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The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-22
CONDITIONS
IN RUSSIA OF TODAY

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 21.-
THE Russian farmer is back at
work on the land and living on his
own produce" reports Charles l..
Preston, a prominent New England
shoe and leather man, who has just
returned from trip to Vladivostok on
a special mission for the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce, de-
partment of commerce, so far as food
is concerned he is not badly off, but
he is putting very little on the market.
He barters for the little he needs in
the way of manufactured goods, but
will not accept money for his pro-
duce. He refuses to worry about the
fluctuations in the value of the ruble."
Mr.. Preston, who has spent many
years in Russia, went to Russia on
this occasion in behalf of the govern
ment to find out what could be done
to facilitate the shipment of hides and
skins to the United States, but found
little encouragement for the near fu-
ture. Farmers are not allowed to
kill calves for a period of three years
and only small quantities of other
hides and skins are being bartered by
the raisers. Old stocks are held in
interior warehouses and by specula-
tors, but there are no important sup
plies of hides and skins in or near
Vladivostok.
The business stagnation in Russia
explains Mr. Preston, is due in part to
the depreciation of the ruble and to
restrictions on the banks. Transfer
of money by banks from one city to
another is forbidden, and depositors
are not allowed to draw more than
$50 rubles at a time. In ordinary
times $50 rubles is equal to a trifle
more than $125, but is worth a great
deal less now.
Developments in the Russian hide
and skin business will continue to re-
ceive the careful attention of the bu-
reau of foreign and domestic com.
merce, and plans are being made for
an exhaustive report on the industry
as it existed before the war, and DUR
ing the war and on the prospects for
the future, as soon as such prospects
can be discerned with any certainty.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-22
ORDINANCE NO. SIS.

To select judges for and hold an cleo.
ton, for selection of candidates for
territorial offices and delegate to
congress from Alaska.
Be it ordained b,7 the Common Coun-
ell of the Town of Cordova, Alaska:
Section 1. That primary election
in accordance with Chapter 4S, SEES
sion Laws of Alaska, 1917, be held in
the Town of Cordova, Alaska, between
the hours of 8 o'clock a. m. and 7
O'Clock p. m. on Tuesday, April 30,
1918.
Section 2. That the polling places for
said election shall be the second floor
of the City Hall on Second Avenue, in
said Cordova.
Section 8. That the Judges of said
election shall be C. S. Breton, Ben
Osborne and F. H. Foster; and the
Clerks of said election shall be H. B.
Wolking and c. M. Rosswog.
T. This ordinance shall be published
once in the Cordova Daily Times, and
shall become effective and in force on
and after the date of its passage.
Introduced, March IS, 1918.
Rules suspended, March 10, 1918.
ADDToved March 10 1919
(Town Seal)
w H. CHASE,
Attest: Mayor.
EDWARD F. MEDLEY,
Clerk.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-22

F. r. BRENNEMAN,
U. S. Marshal.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-22
ORDER SETTING TIME FOR HEAR.
ING PETITION AND GIVING
NOTICE

In the District Court for the Territory
OF Alaska, Third Diyision-Iu the
Matter of the Alteration of the
boundaries of, the enlargen en-. Of
the corporate limits Of. and the an.
nexation of new territory 20 the
town OF Cordova, Alaska, incor-
porated
A petition having this day been pre-
scented to the above entitled court for
the purpose OF instituting proceedings.
resuired by law for tbe annexation Of
territory, therein described. 10 the tn
corpoFated town of Cordova, Alaska;
and it appearing to the court that said
petition is signed by enough qualified
electors of said town to constitute
more than one-fifth of the number Of
Votes cast at the last municipal cleo
ton held in said town. and by more
than five actual residents or owners of
substantial property interests in land
or possessory rights in land or tide land
or improvements upon land or tide
land within the limits of the territory
Lso proposed to be annexed and in.
eorporated within the limits of the cor
! poTate town of Cordova aforesaid.
said petition setting forth the boundar-
les of the territory so proposed to be
| annexed to said town, and being veri.
fled by two of the signers of said petit
ton, and having attached thereto
plat based upon an actual survey by a
competent surveyor, setting forth the
limits and boundaries thereof by metes
and bounds, and stating the number of
inhabitants therein:
Now, therefore, 1t appearing to the
court that said petition is in the form
and substance required by law,
1t is ordered and decreed that said
petition be heard and considered by
the court on the 18th day of April,
1918, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day, at
the court room of this court in either
Valdez, Alaska, or said Cordova if said
day be day of jurisdiction in said
court, or IL the same be not a day of
jurisdiction, then said hearing shall
be held on the first day of jurisdiction
thereafter. 1t is further ordered that
notice of such hearing be given by
posting printed or typewriter copies
of this order in three conspicuous
places within the limits of the COR
pOrate town of CordoYa, Alaska, and
by posting such copies in three con.
spicuous places within the limits of
the territory so proposed to be an
Rexed to and incorporated within the
limits of said town of COrdoya, and
by publishing copy of this order for
four consecutive weeks in the -CordoYa
! Daily Times, daily newspaper of gen.
eral circulation published in said town
of Cordoya, such publication to be
made in said newspaper once each
week until five publications have been
made.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska. this 18th
day of March, 1918.
FRED NJ. BROWN,
District Judge.
March 12-18-25-Apr. 1-8.
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NOTICE..

