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VOL. V. NO. 117 CORDOVA, ALASKA. MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1920_PRICE TEN CENTSV
OCCUPATION OF!
RUHR IS TAKEN
UP BY
^4 PARIS, April 19 (by Associated
Press).—The allied occupation of the
Ruhr basin is being considered today
by the allied premiers at San Remo.
Lleyd George and Millerand were cool
toward each other at first, but scon
became cordial.
Millerand says the allies should sup
port France against Germany, assert
ing that France and Belgium could
not have done otherwise than advance
east of the Rhine when the German
regulars invaded the neutral zone of
the Ruhr basin.
Former President Pomcare, m Le
Matin, says France and Belgium have
been deprived of guaranties by the
failure of Great Britain and the Unit
ed States to put the tripartite cov
enant in operation while the League
of Nations is yet without means of
fiction.
The premiers agreed that Germany
'igsust observe the treaty. Lloyd George
advocated economic pressure, Mill
erand advocated military force, and
Nitti sided with Lloyd George. The
matter rests.
FRENCH WITHDRAWING
FRANKFORT, April 19 (by Associ
ated Press).—The French occupation
forces have been withdrawn from
Wiesbaden.
GERMAN WAR BRIDES
ARRIVE IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, April 19 (by Associ
ated Press).—Twenty-one German war
brides of American soldiers arrived
here Saturday, as well as a thousand j
Americans of Polish descent who
fought in the Polish army.
BUTTE, April 19 (by Associated
Press).—The Associated Industries
has announced that $150,000 has been
appropriated by business men and min
ing interests here to be applied to the
principle of arbitration of labor dis
putes.
It is declared that the unions will
be given until April 25 to accept the
principle.
^ Bight hundred miners, members of
the metal mine workers’ division of
the I. W W., struck today for $7 per
day and ’a six-hour working day.
> Three hundred pickets turned back
miners who attempted to go to work,
and several were beaten.
Operation of many of the mines has
been suspended. The police and sheriff
did not interfere with the pickets.
The strike was decided upon at a
meeting of the I. W. W. and “one big
union,” held last night.
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ADOPTS SOCIAL AND
POLITICAL PROGRAMME
CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 19 (by As
sociated Press).—The Young Women’s
Christian Association, at its national
convention here, has unanimously
* adopted a labor and social program
providing for the eight-hour day, col
lective bargaining, the abolition of,
*night work for child labor, and equal
wages for men and women engaged in j
the same work.
STANDARDISE FOR
NAVY VESSELS AT SEA
WASHINGTON, April 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—It Is officially an
nounced that American naval vessels
hereafter will keep their clocks at
standard time at sea, instead of sun
time.
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JAPANESE AND
CHINESE FIGHT
IN MANCHURIA
HARBIN, Manchuria, April 19 (by
Associated Press).—Fighting is re
ported between the Japanese and Chi
nese troops on the railroad west of
Harbin.
South of this city the Japanese have
occupied several stations on the rail
road north of Chang Chun.
It is believed the Japanese intened to
occupy the Transsiberian railroad as
far west as Lake Baikal
A number of men have been killed
and wounded in a clash between Jap
anese and Russian workmen, the latter
being aided by Czech troops.
ROMANIA ORDERS
FIFTY LOCOMOTIVES
FROM PHILADELPHIA
BUCHAREST, April 19 (by Associ
ated Press).—The Roumanian govern
ment has ordered fifty locomotives
from the Baldwin works at Philadel
phia, as the first step in restoring the
demolished railroads of the country.
AMERICAN AIR
UNIT ATTACKS
RED POSITIONS
WITH THE POLISH ARMY AT
THE FRONT, April 19 (by Associated
Press).—The Koskiusko squadron, an
America air unit operating with the
Poles, flew ninety miles behind the
Bolshevik lines and raided the Jitomir
railway junction southwest of Keiv.
The aviators flew low and attacked the
railroad yards, which were crowded
with troop trains, dropping bombs and
using machine guns.
TROTZKY ADVOCATES
ABOLITION OF ARMY
IN SOVIET RUSSIA
MOSCOW, April 19 (by Associated
Press).—The abolition of the standing
army by soviet Russia and the inau
guration of a system of universal mili
tary training through the militia was
advocated by Trotzky at the Commu
nist convention here.
LORD FRENCH RESIGNS
AS VI ROY OF IRELAND
LONDON, April 19 (by Associated
Press).—It is understood that Lord
French has resigned as viceroy of Ire
land.
MORE ASSASSINATIONS
DUBLIN, April 19 (by Associated
Press).—Sergeant Carroll was killed
and Constable Collins was wounded
yesterday when returning from mass.
Constable McIntyre, their companion,
killed Stephen Breen, a farmer, and
wounded several others of th© attack
ing party.
Twelve persons were injured in a
clash at Londonderry yesterday, and
the Rossville police barracks were
damaged.
RAILROAD LABOR
BOARD IS ORGANIZED
WASHINGTON, April 19 (by Associ
ated Press) —The railroad labor
board was permanently organized Sat
urday by the election of Barton oi
Memphis to be chairman.
