Cordova Daily Times
_(Member of Associated Press )____ ____
VOL. V. NO. 91 ~ ~ CORDOVA, ALASKA. TrTdAY. MARCH 19, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS
SYMPATHY FOR IRISH “REPUBLIC” INJECTED INTO PEACE TREATY
FIGHTING CONTINUES IN MANY
PARTS OF GERMANY-REPORTED
THAT NOSKE HAS RESIGNED
BERLIN, March 19 (bv Associated
Press).—The Ebert government is
now in control in Berlin, and the regu
lar tr &»ps are guarding the streets
»nd the wire entanglements and barri- j
cades have been torn down. j
The Baltic troops, when leaving the
city, fired on a crowd, wounding more
than a score persons.
The situation has precipitated par
liamentary chaos. The coalition par
ties are expected to form a new cabi
net.
A bitter fight is expected over am
nesty to prisoners. Popular feeling
demands their punishment.
The censorship established by Kapp
has been lifted, and the British charge
d’affaires has published a denial of
the report that the allies supported
Kapp.
The Independent committee, in a
manifesto, says that the military dic
tatorship persists, and says that con
ditions are unbearable.
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BOMB OUTRAGE
A bomb was exploded outside the
British embassy today. Several per
sons were killed.
NOSKE SAID TO HAVE RESIGNED
LONDON, March 19 (by Associated
Press).—Hundreds have been killed in
the German mining districts in clashes
between workers and troops. Fighting
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is in progress, in many parts of Ger
many.
Chancellor Bauer of the Ebert gov
ernment declares that Kapp desired
to prepare for a war of revenge against
the allies.
A dispatch from Stuttgart says that
Noske has resigned.
DEMANDS OF LABOR
AMSTERDAM, March 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Holland News Bu
reau says the general committee of
the labor unions has demanded the
resignation of Noske; that there shall
be no amnesty for offenders in the
recent conspiracy to overthrow the
government; the punishment of all
guilty of high treason; the withdrawal
of all troops from Berlin, and the rec
ognition of the right of the labor
unions to take part in the formation of
a new government.
HEAVY FIGHTING
COPENHAGEN, March 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Heavy fighting is re
ported at Leipsiz, and serious disturb
ances have occurred at Nuremburg,
Rhenish Westphalia, where twenty
persons were killed in an attack on
the railway station.
LEGISLATOURES TO CONVENE
COBLENZ, March 19 (by Associated
Press).—The Ebert government will
return to Berlin tomorrow, and the j
national assembly and the Prussian
diet will meet in Berlin Sunday.
BUT 01 STATE
IS NEEDED FOR
. SUFFRAGE ACT
OLYMPIA, Wash., March 19 (by As
sfbciated Press).—Washington’s ratifi
cation of the woman suffrage amend
ment to the federal constitution pos
sibly will be the deciding vote. Rati
fication by thirty-six states is neces
sary to give the franchise to women,
and thirty-four states already have
ratified the amendment. Delaware’s
legislature meets on Monday next, and
it is expected that Delaware will pass
a resolution of ratification before
Washington does so, on account of
the difference in time.
SOLDIERS IN
SERVICE TO
•, GET BONDS
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OLYMPIA, Wash., March 19 (by As
sociated Press).—The soldiers’ bonus
bill has been prepared for presenta
tion to the special session of the legis
lature, which convenes on Monday
next.
The measure provides for a bond
issue of $11,000,000 to pay to Washing
ton soldiers and sailors $15 per month
for every month they were in the
service.
Conscientious objectors and dishon
orably discharged men are not to par
ticipate in the benefits of the proposed
(a law.
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TWO FACTIONS I
OF REPUBLICANS
IN MINNESOTA
MINNEAPOLIS, March 19 (by As
sociated Press).—The Republican con
vention of the Thirteenth congres
sional district, after a turbulent fac- '
tional fight today, broke up into two
(conventions. One faction, which fa
vors Senator Johnson for President,
elected Congressman Thomas Schall
and L. M. M. Thum as uninstructed
delegates to the national convention.
The other faction, which supported
(the presidential candidacy of General
Leonard Wood, has formed a separate
temporary organization.
