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VOL. IV. NO._48_CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1919 PRICE TEN CENTS
FATE OF GERMAN COLONIES IS IN BALANCE
BRITISH AHD FRENCH WANT
TO RETAIN GERMAN COLONIES
PARIS, Jan. 27 (by Associated Press). It is expected that
the supreme council of the pence congress will today consider
the ultimate fate of the German colonies. Great Britain and
France already have agreed that these colonies shall not revert
to Germany, to prevent the Germans from establishing sub
marine bases in the colonies.
The American attitude on this ipiestion is unrevealed as
yet.
It is expected that the French will get the German Kam
eruns. Belgium claims the portion of the Congo which she
captured by force of arms.
A high French authority says the conference will have the
peace terms ready for iinal ratification by the end of March.
It is expected that the German delegates will be summoned to
I “.iris early in April.
The delegate- of the smaller powers are I.ting this alter
linen to choose representatives on the commissions provided
j',,r in the resolutions adopted by the congress Saturday.
JOHN ROSENE
-BHSAHH1E -
IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE. Jan 27 (by Associated
Press). John Rosene. a pioneer
in tin* development ot Alaska and the
Yukon, died here Sunday ot heart
trouble.
Mr. Rosene went to the Klondike in
1896. snd later organized the North
western Commercial Comuany and
other corporations in Alaska.
WOOLEN GOODS LABOR
WANTS SHORTER DAY
NEW YORK. Jan. 27 (by Associated
Press) A nation-wide labor crisis,
involving industries engaged in man
ufacturing silk and cotton goods, and
to some extent woolen goods, is im
pending unless the employers in these
trades concede the eight-hour day on
February 3.
ALASKA MINING STOCKS
NEW YORK. Jan. 27 Alaska Gold.
3%; Alaska Juneau. 2.
AMERICAN BOYS ARE
ROUGHING IT UP IN PARIS
- PiM+M.— frtn <iy Associated
Press).—Thirty - four murders, 220
| assaults and nearly five hundred seri
ous light.' have been participated in
by American soldiers since the armis
| lice was signed. The American mili
tarv police have been reinforced.
DEMPSEY WILL
LIKELY FIGHT
JESS WILLARD
NEW YORK. Jan. 27 (by Associated
Press). Jack Dempsey is being
named as a possible opponent for Jess
Willard, who has contracted with Tex
Rickard for a fight In July for a purse
of $100,000.
The French champion. Georges Far
pent ier, is believed to be out of the
running on account of his wounds.
Tommy Burns' Opinion
VANCOUVER, Jan. 27 (by Asso
ciated Press). Tommy Hums, former
champion heavyweight pugilist, be
lieves that Dempsey will be the win
ner in liis coming bout with Jess
Willard, the champion.
ALLIES EVACUATE POSITIONS
TO PREVENT FUTILE CASUALTIES
ARClIAXtiKl.,, Jan. 27 (by Associated Press).—The town j
of Shenknrsh, l!)t) miles south of Archahgele, was (“vaeuated
Saturday by the Americans and allies in order to avoid un
necessary casualties.
The Americans, in a light Saturday at Tarusevo, north
west of Shenknrsh, with the Bolsheviki, captured several pris
oners and a number of machine guns and other equipment.
Czecho-Slovaks Defeat Poles
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 27 (by Associated Press).—The
Czecho-Slovaks have captured Oderblirg from the Poles after
sanguinary fighting. ,
British at Mouth of Volga
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 27 (by Associated Press).—A Berlin
dispatch says that British forces have advanced from Baku and
occupied the Tnuiscausian railway. The British are declared
to have occupied Petervosk and Astrakhan, at the mouth of
the Volga river.
EMY
TRAVEL TO CORDOVA
HAS STARTED AGAIN
SEATTLE, Jan, 27 (by Associated
Press). The steamship Alameda
sailed for Alaska ports at 9 o'clock
Sunday morning, with the following
passengers for Cordova:
W. J. Shepard. Mr and Mrs. M
.1 Knapp, T. M. Hunt, C. Goettal, Mrs.
