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VOL. IV. NO. 57 CORDOVA. ALASKA, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 8. 1919 PRICE TEN CENTS
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HAY PROHIBIT BUG
AND USE OF SUBMARINES
PARIS, Feb. 8 (by Associated Press).—It is announced
that the Society of Nations expects to finish its work at today’s
session. After a long meeting last night it was announced
that the committee had two-thirds completed the draft for the
project.
Abolition of Submarines Finds Favor
LONDON,“Feb. 8 (by Associated Press).—A Reuter’s dis
patch says with reference to the suggestion for the abolition of
submarines, which is before the peace conference, that the Brit
ish admiralty strongly favors the prohibition of submarine
building and the use of submarines in warfare. /
SETTLEMENT
OF BRITISH
RAIL STRIKE
BELFAST, Feb. 8 (by Associated
Press).—It is reported that the em
ployers have asked the striking work
sen to resume work on a forty-seven
hour basis, with the promise of a
forty-four-hour week after peace has
been signed.
Railway 8trike 8ettled
LONDON, Feb. 8 (by Associated
Press).—The railway strike has been
settled and the service will be re
sumed as quickly as possible.
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MINISTERS FROM U. S.
TO NEW GOVERNMENTS
WASHINGTON/ Feb. 8 (by Asso
ciated Press).—At President Wilson’s
request, provision was made in the
diplomatic and consular appropriation
bill by the senate appropriations com
mittee for ministers to the new Czecho
slovak nation and the new Polish
government.
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GERMAN ASSEMBLY
ELECTS PRESIDENT
WEIMAR, Feb. 8 (by Associated
Press).—Carl Kautsky, under secre
tary of state in the Ebert cabinet, has
been unanimously elected president
of the German assembly, which is in
session here.
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SERIOUS RIOTING AT
CAPITAL OF HONDURAS
SALVADOR, Feb. 8 (by Associated
Press).—It is reported that serious
rioting is taking place at Taglucigalpa.
the capital of Honduras. Minister of
the Interior Mojia is reported to have
been killed.
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MALWAUKEE BALL TEAM
ROWLAND PURCHASES
CHICAGO, Feb. 8 (by Associated
Press).—Clarence Rowland, former
manager of the Chicago White Sox,
has purchased the Milwaukee club of
the American Association. The pur
chase price is believed to have been
176,000.
TROOPS BEING
DEMOBILIZED
RAPID RATE
WASHINGTON, Feb, 7 (by Asso
ciated Press).^-General March, chief
of the general staff of the .aciny, said
today that demobilization in the
United States was now on the home
stretch. Up to yesterday, he said,
67,030 officers and 1,033,812 men had
been actually discharged from the
army.
Part of Ninety-first Embarks
The battleship Kansas, with five
transports, sailed from France today
with 8,500 officers and men. Included
is the 116th engineers, attached to the
91st divison.
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MORE CREDIT EXTENDED
TO ITALY AND BELGIUM
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (by Associ
ated Press).—The treasury depart
ment has established credits of $75,
000,000 to Italy and $40,000,000 to Bel
gium. This raises the total loans to
the allies to $8,647,824,000.
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THREE NAVAL AVIATORS
KILLED IN FLORIDA
PENSACOLA, Fla., Feb. 8 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Three naval aviators
were killed today when a hydroplane
fell five hundred feet into the bay and
was demolished.
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FIFTY FRENCH GENERALS
KILLED DURING WAR
PARIS, Feb. 8 (by Associated
Press).—Fifty-one French generals
were killed during the war) Of these,
fifteen were division commanders and
thirty-six brigadier generals.
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LONDON IS DEPORTING
UNDESIRABLE ALIENS
LONDON, Feb. 8 (by Associated
Press).—Newspapers here say that
the government is taking steps to de
port all undesirable aliens believed to
be Bolshevlki. Several already have
been deported.
STREET-CAR SERVICE
TO RESUME SEATTLE
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Shipyards Workers at Tacoma Are Out—Everett
and Oakland to Vote on JoiiiSng Strikers—I.
W. W. Propaganda Circulated in Port
land—Butte Miners Molested and
Soldiers Hasten to Scene
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SEATTLE, Feb. 8 (by Associated l^ress).—On orders from
Mayor Hanson, the city will operate a jfjtoey bus service to all
parts of the city. The mayor says thdjsfty wilil non the cars
on private street car lines if they do nif Sesume service.
So far the strike committee has not scted on the demand
of the mayor that the sympathetic stmfee be called off at 8
6 ’clock this morning. Late last night t* gjtrike committee met
but failed to reach an agreement. The^alamittee expected to
resume its meetings today. J t
Mayor Hanson said he had ordered all union exemption
signs on trucks torn off. He declared fpeRthey were going to
operate without the consent of any iab&r fbions.
The city announces that the raflmdfbljUfamet care will be
Started running, frtif no
of the private lines. Some of the restaurants have reopened.
Break in Ranks at Tacoma
TACOMA, Feb. 8 (by Associated Press).—The street car
service was resumed on all lines here today. The cars were not
molested. Barber shops and restaurants are open. The long
shoremen met today to reconsider their strike vote. The ship
workers are still out.
Everett Considering Joining Strikers
EVERETT, Wash., Feb. 8 (by Associated Press).—The
Everett Trades Council lias voted to call on all affiliated unions
for a referendum vote to decide whether or not to call a strike
in sympathy with the Seattle shipyards workers. The returns
will not be complete until February 19.
