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VOL. 5, NO. 230 _CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1^20 PRICE TEN CENTS
rWOULD CHANGE SEAT PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
CLAIM MADE THAT CANDIDATE COX IS A PRONOUNCED “WET”
HEAVY FIGHTING IS REPORTED
TODAY IN VICINITY OF LEMBERG
RUSS TRY SEVER POLISH FRONT
WARSAW, Aug. 30 (by Associated
Press).—The Russian Soviet govern
ment is expected to propose removal
^ of peace negotiations from Minsk to
Riga, a Moscow wireless announced
yesterday.
The Russians are endeavoring to
drive a wedge to sever the Polish
front. Violent fighting is reported at
Belzec, north of Lemberg, where j
Soviet cavalry are trying a new encir-j
cling movement against Lemberg.
A Minsk wireless says members of
the Polish delegation are becoming ill
because of unsanitary conditions there.
Peetr Denver, a member of the Amer
ican relief administration, is seriously
ill.
LONDON. Aug. 30 (by Associated
Press).—The Soviets have engaged in
a counter-offensive and occupied four
villages east of Brest-Litovsk. says a
Moscow wireless, which also reports
heavi7 fighting in the vicinity of Lem
berg.
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PARIS, Aug. 30 (by Associated
Press).—The Soviet government has
suggested a small town in Esthonia
instead of Minsk for the peace nego
tiations. The foreign ministry de
clares the suggestion will likely not
be acceptable to Poland because Es
thonia is dominated by the Reds.
Forty-two thousand Bolsheviki have
already crossed the East Prussian
frontier, according to a dispatch re
ceived here, which says the Bolsheviki
are being interned under the direction
of allied officers.
BERLIN, Aug. 30 (by Associated
Press).—A Koenigburg dispatch says
the Bolsheviki have resumed attacks.
New detachments of Petrograd guards
are advancing on Lomza.
k WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (by Asso
ciated Press).—High officials express
the belief that the government will
not insist on specific statements from
Poland regarding its intention against
the Bolsheviki. A general denial of
imperialistic aims will be sufficient.
It is said.
Italy has informed the United States
that the two governments are virtual
ly in accord on sentiments concerning
Russia and Poland contained in the
American note of Secretary of State
Colby, it was announced today.
WASHOUT ON RAILWAY
MAROONS PASSENGERS
DENVER, Aug. 30 (by Associated
Press).—Six hundred passengers on a
Denver & Rio Grande train were ma
^ rooned at Salida, where seven miles
of track and bridges were washed out
by the storms Saturday.
LASTMMLFOR
NOME POINTS
NEXT MONTH
SEATTLE, Aug. 30 (by Associated
Press).—The superintendent of mails
lias announced that the last mail for
Bering sea points will leave Seattle
September 12, a month earlier than
usual. The last direct mail to interior
points via Yukon river steamers will
leave Seattle September 15.
WEST VIRGINIA GUARDS
HAVE BEEN SENT AWAY
CHARLESTON, W. Va.. Aug. 30 (by
Associated Press).—At the request of
Governor Cornwell and the commander
of the state police, the Willis Branch
Coal Company has disarmed its guards
and sent them away in the hope that
their action will end clashes between
striking miners and private guards.
AMERICAN REBELSTN
CLASH AT SONORA
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 30 (by Asso
ciated Press).—A rebel band said to
have come from the United States has
clashed with federal forces at Altar,
Sonora, the rebels losing two dead and
six wounded. They are said to have
been North American filibusterers.
PACKING C0~ |
IN BAD WITH
RECEIVERS
SIOUX CITY, la.. Aug. 30 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Promotion of the Mid
land Packing Company of this city as
an $8,000,000 corporation is revealed
as a venture in high finance by the
report of the receivers filed in the
United States court. It is alleged
there were gross irregularities and
manipulations in the selling of stock
and management of the plant * after
its completion.
FEDERAL TROOPS GUARD
WEST VIRGINIA MINES
WILLIAMSON, W. V., Aug. 30 (by
Associated Press).—A battalion of fed
eral troops has arrived from Camp
Sherman, O., and detachment have
been stationed in each mine in the
strike zone, which is 50 miles long.
CHICAGO MERCHANT
KILLED BY BANDIT
CHICAGO, Aug. 30 (by Associated
Press).—H. B. Rhodes, a dry goods
merchant, was shot and killed by an
unidentified bandit today while driving
to his office. He refused to stop the
car when ordered to do so by the
robber.
