_ Cordova Times
__ _(Member of Associated Press) _ _ _
VOL. 5, NO. 156 ___CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1920. PRICE TEN CENTS
RUNNING MATE
INVESTIGATION
NOW TURNING
TO A FIASCO
WASHINGTON, June 3 (by Associ
ated Press).—Attorney General Pal
mer appeared before the senate inves
tigating committee, being the nrst
presidential candidate to do so, and
asked permission to reply to the Bon
nivvell charges.
Following Palmer’s charge that Bon
niwell was a character assassin and
his word was not evidence, Edge an
nounced his withdrawal from the in
vestigating committee, saying it had
•degenerated into personalities. No
^federal law had been broken because
there was none to break, he saii, and
he was tired of the charges and coun
ter charges being presented before the
committee.
W. B. Burtt, assistant to William
Cooper Proctor, brought a formidable
bundle of books and papers showing
contributions to the Wood campaign.
Only one more subpoenaed witness re
mains on the list to be examined, and
it is expected that a temporary ad
journment will be taken not later than
* tomorrow.
Pomerene today asked the senate
to authorize the investigating com
mittee to extend its inquiry to include
expenses of all presidential candidates
in the November election.
CONGRESS TO ADJOURN
SATURDAY, IS PROGRAM
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WASHINGTON, June 3 (by Associ
ated Press).—President Wilson os
sured the senate Democrats today that
if the session of congress ended Sat
urday he would not call an extra ses
sion during the summer unless a grave
emergency arose.
The senate concurred in the house
adjournment resolution.
POSTAL EMPLOYES TO
RECEIVE HIGHER PAY
EFFECTIVE JULY FIRST
WASHINGTON, June 3 (by Associ
a ted Press).—The Postal pay increase
bill passed the house today unani
mously.
* The bill would become effective
July 1 and add approximately $35,
000.000 to the postal payroll.
WILL BURN HOUSES
TO HEAD OFF PLAGUE
VERA CRUZ, June 3 (by Associated
Press).—Three more deaths from
Bubonic plague were reported here
today. One-third of the houses of the
city will be burned in an effort tc
eradicate the scourge.
NORWAY REFUSED
MANDATE OVER DANZIC
* COPENHAGEN, June 3 (by Associ
ated Press).—The National Tidende
says Norway refused the mandate ovei
Danzig which Poland has accepted.
BOLSHEVIK] CAPTURE
CAPITAL OF PERSIA
CONSTANTINOPLE, June 3 (by As
sociated Press).—The Persian legatior
here has been advised that the Bol
sheviki have entered Teheran, capi
tal of Persia.
SCARCITY OF TIMBER
DUE TO DECIMATION
OF EASTERN FORESTS
WASHINGTON, June 2 (by Associ
ated Press).—Secretary of Agriculture
I Meredith today told the senate that
the high cost of timber and news prinl
was due largely to the decimation ol
eastern forests. Three-fifts of the na
tional timber was gone, and the con
sumption was four times that of the
growth at present.
ALASKA SAILED
I FOR CORDOVA
THIS MORNING
SEATTLE, June 3 (Special to the
j Times).—The steamer Alaska sailed
I at 9 o’clock this morning for North
I
| western Alaska, carrying 201 passen
gers and a large tonnage of freight.
Passengers for Cordova are: Andrew
Nelson, O. M. Brahmer and wife, Mrs.
T. C. Youle, Marie Yeaman, A. Parks
and wife, F. C. Wing, Mrs. J. Ken
nedy, Francis Kennedy, Mrs. J. P
| Coien, H. S. Riley, Mrs. A. H. Ander
| son, J. A. Graham, Frank Jones, W. W.
| Jones, F. H. Madden and wife, E. T.
Stone and wife, Hugh Stone, Mrs. J
Orme, Mrs. E. J. Lundsdall, Harry
Reynolds, Mrs. A. R. Husinger, Mrs.
J. E. Buckner, P. Stokes, H. Lynshan
and fourteen steerage.
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i ALASKA CLAUSE
STRICKEN FRO
MARINE BILL
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WASHINGTON, June 3 (by Associ
ated Press).—The merchant marim
bill agreed upon yesterday gives th(
president authority to extend coast
wise shipping laws to include the Phil
ippines. The provision authorizing
the shipping board to provide suitable
water transportation between th(
United States and Alaska, if satisfac
tory arrangements could not be made
with private owners, was stricken out
The merchant marine bill was sen1
back to conference by the house to
day, Speaker Gillette ruling that th(
conferees had exceeded their authoritj
in making certain changes.
I CLOUDBURST DAMAGE
IS MILLION DOLLARS
i
HOMER, NEB., June 3 (by Associ
ated Press).—It is estimated that dam
age to the extent of $1,000,000 resultec
from a cloudburst Tuesday in Home]
•and vicinity.
