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VOL. V. NO. 112__CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS k
•RAILROAD LABOR BOARD NAMED
BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE AND WILL
TAKE UP SWITCHMEN’S STRIKE
WASHINGTON, April 13 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The railroad labor
board appointed by President Wilson
to take up the switchmen’s strike is
composed of George W. Hangar, Wash
ington. D. C.; Henry Hunt, Cincinnati,
and R. M. Barton of Tennessee, repre
senting the public; Horace Baker, J.
H. Elliott and William L. Park, repre
senting the railroads, and Albert Phil
lis, A. O. Wharton and James J. For
restere, representing the employes.
^WHO THE MEMBERS ARE
Henry Hunt is a former mayor of
Cincinnati, and a trustee of the muni
cipal railway.
George W. Hanger is assistant com
missioner of the federal conciliation
board.
R. M. Barton is a former Tennessee
judge.
Horace Baker (formerly was. general
manager of the Cincinnati, New Or
leans & Texas-Pacific.
J. H. Elliott at. one... time was gen
eral manager of the Texas & Pacific.
William L. Park is vice president
of the Chicago Great Western.
Albert Phillips is vice president of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men.
A. O. Wharton is an official of the
railway employes’ department of the
American Federation of Labor.
J. J. Forester is president of the
•ptailway and Steamship Clerks, Freight
Handlers and Station Employes’
uvUion.
The board will have its headquar
ters at Chicago, and the members will
receive salaries of $10,000 yearly.
The first business of the new board
will be to take up the present switch-'
men’s strike.
MAKES GOOD IMPRESSION
CHICAGO, April 13 (by Associated
Press).—The appointment of the labor
board is regarded by railway and
brotherhood officials as a long step
toward the settlement of the strike.
They now await announcement by At
torney General Palmer as to the gov
ernment’s attitude toward the strike.
NO BREAK YET
NEW YORK, April 13 (by Associat
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ed Press).—There are no indications
of a break in the strike of railway
switchmen. The Brotherhood officials
are still trying to effect conciliation.
College students and citizens are
: volunteering for service in the yards.
The situation in Philadelphia and
i Chicago is not improving, and more
men are out in the coal mines in Penn
sylvania on account of the car short
age. Freight and express traffic is
seriously affected. '
SITUATION IMPROVING
CHICAGO, April 13 (by Associated
i Press).—The strike situation in the
Middle West is much improved. The
; switchmen at many points are return
| ing to work, and livestock is being
1 moved.
.The department of justice has asked
the New York Central and the Penn
j sylvania railroads'. to’ senfi in 'the
: pames of the strikers and their leaders.
IMPROVING IN WEST
SEATTLE, April 13 (by Associated
Press).—The Spokane and Everett
switchmen have returned to work, and
the situation in the West is improving
hourly. Eastern conditions are not so
encouraging, but it is thought that
Wall street is expecting an early set
tlement of the strike.
EMBARGO AT WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, April 13 (by Associ
ated Press).—An embargo against all
incoming and outgoing freight has
been put into effect by the railroads
entering Washington. Two cars of
fresh meat were the only freight re
ceived during the last twenty-four
hours.
The city’s supply of perishable food
stuffs is estimated to be sufficient to
last for from seven to ten days.
PREPARING FOR TROUBLE
BOSTON, April 13 (by Associated
Press).—Major General Leonard Wood
has canceled his leave of absence on
account of the railroad strike and has
resumed command of the Central de
partment. with headquarters in Chi
( cago.
WOMAN FACES
TRIAL CHAR®
WITH PERJURY
SAl? FRANCISCO, April 13 (by As
sociated Press).—Eight temporary
jurors hav<? been selected for the trial
of Mrs. Alice Woodcock, charged with
perjury in connection with her testi
mony at the trial of her husband, Ed
gar Woodcock, for the murder of Will
iam Kelly, a newspaper man, whom he
shot and killed.
Woodcock was acquitted, and Mrs.
Woodcock is now charged with com
plicity in the murder.
poindexterTexpects to
* SHOW IN CONVENTION
SPOKANE, April 13 (by Associated
Press)—Howard Rice, private secre
tary to Senator .Miles Poindexter, said
yesterday that Poindexter expected to
go into the national Republican con
vention with not less than fifty, and
possibly sixty delegates pledged to his
support for the presidential nomina
tion.
Poindexter is due here April 20, and
will make a three weeks’ campaign in
Otftegon.
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WILL SELECT LARGER
QUARTERS FOR SUMMER
HOME OF PRESIDENT
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WASHINGTON, April 13 (by Associ
ated Press).—The summer ' White
House will not be at Wood’s Hole,
Mass., as had been previously an
nounced. It is now stated that some
place with accommodations for a large
staff of secretaries and attaches will
be selected for the President’s sum
mer residence.
CO-OPERATIVE STORE
FOR RAILROAD CRAFTS
SPOKANE, April 13 (by Associated
Press).—The affiliated railroad crafts
are planning to start a co-operative
i store in this city. It is announced
that each member will be assessed a
fixed sum to start the enterprise.
