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VOL. IV. NO. 93 CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1919 PRICE TEN CENTS
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if. gation in Paris says greater >f
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CAPT. BOWDEYCOMING
NFRTH ON SATURN
WASHINGTON, March 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—It is announced that
Captain George Bowdey, commander
of the Alaska radio expedition, is on
board the United States steamship
Saturn.
Legislature Plans on Running Four Ships !
Between the Stated and Alaskan Ports:
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JUNEAU, March 26 (Special to the Daily mission to be appointed by the governor, the mem
Times).—Governor Riggs today sent a special mes- bers of which shalLhave had not less than ten years’
sage to the legislature urging that the territory enter experience, at a salary of $10,000 yearly,
the steamship business, and place not to exceed The bill provides that one vessel must run to
four steamships on the run between Alaska and the Nonfce, one to Southwestern Alaska, that may call
States. at Southeastern Alaska ports, and two to South
The message takes well with the members of eastern Alaska, but which may call at Southwestern
the legislature. Senator Price has introduced a bill P°r*j**
making the plans effective. The bill provides for ft is freely predicted that the bill will pass. The
the creation of a shipping board, to consist of the plaii contemplates the chartering of government
governor and attorney general, and a shipping com- shipjB.
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Change of Mind *
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t sociated Press).—“I take a sol- (f
l emn oath that the government ♦
t will not surrender one inch of ¥
f- German territory, either on the V
£ east or west,” said Dr. Schief- >f
(• fer, the finance minister, in ad
(• dressing a great crowd in front >{•
of the chancellor’s palace on
(• Sunday last. )(■
EIGHTY-FOUR AMERICAN
BATTLESHIPS ON TAGUS
LISBON, March 26 (by Associated
Press).—An American squadron of
;hirty-nine warships yesterday an
chored in the Tagus, making a total
if eighty-four American naval vessels
low in the river.
AMERICAN MEMBERS OF ALLIED
MISSION IN BUDAPEST MAKE
THEIR ESCAPEFROM HUNGARY
WASHINGTON, March 20 (by Associated Press).—The
state department announces that Professor Philip Brown and
Captain Nicholas Roosevelt, American members of the inter
allied mission in Budapest, have succeeded in leaving Hungary
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Fate of the French Members
BERNE, March 26 (by Associated Press).—Colonel Vix,
head of the French mission to Budapest, has been wounded and
captured by the Hungarians. It js reported that Major Free
man of the French army escaped from the Hungarian capital.
Martial Law in Czecho-Slovakia
COPENHAGEN, March 26 (by Associated Press).—It is
reported that martial law has been proclaimed throughout
Czecho-Slovakia, as the result of the events in Hungary.
Radical Nobleman May Have Been Victim
BERNE, March 26 (by Associated Press).—An uncon
firmed rumor current here states that former Premier Karolyi
of Hungary has been assassinated.
Soviet System for Germans
BERLIN, March 26 (by Associated Press).—The German
government has determined to subm it to the national assem
ble a proposal for the incorporation of the soviet system in the
constitution. The effect of the measure, would be to establish
/ a three-chamber legislative system.
FRENCH TROOPS ARE IN DANGER
LONDON, March 2(5 (by Associated Press)/—'Winston
Churchill, secretary of state for war, discussing the Russian
situation in the house of commons last night, said that during
j the last twcr-m- three months events in the Ukraine have been
f extremelv disastrous for the French, who entered Russia fiom
the south and went some distance from the coast, where they
met superior forces and encountered hostility from the people.
The French and British, said Churchill, were defending
Odessa against Bolshevik attacks, and the Bolsheviki were
threatening to invade Rumania.
MUST STjUIP OUT BOLSHEVIKISM
LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 26 (by Associated Press).—
Isaac Marcosson, a war correspondent, speaking here today,
recited as an instance of the activity-of the I. W. W. in this
j country that his life had been threatened twenty-mne times
during the past three months, in an interview here today.
He had incurred the'animosity of thfe I. W. W., he said,
because of his warnings to Western cities against this menace.
He characterized the I. W. W. a* “the German Bolsheviki
and said he was in Petrograd when Lemne first launched Bol
I uhevism with German gold. , , ' .
k He gave warning that if America follows Kerensky’s policy
of trying to placate “these vipers’’ we will have Bolshevism
here in a most surprising fashion.
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HO THOUSAND
HONESSACKED
BY INSURGENTS
| CAIRO, March 26 (by Associated
Press).—Officials during the recenl
disorders estimated that two thousand
houses in various villages had beer
sacked, and Innumerable soldiers and
cl'.illan^kllled^ ^ 1]^||[||t||1
out Egypt.
