The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME IIII, NUMBER 22. CORDOVA. ALART&JSATUHDAY .TULY ->h^1M17
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COWARDLY RUSSIANS SACRIFICE WOMEN’S BATAT.T.ION
Allied Position Western Front Greatiy Improved
WOMAN’S BATTALION CAPTURES GERMAN WOMEN
PETROGRAD, July 28.—When the Russian woman’s bat
talion, known officially as the Command of Death, went into
action against the Germans, near Sinorgon, on July 25, they
captured a number ot women fighting with the German army.
ALLIES’ POSITION IS GREATLY STRENGTHENED
PARTS, July 28.—The military situation of the allies on
the western front at the end of the third year of the war is re
garded by competent authorities here as actually better than
a year ago and enormously better prospectively by reason of the
intervention of the l nited States. The French authorities be
lieve the German reserve has been diminished by 1,200,000 dur
ing the year. The German casualties during April, May and
June exceeded 150,000 monthly, the casualties rising during
May to 170,000. * *
ENEMY IS ADVANCING IN GALICIA
UNDATED, July 28.—The Austro-German march through
eastern Galicia and toward the Bukowina border is proceeding
unchecked.
MEN ALLOW WOMEN TO DO FIGHTING
PETROGRAD, July 28.—Ten wounded heroines of the
women’s battalion have arrived here, leaving the commander,
Vera Butchkareff, and Mary A. Skrvdloff, daughter of Admiral
Skrydloff, former commander of the Baltic fleet, and minister
*>f marine, in the hospital. Vitebsk women said it was reported
that only fifty of the two hundred women who went to the
front remained. Twenty-eight were killed, eight taken prison
ers, and all others wounded. All men comrades in the neigh
boring trenches fled, leaving a handful of women to fight the
enemy alone.
FORMER EMPEROR MEETS WITH AN ACCIDENT
LONDON, July 28.—Petrograd dispatches say that for
mer Emperor Nicholas fell and broke bis leg while cycling in
the gardens of the palace at Tsarskoe Solo.
INTERNAL SITUATION IN RUSSIA IMPROVING
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LONDON, July 28.—Dispatches from Petrograd say that !
city is outwardly calmer than for months, due to Minister Ker- 1
ensky’s strong repressive measures, including the disarming of
the rioters and mutineers. The ministry of justice has issued '
a statement that Nicoli Lenine and associates were concerned '
in a German plot against Russia. Lenine is apparently still ‘
free, but the whole internal situation shows signs of improve
ment.
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TRENCH EXPERIEICE FOR AMERICAN TROOPS
(By Associateu Press) 1
AMERICAN FORCES IN FRANCE.—Preparations are
already being made to protect the men from winter hardships.
July is the hottest month, but the nights are cool. November, 1
December, January, FebVuarv and March are cold months, with 1
much rain, and the dampness causes the cold to be felt keenly.
The officers and soldiers will N* taken to the French front, in
detachments, to study life in the ti cliches before actually taking 1
part in the fighting there.
GERMS FOUND IN COURT PLASTER
WASHINGTON, July 28.—A chamical analysis by the
government has showed that tetanus germs are found on court
plaster. It is reported that these have been distributed by '
German sympathizers, and Attorney General Gregory lias <
warned the public to use only court plaster from reliable
sources.
SON SHOT BY FATHER, WHILE DEFENDING MOTHER
FERGUS FALLS, Minn., July 28.—A1 Falser, the pugilist,
died today from the effects of a gunshot wound inflicted bv his
father on Thursday, while the son was seeking to protect his
mother from a vicious attack.
ALL MOTOR CARS ARE
UNDER MILITARY CONTROL.
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, July 28. — To check Joy
riding and the misuse of government
cars, many of the main yoads out of
London have been placed under mili
tary control. Officers or soldiers in
motor cars are challenged and have
to furnish particulars and produce au
thority for being away from their
regiments. Civilian motorists are
challenged to produce their petrol
licenses.
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The body found floating in the lower
Yukon river, thought to be that of
Ralph H. Gilliland, the young land
office man who lost his life in the
Tanana last summer, has been found
to be that of a stranger. Many friends
who knew young Gilliland well say
the body Is not his.
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NATIVE LABORERS ARE
RETURNING TO MEXICO.
(By Associated Press)
JUAitEZ, July 26. — Native labor
irs, with their families, guitars, pols,
jans and kettles, continue to arrive
tere from the United States and are
(iven free transportations to the in
.ertor. One family recently arrived
ront McAllister, Okla., where the men
tad been working in the coal mines.
Another large group came from Los
Angeles, while others quit jobs in
N'ew Mexico, Colorado*and Texas to
return home. Many said they
would be impressed in the American
trmy if they remained. Others suid
they had been told by Germans they
would be imprisoned if they remained
In the United States.
