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The Cordova Daily Times
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ALASKA. TUESDAY, JULY 3J, 1917. (ToRDOVA, ALASKA. TUESDAY, JI L\ il, HM?T PmCE TEX UEVTS^
ALLIES ADVANCING ON IWEIJTY MILE FRONT
Oerman Submarine Base m Belgium an Objective
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* GERMANY’S LINE OF TRENCHES ♦
* BADLY SHATTERED BY ALLIES. ♦
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* BRITISH FRONT, France, Julj 31. — The allies ♦
* have advance*! well beyond the shattered front lines of *
* German trenches and in many ph aei s reached the e ♦
* Olid line of defenses on a twenty mile front, 'fee ai ies ♦
* went into battle under an unprecedented barrage of fir**, ^
* the allies’ artillery moving forward. ♦
* The whole situation is satisfactory between Dixniude *
* and Boesinghe. The allies captured two fir t lines of ♦
* trenches. After fighting over the most difficult terrain ♦
* imaginable, the British agayi eaptnred Lahassceville, ♦
* and the Germans are rushing reinforcements. *
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Two Million Russians
Retreating in Galicia
LONDON, July 31. — A Petrograd dispatch'to the Post
says that over 2,000,000 Russian troops in Galicia are stead'll}
marching forward. These constitute the eleventh and seventh
armies, with their reserves. The eighth army, which is cavalry,
is also retreating and is in an extraordinarily critical pt dtion.
The Germans are straining every effort to capture the eighth
army, which is following the eleventh and seventh.
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FRONT NORTH OF STYS RIVER, CAPTURED
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LONDON, duly .'ll.—In conjunction with the French mop
the British attacked early this morning on a wide front north
•►l' vfcr.Lys iiiUm glanders section. The allies c/mtured
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RUSSIANS LOSE MANY GUNS IN RETREAT
BERLIN, July 31.—The Germans “captured seventy-two
cannon, the Austrians two hundred in a Russian retreat. Kor
niloff is attempting to organize a new resistance aim g .the
Russo-Galician front.
GERMAN COUNTER ATTACK IS CRUSHED
PARIS, July 31.—The Frencji troops last night mad* a sue
cessful attack against the German positions along a fifteen
hundred yard front at Layoyere, and west of Epine. At D<
Chevregny, on the Aisne front, a German counter attack was
crushed.
BRITISH CASUALTIES 72,000 FOR MONTH
LONDON, July 31.—The British casulatios in all military
theatres during July total 72,000 officers and men. Of the
number 2,500 officers were killed, wounded and are missing.
RUSSIANS RETREATING TO THE CARPATHIANS
BERLIN, July 31—The Russian forces which made a stain
in western Bukowina were forced to evacuate their Cher -inosi
line and retire eastward, the Russians retreating in the woo led
Carpathians.
PART OF BRITISH CRUISER CREW IS LOST
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LONDON, July 31.—Thirty-eight members of the tor
pedoed British cruiser Ariadne were killed and the others
saved.
SEDITIOUS LITERATURE
SEIZED BY ENGLAND
LONDON, July 31. — Tons of seditious literature, printed
in many languages and intended for circulation in neutjal
countries, have been seized here and condemned by a prize
court as part of a gigantic scheme on the part of the Germans
to spread their propaganda to the four corners of .the earth. The
seizures were found in the mails of the steamships Oraje, Item
brandt and Goentoer. More than 1,500 bags, containing thou
sands of pamphlets, were removed from the vessels by the Brit
isli authorities.
Sir Frederick Smith, the attorney general, in a king the
court to condemn the seizures, asserted that the scheme was on
the largest possible scale, and had been carried out with in
genuity and tnorouglmess. In a net.red and yellow cover, lie
- said, was a pamphlet entitled, “The Neutrality of India and
England,” and information available to the British authorities
showed that in virtually every neutral country, almost in every
neutral town of importance, the Germans had appointed agents
whose special mission it was to distribute the literature.
