& VOLUME II. NUMBER 489. CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1916. PRICE TEN CENTS.
FRENCH TAKE 1300 MORE PRISONERS
VILLA TROOPS IN
BATTLE WITH THE
PARRAL GARRISON
CHIHUAHUA, July 11.—The main body of Villa bandits
retreating from Jiminez, which city they had captured but hat
been forced out by the Carranza troops, yesterday attacket
Parral, but were defeated by the Carranza garrison after a sav
age battle in which the bandits suffered heavy losses.
The outlaws now have retreated to Sombreretillo, a fev
miles southeast of Parral.
Various reports as to Villa’s presence with the bandits i:
heard o nail sides. Stories come which tell of his undeniabh
presence in the field, and immediately is followed by suppose*
ly reliable reports t othe effect that the bandit chief is not witl
th emarauders.
A large body of Carranza troops is reported hastening t<
Parral, and a big battle between the two forces is expected or
its arrival.
NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE HURRIED.
WASHINGTON, July 11.—Carranza today was notified b)
the state department that negotiations for the settlement of th<
border difficulties will be carried on without the presence ol
Secretary Lansing, who is now on his vacation.
The United States government has given Carranza to un
derstand a quick settlement of the border troubles is desired bj
this government, and that the matter must be settled withoul
unnecessary delay.
It is expected that Carranza will ask for a formal confer
ence, which it is thought, will be held at some city near the bor
der on the American side.__
DOHA KEEN AND
GEORGE DANDY
MARRIED
PHILADELPHIA, July 11. — Mis?
Dora Keen's father today announced
that she has been married to George
William Handy, of Cordova, at Mc
Carthy, where the couple will reside
after a honeymoon spent in the wild
erness.
Handy is the Cordova man who ac
ttw companied Miss Keen In her ascent
" of Mount Blackburn in 1912.
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EARL GREY’S DAUGHTER
WOUNDED AS NURSE
LONDON, July 11. — Lady Sybi
Grey, daughter of Earl Grey, former
ly governor general of Canada, was
seriously but not dangerously wound
ed while with the British Red Crosf
at the Russian front, says a Reutei
dispatch from Petrograd. Kurins
hand grenade practice a grenade was
thrown through a window shelter neai
where she was sitting and a splintei
penetrated her jaw.
REVENUE BILE IS
PISSED B! THE
/
WASHINGTON, July 11. — Thi
administration's $197,000,000 revenm
bill passed the house yesterday am
was sent to the senate today. Thi
vote in the house was 240 to 140
Thirty-four Republicans and five Pro
gressives voted with the Democrats
The bill repeals the existing stami
taxes and places new taxes on in
comes, inheritances and war munitioi
profits.
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SHIPPING BILL NEXT.
WASHINGTON, July 11. — The ad
ministration shipping bill and corrup
practices bill will have the right o
way in the senate after the appropria
tion bills. Conservation bills havi
been delayed until after the meetim
of congress in December.
Democratic senators expect con
gress to remain in session until Sep
tember. .•
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SHIFT BOSS IS KILLED
AT ELLAMAR
Oscar Johnson, shift boss at the El
la mar mine, was killed while workin,
in the shaft at the mine Friday nighl
and the body was brought to Valde
last Monday. 1
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ALLIED TROOPS CREATE
PROSPERITY IN SALONIK
SALONIKI, Greece, July 8. — Th
bankers of this city figure that $1
500,000 is being spent weekly by th
.French troops in Macedonia. 'At leas
this amount passes from Paris to Si
loniki through the hands of the iocs
Greek bankers each week. It is poi
sible that considerably more comes t
the French soldiers in money order
and registered letters, of which th
local bankers have no record. Th
British troops spend only $1,000,000
week, as much more of the Britis
stores are sent out from home tha
is the case with the French.
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STOPS NIGHT TRAVEL
ACROSS BORDEF
BROWNSVILLE, Texas., July 11.
General Alfredo Rocaut, commandin
the Mexican forces at Matajnoras, b
day issued orders stopping all travi
from Mexico into Brownsville otht
than between 9 a. in. and Bundown.
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WILSON RETURNS.
WASHINGTON. July 11. — Pres
dent Wilson returned today trom h
trip to Detroit. ^
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IN NEW YORK
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NEW YORK, July 11. — One hun
dred and ninety-five new cases of In-,
^ fantile paralysis and thirty-two deaths
| from the same cause have been re
ported during the past twenty-four
hours. This brings the total number
of deaths from this cause during the
' recent epidemic to two hundred and
seventy.
