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CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1910. PRICE TEN CENTS.
RUSSIANS NOW FORCING THE TURKS
RESUME OFFENSIVE;
CELEBRATE BY
* CAPTURING CITY
LONDON, July 13.—Russian forces in Armenia and Per
sia, which recently were compelled to fall back under vicious
attacks by the Turkish troops, have again resumed the offen
sive and have captured Mamakhatum, fifty miles west of Erze
rum, on the new offensive.
RUSSIANS ENVELOPING LEMBERG.
In Galicia the Russian armies are reforming for a continu
ation of the great offensive. According to special dispatches
from Petrograd, the steady advance of General Brussiloff’s
left wing, despite the desperate resistance of the Austro-Ger
mans, indicates that in a few days his front will assume the
form an arc centered on Lemberg.
The semi permanent fortifications of the Austro-Germans,
these dispatches say, now have all been captured and destroyed
on this front, where they were planned to hold the Russians
while the Italian campaign progressed. It is not believed that
any formidable second or third line fortifications have been
constructed behind this front.
General Brussiloff’s front exceeds 300 miles in length, and
his left wing is at present about 20 miles from the Gallipoli
capital. ^ ** .k.
QUIET ON SOMME FRONT.
PARIS, July 13.—There was no infantry fighting either at
the Somme or in front of Verdun last night, but at the latter
point the Germans today delivered their seventh great on
slaught. Slight gains were made, but the French yet are abso
lutely certain of their ability to hold the fortress indefinitely.
Three solid French lines of defense are yet unpenetrated,
and it is pointed out that the closer the Germans approach the
more difficult will be their advance.
On the Somme front the British are clearing the Germans
from fortified positions with big guns before resuming the
general offensive. s*
The next objective of the French in this region is the vil
lage of Barleux, which is the junction point of three highways
leading to the Somme, south of Peronne. If this point is gained
the French will be in position to attack the bridgeheads oppo
site Peronne, which the Germans are strengthening.. North of
the river the Anglo-French advance is slower on account of the
fact that the Germans have massed between the river and He
buturne the bulk of the 26 divisions which originally held this
front, and of the reserves they have since brought up.. After
the ground gained had been concentrated it is expected artil
lery preparation for a second big thrust would be made.
BALTIMORE, July 13. — The un
loading of the Deutschland was com
pleted today, and it is expected that
the vessel will begin taking on her
return cargo today.
The submarine which at first was
supposed to be one of the largest ever
built, and of the super-dreadnought
type, is only 250 feet long and 25 feet
beam.
It has been necessary for the dock
officials to keep watchmen at the
pier constantly to prevent the large
crowds of curious spectators from
overcrowding the boat.
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THE SUPREME
COURT
WASHINGTON, July 13. — It is un
derstood in official circles here that
John H. Clark, United States district
judge at Cleveland, will be appointed
to the supreme court to fill the va
cancy created by the resignation of
Hughes.
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WOMEN DOCTORS LICENSED
TO PRACTICE IN CHINA.
PEKING, July 12. — Forty- two wo
nme doctors, graduated from various
medical schools, will shortly be given
certificates to practise in Peking.
These will be the first women granted
official permission to practise medi
cine in the Chinese capital.
WAR BOOSTS THE
WASHINGTON, July 13. — As a re
sult of an Investigation carried on by
the United States government, It is
announced today that the biggest food
advances since the beginning of the
war in Europe has been in Austria,
where meat has advanced in price 500
per cent. Meat prices in Berlin have
advanced from 45 to 160 per cent,
while the British food prices have in
creased 60 per cent.
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MORE TERRITORY
MELBOURNE, Australia. July 12.—
Ocean, Fanning and Washington is
lands in the mid-Paciftc have been at
tached by the British government to
the Gilbert and Ellice groups for ad
ministrative purposes. During No
vember last the native governments
of the Gilberts and Ellices, which had
been British protectorates since 1892,
were, at their own request, annexed
to the British dominions under the
title of the Gilbert and Ellice Uland
Colony. It therefore follows that
Ocean, Fanning and Washington is
lands will now be part of that, colony.
Ocean island is famous for Its rich
deposits of phosphate rock and Fan
ning island is the site of a relay sta
tion of the Canadlan-Australian-New
Zealand cable.
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A woman doctor has lately ad
vanced the theory that talking leads
to long life; but an attested married
man of our acquaintance assures us
that this is amistaks, and that it
merely makes It seem longer.—Punch.
