The Cordova
VOLUME IIII. NUMBER 05. ■ CORDOVA; ALASKA, TUESDAY^
RUSSIA SUBMITS
PEACE PROGRAM
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♦ (By Associated Press)
♦ PETROGRAD, Oct. 23. — The
♦ Russian peace program as drawn
♦ up by the central executive com
♦ mittee of the council of workmen
♦ and soldiers." is in the form of in
♦ structions to ex-Minister of Labor
1 ♦ Skobleoff, and its detail will be
♦ sent to the allied conference at
♦ Paris. It consists of tw'elve ar
♦ tides, covering the whole ground
♦ from Panama to Persia. Article
♦ eleven demands the neutraliza
♦ tion of the Panama canal, and
♦ article nine calls for the restitu
♦ tion of all colonies to Germany;
♦ autonomy_of Poland, Lithuania
♦ and Letish provinces; second,
♦ autonomy of Turkish Aermenia;
♦ third, solution of Alsace-Lorraine
♦ question by plebiscite; fourth,
♦ restoration to Belgium of her
♦ ancient frontiers and compensa
♦ tion of her losses from an inter
♦ national fund; fifth, restoration
♦ of Serbia and Montenegro, with
♦ similar compensation. Serbia to
♦ have access to the Adriatic and
♦ Bosnia and Herzegovina to be
♦ autonomous; sixth, bisected Bal
♦ kan districts to receive provis
♦ ional autonomy, to be followed
♦ by plebiscite; seventh, Roumania
♦ to be restored to her old fron
♦ tiers on condition that she grant
♦ Dobrudja autonomy and grant
♦ equal rights to the Jews; eighth,
♦ autonomy for Italian province of
♦ Aunton, to be followed by plebi
♦ scite; ninth, restitution of all
♦ colonies to Germany; tenth, es
♦ tablishment of Persia and
♦ Greece; eleventh, neutralization
♦ of all straits leading to inter
♦ seas and also Suejjand Panama
♦ canals, freedom for merchant
♦ ships and the abolition of the
♦ rights to torpedo merchant ships
♦ in war time; twelfth, all belliger
♦ ents to renounce war contribu
♦ tions or in any form put prem
♦ ium on money spent an the mein.
♦ tenance of prisoners and all con
♦ tributions received during the
♦ war to be returned.
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RUSHING WORK
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 23. — The
shipyards’ strike is over and the men
returned to work, leaving their claims
in the hand?1 of the federal wage
board.. The Portland strike ends to
day under the same conditions, and
work from this time ' forward
be rushed on government contracts.
cTsES BEFORE
(By Associated Press)
VALDEzE Oct. 23. — Arsente Roma
noff has plead guilty in th<5 district
court to assault with attempt to com
mit rape, and will be sentenced later.
The grand jury brought in a true bill
against William Smith, charging him
with grand and petit larceny. Filist,
charged with second degree murder
plead not guilty. E. E. Ritchie was
appointed counsel to defend him.
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DISTINCTIVE RIBBONS FOR
t WOUNDED SOLDIERS
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. — An army
order has authorized distinctive rib
bons to be v^orn by American soldiers
wounded in action.
ALLIES MAKING
FRONT
DATELESS, Oct. 23.—In co-opera
tion the French and English have
launched a new blow along a narrow
front northwest of Ypres, in the neigh
borhood of the Ypres-Staden railway
on the extreme northern edge. There
is considerable activity on the Flan
ders front, where the French advanced
along the front about three-fifths of
a mile wide. The British advanced
along a wider front and both the Eng
lish and French troops scored early
successes.
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Oct. 23t — Presi
dent Wilson’s labor committee in the
west has telegraphed the formal an
nouncement of the settlement of the
copper miners’ strike in Arizona.
FITZlOSES his
BATTLE WITB
DEATH
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Oct. 23. — Robert Fitz
simmons. the well known pugilist, died
last night from pneumonia. He had
been ill five days and fought as grimly
against death as he fought his oppon
ents in the ring, his remarkable vitals'
ity sustaining him until Saturday,
Since then he gradually sank until the
end came. His wife was at his bedside
when he died.
r BURBANK, Cal., Oct. 23. — James
J. Jeffries, who won the heavyweight
championship from Fitzsimmons, ex
pressed sorrow over his opponent’s
death, and said he was a great old gen
eral. Fitzsimmons visited Jeffries’
ranch two months ago.
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CHICAGO TURNS
CHICAGO, Oct. 23. — The city coun
cil by a vote of 48 to 12, passed over
Mayor Thompson’s veto a resolution
commending Governor Lowden for
sending troops from Chicago last sun*
mer to prevent a meeting of the Peo
ples’ Council of America for Demo
cracy and Peace Terms.
PROTESflELT
LONDON, Oct. 23. — A joint Scan
dinavian protest is expected to be
lodged against the German sinking of
neutral steamers under convoy In the
North sea, which were reported last
Wednesday.
