The Cordova Daily Times
Member of The Associated Press
VOL. III. XO. CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1D1S PRICE TEN CENTS
PRESIDENT MAKES ADDRESS TO CONGRESS
WANT PRESIDENCY DECLARED
VACANT WHEN WILSON LEAVES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Senator Sherman announced to
day that he intends tomorrow to introduce a resolution declar
ing the office of president vacant on account of President Wil
son’s proposed absence during the peace negotiations. Tin*
resolution will provide that the duties and powers of the presi
dent shall devolve upon \ ice President Marshall.
Republicans Resent President's Action
Senator Cummins, Republican, today introduced a resolu
tion proposing that a senate committee of four Democrats and
four Republicans go to the peace conference to keep the senate
informed regarding the discussions there.
To Disqualify President During His Absence
Representative Rodenberg, Republican, today introduced
a joint resolution to declare that President Wilson's trip
abroad constitutes inability to discharge his powers and dutb -,
and proposing that Vico President Marshall act as President
while Mr. Wilson is away. The resolution was placed in tic
bill box without discussion and was referred to the judiciary
committee.
Dec. 2.—Major General Hickman's American army has entered
Germany, advancing twelve miles and reaching Harden and
Kanrhol/bach. They were met by the po]mlace in calm silence,
tliers being no demonstration, either friendly or unfriendly,
liven the children evidently had been schooled in the role they
were to play in greeting the Amrieans.
Th American governor for the occupied territory has e>
tablished his headquarters at Troves, the oldest town in Ger
many, having a population of (itl.ltOO.
At Kseli four Americans dispersed mobs of thousands
which had wrecked twentyeight shops for overcharging the
deliverers.
More Allied Troops Cross Border
PARIS, Dec. 2. Might days remain for the evacuation of
the left bank of the Rhine from Mower Alsace to Holland by the
German forces. French and allied forces crossed the German
frontier yesterday.
PLOT TO RE ENTHRONE KAISER
DISCOVERED AND SQUELCHED
1 ,< )N 1)(>N, Dec. 2.— An Amsterdam dispatch says that a
plot lias boon discovered in Berlin to ro-enthrone the kaiser.
Munitions makers, it is declared, placed great sums of money at
the disposal of the leaders of the plot, who included General
Von Mackenson, General Von Bom and General Count Arnim.
A telephone conversation overheard by a secret service
agent was the cause of the collapse' of the plot. Many persons
have been arrested in Berlin and other cities, and the govem
mnt possesses a long list of suspects. The plan of the conspira
tors was to seize the members of the government.
Von Hindenburg Refused to Participate
There is no direct evidence of the former kaiser’s connec
tion with the plot. Von Hindenburg declined to join the plot,
saying that he intended to retire after the demobilization of
the army.
The entire court was in sympathy with the plotters. Lieut.
Krupp was the financial manager.
MOONEY WIRES TO INFLUENZA IS AGAIN
WILSON FOR RELIEF RAGING IN SEATTLE
SAN QUENTIN, Dec. 2.—Thomas SEATTLE, Dec. 2.—After an Inter
Mooney today sent a telegram to val In which the Influenza epidemic
President Wilson asking him to "state was believed to have spent its force,
exactly what you mean to do about und during which the quarantine regu
the commutation of my death sentence latlons were relaxed, the disease Is
before you leave for Paris.” again on the Increase.
BUCHAREST IN
FLAMES; REVOLT!
BY PEASANTS
LONDON, Dec 2. Bolshevists
yesterday entered the Norwegian le
gation at i’etrograd and removed doc
uments belonging to Switzerland,,
whose inti rests are under the protec- j
tii n of Norway.
The Norwegian minister lias pro
tested vainly against the outrage, and
tin newspapers ,u Norway are urging
Ncotay to break \ itil the Soviet
Revolt in Rumania
COI’K.N 11 AO KN. Dee. 'J. A Ulleba-J
rest dispatch reports that the city is,
on lire and that Die peasants in all |
parts of Itiimania are revolting.
BISBEE INDICTMENTS
HAVE BEEN QUASHED
TFCSON. \ riz.. Dec. 2. Judge
Morrow of S. u Kran'eisco today ; if
t:•;nnl tlx* dunmner and uu"slit<l the
indictment?, in 1- Hi !>••<* deportation
car.es in a dcci d'Ui tiled in tlx* district
court.
