The Cordova Daily Times
Member of Associated Press
yoL~iri NoTs29 ('nHI)OVA, ALASKA. \\ KhXKSPAY, Al’dl ST 14, 11*18 PRICK TKX CKXTH
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—In connection with a proclama
tion issued by the government of the Northern Russian terri
tory which was made public yesterday, officials here are now
considering the possibility of the re-establishment of the east
ern front in Russia. A call to tin* Russians has been broad
casted throughout the world to aid the allies in the far East.
Washington officials hope that the new government, whose
claims to authority extend from the Arctic ocean to the Hon
Cossack region, will be the backbone of the re establishment of
the eastern front.
Bolsheviki Show True Pro-German Colors
It is now generally recognized in allied countries that the
Bolsheviki have openly adopted a pro-German attitude, to the
detriment of the allied cause. Conjunction of the Bolsheviki
and German armies in opposing the allies on the Mumian rail
road is a clear example. Antagonism to the allied representa
tives has beeu common at Petrograd and Moscow, while tin*
German representatives have been free to work as they please.
PICKING. A hr 14. President Feng
Kwo Chang has signed the currency
loan agreement, under which the Jap
nnese government will advance to the
Chinese government 80,rt00,0nn in gold
notes, to re-establish Chinese cur
rency
May Cause Misunderstanding
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14—The
agreement spoken of in the dispatch
from Peking is said to he in opposi
tion to previous agreement with the
United States.
The Japanese legation here, when
<luestioned concerning the transaction,
denied any knowledge of the matter.
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GERMAN BORDER CITIES
BOMBARDED BY BRITISH
LONDON, Aug 14 —The Hritish
airmen have successfully bombed the
themical works at Frankfort, and the
Metz railway station and airdromes
at Hagenau.
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Three hundred and twenty-nine men
are reported to be working along the
right-of-way of the government rail
way at Anchorage.
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THROUGH-BILLED FREIGHT
LIKELY TD BE PROHIBITED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14—The rail
road administration probably will re
ncind the ordur prohibiting th«
through-billing of freight to Orleuta
ports. Demurrage rates probably wll
he increased, to orevent an accutnu
la tiro of freight at Pacific ports.
SAN Fit\N'CIS('(>, Aug M.— Mijoi
Kugnvnld llvcslef, a Norwegian offi
c< r oflicially commissioned to inspccl
the American army cantonments ant
, training rumps, is in the city lie ha;
i officially inspected the camps and en
■ vironments for the Norwegian logn
| iion at Washington.
Visiting t!i<> department army com
inlander here, he said:
“The morale of your men is gplcn
i did and wonderful. They've got tha
I enthusiasm—what you call 'pop'—tha
| marks them ;:s distinctive among sol
diers. in this respect they arc ir
many cases superior to the trainee
troops of Europe. They are wonder
j ful specimens of manhood -wonder
j ful!
"In the South, tho North, the Has
and everywhere the same, your coun
trymen are full of enthusiasm and an
hard working, splendid!
“Military critics no longer doub
\ the efficiency of the American sol
j d!crs Just see what you American
are doing now In Europe!”
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Anchorage has received several let
ters from soldiers nl France acknaw
ledglng receipt of tobacco donated b;
her citizens.
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j E. J. Williams has received a cor
| tract from the government to carr
| mails between Ketchikan and Hadlej
j Hollis. Kasnan. Yes Bay. Dolomi, Lot
! lng, Metlakatla, Niblaek, and Bell
Island. The contract price Is $375
a year
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A new roundhouse anil machln
i shop is being erected at Nenana t
take the place of the old building dt
jstroyed by fire. The new building wll
be 153x58 fet In dimensions, and wl'
have a large traveling crane capabl
of lifting the heaviest locomotive o
| coach off Its trucks for repairs.
