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The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17

at COrdova on easy grades and at the lowest cost. It is estimated the first 30 miles to the nearest coal could be built in 90 days, or at most in six months.
 The estimated cost, in round fig ures and time for completion of rail road facilities to the different fields is as follows:
 DISTANCE, ESTIMATED COST AND
 TIME TO COMPLETE.
 Boring River to Cordova, 30 miles :; $l,0O0.0O0; six months.
 Matanuska to Seward, 194 miles, s7.- 100000; three years
 Nenana to Fairbanks, 104 miles; $3,- 100000; three years
 It is estimated by very able com mission who studied the subject that the coal from the Boring field can be hauled to CordOva by rail for $1.4s Il ton, while from the Matanuska to Seward it will cost s3.3S a ton. There seems no justification for the govern ment to open Matanuska coal and keep the Bering field closed.
 ANIMATION.
 Aside from all economic questions. is it just to develoyp one locality in Alaska and refuse to develop another equally entitled to it? Is it intention al discrimination? The Interstate Commerce law providess
 That 1t shall be unlawful for any common carrier subject to the propi si0ns Of this act to make or give un- due or unreasonable preference or ad vantage to any particular person, company, firm, corporation. or local ty, or any particular description Of traffic, in any respect whatsoever, or to subject any particular person. com. pany, firm, corporation or locality, or my particular description of traffic. t0 any undue or unreasonable preju lice or disadvantage in any respect whatsoever"
 Violation of this law is punishable by fine and Imprisonment
 When the government itself goes into the railroad business, thought it i5 not amenable to the law, should it not, nevertheless, be guided by the lust principles of the law? If 1t is criminal for a private corporation to stranglc and kill one locality while 1t upbuilds another, should not the gov. ernment itself refrain from doing the same thing?
 PRIVATE CAPITAL IMPOSSIBLE.
 The government evidently expected that when the coal was opened some private corporation would build a rail road to the Boring field It has often been said that the owners of the Cop per River X Northwestern railway will do so. But this Is a false hope. The Copper River people did plan to build a railroad there at one time They took an option on 5.2S acres Of coal land, made surveys for a rail road to it, and would no doubt have built the line and opened a coal mine. But the government interposed. charged the parties with a conspiracy to monopolize the coal field, cancelled the title to the coal land and thus stopped the proposed railroad build ing.
 The law has now been changed so that coal lands can not be bought at all, but must be leased.
 A railroad is expressly prohibited (Continued on Page ThreeI @A
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17
ADMIRAL DE W [ ' BE BURIED ON
 SATURDAY
tBy Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, Jan. IT. - The funeral of the late Admiral Dewey will take place Saturday, interment to be made in Arlington cemetery All na- val vessels and stations have been draped in mourning out of respect to the gallant sea fighter.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17
BACKS UP PROGRESSIVE
 LEADERS
(By Associated Press. ]

NEW YORK. Jan. IT - Theodore Roosevelt has announced that he hear tily approves of the stand taken by Perkins and Colby. Progressive lead CTS, against the action of the national Republican committee in naming John Taylor Adams, of Iowa, as it's vice president.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17

H. E. Goldberg, a Vancouver. B. C., fur buyer, recently purchased from Sam Chambers, of Carcross. three handsome silver fox skins. MT. Cham bers raised the animals on his ranch, and the skins were in prime condition and he is reported to have received a substantial sum for them.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17

J. C. Gaffney, of Lowry & Pike, Se- attle insurance brokers, is in Cordova on his way to Valdez to represent his clients. who carry most of the insur- ance in the recent fire there. On ac- count of the firms increasing business in Alaska MT. Gaffney will move north, making Juneau his headquar. ters.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17
NAVY CONTRACT AWARDED TO
 ENGLISH CO.
(By Associated Press. ]

WASHINGTON, Jan. IT. The navy department has awarded con tracts for armor piercing proiectiles, costing s3,0OO.00O. to the Hadfields. Limited, an Englan company. as the American bids were excessive.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17
ANCHORAGE HAS GASOLINE
 FAMINE
tBy Associated Frsss.}

