The Cordova Daily Times
Member of Associated Press
VOL. III. X<). ('((HIM )VA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AI <i! S'! 10, 1!M8 I’RK'K TLX ('KN'TH
FALL OF ROYE IS INEVITABLE
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ALLIES AEVANCING
UNESINTHE WEST
PARIS, Aug. 1G.—The French are holding Rove in a vie
ike grip, crushing the stubborn German resistance. The French !
are slow ly encircling the town. The French advance at Viliers
l.es Roye makes Rove’s fall inevitable. The possession of the
town hy the French would force the Germans to rectify their
ines, and probably to retreat to the Nesle-Royon line. Rove G
the bulwark of the German position, and the Germans are;
dinging desperately to the ranch of high hills east of Ribecourt
and stubbornly defending the Lassigny Oise canal, the los> of
which would entail the evacuation of Noyon.
French Reach Former Lines
W ITH Till-: FRI'.Xt 'll l’( )R(’KS. Aug. IG. The allies
rave occupied Viller- Le> Ifoye and St. Aureji and reached
their old line trendies east of Armancourt yesterday. Further
north they advanced toward the Ohnulnes Roye line, taking
I turnery wood.
French Make Important Advance
PARIS, Aug. 1(i. The French forces have made un impor
tant advance over a two and one !upV mile front west of Rove,
near. Yiilej-a.ynd I "smy onyr u. jijfcfr.l statement.
Further Advance of British Lines
IA ).\ I )f ).\, Atig. Hi. The ciii'iny made further slight with
drawals from the I,vs salient, and evacuated the village- of
Yieux and Hertpiin yesterday, retiring between one and two!
miles along a nine mile front.
The British have advanced their lines slightly smith of Al j
belt, near Morlaneourt.
British Maneuvering for Positions
WITH Till-; BRITISH I '< tRVP.S, Aug. HI. Knetny am! ’
lery is active from mie end of the British front to the other.
There is no enemy infantry movement, however. 'The British!
are continuing slight forward movements to gain advantage of i(
position. In movements of this kind Danierv and Parvillm-'i
were captured from the 'Teutons j;
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♦ AMERICAN TROOPS
♦ LAND IN SIBERIA
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♦ WASHINGTON. Ann 1.1 (via
♦ Ashcroft and Hubert delayed
♦ in transmission). About I,lino
♦ American troops from Manila
♦ have landed in Vladivostok to
♦ aid the international forces
♦ who are helping the ('/.echo
♦ Slovaks in the tinhtinn in Si
♦ beria. Others are poinp soon.
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♦ IXIHAXAI’OI.IS, Auk If.,—Steps
^ are under v.ay to the completion of
^ a national body to be known as tin*
♦ . American War Mothers. A meeting
♦ nl war mothers of Indiana is in prog
♦ ress here, at which the subject has
♦ | been taken up.
HUNS GREATLY ALARMED
AT WANING MAN-POWER
with tiik r.umsii fokcks in fuaxci:, Aug. u;.
Germany ha-at last acknowledged that her man power is dw in
< 11 iii ■ in proportions great ei ough to make the high command
worry at the toll of German li ves hei ng taken hy I lie allies, with
the j nm-peet s of being confronted by an ever growing A uteri can
force. The realization of the critical situation has caused Gen.
Lndendorff to issue imperative orders for a vigorous and im- i
mediate combing out in Germany's army to recover from the j
auxiliary units all men capable of entering the trenches.
DESTROYED OFF'
MOW YORK. Auk. lb. The Brazil
ian motor-ship MadruKada has been
submarined oil the American coast.
The crew were saved
Crew of Barrett Saved
CAIRO MAY. N .1. Auk. lb. The
captain and crew of the American
schooner Dorothy Barrett, which "as
sunk ycstcrdav h> a submarine, have
been landed here. A patrol vessel
picked them up as they were rowinu
to shore
GRANGE IN EDITORSHIP
AFTER TEARS OF SERVICE
SAN I’It A XriSCO, Aug. HI Pre
iiioui Older. Tor many years managing
«<iifoi\ has become managing editor
'»! tie- < 'all and Post
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IN HARVEST FIEEOS
NKW YORK. \11g. HI. The Indus I
trial commission of the state depart
men* of labor has appealed to women
ot leisure to save tie* harvest by vol-,
unteering for farm work at good pay
GERMAN CASUALTIES WILL
TOTALMORE THAN 6,000,000
i’Ah’IS, An”. Hi. Newspapers licit' claim tin* Germans
lime lost six million men since the he^inniii” of the war up to
the end of last month. These figures include 1,4(H),()()() killed
up to the hecinniii” of the German offensive on March 21.
It i< reported that the Germans have lost 120,000 in killed
alone from March 27 to June 17.
STRANGE ANOMOLY
IN RUSS SITUATION
LONDON, Aug. 1G.—A curious coincidence comes to light I
in connection with the arrival of the British troops at Baku,
where the garrison, which consisted largely of Bolsheviki, with j
Armenians, was opposing the Turks. Thus the British, while j
fighting the Bolsheviki in the north, are co-operating with them
in the south.
