The Cordova Daily Times
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\Ul„ III. X< >. :?r*l <<»KI»n\ A, ALASKA, Tl'KSl'AY, KKI'TKMBKK 10,101s PRICK TKN C'KNTS
PRESSING ENEMY AT THREE VITAL SPOTS
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PAL'IS, Sept. ID. The war lias now entered into a period
of precautionary fighting, w 11n h yesterdav centered south ol
('ah lira i, sou t Ii of St. Queiit ill, and on the heights nort h ol Sois
sons, three vital spots for the <1 'naans, who resisted desper
atelv hut unsuccessfully. Herman artillery is active from Arras
to I{heims, indicating that the Hermans fear no further with
drawal. It is believed, however, that (ieneral Kocli will not al
low the (iennans to dig t hem so I v e- in as they did after the t i rst
halt le of the Marne.
Hemming In St. Quentin and La Fere
The French made important progress Inward the southern
end of the I lindenburg line noai l.a Fere, and captured the line
northeast, of the town of Lies/.. The French north of l.a Fere
captured the towns of Ixezgny, Monteseourt, Bizerelles, Clan
tres, Scrv•incourt, Le (irandes, L’oiipv and Killmillers, the last
two towns being within three and one halt miles ol St. Quentin.
An official statement says that south of St. Quentin the
French have captured (iihereomt and progressed toward Hi
naueourt, Kssiguy and l.o (iraade.
Haig Piously Announces Capture of Prisoners
LoX’DoN, Sept. ID. (ieneral Haig announces that the
British have captured 75,000 prisoners and 750 guns in the past
four weeks. In his communique he says: “We have passed
through many dark days. Please Hod, those will never return.
The enemy has now spent his effort.”
Germans Completely Repulsed
I,().\ I)(>X. Sept. I ().- The (iennans today counter al tanked
against the positions won by the British west of (ioiizeacourt.
(ieneral Haig announces that the (iennans were repulsed com
plelelv The British advanced their line south ol liuvriiieourt,
in tin' same >eelor as the Flanders fmill. The Briti>h al>o prog
res-ed northeast of Xeuvc ('ha pel le and north of A rnieiii i • • i -es.
A German Report
BKLM.IX. Sept. In. The British vesterdav continued their
I a 11 arks along the I ’em tine ('amhrai road, mys an of ficial state
meiit. A formidable thrust by t e Britidi against (ioiizeacourt
and Kpesv i" reported. The < ■ < rman- repulsed the French ad
: Villlces between tile Aislle and the \ esle.
Associated Press Summary
rXBATFd). The French vesterdav made fast progress in
closing' in upon St. Quentin and l.a Fere, along the southern
sector of tlm Hiiideiihurg line. They are now within two miles
of l.a Fere and three and a half miles of St. Quentin. Near La
Fere the French are pushing toward the north ol the St. (lohain
litM ion, defeinIing I,aon.
> BOLSHEVIKI SIGN MORE
TREATIES WITH GERMANY
\\ ASI11 \’< !T( I.X, Sept. In. I'ttu treaties have llcell sigllecl
at Beilin between tile Bolsheviki controlled Russians and tier
many. Tiny provide that if the I»11 s-ia11s light against the al
lies in the north Germany will guarantee that no attack against
Russia will he made by I'inland It is assumed these treatin'
( supplement the Brest latovsk treaty between the Germans and
- Russians.
The coasting and fishing fleets of Russia and I' inland now
|in Russian waters will not be molested, and in return the Bol
sheviki agree to pay Germany six billion marks, of which one
billion is to be in goods from the I kraine, two and a half bil
lions are to be in gold paper, and the remainder is to be paid
I in German marks or Russian gold.
* Deluding the Russians Soldiers
A R('I IA XG ML, Sept. H>. Many of the Bolsheviki engaged
r against the allies are ignorant regarding the identity ot the
I forces they are lighting, according to many officials. Some of
- the captured Bolsheviki declared their commanders claimed
k that soldiers dressed in the uniforms of the allies were mascpter
i ading Russian White Guards, while another thought they were
fighting the Germans.
