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FIFTH YEAR CHITINA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1915. NUMBER 26
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CORDOVA CO-OPERATIVE TRADING CO.
President—C. P. Mickelson.
Vice President—E. E. Ray.
Secretary—W. J. McDonald.
Treasurer—.John J. Strigsvie. .Ul ... ^ %
Manager—James Flynn.
Directors—Y. G. Vance, Ed. Walsh, J. E. Currie#, Joseph
Rowan, Jas. A. McBride.
On Saturday night, notwithstanding the stormy weather,
about 35 men and women assembled at the Borden building and
formally launched the Cordova Co-operative Trading Company.
The above officers and directors were elected for the ensuing
year. The capitalization is for $10,000, with 1,000 shares at
$10 each. Half the amount was immediately subscribed and a
good part of the $5,000 has already been paid in.
Articles of incorporation, prepared by Judge Frazier,
were subscribed to and properly executed. A copy was sent on
the steamer Alameda to the Clerk of the Court at Valdez and
another copy will be mailed on the return trip of the steamer to
the Secretary of the Territory at Juneau. The ineornorators
are: V. G. Vance, Edw. Walsh, and E. E. Rav. The company
is to run 50 years and is authorized to conduct a general
merchandise and outfitting business.
By-laws were also adopted on Saturday night. They give
the board of directors general superyision over all the affairs
of the company, and empowers them to appoint a general
superintendent or manager, who shall control and direct the
business of buying and selling of goods, under control of the
directors and president. The directors shall receive no compen
sation for their services. Provision is made that no one person
or company can buy or own more than 50 shares of the stock.
The new corporation decided to take over the grocery stock
of O. M. Kinney prior to the first of May and to move it to the
Borden building, adjoining the Cordova Drug Company. In
the meantime Manager Flynn is making out his orders and will
send them out on Wednesday’s steamer for shipment of goods
on the steamer Alameda, sailing from Seattle on April 24. They
will arrive in time for a formal opening on Monday, May 3.
It is stated that four-fifths of the families living at Oldtown
and employed by the railroad company have taken stock in the
co-operative company. A number of families in Cordova are
also financially interested, so that the new company expects
to start out with the trade of practically one-half the families
in Cordova and surrounding locality. It is also expected to
work up a big trade out the line. At present the business will
be confined largely to groceries and the supplies usually kept
by such stores in Alaska.
LONDON, April 13.—The text of the note presented by
the German foreign office to James W.. Gerard, American
Ambassador to Germany, on the subject of submarine
prisoners, is contained in dispatches received today from
Berlin. The German government has learned with astonish
ment and indignation that the British government regards
officers and crews of German submarines as not as honorable
enemies, and accordingly treats them not as other prisoners
of war but as ordinary prisoners.
AMSTERDAM, April 13.—Germans officially announced
this morning that they had imprisoned 39 British officers in
reprisal for treatment of German - submarine prisoners in
England.
ROME, April 13.—The Military Journal this morning
prints an order that all metal on uniforms and scabbards lie
dulled. Such orders in the past have only been issued on tl^e
eve of a battle.
ROTTBRDAM. April 12.—The Belgian relief ship Har
palyce, the first relief vessel sent out from New York, was
torpedoed or sunk by a mine in the North Sea. Only part of
the crew was saved.
LONDON, April 12.—This afternoon heavy firing was
heard some distance off the.coast city of Scarborough. It is
believed that there is cannonading among battleships in the
North Sea.
ROME, April 12.—As a result of the meetings held yester
day the war feeling today is most pronounced. The central
sections of the city are now occupied with troops and extreme
vigilance will be preserved during the night. The buildings
i most strongly defended are the residences of the Austrian
embassy and the German ambassador.
WASHINGTON, April 7.—It was reported late this
afternoon that a battle between 40,000 troops was now on in
Mexico. It is regarded as a contest that may be the decisive
action in the war between the Villa and Carranza forces. The
engagement is taking place near Irapuato, in the state of
Guanajuato.
PETREPORT, France, April 10.—The French schooner
Chateauiaud was torpedoed off the Isle of Wight. The crew
had a narrow escape from sinking with the vessel. They were
m given ten minutes to get off. They lowered boats and for a
long time were adrift in the open sea, without food or proper
clothing.
