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_CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1920
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•OUTLAW LABOR LEADER ATTEMPTING TO DISRUPT BROTHERHOOD
MEXICO IS THREATENED WITH
INTERNAL WARFARE BETWEEN
STATE AND FEDERAL TROOPS
AGTJA PRIETA, April 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Fortifications are un
der construction here. The expected
battle between the state and federal
troops is not expected to take place
^,or some days.
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^ SKIRMISH MEANS WAR
Sonora and Carranza troops battled
yesterday on the Sinaloa-Sonora fron
tier. No details have been received
here.
Military authorities say the fighting
means war, and the Sonora forces are
preparing to resist the threatened in
vasion.
GUNBOATS DESERT TO REBELS
Two Carranza gunboats have desert
ed to the Sonora republic.
General Artulfo Gomez, former fed
eral commander, has revolted and de
clared for Obregon.
Sonora republican troops are march
ing on Culiacan, the capital of the
state of Sinaloa.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FLEES
MEXICO CITY, April 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Alvaro Obregon, can
didate* for the presidency, and Benja
min Hill, his campaign manager, have
fled in an automobile toward the state
of Guerrero.
FISHERIES OF
YUKON RIVER
TO MED
SEATTLE, April 15 (by Associated
Press).—Dr. Charles Gilbert, zoologist
t at Stanford University, .and Henry
O’Malley, chief assistant of the Pacific
*fcoast federal bureau of fisheries, will
leave soon for a 70'0-mile trip along the
Yukon to investigate reports that com
mercial fishing at the mouth of the
river and cannery operations are seri
ously menacing the food supply of the
Indians.
The investigators will return in Sep
tember.
ANOTHERBOAT
LEAVES WITH
MANY ABOARD
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SEATTLE, April 15 (by Associated
Press).—The steamship Northwestern
jailed for Alaska ports at 9 o’clock
this morning, with 176 passengers, of
whom the following were for Cordova:
G. W. Godwin, Dan Smith, James
Cooney, William Dickey, S. R. Weise,
Tony Cordova and wife, Mrs. W. D.
Harding, Maba Dickenson and wife,
F. A. Hotchkiss, L. H. Carvey, A.
Burns and wife, J. M. McDonald and
wife, R. H. Stakle and wife, Mike Jack
son, E. J. Tilden, K. D. Surtis, W. Y.
Taylor, J. W. Jensen, M. Lund and
wife, Ola Tarpenny, James Terry, John
Dogharty, Joe Tjosevold, M. J. Slater,
Joe Erpery, Matt Dowling, F. Fisher, G.
R. Cook, Jack Reed, Joe Irvine, Will
iam Irvine, L. P. Ohman, and nine
steerage.
PRESIDENT CABRERA
- IS HEADED FOR CUBA
* HAVANA, April 15 (by Associated
Press).—;Former President Cabrera,
who fled yesterday from Guatemala, is
believed to be on his way to Cuba.
engliWmin'ers TO
GET INCREASED WAGES
1/ONDON, April 15 (by Associated
Press).—The Miners’ Federation lias
accepted the government offer of an
increase on gross earnings, thereby ob
:ri$ting the danger of a strike.
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FEDERAL BOARD
FOR ALASKA IS
GIVI A BOOST
SEATTLE, April 15 (by Associated
Press).—Indorsement of legislation to
make possible an efficient administra
tion and a collective development pol
icy by a federal board resident in
Alaska was given today by the execu
tive committee of the Alaska bureau
of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
A memorial to congress was drawn
up, which contains potent arguments
favoring the settlement of the territory
and the development of its resources.
SEATTLE, April 15 (by Associated
Press).—The chief event at a boxing
carnival held here last night was be
tween Billy Mascott, coast bantam
weight champion, and Mike Ertle of
St. Paul. Mascott won the decision by
a close margin after four rounds of
fighting.
Frank Malone of California and Ed
die Johnson of Seattle, featherweights,
boxed to a draw.
Val Sontag of Seattle and ■ “Red”
Henry of Bremerton, middleweights,
boxed four rounds, in which Sontag
had the better of the fighting.
Danny Edwards, a bantam, beat
Harry Mansell of England.
PERSHING RECEPTIVE,
NOT ACTIVE, CANDIDATE
FOR THE PRESIDENCY
WASHINGTON, April 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—General Pefshing, ad
dressing a banquet given in his honor
last night by Nebraskans, said that
while he was not seeking the pr^i
dency, “no patriotic American could
refuse if called by the people.”
