PLATTESBUBG, Aug. 26—Ex-president Theodore Roose
velt made a strring address to the State militia today, who are
in encampment on the plains outside city. The Chief Bull
Mooser attacked President Wilson’s handling o fthe foreign
relations with Germany in no uncertain terms. He said that
the president had shown himself unfit to control the destinies
of a great nation, and under the guidance of Wilson the United
States had played an ignoble part among the great nations of
the world. For the past thirteen months, the United States ac
cording to Roosevelt has not shown that it had the courage to
rise to the defense of the poor and weak. Americn should have
intervened in the present European conflict, said Teddy, as
soon as it became apparent that the Germans were violating the
rights of neutrals by invading Belgium. “We have seen our
own American men, women and children murdered on the seas,’’
he cried, “by the submarines of the Germans and have taken no
action to resent this attack on the lives and' liberties of our
citizens.”
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26—Secretary of War Garrison,
when told today of the sensational speech made by Roosevelt
at the militia encampment in Plattesburg, at once telegraphed
to General Wood deprecating the opportunity he had given to
Roosevelt to make such a talk to the soldiers, especially as the
administration was doing everything in its power to preserve
neutrality in the European war. Garrison gave strict orders
to Wood that nothing of a similar nature should be permitted
to occur again. The secretary said that he did not contemplate
taking any further action against the army officers who were
responsible for allowing a firebrand like Roosevelt to tear
loose at such a critical time.
French Aeroplanes Raid German Factories.
PARIS, Aug. 26—The war office officially announced this
morning that sixtv-two French aeroplanes had made a raid on
the German arms factories located near Saarlouis and dropped
150 bombs on the huge ammunition works there. Thirty of
the bombs were of large calibre and capale of tremendous
destruction if they struck home. All the airmen returned in
safety from the raid. No announcement has been made of what
damage, if any, was accomplished. This is the largest flotilla
of airships employed in one flight that has so far been used in
the present war, and the safe return of all the ships is regarded
as a wonderful exploit testyfying to the character of the
machines and' the skill of the airmen.
Japan to Manufacture Shells for Russia.
TOKIO, Aug. 26—The government has decided as a part of
its program for increasing the assistance to be rendered to the
allies, to establish special factories for the manufacture of
munitions of war. Japan feels that the safety of the nation
warrants the increase of its facilities for the making of ammu
nition, and that the present time is the best to enlarge its opera
tions as part of the general scheme of the entente powers to take
steps to prevent such a repetion in the shortage of supplies as
the Russian army has suffered from. The new factories to be
built will be used exclusively for the manufacture of different
sizes of shells as the empire is now well supplied with facilities
for the making of guns.
South Wales Coal Miners Again Strike.
LONDON, Aug. 27—Trouble has broken out again be
tween the miners and mine owners in the South Wales coal
fields. The hopes of the government that Lloyd George had
succeeded in permanently cementing friendly relations between
the employers and employees received a rude shock when a
telegram from Cardiff announced that a strike was on. It has
been learned that thirty-five thousand men quit work this morn
ing. The men claim that the mine owners are not keeping the
promises made to the Minister of Munitions at the time they
went back to work and disaffection has been spreading among
them for the past week culminating in an open rupture this
morning.
LONDON, Aug. 27—It has been learned that the new coal
strike in South Wales, was caused because the miners felt that
Walter Runciman, president of the London Board of Trade,
who was acting as arbitrator to adjust the difficulties which led
up to the first strike, was not making good on what Lloyd
George had promised the men. The men returned to work on
being assured' by Lloyd George that certain reforms would be
put into effect as soon as possible and the strikers now claim
that Runciman has refused to make effective these reforms.
Some of the demands of the men, including a wage increase
and shorter hours have been decided in favor of the men by
Runciman.
Coinage of Five Pfennigs Ordered.
BERLIN, Aug. 27—The German government has issued a
decree ordering the coinage of five pfennig pieces.
Fortress of Olita Is Evacuated.
BERLIN, Aug. 27—The war office announced officially
today that the Russians had evacuated the fortress of Dlita on
the Niemen river. Olita is located about thirty miles south of
Kovno.
British Vessels Bombard German Naval Base.
