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The Cordova Daily Times
-_ Member of Associated Press —Day and Night Telegraphic Service
VOL, III. No, 262 _ " ^CORDOVA^ALASKA, THURSDAY. MAY~23. 1918 ~ ~~ "" PBICF, TEN CF.NTS
CORDOVA’S DRAFTED MEN TO MOBILIZE JUNE 14
ITALIAN NAVAL FORCE
PERFORMS HEROIC DEED
WASHINGTON, May 23.—Comman
der Pellegrini and the men who tor5
pedoed an Austrian battleship in the
harbor of Pola on May 14 were cap
tured and are now prisoners in the
hands of the Austrians.
Details of Heroic Work
ITALIAN NAVAL HEADQUAR
TERS, May 23.—The exploit of the
Italian naval force at Pola is consid
ered one of the most audacious feats
of the war, and ranks with the British
attack on Zeebrugge, and with Hob
son’s feat at Santia^i, where the Mer
rimac was sunk in the channel under
the very guns of the shore batteries.
Pellegrini, with four companions in
a small boat, steered in the night past
the Austrian guard ships, steel nets
and mines, torpedoed an Austrian bat
tleship, and then blew up their own
craft.
The Italian sailors expected death or
capture before they started.
CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, May 23.—
It has been learned that a mysteri
ous airplane from an unknown base
has been seen frying over Camp Lewis
on three occasions at an altitude of
two thousand feet.
Only one airplane, so far as known,
is located within flying distance of
Camp Lewis, and it has been deter
mined that that is not the one which
was seen over the camp.
The fac- that flying over army can
tonments is a serious violation of the
federal law has led to considerable
speculation.
JflP FREIGHTER
A CANADIAN PACIFIC PORT, May
23.—The big Japanese freighter Bur
mah Maru is on fire off the western
Canadian coast. It is reported that
her crew is being transferred to the
Canada Maru, which came to her as
sistance.
The Burmah Maru left a Pacific
port on Sunday last for Japan.
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ill VESSELS
WASHINGTON, May 23.—Every
. shipyard in the United States has
been asked by wire to speed up the
production and make July 4 the great
est ship-launching day in the history
of the world.
Nine ships are to bo launched in
San Francisco alone on the national
holiday.
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BREAD ID CEASE
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MOSCOW, May 23.—A marked ex
odus of citizens of entente allied na
tions from Russia is under way. The
distribution of bread in Felrograd is
to cease, and will be replaced by half
a Russian pound of potatoes.
Flour is unobtainable, and sugar
costs SO rubles a pound.
sworn coos worn
hi mu mu tom
In the recent third Liberty loan
drive Cordova made an exceptional
record, both as to amount of bonds
purchased and the number of indi
I vidual subscribers, and one which
was equaled by few, ir any, towns in
the United States. Our quota was
$47,000, and we subscribed $170.50,
or nearly four times the amount al
lotted here. There were also 1,777
individuals who came forward and in
vested their money with the govern
ment, and the percentage per capita
is exceptionally high.
The following shows the amounts
and number of subscribers in Cor
dova and throughout the Copper river
valley:
Cordova, $110,800; subscribers, 887.
Kenneeott — $35,100; subscribers,
McCarthy — $15,750; subscribers,
163.
Chitlnu—$3,500; subscribers, 23.
Katalla—$2,350; subscribers, 12.
Scattering—$2,550; subscribers, 8.
The First Bank of Cordova is in
receipt of the following congratula
tory letter from the Federal Reserve
Bank of San Francisco:
“We wish to acknowledge at this
time the receipt of your telegraphic
report of the Third Liberty loan sub
scriptions received and advising us
of a total subscription from your
bank of $119,000.
“May we congratulate you on the
excellent showing made in your com
munity, especially as the recent drive
came at a time of the year when the
annual winter shrinkage of the pop
ulation of most Alaska towns must
have proved a considerable handicap
in the wmrk of campaigning?”
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WASHINGTON, May 23.—Bohemia
has been divided into twelve districts,
with advantages in the electoral do
main given to the German minority
in each, in order to reduce the Czech
representation in parliament, accord
ing to a ministerial decree issued at
Vienna.
An official dispatch from France
says that this effort to dismember
and Germanize the Czech state was
the cause of the rq£ent serious riot
ing which resulted in the proclama
tion of martial law.
