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Cordova Daily Times
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VOL. V. NO. 42 !*• CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1920_ _PRICE TEN CENTS
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‘BIG ROUND-UP OF RADICALS
IS MADE BY SEATTLE POLICE
IN RAD STAGED LAST NIGHT
SEATTLE, Jan. 20 (by Associated
^ Press).—Agents of the department of
justice and Seattle police last night
rounded up 316 alleged “reds” in a
raid which, it was said, was intended
to break the backbone of radical ac
tivities in the Northwest.
The raid was originally planned
against the Union of Russian Work
ers, but all suspicious persons were
taken, and many were released after
an examination at the immigration de
tention station.
Many of those arrested in the raid
were held, howrever, and two hundred
will face deportation charges.
The officers said a mass of evidence
has been accumulated connecting the
Union of Russian Workers with Paul
Bianke, deported on the Buford.
More Candidates for Deportation
NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (by Associ
ated Press).—Agents of the depart
ment of justice have arrested eight
een extremists on deportation war
rants. They were endeavoring to re
organize the Union of Russian Work
ers.
"Wobblies” Sentenced
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 20‘ (by
Associated Press).—Ernest H. and
Ralph Coates, arrested while at the
express office here to claim I. W. W.
literature, and charged with violation
of the law against criminal syndical
ism by acting as organizers for the
“wobblies,” pleaded guilty here yes
terday and were senteced to terms of
six months to ten years in the reform
atory.
EDITORS PLAN
ALASKACRUISE
' THIS SUMMER
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SEATTLE, Jan. 20 (by Associated
Press).—The Washington State Press
Association has invited the press as
sociations of the Western states to
join in an Alaska trip next July.
It is the intention to charter a
steamship and to stop at Ketchikan,
Juneau, Skagway and other Southeast
ern Alaska points, and the visitors will
spend twenty-four hours at each port.
The Idaho, Montana and Southern
IP^C-alifornia associations have advised
their Washington brethren that they
will be represented on the excursion.
J. C. Kayner, publisher of the El
lensburg Record, and past president
of the state association, is arranging
^or the trip.
COMPROMISE
ON PRINCIPLES
!» IS IMPOSSIBLE
NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (by Associated
Press).—Senator Lodge last night sent
a telegram to a dinner given in honor
of Senators Reed and Hiram Johnson,
declaring that there were certain
great principles involved in the senate
resolution on the peace treaty on
which no compromise was possible.
^ Senator Reed predicted that the
peace treaty would be defeated with or
withotit reservations.
POLICE BARRACKS AT
DROMBANE ATTACKED
BY SINN FEIN MEMBERS
THURLES, Tipperary, Ireland, Jan.
20 (by Associated Press).—Sinn Fein
* era on Sunday last attacked the village
hall at Drombane, which is said to be
im use as a police barracks. They
failed in an attempt to dynamite the
hall and besieged it for*several hours.
The police returned the fire and
drove the besiegers away.
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ALASKA’S NEEDS
ARE SET FORTH
BY GOV. RIGGS
SEATTLE, Jan. 20 (by Associated I
Press).—William Calvert, Jr., was
yesterday elected chairman of the
Alaska bureau of the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce. E. B. Burwell was cho
sen vice president and J. L. McPher
son was re-elected secretary.
Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr., of
Alaska, addressing the meeting of the
bureau last night, said he wanted the
help of that organization' in asking
congress for a bonus on mining, for
the opening up of the Alaska oil lands
to lease, for the starting of the pulp
industry, for the centering of the fed
eral administration in Alaska, and for
the establishment of a constabulary.
ALAMEDASAILS.
FROM SEATTLE
THIS MORNING
SEATTLE, Jan. 20 (by Associated
Press).—The steamship Alameda
sailed for Northern ports at 9 o’clock
this morning, carrying 124 passengers.
Those bound “for Cordova were:
O. T. Anderson and wife, J. I.
Heard and wife, Charles Mikeky Al
len, W. E. James and wife, V. A. Man
glia, T. Carlson, H. W. McPhadden, D.
Johnson, R. Willilams, A. Derr, Mrs.
