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The Cordova Daily Times
Member of The Associated Press
VOL. IV. Xo.Tu' COHDOVA, AI^ASKA7tU]^^^^^KMBEK Ml, 101ft ~ - ^ “ PRICE TEN CENTS
WHAT IT COST AMERICA TO FINANCE THE WAR
GREAT PROGRESS BEING MADE
IN ACHIEVING PEACE IDEALS
LONDON, Dec. dl (by Associated Press). President and
Mrs. \Vilson 1 <-t't Dover today lor 1‘ ranee on board the Brighton,
the same vessel which carried them Irom 1‘ ranee. 1 lie king
and queen and the Duke ot ('onnaught accompanied tin* M il
sons to the railway station here. Lloyd George greeted the
partv at the station, tjueen Mary chatted with Mrs. Wilson
prior to the departure ot the train.
As the train left the king and queen waved tln ir handker
chiefs and the hand of the Irish Guards played the American
and hiiiglish nut ion a I anthems and “Over I here.
Peace Ideals Have Been Furthered
DoVKK, Dec. dl (by Associated Dress). President M il
son telegraphed to King George just before sailing, expressing
his deep appreciation of his reception and entertainment in
Kngland. The President feels that great progress has been
made toward the achievement of his peace ideals.
Plans Will Be Adhered To
PALIS, Dec. dl (by Associated Press). 'Pile plans for
President Wilson’s departure on M'ednesday for Koine will
not be affected by the Italian cabinet crisis, reported today,
which is said to be purely political.
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/WASH I X( !T( l\, I tec. 01 (by Associated Press). Proas
• iry reports show that it cost the American people about $1N,
!(»(),()()(),()(Ml to linance the war, pay the expenses of government
and to assist the allies h\ means of loans. About $10,000,000,
000 was spent on the army and navy.
The public paid about one-third of the war expenses in
taxes, and two thirds was paid by means of loans which must
be repaid by another generation.
Income and excess profits taxi's brought into the govern
mont. cotTei's $2,040,000,000; the Fourth Libert) loan hrouirhf
in $(!,(IMS,000,000. and the third loan $4.170,000,0(H).
PARIS, Dec. 1 (bv Associated Press). A dispatch tioiu
iVtrograd says the attitude of the peasants in and around Mos
cow is alarming the l.enine government. The peasants re
cent I v revolted and it was a week before they were subdued
by the Bolshevik Red Guards. Numerous villages were razed,
bv artillery, and large numbers of the peasants were massacred.
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MUNICH, Dee. Ill (by Associated Press). There is a con
stantlv recurring rumors to the effect that the United States
will soon send food to Germany, which has been revived by
the arrival here of Ellis Presel and Franklyn Day, both of
Boston. Both men are connected with the United States lega
tion at Berne. They have begun a tour of German cities to
study food conditions. The newspapers refer to them as the
“food commission.”
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♦ NATIONS LEAGUE ♦
♦ STRIKES A SNAG ♦
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♦ PARIS. Dec. ;:i (by Assocl ♦
♦ ap'd Press i l( was indicated ♦
♦ in the chamber ol deputies to ♦
♦ day that Premier Clemenceau ♦
♦ favors tile idd "balance of ♦
♦ power" scheme Instead of the ♦
♦ proposed league of nations,
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ATTEMPT MADE
TO BLOW UP
THREE HOMES
PHIL ADKMMII A. Due :’.l (by As
sociated Press) Shrapnel shells were
exploded at the homes of three promi
nent men here last night, without fatal
consequences. The police say the
shells were exploded in revenge
against the authorities for enforcing
the law against sedition and display
ol the red flag.
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PROPAGANDA
CIRCULATED IN
SWITZERLAND
(JPNKVA. 1 )<•( . Ml (by Associated
Press). Tons of (Jerman propaganda
literature, written to create dissension
among the allies concerning the ques
tion of the freedom of the seas, has
reached Switzerland siiuv the armis
tice was signed
Much of it has been confiscated.
(Jerman agents continue the work,
however, spending millions of marks.
