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The Cordova Daily Times
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GERMAN SAILORS THREATEN TO SINK SUBMARINES
HUNS PLAN OH ATTACKING BOTH THE BRITISH FLEET AND FRONT
THOSE WHO REVOLTED
SENTENCED TO DEATH
LONDON, Aug. 1. It is nmmnl that the Herman sailors
at Wilhelmshaven, the groat Herman naval base, have revolted
against the continuation of the submarine warfare. It is re
ported tht propagandists among the men incited the sailors
about to leave on cruising submarines to attack their ollicers
and surrender their ships or seek an opportunity to sink them
and get themselves interned in neutral harbors. It is reported
that more than fifty submarines have disappeared.
Twenty-three ringleaders of the revolt are reported to have
been sentenced to death. The correspondents say that the
rumors are conflicting and it is difficult to ascertain the tads.
Admiral Yon Holtzendorff, who recently resigned as chief
of the naval staff, is declared to have been connected with tin
revolt.
VETERAN EDITOR RETIRES
FROM ACTIVE SERVICE
l.< >L ISY1 LLK. Ky., Aug. 7. Henry Watterson, the vet
eran editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal, has retired from
the active editorship of that newspaper, but will continue t(
contribute to its editorial columns. He is to nerve as “editm
emeritus,” a title which he himself chose.
In an editorial in the Courier Journal today, in which hi
makes the announcement of his decision, Colonel Watterson
sketches graphically the beginning and progress of the war.
and concludes a remarkable article by saying:
“Tin* war will leave none of us where we were. W'hei
shall it end? Oniy with the overthrow of kaiserism. To hel
with autocracy forever! To hell with the Hohenzollerns aim
the Hapsburgs!” ***>
WILL RAISE ARMY 5,000,000
W ASll 1 XHT< *X, Aug. 7. In urging the enactment of the
administration man power bill, extending the draft ages, Hen
March told the senate committee on military affairs today that
the war department plans contemplate an army of approxi
mately five million men, to be raised as soon as possible.
Heiieral March said lie did not believe it would he ncccs
sary to recall congress before the expiration of the recess, on
August 'J4, providing tin* bill could lx* reported at that time.
LISES IIS LIFE
A PACIFIC POUT, Aur. 7.—Captain
Yamaoto of the Japanese steamship
Canadian Maru, which recently went
aground off the coast and was pulled
off the rocks by salvage steamers, was
lost overboard.
Ii is believed that the captain, de
spondent because of the disaster to
his vessel, committed suicide.
HUNS STILL POUNDING
AWAY AT FRENCH CAPITAL
PARIS, Aug. 7.—The long-range
bombardment of this city was resumed
by the Germans today.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Aug. 7—Prices for tlsh
at noon toduy were as follows: Hali
but, 14; sableftsh, 7c; ling and red
cod, 4'/fcc; salmon, 13%c.
WASHINGTON, Aug 7. -The max
Imum price of copper is to remain al
26 cents per pound until November 1
through an agreement understood t(
have been reached between the wai
Industries board’s price fixing com
mittee and the copper producers
The agreement is subject to the ap
proval of President Wilson.
BRITISHCIsEtIES ARE
LOWER THAN LAST WEEK
LONDON, Aug. 7.—British casual
ties for the week ending today Iota
9,866, compared with 12,893 reported
for the preceding week.
Officers and men killed totaled
1,709; wounded, 8,952.
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ALASKA STOCKS
NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—Alaska Gold
3\; Alaska Juneau, 3J4.
VICTORY FOR ENEMY IS
NO LONGER POSSIBLE
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L<>\B<>.\, Aug. 7.—In n speecjl delivered before the bouse
Inf commons today Premier Lloyd George said that General
| l-'ocli, In a counter stroke, had driven the enemy back. Al
I though the danger was not over, li£ said, few members of the
i (ierman staff could now predict that it was possdth* tor Ger
| many to obtain a military victory.