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EPIDEMIC TIKES
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NEW YORK, July 13. — Twenty
four deaths and 117 new cases of !n-(
faatile paralysis In the past twenty
four hours mark another increase In
the epidemic which now holds this
city in its grasp.
Yesterday there was a decrease In
the number of deaths, and new cases
reported, and it was felt that the epi
demic had spent itself, and that con
ditions would improve steadily. The
high number reported today, however,
has dispelled any such hopes, and the
board of health has renewed its activi
ties in combatting the disease.
Since the outbreak of the paralysis
epidemic in this city there have been
1,557 children stricken. Of these 311
have died.
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HUGHES RALLY
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JULY 31
NEW YORK, July 13. — The offi
cial notification of Hughes will be
made at Carnegie hall on the night of
July 31, at which time there will be
u gathering of all the principal Repub
licans of the country.
Roth Roosevelt and Taft have been
invited to attend, and the actions of
these two men, who have not been
under the same roof since the Repub
lican convention in Chicago four years
ago caused their estrangement, will
be watched with interest by the poli
ticians of the country.
Taft already has declared that he
is willing to talk from the same plat
form with Roosevelt in support of
Hughes, but the attitude of the colonel
is open to question.
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TIMES BITS ALL
MAKE SMALL
BAINS
There is only one change in the re
lative positions of the boys in the
Times contest as compared with yes
terday. Although most of the boys
gained votes yesterday. Edwin Bol
linger is the only one who managed
to step up a peg. He increased his
votes from 300 to 725. and managed
to crowd ahead of George Wilson, who
showed an increase of only 100 votes.
The boys near the top now are
crowding the leader, Johnny Rosswog
being only 600 votes behind Harry
O'Neil, who leads the list. Brook has
advanced none after his spurt of the
day before, which brought him up
near the head, and Sam Hedges is now
close behind him for third place.
Charles Royal managed to gain a
few today, and had the other boys
with fewer votes not also advanced
he would have forged ahead. Elwell
seems to have met an unsurmountable
obstacle at 903, but is wide awake and
on the lookout for live ones. There
is too much disparity between the
four boys in the lead and the four at
the bottom, which would seem to call
for a greater effort on the part of the
latter.
The contest is still open to other
entries, but will close on July 20,
when the race will then be confined
to the boys in the running at that time.
The standings of the boys at noon
today was:
Harry O'Neil.4125
John Rosswog.3526
Brook Lamprey.2200
Sam Hedges.1625
Elw’ell Thawley.903
Edwin Bollinger.725
George Wilson.625
Charles Royal.3°8
"War la not the greatest of human
evils; slavery Is a worse evil than
war.”—Sir William Peterson.
VIENNA, July 13. — German and
Austrian aspirations for a closer eco
nomic union have received a setback
at the hands of the Budapest Chamber
of Commerce. In emphatically worded
resolutions that body has declared
that the new Ausgleich with Austria
shall be for only ten years, and has
further expressed Its conviction that
Hungary must be independent of Aus
tria in customs matters, and have her
own tariffs.
The Ausgleich is the working agree
mcnt between Austria and Hungary
for carrying on the Joint affairs of the
dual monarchy, including provision
for customs and finances. Originat
ing in the compromise of 1867 the le
gal term of the agreement was fixed
at ten years, but since the movement
began for a closer economic union be
tween Germany and Austria-Hungurv,
it has been urged that the Ausgletch,
which expires next year, be extended
to twenty or twenty-five years, so as
to make possible some of the read
justments that would not be possible
in a shorter period. The leaders in
the movement for the economic union,
who have been meeting In Berlin,
Vienna, Budapest, Munich, Dresden
and I’rague, have considered the ex
tension of the Ausgleich to be a most
essential matter, and the action of the
Budapest Chamber of Commerce in
opposition to*it has caused tnu< h Irri
tation among those who hope that
the new economic alliance will be per
fected.
It is said that the Hungarian parlia
ment, one the whole, is also opposed
to the extension of the Ausgleich. The
negotiations every ten years for each
new ausgleich have always been used
by the politicians of Budapest to ex
tract all sorts of compensation, pofiU
cal, financial and economic, from the
government in Vienna, and the Hun
garians will not readily sacrifice such
a powerful weapon.
