davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-10-03

The weather has been very pleas
ant so far. While we are farther
north than any part of the United
States, the Gulf stream makes it
warmer here The season has Just
changed SO that it is fall now. l
have not seen much harvesting, and
there are no fields like l have seen in
the United States. They are smaller
and the crops more diversified, so that
something Is coming in all the time.
You have seen pictures of the French
railway trains and can imagine about
what they are like We were at the
station long enough to see several
passenger trains go by. They are
not SO bad. but are far from Pull
mans. There is a great hula balloo
about getting one of them started, but
the cars are small enough so you can
imagine the train is rambling. A
few men can move cne of the cars.
One hear great deal about the
French drinking wine instead of
water Well, you can not blame
them much, but how they drink some
Of 1t is more than can see. II tastes
like vinegar TO me. and ] would just
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-27

ably a small shipyard for construc- ton and repairs. As fish are very large part Ot the exported output, much attention will be given to de- yelopment Of the fisheries The num- Der of experts employed to give in structiOn in curing and packing is to be doubled. and salmon streams will bc improved by removal of Obstruc- lions. Twenty of them will be guarded ' Watrhmen in motor boats. A spe- c!al investigation of streams to pro mote conservation of the supply is TOW in progress. At some point on the coast the department hopes to establish q fisheries experiment sta ton. Private hatCheries may be aC- uuircd and operated by the govern mcnt. with proper publicity and in struCtiOn." Secretary Redtield says, the herring industry can be made to rival that of Norway and Scotland" and the department is committed to  this task By-products of the sealing industry. wasted until short time aeo. are now saved by the department, l.hich converts them into oil and fer tilizer.
 The governments plans promise steady increase of the territory's eX- ported food products Large additions will be seen when the new railway makes enormous deposits of coal ac- Ccssiblc. In the near future our i'm ports from Alaska may rise to $20o,- ooO.ooo a year, a quite satisfactory re turn for an original investment of $-,2OO. .O00
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-27
TOWsNMAN CLOSES OUT
 HIS ANCHORAGE BUSINESS

The stock of the Dohrmann.Uerning Hardware Company has been sold to A. K. Kempton. subject to the ap- prOval of the court. The stock will invoice between $l2,000 and $l5, 900, and Mir Kempton has posted a sub stantial deposit with Judge Leopold David to bind the agreement which was entered into by himself and II. C. Feldman of Cordova. receiver of the company. Mir. KemptOn advises that the deal will undoubtedly be con. summated and he will ship the entire stock to Seattle for disposition. Mir. Kempton has been in Anchorage sey. cral weeks, representing himself and Seattle associates in the endeavor to purchase merchandise of all kinds, but until the present deal has been unable to close for any other than small amounts. MT kempton is stop ping q. the Hotel Anchorage and has made several material investments in the Willow creek mining district dur ing his stay hcro.-Anchoragc Times
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-27
WHY NOT FOR ALASKA?

Several weeks ago the Secretary of thc Interior, Franklin K Lane, asked President Wilson for a couple of mil Ion dollars to prepare land for the returning soldiers who must go back 10 the soil. The idea is splendid one. Why not take half of this sum, Alaska?
 Alaska has received the greatest advertising any part Of the Union has r, ccived since the war began. Alaska pls gone over the top in Liberty Loan subscriptions. gone over the top in
 ar stamp sales and gone over the tpp in subscriptions to the Red Cross. Everybody will want to come to this ,r"at Country-it has been so pro "ounc"d in its part in the war. Hun- drcds of men have gone from Alaska md the either now at the front or preparing to be sent there. Alaskans possess the red blood that makes them the "Satans" the Huns are now calling the Americans Alaskans at he front will tell where they came rom and will urge those who return. ID go to the big land.
 Alaska has hundreds and hundreds of acres, that with a little cultivation, rill place them in producing way Agriculture will some day be one of he important industries Ot Alaska. lasha will produce what it needs and hundreds of men will be the pro- GuCers.
 Take for instance on Kenai benin -ula is there better spot for agri- cultural purposes or stock raising
 Take the Matanu~ha it is proving farming country and when the soil has uy@u titled more, when the sour Res u1t, been taken out by cultiva- ton there will be- no better agricul- ural spot anywhere. Take the farm ing co,aH :round Juneau every thiuI + raH- raised there. Take the IHrmu~ l..Hr. in thc interior it has already pro,.d its worth.
 N">. why not get assistanc" from un,Ir Sam Jo put Alaska in proper oy l"r ,rr l..H n.u. s1u~. those with or without families who will ,,.r i..u ,o tu.., .a.,r i"n"-. t.'l.. '...
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-27

Open day and night. Lindg's Grill.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-27
GETTING FREE ADVERTISING.