DELAHUERTA
INAUGURATED
MEXICO CITY, June 3 (by Associ
ated Press).—Delahuerta today tool
the oath of office as provisional presi
dent of Mexico.
Southern revolutionary chiefs wen
assured protection by Calles, the pro
visional minister of war.
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VIENNA, May 4 (by Associated
Press).—Unemployment pay has cosi
the government 447,000 crowns in th<
past 16 months. There are now 42,
000 unemployed in this city.
POLITICIANS IN THE EAST BUSY
' SELECTING REPUBLICAN NOMINEE
TENTATIVE DRAFT OF PLATFORM
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CHICAGO, June 3 (by Associated Press).—
Gossip along presidential row today linked the
name of Senator Knox for president, with Johnson
for vice-president. The proposal is regarded as the
I indirect result of the investigation into campaign
expenses, and arose from a growing feeling that a
presidential candidate who has not been mentioned
in the testimony would be most desirable.
j TENTATIVE PLATFORM DRAFT
COMPLETED AT WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, June 3 (by Associ
ated Press).—The tentative draft of
the Republican platform was given
finishing touches today by party lead
ers in the capital, with a plank on
! Mexico written by Senator Fall added.
In it understood the recommendations
; of the sub-committee which investi
gated Mexican affairs will be fol
1 lowed, with a declaration that unless
| conditions in Mexico are improved the
| United States should intervene.
I
| All mention of prohibition is omitted
; from the draft, which contains a sec
; tion urging the prompt ratification of
; the suffrage amendment The soldier
j bonus plank will be worked out at
j Chicago
1 No attempt was made to reach a
| final decision on the plank relating
! to the League of Nations, but several
I tentative declarations have been made.
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CONTESTING DELEGATIONS
ALL REFUSED CREDENTIALS
CHICAGO, June 3 (by Associated
| Press).—The national Republican com
j mittee threw out both delegations
i from the fifth district of Kansas City,
Mo., on the ground of fraud and dis
! graceful conditions in the primary
i elections.
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.’! WOMEN VOTERS INCLUDED
IN ONE ORGANIZATION
CHICAGO, June 3 (by Associated
Press).—A single organization of men
and "women instead of dual control
will be the plank presented to the
! convention for assimilation of the new
voters. A committee of five is draft
ing the plan. Women delegates and
alternates will caucus Sunday to
formulate proposals.
. LOWDEN DISAVOWS ANY
j ILLEGAL EXPENDITURES
CHICAGO, June 3 (by Associated
Press).—Governor Lowden today is
sued a formal statement disavowing
any illegitimate expenditures in the
[ BARUCH DEMANDS 1
SUPPORTING CHAI
BE SUBMITTED <
l ~
. Congressman Alleges Sum Involved
Is $200,000,000, Instead of $60,000,00,
as Stated in the Original Charge
WASHINGTON, June 3 (by Associ
I ated Press).—Bernard M. Baruch has
written to Congressman Mason de
manding that he submit evidence on
the floor of the house supporting the
charge that Baruch “stole fifty million
dollars from the government in copper
alone.”
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Congressman Mason, in a public let
ter, said he would amend his previous
charge and now say the sum was two
hundred million dollars. Evidence to
this effect, the congressman says, is
s already before congress in connection
. with the investigation into war ex
' penditures.
! primaries, either by himself or his
i campaign manager, L. L. Emerson.
JOHNSON WANTS NO SKULKING
ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS PLANK
CLEVELAND, O., June 3 (by Associ
ated Press).—Senator Johnson, in an
address here today, said he was going
to Chicago to see that the party
neither skulks nor pussyfoots on the
question of the League of Nations,
and to do all he could to see that a
plank in opposition to the league is
written in the Republican platform.
PENNSYLVANIA DELEGATION
ENDORSES GOVERNOR SPROUL
PHILADELPHIA, June 3 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Pennsylvania del
egation to the Republican national con
vention today unanimously endorsed
| Governor Sproul for the presidential
j nomination. The endorsement was
given at a caucus after he had pro
i tested against any formal action as
j a unit, following the announcement
that his name would be presented be
fore the convention.
NEW YORK MAN
HEADS PRINTERS
INDIANAPOLIS, June 3 (by Associ
ated Press).—John McFarland of New
York, candidate of the progressive
element in the printers’ union, was
elected president of the International
Typographical Union, defeating Mars
den G. Scott for ree-lection, acendirg
to returns compiled at headquarters
here.
HALIBUT PRICES
KETCHIKAN, June 3 (Special to
the Daily Times).—Halibut prices
today were: Firsts, 10^>c; seconds,
6%c.
SEATTLE, June 3 (Special to the
Daily Times).—Halibut, 17%c; sable
fish, 5c; ling and red cod, 2c.
