The Cordova Daily Times
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VOL'vTnO.~93 CORDOVA, ALASKA. MONDAY. MARCH 22, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS
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GERMAN GOVERNMENT WE
INSIST ON PUNISHMENT OF
LEADERS OF REVOLUTION
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BERLIN, March 22 (by Associated
Press).—President Ebert arrived here
from Stuttgart Saturday, and in a pub
lished statement called attention to
the immense damage caused by the
revolution and the consequent upris
ing. He declared the government’s
present determination to prosecute
the guilty, and to punish the leaders
but spare those forced into the move
ment, or who acted through ignorance.
Three editors of the East Prussian
Zeitung have been arrested for high
.^treason at Koenigsberg. the home of
Dr. Kapp.
^ DRASTIC MEASURES
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A decree issued by President Ebert
proclaims Berlin and the province of
Brandenburg to be in a state of inten
sified siege. Extraordinary courts
martial, including the “drum-head” va
riety, have been established by the
regular troops.
The police have been empowered to
search motor cars, and if their oc
cupants are found carrying arms with
out permit they are to be shot on the
spot.
FIGHTING THE REDS
The headquarters of the Bolshevists
and Communists at Leipsic have been
captured after a hard fight with the
regular troops. Five were killed,
twelve seriously wounded and fifty
taken prisoners by troops.
Conflicts are in progress in other
parts of Germany, and many fires have
been started by the Communists, who
hinder the work of the firemen. One
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fireman has been killed by machine
gun fire.
Four towns in the Rhineland are
now governed by soviet councils. In
Essen street combats, in which bombs
were used, lasted for twenty hours,
with great property damage.
THE SPARTACAN MENACE
The ministry of defense says the
Spartacans and Communists are gain
ing in the Ruhr mining district, and
that they have captured several towns.
The Spartacan army has forced two
crack government regiments to retire
to the fortress of Wesel. There have
been heavy losses on both sides.
It is estimated that thirty thousand
old shock troops are in the Spartacan
army in Ruhr.
IMMENSE LOSSES
PARIS, March 22 (by Associated
Press).—Eight thousand persons
have been killed in Germany since the
revolution started. Eight hundred and
fifty have been killed in Berlin alone.
REIGN OF TERROR AT LEIPSIC
BERNE, March 22 (by Associated
Press).—A veritable Bolshevist reign
of terror .prevails at Leipsic. Pillaging
and excesses of all kinds are being
indulged in by radicals, and peaceable
citizens are waylaid, robbed and shot.
WILL MOVE AGAINST ESSEN
STUTTGART, March 22 (by Associ
ated Press).—General Watter is con
centrated a government force of ten
thousand men to proceed against the
“red” army that has taken Essen. The
campaign will begin in four days.
LABOR TO TAKE HAND
IN COMING ELECTIONS
WASHINGTON, March 22 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Samuel Gompers, in a
statement issued Saturday, asserts
that labor’s non-partisan political fight
k will be aimed particularly at the de
feat of those candidates who are ene
mies of labor.
LARGE FUNERAL
. FOR MURDERED
, MAYOR OF CORK
CORK, March 22 (by Associated;
Press).—A procession two miles long j
followed the body of the lord mayor
yesterday to the town hall, where the
obsequies were conducted.
Both Protest and Catholic clergy de- j
nounced the assassin from the pulpits, j
The only reason suggested for the;
assassination is revenge fey- the re
cent murder of policemen. The belief
is expressed that it means the begin
ning of a campaign of retaliation for
the killing of numerous members of
the Royal constabulary and soldiers,
for which no one has yet been pun
ished.
CLAIMS REDS ARE TRYING
’ TO OBTAIN MEMBERSHIP
* IN AMERICAN LEGION
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind„ March 22 (by
Associated Press).—Arthur Woods,
chairman of the national Americaniza
tion committee, declares that radicals
are trying to obtain membership In
the American Legion, in an effort to
learn what action the former service
men’s organization takes against them
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SAYS STEWART IS NOT
A POOR MAN’S CAMP
VICTORIA, B. C., March 22 (by As
sociated Press).—Dale Pitt has been
named as manager of the Premier
mine, near Stewart, B. C. Mr. Pitt,
who formerly was assistant manager
of the mine, says Stewart is not “a
second Klondike,” and that it is not
a “poor man’s camp.”
INDICTMENT
OF OFFICIAL
IS QUASHED
SEATTLE, March 22 (by Associated!
Pi ■ess).—In the federal district court!
Saturday Judge Neterer quash the in
dictment against John F. Blain in con
nection with the alleged shipyard
frauds. One indictment against Blain
yet remains, and the court has under
advisement a demurrer to it.
The court refused to quash the in
dictments against H. F. Ostrander, C.
N. Seaborn and Phillips Morrison, of
ficials of the Seaborn Shipyards Com
pany at Tacoma.
GOLDNUGGETS
FOUND IN WELL
NEARCALGARY
ALSASK, Saskatchewan, March 22
(by Associated Press).—The discovery
of gold nuggets in a shallow well near
here has caused excitement through
out the province. Analyses made in
Calgary have proved the mineral to
be of good quality and the place is said
c> be ideal for placer mining.