SEWARD. Jan. F. - To relieve the coal and gasoline famine at Anchor. age the Alaskan engineering commits. sion is preparing to send the govern ment tug Roscoe from here with 2, GOO gallons. The weather is mild and Cook Inlet now open, but the Roscoe may be caught in the ice if climatic conditions change.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17

LONDON Jan. 1.-The scarcity of foodstuff, has the board o agriculture to empower local authorities building land for food crops The Vacant Land Cultivation cey, pet scheme of the late Joseph Fe who widely known Tn the United States, has already been government with the whole work in London will able through the London county council acquire land that suitable The society aots small pieces of and tamies for cultivation purposes. At present the society about 800 holders working eighty acres around London
 Apart from public gardens and parks are 4OO0 acres of idle land in ondon and experience has shown that London land capable of producing a prices well $jOO of food So the public interest the scheme that the Vacant Land Society being showed under aIp cations from every kind of person, many of them land hungry" countrymen settled in London.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17

George Carter and Mike Deegan are reported to have had a close call for life recently at Kenai lake. They were coming down the lake with a lot of moose meat, when a snowslide came down the mountain, covering one of the men and throwing the other into the water. Both got out but they lost the meat.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17
Food Situation Il
 Germany Is Serious
(By the Associated Press)

(BY the Associated Press)
 STOCKHOLM, Jan. 17-An Associated Press correspond ent who has just returned from Berlin reports that the food situation in Germany has grown during the past six months and this week per capita of raons of potatoes der four and half pounds There has been cheese since August and eggs are worth twenty cents apiece Ii is mpos ble to buy clothing shoes stockings and blankets except by permission of the police.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17
TWO MINERS ARE ASPHYX|ATED
 ON BOAT
(By Associated Press ]

JUNEAU, Jan. r. - H. w. R. Holmes and Daniel Gallagher, miners employed at Chichagoff were asphyI- lated while aboard power boat. They were returning home from trip to Juneau
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17

Howard P. Curtis. who is storekeep- CT for the Alaskan engineering com mission. with headquarters at Nenana. is in town en route to Seattle. Mir. Curtis was formerly with the N. c. Company at Fairbanks.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17

Pupils in the Fairbanks public schools now have more than 5000 de- posted in the banks Of that city through the school saving association,
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17
ADINKERKE, Bplgium. Jan

ADlNkERkE, Belgium Jan. l7.-}y order of King AL bert the body of Emile Verhaeren the Belgian poct who r gently was killed accidentally while boarding train at Havrc has been brought here to rest in Belgian soil.
 His temporary grave hidden under mound flowers u the local cemetery where the made graves Belgian ders greatly outnumber the the departed villagers It the special wish of the queen that Veraeren should be buried among dunes he wc and here day, when the invaders gone suitable me m0rial will be built
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17
COUNSEL WANTED BY PEACE LEAK
 COMM TIE
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Jan. r. - The peace leak hearing has been post pOned until tomorrow, while the com mittee asks congress for authority to employ counsel
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17
Substantial and the Strongest of BUILDING OF RAILROAD TO BERING COAL Which
8 English Steamers
 Sunk and 2 Captured
(By the Associated Press)

(Bv the Assoc lated I'ress)
 LONDON Jan 17It is officially announced that Mon day the Japanese steamer Hudson Maru arrived Peambuco with the masters and two hundred and the of vessels sunk by the German raider ous dates from December 12 to January 12
 The British steamship Dramatist Seattle England with flour and salmon sunk also the steamships Radnorshire, Mniep Netherby Hal Mount Temple King George George Voare the Nantes nieres The steamer St Theodore captured prize crew put aboard The steamer Yarowdae captured sent away with four hundred be landed All vessels carried supplies of all sorts.
 LONDON, Jan 17-A German raider sank eight British and two French merchantmen Two British steamships also captured.
 NEW YORK, Jan. I.Thc of the destruction of al lied shipping the south Atlantic ocean was followed by an advance insurance from a half ten per cent for West Indian and South American ports.
 There persistent that the German raider has either been sunk captured
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17
FORMER U. S. SENATOR DIES
 AT HOME IN TACOMA

