LOCAL NEWS ITEMS OF THE WEEK
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What Is Transpiring In and About Cordova
MONDAY
Mrs. E. J. Davis will leave on the
Northwestern to spend the hoidays
with her parents at Bremerton, Wash.
Lewis Laska is now employed in the
hardware department of the Blum,
O'Neill Company store.
M. J. Sullivan arrived In town on
Saturday from Portage Bay, where he
is engaged in getting out a large
quantity of timber for the Alaska En
gineering Commission.
Miss Blanche Fogg, an attractive
young landy of Valdez, is the guest
of Mrs. Parke Griswald.
Dr. W. W. Council will be an out
going passenger on the steamer
Northwestern, to be absent a couple
of months.
Lena Morrow Lewis, the Socialist
lecturer, will be here this week and
address Cordovans. She is at pres
ent to the westward, and definite an
nouncement will soon be made of her
plans for this place.
The Jesters are arranging to give
their friends a good time at their
Thanksgiving ball, to be held at the
Windsor Hotel.
Captain Quinn has returned to the
halibut fishing grounds near Cape St
Elias, with his power boat Idaho, af
ter having brought a large catch of
halibut to Cordova for shipment to the
States. Captain Quinn says there is a
big run of fish this year, and the only
drawback is the rought weather that
usually prevails in the vicinity of the
Cape.
Beginning Thursday moning there
will be three mails a week, of 1,600
pounds each, dispatched from the Cor
dova postoffice to interior Alaska.
They go by train to Chitina Monday,
Thursday and Saturday mornings, and
from there to Fairbanks by the Orr
stage line. The incoming mails will
arrive Tuesday, Friday and Sunday
afternoons. This service continues
until March 24, and from the latter
date until May 31 there will be two
malls a week of 800 pounds each.
TUESDAY
The Chamber of Commerce today
made the last payment of the deficit
of $2,000, incurred in the btfilding of
a trail from McCarthy to Chisana.
Mrs. Keith McCollough, formerly
teacher in the Cordova public schools,
is the teacher of the primary grade
at Anchorage.
Grover Hanneman and Geo. Stewart
returned to Cordova today from An
chorage, where they' have been em
ployed for several months.
Postmaster Wood, of Anchorage,
has resigned his position and is a pas
senger on the steamer Northwestern
for the States.
Art Holt and wife came down from
Chitina today on their way to the
States.
At a special meeting of the city
council, held last night, a resolution
was adopted that the council meet as
a Board of Equalization for the pur
pose of equalizing the tax assessment
for 1915, on Monday evening, Decem
ber 6, and continue in session until
the following Monday, between the
hours of 8 and 9 p. m. of each day.
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Charles Cerney was a passenger
/or Juneau on the steamer North
western.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McDonald have
returned from the westward, where
they spent the past six weeks.
Everything is in readiness for the
dance to be given at the Windsor
Hotel tomorrow night by The Jesters.
Thanksgiving Day service, St.
George's Episcopal Mission, Red
Dragon Club House, 11 a. m. Rev.
E. P. Ziegler.
There will be a special show at
the Empress Theatre tomorrow night.
Good program. Don’t misB it. One
show only, at 8 o’clock.
The postoffice, bank, cable office
and public schools, as well as the
Timee, will observe Thanksgiving
Day as a legal holiday.
Mrs. C. C. Hull, of Chitina, was an
outgoing passenger today for the
States, where she will spend the
holidays with friends.
A. E. Harris, traveling passenger
agent for the Chicago, Milwaukee ft
St Paul railway, returned to his
headquarters at Juneau today.
G. A. Stratman has returned from
Chitina and will soon leave for Mc
Carthy, where he will act as station
agent for the Copper ft Northwestern
railway.
Dr. W. W. Council left today ror
Seattle, to be gone a couple of
months. He will visit his old home
in the South before returning to
Cordova.
Arthur Holt, of Chitina, who re
ceived an Injury to one of his eyee,<
left today for Seattle to consult a
specialist He was accompanied by
his wife.
