The Cordova Daily Times
Member of Associated Press
VoL. HI. NO 279 CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1918 PRICE TEN CENTS
GERMANS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN BACK45ILES
NEARLY TWO
MILLION U. S.
BOYS ACROSS
WASHINGTON. Oct. 11. General j
March, chief of staff of the army, said I
today that the war department had
asked congress for $8.0on,nno,ono to I
complete its program. The nation, ho j
said, must not withhold its financial
support of this program.
The Ninety-first division, composed
of troops from the Western states and
Alaska, said General March, is still
training in France. The Ninety-first
division was at (’amp Lewis for al
most a year.
The Americans who obliterated the
St Mihiel salient included the Rain
how division of regulars. New Kng
land National Guard and Middle West
National army troops.
The list of slightly wounded now
totals ld.ouo. said the chief of staff.
General March announced that the
Americans sent overseas had now
passed the 1.!"mi.ih)ii mark.
No Time to Hang Back
General March urged the country
to viipporf the Fourth Liberty loan.
He said this was no time to hang
hack. He said the nation's maximum
resources in men and money must
he hurled at the Hun to make vic
tory complete.
The government was preparing an
other two million men to follow the
first two million, he concluded.
Important Strategical Victories
Summing up the battle situation.
General March said that with the cap
ture of Leeateau hv the British the
allies will win fourteen miles of rail
way. the junction of which is at Aul
noye. Aulnove is a vital German
strategical point The Liege-Man
Cholera Causes
Fifteen Deaths
RASKL. Oct 11 Cholera is spread
ing in Berlin, notwithstanding the
preventive measures taken. Seven
teen cases have been reported and
fifteen deaths.
600 LIVES LOST
that six hundred lives were lost in
the torpedoing of the mail steamship
Leinster in the Irish sea yesterday.
About one hundred and fifty were
saved.
Two torpedoes were fired at the ves
sel. the second of which exploded the
boilers.
Captain Birch was among those lost.
Naval Captain Injured
DCBLIN Oct. 11.—Captain H. R.
Cone, in charge of the American naval
ail ship service, was among the Lein
ster’s passengers. Captain Cone is |
suffering from a broken leg.
beuge railway and the lateral road
through Sedan, at which tin* Ameri
cans on the Meuse are striking, meet
each other at Aulnoye Those two
linos are the main arteries for (let*
man supplies and troops movements
in Cram e.
ALLIED COUNTRIES BELIEVE
WAR IS TO BE CONTINUED
I'AKIS, (let. 11.—Tlie committee on foreign affairs of tin*
chamber of deputies lias approved President Wilson’s note in
reply to the German peace proposals, and has expressed its re
liance in the government not to accept on behalf of France any
armistice not providing for atonement and guaranties to which
the allied armies are entitled.
Preparing for the Worst
BASEL, Oct. 11.—Commenting on President Wilson’s re
sponse to the German pence note, the Strassburg Post says the
-ay of peace has not yet disappeared, but it is enveloped in a
thick fog. It declares that the only hope now lies in the fact
that the note was not entirely rejected. Whatever the German
desires foi peace may be, continues the new spaper, they can not
be satisfied with the conditions under which it can be realized.
Churchill Looks for Continuation of War
L( i\ IX )N. i let. 11. Winston < 'liurchill, minister of muni
tions, declared today that the allies must prepare for a continu
ation of the war on a still larger scale, with still larger re
sources, through 1919.
Official German Newspaper Is Hopeful
President Wilson’s reply to the peace note has been pub
lished in the Berlin newspapers. The official North German
Gazette says: “ Wi have reason to believe the peace steps will
be continued.”
TWO GERMAN COMMANDERS
TO HAND IN RESIGNATIONS
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 11.—The Berlin newspaper, Germania,
foreshadows the resignation of the two leading German com
manding generals as tin* result of the appointment of <1 moral
Von Seheuch as minister of war. The newspaper probably
moans that LudendortT and Hindenburg have recently lost
much of their popularity.
BRITISH FORCES MAKE GAINS
ON THIRTY-FIVE MILE FRONT
ASSOCIATED PRESS WAR SIMM ARY. The grip of
the Germans on France lias been loosened, and the process ot
herding them back is proceeding at an increasingly rapid pace.
Since the duly offensive the allies have pushed the Teutons
back a maximum of forty-five miles from Ancre, near Albert,
to the tip of the present British-American wedge at Eecateau.
Twentv five miles more will bring them to flu Belgian frontier.
South of Maubeugc the Germans are carrying out a general re
t reat.
Fighting in Lecateau
l.oN'poX, (let. 11. The Americans with 1 lie British have
captured Vaux, Andigny and St. Houplct, says an official state
meiit. The British have crossed the river Selle north ol Eeea
lean, and lighting is progressing in the eastern section of Eeca
teatl.
No Sign of Determined Enemy Stand
Cambrai is being left behind rapidly in the battle as the
armies push forward. Nowhere are there signs that the Ger
mans intend making a determined stand. The British are go
ing a little slower now. _
Battle reports indicate that 7fn* Germans will be forced to
evacuate the St. Gobain forests almost immediately.
Laon Is in Precarious Position
The Germans are evacuating the Cliemin des Dames under
pressure. The allies have turned the Ilindenburg line behind
Laon, making the German situation in the Laon area most dif
icult.
Americans Going Strong East of Argonnc Forest
The Americans have hit the German line east of the At
go nue forest, and captured the villages of Soinmerace, < ’hivi
ores and Marc<| and stormeil the ridge of Dame Marie after
hard lighting. A thousand prisoners were captured.
Argonne Forest Cleared ol Huns
PARIS, (let. 11. Tin* Americans have captured and un
cleaning up tlie Argonne forest. No Germans now remain in
that great wooded area.
