Times
VOL. V. NO. 85 CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1920_ . PRICE TEN CENTS
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MINERS ARE DISAPPOINTED THAT
COMMISSION DID NOT RECOMMEND
IMPROVED WORKING CONDITIONS
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WASHINGTON, March 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—President Wilson will
attempt to compose the differences
between the majority and minority
of the coal commission. The miners
express disappointment because the
majority report did not recommend
improved working conditions.
Miners Dissatisfied
SPRINGFIELD. 111., March 12 (by
Associated Press).—Frank Farrington,
president of the Illinois district of the
United Mine Workers, said yesterday
that the miners were not satisfied
with the 25 per cent increase in wages
granted by the presidential commis
sion, but must accept it or break
faith.
Consumer Will Pay
$ ST. LOUIS, March 12 (by Associ
ated Press).—Chairman Brewster of
the coal operators’ scale committee of
the centVal field said yesterday that
the cost of coal to the consumer must
be increased if the miners were grant
ed the proposed increase in wages.
Employer and Employe Indicted
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 12 (by
Associated Press).—A special federal
grand jury yesterday returned indict
ments charging conspiracy against 125
mine operators and coal miners. They
are charged with having conspired to
enhance the price of necessities by
limiting distribution and restricting
manufacturing.
More than half the indicted men are
operators, it is said. The names will
not be made public until the men are
arrested.
A Protest from the Coast’
Coal operators of the state of Wash
ington say they can not stand the 25
per cent increase in wages and com
pete with the lower-priced Canadian
coal. They say the mines are losing
money by paying the temporary 14
per cent increase.
The operators express the hope that
the presidential coal commission will
make a distinction between the East
and the West.
ILLNESS OF ONE
OF DEFENDANTS
HALTS TRIAL
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 12
(by Associated Press).—Paul King,
campaign manager for Senator New
berry. vainly attempted yesterday to
resume his testimony at the trial of
* Newberry and others for frauds in
connection with the senatorial »lec
• fyion in 1919.
King is suffering from the effects of
a nervous collapse which rendered
him exhausted after five minutes on
the stand.
Court, suspended while two physi
cians and Mrs. King attended the sick
man. The doctors ordered him to bed.
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WASHINGTON, March 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—A census bulletin gi-ves
t^P population of Louisville, Ky., as
234.S91, an increase of 4.9 per cent.
The population of St. Joseph, Mo., is
given at 77,735, an increase of 0.4 per
cent.
Macon. Ga., is credited with a popu
lation of 52,000, an increase of 11,000,
and Chattanooga, Tenn., has a popu
lation of 57,000, an increase of 13,000.
TWO BOYS LIVE IN CAVE
DURING WHOLE LIVES
AND CAN NOT SPEAK
SEATTLE, March 12 (by Associated
Press).—Herbert and Ernest Voss,
nine and seven years old respectively,
left here today en route to the state
^school for feeble-minded. It is alleged
they were found in a cave near this
#ity, where they had lived all their
lives without being taught to speak.
They are now showing signs of im
proved intelligence, it is said.
CAPT ALLAN BUYS
SCHOONER FOR ARCTIC
SEATTLE, March 12 (by Associated
Press).—Alexander Allan has pur
chased the 7G-foot schooner Olga for
the Arctic trade.
YAKIMA VALLEY
IS ANTICIPATING
OIL LAND BOOM
PROSSER, Wash., March 12 (by
Associated Press).—Sections of the
Yakima Valley are having their turn
at an oil “boom” and many residents
and outsiders are reported ready to
file oil and gas claims on Yakima
now that President Wilson has signed
the oil land leasing bill, which will
throw open government oil lands to
andprivate owners.
Many claims will be filed north
and south of Hanford, near here,
where a number of strong flowing gas
wells were reported discovered re
cently. Many of the claimants are
seeking to establish prior rights by
placer claims on the lands before
the oil bill is signed. Richard’ Stro
bach, register of the Yakima land
office, recently said he did not think
the placer claims would give their
owners prior rights to the land.
COOLIES AT VICTORIA
ON WAY TO CHINA
ARE ROUNDED UP
VICTORIA, B. C., March 12 (by As
sociated Press).—Guards with bayon
ets yesterday rounded up two thou
sand coolies from the Williams Head
encampment, who had scattered. The
men are on their way to China from
service behind the lines in France.
ILLINOIS TORNADO
KILLS AND INJURES
TWENTY-ONE PERSONS
SPRINGFIELD, 111,, March 12 (by
Associated Press).—Ten persons are
known to be dead, one is reported to
be dead, two are missing and eight
were injured as the result of a tor
nado which swept Turkey creek valley,
Taney county, yesterday. Seven of
the dead are children.
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FIFTY THOUSAND OF
AMERICA’S DEAD TO BE
BROUGHT FROM FRANCE
WASHINGTON, March 12 (by As
sociated Press).—Secretary of War
Baker announced today that the bodies
of fifty thousand American dead would
be returned from France, and that
about twenty-five thousand would re
main buried abroad permanently.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF EDUCATION
GIVES OUT SOME STARTLING FACTS
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WASHINGTON, March 12 (by Associated Press).—The bureau of
education announced today that the country is facing a serious short
age of school teachers as a result of the low salaries paid, although
conditions are improving slightly.
