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The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07
OUTGOING PASSENGERS.

The streamer Victoria left for Sc attle early this morning via the out side route, loaded with 2O00 tons of ore and the following passenger list from Cordova:
 Mrs. Thos. Davis, Thos. Riggs, Jr.. F. s. Hayden, Walter Brown, Thos. Lang, Howard Ryan, Mrs. G. Tetro, Mrs. May Bacon, Mrs. w. M. Policy, W. M. Policy P. Miloff, P. Evanoff, Mrs. Ed. Kelter, John Olson, Mike Stim, E. SatheF, Fred Brelsford, l.. s. Fellinger. Martin Zobeta, E. R. Peoples, H. McGilloray, Thos. Keel, Henry Logan, s. P. Mike. w Mahr, Mrs. M. Mahr. F. Harrington, Mrs. P. L. Simpson, H. Maxi, F. A. Hancock, M. Deleviat, J. T Hutrack, Henry Lar fer A. R. Barnes, o. c. Anderson, Victor Scott, Andy K. Lund, Gus Bo- chis, Henry Dalles and 8 steerage.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07
MRS. M. HEWLETT GAINS PILOTS
 LICENSE

LONDON, Dec. Mrs. Maurice Hewlett. wife of the novelist, was the first woman to gain an air pilots li- cense in England, and she has now become the first woman head of an airplane factory. The factory em- ployes girls and women almost eY- clusively. It has just been completed huge group of low frame buildings covering what was year ago a wheat field. It is two miles from the near est town.
 Girls and women cannot fly dur ing the war" said Mrs. Hewlett in opening the new factory because the machines cannot be spared to train them. But they can learn to make airplanes. and they are doing so by scores"
 Mrs. Hewlett gained her pilots cer- tificate in 1911, and it was not only the first granted to a woman, but it's number was only 122.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07
SU DESCRIPTIONS
 SEVENTH LOAN ARE LARGE
(By Associated Press)

COPENHAGEN, Dec. 7-Tabulation of subscriptions to the seventh Ger man loan show that over fourth of total of twelve and half billions was contributed in subscriptions of over a million marks each, 1.os2 sub scribers averaging over three mill ions
 The sixth loan had only ITO sub scribers in the super-million class.
 There was a marked decrease in the number of small subscribers as well as the total number of subscrib- CTS.
 The only classes showing an in- crease in number of subscribers or to- tai subscribed are those above half million which are responsible for over a third of the loan. These fig ures are indicative of the extent to which the loan was subscribed by war supply interests.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07
ANOTHER PLOT OF GERMANS |S
 EXPOSED
(By Associated Press)

NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-Letters in- dicating the existence in America of German military organization for defense was seized by federal agents, when they examined the effects of Otto Julius Merkel, a German writer and lecturer. Merkel vas arrested and is believed to be at the head of the organization.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07
SHR|NERS N0vEL WAY RAISING
 FUNDS

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7.-Reve1 Colt Gridley's famous sack of flour which was sold and resold hundreds of times during the civil war and thereby earned s75,00O for a rehabi- tation fund for Union soldiers, has counterpart in similar sack which was first raffled by the Shriners here and which is now making a tour of the country. The sack is due in Leayenworth, Kansas, today On De- cember 14 it is to be sold in Butte, Montana. The total receipts of the accumulated sales are to go to the Red Cross.
 The sack was started on it's way in this city on May 26 of this year and has been ''on the go" ever since. It was taken to Honolulu and sold there for $1,036. It was also sold on the steambers which took it to and brought it back from the islands.
 .Gridley's sack, which was first started from Austin, Nevada wore out dozens of ordinary flour sacks and three buckskin coverings before it reached the final purchaser. It has already been necessary to place the Shriner's sack in lauhala or fought, matlike covering. This covering was gift of the Honolulu Shriners.
 In every case when the sack Is sold. auctioned or raffled off it is re- turned by the purchaser to the per son selling it. Thus 1t is being kept in the hands of the Shriners, who pass it on from lodge to lodge. The sack will progress on its money mak- ing way until there is nothing left of it, or until the demands of the Shriners for this particular Red Cross fund have been satisfied.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07
ENOUGH COAL TO LAST CALF
 5 MONTHS

