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Newspaper
Cordova Daily Times
Location
Cordova, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1917
Page
1
In the North Sea a German fleet attacked a convoy to Scotland and Norway sinking a British destroyer and four mine sweepers and damaging neutral merchantmen and a trawler off Tyne. The report notes additional neutral losses and a November 12 date reference.
The Associated Press reports the House will vote at 5 pm on the federal prohibition amendment before Christmas. Prohibition advocates expect a two thirds majority for adoption. A separate vote on woman suffrage is unlikely before holidays. Senate actions on coal and oil leasing and other probes continue.
Chairman Davidson announces the Red Cross drive aims for 10.6 million members as Cordova districts organize to enroll every resident. Malcolm Brock reports Pacific coast meetings featuring Henry P. David, Harry Gibson and Rev. Davis, praising the organization as well run and highly professional.
The Council of National Defense for Cordova organized officers at city hall with George Hazele as chairman and H G Steel as secretary. They discussed suspending Alaska’s eight hour law during the war to avoid hindering mineral and war material production and urged governors to seek waivers to prevent labor shortages from crippling national safety efforts.
Gaston B Means was cleared of murdering Mrs Maude A King in Concord New Hampshire on August twenty ninth while she visited relatives. The case centered on an autopsy showing the shooting could not have been self inflicted and evidence found in Chicago and New York suggesting a planned second will to gain 2 000 000 dollars.
A battleship belonging to Austria was sunk by a torpedo strike. The event marks a significant naval loss with Austrian forces reporting the damage and assessing the broader impact on their maritime capabilities. Further details on location and casualties were not immediately available.
Reports state a second Austrian battle ship was torpedoed on December 1 and the Austrian battleship Wien was sunk by Italian torpedo boats in a bold raid off Trieste. The Wien went down within five minutes while another battleship took a torpedo hit but damage could not be confirmed due to distance.
The British steam ship Knight of Thistle foundered last Monday two hundred miles southeast of Cape Race. Sixty four crew members survived after being rescued by a naval collier. among the survivors were twenty three Englishmen and several Chinese.
Secretary of War Baker reports in his weekly review that the German offensive on the western front is fueled by enemy advertising. He says Germany seeks to make the United States believe a great victory is near.
Zurich dispatch reports explosions at the Zeppelin works in Friedrichshaven and at an airplane factory near Kiel, with many employees killed and wounded.
The Victoria steamed yesterday afternoon to Cordova with passengers including C. S. Crader Peter Vachon Mrs. J. G. Scurry Mrs. W. W Council N. J. Smith Laura Fry Mrs. M. W. Fry and others.
Associated Press reports Western congressmen expect passage of bills to develop coal and oil lands in western states and Alaska totaling 54 million acres. Proposals include liberal leases of tracts up to 2560 acres and possible outright sale under specific conditions.
Frank A. Gotch, the retired heavyweight wrestling champion, died at his Humboldt home from arsenic poisoning. He had been ill for two years.
London reports the Bolshevik government and Teutonic powers signed an armistice on Saturday, effective from noon today to January 14. Peace talks begin immediately after the signing.
Vienna reports the seventh Austrian war loan subscribed at 5.801 billion kronen. The allocation reflects wartime funding efforts and investor participation across the empire.
The Bureau of Mines will receive forty tons of Matanuska coal for testing in King County wash plants. The coal will be washed and divided among four industrial plants for testing to determine its suitability as blacksmith fuel. If successful, Alaska mines may supply the Pacific coast.
Henry Clay Barnabee, 84, dies at his Boston home. A popular operatic comedian, he starred in the 1870s with Boston Ideals and its successor the Bostonians, helping to shape light opera in America. He remained active in vaudeville after the Civil War era, headlining for decades.
Col. Ferreol Francis Bell, the first senior French officer to fall in the Italian campaign, was killed by a shell while inspecting the front line on the Ypalian front.
Three members of the 113th Aero Squadron were burned to death when a government warehouse at Middleton burned. The men had been confined as prisoners for minor offenses.
Washington Dec 17 Quartermaster General Sharpe recommends bringing crews of transports mine layers and other army vessels into military service in his annual report.
The death of Countess Sarah Esterhazy widow of Count Maximilian Esterhazy former Austrian ambassador to London is announced. An American by birth she first married General Griffin of Ohio who led the Fifth Corps in the Civil War and whose marriage certificate was signed by President Lincoln.
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