In February, the statement says, eighteen thousand schools in
the nation were closed because of lack of teachers, and forty-one thou
sand were being taught by teachers below the standard.
The average salary for teachers in the grade schools, the an
nouncement says, is $600, and in the high schools, $1,031.
STILLANOTHER j
RESERVATION
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WASHINGTON, March 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—In the senate yester
day Senator Lodge introduced a sub
stitute for the Republican reservation
to Article 10 of the League of Nations
covenant. The substitute generally
follows the form of the substitute
agreed upon at the recent bipartisan
conference.
Will Not Find Favor in Senate
It is understood that the American
mission under General Harbord which
recently toured Armenia has recom
mended that the United States accept
the Armenian mandate.
In presenting the substitute Senator
Lodge said he did so, in the interests
of compromise, and not because the
new draft represented any substantial
change in the reservation's meaning.
He said it merely modified the mean
ing of the Republican reservation as
to the right of congress to make war.
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OPPOSE ISSUES
WASHINGTON, March 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Secretary of the Treas
ury Houston and Assistant Secretary
Leffingwell, have expressed their op
position to the plan of former Secre
tary of the Treasury W. G. McAdoo,
for reducing taxation by bond issues.
Secretary Houston and his assistant,
appearing before the committee of the
house of representatives which is in
vestigating the subject of relief for
former soldiers, said that any increase
in the present indebtedness would cre
ate a grave situation. They said that
the worst thing possible would be to
give bonds to the former soldiers, be
cause they would sell them.
The least harmful way of providing
a bonus, said the officials would be by
an increase in taxation.
Politics and the Soldier
Frank Keech, a New York broker,
and a former lieutenant in the army,
testified before the house ways and
means committee today that he be
lieved the former soldieres did not
need or desire a bonus. Congressmen,
he said, would support soldier-bonus
legislation in order to get votes.
Chairman Fordnev of the commit
tee declared it was an insult for any
one to say he would spend two billion
dollars of public money in order to
be elected.
BOXING SMOKERS TO
BE HELD AT YAKIMA
YAKIMA, Wash., March 12 (by As
sociated Press).—Outdoor boxing
smokers will be held by the Yakima
post of the American Legion in the
near future at the state fair grounds
here, it was announced recently. The
ring will be set up in front of the
race track granstand. Bouts will be
held in the state fair auditorium until
arrangements are completed for the
outdoor shows. The boxing smokers
were held in the armory here until a
recent order closed the building to the
shows. "
CASES AGAINST
SOCIALISTS ARE
SIDE-TRACKED
CHICAGO, March 12 (by Associated
Press).—The cases against Victor Ber
ger and four other Socialists, sen
tenced to serve twenty years’ imprison
ment for obstructing the draft, have
been continued indefinitely by agree
ment of the attorneys.
The appeals of W. D. Haywood and
ninenty-three other I. W. W. members
will be heard this month.
UNIQUE DEFENSE IN
CASE OF KIDNAPERS
TOMBSTONE, Ariz., March 12 (by
Associated Press).—The state rested
in the Woten kidnaping case yester
day, after four witnesses had testi
fied.
Counsel for the defense will argue
the “law of necessity.”
CLOSING HOURS
AT “WOl BIT
MONTESANO, Wash., March 12 (by
Associated Press).—Testifying yester
day in the Centralia murder trial, E.
W. Thrall, a Centralia railroad brake
man. and a defense sur-rebuttal wit
ness, admitted that while acting as a
labor juror he assisted the defense in
procuring witnesses.
John Huber, a railroad fireman, also
a sur-rebuttal witness, testified that
he saw Hubbard, a Centralia business
man who testified for the defense, in
Centralia on November 11, the day of
the shooting.
The state contends that Hubbard
was in Portland on that date.
Court Room Jammed
The court room was jammed this
afternoon to hear the court’s instruc
tions to the jury and the arguments of
the attorneys. The arguments may
continue into a night session. The
jury will get the case tonight.
Prepare for Further Trials
A new information charging the
“wobblies” with the murder of Arthur
McElfresh, another victim of the Arm
istice day shooting, was filed today
at Chehalis by Herman Allen, prosecut
ing attorney of Lewis country, who
signed the papers. The warrants will be
served here before the jury returns
with the verdict in the Grimm case.
The defendants are the same as
those now on trial, with two others
yet uncaptured.
The information is almost identical
with that filed in the Grimm case.
McElfresh fell seventy-five feet away
from the “wobbly” hall, and died in
stantly.
BLOODHOUNDS ON TRAIL
OF ESCAPED CONVICTS
WHO BURROWED WALLS
BISMARCK, N. D., March 12 (by As
sociated Press).—Bloodhounds are
searching for four convicts who tun
neled through a wall of the state
prison here and made their escape.
