05 Dec 1917
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Newspaper
Cordova Daily Times
Location
Cordova, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1917
Page
1
Rome dispatch reports that German forces began an attack on the Asiago plateau and gained several small positions. Despite the losses, the Italian defensive line remained intact.
Washington December 5 Chairman Flood of the foreign affairs committee has introduced a war resolution approved by President Wilson declaring that war exists after today due to Austria's actions in support of Germany. A vote is expected next week.
Washington reports that the department of justice plans to arrest scores of Austrians suspected as enemy agents as war with Austria seems imminent. Officials anticipate a declaration of war and note nearly a million Austrians may be classified as enemy aliens and required to register.
Ivan J. Adrianoff, once a dominant figure among Uskokwim natives during Alaska’s Russian era, has applied to officials for an Alaskan Pioneer's pension. He arrived in Alaska as a young officer and later traded in the Kus kwim region.
Washington Dec 5 Alaska must face the truth about its economy says the Alaska Road Commission in a report released last night. It finds fisheries aside, the territory is essentially a mining country and will grow with capital, more trails, and road building to support development.
Washington December 5 The Interstate Commerce Commission recommends government operation of railroads during wartime if Congress fails to authorize transportation control measures. The report outlines wartime needs and the potential scope of railroad seizure and management by the state.
Reports from Santiago state Germany consented to use interned German steamers under confidential terms while Chile seeks to rent them. entente powers may or may not grant immunity. In Seattle officials seek 7.36 million dollars for 1918 Alaska railway construction with labor shortages and hospital funding for Seward Anchorage and Nenana.
Cordova announces a local food conservation drive with district housewives and restaurants urged to sign pledge cards to save wheat and meat. Participants will file weekly reports each Saturday at the P O store on their number of meatless, wheatless, and wasteless days.
The Salt Lake City Pacific Coast league club reports a profit of 1600 dollars for the season. A deficit in playing receipts was offset by selling players Hannah and Rath to the majors, boosting overall earnings as noted by the club directorate.
In Spokane Washington a local middleweight wrestler and a former heavyweight were rejected for military service at Camp Lewis after medical exams. The middleweight, now a corporal, had an unhealed shoulder injury from a previous match. A tungsten mining camp called Columbia near Fairbanks is mentioned with a mill under construction. The Episcopal Auxiliary plans a meeting at the Red Dragon tomorrow at 2 PM.
San Francisco December 5 amateurs may not bar professionals during the war says Phil M. Wand chairman of the Olympic club committee that organized the boxing exhibition. He argues the move would aid boxing and other sports as sentiment supports amateur rules. The Amateur Athletic Union has ruled that amateur and professional groups may compete in army circles.
Harl Sheely of Spokane 1917 Salt Lake first baseman was discharged as physically unfit to fight. He went to Camp Lewis with a Spokane contingent but could not pass the medical exam due to a fractured ankle. The Utah governor secured a leave so Salt Lake could contend for the Coast league pennant. The Talkeetna Commercial club is a new Alaska organization serving the upper Susitna basin.
Lieu tenant Wilhelm Von Brincken former military attache of the German consulate, Geo. Rodiek former German consul at Honolulu, and H. A. Schroeden who followed Rodiek pleaded guilty to charges of fomenting a revolution against British rule in India. Brincken urged silence to aid Germany.
Shipwrights who trained in Clyde yards such as Dalmuir, Govan, Whiteinch, Renfrew, Paisley, Clydebank, Old Kilpatrick, Bowling, and Dumbarton will hold a reunion in Seattle ship plants. Workers who carried on long apprenticeships in those yards now ply their trade in Seattle.
A Portuguese language newspaper in Rio de Janeiro named Correio de Berlin launches a pro German propaganda campaign. It condemns the United States for pressuring Latin republics to sever ties with Germany and notes efforts to undermine American solidarity in Brazil but with little impact on the Brazilian public.
In East Siberia nearly all white residents are gone for the war, except a few traders. William Thomson, a Siberian trader arriving from across the Bering Sea, says miners have left the Anadyr river with no mining underway. Also, Nome miner Carl Sedenius sustained severe burns after a gasoline can ignited a stove, leaping overboard to extinguish flames and receiving hospital care.
Austrian crewman Carl Wiltsche of the Spokane is arrested as authorities assess the wrecks of Spokane Mariposa AKI Manhattan. Officials refuse to confirm further arrests as the probe continues into the four vessel disasters.
Great Teuton forces massed in Asiago with reports of a renewed offensive. Ten divisions reportedly prepared for action as winter campaigns loom.
Dawson reports this winter's Klondike gold output totals several million dollars as of December. The cold snap kept the temperature at fifty below zero yesterday.
Brooks airbank mining camp near the Arctic circle reports fresh milk sold in beer bottles at $1.00 per bottle. Judge Charles E. Bunnel of Fairbanks, back from the north, says the milkman named Alabama La Bouteaux runs a one cow dairy producing about two gallons daily.
Secretary William McAdoo reports that $5,128,293,793 must be provided beyond taxes to balance next year’s receipts and outlays. He credits wartime finance to solid business conditions and Federal Reserve support.
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