1 The physicians of the city are at a
1 loss in their efforts to stem the tide
l of the disease, but are using every
effort at their command to check the
spread of the epidemic which seems
: to increase in virulence.
MONTEREY. Cal., July 10. — Doc
tors, lawyers, merchants, bankers and
others from the professional and busi
ness circles of the far western states
were here today In large numbers to
begin their study of the art of war, at
the Business Men's Military Training
Camp, which was to open today at the
F’resldio, under the auspices of the
war department. Approximately 2,000
were expected to enroll. The camp
closes August 6.
Tutors from the United States
army will endeavor to instill into the
recruits enough knowledge of military
science to make them capable of hold
ing officers’ commissions in a volun
!
teer army.
The "rookies” will live soldiers'
1 lives to an extent. Their days will be
spent afield and in camp learning and
practising military theories. They will
wear khaki, sleep under canvas and
' subsist on soldiers' fare at mess tables.
’ There will be sham battles, marches,
drills, lessons on first aid and prac
1 tices on the gun ranges.
Sixty acres have been set aside at
the Presidio for the camp. Electric
lighted tents with wooden floors have
been erected, and one hundred shower
^ baths have been provided.
f Enrollment in the camp is open to
anyone w'ith high school education or
’ its equivalent, who is over eighteen
: vyears of age and under forty. En
listment involves no pledge of mili
tary service in the United States army
' except for the four weeks spent here.
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KITCHENER LEFT *850,000.
LONDON, July 11. — The will of
• field Marshal Earl Kitchener, the Brit
ish secretary of war, who lost his life
• in the sinking of the cruiser liamp
! shire off the Orkneys June 6, admitted
. to probate today, shows that he left
1 an estate valued at £171,420 (approxi
mately *850.000).
The largest bequests were the sum
of £20,000 to his nephew, Henry
. Hamilton Kitchener, and the Brooms
Park estate and all lands in Kent
j county to his nephew. Commander
- Henry Franklin Chevallier Kitchener.
3 of the Royal navy. To Colonel Oswald
t A. Fitzgerald, Lord Kitchener’s per
. sonal military secretary, who was
1 drowned with the field marshal, was
willed all kitchener’s land in British
3 East Africa, amounting to about 5.000
b acres, with plantations, etc. The will
b was dated November 2, 1914.
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a PREPAREDNESS COUNCIL
l ORGANIZES,
a .
WASHINGTON, July 11. — Six
cabinet officers, composing the new
“council of executive information for
I. ‘co-ordination of industries and resour
ces for national security and welfare,’1
- held a preliminary meeting today al
g the war department.
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!l Chief of Police Guest, of Seward,
r and Peter Micheson, of that city,
mixed It strenuously over an order b)
the ofHcer for Pete to move his hous<
off the street, with the result tha
1- Pete was locked up In the city bastlh
s and the officer tried for unnecessary
cruelty. ^ . J 1
WASHINGTON. July 11. — It Is
now considered unlikely that there
will be complications 'egaMing the
German submarine Deutschland,
which arrived at Baltimore yesterday
from Germany with a cargo of dye
stuffs. Her papers have been care
fully examined and found to be regu
lar, and the fact that she is unarmed
has been ascertained by the state de
partment.
She began unloading today, and has
been the chief attraction along the
waterfront since her arrival on this
side of the Atlantic.
INSPECTED BY NAVY.
BALTIMORE. July 11. — American
naval officials today Inspected the
submarine Deutschland and her cargo
Is being unloaded today.
SAY VESSEL WARSHIP.
WASHINGTON. July 11. — The
British and French embassies today
protested against the entry of the
submarine Deutschland, claiming that
although she now is used as a mer
chant vessel, she Is potentially a war
ship, and should be so regarded by
this government.
ANOTHER ONE COMING.
BERLIN, July 11. — Another com
mercial submarine, the Bremen, has
sailed for the United States. The ex
act date of her departure has not yet
been made public.
WILL SAIL IN TEN DAYS.
BALTIMORE, July 11. — The
Deutschland expects to sail on her re
turn voyage to Germany within ten
days. If she remains more than two
weeks government officials state that
her wireless will be sealed.
Naval experts who inspected the
submarine rei>ort that she is an un
armed freight carrier, uncontrovert
ible for offensive use without exten
sive structural changes.
STILL A WARSHIP.
WASHINGTON, July 11. — Before
the arrival of the Deutschland the
French and British embassies had
communicated to the state department
the position taken by their govern
ments, which is that any submarine
in commercial service whether armed
or not, is essentially a warship.
