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The Cordo m Daily Times
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VOL. IV. NO. 280_CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1919_ PRICE TEN CENtI
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M’ADOO MAKES STARTUNG STATEMENT
FALSE REPORT
OF DEATH OF
NATION’S C1EF
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 24 (by Asso
eiated Press).—The false announce
ment of the death of President Wil
son during the course of a speech here
Saturday night by Vice President
Aiarshall resulted in the breaking up
of the big meeting.
The vice president appeared to be
overcome as he told the audience the
news that had been related to him.
The hoax was perpetrated by an un
known man.
TWENTY - FIVE
PERISH IN FIRE
IN DANCE HALL
VILLA PLATTE, La., Nov. 24 (by
Associated Press).—Twenty-five per
sons, mostly women and girls, were
killed Saturday night as the conse
quence of the burning of a dance hall
here. Fifteen were seriously hurt.
Many of those killed met death in
a stampede to a narrow stairway lead
ing downstairs to the street.
Later developments show that
twenty-eight persons were killed in
the jam when the three hundred
dancers fled from the burning dance
hall.
GEN. ANGELES
NOT EXECUTED
AS REPORTED!
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (by Asso
dated Press).—Private advices from
Mexico City indicate that General An
geles, the insurrectory leader whc
8 was recently captured by federal
troops, has not yet been executed, as
had been reported.
Powerful efforts are being made tc
save his life.
JAPS ALARMED
OVER MENACE
OF BOLSHEVISM
TOKIO, Nov. 24 (by Associate!
Press).—The Japanese newspapers de
dare that army officers regard the re
treat of Kolchak and the increasing
ascendancy of the Bolsheviki in Si
beria as so menacing that Japan car
not remain indifferent.
Japan, it is said, may make new pro
(( jsals to the powers regarding the
Siberian problem and the strengthen
ing of its forces there.
4 Continued Bolshevik Successes
LONDON, Nov. 24 (by Associate!
Press).—Moscow dispatches claim tht
Bolsheviki are continuing their ad
vance against Denekine and Kolchak
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THREE KILLED,
ONE INJURED,
IN BAD WRECK
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24 (by Ah
sociated Press).—Former State Sen
ator Charles M. Belshaw, his wife,
and Mrs. J. D. Sherwood of Spokane
are dead and Mr. Sherwood is dying
as the result of an automobile in which
they were riding rolling down a cliff
several hundred feet high.
manyrAdicals
WAITING TO BE
SHIPPED HOE
NEW YORK, Nov. 24 (by Associated
Press).—The committee of the na
tional house of representatives which
is investigating the delay in the de
portation of radical aliens opened its
hearings here today,
j The first witness was Byron Uhl,
i acting immigration commissioner, who
said that seventy alleged anarchists,
including two women, werj being held
at Ellis island to be deported. Only
seven of the sixty-five aliens brought
from Seattle last spring had been de
ported, the others having been re
leased on parole, he said.
FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
OF PACIFIST COAST TO
BE DECIDED THURSDAY
SEATTLE, Nov. 24 (by Associatec
Preas^.—It is believed that the Pa
cific Coast Conference football chain
pionsiffip hinges on the Thanksgiving
1 day here between Washington ant
California.
JAP DESTROYERS ARE
SENT TO CHINESE PORI
TOKIO, Nov. 24 (by Associatei
Press).—Four Japanese destroyer:
% have been sent to Foochow, China, oi
account of anti-Japanese disturbances
PARIS CONFERENCE
WANTS AMERICANS TO
REMAIN AT COBLENZ
' PARIS, Nov. 24 (by Associated
Press).—The peace conference does
not believe that it is necessary to with
draw the American troops from Cob
lenz because the senate of the United
States has failed to ratify the treaty
: of peace. It is contended that the
. United States is still one of the allies.
MAKES DISPOSITION OF
. INTERNED GERMAN SHIPS
CONDON, Nov. 24 (by Associated
I Press).—The government has decided
; that the Pacific Steam Navigation
i Company shall take charge of the Ger
. man ships interned in China.
