The Cordova Daily Times
VOL. 5, NO. 198_' CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1920 PR1CETEN CENTS
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 23 (by Associated Press).—Airplanes flying over Adrianople today report that the city is burning, Greeks are also re
ported to have advanced east to Seidlar and Lula Burgas, fifty miles southeast of Constantinople and are encountering virtually no opposition. The
Grand Vizier has urged the commander of the Nationalists to surrender and prevent further bloodshed.
.RESOLUTE WINS RACE TODAY
AND IS NOW TIED UP WITH
SHAMROCK FOR PRIZE CUP
Sr
SANDY HOOK, July 23
(Flash by Associated Press).—
'The Resolute wins.
SANDY HOOK, July 23 (by
Associated Press).—The Reso
lute won the fourth cup race,
and the yachts are now even,
two races to two. The^commit
tee announced the next race
will be sailed tomorrow.
The Resolute finished at
4:39:25, and the Shamrock at
4:43:06.
The race was a sensatonal
one. In the last leg the yachts
ran into a squall and were
smothered in spray and had to
take in topsails.
* Three miles from the finish
the Shamrock passed the Reso
lue, but the defender immedi
ately broke out a ballooner and
sped by the challenger, in
creasing the lead to the finish,
Seating the Shamrock boat for
boat in time.
SANDY HOOK, July 23 (by
Associated Press).—A delayed
start featured the fourth race
for the America’s cup today.
With a three-knot breeze, the
signal was hoisted for the start
at 12:30. The race is over a
triangular course.
As a result of new sails, the
Shamrock allows the resolute
6 minutes and 40 seconds today.
Tb* Resolute crossed the starting
line, at 1:01:33 and the Shamrock at
p, 1:01:56.
At 1:11 the Resolute was a quarter’
of a mile ahead, gaining constantly
in the beat to windward.
The Resolute turned the first mark
at 2:34:47, and the Shamrock at
2:36:58, more than a quarter of a mile
behind.
REPORTS BY PHOTO-TELEGRAPH
LONDON, July 23 (by Associated
Press).—The Daily Mirron prints pic
tures of the yacht races off Sandy
Hook, transmitted by photo-telegraph.
The newspaper admits they are imper
fect and not wholly accurate, but are
nevertheless a wonderful scientific
achievement.
THREE MIDDLE STATES
LEAD IN DEPOSITS
WASHINGTON, July 23 (by Asso
ciated Press). — Wyoming, Montana
and Idaho led all other states on
May 4 in number of bank depositors
per thousand of population, with 394,
349 and 293. California had 248,
Alaska 30, and Hawaii 24. The aver
age of all states was 190.
JAVA SUGAR EXPORTED
TO THE UNITED STATES
TOKIO, July 23 (by Associated
Press).—Owing to scarcity of sugar in
America, large quantities of Formosan
and Java crops are being exported to
the United States by the Japanese re
fining concerns. During the past few
months 40,000 tons of Java sugar has
been sold to foreign merchants and a
further supply of nearly 60,000 tons of
Formosan and Java sugar has been
contracted for by the American mer
chants. The goods are to be deliv
ered at New York, Seattle, San Fran
cisco and other ports.
ARMISTICE PROPOSAL MADE
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WARSAW, July 23 (by Associated
Press.)—Poland has sent an armistice
proposal direct to the Soviet govern
ment at Moscow.
* A new Polish coalition cabinet under
the premiership of M. Witos has been
• formed, which has the support of the
Socialists.
The menace to Warsaw is becoming
serous through the defeat of the
Polish left wing.
The Bolsheviki have captured Dubno
and Sloim.
PLANNED POLISH ANNIHILATION
WARSAW, July 23 (by Associated
Press).—Plans of the Soviets for con
trolling the Polish population were
made more than a month ago, accord
ing to Russian papers dated June 11
which reached here today. The offi
cial organ of the Moscow Soviets said:
“It is absolutely necessary to under
take the most ruthless struggle against
the entire Polish population and take
measures for its complete extermina
tion as a nation.”
Party workers were instructed to
inaugurate a reign of terror among
* the propertied peasants and to work
out a plan for settling Russian and
Lithuanian peasants on Polish soil.
POLES ASK U. S. MORAL SUPPORT
WASHINGTON, July 23 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Polish govern
ment has asked the state department
to formally announce to the world the
“moral support” of the United States
to Poland in its battle with the Bol
sheviki. The suggestion is also made
tha,t a similar expression from Presi
dent Wilson will be welcomed, and
will do much to stiffen the morale of
the Polish people.