Hose Chanquist, Carl Dahlherg. Mrs.
J. W. (IrotT, Frank Groff, Harold Groff.
Mamie Tamurad Nilhert, C. E. Moser,
Mrs. C. McLeod, A. R. lltherg, Mr.
and Mrs. J. C Jackson, Percy Doo
litte, Mr. and Mrs. F, McConaughy,
Mrs. I,. Doolittle, Jack Heath. H. S.
Kog. T. Plrtle, W. A Dykernan. C M
llurr.
WORK STOPS
ON SHIPS AT
TACOMAYARD
TACOMA, Jan. 27 (by Associated
Press). Suspension of construction
<wi twelve sbtpr at the Todd plant in
ordered by the United States Ship
ping Board, in a telegram received to
day Shipping men believe that the
government intends to cancel orders
for -hi|is now under construction.
Strikers Are Defiant
SI'.A I I LK. Jan. 27 thy Associated
Press i The Emergency Fleet Cor
poration has requested three Seattle
shipyards to submit estimates of the
cost of cancelling contracts with the
government for ships. This will affect
seventy three ships under construc
tion here.
The strikers say the threatened can
cellation of contracts is a challenge.
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TO VISIT BRUSSELS
BRUSSELS. Jan. 27 (by Associated
Press).—President Wilson has accept
ed King Albert's invitation to visit
Brussels. The date has not been
fixed yet.
GETTING MACHINERY
OILED FOR PROHIBITION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (by Asso
ciated Press). Thirty-six states, the
necessary three-fourths, have officially
certified to the state department their
ratification of the prohibition amend
men t« the federal constitution. Kan
sas was the thiry-sixth state to re
port.
The stall department is engaged in
preparations for the putting into ef
fect of the amendment.
U.S.DESTROYER
WAS SUNK BY
HUN U-BOAT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (by Asmi
I eiated I*re-s i The American de
ls troyer Jait-b Jones, which was sunk
I off the Irish coast in December, 1917.
j was torpedo d by the German suhuta
) rine U-53, which visited Newport in
I the suite -jfcQf 191K. later harassing
| shipping ho New England coast,
| according to a report to the navy de
partment,
ADMIRAL WATSON TO BE
REPAIRED AT VICTORIA
VICTORIA, 1! Jan. 27 (by Asso
dated Press). On account of the
strike in the Seattle shipyards, the
steamship Admiral Watson has been
brought to Yarrow's plant, in this city,
for repairs.
The Watson was damaged recently
while sou'b hound from Alaska ports.
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TRAIN WEDNESDAY
The m xt train leaving here will
he on Wednesday morning making
connections with the north branch
local
BRITISH ARE SOWING FOOD
TO HUNGRY VIENNA POPULACE
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\ IhXXA, .Ian. 27 (In Associated Brass).— The second
’rain ot foodstuffs from the British annyMn Italy has Ici'V*
\ icenza and is expected here on Wednesdayjiext The disfri
I'untion ol tin- first trainloitff nli’etiff^'^isiieolin.
I'ood slid commands fahulous prices in Vienna. Special
precautions are lieini^ taken to prevent the supplies from fall
into the hands of profiteers. The i*renter part of the pro
visions are brill?; distributed anion^ the poor free.
GERMAN PEOPLE UNDER DELUSION
THAT NO INDEMNITY IS EXPECTED
I ’A It IS, .Ian. 127 (by Associated Press).—A French general
who lias just returned from Merlin says the Germans, believ ing
that the war is over, think their bad times are at an end. Thev
do not believe that the German army was beaten, and therefore
mP-y^theJm^gcijgion that no war indemnity will he ex
German labor is under illusions regarding the feeling of
Americans toward them, and especially as to President Wilson,
said the general. Jle said processions passed the hotels cheer
ing the American officers commanding the American mission in
Berlin.
