The Cordova Daily Times
Member of The Associated Press
VOL iv. NO. 42 CORDOVA. ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18. 1919 PRICE TEN CENTS
MOMENTOUS CONFERENCE BEGINS SESSIONS
President Poincare Makes Opening Address, Pay
ing Splendid Tribute to Allied Troops—Great
Britain and United States in Harmony
Prospects for World Peace Bright
PARIS, Jan. 18 (by Associated Press).—The
peace conference was formally opened this after
noon with an opening address by President Pom
care, in which he thanked the; allies for choosing
Paris for the conference. He praised the valor of
the allied armies, which had preserved Paris from
the enemy.
France had borne enormouos sacrifices, contin
ued M. Poincare, although, he said, she had not
the slightest responsibility for the war. Fie said
those who wished to rule by the sword and who per
ished by the sword had only themselves to blame.
Recounts Nefarious Teutonic Plots
111 tile hope of Colltplcrina the hegemony Ol I'.nrope mill
attaining world masters, .-aid I’resident I’oincare, the eential
empires, hound h\ a secret plot, had tonnd the most abomi
liable pretext- for trying to crush Serbia and force a way to
the east. At the -nine time t he\ had disowned the most sol
(“inn undertakings in order to crush ie lainm and loree a wa\
10 France's heart. \\ hat could be more significant, lie asked,
than the baruain- they had attempted to otter Kngland at the
end of dulv, l‘dl4, w hen they -aid “Allow ns to attack I'ranee
<)ii land and we won t enter the channel
President Wilson Did Not Speak
There had been sonic expectation that President Wilson
' would also deliver an address at the opening session on behalf
of the foreign delegates, in response to President Poincare’s
address of welcome. It was finally decided, however, that
there would he no speeches except by the I" rench president and
by Premier (’lenieneeau when the latter took the presiding
officer’s chair.
All the peace delegations held fund meetings this morning
before the assembling 1,1 the congress, Imt President W ilson
remained at the Murat mansion to rest.
Crowds Gather for Momentous Event
The foreign office was the center ot interest troiii an call'
hour this morning, when large crowds began to gather, while
final preparations were being made for the opening ot the eon
gross.
The peace congress opened at b o’clock, the delegates ap
proaching the ball through a double line of soldiers.
Clemenceau Surrounded by Peace Symbols
It is expected that the congress will devote itselt singly
to tin* creation of tlm league of nations, a separate commission
being appointed to study the proposed methods tor the organ
ization of such a league. Russia will imt be represented.
The Halle de la Pax, one of the most splendid reception
rooms ill Kurope, is being used to bouse the congress. A
statue of Peace holding the torch of civilization has been placed
directly behind the chair of Premier (’lenieneeau, who is pie
siding over the deliberations of the congress. The* council
table is covered with the green baize of diplomacy.
Defeat of Bolsheviki Will Be neiprui
Tin* prospect of rapid progress at the peace congress has
been enhanced by the apparent Bolsheviki detent in (leimanj,
thus opeiiin gtlie way to stable government in that country.
There is a prospect that Germany may now be able to send
delegates to the peace congress.
Unofficial Statement of British Claims
British war aims have been unofficially stated, and in gen
eral they coincide with those ol the l nited States. 1 heie aic
minor differences, however. The British consider the aims of
the two nations as identical on the whole. They believe there
should be a world compact of “give and take.” Great Britain
wants her air raid damage and shipping losses paid for by Ger
many, and hopes that a league of nations will be formed. Above
all, she hopes for a thoroughly good working agreement with
the United States.
What the German Delegates Will Seek
BASEL, dan. IS (by Associated Press).—A dispatch from
Berlin says the German government has appointed Count Von
Brockdorff Rantzau, the present foreign minister, and Philip
Scheidemann to head the German delegation to the peace con
ference. It is declared that the German delegation will oppose
the allies’ demands beyond the measures outlined by President
Wilson, and will seek the immediate suspension of all economic
measures against Germany.
