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♦ WASHINGTON, Nov. 5—Arm- ♦
♦ ed forces under the American ♦
♦ flag had their first clash with ♦
♦ the Teutons when the Germans, ♦
♦ before daylight on November 3, ♦
♦ attacked the first line trenches ♦
♦ where the Americans had been ♦
♦ taken for instructions. Three Am- ♦
♦ ericans were killed, five wound ♦
♦ ed and twelve captured and miss ♦
♦ ing. The Germans put down a ♦
♦ heavy barrage fire, which isolat- ♦
♦ ed a salient of the American's ♦
♦ trenches and apparently cut off ♦
♦ the salient from the rest of the ♦
♦ line. The Americans fought game ♦
♦ ly and took one wounded Germkn ♦
♦ prisoner. It Is believed the Ger- ♦
♦ mans acted as soon as they learn ♦
♦ ed the American's position. The ♦
P killed were privates Thomas F. ♦
♦ Enwright. James B. Gresham and ♦
♦ Merle D. Hay. There were no ♦
♦ north western or Alaska men on ♦
♦ the casualty list. * P
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 5—It is un
known whether the Germans captured
any Americans in the trenches, as
veteran trench soldiers commanded
Americans in the prisoners referred
to in Berlin's announcement of cap
tured American prisoners on Saturday.
TEUTONS OFFER
, PENCE TO
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(By Associated PrMs)
ROME. Nov. fr—The Genoese crow
ed the TaritweeNto titer, it f* affl
<■<*1 It announce*. and the Teuto»’e
pres sure against the Italian northern
'flog hai (wen Intapsified.
Chine cod hither towns fa the intsd
ed dlstrkdti Vave been placarded with
messages announcing the Teuton's
peaceful Intentions. Teuton airplanes
dropped handbills along T« glia men to
offering peace
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18 SQUARE
RULES
tBy Ike Associated Press)
FRENCH FRONT, Nov. S—The
French advance beyond ChenUn Des
paet Dames has attained an average
of a mile and a half on the southern
bank of the Aitette river and reached
everywhere since Saturday. 18 square
/rites have fallen into French hands.
Traps and mustard gas shelts delay
the advance.
The French now occupy crests and
observatories above Craonne, Allies,
Cerney and Courteoon. The Germans
are established across the Allette val
ley and In their e\aeuation destroyed
the bridges.
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LARGE QUANTITIES FUEL OIL
EXPORTED FROM MEXICO
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 5—Fuel oil
aggregating 1,218.476 tons was export
el from Mexico in July and August of
this year. This netted the Mexican
government in revenues 1,328,879 pe
•Os.
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F. M- McDonald and wife, of Fair
banks, are in Cordova on their way
to the states.
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The wall between—A metro five
act picture played by Francis X. Bush
man and Beverly Bayne at the Em
press Theatre this evening. "IJven
As you aad I” on Wednesday. r
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(By the Associated Press)
BAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6—The first
United States Ship Building Uahor
Adjustment Board decision authorizes
an increase of ten to twenty per cent,
and the dealers discrimination against
unfair materials Is declared Intoler
able. Ex-Governor Henry McBride, of
Beattie, and Richard H. Montague, of
Portland have been appointed exami
ners for the districts. M. J. Maguire,
the union conferee of San Francisco,
says the shipbuilders will appeal
against the decision to President Wil
son.
The minimum w’ages range from
$3.50 to laborers to $6.00 for millmen
and joiners; $0.50.,for pattern makers.
Seventy-five thousand men must be
employed on the Pacific coast to car
ry out the government program. The
board ruled that the government must
supplement unions unable to supply
skilled men.
The rate ar^ retroactive active in
San Francisco September 22; Colum
bia river September 5 and Puget
Sound August 1.
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(By the Associated Press)
ROME, Nov. 5—Heavy attacks in |
the Glndicaria zone, on the Trenttno i
front were repulsed by Italians after
hard lighting. The arttfcw dots}*
•Job* Ta*U«te«»M>. »*• proeovdto* m*
the Italians are vigorously replying.
