The Cordova Daily Times
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VqlT V. NO. 87 - CORDOVA, ALASKA. MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1920_PRICE TEN CENTS
:OND DEGREE MURDER
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• GERMAN PROVINCES REFUSE TO RECOGNIZE NEW GOVERNMENT
PRISONERS RECEIVE VERDICT
WITHOUT EMOTION, BUT LATER
INDULGE IN AN I. W. W. SONG
MONTESANO, Wash., March 15 (by
Associated Press).—After having
brought in a verdict which the court
refused to accept, and being sent back
for further deliberation, the jury in the
trial of the ten alleged I. \y. W.
charged with the murder of Warren
^Grimm returned a verdict late Satur
day night acquitting Elmer Smith and
Mike Sheehan, and also Loren Rob
erts because of insanity, and found all
the other defendants guilty of murder
in the second degree.
THE FIRST VERDICT
The court refused to accept the first
verdict because it found Lamb and
Barnett guilty of murder in -the third
degree. It also acquitted Sheehan and
Elmer Smith and found Loren Roberts
insane. Mclnerney, O. C. Brand, Bert
Bland, Becker and Britt Smith were
found guilty in the second degree.
PRISONERS BURST INTO SONG
The penalty for second degree mur
der is from fifteen years to life im
prisonment.
Attorney Vanderveer, for the defend
ants, objected to the second degree
verdict, but was overruled. He said
Elmer Smith could not be tried again.
The men received the verdict with
out emotion, and when they reached
their cells they were served with war
rants charging them with the murder
of McElfresh. They then broke into
an I. W. W. song set to the tune of
“John Brown’s Body.”
Troops are guarding the court house,
although no trouble is feared.
TO FACE COURT AGAIN
Mike Sheehan and Elmer Smith
were taken to Centralia last night,
where they will be arraigned today on
the charge of murdering McElfresh,
another of the Armistice day victims.
Three of the jurors are said to have
held out for six hours for acquittal.
CITIZENS INDIGNANT
The verdict is considered a com
promise, and many citizens are dis
appointed, being unable to reconcile
the' verdict with the evidence, which
included an admission of the shooting
by Bert Bland.
Troops guarded the jail Saturday
night after the verdict was rendered.
In its verdict finding Roberts to be
insane it wras stated that the prisoner
ought to be kept in confinement.
“A TRAVESTY ON JUSTICE”
The prosecuting attorney says the'
verdict is a travesty on justice. He
says he will continue to prosecute the
men until proper convictions have
been procured.
Judge Wilson received two threaten
| ing letteres during the trial, but he!
has refused to divulge their contents.
BRYAN MIGHT
BE FORCED TO
• BE CANDIDATE
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LINCOLN, March 15 (by Associated
Press).—William J. Bryan announced
Saturday that he did not want the
presidential nomination, and that he
felt it to be his duty to the progressive
Democrats to go to the convention and
help them in opposing the reaction
aries and friends of the saloon.
“If the situation should become such
that my nomination was actually de
manded I would consider it,” said Mr.
Bryan.
Hitchcock in the Field
A petition for the placing of the
name of Senator Hitchcock on the
presidential primary ballot in this
state was filed Saturday.
Poindexter to the Rescue
CHICAGO, March 15 (by Associated
Press).—Senator Poindexter has tem
porarily abandoned his presidential
campaign tour of the Middle West and
returned to Washington for the final
deliberations on the peace treaty.
GUESTS OF HOTEL
DRIVEN OUT BY FIRE
STARTED IN BASEMENT
SEATTLE, March 15 (by Associated
Press).—The police dashed through
smoky halls, battered at doors and
aroused two hundred guests in a local
hotel at daybreak today when a fire
broke out. The fire was confined to
the basement. The loss was $12,000.
CARPENTIER 'WILLING
TO FIGHT GIBBONS
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ST. PAUL, March 15 (by Associated
Press).—Mike Gibbons has been of
fered a fight with Carpentier, the
French champion. Gibbons probably
will accept.
JEWELRY STORES
RAIDED BY THIEVES
SEATTLE, March 15 (by Associated
Press).—Diamonds and ornaments
worth $2,500 were stolen by thieves
who last night broke into two ‘jewelry
stores.
SUSPICION THAT GERMANS HAVE
FOOLED ALLIED GOVERNMENTS
AND MAY REINSTATE KAISERISM
LONDON, March 15 (by Associated Press).—The newspapers here
say the Germans have “fooled” the allies. “The first revolution,” says
the Post, “was a sham,” and it declares that one of the Hohenzol
lerns will be placed on the throne of Prussia.
The Mail says the junkers set up the Ebert government as a sham
to be toppled over.
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Heir of Hohenzollerns Is Excited
WIERENGEN, March 15 (by Associated Press).—On hearing of
the revolution in Germany, the former Crown Prince Frederich Wil
helm became greatly excited. He has motored frequently into the vil
lage for fresh news.
