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The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
IT OR |S FOUND DEAD
 IN CABIN
Special to the TimesD

CHITINA. Aug 2S.-Charlie Young a well known old timer of the Chitina valley, was found da2d in his cabin near Spirit mountain about twenty miles from here, by an Indian, early last Saturday morning. The Indian came in and reported the same day According to the Indian the body was on the cabin floor in pool of blood, lying acress a rifle. The Indian was too much scared to make further in vestigation. The coroner left here this morning, accompanied by nine men, the intention being to hold an inquest and bury the body No details will be available until the coroner re turns in three or four days.
 Young left his cabin on the morn ing of the 22nd, with W. J. Rogers. of Ketchikan, who had been out there with him for a few days making an examination of his copper property. When they got in sight of the Copper river Young left Rogers to return to his cabin to get some ore samples, and papers which they had forgotten, intending to reach Chitina late tae same evening He did not show up that day nor the following, so Rogers left Friday morning for Cordoya, in tending to catch a boat for the outside. An effort has been made to locate Young's relatives through some of his partners, who are working on the Kuskulana, but nothing has been heard from them yet Young was a big, good narured typical prospector, whom everybody liked and those who knew him best scout the idea that he committed suicide.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
MARKET REPORT FROM SEATTLE:
 ANGLE:

SEATTLE. Aug. 20 - While the governments food program makes speculation in potatoes impossible this year, prices are already at peak in normal years. The potato market is unchanged. although reports through out the states put crops not as abun- dant as estimated. Yield throughout eastern United States also shows 70. duction, and local dealers regard east as certain buyer of potatoes from local 1market in carload lots. Vegetables throughout the state are in good con dition, but large demand keeps up and there has been no decline in prices. Eastern Washington fruits hit the high mark Some canneries closing down in order to force a drop in prices of peaches and pears. All varie- ties have speculative tendency. Con sumers putting up kicks to retailers about high prices of butter, which is already highest ever attained on the local market Fresh egg supply more than ample to meet demand, with Alaska shipping at minimum. Cheese market unchanged. Grocery staples unchanged
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
MAIL REGULARLY FROM BOYS
 AT FRONT
(By United Press)

WASHINGTON. Aug. t29. - Every sammy in France will have a score. tary to write letters to his folks if he is too badly woundedler too busy swat. ting the Boches to do it himself.
 Adjutant General Mccain has ar ranged the same secretariat system for the first 1000 draft sammies in cantonment camps in this country this fall And for the militiamen. like. wise.
 Our plan to enable friends, and rela- lives of the American soldier to get prompt information as to their vel fare" said General Mccain today, will require, for every ndjlion men. about 1900 officers, enlisted men and field clerks" World Headquarters for this organization, which is already at work, will be in the sstate, war and navy building at Washington It is known officially as sthe statistical di- vision"
 In addition to writing letters and postcards, the duties of members Of the division will include: Gathering information concerning individuals at general divisional, regimentai and company headquarters, field and base hospitals, ports of embarkation and camps in this country where troops are mobilized and trained.
 Handling inquiries concerning pris- oners of war; both German prisoners in America and American prisoners in Germany. A big training school for tL..ss Ss...1-..iaa. ..s-a. sst4.4ias. aas--heen established at the war department and is in operation now Officers of the division are being selected from the officers training camps and will be sent to France and to places in this country as soon as trained.
 Every company of American sol diers, everywhere said General Me Cain, will be accompanied by one of these men regularly stationed with it, and part of whose job will be to know every man in the company.
 This man will report to the regi- mental statistical division, which will be specially charged with the prepa- ration and forwarding of casualty lists and data as to wounded and seriously i'll. Information will like wise be re- ported as to all civilians accredited with the army.
 The organization will finally be completed by having regimental sec tion with each regiment. This will be in charge of the regular adjutant, assisted by the chaplain" General Mccain wishes all Sammies, their re- latives and friends to make full use of this secretariat division. Word can be gotten home, he feels more eX- peditiously by Sammy, through one of the divisions postcards than by any other means except by eXpen- sive cable.
 These postcards are official and do not have to be delayed for censorship. If unable to write himself, his statis- tical field secretary will gladly do it for the Sammy,
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
WHOLE RIDCE |S DREF: NCHE:D IN
 BL0OD
(By United Press)

WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN THE FIELD, July 10. - (By MaiD - Vimy ridge is covered with flowers. A few weeks ago I watched this hill explode and blaze like the day of iudg- ment, while the Canadians. with their artillery and mines turned it into a seething, boiling mound of fire.
 Today old lady Nature has com. pleted her miracle. Vimy ridge is green. Topples, cowslips, cornflowers purple thistle mops, daisies and be lated speedwells dash the gory bat tlefield with color, while rank grass hides the smaller shell eenters. But one explanation is possible for this change, for all manner of vegetation and seed were burned to ashes and buried many feet deep in the mud during the storming of Vimy's heights in April Nature has worked some wonder as if ashamed of the ugly hill and wanted to cover it over and hide it out of sight.
 Vimy ridge runs from just west of Lens, almost due south towards Arras. Notre Dame de Lorette is ( great ridge running generally east ant west the eastern slopes ending wes of Lens where Vimy begins.
 From the top of Notre Dame Lens can be plainly seen about four mile,
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
PROTESTS I HA I WAR DUTIES
 |RkSOME

LONDON, Aug. 29, - War time
 tasks have so burdened some of the
 town clerks that one, at least, has
 protested, asserting that he now works
 from o'clock in the morning until
 II o'clock at night. and that if the
 authorities add to his already multi
 farious duties, he will have to go with
 out sleep. In his protest he gives the following list of war time duties to (which he already was required to at tend:
 National registration, war time cook cookery, demonstrations, war hospi tals, food economy campaign, local flag days, national service. occasional baby weeks, communal kitchens. al lotments, potato spraying. local coal supplies, maternity and ehildr welfare local distribution and separation al lowances.
 A proposal to require him to admin ister food supplies aroused his revolt
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
FOREIGN TRADE INCREASED IN
 1917

WASHINGTON, Aug 29. -- Imports of merchandise into as we'll as exports
 from the United States during the
 fiscal year 1917 greatly exceeded the figure of former years, according to
 | statement just issied by the bureau
 Df foreign and domestic commerce of he department of commerce. In rounG | numbers imports amounted to two bill lion six hundred and fifty-nine million dollars and exports sto six billion two hundred and ninetHfour million dol. lars for merchandise only, thus show ing an excess of exforts or favorable balance of trade of. three billion six hundred and thirty-five million dollars with total foreign trade of eight bil lion nine hundred and fifty-three mil. lion dollars.
 Imports in 1917 show an increase of four hundred and sixty-one million dol lars over 1916, nine hundred and eighty five million over 1915 and seven hundred and sixty-ffYe million dollars over 1914 - the last normay year be fore the war Exports in 1917 were large" by one billion nine hundred and sixty-one million dollars than in 1916 three billion five hundred and twenty. five million more than in 1915, and three billion nine hundred and twenty. nine million dollars over the 1914 fig ures.
 The gain in the balance of trade in 1917 over previous years amounted to one billion four hundred and ninety nine million dollars over 1916, two bill lion five hGna-r.Ss rIrd atsssy nIIatn5ts over 1915, and three billion one hun. dred and sixty-four million dollars over 1914, with increases in the tota foreign trade of two billion four hun dred and twenty-two million dollars over 1916, four billion five hundred and eleven million dollars over 1915 and four billion six hundred and ninety five million dollars over 1914.
 For the single month of June, 1917 the total imports were three hundred and seven million dollars, of which two hundred and eighteen million dol lars, or n per cent, were entered free of duty. The total during this month exceeds by thirty-six million dollars the imports of the previous month of May, which up to that time were the highest in any one month.
 Exports of merchandise during June amounted to five hundred and seventy six million dollars, the highest in any month with the exception of January 1917, which shows exports valued at six hundred and thirteen million dol lars.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
PEACE PROPOSAL REJECTED BY T. z.
Wilson Appeals Directly to the German People