LIBERTY DAY TO
OE OBSERVED
IN CORDOVA
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♦ PROCLAMATION. ♦
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♦ In accordance with the procla- ♦
♦ mation issued by President Wil- ♦
♦ son that Wednesday. October 24. ♦
♦ be observed as Liberty Day, and ♦
♦ that all business he suspended ♦
♦ during the afternoon thereof, and ♦
♦ that all citizens of the United ♦
♦ States join in a united effort to ♦
♦ stimulate the sale of the second ♦
♦ issue of Liberty bonds. It Is here- ♦
♦ by proclaimed that Wednesday be ♦
♦ observed as a legal holiday, and ♦
♦ it is most earnestly requested ♦
♦ that all business, in the City of ♦
♦ Cordova be suspended between ♦
♦ the hours of 12 o'clock and 6 p. ♦
♦ m., and that all citizens particl- ♦
♦ pate in a public meeting, which ♦
♦ will be held at the Empress the- ♦
♦ atre at 3 o'clock p. m. ♦
♦ W. H. CHASE, Mayor. ♦
♦ Cordova, Alaska, Oct. 23, 1917. ❖ !
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Tomorrow, Liberty Day, will be ob
served in Cordova as a legal holiday
and a special effort made to dispose
of bonds, thus showing our faith in
and patriotism to the government.
President Wilson, Governor Strong
and Mayor Chase have called upon
Cordovans to show their loyalty to
country by a general suspension of
business and a bigylrive conducted to
raise funds to loan to Uncle Sam.
A public meeting has been arranged
for Empress theatre in the afternoon,
and an interesting program will be
rendered, consisting of a number of
short addresses by prominent citizens
and patriotic music rendered. 1ft is
desired to have everybody in town at
tend and participate in the war rally.
There will be a representative of the
Red Cross, at their headquarters in
the lobby of the Empress theatre, from
1 tO 6 O'clock in the llilernaon * ■
,wjjLb*ori*vfc**>»**»-•»»*' l—ire, Tiivw
will be furnished by either bank desig
nated by the purchaser.
The banks and public schools will be
closed tomorrow and the federal of
fices observe the usual holiday.
The regular Issue of the Daily Times
will also be suspended.
WOMEN PICKETS
ARE SENT TO
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. Oct. 23. — A police
judge has sentenced Alipe Paul, chair
man of the Woman's party, and Caro
line E. Spencer, of Colorado Springs,
to six months in jail for picketing the
White House on Saturdty last. Four
others previously sentenced to six
months each were given an additional :
two years Knd thirty days.
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(By Associated Press)
BERLIN, Oct. 23. — The Belgian
port of Olsined, which is the subma
rine base of the Germans on the North
sea, has been bombarded by allied
warships and several houses were
damaged.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. — Christ
mas presents and other gifts from
home for American soldiers in France
must be restricted to parcels of not
more than seven pounds each.
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There will be something doing at
Hegg's hall tomorrow night, and all
(lfavers of dancing should be present
Godd music will be in attendance.
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♦ tBy Associated Press) ♦
♦ PS r,Uii;n^p, oct. 23. — In ♦
♦ the f'ghtlng around the naif of ♦
♦ Riga islands laBt week, the Rus- ♦
♦ sians put out ofc action two tier- ♦
♦ Man t^cadnaughts, one cruiser, ♦
♦ twelve torpedo boats and one ♦
♦ transr-ort. The ultimate fate of ♦
♦ the vessels is unknown, but it has ♦
♦been e-tabllshed that at least six ♦
♦ Germed torpedo boats were sunk. ♦
♦ The Russians lost a battleship ♦
♦ and riso a large torpedo boat. ♦
♦ The ad: lirnlty announces that the ♦
♦ Russians fought excellently ♦
♦ agains. the superiority of the ^
♦ Germans., »
(Hy Associated Press)
LONDON, Oct. 23. — The king and
queen paid a surprise visit to one of
London's bombed districts, and talked
to the victims for two hours. The king
in speaking to a local clergyman, said:
"I wish people who oppose retaliation
could see this wreckage.”
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(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. — The Lib
erty loan Is still lagging, and officials
are hoping that the $3,000,000,000 mini
mum will be reached by tomorrow
night, when they anticipate a heavy
volume of Liberty Day sales. Officials
announced this afternoon that they did
not expect the $5,000,000,000 maximum
would be reached, although they
thought the sum might possibly be tak
en by an eleventh hour avalanche.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. — Liberty
Day tomorrow Is to be a state as well
as a national holiday, as virtually all
the governors have proclaimed the
day a holiday. Arizona and Oregon
will have a half holiday.
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FRENCH ATTACK
STRONGHOLD
(By Associated Press)
DATELESS, Oct. 23. — General De
tain initiated an operation in the Ais
ne region northwest of Soissons, yes
terday, which may prove to be of first
importance. The French attacked
along a three mile front at Fort Del
mamaison, a German stronghold,
which baffled the French in last
spring's attack. It is apparently one
of the immediate objectives of the of
fensive. Big French guns have "been
hammering away at this front with
telling effect.