LONDON, Aug. 27—The larger vessels of the British fleet
bombarded Zeebrugge in Belgium yesterday. This port has
been used' as a German naval base, and was the headquarters
for a large fleet of submarines and airships, which have made
frequent raids on the east coast of England. The bombard
ment accomplished considerable damage, as the harbor de
fenses were partly demolished, and their efficiency seriously
reduced. Several submarines were destroyed.
Russia to Evacuate Last Fortified Position.
LONDON, Aug. 27—From press dispatches received today
from Petrograd it is believed that the Russian general staff has
decided to evacuate the fortified position of Grodno. This is
the last of the forts constituting the Russian first line of de
fense, all the others having been captured by the advancing
Teutons.
Greece Favorable to the Allies.
ATHENS, Aug. 27—Greece and the entente nations have
concluded a trade agreement which brings the countries affect
ed into very close relations, and while not necessarily com
mitting Greece to aiding the allies in the present war, shows
that the policy of the Venizelos government will be favorable to
the cause of the Allies and opposed to the central powers.
Public opinion throughout the nation is growing stronger in
favor of the allies daily, and it is felt that if the difficult matter
of bringing the Balkan nations into amicable relations can be
arranged, that Greece will send an army to assist the Anglo
French troops on the Gallipoli peninsula.
Excessive Heat at Kartoum Is Deadly.
CARIO, Aug. 26—The excessive heat at Kartoum, where
daily maximum temparature of 110 degress lasted for some
weeks, caused' directly the death of some members of the City
of London regiment stationed there. Now, periodic dust
storms rage in the Sudan to add to the miseries. When the
storm is in full blast, neither man nor beast can stand up against
it. It is recorded that in 1897 an entire convoy was suffocated
bv one.
LONDON, Aug. The Russian armies are continuing their
retreat all along the line, the Teutonic allies never failing to
exert a steady pressure o nthe retiring Slavs, and' gradually oc
cupying one town after another and forcing the Russian gen
erals to new positions. Despite this discouraging state of
affairs, the official advices from Petrograd reiterate forcibly
the intention of the Czar not to' make peace separately. It is
officially asserted that there is absolutely no possibility for
separate peace, and the Russians are determined to stand by
their allies, and Grand Duke Nicholas says that there can be
no peace until the last German and Austrian has been driven
from Russian soil. The Russians are preparing to intrench
themselves and resolve the fighting into conditions similar to
the western battle front. The military experts here agree with
with the Russian general staff that the German turning move
ment in Courland is unlikely to threaten the Russian capital
seriously, at least not this autumn. Von Hindenberg is finding
the task of conquering the Baltic coast a difficult one, and has
made no progress in that direction of late. The Russian fore
ign minister Sazonoff declared today that there was no dis
agreement among the allied commanders and that they were
all working harmoniously to destroy the common enemy.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28—The negotiations between Ger
many and America on the subject of submarines warfare will
begin as soon as the Wilson administration announces its readi
ness. Von Bemstorff has been instructed by his government to
open the negotiations with a disavowal for Germany of taking
the lives of any Americans at the time of the attack on the
Lusitania. Wilson is determined, however, that the Arabic
matter must be settled, before renewing the general subject of
submarine warfare as started by the Lusitania case. The
purpose of this is because the president wishes to have Ger
many’s sincerity, in its announcement that under seas warfare
against passenger carrying vessels would be ended, determined
definitely before continuing the previous negotiations.
SOFIA, Aug. 28—The official organ of the government
announced editorially today that if conditions affecting the
territorial demands of Bulgaria were complied with, so that
Bulgaria would recover that portion of Macedonia she was en
titled to after the first Balkan war, gets her seaport on the
Aegean Sea, and Roumania cedes the section of Dobruja forced
from Bulgaria at the time of the second Balkan war, that Bul
garia would immediately intervene in the war on the side of the
allies, and send her army, already mobilized, into the field
against Turkey. The newspaper says that if these conditions
are met, King Ferdinand will convene parliament at once for
the purpose of declaring war.
Germans Lose Heavily In Storming Forts.
DVINSK, Aug. 28—Most of the former Garrison at Osso
wetz, who made their escape when the Russian general staff
decided to abandon the fortress say that the German losses in
the attack against the forts were enormous. The number of
killed and wounded reached such a total as to surpass the
imagination, the German commanders storming heavily forti
fied positions with a reckless disregard of the lives of their
soldiers. German officers who were captured' in the attack and
taken prisoners state that the Germans lost several times the
number of the Russian garrison in the storming of the forts.
