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The Cordova Daily Times
Member of Associated Press—Dayjmd Night Telegraphic Service _*
VOLUME m, NUMBER 231 C0KTW3VA, ALASKA, THDEJSa V. APRIL 38, 101S _PRICE TEN CENTS
BOND LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS PASS BILLION MARK
TRAITOR GETS
FEAHOS
AND TAR
Man Who Has Spent Thirty
Years in the United States
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Army Is Held on the
Charge af Being Spy
CONVICTS lO Hi
JUS JUST DESSJ5
. Many of Those ^Responsible for
His Rough Handling Want
ed to Hang Him to ;a
Prison Lamp
SANTA FE, N. M-„ April It.—Four
hundred convicts tarred and fesatheneti
John M. Birkman of Camp Cody, who
is held here ns a federal prisoner,
charged with haying violated the
espionage act. The convicts, after
tarring and feathering the traitor, put
a rope around iiis neck and led him
around the prisoai yard for almost haiif
an hour, threatening to hang him.
.Many of the prisoners wanted to hang
Birkman to an.iron lamp post iq the
prison yard, but some of the leaders!,
Who remained calm throughout the
whole proceeding, succeeded in avert
ing the lynching.
Birkman Is a German
Birkman was born in Germany, but
icame to America when he was in his
boyhood. Be entered tbit army
shortly after his arrival, and for the
past thirty years has been drawing
pay as a soldier of the United .States.
At the-outbreak of the war he posed
as a loyal American, ..and was sc
highly thought of by his commanding
officers that he was given a commis
sian as :mffijor.
EVidenpe against Birkman is sc
strong that there is no doubt that he
will tie convicted, the federal officials
say. He was held on bail sof
which he was unable to furnish.
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WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ITv
FRANCE, April 18.—Commander# <od
the American units which participated
In severaS days’ fighting last week
' aiding the French in the Apremont
wood sector, are finding it difficult
to pick out the men who especiallj
distinguished themselves. One com
mander said that every man undei
him acted the hero. No man was
found wanting. Every one of them
did all that was expected and more
From all commanders general head
quarters have received reports thal
the men are eager to get into the ac'
tual struggle, to hurry along the daj
of the downfall of the kaiser, regard
less of personal consequence. And
some of the commanders say it would
be an injustice to all the men if the;
even attempted to pick any and sa;
, that they had distinguished them
selves more than others.
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The residents of Nenana have beer
urged to plant trees in their from
yards as a means of adding to the at
tractiveness of the town in abom
twenty years. The matter was thor
oughly discussed by the commercia
club and the advantages accrued ii
Fairbanks and other northern towns
pointed out.
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The order discontinuing the post
office at Chisana has been rescinded
GERMANS CLAIM TO HAVE TAKEN
THREE IMPORTANT ALLY POSITIONS
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♦ HYPOCRITICAL ♦
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♦ AMSTERDAM. April' W—Em- ♦
♦ peror WRliarn recently visited ♦
1 ♦ the battlefield near Queant, west ♦
♦ of OaTbbrfti. He stood for the ♦
'♦ greater part/ -of an bcnrr witness- ♦
♦ ing the military operations then ♦
in pror;ress near there. Only ♦
♦ once daring all the time1 that he ♦
♦ stood there did he break the si- ♦
j ♦ lence, according to reports com- ♦
♦ ing from Heflin, and then only ♦
pP*.to ask: •
♦ “What ' haven't I done to pre- ♦
♦ serve the world from these hor- ♦
♦ -tors?’’ p
♦ The kaiser-is reported as be- ♦
♦ ing much more aged in appear- ♦
♦ ance than he was a year ago. ♦
♦ Officers report that he seldom ♦
♦ retires until very late, and he ♦
♦ is at his desk many mornings ♦
♦ Shortly after sunrise, readme re- ♦
♦ ■/ports prepared fwr him at gen- ♦
♦ eral headquarters. ♦
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WITH'THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
: PJ8.A5NOE, May 18.— At get eral bead
j quarters a pathetic story was grv-.cn
i out ’today . of the manner in which »n
Ameihcan .corporal met his death *tn
the Siting line. He died thiiti.ing only
of hto (duty stud his desire fot victory
The worporal was in the (front lint
trench He was throwing hand gre
nades into the lines of the enemy.