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♦ SAYS KAISER AND ♦
♦ “SIX SILLY SONS” ♦
♦ SHOULD HANG ♦ ,
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♦ CHICAGO. Kept. I". "I ♦
♦ hup. the \111*-ri< a 11 c w ill cap- ♦
♦ tin-.' til" kaiser and liis six ♦
♦ silly suns and brine them In ♦
♦ \ un i i. .1 1.i land I rial lor the ♦
♦ Lusitania murders, and that all ♦
♦ seven ol them will h" hanged ♦
♦ by the neck until they are ♦
♦ dead.' declared Governor ♦
♦ Harding of Iowa in an address ♦
♦ delivered here last night on ♦
♦ Thouf shall not '•tea] ♦
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WASHINGTON, Sept, in.- Western
shipyards captured five of the six
pennants awarded by the emergency
eject Corporation in .Inly to speed up 1
competition. Tremont. N J , and *
Skinner .V Kddy. Seattle, made the
best steel shipyard records, and the1*
GrantrSmlth-Porter yard, at Aberdeen, '
Wash , won the pennant for wood : 1
. shipyards.
NEW DUTCH CABINET ;
TAKES UP ITS DUTIES,
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THK IIAdl'K, Sept in. The now
cabinet has taken •»I!i« «• and fillers
I, poll its (iuli*“ I Of hi > loMkhf'T G
L Knisns do I'•«froiihrouok is premier
and minister ol fin interior.
ASSISTANT IS NAMED
TO SECRETARY LANE •
W ASHINGTON. S«*pt 1" Herbert
Is. :i u fin a mi. author ami editor, ha*
Icon appointed special assistant to
the s«M r**iat> ot tin* interior. <
WASHINGTON. Sept 1" The
n i t **(1 Stales transport Mount Yer
ion, formerly the Princess (Voile of
lie Hamburg American line, was tor
ledoed recently while on the return
rip from France, according to an
oiaicemeiit just made by the war (le
ant ment Tile torpedoed vessel was
lot vitally injured, and was able to
uake a French port in safety.
Thirty-five members of the crew are
(•ported to have been killed by the
xplosion
Among those returning on the trans
mrt was a congressional delegation,
liich included Senator James Hamit
on Lewis of Illinois. None of these
tas injured.
Tabling from France, Secretary of
Aar Baker, describing the battle be
ween the submarine and the trans*
iort. said:
"I wish the whole nation to know
! the splendid manner in which the
iiigo transport foiled the attempt of
lie F boat t«> destroy her.”
NCREASE OUTPUT OF
Nil MINES POO SEA
WASHINGTON. Sept 1" Tile'
ia\ \ department announced today
hat the daily output of mines was
ow otic thousand
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ALASKA STOCKS
\I-:\Y YOHK. Sept. in. Vlnsku
'■old, l'7h; Alaska Juneau, l-\
ADDITIONAL REVENUE MUST
BE PAID BY THE MASSE!
\\ ASIII \'<;T< ).\, St'| it. in. " Wealth is taxed to tin- st rail
ina point bv tin new war r< ■ v< • 111 h • bill." «I«I a r< ■< 1 Represent,
t i vi' Loiia w ort ii of Oh in in t lie house today, w a rain a 11 is lira re i
that any additional taxes levied hereafter niu>t be borin' by til
people pmchasina articles of daily necessity, lie eonmirnde
the hill as a whole and concluded hy sayina:
“The (In man people, anaaed and hound, pay hloodv tril
lite to the insatiate ambition of the Iloheii/.ollerns, and no eit
zeii of the embattled nations, not even the son of Henry Fon
the .areat pacifist, is more surely immune from bodily ban
than the kaiser’s six sons, who will be preserved for posterity.
EXPLORER STEFANSSONS
PARTY LANDS IN ALASKA
AX ALASKA POUT, Sept. 10.—Five members of Kxplort
Stefansson\s party, led by Storkfson, landed on an ice pack ol
the northern Alaskan coast and intended to drift westward t<
ward Siberia in search of new lands west of Prince Pntric
Land, according to officers of the Stefansson's vessel, whit*
lias reached here on route Outside.