Miss Ruby DeGraff returned yester
day afternoon from Anchorage, where
the Alaska Transfer Company.
Mrs. Edgar J. Davis was aa out
going passenger on the Northwestern,
and will spend a couple of months
with her parents at Bremerton, Wash.
Gerald H. Hulton, of the Union
Construction Company, who has been
at Circle City for several months in
stalling a dredge for Clarence Berry,
left for the States today, accompanied
by his wife.
Mrs. H. I. Lewis was given a plea
sant and wholly unexpected surprise
last night, when a number of her
friends called and honored her birth
day. Cards were played and a light
luncheon was served afterwards.
The steamer Kansas City, which
put back from Anchorage to Cordova
to make some necessary reparrs, nas
been ordered to proceed to "Seward
with its cargo of freight, and the
ice conditions in Cook’s Inlet will
determine whether the 1,600 tons of
supplies aboard will be discharged at
Anchorage or dropped off at Seward
and later freighted to the new rail
road terminal.
The steamer Northwestern sailed
at any early hour this morning for
Seattle with a number of passengers
and a cargo of Kennecott copper ore.
She is scheduled to leave Seattle
next Tuesday for southwestern
Alaska, but her sailing from the
coast will likely be delayed a couple
of days. Skagway has been cut out
as a port of entry and hereafter
there will be a sailing of Alaska
Steamship Company boats from Se
attle every ten days.
The outgoing passengers from
Cordova today were G. H. Hutton and
wife, Mrs. E. J. Davis. Mrs. C. C.
Hull, Arthur Holt and wife. Miss
Lilly Westbon, Dr. W. W. Council.
J. C. Malcolm, Ed. Hertel, Geo. A.
Colburn, J. Hoffman. Geo. M. Arm
strong and Wm. Melvin for Seattle;
A. E. Harris and Chas. Cerney for
Juneau.
FRIDAY
Charley Kitsman and Price Net
tleton have returned from a trip to
the States.
The steamer Alliance was in port
yesterday for fuel oil. She was on
her way to the States.
The chemical and other equipment
of the local fire department was to
day transferred to runners.
Peter Sherman has returned from
Seattle and taken his old position
with the Northern Meat Market.
Miss Annie Egan was an arrival
from the States on the Alameda, and
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Dufley.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Buchanan and
daughter Madeline have returned
from an extended trip to the States.
Mrs. J. D. MacCormac and two
sons, who have spent several months
in California, returned home on the
Alameda.
Deputy Marshal A1 Dowling greeted
Cordovans while the Alliance was in
port on his return to Valdez from a
trip to the outside.
Mrs. Jesse G. Martin, of Valdez,
was the guest of local friends on
Wednesday evening, on her way home
from a visit to the States.
Mrs. Joseph Feaster and son, Joe,
were arrivals on the steamer Ala
meda, and left for their home at
Chitina on yesterday’s train.
Deputy Marchal Isaac Evans and
wife, of Seward, were in town Wed
nesday evening. They were return
ing home from a trip back east.
H. A. Lawrence, of Seattle, travel
ing passenger agent for the Union
Pacific system, did a little boosting
for his railroad while here Wednes
day night
G. B. Whitehead, of Seward, spent
Wednesday evening with local
friends.
The steamer Alameda arrived from
Seattle on Wednesday evening with
the following passengers for Cordova:
Mrs. Jos. Feaster and son, Mrs. J.
D. MacCormac and two sons, Mrs.
A. Taylor, Miss Annie Egan. Mrs.
D. Loring, Mrs. D. N. Greenwood,
Mrs. A. J. Nelson and family, George
Buchanan, wife and daughter, Mrs.
G. Moore, Peter Sherman, John W.
McCord, Wm. Ahlmook, Charles KUs
man, C. J. Hansen, B. F. Jorgensen,
B. Chlsoe, S. E. Emerson, Axel An
derson, J. Carlson, A. Peterson, Sam
Nelson, J. Nelson, Price Nettleton,
Harry Strong, A. Samson, B. Samson.