LOYAL TROOPS
NOW OCCUPY
HUN CAPITAL
MKKI.IX. Jan. IX (by \ oeiated
Press i More loyal troop, have hi
teied Merlin, and now occupy the en
tire center of the city. They an* mak
ing a thorough scan h ot tin* city for
Sparta» am
'Die Sparlacans have clashed with
the majority Socialists in Hanover.
Volunteers are joining the forces in
great numbers at Koenigsburg to pro
tect the Last Prussian boundaries
from the Mol'beviki and the Poles.
Licbkriecht Given No Chance
LONDON. Jan. lx (by \ssneiated
Pn* —- i The Merlin independent So
cialists a •< ft t hat I >r. I .iebknecht.
who w.i lint and killed yesterday by
soldi* " did not attempt to make his
e < a pe, as v. ■' * la imed. but w as redd
blond'dly murtlered by tIn- soldiers
vairing him.
NOTED RUSSIAN
WOMAN IS DUE
IN SEATTLE
SLATTLK. Jan. IS (by Associated
Pres.-.i. Mine Catherine Ureshko
vieky. called the "Little Grandmother
of tin Uussian Revolution." is experl
ed 11» arrive from Vietoria. U C . this
afternoon. trom the Orient She is en
route to Washington to tell President
Wilson about Kussian conditions
UNITED STATES CONSUL
IN MEXICO IS DEAD
PAKIS. Jan. Is (by Associated
Press) John K. SUliman. Cnited
States consul at Guadalajaro, Mexico,
who figured prominently during the
Huerta regime, died yesterday at
Guadalaju ro.
FORCES IN EUROPE TO
! BE GREATLY REDUCED
WASHINGTON. Jan. is (by Asso*
. eluted Press i General .March an
' nounced today that the American
I forces in Kuropc would he reduced to
the minimum strength consistent with
i national obligations
PRESIDENT TO VISIT
DEVASTAT REGIONS
I’AKIS. .Ian. IS (by Associated
Press) President Wilson plans to
visit the devastated regions of north
ern Frame and Belgium between
peace meetings.
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WILL DEFEND HIS TITLE
AS CHAMPION WRESTLER
DKS MOINES, la., Jan. 18—(by As
soclated Tress).—Karl (’addock. a
sergeant with the Eighty-eighth divi
sion in France, is expected to return
to Iowa within a few months and de
fend his title as world’s wrestling
champion against all logical op
ponents.
Joe Stecher, of Ihwlgo, Neb., Is one
of the foremost contenders for the
wrestling crown, and it Is likely a
match between Stecher and ('addock
will be nought immediately upon the
latter’s return.
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Nearly a hundred young people en
Joyed the skating on Eyak lake laal
night
SHIPYARD WORKERS
TO STRIKE TUESDAY
SEATTLE. Jan IK t by Associated
Dress). The largest unions of ship
yard workers voted yesterday to ap
prove the strike railed for Tuesdav
demanding higher wages.
If is expected that twenty live thou
sand men will go on strike
PRECEDENT FOR
SURRENDER OF
LONDON Jan IK ( by A undated
Dress). BL op of Durham has found
an historlal ;t<cedent tor the surren
der of the t. man fleet in the pages
of Livy. Tb t ancient chronicler tells
how. art a n rhele oi the p ,n •• •
i,lent which • ndetl ihr «•< ond 1 ’ui:m
war, Carih. h.id to urir’id-v to
Koine til** whole of her battle lie .
Home, th article points out a,i.
the greate t military po-.*. • • and
* 'arthage vv t In : • at naval po .*. • r
of antiquit: just as (lermunv and
Kngland in modern tine Koine h- at
; Carthage— tIn* soldier heat tin* sailor.
| In the conflict Koine revealed an *\
] traordinary adaptability for naval
! warfare, and Carthage grave internal
j weakness.
K “The gerqun writers,*’ the Man*
! ohes 16K J flail com men t b' *h nt tetfrn t *
! **d a similar course for a war between
tlermany end Kngl&nd. Tiny were
confident that the Cerman military
mind applied to naval warfare would
prove its uperiority to flu* Knglish,
and that Kngland. put to tin* test,
v oilld he proved rotten a great il
lesion "
explaining win tin* parallel of anti
quity was deceptive, the (iuardian
proceeds
■ It should not too hastily he as
sunud that tin* British navy display
ed an intellectual superiority derived
from long tradition which no young
navv could hope to overcome. \V«* are
on *afe ground if we say that the
C.erman navv. unlike th** navy of an
! cient Korn**, showed itself singularly
wooden and unadaptable. Sir David
Beatty has pronounced its strategy
and its tactics contemptible.