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flam, Cheese and Sardine Sand
wiches, served at City Bakery.
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RIIILS-LUMBER
FOR THE Cl!.
(Dy Associated I’ress)
SEATTLE. July 28. — The steamer
Juneau sailed for St. Michael wUh
2,000 tons of rails for the Tatiana
valley railroad, which will be used
for retracking and the extension of
that line. The harge Henry Villard
sailed from Everett for Anchorage
with 1,000,000 feet of lumber and BOO
tons of rails for ne government rail
road.
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ML LONDON
TO i
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, July 28. — A transatlan
ic line of airplanes, carrying passen
;ers between New York and London
n two days, at a total cost of about
51 a mile was predicted by 0. Holt
rhomas, in an address which he de
ivered before the Aeronautical Sa
tiety of Great Britain.
To complete the rosy forecast films
vere displayed, shoving the densrf
ire 'and voyage of a transatlantic air
•lane ami also the dropping of mail
louches at postal air stations between
^ondon and the North of Kngland.
• Mr. Thomas, who has had large
■xperlence in flying und building air
raft, said that airplane mall service
ould be established commercially
A special aeroplane will enubleg the
msiness man to leave laindon In the
norning, transact his business In
’arls, and be home to dinner again,'
le said, "it will take him to Bag
lad in a day and a half or to New
fork in two days.”
The cost from London to Paris, he
idded, would be just over a dollar
>er mile running one machine each
vay, and with four machines it would
vork out at 75 cents. A profitable
:harge for passengers would be $25.
t mail letter of one ounce could 1 e
jrofitably carried for one cent auc
hree pound parcel for 75 cents. A
>assenger could go from London to
darsellles in eight houfB instead of
wenty-three, at a cost of $50, or maih
:ould be carried for two cents an
>unce.
Constantinople could be reached in
wenty hours for $lt!5 a passenger
ind mails at five cents an inner.,
lealing with farther distances he pic
ured Ceylon as being only two and
hree-quarter days from London, Tol io
our and a half days, Sydney five
las, Capetown three and a half days,
ind Vancouver three days.
Lord Cowdraw, the chairman of the
neetiug, Raid he believed Mr. 1 nomas
istlmate of costs to be near the mark
ind that It would not exceed a dollar
ler mile. In his opinion commercial
’lying was bound to come, and come
luickly, and it would not requ'ro g: v
trnment assistance after the first
'ive or six years.
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CARD OF THANKS.
I wish to express by heartfelt thanks
to Dr. and Mrs. Council, Miss Bennett
ind to the Cordova citizens gene ally
lor their many kindly acts dudn; i:.y
enforced sojourn in the Cordova gen
eral hospital.
CAPTAIN JAMES DOYl ,-l
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Clarence Hawkins, of Nome, Is put
ting up a strong fight for the mar
shalslifp of the Second division with
a strong probability of getting the
coveted plum.
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MARKET PRICES
(By Associated Press)
SEAT'D.li, July 28. — Potatoes sold
is a speculative sentlniont, although
the Paton l&t products will be con
trolled by the government under the
food oontrol blll. Those arriving from
tome parts of' Washington aie small
tnd green nnd dealers have to "ell
them at a lower price than Callfor
lias. I-ocal vegetables took a slight
lecllne, growers shipping too fast,
fruits had a Jilg week, the minimum
trices being held. Wheat made slight
tains, while corn remained firm,
staple butter in storage is being
irought out hjrAireamcry men to meet
he demand for a cheiper staple. lie
lerve tending to hold prices steady
ind compensallon for short supply of
tream through producing territory,
'resh ranch eggs veiv firm; cheese
steady, and grc.-iery staples unchanged.
Potatoes aro selling for $10 and $3o.
abbage, 2 1-2 cents; onions, 2 1-2 and
I'cents; eggs, » inch. 42 cents; butter,
tubes 43, bricks 44: cheese, Oregon,
triplets. 24; apt !es, Gravensteins. $2.25
and $2 50 a box B
IMH_m
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, July 28. — The Brother
hood Switchmen's strif e became effec
tive this morning. Nineteen ra lroads
uttering Chicago declared an embargo
on the shipment of all per shable
goods and live stock. There a; ■ 3.tin
members of the Brotherhood of
Switchmen in the Chicago d strict,
ind they demand rules which the rail
roads says would establish a closed
shop.
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ALASKA'S CRUSTACEAN
SUPPLY NOT REDUCED.
' Alaska possesses practically un
touched resources in crustacean or
shellfish products, according to Hr
neat P. Walker, Inspector of the fish
eries bureau. He has recently been
engaged in investigating the various
scallops, clams, crabs, shrimp and
other members of the family existing
in northern waters.
inis country win unquestionably
some day be a big producer or shell
fish." Baid he. “Special attention is
being paid to the development of the
scallops. We often find them in nets
and fishing gear, which indicates that
they abound, for in order to got scal
lops normally considerable digging is
necessary.