FORMER MEMBER OF CABINET
DECLARES THAT OPERATORS
MAKE SENSATIONAL PROFITS
NEW YORK, Nov. 24 (by Associated Press).—W.. G. McAdoo,
formerly secretary of the treasury and director of the railroad ad
ministration, in a telegram to Fuel Director Garfield today, declares
that the soft coal operators have made "shocking and indefensible
profits” since 1917.
He has grave doubts, he says, whether they are entitled to in
crease coal prices to offset the proposed wage increase.
The income tax records show that the coal operators make from
5 to 2,000 per cent profit, says Mr. McAdoo.
COIL STRIKE SITUATION
REMAINS UNCHANGED AND
OUTCOME IS PROBLEMTICAL
w Anni;\uiuin, i\ov. .s* u>y asso
ciated Press).—The operators and
miners are “marking time” while
awaiting the decision of Fuel Admin
istrator Garfield as to what portion
of the wage advance proposed must
e paid by the public.
The conference will meet again to
morrow.
Suffering in Middle West
CHICAGO, Nov. 24 (by Associated
Press).—The Middle West industrial
plants are being closed to save coal.
The Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois miners apparently are deter
mined to await the settlement of the
wage uisagi cement at me vv usntugum
conference.
Manufacturers at Indianapolis are
closing their plants three days a week
to save fuel, and the heat has been
shut off from Chicago’s street cars.
Trouble in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va„ Nov. 24 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Governor Davis is ex
pected to arrive at St. Charles, a Vir
ginia mining town, to take command
of the militia. The miners report that
the radicals have mounted guns on a
| hill and opened fire on miners who at
tempted to enter the shafts. The radi
I cals have thi ai ned to dynamite the
! mines.
MASSACHUSETTS IS
BACKING COOLIDGE
BOSTON, Nov. 24 (by Associated
Press).—The executive committee of
the Massachusetts Republican Club
is in favor of the nomination of Gov.
Coolidge for President on the Repub
lican ticket.
CHIEF WARREN
ARRESTS TWO
HOLD-UP MEN
SEATTLE, Nov. 24 (by Associated
Press).—Chief of Police Warren per
sonally led a squad of police and ar
rested George Lapsley and Charles
Coleman today as they carried a safe
off the Lake Washington ferry Lin
coln.
The chief said the two men had in
tended to hold up the State Bank of
Kirkland at noon today.
SEAPLANE NC-4N0W
MAROONED IN MISSISSIPPI
HANNIBAL, Mo., Nov. 24 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The seaplane NC-4,
which was the first flying ship to cross
the Atlantic, is marooned on a Mis
sissippi sandbar.
NATIONAL LABOR PARTY
AFTER JUDGE’S SCALP
CHICAGO, Nov. 24 (by Associated
Press).—The new National Labor
! party has petitioned congress demand
ing the impeachment of Judge Ander
son of Indianapolis, who issued the
coal strike injunction.
ANARCHIST TAKES
SHOT AT STEEL MAGNATE
WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 24 (by
Associated Press).—An anarchist be
lieved to have been employed by the
I. W. W. fired at Selden Deamer, presi
dent of the New East Steel Company
here today, but the bullet went wild
U.S. TREASURY
DEFICITS ARE
GROWING LESS
WASHINGTON, Nov, 24 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Secretary of the Treas
ury Glass forecasts a further reduc
tion in the monthly deficits of the
United States treasury over the Oc
tober record. He announces that the
semi-monthly issues of treasury cer
tifieates of indebtedness and tax cer
tificates will be resumed.
CAIRO IS PATROLLED
BY BRITISH TROOPS
CAIRO, Nov. 24 (by Associated
Press).—British troops have beet
posted at strategic points and armored
cars and cavalry are patrolling the
streets as a result of the recent dis
turbances here.
ROADHOUSE MURDERER
HAS BEEN ARRESTEE
PORTLAND, Nov. 24 (by Associated
Press).—David Smith is believed tc
have been identified as one of the mer
who participated in the murder of twc
men at a roadhouse near here las
Friday.