Shortly after ttfee engagement (started,
as he tstsvad with a grenade -is each
hand, he was hit In the head with a
piece of .shrapnel. A mortal .wound
was inttieted and he knew it, but he
thought only of his couimry, saying
j to bis companion*::
“Well, I am done. Write mother.
| Take these ha»d grenades and .d«*f!t
j waste them; make itbern coEcnt"
He Sell in a faint, was removed
| the hospital, and died next day. 'With
out ever having regained coBacious
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IlflBAMUS TREfiTMENT
i OF RUSSIAN PEASANTS
MOSCOW, April 18.—Beeamse the
peasants in Novosekli village resisted
the German armed requisition of
money, and because some Irate Rus
sian killed a Jeutoa officer, the Huns
burned the village, and as the inhab
itants fled from It, machine guns were
| turned upon them. Several hundred
were killed, including many women
,! and children who attempted to es
J cape from the barbarians.
lEBiEcilm
BF R. S, GOVERNMENT
PHILADELPHIA, April 18.—An
| nouncement was made today that Sec
retary of the Treasury McAdoo had
ij ordered the Erie canal to be taken
over by the railroad administration.
I A number of new barges have been
ordered to be built at once, with the
- hope of relieving the freight conges
tion.
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Germans Claim to Have Taken Lange
marck, Passchendaele and Poel
Cappelle—French Reinforce
British—Front Is
Living Hell.
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IL)ATELEKtf> i(A,pnij 18).—tBeriin reports issued this after
nuitin^ay that Jl«e Germans have occupied lsangemarck, <P*ss
tohendaele and J **»*.! Cappelle, a*id that they have taken several
.other,points od‘ importance.
Reports from Pari* show.Uiat the French are sending rein
ifoio-jeiuents to help the British.along the north front. The size
of Hie ivinfonuiiig army has not been given out.
* Frenchman Action
OTTAWA, April 18.— Reutov newspa,k‘hes received her<*
this afternoon say that ft he French now.hawi* large force ofmen
assisting the British in holding hark the Germans on the north,
torn (front,
Front a laving Hell
WITH TELE BRITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE, April IS.—
As,neverbefore, tin* nort hern front is now a living hell. By day
(there is a bank of grim, gray smoke from the burning hamlets,
.and (the myriad df belching guns mark the zone along which
are s,tru.gg ling the splendid British soldiers in their efforts to
block further inroads of the Huns.
By •night the tln.rid iblaze, as it consumes the hundreds of
hornet-., leaps fro inbuilding to ^milling. and the great cannon
-stain it fortl their volcanic fire.
Peasants, as they leave their homes behind, cannot under- j
stand its & wfulness, so numbed have their brains become j
through the frigktfull hardship df it all.
M ever was hell on earth, witnesses say, it is now along
the British(Ane in Flauderc.
Struggle at Femmel
LGADOV, April 18.—..Southeast of Kenamel hill, on the
northern front, the Germans pressed the British hack slightly
last .evening. The petition was- restored by counter-attacks
later in the -night, the war office is advised.
Cffififieial bulletins issued ibis morning by the war office say
that the (Germans thriee attacked ilie British unsuccessfully
near ftailleail. At darka&e&s (they wesc bombarding the British
ypositiotts between Locon and Robecq, and at dawn they re-1
1 .-mined these ,qporations.
Ming’s Report
IIMTEL.ESSS K April 18).—91r IKmg
!as Haig reported to the war office
last night that Utei British line i» ihe
1 I,ys front w**i imact as jt existed a.t
the etart of the day, d*)llowing the
^British retirement «aat (qf Ypres. The
Germajjs, he said, gained no ground
yesterday, despite their iheavy at
>taqkti. __
Wytschaete tLost
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY, April
18.—-German leaders brought up fresh
divisions yesterday for the hard
tftirusts against the British. The lat
',t#r were tunable to hold Wytschaete'
and Me term, which they retook late
to the afternoon, but elsewhere they
best off the attacking forces.
Throughout tthe night the line was
maintained without any change*.
LIBERTY LOAN PASSED
BILLION DOLLAR MARK
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WASHINGTON, April 1&—Beports received up to the
dose of business last evening showed that $1,059,558,000 had
been subscribed for the third Liberty loan. Campaign man
agers are hopeful that this will be swelled to a billion and a half
before the end of the week.
MINNEAPOLIS, April IS.—If busi
ness and sporting men of Minneapolis
and St. Paul will guarantee to raise
a bonus of $10,000, the Willard-Fulton
heavyweight battle for the champion
ship of the world will be held in an
arena to be built between those two
cities, according to an announcement
made today.' It is understood, accord i
ing to the sporting editor of the St.
Paul Pioneer Prtfss, that that sum
already has been pledged, and tha
the purse will be raised at any time
that the fighters put up a guarantee
to carry out their part of the agree
ment.
Arrangements already have been
made to build the arena, and it is ex
pected that fully 60,000 fight fans will
attend the big battle.
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Nelson J. and R. W. McCrary of
Chitina were arrivals in town on yes
terday’s train.
