The Cordova Daily Times
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V( )L. HI, NO. 352 (’OKI)OVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDA Y, SEPT KM BEK 11. 1D1 s PRICE TEN CENTS
AMERICAN TROOPSHIP IS TORPEDOED
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SUB SENT TO BOTTOM
WITH DEPTH CHARGE
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l.< l.\T>< >.\, Sept. 11. A troopship with L’dbO Americans on
board wa> torpedoed last Friday afternoon two hundred miles
oil the Hn.alish coast, The vessel was beached and all on hoard
were saved. To save time, instead of launching boats the men
clambei’eiI down ropes to the destroyers which swarmed about
'.lie ship and came alongside. The operations were facilitated
! by a siiioi it h sea.
The ship was a member of a lar^e convoy which was ap
proach ina the Fn^lish coast. S-veral soldiers told the Asso
ciated Press they saw the submarine lifted clear out of the
j water after a depth bomb was exploded, and then disappear en
tiroly.
The soldiers were ipiickly transferred to the American and
British destroyers, jrtid there was no panic. Many of the troops
were from Cleveland and Chicago, and amnna them were many
factory hands, whose behavior showed they had assimilated
'lie true spirit of the American soldier.
The ship was torpedoed as she was catchuia up with the
i convoy. She had laaaud behind to fix her enables. The tor
| pedo hit her forward onaiue room, but none of the crew was iti
| jured by the explosion. Many of the soldiers were bathina nt
j the time of the disaster, and applied on deck with little doth
ma on. The ship did not sink, as the water was checked in
some manner, and it is hoped she may ultimately lie saved.
The vessel heann to sink by the bow immediately after lie
ina hit by the torpedo, and water rushed in so fast that it was
■ believed she would founder ipiickly, but she did not. The ad
1 mi ruble conduct of the men was most arat i f> i na to the officers.
The troopship which was'torpedoed is the third carryina
'roops to lie attacked with any dearee ot success. The Tils
cania was sunk off the Irish coa t in February, when L’lM men
perished, and the Moldavia was 'imk in May, when fifty were
lost.
Men None the Worse for Experience
A \ ENGLISH BEST <'AML Sept. I!. A majority of tlw
Americans from the torpedoed transport are here, none the
worse for their experience. Thc\ are consoled by the fact that
! lie submarine was destroyed.
The American Bed (’ross has m-lied supplies from London
| for the men from the torpedoed transport.
Was British Liner
WASHINGTON, Kept. 11. I lie torpedoed troopship was
a British liner. She was torpedo d on Saturday.
Guessing at Ship’s Identity
NEW YoBK, Kept. 11. Tim transport which was torpe
iloed off the English coast Frida; was the British steamship
Lai'sir, according to reliable infmmotion.
BOSTON IS CHAMPION IN
WORLD’S BASEBALL SERIES
BOSTON", Sept. II. The Beil Son are nmv the essential
baseball champions of 101S, hav ing defeated the Cubs today in
i a tight game which was replete with fine fielding plays. Flack's
| error in the third erased the Cub- from the world series, prob
| ably the last which will be seen until the war is over.
Mays’ underhand delivery held the Cubs helpless through
| out the game. Thomas and Whiteman made bright fielding
plays.
Boston scored two runs in the third inning, when Mays
walked. Hooper sacrificed and Slican walked. Mays and Xhean
scored when Flack dropped Whiteman’s hot liner.
Chicago scored in the fourth, when Flack singled, ad
vanced on Ilollocher’s put out, and stole third. He scored on
Merkle’s single. The score:
R. H. E.
Chicago . 1 3 2
Boston . 2 5 <1
Batteries—Chicago: Tyler, Hendricks and Killifer nnd
O’Farrell. Boston: Mays and Schang.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.--French
dispatches say that news received
from Teheran, Persia, confirms the
reports of murders of Christians by I
the Turks, Among the victims was |
Father Soutag, a French priest, and !
several other priests. '
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There will be a meeting of the Cor
dova tire department tomorrow night. I
at which all members are urged to'
lie present. 1
END OF CRISIS IN
BRITISH HISTORY
LONDON, Sept. 11 (leneral
Haig's historic order/ issued
. ' terda> • ? beside his fam
ous "hack to the wall” order of
six months ago, pointedly
marks the end of one ot the
most critical periods in British
history
America is being honored
in London for having helped
Britain to issue from itdark
period.
It is believed the Bermans
intend to withdraw to the Hin
denburg line and make a stand
there, which will be the begin
ning of a new phase of war
fare Adverse weather condi
tions have caused a lull in the
lighting.
REGIMENT REFUSES
TO GO TO FRONT
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 11.—The Twenty-fifth Herman regi
ment mutinied at Cologne on August .'ll upon being ordered to
proceed to the front. The soldiers refused to board a train,
aid another regiment was then ordered to foce them to enter
the train. A fight followed, but the men refused to fire upon
their comrades. A detachment of the Home Defense (iuard,
■ imposed of youths, was then ordered to undertake the task,
a tight following in which eleven boys of the Defense (iuard
nere killed and several injured, according to the Telegraf.