; BUM,IN. Nov. t—la a vigorous ar
tillery battle in Macedonia beta ton
Voitltr end^Uhe Dolma, the British
y*ere repulsed by tM Bblgarisn
(By the fated Prea»)
SANTA F*. N. M„ Not. S—'“The
<!#tJ»«dr»i art the Desert.' * structure
of untrue design will he dedicated
here November ft. The cathedral
which will serve as a home nr the
Mate museum aed gawwrr.l cultural
center of the state, particularly , lb
connection with the Motoric*] **d toy
teal development, le modeled after two
ancient Spanish m lesions, those of Co
chit) and Pecos.
It has a number of rooms for office
work, several large balls, an auditor
ium and many exhibit rooms, besides
“■patios" or courts, cloister walks, bal
The dedication will take place in the
'cathedral auditorium with Frank W.
Springer, a New Mexican Archaeolo
gist. who took part in securing, the
erection of the building, and delivering
the address.
A series of panel# depicting the
scenes from the life of St. Francis of
Asslzi, Mr. Springer’s gifts to the
cathedral, are hung in the auditorium.
They are (font the brushes of the late
Donald Beauregard. M. Chapman and
Carlos Vierra, and all were painted at
the old “F’alace of the Governors”,
just across the street from the cathe
dral. . ,
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Mrs. W. W. Council and mother,
Mrs. Scurry, will leave for Seattle on
the steamer Alaska.
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Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Parkin, of Fair
banks were arrivals on yesterduy’s
train and will leave for the states on
the next boat sailing south.
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Delicious Mince Pie Fresh every
Noon at the City Bakery.,
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♦ WAR SUMMARY ♦
♦ (By Associated Press) 4
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4 Cardora Is holding the Invad- ♦
♦ ers along Tagliamento by heavy ♦
♦ artillery and quick Brers. Avia 4
♦ tors are dropping bombs on Cler- ♦
4 man ammunition depots and all 4
4 troop formations.' The German 4
4 offensive in Trentino was re- 4
4 pulsed and some Germans cap- 4
4 tured. The British have driven a 4
4 sharp Hallent Into the Ottoman 4
4 line northwest to Bagdad, forcing 4
4 the enemy to withdraw along 4
4 Tigris, about twenty miles from 4
4 Due. 4
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(By thq Associated Press)
NOME, Nov. 5—Four men on the
steamer Whitebear, which hns been
missing for over a week, and consid
ered dead are safe. They landed near
Point Romanoff, four miles from St.
Michael, and were found by a native
boy and taken to th£ village.
One member of the crew reached
St. Michael. The White Bear was
blown out to sea while on its way
from Solomon to Nome with bullion.
Citizens seized the tug Genevieve and
went out to hunt but failed to find
the vessel.
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(Bji (he Associated Pre»s)
SHaTTUB. .Not. 6—Representative*
of the striking linemen and operator*
of Washington and Oregon are meet
ing at Taco go* this afternoon to con
sider ph»ns ter the eoatiauiog of the
atr£k*.
PAYTRRftON, N. J., Nov. 6— The
Salvation Army rescue mission w»*
burned'to the ground yesterday.
Nineteen bodies were recovered
QV» tbe roofs «0<1 ten taken to the
bnejdtei with profile mortal burns.
Ifoet Of tb»' Ttrltsjs were friendless
men Who ej^fced lodging* in the mis
sion by collecting waste paper.
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order of Eastern star forms
AN AUXILIARY TO REO CROSS
Oft. Saturday afternoon, November
3rd, at the home of Mrs. Fred Glass
brenner, the ladies of the Eastern
Star met and formed an Auxiliary to
the Red Cross Chapter of Cordova.
Alaska. Officers were nominated and
elected as follows:
Mrs. Fred Glassbrenu^r, Chairman
of the Committee; Mrs. Sophia Scott,
Secretary; Mrs. Bartley Howard. Trea
surer. Their first work will be to make
a 'full outfit for our former towns
man, Jack Courtney, who Is now at
the front and also the first member of
Cordova Chapter, Order of the East
ern Star to be called to the front. All
Eastern Star members are welcome
to join and all friends who would like
to help the good cause will he gladly
welcomed.
MRS. SOPHIA SCOTT,
Secretary
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LATOUCHE ON THE WAY
8EATTLE, Nov. 5—The freighter
Latouche sailed for Southwestern Al
aska points yesterday afternoon at
1:30 o'clock.
(By the psociated pres*>
PARIS. N’ov. 5—Blyod George has
stopped here enroute to Rome Before
leaving he saM be had a long Inter
view with General Pershing, who came
especially from headquarters to meet
the Prime Minister. General Haig
also attended. Prlmler Palnllve. of
France, will attend the conference,
accompanying IJoyd George, to con
sult Italian leaders.
