The Cordova Daily Times
__(Member of Associated Press) \
VOL. IV. NO. 272 CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1919 PRICE TEN CENTS
SEATTLE UNION RECORD SEIZED BY OFFICERS
EDITOR AND DIRECTORS ARE ARRESTED UNDER ESPIONAGE ACT
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INCRIMINATING ITS PUBLISHERS
SEATTLE, Nov. 14 (by Associated Press).—United States
Attorney Saunders, with federal officers, yesterday raided the
plant of the Seattle l nion Record and arrested E. B. Ault, its
editor, and others, under the espionage act. The officers acted
under instructions from Washington.
The l nion Record on Wednesday evening published an
editorial saying that the Centralia outrage was caused by the
illegal nets of the four dead soldiers themselves. The Record
condemned the I. W. W.
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Plant Turned Back to Owners
rl lie federal officers took a truckload of literature from the
I nion Record office and turned the plant back to its owners
after holding it for five hours.
E. B. Ault, tin* editor, is charged with violating the espion
age, and with defaming the dead soldiers at Centralia. It is
also charged that the newspaper condoned the Centralia shoot
ing. George Listman and Frank Rust, members of the board
ot directors of the newspaper, also were arrested, and all three
were released on $5,000 bail.
The newspaper made its reappearance today. It is owned
v the Seattle Labor Council and individual members of or
ganized labor.
I he federal attorney said he seized the plant to get evi
dence against the three men arrested.
Office Again Raided
SEATTLE, Nov. 14 (by Associated Press).—The Union
Record office was again raided this afternoon by federal offi
cers, who closed down the plant.
Washington Authorities Approve Seizure
1 AX < ).W A, Nov. 14 (by Associated Press).— l nited States
District Attorney R. C. Saunders of Seattle, who is here today,
declares that the federal government is in deadly earnest in its
campaign against tin* radicals. He says the Washington au
thorities are backing him in his seizure of the Seattle Union
Record, which, he declares, violated the espionage act.
Governor Urges Prosecution of Radicals
OL\M PI A, Wash., Nov. 14 (by Associated Press).—Gov.
Hart yesterday addressed a communication to the prosecuting
attorneys, sheriffs and police officers of the state, asking them
to make the prosecution of the radicals the first business of
their offices.
WHOLESALE ARRESTS BEING MADE
IN CITIES OF PACIFIC COAST OF
INDUSTRIAL WORKER ADHERENTS
CENTRAL!A, Wash., Nov. 14 (by Associated Press).—
t estimony tending' to show that tlie marchers in the Armistice
day parade here, which ended in such a tragic manner, had
started toward the I.WAV. hall before the shots were tired from
the hall or the Avalon hotel, featured the coroner’s inquest into
the death of the four forme service men who wore killed, and is
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understood to have been responsible for the failure of the jury
to fix the responsibility for the shooting.
The verdict merely stated that the four former service men
die<4»from gunshot wounds fired by persons unknown.
Door of Hall Forced Before Shooting Began
Dr. Frank Bickford, who was one of the marchers in the
Armistice day parade, testified that the door of the 1. W. W.
hall was forced open by participants in the parade before the
"shooting began.
Dr. Herbert Bell, also one of the marchers, testified that he
heal'd a shout from the ranks ahead while the paraders were
at rest and saw the front ranks break and move toward the
f. W. W. hall. “It was seemingly at the same moment that I
heard the shots,” he said.
TESTIMONY AT INQUEST TENDS
• TO SHOW THAT SHOOTING AT
CENTRALIA WAS PROVOKED
CENTRALIA. Wash., Nov. 14 by
Associated Press).—Cecil Curtis and
his father, a barber, were arrested
yesterday, and they confessed that
they were on Seminary hill during the
fatal shooting on Armistice day. They
said they carried guns, but did none
of the shooting. Both belong to the
“wobblies.”