HIIF RED CROSS ~
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WASHINGTON, May 23.—Fifty-two
million, two hundred and fifty thou
sand, three hundred and ninety-six
dollars have been subscribed already
in the drive for the second $100,000,
000 Red Cross fund.
FORTY-FOUR WILL LEAVE
HERE FOR fORT LISCUM
The local selective draft exemption board today re
ceived the following telegram from Governor Thomas
Riggs, Jr., announcing the date of the calling to the colors
of registrants from Cordova:
“No. A384
“Juneau, Alaska, May 22, 1918.
“George C. Hazelet, Cordova, Alaska.
“You are directed immediately to issue Forms 1028
and 1028A, calling your current quota of forty-four men
to the colors, and requiring them to report to your board
at 10 o’clock on the morning of June 14. This applies to
those registrants who can be reached in time to report
in person on that date.
“If you have registrants whose order numbers place
them within current quota, and who are at some point
known to you in States, or at some point in Alaska, tele
graph them to report to local boards there, having writ
ten of the address at which they reside on the morning
of June 14 at 10 o’clock. Ask them to wire you the
name of the board, and on receipt of name of board im
mediately mail induction papers to board, as required by
Section 148.
“The object of the foregoing paragraph is to en
able you to call your entire quota in order of their liabil
ity for service and give them sufficient time to report for
duty.
“For the purpose of making out your induction
papers provided for in Section 148, you will use serial
number 193, as provided by Section 17Sy2, S. S. R
“Your quota from Cordova must be sent to the com
manding officer at Fort Liscum. Quota from McCarthy,
not exceeding twenty-seven men, will arrive in Cordova
on train June 14. Goven&n®^ harbor boat Donaldson
will transport all the men to Fort Liscum,
“Wire this office immediately after you finish mail
ing notices and sending wires as provided herein.
“RIGGS, Governor.”
NEXT BIG OFFENSIVE
MAY BE AERIAL FIGHT
Today’s summary of the war situa
tion issued by the Associated Press
says that extraordinary aerial activity
seems to indicate that an offensive
may be taken by either side. Ameri
can aviators have borne a prominent
part in fighting the German planes.
The resumption of the offensive has
been seriously hampered by the sud
den blows of the allies. The Germans
have been forced back at numerous
points, and new lines, more easily de
fended, have been established by the
allies.
Germans Lose Heavily
LONDON, May 23.—General Haig
reported last night that the Germans
had made another attempted raid on
the British positions near Mesnil, but
were repulsed. The British carried
out u raid around Hebutcrne, with
heavy German casualties.
Last night’s official report stated
that heavy fighting was in progress
in the Ancre valley, southeast of Lens
and in Flanders.
Getting Touch of Own Medicine
British flyers have bombed the rail
way stations of the German Lorraine
railway near Liege, Belgium, and the
Chloride factory at Mannheim, on the
Rhine, Three tires were started ^it
Mannheim, and large conflagrations
also at Liege.
It is officially announced that
twelve German airplanes were brought
down on Monday last by British avi
ators, and gunfire downed another,
while two were driven down out of
control.
Significant Troop Movements
FRENCH HEADQUARTERS, May
23.--The Germans have carried out a
redistribution of their forces along
the whole front. The movement of
troops in the rear has been especially
heavy. •
German Report
BERLIN, May 23.—An official state
ment says that heavy artillery fight
ing is in progress in the Kemmel dis
trict, on both sides of the river Lys
and between Arras and Albert.
5PECIIL EXERCISES ill
IE HELD MEMORIAL Oil
Memorial day, May 30, will be ap
propriately observed in Cordova by
the holding of special exercises at the
Empress theater at 3 o’clock in the
afternoon. The program will consist
of vocal solos, a double quartet, »
young ladies’ chorus, girls’ chorus,
flag drill and orchestra number. Rev.
E. P. Ziegler and Mayor Hillery will
make short addresses. The Boy
Scouts and Home Guards will attend
in a body, and the different lodges
are invited to attend. The full pro
gram will be printed at a later date.
Washington, May 23.—The first
contingent of 1,600 prisoners of war
exchanged under the recent Russo
German agreement, has reached Petro
grad. A dispatch from that city says
the men are "veritable walking dead
men.”
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IDLERS OF DRAFT AGE
MUST WORK OR FIGHT
WASHINGTON, May 23.—Every
man of draft age must either work
or fight after July 1, under a drastic
amendment to the selective service
regulations.
As announced yesterday by Provost
Marshal General Crowder, draft regis
trants engaged in non-useful occupa
tions are to be haled before local
exemption boards and given their
choice of a new job or service in the
army.
Gamblers, race track and buckfet
shop attendants and fortune tellers
head the list of non-u.seful occupa
tions, which includes waiters, bar
tenders, theater ushers, passenger
elevator operators and store clerks.
