Weather Conditions Check Teutons Advance.
BERLIN, Sept. 9—The fighting along the Dvina continues
to occupy the attention of the military critics and they believe
that the most important events of the war are at present being
transacted in this region. Courland appears to be the critical
section of the Russian line, with General Russky directing the
Russian forces. Hindenberk, the Teuton commander does not
seem to be making any great progress. The weather condi
tions are furnishing great help to the Russian defenders as the
rainy season is on and the rivers are swollen and the currents
made strong by the autumn floods. With the rivers in their
present condition they promise to form an impassable barrier
to the Teuton advance.
Trade Unions In Favor of Recruiting.
BRISTOL, England, Sept. 8—The British Trade Union
Congres is still in session here, and its attitude toward Eng
land'^ position in the present war was further clarified today
when a resolution in favor of recruiting was unanimously pass
ed. The action of the Congress is pleasing to the government
and is taken as an evidence of the loyalty of labor to the king.
The congress violently opposed conscription, and the growing
public sentiment in favor of that step has been somewhat
checked.
Bulgaria Getting Ready for Action.
DEDEAGATCH, Sept. 9—The Bulgarians are actively
fortifying this port and the environs of the city, large bodies of
troops are constantly arriving until by now the garrison has
been more than trebbled. Navy guns are being placed at all
strategic points, eighteen pieces having been taken through
the city last night. From the character of the work being
done it is apparent that the government is preparing for event
ualities.
Another Version of Sinking Arabic.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9—A note from Germany on the
sinking of the White Star liner Arabic has been received by the
State Department, and although the full text of the message has
not been made public, it is known that Germany explains the
action of her submarine commander in sinking the vessel with
out warning, by saying that the commander thought the Arabic
was maneuvring to attack him at the time.
LONDON, Sept. 9—Russians scored a big victory over the
Teuton army near Tarnopol last Tuesday about seventy miles
east of Lemberg. This indicates in the minds of the military
observers that the Russian general staff proposes to strike back
at the Austro-Germans after their long retreat from the Carpa
thians. In the battle Tuesday, the Slavs captured eight thous
and Austro-German soldiers. The Teuton losses in dead and
wounded were excessively heavy. The Russians were unable
to to take full advantage of the victory they gained near Tarno
pol, and enlarge the defeat inflicted upon the enemy because
their artillery was inferior to the German guns.
The German center is forging slowly forward by sustained
pressure, the armies of Prince Leopold and Mackensen never
letting up for a minute their sustained' pressure on the stub
bornly retiring Russians. Battles are being constantly fought
at various portions of the line, but so far in this section the
Russians have been unable to decisively check the Teutons.
In the north, the army of Hindenberg is finding it practical
ly impossible to bridge the Dvina, and the fighting for the pos
session of Riga still favors the Russians, who are forceing the
Germans to stay on the other side of the river. In this con
nection the defenders are being greatly aided by the weather
conditions.
PETROGRAD, Sept. 9—Great importance is attached, by
the Russian general staff to the big victory gained by the forces
of the Czar at Tamopol, east of Lemberg. The Teutons had
collected a strong force of men along a twenty mile front, and it
is supposed that their purpose was to break through the Rus
sian lines into the rich grain provinces of southwestern Rus
sia. The Russian generals with forces inferior in number to
the enemy defeated the plan, inflicting severe losses on the
Austro-Germans and' shattering an entire army corps.
LONDON, Sept. 9—A Zeppelin raid' was made over the
eastern counties of England and certain districts of this city
last night, more of the big dirigibles appearing at one time
than ever before. Hundreds of bombs of various character
were dropped and much damage done to property, although no
military advantage was gained by the raid. The districts
covered by the invading airships experienced their first attack
of Zeppelins, and the people everywhere disclosed the greatest
coolness over the matter, there being no undue excitement or
panic. Twenty persons were killed including 12 men, two
women and six children. Eight men, four women and two
children were seriously injured, and 38 men, 23 women and 11
children were slightly injured. Of the killed one was a soldier,
and three soldiers were included in the wounded. All the
others were civilians.
BERLIN, Sept. 9—The war office announced this afternoon
that all the Zeppelins that took part in the big raid on England
last night returned this morning in safety to their bases at
Cuxhaven.
LONDON, Sept. 9—It is officially announced that no
Americans were victims of the Zeppelin raid' on England last
night.
