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DESPITE BRILLIANT DEFENSE
HUNS CONTINUE TO ADVANCE;
DATELESS.—Having pushed the
British back along a front of twenty
five miles north and south of Armen
tieres to an average depth of two
miles, the Germans are struggling
desperately to increase their gains.
General Haig’s brilliant defense,
however, is beginning to tell, and the
Teutons’ advance has been slowed up
greatly, although the German attacks
have not diminished in intensity.
Messines ridge and Wystchaete are
the vital points of the battlefield, anti
in the two days’ fighting the Germans
have been unable to reach the crest of
the hills.
British Successes and Reverses
LONDON, April 12,—Attacking yes
terday near Ploegsteert, the Germans
pushed the British back to near Neuve -
Egolise, according to the official state- <
ment. There has been little change
along the remainder of the northern
front.
North of Festbert the British re
gained ground in counter-attacks,
and repulsed the Oermans between
Loisne and the Lawe river. The Ger
mans have captured Merville. There
has been heavy fighting near Mer
ville and Neuf Berquin.
Ground Strewn with German Dead
Reuter’s says that the British have!
repulsed three attacks which the en
emy made in great waves near Ville 1
Chapelle. The German losses were
immense, and the ground was strewn
with corpses.
RESULTS FROM
SEWARD. Alaska, April 12 (Spe
cial).—P. Ryan, an old-timer, and C
L». Magill, United States commissioner
both of Kenai, have been shot and
killed, according to wireless advices
received here today.
Ryan was killed by Magill, and the
latter was then shot by a**man named
Charles Koats, who is still at large.
Ryan and Magill had been enemies
of long standing. Ryan and Koats
were friends. The trouble is believed
to have started over the school elec
tion, held last Monday. Direct in
formation must come overland oi
when Cook inlet is open so that boats
may reach Kenai.
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IS RIOTHEHIESIIIIC1E1
According to an exeeutve order re
cently issued, no one may take from
the United States over $1,000 ir
United States notes or federal banl
notes. Nor may one take in excess of
$100 in either silver or gold certifi
cates or of silver or gold coins.
Those desiring to leave Cordova,
or any other port, must, first make an
affidavit that they are not taking over
the amount permitted, before they can
purchase a ticket.
Heretofore, the limit was $5,000 ol
United States national bank and fed
eral reserve notes. And the limit on
gold and silver certificates or coin
was $200 to each individual. The new
regulations now in force are:
“Attention is directed to the regula
tion of the federal reserve board, ap
proved "by the secretary of the trea
sury, under the authority of the execu
tive order of the President of th(
United States, dated September 7,
1917, which permits travelers leavinj
the country to carry on their persons
or in their baggage:
“United States notes, nationa
bank notes, and federal reserve notes
not to exceed $1,000 for each adult.
"American silver dollars, subsid
iary silver coins, and silver certifi
cates not to exceed $100 for eact
adult: *
“Gold coin or gold certificates noi
to exceed $100 for each adult.
“The taking out of this country oi
any of its possessions, by travelers
of any amounts in excess of those
specified above is unlawful and pun
ishable by a fine of not more than
$10,000 or Imprisonment for not more
than two years, or both, and subjecti
such coin or currency to seizure and
forfeiture to the United States.”
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MALONEY MEETING
William Maloney, who is a candi
date for the Democratic nomination
for delegate to congress, addressed ar
audience at Eagle hall last night anc
dwelt at some length on the factions
differences in the Democratic party ir
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HOLLAND TO BE GIVEN
IfCH-NEEOED CEREALS
WASHINGTON, April 12.—The war
board has authorized the immediate
shipment of two shiploads of grain to
Holland to meet the growing food
shortage there. A third steamship
| will be permitted to go to Argentina
to load grain for Holland.
MR. HAZELETTO RECRUIT
FOR ENGINEER REGIMENT
i George C. Haze let today receive:!
, an appointment as recruiting officer
| for a regiment of 27th engineers oi
the National army, to consist of si>
| companies of two hundred and fifty
men each. Not only those within the
draft, but men from thirty-one to forty
one years old are wanted.