WASHINGTON, Aug % - President Wilson has rejected Pope Bcnedic's peace proposals finally settling the question of dealing with the present German rulers mconquered Uncurbed at home. The president makes il clear that lasting and durable peace is negotiable only by complete understanding with the German people and not alone the unstable guarantees of the existing government The note indicates that theAmericm gov crment intends -bellm reprisas the German people, but desires in the interests of world s peace that Germans be allowed to share in international ecOno- mic opportunity if they will accept equality and not seek domination The note deals with an mpquivoca denun- caton of German military autocracy and is believed 10 reflect accurately the attitude of the allied governments
 s general tenor anticipated by diplomats, but they surprised by the virtual appeal to the German peo- pie 10 strive for emancipation from military control and become fitted to deal with world democracy
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29

away. The whole flat plain to the north and northeast. is dominated by this great hill. It also dominates the south and west Small wonder the two ridges were ordered by the Ger man high command to be held at all costs, for so long as they were held the British and French were power less from Arras to Ypres.
 So the French stormed Notre Dame and won it. The whole ridge was drenched in blood, the ground was shattered, and it seemed that this spot would ever be barred of the slightest growing thing.
 Today I found flowers everywhere At times grass reached almost to my waist. 1 stumbled Into abandoned shell holes now hidden under vegeta- tion. Now and then one tripped over concealed entanglements of barbed wire. or kicked skull accidentally with the toe of ones boot, or trod on some forgotten soldiers pack, or rifle or bayonet. Under rank growths of daisies one comes across strips of Ger man uniforms with whitening bones lying about, and German boots, with everything from the knee down still in them. Canteens, battered and pierced iron ration tins, hand gren- ades, ,-shrapnel cases, cartridge clips. unexploded shells, all manner of equip ment are still there - only they are now hidden under tangle of wild flowers.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29

the lines to observe what is going on in the opposing position.
 Special army sawmills have been started to provide props and planking for the shelters and everything is done at minimum cost
 The veterans so employed have sus- tained losses when working in exposed positions, but no danger appears to daunt them, and they continue their job as though they were working in the fields at home. They have adapted themselves to the use of the most mo dern tools, and although the great ma jority of them had no previous expert ence of electric drills and borers they now use them as we'll as practiced miners.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
STR. LETTERS IN DhNAGE IS
 5[fGH'T'.
CBy Associated Preza)

SEATTLE, Aug. 29. - 4 survey of the steamer Jefferson shows that The damage was trivial Temporary re- pairs will be made at Swanson bay. and the Jefferson will proceed on her voyage.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
TWENTY PASSENGERS ARRIVE
 ON STEAMER MARiPoSA

The steamer Mariposa arrived early this afternoon from Seattle, with the following passengers for Cordova: Captain George H. Whitney, Peter c Peltre, Robert Scott, s. s. Keserr, Dan Evanoff. Mrs. w. K. Hillery. Willard Hillery, Miss Helen Taylor F. w. Hills Mrs. Hills. Cecilia Burroughs. John F Murphy, Il. E. Cleveland, NJ. V. Fahey c. l.. Morris. James Olson, Mrs, Wm Young, Bob Lowell, Falcon Joslin and one steerage.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
EAGLES, ATTENTiONl

All members of Cordova Aerie, r. o, F., are requested to attend tOnight's meeting, as the building committee will submit its report and desire to have 1t approved by the lodge, so that work can immediately start on the erection of the new Eagle hall
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29

Falcon Joslin. who has spent the past seven or eight months at Wash ington. in the effort to secure remedial legislation for Alaska, arrived in Cor. dova today, on the steamer Mariposa. and will go to katalla, where he and George c. Hazelet are interested In the St. Elias Oil Company.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
BRITISH LINES ADVANCED IN ATTACK

LONDON, Aug. 29The British lines advanced along front two thousand yards astride the St uen-Pole pc road the Flanders front result of British attacks The Germans attacked the British positions at Inverness Copse the YpresMcnn road which defended and the enemy lost nriSOners.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
GERMANS STORM PC OSITIONS AND TAKE PRISONERS

BERLIN, Aug. 29-In Otuz valley, the Roumanian front the eutons stomod the hill positions, taking six hun dred prisoners German attacks drove the British from the ndenation they made in German positions northeast FrcZnherg.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29

There will be boat dance at Hegg's hall tonight, and you and your friends are invited to attend and enjoy few hours dancing to the music of the Bon Ton orchestra.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
SILVER STILL ADVANCING.
(Rv Associated pressl

NEW YORK, Aug. 29. - The price of silver still continues to rise rapidly, of silver continues to rise rapidly. Bar silver is today quoted at S9 3-4 cents.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29

Mrs, W. R. Hillery and son arrived today from skagway to join Mr. Hil- lery. vice-president of the Bank of Alaska.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
MT. MCKINLEY LODGE, No. 183, F. & A. Nj.