The determined stand by the ll;ida
pest Chamber in the matter of a sep
aration of the customs system of the
monarchy has also opened up serious
problems. While Hungary is chiefly
an agricultural state, It has in the
past few years been laboriously build
ing up various industries with govern
ment subventions and all sorts of po
litical assistance, to the point of com
petition with Austria, which is chiefly
a manufacturing state. In Hungary it
has been decreed that no official sup
plies are to be bought outside of Hun
gary’, not even in Austria, if they can
possibly be produced or bought in
Hungary. Further, the leading indus
trial interests have insisted that a
speedy development of home Industry
can only be brought about if Hungary
has her own system of tariffs, so as
to close her frontier against Austria,
anil make her own commercial treaties
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The agricultural interests, on the
other hand, prefer the continuance of
the common customs tariffs for the
whole empire, as they desire to shut
out the importation of foreign grain
and cattle and meat, in common with
their Austrian associates, and then,
too, they sell most of their produce in
Austria.
Since the outbreak of the war, the
internal relations between Austria and
Hungary had considerable improved,
and it was hoped that suffering under
this common burden, the two nations
would become still more closely united
in the future.
But all the influences of the war,
and the necessity for showing an un
divided front to the foe, have failed to
make the Hungarian manufacturers
recede from their demands for cus
toms separation from Austria. It is
true that the resolutions of the Cham
ber of Commerce admit that the time
is not opportune for making such a
tremendous change, but in the firm
conviction is expressed that an inde
pendent customs territory is the only
way of developing home industries.
Even this statement of the situation
was too mild for some of the speakers
in the debate, who insisted that the
separation should be pressed forward
| without delay and petitions sent to
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NEW’ YORK. July IS. — Another
violent attack against the stocks of
industrial companies depending main
ly upon orders for war supplies for
the high prices now asked for their
securities, today caused a further
shrinkage of their values on the stock
exchange.
The attack was directed mainly
against the stocks of firms manufac
turing motors and munitions.
It is predicted here that unless there
is some further war scare which in
volves the United States the stocks
of most of the industrials will soon
regain the level held before the
opening of the big war. which in some
cases Increased their values as much
»s ten thousand per cent.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands. July 13.
(Correspondence of the Associated
Press.) — From a million after the fall
>f Antwerp, the number of Belgian re
ugees in Holland has declined to
ibout 65,000 today, according to of
ficial information given to the As
iociated Cress. The rest of the terror
stricken throngs which poured over
[he Dutch frontier have returned to
[heir homes In Belgium, or gone to
England or France, and to some small
sxtent, to America.
Numerous Belgians are still arriv
ng from over the border, driven out
py the hard conditions of existence
there, but this accession is apparently
counterbalanced by the outflow from
Holland in various directions. Of the
55.000 still enjoying Dutch hospitality
15.000 are now accommodated in four
refugee camps at Ede, Nunspeet, Gou
Ja and Uden, while the remainder are
scattered among private families.
Apart from several million dollars
provided by voluntary donations, the
country’s hospitality had up to the
snd of last year cost the Dutch gov
ernment some $5,000,000, while a sum
pf $2,000,000 has been voted for the
purrent year that will, unless peace ar
rives meantime, have to be raised to
probably $3,000,000. The Belgian gov
ernment's offer of reinforcement was
generously declined.
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ter the refugee villages, or if private
families care to keep them, and there
Is no objection on the part of the lo
cal authorities, the burgomaster is em
powered to allow 14 American cents
i day per adult towards their main
tenance and 8 cents per child, while
the silent sufferers belonging to the
hotter classes, so-called “pauvres hon
teux,” of whom there are something
under 2,000, receive 28 cents a day per
person through a special committee.
Excellent arrangements have been
made in the matter of education. Un
der the direction of a Hutch-Belglan
commission, as many as 48 primary
schools have been established, with
4,500 scholars, in which instruction is
given by certificated Belgian teachers.
Secondary schools have also been set
up at The Hague, Amsterdam and
Middleburg, while an '“atheneum” es
tablished at Flushing, numbers 125 j
pupils. There are, in addition, tech
nical schools destined for both in
terned Belgian soldiers and refugees.
GrantB are made to these various in
stitutions by the Hutch and Belgian
governments.
The entire work of relief promises
to be a lasting honor to Holland and
its traditional hospitality.
the parliament to this end.
With regard to Germany, the reso
lutions demand that a new reciprocal
commercial treaty shall be entered
into, which shall pay the utmost pos
sible regard to the interests of all
the participants, without excluding
foreign nations from the benefits of
the special concessions.