DAHLIA DISPLAY AT
CALIFORNIA SHOW
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30 (by As
sociated Press).—California Dahlias
will be displayed in large numbers
at the fifth annual^ show of the Cal
ifornia Dahlia Society to be held here
September 2-4. Officers of the So
ciety have announced the coming
show will be the largest ever held
here. Entrance is open to any dahlia
grower, classes being provided for
both amateurs and professionals.
ARGENTINE HEAD
HAS MANY GOD-SONS
BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 30.
(by Associated Press).—When
a seventh son is born in Argen
tina, the president of the re
public becomes his godfather,
according to a custom. Recent
ly a seventh male heir was
baptized with a brilliant church
ceremony at which the rank
ing officer of the Argentine
army represented President Iri
goyen, who now has quite a
large family of god-sons.
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MEN MAY SMOKE
IN VENICE LIBRARY
VENICE, Cal., Aug. 30 (by
Associated Press).—Men may
smoke and go coatless while
reading at the Venice public
library. The library board re
cently leased the building for
merly occupied by the Venice
Country Club and after mov
ing the books there decreed
that tobacco and shirtsleeves
would be permitted on the
verandas.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 30 (by Associated
Press).—Chairman Hays of the Re
publican national committee, appear
ing before the senate campaign investi
gating committee today, told the sen
ators that the Republican management
welcomed the “opportunity to further
fully set forth the effort of the Repub
lican committee to popularize the giv
ing ot money for campaign purposes
by getting small contributions from a
great many men and women, thus for
ever eliminating any possibility of op-j
portunity for sinister influences in con
nection with money in politics.”
Hays submitted to the committee a
letter from George T. Carroll, as “pres
ident of the New Jersey Liquor Asso
ciation interests.” He read sections
soliciting funds to carry on Cox propa
ganda with the ultimate objective of
obtaining an amendment to the Vol
stad act to perihit the sale of beer
and wines. The letter called Cox a
“pronounced wet.”
Hays said he distributed the work
to the general committee of ways and
means. He said tentative quotas fixed
as a goal were always high for a par
ticular state to drive for. He said the
widest publicity had been given the
movement and declared the campaign
budget vorked out in July called for
raising $3,790,060. of which a little
over $1,250,000 had been apportioned
to publicity. He charged that the
Democrats planned to raise from
$5,000,000 to $10,000,000.
Senator Reed, of Missouri, who
cross-examined Hays at length, asked
pointedly the sources of information
upon which he based counter charges
against the Democrats, alleging a big
fund for misuse by government agen
cies.
Homer Cummings, former Demo
cratic chairman, and Chairman White,
are to take the stand this afternoon.
COOLIDGE SAYS
DEMOCRATSARE
BLUNDERERS
BOSTON, Aug. 30 (by Associated
Press).—Democrats at San Francisco
meant to indorse the administration
and repudiate its candidate, but by a
strange turn of fate failed to accom
plish their purpose, and with their
failure went whatever change of suc
cess they had, Governor Coolidge as
serted at a mass meeting here Satur
day.
STATE CONSTABULARY
TO POLICE DENVER
DENVER, Aug. 30 (by Associated
Press).—A state constabulary will be
organized to take over policing of the
city after the wihtdrawal of the fed
eral troops brought here during the
street car strike and rioting.
ARE CHARGED WITH
VIOLATING SHERMAN LAW
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NEW YORK, Aug. 30 (by Associated
Press).—The federal grand jury here
today indicted 42 steamship companies
and freight brokers, including virtually
all trans-Atlantic lines, on charges of
conspiracy in restraint of trade in vio
lation to the Sherman law.
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CONFERENCE RE
JAP QUESTION
IN CALIFORNIA
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Ambassador Shidehara
' and Secretary of State Colby had a
conference Saturday regarding the
Japanese immigration question in Cal
ifornia, on which question Governor
Stephens had addressed a letter to
the state department. Secretary Colby
said that he had hopes that the ques
tion will be settled satisfactorily to
I California, Japan and the United
i States.
MANY ARRESTS OVER
WHISKEY AND DRUGS
DENVER, Aug. 30 (by Associated
. Press).—Whiskey and drug raids dur
ing the last week resulted in 75 ar
rests. Liquor and narcotics worth
$60,000 were confiscated and scores of
stills seized throughout Colorado,
Wyoming and Montana.
COAL COMMISSION
REPORT APPROVED
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (by Asso
ciated Press).—President Wilson has
approved the majority report of the
anthracite commission increasing the
miners’ wages 20 per cent.
