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VOL. IV. NO. 222 CORDOVA, ALASKA. ~ MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1919 _ = PRICE TEN CENTS
PRESIDENT SCORES IN COMMITTEE REPORT
TROOPS WITHDRAWN FROM MEXICO
• FRENCH PROTECTION TREATY
■ RECEIVES SANCTION OF MEMBERS
OF JUDICIARY
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Materialistic Reasons Are Given for Action in
Able Report Written by Senator Walsh of
Montana—Jones Has Some Suggestions
Relative to League of Nations
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (by Associated Press).—Tlie
senate sub-committee on judiciary reported today that the spe
cial treaty with France is constitutional, and says that it is to
America’s interest that France should be allowed to recuperate
and recover her former vigor, “for she then would be a great
shield and protection to the United States against the menace
of Germany.”
‘■Germany,n ^continues the report, “is vanquished for the
present, but only force is likely to restrain her from seeking* |
world domination at the earliest opportunity.”
Senator Walsh, Democrat, xof Montana, wrote the report
of the sub-committee, in collaboration with- Senators Nelson
and Kellogg, Republicans.
f Senator Overman, Democrat, said the treaty aimed to give
protection to France only until the League of Nations was i
strong enough to give her protection.
Jones Wants Provision Against Militarism
Stliator Jones, Republican, of Washington, has introduced
a bill proposing the withdrawal of the United States from the j
League of Nations unless all members thereof abolish conscrip
tion.
The measure also provides that the American representa- j
lives shall not consent to decisions involving the use of the
military or naval forces of the United States unless so author-:
ized by congress.
The bill also provides that the American delegates to the
league shall be elected by the people for four years, and shall
receive salaries of $25,000 annually.
' FIGHTING J!
IS CHASTISED BY
YOUNG SOLDIER
Wickersham’s Tactics in Con
ducting Examination Are
Resented by Brother
of Girl Witness
According to private advices re
ceived in Cordova Saturday last,
James Wickersham, former delegate
in congress from Alaska, received a
rather severe handling on the morn
^ ing of that day, as a result of which
he is said to have had several teeth
knocked out and to have suffered a
badly discolored eye and other evi
ences of combat.
The fracas grew out of the hear
ings being held by Wickersham in
his efforts to gather evidence on
which he hopes to have George B.
Grigsby unseated as delegate and to
have himself declared to have been
legally elected delegate at the elec
tion in 1918. Wickersham’s antag
onist in the street melee that result
ed in his discomfiture was Thomas J.
Selby, a young man who has just re
turned from overseas duty as a sol
dier with Uncle Sam’s forces. He is
a son of Hal Selby, editor and pro
prietor of the Valdez Miner.
Mrs. Ruth Tyer, wife of Sergeant
Donald Tyer of the quartermaster’s
corps of the army, located at Val
dez, was on the witness stand at the
hearing in the forenoon, and was
questioned by Wickersham in what is
described as a most brutal manner.
The vicious verbal assaults of the
former delegate upon the witness are |
said to have caused a condition of j
hysteria on the part of Mrs. Tyer, j
and the services of a physician were j
required. Mrs. Tyer had been asked
by Wickersham to state for whom she
voted in 1918. She refused to answer
and this is said to have so enraged
Wickersham that he resorted to bul
lying tactics in the hope of gaining
the desired information.
The friends of the witness were
greatly enraged at Wickersham’s
conduct, and Tom Selby, a brother of
Mrs. Tyer, hunted Wickersham up
and called him to account. Wicker
sham is reported to have struck the
first blow, and then ensued a fast
and furious battle between the mid
dle-aged politician and the 20-year-old
boy, in which the older man was
worsted.
Considerable feeling is said to have
been aroused by Wickersham’s con
duct in the hearings before Judge
Reed, and but little sympathy is ex
prdlsed for him because of his
chastisement. Indeed, it seems that
there is an inclination to regard it as
the natural outcome of his tactics.
HONDURAN REBELS
ARE BADLY DEFEATED
SAN SALVADOR, Aug. 25 (by As
sociated Press.)—Government troops
have killed many Honduran revolu
tionists and scattered the rebels near
the Guatemalan frontier.
SAN DIEGO FLYER
NOT YET REPORTED
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 25 by Associated
Press).—Major Theodore MacCauley,
the famous cross-country aviator
commanding the detachment of avia
tois from Rockwell Field, is ordered
to search for missing aviators.
FORMER GOVERNOR POLK
IS GREATLY EXERCISED OVER
BRITISH ACTIONS IN EGYPT
WASHINGTON, Aug*. 23 (by Associated Press).—
Joseph W. Folk, former governor of Missouri, who acted
as counsel for the Egyptian peace delegation at Paris,
speaking before the senate committee on foreign rela
tions today, said that the attempt to validate Great Brit
ain’s robbery of Egypt’s independence by means of the
peace treaty should not be countenanced by the United
States. He likened the act of Great Britain in its proposal
to reduce Egypt to the status of a subject nation to the
actions of a highwayman.
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Kiev Is Occupied and Large
Section of Country Is
Freed from Domina
tion of Bolsheviki
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 25 (by Asso
ciated Press).—General Pettlura’s
Ukrainian troops have occupied Kiev
and have taken the whole of Podulia
and large parts of Volhynia and the
government of Kiev.
The Ukranian armies are approach
ing the Dnieper river along the entire
line.
Trouble at Vladivostok.
LONDON, Aug. 25 (by Associated
Press).—It is reported here that in
surgents have surrounded the town
of Vladivostok, and that refugees
from the outlying districts are filling
the town.
A squadron of Japanese warships
has arrived at Vladivostok.
