The Cordova Daily Times
VOLUMF?TWO NUMBER 404. CORDOVA, ALASKA, SI XDAY AI <»I«’ NI N (», Al'lilL I Kl< E TEN < EN is.
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LONDON, April 1. — It was offl
lnlly announced today that another
eppelin raid bad swept over a portion
f eastern England, the whole eastern
oast, composed of five counties re
eling visits from the huge dirigibles,
he number of the craft employed
ould not be ascertained, but they
ppeared simultaneously at widely
eparated points, so that they must
ave been numerous. Very little dam
ge was done by the raiders, consid
ring the wide extent of territory they
i covered, many of the bombs falling
harmlessly into the sea or harbors
and inlets, and others landing in
places where they only succeeded In
tearing huge holes in the ground, and
spoiling some early spring planting.
The anti-air craft guns, stationed at
strategic points along the coast, fired
at the enemy air raiders, and one of
them was damaged, being forced to
descend in the Thames Kstuary. where
the crew were captured by a ilritish
patrol boat. The Zeppelin itself sunk
and was lost, but all the Germans were
taken off. .
LONDON, April 1.—(Later.)—It is
officially announced that twenty-eight
persons were killed by the Zeppelins
in the raid last night. Besides the
dead, forty-four wounded have been
reported so far.
LONDON, April 1. — Dispatches
received late today from southeastern
points, anil from the eastern and the
northeastern counties indicate that
last night's Zeppelin raid was the
most extensive yet undertaken by the
(ierman air craft. The air ships were
, iii some few cases picked up by the
j searchlights, but it was clear that
they were flying at greater heights
than tui any previous visit. Very few
| persons have been found who say they
saw tlie Zeppelins, and were it not for
the continuous explosions of the
bombs, nothing would have indicated
the presence of the enemy. The great
height at which the airships flew pre-1
vented accurate fire'on the part of the
British anti-aircraft guns, but one
Zeppelin was struck and brought down
by gun fire.
POPE IS AGAIN:
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ROME, April 1. — Premier Herbert a
Asquith, the British prime minister, ®
who is in Rome conferring with the
Italian ministry on important details
of the coming summer campaign
against the Teutonic allies, appeared
on the balcony of the British embassy
today in answer to the calls of a great
multitude, which had assembled in the
street outside. The people cheered
wildly when Asquith appeared to sa
lute them, and thousands of Italian and
British flags were waved in his honor.
He made short talk from the balcony,
saying: “We are here in Home to
further the victory of right and jus
tice, and we know that God is on our i
side.” After conferring with the Ital- I
ian ministers, Asquith called at the t
Vatican and was closeted with the <
Pope for a half hour. Some unoffi
cial reports claim that the subject of i
the conversation between the pontiff I
ami Asquith was the hostile attitude :
which the Irish in American have (
taken to England's cause in the pres
ent war. Other reports say that As- i
quith visited the Vatican at the re- i
quest of the Pope, who is making an- i
other effort to bring the war to an i
end.
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KL PASO. April 1. — The officers
at Fort Bliss express the belief that
the capture of General Villa by some
of the American flying squadrons of
cavalry is now but a matter of days.
They received with satisfaction the j
news of the engagement at Guerrero,
and believe that Colonel Dodd will
keep in touch with the Villa forces
from now on.
TORREON, April 1, — It was an
nounced here today that the Carranza
forces pursuing Canuto Reyes, caught
up with the Villalsta and his men. and
had a battle along the railroad re
cently, in which eighty Villaistas were
killed.
■MlSAN ANTONIO, April I. — The
vE only statement received from Persh
ing up to noon today was that the
American cavalry, under Colonel Dodd,
composed of the Seventh ami Tenth
regiments, was vigorously pursuing
the Villa bandits. The force at Guer
rero, which was defeated by the Am
ericans, has scattered, and the Am
ericans are busily engaged hunting
. down small bands of the outlaws. Per
il'.: shing says that the first report about
General Villa having suffered a broken
leg has not been confirmed, and that
there Is some doubt about its authen
ticity.
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The registration books for the mu
nicipal election closed last evening at
6 o’clock, with 231 voters on the list.
The election takes place Tuesday, but
ns there is only one ticket in the
field, but little interest was taken in
the registration.
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The Admiral Farrngut is due from
Seattle at 4 o'clock this morning.
