VOLUME II. NUMBER 483. CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 1916. PRICE TEN CENTS.
ALLIED OFFENSIVE MAKES GAINS
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FRENCH STILL
ADVANCE IN THE
SOMME SECTOR
LONDON, July 6.—Having captured the whole Ger
man second line south of Somme, from the river to Belloy, the
French today resumed operations north of the river and
cleared the bank almost to Clery.
The British are still heavily engaged along the whole front
from Hardecourt to Gommecourt, although not making the
progress which was made in the first rush. All the ground
they have captured they are holding and are constantly extend
ing their lines.
In some of the German trenches captured more than 80
per cent of the Germans were found to have been killed.
The Germans are pressing their attack on Verdun with
greater vigor than ever, presumably to prevent the shifting of
any troops from that section to the Somme sector.
RUSSIANS CONTINUE SUCCESSFUL.
LONDON, July 6. — The Russians continue successful
along tlie. entire eastern front, from Riga to the Carpathians,
and are pushing their advantages with relentless vigor. The
armies of the Czar have captured the railway between Delatyn
and Morosmezo, which may compel the armies at Stanislau
and before Tarmopol to withdraw and oblige General Bothmer
to withdraw toward Lemberg.
The Austrians have depended upon the railway for sup
plies. and in the hands of the Russians a new menace is faced
by the Austrians.
It is reported here that General Kuropatkin is contemplat
ing a great offensive in the Vilma region.
RUSSIANS TAKE MANY PRISONERS.
PETROGRAD, July G.—The Russians yesterday captured
more than 10,000 prisoners in the fighting. The prisoners were
taken along the entire front, although more than 5,000 are from
the Dneister front alone.
BRITISH MAKE SLIGHT ADVANCE.
LONDON, July 5.—The British today made slight gains in
the Thiepvalsm front, capturing a number of minor positions.!
On many of the German soldiers captured were found letters
from their homes telling of the great privations to which the
civilian population is subjected on account of the food
shortages.
Some of the captured men express a hope that the war
soon will be over so they will be enabled to return to the sup
port of their families.
GERMANS AFTER CATHEDRAL.
PARIS, July 6.—There has been no infantry fighting-at
Verdun since the beginning of the big allied offensive, but
the Germans are keeping up an incessant artillery fire, de
signed to keep the French busy. All day today German guns
of large calibre were directed at the Verdun cathedral, and it
is thought it is the intention of the Germans to destroy the
building if possible.
FRENCH MAKE BIG CAPTURES.
PARIS, July 6.—Seventy-six cannon, several hundred ma
chine guns and 10,000 Germans have been captured by the
French in the big offensive to date. The French armies still
are advancing and expect to take much more ground before
the Germans stop the advance of the allies.
TAKE TURKS PRISONER.
PETROGRAD, July 6.—The Russians today mad further
advances in the Caucasus, taking many Turkish prisoners and
large quantities of war materials.
DOMINICANS ARE
> CIVEN LESSON
BY MARINES
WASHINGTON, July 6. — It han
just been made public that twenty
seven Dominicans were killed in a
battle with U. S. marines on July 1,
in which one marine was killed and
eight whunded. The battle was pre
cipitated because the rebels refused
to disarm, but after the marines had
shown their marked superiority, the
entire band laid-down their arms anfl
agreed to disperse.
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The Fairbanks city council is puz
zling over its responsibility in a case
where It ordered a man to kill his
pet dog because it was alleged to have
bitten a child, and after the fell deed
had been accomplished it was dis
covered that the dog killed was not
the animal at fault.
VILLA AGAIN AT
BAND
WASHINGTON, July 6. — It Is ru
mored here that Villa has recovered
from his wounds, and is leading a
force of men northward from the re
gion just south of Parral.
VILLA WINS.
EH PASO, July 6. — A large body
of Villistas, with Villa in command,
defeated a small body of Carranzistas
near Corral. The news that Villa is
again at the head of his troopB has
causi^ncousternation in all Mexican
townr^near where he is supposed to
be, and the lawless element already is
flocking to his standard.
Food riots of increased proportions
are reported from all Mexican cities,
i and it is feare<^ that Villa will again
acquire a large following unless he Is
soon captured.
TO ANSWER NOTE
.WITHIN TEW
RAYS
WASHINGTON, July 6. — Secretary
Lansing today, after a conference,
with President Wilson, Indicated that!
the reply to Carranza's note will be
made soon, and that all communica
tions will be made through the re
gular diplomatic channels and direct
ly between the two governments.
