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CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 8, 1910. • PRICE TEN CENTS.
GERMANS RESISTING DESPERATELY
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DSE AMMUNITION
LAVISHLY-HOLD
* BRITISH LINES
LONDON, July 8—The British forces are encountering
furious opposition by the Germans, who are using ammunition
for their big guns lavishly. Every gun of large calibre which
the Germans have been able to place on the front opposite the
British lines is kept constantly at work shelling the new Brit
ish trenches.
Belgium has been stripped of German soldiers to resist
the advance of the allies, and every available German soldier
is now in the trenches. The railroad stations of even the larger
towns have been left in charge of the older reservists and the
young men sent to the front. It is stated here that if the Brit
ish can continue the advance for several weeks longer at the
ate they have been going, northern France will be cleared of
the last invader and the reconquest of Belgium then will be
begun with a fair prospect of quick success.
The Teutons admit the withdrawal of the lines in Galicia
along the Volhynia front before the rapid advance of the vic
torious Russian armies, and it is said the Germans in the east
are hard pressed. The Russians have cut the easternmost line
of retreat of the Austrian army across the Carpathians, and
are on the flanks of the new defensive lines of the Austrian
army running through Stanislau and Halicz. Both of these
cities are expected to fall into the hands of the Russian forces,
and the whole Austrian army now opposing the Russians on
this front may be surrounded and forced to surrender.
The Russians now are threatening Kovel from three points,
and the commanders of the Czar’s forces are relentlessly pursu
ing their advantage.
It is announced from Petrograd that during the past month
of the great offensive the Russian army has captured nearly
-^quarter million Austrians.
FRENCH STILL ADVANCE.
PARIS, July 8.—The French forces yesterday made fur
ther advances in the vicinity of Belloyenstanterre and Entrees,
although the German forces opposing them fought with great
courage and determination, and the artillery fire from the Ger
man guns was incessant.
The British are unable to make further progress until the
heavy French guns, which are mounted on railroad trucks, can
be installed inside the French salient, when the German posi
tions opposite the British positions will be enfiladed. It will
be necessary to lay tracks over which the guns are to be hauled,
and some time will be required for this work. It is being
rushed with feverish energy, however, and the guns are ex
pected to be in their new positions by Monday.
RUSSIANS GET TWO MORE VILLAGES.
PETROGRAD, July 8.—The Russian advance in the Czar
torysk region continues despite the opposition of the Austrians,
and two mire villages, Dulzyca and Ruziatyn, have been cap
tured by them. The Russians continue to take many prisoners
and several thousand were captured when the two villages were
taken. 1
PROBABLY THE SAME THING.
PETROGRAD, July 8.—The Russians again pressed back
the Germans in the Czartorysk sector, occupying several towns
‘ind taking 2,000 German prisoners. In Galicia the Russians
pressed forward rapidly today ,and General Borthmer captured
1,000 prisoners.
AUSTRIANS TELL OF RETREAT.
VIENNA July 8.—The following statement was made to
dav bv the w’ar office:. “Austro-Hungarian troops fighting
along the bend of the river Styr have been opposed for the past
four weeks by hostile forces, which have increased from tnree
to five fold in superiority, have received an order to withdraw
the most advanced lines which were exposed to a double out
flanking' movement. Assisted by the co-operation of German
troopsit is expected this movement will be made undisturbed
by the enemy.” _
MIGHT RATES
TO ALASKA
, RAISED
SEATTLE, July 8. — The Pacific
Coast Steamship Company, and the
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Company
today announced an advance in freight
rates of one dollar per ton to south
eastern Alaska ports.
The rates are raised, it is said, on
account of the increased wages de
Jkoded by sailors and longshoremen.
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BERNE, Switzerland, July 5. — A
committee of women of Switzerland
organized free entertainment as Swiss
resorts for 2,000 Red Cross nurses of
all nations. This number of Red
Cross workers will thus be able to
spend from two to three weeks in
the Swiss mountains free o fcharge.
FORD if RUN ON
TlffiT
CHICAGO, July 8. — Prohibition
leaders today announced that Henry
Ford is considering the acceptance ol
the nomination as president on the
Prohibition ticket.