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SUi, OTIS OILS
AFTER LIFT OF
LOS ANGELES, July 31. — Geporal
Harrison Gray Otis died at h a home
in this city yesterday. Himself a vet
ernn of two wars, ho camo of a long
line of military and statesmanship an
cestry. Ilia grandfather was a sol
dier of note in the Revolution * y wai
and the Otis stock produced Jame*
Otis, Revolutionary patriot and orator,
and the first Harrison Ora. OIL
once noted as a senator from Massn
chusetts. General Otis was H) year
of ago, his btrth having occured on
a Washington county, Ohio, far n Fob
ruary 10, 1837.
Over five years of General (Mis’ lif ■
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was spent as a volunteer soldi* i of the
United States. In 1,801., at the age of
24, he enlisted in the 12th Ohio volun
teers' was promoted through all the
grades to a captain In 1804. In that,
year a consolidation of rc .Intent:*
placed him in the 2.'>nl Ohio veteran
volunteers, his colonel and -.aptairr
being, respectively, Rutherf trd lb
Hayes and William McKinley Alto
gethe.r Oils saw forty-nine m* nths of
actual servico In the Civil vv tr, was
twice wounded and receive I seven
promotions, including two brevets, re
tiring with the title of major and lieu
tenant colonel, by brevet.
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American war in 1888, Major Otis, at
the age of 61, volunteered his service ■,
to President McKinley, ami w s mad ■
a lrrigadieV general of volunto r». II
was assigned to duty, first at Cum
Merritt, Cel., and then to the Philip
pines, where M different th es h
commanded various divisions of th •
8th army corps in the campaign fo
pacification of the native rev It. 11 ■
led a brigade In person in the astern!
on Caloocan and participated In th ■
capture of the Filipino capit il. 11 a
resigned Ms command in Ap il, 18^8
returning to the United State; . Upo-,
his discharge, he was brevett* *1 majo -
general for "meritorious conduct in
action.”
Following the Civil war, Otis return
ed to the trade of printer, for which
he had abandoned school at an earl
age, acquiring, finally, in 1882, a
fourth interest in the Los Angeles
Times. Previously he had served for
our years ns foreman of th > govern
ment printing office at Washington.
Quite early in his career as editor
and publisher of the Timer for he
speedily secured control, Otis came
into conflict with organized labor an 1
thereafter until the day of his death
ho waged an unrelenting warfare for
what he termed Industrial freedom.
On October 10, 1910. his building an I
printing plant was dynamited and 20
of his workmen killed. The arrests
and trials which followed were mat
tors of nation-wide Interest.
General Otis acquired a large for
tune, his Interests aside from publish
ing being extensive. In polities his
paper ever reflected the attitude of
its editor—aggressive, uncompromls
ing Republican. Otis’ connection with
that party dating back to I860, when
ho was sent from Kentucky as a dele
gate to the- convention at Chicago
which nominated Lincoln for the pre
sidency.
Aside from those mentioned, Gen
ernl Otis held numerous governmental
positions at different periods of hln
life. He was prominent in the Grand
Army of the Republic and numerous
other patriotic orders and a member
of tho American Academy of Science
Tho bride of General Otis’ young
I manhood, Miss Eliza Wetherby, was
j his constant associate in journalism
and literature until her death in 199-1
Of tho five children born .to them
two daughters survive.
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(B) Associated Press)
SEATTI.E, July 31. — The steamer
Admiral Farrngut sailed ?or south
western Alaska yesterday morning at
10 o'clock, with the following passen
gers for Cordova: B. Haiberson. J.
; L. Cremenn, Arllo Sharpe. Bam Fra
1 /er. I. K Irwin and J. VV. Cay.
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(By Associated Prsp)
S.V NFRANCISCO. July 31 i — At
! torney General Wehb has xnnmen
iled a now trial for Thoms* Mooney,
convicted of murde and sentenced
to death for the i repare timss daj
bomb explosion. This action was
i.iken by Webb hoc mso n the al
leged attempt of l'r’tik rtman to
commit perjury agaliiBt Moyriay.
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON, July 31. — The
I path of the crook who comes to Wash
ington necking to reap a harvest front
the war crowds Is becoming increas
ingly thorny.
Neat little metal signs today greet
the visitor's eye on every hand. They
tell how to foil the prowlers. A wall,
down Pennsylvania uvenue is as good
as a correspondence school course in
sleuthing.
