The Cordo m Daily Times
_•_(Member of Associated Press) _
VOL. IV. NO. 273_CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1919_PRICE TEN CENTS
ROUNDING UP L W.W.S THROUGHOUT NATION
SENATE RESTRICTS DEBATE ON TREATY
COAL MINERS AND OPERATORS
UNABLE TO REACH AGREEMENT
AT WASHINGTON CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (by Associ
ated Press).—The demands o£ the coai
1 miners for a thirty-hour week and 60
per cent increase in wages, and the
unyielding position taken by the op
erators were alike declared to be im
possible by Secretary of Labor Wil
son, in offering three proposals to aid
the two factions in arranging a new
wage schedule ot the opening confer
ence to settle the coal strike yester
day.
Secretary Wilson said it would be
impossible to grant the demands of
the miners for a thirty-hour week, in
view of the world industrial situation.
He said he called the conference
not simply because of the labor dis
pute in the coal fields, but because the
world was still passing through a great
crisis.
Secretary Wilson has summoned
the wage scale committees of the cen
tral competitive field to negotiate a
new wage agreement.
To Reject Non-Union Men
BISMARCK, N. D„ Nov. 15 (by As
sociated Press).—Because the union
coal miners at Noonana refused to
work unless non-union men either
joined the union or quit work, the
military authorities will reject the
non-union men.
Indiana Miners Still Out
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The miners of this dis
trict are still out, and Indiana’s coal
supply is rapidly decreasing.
The government agents are gather
ing evidence of the reported viola
tion of the coal strike injunction
and of a reported conspiracy to reduce
coal production.
Washington Mines to Reopen
TACOMA, Nov. 15 (by Associated
Press).—The coal mines in the local
field will reopen Monday, and it is ex
pected that nearly all the other state
mines will reopen on that day.
CAN NOT ISSUE
FOR PRESENT
SEATTLE, Nov. 15 (by Associated
Press).—District Attorney Robert C.
Saunders announced last night that
the Union Record, which was closed
down a second time by the federal of
ficers yesterday, would be suspended
indefinitely pending the trial of E. B.
Ault, the editor, and George P. List
man and Frank A. Rust, members of
the board of directors of the paper.
It was stated today that the news
paper office would remain closed until
the federal grand jury had acted.
The officials are conducting an in
vestigation to ascertain if the Union
Record had any influence on the Cen
tralia affair.
Fifteen labor leaders are in confer
* fence today to devise a plan for the
defense of the three men.
ALASKANS TO
BE PRESENT AT
FISH HEARINGS
JUNEAU, Nov. 15 (Special to the
Daily Times).—Governor Riggs, At
torney General Murphy and Charles
D. Garfield, constituting the territorial
fish commission, and A. R. Sprague,
territorial superintendent qf hatcher
, ies, left today on the Princess Mary
to attend the fisheries hearings to be
fi£ld at Seattle from November 20
to 25 by the bureau of fisheries.
POWDER PLANT TODAY
WRECKED BY EXPLOSION
OAKLAND, Cal., Nov. 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Two drying sets in
the powder manufacturing plant at San
Lorenzo blew up this morning, jarring
the entire Bay district and killing J.
D. Itoderiquez.
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OMSK IS TAKEN
AND KIEV WILL
BE EVACUATED
LONDON, Nov. 15 (by Associated
Press).—An insurgent army number
ing 70,000 men is operating in the rear
of General Denekine's forces, and has
seized the entire eastern coast of the
Black sea and formed soviets, accord
ing to Moscow reports.
Denekine is trying to suppress them.
Kolchak’s Capital Captured
A dispatch from Moscow says the
Bolsheviki have captured Omsk, the
capital of the All-Russian government.
The Bolshevists have captured Yam
burg, sixty-nine miles southwest of
Petrograd.
Denekine has ordered the evacua
tion of Kiev.
SECRETARYOF TREASURY
APPOINTED TO SENATE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—It is reported that the
governor of Virginia has appointed
Secretary of the Treasury Glass as
the successor to the late Senator Mar
tin.
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RUMANIAN TROOPS
EVACUATE BUDAPEST
BUADPEST, Nov. 15 (by Associated
Press).—The Rumanian troops have
evacuated Budapest, the national army
holding the bridgehead as they left.
RAILWAY BROTHERHOOD
CONFERENCE ADJOURNS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (by As
sociated Press).—Hope for the imme
diate settlement of the demands of
the four great railway brotherhoods
vanished today when further sessions
of the conference between Railway Di
rector Hines and the heads of the
brotherhood were postponed indefi
nitely.