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J. B. Lyons, an old time Alaskan,
on his way to the Pioneer's Home at
Sitka recently was drowned at Gus
tineau. His lifeless body was found on
the beach by Juan Catdon, who at once
notified the aythorlties. He had heart
trouble and was very weak and it is
thought that he had fallen off the
dock. He had several tainting spells
while in Gaatineau.
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Advertise in the Times—It pays
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GERMAN AIR FLEET
SUFFERS BAD LOSS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 — Germany
ilo*t probably one-half of Its total ef
fective fleet of super-Zeppelins, as a
, result of the raid October 20 over Eng
land, according to official cablegrams
received.' All France is exultant over
■ what dispatches deciare to be the
greatest defeat administered to the
air fleet since the beginning of the
war. The gratification Is more intense
because it is now known that the Ger
| man raid was an attempt to carry out
the fearful threat of vengeance made
i four days before.
PARIS, Oct. 23. — Although it was
at first believed that the visit of the
Zeppelin fleet to France on Saturday
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was an independent raid and the first
step toward carrying out the threat
made In a German wireless message,
which said it had been decided to de
stroy France in reprisal for French
air raids on German towns, it is now
generally believed that there were the
Zeppelins, of which several were de
stroyed or captured; that they were
returning from a raid on England and
had lost their bearings In a fog. The
raid is widely proclaimed by French
observers as being definite proof of
the superiority of airplanes over Zep
pelins. One expert says the day of
the Zeppelin for bombardment is over.
Of four Zeppelins, two were destroyed
and two forced to descend.
ROSS
ESCAPE FROM
(By Associated Press)
UNDATED, Oct. 23. — Russian war
ships in the northern part of the gulf
of Riga outwitted a superior German
force and escaped from Moon Island,
where they were apparently bottled
last week. The Russians are now pro
tecting the northern entrance to the
sound.
Nasutltn left Saturday for Whitehorse
and as It was the last boat of the sea
son, raced against Ice to White river,
where It is now safe with seventy pas
8/ ARE'KILLED
Oil AMERICAN
I1T
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. — General
Pershing has cabled the names of
sixty-seven men who were lost when
he Antilles was submarined. They
were men from various parts of the
world and America, but none from
Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.
Several were from Germany.
(By Associated Press)
FRENCH PORT, Oct. 23. — The sup
vivors of the United States torpedo
boat Autilles landed here. A torpedo
hit the ship at quarter to seven Wed
nesday morning last, killing the engine
| crew and those in bunks below. The
captain prayed for the brave men.
BIC DR IV EN 0 W
ON EOR SALE
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. — Two
million people are working through
out the nation to reach the $5,000,000,
000 mark for the Liberty loan before
the campaign closes the end of this
week. To reach the mark it is neces
sary to raise about $3,250,000,000, or
$41,000,000 dally. The campaign will
reach a climax on Wednesday, Liberty
Day, when a celebration will be held
throughout the natloft.
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(By Associated Press)
TOKIO, Oct. 23. — The Japanese
steamer Hitachi Maru, due in Delagoa
bay, Portuguese, on October 1, is miss
ing. It is believed that it struck a
mine and all aboard were lost. The
number of passengers carried is un
known. The» vessel was of 6,000 tons
burden gross. M. Snai, the London
manager, and Nippon, Yusen and Kal
sha, owners of the vessel were aboard.
3M1WMEN
BEAR ARMS IK
ill TIMES
H'y Associated Press) -
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. — The war
department compilations from various
published reports show 38.000.000 men
hearing arms in war times. There are
7,600,00 for the allies and 10,600.000
for the Teutons. These figures do not
include the naval personnel, which In
clude several million. The Russian
forces number 9,000,000, Prance 6.000.
060. England 6,606,000, Germany 7,000.
000, Austria 3,060,000, Italy 3,000,000,
Belgium 300,000, and America morn
than 1,000,000.
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CONTEST JUDGES
SELECTED
The judges of the Daily Times- sub
^h^iption contest will be Caleb Corser,
superintendent of the Copper River &
Northwestern railway; Dr. W. H.
Chase, mayor, and E. P. Medley, Uni
ted States commissioner. At the close
of business on Saturday all receipts
will be locked an# sealed in a ballot
box and remain there to be rechetfked
with the votes that are cast by the
different candidates the last four days,
and from the result of all offers they
will award the prizes, which will be in
their hands. As soon as the result is
known after the close of the campaign,
it will be publically announced. If the
count Is completed in time it will be
shown on 9 slide at the Empress the
atre; if not. it will be announced on
placards at the different public func
tions that will take place on that even
ing, as it will be Hallowe'en The dif
ferent candidates should all work and
wish that the goblin of good luck will
smile on them.
The last count which will be made
public will be published in Thursday's
times, instead of tomorrow, which is
a national holiday, and no paper will
be issued. This w ill be the last public
count, and the candidates will have
the privilege of reserving the balauce
of the votes for the final count.
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