I. W. W. in Evidence in Portland
PORTLAND, Feb. 8 (by Associated Press).—The I. W. W.
of this city are distributing handbills urging Portland workers
to start a general strike in sympathy with the Seattle strikers.
One I. W. W. has been arrested.
Declare Holiday to Take Strike Vote
OAKLAND, Feb. 8 (by Associated Press).—Three thou
sand shipyard laborers here plan to take a holiday on Monday
posed strike is to enforce a demanad for $6 per day.
posed strike is to enforce a demanad for $6 per day.
Machine Guns to Be Ready in Butte
BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 8 (by Associated Press).—Following
plans agreed upon at an I. W. W. mass meeting last night, hun
dreds of strikers, some armed, turned back men who started to
work in the mines this morning, with the result that the whole
mining district is practically at a standstill.
Two hundred and fifty soldiers from Fort Wright, Spo
kane, have arrived to help in maintaining order. The detach
ment includes a machine gun section.
BRITONS TO AID BELGIUM
LONDON, Feb. 8 (by Associated
Press).—A movement to lend prac
tical first aid to the farmers, orchard
Ists and gardeners of France and Bel
gium whose land has been ravaged by
war has been begun by the Royal Hor
ticultural Society of England. The
king and queen have given the
scheme their patronage, and it is be
ing supported by all the leading hor
ticulturists in this country.
A fund is being raised to purchase
agricultural Implements and various
materials and to send them to each of
the devastated districts.
The courageous French peasants al
ready are at work trying to repair the
damage done to their homes and
farms. New scions have been grafted
on decapitated fruit trees and fields
and gardens are being prepared for re
newed cultivation.
Like parts of Northern France, Bel
gium is a country of small landhold
ers who have raised Intensive culture
to a fine art. Before the war each
district had its horticultural specialty.
Ghent favored azaleas and begonias;
Brussels, roses, lilacs ana chicory, and
Aerschot was celebrated for its aspar
agus. In the lowlands chief atten
tion was paid to lettuce, radishes, mel
ons and salad vegetables.
GOVERNMENT ROAD WILL COST
FIFTY MILLIO NS TO COMPLETE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (by Associated Press).—Secretary
of the Interior Lane has asked congress for an appropriation
of $13,800,000 to complete the government railroad in Alaska.
He urges that work on the project be pushed so that it can be
completed within the next year.
Secretary Lane said the total cost of the construction of
the railroad would be $44,800,000, instead of the $35,000,000
originally estimated. He stated that the appropriation asked
for included a deficiency.
INTERNATIONAL
GOLD EXCHANGE
IS PLANNED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (by Associ
ated Press).—The Federal Reserve
Board’s report for-1918, submitted to
congress today, expresses
national goldeTrMiaiaiW*8# «<*
tate financial transactions between na
tions without action shipments of
gold.
According to the plan suggested the
gold would be deposited in a trust or
government bank, to guarantee the
exchange obligations.
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REGISTRATION
RECORDS TO
BE PRESERVED
The local exemption board recently
was advised that all records pertain
ing to the registration in Alaska, as
elsewhere, must be preserved for fu
ture reference.
Provost Marshal General Crowdet
has issued instructions to draft exec
utives impressing upon them the vital
necessity of preserving all records of
the registration of America's man
power. Calling attention to the fact
that the proper and just administra
tion of the war risk insurance act
and of future pension laws will in
many cases depend almost exclusively
upoh the data contained in the local
board records, which also will have
vital relationship to charges of deser
tion or delinquency involving the
honor of thousands of men. the pro
vost marshal general has announced
to the executives the procedure to be
followed in caring for the records.
Also he points out that it is from these
records that the history of the war
must in good part be compile^, in ad
dition to the fact that they will be of
prime Importance in connection with
man-power in case bf any future war.
The records are to be properly
sealed by the boards and held sub
ject to further Instructions from the
provost marshal general. Following
the receipt of his Instructions, just Is
sued, General Cfowder directs that
the boards shall permit no one other
than board members of their clerical
force to have access to the records.
No information concerning the records
is to be given out except upon writ
ten instructions of the governor of the
state or the provost marshal general’s
office. Under no circumstances what
ever shall local boards withdraw or
permit anyone else to withdraw any
paper from the flies.
General Crowder anticipates that
since physical examination. Induction
work and classification by district
boards has ceased, work ot Initial
classification by local boards may be
practically completed before Not. 30,
except tor late registrants, and no
late registrants are to be classified
whose questionnaires are reoeived
after December 9.
WOR OF
NEW YORK TO
QUIT MONDAY
me employers, u is aeciarea.
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MEXICAN NATIONAL BANK
NOW BEFORE CONGRESS
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 8 (by Associated
ciated Press).—Proposed constitu
tional reforms, some of them adding
to the powers of the chief executive,
are among the most important mat
ters before the Mexican congress. The
formation of a national bank of Mex
ico, to be the center of a new cur
' rency system and take over the old
banks of emission, also is being dis
cussed by the council of ministers,,
and may be sent to the legislature
for decision.
Among the constitutional reforms to'
be decided is a project to revise Art.
27 of the constitution in such a way
as will give the president authority
to take over and administer, in the
national interests, any private indus
try when strikes or any other means
result in the interruption of its serv
ice to the detriment of the public in
terest. The proposed reform is di
rected primarily at wire, rail, postal
and maritime systems.
Other proposed laws to define Art.
17 now before congress include the >
nationalization of oil lands, a mat
ter that has been of vital Interest to
foreign corporations as a result of
presidential decrees Issued in July and
August, 1918, embodying the same
alms.