The Cordova Daily Times
Member of Associated Press
VOL. III. NO. 293~ CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, oCToRKR -’\ 101 s PRICE TEN CENTS
ALL ABOARD PRINCESS SOPHIA ARE LOST
MANY PROMINENT ALASKANS
AMONG VICTIMS OF WRECK
JFXEAF, (let. AS Tlie lii'iiclii's iii-iir Vanderbilt reef,
Lynn canal, where the I’rincess Sophia was wreck'd, are
strewn with bodies, about one hundred and fifty of which have
been recovered. Governor Biggs is on board the -to;unship
Princess Alice at the scene of the wreck and has taken per
serial charge. 'Twenty live boats are patrolling the waters The
prevailing storm prevents the ships from reaching the shore
to get t lie bodies.
Well-Known Names on List of Dead
SEATTLE, t let. ’JS Among the passenger.- who boarded
the Princess Sophia at Skagwax were the following:
A. S. BOURNE, Iditarod, bookkeepei for the Northern
< 'omuiereial ('onipanx.
R. M. HALL, Iditarod. manager and operator of the Alaska
W ireless ’Telegraph Companx at that point.
MRS. JOHN F. BEATON and two children, the family of
John F. Heaton, one of the discoverers of the Iditarod diggings,
and a prominent operator there,
W. S. AMALONG, Buby, contractor and freighter.
S. J. BAGGERLY and wife. Mr. Baggcrly was manager of
the Pacific Cold Storage Company’s plant at Buby.
H. B. PARKIN, Seattle, general manager of tin- Vacifie
Cold Storage Company.
J. F. PUGH, Juneau, collector of I nited State- customs,
H A. SOMERSET, Circle City.
MRS. GEORGE MARKUS and daughter, Xenana.
MR. AND MRS. M. S. EADS, proprietors of the Alexandria
hotel, Dawson.
W. S. SHAW, a Skagwax steamship man.
THOMAS McMAHON, a Flat City (Iditarod) business
man.
E. S. IRONSIDE, Dawson, collector of customs.
CAPTAIN J. ALEXANDER and wife. Captain Alexan
<ler was ow ner of the Engineer mine, on Windy arm.
(•lily tlm masts of the Sophia are showing above water.
The lighthouse tender Cedar reports that there were no >ur
x ivors. A few of the bodies have been found.
Many Members of River Boats Crews Lost
VANCOUVER, B. OH. 2H.—'l'ho White Bass \ Yukon
line has issued a list of eighty four members of the crews of ten
river steamboats lost on the Princess Sophia. < hi the list were
♦he names of the following:
CAPTAIN BLOOMQUIST of t he steamboat I )awson.
CAPTAIN GREEN of the steamboat Yukon.
CAFTAIN DOUGLAS of the Maselin.
JOSEPH SANTINE. chief engineer of the Yukon.
R. C. HAWS, chief engineer of the Casca;
R. YOUNG, chief engineer of the Dawson.
Most of the ri\er steamboat men were Canadians.
GERMAN PEOPLE’S GOVERNMENT WILL
CARRY ON THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
('< tPKXll AG K\, Oct. US. Germany V answer to I ’resident
Wilson's note will say that (iennany has taken cognizance of
the President’s answer to the proposals for an armistice and
peace negotiations, and that the President is aware of the far
reaching changes carried out in the German constitutional
structure. The peace negotiations are hein^ conducted hy the
peojlie’s government, it continues, in whose hands rests actually
and constitutionally all the power to make the deciding con
elusions. The military powers are subject to the new rroveni
ment.
Germany now awaits proposals, continues the note, tor an
armistice which shall lie a step toward that just peace which
the president has described in his proclamations.
The note is signed by Kolff, the foreign secretary.
President May Not Answer
WASHINGTON, Oct. UK.—Germany's reply to President
Wilson has been received. The communication is regarded
merelv as an acknowledgment of the President’s statement.
It is believed the answer indicates an anxious desire in
Berlin to hasten the definite statement of the terms upon which
the allies will permit hostilities to cease. It is not expected
that the President will answer the communication.
Kaiser Looking for Place to Land
LONDON, Oct. UK.— 11 is reported that Kaiser Wilhelm
does not intend to abdicate, but is w illing for the people’s good
,i ordain that his rights shall be removed. He is reported to
have said that lie would not abandon the sorely tried people,
and if necessary he was ready to become something like an
hen ditary president of a German republic, like the kings of
Kuglnnd and Belgium.
ANOTHER DECIDED VICTORY
IS GAINED BY ALLIED FORCES
WITH TILE FRENCH ARMIES, Oct. AS Heneral Deb
cm's army lias won a signal victory. The Hermans holding the
Serre Oise front are in retreat, while the Herman lines between
('bateau I’orcein and Argonne are in danger of being turned.
Debenv's French army’s persistent attacks have broken tin
river line, the last water line commanded by the Hermans be
tween the present front and the Meuse.
Germans in New Retreat
PARIS, Oct. —'The Hermans have begun a new retreat
between the (tise and the Aisne.
British Defeat Germans in Street Fighting
LONDON, Oct. 12H.—The British on Sunday repulsed a de
termined Herman effort to drive them from Komars, south ot
Valenciennes. Many Hermans were killed in the street fighting
in the villages.
