The Cordova Daily Times
Y< iLl'ME II. NUMBER 549. CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1916 " PRICE TEN CENTS
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HIS VERY FEW
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SKATTI.K. Sept. 27. — The Ala
'ska sailed north for Alaska points
yesterday morning. The Cordova pas
sengers were Mrs. K. Wallace and one
steerage. The passenger list was light.
I lie traffic coming down now to its
normal winter standard. She carried
a lull cargo of freight for southwest
ern Alaska points, with a large ton
nage for Cordova.
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WILSON AGREES
TO SPEAK Oil
CHICAGO, Sept. 27. — It was an
nounced yesterday that President Wil
son had agreed to come here on Oc
tober la and address a non-partisan
organization. The subject of the pre
sident's speech has not been decided
upon, but be will deal largely with
the policies of the government with
special reference to Mexico and the
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European war, justifying the course
of the administration, and presenting
his side in contradiction of the attacks
being made by candidate Hughes. The
speech will in no sense be a campaign
speech, hut will lie an accounting of
the stewardship of the president re
garding the important foreign (pies
tions before the nation today.
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NEW YOUK, Sept. 27. — William
Butler, the head of the great black
mailing syndicate, today pleaded
guilty to swindling Mrs. Clipper and
was sentenced to the federal peniten
tiary for eighteen months.
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ALU IS MOVING
IS DIRECTION
OUR TROOPS
f'Ol.l’M Ill'S. Sept 27. — It is re
ported here today that I’aneho Villa,
the Mexican outlaw, is moving north
ward towards the American border
with a force of two hundred men. If
the report is true a ( lash is imminent
between the bandits and the advanced
posts of the American troops in
Mexico.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 27. — Official
confidential advices received from
Mexico today confirm the statements
of the Mexican ambassador that Villa
was not present at the fighting in the
Hidalgo department of Chihuahua
state. The Mexican ambassador also
asserts that the regular Mexican
troops in Chihuahua City did not de
sert to the bandits, and that no arms
and ammunition were captured by the
Villa troops.
El, PASO. Sept 27 — Military au
thorities in this city learned today
that the Carranza authorities in Chi
huahua City had performed wholesale
executions on persons suspected ol
being implicated in the recent attach
by the Villa bandits. Many of the
attack ars were captured, and it iB ea
timated that at least five hundrec
executions have taken place since th(
bandits were repulsed.
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NOTICE.
During my absence from town Clarl
Byers will be the acting chief of the
fire department.
' GEO. DOOLEY, Fire Chief.
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LONDON, Sept. 27.—The British forces in n sudden attack
mi the outer defenses of Combles last night, overcame the stub
born resistance which has been holding back the allied drive
in this sector of the Somme front for the past three weeks. The
British troops forced their way into the city following a heavy
bombardment which demolished the Teuton entrenchments and
inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. It is now felt that the al
lies are bound to take the city, although latest reports state that
1 the few Germans remaining in Combles are fighting desperately
in a vai uattempt to stem the allied advance. The position of
Combles is of great strategic importance, for with its capture
tin* British will have gone a long way towards making the Ger
man positions at Baupaume and Peronne, important railroad
Centers, untenable. The first attack on Combles was made on
the night of September and the fighting has been continuous
then1 since. '
Combles was the most strongly fortified town in this sec
tion, and the Germans bv their terrific fighting admitted its
advantage to their cause. All of the surrounding towns to the
north and east have long since been taken by the French and
British, and Combles cannot possibly holdout much longer.
PARIS, Sept. 27. The French made a simultaneous at
tack with the British troops last night against- Combles, the
I' rencli attacking from the east and northeast. The whole of the
village «>f Freguconrt was taken by the French, and the Teutons
lorced to evacuate tlie (’oinbles cemetery, where the dead under
ground were outnumbered by the heaps of German dead above
ground when the French entered the burying ground. JK&rlv
in the fighting a strong French reconnoitering party reached
tin- southern outskirts of Combles, and returned in safety, re -
porting the defenses of the city badly broken up by the deadly
fire of the French seventy fives. Around Free-ncoiirt »n.l tlui*
t i»mhies cemetery the French captured over eight hundred un
won in ltd (lei mans. French air pilots rejtorted that the Teutons
had commenced removing their heavier gnus from Coiubles
early yesterday morning, and it is evident that the enemy is
preparing to retire. The capture of ('omhles will mean a *great
impetus to the allied plans in the Somme offensive.
