The Cordova Daily Times
Member of Associated Press
VOL. HI. No 350 . ~ CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER !>, 1!>1S PRICE TEN CENTS
GERMANS THREATEN TO MAKE A STAND
A f If Ifp
EXECUTED FDR
AMSTERDAM, Sept, fl — Dive hun
dred and twelve alleged counter revo
lutionists have been shot as reprisal
for the murder of Moses I'ritsky,
chairman of the I’etrograd eommis
sion for the suppression of the coun
ter-revolution.
Lenine's Assailant Executed
AMSTERDAM. Sept. '.'. — Dora Kap
lan. the alleged assassin of Premier
Lenine, was executed on September
•t. according to dispatches from Mos
cow to a Berlin newspaper.
ITHiy PROTESTS
WASHINGTON. Sept. A protest
against the provisiou in the war-time
prohibition Dill which prohibits the
importation of wines, except those in
transit. ; Iter the final passage of the
measure, was made today by the Ital
ian government through Ambassador
Direct t’ollere.
A copy of the protest will he sent
to the senate foreign relations com
mittee
Tin1 ambassador said the proposed
a, lion of congress would cripple the
gt eat industry of winegrowing in
Italy.
IS TO BE GIVEN
WASHINGTON, Sept, it.—Provost
Marshal General Crowder intimated
today that he will issue orders for
the reopening of all cases where
skilled railroad men have been placed
in Class 1 under the selective service
law. This is expected to relieve the
situation which led to the protest to
President Wilson by Director of Kail
roads McAdoo. to the effect that so
many railroad men had been called to
the colors that the railroads were crip
pled.
(T.IOY 111 -A ND. Ohio, Sept- 9. —The
federal court room was crowded to
day at the opening of the trial of
Kugene Y. Debs, former Socialist can
didate for President, charged with vio
lating the espionage act.
Debs was indicted for remarks al
leged to have been made in till address
he!are the Ohio state convention of
the Socialist party in June last.
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K. Wittig, one of McCarthy's suc
cessful business men. arived in town
on yesterday's train, it being his first
visit here in four years, and he is
very tavor.ihlv impressed with the
! giowth and prosperity ot the town.
BOSTON WINS AGAIN AND
CLINCHES CHAMPIONSHIP
Pld.WYAY PAKK. Boston, Sept. !>. Victory perched upon
;!ie laniier- of tlie Boston [»<■«] Sox today when more than
twentv thousand persons witnessed the deteat ot ( liieago in
an exciting game in which “ Babe" Kutli’s bat was a prominent
figure. The series now stands: Boston, .! games, ( liieago, I.
With W hiteman and .Midnnis on bases, a high ball was
pnssi d l>\ Tyler, and Kutli knocked out a three bagger in the
fourth inning, scoring the two.
The game seemed safely in Boston \s hands until t he eight h,
w hen Kutli wobbled. ('liieago tied the score when Hendrix and
Met ’ahe singled.
Boston went into the lead again in the eighth on Sehang’s
single, a passed ball and a lurid heave of a sacrifice hit by I’liil
I touglas.
Kutli went bad again in the ninth and was replaced by
Bush, who stopped the Cubs. I In* score:
K. II. Id.
Chicago . - < I
Boston . •> 4 II
Batteries: Chicago Tyler, Douglas, Ixillifor and Barber.
Boston —Kutli, Bush, Agnew and Seining.
Squabble Over Gate Receipts
The distribution of the receipts of the world’s ehmupion
ship series has resulted in a disagreement between plajBrs and
management. The shares of t he players have been cut to $1,2<H)
apiece for the winners and $H00 for the losers. The players
have named a committee t,o remand a guaranteed payment ot
$2,(MX) to the winners and $1,400 to the losers.
ONE FRENCH DIVISION
HOLDS FIVE OF ENEMY
LONDON. Sept. !>.—The night passed ipiietly along the
British front in northern France and in Flanders, except for
artillerying. says an official statement. The German statement
that the Teutonic armies are now in new positions is believed
to mean that Ludciidorff believes that the German retirement
is ended, and that he will try to make a stand on the presod
line. Paris reports that German artillery is thundering along
the whole line. It is believed, however, that the allies will com
pel a continuance of the German retirement.
Progress of British Forces
(>n the* front between Pennine and St. Quentin British pa
trols have occupied the towns of Vennand, five miles northeast
of St. Quentin, and Vendelles, two miles north of Vennand.
British forces are attacking Gouiencourt.
French Hold Crozat Canal
The French hold the Crozat canal practically along its on
tire length, four miles from St. Quentin.
Advancing Northwest of St. Quentin
WITH THK BRITISH FOHCKS, Sept.!». The British ad
vanced today west and northwest of St. Quentin, and are now
five miles from the old Hindenhnrg line, and are still ad
vancing. The British also haw'tnhde a formidable thrust on
the Arras Cambrai road.
French North of the Somme
I * A R1S, Sept. !>. North of the Somme the French have ad
vanced toward ('bistres and occupied laimotte farm.
