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The gas launch Favorite, which start*
ed from Douglas for Warm Springs
Bay, near Sitka, on July 28 last, and
after being adrift at sea for nearly
three weeks, landed on the beach near
Hock Point, on Hinchinbrook island,
is now a total wreck and Capt. Bing
Halleck, the owner, pockets a loss of
$3,700, the value of the boat being
$1200, and a cargo worth $500.
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dova and Capt Halleck contracted
with James Kennedy and N. J. Smith
to bring the Favorite to Cordova.
These men proceeded to Hinchinbrook
and succeeded in launching the boat
and after proceeding about five miles
along shore towards the lighthouse
a gale set in and the Favorite was
driven ashore, striking rocks on the
way, and finally landing a total wreck, j
It will be remembered that Capt.!
Halleck and crew had a most thrilling
experience after sailing from Douglas.
They lost their course and for twelve
days were at the mercy of a raging i
storm, the little craft tossing about in
the sea, while at tiems the high waves
almost completely submerged her.
For nine days they ’were without a
drop of fresh water and but few ra
tions and when the men were brought
to Cordova they were weak and ex
hausted for want of food and fresh
water.
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SEATTLE. Sept. 27—The Seattle
Chamber of Commerce entertained, at
the Arctic Club on Saturday evening
in honor of well-known Alaskans in ■
the city, the guests being Sam Blum, i
of Cordova, John W. Troy, editor of
the Juneau Empire and B. M. Stone,
publisher of the Seward Gateway.
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SEATTLE, Sept. 27—The work of
raising the steamer Admiral Watson,
which was Bunk at the dock here sev
eral weeks ago, is progressing very;
j rapidly and it is expected to have
J the vessel afloat tomorrow.
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SEWARD TERM COURT
CONVENES NOVEMBER 1
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Clerk of the Court Arthur Lang1
and Jury Commissioner Charles Kra
mer will draw the names of citizens
from the jury box at 10 o’clock tomor
jSj, row, for the term of court which opens
( at Seward on November 1st. Twenty
four jurors will be drawn.
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
PARIS, Sept. 27—The long awaited offensive movement
of the allies along the western front commenced yesterday.
As a result of a day of wonderful fighting, with victory crown
ing the efforts of the French and English, twenty thousand un
wounded German prisoners were taken. Many field guns were
captured some of the batteries of the Teutoh being taken along
with the entire battery crew, and with the guns ib perfect con
dition. A great qauntity of miscellaneous war materia! also
fell into the bauds of the allies and the biggest victory of the
allies on the west since the battle of the Marne, was recorded.
The first French charge took place at Souchez, and after
sweeping through the German trenches, the French continued
their advance in the direction of Givenchy. The forward
movement was simultaneous along the whole front in the
Champagne district, and the French have succeeded in retain
ing all the positions captured.
Further north the British were also on the move and the
soldiers under Sir John French captured five miles of German
trenches south of the LaBassee canal, and .east of Vermelles,
At some points the German lines were penetrated to a depth of
four thousand yards, over two miles. The British charge re
sulted in the capture of the village of Loos, with all th& German
defensive works around it. Hill 70 was also taken, as well as
tlie western outskirts of the village of Hulluch.'
Twenty minutes after the French started their charge on
the German trenches their work was accomplished. Before
the infantry participated in the fight, the German trenches had
been systematically shelled by the allied'artillery for over sixty
hours, the French 75’s throwing their shells into the enemy
under a plan whereby the whole front was shelled, each fifty
square yards of the German trenches being thoroughly raked
before the guns turned their attention to the next section.
The sixty hour bombardment ended at dawn yesterday
morning, and the French infantry, received the orders to ad
vance with cheers, swing ahead onto the enemy in an avalanche
of steel, very little musketry being used, the charge being
chiefly a bayonet one. The artillery fire of the French and
British guns was deadly, and the Teuton dead reaches an
enormous total. When the allies advanced, they found the
Teutons in the trenches in a dazed condition, the enemy sur
rendering with hardly a show of fight, the troops being barely
in condition'to resist the attack. Trainload after train load
of German prioners is arriving in this city, the remarkable
thing about it being the absence of wounded' German among
the captative. Heretofore the larger percentage of prisoners
have borne wounds of some nature, but the prisoners being re
ceived today are all unbanned. The total German losses is es
timated at fifty-five tli -usand.
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LONDC)N, Sept. 27—The Belgian troops under King Albert
gained considerable glory in the general offensive undertaken
by the allies yesterday. In the charge they compelled the Ger
mans to evacuate a long string of trenches on the west bank
of the Yser canal, and' captured a German post in this section,
The new western situation with the enemy on the defensive is
very gratifying to the allied governments, and compels the
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Germans to adopt new tactics. With the Russians holding the ‘
Germans on the eastern front, actually forcing them back in
places, and with the two million German troops on the west
unable to hold back the a<lkancing tide of French and English,
it will he impossible forvne Teutons to proceed with the at
tempted invasion of Serbia and bring relief to their hampered
friends the Turks.
LONDON, Sept. 27—The people throughout the nation are
thrilled with enthusiasm and overjoyed', at the news of the vic
tory won Saturday and Sunday over the German forces in
France and Belgium. The elation being felt is increased be
caused of the political effect of the victories topon the Balkan
nations, and upon Bulgaria in particular who was veering to the
side of the central powers. The Bulgarian diplomats are now
eagerly assuring the allies that the mobilization of their army
was not a hostile move against the allied powers.
LONDON, Sept. 27—The French and British forces tight-!
ing in northern France gained greater results in the last two
days than they did in the proceeding twelve month-: and so far
have been able to maintain the new positions taken from the
Germans. Thirty pieces of field artillery and twenty thousand
prisoners were taken. The victory opened a formidable gap in
he Gertnan lines, and the remainder of tin* German trenches
before Lille are in danger, being exposed to flank attacks.