LONDON, Aug. 28—More of the Welsh coal miners went
on strike today as a protest against the awards of arbtrator
Runciman. The coal difficulty is taking considerable of the
attention of the coalition cabinet, but it is not thought that an
other attempt will be made by the government to enforce the
Munitions Act as regard the strikers. Leading publicists
throughout the country are seriously advocating the govern
ment taking over the mines and operating them, and justify
their position as an emergency war measure.
PARIS Aug. 28—Fighting has commenced' again along the
Austrian border between Austria on one side and Montenegro
and Serbia on the other. King Nicholas left Cettinje yesterday
for the front and will personally lead his soldiers at the front.
Ball Games
National League.
NEW YORK. Aug. 27—
Pittsburg..*.1
New York . 2
Pitchers—Adams; Gibson.
BROOKLYN, Aug. 27-r
St. Louis.11
Brooklyn . 7
Pitchers—Perdoe; Bell.
BOSTON, Aug. 27—
Chicago . 4
Boston . 7
Pitches—Pierce; Ragan.
Chicago . 4
Boston . 1
Pitchers—Pierce, Zabel; Tyler,
Hughes.
PHILADEPHIA, Aug. 27—
Cincinnati . 2
Philadelphia . 1
Pitchers—McKemey; McQullIen.
BROOKLYN, Aug. 28—
Pittsburg . 1
Brooklyn . 2
Pitchers—Harmon; Rucker.
NEW YORK, Aug. 28—
Chicago . 0
New York.2
Pitchers — Humphrey, Adams;
Tesreau.
BOSTON, Aug. 28—
Cincinnati . 0
Boston . 2
Pitchers—Toney; Rudolph.
American League.
DETROIT, Aug. 27—
New York . 1
Detroit . 8
Pitchers—Preh; Boland.
New York . 3
Detroit . 11
Pitchers—Cole, Shawkey; Dubuc.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 27
Boston .3
Cleveland . 4
Pitchers—Cregg; Mitchell.
CHICAGO, Au. 27—
Philadelphia . 2
Chicago . 3
Pitchers—Gregg; Mitchell.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 27—
Washington . 1
St. Louis . 8
Pitchers—Harper; Londermilk.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 28
Boston . 6
Cleveland . 3
Pitchers—Ruth; Jones.
Boston.3
Cleveland . 1
Pitchers—Shore; Collomore.
DETRIIT, Aug. 28—
New York . 1
Detroit . 0
Pitchers—Caldwell; Jones.
New York . 2
Detroit . 6
Pitchers—Fisher; Covaleskl.
CHICAGO, Aug. 28—
Philadelphia . 4
Chicago . 2
Pitchers—Know Ison; Benz.
Standing of League Clubs.
The following is the standing of the
big leagues up today:
National League.
60
62
66
69
60
62
Philadelphia . 63
Brooklyn . 62
Boston . 60
Chicago . 68
Pittsburg . 67
Cincinnati . 66
New York . 62 69
St. Louis. 62 61
American League.
Detroit . 77 42
Boston .. 73 40
Chicago . 70
Washington.68
New York.66
St. Louis.46
Cleveland.46
Philadelphia . 36
46
46
66
70
71
77
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.487
.474
.468
.460
.647
.646
.608
.662
.604
.391
.388
.312
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS OF THE WEEK
What Is Transpiring In and About Cordova
MONDAY.
The Edythe G. was In port yesterday
on her way south from Anchorage.
E. M. Bates and wife have engaged
passage on the steamer Alameda for
Seattle.
The tug boat Pioneer was here yes
terday for fuel. She Is on her way to
Anchorage.
Supt. S. Pedersen, wife and daugh
ter. Miss Esther, will return to Seattle
for the winter on tomorrow’s steamer.
Mrs. P. Borgman and daughter.
Miss Erma and son Willie will be out
going passengers for Seattle on the
Alameda.
Attorney P. M. Tamany and wife,
who have spent several weeks very
pleasantly in Cordova, will return to
their home in Seattle tomorrow.
