The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUME ONE, NUMBER 236. , CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1915. PRICE TEN CENTS.
Fate of Riga Is Still In Doolbt
' RUSSIANS ARE BEING ATTACKED ON ALL SIDES
STH. SANTA
• IS AFIRE
ATJEI
NEW YORK, Sept. 13—The steam
ship Santa Ana, which left this city
a few days ago loaded with Italian re
servists bound for Naples to join their
regiments, has been reported by wire
-*Y less as being afire at sea. The loca
tion of the vessel Is 960 miles south
east of Halifax. There are on board,
besides >he crew about 1700 reserv
ists who had responded to the call of
their country to take up arms against
Austria. The ship carried a full car
go, which, however, contained no arms
or amunition but was composed large
ly of foodstuffs. When the vessel was
at the dock it had been set afire but
the blaze was discovered by the watch
man and extinguished before any harm
was done. The authorities had sus
i
pected that efforts would be made to
destroy the vessel, and a thorough
search was made for bombs just before
sailing time, though none were found.
NEW YORK, Sept. 13—The steamer
Santa Ana, with Italian reservists on
board which was reported by wireless
as being on fire at sea, was later re
ported to be out of danger. The fire
has been subdued, tnd the Santa Ana
is proceeding on her way to the
Azores, where necessary repairs will
be made before completing the voyage
to Naples. Warships of the allies,
which pick up the wireless call for
aid, are standing by and will convoy
the Sanata Ana on the rest of the
trip.
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VILLA CAPTURES
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13—Dispatch
es from Villa today deny completely
the report received Saturday that he
and one of his generals had been kill
ed at the ranch of General Thomas
Urbians in the State of Chihuahua.
Villa announced that on the contrary
Urbinas had been executed by him.
4 He said that the conduct of Urbians
had become intolerable. In the mes
sage Villa says that he executes all
persons who displeases him and that
Urbians merited his end. Urbians
owed fealty to Villa and had disre
garded his duties. Accompanied by
his body guard, Villa went to the
Urbians ranch to interview the gen
eral and was fired upon by Urbians
and his staff. The general was then
\ captured, court martialled and ex
ecuted.
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ATTEND TONIGHT’S MEETING
OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The regular semi-monthly meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce will be
held tonight and a full attendance of
the members is requested, as a num
ber of matters of importance will be
considered.
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Thos. Davis has placed a large, new
safe in the Mint saloon.
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Special to The Times By Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 13—The Teutonic armies on the eastern
front all report progress to Berlin today with the exception of
the Austrian forces in eastern Galicia. In the latter region
the Russians report further successes, taking many prisoners
and' forcing the enemy to retire.
In the north the battle along the Dvina with the fate of
Riga, in the balance is raging fiercely, with Hindenberg driving
his troops forward at various points trying to find a weak spot
in the defenses of the enemy. The strongest attack seems to
be directed towards Dvinsk, and Hindenberg is trying des
perately to capture this city, which would give him an ideal
place to eend large bodies of troops to the west bank of the river.
The fighting in the center of the eastern front still favors
the invaders, and Prince Leopold of Bavaria reports that he
nad forced his way across the Zelwianka, and is now attacking
the Russians in the vicinity of Skidelin. Further south the
Teutons under Mackensen are advancing on both sides of the
Dvinsk railroad pressing forward toward the city itself. Mac
kensen reports the capture of several thousand Russians, and
that his forces are going ahead, meeting little opposition and
suffering but slight losses.
From Petrograd comes the news that the Russians feel that
they are losing nothing of importance at any section of the bat
tle line, although some apprehension as to the final outcome
of the battle along the Dvinsk can be noted in the
dispatches. The Russian general staff is busily preparing
for the winter campaign, when it is hoped to turn the tables on
the invaders at several places. General Russkv, the newly ap
pointed commander of the northern armies announced today
that there was absolutely no chance of the Germans attempting
an advance on Petrograd before next spring.
BERLIN, 8ept. 13—The war office issued an official state
ment today reporting that the battle along the Divina between
Hindenberg and General Ruskkv was progressing favorably
for the Germans. The tide of battle has been in the balance for
the past week, but yesterday’s fighting swung the conflict in
favor of the Teutons, who have now succeeded in forcing the
Russians to evacuate some of their positions on the west bank
of the river. The outcome of the fight now going on will un
doubtedly decide the fate of Riga.
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ATHENS, Sept. 13—Trustworthy advices have been re
ceived here from Constantinople, which state that despite the
optimistic official messages sent out by the government con
I ceming the war situation, the condition of both the army and
the government is the most critical. The troops in the Dard
anelles have suffered heavy losses in their attempts to hold
back the constantly increasing waves of allied troops that are
being thrown at their trenches, and the Turkish position is now
j precarious. They are holding their front with increasing diffi
culty, and the question of supplies has reached an acute stage,
the people are also becoming dissatisfied with the government
which is of the most autocratic nature, under the control of a
triumvirate with extraordinary powers. Along the Bulgarian
border, the situation is threatening. The Bulgarians have col
. .lected 15,000 troops here, and the indications are growing that
the Turks will be facing an invader here within a short time,
j Realizing their position, the Turks are hastily throwing up de
I fenses along the Bulgarian border.
BULGARIA DEALING WITH TURKS
ROME, Sept, 13—All the Bulgaria reservists in Italy have
j been called to the colors. That Bulgaria will soon enter the
war is growing more and more apparent. The government at
j Sofia is taking extraordinary military measures, the mobiiiza
j tion of the army is going apace, and large bodies of troops are
iencamped along the Turkish border. The reservists in Italy
are responding readily to the call of their country, and are
J reporting to the legation here in large numbers. The expenses
| of sending the troops home are being borne by the Bulgarian
| legation.
