The Cordova Daily Times
_Only Afternoon Paper In Alaita With Associated Press News
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* I W \ (>RK, May 1.—One of the most diabolical
* plot-, was unearthed when secret service men arrested
* Wolf Ilirseli and George Meyeringer, two Germans,
* charged with possessing a picric acid bomb, who con
f I hat it was their intention to destroy a big Wall
* st r< t institution by tapping the telegraph line between
11 ago, Washington and New York and sending out
* InNe reports of President Wilson’s assassination and
raids on the Atlantic coast. They then intended
* to disrupt the wires to prevent any denial of the reports
-bed broadcast, all of which they proposed doing to
* alb I the market for their personal benefit. At least
* 1 t lie statement they gave out. Ilirseli is a chemist
* 1 "'a - a t cM iner German secret service agent and petty
* n erve officer in tin* German navy.
* I A I hR. Ilirseli confessed that he and Meyeringer
* wi I* mi their way to blow up .1. P. Morgan & Company
* with a bomb, last night, when arrested.
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\ I \\ ^ (>RT\, May 1.—The greatest excitement pre
♦ vailed I ml ay in business and financial circles when it be
* cairn known that a dastardly attempt was planned to
♦ destroy property and create a panic in the money mar
• kei by sending out false information over privately
owned telegraph wires. The feeling here is intense
* against the plotters, and the general belief is that the
* government will make an example of the culprits.
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PEACE TALK DEMORALIZES CHICAGO MARKET
( lli( AGO, May 3.—The grain market plunged headlon
today on account of the announcement that the Swiss ministt
at Washington, representing Germany, had asked for a confei
ence with President \\ ilson; that immense strikes are progress
ing in Germany and Bethmaun would make a peace offer o
Thursday. These rumors caused wheat to fall sixteen cent
and tlit* market closed demoralized.
TROOPSHIP SUNK BY SUBMARINE
Id >N 1X)N, May 3.—The troopship Ballarat, of 11,000 ton
was submarined. She was carrying troops from Australia t
England. Torpedo boat destroyers and trawlers saved all tb
soldiers.
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SENATE TO REPASS CONSCRIPTION MEASURE
WASHINGTON, May 1.—The administration army bil
'With the conscription retained, will he repassed today by tb
senate without a roll call, virtually as it passed last Saturda;
The hill now goes to conference with the house. The senate hu
^appointed its conferees.
AMERICAN TROOPS BE SENT TO FRANCE
\\ ASJI1XGTON, May 1.—President Wilson and the men
her of the cabinet held a brief session today on the subject <
lending American troops to France soon. While it was not di
«ussed lorniqlly, the prevailing view was that a corps should 1
sent as soon as possible.
NAVY RECRUITED TO FULL STRENGTH
W A SI 11 XGT( )N, May 1—The enlisted strength of the nav
is and only 70U below the authorized quota. The marii
corps is recruited to its full strength of 17,400.
ANOTHER PEACE OFFER TO REICHSTAG.
BERLIN, May 1.—The Tageblatt says Chancellor Bet
maim will make another peace offer to the reichstag on Thur
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GERMAN MUNITION WORKERS TO STRIKE
THE HAGCE, May E—Over half a million munition wor
<ers in Hie Rhine provinces of Germany have decided to stril
.today. Essen is completely isolated to prevent the news of tl
:strike leaking out.
AMERICAN STEAMERS GO TO ALLIES
WASHINGTON, May 1.—The United States lias tunn
the Hamburg-American liners Pola and Clara Henning over
it he allies. ()nt* goes to France and the other to Italy.
RACE BETWEEN SHIPYARDS AND SUBMARINES
W ASHINGTON, May 1.—Lord Percy, of the British coi
anissimi, said that the war had resolved itself into a race t
tween British and American shipyards and German subm
aim s. Viviani and .Joffro were received today on the sena
floor ami a recess was taken so that the members could me
the distinguished visitors.
MAY DAY CELEBRATION MUNITION WORKERS FAI1
BERLIN’, May 1. (Censored)—The efforts of radical S
cialists to celebrate the May Day holiday in the munition fi
tories failed.
FRENCH ATTACK WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL.
'm- BERLIN, May 1.—The French storming attack, with fre
divisions yesterday, failed between Prosnes and Auberive, a
. ik the Germans hold complete possession of their positions.
