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The Cordova Daily Times
VC>LUME ir. NUMBER :>74. CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1916. PRICE TEN CENTS
• TEUTONS ARE ADVANCING IN ROUMANIA
BERLIN, Oct. 26.—The Russian battalions at Yainade
made an advance without artillery in preparations against the
German positions west of Lutsk, in Yolhynia, and the storming
Russian waves broke under German artillery'. The Teutons
pushed further into Roumanian territory on the northern front
and gained ground on the road to Ninaya. General Maekensen
is proceeding with operations against the Russians and Rou
manians at Dobnidja.
Bl t'HAREST, Oct. 26.—The Teutons have been driven
everywhere beyond the western frontier at Maldavia, in the
northern province of Roumania, with heavy losses of life.
BUCHAREST, Oct. 26.—After the evacuation of Tcher
navoda by the Russians and Roumanians, the bridge over the
Danube river was blown up by the retreating troops.
PARIS, Oct. 26.—The French troops are advancing and
are now within five hundred yards of the Vaux fort, and an
nouncment of its capture is momentarily expected. The Gor
mans apparently no longer possess a general reserve. The
French casualties are much less than those of the Germans,
while a large number of German prisoners and much war ma
terial, including guns of all calibre, were taken.
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BUCHAREST, Oct. 26.—The Roumanians have captured
Mount Kereklaras on the Transylvania front, south of Bicaz.
PETR( KJRAD, < )ct. 26.—The Russian troops in the wooded
Carpathians have met with success, notwithstanding tin* Teu
tonic assaults. The attack on the height north of Capul moun
tain was repulsed. The Russians also captured the town of
Bijar, in Prussia, taking many prisoners and two cannon.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 26.—The pressure of General Macken
sen’s forces against the Russians and Roumanians has weak
ened somewhat. On the Transylvania front tin* Roumanians
have arrested' the progress of the sujierior Teuton forces.
PARIS, Oct. 26.—The French cavalry supported by the
infantry, has occupied two villages southwest of lake Doiran.
The Serbians have thrown back the Germans and Bulgarians in
the Cerna river region.
PARIS, Oct. 26. The French soldiers’correspondence now
amounts to nearly four and a half million pieces per day. They
receive an average of four million ordinary letters, MOO,000 re
gistered letters, 10,000 postal and telegraphic money orders, and
.">0,000 newspapers.
It keeps busy a staff of more than 2,000 special employees
at the central postoffice in Paris, while 26 clerks sufficed dur
mg the first three months of the war, for an average of 000,000
letters and 40,000 packages.
HELSINGFORS, Finland, Oct. 20. Finland, with the ex
ception of a few industries that have suffered, has experienced
a boom ns a result of the war. There is a most recent indica
tion of this in plans that are now practically completed for a
steamship line designed to run from Finnish ports to North and
South America.
One of the most striking features of the present economic
conditions in the country is the flood of ready money. The
Bank of Finland has greatly increased its note circulation, and
deposits in private banks have increased to enormous figures.
This flood of money is due in great part to the Russian govern
ment’s expenditures for the maintenance of troops, military ne
cessities, and fortification work.
BERLIN, Oct. 26.—“Idleness has a certain attraction for
the Belgian, in that the American relief committee builds golden
bridges for the unemployed' through its relief funds,” according
to the Vossische Zeitung. This it takes to be a partial expla
nation of what it admits to be the very large number of unem
ployed in Belgium. There were at the end of June, it says. 666,
913 men, 309,552 women and 587,132 children without employ
ment. lTp to that time, 146,400,000 francs had been distributed
to the unemployed.
PARIS, Oct. 26.—A now war relief organization, the
“Brothers and Sisters of the War,” has grown out of the par
ticipation of American children in the work of the “< trphanage
of the Armies.”
Little French boys and girls, having learned how American
children have temporarily adopted and are helping care for lit
! tie victims of the war, wanted to know why they should' be left
I out. So many requests were made bv children to be permitted
! to adopt a war orphan after the manner of the American child
j ren that it was decided to organize this auxiliary association;
it is attached to the organization called the “I’nion of French
and Allied Families” that was founded under the patronage ot
the president of the republic to contribute to the relief of war
stricken families.
