VOL. V. NO. 109 • . ■ CORDOVA, ALASKA. FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1920
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OTHER ALLIED NATIONS OPPOSE
OCCUPATION BY FRENCH TROOPS
OF CITIES ON BANKS OF RHINE
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LONDON, April 9 (by Associated
Press).—After a cabinet council meet
ing yesterday an ^authoritative state
ment was issued saying France had
g|eied entirely on her own initiative
in deciding to occupy German cities
ritain, the United States,
Italy and Belgium, the statement says,
were opposed to the step.
The French. British, Italian, Belgian
and American governments felt that
the task of restoring order lay with
Germany, the statement says.
The action of France has created a
delicate situation.
The Italian foreign minister said to
day that Italy was opposed to French
occupation of the German towns, tie
said there was nothing in the past to
justify France’s assumption that Italy
would approve of her action.
FRANCE CONCERNED
PARIS, April 9 (by Associated
Press).—British opposition to French
occupation of the German towns may
cause the opening of diplomatic con
versations between the allies concern
ing the whole subject of action re
garding Germany.
The French government believes the
ltdations of the entente should be re
adjusted to a peace basis.
a Bitter pill for France
The newspapers think that Great
Britain's attitude toward the French
occupation of the German cities is a
bitter pill for France, which is hardly
compensated for by Belgium’s approval
of the move..
The Echo de Paris calls Lloyd
George a demaa^gue.
BELIEVE CRISIS IS AVERTED
BERLIN, April 9 (by Associated
Press).—The government has agreed
to grant certain concessions demanded
by the trades unionists and Socialists,
and has agreed to withdraw the troops
from the Ruhr basin at the earliest
feasible moment, and to halt the ad
vance south of the Ruhr.
It is believed that the action of the
government has averted a crisis for
the time being.
OFFICER KILLED BY FRENCH
A dispatch from Frankfort reports
officially that a French patrol killed
German Lieutenant Count Kalnsen at
a point sixteen miles north of Frank
fort.
GERMAN ATTITUDE
The German government has sent
to France a note declaring that it will
hold France responsible for damages
and casualties resulting from- the oc
cupation of German cities.
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A DANGEROUS SITUATION
WASHINGTON, April 9 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The United States gov
ernment continues to view the French
occupation of the German Rhine cities
merely as an interested observers.
Officials, however, say that France’s
independent action has caused a seri
ous situation, full of potential danger.
WAGE INCREASE GIVEN.
BY ALASKA PACKERS
SAN FRANCISCO, April 9 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Alaska fisher
men’s Union says the Alaska Packers’
Association has agreed to a 26 per
cent wage increase to fishermen for
the season.
RELINQUISHES
v SOVEREIGNTY
OYER FIUME
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GENEVA, April 9 (by Associated
Press).—A*dispatch from Trieste says
the Italian and Jugo-Slav commission
has reached an agreement, and that
Italy has agreed to abandon the claim
to sovereignty over Fiume.
D’Annunzio is reported to be
strongly opposed to the arrangement.
The dispatch' says that Lloyd George
was the author of the plan.
,SALT PORK BARRED
FROM NAVAL MENU
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BOSTON, April 9 (bv Associated,
Ptess).—An order received at the
navy yard here yesterday directs the
removal of salt pork from the naval
menu.
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PRESIDENT HELLMAN
OF FRISCO BANK IS DEAD
SAN FRANCISCO, April 9 (by Asso
ciated Press).—I. W. Heilman, presi
dent of the Wells Fargo National
died hare today.
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REPRESENTATIVE HAS
STROKE OF PARALYSIS
WASHINGTON, April 9 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Representative Claud
Kitchin suffered a slight stroke of
paralysis today, after speaking in op
position to the Republican peace reso
lution.
WANT SLAYERS'
OF EVERETT TO
BE PUNISHED
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Press).—The transport Nansemond ar
rived here yesterday with her flag at
half-mast, bearing the bodies of
eighty-seven soldiers who died during
the war in England. *
The bodies will be shipped from here
to nearly every state in the Union,
a soldier guard accompanying each
body.
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BODIES OF SOLDIERS
WHO DIED IN ENGLAND
ARE BROUGHT HOME
PORTLAND, April 9 (by Associated
Press).—The Labor Council of this
city, at a meeting last night, adopted
resolutions demanding that the slay
ers of Everett, the man lynched at Cen
tralia, on the night of the shooting of
the former service men, be brought
to trial.