Last evening The Jesters pleasant
ly entertained a large crowd of
young people at a dance at the Wind
sor Hotel. Clayson's orchestra of
seven pieces furnished the music.
Axel Anderson has returned from a
trip to the States.
P. EL Butler, steward at the com
pany hospital, is on the sick list, and
Mrs. J. EL Keating is in charge of the
hospital.
John W. McCord, formerly connect
ed with the Copper River A North
western railway, who was one of the
l oraova on me Aiameaa.
has spent several weeks in the State:
and is on his way to the interior. Ac
companied by his partner, Wm. Ahl
mark, and Gus Peterson and J. Carl
son, they will leave on Saturday':
train for Chitina, taking with then
sixteen head of horses, with which
they will freight in a quantity ol
poultry and fresh meat for the Tolo
vans.
George Williams intends leaving or
the Alameda for New York, and front
there will go to London to visit his
parents. Two of his brothers are now
serving in the English army, and
George may later decide to enlist.
SATURDAY.
There will be an especially strong
bill on at the Empress Theatre Sun
day night, with Mary Pickford in tn«
leading role.
Our former townsman, Thomas C
Price, is a member of the Board ol
Directors of the Anchorage Chambei
of Commerce.
Five or six mining men. who re
cently came from the States, left on
this morning's train, bound for Tolo
vana. They had twelve head oi
horses, and will do their own freight
ing from Chitina to the new camp,
Mrs. John Palmer, of Chitina, ar
rived in Cordova on yesterday's train,
The sailing of the Northwestern
from Seattle has been postponed from
November 30 to December 3.
The Admiral Farragut left Seward
at 10 a. m. an dis due in Cordova to
morrow morning on her way to
Seattle.
Among the vessels unable to dis
charge their cargoes at Anchorage are
the Kansas City, Farragut, Seward
and Alliance.
The Admiral Evans did not sail
from Seattle Thursday, but is ex
pected to leave there tonight for
Southwestern Alaska.
The Alameda is due from the west
ward on Monday, having made the
trip to Seldovia. She will load cop
per ore here before sailing for Seattle.
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TRADE SOUTH
LONDON, Nov. 27. — Great Britain
has no intention of allowing the
United States to oust it from first
place in trade with South America,
declares the Daily Chronicle in a
long and earnest discussion of ‘‘The
South American Market.” After not
ing the relative positions of England,
Germany and the United States in
South American trade prior to the
war, the article warns its readers
that the United States has already
accomplished a great deal in its ef
fort to take advantage of the opening
offered it.
‘‘But let us look for a moment at
the assets of the British trader in
South America,” continues the Chron
icle. “One of his greatest is his
reputation for strict integrity and
scrupulously honest dealing, which
will stand in the coming race for
trade. It must be maintained at all
costs. South American people have
had the experience of our methods
of business, and of those of the
United States, and as a general rule
they prefer our own. If they can do
so they will deal with us.”
PLANS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. — Bids
for submarines for the United States
navy will hereafter be asked on the
basis of plans prepared by the naval
constructors. Heretofore the navy
merely asked for bids for submer
sibles to perform certain service, and
the bidders have furnished the plans.
The old practice of submitting to
bidders only the general require
ments of the navy will be abandoned,
but that will not prevent bidders
holding patents from submitting al
ternative bids, and between the twc
the navy may take its choice. The
fact that such progress in submarine
construction has been made by the
navy's own constructors to permit ol
such a departure is disclosed in the
annual report of Rear-Admiral David
W. Taylor, chief of the bureau ol
construction and repair.
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JUNEAU ESTABLISHES A RECORD
FOR CHEAP ORE HANDLING.
