INGLORIOUS RETREAT
OF ERSTWHILE VICTORS
BERNE, Feb. 10 (Correspondence
of the Associated Press)—Seldom has
a victorious army come to so miser
able an end as that of the 180,000 Ger
mans commanded by Field Marshal
von Mackensen, who were driven out
of Rumania after the signing of the
armistice.
On their way home through Hungarv
the redoubtable divisions which had
accompanied von Mackensen in tri
umphal march through Transylvania
and Rumania lost, sold or were robbed
of virtually all their belongings. One
division, the 89th, which had fought
victoriously in Poland and Lithuania,
escaped into Germany without as much
as a horseshoe nail of its property and
clad in ridiculous disguises of shab
biest civilian clothing and Austrian
uniforms, sold them at Raab, they
said, at monstrous prices. The story
of their inglorious homeward journey
as told by a member of one of the Ger
main divisions to the Schlesische Zei
tung follows:
“Orders had been given that blood
shed should be avoided, so the victors
of Hermannstadt and Rimniku turned
their faces toward Hungary, and, leav
ing incalculable supplies of flour,
sugar, wine, hospital stores, and agri
cultural implements behind them,
made their way, pursued by the Ru
manians, over the wintry Carpathians.
There were no Hungarian troops wait
ing to intern the German legions, and
the few entente soldiers in Budapest
did not count. We were told that the
entente would impose still harder con
ditions in the west, so we were ord
ered to allow ourselves to be disarmed
by a ridiculous minority.
"Then began a second march ovei
the snowy steppes. Thousands of old
Candstrum men did not face this trial
and were taken prisoners by the Wal
lachians, who sent them back ovei
the mountains into Rumania. Several
divisions succeeded in buying loco
motives, cars, and coal at Klausen
burg, and thus finished their journey
by train. A great mass of material
was sold. Hundreds of transport and
other wagons were simply left in the
road or broken up for firewood.
“The trains were allowed to go tc
Raab, whence, by order of the entente
the Hungarian government sent them
to thecrod internment camp for Rus
sian prisoners at Papa.
"Small things of value that we had
saved were taken from us by Magyars
on the way from Raab to Vienna.
With the divisional money-chest
plundered of its contents by Magyars,
the 89th infantry division reached
German-Austrian soil, through the last
remaining gap near Pressburg, which
the Czechs closed a few days later
undoubtedly at the behest of the en
tente.”
PROHIBITION IN MEXICO
ONLY MATTER OF TIME
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 10 (by mail).—
President Carranza is considering s
plan submitted by the national board
of health for the enactment of legis
lation that will gradually result in the
complete abolition of the alcoholic
liquor traffic in Mexico. He recently
signed a decree increasing from 25 to
50 per cent the tax on pulque and
other alcoholic beverages in Mexico
City.
The constitution, according to the
officials of the board of health, gives
that body power to dictate health
regulations that will result in the
abolition of the liquor traffic. The
board’s program, as submitted to the
"President, provides for an elaborate
campaign to suppress the liquor traf
fic gradually. High duties, early clos
ing hours for saloons, temperance
lectures, organization of temperance
societies and various other means
would be resorted to before the pro
hibitory regulations became fully
effective.
COSTS MUCHMONEY
TO TRAIN AVIATORS
BERKELEY, Cal., Feb. 21 (by mail).
—The government spent $417 to train
each flying cadet in his ground work
at the school of military aeronautics
on the University of California campus
here, according to figures given out
with the formal closing of the school.
Approximately one and a quarter
million dollars were spent on the main
tenance of the school.
More than three thousand students
graduated from the school, prepared
to begin actual flying. This number
represents about 85 per cent of the
entrants, which, authorities declare,
is a record that is highest in the coun
try.
In July last the greatest activity of
the school was noted, when more than
a thousand were in training. This
number steadily decreased, with the
crisis on the western front in that
month, and only forty remained in the
final graduating class.
Major Crane is the commandant of
the camp and will remain with his
staff until the disposal of the military
property is effected.
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JAPANESE Om E
TO COMBAT 1 FARISM
TOKIO, Feb. 17 (by mail). — Dr.
Inazo Nitobe, well known professor of
colonial administration in the law col
lege of the Tokio Imperial University,
together with a number of other schol
ars and publicists, has organized the
Dawn Society in order to combat mil
itarism and reactionism in Japan.
Dr. Nitobe is a graduate of John Hop
kins University and last year was
prominently mentioned for the A. Bar
ton Hepburn professorship of the
American constitutional law in the
Imperial university.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE
Take notice that the undersigned
administrator of the estate of Orazio
Salvini, leceased, will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder, for
cash, the followinig described personal
property. Sale to take place at. the
place of business of the undersigned
on C street, in the town of Cordova,
Alaska, on the 10th day of March,
1919, at the hour of 10 o’clock a. m.,
and to continue until said property is
sold.
List of Property
■ 12 oars.
1 new herring net, 2-inch mesh.
5 empty barrels.
1 box twine.
2 sacks sea corks.
6 cork lines.
Lead' lines.
2 water breakers.
400 fathom salmon net.
FRED SCHRAMM, Administrator.
Dated the 24th day of February,
1919.__
NOTICE OF GENERAL MUNICIPAL
ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that on Tues
day, April 1st, 1919, a general munici
pal election will be held in the town
of Cordova, Alaska, in the second story
of the town hall, on Second street, in
said town.
Polls will open at 8 o’clock a. m.
Polls will close at 7 o’clock p. m.