STOCKHOLM, OH. 26.—Great Britain’s export prnhih;
tion on whiskey has moved Swedish dealers to take account of
their stocks, with the result that they have found that -i\,
months more will about see the end of the available supply.
No shortage of Swedish punch, the so-called national drink,
threatens. It may become necessary, however, to drink in No
vember and December some punch not properly aged, on ac
count of the difficulty the manufacturers experience in getting
sufficient sugnr.
T
CINCINNATI, Oct. 20. President
\\ ilson, in speaking at a luncheon ten
dered him by the Chamber of Com
merce, urged the need for spiritual
unity on the part of the people of the
I nit<oi States, so as to prepare for
the theater work ahead of the nation.
The president's program includes four
speeches, re. option, lunch, dinner anj
an automobile ride. Large crowds
greeted Wilson at half a dozen Ohio
towns, which he passed through.
In a speech this afternoon the Pre
sident flatly denied the claims of the
Republicans that the United States
was unprepared to meet the competi
tion of Europe. He spoke of the anti
dumping legislation enacted by con
gross and said that the present war
Is the last one imolving the world,
and which the United States can keep
out of. He advocated a league of na
tions to maintain ponce after the pre
sent war, hut said the United States
should lie ready to use physical force,
if necessary, in preventing war with
America: that our people should feel
sympathy for England and not fear.
Wilson stood and sang “America”
with his hosts after the lunch.
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* MAKE ANOTHER
EFFORT TRAP
VILLA
Cl 11 III! A MCA. Oct. 20 Tlie en
jb veloping movement of the Carranza
troops against the Villa bandits is
progressing. Twenty-five miles south
west of the field Villa's preparations
aic gradually growing, although the
officers are confident of Villa's ulti
V mate defeat. The Villistas were
defeated at Habrieorn and four men
captured and several killed.
HUGHES ILL HE
OUR NEKT
NEW YORK. Oct. 2ti. Charles E.
Hughes has left for the New England
states and will speak at Hartford,
Providence and Boston today. There
is no longer any doubt as to the elec
tion of a Republican president, and
the betting is all in favor of Hughes,
the odds offered being 10 to 7.
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COLUMBUS, N. M . Oct. 26. —
Americans from Mexico report that the
Villa bandits are operating near Nam
iquipa. twenty-five miles south of Gen
eral Pershing's southern outpost. They
have demanded the shortening of the
American troop lines and the gradu
al evacuation of Mexican territory by
the American army.
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The Seward city council ha3 let a
contract to Bert Anderson to exhunu
all the bodies in the different grave
yards and odd places about the towi
and rebury them in the new cemetery
near Mile 4.
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Three times recently burglars huv<
entered the Greer-Barton market it
Douglas, fhe latest being last weeV
when the burglars got away with »10(
worth of smoked meats and $10 it
coin.
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Today’s news in the Times today.
W SCOUTS HOT
DOING GOOD
I_
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ITAL
IAN ARMY, Oct, 26. — That the Doy
Scouts of Italy are taken seriously
was indicated by the recent order of
the minister of war, calling upon them
to do service in the war zone or be
hind the lines in other military capa
cities according to their age.
They were mobilized in the same
manner as grown-up soldiers, the vari
ous sections moving by train from
various points in Italy to a central
headquarters at a concentration camp
to the north of Bologna. Here they
were reviewed by gerenals from the
front and assigned to various divi
sions. some 500 being sent as far south
as Brindisi on the Adriatic sea, where
they were assigned to duty in sections,
I each section had its own cooks, its
' own rations and its own field equip
ment.
While many of the boys have been
serving individually in their capacity
as scouts since the war began, many
of the older ones even having suc
ceeded in being enlisted in the regu
1 iac army with the consent of their
j parents, this was the first occasion
| the entire body had been officially
' mobilized. The reports on their use
fulness and conduct received recently
at their national headquarters in Rome
indicate that they met their first trial
efficiently. Three division generals
wrote letters of commendation, stat
ing that they had been struck particu
larly by the smiling manner In which
the lads bore camp hardships.
