The Cordova Daily Times
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VOL. IV. NO. 271CORDOVA. ALASKA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1919PRICE TEN CENTS
COAL MINERS NOT RETURNING TO WORK
REFUSE TO BURY REMAINS OF
LYNCHED I, ».W. SECRETARY
PUBLIC FUNERAL FOR SOLDIERS
CENTRALIA, Wash., Nov. 13 (by
Associated Press).—The jury which
held an inquest on the body of Smith,
the I. W. W. secretary who was
lynched by a mob Tuesday night,
brought in a verdict which read as
follows:
“We find that the deceased came to
his death by gunshot wounds and
strangulation caused by persons un
known.”
Justice of the Peace Hess accepted I
the verdict without comment.
No witnesses were examined, and
the body was left lying on the floor of
the bridge. The undertakers refuse to
handle the remains.
Public Funeral to Be Held
A public funeral for the dead ex
service men is to be held Friday.
Hundreds of patrons of pool rooms
were lined up last night against the
walls by the former service men and
searched. Cards of membership in
the I. W. W. were found on sixteen
of them, and these were arrested.
g Another Outrage Perpetrated
George Paxton of Centralia, a for
mer soldier, was fired upon while pa
trolling the Chehalis-Cehtralia road
near where Smith was lynched. Police
and soldiers searched the vicinity in
vain for the culprit.
More than thirty members of the
X. W. W. have been arrested and
jailed. Eugene Barnette, who was ar
rested at Mendok, is believed to have
been one of the men who fired upon
the Armistice day parade from the
hill near the scene of the tragedy. A
boy saw him shooting.
The finger prints of the man who
was lynched indicate that he was Er
nest Everett, a radical organizer.
Murder Charges Filed
Federal Attorney Saunders has in
structed that charges of murder in
the first degree be placed against the
men concerning whom evidence is ob
tainable, and that conspiracy charges
be filed against others of the more
than forty "wobblies” now under ar
rest here.
Former soldiers are still searching
for four “wobblies” known to be have
been implicated in the Armistice day
outrage.
To Arrest Revolutionists
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 13 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Governor McKelvie
has instructed the various county at
torneys throughout the state to catise
the arrest of all members of the I.
W. W. who are carrying on revolu
tionary propaganda.
Business Men Blamed
SEATTLE, Nov. 13 (by Associated
Press).—At a meeting of the Seattle
Labor Council last night resolutions
were passed decrying the violence at
Centralia, and asking labor to refrain
from criticism. The resolutions place
the blame for the outrage on the Cen
tralia business men, who are said to
have maintained a lawless organiza
tion.
The local lodge of the American
Legion has wired to the national con
vention of the order, now in session
at Minneapolis, stating that the Cen
tralia outrage was due largely to the
failure of the government to prose
cute and deport the men preaching
sedition.
German Propaganda Found
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 12 (by As
sociated Press).—The police have dis
covered German propaganda at the
headquarters of the Portland branch
of the I. W. W.
HOLDS WARTIME
PROHIBITION
- IS ILLEGAL
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LOUISVILLE, Ky„ Nov. 13 (by As
sociated Press).—Federal District
Judge Evans, for the second time, to
day held that the war-time prohibition
act was unconstitutional.
An injunction was granted restrain
ing the collector of internal revenue
from interfering with the distilleries
in the sale of whisky.
SHORTAGE OF
NEWS PRINT
- IS SERIOUS
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (by Associated
Press).—A special convention of the
American Newspaper Publishers’ As
sociation, called to consider the news
print shortage, yesterday recommend
ed material increases in advertising
and subscription rates, limitation in
i the size of newspapers, and the, inser
\ tion of a provision in advertising con
tracts permitting rates to be adjusted
monthly or quarterly.
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LABORTONAME
PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE
CHICAGO, Nov. 13 (by Associated
Press).—John Fitzpatrick, president
of the Chicago Federation of Labor,
announced today that a convention
will be called, to be comprised of
representatives of the Non-partisan
League, farmers, grangers and lgi>or,
to put a national labor ticket in the
field for the coming presidential elec
tion.
AUSTRALIAN AVIATORS
KILLED IN FLIGHT
LONDON, Nov. 13 (by Associated
Press).—Lieutenant R. M. Douglas
and Lieutenant J. S. Ross, Australians,
who started on a flight to Australia,
were killed when their airplane
crashed to earth shortly after leaving
here.
