Hi TORPEDOED
SHIP MEETS
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, June 4. — What happens
when a transport loaded with troops
Is sunk by a (Jerman submarine is
graphically told in the story of the
sinking ot the steamer Ballarat, which
was torpedoed April 25, while carry
ing Australian troops to England, and
sunk without the loss of a man. Drill,
discipline and tradition counted. There
were no heroics, fuss or panic, but
considerable humor and much ef
ficiency. As the vessel did not sink
for four hours, there was ample time
to save even the ship's pets and the
soldiers' mascots.
It was Anzac day, and the officers
were planning to hold a memorial ser
vice. The commanding officer was
dealing with a remanded case. "And
what have you been doing?" he asked,
when there came a dull crash, a
sound that seemed, as he said, “to lift
the skin off your face,” and the ship
began to take a list. The "alarm" was
sounded by the bugles, instantly fol
lowed by the "advance.” Without con
fusion of any kind the men in four
minutes fell in at their boat stations.
During the voyage they had been told
stories of the "Southland" and "Birk
enhead" of the behaviour ot' the troops
and men on these occasions. Those
men who had used flowery and fluent
parts of speech condemning the previ
ous boat drills now used equally liter
ary expressions in praise of them.
“It's all right, boys,” a man called
out, "the old man is on the bridge.”
“Don’t sing too loud," said an offi
cer, laughing, "because 1 can't give
orders.” The order to “stand easy"
was given out.
The turn of the navy came now. The
men knew instinctively that the navy
would turn up. It turned up. De
stroyers and trawlers appeared like
magic. There was a moderate sea,
and the ship having been struck near
the propeller, began settling down by
the stern.
While waiting for the boats to be
lowered some of the men sang, some
settled dow'n to play cards, and most
of them smoked. The nurses remained
with the medical staff until all the
patients had been provided for, and
the whole medical staff remained with
the patients until they were safely
placed in boats.
^ Every pet was saved, with the ex
ception of some of the ship’s cats, and
cats, as Kipling says, prefer to walk
alone. Over the side went Bill Anzac,
an Australian parrot, in a cage; a
gray squirrel had the run of a raft; a
fox terrier and her puppies are now
guests of the officers of a destroyer.
And it was all done decently and in
order.
A bandmaster who was won’t to
call upon his band to fall in by means
of a certain call on his cornet, had
saved that instrument, and when the
men were in the boats they heard from
a destroyer the old familiar cornet
sing out, and across the water came
a great noise of laughter from all the
boats because the little joke had
struck home. The men had lost their
ship, were miles from anywhere, in
open boats, but they could see the
humor of it.
It wasn’t exactly courage, because
heaps of the men were In a funk; and
it wasn’t exactly bluff, because you
can’t put up a bluff in a sinking ship,
and the sea looks awfully big when
one can’t see any land, and there’s
just a handful of officers running the
job and enough boats, and a fearful
ignorance of maritime geography. It
is a thing which is very difficult to de
fine. It was the voice of the em
pire speaking to each man, and saying
"We do the thing well, and we always
have, and we are always going to.
Are you game? ” The men were splen
did.
They were landed with promptness
and despatch, and some set foot on
England for the first time without
boots.
The submarine was never seen, she
plays a small part in this affair; but
the British navy was there and took
a very great part; prompt assistance,
up to time and no fuss.
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PRINCETON STUDENTS SAIL
FOR RELIEF WORK.
(By United Press)
NEW YORK, June 4. — Twenty-five
Princeton students Bailed from an
American port for relief work among
British soldiers and in European
prison camps. S. M. Shoemaker, Jr.,
of Baltimore, headed the party. Six
tee nthousand dollars was contributed
to finance the project.
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AMERICANS IN JAPAN
CAN RETURN FOR WAR DUTY.
TOKIO, June 4. — Americans In Ja
pan who want to go home for army
duty will be able to enlist when the
United States transport makes its
monthly call at Nagasaki. A number
of Amerk»tis here have had military
experience and expect to get com
missions.
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J. E. Frost, employed by the Alas
ka engineering commission, has start
ed work on the permanent telegraph
line between Anchorage and Fair
banks.
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LIBERTY BOND'
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, June 4. — Pros
pectlve buyers of Liberty bonds natu
rally are anxious to know exactly wha
they ore negotiating in making th<
purchase, and for this reason, th<
committee in charge has compiled i
“catchism” in which they have incor
porated the questions most frequentlj
asked concerning the loan, and th<
answers to them. They are as fol
lows:
Q.—What is the loan for?
