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_\ <>M ML III, NT MBER'j&tk ^ CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1918 ~ PRICE TEN CENTS
BAILLEUL TAKEN BY GERMANS AT GREAT SACRIFICE
GERMAN PAPERS TELL OF DISABLED MEN PRESSED INTO ARMY
REVENTLOW IS
PEEVED AT
CHARLES
Publicity Agent of the Kaiser
and Semi-Official Spokes
man Criticizes Severely the
Austrian Emperor.
AMSTERDAM. April 16.—According
to Count Von Reventlow, the chief
editorial writer of the Berlin Tages
Zeitung, and generally considered as
the semi-official mouthpiece of the
kaiser, the reicbstag’s adoption, last
July, of the resolution against annexa
tions and indemnities was due to the
influence of Emperor Charles of Aus
tria. Reventlow for several days has
been waging a campaign against Em 1
peror Charles, characterizing him asj
a W'eakling, a man unfit to rule, and!
■of pro-entente leaning.
The editorial today says that at a
secret session of the reichstag a copy
of a letter written by Count Czemin|
to Emperor Charles said:
‘‘Austria wants, and in any event]
must have, peace by the winter of
1917.”
Concluding his editorial, Von Rev
entlow says that Charles should turn
busy, and quit meddling in German
affairs. V
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LONDON, April 16.—Admiralty an
nouncements this morning say that
ten German trawlers were sunk by
British ships in the Cattegat a lew
days ago. All the craft were sank
by gunfire. The crews were picked
up by the British ships and are on
their way to England as prisoners of
war. There were no British casual
ties. The operations were undertaken
and carried out successfully under the
personal supervision of the com
mander of the grand fleet.
A German destroyer was a short
distance away from the trawlers when
the engagement commenced, but it
could not be reached with the gun
fire.
IS ASKED DEAR
In taking office last evening the new
council was informed by the munici
pal clerk that the school board had
filed no financial report during the
year. The new city fathers immedi
ately expressed the view that if the
town was to furnish part of the money
for the maintenance of schools it
^•ould be no more than right to ask
the board for a monthly report.
Before the meeting came to an end
the mayor directed that the city clerk
inform the school board that the coun
cil would like to have a report at the
regular meeting in April. This action
was taken as such reports are cus
tomary in other towns in Alaska and
elsewhere.
Word has been received in Cor
dova that William O’Connor, com
missioner at McCarthy, has been re
lieved, and that M. J. Conroy has been
appointed by Judge F. M. Brown. Mr
Conroy sailed for Cordova from Se
attle today, and will assume his duties
as soon as he arrives there.
A report, which could not be veri
fled, was also afloat that there is to
be some switching of deputy marshals
also, in order that a new officer may
take charge of the McCarthy office
Rumor has it that N. H. Conrad, who
since October has been deputy mar
shal at Catouche, has been ordered
to McCarthy for duty. Mr. Conrad
was connected with the forestry serv
ice at Cordova seven or eight years
ago.
Mr. Conroy, the new commissioner
or McCarthy, is an old-time Alaskan,
and several years ago was commis
sioner at Seward, but more recently
has been a resident of Anchorage,
where he practiced law.
AMSTERDAM, April It!.— Wolf
news bureau dispatches from Berlin
say that on Sunday night, north ol
St. Mlhiel, the Germans stormed and
captured the main part of the Ameri
can positions. East and southeast ol
Maizey, on the right bank of the
Meuse, the most effective work againsi
the Americans was accomplished, th
German general staff claims.
Referring to the Americans, the
Berlin dispatch says:
“A large section of the enemy line:
of defense, on the high road from Si
Mihiel to Rouvrois, was attacked, an
over a front of more than three mile
the Americans were rolled back., d«
spite their brave resistance. Th
enemv suffered severest casualties.”
U. S. TROOP? NEEDED
NOW SAYS BALFOUI
LONDON, April 16.—In a speech de
livered today, the Rt. Hon. Arthur .)
Balfour said that what is now th
most pressing need of the allies i
the requisitioning of the forces o
the United States. He urges tha
these forces be brought as speedil;
as possible into the field against th<
Germans, where they are making the!
strongest play against the British.
