The Cordova Daily Times
Member of The Associated Press
VOL. IV. NO. 43 CORDOVA, ALASKA. MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1919 PRICE TEN CENTS
LEAGUE OF NATIONS NOW SEEMS CERTAIN
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RIOTS AND STRIKE FEATURES OF GERMAN ELECTION
RUSSIAN SITUATION TODAY
BEFORE PEACE CONFERENCE
PARIS, Jan. 20 (by Associated Press)). With the resump
tion todav of its sittings, the supreme council ol the peace con
gross is liuikiug marked progress toward the tormation ol a
league of nations. Tin* council now is considering several j
plans and harmonizinig them into a unity of ideas.
Last night much headway was made at a conlcrenee he
tween President W ilson, Lord Robert Cecil, (leneral Smuts and
I .eon Bourgeois.
The plans for a league of nations have been reduced to deli j
nite form, with the indications that the statesmen ol the prin
eipal nations are uniting on it structure which all can support.
The supreme council of the peace conference is today con
sidering the Russian situation. Joseph Xmilene, French am
bassador to Russia, is present.
League Believed to Be a Possibility
President Wilson will remain in Paris twenty five more
work in g da vs. 11 is I riends be I ie ve lie can in this com pa i at i\ e I \
■ hurt time bring the nations together in an agreement tor a
league of nations. They base this belief on expressions which .
indicate the adherence of Croat Britain, I* ranee and lfal\ to ;
the league plan.
SENATE SUSPENDS WORK
ON ALASKA MINING CLAIMS
AYASHlXtiTuX. dan. 20 (by Associated Press). The sen
ate today passed a resolution by Senator dones ot Washington
suspending assessment work on Alaska miuina claims loi a
period of four vears, beirinnina with 1017. The resolution also
extends to Alaska minina claims the provisions ot the act sus
pending for two vears the requirement that $100 woith ot woik
be performed every year on mining claims, and exempting from
tin1 requirement all who served in the war against (icrinany.
WATSONBREAKS
CRANK SHAFT
ON WAY SOUTH
1 SEATTLE, Jan. 20 (by Associated
Press).—The steamship Admiral Wat
son sent out distress calls from Queen
Charlotte sound last Saturday night,
stating that she had broken her crank
shaft and was adrift and in danger.
Word was received from the Wat
son today that she had made tempo
rary repairs and had passed Seymour
narrows under her own steam yester
day. and she is due here tonight.
The Canadian Pacific tug Nitinat
answered the Watson's distress calls
and is accompanying her south.
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% Rudolph Eimqulst of Valdez today
took charge of the local cable office.
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WELL-KNOWN STEAMSHIP
PRESIDENT IS DEAD
SEATTLE. Jan. 20 (by Associated
Press).—J. C. Ford, for nearly twenty
years president of the Pacific Coast
i Company, died here today.
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ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL
MEETINGS FEBRUARY 9
WASHINGTON. Jan 20 (by Asso
{ ciated Press).- -President Wilson has
J cabled to Secretary Tumulty his ap
| proval of the proposal that Roosevelt
j memorial meetings be held through
! out the nation on February 9. simul
i taneously with a joint memorial meet
j Ing of congress.
The President said he thought this
| would be the most suitable way for
| the nation to show the esteem in
j which it held Colonel Roosevelt.
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VICTORY OF ALLIED NATIONS
GIVES POLAND IIS LIBERTY
WARSAW, Jan. 20 (by Associated Press).—United Poland
now appears as a new country with the minds of its people
turned to the future. It is as if the people had come out of a
nightmare. Now they smilingly realize that the victory of
the allied nations over the central powers has given Poland
liberty. Prices of necessities already are dropping.