Alas1a + getting -3W" good free advert ing rhc,. days II i- not easy to get prominent space ju the great
 mctropulitan dailcs of this country. hut we observe recent number of the New York Times, in the opinion ul many people tn" foremost newspa- per publication m the United States. i not in the whole world. makes lengthy editorial comment on Alaska. Under the caption, "AIasha's Develop acut,' the Times cditorially says:
 "Alasha has not been forgotten or .c-loctcd by the government at Wash. ugtom This k shown in long let ter from Sescretary Redhcld of the Department of Commerce to Governor Riggs concerning plans for develop mont of the Tcrritorys resources It ,.as not roreseen when $7.2OO 900 was paid for Alaska in 1867 that we should ever receive from her soil and waters in one year nearly fourteen times the purchase price The latest available reports point to imports of $Sl,S75,ooo from the territory in the ten months ending with last April and only $14, 300, ,000 of this total was gold. Other leading products were fish and cop per The governments aim is, first to make the territorial waters safe for navigation. New vessels for sur Sey, lighthouse and fisheries work have been built or published. There will be more lights along the coast, with a new central station, and prot.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-27
OUTGOING PASSENGERS
 FOR STATES LAST NIGHT

Last night the following passengers left here for Seattle
 Mir and Mrs. F. 4. Fisher. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Fisher. Henry Ruhcnstein. Harold Young, D. Nedercr, Paul Hu- u"pahl, Bert Anderson. Mir. and Mrs. '. Singleton, sam Adams, A. Kalapas. Gus Chalne. R. E. Murphy, Mary Grif filth. r. NJ. Grctoff. Mrs. A. Long. E. r. Hollywood, r. W Perry. R l.. o. Swclt. ]. Blair. l.. Platt. D. McVae, C. GascOyne. II. $. Trestine, G. O'Nor- than, H. O'Northam, s. B Holman, Nll Presiyo&, J. F.. Elliott Charles Gelhy. F. Jcrabeck. Adolf Lee, Nj. J. sullivan. Mrs. Bates. Mrs. Sophia Scott. Mrs A. Zingg, J. Berg, J. Gus yich. \. Berg, A. Stone. Mrs Laura Shell. George Brown. Mike GrOkos. T. F. Robbins, (. Conklin. Julius Jacob son, Price Nettleton. \. Y. Rogers. l. D Angelo. C. Pambus. F., Dnolo. NJ. Baylos, NJ flores. Nj Boss, J. Ca hali. Ed Haltwead J Jacobson, l.. Polcti F. Wuken, P. Cyar. L. Peter, son. Y. Graisir, P. Kristo, C. Jensen. J. Nhon, T. Salaum. o. Thompson F. Wilson. P. Culmstock. J. FerpEGez, F. Gaberlurc, J. Beem. R. Aguman, Al Holmes. Y. Eucpalmi A Kakye. and thirty.four Cannery employees.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-27

WANTED-GirI for general house, work; good wages. Thomas $. Scott. care the First Bank of Cor dova
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-27

LoST-GentIeman's diamond ring; $50 reward Return to Frank Doug las, Alaskan Grill 23-tf
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-27

business; inside work; chance to learn good paying trade Modern laundry. 25-tf
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-27
LOST

LOST-SmaII Iocket, with letter "I" engraved on it. and chain Finder return to this office 27-3t
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-27
FOR SALE

sNAP-For sale cheap to right par ties. onc-half interest in paying fox farm; two men required to conduct the business; must have six or seven hundred dollars cash to close the deal; must make sale by 15th of September For more informa- tion call at the Bargain Store or address P. o. BoN 17G5. John Raw son 276t
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-27

The job printing department of the Tines is equipped with the latest and best type faces for artistic work.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-27

Use the classified ad column ol the Times if you want results.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-27

MAMMOTH Belgian hares for sale;
 breeding stock and youngsters J. F. Randall. COrdOya 2o-Gt FOR SALE-Sohmes upright piano. See Edgar Davis or Thomas S
 Scott, First Bank of Cordoya 19,tf
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-27
Cordova Daily Times