LONDON, April 10.—Dispatches from the continent today
state that Austria has abandoned her campaign against Serbia,
* and the conclusion has been reached for Vienna to sound
Russia as to probable peace terms.
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RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION AT ONCE
TO COMMENCE AT SHIP CREEK
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Interior Lane announces that the actual construction of
the government railroad in Alaska would commence
practically at once. Individual contractors will do the
building of the various separate units.
The Secretary’s statement further says that the
route adopted will be known as the Susitna route and
that the new construction from the present terminus of
the Alaska Northern railroad to the Tanana River
will cover a distance of 471 miles. It will be
standard guage and the road will be built with its
present base at Ship Creek.
In making public the intended plans Secretary
Lane says that according to President Wilson’s orders
the first work will be to build a wharf at Ship Creek,
and the dredging there of a more adequate channel.
The probabilities are that not over 40 miles of actual
construction work will be finished this year. The
Alaska Engineering Commission will employ only a
small force, which will be chiefly in the engineering
department and to supervise construction.
NEW YORK, April 13.—An extended article on the Alaska
railroad situation is contained in the New York Daily Times j
this morning. Among other things it says that it was stated
on good authority yesterday that the Morgan-Guggenheim
interests wpuld probably extend their line, the Copner River
& Northwestern Railway, into the agricultural district of
Alaska, within a few years. This would thereby bring their
Cordova road to a certain extent into competition with the
government railroad that will be built through the Susitna
valley and to the Tanana river.
The same article contains an interview in which George
W> Perkins congratulates President Wilson and his adminis
♦ration on their “splendid choice” in the purchase of the
Alaska Northern railway.
Speaking of the Copper River & Northwestern railway, in
which he is financially interested, Mr. Perkins said, “that is
located too far away from the proposed government line to be
a competitor of it, but I believe that it is a better line than the
government’s from an industrial standpoint. I am not sorry
it was reiected, and we will develop it of course, for further
business. ’ ’
Although having retired from business about three years
ago Mr. Perkins was prior to that time and since 1901 a partner
of the banking firm of J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. Before
leaving the firm he was supposed to have the interests of the
Alaska Syndicate under his direct charge. He made a trip to
Alaska during the summer of 1909, visiting both Cordova and
Seward during the latter part of July and early in August.
At that time there were many rumors that Mr. Perkins’
firm contemplated taking over the Alaska Northern. Then
J. P. Morgan & Co. owned one-seventh interest in the Sovereign
Bank of Canada, which in turn owned the bonds of the Alaska
Northern. Afterwards the road \yas sold at receiver’s sale and
was bought by the bondholders. It has since been repeatedly
asserted that the firm still retained some interest in the road
atid that it was^ot averse to having the government take it
over.
It is further stated that for several weeks past the Morgan
Guggenheim interests have known that the government would
not take over their Cordova road. Consideration has been
given the suggestion that a branch line be built into the
Bering River coal fields and also an extension of the line from
Chitina, but it is safe to assume that nothing in the way of new
construction will be done this year.
WASHINGTON, APRIL 10. — THE GOVERNMENT
RAILROAD IN ALASKA WILL RUN FROM SEWARD
TO FAIRBANKS.
SUCH IS THE SELECTION THAT HAS BEEN
MADE BY PRESIDENT WILSON. ANNOUNCEMENT
TO THAT EFFECT WAS MADE LATE THIS AFTER
NOON BY SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR LANE.
THE COAST TERMINUS WILL BE SEWARD
AND THE PROPERTY OF THE ALASKA NORTHERN
HAS BEEN PURCHASED FOR $1,150,000. AT PRESENT
IT RUNS 72 MILES NORTH FROM SEWARD, BUT
WILL PRACTICALLY HAVE TO BE REBUILT.
SECRETARY LANE SAYS THAT THE THROUGH
LINE WILL RUN FROM SEWARD TO FAIRBANKS.
WITH A BRANCH LINE OF 38 MILES TO TAP
THE MATANUSKA COAL FIELDS.
THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE ENTIRE SYS
TEM IS $26,800,000. THIS DOES NOT CONTEM
PLATE ANY BRANCHES THAT MAY BE BUILT
LATER. BUT PROVIDES FOR THE TRUNK LINE
AND THE MATANUSKA BRANCH.
