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Evening star., 1918-04-14
British Military Attache Here
Saws Invaders Are Now in
Very Narrow Salient.
DOMINATED BY HIGHER
GROUND ALLIES POSSESS
French and British Reserves Arrive
at Flanders Crucial Point to
Meet Expected Blows.

French and British reinforcements are
-aa.h,ng Sir Douglas Hatgs army In
..-,n1 ro.,.
Fianoers' "nich no" 10 LII
tion to meet further German attack MAJ
Gen. James D. McLachlan. British mill
. tary attache mere sa.o ia-s' - 80 =.
viewing the situatioh on .he i'o' 'ne' - p--'
$ OF the long western battle line
Present German Situation
,,
BY failing to break through ne SAID
the Germans find themselves in an awk-
.,,ra,,. n.rror, salient and for that rea-
"arois iiaiio" 'e IL.
son the pattie IS pouiiu " eoi'''i0o "iA
Rreat ferocity.
: "As things stand the Germans have
N,h,a, ..h,+ MT
scored saio zen hcAaen4an'
; 30 heavily as they would ike TO nave
done. They have won no decisive
..,..,, .,a .acb hopr that their ad-
"o ~ ,,,.,,
vance Is delayed makes II less iheiS
that they will. They are in position
,o& v.ry d,rYerent from, that which they
,s 49,. 81 =, n. a,st and
ocSupieo a' 'Ne
: what may be called mooiie' stage VI
the preceding battle for Amiens.
1me,s hnnea ote to senarate the British
SaoH .H -, Vnr.s-C -C-onines canal and
. oseWeeh 'ne NJ, nnae,t 70 drive
Il Sassee ~ Is as as cisa raIi ~ un and penee
tne bIiush army. r.u.h rh,n
uate 10 ehe coast vi 'he eng '''
mel
Similarly Failed In Object.
TN the battle for Amiens tnelr .;ca a..acR
was stopped upon the northern pot pot t..o
Of the line between Arras ana A.per..
In the present battle thelr nor.nsrn s
flank, while bending back the brl''sh
line. has similarly failed IN Its sa.. on3ee..
'.The country between Wytscnaeee
, and La Bassee. back to HazehFonck. IS
IN the nature of shallow basin sur
rounded by high ground. In this basin
. the Germans have penetrated to max
: imum depth of about ten miles and on
q front Of about fifteen miles, between
PIoegesteert wood and La Bassee. but
they have failed to force the British
from the hills stretching west from
wytschaete, and at the south end OF
their attack have been held on the line
Givenchy and Hulluch-
ana have thus been kept from Bethune.
which was their immediate objective in
that region. These two failures leave
them, in spite of all their gains. in the
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Next Three or -Four Days
Most Critical in the War

and compelled the British to retire from
Beilleul and Hazebrouck. Ypres would
have to be abandoned and the French
channel ports would be in imminent
danger.
For the moment, at any rate. the
Germans are being held. 1t is pointed
out
The next three or four days. the re-
viewers consider, will be the most criti-
cal In the war.
Evening star., 1918-04-14


thorities, and will, 1t is said, be in
termed.
Kammeyer has been under .survefl-
lance of federal officers for some time.
His arrest followed his application for
on the ground that he had been warned
over the telephone that fifty prominent
citizens desired that he leave the city
within twenty-four hours.
Kammeyer's story brought to light
definite knowledge of g. vigilance COM
mfttee in Birmingham. Other Germans,
some prominent, are also said to nave
been warned to leaye Birmingham and
several are said to have departed
The preliminary hearing of William
torney. charged with disloyalty. has
been tentatively set for Wednesday
April II.
Mr.. benson was arrested Thursday
afternoon by federal authorities on
warrant charging violation Of section
3 of the espionage act 1t is alleged
that benson, In the presence OF men
who were in the draft, made remarks
tending to cause disloyalty, insubordf-
nation and refusal to duty.
yellow Paint smears Shop.
JOPLIN. Mo-, April 1s.-The deli
catessen shop of G. A. Brautigan here
was smeared with yellow paint today
as a result of his alleged pro-Ger-
manism A crowd began forming When
Brautigan Is said to have declared ne
could whip. one at time: the mem. .h
hers of a COMMITTEE" which did the
painting. He was removed to Carthage
for protection Saloons were oroereo
closed for time.
Charge Of Mapmaking Near Camp.
CHARLOTTE, N c.. April ID
Charged with acting in suspicious
manner by photographing, surveying
and mapping public highways in the
general vicinity of Camp Greene. near
here, Lee Mcintyre, claiming to be an
employe Of an unnamed Chicago drm,
was arrested today and released on
bond Of $500 after hearing before a
magistrate. Witnesses at the hearing
said Mcintyre had been working In the
county about three weeks.
Mcintyre admitted he had sent the
Chicago firm maps and pictures he
made. He had expensive engineering in
struments, cameras and other equip
ment and an automobile, which he gave
into custody as his bond for appearance
at tho county court.
Clergyman Unwelcome Visitor.
MEDFoRD. Ore. April 1s.-Pastor E.
P. Taliaferro, travelling preacher for
the International Bible Students As
sociation. scheduled to lecture here
last night, was refused permission and
ordered out of town by Mayor C. E.
Gates, but remained until crowd of
several hundred threatened violence,
when he hurriedly left by automobile.
He was followed by a portion of the
ferro. seized George Maynard. local
leader Of the sect, painted huge iron
cross upon his body and gave him until
Monday to leave the city.
Evening star., 1918-04-14

