The Cordova Daily Times
Member of Associated Press
VOL. III. NO. 259 CORDOVA, ALASKA*, WKlfNESDAY, SKIT. IS, 1918 PRICE' TEN CENTS
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WASHINGTON. Sept 18.- I’rovosi
Marshal General Crowder has issuer
orders which permit the voluntary in
duction of draft registrants into th.
navy and marine corps and provide
for drafting men for these branches
if the enlistments are not sufficieni
to (ill the demands.
Calls for men for the navy will b(
issued before the end of Hie month
and for the marine corps within a few
weeks.
SECRETARY REDFIELD
FAVORS CANAL SCHEME
WASHINGTON, Sept 18.—Secre
tary of Commerce Kedfield, In a re
port to the senate, has recommended
a system of government-owned deep
sea level canals from Massachusetts
to the South Atlantic states.
AVIATOR BURNS TO DEATH
WHEN AAAOOINE IS TIRED
TORONTO. Sept. 18— Aviation
Cadet Henry Saunders was burned to
death here today when his machine
(aught tire ten thousand feet in the
air.
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♦ AMERICANS “GUY” ♦
♦ GERMAN OFFICERS ♦
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♦ A party ni twenty (Iernian of- ♦
♦ fleers, prisoners of war. found ♦
♦ an unusual reception awaiting ♦
♦ them here. An American ♦
♦ regiment was resting hy the ♦
♦ side of tin* avenue on its ♦
♦ march frdm ship to camp. ♦
♦ When th< (Iernian officers were ♦
♦ marched by they were embar- ♦
4* as: • : b\ the Aumri av.s, who
♦ l.outed; "Is tills the road to <
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O crown prince when we reach ♦
♦ llerlin?" ♦
♦ The Germans plodded stead- ♦
♦ ily and silently along, with ♦
♦ their eyes on the ground ♦
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ITALIAN PREMIER IS
ON VISIT TO PARIS
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PARIS, Sept. 18.—Italian Premier
Orlando arrived here this morning
and was received by Premier Clemen
ceau and the Italian ambassador.
TO RAISE LARGE SUM I
FROM INI10 PROFITS TAX
WASHINGTON, Sept. IS, With
] less than an hour's discussion, and
without amendment, the house today
adopted the general plan and rates in
the war revenue hill for the taxation
i ol war profits. These are estimated
in yield lion,nno.ono in revenue.
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ALL ALLIES REFUSE !
HUN PEACE OFFER
PAR 1S, Sept. IS. Premier Clemeiiccnu today told tin* i
senate: “We will fight until the enemy understands that bar- '
gaining between crimes and the right is no longer possible. We
want a just, strong peace protection in the future against the
abominations of the past.”
Unconditional Surrender Demanded by Troops
WITH TILK AM KR 1C AN FnRCKS, Sept. IS.—The Ameri
can troops gave grim approval to President Wilson’s reply to .
the Austrian peace note. The soldiers said they “would not .
let tin* kaiser get away with anything like this.’’ The soldiers <
want to fight until (lermnny has been forced to an uncondi
tional surrender.
Reichstag*May Force Kaiser’s Hand |
LONDON, Sept. 18. It is reported that a rumor is eur-j
rent in Berlin to the effect that when tin* reichstag meeds next
then1 will lie another peace demonstration similar to that which j
occurred in duly, lid7. It is said that the text of a peace reso
lution is lining drafted by the majority leaders, in consultation
with the imperial chancellor. The reichstag will convene No
vember 5. i
Belgium Refuses Peace Offer
PARIS, Sept. 18.—The Belgian government, after a consul
tation with the allies, has decided to refuse the German peace
offer.
Propose to Adopt Wilson Peace Conditions
LONDON, Sept. 18.—The American delegates to the inter- 1
allied labor and Socialist conference have presented proposals '
that the conference indorse the fourteen points laid down by
President Wilson as conditions upon which peace may be estab- i
lished and maintained.
ALLIES ALSO ADVANCE
ON MACEDONIAN FRONT
GtlXlHlX, Sept. 18.—In mi attack northwest of St. Quen
tin the British have scored an average advance of from one
and one-half to three miles a Ion g a fifteen-mile front. The
Blench attacked simultaneously on the right. The British cap
tured the town of 1 largicourt, and have almost surrounded the
town of Kpehy. Fifteen hundred prisoners have been captured.
The British crossed the I lindenburg line at two points Vil
h'ret and (louzeneourt. The depth of penetration is not yet re
|K»rted. At another point the British are about a mile from the
line where the Gentians startl'd their attack of last March. The
British captured four towns.
The advancing British captured Villeret, Goverguier,
Bonnssoy and Berthacourt. The front under attack ran from
San Quentin northward to Gouzeaeourt.
Temporary Success by Germans
An official statement says that the German last evening,
assisted by artillery, succeeded in pushing the British back to
the western outskirts of Moeuvres village. Tin* British at I
tacked this morning northwest of St. Quentin and captured j
Holnon village.
Violent German Attacks Repulsed
PARIS. S<*pt. IS.—Tlie Germans last night launched vio
•■•it counter-attacks against the French on the plateau north
uist of Saucy, seven miles northeast of Soissons. The French
repulsed the attacks.
