The Cordova Daily Tim
„ VOLUME III. NUMBER 13. CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1916. ~
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ENGLAND BRANDS PEACE OFFER AS TRAP
. President Wilson Receives
Copy Of Peace Offering
PARIS, Dec. 14.—Briand accompanied his denunciation of
tin* German peace offer as a trap, with the announcement that
he would ask for an increased power to wage war. He declared
that France had not undertaken national mobilization as has
Germany. The chamber applauded when Briand announced
i hat the government would'ask for the suppression of the liqum
traffic throughout France.
PARIS, Dec. 14.—Briand lold the deputies that the con
sumption of alcohol threatened the life of the country, and he
asked for a decree to stop supplying whiskies, brandies and li
quor throughout France, including the army, although it is
understood wines and beers will be permitted.
LONDON, Deo. 14.—III moving for a vote of a credit of
four million pound’s in the house of commons, Bonar Law, chan
cellor of the exchequer, confined his speech entirely to the fin
ances of Great Britain. He will make no official comment on
the peace proposal until Russia, France and the other allies are
consulted.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.—The German j^eace proposal
note has arrived here, and is being prepared for President
Wilson.
U. S. Submarine Is
Being Dashed Pieces
EUREKA, Cal., Dec. 14.—Submarine 11-3, bound for tin*
Bremerton navy yard on Puget Sound from Mare Island, with
two sister submarines and the monitor Cheyenne, went aground
k in a fog on the surf beach near Humboldt bay. There are two
officers and twenty men aboard the II-3, which is tossing about
violently, and it is expected that the boat will go to pieces. It
is impossible to reach the men until the storm abates, when the
prospects for rescue are good, as there is a surf driving boat
further up the beach. The submarine H-3 was built at Seattle
and valued at $7,300,000. _
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. — The In
terstate Commerce Commission in its
annual report to congress, recommen
ded a sweeping change in methods of
establishing freight and passenger
rates so that shippers would no longer
be compelled to show a proposed rate
unreasonable or see it become effec
tive. Carriers seeking to alter a rate
would be compelled to show the
change was reasonable.
The recommendation is “that by
staute congress fix the interstate
rates, fares, charges, classifications,
rules and regulations existing at a
specific date, prior to that of enact
ment, as just and reasonable for the
past, and provide that no change there
in after that specified date may be
made except upon order of the com
mission; with provision that such
Btatute shall not affect the proceed
ings pending at the time of enact
ment.”
The purpose of the suggestion is
said to be mainly to correct flaws in
the present method by which an in
jured shipper seeks reparation for
payment of a higher rate than subse
^ quently is approved by the commis
sion.
• it was said, however that the effect
of such legislation would be radical
upon methods of rate establishment.
At present tariffs proposing rate
changes filed by the railroads become
operative on a fixed date unless sus
pended by the commission and Hhown
on hearing to be unreasonable, unjust
or discriminatory. If existing rates
are declared by statute to be Just
and reasonable it was pointed out,
the burden will be on those who wish
to change them.
Referring to the adjustment of rates
to and from the east and the Pacific
coast and the intermountain country
the commission says it is its design
"if possible, to attain a permanenl
basis for the adjustment of this per
plexing question and reach such a so
lution without any discouragement tc
the just relative utilization by all the
people of the established transconti
neutal avenues of transportation, bj
rail as well as by the canal."
The physical valuation of railroads
the report declares, has gone fat
enough to predict that the same rat*
of progress in the future will see roac
and track surveys completed by Janu
ary 1, 1920.
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FAIRBANKS HAS BIG DEBT.
The treasurer’s report to the city
council at Fairbanks recently showed
the expenditures for the month of Oc
tober to be $8,481.23, and the receipts
for the same period $7,217.14, making
a total deficit to November 1 of $22,
147.10.
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OLDEST TOWN AT WRANGELL.
Donald Sinclair, a Wrangell mer
chant, while visiting Seattle recently,
declared his home town to be the
oldest in the territory, and that it had
but one industry aside from fishing,
and that was a sawmill. The sawmill
owned a horse, the only one in the
town, and this was pointed out to
tourists as a curiosity ranking second
only to the totem poles.
