Copper Ore Shipments From Cordova Alone Are Over $2,000,000 Each MontiT
The Cordova Daily Times RhF~
VOMTMK OXK NUMBER 191.__COKDOVA, ALASKA, TTKSDAY, JULY 20, 1!>1;k —— PRICK THN CK.VI S. ”
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ZAPATA AGAIN
CITY
WASHINGTON, n. C„ July 20.—
The soldiers of General Zapata re
occupied Mexico City last Sunday fol
lowing the evcauation of the capital
by the army of General Gonzales.
Gonzales was obliged to retreat be
cause of the danger to his forces from
the approaching army of General
Villa which is bearing down on Mexico
City from the north. Gonzales retired
along the railroad in the direction of
Vera Cruz.
PHYSICIANS FEEL
FRANK HILL
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., July 20.—
Leo Prank passed a restful night
after the attack made upon him with
a knife by a fellow prisoner. Prank's
fever has about disappeared, and the
attending physicians are now hope
ful that the patient will recover. He
took nourishment this morning for the
first time since the assault. Green,
the life termer, who slashed Frank’s
throat, is being closely confined, and
refuses to give any motive for his act,
except to say that he believed Prank
should have been hung for the murder
of Mary Phagan, and that Governor
Slaton made a mistake.
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WILL PRESERVE
RECORDS OF
BELGIUM /
LONDON, July 20.—In order tha:
an adequate record may be preserved
to posterity of the architectural beau
ties of that part of Belgium, which
has been devastated by the belliger
ent armies, a committee has been ap
pointed by the Royal Institute of
British Architects to collect photo
graphs, drawings and old prints of all
buildings of historic interest. The
committee will also gather complete
maps and plans of towns, illustrated
guide books to individual towns, and
any other works which may be of
value along similar lines. The collec
tion when completed will constitute
a special wing of the Society’s
library.
WEATHER REPORT
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. TEAR
Fred Schiller has been keeping a
record of the weather for the present
year, and to date he has chronicled
125 clear days in Cordova out of 200.
Of these clear days 95 were sun
shiny days. There has been but 22
days when It snowed, and 63 days of
rain.
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
BERLIN, July 20.—TIm* war office today
claimed that the Austro-German allies had met with
important successes at all points along the eastern
battle line from the Baltic Son to Bukowina. The
official bulletin issued' this morning reports that
the Teuton finny under General Vallwitz is standing
in force on the Narew line southwest of Novo
Georgievisk. The hitter is one of the girdle fortresses
protecting Warsaw' and is only ten miles from
Warsaw. The Germans have captured Windnu a
Russian seaport on the Baltic and are only ten miles
Iroiii Riga. In Courland alone, tin* Germans have
captured over n0,000 prisoners. The same degree
<»! success is reported on the Teutonic right wing,
which is penetrating the Russian provinces and
forcing the enemy to retire before it. From the
information available it is not apparent that the
Slavs are putting up a stubborn resistance, but seem
to lie gradually retreating before the advancing
Teutons.
RKRLIN, July 20.— Tin* second official bulletin
issued by the war oflice today announces further
progress by the Teuton armies who are making a
drive towards Warsaw. The advance is being made
simultaneously from the north and south. (>stro
lenka, an important town on the Nasew river (!(l
miles north of Warsaw has been ccptured. In
southern Poland the Russians are retreating, with
out engaging the (Jermans in a general action. Prom
all parts of the front in Poland advices are being
received indicating a gradual tightening of the lines
around' Warsaw, and the distance from the advance
guard of the Austro-Uormans to the Polish capital
is being steadily lessened.
Striking Welsh Coal Miners Agree to
Work After Hearing Lloyd George
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
LONDON, July 20.—The strike of the Welsh
coal millers has been ended. Lloyd (leorge. con
ferred with the leaders of the strikers today, and
the men voted to return to work after learning of
the proposition made by the government. An agree
ment has been reached so that the owners of the
mines will continue to operate, they having promised
to make satisfactory concessions to the miners. Work
in tin* mines will probably be resumed of) Thursday.
