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VOL. IV. NO. 195 CORDOVA, ALASKA. THURSDAY. JULY 24, 1919 _PRICE TEN CENTS
' BOLSHEVKI TROOPS ROUTED BY AMERICANS
MUTINY OF RUSSIANS AT ARCHANGEL
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| Youthful Judge
Shows Leniency
' p Toward Himself
DENVER, July 24 (by Associ
ated Press).—Judge Ben Lind
sey of the juvenile court today
jx placed eight-year-old Jimmie
Bland on the judge’s bench and
£: allowed him to preside over the
*x trial of his own case and that of
xj a comrade.
•x Jimmie confessed to stealing
automobiles, and said his ambi
•x tion was to become a juvenile
;X judge.
Young Bland put himself on
probation and freed his comrade
X; who was riding with him when
•j:j arrested.
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SEATTLE, July 24 (by Associated
Press).—Hearings have begun before
the house committee on territories on
the bill appropriating $17,000,000 for
the completion of the Alaska govern
ment railroad, according to a special
dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer to
day.
SHIPPING OF
CARDIFF COAL
IS STOPPED
LONDON, July 24 (by Associated
Press).—The government has stopped
the exportation of Cardiff coal.
The executives of the miners’ or
ganizations and operators, meeting
with the premier and other members
of the government, have been unable
to settle the dispute in the Yorkshire
field. The meeting has been ad
journed till evening.
BRUTALITY IS
lf CHARGED UP
TO OFFICERS
WASHINGTON, July 24 (by Asso
ciated Press).—General Peyton C.
March, chief of staff of the army, ad
mitted to a special committee of the
house of representatives which is in
vestigating army affairs today that
several minor officers had been con
victed by court-martial of brutalities
to American soldiers in prison camps
near Paris.
The committee may call as wit
nesses high army officers.
AMERICAN MEMORIAL
TO AMERICAN SOLDIERS
TO BE BUILT IN FRANCE
NEW YORK, July 24 (by Associated
Press).—Plans for raising $25,000,000
by popular subscription for the erec
tion of an American memorial in
France, commemorating America’s
achievements in the war, have been
f completed.
^ The French government recently of
fered a site for the purpose.
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NEW LINERS TO
CROSS OCEAN
IN FOUR DAYS
WASHINGTON, July 24 (by Asso
dated Press).—The United States
Shipping Board has decided to build
two ocean liners, to be the largest ves
sels afloat, designed to cross the At
lantic in four days.
The ships are to be a thousand feet
in length, to have a speed of thirty
knots, and will be equipped for use as
commerce destroyers in the event of
war.
Special terminals for the ships will
be constructed on Long Island. Two
other similar vessels may be built at
a later date.
The ships will have a gross tonnage
of 55,000, and accommodations for
3,000 passengers. Oil will be burned
for fuel and her cruising radius will
be 7,000 miles. Gun emplacements will
be built on her decks, and her after
deck will be so constructed that it
may be used for the launching and
landing of seaplanes.
OF 8,000 MILES
WASHINGTON, July 24 (by Asso
ciated Press).—An army bombing air
plane with a crew of five men started
today on a flight of eight thousand
miles around the rim of the country.
The first stop will be made at Au
gusta, Me., 565 miles from here.
The flight will carry the machine
through thirty-one states, and will be
the longest ever attempted by the air
service. The machine will stop at
j Seattle.
GOODYEAR COMPANY
WILL PAY FOR DAMAGE
WROUGHT BY DIRIGIBLE
CHICAGO, July 24 (by Associated
Press).—The Goodyear Tire and Rub
ber Company has announced that it
will pay all expenses caused by the
plunge of the dirigible owned by the
company through a bank building here
on Monday last. The disaster caused
the loss of thirteen lives and the in
jury of twenty-eight persons.
WILLARD INVESTS HIS
EASY EARNINGS IN
LARGE KANSAS FARM
TOPEKA, Kan., July 24 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Jess Willard, former
heavyweight pugilistic champion, to
day paid $100,000 down as part pay
ment on a 700-acre farm between To
peka and Lawrence.
REPORT ON MOONEY CASE
HAS BEEN SUPPRESSED
WASHINGTON, July 24 (by Associ
ated Press).—The government print
ing office has held up the printing of
copies of the Densmore report on the
M[ooney case, because of alleged ob
jectionable language in the report.
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| RACE RIOTS IN CAPITAL CITY
MELT AWAY UNDER STRATEGY
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, | SEATTLE, July 24 (by Associated Press).—A Post- §1
g Intelligencer special from Washington today says the is
•jij race riots in that city began fading away when Major jiji
| General Haan, hero of Chateau-Thierry, took charge of |
jiji the policing of the city. He ordered all army and navy jiji
| men in service in Washington to report for riot duty, §
| making them military police and leaving none at liberty §
| to act as ringleaders of the mobs. His masterly strategy |
jjjj achieved the desired results. jiji
jjjj The night passed without renewal of the riots. The jiji
•jij total number of deaths to date is six. &
I Y LADIY OSTOK, July 24 (by Associated Press).—Com
munication with the American military column in the Suchan
district has been re-established. On July 11 the Americans
cleared out the Bolsheviki, and lost two men killed and eleven
wounded in the week’s skirmishing*. Five Americans captured
by the Bolsheviki have been released.
The Americans scattered the Bolsheviki into the hills and
occupied a number of towns and villages. A company of Japa
nese co-operated with the Americans.