WILL STOFSHIPMENT
OF ARMS INTO MEXICO
WASHINGTON. Nov. 13 (by Associ
ated Press).-—The government is en
deavoring to prevent the shipment of
large supplies of arms and ammuni
tion purchased in Europe by Mexico.
A big order has been placed with a
Liege, Belgium, ammunition company.
Planning for
Aerial Service
To This City
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13.—
The air service of the United
States army announces that five
army aviators will soon leave in
two seaplanes to select an aer
ial mail route from San San
Francisco to Alaska. They will
stop at Ketchikan, Juneau, Sitka
and Cordova.
For Regulation
of Fishing in
Alaska Waters
% SEATTLE, Nov. 13.—A spe
cial to the Times from Wash
ington says that Delegate
George B. Grigsby of Alaska is
preparing a bill for presenta
tion to the next congress to re
strict or limit fishing in Alaska
waters, on account of the deple
tion of the fisheries.
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GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO
TAKE DRASTIC MEASURES TO
RID COUNTRY OF RADICALS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Government official*
are greatly concerned over the out
break at Centralia. Wash., and con
demn the attack on the ex-service
men in the strongest language.
Attorney General Palmer said he
would take steps for the deportation
of the radicals.
Pershing Is Aroused
General Pershing issued a state
ment last night in which he said:
“It is a serious outrage that veter
ans of the war, parading in uniform
in celebration of victory, be shot in
cold blood, as was the case in Cen
tralia.
“Too drastic measures can not be
taken to rid the country of the class
of criminals who inspire or commit
such crimes.”
Poindexter on Deck as Usual
Senator Poindexter of Washington
issued a public statement last night
declaring that government leniency
toward radicals was responsible for
the happenings at Centralia. He said
that instead of deporting and other
wise punishing them, as the laws pro
vide, the government has shown the
radicals many favors.
A few feeble moves had been made
by the administration, said the sen
ator, but no comprehensive, drastic
and complete program which would
sweep the country clean of these ene
mies of society had been inaugurated.
Like a Voice from the Grave
CHICAGO, Nov. 13 (by Associated
Press).—“Big Bill” Haywood, general
secretary of the I. W. W., who was
imprisoned during the war for sedi
tious speech, and is now out on bail
pending a new trial, says that the
I. W. W. bas no branch at Centralia.
The shooting, he says, was done by
maniacs.
DEMOCRATIC LEADER IN SENATE
DIES AT HIS HOME IN VIRGINIA
AFTER MOST SUCCESSFUL CAREER
CHARLOTTEVILLE, Va„ Nov. 13
(by Associated Press).—Senator Mar
tin of Virginia, Democratic leader in
the senate, died at his home in this
city yesterday, aged 76.
Sketch of His Career
Thomas Staples Martin, until his
election in 1894, had been a railroad
attorney in a small town, who had
never before sought a public office.
When it was found that the state
legislature had chosen him in prefer
ence to one of Virginia’s most popular
and able citizens, the late Major Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee, there was a storm of
protest among the Democrats of the
“Old Dominion."
Martin braved the opposition, how
ever, and on March 4, 1895, took his
seat. His ability was soon discovered,
and from the date of his advent into
national politics he served continu
ously in the senate, rising to the floor
leadership of his party and chairman
ship of the important appropriations
committee. He served in that ca
pacity during the war congress, where
he was regarded as one of the leading
figures in the senate.
Senator Martin’s father, John Sam
uel Martin, and his mother, Martha
Ann Staples, were descendants of the
early settlers of the colony of Vir
ginia. His father was a merchant
and manufacturer of Scottsville, Al
bemarle county, Virginia, where, on
July 29, 1847, young Martin was born.
When he was six years old his parents
removed to the country, and there
after he made his home in Albemarle
county.
After a primary education in the
Scottsville school, Martin entered the
Virginia Military Institute in March,
1864. When the cadet battalion of the
institute was mustered into the Con
federate army for the battle of New
Market, Cadet Martin was ill in a hos
pital, and missed the encounter, but
upon his recovery he rejoined his ba^
talion and served until the end of the
war.
In October, 1865, he entered the aca
demic school of the University of Vir
ginia, but after two years he was
forced to leave college by the death of
his father and assume the responsi
bilities of a large family. He entered
the mercantile business at Scottsville
and began the study of law, reading
at home. In 1869 he was admitted to
the bar.
