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VOL. 5. NO. 153_ CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 31,1920._
NEW MEXICAN GOVERNMENT WILL
NOT BE RECOGNIZED TILL STABLE
* GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN PROVEN
* WASHINGTON, May 31 (by Associ
ated Press). — Recommendation that
full recognition of the Mexican govern
ment be withheld until an agreement
to revise the constitution adopted in
1917 in the form of a treaty is entered
into, was made by Senator Fall to
the foreign relations committee in his
report of the sub-committee which has
been investigating Mexican conditions.
Should the Mexicans refuse to accede,
the report suggests that the American
government hold them to a definite
reckoning for losses and suffering.
Failure of the Mexicans to maintain
law and order and give protection to
Americans should be followed by the
despatch of an armed force, tfie re
port says, and makes the recommenda
tion that Delahuerta be not recognized
as head of the government until his
selection is approved by the people
and he shows a stable government.
HANSON PASSES
BUCK BACK TO
SEATTLE M AYOR
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SEATTLE, May 31 (by Associated
Press).—-Ole Hanson, former mayor of
Seattle, has issued a statement with
regard to Mayor Hugh M. Caldwell’s
charges that the city of Seattle was
bunkoed through the purchase of the
street railway purchase for $15,000,000.
Hanson declared Caldwell was cor
poration counsel when the deal was
negotiated and fully conversant with
all the details and said he offered no
^ objections then.
CRIMINOLOGY
TO BE STUDIED
BERKELEY, Cal., May 31 'by Asso
* eiated Press).—Criminology is to be
studied at the University of California
summer session. Five courses are of
fered for physicians, medical students
lawyers, social service workers, police,
officers, and officials of public insti
tutions.
FIRE IN NOVA SCOTIA
CAUSES SERIOUS LOSS
HALIFAX, N. S., May 31 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Fire last night swept
the main street of Londonderry, de
stroying forty-seven buildings includ
ing four churches, a school and the
public hall. Sparks from forest firea
started the blaze.
D’ANNUNZIO TROOPS
* SEIZE ALBANIAN PORTS
PARIS, May 31 (Associated Press).
D’Annunzio’s troops have seized the
principal port of Albania, according to
a dispatch from Zurich.
SURF BOARD OF WOOD
LIGHTER THAN CORK
SANFRANCISCO May 31 (by As
sociated Press).—A surf board made
of balsa wood from South America,
said to be one-third lighter than cork,
Is to be tried out at Honolulu by W.
P. Roth, general manager of the Mat
son Navigation company.
Roth also has had built a sort of
surf lounging chair of balsa wood for
use of bathers.
FOREST FIRES
| CAUSE OF MUCH
PROPERTY LOSS
ST. QUENTIN, N. B., May 31 (by
Associated Press).—Half the residents
of this city are homeless as the result
of forest fires. No loss of life has
been reported, but the propertly loss
will reach nearly a million dollars.
Sixty-five dwellings, three lumber
mills, two hotels and many business
places have been burned. The heav
iest loss is in manufactured lumber.
Relief trains are taking the homeless
out of the city.
FORD COMPANY
FILES DESIRE TO
DISSOLVE SELF
i LANSING, Mich., May 31 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Formal notice of the
dissolution as a Michigan corporation
of the Ford Motor Company was filed
here today by Henry Ford and son.
All the properties are to be trans
ferred to the Ford Motor Company of
Delaware, a hundred million dollar
corporation which will consolidate all
the Ford holding and engage in a
wider range of business.
FILIPINOS INCREASE USE
OF CIGARETTES WHILE
CIGARS SHOW DECREASE
MANILA, P. I., May 31 (by Asso
* dated Press).—Cigarette smoking in
the Philippine islands is on the in
crease, while the consumption of
cigars shows a decline last year, ac
cording to the annual report of the
collector of Internal Revenue.
The number of cigars during 1919
fell off approximately 8,000,000.
There were manufactured in the
islands during 1919, 499,000,000 cigars
as compared with 485,000,000 in the
iyear 1918. The production of eigar
jettes reached a total of 5,049,000,000
last year, as against 4,720,000,000 the
previous year.
Of the 309000,000 cigars exported
from the Philippines last year, 261,
^00.000, went to the United States, a
decrase of aproximately 3,000,000 from
the record of 1918.
WOOD FUND IN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
TOTALED TWO MILLION AND QUARTER
WASHINGTON, May 31 (by Associ
ated Press).—A. A. Sprague of Chi
cago, treasurer of the Wood organiza
tion, testified before the senate inves
tigating committee Saturday that a
campaign fund of approximately $2,
200,000 was raised. Two banks loaned
$100,000 each on notes signed by Col
onel Proctor, soap manufacturer. The
contributors are John D. Rockefel
ler Jr., $25,000; Wrigley, chewing gum
manufacturer, $10,000. William Loeb,
representing the New York commit
tee, sent nearly $250,000.