The Boy Scout movement in Italy
differs from that in the United States
in the respect that it is organized un
der the rules of and controlled hy the
war department. its watchword is
“Be Prepared.” While its object in
peace times is primarily to make
1 cheerful, truth telling, manly lads out
j of adventurous boys frequently label
led as “bad," they are trained along
military lines under regular army of
fleers. One of the advantages of this
A Fairbanks report states that Col
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W. L. Stevenson, of Skagway, has
purchased the Kantishna property of
W. It. Taylor for $45,000 cash.
A small stone thrown by the hoof
of a passing horse broke a hole in
a big plate glass window in the front
of the N. C. store in Fairbanks re
cently.
Itev. Umstead, for many years pas
tor of the Congregational church in
Douglas, has accepted a call to the
Congregational church at Calexico,
California.
The bridge across Lemon creek near
Juneau went out recently just after
the big truck of the Dairy Company
had passed over It with the entire
milk supply of the city.
A team of eleven riflemen from
Boy Scout service Is that for each year
one month is taken off the legal mili
tary service of the member.
The Bcouts, whose name in Italian
is Esploratori (Explorers), have a code
of honor to follow as high as that
of any army. The word of honor of
a scout is sacred. Another law of this
Decalogue Is courtesy and gentleness
to each other and to all strangers; yet
another is implicit obedience to scout
officers and to parents. The last law
but one requires the scout to be sober,
temperate and saving with his money
Although the war has increased the
popularity of the scouts, it was not
needed to give impetus to the organi
zation among boys. As in the United
I States, it has many physical attrac
tions which endear it to the boy heart.
Aside from the social life, the weekly
excursions and other sporting features
common in the United States, the Ital
ian scout on entering is assigned to
a certain class, and according to this
assignment he becomes a scout wire
less boy, a scout mechanic, a scout
aeronaut, an interpreter, a guide, a
musician, a cyclist, and so on through
a host of military specialties. There
are two great divisions of the scouts,
a land scout and a water scout, since
in the seaport cities an effort Is made
to train the boys for a seafaring life
Hugs rooms In the armories and ar
senals of the army and navy are
placed at their disposal, such rooms
being all their own.
Only boys of twelve years or over
are permitted to carry the title of
scout, boys between the ages of nine
and twelve being entered as scout no
vices. In order that the organization
may not be limited to wealthy boys,
the yearly dues are limited to sixty
cents, with the government paying for
the more expensive, equipment.
The color of the uniform aj the Ital
ian scout differs from that worn In
the United States, Kngland or France
The blouse is sand colored like that
worn by Italian soldiers of the Afri
can army regiments, while the pants
are of the grev-green shade worn by
the Italian army proper now fighting
in the Alps. The hat is of the typi
cal American cowboy pattern.
When on military duty, scouts wear
on the left arm a cloth band striped
with the national colors of green,
white and red, like all soldiers on duty
hut not serving under arms.
COAL EXPORT II
LONDON, Oct. 26. — The Coal Min
ing Organization committee reports
that the estimated output of the mines
in the United Kingdom for the year
ending July, 1916. amounted to 254,
748,000 tons, against 250,368,000 tons
j in 1915, and 281,135.000 tons in 1914.
Some 282,000 miners have joined the
colors since the outbreak of the war
and 116,900 replaced, leaving a net
reduction of 165,300. There has been
much difficulty in maintaining the sup
ply of imported pitwood props and of
efforts to provide a substitute of Hri
tish grown timber. The war office
has agreed to allocate one thousand
German prisoners in gangs of one
hundred each to the felling and cut
ting of timber, and already 385 are at
work in approved camps. The export
of coal has been reduced to the dan
gerously low figure of 43,OUU,out) tons
in 1915 to 73,000,000 tons in 1913.
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Captain Walter C. Dibrell, of Ket
chikan, lighthouse inspector for the
sixteenth district of Alaska, w-as mar
ried recently at Lob Angeles, Cal., to
Miss Irene Mitchell. They will make
their home in Ketchikan.
