The Cordova Daily Times
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Vi m in. \o. ;;:;u — < '< >IMm >\ A. ALASKA. TlII KKDAY. Al (;I ST 1'.. 1!*H PRICK TKX CUNTS
WASHINGTON, Ana. 14 (delayed). A l-T < • i n • 11 11 i -1 >a t «•! i
says that the Polish army which was recruited in America is
fiyhtiny valiantly duriny the present offensive. 'They are
known to have killed a whole hattalion of Prussian Guards ami
to have captured several important points.
Battalion Commanders Captured by French
PARIS, .Any. 14 (delayed).- Hast of Beval the French
have captured two hattalion commanders and numerous others
prisoners. In the reyion of Rove and Lassiyny the artillery is
extremely active.
American Successes Continue
WASHINGTON, Any. 14 (delayed). General IVrshiny!
reports that the American troops made a successful raid on the j
German lines in Lorraine, eapturiny several prisoners. In the
Yosyes reyion an enemv raid wa> repulsed.
BOSTON. \ \~< Th" ill li»• lieli
«>l th*- Massaehusetts supreme court
ha.*- been called upon to det- rmine tbe
ownership ot a fund nearly a ceuturv
old which is claimed by the common
wealth of Massachusetts on one hand
and the Chilean Eolfcrninent on the
other
In 1821 an American ship returning
from Chile to this port was seized by
Chilean revolutionists and its i ari:o
confiscated. When normal conditions
prevailed in Chile tin* ITiiled State
demanded indemnify, and Chile paid
* To. pm.
William I! Cardimi of Brookline
i selected to distribute the money
■luon.u those entitled to if He exo
« uted tile trust except as to two Chi
nese known onl> as Capua and Mnqwa,
merchants, and Tlioimo- Hurber of
this city Mr Cardiner failed to lo
cate these persons or their repre
sentatives When Ip died the trust
was transmitted to his son. and upon
the latter, death to the grandson
and great^nindson. Robert H Car
diner and Robert U. Cardiner, Jr.
v* ho arc* now it s custodians.
'Pile present holders of the fund
have searched throuuh the records of
The state department. tltroU.rll tile
\mericaii consular serve e at Canto.’ ,
china and through various other
sources for the heirs of Capua. Mopua
and Thomas Hurber. without meres-.
GPERfiTIGNS Bf CANDLE |
HO FALLING BOMBS
I.<>NIM>N. Vug l.*> Suren- I opera
' <m I»y « amlle lii-lii ami *\ ii h bombs
ill i -pine all aim'!! :•: •• imt ..mi
' i liaeK ni tie- line- in I'ranee. and
nip.-M .iiv iPiiiie their h ire oi tin-1
work. .Mis< Marian \ IlntP-r a ra
d ingra p!i<-r of 111" Scottish Womens
hospital. refmriled to London r *«• #• n11 \
and related experienc os at a hospital
at Villers-(’otterets during a (b-rman
air raid Dr. Dram es Ivons, the chief
medical officer, performed several op
erations. including amputations, hy
tie* light of two candles, and while
the instruments were jumping about
through vibration caused hy expin
i*»i!s from bombs dropped from tier
ii.an airplanes.
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('apt. C N. 1’ring and Oak ODon.
fl." traveling salesmen, are e.uablisb
inv large* alters on Kach'-mak Ha
near Sc'ldovia.
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♦ HEALTH OF ARMY ♦
♦ MOST GRATIFYING ♦
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♦ WASHINGTON. Aug IT ♦
♦ Tin* disease and death rate ♦
♦ among American soldiers is l.il ♦
♦ per thousand ;u cording to a ♦
♦ report of Surgeon General Gor- ♦
♦ gas. made piildn yesterday ♦
0 This record lias never been ♦
♦ surpassed hy any army. .11 any ♦
♦ time, anywhere, says the sur ♦
♦ • on cetierul. ♦
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UNITED STATES TO HAVE
THREE MILLION MEN IN
FRANCE BY NEXT JULY
WASHINGTON, Aug. Id. General March, chief of stall'
of the army, told the senate committee on military al'airs today J
that it was up to America to put enough men in France to win
tin* war on the West front. I le believed that four million Ameri
cans could smash the German line at any time.
The administration program calls for eighty divisions of
more than three million men in France bv next duly.
SUBMARINE SINKS SCHOONER
WASHINGTON, Aug. Id.—The American schooner Bar
rett has been sunk by a submarine near Gape May. Seaplanes
and submarine chasers were immediately sent to the scene and
dropped bombs on the spot where the submarine submerged, but
there was no evidence of wreckage.
