The Co 'do m Daily Times
_(Member of Associated Press)___
VOL. V. NO. 39 CORDOVaT ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1920__PRICE TEN CENTS
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SECRETARY LANE LOOKS FOR EARLY PASSAGE OF LEASING BILL
NEEDS OF TERRITORY SET FORTH
AT ANNUAL BANQUET IN SEATTLE
OF ALASKA BUREAU OF CHMBER
SEATTLE, Jan. 16 (by Associated Press).—The necessity
•> for the opening up of Alaska’s oil lands for speedy develop
ment, and the hope that the measure now pending before con
gress soon will be passed, were among the expressions of Sec
retary* of thb Interior Lane in a strongly-worded telegram read
last night at the annual banquet given by the Alaska bureau of
the Seattle Chamber of Commerce at the Hotel Washington, at
which many prominent Alaskans were present.
Among other things Secretary Lane said in his telegram
was the following:
“Government authority in Alaska should be concen
trated in a single board with broad authority- if the resources
of that territory- are to be properly developed.”
Reindeer and musk ox could be raised in Alaska, said Mr,
Lane, sufficient to supply the Pacific coast with meat. Alaska,
ne said, needs better steamship lines, more railroads, more
wagon roads and less red tape.
The growth of agriculture, continued the secretary, must
depend largely- on mining, and with the new railroad which con
gress had now assured, he looked for a rebirth of mining.
The islands off the coasts of Alaska should be leased foi
terms of twenty- to thirty* years, to be used as herding grounds
for hardy cattle. Mr. Lane branded as ridiculous the laws pro
tecting predatory- animals, and said they- should be repealed.
^ Regarding the new oil land leasing bill now before con
gess, he said he believed it would be passed soon, and thus en
able tlie oil resources of the territory to be explored and de
veloped.
Sensible Ideas of Governor Riggs
Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr., Bishop Rowe, Professor Cobh,
Colonel Warren, Judge Gilmore, James Daly, Elmer E. Ritchie
and others were among the speakers.
' Governor Riggs declared that Alaska must be allowed tc
use its own funds derived from taxation. He said Alaska could
work out its own salvation if given control of its resources. The
territorial treasury, lie said, was empty, while Alaska sends
millions of dollars in taxes to Washington. Red tape, he de
dared, had stifled the growth of the territory.
Governor Riggs will be here for a week and then go tc
W ashington. He expects to return to Alaska by the first ol
April. He is working on fisheries legislation while in the city
POINDEXTER
HAS OUTLINED
HIS PLATFORM
NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (by Associated!
Press).—Senator Poindexter of Wash
ington, candidate for the Republican
nomination for President, has issued
a proposed Republican platform of five
points, including the re-establishment
of government on an American basis,
the preservation of American indepen
dence against a proposed European
union, immediate peace and the elimi
nation of European racial and domes
tic polities from American affairs, the
reestablishment of orderly govern
ment in Mexico, and the emancipation
of American labor from the tyranny of
the closed shop.
BANDITS REPELLED
AND MANY ARE KILLED
BY AMERICAN MARINES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (by Associ
ated Press).—American marines and
Haitien gendarmerie yesterday re
pelled an attack on Port au Prince by
three hundred bandits, more than
half of■whom were killed, wounded
or captured.
Two marines were killed.
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CLEMENCEAUIS
DEFEATED FOR
NOMINATION
PARIS, Jan. 16 (by Associate(
Press).—Premier Georges Clemenceai
has failed to get the nomination foi
President of France, after signifying
his willingness to accept it. By this
failure he is eliminated from public
life.
At a caucus of senators and mem
bers of the chamber of deputies todaj
Paul Deschanel, president of the
chamber of deputies, was named ai
the candidate, receiving 408 votes tc
389 for Clemenceau. President Poin
care received 16 votes and Marsha
Foch 1.
Clemenceau’s friends are searchinj
for another candidate. Poincare re
fuses to run.
INSUFFICIENT FOOD
CAUSES MUTINIES
LONDON, Jan. 16 (by Associatec
Press).—Wireless messages repor
that riots and mutinies have brokei
out at Toulon, the French military an<
naval port on the Mediterranean.
The Uprising is said to have beei
caused by insufficient bread and sue
plies.
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FORMER DELEGATE WICKERSHAM
REFUSES TO BE ELIMINATED FROM
POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN ALASKA
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SEATTLE, Jan. 16 (by Associated Press).—C. E. Herron, publisher
of the Anchorage Times, says he has received a wire from James
Wickersham, formerly delegate in congress from Alaska, stating that
he will not again make the race for delegate, but that he will be
a candidate for delegate to the Republican national convention, to
be held at Chicago, from Alaska. He says he will back Dan Sutherland
for the delegateship in congress.
EUROPEAN RUSSIA IN CONTROL
OF BOLSHEVIK], AND ANOTHER
WAR IS FEARED TO BE IMMINENT
LONDON, Jan. 16 (by Associated
Press).—It is feared that the British
are facing another war through the
success of the Bolsheviki. who con
trol the whole ■ of European Russia,
and it is believed may attack Poland.
Winston Churchill, secretary for
war; Walter Hume Long, first lord
of the admiralty; Admiral Beattye
and Field Marshal Haig left hur
riedly fof Paris yesterday for a con
ference with Premier Lloyd George
on important matters.
Reds at India’s Threshold
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Great Britain is watching the Near
East, where Bolshevik successes and
Denikine’s collapse have carried the
"reds” almost to the threshold of In
dia, Mesopotamia, Persia and Asiatic
Turkey. These matters will be dis
cussed by the British army and navy
chiefs and cabinet members at the
conference with Premier Lloyd
George today. Conditions in South
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western Asia are considered serious.