Previously it had been charged that
someone on Seminary hill with a high
powered rifle, had picked off men in
the parade, half a mile away.
Smith Not the Man Lynched
Britt Smith, who was supposed to
ftave been the man lynched by the
mob on Tuesday night, was arrested
'yesterday. He admitted being a
“wobbly,” and identified four other
“wobblies” as men who were armed
in the I. W. W. headquarters when
the parade passed by.
Smith said he guessed they did the
shooting. Smith denied that he was
implicated in the shooting.
Prisoners Bury Mob Victim
Four I. W. W.'s were taken from
jail long enough to bury the body of
Everett, the I. W. W. member hanged
by the mob Tuesday night. The local
undertakers had refused to handle the
body.
Soldiers to Be Buried Today
0 The American Legion late today
will conduct public memorial services
ovef the four dead former soldiers.
Members of the order from "all parts
of the state will he in attendance.
Mill Worker Shot
CHEHAL.IS, Wash., Nov. 14 (by As
sociated Press).—A former service
man who was guarding a road today
shot C. A. Godfrey, a mill worker, in
the shoulder, when Godfred refused to
obey several commands to halt.
Work of Miscreants
a large community flag on the hill
overlooking the city of Chehalis was
riddled by bullets in the dark last
night. A posse is searching for the
miscreants.
Wholesale Arrests of Wobblies
TACOMA, Nov. 14 (by Associated
Press).—Sixty-one I. W. W.'s have
been jailed here, nineteen having been
arrested on a train coming from Min
eral, Wash., a logging camp. Former
soldiers met the train at Bismarck
and arrested the men.
Trainmen said a big bunch left the
train just before it reached Bismarck.
A posse is searching for these.
The men arrested were unarmed.
Three men suspected of being I. W.
W.’s, who escaped from Centralia fol
lowing the shooting on Tuesday last,
have been caught at Morton, Wash.
Legislation Is Sought
NEW YORK, Nov. 14 (by Associated
Press).—Officials will ask the legisla
ture to pass drastic anti-I. W. WNaws
if the present statutes are found to
be insufficient.
The district attorney’s staff is en
deavoring to learn if the Centralia
shootings are part of a country-wide
conspiracy.
MINE SWEEPER PICKS
UP MISSING CREW
THE HAGUE, Nov. 14 (by Associ
ated Press).—Two boats containing
thirty members of the crew of the
American steamship Council Bluffs
have been rescued by a mine sweeper.
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FRISCO BREWERIES TO
PRODUCE LIGHT BEER
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 14 (by As
sociated. Press).—The California Brew
ery Association announced last night
that it intends to produce 2.75 per
cent beer, in view of the ruling of the
federal court in Kentucky, holding the
war-time prohibition act invalid.
BLOCKADE OF
FIUME RAISED
BY ITALIANS
PARIS, Nov. 14 (by Associated
Press).—The peace conference yes
terday received information that the
Bulgarian government will sign the
treaty of peace, and that the Bulgarian
premier is en route to Paris for that
purpose.
Blockade of Fiume Raised
ROME, Nov. 14 (by Associated
Press). The government has raised
the blockade of Fiume.
VANCOUVERITES
ARRESTED FOR
EMBEZZLEMENT
VANCOUVER, B. C„ Nov. 14 (by
Associated Press).—W. R. Evans,
cashier for Evans, Coleman & Evans,
general shipping merchants, and S.
M. Strachan, general manager for
Johnson & Reeve, marine brokers,
were arrested here today, charged
with the misappropriation of thirty
thousand dollars.
WHISKY BEING
SOLD OPENLY
IN KENTUCKY
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Nov. 14.—A de
cree making operative the injunction
against the enforcement of the war
time prohibition act, granted Wednes
day by Federal Judge Arthur L.
Brown, has been entered In the Unit
ed States district court here.
Whisky at $75 per Case
LOUISVILLE, Ky„ Nov. 14 (by
Associated Press).—Two distilleries
here are selling whisky openly at $75
per case, the government having been
restrained from interfering.
