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The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26

seven years after the date of the act?'
The question in the case then, to
state it succinctly, is whether the act
of 1906 is applicable to declarations
of intention made prior to it's passage
and to what extent applicable, if at
all.
That the question is susceptible of
different answers is indicated by the
diversity of views of the courts which
have passed upon it.
Matter of Intention
The cases that have answered it in
the negative have invoked in support
Of their view the presumption that
statutes have prospective operation
unless controlled by contrary inten-
tion clearly expressed and certain pro-
visions of the act indicate, it was said,
that it was not the intention of con-
gress to invalidate a declaration of
intention made prior to the act "at any
future time" And one case adduces
the contemptuous construction of an
administrative board
The words especially relied upon
are those of the proViso in the first
paragraph of section four and those
of section g. The latter may be dis
regarded. 1t prohibits the naturaliZa-
tlon OF aliens who cannot speak the
English language, if physically able to
do so, but prior declarations if made
in conformity with the law in force at
their date. The proviso of section 4
deserves more notice. 1t is that no
alien whose declaration conformed to
law when made shall be required to
renew such declaration" To this pro-
vision the cases we have summarized
and we refer to them because there
is no brief on file for Morena-have
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26
.ALASKh's PASSENGERS
FROM PORT OF CORDQvA

The steamship Alaska left for Sc.
attic at 2 o'clock this morning with the
following passengers from Cordova:
F. w. Marshall, N. Kelly, w. E. Ter.
rill, c. NJ. Monohan, Mrs. E. McCallis,
Joe Doran, Jack Altman, Mrs Bracken,
Joe Most. Albert Vile, William Brod.
hagen, Frank McKanna. Mrs o. /.
Lambert, o. E, Lambert, Miss Jose
pfine Bona, Miss Anna Rosen1an, Bay
DeRosier Mrs. Anna White, Mrs. /.
Ross, B. Van Ze1pel, Albert Swanson,
Mrs. NJ. E. Smith, John Rinoff, A. Sim
son, c. w. Peterson, Gus Skykoff,
Earnest Johnson, Jim Riley, Mrs. w.
Clayson, Glen Perry, Phil Truckey, w.
H. Reynolds, Joe Miller, J. o. Behy-
mer, Aug. Johnson.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26

Copies of an opinion rendered by
the supreme court relative to the ques-
tion of whether persons who, prior to
1906, made declarations of intention to
become citizens of the United States
could now come into court and make
application for naturalization. Here
tofore the rule followed by practically
all courts, including those in Alaska,
has been that people who declared
their intentions of citizenship prior to
1906 might come and secure their
papers at any time. Those who made
the declarations after 1906, however.
were required to live up to the statu-
tory provision that they must Then
make their final application within
seven years.
The decision of the supreme court,
which will now be followed in all
courts, is in part, as follows:
The circuit court of appeals, recit-
ing that there are conflicting decisions
upon the construction of the act of
congress, has certified the following
questions:
Il. Is a declaration of intention
made before the naturalization act of
1906 saved by the proviso of the first
paragraph from the seven year limi-
tation of the second paragraph of sec.
tion of the act?
"2. Is an alien who has made dec
laration of intention before the act
of 1906 required to file his petition for
citizenship at a time no more than
seven years after the date of such
declaration of intention?
SO. Is an alien who has made a
declaration of intention before the act
of 1906 required to file his petition for
citizenship at a time not more than
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26
KNIGHTS Of COLUMBUS
EFFECT ORGANIZATION

That Cordova means to keep at the
forefront in every worthy movement
for the betterment of Our Boys, who
are representing and fighting for us,
was clearly evinced by an unusual
we'll attended and enthusiastic meet
ing held last night. An organization
was effected in the election of Mrs.
Jas. L. Calm, as chairman; F. A. Jones,
secretary and John Muller, treasurer,
The following committees were ap-
pointed: Publicity, H I. O'Neil and r.
A. Jones; Membership, Mrs. J. y
Lydick, H. l. O'Neill, Jas. Mac. aC.G0rmae
Walter Gaffney, Tom Tierfey, Patrick
Cannon, John Muller and f. A. Jones
The next meeting will be held or
Wednesday evening when plans vii
be formulated to raise a fund that viii
be credit to the generosity and pa
triotism of Cordova.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26
CHANCELLOR Won HERTLING ON PEACE PLANS
One Raider Returns Safely toPort
and Another Comes to Grief
in Danish Territory

