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The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-09
LOANS To ALLIED NATIONS
REACH ENORMOUS SUM

WASHINGTON. July 9.-Ten mil
lien dollars in cash was turned over
to Italy today by the treasury depart
ment, making the total loans to that
country by the United States of $500
00,O00, and total allied loans of So
$50 900.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-09
OEST|TUT|ON CAUSED
BY TYPHO0N IN GUAM

WASHINGTON, July 9.-Guam isl
and was devastated by a typhoon on
July 6. Crops were destroyed and much
material damage was done. Half of
the inhabitants are destitute
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-09
GIVEN JAIL SENTENCE

Ef ri Gray, a cook employed at Orca,
w.. ARRESTED ard found guilty of vto-
lating the dry law Commissioner
Medley sentenced him to serve six
months in the federal Jail
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-09
CHAOS REIGNS SUPREME
IN RUSSIA'S CAPITAL CITY

WASHINGTON, July 9lnited States Ambassador David
T. Francis reports from Nogoda that the assassination OF
Count Won Mrbach the German ambassador at Moscow has
been confirmed He states that fighting taking place
the of Moscow and that several prominent BoIshe
wiki officials have been captured Many of the
uonss and their leaders have been arrested by the Boshe
wiki
War Prisoners Take Part in Fighting
AMSTERDAM, July ga Vienna dispatch says that the
Czeco Sovak forces operating in Siberia have suffered
eral defeats
1t is claimed that AusroHungarian prisoners in Siberia
taking prominent part in the fighting against them
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-07-09
Department Crop Estimates

The department of Agriculu" has just issued its july crop
estimates in which it is predicted that this years crop
will reach }1GOOOOOOO bushels The estimate wheat
crop places it S91. 100000 bushels.
The Adair County news., 1918-05-15

The mails that go over the wa
tiers are terribly congested, and
the military authorities in Eu-
rope are advisingia let up of non.
essential packages. Upon exam
ination of 5000 sacks of mail it
was found that they contained
1874 pounds of candy, 1885,
pounds of chocolates and 2,83s
packages ofschewing gum, all o.
which could have been bought il
France. The sending of such
stuff across the ocean is nonsen
steal foolishness.
The Adair County news., 1918-05-15
Athens, Illinois.

Editor News
Enclosed find $3.50 to pay for
the News one year. We have
been a subscriber of the News
for almost two years and it is al
ways welcomed. Everything is
fine around Athens, although
we are having cold, vet weather
yet. There is about one-half
inch of ice this morning on wa
ter that stood outside last night,
so you see we are not having
spring yet. though l like Illinois
fine, but to be sure there is no
place so dear to a Kehtuckian as
their old Kentucky home. With
best wishes to the News, | will
close.
Mrs. ]. F. Renfro.
The Adair County news., 1918-05-15

No peace is possible with Ger.
many and Austria Hungary, and
no peace offensive by them
should be considered. They are
outlaw nations and must by the
knighthood of christian civiliza-
ton be delivered dead or alive
under terms of unconditional
surrender. AS Scipio said of
Carthage: Germany and all that
Prussianism stands for, must be
destroyed" When you hear
folks talking with trepidation
about the fear of the allies abil-
ity to finally subdue the armies
of the Teutonic barbarian, sprin-
kle it well with salt as fresh
from the environs of Teutonic
influence. Germany has already
put her best, and saving what
she hopes to get from the aris-
tocracy of Russia, her all, into
the struggle. The man power
and the other resources of the
Anglo. French-American allies
have hardly yet been touched.
We can afford to fight a defen.
sive battle for ten years if nee.
essary, with the final purpose in
view of blotting off the map OF
Europe at the proper time, the
autocratic powers of central Eu.
rope.
The Adair County news., 1918-05-15

We have every reason to know
that America has now in France
at least a half million men pref
ty well equipped and provisioned.
By this time next year there
should be somewhere in the
neighborhood of one and a half
to two and a half million men
from America in the fighting lines
of Northern France. The allied
armies need only to save their
man power and equipment dur
ing the present year, assuming
strictly a defensive policy OF
warfare until next Spring, when
with a fresh and completely rest,
ed army backed up by an unlim'
tied number of trained reserves
an offensive will be begun that
within four months will see the
Allied armies camping in the
streets of Berlin. Let those who
may be inclined to be discouraged
and pessimistic remember that
America has not yet been a fight.
ing factor at all in the war. She
will be soon however, and viii
within the next twenty months
be the decisive factor in deter
mining for the world and for fu
ture generations the comparative
status of Autocracy and Democ
racy. Germany knows tina
America cannot:and will not lose
The Adair County news., 1918-05-15