ALASKA AIR FLYERS
AT ST. PAUL TODAY
ST. PAUL, July 23 (by Associated
Press).—After an hour’s flight, all four
of the Alaska air flyers arrived here
ta 7:30 last evening from Winona.
They will remain at Curtiss field until
minor repairs are made. The route
was changed under orders from the
war department to include St. Paul.
Leaving St. Paul, the next stop will
be at Fargo, N. D.
YANK TRAPSHOOTERS
WIN OLYMPIC MATCH
ANTWERP, July 23 (by Associated
Press).—The Amercian team won the
final Olympic team trapshooting event
with 547 out of a possible 600. Bel-i
i
gium was second with 503; Sweden.
500; Great Britain, 488; Canada, 474. (
Frank Troeh of Vancouver, Wash.,)
led with 94. He shot the last 30 tar
gets with a severely cut trigger finger. ■
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ARCH BANDIT VILLA
HAS BEEN SURROUNDED
MEXICO CITY, July 23 (by Associ
ated Press).—An official statement to
day says Villa is trying to surrender
but the government will not negotiate
with him. More than 8,000 federal
troops are opposing Villa in Chihua
hua. All his supply bases have been
taken by the federal, the statement
says, and the bandit is surrounded.
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PARTS. July 23 (by Associated j
Press).—William K. Vanderbilt died;
here last night of heart disease, at
the age of 70 years. He was the old
est surviving member of the Vander
bilt family.
William Kissam Vanderbilt, son of
William H., and grandson of Commo-i
dore Vanderbilt, one of the most!
prominent railroad executives, finan
ciers and sportsmen in the United
States, passed much of his time in
recent years abroad. The Duke of
Marlborough married his only daugh
ter, Consuelo, in 1895.
Mr. Vanderbilt was long a patron of
the French turf, of yachting and of
automobile racing in the United
States. He was the doner of the “Van
derbilt cup” for which motor speed
kings contested a decade or more ago;
on Dong Island. He owned a racing |
stable at Poissy, France, which he aug
mented greatly in 1912 by purchasing
i
a number of horses from James R.
Keene. Notable among his string of
derby and and grand prix winners
were Maintenon, His Prestige, North
easst, Negofol and Gibelin. Besides
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MACHINE GU
ARE TURN
ON RIOTERS
BELFAST, July 23 (by Associated
Press).—Ten people were killed here
in last night’s hostilities. Soldiers
used machine guns against the rioters.
Sinn Feiners sniped soldiers and police
from a monastery, to which Sinn Fein
Scouts on bicycles furnished reinforce
ments.
Three Unionists were shot dead by
Sinn Fein snipers.
It is estimated that at least one hun
dred were wounded in the night’s
fighting.
Early this morning the shooting was
resumed.
RAIDERS SEIZE AMMUNITION
CORK, July 23 (by Associated
Press).—Armed raiders entered the
coast guard station near Kinsale last
night, killed one sailor and escaped
with rifles and ammunition.
Two young men were shot to death
near Mitchellstown, county Cork, in an
encounter with soldiers.
WANT MORE DEFINITE
ACTION PART HARDING
MARION, O., July 23 (by Associated
Press).—Representatives of the Na
\
tional Women’s party who called on
Senator Harding said today they were
dissatisfied with his reply and would
continue their demands that he take
more direction action to secure suf
frage ratification.
CHICAGO, July 23 (by Associated
Press).—Acceptance under protest of
the labor board’s award was decided
on at an executive conference of all
the recognized railroad union except
the Brotherhood of Railway Teleg
raphers.
The organizations decided on accept
ance of the award so as to get the
back pay dune under its provisions.
Leaders said the unions will present
a new request for further increases.
Tiipothy Shea, head of the engine
men, announced that the telegraphers
would refer the award to the member
ship for a referendum with a strike
proposition attached. The telegraph
ers issued a statement today saying;
they had been unjustly discriminated
against.
UNION HEADS LEAVE CHICAGO
CHICAGO, July 23 (by Associated
Press).—The railway union executives
left Chicago this afternoon. It is esti
mated that tabulated returns on the
referendum by the unions of the labor
board’s award will not be made before
September 1, when all government
control of railroads ends.
SUCCESSFUL
ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, Tulv 23
(by Associated Press).—The'Marconi
Company, which has been conducting
experiments with wireless telephones,
announced today it heard a message
from Chelmsford station, near London,
over 2,000 miles distant. The receiver
of the message recognize^ the voice of
Captain Round and identified several
words, but was unable to pick up the
connected sentence.