Koch’s offensive, continued the premier, was one of the
j most brilliant achievements in the War. He said that the Ger
I mans had attempted their recent disastrous offensive because!
j; he submarine warfare had been a failure.
Great Britain, said Mr. Lloyd George, had sent more than
six million men to war, and more than one hundred and fifty
| German submarines had been destroyed during the war. The;
British dominions had contributed a million men to the war,
and India a million and a quarter.
The premier said that the strength of the American would
soon be equal to that of the entire German army, lie praised
the Americans for their bravery in action, and complimented
both officers and men.
German Illusions Have Been Shattered
L< >\|)< t.\. Aug. 7. A dispatch from The Hague says that
jtlie Dussehlorf Xachriehten. in an editorial, says that nobody
! looking into the future can see the end of the war. ’Die Berlin
Vorwaerts says that recent events have shatierd the illusion
!created by the belief in the invincibility of tin* German army.
LIGHTSHIP*
BT ENEMY SOBS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—The Pin
imincl Shoals lightship, off Cape Hat
iotas, has been sunk by a German
submarine. The crew has been landed.
The submarine operated within half
!a mile of the shore.
Japanese Steamship Sunk
A CANADIAN I’OItT, Aug. 7.—A
schooner has arrived here with sixtv
| five members of the crew of a Japa
i nese freighter which was torpedoed
off the coast of Nova Scotia.
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♦ ENEMY IDEAS ♦
♦ ABOUT AMERICA ♦
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♦ LONDON, Aug. 7. Letters ♦
♦ from relatives ami friends in ♦
♦ Germany to members of suhma- ♦
♦ rittc crews interned in the ♦
♦ t'nited States are beginning to ♦
♦ arrive in London A letter ♦
♦ I mm one prisoner's w ife says ♦
♦ "We hope you may return," and ♦
♦ says that he is to he pitied and ♦
♦ that all liis relatives tire pray- ♦
♦ ing that he may not he eaten ♦
i ♦ by the Indians or hanged by ♦
♦ cowboys with lasso ropes. ♦
♦ The letter continues: "If ♦
♦ they wish to scalp you you ♦
!♦ should first make an appeal to ♦
, ♦ the king of America," and asks ♦
♦ if "the king is also an Indian " ♦
NEW DRAFT bIlL WILL
BE DISCUSSED TOMORROW
WASHINGTON, Aug 7.—Secretary
| Daniels or Admiral Benson will to
morrow discuss the advisability of
j drafting men Into the navy.
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W. H. Van Dampen, superintendent
of the Bering River Coal Company,
has returned from a trip to 1-atouche,
and will return to Katalla on Friday.
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OF I CIS
WASHINGTON'. Aug. 7 l'ive army
casualty lists, issued today, contained
r.7!t names. Of these, t',3 were of men
killed in action; 7 who died front
wounds, 1 from airplane accident and
1 from accident due to other cause; 1
died from disease: 1nr, were of men
missing in action: 33K were severely
wounded and t>3 were wounded to a
liegree yet undetermined
The marine corps list contains tilt
names of 292 casualties. r>l of whom
were killed In action. 2 died from
wounds. 33 were severely wounded.
an<l mi; were wounded to a degree not
vet determined.
Neither of the lists contained the
names of any Alaskans.
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♦ DRASTIC RULING ♦
♦ AFFECTS PAPERS ♦
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4 WATERLOO. Iowa. Aug. 7. 4
4 Thirteen men, employed in all 4
4 departments of local news- 4
4 papers, have been ordered to ♦
4 engage In productive ocoupa- 4
4 ticms or tight ♦
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DANCE TO BE TENDERED
CDVEROR RICGS AND WIFE
A dance will be given by the Home
Guards tonight at Eagles' hull, com
plimentary to Governor Riggs and
wife. Although the hall is torn up
on account of the addition being built
to it, a committee of willing workers
has gotten It tn shape for tonight's
affair. There will he good music In
attendance, and an invitation is ex
tended to the public to be present.