The qualifications of electors for
councilman, mayor, town clerk and
town treasurer are as follows:
He or she shall be a citizen of the
United States, or one who has de
clared his or her intention to become
a citizen of the United States, 21 years
of age or over, who has resided con
tinuously one year next preceding the
election in the territory of Alaska and
six months continuously next preced
ing the election in the town of Cor-i
dova, Alaska, and who has registered
in accordance with the requirements
of Ordinance No. 17, of the town of
Cordova, Alaska, entitled “An ordi
nance for the registration of the legal
electors in the town of Cordova,
Alaska."
The qualifications of voters for
members of the school board for Cor
dova school district shall be as fol
lows:
All adults, males or females, who
are citizens of the United States, or
who have declared Jtheir intention to
become such, and who-are residents
. of the Cordova school district.
The offices to be filled at said elec
tion are:
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Six Councilmen—Three to serve one
year, three to serve two years.
A Town Treasurer—To serve one
year.
A Town Clerk—To serve one year.
A Director for the Cordova School
District—To serve three years.
NATHANAEL GREENE,
.. Town Clerk.
NOTICE OF MONITION.
In the District Court of the United
States, Territory of Alaska. In Ad
miralty.
Nels Andersen, libelant, vs. the ship
Myrtle H. ,
Public notice is heby given that on
the 7th day of March, 1919, a monition
issued out of the clerk’s office of the
District Court of the United States,
Third division, Territory of Alaska, in
a cause civil and maritime wherein
Nels Andersen is libelant against the
ship Myrtle H., her boats, tackle, ap
phrel and furniture, for the' sum of
seventeen hundred and thjrty-one and
90-100 dollars, by virtue of which I
havo taken the same into custody.
The said monition is returnable on the
7th day of April, A. D., 1919, when, if
that be a day of jurisdiction, or if not,
then on the next day of jurisdiction, a
hearing will be had of the cause.
All persons interested in said Myrtle
H., her boats, tackle, apparel and fur
niture, are required then to interpose
their claim, if any they have, other
wise the same will be pronounced
against for debt and costs as prayed
for in the libel.
Dated March 7th, 1919.
F. R. BRENNEMAN,
United States Marshal, Third
division. Territory of Alaska.
By WM. L. FURSMAN,
Deputy..
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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP
Notice lo hereby given , that the j;
partnership heretofore existing oe
tween William Crooker and Charles •:
Mathews in the operation of th?
launch Wail has been dissolved. All
accounts due will be collected and all
bills payable will be settled by Will- j:
iam Crooker. The operation of the •;
Waif hereafter will be by Mathews ij
& Arnold. Regular trips to Katalla
and way points. i
MATHEWS & ARNOLD.
Dated Feb. 6, 1919.
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF
ACCOUNT
in the United States Commissioner’s
Court, Cordova Precinct, Territory
of Alaska (In Probate).
In the Matter of the Estate of Gun
nard Johnson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that V. G.
Vance, administrator of the estate of
Gunnard Johnson, deceased, has ren
dered and presented for settlement to,
and filed in the probate court of said
Cordova precinct, his final account as
such administrator, and that Tuesday, .
the 15th day of April. 1919, at 10
o’clock a. m., at the court room of our
said probate court at Cordova, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by the pro
bate court for the settlement of the
final account, at which time and place
any person interested in said estate
may appear and file his exceptions in
writing to the said final account and
contest the same.
Witness the Hon.
(Seal) A. J. ADAMS,
Judge of the said Probate Court, and
the seal of said Court affixed, this
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To L. T. Gray, heir and devisee of
Robert D. Gray, deceased, to all other
heirs of the said Robert D. Gray, de
ceased, to James Smith, executor of
the last will and testament of the
said Robert D. Gray, deceased, to all
persons claiming liens upon or against
tho interest of said estate, of said ad
ministrator, or of said heirs, in the
mining claims hereinafter described,,
and to all whom it may in any manner
concern:
Yo and each of you are hereby noti
fied that I have expended during the ■
year 1918 one hundred dollars ($100)
in labor, and improvements upon and
for the benefit of each of those three
certain mineral oil mining claims, all i
situated at the head of Mirror Slough, j
in the Kayak recording precinct, ter- j
ritory of Alaska, and known as and j
called:
The Brown Bear Association Min- j
eral Oil Claim,
The Bald Eagle Association Min
eral Oil Claim, and
The Gray Wolf Association Min- j
eral Oil Claim,
the location notices or certificates of j
which may be found of record in Book
6, at pages 148 and 149, of the records
of Mining Locations and Declaratory
Statements, in the office of the United
States commissioner and ex officio
recorder in and for the said Kayak
recording precinct, at Katalla, Alaska,
that is to say, I have so expended in
such labor and improvements upon
and for the benefit of all of said
claims during the said year 1918 the
sum of three hundred dollars ($300),
in order to hold said claims under
the laws of the United States and
the Territory of Alaska relating to
the annual labor upon mining claims,
being the amount required to hold
said mining claims and each of them
for the period ending on the 31st day
of December, 1918.
And if within ninety days after the
publication of this notice, to wit,
within ninety days after the 8th day
of May, 1919, you fail or refuse to
contribute to me, the subscriber, one
of the owners in common of said min
ing claims" Snd each of them, your
proportion of such expenditures,
which amounts to the sum of fifty
dollars ($50) for each of said claims,
or a total of one hundred fifty dollars
($150) for all of said claims, your
Interests in each claim for which you
so fail or refuse to contribute will
become the property of the said sub
scriber under the provisions of Sec.
2324 of the Revised Statutes of *the
United States.
A. T. COTTON.
Residence and postoffice address,
Katalla, Alaska.
First publication, Feb. 6, 1919.
Last publication, May 8, 1919.
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