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VOL. 5, NO. 213_CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, AUG. 10, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS
SOVIETS REJECT
REQUEST FOR
: DAY TRUCE
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LONDON, Aug. 10 (by Associated
Press).—Renewal of war in Europe is
considered a possibility and treated
in the gravest terms following the'
Soviet rejection of the request for a 1
10 days’ truce with Poland, according j
to the papers here. The Telegraph
said: “The situation holds the great
— est peril that has menaced Europe
since the Germans marched into Bel
gium.”
HYTHE, Eng., Aug. 10 (by Associ
ated Press).—It is declared that the
allies, although loath to admit it, feel
there is little hope of saving Warsaw.
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The question of saving Poland is not
the main issue. The main problem is
said to be the defense of western Eu
rope. In British and French circles
it is believed the aim of the Bolshe
viki, through holding up an offensive,
is to firmly establish Bolsheviki doors
to the western powers.
MOSCOW, Aug. 10 (by Associated
Press).—Soviet Russia is considering
with determination the possibility of
war with England and news from the
front is awaited with intense interest.
PARIS, Aug. 10 (by Associated
Press).—Russians have captured the
town of Ciechanow, thus cutting the
Warsaw-Danzig railway, the French
military mission reported today.
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LONDON, Aug. 10 (by Associated
Press).—“I am still hopeful of peace,”,
were the opening words of Premier
Lloyd George in an announcement to
day in the house of commons regard
ing the Polish crisis.
PARIS, Aug. 10 (by Associated
Press).—Railroad men have decided
to strike if they are called upon to
transport troops to Poland. The.
French public holds a deep feeling
against intervention.
NO MERCY IS SHOWN
* JAPS BY RUSSIANS
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LONDON, Aug. 10 (by Associated:
Press).—A Reuter dispatch says Jap
anese of Okhotsk, Siberia, have been
massacred and two burned.
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PRIEST HOLDS JOB
OF LABOR MINISTER
PERLIN, Aug. 10 (by Associated
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Press).—Germany has a labor minis
ter who is at the same time a Roman
Catholic priest. He is Dr. Heinrich
Brauns, who for 10 years officiated
as chaplain and vicor at Crefeld and
Bordeck, near Essen. In 1900 he be
came director of the “Volksverein for
R$man Catholic Germany” at Glad
bach and he was afterwards elected
> member of the national assembly.'
^His writings on the Roman Catholic
labor movement are numerous. Dr. J
Brauns is 52 years of age.
GEMSPRECIOUS
TO BANDITS;
: LOOT STORE
CLEVELAND, Aug. 10 (by Associ
ated Press).—Three bandits entered
Solbergman’s jewelry store here to
day, shot and seriously wounded EWo
/employes and looted the safe of dia
monds worth $30,000. They escaped
an automobile.
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FEDERATION OFFICIALS
SEEKING AMNESTY FOR
POLITICAL PRISONERS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Samuel Gompers was
detained in New York at a meeting of
the executive committee of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, causing the
conference between federation offi
cials and Attorney General Palmer
regarding general amnesty for all
political prisoners to be postponed in
definitely.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 10 (by Associ
ated Press).—Dr. Paul Bernard Alten
dorf, writer on international affairs,
who described himself .as an agent of
the United States, was arrested here
today charged with writing false arti
cles about Mexican conditions. It is
asserted that Altendorf had served the
Austrian, German and Mexican govern
ments.
CAPT. M’KAY GIVEN”
PORT POSITION SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Aug. 10 (by Associated
Press).—Captain A. W. McKay, an
Alaskan navigator for 22 years, today
assumed his new duties as port cap
tain for the Struthers & Dixon line,
succeeding Captain T. A. Anderson,
who leaves soon for Cook Inlet to erect
a crab and^shrimp cannery, using his
own special packing process.
FOErOLD JOHN
BARLEYCORN
TO BATHE RUM
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 10 (by
Associated Press).—War against John
Barleycorn has been started in the
home of Jamaica rum. Two American
missionaries, the vanguard of-a prohi
bition crusade, have just aided in the
organization of the Jamaica League
Against Alcoholism, which it is said is
to affiliate with the World’s League
Against Alcoholism, headed by the Rt.
Hon. Leif Jones, the Rt. Sir Donald
McLean, M. P.; and Lord Rowallan,
vice president.
One of* the American missionaries
urged the mass meeting to follow the
lead of “Pussyfoot” Johnson. One of
the chief obstacles to making Jamaica
dry is the manufacture of rum, an in
dustry which is said to net the govern
ment fully $1,000,000 in revenue an
nually.
BUTTE BOY RECEIVES
DALY SCHOLARSHIP
MISSOULA, Mont., Aug. 10 (by As
sociated Press).—James Watson Ger
ard, former United States ambassador
to Germany and son-in-law of the late
Marcuy Daly, recently announced
from the Daly estate, at Hamilton,
Mont., that the Marcus Daly scholar
ship, founded'by Mrs. Gerard, will be
awarded this year to John Norton of
Butte.
