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The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30
IN ASSURED
 ]. FOR COMING SALMON PACK

Tin can now be released for Alaska nnery operations. Federal Food Administrator Royal A. Gunnison, for aska, has received a cablegram .ich will cause a great big sigh of ief to go up from all persons en- ged in the fishing business of Alas ! It reads:
 The canned food division of the d administration has secured the ease from the tin plate conservation nmittee, and permits have been fled to all canneries, allowing them can an additional 25 per cent of ir pack, per applications to be filed h the food administrator. Please authority to all canners to start srations pending the arrival of the nit"
 ready many cannerymen have ap- d to Administrator Gunnison with view of securing tin, and it was red that operations might be&de- ed because of the conservation of
 important material for putting up
 fish pack. Not only now is a sup
 secured in plenty of time, but all ners are given authority to in ase their pack 25 per cent over nor
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30
INDUSTRIAL UPHEAVAL AROUSES
 ANXIETY OF BERLIN GOVERNMENT
laffected. Workers in the torpedo fac.

affected. Workers in the torpedo fac tories at Kiel struck Friday.
 Meetings Prohibited.
 Meetings in the industrial centers have been prohibited
 The Independent Socialists are in the forefront of the strike movement and the authorities are reported to have imprisoned Adolph Hoffman, editor of Voerwaerts, and an Inde- pendent Socialist leader in the Prus- sian diet
 industrial Situation Grave.
 LONDON, Jan. 30.-The morning newspapers print prominently the re- ports of the industrial upheaval in Germany. The statement is given that the workmen of forty war material factories in Berlin. have struck, and that strikes elsewhere have been ac- companied by grave disturbances.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30
(By Associated Press)

UNDATED.-Dissatisfied with the progress of peace negotiations and the Prussian electoral reforms, the work. men of Berlin and other parts of Ger many have gone on strike The gov ernment has ordered the arrest of six leaders of the Social Democratic party, while leaders of the strikers have been sent to Kiel for service in the army.
 Thousands Strike in Berlin
 Ninety thaIsand Berlin workers struck on Monday, seriously hamper ing operations of electrical works and airplane factories.
 Krupp Works Affected.
 Strikes in the great manufacturing districts along the Rhine are reported, and the workers at Essen, where the great Krupp works are located, are
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30
MORTALITY INCREASE
 DUE TO UNDERFEEDING

THE HAGUE, Jan. 30.-Some idea of what follows in the train of under feeding, which at present prevails everywhere in Belgium, may be gath cred from the following statistics from an official source: Since 1914 the gen. eral mortality in Belgium has risen by 50 per cent, while births have fallen off about Az per cent; in Ghent and northern France deaths from tuber- culosis have multiplied skiold.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30

NEW YORK, Jan, 30.-The cipher message which proved that Berlin di- rected the sinking of the Lasitania is made public for the first time in the Worlds Work magazine, published to- day John R. Rathom, editor of the Providence Journal which exposed nu- merous German plots in this country during the last three years, in an aTti- cle giving in detail the methods he used to unearth the work of the Ger. man agents, quotes this message from his files, and explains how it was de coded The message, in cipher, reads as follows:
 'From-Berlin Foreign Office.
 ''To Botschaft, Washington.
 1869 (44-W)-Welt nineteen-ffteer warne 175 29 1 stop 175 1 2 stop durch 622 4 stop 19 ' B stop LIX II g s G."
 nIS CIBLCI illCoodSC CoiiC LhiOu 5A from Nauen, Germany, to Sayville, L. l., at ? o'clock on the morning of April 29, 1915, and was caught by the oper. ator at a wireless station maintained by the Providence Journal. It was especially interesting because it fol lowed none of the codes which they had previously observed It was evi dently important, because four at tempts were made to put it through before the German station succeeded in overcoming the unfavorable static conditions which prevailed that morn ing Every attempt to decipher il failed until smoebody with line or the internal activities of the German embassy remembered that during that morning Prince Hatzfeldt of the em- bassy staff had been looking for New York World Almanac. The first two words of the message, Welt German for 'WorldO 1915," supplied the clue, Following the other numbers in the message as representing page, line and word in the World Almanac for 1915
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30
NORWEGIANS MUST
 ANSWER QUESTIONS