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OPERATION WAS NECESSARY.
Pat Hegan, while working in the
warehouse of the Dominion Commer
cial Company at Hot Springs, had bis
skull injured by a bale of hay striking
him on the head. As he failed to re
cover from the wound doctors at Fair
banks recently opened the skull and
removed a gathering and he is now
rapidly recovering.
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MISSING MAN AT ASYLUM.
An inquiry printed some time ago
in the Fairbanks News-Miner for In
formation, as to the whereabouts of
one Charles Chism, brought forth the
Information that the missing man had
been sent to Mornlngslde sanitarium
some time ago.
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GAMBLER NOT GUILTY.
J. P. Sapp, who was arrested at An
chorage by officials of the engineer
ing commission on the charge of con
ducting a gambling establishment, was
found not guilty after the second trial
of the case, the jury In the first trial
falling to agree.
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TOLOVANA PRODUCING CAMP.
The Tolovana Is reported to be an
extremely busy camp this winter and
a number of dumps are being taken
out.
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PAY8TREAK HAD SOME WIDTH.
Peterson & Co., on the Sunny
Bench, Tolovana, are reported to be
taking out good pay, their paystreak
being 400 feet wide.
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Jack Courtney, who went to Fair
banks to work on the Tauana Valley
railroad and later was employed by
the Alaska railroad commission at Ne
nana, returned to Cordova last night,
having mushed over the trail.
STEAM LAUNDRY
F. A. JONES
The Modern Steam Laundry has
changed hands, and will hereafter be
conducted by Frank A. JoneB, who pur
chased the machinery, goodwill and
property from Nick C’lasen. While the
purchase price has not been made
public, it is said to be in the neighbor
hood of $10,000.
Mr. Jones is no stranger to the peo
pie of this section, having started the
Cordova Steam Laundry in the early
days, which he combined with the
Modern laundry in 1911, and two years
later disposed of his Interest to start
a chicken ranch.
Having a thorough knowledge of
the business, to which he will devote
his entire time, and by turning out the
work in a satisfactory manner, Mr.
Jones hopes to merit the patronage of
the public, guaranteeing to give the
best service possible, with "courtesy,
good work and accommodation” as his
slogan. The Daily Times predicts that
under the new management this well
established business will continue to
increase and be one of the leading en
terprises of the community.
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MANY SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Fifty-seven more children are en
rolled in the public school at Fair
banks this year than there were last.
The total enrollment is 222.
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WILSON TO GEE
I ELECTORAL
VOTE | VI.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 15 — Although
Charles E. Hughes carried West Vir
ginia by 2,700 plurality, the official
count gives Woodrow Wilson one elec
toral vote, as a Republican elector
was defeated.
‘Teutons Making Headway
Along Roumanian Front
BLRLIX, Dec. 14.—The Teutons are progressing along the
whole front of Roumania. All of Wallaehia, south of the rail
wav 1 retween Bucharest and Tchernavoda is now held bv the
I eutons.
L( )XD< >X, Dec. lo.—It is officially announced that the
British war expenditures daily are £5,700,000. Lord Robert
Lecil, minister of blockade, told the house of commons that the
allies would soon present certain demands to the Greek gov
ernment, for the purpose of clearing an unsatisfactory situa
tion. Thomas McXamara, fiscal under secretary for the admir
altv, told the commons that the admiralty has'under earnest
consideration the arming of the merchantmen. Bonar Law
stated that no peace proposal had been received by the allies,
who required adequate reparation for the past aiid adequate
security for the future.
National Prohib Bill
Is Favorably Peported
VN ASHING ION, Dec. 15.— By a vote of twelve to seven a
national prohibition amendment was ordered favorably report
ed to the house by the judiciary committee. The proposed uni
versal suffrage amendment was also ordered reported, without
any recommendation. The Borland re>olution, ordering the
federal trade commission to investigate all phases of the high
cost of living, including the producing capacity of the I'nited
States and possible violations of the anti trust laws, was favor
ably reported by the house judieinn committee. The immigra
tion bill, containing a restrictive literacy test for the admission
of aliens, and which caused three president' to veto the meas
ure, was passed by the senate today, the vote being (i4 to 7.
