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VoL.TiI^’N". CORDOVA. ALASKA, SATljDAY. .ILLY 27, 10J1S PRICE TEN CENTS
HUNS UNABLE TO HALT FRANCO-AMERICAN TROOPS
ALLIED OFFENSIVE FORCES GERMAN LINES BACK ELEVEN MILES
Franco-American Trf>ops Drive Huns
From Woods After Stubborn Fight
—200 Prisoner^} Are Taken
—French Advance Lines
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I'NDATKD. Shifting their tows to the southern arc of
the sector between Soissons and HLcims, the French struck the
[ierinans at Font a Hinson today Ad advanced their lines tur
ther east. The Fiencli along thAChampagrie front, south of
“Montague Sans Nom,” advancetlnearly two miles.
Americans Capture City
WASHINGTON, Jnlv 27.—T» American forces have cap
tured the town of Lecltarmel.
FARMS, duly 27.—The Frencjl advanced last night north
of the Marne in the district wherethe Germans have been cling
ing to the river. The French liBPs are now north ot Font a
Hinson.
'File French also performed aawal operation on tin* Cham
pagne front which advanced the* lines two thirds of a mile I
along a two-mile front and captuA. two hundred prisoners.
Artillery Overcoming Stubborn Resistance
WITH TIIF AMFdMCAN FGKC’KS IN FRANCK, dul~
— 'Flic Franco American armies Aftheast of Chateau Thierry)
have driven the Germans almost Atirely from the wooded area
w hich they have so stubbornly doAfned. Their artillery is pun
isliing the enemy this morning, atRunder cover of the guns tin*
French and Americana are era'^Ul forward.
The allies are approaching Fere en Tardenois, an impor
tant road junction, and the enemy is making an intense effort
to hold his flanks in the Rheitns and Soissons regions.
HUNS SLOW TO REALIZE
MAGNITUDEOF U. S. ARMY
WITH THK AMKKICAXS IX KltAXCK. July 27. Her
nurn soldiers wlm deserted into the American lines in Lorraine
have made disclosures indication that news of the irreat Ameri
can effort is slowly filtering into a section of the Herman army.
One prisoner said he heard there were only JIM),000 Americans
in France. Another declared they knew the fijrurcs totaled
!)()(),()()(>.
On their own initiative the deserters enabled the Americans
to keep track of shifts on the other side.
AVIATORS ARE
KILLED BE FALLS
FORT WORTH. Texas, July U7
Flying Cadet Fred Campbell. Jr., of
Rosedale, Kan., fell w itli his plane
from a comparatively low altitude to
day and was killed.
Another Bad Accidert
HEM STEM l, I. 1. July 117.- Lieut.
C 11 Hayes of (Mouecsler. Mass., was
killed in a fall of a hundred feet with
an airplane today. The machinist
accompanying him was dangerously
injured.
One Escapes Miraculously
WACO, Texas. July 117.—Second
Lieutenant Clarence Winter of Fort
Collins, Colo., an aviator instructor,
tell a thousand feet today and was
killed. A cadet who was wit Winters
escaped unhurt.
HLfiyyWFJGHT* FIGHTERS
TO BOX FOR GOOD CAUSE
NKW YORK. July 27—Fred Fulton
will meet Jack Dempsey at Harrison.
New Jersey, tonight in a boxing con
test. Both are leading contenders for
the heavyweight pugilist champion
fhititle. Pictures of the tight will
he taken which are to he exhibited
for the benefit of war relief funds.
♦ IMPORTANT FIND ♦
♦ BY AMERICANS ♦
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♦ l’AKIS, July 117. Americans ♦
♦ have discovered Ihe emplace- ♦
♦ ments fur Merman super-cannon ♦
♦ at Hrc v. north of Chateau ♦
♦ Thierry These were the guns ♦
♦ that bombarded towns behind ♦
♦ the allied lines, and perhaps ♦
♦ Paris. ♦
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SKATTLK. July J7. Pierre P
Ferry, a prominent Seattle resident,
a son of the first governor of the state
of Washington, and brother of Mrs.