United States of America, Territory of
Alaska, SIS. to A. F. Stowe:
You are hereby notified that we
have expended during the year 1916
thle hundred dollars in labor and i'm
provements upon the big d." "Mof,
felt" and Crows Nest" lode mining
claims, known as the Big -FOUR group
which are contiguous and in one
group, situate on right limit of Chitti.
stone river, about eight miles from the
mouth thereof, in Nizina mining dis
trict, Chitina recording precinct, AL
aska, the location certificates of which
are found of record in book 8, pages
142, 143 and IA in the office of the
recorder OF Chitina recording precinct,
at Mccarthy, Alaska, in order to hold
said claims under the provisions of
section 1924 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, and the amend
ments thereto, approved January 22nd,
1880, concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount re-
quired to hold said lodes for the period
ending on the 31st day of Dec. 1916.
And If within ninety days from the
personal service of this notice, or
within ninety days after the publica.
ton thereon, you fail or refuse to con.
tribute your proportion of such ex.
penditure as co-owner, which
amounts to seventy-five dollars, your
interest in said claims will become
the property of the subscribers, your
co-owners. who have made the requir.
ed expenditures, by the terms of said
section.
j. j. MILLER.
OSCAR HANSON.
First notification Iannnrrr 90 1919
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-22
A WAR RESTRICTION

NEW YORK, March 22.-No person
in the province of Brandenburg, of
which Berlin is the capital, will be per
mitted to keep horses for other than
commercial purposes, according 60 an
order issued by the high command,
says a Berlin despatch of February 2,
published in German newspapers re.
eeiyed here.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-22

llH4.i..ll tIodlutIuua
LONDON. February (by maiD-
Had bit of the future unrolled for
ne today.
tan, thin Londoner, who sometimes
does these things for his friends. took
~. hand, closed his eyes and went
INTO semi-trance, out of which he spoke
Ii follows:
II see an ancient house in a French
town, with troops all about it. I see
4 room in which are gathered Ger
men officers. They are busy and ex-
cited in a subdued way seemingly
awed by the presence of one who sits
at the center table, though he seems
in high spirits and careless of the
Reference the others pay him. He
s slaps his right hand in a iovial man
ner across the thick shoulders of a
general bending above the table at his
side His left hand hangs at his side
in a useless sort of way. By that and
by the upturned gray mustaches rec
ognize the kaiser. The scowling coun-
tenance of the thick-shouldered gen,
eral is Hindenburg's.
Minor officers continually enter
bringing messages. The excitement
grows. Ever and anon the kaiser slaps
the thick shoulders. Hindenburg
doesn't seem to care much for it and
doesn't respond to his nominal mas
ter's emotion. He is giving serious
study to the reports laid before him.
Suddenly the kaiser calls to him
little old specialized man in uniform.
The little man produces a stenograph-
kaiser dictates, gesturing as he speaks
the words:
"Vorwart nit Colt! My brave
troops, incomparably led by my gen
erals, once again have driven back the
enemies seeking to crush the Father
land
1T is the great offensive. The Ger
mans are winning.
Il hear church bells and I see city
streets. They are the streets of Ber-
lin. From windows flags are being
flung out and crowds in the streets are
laughing and shouting. Newsboys
pour out of the alleys with bundles of
extras under their arms and crying,
Great Victory on the West 'FRONT.'
In the papers you can read posi-
tive assertions by Capt Persius and
Count Won Reventlow and othere mil
itary critics that the long-predicted
great events on the West front are
under way. Soon now the allies must
give the German people the peace for
which Germany went to war.
II see men and women, old and
young, eagerly and yet fearfully seiz-
ing the papers. They turn over the
scant pages quickly, but that for which
they are looking is not there. The
casualties have not been published!"
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-22

