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- VOL. IV, NO. 74 CORDOVA. ALASKA. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1919 PRICE TEN CENTS
LEAGUE WOULD INVOLVE U S. IN DISPUTES
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SENATOR FAVORS AGREEMENT
f FOR PEACE OF WORLD AFTER
WAR CLOUDS HAVE DISSOLVED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (by Associated Press).—Address
ing the senate today, Senator Lodge of Massachusetts solemnlj
warned the American people to weigh carefully the constitu
tion of the proposed league of nations, and to insist upon its
fundamental revision. He declared the league would engendei
misunderstandings and strife instead of safeguarding tin
world’s peace.
As planned, he said, the league would contravene the Mon
roe doctrine and strike at American sovereignty. It would in
volve the United States in all foreign disputes and substitute
internationalism for nationalism.
An agreement for world peace should be drawn up calmly
and deliberately when the world was at peace, said the sena
tor, and not while war still exists, as now. He urged the nation
to think well before disregarding the policies of Washington.
Senator Lodge said that no point league’s constitu
tion made for the selection of each nation’^delegates. These
delegates ought to be elected, he said, or named as aml^issadors
liargn crowds occupied the gaUediyKiil^yfc^nftte tadtear
the speech of Senator T <odge, and followed his remarks' closely^
The speech was prepared before he attended the dinner and con
ference with President Wilson at the White House.
Echoes the Yearnings of All Peoples
WASHINGTON, Fob. 28 (by Associated Press).—Premier
Orlando of Italy today cabled to President Wilson a personal
message declaring that the^whole Italian people comprehend
and acclaim with joy the high value and everlasting signifi
cance of the league of nations.
INVESTIGATION
OFBREADTALE
IS PROPOSED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (by Asso
Press).—Senator Calder has in
deed a resolution demanding an
itigation of the charges that the
Belgian relief commission shipped
large quantities of bad bread into Bel
gium for food purposes, causing the
deaths of more than a thousand war
f sufferers.
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SOUTHERN WOMEN TO
VOTE AT CITY ELECTIONS
RALEIGH, N. C., Feb. 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The senate today
roa.nH the bill permitting women to
vote at municipal elections.
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♦ ANNOUNCES POLICY ON J
♦ RAILWAY QUESTION :
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♦ WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (by ♦
5, 4 Associated Press). —Director ♦
* 4 apteral Hines of the railway ♦
. , .4 •gatinistration, with the ap- ♦
® pwval of President Wilson, ♦
js’ ' 4 aaaounced today that the rail- ♦
fe'ljp.: would not be relinquished ♦
4 ''fNK government control until ♦
?■’: 4 there had been opportunity to ♦
4 she whether a constructive, ♦
“ 4 permanent program of legisla- ♦
4 tion was likely to be adopted ♦
- 4 within a reasonable time. ♦
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VOSON SAILS
FOR FRANCE
ON WEDNESDAY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (by Asso
elated PresB).—President Wilson will
sail for France Wednesday on board
the steamship George Washington,
after speaking Tuesday night in New
York on the league of nations, at a
meeting at which former President
Taft also will speak.
The President will go to Philadel
phia Tuesday to see his daughter, Mrs.
Sayre, and his new grandson. He will
spend Tuesday night on board the
George Washington.
BRITISH LINER BRINGS
MORE YANKS HOME
NEW YORK, Feb. 28 (by Associated
Press).—The British liner Aquitania,
bringing eight hundred American sol
diers, arrived here today.
Lord Reading, the British ambassa
dor to the United States, and J. P.
Morgan, were passengers on the Aqui
tania.
Ends Voyage with Disaster
While coming up the harbor this
afternoon the troopship Aquitania col
lided with the freighter Lord Dufferin,
which Immediately began linking.
The crew of the Dufferin were res
cued.
ALASKA MINING STOCKS
NEW YORK, Feb. 28.—Alaska Gold,
8% Alaska Juneau, 1%.
I GERMAN PROPAGANDISTS ARE
' RIDICULOUS STORIES IN fOUTH AMERICA 1
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (by Associated Press).— |
| German propagandists are active in Latin-America, espe
g cially in Mexico and Bolivia. Acco to one report g
g circulated, the United States is p' an embargo on g
shipments to and from Latin-Ame: The state de
g partment characterizes this as aba sly false.
Another report says that thirty-live thousand Ger
man girls have been ordered into France to aid in re
g populating that country. *"•
ELECTRIC WORKERS r AN FOR
NATION-WIDE STRBE UNLESS
THEIR GRIEVANCES ARE HEEDED
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Feb. 28.—ARation-wide strike of
electrical workers affiliated with the International Brotherhood
v‘‘ Electrical Workers is probable unleftftiri President provides
seine committee to which its ^erobersjf&Lsubmit their grieve
atnCes, according to Charles hdard, 'iWCaBcnht oT ‘the brother*
hood, following the sending of a telegraphic appeal to Presi
, dent Wilson.
Marine Workers to Resume Strike
NEW YORK, Feb. 28 (by Associated Press).—The execu
tive council of the Marine Workers’ Union has voted to call
out the sixteen thousand harbor workers here tomorrow as the
result of dissatisfaction with the award of the national war
labor board, granting the eight-hour day without increased
wages.
GEN. CROWDER
WILL REVISE
CUBAN NS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Secretary of War
Baker announced today that President
Wilson had approved the plan of send
ing Major General Crowder, provpst
marshal general, to Cuba to help the
Cubans to revise their election laws,
in compliance with the request of the
president of Cuba.
