77ie Cordova Daily Times
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VOL. IV. NO. 62 CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1919 _PRICE TEN CENTS
NEW GERMAN GOVERNMENT TO
ESTABLISH A PEOPLE’S ARMY
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Draft of Constitution Read by President Wilson
Before Peace Conference—Not Wholly Sat
isfactory to French—International Labor
PARIS, Feb. 14 (by Associated Press).—The executive
council of the League of Nations, as outlined in the covenant
read before the peace congress today by .President Wilson, will
consist of representatives of the United States, Great Britain,
France, Italy, Japan and four other states. The council will
meet at least once yearly, and at any other time when questions
affecting the peace of the world are to be dealt with.
A Definite Accomplishment
The plenary session of the conference today is likely to
mark the end of the first big phase of the work of forming the
League of Nations, which is recognized as the foundation for
the settlement of all questions to follow. The conference prob
ably will have prepared a mass of material relating to the
work of the league, and will adjourn about June 1.
Review Work of League
President Wilson this afternoon addressed the peace con
ference on the work of the League of Nations commission, re
viewing what had been accomplished. He was followed by
Premiers Clemenceau, Orlando and others.
France to Make Reservations
It is understood that France, in giving adherence to the
Society of Nations at today’s plenary session of the peace con
ference, will make certain reservations.
To Deal with International Labor Questions
The commission on international labor has adopted arti
cles of the British draft dealing with the establishment of an
international office, ft has been agreed that its duties will in
clude the collection and distribution of information on all sub
jects connected with industrial life. A journal will be issued
in connection with the work of the office.
kS.S.CORDOVA
MEETS WITH
AN ACCIDENT
SEATTLE, Feb. 14 (by Associated
Press).—The freighter Cordova yes
terday fouled her propeller in a tow
line in Tacoma harbor, prior to call
ing here to take on cargo for the
North.
As the shipyard and drydock work
ers still are on strike, it is not known
Just when repairs can be made to the
vessel.
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MILITARY GOVERNOR
OF PARIS IS DEAD
PARIS, Feb. 14 (by Associated
Press).—General Moiner, military
■ governor of Paris, died suddenly last
night while at dinner.
PRESIDENT WILSON IS
READY TO RETURN HOME
BREST, Feb. 14* (by Associated
Press).—The steamship George Wash
ington has arrived here to carry Presi
dent Wilson and party home.
Twenty destroyers will accompany
the ship on the homeward Journey.
ENGLAND REPATRIATES
MANY ALIEN iNEMIES
LONDON, Feb. 14 (by Associated
PTbsa).—It was announced in the
house of ctommons today that more
than six thousand alien enemies had
been repatriated since the signing of
the armistloe.
Eighteen thousand, six hundred are
sOll Interned in England.
LOCATE VESSEL
LOST DURING
RUSHTONORTH
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The wreck of a sail
ing vessel, believed to have been the
bark Helen W. Almy, which foundered
on May 18, 1897, while en route to
Alaska during the Klondike gold
stampede, has been discovered by a
fishing trawler sqven / and one-half
miles southeast of Point Rey.
The Almy foundered during a storm,
with the loss of fifty persons.
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AMERICAN SOLDIERS
BEING CATERED TO.
THIER, Jan. 14 (by mail).—Several
thousand American troops are quart
ered here and many of the shops have
been doing an excellent business.
“American spoken here,” was the
wording of a sign which appeared re
cently in a Trier post card store. An
other, in perfectly good English read:
“Shoes repaired here while you wait
—bring your own leather.
j SPLENDID WORK j
OF RED MEN
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CHICAGO, Feb. 14 (by Asso- !
elated Press).—Chief Strong
heart of the Yakima Indian res
ervation, state of Washington, is
here on his way back from
France.
The chief says that 18,000 In
dians served with the American
! overseas forces, mostly as
scouts. He cited one incident
where five Indians enabled the
Americans to capture thirteen
• thousand German prisoners.
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MOT BURLESON
TO RECOGNIZE
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14 (by As
sociated Press).—Three thousand
electrical workers and ten thousand
telephone operators today are taking
a referendum vote on the question of
the inauguration of a strike for rec
ognition of their unions by Postmaster
General Burleson, as director of the
wire services of the government.
Wage increases also are to be voted
on. The vote will be canvassed on
February 21.
