The Cordova Daily Times
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\ < IL~ 11 f N(V. :!U2 mliDHVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, .ILLY K>, DM* I'KfCE TEN CENTS
SIBERIA THROWS OFF BOLSHEVIK YOKE
BRIUSH FORCES SOLIDIFY LINES ON FLANDERS FRONT
CORDOVA’S SECOND CALL UNDER SELECTIVE CONSCRIPTION LAW
MORE NAMES ARE ADDED
TO LIST OF CASOALTIES
WASHINGTON. July lu One hun
dred and three names are on the cas
ualty list forwarded today hy General
Pershing. They were classified as
follows: Killed in action, 21; died
of wounds, 15; died of disease. 4; died
from other causes, 2; wounded se
verely, 45; wounded slightly, 1; miss
ing in action. 12; taken prisoners, 2;
marine corps casualties, 5.
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STi »< K 11 oI.\1. July I" i in 1 mil hat.
, rdoicd that all Jew he expelled
from the country before September
ai After that dale the government
■ ill deny them food.
LETTERS GIVE INTIMATION
Of HON ARM! TROUBLE
LONDON. July 10.—Two letters
credited to General Von der Marwitz
indicate that there luts been a break
down in the discipline of the German
army.
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LONDON, July in. —French military
headquarters in Macedonia report that
Bulgarian desertions on the Macedon
ian (rent are increasing greatly The
deserters state that their hopes of
ultimate victory for the Central
Powers have vanished
ACTIVITY LOOKED FOR
IN KATALLA OIL FIELD
George <’. Hazelet returned this
afternoon from a several weeks' trip
to the Chilkat Oil Company's prop
erty near Katalla and he verifies the
report published In the liailv Times
last week of a new oil well being
struck at a depth of about 800 feet and
which produces about five barrels per
day Three more shallow wells are
to be sunk this summer, where there
is also oil to be found and when these
are in operation it is expected that
the company's present prodmiion ol
. i .: ■. I i month w ill be doubled.
Mr. Ila/eh t does not hope to tnle
:it\ mi'tiers but feels confident that
- lien t lii vvells are ill . eti In b v, t lie
I rata ol shah t hi out pul " -H
be increased to several bundled bar
rel i a day
When asked as to the Itering liver
coal situation Mr lla/.elet slated that
there was nothing new to report
.situ e the interv iew lie gave tills paper
in June, other than the fact that
Superintendent Van Dampen and a
couple of men had arrived on the
ground and that as soon as a camp
had been established some coal miners
would be brought in from the States
anil their claims on Carbon creek
thoroughly developed 1! they turn
out its satisfactory as he believed
they would mean tin* construction ol
a branch line from the Coper Diver
railway at Mile JM to the coal and oil
fields.
FALL OF THE MSTILE
AS AMERICAN HOLIDAY
WASHINGTON. July 1" The gen
eral observation of July It. the French
national holiday, commemorative of
the fall of the Hostile, throughout the
Failed States, is proposed in a reso
lution introduced in the house ol rep
resentatives yesterday.
INSURE MAINTENANCE OF
VITAL RAILROAD POINT
A suiiminrv of the war situation on the western I rent, issued
hv the Associated Press this morning, says:
“The advance h\ the British in plunders, near Morris, has
miproved the protection to tlie •llazohrouck railw ay junction.
I he maintenance ot‘ which is vital to the line on the Ypres front.
“The Franco American forces have taken a,400 prisoners on
the French front since June la.”
British Official Statement
LONDON. July 10.—German artillery and machine guns are
very active in the region east of Amiens from \ illers-Bietou
neux to Anere, says an official statement issued by the war
office today. Local attacks were repulsed in Flanders. I he
British line has been advanced near Morris and many prisoners
have been taken.
French in Artillery Duel
PALIS, July 10.—An official statement issued today says
that artillery duels are in progress near ('havigny farm, w here
the French recently inflicted damage in raids upon the German
lines.
Italians Still Advance in Albania
KOMFi, July 10—An official statement says that the Aus
trians have been beaten back on both sides of the Osum river,
in Albania, and the Italian forces continue to advance.