DEMOCRATS PEEVED AT
REPUBLICAN’S REMARKS
WASH I XHT( >.\. Sept. 11. Joseph I’, Tumulty, secretary
to the President, has written to Republican National Chairman
Hayes asking as to the truth of published reports of a special
made by Hayes on Labor day at Chicago.
I laves was reported to have told a gathering of Republican
Date chairmen that the Democratic leaders would not stop at
anything they believed would insure the re-election of Demo
cratic congressmen this fall. Among the expressions credited
to Hayes was one to the effect that the Democratic leaders
would “even end the war with any kind of a compromise if
that would insure the continuance of the Democratic party in
power. ”
It is understood that Secretary Tumulty wrote at the in
stance of President Wilson.
GERMANS DRIVEN
BEHIND 1917 LINES
W ITH TilH FltKXCH F(>KOTIK, KU-pt. 11.—The rapidity
of th(* splendid operations that wrested the initiative from the
Germans and drove them behind the 1!M7 lines is no longer a
proper basis for the ealenlation of the speed of the progress of
the allies. They are now in front of obstacles that do not ap
pear on ordinary maps, of w hich the most important is the Hin
denburg line, a system of field fortifcatirtns which the Germans
built by forced labor or that of prisoners. It consists of an
elaborate system of trenches and multiple lines of barbed wire,
supplemented by concrete positions for artillery, and block
houses which are sheltered and further protected by flooded
stretches of country, where means are available.
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CLAIMS FOR EXEMPTIONS
SHOULD IT BE ABUSED
WASHINGTON. II < hair
in A11 Harm h of the war ''ndiotries
lioard has asked American industries
to co-operate in britmin^ tie- needed
man power to the army. l»v askinu ex
emption lor the lowest possible num
ber of their employes. l
AUSTRIANS WIN BACK
GROUND RECENTLY LOST
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VIKNNA. Sept II In ill. \ alon**
e. tor of the \iistro Italian front,
\ here the Italians penetrated the
\ustro Hungarian 11n• the section
sas restored yesterday hy an Austrian
■ounter-attaek, says an official state
nent.
PETROGRAD IS BURNING;
PEOPLE BEING MASSACRED
NKW YORK. Sept 11. The Brit
ish passenger steamship M issanubie,
Of 12,U<)u tons, in tin* service of tin
British adminilty is a transport. wa>
submarined while returning to an
Americ an port Sin » arried a rrew
of 2<hi men
LONDON. Sept 11 Tim Bolshevik
propaganda service annoum e that
twenty nine famou revolu: ;onists
have been executed at Moscow,
among them being Ab\ K H Vostnfl.
minister of the Interior
Bolsheviki Driven from Vologda
STOCKHOLM. Sept. 11 It 1- re
ported that the Russian White Guards
have captured Vologda Before leav
ing Vologda the Russian regular army
burned the town.
Massacre in Petrograd
WASHINGTON. Sept 11 A dis
patch from the American legation in
Christiania says it is reported that
Petrograd is burning in twelve differ
cut places, and flier*1 is in progre-< an
indiscriminate massacre of the people
in th*1 streets.
TRAVSOY TAKEN;
BRITISH ADVANCE
I’AlfIS, Sept. 11. It is reported that Trnvsoy ha- hern
raptured by the French. It' the French forces can hold Trav
sov, I at Fere, the northerly defense ol the St. tiohain massit,
will be virtually outflanked.
British Operations
KoXDnX, Sept. 11. ((HTieial) Ihiring the night the
British advanced slightly in the region of Vcnnnnd and re
pulsed a counterattack in the region of Fcourt St. (Jnenlin.
WITH THK Blfmsil FnlfCKS, Sept. 11. The British
mve gained a footing in l’ei/.irrr and Hpehy, on the railway he
tween Boise! and Marcoing.
Americans in Vosges Repulse Attack
W ITH THK AMKKK’AN FnlfCKS, Sept. 11. The (hr
mans attacked the Americans early Tmsda> morning in the
Vosges region, after heavy artillery preparations. The Amrri
nn« repulsed the raid with losses to the enemy.
Germans Claim Success
BKIf HI X. Sept II. The (le minus have repuls d tin- lh it
isii attempt to advance south of \ pres. The British were
(riven back south of (louzeacourt and around Hpehy. I nr c
thousand British wen* captured.
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SIBERIAN FRONT MOVED
4,000 MILES WESTWARD
VLADIVOSTOK, Sept. 11. “Tile Siberian I'rout disap
pea red overnight,” in tin* words id an American authority.
Tlie front has been moved four thousand miles west, and com
munication has been established between \ ladivostok and
Irkutsk. The Czecho slovaks have broken through from Lake
Baikal toward Tchita.