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Cordova Daily Times
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VOL. V. NO. 89 ‘ : CORDOVA. ALASKA. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 17. 1920_PRICE TEN CENTS
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REPORTED CHANCELLOR KAPP HAS QUIT
NOSKE CLAIMS TROON ARE
READY TO ANSWERHIS CALL
AND WILL REINSTATE EBERT
BERLIN, March 17 (by Associatec
Press).—It is officially announced tha
Chancellor Kapp has decided to re
^ign.
One of Kapp’s lieutenants said tha
Ebert. Bauer and others of the ole
cahinet^probably would be on the way
to Berlin within two days. He saic
Kapp’s terms were on the way tc
3tuttgart.
It is officially denied that the en
tente has forwarded an ultimatum tc
Kapp.
NOSKE HAS CONFIDENCE
Xoske says he can restore order in
Germany within a week. He says he
has many troops at his command.
RULE WAS SHORT-LIVED
THE HAGUE, March 17 (by Associ
ated Press).—The Kapp government
has resigned.
FAILED TO FORM MINISTRY
LONDON, March 17 (by Associated
Press).—The Berlin correspondent of
the Times says that Kapp has re
-signed and that all efforts to form a
Kapp ministry have been abandoned.
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MANY KILLED AT DRESDEN
The Central News says that Kapp’s
troops have dislodged the workmen’s
guard from the Dresden telegraph of
fice, after hard fighting, in which fifty
nine were killed and two hundred
wounded. „
SLAUGHTER AT KIEL
A Copenhagen dispatch to the Cen
tral News says that it is reported that
a German cruiser has bombarded Kiel
and destroyed some quarters of the
town, especially the quarters of the
workmen who opposed the Kapp
regime. Four hundred persons were
[ killed during the bombardment, and
many were wounded.
SPARTACANS WAKING UP
PARIS, March 17 (by Associated
Press).-—The Kapp administration has
realized the futility of attempting to
hold power. The extreme radical
Spartacans are believed to be attempt
ing to use the disturbed conditions in
Germany to establish soviets and to
ally themselves with Russia.
HUNDREDS KILLED
Hundreds have been killed in the
ffehting in various German cities. It
is reported that twelve were killed in
a clash at Potsdam. One hundred
were killed at Dresden.
Ebert’s general strike call is being
answered generally.
KAPP LOSING OUT
STUTTGART, March 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—It is reported that the
adhetents of Kapp are losing ground.
Buildings and stores have been closed
in protest.
A SAXON REPUBLIC
BASLE, March 17 (by Associated
Press).—Chemnitz, the industrial cen
ter of Saxony, has formed a republic
of workingmen’s councils and organ
ized a committee of action.
HAMBURG FOR EBERT
~ COPENHAGEN, March 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The followers of Ebert
are holding Hamburg.
| CAN NOT TALK WITH WILHELM
| LONDON, March 17 (by Associated
Press).—A Central News dispatch says
a number of Germans of high rank
have visited Amerongen. It declares
that none of them was allowed to
speak personally with the former
kaiser.
STEAMER AND
’ BARGE ASHORE
’NEAR NARROWS
SEATTLE, "March 17 (by Associated
Press).—The cannery steamer San
Juan and the barge Dashing Wave, of
the Libby fleet, ran aground on the
beach at Shelter Point while waiting
for the tide at Seymour narrows. The
steamer has been floated.
ALASKA TEAM WON
CANADIAN DOG DERBY
THE PAS, Manitoba, March 17 (by
Associated Press).—Walter Goyne, an
Alaskan, won the Hudson Bay dog
P derby here today, a distance of 100
miles, in 13 hours and 22 minutes.
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OF TENDER YEARS
DAYTON, Ohio, March 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Tiffie Sally and James
Nick have jointly asked the police to
arrest Margaret Foster, aged 21, on
a charge of bigamy.
They claim she married both of
them, and that she has twenty other
husbands and is divorced from none
of them.
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GENERAL WOOD
RUNS STRONG
IN MINNESOTA
ST. PAUL, March 17 (by Associated
Press).—Delegates pledged to General
Leonard Wood control the Ramsey
county Republican convention.
Supporters of Senator Hiram John
son control the Hennepin county con
vention.
In an interview at Detroit today
Seator Johnson declared that the Min
nesota Republican primary which de
clared for Wood was a pretense. He
said the Republican state machine con
trolled affairs in Minnesota, and was
conducting Wood’s fight.