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HISTORIC FLAG FOR
MOST PATRIOTIC STATE
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WASHINGTON, March 26 (by Asso
dated Press).—The state attaining
the largest over-subscription to the
forthcoming Victory loan will be
awarded an American flag which hat
floated over the capitol dome on a
number of historic occasions since the
United States entered the war.
COPPER HELD
! bV government
IS TO JE SOLD
WASHINGTON, March 26 (by As
sociated Press).—The United Metals
Selling Company has been formed by
Droducers to sell one hundred million
^^per held by the government
prices. Allowance is to be
»e compa»Ma> aatlfltf
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BOILERMKERS’ UNION
OPPOSES TIME CHANGE
PORTLAND, March 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Portland Boiler
makers’ Union has voted to go to work
at the regular time, disregarding the
turning forward of the clocks on
March 30. Members of the union said
they believed the time change would
benefit the street car company, and
so they were against it.
SEATTLE NEWSPAPER GIVES PUBLICITY TO
STORY ALREADY EXPLOITED BY DAILY TIMES
James Wickersham’s sensational letter to Secretary
of the Interior Lane in reference to the Alaska railroad
project, a resume of which was presented to Daily Times
readers last Saturday, evidently has been made public
at Washington, as the following Associated Press dis
patch received today by this paper shows:
“Seattle, March 26.—A Washington special to the
Post-Iptelligencer today says that James Wickersham
has sent to Secretary Lane a voluminous letter virtually
demanding Lane’s withdrawal from the management of
the Alaska railroad. It declares that Lane’s administra
tion has been a failure through incompetence and petty
political partisanship, and charges waste and misuse of
funds, the levying of unjust rates on completed portions
of the line, and also charges that Secretary Lane assisted
the Guggenheims in imposing unreasonable charges
against Alaska shippers.
“The letter also charges that Governor Thomas
Riggs, Jr., who was a member of the commission in
charge of construction work, was not a railroad man,
and that his appointment was made on account of social
and political reasons.
“The first installment of the Wickersham letter oc
cupies four columns in the Post-Intelligencer. It states
t.h%t. elaborate terminals were completed at Nenana, but
that only three miles of main line were built from the
Nenana in four years, part of the line having to be
abandoned on account of floods."
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GERMAN WANTS CONFERENCE
TO FOLLOW WILSONS PEACE
TERMS IN TREATY PROGRAM
PARIS, March 26 (by Associated Press).—Marshal Focli
yesterday called at the headquarters of the Italian delegation
in connection with possible military measures in view of the
Hungarian situation. M. Bratiano, the Rumanian premier,
sa«jLBolskevism might soon extend to Serbia, because of the
cldW1 'fMCial lretatiOmUlip' between
to Slovenia and Croatia, on account of Hungary.
Important Meeting in Progress Today
President Wilson and Premiers Lloyd George, Clemenceau
and Orlando are meeting today in President Wilson’s study in
the “Paris Whittf House,” to clear up great questions which
are obstructing the completion of the peace treaty. Differences
of opinion are being freely and frankly discussed, involving
German reparations and the Hungarian upheaval.
The meeting of the league of nations commission sched
uled for 3 o’clock this afternoon has been postponed until tips
evening, in order to allow President Wilson and Premiers Lloyd
George, Clemenceau and Orlando to hold an uninterrupted sit
ting in an effort to expedite the framing of the peace treaty.
Bernstorff Makes a Veiled Threat
Count Von Bernstorff, former German ambassador to the
United States, and now a member of the German republican
government, told a representative of Le Temps that Germany
was determined to stick closely to the Wilson program in mak
ing peace. He said the armistice was signed after all the bel
ligerents had accepted President Wilson’s program. He, said
further that he believed Bolshevism would gain immensely if
Germany refused to sign a peace treaty. He said he hoped the
league of nations would be formed and that common cause
would be made against Bolshevism.
RUSSIAN OFFICERS’ EARS CUT OFF
AND HANDS NAILfD TO SHOULDER
BLADES BY BOLSHEVIK FIENDS
WITH THE ALLIES IN NORTH RUSSIA, March 26 (by
Associated Press).—The Bolsheviki are intrenching and rein
forcing both their\nfantry and artillery at Bolshoia and Ozera
against an expected attack of the allies.
Yesterday the Americans and British attacked from the
west side of these positions, but were unable to make head
way because of the strong Bolshevik defense. Other sectors
are quiet, but developments are expected.
Barbarities Perpetrated by Bolsheviki
VLADIVOSTOK, March 26 (by Associated Press).—As
the result of the finding of the bodies of two Russian officers
in the First river, near here, with the ears cut off and the hands
nailed to the shoulder blades, orders have been issued to both
olficers and men not to go out after dark unless in pairs and
armed.
The political situation here is increasingly disturbing.