The Associated Press, May 9,
Fighting was still in progress
this morning near Vierstraet Oh
the front southwest of Ypres,
At one time the British were
forced back slightly by machine
gun fire. All the rest of the orig.
inal defenses, however, appeared
to be again in the hands of the
defenders, in the Voomezeele.
LaClytte sector.
The Adair County news., 1918-05-15
From Camp Taylor.

We boys from Adair county
arrived at the camp about 11:3C
o'clock, April 81. We had sup
per at Lebanon, about Z o'clock,
and when we arrived at the
camp, the mess sergeant issued
each of us comfort and two yarn
blankets. Then we had another
supper and a good one at that.
Our meals consists of bread,
peas, beans, cabbage, steak,
pork, coffee, soup, corn, lemon
ade, onions and raisins.
The boys from Adair are all
we'll and satisfied, but we are
quarantined at present, and
would have been out in a few
The Adair County news., 1918-05-15

Ha iris place-Uncle Remus' old
home. 1t made me think of that
expression by another,-''Pla
living and high thinking" He
wrote thirty books. While walk
ing up from the street car, 1
heard behind me the foot falls
of lady, who said to me, Il
know you are preacher, am
the daughter of a Methodist
preacher. and l know Them"
Why she thought l was a preach
er, l do not know. Well, l did
have on my preacher coat. |
said, II have come out to see
Uncle Remus' home, and offered
her the admission fee. She said,
mo, l will not charge you any
thing" Well, the old place is
interesting. His bedroom. into
which visitors are not allowed to
enter, is just as he left it. His
hat is on the table, his umbrella
is hung up at the corner of the
mantle, his collar on the dresser,
his razor strap hanging near by.
A broad porch fronts the house.
On the porch is his big plain,
armed rocking chair. | sat in it
a few moments to think of the
great Georgia writer, who got
much of his inspiration out of
doors. There are many trees in
the terraced yard,-two splendid
tulip trees, the sweet magnolia.
and many others. The roses are
blooming, and look so fresh and
beautiful. One of the poplar
trees, now in full bloom, stands
near the porch. They call it the
monumental tree. He said he
did not want any monument, but
put his hand upon that tree anC
said, "Let this tree be my mon.
ument." The other poplar stand:
further from the house. They
call it his hooking bird tree
The hooking bird use to lodge il
that tree, and sing to the great
writer and lover of nature. A!
l passed through the rooms, an(
walked up and down the large
yard, l felt as if l breathed tn.
atmosphere of an intensely in
teresting literature.
The great lover and writer is
gone, but not forgotten.
S. G. Shelley.
The Adair County news., 1918-05-15

Will the Baptists of Kentucky
allow H. Boyce Taylor to sit as
president of the Kentucky Gen.
errl Baptist Association? Above
all things the Baptist Church
stands for the democracy of re-
ligion. Its tenets were handed
by Jesus to the twelve Apostles,
that the world under a new and
better dispensation might not
only enjoy a democracy of re-
ligion, but that mankind might
be permitted to enjoy in a high.
er and more Cody state the
practical application of those
principles with which the divine
Nazarine supplanted hierarchy
and pharasaical autocracy.
The Baptist Church is a great
religious democracy. The Amer
lean Government is the greatest
of all civil Democracies. There
is no place in either for men op-
posed to our Government and
policies of war against the Hun.
When Jesus said: Render
unto Caesar that which is Cae-
sar's, and unto God t h a
W h i C h is Gods" He had ref
erence to both the ''lily-livered"
and the traitor, but not less to
the self-righteous fool and unpa-
triotic critic who thinks that he
has either a monopoly on, or a
proprietary interest in the coz
lest seats of Heaven. Jesus as
God in the world, was at the
same time a practical man, else
we poor sinful weaklings would
have as little chance for Heaven
as our boys in Khaki would have
at court in Berlin. If what is
ascribed to Mr.. Taylor, in ut
terances, is true, he must be
against the American govern
ment, against Jesus Christ,
and his influence in the world
and against the most cherished
and sacred principles and tenets
of the Baptist Church. For the
cause of Christ and the church
that every Baptist loves, the
man should be removed as presi-
dent of the associated churches in
Kentucky, following the action
of the church at Murray in re-
moving him as pastor.
The Adair County news., 1918-05-15

