The C( *rdova Daily Times
Member of Associated Press
\-OlTni nTTSt-* CORDOVA, ALASKA. THURSDAY, OCToBKR T U»IK PRICK TKN CKNTS
GERMAN FORCES HAVE EVACUATED LENS
ENTDt
HARD FIGHTING AGAINST
ALL THEGERMAN LINES
L< i\D* >N, Met. General Ilaig’s announcement that the
German retreat has begun in the Labassce sector is commented
upon as a development of far reaching importance. It is as
sinned that the town of Labassce has been evacuated, and it is
believed the enemy withdrawal involves the region around
Lens. A report says that the Germans have orch rod the evaeu
at ion of I .i I le.
The Germans have retired three miles in the i d'''at along
the Lens-Armentieres line, it is reported.
No Explanation This Time
BELLIN', Oct. I!.—The Germans have evacuated Lens and
A rment ieres.
Driving Germans from the Coal Regions
W ITH THE BRITISH FORGES, Oct. I!.—The British
have launched fresh attacks along a six mile front between St.
(juehart and Bony, northeast of St. (Quentin. Desperate fight
jug j< iu progress along the lliudenburg line. .More lmpoitaut
gains have been made in Flanders, where the British forced
their wav through by sheer might, involving the Lens region.
(Lens is the chief coalmining city in northern France. It
• II* i *t .. ...... ...dif,, oLi. oil till! lino cntllll nt
■ me point, .just south of Brienlles, they have advanced to a spot
where thev have established actual contact with this famous |
, in mv s\ stem. The so called K rieinli i 1<I line, which is part of1
t he general (ierman defense system beginning at I)uuai and con
tinning south ol I.a f'ere, thence east ot the Meuse, crossing the
Meuse line, extending eastward by way of Ftain and running
across the St. Mihiel salient. is crumbling.
Self-Sacrifice and Devotion of Americans Unsurpassed
WIT HTIIF AMFKK 'AX F< >KCFS at San (.hienlin, i let. d.
The Americans fighting on the Uindenlmrg line have -ecu
some of the hardest fighting of the war. They have plunged
into the furious and desperate struggle and fought day and
night in groups and single-handed. They have shown gallan
trv, self sacrifice and devotion unsurpassed by any other
troops. The German infantrymen gave the Americans a hand
to-hand combat.
Germans Captured During September
I’AHIS, Oct. d. Between September Id and September d(l
the allies in France and Belgium have captured 120.1H2 men.
2X44 officers, together w ith l.tiOO cannon and more than (i.lMHI
machine gun*. Since August 15 the allies have captured 24S,
4!M men.
Americans Hold Advanced Positions
A K( 'll A X( I FI., (let. .'h- Tin* Americans hold the farthest
point south reached by the allies advancing from Archangel.
They are now d.'!5 miles from here, on tin1 Vaga river, forty
miles fro mtlie Bolsheviki stronghold of Velsko.
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♦ PATRIOTIC IMPULSE ♦
♦ BLOCKS TRAFFIC ♦
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♦ si: \ttli:. o< t. lohn i ♦
♦ Multer, a motorman. I'll In ♦
♦ < .»r standing at Tliii d and ♦
♦ I'nion str<1 et , one of th• • bu ♦
♦ est CM I tiers in the city, vest or- ♦
♦ da \ . Idle he \\ ell t In join the +
♦ I ’llited State ma*i ill* 'I ra! ♦
♦ uas blocked tor an hour. ♦
SUFFRAGE TO
COME UP IN
SENATE AGAIN
WASHINGTON. Oct The f,.|
ora! woman's suffrage amendment
which failed in fin* senate on Tues
day last by two votes, was returned
to the senate calendar today, and i'
now in position for future action.
By a viva voce vote the senate
adopted a motion by Chairman Jone
of the suffrage committee for a re
consideration of Tuesday's vote.
U. S. S. TAMPA
AND CREW IS
SUNK BY SUB
WASHINGTON. <)« f. 'I In r SS.
Tampa is belo ved to have been tor
pedoed in th* Bristol channel, with
tin- Ins ut all hands Sin* carried a
erew nf t« n (diners and l"j men On<»
British officer and five civilian em
ployes were among tint-* lost
Tin* Tampa was a former e >a t
guard (Uttei It 1 believed she w a i
on patrol duty in the submarine z -n-*.
Captain (’ Satferlee of tin* roast
guard commanded the Tampa Ap
parently there were no ey**w itnessoH
of the sinking
A report says an exfdosfon was felt
after tin* Tampa had gone well ahead
*»f the convoy, and later quantifies of
wreckage was ve*ui. w;'h "in* ... the
Tampa's life belts
The bodies of two unidentified of
ficers have been found
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The fair-price fixing committed
meets tonight at the city hall.
1> I HI IV V \ \ I tm '***•.* ..
Ism* toward Douai. By evacuating Annentieres the Germans ;
have gone far toward laying Lille open to the allies. Lille is.
seven miles east of Annentieres.)
Germans Evacuating Strong Positions in Flanders
LONDON (let. M.- The British yesterday continued their
attacks north of St. (Quentin. The German retirement lrom the
line from Lens to Annentieres is in progress and they are evae
uatiug liighlv organized positions on a twenty mile I runt.
In tin* week ending today the allies have captured (>0,(MM)
men and a t lion sand guns on the western I rout.
French Driving at Courtrai
LARIS, (let. General Limner's I*’reach army, fighting
on the Belgian front, is reported two miles from Turcoing.
Monin and Holders are hunting. The allied thrust continues
toward (’ourtrai, where the great road to Ghent opens.