Twenty \* c. pital.isiN. mine oper
:111 * . public n'li< ills ami citizens ore
in v»d\ t*d
WILSON TO VISIT IN
* ^ ALL ALUFD
HOMK, Dec 2. \paiTnieots in th ,
royal palace of tlx* (Juirinal ar ■ boin;
prepared for Fre idcnt Wilson It i
believed that tlx* Fresidmit will visit
lhnm**. Kurland. Helgium and Itr.ly*
CORRESPONDENTS GATHER
FOR PEACE MEETING
IIOBOK FIN. N. J.. Dpc. 2.—The
HtraniBhip Orizaba saib'd tor Brcat
today with fm* hundred correspon
dentB for the ponot* conference.
BASEBALL MAGNATE TO
RETIRE FROM THE GAME
CLEVELAND, O . Dec. 2. William
11. Blackwood, veteran secretary of
the Cleveland American league club,
will retire permanently from baseball.
He has become assistant to the gen
eral superintendent of the Cleveland
Steel Company's railway.
Blackwood has been secretary of
the local cTub since Charles Somers,
former owner, acquired control of the
team.
WAR EXPENSES
BEEN CUT TO
A MINIMUM
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The end
Af the war will result in the reduction
of government expenses for the fiscal
year 1920, starting with July i, to
$7,44:!.415, from $24,599,000 appropri
ated by congress for the current year,
according to tentative estimates.
The principal reduction will be for
the military establishment, which, it
is estimated, will need $1,921,000, as
compared with $12,274,0000 appropri
ated for the current year.
FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Dec. 2 —Prices for Huh
at noon today were: Halibut, 24He;
aableflsh, 7c; ling and red cod, 4c;
pickled aableflsh, $22 por bbl.; pickled
herring, $25 per bbl.; aockeye salmon,
$26 per bbl.
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ANOTHER KING ♦
IN THE DISCARD ♦
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LONDON, Dec. L’ The Mon- ♦
tenegrin national assembly has +
deposed Kins Nicholas, accord- ♦
inn to a messuRe from I’raftuc. ♦
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BAVARIA TO SEEK
A SEPARATE PEACE
LONDON. Doc. 1!f. It is now certain
that Havana wi»i seek a separate
peace with the allies The rupture
with Herlin is reported to he com
plete.
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WASHINGTON. I »<•« L! Tin
sieaniship A"' anils. <;irr; i11 k 1.171
\Mieiiian soldiers. sailed irom Livei
pool for New York on Ciid-v la t.
Tht* Canopic, with 1.1-1 nu n. left Li.
rpool for I lost on the same day.
The total n,umher of United States
troops who have embarked for home
; now 1:1,590.
Non-Combatants Arrive
ap .40LJ& > ' dK , -,e. - 'Che , «*tr^nn'
Khip Maurtania, a sister ship of the
ill-fa:. (1 Lusitania, arrived here today
with four thousand Americans, mostly
noncombatant , from Kn^land.
The steamship Northern Ihicilic.
formerly on the run between Portland
einc! San Cramisro, also arrived today
with eleven hundred wounded soldier
and marines.
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BOXING BOUTS
BE LEGALIZED
IN ILLINOIS
CHICAGO. Dec. 2. An attempt to
have bolting legalized in Illinois will
be made when the fifty-tifth general
assembly convenes In January, Box
ing in the army and navy have created
an impression favorable to the sport,
sponsors of the bill say. They de
clare they are confident of its pass
age.
Under the proposed bill, bouts will
be of ten rounds, and the state will
receive a percentage of the receipts
Senator Richard .1 Harr, Republican
leader in the senate, said he would
support a properly drawn measure.
ALASKA MINING STOCKS
NEW YORK. Dec 2.—Alaska Gold.
4%; Alaska Juneau, 2Mo
PRESIDENT TO
KEEP IN TOUCH
BY WIRELESS
NEW YORK, Dec. 2 —New wireless
apparatus, said to be the most power
ful ever carried by any vessel, has
been placed on board the steamship
George Washington, which will carry
President Wilson and his party to
Europe.
By means of this equipment the
President will be able to keep con
stantly In touch with Washington
City.
