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The Cordova Daily Times
Member of The Associated Press
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VOL. IV. NO. 69_CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAj^ FEBRUARY 22, 1919 _PRICE TEN CENTS
POLAND EXTENDING FRONTIER
TO ITS HISTORIC BOUNDARIES
GERMANS WILLNOT EVACUATE
WARSAW, Feb. 22 (by Associated Press).—The diet has
fixed the salaries of its members at $2,000 yearly, with free
transportation. The president’s salary will be the same, with
$5,000 for expenses. Large estates belonging to the aristocracy
are to be bought and divided, no man being allowed to own
more than a thousand acres.
The Poles have driven the Bolsheviki out of the provinces
east of Brest Litovsk, and are publishing a decree for their
military and civil occupation, which means that Poland’s fron
tiers are being extended to its historic boundaries.
The Fight for Posen
BERLIN, Feb. 22 (by Associated Press).—The Germans
are defending the Posen front against the Poles. At Birnbaum
they have protested against the official order to vacate the ter
ritory, which is being held in accordance with the armistice con
ditions, saying they propose to hold the positions to the last
cartridge.
Ukrainians Attempt to Circumvent Allies
PARIS, Feb. 22 (by Associated Press).—The Ukrainians
have resumed the attack on Lemberg, hoping to capture the
city before the arrival of the inter-al)ied peace mission. The
mission has left Cracow for Warsaw, where it will continue its
efforts to bring about an armistice.
Naval Port Occupid by Ebert's Government
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ment troops have occupied the
haven without fighting.
WILLIE RITCHIE
GETS DECISION
FROMJEONARD
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22 (by As
sociated Press).—As the result of a
press ringside decision that Willie
Ritchie won in the contest last night
with Benny Leonard, the lightweight
champion, a discussion has arisen over
the possibilities of Ritchie returning
to the ring in an attempt to win the
welterweight title.
Ritchie surprised the crowd with
the speed he showed at the start of
the bout.
SUNSET DIVISION IS
DEMOBILIZED TODAY
CAMP DIX, Feb. 22 (by Associated
Press).—The Forty-firBt, or Sunset di
vision, passed into history today with
its demobilization at headquarters
here.
Nearly Million and a Quarter Released
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The war department
announces that 74,013 officers and
1,164,518 men now have been released
from the army.
AMNESTY IS GRANTED
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
ROME, Feb. 22 (by Associated
Press).—King Victor Emmanuel has
granted amnesty to soldiers and mem
bers of their families sentenced for
political and economic offenses, trea
son and speculation excluded.
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The citisens of Nenana almost
threw a fit when the report came out
that a private firm had been asked to ;
complete the building of the govern- i
ment railroad. They did not sleep
until they had wired to Secretary
T^nfi and received his denial of the
story. 1
MUCHINTEREST
MANIFESTED IN
W1LS0NSPEECH
WASHINGTON. Feb. 22 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Secretary of the Navy
Daniels has transmitted a telephonic
greeting eight hundred miles by radio
to President Wilson on board the
George Washington.
That Promised Speech
ABOARD THE GEORGE WASH
INGTON, Feb. 22 (by Associated
Press).—President Wilson’s ship is
now less than a thousand miles from
Boston. Last night she was traveling
at the rate of seventeen knots an
hour.
The President’s speech at Boston
may be confined to remarks appropri
ate to the welcoming ceremonies.
STEAMSHIP VICTORIA
ON RUN TO ORIENT
The ' Alaska Steamship Company’s
liner Victoria is but the vanguard of
that company’s activity in Oriental
trade, according to word that comes
from the South. Arrangements have
been made whereby the United States
Shipping Board will turn several steel
vessels over to the Alaska Steamship
Company for the service.
, The Victoria will carry 2,400 tons
if cargo on her first trip. It will con
sist of steel, wood pulp, tin plate, a
small consignment of lumber and
ither freight for Yokohama, Kobe and
Nagasaki, Japan.
She will carry no passengers on
the voyage. ThO vessel will be com
nanded by Captain Julius Johansen,
who succeeded Captain John O’Brien
ss master at the close of the Nonie
season of navigation last year.