PROSECUTION OF RADICALS
AT CENTRAI.IA FOR MURDER
TO BE VIGOROUSLY PUSHED
CENTRALIA, Wash., Nov. 15 (by
Associated Press).-—The prosecuting
attorneys says that the testimony o£
Dr. Bickford before the coroner’s jury,
to the effect that the former soldiers
attacked the hall of the I. W. W. be
fore shots were fired during the Ar
mistice day celebration, will not halt
the prosecution of the men being held
for the murders.
The prosecutor says that Dr. Bick
ford was too far from the scene of the
shooting to be able to give an accu
rate account of what took place.
Dr. Bickford said he was standing
in the parade in front of the hall at
the time.
Evidence to Contradict Bickford
Assistant County Attorney C. D.
Cunningham declares that the failure
of the coroner’s jury to fix the re
sponsibility for the murders will not
affect the cases against the I. W. W.
He says he has many witnesses to
prove that the shots were fired before
the marchers started for the hall.
Complaints charging ten “wobblies"
with first degree murder were filed in
the justice court yesterday afternoon.
All are in jail except Bert Blake,
who is still a fugitive.
Mayor Will Not Discuss Testimony
The American Legion men have
stopped making wholesale arrests of
“wobblies” and are seeking for men
believed to have been directly con
nected with the alleged conspiracy.
Centralia is quieting down. Mayor
Rogers declines to discuss Dr. Bick
ford’s testimony as to the commence
ment of the Armistice day shooting.
He says it will be better to wait for
a jury to decide.
1 our more of the prisoners probably
will be charged with conspiracy, in ad
dition to the new charged with mur
der.
Scare for Prisoners
A storm put the Centralia lights out
for half an hour after midnight last
night, and created alarm in the town,
as the lights went out just before the
lynching on Tuesday night.
The prisoners in the jail were very
quiet during the half hour of dark
ness.
American Legion Active
Sixteen armed “wobblies” arrived
from the north yesterday on a freight
train and were arrested by members
of the American Legion.
Members of the American Legion
are scouring the country to pick up
I. W. W.’s. Fifty suspects have ar
rested and are being held for investi
gation. Aliens not members of the
I. W. W. will be turned over to the
agents of the department of justice.
Members of the American Legion
returned last evening from Clackamas,
a logging camp near here, with Ar
thur Osborne, a cook, who had been
shot twice in the shoulder by Luther
Workman, a former soldier, when he
threw a knife at Workman.
American Legion members are
searching Clackamas for I. W. W.
Will Be Deported
SEATTLE, Nov. 15 (by Associated
Press).—United States Immigration
Commissioner Henry M. White an
nounces that alien I. W. W. caught
in the federal dragnet at Centralia
will be deported ,if they are not held
in connection with the Armistice day
shooting.
Reds Concentrating
TACOMA, Nov. 15 (by Associated
Press).—I. W. W. are reported to be
concentrating at Cumberland, a min
ing town near here. Posters and
handbills advertising an I. W. W. mass
meeting for tonight have been circu
lated about town.
Fifty-two Punished
SPOKANE, Nov. 15 (by Associated
Press).—Fifty-two members of the I.
W. VV., arrested in recent raids, were
convicted in the police court yester
j day on charges of criminal syndicalism
j and sentenced to thirty days in jail
j and to pay fines of $100 each.
The prisoners appeared in court,
without counsel and conducted a silent
defense.
Threatened Invasion
Members of the American Legion
are being sworn in as special police
men to meet a reported invasion of
| from one thousand to two thousand
| I. W. \V. from Montana.
The commander of the local battal
j ion of the national guard has orders
j for the mobilization of two companies.
I More than two hundred former sol
| diers have been deputized to support
i the local officers.
Evidence seems to be lacking re
| garding the reported mobilization of
I the I. W. W. here.
To Drive I. W. W. from Town
I SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15 (by As
sociated Press).—Nine men were ar
rested and “red” ltierature was con
fiscated in two raids on radical head
quarteres here yesterday.
The police declare that all I. W. W.
must leave town or go to jail.
Hall Wrecked by ex-Service Men
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The I. W. W. hall in
this city was raised last night by ex
service men armed with clubs, and
completely wrecked. Numerous I. W.
W. were injured, and two were taken
to the hospital.
Twelve Arrested in East
MORGANTOWN, Pa., Nov. 15 (by
Associated Press).—Federal agents
and sheriffs today arrested twelve al
leged I. W. W. who were working
among the coal miners.
OREGON CITY
SUFFERSGREAT
LOSS BY FIRE
OREGON CITY, Ore., Nov. 15 (by
Associated Press).—Fire last night
destroyed two department stores and
a church here, with a loss of half a
million dollars. Portland firemen as
sisted the local fire fighters in quell
ing the conflagration.