NEW YORK, Sept. 10—Today marked the laying of the
keel of the battleship California at the navy yard in this city.
The new battleship California will be the world’s first
electric dreadnought and from point of size will be greater than
any foreign battleship built or building. The California and
her two sister ships, the Mississippi and the Idaho, already au
thorized, will each displace 32,000 tons, almost one thousand
tons more than the new dreadnaught Pennsylvania now on the
way to completion.
The California will be a ship of innovations. She will
cost $7,800,000 without her armor or armament which is ex
pected to cost as much more. She will have a speed of twenty
one knots an hour, will be 624 feet long, 97 feet across her beams
and will draw 30 feet of water. She will carry twelve four
teen-inch guns, mounted three abreast in a turret, twenty-two
five-inch rapid fire guns and will have four submerged torpedo
tubes.
The principal feature of the new dreadnaught, however,
is the machinery for propelling her by electricity. She will be
driven by motors which will deliver electricity made by steam.
The navy experts believe the electric installation is cheaper
than steam propulsion and reduces the weight of machinery.
The collier Jupitor has been so successful with electric machin
ery that the navy feels justified' in adapting it to a dreadnaught.
The model of the California’s hull was throughly tested
in the testing tank at the navy yard here before the radical
changes were decided upon. When the new ship is ready for
her first trial trip late in 1917 or 1918 she promises a most inter
esting study for the naval experts of the world.
Zeppelin Raids Have Stimulated Recruiting.
have resulted in an unprecedented rush to enlist which has
swamped the recruiting officers, and is doing more to swell the
number of English troops at the front than anything else
could possible have done. The temper of the people has been
aroused, the seriousness of the present situation being brought
home to them more than ever, by the killing of so many women
and' children.
Asphyxiating Gasses and Liquid Fire Used.
PARIS, Sept. 10—The war office issued an official state
ment this morning reciting that in the advance claimed by Ber
lin yesterday made in the Vosges over a mile front, and taking
of French trenches, that the invaders used asphyxiating gases
and liquid fire before charging. The French were unable to
withstand this method of attack and were forced to retire,
yielding the first line trenches. Subsequently the French made
a counter attack and regained most of the lost ground.
British Patrol Boat Sinks German Submarine.
NEW YORK, Sept. 10—The British steamer Niecosan ar
rived here today, and her captain reports that he was attacked
by a German submarine off the Irish coast, when but a short
distance out of Queenstown harbor. The attack was made
August 19, no torpedoes being fired, but the steamer being
shelled by the submarine. A British patrol boat replied to the
fire of the under water craft, and' sunk the boat, all the crew
being lost.
A Teuton Spy Executed in London.
LONDON, Sept. 10—It was officially announced that a spy
was executed today. The name of the victim of the hangman’s
noose was withheld.
Germany’s Excuse for Sinking the Arabic.
BERLIN, Sept. 10—The note sent by the foreign office to
America on the subject of the sinking of the White Star liner
Arabic expresses the deep regret of Germany for the sacrifice of
American lives on the vessel, and while stating that the ship
was torpedoed because the submarine commander thought the
Arabic was maneuvring to attack him, refuses to acknowledge
any obligation to grant indemnity, even though the commander
was mistaken as to the aggressive intentions of the liner.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11—An over night consideration of
the German note on the sinking of the Arabic leaves the Wash
ington officials in a slightly more optimistic frame of mind
concerning the final outcome of the negotiations. A decided
softening of the views of certain important members of the
Wilson government is apparent, and' the acute disappointment
manifested yesterday has been somewhat dissipated by a fuller
comprehension of the German note. The government is begin
ning to feel now that the Arabic case really presents a question
of indemnity, and the fact that the suggestions for settlement
offered by Germany differ materially from the former unoffi
cial communications received by Wilson and Lansing from
Bemstorff, does not alter the main matters to be settled over
the Arabic. The question of indemnity could safely be sub
mitted to arbitratoin, is the view now held' by the officials with
out endangering the principle, which this country will not sub
mit to arbitration, that unarmed peaceful passenger liners or
merchantmen should not be subjected to unwarned attack.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11—Indications are growing that
the United States has today received more unofficial communi
cations from BerJin through Ambassador Bemstorff which in
timate that the German government has finally agreed to accept
the proposition insisted on by this country to the effect that
unarmed merchatmen are not to be attacked by submarines
without wrarning, unless they attempt to escape or resist cap
ture. The new note to Germany, which Wilson and' Lansing
are preparing in answer to the official communication already
received, will probably be delayed in transmission until the
second German note confirming these unofficial intimations has
arrived. This second note is to be on the way and should be
received by tomorrow. The American reply will probably in
sist that the mere assumption by a submarine commander that
his craft was threatened with attack by a merchantman, can
not be accepted as sufficient justification for an attack on the
ship by the submarine. This position of the United States is
hardly likely to cause any complications between the two coun
tries, the future of the negoitiations depending entirely upon
the Berlin foreign office.