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ARMY OFFICERS
■ SAY VILLA IS AT
HEAD OF BANDITS
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SAN ANTONIO, July 13.—Army officers here are con
vinced that Villa is in personal command of the operations of
the badits south and east of Chihuahua City, and that the cam
paign there will assume more serious proportions within a week
or ten days.
After attacking the Carranza force near Parral, Villa sent
one detachment of his newly formed army north, and troop
movements along the Big Bend district have been continued by
American officers with a view to tightening the border patrol
to repel the attack which it is now thought will be made by the
bandit chief.
MEXICANS APPEAR FRIENDLY.
WASHINGTON. July 13.—General Pershing reports that
Mexicans and foreigners along his line of communication be
lieve that the crisis between the Mexican and American govern
ments now has been averted, and a new relationship between
Americans and Mexicans now prevails, the Mexicans appearing
very friendly to the troops and endeavoring to do all in their
power for their comfort.
Customs collectors have been instructed not to interfere
further with shipments of food and clothing into Mexico. The
treasury department has recommended the admission of all
commodities, with the exception of war munitions, to Mexico.
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SENATE WANTS 8
CAPITAL WAS
VESSELS
WASHINGTON, July 13. — The
house of representatives today is con
sidering the waterpower leasing bill,
already passed by the senate.
The senate is working on the naval
appropriation bill. The number of
submarines recommended by the
house is satisfactory to the senate,
but leaders in the upper house insist
on appropriations for eight capital
ships instead of five as provided in
the bill passed by the house.
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WASHINGTON, July 13. — Speak
ing before the citizenship convention,
now in session here, today President
Wilson told the members that the
American government must insist on
foreigners who become citizens re
maining loyal even though not pleased
with the way affairs are conducted.
Loyalty, he said, means nothing un
less coupled with self sacrifice.
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RIGGS WILL PUSH WORK
ON FAIRBANKS BRANCH.
FAIRBANKS, June 30. — Thomas
Riggs, Jr., member of the Alaska en
gineering commission, in charge of
ithe construction of the federal rail
road from Fairbanks to Nenana, to
day announced that station contracts
will be let immediately, and that the
work will be pushed as rapidly as pos
sible in this division. Riggs took this
action upon advices received by tele
graph from William C. Edes, chairman
of the commission.
The minimum wage scale at this
end of the line will be 50 cents an
hour, with a maximum of 80 cents an
hour. There is no dissatisfaction
among the workmen here. Some la
bor trouble was anticipated when
Riggs first arrived here, but he
straightened the whole thing out In
one day, convincing the men of the
reasonableness of his position. The
prevailing wages at Fairbanks for
common labor Is from M to $5 a day
and board. '
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Dexter Hill and vicinity, in the
Nome district, la reported to be the
scene of considerable activity this
summer. ' >•*
MADRID TIED UP
STRIKE
MADRID, July 13. — The city and
province of Madrid has been de
clared in a state of siege on account
of a general strike of the railway em
ployees.
There is not a train moving in the
entire province excepting a few which
are run by the government for the
mails. The troops have been called
out to guard against violence, which
has been threatened by the strikers.
Thus tar there has been no dis
orders.
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SHARKS CREATE
NEW YORK, July 13. — Hundred*
of hungry man-eating sharks have
made their appearance in the north
Atlantic, and have spread terror In
all the popular bathing beaches to
such an extent that bathing practical
ly has been abandoned on the beach.
At some of the high priced resort*
the bathing beaches have been en
closed with steel wire netting in an
effort to keep the hungry man-eaters
away.
A monster shark, with pieces of a
human body in his stomach, was killed
off Key port, New Jersey. It is sup
posed to be the shark which yester
day killed four men and injured two
others who were bathing in the surf.
An Atlantic sloop which recently re
turned from Bermuda, caught twenty
sharks on the voyage north. The
crew reports the sharks as exceeding
ly hungry, biting viciously at the bait.
One caught off the coast of New Jer
sey weighed 300 pounds and was 11
feet long.
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MINERS HAVE GOOD SEASON
ON CHITITU CREEK.
Max Vail yesterday arrived in Cor
dova from Chititu creek after a suc
cessful season's operations there. Vail
and his partner, Oscar Hanson, took
out a dump on the creek last winter
and have just finished running it
through the boxes.
The two miners ha da lay of ground
belonging to Frank Kernan. and re
port a satisfactory cleanup. Vail now
is on his way outside, where he will
| remain until this fall.
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