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The Cordova Daily Times
Member of Associated Press—Day and Night Telegraphic Service
VOL. III. NO. 280 CORDOVA, ALASKA, THUgSDAY, JUNE 13, 1918 ~ PRICE TEN CENTS
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GERMANS HURLED BACK
IN THREE ADVANCES
Today’s summary of the war situation on the western but
tle front issued by the Associated Press says;
“The German forces which crossed the -Msttz river sonath
of Noyon held their positions but a brief period. The allied
forces counter-attacked and hurled the Germans back to the
north bank of the river and checked the advance toward Com
peigne. The Germans have been halted west of the Oise, .and
'farther east the Germans have been baited in their advance to
ward the Aronde river.
French Strike a Heavy Blow
PARTS, June 13.—The French last night struck a heavy
blow against the German Forces which have been advancing'on
the eastern wing>of the new battle front, an 1 burled thevsnoufj
back to the north hank all The Matz river.
Mielent combats couftinue between the-Aisne river and ViT
lers-Cotterests fiwreSt. The Germans progressed as far as the
ravine east of Laborainc and north of Gittry.
Ttie Germans violently attacked the American sector 'be
tween Boureschse and’Belleau wood, on the Marne front. The
Americans broke up The attack sund inflicted serious losses on
the enemy, hoHirng rtlHfhe gains ttbeylhaH made.
.'After violent 'fighting the Germans1 obtained a. tPodthdlfl iin
Lavemtne and >>t, Pierre Aigle.
Further Successes Of French
The French troops made fnarilher;advances airomnd Belloy
and St. Maur, and captured four hundred additional prisoners,
together with some cannon and omaoUme guns, and xdsoreoceu- j
pied Montcourt and part of Brassiu res; north of fkn Marne,-says
an Official statement
Remarkably Successful Usunter-Attacks
WITH TfffE FRENCH ARMIES IN THE FTELI), Tune 13.
The advantage gained Tuesday by'the allies was-even-greater
tharnat first reported. Besides icarrying out remark drily suc
cessful counter-attacks. resultingiimtiie restorarifom. di-scene
ritory and the ‘capture *>f many prisoners, they repulsed a very!
fiercGennan attack: iii the regie®< iff Bethancorui
British Also Advance
LONDON, June'1*1—Tlie BrtfikhTast night ;advaiioed their
lines;®, short instance on the Flanders front, southwest of Mer-!
ris. The French ontlhis front likewise improved 'their posi
tions. Many prisoners were captured.
• General Eaig reported yesterday that the ITrendb troojs
earried out a successful raid in the neighborhood of Locre, but
nothing else of especial interest occurred.
-Generali Situation But Affected
The Germans, at severe cost, continue bo gpush. down tth*
Matz valley. 'Yesterday’s fighting did not affect the general,
situation. The (Germane made diight progress .on the left to
ward Oompeigne, from, .which, five miles away ait 'MdScocma,
The French advanced on the other wing near Merit.
Operations of Air Squadrons
LONDON, b une 13.—An official statement yesterday re
ported that British aviators assisted the French in counter
attacks or the western ]x>rtion of the Novon baffle field. Heavy
machine gun fire'was directed from a low altitude upon'hostile
troops and transports, and ten enemy airplanes were destroyed
and four driven down. TLe British host three machines.
General Pershing’s Report
WASHINGTON, June 13.-—General Pershing’s com
munique of yesterday says that aside from artillery activities in
the Woevre sector and the taking of prisoners by American
•patrols in Picardy, there is nothing to reporj.
The German Statement
BERLIN, June 13.—An official statement of yesterday
says that the French ihave evacuated (Garlepont wood, on the
cast bank of the Oise. The Germans are advancing all along
this important line.
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SEATTLE, June 13.—Nine naval
aviation officers are here to establish
ia naval ground school, the first of the
kind in the West. The naval fliers
•will be given ground training here
and later will be sent to San Diego
or Pensacola for flight work.
The school will provide accommoda
tions for two hundred men, and will
be located on the campus of the Uni
versity of Washington.
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NO PATER TOMORROW ♦
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Tomorrow is not only a ♦
legal holiday—Flag day—but ♦
also the date upon which the ♦
drafted men from Cordova will ♦
entrain for Fort Liscum, and in ♦
order that the employes of the ♦
Daily Times may properly ob- ♦
serve the day there will be no ♦
paper issued. The regular As- ♦
sociated Press service will be •
received, however, and if any- ♦
thing of importance transpires ♦
on the world’s battle front bul- ♦
letlns will be issued. ♦
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All roads of "service” lead to
France.
ROYAL FAREWELL FOR
CORDOVA’S DRAFTED MEN
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Tomorrow rooming at Ito o'cleai
about sixty-ttwe men, thirty-*tnc trora
Corfl*\a an3 The remainder from ttrw
Copper river valley, will tee tnduK!tet|
into militate service in the great ‘draft
arny of the United States. At 10
o'dlock in the evening the m«m wiH
l«e< ve on rthe Donaldson for IPort Li4
cairn, where they will! receive their"
first training.
