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The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02
LITTLE ONEf ENJOYED !
 OLD-FASHIONED PARTY

The Old-Fashioned party given by the children of the Presbyterian Sun day school was a great success from every standpoint It was enjoyed by old and young alike Old fashioned games were played in which all of the pent energy Of the youth was al. lowed to take form in the different games.
 A short program was given. solos. were sung by Mrs. Hubbert and Miss Fraisure, and Mrs. G. Reed gave, 6 reading.
 The party was the result of q mem bership contest in which the girls Of the Sunday school were defeated by the boys by narrow margin.
 The officers and teachers wish to thank the parents and friends for their cooperation in making the social hour a pleasant one and in making the school a success. After the games light refreshments were served ana the event was voted most einoya ble one by all present
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02

the effect of his blows when properly delivered.
 His hardest fight was with Jake Kill rain. It was fought near New Orleans and lasted for seventy-five rounds. That was the last championship con test in the United States to be fought with bare knuckles. under the old rules.
 That fight practically decided the -uselessness of trying to beat Sullivan by combating him in his own sledge- hammer style. A thirty-nine round fight with Charley Mitchell, wary and skillful boxer, seemed to show fighting managers that the great John l.. might be vulnerable to a man who could box well and stay with him long enough to wear him down. The op- portunity to try this method on the champion fell to James J. Corbett The purse was the largest ever put up in a ring battle up to that time. The sum was $25,000 and the stakes $20,- 900. The fight that was to end John L.'s championship was fought before the Olympic club of New Orleans. When the fight was over there was new champion of the world, Sullivan was 34 at the time of his defeat.
 Sullivan said himself that he made two million dollars in the fighting business and that he spent one million
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02
TIMELY INFORMATION
 WAR SAVINGS STAMPS $

Both the First Bank of Cordova and the Bank of Alaska report a ready sale of thrift and war savings stamps ever .since they were put on sale here. The former institution has organized a Two Bits a Day Club" and the large membership buy a thrift stamp each day
 War Savings Stamps
 The following questions and an swers, taken from the government pamphlet, shows the purposes of the stamps and the manner of handling them:
 0. Does the price of a War Savings Stamp always remain the same?
 A. No. The price for each month appears on the face of each stamp. Never pay either more or less than the amount shown for the month in which you make the purchase. The price is $412 in December, 1917 and January, 1918, and increases 1 cent each month after January, 1918, until in December, 1918, when the price is $4.23.
 o. What is the price of War Say ing stamps for each month of 1918?
 A. January, $412; February, $413: March, $4.14; April, $4.15; May, $4.16; June. $417; July, $4.18; August, $419; September, $4,20; October, $421; No, vember, S422; December, $423.
 Q. Why is the price higher each month?
 A. Because the stamps are earning interest.
 Thrift Stamps and Cards
 o. If I do not have enough money saved up to buy a War Savings stamp and can only save in small amounts, what should I do?
 A. Buy a 25-cent Thrift Stamp at a postoffice, bank or other authorized
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02
PRINCE AND PAUPER"
 AT EMPRESS SUNDAY

The Prince and the Pauper," with Marguerite Clark playing the stellar role, at the Empress Sunday evening is one of the most interesting pic lures shown here for long time.
 Marguerite Clark makes an attrac- tive boy and displays great char acter acting in the role of the prince of the beggar boys.
 A comedy so filled with action that it fairly takes away the breath of the spectators follows the Prince and the. Pauper" and causes everyone in the audience to wonder how the actors escape death. For action this comedy surpasses anything seen on the Iocar screens. Both plays will be etaoiR screens. Also Heart-Pathe News film will be shown. The orchestra wilE furnish the music
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02
BOLSHEV VIKI. ID
 SEEK RELEASE
 IF ANARCHISTS
(By Associated Press)

NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-Emman Gold man and Alexander Berkman. the mo- torious anarchists who were convicted of conspiracy to interfere with the operation of the selective draft law. have surrendered to begin sery- ing their sentences. The United States supreme court recently upheld the verdict of the lower courts.
 Berkman made the assertion today that the Russian Bolsheviki govern ment would demand of the American government the release of the Gold man woman and himself.
 Emma Goldman is on her way to the federal penitentiary at Jefferson City, Mo, and Berkman to Atlanta. Ga. Each was sentenced to two years Imprisonment and to pay a fine of $1OOO0.
 Addressed 5oIsheviki Meeting.
 Both Berkman and the Goldman woman made impassioned speeches be- fore the Bolsheviki-cont<olled Russ ian Colonial Congress" here yesterday the delegates to which declared it to- be their purpose to carry the spirit or the Russian revolution throughout America
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02
5 IMPROVEMENTS
 SIDETRACKED
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Secretary of the Navy Daniels announced today that he would not ask the present congress for appropriations for the new naval stations on the South At Iantic, Gulf and Pacific ports, which had been recommended by the naval board under the chairmanship of Rear Admiral Helms.
 The recommendations included a submarine and aviation station for the Puget Sound navy yard at Bremerton, and a submarine station at Port Angeles, Wash.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02
TRENCH LIFE
 NIT ALL FUN
 FUR SAMNIES
(By Associated Pressl