William E. Britt, vice consul for Norway, has issued the following which is self-explanatory:
 Notice to Norwegian Citizens. ALL NORWEGIAN CITIZENS Iiv- ing in the First anG Third Judicial Divisions of Alaska, who should not wish to be drafted into the United States army should at once register at my office in Juneau, Alaska, or send me the following information by mail, if they have not already register ed at a Norwegian consulate:
 When were you born?
 Where were you born?
 When did you come to the United States?
 Where have you lived since your arrival in the United States? (State, how long a time in each place). What is your occupation?
 Have you taken out your intention papers?
 If answers to the above questions are sent by mail they must be sworn to before a notary public.
 Juneau, Alaska. Jan. 16, 1918.
 WILLIAM k. BRITT,
 Vice Consul for Norway (Other papers in First and Third Division please copy).
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30
WHALE BLUBBER
 TO BE UTILIZED

CHRISTIANIA, Jan. BOA commit tee of experts appointed by the state to endeavor to find a method of ob- taining edible fats and oils from whale blubber and fish reports that it's ex- periments have been successful. Whale fat with a mixture of other fats can also, it is believed, be used for making margarine. Norway has already two whale oil refineries, and the state has begun negotiations for the purchase of one of these.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30

fired volley after vOlley at the raid CTS, their women loading their rifles as fast as they were emptied. Finally the leader of the band fell with a bullet through his brain, and the ban dits rode over the rim rock with ranch CTS and flying sQuadrons of cavalry from headquarters here close in pur suit. They were pursued into Mexico by the troops and all but eight of the bandits were killed or wounded. Three Americans were killed
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30
FOOD SITUATION
 IN SOUTHERN ISLE

SAN JAUN, Porto Rico, Jan. 30.- Porto Rico has on hand and immedi- ately available more foodstuffs than at any time during the past two years. Prices in the island for staple com modities are, on the whole, lower than anywhere under the American flag, so far as available records give us figures"
 This was the statement today by John M. Turner, treasurer of the food commission, who characterized it as a message of cheer to Porto Ricans
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30
RIVER PACKET Is SUNK
 WHEN ICE GORGE BREAKS
(By Associated Press)

CINCINNATI, Jan. 3O.-The ice gorge in the Ohio river, which formed some days ago in front of the city, broke today and began moving down stream. The river packet City of Louisville was carried with it and crashed into the government boat Ot- tawa. The Louisville sank but the Ottawa was undamaged.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30
}ED CROSS MEN
 ARE: VICTIMS
 OF NSTRIANS
(By Associated Press)

ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS, Jan. l-William Platt and Richard Fair sld, attached to the Red Cross, were He'd when Mestre was bombed by e Austrian air forces on Sunday last. tey were the first Americans killed 1 the Italian front.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3O-An agree ment between the United States, Great Britain and Canada on the terms of separate conscription, which await only the signatures of the representa- tives of the various governments to give it effect, was announced today by Secretary of State Lansing.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30
TO CONSCRPT ALIENS
 WHO FAIL TO ENLIST

By the terms of the convention citi- zens of each country are given the option of returning to their own c0Gn- try for military service within a fixed period, artef which they will be- sub ject to military duty under the laws and regulations of the country in which they reside.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30
GERMAN PROPAGANDA
 IN EVIDENCE IN MEXICO

mittee today directed the attorney general to investigate charges that Heinrich Von Eckhardt, the German minister, is responsible for the alleged corruption in the Mexican chamber of deputies.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30
FIENDISH WORK ASCRIBED ID
 VILLA REBELS
(By Associated Press)

JUAREZ, Mexico, Jan. 30.-Follow- CTS of Francisco Villa, the rebel ban dit, dynamited a work train on the Mexican Central on Saturday last, killing 122 men.
 The train guard, consisting of one hundred federal troops, were killed during the fighting, or were executed
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30
RAID z CAPTURES GUNS
 ANDPRISONERS
(By Associated Press)

ROME, Jan. 30.-More than twenty six hundred prisoners have been cap tured by the Italians in their success ful attacks upon the Austrian lines on the Asiago plateau, according to an of ficial statement just issued. Scores of guns and hundreds of machine guns were among the loot captured
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30

