Cordova Daily Times
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GERMAN REDS IN RUHR VALLEY
WANT TO SIGN ARMISTICE WITH
FORCES OF PRESIDENT EBERT
LrONDON, March 30 (by Associated;
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Press).—The German “reds” fighting
in the Ruhr valley have requested an
armistice as the result of the reverses
suffered last Saturday, when the Ebert
f<^ces annihilated one “red” com
pany.
aK IES MAY INTERVENE
ESSEN. Maroh 30 (by Associated
Press).—The allies may occupy the
Ruhr valley, and may mediate between
the Communists and ,the government
for the restoration of peace in Ger
many.
The “reds” have invited the allies
to occupy the Ruhr valley in order to
save the members of the “red” army
from the Ebert forces.
The Ebert government promises to
“sweep the radicals from the army
with an iron broom.” No quarter is
to be shown to German soldiers who
participated in the revolution.
FRANCE USING CAUTION
PARIS, March 30 (by Associated
Press).—Germany has assured the al
lies that she will not send into the
Ruhr valley more regular troops than
are -allowed by the treaty of peace.
Premier Millerand states that if
Germany violates the terms of the
treaty France will occupy part of the
neutral zone whether the allies agree
to that step or not.
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CONFESSES TO
FORGING CHECK
IN THIS CITY
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WASHINGTON, March 29 (hy Asso
ciated Press).—Dr. Robert Forbes,
also known as Carl C. Fischer and
Robert Johnston, who was arrested in
Utah by government secret service
agents, is reported to have confessed
to the theft of a sheet of blank gov
from the United States land office at
Juneau, and that he cashed a forged
$2,000 check before leaving Cordova.
He then attempted the role of gov
ernment assayer, and hid in the moun
tains, leaving a trail of forged checks
in various camps.
Fischer has served at least two
prison sentences.
DANISH KING
IS DEFIED BY
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COPENHAGEN, March 30 (by Asso
ciated Press).—King Christian has re
fused to comply with the demand of
the Social Democrats that he reinstate
the ^cabinet.
Crowds remained in the public
squares throughout the night, demand
ing a republic. There were slight dis
turbances.
The Socialists and Unionists told
the king that a general strike would
be called if the cabinet were not re
instated and if parliament were not
called to pass more democratic laws.
NEWBERRYAT
, CAPITAL BUT
* NOT ON JOB
WASHINGTON, March 30 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Senator Truman H.
Newberry of Michigan, recently con
victed of election frauds at Grand
Rapids and sentenced to a term in the
penitentiary, arrived here yesterday.
Contrary to his announced intention
of resuming his seat in the senate im
mediately, he has decided not to re
tame his seat until “matters growing
out of the Michigan conspiracy cases
are eleared up.*'
SPOKANE WAS
BADLYBUMPED
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SEATTLE, March*30 (by Associated
Press).—Repairs costing $40,000 have
begun on the liner Spokane, which was
damaged by striking bottom in Wran
gell narrows recently.
Nineteen plates must be replaced
as a result of the accident. It is be
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lieved that only her double bottom
prevented the ship from going down.
FISH QUOTATIONS
KETCHIKAN, March 30.—Prices for
fish yesterday were: Halibut, firsts,
10%c; seconds, 6V2.
FRISCO JUDGES
AND ATTORNEY
ARE INDICTED
SAN FRANCISCO, March 30 (by As
sociated Press).—The grand jury to
day indicted Police Judge Morris Op
penheim, Peter McDonough, a bail
bond broker, and Attorney Vincent,
charged with obstructing the operation
of the laws.
The charge resulted from Oppen
heim’s dismissal of a murder case.
Police Judge John Sullivan was in
dicted recently, charged with accept
ing a bribe.
JITNEYS CUT
EARNINGS OF
CAR SYSTEM
SEATTLE, March 30 (by Associated
Press).—Mayor Caldwell has asked
the city council to place more strin
gent regulation upon the jitneys, in
in order to reduce the deficit of the
municipal street car system.
The mayor says the jitney lines
have obtained a revenue of more than
a million dollars yearty, and he asserts
that regulation would add more than
two hundred thoosand dollars to the
revenue of the street car service.
