward for a v
mrse of fifteen hundred dollar^, first ft
tnd second prizes to be given. Each ^
[own would bo expected to contribute
in equal amount. Next year Anchor
ige will agree to start the race from a
leward. The race would be sometime s
n March of each yenr.
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Another snowstorm set in at noon tl
ind there is every indication of a
heavy fail of the “beautiful.”
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The Copper River & Northwestern
ilway has decided to practically re
did the ice-breaker at pier No. 2, in
ont of the Miles Glacier bridge, and
e work will be in charge of Kngi
■er A. C. O'Neill, whose reputation
: a steel structural contractor is
icond to none in the United fltates.
Mr. O'Neill will leave on the Ala
eda for the States to assemble the
aterial and equipment necessary to
i the work, which he expects to be
n early in February. He estimates
at It will require three months In
del: to rebuild the ice-breaker,
hieh is 26 feet wide, 62 feet long and
feet deep, and it will be necessary
have the work finished before th»
breakup In the C'hltlna river occurs, [
which is usually about the latter part
of May.
The minimum number of men em
ployed will be 100, and it may be ne
cessary to use a force of 150. Mr.
O'Neill says that preference will be
given to local people, but as there is
very little, if any, idle skilled laborers
here, it will be necessary to bring a
number of men from the States to do
this work.
After an examination of the present
ice-breaker, which was turned by the
high water last August, Mr. O’Neill
has been able to locate its wean
points, and in the new one to be built
it will be reinforced and more sub
stantial in every way.
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LONDON. Jan. 4. — Heavy fighting
'tween the Hajssinns and Austrians
reported e’ong the southern ex
emity of the eastern battle front,
pneral Ivan- ff is leading the armies
the Czar :n a big offensive move
ent along the Strips Hver. The Sus
ans have taken the enemy by sur
■ise, the Austrians retiring before
e impetuosity of the Russian at
ck. and the Slavs have made a great
lvance. extending a considerable dis
nce beyond the river. Ivanoff is
•essing bis advantage, and the battle
still on.
Seward’s new $12,000 hospital Is
,st nearing completion and it is
iought by the managers that it will
> open for patients next week. Six
?ds and all material except the heat
g plant are on the ground. The
aspital will be able to accommodate
mrteen beds comfortably, while 20
mid be used without any eonges
on.
The hospital was awarded a con
act by the Alaskan engineering com
lission for the caring of all bed
ises it may have, thus practically
isuring constant work for the hos
ital. Drs. Roming and Sloan some
me ago were given the medical and
trgical work of the commission.
The operating room will be fur
ished by the local physicians and
trgeons with the necessary tables
ad instruments, who will thereby ob
lin free the use of same. The oper
ting room will furnish facilities that
sretofore have not been able to be
btained at Seward in the way of room,
ght and other conveniences.
Ii is thought that as in Nome, the
arlous fraternities, as the Masons,
Iks, Pioneers. A. B.’s and others,
111 each furnish rooms of their own
ir any of tliefr brotherhood who may
“come ill.
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O. E. Lambert has been appointed
dmlnisf rator of the estate of John R.
[ogan, deceased.
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One-fourth off on fancy china at
ir Rlum. O'Neil! Co.
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N'fty Job printing at the Time*.
ORDER RELEASE
OF CAPTURED
GERMANS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. — The state
department has officially announced
that the French government has or
dered the immediate release of the|
Germans removed from American
ships in the West Indies by a French
cruiser. The United States demanded
the release of the men as soon as the
facts of the seizure were known, and
the French foreign office considered
the matter without delay, and will
probably reprimand the commander
of the cruiser for his actions.
WOMEN'S SOCIETY WILL
ELECT OFFICERS
The Woman's Society of Church j
Workers will meet at the home of Mrs.
Vance, at th Northern Hotel. Wednes
day afternoon at 2:0 o’clock. This
is the first business meeting of the
new year. Election of officers will
t ike place at this time. The finishing!
up of organizing a hible class, ladies’
sewing and literary club, also other
business of importance will be dis
cussed. All members are urgently
requested to be present. By order of '
president.
MRS. I,. WALN, Secretary.
GAME PLENTIFUL IN INTERIOR. ,
Miners coining over the winter trail!
from Iditarod to ttie coast report thatj
game is unusually plentiful in the in
terior this winter. Moose, mountain
sheep and caribou are plentiful, and
all roadhouses on the trail are well
stocked with wild game.
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COAL LOST AT SELDOVIA.
One hundred tons of coal intended
for Seward were lost at Seldovia dock
, one night last week, when the barge
from which the Bluff mine was snub
bed so tight at hikh tide that it tipped
far enough for the coal to slide off
I in the bay at low tide.
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I SAM WALL EDITS "WHAT’S
DOING.”
Sam’ W. Wall, one of the ablest
writers ever in the north, is now edi
tor of a bright little paper called
“What’s Doing,” in Tacoma. The ob
ject of the paper is apparently to 1
change the name of Mt. Rainier to
Mt. Tacoma, and it seems to have
plenty of backing, not only in Taco
ma, but some also from the residents
of Seattle.
