CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1916. PRICE TEN CENTS.
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE GAINS IN FORCE
NOW EXTENDED
FROM RIGA TO
CARPATHIANS
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LONDON, July 20.—It is reported that a great battle is de
veloping with results favoring the Russians at Jablonitza. Be
sides heavy fighting in the Carpathians ,the Russians have re
sumed the offensive around Kovel and in the Riga regions.
The tremendous offensives of the Russians which now ex
tend from Riga to the Carpathians, are said to be taxing the
Teutonic allies to the utmost, and that the central powers are
having great difficulty in finding sufficient forces to repel the
continuous attacks which the Slavs are hurling against their
lines. I
It is reported that the people of Hungary especially, who1
expect to gain nothing by the continuation of the war, are dis
pirited over the great losses which they are suffering, and al
ready arc advocating peace measures.
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GERMANS REPULSED.
PETROGRAD, July 20.—It was officially announced to
day that the attempts of the Teutonic allies to advance against
the Russians in the Stokhod regions were repulsed today. It is
asserted that the attacks by the central powers lacked the vigor
which has marked their previous attempts on the Russian lines.
This is asserted by some to indicate not a weakness on the part
of the Teutons, but the growing strength of the Russians and
their ability to withstand the attack of the Germans.
Operations in Galicia have been retarded by the floods of
the Dneister river ,and no movements on a large scale can be
carried on until after the waters have receided.
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RUSSIANS GAIN IMPORTANT CITY.
PETROGRAD, July 20.—The Russian forces today occu
pied Kugi, an important point in the Caucasus mountains,
which gives them control over a large section of territory.
FRENCH CAPTURE FIRST LINE.
PARIS, July 20.—French troops last night made heavy at
tacks against the German trenches and captured all the first
line trenches between Barleux and Soyecourt, in the Harde
court sector.
The fight is described as one of the bitterest in months,
and rivalled the fierce attacks made by the Germans against
Verdun. The advance of the infantry was preceded by an un
usually heavy artillery fire, which reduced the German trenches
until they were untenable.
BRITISH MAKE GAINS.
LONDON, July 20.—Heavy fighting continues along the
Somme front. The British forces last night gained ground in
Delville Wood and in the neighborhood of Longueval.
Although both the French and British are constantly gain
ing ground, the fighting along the Somme is again assuming
the nature of the regular trench warfare which has been carried
on for the past two years in this section. It is expected, how
ever that the allies will again make another desperate effort
to break the German lines by a tremendous offensive, launched
with all the force at their command.
BERLIN CLAIMS REPULSE.
BERLIN, July 20.—It is officially reported that French
attacks made on the German lines south of the Somme were re
pulsed with great loss by the defenders. The British artillery
fire is reported extremely violent, but no gains of importance
have been made by them.
SUBMARINE CAPTURED.
LONDON, July 20.—The British admiralty today on
nounced the capture of a submarine of the U 35 class. It is
proposed to exhibit the vessel to the public here. _
MATTY GOES TO
TEAM
CINCINNATI, July 20. — President
Herman, of the Cincinnati Nationals,
today announced that he will trade
manager Herzog and outfielder Killi
fer to the New York Giants for Christy
Mathewson, outfielder Housch and in
fielder McKennle. Mathewson, it is
stated, will manage the Cincinnati
team.
The announcement of the trade has
caused a great sensation in baseball
circles, as it is said to mark the pass
ing of Mathewson. It Is said, how
ever, that the trade was made at
Mathewson's request.
A powerful machine has been built
in Germany for compressing scrap me
tal into more easily handled bales.
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Sharp points in the inside of the
lid of a new egg cup cut the shell
away without disturbing the contents.
COMMISSION TO
SETTLE MEX
QUESTION
WASHINGTON, July 20. — It was
announced today that the settlement
of the Mexican differences will be
made through a joint commission,
which already has been named and
is now awaiting only the final ap
proval of Wilson and Carranza.
It is confidently expected here that
soon after thp commission meets, the
difficulties which have existed be
tween the two governments for years
will he settled quickly.
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A wall tie that grips half a dozen
bricks instead of two. as customary,
has been invented by a Scotch builder.
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Sixty miles of thread woven from
the fibre of a species of Italian nettle
weighs but two and a half pounds.
