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VOL. 5. NO. 151_CORDOVA, ALASKA. FRIDAY, MAY 28. 1920
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$10,000,000 WILL -IN-LAW INTO OFFIC
BIG SLUSH FUND IS RAISED
TO NOMINATE M’ADOO FOR
PRESIDENCY, IT IS ALLEGED
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WASHINGTON, May 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Angus W. McLean of
North Carolina, director of the war
finance corporation, could give the
senate investigating committee no in
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formation regarding the McAdoo cam
paign, but he denied that the Liberty
^loan publicity campaign organization
had been used to further the former
secretary’s interests in the campaign. I
Frank H. Harrison, the Nebraska
newspaper publisher who managed
the Johnson primary, said $1,913 was
the total spent in that state.
Daugherty, recalled, said that the
Ohio State Journal and Columbus
Dispatch had originally supported
Harding but switched to Wood.
Pressed for an explanation, he said
the large expenditures on advertis
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ing were too expensive for the Hard
ing supporters.
Louis J. Lang, a reporter for the
New York American, said members
of the Democratic national commit
tee were his authority for the state
ment that a fund of $5,000,000 was
behind McAdoo. Lang refused to
give any names, but said the fund
was discussed at a meeting of the
democratic committee at Atlantic
City last September and plans made
to raise $10,000,000 for the national
campaign. Thomas F Chadbourn and
Barney Baruch were present, he said,
and he was informed that Frederick
Wallace, deputy police commissioner
of New York, would represent Baruch
in collecting the $10,000,000 to nom
inate McAdoo, and that later mem
bers of the committee had corrobor
ated this information.
CONGRESS FAILS
TO OVERRIDE
PEACE VETO
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WASHINGTON, May 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Efforts to override
the president’s veto of the peace res
olution in the house failed today, the
vote being 219 for and 152 against,
or 29 less than the necessary two
thirds majority. Seventeen Demo
crats voted for and two Republicans
against the overriding of the veto.
FOX AND WOLF PELTS
BRING LOW PRICES AT
AUCTION IN ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS, May 28 (by Associated
Press).—Gray fox and wolf pelts were
t^e principal offerings today at the
fur auctons here. Top prices for the
former were $5 and for the latter
$20. Total sales numbered 650,000
pelts, the prices ranging from 25
to 50 cents lower that at the Feb
ruary sales.
BODY OF MURDERED
MISSIONARY BE LEFT
ALASKA FOR PRESENT
SEATTLE, May 28 (by Associated
Press).—The Point Hope Association
has practically decided not to send
a cruiser to Point Hope, Alaska, be
cause of the death of the Rev. Hoare,
the missionary there who was recent
killed. The boat will be sent in
next year, when a successor wrill be
installed.
PROHIBITIONISTS GIVE
ENDORSEMENTS TO TWO
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES
CHICAGO, May 28 (by Associated
Press).—The Profibition national
committee has decided to dip into
politics and endorses Senator Capper
of Kansas for the Republican pres
idential nomination and Senator Shep
pard of Texas, author of the eigh
teenth amendment, for the Demo
cratic nomination.
CAPITAL MUST
HAVE RIGHTS,
GARY CLAIMS
NEW YORK, May 28 (by Associ
ated Press).—Addressing the annual
meeting of the American Iron and
Steel Institute, President Gary of the
American Steel Corporation, declared
that employers of America referred
to as the capitalistic group have
heretofore been backward in pro
claiming their rights and insisting
on proper consideration of the pol
icies they advocated. He said the
present so-called labor strikes were
instigated as part of the campaign
to demoralize social and economic
conditions, and that the small minor
ity adopted the word “labor” with
the concealed design of finally at
tracting the majority and obtain leg
islation to destroy the constitution.
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OBREGON SAYS WILL
BE FRIENDLY TO U. S.
IF ELECTED PRESIDENT
MEXICO CITY, May 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Replying to felicita
tions extended him, Obregon declared
that if elected president of Mexico
he would seek amicable relations
with all other countries, especially
those adjoining Mexico on the Amer
ican continent.
FIGHTING HAS CEASED
BETWEEN JAPANESE
AND RUSSIAN TROOPS
LONDON, May 28 (by Associated
I Press).—Hostilities between the Rus
sians and the Japanese ceased on
May 25, according to a Reuter dis
patch from Vladivostok. The dis
patch also reports the arrival of the
Russo-Japanese armistice commission
at Khazarovsk.
