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The Cordova Daily Times
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VOL. V. NO. 19_~~ CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1919_PRICE TEN CENTS
Vicious Attack
By Congressman
On Gen. Pershing
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 23 (by
Associated Press).—Representa
tive,. Thomas D. Schali of Minne
sota, in an address here last
* night, declared that General J.
J. Pershing was seeking the
presidency, and that he was
"absolutely unfit for the office.”
Representative Schali assert
ed that Pershing was inhuman,
cruel, and that he had censored
information to his personal ad
vantage.
He also attacked the general
for his alleged snub to the con
gressional committee In Paris.
NEWARK FANS
WITNESS MANY
FISTIC EVENTS
NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 23 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Frank Moran, the
Pittsburgh heavyweight, last night
* knocked out Sergeant Jack Butler of
Chicago in the first round of a sched
uled eight-round bout.
Mickey Donley of Newark out
fought Joe Benjamin of San Francisco
in eight rounds.
Joey Fox, an English feathweight,
and Joe Lynch of New York fought
eight rounds. Lynch was floored in
the eighth round, but rose to his feet
immediately.
Jack Sharkey of New York outpoint
ed Pathey Johnson of Trenton.
Benny Leonard Wins
ATLANTA, Ga„ Dec. 23 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Benny Leonard last
night won a newspaper decision from
Jake Abel of Atlanta.
' VICE PRESIDENT WILL
SOON QUIT POLITICS
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 23 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Vice President Mar
shall, who is spending the holidays at
his home in this city, says that he is
not a presidential candidate, and that
he will not run for the senate again,
as he is “fed up” on the senate, after
seven years as its presiding officer.
KENTUCKY WHISKY
TO BE SHIPPED ABROAD
LOUISVILLE, Ky„ Dec. 23 (by As
sociated Press).—It is planned to ex
port much of the whisky which is now
in bonded warehouses in Kentucky to
France, Cuba and Germany.
■ TREATY WILL NOT BE
RATIFIED THIS WEEK
PARIS, Dec. 23 (by Associated
Press).—The exchange of treaty rati
fications before Christmas, which had
been planned by the peace conference,
is now considered impossible, as the
German delegates intend to return to
Berlin to consult with the government
on the latest allied communication.
CLEMENCEAU MAY BE
NEXTF NCH PRESIDENT
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PARIS, Dec. 23 (by Associated
Press).—It is the belief of many mem
^ bers of the chamber of deputies that
Premier Clemenceau will be the next
president of France, and that Presi
dent Poincare may become premier.
AMERICAN DELEGATES
TO VERSAILLES RETURN
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (by Associated
Press).—The members of the Ameri
can delegation to the Versailles peace
conference, Messrs. Bliss, Polk and
* “White, arrived here Saturday.
REPUBLICANS
OFFER PRIZE
FOR PLATFORM
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (by Associ
ated Press).—Chairman Will Hays of
the Republican national committee
announces that he has accepted an
offer of $10,000 from Truxton Beale,
former United States minister to Per
sia, to be given in prizes for a draft
of a platform to be offered by Repub
lican men and women under 25 years
of age. The contest will open imme
diately and will close in March.
TO REPO RT ON
HONORS GIVEN
NAVY OFFICERS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (by Asso
ciated Press).—At the request of
Chairman Page of the senate commit
tee on naval affairs, Secretary of the
Navy Daniels has ordered a compre
hensive report on the award of naval
decorations.
Senator Page declared that Admiral
Sims had criticized the manner in
which the navy department had is
sued decorations, and had intimated
that injustice had been don£ to some
officers.
Secretary Daniels said the Ameri
can people would approve the princi
ple followed in awarding the medals.
GOLD STRIKE
IS REPORTED
NEARHOQUIAH
HOQUIAM, Wash., Dec. 23 (by As
sociated Press).—W. D. Henderson,
a mirier, reports that he has found
coarse gold along five miles of the
beaclf®bet\veen the Quiniault reserva
tion and Hop river. He says the
gold resembles that found on the
Nome beach.
WEALTHY ENGLISHMAN
WILL MAKE VENTURE
IN FISHING INDUSTRY
SEATTLE, Dec. 23 (by Associated
Press).—Lord Leverhulme, head of
one of the largest soap plants in the
world, is here en route from Van
coucer to San Francisco.
It is understood that Lord Lever
hulme has invested in the British Co
lumbia fisheries industry, and will
engage in the manufacture of fish oil.
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GOVERNOR REMOVES
ADJUTANT GENERAL
SEATTLE, Dec. 23 (by Associated
Press).—Governor Hart today removed
Harvey J. Moss, adjutant general of
the state guard. His successor has
not yet been announced, but it is be
lieved that Maurice Thompson, the
former adjutant, will be chosen.