Entered at the Postoffice at GOT dova. Alaska, as second-class mater
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-27

WANTED = Cabin, furnished or un. furnished; rent or buy. State price P. O. Box 97I 26.3t
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-27
CLASSIFIED Advertising
HELP WANTED

fully qualified as foreman: must have experience in the handling of fish in general and also be able to handle crew. Ohm Fish and Packing Co. Apply Times office. 25-tf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-10
CZECHO-SLOVAK PLAN
WAS TO FIGHT IN VEST

London, July 10.-CZecho-Slovak
troops now. operating in Russia desire
want to be mixed up in Russian internal
affairs A memorandum to this effect
has been presented to tho 1apanese For
eign Minister and the Allied Amhn ssa-
dors in Toxic by Colonel Vladimir Hur-
han. on behalf ofthe Czccho-Slovall Ma
tional Council. says the correspondent of
the Times ait the Japanese capital.
The memorandum says among other
Czecho- -Slovaks and the Russian Soriets
must be settled for the following rea-
sons:
"Our forces are acting in Russia ac-
cording to the orders of the CZecho-
Slovak Council. which can only be modi-
fed by Professor T. G. Masaryk in
agreement with the other members OF
the council. The orders are to TRANSPORT
the forces from Russia to the frehch
front. - ,.,,,
teers, whose object Is to fight Germany
and Austria. to liberate the Czecho-
pendent State We shall pursue This
course to The last man. We desire above
all to exhibit our determination on the
battleficlds of France.
''The CZecho -Slovaks are suhiugated
nation making the first steps toward lib,
Grafton by paying n blood tribute. and
have no moral right to pursue poncy
of prot ection with regard to such state
as kuSSla. 40 par's ~ isu'"ls' ~
class Is capable of establishing anything
that will endure. Order must be re-es'
tahlished by force. firm and energetic.
but friendly and humane force which VIII
open to the Russians the possibility or
again finding themselves.
For obvious reasons the CZecno-
Slovaks cannot attempt to accomplish
this Their clear duty is to pursue a
strateg gical movement toward France.
The Czecho- Slovak plan as outlined by
Colonel Hurban to the Allies probably
was submitted prior to recent develop
ments which forced the Czecho-S SloVaks
to begin revolution in Siberia and
establish republic there. The military
movement and subsequent political coup
was compelled by the attacks of the
Bolshevlii and former German prisoners
on the Czccho-Slovaks while en- route to
Vladivostol< to embark for France, Col
onel Hurban has stated.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-10
ENEMY TROOP ACTIVITY
REPORTED BY PERSHINC
By the United Press

Washington. July 10. - Excessive
troop movements continue in the enemy
areas before American positions in
France General Pershing reported in his
'communique Of July Q, reaching here
today.
These indications of the possible gath
erinR of Germans for a storming opera
tion against the Americans were further
substantiated by increased aerial activ-
ity during the last week On July and
. Pershing reported enemy airplanes
flew over the American lines in great
numbers in the Chateau-Thierry region"
PershiEg's Report
The communication made public today
is as follows:
ary Forces, July 0, 1918.
Section A-There is nothing of i'm
portance to report.
Section BIN the Chateau-Thierry
to 6, the outstanding exception being
the activity of the German air forces.
the enemys intermittent artillery fire was
heavier in the vicinity of Vaux than
used was considerably less than on the
days Immediately preceding. Majority
OF the shells were of small and medium
cal'ber. An attempt to raid one Of our
advanced positions was driven or by
our rife and machine-gun fire with
losses. There was much movement of
troops in the German rear areas where
as many as four companies We're seen at
one time.
THE traffic was also excessive Our
observers reported buildings on fire at
the Souillard farm and the explosion by
our batteries Cf what is believed to have
heen a trench-mortar ammunition dump.
Our troops were continuously active In
ambush and reconnaissance patrols and
our batteries We're active. During the
bombardment of FauX We replied with
counter-o offensive preparation fire.
This sector on July to- experienced
an increase in enemy artillery activity
on the right half of our line. where there
was considerable use of gas. shrapnel
and high explosive shells. Most of the
shells were of small or medium caliber.
Barrage fire was put down in the vicin-
ity of Vaux and Hill 204. The German
air forces We're still very active. The
planes flew in groups of varying size.
At about noon a German patrol of five
machines was attacked and driven off
by five of our planes.
Troop Movement Excessive
The movement of troops and traffic
in the German rear areas continued alb
normal. Our own troops continued
their activity in patroling. Our bat
teres We're also active.
I'm the Marne sector. between July 6
and Z, conditions were quiet The
enemy's artillery fire was light and
scattered, and his airplanes made less
than the customary number of flights.
His infantry. while not aggressive, was
on the alert. Machine guns fired inter-
mittently from several points on the
north bank of the river, and some rife
patrols In the German rear areas more
traffic than usual was observed,
In the Colmar sector the patrolling of
the enemy troops and our own troops
were the only incidents Of particular in
tercst on July g."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-10
EACH ALLY ASKS BIG
PART IN RUSSIAN PLAN
By the United Press