Special meeting tonight at 8 o'clock Work in Nj. NJ. degree. Visitors wei come.
 A. McN. FIELD, w. NJ. J. H. Sellen, Sec.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
FARMERS BOARDING THE WHEAT CROP

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-The farmers holding wheat
 their warehouses sacks, pending the fixing of prices by the government This portions of Alaska, where the entire winters supply must be obtained at time
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
EXTENSIVE MINE FIELD IS ADRIFT

COPENHAGEN, Aug. 29.-A steamship reports hundreds of pwreck off the Norwegian coast and apparently an tensve mine field is adr Many mines also reported in the Arctic ocean,
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
WAR TAX BILL TO RAISE LARGE.
 REVENUE
(By Nssociated pressl

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. - The ii. nance committee Of the senate has agreed to amendments carrying war profits taxes at thirty.thfce per cent. instead of the present provision of twenty-siX per cent, to meet q radical movement for greater taxation on war profits. The amendments increase the war profits tax yield from s5G2 0d3.- 900 to $1,0GO,oO0O00 in addition 10 taxes under the present law and yield more Of the total taxes.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
RUSSIANS DESERT THEIR POSITIONS

PETROGRAD, Aug 29.-A Russian division yesterday abandoned its positions in the region of Fokshana the Rou mman front and fled in disorder
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
JUST TO REMIND YOU

That the Rag-Time Trio will play their regular dance at Eagle Hall on Satur- day night
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
EARL GREY DIE { AT LONDON
 HOME:
CRv Assncintnd preasl

LONDON, Aug. 2g. - Earl Grey formerly governor general of Cm1da died in this city last night
 Lord Strathcona described Far Grey as a statesman and 8hiIan thropist in the best sense" His ac, tive career comprised not only the ad ministration of the government of Rhodesia and representation of the British government as gCvecnoreon- eral of Canada, but industrial and fin ancial operations in the development of South Africa. One of the mos, noted movements to which he gave his support and in which he was a leading spirit was the Public House Trust Company of England an enter prise designed to supplant the ordin- ary saloons for the sale of intoXicat- ing liquor by the establishment of well conducted public houses and to dis courage the use of intoxicanta by sub stitution of tea and coffee
 Earl Grey was an intimate friend of the late Joseph IT, Choate, American ambassador to Great Britain. often visited the United States. called upon Presidents Roosevelt and Taft at
 '"gton, and declared that he was
 perica. This sentiment
 his reason for restoring
 dStates a picture of Ben
 klin, which had been in the
 ef his family since Earl grandfather, Major Gen
 8es Grey, was quartered in
 house in Phi1adelnhia as .an
 Bf General TIowe's stair during
 Evolutionary war. The restora-
 4 the picture was announced by kGrey at a banquet tendered him
 Jew York while he was governor Fral of Canada, In making the an Hncement he said he believed there were higher laws than the laws of pos session. Born November 2S, 1851, Alfred Henry George, the fourth Earl Grey, was educated at Trinity College, Cam bridge. He married in 1877 Alice Hol- ford, of Westonbirt, England. Two daughters, Lady Evelyn Grey and Lady Sybil were the result of the union.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29

WASHINGTON, Aug %. - Senator Lafollette has introduced eight amend ments to the war tax bill, providing for leyies on war profits ranging from seventy-six 10 forty-eight per cent
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29

Everything in furniture and house hold goods. Just call on Lambert If
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
TEUToNs ADVANCE ON RoUMANIAN FRONT

PETROGRAD, Aug 29.-The enemy continued to advanc -Frst9rr,y the
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29

French Puff Paste in Big variety at City Bakery.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2g. The senate has eliminated the entire sec tion levying taxes on first class mail.
 WASHINGTON. Aug. 2g. = The wheat fair price committee is still discussing the price for the 1917 crop and there is no indication when q de cisiOn will be reached.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-29
RED CROSS HAS 3,5Oo,ooo MEMBERS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29-The Red Cross membership has nassed the 3,5OOOO0 mark
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14
THE GIRL WORTH WHILE
AND THE BOY.