“Proof of the great dam resources
Is seen in results obtained from re
cent development of the beds neir
the mouth of the Poppet- river by the
packers located at Pordova. A recent
shipment from there to Seattle com
prised 4.000 cases, the largest single
order of canned dams ever received
at a Puget sound port. ♦
To aid id fishing development tie
government has four inspectors -nrt
assistants and four herring cure ex
perts.
E. R. Bingham, .vho killed Johnny
Shakes in Wrangell, on the night of
last Thanksgiving, was found guilty
of manslaughter at Ketchikan last
Saturday, the jury recommended len
iency. Bingham was sentenced to
three years in the penitentiary by
Judge Jennings.
JAPAN NOT VET
(By Associated Press)
TOKIO, July 28. — Viscount Ichiro
| Motono, the foreign minister. In a
speech before the Japan KmigratllYn
Association, said the government is
always paying keen and close atten
tion to the emigration of Japaneto
people to foreign countries.
"Viewed from the progress of po
litics. national economy, scientific nd
vancement and In other directions,
Japan, in her absolute position In the
world, cannot be called a first class
power yet.” he added, “bit* there is
not the least doubt as to the future
progress and development of the Jap
anese nation. The character of the
emigrants has an Important bearing
upon the nation and state they be
long to. Hence it is a matter of great
importance to promote the education
of emigrants and to take measures
to elevate their character and make
them awake to the conception that
they are the subjects of Japan and
in a way represent the Japanese
nation.
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(By’ United Press)
WITH THE FRENCH A It.MY IN
THE FIELD. July 14.—(By flail) —
Uncle Sam rendered France a great
service In letting her have his mules
—ut a very good price—but France
has returned the service a thousand
timeB by solving the secret of a bray
less mule. When the American pack
mule arrived in France to "do his
bit" he, of course, brought his bray
with him. The mule was welcome,
but the bray- -well, any unusual sound
on a battle field is undesirable. It
might tip off the Boehe to a surprise
attack.
In an effort to put an end to the
nightly “love song" of the pack mule
the French military officers decided
to separate the sexes, and all gentle
men mules were retailed for service
In one sector, while all of the lady
mules were taken off for set ce in
a more distant region.
This produced a very marked re
sult. Nevertheless there still re
mained certain mules who either from
force of habit or from conviction that
both their love and their voice were
strong that their lady loves would
hear them no matter how far away
they might be. persisted in making
the welkin ring with a gigantic bray
just at the place and time when it
would give the lloehes the right vue
for sending a hail of shells, grenades
ana rme nre.
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The habits anil temperament of iho
mule were then subjected to further
and more profound study by tne
French and this time with more happy
results. It was found that a very
slight operation performed on the nos
trils of a mule would render him as
silent as a wrecked phonograph, and
since then the American mules in the
Vosges have met all reiiulremeits
that could possibly be exacted from
them.
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J. M. Jute, nn employe in the Wor
then lumher yard at Juneati, was in
stantly killed recently by a pile of
lumber near which he was working
toppling over on him. He had attempt
ed to pull out some pieces w ith a pick
and the pile pulled over, erushlp* him
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j to death.
HOLLAND REFUGE
DESERTERS
(By Associated Press)
TIIK HAGUE, Netherlands, July 28.
Thousands of deserters, mostly from
the German army are now swelling
the stream of refugees pouring into
Holland from adjoining countries.
Holland has become a great place
of refuge for fugitives fleeing from
the terrors of the German front, food
hardships or the German military
regime.
So numerous have these war re
fugees become that a weekly periodi
cal, called "The Combat." has been
established at Amsterdam to carry
on a revolutionary Socialist propa
ganda among them. A society of de
serters has been formed in Holland,
apparently by German agents in or
der to discover the names of deserters
ana exert pressure on their families
to induce them to return to Ger
many. Returning deserters no longer
are shot, but are sent to the front.
I he country is overrun by a small
army of spies, persons of both sexes,
whose- work is to spy Into Dutch af
fairs, to spy upon the belligerents and
sometimes to spy upon one another.
These refugees, deserters and gov
ernment agents, added to escaping
prisoners of war ,of virtually event,
entente nationality, fugitive Poles and
other peoples of Eastern Europe, flee
ing from forced labor and other evils
have swelled the immigration flood
until the problem of what disposition
to make of these foreigners has be
come acute in Holland.
jM
l tiere are many decent men among
the deserters. who, made desperate
by the sufferings and slaughter at the
front, or rebelling against their gov
ernment's system or policy, have
shaken the dust of their fatherland
from their feet. Quite a number are
convalescent men who weie ordered
hack to the front. A great number are
undesirables, to whom many crimes
arc attributed. Some become smug
glers, but wholesale banishment from
the frontier regions now virtually has
closed this profession to them. Police
control of them Is inadequate.
