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. The Cordova Daily Times
► VOL. 5. NO. 219 CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1920_PRICE TEN CENTS
BIG BATTLE ISNOW BEING
WAGED WITH POLISH FORCES
MAKING VERY DECIDED STAND
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WARSAW, Aug. 17 (by Associated
Press). — Uninterrupted fighting is
going on in the valley of the Bug from
its source to its confluence with the
Narew river. The great battle just
begun along the river has been
■* marked by appreciable advantage for
the Poles, who inflicted heavy losses
and retook important positions.
WRANGEL OPPOSING SOVIETS
SEBASTOPOL, Aug. 17 „(by Asso
ciated Press).—Wrangel’s soldiers,
estimated at 150,000 are opposing a
Bolsheviki force of 50,000. The So
viets are reported to have 400,000
n’en on the Polish front.
WARSAW, Aug. 17 (by Associated
Press).—The Bolsheviki army plan
ning to cioss the Vistula 35 miles
^ -southeast as been forced back, the
French taking a most prominent part
in directing the Poles. Weygand is
said to be responsible for the new
tactics used.
Transfer of the government offices
to Posen began Sunday.
Nothing is known here of the peace
negotiations at Minsk.
SOVIET HOLD BROKEN
WARSAW7, Aug. 17 (by Associated
Press).—The Polish counter offensive
has broken the Soviet hold on the
gates of the city. General Pilsudski
is reported as heading the counter
stroke, with the Soviets falling back
in cor.fusion at various points.
COUNTER-OFFENSIVE BY POLES
PARIS, Aug. 17 (by Associated
Press).—The foreign office reports a
successful Polish counter-offensive
from Tporn to clear the Polish cor
ridor and along the entire southern
tr^nt.
CURFEW LAW RESULT
OF RIOTS IN IRELAND
LIMERICK, Ireland, Aug. 17 (by
Associated Press).—This city was
placed under the curfew law yester
day in consequence of recent riots.
BELFAST STREETS CLEARED
BELFAST, Aug. 17 (by Associated
Press).—Police and military forces
last night cleared the streets with
■ . bombs and bullets in the town of
Templemare, as a /result of the mur
der of district Inspector Wilson. The
town hall and several shops were
wrecked.
STRIKE LEADERS ARE
SENT TO JAIL FOR 90 DAYS
DENVER, Aug. 17 (by Associated
Press).—Seven officers of the street
railway men’s union who ordered the
strike of tramway trainmen were
sentenced yesterday to 90 days in jail
in the district court for calling the
strike in violation of an injunction.
IMMIGRATION BUREAU
TO BE REORGANIZED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Assistant Secretary of
Labor Post has ordered the reorgan
ization of the bureau of immigration
because of conditions indicating utter
-‘•'iJisorganiation both here and in the
w field service.
HARDING TO DELIVER
LABOR DAY SPECH
MARION, O., Aug. 17 (by Associ
ated Press).—Harding’s Labor day
speech will be delivered under the
auspices of the Central Labor Union
of Marion.
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GIVEN RE-NOMINATION
TOPEKA, Aug. 17 (by Associated
Press).—The Republicans of Kansas
have renominated Governor Allen by
a tremendous pluralitv.
OPERATORSAND
MINERS STILL
DEADLOCKE
CLEVELAND, Aug. 17 (by Associ
ated Press).—Members of the joint
scale committee of the central com
petitive coal field were deadlocked
last night after the operators had re
fused the miners’ demands for in
creased wages and the miners had
rejected the operators’ counter propo
sition. There is little to indicate that
any immediate settlement is possi
ble.
The committee of miners and bi
tuminous coal operators believe the
wage controvery will be referred to
President Wilson.
OLYMPIAD SWIMMING
EVENTS SCHEDULED
FOR NEXT SUNDAY
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ANTWERP, Aug. 17 (by Associated
Press).—The complete program of the
swimming events of the seventh Olym
piad to be held at the big new swim
ming stadium commencing Sunday,
August 22, provides for both day and
night events running through eight
days. Water polo matches are to
conclude each day’s program.
So many nations are expected to
send teams to compete, that the Olym
pic committee have arranged that the
preliminaries in most of the events
shall be conducted in a system of ser
ies, perhaps half of the swimmers
competing one day and the other half
later in the week.
The swimming program, which is
one of the few in which women can
compete, will draw competitors from
most of the famous women swimmers
of Sweden, Australia and the United
States.
For women there are the 100-meter
and 300-meter free swimming races,
two classes of diving events and a
400-meter relay!
MUTINY IS REPORTED
ON BOARD STR. HOXIE
LONDON, Aug. 17 (by Associated
Press). — The American steamer
Hoxie, en route from Norfolk to Cop
enhagen, today wirelessed the Danish
pclice for help, saying there was mu
tiny aboard. A motor boat was dis
‘ patched to the vessel’s assistance.