DISCOUNT RATE IS
RAISED IN ENGLAND
LONDON, April 15 (by Associated
Press).—The Bank of England has
raised its discount rate from 6*to 7
per cent.
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PROTESTS AGAINST
LIMITING BONUS TO
ENLISTED SOLDIERS
SPOKANE, April 15 (by Associated
Press J.—It is announced that he local
post of the American Legion will pro
test against the proposed provision in
o
the soldiers’ bonus legislation limit
ing the bonus to enlisted men.
BUSINESS MEN ARE j
INDICTED ON CHARGE |
OF SMUGGLING LIQUOR!
MINNEAPOLIS, April 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Sheriff Oscar Maxtin
son, one of his deputies and eight
Minneapolis business men were indict
ed yesterday on charges of smuggling
liquor from Canada.
HUNGER-STRIKING IRISHMEN
HELD IN MOUNTJOY PRISON
ARE RELEASED BY OFFICIALS
DUBLIN, April 15 (by Associated
Press).—Sixty-four hunger - striking
prisoners have been released from
Mountjoy prison, apparently uncondi
tionally, and the general strike has
been called off. Great relief is ex
pressed by the citizens at the action
of the government, which is considered
a complete victory for the strikers.
Orders have been given to amelio
e the conditions for the remaining
prisoners until they are tried upon spe
cific charges.
The action of' the government was
not unexpected, as the lord mayor
said yesterday that the viceroy
had announced that the hunger
strikers whom the prison physician
considers in danger would be released.
One constable on duty in Dublin
Tuesday night was shot and killed.
CLASH IN COUNT * CLARE
Three civilians we?* rilled and sev
eral wounded in a '|n oting affray to
day at Milltown, f tty Clare. It is
reported that th-- Ice and military
OFFICIAL STATEMENT
LONDON, April 15 (by Associated
Press).—Chancellor A. Bonar Law
stated in the house of commons that
the Irish leaders confined in Mountjoy
prison had not been released uncondi
tionally. *
CIVILIANS INJURED
BELFAST, April 15 (by Associated
Press).—Soldiers fired over the heads
Df a crowd gathered at the London
ierry station yesterday, and two civil
ians were accidentally wounded.
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PERSONNEL OF
WASHINGTON, April 15 (by Associ
ated Press).—Discussion of the ap
pointments to membership on the new
railroad labor board in executive ses
sion of the senate yesterday developed
bipartisan criticism. Many senators
expressed ignorance as to the identity
of the appointees, and sought informa
tion on the subject.
Senator Thomas (Democrat) of Colo
rado criticized the failure of congress
to pass the anti-strike provision of the
Esch-Cummins law.
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P0UI1CIAN OF
RENOWN DIES
I CHICAGO
CHICAGO, April 15 (by Associated
Press).—Roger Sullivan, ' the Demo
cratic leader who headed the move
ment at the Democratic national, con
vention at Baltimore in 1912 that re
sulted in the nomination of Woodrow
Wilson for the presidency, died here
today from bronchial pneumonia.
Mr. Sullivan’s clashes with Bryan,
Hearst and Garter Harrison made him
a national figure.
An estate valued at one million dol
lars was left by the deceased, who
started life as a machinist’s appren
tice. He was 59 years of age.
EXPLOITED,
SAYSLEADER
CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 15 (by
Associated Press).—A statement was
issued yesterday by Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, regarding the present indus
trial unrest. He said that nothing had
been done to prevent the high cost of
living, and that laws made to protect
the masses from exploitation had been
turned against them.
Mr. Gompers urged the workers to
practice self-restraint, so that the ra
tional demands of labor could be se
cured.
REAR ADMIRAL
GIVES CREDIT
TO U. S. NAVY
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WASHINGTON, April 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—At yesterday’s session
of the senate committee which is in
vestigating naval affairs Rear Admiral
Strauss, former chief of .ordnance of
the navy, said that as soon as,the war
started the United States started lay
ing in a supply of ordnance, and that
when the United States entered the
war there was no shortage of guns.
Admiral Strauss said the navy de
served full credit for the North sea
mine barrage, because Admiral Sims
and the British admiralty failed to ap
prove of the scheme when it was first
suggested.
FOSTER, LEADER OF RECENT
STEEL STRIKE, IS FOMENTER
OF SWITCHMEN’S TROUBLE
WASHINGTON, April 15 (by Associ
ated Press)—Attorney General Palmer
today made public evidence tending to ;
show that William Z. Foster, leader of
the recent steel strike, is the head of
the “outlaw” railroad strike.