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Daily
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Association for the Prevention of tuberculosis
Address, 9z3 H Street NV. Telephone: Main 99z.
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Evening star., 1918-04-14
To Supplement Land Operations.

In some quarters the sudden drop in
submarine sinkings last week lent
color to the possibility of a German
naval drive to supplement the land op-
erations. the explanation being that
the submarines had been called in to
prepare Sor cooperation with the feet.
Undoubtedly. II was said, the German
drives in Pfcardy and in Flanders were
FOR the purpose Of capturing the chan
mel ports through which British troops
: end supplies dow to the front They
were launched In Arm conviction that
success would attend them. and officers
said 1t naturally followed that steps
would be taken to prepare the battle
Meets and submarines to cooperate i'm
. medfately with the army.
I Should the channel ports be brought
under gun fire. the German command
1t was argued. probably would seek to
block off British reinforcements with
warshfps even at the risk Of losing
many vessels. Once the army was in
Arm possession of a section of the
channel coast as a naval base officers
believed. warships and particularly
submarines. would be rushed to that
point for operations against British
channel traffic. and possibly even
against the English coast.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Enjoying Prosperity.

Ireland is enjoying a prosperity
hitherto unknown. She is the chief feed
er for England. Her farmers are becoming
rich. They are the backbone of the
country, and rebeious events would
destroy their prosperity.
The Sim Feiners. of source, are fr-
reconcilable, but they represent none
of the property interests Of the coun-
try.
The foregoing are the features of
the situation which cause optimism
here. On the other side is the opposi-
ton Of the Catholic clergy to conscrip-
ton.
The meeting between John Dillon and
Joseph Devlin and the Sim Fein lead
ers to come at an early date, may de-
velop into conciliatory influence,
rather than otherwise.
CONSUMPTION Conference.
DUBLIN, April 13.-John Dillon,
chairman of the nationalist party, and
Joseph Devlin. nationalist member of
parliament for Belfast, have accepted
the lord mayors invitation to meet
Prof Edward de Valera, one of the
Sim Fein leaders. and Arthur Griffith.
founder Of the Sim Fein organization.
next week for a conference on the con-
scription question.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Only Motorboat Missing.

LONDON, April 13.-With reference to
the German official statement claiming
that in the attack on the coast of Flan-
ders British torpedo boat was set afire
and captured by the Germans, the ad-
miralty says that only one small motor
boat is missing
German Torpedo Boat Lost.
A German torpedo boat struck a mine
off Zeebrugge Friday and sank, accord
ing to a dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph Company from The Hague
Evening star., 1918-04-14
1eutonic FIanks Exposed
to Allied Armies Counter
Assaults in Two Places

In the view of some officers here the
German front as 1t now stands places the
Germans in jeopardy in two places
Tho wide salient driven toward Amiens
appears to them susceptible of flank as
sault by the French from the south and
southwest. while in Flanders the narrow
saiient driven into the British lines leaves
the Teutonic flanks exposed
Tho participation of American troops
With the French in vigorously repelling
German assaults, as reported by the
french official statement, was welcomed
by officers here. They saw in the report
evidence that the mon have all the dash
and enterprise expected OF them and are
coming into action like veterans
1ntimations from neutral sources that
Germany has been preparing for a
naval offensive, as contained in press
reports. reaching this country. already
have come to the War Department in
more official way. Mobilization Of
naval reserves at the fleet bases, as
sembly of supplies and other activities
indicating plans for a dash to sea have
been transmitted for some weeks.
Evening star., 1918-04-14
Feminine PATRIOTS
TAR COAT A WOMAN