MURDERTHEORY
ADVANCED IN
FORESTER CASE
SEATTLE, March 19 (by Associated
Press).—The police of this city ire
investigating the death of Melville
Forester, a wealthy liveryman, whose
body was found on the beach with the
(wrists and throat cut. A bloody knife
was found a hundred feet away, and
Ian automobile was found hanging over
fc cliff above where the body was
lying.
At first it was thought to be a case
•of suicide, but later the murder theory
jwas considered. 1
RATIFICATION OF TREATY WITH
RESERVATIONS LACKED SEVEN
VOTES OF TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY!
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WASHINGTON, March 19 (by Associated
Press).—The treaty of peace with Germany was
defeated in the senate this afternoon, the resolution
for its ratification, with the Republican reservations 1
attached, having failed to receive the necessary two
thirds majority.
The vote was 49 for ratification and 35 against.
JAPAN READY
TO DISPOSE
OFSHANTUNG
TOKIO, March 19 (by Associated
Press).—The government has in
structed Yukichi Obata, Japanese min
ister at Peking, to negotiate immedi
ately for the speedy settlement of the
Shantung question.
The views of the Japanese and Chi
nest commissioners appointed to in
vestigate the matter have been found
to coincide in the main points, and
Japan is ready to make large conces
sions toward an amicable solution.
INSANE PRISONER
KILLS HIS JAILER
SPOKANE, March 19 (by Associat
ed Press).—Steve Potaskey, an insan
ity suspect, choked to death William
Nelson, city jailer, in the corridor of
the jail last night.
COURT CAN NOT
INTERFERE WITH
SALE OF YARD
SEATTLE, March 19 (by Associated
Press).—Superior Judge Frater has is
sued a temporary order restraining
the United States Shipping Board
from interfering with the possession
by Skinner & Eddy of Yard No. 2 of
that company.
It is stated that the company wants
its accounts settled before the deal
for the sale is closed.
It was reported from Washington
yesterday that the yard had been sold
tentatively to David Rodgers, former
manager of the enterprise. It is de
clared the court proceedings will not
interfere with the sale.
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MIDDLE WEST
IS SWEPT BY
FIERCE STORM
ST. PAUL, March 19 (by Associated
Press).—The worst storm of the win
ter prevails throughout Southern Min
nesota, South Dakota, Northern Iowa
and Northern Wisconsin. Wires and
track systems have been crippled.
The temperature is 32 degrees above
zero and the wind velocity is seventy t
miles an hour. A fierce gale is re
ported in Wyoming, and the storm ?
is reported in Wyoming, and Denver 5
also is affected by the storm. i
MILLION DOLLARS' LOSS
TOPEKA, Kan., March 19 (by As- t
sociated Press).—Officials estimate 1
that wheat growers will lose a million 1
dollars by reason of a windstorm, the
worst in the history of Kansas, which 1
blew over the dry southern sections of 1
the state and swept the wheat from 1
the highlands into the lowlands, bury- T
ing the lowland wheat.
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LABOR COUNCIL :
STANDS FIRMLY;
BY THE LAW|:
CENTRALIA, Wash., March 19 (by
Associated Press).—Hissing and cat- (
calls were evoked at a meeting of the s
Centralia Labor Council last night ‘
;when John McKay, a delegate from (
the Typographical Union, moved con
currence in the “labor jury’s” verdict
of acquittal in the trial of the Cen
tralia “wobblies” for the Armistice <
day murders.
The motion was defeated overwhelm
ingly.
SEATTLE PIONEER DIES
SEATTLE, March 19 (by Associated
Press).—I. A. Wold, a resident of the
state of Washington for fifty^four
years, died here today, aged 79 years.
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SOMEONE HAS BEEN “SPOOFING” ;
RUSSIAN REDS REGARDING ALASKA t
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PARIS, March 19 (by Associated Press).—The Temps yesterday
printed a Russian Bolsheviki radio message saying that “it is an- \
nounced that the population of Alaska is seeking to separate from t
the United States and organize a soviet government.”
