The Cordova Daily Times
(Member of Associated Press)
VOL. IV, NO. 146 CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 26, 1919. * PRICE TEN CENTS
PROHIBITION MAY BE SETiED BY VOTE OF PEOPLE
PEACE CONFERENCE DECIDES
TOCONDITIONALLYRECOCN1ZE
ANTI BOLSHEVIK! GOVTS.
WASHINGTON, May 20 {by Associated Press).—It is of
ficially announced in Paris advices that the council of four lias
reached an understanding whereby America is to keep the Ger
man ships seized when this country entered the war.
PARIS, May 26 (by Associated Press).—It is indicated
that negotiations for a settlement of the Italian controversy are
being resumed and it is understood an effort is being made by
the British, French and Italians to get together. President
Wilson is believed to still oppose the treaty:
BERNE, May 26 (by Associated Press).—It is reported
Karl Renner, head of the Austrian peace delegation, has ap
pealed to Clemenceau to expedite peace negotiations. He has
expressed great far of internal disorders as a result from the
continued delay. _
PARIS, May 26 (by Associated Press).—With the excep
tion of a few minor concessions all of the counter proposals by
Germany for the Saar Basin have been rejected. In the reply
. of the allies Count von Brockdorff Rantzau’s appeal for an oral
discussionof-fehe-pointarat issue on this-subject was ignored.
PARIS, May 26 (by Associated Press).—President Wilson
has announced that it is probable America will not take the
mandate for Constantinople or other parts of Turkey.
PARIS, May 2 (6y Associated Press).—The council of
four conditionally recognizes the anti-Bolsheviki government
of Kolchak and Demilcine.
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BERLIN, May 26.—Information has been received from
an unimpeachable source that counter proposals to be
made by Germany to peace conference will declare in favor of
military disarmament, saying Germany is ready to reduce her
forces to 350,000 within two months after conclusion of peace
and by the expiration of another year to cut the size of the
army down to 200,000.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND KILLED
BY VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS AND
TWENTY TOPS ARE WIPED OUT
AMSTERDAM, May 26 (by Associated Press).—The
Kalut volcano has burst into eruption, wiping out twenty vil
lages in the district of Brengat and eleven in the vicinity of
Blitan. It is estimated that fifteen thousand people are dead.
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR IS
ONE OF THE GREATEST HEROES
OFWAR AND IS GIVEN MEDAL
WASHINGTON, May 26 (by Associated Press).—Ser
geant Alvin C. York, second elder of the Pall Mall, Tennessee,
church and formerly a conscientious objector, who received a
congressional medal for the mightiest single-handed achieve
ment of the war, on Saturday visited the White House and war
department. York killed twenty Germans*, took thirty-eight
prisoners and put thirty-six guns out of commission.
His acts have won for him the plaudits of his superiors
and those who fought with him, as well as the general public.
General Foch, in France, said: “York, you are the greatest of
them all. ’ ’ Secretary Baker said: “ You are a brave man, ’ ’ and
Secretary Tumulty added: “America owes you a debt of grati
tude.”
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AVIATOR HAWKERS
AND ENGLAND RllCES OVER
HIS SAFETY A1MANE A WRECK
LONDON, May 26 (by AssocujH Press).—Missing for six
(lays and being given up for lost® ator Hawker and Nav
igator Grieve are tonigtt safe abq® a British warship, off
Orkneys. They wil reach London ™] Tuesday, both men being
in perfect health On account of tlj® ocking of the water cir
culation in the engine room the plajftas forced to alight eight
hundred miles off the Irish coast. |jj« men were picked up by
the Danish steamer May after float™ in the airplane an hour
LONDON, May 25.— (by Assoi ired Press).—Lloyd’s lias
received a message from the Danis Meamer Mary, which was
signaled and found the Sopwith air ih»ae at Lewis Butt, on the
northernmost point of Herbrides is iBc(s. The air ministry an
nounced that the destroyer Woolgp ,had intercepted the Mary
and will land Aviator Hawkerid! Navigator Grieve at
Thursos, Scotland. )i !
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LONDON, May 26.—The n Hawker and Grieve
have been found lias-electrified reat Britain. As they
made half of their distonce in from Norfolk to
Alborg the Daily Mail wiU ^ lation prize of
$25,000. The airplane tiaslmen
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LONDON, May 26 (by Associated Press).—A merry
party assembled at Hawker’s home, many calling to congratu
late young Mrs. Hawker and child upon the aviator’s safety.
King George on Saturday telegraphed that he feared Hawker
was lost. The wife, however, was optimistic about her hus
band. and said;. ‘Tomorrow good news is coming. Sunday is
my lucky day.”
MTHERSON MAKING FIGHT
FOR APPROPRIATION FOR
THE GOVERNMENT RAILROAD
WASHINGTON. May 21 (by Associated Press).—J. L.
McPherson, manager of the Alaska bureau of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce and Commercial club, who is here as
sisting the interior department, appeared before the house ap
propriations committee on Saturday, urging the passage by
congress of Secretary Lane's requested appropriation of $1,
961.315 for the Alaska railroad.
