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The Cordova Times
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Member of Associated Press — Day Night Telegraphic Service
Volume"m, number 229 cordova, alaska, satu pbil 27,1918 ___price ten cents
GERMANS REORGANIZING 'OR ANOTHER ATTACK
WASHINGTON, April 27.—A dis
patch received by the French em
bassy here says that German subma
rines are landing guns, food and am
munition at Tripoli, evidently foment
ing an uprising among the natives,
French officials, however, say that
the natives are loyal, and that many
of them are being recruited for the
French army.
SHIPPING RATES
IN ALASKA TG
BE ADJUSTED
WASHINGTON, April 27.—The
house fisheries committee gave Dele
gate Sulzer of Alaska two hours to
day for argument on his fisheries bill.
The delegate urged that an adequate
number of wardens be provided, and
that the fisheries be placed under ter-I
ritorial control.
No serious opposition has developed
and the interruptions by members ot
the committee were of a friendly na
ture and for the purpose of eliciting
JliRf 11 SEDITION CISES
IE DNIBEE TO IEDEE
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NEW YORK, April 27.—The jury
trying the case of Max Eastman and
others associated with him in the pub
lication of alleged seditious articles
in the Socialist publication, "The1
Masses,” is reported to be unable to
agree.
Have yon 'bought a bond? i
RESULT FLANDERS BATTLE
CAUSES SERIOUS CONCERN
LONDON, April 27.—Morning newspapers, commenting on 1
ihe Flanders battle, contend that the situation imposes upon
England the necessity of putting forth its utmost efforts, espe
cially to furnish more men to supply the wastage incident to i
the ceaseless fighting- ,
The News says that the situation lias changed seriously for *
the worse in the past two days, and that the German drive to- 1
ward the English channel is a matter of serious concern
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WASHINGTON, April 27.—The German minister to the' •
Netherlands is still at The Hague, and did not leave for Ger
many, as had been reported. The Dutch minister to Berlin re-i
turned to The Hague in order to discuss the progress of the!
negotiations with Germany.
Holland has stopped the practice of giving soldiers and
sailors leaves of absence.
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LONDON, April 27.—British casualties during the past "
week have been 18,369- Of tliis number, 3,069 have been killed. c
Despite the heavy fighting, the British casualties so far re- *
ported are only beginning to approach the high figures of last
year, when the British took the offensive.
HUN ADVANCE EAST AMIENS CHECKED
DAIELESS. J lie loss of 1 evidently has
failed to disorganize allied Ypres region. The
allied line seems rather to have The Teutons, after
desperately struggling yesterda everywhere. ’ They
also failed yesterday in their take Loore, west of
Kemmel, and Vooamezeele, two of Ypres.
Observers seem disposed to the abandonment of
the Ypres salient by the allies as the fall of Kemmel
liill. 1 he British war office, that abandonment
of the salient will not the loss of Kemmel.
German Advance Heavy Loss
LONDON, April 27.—Co their counter-attacks to
‘lie east ()t‘ Amiens, the allies led further advantage in
the Hangard and Villers- sector, according to tin*
British official statement. h have recaptured posi
tions from Loore to Laclytte, hill- The fight
ing in Flanders north of the L
The German advance has . all ] joints, and
leavy losses have been inflicted s. The Teutons
attacked heavily south of Ypres, ng for Vooarne
zeele, two miles south of Ypres, British retained, tak
ing hundreds of prisoners.
On the
PARIS, April 27.—The e broken up the German
attack near Thannes, southeast Artillery lighting
continues between Hangard ai rettoneux.
Lull in Fighting Kemmel
WITH THE BRITISH T 27.—General Von
-Arnim, commander of the Germ in the Ypres sector,
paused last night in his drive aro hill, undoubtedly
in order to reorganize tor a fres ^h^Gormmiartil^^
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♦ FRIGHTFUL HAVOC «
♦ CAUSED BY TANKS ♦
♦ ON GERMAN FORCE ♦
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4 WITH THE BRITISH ARMY, ♦
♦ April 27.—The slaughter caused ♦
♦ by small British tanks among ♦
♦ concentrated bodies of enemy ♦
♦ troops near Cachy on Wednes- '4
♦ day last was much greater than 4
♦ originally reported. «
♦ A few of these little engines, ♦
♦ which are much faster than the 4
♦ ordinary big tanks, made an as- '4
♦ sault so quickly on battalions of 4
4 enemy infantry forming for an ♦
♦ attack that the Germans were ♦
♦ unable to scatter before they ♦
♦ were deluged with machine gun ♦
♦ bullets. +
♦ A large number were caught ♦
♦ beneath the tanks and ground ♦
♦ into the earth. ^
♦ Prisoners estimate that two or ♦
4 three German companies were ♦
♦ wiped out in a few minutes. The ♦
♦ machines returned in horrible ♦
♦ condition from the shambles, and ♦
4 had to be washed. -4
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TO STOP MANUFACTURE
OF LIQUOR DURE WAR
the manufacture and distribution of
intoxicating liquors during the period
>f the war.
H BRITISH MIRISTEB
IF THE HI FOIIt'S
LONDON, -April 27.—An official
niTIetin says that Sir William Weir
has bee nappointed minister of the
lerial forces, succeeding Lord Bother
nere, resigned.
ILL HEI UP”
VALDEZ, April 27.—The threat o!
the Wickersham Republicans that
they intend to vote for Maloney, one
of the Democratic candidates for the
nomination for delegate in congress,
at the territorial primaries next Tues
day, has greatly incensed the regular
Republicans in the Third and First
livisions. As a consequence they
have been quietly organizing for the
last two weeks, and intend to vote
or Sulzer as candidate for delegate
to congress in the Republican pri
maries by writing his name on that
icket. They are now wiring to friends
til over the territory to do likewise.