The night school is being largely at tended and the different classes are making considerable progress, ac- cording to the report of the teachers, Miss Brayton and Mrs Abbott.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30
PROTEST AGAINST REMOVAL
 OF VESSELS FROM LAKES
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3O-Represen- tatives of the Great Lakes shipping in- terests have protested to the shipping board against the removal of any more steamships from the lakes for ocean service. Forty such vessels have now been removed by government orders.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30
BRITISH TORPEDO BOAT
 LOST IN COLLISION

LONDON, Jan. 30.-The British tor )edo boat Hazard was sunk in the Eng ish channel on January 28, as the re- .jult of a collision. Three men were ost
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30
VIENNA REvOLUTIONARIES
 FIRE GRAIN WAREHOUSES
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, Jan. 30.-An Amsterdam dispatch says that grain warehouses in Vienna are afire, entailing enormous damage. Revolutionaries are suspected of being responsible
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30
(By Associated Press)

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 3O.-German ropaganda in this country has reach ] stage where the Mexican govern
 mt has been compelled to give seri-
 $ attention to it. A legislation com
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30
NEW JERSEY SENATOR
 CALLED ID LONG REST
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3O.-Word has been received here that Senator Hughes of New Jersey died today, after a long illness.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30
FINNs FORM GOVERNMENT
 AND ELECT PRESIDENT
(By Associated Press)

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 30-The Finnish revolutionists have formed a govern ment under the presidency of Kulfe- wero Manner. Reports from Helsing- fors are to the effect that the situa- tion is calmer.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30

Captain Eyerson has returned frOm Portland to get the fishing fleet of the Orca cannery in readiness. The new superintendent, William Bowman, will Ibe here next month.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-30

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The courier-index., 1918-08-23
THEY'LL COME BACK

The business men of Mariana who
lost so heavily in the fire last week
are not the kind who will spend
their time nursing their misfortunes.
That is not the Mariana spirit
They have suffered a terrible re-
verse at a time when they could least
afford 1t, but it win take calamity
far worse than the fire to put them
0ut of the running. 1t will probably
be a year. perhaps longer, before all
the burned structures are rebuilt,
but as soon as conditions permit
az soon as men and materials are
available at reasonable prices-new
and far better buildings viii replace
those destroyed by the fire. In the
meantime, the merchants are occu-
plying temporary quarters. are receiv-
ing new stocks and making all prep
arations to handle big fall and
winter business.
The courier-index., 1918-08-23
vARpAMAN,s DEFEAT

Almost equal in point of interest
with the defeat of the German arm.
les on the western front is the sting
ing rebuke the democrats of Missis-
sippi have given to Vardaman in the
senatorial primary election. Returns
show Congressman Pat Harrison has
gon the nomination in the first pri,
mary over Vardaman and former gov
ernor Noel. Politicians of the Yard
aman ilk, soaked in the cheapest dye
OF demagoguery, ought never to have
been elevated TO responsible positions.
The issue in the Mississippi primary
was one that tried the loyalty OF the
democratic voters of the state. and
the manner In which they have ex-
pressed their Americanism is truly
gratifying. Arkansas has been and
il now cursed with some pin head
political opportunists who are rank
misfits, and II Is to be hoped when
the day of reckoning rolls around
they will be sent to the scrap heap
with such lung-propelled specimens
ms vardaman. Hats off to Missis-
sirpi!
The courier-index., 1918-08-23
GERMAN CRITICS ADMIT
YANks ARE BIG FACTOR

Amsterdam, Aug. 20.-Professionai
soldiers like Gems. Won Blume ana
Won Libert, unlike so many other
German war critics, do not seek TO
belittle the significance OF the ap-
pearance of the American army on
the western front.
Gen. Won Blume, who Is on the re-
tired list, writes an article on the
subject, which appears in the Rhein-
ische Westfalische Zeitung OF Essen.
He frankly admits that I'VE have TO
recognize that the Americans, all In
all. have done very smart work, and
II would be a very serious tning II
the German army command had to
face an American fighting army OF
millions"
This prospect the German public
must on no account be permitted 10
ponder over, and almost Immediately
after the article appeared a SEMI
official statement was issued to the
effect that the exaggerated reports
going about regarding the size OF
the American army In Europe merit
no credence and only exist in Yankee
and entente propaganda
The statement said further that
"the tonnage question, which is al
ready acute. will become still more
serious for the entente when Ameri-
ca has to ship her crops to Europe
Gen. Won Liebert, who was former
German commandant at Lodz anu
who now is military critic OF the
Taeglische Rundschau of Berlin. tells
the. public that the American army
has actually become big factor and
the debarkation in France is proceed
ing regularly. Gen. Won Liebert Ia
ments the moral perversion' which
the Americans to the front,
and says the French and British
owe their recent successes to their
trans Atlantic ally, without whom
their offensive would have been
doomed to disappointment
The courier-index., 1918-08-23
HONOR GRADUATES
GIVEN SCHOLARSHIPS
MISS MARY NELL lATTA OF MA
RiANNA, AND MISS EVELYN
PAISLEY OF MORO, MAY GO TO
UNIVERSITY.