The provost marshal said today that
baseball players, jockeys and other
professional sportsmen may be af
fected by the new regulations. He
said he did not desire to make spe
cific rulings at this time, hut would
make rulings when the cases come to
him after July 1.
"This war is a contest of indus
tries and mechanics. Germany is an
army, in which every factory and
loom is a recognized part. We must
make ourselves the same sort of an
effective machine,” said Provost Mar
shal General Crowder.
IK GEORGIA
ATLANTA, Ga., May 23.—Governor
Dorsey has ordered 120 members of
the state guard to Valdosta, Ga., to
preserve order in the event of the
capture of Sidney Johnson, a negro
sought in connection with the mur
der of Hampton Smith, a farmer, and
the wounding of Mrs. Smith.
Four negroes, three men and one
woman, already have been lynched as
the result of the shooting.
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WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 23.—German airmen
again heavily bombed British hospi
tals behind the lines yesterday, kill
ing and wounding hundreds among
the personnel and patients. Several
sisters who stood at their posts
bravely, with other women urses, are
on the casualty list.
One German flying captain who was
captured Sunday near the hospitals
said the German fliers did not see the
Red Cross signs. He said that the
Germans did not desire to molest hos
pitals*, but remarked that if the allies
chose to build their hospitals near the
railways they must expect to get them
bombed.
VOTE IS UNANIMOUS
TO INCREASE CITY LIMITS
At the special election held on
Tuesday to increase the corporate lim
its of Cordova by annexing the ter
ritory occupied by the Ocean dock
and canneries, the vote was unani
mously in favor of the movement. At
the city hall there were1 sixty-four bal
lots cast, and at the dock nine, all
of which expressed a desire to see
the additional territory included
within the municipality.
slickers wno LEAVE
TO BE HIOSECHTEB LITE!
WASHINGTON, May 23.—Attorney
General Gregory stated today that
‘slackers’’ who leave the country in
jrder to escape military service will
be prosecuted upon their return.
The attorney general promises that 1
:he passage of time will not block ttfe
prosecutions. ]
PERIOD OF W
WASHINGTON, May 23.—The “dry”
forces in the house won a skirmish
on the question of prohibition during
the period of the war, when the house
today adopted an amendment refus
ing any of the $11,000,000 appropria
tion carried by the food production
bill until the President had Issued a
proclamation prohibiting the use of
food products in the manufacture of
intoxicating liquors.
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IN ONE WEEK
WASHINGTON, May 23.—Repre
sentative Caldwell of. New York, a
member of the house military com
mittee, announced yesterday that dur
ing the first ten days of May 90,000
American soldiers were sent abroad.
He said that at the expiration of
onef year from the time of the arrival
of the first contingent of American
troops in France the United States
would have a million men on the west
'ront, fully equipped and supplied.
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STEMS SUL SOUTH ■
Hi TO WESTM!
At noon today the steamship North
western sailed for Seattle with the
following Cordova passengers:
Nellie Brady, Mrs. B. Satterlie,
Mrs. Burke, Mrs. Golden, Jack Sapiro,
Mrs. Kelly, J. C. Morgan, Mrs. Wright,
Mrs. Smith, Miss Johnson, Miss Bur
roughs, Miss Brayton, Miss Joslyn, J.
D. MacCormac, Jerry Bardes, R. An
derson, A. R. Carve, F. H. Zachow,
Bruce Sevanson, H. Tellefsen, Pete
Pixpper, Y. Sato, Bert Candor, Year
Gander, C. Morgan, Joe Rebinich. M.
Boric, A. Daig. R. A. Peterson, Mrs.
J. C. Coates, Mrs. Willbery, M. Ra
iovic, R. Jasperson, H. A. Buhrlng,
John Sarnio, F. A. Freeman, J. F.
Anderson, F. Doelger, N. Agules, J.
Uakas, O. Anderson, D. Hartwig, F
J. Nash, Clar Baugh, Charles Rogers.
The steamship Alameda sailed for
the westward last evening with the
Allowing passengers from here:
Tony Macaranl, A. Muller, D. F.
Milliard, Mrs. Milliard, J. Caldwell.
2. H. Medley, Private Mann, Mrs. M
rohnson, A. E. Pecor, Ted Beddell,
C C. Black, Captain Murray, William
5cott, G. A. Greenlee, J. Barnwell, B.
j. Wood, y E. Olson, A. Wlckston, J.
i'oster, C. O. Marten.