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' VOL-5. NO. 148_CORDOVA, ALASKA. TUESDAY, MAY 25,1920 _•_PRICE TEN CENTS
CARRANZA S ID TO CAPTL
BRYAN TAKES
ISSUE WITH
PRESIDENT
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WASHINGTON, May 2 (by Asso
ciated Press).—William J. Bryan has.
taken flat issue with President Wil- j
son on the question of a mandate over:
^Armenia, and in a statement issued j
today declared “any mandate is im-,
possible.” I
Bryan said we could do more to-j
ward making the world safe for de-j
mocracy, “even for democracy in Ar
menia,” by recognizing the Armenian
republic and entering the League of
Nations as “a friend of all little coun
tries?.”
WASHINGTON, May 25 (by Asso
ciated Press). — Some Republican
members of the senate predicted to
■* day that the president’s request for j
authority to accept a mandate over;
Armenia would lie in the senate for- \
eign relations committee indefinitely.
Senator Lodge would make no state-j
meat, but he has emphatically been
opposed to any mandate in the past.;
Senator Harding said he would never
give his consent.
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»PENROSE’S CONDITION
IS MUCH IMPROVED
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PHILADELPHIA, May 25 (by Asso
siated Press).—A bulletin issued from
the sick room of Senator Penrose this
morning said the senator was much
improved.
THIEVES WHO WOULD
BE CREDIT TO SEATTLE
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 25
(by Associated Press).—A. H. Carvie,
recently reported to the police that
a 3-year-old Norway spruce tree was
stolen from his front yard. The
thieves dug a hole round the roots
Reaving a large hole where the tree
had stood. 1
WANTS FEDERAL FUNDS
FOR VOCATIONAL WORK
HONOLULU, T. H„ May 25 (by As
sociated Press)'.—Honolulu chamber of
commerce has sent to Governor
Charles J. McCarthy for transmission
to Washington copies of its resolu
tions urging that Hawaii be included
.in the disbursement of federal funds
for vocational training.
BERGDOLL’S ESCAPE
PLANNED IN ADVANCE
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WASHINGTON, May 25 (by Associ
ated Press).—Attorney General Pal
mer asserts that the department of
justice is entirely blameless for Berg
dolss’ escape, as both the army intel
licence bureau and the department
were forewarned of his Jntent to
attempt an escape.
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INDICTMENTS AGAINST
MORSE ARE DISMISSED
WASHINGTON, May 25 (by Asso
ciated Press).—-.Indictments against
Charles W. Morse and other defend
ants charged with the illegal sale of
the steamship McCullough have been
ordered dismissed in the federal court
on instructions from Attorney Gen
* ertl Palmer.
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WASHINGTON, May 25 (by Associ
ated Press).—Not including Califor
nia, the primary expenses of the
Hoover campaign totaled $66,332, John
F. Lucey^ his manager, told the sen
ate committee today which is making
an investigation into the campaign ex
penses of the various presidential
candidates.
Senator Reed questioned Lucey as to
Hoover’s residence. Lucey refused to
say it was London, but was not posi
tive. He offered to secure full figures
on the expense incurred in the Cali
fornia primary. Hoover took no part
in the organization of the Hoover Na
tional Republican Club he said, which
was inaugurated by the Clearing
House Club and other clubs through
out the country.
waiter . vick, manager tor liov
ernor Edwards of New Jersey, denied
that any liquor interests were behind
Edwards, and declared that the latter
had made no pledges.
T. L. Emerson, secretary of state of
Illinois, appearing for Lowden, told
the committee that $404,964 had been
spent in behalf of Lowden’s candidacy.
Lowden contributed $37,900 and his
friends gave the rest. Emerson said
$39,000 had been spent in Michigan
and $38,000 in Missouri.
E. H. Moore testified for Cox, saying
contributions amounting to $22,000
had been received. He charged that
the heavy expenditures of the Repub
lican ' contest in Ohio had provoked
hot partisan strife.
Senator Poindexter, with expendi
tures of $75,000, was second in size
of expenditures made, it was actually
developed. Johnson was third with
$68,000. Angus McSween, a Johnson
manager, said friends in California
paid their own expenses in furthering
Johnson’s cause.
Howard Rice, Poindexter’s secree
tary, testifed that New York bankers
gave $25,000, and the Brooklyn ship
builders $20,000.
Baruch said he knew absolutely
nothing about McAdoo’s campaign or
expenses. France, appearing in per
son, declared he had spent no money
in the campaign. Owen’s campaign
manager testified that $10,410 had
been expended.
JIMMY WILDE WINS IN
BOUT WITH WALLACE
TORONTO, May 25 (by Associated
Press).—Jimmie Wilde won the deci
cision over Patsy Wallace of Philadel
phia here last night in a ten round
contest.
HOARDING HER EGGS—
NOW HAS CHICKENS
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RIO VISTA, Cal., May 25 (by As
sociated Press).—A woman, living
near here, recently set a box of eggs
in a corner of her room, beneath
which was a water pipe constantly
warm by a fire in the cook stove. She
planned to keep the eggs until- the
price would go up. Instead she heard
the chirping of chicks, and on inves
tigation found that 42 eggs of the 48
had hatched.