AMSTERDAM, Feb. ga dispatch
from Berlin says that the German
auxiliary cruiser Wolf, Captain Merger,
has reached the Austrian harbor OF
Pols, on the Adfiatic sea, after fifteen
months raiding In the Atlantic, In.
dian and Pacific oceans. 49,.
The Wolf had on board more than
four hundred members OF the crews of
Bunken vessels. Besides she had many
captured guns, and raw materials, in.
Cluding rubber, copper and brass,
valued at many millions of marks. :
The raider sunk many ships, includ.
ing three American vessels, and cap
tured the British cruiser Turritella,
which was rechristened the ntis, and
she was operated as a raider in the
Gulf of Alden until she met the British
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26

FOX FARMER ASKS "'"-
$4,000 FOR 81 SKINS

twenty-five thousand dollars is the
price asked by E. SchuIer of Anchor
Point, near Seldovia. on Cook Inlet.
for twenty-four black and silver fox
skins which were taken in December
by him from his fox farm at Anchor
Point to eastern fur markets, accord
ing to Mason B. Leming, special
agent for the United States land of
flee with headquarters in Juneau, who.
recently visited Seldovia.
Mr.. Schuler left Seldovia during the,
holidays with the furs intending to
visit eastern markets and dispose of,
the pelt to individual fur buyers. He
has twenty-five foxes on the farm at
the present time.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26
PREPARING To
RESIST MARCH
To PETROGRAD
(By United Pr@s)

PETROGRAD, Feb. 2s.-Blaring si-
rens awOke sleeping Petrograd on
Sunday night, sfgnifying that the Ger
mans had entered Pskov Small de-
tachments of the invaders are moving
toward petrograd.
The whistles summoned the people
to dig trenches for the defense of the
capital,
5otsht:Viki Resisting
LONDON, Feb 26.-A Petrograd
dispatch received yesterday said that
the Bolshev.iki had captured Pskov,
which is 175 miles from Petrograd.
The Red Guards are resisting the ad-
vance of the Germans everywhere.
Berlin last might announced that
the Germans had captured Pskov.
To Move Americans
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26-Arrange-
ments are being made to move the
Americans now IN Moscow to Samara,
five hundred miles east of the Polish
capital. No immediate occupation of
Moscow by the Germans is looked for
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26
Goldfish AND CLANS
ARE SCARCE AT KODIAK

In a letter received on the last boat
by DR.. J. A. Silverman the statement
was made that the Goldfish and CLANS
had disappeared from the locality of
Kodiak island entirely, and that their
scarcity would work a hardship upon
the residents of the island, who depend
upon both to more or less extent for
a living. No reason is known for their
disappearance, and local fishermen are
puzzled to account for it. Large cod
fish banks are near the island. and
many thousand pounds have been
shipped mOnthly.-ValdeZ Prospector
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26
EPIDEMIC ATTACKS
CANNES AT KODIAK

A slaughter of dogs at Kodiak has
been in progress for some time past,
according to a communication from
Deputy Marshal Karl Armstrong of
that place, who states that he has
already killed twenty-five of the can
inc population. The animals appear
to have been seized with an epidemic
of some sort, which in instances ap-
pears to be hydrophobia, with a froth-
ing of the mouth, running wildly and
swapping at everything, while in other
cases the animals are attacked with
stupor, accompanied by commissions,
as though they had been poisoned.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26

vide uniform rule for the naturaliza.
ton of aliens throughout the United
States"
A limitation of time even upon the
assertion Of right heretofore having
no limitation upon its assertion, or a
different limitation, is not infrequent
and its legality is unquestionable if
a time reasonable, in view of the sub
ject matter be given Wilson v. Ise-
minger, 1855 U. S. 55; Soper v Ander-
son, POI, U, S. 359; Blinn v Nelson
222 U. S. l. See also Sohn V. Water
son, II Wall. $685. Union Pacific rail
road company V. Laramie stockyards
Co, 231 U. S. 800 This being the
power of congress. there were, as
we have seen, promptings to its exer-
else.
The act, therefore, does not invali-
date old declarations. 1t only specifies
time for their realization, time
ample to consider and estimate the
value of realization, the extent of its
duty and responsibility, time deter
mined, and applied, therefore. upon
full consideration; and we are not i'm
pressed with the argument that would
assign an eternity of duration to prior
declarations.
The first question certified would
seem to be addressed to the view that
the act of 1906 made nugatory decla-
rations heretofore filed. This, how
ever, is not urged by the government
and we consider it untenable for the
reasons which we have already ex-
pressed. Such has been the ruling
of the cases.
We therefore answer the first and
second questions in the negative and
third in the affirmative.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26
ANCHORAGE RESIDENT
ON BOARD TUsCANA.

