The Cordova Daily Times
Member of Associated Press
VOL. 111. NO. 295 COliDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 51, 1918 PRICE TEN CENTS
ARMISTICE WITH TURKEY IS SIGNED TODAY
ONE ENTIRE DIVISION AND PARTS OF TWO OTHERS SURRENDER
ITALIAN FORCES TRAP ENEMY
IN THEIR HURRIED RETREAT
LONDON, Oct. 31.—The Exchange Tele
graph says that the Austrian commander on the
Italian front has applied to General Diaz, in com
mand of the Italian and allied forces on the Italian
front, for an armistice. The application has been
forwarded to the allied council at Versailles.
WASHINGTON, Oct. Ml. Fifteen Austrian divisions op
erating between Brenta and tlie I’iave have been cut oil troin
retreat through the capture by the allies ol the \ adal mountain
pass. A wireless message says the allies are pressing along to
the utmost and that a crisis is near. The enemy losses are ap
palling.
The Italians have occupied the (Jucro valley, and threaten
Felt re. The Austrians in the Grappa region are exposed to a
flanking movement, and their immediate retirement is expected.
The Third Italian army, along the lower I’iave. is ad
vancing despite enemy resistance. More than a thousand square
kilometers of Italian territory was recovered yesterday. Ap
parentlv the whole front is being driven northward.
The dispatches deny the Austrian claim that the territory
across the Piave was evacuated voluntarily.
London Report of Allied Success
LONDON, Oct. 31.—The entire Italian front is ablaze, all
the Italian armies being in action. The British have reached
the Livenzia river at Francigno. The Italians have occupied
< hlerzo.
Says Austrians Are “Withdrawing”
VIHNNA, Oct. 31.—The Austro-Hungarians are withdraw
ing from Serbia, and have crossed the Danube. The Austrians
also are withdrawing from Italian soil.
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♦ MITTEL EUROPA ♦
♦ WAS BUT A DREAM ♦
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♦ BASER, Oct. 111. The Her ♦
♦ lin Vorwaerts says that tier- ♦
♦ many's continental policy has ♦
♦ collapsed, and that the Ham- ♦
♦ burg-to Bagdad road has boon ♦
♦ reduced to the Humburg-to- ♦
♦ Bodenbach road. ♦
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SOPHIA WRECK
MAY NEVER BE
INVESTIGATED
OTTAWA. Oct 31. The depart
inent of marine and fisheries is un
decided about bedding an investiga
tion into the circumstances surround
ing the wreck of the* steamship Prin
e*e*ss Soph' i If it shemlei eiecide not
to hold ai. inquiry ii »v.il he* because
the re are* no survivors, and thero is
no one* alive upon whom responsibll
ity for th** disaster e*ould he placed.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
WILL OBSERVE NOV. 6
AS DAY OF PRAYER
NEW YORK, Oct SI —The Presby
terian national headquarters has is
sued a call to the ten thousand Pres
byterlan churches throughout Ihe
country to observe November ti as a
day of prayer for the abatement ot
the influenza epidemic.
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No word has as yot been received
as to the arrival of the Admiral Far
ragut, which is to the westward.
DUTCH TROOPS
MUTINOUS AND
FIRE BARRACKS
\MSTKRDAM. Oct. 31.—It is re
ported that Dutch soldiers encamped
at Hartskamp have mutinied because
of bad food They are said to have
set lire to the barracks and plundered
the canteens. Unconfirmed reports
say that several men were killed and
wounded before the outbreak was
quelled.
S. S. VICTORIA IS NOT
RETURNING VIA CORDOVA
SKATTUC, Oct. ill The steamship
Victoria is coming direct to Seattle
Horn Nome, and will not stop at Cor
dova, as had been planned.
BOTH PARTIES
ARE JUGGLING
WITH POLITICS
WASH 1NOTON. Oct 31—The sett
ate Demo rats upset the Republican
plans for bringing up questions of
peace and politics today by making
the point of "no quorum," thus forcing
an adjournment until tomorrow.