The hope of the Germans, said Mr
Balfour, is to shatter the British arm;
before the weight of the Americai
forces can be brought to bear agains
them. In carrying out this campaigr
he pointed out that the Germans ar
recklessly sacrificing their men, dis
regarding their future needs. This, h<
says, is ample evidence that they ar
banking their future on this one driv;
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Mrs. J. B. Kelly, wife of the man
uger of the Cordova Mill and Lumbe
1 Company, who has been an Invalid fo
some time past, was yesterday takei
to the general hospital, where a sue
cessful operation was performed b;
Dr W. W. Council.
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E. T. Stannard was an arrival ir
town from Kennecott on yesterday’i
train.
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FRESH ATTACK IS
DEVELOPING! NEAR
WYTSCHAETE LINE
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Official British Bulletins Admit Loss of Bailleul—Take Up
New Positions North of Bailleul and Wulverghen—Fresh
Attacks Near Wytschaete—German Attack Southwest of
Vieux Berquin Is Repulsed—Twenty-five Trainloads of
Wounded Germans Pass Through One Town—Every Inch
of Ground Is Hotly Contested by Valiant British Forces.
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LONDON, April 16.—German forces captured Bailleul 11 lis
morning, it was officially announced today by the war office.
The capture was made by tlie enmity only after Ik* had hurled
division after division against the British lines. The British
mowed down row after row of the enemy, and it not until
many of the defending machine gun# played out that the Teuton
troops passed into the trenches.
B hen it was impossible to lioSd out longer, the British
dropped hack to their prepared poptions to the north of Bail
lonl and V ulvergen. Here they ale strongly fortified ,aud if
die enemy ever succeeds in taking the positions, it will he with
the loss of thousands of men.
Germans Repulsed
German attacks southwest of Vieux Berquin were repulsed.
After charging the strong machine gun fire of the British many
times, they were finally forced fajpfttfc
Fresh German attack's at-e developing near Wytschaete
| today, the war office hears from the front. Up to a late hour the
enemy was unable at any point to penetrate the British lines in
these regions, hut the attacks were increasing in violence as
night approached.
Heavy German Losses
WASHINGTON, April 16.—As conclusive evidence of the
heavy price the Germans are paying for their advances on the
western front are the dispatches which the state department
received today from European agents. These wires say that
twenty-five trainloads of wounded German soldiers pass
•through Aixelac every night. These trains daily luue been
ip-usliing other troops to the front to replace the nu*n who are
! incapacitated.
British Save Men
WITH THE BRITISH FORCES, April 16.—British lead
! ers today stated that the loss of Bailleul was expected, for its
, strategical value was not such as to compensate the defending
J forces for losses that would be sustained in holding the position.
Germans today are trying to reach Hazebnick. At an early
3 hour they opened up new assaults on the British positions in
the region of Hazebruck.
British Forced to Retreat
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dous pressure of picked, fresh Ger
| man troops, used in the Teuton effort
to drive the British from Messines
ridge, the Germans compelled a slight
retirement of the British lines on the
1 northern side of the Lys battlefield.
5 The British front has now been with
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! north of Bailleul to a point north of
Wulverghen, thence to Wytschaete.
At the Wytschaete the British are
established firmly in the positions
they have held firmly since early in
the war. The Germans are in an ad
vantageous position to attack, and are
beginning the drive on Wytschaete.
DISABLED MEN HELD
IN GERMAN ARMY
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NEW YORK, April 1(>.—-Germany is so hard pressed for
« men now that she is retaining permanently disabled soldiers in
B the army. This, was learned {odayj upon the arrival of copies
of the Berlin Vorwaerts, which tells of a speech made in the
| reichstag by Deputy Ryssel, an independent socialist. He said
’ that many cripples had been called to the colors and forced to
. assume duties which they were physically unable to bear,
i Many strikers who took part in the labor troubles in the
munitions plants had been pressed into the army also, as a pun
ishment for their activity. Among the socialist workers in the
munitions plants, according to De )uty Lyssel, the word was
1 passed that any strike leaders won d be punished harshly and
i that all their followers would be pit in the armies, where they
i would not be as well off as they are in the factories.
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AMARILLO, Texas, April lij.—
Charged with having made seditious 1
utterances, the Rev. J. D. Klein, a
German Methodist evangelist, was
lodged in the federal jail here today
in default of $1,000 bail, lie is
charged with having baptized an in
fant in the name of Kaiser Wilhelm
and of having made seditious utter
ances. He narrowly escaped mob vio
lence.