ARE FINED FOR
Two cases against the Valdez Pack
| ing Company for alleged violations oi
I the fishing laws came up before Com
missioner Medley this morning. Each
case also involved an individual de
| fondant. K. E. Kitchte of Valdez ap
I peared for the defendants and de
marred to the jurisdiction of thf
court on several grounds. The de
■ murrer was overruled by the court
jThe defendants refused to plead am!
| the court took evidence and found all
i the defendants guilty A tine of $;>0f
i was entered against the company it
leach case, and J10I) against each in
(dividual defendant. \V H. Flrennar
; and John Orloff
The defendants will appeal to tht
district court and obtain a decision or
th<‘ question of jurisdiction of com
missioners' courts to try violations ol
the fishing laws In the cases trief
today the attorney for the defenst
raised five points on the question o
jurisdiction. The two most strongl)
insisted on are the fact that the aci
Itself expressly gives jurisdiction t<
; the disJBct court of Alasku and th<
I United States courts of Washington"
Oregon and California, and mention!
no others. The government claims
‘ that the offense is a misdemeanor am
therefore within the jurisdiction of n
justice of the peace. Hut the defense
in the present cases raises the fur
llier point that as the fishing lawt
provide that an infraction may be pun
ished by imprisonment at hard labor
1 11 is a felony, and therefore must tit
| prosecuted by indictment in the ills
' irict court
Three other objections to the juris
i diction of the commissioner wen
raised by the defense, and the wholt
matter goes to the district court foi
determination, and very likely to tht
circuit court of appeals
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NUNS' YORK. Auk. 14. Duke Kali
) anamoku, the Hawaiian swlmmet
yesterday swain 120 yards in 1 mill
ute 7 2-a seconds, breaking his owi
world's record. Kahanamoku wra
scratch man.
ATTEMPTS TO DECEIVE AS TO
WAR’S PROGRESS CRITICISED
1E| PEI CENT
OFALASKANS
IN II SERVICE
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Captain J. J. Finnegan, acting nd
I jutant Jteneral of Alaska, who has
| charge^Df all territorial and district
: exemption boards in Alaska, was in
; town over night He Is returning to
; his headuuarters at Juneau, after mak
, ing an official visit to the towns to
j the westward Captain Finnegan
j states that beyond the call for 300
men In September, he has no knowl
| edge of additional drafts. This num
J her, he says, will be selected from
i the First and Third divisions.
Captain Finnegan says that the
Alaska people are showing strong sen
timental of patriotism, and that at
least 10* per cent of the mala popula
tion hsf either been drafted or vol
untearej for service He says the
! towns wnerally make a special item
of glviip appropriate demonstrations
In recognition of the home hoys giv
ing to v#ar. and that the Home C.uard
organisations are receiving due consul
! i ration -and support from the mer
i chants and citizens of the various
towns he las visited
He anticipates that the Home C.uard
i organiz it-’ins will eventually be
i turneAj^to National Ciuards or some
»ifi?iftJ?EAr(«fc'5:ki.on. and receive due
reeogmOTn as military units under
the supervision of the government
He advises that his brother, Tom
j Finnegan, well known in Alaska, is
i at present stationed at San Diego,
i Cal., in the av iation service, Tom
I will take his final stunt living exatni
j nation within the week, and hopes to
j be selected among the next contingent
; of aviation men sent to France.
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ill TROPHIES
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| LOS ANGELES. Aug 14—The al
lied war trophies exposition in eleven
days has been visited by more thar
199,000 persons. More than 2.00C
trophies captured by the allied sol
diers on various battlefronta wort
[ shown
i The exposition will be removed tc
Chicago after its season here.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—Official dispatches from Switz
erland report that the continued attempts to deceive the tier
man jteople regarding the progress of the war and the partici
pation of the Americans have aroused protests in some of the
German newspapers against the policy of concealing the facts.
The Muencher Post protests vehemently against the re
cent speech of Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of the kaiser,
in which the last battles were represented as German victories.
That newspaper said:
“It is scandalous to see a person like Prince Henry giving
; the German people a picture of the situation which in no way
[corresponds to the reality. Germans are not going to let them
solws he misled like children. Personages like Prince Henry
would do better not to speak about the sufferings and miseries
of the war. We were told for a long time that America’s entry
into the war was a mere bluff. Today we see still one part of
the press and the greater part of the officials and orators con
tinning to deceive the German public. They would do better
to say openly that Germany finds herself in an extremely seri
ons situation.”
SCARCITY OF SUGAR MAY
CAUSE A PRICE CREASE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—The people nt’ the 1 nit<*d
States, although getting sugar cheaper than in any other conn
try excepting Cuba, are lacing an increase of probably 1 cent
per pound. Although generally sugar is retailing at ^1 _• to d
cents per pound, the price in some places is us high as 10 cents.
The wholesale price of $7,150 recently was raised to $7.7>0 per
hundred pounds.
