The Cor do m Daily Times
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VOL. IV. NO. 295_CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1919 ~PR1CE TEN CENTS
FUEL ADMINISTRATOR GARFIELD RESIGNS
At At At X. XL X, XXX XXX xxx. xxx
TOOK EXCEPTION TO TERMS OF SETTLEMENT IN COAL STRIKE
GARFIELD SAYS GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS INTERFERE WITH
METHODS OF ENDING STRIKE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (by Asso
dated Press).—Fuel Administrator
Garfield yesterday tendered his resig
nation to President Wilson, giving as
the reason his disapproval of the prin
fiples involved in the proposal for the
settlement of the coal strike.
Mr. Garfield refused to discuss his
resignation with newspaper men, bul
It is understood that he believes thal
higher prices of coal to the public
will result if the commission author
ized under the settlement is composed
'of one miner, one operator and one
representative of the public, as pro
vided in the agreement.
Mr. Garfield opposed this form ol
settlement. He thinks the commis
smn should not have the power to fu
prices.
Operators in Accord with Garfield
In a statement made public by the
operators it is stated that Garfield’s
method of settling the strike was in
terfered with by government officials
who knew little of the situation, witl
the result that the operators and the
public were delivered into the hands
of the Mine Workers.
The Central Pennsylvania operators
have accepted the government’s pro
posal, but declare that the settlemen
is not a settlement of the principles
^ at stake, but merely a postponemen
of the show-down, which is bound t<
come.
Hines to Succeed Garfield
Railroad Director Hines will hav<
full direction of the fuel administra
tion, it was stated at the White House
President Wilson will accept Mr. Gar
field’s resignation, which was ten
dared, it was stateed, because he ob
jected to the 14 per cent increase ii
wages given to the miners.
Outlook Is Brightening
CHICAGO, Dec. 12 (by Associate!
Press).—A general increase in coa
production is reported in all fields
except those of Montana, Kansas
Washington and Wyoming. It is pre
dieted that normal production will be
reached next week.
Retail stores in this city will be al
lowed to remain open nine hours on
Saturday on account of the holiday
trade.
The cold wave has passed except
in the Pacific Northwest.
Miners Urged to Resume Work
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The officers of thei
United Mine Workers of America
have issued a circular urging the
miners throughout the country to re
turn to work immediately, so that the
public need for fuel may be met
promptly.
Illinois Miners Reject Proposal
PEORIA, 111., Dec. 12 (by Associated
Press).—The miners of Illinois sud
district No. 2 of the United Mine
Workers last night repudiated the In
dianapolis agreement. W. F. Sher
wood, a member of the Illinois state
executive board of the Mine Workers,
stated that eight thousand men were
affected.
Deadlock in Washington State
SEATTLE, Dec. 12 (by Associated
Press).—Governor Hart has appointed
Vaughn Tanner, former attorney gen
1 eral, as his personal representative in
an attempt to avert the threatened
coal deadlock in this state.
Washington Miners Obstinate
ELLENSBURG, Wash., Dec. 12 (by
Associated Press).-The miners at
Cle Elum and Roslyn say they are
not going back to work. They want a
60 per cent increase in wages and a
six-hour day and five-hour week.
The operators are not planning to
reopen the mines until after the first
of the year.
Illinois Miners Want Further Increase
[ MARION, 111., Dec. 12 (by Associ
[ ated Press).—Marion county miners
; declare they will not return to work
until an increase of 31 per cent in
■ wages has been granted.
BILL IS AIMED
- AT SOCIALISTIC
IMMIGRANTS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (by Associ
ated Press).—‘Representative Johnson
of Washington has introduced in the
house a bill which provides for the
extension of the exclusion feature of
the immigration act to aliens “affili
ated with organizations which write,
print or distribute matter advocating
the overthrow of the government by
violence.”
He said this would reach alien mem
bers of the wobblies, and that no overt
act rould be necessary.
•NEW PRESIDENT FOR
SWISS FEDERATION
BERNE, Dec. 12 (by Associated
Press).—Guisseppi Notta, vice presi
dent, has been elected president of the
Swiss Federation, vice Gustav Arbor
Edmond Schultheiss, whose term has
expired. The term of office is one
year.