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♦ SCHWAB OFFERS «
♦ TO QUIT HIS ♦
♦ STEEL OFFICE «
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♦ WASHINGTON, April 18— 4
♦ Fearing that there might be 4
♦ some criticism of him in his of- 4
♦ ficial position, Charles M. 4
♦ Schwab, the newly-appointed di- 4
♦ rector general of the emergency 4
♦ fleet corporation, wrote President 4
♦ Wilson offering to resign his con- 4
♦ nection with the Bethlehem Steel 4
♦- Corporation if the chief executive 4
♦ of the nation considered it ad- 4
♦ visable. He said that he did not 4
♦ wish to give anyone an oppor- 4
♦ tunity to criticize the govern- 4
♦ ment because of his connection 4
♦ with the steel corporation, 4
♦ while in an important federal 4
♦ office, and he would dispose of 4
♦ his interests in it entirely if nec- 4
♦ essary to serve the best inter- 4
♦ eats of the nation. 4
♦ Mr. Schwab was informed that 4
♦ it was not considered necessary, 4
♦ at this time, that be make such 4
♦ a sacrifice. <
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PETERSBURG IS
In the daily telegraphic report ft
day of the progress of the Liberty loai
drive in the Twelfth federal reserv
district, the Daily Times gets the fo
lowing advicds:
“Petersburg, Alaska, was awardei
its honor flag today. Tacoma, Wash,
is the first town in the district havinj
between 50,000 and 100,000 popula
tion to get the honor flag. The tota
subscription for the district amount
to $7<M$4 4,350 to date.
“San Francisco leads, with a sub
scription of $27,800,000, which wa
taken by 25,000 subscribers.”
No city in the district has ^doiu
more per capita than has .Cordova
and it will do more, according t<
present appearances.
INDEPENDENCE \
\ OF UKRAINE IS
DREAM OF PAST
WASHINGTON. April 18—Official
advices received by the state depart
ment say that Germany intends to
dissolve the Ukrainian rada and in
stall an Austro-German government
in that territory. Later, it is said,
they intend to make a Teuton colony
of the whole country. People of
Ukraine now realize that their dream
of an independent state Is a thing of
the past, unless they are restored to
their former positions by the enemies
of the central powers.
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HEN IN WHINE
WITW THE AMERICAN ARMY,
April 18.—Along the Lorraine front
the Americans have taken control of
No-Man’s land. Patrols are visiting
the German wire entanglements
nightly without encountering any re
sistance.
ALEXANDER IS
INDRAFT
ARMY
One of Most Popular Baseball
Pitchers in the Business
Hears Call of Country
—Going to Front
■ CHICAGO LOSES ONE
: OF ITS BEST PLSYERS
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, Several Other National Fig
ures in Baseball World
WiU Be Called Into Ser- »
ice in Near Future
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* LINCOLN, Neb., April 18.—Grover
y Cleveland Alexander of the Chicago
National League baseball team, will
! be called in the April draft, according
’ j to information given out by the draft
’ j board. The pitcher has claimed no
’ | exemption and is in Alass A of the
’ draft. •
Reports April 30
ST. PAUL, Neb., April 18.—Orders
► were issued today to Grover Alexan
► der, premier pitcher of the National
“ League, to report for military duty on
April 30. This week Alexander is
pitching for Chicago at St. Louis.
Alexander was sold to Chicago last
fall by the Philadelphia National
League club for a reported figure of
$50,000. The deal provided, however,
that if Alexander should be called to
the colors before July 1 of this year
J the Cubs would not be called upon to
pay that great amount. ^
Baseball friends of Alexander want
ed him to claim exemption on several
_ i grounds, but he refused, saying that
, le was no slacker; that Uncle Sam
» -could have him any time he needed
Jhim.
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Fans Plan Farewell
1 CHICAGO, April 18.—Alexander
, day will be celebrated in Chicago
; baseball circles within the next week,
I or the last occasion upon which he
appears in the home park in Cub
i uniform. There is much disappoint
ment among the Cub boosters who
hoped that the great pitcher would
*| do much to win the pennant and the
j world series In 1918. As he is going
; into a greater game, however, the
,j fans will send him away with a big
> farewell reception in which a number
of prominent state and federal officials
will take part.
REPORT SS TO
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WASHINGTON, April 17.—Newton
| D. Baker, secretary of war, laid his
| European observations before Presf
! dent Wilson today. While the meat
of this report has not been given out
for publication yet, the secretary told
newspaper men that he {ound that
the American soldiers had made good
in France. He said that the big
thing for America today is to support
the war, to support it financially, phys
ically and morally.
“The right arm of America is in
France,” he said, "and the body of the
nation is here. It, therefore, is neces
sary to see that the body supports
properly its strong member in which
we are placing all our hopes."
In his interview with representa
tives of the press the secretary did
not attempt to minimize the serious
ness of the situation on the western
front at this time, although he was
optimistic as to the final outcome.