GERMANS CAPTURE FORT VAUX
FRENCH ABANDON
WORKS AFTER 7
v DAYS FIGHTING
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PARIS, June 8.—Heavy fighting still continues around
Fort Vaux, which the Germans last night succeeded in cap
turing from the French. The French troops still occupy the
outskirts of the fort and trenches to the right and left of the
works, and are pouring a deadly stream of artillery fire over
the German forces.
The fort was not abandoned by the garrison until after it
had been reduced to a heap of ruins by an incessant bombard
ment of seven days by the heavy German guns.
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE GAINS HEADWAY.
PETROGRAD, June 8.—The Austrian army has evacu
ated trenches and fortresses on the lines of the Lutsk-Volhynia
triangle, and several brigades have been forced to retreat to
lines twenty miles back of the front, which has been held for
the past several months.
The new advance of the Russians means that the Austrians
gradually are yielding to the tremendous offensive recently
launched by the Russians. Thus far the Russians already
have captured 40,000 Teutons in the advance.
GERMANS ADMIT NAVAL LOSSES.
.BERLIN, June 8.—In an official statement today the ad
miralty admits the loss of the battle cruiser Lutzow, battle
ship Pommern, the cruisers Rostock, Wiesbaden, Elbing and
Frauenlob, and five-torpedo boats.
AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE CHECKED.
ROME, June 8.—The Austrian offensive has been checked
along the whole front in southern Tyrol.
. RUSSIANS REPORT VICTORY.
FETROGRAD, June 8.—The Russians captured Lutsk and
a series of powerfully fortified Austrian positions in the fight
ing yesterday. Fifty-eight Austrian officers, 11,000 men and
a large amount of war material were captured.
MAY BLOCKADE GREECE.
LONDON, June 8. — Restrictive measures affecting Greek
ports in order to prevent war supplies reaching the enemy are
being considered. If put into effect it means that Greece prac
tically will^be ^blockaded. __ ^ ^
ISON DRAFTS
DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM
WASHINGTON, June 8. — Presi
dent Wilson today completed a draft
of the national Democratic platform,
which will be submitted to the nation
al convention at St. Louis.
The principal plank will deal with
the success of the administration in
guarding the honor and Interests of
the United States, and at the same
time maintaining peace.
GERMAN NEWSPAPERS WANT
^LOWER TELEGRAPH TOLLS.
BERLIN, June 8. — A proposal by
the government to increase postal and
telegraphic rates in order to add to (
its revenue has met with oppistion
from papers that believe the public
will defeat the object of the plan by
writing fewer letters, but also from
p'djfl'ations which maintain that high
erUnegraph tolls will put Germany at
an increased disadvantage in its ef
forts to place its case before the neu
tral world.
Telegraph rates, insofar as they
concern the newspupers, should be re
duced rather than raised, it is conten
ded. The papers seem to be unani
mous in a belief that Germany in the
past has neglected rather than recog
tijfed the value of facilitating its
means of getting German news to the
rest of thevworld, and of receiving the.
news fo the rest of the world, and of
receiving the news of the rest of the
world.
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AFTER TRE
WASHINGTON, June 8. — Delegate
Wickersham today attacked the bill
pending in the house, giving the exclu
sive fishing rights to persons filing
surveys on trapsites.
He said that such a law would place
the salmon industry of the Pacific
coast in' the hands of a trust, as the
combination already had surveyed all
trapsites and have plats ready for
filing.
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DISPLAY CAPTURED GOLD.
AMSTERDAM, June 8. — One of
the features of the German war exhi
bition held in Hamburg late in May
was an exhibit called '“The Gold Booty
from the Moewe," the German com
merce raider. Three of the fourteen
original cases in w'hich the gold was
taken from the British steamship Ap
pam was packed were displayed, the
cases being filled with imitation gold
bars.
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WANT MARRIAGE EASY.
VIENNA, June 8. — To protest
against the legal prohibitions and
hindrances to marriage in Austria, the
Austrian Women’s Union is organizing
a series of demonstrations. In a man
ifesto issued to the public, the union
declares that It Is surprising that at
a moment when there is a general de
sire for an increase of population the
state itself prevents whole categories
of persons, especially women, from
marriages.
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Cordova people have no need to fear
having to go hungry as a result of the
blockade of Alaska, brought about by
*ha disagreement between the ship
owner* and the longshoremen In the
matter of wages.
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Inquiries among the merchant* of
this city today reveals that If the con
sumption of provisions remains nor
mal, there are enough staple* to sup
ply the people of Cordova, the Cop
per river valley and the territory tri
butary and depending upon Cordova,
for at least two months.
Of course It Is admitted that If the
strike continues, and it Is Impossible
to ship any goods, some of the staples
will run short, but now there Is In j
stock plenty of flour, sugar, milk, I
beans, dried and canned fruits, and In
fact all staples to last sixty days. 1
In the matter of perishables, *uch'
as potatoes, butter, eggs and green
goods, the market is short and will
not last for any great length of time.