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NEGRO PUTS UP
BATTLE AND IS
FATALLY SHOT
BALTIMORE, Md., March 19 (by
Associated Press);—W. A. Scott, a
negro, was captured here today after
a desperate three-hour battle. The j
negro was shot with a rifle and prob- j
ibly fatally wounded. Two policemen
were shot in the fight by Scott, who (
aad barricaded himself in a house.
The fight started when negroes at-!
acked a white dentist in the beliefj
hat he was trying to abduct negroes 1
or dissection purposes. i
NOTED FRENCHMAN
DIES IN CHICAGO I
CHICAGO, March 19 (by Associated *
3ress).—Edward Roultier, a noted 1
French artist, died here today. *
FIRST HITCH |l
OVER TREATY
PROVISIONS
WASHINGTON, March 19 (by As
sociated Press).—The United States
government has made strong repre- r
entations to the allies against the 1
c
ulings of the allied repartions com- ^
nission, that under the treaty the sale
>f German property in neutral coun- j
ries can not be forced if necessary to j
neet Germany’s initial indemnity pay
nent. ^
The United States government A,
naintains that such a construction of ^
he treaty is contrary to official inter- j
>retations exchanged between Ger
uany and the allies.
In preparation for a final vote on
he ratification of the treaty, the sen- c
tte today adopted a modified reserva- p
ion to the preamble worked out in
he recent bipartisan conference, un- 4
ier which the affirmative acceptance “
if the American reservations are not!
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o be required from the allies.
SYRACUSE HAS MADE
GAIN IN POPULATION ;
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WASHINGTON, March 19 (by Asso- lf
iated Press).—A census bulletin is- 1
iued today gives the population of
Syracuse, N. Y., as 171,647, an increase e
»f 34,000. *
PUPRS AND |
FACULTY IN
OPEN FIGHT
CHEHALIS, Wash., March 19 (by
Associated Press).—The high school ,'j
trike here is again in progress. The ,
tudents declare that the school au- r
horities have broken faith with them, t
n that they have not restored the
tudent activities. ^
Members of the faculty declare they c
dll strike if the students are permit
*d to run the school.
The school board has suspended
ixty-two striking students.
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SYMPATHYFOR
IRELAND VOTED
BY SENATORS
WASHINGTON, March 19 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The senate yesterday,
oy a vote of 38 to 36, adopted a new
reservation to the peace treaty pro
posed by Senator Gerry (Democrat)
>f Rhode Island, reaffirming sympathy
,vith the aspirations of the Irish peo
ple, and hoping that the time is at
land when Ireland will have a govern
nent of its own choosing.
The senate also readopted the res
•rvation to Article 10 of the League
if Nations covenant as reported by
he committee on foreign relations,
ifter Senator Simmons of North Caro
ine had made an attempt to have a
ubstitute adopted.
XAIMS PROBE ’
SHOWED NO
WAR GRAFT
LOUISVILLE, Ky„ March 19 (by
issociated Press).—Chairman Cum
lings of the Democratic national com
littee, in an address here last night,
harged that congress had wasted
wo million dollars on "smelling com
littees.” for the purpose of ascertain
ag whether there had been graft dur
rtg the war.
The speaker said these committees
ad demonstrated that the recent war
cas the cleanest ever fought in his
ary. He compared conditions preva
lent during the Great War with those
uring the Spanish-American war,
,’ith its “typhoid and paper shoes.”
Mr. Cummings said the Democratic
fficials had been vindicated, and he
raised Democratic leadership.
COLBY’S NOMINATION
FAVORABLY REPORTED
WASHINGTON, March 19 (by Asso
iated Press).—The senate committee
n foreign relations today reported
avorably the nomination of Bain
ridge Colby to be secretary of state,
fter an extensive hearing yesterday
i which the senators queried Colby.
Senator Hitchcock said he consid
red Colby’s statements a complete
nockout for the opposition to the
dministratiou. •
CLIPPER SHIP
THOUGHT TO BE
A TOTAL WRECK
SEATTLE, March 19 (by Associated
•ress).—The barge Dashing Wave,
rhich is aground near Seymour nar
ows, is leaking badly, and is believed
> be a total wreck.
Formerly the Dashing Wave was the
istest clipper ship ever operated from
eattle.
The Admiral Watson, which is mak
ig the trip to Kodiak, should be here
unday on her south-bouud voyage.