Sir William RnVertson, Chief of the
Imperial staff at the British army
headquarters, Is also a member of the
party.
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BONBON, Nov. 5- England and
J France have tent men and guns to
the Tagliamento hattMront.
BONBON. Nov. 5 -Premlcm IJoyd
Geofge, Premier Palnllve. Generals
Snults and Robertson and a staff of
officers qre <»i their way to Rome
They arrived In Paris on Saturday.
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(By ihe Associated Press)
HONOLULU, T. Hu Nov. 5—Today
some 7000 men io the territory of
Hawaii are being drawn under the
•selective draft for army service in
Uncle Sam's new national army. On
July ;u near! |7»00® military eligible*
4M or twi*
number, if is eapeeted that one-fourth
will be d»wlfn.'%BlTidWiS( number ol
Japanese and Chinese and Kill pin or
Of Hawaiian birth. This Hat does not
include some 4000 men who are mete
here of the National Guard.
H#wfca> draft era* tsgjque t* that
the drawing wjw mad* dh^ctly In
Honolulu, at the territorial empiM
While In jibe etates It *•*» made is
•Washingtop. The entire operation
wan conducted Independent of Weak'
fngton, by special dispensation.
The drawing eras held at i.3«
o'clock In the morning in the Sangt«
chamber of thf capttol, formerly the
palace of the old Hawaiian king*. Gov
ernor Pinkham drew the first number
—Wind folded, and after that the Boy
Bronte, working in relays took tha
numbeen frtVm a big glass container
Bach number waa in a gelatine cap
i* Ule.
The territory wga divided into el*
.districts corresponding to the si* reg
ular repraerataUve district*, two en
the Island ef Cab* two on th« island
of Hawatf and one op Meal and Kauai
Island. Molokail the famous leper set
tlement being Included under Maui.
The diversity of race and tongue re
presented in Hawaiian cosmopolitan
population made the registration and
draft a difficult business but Major
brands J. Green of the governor’s per
sonal staff who waa the moving fac
tor in both problems received the cam
inendation of General Crowder for
work.
TIMES OPERATOR WILL GO
SOUTH FOR THE WINTER
A. R. Hoerle, raerganthaier opera
tor on the Dally Times, was taken 111
yesterday afternoon and is confined
to his room at the Windsor hotel Mr
Hoerle has not been in the best 61
health for some time past and at
soon as he has sufficiently recovered
from his present attack to travel will
likely go to Southern California , for
the winter.
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MAJOR YOUNG DETAILED
CO-OP’S 4ate W'TH TRENCH
PARIS* J'JOv. 5—Major Young, de
tailed by the United Statea army for
.that work, Is co-operating with the
French military authorities and the
Red Cross In looking after the needy
civilian population in the cone qccu
pled by the American forces.
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APPLY SEAMEN
(By the Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Not. 6—The Su
preme court today upheld the federal
court's decrees holding that the con
tract labor law Is not attended to ap
ply to seamen. Paul Scharrenberg,
a San Francisco labor leader, sited the
Robert Dollar Steamship Company
tor penalties for alleged violations of
the act.
TEUTONS LIKELY
PEACE OFFER
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 5—It is gen
erally believed in diplomatic circles
that the visit to Berlin of Count Ott
O'Kara, the Austro-Hungarian minis
ter. may he preliminary to a new Teu
tonic peace offer.
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NEW TDHK HOLD
ITS ELECTION
TOMORROW
ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 5—The vot
log preference of nearly use-tenth ol
1 tbe electorate of New York State, a*
| expressed at the poll* to-morrow will
not be known until eight week* Ii-Ue
f Thi* unique condition arises fron
r tbe fact that approxiiMMity 13£,0tX
| ot the 1,700,066 voters are'bow enroll
•d in the military »*d naval force*
*f the tfnit»d*?rat«M. and eoBseqawet
ky, MU b? obliged to record (*•*» pel
Itteol choke under (he seldrer ret*
! prortetou||f£ tbe election u* Tbs
voter* In*(£§ Federal (arrive wlU caw
v Ureir beUete wherever they are tie
Honed, whether in France, Hawes!
Fnnems, along tbe Mexican border, it
| temp* end centonamentk of the' Na
tional Guard and National army, or oi
* board ship* of the navy.