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ROOSEVELT MAKES AN
IDLE BOAST IN SPEECH
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JAMESTOWN, N. D„ Aug. 17 (by
Associated Press). — Franklin D.
Roosevelt, in an address here last
night, declared that if Cox is elected
president the peace treaty will be
ratified within 60 days after his in
auguration.
PITCHED BEL
NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (by Associ
ated Press).—Raymond Chapman,
shortstop of the Cleveland team, died
this afternoon in a hospital here as
the result of a fractured skull caused
by being hit with a pitched ball yes
terday thrown by Carl Mays in the
game between New York and Cleve
land. The baseball world is mourn
ing and Mays is overcome with grief.
SKULL FRACTURED BY BALL
NEW YORK. Aug. 17 (by Associ
ated Press). — Ray Chapman, short
stop of the Cleveland team in the
American league, was hit on the head
with a pitched ball here in the game
yesterday and his skull fractured.
WANT MAYS BARRED
BOSTON, Aug. 17 (by Associated
Press).—Players on the Detroit and
Boston clubs of the American league
are drawing up a petition asking the
banishment of Carl Mays from organ
ized baseball. Mays has been the cen
ter of a baseball controversy because
of his close pitching and his deser
tion of the Boston club, causing a
fight among club owners and Presi
dent Ban Johnson.
GERMAN GOVERNMENT
TAKING OVER SHIPS FOR
REPARATION COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The German govern
ment is taking over 24 ships aggre
gating mere than 195,000 gross tons,
under construction in various private
shipyards of the country, for delivery
to the reparation commission as pro
vided by the terms of the treaty of
Versailles.
Five of the vessels were ordered
by the Hamburg-American line, one
of 56,000 gross tons and another of
20,000 gross tons. Ore ship of 18,000
gross tons was being built for the
North German Lloyd.
Owners of the vessels who deliber
ately avoid the obligation of deliver
ing the ships to the government will
be punished by imprisonment up tc
one year and by fine up to 100,000
marks, the German government decree
declares, and anyone avoiding the ob
ligation by carelessness will be fined
up lo 10,000 marks.
TACOMA, Aug. 17 (by Associated
Press).—Thousands of dollars are
represented in a bit of radium brought
to Tacoma by co-operation of a num
ber of physicians and surgeons.
Heretofore medical practitioners
here have had to go to other cities,
sometimes as far away as New York,
to give patients advantage of radium
treatments. Therefore a corporation
was organied whose sole assets arc
the small piece of the valuable metal
All physicians in this section
whether members of the corporatioi
or not, will be permitted to use th«
radium, it is announced.
LORD MAYOR OF CORK
IS ORDERED DEPORTED
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CORK, Aug. 17 (by Associated
Press).—Lord Mayor Terrence Mac
Sweeney, was ordered deported to
England aboard a destroyer as the re
sult of court martial conviction for
sedition yesterday. He has refused
food since being arrested.
CAMP LEWIS
fc SCHOOL FOR
WEST POINT
TACOMA, Aug. 17 (by Associated
Press).—Army orders received at
! Camp Lewis specify that a training
I school for soldiers who desire to en
ter West Pcint shall be estabPched
at the camp immediately. The school
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will prepare all soldiers of the west
ern department of the army who de
sire to take the military academy en
trance examination. Ninety men are
allowed to go from the ranks to West
Point each year if mentally and phys
ically qualified.
! JAPAN LIKELY HEED
AMERICAN PROTEST
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HONOLULU, Aug. 17 (by Associ
ated Press).—A Tokio cablegram to
a Japanese paper here reports that
Japan may withdraw its troops from
Saghalien island because of the
American protest.
LONGSHOREMEN VOTE
TO RETURN TO WORK
NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (by Associ
ated Press).—Coastwise longshoremen
on strike since last April have voted
to return to work. Terms of the set
tlement arc unpublished.
TWENTY-SIX KILLED
IN RAILROAD WRECK
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CHICAGO, Aug. 17 (by Associated
Press).—It is reported here this after
noon that the Chicago, Gary & South
Bend interurban jumped the tracks
four miles west of South Bend, kill
ing 26 passengers.
MOTHER IS DROWNED
TRYING SAVE CHILDREN
SEATTLE, Aug. 17 (by Associated
Press).—Mrs. Marie Gilson and her
two children were drowned in Lake
Washington yesterday while the
mother was trying to save the two
children.
JUDGE NETTERER ON -
CRUISE TO ALASKA
SEATTLE, Aug. 17 (by Associated
Press).—Judge Jeremiah Neterer of
the federal court, left today on the
steamer Spokane for a two weeks’
cruise in Southeast Alaska.
BULGARIAN PEACE
TREATY PROMULGATED
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l PARIS, Aug. 17 (by Associated
t Press).—The Bulgarian peace treaty
was officially promulgated today.
