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Cordova Daily Times
Member of Associated Press
VOL III. NO. 270. • CORDOVA, ALASKA. T|flB&DAY. OCTORKR 1, 101^ PRICK TKX CKNTS
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RIOTS CAUSED
IN BERLIN BY
PEACE NEWS
L< >X1)( >X, ()<•!. 1. There i> j
the greatest excitement in Ger
many over tlie Bulgarian de
feet ion, according to dispatches
from Holland. On Saturday
the excitement almost reached]
t he panic stage.
There appears to lie a deter
f munition that something must
he done, and the dispatches
state that there is a demand
for someone possessing the con
fidenee of the Germans and
tin* allies to replace the present
military oligarchy.
It is said the .junker and
conservative classes have* split.
The reports state that a
peace demonstration took place
in Berlin Saturday. Cheering
crowds assembled before the
Bulgarian legation, necessitat
ing police intervention. The
rioters got the upper hand of
the an+horifies and committed
excesses. Several statues were
*' vi* to Be "Goat"
PHiwp Von Buelow, former German
chancellor, may he the vogue person
ality mentioned in the Hague advices
as tin* statesman who is expected to
appear as the German strong man in
the present crisis.
It has been an open secret that Ger
many has been holding Von Buelow
for the position for use in the critical
period that tin* making of peace would
b-ing. The suggestion that a man of
his type is now needed may indicate
flint Germany is coming to • i '• th
beginning of the end is at band,
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SENATE PUTS
KIBOSH ON THE
SUFFRAGE BILL
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 Following
stubborn attempts on tin* floor of con
gross to place tin* woman suffrage
amendment on the statute hooks, last
ing almost half a century. America’s
women have again lost their light
Th«* senate this afternoon, by a vote
of to :n. failed to give the neees
sar\ two-thirds majority to adopt the*
resolution s ihmittiug the Anthony sul
trage amendment to the states.
Supplementing his address of yes
terday in support of the'measure by
sending personal letters to several
Democratic .senator who opposed tin*
i esolution, urging them to support it.
I'i cside!!t W iIs*>n was po , rl s to
prevent its defeat
ltej.inniiig with its introduction in
!S7N when i! was killed in a senate
committee by a great majority, tin*
amendment h on various dates faced
committee action twelve* times in the
senate and eight times in the house.
Heforc tin* amendment for national
woman suffrage was put before con
gress woman suffrage advocates,
headed by Susan H. Anthony, and
later by Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, car
ried the tight to the state legislatures,
and a “victory map of l!»17" issued by
the* National American Association for
Woman Suffrage shows thirteen states
that have grunted full suffrage* to their
women, besides twenty-one st ites that
have granted partial woman suffrage.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE. Oct. 1.—Prices for fish
at noon today were: Halibut, 15c;
sablefish, 6c; Miik and red cod, Sc.
UE
E TOWN
ASSOCIATED PRESS W AR SLMMARY. Tin* French,
British, Americans ami Belgians continue their smashes. Bli
ther increasing the peril to the Gormans, Irom \ enluu to the
North sen. The important bastions o| Lille, Cambrai, St. Quoii
ti11 and Laon are becoming ot little use to the (iermans. I lie
Belgians have captured Roulers, widening the wed*re between
Lille and the (ierman sulunarine liases on the Belgian coast.
Germans Destroying Cambrai Before Evacuation
LONDON. Oct. 1. The (i -rmans are burning Cainbrai un
der threat of its capture hv the British, says an official
I, ; 111 nt Li-ui'd this uioi nil.a. The British continue the clos
ii in movement, and have captured Prouille, west ot Cambrai,
and Tiljov. near by. (»n the northwest the British have ad
vanced a wedge north of St. Quentin and captured Levergies,
between Cainbrai and St. Quentin, and also have taken Vend
huile.
Americans Engage in Fierce Fighting
The (iermans are rushing reserves into the battle between
the Argonnc forest and the Meuse river, where the Ameri
can forces are engaged. A new German division has been
identified among the eiiomv forces ns ottering the fiercest re
sistance. The Americans fought a pitched battle amid the
ravines, woods and heights. Tlu* Germans are using every pos
sible resource to prevent or at least delay the American ad
vance. The Americans are fighting bard and the efforts of the
OcrmrtfM jisvV* availed them lift1?.
Germans Driven East of Canal
W ITH THE BRITISH FORCES, Oct. I. No Germains
remain on the western side of the St. Quentin canal, having
been driven hack in the heavy fighting last night. The Ger
mans hold the east hank and in the fighting last night showed
great strength.
Gallant King Albert in Command
11A \ RE, Oct. 1. K i 11 v Albert is in personal command "f
the Belgian drive.
French Launch Another Great Attack
PARIS, < >ct. !. The allied offensive is gaining strength
and the German resistance is weakening. Yesterday another
French army joined in the great battle, and suects-fullv at
t u -keil along t lie Yesle.
