The Cordova Daily Times
__(Member of Associated Preaa) _
VOL. IV. NO. 294 CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER II, 1919 PRICE TEN CENTS
MINERS ORDERED TO RETURN TO WORK
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STRIKE IS DECLARED OFF BY LEADERS
BELIEVED COAL MINES WILL
BEGIN NORMAL PRODUCTION
OF FUEL AT AN EARLY DATE
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—General operation o£
#oal mines throughout the country Is
predicted for tomorrow, and it is ex
pected that coal will be moving rap
idly by the first of next week. Some
of the miners in near-by fields re
turned to work yesterday.
Telegrams have been sent out or
dering the miners to resume work.
Some of the operators predicted a
• quick resumption.
The contempt of court charges
against offificials of the United Mine
Workers probably will be dropped.
Must Work for Fair Settlement
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (by Associ
ated Press).—President Wilson today
wired to President Lewis of the Mine
AVorkers his appreciation of the “pa
triotic action of the miners” at Indi
anapolis. “We must all work together
to see that a just and fair settlement
is reached,” said President Wilson.
Reply of Lewis
r.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—President Lewis of
the Mine Workers wired to President
Wilson today saying that the mine
'■*- workers were profoundly impressed
with his assurances of fair dealing
The message continues:
“I am honored in the receipt of youi
message, wherein you commend the
action of the miners .as patriotic. 1
am sure the American people will
-echo your recognition of this fact.
As for myself and associates, we will
co-operate to make the final settle
ment contain every element of jus
tice and right.”
Montana Miners Insulted
BILLINGS, Mont., Dec. 11 (by Asso
eiated Press).—Henry Drennan, presi
dent of the Montana district of the
United Mine Workers, said yesterdaj
that the miners of this district would
not go back to work while soldiers
were stationed in the coal fields.
He said the presence of the troops
was uncalled for, and the men fell
• that they had been unjustly treated
They had been accused of breach ol
faith where none had been commit
ted, he declared.
To Continue as Open Shop
TACOMA, Dec. 11 (by Associated
MERCURY TAKES
BIG DROP IN
COAST CITIES
PpRTLAND, Dec. 11 (by Associ
a ted Press).—The temperature here
today is 13 degrees above zero, the
^’coldest in the history of Portland.
The situation is improving some
what. Snow has stopped falling, aftei
nearly forty hours of continuous snow
fall.
Portland is almost isolated. Nc
freight trains are operating, and the
Oregon street cars are blocked.
Extremely Cold Weather
SEATTLE, Dec. 11 (by Associated
Press).—The temperature at Ellens
teurg is reported to be 17 degrees be
i
Press).—John Hewitt, manager of the
Wilkeson mine, announced yesterday
that work at that mine would con
tinue on an open-shop basis. He ex
pected, he said, that the mine would
be in normal operation within sixty
days.
A Discordant Note
IjJLLENSBURG, Wash., Dec. 11 (by
Associated Press)'.-—Charles Wilkin
son, president of the Cle Elum Miners’
Union, says the Roslyn and Cle Elum
strikers will not return to work in the
mines until the convention of the
United Mine Workers has passed upon
the wage increase.
Resuming Work Slowly
CHICAGO, Dec.. 11 (by Associated
Press).—The difficulty experienced in
officially notifying the miners that
the strike is over prevented a general
resumption of coal mining today.
Wrork has been resumed in the Indi
ana mines, but no mines were re
opened in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas or
i Washington, and it is doubted if all
the Michigan miners will accept the
order to return to work. It is expect
ed that the Ohio mines will resume
operation Monday.
Empty cars are being rushed to the
mines to carry coal to fuelless com
munities.
Show Contempt for Orders
CLE ELUM, Wash., Dec. 11 (by As
sociated Press).—The coal miners
here today ripped down and burned
the notices from international head
quarters ordering them to return to
work.
A Complex Situation
SEATTLE, Dec. U (by Associated
| Press).—Coal miners of the state of
Washington will meet in convention
on Saturday next to decide whether to
return to work. President Harlin of
the state organization predicts that
the miners wifi return.
Governor Hart is urging the miners
and operators to resume the produc
tion of coal. The state operators ob
ject to paying the 14 per cent increase
in wages, and say they can not af
ford it.