NO ULTIMATUM TO
STRIKING SWITCHMEN
CHICAGO, April 13 (by Associated
Press).—District Attorney Clyne de
nies the report that he has Issued an
ultimatum to the striking railway
switchmen, and says that he is await
ing instructions from Washington.
FRENCH TO EVACUATE
NEUTRAL ZONE CITIES
PARIS, April 13 (by Associated
Press).—Premier Millerand, answer
ing the sixth British note regarding
the French occupation of the Rhine
; land, said that all the occupied cities
would be evacuated simultaneously,
and that the status quo would be re
stored.
GOV. ALLEN
GIRARD, Kan., AprR 13 (by Associ
ated Press).—Alexander Howat, presi
dent of the Kansas district union of
the United Mine Workers, who is be
ing held here for contempt of court,
delivered an address at the jail last
night, speaking to a big crowd.
Howat attacked Governor Allen and
the Kansas industrial court law, and
referred to the governor as a “skunk,
a tyrant, a would-be destroyer of or
ganized labor, and an oppressor of
human rights.”
MINES TIED UP
'PITTSBURGH, Kan., April 13 (by
Associated Press*).—Coal operators re
; port that only two hundred miners
; are working out of twelve thousand
in this district. No strike has been
called, but the .men are staying away
on their own accord.
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CHICAGO, April 13 (by Associated
Press).—The national executive com
mittee of the Socialist party has sent
a message to Eugene V. Debs, the So
cialist leader now serving a prison
sentence for sedition in the Atlanta
penitentiary, saying:
“In the name of the millions you
have touched with your love and in
spired with your courage, the Socialist
party sends fraternal greetings and a
message of love ou this anniversary of
your incarceration.
“The spirit of our movement is
abroad in the land and our day of
victory approaches.”
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TRUCE IS DECLARD
IN ORDER TO LOAD
SHIPS FOR ALASKA
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SEATTLE, April 13 (by Associated
Press).—Loading of Alaska cannery
l ships, which was delayed by the long
thorpmen’s strike, was started this
morning, when a week’s truce was
agreed upon by representatives of the
workers and the port commission
SAINT LOUIS IS GROWING
j, WASHINGTON, April 13 (by Asso
' ciated Press).—The population of St.
Louis is 773,000, an increase of 12 per
cent, according to a census bulletin
issued today. *
BOLSHEVIK FORCES
DEFEATED BY POLES
WARSAW, April 13 (by Associated
Press).—The general staff reports a
pronounced victory for the Poles over
the Bolsheviki on the southeastern
front, after several days’ fighting.
IP. 0. INSPECTOR FLAVIN
SUCCUMBS AT HIS DES1
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! SAN FRANCISCO, April 13 (by As
I sociated Press).—Thoibas J. Flavir
; city postal inspector, died suddenly a
his desk today.
Flavin was one of the first to worl
in the Alaska mail service, and for
merly was postal inspector at Spc
I kane.
! MARRffiDMANY
MOST OF WHOM
ARE MISSINC
LOS ANGELES, April 13 (by Asso
dated Presg).—Detectives in this citj
are investigating Richard Huirt, th<
alleged “Bluebeard,” who is in a hos
pital here recovering from a self
inflicted wound.
It is announced that the officers
have discovered that the eighteentl
alleged wife of Huirt is missing, alon*
with five others, and that brides o
the would-be suicide are being locate<
all over the country. One womai
I whom he is alleged to have marriet
| in Seattle is missing. Two women ii
| Los Angeles assert that he was mar
| ried to them.
Aft^er further investigations tin
sheriff’s office announced today tha
the names of seven additional womer
wild i*sr« believed to have bee A victims
of Huirt have been obtained, makinj
a total of twenty-seven wives.
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LONDON, April 13 (by Associate!
Press).—The general strike called b:
the Irish Trade Union Congress as 2
protest against the treatment accordec
by the government to political prison
ers went into effect today=
All workers except newspaper men
telegraph, humanitarian and foot
workers have been called out.
AMERICAN’S PARTIN
| GERMAN REVOLUTION
TO BE INVESTIGATE!
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BERLIN, April 13 (by Associate!
Press).—The American commissione
here has been instructed by the stat<
department at Washington to investi
gate the facts in the case of C. E
Demott, an American citizen sentence!
to death on the charge of participat
[ng in revolutionary activities, and re
port.
PRINCERUPERTCANNERY
IS DESTROYED BY FIR]
PRINCE RUPERT, B. C„ April 1
(by Associated Press).—Fire on Sur
day last destroyed the cannery of th
Inverness Fish Company here, tc
gether with sixty-two small fishin
boats and nets. No estimate can ye
be made of the loss.
HOOVERCAMPAIGN
STARTED IN OREGOI
PORTLAND, April 13 (by Asfsoc
ated Press).—Ralph C. Ely, forme
food commissioner of New Mexicc
has opened a Hoover campaign in Ore
gon. He declares that his candidate 1
the greatest master of economic force
in the country today.