Paderewski, the world-famous pianist, who is now pre
mier, has appealed to his fellow-men to be Poles first and poli
ticians next, »
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PRISONERS WHO
RETURN ARE
PUT TO DEATH
VLADIVOSTOK. Jan. 20 I by Asso
ciated Press i. All of the prisoners
released from jail at Omsk as the re
sult of tin abortive Bolshevik plot on
December h. who voluntariily returned,
were killed by the military without
the knowledge of the supreme head of
thi> Omsk government
The motive for the executions is ob
scure. but the inclusion of prominent
public leaders among the victims in
dicates a method of intimidation to
suppress the idea ol tile creation of
a constituent assembly
BIG DIAMOND* FOUND
IN SOUTH AFRICA
LONDON .Ian 2o t by Associated
Press t. A soft bluewhite diamond,
weighinig r-ss'i karats, has been
found in the .lagersfontein mine.
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AMERICAN IS
IN CHARGE
OF RAILROAD
VLADIVOSTOK. Jan. 2h < tiv Asso
ciated Press >. The Canadian Press
reports that the allies have reached an
agreement for control of the Siberian
railway. The Itritish are to operate
the line from Irkutsk westward, the
French are to run the Amur branch,
and the Americaans the Chinese Fast
en! railroad.
Major Stevens, the American engi
neer. is to be chief executive of the
system, with the administration in
charge of an allied commission, with
Japanese statesmen.
SEWARDWANTS
MAIL SERVICE
FROMCORDOVA
The Seward Chamber of Commerce
is actively at work in the efTort to
secure a better mail service to the
weswtard and is in favor of a rout©
being established between Cordova
and Seldovia, to connect with the
steamers arriving here from the
stales A wire today was received
by the local chamber asking for its
cooperation in the movement and
requesting that an estimate be se
cured from the launch Kolfe as to
the pricb it would charge per trip.
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee of tho Cordova Chamber of
Commerce, held this afternoon, it was
decided to give tho proposition our
heartiest supimrt and assist in every
way Sewnrd und other towns who are
seeking relief from their present poor
mail service.
Sowurd has also taken up the mat
ter with Valdez and I.atouctae and »•
Boon as Its pluns are formulated will
communicate with the post office de
parmtent.
The Kolfe has acreed to make U»e
round trip from Cerdova to Seldovia,
on a regular schedule tor $1800.
HIGH HONORS
FOR AMERICAN
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WASHINGTON'. Jan. 20 (by Abso
j elated Press l Practically all the
i army corps and division commanders
! of the American expeditionary forces,
i together with the heads of staffs and
; departments, have been awarded Dis
j tinguished Service medals for conspic
] nous service in the field.
General William H. Johnson, com
mander of the Ninety-first, or "Wild
West" division, was on the recent
list.
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YOUNGEST SON OF
KING GEORGE IS DEAD
i LONDON, Jail 20 (by Associated
Pressl. Prime John, the youngest
! son of King George, died last night
after a long illness.
The prince was born in l!m,V
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WOMEN PLAN
] ORIALTO
ROOSEVELT
NEW YORK. Jan. 20 (by Associated
Press i. The Women's Roosevelt
Memorial Committee has been organ
ized here to plan a memorial to be
erected by New Tinrk women in honor
of the late Colonel Roosevelt.
Among the suggestions made were
the endowment of a chair of American
citizenship at Barnard college, a park
with an equestrian statue of Roose
velt, and a Roosevelt memorial home.
Mrs. Roosevelt favors the memorial
home
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS
MUST BE POSITIVE
LONDON. Jan. 20 (by Associated
Press). Major Waldorf Astor. parlia
mentary secretary of the food min
istry, has issued a pamphlet stating
that the league of nations must be
positive as well as negative, if such
a league is to be a success.
During the reconstruction period, he
says, all nations but America must
expect economic crises.
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PREMIER OF
SERBIA HAS
QUITCABINET
SAIiONIKI, Jan. 20 (by Associated
Press).—Nikolai Pachitch, Serbian
premier, has resigned. Prince Alex
ander, as regent, has asked Stoyan
Protltch, minister of finance In the
l>achltch cabinet, to form a new cabi
net.
Bulgarians May Start Something
Bulgarian soldiers continue plunder
ing the Oreek shops and dwellings at
Demotion. They any they are acting
under orders from their superiors.