FOX DON’, Sept. 27.—It was officially announced by.the
war of I icc this afternoon that the British troops had captured
the town of (’omhles, along the eastern end of their line in the
Somme sector, and dost* to the joining point’between the Frejlich
and British forces. The final charge of the British swept every
i liing before it, t he (iermans not anticipating it so soon, as when
the city was taken it became clear that preparations had been
made by the Teutons to evacuate the position, which prepara
tion' had not been completed, as a large number of prisoners
and guns were taken. The (ierman losses in defense of the town
were heavy, the officers reporting the British artillery fjre un
usually effective.
PARIS, Sept. 27. In an official communique issued this
afternoon the government announced that the allies had cap
tured the city of (’omhles rn the Somme sector; A vast stock of
munitions and provisions were also taken, aud a great'quantity
of miscellaneous booty. The whole town was strewn with the
dead bodies of the (ierman soldiers, who had resisted to the last
the attempts of the British and French to force the position.
Along the whole Somme front the battle is raging, the allies
pressing their advantage, and reports arriving detail allied sue
it every point. The capture of (’omhles is regarded by
the military experts as the most important advance since the
first stage of the big allied push along the Somme. Both sides
of the Somme are witnessing fierce fighting.
LONDON, Sept. 27. Another Zeppelin raid qcCHfrcd last
night, there being six of the huge aircraft concerned, and the
coast of northeastern Fngland was heavily bombarded. From
the reports so far received it is estimated that twenty-nine per
sons were killed by bombs from (lie aircraft. It is believed that
all of the machines returned in safety, as the weather made it
difficult for the anti-aircraft guns to locate their prey.
LONDON, Sept. 2i.—Later reports give the official nurn
tier of dead as the result of the latest Zeppelin raid as thirty.
A I HENS, Sept. 21. Ex -1 Vein ier \ enizelos, a (Vet an him
self, whose rise to fame and power eoninn need in the island, ar
rived at Canea, Crete, last night, and spoke to a large body of
his compatriots, urging them to remain loyal to Greece, and
stating that he would issue a proclamation to the people of
Greece summoning the king to head a movement to put Greece
on the side of the allies, fighting to restore Serbia to her peo
pie, and to drive the Bulgurs back into their own country. All
reports received from Crete testify to the fact that the revolu
tionary movement is spreading, although it is believed that if
the king would come out on the side of the allies, and throw the
Greek army against the Teutons and Bulgurs, that the Cretans
would desist their rebellious actions, and flock to the standard
of Constantine.
.ATHENS, Sept. 27. The Greek government has agreed to
submit to the allied proposals and actively support the entente
in its fight to rid Serbia of the invaders, provided that the al
lies would assist Greece in raising a loan sufficient to pay for
the mobilization and equipment of the Greek army. Greece has
definitely decided to abandon her attitude of neutrality and to
throw in her lot with the allies. The action of the Germans in
attacking Kavalla, and the refusal to give up the Greek soldiers
cnptur«Hi at that point, has so inflamed the people against the
central powers, that even the well known influence of the king,
always exerted on the German side, cannot now prevent retali
uiui i uiranuicQi
LONDON, Sept. 27. Tin* war office announces flirt her sue
cesses for the allied forces along the Somme front yesterday.
The British captured fifteen hundred Hermans and much war
material in the past twenty four hours, in addition to the booty
and prisoners tak,cu at ('oinbles. A strong redoubt lietween Les
Boeufs and Guedecoflrt was taken by tin* British, the entire
Teuton garrison surrendering.
MADRID, Sept. 27.—The Spanish government has for
warded to its ambassador at Berlin for presentation to the Her
man foreign office, a strong protest against the torpedoing of
Spanish steamers by Herman submarines. The protest demands
that the unlawful practices of the Herman admiralty cease, and
that prompt reparation be made tor the loss of Spanish lives
and property. The protest is the most energetic delivered to
Germany on this question since the height of the submarine
controversy with the I nited States. Feeling throughout Spain
has been growing intense against the Hermans for the losses
suffered by Spanish shipping, and the government, which lias
been friendly inclined towards Berlin, has been forced by the
growing nmtterings of the press and populace to take vigorous
action.
BERLIN, Sept. 27.—The war office issued an official bul
lt*tiii this morning, stating that the Roumanian troops were con
tinuing their successes in Transylvania and had occupied the
heights on both sides of the Sturduk and Vilean passes over the
Carpathians. The defending Herman troops retired in good
order, taking their cannon with them.
BARIS, Sept. 27. The war office officially admitted to
day further successes for the allies in the fighting in France,
East of Faucourt the allies made an advance in the vicinity of
Labbaye. North of Flers, the British captured the towns of
Guedecourt and Bouchaveiies.