William A. Bishop, who was aboard
sunk on February by German sub
marine, and who gave his home ad-
dress as Anchorage when he enlisted
in the Twentieth Forestry regiment,
was employed on the power boat
Islander, formerly owned by Captain
Thomas Neeley, and operated in Cook
inlet waters.
On the sale of the Islander to the
Alaskan engineering commission dur
ing the summer of 1915 Bishop was
employed by Captain Cramer of the
power boat Traveller
Bishop was a gasboat engineer and
was at Anchorage during the entire
summer of 1915
The first reports received concern
ing the sinking of the Tuscania in
cIuded Bishop in the list of those miss
ing and he was supposed to be lost
but late reports contained the infor-
Ahdtloil Chat nc was aLlOAS inc SUI
vivors.
Bishop left Anchorage in the fall of
1915 and enlisted in the Twentieth
Forestry regiment, which was on it's
way to the war zone aboard the Brit
ish transport Tuscania The transport
was torpedoed by German submarine
when off the coast of Ireland The
list of drowned and missing contained
nearly 200 names.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26
CANNON WILL NOT RUN
FOR REELECTION

Frank B. Cannon of Wasilla, one of
the representatives of the Third divi-
sion in the territorial legislature, will
not be candidate this year for the
legislature, according to a statement
made by him recently.
Mr.. Cannon's Anchorage friends are
trying to prevail upon him to announce
his candidacy as road commissioner
for this division, but he has come to
mo conclusion in the matter.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26
SOCIALIST CANDIDATES
FILE DECLARATIONS

Henry, of Anchorage, has filed
his2 decfuratioE 0f candidacy for the
territorial legislature on the Socialist
ticket to be voted on at the coming
primary election in April DR.. E. F.
German, also of Anchorage, has made
similar declaration of candidacy for
the territorial senate on the Socialist
ticket.
Both of these men were candidates
for the same offices at the last general
election, and received a large vote in
Anchorage, but outside of that dis.
trict their vote was light and they
failed of election.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26
NUT|NEERS HELD
UNDER PECULIAR
CIRCUMSTANCES
.=--
(By Associated press)

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26-Fred
sunquist. second engineer; Hermann
Nelson, waiter, and Y. Bulgaris, a
deck hand OF the steamship Alliance,
have been arrested here, accused OF
mutiny.
When the Alliance arrived from
San Pedro the accused attempted to
go ashore in defiance OF the orders Of
the federal officials, while the vessel
was being searched for contrsband.
The Alliance was held at San Pedro
in connection with rumored plots to
smuggle arms and ammunitions into
Mexico.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26
DEPUTY MOSSMAN
ARRESTS ALIEN

Albert Styre, who conducts a photo
graph studies at Anchorage, was taken
into custody by Deputy Marshal Moss
man as a German alien enemy, and is
being held to await trial on the charge
of sedition. 1t is alleged that Styre
has been actively engaged in urging re-
sistance to the draft law and otherwise
making seditious utterances.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26
GAS AND SHELL
POURED AMONG
AMERICAN BOYS
(By Associated Press)

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Feb. 26.-The artillery duel
In the American sector is growing
more intense. The Germans have
fired more than a hundred shells dur
ing the past twenty.four hours, and
last night began to lombard violently
the American trenches with gas and
high explosive shells.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26
WILL De /
REPRESENTEDBY
EXPIRES. TAF 7.
(By Associated

on.ott,aa os - Feb, 26.-Repres-
,7,1, 1'''.l' % VI capital at the conference
peine I'D here between capital and
"a = IN have named former President W
Fl, Taft as the representative of t.
public in the joint conference VIII. /
is to establish a basis for relatiJ g.
during the war.
The representatives OF labor a..
VIII name man to represent tn
public There are five representatives
each of capital and labor Intending
the conference. a
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26