Thfe Victoria made three voyages
>etween Seattle and ports in South
western Alaska after her final trip
ast year to Nome and return.
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GOVERNMENT OF PADEREWSKI
RECEIVES RECOGNITION BY ALLIES
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It has been officially announced that an economic
council has been named by the peace conference, to con
sider all economic measures of a transitory nature that
may come before the conference.
The allies have decided to recognize the Polish gov
ernment.
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MOB IN FULL SWING AT BAVARIM
CAPITAL-STORES CLOSED AND
WO DEMAlUfllfi STRIKE
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LONDON, Feb. 22 (by Associated Press).—Tlie Munich
troubles took a serious turn yesterday, wfjen ten thousand work
men marched to the center of the city. Violent fighting was
heard and the mob was reported to be plundering the shops.
It is reported that conditions in the city are virtually those of
civil war.
Minister of the Interior Auer of Bkvaria was desperately
wounded yesterday by an assassin. It i$ believed to have been
an act of revenge for the killing of Kmrt Eisner, the premier.
The men were bitter opponents, and Auer was regarded as
likely to displace Eisner in the preini«t£|ip.
Minister of Justice Attend
■time «» the landtag, alid i B ex^ec^rrW^^^mismr dFSocial
Affairs Underleitner was wounded.
Exciting Scenes in Bavarian Capital
BERLIN, Feb. 22 (by Associated Press).—The latest ad
vices from Munich says that motor cars carrying red flags are
hurrying through the streets bearing placards reading “Re
venge for Eisner!” The stores and factories have been closed
and the workmen are parading and calling for a general strike.
There is promiscuous shooting on the streets.
Many of the automobiles rushing through the streets are
filled with armed Spartacans. It is reported that the work
men will proclaim a dictatorship.
Herr Rosshaupter, minister of war, was one of those
wounded during the shooting in the diet yesterday. Several
Spartacans were arrested afterward.
Minister of Interior Dies from Wounds
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 22 (by Associated Press).—Minis
ter of the Interior Auer of Bavaria died from his wounds, ac
cording to a report received here from Munich. Herren Hoff
man and Hj'raunderoff, members of the cabinet, also were
wounded by a uniformed man firing from the gallery of the diet.
Disturbances in Hungary’s Capital
PARIS, Feb. 22 (by Associated Press).—A communist re
volt broke out in Budapest Thursday night, under the leader
ship mostly of Germans and Russians. The insurgents stormed
the Socialist newspaper Nepzava and occupied the telegraph
offices and railway station.
President Karolyi has proclaimed martial law, and the
government troops have captured the railroad station.
CLEMENCEAU
STILL VERY
HE NAN
PARIS, Feb. 22 (by Associated
Press).—M. Clemenceau, who was
wounded by an attempted assassin
on Wednesday last saw forty persons
yesterday, which his physicians con
sidered entailed excessive exertion
But the premier, being arbitrary, does
as he pleases. The physicians desire
that the action of the premier’s lungs
be reduced as much as possible.
It was announced today that the
premier was somewhat fatigued today
and would receive no one .
CONGRESS IN SESSION
DESPITE THE HOLIDAY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (by Asso
dated' Press).—Congress, faced with
much business, and near adjournment
kept in session on Washington’!
birthday. ,
According to custom, ‘Washington’!
farewell address was read in both
houses.
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MILLION WORKMEN ARE
UNEMPLOED IN GERMANY
BERLIN, Feb. 22 (by Associated
Press).—The number of unemployed
men in Germany is estimated at one
million.
FORMER AMBASSADOR OPPOSES
A [CAN PARTICIPATION IN
PROPOSED LEAGUE OF NATIONS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (by Associated Press).—David
Jayne Hill, formerly United States ambassador to Germany,
addressing the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolu
tion at their Washington’s Birthday observance in this city
today, said that American participation in the proposed league
of nations ought to be restricted in order to avoid entangling
questions with foreign states. The United States, he said,
should not relinquish its traditional attitude toward purely
American questions.