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7.-AlI fears of coal famine in California have been set at rest by an announce ment of the war service board that seventeen hundred carloads are to be brought to this city from the Utah and Wyoming fields together with big shipments from Seattle and Brit ish Columbia.
 The war service board figures that there is enough coal in sight to last the state more than 100 days.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07
STR. CONGRESS
 TO bE PUT ON RUN
(By Associated Press)

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7.-An- noancement is made here that the steamer Congress, which was burned to hollow shell off Marshfield, Ore gon, ia September, 1916, is rapidly being made seaworthy agXn, and will be put on regular runs early next year. Her new name is the Ranking, she having been taken over by a Chinese shipping concern.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07
5000 KILLED IN HALIFAX DISASTER
AME ER|CANS AR[.
 MISSING IN MEXICO
tBy Associated Press)

MORALES, Dec. 7.-Yaquis attack ed Esperanza Sonora and burned the office and store of the Richardson Construction company, an American firm. Nothing has been heard of thirty Americans living in that vicin- ity.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07
AUSTRIA WANTS T0 SECURE
 PEACE
(By Associated Press)

ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS, Dec. 7.ICaptured Austrians say Austria released Russian prisoners after care fully schooling them in Austrias de- sire for peace. The prisoners return ed to Russia with propaganda for ending the war.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07
TEUTONS CLAIM. B|C JAP TURF
 ITALIANS
(By Associated Press)

BERLIN, Dec. 7.-The new Teuton offensive captured 4,oOO more Ital- ians, making total of 15,0Oe. The Teutons also captured Monte Sise< mol by storm.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07
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Nance O'Neil in Souls in Bondage swell ,. act drama at the Empress tonight, also introductory scenic film and scream comedy for a finish. Show starts 8 D. m. sharp Smashing the Hindenberg Line" next Monday and Tuesday.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07
WANT INCREASE:
 MEMBERSHIP 4 RED CROSS .,,

Dr. w. H. Chase received the fol- lowing telegram from American Red Cross headquarters; ,hx gs~- T,
 You have been appointed chair man of Red Cross Christmas member ship campaign, extending from De- cember 17th to December 18th. The intent being to secure ten million new members-making a total of fifteen million. The National com mittee ask you to appoint a live cam paign committee and select cam paign manager and treasurer. The campaign manager should arrange if necessary for publicity and speakers bureaus. Special emphasis should be laid on securing one dollar members for calendar year nineteen eighteen. this year should be urged to take membership for nineteen eighteen, waiving unexpired portion of their present membership. The campaign treasurer should be different from the regular chapter treasurer and all receipts deposited in separate bank fhn a1A Nf paign the treasurer should pay to the chapter treasury its proportion of the membership fees and remit the na- tional committee proportion to NJ. A. Arnold, division treasurer, Seattle.
 F. A. DAVIES,
 Campaign Manager Alaska. appointed Geo c. Hazlet campaign and w. R. Hillery treasurer. The remaining members will be an nounced very shortly. This is your business and every man, woman and child in Cordova is most earnestly re- quested to cooperate in this move ment.
 -fhe official literature covering this has been forwardel from the States and upon its arrival the work of the campaign committee will be announced in detail
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07

< ST. JOHN, Dec Eye wit . . nesses told of the horrors of the . ' disaster, Esmond Barry, post ' ' al clerk, said the people died . . like flies His description of . . conditions was most pathetic z ' He said that people ran about . ' with their noses off eyes out, . ' slashed about the face and limbs . ' torn while working around the . . wrecked buildings. He saw . ' baby fifty feet away, under . ' burning mass, crying for food ' . The rescuers were unable to . . it and watched it burn to death . . Three hundred dead lay in the . . parks. .
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07
ROUMAN|A JOINS RUSSIA FUR
 ARM|ST|CE:

JASSEY, Dec, 7.--The Roumanians are to associate with the Russians in armistice and hostilities have been suspended.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07

Thos. Riggs, Jr.. of the Alaskan En- gineering commission. left today on
  his way to Washington where he ex- poets to spend a couple of months.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07
UNANIMOUS VOTE IN FAVOR WAR
 WITH AUSTRIA
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. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7--Sen- . . ator Stone presented in the sen- . t ate war resolution against . . Austria and moved for its i'm '
 ' mediate adoption. Beside the ' . reason that Austria is Germanys . . ally Stone said that as Italy, . . France and Belgium is comprised ' . on the battlefront Americans . . might at any time face Austrians. .
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07

: WASHINGTON, Dec. With . ~ less than an hours debate the . . senate this afternoon passed the . . resolution declaring war against < . Austria, the vote being "A to 0. z : LaFollette left during the speech < : making and did not vote. Grpn . | ma, Norris and Vardaman who < : voted against the GerIean resolu- : : tion voted in the affirmative. : . The declaration of war against : . Austria is expected to pass the ' . house with only London, Social : . ist, dissenting. .
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07
GERMANS FORCED T0 EVACVATE
 CAMBRIA
(By Associated Press) . c . .