V. J. Dwyer, G. K. Betts, Mrs. T. Perry,
A. Anderson, R. Anderson, E. Bryson
and wife, O. Carlson, Charles Erick
son and John Erickson.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND
AUSTRIANS IN PACT FOR
OFFENSE AND DEFENSE
BERLIN, Jan. 20 (by Associated
Press).—Karl Renner, the Austrian
chancellor, announces that an offen
sive and defensive alliance has been
formed at Prague between Austfia
and Czechoslovakia, according to a
correspondent of the Frankfurter Zei
tung.
RAILROAD TRAFFIC IS
RESUMED AT BELLINGHAM
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Jan. 20 (by
Associated Press).—Two lines of rail
road are now' open into Bellingham,
but the Milwaukee is still blocked by
a weak bridge. The city has been iso
lated by rail since Saturday last.
HECKMAN NOT
CANDIDATE FOR
COMMITTEEMAN
KETCHIKAN, Jan. 20 (Special to
the Daily Times).—Arthur Shoup, w'ho
has been directing the campaign of J.
R. Heckman for the position of Re
publican national committeeman for
Alaska, today received the following
telegram from Mr. Heckman:
“On account of business it would be
impossible for me to attend the na
tional convention, so I will withdraw
my candidacy for national committee
man. This is final.
“Please wire same to each paper of
importance and attend to withdrawal
of application.”
Friends of Mr. Heckman in Ketchi
kan believe this is positively final on
his part, and there is much regret
here.
JUDGE US
APPEARS FOR
SOCIALISTS
ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 20 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The judiciary commit
tee of the general assembly, which is
trying the five suspended Socialist
members, who recently were suspend
ed from the assembly, has refused to
note the appearance at the trial of
the New York City Bar Association,
headed by Charles E. Hughes.
Louis M. Martin, chairman of the
committee, said the defendants be
longed to a party which demanded
the complete destruction of the Ameri
can form of government, by fomenting
industrial unrest.
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Judge Hughes said that no disquali
fication had been shown against the
five suspended Socialists.
GENERAL WOOD SAYS
HE WAS MISQUOTED
IN SPEECH AT BOSTON
PORTLAND, Me., Jan. 20 (by Asso
ciated Press).—General Leonard
Wood, who spoke here last night, de
clared that he did not say that the
ships of the navy were “floating death i
traps” in a speech at Boston Sunday
night, as quoted. '
The general declared that his state
ment was to the effect that “vessels
filled with untrained men in battle ■
were death traps.”
CHAMPION WRESTLER
WINS FROM YOKEL
BOSTON, Jan. 20 (by Associated
Press).—Waino Ketonen, world’s 1
champion middleweight wrestler, last 1
night won two falls from Mike Yokel 1
of Salt Lake, the former champion.
BAR SAN DIEGO FROM
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 20 (by As
sociated Press).—President McCarthy
of the Pacific Coast Baseball League
announced yesterday that San Diego
would not be admitted to the league
this season.
PASSENGERS OF
SUING VESSEL
ARE REMOVED
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BOSTON, Jan. 20 (by Associated
Press).—The White Star liner Cedric
reported by radio last night that she
had taken off the passengers of the
army transport Powhattan, disabled off
Halifax, and is bringing them in.
A Harrowing Experience
NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (by Associated
Press).—The transport Powhattan,
lightless, heatless, with engines dead
as the result of a leak which flooded
her hoilers, is struggling in a stormy
sea. Most of her passengers, includ
ing eleven women and eight children,
are still on board.
A wireless message says the leak
has been controlled, th~t the barom
eter is rising, and that the passengers
are all right.
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GEN. PERSHING
NOT CANDIDATE
FOR PRESIDENT
SEATTLE, Jan. 20 (by Associated
Press).—General Pershing rounded out
a busy day here yesterday by attend
ing a smoker and boxing contest given
by the American Legion at the Ar
mory, after having during the day
made a tour of the city, stopping for a
few minutes at all schools.
General Pershing says he is not a
candidate for President.
Bay Cities' Preparations
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20 (by Asso
ciated Press).—General Pershing will
be welcomed to the Bay Cities with
elaborate ceremonies at thg week end.
The general will be at Tacoma tomor
row.
AMERICAN SECRETARY
OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS
RESIGNS HIS POSITION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (by Associ
ited Press).—Raymond Fosdick, under
secretary of the League of Nations,
md the only American representative
so far, has resigned because, his
’riends say, he felt that he could not
•emain in office while the Urtited
States remained outside the league.