washington, July lO.
All the Allies today are scrambling
for generous representation on the
propaga nda police force which Will ac-
company the American-Allied economic
mission to aid Russia. How to divide
the apportionment and keep peace ana
contentment in the international family
is one of the big problems President
Wilson and his advisers are now dis
entangling.
England wants to share equally {;
are perhaps the best liked by Russians !;
Japan says she ought to be heavily rep
resented as one of the most interested of
ne'ghbors.
Thus goes the friendly discussion.
But the settlement of the basis of the
representa tion offers really compli-
Gated problem. The adjustments and
explana tions thereof must be made. with
out injury to international feelings
and the national prides and what ap-
proaches jealousies of such a family are
intricately balanced.
The announcements as to the main
project, a mission plus an armed force
to aid Russia and help her back to her
feet. still stands. but the difficulties cited
Pbove and the solution of others Is de-
laying the situation somewhat. though
as much haste as possible Is being made
The whole problem is authoritatively
analyzed thus:
Russia must be united within herself
Then she must be united against the
Germans The armed force accompanying
the mission will take the place of
propaganda which has failed because
many Russians do not read. 1t will be
the business of the propaganda police
to exemplify and teach the aims Of the
Entente, to inspire the Russians to
unite among themselves and get order
out of disorder. Once organized. they
must be inspired to unite against Ger
many and re-establish an eastern
frontier.
Unity without supplies is regarded as
useless. Hence the mission must help
them establish supplies and this mea MS
construction of ordnance factories re-
organization of agriculture and so on. 1t
appears long task. But IL 1t can sue
ceed il cheats Germany Of her spoils and
gives Russia a fresh. outstanding place
among the nations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-10

That evening the Germans started
heavy shelling, compelling the abandon
ment of three command posts success
siHely. The next day, June s, the line
was kept intact, despite heavy shelllns.
At 2 O'Clock the next morning the 116th
French infantry came in and relieved
the Americans. who withdrew to the
woods north of Vote du Chatel "a mile
south of Hill 1922. They spent the day
and part of the night there under or
ders to proceed to a point near Hill 1873
"a mile east and slightly north of Hil
l+2, northeast of the LucyTorcy road).
Fired on by Own Men
The situation in the big ravine anc
wheat fields facing them looked suspi-
cious. and accommodating platoon, head
ed by the colonel himself, went out to
investigate. They got within five-eighths
of n mile Of the town of Torcy (half a
mile northwest of Hill 1873, when a blast
of rifle and machine-gun bullets was
turned loose on them from the left
Some dead and wounded was the result
They dropped fiat upon the road ana
Immediately heard bullets flying over
Hcdu ana pioWlnS up the ground. 1neeC
came from the right. where the German
were suspected of being, but the fir.
shower from the left could only hav,
come from American troops. A private
from the reconnoitering platoon ran
straight across to the American position
and stopped their firing. He found the
tdelcted) regiment there.
Meantime, another platoon had sa.-
lied forth to the aid of the men in tn,
road. just as the Germans on the righ'
attacked across the field. The Germans
We're beaten off and the recDnnoiterers
returned to their position. They relieved
Il battalion of their own brigade which
had been caught in wheat field while
attacking the day before and practically
wiped out This was when the disCov-
cry was first made of the German praC-
tice of fillinf the wheat fields there
abOuts with machine-guns.
The night was spent in holding of
German attacks. The next day, June I,
they underwent heavy shclling and the
following day and night were COnt'n-
ually being swept by machinc-gun fire
and ne-pounders The night of tn,
Sth they were told they would attack tn,
next morning,
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Germans Artillery
HerdIds NelU Drive
Continued from Page One