The amateur seer shook himself
and opened his eyes.
Finish the picture" | urged him
Finish it for yourself he replied
What do you think will happen in
Germany when the people learn the
cost of this offensive, figured in the
lives of their men and boys? Els
pecially when the most My generals
can show for it is little dent some
where or other in the allies lines and
peace no nearer?"
The Cordova daily times., 1918-03-22
NOTICE

By order of the Attorney General
Of the United States:
All Germans who have not taken
cut their full citizenship papers must
"eport to the postmaster between the
dates of March 18th and 23rd and be
registered.
Aliens will give strict attention to
this notice as any alien who fails to
register will be prosecuted.
F. r. BRENNEMAN,
y U. S. Marshal
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Labor Board Averts
Pulp Workers. Strike
Takes Move to Conciliate
the Telegraphers and
Harbor Men

WASHINGTON, April 30-The War
Labor Board to-day averted the strike
Of the puln and paper workers called
for May l in the plants of the Interna~
tional papor Company, which manu-
factures go per cent of the American
consumption, and started to settle the
troubles of the commercial telcgraphers
and New York Harbor freight handlers.
An cight-hour day and an increased
scale Of pay demanded by the paper
workers were taken under consdera-
ton by the board, upon an agreement
between union officials and employers
that the boards adjustment would be
made before July l and that wage in
creases, if granted, would date from
May j In the mean time the Federal
Trade Commission will consider the
awards in fixing prices for paper.
President Newcomb Carlton of the
Western Union Company and Edward
Reynolds, general manager OF the
Postal Company, agreed to come before
the board Saturday to respond to a
complaint presented by representatives
of the operators union that operators
are being dismissed by the companies
for Joining the union.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
McAdoo Awards Contracts
for LOIS New Locomo-
tives to Two Firms
Locomotives Will
Bear u. S. Initials
War Industries Board Pro-
vides 100000 Tons of
Steel Necessary

WASHINGTON, April 3o.-Contracts
for 1,025 freight and passenger loco
motives, the largest single order ever
placed in the history CT American rail-
ways, were let to-day by the railroad
administration to the American Loco
motive Company and the Baldwin Loco
motive Works
The entire order represents cost
OF about 100000, 600, or an average
price of little less than 100000 for
each locomotive. The profit to manu-
facturers, who Will divide the work
about equally, will be between and G
per cent less than half the rate OF
profit represented in the original bids.
Six newly developed standard types
OF engines, with heavy and light sizes
OF each type, were oraered Deliveries
will pegln in July and continue through
the year, and most of the new engines.
It is understood, will be assigned to
Eastern roads where the shortage OF
motive power is greatest
Ihey viii bear only the initials s'U.
s." and identifying numbers. and will
be virtually the first lot of engines to
be owned Jointly by all railroads un-
der government management About
Zoo,oOo tons of steel Will be REQUIRED.
and the War Industries Board has al
lotted the full quota Of steel TO the
railroad administration.
Although the railroad administration
declined to announce the precise num-
Der of engines ordered from each of
the companies, it is understood tie
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
True German Peace"
OF Military Regime

WASHINGTON, April 3O.-Domina
tion OF the coast of Flanders, coloniza-
tion of Courland, Lithuania and a large
part of Poland and possession of the
coal and iron mines in France and Rus
sia would be the fruits of "the true
German peace" as outlined in a politi-
cal catechism, which has been delivered
to the German soldiers on the Western
front.
The catechism, which was distributed
with the appreciation of the military
authorities" the dispatch said, "con-
talns such sentences as these:
Democracy is the worst of all re-
gimes. The democratic parties of the
Relchstag wanted to force us by means
of strikes and seditions to sign n
shameful peace. Money is the main
spring Of democratic regime. The
motto, Liberty, Equality. Fraternity
cloaks an association of international
brigands. Parliament is shop for
gossips. The true German peace will
give us for colonization the lands of
Courland, Lithuania and a large part
of Poland, as we'll as the coal and iron
mines in the West and in the East.
This peace will assure us the domina-
tion of the coast of Flanders.'"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
E. F. Carry Heads Port,
Terminal and Harbor Inn
provement Commission
Will Link Rail and Sea
Under New Plan Vessels Will
Unload, Coal and Reload
in Same Place

