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The Cordova Daily Times
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VOU-ilElllTNCMBEiriLU .»UI■■ A A. AI.ASKA, VkDXKSUM APRliTTo^jing PRICE TEN CENTS
DEVELOPS IN EAST
IRELAND TO HAVE HOME ROLE AND CONSCRIPTION
Landing of Japanese Troops at Vladi
vostok Regarded as Hostile Invasion.
Finland at Mercy of Germans
MOSCOW, April 10.—Lenine, in a speech yesterday, said
that Russia may possibly have to declare war on the Japanese
in connection with the landing of Japanese troops in Vladivo
stok.
Committees representing all the Siberian Soviets have pro
tested to the Japanese consul at Vladivostok against the land
ing ot Japanese forces. Copies of the protest have been de
livered to other foreign consuls at Vladivostok.
The protest says the feeling of indignation among the Rus
sian masses caused by the landing of troops has been intensi
fied by the statement issued by Admiral Kato, the Japanese am
bassador.
The Russians deny the statement that the Japanese are in
danger, and say that the landing of troops is an interference
• with Russian domestic affairs.
TROTZKY AS MINISTER OF WAR
MOSCOW, April 10.—Trotzky has been appointed joint
minister of war and marine. He has been acting as minister of
war since the government moved to Moscow.
GERMAN ACTIVITIES IN CHINA
PEKING, April 10.—Official advices state that the Ger
mans are enlisting Chinese, Japanese and Korean telegraphers
at Harbin and Chang Chun for service on the Chinese eastern
railways. They _u re being trained spe^afU a- u iiv tappers and
Wireless experts. The recruits will be taken to what are be
lieved to be hidden wirelesfc stations in Mongolia and Man
churia.
The Chinese general staff urges an investigation.
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FINLAND AT HUN’S MERCY
LONDON, April 10.—A Reuter’s Petrograd dispatch says
that with the arrival of the Gormans in Finland the Red Guard
cause is lost, and the fall of Helsingfors is expected soon.
The Germans have demanded the disarmament of the forts,
as well as the delivery of the Russian warships in Finnish wa
ters before Friday. The Russians have agreed to comply.
Orders have been distributed by airplane that in the event
«.f any damage to the fleet or to shipping severe punishment will
be meted out. The Germans also have detained members of the
Russian delegation.
INTERIOR ALASKA RESIDENTS
TO BE PROVIDED WITH FLOUR
SEATTLE, April 1ft.—R. M. Gunnison_Alaska food com
missioner, has obtained a modification of the food rules to per
mit big shipments of flour to isolated Alaska points for the sea
soiiJ^ise. Isolated points may purchase three pounds of flour
t° pounds of substitutes. %
DESTROYER AND CREW ARE LOST
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LONDON, April 1ft.—A British destroyer was sunk on
Thursday in collision. All her crew are believed to have been
lost.
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BIG FISH COMPANIES COMBINE
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1ft.—Negotiations for the sale of
the Union Fish Company of San Francisco to the Northern
Fisheries Company of Seattle are nearly completed.
The Union company operates four codfishing vessels.
CASUALTIES INCREASING
WITH SAMMIES AT FRONT
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LONDON, April 10.—American reinforcements have ap
peared on the British front, says Reuter’s correspondent, and
their presence on the fighting line should soon be felt.
LARGE CASUALTY LIST
V WASHINGTON, April 10—The largest casualty list of any
hri ry since the United States entered the war was issued today, i
It contains 282 names. !,
TAKING ON BOMBS FOB *11 AERIAL RAID
A rein'll a\iafor takinjr bombs aboard|hi>< machine in preparation for a
raid over the military establishments of the eariny.
AMIENS WAS; SAVED
BY AMERICANS’ AID
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY, April 10—1The Daily Mail’s
correspondent at British headquarters says that but for the gal
lant defense of General Carey’s iujprovised army, which in
cluded the American engineers, the enemy might have reached
Amiens.
I lie correspondent says that this army put up a stubborn
1 esistance and inflicted terrible losses upon the Germans, who
advanced in mass formation.
The Germans this morning extended the attack launched
yesterday on the sector to the northward by launching a drive
against the British between Annentieres and Messines.
HEAVY FIGHTING IN NORTHERN SECTOR
LONDON, April 10.—In a new attack north of the Somme
yesterday the Germans recaptured Givenchy and the British
later again wrested it from them, says the official statement.
Fierce fighting took place last night north of the Lalmsse
canal, the British making a stand on a line between the rivers
Lys and Lawc. There was heavy fighting at the river crossings
at Lstaires and Baestmaur.
The Germans are extending their attack and bombarding
tack and bombarding tli British positions from Annentieres as
the British positions from Annentieres as far north as Ypres
Comines canal. On the south part of this front infantry fight
ing is reported to have begun.