*“"***■>".."‘"*1 "■•Mittiitoarilh
SAILORS BEING
BEFRIENDED 8?
NEW YORK, Oct. 26. More than
400,000 sailors from practically every
corner of the world have been served
in some capacity during the eighty
eighth year of the American Seamen's
Friend Society, according to its an
nual report just made public. The
largest part of the institution's work
was done in the port of New York,
but affiliated organizations were ac
tive in Gloucester, Mass., Norfolk and
Newport News, Va., New Orleans, Gal
veston, Rio de Janeiro and Stockholm,
Sweden.
The report of the society reveals
that war times have called for a con
siderable Increase in ta< ilities of the
society. During the past year gifts,
including legacies, amounted to IM’.
611, which sum had to he widely di
vided among the many departments
of the work.
During the year 181,000 seamen
were registered at the New 1 ork
headquarters of the society. More
than $26,000 was handled for these
men, and 41,698 sailors were lodged
at the society’s home over night at an
average cost of thirty cents. Free
beds were provided for about two
thousand men and free meals for
more than one thousand.
A novel feature of the society s
work is the furnishing of free loan
libraries to ships at sea, and during
the year 176 new libraries were sent
out. This increases the total number
of libraries distributed by the society
to 27.413, which contain 641,000 vol
umes and have been accessible to
more than half a million.
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Daniel Webster (not the original
statesman from Massachusetts!, but a
namesake from Maine, is the candi
date of the Koyukuk country for the
territorial legislature.
L. A. Freestone. » well known pio
neer resident of Fairbanks, died in
the hospital there a short time ago,
after an illneas of about eighteen
months of tuberculosis.
SUffl FLAYED!
Mrs. Lena Morrow Lewis addressed
a large audience at Eagle hall last
night. She is the Socialist candidate
for delegate to congress, and devoted
considerable time to an explanation
of the principles of that party, and
said that she felt that the fact that
she had been an active worker in |
the cause for fifteen years, was one j
of her qualifications for a candidate j
for office at this time; that she had ;
received the unanimous nomination!
by a referendum vote, and that the:
platform upon which she was running
had also been adopted in the same
way.
Mrs. Lewis stated that Cordova was
exceptional, in the fact that its peo
ple had the oppoitunfty of hearing all
three candidates for delegate to con
gress speak within the past week.
She referred briefly to the other par
tisan meetings, and said: "According
to Snlzer's own statement, he left you j
in a hell of a fix," and followed this
statement by saying: "If I should |
happen to be elected, which is not
likely or probable, it will be the first |
time in the history of the territory
that it has given this honor to a
woman.”
i ne speaaer reviewed me record or
congress, and felt that in its acts the
rights of the capitalists and the big
ilerests had always been paramount
to those of the laborer, and severely
criticised the present administration
for its attitude toward the masses.
She attacked the recently adopted
eight hour law, and said that its pas
sage was merely an eleventh hour
political move and not intended to
benefit the laborer generally; that it
only affected fifteen per cent of the
workers, and if President Wilson was
sincere in lits desire to afford relief
to the laborers why didn't he advocate
and have passed a law that would
I benefit all of the wake earners. She
, contended that there was no such in
, tention on the part of the Democrats,
: and stated that the Socialists had In
dicted that party for its maladminis
tration. She also criticised Justice
i Hughes for his attitude toward labor,
and cited several of his decisions
while on the supreme bench to show
that he was not a friend of the labor
lug man. “The remarkable prosperity
of the country Is not due to any sa
j gacity on the part of the Democrats,
but through the suffering and loss of
life in the Kuropean war." declared
the speaker. In substantiation of this
statement she declared that there had
been more strikes and more labor
troubles during the past two years
than in any similar period during the
history of the country.