WASHINGTON, April 3o.-With a
view to speeding the arrival and de-
parture of ships i'll American ports,
Chairman Hurley Of the Shipping Board
announced to-day the creation Of a
port, terminal and harbor improvement
commission to be put in charge of all
port facilities. The commissions first
aim will be SO to link the railroa. and
shipping lines that unnecessary delays
will be eliminated.
Edward +. Carry. director of opera
tions for the Shipping Board heads the
committee, which has as it's other mem
bers Benjamin E. Winchell, represent
ing the railroad administrations S. M.
FELTON,, representing the War Depart
lncnt; Captain A. c. Hodgson, repre-
senting the navy; Or. Edwin F. Gay, of
the War Trade Board; J. II. Rosster
of the Pacific Mail Line, and George s.
Dearborn, of the American Hawaiian
Line.
The commission will put into full
operation system, already started. of
freight diversion under which ships
"iii lodu ana ulllOdu dC inc less con-
gested ports The plan calls for an ar
rangement by which both exports and
imports will be handled through ports
which will require the least amount Of
railroad transportation.
AS part Of programme for utiliz-
ing more fully Southern ports the COM
mission will be given authority to build
drydocks and ship repair plants for the
Shipping Board. In improving port
facilities it will work with municipali-
ties.
A Shipping Board announcement
said
The appointment of the commission
IS one of the results of the transporta-
ton and shipping congestion of last
winter. The port facilities were found
to be inadequate, this condition being
responsible for some of the railroad
delays. Secretary McAdoo and Chair
man Hurley of the Shipping Board
have been cooperating to equalizc ship
ping conditions, utilize all port facili-
ties III the most economical manner
and correllatc rail transportation with
overseas traffic.
Under present conditions ships frc-
quently go to a port and unload there,
then go to another port to get coal and
stores. and then to still another port to
get cargo to carry on their outgoing
voyage This is one of the condtio 8
that will receive primary consideration
from the commission
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01

American Locomotive Company will
build $50 and the Baldwin firm ais.
Most of the Baldwin engines will be
built at the main plant at Philadelphia,
and the American companys order will
be distributed among it's plants at
Schenectady, Dunkirk. n. Y; Paterson,
N. j.. Richmond, Va. Manchester, Vt;
Pittsburgh and Providence
The order will compei' the two com
panies to operate practically at capacity
for the next nine months. 1t is undel-
stood the Lima Locomotive Works, the
only other big builder Of engines in the
United States, was not an active com
petitor for contracts because 1t is al
ready busy with previous railway or
ders and war work.
The awarding of the contracts has
been long delayed because of insist
ence of John Skelton Williams, diree-
tor of purchases for the railroad ad-
ministration. on lower prices than those
originally submitted which are said 20
have represented profit Of about 10 per
cent. The prices are a little less than
those paid By individual roads before
the government assumed control.
The six types ordered include the
mallet, the heaviest, weighing $4,000
pounds.
Contracts will be announced to-mor-
row for construction of about 10000
freight cars, at an aggregate cost of
probably S200,000000, to supplement
the orders for 10000 placed last weef.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
New Ambassador
Of Japan Presents
His Credentials

WASHINGTON, April 30.-Viscount
lshn, the new Ambassador from Japan,
presented his credentials to President
Wilson to-day. He was accompanied
to the White House by Secretary Lam
sing.
In presenting his credentials Wis
count Ishii referred to his recent visit
here as head Of the special Japanese
mission and said:
"It will be my endeavor, Mr.. Presi
dent, to carry on the work of the mis-
sion by dealing with the various oues
'lons that may arise for adjustment in
a spirit of open and friendly CO.
operation, (which my experience tells
me will never fail to be reciprocated.
II congratulate myself on presenting
myself at time when the nations of
America and Japan are more than ever
evlnclng temper of mutual apprecia-
ton which is an honor to both. No
effort shall be spared on my part, with
your high assistance. to strengthen
and intensity this happy relation. so
that we may secure peace Just to all
the warring. nations, and may thence
forward en- joy its blessings in ever
increasing friendship and security"
PRESIDENT Wilson, in reply, after ex-
pressing satisfaction at the appoint-
ment of Viscount lshii, said:
Your appointment indeed is to me
an added evidence of the devotion of
the Japanese government to policy of
peace and good will among ali the ma
tions of the world.
u beg of you to express to your au
gust sovereign my appreciation of his
majesty sentiments of good will and
my confident hope that the cordial
bonds of friendship already existing
between our two countries will be
greatly strengthened by the fact of our
common efforts in so righteous cause
as thataln which we are engaged"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Unions Warn II. s.
OF Lack of Sailors
For Merchantmen
Leaders, in Conference,
Protest Against the
Present Methods