NERVY BANDIT
FLIRTING WITH
LAW OFFICERS
BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 24 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Carlisle, the train rob
ber and escaped convict who recently
was the perpetrator of a bold hold-up
of a passenger train in Wyoming, is
headed east.
Carlisle has sent a note to the editor
of a newspaper here stating that he is
at Erie, Pa. The chief of police of
Atlanta, Ga., has received a postcard
signed “Carlisle,” saying the writer
had just arrived at Atlanta and in
tended to rob the Southern railway.
ITALIAN PRESS
ANTAGONISTIC
j ROME. Nov. 24 (by Associated
Press).—The Italian press disapproves
of D'Annunzio’s expedition against
Zara.
Serbians Will Oppose D’Annunzio
VENICE, Nov. 24 (by Associated
! Press').—A Serbian division of 12,000
| picked men has been concentrated at
I Salato, on the Dalmatian coast, to be
I ready to oppose D’Annunzio.
OFFICIALS PLAN
BIG CAMPAIGN
AGAINST REDS
SEATTLE, Nov. 24 (by Associated
Press).—Governor Hart, Attorney
General Tanner and more than a score
of prosecuting attorneys of the state
met here today to plan an anti-“red"
campaign.
The attorney general stated that
the state of Washington had enough
I laws to make conviction of anarchists
possible.
STEAMSHIP MYRON IS
WRECKED IN STORM
ON LAKE SUPERIOR
SAULT STE. MARIE, Nov. 24 (by
Associated Press).—The steamer My
ron has been sunk in a storm on Lake
Superior, and her crew of eighteer
men are believed to have been lost.
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' GERMAN NEWSPAPERS
BLAME POLITICS FOR
FAILURE OF TREATY
BERLIN, Nov. 24 (by Associated
Press).—The newspapers of Germany
| consider that partisan politics caused
the United States senate to fail tc
ratify the treaty of peace.
The steamship Northwestern lefi
Ketchikan at 1 o’clock Sunday morn
ing, and is due here late tomorrow
night or early Wednesday morning.
COAL MINES OF
WASHINGTON
TO RESUME
SEATTLE, Nov. 24 (by Associated
Press).—Governor Hart believes that
all the Washington coal mines will be
operating by the end of the week. He
will meet with the operators tonight
to discuss plans for reopening them.
The governor says that radical agi
tators, and not the miners, are caus
ing the troubles. The radicals are
not employed at the mines.
The miners themselves are not will
ing to allow the state to suffer for
want of coal.
MEXICANS ARE
CARRYING CHIP
ON SHOULDER
WASHINGTON. Nov. 24 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Mexican cabinet
held a special session on Friday last
to consider the sharp note from Wash
ington demanding the immediate re
lease of Consular Agent Jenkins, who
was jailed at Puebla.
El Paso reports that Carranza is de
liberately endeavoring to break with
the United States.
DEBSHETlG
IS CALL® OFF
IN MUCH HASTE
READING, Pa.. Nov. 24 (by Associ
ated Press).—A “Debs amnesty meet
ing” which had been announced to
be held here last night was hurriedly
called off after two thousand members
of the American Legion paraded and
a crowd of five thousand persons
started a demonstration in front of the
Socialist headquarters.
Mayor Filbert warned the Socialists
that bloodshed probably would follow
if the radicals met.
EXPLOSION OF LAUNCH
RESULTS IN BIG FIRE
WHICH DESTROYS DOCKS
LAREDO, Texas, Nov. 24 (by Asso
ciated Press).—An explosion on board
a gasoline-loaded launch at Tampico
today started a fire which destroyed
the wharves and terminal station, en
tailing a loss of $200,000.
OFFICIALS EN ROUTE
TO FORMAL OPENING
OF PANAMA CANAL
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (by Associ
ated Press).—Secretary of War Baker,
Chief of Staff General March and Sen
ator Chamberlain left Sunday for
Colon to participate in the formal
opening of the Panama canal.