LONDON, Sept. 27—General Ivanoff, he commandei of the
Russian southern army won a striking victory over the Teutons
in southeast Poland, taking thousands of prisoners and forcing
the Austro-Germans to retire a considerable distance. Advices
from Petrogrnd report desperatT* fighting along the entire front
with numerous villages being retaken from the enemy, and
many prisoners are being captured. The German reverses have
caused the Teuton general staff to make many changes in the
commands of the armies in the field. General Eichhom has
been removed because of the recent Russian victories over his
troops.
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LONDON, Eept. 27—The Russian army of the north is in
a distinctly better position due to the advantages recently
gained, and even in tile fighting around' Dvinzk, the Russians
have improved their situation. Hindenberg is concentrating
his efforts against the army of General Russkv, but his pro
gress of late has been inappreciable. The German attacks are
slackening, and the great losses suffered in the previous attacks
are apparently having their effects.
BERLIN, Sept. 27—The war office issued an official state
ment today stating that the new offensive movement of the
allies in the neighborhood of Lille has been brought to a stand
still by fierce German counter attacks. The British attack in
the other portions of the front held by them had-broken down
with heavy losses to the attacking force and with any appreci
able advantages being gained. The statement admits that the j
French offensive had made further progress in that portion^f
the line between Rlieims and the Argonne.
Turkish Outrages in Armenia Being Investigated.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27—'The State Department has
wired to Ambassador Morgenthau at Constantinople, request
ing him to investigate the reported Turkish outrages in Armen
ia, and to ascertain if any of the victims were American citizens.
The latest advices from the Lake Yau region state that a half
of a million Armenians have been murdered by the Kurds and
Turks, Von Bernstoff says that the report sent out. by the
allies of outrages being committed by the Turks are nothing
but pure invention.
Wilson Wants to Relieve Conditions When War Ends.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27—President Wilson today in
structed the Department of Commerce and Labor and the Fed
eral Trade Commission to devote a portion of their time to evol
ving ways and means of assisting the people of Europe in case
the war should end. The president desires that this country
should play an important part in relieving the abnormal condi
tions that are sure to exist in the various war zones, and wishes
to have arrangements made so that great quantities of food sup
plies at minimum cost to the consumer can be shipped' into
Germany, Austria, Serbia and all countries who have been suf
fering from blockade conditions. t
Greece Moblizes 450,000 Soldiers.
ATHENS, Sept. 27—The Greek government has requistiom
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ed twenty merchant steam vessels for the transportation of
troops. Four hundred thousand soldiers have already been
mobilized and they are fully equipped. The supplies of arms
an|i munitions is abundant, and the government feels that if
war must come everything possible has been done to prepare
for it.
Upon Wilson’s Request Dumba Will be Recalled.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27—Advices were received by the
State Department from Ambassador Penfield, the American
representative at Vienna, today stating that he had been in
formed by the foreign office that Dumba would be recalled iirj
stead of being merely granted a leave ofabsence. The last)
message from the Wilson administration to Austria that the
United States would hand Dumba his passports unless he was
recalled' has bad the desired effect.
CORDOVA FORESTRY MEN ■
SURVEYING KENAI LAKE
The Forestry Service boat, the
Restless, Capt, Clyde Nettleton, arriv
ed from Cordova. W. J.McDonald and
A. L. Nor gran, who came over on her,
left for Kenai Lake where they joined
T. M. Hunt. There Messrs Hunt and
McDonald will conduct a survey of the
lake and thence they will proceed
overland to Anchorage where consid 1
erahle work awaits them. Mr. Xorgren
will return to Seward in about a week
after the survey has been completed,
and return to Cordova on the Rest
less.—Seward Gateway.
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10 ORE BOATS
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SEATTLE, Sept. 27—The Alaska
Steamship Company has announced
the purchase of two additional steam
ers to be used as freight carriers be
tween this city and Alaska. The ves
sels are the Burlington and the Ben
nington, and they are now on the
great lakes, having been especially de
signed and built for ore carriers, and
they will fill the need of the company
for special vesels of this class to carry
the huge shipments of copper that are
now being made from Cordova, and
other Prince William Sound points.
The purchase price of the two vessels
was $400,000, and they will imme
diately start on their long journey
from the C.reat Lakes to the Pacific
Coast. The loss of the steamship
Edith off Cape St. Elas recently neces
sitated the purchase of these addition
al vessels to complete the company’s
fleet, and until the Bennington and
Burlington arrives, other ships will be
chartered to fulfill the company’s con
tracts with the Copper mines.
CONTRACT GIN
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27—The gov
ernment has awarded the contract for
the new boat to be used by the Coast
and Geodetic Survey in Alaskan wa
ters. The boat will be built of steel,
and be larger than any of the vessels
now employed in coast survey, and
will be named the Surveyor.
300 TONS RAILS
SEATTLE, Sept. 27—The steamer
Admiral Farrggut sails tonight for
Southwestern Alaska ponits. Her
cargo will include three hundred
tons of rails and supplies for the Alas
ka Engineering Commission at An
chorage.
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MAIL SERVICE BETWEEN
SEWARD AND ANCHORAGE
Chief Clerk Earnes, of the railway
mail service, has called for bids for
the performance of winter star route
service from Se ,-ard to \nchorage,
one round trip per week, beginning
after the close of navigation on Cook
Inlet and closing at the opening of na
vigation 'next spring, handling 400
pounds of mail each way. Bids for
this serivce will be received by th&
chief of the railway mail service at
Cordova until October 10.
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