WASHINGTON, April 30.--Spokes-
men of organized seamep to-day pre-
dicted great shortage of sailors for
the growing American merchant ma
rlnc at a joint conference of the Ship
ping Board, ship owners and union Of
ficials. The board was told that the
army draft was taking seamen and that
"lntolerable conditions aboard Ameri-
can vessels checked the recruiting of
men,"
The result of the meeting was the
unanimous adoption of resolution GU
thorlzing the appointment of commit
tee of five to investigate the situation
and present request to President Will
son for such remedial action as NAV
seem necessary.
Appointment of the committee WAS
left to Robert +. Bass, former Gov
ernor OF New Hampshire, who is serv-
ing the Shipping Board as a labor ex-
pert Smouldering bitterness arising
from the dealings of union leaders
with draft boards cropped out fre
quently during the conference and led
to clashes between Victor Olander. of
u me Lake Scamen's Union; Andrew
furuSeht, president of the Interna-
tional Seamen's Union, and Captain
Francis H. Robinson, representing the
army transport service. After one of
these clashes Mr.. Olander said:
1t should be understood that we arc
not pleading for exemption for the sake
of the sailor. We ask what we ask
only for the benefit of the country.
This IS national problem of great
seriousness, and We arc approaching it
only in that spirit"
Henry A. Griffin, of New York. nresi-
dent of the Marine Cooks and Stew
ARDS ASSOCIATION, said the War Depart
ment had not lived up to it's agreement
with merchant sailors aboard trans
ports passing through the war zone.
Other speakers said there had been
an understanding with the quartz rmas-
ter general Cat that time Major Cen
eral Sharpe) that commercial condi-
uonS should prevail as to the feeding
OF the seamcn, but that instead they
i,ad had not received food of that uuality
lhere was complaint also that "re.i
eape' eap had delayed the payment of the
$lo0 indemnity promised to sailors Of
t5orpedoed vessels to compensate for
the loss of their effects.
The men are afraid to 90 aboard
quartermaster's corps TRANSPORTS" as.
serted w: L. CARTRIDGE, of New York
representing rep the union of marine cooks
Ihe treatment is awful. Men nre
Ja1ied, their pay is taken up in fees
and they are ordered around bv drT.
goods clerks.' "'
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
March Imports and
Exports Show Decline

A decrease of s149,541 All in the
value OF imports at the Port of New
York for the month of March, 1918. as
compared with the same month wear
ago, was shown by figures made public
at the Custom House last night. March
of this year merchandise imported was
valued at s9s, s,38o,4 Alp, as compared with
$l47 ,901 1888 in March, 1917.
The value Of exports in March last
5otalled . $251 1926, ,06S, as compared with
crease Of S6,695,34O.
The duties received in March, 1918.
amounted to $9,870,167, while wear
ego they totallcd $13,395, 1884, decrease
of $3,525,S17.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-01
Ore Control Measure
Passes House, 1915
Bill Removes Presidents Price
Fixing Powers; Reduces
Revolving Fund

WASHINGTON, April 30 The House
to-day passed the Administration bill
authorizing government control over
the production of ores essential in the
manufacture of war materials. 1t re-
moved the grant of arbitrary powers
to the President to fix prices and re-
duced the proposed revolving fund
from S5o,o00OO0 to s1O0oO,C coo. The
pill now goes to the Senate.
The vote on the final passage was
291 to g. Two Democrats, Representa-
tive Thomas, of Kentucky, and Garrett.
Of Tennessee, and four Republicans,
Representatives Sterling, of Illinois;
La Toilette. of Washington Elliott, of
Indiana, and Cannon, of Illinois, voted
against the measure.
The bill as passed authorizes the
Pres ident, through the Department of
the Interior, to fix profits only. The
bill proposes to give the government
control over nearly half hundred ores
and metals, including antimony, bro
mine, chalk, manganese, mercury. mica,
potassi ium and sulphur Government
control would cease six months after
the war.