KTHESS HUES
PUCE TODAY
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i NKW YORK. Aug. 14 —The funeral
of Anna Held, the popular French
actress, who died here Monday, was
, held today. The body was laid to
■ rest temporarily and will be removed
to her native land at the conclusion
of the war. in accordance with her
wishes
Anna Held was born in i’aris in
1873 of a Polish mother and a French
father. Upon the death of her father
; the family moved to London, where
| or two years prior to going upon the
; stage. Anna was a street singer When
j 16 years old Miss Held returned to
i Paris, after touring Holland and other
countries w ith a comedy company, and
after that appeared in all the Kuro
pean capitals, winning renown by rea
son of her beauty and the daring mag
| nlflcetice of her gowns.
When she came tdh New York. In
| 1896, the American public’s desire to
i see and hear the chic Parisian had
I been whetted by stories of her beauty,
of the perfection of her complexion,
which she was reported as sustaining
by means of daily rnitk baths, and
the charm of a French concert hall
song, "Won't You Come Out and Play
Wit Me "
For more than ten years Miss Held
was In musical comedy on the Amert
can stage nearly every year, appear
Ing part of that time as one of th«
stars In plays produced by Florena
Zlegfeld, Jr Miss Held subsequently
was married to Mr. Zlegfeld. but after
several years they separated. A
daughter. Liane Held, now 23 yean
old. born of a previous marriage, is
now on the stage
Anna Held had the reputation ol
having played and sung in more town!
and cities than most actresses, ant
of dressing with even more lavish
ness than the celebrated Otero. Shi
was a great favorite of New York au
dlences As a star In light corned:
she was known throughout the I'uitid
States.
She hud repeatedly tol l interview
ers that she would never grow old,1'
and fulfilled her prediction almost to
the end Friends say she hail u won
derful spirit and indomItahle i oitrage
Told by the do lor.- that she must
die. she is saiil to have gaily remarked
to one of them
"It is the last curtain I have lived
and I will hold out to the lust it is
the spirit of Joan of Arc and the
spirit of my parentage the unron
querable French "
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Fur products from Alaska were
worth $1.031.tiJS. exclusive of the fur
serl skins and fox skins, valued at
$310,00(1, In 1917
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The strike reported in the Kusko
1 kw ini has come fully up to expects
lions Strikes have also been made
on Crooked and George rivers. A
strike has been made on the Holitna
river. Bear creek is showing good
j pay
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The work of drilling for the well
j at the Alaskan Agricultural College
and School of Mines on the site of the
college near the government Kxperi
mental farm at Fairbanks is proceed
ing steadily and it is expected that
an abundant flow of water will be
struck within a few days.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 14.—All
tie shipbuilders of the Bay cities
joined in a celebration of the dedica
tion of the new "Liberty" shipyard at
Alameda, across the bay from San
Francisco, yesterday
i The new plant when completed will
be one of the largest shipyards in
the world It will be an extension of
i the shipyard which established the
• world's record in launching the luviu
> cible in twenty-four days
OCCUPANCY OF CHAULNES
CAUSE OFBOTER FIGHT
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY, Aug. 14.—British gum
r yesterday were hammering Cliaulues, which, it now appears,
was retaken by the Germans. The bridges over the Somme an
being pounded in the IVronne district.
r Attacks on Americans Repulsed
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—A report from General Persh
’ ing yesterday stated that he had repulsed enemy attacks in tin
» vicinity of Fismes, causing severe losses to the Germans.
Enemy Holds His Own in Center
» PARIS, Aug. 14.—All official statement says that the
> French have gained ground, reaching the hill crests west ot tilt
' Oise. The enemy seemingly is holding his owu in the center
’ of the drive.
s The stutement also says that French troops have captured
r Gury, iind that counter-attacks against the French and Arneri
cans on the Vesle river, near Fisun.' have been repulsed.
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, LONDON, Aug. 14.- An official statement says that the
British expeditionary troops from Vladivostok have reached
I’snri. They will reinforce the Ozecho Slovaks.
Allied Nationals in Peril in Russia
AMSTKRDAM, Aug. 14. Active war measures are being
taken by the Russian authorities against the allies. A crisis
has resulted, though it was not wholly unexpected by the allied
officials. Moscow dispatches received here announce wholesale
arrests of all allied nationals in tlit* city of Moscow, because
Great Britain, “without a declaration of war, has occupied Rus
sian towns and shot down Russian people.”
Allied nationals throughout central Russia are fleeing to
the borders of the Don Cossack territory and northward to the
At ctic coast.
To Re-establish the Eastern Front