Cordova’s Third Liberty Loan Subscription $159,800—Nearly Four Times Our Quota
The Cordova Daily Times
Member of Associated Press—Day and Night Telegraphic Service
yTThrM iii. number~245~ cordova, Alaska, satubSayTmay 4,1918 ~~ :prior ton cents
GERMANS START BIG DRIVE ON THE ITALIAN FRONT
GERMAN LOSSES WERE ENORMOUS IN THEIR RECENT OFFENSIVE
ENEMY RENEWS ATTACKS
FRENCH AND ITALIAN FRONTS
DATELESS.—A Vienna dispatch indicates that the pre
dicted Teutonic drive against the Italians is about to begin.:
It is understood also that the Germans are about to renew their
attacks in France.
Fighting Has Commenced
VIENNA, May 4.—Heavy fighting is in progress along the
entire Italian front between the Adriat ic sea and the Giudicaria
valley, in the north, says an official Statement issued today.
Emperor Karl Leaves for Front
AMSTERDAM, May 4.—A Vienna dispatch says that Em
peror Karl lias started for the front. Tt is believed probable!
that the emperor is going to the Italian front. This announce
ment is significant in view of the reported heavy fighting along
the Italian front.
GERMANS BOMBARD ON
THE FLANDERS FRONT
The Associated Press summary of the war situation on the
western front, issued this morning, says: y
Having met with reverses in their operations on the north
ern side of the Flanders salient, the Germans have thmed to
the southern side of the salient. Today German artillery has
been centered between Givenchy and Nieppe forest, and it-may
he that the enemy will soon launch an attack against this vital
section of the British line.
Artillery Activity Southeast of Amiens
PARTS, May 4.—The French war office, in its official bul
letin today, says that spirited artillery fighting is in progress
along the Avre southeast of Amiens.
Intense Artillery Bombardment
LONDON, May 4.—The Germans opened an intense artil
lery bombardment on the Flanders front from Loose to south
of Ypres. Great activity also has been developed between
Nieppe and Meteren.
The British have slightly improved their positions in mi
nor operations near Hinges, on the Lys salient. The French
have taken some prisoners near Loore.
AUSTRIAN PARLIAMENT
WILL ADJOURN FORTHWITH
AMSTERDAM, May 4.—Emperor Karl of Austria lias em
powered the premier to adjourn parliament forthwith and to
inaugurate measures to render the resumption of its activities
impossible.
The statement published in Vienna indicates that the clo
sure of parliament is due to the seriousness of the food situa
tion. The statement says the government will devote its entire
strength to the economic situation, and try to create conditions
which will enable the people to hold out.
LIBERTY BOND SALE IS
GREATLY OVERSUBSCRIBED
WASHINGTON, May 4.—The treasury department an
nounced this morning that the third Liberty loan had been
oversubscribed to the extent of $6,880,900, and that the later
figures were expected to raise the total far above the three
billion mark.
Last night’s report showed that with one day remaining
of the loan drive, the total subscriptions to the bond issue
amounted to $2,940,640,000. Hundreds of loan workers were
expected to tackle the task of gathering late pledges on the last
day to assure the loan being oversubscribed to the amount of
a billion dollars, or possibly two billions.
236 STEEL10
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WASHINGTON, May 4.—Exact fig
ures on the progress of the govern
ment shipbuilding program show that
236 steel and wooden ships have been
launched to date, with an aggregate
tonnage of 1,440,127 tons.
One hundred and fifty seven ship
yards have now 753 vessels under con
struction.
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WASHINGTON, May 4.—It has been
learned officially that every ton of
steel and >pig iron in the country has
been commandeered for war purposes
by the government. Any surplus re
maining after the country's war needs
are met will be distributed by the non
war industries board under strict su
pervision.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 4.—In desperate air
fighting over the American lines
northwest of Toul today Charles W.
Chapman, Jr., of Waterloo, Iowa, and
a German pilot with whom he was
fighting plunged to earth inside the
German lines.
Both machines were wrapped in
flames.
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DEMPSEY AND MISKE
PUI UP POOR FISRT
ST. PAUL, May 4.—Billy Miske and
Jack Dempsey fought ten rounds to a
draw here on Thursday night. The
battle was a tame exhibition.
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The Trench and Camp, a weekly
printed by the Y. M. C. A. at Camp
Fremont, Palo Alto, Cal., contains the
following reference to a former resi
dent of the Copper River valley:
“Headquarters company possesses
in Private John Hayes an Alaska
miner of long standing. Hayes went
in with the gold rush of 1898, and
again in 1900. He was in the back
country for eighteen years, coming
out to join Uncle Sam’s army for the
duration of the war. Up there he
did not know there was a war until
several months after it had started.”