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ROME, April 10.—Meetings have been called throughout
the nation for Shnday, by those in favor of immediate inter
vention in the war. These gatherings will undoubtedly be
largely attended tomorrow and the expression will favor war.
In fact the threat is made by the National League that the
monarchy will fall if it does not consent to war. The feeling
is general that Italy cannot much longer hesitate, for the
people favor action and are becoming 'impatient.
BET ROGRAD, April 10.—Several German officers of high
rank were killed by the derailment of a train in Northern
Poland, which was bearing an army corps staff. A number
were seriously injured.
I.l\ RRPOOL, April 10.—A German submarine chased the
British steamship Theseus 57 miles last evening. She fired
seven explosive shells, cutting the mainmast and wrecking the
firemen s quarters on the poop deck. The Theseus, however,
got away and reached Java. An account of the pursuit was
cabled from there.
PE 1 ROGRAD, April 9.—With the Russian forces in
possession of all the marine ports, tl;e summits and slopes of
the Beskid mountains, army officers here assert that the
Austrian operations in the Carpathian mountains have
collapsed. The Russian general staff is now considering the
best approach into Hungary. The talk of separate peace from
Austria-Hungary is being revived. Those countries are about
at their limit and if the contest continues the loss and devasta
tion is liable to be most serious.
LONDON, April 9.—The French movement between the
Mouse river and the Lorraine frontier is developing as
distinctly offensive, with General JofYre pushing his forces in
the advance. The Germans are making fierce counter attacks
and the losses on both sides are becoming large. This is the
substance of the last dispatches which have reached London
from the continent.
WASHINGTON, April 9.—Last night President Wilson
delivered an address before the Maryland annual conference
of the Methodist Protestant churches. The President
declared that it was his belief that no man was wise enough
to pronounce judgment on the European war at this time.
NEW PORT NEWS, April 12.—The German commerce
raider Kronprinz Wilhelm slipped into port this afternoon and
asked tor fuel and provisions. Durinjsrtho past eight months,
since the war started, this vessel captured fourteen merchant
men bottoms and took over 1,000 prisoners.
LONDON, April 9.—Several transports of the allies
troops, escorted by warships, are landing troops on the
Turkish coast, and it is expected that the attack will soon be
resumed from both the land and sea.
GBNEVA, April 9.—Railroad rolling stock is being with
drawn by Italy from the Swiss frontier. It will be used for
the transportation of troops and military stores in Northern
Italy, destined for the region bordering on Austrian Tyrol.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 9.—The minister of war
called out all men, including boys 19 years of age and over, in
defense of Turkey, and already the response is becoming
general.
TACOMA, April 9.—Fifteen carloads of American aero
planes have reached here and they are now being loaded
aboard the steamship TTakushika Main for the Orient. They
are for the Russian military.
BERLIN, April 8—Official announcement was made today
of admission of the defeat of the German army between the
Meuse River m Belgium and the Mioselle River in Prussia.
LONDON, April 8.—Italy’s intentions are a subject of
general interest and speculation. Although she has concen
trated her army along the Austrian border and her navy is
within striking distance of the Adriatic, Italy is still endeavor
ing to exhaust every means which may lead to a peaceful
settlement with Austria, before taking adverse action, on the
question of territorial concessions. The latest advice from
Rome states that even should Italy become embroiled in war
she will not strike for some time yet. It is believed in Rome
that the decisive struggle among nations now at war will not
begin until the early summer, and that then it will be a fight
to the finish.
PETROGRAD, April 8.—The Russian army has been
persistently advancing in the Carpathian mountain section.
This morning it is reported that they have cut through the
Austrian army in two places.
WASHINGTON, April 8.—In a reply just received from
Berlin it is stated that Germany will pew for the wheat-laden
vessel William P. Frye, which was recently destroyed.
CETTINJE, April 8.—Twelve women and children were
killed and fifty were injured this morning by bombs that were
dropped by Austrian aviators. They fell in the market place
at Podjoritza, Montenegro.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 8.—The Sultan of Turkey is
very well content with the manner in which the enemy has
been held back. This morning in an authorized interview he
stated that he is convinced that the Dardanelles cannot be
forced.
NEWPORT NEWS, April 8.—The German cruiser Prinz
Eitel Frederich blew her whistle yesterday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock and smoke was seen to pour from both her funnels,
and it was expected that she would pull away from the wharf
every minute, but this morning it was stated that she was still
interned.