Phis bill passed the house at the last session, and now go.- to
the conference committee.
\\ ASHINOTON, Dec. In. I he reporting of the suffrage
hill from the committee was due to the heli. f of some of it' op
ponents that it can he beaten on the floor of the house, and they
thought it best to settle the issue hy a direct vote of the eon
gressmen.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Another train Is due from the In
terior at 7 o'clock tonight.
Mrs. Harding, of Fairbanks, was a
Cordova arrival on last night's train.
The school children are impatiently
looking forward to the holiday vaca
tfon.
H. H. Reynolds, of Brooks, is a Cor
dova visitor, having come out over
the trail.
Sheldon's auto line left Fairbanks
on Wednesday with eight passengers
for Cordova.
Paul Ringsted, Robert Wilson and
Roy C. Schaal, mining men from
Brooks, arrived here on last night's
train, en route to the states.
Those who want to see the gruesome
side of the war should attend the Em
press theatre tonight, as the three film
reel, "The Horrors of War," is a
strong appeal in favor of international
peace.
Attorney Bion H. Dodge, of Fair
banks, who mixes law with mining and
is one of the prominent men of the
interior, is in Cordova. He will take
the Alameda for the states, returning
to his home at St. Paul for a short
visit.
Andrew Nerland, of Fairbanks,
member-elect of the territorial legisla
ture, was a passenger for Cordova on
last night's train. He is accompanied
by his business partner, Herman An
derson, and they will take the next
steamer south on a trip to the states
Mr Nerland will return to Juneau in
March, when the legislature conveus
Judge Bunnell arrived at Valdez to
day from Fairbanks, where he will
try several cases which Judge Brown
was disqualified from hearing. Judge
Bunnell came out over the trail, and
when he arrived at Copper Center
learning that he could not make close
steamer connections at Cordova for
Valdez, arranged for a dog team to
take him direct to Valdez.
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FEDERAL TRADE
REPORT
WASHINGTON, Deo. H. The
country's business men have given
hearty co-operation, to the Federal
Trade Commission in its efforts to
maintain proper standards of com
mercial morality in American busi
ness, according to the annual report
of the commission, jusi made public.
Development of the commission's
policy has had for its first purpose,
the report declares, promotion of the
best business efficiency. Its aim has
been "to understand and make allow
ance for the difficulty of the problem,
to see both sides of every case, to
protect men in the furtherance of le
gitimate self-interest by all reasonable
and normal methods, and at the same
time to keep the channels of compe
tition free and open to all, so that a
man with small capital may engage
in business in competition with pow
erful rivals, assured that he may op
erate his business free from embar
rassment and intimidation and may
be given a fair opportunity to work
j out bis business problems with such
I industry, efficiency and intelligence
j as he may possess."
The report lays stress on the work
of the commission in preventing un
fair competition. Since its creation
j and up to the end of the fiscal year
the commission has considered 246
applications for the issuance of com
plaints against corporations and firms
accused of unfair practices Of those
107 have been disposed of in various
wavs. Some concerns were ordered
to discontinue the tactics complained
of, others voluntarily agreed to cease
unbusinesslike methods and in some
cases no law violations were found
The charges covered many kinds of
j law violations.
| The trade commission's work has
Included also economic and special in
vestigations. What the commission
considers Its most Important economic
inquiry was into the subject of co
operation in export trade. This re
port was issued during the summer
and recommended to congress that
American manufacturers be permitted
| to form export combinations. A bill
I providing for that having the endorse
. meat of the administration is now
' pending in congress.
Many Celebrities Put
On Gridirory At Banquet
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 — Traves
ties on the recent national election
and public issues enlivened the annual
dinner of the Gridiron Club. President
Wilson, members of the cabinet, dip
lomats, political leaders, members
and members-elect of congress, pub
Ushers and prominent industrial and
financial figures of the country were
guests.
