Cordova Daily Times
_(Member of Associated Press)___
VOL? v7no769 CORDOVaTaLASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS
REPUBLICANS OF NEW YORK
• ATTACK LEAGUE OF NATIONS
AND ESPECIALLY ARTICLE 10
NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (by Associ
ated Press).—Elihu Root, in a speech
delivered at the Republican state con
Are yesterday, outlined a platform in
which he proposed the decentraliza
tion of the executive powers, which
make the President “more autocratic
than any sovereign in the civilized
world”; the ratification of the amend
ed peace treaty; reform of the League
of Nations by a congress of nations
“to be called by a Republican Presi
dent after March of next year”; to
establish the rule of public right rather
than the rule of mere expediency;
governmental economy; limitation of
*the right to strike at a point where it
conflicts with community self-preser
vation; the establishment of a labor
tribunal; revision of the taxation sys- j
Item, including the tariff; universal;
military training, and the elimination
of Bolsheviki from office.
Republican Doctrines Enunciated
The state Republican convention
today adopted a platform demanding ■
the immediate ratification of the treaty [
Of peace with the senate reservations,
retaining for the United States its
right to withdraw from the League of
Nations on proper notice.
The platform declares against Arti
cle 10 of the league covenant, demands
protection for the Monroe doctrine in
letter and spirit, wants the war-making
power reserved to congress, says the
labor clauses of the treaty would draw
the United States into the net spread
by international socialism, and says
that Article 10 would embroil the
United States into international wars.
The platform attacks the League of
Nations because the covenant at
tempts to substitute discussion instead
of law for the settlement of interna
tional disputes.
Bryan’s Candidacy Filed
LANSING, Mich'., Feb. 20 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Petitions have been re
ceived by the secretary of state asking
that the name of William J. Bryan, as
a candidate for the Democratic nomi
nation for President, be paced upon
the primary ballot.
f PROTEST AGAINST ABOLISHMENT
1 OF SURVEYOR GENERAL’S OFFICE
SEATTLE, Feb. 20 (by Associated
Press).—A special to the Post-Intelli
gencer says that Representatives Mil
ler of Washington^ §,nd Smith of Idaho
made a fight on the floor of the house
Against the proposal to abolish the
office of surveyor general in the West
ern states and Alaska.
Chairman Wood of the appropria
tion committee declined to permit
them to interrupt him while he was
explaining that the step was taken in
the interest of economy.
It is beieved that a combined fight
will be made against the proposition,
which is included in the executive ap
propriation bill, but there is little
Ketchikan All Het Up
KETCHIKAN, Feb. 20 (Special to
the Daily Times).—Mayor Petty,
President Joseph Ulmer of the Alaska
Pioneers, J. C. Barber, president of
the Commercial Club, and Arthur
Shoup, president of the Ketchikan Re
publican Club, have wired to Repre
sentative Sinnot, chairman of the pub
lican lands committee of the house,
protesting against the proposed abol
ishment of the office of surveyor gen
eral of Alaska. They are anxious to
have other Alaska towns join in the
protest.
ARMED RAIDERS
IN TWO ATTACKS
.ON AUTHORITIES
DUBLIN, Feb. 20 (by Associated
Press).—Soldiers with a tank and two
armored cars made a raid near Graf
ton street yesterday and arrested sev
eral persons following fights between
civilians and police, in which one con
stable was killed.
Raiders Repulsed
* WEST KERRY, Ireland, Feb. 20 (by
Associated Press).—Armed raiders at
tacked the police barracks here yes
terday for three hours. Hand gre
nades, rifles and revolvers were used
freely. One officer was wounded.
The police repulsed the raid and
wounded three of the raiders.
The raiders had felled trees across
the roads and dug deep trenches to
check the approach of military autos.
A bomb destroyed one end of the
bi&racks.
PRINCE OF WALES
TO VISIT AUSTRALIA
LONDON, Feb. 20 (by Associated
Press).—The prince of Wales will
leave on March 5 for Australia on
board the dreadnaught Renown. He
will arrive at Colon on March 23, at
^ San Diego on March 31, at Honolulu
on April 26, at the Fiji islands April
13, and at Auckland April 17.
