VOL. 5, NO. 200 CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1920_PRICE TEN CENTS
FIFTH YACHT RACE TODAY FAILED TO FINISH IN Till LIMIT
TERMS FOR PEACE CONFERENCE
' BETWEEN SOVIETS AND THOSE
FIGHTING RUSSIA AGREED UPON
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LONDON, July 26 (by Associated
Press).—Premier Lloyd George today,
addressing the house of com
mons, confirmed reports that the
Bolsheviks have accepted terms for a
peace conference in London between
the Sovets and the powers engaged in
hostile action against or supporting
such action against Russia.
Lloyd George will meet Premier Mil
lerand of Prance at Boulogne tomor
row to discuss the Russian proposal.
ARMISTICE MEETING AT BREST
WARSAW, July 26 (by Associated
Press).—Armistice negotiations be
tween representatives of Poland and
Soviet Russia probably will be held
at Brest Litovsk. Negotiations for the
initial meeting of military command
ers to arrange conferences between
deputations from both sides are al
ready under way at the front.
U. S. WILL NOT PARTICIPATE
♦ WASHINGTON, July 26 (by Associ
ated Press).—Participation by the
United States in any conference of
representatives of Russia and allied
governments looking to restoration of
peace between Poland and the Bolshe
viki is regarded here as improbable,
Imt, in the absence of official informa
tion most officials here declined to dis
cuss the matter.
DEMAND POLISH DISARMAMENT
VIENNA, July 26 (by Associated
Press).—It is reported in apparently
relable quarters that the first stipula
tion the Bolsheviks will require will
be that the Poles disarm completely
so the negotiations can not be used
to gain time or await the arrical of
reinforcements.
BOL OFFENSIVE TOTTERING
WARSAW, July 26 (by Associated
Press)•—Lemberg newspapers say Bol
sheviki officers in a hospital there ad
^♦mit the present offensive is a final
effort which cannot continue more
than a fortnight because the reds are
demoralized and discouraged.
FRENCH REPRESENTATIVE
U BEEN SELECTED
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PARIS, July 26 (by Associated
Press).—M. Severes, famous porcelan
manufacturer,' has been chosen as
France’s representative for signing
the Turkish peace treaty.
LONDON, July 26 (by Associated
Press).—Premier Lloyd George told
the house of common today that the
government had no idea of withdraw
ing the Irish home-rule bill, which will
be pressed with all speed after the
holiday recess.
Lloyd George denied that the gov
ernment had had any negotiations
with the Sinn Fein.
LLOYD GEORGE IN POOR HEALTH
Paris, July 26 (by Associated
Press).—The health of Lloyd George
is causing serious uneasiness, accord
ing to a London dispatch, whch says
♦his physicians have ordered an imme
diate and absolute rest.
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INVESTIGATING JAP
: IMMIGRATION PROBLEM
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SEATTLE, July 26 (by Associated
| Press).—Five members of the house
immigration committee arrived here
I to begin investigation of Japanese and
other immigration and naturalization
problems.
COAL MINERS
READY STRIKE
INDIANAPOLIS, July 26 (by Associ
ated Press).—The possibility of a gen
eral strike of bituminous coal miners
is indicated by President Lewis ot fhe
mine workers for this district, who
said any settlement of the present Illi
nois strike which would modify the
present working agreement would re
sult in action by the national officers
to shut down all bituminous mines,
involving 200,000 men.
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INDIANA FIELDS PARALYZED
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., July 26'(by
Associated Press).—Indiana coal fields
are paralyzed today by an unauthor
ized strike of day laborers and drivers,
following similar action in the Illinois
field. Fifty mines near here are idle.
PITCHFORK IS
CAUSE DEATH
LITTLE GIRL
SEATTLE, July 26 (by Associated
Press).—Jim Sphyridio, a farm hand;
employed by A. P. Pappas on a Mercer
island ranch, threw a pitchfork at a
j group of children who wrere teasing
1 him, striking and killing Mary Jane
Pappas, aged 11 years. Posses are
in pursuit of the fleeing man, and feel
ing against him is very bitter.
SENATOR BAILEY IS
LEADING IN PRIMARY
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DALLAS, Tex., July 26 (by Associ
I
ated Press).—Former United States
Senator Joseph W. Bailey leads Pat
j W. Neff by 5,000 in the Democratic
primary for the nomination for gover
nor. Political observers predict that
Bailey and Neff will have to partici
pate in a run-off primary August 28.
Returns are only half complete.