It is felt here now that the last
danger of immediate war is past, and
the feeling of relief is notlcable in
official circles. Many, however, are
of the opinion that the war which
threatened is only averted, and that
within less than a year the same con
ditions again will confront this gov
ernment.
MEXICANS DISBAND.
GUAYMAS, July fi. — The large
number of volunteers who offered
their services and were accepted by
the Carranza government during the -
war excitement, have disbanded and
returned to their homes on the as
surances of the government that all!
danger of war with the United States
is now paBt.
CARRANZA WINS.
WASHINGTON, July 6. — The for
mal acceptance of Carranza’s propo
sals to settle the differences between ,
the two countries by negotiations will
be dispatched by Lansing today. Lan
sing will go on a month's vacation
tomorrow, indicating that the crisis
iB past.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS IS
DEADLY IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK. July 6. — During the
past twenty-four hours there have
been twenty-four deaths from infan
tile paralysis, and doctors are unable
to check the ravages of the epidemic.
The migration of people with child
ren to the country is growing rapidly,
hundreds taking the bouts and trains
today.
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There are nine persons in Cordova
today who do not know just where
they are going, or why. They have
not even the satisfaction of knowing
the^- are on their way; they all know
where they want to go, and the desti
nations for which they started, but
that they are not headed in that di
rection is because the steamship Dora
was so inconsiderate as to strike a
reef on her last voyage to the west
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ward and forced to return.
There were nine passengers from
the outside on the Dora at the time,
and when the vessel was returned to
this port in tow of the steamship Cor
dova, they were brought along.
Here their expenses are being paid
by the Alaska Steamship Company,
and they will be offered passage back
to the port from which they came
when the Alameda arrives, but aB to
continuing their journey to the west
ward, none of them know anything
ubout it.
Tom Tallent, local agent for the
steamship company, did his best to
rustle some sort of craft with which
the journey could be completed, but
there is nothing to be had, and the
passengers in the meantime are up
in the air.
The loss of time, and if it so re
sults, the inability of several of the
passengers to make the journey to the
westward at this time will result In
great monetary loss, but such is life
on the bounding wave.
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Miners on Klery creek, In the Ko
buk district, report the iprlng clmn
up will be the largest ever produced
In that district i
DUTEN WOMEN
ARE READY
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, July 5.
—The women of Holland are to be
prepared for instant mobilization in
case of war to keep the essential civil
life of the nation going, as well as
perform such service behind the lines
as that of the Red Cross.
Under the scheme now drawn up,
the National Women's Council of the
Netherlands is arranging for inscrip
tion offices to be opened all over the
country, where all the available fe
male labor forces can be registered
and classified on the card system. It
is to be left to each woman volunteer
to say whether she would desire a
salary or not, and whether she has
any objection to transferment from
one place to another, while she is
entirely free in her choice of the na
ture of the work. As, however, there
Is likely to be a superabundance of
offers for certain kinds of labor, the
volunteer can register a second and
even a third selection. No wage paid
is to be less than that earned by the
man replaced; on the other hand, the
woman so employed may in no case
claim the place when the emergency
Is past.
The plan has the entire approval of
ministers and the commander in chief
of the land and sea forces, and the
postoffice, railway and other authori
ties have promised their co-operation
in fixing the amount and kinds of la
bor that would be needed in the event
of mobilization. The preparatory
work of the women’s regimentation is
already in full swing in various cen
ters of the country.
ROYS' CONTEST
EARNEST
The Summer Contest for Boys start
ed by the Times for the boys of the
Copper river valley, is on, and the
youngsters of Cordova already have
begun circulating among their friends
In an effort to get the votes necessary
Lo win the bicycle or gold watch
which is to be given away.
The bicycle already is ordered, and
should be here before the contest is
snded.
At noon today the following boys
had entered and earned the votes
opposite their names:
George Wilson .125
Elwell Thawley.100
Sam Hedges.00
Brook ..50
Charles Royal.i
A number of other boys have signi-1
tied their intention of entering the
contest, which before the week is out,
promises to warm up.
EARTHQUAKE KILLS MANY
IN SULPHUR MINE
ROME, July 6. — A severe earth
quake at Caltanissetta, Sicily, today
killed 300 prisoners working in the
tulphur mines.