BRITISH AIK FORTH HHAD
(21 ARTKRS l\ FRANC’K, Aug. la.—
There have been many signs recently
«»t extreme uneasiness by the Herman
high command regarding the increas
ing ascendancy of the* allied airmen
on the western front This has been
especially evident since the* Ameri
can airmen have begun to appear In
force and have proved themselves of
the same mettle as the French and
British tlicrs
It has become a commonplace
among British airmen that their op
j.< to uts will not face inmbnt in the
ir uni. in •■!re11::th n| three *-r four
to one, ami Term'll prisoners have
told of < let -nan nr t n !•< ills ; ini bed
I v 111eii h ’ • oui'i! • nders I or r* -
turning t" Mn-.r .irdroim -«ill laden
with l*oi ti. ;md ammunition which
they had been ordered to drop over
the British lines it becoming in
• •I easinglx hard !<> tind a Hern an air
man over the allied side of the lines
in the daytime as is proved by the*
Hermans’ own admission that when
they do manage to bring down an
allied machine it is almost always
over their own territory.
Perhaps the most striking evidence
id Herman official anxiety regarding
Hie allied superiority in the air is t<>
In- found in the official Herman wire
I- news This, while* always imagi
native and rarely acc-urate, has of late
been singularly vv ild and full of !i<
lion regarding the situation in the air.
in:' eft'* t of the real fa< ts u| the -it
nation, tin* Merman winbss edit ns
make the wildest statements, border
in. almost on humor,
Thus a recent ropy of the Merman
wjrelc- - report sa\s "Superior meth
nds ol flying and greater skill ha\e
'ecured fur the Merman air force sm
•esses on a scale such as was never
known before " The same statement
refers in glowing terms to the "reck
loss attacking spirit” ol the pilots m j
I he Merman chasing planes a phrase1
r. liieh provoked much merriment :
imong British. French and American I
lirmeii. who of late have found that
e\en one of tile reconnaissance ma
bines can rely on putting to Might
m Merman machine which i- not
m companied by three or four of its
iwii kind.
"h M. rmaii\ i really pleased with
tier air record for the past few
Month-.' remarked a British squad
ron leader to the correspondent,
there i on reason for us to coin
Main. We ask nothing better than
hat Mermany should go on having
he same kind of success in future,
Months ”
He took as an example the report
or May, which lay open on his desk
This report." in* explained, "deals
with the British air lighting alone,
ind has no reference to the tine air
vork of the French, Italians and Amer
cans. During the month the British
jrought down 398 Merman machines
n aerial combat, and 20 by Mre from
he ground, while 100 more were
(riven down out of control and prob
ibly destroyed. During the same pe
riod 128 British machines failed to
•eturn to their airdromes.”
lUSTOIAN EMPEROR
ON WESTERN FRONT
AMSTERDAM, Auk. IB.—Emperor
< url of Austria Is now at the Herman
::ain headquarters.
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♦ ACTIVE SERVICE ♦
♦ FOR NEW DRAFT ♦
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♦ \v \siiim; ton. mil. iMl ♦
♦ men ■ i!lnl for ml i vi* servin' ♦
♦ under 111*' 11 r * i pi i-«- < I in-- iliuM. ♦
♦ inellldillK 11 * < II I..I w l i ‘II I lie II - > ♦
♦ of IS mill r, will lir in I'rnin < ♦
♦ ly ii*'\i .luiii. it u ,i Muii'il to ♦
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YESTERDAY’S CASUALTIES
OF AMERICAN FORCES
YiWSHINCTON. \ ur. 1.7 Army
and marine casualty lists issued yes
terda> totaled 17'.«. a follows:
Killed in action, '.'2; tiled * !
wounds, 2*1; missing. 1.:. died t»f aeei
dents, 2; died ol disease, 1"; severely
wounded. 24; wounded to a degree yet
undetermined. 2.
No Alaskans were among the cas
ualties.
PRESIDENT UNO WIFE
ENJOYING SHOOT REST
MA.NVIJKSTK!:. M.i \u Id
I’residejil W 11 II - oI!I | ' 1 ied 1 y
hi- v, ill', li.i- tri ' <-«t In i •• to ji. nd a
few da\ sat • li iiniin i home <>l
(' lone! | l».'i . The.; \ i--it •, to he
•I T'.iet one
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CUiVKLAM >. (thin. Aik l.V 1 n
establishing a new track record lor
the I'asig Sweepstal-.e . i.>r three y. ar
ob! trotters rceenth. Ilollvrond r. *b
bad to beat lour "! In ! ill ( M the
.\ e ll roll - W hit h till’ -lied belliml
be w 11e■ i be 'll ppffl tie • eond lie.d
in i‘ olq. one was a half brut hot*, two
were lull sisters aiyl another was a
half nephew of the otli *r four.
Hollyrood hob and Chestnut I’eter.
which finished Second are tile soli- o!
I’eter the Croat. Selka and Hilda
1 ’leteher. daughters of the fatuous
sire, finished third and seventh, n
q.-etively, while Sunny Smiles, his
granddaughter, bnishetl tilth.
Never before, at cording to horse
it.eii. did so many descendants oi one
lit ‘ se meet ill a single race
<>nly two three year-olds. I’ctf
Volo and Colorado K. have ever
equaled Hollyrood hob's time, and it
i" de( hired their re< ords wet* much
lat-T i" tin y« u Tin time tor the
t v. o event s f > and "1 q . t • said
t< he the fastest two miles ever trot
ted by a three year old in July
Chestnut I’eter was individually
timed in '2:or» Hat. while Selka was
caught in 1!:1 - in the record-break
ing mile.