VOTETUESDAY
ON MANDATE
WASHINGTON, May 31 (by Associ
ated Press).—By unanimous consent
the senate has agreed to vote at 4
o’clock Tuesday on the resolution de
clining to grant authority for a man
date over Armenia.
OREGONIAN DROWNED
ON MEMORIAL DAY
BEND, Ore., May 31 (by Associated
Press).—L. K. Shepard, prominent
merchant of this city, was drowned at
Sutton’s lake yesterday when a boat
overturned.
j BRITISH BOAT
SIGNALS HEP
BY WIRELESS
BALTIMORE, Md., May 31 (by As
sociated Press).—The British steamer
j Tregantle, inside the Chesapeake, last
I night wirelessed for police assistance
and a surgeon. A police boat with re
serves started from here this morning
in response to the call.
VANCOUVER MAN WILL
! REPRESENT WEST AT
j OLYMPIC TRAP SHOOT
j
j NEW YORK, May 31 (by Associated
Press).—Frank M. Troeh, of Vancou
ver, Wash., has been selected as a
member of the American trap shoot
ing team for the Olympic games,
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OREGON LEADS
TRACK TEAMS
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PULLMAN, Wash., May 31 (by As
sociated Press).—The University of
i
i Oregon won the northwest conference
j track meet Saturday. The Oregon Ag
' gies, Idaho, Washington, Washington
State, Montana, and Whitman, finished
in the order named.
REED COLLEGE
RESULTED FROM
i FAMOUS SAYING
PORTLAND Ore., May 31 (by As
sociated Press).—If Priscilla had not
made her famous remark to John
Alden, the Pacific coast would have
; lacked one of its leading colleges,
as a genealogical chart just published
by Reed college shows that Amanda
Reed, the founder, is a direct descend
ent of Priscilla and John Alden. Had
the demure New England maid failed
to say, “Why don’t you speak for
|yourself, John?” Portland would not
have had Reed college.
| Coming to Portland from Quincy,
;Mass., in pioneer days Simeon C. Reed
j started the line of steamships on the
Columbia river, which later became
the Oregon Railrod and Navigation.
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jWhen he died he suggested that his
I wife use his fortune for some insti
tution of value to the citizens of
Portland. In 1904 Mrs. Reed died,
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leaving her entire fortune of several
! millions for the founding of Reed
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college.
SOLDIER RELIEF
THROUGH HOUSE
NOW IN SENATE
WASHINGTON, May 31 (by Associ
ated Press).—The soldier relief bill
passed the house Saturday and was
sent to the senate. The vote was 289
to 92. Under the program that brought
the Anal finish to a show-down, the
show-down, the two-thirds vote re
quired in support of the measure was
obtained after test votes had indi
cated that it would be defeated.
TURKISH THRACE IS
OCCUPIED BY GREEKS
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 31 (by
Associated Press).—Greek troops have
started the occupation of Turkish
Thrace, the first train load reaching a
point opposite Adrinople.
IDS. HEROES
EULOGIZED BY
GENI PETAIN
PARIS, May 31 (by Associated
Press).—Marshal Petain, standing on
the slopes of Mount Valerian, the last
stronghold of the French during the
seige of Paris in 1870, told of France’s
gratitude for the sacrifices by Amer
ican sons.
BRITISH MERCHANTS
WILL STUDY AMERICAN
MERCANTILE METHODS
SAN FRANCISCO, May 31 (by As
sociated Press).—Twenty British mer
chants arrived here today on a seven
weeks’ tour of the United States,
studying the merchandising methods
here.
AMEODEAD
ARE HONORED
MEMORIAL DAY
PARIS, May 31 (by Associated
Press).—America’s war dead in Eu
rope were eulogized and the graves
decorated in the second Memorial day
since the close of the war. Thousands
of French troops acted as a guard of
honor at the exercises in 497 burial
places on old battlefields.
RUSSIANCROSS
TO DECORATE
REDCROSSMAN
TOKIO, May 31 (by Associated
Press).—The Cross of St. Vladimar,
the highest Russian decoration given
a civilian, has been awarded to Lieut.
Col. R. B. Teusler of Tokio, Ameri
can Red Cross Commissioner to Si
beria in recognition of the valuable
work he accomplished as head of the
Siberian Commission. The decoration
was awarded by the Kolchak govern
ment.
NEW CHINESE MINISTER
ASSUMES DUTIES OF POST
PEKING, China, May 31 (by Associ
ated Press).—Charles R. Crane, the
new American minister to China, will
assume his post tomorrow at the lega
tion here.
JAPANESES
OUR FRIENDSHIP
VANDERLIP SAYS
SAN FRANCISCO, May 31 (by As
sociated Press).—Frank A. Vanderlip
and other financiers arrived here to
day from Japan, where they toured the
country and discussed unofficially
points of international interest with
Japanese. Vanderlip declared there
was a strong sentiment among the
Japanese for friendship with Amer
icans.
