The Cordova Daily Times
Member of Associated Press
VoTT nl~NO 322 " CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, A COL ST \ f91H _PRICE TEN CENTS
GERMAN FORCES ARE STILL RETREATING
PRISONERS, GUNS AND AMMON ARE CAPTURED
Americans in Conflict With Prussian
Guards Give Good Account of
Themselves—Amount of
Loot Undetermined
The Associated Press summary, issued this afternoon, de
scribing conditions on the western front, says that the allies
have taken great quantities of guns and ammunition. The
Americans have captured 8,400 prisoners.
The allies have advanced more slowly during the last forty
eight hours, probably because heavy artillery is being brought
up. The Germans are preparing to resume the drive on Ypres
and Rheims. It is believed the Teutons will retire to north of
the Aisne.
Allies Cross the Aisne
PARIS, Aug. 4.—The allies have crossed the Aisne between
Soissons and Vinegel. German resistance is faltering. When
the announcement is made of the number of Germans captured
it will send a thrill through the allied world.
The Americans have surrounded Fismes, the great German
base, and are battling with the cractc German Guards in the
city’s outskirts.
Americans Win Glory in Bitter Fighting
PARIS, Aug. 5.—The Americans covered themselves with
glory in the hand-to-hand fighting in the streets of Fismes yes
terday, when they captured that base. The fighting was said to
be the bitterest of the whole war. The Prussian Guards asked
no quarter and were bayoneted and dubbed to death as they
stood by their machine guns.
Enormous Amount of Loot Captured
It will be impossible to take full stock of the booty captured
for some time yet, but it is known that several seventy-seven
millimeter guns, along with more than a million and a half
oflimnf r pmmn millinintor cliplld hjltiP llPPTl tfllcPTI
Germans Favored, by Weather Conditions
A lull on the battle fro ntalong the Soissons-Rheims
front last night brought a breathing spell which extended into
this morning. The Germans were favored by the weather con
ditions, which transformed the valley of the Vasle into a series
of swamps and morasses. The Germans are making a stiffer
stand here than had been anticipated.
An official bulletin says the French forces which crossed
the Vesle are within meeting distance of the Germans.
Pursuit of Germans Continues
The Havas News Agency says that the pursuit of tha Ger
mans continues, and only a few Teutons remain south of the
Vesle. The allies hold the south bank of the Vesle between
Fismes and Rheims. German dead are scattered along all the
roads leading north.
German Ranks Are Stiffening
WITH THE FRENCH, Aug. 5. German resistance along
the Aisne and Vesle is growing more stubborn. The allied pa
trols have met the sternest resistance at Albert.
Indications of a German Offensive
WITH THE BRITISH IX FRANCE, Aug. .V The Ger
mans opposite parts of the British front apparently are cluing
ing t heir ope rat ions for an offensive soon to he made. A purely '
local retirement in the Albert sector, on the cast bank of the l
A Here, indicates a change in the enemy’s attitude, for lie lias ■
placed himself in a position where lie will be able to defend
liimslf for some time. He also has made himself more comfort j
iblc by locating on drier ground.
British Advancing in the North
The Herman advanced lines on a section nearly half a mile
long north of the lailmssc canal have been evacuated, and the
British have pushed forward and occupied the evacuated
ground. ! * r!
GERMAN SOLDIERS SEND
WHEAT HOME TO FAMILIES
W ITH THE FRENCH FORCES, Aug. 5.—German sol
diers have sent home thousands of bushels of wheat. French
and American troops during their advance discovered that the
Germans had laid systematic plans for reaping the harvest in
the country they have just been driven from, lunge stacks of
small canvas bags were found, some of them filled and ad
dressed to the families of soldiers in Germany. The sacks had
a - opacity of two pounds.
BKKNK. Switzerland. Auk 5.—The
German offensive has been stopped,
tmt the present operations must not
be publicly discussed, declared General
tlellinfrrats, the Bavarian minister of
war
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SUBMARINE CHASER IS
SUNK IN COLLISION
WAS 11 >N. Aim The navy
department announeed today that the
submarine (baser is? had been sunk
in eoHision with another vessel near
Hoi: island, Pennsylvania. All of the
< rew were rescued. The accident or
« urred last night.
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♦ GERMANS PROVED ♦
♦ GOOD RUNNERS ♦
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♦ WITH Til K AMKKK'ANS. ♦
♦ Aug f*. Indications of the ♦
♦ stern chaste which the allies ♦
♦ are forcing upon the Germans ♦
♦ is contained in a message over ♦
♦ the field wires from the com- ♦
♦ rnander leading the American ♦
♦ unit, to the headquarters coni- ♦
♦ rnander ♦
♦ "Your men must need rest.” ♦
♦ exclaimed headquarters. "Yes.” ♦
♦ came the answer. "Our men ♦
♦ are absolutely tired out, run- ♦
♦ ning to keep up with the Ger- ♦
♦ mans’” ♦
CASUALTIES SHOW EFFECT
Of HFCENT ACTIVITIES
WASHINGTON. Aug. 7 Today’s
army rasualt> lit shows l‘»7 names |
Two hundred and thre. of these wore
of men killed in action It is not yet j
known what portion of the lighting j
this list covers.
PAPER ILLS ARE
ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY
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WASHINGTON, Aug. •’>. Paper mills have been listril as
an .•—initial industry, with the understanding that the great
est possible eeiinomv lie exercised in the use ot paper and news
papers must reduce the consumption ot news stock la per cent
mi their daily editions and JO per cent on their Sunday edi
tion:-. In its report putting into effect the order the war indus
tries board said that no new newspapers ought to be started
during the war.