This program, agreed upon by the
Democratic steering committee, is to
be followed dally until after the elec
tion, unless the Republicans In the
meantime consent to a recess for the
election.
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♦ KAISER PREPARED
♦ FOR INEVITABLE
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♦ AM ST Kith AM. Oct. .'ll.
♦ Speaking before the reichstag.
♦ Kaiser Wilhelm said:
♦ It the moment conics when
♦ tin- inter*- ts of Kermuny de
♦ maud it I will abdicate without
♦ hesitation. Tin* people must
♦ not think that I plan to hold
♦ the throne at all costs."
Tin- belief prevails in Merlin
♦ that if tin* kai • ■ i abdicates it
♦ will be in fa\or of Prince Will
♦ iam Frederick, eldest son <>! the
♦ crown prince.
♦
♦ Haunted by Czar’s Fate
♦ PARIS. Oct. 11. The Petit
♦ Journal says the Kerman cm*
♦ press has been ill for a week.
♦ and is haunted by tin* mentor)
♦ of tin- Russian revolution Sin*
♦ insists that tin* kaiser abdicate.
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TWO HUNDRED CASES
OF SPANISH INFLUENZA
IN S. E. ALASKA CITY
Dr. \V VW Council, territorial health
officer, has received word that there
I are 200 cases of influenza at Ketehi
] kun. Governor Higgs advises that
j the utmost endeavor, he made to pre
vent the spread of the disease, and
for this reason all public meetings
will be prohibited
Dr. Council advices that on the first
appearance of symptoms of the dis
ease he be notified In order that
steps may be taken to prevent an
epidemic here
All public meetings, including the
ater, schools, churches, jsiol halls
and retail stores, must close after the
arrival of the next boat here, either
from the south or the westward. Re
tail stores will lie compelled to con
I duct their business by telephone and
|tin delivery system
PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS OVER
AND REAL WORK ON TERMS BEGINS
WAHHI NGT( >N!#OeL > .information lias reached
here to indicate that the American and allied military repre
sentatives in France have completed the1 work of framing the
terms upon which Germany might he granted an armistice, i!
is assumed that the report of the arrival of Marshal Koch’s
terms at Berlin on Tuesday, referred to hv a Copenhagen di>
patch, is based upon a dispatch purporting to outline what
would be demanded of Germany.
Berlin Receives the News
LONDON, Oct. 111. A Copenhagen dispatch says that
Marshal Koch’s armistice terms arrived at Berlin Tuesday. It
is understood that Marshal Koch asks the surrender of the tier
man fleet and the allied occupation of the Rhine cities.
Speculating as to Terms
Tito preliminary conversations by the allied diplomats at
Paris have now been concluded and the more important dis
missions are beginning. Chancellor Bonnr Law went to France*
ycste-reiay by airplane to participate* in the discussions. Specu
lations on the armistice terms continue to occupy a prominent
place* in the* newspapers.
Wants Adequate Guaranties
l he* K\pre*ss says that suggestions we*re* made by the* Brit
isle delegate* at Ve*rsaille*s, and will probably be* presses! with
some* nmelitications by either allie*s, with the ide*a of pre*veiiting
(iemnany from resuming hostilities whe*n eince* an armistice* has
bee'll grante'el, and alsei of securing aeleepiatei guarantie*s for the*
signing of a p«*ae*e* trinity based on President Wilson’s fourteen
points.
INFLUENZA ON
BOARD U. S.
TRANSPORT
LONDON, Oct 31.- A transport
carrying six thousand American sol
diers has arrived at a Ilriiv-h port.
During the trip 2.051) cases of influ
enza were reported hut only one death
resulted.
The success achieved In combatting
the malady was due to the fact that
all on board wore masks.