DEATH OF LORD MAYOR OF CORK
FROM HUNGER STRIKE HOURLY
EXPECTED AT BRIXTON PRISON
NECKTIE PARTY TAKES
PLACE IN OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 30 (by As
sociated Press).—The body of the
negro Chandler, who was taken .from
the jail last night by 30 masked men,
was found this morning hanging to a
tree. Chandler was arrested Saturday
in connection with the shooting of two
officers who raided a still.
INDICTMENTS RETURNED
AGAINST DENVER MEN
DENVER, Aug. 30 (by Associated
Press).—A special grand jury inves
| tigating the street car riots returned
twelve indictments charging assault
with intent to kill, malicious mischief
and robbery. Thirty-three persons
are involved.
LODGE CLAls
LEAGUE HAS
BEEN FAILURE
BOSTON, Aug. 30 (by Associated
Press).—Senator Lodge declared in an
address here Saturday that the “league
with all the members in it but one
has been a total failure and not ac
complished anything.”
WASHINGTON WHEAT
DAMAGED BY STORM
WALLA WALLA, Aug. 30 (by As
sociated Press).—A terrific rainstorm
and near cloudburst caused thousands
of dollars’ worth of damage to wheat
yesterday. Many small bridges were
wrecked.
STEAMER ASHORE IN -
FOG MAY BE LOST
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30 (by As
sociated Press).—The Dutch steamer
Arakan, which ran ashore in a fog off,
Point Reyes, is buckling under the
stoke hold and is reported in a bad
way. The crew of 70 men is standing
by the ship, but a life saving crew
is ready for action. An endeavor is
being made to lighter the cargo of the
steamer.
The Arakan today reports herself in
no danger.
WAR VETERANS ARE
TEACHING IN CANADA
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TORONTO, Ont., Aug. 30 (by As
sociated Press).—Two hundred war
veterans, trained at public expense,
will enter upon their new duties as
teachers when the public schools of
Ontario open next month.
Entry of ex-soldiers into the teach
ing profession is regarded with great
favor by the education department,
which has been lamenting the fact
that the male school teacher has
lately been fast disappearing.
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LONDON, Aug. 30 (by Associated
Press).—Lord Mayor MacSweeney’s
hunger strike^has progressed to such
an extent that even if he took food
now it would not save his life, and
physicians said a change for the worse
is expected today, the eighteenth day
of the fast.
MacSawneey’s condition was offi
cially reported yesterday as unchanged
but his sister said he was sinking and
the doctors thought he might die at
any moment.
GENEVA, Aug. 30 (by Associated
Press).—It is understood that King
George is in direct communication
with Lloyd George at Lucerne regard
ing the lord mayor of Cork, who is
reported to be dying in Brixton prison.
BELFAST. Aug. 30 (by Associated
Press).—Rioting of the worst kind yet
reported by the police occurred this
morning. Four people were killed
and many wih bullet wounds have been
admitted to hospitals.
Rioting and destruction of property
continued during the day, the Unionist
quarters being the center of the most
serious disturbances. Troops fired on
a crowd, a woman was seriously
wounded and others injured.
DUBLIN, Aug. 30 ( by Associated
Press).-—A Sinn Fein bulletin states
that during the three weeks ending
last July 8, Republicans courts were
held in 27 counties, to which former
army officers and British officials and
prominent Unionists submitted dis
puates. Forty-two were arrested for
criminal offenses.
SOVIETS OVERTHROWN
BY RUSSIAN PEASANTS
HARBIN, Aug. 30 (by Associated
Press).—Western Siberian peasants
have overthrown the Soviets in many
important towns. Isolated peasant up
risings in progress since spring appear
to have culminated in a general insur
rection and the insurgent movement
is reported to be spreading.
CONDITIONSAT IRKUTSK
REPORTED UNBEARABLE
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TOKIO, Aug. 30 (by Associated
Press).—The Kokusai news agency in
; a dispatch from Harbin quotes a for
mer officer of the Kolchak govern
ment, who escaped from Irkutsk, as
saying that the conditions there were
“ghastly.” The Bolsheviki, he said,
seize the greater part of what little
food is available. The remnants of
the “intellegencia” live in constant
terror of persecution.
THREE KILLED
I AUTO RACES
AT SANTA ROS A
SANTA ROSA, Cal., Aug. 30 (by
Associated Press).—Two automobile
racers and a boy spectator were killed
in the race here Saturday when ono of
the racing cars left the track and
crashed into a tree. The dead racers
are Earle Beattie and Delbert Agler or
Hanford, Cal.
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