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BERLIN, .April 1. — The war of
ice stated today that the Russian of
ensive appeared to be exhausted, and
hat comparative quiet had descended
in southern Roland, and the llvinsk
tiga region, where the heaviest st
acks of the Slav armies had been de
ivered. From February 28 to March
:8 the Russians kept up the pounding
in Hindenberg's forces along the
Ivina, attacking large sectors of the
rout at the same time. It is believed
hat they used thirty divisions of
roops in this region alone, eompris
ng over five hundred thousand men.
rhe expenditure of ammunition by the
tussians was enormous, they firing
heir guns with a lavishness that has
tot been known heretofore in the
■astern theatre of war, and rivalling
iome of the artillery bombardments
n France for intensity and treinen
lous expenditure. A resume of the
tussian offensive shows that they
tained no permanent success at any
loint, the small gains won in the first
lays of March being afterwards re
•aptured by the Austrians and Ger
nans, who delivered heavy counter
ittacks. The war office estimates
hat the Russian casualties cannot
lossibly be under 140,000 men.
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LONDON. April 1. — The English
icople are beginning to believe that
hey are wearing shoes made of Ger
nan leather through the fact that
nany of their shoes are imported from
Switzerland, where the manufacturers
ire known to use large quantities of
iertnan leather. Their suspicions were
recently confirmed by the fact that
British imports of shoes from Switzer
land during February were nearly
louble those of the corresponding
period in 1914. Information was given
in the house of parliament recently
that the use of German leather to the
extent of 'J."> per cent in shoes Import
ad from Switzerland is permissable.
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DAILY TIMES TO INSTAL WIRE
LESS PLANT.
The Daily Times is in the midst of
moving, but expects to be settled in
its new home in the Blum building, on
Second street, in time to get out
Tuesday morning's issue. A new job
press and other material have been
folded to the plant in order to meet
the growing business. A wireless set
will also be installed, to be in charge
if Verne Elliott. The Times will be
he first and only newspaper in Alaska
o be thus equipped.
SENATE LIKELY
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WASHINGTON, April 1. — The first
stage of the long fight which has been
under way to prevent Louis 1>. Bran
dels. of Boston, from being confirmed
as justice of the supreme court, suc
ceeding Justice Lamar, was ended this
morning, when the sub-committee of
the Senate judiciary committee voted
by 3 to 2 to confirm the president's
choice. The vote was strictly on party
lines, the three Democrats voting to
sustain the appointment, and the two
Republicans voting against Brandeis.
The matter will now be considered b.v
the full committee on receipt of a re
port. The Republicans will present a
minority report against the Boston at
torney. and it is understood that the
full committee is about evenly divided,
the result being in doubt, although if
party lines are followed by the full
[committee, Brandeis will have a ma
jority.
PRES. ANGELL
ANN ARBOR, April 1. — James B.
Angell, president emertitus of the
University of Michigan, died here to
day. The deceased has been ill for
a long time, and his friends had long
ago given up hope for his ultimate
recovery. Angell was the head of the
university for many years, and it was
through his efforts and influence that
it has been brought to its present high
standing among American educational
institutions.
UNKNOWNVESSEL
IS BADLY
LONDON, April 1. — A ship pilot,
who returned today from escorting
his ship beyond the mine field, report
ed that he had seen a huge ship, about
seven hundred feet long, broken in
halves. The ship had a large dent
in her stern, evidently from striking
a mine or being torpedoed.
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This is another steamer day. with
two passenger boats in port.
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I Special Show at Empress tonight.
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OF KAISER IS
POTSDAM, April 1. — Putting
aside for the moment the "spear and
helm" of Mars, while he is helping
his father, Kaiser Wilhelm, carry
through the world war, Joachim,
youngest son of Germany's emperor,
succumbed to a tiny shaft from
Cupid's bow, and was quietly married
lo Princess Marie Augustine of An
halt in the Royal church here.
The princess is a niece of the pre
sent Duke of Anhalt, ruler of one of
the smaller Teutonic possessions of
the German domain. The Duchy of
Anhalt comprises 888 square miles of
land, with 831,000 population, whereas
the state of Rhode Island, U. S. A.,
has more than 1,000 square miles and
more than 500,000 population.
JAPAN BENEFITS
GREATLY FROM
THE WAR
TOKIO, April 1. — Japanese econo
mists are interested in the economic
effect of the war upon labor condi
tions in Japan. The investigation
made in the representative parts of
the empire showed that during the
months immediately following the be
ginning of the war the business de
pression was so marked that many
manufacturers were obliged to dis
charge laborers, whereas later on the
conditions made a sudden turn for the
better, and a boom in business, large
ly resulting from the heavy orders for
war munitions, made a big increase in
the demand for laborers.