ascribed the direct influence of exciud.
ing declarations heretofore made.
We cannot assent to the view that
If limitation be put upon the time
to complete the declaration by the
application for citizenship it can be
construed as invalidating the declar-
alton. 1t is no destruction of a right
or privilege to limit the time for it's
assertion, and the cited provision does
no more. Section 4 prescribes a time
for completing the declaration, a time
so liberal, regarding the privilege
granted and the reason for granting
and seeking it, as not to be considered
in any just appreciation of words or
even limitation of it. And there was
appealing purpose. There were reasons
for giving to all declarations the same
duration.
AS To Elapsed Time
1t is to be remembered that the
resolution of the alien to change his
allegiance is expressed in his declara-
tion The interval of time between it
and admission to citizenship is the
precautiOn of the law to assure quail
fication. In the old law this inter
val could not be less than two years.
and SO in the new law. Aside from
this there was no other prescription in
the old law of the time that should
elapse between the declaration and
the final petition. The minimum of
time was preserved in the new law,
but there was a maximum time pre-
scrlbed for the completion of the dec
laration, and unless this was made ap-
plicable to "old-law declarations" as
well as to 'new-law declarations" the
act OF 1906 would not do what its title
declares it was intended to do-"pro-
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26
MORAN BESTS FULTON
AND MAY MEET WILLARD
(By Associated Press)

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 26-Fred Full
ton was knocked out in the third round
here last night by Frank Moran.
May Meet Champion
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Feb. 20
Jess Willard, the heavyweight cham,
pion, today stated to newspaper men
that he was ready to make a match
with Fulton if the latter will make rea.
sonabEe terms.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26
(By United Press)

ELESS.-Germany, through
Chancellor Won Heftling; declared to-
day that a general peace can be dis
cussed on the basis of the four prin-
ciples recently laid down by President
Wilson.
The chancellors- acceptance, of the
Presidents basis of peace terms was
followed by the statement that the
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26
Germany Would Accept President
Wilson's Conditions on Terms
Favored by Kaiser

principles must be recognized by all
states and all peoples, which stage
has not yet been reached.
Won Hertling said that a court of
arbitration lacking the attributes OF
a world tribunal is projected against
Germany, which declines to be judged
by it. .-.rs +....-
He threw out hint to Belgium To
confer on separate peace terms.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26
LIQUOR CASES GO OVER

The cases of Robert Gottschalk,
Jack Terry and Ernest Fuller, charged
with violation of the bone dry law,
which were set for trial this afternoon,
have been continued until tomorrow
morning at II o'clock.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26
NEW HUN ATROCITIES As
SURPRISE FOR AMERICANS
IBy Associated Press)

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 26.-The Ger
man newspapers, speaking of the great
offensive which they say Hindenberg
is going to launch In the west, say that
the army has a new poison gas of sur
passing effectiveness, which is being
reserved as a surprise for the Ameri.
cans"
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26
Raider Cemea to crlef

naval forces, when she was sunk by
her own German crew.
Raider Comes to Grief
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 26,--The Span
Ish steamship Igotzemendi, with q Ger.
man prize crew on board, is ashore
near Skaw lighthouse. She has pris,
oners aboard from six ships sunk by
her. during the past eight months.
while she Crtisgd in the Pacific ocean.
Two of the prisoners are Americans.
A hfeboat has landed twenty-five OF
the ships company. Including nine
women and two children. g..
The Danish authorities have intern
ed the German commander and Ger
man crew, who have refused to leave
the ship. There is an epidemic of
heri-beri and scurvy on board the ship.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26

Frank McKenna left on today's boat
for the Outside.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-26

naval forces, when she was sunk by
her own German crew.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-01-30
ICE GORGE BREAKS