Luncheon in Eaglets" hull at T o'clock,
talks aa>cl special ntaslc tu the im
press -theater at. 3 o'clock, a sh'g
smokr- in Eagles’ hall In the ■ evening,
and & parade thru up ti Ihr streets to
the thick at 9 o'clock, will the the order
Of Ike- day in the celebration umor
row in honor oif ®ie drafted mum.
"nflbe drafted man 'will asseniWb, ac
cording to their instructions, at the
city hail at 10 rPctlodk hi the nucruing.
Mens they will] the Checked upiby the
exemption board and given i&nstruc
tions. This 'wiSl occupy their time
’trfjtil nowa.
At 1 o’clock hinchean will'toe served
In Eagles,' baTi for the inducted men
•and their families, the exemption
(ooard, the Camicil Of 'Naffltonal l)e
Tense and fted (Toss board of man
agers, by women Of the 'socal Red
■dross chapterr.
At 3 o’clock everyone will gather at
the Empress fheaver, where George
C. Hanehet, E. T. ’Medley and Dr. W
H. Chawe, fhe three men compriijini
the local eyunptroij boagill
s&ort thTks. The orchestra will fur
nish special music, and Mrs. T. N
Hubbrert wfR give a vocal-selection.
In the evening -at 7:30 the smokei
will be TkM. Ttiis is to’tet a strictly
stag affair, and all the men of Cor
dova are expected to attend. Ath
letic events, humorous 6kVts and othei
entertainment wH! fill the time until
8:45, when the'Ham.e Guatod and banc
will assemble on the street in fronl
of Eagles' hall. The drafted mei
will go to the city hall an 9 o'clock
where they will receive their fina
instructions from the -exemptioi
1 hoard.
The Home Guam will ffll!i in on tht
street, facing Emiles’ hall. The colo
hearer and calm sergeant*- and thi
band will fall in between the twi
platoons. Then tthe company wil
tnarch up C street, around the post
"Office and up Second street to thi
iCity hall. On reaching the *city hal
ittoe first platoon wail march tpast thi
'nail while the second platoon halts
The first platoon will he Waited f
Abort distance from 'Che second platooi
anil execute squads right abo«-. Thi
color bearer and sergeants a»,d thi
band will take their positions s'acinf
the gap between the two platoons am
the ihand will play as The drafted mei
fall ;in and fill the gap. Then thi
color bearer and sergeants and thi
band will take their places at tfhc
head of the column, the second platooi
will he given squads right about, am
the company will march hack arounc
the postoffice. The company will con
tinue dtwvn First avenue te the Alas
kan hotel, where it will turn am1
march to the dock. All other per
sons on the street will fall in behlrn!
the company and march to the dock
All available small boats will be
waiting at the dock and will carry as
many people as possible as an escori
to the Donaldson out of the harbor
As the Donaldson leaves the dock the
cannery and boat whistles will blow
Tomorrow is not only the occasion
of the departure of our drafted boys
but also Flag day, so proclaimed bj
the governor of the territory. It if
expected that every business housi
and residence will fly the Stars am
Stripes tomorrow. The day is a lega
holiday, and every man, woman ant
child in Cordova should be on hand t(
i give the boys a fitting send-off ant
show them our appreciation of th<
sacrifice they are making for us.
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# Registration day ♦
# SET FOR JULY 5 ♦
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^ WASHINGTON, June 13.— ♦
♦ Preside®? Wilson today signed ♦
• a proclamation designating July ♦
** 5 as draft reptstration day for ♦
'♦ Alaskans. Hawaiians and Porto ♦
♦ Rkans, 'who 'have reached the ♦
♦ age eff 20. ;statce June 5, 1917. ♦
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LAUNCHES AS AN ESCORT
Captain but frier today wiped that
the Dramlttarm would leave, the Ocean
dodk promptly at 1« o’clock Friday
mgjbt, and 'that he heartily approved
of ®ht ides of the yacht chafe acting
as -a® 'escort to the launch as it steams
dtrwa the bay. It is therefore ear
ireb®y requested that all owners oi
boalBs "wlL • be on hanfl,. in -order that
a -creditable showing may be made
Accommodations will be available on
cane 'df 'the Pioneer fimnpany’* boats
to tfetttv care of the band, and the
otltaer 'canneries will also place theii
craft at the disposal of those desir
rag ttoraikke the trip. The probahili
tn* are that a j»orab«r of member;
«tf (fife1 Home Girard win take advan
ta»e<4fithis offer
DANCE TONIGHT
#< jmiyt/aiv shtarae ski* be giy*® b
bwnm "Of‘ the drafted beys at Eajgles
ball tofiight by Mrs. Nina Nit hob
and 'Charles E. Rogers, who will fur
Tttdli the music lor the occasion. I
win tee?a jitney, and wSB start atom
9:30 o’clock. As the entire proceed;
win be used tb the purchase o
“‘smOKeS” for onr toys whrn go to Ftor
’Lisctnn, there should he a large at
tenhaaioe.