WASHINGTON, Pee. 2. I resident Wilson, addressing
the joint session of congress today, formally announced his in
tention to go to the Paris peace conference, saying his para
mount duty was to he present, as the allies had accepted the
principles enunciated by him as a basis for peace. The Presi
dent said lie would lie in close touch with congress ItV cable
and wireless, and that congress would know all that happened
at tlie. conference, France ami Kngland, he -aid. had removed
all cable restrictions upon the transmission of news of tin eon
fereiiee to America.
The American cable system, continued the President, bad
been taken over by him on expert advice, in order to mal; ■ a
unified system .available. He said lie hoped In- would bu\ ■ im
co o pc rat ion of the public and congress, and 1 Pat cot ,r : e..:m
sel and advice would be possible through tie cables an i win
less.
Piseiissing the railroad situation. Pr id'-ut W l-oe -eel
e bad no solution of the problem, lie -aid I eon-id' n d it
; pad vis,able to permit the railroads to return to old <• nditioe
■ it bout niotlilieation of tin old laws. |f -aid In* was ready to
■•I - • the mads from government control w ! >-n< \ ••!• a
:1 dat i"ii 1:;• • I been reach' ' I.
America’s Wonck.iul lndustmi Oy.r.iKation
'I'ic I ’resident itic!i i ■ d if | mi b i !• \ ng i : :■ ' loi
ial's in taxat i"U 1|C \ I y ,: r Is 1 ' 'll; ; f; " i"!: I; fa i ' : t I .' 2 . I 1 ■
said III hoped eougll -s Would I!" on.: > <•-. ' .<
war trade priorities board or sonic other ;r enc • t. ol
living i Xpert priorities, in order t" ,e.-nre tic i i | nr nt of I n d
to the starving people abroad.
b’eView big the luo\t oi n ,.v. r.- urn! ’!. • C- — — .
i/ation of America's industries during the war. the President
said that this organiaatiort was nton* eompleti*. more tliorou :I .
more i■ I'll eti\ i*, more spirited and auanimoP' than that of the
other belligerents, and continued:
“We profit'd greatly by tin- i xperi* nee of the otlmi na
lions. We ware the pupils, hut we learned ipiiekly, and we
may delight our thoughts with the story of what our tin n did
overseas.
Tribute to American Manhood and Womanhood
“No soldiers or sailors over proved themselves more
quickly ready for the test of battle or acquitted themselves
with more splendid courage and achievement when put to the
test, 1 am proud to be a fellow countryman of nu n of such
stuff and valor. Our men entered the fight at a critical time.
Their fresh strength helped to hurl the enemy back.
“The nation at home did its full duty, and made itself a
fit home for the men in the trenches. The home women added
new luster to the annals of American womanhood.”
To Provide for Home Coming Soldiers
The President said that the development of public works
hould be resumed, in order to give employ limat to the soldiers.
The states, he said, ought to redeem their waste hinds. He
vailed the attention of congress to Secretary laiue’s plans for
Hie reclamation of arid, swamp and logged off hinds.
His Mission to Translate Great American Ideals
The government for a while, perhaps a long w hile, must
control the shipping, said President W ilson, because of the
irioritv of service to which the American forces overseas were
entitled, and also to expedite the shipments necessary to stive
the liberated i'hiropcans. Belgium and Northern France would
be at a disadvantage for years, lie said, and no indemnity will
repay them for the fact that their factories are razed and their
machinerv gone. “We must save them from the vicissitudes
of open com|Hdition until they ran rebuild,” he said. The
President said he was going to Hu rope to translate into action
the great ideals for which America has striven.
Received by Republicans in Silence
The President said he hoped to see a formal declaration of
peace by spring. He indorsed the new three year naval build
ing program, because it would be unwise to attempt an adjust
meat of the American program to a future world policy not yet
determined. He praised women’s work in the war and ap
pealed to congress to grant woman suffrage. He said he had
no private thought or purpose in going to France, and regarded
it as his highest duty in playing his full part in making good
what American soldiers had offered their life blood to obtain.
He said no definite program of reconstruction could be out
lined now.
The President left the chamber amidst applause w hich was
limited to the Democratic side, after speaking for forty-two
minutes. Some of the Republican members had threatened to
interrupt the address by interrogating the President, but they
made no move.