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BLACK SEA COAST IS
CONTROLLED BY ALLIES
CONST ANTINOI’BK, Dec. 31 (by
Associated Cresst The allies are
now in control of the Illack sea
coast, wilh (he British in occupation
of Batum. which is ronnucled by pipe
line with the Baku oil center.
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INTERNED SINN FEINERS
ARE TO BE RELEASED
LONDON. Dee Ml (by Associated
Press). All the Sinn Peltiers interned
in Lngland are expected to be re
leased immediately
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RESTRICTIONS ON PRICE
OF SALMON REMOVED
Bocal Food Administrator Hlllery ;
yesterday received (he following mes
sage from Territorial Food Adminis
tr: tor Bradley, dated Juneau. Dee 30:
■ l’pon my recommendation and the j
approval of the Culled States food {
administration at Washington, all reg
ulations Issued h\ the federal food ad
ministration for Alaska concerning
the price of salmon in Alaska will he
removed, effective January I. 1919.
"Give this tho widest publicity.
"All regulations having to do with
licenses for canneries, fishermen, etc.,
have not been removed, and are still
in effect."
ALLIES MAKING
GOODSHOWING
ATARCHANGEL
LONDON. Dec. :: 1 < L\ Associated
Dress).—Favorable reports on the sit
uation in the Archangel region, where
unofficial accounts pictured the allies
as Dicing destruction by Bolshevik
forces who greatly outnumbered them,
have been handed to the state depart
meat by (I. A Martiussein, represen
tative of the Ar hangel government.
HINDENBURG FAVORS
OCCUPATION OF BERLIN
LONDON. Dec ::i (by Associated
Dregs).- General Von Hindonhurg has
tolegraphed the German industrial
magnates saying he would support
the occupation of Berlin by the Brit
ish forces.
GOVERNMENT KEYMEN
GIVEN WAGE INCREASE
Washington. Dec. ;n (in- Asso
ciated Press). Postmaster (ienerul
Burleson today announced an increase
of fages, effective tomorrow, for em
plotesof alt departments of the gov
c.Seupllod CeL graph-sy stems
TERRY M’GOVERN DIES
FROM BLOW RECEIVED
BOSTON. Dec 31 (by Associated
Press). The veteran pugilist. Terry
McGovern, suffered a fracture of the
skull In a bout with Frankie Britt in
this city last night McGovern never
regained consciousness, and died this
afternoon. Britt has been arrested.
BRITISH TROOPS ARE
ADVANCING TOWARD KIEV
CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec. 31 The
volunteer army and a French force
are advancing from Rumania through
Bessarabia toward Kiev, the I'krnin
Ian capital.
WANTS NAVY
INCREASED
TO 250,000
WASHINGTON. Dee 31 (by Asso
ciated Press) Secretary of the Navy
Daniels has asked the house naval af
fairs committee to provide for a tem
porary Increase in the naval personnel
to two hundred and fifty thousand
men, leaving the permanent personnel
to be determined litter.
Secretary Daniels also asked that
provision be made making permanent
the war-time increased pay for en
listed men.
A further request of Secretary Dan
iels was that one month's pay be
given to the enlisted men of the navy
as a gratuity when discharged.
FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Dec. 31.—Prices for fish
at noon today wore as follows: Hali
but, 22c; ling and red cod, 7i4t‘
BIG TIME TONIGHT IN
LITTLE OLD NEW YORK
NKW YOKK. Dee "1 (by Assnei
ated Press). One ol the. greatest
throngs of merry-makers in the his
lory of New York is expected to par
i ti'-.'pate in the New Year’s celebration1
t< night.
Motel and restaurant men say that1
th: usands of persons are mining from
; u "dry" states for the occasion.
MANY DROWN
WHEN VESSEL
GOESAGROUND
I MANILA. Him :: 1 (liy \M*oiiatc(l ,
1’ri‘ssi. Ii fs bt'lii'veil thin sixli>en j
! pa. engei> : ml sraiiH'ii wore drowned
when the Pithed States shipp Ug
hoard steamship Quuntieo grounded
«m Christmas night on Tablas island, (
during a storm The island i. twenty-,
five miles east "i Mindoro The ves j
sel was used in the inter-island
sen ire
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UNIFORMS TO !
