The Cordova
VOLUME III, NUMBERTsxT ZIZH (’oKDoYA. AI.ASK A. KIM DA V.
AMERICANS FIGHT IN
RAID WITH FRENCH
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WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY ARMY IN
FRANCE, Feb. 22.—American troops from the forces who are
undergoing instruction under the French in the famous Cliemin
des Dames sector killed one German and captured another in a
Tight between patrols. One American was slightly wounded.
The details of the fight are not available. It is known,
however, that a young American officer from the New England
states captured the prisoner single-handed. During the engage
ment this office]- dropped into a shell hole, and landed on top of
a German hiding there, and captured him.
When the Americans entered the trenches the genral com
manding the sector greeted them as heroes and comrades in
aims, and kissed the American flag.
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 22.—
While nothing definite has been given
out as yet concerning the particulars
of the third Liberty loan, which is ex
pected to he launched in the near fu
ture, officials of the federal reserve
bank here already are organizing their
forces and making ready for the drive.
According to these officials the first
loan required educating the people,
not only to the government’s need of
money but as the meaning of a govern
ment bond. The United States was
not a bond buying country—that is
bonds were not bought by the general
public. The second loan found a quick
er response in selling almost double
the amount of bcmds to twice as many
buyers, and those in charge of the
campaign in the Twelfth federal re
serve district believe that the public
pulse has now so quickened that the
third Liberty loan will be greeted with
real enthusiasm.
There are two general classes upon
whom special efforts will be centered
in the third loan. They are, 'first, those
•who have not bought any government'
bonds; and second, those Who have
not invested enough. The others Who
have bought according to their ability,
can be relied upon to do their part in
the third loan.
Governor James "K Lynch ot the
federal reserve bank has not received
any definite information concerning
the third loan, as to amount, interest
it will bear, or time Yt Will be offered
to the public. He feels certain, how
ver, that the third loan will not be of
fered before March 1, and possibly as
late as April 1.
“If the citizens of the United States
fully realized the crisis that we are I
now facing, could understand what it
means if we lose the war and how im
portant it is that every energy be bent
not only to winning the war but win
ning it quickly, thousands would form
in line in front of- our banks the first
day the third Liberty loan is offered,*1
said a prominent banker in a recent
Liberty loan conference.
KNOCKOUT DELIVERED '
BY INVINCIBLE EOE
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Feb. 22.—Terry Mc
Govern, formerly world’s champion
featherweight pugilist, died in this city
today. He was 38 years of age.
McGovern won the pugilistic title
from “Pedlar” Palmer, whom he
knocked out at Tuckahoe, N. Y., in
1899. He lost the title two years
later, at Hartford, Conn., to Young
Corbett.
McGovern was reputed to have earn
ed many hundreds of thousands of
dollars in the ring. He was a free
spender, however, and dissipated his
fortune. He had on several occasions
been engaged in the saloon business.
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HUMISEELEMID
81U8K1I8C VESSEL
(By Associated Press)
A PACIFIC PORT, Feb. 22.—A four
masted barkentine, the first in many
years to be built on the Pacific coast,
slid down the ways today and will take
its part in cargo carrying that will
“help win the war.” If a name counts
for anything, the one given this ves
sel augers well.
“1 christen thee ‘Conqueror,’” cried
Mrs. James Rolph, Jr., wife of Sa-n
Francisco’s mayor who made the jour
ney up here on a special train which
also brought a large party from that
city. Included in the 150 guests were
the mayors of Sausalito. San Rafael,
Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg,
.Ukiah and Willets.
The “Conqueror,” which is 250 feet
in length with a beam of 45 feet, will
be able to carry a load of 1,*!50,000 feet
of lumber, Or 2,200 tons dead weight.
Two sister barkentines still are in
course of construction here as well as
three steamers.
sraiNE
(By Associated Press)
ROME, Jan. 25. (By Mall)—Italy's
supply of sugar mixed with sacchar
ine has finally been consumed, not be-'
cause anybody liked the mixture but;
because Food Controller Crespi forced
the demand by withdrawing ordinary
White or granulated sugar from the
market. Under directions of the con
troller a large quantity of sugar was
mixed with saccarine in order to 1 ef
fect a sugar saving.
"Notices were issued explaining this
fact wnd also that saccharine was not
harmful, as haft been supposed. After
a trial the public pronounced the new
war irngar uneatable and refused to
buy it So it was kept in storage until
after Christmas when Crespi with
drew all other spgar from 'the market.
In desperation the public bought sac
charine sugar. But it is not expected
that the saccharine bitter-sweet sugar
experiment will be repeated.
RIDICULOUS ACTION
TO PROVE E000 FAITH
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 22.—The vicar of one
of the London churches has been re
quested to cancel publicly £100,000
worth of national war bonds and war
savings certificates, the property of a
group of Northumberland miners
and tradesmen “as a guarantee of good
faith and patriotism and to prove that
their hostility to the conditions of the
industrial system is not the outcome of
enmity towards the king and govern
ment.”
