The Cordova daily times., 1917-06-20

SUBMARINE MENACE BECOMING SERIOUS


 WASHINGTON, June 2O-Government pools of coal nro- ducton and distribution and rail and transportation was recommended to by the federal commission as the only means of avoiding coal shortage winter.
 The taxation of publishers discussed by the sen ate finance committed which is rushing the bill The committee reconsidered the levy of five per cent of pub fishers profits, but adopted substitute
 Senator Gore chairman of the agriculture committee a tackled the administration food control bl declaring that it struck at the farmer and would heavy losses to grain growers this year and result in famine year through duced production
 Secretary of Navy Daniels complained to Governor Becknan Of Rhode Island that recruits at the Newport training station were exposed to gambling houses immoral resorts and illegal sale Of liquor Daniels had previously appealed in the mayor of Newport who said unusual degree ality prevailed.
 WASHINGTON, June 2O.-Senator Kenyon defended the food control bl attacking the food specuators called highwaynen
 and food would be the principal factors in winning the war The committee IS considering bill creating department of aeronautics The house committee also planning big in crease Tn the aircraft, possibly to 100000 machines.
 President Wilson has designated the of June 23 to June 9o as recruiting week for the regular army calling upon the unmarried without dependents enroll for war ser Vc so that the ranks of the regulars will be filled promptly
 LONDON June 2O-The weekly list of British losses of tOrpedoed ships shows the highest for weeks and n comparable with the previous week Naval men are not discouraged however and claim the methods fighting sub marines is constantly growing in efficiency and increasing number of vessels elude the submarines LONDON, June 20Twenty ships of l.6OO tons sunk last week
 LUCIANO June 2o.-Dethroned King Constantine has ar rived here from Greece and welcomed wlss government large number of Germans greeted him al telegram from the kaiser handed Constantine eav ing the fan expected that he will visit the kaiser y PETROGRAD June 20.-The American railway comms Sion found the Russian railways better condition than they expected The construction of two large piers at Vadvosok decided upon and repair shops planned for points
  PARIS, June 20General Della Crox estimates that Ger has only 5750O losses until November The German losses for April and May at least 300OOOl monthly making the debit balance met by shortening the Ger man front and fewer attacks the principle of woman suffrage by majority of 33O It is pected that franchise will be conferred the enjoyed by the
 BOSTON, June 20.-Iord Northclffe, in a letter approv ing the Red Cross fund.- says the just beginning
 ROME June 20.-t is officially announced that the Ital- have resumed the offensive and captured the Austrian sition at Mote Ortigara and nine hundred prisoners
 TOKIO June 2O.-The story emanating from Russia that if Russia made separate with Germany Japanese would occupy Siberia, which prominently printed in the Japanese pres promptly characterized absurd by the Japanese foreign office
 The Japanese press thinks that the report was probably fabricated for the purpose of suppressng the brewing among the Russian people.
 The report declared that Russia relaxed her military eff forts she would be threatened with serious danger from Japan and that according to treaty concluded with the pow Japan would have the right all Siberia the Ura mountains. This denied by British statesmen