HOOVER IS CANDIDATE
SA*N FRANCISCO, March 17 (by
Associated Press).—Ralph Merritt has
resigned as controller of the Univer
sity of California to direct the cam
paign of Herbert Hoover for President
in California.
HOOVER IS NOT CANDIDATE
CONCORD, N. H., March 17 (by As
sociated Press).—Three delegates to
the national Democratic convention at
San Francisco who are pledged to vote
for Herbert Hoover for President have
been elected in this state. Hoover
has wired stating that he is not a
candidate.
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Constantinople Is
In Hands of Allies
CONSTANTINOPLE, March
17 (by Associated Press).—Al
lied troops are in occupation of
Constantinople, and the guns of
British dreadnaughts command
the Bosporus.
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MANY FROZEN
IN BUZZARD IN
NORTHDAKOTA
BISMARCK, N. D„ March 17 (by As
sociated Press).—Four children have
been frozen to death in the blizzard
which has prevailed in this section for
the past few days.
Reports indicate that the blizzard
was the worst in more than forty
years. No freights are running, and
two Great Northern trains are stalled.
Altogether^the loss of five lives has
been reported, and property damage to
the amoupt of many thousands of dol
lars has been done.
DIED TO SAVE OTHERS
CENTER, N. D., March 17 (by As
sociated Press).—Hazel Miner, an 18
year-old girl, sacrificed her own life
in the blizzard to save her younger
brother and sister from freezing.
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FIFTY MILLIONS
DAMAGE FROM
INCENDIARISM
LOS ANGELES, March 17 (by As
sociated Press).—S. J. Hannon, a dep
uty federal marshal at Fresno, placed
the damage in California from incen
diary tires and other, forms of sabot
age attributed to radical advocates of
direct action at $50,000,000. The dam
age in Fresno alone, he said, had been
a million and a quarter dollars.
These statements were made by
Hannon on the witness stand at the
trial of Nicholas Steelink, charged
with syndicalism.
BOLIVIA MUST
BE GOOD, SAYS
UNCLE SAMUEL
WASHINGTON, March 17 (by As
sociated Press).—The United States
government has sent urgent notes to
Bolivia requesting that there be no
breach of the peace in South America.
The notes were sent at the request of
the Peruvian government, as a result
of an attack on the Peruvian legation
at La Pas by the Bolivians.
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CANDIDATE FOR SENATE
WASHINGTON, March 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Champ Clark has form
ally announced that he will not be a
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candidate for the senate, because he
is unAvilling to swap the Democratic
leadership for the position of a new
senator.
Fiendish Crime of
Young Schoolboys
PUEBLO, Colo., March 17 (by
Associated Press).—Five boys,
all aged 11 years, jealous of the
high class room standing of Ted
Kuykend, a classmate, kicked
him to death.
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KNOCKED OUT
BYFRENCHMAN
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PARIS, March 17 (by Associated
Press).—Charles Ledoux, European
bantam champion, last night knocked
out Johnnie Coulon, former American
champion, in the sixth round.
SAN FRANCISCAN WINS
SEATTLE, March-17 (by Associated
Press).—Billie Shade, a San Francisco
welterweight, was given a decision
over Travie Davis of Everett, former
Coast champion, in a bout here last
night.
SEATTLE MAN KNOCKED OUT
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., March 17 (by
Associated Press).—Bob Martin, the
heavyweight champion of the Ameri
can expeditionary forces, knocked out
Dummy West of Seattle in the third
round last night.
ASKS COURT
TO SENTENCE
“WOBBLIES”
MONTESANO, March 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The state has asked
the court to sentence the men con
victed last Saturday in the Centralia
murder case on Monday next. Ten
years’ imprisonment is the minimum
punishment that can be inflicted.
The jury asked for leniency in the
case of Eugene Barnett and John
Lamb.
Governor Hart probably will have
the troops withdrawn from Montesano
this week.
SHAKING UPOF
DRY BONES BY
MR. CALDWELL
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SEATTLE, March 17 (by Associated
Press).—Mayor Caldwell has abolished
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fourteen positions in the management
of the municipal street car system,
following out the movement for econ
omy. He has asked Comptroller
Harry Carroll for a complete financial
statement regarding the operation of
the lines, and says he has received
various unofficial reports regarding
the finances of the system.
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TWO CENTS A GALLON
SEATTLE, March 17 (by Associated
Press).—Gasoline has advanced in
price 2 cents a gallon throughout the
Northwest, and is now selling at 24 *A
cents here.