CROWD BELGIAN HOSPITALS
WITH WOUNDED GERMANS
ATLANTA, Ga., May 4.—An appar
ent attempt at a wholesale delivery
of German prisoners confined at Fort
McPherson was foiled when guards
^discovered a fifty-foot tunnel leading
from under the prisoners' barracks to
ward the double wire fence which in
closes the prison camp.
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GRANT'S PASS, Ore., May 4 —Two
masked men op Thursday night bound
and gagged Robert Boswell and his
son at their mine near here and car
ried off $(>,000 in bullion.
The Boswells managed to release
themselves and reported the robbery
to the officials here.
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PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., May 4.—
Fishermen yesterday found a sea
weed-covered bottle containing a mes
sage, dated 1896 stating that the
steamer Ivanhoe was sinking and that
all on board were doomed.
Veteran shipping men here remem
! her that the Ivanhoe sailed Into a
| storm off Cape Flattery, boufld for
! San Francisco, and was never heard
, of again.
It is more thin probable that the
vessel referred to in the above dis
patch was the sailing vessel Ivanhoe,
: a collier plying between Seattle and
| San Francisco. The Ivanhoe sailed
! from Seattle during the summer of
1 1S96 and was never again heard of.
Seattle people remember the inci
dent particularly because of the fact
\ that Fred Grant, then editor of the
! Seattle Post-Intelligencer, with a party
I of friends, was a guest of the captain
I of the Ivanhoe for the voyage.
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FISH MARKET
KETCHIKAN, May 3.—Hulibut,
firsts, 12’4c; seconds, 9c; sable, 4c;
red rock, 2c.
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A meeting of the executive com
mittee of Cordova Chapter, American
Red Cross, will be held at the North
land Club on Wednesday evening,
when the chairmen of the different
committees are requested to submit
their reports.
WASHINGTON, May 4.—British military officials here
estimate that tlie British lost 250,000 men in killed, wounded
and missing on the western front since the great German of
fensive began. They say that every thing indicates that the of
fensive will be continued almost immediately.
After the British are again called upon to bear tin* brunt
of the attack the situation will become serious unless sufficient
i eserves are brought to their support.
Germans Dare Not Disclose Losses
The British losses as stated in this estimate are in remark
able contrast to the enormous German losses. German officials
have not disclosed the number of their casualties, and it i> re
ported that the Geiman government dare not disclose their
'osses to the German people, and are therefore sending their
wounded to Belgium.
Belgium Full of German Wounded
AMSTERDAM, May 4.—Two hundred and sixty-five
trains full of wounded soldiers returning to Germany were
counted in the three days from April 9 to April 11. The Namur
Liege railroad is so crowded that the Germans are using open
coal cars to carry the wounded soldiers. Belgian hospitals, con
vents, schools and factories are also crowded with wounded.
UNCLE SAM TO SEND MEN
ENOUGH TO WIN THE WAR
WASHINGTON, May 4.—Administration officials made
it clear today that it is now their purpose to mobilize all the
men for whom equipment and training facilities can be pro
vide 1. Secretary Baker said to the newspaper men:
“Let us avoid specific figures; they imply limits. There
is no limit. We will call out enough men to make victory cer
tain as rapidly as they can be trained and sent forward. In or
der to accommodate the new drafts additional cantonments
may be built.”
AMERICANS ORDERED SHOT
HAVE FRIEND IN WILSON
WASHINGTON, May 4.—President Wilson lias disap
proved the sentences of four American soldiers ordered to be
shot in France. Privates Forest Sebastian and Jess Cook have
been granted full pardons. They were convicted of sleeping at
their posts while on sentry duty.
Privates Olon Ledoyen and Stanley Fishback have had
their sentences commuted to three years’ imprisonment at Fort
Leavenworth. They were convicted of disobeying orders.
Secretary of War Baker personally investigated tin* cases
while at the front recently, and recommended this action to
President Wilson.
ALL WESTERN STATES
OVERSUBSCRIBE QUOTA
SEATTLE, May 4.—The following is the report from Lib
erty loan headquarters, under date of May 3:
“The Twelfth reserve district has exceeded its quota for
the third Liberty loan by $8,803,600, according to the official
figures. The unofficial figures give the total as $236,320,050.
Every state ift the district has oversubscribed its quota.
“The number of subscribers is 924,668, compared with
624,650 for the second Liberty loan. The total number of
honor flags awarded to date is 1,240. Juneau, Alaska, was
awarded an honor flag today. “VAN SMITH.”