The Cordova Daily Times
Member of The Associated Press
VOL. HI. NO. 929 _CORDOVA, ALASKA/T^^j^^^K^EMBE 10, 191K PRICE TEN CENTS
ZIMMERMAN NOTE A FORGERY SAID HEARST
CLAIM ESS
KAISER MAKES
ATTEMPT TO
TAKE HIS UFE
LONDON, Dec. 1" (by Associated
Press).—A Copenhagen dispatch says
the former kaiser has made an at-,
tempt at suicide on account of mental
depression. He wounded a member
of his retinue who prevented his sui
cide.
Working on Autobiography
An Amsterdam dispatch says the j
former kaiser has been interviewing
Gorman international law expert:-, on
his personal position It is under-:
stood that he is working on an auto- j
biography and history of his reign for i
publication, which may be road as j
part of his defense if the author is \
tried before an international tribunal.
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FIFTH LOAN WILL BE
LAUNCHED IN SPRING
WASHINGTON, Dec. la (by Asso
ciated Press).—A Fifth Liberty loan !
will be launched next spring. It may
__ he called the “Victory" issue.
MEMBERS WAR
CABINET WILL
GO TO PARIS
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10 (by Asso
ciated Press l. Bernard Baruch. Dr.
Garfield. Vance .McCormick, Hillery
and Herbert Hoover, members of the
war cabinet, are to be present and
advise President Wilson during the
peace conference in Kurope. Several
cabinet officers may go to France
later
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DUPLICITY HINTED ♦
AGAINST HOLLAND ♦
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PARIS. Dec. 10 (by Asso- ♦
elated Press).—The city conn ♦
cii of Spa, which was the tier- ♦
man military headquarters, ♦
has evidence proving that a ♦
Dutch general came to Spa to ♦
visit the former kaiser before ♦
his flight into Holland, it ap- ♦
pears that the kaiser's recep- ♦
lion on the Dutch frontier was ♦
merely comedy. ♦
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LOYALTY OF
CONGRESSMEN
TO BE PROBED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (by Asso
ciated Press).—An investigation of
lie National Security League of New
York and similar organizations, and
their alleged charges affecting the
oyaity of members of congress, made
a the last political campaign, are to
tie made by the senate.
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AMERICAN FORCES
HAVE REACHED RHINE
WASHINGTON. Dec. l»> (by Asso
dated I’ress). A report from General
I’ershing today stated that the Ameri- ;
ran forces had reached the Rhine.
rHREE UNIVERSITIES
REMEMBERED IN WILL
NEW YORK, Dec. 10 (by Associ
Red Press). Harvard. Columbia and ,
Johns Hopkins Universities are the ,
•esiduarv legatees under the will of',
loseph Raphael de Lamaen, a mil
ionaire mine owner, which has just |
jeen offered for probate.
WILSON REFUSES TO CONSIDER
MAKING VISIT TO GERMANY:
. I,
PARIS, Dec. 10 (by Associated Press).—It is reported
that President Wilson, answering the German suggestions that I
he visit Germany, said:
“Onlv by long years of repentance can Germany atone for
her crimes and show her sincerity. No true American could
think of visiting Germany until forced to do so by strictly olli
eial obligations. I decline in advance to consider the sugges
I ion of such a visit.
VICE-PRESIDENT MARSHALL
PRESIDES AT CABINET MEET
I
WASHINGTON, Dec. It) (by Associated Press).—At Presi
dent Wilson\s request, Vice President Marshall presided at the
regular weekly meeting of tin* cabinet today. Before going to
the White House Mr. Marshall said he hud no intention of be
ing drawn into complications. Continuing lie said:
“One thing is sure—I will not become President until 1 am
elected or someone dies.”
After the meeting he did not intimate whether he took the
chair when the cabinet assembled. He said he acted informally
and unofficially, out of deference to the desire of the President
and cabinet members.
PRESIDENT TO
VISIT TOWNS
DEVASTATED
ABOARD THE STEAMER GEORGE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (by wireless j
:<> the Associated Press), - President I
Wilson today witnessed a demonstra-j
ion of the thrilling work of repulsing
i submarine attack, staged by the j
laval convoy and crew of the trans- 1
[>ort.
To Meet the President
PARIS, Dec. lo (by Associated!
Press). Foreign Minister Pinchon. I
Minister of .Marine Georges I.eygues.
leneral Pershing, Colonel House and
Oilers left today for Brest to meet
■resident Wilson there on Friday.
The peace conference will begin
iicember 17. and President Wilson
las planned to visit the devastated j
listricts.
transports'bringing
OUR BOYS BACK HOME
_
WASHINGTON, Doc. 10 (by Aaso- j
tinted Press).—Seven additional!
transports ieft Europe today with
liree thousand American soldiers. j
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■TILL RECRUITING MEN
FOR MERCHANT MARINE
PHILADELPHIA, Dec 10. Assur 1
ilice given by Secretary Daniels in a
ccent aililress here that the nation
ia- no intention of abandoning its pro
rain of building up the merchant ma- J
ine has had a stimulating effect upon I
eeruitiiig for that branch of the
lervice.
William ('.. nice, chief of the sea
inrviee bureau, which supplies otll
ers and men for the transports and
nrgo ships, said men were being
hipped dally into active overseas
iorvice, and that this would continue
ndeflnitely He declared that there
vas a glorious future in store for the
\mcrican merchant marine, and that
he prospects of fame and fortune for
hose who entered this service were
nore alluring today than ever before
n the nation's history. Recruiting,
herefore. will go on. he said, for the
Merchant marine needs many more
non.