PRESIDENT SUGGESTS
PLAN TO PUT STOP
TO IMMIGRATION
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (by Asso
ciated Press).—To prevent an influx
of aliens into the United States after
peace has been declared, President
Wilson has asked congress to keep
the passport law in effect for one .
year after peace is proclaimed.
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Believes That Influence Will
Result in Returning Shan
tung to Rightful Own
ers, the Chinese
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Senator McCumber,
the only Republican member of the
foreign relations committee who
voted against striking out the word
“Japan” and substituting tbe word
“China” in the peace treaty, in the
matter of the Shantung settlement,
explained his vote today by saying
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that he was actuated only by faith
in the ability of the League of Na
tions to force Japan to quit Shan
tung.”
YELLOW FEVEfTsCOURGE
) NIPPED IN THE BUD
MEXICO CITY, July 22 (by mail).
—Advices from the state of Yucatan
are that a threatened epidemic of
yellow fever has been averted by
hygienic measures aaul a quarantine.
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SEATTLE MERCHANTS
ARE RELEASED ON BAIL
SEATTLE, Aug. 25 (by Associated
Press).—Ten commission merchants
of this city were arrested today
charged with hoarding several hun
dred thousand pounds of potatoes.
Four of the prisoners are Japanese.
All procure bail.
STARTLING STATEMENTS MADE
AT SPRUCE HEARING IN SEATTLE
American Fighters in the Argonne Were at All
4 Times at the Mercy of German Aviators, Says
Seattle Captain of Infantryman
SEATTLE, Aug. 25 (by Associated Press).—The congres
sional committee which is investigating expenditures in the
production of airplane spruce during the war in the Pacific
Northwest is hplding hearings in this city. Among others who
will be asked to testify will be aviators who saw service over
seas, who are expected to give their opinions regarding the air
plane supply.
At the hearing on Saturday last Captain William McKay,
a Seattle'infantryman, told the committee that he saw only one
American airplane during the fighting in the Argonne forest.
He said the Americans were at all times at the mercy of the
German aviators. Only one machine, he saidy was attached to
the Ninety-first division.
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TROOPS HAMPERED BY STORMS
ARE ON THEIR HOMEWARD MARCH
AFTER KILLING BANDIT LEADER
American Aviator Lieutenant Has Distinction of
Disposing of Renteria, After His Band Had
Fired on Airplane—Aviators Believed to
Have Been Lost Are Located
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MARFA, Texas, Aug. 25 (by Associated Press).—The
troops tjf the American punitive expedition which lias been
in pursuit of the bandits who some time ago captured and held
for ransom two army aviators have been ordered withdrawn
from Mexico, and now are marching out, starting last night.
The rainstorms in the mountains prevented the troops
from following the hot trails of the bandits. Renteria, their
leader, is reported to have been killed by Lieutenant R. H.
Cooper, an aviator, when the bandits fired on his machine.
Aviators George K. Rice and L. L. Bouquet, who were
missing for twelve hours, and for whom some anxiety was felt,
have been located. They were caught in a storm and were be
lieved to have become confused.
Commander Confirms Leader’s Death
Major James P. Yancey, commander of the American
punitive expedition, telephoned today that lie believed that
Jesus Renteria, the bandit leader, had been shot and killed
from an American airplane on Tuesday last. The decision to
withdraw tlfe American troops was made yesterday, he said.
LOS ANGELES j
IN BAD WAY
FROM STRIKE
Transportation Is Paralyzed,
Mails Congested, and Street
Car Service Crippled—
Airplanes in Use
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LOS ANGELES Aug>25 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Scores of dead loco
motives, hundreds of motionless pas
senger cars and thousands of idle
freight cars marked the transporta- j
tion strike situation here today. Not
a train left the city.
No relief is in sight in the strike
situation. The raiiroads are para
lyzed. the mails are congested, and
few street cars are running, and
these are accompanied by guards.
A large share of thirty-one hundred
men in the Southern Pacific shops
joined the trainmen's strike and pa
raded the streets today.
Tucson Isolated.
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TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 25 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Three days’ absence
of Southern Pacific trains from Los
Angeles has isolated Tucson.
Chance for Airplanes.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Airplanes started reg
ular passenger service to Los
Angeles today, taking the place of
trains.
AMERICAN AVIATORS
COMPETE WITH BRITISH
TORONTO, Aug. 25 (by Associated
Press).—American and British avia
tors today started in an international
•ate between Toronto and New York.
Tho first machine left at noon. One
machine carriti a letter from the
prince of Wales, who is the guest of
the city, to President Wilson.
DANIELS GIVES
INTIMATION OF '
Says Administration Has No
Candidate for President,
but Indicates His Own
Willingness to Run
HONOLULU, Aug. 25 (by Associat
ed Press).—Secretary of the Navy
Daniels, who is here with the Pacific
fleet for the dedication of the great
drydock at Pearl Harbor, in an inter
view today stated that “the Wilson
administration has no candidate for
President so far.”
When asked about his own candi
dacy, he replied that “tha’t was for
the people to decide.”
Historic Guns Boom Welcome
MONTEREY. Cal.. Aug. 25 (by As
sociated Press).—The guns of the
historic Presidio in this city boomed
out a welcome to the Pacific fleet on
its arrival here today.
Governor Stephens and Admiral
Rodman will attend a flag-raising at
the old customs house tomorrow'.
ARMY WILL BE LESS
A QUARTER MILLION
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (by Asso
ciated Press).—At the present rate
of demobilization the indications are
that the army will be reduced to
225,000 men by September 30.
FEARS ENTERTAINED
OF REVOLT IN INDIA
LONDON, Aug. 25 (by Associated
Press).—Sir Harrington Lovett, who
has held many important positions
in India, has informed a government
commission investigating Indian af
fairs that there are grave possibili
ties of trouble in India as the result
of the activities of extremists.