PARIS, Sept. 11—The war office reports that the past week
has seen violent fighting in the Argonne district, equally in
severity any yet experienced on the western front. The battles
resulted from the efforts of the German army under the Crown
Prince to break through the French lines. Powerful artillery
and a large number of troops used by the Teuton commanders
without any appreciable result, the French yielding only very
slightly and generally recovering all lost trenches by counter
attacks. The invaders suffered enormous losses as a result of
the fighting, the slaughter being terrible to contemplate. The
Germans attacked repeatedly, evidently in an effort to overcome
the French by mere weight of numbers but were always hurled
back. It is estimated that the German lost in killed and wounl
ed over one hundred thousand men, one army corps of forty
thousand being pratically wiped out.
LONDON, Sept. 11—Near the center of the eastern battle
line Mackensen is still pushing vigorously forward through the
Pipet marshes in the direction of Pinsk. The passage of the
country, which is practically roadless is a tremndous task, but
the German general with indomiable energy is driving his sol
diers ahead despite all obstacles. The Teutons have com
menced another strong offensive near Grodno, where large
bodies of troops have suddenly appeared, and heavy armed
movements are going forward along the road leading to Rovono.
The Russian line extends hundreds of miles almost straight
north and south from Bukowina, through eastern Galicia, near
Trembowla and Tamopol, east of Brest-Litovsk near the
Pripet Canal and straight away towards Dvinsk and the Dvina
to Riga.
NEW YORK, Sept. 11—Ambassador Bernstorff authorized
a statement today denying the reported assertions that James
Archibald, the American who was carrying messages to Vienna
for the Austrian ahmbassador at Washington, also had a mes
sage from Bernstorff directed to Berlin. Bernstorff said that
he never at any time considered Archibald a safe messenger,
and would not have entrusted an official matter to him under
any circustances.
LONDON, Sept. 11—Petrograd sends out word of further
successes for the armies of the Czar in eastern Glaicia, and an
nounces that five thousand more Austrians were captured in
last battle. The Russians now say that their forces are gradu
ally taking the initiative in the southern war zone from the
hands of the Austrians, and are steadily forging ahead, defeat
ing the enemy every time the Austrians attempt to make a
stand.
LONDON, Sept. 11—Lieutenant H. H. Kitchener, whose
commission has just been announced* in the official Gazette, is a
nephe wof Lord Kitchener. Like his uncle, he has begun his
military career with the Royal Engineers. He has just com
pleted a course of hard training in the north of England, and
1 - -«nm Viio annm in France,
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS OF THE WEEK
What Is Transpiring In and About Cordova
MONDAY.
P. E. Nettleton left for the states on
the Mariposa, where he will spend
several weeks.
Dan Stacey returned yesterday
yesterday from Anchorage, where he
spent several months.
Deputy Marshal Sam Brightwell
and “Doc” Ballard are on a trip to
Seattle and Portland.
The launch Waif was In port on
Sunday, on Its way to the westward
with a cargo of gasoline.
Deputy Marshal A1 Dowling came
over from Valdez on the Mariposa and
will return home on the Alameda.
Miss Marie Lattin, of McCarthy left
Monday morning for Juneau, where
she will attend school this winter.
Mrs. Robt. T. Herron was an out
going passenger on the Mariposa for
Seattle, where she will visit friends.
Edward P. Harwood was a Mariposa
passenger for Seattle, where he will
enter the University of Washington.
Mrs. L. R. Baird and daughter, Mrs.
Annette Fyler and her son Baird, left
for Seattle on the steamer Mariposa.
Among the passengers on the Ad
miral Evans for Seattle were Capt.
Blodgett and daughter, Miss Minnie
Blodgett of Kodiak.