An important feature of yesterday’s operations occurred
on the extreme left wing, where the remarkable advance of the
Belgians covers the flank of the British Second arinv, enabling
it to advance safely to tin* capture of the crossings of the Lys
'iver at Warrentoii, Comines. Cmirtrai and Monin. The Brit
already have captured two of these crossings. When across
lie l.ys the British can complete the envelopment of Lille, Ron
baix and Tnurooing in this region. The British have nil hut
taken ('am Ina i, St. (Quentin a in I Le t 'at i-let. Imt they a re in >| < n
?Upied mi account of the mill '- and traps left In the (lermaii-. '
The 1'T‘eiich are pushing their attacks hetween the Ai-im mid ,
\ t‘s|e risers, -ay- an official -latcmciit, and the attack- in
Champagne continue. I >i na rsi I le and Coiide le Zamirs have
lieen cap!tired.
Americans Occupy Hindenburg Line Trenches
WITH Till-; A Ml-: Kit AN F< >B< liS in the St. <t>uotilin S-c
tor, ttet. 1. The Americans mi the llindeiihurg line, -mith o|
‘Ooutile, were heavily engaged nil day yesterday. The Au-tra
bans are co-operating with the Americans and the fighting i
vigorous. In a tunnel through which the St. (Jueiitin canal runs
a thousand Hermans poured. In the struggle large number- "I
the Hermans were killed. They worked their machine guns
with the greatest vigor before they were silenced. The mouth
.of the tunnel was choked with dead.
The Americans are holding the trenches in the Hindenburg
line.
Hard-Pressed Americans Refuse to Budge
North of Bellicourt there is heavy fighting. The Amcri
cans, despite great fighting pressure against them, held their
,positions in some cases to the last man, and fell fighting rather
than surrender a single inch to the desperately fighting Her
mans, who seemed to have been hurled against them regardless
'1> ost.
Desperate Resistance of GermaJis
WITH THH AM HRK’AN FORCKS Northwest of Verdun,
<)ct. 1. Although it i- apparent that the Hermans are trying
desperately to Imhl the American- a- fat a- po-sihle from tie
Kriemhilde line hetween Argonim mid tlm Mo.-dle. tlm evhh lie
shows that the Herman- are ret i ring, imt w it list and i eg the fins
of their general re-i-taiice.
Bulgarian Forces Cut in Two
LONDON, Oct. I. The Serbians east of \'e|es oil Surnlas
d> b ated the Bulgarians six miles from the Bulgarian frontier,
ai d cut ilm Bulgarian lorn - in two part-.
The Bulgarian soldier- killed tlieii officer- who • ri i|
stop their flight.
French cavalry lias occupied l skub.
German Reinforcements Arrive at Sofia
AMSTFRDAM. (tet. I. A ( hu man dispatch -as - that ’!'
ton troops have arrived at Sofia, Bulgaria, and \x > re ■ i\o n a
enthusiastic welcome by the population. A Ve in .a di-oat •
jsays that Austro-Hungarian troops also have arrived at S. Idi
British Advance in Syria
I ’A B I S, < >et. 1. I he Brit is h loin- under ( ion I a I A I lellby
! arc now within two and one half miles of Damascus.
MORE SEAMEN
WANTED FOR
NEW VESSEL!
WASHINGTON Oct 1 Presiden
Wilson has appealed to all men o
land and sea who have had sea sen
in to give full information about thei
i Ming and experience in tilling on
heir questionnaires. so that the go'
ernmert may know when* to get e
; « t iei.eed mien.
For Increase in Ship Program
Chairman Hurley of the Cnite
States Shipping Board has asked th
house appropriations committee fc
authority to spend $4S4,oon,uou add
tional to carry out the shiphuildin
program.
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Use of Platinum
Jewelry Stoppe<
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 The wji
j industries board hits prohibited tli
use of platinum Jewelry for non-essei
tinl purposes after today.
Gen. Harbord Is
Commended for
Rushing Supplies
PARIS. Oct 1 (Icncral Pershing.
• I'ch.ill ot the \ni* ri< ;m Hirst army.
| has publicly congratulated Major
(Iernr.il James (I. Harbord. com
mander of tin* American supply sorv
^ he. for the manner in which the
necessary supplies were transported
to the front in the recent operations
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l LONDON, Oct. 1 It is reported
that the Herman vice chancellor, Von
Payer, has resigned.
*
1>. J McCarthy, in charge of the I
* novvlx -inducted men from Cordova and
R( the Copper Kivcr valley, look the boys j
r on txxo long tramps today, just as a
reminder that they have military du
s ties to perform.
♦
The tlrst interior winter mail left
here on yesterday's train and Contrac
I tor John Brower started out from Chit
I ina with it this morning, using an
automobile. There will tie two mails
r between Cordova and Fairbanks, of
e 800 pounds, every week until Novent
i- her 21, when there will be three mails
a week of 1000 pounds each.