CREW OF BURNING
SHIP WERE SAVED
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23 (by As
sociated Press).—Dispatches received
here say that the crew of the Ameri
can steamship Firwood, which was re
ported on Are yesterday off the Peru-,
vian coast, were taken on board the
steamship Admiral Wainwright and
landed at Balboa.
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1 TROTZKY TO USE YELLOW PERIL
! IN SUBJUGATING WESTERN EUROPE
GENEVA. Dec. 23 (by Associated Press).—It is reported that
Trotzky is planning a great Bolshevik offensive against Poland next
spring, recruiting eight thousand Chinese daily for the proposed
campaign.
Trotzky believes the Bolsheviki to -be firmly rooted in China,
where a Bolshevik revolution is expecteu. It is reported that Trotzky
intends to use the Chinese in invading Western Europe.
KANSAS MINERS AGAIN STRIKE
AS PROTEST AGAINST ARREST
OF UNION LEADER FOR CONTEMPT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (by Associ
ated Press).—Senator Frelinghuysen,
chairman of the sonate committee in
vestigating the coal situation, speak
ing for himself only last night, said
that in the government’s negotiations
for the settlement of the coal strike
there must have been some sort of a
secret deal.
Later the senator gave out an addi
tional signed statement in which he
said that “in any event the public
must look for an increase in the price
of coal or another strike.”
He called the proposition made by
the government to the coal miners
and operators an instance of “loaded
dice” for the American people.
Resent Action of Court
PITTSBURG, Kan., Dec. 23 (by As
sociated Press). — One thousand
miners employed in eleven mines here
struck yesterday as a protest against
the action of Judge Anderson of In
dianapolis in committing Howat,
president of the Kansas miners’ or
ganization, to jail for violation of the
court injunction, in encouraging thd
recent strike.
SOCIALISM AND
COMMUNISM
AREDEPLORED
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (by Associated
Press).—Governor Lowden of Illinois,
who is a candidate for the Republican
nomination for President, in an ad
dress here last night attacked social
ism and communism.
The futility of these doctrines, he
said, had been proven by the results
of the attempt of the Pilgrim Fathers
to found a socialistic community.
BOLSHEVIK ATTACKS
FELT IN ESTHONIA
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Advices received by
the state department report that the
Bolshevik attacks in Esthonia are in
creasing. Negotiations are proceed
ing for the withdrawal of General
Yudenich’s army into Lithuania.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
CAN IMPORT LIQUOR
FOR PRIVATE USE
VANCOUVER, B. C„ Dec. 23 (by
Associated Press).—With the removal
of war-time restrictions in British Co
lumbia, residents of this province will
be permitted to import liquor from
outside for private use. The public
sale of liquor is banned under provin
cial statute.
HAVE THE GOODS ON
FORMER GERMAN KAISER
LONDON, Dec. 23 (by Associated
Press).—The law officers of the
crown, after having conferred with
French and Belgian officials regarding
the former German kaiser, have re
ported that they have made out a
case against the former German ruler
and framed the indictment against
him.
FLOODS ARE RAGING
THROUGHOUT OREGON
PORTLAND, Dec. 22 (by Associated
Press).—Melting snow and rains have
caused flood conditions throughout
Oregon. In Pendleton there is three
feet of water on some of the prin
cipal streets. Little damage has been
caused in Western Oregon.
ROBS STORE
AND MURDERS
IDS PURSUER
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OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 23 (by As
sociated Press).—F. H. Shultz, an au
tomobile dealer here, was shot and
killed yesterday while pursuing a man
who had just held up a dry goods
store.
Further Depredations
SEATTLE, Dec. 23 (by Associated
Press).—The police are watching the
southern gateways of the city for the
bandit or bandits who robbed an Olym
pia dry goods store of $1,500 and
killed E. H. Schultz, a citizen who
pursued the bandits.
Bandits later robbed a drug store
in Tacoma, and later fired on the pas
sengers in a Tacoma-Puyallup stage,
wounding one.
The Puyallup officers subsequently
engaged the desperadoes in a revolver
duel.
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WOMAN EDUCATOR
TO URGE PASSAGE OF
SMITH-TOWNER BILL
OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 23 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Mrs. Preston, superin
tendent of public instruction of the
state of Washington, and president of
the National Education Association,
has gone to Washington for a confer
ence. She will urge the passage of
the Smith-Towner bill.
MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE
WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST
HAD SHE JOIND ALLIES
EL PASO, Texas, Dec. 23 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Excelsior of Mex
ico City publishes an interview with
Luis Cabrera, secretary of the treas
ury, in which that official declares
that the loss of its economic indepen
dence would have been the result for
Mexico had she joined the world war
on the side of the allies.
BIG PRICES BROUGHT
BY TURKEYS IN PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Dec 23 (by Associated
Press).—Turkeys are selling at be
tween 62(4 and 65 cents per pound.
AERIAL MAIL
FOR ALASKA
TO BE URGED
SEATTLE, Dec. 23 (by Associated
Press).—The Aero Club of the North
west announced yesterday that ef
forts will be made to get one hundred
thousand signatures to a petition ask
ing the establishment of an aerial
mail service between Seattle and
Alaska.
Commercial and fraternal organiza
tions are asked to assist.
PRINCESS MAY
IN DIFFICULTIES
OFFEASTCOAST
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (by Associ
ated Press).—Wireless distress mes
cages were received here last night
from the Canadian Pacific steamship
Princess May, saying that she was in
great need of immediate assistance.
Out of Danger
NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 23 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Radio messages re
received last night from the steam
ship Princess May said she was in a
sinking condition and that her engine
room was flooded.
This morning it was reported that
the damage to the Princess May had
been repaired, and that she was pro
ceeding to New York under her own
steam.
SHIP LAUNCHED
HONOR PRESS
OF AMERICA
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23 (by Asso
ciated Press).—-The 8,000-ton cargo
carrier American Press, the seventy
fifth vessel to be launched at the Hog
Island shipyard, named as a tribute
to the loyalty and co-operation of the
American newspapers during the war,
was launched today.
Miss Elizabeth Stone, daughter of
Melville I. Stone, general manager of
the Associated Press, was sponsor.
COMMUNITY FLYING
IS POPULAR PASTIME OF
MOVIE PICTURE ACTORS
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Community flying is a
ne\v aerial activity that has made its
appearance here.
Motion picture people have taken,
and maintain, a great interest in avi
ation. Many stars, producers and di
rectors own and fly their own ma
chines, but members of the rank and
file can not afford to maintain an air
plane alone. Hence a group of sev
eral hundred employes of one studio
has leased a field, bought a plane,
hired a pilot, and will operate the
plane as a community affair.
BIG BOWLING TOURNEY
TO BE STAGED AT FRISCO
OAKLAND, Cal., Dec. 23 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Under direction of the
Pacific Coast Bowling Association,
the largest telegraphic bowling tour
nament ever held in the United States
will be staged January 11, according
to W. T. Tupper, secretary of the as
sociation.
One hundred and twenty-five teams,
representing forty cities and eleven
Western states, will be represented
in the Tourney, Tupper said.
Italians Supported
In Fiume Matter
By Entente Allies
ROME, Dec. 23 (by Associated
Press).—Premier Nitti, address-',
ing the chamber of deputies yes
terday, announced that Italy had
the friendly consent, if not the
complete adhesion, of France
and Great Britain in the Fiume
question.
The premier asserted that the
vorable to the Italian govern
'ominant point of view was fa
ment. He contradicted the state
ment that the United States had
economic aims in the Adriatic.
GIFT BUYING
IN CHICAGO
VERY HEAVY
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CHICAGO. Dec. 23 (by Associated
Press).-—Jewelers of this city say that
all records for Christmas buying have
been broken. One firm reports the
sale of a pearl necklace which brought
$275,000, and rings costing from $3,000
to $5,000 are' among the holiday pur
chases.
Persons are buying this year who
never bought before, say the jewelers.
DECLINE IN FOOD PRICES
PREDICTED BY PALMER
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23 (by Associ
ated Press).—In a statement for pub
lication yesterday, Attorney General
Palmer declared that he expected a
general decline in food prices to begin
between January 1 and March 1.
ARMY OFFICER SUICIDES
ON ACCOUNT OF ILLNESS
CHICAGO. Dec. 23 (by Associated
Press).—Lieutenant Colonel Andrew
W. Smith of the regular army killed
himself here last night. He had been
ill with nervous ailments for several
! months.
D’ANNUNZIO QUITS FIUME
AND IS NOW ON OCEAN
PARIS, Dec. 23 (by Associated
Press).—A Rome dispatch announces
that D’Annunzio is reported to have
abandoned command at Fiume, and
that he is now on the high seas.
SAVED MANY LIVES
BUT LOS' S OWN
BANDON, Ore., Dec. 23 (by Associ
ated Press).—Quartermaster Merkel
of the wrecked tank steamship Chans
lor, and one of the few survivors, de
clares that Adolph Hehne was the
hero of the wreck. He declares that
Hehne could have saved his own life,
but that he assisted others and per
ished himself.
ST. LOUIS REFUSES
TO SELL HORNSBY
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 23 (by Associated
Press).—President Branch Rickey of
the St. Louis Baseball Club said last
night that he had refused four players
and $70,000- for Roser Hornsby, who.
he declared, was not for sale.
FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Dec. 23.—Quotations for
fish here yesterday were: Pickled
sablefish, $20 per bbl.; pickled her
ring, old stock, $10 per bbl., new stock. •
$10 to $18. Salmon, last year’s pack
Sockeye, $24 to $26 per bbl.; pinks.
$6 to $S; fall, $6 to $10. These prices
will apply until about February 1.
Halibut, 11c, and small halibut,' 9c.