SERIOUS CHARGE MADE
AGAINST ARMY OFFICERS
STATIONED AT FREMONT
SAN JOSE, Cal., Nov. 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—County Humane Offi
cer Mrs. AUerman told the federal
district attorney yesterday that army
officers at Camp Fremont, near here,
had buried hundreds of wagonloads
of canned goods in the practice
trenches to secrete the goods for their
own use.
ALL RESERVATIONS ADOPTED
AS RECOMMENDED BY COMMITTEE
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The senate today
adopted the cloture, in order to shut
down the debate on the treaty of
peace. Republicans and Democrats
alike supported the cloture, which lim
its the speeches of the senators to
one hour.
It is estimated that final action on
the treaty will be reached within a
week.
This applicature of the cloture rule
is the first in the history of the senate.
The senate immediately adopted a
reservation providing that the United
States "will accept no mandates with
out the permission of congress.
Committee Again Upheld
The senate adopted the reservation
reported by the foreign relations com
mittee regarding the Monroe doctrine,
and rejected Senator Hitchcock’s sub
stitute reservation, declaring that the
Monroe doctrine is in no way impaired
or affected by the treaty.
Two Democrats—Reed of Missouri
and Shields of Tennessee—stood with
the Republicans.
By a vote of 53 to 40 the senate
adopted the reservation giving con
gress authority to regulate the appoint
ment of the American delegates to
the League of Nations and also the
American representatives on the vari
ous commissions provided for in the
League covenant.
Before adjourning the senate adopt
ed all but two of the committee res
ervations to the treaty.
YALE DEFEATED
BY PRINCETON
ON GRIDIRON
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 15 (by
| Associated Press).- The final score in
, the Yale-Princeton football game to
I day was: Princeton, 13; Yale, 6.
Western Games
| SEATTLE, Nov. 15 (by Associated
Press).- Washington University to
day will play the Washington State
College at Pullman. The odds favor
the State College.'
Oregon University will play the Ore
gon Aggies at Eugene for the state
championship. The odds favor Ore
■ gon University.
It is virtually conceded that Wash
ington State College has won the
Coast collegiate championship unless
today’s game upsets the standings.
■ Syracuse Wins
FINDLAY, Ohio, Nov. 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Syracuse, 13; Col
gate, 7.
STUDENTS REFUSE TO
ALLOW VON H1NDENBURG
TO GIVE HIS TESTIMONY
BERLIN, Nov. 15 (by Associated
Press).—Pan-German students yester
day refused to permit Marshal Von
Hindenburg to enter the reichstag to
testify before the subcommittee of
that body which is investigating the
responsibility for the war.
D’ANNUNZld SPRINGS
ANOTHER ADVENTURE
PARIS, Nov. 15 (by Associated
Press).—D’Annunzio has engaged in
another Dalmatian adventure, and has
gone to Zara on a torpedo boat with
shock troops.
TRIESTE, Nov. 15 (by Associated
Press).—It is reported here that
D’Annunzio has left Fiume.
risirQUOTATIONS
KETCHIKAN, Nov. 15.—Yesterday’s
fish priees were: Halibut, firsts, 17c;
seconds, 10c; sablefish, 3c; red rock,
lV*c.
CONSPIRACY IS
CHARGE MADE
AGAIST REDS
TACOMA. Wash., Nov. 15 (by As
sociated Press).—The first action by
the federal government against the
"wobblies” following the Centralia
massacre was taken here today, when
the federal commissioner, E. B. Brock
way, issued warrants charging eighty
eight of the men arrested in Tacoma
and Centralia with conspiracy to over
throw the government.
The warrants were issued on com
plaint of Charles Petrovitsky, special
agent of the department of justice,
and quote a large number of articles
from I. W. W. publications and the
constitution of the I. W. W. The war
rants declare that I. W. W. “willfully,
wickedly, unlawfully and feloniously
conspired to put down and destroy by
force the government of the United
States,” in violation of the espionage
act and the penal code.
The warrants will be served imme
diately.
SOVIET PLOT
UNEARTHED IN
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Revelations showing
that the reds have an underground
line from soviet Russia to the United
States via Mexico are announced by
the state department. Immigration
officers are much concerned over the
influx of revolutionary radicals and
other red rliens over the Mexican bor
der.
Soviet “Ambassador” Arrested
NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (by Associat
ed Press).—Ludwig C. K. A. Martens,
Russian soviet “ambassador” to the
United States, was arrested here to
day on a warrant requested by the
special legislative committee which is
investigating radical activities, which
declared him to be in contempt of the
committee.
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