RESIGNATION OF
STATE OFFICIAL
IS DEMANDED
BISMARCK, N. D., Dec. 12 (by As
sociated Press).—The house of rep
resentatives today passed the senate
concurrent resolution asking for the
resignation of Attorney General
Langer, who is charged with having
betrayed the farmers of this state in
having attempted to wreck the Scan
dinavian-American Bank and all banks
friendly to the farmers. He is further
charged with having in a published in
terview accused the governor and
judges of the supreme court of being
qrooks and conspirators.
HAS NO INTENTION OF
GIVING UP FIUME
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FIUME, Dec. 12 (by Associated
Press).—D’Annunzio reiterates his in
tention of holding this city until all
he set out to do has been accom
plished.
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GOVERNOR RIGGS MAKES PLEA
FOR INTELLIGENT ASSISTANCE
IN DEVELOPMENT OF ALASKA
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (by Associated Press).—In his annual
report to the secretary of the interior, made public today, Governor
Thomas Riggs, Jr., governor of Alaska, declares that “for lack of
intelligent government assistance the resources of Alaska lie in idle
ness.”
The governor pleads for the adoption of a more liberal policy.
Lawlessness fomented by the “reds,” declares the governor, is
becoming a menace. He also calls attention to the inadequacy of
government appropriations and the lack of proper transportation fa
cilities.
LODGE INSISTS
PEACE TREATY
IS NOW DEAD
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Senator Lodge, chair
man of the committee on foreign af
fairs, in the first open discussion of the
peace treaty during the present ses
sion, said yesterday that the treaty
was dead until it had been resubmit
ted by the President. He charged the
Democrats with responsibility for the
failure of its ratification.
Senator Underwood contended that
the treaty could be called up at any
time by a majority vote. He charged
the Republicans with the failure to
ratify the treaty.
CONVENTION TO
ASSEMBLE ON
JUNE 8 NEXT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (by Asso
dated Press).—After a final confer
ence and a series of discussions of
the;coming campaign, the Republican
national committee has issued a call
; for the national convention to be held
in Chicago on June 8 next, and has
started the task of providing for tick
ets and facilities.
The call provides that all delegates
and alteernates be chosen not earlier
than thirty days after date, and not
later than thirty days before the date
of the convention, unless otherwise
provided by state laws.
UNREST DUE TO
MISCONCEPTION
OFGOVERNMENT
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NEW YORK, Dec, 12 (by Associated
Press).—President Wilson has writ
ten an article for the Independent in
which he says that fuller knowledge
of American institutions will prove a
cure for social unrest.
Men now, he says, are blessed with
a new curiosity about their govern
ment. Men are demanding that the
doors behind which secret policies
have been incubated be thrown open
and kept open.
Autocratic governments, declares
the President, live by concealment,
while free governments live by under
standing. A new day is dawning, he
says, in which only those governments
which keep no secrets from the people
can endure long.
EXCHANGE RATE
IS AFFECTED BY
ENGLISH POUND
SEATTLE, Dec. 12 (by Associated
Press).—The Canadian currency dis
count is about 10 per cent. The New
York Stock Exchange rate is 1 per
cent. The English pound is quoted at
$3.66%. It is believed that the drop
in sterling exchrnge is causing the
big Canadian exchange rate. Special
dispatches say that sterling exchange
probably will remain low for some
time.
PROPOSES TO
BRING HOME
SOLDIER DEAD
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (by Associ
ated Press).—Senator Freylingliuyser
yesterday introduced in the senate £
joint resolution for the appointment o!
a commission to investigate the ad
visability of bringing home fron
France the bodies of American- sol
diers buried there, and to take charge
of the matter of looking after the
proper marking of the graves of al
remaining.
The war department has ordered £
detachment of soldiers to sail on Dec
16 for Southampton, proceeding thence
to France, to inaugurate the work o
preparing the bodies for shipment.
RAILROAD LEGISLATION
TO GO OVER UNTIL ROADS
ARE IN OWNERS’ HAND!
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (by Assa
elated Press).—Congressional leaden
virtually have abandoned hope of se
curing action on railroad legislatloi
before the return of the railroads te
their owners on January 1, because o
strong and unexpected opposition t(
the Cummins bills.
FABULOUS PROFITS
MADE BY SHIP-OWNER!
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (by Associ
ated Press).—John H. Rosseter, for
merly director of operations of thi
United States Shipping Board, testi
lying before the senate committee 01
interstate commerce, declared that thi
profits of ship-owners during the wa
were fabulous. ♦
COLD WAVE IS
SWEEPING OVER
COAST STATES
SEATTLE, Dec. 12 (by Associated
Press).—All December records for
low temperatures have been broken.