Three world's mining records were
roken at the Perseverance mine dur
MOVING TROOPS TO SERBIA
SALONIKI, Nov. 27.—The allies are eontinuing to land
troops at this point in large numbers. The town is assuming
the appearance of a military camp, tent cities springing up in
the outskirts, and troop trains daily departing, carrying sol
diers to the front in Serbia. Judging from the activity of the
French and British, there can be no doubt about there being
no further fear of interference on the part of the Greek gov
ernment. Kitchener secured permission, when at Athens, to
land troops at other points in Greece besides this city, and it
is believed that when the advance into Serbia is made it will
be started from at least three points across the frontier. Win
ter has settled down in the mountains of Serbia, and heavy
snows have fallen unusually early, thus seriously impeding
the movements of the soldiers on the firing line, and to some
extent reacting to the benefit of the Serbians and allies, who
are thus alloted a little more time to rush forward additional
men and supplies.
ATHENS, Nov. 27.—That the allies are preparing for a
long and serious campaign in the Balkans can no longer be
considered as uncertain, for they have landed about 125,000
troops there to date, or will have when the transports now in
the harbor have unloaded. Four thousand French and British
troops are being landed daily, and are being rapidly sent out
of the city along the railroad to the front, as fast as they can
be placed on the trains. Forty-five thousand more are on the
way, and it is thought that this is but the beginning.
BERLIN, Nov. 27.~The Teuton armies in Serbia are con
tinuing to advance southerly and westerly, forcing the Ser
bians to retire before them, and keeping up a steady pressure
so that the enemy has had no chance to rest and recuperate.
Since the beginning of the Teutonic invasion over one hun
dred thousand Serbian prisoners have been taken by the
armies of Austria, Germany and Bulgaria.
BERLIN, Nov. 27.—The war office announced officially
this morning that the German troops had made additional ad
vances in Serbia, and had occupied the heights on the left
bank of the Sienicia river, west of the city of Pristina. The
Austrians are advancing southwest of Mitrovitza. Twenty
five hundred more Serbian prisoners were taken yesterday.
LONDON, Nov. 27—The situation in southern Serbia
continues favorable to the Teutons and Bulgarians. The
French lines are being fiercely attacked by four divisions of
Bulgarians, who have so far been able to make but little im-j
clearly demonstrated that $1 ore In
the Juneau mining district is
profitable.
During the month of September
500,000 tons of ore was broken down
into the slopes, and the mill at Thane
handled 160,000 tons. The cost of
mining, tramming and milling was
below 60 cents. These are world’s
records for mining.
PRESIDENTattending bid
FOOTBALL GAME
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. — Presi
dent Wilson and party left here this
morning in two special cars for New
York to attend the Army and Navy
football game there today.
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Approximately $16,000,000 in copper
will be shipped from Cordova, Alas
ka, this winter from the Kennecott
and other mines contiguous to that
port.
In order to handle the increased
traffic, the Copper River Railroad,
according to an announcement made
by R. W. Baxter, vicepresident of the
company, has purchased a large
amount of new equipment, and the
Alaska Steamship Company, of which
he is also-president, will probably
buy two more steamships to add to
its Alaskan fleet. The company al
ready has purchased four new ships.
“Three giant locomotives left Sche
nectady, N. Y., today,” said Baxter.
“They will be shipped direct to Cor
dova as soon as they reach Seattle. In
addition we have purchased new ro
tary snow plows, fifteen box cars,
three combination sleeping and dininfl
cars and forty flat cars, which will
be made in Seattle.
Shipments Break Record.
“The mines will produce more this
winter than during the summer, and
our shipments this summer have far
exceeded anything in Alaska’s • his
tory. The Bonanza and Jumbo mines
at the head of Copper River will be
run at their fullest capacity, and the
Latouche and Ellamar mines, at tide
water, will be kept in full operation."
During the past summer Cordova's
shipments of copper have been run
ning about $1,500,000 per month, oc
casionally reaching the $2,000,000
mark. Mr. Baxter says the shipments
will be larger this winter. More ore
will be broken and the road will be
equipped to handle it Several other
—'IIIMTmwslMisun in thn railmid
also are expected to make some ship
ments this summer.
