VOL. 5. NO. 221_CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS
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BREST-LITOVSK
IS EVACUATED
BY BOLSHEVIKI
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Secretary of State
Colby declared today that the Amer
ican government wil support Polish
independence to the full extent of the
constitutional power confided in the
chief executive of the nation.
WARSAW, Aug. 19 (by Associated
♦Press).—Further Polish successes are
reported on all fronts excepting in
the south, where the Bolsheviki are
advancing in the direction of Lem
berg.
It is reported in an official state
ment that the Bolsheviki are fleeing
in disorderly panic along the front be
tween the Visula and Bug rivers.
The statements says three Red divi
sions have been annihilated and thou
sands captured.
The Poles are using tanks, aero
planes, armored trains and artillery
( in great numbers.
The Bolsheviki are evacuating
Brest-Litovsk, a strongly fortified town
on the Bug river, 20 miles east of War
saw, according to advices received
here.
Soviet prisoners are pouring in here
in such numbers that it is becoming
a pYcy^em how to care for them.
There is much speculation here as
to how the Polish counter offensive
will affect the Minsk peace negotia
tions.
BERLIN, Atig. 19 (by Associated
Press).—The Poles are advancing on
Graudenz, West Prussia, with a full
force, according to a special dispatch,
which says there has been heavy fight
ing.
LONDON, Aug. 19 (by Associated
Press).—A Moscow official dispatch
^says fierce fighting is continuing in
£he region of Warsaw.
^n Crimea, engagements are on with
indecisive results.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Unless the Bolshevik
leaders succeed in organizing a more
successful resistance, the defeat of
the Soviet forces before Warsaw will
he a “very serious one,” according to
a cable sent from the American lega
tion at Warsaw.
BRUSSELS, Aug. 19 (by Associated
Press)'.—The Belgian state railway
men’s syndicate has decided to pre
vent transportation through Belgium
of troops or munitions for Poland, sim
ilar to action taken by the Antwerp
dock workers.
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SEATTLE, Aug. 19 (by Associated
Press).—While hundreds passed into
the building two bandits forced the
-•^manager of the Coliseum theater to
open the safe in his office and es
caped with more than $500.
RESIDENCES
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19 (by As
sociated Press).—Captain Courney
of the fire department, rescued a
score of men, women, and children,
including his own wife from a fire
which burned eight residences.
The damage is estimated at $100,
. ftftO.-- it is reported.
ALASKA FURS
ARE SEIZED
IN SEATTLE;
SEATTLE, Aug. 19 (by Associated
Press).—Efforts of what are believed
to be two gangs of fur smugglers to
smuggle furs into Seattle in boxes
and false bottomed trunks, were foiled
yesterday when a number of boxes
and trunks were seized by customs
officials. It was announced the furs
were shipped from Eagle and St.
Michael.
WOOD RELEASED
BY ORDER OF
’FRISCO JUDGE
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19 (by As
sociated Press).—Federal Judge Rud
kin has ordered the immediate re
lease of R. C. Wood, the Fairbanks
banker, on $10,000 bonds, following
his detention here as a result of legal
difference with F. G. Noyes, receiver
of the defunct Washington-Alaska
Bank of Fairbanks.
Judge Rudkin also granted a peti
tion for a writ of habeas corpus in
Wood’s behalf, returnable August 28,
when Noyes’ representatives must
show cause why Wood should not be
permanently released.
TWO GOOD FIGHTS
PULLED OFF OAKLAND
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OAKLAND, Cal., Aug. 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Jimmy Dundee, of
Oakland, featherweight, decisioned
Bud Ridley, of Seattle. Earl Baird
drawed with Larry Jones, a San
Francisco lightweight.
DESERTER BERGDOLL
IS GIVEN FOUR YEARS
NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (by Associ
ated Press).—Erwin Bergdoll was
found guilty of desertion by the draft
evasion board and sentenced to four
years at Leavenworth, announced the
governor of the island.
SUIT LAUNCHED
SETTLE STATUS
LABOR STRIKER
HONOLULU, Aug. 19 (by Associ
ated Press).—Suit has just been
launched here to establish or dis
prove the legal existence of the Ha
waiian Sugar Planters’ Association,
an organization comprised of all the
large plantations in the territory,
whose output in 1919 was valued at
upwards of $80,000,000.
The litigation, instituted in behalf
of a Filipino named Buenaventura
Aginga, seeks in the first place to
recover $500 damages from the asso
ciation for alleged breach of contract
in refusing to pay Aginga’s expenses
back to the Philippines after the ex
piration of his labor contract term of
three years. The contention of the
association is that since Aginga went
on strike he has ''forfeited his right
to the return passage money.
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MUCH DRUNKENNESS
REPORTED AT BUTTE
BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 19 (by Associ
ated Press).—Figures in the police
court show that there were more con
victions for drunkenness in that tri
bunal during July than in any month
since Montana went dry, 20 months
ago. Just 112 men and women were
convicted of inebriety during that
period.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—-The French reply to
the American note on the Russo-Pol
ish situation states that without res
ervation the entire principles had
been included in the telegram, Sec
retary of State Colby said yesterday.
NEW GOVERNOR FOR
LOWER CALIFORNIA
MEXICALI, Aug. 19 (by Associat
ed Press).—General Louis M. Sala
zar has succeeded Colonel Cantu as
governor of the northern district of
Lower California.
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RUSS SITUATION
IS MOST TRAGIC
SOCIALIST SAYS
ROME, (Aug. 19 (by Associated
Press).—Signor Dugoni, the Socialist
deputy, who has just returned from
Russia after a month’s stay, declared
“the situation there is most tragic
and shocked every member of the
Socialist delegation.”
Lenine’s experiment, he said, was
a complete failure. Industrial pro
duction had decreased 50 per cent,
transports were utterly disorganized,
trains were running at 20 miles an
hour at the pleasure of trainmen, and
the locomotives were burning wood.
Filth and pauperism were visible
everywhere. Signor Dugoni said the
Italian proletariat was the least
fitted for such an experiment.
Signor Serrati, editor of the Avanti,
published a leading article confirm
ing the arraignment of Lenine made
by Dugoni.
ONE REPUBLICAN IS
TO SUPPORT COX
CHICAGO, Aug. 19 (by Associated
Press).—Hickes, of Illinois, delegate
at large to the Republican national
convention, who was insructed for
Lowden, has announced "that he
would support Cox. He said he would
continue to affiliate with the Repub
licans but could not support a can
didate who was not the real choice
of his party.
SENATOR JOHNSON TO
SPEAK FOR HARDING
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19 (by As
sociated Press).—Western Republi
can headquarters announces the
Senator Johnson campaign for the
Republican ticket thrugh the east
and middle west will begin on Oct
ober 1.
MANY IMMIGRANTS
ARRIVE ELLIS ISLAND
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The department of
! labor announced more than five
I thousands immigrants arriving at
! Ellis Island and approximately eight
j hundred thousand arrived during the
! year ending in June. Steamship lines
i report all incoming accomodations
booked -for a year in advance.
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MARION, Ohio, Aug. 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Senator Harding de
clared today that the granting of suf
frage to women will be especially wel
come to Republicans in the campaign
I because the “great moral and social
reform recently achieved was menaced
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by the covert purpose of our oppon
ents’ attack on it.”
! He predicted the women will stand
I with the Republicans through a i’eal
ization that they had led in achieving
social betterment, while the Demo
crats “notoriously refused” to enforce
reforms.
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NAVY USE SOON
TO BE FINISHED
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (by Associ
ated Press).—Latest reports received
at the navy department are that the
dirigible, R-38, now being constructed
for the American navy by the Royal
Airship Works, at Bedford, England is
more than 60 per cent complete and
probably will be ready to take the air
by the latter part of November?
When the great dirigible which will
surpass in size any airship ever con
structed, thrusts her nose out of the
hangar at Bedford for the first time
there will be a trained-to-the-minute
American crew aboard to put her
through her trial flight. Several train
ing cruises on the British dirigible
R-33, offered by the British govern
ment for that purpose, already have
been made by the American naval per
sonnel who will form the R138’s crew
and the mammoth airship will be
manned by experienced sailors of the
air when she sets out on her trans
Atlantic flight, which officials say
will be made next April or May.
With a gas volume of 2,724,000 cubic
feet, the R-38 will surpass in size the
largest rigid airship yet turned out
1 by the Zepplin Company, the L171, by
304,000 cubic feet and the British dir
igible, R-34 which crossed the Atlantic
last year, by 711,000 cubic feet. Her
six engines will develop 1950 horse
power, or 130 more than the most
powerful Zepplin craft and drive the
great gas bag at an estimated speed of
75 miles an hour.
To accomodate the 694-foot stretch
of the R-38, the naval airship hangar
at Cape May, N. J., already had been
lengthened to 700 feet and also in
creased in height. The two large
hangars now under construction at
Lakehurst, N. J., probably will not be
completed until July, 1921 or after the
R-38’s arrival.
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AMERICANS WIN
VERY EASILY
AT ANTWERP
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ANTWERP, Aug. 19 (by Associated
Press).—P. J. Ryan of New York won
the Olympic hammer throwing con
test.
American athletes scored 17 points
today, bringing their total to 118. The
Finns, nearest competitors, have 49.
Englishmen have made 16 points and
the Swedes 10.
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 19 (by As
sociated Press).—Herbert Hoover, in
a statement here yesterday, declared
he favors the exclusion of Asiatics
from the United States on the ground
that they are not assimilables, and
that whites cannot compete with
them because of the lower standard
of living of the Orientals.
LODGE EXPRESSES
SYMPATHY FOR POLES
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FALL RIVER, Mass., Aug. 19 (by
Asociated Press). — Senator Lodge,
chairman of the senate foreign rela
tions committee, ieplied to requests
from citizens here for aid to Poland
by expressing sympathy for Poland,
but declaring the president is in con
trol of American relations with for
eign nations.
TRAPSHOOTERS TO HOLD
POW-WOW NEXT MONTH
PORT ANGELES, Aug. 19 (by As
sociated Press).—The Pacific Indians,
an organization of northwest trap
shooters, will hold their 1920 pow-wow
at Lake Crescent near here, Septem
ber 8, 9 and 10. Gun experts from
several cities of Oregon and Wash
ington are expected.
FRAUD CHARGED
IN PASSAGE OF
AMENDS! NT
NASHVILLE, Term., Aug. 19 (by As
sociated Press).—Judge Debow today
charged the county grand jury to in
vestigate alleged improper influence
and corruption of the lawmaking
power of the state, laying special em
phasis on the fight for ratification of
the woman suffrage amendment.
The judge’s charge followed publi
cation by the Tennesseean and Ban
ner of two affidavits alleging that un
due influence had been brought to bear
on one member of the house who first
voted to table the ratification resolu
tion, but later voted for its adoption.
A single vote decided the issue in
favor of suffrage.
The house adjourned at noon today
until 10 o’clock Friday without any
effort having been made to reconsid
er the vote on ratification.
MANY HOMELESS
FROM SPREAD
FOREST FIRES
KAMLOOPS, B. C., Aug. 19 (by As
sociated Press).—A relief train bear
ing doctors, nurses and refugees ar
rived here today from North Thomp
son river, where forest fires have been
sweeping vast areas. Frank Smith, a
rancher, was drowned while attempt
ing to escape from the flames. Scores
of people are homeless and property
has been damaged to the extent of
thousands of dollars.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19 (by As
sociated Press).—Vast forest fires are
burning in the Stanislaus national for
est, where a great force has been
called to fight the flames. Other fires
are branching out. causing huge dam
age to standing timber.
GRAIN CORPORATION
TO REDUCE CAPITAL
NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (by Associated
Press).—The capital of the United
States Grain Corporation has been re
duced from $150,000,000 to $50,000,000,
in accordance with instruction from
President Wilson.
M’GRAW TO TALK TO
PROHIBITION AGENTS
NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (by Associated
Press).—Manager McGraw of the New
York National league baseball slub has
consented to an interview by prohibi
tion agents as to alleged whiskey sales
and drinking at the Lambs’ club.
PLANE DROPS IN BAY
MAJ. BRINTON DROWNS
VANCOUVER, Aug. 10 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Major Hilbird B.
Brinton, purchasing agent for the
Union Steamship Company is be
lieved to have been drowned in Eng
lisn bay near here when the aero
plane in which he was riding dropped
into the bay.
NORTH CAROLINA NOT
IN FAVOR OF SUFFRAGE
RALEIGH, N. C., Aug. 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The house today de
feated the suffrage amendment reso
lution, 71 to 41.
The senate having already voted to
postpone action until January, the ac
tion of the house virtually ends the
fight in North Carolina until then.
FACING DEATH
IN ASIA MINOR
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 19 (by
Associated Press).—Showered nightly
with Turkish bullets and facing fam
ine, 18 Americans workers of the com
mission of relief for the near east have
been besieged at Adena, Asia Minor,
since June 20. Twice relief forces
of French have turned back with,
heavy losses. .,
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