The Cordova Daily Times
Member of Associated Press
Yfil, III. NO. 324 ('i) *»I i \ A. ALASKA. THlRSDAV. AIT.I S'. Till* PRICE TEN (TENTH
BIG NEW OFFENSIVE SPRUNG BY ALLIES
ADVANCE THREE MILES ALONG A 28 MILE FRONT
T '
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WASHINGTON, Aug S— Subma
rines off the roast of France have
sunk the small American steamship
Lake Portage and the British steam
ship Berwind
The Lake Portage was built last
year at Duluth.
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IN SPITE OF
BAD WEATHER
WASIII.W.TON, AUg. 8. Tilt' ill'
pertinent of agriculture reports the
loss of 171.oon.ooo bushels of corn
mill l;!,nun,ooo bushels of wheat from
the prospeetive production of this
year's crops, as indicated a month
ago.
Despite the adverse weather condi
tions, however, the corn and wheat
crops will be of “bumper" propor
tions
STATES HE
0. S. SENATE
ST LOt'lS, Aug. Upturns from
Tuesday's primaries indicate that the
Pemocrats have nominated Joseph \V.
Folk for senator, over Senator Wil
tley, who was appointed to the va
cancy in the t'nited States senate
caused by the death of Senator Stone.
The Republicans of Kansas have
nominated (lovernor Capper for sen
ator
NINE MORE GRADUATES
WASHIN'tiTON. \ug. 8 Nine
army aviators have been graduated
from the newly-established t'niguayan
army aviation school at Montevideo
The Druguuyun army is planning ex
tensive developments of the aviation
branch, and a number of young ofli
ccrs are taking the course at the
school, which lias a new flying Held
near the capital.
There* appears to be an impression
in some quarters that the letter sub
divisions within the various classes
control liability for military service
| This is not the case, and the follow
iiig letter from the provost marshal
general is self-explanatory:
“A number of Inquiries have
1 reached this office which indicate*
that many registrants still believe*
that ('lass 1 \ must be exhausted he
lore (’lass 115 or any other subdivi
sion of (’lass 1 may be utilized. For
the information of registrants, wide*
publieitv should lx* given to the fact
that the subdivisions ale employee!
onh as a guide in the* classification
of registrants, and that the order ol
military liability in Class 1 is deter
mined solely by the registrant’s order
number."
The local exemption hoard is still
inducting men into the service, and
sent two more to Fort Liacum last
night. They were Fred Soderlind of
Shushanna. who was in the first draft,
and Ernest Michelson of the second
draft, who had been drifting between
Ketchikan and Kodiak.
Notice has been received from Se
at tie to Induct into the service here
Ole Olfstad, who is working for the
On a cannery, and Jacob Morgen, em
ployed by the Carlisle Packing Com
panv.
Steve Nichols, order No. L*1X. serial
No. and John J Disk in. order 1 a .
I serial No. 1 ?,. both of McCarthy, are
requesied to report to tin* local board
for physical examination. Pjarne Se\
erklie is also ordered to report at
once to tin* Cordova hoard.
The local exemption hoard has re
ceived the following communication
I from the governor’s office relative to
Hritish subjects in tin* United States:
“It should be especially borne in
mind that this is not a draft by (Jreat ,
Britain of British subjects and Cana
dians in the United States These con
volitions merely provide that these
citizens shall become subject to mili
tary service and entitled to exemp j
tion and discharge therefrom under
the laws of the United States, unless I
within tin* prescribed time they vol-J
untarilv enlist in the British forces
or return to Croat Britain or Canada
for military service”
BIG GUNS CONTINUE TO
POUND AWAY .IT PUBIS
I’AKIS, \ug K. The long-range
I bombardment of Paris was eontinued
today.
GOVERNMENT LIKELY TAKE
OVER ALL PACKING PI TS
WASHXKJTt )X, Aug. S.—Tin* federal trade commission
lias recommended to President Wilson that tin* government
assume control of all the principal stockyards, cold storage
plants, warehouses, refrigerator and cattle cars, in order to de
stroy the monopoly which Swift & Co., Armour & Co., Morris
Wilson Company and the Cinlahy Packing Company exer
cise over the meat industry and other food supplies.