PRESIDENT WILSON VIEWS
DAMAGE DONE BY GERMANS
PARIS, .Jail. 27 (by Associated Press).- President W ilson
yesterday visited Khciius, Chateau Tliierry and a dozen or
more razed villages. He also visited Relleau Wood, where
the American marines loiurht so valiantlv. and saw the graves
of hundreds of American and French soldiers. Belleau Wood
has been renamed by the French after the marines. At Cha
teau Thierry the President examined the ground where the al
lies stopped the Herman advance toward Paris. This prom
ises to lie the Mecca for American tourist.- for va-ars to come.
After his return to the capital President Wilson said: “1
can not put into words the impre-sioiis received anmiic these
scenes of ruin and desolation.”
The French hope that President W ilson will visit other
devastated sections of France h fore In help.- to decide what
i- to lie expected from Hermann in the way of reparation for
tie1 devastation wrought la them.
GOV. RIGGS CHAIRMAN
OF LOAN COMMITTEE
SAN FKANlTSCO, Jail. 27 I by As
sociated Press) Governor Thomas I
Higgs, Jr., of Alankn. has been named i
as chairman of the Alaska Liberty
loan central committee
Alaska in the Fourth loan subscribed
$3.180Jff»(> Her quota was onl>
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CONSCIENTIOUS SCRUPLES
AGAINST LEAVING P IN
>
LFAVKNWDKTI1 Kan . Jan 27 (by «
Associated Press • One hundred and <
eleven conscientious objectors have >
been released from the federal prison
at Fort Leavenworth Two refused to
leave, saying it was against their r- ^
ligious scruples
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AUSTRIAN DISTRICT
SEEKS NEW UNION
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BERNE. Jan. 27 (by Associated t
Press). Petitions circulated in Voral
berg, an Austrian frontier district,
urging union with Switzerland, have
met with support. They are addressed
to the Swiss government and to the (
peace conference
SOClAjjfiTS ROUTED ■
A BYCANADIAN SOLDIERS '
WINNIPEG. Jan 27 lby Associated
Press i Returned soldiers yesterday
broke up a meeting held b\ Socialists
in honor of the memory of Dr. Karl
Llebknecht. the late German Sparta <
cus leader The Socialist club and *
headquarters were wrecked. i
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The ( onlov.i tire department will i
hold a drill tomorrow afternoon at l I
o'clock. weahter permitting. .s
FORSAKEN AND
FORGOTTEN IS
KAISER S LOT
LONDON, Jan. 27 < !»v Associated
'ress» The funner kaiser lias grown
urly. ami run A speaks t-> tin serv
nts or guards Kn11 > he said that
iis time at Ani-Tongen was nearly up
The Daily Mail says the former kai
or is being deserted h> nearly every
me. and receives practically no visit
>rs. Hia corrcspondenc- is becoming
mall.
IN EXTRA SESSION OF
CONGRESS IS LIKELY
WASHINGTON. Jan. 27 (by Ahho
iated Press). An extra session of
ongress this spring is deemed cor
a in by leaders of both the Demo
ratio and Republican parties.
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ARMY OF HALF MILLION MEN
WASHINGTON. Jan 27 i by Asso
iated Press). General March today
nnounced that it was planned to re
irn three hundred American soldiers
ninthly. All the American overseas
.lives are expected to lav home and
• n.-biiized within six months
General March said that a standing
rmy of 500.000 men was planned
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DETENTION CAMP EMPTIED
Yesterday morning all inhabitants
f the detention camp were discliarg
d They were Jas. Smith, John Her
y. Clyde Nettleton. Miss Ida Mr
loud. Tom Kinney. John Johnson,
.loyd Hunker. G. Swanson and M
iapunsink, all of whom arrived from
lenttle on the last trip of the Alaska.
ROYALIST MOVEMENT HAS BEEN
ERADICATED BY PORTUGUESE
LISBON, dan. 27 (by Associated Press). The royalist
movement has been eradicated here, and is being suppressed in
North Portugal by the concentration of republican troops.
The Portuguese cabinet has resigned.
Manuel Looking for Former Job
VIGO, Spain, dan. 27 (by Associated Press).—Former
King Manuel is reportred to have entered Portugal Saturday.
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