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[ENERHL VILLA DESERTED
B! HIS FOLLOWERS j
EL PASO, Jan. 4. — General Villa
s reported to be approaching the
American border In the direction of
Iplumbua, New Mexico. The rumor
las it that Villa’s bodyguard has been
iteadily deserting him until now he
ias no more than a dozen followers
vlth him.
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CHPT. PEHBODY TO OPEN UP
COPPER CLAIMS
Our former townsman. Capt. Pea
tody, is hack east, and according to
•eports has completed financial ar
rangements for the machinery and
>tber equipment with which to open
jp and develop the Peabodv-AlaRka
•opper properties, consisting of a
;roup of thirty-three claims and lo
afed about four miles from the gov
ernment wagon road at Camp Com
'ort, and advantageously situated
or economic mining. Aside from the
unnel now being run considerable
surface development work has been,
lone In open cuts on a number of,
felns and has uncovered some big
todies of copper ore. The values are
n copper and gold.
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FLORENCE. Italy, Jan. .9. — Tom
nasso Salvini, the great Italian tra
redian, died in this city last Friday
it the age of 96. He played Hamlet
md Othello ih Italy, and his success
,vas such that he appeared in the
ither European countries and made
i trip through the principal cities of
South America. In 1879 he appeared
:i the United States for the first ,
ime, acting Othello at the Academy j
>f Music, New York. He made five
. isits in all to the United States, in j
88C playing Othello to Edwin Booth's
ago, and the Ghost to the other's
Jamlet. He retired from active stage
ife in 1891. Besides being one of the
vorld’s premier actors, Salvini won
lis spurs as a soldier in the Italian
vars for independence.
SPECIAL WEDNESDAY NIGHT
SHOW.
A big five act feature, written bv‘
Bret Harte, produced by the World
yilm Corporation, in which Howard
Sstabrook and Barbara Tennant play
he leads, will be shown at the Em
sress Theatre Wednesday night.
M'LISS is one of the big pictures of
Vi n gfinc/vn rinn't f fir era t f ho rlnto
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
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FILES SUIT FOR $540.
A. E. Todd, of McCarthy, has filed a
juit in the local commissioner's office
igalnst Thomas Cloninger to recover
(540. The case has been set for trial ^
in January 12.
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THIRTY DAYS FOR VAGRANCY.
Albert Miller was arraigned before
United States Commissioner Medley!
yesterday on the charge of vagrancy
uid sentenced to serve thirty days in;
he federal Jail.
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All the Real News In the Times.
BERLIN, Jan. 4. — The war office
innrunced officially today that the
Jerir.an troops had made an attack on
he French trenches along a wide
'root north of the road running be
ween I.aBassee and Betbune. The
ittack was primed to follow sapping
)perations. which had reined under
leath the French positions, and which
,vore alown np before the infantry
:harge. The sapping and tunnel work
was done on a large scale, covering
i large area of the Freneh positions,
»nd when the fuses were set off the
iceupants of the trenches were bur
ed under the great mass of dirt which
a-:i« thrown into the air. Those that
Acre not killed in the explosion fled
vhen the German troops chargt-d. The
oss of life among the French was
arge. while the Teuton losses were
’omDsratively slight.
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PARIS, Jan. 4. — A press dispatch
received from Switzerland by way of
Italy, asserts that the Kaiser is still
very ill, and that a successful opera
,;un was performed on him Sunday.
The emperor is suffering from a deep
mated affection, of which the eutane
aus eruption is only an incidental
ymptom. The appearance of a boil
is only a minor phase of the disease.
The malady from which the Kaiser is
offering has been further compH
ated by the reappearance or an old
hronr trouble.
PARIS. Jan. 4. — The government
ias issued a decree requisitioning all
he crude leather in the country for
irtny needs. The supply has been
itrt.dily diminishing since the out
break of the war, while the demand
'or military purposes has been in
•renring. The government has not
felt any severe shortage in the ma
erial so far, but the decree wa:, ls
iued as a preventive measure.
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THURSDAY EVENING SERVICES.
St. George's Episcopal Mission. Red
Jragon Club House — The Festival
jf the Epiphany. Thursday, January
>. Service at 11 a. m. Rev. E. P.
Ziegler.
lr'VAPJ) TO GET *5,000 CHURCH.
The board of trustees of the Seward
Methodist church at a recent meeting
Jecided to dispose of the building in
vhlch services are no''' be! g he'd
inti to buy a nbw site upon which a
yuildiftg to cost $5.00fl will b" e-e<-f ,,,j.
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FAIRBANKS COUPLE •“'"'IE'’
John A. McIntosh, druggist, and
Miss Jessie O’Bryan, a dealer in la
lies' furnishings, of Fairbanks, were
narried last week. Both br'de and
;room are prominent In b siness
•Ircles.