The earthquake was of short du
ration, but great violence. Many of
the prisoners were killed outright, but
most died from suffocation after be
ing shut off from escape.
More than 1,000 men were working
In the mines at the time of the quake,
but all except those killed managed
to escape.
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The white residents of Toonah, who j
jwn most of the property in that vil-1
lage, have appealed to Delegate Wick-,
jrsham for relief. Under the law per j
milting natives to organize communi- j
ties and elect town councils, the In
lians have taken advantage of the
Mtuation and are taxing the whites
tor the upkeep of the community,
while under the law they are allowed
to voice in the government.
BRING BODIES OF
EL PASO, July (i. — The bodies of
Captain Boyd, IJeutenant Adair and
seven troopers killed In the battle of
Carrizal, today were brought to El
Paso.
Although these men were heroes
only a few days ago, the return of
their bodies was scarcely noticed on
either side of the border, and Is point
ed out as an illustration of the quick
ness with which the United States
forgets the men who die In her ser
vice.
EL PASO, July H. — Examination of
the bodies of Captain Boyd and Lieu
tenant Adair show that the former
was shot through the eye and the lat
ter through the breast.
The Mexican officials were cour
teous to the .undertakers sent to re
'•over the bodies, and offered every
assistance in the recovery of the re
mains.
None of the bodies were mutilated,
although all were stripped of arms and
clothing. No attempt has been made
at separate burial, all the bodies hav
ing been piled Into a ditch together.
STEAMSHIP NEWS.
The steamship Alameda, of the!
Alaska Steamship Company, is due|
from the west tomorrow morning, and
the steamship Northwestern, of the
same line, is due from the south on
Sunday.
ADMIRAL [VANS HAS MANY
[OR CORDOVA
SEATTLE, July 6. — The steamship
Admiral Evans, of the Admiral line,
sailed for the north today with the
following passengers for Cordova:
Mrs. L. M. Eckaa, George A. Stone, E.
K. Parlin, O. L. Coward, Mrs. C. Wan
amaker, Fred Lee, Mrs. B. E. Lee, Joe
Smith. Martin Kenney, Nels Stark and
wife, Frank Berg and wife, and six
steerage.
RUSS III SENDS
HARBIN, July 5. — At least a quar
ter of a million of the prisoners of
war and refugees which were in Ser
bia during the winter have been sent
back into Russia to do farm work.
This has relieved the congested con
ditions in many districts and is les
sening the work of the foreign Red
Cross officials, who are endeavoring
to make the life of prisoners more
endurable.
It is estimated that there are still
seven hundred and fifty thousand re
fugees and prisoners in Siberia. Many
of these have been sent to remote
places far away from the Trans
Siberian railway. American Red
Cross workers are looking after the i
prisoners in the Amur river district j
of Eastern Siberia. In the territory
west of Harbin the relief work is i
chiefly in the hands of the Swedish :
Red Cross. Workers of that organ!- i
zation are providing medical supplies I
and endeavoring to better the social i
conditions in prison camps.
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MEAT RATION CUT DOWN.
PARIS, June 26. — Information al
leged to have been obtained from a
deseiter from the 28th German in
fantry is to the effect that the Ger
man soldier's fresh meat ration has
been cut down from 375 grams daily
to 200 grams, which is just half the <
ration of fresh meat received by the
French soldiers. The German canned 1
meat ration Is also alleged to have <
been cut down to 150 grams, as com
pared with the 250 grams of canned <
meat in the French ration.
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Adversity brings a good man out— i
especially at the knees and elbows.
SUBMARINES ARE
AGAIN ACTIVE IN
THE NORTH SEA
LONDON, July 6.—German submarine activity in the
North Sea was resumed today and three fishing boats were
mnk by the undersea fighters. In two cases the crews were
allowed to leave their vessels in safety, but in the third in
stance the skipper was killed and two of the crew were killed
by shots from the submarine.
A British mine sweeper was hit and severely damaged by
a torpedo from a submarine, but managed to escape destruction
and make its way into port. The crew of the mine sweeper
never sighted the craft which attacked them.
The Norwegian steamship Getronelle was attacked off
Farsund by a submarine, but escaped undamaged.
It is feared here that the offensive of the allies on the west
ern front will be the signal for a revival of the submarine war
fare as waged at the beginning of the war by the Germans.
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PARIS, July 5. — Two hundred tons
of American granulated sugar distri
buted daily to retail grocers in Paris,
his relieved a tension that was becom
ing acute, particularly because of the
importance of sugar in the French
man's morning coffee.