John Leary, a prominent society
woman of this city, was indicted by
the federal grand jury today.
Me is charged with hoarding food.
The officers said they found flour
stored behind a sofe in the Ferry
home. He was arrested some time
ago.
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'TENER IS HOPEFUL
AS TO BALL PROSPECTS
KALISBl’KY HKAt'H, Mass. July
117. President Tetter of the American
Baseball League thinks that the world
series will be played as usual this
year.
1,250,000 AMERICANS
ARE NOW IN FRANCE
WASHINGTON, .1 uh 27. Secretary of War Baker ami
(ieneral March told the senate committee on military attains
11MI1\ that fiftv thousand American troops were sent to Kiirnpe
last yveek, and it is expected that tin* .Inly nioveinents will
reach the record total of .’UK),000. With last week’s nioveinents
the total number of Americans who have embarked for France
reached 1,2.">O,(»0O.
Two additional American army corps are to he organized
in France immediately The Ninety first divisio.fi, formerly at
< 'amp Few is. is noyy in the Fifth army corps. Brigadier (ieneral
Frederick S. Foltz is temporarily in command of the Ninety
first division.
(ieneral March told the newspaper men that the trained
American combat troops from Franco have beirnn to arrive in
Italy, lie said the allied offensive in France had forced the
Hermans back eleven miles farther from Paris and shortened
* lie allied line ten miles.
ATTEMPT TO DYNAMITE'
FACTORY IS UNSUCCESSFUL
XKW’AKY, X. .1., .July 27.—Factory guards last night frus
trated an attempt to blow up the plant of the Gould & fiber
hard Machinery Company, at Irvington, N. .J.
Bruno Kcichelt, a patent attorney, and Frederick Biselieoff
were killed, and Chemist William lleineman was arrested in
connection with the plot. V
Biselieoff, according to the federal authorities was inter
ested in compounding high explosives, and was arranging with
Kcichelt a scheme to circulate German propaganda throughout
this country.
week llritish uviiitors Imve brought
ctmvn ninety niic enemy airplanes. In
ing liftyone nl their own
One hundred and llfty-fnur tons of
ie\plosives were dropped in Herman
territory during the <nurse of twenty 1
live raids, including attacks on 5Cee- t
brugge and (Intend.
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II \V. Dubois, an operator of cop
per mines at Strelna, left on the train j
this morning for Strelna.
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♦ 30,000 PRISONERS ♦
♦ SO FAR CAPTURED ♦
♦ PARIS, July 27—The Havas ♦
♦ News Agency says that the ♦
♦ allies have captured thirty ♦
♦ thousand prisoner* since the ♦
♦ beginning of the counter-offen- ♦
♦ slve. ♦
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HOS BLOCKED
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WITH Till-: AMKUh’W POKCKS
IN KHANi'K, .1 ii 1 \ l7. l*-*r**m*li p*‘.is
mis aiiiiin an* blockin'- tin* roadways
low tin* .Mann oast of Chateau;
Thierry. but this timo they art* p«inm
lioino instead of luavinn.
Kvorv road loading northward « oa
tains stroams of peasants and vohi
•los.
ONE SIBERIAN CABINET
RETIRES FROM SCENE
LONDON, July 117 It Is reported
that the Siberian government, Includ
lug the premier, hats resigned
This is believed to refer to General
Horvath's government.
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M. Lelllanc, agent for the New York
Life Insurance Company, left on the
Northwestern for Anchorage, where he
will sell insurance and look after the
interests of his company generally.
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FROM WORLD S END ♦
TO FIGHT THE HUN ♦
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I 'A IMS, July J7. Five lain- ♦
drcd Shinies.. aviators haw ar ♦
rived here from llanffknk. They ♦
seem to be extremely anxious ♦ ’
to boffin likhtintf. ♦
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CASUALTY LISTS OF
ARMY AND MARINES
WASHINGTON. July 27. The arim i
easualtv list today numbers ids Ot
these. ♦; 4 were killed in action. L'o died
of wounds. f» of disease and I from
an airplane accident . ♦'.«* are -overely
wounded. 2 slightly wounded, and 1 1
to a degree yet undetermined, 2 are
missing.