The scholarship is open in competi
tion to those who have worked in Mon
tana mines or the desecndants of Mon
tana miners. The winner of this year’s
award will begin a course in the Col
umbia School of Mines, New York, in
the fall of 1921.
ARCHBISHOP IS
TECHNICALLY
UNDERARREST
LONDON, Aug. 10 (by Associated
Press). — Archbishop Mannix arrived
here at an early hour today, only £
few reporters and few priests greeting
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him, but a heavy police guard hac
been placed about the station. There
were no untoward incidents. The po
lice had some difficulty handling the
small crowd, neralv all of whom in
sisted on kneeling and kissing the
archbishop’s hand.
DESTROYERS SURROUND SHIP
PENZANCE. Aug. 10 (by Associated
Press). — Four British destroyers
closed in on the Baltic yesterday anc
Archbishop Mannix was placed undei
| technical arrest.
NOME FLYERS HELD UP
AWAITING SUPPLIES
PRINCE GEORGE, Aug. 10 (by As
sociated Press).—The New York te
Nome army flyers will be delayed here
several days longer by the failure of
supplies for repairs to arrive from Sar
Francisco.
PROPOSE
STEEL MERGE
TO TIDE C
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TOKIO, Aug. 10 (by ARssociatec
Press).—Amalgamation of all the stee:
works in Japan, in order to tide ovel
the present trade conditions, is re
ported under consideration by the Jap
anese government the authorities oi
which are said to be investigating the
possibilities of a nation wide merger
The iron market continues weak
owing to the slump in quotations anc
the decrease in demand, although the
amount of iron imported from the
United States aggregates nearly 2,00(
tons a month in accordance with the
contracts signed last year.
In these circumstances, pessimistic
views are being now entertained bj
some of the iron dealers, and a num
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ber of the steel works have been ob
liged to close. The output for the firsl
half of the current year, therefore, is
expected to result in a decrease 01
nearly 30 per cent, with even worse
prospects for the latter half of the
year.
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CANADIANS RECEIVE
OFFER FOR PULPWOOD
REGINA, Sask., Aug. 10 (by Asso
ciated Press).—An offer for pulp wood
at a price of $12 f. o. b. cars Fori
Frances has been received by the bu
reau of labor and industries. An in
quiry now .will be instituted as tc
freight rates, points of shipment and
other features, with a view of finding
a market if possible for the greal
quantities of this wood being cleared
from the settlers’ holdings in the
northern part of the province.
At present this wood is being de
strayed and a market would prove e
source of revenue for settlers during
the years the land is being cleared
and before a crop can be secured.
STRASSBOURG, Aug. 10 (by Asso
ciated Press).—In conformity with ar
tide 145 of the Versailles treaty, the
German government has surrendered
to the municipality of Strassbougr 3(
old cannon removed from the city bj
the Germam troops in 1870.
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PROPAGANDISTS
I LITTLE SCHEME
IS UNEARTHED
PARIS, Aug. 10 (by Associated
Press). — The government has an
nounced, in connection with the arrest
of Herr Ollmere, former reichstag
deputy, in Sarre valley, that docu
ments have been discovered outlining
a program of agitation and propaganda
in the Sarre valley to break down the
administration of the Sarre commis
sion under the league. The documents
are said to show that Germany was
author of the plan and provided 5,000,
000 marks for expenses.
; FOREIGN SHIPPERS TO
BE CONSULTED ABOUT
PACIFIC COAST RATES
; WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Japanese and other
foreign shippers in this country will
, be asked to join a conference on the
Pacific ocean rate question. The
United States will not arbitrarily cut
rates unless the shipping board finds
methods of competition unfair.
USE DYNAMITE
TO PUT PAPER
OUT BUSINE
CALA, Pa., Aug. 10 (by Associated
Press).—The press in the office of the
Cala Sentinel was destroyed by dyna
mite yesterday, and bloodhounds have
been put on the trail of the perpetra
tor of the crime. The publication has
waged a vigorous warfare against
“speak easies.”
HAROLD BELL WRIGHT
IS VICTIM OF CUPID
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 10 (by Associated
Press).—It was learned today that
Harold Bell Wright, the author, and
Mrs. Winnifred Potter Duncan were
secretly married here Thursday. Both
were divorced recently.
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS
INCREASE IN LONDON
LONDON, Aug. 10 (by Associated
Press).—The wife of Lord Mayor
i Cooper of London, on the occasion of
the opening ceremonies of a refuge
for homeless children at Waltham
stow, said that the time had come for
someone to introduce a bill in parlia
ment to give “the unusual number of
unwanted children” their father’s
name.
The lord mayor declared that both
during and since the war the increase
in the number of illegitimate children
has been “simply terrible” and that
the death rate among these children
is appalling.