Have a heart, and bo properly
tagged by the school children, who
have adopted this means of raising
r««ney for their library fund.
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GERMAN VIOLATORS
OF LAWS OF WARFARE
TO BE TRIED SOON
LONDON, Feb. 20 (by Associated
Press).—Germany is rushing prepara
tions to try the Germans accused of
violations of the laws of war. Com
missioners will be sent to England and
France to take testimony.
OLD-’ LOYE OF
RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE
IS DEAD IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Feb. 20 (by Associated
Press).—Robert F. McCullough, aged
70 years, a former employe of the rail
way mail service since 1866, died here
last night. Mr. McCullough was a vet
eran of the cfvll war, and entered the
railway mail service at the inception
of that organization.
BATTLING NELSON IS
HEIR TO BIG FORTUNE
CHICAGO, Feb. 20 (by Associated
Press).—Battling Nelson, the former
champion lightweight pugilist, has
been named as the chief beneficiary
in the estate of his father, Matthew
Nelson, whose will was filed for pro
bate today. His share will amount
to $225,000.
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 20 (by As
sociated Press).—A special to the
Chronicle says that the ratio of deaths
in battle of troops of the state of
Washington during the war was 12 per
cent. There were 7,600 deaths out of
49,000 troops from this state. i
AMERICAN KIDNAPED
BY MEXICAN BANDITS
HAS BEEN RELEASED
NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (by Associ
ated Press).—Wilson Welsh Aadms,
the American mine superintendent
who was kidnaped by Mexican ban-'
dits and help for a ransome of $25,000,
has been released.
It has not been learned whether the
ransom was paid. It is believed Mexi
can troops forced the release of the
American.
ADMIRAL PEARY,
FAMOUSARCTIC
EXPLORER, DEAD
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (by Associ
| ated Press).—Admiral Robert Peary,
the famous Arctic explorer, and dis
coverer of the North Pole, died last
night of pernicious anemia. During
the past two years he had submitted
to thirty-five transfussions of blood.
A full naval funeral is planned for
the deceased officer, the details of
which have not yet been announced.
Admiral Peary recently became in
terested in aeronautics, and some time
ago became president of a St. Louis
airplane firm. He was president of
the Aerial League of America.
UNIVERSAL MILITARY
TRAINING IS APPROVED
BY HOUSE COMMITTEE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The committee on mil
itary affairs of the house of represen
tatives, by a vote of 11 to 9, today ap
proved the principle of universal mili
tary training as a part of the nation’s
future military policy.
WAR REFUGEES
TO BEBROUGHT
TOVANCOUVER
VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 20 (by
Associated Press).—The Blue Funnel
liners Tyndareus and Protesilaus will
bring one hundred and fifty thousand
Czechoslovak and Russian refugees
from Siberia and Northern China to
this port, where they will be trans
ferred to Canadian Pacific trains for
their journey across Canada en route
to their homes in Europe.
SEWER PIPE PLANT OF
DENNY-RENTON CO.
GOES UP IN SMOKE
SEATTLE, Feb. 20 (by Associated
Press).—Fire last night destroyed the
sewer pipe plant of the Denny-Renton
Clay Company, near Georgetown.
The loss is estimated at $80,000. The
fire started in a dry kiln.
SHIP STRIKES MINE AND
THIRTEEN ARE LOST
IN BLACK SEA WATERS
PARIS, Feb. 20 (by Associated
Press). The steamship Danube yes
terday struck a mine in the Black sea
near the entrance to the Bosphorous,
thirteen of her crew being killed. The
Danube succeeded in reaching Con
stantinople.
SEATTLE, Feb. 20 (by Associated
Press).—James Duncan, the alleged
radical candidate for mayor of Seattle,
will begin his campaign with a down
town mass meeting tonight.
