Empress Theatre
The Dashing Screen Star
GEORGE WALSH
In the Thrilling Five-Act Melodrama
THE ISLAND OF DESIRE
\\ underfill Scenes, Pretty Girls, Smugglers, Pirates and
Honest to-Goudness Cannibals
PATHE EDUCATIONAL—Photographing the Moon
“HOOLIGAN, THE WHITE HOPE’’—Cartoon
This Fine Program Will Finish with the Comedy
“THE MALE GOVERNESS’’
Tonight at 8 Sharp Admission 30c and 10c
ARCHANGEL IS IN HANDS
DF BOLSHEII'S ENEMIES
ANDALASKA, Russian Lapland,
Aug. A revolution against the Bol
shevik! and in favor of the allies has
occurred at Archangel. The Soviet
troops have tied from the city.
TD BUILDTELEPHONE LINE
CORDOVA TO COAL FIELDS
David H. White, manager of the Ka
talla-Cordova long distance telephone
line, who is in town on business,
slates that he has arranged to greatly
improve the service between these
two towns by stringing new wire and
erecting new poles where necessary.
Today Mr. White was also awarded
the contract by the Bering River Coal
Company to build a telephoto ’ine
Irorn Katalla to its mining camp on
Shepard creek, a distance of about
twenty miles, in order (hut through
communication may be established
from the tiering coal Helds to Cor
dova.
BASEBALL FANS MAY
SEE NO WORLD'S SERIES
CI.KVK1.ANI>, Ohio. Aug. 3 —Un
less someone backs down there will
be no world’s series baseball this sea
son. judging from the sentiments of
the national baseball commission, now
in session here
FIVE DANISH STEAMSHIPS
IN DOVERNMENT SERVICE
A PACIFIC POUT, Aug. 3— Five
big Danish steamships which have
been lying in this harbor for several
months have been chartered to the
United States government to bring
sugar from the Hawaiian islands.
HAPPENINGS OE LOCAL
AND PERSONAL INTEREST
John Gamble and wife have booked
passage on the next south-bound boat
George Dooley and family will leave
tomorrow on an extended vacation to
the States
Mr. and Mrs. A. I'erry will leave
tomorrow for the States on a six
weeks' vacation.
Mrs. A Van Vechten and four chit
drcn. and her mother, Mrs. J. S.
Scurry, will leave for Seattle tomor
row.
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George James’ condition has not
greatly Improved, and he and his wife
will go Outside tomorrow, where he
will consult it specialist.
J A. Webb, wife and two children,
ot Fairbanks, who have been here for
the past ten days, will leave for the
States tomorrow.
Howell Lewis, wife and little son
Dick are booked to leave tomorrow
for Seattle, where they will locate per
manently.
Mrs. C. W. l’orter and daughter,
Miss Alta, entertained a number of
friends at dinner at the Senate cafe
at 5 o'clock this afternoon. Covers
were laid for ten.
The water will be shut off tomorrow
between the hours of 7 a m and 4
p m., providing the weather is favor
able and permits of the making of
some repairs to the mains.
Father O’Malley and Father
Fletcher will arrive from the west
ward tomorrow, and services will be
held in the Catholic church Sunday,
time permitting.
W. E. Hrainerd and wife, foreman
and linotype operator at the Dally
Herald office, will leave on the Far
ragut for Juneau, to accept positions
on the Daily Dispatch.
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J. B. Kelley, superintendent for tin
Cordova Mill and Lumber Company
and his wife will be outgoing passen
gers on the next steamship sailini
south, to make their future home it
the States.
The second tloor of the city hall ha;
been thoroughly renovated and wil
be ready next week for the use of tin
local chapter, American Bed Cross
as workroom and general headuuar
ters.
James Watson, William ltay am
Lenardas tlrannopolas, who were re
eetitly inducted into the service o
Cnele Sam, left last night for For
Lisctim to join the Fourteenth in
i'antry.
.Mrs. 1-Yank Wright, wife of the pres
idem of the Carlisle Backing Com
pany, and her mother, Mrs. Graham
who have been visiting in Cordova
will tomorrow return to their hornet
In the States.
Captain Davis of the lioonah Back
ing Company ieft today on the launch
Holfe on a cruise to the westward
Allen Bateman, geologist, and W. It.