JOY RIDING IN
RECKLES WAY
ATPORTLAND
PORTLAND, Ore., March 15 (by As
sociated Press).—Two deaths and nu
merous injuries, twelve wrecked autos
and numerous arrests on the charge
of reckless driving were the results
of nearly forty automobile accidents
here during the past twenty-four hours.
Mrs. Amelia Newberry of Aberdeen,
Wash., and Max H. Servis were killed.
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BOAT FOR WESTWARD
RUN IS COMPELLED TO
RETURN TO SEATTLE
SEATTLE, March 15 (by Associated
Press).—The power schooner Pulitzer,
which is to take the run in western
Alaska formerly covered by the steam
ship Dora, was forced by engine
trouble to return to port today, after
having started for Seward.
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
COPS BASKETBALL GAME
AND WINS CHAMIONSHIP
ATLANTA,, Ga., March 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The team of the New
York University won the national bas
ketball championship of the Amateur
Athletic Union here Saturday by de
feating Rutgers College by a score of
49 to 24.
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AMERICAN BARRACKS
AT VLADIVOSTOK ARE
DESTROYED BY FIRE
WASHINGTON, March 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The American bar
racks at Vladivostok were destroyed
by fire on March 16. Two soldiers
were killed and two others are miss
ing.
NEW COMMISSIONER OF
INTERNAL REVENUE IS
NAMED BY PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, March 15 (by As
sociated Press).—William Martin Will
iams of Alabama was today nominated
by the President to be commissioner
of internal revenue.
STORM PLAYING HAVOC
IN SEVERAL STATES
DENVER, March 15 (by Associated
Press).—The Rocky Mountain states
are being swept today by a sixty-mile
gale, which is blowing down telephone
poles, uprooting trees and destroying
buildings.
COMMANDER AND PART
OF CREW ARE DROWNED
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SAN DIEGO, March 15 (by Associ
ated Press).—Lieutenant Commander
James E. Webb and three members of
the crew were drowned when subma
! rine H-l grounded at the entrance of
Magdalena bay, Lower California.
SENATE ACTS
ON SUBSTITUTE
FOR ARTICLE 10
WASHINGTON, March 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The senate today, by a
vote of 56 to 24, adopted a new reser
vation to the peace treaty drafted by
the Republicans, to deny the obliga
tion of the United States under Article
10 of the League of Nations covenant.
The reservation was substituted for
the one adopted by the senate in No
vember last.
By a vote of 46 to 30 the senate re
jected the reservation drafted by for
mer President Taft, disavowing legal
obligations under Article 10, but hold
ing the country to its moral obliga
tions.
Paving the way for a final vote on
the reservation to Article 10. the sen
ate rejected the substitute proposed
by Senator Frelinghuysen, for the sum
mary disavowal of all obligations.
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PARDON OF MOONEY
IS AGAIN REQUESTED
BY MINE WORKERS
KANSAS CITY, March 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—District No. 14 of the
United Mine Workers of America has
pledged its moral and financial support
to Thomas Mooney, convicted in the
San Francisco bomb case, and has re
quested the governor of California to
pardon him because he was convicted
upon perjured testimony.
NEW JERSEY CAN TEST
CONSTITUTIONALITY OF
“DRY” AMENDMENTS
WASHINGTON, March 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The supreme court has
granted to the state of New Jersey
permission to institute original pro
ceedings for the discussion of the va
lidity of the prohibition amendment
to the federal constitution.
TO BAR CIVILIANS FROM
WEARING UNIFORMS AT
LABOR DISTURBANCES
WASHINGON, March 1T5 (by As
sociated Press).—The senate commit
tee on military affairs has re
ported favorably a bill by Senator
New of Indiana, making it illegal for
civilians to wear naval or military j
uniforms when participating in labor |
disturbances.
BUSINESS SECTION OF
LITTLE TEXAS TOWN
GOES UP IN SMOKE
FORT WORTH, Texas, March 15 (by
Associated Press).—The entire busi-,
ness and residential sections of Grand
view were swept by fire Saturday
night, entailing a loss of $2,000,000,
and rendering fifteen hundred persons
homeless.
STEAMSHIP ITUNaIs —
SUNK NEAR FRISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, March 15 (by As
sociated Press).—Two members of the
crew were drowned when the steam- j
ship Ituna was sunk in a gale near
here. Fourteen others of the crew
were saved by an oil tanker.
DEPENDENT SOCIALISTS
ORDER GENERAL STRIKE
THROUGHOUT GERMANY
BERLIN, March 15 (by Associated !
Press).—The two governments of Ger
many are matching wits and forces to
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gain control of the republic. Dr. Kapp,
head of the new government, is em
ploying all his efforts to assure the;
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people that his government means
that true democracy has been placed
in power, and promises conservation
of the rights of the working people.