Continued from First Page.)
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-10
STAUNCH FRIEND
OF GOVERNOR
STRONG

~
The AMI af1 Jssne, one of the
largest prohibition papers in the
United States says:
Mrs. CorneHa T. Hatcher. presi-
dent of the Alaska Womens Chris
tian Temperance Union, was an in
teresting figure at three conven-
tions at Washington. She came primar-
lily to attend the national w. C. T. u.
convention and remained for the con-
ventions of the Anti-Saloon League
and Suffrage Association.
To reach Washington she Travelled
nine miles on horse back, fifteen
miles on lumber wagon, fortyfiye
miles on a lumber wagon, forty-five
road, twenty-five hundred miles by
steamer to Seattle and thirty-five
hundred miles overland by railroad
from Seattle to Washington. She is
much interested in the fight which
the people of Alaska are making
against the corrupt interests of the
territory. These latter are seeking
to ouse Governor Strong and will
move on the administration with the
argument that Strong's political 10y
atty is much in question Mrs Hatch
er declares that the moral forces of
Alaska are unanimous for the reten-
tion of Governor Strong in office.
While in Washington she will make
her report to President Wilson, who
has agreed to accept her statement
of the moral forces of Alaska in the
Strong case. Mrs. Hatcher was for
merly editor of the Union Signal,
the national organ of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-10

Section 15O, referred to in the above
telegram is as follows:
Any registrant, not an alien enemy,
whose order numebr is so low that
he is not within the current quota of
his local board, may be inducted i'm
mediately into military service on his
own written request by complying
with the following requirements:
(a) If he is in class II. III, or ",
he shall file with his local board
waiver of all claims of deferred classi-
fication
(b) If he is in class ", on the
ground of dependency, he must ac-
company his application and waiver
with a waiver from those persons in
behalf of whom he was so placed in
class ". No waiver from children
or persons non compos mentis shall
be recognized by a local board.
Upon receipt of such application and
waiver, the local board shall examine
him physically and, if he is found
qualified for military service, shall
Immediately induct him into such SER
vice by issuing, in respect of him, the
usual order of induction into military
service, specifying the date desired by
him (but not later than seven days
after the date of his application) for
induction into military service. The
local board shall thereupon send him
in the usual manner to the nearest
mobilization camp for assignment to
duty, but not as or with any part of
the current quota of such local board.
Nothing in this section shall be
construed as authorizing any local
board to send less than the total quo
ia called for from the local board com
posed entirely of registrants whose in
duction into military service ~,as not
advanced under the provisions of this
section. Credits for such registrants
so inducted into military service out
of their order will be allowed to local
boards on the quota called for next
after their induction into military ser
vice.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-10
AGED BANDMASTER WANTS
LEAD MILITARY BAND

HONOLULU, Jan. 10-Henry Berg
ger, veteran leader of the Royal Ha-
waiian band in the days of the mon
archy and intimate friend of Robert
Louis Stevenson at the time the fam
Gus writer lived at Waikiki Beach,
Honolulu, has volunteered to ACT as
leader for the military band Of the
1st Hawaiian infantry. National Guard.
Capt. Berger is too old to enlist as a
guardsman but he proposes to instruct
the ban free of charge as a civilian
leader.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-10
NAME D
AS ADVISORY
BOARD

Upon recommendation of Governor
Strong, President Wilson has ap
pointed the following named doctors
of dental surgery, from the different
divisions of Alaska to act in the ca.
pacity as members of the medical
Advisory board under the draft act:
DR.. w E. Zuber, Ketchikan.
DR.. e. c. Emery, Wrangel.
DR.. II. S. Hall, Doug:as
DR.. George Freeberger, Juneau.
DR.. L. S. Keller, Skagway.
DR.. G.. F. Daggett, Cordova.
DIR. II. Cockerville, Valdez.
DR.. H. A. Heating, Seward.
DR.. w. f. Peterson, Sitka.
DR. James w. Bayne, Nome.
DR.. Robert R. Myers, Fairbanks.
DR.. F. A. Ross. Anchorage.
DR.. P. J. Malone, for the purpose
of organization, has been designated
temporary chairman of the board, and
following instruction of the governor
in his letter to the above named den
lists, he says:
You will please communicate with
DIR. Malone at your earliest conven.
ience, relative to your duties as MEM
bers of this organization. I herewith
enclose blank oath, which you will
fill out sign and swear to before a
notary public, or a commissioner,
and return to this office as soon as
possible.
'Your appointment is in the nature
of a draft and is without compen-
sation, but, it is believed that your
patriotism and your sense of duty to
your country in it's hour of need,
will impel you to put forth your best
efforts to serve the National end"
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-10
RITcHIE SUCCEEDS LYONS
MEMBER EXEMPTION BOARD