ANCHORAGE DRAFT
I June 30 is the date set by the mili
tary authorities for the Anchorage
draft, according to Information re
ceivetl from authentic sources. The
• quota of men allotted to Anchorage
• is lift, and it is expected that (hit
>| number-will be trained there at the
I: local barracks.
- The officers and men of the loca
! detachment of the Fourteenth ITnitec
I States infantry will be ordered to re
» port at the headquarters of the Four
. teenfh infantry in the state of Wash
i ington within the next forty days, ii
i is said, and the local barracks will
then be sufficiently large to accom
I modate the boys subject to the An
' chorage -selective draft.
WILL BE SENT TO STATES
According to advices received from
Juneau, all Alaskans in the first draft
now, either in training or soon to be
inducted Into the service, will be
sent to the States during July. A
transport will leave Seattle the lat
ter part of this month for Alaska, go
ing first to St. Michael and Noifte and
then along the Alaska coast and re
turning south. All regulars and the
: men in the training camps will be
i taken to Seattle and formed into a
new company of the Fourteenth in
fantry, according to present plans.
Whether National troops now in
training camps will be sent to Alaska
is not known. The Alaska men called
in the second selective draft will be
introduced Into service probably in
September, and this force will be
i used for regular work in Alaska next
. fall and winter.
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Send our boys the fuel, and they
i will supply the steam.
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i Production and self-denial are the
guns that will get the Huns.
AMERICAN MARINES CLEAR
BELLEAU WOOD OF HUNS
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN FRANCE, June 13.
—Excellent American artillery fire was largely responsible for
the capture by the marines of four hundred prisoners in the
fighting which resulted in clearing Belleau wood of Germans.
These prisoners said they had been told to avoid capture by
the Americans, who would torture them. They started to run
but were cut off by a barrage.
A major, a captain and four lieutenants were among the
prisoners. They were poorly clad and evidently were glad they
had been captured. Many of them want to go to America to
live after the war. They said that Germany planned to end
the war next fall.
The bam in which the prisoners are confined holds more
prisoners of war than the Americans have had in one building
during the past fifty years.
I ~ TbEEF ALLOWANCE
REQUESTED UNTIL SEPT. 1
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WASHINGTON, June 13.—To meet American and allied
needs in feeding the civilian populations of France, Great Brit
ain and Italy, the food administration has asked that the Amer
ican people place themselves on a limited beef allowance from
now until September 15. Householders are asked not to buy
more than one and one-fourth pounds of beef weekly, and hotels
and restaurants are asked not to serve boiled beef at more than
two meals weekly, and beefsteak and roast beef more than once
a week.
The food administration says that the demand for the ar
i mies ajit! tor the .civilian' population this summer is beyohcT ti»«*
' present supply, and it will be of direct service if the people will
1 substitute fresh pork, bacon, ham and sausage for beef prod
ucts.
MICHIGAN DEMOCRATS ENDORSE
REPUBLICAN FOR SENATOR
LANSING, Mich., June 13.—Henry Ford, who lias been
mentioned as the Republican candidate for senator, to succeed
William Alden Smith, has been indorsed by Michigan Demo
crats and urged to become a candidate, even though he is not
within their political fold.
The indorsement of a Republican candidate by a Derno
cratic conference is unparalleled in Michigan political history.
HIS BEEN TIMED
PARIS, June 13.—The loss of the
Austrian battleship Szent Istvan,
which was torpedoed in the Adriatic,
has been officially announced in
Vienna, according to a dispatch from
Switzerland.
! GERMANY MAY WITHDRAW
! TROOPS FROM RUSSIA
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LONDON, June 13.—Petrograd re
1 ports received here are to the effect
that Germany is to withdraw the bulk
1 of her troops from Russia for the
western front.
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♦ HI WANTS TO KNOW ♦
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♦ WASHINGTON, June 13.— 4
4 Senator Hiram Johnson of 4
4 California, in a speech in the 4
4 senate yesterday, called upon 4
4 the administration to explain 4
4 why General Wood has been 4
4 kept at home instead of being 4
4 sent to France with his divi- 4
4 sion. He said the country was 4
4 entitled to know the reason for 4
4 this step. 4
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REFUSED TO PAT
TAX;PROPERTY
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 13.—Jus
tus S. Wardell, collector of internal
revenue, announced yesterday that
$40,000,000 of property of the late
Secretary Miller in California, Ari
zona and Nevada, would be seized by
the government for the non-payment
of federal income taxes amounting
to $6,000,000.
District Judge Dooling has dis
missed an action brought by the estate
to prevent the collection of the taxes,
and the government will hold the
property until all taxes and costs are
paid.
[Mmileic
MWN F0H ■
LONDON, June 13.—Chancellor of
the Exchequer A. Bonar Law is to
move a war appropriation of £500,
000,000 in the house of common soon.
This will make a total of £7,342,000,
000 appropriated for war purposes
since the beginning of the war.