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MANY BILLS USE
JUNEAU
JUNEAU, May 1. — The house and
senate are now in day and night ses
sion. The house this morning passed
the revenue bill, higher salmon fees,
registration of contagious diseases
and defining the rights of locators to
water streams. The famous doctor
bill was tabled. A bill providing for
the acceptance of grants of land aaid
money for the Fairbanks agricultural
college. The wolf bounty bill passed,
also one to increase the salary of the
attorney general from $5,000 to $7,000,
and requesting that the senate re
scind its action of yesterday, as the
salary is not effective until 1921.
The senate passed a uniform school
bill, and the one providing for a road
on Unga island. The memorial ad
dressed to the president, which urged
the completion of the railroad from
the Matanuska coal fields to Resur
rection bay was killed. A primary
bill passed and an eight hour low for
women was recommended.
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 1. — Mrs.
’ Rena Mooney, teacher of music, went
0 on trial in the superior court here
e charged with bomb murders for which
her husband, Thomas ,J. Mooney, has
been sentenced to hang on May 17.
She is the third of five alleged con
spirators to be tried for the murder
’> of ten persons who lost their lives in
0 a bomb explosion during a prepared
r, ness parade here last July.
g Those convicted are Mooney, War
ren K. Billings, who was sentenced to
life imprisonment. Those remaining
to be tried are Israel Wenberg, a jit
ney driver, and Edward I). Nolan, a
1- machinist. A week ago Captain Dun
,[ can Matheson, of the San Francisco
police detectives, who, as head of the
bomb bureau, gathered much of the
* evidence against the Mooneys, asked
District Attorney Fickert to quash
the indictment against Nolan, because
of lack of evidence. Captain Matheson
v said he protested against Nolan’s ar
’ rest at the beginning. Nolan has been
in jail nine months.
Since Mooney’s conviction the de
fense has made an out of court fight
against the state’s chief witness,
Frank C. Oxman, a Durkee, Oregon,
cattleman, who testified he saw the
defendants drive up in Weinberg's
1 automobile to the corner, and plant
a suitcase there. The state’s theory
was that the bomb exploded in a suit
case, while the defense, led by W.
"g Bourke Cochran, of New York, conten
e ded the bomb was hurled from a roof.
The defense published in the news
papers about a week ago letters bear
ing Oxman's signature, and sent to
a man in the middle west, asking him
to give alleged false testimony. An
affidavit made by Estelle Smith, a wit
ness against Billings, set up that Ox
man had offered her a bribe running
to “five figures" if she would corro
borate his testimony against Wein
q. berg.
The Mooneys were known as anar
chists and radical in the cause of
labor. Mooney tied up street car traf
te fic at a busy corner here about a
et month before the explosion in an at
tempt to force a strike.
Lively Beenes were enacted by the
jS police and the district attorney’s of
‘ flee in collecting evidence against
l°' Mooney. Several raids were made
IC- upon the office of Alexander Berk man,
editor of “The Blast," an anarchist
paper.
Mrs. Mooney’s trial is expected to
, consume several weeks.
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ttd Eagle dance Saturday night. Big
time.
(By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, May 1. — It is offi
cially stated that lieutenant Thomas,
commander of the naval gun crew of
the Vacuum, and some of the gunners
and Captain Harrig and part of his
crew are missing, and probably lost.
The names of tin gunners are with
held.
LONDON, May ll— It is believed
the missing gunner* and crew of the
torpedoed Vacuum have perished.
(By Associated Press)
PEKING, May 1. -President 1,1 Yuan
extended a cordial welcome lo (he
lelegation of Anvri ,u business men
leaded by DwritMf*"former mny
ir of Milwaukee, who are visiting Chi
la studying trade conditions. The
\merlcans were received at llie pal
ice by the president, and entertained
it a luncheon over which Miss Ll, the
laughter of the president, presided as
lostess. j
The Peking Chamber of Commerce
icted as host to the Americans in
Peking, entertained them at a num
ber of dinners and luncheons, and con
ducted the visitors to all the historis
points of interest about the Chinese
capital.