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GINGER
Johnny Rosswog today demonstrates
that he has “come back” qualities, as
he again is occupying first place, with
a lead of nearly 1,000 votes over
Harry O’Neil, who Is force<Mo second
place by the spurt which Johnny takes
today.
Johnny has discovered the fact that
It is the new subscribers taken for
long terms who furnish the votes, and
that one new one requires less hust
ling and gives bigger returns than
skirmishing among those who already
are on the list of the Times.
Sam Hedges today Is safe In third
place, while Elwell Thawley came to
to the front with a substantial In
crease in his vote. George Wilson
moved out of the.cellar today, leav
ing that position to Bh>ok Lampre,
who appears to have a hard time to
make things move.
Edwin Bollinger has not Increased
his holdings today, and Charles Royal
also is the same as yesterday.
The standings of the boys at noon
today was:
John Rosswog.300C
Harry O'Neil.2121
Sam Hedges.132E
Elwell Thawley.90;
George Wilson.*21
i Edwin Bollinger.S0(
> Charles Royal.2S(
Brook Lampre.
m STOCKS ARE
STILL ON THE
SLIP
NEW YORK, July 11. — War stocks
today took a big tumble as the result
of the peaceful attitude of the United
States as regards Mexico.
It is now considered very Impro
bable that there will be any trouble,
and no big orders are expected to be
goven out by the government. Since
the munition factories of England
have been so fully organized, the war
orders from the allies have been less
profitable than at the beginning of
hostilities and for smaller amounts.
PLANS 10 PLACE
SYDNEY, Australia, June 30. —
Sir Rider Haggard, the noted
English novelist and land settlement
expert, who is on a tour of British
oversea dominions to investigate ways
and means of placing British soldiers
and sailors on the land after the war,
sailed for New Zealand from here last
week, having finished his work in
Australia. He will spend a month in
New Zealand and will then go on to
Canada,
Speaking of his efforts in the Com
monwealth, which involved 3,000 miles
traveling In about six weeks, he said
they had been extraordinarily success
ful.
‘‘The Queensland government,” he
said, "is prepared to provide a million
acres for agriculture for the settle
ment of ex-service men from the
United Kingdom. The New South
Wales government by its irrigation
schemes will be enabled to increase
its settlers by about 1,000 in two years
and in this is prepared to put time
expired United Kingdom soldiers on
the same footing as its own men.
Other states are also willing to extend
to ex-service men from the United
Kingdom the same advantages in land
settlement as they offer their own.
“When this war ends we shall be
faced suddenly with the problem of
handling great numbers of the 5,000,
000 soldiers who will be released with
changed ideals and changed spirits.
Unless something is ready for them
there will be great mistakes. We edit
take a lesson from the emigration Of
125,000 men from the United King
dom to the United States after the
Boer war.”
CHINA SUPPLY THE WORLD’S
LABOR
HONGKONG. July 11. — Chinese
carpenters have been sent in large
numbers from India to work with the
English expeditionary force in Meso
potamia. Officers at Rangoon received
special instructions to employ Chi
nese carpenters for work with the
English military forces, because of
their great skill in building all sorts
of temporary shelters and bridges.
Russia has drawn upon China for
large numbers of laborers to work
in Siberian mines, to build railways
and replace white labor in agricultur
al districts, robbed of their men by
the war, and France has also drawn
upon China for agricultural labor.
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MOTHER KILLS SELF AND
THREE BABIES.
CHICAGO, July 11. — Mrs. Mary
Kartak, 27 years old, yesterday killed
herself and three babies, the oldest oi
whom was four ears. The bodies were
found by the husband, John Kartak,
when be returned home from work
The young wife left a note declaring
her Intention of killing herself and
family, but did not give any reasoni
for the act.
The Forty-Ninth 8tar says there an
more Valdez people in Anchorag*
i than from any other town in Alaska
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ALLIES FORGE
AHEAD IN THE
BIG OFFENSIVE
PARIS, July 11.—South of the Somme the French forces
have captured thirteen hundred Germans in the past two days.
Yesterday they captured Hill 97, which dominates Peronne, a
hundred feet below. The French already have begun throwing
a ring of fire about the city, and although the defences of Pe
ronne are formidable, the French commanders believe they can
take the city when the time is ripe for the forward movement.
The manner in which the French guns are placed, makes it
almost Impossible for the Germans to bring supplies to the
troops there, and the curtain fire which the French maintain,
makes it almost certain annihilation for a body of troops to at
tempt to enter the city to the relief of the soldiers now there.