Musical and vaudeville skits satir
izing public men and events with
members of the Washington news
paper correspondents corps in operat
ic and thespian roles, kept the guests
in merry humor. The climax of the en
tertainment was presented in "The
Gridiron Follies of 1916," a musical
review revealing facts, foibles and
fancies of the hour. The scene for
the follies was laid in Lafayette Park
opposite the White House, and re
vealed as principal characters Vance
McCormick, chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee, and William
R. Willcox, chairman of the Republi
can national committee.
At the close of an opening chorus
sung by a "Galaxy of States,” with
the theme, "Come, let us have a jolly
time, no matter who's elected," Mc
Cormick and Willcox were disclosed
and engaged In good-natured dia
logue :
McCormick — Cheer up, Mr. Will
cox, the battle is over. Somebody had
to lose.
Willcox — Somebody did.
McCormick — Remember, you’ve
much to be thankful for.
Willcox — Yes, we lost Utah, but
we saved Vermont.
McCormick — Never mind that.
Here in the presence of this galaxy
of states we can talk things over dis
passionately.
Willcox — Say, 1 thought you said
the battle was over.
McCormick — So it Is. Tonight we
are just indulging in a little caustic
comment on current events.
Wlllcox Well, if you're holding a
post-mortem, what was the matter
with New York?
McCormick — Murphy, :urse him.
Willcox — What will become of the
Tammany Tiger
McCormick — It will be an open sea
son on tigers for the next four years
Here comes the wandering minstrel
now.
Willcox — By the way, did William
J. Bryan participate in this campaign?
Willcox — Certainly. He supported
the president loyally.
Willcox — Perhaps. But he must
have had laryngitis. His voice didn’t
carry as far as usual.
McCormick — Speaking of weak
voices, the state of Muine had some
impediment in its speech on Novein
ber 7. From 17,000 in September tc
4,000 is gome drop.
Wlllcox — But Colonel Roosevell
did not suffer from vocal trouble. His
voice was heard throughout the land
McCormick — So 1 noticed from the
returns. He helped ub in the winning
of the west.
Here the voice of Roosevelt inter
rupted the colloquy, saying: 1 am now
devoting my attention to my duties
as a grandfather. But my health is
bully. In 1920 the country will know
where to find me. Mv address is stil
at Oyster Bay .
Willcox — What about New Jersey'
McCormick — Hush, hush, we wll
talk of other things.
Willcox — Well, how about Indi
ana?
McCormick — We saved Tom Mar
shall out of that wreck.
Willcox — That's so. He was run
ning, wasn’t he? I wonder what wen
wrong in Kansas?
| McCormick — I can tell you. Two
j dollar wheat, ten dollar hogs, cheap
autos and player pianos.
Willcox — Do you think he kept you
' out of war?
Kansas — I dnnno. But somebody
got us out of debt.
The national chairmen continued to
comment, referring to the suffragists,
Henry Ford and the lonesome "Dent
on ituin," who had just been thrown
out of several more states. The
"Demon Hum” sang a pathetic song,
depicting the hopeless future for
“Demon Hum and his rummy crew,"
when the follies closed with the fol
lowing:
McCormick — It's funny, isn't it?
Willcox — What's funny? if any
thing’s funny tell it £o me. 1 need a
laugh.
McCormick — It's funny how the
world keeps going around, no mat
ter what happens.
Willcox — Yes, hut it will move
very slowly for the next four years.
Next came a vaudeville sketch, the
scene a theatrical hooking office, with
Roosevelt and Bryan as the "Criss
Cross Twins,” Senator Lewis, Colonel
Ceorge Harvey and the other national
figures applying for engagements.
Roosevelt and Bryan were first tried
out.
T. R. — Say, Willie, what is the dif
ference between what you intend to do
to the Democratic party and what I
have done to the Republican party?
Bryan — Well, Teddy, what is the
inference?
T. R.—You intend to make the Demo
cratic party dry, and I have made
the Republican party "sweat."
W hen T. R. and Bryan had been or
lered out of the booking office. Sen
ator Lewis, of Illinois, whip of the
senate, appeared and recited a long
series of verses, of which the follow
ing are typical:
Frank L. Polk, counsellor to the state
department, and others appeared, all
to be rejected by the judges. When
the announcer heralded the Bpirit of
Henry Ford, the astral body of the
Michigan manufacturer arrived "rat
tling a lot of tin cans."