KILBANE AND BROWN
FIGHT TO A DRAW
PHILADELPHIA, May 25 (by As
sociated Press).—Johnny Kilbane,
featherweight champion, and Harry
Brown of Philadelphia, were given a
draw decision last night after six
rounds of fast boxing.
SELLING SUGAR AT
EXCESSIVE PRICES
BOSTON, May 25 (by Associated
Press).—The government today issued
complaints charging the Revere Sugar
Refinery and the American Sugar Re
finery Company with selling sugar at
excessive prices and with holding
back their product in an attempt at
regulating prices.
FLAN FLIGHT
FROM 110LA!
THRU^ALASKA
SEATTLE, May 25 (by Associated
Press).—A special to the Post-Intel
ligencer from Washington says Cap
tain H. F. Douglas left Washington
Monday to arrange the route for an
aeroplane flight from Mineola to
Nome by way of Fargo straight across
Canada and Alaska. The only stop
planned in Canada is at Saskatoon.
It is possible the planes may visit
Dawson and Fairbanks and follow
down the Yukon river. It is -expected
it will take three months to complete
the arrangements now being made
with the Canadian authorities for the
flight.
PLANECRASHES
i TO EARTH AND
! 2 ARE KILLED
VANCOUVER, B. C.. May 25 (by
Associated Press).—E. H. Beazley, a
member of the board of directors of
the Union Steamship Company, was
instantly killed, and Major A. Baker
seriously injured, when Baker’s aero
plane crashed to the earth from an
altitude of twenty-five hundred feet.
MAY LOSE AN ARM AS
RESULT OF ACCIDENT
PORTLAND, May 25 (by Associated
Press).—Hans Oberg, 60, stood half
an hour on a steel beam in the draw
bridge with his wrist caught under
a steel lever while policemen worked
furiously to release him. He refused
the offer of a doctor to take an anaes
thetic to relieve the terrible pain.
Finally the lever was melted by an
acetylene torch. Oberg’s arm proba
bly will have to be amputated.
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WASHINGTON, May 25 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Gold production has
already greatly decreased and will
virtually cease unless speedy relief is
given the mining companies, H. W.
Seaman of Chicago, president of the
Trojan Mining Company, testified to
day before the house ways and means
committee. Every ounce of gold costs
the companies $8 to $10 more than the
government price of $20.67. He urged
the passage of a bill levying an ex
cise tax of $10 an ounce on gold used
in the jewelry and other trades.
THROWS BODY OF BOY
KILLED INTO BAY
OAKLAND, May 25 (l$y Associated
Press).—After a gun trap in his of
fice exploded and killed Theodore
Wiek, aged 14, F. L. Parker, lumber
man, threw the body into the bay
later, he told the police. The body
was rocovered. Parker faces a charge
of manslaughter.
DECREASED
IS ALARMING
WASHINGTON, May 25 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Herbert Hoover, in ai
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letter to Representative Riddick of
Montana, said the decrease in agricul
tural production in this country may
result in our becoming dependent on
overseas food supplies and suggested
the creation of a commission com
posed of highly trained farmers and!
skilled economists and financial ex
perts to consider the cause and sug
gest remedies.
Hoover said the deflation of prices
must not begin on the farmers. The
burden of taxation is wrongfully dis
tributed, he said, and the present mar
keting system wasteful.
SALMON TREATY
BETWEEN U. S.
AND CANADA
WASHINGTON, May 25 (by Asso
dated Press). — The treaty between
the United States and Canada cover
ing regulations of the sockeye salmon
fisheries was signed here today.
The treaty is designed for the pro
tection, preservation and propagation
of sockeye salmon, and the regulation
of fisheries waters contiguous to the
United States and Canada and the
Fraser river system.
FREIGHT CONGESTION
NOT BEING UNTANGLED
WASHINGTON, May £5 (by Asso
ciated Press).—According to reports
received by the interstate commerce
commission, very slow progress is be
ing made in the attempt to strighten
out the movement of freight through
out the country.
WOOD STILL HOPEFUL
OF CARRYING OREGON
CHICAGO, May 25 (by Associated
Press).—William Proclor, Wood cam
paign manager, said there was stiil
a chance that Wood will carry Ore
gon in the primary election and de
clared in any event that second place
in a Pacific ooast state was virtually
a victory for Wood.
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BOLSHEVIK! DRIVEN
BACK WITH LOSSES
WARSAW, May 25 (by Associated
Press).—The Bolsheviki forces were
driven back across the Beresina with
heavy losses, according to an official
statement issued today. They have
been checked everywhere, although
heavy fighting continues along the en
tire front.
EVERYTHING IN
READINESS FOR
CHICAGO, May L'5 (by Associated
Press).—“Presidential Row,” an in
stitution unique in American politics,
is preparing for the final drive that
will culminate the week of June 8
in the nomination of a republican
candidate for president of the United
States.