Van Campen, superintendent of the
Bering River Coal Company, accom
panied him as far as Latouchc
M K. Torrell, who with his wife ar
rived here from Seattle about three
months ago to accept a position in
the mechanical department of the
Daily Times, has been drafted and
will leave for Camp Lewis on the
steamship Northwestern. During his
spare moments in Cordova Torrell
built a thirty-foot launch, the June,
which he yesterday sold to Hub Bol
linger for $500. The latter will use
It in connection with a fishing trap
Bert Bollinger has down the Sound.
On the south-bound trips of the
Reamshlps Northwestern and Admiral
Farragut they have completely sold
jut their reservations. Agent Hedges
reports that for the next four sailings
if Alaska Steamship Company ships
from here to the States all passenger
iccommodatlons are now reserved,
while Agent Kline of the Baciflc
Steamship Company says that ail the
,'ordova reservations on the next two
-Vdmiral boats leaving here are sold
jut. The crowded condition of the
Reamers at this time Is due to the
’act that so many volunteers and
Iraft men are going Outside to Join
he army, while a large number of
ntertor people are going to the State^
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♦ DRAFT AGE TO BE
♦ FROM 18 TO 45 YEARS
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♦ WASHINGTON, Aug. 3— Sec
♦ retury of Wur Maker will rei •
4 oinmend to congress that the
1 4 draft age he extended to include
4 all citizens within the ages of
■ 4 IS and 45 years. The bill prob
4 ably will be introduced on Mon
4 day next
4 Senator Chamberlain, chair
4 man of the senate military at
4 fairs committe, explained that
4 under the provisions of the bill
4 men between IS and _ 1 will be
4 divided into three classes, sub
4 ject to call in such sequence of
4 years as shall be prescribed, lie
4 said the calling of men between
4 31 and 45 will be made by a
4 similar plan He stated that
4 hi- believed the younger men
4 would be called first, and it
4 night not be necessary to call
4 those between 31 and 45
4 Secretary Maker, discussing
4 the proposed measure, said the
4 department had no intention.
4 in recommending its passage.
4 ol calling youths between IS
4 and IP until other classes hud
4 been thoroughly exhausted He
4 said this had been decided
1 4 upon in order to give the
4 youths a chance to mature be
4 fore they joined the army.
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BRIGADIER GENERAL DAVIS
DIES AT ADVANCED ACE
HONOLULU. Aug. 3— Brigadier
General Edward Davis, United States
army, retired at his own request In
1895 after forty years' service, died
here yesterday He was a veteran of
the Civil war.
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Colonel J. A McGuire, editor and
proprietor of Outdoor Life, a sports
men's magazine published at Denver,
will be an arrival in Cordova In a
couple of days, eu route to the White
river section in quest of big game.
He is accompanied by I). 1). Uogers,
taxidermist of the Colorado Museum
of Natural History; Harry C. James
and son, William James, of Denver.
They will be accompanied on their ex
pedition by Captain J. 1* Hubricb of
McCarthy, the famous guide.
ARRESTED ON SUSPICION
IN BOARDING TRANSPORT
AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug. 3.—
Frederick Roucher was arrested today
while boarding a troop transport, for
merly a German liner The police be
lieve Roucher intended blowing up
the \essel
CODA TO SEND TROOPS
TO TIGHT WITH ALLIES
HAVANA. Aug ! The house of
repn-entat i\r*- has approved in
amendment to the obligators military
service bill, empowering the Cuban
president to send troops to France
SHIPPING BOARD OFFICIAL
MIXED IN GRAFT SGANOAE
Washington. vug. t F\i<ieme
connecting at least one minor official
ot the shipping board with an alleged
attempt to obtain contracts from the
board at extraordinarily high prices
has been gathered by government
| agents.
EllERYBOD'S DOING IT
BUYING THRIFT STAMPS
WASHINGTON, Aug 3.- In July
the sale of war savings and thrift
stamps netted $21 Ml7,000. This rep- t
\ resents $2 for every man, woman and
child in the country.
ENEMY SUBMARINE OFF
THE COAST OF AAAINE
WASHINGTON. Aug. 3.—A subma-,
i rine off the coast of Maine yesterday
I removed a quantity of provisions from
an American lumber schooner and set
fire to the schooner The crew were
landed in safety.
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sults his conscience when pre
paring for his immediate and
future needs.
Hoarding is contrary to the
public good. Intelligent econ
omy is a patriotic duty.
M any men need clothes now.
Huy for a reasonable time
ahead but don’t hoard.
Get the stvleplus habit. You
will wear stylish, serviceable
clothes at prices that permit
thrift and destroy the tempta
tion to hoard.
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