The regiment will consist of hand
j and machine drillers, muckers, tram
mers. timber men, pipemen, hoistmev,
electricians, machinists, blacksmiths,
etc. General Pershing especially
wants men who are experienced in
tunneling and construction. The new
j regiment is being recruited at Foit
, Mead, Maryland.
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CANNERY IN OPERATION
The Pioneer Packing Company is
now in full operation. The plant has
been electrified and a conveyor 175
feet long lands the clams from the
boat into the cannery, with a capacity
of handling five tons an hour. Super
I intendent McConaghy is well pleased
with the satisfactory manner in which
everything is working.
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WATSON ARRIVES
i The steamer Admiral Watson ar
rived from Seattle at 1 o’clock this
morning, with the following passen
gers for Cordova: W. A. Nourse and
wife, H. W. Atwood, Mrs. J. Howard,
Mrs. Florence James, Margaret Davis,
A. P. Peterson, H. E. Branstol, Geo.
! Webber, W. Ape, Geo. Tamamura, K.
i Kobay, Sadie Fisher, J. Steinberg and
J. Marks.
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Phil Donohoe, J. J. Chisholm, W. C.
Baird and T. Broadwell left on the
| Watson for Anchorage.
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♦ LONDON, April 12—"You could ♦
♦ WENT DOWN IN HEAPS ♦
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♦ have shot them down with your ♦
♦ eyes closed,” said a machine gun- ♦
♦ ner, describing how the Germans ♦[
♦ fought in the great drive. "We ♦
♦ fired straight into them and they ♦
♦ went down in heaps,” he con- &
♦ tinued, "yet we could not stop ♦
♦ them before.” He says the Ger- ♦
♦ mans outnumbered the British ♦
♦ two to *>ne. ' ♦
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MAY REGARD SAFE CONDUCT
AS MERE SCRAP OF PAPER:
WASHINGTON, April 12.—An early
guarantee of safe conduct by Ger
many for American ships carrying
grain to Cette, the Swiss port in
France, is predicted by Hans Sulzer,
the Swiss minister to this country.
NOTED PITGHEfl j
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ST. PAUL, April 12.—Grover Cleve
land Alexander, pitcher of the Chica
go National league baseball team, hasi
been drafted.
Sustain Big Loss
CHICAGO, April 12.—The drafting
of Pitcher Alexander will involve a |
loss to President Weeghman of the
Chicago Nationals of $50,000. Weegh
man had just bought Alexander and
Catcher Killil'er from Philadelphia for
a sum in excess of sixty thousand dol
lars, one of the biggest sums ever
pair for players in the history of base
ball.
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ADMRIAL JELLICOE
ASSUMES NEW HONORS
LONDON, April 12.—Admiral Sir
John Jellicoe has taken the title ot
Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa.
The name Scapa is derived from
Scapa Flow, which has been the prin
cipal home base of the British grand
fleet since the beginning of the war.
Scapa Flow is a great land-locked
harbor in the midst of the Orkney
islands, north of Scotland, and twenty
four hours’ train journey from Lon
don. The surrounding land is brown,
bare, desolate and treeless. There
are ninety islands in the Orkney
group, of which sixty-two are unin
habited.
Such was the place to which Jelli
coe brought his squadrons at the end
of July, 1914, and the place to which
he returned with them time and again
to rest after fruitless chases in the
North sea. Scapa was the king-pin
in the strategical disposition of the
allied naval forces during the entire
time that Jellicoe commanded them.
LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN
SHOWS GREAT RESULTS
WASHINGTON. April 12—Two hun
dred and seventy-five million one hun
dred and nineteen thousand dollars
has been subscribed to the Libert}
loan in the four days of the drive,
says an official statement. As the
Philadelphia and Minneapolis districts
are not included in this amount, if is
believed that the total is about four
hundred million dollars.
Subscriptions from Foreign Lands
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12—The
l^otal number of honor flags awarded
in the Liberty loan drive in the
Twelfth reserve district at the close
of business today was 119. Oregon is
far in the lead in the number of these
flags awarded.