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HOLLAND MTS
TO RETAIN ITS
PRESENT ARMY
LONDON, Feb. 28 (by Associated
Press).—The Dutch minister of war,
addressing the chamber of deputies
yesterday, said the disarmament of
Holland's army at this time would be
dangerous. He declared that It was
necessary to hold the army in readi
ness against any effort to annex Dutch
territory.
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: MISQUOTE PRESIDENT :
t ON IRISH QUESTION :
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♦ WASHINGTON. Feb. 28 (by ♦
♦ Associated Press).—Joseph P. ♦
♦ Tumulty. secretary to the ♦
4 President, issued a formal de- 4
4 nial today of the report that 4
4 President Wilson had told 4
4 members of the foreign com- 4
4 mittees of congress at the din- 4
4 ner given at the White House 4
4 Wednesday night that the 4
4 Irish question was a matter be- 4
4 tween England and Ireland 4
4 solely, and that Ireland would 4
4 have no voice In the peace 4
4 conference at present. 4
4 A statement to this effect 4
4 was made by at least one oom- 4
4 mltteeman, and it is declared 4
4 to be a deliberate falsehood. 4
4 Mr. Tumulty refuses to dia- 4
4 cuss what the President did 4
4 say about Ireland. 4
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: RUSSIAN CONFERENCE *
t DECLARED OFF :
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PARIS, Feb. 28 (by Associated ♦
Press).—Captain Andre Tar- ♦
dieu, member of the French ♦
delegation to the peace confer- ♦
ence, says there is no possibll- ♦
tty of holding the Princes’ ♦
island conference, as the"Bol- ♦
shevlki hare failed to comply ♦
with the entente conditions. ♦
The allies have now In view ♦
methods for restoring order In ♦
Russia, says Captain Tardieu. ♦
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To Stop Propaganda ♦
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (by ♦
Associated Press),—Great Brit- ♦
aln, France and the United ♦
States have stopped foreign ex- ♦
change transactions with Rub- ♦
sla. It Is understood this Is un- ♦
dertaken with a view to stop- ♦
ping the financing of Bolshevik ♦
propaganda. ♦
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GERMAN TROOPS INVADE FUHR
INDUSTRIAL REGION, DRIVING
OUT SPARTACANS IN FIGHTING
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 28 (by Associated Press).—The
German government troops have occupied the town of Ham
bern, in the Fuhr industrial region, after a fight in which a
number of Spartaeans were killed. The government troops
captured sixteen hundred prisoners.
At Munich on Thursday rioting started anew when three
thousand Spartaeans and soldiers marched to the parliament
building in an effort to force the diet to proclaim a soviet re
public.
The Spartaeans have seized the government printing of
fices at Munich and are now printing bank notes, according to
a Weimar dispatch.
Government to Use Strenuous Measures
BASEL, Feb. 28.—More than two-thirds of the miners of
central Germany are on strike, and the workers are occupying
the town halls, railroads and postoffices. The government
hopes to re-establish order by the use of large military forces.
Business and professional men in several German towns are
being urged to strike as a means of meeting the strike of the
I WILL BRING
GERMANSUBS
TOAMERICA
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (by Asso
dated Press).—The navy department
has assigned several officers to dut)
in connection with the German sub
marines. It is learned that they wil
bring several of the surrendered sub
marines to the United States.
It is expected that four or five ol
the undersea craft will start across
the Atlantic soon.
GILLETTEWILL
BESPEAKEROF
NEXT HOUSE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—By the action of the
house Republican caucus last night,
Frederick Huntington Gillette, repre
senting the Second district of Massa
chusetts, is assured of election as
speaker of the Sixty-sixth congress,
which begins on March 4 next.
Mr. Gillette was elected to the
Fifty-third congress, in 1892, and has
been re-elected to all succeeding con
gresses. He was born at Westfield,
Mass., in 1861, and is a graduate of
Amherst College and Harvard Law
School.,
PROMINENT GERMANS
ARE UNDER ARREST
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BASEL, Feb. 28 (by Associated
Press).—A ' Budapest dispatch says
that seventeen prominent persons, in
cluding Major General Von Ssurman,
former minister of the iiHf"11*1 de
fense, have been streeted on a charge
of circulating revolutionary propa
ganda.
STORM SWEEPS
MIDDLE WEST
STATESTODAY
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—A blizzard is sweeping
the states f* Missouri, Kansas and
Oklahoma today. Huge snowdrifts
have blocked the railroads, and live
stock is suffering from the intense
cold.
Low Temperatures
LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Temperatures ranging
from Hi to 2 degrees below zero are
registered throughout Nebraska today
RAILROAD CASUALTIES 1
IN AMERICA LAST YEAR
PARIS, Feb. 28 (by Associated
Press).—The interstate commerce
commission announced today that
there were 9,567 persons killed and
70,970 injured on American railroads
during the year 1918.
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: PREMIER IS VIGOROUS *
; despite wounds ♦
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4 PARIS, Feb. 28 (by Associated
4 Press).—Premier Clemenceau
4 yesterday attended a meeting
4 of the peace conference for the
4 first time since the attempt was
4 made to assassinate him. He
4 remained for half an hour dis
4 cussing questions in which
4 France is highly Interested,
4 and told his colleagues that
4 next week he would resume the
4 presidency of the council.
4 The premier looked well and
4 vigorous, and showed no signs
4 of fatigue. He jokingly asked
4 the American delegates if they,
4 too, had bullets in their lungs.
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