The Cordova Daily Times
___Only Afternoon Paper In Alaska With Associated Press News
v< 11,1'MK III. NUMBER 130 CORDOVA, ALAffZ FRIDAY, MAY 4. 1917. . ..
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Soldiers Demand Resignation Russian Minister
TORPEDOED STEAMER SUNK IN FIVE MINUTES
LONDON, May 4.—The British troops progressed north
west ot Hardiconrt, capturing the Malakoff farm, on the Arras
trout. The British gained Fresnoy and neighboring positions
taken yesterday, notwithstanding the German counter attacks.
PFTROGRAI), May 4.—Detachments of soldiers gathered
at the headquarters of the provisional government, carrying
red flags and demanding the resignation of Foreign Minister
MilnkolT. The soldiers and workmen declared Milukoff is not
fully in sympathy with them.
LONDON, May 4.—The Canadians captured the villages
ot Fresnoy and Arelux. The Canadians had been looped with
entrench fortifications, forming one of the strongest points on
the line running southwest from Lens to Scarpe river, and be
ing one of the last fixed positions protecting Broquet Queen
to switch to the Hindenburg line.
WAK1 ITNGTt>N, May 4—Balfour says the British advance
was made two weeks before the time scheduled, and the losses
smaller than expected.
LONDON, May 4.—It is officially announced that the Ar
cadian, torpedoed in the eastern Mediterranean sea, sank within
five minutes after being hit. Nineteen officers and forty-six
other persons are missing, and the press reports them drowned.
(The cable is still down and but few messages are being
received. One of our press dispatches came over the wireless
and another via the Canadian line. The full Associated Press
service failed to get through.)
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The two survey ships that have
been lying all winter at the Seattle
port commission dock, the 600 ton Pat
terson and the 330 ton Explorer, soon
are to start for Alaska to renew the
work of charting the thousands of
miles of northern coast line, along
which yet remains many reefs hidden
by the waves to menace navigation.
The Alaskan coasts in past years have
been the graveyard for many fine ves
sels and even for human lives, and
only by persistent work by the ves
sels of the United States coast and
geodetic survey have the inlets and
offshore of southern and western Alas
ka been comparatively safe for the
many vessels that are now being rout
ed from Seattle, Tacoma and Vancou
ver with supplies for the mines, the
salmon fisheries and the railroad
building undertaken by Uncle Sam.
Lack of a sufficient appropriation
keeps the survey boats idle in the
winter, but the officials in charge of
the survey work undertake to make
the most of the part of the year dur
ing which the boats are in service,
as they realize the great danger to
the development of the northern coun
try if reefs and rocks remain any
where uncharted south of Bering
straits.
Already supplies are being taken
aboard the Patterson and the Explor
er for the soming season.
(By Associated Press)
EUGENE, Ore., May 4. — What is
believed to be the first union wage
scale adopted for women who are
working their way through college has
been put into operation at the Uni
versity of Oregon. The dean of the
women has adopted a sliding scale
of pay. Three and a half hours have
been set as the equivalent for the
working girls' eight hour law. The
minimum recompense Is set at ten
cents an hour.
The sliding scale per hour for sep
arate tasks is twenty-five cents for
clothes washing, ironing and sweep
ing; twenty cents for sewing and
dish washing; fifteen cents for after
noon care of children; ten cents foi
caring for children during dinner oi
evening. For serving meals and wash
ing dishes, $1 is the set charge;
aeventy-five cents for assisting at an
evening party and twenty-five cents
an evening, plus car fare, for caring
for children after they have retired;
twenty-five cents an hour for steno
graphy and typing and twenty cents
per hour for office work.
Jt'UJLITIUlAJN AUOfTo
MODERN METHODS
(By Associated Press)
JUAREZ, Mex., May 4. — General
Candido Agulilar, candidate for gov
ernor of the state of Vera Cruz, and
former minister of foreign relations,
is the first Mexican candidate to
adopt American advertising methods
in his governorship campaign.
Through a local agent here, General
Agulilar has placed an*order for 50,
000 buttons beuring his picture and
a. notUici ot bin t-ttirarnacy, o.umj rett
pennants displaying his campaign slo
gan in colors, and a large number of
artistic display cards in colors for use
in store windows and other public
places. The order was placed with
a San Francisco firm for delivery at
once.