French Encounter Hard Fighting
FKKXCII IIKADQFARTKRS, Sept, if The hardest
lighting the French troops have had during the past week has
been among the woods before the old Ilindenlnirg line. 1 lie
Hermans are believed to hate decided to make a stand at pro
pared positions near Quincy, Basseport and St. Maid, when
t hey have an advantage.
Great Machine Gun Concentration Against French
W ITH THK FKKXt'H F<>h’<T',S, S, pt. !». Tin- French he
tween the Aisneand the Oise are virtually behind the old win
entanglements of 1iH7. The trenches on the Aisne canal and
Ailette river which form a sort of advanced post were w rested
, from the enemy after a five days’ struggle, during which fiv<
different German divisions attempted to hold off a singh
French division. The Germans have accomplished the great
"st concentration of machine gun tin* of the war in this sector
according to the officers. The French built bridges under a
withering fin*.
Germans Claim Success in the North
BKh’l ,1 X, Sept. !*. The Germans yesterday repulsed a 11 i e.
attacks north of Armentieres, in Flanders, where allied pris
oners were captured, says an official statement.
Another official statement says that the French were re
pulsed between the Ailette and Ai'lie rivers, within -anguinarx
losses.
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CREWS OF MISSING SHIPS
LOCATED AT HONOLULU
A PACIFIC I’OBT, Sept. !». Word of the safe arrival ai
Honolulu of tin* officers and crews ot the American vessels An
nie Parson and A. M. Baxter, working in the South seas, war
brought here today by a British steamship.
'The steamship Annie Parson was formerly known as a (Scr
man gun runner, and since her seizure felt a Pacific port with j
cargo for the South sea islands. She was wrecked on an islanc
a few feet from where the British bark Murrav, carrying dyna
mite, recently went ashore and blew up.
The crews of the two vessels lived on supplies from the Fai
son. One boat carrying survivors of the Murray is missing
j The survivors left their companions to look for assistance.
(OLD IS BLIND
WASHINGTON. Sept. To coll
serve gold for essential monetary pur
poses, the government has forbidden
the issue of old bullion from the Phila
delphia, Denver and San Francisco
' mints and the New York assay of
' (ice without license from the war in
dustries board, the Federal Reserve
board or Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo.
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Dr. G G. Martin of the Fnited
Geological Survey reached here from
Strelna yesterday. He has just com
pleted an official trip to Fairbanks
| and Inferior camps, and after going
j to the westward will return to the
j tiering river coal fields, near Katalla.
WASHINGTON. Sept '• Secretary
of War Maker is in Grain e :or hi sec
ond visit to the \merie.m army at
the front, lie is ac( ompauied l»y John
I). Myan, assistant secretary of war.
ii: charge of aircraft; Surgeon General
Gorgas and brigadier General Mills
chief of the embarkation service
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SKATTLK. Sept Saturdays
prices tor tihh were Halibut. Mi7*!*;
sableflah. Vic; ling and red cod,
lL'V
KETCH IK A N. Sept Saturdays
fi-h prices were Halibut, firsts.
liG-ye; seconds. f*,4r- sablefish. 4c;
red rock, :h\
ALLIED CONSULS ARE
ARRESTED IN RUSSIA
\\ ASlll\GT< >.\, Sept. A. British and French consular and
: ither officials throughout Bolsheviki controlled Ru— in have
been arrested pending the outcome ol negotiations between the
| dlies and the Bolsheviki. The Bolsheviki are willing t<> agree
i to an exchange of diplomats with (! real Britain 11 the Bo I 'lie vi k
Representatives at London are given safe conduct home.
German Control of News Keeps People in Ignorance
STOCKHOLM. Sept. !>. Tim lack of reliable information
in Finland and Sweden concerning Russian internal allairs has
amazed the American and Italian refugees wlm have arrived
here from Russia. They are also surprised to find Sweden and
Finland in such a normal condition.
Bolsheviki and German newspaper propagandists ha\e ex
elusive control of the field covering Russian information, and
j the Russians are given little foreign news except that indicat
ing allied weakness and Teutonic strength.
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GERMAN OFFICER CLAIMS
RETREAT PREARRANGED
A MSTKK I >A .M. Sr | it. !•. hi In-tan- < n ha* w a i in I’, i n-.
Lieutenant (ioneral Von I'ript. u I .oriii'd.i vrn. d i at; ■- i i "I
till gi III-Till St air(-111 it I-Illll-I I that t lie el'isis oil tlir \\ e-| I'lll I |r| 11
was less serious than mnii\ others during the war. lie -aid the
position the (ioniums occupied before the enemy counter ot
tensive was the result of a too -pen|\ advance, and was mi-nil
j able for defensive fighting. The sole purpose ol t lie w it lidrnw.nl
j of the (ienmin forces was the el’tective economizing ot torers.
AMERICAN SAILORS TAKE
TOWN IN BRILLIANT BATTLE
AKC'HAXtlKL, Sept. !•. A detachment of American sail
Lrs among the allied forces fighting near (tbersciskaya have
captured the town in a brilliant feat of arms. The Americans
successfully extricated themselves from a dangerous predica
ment when surrounded by the enemy.