The Cordova Daily Times
Member of Associated Press
\ «H,. HI. NO. JTJ CORDON A, ALASKA, SATURDAY, Al (Jl SI .1, HM8 PRICK TKN (TINTS
BIG ATJJEP VICTORY
PRINCE’S ARMY IS IN STATE OF COLLAPSE
FISMES, GREAT HUN BASE, BOMBED AND BURNING
DESTRUCTION GERMAN
ARMY ALLIES’ OBJECTIVE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.—General March, chief of
staff of the United States army, said to the newspaper
correspondents today:
“The objective of the Americans and allies was the
destruction of the German t army. The maximum re- ^
treat of the Germans to August 2 measures sixteen miles, ::
and the Aisne-Marne salient has been reduced from sev
enty-four to forty-eight miles.
“The British and French, pounding at the flanks of
the salient, resulted in the collapse of German resistance, :
and the French walked into Soissons.
“A confidential message has been received which
; says it is seemingly impossible for the army to gather the
large number of guns and shells abandoned by the Ger
mans. The Germans were driven back without time to
: bury their dead, and German bodies were so thick that
:: it was impossible to advance without walking over them. ’ ’ g
The war department, General March concluded, was $
:: without information regarding American casualties.
TRIBUTE TO SPLENDID GENIUS OF FOCH
PARIS, Aug. 3.—Friday’s splendid success was but iji;
i a link in the chain of victories achieved since General S;
Foch launched his counter-offensive on July 18. Rarely %
has a war plan been followed out with such clock-like §1
regularity. Military experts express themselves as lost £
in admiration of the splendid genius which conceived it !>
and the masterly manner in which it was carried out.
CASUflLTVLISTS
WASHINGTON. Aug 2. Today’s
army casualty list totals 200, classi
fied as follows:
Killed in action. 112; died of
wounds, 11; died of disease. 11; died
of accidents and other causes, f>; se
verely wounded, 50; wounded to a de
gree not yet determined. 2; missing. 11.
The casualty list of the marine corps
totals II. as follows: Killed in action,
4; severely wounded. 5; slightly
wounded, 2.
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CI-KVKLANI), Ohio, Aug 3.—Two
policemen were shot, one of them fa
tally, and one payroll bandit was
killed and two other bandits Injured
in a running gun fight here this
morning, following the theft of the
payroll of the Walker Aeroplane Com
pany. The stolen money, amounting
to $20,000, was all recovered.
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♦ fusion of the anniversary of the ♦
♦ entry of (treat Britain Into the ♦
♦ war, General Haig, commander ♦
♦ in chief of tile British forces in ♦
♦ Franco, today issued a state ♦
♦ meat addressed to his troops. ♦
♦ The British general says that ♦
♦ Germany has failed to gain a ♦
♦ decisive victory before the nr- ♦
♦ rival of the Americans, which ♦
♦ has given numerical superiority ♦
♦ to the allies The steady stream ♦
♦ ol Americans pouring into ♦
♦ France, he says, has restored ♦
♦ the balance in favor of the al ♦
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HUES DESTROr
3IAIRPLANES
LONDON, Aug. 3.—An official bul
letin states that British aviators on
Thursday destroyed eleven German
machines, drove down three others
and dropped twenty-four tons of
bombs on military targets. In a raid
on an enemy airdrome sixteen ma
chines were set on fire
RECAPTURE SOISSONS
ONLY AN INCIDENT
A summary of the war situation on the western front issued
by the Associated Press this afternoon says:
“The German’ right wing south of the Aisne has appar
cnt-ly crumbled before the allies’ attack. The occupation of
Soissons was but a small incident in the grand scheme which
the allies are working out. The allies have retaken all the
ground won by the Germans after the second day of the German
offensive of May -7. Fismes, tlie great German base, is burn
ing, and the allies are within five miles of that city.’’
Germans Retreating Toward Aisne
PARIS, Aug. The French have reached the river Yesle
and are preparing to cross that stream. The Germans are con
tinning their retreat toward the Aisne. It is believed the Ger
mans w ill be unable to hold the Yesle, as the capture of Soisxms
has enabled the allies to debouch in tin* German rear. Tin
French have reached the Aisne between Soissons and Yciiizel.
Gennaii*lKfeisrife&vy
WITH THK FRKNTH FOROKS, Aug. ii. On the Aisne
Yesle front the Germans are still retreating. They have no ar
tillery in action, and their losses are very heavy.
French Recapture Soissons
LONDON, Aug. d. A general retreat of tin* Germans is
in progress on three sides of the salient conquered by the Ten
tons in May. The allied forces are on the heels of the retreat
ing (Jermans.
The French have recaptured Soissons ami occupied the
south bank of the Aisne for five miles between Poinmiers and
\ eni/.el. After Soissons fell the names of villages and woods
recaptured by the allies Were received at Flench headquarters
j with almost monotonous regularity.
Crown Prince Retreats “Very Rapidly"
I 'lessicr wood, t lie center of enemy resistance, w as capt tired
after a bitter fight. The Britidi crossed the SnCsniis Chateau
Thierry road and the French, with cavalry and tanks, closely
pursued the enemy and inflicted heavy losses.
It appeals that the enemy did not expert to lie chased from
Soissoiis, and no preparations had been made for the retire
meat. Burning villages north of the Vcsle indicate that further
withdrawal is contemplated. The important town of Fisnies is
hiirning. The retirement of the crown prince's troops appears
to be very rapid. There is not a great deal of fighting, and it
is unlikely that many prisoners will be captured.
