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The Cordova Daily Times
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OBSTINATE FIGHTT
PERSHING WILL COMMAND
MIXED ARMIES OF ALLIES
WASHINGTON, May 16.—Divisions on the western battle
front where American troops are brigaded with the French and
British hereafter will fight under American commanders
whenever the Americans predominate in numbers.
General Pershing may soon be in command of British and
French units, in addition to American. The plan is regarded
as desirable, especially as the American forces are rapidly
growing in numbers.
It is learned here that General Foch, as commander-in
ehief of the allied forces, also directs the Italians along the
Italian front.
AIRCRAFT PROBE
IS OBJECTED TO
BYMR.WILSON
WASHINGTON, May 15.—In a let
ter to Senator Martin, Democratic
leader in the senate, President Wil
son declares that he will regard the
passage of the Chamberlain resolu
tion, calling for an investigation of the
aircraft and other war activities, as
a direct vote of want of confidence in
the administration, and an attempt
by congress to take over the condqct
of the war.
The President said that he did not
object to the aircraft investigation,
but said he seriously objected to any
investigation of the general conduct
of the war.
Objections Renewed
WASHINGTON, May 16.—President
Wilson yesterday renewed his fight
against the adoption by the senate of
Senator Chamberlain’s resolution for
an inquiry into war activities. He ad
vised Senator Thompson that the re
solution as amended by the senate
resolutions committee on Wednesday
still is objectionable.
The President said that, -consider
ing all the circumstances, *the Cham
berlain resolution would in effect
authorize a “dragnet” investigation by
the military affairs committee.
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VANCOUVER SHIPYARD EIRE
HAS DISASTROUS RESULTS
VANCOUVER, B. C., May 15—Eire
destroyed a portion of the Coghlan
and Sons shipyard in this city last
night. The damage is estimated at
$1,500,000.
One fireman was killed and one
new ship destroyfed. The fire was of
accidental origin.
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TUCSON, Ariz., May 15.—Twenty
one of the leading mining company
officials, employes and business men
of the Warren district have been ar
rested at Bisbee on indictments re
turned by the federal grand jury.
The grand ^ury, which has been in
session for several weeks, has just
completed an investigation of the de
portation last July of nearly twelve
hundred alleged members of the In
dustrial Workers of the World.
Each of the defendants was releas
ed on bail of $6,000.
GRAND ARMY VETERANS
TO VISIT CAMP LEWIS
TACOMA, May 16.—The encamp
ment of the Department of Washing
ton and Alaska, Grand Army of the
Republic, which has been in session
here during the week, yesterday chose
Wenatchee as the place of meeting
next year.
The veterans will visit Camp Lewis
today in a body.
The oldest veteran at the encamp
ment is 99 and the youngest 66.
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LONDON, May 14.—An official
statement issued by the British war
office says that British mounted
troops, after capturing Kirkut, in
Mesopotamia, pursued the Turks for
twenty miles northward. On May 11
the Turks were driven across the
lesser Zab river at Altyn Kupri, six
ty miles southeast o!f Mosul.
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LONDON, May 16.—American prep
arations on the western front are
amazing in their immensity. Plans
are being made for the accomodation
of five million American troops. This
was the statement made by Harry
Brttain, secretary of the English Pil
grims’ Club, before a meeting of the
Royal Colonial Institute.
He said that if the Germans did not
give in the number of Americans will
be increased to any amopnt necessary.
RULERS FOR PROVINCES
NAMED BY EMPERORS
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LONDON, May 15.—The Austrian
and German emperors, at a meeting
held at German great headquarters,
have selected monarchs for the new
principalities of Courland, Esthonia,
Poland and Lithuania.
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NEW GUN FACTORY
WASHINGTON, May 14.—The war
department has selected Neville isl
and in the Ohio river, near Pitts
burgh, as the site of a great govern
ment ordnance plant to be operated
in the interior.