. DATELESS - The German . . wedge in the salient before Cam > . brai was forced by the British to .
 . evacuate exposed positions, in- = . cluding Bourbon and several will . . ages. The British lines were = : shortened and made more cap . . able of strong defense. H . The Italians retired gradually . . during violent fighting to pre- .
 : pared positions. They gave up .
 ' Monte Flores and Monte Castle . . Gomberto. t
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07

. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-Un. .
 ' verified advices from naval com- . ' manders bring the information '
 ' that 5000 people were killed in . >the Halifax disaster. sA .
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07

z HALIFAX, Dec. Tt is estim- .
 . ated that 1000 are dead as the .
 . result of the explosion in the | ' collision of the French muni- q : tion ship Mont Blarse with the :
 . Belgium relief steamer Imo ' . About twenty-five hundred were | | injured two-thigds of whom wers < | women. Most of those injured . . are suffering from flying glass . . cuts. The property damage runs .
 | into the millions. . ' Snow is falling today imped- < z ing the work of secuing the in- . . jured and recovering the bodies. ' . The snow, however, is serving . . one good purpose, that of aiding . . the firemen in quenching the re- . . maining flames . . Special trains, with doctors, . . nurses and supplies have arrived . . from Windsor. The bodies are . . being brought in wagon loads to % < the morgue. Ever building in the . . city has been damaged and busi- . . ness suspended. The schools : . are also closed. The fire swept . . two and a half square miles. .
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07

E. R. Peoples, of Fairbanks, was among those leaving for the States today.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07

A. R. Barrus was an outgoing pass enger on the Victoria.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07
TIRE DESTROYS. C|TY AF FTER
 COLLISION
(By Associated Press)

. HALIFAX, via St. John, Dec. ' > 7.-The fire which resulted from . . the explosion when two vessels . . collided was brought under con- . ' trol yesterday afternoon. Sev- ' . eral hundred were killed and ' . thousands wounded. Not a house ' . in the city escaped damage. '
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07

. MONTREAL, Dec. 7.-Twelve .
 . hundred are estimated dead at .
 . Halifax. It is reported that the ' . munition ship, in the collision, . ' was a French and not an Ameri- .
 . can vessel.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-12-07
TWO AMERICANS WOUNDED.

WASHINGTON, Dec. Two Am erican airmen were wounded in fight ing German planes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
FOUND IMAGE in CAVE.
Crude Stone Idol Probably Antedate.
Indian Mound Builders.

Crude Stone Idol Probably Antedatss
Indian Mound Builders.
Madisonyilie, Ky.-E. L. Littlepage
OF the Morton Gap country brought to
this place recently a stone image that
is a curiosity and probably of historic
value.
Mr.. Littlepage found it at the edge
of cave on high elevation in North
Christian county, KY, while investigat-
ing some prospective oil land belonging
to him. The cave is located in a wild
and broken section Of land uncultivat-
ed and but thinly inhabited.
The image is rudely carved out Of a
tough, ferrous sandstone. It is about
six inches in height and is we'll pre-
served, except for slight injury on
one side of it's head and slight wealth
ering Of one arm. The figure is in a
sitting position, with it's legs doubled
under its body and arms extended in
front, with hands resting ON it's knees.
The image is evidently relic of an
idol worshiping people and antedates
any old Indian relic found in various
Indian mounds in western Kentucky.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
CHASING A COYOTE IN
AUTO EXCITING SPORT
Hound, Sighting Game, Leaps
Over Mud Shield and Lands
Twenty Feet Ahead of Car.