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SCIENCE CLASSES
DOING USEFUL WORK
(By Associated Press)
DENVER, May 4. — Utilization of
the class of exercises in domestic sci
ence or manual training now held in
many Colorado schools for the relief
of the country’s war needs is suggest
ed in a communication from Mrs. Mary
C. C. Bradford, state superintendent
of public instruction, to schools in
Colorado. Mrs. Bradford suggests
that school girls learning to sew may
add a considerable amount to the
country’s supply of bandages by ex
pending their efforts on them rather
than on unnecessary articles often
made as exercises.
"I am making this plea in a deep
sense of the urgency of the present
crisis,” she wrote, “and of the great
value of the service that could be
rendered by the school children of the
nation.”
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OAKLAND TO GO INTO
FARMING BUSINESS
(By Associated Press)
OAKLAND, May 4. — Proceeding
on the theory that in order to have
a thing done right, you must do it
yourself, this city is planning to go
into the farming business. Rather
than trust to the uncertainties of in
dividual effort among the citizens, the
municipal agricultural commission
plans to have every foot of unused
land within the city limits under cul
tivation with food products for sale
to the general public through the mu
nicipal free market. Professor I. F.
Smith, of the agricultural department
of the University of California, is the
chairman of the commission.
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PACIFIC AERO CLUB
PRESERVES MONUMENT
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO. May 4. — The
Column of Progress, the handsome
monument crowned by the heroic
statue of “The Adventurous Bow
man,’’ which stood in the Marina
boulevard of the Panama-Pacific Ex
position, and dedicated to the achieve
ments of aviators, will be preserved
by the fliers. At a meeting of the
Pacific Aero Club, held at the base of
the crumbling column, the members
pledged themselves to make it a per
manent memorial.
IS STRONGLY
FORJIED
(By Associated Press)
LISBON, Portugal. May 4. — The
harbor of Lisbon has taken on a dis
tinctly naval aspect since Portugal
entered the ranks of the entente al
lies. Off Commercial Square, which
corresponds with the Battery In New
York, two long lines of destroyers
have been drawn up clear across the
broad entrance of the Tagus. The
long black hulls of the destroyers are
so close together that at half-tide
they swing at anchor broadside to
ward the sea, almost touching, and
presenting a double line of batteries
pointing off at the German subma
rines darting along the coast.
But Lisbon feels secure against an
attack by sea, for besides the double
line of destroyers, ready for defense
or quick sortie, there are cruisers and
gunboats with steam up, and back
of them the big land fortifications on
both banks of the Tagus, rising on
high terraces and presenting a semi
circle of massive stone fronts topped
with lines of heavy guns. And be
sides these land and sea defenses,
there is the feeling that the British
fleet Is not far off and presents a pret
ty solid barrier against the German
fleet bottled up in the Kiel canal.
When the British naval commission
visited here a short time ago, still
another naval defense was devised and
has since been put into execution.
This is a heavy steel net extending
clear across the channel leading from
Lisbon to the sea. This can be low
ered at stated intervals for the pas- ,
apge oframmsiMai *»— * ■■1 '*■' *
in position it is not only a bar to sub- ,
marines, but any which venture near 1
it are likely to be caught and held in
its meshes. I
There are two German submarines ;
which appear to be keeping a pretty
constant vigil of the nearby coast, i
How they are provisioned and equip- ]
ped is a mystery. They have not
done much damage to the merchant
ships, but give their special attention
to the smaller craft and the fishing
fleets. It has practically put an end
to the coasting trade, and a good
share of the trade of Oporto has been
stopped. The shipping to England
and France is also greatly curtailed.
This is adding to England's food dan
ger, for much of her fruits and vege
tables and most of her wine was ,
drawn from Portugal.
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CLARK FIGHTING
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FEATURE
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, May 4. — Speaker
Champ Clark left the chair to open
his fight on the floor of the house to
strike out the censorship section of
the espionage bill. He declared that
the section was a direct violation of
the constitutional guarantee of free
speech and a free press. The final
vote on the measure will likely take
place today.
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, May 4. — General
Joffre, Viviani and their staff visited
the house yesterday. Viviani met the
press members and shook hands with
many visitors. All of the foreigners
kissed the hand of Jeanette Rankin,
the only woman member of congress.
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The city is building a drain on B
street to take care of the water that
has overflowed the sidewalk. A crew
of men is also at work cleaning up
the alleys, and the expense of same
will be prorated among the abutting
property owners.
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Are you taking the Times?