The bonds ar3 being taken mostly
by small individual investors, there
being few large subscriptions. Sub-1
scriptions are coming from China and'
Samoa. Washington reports that
probably five hundred million dol
lars has been subscribed throughout
1 the country so far. VAN SMITH.
NSHIKIFSMIH
BUT HO DEMOCHf
P&LADELPHIA, April 12—Ru
dolph Blankenburg, mayor of Phila
delphia a few yearn ago, died here to
day, aged 75 years. He was known
as “the war horse of reform.”
Mr. Blankenburg was a native of
Germany, but had appeared in public
frequently advocating everything that
America stands for
FOULING CHILDREN
VICTIMS OF RIG GUNS
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PARIS, April 12—Four persons were
killed and twenty-one injured yester
day Tin the bombardment by the Ger
man long-range gun. One or the build
ings .struck by shells was a foundling
asylum.
nr SUCCEED TO
LONDON, April 12.—Count Czer
nin’s position as foreign minister of
Austria has become more secure since
his recent speech. There is growing
dissatisfaction in Germany with Chan
cellor von Hertling and Foreign Sec
retary von Kuhlmann. Efforts are
being made to replace Hertling with
Dr. von Helfferich, the former vice
chancellor.
OFFBI lintllFI
II TURKS H UTUMANS
LONDON, April 12.—A Turkish and
German force in Palestine opened an
offensive on Wednesday, attacking the
British near the coast.
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AGENT RETURNS
W. A. Nourse, local agent of the
Pacific Steamship Company, and his
wife, who have spent the past month
or two in the states returned to Cor
dova on the Admiral Watson this
morning.
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trail under water
The trail between Chitina and Fair
banks, has been in a most deplorable
condition for the past week or ten
days, and* at Delta, McCallum’s and
the Rapids was under six feet ft
water.
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George Dooley will be the four-min
ute speaker at the Empress theater
tonight.
LANDING OF AMERICAN FORCE
MAY APPEASE BOLSHEVIKI
kARBIN, Manchuria, April 12.—
Vladivostok advices received yester
day state that American marines have
been landed there. Americans control
the docks, while the Japanese are
guarding the railway and ammunition
depots.
To Reassure Russia
WASHINGTON. April 12.—The
landing of Americans at Vladivostok
is expected to reassure Russia that j
no Japanese invasion has been started !
With the Americans joining the Brit-,
ish and Japanese in protecting life
and the vast stores of war material,
the enterprise is given a distinctly
international character.
Since the attitude -of the United
States is credited with having stayed
a real Japanese invasion, the partici-'
pation of the Americans in the land
ing of troops is counted upon to em
phasize the purely local character of
the move.
No Official Knowledge
No word of the landing of American
marines at Vladivostok, as reported,
has reached government officials.
They would not say whether the com
mander of the American Asiatic fleet
had been ordered to land marines it
Americans were endangered.
Situation Viewed Calmly
LONDON, April 12.—It is reported
that American marines have been
landed at Vladivostok, and are co-oper*
ating with the British and Japanese
forces.
Petrograd is viewing the Vladi
vostok situation more calmly.
"BIT" WILL BE COINED
10 BENEFIT “MOTIFS".
WASHINGTON, April 12.—A bill
has been introduced in the house
which provides for the coinage of 15
cent pieces. It is said to have for its i
object the facilitation of the handling
of “movie” crowds.
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MEMORIAL CHURCH i
SOON TO BE ERECTED
As soon as weather conditions per
mit, excavating for the new St.
George’s Memorial church will begin.
The contract was made with Hartley!
Howard Wednesday evening, as'
Bishop Rowe was in town.
The building will side on Second j
street, facing the town, next to the
Red Dragon club house. It will be!
24x36 feet inside measurement, con
crete basement, porch 8x12 feet, in
terior walls and ceiling in natural
wood finish paneling, choir room in
basement, sacristy on main floor. The
exterior will be finished in shingle,
with white-finished beams and but
tresses, with an artistic bell tower.
