The Cordova Daily Times
Member of Associated Press
VOL. III. NO. 2(51 ('OKI)(>VA, AI jAKK A, PHI I)A Y^lSKPTK.M BCR 20, 1 !H 8 PRICK TK\ C KNTt'
GERMAN CASUALTIES NUMBER NEARLY HALF OF TROOPS ENGAGED
PEACE OFFER IF
AUSTRIA STILL
IOLDSJIDI
LONDON. Sept. 20.—The Austrian
rot< inviting the belligerents to a
conference not being a collective one.
it is regarded here as unlikely that
a joint allied reply will be forthcom
ing.
Offer Still Goes
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 20.—The Aus
trian peace offer is still open, not
withstanding the apparent rejection
of the proposal by the allies, accord
ing to an olfieial Vienna statement,
whi'h states that no replies have
hee i received.
Not to Interfere with War Operations
!t is reported that General Von Hin
denhurg has issued a proclamation to
the German armies saying that the re
cent Austrian peace offer does not in
volve any interruption In war opera
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\lt IS. Sept. L‘" Thirty persons
v re killed and a score injured in a
*iin collision near hero today. Three
ars tilled with passengers, mostly
hildren returning from vacations,
v ere telescoped.
American soldiers lent vigorous as
sistance in recovering the bodies and
helping the injured.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLK. Sept. 20.—Kish prices at
noon yesterday were as follows: yali
but. Itftfcc: sablefish, 5V4c; ling and
red cod. 4c.
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♦ OCTOBER TWELVE ♦
♦ TO BE LIBERTY DAY ♦
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♦ WASHINGTON. Sep'. 2". ♦
♦ President Wilson has pro ♦
♦ claimed October 12 its ' Liberty ♦
♦ day." and urges all citizens to ♦
♦ fittingly celebrate it by re- ♦
♦ spending to the Fourth Liberty ♦
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♦ October 12 Is the 426th until- *
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♦ GEN. PERSHING ♦
♦ SENDS GREETINGS ♦
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<■ LONDON'. Seiil. 2". Genera! ♦
♦ Rershing lias sent his eon- ♦
♦ grat iil:it ions to General Haig ♦
♦ on the success of the British ♦
♦ drive, and also extends to the ♦
♦ veteran British army the afTec- ♦
♦ lion and regard of the young ♦
♦ American army. The Ameri- ♦
♦ can general assures tho Brit- ♦
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♦ battle side by side with them ♦
O i mil pea o is ( .gained
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ST. RAUL. Sept. 20.—The condi
| lion of John Ireland, Roman Catholic
archbishop of St. Raul, became in
j crcasingty grave today. Little hope
I is entertained for his recovery.
Cardinal Farley's Successor
HOME, Sep! 20—A successor to
I the late Cardinal Farley, archbishop
! of New York, will be chosn at the
! November meeting of the consistory,
i On account of tlie important duties
connected with the New York see, a
young and vigorous man probably will
be chosen.
Ml'K.XK, Switzerland, Sept. HO,--The
Merlin authorities have instructed all j
Germans discharged from the army
and now living in Switzerland to re- j
turn for work at the rear of the fight- j
ing lines, especially in guarding pris
oners.
There are ten thousand of such Ger-j
mans here, but they Bhow little in
clination to respond to the order.
BOLD-DIMMED BUSS I
WILL BE ELIMINATED
\ K\\ YORK. Sept. L‘‘l. Opticians |
him decided to eliminate the thou
;*m. of styles of spectacle and eye
names cs a measure to con
serve a- Id This announcement was
d' day by the war service com
mittee of the optical industry.
AMERICANS ARE FACING
CRACOUN DIVISION
ASSOCIATED CRESS WAIi SEMM ARY. The British
and French movement for the envelopment of St. Quentin is
progressing. The Germans are resisting stubbornly, and bat
tles are occurring on the twenty-mile front from south of St,
Quentin to west of Cambrai.
In the north the British are advancing toward Le Catelet,
and on the south the Aust ralians ate well east of the I linden
burg line.
British Recapture Moeuvres
L< >XD( >X, Sept. JO.- The British have advanced northwest
f St. Quentin, capturing the strong Malassine farm, opposite
Le Catelet. The British gained more than a mile in the I’Em
oire and Epeliy sector, and recaptured the town of Moeuvres,
an important point on the Canal du Kurd, opposite Camhrni.
Great Slaughter of Germans
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS, Sept. 'JO. The ground over
which the Germans counter-attacked the British at Moeuvres
and Trescnuit is covered with dead. The German casualties are
estimated at 40 per cent of the troops engaged. Tin* Germans
attacked in dense waves and were literally mowed down.
An order issued by Von Buelow said the British showed
4hey had fighting superiority in r2fttS"iTl No-Man’s land. Ger
man prisoners say the attack of the British was expected.
French Repulse Germans with Heavy Losses
FA RIS, Sept. JO. In the operations for the envelopment of
St. Quentin from the south the French have carried Essigny
and la- Grand, says an official statement. The Germans
strongly attacked the new French positions north of Allemaiit,
lint were repulses! with heavy losses. The German attempt to,
cross the Yesie where the Americans are in the line was re
pulsed.
Crack Division Faces Americans
WITH THE AMERICANS IX LORRAINE, Sept. JO.
Several prisoners from the Eighty-seventh German division
have been captured by an American patrol. This division has 1
been in this sector only a few days. It is one uf the crack Git
HUE GETS
SEATTLE. Sept. 20. John F. Hal
Iaine of Seward, Alaska, lias been
awarded a judgment for $3(1.001
against \V. J. Boland
Ballaine rlaimed that Boland dam
aged him by filing a fictitious suit to
cloud his title to Seward property.