Vandals Completely
Strip Cemetery
VIENNA, Aug. 10 (by Associated
Press).—On the river bank in the out
■ skirts of Vienna is the “Cemetery of
the Nameless,” where bodies taken
from the Danube are buried. Vandals
have completely stripped it. Grave
parkings were removed and the cof
fins exhumed and broken up for fire
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TRANSCONTINENTAL AUTO
TRIP ESTABLISHES A NEW
RECORD WITH FRISCO MAIL
NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (by Associated
Press).—It was announced today that
a new unofficial record for a transcon
tinental automobile trip was estab
lished when a five-passenger car carry
ing mail from San Francisco arrived
here after a run of four days, fourteen
hours and forty-three minutes. It is
said the time is a day faster than any
previous run.
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GOVERNMENT
NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (by Associated
Press).—Emma Goldman and Alex
ander Berkman, the anarchists who
were deported several months ago
from this country, are now serving the
Russian government in an official
capacity, according to letters received
from them by friends here. They are
gathering material for use in the
museum of revolution.
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
THREATEN TO STRIKE IF
ENGLAND DECLARES WAR
LONDON, Aug. 10 (by Associated
Press).—Many labor organizations
have adopted resolutions for a general
strike if war to help Poland is de
clared, at meetings held to protest
against war. Many veterans were in
cluded.
WAGE INCREASE
FOR EMPLOYES
EXPRESS CO.
CHICAGO, Aug, 10 (by Associated
Press).—The railway labor board has
granted increased wages to approxi
mately 80,000 employes of the Amer
ican Express Company by $30,000,000
yearly, retroactive to May 1. The in
crease amounts to 16 cents per hour.
Under the terms of the transporta
tion act the express company will be
permitted to raise rates sufficiently
to meet the increased 'Tabor cost. Ar
guments in the rate case have al
ready been heard by the interstate
commerce commission.
TROOPS FROM KEARNEY
AT FORT MISSOULA
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MISSOULA, Mont., Aug. 10 (by As
sociated Press).—Recent announce
ment from Washington that a battalion
of the Thirty-second infantry, now star
tioned at Camp Kearney, Cal., will be
transferred to the local army post of
Fort Missoula was welcome news to
local citizens. For the past seven
years the fort, located four miles
southwest of this city, has been un
occupied except for a brief period dur
ing the world war when a branch of
the students’ army training corps was
receiving instruction there.
It is one of the oldest posts of the
northwest, having been founded during
the Indian wars. In recent years con
siderable improvements have been
made there. During its abandonment
it has been in charge of a caretaker.
SAY DEVALERA
WAS FINANCED
SINN FEINERS
LONDON, Aug. 10 (by Associated
Press).—The Evening Standard claims
documentary evidence to show the
I Sinn Fei:> congress in June voted De
j valera half a million in connection
“with the campaign for the presidency
in the TJnited States.” A million dol
lars was authorized for Devalera to
obtain recognition of the Irish repub
lic, the newspaper declares.
JAPS PREPARETOSEND
MOR TROOPS TO RUSSIA
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HONOLULU, Aug. 10 (by Associ
ated Press).—The Japanese navy de
partment has dispatch a special ser
vice ship to Nikolaievsk, recently
captured from the Bolsheviki, to re
move all obstacles that stand in the
way of complete military occupation
of the city by Japanese forces, accord
ing to Tokio advice to the Nippu Jiji,
| Japanese newspaper here. It is an
nounced, says the Nippu Jiji’s cor
respondent, that the dispatch of the
special service ship is a preliminary
step to sending more troops to Niko
laievsk. where Major General Tsuno,
commander of the Japanese forces of
occupation, is administering the mili
tary government.
The dispatch to the Nippu Jiji added
that several hospitals had been built
by the Japanese forces for the Rus
sian victims of disease, and relief so
ciety organized to help the destitute.
DAY EXPRESS TRAIN
PENNSY ROAD HELD UP
CHICAGO. Aug. 10 (by Associated
Press).—Four men held up New York
Chicago day express train on the Penn
sylvania road near Englewood station.
A dining car steward who resisted was
shot in the jaw.
GERMAN WARSHIPT
ARRIVE NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (by Associated
Press).—The former German warships
turned over to the United States ar
rived here yesterday.
FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, Aug. 10.—(Special to the
Daily Times).—Halibut, 15c: sable
fish, 5c; red and ling cod. 2c.
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PEACE TREATY WITH
TURKEY SIGNED TODAY
SEVRES, France, Aug. 10 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The peace treaty with
Turkey was signed at 4 o’clock this
afternoon.
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ELECTION WAS
ONLY COMEDY
MEXICALI, Aug. 10 (by Associated
Press).—Governor Cantu declared to
day that the recent election in Mexico
was a “comedy,” and not an expres
sion of the public voice. He said it
was his wish to bring all Mexicans to
gether in an energetic protest “against
a crude political imposition.”