The Cordova Daily Times
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VOL. 5, NO.^ I 5__. CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUG. 12, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS
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RODMAN SAYS
COAL SUPPLY
JNEXHAUSHBLE
VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 12 (by As
sociated Press).—Admiral Rodman,
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commander of the Pacific fleet, return
ing from Alaska, visited Victoria yes
terday. He said investigation of the
Alaska coal fields showed an inex
haustible source of supply, although
^•mining of the coal will probably be
more difficult than in the Pocahontas
field because the veins are inclined to
perpendicular.
•BANK CLOSED
AS RESULT OF
MANIPULATION
BOSTON, Aug. 12 (by Associated
Press).—Charles Ponzi, international
financier, surrendered to the United
States marshal today. A warrant is
being prepared against him by Bank
^Examiner Allen, who announced that
the Capital Hanover Trust Company,
in which Ponzi banked, will probably
be wiped out.
Ponzi, w'ho is alleged to have made
millions of dollars through manipula
tion of an international exchange, ad
znitt^S yesterday that he had served a
terzn in the Montreal penitentiary.
Bank Commissioner Allen took
charge of the Hanover Trust Company
bazik, which had handled Ponzi’s busi
ness. Allen said it w.as evident the
bank has been operating in'an unsafe
manner.
Ponzi years ago was convicted of
forgerty and obtaining money under
false pz’etenses at Montreal and sen
tenced to three years in the peniten
tiary. He was a meznber of a banking
firm.
SERVED TWO YEARS AT ATLANTA
ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Records show that
Chai'les Ponzi served two years in the
federal penitentiary here on conviction
at Buffalo on a charge of smuggling
aliens in the country.
CLASH OF TROOPS IS
EXPECTED MEXICALI
MEXICALI, Aug. 12 (by Associated
Press).—It is rumored that strong fed
eral troops are at San Luis, Sonora,
near Yuma, Ariz., within striking dis
tance of Cantu’s center of strength.
Preparations to repel an invasion are
b|ing increased by Cantu.
FEDERALS SENT TO ENSENADA
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Five thousand Mexi
can federal left Mazatlan August 9 for
the Ensenada campaign against Cantu,
according to advices received here to
day, and expected to arrive there Aug
ust 15. Cantu’s troops at Ensenada
are said to number 200.
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SEATTLE THIS M0RNIN(
SEATTLE, Aug. 12 (by Associated
Press).—The Alameda sailed at 9
o’clock this morning with 133 passen
gers. Those for Cordova are: L. F.
"Wolfe, Ross B. Matkins, Fred Schren
ger and wife, William Hinds, Mabel
Vance, Mrs. Jack Gilbert, Dorothy
Vernon, C. I. Driscoll, Miss C. E.
^ch^tz, J. L. Hostettler, and three
steerage.
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FIRE FIGHTER KILLED
BATTLING FLAMES IN
WENATCHEE FORES!
ELLENSBURG, Aug. 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Forest fires in the
Waptus lake district of the Wenatchee
national forest in the Cascades are re
ported to be spreading. One fire
fighter was killed. Big crews are
battling the flames.
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CHRISTIANS IS
NEW APPEAL
LONDON, Aug. 12 (by Associated
Press). — Bishops of the Anglicar
church who attended the recent Lam
beth conference, today made public
an appeal addressed to “all Christiar
people” urging a reunion of churches
and asking all creeds to join. The
address says: “What we need is s
new structure. No loose federation ol
independent churches is contemplated
but rather a real organization of unit\
based on fundamentals.”
LEGION IS BAR
TO SPREAD OF
RADICALISM
SEATTLE, Aug. 12 (by Associated
Press).—“Radicalism will never again
gain a foothold in the United States
because Reds recognize the bar ere
ated by the organization of hundreds
of thousands of men in the America!
Legion,” Franklin D. Olier, nations'
commander, told a mass meeting ot
veterans last night.
CLEMENCYASKEDFOR
BOY SENTENCED TO HANC
SAN QUENTIN, Aug. 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—W. A. Greer, a convict
in the state penitentiary, has sent a
letter to Governor Stephens asking
clemency for Roy Wolfe, 17, sentenced
to hang next month for the murder ol
Greer’s cousin, Elmer E. Greer, at
Taft, Cal. He said he thinks Wolfs
is unbalance. Greer was sentenced
for murder from Stockton, which hs
claimed was committed in self-de
fense.
SCHOONER REPORTED
ASHORE NEAR TATOOSH
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12 (by As
sociated Press).—The schooner Will
iam T. Bowden is reported ashore neai
Tatoosh.
ALLEGED BANDIT IS
CAUGHT AT CALGARY
CALGARY, Aug. 12 (by Associated
Press).—Basof, an alleged bandit whc
engaged in a gun fight at Bellevue Sat
urday, was captured yesterday with
out any resistance.