On account of an indefinite alb
sence from the Territory John Lyons,
attorney of Valdez, rendered his res.
ignation as member of the Division
al Exemption Board No 8. which was
accepted by the President, and upon
recommendation of the Governors
office. F. E, Richie, also an attorney
of Valdez was appointed to fill the
vacancy.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-10
SUFFRAGE VOTE
TAKES PLACE:
TODAY b.
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10-The house
votes late today on the Susan An
thony suffrage amendment. With the
approval to the amendment given by
President Wilson yesterday the suf-
frage leaders feel certain the amend
ment will poll over the necessary two
thirds vote.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-10
ALASKANS MAY ENLIST
AND CHOOSE SERVICE

The Cordova Exemption Board has
received the full text of the special
ruling made covering the enlistment
of Alaskans before the selective draft.
The telegram is from Governor Strong
and is as follows:
In accordance with the ruling OF
Provost Marshal General you are in
structed as follows: "Inasmuch as no
drawings have taken place in Alaska,
and no order numbers have been as
signed Alaskan registrants, and since
communications with local boards in
Alaska are now practically impossible,
the provisions of the regulations re-
lating to the voluntary induction into
military service and enlistment, in
the navy or marine corps of such
registrants are not applyable TIE
following Is, therefore, ordered to be
effective until such time only as
drawing takes place in Alaska.
mo person under the jurisdiction
of an Alaskan local board will be con.
sidered as within the current quota
Any such registrant desiring the en-,
iistment in the navy or marine corps
or voluntary induction into military
service may apply to any local board
for the certificate required by section
151, selective service regulations. or
for voluntary induction. The local
board applied to will require the regis
trant to expedite his registration GER
tificate, and, if satisfactory that he is
in fact an Alaskan registrant will re,
quire him to file a QUESTIONABLE and
will therefore treat him as one of its
own registrants, except that it will
enter on every paper, in every space
requiring local board stamp the des-
ignatioM of the Alaska local board,
will forward to the Governor of Alas
ka all papers required to be filed
by local board together With let
ter of transmital stating that regis
trant waS inducted into militarv sHr-
vice or authority to enlist in the na-
Wy or marine corps. ana will not IN
ter the registrant's name on It's
classified list. Credit for induction
accomplished under authority of the
telegram will be allowed to the pro.
per Alaskan board Of course these
men are subject to the same in
structions as to induction as other
applicants, and no men will be in
Quoted for any corps or departments
of the army for which induction has
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-10
CHANCE FOR DRAFT IN
ALASKA HAS INCREASED

Alaska draft registrants who have
faithfully watched the papers for their
serial numbers, and who have care.
fully committed same to memory
against the day when the selections
will be made, might just as we'll set
to work forgetting their carefully
learned number.
For the Alaska draft men are going
to be remembered, all over again.
The governors office received a
telegram from Provost Marshal Gen.
eral Enoch Crowder announcing this
step and giving other instructions to
the force handling the Alaska draft
work.
No time has yet been set for the
new drawing to determine the mum.
bers of the men, that for the pres
ent, all those who registered under
the selective service act are back at
the place whence they started.
Another important direction given
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-10
SHORTAGE FLOUR
BEFORE NEW
CROPS DUE
(By Associated Pressl

= %%%%%%%%%<%~%%%%~A =
= WASHINGTON, Jan. 1O.-The .
= food situation is regarded so crit .
= ical that the food administration .
. is planning for the release of 9O,- Q
= 100000 bushels of wheat. despite .
= the fact that a normal export Q
= supply was shipped by the mid. .
= die of December. The American .
= people are to be asked to make .
. up the deficiency. Allied demands .
= are so insistent that Administra- .
= tor Hoover has decided to take =
= no chance on shortage in the .
= spring to meet the allies needs, .
= in part. II the American con- .
. sumption is not reduced officials .
. see a possible shortage of flour .
= here in May, before the new .
= crops comes in June. .
= = = = = = = = = = = %%~%
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-10

been stopped by existing orders"
You are further instructed to give
this order as much publicity as pos
stble through your local newspapers
and otherwise to encourage voluntary
enlistments and induction, in order to
make up the deficiency in our quota
in this manner if possible.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-10
AMERICAN ARMY
WAS QUICKLY
RAISED
(By Associated Press)