The floor will be in charge of Walter
Gaffney and Clark Byers.
ALLIES WELCOME ATTACK
BY GERMAN NAVAL SHIPS
PARIS, Any. 7. Informed circles here insist that the tier
mans, in order to stimulate the depressed morale ot the people
it home, intend to strike at the British front in conjunction with
a naval blow ayainst the British fleet. It is Relieved tic tier
mans are puttiny heavy artillery in place and diyyiny them
selves in between the Veslc and Aisne, in order to det' iul their
positions as lony as possible.
The allies have been obliyed to await the arrival ot heavy
yillis before pressing the offensive.
It is reported that Admiral Schorr has expressed the wish
of the Herman fleet to attack.
German Attacks Repulsed
PARIS, Any. 7. The Freneli continue to repulse stroiiy
Herman attacks alony the Veslc between Soissnns mid Rheims.
British Official Report
\\ Fill T1IH BRITISH <l\ Till-: A ISM-:, Any. 7 An of
I'icial statement says that more than a hundred prisoner- I
been captured. The French repulsed local Herman attack' in
('hampayne, south of Auberivc. The French ahn mail, yains
in the Moiitdidier sector. Near the \ esle the station nf thry
Salsoyne has been occupied by the Freneli.
British Operations in the North
I,( >XI>< )X, Any. 7.—Southwest of Morlancoiii t tlm British
have reyained ymunds taken by the Hermans vesterdav. North
of the Somme the Brit is liline astride the Clarence river has
been advanced, smvs an official bulletin.
WILLIE HEIRST
Dll NIT FILE
A 1,1! A NY. ,\. V. Aug. 7 Governor
Whitman, Utornev General Lewis
anil W illiam W llennell. I(e|uil>lit an
eamliilales lor governor, anil Alfred
K. Smith and William Church Osborn,
1 ‘eimnrats. are the only candidafes
al the coming election. The time for
tiling notices of candidature closed at
midday today. W illiam it. llearst did
not file
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dm tlon of 50 per cent in the prodtic |
tion of passenger automobiles, as com j
pared with last year's output, is noted
by the National Automobile Chamber I
of Commerce,
The curtailment. It was staled, was
in compliance w ith the wish of the I
war industries board.
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GUADALAJARA. Spain, Aug. 7.—
Outbreakks of rioting on account of
the high cost of living and poor bread
are in progress here Shots have been
exchanged between the rioters and
the police
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Louis Week, William L. Wertzel, M
It. Magness and Sam Stevanich of
Kennecott, Frank Glaser and Jens
lairaen of Fairbanks, left here today
for Fort Liscum to join the Four
teenth Infantry
INTI SIBERIA
WASHINGTON. Aug 7 Major
General William S. Graves, t oinmand
iiiu the Kighth division, tatiomd at
Camp Fremont, California, ha- been
assigned to the command ot tie Amer
ican troops ordc*rcd to Siberia
The forces to be sent are the Twen
ty-seventh and Thirtv lir t regular
regiments, now doing dutv m tho
Philippines.
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WASHINGTON. \ug 7 The
American Kailwav K\pre>s Company,
formed recently under government
auspices, has asked the interstate
commerce commission to increase tho
rates on newspapers and other publi
cations registered as second-class
matter by the postal service. 4,
FORMER JUNEAU OFFICIAL y,.
DIED AT CAPITAL TOD^
•Il'NBMT, Auk. ■!.—Patrick
former receiver of the land office., -¥:i/
here today. He was a protnine^ \
publican. ''*/ x/
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BRITISH IRE NELCI^x
BT VLADIYOSTOC^^
SHANGHAI, Aug. 7.-^
were landed at Vladiuv, ^ ■
day last, and were*7-^ ' ./ ' y/y
friendly spirit by tl> .A V
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