Smelter May Be Built.
Mr. Baxter says the company has
no present plans for extending . the
road and that none will be made until
the Alaska coal land situation is
made clear. If the Bering River coal
is made available, a smelter will be
built at Cordova, but whether the
road from the fields to Cordova will
be built by the company or by the
government is something that has not
yet been determined.
“We are unable to take any action
or to make any plans,” said Mr. Bax
ter, “until we find out what the gov
ernment is going to do. We would
like to have coal, and I haven’t any
doubt that if it were made available,
somebody would build a smelter."
Mr. Baxter looks for next year to
be the biggest in the history of the
commerce of the territory. This
year’s commerce exceeds that of last
year by approximately forty per cent,
and it is anticipated there will be a
still greater increase next year.—Se
attle Times.
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ILLEGAL LIQUOR SELLERS ARE
GIVEN HEAVY FINE.
Six of the seven defendants in the
last batch of Anchorage liquor cases
have entered pleas of guilty and have
been assessed fines or given jail sen
tences. The remaining case is that
of Mrs. Dunlap, who elected to fight
the charge of selling liquor without
a license. Her case will be tried to
morrow before the U. S. Commission
er at Anchorage.
The defendants who entered pleas
of guilty to the charge of selling li
quor without licenses and the fines
imposed by the commissioner are as
follows: Ray, $100 and costs; Mrs
Crawford, $12S and costs; Bateman.
$150 and costs; Murray, $300 and
costs. Stamey was given a jail sen
tence of two months.
pression against the stonewall defence of the French, but who
keep pounding away as if determined to find a weak spot in
the lines. Monastir is surrounded, and while not yet captured,
it would seem that its fall cannot now be long delayed. The
main Serbian army is retreating southwesterly before the
Austro-Germans under Von Mackensen, and it may find no
rest even though it crosses the frontier into Greek territory,
as it is believed that the Teutons will follow the Kerbs even
into Greece, considering the pact made by Greece and the
allies as an unfriendly act, and therefore Greece would not
to them be neutral territory. The Germans are apparently
proceeding on the theory that the Serbians and the Anglo
British troops will await the attack in Greece. Mackensen is
personally directing the operations, and bis is the guiding
hand that controls the Bulgarian forces, as well as the Austro
Germans.
LONDON, Nov. 27.—The war office reports a great vic
tory for the British invading army in Mesopotamia. The
British are at the doors of Bagdad, and the Turks endeavored
to check their advance a dozen miles outside the city, strategic
positions having been fortified, and the Turkish troops wait
ing in their entrenchments for the British to advance. The
impetuosity of the British assault could not be withstood, and
the Turks fled in disorder, abandoning their trenches to the
enemy, and practically leaving the city about ready to fall
into the hands of the English. The British found the Turkish
trenches filled with dead and wounded from the effect of the
terrible artillery fire that had raked the trenches before the
infantry charged, and thirteen hundred prisoners were taken,
as well as a large quantity of arms and’ ammunition.
ATHENS, Nov. 27.—It is semi-official ly reported here
that the Serbians have taken the offensive and recaptured the
town of Krushevo, in southern Serbia.
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LONDON, Nov. 27.—The east window of St. Margaret’s
church, adjoining Westminster Abbey, which has been called
the finest specimen of stained glass work in London, is being
removed to a place of safety, in view of the recent Zeppelin
raids.
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AYASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—The two new super-dread
noughts authorized by Congress, bids for which were let by
the Navy Department, will represent the last word’ in naval
architecture.
Since the war has brought no vessels of this class into
conflict, no radical departure in construction is planned, as
no definite lessons have been learned. The greatest difference
between the two new ships, Nos. 43 and 44—until names for
them are chosen—and thei rimmediate predecessors now
building, will lie in additional hull protection against torpedo
attack. The nature of these safeguards has not been revealed
except to bidders, but they are generally understood to con
sist of greater subdivision and strengthened bulkheads to
keep the ships afloat even with holes torn in their bottoms.
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