TACOMA, Jan. 17. --- Addison Fos ter, of this city, former United Statos senator from Washington state died at his home last night.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17

E. c. Ford. insurance adjuster for all of the companies having policies covering the loss in the Valdez fire. was in town today on his way to the Glacier City.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17
FLAWS CONDITION SERIOUS.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. IT. Harry Thaw's mental and physical condition is very unsatisfactory, his physician says.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17

Lieutenant Jones, of the United States army, who Is connected with the signal corps, arrived here from Fort Gibbon on his way to Valdez.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17
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The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 17-According to reports reaching here German cXpermcncrs have succeeded in making svn- hehc rubbcror at least acceptable substitup-from tc of which they import quantities from Sweden Similar experiments have been conducted by various Swedish scicu ss but thus far without Many them are still of the opnon however that the idea is feasible and are not dis posed to doubt that the Germans have succeeded although they incline to beevethat the discovery mot vet be of great practical significance
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17

Attorney A. J. Dimond, of Valdez, greeted local friends this afternoon on his way home from the states.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17

PARIS Jan. 17.-The Young Mems Christian Association
 has pushed its work right up the battle lines The refresh ment dugout where hot drinks served the men, E now often the enemy that great precautions have m be taken lest should be discovered of these ugou are
 in the debris of recently captured positions One of them s
 near very vital point that when the wounded We're carried to the dressing station short time ago. the Y NJ C. A. was able to serve them with tea and cocoa.
 LONDON, Jan. 17.-Durng the year just closed the i'm
 ports of boots and shoes from abroad exceeded in value the
 cord for the biggest year of the American shoe invasion of
 S95 while the exports of British made shoes exceeded m more than $5OOOOOO the highest total of pre- war limos
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17

LONDON, Jan. 1.-The Greek government l its entirety the demands of the allies
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17
JOTT|NCS ABOUT PEOPLE
 AND OOINC5
Malcolm Brock will leave on the Alameda on business trip to Valdez.

Malcolm Brock will leave on the Alameda on business trip to Valdez J. l.. O'Brien and wife have returned from an extended visit in San Fran, cisco.
 Mrs. P. l.. Simpson was a returning passenger from the states on today's boat
 G. A. Vinger representing J. B. Caro & O., of Juneau. was in town today.
 The steamer Alameda will sail for the westward at g o'clock tomorrow morning.
 All Elks are requested to meet at the City Hall on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
 James E. Young. of Copper Center. was Cordova passenger on yester- days train.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17

PETROGRAD Jan 17.-t is officially announced that tI Russians haHerecartHTed the village of Vade in Roumana six miles southwest of tialat2
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17
CHRISTIANIA, Jan

CHRlSIlANlA, Jan. I7.-Norway had lost 242 vessel rom the beginning of the war to the end of November this year of which 82 wer" steamships and 60 sailing vessels Thc total tonnage 3354l5 register tons and the insurance CT them amounted to l+5700000 (about $4I O0000O
The Cordova daily times., 1917-01-17

Mrs. P. l.. Simpson was a returning passenger from the states on today's boat.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
-
 STOCK MARKET
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 New York, Sept. 10-Opening: The stock market gave good account of itself at the opening today and bear ish attempts to depress special issues met with indifferent success. Pull man and General Electric, which were moderately weak on Saturday, yielded two and three points more respectively, but elsewhere the tread was strongly upward. Important shares gained 1 F to 2 points in the early trading. Bulls purchased stocks in the belief that liquidation had. pretty well run it's course and that technical conditions had been strengthened by the elimination of weekly margined accounts. Weakness cropped out fn stocks for a time, forcing back. some of the fa- vorites like Steel, CrucfbIe, Reading and Tobacco Products, a point or so, but later speculative sentiment be- came more hopeful. The market broadened and advanced rapidly in all directions. Bears covered on an extensive scale and the entire list re-. fiected optimism regarding the ulti. mate adjustment of the. governments price fixing schedules. The steels and coppers were the strongest features Bonds were firm. Liberty bonds sold at 99.82 to 99.90.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
WANTED