I’roUably the first item of food to,
[ run out will he fresh meat. The Nor
thern Meat Co. now has a supply suf
ficient to last about ten davs, but
I'red Cllasbrenner this morning said
he believes his meat will continue to
arrive without interruption. He wired
to Seattle last night to determine
whether there was any meat on the!
Alameda, and expects a reply iate
today.
Even the most pessimistic of the
merchants do not expect the strike to
last more than two weeks at the most.;
and in that event the people will not,
be inconvenienced in the slightest.
STRELNA MSN RETURNS
WITH BRIDE
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* Ole Berg, of Strelna, accompanied •
by his bride, left this morning on the
train for his home. Berg returned j
with his bride on the last trip of the I
steamship Alaska. He left here about]
two months ago for the east, where he
was married, leaving immediately
with his wife for his home in Alaska.
He is receiving the congratulations
of all his friends and a hearty wel
come awaits the young married couple
on their arrival at Strelna,
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JAPAN AFTER TRADE.
TOKIO, June 7. — With a view to
obtaining additional markets for Jap
anese goods both before and after the
war the Japanese government has de
cided to send officials to various conn- '
tries to inspect conditions. In the case j
of the United States, Europe, South j
America and Canada, consuls sta-|
tloned at convenient points will be]
asked to make special investigations, >
while special agents will be dispatched
to India, Burma, French Indo-China,
the Dutch East Indies, Australia and
■ New Zealand.
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CALVIN C. HAZELET TO BE
MARRIED JULY 17
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Word has been received in Cordova I
that Calvin C. Hazelet, eldest son of
George C. Hazelet, will be married at
Omaha on Jtily 17, to Miss Nancy Der
mont, of that city. They will leave
for Cordova immediately after the
wedding and will make their home
here.
Hazelet has lived in Cordova and is
well known to all the oldtimers of
this section.
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Oscar Balo returned this morning
;on the train to Mile 158 after a short
visit in Cordova.
DEM INC, N. M., June 8. — Seven
followers of Francisco Villa, the out
lawed Mexican leader, will be hanged
tomorrow. Governor William C. Mc
Donald on May 15, four days before
the original date for the execution,
granted a reprieve In compliance with
a request from President Wilson, to
permit an Investigation into the con
duct of the trial, and by the gover
nor’s reprieve the execution was set
for June 9.
The seven men were tried in the
district court here and convicted of
flrat degree murder for their part In'
the raid on Columbus, N. M., March
9, In which seventeen soldier and ci
vilian Americans were killed, several
wounded and a number of buildings!
destroyed. Three months later they
wefje to pay the extreme penalty.
Toe condemned are: Jose Rangel,
Juan Sanchez, Eusebio Renteria, Tau
rine Garcia, Jose Rodriguez, Fran
cisco Alvarez, Juan Castillo.
At the trial counsel contended that
tlie defendants had no knowledge of
where they were going at the time of
nf the raid ,and that they were forced .
to follow Villa under penalty of death.
Jose Rangel, who was wounded and
carried into court April 24, when sen
tenee was imposed, made a plea for
mercy from his cot. The prlsfljjersj
have been In the state penitentiary at j
Santa Fe for safe keeping.
WATSON SAILED FOR THE
NORTI TUESDAY
SEATTLE, June 7. — The steam
ship Admiral Watson, of the Admiral
Line, sailed last night for the north
with the following passengers for Gor
lova: Mrs. Sadie Webber, J. D. Pus
so, Mrs. Susie Speigle, G. C. Gordon,
Oscar Krehmer and five steerage.
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TAXICAB DRIVERS ARE
SCARCE IN LONDON.
LONDON, June 7. - Five thousand
taxicabs are idle in London today be
;ause so many drivers have joined the
colors, and the authorities are being
urged to relax the rules so as to per
mit women and discharged sailors and
soldiers to operate them. When the
war broke out there were 10,000 li
•ensed taxicabs in I>ondon.
Taxicab owners say that if Scot
land Yard, which has the licensing
power, would extend it to women and
also lessen the severity of the "know
ledge of London" test so as to give
i change to discharged fighting men,
the problem would he solved.
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JAPS START NEW LINE
FROM RUSSIA TO SEATTLE.
DAIREN, Japan, June 7. — The op ^
port unities for freight carrying ships
an the Pacific ocean has induced the
Ships ho, a Japanese steamship com
pany, to inaugurate a line to Seattle,
with stops at Kobe, Japan, and Vladi
vostok. The company has its main
pfflce here at Dairen. It is expected
that eventually five ships will be em
ployed in the service. Miscellaneous
?oods will be carried to Seattle, and I
munitions of war for Russia will be
ransported from the United States
:o Vladivostok.
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Mrs. Sadie Webber sailed from Se
ittle Tuesday night on the Admiral
tVatson for Cordova. She comes
lorth to accept a position as assistant
0 Miss DeGraff with the Alaska
rranBfer Company.