NEW GOVERNMENT DEVOTED
TO IDEALS OF DEMOCRACY
I.()N IX )\\ .1 ii | \ 10. A new Siberian pro visional government,
which will receive the unanimous support of the population,
and which will continue to fight against the Central powers,
has been established in Vladivostok.
The program of the proposed new government includes the
liberation of Siberia from Bolshevik rule, the avoidance ol in
tervention by foreign nations, universal suffrage, provincial
councils and labor bureaus, and the distribution of land among
! lie landless.
Tie. flag adopted b\ the law repu lie ci n - i -1 - if two stripes
of w hite and green.
New Republic in North Also
\ M S'I'l ;i {I > A M, duly HI. Idle Wologdaezhe republic ha
been ci "a t ed in N or! hei n 11 us' in. con i pi isi n g a 11 ol N’ort.n east. -m
Russia from the \\ liite sea to the A - die border. I h" republic
is said to be in thorough sympathy w tli the cause of t ii• • entente
all iatt.ee.
Conscription for Russia
I ’A IMS,.Iuly 1(1. Trotzky, t lie Russian Bolshevik minister of
war, addressing the opening of tlje general congress of Soviets
yesterday at Moscow, said 1 hat Russia was on the eve of general
military conscription. He emphasized the necessity ol Russia
having a powerful tinny.
No Decision as to American Policy
WASHINGTON, July 10. An authoritative statement is
sited this morning sii\s that the I nited States government re
gards the Russian situation as so unsettled ami subject to such
rapid changes as not to permit of any decision being made yet
as to what American military aid may be extended. It has
been decided, however, that nothing must lie allowed to detract
from the strengthening of the forces in France and Belgium.
Attitude of Czecho Slovaks
I ,t IN I)()N, dulv 10.—The Czecho Slovak national council has
presented a memorandum to the Japanese foreign minister and
to the allied ambassadors at Tokio saying that while their
troops desire to fight on the western front, they will not mix
in Russian international affairs.
HOMK, Jul> In. \UHtria has re
I used t" accept a (iertnan ^eneralis
siinn In direct operations on the Ital
ian front A recent report stated that
Field Marshal Conrad Von Hoctzen
dorf. the Austrian commander in
chief, had been replaced by Field Mar
shal Von Koevess of the Cernian
j army, and that (lencral Otto \ on
liulow had been appointed to the di
| reel command of the Austrian forces
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AMBASSADOR'S MURDER
DISCUSSED BY KERENSKY
i PARIS, July 10,—When informedol
' the assassination of Count Von Mir
bach at Moscow, former Russian Pre
mier Kerensky said:
"I can not feel elated over |Jte
death of any human being, but it is
a good tiling for Russia. It may be
the beginning of a renaissance fot
Russia, but the Germans will In all
probability send an armed force tc
Moscow."
V WCOCYKK. July lu Considera
poll of ihe demands of the Merc hant
Service (luild. which threatens a
strike of masters and mates ot all
Canadian shipping, is absorbing pul.
lie attention here. The strike has
been set for next Monda.x evening at
o'clock.
It a federal commission i> not
named to investigate conditions it
means a tie-up of all ships and tugs
engaged in tin* British Columbia trade
and those operating from Canadian
ports to Alaska, thus interfering with
the shipment of supplies to northern
canneries and delaying the production
of spruce lumber for the manufacture
of airplanes.
INAUGURATE NEW PLAN
TO HASTEN CONSTRUCTION
PHILADELPHIA. July 10.—The
United States Emergency Fleet for
I .oration has ordered that In future
ship contracts on the Pacific coast
may be closed at the plants, in order
to hasten construction.
WICKERUM DUE SOON
TD STURT CAMPAIGN
.James Wiekersham will arrive at
Ketchikan about July 2<> to often his
campaign, which will include a visit
to every polling place in Alaska.
Judge Wickersham will be accompa
nied on his (ampaign by the Repub
lican legislative candidates in each
division. In every division there is
now a complete Republican legisla
tive ticket, all standing >«|Uarcly he
hind the eandidae\ of Wickersham
Letters are already irr.i\inu from
prominent member- «»t ronere - and
other Republic .III Ii.1t "dial b ob : -
u re itit* tlf Reiniblic.il; < *t \ Li ska t«*
support Judge \\ n km li t:..