Mutt and Jeff are on their way
from France to the Louisville
Times, so writes the artist, Bud
Fisher. They did many inter.
esting stunts while in Paris.
The Adair County news., 1918-05-15

Senator Hitchcock, of Ne
braska, succeeds the late Sena-
tor Stone, of Missouri, as Chair
man of the Foreign Relation
Committee.
The Adair County news., 1918-05-15

Silas A. Sullivan, of Russell
county, wants to go to Congress,
and he has announced his candi-
dacy before the Republican voters
of the Eleventh district. He in.
vites the other Republican can
didates to meet him on the stump.
The Adair County news., 1918-05-15
From Georgia.
Atlanta, May 8, 1918.
Editor Adair County News,
Columbia, KY,

My Dear Sir and Bro. =
Possibly some of your readers
would enjoy a bit of news, or a
little write up from this Southern
city. My trip down here was
very interesting. l left home at
4 o'clock yesterday morning, my
train was on time, and l arrived
at Atlanta about 10 O'Clock, p.
m. Over much of the way the
scenery is perfectly beautiful
and sublime. Our train swept
along by high, rugged mountain
peaks. and dashed over laughing
mountain streams. He, who
loves nature, passing this way,
has a good opportunity to love
her more, and get closer to ma
lures God. Over this route the
keen eyed traveller has a splen-
did chance to study a great book
the book of nature. Bishop
Tigert once said ITO me the
study of nature is next to the
study of theology"
Knoxville, Tenn, out does an
cient Rome, for hills. 1t is a
thriving city of $4,000 souls.
Atlanta, of something over
100000 inhabitants, is Georgia's
great Mecca. She is as large as
any other two of her cities put
together; growing city of a
great volume of business. Mr..
Asa Gambler, a brother of Bishop
Gambler, a man worth many mil.
lions, is the Mayor of the city.
Mr.. Gambler gave a million dol.
lars to Emory university, our
new Institution established here
after we lost Vanderbilt, was
taken from us. Bishop Gambler
is the Dean of the theological de.
partment.
Atlanta is 1,050 feet above sea
level, at the foothills of the Blue
Ridge mountains. Part of its
waters drain to the Atlantic
ocean, part to the Gulf of Mex.
leo. There is always a breeze
and a bracing atmosphere. At.
tanta's climate is excellent fol
health, comfort and production
1t does not 60 to extremes. Open
air work is possible every day in
the year.
The city of Atlanta owns ap.
proximately 1000 acres, well
distributed in Al park plots.
Land and property are valued at
So, 19O,917.
1t is said Stone Mountain, the
largest solid rock in the world,
is sixteen miles east of Atlanta
on good automobile road. is one
of the nations wonders, one mile
up from base to summit and
eight miles around the base.
The Confederate Memorial Mon.
ument is being carved on the
steep side of the mountain.
The city of Atlanta maintains
64ipublic Schools high schools,
A mig hit schools, AZ white gram.
mar schools and IA negro schools.
Woodrow Wilson, when &
young man, practiced law in At.
lanta for about one year.
This was the home of Henry
W. Grady, Journalist, orator anG
patriot. Atlanta was justly
proud of him. AS / looked upor
his monument, which stands OF
Marietta street, this afternoon
l was tempted to say, Henry W.
| L RI
The Adair County news., 1918-05-15

Exterminator won the Durby,
and sports and their money part
ed.
The Adair County news., 1918-05-15

Concluded on page Sd
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-29
VERMONT CORPORATIONS.
George P. Moore Co. of st. Johnsbury
and Norton Hardware Co., Fair Haven.