WITH THE ARMICAM ARMY, Feb 2.-Roald Amundsen, the famous Nor. wegian Arctic explorer, is visiting the Ameican war zone as correspondent for Scandinavian newspapers.
 Some of the American troops are To, cated but sixty feet from the German lines, while other are a mile away.
 The American trenches are in a somewhat marshy sector, and the sol diers are compelled to work the pumps constantly in the dugouts in order to keep them free of water Much diff ficulty also Is experienced in keeping the trench rats away
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02
ACCUSE}ALLIES.
 OF INITIATING METHODS

UNDATED-Interest is added to the strike situation in Germany by the publication in German newspapers of the outline of an alleged Anglo-Ameri- can plot to spread dissension among the people of Germany and Austria Hungary.
 German newspapers claim that 25O- OO0,000 marks have been raised in Washington for the use of an organ ization which was to start a revolu. tion and strikes throughout Germany and her allied countries.
 Threats of force to be used by the German military authorities against the strikers have not yet had the eff feet of ending the strike movement. .s
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02

of it in buying drinks for himself and his host of admirers.
 He had knocked out two hundred men, of one sort or another, in his fighting career, and finally, he said that in saloon in TerTe Haute, Ind, in 1905, he gave the black bottle.' .' his greatest enemy, the knockout wal lop On the occasion of the decision with regard to the black bottle" he said
 "If I take another drink, I hope choke, so help me God" He never took another, but kept up his fight for temperance by featuring occasion, ally on the evils of drink for those who have athletic ambitions.
 He was born in Boston, October 15, 1858, and passed the later years of his life on a farm which he owned near West Abingdon, Mass. He was twice married. His first wife was Annie Bates. of Centerville. R. |, whom he married in 1882, but with whom he lived only a few months and from whom he obtained a divorce on the ground of desertion after twenty-six years. At fifty-one years of age the former champion took as his second wife Kate Harkins of Roxbury who was his sweetheart years before when he was "The Boston Strong Boy" She died several months ago.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02
PROCLAMATION
 SCAT TERED BY
 BRITISH FLYERS
(By Associated Press)

} AMSTERDAM, Feb. 1.-Two British aviators captured behind the German lines have been sentenced 10 ten years imprisonment for dropping copies of hostile proclamation in Ger many, according to the Berlin Tagas Zeitung.
 British Demand ReprisaIs.
 LONDON, Feb. British newspa pers are demanding reprisals for the Imprisonment of British aviators by Germany.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02
FIRST LORD OF ADMIRALTY
 REVIEWS YEAR
(By Associated Press)

UNDATED.-Ope year of the Ger man ruthless submarine warfare brings this answer from Sir Eric Geddes, first lord of the British ad- miralty:
 The first year of the unrestricted use of the German submarine closes ooincident with the disclosure fin Dutch newspapers of the fact that the German military authorities expected the submarines to bring about the de- feat of Great Britain within six months.
 The sinking of merchant vessels has now dropped below the level maintained before the campaign of unrestricted destruction was inaugu- rate"
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02
Military Control Berlin.

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 2.-Chancellor Hertling said today that Berlin was in control of the military authorities, and therefore he would be unable to do anything regarding the release of Dittman.
 It is reported that the Berlin fac tories where the strikes have occurred are being militarized.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02
Sketch of His Career.

John Laurence Sullivan was one o1 the most picturesque characters ir the history of prize-fighting. Fol more than ten years, from the time he defeated Paddy Ryan, in 1882, in a bare knuckle fight under the London prize ring rules, until he was defeated by James J. Corbett, in 1892, his per sonality and methods of fighting com pletely dominated sporting circles in the United States
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02
BIRTHDAY PARTY.

Mrs. Winkler commemOrated a birthday anniversary last night by en- tertaining a number of friends at "500," after which dainty refreshments were served.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02

National Demonstration Threatened
 LONDON, Feb. 2.-Herr Ditman, a Socialist member Of the German reichstag, has been arrested for ad- dressing a crowd on the Berlin streets.
 A national demonstration is being
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02
MAY REVOKE .5 HEATLESS DAY
 PROCLANAT|

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The fuel administration is willing to revoke, the "heatless" Mondays after next week, it is reported .oday, if the state fuel administrations, who meet here Monday next, believe that the clos ing has served it's purpose.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02
JOHN SULLIVAN KING OF ALL FIGHTERS TAKEN SUDDENLY BY DEATH

ABINGTON, Mass, Feb. 2.-John L. Sullivan, former champion heavy weight pugilist of the world, died at his home near this city last night from heart trouble. He visited Boston yes terday. He was 59 years of age.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02
Mob Attacks Soldiers.