Fourteen degrees above zero was
registered in Seattle last night; it
was 10 degrees above at Tacoma, and
20 degrees below zero at Yakima.
The Willamette river at Portland is
frozen for the third time in the history
of the city. Street thermometers at
Portland registered 2 degrees above
zero.
Distress in Interior
SPOKANE, Dec. 12 (by Associated
Press).—Eastern Washington, Idaho
and Montana are still in the grip of
the cold wage. Many towns are re
ported to be in distress because of
lack of fuel.
Trains Blocked in California
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12 (by As
sociated Press).—Sixty inches of snow
is reported on the summit of the Si
erras, and snow and washouts in
Northern California and Southern Or
egon are causing blockades on the
railroads.
Low Temperatures
YAKIMA, Wash., Dec. 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The thermometer
registered 22 degrees below zero here
today, and 31 below at Ellensburg.
COLLAPSE OF BUILDING
KILLS TWO PERSONS
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Dec. 12 (by
Associated Press).—Two persons
were killed and three injured, one of
them fatally, when a portion of the
building of the Iowa Paper Company
collapsed yesterday.
ALEXANDER”CONFIRMED
AS CABINET MEMBER
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12 (by Associ
' ated Press).—The senate yesterday
confirmed the appointment of Con
gressman Alexander of Missouri to
1 be secretary of commerce.
NO dYcisionis
ARRIVED AT AS
TO SIBERIA
i WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (by Asso
^ dated Press).—While no decision has
been reached as to the course to be
- followed by the United States in Si
i beria, it is said that negotiations be
■ tween Secretary of State Lansing and
i Ambassador Shidehara are proceeding
p in the friendliest spirit.
1 The Japanese plan is said to be tc
i reinforce the army as a protection
from the Bolshevik! and as a shelter
for the Russians.
, FLOODS IN SOUTH CAUSE
' BIG MONETARY LOSSES
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 12 (by Associ
s ated Press).—The flood waters in the
• South are receding, but Montgomerj
i and Macon are still in the grip of the
i floods. The monetary loss will rur
• into millions of dollars, but few lives
have been lost.
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JENKINS CASE
IS NOW BEFORE
HIGH TRIBUN L
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 12 (by Associ
ated Press).—The supreme court has
received the complete record in the
Jenkins case, and a decision is ex
pected when the court has concluded
its investigations.
It is said unofficially that the gov
j eminent is awaiting the decision of
I the supreme court before replying to
; the American note.
Denies Fall Charges
Minister of the Interior Berlanga
denies the charges made by Senator
Fall of New Mexico, that the Mexican
government planned to foment a rev
olution in 1915 in Texas, New Mexico,
Arizona, Colorado and Southern Cali
fornia, to induce those states to join
Mexico.
Action Deferred
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (by Associ
ated Press).—The senate committee
on military affairs has declined to act
on the resolution of Senator Ashurst,
authorizing Secretary of War Baker
to employ the army for the protection
of American citizens on American soil
from Mexican 1 rind its,,, and it .was re
ferred to the committee or. fo/eign re
lations.
Revolutionists Active
EAGLE PASS. Texas, Dee. 12 (by
| Associated Press). -It is reported that
| Villistas'and Carranzistas are fighting
! at three places near Muzquiz, in the
| state of Coahuila. It is reported that
the Villistas are still holding Muzquiz
and that nine trainloads of Carran
zistas are hurrying there. The Vil
i listas captured the town in reprisal
j for the execution of General Angeles.
SUGAR CONTROLACT
CONTINUED FOR YEAR
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (by Associ
ated Press).—The senate today passed
a bill introduced by Senator McNary,
continuing government control of
sugar for one year.
JACK DEMPSEY
CHALLENGED BY
FRENCH BOXER
I
PARIS, Dec. 12 (by Associated
Press).—Georges Carpentler, the
French pugilist, who now claims the
championship of Europe, has issued a
challenge to fight Jack Dempsey, the
American champion, who claims the
championship of the world.
Fights a Draw with the Gunboat
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12 (by As
sociated Press).—Ole Anderson of Se
attle fought a draw with Gunboat
Smith in this city last night.
GOVERNMENT TO CARE
FOR BANDS OF WILD ELK
OGDEN, Utah, Dec. 12 (by Associ
ated Press).—The government has
purchased hay for the ten thousand
wild elk in the Jackson Hole country.
Wyoming, to feed them during tho
prevalence of the storms.