British Operations in North Russia
LONDON, July 24 (by Associated Press).—General Iron
side, commander on the Archangel front, has wired the govern
ment that the Russian troops have mutinied and joined the
Bolsheviki, handing over the town of Onega and the Onega
front to the enemy.
General Ironsides reports that he controls the situation,
and believes that the British volunteers are equal to the task
before them.
SENATE WANTS TREATY BY WHICH
AMERICA AGREES TO AH) FRANCE
IN CASE OF INVASION BY GERMANY
"YY ASHINGTON, July 24 (by Associated Press).—Senator
Lodge today offered a resolution in the senate asking President
Y\ ilson to submit to the senate the treaty by which the United
States agrees to aid France in the event of an attack by Ger
many. Senator Robinson of Arkansas blocked immediate con
sideration of the resolution.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Democrat, in a speech in
the senate today, declared that the Shantung provision had
been misinterpreted and misunderstood. He said it was un
just to suspect the motives or question the intention of Japan
in the matter of the restoration of the territory to China,
i Three senators made announcement of their intention to
address the senate on the peace treaty.
Taft Favoring Reservations?
Former President W. H. Taft, who has written to Repub
lican senators suggesting reservations to peace treaty, has
opened correspondence on the subject with Democratic sen=
otors. Senator Hitchcock, Democratic member of the foreign
relations committee, has received such a letter.
SECRETARY LANSING
ARRIVES AT CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, July 24 (by Associ
ated Press).—Secretary of State Rob
ert Lansing arrived home from Paris
today. He held a long conference with
President Wilson.
RAINS QUENCH FLAMES
IN WESTERN FORESTS
MISSOULA, Mont., July 24 (by As
sociated Press).—Heavy rains in West
ern Montana and Northern Idaho have
improved the forest fire situation,
which last night was critical.
I HIGH-POWER
RADIO URGED
PORTLAND, Ore., July 24 (by As
sociated Press).—Assistant Secretary
of the Navy Roosevelt has recommend
ed to congress the establishment of a
high-power naval radio station, to cost
$3,000,000, near the month of the Co
lumbia river.
The station would be constructed
with the object of relieving the con
gestion on the cable to Japan.
AMERICAN ARMY CIRCUS
IS TO TOUR GERMANY
COBLENZ, July 24 (by Associated
Press).—The circus recently organ
ized by members of the First division
of the American army is going on the !
| road in Germany, and perhaps will
continue its tour to Belgium, France j
and England.
URGES SALE
OF SURPLUS
FOODSTUFFS
WASHINGTON, July 24 (bv Associ
ated Press).—Ten Republican mem-1
hers of the house war investigating
committee have recommended the im
mediate sale of $120,000,000 worth of
the surplus stock of foodstuffs held
by the war department, under a plan
insuring opportunity for the people to
buy.
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GERMANY SURRENDERS
THOUSANDS OF HORSES
AND CATTLE TO ALLIES
PARIS, July 24 (by Associated
Press).—A report to the French peace
commission shows that Germany has
surrendered to France 500 stallions,
3,000 fillies, 90,000 milch cows, 100,000
sheep and 10,000 goats.
More than a hundred thousand head
of horses and cattle also have gone
to Belgium.
ALASKA MINING STOCKS
NEW YORK, July 14.—Alaska Gold,
3%; Alaska Juneau, 2)4
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sociated Press).— Relatives of
John Henry Winslow and Reu
•£ ben Winslow, brothers, who •:<
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were murdered and burned in
•::: ^he Jackson Hole country of
j:|: Wyoming, have announced that $:
:* they will lead a fight for the ex :|:j
termination of the lawless ele
ment of the notorious Wyoming
:%• district.
It is charged that a conspir- :.:;i
acy exists to keep homesteaders
from the district and to hold the |:j:
land for cattle range purposes, i;!*
TOKIO. July 2-1 (by Associated
Press).—The citizens of Fukushima
have started a movement to protest
against Japan participating in the trial
of the former kaiser, on the ground
that the action would have a bad ef
fect on the Japanese nation.
DELEGATESHIP
CONTEST WILL
BE DRAWN OUT
SEATTLE. July 24 (by Associated
Press).—A Post-Intelligencer special
from Washington today says that the
house committee on elections has fa
vorably reported a resolution extend
ing the time of James Wickersham
for taking testimony in his contested
election case against George Grigsby
as delegate for Alaska.
Grigsby also will be allowed the
same extension of time in which to
lay his claims to the seat before the
committee.
PACIFIC FLEET ENTERS
CARIBBEAN SEA
ON BOARD THE FLAGSHIP NEW
MEXICO (by wireless to Associated
Press).—The Pacific fleet yesterday
entered the Caribbean sea. The
weather is excellent.
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GERMAN ASSEMBLY DECIDES
THAT NONE OF FORMER RULERS
IS ELIGIBLEJTO PRESIDENCY
WEIMAR, July 24 (by Associated Press).—Premier
Bauer, addressing the national assembly today, said the gov
ernment would draft a law for the regulations of the workers’
councils and economic councils. He said the government’s
policy would be one of socialization, and it would also aim to
prevent the superfluous importation of liquors.
“We shall need to work,” said the premier, “to abhor re- *
venge, and to renew our national life and thought on the foun
dation of the League of Nations idea.”
The assembly has ruled that no member of a family that
has* ever ruled in Germany shall be eligible for the office of
president of the republic.
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