Considering the strong run Ford
made in the Republican primaries, it
is felt by the leaders of the party that
he will poll one of the largest votes
even given a candidate on the Prohl
bition ticket.
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The child is wiser in his innocence
than a philosopher in his wisdom.
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Nearly every unmarried woman you
meet la In quest of a conquest
NEW YORK STILl
IN GRIP OP
DEATH
NEW YORK. July 8. — Ninety-five
new cases of infantile paralysis were
reported during the day in New York
making a total of 800 cases during the
week, which resulted in 126 deaths
During the past twenty-four hours IS
deaths were reported.
The health department today said
that the theory that warm weather is
responsible for the disease is falla
cious. as Sweden and other northern
countries have suffered epidemics
during the winter.
The National Red Cross nurses are
mobilizing to prevent the contagion
from spreading in New’ York and
throughout the country.
ME SALVED
By an odd coincidence the barge
William H. Smith, now in port with
a cargo of lumber for Anchorage and
Cordova, in tow of the tug Daring,
seven years ago, when a schooner sail
ing under canvas, was picked up off
the coast of Grays Harbor during a
storm, when her masts were gone and
she was at the mercy of the sea, by
the same tug which now is towing her
to the north laden with lumber.
The William H. Smith at that time
belonged to the National Independent
Navigation Company, and was in the
South American trade. She is a ves
sel of 2,486 gross tons, 232.4 feet long
and 43.3 feet beam. At that time she
carried a crew of seven men. She
was built at Bath, Me., in 1883.
Captain Moller, of the Daring, re
ports that it will be at least Monday
before he will have the lumber for
Cordova discharged. He reports hav
ing had an excellent voyage north.
He formerly was first officer on the
steamship Seward, and was aboard
that vessel when she nearly foundered
off Cordova a year ago.
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LEAD WITH
I JO
Johnny Rosswog today celebrated
hfs entry Into the Times' subscriptlor
contest by jumping to the head of the
column with a cool 1,000 votes to hie
credit.
Johnny has a bicycle, but it is evl
dent he has his eye on the golc
watch which the Times offers witl
the bicycle. The boy having the
largest number of votes Is entitlee
to his choice of the two arictels.
Otherwise there has been little
change in the standing of the boys
and with the exception of Johnny, whe
is at the top, they hold the same rela
tlve positions as they did yesterday
although most of them have increasec
the number of their votes.
Klwell, Charles and Brook, each ad
ded fifty votes to their lists withou
changing their positions, althougt
Brook, who yesterday was tied will
Harry as last man, is now out of the
cellar.
Some of the boys are conservlnj
their forces until later in the contest
but all are working quietly and stead
ily for the prizes.
The standing of the boys at nooi
today was:
Johnny Rosswog.1001
Elwell Thawley.35(
Charles Royal.251
George Wilson.12!
Sam Hedges ...-?■.• • 12!
Brook Lamp re.10(
Harry O'Neil.
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Success comes to some people b;
the Inch—and disapolntment by thi
yard.
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DENVER, Colo., July 8. — Officers
of the head camp of the Woodmen of
the World. Pacific jurisdiction, are ar
ranging for the triennial session,
which opens here July 17, and will
continue ten days. A total of 135
delegates, from every section of the
west, are accredited to the conven
tion, and it Is probable that 1,000
Woodmen and their families will at
tend.
The opening sessions, July 17, is to
be held in the Municipal Auditorium,
and is to be open to the public. Gov
ernor George A. Carlson and Mayor
Robert W. Speer have been asked to
welcome the visitors. Responses are
to be made by head camp officers.
Delegates are to meet in executive
session in the afternon, and the re
maining sessions are to be secret, ex
cept the competitive drills Monday
night, July 24. Teams front western
cities are to compete for prizes aggre
gating $1,000. An automobile trip to
Lookout mountain and the Denver
mountain parks is set for July 19.
Only routine business is scheduled
for the sessions.
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HARMON AND CREW LEAVE
FOR SHOUP'S BA!