DAMAGED STEAMER TO
BE REPLACED ON RUN
VICTORIA, B. C., July 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Prince John will
temporarily replace the Prince George,
the Grand Trunk steamer damaged in
the Seymour narrows, it was officially
announced here today.
TWO BABIES FOUND
IN AN OLD CISTERN
OMAHA, Neb., July 26 (by Associ
ated Press).—H. S. Kenty, 61, is in
jail here following the finding of two
infants about two days old in an aban
doned cistern and the alleged admis
sion of Louise Boecke that she is the
mother of the babies.
CHICAGO, July 26 (by Associated
Press).—Roy Millen, said to answer
the description of Eugene Leroy,
wanted by the Detroit police as the
alleged slayer of a woman whose body
was shipped in a trunk from Detroit
to New York on June 10, is under
arrest here. Detectives are investi
gating statements to the Birmingham,
Ala., police, by A. M. Tatum, a lino
type operator, that he knew Katherine
Jackson and Eugene Leroy, and that
the woman had told him she was mar
ried and her husband extremely jeal
ous. The name on the turnlc way bill
was A. A. Tatum.
All efforts to connect Roy Millen,
former army avator. with the mysteri
ous trunk murder, failed today when
a representative of the Detroit police
force failed to identify him as the
missing Eugene Leroy.
WOMAN’S CLOTHING IDENTIFIED
DETROIT, July 26 (by Associated
Press).—The clothing in the trunk
with the body of the woman shipped
from Detroit to New York was iden
tified today as the property of Mrs.
E. Leroy of this city, formerly Miss
Katherine Jackson, a southern girl.
Several people today positively iden
tified clothing found in the trunk as
belonging to Mrs. E. Leroy, who lived
early in June at the apartment, from
whence the trunk was shipped.
WOMAN NOT KNOWN IN SOUTH
JACKSON, Miss., July 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Inqury at Starkville,
Miss., failed to establish the identity
of Katherine Jackson, said by Detroit
police to be the victim of the trunk
murder mystery.
JACK JOHNSON
CHICAGO, July 26 (by Associated
Press).—Two thousand negroes gath
ered at the depot last night to wel
come Jack Johnson, but federal offi
cials had him taken off the train at
Joliet and lodged him in jail there,
where he probably will remain until
arraigned in federal court on charges
that have been pending against him
for several years while he was a fugi
tive outside of the United States.
The charges against Johnson allege
white slavery.
WORCESTER, Mass., July 26 (by
Associated Press).—The naval acad
emy ’varsity crew won the right tc
represent the United States at the
Olympic games in Antwerp by defeat
ing the Syracuse University Duluth
Boat Club,
CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY
AMERICANS AT ANTWERP
ANTWERP, July 26 (by Associatel
Press).—America made a clean sweep,
taking the first five individual marks
the trapshooting events. Airie of
Champaign, 111., won the champion
ship, with Frank Troeh of Vancouver,
Wash., second.
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PERTAL, N. D., July 26 (by Asso
! ciated Press).—The four Alaska flyers
made the flight from Chicago here,
290 miles, in three hours and ten min
I utes, and expect to leave today for
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
The Alaska squadron left here at
I 10 o’clock for Saskatoon.
PASS OVER BALGONIE
BALGONIE, Sask., July 26 (by As
sociated Press).—The Alaska planes
passed over this city at 11:50 o’clock
J this morning.
i SASKATOON REACHED SAFELY
SASKATOON, Sask., July 26 (by
Associated Press).—The Alaska flyers
reached here at 12:50 today and were
given a welcome. They expect to take
off for Edmonton at 9:30 tomorrow
I morning. The total flying time out of
New York is now fifteen hours, Cap
! tain Street, in command of the squad
ron, said this afternoon.
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CORN AND WHEAT
DECLINE ON MARKET
CHICAGO, July 26 (by Associated
Press).—Disturbing financial and in
dustrial development caused wheat to
drop 8 cents and corn 9% cents on
the Chicago market this morning.
BYNG TO BE CANADA’S
GOVERNOR GENERAL
LONDON, July 26 (by Associated
Press).—The Canadian Press is in
formed on good authority that Lord
Byng will shortly be appointed gover
nor general of Canada.
LOS ANGELES, July 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—A sharp earthquake
awakened the city at 4:12 o’clock this
morning. A few chimneys were
knocked down and dishes and windows
broken.
A second and lighter shock was felt
at 9:59 o’clock this morning.