. = - . = = = - = = . . . . 80
= WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 =
= Secretary of War Baker told the =
. senate war investigating commit =
= tee that America has an army of =
= substantial size ready for service =
= in France; that the officers and =
= men are trained especially for =
. modern warfare, and independ- =
. ent lines of communication in .
= process of construction and a .
= great program formulated for =
= the production of new instru. =
. ments of war and said arms are =
. the most efficient kind provided .
= for every soldier sent to France =
= this year. =
= Baker further stated that no .
. army of similar size in the his =
= tory of the world had ever been .
. been raised, equipped and train =
= ed so quickly as the great army .
= of Americans now formed and no .
= such provision was ever made .
. for the comfort, health and well .
= being of an army. .
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-10
FIRE DESTROYS
4 CATHOLIC
HOSPITAL
(By Associated Press)

OTTAWA, Jan. 1O.-The Water
Street Catholic hospital burned to
the ground. One hundred and fifty
six patients, including many child
rem, were rescued. Two little girls
died from the effects of burns receiy-
ed
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-10
OKLAHOMA PLANT
GOES Up IN
SMOKE

FORT SMITH, Jan. 10.-The pOwd-
er and dynamite plant at Patterson,
Oklahoma, eighteen miles east of Nc
Alester has blown up and although no
details of the accident are available
a heavy loss is reported.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-10
TWO TRAIN CREW
INJURED IN
EXPLOSION
(By Associated Press)

MEMPHIS, Jan. 10.-Dynamite mix
ed in coal shoyeled into the engines
boiler exploded and wrecked a freight
locomotive and as a result two of the
trainmen are dying from injuries re
ceived
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-10
GOVT. DISCOVERS
AN Tl-NAR
MOVEMENT
~~~~~~~~~e~~~~%%~~

. WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.-The .
. government has discovered .
. movement to reorganize the Sa- .
. botage and anti-war propaganda .
. throughout the nation. If was .
o unearthed through intercepted .
o communication and evidence .
. found on a score of aliens. + .
. is believed that the movement .
Q has been broken and the activi- .
. ties confined to sporadic cases =
. without guidance from a central .
o headquarters. .
Q o . . . . . . . . q . %%%%%
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-10
JAPANESE HOUSEWIVES
SIGN FOOD PLEDGE
(By Associated Press)

HONOLULU, T. H. Jan. 0.-Pralim-
mary reports received from the food
pledge campaign which has been held
during the last week throughout this
territory indicates that there will be
between 5000 and 5000 signers. Many
of these are Japaneses housewives.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-10

T. C. Cunningham, better known as
Red, one of the attaches of the ma
val radio station at mile IA, has been
ordered to report at Bremerton navy
yard for active service in the war.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-10

in the telegram was that all men who
registered in Alaska giving address
es Outside, shall Immediately be trans.
ferred to their own local boards as
indicated by these addresses. This
will mean that from fifty to seventy
five per cent of the men who regist-
cred in Alaska will be called through
their own local boards in the States,
and will reduce the number of men
from whom the Alaskan contingent
will be picked to about one-fourth
what it is now.
There were in the neighborhood of
10000 men registered in Alaska and
large portion of these were sum-
mer cannery workers, so that it is
quite possible Alaska's quota for the
National army will be chosen from
about $500 men remaining when the
transfer of cards to the Outside is
made.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-10
VICTORIA LEFT
TODAY FOR
CORDOVA
(By Associated Press)

SEATTLE, Jan. 10-The steamship
Victoria sailed for southwestern Alas
ka at 900 o'clock this morning. Pas
sengers booked for Cordova are F. NJ.
Ford. E. NJ. Yeager and wife, Stella
Wallace, John Hedstrom and Fred G..
Oars.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-01-10
AMERICAN CAVALRYMEN
WIN MEXICAN BATTLE

DOUGLAS, Jan 10.-The american
cavalrymen clashed With YaGIis at
Bear valley, west of NOgaies yester
day. Ten Yaquis We're captured and
one died from his wounds, it is re-
ported