Larned, Kan.-An exciting coyote
chase in automobiles took place near
Hanston. The party consisted of Bill
Ham, John Ham, Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin
Seaman and William Warning. They
went in two cars and took three grey
hounds in each car:
Mr.. Warning says that auto polo is
mild compared with the way those two
cars chased across the prairie, ravines
and bluffs after coyotes. He said that
his speedometer registered forty miles
one time when he dared to glance at it.
and he was afraid to look again.
They were going along between twen-
ty and thirty miles an hour at the time
they started up the first coyote, and
when the biggest hound in Mr.. War
rings car sighted the wolf it leaped
over the wind shield and hood and
landed running twenty feet ahead of
the car. The coyote was big fellow,
but the hounds finally brought him
down, the big hound throwing him,
while the others pinned him down.
While chasing the first coyote the
other auto nearly ran over another one,
which leaped up almost from under the
wheels of the car. The men shot, at it
several times, wounding it, but because
Of the speed Of the bounding car could
get but poor aim. It finally ran into
hole and was fished out with wire.
Messrs. Ham and Seaman have killed
many coyotes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
FILM OF SUBMARINE SINKING,

Operator on Bridge of Boat Get. Pic
ture Of Entire Proceedings.
Paris.-How six members of the crew
of the steamer San Bernardo, bound
from Philadelphia, saw moving pic
lures taken on board Of large German
submarine just before their ship was
sunk by the underwater boat Is related
by one of the crew, probably the
French supercargo, in the Temps.
The German officer when he boarded
the vessel noticed man wearing an
overcoat. "Who is this gentleman"
the German asked.
THE supercargo, French citizen,
representing the owners" replied the
captain of the San Bernardo.
LET him come aboard the submarine
with the five engineers" said the Ger
man. II shall keep them as hostages >
The six men were kept in converse
ton on board the submarine by the
underwater boats commander while
bombs were being placed on board the
San Bernardo. When the steamer blew
up there was moving picture operator
on the bridge Of the submarine, who
took picture Of the entire proceedings.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
WIDOW SAVES TREES.
Turns Commissioners From Those
Planted by Her Husband.

Turns Commissioners From Those
- Planted by Her Husband.
St. Cloud, Mich" Woodman, spare
that tree; touch not a single bough."
Thus quoted Mrs. Mary Spicer, wild
ow, as she pleaded for the preservation
of trees planted by her husband, long
dead. - ~.
1t was three years ago that Mrs. Spi-
Ger started her battle with city officials
over the maintenance of. this arborian
inheritance. She was called upon to
enter another skirmish the other day
when sidewalk bids were opened, in
which provision was to have been
made for the removal Of the trees.
Mrs. Spicer's "'pets" fringe a lot on
which her modest little home is built.
wait until / am gone and you may
remove them." she told the city COM
missioners, who took her words to
heart. When sidewalk, bids were open
ed there were proposed contracts on
other jobs, but on the Widow Spicer's
property-not word.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
FIND HEART ON RIGHT
SIDE, LIVER ON LEFT.
Body Of William King Described az
Left Handed Both Inside and Out.

st. LOuis.-The body of William King.
which has been preserved for twenty
months, is described by an anatomist
as left handed, both inside and OUT
according to statement made public
at the City hospital.
In May, 1915. King. who was thirty.
tive years old. applied at the hospital
for treatment He said he was a la
borer and had lived most of his life in
Wisconsin. He was suffering from ty.
phoid fever.
( When asked who should be notified
in case of his death King said: Don't
worry about that. Just cut me up and
examine my body There's something
wrong with me besides the fever"
He died few days later. When sur
geons made an examination of the
body they found one of the most alb
normal cases in the history of surgery.
The heart was on the right side. the
liver on the left; the appendix was on
the left side and the spleen on the
right. The stomach was turned around
completely On the left lung were three
lobes; the right lung had but two. The
left kidney was larger and lower than
the right one. .',--s~.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
CHINA FINDS 1T. HARD
TO DISBAND ITS ARMY
Soldiers Love Their Job. and If Not
Paid They Loot.

Peking.-China's toughest problem
now is how to disband the army raised
during the revolution. The government.
hard pressed for money, will have to
raise at least $30,O00,O0O to pay off the
100000 men under arms, and unpaid
soldiers are always menace in China.
Coolies regard military service as a
very desirable occupation Once ell
listed it is difficult to persuade them to
retire. They riot and become extreme.
~ troublesome if an attempt be made
to disband them without liberal pay
ment. The commanding officers are
frequently. as mercenary as the SOL
dlers. When the government fails to
give its soldiers what they regard as
adequate pay the troops frequently be-
come bandits and loot.
Each province has its own military
governor and distinct military organ
ization, presumably under control of
the Picking authorities. but actually in
dependent in most cases. Consequent
~ the Picking government is forced to
deal very automatically with the mill
tary organizations in the provinces.
particularly in the remote provinces.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
HARVARD MAN FOILS
sun With INVENTION
Presses a Button In Bed and the
Window Shade Goes Down
as if by Magic.