AT Harvard the Round Table Boys
have presented list Of the qualiflca-
tIons of "the girl that's worth while y
from which the following is excepted:
She is attractive, graceful and
healthy, but not necessarily pretty.
She can dress tastefully and enter
tain anyone and make him feel at
case.
She can make bread as well as
fudge, and cake as we'll as rarebit.
She Is appreciative of the dance and
OF the sports.
She is broad-minded. sympathetic,
tactful. unselfish, optimistic. thrifty
of good disposition and moderate in
all things.
She can stand reverses without
worry.
She is gentle to children and kind
to older people, especially her par
ents.
She has a broad education, but not
necessarily a college one.
She is modest and true and home
loving.
She has good social standing. is Of a
religious nature and is not too proud
TO pray.
Now let us hear from Harvard as
to the boys worth while" who are de-
serving of miss quite perfect. The
angelic girl should be matched by a
boy not less worthy-a manly boy,
pure Of body, clean of mind. and,
eoually important, eympathetic and
kind. And one moro attrlbute-he
should have energy and sufficient abil.
ity to make living for his angel,
which Is no small undertaking with
silk hose at s1.75 cents a pair and
shoes at $12.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14
WHEN $4,000 IN REVENUE
Is LOST.

Ogden City paid for street hsnuhs
in 1916. the sum of s25,99S'Oe' wnich
is at the rate of over $4,000 a month
With Ogden heavily in DEBT econo'
mics should be enforced, and the otan
Power & Light should be called on 10
do its full part in reducing the our
den.
Soon thirty-fve saloons Will Close
their doors. and Ogden will lose ID rev
enue $4,000 a year. The loss must
be made up in retrenchments' because
the limit of taxation, as now appileo'
has been reached.
The Standard suggests committee
~ citizens be named by Mayor a. H.
ueywood TO confer with the electric
light people in an effort to determine
~ the street lighting bills can De cu'
down. and, furthermore. to take up
the whole subject of electric ligntins
and power
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14
GOVERNORS TALK ON
SCANDAL.

Governor Simon Bamberger has
stirred up a hornets nest His declar.
alton that. if given $4,000 for an in.
yestigation OF state funds, he would
return many times that amount into
the state treasury, has brought chal-
lenge from former Attorney General
Barnes, in the form OF public letter,
and Heber M. Wells, John C. Cutler
and William Spry have gone into pub
lie print to invite the probe.
Former Governor Spry made the
following reply:
Il hope the legislature will ap-
propriate the money and that the in
vestigation will take place. II there
Is anything / can do to aid the inyesti-
gators in regard to anything that
happened during my two administra.
tons / will do it. II ] can do any,
thing to get the appropriation for the
administration / will do it. Until the
investigation is made l have nothing
to say. So far as | am concerned the
administration can have all the rope
1t needs, and more. When the inves.
ugation is completed / will probably
have something to say which might
be interesting, but nothing at the pres
ent time"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1913-1920, 1917-02-14
VIENNA PRESS
HOPESFOR PEACE

Vienna, Feb. II, via London, Feb. IA.
6:35 a. m.-Since the first outbreak
against President Wilson, due to news
paper dispatches which alleged that a
wholesale confiscation of German and
Austrian shipping had taken place in
the United States, the press has treat
ed the crisis with America most tenn
perately. The change in attitude has
been due to fresh dispatches correct
ing the former sensational reports,
Editors today take the view that
every day gained offers another
chance of peaceful settlement. There
is no sign at the American embassy
that the officials there contemplate
a departure from Vienna. Two of the
embassy attaches were married yester
day, the brides being natives of vi.
emma, The marriages were hastened
in the fear that a breach of diplo.
matte relations might cause an indef.
mite postponement.