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NOTIFIED OF
SINKING
WASHINGTON, April 1. — The
state department announced officially
this morning that word had been re
ceived from Ambassador Gerard at
Berlin to the effect that the German
government had answered his request
for information concerning the attacks
on the British steamers Englishman
and Sussex, saying that the admiralty
knew nothing officially about the dis
asters to these boats. The German re
ply stated that an investigation was
being made, which would probably
take a week to complete, and that at
the end of that time the American
government would be further notified
! of the results.
PARIS. April 1. — Germany now lias
1.200.000 men making munitions, ac
cording to Senator Charles Humbert,
in an article in the Journals, in which
he says: “Krupps employed 42,000
hands at Essen before the war. This
figure now reaches 115,000, but Es
sen is only the principal factory. At
other works the number of workers
lias risen from 6,000 to 15,000; from
14.000 to 30,000; from 6,000 to 30,000;
I from 9,000 to 27.000; while the Bo
] chum and Gelsen-Ekirchen works now
j employ 25,000 hands instead of 10,000
in time of peace.
"There also exist in Germany twc
other enterprises exclusively devotee
to the making of artillery, namely
Thyssens. which employs 80,000 men
and the Ehradt works, which emploj
100,000, instead of 30,000 and 40.000
formerly.
“Thus over 420,000 men on the othei
' side of the Rhine are turning out wat
material, without counting the in
numerable necessary workshops em
ploying more than double that numbei
in the manufacture of rifles, cart
ridges, shells, explosives and asphyxi
ating gas — or a total of over 1,200.
000 men employed in various war in
dustries without including men whe
work in the factories for the produc
tion of raw material.”
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I LONDON. April L — Four sovereign
governments nre just now having 8
somewhat transitory existence. Serbia
Albania. Montenegro and Belgium,
with seats of government outside of
their own territory, living at private
hotels much like traveling tourists, as
transient guests, owing to the ever
present prospect of moving on through
the exigencies of war; and with that
strange anomaly of complete govern
mental establishments with rulers,
prime ministers, cabinets, parliaments
jand administrations, yet with no ter
jritory to administer.
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The Alaska Pacific Navigation Com -
pany's steamer Aroline arrived in
Cordova yesterday morning, bringing
! six passengers from way points, but
no outside mail.
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The street committee has been bus>
the past couple of days in removing
the snow and ice front the sidewalks
and cross streets, which work could
i be done easily on account of the rain
REICHSTAG FDR
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BERLIN, April 1. — The submarine
question which has been deeply agi
tating Infernal German politics ever
since the resignation of Admiral Von
Tirpitz, because the Kaiser refused to
sanction the unlimited use of the
submarine as an engine of war against
the merchant ships of the allies, has
finally crystallized, and the question
of supporting the government's stand
in the matter will be debated in the
Reichstag. At a conference which
was attended by representatives of all
the political parties in the Reichstag,
with one exception, the Socialists, a
motion was made to support a resolu
tion for presentation to Chancellor
Bethmann-Hollweg. which would en
courage the unrestricted use of the
under water craft against merchant
shipping. The resolution was debated
warmly, and while it was not adopted
unanimously, it was carried by a re
spectable majority. The caucus did
not bind its members to vote for
such a resolution if the matter came
up in parliament, but provided simply
for the presentation of the matter to
the chancellor for his consideration.
The resolution says, in part: "This
conference believes that the German
submarine has proven itself to be an
effective weapon against the English
methods of warfare, based on the
starvation of the civilian population
of Germany through the blockade, and
extension of the doctrine of contra
band of war. The German Reichstag
expresses the conviction that it is ne
cessary under such circumstances that
we should make use of our submar
ines, and all other miltary means, as
a guarantee of future peace, and as a
safeguard to the future greatness of
Germany.”
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PARIS. April 1. — The official com
munique issued by the war office to
day states that the German infantry
delivered two heavy attacks last night
in the Verdun region, both attacks
being shifted to the zone east of the
Meuse, the previous fighting having
been \<*est of the river in the region
of Malancourt. The first attack was
repulsed with heavy losses, but the
second assault delivered at a different
point, resulted in the Teutons gaining
a foothol(^ in the village of Vaux. at
the spot which was the scene of much
sanguinary righting during the first
drive of the Germans a few
weeks ago. West of the Meuse noth
ing is reported except a violent artil
lery bombardment in the vicinity or
Malancourt. both sides hammering
away with their large calibre guns.
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The pitedriver is in town, nnd will
remain here u couple of weeks making
repairs to the ocean dock.
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The steamer Evans arrived from
the westward about 2 o’clock this
morning.
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