BE WORN ONLY
BY SOLDIERS
X !•: \\ YOHK. Dec. Ml (by Asso
dated Dress). The use of the Util
• form by re ently-discharged soldiers
i for trade purposes is criticized in a
! statement IrOm headquarters at (lov
• ernor's Island of the Department of
I th<* blast
Th«» statement says that soldiers
| have no right to wear the uniforms
! while engaged in c ivilian purusits
The uniforms, it says, are badge, ot
1 honor, ami it is painful to see them
■ worn by discharged soldiers while "1
! lieiting book subscriptions, peddling
wares on the street* or driving com
mercia 1 v ehieles.
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ITALIAN WAR LOSSES
OVER MILLION MARK
ItOMK. Dec ! I (by \ssoeiated
Dress). The supreme command an
flounces that the Italian loss.-., on all
fronts during the war totaled 1*‘.",im •
dead and H47,o<u* wounded
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FRENCH NOVELIST
DIES AT PARIS HOME
DAKIS, Dec. Ml (by Associated
Dress) Daul Marguerite, the novel
ist. is dead.
TOOK HIS LIFE
BY HANGING
TO BEDPOST
Tlu* hotly of Vermon Olsen was
found in Ins loom at 1«> o'clock thin
morning, having come to his death hy
suicide Olsen had beep acting
queerly for several davs past. tailor
ing under the h ■ llucination that hi*
was being shadowed for -one* imagi
native crime
( 'oroiiei \. .1 \dani !i*• 1<1 an in
quest, the following jurv being mi
paneled 11 It (III* - ( ' 11 I .ainpre>
Tim furry. L !1 Keist. \1 I’cy.ut
and .lark Terry.
\ veidn t of suicide hy hanging him
-elf with a cord tied to his l»**d post
vva rctidi red
hen a.M'il was about Yen: of age.
his on|> relatives being n N'urwav
Last summer h»* worked for tie i .1 r
li. le Lucking Conipanv and tin (dim
IT h and Lacking Company
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METAL MBS
WILL CONVENE
IN FEW DAY
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DKNVKK. Dec. 31 (by A ■ mciai^
Press). A joint annual meeting i.
the Colorado Metal Mining Associa
lion and the ('olorado chapter of the
American Mining Congress will Ik*
held in Denver January 2, 3 and 4. M
B Tomblin. secretary of both organ
i at inns, issued the call for the meet
ing a short time ago.
Problems arising from tin tratisi
tion of mining from war to pear * eon
ditions will occupy a large part of the
mining men's time at the meeting
I'hes* are to be < onsidered in tin* gen
era! sessions and also b> committee
It i o\pe ted that plans will be td.ipi
• a! at the meeting for the conduct ot
tile industrx unde: the altered « .mdi
t ions.
A amng tin speakers who ar- »*\
| < < ted to address the meeting are So
i''■ >arn ('allbreatli of the Aiimru an
Mining Congress, who is expet ted to
conn* from Washington with reports
of developments at the national cap
ital affecting mining, and Bulkeley
Wells, governor of the state chapter
A report of the American gold confer
ence a» Washington is expo ted from
Mr Wells.
rbe meeting also will discuss state
legislation bearing upon the industry.
. ud the question of governmental con
tiol of the labor supply
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ALASKA MINING STOCKS
MOV YOHK, !>(•<•. ;I| (|>y \s.ori
litre! I’ri'ss Miiskn CdIiI, ; \|a„l< ,
.Itint'uii, I !S,
CZECHO-SLOVAKIA’S PRESIDENT
APPRECIATES HELP OF ALLIES
LONDON, Dec. .'II (l>y Associated Press). President
Masaryk, in his first message to the Czech o-Klovnk national
assembly, expressed his appreciation of the help which Croat
Britain and the l nited States had given to (V.echo Slovakia
He said that American help had been promised for the future.