MAJOR ROOSEVELT GUEST
OF PREMIER CLEMEMCEAU
l’AUIS, \up. l'i Premier ('lrinrii
ceau today received Major Theodor'
Itoosevelt. Jr. Major Uoosevelt .-.as
walking with the aid ot eruti hes a a a
result of his recent wound.
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RAIDER BELIEVED ♦
TO BE AT LARGE ♦
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SYDNKY, Au.stralia. Via. 1 >> ♦
Additional mm*- lound off tin ♦
\ ' ra lian < oast ha \ »• led to t ho ♦
lad a-1 t ha f t hoy a -to laid hy an ♦
• 11»*111> raidor +
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POINTS OUT WAY TO WIN
THE WAR WITHIN A YEAR
IJ tSI n i.\, A ii a. 1 * i. 1.11 n 1 11' 11M • rt < ■ '■ 11, ii in I' ■ i - • ■ i • 11 ■ im i a
>Ia1o lot l*<»)■*•!”ii alTan-', -jh-aki11l at a u'"Vi rmii'-iit Iiti11-• t cch
I'fat in'j- t ho I mi ft Ii a it ii i vcr>a i y < > I’11.. a Mi 'linn 'til of inn mt a
national miutni'sion on ivviet nalim;' I a ~ t n: ■ t. said t .. • k._
land and Atnerioa had not suffered like son.I' tin' alii'", They
had liet'ii >|iaind t h * • misery of invasion, and that mih nieatis.
aid 1 ,nrd Robert, that we must redouble our efforts in tlm coin
imn cause.
H. Ik Stevens, representative of the American shipping
maid, said that if the Americans make enough sacrifices tlm
ar will o, won in a year.
JAIL SENTENCES FOR
WASHINGTON. \in; I*; Tw ' ill>
i\ women who have I.* hi delving tin*
toliee hy holding " nii.u*- d*mo., ' i a
ion opposite tin* Whit** lions** Inn*
men given jail m-iiI' n* -
They began serving their -enfen* ••
oday in tin* < jty workhoe *•<
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Tonight at s I", o'clock ITofessor
1 *hn Kandall Imnn. Christian S*i.*n
ist. ot St Louis, will deliver a free
* « ttire at Masonic hall, to which all >
re coniialiv invited.
T
SAX Fl{ A N* TS<'(). \; 1 tr 1*; Seven
.md iwo territories of the
Av ell til l'o(l( r.il Reserve (list ric t ha ve
versubserilied tile \u.;iist issue ot
A. 1 f• 11 States tre.isiirv ( • : t i• 1 < ite |»\
The total subscript ions tnioutit to
• 7.7 i. mo.
\la>lva uf»s* ril ed $v»..»
OF SPECULATION
BT GONE
BOSTON, Vug. 1G.—-Cotton buyers
ind mill owners are In conference here
oday with representatives of the bu
■eau of markets, department of agri
ttlture.
A plan is being urged for govern
nent control of the New York Cot
on Exchange and the elimination of
tumbling and speculation.
Government Control of Mohair
The government has assumed con
rol of the full clip of mohair, which is
tstimated at 3.000,000 pounds, and is
traduced mainly In the Southwestern
dates.
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The Cordova public schools will re
pen on Monday, September 2.
HIGH PRICE OP RICE
CAUSES RIOTS IN JAPAN;
t
TOKIO. Alin. Id.—Ten policemen s
have been wounded and maiiv rioters!
injured at Nagoya, in clashes over thej
high price of rice Fifty persons have
been arrested
The price was doubled as the out- .
Iconic of a corner in the market.
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TO RAISE TAXVALUATIONS 1
ON GRASPING EANDEORDS,
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WASHINGTON, Aug 16.—The bu- >"
reau of Industrial housing has rec
ommended the raising of tax valua
tions on the pro»erty of landlords
guilty of charging extortionate rents '
to war workers, as one method of I
checking rent profiteering. S
V ASH f X( iT( )X, Aug. It'. Events in Russia seem to boas
liming the | iro| nut ions of a rout of Bolshov ism, ami are of >ueh
nature as to cause dismay to Germany. The great mass of
he people are reported to lie taking up arms ami flocking to
hi1 standards of any group opposed to the Germans and Bol
lieviki.
British Move Fraught with Great Possibilities
Th(“ arrival of British troops at Baku means that Germnii
ontrol of the Baku oil lands and refineries is threatened. It
Iso opens another road into Russia from the south for the
Hies.
The British advance through Persia from Bagdad was ae
mnplished under tin* greatest difficulties.
Americans on Siberian Railroad
VLADIVOSTOK, Aug. Hi. Eighty four members of the
tevens railroad commission, which was sent to Russia in 1!*17,
ace begun work on the Siberian railroad behind the Ozecho
Iavok lines.
Trotzky at the Front
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 1(5.—The Vienna None Freie Presse
»ys that War Minister Trotzky is touring the front where the
iolsheviki are fighting the Czecho Slovaks, and urging the Bol
lieviki to fight against the enemy.