SEATTLE STORES CLOSE
TODAY FOR INFLUENZA
SEATTLE, Oct. 31.—The stores
wore closed part of today on account
of the epidemic Influenza.
AMERICANS DOWN
27 ENEMY PLANES
IN SINGLE DAY
WASHINGTON. Oct 31. General
l’ershlng reported today that Ameri
cans on Wednesday downed twenty
one enemy airplanes. Two Americans
tire missing.
JAPANESE RATIFY
THEIR TREATY WITH
THE UNITED STATES
TOKIO, Oct 31.- The privy council
has ratified the renewal of the arbi
tration treaty between Japan and the
United States.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Oct. 31.—Yesterday’s
prices for fish were as follows: Hali
but. 22c; sablefish, 5c; ling and rod
cod, 3c.
Unconditional Surrender of the Ottoman
Forces—Allied Fleets Are to
Occupy Dardanelles
PARIS, Oct. 31. An armistice between Tur
key and the allies has been signed at Minos, says an
official communication. It became effective at
noon today.
London Confirms News
LONDON, <>r(. .">1. Tim Standard savs it learns that the
British vice admiral at Salonika concluded an armistice with
the Ottoman government at neon today.
Terms of the Armistice
1 lie entire I i:rkisli Iorce v hit li has been opposing the Brit •
isli on the Tigris has hem captured, says an official statement.
The terms of the armistice include the free passage of the
Dardanelles to the allied fleet. Home Secretary Sir George
Dave announced that the other terms comprise the occupation
of t lie forts on the Bosporous necessary to secure the pa.—rg. of
the allied warships through the Bosporus to the Black sea, and
the release of British prisoners.
General Townshend Is Liberated
General Townshend, the British commander captured at
Kut-el-Amara, was released by the Turks and he was sent to in
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form the British admiral indihnnano in the Aegia.i >.-,i that
the Turkish government asked that negotiations lie opened
immediately for an armistice.
Practically Unconditional Surrender
LONDON, Oct. dl. Reuter's says that Great Britain lias
judicially received definite peaee proposals from Turkey which
are regarded tantamount to unconditional surrender. Ismail
Hakki, commander of the Turkish armies in Mesopotamia, has
surrendered with an entire division and part of two other divi
sions.
Some of the Armistice Terms
LONItoN, Oct. dl. The Kx press today says that the allies
will insist that Turkey permit f^cir fleets to pass through the
lardanelles and land an adequate force on Turkish soil. She
will also he asked to give up certain jiersons accused of violat
•g the rules of civilized warfare.
President Confers with Cabinet Members
WASHINGTON, (let. dl. President Wilson went to the
state, war and executive building to confer with Secretaries
Lansing and Baker upon the receipt of the Associated Press
dispatches announcing the Turkish capitulation and the Aus
rian request to the Italians for an armistice, which had .just
been received.
BREAK UP OF AUSTRIAN EMPIRE
«3
BERXE, Oct. dl. Tlic 4«i ■ 1111; 111 slate of Au-tiia lias lid'll
*
creatoil Iiy t lie (1.• i man \;;t lom.l Council i f Alist; m, anil <i not e
lias been stmt to I’n siili ut V"is. n m :i ying him of this action.
The new state claims all the territory of old Austria where a
majority of the population is Gorman.
Hungary Severs Relations
BERXE, < >et. dl. - The !Bulgarian diet lias adopted a ivso
lution declaring that the eonstitntional relations between Hun
gury, Dalmatia, Slovenia and Finnic have ceased to exist.
Berlin Out of Communication with Capitals of Her Allies
PARIS, Oct. dl. —Communication has been cut bitw tii
Vienna and Budapest. The t'/.echo Slovaks also have cut the
Berlin to Vienna railway, and German trains can now go,only
to Schandau.
Fiume in Hands of Friends of Allies
BASEL, Oct. dl.—The Austrians have evacuated the city
of Fiume, leaving it in the hands of the Croatian troop . The
town is bedecked with allied colors.