DANIELS ASKS
GERMAN NAVY
TO DO RATTLE
xi:\v yo;;Iv. o. i i s. »i;•,> m
tin* Navy haniels, in an inter':« !mv
today said tint the most fervent
prayer o! the na\> was tli .» 1 ('«<
man battleship.-- would eoine net and
do battle before* (b neral !*er l >
army went to Berlin
The secretary said he did not think,
the road to Berlin was an easy one.
but it was quite possible, as America
had determined to fight until the der
ma ns were beaten
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Want Deferred
Classifications
WASHINGTON, S.-pt, 30- Provost
Marshal G on era 1 Crowder has asked
the district exemption boards to hurry
In passing upon claims for de- i
ferrod classifications on occupational
grounds.
INFLUENZA
IS CLAIMING
lii 1ST' I \. I 'i i I Due bund: e.( If'
- ■ * v i ;11 \ <>ne <!• 11bs I rolli illbi:' '
11 ere repii: led v.-Uerd > Till :.l ill'
highest t<i, 11 nl any single <1 iy line'
•. uiiii ■ ■ ■ i<• 11 irteil.
Abating at Military Camp
CAMP 1 >!•:VI NS. Dei ' Inline.im
Is abating here Only forty mie -h' ill's
oeeurred yesterday
Twenty-nine Deaths at Chicago
CHIC Mil). (let 1 Twenty-nine
deaths from inttuen/.a were renorted
here yesterday. There were 1 :tS uses.
King of Spain Stricken
MAI>I!!P. (h-t 1 Span'sh influen/.n
is raping here. King Alfonza has
been taken ill with the disease, hut
his condition is not serious
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A number of Cordovans returning
from Seattle will arrive here early
tomorrow morning
MGS DONE
BULGARIANS
TO BE RIGHTED
I.( i.\ | n >N, (let l. Tli,- I’.nt
'll Inivi-ll -' , • | • t; i IN. A. .1.
I >* 111 < 111 r. -nn I in tin' linn-c m!
• <'n1111<'11" ti'il.-iy, in I'rinif
jii«■ -1i«iri- 11r<11iiiiiin|i 11 In tin1
A<i\ <•rn?11'• iit I'l'Ltiiniinir I In' Hill
_T; 11 ■ i; 111 i’i il l;i | isc, tllll* tl"‘
ivrniii>> nl’ the siilinnliiiati'd
icn|i!<'s 111n-1 lie ritflili'il ns urn
it' tlir rri|insiti's t’<*r a peari*
.ad.
The 11• i• i■ i1111 ic> u hit'll (in
iiian\ lia- «u-<-u j ii < ■< 1 -incc tic
lii'U'iiitiimr tic war must
ha\'c ciim|ili'tc ti'i'i'diim 1 •• • f<• j-i•
itiv Icatrnc <d' nati<m- is possi
i|c. -mid Mr. MaltuiU'.
Ferdinnnd Alarmed for Safety
I* A HIS. (>< f 1 Thr fear >>f n-volu
ion at home and tin* faihiro of <I• *r
nany and \ustria to send him mili
ary aid indsn id Kmp IVrdin.itid »d
lulgaria to turn to tin- entente for
»elp.
A (Cord i n a In the American consul
jenoral at Sofia the kitiK was haunted
iy recollections of the execution of
he former Russian czar. As the rev
ilutionists were prowim; in power
lally, he believed a strong force was
leedod. and so he turned to the en
ente
Bulgarian Co-operation
I.ONI ION. Oi l 1 I luriBK the Sa
onikt armistice iliseussioii Ituiparia
mlleated tliit she was not idverso to
Purke> .'rid explained that 1m ''ould
let only militarily in cooperation with
he allies
Turkey May Also Sue for Peace
The liaily News today iys that
rnrkey ha put out feelers for an
irmistlce
♦
KAISER MAKES
STRONG PLEA
I.uNIMIN. net. 1 Kaiser Wilhelm
ias sent to tin* fatherland pari; i
ness.ce in which he says he is «m
i(1 eiit in the hope that the German
•eople m these most serious times
sill • - <. 1 114 • I > gather around him and
o; their blood and weal'll until
':» ! • f 1 -e 11 h I or • he .It I • ' 'ft *
: the I n I igain d tin shameful
3iuimy plans.
Sm h enormous attacks a those ot
In kaiser. will strengthen the re
i , w ill a ,r:i .the.: 1 lie p
.,-1 . • * . e\j ;•w h;< h 'ill and must.
,\itli God's help, sm e. ed in bp-akin:-,
he enemy • "will to w it and ••■cure
or the tat hoi land the pl.n • .! i wot
hy of among the pe..ple < ' th *
.v o r 1 d.
♦
Draft Numbers of
New Registrants
Are Completed
WASHINGTON. Oct 1 Tl dra
ng of order numbers for the new
lraft registrants* was « unpleted this
norning. hours ahead < . h lu! ’
The last number dr n wa: iL'.fM
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Red Cross Asked
Instruct Belgians
WASHINGTON. Oft. I Vi the re
luest of Quoan Rlizabeth of Helghim,
j.e American i!ed ('ro'.s has under
uken to Instruct Held m mothers in
lie care of their children.