PREDICT HIS NOMINATION FOR
PRESIDENT ON THIRD BALLOT
SEATTLE, March 12 (by Associated
Press).—A special to the Times from
Washington says that the campaign
managers of General Leonard Wood
claim three hundred votes for their
candidate in the convention on the
first ballot, dnd state that he will be
nominated on the third ballot.
It is difficult to get a line on the
strength of any one candidate, as many
! delegations are uninstructed.
! The managers of Senator Hiram
Johnson and Governor Lowden dis
pute the claims made on behalf of
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General Wood.
America’s Paramount Obligation
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 12 (by
Associated Press).—General Leonard
Wood, speaking at a Republican lunch
eon here yesterday, said the fostering
of domestic and world commerce ia
one of the paramount obligations of
Americans.
He advocated careful training of con
sular offices, and favored the ratifica
tion of the treaty with reservations
which would effect its Americaniza
tion.
MOB ATTACKS
MAN FREED OF
CRIME CHARGE
ALEXANDRA, Minn., March 12 (by
Associated Press).—Gustaf Nelson, a
j son-in-law of Senator Knute Nelson,
! was acquitted here yesterday on a
charge of assault in connection with
the death of Joseph Middleton, a
farmer who was shot during a struggle
with Nelson. Nelson said the shoot
ing was accidental.
After the trial forty persons gath
ered outside the court room and at
tacked Nelson when he was released.
The sheriff took him back to jail for
safety.
FRISCO REPUBLICANS
j FORM HOOVER CLUB
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j SAN FRANCISCO. March 12 (by
j Associated Press').—The organization
! of a Republican Hoover club, for the
J purpose of naming delegates to the
i Republican national convention in
; structed for Herbert Hoover for Presi
I dent, was effected here last night.
PIONEER OF SEATTLE
DIES AT ALK! POINT
SEATTLE, March 12 (by Associated
Press).—Mrs. Lorena M. Smith, who
had lived at* Alki Point, a suburb of
this city, for the past sixty-three years,
died yesterday.
EVERETT PRISONERS
ARE WARNED AGAINST
TRYING TO BREAK JAIL
EVERETT, Wash., March 12 (by
Associated Press).—Jail breaks have
become so numerous at the Everett
city Jail that the municipal authori
ties are planning to post a sign warn
ing prisoners against attempting to
get away.
“The city has not the funds to
build a new escape-proof jail,” Safety
Commissioner Turner said. “Steel
bars sawed through by the prisoners
have to be replaced by the city. In
order to stop this drain on our funds
we are going to post a sign threat
ening prosecution under the state
laws of prisoners who try to break
out. A term in the state peniten
tarv may break them of their habit.”
AUTO OWNERS SLOW
IN TAKING OUT LICENSES
OLYMPIA, Wash., March 12 (by
Associated Press).—Thousands of
Washington automobile owners who
have not yet applied for their 1920
licenses, are urged by Secretary of
State I. M. Hojvell to get their new
plates at once and avoid a rush at
the end of the month. There are
175,000 automobile licenses to be is
sued in Washington. Early this week
only 12,000 applications had been re
ceived by the automobile division of
Secretarv Howell’s office.
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SIMS CHARGES
DANIELS WITH
INEFFICIENCY
WASHINGTON, March 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Admiral Sims, contin
uing his testimony before the senate
investigating committee today, said
the disregard by the navy department
of his recommendation to adopt the
convoy system during the war was in
finitely more serious in its bearing on
the war than other causes.
Admiral Sims alleged inefficiency on
the part of Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels in contending for months that ves
! sels with armed guards were safer
when sailing alone, t
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ELLIOTT IS NAMED AS ..
ASSISTANT PORT CAPTAIN
SEATTLE, March 12 (by Associated
Press).—H. R. Elliott, a pioneer of
Seattle, and an Alaska Steamship
Company man, has been appointed as
sistant port captain here for the Nip
pon Yusen Kaisha line.
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NEW YORK, March 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Major Schroder, who
1 holds the American record for altitude
| attained in an airplane, reports that
at a height of thirty thousand feet he
j found the west trade winds blowing at
! a speed of three hundred miles an
hour.
Major Schroder says he believes it
to be possible to go beyond forty-eight
thousand feet, a height which scien
tists claim is “the world’s roof.”
FISHERMEN THROWN
FROM SCOW BUT ARE
RESCUED BY TUGS
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NANAIMO, B. C.. March 12 (by As
sociated Press).—A scow carrying a
score of fisheries employes, with their
gear and belongings, en route to the
plant of the Petersburg Fishing Com
pany, was overturned yesterday off
Balinacs. The men were thrown into
the water but were rescued by the
tugs.
HOUSE REFUSES TO
MAKE GEN. PERSHING
PERMANENT CHIEF
WASHINGTON, March 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The house yesterday
refused to amend the army bill so as
to make General Pershing permanent
chief of staff, and voted down the
change in the military justice provi
sions.