Victory Gives Allies Advantageous Position
WITH THK AM FBI CANS IN FRANCK, Aug. ii. Much
importance is attached to the allies' advance on the easterly
side of the Soissoiis Rheiins front to the line of (luex and Tliil
lois. It is pointed to as serving the double object of protecting
Rheiins and placing the allies in a position to cripple the al
ready badly crowded Germans in their retreat toward the
1,300,000 AMERICANS
ARE NOW IN FRANCE
W ASHINGTON, Aug. —Major General limiter Liggett
•ommands the First American army corps on the center of
the allied drive, General March told tin* correspondents today,
lie said that General Pershing lias a million men under his di
rent eommaud.
The Fortv-socond National Guard division had met and
defeated the crack Prussian Guards, said the chief of staff.
As showing that there would be no danger of a shortage of
men for the American armies, General March said that three
hundred thousand troops bad been embarked for France in
duly, which broke the record. More than one million three hun
dred thousand troops bad now been embarked, be concluded.
BERING RIVER COAL WILL
BE SHIPPED VIA CORDOVA
Th** most gratifying news to <‘or
th)\a is the information brought trom
Katalla last night by Falcon Joslin
ami Ceorge (’ Haz**let *>t th** It* ring
Kiver Foal (’ompany to the effect that
active work has been started mi the
development of th»* old Knglish coal
< biims, with e\»*ry indication that
large veins of good quality fuel will
be i;nco\ered and a big producing'
mine opened up at our back door. \V'«•
have tin* further nssuranc** that ii
th** results of this winter's work are
satisfactory a branch lin** will be built
from the Copper Kiver railway at
Mile o!< to th** coal fields, arid the coal
transported to market through Cor
dova. These same people are also at I
tin* head of tin- Chilkat OK Company,
which has a number of small pro
dining wells and are also drilling in,
the hope of striking a rich flow of oil
Messrs Joslin and Hazelet were ac- j
conipenied to Cordova by Allan M '
Bateman, a well-known mining expert . |
and W. K Van Campen, superinten j
superintendent of the mine They will1
remain here several days on business!
before returning to Katalla. In dis
cussing tin* company's operations Mr
Joslin said
"Th** work we are doing represents
) prospecting and development work to (
I determine whether m not .1 coal min**
tail be proved on tin* base.
"The indications are certainly fa Nor
abb*, but of course the formation 1-1
much broken and nothing but **.\ten
she underground work can prove pos
itheh wln*th«*r an economic mine mm
be opened
"In tin* granting of the lease th* 1
government authorities ha\e b***n
very fair, particularly th*- land oiti *•
There is a strong desire on tin- part <»f
tin* government t*> se*- tin* Bering li**bi
developed and a local fuel supply pr*>
vided for Alaska and tin nav>
"The lease covers about L’.l"" a» r**s
ot what was formerly known ;is fin
Knglish Company's land Tin* camp
is on Shepard creek, about eight miles
from Bering lake Supplies .11 •
moved across Bering lake and up
Shepard creek by motor boat to a dis
tam e of four miles from camp. Then*
Is a trail over tills four miles, but tin
bridges built by the **1*1 company an*
gone and new ones must tie built We
have about fifteen men at work at
present, getting tin- ramp and roads
in shape and getting supplies and
equipment on the ground The old
Knglish company did a considerable
amount ol work on the property and
-ewral of their old tunnels are in
good shape, and will he used in our
work. Thejr old buildings also have*
-tood up remarkably well, and some
of them an still usable, though they
have stood abandoned for many
years
“We plan to open three or tour veins
of coal, some of which appear to he.
very large The coal seems to In
clean and of tine qualify. 1 feel very
sanguine that we shall develop a good
mine, hut of course it is going to take
time and will of course he expensive
Within a year we should be able to
prove a sufficient quantity of coal to
justify the building of branch rail
road to reach the Copper River line.
All our plans contemplate bringing
the coal to tidewater at Cordova
“F R. Van Campon is in charge as
superintendent. If is planned to con
tinue the work through the winter
Oil Prospects
“The development work at the oil
field is progressing We linisli. il one
well. 1.000 feet deep, some w.rk> ago.
and got about five barrels This, of
course, is very small, but is encour
aging
Wo are now drilling in the second
well, and hope to complete it and at
least one more before the winter
snows stop us We will probably be
able to continue drilling to November
or bee ember. depending on file sea
son.
“The oil land leasing bill is still
»*aiding in c ongress, but it seems very
i|f to pass early next .fall When it
ilo'-s. and the titles are clearer, wo
■‘\pe«-f to try a deep well in the hope*
• t finding tin source of the oil. The
polity of the oil is \ ery f lie and the
market is good
“W. have seven wells pumping at
present, but flu* output is small, say
twenty-live barrels a clay We hope*
o im lease our production before the
•ml ol this year"
IMPERATIVE NEED OF
1,000 RED CROSS NURSES
WASHINGTON, Aug. An urgent call I’m a thousand
nurses for immediate service abroad has been issued to the
American Red Cross by Surgeon General tongas. He said that
the imperative need for nurses was due to the recent intensive
fighting in which the American troops had engaged.
700 GERMAN SOLDIERS
ARE KILLED BY RUSSIANS
LONDON, Aug. The terrorist campaign against the
j Germans by the Russian Social Revolutionists, or left, included
an explosion at Kiev which resulted in the killing of seven linn
|dred German soldiers, in addition to the murder of Marshal Von
ILichorn, according to the London Daily Mail.