’ The Cordova Daily Times
____(Member of Associated Press)____ __
VOL. IV. NO. 203 CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1919 PRICE IEN CENTS
HUNGARIANS HAVE NEW GOVERNMENT
PRESIDENT TO
r REVIEW FLEET
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (by Associ
ated Press).—President Wilson will be
on board the historic battleship Ore
gon, when he reviews the Pacific fleet
on its passage through the Golden
Gate at San Francisco.
Admiral Clark, who commanded the
Oregon during the Spanish-American
war, will be again in command of the
ship.
The Oregon is now at the Puget
Sound navy yard at Bremerton, and
is to be put into full commission for
the review.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2 (by Associated Press).—Kailway shop
men here say that the strike which was inaugurated yesterday
soon will become nation-wide. It is now confined to the Middle
West and Southeast. It is reported that thirty thousand car
repairers, inspectors, machinists, blacksmiths, metal workers
and electricians are striking in the Middle West, Officials of
the unions say that every railroad in the country will be af
fected by tonight.
Seven Hundred Men Out in Middle West
DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 2 (by Associated Press).—Ap
proximately seven hundred railway shopmen have answered
the call for a nation-wide strike.
Compares Brotherhoods to Highwaymen
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (by Associated Press).—Repre
sentative Blanton of Texas, Democrat, told the house today
that the railroad brotherhoods were holding up congress in
much the same manner as highwaymen for another unfair mil
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lion-dollar increase in wages.
STRIKES ARE
SPREADING ON
PACIFIC COAST
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TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 2 2(by Asso
ciated Press).—The Todd shipyards
discharged a thousand men today,
making three thousand men now out,
including the striking blacksmiths.
Water Front Strike Promised
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Twenty thousand
teamsters and other workers of the
Waterfront Federation threaten to
strike on Friday next unless granted
a dollar a day increase in wages.
Unrest in Japan
TOKIO, Aug. 2 (by Associated
Press).—Labor unrest is spreading in
Japan on account of the steadily in
creasing cost of living. The price of
rice still is soaring.
Numerous strikes in which women
have participated have taken place.
OLD-TIME ALASKAN
CROSSES LAST TRAIL
SEATTLE, Aug. 2 (by Associated
Press).—Miner Bruce, an Alaska news
*aper man, trader and sea captain,
ied here last night.
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BELGIUM PUTS LID ON
SALE OF STRONG LIQUOR
BRUSSELS, Aug. 2 (by Associated
Press).—The government of Belgium
has prohibited the sale of whisky, gin
and other highly alcoholic drinks, and
the authorities have confiscated the
stocks of hotels and saloons.
SPAIN VOTES TO JOIN
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
MADRID, Aug. 2 (by Associated
Press).—The senate, by unanimous
vote, has passed a resolution author
izing the government to join the
League of Nations.
BRITISH COLUMBIA MAN
IN DOMINION CABINET
VICTORIA, B. C., Aug. 2 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Dr. A. F. Tolmie, mem
ber of parliament for Victoria, has
been appointed minister of agricul
ture in the Dominion cabinet.
NEBRASKA RATIFIES"
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
LINCOLN, Neb., Aug. 2 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Nebraska legisla
ture today ratified the woman suffrage
amendment to the federal constitution.
This is the fourteenth state to ratify
he amendmen. /
PANACEAS FOR HIGH LIVING COST
ARE DISCUSSED BY CONGRESS AND
MANY SOLUTIONS ARE OFFERED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (by Associated Press).—The sen
ate today adopted a resolution requiring the committee on
banking to report as to whether legislation to reduce the
amount of currency in circulation would help to reduce the cost
of living. Senator Myers, Democrat, of Montana, was sponsor
for the resolution.
Thinks Government Ownership Might Help
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (by Associated Press).—Repre
sentative Sims, Democrat, of Tennessee, has introduced a bill
proposing government ownership of railroads. He said its
enactment would establish harmony between the public, wage
earners and capitalists which would not only be a long step to
ward reducing the high cost of living, but also in reducing
transportation charges.
War Department to Sell Surplus Stores
The war department plans to dispose of all its surplus food
stocks through postmasters. Originally it was planned to sell
only canned and cured meats and canned vegetables to the
people.
The sales of surplus food by tin1 war department direct to
the people, through the parcel post, will begin Monday. The
sales will be made in case and carton, lots. The purchasers will
pay postage from the points of storage.
Profiteers' Lives to Be Made Miserable
BALTIMORE, Md., Aug. 2 (by Associated Press).—Offi
cials here are taking steps to prosecute food profiteers. The
attorney general announces that he will take steps to enforce
the thirty-day cold storage provision, and the governor lias
named a committee to investigate the food situation.
States to Co-operate in Investigations
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 2 (by Associated Press).—Michi
gan has pledged co-operation with Ohio in the investigations
to be made into food prices. The attorney generals of the two
states are planning to organize all the Western states in the
campaign, and to exchange information obtained by the vari
ous grand juries.
High Cost of Shoes Blocks Progress
Representative Igoe of Missouri is blocking the efforts to
have the house of representatives recess for two weeks until
action is taken on his measure proposing* an investigation into
the question of the high cost of shoes .
Congressman Igoe told the house rules committee that the
prices of shoes had increased from 78 to 125 per cent in the last
three months as compared with the prices of the last ten years.
He read a statement of the National Boot and Shoe Manufac
turers’ Association stating that shoes would be sold next spring
at still higher prices, based on the present established prices of
leather and labor.
FOR SOLOES
WITH WOUNDS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (by Associ
ated Press).—The war department has
approved an order for a special cer
tificate to be issued to soldiers wound
ed during the war. At the top it bears
the legend, “Columbia gives to her
sons an accolade of the new chivalry
of humanity." Below it bears the
name, rank and unit of the soldier,
and the action in which he was
wounded.
FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Aug. 2.—Prices for fish
at noon yesterday were: Halibut,
12c; ling and red cod, 5c.
MEN RETURN
TO WORK ON
COMPROMISE
CHICAGO, Aug. 2 (by Associated
Press).—Street car service has been
resumed here, the striking carmen
having accepted the compromise offer
of the companies.
The transportation companies have
decided to increase fares in order to
meet the wage increase.
KIDNAPING STORY IS
REPORTED IN FRISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Nine-year-old Virginia
Byington, daughter of a New York
manufacturer, is reported to have been
kidnaped from the Fairmont hotel in
this city.
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POLICEMEN’S STRIKE
RESULTS IN RIOTING
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 2 (by Associated
Press).—Looting and rioting were
rampant throughout the night in this
city as a result of the policemen’s
strike. The police are now patrolling
the city in response to an appeal from
the lord mayor.
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SERGEANT EXECUTED FOR
INTRIGUE WITH GERMANS
PARIS, Aug. 2 (by Associated
Press).—Sergeant DeBradant, who
was shot at Vincennes recently, was
condemned to death for maintaining
relations with the chief of the Ger
man secret service at Barcelona dur
ing the war.
NEGROES START
SEVERAL FIRES
IN CHICAGO
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CHICAGO, Aug. 2 (by Associated
Press).—Half a dozen fires within six
blocks in the foreign quarter of the
city last night destroyed nearly a hun
dred homes and made about three
thousand persons homeless. It is be
lieved the fires were of incendiary
origin.
Troops are guarding the ruins.
It is reported that negroes started
the fires. Several automobiles carry
ing negroes with burning torches were
seen in the district before the fires
started. The telephone wires had
been cut.
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lias resigned and will be succeeded bv a socialist government,
which will begin overtures for peace with the allies.
Bela Kun’s resignation was a direct result of the allied
note, issued in Paris last Sunday, warning the Hungarians to
establish a truly representative government, and the successful
advance of the Rumanian army, which is now twentv-five
miles from Budapesth.
On receipt of news from the front, which created conster
nation in Budapesth, Bela Kun, who was in attendance at a
meeting of the soviet Socialists, became pale of face, and with
his back to the wall, declared: “Well, if you ^demand it I must
resign. I made the best fight I could.”
Gregory, the American food commissioner, helped to bring
about Kun’s downfall.
FAMOUS INNS ARE CLOSED
BECAUSE OF PROHIBITION
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2 (by Asso-1
dated Press).—Inns in existence since
colonial days are among those closed
by the war-time prohibition law.
One of the most noted is the General
Wayne inn, on the Montgomery pike,
outside of Philadelphia, which was
opened in 1704 as the Wayside inn by
Quaker settlers. “Mad” Anthony
Wayne used the inn as his headquar
ters during the revolutionary war, and
it has been a polling place for more
than two hundred years.
Turk’s Head inn, at West Chester,
has closed its doors also. In revolu
tionary times it was visited by Wash
ington, Lafayette, “Mad” Anthony
Wayne, Colonel Taylor and many
other officers of Washington’s army.
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NATIONALS OF ALLIES
CELEBRATING PEACE
MEXICO CITY, July 7 (by mail)—
Celebrations of the return of peace
have been held within the last few
days by nationals of the allied coun
tries residing here. On July 3 and 4
festivities were conducted by the Coun
try Club or elsewhere, and the stores
and shops of business men of the al
lied nations were closed and decorat
ed. The fiestas included informal re
ceptions to returned soldiers of the
allied armies.
On Sunday, July 6, two memorial
services were held for allied soldiers
who died in the war. One was con
ducted by the French colony and the
other by English-speaking people of
the capital. The various foreign colo
nies generally co-operated in the fes
tivities.
CLAIMS TERRITORY WAS
CEDED TO POLAND BY
FALSE INFORMATION
BERLIN. June 30 (Correspondence
of Associated Press).—The Boersen
Zeitung asserts that West Prussia was
ceded to Poland by the peace confer
ence because of “a mistaken and in
correct scientific book published in
1917 by the American Geographical So
ciety, containing an article entitled
‘The Boundaries of Language and Na
tionality,’ by Leon Dominitan.”
The German newspaper avers that
President Wilson was influenced by
the ‘‘innocently false information of
this article,” which, it says, declared
that Danzig was 10 per cent Polish
and that the present Polish corridor
and neighboring East Prussia were
purely Polish.
The Boersen Zeitung declares that,
on the contrary, Danzig is less than
5 per cent Polish. The newspaper dis
putes the Polish character of the cor
ridor. It declares that it is certain
that the article referred to was used in
fixing the boundaries.
ROME CONGRESS TO BE
ATTENDED BY MEXICAN
MEXICO CITY, July 8 (by mail).
Joseph Duvallon of the department of
agriculture has been named the Mex
ican representative to the meeting of
the International Institute of Agricul
ture, which is to be held soon in Rome.
This is the first time Mexico has sent
a delegate to the congress in ten
years.
MILITARY COUP IS
POSSIBLE IN BERLIN
LONDON, Aug. 2 (by Associated
Press).—Dispatches to Reuter’s give
hints of grave political tension at Ber
lin, and the possibility of an attempt
late in the summer by the National
ists to execute a military coup.
GOTHAM LIQUOR DEALERS
CLOSE UP THEIR SHOPS
NEW YORK, Aug. 2 (by Associated
Press).—One hundred and fifty-five
liquor dealers of this city have sur
rendered their licenses, declaringJhat
the public does not like the brand of
beer permitted to be sold under the
war-time prohibition act.