The Cordova ily Times
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FRENCH ATTACK ON 9-MILE FRONT
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GERMANS UNSUCCESSFUL IN
EFFORT TO GAS AMERICANS
A summary of the war situatirtf) issued Iiy the Associated
I’p'ss this morning says: f v
’* 1’lie launehiiiy of w hat may be described as an executive ■
lo *al attack l»y tlm L'reueh forces onMKpitrfay broke through llie ]
German positions along a v ital sector connecting the Marne and I
I’ieardy linttletiehls. The attack extended over a nine-mile
front between t'urlepone, east of G|s$ to Fontenoy, on the
\i-,;e, and re-.nlted in the capture fHJp.,700 prisoners and the
ullage- of X’ampel and X’orvon VSlgjV. Tile situation he
t w ecu tlm A i - lie and the Vcslc seems to tie approaching a dead
lock." ;.W
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Vicious Attacks Withstoodjby Americans
WITH 'Mil. \MKI;l( 'AX'S O.^THK VKSLK, Aug. Id.
I • \mci man- w ; dim iii alwrtejthe Veslft were Imrrassed
< • i u i till' 1 ami yn- projectiles Saturday 'The («er
man n :c 11 i• >i: ya- attack.- on ttdynorth side of the V' sle,
e iny artillery .it fir.-t. followed by mustard and ‘'sneeze” gas.
Ti ' -e at I ark - I1 i liny, they -cut over four airplanes, which at
!• mpted direct liriny. , ,<>
I turing the attack the American!**' woMHMfes mask- and
Worked "II a bridge they are huildil^ UClpJ^'tlie Vjpsle.
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Desperate Germjt "
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laye of l.athamel, on the hills west of the < tise. The Germans
are resist iug desperately between l.assigny and the < tise.
The British have .advanced near Merville, at the apex "I
tin* l.y- salient, says an official hulletin. Kilty pri-otiei- and
a few machine guns were captured. British artillery broke up
a German counterattack between Utter-tecu and M"teivu.
Activity of German Aviators
The Kreneh Tenth army attacked the (lerman- between
the ( li-e ami (ti-ue l.a-t night, peiietrating t" an e\tr*• 11u• d p1 h
"f tw" miles. The eiiriny in;iehine yunner- re-i-ted d< -p 'lately
and the (lernuin air service was very active.
Heavy Losses Inflicted by British
WITH TI I K BRITISH K< tJR'KS. Any. lit. Briti-h tr.mp
have ea pi ii red (it ter-1 ecu rid ye, in front of t !i" town of Merri-,
and defeated a vicious counter-attack. Ilcaw losses were in
. Ilietcd on the Germans and more than five hundred pii-omi
w < re eapt ured.
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♦ SEATTLE GIRLS ♦
♦ GIVEN OVATION ♦
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♦ NKW YORK, Aim. Id liusi- ♦
♦ ness on lln New York Slock ♦
♦ Kxcharme was mmlecti-d today ♦
♦ when a hundred Seattle nurses ♦
♦ hi route to th« Kuropean hat- ♦
♦ tlelields visited the exchange ♦
♦ The memlxTs tendered tin ♦
♦ nurses a ^reat ovation ♦
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p I . • I'..- he.-K pt "h: luted : m • •
I. • 1!; l p> - .«! i !,• pn )■!•■-- . til*
i-ice r.o'ts.
In tin* ahsnn - id i.e" Horn tin*
pro\ ini- M inisti-r id tie- Interior M 1
/.mo says the liovernors i laitn the
disorders are ahatirm steadily.
Troops were called out yesterday in
nearly every city in Japan It is be
lieved the riots were caused by the
food -horta: e and the j;row inu social
unmet £ r
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I'KTKOIT. \im 1 Henry I'ord
antmum is plans for 11»« ereetion “i
several larue tractor plants in M‘\
j. o. II* has notified tie Mexican p»v
eminent that In is prepar'd t«> spend
a million dollar." on the first ot th •
plants, and awaits only the s« ler<ioi
ot a site.
Not one cent is to he taken from
Mexico The profit s \ ill lie put haeK
into the plant, and it they heroine ton
preat for that purpose the plants will
1* turned over to tin* M' \i< an uov
eminent.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
Si: \'l"l 1.1 . Vu- I :• I’tic. lor Ii -1’
,ii noon loilny a *>i . ioIIoa ! Inli
lad, Inc; nilili'lidi. tli- linn ami rn
.oil. I' .
KHm 11 KAN. Mid. IT Today'
t,-li ].i i. . a «.| <• I lnlil.nl. Iii i . I".
S. ronda. !'' i < : a Id.di a 1). I. . P1'
rock. „v
MARRIED U
NIT EXEMPTED
W ASHINGTON. \up.. Hi Secretary
Hi' War linker declared Malay that
mo general exemption of married men
-imply la-muse of their married
.talus had been considered by tin
war department in preparing the pro
(posed extension of the draft arc
\.\ISTKIiH\M. Vhl- ! 1 Mi '.Ml
\ j - orv eommi ion for economic in
tormation" ha been inauuurated ai
Tlie Hamm to direct Holland's com
mercial offensive after the war.
| Tin- chairman Is W F. V. h. Vat
Unppard. former minister at Washing
ton. and tin- dircetorate includes
chairmen of the < ham hers of com
metre of Vmsterdam and Uotterdam.