LONDON, duly 20.— Lloyd George, Minister of
Munitions in the British cabinet, will leave for
Oar.fiIT tod ay and make a personal appeal to the
striking coal miners to return to work. The min
ister will go about among the men and talk to them
individually and in groups, and a mass meeting will
It.* arranged for, where In* can make bis direct
appeal. It is believed that the presence of Lloyd -
George a ,Welshman himself, and honored and
respected by the laboring classes throughout the
empire, will bo a powerful influence in bringing the
miners to take the government’s view of the present
crisis. The coal miners of South Wales have always
held the minister in special esteem, and no one in
Kngland is better fitted for the task he has under
taken.
ON STRIKE AT BAYONNE
/ ENGLISH SHIPS DELAYED
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 20.—All the workmen
employed at the Bayonne, N. J., plant of the Stand
ard Oil Company went on strike today. The men
oil strike, who number 5,000, declare that they are
entitled to higher wages, and demand a share in
the increased' profits that the company is making
through the heavy shipments being made to tin*
warring nations in Europe. They state that tin*
cost of living is constantly increasing, and that the
last year or two has seen a marked increase in the
prices of necessities of life without a corresponding
increase in wages. This situation, according to the
union leaders ,is no longer necessary as the plant is
working to its capacity, dull times are gone, and
larger prices being received for the product. The
employees of the adjoining Tidewater plant are still
at work, but are patently restless, and it is feared
will walk out and join the strikers. The men who
quit at Bayonne confidently assert that the Tide
water employees will quit in a few days. There an*
now at Bayonne six vessels destined for England,
which cannot get away or get loaded unless the men
return to work, or strike breakers are secured.
OFFICIALS TRYING HARD
TO ADJUST DIFFICULTY
i OF UEMINGTON COMPANY
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, 1). C., July 20.—Samuel
Gompers, president of the American Federation of
Labor, is attempting to adjust the labor difficulties
that havfc arisen at the big plant of the Remington
Arms Company at Bridgeport, Conn. Secretary of
Labor James Wilson is assisting Gompers, and is
hopeful of an early settlement of the difficulty. Wil
son says that foreign interests are behind the strike,
and that the labor trouble lias been deliberately
fomented in an effort to prevent the shipment of
American products to Europe. From what the secre
tary said it is gleaned that the Remington strike is
simply an incident in a well laid plan of campaign
which would close up several of the greatest arma
ment factories in America.
ENGLAND SPENDING HUGE
SUMS TO CARRY IN II
FIFTEEN MILLION A DAY
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
LONDON, .July 20.—In response to an inter
rogatory propounded by a member of the House of
Commons today, Premier Herbert Asquith, told the
Commoners that the war expenditures of the empire
for the first seventeen days of July amounted to
two hundred and fifty million dollars, or an average
of almost fifteen million per day. The expenditures
showed a daily rising tendency, and' it was more
than likely that they would continue to increase
daily until winter set in, and activities on the firing
line quieted down. Part of the expenditures was
due to the fact that Great Britain was loaning money
to its allies, and the premier said that this item of
loans was likely to grow with the addition to the
cause of the allies of certain states who were now
neutral. These states were not mentioned by name,
but Asquith intimated they were preparing for
war.
GERMANS GET ANOTHER;
TORPEDO BUSIN BOAT
LONDON, July 20.—The Russian steamer Gen
eral Radestky was torpedoed and sunk by a German
submarine today. The vessel was bound for Arch
angel with munitions of war. The crew were
saved.
j THREE BILLION DOLLARS
LONDON, July 20.—A new vote of credit to the
amount of $750,000 was introduced in the House of
Commons today, as an emergency war measure.
This brings the sum actually appropriated by tls
present parliament for the conduct of the war up
to three and one-quarter billions. There has been
no opposition in the House to any of the bills, and
all appropriation or war credit bills introduced are
passed without question.