TWO CANADIAN SHIPS
ARE IN COLLISION jm
ONE IS ON BEACH
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., March 30
(by Associated Press).—The steam
ships Prince John and Prince Albert
of the Canadian Pacific line collided
last night oft' Dead Tree poiat, Grahajn
island. The Prince John was beached
and the Prince Albert took the pas
sengers of the disabled ship.
DEPORTED MEN
AS PREVENTIVE
OF BLOODSHED
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TOMBSTONE, Ariz., March 30 (by
Associated Press).—In the trial of the
kidnaping case here yesterday Sheriff
Harry Wheeler of-Cochise county, tes
tifying regarding depredations in 1917,
said he deported the striking copper
miners because he desired to prevent
bloodshed. He said he thought men,
women and children might be killed
if the strikers were allowed to remain.
He Tepeated some of the expressions
he said he had heard from agitators.
The,y were unprintable.
BANK TELLER IS
ARRESTED FOR
EMBEZZLEMENT
SEATTLE, March 30 (by Associated
Press,)*—R. J. Hennessey, former teller
of the Bank of California in this city,
was arrested today on a charge of
embezzling $7,000 from the bank.
Bail was fixed in the sum of $5,000.
Officials of the bank said that much
of the money had been returned.
ESTIMATES OF
LOSSES FROM
SUNDAYSTORM
CHICAGO, March 30 (by Associated
Press).—Estimates of the results of
Sunday’s tornado give the number of
persons killed at 158. Of these Indi
ana lost 36; Illinois, 27; Georgia, 37;
Ohio, 26; Michigan, 12; Alabama, 17;
Missouri, 1; Wisconsin, 1.
The estimated property loss in Illi
nois is $6,000,000; in Western Ohio,
$2,000,000; in Michigan, $2,000,000; in
Georgia, $1,000,000. The property loss
in Chicago alone was $2,884,000.
State troops and the Red Cross are
aiding the victims of the storm, and
many refugees are living in tents.
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SAYS PEOPLE MUST
DECIDE BY BALLOT ON
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
NEW YORK, March 30 (by Associ
ated Press).—In an address delivered
here last night Senator Johnson of Cal
ifornia said the League of Nations
must become a presidential issue and
continue as such until the American
people themselves have decided it. 1
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AIR MAIL ROUTE IS
PROVIDED FOR IN
APPROPRITION BILL
- WASHINGTON, March 30 (by As
sociated Press).—The senate yester
day adopted a committee amendment I
to the postoffice appropriation bill
providing for a transcontinental air
mail route between New York and San
Francisco, via Chicago and Omaha,
j Later the bill was passed and now
goes to conference.
MATY
TED WITH
RESERVATIONS
WASHINGTON, March 30 (by Asso-i
ciated Press).—A committee which in
ft
eludes President Lowell of Harvard
University, former Attorney General
Wickersham and others has appealed
to President Wilson to accept the
treaty of peace with the Lodge reser
vations attached, and to leave the dis
puted interpretations to a national
referendum. The committee will send
a shtiiiar appeal to the senate.
TWO BOLSHEVIK
ANNIHILATED
WARSAW, March 30 (by Associated
Press).—The Poles have inflicted se
vere losses on the Bolsheviki, two Bol
shevik regiments having been annihi
lated.
Two armored trains fought a battle
two hundred feet apart. The Polish
train won.
LEEHEYAFTER
BIG PACKERS
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WASHINGTON, March 30 (by As
sociated Press).—Maurice Leehey of
Seattle, counsel for the Alaska ship
ping board, testifying before the sen
ate committee on commerce -yester
day, said the big salmon packers were
responsible for the "threatened extinc
tion of the Alaska salmon.
Mr. Leehey declared that the big
packers^ through their ownership of
private boats, have a financial advan
tage over the smaller ones, who use
the regular lines, which are subject
to legal requirements not imposed
upon private lines.
Mr. Leehey said the big packers
were more desirous of record produc
tion than of safeguarding the supplies.
He spoke in favor of charging a ton
nage tax on all ships, including those
of the Alaska packers.
FORMER COMMANDER
OF G. A. R. IS DEAD
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn., March 30 (by
Associated Press).—Albert Beers,
commander-in-chlef of the G. A. R. in
1913, died here today, aged 75 years.