which had been carried on by those organizations for several years. It was on Sept. Il, 1903, that the mag mates of the two major circuits buried the hatchet and smoked the pipe of peace. Representatives of the big leagues and of the National Associa- ton of Professional Baseball Leagues, the governing body of the minors, en- tered into a treaty known as the na- tiona1 agreement. Under the terms of that historic document the major leagues enjoyed peace and plenty un- til the Federals invaded the field in 1914 and started another war. How ever, that conflict was of short dura- tion and now everything is once more serene in the realm of the national pastime. The national agreement set up supreme court of organized base ball known as the National Commis- sion.
 In 1902 the players were wallowing in luxury, made possible by the high est salaries ever. paid. This was due to competition for the services of the stars of the diamond It was in the autumn of that year that one down trodden self of the diamond was off, ferde $1G,000 cash and a contract for
 $25,000 additional for two years. This condition of affairs determined the magnates tio come to some sort of an agreement. With so much money floating arounI it was shame to let the players get it, they reasoned, and in the following year the baseball war was ended. Of course salaries of players are no tonger what they used to be, which proves that what's sauce for the goose is not always sauce for the gander.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

Every person, firm or corporation
 (resient or non-resident) liable to tax
 atioIl on real or personal property in
 the Town and City of Bridgeport on September l. 1917, MUST FILE with
 the Tax Commissioner a sworn state
 ment of all taxable property owned by
 such person, firm or corporation in
 the Town and City of Bridgeport, on specially printed lists furnished by
 the Tax Commissioner. Such lists must be filed during the MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 1917. FAILURE so to do will compel the
 Tax Commissioner to make out such lists from the best information obtain able, to which a penalty of ten per cent, will be added as by law required. LISTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED if each parcel of Real Estate Is not
 separately listed. and properly describ- ed, giving metes and bounds; street number of lot number. Buildings thereon must be entered separately from the land value.
 FAILURE to file list deprives the
 owner of the right to appeal to the
 Board of Relief. Lists may be obtained at the office of the Tax Com
 missioner, Room g, City Hall, during the month of August.
 HOURS: a. m. to 4 p. m. daily. 9 o. m. to 1, D. m. Saturday.
 A. F.. CONNOR,
 1 Tax Commissioner.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
=: Finance, Real Estate and Insurance =:
WV World of Finance ~

roads and shipping interests. On the other hand there are many encour- aging conditions. Congress may soon adjourn. The country is sound finan- cially and commercially. We are sure of the most prosperous year in agri- culture that we have ever exper1en- ced. The same is equally true of all the chief industries. Wages are high and farmers and working men are likely to be free spenders. This means an active consumptive demand for many lines of merchandise. Trans portation problems are less acute than year ago. New tonnage is be- ing turned out at a tremendous rate by Great Britain and the United
 States and other nations, which means that there will be less diff culty in transporting food and mun1- tions across the Atlantic than has been the case in the last six months. As result exports will continue right along, notwithstanding the embargo on food shipments now in force and which has caused a setback in our foreign trade. Our railroad problem is also less acute than was the. case a few months ago. Big traffic during the next three or four months is a practical certainty. For the seven months ending with July 106 of the larger railroads, according to the Ing terstate Commerce Commission, had total revenues of $1,23O,681, 900 an increase of more than $138,000, 900 from the corresponding figures of 1916. Their net revenue during the same period was $368, 8,000,000 com pared with $36O, 100000 a year ago.
 Better results should appear during thee losing months of the year, as traffic. is heavier. Some concessions have been made to the roads and net returns should correspondingly im- prove, especially as the shortage iD cars is being largely compensated for by cooperation between the rail- roads. The break in New Haven and New York Central caused some un- settlement, and was attributed to the difficulties of new financing devel- oped by conditions referred to above
 The campaign for the distribution of the second war loan soon will be- gin. There is reason to believe that higher rate of interest, which is to be authorized by the War Loan bill now before the House of Represen- tatives will be available. AS an offset
 the new bonds will be subject to the
 surtaxes upon large incomes, but not to the basic income tax, or to national, state or local taxes, except those on
 inheritances, etc. During the course
 of the campaign it is not improbable that every legitimate effort will be exerted by all patriotic financial fn- terests to induce a cheerful and sus- tained position in general investment circles. ~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
Hennick Wins Tennis
 Title in Glass c. at Y. M. c. A. Tournament.