Heavv fighting is in progress north oi Ulieims. I’ln* French
vesterdav continued their advance, capturing Loivre, says an
official statement. General Gouraud has captured the railway
junction of ('hnllerangc, in Champagne.
Famous System of Defenses Crumbling
W ITH THE AMERICANS Northweit of Verdun, < id. •'!.
The Americans have reached the Kriemhild Stcelung line. At
26 KILLED;
29 INJURED IN
TRAIN WRECK
ri-KVKl/A NI). Oct :: Twenty-six
munitions workers were killed and
twenty-nine injured, a few (,f them
probably fatally, when a IVnnsylvania
passenger train crashed into a group
of workmen in a dense tog ten miles
south of here
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Aviator Killed
By His Propeller
MONTGOMERY. Ala.. Oot. I! Avi
ation Corporal William Namraskat
was killed here yesterday when he
walked Into the whirling propeller of
an airplane.
NEW GERMAN CHANCELLOR REGULAR
HUMAN BEING; SAID TO FAVOR PEACE
AMSTKli l)AM, ( let. Prince Mnximillian u!' Baden L;
been named (iermnn chancellor, it is reported. i’rinee Maxi
mi Ilian is t lie leader of 1 lie I telegate Hr neck group of moderates.
Karlv this vear, in an interview, lie said lie believed (inanity
should abandon all ideas of conquest. The prince is heir to the
throne of the grand duchy of Baden.
Selection Causes Surprise
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—It is reported that the selection
of Prince MaximiUinn as imperial German chancellor was re
ceived w i111 surprise, as MaximiUinn only ten days ago d 'din d
the post after the king of Bavaria told him he believed the posi
tion to be beneath the dignity of a member of the royal lions'.
New Chancellor Is Almost Human
IA IS ANG El .MX, (let. Former Ambassador Gerard says
that the new German chancellor, Prince MaximiUinn, is a regu
lar human being—-one of the few among the Germans ot high
position w ho seem able to think like an ordinary human being,
lie believes the new chancellor will seek peace and the aban
donment of the Pan German policy.
Preparing for Coming Humiliations
BERLIN, Oct. 3.—The German high command suggests
Cholera Proving
Fatal in Berlin
AMSTKKDAM. Oct .*! On the
first (lav of the outbreak of cholera
in Berlin there were seventeen cases,
sixteen of which proved fatal.
that Alsace Lorraine lie neutralized and joined to Luxemburg,
making a buffer state between France and Germany.
The Frankfort Zeitungsays that within the trout lines the
situation is grave, and that the German front is crumbling.
Removing Inhabitants of Frontier
GF.XFA'A, Oct. 3. The Denmcrate say- the German mili
tary authorities are removing tlit" inhabitants ot Alsace in ex
pectation of a Franco American attack on the frontier, 'lie
inhabitants of twenty villages have been sent to Bavaria.
The Germans fear a general uprising in Alsace-Lorraine
wlu n the allies cross tin* line.
Discussing a Certainty of the Future
PARIS, Oct. 3.—It is reported that the evacuation of Bel
gium is being ojienly discussed at Berlin.
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♦ CIVIL POPULATION ♦
♦ IN CAPTIVITY ♦
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♦ HKKNC'H f I KA I >Ql’A KTKK8 ♦
♦ near SI. Quentin, Oct. 3. In ♦
♦ iheir retiremciit from St. Quen ♦
♦ tin tlic Germans removed all ♦
♦ the inhabitants. When the ♦
♦ French entered the town no ♦
♦ civilians were found ♦
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Secretary Baker
Again in Paris
I’AKIS. Oct. 3.- -Secretary of War
Hiker has returned hreo from lain
don. and is renewing the conferences
which engaged him before he visited
I Fngland.
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WASHINGTON. Oct 3. Major
General Ireland has been nominated
| by the President to surgeon general
of the army, vice General Gorgas. who
i retired October 6.
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SOFIA. Bulgai ;.i. Oct. Bulgaria has < >! fi«ia 11> an
announced that an armistice ha— been signed and that military
o| MTat intis have heell ordered suspended. Tile otlieial doru
incut savs that peace is coming soon, and the people are a-ked
to maintain order.
A'lics Occupying Bulgaria
PARIS, Met. T The allies are occupying Bulgaria. It is
i Relieved that the SofiaConstantinople communications have
hern cut.
Turkey Has Not Yet Officially Surrendered
LONDON, Oct. h. It is reported that the Turkish peace
— dilation is moving. Two days ago the situation was reported
•is stagnant. However, there has been no official action yet.
Germans and Austrians Were Forewarned
GKNKYA, Oct. 3. Bulgaria did not betray lierullio when
-hr asked for and was granted an armistice by the entente com
uiandcr. The Germans and Austrians were informed of every
step she took through many Fuiropcan press channels. On
September C King Ferdinand of Bulgaria sent an urgent up
| pent to German In adi|iiartei - for nilitaix aid. ivmg noth 1
I hat ot her wise he would be forced to in got ia i c . i i t iie > near .
! German'' replied that it was impossible to rcmpK with the n
(|ll(“st.
Comments of German Press on Surrender
AMSTERDAM. <>ct. News of Bulgaria's unconditional
surrender has been published in German newspn|>ers, several
| ,,f the articles published echoing the sentiment, "We are be
t rayed.”
The Frankfurter Zeitung admits that the surrender w; s
i the direct conse(|uenee of the developments on the westru troui.
The Cologne Yolks Zeitung pessimistically says “it would
i he unwise to base any hopes on a counter oltensive.
Speculating on Austrian and Bavarian Defection
PARIS, Oct. 3.—The German censor has permitted the Ger
man press to print articles dwelling on the probable situation it
Germany if Austria were forced to quit. It is declared that it
Austria should surrender Bavaria might follow her example.