LIES' ROAD IS
BUTTLE S
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(By United Press)
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES ON
THE AI.SNE, July 28. — (By Mall)
"Le Chemin des names,” the historic
“Ladies' Road,” is no longer a place
for ladies. It is only a place fcr men
—men who know how to fight und die.
The daily battles now raging along
I the Chemin des Dames equal in in
tensity and fierceness of historic coin
bats of last year at Verdun.
These C'hemin des Dames attacks
launched on a restricted front, with
all the concentrated resources that
Germany has left for the purpose of
retaking an observatory or obliterat
ing a salient lack none of the deter
mination and desperateness of the
Verdun assaults.
No war correspondent or civilian
has ever sot foot on Ladles' Road
since it was wrested from the Ger
mans by the French. What takes place
there can only be learned from the
survivors who come back after a
week's defense of the road. The
story of one is the story of all — dif
fering only in detail and not in kind.
The following is one of many thou
sands:
“The battalions of chasseurs we
were to relieve had passed an agitated
period that included violent attacks
by the Germans, with ensuing Influx
and reflux. To reach our front lines
we must cross the front und second
lines of the famous Hindenburg posi
tion, all of which in this locality has
been captured by us. Our artillery
has completely demolished every
bomb proof und shelter of the original
Hindenburg line, and for us it is a
question of sleeping under the open
sky and glimmering stars.
Our officers go forward to recon
noiter the ground. As the officers talk
together a Boche marmite falls. A
lieutenant is killed and another woun
ded. A little farther along a rifle
grenade mortally wounds another offi
cer. We take iiossession of our sec
tor and work hard to render it impreg
nable to a surprise attack. The
Boehes are only 50 yards aw’ay. At
3:30 in the morning they attack.
“From our front line wo can sec
their Infantry. They are so close to
their own barrage that at one moment
they are obliged to fall back to keep
from being massacred by their own
shells. We have orders to die on the
spot before abandoning our line. A
hand to hand combat Is quickly en
gaged in. The Germans succeeded In
getting into our trenches. We do not
have enough grenades to beat off their
attacks.
“But the waves which we drive back
are quickly replaced with fresh troops
and the hand to hand fighting con
tinues. A lieutenant in charge of a
section after driving one German as
sault is surrounded by a second. The
lieutenant shoots three German flame
shooters. He finds that the defensive
grenades they are using do not have
a range sufficiently long, and orders
his men to seize offensive grenades.
The latter are still In their heavy
packing cases. To open them his men
use pickaxes at the risk of exploding
the whole cr.se. But they get them
out and drive the German flame throw
ers back. At this point the enemy
has now been thrown back across the
t'hemi ndes Dames.
“We find another soldier sitting cn
a trench with a pipe in his mouth,
calmly shooting down German gren
ade throwers before a single one can
get within reach of him. Another sol
dier, after valiantly beating off the
Germans from In front of his shell
hole, only to find that still others are
threatening to cut him off from the
rear, conies hack and indignantly asks
his lieutenant at what range hi must
fix his rifle In order to get ‘th ne
pigs there.’
"At 10 o’clock In the morning we
have the Bodies hack on the other
side of the t’hemln des Dames. In
the evening we await eagerly the -.ffi
clal communique. A line announces
that an attack has "been repulsed on
the Chemin des Dames. The Gorman
communique next day makes even
briefer reference. Such is the life lo
day on the Chemin des Dames, (iiat
was built for royal ladies to visit their
summer home.”
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Two new stations, Pittman and
Houston, have been added to the sche
dule of the government railroad at An
chorage. Both stations were named
for congressmen, who have been in
strumental In passing legislation af
fecting the road.
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PUBLIC NOTICE.
Sealed proposals will bo received
until 11 o'clock a. m., August 26, 1917,
at the office of the territorial road
commissioners for the Third division
of Alaska, in Valdez, Alaska, at which
time and place they will be publicly
opened, for clearing and grubbing a
road along the south line of the Cor
dova townslte and to the Eyak lake
cemetery. Said proposals must be
signed by the bidder and accompanied
by cash or a certified check payable
to the chairman of the divisional com
mission for five per cent of the am
ount bid, which amount shall be for
feited to the divisional commission In
case that the bidder shall fail to en
ter into a contract according to the
specifications of the said commission
for such work, in the event of his be
ing awarded the contract for the almve
work. The successful bidder will be
roquired to execute the general form
of contract of said commission for
such work within a period of ten days
from the acceptance of his bid by the
said commission. The successful bid
der will also be required to execute
a bond payable to the chairman of the
said commission for 20 per cent of the
contract price, said bond to be accept
able to the commission.
The above work must be performed
according to the standard specifica
tions and conditions on file at the of
fice of the divisional road commission
at Valdez, Alaska, and at the City
Express Office, Cordova, where a copy
of same w ith form of contract may be
Been.
Proposals must be signed by the
bidder, inclosed in a plain, sealed en
velope and addressed to the Territor
ial Board of Hoad Commissioner for
the Third Division, Valdez, Alaska,
and be plainly marked. “Proposals for
Clearing and drubbing Road.”
The right is hereby reserved to re
ject any and all bids.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this 15th
day of August, 1917.
Divisional Commission of Territorial
Board of Road Commissioners for
the Third Division, Territory of
Alaska.
By James E. Wilson,
Chairman of the Board.
PAUL BLOEDHORN
JEWELER AND WATCHMAKER
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Freight received and delivered at Cordova
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BEST GRADES OF STANDARD
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REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF
The First Bank
of Cordova
MADE TO THE TERRITORIAL BANKING BOARD AT
THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS
AUGUST 7th, 1917
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts. <ti«o s^o hq
Th.s account represents loans made to our’customers’and others on
a broad margin of security.
Bonds. iqo or,q __
ot govetnment-s,a,e' ^
Cash and Exchange. 261 072 88
The law says we must keep a reserve amounting to 20 per cent of our
mo.O,!o".' WOUM bC bUt W* eXCeed the "*“» reserve by
Other Resources. r 9™ nn
Heal estate, furniture and fixtures. . ’ W
Total Resources.$643,017.34
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock. g 25 000 00
trplus Fund and Undivided Profits 13 238 98
This Is an account set aside to support the capital stw-k and Increase
the value of thesame.
Dividends Unpaid. 560 00
Certified Checks. 25 73
Deposits. 604,192.63
Total Liabilities.$643,017.34
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