H. Stanley Cooke, who has been in
charge of the Hamshaw properties in
the Chlsana and E. H. Frost, the book
keeper, arrived in Cordova from the
interior camp Saturday night. They
will leave for the states on the steam
er Alameda.
Sam Blum and family will be out
going Alameda passengers for Seat
tle, where they will spend the winter.
A trip to the Panama exposition will
also be made.
The revenue cutter McCullough ar
rived in port yesterday afternoon
about 3 o’clock and remained here
until early this morning taking on a
supply of fuel oil. The McCullough
took the “floating court” to the west
ward and returned the federal officials
to Valdez Friday afternoon.
Mrs. W. J. Feaster and little son
Joe came down from Chltina on Sat
urday night’s train and will go to the
states on a visit.
TUESDAY
Sanford Finelstein came over from
Anchorage to visit at his old home.
Geo. A. Parks, of the general land
land office, is on an official visit to
Cordova.
Mrs. E. P. Zeigier returned today
from a visit with her parents at
Seward.
The Alameda will take out 18,000
tons of copper ore and 3,000 cases of
canned salmon.
Geo. Vinegar, representing J. B.
Caro &Co., of Juneau, is today calling
on the local trade.
Superintendent Caleb Corser re
turned on the Alameda from n trip to
Seward and Anchorage.
Dick Kerwood returned on this
morning’s steamer from Anchorage,
where he has spent the past five or
six weeks.
Art Cloninger is in Vaidez arrang
ing for a license for the new Alaskan
Hotel, which will be re-opened within
a few days.
W. F. Thompson, the well known
Fairbanks newspaperman, who made
a trip to Seward is on the Alameda,
en route to the states.
Miss Caroline Kelsey, of Valdez, is
a passenger on the Alameda for Bell
ingham, Wash., where she will attend
the State Normal School.
A couple of bents of the Tiekel river
bridge were washed out by the high
water and the train from Chitina will
not arrive until tomorrow.
Stephen Birch, president of the
Kennecott Copper Corporation, was in
town today and will leave for New
York on tonight’s steamer.
Mrs. E. McCudden and Mrs. S. F.
Heim, of Vallejo, Cal., wives of officers
of the collier Prothemus, which is
due here next week, are registered at
the Windsor hotel.
Calvin Hazelet came over from La
touche this morning and will remain
here a week or ten days and then
leave for Golden, Colorado, to attend
the Colorado School of Mines.
E. I. Clarke, night clerk at the C.
R. & N. W. railway offices, has been
transferred to Kennecott, where he is
now acting as station agent. Abe
Courtright succeeds Clarke here.
Iur former townsman, W. E. Furs
man, deputy marshal at Nanek, Is
here today on his way to the states,
where he is taking a couple of in
sane patients from the westward.
The steamer Alameda arrived from
the westward at 5 o'clock this morn
ing and will remain here all day load
ing copper ore, and will not sail south
south until about midnight.
An excusion was run to the glaciers
today to accommodate the following
round-trippers:
Miss E. I. Kerr, Miss I. Woods, Miss
O. Woods, Miss Lola Mattkins, Ross
L. Mattkins, Conant- Starr, R. W.
Spicer, L. Conant, Mrs. R. R. Peterson,
Mrs. T. H. Mead, R. Pierson,Jr„ Geo.
De F. Barton and wife, U. A. Gates
and wife, J. Burbridge and wife. Miss
M. L. Torbert, Mrs. S. Heim and Mrs.
S. McCudden.
A telephone line has been establish
ed between Seward and Anchorage.
Chas. G. Wulff has disposed of his
interest in the Valdez Prospector to
Stewart and Shlby and will shortly
leave for the states.
A. Shyman, of Seattle, is registered
at the Windsor hotel.
Chief Forrester H. S. Graves and
one of his assistants, C. A. Sherman,
both of Washington, W. G. Weigle, of.
Ketchikan, who is in charge or the
forestry department work in Alaska,
arrived in Cordova this morning and
are registered at the Windsor hotel.
They will remain here several days
making an inspection of timber lands
of the Chugach reserve.
The following Cordovans have been
drawn as petit jurors, for the fall term
of the district court, which convenes
at Valdez, September 14: John Raw
son, Ed. Walsh, Chas. Canavan, N. J.
Black, A. B. Bremner, Chas. Camer
on, Al. Martin, Tony Lynch, John
Gamble and O. L. Larson.