The George p. Moore company, Inc
of st. Johnsbury has filed articles OF
corporation in the secretary of state.
office TO do coal, wood. ice, grain, flour
merchandise; insurance brokerage, stock
bonds and real estate business in Yer
mont They filed the articles some
weeks ago but had 10 amend them be-
cause they covered too much of a field
to secure license. The capital stock
Is $4,000. signed by George p. Moore
and Ellis W. Moore Of ST. Johnsbury.
and G. H. Moore Of Boston.
The Norton Hardware company OF
Pair Haven has filed articles in the same
Office 10 conduct a hardware store n
Fair Haven. with a capital stock Of
$4,000. The subscribers are B. II. Nor.
ton. r. v. Dawson and r. W. Ravmrnd
The Huile company of Springfield aas
applied for authority to change it, name
TO the Bradford Oh Co, Inc, Springfield.
such a vote having recently been taken
At a meeting Of the stockholders.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-29
Better Buildings-Fewer Fires.
he Barre Times says;

The Barre Times SAYS:
western Vermont towns are gettinl
too much undesirable publicity in the fir,
Insurance papers. Put the fire fiend un
der the wet blanket"
Undesirable publicity is not the worst
feature OF the situation. The annua
tax on Vermont and the country gener.
ally, caused by preventahle fire loss. is
becoming almost intolerable.
II is true that several of the recent
hres in this vicinity had strong suspi.
cion OF design, but the continual increase
In the number of highly inhammable
wooden or quick burning buildings sug-
gests the urgent need of more stringent
building regulations in all the larger pop-
ulation eenters of the state.
Fireproof construction i pretty exneu-
sive, even in time of peace. but property
owners and all those who cont-ibn,e indi-
reetly TO the payment Of high fire insur-
ance rates must realize sooner or later
that slOw-burning construction. even At
high metal and cement prices. is good
business in the end
Three costly, almost disastrous fires in
this county impress the fact so strongly
that, when rebuilding is considered. The
importance Of better exterior and into
nor construction, automatic sprinkler
systems or better FIRE protection in other
forms demands the most careful consid-
Grafton.
The time i coming when infammable
wooden buildings can only b insured n
yates which will be found prohibitive.-
Butlsnd Herald
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-29
is WORKING HARD.
But Private Moses Ceresoli Has His
Times OF Fun.


From Private Moses Ceresoli OF Co
A, l02d Machine Gun battery, Ameri
can expeditionary forces now serving
somewhere in France his brother
Tony Ceresoli, Of Quarry street has re
ceived the following letter, which is Al
follows;
France, Jan. 2, 1915
Dear Brother: Having some leisure
time on my hands. am taking the op.
portunity TO write you short letter
as | know that you would like TO hear
from me.
! hope you are getting along well in
school; you want to do your very best,
I'd like to think had smart brother,
even if I'm not smart myself. You
want TO be sure and help father and
mother all you can, too. You ought TO
see the little French boys work They
are wonders. You see littlefelows hard
ly bigger than Roger helping their ia
theirs do the farm work or gathering
wood for their mothers. Did you know
that the country people use wooden
shoes! I'm going TO send you a pair
of them before long while. How would
you like TO be over here with me Z
Would you like to be soldierg It's
hard life, believe me, but we have our
happy moments just the same.
Well I'll close now, with the best of
love TO you and all the family. Moses.
p. s. BE sure and answer this and
I'll write you more about our doings
here. Tell Jennie I'm going to write
to her soon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-29
CORRECT TIME FOR TROOPS.
Will Soon Be Transmitted to Americans
Over Their Own Telegraph.

With the American Army in France
| Jan. 29-Correspondence of Associated
Press Correct time soon will be trans
mitted to the entire American expedi.
| tionary force over its own system OF
telegraph lines. AT present wireless
| stations each day at a certain hour pick
| from the air figures flashed from Paris
by which the clocks of the army are
synchronized. This method does not in
sure absolute accuracy.
When the last links of the telegraph
system are connected, each day at /
o'clock simultaneous signal will be sent
to every station so that through the ex-
isting zone and, later on, at the front
as well, clocks and watches will show
the same time. This synchronzation is
desirable under present conditions and
il is an absolute necessity with troops
at the front when. for instance, orders
may specify that some operation is to
be carried out at one point at certain
time and another operation at another
point at another time The success of
both operations may depend upon them
being launched virtually on the second.
Miles upon miles of telegraph lines
strung on poles labeled 81. S. A." now
stretch through France. They NAV be
found running to base ports, zig tagging
through the instruction zone over hills
through valley, along a roadside. On
some of the poles there are double cross
beams supporting in many cases as many
as ten wires. There is complete sys-
tenn OF operators and central exchanges
as well as a considerable force Of line
men and repairmen quite a number of
whom worked for telephone and tele-
graph companies in the United States
before the war. The service" leaves
little if anything to be desired.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-29
RECRUITING OFFICERS COME.
Capt E. W. Gibson Began Drive in Mont
pelier To-day.