GERMANS PROTEST SUPPORT
OF BOLSHEVIKI TO SPARTACIDES
Id )X I )( )X, Jim. I (to A —iiciat*-• | Press). (I ra v<* riots
marked the elections Tor members to the national assembly
throughout (iermany yesterday. A general strike has been in
angurated at Ijeipzic. I lie deaths o| I >r, luebknecht and Ko.su
Luxemburg caused demonstrations and street lighting in the
provincial towns.
( oponhagen dispatches state that rioting occurred in Ber
Iin last night, after the Spartacides attempted to destroy the
ballot boxes used in Sunday's election.
Berlin’s Election Was Lively One
BhRLl X, Jan. ( hv A-sociated Press). Berlin is did
uged under a Hood of election dodgers. Xo returns have been
made yet.
Protest Application of Their Own Methods
BKILXL, Jan. -!1) i bv Associated I’ressi. (iermanv has
>eut the Russian Bolshevik government a note protesting
against thesuppoit Liven Ii v the Bolsheviki to the Spartacides.
! says it has proven that the Spartacides have been supplied
with money by Rii"ian oHieinls.
Ukraine Government Again Overthrown
< I LATA A, Jan. L’li i bv Associjited Pres.-). The Bolshe
viki have captured Kiev and overthrown the 1 krainia.li gov
eminent.
ITALY SHOKTGF COAL; !
ALASKA CAN SUPPLY IT
WASHINGTON. Jan 2" (by Asso
ciated Pr**ss> Italy was the worst
sulTeror from the find short Mg** among
the allies, according t*» tin- American
fuel commission abroad.
Italy wants an annual supply <>f ;
twelve million tons of fuel
FISH QUOTATIONS
SHATT 1.1’. Jan 20 Prices for fish
at noon today were IMckled honing.
$18(ft'20 per hid. depending on variet\ .
Hockeve salmon. $20 per bbl ; silver
salmon. $24 per bbl ; pink salmon. $20
per bbl.; fall salmon. $1^ per bbl
There is no pickled sableflsh on the
market.
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OBJECTS TO FEDERAL
CONTROL OF CABLES
HONOl.Ul.r, Jan Id (l.y Asso
dated Press). The Honolulu Cham
her of Commerce, busing its action
on the results of federal control as
expcrineced here, has sent to Wash
ington a protest against government
ownership and operation of the com
mercial wireless and cable systems
connecting Hawaii with the mainland.
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The quarantine ban was lifted in
Cordova this morning, and business is
again being conducted along normal
lines.
BOLSHEVIKI IN
AMERICA NOT
REAL ARTICLE
SEATTLE, Jan 20 i by Associated
Press i. Mine Catherine Breshkov
skaym. "grandmother of the Russian
revolution," Is here She will go East
tomorrow.
Mine. Hreshovskayia says the Bol
shevlki are "a cursed lot." They are
destroyers, she says, and can not last
because they are not constructive.
She expects to see a strong govern
ment of the people rise from the Rus
slun chaos The American Bolsheviki
she says, are not the real Bolsheviki
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FORMER EMPEROR KARL
PROVES TO BE WELCHER
GENEVA, Jan 20 I by Associated
Press l. The Budapest Commercial
Bank has decided to sure former Em
peror Charles for a million crowns
which he subscribed to the eighth war
loan, which he has refused to pay
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ALASKA STOCKS
NEW YORK. Jan. 20. Alaska Ju
neau, 2V&; Alaska Gold. JA4.
WILSON TELLS FRENCH SENATE
IW WORLD CONING INTO LIFE
PARIS, Jan. 20 (by Associated Press).—The French sen
ate yesterday entertained President Wilson at luncheon. An
tonino Dubost, president of the senate, made a eulogistic ad
dress, in which he said that France welcomed President Wilson
nand Ids ideals.
In response President Wilson said a new world was com
ing into life. He said the world had been awakened to its com
munity of interest. It knows that its future depends uj>on tins
community of interest, and that the future of free institutions
and of civilization itself depends upon it.