As soon as the warning was given
by the steamer Stanley Holland the
crews on all the boats In the harbor
became alert and assumed their posi-
tions while the big wheels OF the
steamers began churning the water In
an effort to keep as near as possible
to the Ice piers and close to shore.
Many people thought that the Ice
would break up with great crash
and were therefore much surprised
when II moved out with 80 little noise.
The beginning Of the breakup was
first noticeable in great crack which
extended practically all the way
across the river directly In front Of
Market street. The shore east Of the
ice piers then began to move and II
was feared for time that this would
pile up and crush all the boats below
the piers. This movement Of the ice
soon stopped, however, and in mass
the Ice began to move from the out
side of the piers to the Ohio shore.
At about II o'clock It looked as H.
the feet would be carried away when
the Ice caught hold of the two steel
barges which had been fastened on
the outside Of the boats to protect
them. The ropes were Immediately
cut and the barges released which
kept the other boats from being pull
ed out into the swiftly-moving mass
of heavy ice.
A distress signal was heard about
11:15 o'clock from the Stanley Hol-
land and 1t was noticed that she had
broken loose from her mooring and
was comding down stream. The boat
succeeded in getting into shore at the
foot Of Union street, but her tow of
dredge boats, derrick and fats were
torn away. A part of the tow sank
but the remainder, including a large
derrick and two barges came on down
the stream and lodged at the ice
piers. 1t was feared that they would
get past the piers and crush some of
the big steamers, but it was soon seen
that they were pretty securely fasten-
ed, and served as a protection to the
boats below.
The breakup in the river started
Monday at Ashland as result of
floods running out of the Big Sandy
Guyandotte and Kanawha rivers.
While the rise in the river has been
very rapid, there is no danger of a
food. The movement of the ice came
very Unexpectedly. and is due to rains
that fell in Southeastern Kentucky
and Southwestern West Virginia. The
great menace in the ice at this time
is that 1t is as hard as flint, the thaws
and rains having had no weakening
effect on it.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-01-30
Planters
Farmers
attention EMPLOYERS
Large and Small In Maysyille and
Mason County.

In pursuance of a plan for an edu-
cational campaign. the Food Admins
tration desires to place in the weekly
pay envelope of all employees slip
containing information about the war.
All employers in Maysville and Ma
son county, using the pay envelope
who have not hitherto been commune
Gated with, are requested to send the
name of their firm and the number of
their employees receiving weekly pay
envelope to Mrs. George Wood Owens,
Maysville.
Do this at once please. We wish to
return a complete list to Mr.. Sackett
Food Administrator
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-01-30
ICE BEGAN MOVING LAST NIGHT
AT 1926 O'CLOCK.
Big Boats In Local Harbor Thought
to BE Safe-Blg Crowd wit.
nesses Spectacular Scene ut
River Front.

The expected breakup In the Ohio
river at this point occurred last night
at 1925 o'clock.
When word was received here about
Z o'clock last night that the ice had
broken at Concord, 1t was known that
the break would take place here in a
short time.
The captains Of the government
boats in the local harbor had every
thing in readiness to meet the emerg-
ency. All the boats have been keep
ing up full steam for the past several
days and with full crews, were ready
to do battle with the heavy ice.
The first signal that the ice had be-
gun to move was sounded by the
steamer Stanley Holland, property of
the Bates & Rogers Construction Com
pany, contractors at Dam No. SO.
This boat, with its fleet of barges,
was anchored in the rear of the street
car barn, in the East End, Her dis
tress signal was sounded about 1915
o'clock and was soon answered by the
boats tied up behind the ice piers.
The shrill whistles Of these boats
soon brought out about all the people
in the middle section of the city as
we'll as others from the extreme sec
tions. The railroad track and river
bank were lined with them, and in
deed the battle between the powerful
boats and the crushing force or the
moving ice was so thrilling and spec
tacular that it was worth coming
quite a distance to see.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-01-30
BREAD PRICES FIXED

County Food Administrator Coch.
ran yesterday fixed the following
prices on bread, to hold good unit
further notice:
One pound loaf - wholesale price
Sc; retail 10c.
Two one pound wholesale
price, 16c; retail price, 19c.
One and one-half pound loaf -
wholesale price, lie; retail price, 13c
Two one and one half pound loaves
Wholesale price, 22c; retail price
25c.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-01-30
\ QUARTERLY CONFERENCE

Rev. W. H. Davenport. district SUI
perintendent, of Ashland, will conduct
the second quarterly conference bust.
ness session at the Third Street NJ. f
Church this evening at 7 o'clock. AL
members Of the conference are urged
to attend.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-01-30

The working members of the Ma
son County Red Cross Chapter have
occasion to be very proud of the knit
ted work which from time to time has
been sent to the Lake Division Head
quarters. The Inspection Sheet gives
three grades: Perfect, passing and
poor, and 1t is very gratifying to know
that in every instance the local Red
Cross work has been pronounced, per-
feet A good showing that. Let us
keep up the established record fol
perfection in all things.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-01-30

In the MaysyIlle harbor Ia valued at
about s250,OOO. Only few Of the
smaller boats have been damaged or
destroyed, and with the river falling
above and the Ice swiftly running out,
II Is practically certain that no fur
ther damage will be done here. Fear
was felt that the river would rise to
such an extent that the Ice would
come over the piers and crush the
boats ,ied up below.