Mr. Hill said that the United States ought faithfully to
perform its part in the preservation of peace among the na
tions, but this does not require our entering into unlimited obli
gations under all circumstances to assume the protection of dis
tant peoples, to enter into their disputes, to place our resources
at the disposal of a central authority that at some time may
be dominated by common interests adverse to our own. He
said that we had no warrant for believing that national and
racial motives would cease to exist.
Although three months had passed; since the signing of the
armistice, said Mr. Hill, no peace had been made with Germany,
Turkey was still in command of the Dardanelles, and Russia
was raising armies to destroy nationalism. He said he was con
fident that Washington would regard this as the time for Amer
ica to put its trust in itself, and not,t,po much in others.
ADVOCATE OF
DRESSREFORM
PASSES AWAY
WATERTOWN, N. Y„ Feb. 22 (by
Associated Press).—Dr. Mary Walker,
who gained distinction as a surgeon
in the Civil war, and who was the only
woman ever allowed to wear male at
tire by act of congress, died here to
day, after a lingering illness. She was
87 years old.
For more than sixty years Dr.
Walker wore mannish clothing, first
in the form of skirts of various
lengths, but for the greater part of
the time, and always in recent years,
trousers (which she preferred to call
“pants”), and Prince Albert coat.
Dress reform for women was not
Dr. Walker’s only activity. She early
studied medicine, and was a pioneer
among women medical practitioners.1
She served in the Civil war as assist
ant surgeon, with rank of first lieuten
ant, and later became an advocate of
woman suffrage.
Dr. Walker was born at Oswego,
N. Y., November 26, 1832, and received
her early education there. After grad
uating from the Syracuse Medical
College in 1855 she practiced with
marked success at Rome, N. Y., until
the outbreak of the Civil war.
Dr. Walker was the first woman in
the world to hold an army commission.
She was the first woman to be al
lowed to practice before the United
States sanitary commission as acting
assistant surgeon. She also w».s the
first woman ever exchanged as a pris
oner of war of her rank in the service.
By special act of congress she was
awarded a medal of honor at the close
of the war.
While in the army Dr. Walker wore
the regulation uniform, but ler her
curia grow long, that all might know
she #as a woman.
On her matrimonial experience Dr.
Walker always was silent, although
it was generally known that she mar
ried a man named Brown about 1867,
and lhred with him less than a month.
At the close of the war Dr. Walker
succeeded in having legislation favor
able to self-supporting women passed.
JINGLE VERSE
IN PRAISE OF
OLE HANSON
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Carlton Fitchett, who (lid some
repetorial work on the I'nily Times
last spring, is now doing “jungle"
work on the Seattle Post Intelli
gencer, and a recent effusion, in which
he lauds Mayor Hanson, is published
under the caption of “You’re There,
Ole!” and is as follows:
I never cared for Ole much, I never
sang his praises; his schemes for
power sites and such would break us„
sure as blazes. I thought he lacked in
stately poise, his judgment wasn’t,
stable; he’d fill the city hall with
noise by banging on the table. And!
thus he didn’t get my vote, and I re
gret it wholly, for since he got the
“wobblies’ ” goat I’m mighty strong
for Ole. /
Tonight I’m seated at my hearth,
enjoying peace and quiet, because he
showed his manly worth and
squealched the threatened riot. We
didn’t fall for Russian bunk, calm rea
son’s in the saddle, since Ole—bless
him—had the spunk to make the Reds
skedaddle.
He hurled a Yank’s defiance grim at
agitators foreign, and took his stand
in fighting trim with fearless Joe
Warren. He banged the table with
his fists and made it loose and creaky;
he’d not be bossed by anarchists or
red-eyed Bolsheviki. “The guy w’ho’d
raise a flag of red and start a revolu
tion in this man’s town, will get,” he
said, “a porous constitution.”
He talked quite plainly to the point
and stood for no discussions; with
Uncle Sam he’d run the joint without
the help of Hussians. His words were
quickly on the wing, and proved the
year’s sdnsatlon, and with their patri
otic ring they thrilled a loyal nation.
So let him buy the Skagit site and
harness up its power; he proved him
self a man, all right, in our most fate
ful hour; and let him buy the car line,
too, we’re with his projects solely.
Gee whlsl we’re mighty proud of yon
—three cheers for Mayor Olel *
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