George A. Harmon, accompanied by
W. G, Tingley and seven carpenters,
sailed in the power boat I’ansy for
Shoup's bay, whore he will install a
stamp mill and tramway for the Sea
Coast Mining Company.
The I’ansy was to have sailed at an
early hour this morning, but an acci
dent to her machinery prevented the
boat leaving until later in the day.
The work on which Harmon is en
gaged will last for several months,
as the tram which is to be built will
be nearly 4,000 feet long. The ma
chinery for the tram was purchased
from the Cordova Mining and Develop
ment Company.
Among the men who are going with
Harmon are George Stewart, Frank
Landmark, Alfred Dahl, Louis Christ
ensen, Walter Holmes, A. .1. Wilson
and A. G. Curry. Holmes is accom
panied by his wife.
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MINER KILLS WIFE AND SELF.
BUTTE, Mont.. July 7. — Leslie M.
Brown, a miner, today shot and killed
his wife and then killed himself. Ac
cording to relatives their trouble was
caused by jealousy, the husband ob
jecting to his wife attending dances
while he wa sat work.
ISLET
Contracts for the necessary piling
with which to construct a dock, has
been let by the Pioneer Packing Com
pany, and work immediately will be
begun on the structure as soon as
the piling is delivered to the site,
where the cannery will be built on
Hawkins island opposite Cordova.
Humber for the erection of the first
buildings of the clam cannery already
is in Cordova, and as soon as the dock
is in condition to use, the work on
the buildings will be commenced.
W. H. Schmidt, manager of the
company in Cordova, expects to rush
the work to completion once the dock
Is finished. He expects the first de
livery of piles will be made next week,
after which he promises to make
things hum in that vicinity.
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AMERICAN KILLED
YESTERDAY AT
PARIS, July 8. — Corporal Victor j
Chapman, of New York, a member of j
the Franco-Amerlcan flying corps, was |
killed yesterday at Verdun after
bringing down three German aero
planes.
Sergeant Norman Prince and the
captain of the Franco-Amerlcan flying
corps, were engaged with a greatly
superior force when Corporal Chap
man went to their rescue. He flew
into the midst of the German flotilla,
which engaged him hotly from all
sides.
By manoeuvring quickly Chapman
succeeded in bringing down three of
his antagonists. Then a bullet from
one of the remaining German aircraft
killed him outright in the air. His
aeroplane pitched to the ground with
in the French lines.
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DRIED FIGS DECLARED
CONTRABAND BY ALLIES.
ATHENS, July 8. — A large num
ber of Greek exporters and agricul
turists have been hard hit by the de
cision of the British naval authorities
in the Mediterranean that dried figs
are to be regarded as contraband of
war. After raisins, tobacco, olive oil.
wine and silver bearing lead, figs
have been one of the principal articles
of export from Greece.
MOST RECENT AND BEST PHOTOGRAPH
OF JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER.
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CLEVELAND. July 8. — John D. Hockefeller today celebrated his 77th
! birthday by playing a game of golf. He announces that he is in splen
did health, and never felt better in his life.
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CARRANZA FORCE
TO BATTLE WITH
VILLA BANDITS
EL PASO, July 8.—Twelve hundred Carranza cavalrymen
and 800 infantry overtook the Villista bandits at Las-Rivas,
south of Jiminez, early this morning, and it is expected that
plans have been made for an attack at daybreak.
The commander of the Carranza forces is unaware of the
size of the force opposing him, but is confident that he has the
bandits outnumbered and will successfully disperse the out
laws.
VILLA AGAIN REPORTED
WASHINGTON, July 8.—Unsupported rumors have
reached the state department that Villa has been seen at Ca
nutillo, on the Florida river, in West Parrall. The rumor states
that the bandit chief walks with a decided limp, but in the
saddle is as capable as ever.
MEXICANS LOOT AMERICANS—HANGED.
DOUGLAS, July 8—General Calles, military commander
of Sonora, announced today that two Mexicans, convicted of
looting the homes of American citizens during the absence of
the owners, were hanged today.
The death penalty has been ordered for all persons caught
looting or inciting demonstrations against the American or
Carranza governments.