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Secretary William C. Rodfield, of
the department of commerce, sends
the following Interesting communica
tion to the Cordova Iiaily 'l imes:
In Ills recent letter to the American
people the president has eloquently
and clearly presented the duty and
privilege of every citizen to rally to
the support of the country in the cm
ency confronting it. He laid particu
lar stress upon the opportunities af
forded those, whose for various rea
sons may not lie able to join the fight
ing forces, to render other service no
less necessary and laudable, espec
ially In increasing the supply of food
stuffs of which under the stress of j
war there is a likelihood or a dearth.
It is nece8sat$ that the present
sources of food supply should be main
tained and the new sources created
snd developed In order to provide well
'ed men for the conduct of actual mili
tary operations. The success of the
jnselfish undertaking In which the
lountry has embarked Is dependent
in each one of us performing his full
patriotic duty in the field in which he
;an be used most effectively.
Alaska came under the flag at the
dose, and largely as a result, of one
treat conflict, and it has just com
peted its first half century of useful
\mericanlsm 011 the eve of anothe-.
t is peculiarly fitted by reason of
ts great natural resources and the en
terprise of those who do business
vithin its border- for rendering fur
her and Inestimable service at this
tritical time l^i^rmilltr' " litHtory
i ».«. ir whir Tp
ipond to the call of duty and oppor
unitv.
It is probable that there will be dif
iculty in materially increasing the
deld of some of the fisheries of the
Ulantie coast on account of the de
nand for small vessels for military
mrposes. Alaska's duty arises from
he fact that it is absolutely necessary
o increase the total yield of the
isheries and her opportunity lies in
ler possession of vast unutilized fish
sry resources. The salmon fisheries
n many places are being prosecuted
is intensively as is permlssable with
lue consideration to the danger of
iverfishing and the maintenance of
he future supply, and moreover are
io well organized that they will un
loubtediy be conducted vigorously dtir
ng the coming season, but there are
sther fishes In abundance which are
lot used as they should be.
The most important of these is
the herring, which is widely distribu
ted and in quality Is equal to that of
the Atlantic. The demand for this
fish, pickled, is growing rapidly. The
lablefish (black cod) for which the
bureau of fisheries Is establishing a
large market, fresh frozen and kip
pered, is one of the finest American
food fishes and exceedingly abundant
in southeastern Alaska and contigu
ous waters. The atkfish, frequently
called “Atka mackerel" and “Attn
mackerel,” is regarded by many as
superior to the true mackerel when
pickled in the same manner.
All of these fishes lend themselves
to preservation by salting and in view
of the dearth of tin plate, which may
interfere with any large increase in
the pack of fish, I can not too strong
ly urge that large quantities of all of
them be cured during the coming sea
son. There is no doubt that the de
mand for them will be heavy next w in
ter, and the bureau or fisheries will
take steps to make the public ac
quainted with their merits. The bu
reau's agents in Alaska will lend
fishermen and salteries all possible
assistance and information concern
ing methods of curing will be furn
ished to those desiring it.
Aside from service rendered to the
country, there Is now presented an
unusual opportunity to enlarge and
broaden the fishery Industries of Alas
ka, for a market established at this
time is certain to be maintained when
peace comes. Now is the time to act
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It Is estimated that three regiments
of highly drilled meu could be or
ganized in Anchorage among the for
eigners there. Many Russians, Aus
trians, Montenegrins, Sclavs and Poles
are numbered among the men work
ing on the government railroad.
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On Saturduy evening Kagles will
give another of their eu ible dances.
New music and a good
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ENGLAND AFTER
HALF MILL!
(By United Press)
LONDON, May 4. — “I want at least
500,000 volunteers." Neville Chamber
lain, England’s director of national
service, has begun his "spring drive.”
Great Britain’s army will require
large drafts of men during the coming
summer, to replace those killed, woun
ded and tired out in the coming “big
rush” on the W'estern front.
Chamberlain believes that these re
cruits can only be found in industries
which are essential to the war. Prac
tically every Briton of military age
and fit, not engaged in an "indispen
sable occupation," has put on, or been
forced into, khaki. The coming levy
to replenish the fighting forces of the
empire will call up men employed In
industries of primary importance.
Substitutes for these men, therefore,
must be found at once. Not only must
their places be filled, but the tireless
director is planning to extend national
service in many directions. Lloyd
George has said, and all England
knows, that such service, together
with rigid food economy and recipro
cal methods on the high seas, is a
vital factor in the war against the
submarine blockade. If national ser
vice slackens through failure of the
nation’s manhood to respond to the
call, the output of food, clothing and
all essentials will be seriously dimin
ished.