The British armies under Generals Hawlinson, Byng and
Horns continued their advance today, capturing St. Hilarc les
Cambrai, Avesnes and St. Aubert, togctlier with many prison
ers and much material.
Enemy Making Quick Get-Away
WITH TIIK BRITISH AND AMERICANS, Oct. 11. The
great battle on a thirty-mile front has been extended toward the
north. The British are gaining everywhere. There is no ■ nemy
opposition. The bulk of the enemy artillery seems to have fled
ast beyond the allies’ range.
Three British Armies Make Good Advances
Pp to a late hour last night the British Third army, within
eighteen hours, had made an average ad vane" of more than
four miles, a in I the Fourth army of from on - to three miles,
while the First army, northwest of Cambrai, had advanced
three mill's. All armies are continuing their advance eastward.
Americans Get an Early Start
WITH THK AMERICAN F< >RCKS, (let. 11.—Heavy artil
lerying is in progress west of the Meuse. The Americans
started the action before daylight and the Germans responded.
Fires are reported in many towns behind the German lines,
hut it is believed these were started by American shells.
Desperate Attacks of Germans on the Meuse
W ASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—General Pershing reported to
day that on the right bank of the Meuse the French troops
fighting with the First American army continued to advance
and valiantly held against the desperate attacks of the Ger
mans. The heights east of Sivry had been cleared of hostile
troops and remain in American hands.
Serbs Capture Many Prisoners
LONDON, Oct. n.—The Serbs, after capturing Tjeskovatz
on October 8, reached the line ten miles north of that town, and
| ■antured more than three thousand prisoners.
President Speaks
at New York City
NKW YORK. Oct. II Bresident
Wilson has arrived here from W.isli
1 ington to participate in the Liberty
day celebration here tomorrow
To Erect Flagpole at Camp Lewis
(’AMI* LKWLS. Oct 11 The tall
lest flag|xde in the eountr> i to l»e
! r; ised here tomorrow. Liberty day
1 It is :’.1G feet long, and the flag * > be
unfurled is sixty by ninety feet The
pole is a contribution to the < amp b\
j the Tacoma newspapers.
TWELFTH DIST.
IS MAKING A
GOOD SHOWING
SKATTLK. Oet. 11 The I oil., wing
wire was r«*eived ii iuii S.»:i F. me : .ci,
under date of October 11:
"Liberty loan subscriptions repo fd
by the Federal Rescrv** Hank of tin*
Twelfth district total $!*;>.44N.Guo
The total number of sub. :ibers. at*
cording to the bank returns is 847.571.
"Twelve of forty-nine Northern Fal
ifornla ? enties have rea' \ed theii
quotas
"San Francisco'; subscription to
tals $41.141.45u. Seittb has passed
Oakland in the ship-naming contest
Salt Lake is crawling up on Tacoma
"The California towns are fighting
for the Class l> honors, with Berkeley
in the lead VAN SMITH "
INFLUENZA IS
CLOSING THE
MOVIE SHOWS
NEW YORK, 0(1 11 Hir
er: and distributers of moving picture
films have -lopped releasing new
films because of the infiuenz i epi
demir
Mans of tin* moving picture houses
lia\ i bee n closed
Serious Epidemic in Capetown
< \\ IT!T< )W \ South \?ri a. < let 11.
Spanish iiillu ii/.a i'- -preading ra|e
idly in t'apetown and other sections
of South Atri a Whole households
i * lyire; helple s in the n 11i\ • quar
ter of Capetown
Fighting Epidemic in Camps
WASHINGTON. O. t 11 Intensive
training and other strenuous work at
all army camps has been ordered dis
continued during the influenza epi
demic
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Postmen Deliver
Night Telegrams
WASHINGTON Oct II C • tinrii
will in :i few i!:.ys assume tec :ask
of the delivery of tele^raphii night
letters Messengers will iiomrc to
deliver telegrams other than night
letters.
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New Governor for
Alsace- Lorraine
AMSTERDAM. Oct. il Earl
Hauss. a member of the rcichst: g and
president of tho Center party in the
Prussian diet, is to tie appointed to
the governorship of Alsace Lorraine.
PEACE PROPOSAL WAS MADE
WITHOUT KAISER’S APPROVAL
A MSTKIH >A M. <>ct. 11. Kaiser Wilhelm has summoned
the sovereigns of the various (ierman federal states t< a eon
saltation at Berlin before making answer to President Wilson’s
note. Such a conference is unique in (lermany’s history,
Praia Proposal Opposed by Kaiser
L(>XTX>X. (id. 11. It is rumored that Prince .Maximil
Ilian’s peace proposal was made in direct opposition to the
views expressed by the kaiser, and it is suggested that this is
the reason for summoning the minor sovereigns for a confer
ence, which, however, is yet unconfirmed.
Collapse of Dual Monarchy
Count Apponyi, opposition leader in the Hungarian purlin
nient, has approved the Teuton peace proposals, according to a
Budapest It dispatch. In a speech delivered yesterday lie made
tin* statement that the dual monarchy already had collapsed.
Important Proclamation Forthcoming
BASKL, < let. 11. Vienna advices say that Kmperor
(diaries will soon issue a proclamation dealing with the right
of the different nations comprising the empire to decide their
own futures.
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REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT
IS DISCOVERED IN CANADA
OTTAWA, Oct. 11. Investigation by the Dominion polio'
reveals the fact that revolutionary associations have been
formed in at least twenty industrial centers throughout Canada.
These organizations are carrying on an active propaganda seek
ing to organize the Socialists and foreign elements in favor of
: international peace at any price.
The government has evidence that these organizations are
the direct outgrowth of the Russian Bolsheviki doctrines,
I spread through the I. W. W. of the I'nitrd States.