MACHINISTS OF *
BUTTE RETURN
TO THEIR WORK
BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 14 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Machinists’ Union
voted last night to return to work. The
Carpenters’ Union has refused to in
dorse the sympathetic strike.
General Morrison, commander of
the department of the West, who is
in personal command of the United
States troops here, is making an ex
haustive Investigation into the strike
situation.
BILL IS DRAFTED TO ENCOURAGE
GOLD PROSPECTING IN ALASKA
Representative E. B. Collins of
Fairbanks, former speaker of the lower
house of the territorial legislature, is
in Cordova on his way to Juneau. For
several years past he has been a suc
cessful mining operator on Gold
stream, and is a strong advocate of
government aid to prospectors in
Alaska, being a member of the spe
cial committee appointed by the
Fairbanks chapter of the American
Mining Congress to draft a bill for,
an appropriation of $100,000 for each
of the four judicial divisions of Alaska.
It is the intention of Mr. Collins to
present the bill to both houses of the •
territorial legislature and ask that a
joint memorial be passed indorsing
the act, which will be sent to the
American Mining Congress, with the
reguest that every effort be made by
that organization to secure its pas
sage at Washington. The bill is as
follows:
An Act to promote and develop the
mining industry, stimulate the
production of gold and other pre
cious minerals in the territory of
Alaska, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the senate and house
of representatives of the United
States of America, in congress as
sembled:
Section 1. That for the purpose of
stimulating the production of gold and
other needed minerals in the territory
of Alaska, and for the development of
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nage for the railroad now being con
structed by the government of the
United States from, tidewater to the
Interior of said territory, a fund is
hereby created to be known as the
"Alaska prospecting and development
fund,” and there/is hereby appropri
ated from any moneys available in
the treasury of the United States the
3um of four hundred thousand dollars,
to be available until expended by the
bureau of mines under the direction of
the secretary of the interior, for the
promotion and development of the
mining industry and the stimulation
of the production of gold and other
minerals and petals in the territory
of Alaska hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. The secretary of the Interior
ahall delegate, appoint and maintain
In each of the four judicial divisions
of the territory of Alaska a compe
tent mining engineer attached to the
bureau of mines, who shall reside in
said division during his term of of
fice, and who shall gather and colleat
accurate and reliable data not in con
flict with the work of the United States
Geological Survey relative to the mtn
Bral resources and possible prodwh
tlvity of gold and other precious met
als In their respective divisions, and
ihall therein, under the direction of
the bureau of mines, direct, supervise,
control and encourage and assist re
liable and experienced miners and
mining prospectors to explore, pros
pect for and discover valuable depos
its of gold or other precious minerals,
and valuable ores or metals, upon the
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public domain of the United States.
Sec. 3. Eftch resident engineer shall
be allotted trom the funds hereby ap
propriated the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars to carry out the pur
poses of this act, who may expend
the same in their respective divisions
in outfitting, supplying and furnishing
to reliable lid experienced miners and
mining projectors desiring the bene
fits of thig \ct the necessary provi
sions, looitHttA equipment, and, where
necessary, transportation required for
the proposed prospecting and explor
ing expedition.
Sec. 4. All mining claims, whether
placer or quartz, discovered by any
person who has received the benefits
of this act, and all gold and gold dust
or other valuable miners produced
therefrom, shall be charged with a
lien in favor of the government of the
United States to the extent of 5 per
cent of the gross output of mineral
produced therefrom until the amount
thereof equals in value the amount
or value furnished or advanced to the
locator thereof by the resident engi
neer, or until the same shall be other
wise paid, and thereafter to the
amount or value furnished or advanced
to the locator thereof by the resident
engineer, or until the same shall be
otherwise paid, and thereafter to the
extent of 1 per cent of ihe gross out
put of the mineral produced there
from: Provided, however, that all
suras due irom saw persons receiving
the benefit of this act, as in this para
graph provided, shall be due and pay
able to the resident engineer in charge
immediately after any clean-up held
upon said mining claim if the same
be placer, or immediately after the
value has been ascertained of any
such metal or mineral extracted from
any other claim other than a placer
claim: Provided further, That the
person or persons receiving aid under
this act may at any time pay the full
amount so advanced. >
Sec. 5. All placer claims located by
any person, wholly or In part, within
a radius of five miles from the dis
covery of any mining claim discovered
and located by any prospector while
prospecting under the provisions of
this act and receiving the benefits
thereof, shall be charged with a lien
in favor of the government of the
United States to the extent of 1 per
dent of the gross output of the min
erals produced thereon, payable at the
time and in the manner provided In
Section 4 of this act, and any quarts
or other claims, other than placer, lo
cated wholly or in part within a ra-'
dlus of one mile from the discovery
of any quartz or placer mining claim
discovered and looated by any pros
pector while prospecting under the
provisions of tWs act, and receiving
the benefits thereof, shall likewise be
charged with a lien in favor of the
government of the United States, to
the extent of l per cent of the gross
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS ASSURED
AND NATIONS COMPOSING IT
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Reforms to Be Inaugurated and Humanitarian Fea
tures Instituted Which Should Tend to Ameli
orate Condition of Toilers of Germany
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 14 (by Associated Press).—The pro
gram of the new German government, as outlined at the assem
bly now in session at Weimar, includes equal rights for men
and women, the improvement of the educational system, demo
cratic conscription for the establishment of a people’s army,
rationing at maximum prices for food necessities, the care of
the wounded and the families of those killed in the war, the so
cialization of the coal and iron mines, and large additions to the
income taxes.