“If the comparison of tlermany
with Kome was false, still falser was
tin* comparison of Kngland with
Carthage. Carthage was a narrow,
oligarchy resting upon a peculiarly
harsh slave system, defended by a
mercenary army recruited from all
the Mediterranean peoples. Carth
age’s lack oi freedom was her weak
ness, and Knglands freedom her
I strength But gentlemen of the school
| of Tn-it dike could not lx* expected
to se** that, for they despised politxal
I freedom "
NINETY-FIRST
DIVISION DUE
NEXT WEEK
| SPOKANE, Wash.. Jan. IS Ibv As
sociated Press). The 3t6th field ar
tillery, the first unit of the Ninety
first division, which is returning from
France, is expected here January 23,
en route to Camp Lewis, where the
division was trained.
The Ninety-first comprises men of
all the Western states.
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LIQUOR LAW VIOLATION
In the commissioner's court this
morning N. J. Smith plead guilty to
tho charge of violating the Alaska
dry law and Judge Adams fined him
$500 and sentenced him to serve three
months in Jail.
HAWAII UNIVERSITY i
TO BE AMONG BEST
HONOU'M', Jan IS (by A o
ciateel Press l Charles F. Chilling
worth. in«‘inher of the territorial u
ate. has announced his intention to
a: 1. the legislature1, w hi< h < otr.« lie
ne\* February. to make* an appropna
tion sufficiently large to pur tin- Col
lege of Hawaii on Mill e<jnali'\ ith
n:.. inland unive*rsities.
“ I w ant tie se • the* < <dl ■'!<• o: Ha
waii made a university of >u< h land
mg that it will he untie. • : . for
any Hawaiian stuelent to go to the
ta: Inland for an education declared
Se-i’.a.tor (’hillingsweerth
DO NOT WANT
W. R IIEARST
NHW V( >i; K j.! : l - • > \ M iat
• d i’ress * \n iin. i min* 1 » upi "at
mark.- ! tin • •:. • .-1 Madison
Sepia (la rd' 11 !a ' n ; a li t In-Id hv flu
t M * 1 • I»e nt i e ? • t * i T | . !• . Ollimift. or
gani/.ed tie w.-h "i:e h«'in* tie- troop
as a proteapam-t Ala.yor H\dm‘s up
pointme-nt of William li Hearn* .
< hairman of tin- nmnicipa! e on mite •
for the same pUIp‘"-e
More than twenty pe-r.-ons were
j ejected from the hall, after starting
j disturbances by cheering for Heurst
! and Hylnn Several seddiers and >ai!
' ors W «*re* atliemg those* ejected
A
TAFT FAVORS
A LEAGUE
! OF NATIONS
WASHINGTON. .Ian Is (by A m.
dated I'ressr Former 1‘residej.t W
H. Taft, addressing a meeting of the
National Geographical Society m this
city last night, declared that the atgn
ment that the Fnited States would
share its sovereignty with other na
lions by its entrance into the pro
posed league of nations was a huga
boo which ought not to attract the
support of serious men
He said a league of nations was vital
to the future peace of the world
WOMEN WORHERS OF
OREGON TO HOLD JOBS
POKTI.\NI>. Or.. Jan is (by As
sociated Press i Woman, who lias
come to take so active a part ia tile
industrial life of the nation during
the war. will retain her grip on most
occupations in Oregon where she now
is ensconsed, during the period of re
construction, judging from the expres
sions of employers. She is holding her
own in several professions, is forging
ahead in commereiul pursuits and is
a necessary cog as a unit of labor in
the wheels of manufacture.
As bank clerks, truck drivers, ele
vator operators, in janitor work and
as mechanics in railroad shops, wo
men have taken hold of occupations
generally new to them and have made
themselves so useful that there is evi
dence that they will not be displaced
by after war changes.