The report of the commission says that the companies j
named manipulate markets, control prices, restrict supplies and
defraud both producers and consumers.
GERMANS SURPRISED
The Associated Press war summary, issued this afternoon,
is as follows:
“(!ivin<r the Germans no time to catch their breath after
their defeat on the Aisne Marne front, General Koch launched
a fresh blow at a new sector today. The British and French at
tacked over a twenty eijfht mile front near Amiens, surprising
the Germans and capturing; many prisoners. The allied forces
advanced more than three miles.”
Intended to Wipe Out Germans Around Montdidier
LoXI>< >X, Any. S. (Official)—The British Fourth army
and the French First army has launched an offensive extend
inu over a w ide front southeast of Amiens. General Haig- is in
personal command ot the operations, which are pronres'inu
sati'faetorih . The attack is believed to be aimed at the w ipiim
out of the German positions around Montdidier.
Later reports state that the British and French have ad
vanced more than three miles at Mine points near Amiens.
The FiVcning News says the British have reached llarbon
niers. six miles east of Villers-Bre|onneu\.
Fighting “Going Fine
W ITH THK BRITISH FOfitXS. Aug. The British at
tacked on a twelve-mile front on Ijbtli sides of the Somme, and
gained all their object*— ' » They captured
a considerable numbed dl"*,.,..t ,, . *
The area attacked extends from near Morlnncourt to the
Avre valley. The best information says the fighting is “going
fine.” The British attacked in a mist, after only three minutes'
artillery preparation. The French artillerying lasted forty
minutes, alter which the troops left the trenches with wonder
ful dash. French and British tanks have crossed the Avre and
Luce valleys.
The British and French southeast of Amiens have cap
tured Helmer wood and Dodo wood, and probably have posses
sion of the towns of Mnrcelcave, Lamotte and Fuhanterre.
The main weight of the allied blow is directed against
(icneral Yon Hutier’s Eighteenth army.
American Forces Not Engaged
W ASI1IX< !T< >X, Aug. S.—-It is believed that no American
divisions are participating in the new Franco-British drive.
Germans Develop Strength on the Vesle
LONDON. Aug. s. News from the Koissoiis Rlieims front
says the Hermans are holding the north bank of the Yesle in
considerable strength, with large numbers of guns. They have
destroyed several bridges over tin1 Aisne, and taken their heavy
guns across the river.
Americans Use Bayonets Effectively
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES. Aug. s‘ Additional
American infantrymen crossed the Yi sf• east and west of
Fismes. breaking up counter-attacks west of Fismes. Ameri
can artillery scattered a Herman counter-attack west of Fismes
yesterday, 'flu* Americans used their bayonets effectively.
Among th prisoners taken were officers and privates from
the Flanders front.
RUSSIA DECLARES
WARON BRITISH
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 8.—A dispatch to Berlin says that
the Russian government has declared that a state of war exists
between Russia and (treat Britain. Trotzky, the minister of
war, is reported to have issued an order in which the French,
British and Czeclm Slovaks are declared to he Russia’s ene
mies.
Allied Invaders Proceeding Southward
LONDON, Aug. 8.—After the occupation of Archangel by
the allied forces, the Bolsheviki withdrew across the river
Dvina, and on August 4 they were driven out of their ]M>sitions
there. The allies have since pushed rapidly southward along
the railway toward Vologda,
Governor Thomas Riggs. Jr . y«*st« i
day informed a Daily limes repre
sentative that he was doing all in h s
power to remedy the present deplor
able mail service being given \laska.
whereby the first-class mail is being
routed by express and the sc ond
class and parcel post by freight He
has taken up the matter with the an
thorities at Washington with refer
ence to tie- failure of the postoffn ♦ •
department and the transportation
lines operating between Mask.i ail'd
Seattle on a proper remuneration for
earrving tin- mail, tin d*t•■rmmaty n
ot tin- postoft:«■** d* p.irtno nt to trails
port the mail between Seattle and
\laskan ports l.v freight and •*\pn*ss.
the consequent elimination of the mail
clerks on the Alaska steamers, and
the hardship that will devolve upon
Alaska as a result of the changes.