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WITH THE BRITISH ARJdY IN FRANCE, May 16.—
Hard fighting in the neighborhood of Hill 44, north of Kem
mel. which was stormed and retaken late Tuesday evening by
the French, prevailed all day yesterday.
The much-disputed elevation has changed hands many
times recently, but at a late hour last evening the French were
still holding off the Germans.
French Capture Prisoners
PARIS, May 16.—Artillery firing continued last night on
the French front southeast of Amiens, near Halles. German
raiders were driven off west of Montdidier. The French cap
tured prisoners in patrol operations north of Ailette.
General Haig’s Report
LONDON, May 16.—General Haig reports local fighting,
in which the French captured prisoners and successfully ad
vanced their lines north of Kemmel.
The Berlin Report
BERLIN, May 16.—German attacks north of Kemmel yes
terday resulted in the taking of IL’O prisoners, says an official
communication. The French suffered sanguinary losses.
Artillery duels in the Kemmel region continue.
Bombard American Trenches
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN FRANCE, May 16.
—The Germans laid down a heavy barrage on the American
positions northwest of Toul yesterday morning, but no infantry
attack developed.
The Americans were in line during the firing, ready for
lie enemy. / '
IS BASIC PLAN
WASHINGTON, May 16.—According
to a dispatch received in this city
from Switzerland, the Berlin news
papers indicate that the basis of the
j new treaty of alliance agreed upon at
the recent conference of the German
and Austrian emperors contemplates
fixing twenty-five years as the dura
! tion of the alliance.
The imposition of stricter military
i obligations upon each nation, and the
i regulations of economic relations in
i order to realize the Mittel-Europa
plan of the pan-Germans, are other
| features of the alliance.
CONOUERED TERRITORY
MUST PAY HUNS TRIBUTE
AMSTERDAM, May 14,—Kaiser
Wilhelm has issued a proclamation
1 stating that it is to be asumed that
Lithuania will participate in Ger
; many’s war burdens.
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HARBIN, Manchuria, May 16.—Ka
rimskay, a railway junction, has been
captured by General Semenoff, the
anti-Bolsheviki leader. Military engi
neers have been dispatched to restore
the line in the rear of the retreating
Bolshevik.
The people of whole districts in
Siberia are dying of starvation be
cause of lack of transportation for
foodstuffs.
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WAR ON COSSACKS
AMSTERDAM, May 15—The Ber
lin Vossiche Zeitung says that war
has been proclaimed at Ekaterinos
lav, Odessa and Poltava as a strong |
counter-current is observable among
several groups of Great Russian j
forces in the Don region, where the;
war is proclaimed.
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♦ FINN BARBARISM ♦
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♦ MOSCOW, May 15.—After the 4
4 occupation of Tammerfors, Fin' 4
4 land, by the Finnish White 4
4 Guard five hundred Russian offi- 4
4 cers and men were summarily 4
V shot. 4
4 The victims were brought out 4
4 ®n ^reups of fifty, Ined up, and i
4 mowed 'flown with machine guns. 4
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LONDON, May 11—The Britisl
casualties for the week ending todaj
total 41,612. Of this number, 5.56'
were officers and men killed. It it
thought that this wreek’s total is th<
largest of any week of the war, and ii
is believed to represent the losse:
suffered when the fighting in Fland
ers and Picardy was at its height, a;
the casualty reports usually are no
available for some time after the ac
tions in which they were sustained.
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CORDOVA'S HONOR FLAG
ILL FLOAT IN BREEZE
The Honor Flag awarded to Cor
dova for oversubscribing her quota ot
the Third Liberty loan bonds was
received on yesterday's boat by the
First Bank of Cordova and has been
turned over to the National Council
of Defense. It is 8x15 feet, with two
blue stars.
Cordova’s allotment was $47,000, but
the subscriptions were $170,000 or
nearly four times our quota. The
committee in charge of the flag pole,
from which the new emblem will be
unfurled, has arranged with the Cor
dova Mill &, Lumber Company for the
installation of a pole 85 feet long,
which It is hoped to have erected by
May 30.