When the government recently in
tervened and fixed a maximum retail
selling price of one franc 20 centimes
a kilogramme for sugar (equivalent
to 12 cents a pound-, stocks became
Invisible, and the retail grocers began
refusing to deliver sugar, that they
had bought at one franc 60 in expec
tation of further rise. The house
wives and cooks parried the manoeu
vre by leaving on the grocer's coun
ter the tea, coffe and other things
they had bought. In case the grocer
had been bluffing, he produced the
mgar rather than lose a customer.
Now there is plenty of the granu
lated, to which Paris is unaccustomed,
preferring the cut lumps, but which
Is gaining in favor.
Simultaneously with the distribu
tion of granulated sugar, the authori
ties are moving against the wholesale
dealers. A police ordinance requires
the declaration at police headquarters
jf all quantities of sugar held by any
person or association of persons in
jxcess of 500 pounds; it also warns all
dealers that over-bidding the official
jrice, spreading of false reports about
Rocks and attempted combinations,
pools or corners, shall be rigorously
junished by fines of 500 francs mini
num and 10,000 francs maximum.
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MAIL STARTED FOR
FAIRBANKS THIS MORNING.
VALDEZ. July 1. — The first mall
or the interior on the new summer
lervice overland, left here this worn
ng in charge of Arthur Hill. Mr. Hill
will take the mail as far as the sum
nit, where he will be met by George
ttrlxner, who will take the mail on
intil he meets with E. Erickson, who
eft Fairbanks this morning with the
mtbound mail. At the meeting place
he mail will be exchanged, and Strix
ler will return to Valdez, while Mr.
Crick son will turn back to Fairbanks,
drs. Erickson und Miss Hilda Hihn
ila left with the stage this morning
md will go through to Fairbanks
vith Mr. Erickson.—Prospector:
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Mrs. A. A. Tremlett, wife of a Ket
■hikan man, tried to commit suicide
wice in one day recently, first by
urning on the gas in her apartments
ind then by jumping into Green lake,
[t is enough to make anyone suicide
o be forced to live in Seattle.
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Virgil Rich, a well known young
Seward man, has taken a position on
he lighthouse ship KukuL
CHINESE CASH IS
GIVEN REAL
VALUE
PEKING, July 5. — Thirteen thou
sand tons of Chinese copper cash,
valued at 4,360,000 yen, or about $2,
180,000 gold, was exported from Tsing
Tau to Japan during the past year. A
certain firm in Shantung still has in
stock many thousand tons of copper
money, and it is estimated that at
least twenty thousand tons in all have
been gathered in by Chinese dealers
in Shantung province since copper
has become high enough in price to
make it profitable to buy the coins.
The Chinese government has a law
against the exportation of the square
hole copper coins which Chinese
carry on strings, but this has been
disregarded by Japanese dealers. The
value of the copper cash varies great
ly in different parts of China. One
Chinese copper cent is usually worth
ten copper cash. As the silver dollar
is worth about 135 copper cents, it
could be changed into more than 1,
300 copper cash, an amount of copper
far more valuable at present rates
than the gold equivalent of a silver
dollar, which is about 50 cents.
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ALLIES PREPARE PLANS
FOR COMMERCIAL WAR.
PARIS, June 29. — The permanent
economic committee formed as a re
sult of the recent economic conference
of the allies, held its first meeting at
the foreign offices yesterday under
the presidency of Denis Cochin. Re
solutions adopted by the economic
conference have been received with
enthusiasm by the press. The news
papers declare that the conference
has set forth in substance practical
measures which can be applied to the
defense of the allies against the com
mercial war which they say the Ger
mans are organizing with as much, if
not more, determination and care as
they have shown in the physical con
flict now raging.
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SHE GETS $50,000 A YEAR.
LONDON, June 29. — Mrs. Rita
Armstrong Drexel, wife of Anthony J.
Drexel, the American banker, was
given judgment against her husband
for a yearly allowance of $50,000 to
day.
When the case was last before the
court in December, 1915, Mr. Drexel
contested the jurisdiction of the Eng
lish courts on the grounds that he
was a resident of France. This point
was decided against him and when
court opened today the banker’s at
torney said that as it had been de
cided that the English courts had
jurisdiction he could not defend the
case.
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Some men, like bricks, are always
hard pressed for cash.