Twenty years ago Marconi received
the first trans-Atlantic wireless mes
sage from the Signal Hill station here.
FEW FOR CORDOVA"
ON STEAMER ALAMEDA
SEATTLE, July 23 (by Associated
Press).—The Alameda sailed Thurs
day morning for Alaska, carrying 194
passengers. Those for Cordova in
clude T. J. Donohoe, H. Kassler, Ruth
Whitmore, Mrs. H. Bradwell, H. Olson,
A. C, Dunseth, Katherine Janers, and
twenty-seven steerage.
The Alameda carried fifty-five tons
of structural steel for the Susitna
bridge and 150 tons of supplies for the
government railroad.
The freighter Cordova is loading a
cargo of steel, locomotive, crane, snow
plow, hoisting engine and railway lum
ber for the government road.
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ALASKA’S GREATEST NEED IS
GOVERNMENT
OF
SEATTLE, July 23 (by Associated Press).—“The primary
need, and the one most essential to the real development of
Alaska, is steamship transportation to take people in and
bring products out. This, supplementing the railroad, will
solve the problem,” declared Secretary of the Interior Payne
•when he and Secretary of the Navy Daniels and their party
arrived here today on their return from a visit to the northern
territory. “Too many thing have been reserved,” he added.
“What Alaska needs is more men and women and less govern
mental regulations.”
“Opening of a vast territory is assured through the gov
ernment railroad, especially to agriculture, mining and fish
ing,” Secretary Daniels said.
Both were enthusiastic over the possibilities for develop
ment in the territory. Their visit to the coal fields satisfied
them as to the quality of the coal, and they are ready to push
work for further development.
Secretary Payne predicted that the shipping board will
establish a great station in the Aleutians islands for the coaling
of Pacific commercial vessels.
Both secretaries praised the Alaskan people, said they
were working under difficulties, and promised to do everything
possible to assist in development.
Construction of a large washing plant at Sutton to wash
mined coal for commercial, railroad and commercial consump
tion, and the erection of suitable houses for miners at Chick
aloon, were among the Alaskan development features outlined
by Secretaries Payne and Daniels at the noon luncheon today
of the Seattle Commercial Club.
Both spoke enthusiastically of the ten-course dinner at
Anchorage at which Alaska products predominated.
Secretary Payne said they had gathered extensive data
on the proposed coaling station on the Aleutian islands to
supply merchant vessels en route from Seattle to the Orient.
He spoke* highly of the Chickaloon coal, and said the Eska
mine at Matanuska is producng a good bituminous grade and
that anthracite coal was also found in two undeveloped fields.
Secretary Payne expressed the belief that the shipping
board very probably will take favorable action on all Alaskan
recommendations.
LINCOLN, Neb., July 23 (by
Associated Press).Ohio got its
third presidential candidate
when the Prohibitionists nom
inted Aaron S. Watkins of Ger
mantown as their standard
bearer, after learning from W.
J. Bryan that he positively
would not accept the nomina
tion.
S. S. Colvin, the New York
author, was named for vice
president, after which the con
vention adjourned.
Watkins is professor literature at
the Germantown Military Academy.
He was born in Ohio and for seventeen
years was a Methodist minister. He
ran on the prohibition ticket for gov
ernor of Ohio in 1905 and 1908, and
was the vice presidential nominee of
the Prohibitionists in 1908 and 1912.
CAN’T DESERT DEMOCRATS
BOZEMAN, Mont., July 23 (by As
sociated Press).—William J. Bryan an
nounced positively in a telegram to
the Prohibition convention from here
yesterday that he would not accept
the nomination of that party for the
presidency. While profoundly appre
ciating the hcmor, he said his connec
tion with other reforms would make
it impossible to focus his attention to
prohibition alone. He said he was not
willing to sever his connection with
the Democratic jaarty, which has “so
signally honored me in the past.”
WILL NOT ENDORSE NOMINEE
WASHINGTON, July 23 (by Asso
ciated Press). — The Anti-Saloon
League will not endorse any presiden
tial candidate, but has ordered a com
pilation of facts concerning the prohi
bition record and present stand of
each candidate, which will be made
public, the executive committee an
nounced today.
SCHOONER FOUNDERS
AND 17 LIVES LOST
SAN DIEGO, July 23 (by Associated
Press).—The Mexican power schooner
Jacris Conde foundered recently of?
Mazatlan with the loss of forty-two
lives, according to word brought here
today by the motorship Jeanette R.