Only from the various lines of the
manufactures, as head and directing
genius of establishment that trans
form raw products into finished ar
ticles, are women workers absent A
report receutly made by A. O. Clark,
manager of the Home Industry league
of Portland, showed but one famlnlne
member of the organisation. He was
Inclined to blame the league, rather
than the women, for this lack of
women members.
PORTO RICO IS
DAMAGED BY
EARTHQUAKES
SAN .H AN, I’nrlii Uico Jail 18 —
cb; \ .seriate,| IT, si Loss of 200
In . anil *r..iiiiu da; inge lo prop
ill; . ihe- n suit of ihe earthquake
l,oi k !ii ri‘ in in'oln r anil Novniii
11. :. v. as due i-iii--fly to I lie poor i mi
i'-labnt! ol 11’ I Mill along tl;e west
ii. i ii, iii -1., * n! in liie 11| 11 li ion of
Harrj I’i'-l li: g le d itid S: -phen
T Lei 111'■,mLe| of the Seisinologieal
ei nuni* [on ■ nf by the leiier.'l gov
eminent a f in i i| I* e of Hoi : nor
Yager lo nr. I L ite a id report OP
tile dir li.de
Sl.oi 1. , o la r a,i lure have or
. ,.id n ii' i i in I "orto It ten i ml
. oi i - s .ii ih" minion "t
tin e . - ;o • 'll |I .Soldi lo
•,.,l m., ! i i d i an In really
it d i . d by. 'a.ii i i of h n k re
Tin member the eor.uti. a m
are nod d . o'logi Is I >r Ueid is
t rein lolm 11, .pi, in . I -ii\ ■ r; n>. ii.il
i .... ini, I I r "i ;, 1, I I I I itin llie
ITmer-'iiv ol' S" th t ar din::. d 1 "
11;tiibia. S.
l ie dioc-l; i v hit Ii oei urm her >. the
geologists repori. were less in in
tensity than that which occurred in
1 lfins or the t'harli ton earthquake in
i lssii. In their report lo Governor
Yager the geologists say in part.
"Wo believe the earthquakes due to
nurtures of the rock in tho northern
p: rt <»! Mona Passage not far from
tl:** northwestern part «q‘ the island
nt p(»rto It no. and that tin* raeturo
h b . aus(d flu 'hock of <> tober
11 ithe tire of the scries) was ac
, » nplishod by a small v« rtb il d»s
• .;,!( -a out <•! a \ • ry limited aioa of
tie • a hottoin. ■ msing tile sea wave
w dull re-, along the shores soon
after the shock l> placements <>r
this kind are not mu >mmon. anti por
tend no great disaster to Porto Utco
"Tin* damage done by tin* shocks
v s greatest in the western part of
the island and diminished progres
sively. though not uniformly, toward
the east. Oil soft alluvial soils it was
greater than on more solid founda
tions in the same negihborhood
"The character of the construction
of the buildings was responsible for
the great destruction wrought Well
made reinforced concrete buildings
suffered no serious injury even in the
regions wher the shock was strong
est Wooden buildings and the small
native huts, by yielding to the shock,
w ere not damaged "
Suggesting types of buildings cap
able of resisting the shocks, the geo
logists say "Steel frame structures
and reinforced concrete buildings aro
the strongest; tho host cement should
always he used. Prick houses, where
the best cement is used, are fairly
strong Wooden houses aro notirely
safe.
All strong earthquakes aro follow
ed by after shocks, which gradually
die out ;n strength and In number.
The aftershocks here have grown in
frequent and very light. There is cer
tainly no special reason for expecting
another strong shock in the near tu
j turo.”
FIRST ENTRY FOR
INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDWAY
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 18—(by Ah
soclated Press).—The first entry for
j the 500-mile Liberty Sweepstake* au
I toniobilo race, to be run at the Indi
anapolis Speedwny May 31, has been
received from Cliff Durant of Oak
Irnd, California, lie entered a bjmh
tally built car that he drove in two
races at Tacoma, Washington in 1817
Durant is well known in automo
bile racing circles and acted as relief
driver for Barney Oldfield In the last
500-mile race hold here.