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GET HIGHER FAY
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 22.—New scales of
pay announced for army and navy of
ficers will cost just over seven million
pounds for the first year.
OF PALESTINE
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 22.—An official
pulletin issued today states that the
British forces in the East have cap
tured the city of Jericho. The Aus
tralians entered the city yesterday,
continues the statement, encountering
but little opposition. I^ater the Aus
tralians established themselves along
the River Jordan and at Wadiaujo.
The capture of Jericho has little sig
nificance, aside from the historical im
portance of the place, and its connec
tion with the British plans to free the
Holy Land from Turkish domination.
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WITH MIL CITIZENS
(By Associated Press)
NOKOMIS, 111., Feb. 22—Twelve men
suspected of disloyalty to the govern
ment were forced by their fellow
townsmen here last night to kiss the
American flag.
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(Special to the Times)
JUNEAU, Feb. 22.—With but eight
days left in which to file their can
didacies!, aspirants for territorial of
fices appear to be holding back, as
not one of them as yet filed his pe
titiom with the territorial secretary.
It is believed that the candidates foi
delegate in congress are awaiting the
outcome of the Widfeersham-Sulzei
contest before the national house «l
representatives.
ELECTIONGBNUSTTflSE
HUS BEEN POSTPONED
A Washington dispatch says the
oral argument of Judge Wickersham
before election nsmirnittee No. 1 had
to be postponed on account of an
accident to the chairman.
A few days prior to the hearing
Judge Riley J. Wilson of Louisiana,
chairman of election committee No. 1,
slipped on an icy sidewalk and broke
his leg, so the hearing on the argu
ment was held over.
There are two other election com
mittees, however, and Judge Wicker
sham is making an effort to get the
case transferred to one of them.
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FRENCH HAVE RIGHT
TO ABUSE PREMIER
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, Feb. 22.—"The right of a
newspaper to abuse members of the
government is unquestioned and
must be observed,” says an official
statement announcing that a provin
cial censor has been disciplined for
suppressing an article which, accord
ing to the statement, “did not allude
to military or diplomatic affairs, but
merely contained the usual insults con
cerning M. Clemenceau.”
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" WOMAN PILOT
(By Associated Press)
ATHENS, Feb. 22.—The Greek ad
miralty lias authorized the employ-!
ment of a woman seaplane pilot, Miss'
Jemise Kalimeri, who is the daughter
if one of the government airplane en
gineers.
(By Associated Press)
Nj|W YORK, Feb 22.—Ten thousand
National army men paraded on Fifth
avenue today in celebration of the
j Washington birthday anniversary.
Thousands of persons witnessed the
parade, and Secretary of the Navy
Daniels occupied a prominent place on 1
the reviewing stand.
Samuel Qompcrs, president of the
American Federation of Labor, and
member of the National council of de
fens^, will deliver an address at a
meeting tonight at which he will ap
peal to the loyalty of organized labor.
Soldier* Observe Holiday
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—All army
camps throughout the nation celebrat
ed Washington's birthday today. The
soldiers were given a respite from
training duties in honor of the day.
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A GOOD MOVE
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 22 —The Royal Au
I tomobile club has passed a resolution
j urging the teaching of American his
i tory in English schools.
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(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Feb. 22.—More than 19,
00b British subjects resident in the
United States have enlisted in the
fighting forces of Great Britain and
Canada, with the probability that the
reciprocal draft agreement which has
just been reached between the United
States, England and Canada will cause
these figures to leap upward rapidly,
according to a statement made here by
the. British-Canadian recruiting mis
sion. These figures, however, are con
sidered low by members of the Chi
cago division headquarters of the mis
sion, which announces that there are
no less than 30,000 citizens of the
British empire in the United States
eligible for service.
British and Canadian subjects in this
country cannot, possibly escape lia
bility for service, according to General
W. A. White, head of the British
Canadian recruiting mission. Congress
having acted favorably on the recipro
cal draft agreement, he stated in a dis
patch to the Chicago division, the Brit
ish subject has become “much more
liable for service than the American.”
With the announcement that agree
ment on the reciprocal draft treaties
had been reached, the energies of the
recruiting mission were doubled in an
effort to get as many men as possible
to enlist without awaiting the draft.
The commission hopes to double the
number of British enlistments in this
country before the draft becomes ef
fective.
Pnder the new reciprocal arrange
ment, the Chicago officials of the com
mission point out, “British subjects,
for the first time, are placed on an
equal footing the world over.” The
same age limits and other conditions
affecting British and Canadian sub
jects in their home countrie(L_will be1
applied to those in the United States,
making all natives of the United King
dom who are between the ages of 20
and 40 years eligible, but subject to
the same exemption rights as men liv
ing in England or Canada.
“This is a perfectly fair arrange- 4
nient,” said General AA’hite in his tele- 1
graphic instructions, “for it compels 1
every man who claims British citizen- c
ship to placp himself on practically the f
isame footing as his fellow-countrymen f
at home.” t
According to General AVhite, British t
subjects will be given sity days after c
enactment of the reciprocal draft
measure to join the British forces vol-j
untarily. It is during this period that j
the mission plans to launch a nation-,
wide campaign.