A.—To pay for feeding, clothing anc
mounting the men who are lighting
for you.
ti.—Where can I buy a bond?
A.—At any bank or at the postof
flee.
Q.—Aren’t bonds too big for me?
A.—You can get them any size from
$50 and $100 up to $100,000.
Q.—Do I have to pay all cash down
A.—No.
Q.—How much do I have to pay now
on a $100 bond?
A.—$2 down on subscribing (Juns
15 last day).
Q.—When do I have to pay the rest
A.—$18 on June 28; $20 on July 30;
$30 on August 15; $30 on August 30;
plus interest earned by the bond be
fore it is paid for.
Q.—Would 1 pay at like rates foi
other bonds?
A.—Yes. For a $50 bond cut the
figures in half. For a $1,000 bond
multiply them by ten.
Q.—Can easier terms of payment be
had?
A.—Some banks are arranging tc
carry the payments for subscribers
and collect in twelve monthly install
ments.
Q.—What interest do the bonds
pay?
A.—3 1-2 per cent a year.
Q.—Do 1 have to pay taxes on them'
A.—No. Nor on the income from
them. Your heirs would be liable onlj
for estate and inheritance taxes. Thai
is all.
Q.—How can I get my money out oi
them if I want it?
A.—They are salable on a few min
utes notice in the bond exchange
Most people would be glad to accep
them as money even though they an
not legal tender.
Q.—Suppose the government shouh
issue more bonds bearing 4 or 5 pei
cent interest like Great Britain ha:
done. Wouldn’t my bonds go down ii
value,
this. You can turn your 3 1-2 per cen
bond in at par as subscription for i
new bond bearing the higher interes
rate.
Q.—How is the liberty bond, payini
3 1-2 per cent, equal in attraction ti
the savings bank paying 4 per cent?
A.—Tt gives absolute securit;
against loss; interest starts from th
day of investment; it is secure agains
future taxation as well as present tan
ation.
Q.—Why should 1 put my mone
into bonds, anyhow?
A.—Your brothers are offering thei
lives to save the nation from the grea
dangers that threaten it. You ar
only asked to put your money into ;
gilt-edged investment that will pay ir
terest from the day you make it. A]
you have in the world you owe t
your country. If you fail to do th
little that is asked can you look you
fellow citizens in the face withou
shame? Do your bit to make sur
that democracy shall endure in thi
world.
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PRECAUTIONS TAKEN TO
PREVENT EPIDEMIC
(By United Press)
NEW YORK, June 4. — Strict regi
lations to prevent another epidemic <
infantile paralysis became effectiv
throughout New York state today, e:
elusive of New York city, where th
health board will act. The rules pri
vide for a volunteer sanitary relit
corps of experienced disease fighter
and for strict quarantine of all su
pected cases.
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GOVERNMENT QUARANTINE
PINE TREE SHIPMENT!
WASHINGTON, June 4. — On a
count of the white pine blister rut
the department of agriculture tods
established a quarantine against t
states east of and including Minn
sota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas ai
Uouislana, prohibiting the moveme
from these states to points outside tl
quarantined area of all five-leafed pit
and currant and gooseberry plants.
OLYMPIA TO Bl
TAKEN OFF
ISLAND
Since the value of carriers of ever
type and rig have been advanced t
unprecedented figures, the eyes c
shipping men have been cast towar
the wreck of the steamship Olympi
of the Alaska Steamship Compan;
I which since December 10, 1910. ha
withstood the severe pounding of th
heavy seas of Prince William Sound
Alaska, and is still resting un an evei
keel on Bligh island reef.
Following the stranding of the Olyir
pla, the wreck was abandoned to th
underwriters, but was purchased b
the Alaska Steamship Company am
stripped of her machinery and fll
tings. The vessel is lying on a plr
nacle of rock which extends up inti
the hull and has been regarded as i
hopeless wreck.
Officials of the Alaska Steamshfi
Company were informed by a Seattli
man the other day that he expectei
j to make an offer for the Olympia, am
j had worked out a plan for floatini
jthe vessel. Shipping men believe tha
| the pinnacle rock beneath the hul
could be blasted away and the vesse
floated. They explain that the salvagi
operations would be very expensive
but with the high prices for tonnagi
the undertaking might net a large pre
fit. It is also said that the stee
plates of the hull, considering th
present cost of this kind of material
would be of considerable value, if thi
vessel could not be floated.