LONGSHOREMEN REFUSE TO
UNLOAD PORTLAND VESSEL
AND NON-UNION MEN DO WORK
PORTLAND; March 30 (by Associ
ated Press).—Non-union men yester
day began loading wheat on the steel
steamship Eelback, following the re
fusal of the Longshoremen’s Union to
load the vessel. The strike was con
fined to one ship.
FOR SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE
NEW YORK, March 30 (by Associ
ated Press).—The American Steam
ship Owners’ Association has asked
Secretary of Labor Wilson to aid in
settling the strike affecting twenty
thousand longshoremen on the Atlan
tic coast and on the Gulf of Mexico.
MINERS’ AGREEMENT
NEW YORK, March 30 (by Associ
ated Press).—The scale committees of
the bituminous miners and operators,
which have been in joint session here,
have agreed to make the provisions
of the award of the coal commission,
providing an increase of 27 per cent
in wages, effective April 1. The mines
will continue in operation until the
new agreement goes into effect.
NEW LAW IN OPERATION
TOPEKA, Ivan., March 30 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The first wage case
tried before the industrial court, pro
vided for under a recent act of the
Kansas legislature, resulted in a vic
tory for the workers.
The case was one in which the line
men of the Topeka Edison Company
applied for increased wages. They
were awarded an increase of 7)4 cents
per hour.
ALASKA MAN
DISAPPEARS
IN SEATTLE
TACOMA, Wash., March 30 by As
sociated Press).—The police through
out the Northwest have been asked to
search for Dorn Bartholf of Auburn,
Wash., who has been missing since
Thursday last.
Bartholf is interested with his
father and uncle in mines near An
chorage, Alaska.
The family fears foul play or suicide.
EXPULSION OF
SOCIALISTS IS
RECOMMENDED
ALBANY, N. Y„ March 30 (by Asso
ciated Press).—A majority report of
the judiciary committee of the lower
house of the general assembly in the
case of the five suspended Socialist
assemblymen was submitted today.
The report recommends the expul
sion of the Socialist members and
brands the Socialist party as “com
posed entirely of perpetual traitors.”
The minority report dissents from
the action of the majority.
The assembly will consider action
on the two reports tomorrow. Leader
of the Majority Alder and Assembly
man Theodore Roosevelt will speak
against the expulsion of the Social
ists.
Assemblyman Roosevelt says he
can not approve the expulsion of the
party’s entire representation in the
legislature. He said he acted as an
individual in the matter.
LOYAL AMERICANS
NOT ONES TO DESPISE
UNIFORM, SAYS WOOD
CALUMET, Mich., March 30 (by As
sociated Press).—In an address deliv
ered at Lake Linden last night Major
General Leonard Wood charged that
the intricate propaganda to break
down the friendship between the Unit
ed States and the allies already was
taking effect. He said the men who
despised the army uniform of the
United States were not Americans.
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EVADESDRAFT
ANDGETSTERM
OF FIVE YEARS
NEW York, March MO (by Associat
ed Perss).—-Grover Cleveland Berg
doll, a wealthy Philadelphian, was
convicted here today of evading the
draft, and was sentenced to five years'
imprisonment.
Bergdoll will serve his term at hard
labor at the military prison at Gov
ernor’s Island. He will lose his citi
zenship and all army pay.
CLERGYMAN IS
SENTENCED FOR
SYNDICALISM
OAKLAND, Cal., March 30 (by As
sociated Press).—John W. Weiler, a
former clergyman, was sentenced to
day to serve an indeterminate prison
term of from one to fourteen years for
criminal syndicalism.
Weiler organized the Communist
Labor party here last November.
DEPORTATIONCHARGES
AGAINST MARTENS ARE
SURE TO BE SUSTAINED
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WASHINGTON, March 30 (by As
sociated Press).—C. A. K. Martens,
the Bolshevik “ambassador” to the
United States, has been ordered to ap
pear tomorrow to face deportation
charges.
The department of justice claims to
have given the immigration officials
a perfect deportation case against
Martens.
hooveTrefOsesto
ALLOW USE OF NAME
AT OREGON PRIMARY
PORTLAND, March 30 (by Associ
ated Press).—Herbert Hoover has
telegraphed to former Governor Os
wald West refusing to allow his name
to be used on the Oregon presidential
primary ballot.