FUR DEALERS RAISE
FUND FOR STARVING
HUNGARIAN PEOPLE
NEW \ORK, Feb. 20 (by Associated
Press).—Members of the New York
Fur Auction Corporation yesterday
contributed $52,000 within a few min
utes for the relief of the starving pop
ulation of Hungary, after listening to
an appeal by Herbert Hoover.
Silver foxes starred in the selling
yesterday, bringing $720 each. The
best red fox brought $71.
THREATENSTO
WITHDRAW FROM
FRENCHTREATY
George Taylor, a 62-year-old resi
dent of Nenana, arrived in Anchorage
recently and issued a sweeping chal
lange to any two men in Alaska to
run him 385 yards for a purse of $800.
Mr. Taylor stated that he had won
every contest he had entered into in
Alaska, not only in distance but in
the sprints.
The officers of the White Pass rail
way have a large crew of men at work
clearing up the snowslides on the
road. One train is stalled, together
with the rotary, near the 17-mile post.
The train has been held up for days,
but water, food and provisions have
been taken to the passengers and
crew.
MONTANA IS SWEPT
BY SEVERE COLD WAVE
HELENA, Mont., Feb. 20 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The cold wave has
spread generally over Montana. The
temperature is 10 degrees above zero
here.
CENSUS BUREAU
IS SEEKING AID
FROM FARMERS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (by Associ
ated Press).—The secretary of agri
culture has issued an appeal urging
the farmers to co-operate more fully
with the census bureau. He says the
delay and difficulty of taking the farm
census is becoming a matter of serious
concern.
Weather conditions are in part the
cause of the delay. The farmers are
asked to tell the enumerators of farms
that have been overlooked.
ENDEAVOR TO PROMOTE
CO-OPERATION AMONG
ALL DENOMINATIONS
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Feb. 20
Associated Press).—All ministers re
siding within a radius of 150 miles of
Walla Walla have been asked to at
tend a four-day conference here, be
ginning February 24, at which steps
will be taken to promote friendship
and co-operation among all denomina
tions. The meeting will be held Tinder
the auspices of Whitman College and
the Walla Wall Ministerial Union.
LANE TO BE CHAIRMAN
OF SALVATION ARMY
HOME SERVICE APPEAL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (by Associ
ated Press).—Franklin K. Lane, sec
retary of the interior, who is soon to
retire from office, has accepted the
chairmanship of the Salvation Army
home service appeal, from May 10 to
May 20 next.
MANY PEOPLE
ARE COMING
TO CORDOVA
SEATTLE, Feb. 20 (by Associated
Press).—The steamship Alaska sailed
for Northern ports at 9 o'clock this
morning, carrying 189 passengers, 61
of whom were for Cordova, as follows:
J. E. Erickson, J. R. Andrews, O. E.
Bowen, B. Smith, Mrs, W. A. Geer,
Mrs. L. Fox, Marion Geer, W. A. Geer,
L. Fox, P. B. Allen, P. McNamara, R.
W. Madlem, S. E. Smith, Ivan Peter
son, N. Swanson, F. E. McConaughy,
F. Gilbert, O. E. Hornberg, N. J. Bor
seth, Harry Cawker, Frank Kennedy,
Fred Leibert, S. A. Hall, M. E. Scho
der, George Allen, Mrs. L. Allen, S.
Wick, C. C. Roe and wife, O. A. Goff,
Oscar Challman, James Urstad, Scott
Holbrook, D. C. Sargent, Mrs. F.
Games, Miss Alice Graves, J. J. Rob
ertson, H. McGus, Peter Bolins, J. A.
Anderson, Dr. M. L. Biggs, Mrs. Ber
tha Lewis, Catherine Schultz, W. J.
Barker and wife, Frank A. Castle and
wife, Mrs. J. Irvin, F. Henkle, Herman
Johnson and wife, Master Johnson,
H. A. Anderson, Oscar Olson, and
seven steerage.
GIBBONS PUTS
REEVES OUT IN
SECOND ROUND
IS
EDMONTON, Alta., Feb. 20 (by As
sociated Press).'—Tommy Gibbons of
St. Paul last night knocked out Jack
Reeves of San Francisco in the sec
ond round of a scheduled fifteen-round
bout.