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One year’y subscription means 2,000
votes for one of the boys.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 20. — The
longshoremen here returned to work
this morning despite the action of the
local unions at other coast ports In
rejecting the compromise offered by
the shipping firms.
The San Francisco unions assert
that it Is impossible to win the strike
on the lines laid out by the other un
ions, and are unwilling to continue
fighting for something which they
are certain they cannot get at this
time.
Unless the other unions on the coast
recognize the action of the San Fran
cisco local as legal, it Is predicted the
local organization will sever its con
nection with the international body.
CONFERENCE AT SEATTLE.
8RATTLE, July 20. — Federal Medi
ator White, after a conference with
Mayor (Jill this morning about the
longshoremen's strike, has decided to
call a general conference with the
labor leaders. Business men are urg
ing a Bpeedv settlement of the differ
ences in order to prevent the port los
ing the large commerce which has
been built up here.
CHILD LABOR IS
SUBJECT OF
TALA
WASHINGTON. July 20. — After
conferring with President Wilson this
morning on the child labor bill. Sen
ator Kern said he Is unable to predict
whether an attempt to pass thjs mea
sure will be made this session. Re
publican leader Galtinger said the mi
nority favor the passage of the mea
sure before the adjournment of con
gress.
There is a strong demand for the
passage of the bill, and it is thought
probable by leaders in both parties
that the bill will be brought before
congress at an early date with strong
support from both parties.
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IN THIRD
PLACE
The two leaders in the Times con
test-today rested on their oars, and
the only change In the relative posi
tions of the boys was made by Sam
Hedges, who by a spurt, has managed
to pass by Brook Lamprey, and regain
third place, which he lost a week ago.
Sam is now within reaching distance
of the two leaders, and appears con
fident that he will be In the money
when the race is over.
Aside from Sam the only gain regis
tered was made by Rlwell Thawley,
who turned In two "free votes" in or
der, he said, “to make It an even 925."
It now requires only a little hard work
on Rlwell'B part to put him up among
Jhe winners, as with all the boys, it
appears the hardest part of the game
to reach the 1,000 mark.
Tonight at 6 o’clock the contest
will close, and no more boys will be
ullowed to enter the race. It will
then be up to the boys registered to
get in and work their hardest, as they
will all know just what the competi
tion will be.
The standings of the boys at noon
today was:
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John Rosswog. 7675
Harry O’Nell.5200
Sam Hedges.2750
Brook Lamprey ... ..2200
Rlwell Thawley.#26
Edwin Bollinger.725
George Wilson.526
Charles Royal.415
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Order your letter heads and enve
lopes now.
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♦ ror In the Times yesterday, ♦
♦ Thos. S. Scott was named as •
♦ Republican committeeman for ♦
♦ Chitlna. It should have rend ♦
♦ Fred M. Schaupp for Chitlna ♦
♦ and Thos. S. Scott for Cordova. ♦!
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PARIS, July 19. — The French nil
thorities have refused to allow free
passage into Germany of American
Red Cross sanitary equipment and
supplies, notwithstanding the society's
claim that such passage is Justified
by article 29 of the Declaration of
London and article 16 of the Geneva
Convention of 1906.
The French authorities hold that ar
tide 29 of the Declaration, confines
Itself to asserting that ''material ex
clusively for the use of sick and woun
ded is not to be classed as contraband
of war,” but that these words do not
prevent such material from being cap
tured and confiscated for violation of
blockade nor from being held up on
the way. Moreover, they add, the De
claration of London was never rati
fied. and therefore, has no obligatory
force.
As to article 16 of the Geneva Con
vention, the French authorities now
intimate that, considering German me
thods of conducting war, they see no
reason for departing from their pro
hibition of May, 1916, against sending
any goods whatever into Germany, so
cannot make any exception in favor
of the American Red Cross Society, I
more especially as the supplies “end
by reprovisioning Germany with raw
material that is often easy to recover
after usage, and of which the German
government has pressing need for its
military operations."
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COWBOYS FLOCK TO AID
CHEYENNE EVENT i
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CHEYENNE, Wyo„ July 19. —
"Knights of the Range" from all sec
tions of the west are either already In
Cheyenne or else on the way here to
attend the twentieth annual Frontier
Days Celebration, which begins here
on July 26, and lasts four days. This
annual event always attracts to it the
leading exponents of the varied life
of the western ranges. Among thenij
are alw'ays many cowgirls, who take
part In the events carded for them
The prizes this year aggregate many
thousand'7 of dollars.