\ an \alst. president o: tin \ether
lamp Tradin.' Companv; Kroeller
bippitn magnate, and otlcr ehiet< •"
d. pa rf incut -. trade, indu ti v and a:*
i '< u It it re
.1 .1 Loudon, minister- of fop* mil a:
1 i . add res i nc tin- commission a
liis department. said that in view «.
| iin i ea inr impeiliment in the v. orld
11 at lie only preparatory project:
i ei hi bl lie made for post helium truth
! obeli I . e T'lte chief oil. ect WOtlhl bl
in a-"i-I the producer, whose patriot
i i’i and initiative lie appealed to it
older to tind fresh markets, e peei.ill;
v ii h regard t" the < olonies.
The covernmeut tnre ei - , a i«I Mr
Loudon, the immense economic dit
ticiilties which will have to be eti
< ounterml after the war.
Hutch consuls will he increased it
number :<n«l uiveu additional facilitie:
m i ra v el about. v isit colonic - and in
form themselves more thoroughly o
..fjaii - w it hin their jnrisdu t ion. w bib
a number «»i consul at lame vvill l»*
e pointed and experts • out out lo
j,. . jal purposes Mr Loudon -aid
"M v dav ot Ot h e are numbereu
but it vv ill remain a <>un e ot sat i
faction t" me to have installed tbi
commission before departing from o'
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MAN-POWER BILL MUST
BE ENACTED AT ONCI
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1'.).—Secretary of War Baker, (Iliiel
of Staff General March and I’rovost Marshal General Crowdei
today told the house military affairs committee that it wa;
necessary to enact the man power bill immediately. Secret an
Baker said there were two ways of winuing the war—one wa
to do it now and the other was to proceed in a leisurely mannei
and do it later. It is obviously to our advantage*, In* said, Iron
everv viewpoint, to put forth every ettort to win the war a;
soon as possible.
Will Need Every Single Man
General Crowder said that the new program was expecte.
to raise 2,300,(MM) men by the end of next dune. It is proposei
to call two million men by that time, he said, and every singf
man between tin* ages of 18 and 45 in Class 1 will be needed.
w \Sm\»;T<>\ \ iiu. 1 !• The stli-i
liiliz.it i«>ii plan ' regarding petroleum j
pin* r« commended by tin1 national
petroleum war service committee in
New York nri-nth have been ac
cepted by tin* fuel administration.
I l-’itel Controller (Garfield said today
t'nat In* believed these plans would
I prevent radical changes to consumers
of prices of gasoline and other oil
products.
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LITHUANIANS WANT KING
DT THEIR OWN CHOOSING
' LONDON, Aug. lib—The Lithuan
ians have demanded the right lo
mime their own king. They will re
fuse to recognize one of Herman ap
| pointment, according to an Ainster
. darn dispatch, which says that the
people threaten to revolt If the Her
‘ mans name a king unacceptable to
the Lithuanians.
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WASHINGTON. Mm 1- Tin
I'nitcd St atc< army in ITain • i|»
plied with bread inatle <>! all win a;
flour, it was annottneed today by tin
war department \ daily ration "t
eighteen ontin's ol flour is so over
abundant that a reduction to sj\i. • n
ounces is under consideration.
The soldiers in the 1'nited States
consume Victory bread, with the pre
scribed amount of substitute for wheat
flour. They are not allowed all-wheat
bread until they reach Franco.
SAN FRANCISCAN OFFERED
ERENCR POST OF HONOR
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19—M.
Henri Bergson, the French philoso
pher, has been tendered the post of
civilian member of the Heavy French
economic mission to Australia, to suc
ceed M. Albert Metin, who died here
Saturday while en route to the South
sea*.
HONOKONCI. Any 1* I i\«• thou
■'and persons are honieles and two
hundred and fifty thousand are with
out proper food as the result of a
flood in the valley of flu- Tiitmkiat.a i
river .
The American Hod Cros. i- provid (
ing temporary relief for tile in i r
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sideration of the new man-power bill
The congressional summer recess.
piVlkultv
tills morning.
The house resuine«l it- reyila? -•
sions and t he --euate s*-t .1 id.- t li»
agreement for a vacation rer»-- until
\llglJSt 1
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VICIOUS PRACTICE ♦
NIPPED IN THE BUD ♦
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W \SMINCTON. \uu 19 ♦
Sim rdar.N Mc.\dno. a director ♦
of railway- ha issued a spe ♦
■ i!i< ord* r in w hn-h railw ,.y • ♦
ployi-s an- admonished in show ♦
court cs > ii. d* a liny * : t h tin ♦
Jillhlic. a lid to c.-aso • \■ isifiy ♦
train d la> and otln i error* ♦
with tin |»1 • .■ hat I i Sant ♦
is running tIn* ra Irnad now ♦
II** say- that tin railroad men ♦
mast i atcr tu tin- public. +
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ALASKA STOCKS
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REFUGEES ARE UNABLE
TO LEAVE PETROGRAD
A SHIP IS ASKED FOR
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1JI.—Tin* Swedish consular ol'lice
jat Moscow, acting tor the American and allied consuls, has
asked Sweden to send a ship to lYtrograd to take away two
ihundred refugees, or if this he found impossible, to obtain per
mission for these persons to pass through Finland.
It is believed these refugees are Americans and citizens of
jallied countries seeking to escape from Russia. It was recently
I reported that Germany had refused safe conduct for any refu
gees from Moscow, including consular officers.