Harold Hallsworth had to bow Sat urday to the superior physical condi- tion and play of R. M. Hennick in the Class c tournament of the Y. M. e. A. Tennis club. This makes Hennick the 1917 champion of this class. The score was 6-3, 6-3 and well fought all through. Both men are among the newer players of the game and made a fine showing
 Ernest Kohler defeated George H. Emery at 70, 6-1, in the Class B tournament.
 Dr. George c. Brown took the measure of Theodore A. Phillips at 6-3, 9-7 in a very close match. Dr. R. Warren Hall, city champion
 in both singles and doubles, won from both B. Hawley and Benjamin Dun gan. He beat Hawley 6-1, 4-6 6-0.- Hawley played a very fine game during much of the match in spite of the bad knee which has been troubling him. But Hall was also
 his old self and could pull out the points when he had to. Dungan was beaten in two sets at 6-3, 6-3. but he played a very heady game of the same type as Hall plays and he made Hall go all the way to put him out.
 Entries are coming in nicely in the city Patriotic Tennis Tournament
 which starts on the courts of the Y.
 M. C. A. Tennic club tomorrow. Those
 who have not entered may do so by | calling or phoning to the Y. M. CA. by 10 o'clock tonight. The drawings will then be made and appear in the
 morning paper so that players will | know at what time and with whom 1 they play tomorrow. The tourna-
 ment will be in both singles and dou- | bles.
 i The Y. M. c. A. will do everything | possible to make it comfortable for | those who want to watch the matches.
 Chairs will be furnished at both the | Seaside and Colorado courts, The public is not only invited but urged to ! witness the contests.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
CAPT. c. T. TOOKER.

Leave Bridgeport 11:30 a. m., re- turning leave Port Jefferson p. m. Early Fall Time Table-Leave Port Jefferson daily, g a. m., leave Bridge port, 3 p. m., except Saturday and Sunday, as below. Saturday and Sum- day-Leave Port Jefferson g a. m., ? p. m., leave Bridgeport, 11:30 a. m., 4 D. m. Single fare 75 cents Round trip ticket SIPS. Automobile trans portation given careful attention. For further Information address Geo. M Tooker, agent, Bridgeport or Port Jefferson. Time table subject to change without notice
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
AMERICAN LEAGUE

Results of Yesterdays Games. Chicago g; Cleveland o, (forfeited in 10th inning.)
 Detroit 7; St. Louis O. (first). St. Louis 6; Detroit 2, (second) No other games scheduled.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10

The slackers are suffering so hor-
 ribly from fear, that it would seem the most merciful way to put them
 f in the front trenches and have it over
 as soon as possible.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
New York Stock
 Exchange Quotations

Reported over the private wires of T. L. Watson & Go, Bankers and Brokers. Corner Main and John Sta. Br1ogeport. Conn. Members of Nev York Stock ExcnanRe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
NATIONAL LEAGUE

Results of Yesterdays Gnrnes. St. Louis 6; Cincinnati 8, (first). St. Louis 2; Cincinnati o, (second) Chicago 1; Pittsburg 0. . No other games scheduled.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10

Immediate construction of two gov ernment nitrate plants at a cost of $3, 600, 900 is recommended by the nj trate supply committee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
Major Leagues Made
 Peace IA Years Ago

Tomorrow will mark the fourteenth anniversary of the signing of ehe treaty of peace between the National and American leagues, ending the war
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
Standing of the Clubs.
Games Today.

Games Today. Brooklyn in New York (two) Philadelphia in Boston. Cincinnati in Chicago. Pittsburgh h in St. Louis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-10
Standing of inc Clubs.
Games Scheduled For Today. New York in Philadelphia. Boston in Washington.

Gold to the amount of $S30,00O was transferred from the Sub-Treasury by wire to San Francisco for shipment to Japan.