It is feared that the capture of
Odessa by the Bolsheviki will make
of the Black sea a Bolshevik lake.
Confirms Capture of Kolchak
A wireless dispatch from Moscow
says the reports of the capture of
Admiral Kolchak have been con
firmed.
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STATE OF OWN
ON RIO GRANDE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (py Asso
ciated Press).—Representatives of
the negro race appeared before the
judiciary committee of the house of
representatives yesterday and advo
cated the formation of a separate state
along the Rio Grande from territory
ceded by Texas and Mexico, for the
segregation of the negro population,
under the protection of the United
States.
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SOVIET RUSSIA
' NOT KEEN ON
TAKING REDS
! HELSINGFORS, Jan. 16 (by Asso
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} dated Press).—Delegates here of so
. vlet Russia say they will examine
1 dosely the “reds” deported from the
United States before allowing them to
; enter Russia. They say that soviet
- Russia^ will not be made the dumping
grounds for American radicals.
RADICAL LABORITES
1 FAIL IN CALL FOR
A GENERAL STRIKE
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l BERLIN, Jan. 16 (by Associated
[ Press).—Radical Laborites have failed
in their attempts to call a general
l strike to protest against the recent
- shooting of participants in a riot in
front of the reichstag building.
SEVEN US
IMPLICATED
IN FRAUDS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Agents of the depart
ment of justice yesterday admitted
that seven large shipbuilding firms
may be involved in the alleged fraud
in connection with the building of
ships for the government. It is un
derstood that all are located on the
Pacific coast, but their identity has
not been made known.
GRAND JURY TO
PROBEFRAUDS
IN SHIPYARDS
SEATTLE, Jan. 16 (by Associated
Press).—A federal grand jury will be
convened here next week, and is ex
pected to probe the shipyard frauds.
Walter Foster, special agent of the
department of justice, has been check
ing Oregon and Washington shipyard
books for the past two months.
The Seattle officer of the United
States Shipping Board says he wel
comes the investigation, and says he
knows that no irregularities will be
uncovered.
NATIONAL PROHIBITION
IS EFFECTIVE TONIGHT
NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (by Associated
Press).—The bibulous are planning a
grand farewell to John Barleycorn
here tonight. Constitutional prohibi
tion becomes effective at midnight.
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS COUNCIL
CONVENED TODAY IN PARIS
ON CALL OF PRESIDENT WILSON
PARIS, Jan. 16 (by Associated Press).—The first meeting
of the council of the League of Nations convened in this city
today, under the call issued by President Wilson. Leon Bour
geoise was elected chairman and Sir Eric Drummond general
secretary.
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In his address on assuming the chair M. Bourgeoise said
that President \\ ilson should have presided at the opening
meeting. This date, he said, would go dcpvn in history as the
date of the birth of a new world. The council’s decisions will
be the first decree of all free nations leaguing themselves to
gether for the first time to substitute right for might, he de
clared.
Discordant Note from Ireland
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Envoys of Ireland’s “republican” government sent a pro
test to the council against the “unreal English simulacre of an
internatinal peace league.”
APPROPRIATION FOR AIR MAIL
EXTENDING ROUTES TO ALASKA
IS PASSED BY REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (by Associated Press).—The
ilouse of representatives yesterday passed the postoffice appro
priation bill, carrying $460,000,000, including7 an item of $850,
000 for the purchase of airplanes and the extension of the aerial
mail routes to the South and to Alaska. This is the largest ap
propriation for this purpose on record.
Probable Establishment This Year
SEATTLE, Jan. 16 (by Associated Press).-—The air serv
ice department of the Wesern division of the army announces
that it is probable that an aerial mail service to Alaska will be
established this year.
Colonel Arnold, air service officer of the Western depart
ment of the army, has wired the Aero Club of the Northwest
that navy coast, forest and air patrol service is being planned
international peace league.”
WATER POWER
BILL IS PASSED
BY SENATORS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The senate yesterday
passed the water power bill, and it
will now go to conference.
The bill provides for the appoint
ment of a federal commission, which
will be empowered to issue fifty
year licenses for water power proj
ects. Present plants do not come
under the provisions of the act.
ANOTHER COLD WAVE
IS DUE IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Jan. 16 (by Associated
Press).—The weather bureau predicts
a cold spell coming south from Can
ada, and a drop of 10 degree in the
temperature is expected.
TANKER ASCUNSION
IS AGROUND IN FOG
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 16 (by As
sociated Press).—The Standard Oil
tanker Ascuncion, from San Pedro, is
aground on the north side of the
Golden Gate in a fog. Life-saving
crews have gone to her assistance.
INDISCRIMINATE
DEPORTATIONS
ARE PROTESTED
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TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 16 (by As
sociated Press).—The district con
vention of the Metal Trades Council,
representing 150,000 Coast metal
trades workers, in session here yes
terday, adopted resolutions protest
ing to congress against the wholesale
campaign of indiscriminate arrests
and deportations for presumed viola
tions of the espionage law.
WANT BROWNE BET
ADDED TO UNIFORM
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (by Asso
ciated Press).—It is announced that
a conference of high army officers
has unanimously asked that the Sam
Browne belt be added to the Aiheri
can uniform.
INDIANA LEGISLATURE '
RATIFIES AMENDMENT *
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 16 (by
Associated Press).—Both houses of
the state legislature have ratified the
woman suffrage amendment to the
federal constitution.