The miners believe that the tearing
down of the instructions to return to
work at Cle-Elum and Roslyn was the
work of radicals.
low zero, and at Centralia 8 degrees
below ze#o is registered.
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Dec. 11 (by
•I Associated Press).^-A blizzard pre
j vails today throughout Northern Mon
{ tana. Twenty degrees below zero is^
registered at Judith Gap. Snow plows
are trying to clear the railroad tracks.
BULL FIGHTING MAY BE
RESTORED IN MEXICO
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 11 (by Associ
ated Press).—The senate has passed
the bill restoring bull-fighting. The
measure already having passed the
j chamber of deputies, it now goes to
' the president for signature.
GERMAN-DUTCH FRONTIER
IS CLOSED TO CIVILIANS
THE HAGUE, Dec. 11 (by Associ
ated Press). — The German-Dutch
. frontier has been closed to civilians.
DANGER OF BOLSHEVISM IS PAST,
SAYS FORMER PRESIDENT TAFT
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NEW YORK, Dec. 11 (by Associate# Press).—Former President'
W. H. Taft, speaking here last night,^aid the danger of Bolshevism
in America is past, because the leade® of dissatisfaction found they
could not turn the American into a Boftjjievik government. He said
the industrial situation was becoming Rational, and predicted that
the treaty of peace would be ratified. £
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ALABAMA FLOOD
IS WORST IN
MANYYEARS
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Dec. 11 (by
Associated Press).—The floods in
southern and central Alabama are the
worst since 1886. Five persons al
ready are known to have been
drowned.
One hundred and fifteen negro con
victs and fifteen white guards are ma
rooned on an island ten miles north
east of Montgomery.
SPECIAL NEWS ■
FACILITIES FOR
LABOR PAPERS
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 11 (by As
sociated Press).—It is said that a
news service to be known as the
“Federated Press” is being organized
in Chicago, with a membership of
twenty-five newspapers, mostly labor
and Socialist organs.
The new association will handle
general news but will specialize in
labor, political and industrial corre
spondence. It will have offices in
Washington, New York, Chicago and
Seattle.
CLOTHING WILL
TAKE ANOTHER
JUMP IN PRICE
CHICAGO, Dec. 11 (by Associated
Press).—Charles Wry, secretary ol
the National Association of Retail
Clothiers, announced today that cloth
ing prices would continue upward
next spring. Suits which before the
war brought $25, he said, probablj
would bring $60 in the spring. The
retailers were unable to check the
advance, he said.
COLORADO LEGISLATORS
IN FAVOR OF SUFFRAGl
DENVER, Dec. 11 (by Associated
Press).—The house of representatives
today ratified the federal woman suf
frage amendment. The senate will
act on the measure shortly.
UNION PACIFIC ROAD
' HAS NEW PRESIDENT
NEW YORK, Dec. 11 (by Assodi
ated Press).—Carl R. Gay was todaj
elected president of the Union Pacific
railway systems.
MAYNARDSTORY
BRANDED AS
FALSEHOOD
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SACRAMENTO, Dec. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—V ;or Robertson,
commandant of M. r field, yester
day declared to b< rue the state
ment of Lieutenan nard, the “fly
ing parson,” tha( .. “fteAths of avi
ators in the re transcontinental
air derby wert to alcohol. He
said Lieutenant .. nard’s statement
was unsportsmanlike.
CAPT. DEMZER -
BEING TRIED
FOR CRUELTY!
NEW YORK, Dec. 11 (by Associ
ated Press).—Captain Demzer, ac
cused of cruelty to military prisoners
in France, yesterday pleaded not
guilty when brought before the mili
tary court at Governor’s Island.
Evidence was introduced showing
that the captain struck prisoners in
the face, and that subordinates held
one prisoner’s hands while another
beat him until he signed an alleged,
confession.
TWO KNOCKOUTS
REGISTERED
LAST NIGHT
JERSEY CITY, Dec. 11 (by Associ
ated Press).—Benny Leonard last
night knocked out Mel Coogan off
Brooklyn in the second round of a
scheduled eight-round bout.
Joe Btnjamin of Portland techni
cally knocked out Tommy Tuchy of
Paterson. The referee stopped the
bout in the fifth round.