DIES AFTER FORTY ”
, DAYS OF FASTINC
POTTSVILLE, Pa., Aug. 12 (by As
sociated Press}.—Charles Wilson, col
ored, died yesterday after & 43 days
hunger strike. He was serving a sen
tence of 28 years.
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POLISH FORCES OUTNUMBERED
AND APPEAL MADE TO WORLD
PREVENT OVERTHROW NATION
GREAT BATTLE RAGING
PARIS, Aug. 12 (by Associated
Press).—A great battle is in progress
on the Russo-Polish front upon which
hangs the fate of Warsaw, according
to dispatches received at the foreign
office today.
POLES GREATLY OUTNUMBERED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Polish forces de
I fending Warsaw are outnumbered two
to one, according to details of the sit
uation received in official circles here.
The Soviet army is placed at 350,000
and the Polish at 150,000.
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SITUATION IMPROVES
PARIS, Aug. 12 (by Associated
Press).—A dispatch from Warsaw rep
resents the military situation as great
ly improved, following reinforcements
from the northern army in conformity
to the advice of General Weygand.
CAVALRY REACHES PRAGUE
LONDON, Aug. 12 (by Associated
Press).—A Berlin wireless says Rus
sian cavalry has reached Prague, a
suburb of Warsaw.
POLAND APPEALS TO WORLD
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Poland has issued a
statement warning the world that if
overthrown it will be due not only
1 to “overbearing might,” but to “indif
ference of a world which claims to be
self-democratic.”
SUFFERING INCREASES
PARIS, Aug. 12 (by Associated
Press).—Red Cross reports say the
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epidemic of dyssentery in Poland is
spreading, weakening the army and in
creasing the suffering.
WILL ASK U. S. AID
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Count Lubo Mirski,
Polish minister to the United States,
announced yesterday that Poland
i would ask immediate aid from the
! United States in its fight against the
! Bolsheviki. The appeal will be based
] on the American note to Italy, which
i contained assurances that the United
: States will insist upon the lxiainte
nance of the political and territorial
integrity of Poland. The appeal will
probably be confined to a request for
i additional credits for the purchase of
! war materials.
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LETVIA AND RUSSIA AT PEACE
LONDON, Aug. 12 (by Associated
| Press).—A Riga dispatch says Letvia
! and Russia have signed a peace spat.
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| Russia and Finland agreed to armis
tice conditions at Dorpat.
COLBY CONFERS WITH MINISTER
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (by Asso
' ciated Press).—Secretary of State
i Colby and Prince Lubomirsky, the Pol
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! isb minister, held a long conference
| today. It is understood Lubomirsky
will ask authorization to accept num
berless offers of enlistments being re
ceived daily from all pai’ts of the
United States. It is declared the lega
tion has been receiving offers for en
listment not only from natives of
Poland but from American war vet
erans.
UNEARTHED SKELETONS;
NOW HUNTING BULLION •
WRECKED TREASURE SHIP
I CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., Aug. 12
(by Associated Press).—The discovery
is reported of 25 skeletons on an
island near Corpus Pass, believed to
be those of the crew of a Spanish
treasure ship wrecked early last cen
tury with several millions in bullion
aboard. Treasure hunters have headed
for the pass.
SHERIFF HEADS OFF
MOB AFTER NEGRO
PITTSBURG, Kan., Aug. 12 (by As
sociated Press).—Learning that auto
mobiles loaded with members of a
Fort Scott mob intent on lynching
were headed this way, Sheriff Armour
left with a negro who last night killed
a white man at Fort Scott.
NOME FLIGHT MAY BE
RESUMED TOMORROW
PRINCE GEORGE, Aug. 12 (by As
sociated Press).—Repairs are rapidly
being completed and it is possible the
army planes in the flight from Nome to
New York will be able to leave for
Hazelton tomorrow.
STEAMERS COLLIDE
BUT NO DAMAGE DONE
1 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12 (by As
sociated Press).—The steamer Maaoe
from Honolulu collided in a fog yes
terday with the British steamer Eury
damas at anchor in the bay off the
Presidio. No serious damage was
done.
GASOLINE SUPPLY
ON PACIFIC COAST
SECURED BY NAVY
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Contracts signed for
approximately 90 per cent of the fuel
oil and the entire gasoline supply
I for the Pacific coast have eliminated
the need of commandeering a supply
for the navy.
CANDIDATE COX ON
SPEECHMAKING TOUR
COGUMBUS, O., Aug. 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—With Cox en route to
Camp Perry, Ohio, to deliver his first
address, and Roosevelt on a western
trip, the Democratic plans of carrying
the campaign to the people is under
way. Co^s next engagement will be
at Wheeling, W. Va., Saturday next.