MOTHER AND SON ARE
FOUND DEAD FROM
SHOTGUN WOUNDS
DENVER, Jan. 20 (by Associated
3ress).—Mrs. Corinne Babcock and
ler 16-year-old son were found dead
lere yesterday. They had been killed
vith a shotgun. The husband of the
roman is missing.
FAVORABLE ACTION EXPECTED
IN CONGRESS ON FUNDS FOR ’
COMPLETING ALASKA RAILROAD
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (by Asso
ciated Press).—A special from Wash
ington to a local newspaper says that
Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Hallowell has reached an understand
ing with'Chairman Good of the house
appropriations committee* to include
an $8,000,000 item in the sundry civil
appropriation bill to carry on the work
on the Alaska' government railroad for
the fiscal year beginning next July.
No trouble is expected in secui'ing
the passage of the appropriation.
Mr. Hallowell says there are several
heavy bridges to be built during the
coming year.
Secretary of the Interior Lane thinks
wagon roads ought to be built as feed
ers for the railroad, but Delegate
Grigsby is working for the defeat of
a definite wagon road building pro
gram.
SAY BROTHER
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SPOKANE, Jan. 20 (by Associated
Press).—Ted, Marie and Fay McDon
ald, charged with the murder of W. H.
j
McNutt, testifying at the trial yester
day, all declared that Will McDonald,
the eldest brother, did the killing at
a local lodging house on June 23 last.
They testified that Will McDonald
found McNutt beating Marie. The
latter was said to have drawn a pis
tol, but Will smashed his head writh a
hammer.
Will McDonald, who also is charged
with the murder, has not yet been ap
prehended.
SHORTAGEOF
NEWSPRINT
PAPER I WEST
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (by Associ
ated Press).—The statement is made
at the state department that the West
ern newspapers will be 40 per cent
short in their paper supply as a con
sequence of the Canadian government
placing an embargo on shipments to
the United States from Fort Francis,
Ontario, wrhere Americans are con
ducting a paper mill.
SOVIETRUSSIA
GIVESWELCOME
TO DEPORTEES
TERRIJOKI, Finland, Jan. 20 (by
Associated Press).-—The deported
alien radicals from the United States,
including Alexander Berkman and
Emma Goldman, have arrived in so
viet Russia, and have received an en
thusiastic welcome.
Bolshevik representatives met the
American “reds” and promised them
homes and work.
Madame Gorki, wife of the novelist,
met Emma Goldman and said that
Russia “opens her arms to all the po
litically oppressed.”
The deported “reds” entered the Bol
shevik lines under a white flag. The
Bolsheviki told them that^ Kolchak had
been captured in Siberia, and said the
Bolshevik army was getting fuel and
food from the peasants for Petrograd.
MURDERERS OF
AMERICANS ARE
NOT PUNISHED
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Jan. 20 (by
Associated Press).—Dr. John Hunter
of Nogales described at a hearing of
the senate investigating committee a
number of outrages to which he
claimed to have been a witness. He
declared that he never knew of a
Mexican having been punished for the
killing of an American.
Dr Hunter said he was in Guadala
jura when the Americans occupied
Vera Cruz. He declared the Ameri
cans escaped through the help of the
British consul and a German clerk.
INFLUENZA IS
ON INCREASE
IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Jan. 20 (by Associated
Press).—Mild influenza is sweeping
Chicago, an average of eleven hun
dred new cases being reported every
day.
All nurses have been mobilized, and
ten thousand more are needed.
Twenty-six persons have died of the
malady during the last forty-eight
hours.
SOLDIERS WANT
BOB MARTIN TO
FIGHT BATTLE
SEATTLE, Jan. 20 (by Associated
Press).—Four thousand former sol
diers and sailors who attended the
smoker and boxing contest in honor of
General Pershing last night shouted
their disapproval of Dempsey meeting
Carpentier for the pugilistic champion
ship.
The vociferous cries of the service
men indicated that they wanted Bob
Martin, champion of the American ex
peditionary forces, to represent Amer
ica against Carpentier.
QUOTATIONS FOR FISH ,
KETCHIKAN, Jan. 20— Prices for
fish yesterday were: Halibut, 18c
seconds, 16c; sable, 4c; red rock, 2c.