The board today refused to considei
the complaints of the striking rail
road switchmen, but received the
spokesmen of th© strikers.
FIRST STEP OF SECRETARY PAYNE
LOOKING TOWARD DEVELOPMENT
OF VAST RESOURCES OF ALASKA
SEATTLE, April 19 (by Associated Press).—Secretary Payne of
the interior department has appointed Alfred H. Brooks, head of the
United States Geological Survey for Alaska, to confer with represen
tatives of the United States Shipping Board and of the postoffico de
partment for the purpose of formulating a plan for the development
of Alaska’s resources.
Among the matters that will be considered at the conference
are the fisheries, better mail service, an advertising campaign, and a
plan to run steamships from Seattle to connect with the Alaska gov
ernment railway.
OUTLAW STRIKE!
LEADERS ARE
REARRESTED
CHICAGO, April 19 (by Associated
Press).—Warrants have been issued
for the rearrest of John Grunau, presi
dent of the outlaw yardmen’s associa
tion, together with P. V. Miller and
Fred Radke, on a charge of breaking
faith with the government by attend
ing a meeting of the striking switch
men, after having been released on the
promise to take no further part in the
strike.
The general managers’ association
declares that the strike is virtually
broken.
DARING STUNTS
BY AVIATOR
HOUSTON, Texas, April 19 (by As
sociated Press).—Arthur Oakley, a
Texas aviator, swung from the roof
of a coach of a passenger train which !
was running at a speed of fifty miles
an hour to a rope ladder hanging from
an overtaking airplane, and repeated
the stunt today fbr photographers.
REPUBLICANS REFUSE
TO ACT IN HARMONY
WITH COMMITTEEMAN
SEATTLE, April 19 (by Associated
Press).—The Republican county con
ventions were held throughout the
state Saturday. The conventions ot
King and Pierce counties, held at Se
attle and Tacoma respectively, repudi
ated the leadership of S. A. Perkins of
Tacoma, national committeeman.
WANT NEGOTIATIONS
REGARDING SHANTUNG
TO BE MADE PUBLIC
SHANGHAI, April 19 (by Associated
Press).—Thirty thousand students in
ninety-two schools in fourteen prov
inces have struck because of the re
fusal of the government to disclose
the secret negotiations with Japan re
garding Shantung, and to publish a
decree abrogating the secret treaties.
ADMIRAL EVANS ON
HER WAY TO CORDOVA
SEATTLE, April 19 (by Associated
Press).—The Admiral Evans sailed
for Alaska ports at 9 o’clock Saturday
night. She carried 220 passengers, of
whom the following were for Cordova:
J. J. McCarthy, Mrs. McGrew, and two
steerage.
WASHINGTON, April 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—A bill has been intro
duced in the senate by Senator Frey
linghuysen providing for the coinage
of a seven-eights cent coin.
SUPREME COURT
RENDERS THREE
DECISIONS
WASHINGTON, April 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Three important deci
sions were rendered by the United
States supreme court today. One held
to be constitutional the act of New
Mexico which levies an excise tax on
gasoline in original containers shipped
into the state.
The second holds that the migratory
bird act is constitutional.
The third relates to the law prohib
iting the transportation of liquor into
“dry” states, the validity of which is
held to be established by the prohibi
tion amendment.
TO RAISE FUNDS
FOR SOLDIERS
BY SALES TAX
WASHINGTON, April 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Republican lead
ers in the house of representatives
have tentatively agreed to raise funds
for the relief of former soldiers by a
gross sales tax of not more than 1
per cent, to be paid in quarterly in
stallments, beginning January 1,
1921.
The plan will be presented about
May 1, and it is expected a bitter fight
will be launched against it.
FREIGHTER SAILS FOR
SEWARD WITH CARGO
FOR NEW RAILROAD
SEATTLE, April 19 (by Associated
Press).—The steamship Skagway
cleared today with lumber, rails and
cement and a huge snow plow for the
Alaskan engineering commission, at
Seward.
BUSH TERMINALS AT
BROOKLYN IN DANGER
FROM FIRE ON SHIP
NEW YORK, April 19 (by Associ
ated Press).—Fire which started in
the steamship Halfried, loading ni
trates, menaces the Bush Terminals,
in Brooklyn, the largest in the world.
Two explosions have taken place
and five persons are reported to have
been hurt.
RAILROADS OPERATED
BY GOVERNMENT LOST
OVER BILLION DOLLARS
WASHINGTON, April 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The total loss by rea
son of government operation of the
railroads is estimated by the house
committee on appropriations to be
$1,129,000, which includes the $225,000,
000 estimated to have been guaran
teed to the roads under the transports
tion act.
SURGEONSLA
BY MADMAN
AT SERVICES
NEW YORK, April 19 (by Associat
ed Press).—Dr. James Wright Markoe,
a celebrated surgeon, was shot and
killed during services yesterday morn
ing at the fashionable St. George’s
Protestant Episcopal church by a ma
niac.
Dr. Markoe was assisting in taking
up the collection when the maniac,
without warning, fired a shot into his
forthead.