CARRANZA S PLAN EXPECTED TODAY.
WASHINGTON, July 8.—Carranza’s decision of the form
of diplomatic negotiations to be undertaken for the settlement
of the border difficulties is expected today. It is thought Car
ranza will offer the border cantonment plant, which was pre
sented at the Scott-Obregon conference at El Paso ,but rejected
at the time because it was conditional upon the withdrawal of
PprsViinc’s t.roons.
OFF TOE TOG
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Otto Rohme, a deckhand on the tug
Oaring, is missing, and is supposed by
his mates to have fallen overboard
and drowned.
Rohme was last seen on board at
1:30 o'clock yesterday morning. At 4
o'clock he was missed from his berth,!
and has not been seen since. Dur-j
ing the preceding night the missing
man had been drinking heavily, and
It is supposed that during the night
he went out on deck and fell over
board.
All the clothes and other belongings
of the man are yet aboard the tug,
and while it barely is possible that
he may have left the vessel In clothes
which he possessed unknown to his
friends, and is now in some cabin
with friends, it is not considered
likely.
Captain Moller, of the Daring, Bays
the man is originally from Norway.
He. signed on the Daring at Grays
Harbor. Nothing is known of the
family or friends of the man, other
than it is supposed that he is a mem
ber of the Hoquiam Order of Eagles.
The local aerie of Eagles have been
notified of his death, and will take
the necessary steps to find out if the
man is a member of that order.
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CUBANS PLAN TO MAKE
DIVORCE LAW OF LAND.
HAVANA, July 8. — Among import
ant pieces of legislation now engaging
the attention of the Cuban congress
are bills legalizing divorce and giving
to married women the control of their
property. It appears questionable
whether there is any very strong de
mand for the passage of the former
law. and it is said that many of the
best Cuban women are opposed to the
institution of divorce as being con
trary to the tenets of their religion
and repugnant to the traditions of
Cuban society. The other bill has
strong feminine support, but it is felt
that owing to absorption of interest
in the coming presidential campaign,
neither measure has much chance of
passage during the present session of
congress.
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J. C. Murray, a Cache creek mining
man, reports that all of the creeks
flowing into Cache creek on the right
limit carry pay.
BERMN, July 5. — The campaign
of the Munich police president, of
various generals commanding home
departments, and of thirty-five wo
man's clubs, against women who dress
too modishly and conspicuously does
not meet undivided approval. Many
newspapers have been printing edi
torials and letters from their read
ers protesting against the effort to
modify feminine dress. One of these
protestants is an officer of a battery
of artillery in France, who writes:
"He who has experienced for him
self at the front something of the
much discussed 'gravity of the times'
does not wish at any price to sell all
the beauty and joy of life destroyed
by an ashengray Puritanic mood. We
think with gratitude of the women
whose beauty our soul delighted in •
during the short rest at home from
the burdens of the war, and we for
bid. with all the straightforwardness
of the soldier at the front, that any
one, even in his thoughts, accuse these
women of lacking a proper apprecia
tion of the earnestness of war. You
should ask the furloughed men, from
general down to private, whether they
would like to see Germany populated
merely with spectacles from those
thirty-five woman's clubs.
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CAPITALISTS EYE MINES
IN BOHEMIA DISTRICT.
COTTAGE GROVE. Ore., July 8. —
Renewed activity in the placer claims
in the Bohemia mining district is in
dicated by the recent visit to Los An
geles capitalists, who are interested
in property there. In the puarty were
W. R. Davis, Thomas McCollough, Ben
Schoefeld, Harlaud Weaver. C. B.
Weaver and son and Mrs. F. L. Harris.
They had been in the district two
weeks and are expected to return
front Portland within a few days. It
is understood about $30,000 will be
spent, making the old Long claim
ready for operations. If the report of
Rssayer and engineer is satisfactory.
The Long claim is one of the best
known in the district.
Mr. and Mrs. E, W. McLean, who
have extensive interests in the Bo-'
hernia district, are here with their
engineer, W. S. LaShella, of San
Francisco. -
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