Ebert is calling on the Socialists to
stand by the old government and to
use the strike weapon to suppress the
counter revolution.
CONFUSION PREVAILS
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The Independent Socialist party, af-;
filiated with the trades unions, has j
proclaimed a general strike through- j
out Germany.
It is reported that the naval com- i
mander at Kiel has turned over the
general fleet to the new Berlin gov-!
j
ernment. j
The streets of Berlin are almost de-,
sorted. The street car service and
water supply have been cut off by
strikes.
OPPOSITION IN PROVINCES
Uprisings against the new govern-1
ment are reported in the cities along
the Rhine, with strikes everywhere, i
Fifteen persons were kilfed and j
wounded in an attempt by workers to
invade the barracks at Frankfort.
Bavaria, Wurtemburg and Saxony re
fuse to recognize the new government.
Kapp is reported to be taking steps !
to arrest Ebert and Bauer on a charge !
of high treason
AMERICAN POSITION
The commander of the American
troops at Coblenz has informed the I
Socialist leaders that no general
strike will be allowed to interfere with
the functions of the army of occupa
tion, and that no demonstrations would
be permitted.
ALLIES NOT MOLESTED
The allied missions are not being
molested, and their members are al-1
lowed to pass freely through the street
barricades. There are no signs of,
hostility to foreigners. *
EBERT WILL FIGHT
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The Ebert government is gathering
forces to combat the new regime, j
Noske has forces at his disposal.
The new government is not receiv-,
ing universal support. It is reported .
that at Mannheim the Independent So-j
cialists and Communists have pro
claimed a soviet.
The South German generals are sup
porting Noske.
There is an unconfirmed rumor that
the new government has reached an j
agreement with the Ebert government
to avert the railroad strike.
NOSKE FORMS ARMY
■It is rumored that Noske is form
ing an army to march against the
usurpers.
Hamburg is reported to be in the
throes of a general strike, and Berlin
is alive with rumors.
OLD GOVERNMENT STILL ALIVE
The old government has' summoned
the national assembly to meet at Stutt
gart tomorrow.
PROVINCES NOT IN LINE
LONDON, March 15 (by Associated
Press).—Berlin dispatches state that
the newspapers are making their ap
pearance for the present under a strict
censorship. The reports, however, in
dicate that the overthrow of the Ebert
government was not concurred in by
the provinces, except Brunswick and
Magdeburg.
Berlin reports say that Noske, min
ister of defense under Ebert, has sur
rendered to the new government.
The new German government has
requested the allied commissions to
recognize it. The commissioners ig
nored the request.
LLOYD GEORGE AGAINST HASTE
It is reported that heavy loss of life
has taken place at Kiel, Frankfort,
Essen and Leipsic in clashes between
the national guard troops and Social
ists and Communists.
Lloyd George says that it wrill be
best to await developments before ac
tion by the allies.
The Daily Mail predicts that a Ho
henzollern will be made king of
Prussia.
BADEN WANTS NONE OF IT
KARLSRUHE, March 15 (by Associ
ated Press).—The government of
Baden has issued a proclamation to
the effect that it does not recognize
the reactionary government at Berlin,
and that it will have no intercourse
with it.
LOOKS FOR CIVIL WAR
PARIS, March 15 (by Associated
Press).—Dispatches from Saarbrucken
say the allied mission in Germany are
in danger of molestation because of
the overthrow of the German govern
ment. It is said that civil war will
break out.
TO DOUBLED ALLIED FORCES
The French government contem
plates sending three more army corps
to Weisbaden, Neustadt and Bonn, and
doubling the allied forces along the
Rhine. It is believed that the utmost
calm prevails in Germany, but one re
port says that mobs- are looting the
Berlin stores.
Marshal Foch is in conference with
the allied leaders at Mayence.
A STRANGE RUMOR
A Berlin dispatch says that an agree
ment has been reached between Kapp
and Noske, and that the government
crisis in Germany is ended.
A DANISH RUMOR
A Copenhagen dispatch says that
Prince Eitel Frederick, one of the sons
of the former kaiser, is to be placed
on the German throne.
FAILURE PREDICTED
The French foreign office learns
that the German revolution is confined
to the military Pan-German party, and
it believes that it will fail unless other
political parties support it.
It is reported that the kaiser is very
nervous in Holland, and that he is
packing and sawing logs.
It is reported that the Bavarian
monarchy has been re-established.
STATUS OF AMERICAN FORCES
WASHINGTON, March 15 (by Asso- ‘
ciated Press).—While technically un
der the orders of Marshal Foch, the
American troops on the Rhine will not
participate in the allied advance into
Germany without specific orders from
President Wilson. .
The allies are preparing for the pos
sibility of military action against Ger
many.