recent advance. between the Aisne and
the Marne. for instance. where light
railroads must be constructed, tele-
phone wires installed roads imp owed
and a vast quantity of stores and
munitions massed. By working at
night Or under cover OF the woods,
which are very dense in the whole
region, the enemy might hope to avoid
Allied air observation and launch
surprise blow in sector apparently
calm"
Harder for Allies
A study of the map justified the Of
ficer's words and helps to strengthen
his theory. Not only is the country
north of the Marine particularly well
screened from observation, but it is clear
that the transportation thther of Allied
reserves would be less easy than to such
fronts as Arras, Amens, Compiegne or
Chateau-Thierry.
Besides. despite the wild talk about
grin and the Germans having to wait
for the return of the March wounded to
refill the ranks, the fact remains that
the enemy possesses a strategic supe-
riority of effectives.
Unpleasant facts do not cease to exist
because one refuses to face them. Hin
denburg still has enough divisions avail
able to strike outside the central battle
area that runs from the sea to the
Marnc. while maintaining there sutii.
cient force to render 1t unwise for the
Allies TO move away troops. He might
decide that an extension of the battle
front would not, therefore, be to his dis
advantage, and the line of the Marne is
a sector where an initially successful
extension might profit him most.
Americans Not Yet Strong Enough
True, he knows that every moment
improves the fighting qualities of the
American army, and therefore he must
attack very soon; but at the present
moment the number OF American d-
visions capable of taking part in the
battle of today--where the utmost tech
nical skill is required of every one, from
commander to private. where physical
superiority counts for little. since real
hand-to-hand fighting is nothing more
than an occasional rare Incidents not
yet great enough to redress the total
balance in the Allied favor.
For us Americans to imagine that be-
cause a million of our men are in France
the Allies have no further cause for
anxiety Is to court n grave disillusion
In the near future. That Foch is COM
petent to handle the situation. or that
the French, American and British forces
at his disposal are sufficient to repel the
menace, no one in the French army
doubts but it would be worse than
foolish to indulge in an unthinkine op-
timism. whose inevitable reaction would
be depression and doubt in the leaders
at the very moment when Germany is on
the verge of her final gigantic effort, be-
side which all previous struggles of this
tremendous war may pale into insignifi-
canoe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-10
PLOT TO KILL KAISER
REPORTED IN RUSSIA
Mirbach Murder Called Step
in Plan to Destroy German
Military Clique
By JOSEPH SHAPLEN
United Press STAFF Correspondent
Stockholm, July 10.


Assassination of Ambassador Mirbach
was only the first step in plot by Rus
sian terrorists to wipe out the whole
German military clique.
Before l left Petrograd | heard of
hut was unable to verify-a plot to
kill Mirbach and then send terrorists
into Germany to kill the Kaiser, Luden-
dorff. Hindenburg and Kuehlmann.
This plot appeared so improbable at
the time ] first learned of it that it
seemed but the widest of dreams-and
does yet But Mirhach has been killed.
Closely identified with this plot are
said to have been NJ. Kamkoff, NJ Kare-
lin. NJ. Steinberg and Nine. Spiridonova,
all leaders of the Social 'Revolutionaries
of the Left
Ksmkoff in a recent conversation with
Bolshevik leaders was warned to quit his
agitation against Premier Lenine.
I'VE are prepared to finish you before
you touch U.S." Kamkoff is quoted as re-
plying.
Members of the Left inside the Govern
ment have learned of definite alliance
between the Bolshevil<i and Germany
against internal opposition and the En-
tente. The defense of the Bolsheviki by
German newspapers in connection with
Mirbach's murder tends to prove such an
alliance.
A concrete union of both the Fighters
and Letters with the Mensheviki against
the Bolsheviii is now to be expected.
Kerensky's visit to Count Isvolsky in
Paris has excited stirring attack on
the former premier in Russian news
papers. They demand to know in whose
name Kerensky is acting abroad Ker-
ensky Is not taken seriously In Russia
and is discredited in all political camps
A Russian dispatch received yesterday
via Basle, Switzerland, announced that
Nine. SpirIdonova had been arrested at
Moscow following the murder of Count
Won Mirbach and the subsequent revolu-
tkon.