Later in the day, after he had been
lodged in jail, a big mob appeared,
demanding that the deputy marshal
turn the prisoner over to them. He
refused to do so, and after delivering
a short talk to the crowd, the deputy
convinced them that the proper thing
to do was to allow the law to take
its course.
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WASHINGTON. April 16.—Attorney
General Gregory, in a letter given out
today, says that the reports of alien
enemy activities in the United States
are greatly exaggerated. The letter
was in reply to one written him by
Representative Currie of Michigan, in
which the congressman said that there
was a strong feeling throughout the
country that the government is too
lenient in dealing with the alien ene
j jnies.
The attorney general, in his reply,
cites the fact that the report of the
i national board of underwriters shows
t{iut during the past year not one fire
was clearly proven to have been the
work of alien enemies.
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Dispatches were sent out to Alas
kan towns this afternoon by Colonel
B. O. Lenoir, officer in charge of the
military cable and telegraph system, j
quoting a wire which he received last j
night from the Liberty loan headquar
ters. The telegram read:
“Two hundred and six honor flags
awarded in district to date. Indica
tions are favorable that the large cit
ies will approach their quotas by the
end of this week. .
“San Francisco has already sub
scribed $26,000,000, and is still work
ing hard. The Standard Oil Com
pany of California has subscribed for
$1,500,000 worth of bonds.”
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AVIATOR MAKES TRIP
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BUENOS AIRES, April 16.—Lieut, t
Condelaria of the Argentine army was c
the first aviator to make a trip over1 i
the Andes mountains. He made the}
trip yesterday, keeping his machine j i
at an altitude of 10,000 feet during t
the whole trip. In his flight he trav- | \
eled 800 kilometers. ! i
MANY PEOPLE
ON WAY TO
CORDOVA
l/Iany Old-Timers Are Coming
North After Having Spent
the Winter in the States—
Commercial Men North
Bound.
SEATTLE, April 16.—For Cordova
ind other Alaska points, the steam
ship Northwestern sailed from Seat
le at 9 o’clock this morning. The
ist of passengers for Cordova in
cludes a number of old-timers of the
Vorth who have been in the States
luring the winter, and a number of
commercial travelers who are making
heir annual spring trip to the terri
tory. The Cordova passengers in
clude:
Frank Angerman, R. Eisner, Mayer
Blum, L. Garfinkle, Mrs. R. Jones,
Mrs. M. Matson, Mrs. E. H. Price,
Gwendolyn Brimmer, Mrs. A. Brim
mer, A. Dedrick, O. H. Hart, W. Hy
land, Mrs. Bud Casey, C. Anderson,
Mrs. J. Lawler, Mattie Brasch, J. H.
Scott, George Anderson, Miss C. Boas,
Miss J. A. Scobie, Roy Nimmo, L. P.
Bergman. Howard Turner, Volney
Richmond, Mrs. Elvira Martinson, M.
J. Conroy, Maurice Jewell, C. Cas
selma, Jake Hubstehnud, Lars Saby,
J. J. Haigan, O. Jensen, J. Berg, Miss
M. McBeth, O. Johnson, J. M. Hor
beck, J. Siglon, N. H. Oen, L. Hansen,
F. Harris, P. Grier, H. Stuhi, O Han
son, H. Ellefson, O. S. Gordi, O. An
tonson, J. Ellison, J. Fisher, J. S.
Johnson.
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EUROPE: GOES
TO CAPITAL
AN ATLANTIC POUT, April 15 -
Newton D. Baker, secretary of war,
returned from Europe today aboard a
large steamship which flew the Ger
man flag before America entered the
war. After his arrival the secretary
said that he returned with a sense of
pride and confidence in the achieve
ments of the American and allied
troops abroad. He left for Washing
ton immediately, informing news
paper men that he did not care to
discuss his voyage until after his ar
rival at the capital.
Within a few days Mr. Baker will
discuss publicly his voyage to England
ind France, where he conferred with
Lhe military and political leaders of
hose nations. The reasons for his
•etfcence at this tune is that he wishes
o report to President Wilson before
alking for publication.
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AUSTRIAN COUNT GIVEN "
POST ON ITALIAN FRONT
LONDON, April 16.—Advices have
leen received here that Count Czer
tin, former Austrian premier and
ninister of foreign affairs, is to enter
he army. He will be given command
f a brigade on the Italian front, it
a said.
Emperor Charles and his former
remier are reported to have met yes
erday, and during their discussion of
k'ar matters a sharp exchange of opin
sns occurred.