When the delegation visited Presi
dent Li Yuan Hung at the palace, he
delivered an address to them, in which
he expressed the hope that American
capital would come to China freely,
and develop the latent resources which
offer such great returns if properly
managed. President Li Yuan Hung
said the United States and China,
standing at opposite sides of the Pa
cific, were two great powers in which
the people were truly sovereign. Con
sequently the aims of the two repub
lics were identical, and they must
work together for the advancement of
civilization and the good of mankind.
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(By Associated Press)
LONDON, May 1. — War expendi
tures constituted the main cause o(
inflation of prices in the United King
dom, declared Prof. Foxwell in a re
cent address to the Institute of Actu
aries. Other causes assigned were
the continued large output of gold, in
crease in the checks in Germany,
Prance and Russia, the enormous is
sue of notes in most of the belligerent
countries except England, and the
unprecedented issues of silver and
other subsidiary money.
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BAKERS’ STRIKE IS BEING
INVESTIGATED BY GOVT.
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, May 1. — The federal
authorities are investigating the bak
era' strike, as it is reported that it
was precipitated in order to embarras
the government.
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MANY TOTAL ABSTAINERS
IN THE BRITISH NAVY
(By Associated Press)
LONDON. May 1. — statistics gath
ered by the admiralty show that then
are 47.000 total abstainer in the Brltisl
navy.
MEXICO CITY, May 1. — Carranza
look office today, and is the first con
stitutional president of Mexico since
Madero was assassinated. Congress
assembled under the most radical con
stitution in the world.
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LET THE SPRING CLEANUP
BE THOROUGH AND GENERAL.
The spring cleanup of all rubbish
that may have accumulated during the
winter months is now on and those
who fail to heed the edict of the city
council for better sanitary conditions
will suffer the penalty. This is the
last day which property owners have
to comply with the health regulations
and unless they have performed their
duty, the city will take a hand in the
matter. Tomorrow a crew of four or
rive men will be put to work and a
general cleanup Inaugurated, the ex
pense of which will be taxed agalnHt
the lot or property receiving attention.
As there are at present several cases
of typhoid fever In town, it is impera
tive that prompt action be taken and
ill disease breeding refuse be carted
away. With the warm weather also
comes the usual pest, the house fly,
w hich is a busy germ distributor. By
removing all the refuse it will prevent
the breeding of flies.
HU HABIT
ON INCREASE |
IN ENGLAND
LONDON, May 1. — Despite the gov
ernment's restrictions against tobacco
importations, last year showed a
heavy increase in the amount con
sumed in Great Britain. A total of
£48,000,000 sterling was spent last
year for 130,700,000 |>ounds of tobac
co, as against £40,00,000 sterling on
120,000,000 pounds the previous year.
England's tobacco expenditure per
head for the year was $5.25.
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BASEBALL FANS AND
PLAYERS SHOULD BE THERE.
The meeting called for the city hall
tomorrow night at 8:30 o'clock, for
the purpose of organizing a baseball
club, should be attended by the busi
ness men as fell as the players. In
fact all lovers of this sport are in
vited to turn out and show their in
terest in Cordova having a representa
tive team in the field during the com
ing season. There is plenty of mater
ial here for a good club, and the best
results can be accomplished by a
unity of action.
STANDARD TIME MOVEMENT
IS POPULAR WITH PEOPLE.
On account of there being some
(piestion as to whether standard time
would be formally adopted here May
1, there was a variance of an hour
in many of the clocks this morning.
Although practically every resident of
the town favors going back to the old
time for the summer months, it is not
thought advisable to make the change
until the railroad company has done
so. However, the bank, public schools,
telephone central, all of the hotels and
most of the other places of business
had arranged to set their clocks back
an hour, and many of them did so, but
have decided to wait a day or two un
til the matter is amicably arranged,
and all timepieces are uniform. The
cable office has always maintained the
old time.
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INTERNAL TROUBLES INCREASE
COST OF CONSTABULARY.
LONDON, May 1.—The Koyal Irish
1 constabulary will cost Great Britain
i £78,000 more this year than before
owing to the internal disturbances.
ICE TAKES OUT
OOIDCE AT
(By Associated Press)
FAIRBANKS, May 1. — Hundreds
uf people witnessed the spectacle of
the ice taking out the piers of the
Did bridge, connecting this city with
Darden Island (or the last time, from
Ihe new road commission bridge and
river banks. The breakup took place
it 3:20 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
but the ice still holds in the Tanana
ind Yukon rivers.