American mg uuns Aimea at uerman iranspori
W ITH THE AMFiKICAXS, Oct. 2K.—The American long
range guns an* bombarding Longuyon, which is twenty-throi
miles northeast of Verdun. The American long-range fire alst
is directed against the vital Voei Drocade, on the railroad par
alleling the front. The Germans are depending on this road t<
shift their troops and supplies from one point to another.
Allied Success on Italian Front
HOXDOX, Oct. 12*. The British engaged in the ollensivt
on the Austro Italian front up to last night had captured nion
than fiftv-six hundred prisoners, says an official statement.
Twenty-nine guns, including six nine inch howitzers, were also
captured.
The British Tenth army has resumed the attack against
the Austro Hungarian positions on the Italian front. The at
tack is proceeding satisfactorily.
Turkish Communications Cut
The British operating in Mesopotamia have cut the road
running from Sherghet to Mosul, one of the principal Turkish
lines of communication. This probably will force a Turkish
retirement.
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BELGIAN CABINET WILL
SOON LEAVE FRANCE
PARIS, Oct. 28—The Belgian calii
net is preparing to return to Belgium
On Wednesday next the governmen
will take its formal leave, and wll
thank France for her hospitality.
The new hagle hall has been com
[lifted and will lie formally openet
on Wednesday night by a Hr llowe’ei
dance given by Cordova Aerie. It it
■ one of the largest and finest halls o
the kind In the territory, with a hard
wood floor and cloak and rest rooms
The best of music has been engaget
for the coming dance, which will m
dottbt be largely attended.
WILSON EXPLAINS ONE
OF HIS PEACE TERMS
WASHINGTON. Oct. 28. President
Wilson has replied to the Republican
contentions that the third of his four
teen peace terms Is a free trade plank
by explaining that it merely demands
the removal of economic barriers.
lie meant to suggest no restrictions
upon Internal policies, he said, but
only that whatever tariff any nation
might deem necessary should apply
equally to all foreign nations.
FISH QUOTATIONS
SKATTI-K. Oct. 28 The prices for
fish at noon October 28 were us fol
lows Halibut, liM^e; kippered sal
mon $2.4(1; herring. $2.10; sablefish.
$1.25.
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♦ SUBMARINES FLY ♦
♦ THE WHITE FLAG ♦
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♦ COPENHAGEN. Oct. 28. ♦
♦ The crews of vessels arriving <>
♦ at Stnvenger from Kartuo ♦
♦ island report that several Ger ❖
♦ man submarines Hying the ♦
♦ white Hag at their mastheads ♦
♦ passed the islands Saturday. ♦
♦ bound south. The submarines ♦
♦ are believed to tie returning ♦
♦ home from their bases ♦
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STEAM SHOVEL USED
TO DIG GRAVES FOR
INFLUENZA VICTIMS
NEW YOHK. Oct 28 A steam
shovel was used in one of New York's
cemeteries yesterday to dig trenches
to inter temporarily the bodies ot
victims of Spanish influenza.
The shortage of grave diggers and
the large number of deaths made this
procedure necessary.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY IS READY
TO NEGOTLATE SEPARATE PEACE
AMXTKh’OAM, Oct. 28.—Austria, replying to President
Wilson's note, has accepted all the views expressed by Presi
dent W ilson in his note of October 18. Austria says she is
willing and ready, without awaiting the result of other nego
ti;11ions, to negotiate peace and an immediate armistice on all
Austro IIungarian fronts.
Reported Also from Basel
BAXKL, Oct. 28.—Austria-Hungary has asked President
Wilson to begin overtures on the subject of an armistice and
peace.
The Croatian Revolt
LONDON, <)et. 28.—A Zurich dispatch says that the iwo
j lutionarv movement is spreading throughout Croatia. More
than four hundred persons have been killed at Finnic and three
hundred at Zngabriu.
Trouble in Hungarian Capital
PARIS, (let. 28.—Crave troubles have arisen at Budapest
as a result of the appointment of Count Andrassv to be Aus
trian foreign minister. Andrassv is accused of having strong
(ierman tendencies. A committee of tin* workmen and soldiers
has been formed to represent the extremists in impending
'vents.
REPUBLICANS
RESENT ACT
OF PRESIDENT
NKW YORK. Oct 28. Republicai
National Chairman Hays, in a state
ment in reply to President Wilson':
appeal for the return of a Demo
cratic congress, which was given t<
the press today, said:
"The Republicans have supports
the war measures with greater unan
Imlty than the Democrats At m
time have the Republicans tried u
take the conduct of the war from th<
President's hands. That statement
Is but hungracious and unjust. Suet
a wanton and mendacious accusatior
has never before been made by tin
most reckless stump orator, tnucl
less by a President. It is an insult
1 to every loyal Republican.'
Protest from Knox
WASHINGTON. Oct. L’s Senator
Knox. Republican, and former *ecre
tar> of state, in address in tin- senate
toda> charged President Wil> >n with
political partisanship He pndeste i
against any peace terms being d<
cided by the President alone and m i
by the representatives of American
public opinion through senate ion
sideration of the peace treaty
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♦*RATS* DESERTING* * * *
♦ THE SINKING SHIP ♦
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♦ LONDON, Oct. 2K. General ♦
♦ Loudendorff linn resiegned ♦
♦ cause the military power has ♦
♦ been put under the civil gm ♦
♦ eminent. Zurich reports tlial ♦
♦ Von liindetiburg also has re ♦
♦ signed. ♦
♦ LudendorfT's resignation is +
♦ expected to shake still further ♦
♦ the German people's faith In ♦
♦ the military machine. ♦