"Distrust strangers. The most cour
teous stranger may bo a clever crook,'
proclaims one of the signs. "Don't
display your money in the open,’’
■ shouts another in starting w hite let
: toring. Others say: "Don't close
close your house for the summer with
out asking u neighbor to keep an eye
on it.” “The police must b i gentle
. but firm. Co-operate with them."
"The policeman is your best friend,”
iand "Watch everything that goes on
around you. Observation Is the best
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safeguard.”
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GEN. ALVARADO WILL NOT
ENTER CARRANZA'S CABINET.
I By Associated Press)
MEXICO CITY. July 31.—General
Salvador Alvarado, governor of Yuca
tan, who was called to the capital
■ some time ago for a conference with
President Carranza, has returned to
Yucatan to assume full charge of mill
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ta:y operations for the extermination
(if bandits in the states of Yucatan,
Tulip wo and Campeche. It was gen
erally rumored when General Alva
i
ratio arrived here that he w is to as
] sumo a place in Carranza's c it I not,
but hiB departure seems t.> have put
an er.d to such rumors.
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ENGLAND NOW CONSUMING
TEN PER CENT LESS FLOUR.
(Ry Associated Press)
LONDON, July 31. — The “Eat I.ess
I Bread” campaign initiated by the na
tional war Ravings eommitteo has been
quite a success. Since the inaugura
tion of propaganda the consumption
of Hour has decreased by 10 per cent.
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8 TO 8
(Special to the Times)
ANCHORAGE, July 3J. — This town
has gone In mournin'; ami loral base
ball stock is at low ebb. since Seward
won the sories, by again defeating the
Anchorage team yesterday, the score
being 8 to 0. Local enthusiasts were
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confident thjit the all-star aggregation
from the Cook Inlet league would
make a better showing than thoy did
rgrinst the Seward team, and as a re
sult are much saddor and pooiev than
before Managor Hoben brought his
“conquerors of Cordova" to this plaep.
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(By Associated Press)
PETROGRAD, July 30. — Nicho
las Lonlne. the peace advocate and
alleged German spy, is absent from
his usual haunts in Petrograd. and his
whereabouts Is unknown to the gov
ernment authorities. Kerensky has
<sai! t*«, Ger«t>MJa>|-dtBr> news
papers of the Social Democratic Work
men’s Party.
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON, July 31. — The
American dog Is going to do his bit
In the war. Hed Cross canines are in
big demand on the western front
Wearing gas masks, they go out be
tween the trenches and locate uncon
scious, wounded men In piles of dead.
The Red Cross establishme it which
wlir care for American wounded when
the national army starts pounding the
kaiser would be incomplete without
Its quota of dogs. Plans a e under
way to have Uncle Sam's bow-wows
take their places on the figl. ng lino
beside those of France ami Great
Britain, some of which have actually
received decorations for the r work
under fire. Several months of train
ing is necessary before the dogs are
toady for service. They must be
taught to range the shell-swept areas
of No man's Bond, hunting the woun
ded. whom the busy stretcher bearers
could not at first glance distinguish
from the dead. When an unconscious
man is located, the dug Is trained to
carry his "tin hat" or shrapnel hel
met to the stretcher bearers, and then
to lead them back to where the suf
ferer is lying.
Many Red Cross dugs hive been
produced in England As trench war
fare has rendered them a necessity,
a project Is under consideration to
train the Americans "Rovers" some
where In the United Stares and to
solid them over with other Red Cross
units. Blue bloods are not the only
| ones needed. Yellow eurs can do their
bit for America also, if they have the
spirit and enough ‘‘dog brains."
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SEATTLE PRICE OF FISH.
(Hr Associated Presi)
SEATTLE, July 31. — The Seattle
price yesterday noon of halibut was
12 1-2 cents a pound; pickled black
cod. $i:t a barrel.