UNION MEN STRIKE
NKW 'H)UK, Kept. 27-—Kmest Bohin, state organizer of
1 the A merican Federation of Labor, stated that 263,000 more! un
ion men would strike tomorrow. The police report that far less
than 125,000 have already struck.
XFW YUltK, Sept. 27.—A general sympathy strike went
into effect today, as a result of the traction employees walkout,
juhor representatives state that 126,00(1 men quit work today.
BIG STEAMER DEAL
SKATTI.K, Sept, '27.- It i> rumored that tin* Pacific
Alaska Navigation Company, which operates the Admiral line
of boats, will soon take over all of the holdings of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company, which owns nine vessels. There is
a directors meeting of the former company today, and local of
ficiais of both companies decline to discuss the sale, but none
deny that negotiations are progressing.
BANKERS IN ANNUAL SESSION
KANSAS (TTY, Mo,, Sept. 27. —
The American Bankers’ Association,
whose membership has during the
past year reached a total of lt>,016
banks, opened Its general convention
here today, with its president, James
K Lynch, of San Francisco, deliver
ing an address, in which he discussed
the federal reserve act and national
J defense.
“The primary purpose of a govern
j ment," he said, “is to provide adequate
defense for the country governed, and
how shamefully this purpose has been
, neglected under one administration
I after another is a familiar tale.
“We are given to boasting of oor
size, but when we are no longer tap
able of feeling pin pricks in our fe#t
are we not too large? For year# o$i
citizens in Mexico have been subject
cd to murder and the most untenable
outrages, and the national conscious
ness is barely aroused. Not in Megi
co alone, hut within our own borderi
us well as on the high seas, have our
people on their lawful occasions beeti
done to death while the nation hat
slumbered or murmured feebly in iti
sleep.
"As a nation, we have grown rich
and have grown fat, and havs grows
* ' * ** • k
soft, and we are today the most tempt
ing prize under the blue canopy of
heaven.
"But if we as a nation are sick, it
is as individuals that we must supply
' the cure Congress does not lead, but
follows public opinion. First of all,
we need co-operation, teamwork, the
I things that win any kind of human eti
I deavor, and to secure this there Is no
thing quite ao good as universal mlli
i tary training which arouses uational
| reeling aud national consciousness as
nothing else can do.
"In the task of vitalizing the nation,
the most Important agency is the
press, which Informs, instructs, ad
viseH, admonishes the people. It ill
becomes one Ignorant of the difficul
ties encountered in collecting and dls
tributing the news, to criticize tht
apparent failures or deficiencies, bul
is it too much to ask of our papert
that they take the larger view of out
national affairs and help in the ditfi
cult task which is before us, and tc
ask of our people that they dlscrim
inate between the varying grades ol
ability and integrity with which tht
work is done?!
“If our people can rise to the heigbti
' of citizenship that the times demand
STRIKE CAUSING
GOVERNOR
WORRY
NKW YOHK, Sept. 27. — Governor
Whitman tame here from Albany yes
I terday and held a conference with the
city members of the legislature rela
tive to the strike of the street car
I employees, and the sympathetic
strikes accompanying The represen
tatives requested the governor to call '
a special session of the legislature to
deal with the situation, which is rapid
ly growing more critical. Transports
tion Is almost wholly tied up on the
surface lines, but some of the elevated
trains are running on an Irregular
schedule. Little violence is reported,
except in isolated cases, and then
mostly cauBed by boys and hoodlums
The men are doing their best to pre
serve order. The companies report
that the elevated trains are being
bombarded with missiles thrown from
the roofs of the adjoining buildings,
but the police have been unable to
make any arrests so far
the work must be done can be accom
plished and in order, but if they will
not learn from the bitter experience
of our kin across the sea, the refor
mation will be worked out amid the
ruin of war."