"The labor of the country must be
organized," Chamberlain said, in mak
ing his new appeal for half a million
• >‘( ri)ij{•*’■ •*>' “’v”"’ T’ rr,L ■
mrmr Transferred from the less os
sential industries to those of first im
portance.”
“One of the principles of national
service is that every man should be
put to do the work that he is best
able to do.”
“Tho nutinn 1 nrlo xr nomle H AAA , l.in
builders, 20,000 building laborers, 1,
750 miners, 6,000 aeroplane builders,
3,000 iron and steel workers, and
000 quarrymen. Large numbers of
men are also wanted for operations
connected with shell and projectile
factories.
“The work of national importance
cannot be allowed to languish while
there are over 3,000,000 men engaged
in non-essential trades. Take a bird's
eye view of the situation. Picture so
many people engaged in their own af
fairs, and so many soldiers, sailors
and industrial workers striving for vic
tory against a well disciplined and
terrible enemy — striving and calling
for help."
Just as surely as England enforced
conscription to replenish the ranks
of her army, when voluntary enlist
ment failed, so surely will she con
script exempted men from private
business to sorve the nation’s needs,
if sufficient volunteers are not forth
coming in unswer to the director's
call.
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ENGLAND WANTS
HEALTH REFORMS
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, April 4. — Major Wal
dorf Astor, member of the house of
commons for Plymouth, writes the
preface to a report which has just
been issued by a committee of Union
ist members of parliament, appealing
for a reform in the present methods of
health administration in England.
The responsibility for public health,
he says, is at present divided among
a bewildering variety of government
departments and local bodies. “Health
is, in fact, everybody’s business in
some paiilcular aspect, and nobody’s
business as a general problem. Con
sequently, progress is fragmentary
and haphazard, and there iB no steady
momentum or development such as a
definite ministry of health would
supply. Scandalous delays have oc
curred in dealing with problems of
admitted urgency.”
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JAPANESE CRUISER BRINGS
GUTHRIE’S BODY HOME.
(By United Press)
YOKOHAMA, May 4. — The Japan
ese cruiser Azuma has sailed for San
h'ranclsco bearing the body of George
VV. Guithrie, who died recently while
at his post as United States ambassa
dor at Toklo. Mrs. Guthrie plans to
sail tomorrow aboard the steamer Co
lumbia.
ESTERLY CLOSES
OPTION 111
We are In receipt of a copy of the
Rogue River Courier, published at
Grants Pass, Oregon, containing an
account of a big placer cleanup on
property that George Max Ksterly and
others have under option, as follows:
Seventeen bricks of virgin gold, of
a total weight of 1,221 ounces, and
valued at $21,190, said to be the largest
single cleanup ever brought from a
southern Oregon mine, were brought
to Grants Pass Monday by James Lo
gan from the Simmons Logan placer
mine at Waldo. This great mass of
gold was the return from a run of
70 days at the mine. It was not, how
ever, all the gold in the sluice boxes,
as the boxes were not cleaned as they
are at the finish of the season's run,
and hundreds of dollar-' worth of the
yellow metal was left in the boxes, to
be taken out later.
As a by-product of the mine, Mr.
Logan also brought along 12 1-2
ounces of platinum, now valued in
the market at from $105 to $1in per
ounce. This increased the value of
the product of the mine for the sev
enty day period to $24,532.
The gold from the Waldo placer ‘s
of excellent quality, showing a fine
ness of 900, the mint paying $19, or
better, per ounce for it. It is cast
into bricks at the mine, and these ore
shipped to the mint at San Francisco,
through the First National bank in
the present Instance.
The Simmons-Logan placer mine has
been the leading producsr of this tils
operated upon a larger scale than
any other. It is equipped with hydrau
lic elevators, and has 25 miles of
ditches, taking its water from the
east fork of the Illinois river. The
property consists of 1,500 acres of
placer ground lying between the two
forks of the Illinois. It is now under
option to Seattle and Tacoma parties
at a price understood to be $151,000,
and it is reported in the past few cays
the option has been practically closed.
GIVE PUBLIC
CHEAP CONCERTS
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4. — The
attempt recently inaugurated by this
city to give the general public the
world's best music at a rate within
the means of all, has met with un
qualified success, according to those
in charge. Ten cents is charged for
admission to the Exposition auditor
ium, where the concerts art' held. The
building is said to accommodate 10,
000 persons, and every seat has been
taken. Edwin H. Eemare, the Eng
lish organist, considered by many the
best player of the organ in the world,
has been engaged by the city at a
salary of $10,000 a year to play for
the people. The great organ used at
the Panama-Pacific International ex
position, in Festival hall, has been
presented to the city and installed
in the auditorium.