SEATTLE OFFICIALS OFFER
TO WORK IN SHIPYARDS
SKATTIJi, Aim. It l < !•• hi \ o I). Mayor < tie llan-on, to.
nether with banker', 111i11i't<• r', lawyers and eitv and port of
lieials, have volunteered their services lor work in the ship
yards, in answer to the appeal for two thousand laborers, in
view ot the threatened labor shortage. Scores of women also
have applied for work, but they have been told that tlmie j„ no
labor they can do in the yards.
JAPANESE MARINES ARE
TOKIO. \im IT Japan* "• m rims
who recently landed at Suatow. China.
; to prote t Japanese interest" ha\ • •
1 • • n withdrawn. according to nttiei.il
advires The landing was on.a"inm 1
hy th*' fact that tie- Southern treops
, ietrealitiK before the Nortlurne'
left Swatow without protortion. l.aCr
the Northerners' advam • luum: In hi,
fin* Southern fore* - returned to uard
tlie i it v. and tin* .lap in- e • ml*ark< I
i’l tjieii hip
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\K\V V()HK, \ua l.'i Some T.""u
minitu’ engineers, members of the
Nmerican Institute of Mining Kn«i
neers. are shoulder K» shoulder In the
endeavor to stimulate war mineral
production and to convert minerals
to tin* highest pos ihl. s«-rvie.* in tin*
i war. In an effort t" inerease tin*
•cop** ot thi" war senior tin- Nneri
rail Institute «u Minina Kni^itnn • will
meet in Colorado during flu* w»*«-k of
Septeiiiher J !<> take up \ it I pmh
1* in- of iinm«*<ii;tt• impot tan*
Minim: engineer - from * \ - r >
f i* *n id tin* » on n f ry w ill a Mend I n r
nm tin* rn*'«‘timi trips ar** fo 1 *• u ale
from Colorado Sprinus i• > th « : ;!
Creek district. Pueblo, tin- l.*ad\ lie
• I l.-f! ict and 1 builder The v\ u.-k . •
uu: \ ill p- ii in I )rn\ • • r on S• •; ? • *
hi i :* and u ill that *\ riiiim mm .• to
Colnrado Sprim-. which "ill h.* ih<
principal lmathpia11« i " tor fin dnia
•am «»t f In* m«*«*t inu
Thi i f In tii f a* •■mill, ot t In*
entire in tit iite in ('olorado im •
1 Vm. and an ;.ppro|U iate I n*r. tall:
no-nt program, planned hy il; \ u
hundred Colorado members, sill in
clude an automobile drive to the top
ol Pike's peak.
The section - of i olorado to 1 « \ i
ited ar** rich in main minerals o! in
pnrtance. im linlinu terro alloys, ra
«1 iiiin. molybdenite ores and pvrite
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Tin* salmon run in tin* vicinitv ol
Siddovia i*- imported to In* di ap, .- nt
im: this year, hut tew fish haviiiu : m
at that point.
1GELA1DCAUGHT
TMDE WITH HUN
Id »\l H »\ \ir 1 \ L'f •• if ileal . r
• rad \ a dntn i • iu • n I • land ai i
< • er11 . in and \u-'i :a earlier in tli 1
■ a r. 11 i In n|iiiiHi <1 tin it! orin >'
■ • ner.il. ■ \pi i . d •!•'!■-in. tin in arm :
<t a ;: - e ill t in ’ ! t i r t. Ttu ■ nr
' ' a ha ml ’ radi t. an etiothim
ah and • . t > d : ■ ■ ih del. t !...
'!• ( lan d. < ' . an • • ill tr dam
I in ■ nt i ' ' i* . ? " " ■ • d ». t •
II :a ia I n imiai i.
Mflimml. tin 1 d i* t - i1 " ,. • i m a ■ • f
hi ' a 'In- ua • m»in:- "ii ' had i :
la I'll p*i>siJ.le to deter! H "V II . '
til" tej-ritMl All "! ! . • V "> .K
till ' in > had !>• Oil aide »n net r\ idem "
hy me ins • : ■ pt* d • in a * •
Kortunes hint la . i, niade in If land
Voyages usually were secret and 1»>
unusual emir es. designed to avoid tiio
British navy, while documents were
made out to eon ral the true naturo
the transat tions.
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AVIATOR CADET KILLED
THROUGH COLLISION M
FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 15.—
Cadet William it. Turnstall of Brook
field, Mass., was killed yesterday in
a full after a collision with another
plane, n thousand feet In the air The
other plane landed safely.
1’AliMS, An,”', la. Both >idcs an* gathering strength for
tlu* rosumption of heavy fighting. The French are hammering
the Lnssigny Xoyon line, and there is violent artilleryiiig be
tween the Acre and the Oise. The (lermans in the I'hieconrt
positions are reported to be giving way.
General llans Von Boelin. the German “retreat specialist,”
has been appointed to the supreme command on the Somme
front. It is believed this appointment is highly significant. The
German withdrawal north of Albert is believed to be the first
application of his tactics.