To Raise Loan in the United States
GENEVA, Feb. 14 (by Associated Press).—The Lausanne
Gazette says that Germany is preparing to raise a large loan
in the United States as soon as the peace treaty is signed, to
pay for raw materials which she expects to purchase from
allied countries.
AUTO THIEVES
OPERATING
AT HAMBURG
AMSTERDAM, Peb. 14 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Panic reigns at Ham
burg as the result of the depredations
of a band of thieves which is operat
ing in the city.
Berlin reports state that the ban
dits travel in automobiles, are heavily
armed, and that they are pillaging
residences and mercantile houses.
The police are reported to be help
less.
■FREIGHTRATES
TO FAR EAST
ARE REDUCED
WASHINGTON, Peb. 14 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The United States
Shipping Board once more has cut the
freight rates from Pacific coast ports
to the Orient. The new rates will be
$12 per short ton, effective on March
11.
The rate to Vladivostok will be $25
pe* short tan.
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RELATIVES TO
VISIT GRAVES
OF SOLDIERS
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LONDON, Feb. 14 (by Associated
Press).—Winston Spencer Churchill,
member of the Lloyd George govern
ment, told the house of commons to
day that he was preparing to intro
duce legislation for the purpose of
enabling relatives of soldiers who lost
their lives in the war to visit their
graves in France and Belgium.
ALLIED THREAT
STIRS GERMANS
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WEIMAR, Feb. 14 (by As
sociated Press). — Freiderich
Ebert, the newly-elected presi
dent of the German republic,
told the newspaper men today
_ that the government was ar
~ ranging the details for the com
plete disarmament and demobi
lisation of the German army.
TRAINS FROM
EAST TIED OF
BYSTORMS
LINCOLN, Neb.. Feb. 14 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The storm which has
been raging for the past two days
throughout Kansas and Nebraska as
sumed a more violent aspect In Cen
tral Nebraska last night. As a con
sequence the telegraph wires, includ
ing those of the press associations,
are down in every direction.
A heavy gale is still blowing, accom
panied by snow.
Trains Annulled
DENVER, Feb. 14 (by Associated
Press).—All trains from the East
have been annulled because of weather
conditions. The storms conditions,
which affect an area which is fifty
miles wide, remain unchanged.
Press Report Curtailed
A message to the editor of the Daily
Times from the Associated Press says
that on account of the storm the press
service is intermittent, and today’s
report is likely to be curtailed.,
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BOLSHEVIKI AND GERMANS
DISTURBERS IN RUMANIA
LONDON, Feb. 14 (by Associated
Press).—The Rumanian legation here
is officially unaware of outbreaks In
Rumania, as reported in yesterday's
press dispatches. ,
It is known that the German and
Russian Bolsheviki have been try
ing for some time to start a reign of
anarchy in Rumania.
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WAR REVENUE BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The senate today ap
proved the conference report on the
war revenue bill, and the bill now
goes to President Wilson for signa
ture.
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NEW MEXICAN MINISTER
GOE8 TO GERMANY.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 14.—Isidro
Fa be la, according to reports printed
here, has left Madrid and will take
charge of the Mexican ministry at
Berlin. He is said to be charged al
so with a diplomatic mission to other
countries of Europe as well.
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The .steamer Alameda sails from
Seattle tomorrow morning.