AIRPLANE EMPLOYE
AND WIFE ARRESTED
NEW YORK, Sept. 20. Edward F.
Marchenet, a workman of the ('urtisa
lirplane works, has bee/i arrested,
■barged with tampering with and
nuking parts unserviceable. He is
m American-born German. His wife
ilso is being held.
NOTED FRENCHAVIATOR
AMONG THE MISSING
PARIS, Sept. ?0.—Sub-Lieutenant
loyan. a famous French nco, has been
Hissing since Wednesday, He was
■redited with thirty-two victories.
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CHICAGO; Sept 20. Locking the
< • shn-r. his assistant and stenogra
| i>hcr in a room, robbers today looted j
|fln Arga Stall* Hank here of $20,000 |
1 ish crash and between thirty and forty ■
thousand dofcirs in Liberty bonds.
The robbers succeeded in making 1
good their eacm>e.
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DIES OF PNEUMONIA
STOCKHOLM. Sept. 20.—I’rince j
Erie, duke of Vestmaulond, tho young- j
est son of King Gustaf. died today ofj*
pneumonia, which developed from in- j
fluonza. The prince was 29 years old. it
10 MORE MACHINES
BROUGHT DOWN BY RICKY
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WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES. v
Sept. 20.—Rlckenbacher. the American
aviator, who Is credited with six vic
tories, brought down two hostile mu- 1
chines during the past week. i
man divisions, and was sent lioro from the quiet sector west of
Rheims, where it lias been resting. The prisoners said the Ger
mans would have sent the Eighty seventh against the Ameri
< nils sooner, but it was shot to pieces on other fronts.
Jt is believed the Germans are replacing their battle worn
battalions with fresh divisions in the front facing the Ameri
cans.
Infantry Attack Repulsed
The Americans have repulsed a German infantry attack
which was preceded by a forty five minute high explosive gas
shell bombardment. (trie German was killed and three
wounded.
Unfavorable Weather Conditions
It is still raining, and the entire front lias been transformed
into a bog, making the movements of troops difficult. Aerial
activity continues, although in a lessened degree.
Capture Prisoners Without Firing a Shot
WASHINGTON'. Kept. 20. General Pershing reports that
the Americans, without even firing a shot, made a successful
raid and captured fifteen German prisoners in the Vosges. A
hostile party also was repulsed.
FIGHTING ON OTHER FRONTS
Serbians Advance Over Wide Area
LONDON, Kept. 20. In Macedonia the Kerbians have ex
tended their front westward to the Coma river, making an ad
vance of from fifteen to seventeen miles over a twenty mile
front. Five thousand prisoners and eighty guns were captured.
Ten Thousand Bulgarian Prisoners
PARIK, Kept. 20. The Echo de Paris says that tea thou
sand Bulgarian prisoners were sent to the rear on Keptember IS
alone. The pursuit of the enemy continues with great success,
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Operations in Western Siberia
TOlxR t, Kept. 211. The ( V.ee.io Slovaks from the west have
joined their comrades from Vladivostok, and are now gathering
at Irkutsk for an advance to relieve the ('/.echo Slovaks in Euro
nean Russia. General Gaida is to command the relief force.
Russians and Germans Defeated in the North
LONDON, Kept. 2d. (Official) At Fkhtiuskaya, in
northern Russia, the Karelian troops have severely defeated the
forces led by German officers.
INFLUENZA SPREADING
AT TRAINING CAMPS
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 Spanish
influenza is spreading among the sol
fliers in the training camps At
Camps Devons, i)i* and l,ec Ins deaths
itava occurred during the week as the
result of the epidemic.
it is feared that the epidemic 'ill
make its apjiearam e at other camps
soon.
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CHICAGO. Sept. 20. lame.! I
Mann.. Jr., .um of tv.ngre sman .V it :
nf Illinois, the ItnpuMican floor
leader, shot ami killed himself today
iftcr flrnt having killed his pot dog.
He was 28 years of age. and a sttf
’erer front tuberculosis.
0. S, WAR PRISONERS
ENCAMPED NEAR BAOEN
AMSTERDAM. Sept. 2<>.- Rastatt .
Baden, has been designated as the
i central camp for American prisoners
of war. The camp is situated where
tlio Rhine valley reaches the outer
' fringes of the Black forest, near
Itaden Baden. A thousand prisoners
ate there now.
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\ Si 11MITON, Sept jo t
mis-p ... , ,, .
getter I sf-., , | States
army lias been established. and Iter.'
after it will be responsible far the
appointment, promotion, tinnsi'er end
ttssignment of the eommlssinm I [,ei
sonnel of all brane’hes of the army
COUNT TISZA TO HEAD
NEW FORM GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—It is officially reported from
Switzerland that Bosnia, Herzegovina and Croatia are to he
firmed into a single provincial government under Austria
lungary, with Count Tisza, the former Hungarian premier, at
s head.
EIGHT AMERICANS KILLED
BY SHELLING HOSPITAL
WITH THE AMERICANS IX LORRAINE, Kept. 20.—
Eight Americans were killed when a German shell hit a clear
ing hospital. The Germans threw many high explosive shells
near the hospital for two nights, and finally hit the territory
where the gassed patients were confined.
Officers say the Germans deliberately fired on the hospital,
as a large red cross was laid on the ground near by. There are
no woods near, where the troops could hide.