The attorney general declared that
Foster was attempting to disrupt the
railroad brotherhoods in order to form
“one big union,” which was but one
phase of the Russian radical attempt
to foment revolution in America.
Mr. Palmer said that Foster was
working through the “wobblies.”
RETURNING TO WORK
CHEYENNE, Wyo., April 15 (by As
sociated Press).—The striking railroad
men at this point have returned to
work.
MORE STRIKERS RETURN
SPOKANE, April 15 (by Associated
Press).—The striking switchmen here
have returned to work.
TROUBLE FEARED
SPRINGFIELD, 111., April 15 (by As
sociated Press).—The adjutant general
has ordered several units of the Illi
lois state militia to Kewanee, where
he sheriff reports that strike riota
ire beyond his control.
MORE LEADERS ARRESTED
CHICAGO, April 15 (by Associated
Press).—Eight officials of the “outlaw”
railway unions were arrested today by
United States marsha’s, charged with
violations of the Lever act.
Sixteen additional warrants have
been issued.
CENTRAL WEST CONDITIONS
CHICAGO, April 15 (by Associated
Press).—Railroad centers in the Cen
tral West report the strike dying ont
and the men returning to work.
The insurgent leaders, however,
claim the strikers are unshaken, and
ieny the charge of Attorney General
Palmer that radical influences are in
control.
In the far West conditions are muck
improved.
One hundred and fifty thousand men
are still idle in Michigan, and on«
hundred thousand in Ohio. The broth
erhoods report a big improvement,
however.
GRAND JURY CALLED
TO CONSIDER CASE
OF OUTLAW STRIKERS
NEW ORLEANS, April 15 (by'Asso
ciated Press).—A special session of
the federal grand jury has been called
to consider the cases of the eight out
law strike leaders who are charged
with interfering with interstate com
merce, violating the Lever act, and
interfering with the mails.
FOOD SITUATION
GROWS SERIOUS
IN HETROPOUS
NEW YORK, April in (t>y Associ
ated Press).—A strike of the team
sters, chauffeurs and porters for higher
wages has aggravated the serious food
situation here.
The police reserves quelled a dis
turbance at the West Side market,
where the strikers attacked trucks.
Two hundred police reinforcements
were dispatched to the butter and egg
market to protect trucks.
A gradual subsidence of the railroad
strike is predicted by officials, though
the situation is still serious.
TACOMA SHOP EMPLOYES
REFUSE TO PURCHASE
HIGH-PRICED POTATOES
TACOMA, April 15 fby Associates
Press).—Potatoes are selling here at
$170 per ton. The workmen in the
Milwaukee railroad shops have voted
to buy none for a period of twenty
days, or until prices drop. The wom
en’s clubs of the city also have placed
a ban upon potatoes.
BOYCOTT AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, April 15 (by Associated
Press).—Potatoes are selling at $200
per ton here, and the restaurants have
instituted a boycott against them.
The stocks now on hand will be sold
at last fall’s prices to farmers only, to
be used as seed.
HOOVER NOT OPPOSING
“FAVORITE SONS” IN
THEIR OWN STATES
OMAHA, April 15 (by Associated
Press).—The Hoover Republican Club
of Nebraska has appealed to support
ers of Mr. Hoover not to write his
name on the preferential primary bal
lots on April 20, as he does not wish
to oppose favorite sons in their own
states.
SHORTAGE OF
PRINT PAPER
IS ALARMING
NEW YORK, April 15 (by Associ
ated Press).—Prodigal methods in the
forests and paper mills have brought
the industry and the public face to
face with an alarming paper shortage,
which can be remedied only by forest
protection, declared George W. Sisson,
president of the American Paper Pulp
Association, at the annual convention
of that organization here today.
The speaker deplored the intima
tions from Canada that the export of
pulp wood from private lands might
be curtailed, and retaliatory measures
were hinted at.
EMERGENCY METHODS
MILWAUKEE, April 15 (by Associ- .
ated Press).—The mail editions of the
Journal are being issued without ad
vertising, on account of the shortage
of paper.
WAGE INCREASESFOR
PAPER MILL EMPLOYES
NEW YORK, April 14 (by Associat
ed Press).—Eleven of the largest news
print manufacturers in the United
States and Canada, following a con
ference with union officials, have
agreed to a general wage advance of
£0 per cent in renewing the working
agreements for the ensuing year.