SENATOR SAYS
ALL TRAITORS
BE EXECUT D
WASHINGTON. Dee In (by Asso
iated Press) An Investigation of
he ordnance and quartermaster's do
jartments of the army would be au
thorized under a resolution Introduced
in the senate today by Poindexter of
Washington. The senator said that
had half a dozen traitors been oxe
’uted at the start of the war many
lives of better men would have been
taved.
ALLIES TAKE OVER CITY
OF AIX LA CHAPELLE
COLOGNE, Dec. 10 (by Associated
I’ress).—The French und Americans
have officially entered the city of AIx
la Chapelle and the administration of
Ihc occupied city has been taken over
from the Belgians.
RETRENCHMENT WILL
BE BASEBALL SLOGAN
NKW YORK. Dec. 10 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Reconstruction prob
lems in baseball, with the possibility
of the adoption of a retrenchment pol
icy for the coming season, are faced
by the National league dub owners.
At the annual meeting here this after
noon it was announced that Wilbert
lohnson would continue (o manage the
Brooklyn club.
O.S. TO SETTLE
DIFFERENCES
TWO NATIONS
LIMA Dec. lo (by Associated
I’rcss).- Peru lias accepted the prof
fered mediation of the t'nited States
and Argentina in the settlement ot
her dispute with Chile As a result
the boycott against Chilean vessels i
has ended.
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AMERICAN PRISONERS
OF WAR LEAVE BERLIN
BKRLIN, Dec. 10 (by- Associated |
Press) Twenty-six hundred Ameri-j
•an prisoners of war at Camp Rastatt
left for Switzerland today. Il is ex I
peeled that the last of the American- !
x ill leave (let-many this week.
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tfS7 CASES
OF INFLUENZA
IN U. S. ARMY
WASHINGTON. Dee. 10 (by Assn-'
Mated I Teas). Three hundred and
thirty-eight thousand two hundred and I
fifty-seven cases of influenza had been
treated in home army ramps up to
I
December 1.
There were approximately seven J
leen thousand deaths in the army
from this cause.
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2,400 MORE AMERICANS
RETURN HOME TODAY
NEW YORK. Dee. 10 (by Associ
ated l’ressl. The steamship Empress
of Great Hrttain arrived here today
with twenty-four hundred American
soldiers aboard.
MORE TRAINS
TOCAREFOR
PASSENGERS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (by Asso
ciated 1’retss).— Secretary McAdoo an
non need today that the railroad ad
ministration had undertaken the res
toration of normal passenger service,
and had withdrawn the plea for a cur
tailment of passenger travel.
Several trains are to be added to
the schedules within the next few
woeks, said Mr. McAdoo.
DASTBRDLY WORK OF EDITOR
OFNEW YORK AMERICAN TOLD
W ASH I N(JT( )X, I )cc. 1" (by Associated Press), (iovem
tiiciit copies of telegrams signed by William Randolph Ilearst
regarding the policy of his newspapers during the war were
rend into the record at the hearing of the senate committee in
vestigating the Herman propaganda in this country todav.
A year ago in February Ilearst said lie believed a major
ity of Americans opposed the I nited States entering the war,
and outlined instructions to be cabled to William Bayard Hale,
Ilearst s Berlin correspondent, who also was m Hermanv V pay
without Ilearst s knowledge. 1 he note was signed •‘Hoetor,'*
and w as adilrc-sed to the New j ork American man.
Scandalous Charge Against Administration
rl lie message said that the famous Zimmerman note, which
proposed a Herman alliance with Mexico in ease llm ( nited
States declared war on Hermanv. was a forgerv bv the attorney
general 'I'lie further statement was made that the object of
the forgery was to frighten congress into giving the President
the powers lie demanded, and perhaps also into pa-sing the
espionage bill.
DISARMAMENT OF NATIONS
FAVORED BY POPE BENEDICT
X K \\ \0|H\. I Ice. Ill (by Associated Press). Pope Belli'
diet advocates a league of nations to prevent wars, according
to Monsignor Kay, who recently returned from Kurope. The
pope favors the creation of a court of international appeals
with power to enforce its decisions, toget her w it h the di surma
meat of nations to the extent that none dare start a war.
Question of British Naval Supremacy
(’A M BIT 11 X i K, Kngland, Bee. Ill (by Associated Press).
Sir Kric Geddes, tirst lord of the admiralty, in a speech deliv
cred here today, said lie believed the establishment of a league
of nations would not result in the development of a world in
which no wars would occur. He said a world police force was
required, and Great Britain’s policing of the seas in the past
• tad prevented Germany from crushing the free nations. He
regarded it as inconceivable that Great Britain's naval suprem
acy would he surrendered.
Industrial Cabinet to Join Wilson
WASHINGTON, Bee. 10 (by Associated Pre-s). The in
lustrial members of President Wilson’s war cabinet, which
met at the White House every Wednesday during the war, is
In join President Wilson as a unit in Paris, to act as advisers
it the peace conference on economic, industrial and reconst rue
lion problems.
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STRASSBFKG, Dec. 10 (by Associated Press). Pn si
dent Poineaire and the French governmental parly was given
the nearest thing possible to an ollicial greeting in Strasslmrg
when they entered the former German capital of Alsace Lor
raine yesterday. The city wore a French dress and the German
signs over the shops had been removed. General Pershing was
received with cries of “Vice le AmeriqueF’ and General Haig
with cheers for England.
Americans Are in Control
COBLENZ, Dec. 10 (by Associated Press).—Coblenz is
now under complete control of the American army of occupa
tion.