The “Row,” which each four years
is the center of national pre-conven
tion politics, is going through the
biggest season in its history.
“Presidential Row” includes parts
,of two Michigan Boulevard .hotels,
which are connected by a subterran
ean passageway, and along the row
every leading republican presidential
candidate has established or will
establish his headquarters. Here, too,
the Republican National committee
maintains'extensive offices, while the
Democratic committee meets here on
occasion.
Since the Republicans began hold
ing their conventions here regularly
in 1904 the “Row” has become an in
stitution of the party.
National headquarters of Governor
Prank O. Lowden and Major General
Leonard Wood were the first to open
this season. The Wood delegation
has been active on the “Row” since
early last winter and the Lowden
camp has been on the ground since
January 1. t
Later arrivals include western
headquarters for Herbert Hoover and
Attorney General A. Mitchell Pal
mer, and the regional offices of the
National Personal Liberty League,
working in the interests of Governor
Edwards, Democrat of New Jersey.
Reservations have been made for
Senator Hiram Johnson, Senator Miles
Poindexter and Governor Coolidge, of
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Massachusetts. They will open of
fices several days before the conven
tion.
The Republican National committee
has had offices on the “Row” for
several months. The committee will
move to convention headquarters at
| the Coliseum today and there
will begin hearing contests for con
vention seats on May 25 or 26, ac
cording to present plans.
Following the convention the Re
publican committee will occupy an en
tire floor, including the ball room, in
a down town hotel and also establish
work rooms in a loop office building.
Will H. Hays, chairman of the com
mittee, is expected to spend consid
erable time during the campaign here,
and one of the large hotel parlors is
being prepared for his private office.
The Democratic National committee
I will maintain headquarters here, but
has not yet selected a location. Chair
man Homer S. Cummings will divide
his time between the offices here and
those at the Grand Central Palace
in New York.
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FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, May 25 (Special to the
Times).—Fish prices were quoted at
noon May 24 as follows: Halibut,
17c; sable fish, 5c; ling and red cod,
2c.
NEW MEXICO COURT
UPHELD AT ST. PAUL
ST. PAUL, May 25 (by Associated
Press).—The temporary injunction is
sued by. the United States district
court of New Mexico restraining the
State Council of Defense and state
officials from interfering with the
circulation and sale of Hearst’s Mag
azine in New Mexico was upheld by
the United States circuit court of ap
peals today.
CARRANZA IS
BURIED AMONG
POOR PEONS
MEXICO CITY, May 25 (by Associ
ated Press).—President Carranza com
mitted suicide rather than surrender,
according to a telegram to the head
quarters of General Gonzales purport
ing to come from Herrero at Cerro
Azul, state of Puebla.
MEXICO CITY, May 25 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Former President Car
ranzo was buried in Dolores ceme
tery, where the poorest of Mexicans
are interred. There were few mourn
ers and the funeral took place whils
the new president was being selected.
The fate of Losis Cabrera, former
secretary of the treasury, is un
known.
MEXICO CITY, May 25 (by Asso
ciated Press). — General Delahuerta
was named president ad interim by
the extraordinary session of the Mex
ican congress by an overwhelming
majority over Pablo Gonzales.
LEFLOR, Cohuilla, May 25 (by As
sociated Press).—Revolutionist au
thorities served an ultimatum on Villa
yesterday giving him until today to
decide whether he is at peace or war
1 with the new government.
WASHINGTON, May 25 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Advices to the state
department from Mexico are to the ef
fect that George Miller, the British
subject held by Villa for ransom, has
been released.
HAWAIIANS PROTEST
AGAINST CHANGE IN
NAME OF LABOR UNION
HONOLULU, T. H. May 25 (by As
sociated Press).—Princess David Ka
wananakoa, sister-in-law of J. K. Ka
lanianaole Hawaii’s representative in
Congress, and regent of three Hawai
ian societies, has protested against
the change of the name of the Jap
anese Federation of Labor to the
Hawaiian Federation of Labor.
The new title would indicate the
organization was composed of Hawai
ians, whereas, according to the pro
test, there is not a single native of
Hawaii on its rolls.
GOVERNOR OF OREGON
ARRIVES AT STOCKTON
STOCKTON, Cal., May 25 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Aviator Kelly accom
panied by Governor Olcott of Oregon,
arrived here at 2:40 o’clock yester
day afternoon, having made the flight
from Eugene, Ore., with only one stop.
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AMERICAN ENTITLED
TO VOTE IF HE DID AID
ALLY IN RECENT WAR
WHEELING, W. Va., May 25 (by
Associated Press).—The right of an
American to vote has not been for
feited if he has sworn allegiance to a
foreign allied nation to aid in the
prosecution of war, according to a
recent ruling of Attorney General E.
T. England of West Virginia.
The ruling was made in the case
of Albert Marshall of Wheeling, who
had been denied the right to vote be
cause he enlisted with the Canadian
troops at the beginning of the world
war. However, fie joined the Amer
ican army when the first of the expe
ditionary forces arrived oversea*.