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COL. 5. NO. 154 _ _CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1920. PRICE TEN CENTS
PRESIDENT IS
, GRATIFIED AT
.LEAGUE STATUS
In Talk With Democratic
Chairman Wilson Also
Approves Copy Key
note Speech
WASHINGTON, June 1 (by Asso
ciated Press) .—Chairman Cummings,
of the Democratic national committee,
conferred with President Wilson yes
terday. They discussed the general
political situation and the forthcoming
convention.
Cummings said he visited the pres
ident on the latter’s invitation and
their conversation wns frank and
free. The league of nations issue was
sharply defined by the president,
much to his gratification, but Cum
mings declined to discuss the future
of the treaty. Cummings said he had
submitted a copy of the keynote
speech to the president and the lat
ter expressed satisfaction with it.
TERCENTENARY WILL
CELEBRATE SAILING
OF PILGRIM FATHERS
f PLYMOUTH, England, June 1 (by
Associated Press).—Preparations for
the tercentenary celebration in Sep
tember of the sailing of the Pilgrim
Fathers are already in advance stage
here.
The program, as present arranged,
opens on September 3 with a civic
reception. On the morning of Sep
tember 4 a literary and historical con
ference is to take place with tableaux
*and a united religious service will be
held in the evening.
An open-air service is to be held at
the Mayflower stone on Sunday morn
ing September 5. This is the histor
ic spot on the Barbican from which
Pilgrim Fathers embarked in 1620.
A play based on the story of the
Pilgrim Fathers is being written for
production here. In all probability
there will be a ball in the Guildhall.
From September 1 to 10 the May
flower pageant is to be presented with
Captain the Rev. Hugh Parry as the
pageant master. This will later be
produced in the provinces and subse
quently taken to America.
FIVE PERSONS KILLED
IN HEAD-ON COLLISION
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* TULSA, Okla., June 1 (by Associ
ated Press).—Two St. Louis-San Fran
cisco passenger trains met in a head
on collision near White Oak today.
Five persons were killed, one prob
ably fatally hurt, and twenty injured.
Confusion in orders is said to be the
cause of the accident.
RUSSIANS MAY NOW
TRADE WITH BRITAIN
LONDON, June 1 (by Associated
Press).—As the first result of a meet
ing between Gregory Krassin, Bolshe
viki minister of trade commerce, with
Premier Lloyd George and the British
cabinet, the soviet government has
pbeen granted permission to open a
central trading office in London, the
Evening Standard says.
AKRON, O., June 1 (by Associated
Press).—Jack Britton, welterweight
champion, won the newspaper deci
sion from Johnnie Griffiths in the 15
round contest here last night.
LETTER CARRIERS U
INCREASE UNDER
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WASHINGTON, June 1 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Increases from $150
to $250 annually for postal clerks and
letters carriers, with $400 for super
visory officers was recommended in
a report to congress yesterday by a
point congressional committee. No in
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Paper Shortage
l
Under Discussion
Editors’ Meeting
BOSTON, June 1 (by Associ
ated Press).—The news print
paper shortage was discussed to
by by the National Editorial As
sociation at its convention here.
President Edward Albright advo
cated restriction as to the size
of papers. He charged the -
manufacturers with profiteering
and suggested that a substitute
for news print be sought.
President Dodge of the Inter
national Paper Company said
that so long as Canada is per
mitted to keep raw materials
from the United States, his com
pany will not put another dollar
into American mills.
YOUNG AND OLD
WAR VETERANS
HONOR HEROES
WASHINGTON, June 1 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Government business
suspended in Washington on Memo
rial Day but congress remained in ses
sion during the day. Grizzled war vet
erans marched with the young world
war troops to Arlington cemetery,
where for the first time the graves
of those who fell in France were
decorated. The memorial ampitheater
was used for the first time.
Other exercises included services
at Mainmast, where the chief events
were the unveiling of the monument
to Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, dis
coverer of the Antarctic continent,
and the placing of a wreath on Pearys
grave.