'HAT EVIDENCE
tGES AGAINST HIM
3N FLOOR OF HOUSE
BERNARD M. BARUCH
VERMONT DEMOCRATS
ON RECORD IN FAVOR
LIGHT WINES AND BEER
RUTLAND, Vt., June 3 (by Associ
ated Press).—The Democratic state
convention named an uninstructed del
egation to the national convention and
approved Wilson’s veto of the Volstad
act, declaring the law was un-Amer
ican. The convention, however, went
on record as in favor of the manufac
ture of light wines and beer.
DREADNAUGHT
COMMISSIONED
AT BROOKLYN
NEW YORK, June 3 (by Associated
Press).—The superdreadnaught Ten
nessee, the largest and most formid
able battleship afloat and the most
elaborately appointed for the con
venience and comfort of officers and
men, was commissioned today at the
Brooklyn navy yard. The Tennessee
is the first battleship to recruit its
entire personnel from the state after
which it is named.
The displacement of the dread
naught is 32,500 tons, and the equip
ment includes club room, library, spa
cious baths, motion picture apparatus,
print shop with linotype machine, elec
trial control, and many other new de
vices.
INTERNATIONAL
BOUNDARY TO
BE SURVEYED
VANCOUVER, B. C., June 3 (by As
sociated Press).—J. D. Craig, Cana
dian government engineer, is here en
route to Prince Rupert, where he will
outfit a party to define and mark clear
ly the international boundary near the
head of the Portland canal. He orig
inally marked the boundary from the
canal to the Arctic circle.
A party of United States surveyors
will work south from the Unak river.
The survey is considered essential
now because of the rush following the
opening of the silver mines around
Stewart and Hyder. A strip of neu
tral ground sixt:*- feet wide on each
side of the boundaray line will be pre
served unless title already has passed
out of the hands of the respective gov
ernments.
LIQUOR SEIZED
IN HILO RAID
HILO, Island of Hawaii, June 3 (by
Associated Press).—Six suspects were
arrested here and 100 gallons of
okolehao, a native liquor, seized, to
gether with a 300-gallon capacity still,
in what is said by federal officials to
be the most important liquor raid on
the island since national prohibition
went into effect. The two principal
prisoners were K. Matsumura and
Matsuno Tokosuboro.
MILLION DOLLAR
FIRE IN KANSAS
GREELEY, Kan., June 3 (by Associ
ated Press).—The Standard Oil pump
ing station, valued at more than a
million dollars, was destroyed here by
first last night.
RODGERS ASKS
PERMISSION TO
QUIT BUSINESS
SEATTLE, June 3 (by Associated
Press).—The David Rodgers Ship
building Company has petitioned the
supreme court for an order permitting
it to disincorporate and dissolve. The
company recently abandoned the Skin
ner & Eddy Yard No. 2 here to the
shipping board, after having made ex
tensive preparations to resume ship
building here on a large scale. Rod
gers had contracts for ships involv
ing $45,000,000, but said he could not
get financial backing from local banks
and was forced to cancel the contracts.
COMMERCE COMMISSION
MAY INVOKE PENAL ACT
TO RELIEVE CONGESTION
WASHINGTON, June 3 (by Associ
ated Press). — The interstate com
merce commission has issued a warn
ing that the penal provisions of the
interstate commerce act will be in
voked unless railroads comply with
orders issued by the commission to
relieve freight congestion.
BRITISH FLAG BURNING
TO BE INVESTIGATED
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WASHINGTON, June 3 (by Associ
ated Press).—The state department
today asked the District of Columbia
commissioners for a statement of
facts concerning the burning of a Brit
ish flag yesterday in front of the
treasury building by women sympa
thizers of Irish freedom.
The department said no protest had
i been made by the British embassy
| against the desecration of the dag. *
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KILBANE IS BESTED
IN EIGHT ROUND GO
PHILADELPHIA, June 3 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Andy Chaney of Bal
timore outfought Johnnie Kilbane here
last night in an eight-round contest.
Jack Britton defeated Joe Borrell of
Philadelphia.
VILLA ATTACKS PARAL
BUT IS DRIVEN BACK
WASHINGTON, June 3 (by Associ
ated Press).—The state department
was informed today that Villa at
I tacked Baral on Wednesday. The gar
rison repulsed the attack with heavy
losses to the Villistas.
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POLITICAL SPEAKERS
| EGGED IN KANSAS
TOPEKA, Kan., June 3 (by Associ
ated Press).—Non-Partisan League
speakers reported to the attorney gen
eral today that they had been egged
in Western Kansas towns and refused
permission to hold scheduled meet
ings. The complaint was referred to
local peace officers.
AMENDMENT IS
NOT RATIFIED
DOVER, Del., June 3 (by Associated
Press).—The Delaware legislature ad
journed sine die without ratifying the
suffrage amendment.