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Capt. W. H. Waugh and Capt. John
Zug, president and enginnering offi
cer, respectively, of the Alaska Road
Commission, are in Cordova, having
arrived on yesterday’s boat. Capts.
Waugh and Zug will leave for the
interior, the former going to Fair
banks, and the latter as far as Nome.
HEEL OF HUN MILITARISM
PRESSES RUSSIA’S LIBERTIES
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WASHINGTON, May 16.—The state department has made
public a protest of the Russian Soviet government to Germany
against German aggression, which shows that the Russians
gave notice of its intention to mobilize all necessary forces to
secure the freedom and independence of the Russian republic.
The protest states that the republic is now menaced be
yond the limits established by the Brest-Litovsk peace treaty.
ML Mill SEME
IIHIfllSITED IK [1ST
WASHINGTON, May 15.—Airplane
mail service between Washington,
Philadelphia and New York began to
day, when Lieutenant George Boyle;
started from this city as ihe pilot of
the first machine in the service.
The President and Mrs. Wilson
witnessed the start.
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UNITED STATES
S
EL PASO, Texas, May 16.—Ameri
, can cavalry yesterday crossed the
Mexican border at Stilwell’s Ford,
eighty miles south of Marathon, Tex
as, in pursuit of raiders who crossed
from Mexico Tuesday and seized
thirty head of cattle from American
ranchmen.
A cowboy was first sent across the
border in pursuit of the cattle, but
was captured by the raiders and com
pelled to pay $140 for his release.
There were no casualties during
the raids. The bandits are said to
be in command of three Americans
who crossed the border to evade the
draft.
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MONT UNO IS
TIGHTLY HELD
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HEADQUARTERS OF THE ITAL
IAN ARMY. May 16.—In northern
Italy enemy groups continue to ap
proach Mont Como, and attempt to
reopen the advance through Valarsa,
but are repeatedly repulsed by the
j Italian batteries.
Details of the capture of Mont Cor
i no by the Italians show that the fight
j ing, though carried on by small
| groups, was very bloody.
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LONDON, May 14.—A state of siege
has been declared at Sinchow, a sub
urb of Prague, the capital of Bohemia.
The troops there have been sent
away. It is reported that one hun
dred and fifty women have been ar
rested on account of demonstrations, i
The burgomaster has resigned, and
the ferment is spreading throughout ]
Bohemia. ^ l
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ROME, May 16.—The Italian naval
forces early in the morning of Tues
day last entered the Austrian naval
base at Pola by dodging the patrol
boats and searchlights, and torpedoed
an Austrian battleship of the Vire
bus and Unitis type, of 20,000 tons.
While the naval force was torpedo
ing the warship Italian seaplanes en
gaged the Austrian planes above Pola.
Two Austrian planes were downed.
The Italians returned in safety to
their base. ^
Was Modern Vessel
Austria has four vesels of the Veri
bus and TTntta type, which comprise
the largest and most modern vessels
of the Austrian navy. At the time
the war started alt were classed as
dreadnaughts and caricd about a
thousand m§n each.
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WIT HTHE AMERICAN FORCES
IN FRANCE, May 16.—American avi
ators yesterday shot down three Ger
man airplanes in the Tout sector. Five
American aviators were later decorat
ed with the French wrar cross.
WILL LEAVE BAD SCAR
ON PRESIDENTIAL HAND
WASHINGTON, May 14—Presi
dent Wilson today removed the ban
dages which have encased his left
hand since he was burned four weeks
ago while inspecting a British tank.
The injuries were caused when he
needlesly took hold of a hot pipe.
The hand has healed, but the burns
have left ugly scars, whch cover the
entire palm.
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TO BUTTLE LINE
PARIS, May 16.—L'Homme Libre,
Premier Clemenceau’s newspaper, says
that America has promised to have
i million and a half fighting men in
Prance by the end of the year.
The Americans, ifr. says, must have
heir own organization, which means
hat they must have at least two mil
ion specialist workers in the quar
ermaster’s and other departments.