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COX AT CAMP PERRY
CAMP PERRY, Aug. 12 (by Associ
ated Pre^s).—Governor Cox, in open
ing the Democratic campaign here,
urged honorable prevention of war “by
arbitrament rather than force,” em
phasizing the toll exacted by war. He
said the people of the world will seek
peaceful modes of settlement. He
praised the record of the national
guard during the war and asserted the
government should assist disabled sol
diers.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 12 (by Associated
Press).—Franklin D. Roosevelt opened
the Democratic campaign here before
3,000 people last night, urging Repub
licans and independents to join the
Democrats and support their platform
and ticket. Several hundred, women
were on the stage. *
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SOLONS TABLE MOTION
TO DEFER ACTION ON
SUFFRAGE MEASURE
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 12 (by As
sociated Press).—A resolution propos
ing that action by the legislature on
the suffrage amendment be deferred
until after August 21 was tabled yes
terday after a lengthy debate in the
lower house.
OFEMPLO RS
DENVER, Aug. 12 (by Associated
Press).—The striking street car em
ployes have voted 771 to 36, against
returning to work under the tramway
company’s conditions to treat the
strikers as individuals and giving
strikebreakers an equal show. Troops
are to remain until the cars are oper
ating.
DESERTER IS
ALLEGED BE
GERMAN SPY
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12 (by As
sociated Press).—Military authorities
have arrested Private Arthur K. La
grande on a charge of desertion. He
is declared to be Theodore Shude, for
mer intelligence officer of the German
army who masqueraded as an Ameri
can soldier in Europe. While in the
German service he came into posses
sion of papers of an American lieu
tenant and joined the American army
under the lieutenant’s name. Later he
enlisted as a private.
BABE RUTH INJURES
KNEECAP IN GAME
CLEVELAND, Aug. 12 (by Associ
ated Press).—Babe Ruth was injured
yesterday sliding into a base, his knee
being wrenched. He tried to continue
but collapsed.
FOUGHTTODRAW AT
SEATTLE LAST NIGHT
SEATTLE, Aug. 12 (by Associated
Press).—Frankie Jones of San Fran
cisco and Harry Casey of Seattle got
a draw decision last night in their
four-round go. Casey was substituted
for Travis Davis, claimant of the coast
welterweight title, who refused to go
on.
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR
PARDONED BY WILSON
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12 (by As
sociated Press).—Carl Haessler, a
conscientious objector imprisoned
since early in the war, was released
yesterday from Alcatraz by pardon
from President Wilson. .
PLANT AND SALMON
PACK GOES UP SMOKE
ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 12 (by As
sociated Press).—The plant and the
season’s salmon pack of the Aberdeen
Packing Company were destroyed by
fire last night. The damage was $55,
000. Eight thousand cases of salmon
were lost.
FRAME-UP IN
COAST LEAGUE
IT IS ALLEGED
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Charges by Babe Bor
ton, a former Vernon first baseman,
that a fund of $2,000 was raised by
Vernon players to assure Vernon’s
winning of the pennant this year,
brought forth a demand yesterday for
a public investigation. The demand
was contained in a telegram sent to
President McCarthy of the Pacific
Coast league, by the Los Angeles Ex
press.
\AND WINE
NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (by Associated
Press).—Democratic Chairman White
in a statement today declared “the
Democratic party is not going to base
its campaign on a beer and light wines
policy, but will stand squarely on the
national platform for law enforcement.
The wets can interpret this platform
any way they choose.”
DIVANIEH GARRISON
HAS BEEN CUT OFF
PARIS, Aug. 12 (by Associated
Press).—A Havas dispatch from Bie
rut says the situation in Mesopotamia
is serious, British detachments in the
Euphrates having been called back.
The garrison at Divanieh, southeast of
Bagdad, has been cut off.
TRAIN GOES THROUGH
BRIDGE, ONE INJURED
ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 12 (by As
sociated Press).—When a logging
train and several cars when through
a bridge on a Poison logging railway
yesterday, the engineer was badly
scalded.
DEMPSEY SIGNS FOR
FIGHT WITH BRENNAN
NEW YORK, Aug. 12 (by Associated
Press).—Jack Dempsey yesterday
signed an agreement to meet “Knock
out” Brennan before January 1. The
date, place and number of rounds was
not specified.
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VILLA AND FOLLOWERS
MARCHING TO DURANGO
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COAHILA, Mex., Aug. 12 (by As
sociated Press).—Villa, with approxi
mately 900 followers, left here on a
special train yesterday for Tlahulilo,
state of Durango, where the men will
be paid off and discharged.
CAPT. EVANS TO BE
GOVERNOR OF SAMOA
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 12 (by As
sociated Press).—Captain r Waldo B.
Evans has been detached from the
dreadnaught Wyoming to take the gov
ernorship of Samoa, displacing Com
mander W. J. Terhune there. Agita
tion by natives against the Terhune
administration resulted recently in the
atoning of his residence by a native
mob.
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