His interest in politics was aroused
by his association with John S. Bar
bour, chairman of the state general
committee of the Democratic party,
who made him a member of the com
mittee. At that time the Democratic
party was threatened with disruption
over the state debt to the federal gov
ernment and a ‘‘readjuster faction,”
headed by General Mahone, and in
cluding negroes, sprang up. Senator
OPERATORS AND HERS TO
CONFER AT NATIONAL CAPITAL
-RADICALS ARE STILL ACTIVE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Apparently the strik
ing bituminous coal miners are un
willing to return to work at the old
pay. The operators and miners will
confer with Secretary Wilson here to
morrow.
Fuel Administrator Garfield will be
in attendance at the conference of
miners and operators tomorrow. Sec
retary Wilson expects more than two
hundred operators and more than one
hundred miners to be present.
The department of justice learns
that the activities of radicals threaten
serious trouble in the bituminous
fields of West Virginia. Russians are [
directing meetings of the miners, and j
preaching violence.
Still Out in Colorado
DENVER, Col., Nov. 13 (by Associ
ated Press).—The withdrawal of the >
strike order brought no marked change
in the Colorado coal fields yesterday, j
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The miners probably are awaiting for
mal notice that the strike is off. .
Ordered Back to Work
PUEBLO, Colo., Nov. 13 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The coal miners of
Colorado, New Mexico and Utah have
been ordered back to work. The dis
trict president of the United Mine
Workers has advised the unions that
the strike is over.
Situation Desperate in Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 13 (by Asso
ciated Press).—With many cities
facing a coal shortage, Nebraska is in
the grip of a cold wave, with the
temperature ranging near zero.
Return to Work
BISMARCK, N. D., Nov. 13 (by As
sociated Press).—The coal miners of
this state have promised to return to
work.
SOLDIER DEAD
FROM RUSSIA
ARRIVE HOME
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (by Associ
ated Press).—The bodies of one hun
dred and three American soldiers who
died fighting in Russia arrived here
today. They were the first American
dead brought home from foreign bat
tlefields.
Funeral services were conducted on
the Hoboken pier.
DOLIER IS NEW HEAD
OF AMERICAN LEGION
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 13 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Franklin Dolier, a
merchant of Philadelphia, and a war
veteran, was yesterday elected na
tional commander of the American Le
gion. *
The convention voted to have con
gress consider further bonuses for
service men.
Martin came into the political lime
light of the state by meeting the chal
lenge of the new organization, and
under his leadership it was overthrown
and the Democratic party predomi
nated.
In 1893 he was persuaded by his as
sociates to enter the senatorial race,
and after a bitter fight he was elected
by the assembly over General Lee.
For re-election in 1901 Senator Martin
defeated Governor T. Hoge Tyler, an
other strong opponent. In 1904 the
Democratic organization adopted the
“primary plan” for election of gov
ernor and senators. This developed
an eloquent and popular opponent in
Governor A. J. Montague, and even
Senator Martin’s friends were doubtful
of the outcome, as his ability as a
debater and public speaker was un
known. Senator Martin “stumped”
the state and achieved his third vic
tory.
On October 10, 1894, he married
Lucy Chambliss Day, daughter of Col.
C. Fenton Day of Smithfield, Va. Two
children were born to them.
SENATE VOTES
DOWN WALSH
AMENDMENT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (by Asso
ciated Press).—By a vote of 68 to 41,
the senate today defeated the pro
posal of Senator Walsh of Massachu
setts to amplify the reservations to
Article 10 of the League of Nations
covenant, so that other nations would
be under no obligation to aid the
United States in preserving its terri
torial integrity.
The senate also defeated the at
tempt of the Democratic senators to
invoke the cloture rule to limit debate
on the reservations to the peace treaty
submitted by the committee on foreign
relations.
Chairman Lodge of the foreign re
lations committee objected because
the Democrats proposed to limit de
bate only on the reservations.
The Democrats say they will make
a proposal to limit debate on the en
tire treaty.
DR. CORDOVA IS
MURDERED AT
NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 13 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Dr. Leonold Cordova,
former Honduran consul here, was
shot and killed, and Mrs. Cordova was
dangerously wounded, and both were
left for dead in a ditch in the out
skirts of the city last night.
The present consul of Honduras
says that Dr. Cordova had hundreds
of bitter enemies, and that his death
probably was the result of a political
plot.
PEACE COMMISSIONERS
SOON TO LEAVE FRANCE
PARIS, Nov. 12 (by Associated
Press).—The American and British
peace commissioners will leave France
in December.