Miss Mary Nell Latta, a 1918
graduate of the Mariana high school
and Miss Evelyn Paisley, 1918 gradu-
ate of the Moro high school, have
been awarded scholarships in the
University of Arkansas for the CON-
ing school year These scholarships
grant exemption from the payment of
naturalization, student activities, and
library fees at the University and are
awarded annually by the board of
trustees to the honor graduate of
each fully accredited high school
within the state. In case the high
school does not select any member
of the graduating class as the honor
graduate, the scholarship is awarded
to the student who has made the
highest average in his studies for
the entire high schoo; course.
In addition to these scholarships
free tuition is granted to all resi-
dents of Arkansas. The fall term of
the University opens September 18,
1918.
AulOHS the new courses OII6FCu
which are of especial interest to men
are intensive courses in agriculture
practical wireless telegraphy; teach
er training courses in agriculture and
in trades and industries. OF par
ticular interest to women are special
courses in food conservation and
other subjects in the department of
home economics: teacher training
courses in home economics. Courses
that will interest and attract both
men and women are those in journal
ism and public speaking, typewriting
shorthand and accounting.
In advising young men and women
who are ready to enter college, the
National Service Handbook recently
issued by the United States govern
ment. quotes the following from
President Wilson: Il would particu-
larly urge upon the young people who
are leaving our high schools that as
many of them as can do so avail
themselves this year of the oppor-
tunities offered by the colleges and
technical schools, SO that the country
may not lack an adequate supply of
trained men and women"
The courier-index., 1918-08-23
MARRIED MEMS STATUS
WILL BE UNCHANGED

Washington, Aug. 19.-In answer to
a letter from Chairman Chamberlain
of the Senate military committee,
asking whether it was true that ne
war department proposed 10 exempt
married men as Class under the
new man power bill, Sc retary Fax
err today informed the senator that
the existing regulations as to mar
ried men would continue in force.
Senator Chamberlain had written to
the secretary saying that If 1t was
true that deferred classification for
married men generally was conten'
plated, many senators would oppose
lowering the present draft age TO
Is years.
"The present situation" Mr.. Bak-
er replied, with regard to married
men in class one is that four classes
of married men are included within
the limits of that class: First, mar
ried men who do not support their
wives or families; second, married
men whose wives support them;
Tn1r0, mdTTleu lucH WhooC "i'SS 49,
adequate independent means; fourth
married men engaged in useless occu-
pations and who are not the main or
principal support of their families.
There is no intention to change
this situation.
I'm constituting the regulations with
regard to dependency of wives and
children. financial dependency has
been looked on as the reason for
deferred classification. This will
continue to be the case.
II am told that in some parts or
the country there is an abnormal in
crease in the rate of marriages,
which suggests the possibility of
desire to use marriage as a basis
for a claim of exemption. Marriage
so contracted Will not have the eff
feet desired. The status of regis
trants married at the time and I'M
der conditions suggesting any such
purpose will be that of unmarried
persons so far as their classification
is concerned,
The courier-index., 1918-08-23
FIRE LOSSES TO DATE
EXCEED ALL LAST YEAR
UNDERWATER SAY THE SIT
uATIoN is SERIOUS BECAUSE
or DIFFICULTY IN REPLACING
BURNED BUILDINGS.
Arkansas Gazettel