This action by the regular Repub
icans has caused the Strong-Wicker
iham-Davidson combination much un
sasiness, and is the cause for David
ion’s wiring to the clerks of the courts
lotifying them that names written on
he ballots at the primary election
annot be counted.
Attorneys here claim that Davidson
s entirely wrong, and that It is no
iart of his business or duties to in
truet the clerk of the court or anyone
lse on legal questions.
PROSPECTOR.
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TO SEITTLE EOS JEWS
VV. A. Nourse, agent of the Pacific
teamship Company, today received
le following wire: Farragut dam
ped by accident. Proceeding to Ju
eau under convoy. Will discharge
1 freight and probably return to Se
tle for repairs. Arranging with
ainwright to pick up Farragut west
ard cargo. Will probably not pro
sed from Juneau before April 30.
lameda will take westward passen
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Buy a Liberty bond. <
S evening the various divisions
Cordova Home Guard held drill
he general supervision of Com
• Gillis and under the personal
nd of their respective officers,
visions, or platoons, met as fol
iu»gOne in Hegg’s hall, under Cal
vin p/.elet and Roy Hegg; one in
the fi hall, under D. Czerwenska;
one ihe rear of the Northland Club,
und faleb Corser and W. R. Hillery;
one Eagles’ hall, under Jack Sapiro
and I p. Harwood, and one at the
city 111 under T. N. Hubbert, Ivan
Sup blen and F. H. Foster.
T Krill last evening is the second
that jig been held by the Home
Gua a The movements that have
beei ken up so far comprise the
sitn tfoof movements and elemen
tary Siad movements. The men are
to 1 drilled in these simple evolu
tion t that when the rifles and other
equi tint are received they may start
at o c drilling under the manual of
armi \
T1 > men are progressing rapidly,
and in showing an interest and en
thus that bespeaks a well-drilled
com] »& in a short time.
Se g&nt Powell, now stationed at
Cord vj, said last night: “The men
are Dhg excellently. 1 have drilled
men jot days and they have not prog
resse i |S far or as well as these men
In tli it second drill.’’
Coi ittander Gillis announces that a
meet ag Gf the officers will be held
Sund afternoon at 2:30 in Eagles’
hail. An corporals also are invited.
ENG IEER WIRREN JOINS
Ifll-flETH IGIMENI
SEATTLE. April 28.—H. P. War
■en. engineering representative here
>f the Alaskan engineering commls
ilon, has resigned his position, and
tas been commissioned as major of
he Fifty-fifth regiment of engineers.
ILL OFFICERS
BELIEVED LOST
NEW YORK, April 27.—The list of
survivors of the steamship Florence
H_, which was destroyed by an ex
plosion on April 17, does not contain
the name of Captain F. J. Butterfield
or any of the deck officers, among
them Third Mate H. L. Cudahy of
Portland. All are believed to have
been lost.
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The following telegram from Dele
gate Sulzer, addressed to the Cordova
Chamber of Commerce, was handed to
the Daily Times yesterday for pub
lication ;
“Washington, D. C.. April 18, 1918.
“Cordova Chamber of Commerce,
Cordova, Alaska;
. shixfiMl
hearings at Seattle .Tuneau, Seward
and Anchorage between May 10 and
13, and will take testimony at evei-y
point at which the steamship stops.
"1 am requested by the board to
ask you to give publicity to this mat
ter, in order that data may be pre
pared by all interested and adequate
representation made by Alaska ship
pers. This is a vital matter, and I
urge immediate action.
“CHARLES A. SULZER,
“Delegate from Alaska.”
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The Boy Scouts want you to buy a
bond.
LEGAL FIGHT TO
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27—Coun
sel for Thomas Mooney, under sen
tence of death here, will ask next
Thursday for the setting aside of the
death sentence and for a new trial.
Mooney’s case was on today's calen
der for re-sentencing to death, and the
new proceedings are expected to open
up a new legal fight.
FISHERIES BILL
GIVES ALASKA
WASHINGTON, April 27.—The
house committee on merchant marine
and fisheries yesterday opening its
hearings on Delegate Sulzer’s Alaska
fisheries bill, intended to give the ter
ritorial legislature more authority
over the northern fisheries.
Delegate Sulzer was on the stand
for two hours explaining the measure.
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WASHINGTON, April 27.—Secre
tary of the Treasury McAdoo, as di
rector of railroads, has just awarded
contracts for 30,000 steel box and coal
cars, costing between $8,000 and
$9,000 each.
Negotiations are also pending for
the construction of seventy thousand
additional cars.
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GERMAN LOSSES THUS FAR
ADMITTED TO BE 2,000,000
AMSTERDAM, April 27.—General Schulze told the reicli
stag main committee yesterday that the German losses thus far
have been 2,000,000 men. Of these, 750,000 were of sick and
wounded men who were able to return to the front; (>29,000
have been discharged as unfit for further service, including
20,000 cripples.
ALASKA'S FOOD FISH SUPPLY
SEATTLE, April 26.—Officers of the Alaska bureau of
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and others appeared before
the American-Oanadian fisheries conference here yesterday and
urged that the government establish a big American fishing
fleet in Alaskan waters, which would serve as a training school
for seamen for a powerful merchant marine.
It was claimed that Alaska would soon become the main
source of the food fish supply of the nation.
The Seattle men advocated that the government keep this
industry in American hands. ___
SERBIANS PROVING THEIR LOYALTY
WASHINGTON, April 26.—An appeal to the Serbs,
♦Croats and Slovenes to do their utmost in support of the Lib
erty loan campaign has been issued by L. Michailovich, Serbian
minister to the United States.