IRISH REPUBLIC
COLORS WORN
IN BIG PARADE
NEW YORK, March 17 (by Associ
ated Press).—The colors of the “Irish
republic”—green, white and yellow—
were worn instead of the traditional
green in the St. Patrick’s day parade
on Fifth avenue today. Twenty-five
thousand persons marched in the pa
rade.
De Valera, Governor Smith and
Mayor Hylan reviewed the marchers.
The parade was in the nature of a
demonstration for free Ireland.
VICTORIA CLUB
IS MEMBER OF
NEW UiAGUE
SEATTLE, March 17 (by Associated
Press).—Victoria has been awarded
the sixth franchise in the Pacific Inter
national Baseball League, over As
toria, Everett and Vancouver, Wash.
The other five clubs in the league are:
Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Yakima and
Vancouver, B. C. The season will
open May 4.
It is expected that Seattle’s Pacific
Coast League team, which is now in
training camp, will probably be one of
the fastest in the league.
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RESCUES BABY
FROM BURNING
APARTMENTS
SEATTLl^, March 17 (by Associated
Press).—Mrs. Percy Babbington, a
tenant in the Homer apartments at
Georgetown, a suburb of this city,
found last night that sparks had set
fire to her baby’s blanket. She car
ried the baby outside and then roused
the neighbors. They spent the rest
of the night in a near-by church build
ing. The apartment house was partly
destroyed.
MARYLAND'S GOVERNOR
IN FAVOR OF USE OF
LIGHT WINES AND BEER
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ANNAPOLIS, Md„ March 17 (by As
sociated Press).—Governor Ritchie, in
a message to the house of representi
tives, has approved the manufacture
and sale of light wines, cider and
beer.
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS
RESENT INTERFERENCE
OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CHEHALIS, Wash., March 17 (by
Associated Press).—rfigh school stu
dents of this city struck yesterday be
cause the board of trustees, after an
unauthorized dance participated in by
the students, abolished the student
body, canceled all athletics and sus
pended their newspaper. They were
barred from all activities.
The students paraded the streets
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and held indignation meetings.
PEACE TREATY
VOTE IS SET FOR
PRESENT WEEK
WASHINGTON, March 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Republican lead
ers in the senate have drafted a new
general declaration of international
policy, under which the United States
would view with grave concern future
upheavals threatening the peace and
freedom of Europe. This declaration
has been presented as a new reserva
tion, replacing the more definite
pledges in Article 10 of the League of
Nations covenant.
It is announced that the proposal
will be pressed as the farthest step
the Republicans are willing to go to
ward the abandonment of the tradi
tional American isolation.
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It is predicted that the roll call on
ratification of the peace treaty will
come Friday or Saturday.
Some Republicans declare there are
almost enough Democratic votes to
pass the treaty with the Republican
reservations.
THIS IS NOT “MEDDLING”!
Hastening to clear the decks for
final action on the peace treaty, the
senate today choked off a St. Patrick's
day debate on the Irish question, lay
ing on the table by a vote of 54 to 21,
a proposal to declare by reservation
that “England should free Ireland.”
BRYAN TAKES A HAND
William J. Bryan is here conferring
with Democratic senators regarding
the peace treaty. He said it -was un
thinkable for Democratic senators to
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join with the irreconciliables in defeat
ing the treaty. It would be suicidal,
he said, for the Democrats to deny
the right of the majority to declare
the senate’s policy.
GOMPERS SAYS LABOR
SHOULD BE IN FAVOR
OF AMERICAN LEGION
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 17 (hr
Associated Press).—Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of the Union Labor Council of Needles,
of Labor, in a letter to the secretary
Cal., personally indorses the American
Legion, and says there is no reason
why members of organized labor
should not be members of the legion.
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
WILL OPPOSE ANY BUT
“DRY” CANDIDATES
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WESTERVILLE, Ohio, March 17 (by
Associated Press).—Dr. Baker, gen
eral superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League, issued a statement yesterday
to the effect that the league would not
support any candidate for the presi
dency who was not distinctly in ‘favor
of prohibition. Last moment conver
sions, said the statement, would ba
viewed with suspicion.
MANY MILLIONS LOST
TO GOVERNMENT BY
DECISION OF COURT
WASHINGTON, March 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The government loses
$25,000,000 as the result of the deci
sion of the supreme court that stock
lividends are not taxable.
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