Losses from fire in Arkansas ex-
coed to date the entire losses OF
last year. according to Little Rock
general agents of fire insurance COM
panies. 1t is pointed out by the fire
insurance underwriters that there is
a more serious aspect to the matter
than indicated by the approximate
doubling of the 1917 fire loss in
1918. II is the increasing difficulty
and expense of replacement, both OF
buildings and of stock.
Much of the insurance now in
force. the insurance men say, is bas-
ed on old valuation figures and is
far from adequate to pay for replace
ment. even were 1t possible to OBJ
tain building material and stock
with the same facility as formerly.
Therefore while the loss indicated by
the insurance policies to date since
January l are In excess OF the total
loss of last year, the true loss in dol
lars and cents to the property own
ers is far in excess of that.
Arkansas is not alone in heavier
fire losses, for, according to the
Journal of Commerce of New York,
which independently keeps fire sta
tistics for the whole country, the
July fire losses totaled $24.537 900.
representing a so per cent increase
over July losses last year. And last
year was included in the July figures
the $1,000, 900 loss of the Black
Tom island disaster. The Journal
of Commerce does not include in its
list fires causing a loss of less than
10000
Arkansas underwriters say that ex-
perience shows heavier losses may
be expected during the last six
months of the year than during the
first six They make the further sig
nificant statement that 20 per cent
of all fires are due to carelessness
and are strictly preventable and the
remainder due to undiscovered caus.
es are probably largely preventable.
The courier-index., 1918-08-23
AN uNpArR,orlc POLICY

VIM. G. McAdoo, director general
OF railroads, has announced that the
"public- be-damned" policy now being
pursued by the railroad officials and
employees must come to halt; that
Door service cannot be excused with
the statement that "the government
is running the railroads" 1t has been
charged, and the public has every
reason to believe the charge is true
that railroad officials are trying to
make government operation OF rail
roads unpopular All the vexatious
delays in traffic. the crowded con
dition of trains, and hundred minor
matters calculated to irritate travel
ers and shippers are being saddled
off on the government by petty rail'
road officials and agents. Courtesy
and a sense of service seem to have
been eliminated from the railroad
program. The public is being given
70 understand by railroad Officials
that as long as the government has
anything to do with the operation OF
the roads the service will be rotten,
the schedules disarranged. and the
complaints, no matter how well found
ed. will receive scant attention. This
IA the attitude OF railroad officials
MI over the country. 1t is very
gratifying to note that Mr.. McAdoo
has taken cognizance OF this con-
dftion and that he has called the
hand of the employees. The fact that
the government is operating the rail-
roads under a national emergency
furnishes no earthly excuse for en-
ployes to be discourteous. 1t is un-
patriotic and savors of slackerism.
The men who are operating the rail-
roads ought to cooperate with the
government and IL they were i'm
bued with the right kind of spirit
they would strain themselves to
piease the shippers and the travellers
under conditions that are abnormal.
Nobody expects service now as be-
fore the war. With the heavy move
ment of troops. munitions and sup
plies the public is perfectly recon
ciled to the delays and poor SEIZED
ules. But this furnishes no excuse
for incivility upon the part OF en-
pioyes. During these trying times
they should subordinate their selfish
interests and become real American
patriots. If they persist in their pol
icy of antagonism to the government
they may rest assured the public win
not forget this contemplate attitude.
The war will be over some day and
the railroads will again want the
good will of the people.
The courier-index., 1918-08-23
"WE HAVE PASSED SUMMIT"
SAYS FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT

Paris, Aug. Give have passed
the summit of the mountain as re-
CARDS the war" said Franklin D..
Roosevelt assistant secretary of the
United Stotes navy, at a reception
given by e French press this morn
ing
"As e. ne submarines off the
coast" continued, 'the danger
points On now be said to have been
made s.
Mr.. Roosevelt. in the course of bis
address insisted upon the absolute
necessitv d all government members
and hes Of departments seeing the
war wit their own eyes in order to
understand its greatness. He dwelt
on the fact that all the improvements
made at French ports 20 receive the
American army had been made with
view to the future. He said that
The courier-index., 1918-08-23

France would benefit from this work
and in this there was a silver lining
to the clouds of war.
Mr.. Roosevelt, who has not slept
two successive nights at the same
place since he arrived in Europe,
said that he hoped to return, adding
perhaps in uniform" He will visit
Field Marshal Haig, the king of
Belgium and government officials
before returning to the United States