In the event of cloee contests, eith
er on tbe Vo man suffrage referendum
( the racy for the attorney generalship,
or In aome local municipal campaign,
the ultimate result possibly may not
be known until the soldier vote (p can
▼ateed by Secretary of State Franck
M. Hugo, not Jeter thpn December 29.
An interesting feature of leet year s
soldier fotp os (be Mexican border
( *** (be election of an gseeaeor id the
city of cohoes by tk# vote of one res
ident of tkat city who was serving »t
McAllen, Taya*, with the Second New
York Field Hospital. The result in
the city was a tie, which was broken
by tbe ballot of tbe guardsman on
' tbe Kto Grande.
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BRITISH MUNITIONS MEN ARE
SERVING WITHOUT PAY
LONDON, Nov. 5—More than 250 of
the men filling the higher posts fn
■the British Ministry of Munitions are
serving without pay. A report just
issued by the Ministry shows that ’he
.salaries paid to "men in somewhat
equivalent positions" range from
$2,000 to $15,000 a year, indicating
that the saving to the government is
very large.
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The steamer Mariposa is due from
the south tomorrow afternoon at 2:00
o'clock and will go to the westward
only as far as Seward.*
A. (’. Cronin, who conducted the
Daily Times Subscription Campaign,
will leave on the steamer Alaska for
bis home in Portland.
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g The steamer Alaska wiIL.{eave S*
ward at six o'clock tonight and will
arrive In Cordova tomorrow morning.
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Times Want Ads Bring Results
(By th« Associated Press)
• LONDON, Nov. 5—The British cap
tured two strong points on the FTana
ers front on Saturday night, east of
Broodseinde and southeast of Poelca
pelle.
HUES' DRIVING
E
(By the Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5—England,
France and Italy are united in their
stand against the Teutons, the War
Department Review states.
England and France have sent large
reinforcements to the principal bat
tlefront, which Is still In France,
where the Allies are steadily success
ful and the enemy gradually with
draw Ing. The British troops are now
forty miles from Jerusalem.
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(By the Associated Preset •
x UUfciNOS A1HES, November 5—Vlo
iwwoe marked U»« general railway
•trike which began last month and
tied-up iUl the tpjtrgentlne for
weak*. The trombfe coaTmeoSlHP'WtS*';
the workman of the- Pr«roh-<nrtted'
rluce of tka Sfemt* f% ftatlrrod, after
pi mm tfng a Mst of demands to the
management, began systematically to
faeatroy the company* property, atg
nals, buildings and rolling stock, at
the etly of Santa Kta. la order to pre
ranf farther damage; the company aur
readfcred q«qo»dl>ie*alIy The dara
ag» doe* by the strikers represented
-oa*mh*aR like »t*0,m la gold.
Other labor tnmbfee have been rtfa
jt* Jfre Prorlnce of Sant* Ka far some
thee past.
i On every railroad la the country. >V
| spirit of^unrast spread and troops went
! went to several points to protect pro
; per tv and stop intfmidatton.
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Hl«H SCHOOL BOVS BECOMING
SOLDIERS or THE SOH.
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Bt> PASO. Texas, Nov. 6—Boys of
the Bl Paso high school are to be
come soldiers of the Boil. The school
purchased a twenty acre tract of land
near the city where they will be
| taught the science of farming during
i lh« next school year, rows, pigs and
i chickens will be included in th* farm
j live stork and the boy* will be taught
1 to milk, hoe and cultivate,
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NLEXICAN plants must
GIVE NOTICE CLOSE DOWN
MEXICO CITY, Nov. t—The depart
nient of the treasury has Issued an
order that merchants and manufac
turers must give thirty days notfce of
a close down of their factory or bus
; inesses. If they fall to do so they
isiuat pay their employes thirty days
wages in lieu of the notice.
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NOTICE TO FIREMEN
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Chemical No. 1 has been removed
I to the city hall temporarily. In case
of fire govern yourself accordingly.
GKO ROE DOOLEY.
Chief of Fire Department
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E. P. Demis. J. F. McCann, Sam
Fowler. J. Oliver. Asa Gentls. B. T.
| Vtnyard, Horace D»ge and E. E. Stok
es, Yukon river employes of the
j Northern Navigation Company came
! over the trail from Fairbanks yes
terday on their way to the atatas
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