TUESDAY
A meeting of the Cordova Fire De
partment will be held on Thursday
evening, and a full attendance of the
members is requested.
Dr. Sutherland, of Fairbanks, is on
his way out over the Chitina trail to
join the medical corps of the Canadian
forces that is preparing to leave for
Europe.
R. R. Tinkham, superintendent of
the Sixteenth Lighthouse District, who
is looking after the improvements be
ing made at Cape St. Elias, returned
yesterday to Ketchikan, his headquar
ters.
H. Marcus and R. W. Feltham came
over from Valdez this morning on the
launch Waif.
Mrs. H. N. Wilson has gone to the
states, where she will spend several
weeks with friends.
Among the Passengers on the Ala
meda booked for Knlk is Will A. Steel,
a former Cordova publisher.
The treasury department has au
thorized the construction of a govern
ment school house at Anchorage, the
cost to be $2,000.
Nathaniel Grteue has returned from
a trip to Valdez and Seward, where
he attended to his duties as territorial
examiner of banks.
The city council met last night, but
on account of it being a legal holiday,
adjourned until this evening, without
transacting any business.
Capt. Walter Storey has returned to
his home in California, after spending
a couple of months In Cordova, where
he has property interests.
The contract for building the road
to the old town, from the territorial
funds of the forestry service, has been
awarded to Bartley Howard for $1600.
Calvin Hazelet left on yesterday’s
steamer for Seattle, to re-enter the
University of Washington, after spend,
ing a few weeks in town with his
father, Geo. C. Hazelet, on his way out
side from Latouche, where he has been
employed at the Beatson copper mine.
Four insane patients were taken to
the Morningside Sanitarium, at Paort
land, on the steamer Mariposa, by De
puty Brightwell. Three of them Ed.
layant and Arthur Victor James, or
Anchorage, and J. Okasado, of Knik,
were brought as far as Cordova by
Deputy Dowling, who turned them
over to Brightwell, who also took out
W. G. Gillis, of this place.
The steamer Admiral Evans arrived
from the westward at 2:30 o’clock yes
terday afternoon with the following
passengers for Cordova: Miss Maud
Vaughn, J. D. Buchanan, Ed. Calvin,
R. E. Hall, L. A. Damphing, Thos. N.
Bates and Mr. Sears. She had a full
passenger list from the westward for
the states, including the cannery
crews from Goose Bay, Kodiak, Port
Graham and Seldovia.
The steamer Santa Ana arrived in
port this morning, and will remain
here until the arrival of the Alameda
before preceeding to Seattle, where
she will go into service for the win
ter. The Santa Ana has been on the
run from Seward to Unaiaska, but the
little steamer Dora is on her way
north to take her place. Capt. R.
Hansen is in command of the Santa
Ana and Mr. Davidson is the purser.
The freighter Seward left on Sunday
for Tacoma, having on board 400 tons
of Bonanza ore as well as copper ore
and concentrates from Latouche and
Ellamar.
The steamer Mariposa arrived from
the westward at 9 o’clock Sunday
morning and remained here until
Monday at 2 a. m„ loading 1215 tons
of copper ore. Her outgoing passen
gers from Cordova were: Mrs. L. R.
Baird, Mrs. Annette Pyler, Mrs. H. N.
Wilson, Mrs. R. T. Herron, M. Beebe,
Fred S. McCullough, Robt. J. Steller,
W. Whiggins, C. M. Johnson, Calvin
Hazeiet, Capt. Walter Storey, W. W.
Owens, Jno. McGettigan, P. E. Net
tleton, H. T. Ballard, S. T. Brightwell.
for Seattle; Mrs. L. N. Wilson, Skag
wey; W. Thompson, C. Nelson, R. E.
Murphy, Miss Marie Lattin, Juneau;
R. R. Tinkham, Albert Lokner, Ket
chikan.
The public schools opened this
morning, after the scholars had en
joyed three months of vacation. There
were nine pupils enrolled in Miss
Ware’s room and sixteen in Miss Bur
roughs’, and this number will shortly
be increased, as several of the regular
attendants are now out of town.
The reception given by Mrs. W. J.
McDonald, on Saturday afternoon, in
honor of Miss Ware and Miss Bur
roughs, was largely attended and a de
cided social success. Practically all
the ladies of town attended to renew
their acquaintance with Miss Ware
and also to meet Miss Burroughs.
