ELEVEN MONTHS
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finally run down and destroyed off
Cocos Island. In the Atlantic the
Karlsruhe and a number of auxiliary
cruisers, performed similar duties.
They too sent to the bottom more
than a score of ships.
On land the armies of the belliger
ents settled down to hold their posi
tions for the winter months. Activi
ties from November 11, when the
German forces captured Dixmude, re
sulted in Russian defeats at Vlots
lavek, Lopno and Kutno. The battle
in Flanders progressed at intervals,
vigorous actions taking place and
thousands of men on both sides being
killed or wounded. Intrenched for the
winter, the armies contented them
selves principally with holding the
positions they had gained. In the
Serbian-Austrian campaign there was
considerable activity during the early
winter months. The Austrians occu
pied Belgrade, the Serbian capital on
December 2, and retained it until De
cember 15, when, nfter the Serbians
had captured large forces of Aus
trians, they were driven back into
their own territory.
In Fast Prussia during the winter
there was severe fighting, resulting in
the loss of many men, dead, woundei
and captured. The German armies
operating in Fast Prussia held off and
dispatched a Russian army of vast
proportions, finally driving it back
well into its own territory.
On the sea, a British squadron sig
nally defeated the German squadron
which was victorious off Chile. This,
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mgagement took place off the Falk
and Island^ German cruisers bom
Warded Hartlepool and Scarborough,
md the German armored cruiser
Bluecher was sunk In the North Sea
t>y a section of the British fleet oper
ating there. German submarines be
came especially active during the wln
:er months, sinking many warships
tnd merchantmen.
March opened with an announce
ment of British reprisal measures
ignlnst the Germans for the submnr
ne warfare and the development of
<attle In France.
British troops In France again be
came active, making a notable ad
vance at Neuve Ohapelle. By the end
itf March the Russian troops had
penetrated Dukla Pass and entered
Hungary. April saw the beginning of
violent assaults upon the German |
lines by the French east of Verdun
and the Meuse. The French stormed
the German position at Les Eparges
and about the same time it was offi
cially announced that the total of
British casualties to that date were
139,347. By the middle of April the
Russians had penetrated Hungary to
a point 20 miles over the border, and ■
the Germans had begun a successful
assault upon the allied lines near
Ypres. For several weeks the armies
struggled back and forth losing
thousands of men, gaining ground one
day and being forced to evacuate their
positions the next. In Galicia during
the first three days of May the Ger
man-Austrian forces broke through
the Russian lines and forced a retreat.
Fifty thousand prisoners. It was re
cited were taken.
Around Ypres the British forces lost
ground and were finally forced to
evacuate an especially strong position
they had gained at an elevation desig
nated as Hill No. 60. Almost simul
taneously the Russians began a re
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treat from the Carpathian passes and
while this was in progress the Cunard
liner Lusitania, bound from New York
to Liverpool was sent to the bottom
by a torpedo fired by a German sub
marine. Approximately 1,200 lives
were lost In the disaster.
The loss of Americans in the Lusi
tania "and other vessels which were
victims of Germany’s submarine war
fare resulted in President Wilson pro
testing against a continuance of such
tactics.
On May 23, Italy declared war on
Austria-Hungary after having de
nounced early in the month the Triple
Alliance Treaty. The declaration of
war was quickly followed by raids
upon the Italian coast cities by Aus
trian aeroplanes. The Italian army
struck across the border into Austria
with Trieste and Trent as objectives.
During all this time the allied war
ships in the Dardanelles had been
keeping up practically a continuous
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Children of the public schools of New Vorh brushing I heir teeth In a re
cent public compel It I ve drill for pcninmts
bombardment of the short forts. Num
erous warships of different types were
sunk. Transports were hurried to the
scene and troops were landed. On
June 3, the Austro-German forces re
occupied Przemysl.
During June the Serbians inaugur
ated a campaign to secure a seaport
on the Adriatic. Troops were sent
across the border into Albania, with
the seaport of Durazzo as an objec
tive. Montenegro also dispatched
troops into Albania, an independent
.nation recognized by the chief pow
ers at the close of the Balkan War.
Dirigible airships and aeroplanes
made numerous raids during the win
ter and spring. London and Warsaw
were the objective of a number of
trips made by Zeppelin airships, while
Paris was visited by hostile aero
planes. French and British aircraft
attacked various points in Germany,
dropping explosive and fire bomba.
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his new power boat, The Butcher
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boat, and will have It ready for
launching tomorrow night.
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NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting of the stockholders
of the First Bank of Cordova
will be held at the office of said
bank in the Town of Cordova. Alaska
on Tuesday July the 1,3th, 1915, at the
hour of 4 o’clock p. m. of said day at
which meeting the directors of said
bank shall be elected for the ensuing
year, and such other business trans
acted as may regularly come before
said meeting.