On each of the four days front 31
to 23 events have been carded, and
there are many entries for each one.
It is believed by T. Joe Cahill, secre
tary, that this well be one of the larg
est celebrations of the kind ever heldj
in Cheyenne. He declares that many
contestants from other rodeos and
roundups are to be here to take part
in all the important events.
The great event probably will be
the world's championship bucking con
test, for which a cash prize of $1,000
and a saddle worth $500 go to the win
ner, with the title of world's cham
pion. The men's steer roping contest
is another big event, for which there
is a cash prize of $1,000, and which
also carries the world's championship
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RAID CyiNESE GAMBLING HOUSE.
SEATTLE, July 20. — Thirty-eight
Chinese and white men were arrested
last night In a raid personally conduct
ed by Chief Charles Beckingham on a
Chinese gambling resort. The police
men used axes and crowbars to break
open heavily-ironed doors,"and found
a small basement literally honey
combed with passages provided with
barricaded doors.
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Leather and canvas covers to be
laced over automobile springs to keep
them clean and dry have been pat
ented.
NEW YORK, July 20. — Thirty-one
deaths and 119 new cases of Infantile
paralysis were reported to the health
authorities today, showing another In
crease in the number of deathB, al
though fewer new cases were report
ed today than yesterday.
The exodus from the city Increases
despite the rigid quarantine which
many surrounding communities have
declared against children from New
York.
The ravages of the disease Is not
confined to any one section of the city,
but Is general throughout greater New
York.
NATIONAL EPIDEMIC NOT
FEARED AT WASHINGTON.
The public health service regards
the danger of a national epidemic of
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infantile paralysis at an end. Reports
from the boards of health of the vari
ous states indicate that all are pre-1
pared to handle the disease if It ap
pears within their boundaries.
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ACTION DEFERRED
WASHINGTON, July 20. — Action
on Britain's blacklist of 100 firms do
ing business in the United States is
delayed pending reports from Ambas
sador Page. It is Intimated in offi
cial circles that Britain's action in
forming this list might be construed
unfriendly.
SEATTLE, July 20. — Geo. Schloe
tlborg, wholesale fish and fur dealer,
of this city, who is well known in
Alaska, is on the blacklist because he
is a German citizen.
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ELIJAH II MAKES
LONDON, July 19. — Nigeria has
trouble on its hands in the person of
a negro who styles himself Elijah the
Second. Ostensibly a convert to Chris
tianity. he has cut adrift from the mis
sionaries and is running a spurious
form of Christianity on his own ac
count. According to an official who
has reached England from the region
where his converts are most numerous
they already number more than a mil
lion out of the 17,000,000 natives in
Nigeria.
He daimB to work miracles, and
does not even draw the line at rais
ing people from the dead. He finds
a particularly profitable source of re
venue In selling water which he pre
tends to have endowed with magic
healing powers.
But what is causing the authorities
most concern is the new doctrine
which the black Elijah is proclaiming.
It is that the blacks are now the
“chosen people;” that they are de
stined to oust the whites and inherit
the choice places of the earth.
WATSONM FOR NORTH
WEDNESDAY
The steamship Admiral Watson, of
the Pacific-Alaska Navigation Com
pany, sailed for the north Wednesday
night. She had the following passen
gers for Cordova: Joseph Emperly,
lleorge F. Rowe, James L. llaipham,
Walter Snell, Elizabeth O'Laughlin.
Mrs. Win. O'lutughlin. Felix Fr6yhold,
C. O. Moore. Fred Silshaw. Alma Nel
son. Agnes Shepherd and three steer
age.
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VILLA AGAIN IS
SURROUNDED AND
CAPTURE IS SURE
GALVESTON, July 20.—Mexican Ambassador Mateos to
day received a message from Mexico City that Villa’s capture
is momentarily expected by the Carranza troops.
A messenger on his way to Villa’s hiding place was cap
tured by the government forces and forced to reveal the loca
tion of the bandit’s camp. A large force of troops immediately
was dispatched to the place indicated by the messenger, who
was taken along to guard against treachery.
It is reported that Villa is very ill, and the messenger was
sent out in search of medical aid, of which Villa is sadly in
need.
VILLA HAS 1,800 MEN.