CHICAGO PROHIBITIONISTS
PROTEST AGAINST REMOVING
BAN ON WINE AND BEER
CHICAGO, May 26 (by Assdijrted Press).—Five thou
sand people attended the prohibiti®. meeting held here yes
terday. By a standing vote the audience entered its protest,
against President Wilson’s proposal to remove the ban on wine
and bear. William Jennings Bryan was among the speakers
and predicted that congress would not adopt Wilson’s recom
mendation. __
BIG LINER STRIKES ICEBERG
AND UPS WTO ST. JOHNS
ST. JOHNS, N. F., May 26 (by Associated Press).—The
Donaldson liner Cannandra reached here last night, with her
forefront stove in, after striking an iceberg one hundred and
sixty miles off Cape Race.
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NATIONAL PROHIBITION MAY
NOT GO INTO EFFECT AS TEN
STATES HOLD REFERENDA
OLYMPIA, Wash., May 2G.—The supreme court has ord
ered a reierendum taken to sustain or reject the action of the
legislature in ratifying the eighteenth amendment to the con
stitution providing for national prohibition. It is claimed this
action will have the effect of suspending the national bone dry
law until November.of next year.
Washington is the tenth state on which a referendum lias
been ordered on the question. As forty-five states ratified this
leaves thirty-five instead of the required thirtysix to give the
amendment endorsement.
BIG BLAZE IS
AVERTED BY
DEPARTMENT
On Sunday afternoon at 12:15
o'clock the Are bon and aim imiIIM
the alarm which brought out the Cor
dova Are department In remarkably
quick time to the scene of what
threatened to prove a serious conflag
ration. Smoke was issuing from all
parts of the Burkhardt flats and a
flame had eaten its way through the
rear of apartment No. 11.
Within three minutes after the
alarm sounded the department had a
stream of water in action and shortly
afterward two more streams were at
work. The smoke was so dense that
at first it was impossible to get at the
fire, but by thoroughly drenching the
building it was gotten under control
and confined to the apartments.
All of the occupants moved out most
of their belongings, although some of
them were ruined by the smoke and
water. The fire started in Apartment
No. 11, presumably from a defective
flue and its three rooms were in a
mass of flames. The rafters also
caught fire and Apartment No. 10 was
also badly burned. Most of the dam
age sustained by the other apartments
was from being flooded wtth water.
The department did excellent work
and it was through the efforts of the
members that the fire was confined
to that building. Mrs. May Jones is
the owner of the property, on which
she carried an insurance of $2,000
which will likely cover the loss.
DEMOCRATS GETTING BUSY
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
WASHINGTON, May 26.—Demo
cratic National Chairman Cummins is
to tour the west to organize the Demo
eras for 1920. He will make his cam
paign visit to Seattle July 2.
VICTORY LOAN TOTALED
OVER FIVE BILLION
WASHINGTON, May 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The subscriptions to
the Victory Liberty loan totaled
$5,249,980,300.
WILLIARD ON WAY TO
TOLEDO FOR FIGHT
LOS ANGELES, May 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Jess WilUard left here
today for Toledo to train for his fight
with Jack Dempsey. He now weighs
two hundred and fifty-nine pounds but
expects to enter the ring on July 4 at
two hundred and forty.
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BODY OF BABY
MURDERED IS
FOUND TODAY
This afternoon at 1 o’clock the body
III II )■ ifl I town ■
near the cut on the Copper River rain
way track, a short distance from the
approach to the ocean dock. The mat
ter was reported to United States
Commissioner Noakes and he ordered
an inquest held.
The following jury was empaneled
and repaired to the scene: W. H. Lin
dig, N. J. Smith, George Hickman, F.
Alexander, J. J. Goodro and M.
Matheson. After an examination of
the body the jury rendered the follow
ing verdict: That the body was a
male child, identity unknown, and
came to death about three days ago;
that it came to its death by criminal ...
negligence, caused by some person or
persons unknown; that said child was
born alive after a full period of gesta
tion and was a half breed.
BAD WEATHER HOLDS
BACK SEAPLANE FLIGHT
WASHINGTON, May 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The inclement weather
is still holding the seaplane NC-4 from
making its flight.
LARGEST TRIPLANE IN
THE WORLD IS WRECKED
LONDON, May 26 (by Associated
Press).—One person was killed and
several injured when the giant Tar
rant triplane, the largest in the world,
was wrecked in its first flight. The
plane weighs twenty tons and has six
engines.
YOUNG CHILBERG DIES
FROM AUTO INJURIES
SEATTLE, May 26.—Carl Chilberg,'
son of banker J. E. Chilberg, who was
seriously injured in an auto collision
early Saturday morning, while return
ing with a party of friends from the
Bothell roadhouse, died late that
night.
POLICE RAID BANQUET
AND CAPTURE UQUOR
SEATTLE, May 26.—The police
raided a banquet given at the Hotel
Washington, by the heads of the
Duthie shipyard, and secured a large
quantity of liquor.