EXPORT EMBARGO ON
SI R IS FAVORED
WASHINGTON, May 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The senate agricul
tural committee today ordered a £a
vorable report on the McNary bill
for an export embargo on sugar.
Large Decrease in
Pulp Wood From
Canadian Forests
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WASHINGTON, May 28 (by
Associated Press).—Exports of
wood pulp from Canada to the
United States for the eleven
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months ending with February
were only 11,828 words, against
1,499,107 cords for the same
months of the preceding year.
The value of pulp and paper
exports for the same period in
creased from. $74,000,000 to $92,
000,000.
This falling off of the ex
port of wood plup to the United
States has caused the inaugura
tion of the movement in Wash
ington for a retaliatory embargo
on coal, sulphur and dyestuffs.
Hundreds to Tour
Through Alaska
During Summer
SEATTLE, May 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Representatives
of northwestern railroads meet
ing here predict that the tourist
travel this year in the north
west will be greater than ever
before. Particularly has great
interest in Alaska been mani
fested by the inquiries from
prospective tourists, and it is
predicted that the steamship
companies will be taxed to their
utmost to cace for the travelers
who will wish to make this trip
this summer to the northland.
Already hundreds of passen
gers have been booked by the
steamer companies to make
the trip.
NEITHER BOOZE NOR PROHIBITION
TO BEMADE REPUBLICAN ISSUE
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CHICAGO, May 28 (by Associated
Press).—Beer, light wines and prohi
bition will not be mentioned in the
Republican national convention if the
present plans of the leaders are car
ried Out; S. A. Pefkins, national com
mitteeman from Washington, said the
, leaders consider the question settled.
! The report from Concord, N. J.,
that Johnson in a speech had de
clared he would not bolt the conven
tion if he was defeated for the nom
ination, was received in Republican
quarters here with great relief.
Many Republican women leaders
are here conferring with the national
committeemen in an effort to draft
a plan whereby the women will par
ticipate in the direction of the affairs
of. the party. Some of the women
are asking that they be granted a
fifty-fifty voice in all matters to be
considered.
It was announced today that there
will be plenty of rooms at reasonable
prices for visitors to the convention,
At least 40,000 can be handled with
out any inconvenience.
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VIRGINIA OEMS
1 PEDDLE SOME I
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WASHINGTON, May 28 (by Asso
; dated Press).—The platform of the
j Virginia Democrats was indorsed by
; President Wilson as “in full accord
| with my own views, especially the
j statement which sets forth the atti
tude of the party on the League of
Nations and pressing problems of
peace and financial reconstruction.”
| The platform was drafted by Glass
I who praised the president for “stead
fastly standing by the covenant.”
as agreed to at Versailles, and con
demned the Republican reservations
as destrictive to the purposes of the
league.
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JOHNSON’S MANAGER
DEFEATED AS DELEGATE
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PORTLAND, May 28 (by Associated
Press).—Although Johnson carried
| the state in the primary election, his
campaign manager, Sanfield McDon
ald, apparently is defeated for dele
gate at large to the national Repub
! lican convention, in the face of the
latest returns.
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BILL TO REPEAL ALL
WAR TIME LEGISLATION
i| WASHINGTON, May 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Repeal of all war time
legislation is proposed in a joint res
olution introduced in the house to
■ day by Representative Connally, Dem
! ocrat, of Texas, and would become
, effective on the final passage of the
i resolution.
WATERPOWER
BILL FINALLY
BEEN PASSED
WASHINGTON, May 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The conference re
port on the long pending water power
bill was approved by the senate to
day, 45 to 21, and the measure now
goes to the president for action.
LIMIT PHYSICIANS
IN NUMBER LIQUOR
PERMITS CAN ISSUE
WASHINGTON, May 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—In in effort to defeat
indiscriminate sale of liquor on pre
scriptions, Commissioner Williams of
the internal revenue department has
issued a ruling limiting permits to
100 for three months to each physi
cian except witli “good cause.”
PRESIDENT’S POLICY IN
NAVAL AFFAIRS WAS
IMPRACTICABLE—SIMS
WASHINGTON, May 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—In testifying before
the naval investigating committee,
Rear Admiral Sims said that while
President Wilson’s bold and auda
cious policy was for sound and spe
cific operation he advocated the
crushing of submarine nests, which
was impracticable for technical rea
sons. He declared the department
followed this hesitating course at
first.