So far as the bankers are concerned
the most important subject Qf the day
Is the operation of the federal re
serve act, said President Lynch. Oritl
cism of the reserve banks had come
from different sources; from the
banks of the financial centers, w'hicb
objected to the absorption by the re
serve banks of the supply of bank
acceptances; from the small banks in,
the more remote districts, with com
plaint that the requirements for the
eligible paper are too strict, and from
the member banks generally protest
ing against an enforced investment
which carried no immediate prospects
of dividends and on reserve deposits
on which no interest is paid. To all
these objectors he pointed out that
conditions for two years past have
been abnormal and furnished no evi
dence of what the reserve system
could do, but that much had alroadv
been accomplished. Hank acceptances
for the first time have been made
possible as credit instruments in con
nection with the import and export
of merchandise, the dollar credit Is
making its way In South America and
in the Orient, and national banks are
opening branches in foreign countries
"The federal reserve act," he said,
"has made the financial organization
of this country possible, and the pre
liminary steps to that end have al
ready been taken. This, to my mind,
is the great reason why the bankers
I should work with the act and not
against it; should try to make it suc
ceed Instead of pointing out defects
which might cause It to fail, for in
doing so, they will have not only
have strengthened the banking system
but will have also have strengthened
the nation."
With respect to the federal farm
Irian flpf V! r I vnph HaplaraH that
I while the end sought was sociological,
an endeavor to stem the drift of pop
ulation to the cities, lower the rates
of interest and greater facilities for
getting into debt would of themselves
serve to accomplish this result. "The
men who have the most intimate ex
perience with farm conditions gen
erally believe that borrowing is al
ready too easw for the farmer," he
said.
Touching on the European war. the
great flotations of foreign loans here
and the enormous inflow of gold, Mr.
Lynch said:
“We may expect that as soon as the
war Is over and the normal Imports
of merchandise are resumed the ex
cess of gold will leave us, and this
will be by no means an evil. The
surplusage of gold and the loaning
power set free by the federal reserve
act together are likely to cause a
credit expansion which will need care
ful supervision by our bankers, to the
end that the corresponding contrac
tion does not find us unprepared. The
control of both the export and import
of gold should be guided by the fed
eral reserve board, which was intend
ed to perform this function, and which
has the power necessary to staliblse
exchange through this means ’*
I
IN TOLEDO
TOLEDO, Sept. J7. — candidate
Hughe* arrived here today from Day
ton, aud made several short addresses
at different points around the city,
speaking to the workers at several
large industrial plants during the noon
Jiour He departed late this afternoon
for Cleveland, where he is scheduled
to make a formal address tonight. The
candidate was fairly well received at
most of the place* here, although the
enthusiasm was not so spontaneous as
in other places.
TOLEDO, Sept. 27. — Hughes, the
Republican candidate for president,
received an uncomfortable reception
at one of the automobile factories In
this city today while speaking to the
assembled workmen on the issues of
the campaign His criticisms of Pre
sident Wilson were hissed, and
throughout his talk he was constant
ly Interrupted with questions, and
heckled by his listeners At times
the Wilson cheers drowned the re
marks of the speaker, who took the
demonstration in an unruffled manner.
Kart of the questions snouted at Mr.
Hughes were regarding the strike of
the Danbury hatters, and bis decision
in the supreme court against the un
ion workers in that (rase. Hughes did
not answer these questions, and when
asked by the newspaper men after
the meeting why he did not do so,
he declared that he did not hear any
questions about the Danbury hatters
case. Toward the end of the speech
the Wilson cheers became so ioud
and prolonged that the closing re
marks of (he candidate were lost in
a storm of applause for Wilson and
uncomplimentary references to
Hughe*.
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PAPER FOR FRF
SOLDIERS
El. PASO, Sept. 27. — The arrival
here recently of a carload of writing
paper called attention in a striking
manner to the enormous amount of
correspondence carried on by the ap
proximately 100,000 American soldiers,
federal and state, doing patrol duty
along the Mexican border. There
were more than a million sheets of
paper and half that many envelopes
consigned to the army Young Men's
Christian Association.
Part of this shipment was sent on
to Columbus, N. M , other parts to
camps there. Most of It, however,
was retained here for the soldiers
of the El Paso district because they
use somewhere near a quarter of a
million sheets weekly. This would
Indicate that the camps here alone
require a full car load of paper each
month.
Supplying letter paper Is only one
of the many activities of the Young
Men's Christian Association on the
border. Each separate camp has a
recreation hut built and managed by
the association They are low, spread
tng buildings, provided with tables
and chairs, writing materials, games
and reading matter The eight huts
in the El Paso district are in the hands
of twenty eight experienced secre
taries
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WORLD'S SERIES OCTOBER 7.
CHICAGO, Sept 27. — The world's
series of baseball games opens here
^n October 7.
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The steamer Northwestern Is due
here at 8 o’clock tonight on her south
bound trip.
George Dooley left on the Alameda
for Valdez. Seward and Anchorage on
a campaign tour.
The Bon Ton orchestra will give Its
' second dance at Eagle Hall tonight,
aud an Invitation Is extended to the
public to attend and have a good time.