To aid in this work ah effort is being1
made to obtain the services of the
American "FoOr-Minute Men,” who are
expected t<* join in a “British Broth
ers’ week,” giving the mission thf«
services of 25,000 speakers To addi
tion patriotic moving pictures will be
flashed before 13,000,000'persons daily
and members of the mission, aided in
many cases by friendly action by state
councils of defense, will increase their
efforts.
In urging the speeding up of British
and Canadian enlistments General
Whfte said:
"What we need at present is man
power. If the Britisher enlists with
us he can get to Europe quickly and
be made effective much sooner than
if he waits a few weeks longer for the
draft.”
Branch depots of the mission haVe|
been established in every principal j
center of the United States, each
depot being in charge of an officer
who has seen active service. Most of
these officers, according to a state
ment given out at the Chicago office,
wear on their sleeves “that badge of
suffering, the ‘wounded strides,’” andj
many of them are doing recruitingl
duty while on sick leave from the
battle lines.
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FOR MONTH OF Jill)
The governor’s office has received
the January report from Territorial
Mine Inspector Maloney relative to
fatal and serious accidents, which fol
lows:
Fatal ccidents—1; William Duncan, j
Treadwell.
Serious accidents—Alaska Gasti- ]
leau, 3; Alaska Juneau, 3; Eska Creek 1
“oal Mining Company, 1. <
Minor accidents—Alaska Gold, 3; i
\laska United Gold, 2; Alaska Tread- -
veil, 2; Alaska Juneau, 1. t
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IMPRISONMENT FOR
VIOLATING FOOD LAWS 1
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(By Associated Press)
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 22.—Close upon r
00,000 prosecutions for infringing the
ood regulations were conducted in
’russia in 1917. One hundred fifty- d
ne thousand four hundred twenty-one r
ines of varying amounts were inflict- c
d and 1,781 persons were sentenced c
o terms of imprisonment. The courts f,
re congested with cases of this des- p
ription. n
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22—Fowl Crttfi'
rais8ioner Hoover said today that; th^
most critical food shortage in the his -
tory of the couhtty confronts the east
ern part of the United States.
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Result of Conservation
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22—Announce^
ment was made today from the office
of Food Administrator Hoover that
meatless days in the United States
had been responsible for effecting a
saving of 140,000,000 pounds of beef
per month during the past four
months.
One hundred and sixty-five million
pounds of beef had been exported to
allied countries, together with 400,
000,000 pounds of pork products.
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BEFORE JUDGE JENNINGS
The case of T. ,T. Donohue and Ed
mund Smith, attorneys of Valdez, vs.
C. Tjosevig, on trial before the district
court at Juneau, is of particular inter
sst to Cordovans.
The case in question is the tying up
by injunction of $17,000 claimed by
Tjosevig as due him from the sale of
i mine in the Copper River region
vhich netted $117,000. Donohue and
Smith at one time held a percentage
nterest in the mine, but during the
mst five years, it is claimed, they have
tad no connection whatever with
rjosevig, who kept up the assessments
>n the property and eventually adver
ted all claimants on the property
vho failed to keep up their interest in
he mines. The plaintiffs did not re
pond when advertised out by the de
pndant, but now claim, since the sale
f the property, that they had an oral
greement for a certain percentage of
tie property if sold.
M. J Lund, a Seattle attorney, rep
esents Tjosevig.
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E. L. Harwood returned on yester
ay's steamer from a trip to the states
i the establishment of a new salmon
innery at Whiteshed, but was unsuc
issful in securing a license from the
>od administration as the machinery
»3 not been installed and *he can
ery ready for operation.
ADVANCE INTO RUSSIA
MEETS NO RESISTANCE
-PETROGRAD, Feb. 22.—The Bolsheviki government lias
ssued a proclamation ordering resistance to the German ad
vance into Russia, and urging the Russians to defend their
’atherland. Petrograd has been declared in a state of siege.
NO DEFENSE POSSIBLE
LONDON, Feb. 21.—A Petrograd dispatch says that the
Russian army is so thoroughly disorganized that there is no
likelihood of any order of the Bolsheviki government being
)beyed.
The Reval naval authorities report that it will be necessary
to remove the ships at Reval and Helsingfors to Kronstadt, in
irder to save the Russian navy from capture by the Germans.
It is reported that forty-five German warships are nearing
Reval.
COLLECT IMMENSE LOOT
The German advance into Russia is not the sweep of a con
quering army, as so far they have met no serious opposition dur
ing their march. The dispatches indicate that the invaders are
collecting immense stores of weapons, munitions and food,
which the disorganized Russians have abandoned. „
The objective of the Germans is unknown, but there is noth
ing to prevent them reaching Petrograd if they so desire. Petro
jrrad could easily be reduced by the Germans by famine condi
ions, which already are closing their grip on the people.
The advancing German army is not believed to be strong.