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BOTH PARTIES
DETERMINED
TO NOMINATE
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♦ CHICAGO. June 8. — The ♦
♦ Progressive convention met, ♦
♦ with most of the leaders striv- ♦
♦ Ing to prevent the immediate ♦
♦ nomination of Roosevelt. Ray- ♦
♦ mond Robin9 was elected per- ♦
♦ manent chairman. ♦
♦ Victor Murdock got the foor ♦
♦ and said the thing to do was ♦
♦ nominate Roosevelt before the ♦
♦ day ended. The convention ♦
♦ cheered him wildly. ♦
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CHICAGO, June 8. — The
Progressives appointed a com
mittee to confer with the Re
publicans. No time is fixed for
the report. The Republican
convention reassembled later
in the afternoon.
CHICAGO, .Hint? 8. — Leaders of
both the Progressives and Republicansj
have about given up hopes of finding!
a common basis upon which the two,
parties can merge, ami it is appar
ent that there will be two parties in
the TTMd.
The Republicans have decided to
nominate on Friday, hut the. conven-,
tion will not adjourn until Saturday,j
as it is the desire of the leaders to I
postpone adjournment until after the1
Progressives have acted.
PROGRESSIVES WILL WAIT.
The Progressives probably will not
nominate before Saturday, and it is
probable that at that time Roosevelt
will he named for president and John
son for vice-president.
The Progressive platform declares
for Americanism and preparedness
along military, spiritual, economic and
industrial lines. Woman suffrage also
was endorsed.
GILMORE ELECTED.
\V. A. Gilmore was elected to the
national committee for Alaska,
ENDORSE WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
The full committee of Republicans
adopted resolutions endorsing woman
suffrage in principle.
PROHIBITION PASSED UP.
The committee voted to exclude the,
prohibition plunk.
ROOSEVELT MAY ATTEND.
OYSTER BAY. June 8. — Roosevelt
today announced that he would go to
Chicago If the Republican convention
wanted him to address it. Senator
Jackson, of Maryland. requested
Roosevelt to go.
Roosevelt, in his reply, said he
hoped both the Republicans and Pro
gressives would nominate a man who,
if elected, would place this uation
where k belongs by making it true to
itself and thereby true to all man
kind. He said the differences wuidh;
have developed are not matters for
Progressives and Republicans, but for
all mankind, and that all shades of I
political belief sink into nothing com
pared with issues now demanding de
cision, Americanism and prepared
ness.
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KENNECOTT COPPER YIELDS
QUARTERLY DIVIDEND OF $1.50.
MEW YORK, June 8.—That the an
nual dividend of the Kennecott Cop^
per Co., incorporated, will be between
four and six dollars a share was lndi
cated today when a quarterly dividend
of $1,00 was declared.
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♦ CHICAGO, June 8- The Re ♦
♦ publican convention met this ♦
♦ morning and made the tempor ♦
♦ ary organization permanent. ♦
♦ Addressee were made by De •
♦ pew, Cannon and Borah. A re- ♦
♦ cess was taken until 4 o'clock •
♦ this afternoon. ♦
♦ The platform Is ready and •
♦ will be submitted when the ♦
♦ convention meets. It Is still ♦
♦ raining.
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CHICAGO, June 8. — The Republi
can sub-committee on resolutions re
jected the woman suffrage, recall and
initiative and referendum planks sul>
mittod by different delegations. Re
publican leaders insist that these mea
sures are properly state questions and
must be Writ to the different common
wealths for decision. A tentative
draft of the platform indicates that
preparedness will be the principal is
sue.
HUGHES GAINING.
Hughes apparently is gaining
in strength steadily. Each succeed
ing hour, he. seems to lie getting
stronger, and ft is conceded that only
some strong provocation can prevent
his nomination.
On account of the delay in organi
zation. and the drafting of the plat
form. it is not expected that either
convention will nominate before Fri
day.
The weather here continues stormy,
which seems to have a bad effect on
the tempers of the delegates.
ROOSEVELT HOPEFUL.
OYSTER BAY. June S. It is re
ported that Roosevelt's hopes of get
ting the nomination of the Republican
party are Increasing. His followers
expect a broadside from Roosevelt,
which will eliminate Hughes and other
candidates known to be lukewarm on
the paramount issues.
Roosevelt today reiterated the state
ment that it is not his intention to go
to the Chicago convention.
YESTERDAY’S HAPPENINGS.
CHICAGO, June 7. — At the first
mention of Roosevelt's name in the
keynote speech made by Robins, the
convention went into a paroxysm of
enthusiasm, the delegates waving
their hands, hats and flags. The
noise made by the delegates was
deafening, the leaders near the stage
leading the cheering, which rose and
fell in tremendous waves.
In the midst of the cheering the
delegates arose from their seats and
began marching around the aisles of
the Auditorium. The demonstration
lasted an hour ami thirty-three min
utes.
The women delegates from Wash
ington and Oregon took a leading part
in the demonstration.
The convention adjourned until 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
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BIRCH AND BRIDE TO SAIL
FROM SEATTLE JULY 5
SEATTLE, June 8. — Stephen
Birch, who is to marry Miss Mary
Hand, of St. Paul, June 24, has an
nounced that he will arrive in Seat1
tie June 27. and sail for Cordova on
the steamship Mariposa July 5.
Two large staterooms of the Mar
posa will be drawn together to form
a suite and furnished regardless of
expense for Birch and his bride.
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