LONDON, Feb. 2.-Serious rioting has taken place at Spandau, Germany, where important war industries are located. A mob of strikers attacked the soldiers who had been summoned to restore order.
 Seven factories have been placed un- der matrial law.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02
SPOKANE RESUMES RUN
 IN NORTHERN WATERS
(By Associated Press)

SEATTLE, Feb. 2.-The steamship Spokane will leave this afternoon for Alaska ports on her first trip since she ran aground some months ago. She has been thoroughly repaired and placed in excellent condition at a cost of approximately $1OO,OOO.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02

Chief Deputy Marshal J. H. D Bouse came over from Valdez today and will remain here until the Vic. toria sails to the westward.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02
Fought for Small Sums.

In the annals of pugilism in this
 country the distinction was his of be- ing the last champion of the United States to fight under the London prize
 ring rules. It was largely through his achievements that the championship title was made a prize of great none tary value. In the early days of his career $1,000 a side was looked on as great sum. He received only $5S for the fight that made him a na- tional character in fisticuffs and won
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02

Perhaps the "benzine board" is SO called because benzine has qualities that make it rapid cleanser.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02

him the right to challenge Paddy Ryan for the championship.
 His friends ranged all the way from the ordinary flight fan" to many men of social and financial distinction in the United States, and it is said he was on chumming terms with the late King Edward VII, of England
 He began his fighting career soon after he was IT, when as the Boston Strong Boy" he took part in amateur boxing contests in several cities in Massachusetts, if Sullivan's customary procedure in his early youth could be called boxing. Tactics, strategy. plans of campaign were all swept away when John l.. hammered his ruthless, undertaking way to the front. His style was atavistic, return to the simple, primitive principle of batter ing an opponent into insensibility. His success, coupled with his free man. ners, a certain social triumph and his subsequent position as a semi-public character proclaimed him a sort of dignitary in the sporting world.
 Originated Knockout"
 After his nine-round fight with Pad dy Ryan, on the strip of greensward on the Gulf of Mexico, the word knockout" was manufactured by Billy Madden, Sullivan's trainer, to describe
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02

Joseph S. Mccoy, United States gov ernment actuary, Is the only treasury department employee for whom Sec retary McAdoo has asked a raise in salary. Mccoy has an encyclopedia knowledge of government finances and is always consulted by the ways and means committee of the house when appropriation bills are being framed. The government has been paying 2,500 year for his expert services, but Sec retary McAdoo has asked that he be promoted to $4,00O.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02
PRICES FOR FISH.

SEATTLE, Feb. 2.-Prices for fish at noon yesterday were as follows: Halibut, 31c; sable fish, 4c.
 At ketchikan.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02

KETCHIKAN, Feb 2.-Yesterdays fish prices were as follows: Halibut, 15 1-8c; sable fish, 4c; red rock, 2c.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-02

organized as protest against his ar rest.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-21

In this picture Sue MacManamy
looks little like German spy:
nevertheless. that is the part she
plays in AN American Ace"
Lincoln ]. Carter new war play.
Awwn Frowces Levtma
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-12
BAD BREATH
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets Get
at the Cause and Remove Il

DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the substi.
tute for calomel. act gently on the bowels
and positively do the work.
People afflicted with bad breath find
quick relief through DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets. The pleasant, sugar
coated tablets are taken for bad breath
ty all who know them.
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets act gently
but firmly on the bowels and liver,
stimulating them 10 natural action.
-learing the blood and gently purifying
The entire system. They do that which
dangerous calomel does without any
)f the bad after effects.
All the benefits OF nasty. sickening.
yriping cathartics are derived from Or.
edwards Olive Tablets without gripping,
pain or any disagrecablc effects
DIR. r. M. Edwards discovered the
'ormuia after seventeen years Of prac.
ice among patients afflicted with
powell and liver complaint with the
attendant bad breath.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are purely
! vegetable compound mixed with olive
III: you will know them by their olive
.olOr. Take one or two every night for
week and note the effect. l0c and 25c
'cr box. All druggists.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-12
Has Wheat;
We Must Build Ships

There is enough wheat In Austrhlih
t6 relieve the shortage in the United
States according to II & Tyrrell. But
there are not enough ships TO trans
port the great stores from Australin'
Mr. TyrrciI used the Illustration 10
show the need OF merchant ships TO
win the war Thus men who volun-
tcer ln the public service reserve for
work are doing vnluable work IN
the war The government needs CAV.
600 men for immediate use In the
shipyards to construct transports and
merchants ships for transferring sup
plies.
During tho last three years Austria o
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-12
RHEUMATIC PAINS
Quickly Esssd By PsnstrstinG
HsmlIn's Wizard oil