Americans Account for Many Germans
WITH THK AMF,RICANS IN LoRRAINH. Sept. is.
American artillery drove hack a German infantry attack j
igainst the American lines west of the Moselle Tuesday. Many ►
humans were killed.
Allied Advance in Macedonia
PARIS, Sept. IS. -(Official)—The allies in Macedonia j
inve penetrated to a depth of four and one-half miles on a fif- \
Icon mile front, capturing four thousand prisoners.
German Official Report
BHRLIX, Sept. IS.—Allied Mirusts near Ypres and partial
ittacks on both sides of the Labassee canal yesterday were re
uilsed, says an official statement.
The German troops are aiding the Bulgarians in Macedonia
n the fighting againSf the French, Serbians and Greeks.
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GERMAN AIRDROMES AND
BRUGES DOCKS BOMBED
BONBON, Sept. Is*. An official statement issued today
ays that British army aviators during the past forty-eight
mars dropped thirteen tons of bombs on the Bruges docks and
ierman airdromes. Eleven Berman planes were destroyed.
GERMANS COMMANDED
TO GIVE NO GROUND
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BRITISH IIEABQIARTERS IX FRANCE. Sept. 18.— [,
flu* Bermans in the defensive positions near St. Quentin com
losing the Fourteenth reserve corps were ordered not to give
ip a foot more ground. An official order has been captured
vhicli savs:
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“Hitherto, for strong military reasons, we have allowed
he British to occupy the desolated enemy country. Now no ,
nore ground must be given.” The order told the troops they
vere a match for the enemy.
The order was signed by General Von Morgen. It is re
iiirtcd that Morgen fled hastily in an automobile early in the
British attack north of Ancre. i
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SPLENDID SERVICE ♦
OF Y. M. C. A. MAN ♦
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WITH Till: A M Kill! A NS ♦
IN HI >11 It AIN K, Sept |v. The ♦
V M A won a place in the ♦
hearts of the American sol ♦
diers through an instance of ♦
service rendered them which is ♦
given in a story told of the re- ♦
cent fighting ♦
<>n tic morning of the Ameri Vs
can advance against the St ♦
Millie) salient a V M \. ♦
man appeared among the sol ♦
diers, carrying a huge pack. ♦
He did not explain his pres- ♦
cnee, except to the company ♦
commander. ♦
He moved along with the ♦
men. and at the first pause. ♦
while the soldiers were shei- ♦
lereil behind it little rise of ♦
ground, he gave each soldier ♦
chocolate and a bunch of cig- ♦
arettes. When his pack was ♦
exhausted he returned to the ♦
rear and soon reappered with ♦
his Htock replenished. ♦
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ANOTHER CONGRESSMAN
CALLED TO THE COLORS
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1* Repre
tentative Tom Connally of Texas.
>vho holds a commission as captain in
he army, has boon ordered to report
it (’amp Meade for duty on September
26. Connally served with a Texas
regiment during the Spanish-Ameri
*an war.
UNITED SUITES
DUS » OF
WASHINGTON. Sept- Is General
March, at his customary meetim; with
the newspaper men today, .ml that
the administration hail planned an
army of 4.8nu,0oo men hy next July
After all deductions had b»*en made
for casualties and rejections, h- said,
the United States now had .;.L’"n,uno
men under arms.
REFUGEES FROM RUSSIA
ARRIVE AT STOCKHOLM
STOCKHOLM. Sept IS Another
party of five hundred refugees from
Russia has arrived here. They include
sixty American and Mritish civilians
and four hundred Italan officers and
soldiers.
RETIRED MAJOR GENERAL
DIES IN GRIGAGD
CHICAGO, Sept Major (Jen.
Lloyd Wheaton, retired, died here to
day, following an operation. Hi1 served
in both the civil and Spanish Ameri
can wars, and was retired in 190L*.
FRENCH WANT TO RETURN
TO ST. MIHIEL SALIENT
WITH THK A MK HI CANS. Sept. IS.—Plans aiv being
liade for the reoccupation by the French population of the St.
Mihiel salient, from which they were driven four years ago,
md which has been regained by tin* Americans
A committee of citizens has asked the Americans for per
nission to enter the salient to seek buried money.
The (icrmans apparently never expected to be ousted from
lie salient, having built many shelters, and beer gardens. Many
if the officers’ dngouts contained bath houses and electric
i glits.
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PAVING THE WAY FOR
ALASKA’S DEVELOPMENT
SKATTI.K. S i't. ]s \ ral commission appoint- d f*y
secretary of the Interior Lane is sailing for the North today to
dudy Alaska's timber, mineral and agricultural possibilities
,nd to report on the present needs to pave the way for develop
nent after the war.
The party consists of K. (>. McCormick, vice president of
he Southern Pacific Railway Company, chairman of the com
nission; (ieorge W atkins Kvans of the bureau of mines, Ini
,’ersitv of Washington; (ieorge C. McKadden, chief engineer
>f the Chicago Coal Company; L. < >. (t. (iabany, a ('hicago geo I
igist.
The commission will proceed to Anchorage to report to
'hairman Kdes of t he Alaska engineering commission, and later
vill go to Matanuska. The exact itinerary has not been ar
ranged, but the party will go to every part of the territory,
veather permitting.
The final report probably will touch on the feasibility of
tending returned soldiers north after the war.