II. I. LEWIS,
Assistant Secretary.
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DIVISION DE
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Within a few (lays the first step
will be taken by the First Division, in
its legal fight for the forest reserve
money paid into the Territorial Treas-I
ury by the government, and which the
Territorial Legislature voted to divide!
evenly among the four divisions.
John G. Held, member of the House,
will file suit next week on behalf of
the six members of the legislature!
from the First Division and "the peo- j
pie of Southeastern Alaska,” to enjoin ;
Walstein G. Smith, as treasurer of |
Alaska, from paying over any money,
or any part thereof, derived from the
sale of timber and uses from the
Tongass national forest reserve, which
is all situated in Division No. 1, to
any of the other divisions of Alaska.
Echo of Legislative Fight
The legal steps which Southeastern
Alaska will take, recalls the sensa
tional battle in the House and Senatei
during the last legislative session,
when the bills to divide the money
equally with the other three divisions
were passed. In the Senate the vote
was 6 to 2, with Senators Sulzor aed
Tanner of the First voting in tho neg
ative. In the House the bill passed by
a vote of 9 to 7, Representatives Held,
Shoup, Heckman and Britt of the First
Division being supported by Represen
tative Holland of the Third, Represen
attive Moran of tho Second and Repre
sentative Bums of the Fourth.
Cobb Is "Legal Counsel.”
Before he left last week for his
trip through Alaska, Governor J. F.
A. Strong designated John H. Cobb of
Juneau, as Territorial “legal counsel,”
under a joint resolution passed by the
legislature, to guard against any con
llnRency that might arise In the mat
ter during his absence. Mr. Cobb
will represent Mr. Smith and the Ter
ritory. as a unit, when the stilt Is filed.
The resolution empowering the gov
ernor to employ legal counsel, di
rected that counsel be selected only
when the territory was In need of
egal representation. A permanent at
torney general will be selected by
tiallot a year from November, tindpr
he provisions of an act which passed
both bodies of the legislature.
What “First" Claims
According to the claims of the
First Division legislators, Southeast
r,m Alaska is entitled to the entire
160.324.25 paid Into the Territorial
Treasury by the government, on ac
count of the Tongass Forest reserve.
The amount paid into the treasury
from the sale of timber in the Third
division. In which the Chugach na
tional forest is located Is $7,356.08,
which includes $703.04 Interest which
Southeastern Alaska claims should
have been split between the Third and
First divisions.
In the complaint which Mr. Held
will file, it will he pointed out that
the First Division pays 75 per cent
of the taxes, and has the smallest
area. The area of Southeastern
Alaska is estimated to be 43,000
square miles if the inland waters are
Included. The 8eeond division has
an area of 158,600 square miles and
the Fourth 228,000 square miles.
The men in the legislature who
voted to take the money from South
eastern Alaska, and spend It on roads
and trails in all four divisions, passed
a bill appointing four road supervis
ors. Their contention In the matter
was that Congress intended the money
should be spent In the entire terri
tory. In the congressional act the
word "county" was used, and the point
was raised that the Territory, and not
the division, was the same as a
county under the intent of the con
gressional act.—Juneau Empire.
Numa sails
LIST
The stenmer Mariposa, which was
supposed to sail last night after her
sailing time had been put off 24
hours, did not get away until 10
o'clock this morning. The boat car
ried a full passenger list with the
following for Cordova: H. DuBoise,
Mrs. T. Davis, Fred Ely, F. Schmidt,
D. Seagrave, wife and baby. There
are 22 tourists on the boat who will
make the round trip to the glaciers
when the Mariposa reaches Cordova.
William Sulzer, the noted ex-govemor
of New York, whose Impeachment
trial attracted nation wide attention
is on board the boat accompanied by
Ills wife. They are bound for Ketchl
I knn to visit with Mr. Sulzer's brother,
who is a member of the Territorial
Senate.
! The Admiral Watson arrived from
: the south at 8 this morning, and
sailed west an hour or two later. Geo.
W. Seay was on hoard for Cordova,
and there were 14 round trippers.
There were 21 passengers for Anchor
age and 20 for Seward. For Valdez
there were: G. Ohm, 11. J. Harvey.
Mrs. Harvey, Mrs. Rose Kidman and
two children, Wm. Finical and wife
and three children.
Gunwald Ohm, of Cordova, was a
| through passenger on the Admiral
Watson this morning for Port Wells
coming from Seattle. He bonded his
mining property while outside, and
' took a contract to drive a tunnel. He
has with him six men and an outfit
I for a summer’s work.
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SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1915
PATHE DAILY NEWS SERVICE
PERILS OF PAULINE
Seventeenth Episode—Two Reels
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