CHIHUAHUA, July 20 —Villa, with 1,800 men, has been
located near Amador, thirty miles south of Durango. It is said
that his troops have been surrounded by a greatly superior
force, and that his early capture is probable.
ARMY OFFICERS SKEPTICAL.
COLUMBUS, July 20.—Army officers here are inclined to
doubt the stories of Villa’s plight as reported from Mexican
sources. Most of the officers believe the bandit dead, or if
alive, in no danger of immediate capture.
MILLIONAIRE IS
FRISCO
SAN FRANCISCO. July 20. — Is>uls
Rosenfeld, a millionaire shipping com
mission man of this city, was found
dead this morning in Golden Gate
park with a bullet wound In his head.
A revolver was found nearby, and
it is supposed that he committed sui
cide, although the police are working
on the theory that he was murdered.
LANE IS COMING ~NORTH
THIS SUMMER
SEATTLE, July 15. — Mr. Sweeney
made the important announcement
this afternoon that Secretary of the
Interior Franklin 1). Lane, if every
thing can be arranged, will visit Alas
ka late this summer.
Mr. Sweeney said that he believed
that Secrtary Lane would likely reach
here August 30. “Secretary Lane
feels that if the Alaska railroad Is
economically constructed and oper
ated successfully it will be a great
monument to President Wilson and
himself," said Mr. Sweeney.
DEUTSCHLAND° WILT GARRY
$4,100,100 IN COLD
NEW YORK, July 20. — It was re
ported on Wall street today that the
cargo of the Deutschland includes $4.
.000,000 in gold. A local broker is
credited with having written the ma
rine insurance on the coin, which it
is said was fixed at five per cent.
COAST FREIHTER SOLD IN
THE EAST
SEATTLE, July 15. — The Pacific
Poast Steamship Company’s steamer
Montara. formerly the Willamette, has
been sold to Edward M. Raphel, of the
firm of Raphel & Company, of New
York, for $300,000. The Montara is
now on the Atlantic engaged in the
coastwise service. She was once
seized by the Japanese charged with
blockade running for the Russians.
Negotiations are now in progress
for the sale of the freighter Meteor
to another eastern concern, and the
deal is likely to be consummated.
The meteor also is a Pacific Coast
Steamship Company freighter.
Both steamers are well known In
the Alaska trade. They have made
many trips north in the early days
and also have been engaged in the
cannery business late in the fall.
SCARLET FEVER
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PEKING, July 19. — Scarlet fever
broke out among the two hundred Am
erican marines stationed in Peking as
a guard at the American legation. In
an effort to prevent the spread of the
disease Colonel Neville, commandant
of the guard, ordered the men to move
out of the barracks and placed them
under canvas, with only two men in
each tent. The tents were pitched
on the recreation ground adjoining
the legation compound and outside the
compound wall, where all Chinese
could see them plainly.
Immediately a rumor was circulated
that the American legation had
brought extra troops from the Philip
pines to protect foreigners against pos
sible rioting, which might result from
the unsettled political conditions and
the financial stringency brought about
by the moratorium. This rumor grew,
and added to it was a report that the
Japanese were also to bring in thou
sands of troops from Tsingtau and
Japan for the protection of foreigners.
These reports became so insistent
that the Chinese government issued
a formal denial, explaining the reason
for the tented colony outside the Am
erican legation compound.
Only five of the American marines
have the scarlet fever. These are
quarantined in a gun shed on the city
wall adjoining the legation.
SULZER NOW” MEMBER OF
PROHIBITION PARTY
ST. PAUL, July 20. — Former Gov
ernor William Sulxer, of New York, is
attending the Prohibition national
convention here. He says he is not
a candidate for the presidential nomi
nation, but has pledged his support to
the Prohibition platform and the can
didate of the party.
HUNGARY SUPPRESSES
FEMINIST MOVEMENT.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, July 20. —
Hungary frowns on the feminist move
ment. in war time at least. The lead
ers of the Hungarian Feminist Asso
ciation had planned a big congress for
this season, but has had to postpone
it indefinitely because the police of
Budapest raised insurmountable ob
jections.
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ELECTROCUTED
FOR BURGLARY.
RALEIGH. N. C.. July 19.^- l-aw
rence Swinson. a negro, was electro
cuted here today for ftrst degree
burglary, the first person ever to be
electrocuted In Carolina for this or
fense.