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muscles
You will find almost daily uses for
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burns, bites aud stings Just as re-
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Group and colo.
Get il from druggists for 80 cents;
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Ever constipated or have SICK
headache2 Just try Wizard Liver
Whips. pleasan, little pink pills. ~
cents Guaranteed.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-12
WILLIAMS HELD WITHOUT
BAIL ON MURDER CHARGE
Indications Are That Witnesses VIII
DisproNc His story That
NIfc Shot Herself

G. IT. Wlniamg, chorged with the
rgurder OF his VIII, week tso. wa
held without bond when Ar 'dLnci
yesterday on An information Ia Jus
tica Daniels court lie plelle nO'
guilty to the charge.
No further developments were re
ported yesterday In the Investigation
being conducted hy the county attor-
neys office II is said that witnesses
will be put ON the stand at the pre-
liminary hearing FridHy who Will give
testimony that viii discreet Williams
story that his wife shot herself
II Is known that Williams and his
wife quarrelled the evening she was
shot Tho positions of the wounds
which caused Mrs, Williams death
are sue hthat 1t is unlikely that they
could have been self inflicted, accord
ing TO County Attorney Reeves.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-12
Gentle Art of Shutting
Is Not Yet Snuffed Ont

RlNGl,lNG Okla, Feb II II
may have been supposed that snuff
dipping is on the decline It is not.
according 10 Grocer ". g. Moore In
fact there Is about IA great demand
for snuff as there was twenty years
ago and It Is an important article in
every grocery store ~
you'd be surprised" says Nj
Moore, at the number nf men who
use snuff quite u large percentage
OF our snuff buyers are men who use
"a themselves II seems To be better
than tobacco In other forms. accord
ing To their taste The man snuff
dipper, as dippers did a generation
ago. pulls out his lower lip until II
forms a cup and into the cup hc
empties quite q big part OF the CON
tents OF the snuff box
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-12
.PERSHING SENDS LIST
AMERICAN. CASUAL TIES
Four Killed, Five Wounded,
and Three Missing in Bat
of February 7 to 9

WASHINGTON, Feb l1.--General
l,rshing today reported four Ameri-
AN soldiers killed, one severely
Wounded and five slightly wounded,
md three missing in the actions OF
r,bruary T. 9 and 0.
The men Killed were:
CORPORAL GEORGE H. ALLIE.
Detroit, Mich, February 8.
PRIVATE HAROLD MCLAT-
CHEY Bolton. England February 8.
PRIVATE NICHOLAS CASTAS.
Athens Greece February Q.
JRlVATE IRVING W. ADAMS,
Eoslyndale Mass, February 8
The following oriyates were re-
ported missing:
Frederick ". Galley Brooklyn,
y Y.
Christian A. sorcnson. Verona
Mont
Hugh Lewis. washington. u. G.
Sergeant Wilbur NJ slocum was re-
ported severely wounded on February
s.. His mothers address rs II, T.. d
80 /, Wchton, ohio.
I nc l"lloNlHk pllNh'f0 M'i' hilhu ~
wounded
Harold Thomas Wincht stor, n H.
Joseph IaEgs, Roxbury. Mass.
samuel w. Patterson, Ceredo. w. va.
Wlu NJ Elkn, Lexington, KY; VIII
liam T. Waters, ii2 West Lafayett,
street Ottawa. III.
General Pcrshing n!ao reported tina
ten American engineers previously re-
buItcd MS missing after the action ol
NCvcmbor 80 had been located In
German prison camp.
The engineers In the hands OF th'
enemy are:
Corporal Frank Upton. New Yorl
city; Privates Myron ID. NanDeMark
N,w Platz, n. Y. Charles A. Geoge
han. New York city. Hardy ]. Mason
Jersey city n, j.; John Lnlly. Colder
bridge. n. Y; Ulrich n Mnneh New
York city; Frank BROOKS, Bronx. n
Y. Herbert +. Ueltz. Newark. n. j.
letcr j. Tingo, New York city
G,orge II. Seaman, Woodhaven, n.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-12
Pure Water VIII Gush
From Your Faucets in
Felo Days Say Officers

The new city filtration plant,
built at cost OF $4,000, will be
put into operation this week, II
has been several months in con-
struCtion.
Employees OF the waterworks de-
partment began work yesterday
flooding all water mains In the city
west OF Main street. 10 prepare
them for water thru the new ultra
tiOn plant The mains are TO be
washed clear of all accumulations
that may have cloggod them to
more or less extent In recent years
by water from the old plant
As soon AS the west side is com
pleted the mains ON the east side
will be cleaned In the same man
nCr.