B( )NDON, Sept. 13—’1 Ik1 news from the far east concerning
} the advances being made by both sides to induce Bulgaria to
! Hop one way or the other continues to be far from definite, and
| often decidely contradictory. It is felt here, and assurances to
I that effect have been received from Sofia, that Bulgaria is dick
ring with Turkey. In some quarters it is positively asserted
that Bulgaria has completed a bargain with Constantinople,
and that for satisfactory concessions will remain neutral. Pre
mier Radovlavoff in replying to the allies appeal said that Bul
garia was now on the most friendly of terms with Turkey.
Russians Fleeing From Grodno.
LONDON, Sept. 13—A wholesale exodus of the people of
l all the towns and villages in the Russian province of Grodno is
progressing, the people fleeing in all sorts of conveyances, and
taking what supplies they can carry. The horses available are
few, and transportation methods of the most primative nature
are being used. Most of the people are afoot and the roads
are choked with the dense masses of humanity all moving in the
direction of Baranovichi. This is an important railroad junc
tion point, the rails from here extending to various points, in
cluding Vilna, Rovno, Brest-Litovsk and Minsk. At night the
refugees are compelled to sleep outdoors in the woods, and the
rain has been falling steadily, so that much suffering from cold
and exposures is resulting, the children in particular being in
dire straits.
England Makes Another Appeal For Recruits.
LONDON, Sept. 13—Minister of Munitions Llvod Georgej
issued another appeal today to the nation to work together for
the common good, and for the defeat of the enemies of the
empire. He protested that more men would have to go to the
front and still greater sacrifices be made by the British people
before victory would become assured.
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Submarine Commander Violated His Orders.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13—A note from the German fore
ign office has been received in regard to the attack made by a
German submarine on the Cunard steamer Orduna. The note
says that the submarine commander violated the instruction
: issued to him by the admiralty in making the attack, and states
! that the commader’s excuse was that the bad weather at the
time made it imposible for him to determine either the charac
ter or nationality of the Orduna.
United States Will Not Arbitrate Attack on Arabic.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13—The secretary of state said to
day that the president and the cabinet had not yet reached a
decision as to what reply should be made to the last German
note concerning the arbitration, of the Arabic case. Although
the government is willing to submit the question of indemnity
to arbitration, a doubt has arisen whether this question would
not involve the arbitration of the justification of the assault
and the facts of the case. The government has announced its
intention to stand' by the principles of unarmed vessels being
entitled to a warning before attack, and will not admit that
there is anything to arbitrate on that point.
German Aircraft Again Visits England.
LONDON, Sept. 13—Another Zeppelin raid was made on
the eastern coast of England last night, the number of ships in
the raid, being large, although the exact number is unknown.
Many bombs were dropped along the seaboard at various towns
and cities, but fortunately nobody was killed, and the casualt
ies were few, the injuries in every case being slight.
Epidemics Prevailing in Galicia.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Sept. 13—Owing to the epidenmics
raging in Galicia, the Galician medical association, with the
approval of the Austrian authorities, has issued an urgent ap
peal to its refugee members in Vienna and other cities to re
turn to heir homes at once. They are promised free railway tic
kets and higher remuneration than the ordinary scale, in view
of the abnormal conditions. The army sanitary department
is making strenous efforts to get the situation in Galicia under
control.
ALLIES TO RAISE
THEWEST
NEW YORK. Sept. 13—The allied
financial commission composed of
leading English and French bankers,
who arrived here last week for the
purpose of relieving the exchange sit
uation by floating a loan in this coun
try, seem to have become discouraged
over the possibility of floating the
loan in this city. They are now seek
ing western aid, and hope to accom
plish their object without the aid of
the New York bankers.
GREASERS HILL
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BROWNSVILLE, Sept. 13—One
American trooper was killed today
and two others wounded, one probably
fatally, when a gang of Mexican ban
dits attacked the American patrol of
seven men, who were guarding the
irrigation pumping plant, several miles
up the river from this city.
BROWNSVILLE. Sept. 13—It is es
timated that they were forty Mexicans
in the gang that fired on the soldier
patrol at the pumping plant for the
irrigation works. The dead tropper
is named Kraft. Private Forney, was
shot through the back and will proba
bly die.
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ALAMEDA WILL BE HERE
ALL DAY TOMORROW
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The steamer Alameda left Seward
| at one o’clock this afternoon and is
due in Cordova at seven o’clock to
morrow morning. The boat will be
detained here twelve or fourteen
hours loading copper ore and will not
likely sail for Seattle until midnight.
The Northwestern's arrival Is un
certain, as she has not as yet been re
ported from Juneau. She left Seattle
last Thursday night and should reach
here late Wednesday.
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MARCONI WIRELESS CO.
CHARGES INFRINGEMENT
The Marconi Wireless Comuany of
American has filed suit against Kil
bourne & Clarke Mfg. Co. of Seattle,
charging the defendent with infringe
ment of its letters and patent. It will
be remembered that the Kilbourne &
Clarke Co. last year constructed some
wireless sets which have been sucess
fully installed upon many of the Alas
ka steamship and fishing boats, dis
placing the Marconi equipment.
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G. A. Harmon will leave for -Port
Wells on tht launch Alfa today or to
morow, taking with him a crew of
five men to instal a tramway on the
quartz property of Cordova Mining
and Development company.
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A large number of the crew of the
collier Prothemus took advantage of
yesterday’s excursion and visited the
glaciers.