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CALIFORNIA WOMEN
DON OVERALLS
(By Associated Press)
STOCKTON. Cal., May 4. — Women
employed in a large manufacturing
plant here have donned overalls.
Thirty-three women in one depart
ment. were selected to try the experi
ment of wearing trousers. The inno
vation is said to ha\e been so suc
cessful that the management is con
sidering the adoption of the custom in
other departments of the conecrn.
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FISH TO KEEP DOWN
HIGH COST OF LIVING
SACRAMENTO, May 4. — Amateur
anglers are having their attention
called to the fact that they can go
a long way toward keeping down the
cost of living by enjoying their sport
with an eye to providing the home
larder with fresh fish. Persons liv
ing adjacent to streams, rivers and
other bodies of water who have not
been anglers are informed of the fish
they may catch in the various districts
and are advised to take up fishing
According to George H. Neale, deputy
game and fish commissioner, there
are at least 26 species of edible fish
to be found in the waters of Sacra
mento and San Joaquin valleys.
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(Ry Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, May 4 - With
the declaration of a state of nr with
Germany, this city, fearin. that the
plan suggested In the Zimmerman
note to Carranza might hear nit, in
stantly took extraordinary or -pared
ness measures.
Chief of Police J. L. Butler, after
conference with the military ihori
ties, issued a call, the da; "l iv ing
the declaration, for "pr •■•ilr.esa
volunteers," the main purp-t i i ore
yent the burning of the city.
Chief Butler's call wa - for men with
arms and ammunition, automobiles
and automobile truel.s. The ques
tions asked each volunteer in hided
address, business and pan hit in
experience, make of rifle owned, cali
bre and rounds of ammunition. Oxer
100.0(H) automobiles are owned in and
about the city and before a v . ok was
passed Rutler was in a | itiou to
call out a large force of untrained,
armed men.
Printed instructions were handed to
each volunteer, which said, ir part:
"Signal for immediate inohi.'i alien:
flashing on and off of street lh-hts,
five distinct periods of darkness, i>n
eral blowing of whistles, thi. minute
blasts and one minute inter , s.
“On noting either of these ,i goals,
individuals and orgauizatii . who
have volunteered their servicer will
proceed at once to the nearest mobili
zation point, taking with Hr :u what
“Autos and auto trucks available for
use will proceed to the nearest mobili
zation point.
“All men on arrival will report to
the police officer in charge.
"Those not actually engager in ren
dering assistance are u; . i to re ..tin
indoors. These signals .-.ill not 1.0
used except in great emergency.
“A close watch should be kept for
fires.”
The effect of this call xvas noted at
once in the buying up by volunteers
of nearly all the available si: -ply of
ammunition in local stores, i it it It
the exception of the opening of Red
Cross headquarters and recruiting t 1
tions, conditions here arc normal.
(By United Press)
NE WYORK, May 4. — Benin Leon
ard’s cleanout victory of Ritchie Mit
chell, alleged to have been the best
lightweight in the west, entitles the
New York scrapper to a real limit v. ith
Freddie Welsh — not a ten round
frost with the champion, such as has
been cooked up and dished out to the
fans several times, hut a real twenty
round mill, in which the best man
will win.
It is about time Welsh was coming
through and defending his title, it
is about time he discontinued his pur
suit of the American dollar and gave
some one an opportunity to prove
conclusively he's better than the Eng
lishman, and it's Leonard's turn.
In all the years that have t d
since WolBh was awarded a di vision
in London over Willie Ritchie, Welsh
has engaged in just one twenty n> n,i
encounter, and he was careful to pick
out Charlie White, of Chicago, as his
opponent. Now they're about readv
to send Welsh out against White for
another marathon engagement.
Welsh is a whirlwind in a ten round
engagement. He can move so fast
and block so cleverly then isn't a
chance of any lightweight getting close
enough to slip over a finishing touch
He can move at top speed for thi di
tance. Hence, there's no danger to
his crown. In a longer bout he might
tire a little. Certainly he could not
run away over that distance and get
tne reteree's decision if the r. ..
knew what he was doing it would
be worth while to see some one make
Welsh fight.
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Etagle dance Saturday night New
music.
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