Cambridge, Mass. - Every morning
at o'clock Henry R. Guild of Boston.
Harvard senior, rolls over in bed.
Seven o'clock is too early for senior
to get up, so Mr.. Guild presses but
ton and the shade at the distant end
of his chamber rolls down as if by
magic.
No rising sun is going to make him
leave his bed unseasonably. Some
morning he may miss a four alarm
fire by pressing the button, but he's
willing to take the chance, he asserts.
Getting up at a. m. is high crime
at Harvard, the same as admitting
Yale has good football team this
year.
Henry Guild framed up a motor, at
tached to the curtain string and laid
wires to his bedside When the sun
throws it's rays into his bedroom every
morning, weather permitting, he
presses button and the curtain hops
faster than in vaudeville theater.
Mr.. Guilds next invention probably
will be trap door to throw tiresome
professors into the cellar by means of
a button that any student can press:
Lies attendant Inconvenience aren't
going to bother him while electricity
can do the work.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
FIREMAN SAVES BABY,

Climbed on Pilot Of Locomotive, Lifted
Infant From Track. a
La Crosse, Wis.-Coon valley resi-
dents are talking of applying for
Carnegie medal for Fireman Peter,
Hensgen Of the La Crosse and South
eastern. He was in a freight engine
cab when he saw a child in the dis
lance on the track.
It was down grade and the brakes
were slow to grip. Hensgen climbed
out along the footboard to the pilot.
grasped rod and leaned down.
He grabbed the sleeping child with
his free hand and lifted her from the
track. The child was the little daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Jacobson.
She had wandered away in the after
noon and lay down tired between the
rails and went to sleep.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
MUSKRATS CUT MEAT PRICE.

Serve as Substitute In Many Families
Of Moderate Means In New Jersey.
Alloway, N. J.-Muskrats are cut
ting the high cost of living in this re-
gion. With the price Of meats hitting
the high spots, there is an unprece-
dented demand for their carcasses.
commonly known as water rabbits"
Trappers, who this season are secur-
ing on an average of nearly 81 each for
muskrat pelts, are adding considerable
extra revenue to their usual seasons
profits by selling the meat to villagers
and to outside buyers. 1t is estimated
that an average Of 5000 water rab-
bits are disposed Of every week in
Salem alone. where they serve as
substitute for meat in many families
of moderate means.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20
WAR ON CATS SAVES GAME.
Good Hunting In New Jersey Since Fe-
line Slaughter Started.

Good Hunting In New Jersey Since Fe-
line Slaughter Started.
Trenton, N. IA report Of the New
Jersey fish and game commission re-
Gently issued states that the wholesale
determination of cats in Burlington
county during the 1915 epidemic of foot
and mouth disease has resulted in
sportsmen finding Burlington among
the best hunting grounds in the state.
Game animals and birds are more
plentiful In the county than for years.
and scores of hunters have repeatedly
bagged their legal limit Of ten rabbits;
also quails. pheasants and squirrels. It
is held that the chief factor in the in
crease in game animals and birds as
well as song birds In that county was
the warfare on cats by both hunters
and farmers. Sportsmen found hun
dreds Of providing homeless cats in the
woods and fields preying upon native
birds and animals and killed them.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-01-20

HEALTH COMMISSIONER ROBERTSON
These stimulate the flow. Of gastric
juice
"Fifth.-Chew your food thoroughly:
your stomach has no teeth. Do not
wash down unmasticated food with
coffee. tea or other drinks.
"Sixth.-Do not eat to excess. Nor
mally yo,H' appetite should he an index
Of your wants
acknowledgements and relish are
important factors in promoting the
flow OF gastric juice, hence have the
food prepared and served in an appc
tizing manner.
"Eighth.-DO not eat meat. eggs and
other proteins to excess.
"Ninth.-If you have Il feeling Of dis
tress or fullnesS after meal your diet
or manner Of eating needs regulating
1t you suffer from belching or regurgi.
tation you should consult a physician
for advice.
Tenth, DO not engage in excessive
physical or mental exertion immediate
~ after a full meal