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♦ ALLIES DEMOLISHING GERMAN ♦
♦ TRENCHES IN GALICIA. ♦
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I NBA I FD.—The battlel'ront north of the river Lys ♦
♦ __ tretches from Warneton, on the Belgian border, to the ♦
North‘sen const for thirty miles. Military observers say ♦
♦ :1k British objectives are the capture of. the Belgian ♦
♦ X'.rth -ea coast, which has been used as a base for tier- ♦
♦ man submarines, and to assist the hard pressed Russians. ♦
♦ In Galicia a tremendous gunfire has been demolishing ♦
♦ German trenches for a week. ♦
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National Prohibition Vote
In Senate Tomorrow
WASHINGTON, July 31.—The senate finance committee
hopes to report a revised war tax hill to the senate on Thursdav
or 1 ridav. I entntive plans call for tin* raising of an additional
mount, largely from higher taxes, incomes, excess profits ami
possibly tobacco.
lloth houses favor another vote on the national prohibition
cause*. It was before tin* senate tor debate yesterday with an
-reemciit that a vote would he taken on Wednesday. Advo
cates ot the measure predicted a victory by only one or two
votes more than the necessary two-thirds majority. The reso
lution, it adopted, would then have to run the gauntlet of the
house, where was killed a similar proposal in l!>14.
The senate is still debating the prohibition resolution and
it pas-age is expected bv a narrow margin.
w AKl i 1 NGTl)N, Jnlv SI — The conferee <*-onthe mlmtnls
t rat ion food hill failed at the first session to break the dead
lock on tin congressional war expenditures committee, which
President Wilson opposes.
Several conferees of the food control bill believe even Pre
sident W ilson’s interference cannot prevent a partial disagree
ment on the measure, and his demand for a single food admin
istration is not subject to confirmation.
WASHINGTON, July 31.—It was strongly probable late
this afternoon that the conferees would yield to the president’s
wishes and strike the war expenditure provision from the food
control bill.
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(By United Press)
WASHINGTON, July 31. — The
Russian embassy, on Sixteenth street,
near Seott circle, has been eonvertei
into a big office building by Borb
Bakhmetlcff. the new Russian ambas
sudor. The former stronghold of lto
manoff diplomacy and magnificence
has been turned into a great business
office for the transaction of the Am
erican share of the new republic's
business.
The library, where once the clink
ing ot teacups could be heird, will be
come a workshop for the new envoy
and the clattef of the typewriters wil
supersede the cups. There is ever
►a new office boy to greet visitors
though the same messengers now
rushes names in to officials and guar
antees audiences within ten minutes.
An hour's wait was nothing nt all un
der the old system.
There is a police detail on duty at
the embassy, but this is more or less
of a formality. It was said at the em
bassy recently that none of the em
bassy staff would make their home In
the building.
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ENGLISH SHIPPING COMPANIES
SHOW INCREASED PROFITS.
i By Associated Press)
LONDON, July 31. — Shipping com
panies continue to record great pros
perity during 1916. The Indo-China
Steam Navigation Company last year
made a net profit of 312,233 pounds
upulnst 16.020 pounds in 1914, and In
creased its dividend from three per
cent In 1914 to 60 per cent in 1916.
SCALPERS SELL
INK LOTTERY
TICKETS
(By United Press)
BUENOS AIRES. July 31. — The
high cost of lottery tickets not having
eon In the least ameliorated by the
irecautlons which the government
ook to prevent grafting by speculat
es at the last Christmas $1,000,000
Irawing, fresh plans are being eon
ddered ft end the abuse in future.
Tickets for the recent $1,000,000
■ontest (really 1,000,000 pesos, or
$440,000 in United States money) sold
at the last minute, in some cases, at
noro than double their face value.
The public was so outraged that many
igencies had to close their doors and *
drop their iron blinds aud mounted
and foot police were forced to stand *
guard over them to keep them from
being raided by mobs.
The government does not announce
the names of the winners, though they
themselves usually tell. The excite
ment is so tremendous that the news
papers announce the numbers which
win the-various prixes on their bulle
tin boards, and on the night after the
drawing throw the numbers upon
screens, liko election returns in the
United States.
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Ed Seiberg was given a hearing be
fore the commissioner'' this afternoon,
charged with assault and bettpry by
Peter Nasco,
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Bring the children to see Charlie
Chaplin, and don't overlook seeing
him yourself, as it is a sure scream
Last time tonight, at the Empress
theatre.