Chief Judge — The music is famil
iar. What seek you, Mr. Ford?
Ford — I want to be secretary of
the treasury.
Chief Judge — Why?
Ford — So I can find out how to
make money.
Chief Judge — Warden, sweep out
the padded cell for Mr. Ford.
Announcer — The spirit of Joseph
1* Tumulty, secretary to the presi
dent.
Chief Judge — When did you ac
quire an astral body, Mr. Tumulty?
Tumulty — About a week before
election.
Chief Judge — You mean you want
to hold your present job with your
physical body and get into the cabinet
with your astral body?
Tumulty — Guilty, judge.
Chief Judge — Suppose the cabinet
job only pays an astral salary?
Tumulty — Then hand it to some
body else. Both the astral body and
myself are practical men.
The spirit of Secretary of War
Baker next appeared.
Announcer — Mercy! It's the hero
of Valley Forge — the Hon. Newton
I). Baker.
Chief Judge — Greetings, Mr. Baker,
in the name of George Washington
and his army. What news from the
border?
Baker — Aw, forget that. The elec
tion is over.
i mei juuge — wnai! ino more
plots? Then what do you want?
Baker — 1 want a job on the su
preme court; I'm from Ohio.
Chief Judge — Ohio was not close
enough, Mr. Baker. What else?
Baker — Then I'll stay where I am.
I won't resign.
Chief Judge — Does the president
know that?
Baker — Sh-h. Right under your
belt. I'm afraid not.
Chief Judge — Why don't you tell
him?
Baker — No; you tell him. Be a
nice judge and tell him. But don't
say it came from me. You know he
just might—
Chief Judge — I know. He often
does. Stand back, Mr. Baker.
Another sketch was a travesty on
the special train load of eastern wo
men who campaigned in the west for
Hughes. The scene was' laid in Kid
derville, Kansas, where the ' Million
aire Special” arrived amid town offi
cials, townsmen and native women,
The suffragists aroused the jealousy
of the native women when the home
men folk followed the gayly dressed
easterners to the train, and one of
the native women, addressing her de
serted sisters, exclaimed:
First Woman — Sovereign women
of Kidderville: Our men folks has
deserted us to trail after them stuck
up, goggle-eyed, just fawncey, shilly
shally fumps from the effete east.
Now, my Idea Is to teach them a les
son. Let us rise as one man — I mean
one woman — and show them weak
kneed men who the real politicians
are. As William Allen White said:
'The hand that churns the butter is
the hund that rules the world.” Come,
on, women; not a man in Kidderville
gets a hot meal or a clean shirt until
girls!
he promises to vote against the mon
key dinner bunch. When the returns
are In you’ll find there ain't nothing
the matter with Kansas. Come on.
Who guides unruly senate bucks,
And keeps the party on Its trucks—
Who is, in short, the whip de luxe?
Jim Ham.
Who followed Hughes upon the trail,
And tied a tin can to his tail;
And put the "(jin" in dinner pair?
Jim Ham.
Who is the White House blushing pet,
The truly, only, one best bet,
Of the Democratic smartest set?
Jim Ham.
Colonel George Harvey, who pre
dicted the election of Hughes by a
large majority, next appeared and was
chided by the vaudeville agent. Har
vey said he was a lightning calculator,
and that he had predicted the first
nomination and election of a "certain
professor in New Jersey."
Harvey — Moreover, four years
ago I calculated exactly what elector
al votes each of the three candidates
would have.
Agent — Wonderful. Have you
done any of the same kind of calcu
lating lately?
Harvey (truculently) — If you’re
going to be personal I'll not stay here
and stand for it. I don' think 1 wanl
a Job from you, anyway. The Nortt
American Review is good cnoug?
vaudeville for me; good day.
Another travesty, entitled the
“GhoBt Skit," was cast in a "Spool
Court," with a court sitting in judg
ment on the astral spirits of the as
pirants for positions in the new cabl
net. Spirits of Secretary of Commerce
Redfield, Henry Ford. Postmaster Gen
: eral Burleson, Colonel House, 8ecre
tary Tumulty, Vance McCormick