Capt. L. W. Gibson of Co. |, First
| Vermont regiment, arrived in Montpel-
! ier Monday evening for the drive which
| he will conduct for volunteers to the
! First Vermont regiment, which is to be
moved to the national camp at Spartan
burg, :. c. He comes to Vermont .au-
thoriZed by the war department, so that
| makes those who are interested in the
regiment think that the regiment will
retain its formation He was in con-
ference this morning with Col. II. r.
johnson, acting adjutant general. and
this afternoon with Gov. Graham. rela-
tive to the drive in Vermont. II is very
probable that men will be stationed at
each of the local exemption boards for
the purpose OF explaining to the men IN
class | how they can get into the regi-
ment.
The matter of state pay for those -ol-
unteering under this drive will also be
under consideration. Some time ago
Col. johnson asked an opinion Of the
attorney general relative to this matter.
aud il is hoped that this will be favora-
bic so that the state viii pay those whs
volunteer through this drive. a has been
done with Others who volunteer in the
army from Vermont.
Capt. Gibson viii have headquarters.
in Montpelier, 1t is understood. proha
bly, in the federal building. and will
conduct his campaign from his office
there.
From the other drive the First Yer
mont obtained lao men. which made a
good showing GO. I. Can't Gibson
own company. has % men At the present
time and about the same number thst
went % Fort Ethan Allen last June be-
fore the recruiting commenced
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-29
NEW YEARS EVE IN FRANCE.
Corporal H. G. Levin Writes His Folks as
1q1z licked Itself Away.

Mr.. and Mrs. NJ S. Levin have re-
ceiyed another letter from their son
Corporal Harry G. Levin, telling OF his
continued good health in France. He
writes:
Dear Folks: Your welcome letters
of Nov. 10, Il and 25 received. Glad to
hear YOU are all well as it leaves me
at present. | received a very nice box
| from the Ehlick boys of Springfield,
Mass, containing tobacco, gum, writing
paper and dandy scarf that just
matches my sweater that was given me
by the Red Cross. | have as yet not
| received any boxes from any one except
the one | have mentioned in this letter;
| but suppose / will receive them before
| long.
THE weather here is just the same
as YOU have in the states, cold and lots
of snow. We were issued two more
blankets-real good ones. This makes
FIVE in all that / have now; so you see
/ keep warm when / sleep. My feet are
the only part of my body that get cold
during the day. This is on account of
my work now which keeps me In the
open air most of the day.
II have received six letters to-day and
two Barre Times. One letter from Aunt
Julia, stating that everybody is well;
one from Robert and one from Harry
Ehlick, your three making six in all;
also postcards from Harry Segel and
Jess Cantor of Syracuse, n. Y. / was
glad to get them all; they certainly
made me feel happy. / am answering
them all tonight. As we are not al
lowed to send postcards it is impossi
ble for me to write to everybody that |
wish because my time is limited. So
YOU can explain TO those that don't hear
from me why.
1T is now Halo p. m. One of the last
things | am going to do this year is to
finish this letter to You. | suppose
Rose is back at Saratoga at school, get
ting ready for her midsummer exams.
Hope she passes them all tll;20l ard
all is well. | am afraid | will have to
wait ten minutes between each page ~
order to finish this letter by Il o'clock,
because | am at loss what TO write about
Ql:3Ol just think half hour left Of
this wear. Here am alone writing this
letter. Everything Is as quiet a. can
be- The only thing that j. alive be
sides myself i the clock which is tick
ing away the last breath Of the year
1917. (ll:40l Dear folks. | am now
one Of the saddest things that
| have seen in France. the diving Of the
I'D wear and the birth of a new one;
md here Is hoping. dear folks, that
he new year viii bring with il glsd
idings and q happy new wear for all.
-I2:eii Hurrahi the new wear has ar
lived safely and am sure ils life VIII
.old nothing but happiness Jan. !. 1918.
la.os a. M To begin with I am in
,ood health and high spirits and sin
erely hope you are all the same a.
.ome. NOw don't worry about me b.
ause 7 ann in 10 danger Wuh best
owe and regards 10 all. am your loviFc
on. Corporal u q levin
p. :. Did you reoeive thr piIlou tn.
sent you, Best regards 20 boys at thc
,ore.r