FRENCH DOGGEDLY HOLD LINE
PARIS, April 10.—The Germans last night attacked the
I rencli near Hangard and Ensanterre. The French counter
attacked and prevented the Germans from gaining anv ad-!
vantage, says the official statement. *
German attempts to advance west of Castel and Novon
have tailed.
AMERICAN SUBMARINES
VOYAGED ACROSS OCEAN
WASHINGTON, April 10.—In face of bitter winter gales,
American submarines have crossed the Atlantic and are now
aiding the allied forces in combatting the German .U-boats. The
mess is now permitted to make this announcement for the first
time, although the vessels left early in the winter and others in
die middle of December.
They struck a hundred-mile gale at sea, and their tow
ines parted and the submarines battled forward alone.
The majority of the submarines reached their destinations
under their own power and ready for duty. The fact that no
incident was reported on the voyage is an indication of their
‘fficiency.
Tumultuous Scenes Greet Announce- •
ment by Premier That Irish Must
Share in Fight for Democracy
LONDON, April 10.—Premier Lloyd George threw a politi
cal bombshell yesterday wdien he told the house of commons
that the government intended to extend home rule and conscrip
tion to Ireland.
The scenes during the course of the premier’s speech in
reference to Ireland were dramatic. Approving cheers and
cries of protest arose from all parts of the house, and angry
Irish members interrupted the premier.
^ lie Irishmen lost in tlie test of strength w hen the govern
ment defeated Joseph Devlin’s motion to adjourn. Devlin is a
Nationalist.
Mr. Lloyd George said that the exclusion of Ireland from
the operation of the conscription law could no longer be justi
fied. The character of the war, he said, was as much Irish as
English. ' 5, % .»
INCOME TAX SLACKERS TO BE
ROUNDED UP AND PENALIZED
W ASIIING ION, April 10.—Thousands of cases of failure
to tile income tax returns have been uncovered by interrial rev
enue agents. Steps are being taken to compel the filing of de
linquent reports and the payment of the proper penalties.
IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA
IN RELATION TO WORLD WAR
WASHINGTON, April 10.—While
war has stemmed the tide of immi
gration. it has not entirely stopped it.
And, as the flow of immigrants from
Europe has been cut down to compara
tively nothing, it has increased at the
Canadian. Mexican and Pacific sta
tions.
For a decade before the war, the
annual influx approximated a million
a year Front July to December last
year the number fell to eighty thou
sand two hundred and twenty-two.
Moreover, the decreasing stream of
newcomers is being offset to a re
markable degree by the exodus from
America of those desiring to return
to their native lands. In fact, the de
partures outnumbered the admittances
in November and December.
A great many of those leaving the
country since the beginning of the war
have been allied reservists who have
gone back to answer the call to the
colors.
While war conditions have curtailed
the usual duties of the immigration
service, a new field has been opened
that requires even more intensive ap
plication and effort. Beginning with
the seizure of the German ships, the
service has been called upon to assist
other agencies of the government in
many important lines of work. Es
pecially have the inspectors beep ac
tive in prohibiting the entrance or de
parture of enemy aliens, in the detec
tion of spies, the surveillance and ap
prehension of suspects and in captur
ing draft law evaders.
A great part of the facilities of the
immigration stations, especially along
the Atlantic coast, have been turned
over to other lines of war work. The
great receiving depot at Ellis Island
now is devoting only 25 or 30 per cent
of its space to handling immigration,
and somewhat similar conditions ex
ist at other Atlantic ports.
As ever, the service is employed
actively in preventing surroptii ous
entry into the country of objectionable
aliens, chiefly Chinese coolies. Al
though the traffic has been cut down
materially by vigilance, the great fin
ancial inducements offered those who
successfully can run the blockade pre
vent a complete curtailment of the
practice.
The number of stowaways on ships
was,twice as many in the last half of
1917 as in the preceding twelve
months, ninety-three altogether hav
ing been detected and debarred. In
cluded in the number were several
German soldiers who deserted, fled
to neutral countries, then sought to
find a safe haven by hiding on Amer
ican-bound vessels.
Although the tide of immigration
dropped from a million to three hun
dred thousand the first year of the
war and has since steadily been on
the decline, there is every prospect
that the flow will nof resume its pre
war proportions for a decade or more
after the treaty of peace.
America, practically since its dis
covery. has been the land of promise
for the ambitious.
EXCELLENT REPORTS ON
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO LOAN
.SEATTLE, April TO.—The following has been received
from Liberty loan headquarters, dated San Francisco, April 9:
“Sixty-one honor flags have been awarded and one hun
dred and twenty-five are claimed so far in this district. Many
communities have oversubscribed 100 and 200 per cent. No
figures are available. Officials believe the quota will bo raised
in two weeks. ' VAN SMITH.”