SPAIN SUFFERS
LEAST FROM
WAR
(By Associated Press)
MADRID, May 1. — While most of
Europe is at war, Spain, detached, neu
:ral and far removed from the actual
'ightlng. Is putting her house in order
(or the period of reconstruction and
revival which will follow the war. It
Is recognized that the fighting nations,
jomprislng virtually all of western and
central Europe, will be heavily bur
lened If not prostrate, financially and
n many other ways, for a generation
>r more after the war. This is true
ilso of most of the neutral European
tations, located in the midst of the
'ightlng, like Switzerland, Holland,
Denmark and Greece, which, though
ueutral, are so near the area of dis
:urbance that they share many of its
uurdens.
Spain is the one European country
to far removed geographically from
the conflict that she feels little or no
iirect effect from the war. Life in
the cities and the interior goes on as
usual, with little or no change in in
dustry, production, labor, finance atd
•til the other branches which are be
ing drained to the limit by the need
of fighting men and supplies in the
countries at war. The submarine
Bcare looked threatening for a time,
but this has almost passed, for Span
ish industries are getting the coal
it needs to keep the wheels in motion,
and Spanish exports which fear the
risks of ocean transport are getting
out new land routes eastward to
France, and thence across the channel
to England.
TOKIO, Japan, May 1.—Desecration
and despoilment ol' Imperial tombs
near Nara for purposes of robbery has
led to the discovery that other ancient
tombs scattered through different
parts of Yamashiro province have been
broken open and contents of value re
moved.
The treasures disinterred from the
tombs of members of the imperial fam
ily who reigned both before and after
Christ include objects of rare and non
appraisable value. Some of the jewels
and ancient mirrors are saiu to date
back as far as 2,000 years. Among
articles stolen were several ancient
necklaces and a number of old metal
mirrors, containing 50 per cent gold,
with exquisite antique designs on the
back. Another curious relic was a
stone pillow used in the earliest epoch
of Japanese history.
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WAGES OF FISHERMEN
HAVE BEEN INCREASED
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, May 1. — The wages ol
the codfishing fleet men in Alaskar
waters have been Increased, and art
now higher than ever before.
ENGLAND’S COST
LAST YEAR
(By Associated I’re i
LONDON. May 1. — It com ,■ i
Britain *2,628.063.320 to maim
British army during the finam
of 1915-1G, according to tin
just made public. The pay <»i ,
dlers aggregated ... tin
ileal establishment cost m rl;
900,000; transport, remount am1
terlng cost *480,000,000; suppli.
clothing *l,065,000,0OO; ordn ?
general stores *245,000,..
inents, engineers’ stores and
1115.000,000; and payments mi
jf prisoners of war totaled !
lifts of money included >! >
rom India. From the national ••
ecllon 14,000,000 eggs were j.
rhe general public contributeil i<> p
irmy 114,000 razors.
RUSSIA 'WORLD’S
LARGEST PULP
(By Associated Press)
HULL, Eng., May 1. — Belief tl. t
Russia will become the world’ lai
exporter of wood pulp for makitit
per was expressed by M. (She ml
Idze, honorary secretary of the ft -
British Chamber of Commerce, in m
address to commercial men lion
which he told how to overcome t'.
lifficulties incidental to Itus an C
He predicted that Russia would e
tually utilize her vast forest
manufacture of wood pulp.
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(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO. May 1. — America s!
mobilize for the production of food
well as for fighting, declared I
Davenport, dean of thejl'niver o
Illinois College of Agriculture, in
statement which he has issued i
ing a plan of the university to orgao
Ize a civil military service to be co
posed of men disqualified for milit try
service at the front and of boys, to
work on farms rented by the govern
ment.
To show the necessity for enli t
ment in this service. Dean Davenport
asserted that there is not now enough
labor left upon the land to produ*,
what America should consume, and
that unless this farm lobor is
creased, the food supply “"ill dr,
a level that may easily prove *1 i
trous."
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(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 1
notice that fifty Ukranian girl)
hold a “tag day" here for tin* 1 * ■
of the war sufferers of this nation,
probably called the attention '
great many for the first time tha*
a people were involved in tlie : ■ >
strife. This territory, in the \\
part of Russia, is a part of th.- . ’
Kingdom of Poland, ami h ,
fought over four times by th,
erent armies in their variou- ,
and advances.