There will be live arc windows on
each side.
The church will be a memorial to
the much-beloved Erastus Corning!
, Hawkins, chief engineer of the Cop
per River & Northwestern railroad j
during construction days, who was a j
regular conuaunicaiu of the parish
during his momentous work here.
The artar and altar-piece will be a
memorial to Mrs. Hattie Hazelet, wife
of George C. Hazelet, who was until
her death a tireless worker and well
wisher of the Red Dragon club house.
The altar-piece will be a large paint- !
ing of Rubens' “Descent from the
Cross.” Construction will begin as
soon as materials are at hand.
The building of the new church will
in no way impair the general and
usual use of the Red Dragon club
house, which is now being used
largely by the Cordova chapter of the
American Red Cross. ,
The people of Cordova may be as
sured that the building will be a real
addition to the beauty of the town,
and pride will be taken in its con
struction.
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Over a hundred passengers for in
terior points left on today's train.
VEXED IRISH PROBLEMS
ARE NEARING SOLUTION
LONDON, April 12—Sir Horace
Plunkett, chairman of the recent Irish
convention, has submitted a report to
the house of commons in which he
says that the convention laid the foun.
datlons for an agreement on Irish
questions unprecedented in history.
He said the convention was unable
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to overcome the objections of the'
Ulster Unionists, but he said the ma- i
[ority of the Nationalists, all the i
Southern Unionists and five of the
seven labor representatives had ;
lgreed upon a scheme of Irish self
government which he said would be i
enacted into law.
At a meeting of the Cordova fire
department, held last night, the fol
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Chief, D. J. Phillips;
assistant chief, C. R. Byers; secre
tary, Frederick Frederickson; trustees,
Chas. Gpme, H. F. Ballard and George
Dooley.
FAMOUS “APEX"
WASHINGTON, April 12.—Senator
lenderson of Nevada, chairman 01:
he mines and mining committee, ha^
ntroduced an amendment to the raili
ng laws which will deny to silver
niners the right to follows the vein
ndefinitely where the apex of the
edge is within their claims, as uuder
the present law. .*
The amendment of Senator Hender
son would permit miners to mine ore
mly from veins within the verti
cal lines of their claims.
Under legislation now in effect ore
nay be removed by a miner even
though the vein is beneath ground
claimed by another, providing it apex
vithin the first claim.
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SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS
Yesterday afternoon our former
ownsman, Henry Maillard, died at his
tiome in Seattle from paralysis, hav
ng been stricken about five years ago
»vhen a resident of Cordova, He went
o Mayo Brothers’ institut ti but they
were unable to do anything for him.
The deceased was born in Paris on
October 11, 1856, and came to this
country when seventeen years of age,
ilthough he always remained a French
subject. Mr. Maillard resided here
for several years and prior to that
ime lived at Valdez and Seward
When war was declared with Ger
oany he proved his patriotism by of*
fering his services to the allies, but
m account of his poor health he was
not accepted. He then volunteered to
;o as an interpreter or in any capacity
:hat they would take him, but was
inable to join the colors.
The sympathy of this community is
extended to a grief-stricken and sor
rowing mother and family of grown
’hildren, four of whoyi reside in Gor
lova. They are Mrs. C. R. Byers, Mrs.
lames Lyons, Mrs. V. T. Carter and
Henry Maillard Two married and
me single daughter also live in Seat
:le.
Mrs. Byers and Henry Maillard will
leave on the next boat for Seattle to
ittend the funeral and hope to bring
:heir mother back to Cordova to live.
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ELECTION AT M’CARTHY
There was a spirited election at Mc
Carthy for members of the sc? ool
joard, which resulted as follows:
For director: J. B. O’Neill. 71; R. L.
L Marshall, 50.
For clerk: Mrs. Aaron Krickscn, 71';
Irant Reed, 49.
For treasurer: John Underwood, 71;
STels Tjosevig, 47.
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The steamer Alaska left Juneau at
i* o'clock last night and is due in Gor
lova tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock.