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VOL. IV. NO. 71 CORDOVA, ALASKA. PRICE TEN CENTS
PRESIDENT EXPRESSES BELIEF
THAT PEOPLE OF HDSCOUNTRY
INDORSE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (by Associated Press).—Presi
dent Wilson arrived at the White House early this morning.
He was greeted by a great crowd, which cheered enthusiastic
ally. Scores of soldiers were on guard at the White House and
| its approaches.
The President got to work immediately at his desk. A
cabinet meeting is scheduled for the afternoon.
In a telegram to Theodore Burton, president of the League
for National Union, President Wilson reiterated his confidence
that the people will support the plan for a league of nations.
The President today signed the six-billion-dollar revenue
bill, which carries a rider making the District of Columbia
“bone dry. ”
\ President Wilson has not yet decided upon a successor to
Attorney General Gregory, whose resignation has been on file
■ for some time, nor whether he will call an extra session of con
gress. He is anxious to meet the state governors tor the discus
sion of the unemployment problem.
On Thursday next President Wilson will head a parade of
troops in honor of the home-coming veterans.
AMERICANS OF EASTERN SIBERIA EXPEDITION
CAPTURED AND DISARMED MUTINOUS COSSACKS
t. VLADIVOSTOK, Feb. 25 (by. Associated Press).—Colonel
fhtt Ainfirmmi army has published a reply to the imw«
naper attacks on the attitude of the American troops inlfikstern
Siberia in which he says that the Americans disarmed fifteen
hundred Cossacks who had mutinied against General Kalmi
koff, and that they now are being held under guard pending the
decision of the military council.
The Americans, says Colonel Styer, have no intention of
defending or sheltering political parties.
The attacks are believed to have been inspired by a desire
to create discord between the Americans and the Japanese.
ARMYABROAD
TO BE REDUCED
CONSIDERABLY
PARIS, Feb. 25 (by Associated
' Press).—Five hundred thousand Amer
ican wiH have returned or will be
homeward-bound for the United States
before July 1, according to announce
ment made today. The Ninety-first
division will sail home during March.
Ta Leave Three Hundred Thousand
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (by Associ
ated Press).—Eighteen national guard
and national army divisions will leave
France prior to July 1, confirming the
reports that the expeditionary forces
are to be reduced to the strength of
three hundred thousand men by the
end of the fiscal year, or after July 1.
This arrangement will leave nine
combat divisions and one depot divi
sion in France.
Troop* on President’s Ship
NEW YORK, Feb. 26 (by Associated
Press).—The transport George Wash
ington arrived here today with more
than twenty-three hundred troops.
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SALMON FLEET STARTING
FOR SEASON’S WORK
SEATTLE, Feb. 26 (by Associated
Press).—The schooner Henry Wilson
left tdflay for Port Graham as the van
guard of the salmon fleet of the North,
ghe carried a full cargo of cannery
equipment.
The Salvatore is following this week
and others are preparing to leave soon.
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DESIGNATIONS OF UNITS
WERE CAMOUFLAGED
CAMP LEWIS, Feb 25 (by Associ
ated Press).—Every unit of the
American expeditionary force in
France had a “trade mark,” accord
ing to the men of the 346th field ar
tillery upon their return to this camp
for demobilizatipn, as the first or
ganization of the “Wild West” divi
sion to return as a whole.
On the equipment of the 346th a
buckaroo astride a plunging horse
was the insignia of the regiment, tak
ing the place, the men said, of numeri
cal description.
“This measure prevented the Ger
mans from knowing the designation
of the units they encountered,” an of
ficer explained. “Nowhere was the
number of the regiment given. Of
ficers did not wear the collar insignia
of their division or other organiza
tion but rather the adopted symbol
on their shoulder. S
“The ‘trade-mark” for the 91st di
vision was a pine tree. Other units
used vari-colored geometrical designs,
but all different from each other.”
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MONTANA’S UNIQUE METHOD
OF RECORDING HISTORY
HELENA, Mont., Feb. 25.—The first
motion picture film is soon to be add
ed to the historical files of the Mon
tana state library at Helena. It will
show the annual picnic of former
residents of Montana at Los Angeles,
Cal., at which two or three thousand
Montanans' usually are present.
The film will show residences of
prominent Montana men and will
make one standard reel. It has not
been taken for profit, it Is announced,
although It will be shown about the
state. The purpose of its production
Is to preserve for future generations
the animated Images of some of the
Montana men and women of affairs
now living.
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FANTASTIC STORY Ijf TOLD
OF CONDITIONS ff MOSCOW
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WARSAW, Feb. 25 (by Associated Press).—Forty
pounds of wheat flour sold in Moscow recently for 800
rubles. Sugar is sold at 50 rubles a pound. Starving
horses, falling in the streets, are stripped of their flesh
before the bodies are cold. Money, jewels and works of art
have little value, and clothing only wil buy food. Wooden
houses in the suburbs and fine furniture are being used
as fuel.
In spite of all these evidences ot (distress, the flower
shops and hairdressers are doing a file business. They
are lavishly patronized by the dictator, Trotzky, who
also has a special lady manicurist.
Kerosene and benzine are reported to have become
common substitutes for vodka, and and the number of
deaths resulting from their consumption has been so
large that it is understood these commodities have been
j decreed a state monopoly.. 4 '
CHINA APPRECIATES COUNSEL ANB ADVICE
AND WILL MAKE PUBLIC SECRET TREATIES
PEKING, Feb. 25 (by Associated Press).—Premier Chin
Hun Siun, in an interview today, said that China was grateful
to President Wilson and the- American delegates to the peace
conference at Paris for the help extended to the Chinese dele
gates. |ie faid that China was ready to take whatever part
wins' nrrrimd tu hrr iwr':tliitf:' yrn, jtjfrhirr'ffrY
he aaid4 intw58ed‘to publish *a#tlie secret agreements
made during the war, including the commercial and China
ilapafi^se conventions.
APPROPRIATES
ROAD BUILDING
WASHINGTON, Peb. 25 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The sedate today
adopted the conference report on the
$400,000,000 postoffice appropriation
bill. . The measure carries appropri
ations totaling $200,000,000 for road
construction during the next three
years.
The bill now goes to the President
for signature.
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NORTHWESTERN HAS'
GOOD PASSENGER LIST
SEATTLE, Feb. 25 (by Associated
Press).—The Alaska Steamship Com
pany’s steamer Northwestern sailed at
9 o’clock this morning for Alaska ports
with the followinlg passengers for
Cordova:
J. Finnerly, Ole Hanson, O. Saleman,
John De Hay, E. Holmquist, Carl Dahl
blom, F. Durham, Mrs. B. Brackie, A.
Gloslie, R: E. Davis, Mrs. A. E. Golden,
Walter Fanning, Erma Fanning, Mrs.
W. H. Fanning, Richard Davis, Mrs.
Chester Davis and baby, John Palmer,
H. J. Keefe, Ben Santenos, W. H. Fan
ning, Claude Tutt, John J. Jones, An
drew Gustafson, Jr' Pierson, C. P.
Swanson, Pete Randall,' Mrs. Elmer
Fraisse, J. Sarin, Peter Buhl, Max
Mager, Katherine Wilmes, Mr. and
Mrs. Leroy Badden, Mrs. E. Metcalf.
G. R. Flynn, George Headley, Mrs. E.
Dolan, Mrs. J. F. Kelly, John Howe
O’Haggin, Robert Lunday, Monty Rus
sell and M. Radovan.
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Mrs. Fannie Betts, local native rep
resentative of the Salvation Army,
with the title of Envoy, has filed suit
for divorce from her husband,1 J. E.
Betts. She claims that'he does not
act like 'a Christian gentleman.—
Douglas Island News.
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TOGETHER WITH
OCCUPANTS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (by Asso
elated Press).—The navy department
announced today the loss of a sea
plane, together with three naval en
signs and two machinists, off the Vir
glnia coast.
The machine began a flight from
Norfolk on Sunday last. A radio op
erator reported seeing it plunge into
the water and disappear. A search
failed to reveal any trace of the ma
chine or its occupants.
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AMERICAN SHIPPING
SUBJECT OF DISCUSSIONS
NEW YORK, Feb. 25 (by Associat
ed Press).—Chairman Hurley of the
United States Shipping Board met a
body of business men in this city to
day in the first of a series of confer
ences which he declared would be held
in every section of the country.
Mr. Hurley’s man object in in
stituting these meetings is to secure
the co-operaton of producers and ship
pers in the formation of a permanent
operating policy for the merchant ma
rine.
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THREATENED STRIKE OF
ELECTRICAL WORKERS
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25 (by As
sociated Press),—Strike action is ex
pected to follow a referendum vote
of the six thousand telephone linemen
and electrical workers and nine thou
sand telephone girls of the PacWO
ooast, which Is being taken today.
GERMANY AND AUSTRIA TO UNITE
TO FORM SINGLE GOVERNMENT
BAVARIAN CABINET MEMBERS
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BASEL, Feb. 25 (by Associated Press).—An immense dem
onstration in favor of a union of Austria with Germany was »
held Monday in Vienna. The Christian Socialists of German
Austria have agreed to the union of the two countries on con
dition that the capital of the united countries be located in cen- .
tral Germany.
Subject Up Before National Assembly
WEIMAR, Feb. 25 (by Associated Press).—Foreign Min
ister Bauer of German Austria is here negotiating with Presi
dent Ebert and members of the national assembly, now in ses
sion, for the union of Germany with German Austria.
New Bavarian Premier
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 25 (by Associated Press).—Herr
Schied has been named as premier of Bavaria to succeed Kurt
Eisner, murdered in the recent outbreak in Munich. Herr Se
gitz, a member of the majority Socialist party, has been ap- *
pointed Bavarian minister of the interior.
Spartacans Creating Trouble
BERLIN, Feb. 25 (by Associated Press).—The Spartacides
prevented the holding of the municipal elections at Dusseldorf
yesterday.
Disturbances at Mannheim
BASEL, Feb. 25 (by Associated Press).-Serious fighting
* . ^struggle is being.waged for the
possession of the Votks TTniuje newspeiw. ' *
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May Have Significance
LONDON, Feb. 25 (by Associated Press).—General Von
LuedendorfiT; bite chief of staff of the German army, who has
been in retirement in Sweden since the revolution in Germany,
left Sweden for Germany Sunday night, according to a Stock
holm dispatch.
Czech Capital the Scene of Fighting
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 25 (by Associated Press).—Severe
lighting was in progress ;ril day Saturday in Prague, the cap
ital of Bohemia. The natjonal guards and students drove the
hnti-government communists from the public buildings, ac
cording to Berlin advices.
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AKjnmiu AbKuncNi has bun keaiheu
BETWEEN FIGHTING POLES AND UKRAINIANS
WARSAW, Feb. 25 (by Associated Press).—The Polish
foreign office announced today that an agreement was reached
at Lemberg on Sunday last for a cessation of hostilities between
the Poles and Ukrainians, commencing at 6 o’clock on Monday
evening.
NEUTRAL EMBASSIES
ALSO LEAVING RUSSIA
BERNE*, Feb. 25 (by Associated
press).—The Swiss legation at Petro
grad has been given free passage
through Russia, and will leave for
Berne on Thursday next.
BOLD ARCTIC"EXPLORERS
REPORTED TO BE SAFE
NEW YORK, Feb. 25 (by Associat
ed Press).—Alaska advices state that
Storker and StrkerBon, With a party
of five others, who originally went
to the Arctic with Vllhjalmur Stef
ansson, and who boarded a floating
ice pack in the Polar basin last May
in an effort to float across the North
pole, landed safely on November 7.
No details of their bold exploit are
given.
ALASKA MINING STOCKS
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—Alaska Gold,
3VA; Alaska Juneau, 1%.
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PORK BARRE BILL
READY FOR PASSAGE
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25 (bv Asso
ciated Press).—The house today
adopted the conference report on the
rivers and harbors appropriation bill,
carrying $33,000,000.
FRANCE’S VALIANT TIGER
WILL NOT REMAIN INVALID
PARIS, Feb. 25 (by Associated
Press).—Premier Clemenceau has so
far recovered from the effect of the
wounds inflicted upon him last week
that he is now regarded as convales
cent. His attendants And it difficult
to keep him in his apartment.
PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL
FOR EUROPEAN RELIEF
WASHINGTON, Peb. 25 (by Asso
ciated Press).—President Wilson to
day signed the bill providing $100,
000,000 for food relief in Europe, and
the urgent deficiency bill.