CHAIRMAN HAYS REACHES SCENE
OF CONVENTION AND DECLARES
REPUBLICANS ARE “RARDC TO GO”
CHICAGO, May 31 (by Associated
Press).—Delegates to the Republican
national convention from all sections
of the country are flocking into Chi
cago, many of them members of con
testing negro delegations from the
south. Undiminished confidence is re
flected in announcements issued by
Wood, Lowden and Johnson managers.
A large number of Hoover workers
arrived Saturday from New York.
Chairman Hayes arrived Saturday
to inspect the arrangements for the
convention. He visited presidential
row, but found none of them present.
In a statement Saturday night he de
dared the Republicans everywhere
were “rarin’ to go.”
The Republican committee opened
hearing today on the 137 contests for
seats in the convention. The hearings
are to be open to the public for the
first time. A limit will be placed on
arguments before the committee.
PLATFORM AGREED ON
WASHINGTON, May 31 (by Asso
ciated Press).—A tentative draft of
the Republican national platform has
about been completed by a group of
party leaders here. The planks on
Mexico and the League of Nations
were omitted, and it was said these
planks would be worked out at the
convention in Chicago.
LITTLE RELIEF
RESULTS FROM!
REDUCTIONS
WASHINGTON, May 31 (by Associ
ated Press).—Despite recent reduc
tions in prices, little relief from the
general high prices has been seen by
the federal reserve board in an an
alysis of May business conditions.
No change was discernible in the un
derlying conditions responsible for the
high cost of living, the board says.
RICE LEADS AS
1 PRODUCT FROM
PHILIPPINES
MANILA, May 31 (by Associated
Press).—The total of the six leading
agricultural products of the Philip
pine Islands for the year 1919 amount
ed to $229,000,000, an increase of ap
proximately $54,000,000 over the pre
vious year, according to figures com
piled by the Bureau of Agriculture.
As for many years rice has again
taken the lead; the value of the year’s
production being $94,000,000.
Hemp which heretofore was consid
ered next in importance to rice has
dropped to fourth place, while copra
jumped into second place. The de
crease in hemp production of thirty
per cent is due, according to the Bu
reau of Agriculture, to the heavy
typhoons which passed over the hemp
producing provinces, and the long
draught which followed.
Sugar showed the largest increase
of any of the products, registering a
jump of 113 per cent over 1918. Last
year’s sugar crop was valued at $37,
200,000.
In the case of tobacco, the rise in
price was entirely responsible for the
eight per cent increase in the value of
the crop, as compared to 1918, there
being a decrease of six per cent in
the acreage.
The bureau places the value of the
1919 hemp crop at $32,500,000, copra
$37,700,000, corn $18,790,000 and tobac
co *at $8,790,000.
AUTO RACERS
OFF TODAY ON
SPEEDWAY
INDIANAPOLIS, May 31 (by Associ
ated Press).—Twenty-three of the
world’s greatest automobile racing
stars started the eighth annual re
newal 500-mile race today on the
Indianapolis speedway before the
greatest crowd on record. The race
carries prizes aggregating $85,000.
budget!! is
UP TO WILSON
WASHINGTON, May 31 (by Associ
ated Press).—The house adopted the
national budget bill conference report,
and the bill now goes to the president.
BUILDINGS TO
HOUSE GROUP
CIVIC CENTER
SAN FRANCISCO, May 31 (by As
sociated Press).—San Francisco has
launched a movement for the construc
tion in the civis center here of a
group of buildings to cost $2,500,000,
as a war memorial.
The buildings will form the Ameri
canization and art centers of the city.
They will house the musical and the
art societies and in a large court
statuary and memorial tablets will
eommenorate the deeds of San Fran
cisco’s war heres in the war.
The California School of Fine Arts
formerly the Mark Hopkins Institute
and now a department of the Univer
sity of California, will occupy one
unit.
An auditorium wrhere the San Fran
cisco symphony orchestra will give
its concerts and operatic and dram
atic productions will be offered is to
be included in the group.
Another building will be devoted ex
clusively. to the American Legion.
DEBS NOTIFIED OF NOMINATION FOR
PRESIDENT FIFTH TIME BY SOCIALISTS
ATLANTA, Ga., May 31 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Eugene V. Debs, in
the federal prison here, was notified
Saturday of his nomination for tbe
presidency for the fifth time by the
Socialists. The ceremony took place
in the warden’s office. Debs, in prison
garb, under the rules could issue no
formal statement, but made a speech
declaring his sympathy with the party
and said: “I always have been rad
ical, but never more so than now.
I said I was a Bolsheviki, and I meant
t. then and now.”
PENNSY LEADS IN
ATHLETIC MEET
PHILADELPHIA, May 31 (by Asso
ciated Press).—University of Penn
sylvania won the eastern collegiate
track championship over Princeton,
Dartmouth, Cornell, California and .
Stanford,
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