FRENCHTROOPS
j IN CLASH WITH
REBEL FORCES
PARIS, Dec. 11 (by Associated
Press).—-French troops have clashed
i with ' D’Annunzio's, forces ^at Fiume,
and many have been killed and wound
ed on both sides, according to a Ge
neva dispatch. It is reported that the
D’Annunzio troops pillaged the French
depots.
The story has not been confirmed.
AMERICAN PROTEST AGAINST
MEXICAN INTERFERENCE WITH
OIL PRODUCTION IS IGNORED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—It is learned that
liree notes have been sent in recent
nonths protesting against interfer
ence by the Carranza government with
:he operations of American oil com
panies in Mexico, and against the
aek of protection afforded th Ain.
None of these notes has received
my acknowledgment.
Blames Newspapers
Luis Cabera, the Mexican secretary
>f the treasury, and a prominent anti
Americanist, blames the American
lewspapers for the strained relations
letween Mexico and the United
States.
He says the newspapers are sensa
tional, and are at the service of “rot
ten politicians.”
Noted Rebel Reported Taken
EL PASO, Texas, Dec. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—It is reported from
Mexico City that General Varaon
Zapata, leader of the revolutionists
on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, had
been captured by federal troops.
Villa on the Rampage
EAGLE PASS, Texas, Dec. 11- (by
Associated Press).—Four hundred
Villistas attacked the town of Muz
quis yesterday, looting the stores and
seizing several prominent citizens for
hostages, in reprisal for the recent ex
ecution of General Felipe Angeles.
CONSCIENTIOUS
OBJECTORS TO
BE EXCLUDED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—“Conscientious objec
tors” are excluded in a resolution yes
terday adopted by the house and sent
to the senate, giving veterans of the
war the first chance to obtain home
stead entries on public lands to be
opened wi^in the next two years.
CLEMENCEAU IN
LONDON FOR
CONFERENCE
LONDON, Dec. 11 (by Associated
Press).—Premier Clemenceau of
France arrived here today for a con
ference with Premier Lloyd George
and Foreign Minister Scialoia of Italy.
Chancellor A. Bonar Law says he
believes that Clemenceau, Lloyd
George and Scialoia are discussing the
Adriatic, Russian and Turkish ques
tions.
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DORPET CONFERENCE
IN FAVOR OF MILITARY
DEFENSE CONVENTION
LONDON, Dec. 11 (by Associated
Press).—Representatives of Esthonia,
Lithuania, Poland, Ukrainia and
White Russia, in conference at Dor
pat, have declared in favor of a mili
tary and political convention to de
fend their independence, according to
news from Kovno.
CLAIMS CUMMINS BILL
WILL INCREASE RATES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (by Associ
ated Press).—In a speech in the sen
ate today Senator Lafollette said that
the cost of living would be increased
by the enactm mt of the Cummins rail
way bill, because of the inevitable ad
vance in freight rates.
JAPS SENDING
FRESH TROOPS
INTO SIBERIA
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Advices from Vladivo
stok yesterday said that fresh Japa
nese troops are being sent to Siberia.
It is stated that the Japanese govern
ment will take steps in conjunction
with the United States and the allies
to combat the Bolsheviki.
CONTRIBUTIONS
TO CAMPAIGN
TO BE LIMITED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (by Associ
ated Press).—The National Associa
tion of Republican state chairmen to
day discussed plans of organization
for the approaching presidential cam
paign. Every state was represented
at.the meeting.
It is understood that an agreement
was reached that all states would limit
campaign contributions to one thou
sand dollars.
BRITISH STEAMSHIPS
IN COLLISION AT SEA
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BOSTON, Dec. 11 (by Associated
| Press).—The naval radio station has
| intercepted messages ♦ellin'i of a eol
S lision between the British steamships
Carmania and Maryland. The Car
| mania was slightly damaged, but
the message gives no intimation of
damage to the Maryland.
SAYS GERMANY WAS
RULED BY A MADMAN
BERLIN, Dec. 11 (by Associated
Press).—Vorwaerts, commenting to
day on documentary pre-war history,
says that whoever reads the emper
or’s marginal remarks can have no
doubt that Germany before the war
was ruled by “next to a madman.”