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The ease'- of the Canoe l'a s l\n k
iug Company and Northwestern Pish
cries Company, charged with a waste
of fish in Abercrombie canyon,
came up before* Cnited States Cotnmis
sinner Med 1 c*\ this morning. The de
fend.lilts both pleaded guilty and were
eacli fined C " and costs. The* c a>*
of Toni Teets. who was arrested on
a ismilar charge has been postponed
until tomorrow morning
| \mlrew N'eCon died at tip* Cordova
(general hospital last night He wa
employed b\ the Hoonah I'at king t oin
i panv, where he was taken ill and
brought here for treatment
OR. VON KUERLMANN
RETIRES PROM CABINET
r \ IUS, July :t. \||\ ires re eh ed
here vest, rilav state that Kaiser \\ il~
helm ha- aerepted tie resignation of
j tr Von Ktiehlmann the imperial
minister of foreiun affair- and tft.af
It i- expel led that \dniiral Mintze,
at present (lennan mini-ter to Nor
' V. ay , H ill -ueeeell llltll
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\ | lee!' Il' It:- II ll : t .
had - K i .h-ti m t'ioti - 'tl>
liar In ir v -t eni.- • . t ain n o ■'
u III, ll Otild to ' -hate le In-jii.- 1 lid
up lor a period "i two i. '.nth- "
mr ha re. .-r. > d no i "tifirnuilion at.
tile Iota I off tee "I tile . nliip.ui>
The Wash.i «a -' lied lied in all
from Seattle lor the North on .Inly
- 14 Mr 11 ed ye- has not been n uified
of the eancellation of the sailing date
EMPEROR AND FAMILY ABE
VICTIMS OF INFLUENZA
ROM K. July 1>» It is !« !-«.rird that
Kais«*r Wi111«‘1 in is .1 virtim of Ihr «*pi
((tuni< of inllum/.a \\ liii-li 1- pi ♦ •»;»!••!»t
in thr dorman arniv. Sovotal noun
l»rrs of his family also an* said fo ho
sulToritiK from th«» dixoasi*.
VOLUNTARY INDUCTIONS
POSSIBLE UNTIL JULY 22
(’ordova’s quota for 111 <■ second dratt in Alaska is tldit>. Iuit
only half of this nninher w ill he inducted into the service hetore
August I, and the halance called in September or 1 tetoher. ’I he
local exemption hoard today received the pillowing wiie Item
(iovernor Higgs, which is self explanatory:
\ i Fifteen Men Are Called
••ruder induction call No. yon are bereh\ directed to
i induct fifteen white registrants and have them report to nmr
hoard not later than August 1. I!»1S at 10 o'clock a. m. Im
111,(lialeI\ publish notice that voluntarx induction' m>t to ex
ceed number above stated w ill he accepted h\ you lu'iu rcgis
trants until III o’clock on the morning ot .I’d) _r. ^ ”u w ill
give preference to unemployed registrants. it any T «>u w ill
intake necessary preparations, on or hetore .Tub. ‘22. to im
mediately issue at that time orders for involuntan induction
of a sufficient number of white registrants to complete above
number of your quota, having them report to your hoard not
later than 10 o’clock on morning of August 1.
Idle Men Called First
• • | f at anv time prior to August 1 a suttieient number ol vof
unteers and registrants involuntarily inducted are assembled,
forward them without delay to mobilization camp. If regis
trants for induction are at other places in Alaska, or in States,
instruct them by wire to report to nearest local hoards. Have
them wire vou name ot board and mail induction papers, as
required by section 14S. Except as to voluntary inductions,
quota must be called in order of liability of white registrants
for service. If, during the time between duly 22 and August 1,
registrants not subject to involuntary induction then apply to
vou to be voluntarily inducted, yon will accept not to exceed
two additional white registrants. The men must be sent to
nearest mobilization camp. Halance of current quota will prob
ably be called in September or October.”