AMERICAN WOUNDED HAVE
GOOD CHANCE TO RECOVER
WASHINGTON, Aug. a. Of the American soldiers
wounded in the Aisne .Marne ollensive, probably less than one
in t wenty will die from their wounds, and more than lour-1 ittlis
will lie returned to active service, and only 14 per cent will be
discharged for disability, according to a statement of the war
department, based on the experience of the allies.
GERMAN U-BOATS
AGAIN IN ATLANTIC
A CANADIAN POUT, Aug. a.—The destruction of the
American cruiser San Diego off Fire Island last month was'
caused by a mine laid by German submarine l -5(>, which cap-1
tured and burned the Canadian schooner Derni non stein in thej
Bay of Fundy last Friday, according to survivors of the Dernin
oiistein, who were held prisoners on hoard the submarine.
The crew of the submarine said that sulmiersibles were op
erating off the Atlantic coast, and it was expected that there
would be more there soon. , |
Two Submarines Are at Work
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Tin- sinking of the American
Standard Oil tanker O. B. Jennings one hundred miles off the
Virginia coast yesterday revealed the presence of at least two
German submarines on this side of the Atlantic. The second
raider has been operating off Nova Scotia for several days.
The captain and thirteen sailors of the Jennings are miss
ing.
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LUDENDORFF TELLS ♦
HOW IT HAPPENED ♦
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AMSTKKDAM. Auk f. The ♦
enemy rvudcd us July 1- ♦
whereupon, as early as the ♦
evening of the Dith, we broke ♦
off operations It is always our ♦
endeavor to stop an undcrtak- ♦
Ing ns soon as the stake Is not ♦
worth the cost I consider It ♦
one of my principal duties to ♦
spare our soldiers' blood anil ♦
strength " ♦
The foregoing statement was ♦
made to an assemblage of tier ♦
man newspaper correspondents ♦
yesterday by (ieneral l.uden- ♦
dorfl, first quartermaster Ken- ♦
eral of the Kerman army ♦
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SIBERIA WILL*DECLARE
WAD AGAINST SOVIET
LONDON. Aug. Tin* semiofficial
Russian newspapers. I'ravna ami Iz
vesiia. say that Siberia intends to de
elan* war against the Soviet govern
ment.
STRANDED JAP LINER
BEING TOWED TO PORT
A PACIFIC FORT. Aug. f, 'lugs
have succeeded in pulling the
stranded Japanese liner Canada Maru
off the reels, and at noon today th♦
ship was reported to he tow u! sal
vage tugs, hound for a Canadian I'a
clflc port.
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.Mrs M. Finkelstein has returned r<>
Seattle after a pleasant vi<it with Co»
dova friends.
FOR RELIEF RF
\V. \V MarHfiiry of Portland, the
traveling representative for the Ar
menian and Syrian relief work for the
Northwest, visited the city yesterday
and gave three speeches before Cor
dova audiences, telling of the great
relief work this organization is doing
tor the suffering and starving people
ot those two old countries of \sia
Minor. This organization doing the
Red Cross work for \-ia Minor, and
all the inoiiev .Hid mater; 1 1 ' t t<*
file*!* people is sent Hide’ tile name
and -e,11 of the Red <Tos< Sim - the
Red « i oss is not v\ .irking in. t hi • <
tion of the world, this < : iin/.iti<>n
was launched for the purpo - <»f liv
ing life and relieving th* i!!«-rings in
tho-e districts devastated hv the
Turk. They have deported or killed
most of the \nneiiian and Syrian
male population. Tin- lie • ntiful
women ami girls have |,» . n dd to
the Turks for their harem- and tin
others have been violated, starved, de
ported and left to die mi tin hut plains
of Arabia or Syria.
Conditions in these countries aro
without parallel in tin* annals of his
tory Turkey's one object was to ex
terminate tin* prosperous Armenian
race. As a result more than otic mil
lion Armenians and Syrians in Tur
key have perished during tin* pa-ttwo
years from massacre, deportation, ex
posure. starvation and disease More
than L\imn,iM»n are huruele.-s . nd in
dire distress. Pour hundred thousand
are orphans. Little children scarcely
aide to teed themselves live ah olutely
alone in tin deserted homes Sul
i*• rers in the Lebanon district recently
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HOG ISLAND LAUNCHES ITS
FIRST SHIP SUCCESSFULLY
1*111 LADKUTll A, Aug. With a li.-ni tx “<h.dspeed *’
from I'resident Wilson and wile, the steamship (Jni'teonek.
the first ship completed at the new Hog Island plant, was site
eessfnlly hnmehed at noon today.
Mrs. Wilson, with the President at her side, christened the
'hip. Nearly l'ift\ thousand per~ons cheered when the vessel
'lid down the ways.
No speech was delivered h> President W ilson, hut lie
waved his hat and shouted “Good 111»• k to you.” The President
and Mrs. Wilson returned to Washington hv special train.
DRAFT BILL TO BE
RUSHEDTHROUGH
W ASHINGTON, Aug. a.—The hill extending the draft
age limits from IS to 4f> years was introduced in both houses
of congress today and referred to tin* committees on military
affairs. It. will in all probability he considered and rushed to
passage this month.
September f> is suggested in the bill as the date for regis
[ration.
Provost Marshal General Crowder proposes weekly regis
tration of youths attaining tin* age of L’1 during the next few
weeks, as a means of obtaining 200,(MX) men to be called in Sep
temher. This could be done by presidential proclamation, he
says, and would add about eighty thousand to the number of
men available.