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BILL TO EXTEND AMERICAN
COASTWISE LAWS TO ALASKA
IS BEING FOUGHT BY GRIGSBY
SEATTLE, May 28 (by Associated
Press).—A Times dispatch from
Washington says congress is devot
ing much thought to the question of
the exemption from Panama canal
tolls of all ships in the coastwise
trade. Pacific coast ports are great
ly interested in the proposal because
it will put them on more even terms
with the white pine sections of the
south, while at the same time it
will give Atlantic coast shipping a
better chance at Oriental trade. A
clause was inserted in the shipping
bill by Jones extending the American
coastwise laws to the Philippines
and Alaska.
Delegate Grigsby probably will fight
extension to Alaska, because it would
debar use of the shorter route thru
Prince Rupert, but it is not consid
ered likely he will be successful.
Delegate Grigsby’s fight against the
merchant marine bill may cause it to
die with adjournment. He claims
three provisions of the bill, if enact
ed, would place Alaska at the mercy
of two steamship companies. The
first objectionable clause would bar
Canadian vessels carrying freight to
American waters except that of Cana
dian origin. The second allows the
shipping board or agents to operate
vessels only to ports with adequate
terminal connection with rail carriers,
which would limit traffic to Cordova,
Seward and Skagway, leaving Nome,
Ketchikan, Juneau, Douglas and Sitka
open only to companies now operat
ing. The third clause objected to by
Grigsby prohibits Canadian vessels
from carrying freight originating in
American ports from Dawson to Fair
banks, which would greatly handicap
Fairbanks.
The bill has strong support, but
Grigsby is not alone in opposition
to it, and it may be killed for this
session.
GEN. WOOD IS 1
OUT IN FAVOR
OF PRIMARIES
BOSTON, May 28 (by Associated
Press).—General Wood in a state
ment ment issued here today said it
was not a question whether the direct
contact with the people afforded by
primaries was worth the expense in
volved.
“It is not a question of whether
the presidential primary is expen
sive,” said General Wood, “but the
question is whether it is better than
the old system, where nobody knew
how much money was spent, nor
where circulated through under
ground channels. Undoubtedly the
primary is better than the system
of state conventions or the system
of boss rule.”
CATALINA ISLAND WILL
HAVE FIRST COMMERCIAL |
WIRELESS TELEPHONE
LOS ANGELES, May 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The city of Avalon
on Catalina island has been granted
permission to establish the first com
mercially operated wireless telephone
exchange, giving direct connection
between Catalina island and the main
land, about thirty miles.
COOS BAY LUMBER CO.
PLANT BURNED DOWN
MARTINEZ, Cal., May 28 (by As
sociated Press).—Fire last night de
stroyed the plant of the Coos Bay
Lumber Company near here, with
damage estimated at $200,000.
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REPORTED CAPTURE OF
TWO AMERICANS FALSE
WASHINGTON, May 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Corrected announce
ments received by the state depart ?
ment today say that the report that
two Americans had been seized at
Jiminez was incorrect.
NEW ARMY BE
REPORTED OUT
OF CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, May 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The army reorganiza
tion bill as reported from conference
came out minus the senate proposal
for the federation of the national
guard and voluntary universal train
ing. The senate proposal to create
a post under the secretary of war
to have charge of procuring war sup
plies was accepted by placing th£
duty on the assistant secretary of
war.
The senate proposal for reorganiz
ing the general staff along lines of
the French army was retained.
PRESBYTERIANS DROP
FROM INTER-CHURCH
WORK MOVEMENT
PHILADELPHIA, May 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Presbyterian gen
eral assembly withdrew its support
from inter-church work movement
but decided to continue the new era
movement. The assembly will con
tribute $100,000 to inter-church to be
used only for operating expenses for
the ensuing year.
SENATE VIEWS WITH
CONCERN EXISTING
IRISH CONDITIONS
WASHINGTON, May 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—A resolution, “view
ing with great concern” conditions in
Ireland and expressing sympathy with
the aspirations of the Irish people for
a government of their own choice,
was reported out today by the house
foreign affairs committee. (
BUTLER REFUSES TO
BE TAIL TO THE KITE
NEW YORK, May 28 (by Associ
ated Press).—In an announcement is
sued here it is said that Nicholas N
Murray Butler will not accept nom
ination for the vice presidency.