FOUR STAGES HELD UP
IN Y0SEM1TE PARK
FRESNO, July 26 (by Associated
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Press).—A lone bandit on a mountain
highway roSbed four stages en route
to the Yosemite park late Saturday
He secured $350 in money but refused
to take watches and jewelry.
TODAY’S RACE FOR AMERICA’S
CUP CALLED OFF AS YACHTS
FAIL TO FISH TIME LIMIT
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HARDING DISCUSSES
NEEDS OF FARMERS
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MARION, O., July 26 (by Associated
Press).—Needs of western farmers
were talked over today with Senator
Harding by Senator Capper of Kansas
and Henry Wallace of Des Moines,
and editors of farm publications.
PRISONERS KILL
SHERIFF IN
JAIL BREAK
PENDLETON, Ore., July 26 (by As
sociated Press).—Six prisoners in the
county jail escaped yesterday, after
killing Sheriff T. D. Taylor and
wounding a deputy sheriff, who was
shot through the breast. The prison
ers overpowered and shot the deputy
first, then encountered the sheriff and
killed him. They fled to the railroad
station and boarded a train to Mission,
four miles east, where they left the
train and disappeared in the woods.
Posses were immediately organized
and are searching the for the prison
ers.
Albert Lindgreen, one of the five
prisoners who escaped, was captured
by a posse today. He says the prison
ers had plotted for a week to kill the
sheriff and escape.
HARDING FOR
BROAD POLICY
OF AMNESTY
MARION, O., July 26 (by Associated
Press).—Although declaring for “gen
erous amnesty for political prisoners,”
Senator Harding declined to express
an opinion regarding Eugene V. Debs
in reply to a telegram from Parley
Christensen, candidate of the Farmer
Labor party, who asked Harding and
Cox to use their influency to gain
clemency. Harding said a broad pol
icy does not justify the hasty disposi
tion of any case.
GERMANY RESTRICTS
SHIPMENT OF ARMS
POLAND OR RUSSIA
BERLIN, July 26 (by Associated
Press).—The German government has
proclaimed an ordinance prohibiting
the exportation and transit of arms,
munitions, explosives or other war ma
terials to Poland or Russia.
MARON AND KELLEY
IN TEN ROUND DRAW
CHICAGO, July 26 (by Associated
Press).—Frankie Maron, champion fly
weight, and Jimmy Kelley of Chicago,
boxed a ten-round draw here Satur
day night.
SANDY HOOK, July 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The fifth race for the
America’s cup was called off at 5
o’clock this afternoon. The Resolute
was leading by two miles but had only
covered nine miles and the dying wind
made it impossible to finish within the
time limit. The yacht practically
from the start.
Sir Thomas Lipton announced that
is he failed to lift the cup this year
he would challenge against next year
for 1921 with a new boat.
SHAMROCK GETS LEAD AT START
SANDY HOOK, July 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Shamrock today
crossed the starting line nearly a min
ute ahead of the Resolute in a 15-knot
breeze. The race is 15 miles to wind
ward and back.
At 1:50 the Resolute passed the
Shamrock and holds the better breeze.
At 3 o’clock the Resolute led by
three-quarters of a mile, but it looked
as though the boats might not finish
in the time limit, as the wind was light
and fitful and the yachts only five
miles from the start.
NEGRO WOMEN DRIVE
WHITES FROM LAUNDRY
STATE REFORMATORY
BEDFORD, N. Y„ July 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Inmates of the state
reformatory for women engaged in
race riots Saturday, negro women driv
ing the whites from the laundry with
hot flatirons and knives. The battle
was resumed on the lawn. State
troopers and police, some of whom
were slightly wounded, quelled the
fray.
GREEKSNOW OCCUPY
CITY OF ADRIANOPLE
LONDON, July 26 (by Associated
Press).—Athens newspapers today an
nounce that the Greeks occupied Ad
rianople on Saturday, and that King
Alexander will enter today.
KING ALEXANDER ENTERS
ATHENS, July 26 (by Associated
Press).—Adrianople fell to the Greeks
Sunday evening with much material
and an undeterminers number of pri
soners taken. King Alexander entered
the city today.
LONDON, July 26 (by Associated
Press).—The Daily Mail says the Rus
sian Soviet government has notified
Great Britan of its willingness to meet
the allies for a peace conference in
London, but as a preliminary to the
conference, demands the surrender of
General Wrangel, anti-Bolsheviki com
mander in the south, under a guaran
tee of personal safety.
FISH QUOTATIONS
KKETCHIKAN, July 24.—(Special
to the Times).—Halibut: Firsts. 9V£c;
second*. 5c.