The announcement that there will
he no mail boat on the westward run
from Seward to the Alaska peninsula
and Aleutian island ports, and the
hardship that would result therefrom
were also taken up at the same time.
It has been explained that a result
of the new arrangement will he the
necessity of delivering the mail as
freight or express at the dock at *
o'clock on the days before the night
sailings of steamers, and another re
suit, on account of the lack of mail
clerks, will be delay in the dtstrilm
tion of mail arriving from tin- outh
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♦ AMERICANS TREAT ♦
♦ GERMANS ROUGHLY ♦
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♦ LONDON \ ui: 7 A lb ♦
♦ ter s correspondent with tie ♦
♦ \in<*i fcan army at the front ♦
♦ iv- the \meriran< ilu not n»***,| +
♦ Colonel Koosewlfs advice not ♦
♦ to 'hit softly lie says there ♦
♦ lias been tin soft hitfinr h> ♦
♦ the \merit alls Hot' a II > illelitia ♦
♦ tion in that direction. ♦
♦ Tin correspondent < tell <> ♦
♦ the* remarks of an American ♦
♦ officer, who said the (Jermans ♦
♦ had asked for roimh warfare ♦
♦ “and by Heaven!" he rout in- ♦
♦ lied, "we are here to s»-e that ♦
♦ they -jet it!" ♦
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LOUISIANA RATIFIES
HATON KOCCiM. La . Aim s The
Louisiana legislature today ratitied
the prohibition amendment to the fed
eral constitution.
Ifflf HUS FULL
IS YETJEEDED
\V XSHINCTON. \un x Itear Ad
miral I’almei appeared before tins
senate committee on milifar> affair*
today and said that an extension of
the draft system to the na\> a - had
been nonnested b> prominent per
sons, was unnecessary
The navy," he said. ha pra< ; •
rally all the men needed."
WASHINCTON, Auk. < -The mall
; unarmed American steamer Merak
wan submarined off the < oast < North
Carolina on Tuesday last
A boat rontaininn emhte. u mi'in
ibers of the crew of the torpedoed ves
sel was reported to be inlssinK, but
later reports are to the effect that all
of her crew have landed.
EDITORS PART DF
I LE
■ INDUSTRY
WASHINGTON. Aim. s Secretary
of War Maker disnmsiim tin- draft
regulations today, said that the busi
ness of news Katherim: m an nidi
pensable industry, in tin* nn-aiiitiK «T
tin* recent orders lb added that a
man s relations to that ind:stt> must
depend upon the taels in hi - < i - and
the possibility of replaeiim hm.
New Draft Measure
The new army appropriation lull,
raid Secretary Maker, eovi-rai: tin*
increased army expense'. eonne«-t«-d
with the draft aye extension measure,
is about reads for submission t<> eon
Kress
AIRPLANE fills AND
LIEUTENANT IS INJURED
SAN W’TONIO. Texas, Aug S
Lieutenant Morton Knox of Redwood
City, Cal., was fatally injured in an
airplane fall today. Ilis companion
escaped with minor injuries
AMERICA IS FURNISHING
AI.I.IRS WITH FOODSTUFFS
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WASHINGTON, Aug. S.—Tlu> extent to which aid 0 lie
ing furnished to tin* allied nations in the matter of toodstutts
is indicated in a statement issued by the food administration
ito<l ay, showing that during the month of dune the exports of
beef totaled 92,173,000 pounds, of which 9f> per cent went to
|Great Britain, Italy and Belgium. The monthly average of
beef exports from the United States for the three years preced
|ing the war was 1,066,000 pounds.