The Olympia stranded on Blight ij
land reef in a terrific storm while oi
her way from Cordova for Valdez. Sh
was commanded by Captain Jame
Daniels, who lost his life when thi
steamship Admiral Clark, of the Pa
cific Steamship Company, founderei
in the Gulf of Mexico last summer.
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The Empire Tin Mining Company
commonly spoken of as the Bartelli
property, has been sold at marshal']
sale under a lien placed on the pro
perty by Fred Hinton. It was bough
in by Judge Frawley, who is Hinton'i
attorney.
■f A committee representing the An
, | ehorage Bar Association and the
Chamber of Commerce of that place,
" have drafted a memorial to congress,
asking for an appropriation of $200,
000 for a federal building at Anchor
age, and have sent the memorial to
Delegate Sulzer.
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD
DIVI8ION, CORDOVA PRECINCT,
V AT CORDOVA.
) No. 101.
, Notice of 8ale of Real Property.
, In the matter of the estate of John
LaBranz.
i An order having been duly entered
this 26th day of May, 1917, by A. J.
Adams, Judge of the above named
’ probate court, authorizing the sale of
real estate of the above entitled estate
for the payment of debts, notice is
hereby given that that certain real
' property in the town of Cordova, Alas
I kiL consisting of one lot and deslg
nated as Lot No. 12. of Block 13. in
the town of Cordova, Alaska, will be
( sold at public auction by the under
( signed administrator of the above en
titled estate, on the premises, on June
( 30, 1917, at 10 o’clock a. m., to the
highest bidder for cash.
I Dated this 26th day of May, 1917.
I J. D. MacCOBMAO,
. Administrator of the Estate of John
LaBranz, Deceased.
I First publication, May 29, 1917.
I Last publication, June 26, 1917.
EXPERT
PIANO TUNER
George Anderson, piano expert an(
factory representative, will be In Cor
dova this coming summer. Exper
work In piano and organ tuning an(
repairing guaranteed. For prices 01
new and second hand pianos and or
gans, also pianos for rental, address
P. O. BOX 991, JUNEAU, ALASKA
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♦ Manufacturers and
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♦ Soda Water, all Flavors,
r « Ginger ale,
t ♦ Root Beer,
3 t Coco Cola.
1 ♦ Mail Orders Given Prompt
, * Attention.
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Wages and Spending Their Money
In Cordova a Chance to Live.
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THE MODERN
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reduces the cost of electricity
1 amazingly. It may be said
that no modern home can af
ford not to have electricity
for lights and other purposes.
We shall be glad to show you
how really economical elec
trical service Is.
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Cordova Power Co.
LIGHTS WATER PHONES POWER
> Office: FIRST STREET
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Developing and Printing Phonographs
Views and Postcards Columbia Records
Art Pictures, Art Supplies , „ .
^ _ r Sheet Music
Picture Frames
Picture Framing Candies Always Fresh
Cigars and Tobacco Toilet Articles
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T Experienced Capable Employes
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1st Avenue Below Alaskan Hotel
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The laws of the country, the statutes of the common
wealth, the untiring efforts of watchful eyes safeguard r'A
every bank transaction.
Moral: Unquestioned safety is this institution’s
proudest asset.
The First Bank j]
of Cordova
Territorial Depositary.
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Aii Alaskan Product
Real Old German Lager
A Refreshing Drink
The Valdez Brewing Co.
Under New Management
Patronize Home Industry
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On Tap In Every Saloon
Cordova Mill & Lumber Co.
LONG AND SHORT MILL WOOD FoR SALE
Manufacturers and Dealers in Rough and
Dressed Lumber.
Also Outside Lumber
A\’t* Have Succeeded the Arctic Lumber Company and
All Mail Orders Should be Addressed to Fs.
Orders From up the Line Office and Mill Opposite
Promptly Attended to. Railroad Depot. Phone 5
Copper River
& Northwestern Rv.
--FOUR TRAINS WEEKLY BETWEEN
CHITINA AND KENNECOTT
Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mon
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays
days, Thursdays and Fridays.
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tues
days and Fridays.
Le^ve Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednes
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
The above schedule subject to change with
out notice.
Dining Car in Connection With all Regular
Passenger Trains Between Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova
Wharf from !> a. m. to 5 p. m., except Sundays.
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot
office, one hour before departure of trains.
CALEB CORSER, W. E. BROWN,
Superintendent. Agt. Cordova Wharf
R. K. BROWN, Jr., Ticket Agent.
Fine Job Printing At The Times Office
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