SOUTH FIGHTING
SUFFRAGE
NASHVILLE, Term., Aug. 17 (by
Associated Press). — The committee
of the lower house of the Tennessee
legislature in charge of woman suf
frage ratification voted last night,
10 to 8, to report the measure today
with a recommendation that it be
adopted.
The house adjourned until Wednes
day without any action of the suf
frage resolution.
RALEIGH, N. C., Aug. 17 )by Asso
ciated Press).—Suffrage' opponents
took the offensive in the contest over
ratification with the introduction last
night of a resolution to reject the fed
eral woman’s suffrage amendment.
The legislature is considering res
olutions both for and against ratifi
cation of woman suffrage.
AMERICAN WINS
IN OLYMPIC
HIGH JUMP
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ANTWERP, Aug. 17 (by Associated
Press).—Landon of the New York
Athletic Club, won the finals in the
Olympic high jump, setting a new rec
ord of 1 and 94-100 meters.
Hill of England won the 800-meter
run, with Earl Eby of Chicago sec
ond.
Italy was first in fencing with foils,
France second, America third.
A protest in the 100-meter race re
sulted in placing Scholz, American,
fourth instead of fifth.
All four American entrants won
heats in the 110-meter hurdles.
France won the 5,000-meter run,
with America unplaced.
VANCOUVER ARCH TO
ROYALTY DEDICATED
VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 17 (by
Associated Press).—Work has begun
on the Pacific arch which is to stand
at the crossing the Pacific highway
at the international boundary.
According to the men in charge of
the work the structure will be com
pleted in time for the official opening
on October 20, when the queen of
Rumania, her daughter, Princess
Maria; Marshal and Madame Joffre,
representatives of the Canadian and
United States governmets, of the mi
kado and of the presidet of China are
expected to be present.
The arch, it is estimated, will cost
about $50,000. It will be of steel and
concrete and will stand 100 feet high.
The simple inscription, which will be
raised in bold letter for all the world
to see, is: “Children of a Common
Mother.”
FRANCE HAS REQUESTED
LAROR LEADERS TO LEAVE
PARIS, Aug. 17 (by Associated
Press).—France has requested Will
iam Adamson, labor member of thf
British parliament, and Harry Gos
ling, leader of English transpori
workers, representing the Britisl
council, on action by the triple alii
ance of labor, to leave the country 01
be expelled.
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NOME FLYERS
ARE DUE AT
DAWSON TODAY
DAWSON, Y. T. ,Aug. 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The army aviators on
a flight to Nome are expected to
reach here some time today, and
great preparations have been made
for their reception.
PLANE NO. 1 AGAIN BEHIND
WHITEHOURSE, Y. T„ Aug. 17
Associated Press). — Plane No. 4
of the army squadron landed here at
4:50 yesterday afternoon, and Nos. 2
and 3 an hour later, but up to 7 p. m.
the fourth plane had not' been re
ported as having passed Skagwav.
SEEK INDICTMENT
OF MANAGER M’GRAW
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NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (by Associ
ated Press).—J. J. McGraw, manager
of the New York National league
baseball club, is too ill to be inter
viewed by prohibition officers to as
certain the truth of the report that
he had bought liquor at the Lambs’
Club.
McGraw’s counsel today demanded
that the Giant manager be indicted
so as to prove his innocence of caus
ing injuries to an actor named Slavin
who was found unconscious in front
i of McGraw’s home a week ago.
RAILROADS FIGHTING
CUT TO TWO CENTS MILE
CHICAGO, Aug. 17 (by Associated
Press). — Seven railroads filed suits
in the federal court here yesterday
to prevent the enforcement of the Illi
nois law which provides a fare of
2 cents a mile. The la*v was sus
pended during the war but will be
come effective again August 31.
STAGECOACH RACE”
FOR UTAH HIGHWAY
OGDEN, Utah, Aug. 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—A race between stage
coaches is one of the events planned
for the celebration tomorrow of the
completion of a paved highway be
tween Salt Lake and Ogden, at an
amusement park located between the
two cities. The stage coaches used
will be of the type used in early
plains travel.
ruLllfc JUMPS 5 Art
TAPPED FOR BIG SUB!
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The safe of Police
Judge Chesbro’s court in the central
police station building was robbed
last night of $20,000.
fisiTquotations
SEATTLE, Aug. 17— (Special to
the Daily Times).—Prices at noon
' August 16: Halibut, 16%c; chickens,
8%c; sable fish, 5c; red and ling
cod, 2c.
VANCOUVER, Aug. 17 (by Associ
i ated Press).—British Columbia Pack
. ers’ Association opening prices: Sal
; n on packed in half-pound tins, sock
l eye, $20; half tails, $19; red sprigs,
■ $17.50; tall, $15; Cohoes. $13.50; tails,
* $12; pinks, $7.50; tails. $6.50; chums,
$6.25; tails, $5.25.
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