Wrestling Championship
BOSTON, Feb. 20 (by Associated
Press).—Waino Ketomen, world’s
middleweight wrestling champion, re
tained the title by defeating John Ko
lonis last night in two hours and four
minutes of wrestling.
Whitman Defeats Oregon Aggies
WALLA WALLA, Feb. 20 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Whitman College last
night defeated the Oregon Agricultural
College basketball team by a score of
43 to 22.
Heavyweights Battle
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 20 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Frank Farmer of Ta
coma won a decision last night over
Young Hector of Bremerton, in a six
round battle for heavyweight honors.
SKILLED WORKMEN
REFUSE SAME WAGES
AS COMMON LABORERS
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Feb. 20 (by
Associated Press).—Fifty skilled
workers in the city water department
went on strike yesterday because the
city had lowered wages 2 cents to 58
cents an hour and raised the pay of
common laborers to 58 cents.
BOLSHEVIKI CAPTURE
CITY OF ARCHANGEL
LONDON, Feb. 20 (by Associated
Press).—A dispatch from Moscow says
the Bolsheviki have captured Arch
angel. Many of the “white” army de
fending the city, it is reported, joined
the Bolsheviki.
ANOTHER STATE HAS
RATIFIED AMENDMENT
SANTA FE, N. M., Feb. 20 (by As
sociated Press).—The legislature of
this state yesterday completed ratifi
cation of the woman suffrage amend
ment to the federal constitution.
The amendment has now been rati
fied by thirty-two states.
ILLNESS HALTS
WOBBLY TRIAL
ATMONTESANO
MONTESANO, Wash., Feb. 20 (by
Associated Press).—The trial of the
men accused of the Centralia Armis
tice day murders was halted today be
cause of the illness of one of the
jurors, Edward Parr. Physicians say
that Parr has a high fever and that it
would be unsafe to allow him to at
tend court.
An alternate juror will be substi
tuted if the illness of Parr threatens
to cause a long delay.
Eleven Guilty of Syndicalism
Eleven alleged “wobblies,” charged:
with criminal syndicalism under the
Washington statutes, were convicted
today by a jury in a trial which has
been running at the same time as the
Centralia murder case.
Thirteen men originally were
charged with syndicalism. The case
against one was dismissed for lack of
evidence. The illness of another
caused the case against him to be dis
missed.
The thirteen men were arrested in
Southwest Washington shortly after
the Centralia shooting.
SENATOR MAKES
FIERCE ATTACK
ON HENRY FORD
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Senator Sherman of
Illinois, in a speech in the senate yes
terday, attacked Henry Ford, the man
ufacturer. who is a contestant for the
seat of Senator Newberry of Michigan.
Senator Sherman said that Ford had
secured congressional aid in improv
ing land for private purposes, and had
enlisted the aid of the government in
promoting his political interests in
Michigan, while his son was escaping
from the draft.
The Ford automobile, said Senator
Sherman, “is an international pest.”
Senators Stanley (Democrat) of
Kentucky and Walcott (Democrat) of
Deaware protested against the utter
ances of the Illinois senator.
WOMAN FREED
BY COURT IN
MURDER TRIAL
SEATTLE, Feb. 20 (by Associated
Press).—The case against Anna Ne
mitz, charged, together with her son,
with the murder of Mrs. Mary Bryan,
has been dismissed by the judge, who
said there was no evidence to sustain
the charge against the woman.
Counsel for Ealy admitted that
$2,900 found in a safety deposit box,
was given to Ealy by Mrs. Bryan for
safekeeping.
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY )
MAY BE TURNED OVER TO
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
LONDON, Feb. 20 (by Associated
Press).—The directors of the Grand
Trunk railway have agreed to turn
over the road in Canada and the Unit
ed States to the Canadian govern
ment.
KING WONSOlAY"
TAKE PART IN SPORTS
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Feb. 20
(by Associated Press).—King Alfonso
may participate in the coming Olym
pian games at Antwerp as polo player
and rifleman,
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