WEDNESDAY.
The Alameda took out 1850 tons of
copper ore from here for the Tacoma
smelter.
Chas. Cochran and wife are coming
back to Cordova on the Mariposa, after
having spent several months in the
states.
Mrs. Thomas S. Scott, who spent the
past couple of months with Seattle
friends, is a returning passenger on
the Maripjosa.
Miss Celia Burroughs, of San Lean
der, left Seattle last night on the
steamer Mariposa for Cordova, where
§he will accept a position as teacher
in the primary department of our pub
lic schools.
Judge Brown this morning granted
a retail liquor license to Gottschalk &
Cloninger for the new Alaskan hotel,
which will shortly be opened in Cor
dova.
The steamer Alameda sailed for
Seattle at 7 o’clock this morning
with the following passengers from
Cordova: H. F. Hinman and wife,
E. M. Bates and wife, Miss L. Mc
Kenzie, Mrs. J. Feaster, S. Pederson
and wife. Miss Esther Pederson, G. B
Cederholm, J. N. Gilbert, S. B.
Sumonlidason, August Wahlquist, W.
Lennords, Sven BJelland, W. E. Ful
ton, A. Dorks and wife, S. Blum and
family, Miss Erma Borgman, Willie
Borgman, P. Tamany and wife, B. C.
Siquit, G. B. Anderson, H. S. Cooke,
E. H. Frost and J. N. LIghtfoot.
THURSDAY
T. W. Jackson, of McCarthy, is in
town.
F. E. G. Berry returned on yes
terday’s train from a trip to Strelna.
Chief Forrester Henry S. Graves
and party left on this mornings train
on a trip to Chitina and other interior
points.
Attorney R. E. Capers returned on
yesterday's train from a trip out the
line.
W. E. Dunkle has reutrned from a
trip to Nizina and the White River
section.
E. A. Hinkley and Pete Nelson, of
Kennecott^ were arrivals on yester
day's train.
A trin left this morning for Chitina
and Kennecott and a local will arrive
here tomorrow afternoon.
E. B. Hanley, of the Abercrombie
Packing Company, came to town yes
terday, having finished his season's
work at the cannery.
The steamer Alameda, which left
here early yesterday morning was re
ported off Cape St. Elias today at
noon having been delayed on account
of a storm.
Malcolm Brock and family have
moved into Sam Blum's home for the
winter and the quarters over the bank
vacated by them will be occupied by
Thos. Scott and family.
FRIDAY
The lighthouse tender Kukul will
place a buoy on the bar in the local
bay, recently found by the steamer
Alameda.
This morning the fire department
responded to a call from Mrs. Kate
Rolf’s store. A case of gasoline com
ing in too close proximity with the
kitchen range. The damage was
slight.
A. G. Mink, factory representative
of the Norris Safe & Lock Co., is in
town interviewing the local trade and
is meeting with considerable success
in selling his safes to business houses.
The steamer Northwestern left
Skagway at 10 o’clock this morning
and is due here Saturday at midnight.
The Admiral Evans sailed from Ju
neau at 9 o'clock this morning and
should reach Cordova early Sunday
morning.
SATURDAY.
St. Bertha's Guild met this after
noon at the Red Dragon Club House.
After organization refreshments were
served and a pleasant and profitable
year is looked forward to by the young
ladies interested.
Deputy Marshal Brightwell went out
the line this morning to serve some
legal papers.
Don’t fail to see “The Sea Wolf” at
the Empress Sunday night.
It was reported this morning that
the collier Prothemus was due to ar
rive here tomorrow, but the wireless
station has had no information to that
effect.
-:o:-•
Salmon Brings Good Price.
The wholesale price of salmon has
been fixed and the rate is higher than
it was last year. The canneries will
receive $0 per case for reds and $3.40
and $3 per case for the other grades.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between 8eattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward and
SHIP CREEK, via INSIDE PASSAGE
Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
August 13.ALAMEDA.August 23
August 20.NORTHWESTERN.August 29
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. S. Seward. 8. 8. 8eward, 5th; S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up-town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY,
General Agent
T. J. TALLENT,
Ticket Agent
COPPER RIVER & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY
Good Passenger and Freight
Service to Interior Alaska
For Rates and Other Information Apply
DEPOT OFFICE