A cable from King Albert assured
President Wilson that all the Ameri
can graves in belgium were decorated.
POST CHARGED
WITH SYMPATHY
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WASHINGTON, June 1 (by Associ
| ated Press).—Charging Louis P. Post,
| assistant secretary of labor, with “per
verted sympathy” for criminals and
anarchists, Attorney General Palmer
told the house rules committee today
that in attempt of the government to
deal with and rid the country of dan
gerous aliens, Post had employed
the “self-willed and autocratic substi
tute of his own mictaken personal
viewpoint for obligations of public
law.”
Referring to Post’s contention that
the latter cancelled deportation war
rants only where facts warranted,
Palmer cited numerous individual
cases which he declared placed the
assistant secretary in a position of
“passive tolerance and encourage
ment” of Bolsheviki propaganda.
GOVERNMENT’S POWERS
| TO DEPORT INCREASED
WASHINGTON, June 1 (by Associ
ated Press).—The senate immigration
committee has favorably reported the
house bill broadening the powers of
the government to deport alien an
archists and to prevent their admis
| sion into this country.
ILL RECEIVE GOOD
PROPOSED MEASURE
creases for first-class postmasters re
seiving over $5,000 yearly were recom
mended by the report.
The proposed increases will entail
an expense of thirty-eight million dol
lars the first year and forty-three mil
lion the third and forth years.
AGAINST QUAKER OATS CO. IS j
DISMISSED BY SUPREME COURTj
Refused to Interfere With Decisions of North
Dakota Court on Constitutional Amendments,
But Set Aside Ohio Decisions Preventing Sub
mission Prohibition and Suffrage Amendments
WASHINGTON, June 1 (by Associ
ated Press).—The supreme court to
day dismissed the government’s ap
peal in the federal anti-trust suit
against the Quaker Oats Company on
the government’s motion.
The court sea aside Ohio supreme
court decrees dismissing proceedings
brought to prevent submission of the
prohibition and suffrage amendments
to voters in that state.
The court refused to interfere with
decisions of the North Dakita supreme
court declaring constitutional a series
of state constitutional amendments
and statutes to carry into effect an
industrial program and permitting
state bond issues to finance the en
terprises.
The court declared unconstitutional
the provisions of the war revenue «’t
requiring the president and federal
judges, included supreme court jus
tices, to pay an income tax on their
salaries.
The court held that federal consti
tutional amendments cannot be sub-1
mitted for ratification to referendum
vote in states having referendum pro
visions in their constitutions, and de
clared the Ohio state constitutoinal
referendum amendment inoperative in
sofar as it affects ratification of fed
eral amendments.
No decision was rendered on prohi
bition.
SENATE ACTION
PUTS SKIDS TO
SOLDIER RELIEF
WASHINGTON, June. 1 (by Asso
ciated Press).—rThe soldier relief bill
was before the senate yesterday for
reference to the committee, which is
considered equivalent to its burial
Leaders said there was no chance for
its consideration before recess, which
is expected to continue until Septem
ber 1.
TERRITORY OCCUPIED
BY AMERICAN TROOPS
I QUIETED COMPLETELY
WASHINGTON, June 1 (by Associ
ated Press).—Pierpont B. Noyes, rep
resentative of the state department in
the American occupied area of Ger
many, will resign and resume his busi
! nesfc affairs in the United States,
i His duties as American represents
| tive will be assumed by Major Henry
T. Allen, American commander in
Germany. The resignation is taken
to indicate that the situation in the
! occupied area has quieted completely
TWELVE HUNDREDTURKS
KILLED IN SYRIAN BATTLE
PARIS, June 1 (by Associated
Press).—A French column has occu
pied Aintab, Syria, containing many
; prisoners. Twelve hundred turks
j were killed, according to a Bierut dis
patch.