IRISH REPUBLIC
FLAG ORDERED
TOBEREMOVED
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■ PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 14 (by As
| sociated Press).—Former service men
here have caused the removal of the
i flag of the so-called “Irish republic"
i froth automobiles on which American
i and Irish flags were entwined.
The service men insisted on the
removal of the Irish emblem because
of the fact that the “republic” has
j not been recognized by the United
I States.
WILL PREVENT
SENDING ARMS
INTO MEXICO
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Large orders for arms
and ammunition placed by Mexico in
Belgium and Spain, in preparation for
the pos. ibility of American interven
tion. have been disclosed.
The state department announced
yesterday that the government had
taken steps to prevent their shipment.
ONWARD MARCH
OF BOLSHFMI
PROGRESSING
LONDON, Nov. 14 (by Associated
Press).—Lenine, the Bolshevik ruler
of Russia, has sent a letter to Com
munists in Turkestan stating that the
opening of communication between
Turkestan and Russia opens the way
for a struggle against Great Britain’s
imperialism.
Another Bolshevik Success
OMSK, Nov. 1,4 (by Associated
Press).—The Bolsheviki have cap
turned the town of Ishim, eight miles
north of Petropavlovsk.
SENATE ADOPTS RESERVATION
TO LEAGUE COVENANT AGAINST
OPPOSITION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (by Associated Press).—Squarely
joining issue with President Wilson, the senate today adopted
the reservation qualifying the obligations of the United States
under Article 10 of the League of Nations covenant.
The solid Republican line-up in favor of the committee
recommendation was reinforced by the votes of four Demo
cratic senators, and the reservation was put across exactly as
it came from the committee on foreign relations, in the very lan
guage which President Wilson has declared “would cut the
heart out of the treaty and mean its rejection.”
Oklahomans Vote Against League
OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 14 (by Associated Press).—J.
W. Harreld, Republican nominee and anti-League of Nations
candidate, has been ejected to congress over Claude Weaver,
Democrat, and supporter of the League of Nations, by a ma
jority of 708 votes.
COAL OPERATORS AND MINERS
IN SESSION AT CAPITAL BUT
RESULTS ARE STILL LACKING
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 by Asso
ciated Press).—The coal conference,
at which Secretary of Labor Wilson
will meet the representatives of the
operators and of the miners, will meet
here today. Among the questions to
be considered will be that of how
much of the increased wages of the
miners should be paid by the people.
Operators Refuse to Participate
Operators of non-union coal mines
outside of the central competitive field
today announced that they would not
accept Secretary Wilson's invitation
to join in the conference. They said
they believed that their participation
might be construed as acceptance of
the union principle.
Both Sides Must Recede
The miners’ conference, after a
short session, adjourned for the day.
After the adjournment Secretary
Wilson said that the demands of the
miners for a 60 per cent increase
were impossible, and ought to be
eliminated at the very beginning. He
said also that the “stand-pat” posi
tion of the operator was an impossi
bility.
Await Result of Conference
CHICAGO, Nov, 14 (by Associated
Press).—The production of bituminous
coal is increasing slightly, although
the miners are inclined to await the
developments of the Washington con
ference.
The radicals in Illinois, West Vir
ginia and other states are threatening
trouble which will complicate the sit
uation.
More mines have been opened in
Colorado.
To Clean Out Radicals
CHARLESTON, W. Va„ Nov. 14^(by
Associated Press).—Agents of the de
partment of justice are on their way
to the coal mining districts of North
ern West Virginia to clean out the
radical centers and round up I. W. W.
and revolutionary agitators, the gov
ernor announces.
Troops in Control in North Dakota
BISMARCK, N. D., Nov. 14 (by As
sociated Press).—North Dakota ex
pected to have thirty union coal mines
under its control and in operation to
day, with state troops in charge.