The marine corps list contains
twelve names, of whom 1 was killed
in action, 7 wen* severely wounded,
and 4 are missing
DEATHS IN SWITZERLAND
FROM SPANISH GRIPPE
CJKNKVA, July 27.—An official
statement says that three hundred
and fifty soldiers of the Swiss army
have died as tin* result of Spanish
grippe.
The number of civilian deaths is
not stated, but tin* hospitals are over
crowded and there is a shortage of
physicians and nurses.
GKNKVA. July 27. A dispatch
from Hamburg says that twenty large
German submarines arc now operating
off the American coast The number
of submarines operating in the \tlan
tie has increased 3o per cent during
the last s*• \ ♦ • n months. say* tile same
authority
9 Report Not Credited
WASHINGTON. July 2 7 Secretary
hanicls says the na\> department has
reports which lead to the belief that
German submarine- still are oft iho
Atlantic coast. He added, how.-ver,
that no reports of attacks on vessels
had been received
Attack Reported
NKW YORK. July 27 \ Rritish
freighter has been attacked b> a sub
marine off the Atlantic coast It is%
reported that the ship was in tie reg
ular transatlantic steamship lane. ^
GERMAN PRINCE ACCEPTS
CROWN OF FINLAND
PARIS. July 27. Duke Adolph
Friederlck of Mecklenburg Sellwerm
has accepted the crown of Finland,
which was recently offered to him. ac
cording to a Zurich dispatch
REPRIEVE GRANTED
FOR THOS. MOONEY
I ,< IS A \( I Kl .KS, .1 uI\ 'J7. (Iiivi'i iinr Stephens has planted
a reprieve staying llie execution of Thomas Mooney, the con
victed hoinli thrower, until Iheemhci Id. He saiil In* wauled
i V'eryhodv to lie assured that the ease would receive the fullest
consideration hy t lie ('a I i lor ilia executive and judicial lu undies
Mooney is now at San tjiicntin penit *nt iarv. Hi- e\* c*
lion originally was >et for August '_’d.
GERMANY TAKES LION’S
SHARE RUSSIAN HARVEST
WASHINGTON. .Iiilv Adviei s nrrivi il by govern
HI lit officials here state I bill tile t ood situation between lilts
-i,i n in I (■ < ■ t' 111; 111 \ lias 11 •; u-1' i ■ 11 ;m acute stage. I here i«. not
enough looil for both countries, and the question regarding
who is to get the available |irovisinus is a serious one.
It is reported that German soldiers, with threshing ma
eliines, have been sent into the Russian grain country. The
Russian peasants are allowed only such amounts of grain as
the Germans decide they need. The Germans are requisition
ing cattle and horses in Poland and Lithuania.
NORTHWESTERN HERE
WITH MUCH FREIGHT
The Northwestern, with thirty-nine
passengers and 1,000 tons of freight
for Cordova, arrived last evening at
5 o'clock. Her first-class passengers
were: Mr. and Mrs H. B Bryson
and child, Mr and Mrs A. Holt and
child, Mrs T. D Sharp, A KlljolT, J.
B. Sapiro, W. B. Hobson, J McGinn,
\V. Hnllurd. Mrs Satterlee, Clara
Cooper, c Norton, J. II Austin. K
Corley, A C. Stone, K Haupt. Mrs
H. Robinson, Mrs. J Gyer, Mrs. R. K
Townsend and C Norton.
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FAMILY OF LATE CZAR
REPORTED TO BE SAFE
LONDON, July 'J7.—An Amsterdam
report states that the family of the
former Czar Nicholas is safe in a mon
astery at Abalak, Siberia.