The murderer was pursued by mem
bers of the congregation into the
street, where he was finally over
powered after firing several more
shots. He gave his name as Thomas
W Simpkins of Duluth, Minn. He said
he bad been released recently from an
insane asylum. He is believed to be
suffering from religious delusions.
Thomas W. Shelley, the slayer of
Dr. Markoe, was arraigned today and
told a rambling tale. He appeared to
be insane.
It was disclosed that formerly he
was a printer at Calgary, and that
he was committed to the Fergus
Falls, Minn., asylum in 1917, and made
his escape a year later. His family
resides in England.
STEAMSHIP IN
DISTRESS EAST
OF SANDY HOOKi
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NEW YORK, April 19 (by Assoc!-*
ated Press).—The Shipping Board
steamship A, A. Morse, bound from
New York to Genoa, has wirelessed
that she is in a sinking condition three
hundred miles east of Sandy Hook,
and asking immediate assistance, say
ing she might not be able to keep
afloat more than two or three hours.
NURSES’ ASSOCIATION
OPPOSES FLAT BONUS
FOR EX-SERVICE MEN
ATLANTA, April 19 (by Associated
Press).—The American Nurses’ Associ
ation and affiliated oragnizations, in
convention here Saturday, passed res
olutions opposing the flat bonus for
former service men and women, and
indorsed land grants, long-term, loans
and increased payments to the dis
abled
TRADE COMMISSION
CAN NOT FORCE COST
PRODUCTION REPORTS
WASHINGTON, April 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The right of the Fed
eral Trade Commission to require
monthly cost production reports, other
than data of mining companies and
other industries, has been denied by
the supreme court of the District of
Columbia.
BACKBONE OF STRIKE
IS APPARENTLY BROKEN
CHICAGO, April 19 (by Associated
Press).—Outside Chicago the strike
of railroad workers appears to be prac
tically over, but eight thousand freight
handlers and thirty thousand railroad
clerks will take a strike vote tonight,
after failure to agree with the rail
road heads on wages. They may
strike tomorrow.
PORTLAND, April 19 (by Associated
Press).—Will Daly, member of the fed
eral fair price commission of Oregon,
has resigned, saying that governmental
red tape makes it impossible to get the
results expected by the public,
CARRANZISTAS
DESERTING TO
SECESSIONISTS
NOGALES, Sonora, April 19 (by As
sociated Press).—General Flores, with
five thousand Sonora troops, has cap
tured Culiacan, state of Sinoloa, it is
officially announced, and he is march
ing toward Mazatlan, Sinaloa. He
then plans to take Tepic, the capital
of Nayarit.
It is stated in the captured cities
that the Carranza troops are reported
to be flocking to Sonora.
AGUA PRIETA, April 19 (by Asso
ciated^ Press).—Chihuahua state troops
and home guards included in the fed
eral force sent against Sonora have
refused to attack that state, according
to deserters from the federal forces
arriving here.
Villa is reported to be showing in
creasing activity in the sections of
Chihuahua where the Carranza offi
cere have drawn the garrison troops
for the march on Sonora.
Large numbers of the Carranza
forces in Chihuahua have revolted and
joined the Sonora revolutionists, ac
cording to General J. M Pina, com
mander of the Sonora troops.
BLAMED TO OBREGON
MEXICO CITY, April 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The government an
nounces that the revolt in the state of
Michoacan is being engineered by
General Pasqual Ortiz Rubio, a sup
porter of Obregon.
TEXAS GOVERNOR OBJECTS
AUSTIN, Texas, April 13 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Governor Hobby has
protested vigorously against the pro
posed movement of Mexican troops
through Texas to be used against the
state of Sonora.
SEVEN DEATHS
FROM BLIZZARD
IN COLORADO
DENVER, Colo., April 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—A big blizzard has been
raging throughout this state for sev
eral days. Two persons were report
ed to Saturday to have been frozen to
death near Trinidad, making a total
of seven fatalities due to the storm
since Sunday week.
The blizzard is abating, but the rail
roads are still blocked. The loss of
cattle is believed to be heavy.
WORST BLIZZARD IN YEARS
ALLIANCE, Neb., April 19 (by As
sociated Press).—Northwestern Ne
braska and Wyoming are in the grip
of the worst blizzard in six years.
Train movements have been practi
cally suspended. The snow here is
from three to six feet deep.
NEBRASKA CATTLE SUFFER
LINCOLN, Neb., April 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The railroads are still
crippled in this section. Snow is fall
ing but the wind has abated. Reports
indicae that there has been a heavy
loss of livestock.
FATAL ARKANSAS STORM
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 19 (by
Associated Press).—A score were
killed and inanay injured in a storm
which swept over Northwest Arkansas
yesterday. Seven persons were killed
in the Harley valley at Hickeytown.
The wire service is demoralized and
details are lacking.
REED ?oT EXECUTED
BUT IS HELD IN JAIL
WASHINGTON, April 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The American charge
d’affaires at Helsingfors reports that
John Reed, the American citizen who
was reported to have been executed,
is In Jail In Finland on a charge of
smuggling.