EVERETT SAWMILL IS
THREATENED BY FIRE
EVERETT, Wash., June 1 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Rucker Brother’s
sawmill in this city is threatened with
total destruction by a fire raging in
the plant. The mill is valued at
quarter of a million dollars.
NEW JAP CONSUL TO
MINDANAO ISLAND
TOKIO, June 1, (by Associated
Press).—Mr. Shibasaki, first secretary
of the Japanese consulate-general in
Manila, has been appointed acting
consul at Davao, Mindanao Island, of
the Philippines. At Davao are re
, siding over 100,000 Japanese, mostly
engaged in plantation work, and
several Japanese plantation compan
ies are doing business on an extensive
scale on the island, Mr. Shibasaki was
formerly stationed at Lima, Peru, and
speaks Spanish as well as English.
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DE PALMA’S CAR I
CATCHES FIRE!
ON SPEEDWAY
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INDIANAPOLIS, June i (by Asso
ciated Press).—Gaston Chevrolet won
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1 the eighth annual 500-mile renewal
race in a Monroe car, with Rene Thorny
as second in a Ballot car. Time, five
hours, forty minutes, sixteeu seconds.
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| While in the lead, Ralph LePalma s
| car caught fire at the 167ih mile.
CHURCH AND HOME OF j
j PASTOR ONLY BUILDINGS
j LEFT AT ST. QUENTIN
MONCTON, N. B., June 1 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Two hundred square
miles of standing timber in northern
New Brunswick along the Inter-Col
onial railroad was burned in the forest
fire raging near here. The only build
ings left standing in the town of San
Quentin, where more than a thousand
people are homeless, are the Catholic
chourch and its pastors home.
Other fires are raging thi*oughout
this entire section.
HALIFAX, June 1 (by Associated
' Press).—Sections around Two Rivers
and nearby places are in danger of
destruction from the forest fires. Lum
bermen estimate that the loss so far
is upward of $2,000,000. Over 12,000
acres of timber have been completely
burned off.
PLUMB PLAN LEAGUE
INCLUDED IN INQUIRY
WASHINGTON, June 1 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The senate committee
investigating campaign expenditures
will extend its inquiry to include the
Plum Plan League, which proposed
movement anticipates control of the
railroads.
REPUBLICAN LEADERS
AGREE TO ADJOURN
WASHINGTON, June- 1 (by Asso
ciated Press).-—A tentative agree
ment to adjourn congress sine die on
Friday. June 4, was reached by the
Republican leaders yesterday.
BELGIUM MAKES
ANOTHER TOUCH
NEW YORK, June 1 (by Associated
Press).—J. P. Morgan & Co. today
announced a new loan of $50,000,000
to Belgium.
Shore Land Bill
Is Abolished by
Action of House
WASHINGTON, June 1 (by
Associated Press).—The house
today passed the bill abolishing
the eighty-rod reserve shore
space between homesteads and
the navigable waters of Alaska.
The bill now goes to the senate.
Under the measure the secre
tary of the interior is authorized
to sell land reserved under the j
old law and also waive restric
tions that no homestead should
.extend more than 150 rods along
navigable waters.
It is not considered likely that
the bill will be taken up for con
sideration by the senate until
after the recess of congress.
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SKAGIT RIVER !
WATER RIGHT
GIVEN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, June 1 (by Associated
Press).—Perpetual rights to the water
resources of the Skagit river were
granted the city of Seattle, permitting |
the construction of a seven million |
dollar power and light plant, accord- !
ing to a notice received from the de
partment of agriculture here.
The work involves six miles of rail- j
road, and the plant will generate
fifty thousand horse power.
ITALIAN FLIERS
REACH OSAKA
OSAKA, June 1 (by Associated
Press).—Diets, Mascro and Ferrari,
Italian aviators, flying from Rome to
Tokio, arrived here from Seoul yester
day.