The Admiral Evans is due to sail
from Seattle tomorrow for Southwest
ern Alaska.
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MURDER SUSPECTS
HAVE BEEN RELEASED
PORTLAND, April 9 (by Associated
Press).—Thomas Young and George
Brown, in jail here under suspicion of
being connected with the murder at
Seattle last Sunday of Deputy Sheriff
Scott, have been released.
A. R. Myers, who saw the murder
ers, said the men held here were not
the men who killed Scott.
MAIL TRAIN
IS HELD UP
AND ROBBED
KANSAS CITY, April 9 (by Associ
ated Press).—A bandit last night
robbed the mail car of the Sant* Fe
mail train No. 9, between Lexington
Junction and Kansas City. No esti
mate can be made of the loot ob
tained.
The bandit forced three of the clerks
to lie on the floor and the fourth was
bound. He then rifled the registered
mail.
POPULATION CONTINUES
TO SHOW BtG INCREASE
WASHINGTON, April 9 (by Associ
ated Press).-—The population of Port
land, Me., is 69,196, an increase of
10,000.
The population of Quincy, Mass., is
47,611, an increase of 14,000.
HIRAM AFTER
WASHINGTON
DELEGATIO
SEATTLE, April 9 (by Associated
Press).—The Johnson Presidential
Club has been organized here, with
Henry Denton- Moore as temporary
president; Paul Shaffrath, secretary,
and William Phelps Totten treasurer.
An attempt will be made to elect
Johnson delegates to the county con
vention. The club wants Johnson for
second choice in case of Poindexter’s
withdrawal.
FLOATED STEAMER
WILL BE REPAIRED
AT PRINCE RUPERT
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VICTORIA, B. C., April 9 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Grand Trunk
steamship Prince John, which has
been grounded at Dead Tree point
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for several days, was floated yester
day. She will go to Prince Rupert for
repairs.
CAPTURED SPEED BOAT
BROUGHT LIQUOR FROM -
ACROSS CANADIAN LHfe
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SEATTLE, April 9 (by Associated
Press).—The police believe that the
speed launch Jervis Island, captured
on Puget sound, has been used as a
smuggling boat for the purpose of
bringing liquor from Canada. They
believe the boat was at Meadowville
dock, near here, when federal officers
raided a liquor party and arrested
seven.
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CANADIAN SALMON IS
FAVORD BY FRENCH
SEATTLE, April 9 (by Associated
Press).—A special from Washington
says that the state department is ne
gotiating with the French government
in an effort to secure the modification
of the rule which admits Canadian
salmon'1 to French ports at a lower
duty than than exacted on American
salmon.
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FORD SISTS
UPON PROBE
OF CHARGES
DETROIT, April 9 (by Associated
Press).—Henry Ford has wired to the
committee on elections of the United
States senate urging a thorough and
immediate investigation of the charges
of fraud in connection with the elec
tion of Senator Newberry.
Mr. Ford says this is particularly
urgent now because of the counter
charges that he (Ford) also spent
large sums of money.
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WELLS KNOCKS OUT
M’GOORTY IN LONDON
LONDON, April 9 (by Associated
Press).—Bombardier Wells, the Eng
lish heavyweight, last night knocked
out Eddie McGoorty of Oshkosh, Wis.,
in the sixteenth round of a scheduled j
twenty-round fight.
BONUS ON GOLD
PRODUCTION IS
NOT PRACTICAL
SEATTLE, April 9 (by Associated
Press).—Governor Boyle of Nevada,
addressing the International Mining
Convention here yesterday, declared
the proposed bonus on gold produc
tion was not practical at present. He
said he believed that if a man sold
gold to a manufacturer as a commod
ity he had a right to sell it at a profit.
The mining convention today adopt
ed resolutions urging the government
to foster the production of minerals;
urging the government to protect
American miners in Mexico, and urg
ing congress to repeal the excess
profits tax on corporations.
Portland and Spokane want the next
convention.
J. W. Mulholland of Nelson, B. C.,
president of the British Columbia
Prospectors’ Association, in an ad
dress today, said that America owed
her mineral output to the prospectors.
He said prospectors discovered 99 per
cent of the mines.
MANY INDICTMENTS
FOR DISPENSING BOOZE
TACOMA, April 9 (by Associated
Press).—Thirteen indictments for al
leged violations of the liquor law
have been returned by the grand jury
in session here.