LONDON DESIGNED TO
Of CAPITAL OF POLAND
Special to The Times By Associated Press.
LONDON, July 20.—Among the military
observers here, the uppermost question now is when
will \\ arsaw be evacuated. There does not seem to
be any longer a doubt but that the Polish capital will
be abandoned and all conjecturing is on the question
of time. Considerable pessimism is manifested over
the apparent inability of the Russians to withstand
the Teutonic attacks, although it is believed that lack
of supplies and munitions is the real reason for the
constant retiring movement, and it is earnestly
hoped that the Dardanelles can be forced so that
supplies can be rushed into Russia via the
Mediterranean. General Iiindenberg now virtually
controls all of Courland, and the Austro-German
armies have crossed the Bug river. The continued
occupancy of Warsaw by the Slav will expose the
Russian troops to the danger of a tremendous dis
aster. It is confidently expected that the Russians
will retire before the city is completely invested,
and save their forces until supplies arrive when they
can take the offensive again. The capture of Riga
cannot now be long delayed, and the Germans will
then have a new naval base and be able to clear
the Baltic Sea of mines.
EMPLOYEES ME ARMED
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., July 20.—The labor
leaders here have ordered one thousand machinists
to strike who are now employed in the new plant of
the Remington Arms Company. The strike order
includes four sub contractors. The officials of the
Remington Company stated today that they would
continue to operate the plant, and that if their men
went on strike they would’ bend every endeavor to
secure additional machinists. There are no labor
troubles in the other departments of the huge plant,
and Major Penfield, the president said that all the
employees would be armed to protect themselves
from attack by the strikers. The company is deter
mined to fulfill its contracts for war munitions made
with the allies, and the impression is growing in
strength that the strike movement is fostered by
German sympathisers.
STEAMER BERTHA
DESTROYED JT
SEATTLE, July 20.—The steam
ship Bertha, of the Pacific ('oast
Steamship ('o., bound from Seattle to
Bristol Bay, with supplies for the
Libby, McNeill canneries, went ashore
on Harvester Island in Uyak Bay last
Sunday. The vessel caught Are the
next day and was destroyed. The
ship and the cargo are a total loss.
The value of the cargo is unknown
but the Bertha was valued at $75,000.
The Bertha was one of the best
known vessels on the Alaska run,
having been sailing the northern wat
ers for many years, part of the time
as a passenger vessel, but of late
being used exclusively as a freighter.
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NACO, Sonora, July 20.—The forc
es of General Carranza have occupied
this city after a brief skirmish with
the Villa garrison. The Villa troops
made no determined effort to hold the
city and retired leaving the Constitu
tionalists in possession. The Car
ranzistas have also defeated the
Villaites at Anavacachi, and have oc
cupied Cananea.
ORIGIN OF THE
VITRIERS IN
PARIS, July 20—The Bulletin Pies
Arinees gives the following explana
tion of the origin of the name
“Vitriers”—glass cutters — familiarly
given to the Alpine Chasseurs.
It was during the revolution of 1848
when the shopkeepers of the rues du
Cygne, du Cloitre Saint Jacques, Saint
Denis and Saint Martin raised barri
cades in the streets that the Chas
seurs were brought from Versailles to
charge them. They were received with
fire from between the slats of window
blinds as well as from the barricades.
The officer in command summoned
the inhabitants to open their blinds
and windows.
Every pane in the windows that
were not promptly opened was in
stantly smashed. Two days later,
after the success of the revolution;
the chasseurs marched back to Ver
sailles ami the people of Paris amused
themselves in their usual way by Jok
Ing them with such quips as "there are
the •vitriers’ passing by." The news
papers took up the word and It has
stuek.
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The steamer Evans Is delayed and
this morning was reported in a heavy
fog off Seldovia.
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Just received a new shipment of
STYLEPLUS Clothes at 8. BLUM &
Co.
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The swimming season has com
menced at the lake and a party of
young men have been breasting the
waves at 4 p. m. every day.