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REAL ALASKA POLICY WILL BE
PUT INTO EFFECT BY VARIOUS
: DEPARTMENTS OF GOVERNMENT
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SEATTLE, April 13 (by Associated
Press).—A special dispatch to the
Post-Intelligencer from Washington
says that Secretary of the Interior
Payne has notified Senator Jones,
chairman of the senate committee on
commerce, that quick and reasonably
low-priced transportation for Alaska
must be provided, together with the
I establishment of an advertising bureau
j to attract tourists first and settlers
| following.
Secretary Payne has asked Postmas
ter General Burleson and Admiral Ben
‘ son to appoint representatives to co
operate with Dr. Alfred H. Brooks of
the interior department in putting a
real Alaska policy into effect, and the
committees on territories of the two
houses of congress have been asked to
assist.
Secretary Payne’3 letter to Mr. Bur
leson outlines Alaska’s needs, based on
detailed information supplied by the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce, the
Southern Pacific railway and Franklin
K. Lane, formerly secretary of the in
terior.
Prompt action on the part of the
iostoffice department and the Ship
ping Board is urged.
REVOLUTION IN
j GUATEMALA IS
STILL RAGING
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GUATEMALA CITY, April 13 (by
Associated Press).—Many non-com bat
> ants have been killed in this city un
»j der shell fire from President Cabrera’s
i: forces since Thursday last. There
II have* been no new developments.
fj City Revolutionary President Hur
! rera hold the city and the principal
railroad points, which are closely be- j
sieged by President Cabrera’s forces.1
The revolution is reported to be1
spreading.
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GOING HOME TO FIGHT
| MEXICO CITY, April 13 (by Associ-j
I ated Press).—Many Guatemalans are |
I crossing the line to participate in the |
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! revolution in Guatemala. The reports !
1 of the fighting have created great ex-;
citement here. j
CABINET TO CONVENE
:j TOMORROW FOR FIRST
TIME IN MANY MONTHS
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WASHINGTON, April 13 (by Asso
ciated Press).—President Wilson has
called a cabinet meeting tomorrow, the
first to be held since September last.
It is understood that the railroad strike
will be the principal subject under dis
| cussion.
i STORM IN COLORADO
> KILLS FOUR PERSONS
l DENVER, April 13 (by Associated
Press).—Four persons were killed and
one fatally injured as a result of a
storm which swept the state of Colo
rado Sunday last.
, VANCOUVER VISITED
\ BY CONFLAGRATION
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VANCOUVER, B. C., April 13 (by
a Associated Press).—The British Co
lumbia Tailoring Company’s store, to
r gether with the White Lunch, were
t destroyed by fire at an early hour this
morning, and other stores in the vicin
ity were badly damaged. The loss is
?60,000.
1 JIMMY WILDE IS VICTOR
IN TEN-ROUND BOUT
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WINDSOR, Ontario, April 13 (by As
- sociated Press).—Jimmy Wilde, the
3 English flyweight champion, defeated
3 the "Zulu Kid” of New York in a ten
round bout here last night
DRASTIC BILL
DEALING WITH
R. R. STRIKES
WASHINGTON, April 13 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Senator Poindexter of
Washington introduced a bill in the
senate yesterday to deal with railroad
strikes. Under the terms of the meas
ure ten years’ imprisonment and a
fine of $10,000 may be imposed on per
sons who advise or solicit others to
join in strikes interfering with inter
state commerce. Persons using force
of violence, or threats of such force
or violence, against others remaining
at work may be punished by fifteen
years’ imprisonment and a fine of
$15,000.
Senator Poindexter declared that the
present strike was nothing more nor
less than a revolution.
Senator Thomas of Colorado said the
strike was an effort to force govern
ment ownership of the railroads.
THE ARMY BILL
The senate yesterday voted not to
strike out the voluntary training pro
vision of the army reorganization bill.
NUKihWbdl UiriltKtNlt
WILL BE ORGANIZED BY
PACIFIC COAST PRINTERS
SPOKANE, April 13 (by Associated
Press).—After a heated discussion re
garding the scope of the proposed Pa
cific Coast Typographical conference,
the California delegates of the print
ers and mailers voted to affiliate with
Washington, Oregon and British Co
lumbia, with a view to organizing the
Northwest Typographic Conference.
The pressmen and stereotypers are
vet to vote on the question.
A uniform wage scale is being dis
cussed in the general conference.
THREE HUNDRED ARE
KILLED BY EXPLOSION
PARIS, April 13 (by Associated
Press).—Three hundred persons have
been killed by the explosion of a mu
nitions dump at Rotenstein, East
Prussia.
FISH QUOTATIONS
KETCHIKAN, April 13—Pish prices
yesterday were: Halibut, firsts, 14c;
seconds, 10c.
TODAY’S PRICES
KETCHIKAN, April 13.—Today’s
fish prices were: Halibut, firsts,
14^c; seconds, 12%c.
AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, April 13.—Prices for fish
at noon yesterday were: Halibut, *tc;
sableflsh, Sc; red and ling cod, 3c.
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