Dainty refreshments were served and
an enjoyable afternoon resulted.
Miss Maud Vaughn, an attractive and
accomplished young lady representing
the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, was an
arrival from the westward on the
Admiral Evans and expects to spend
a week or ten days in Cordova and the
Copper River valley. She is making
a tour of the coast towns and being a
talented and pleasing writer will fur
nish her paper with a number of
special articles dealing with affairs of
the territory, as the Seattle P.-I. is
devoting considerable space to Alaska
news, in the hope of assisting in the
development of its resources. While
in the north Miss Vaughn is looking
after greater support from our people
for the paper and will also take sub
scriptions for the Post-Intelligencer.
WEDNESDAY.
An excursion was run to the glaciers
today.
There will be a train for Chltlna
and Kennecott tomorrow morning.
Will A. Steel, former publisher of
the Daily Alaskan, was In town today
on his way to Anchorage.
The Knik Masonic club has been or
ganized with about 40 members. Max
Finkelstein of Cordova, was elected
president and Mr. Irving temporary
secretary. A movement is under way
to establish a permanent lodge.
The salmon pack for this season in
Cook Inlet will reach 1400 thousand
cases.
Chief Clerk Alvah Karnes, of the
railway mall service, returned today
from a business trip to Seattle.
Capt. A. E. Lathop left on the Ala
meda this afternoon for Valdez, and
from there will go to Seward and
Anchorage, returning to Cordova
about October 1.
O. L. Larson and bride, nee Miss
Anna Webb, were arrivals today from
Seattle and since their return have
been receiving the congratulations of
friends.
Deputy Marshal Frank Hoffman ar
rived from Chisana on yesterday’s
train. He is on his way to Valdez with
several natives as witnesses in the
Shomborn murder case, which will
be tried at the coming term of court.
Deputy Marshal Al. Dowling, of Val
dez returned to that place on the Ala
meda this afternoon.
Bert Denny is now the skipper of
the tug boat Columbia, which is oper
ated to the westward.
P. P. Rierson, of Portland was an
arrival on the Alameda and will be
connected with Harmon Machinery
Company as traveling salesman.
The steamer Alameda arrived at 9
o’clock this morning and sailed for
Valdez at 3 p. m. Her passengers for
Cordova were: Krma Smith, W. W.
Happe and wife, O. L. Larson and wife
F. A. Castle and wife, L. Payne and
I wife, W. Harper, H. Stark, Dr. W. H.
j Chase, J. Willis, P. P. Rierson, C. W.
j Stander, J. H. Hadley, J. Kennedy,
! Alvah Eames, L. L. Brown.
FRIDAY
The steamer Admiral Farragut left
Juneau at noon yesterday and is due
here tomorrow morning.
Dr. C. L. Hale is about on crutches,
having sprained a toe while out hunt
ing.
L. G. Belter has accepted a position
as clerk at the Alaskan hotel.
One of the Blum, O’Neill Co.'s de
livery teams ran away this morning
and wrecked the wagon.
Cordova friends have received cards
announcing the wedding of Lynn D.
Adsit and Miss Agnes Florence
Williams, both of Juneau.
SATURDAY.
S. W. Emerson was a Farragut pas
senger for Golden, where he and his
associates will establish a stamp mill
on their quartz properties.
Robert W. Wiley has returned from
the Chisana and will spend some time
in Cordova before going to the states.
Harry Hamburger, of Fairbanks,
was an arrival on today’s train. He
is on his way to the states.
Bud Sargent, L. Lyle and Danny
Ryan were among the Chisanites who
arrived in Cordova today.
J. V. Lydick was a passenger for
Valdez on the Farragut this afternoon
to attend court.
The passengers who arrived on to
day’s train, to attend court, will make
the trip from Chitina to Valdez, with
a stop-over in Cordova, in about twelve
hours.
Edw. Walsh and wife left this af
ternoon for Valdez.
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ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward and
SHIP CREEK, via INSIDE PASSAGE
Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
August 13.ALAMEDA.August 23
August 20.NORTHWESTERN.August 29
Regular freight service ror Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. S. Seward. S. S. Seward, 5th; S. S. Latouche, 15th; 3. 3.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up-town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
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General Agent
T. J. TALLENT,
Ticket Agent
COPPER RIVER & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY
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For Rates and Other Information Apply
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