FISH QUOTATIONS
KETCHIKAN, April 9.—Prices for
fish yesterday were: Halibut, firsts,
lie; seconds, 6c.
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STRIKING SWITCHMEN ARE
RETURNING TO WORK, FEARING
GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE
CHICAGO, April 9 (by Associated
Press),—S. E. Heberting, president of
the International Switchmen’s Union,
said yesterday that famine would end
the strike within a fortnight.
If the strike should continue much
longer, he said, the public would de
mand government action. He said the
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best thing for the trainmen*to do was
to go back to work.
The striking switchmen are return
ing to work, and the Brotherhood of
ficials who have been fighting the
illegal strike say that while the strike
is not quite broken, and that it is
claimed that eight thousand men are
out in the Chicago district, it is be
lieved that the abatement of the strike
here will cause the strikers to return
to work in other sections.
It is estimated that forty-five thou
sand packing-house and stockyards
workers have been thrown out of work
by the strike.
RESORT TO THUGGERY
At a meeting of the striking yard
men last night John Krintz, a striker
who proposed that the men return to^
work, was shot, and several others
were slugged.
LOYAL TO THEIR ORDER \
NIAGARA FALLS, Apil 9 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Switchmen here last
night declared their loyalty to the
Brotherhood, and the trainmen hare
refused to join the strike.
EXTENSION OF TROUBLE
NEW YORK, April 9 (by Associated
Press).—Thousands of homeward
bound commuters were stalled this
afternoon when the New Jersey switch
men joined the strike.
Officials of several of the roads
donned overdalls and helped to move
the milk trains.
About two thousand men are on
strike here.
SENATE TO INVESTIGATE
WASHINGTON, April 9 (by Associ
ated Press).—The senate has ordered
an investigation of the unauthorized
yardmen’s strike.
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NEW YORK. April 9 (by Associated
Press).*—A cable from Governor Hard
ing of the Canal Zone, received yes
terday, said that the number of Ameri
can ships passing through the canal
exceeded by one-third those of any
other nation. The cable continued:
“Our mission is to keep Amei’ican
ships coming. The United States can
not afford to put her foreign trade at
the mercy of foreign transportatiori
systems.”
HOUSE DEBATES j
RESOLUTION TO
DECLARE PEACE
WASHINGTON, April 9 (by Associ
ated Press).—The house today is de
bating the resolution declaring peace
with Germany. Representative Mad
den uf Illinois said the resolution did
not assume to take away any of the
President’s treaty-making rights. He
declared that if the United States had
ratified, the treaty as presented by
the President an American army
would be in Armenia now.
Ex-Speaker Champ Clark, speaking
in opposition to the resolution, said
it would bring confusion and would
lead to all sorts of international quag
mires.
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ONLY ONE GUEST OF
LINCOLN HOTEL IS STILL
AMONG THE MISSING
SEATTLE, April 9 (by Associated
Press).—All of the guests of the Lin
coln hotel, which was destroyed by
fire a few days ago, have now been
accounted for except Emma Ballinger
The clerks say they know nothing of
her. ,
WANT TO DUMP
SEATTLE,. April 9 (by Associated
Press).—Thirty-five men who were re
leased from jail at San Francisco on
their promise to work in the Alaska
fisheries refused to go on board the
fisheries boat of the Kenai Cannery
Company when they arrived here on
the steamship President.
"The police are keeping the men on
board the President. They say they
do not want a disorderly crowd
dumped in Seattle.
COALMINERS
ATANCHORAGE
ARE ON STRIKE
ANCHORAGE, April 9 (Special to
the Daily Times).—Sixty-five Eska and
Chickaloon coal miners, working in
the government mines, struck yester
day and are in Anchorage awaiting a
conference with William Gerig, assist
ant chief engineer of the Alaskan en
gineering commission, who is now on
a trip north inspecting the railroad. He
is expected to return today.
The miners demand the wage scale
of the coal miners of the state of
Washington, plus 10 per cent, as un
der the previous agreement.
The commission’s recent general
wage award is unsatisfactory to a ma- 0
Jority of the men.
LOWE IS SPEAKER OF
YUKON LEGISLATURE
DAWSON, Y. T., April 9 (by Associ
ated Press).—The territorial legisla
tive assembly convened here yester
day, and elected Robert Lowe of
Whitehorse speaker. An effort will be
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made to amend the poll tax and dental
taws.