Proud of its traditional hospitality,
Holland opened Its frontiers freely
to all comers, but public opinion and
the government has discovered that
there are formidable dangers inherent
In this aggregation of immigrants.
What might not happen, Hollanders
often ask themselves, if Holland, sud
denly became Involved in the war
with all these vast numbers of for
eigners spread all over the country,
many of them of the worst or at least
of the most doubtful character?
Infectious disease repeatedly has
been Introduced. The great exodus of
Belgians brought typhus and dysen
tery; Austro-Hungarian emigrants
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from Galicia, on their way to join
relatives In America, and suspected
smugglers from that province, brought
smallpox; escaped prisoners of war
from infected German camps and
others occasionally Introduced dis
eases like spotted fover and menu
gitis. In each case the disease was
quickly checked.
Now, however, smallpox has a real
hold In parts or Germany, as well as
in countries farther east, and it is
pointed out how easily this and other
scourges may be brought across the
frontier.
The prime minister, Coit van Jer
Linden, announced a few days ago
that the increased influx, and the
bodily condition of persons entering
the country, had necessitated more
drastic sanitary measures. Barra< Ks
are to be erected at five differont
points of the frontier, where all Ger
mans entering the country, of whom
the great majority are deserters, »ill
be disinfected, while a camp is to be
erected for the accommodation of
dangerous or undesirable elements
among deserters. As regards the na
tional dunger, the minister of war.
Major General N. Bosboom, endeav
ored to reassure public opinion in
parliament a few days ago by declar
ing that if Holland became involved
in the war it would be made evident
that the government was far more
conversant with the position as re
gards foreigners, and had taken far
more adequate precautionary meas
ures than most people thought.
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STEAMER WATSON ARRIVES
AND LEAVES FOR SEATTLE.
Tho Admiral Matson arrived from
the westward at 1 a. m. this morn
ing with the following passengers for
Cordova: C. Anderson, Mrs. A. Chris
topher. Q. A. Brooks. V. Close. C. H.
Bryant. Mrs. C. H. Bryant, H. C. Feld
man, William Kerr, .John Lyons, il. H.
Reynolds. H. Warren, and sailed south
at 2:30 a. m. with the following pas
sengers: A. Strongran. P. O. Berget,
Hugo Johnson, B. G. Eaton and wife,
H. S. Hynes. J. Eldrich and wife. C.
suom, C. O. Longworthy. J o. Long
worthy, G. W. Bowman, J. Eldridge,
Mrs. A. Christopher, L. Wilson. E. An
derson. Fred Person, Frank Slenker.
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3 hree recruits for the navy wore
accepted al Seward this week by the
I local recruiting officer, and two were
. rejected.
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(By United Press)
NEW YORK, July 27. — Every once
In a while some one wonders why Pat
i Moran isn't considered- one of the
greatest of baseball managers, there
j *>>' giving Pat more consideration for
w'hal he has done than any other man
in baseball — with the iiossiblc ex
ception of the party who has become
the game's greatest repudiator.
Pat. in fact, is the recipient of more
favorable publicity than any other
man in the two major leagues. No one
over writes or says anything bad about
him. He always is referred to as a
jolly Irishman, ready to talk and smile
while he's doing it.
Moran's accomplishment this year
Is throwing his team into a hot rare
with the Giants for the leadership of
the National league is worthy of more
consideration, perhaps, than any stunt
he has pulled sine he supplanted Chas.
Booing as leader of the Quaker team,
he has pulled sine he supplanted
heens and misfits than the New York
Giants have accomplished with a hig'i
salaried team of stars.
The Giants were expected by a ma
jority of critics to have it all settled
! and laid away aloe* .vlHiut thi- davo. >
L-Sui thoy haven't done it yet, and In
dieattons right now point to anything
hut a pleasant journey for Herzog, et
al., the rest of the season.
Pat Moran's infield, composed of
ancient Fred Idiuderous, castoff Bert
Niehoff, rookie McGaffigan or compe
tent Have Bancroft and castoff Milton
Stock is the main reason why when
rathd alongside Grover Alexander
These two things, backed with the
comeback of Gavvy Cravath, the con
tinued good baseball of Dode Paskert
and George Whitted are whooping
things up. The Phillies would not he
so good in a world series as the
Giants, for the Giants consist of men
who would be practically unbeatable
In a world's series. But It’s going to
take a lot of baseball and a lot of hard
fighting to keep Pal Moran from tak
ing the race right down into the
home stretoh. Next year Pat will lie
counted a stronger factor.