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♦ AUSTRIANS TIRE ♦
♦ OF LOSING FIGHT ♦
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4 I.ONIXIN. Sept pi Th. 4
♦ i ontiniied advance oi the allh' ♦
4 up th*’ western Hunt is rre.it 4
4 inp a profound impression m 4
4 \ nst ria || iiupa r> \e>orditm 4
♦ to a Zurich dispati It the reeent 4
4 departure nl \ustrian troop. 4
4 Irom Vienna caused riot scenes. 4
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TO BE DRAFTED
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WASHINGTON. Sept Id. Provost 1
• Marshal General Crowder annum ed
j today that the first call to the colors j
! of the men registering under the new
I draft law on Thursday. September 1L\ 1
will un hide men of from P‘ to
and from il_ to to be pads tor
< alls beginning iti < )< tol er.
(Questionnaires will be .'•••tit out ini
mediately. Many of the young men
will enter the army training < orps as
students.
SIXTEEN MINERS
MEET DEATH IN
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X \N \ IM< ». I'.. t . S' |.r I" \ f i:-.
•arrying - i \ i • 11 n 1111 • * t • !'»■!:« '• * J ’ ■ I * I" >1
hr - «• hundred l* * t. and :t i !>• ! • < i|
hal all wen* killed The ■ .. • • a iflit
n tin -di.in in-.ii ih*• Imim,iih and i
" ing brought to th* top
’ OF
ST Eli LEWIS
< \ ,M r u:\vis. Sept l" «Ml. Inin
(red privates and non < diiiiiii--u»m*d
itticers in the ipiarternia ter «!•*
•aremeiif have re<#*i\ed promotions
daily of these men were lnmt the
■erent drafts.
1‘roinotioiis are being made in large
lumbers daily, and Lieutenant t’olonel
A’alter Xeill, assistant chief of staff,
vho was one** an enlisted man. says
hat any many in training from now
m should obtain promotion in a few
eeks at least. and can go very high.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SKATTI.K. Sept I" The prices for
ish .it noon totI;i> were tts follows
I. lii.itt. i.V',i . sttMciisli . lit. 'ml
ei | C. ttl, :t ", l
BOSTON IS SHUT OUT—
CHICAGO STILL IN RACE
IK >ST< >.\. S* ■ | >t. Id. The fourth panic in I lie \nnid's chain
| 111 <> i is 11 i 11 baseball series developed a reaction on tin part o( the
(Til»s. who made a last ditch liplit. “Hippo \ auplin. the
(‘nils’ hip southpaw, succeeded ill stoppillp the So\, who Were
helpless hel'ole his speed and III Vst i I’v i lip service. 'I lie ('nil-'
defense also plitteied with -parklinp plays, and twenty t hou
-ail'd spectators applauded tin- \ i-itor-.
Leslie Mann, tlm Cubs* left fielder, ran up a steep embank
ment in the ninth and tell a - lie turned to pet a ball I I'oni Miller s
but, hut recovered himself and made the catch. A second later
llollocher. after a hard sprint, robbed Hoover ot a hit with a
pl'ejit catch.
The ('uh- scored in the third inninp. when llollocher
walked and came in on Mclnni-’ double. Two more runs woe
made in the seventh, when I’lack walked, llollocher heat out a
bunt, and both scon d on I’n-k i t two base hit. I he -cun'
w a- as follow - :
If II f
('liieapo .. ■’ ‘ 11
Host on ..(I • i 1 *
Players on Strike
for it time it looked as thoiiph there would be im pam • to
' day. Hotli the Hoston and Chicapo players refused to take tli"
field unless the national commission should decide immediat- ly
j reput'diup their demand lor a readjustment ol the players
share of the world’s series money, submitted to the nnunapr
nieiit vesterdav. Accordinp to the players, their share would
j be materially reduced oil account ot the low attendance.
At 2:1 a only one player, “Stuffy” Melnnis, had appeared
in uniform. The crowds kept up a yell ol “I’lay ball while
fin1 plavers in the clubhouse were talkinp over the situation,
fifteen wounded American soldiers in the grandstand led tlm
crowds in sinpinp “Over Then*.”
After a two hour strike the national commission refused
the players’ demands, and the players announced that they
would conduct tin* remaininp panics for the sake of the public,
for baseball’s pood name, and for the soldiers and sailors
present.