After making a strong appeal for'
the cause of Socialism, Mrs. Lewis
devoted much time to a discussion of
the candidacy of Charles A. Sulzer
for delegate to congress. She said
that if the Democratic candidate wants
I to go to congress simply to make
I speeches he had better stay at home,
j as he would cut hut little figure at
Washington. She then told of her
nvtiurlanpa nt national innitul unH
i
said that all of the work of congress
! was done in committee rooms and all
oratorical efforts and gestures were
simply a waste of time. "If half what
Sulzer says about Wickersham is true
he shouldn’t l>e returned to congress,
and if half of what I am going to say
about Sulzer is true he certainly
shouldn't be elected, so there ts no
thing left hut to send me to Wash
in :ton.” said the speaker.
in discussing her opponents, Mrs.
Lewis said Sulzer made a big play as
to what he would do for the school
children, but that 80 far as doing any
thing for the children, or anybody else
for that matter, his party has a bad
record, and if he thinks that he can
get the relief he ssys he can by simply
going to Washington and making one
of his set speeches he don't know what
he is talking about. Also that Sulzer
represents the capitalist class and
cannot make good on his claim that
he is a friend of labor.
Mrs. Lewis felt that It was up to the
Socialists to get busy. She admitted
Wickersham has the advantage in this
campaign, inasmuch as he is the pre
sent incumbent and if the vote of con
fidence extended to him by the people
of Alaska was any criterion his elec
tion was a foregone conclusion. She
took exception to the Sulzer slogan of
"Alaska for Alaskans," which she
stated the unthinking fell for, but upon
mature consideration all would realize
that Alaska is going to advance be
cause it affords an excellent oppor
tunity for capital, and regardless of
who is In power the territory will con
tinue to be developed.
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TAKING OFF LID
JUAREZ, Mexico, Oct. 26. — Signs
are not lacking that this city gradual
ly is reverting to the former vivid
days of the Villa regime in northern
Mexico when Juarez, owing to its
gay night life, was a mecca for tour
ists from all parts of the United
States. Now it Is giving evidence of
deserting the calm, peaceful wavs
which it assumed when Villa lost his
hold and Venustlanc Carranza came
into power In Mexico City at first
chief.
The most significant of these signs
is the sound of music coming from
many of the saloons, or canteens, that
line Calle Comerclal, the principal
street. For months the strident, me
tallic notes of electrical pianos and
Bt ringed orchestras have not been
heard because the Carranza officials
put a "lid" on all music in saloons.
The "lid" is lifting gradually and the
first little tilt came when the saloons
were allowed to sell other spirtous
liquors beside beer. Recently several
of the “cantinas" removed the dusty
covers from their electrical pianos
and now almost every night may be
heard the latest American ragtime,
to be followed by the inevitable “La
1‘aloma" and other languid Mexican
airs, played for the benefit of tourists
No reason is forthcoming for the
removal of the ban by the civil au
thorities. However, it is rumored that
the authorities need the revenue to
be derived from the saloons to keep
the city's municipal machinery run
ning smoothly.
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NEEDED ITER IS
COINS TO
WASTE '
EL PASO, Texas, Oct 2t>. — Fresh
water enough to irrigate eight per
cent of the dry lands of the world
which require additional water to
bring them to full production capacity,
flows into the oceans and goes to
waste, Nell Nielson, Australian trade
commissioner to the United States,
told members of the International
Farm Congress in sesion here.
“This shows what enormous bene
ficial results could be brought about,”
Mr. Nielson said, "by a systematic
conservation of water for irrigation
purposes. It gives also an idea how
much greater a work it Is to provide
for the people concerned, the scientific
knowledge of how by dry farming
methods the greater part of the re
maining B2 per cent of these dry lands
can be successfully and profitably oc
cupied."
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William Woodworth and party of
moving picture takers are taking a
number of films in southeastern Alas
ka, illustrating salmon fishing and
cuhning, halibut fisheries and marble
quarrying.
Postmaster Deal, of Fairbanks, has
received an inquiry for Chris Boppe,
an old timer of the north, who is be
lieved to be somewhere in the vicin
ity of Fairbanks.
At the recent meeting of the Grand
Igloo of the^ioneers of Alaska. It was
decided to hold the next meeting of
the Grand Igloo in Juneau, beginning
Monday. March 4.
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