FISH PIRATES
ACTIVE AGAIN
IN ICY STRAITS
SEATTLE, June 1 (Special to the
sumed activity in Southeastern Alas
day that fish trap pirates have re
Times).—It is officially reported to
ka and that several night raids have
been made by men in a launch, in
cluding some at Hawk inlet, Icy
straits. The straits are being patrolled
by a submarine chaser. The traps of
P. E. Harris & Co. are among those
which suffered from the raiders. The
pirate sare said to be well organized
and it is estimated that half a million
salmon have been carried off by them
during the past year.
SHOT CARTRIDGES CAUSE
OF SERIOUS ACCIDENT
AT MEMORIAL SERVICE
MARSHALTOWN, la., June 1 (by
Associated Press).—Forty-two were in
jured, four seriously, at Liscombe, la.,
[where a squad of former soldiers fired
a memorial salute Shot cartridges
were used to make a maximum of
noise and one gun was pointed at such
an angle that the shot struck the bar
rel of another gun, scattering the load
into a crowd of a thousand persons
attending the memorial serried.
BUBONIC PLAGUE
SERIOUS NATURE
STRIKES MEXICO
Five Dead at Vera Cruz
and Twelve Other Per
sons Are Stricken With
Dreaded Disease
MEXICO CITY, June 1 (by Associ
ated Press).—Several cases believed
to be Bubonic plague were discovered
at Vera Cruz, according to a despatch
received here from that city.
FIVE DEAD AT VERA CRUZ
VERA CRUZ, June 1 (by Associated
Press).—President Wilson has offered
to send hospital ships, nurses, doctors
and medical supplies to Vera Cruz im
mediately to assist in combatting the
Bubonic plague, of which twelve au
thenticated cases have developed, with
five deaths. Vera Cruz is completely
shut off from the rest of the republic.
Medical authorities believe the
plague has not yet attained the char
acter of an epidemic.
HUERTA GUARANTEES
PROTECTION TO ALL
POLITICAL CANDIDATES
MEXICO CITY, June 1 (by Associ
ated Press).—Provisional President
De La Huerta in a statement issued
today offered guarantees to all polit
ical candidates, and said he would
make every effort to improve the con
dition of the workers.
MEXICO CITY, June 1 (by Associ
ated Press).—Mexico City was virtual
ly dry last night as a precautionary
measure. It is expected that 30,000
soldiers will parade Wednesday in a
manfestation of the strength of the
revolutionary movement.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
AT GALVESTON
GALVESTON, June 1 (by Associ
ated Press).—Fire on Pier 41 of the
Galveston Wharf Company last night
destroyed sisal worth a million dol
lars and damaged the wharf to the ex
! tent of half a million.
CANDIDATES ARRIVING
! AT CONVENTION CITY
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CHICAGO, June 1 (by Associated
Press).—General Wood and Senator
Moses arrived today and it was an
nounced that Senator Johnson was
expected here Thursday. A parade
was arranged following the reception
to General Wood at the station.
Governor Harding will arrive late
this week, but it is problematical if
Hoover will attend the convention.
The republican national committee
today unanimously adopted a resolu
tiorf calling on Republican state which
have not done so to pass the Avoman
suffrage amendment.
MAY COMBINE FOR
I COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
WASHINGTON, June 1 (by Associ
ated Press).—The house has passed
the bill permitting farmers, planters,
ranchers, dairymen and fruitgrowers
to combine for collective bargaining,
notwithstanding anti-trust laws. The
bill now goes to the senate.
ENGLISH GRAVES OF AMERICAN HEROES
DECORATED WITH WREATHS AND FLAGS
LONDON, June 1 (by Associated
Press).—Unprecedented observance
of American Memorial Day was held
throughout England. The graves of
twenty-five hundred American sol
diers and sailors buried in British
soil were adorned with wreaths and
flags. Memorial services were held
in many cities, the speakers eulogiz
ing the Americans, who expected
“more than sympathetic sentiment,”
in the words of Cannon Carngie,
sub-dean of Westminister Abbey.
Ambassador Davis Earl, of Reading,
was among the notables present.