AVIATION SERVICE POOR.
PARIS, July 11.—The superiority of the French aviation
service is daily being demonstrated on the Somme front, where
the French aviation corps has driven most of the German ma
chinss from the air. The anti-aircraft guns of the French
army also are doing deadly execution among the balloons of the
Germans, every one of which has been shot down as soon as it
approaches within range of the French guns.
Unless the Germans are able to soon bring new machines
into this territory, it is claimed that the French and British
will have all the advantages of an excellent air service, while
the Germans will have to work in the dark.
BRITISH ADVANCING.
LONDON, July 11.—The British today captured Contal
maison after a terrific assault, which in intensity rivalled the
first day’s fighting of the big allied offensive. The assault was
oreceded by a deadly artillery fire, which virtually wiped the
German trenches out of existence.
In the Mametz wood the British troops also made an ad
vance, which resulted in the capture of several lines of German
trenches.
RUSSIANS ADVANCING ON KOVEL.
PETROGRAD, July 11.—The Russian army continues on
its advance towards Kovel despite the desperate resistance
which the Germans and Austrians are offering.
The entire forces are now engaged in a pitched battle along
the Stokhod river, which the Ruisiang have succeeded in cross
ing at several points.
The Russian army seems imbued with the idea that it is
now irresistible, and the whole force, from generals down to
privates, is anxious to pursue the advantage which they now
have over the Teutons.___
I'HESS HEADQUARTERS ON THE
FRENCH FRONT. July 4. — Sever*
fighting continued yesterday beyonc
E'ricourt. The British, taking Poodl*
and Bottom woods, advanced toward
‘the main German second line of de
fence. The Associated Press corres
pondent went over the territory taker
by the British from the west of Mon
tauban through the famous Dantzif
valley, where the German nest of ma
chine guns gave the British theii
greatest trouble hr their last day's at
tack on Mametz and E'ricourt, whicl
now are being steadily shelled by th<
Germans.
Officers and men who have been al
through the fighting said they hat
been regularly supplied with food, bu
that they needed “a good wash" an*
that water was unprocurable.
A Theatric Scene .
The soldiers in Dantzig valley wen
excited over one of those theatri
scenes which this rolling country al
fords in this close-in fighting. Whei
the British closed in on the trenche
at Poodle woods, the German section*
already having been surrounded, cam
out holding up their hands. Thus
body of more than 500 men, after b*
ing hammered incessantly with she
lire for four days, dramatically sui
rendered before the eyes of the coi
respondent.
The British gun fire, so far as coul
be seen, was much heavier than th
German, while, according to all r*
ports from the front line, the Ge:
mans have withdrawn all their gun
from the vulley. which is now coi
trolled by the British, to positions o
the ridges.
Towns Are Leveled.
Both Mametz and Frtcourt virtuall
are leveled. The earth and brie
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! buildings were kneaded by shell fire
I thrown Into the communication
i trenches running through these vil
lages. Where the preparatory bom
gardment was most severe, strong
German positions in dugouts 30 feet
deep did not save their defenders
from the big shells, and trenches be
came formless heaps of earth. Bits
of Green German uniforms, accoutre
ments and flesh were mixed with
rags and churned sandbags in uncan
ny horror.
British soldiers were gathering the
I German dead and burying their own in
communication trenches. At one spot
where the British suffered in charg
ing a machine gun position, the bat
talion mascot, a black and tan mon
grel dog, lay dead beside his human
companions, all of whom had fallen
with their faces toward the German
trenches.
NEW BATTALIONS ARE BRAVE.
Officers met on the front line agree
that the new army battalions conduct
ed themselves with the same gallan
1 try as the regulars. Everybody there
1 on the newly-won ground close to the
enemy was expecting at any moment
1 orders to make another effort. When
not “digging in" they slept in the
genial sunlight, which was not so hot
as yesterday.
Germans lately taken prisoners,
when Interviewed, indicated that bat
1 tallons were rushed aB far as Kheims
* and Lille to meet the Anglo-French
’ attack.
s The village of Doisselle, recently so
1 hotly contested, was observed yester
day afternoon to be shelled no longer
1 by English, but by German guns,
which told of the success of the Brit
ish attacks. Taking refuge In deep
cellars, protected by house floor*,
* layers of sandbags and debris, th*
L Germans brought out their machine
*" guns after the bombardment and re
sumed the fight There was a small
8 siege, but the survivor* now have
* capitulated,
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Or. J. M. Sloan, of Seward, has been
y appointed acting assistant marine ear
k geon for that port
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