INCOMPREHENSIBLE UTTERANCES
OF GOVERNOR RIGGS AT CAPITAL
REGARDING RADICALS IN ALASKA
SEATTLE, March 22 (by Associated Press).
—A special from Washington to the Times says the
state department is worried over an intercepted
wireless message stating that the Russian soviets
are planning a revolution in Alaska.
Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr., who is in the city
on official business, says the Russians in Alaska are
sympathetic with the Bolsheviki, and are planning
a general strike on May 1. He declares, however,
that the officials are able to cope with the situation.
Governor Riggs says there are many radicals in
the canneries, and that they have caused several
general strikes and incipient revolutions. The ma
jority of the people of Alaska, he says, are loyal and
conservative.
Advocates a Federal Constabulary
Governor Riggs is advocating the establishment
of a federal constabulary to cope with the “reds.”
The governor expects to return to Juneau before
the first of May. He has received assurances that
the navy may help to quell the proposed strike.
Grigsby Knows It Is All “Bunk”
Delegate George Grigsby says he knows noth
ing of the “red” menace. He says Alaska’s popula
tion is the most law-abiding in America, and that
its patriotism often has been demonstrated. He
says there is no need for a constabulary, and has
declined to introduce a bill creating- it.
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FAIRBANKS, March 22 (Special to
the Daily Times).—The grand jury,
which convened here on March 9, is
expected to complete its duties this
evening, and owing to the small num
ber of indictments returned, a short
criminal term of court is expected.
A true bill was found in the case
of Anna McCarthy, charged with the
murder of her husband, Dan McCar
thy. Mrs. McCarthy’s trial is set for
March 24. The killing of Dan McCar
thy occurred several months ago at
Brooks. Following an argument with
his wife, McCarthy was shot in the
abdomen, and his' death followed
within a few hours.
A true bill also was returned against
Thomas Collins of Tanana, who is
charged with rape. His trial has been
set for March 24.
Richard D. Chinnyah of Fort Yukon,
charged with assault to commit rape,
forfeited $2,000 cash bail because he
did not make his appearance before
the court upon the day designated.
Two indictments were returned
against Peter Vachon, one on thirteen
and the other on forty-three counts.
Vachon is charged with unlawfully
shipping furs. The date of his trial has
not yet been set. Mr. Vachon is now
in the States, but is expected to return
to the Interior within the next few
weeks. The furs consisted of several
hundred marten and beaver skins, and
were estimated to have a total value
of $30,000.
Eugene Traveller was indicted by
the grand jury on the charge of job
bery, but was found not guilty by a
jury. It was alleged that Traveller
robbed a man at Nenana last fall while
the latter was intoxicated, in a bath
house in which Traveller was em
ployed as rubber.
The case of John Byaloz, charged
with cutting Obiad Zizicg with intent
to kill, is now being tried, and is ex
pected to end this week.
A true bill was found against E. E.
Durgin, who was charged with taking
a letter containing money from a post
office box. When brought up for trial
Durgin pleaded guilty and was fined
$300 and costs.
Mailo Segura, who was sentenced
to be hanged April 2 for killing J. E.
Riley of Iditarod, has been granted a
reprieve of ninety days. This action
is probably the result of appeals for
executive clemency by Segura’s rela
tives in Montana. The court of ap
peals at San Francisco recently con
firmed Judge Bunnell’s sentence of
Segura, and the latter’s only hope now
lies in executive clemency.
REFINERS INCREASE
SUGAR CENT A POUND
SAN FRANCISCO, March 22 (by As
sociated Press).—The price of sugar
from refiners has been Increased one
dollar per hundred pounds.
CHARLES DANA GIBSON
.BUYS INTEREST IN LIFE
NEW YORK, March 22 (by Associ
ated Press).—Charles Dana Gibson,
the famous artist, has bought a con
trolling interest in Life Publishing
Company. Thirty-four years ago Gib
son sold his first picture to Life.
REPUBLICAN ASPIRANTS FOR
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION
INDULGE IN JOINT DEBATE
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PIERRE, S. D., March 22 (by Asso
ciated Press;.—Major General Leonard
Wood and Senator Miles Poindexter of
the state of Washington, both aspir
ants for the Republican nomination
for President before the primaries of
South Dakota, engaged in a joint de
bate here Saturday night.
General Wood said that an intense
spirit of national solidarity was need
ed in America, avoiding the loose
fibered nationalism as we would avoid
j death, for it means national death.
Other points outlined by General
Wood were a strong but not quarrel
some foreign policy, protecting the in
terests of Americans, careful regula
tion of immigration to keep out dan
gerous elements, rigid national econ
omy, industrial justice, a square deal
for capital and labor, and a small but
efficient regular army.
Senator Poindexter declared that the
two vital questions of the day were
national independence and industrial
independence. He declared that Presi
dent Wilson stood for internationalism.
The war was fought, he declared, to
protect American rights, and it is trea
son' to surrender the very rights which
the war was waged to protect.
Discussing the labor question, Sen
ator Poindexter said that strikes
meant rule by force instead of by law.
While men have the right to quit work
singly and collectively, he said, they
have not the right to conspire to
starve the people.
The crying need of the hour, de
clared the speaker, was the American
ization of the American government.
COUNTRY BACKSLIDING
DETROIT, Mich., March 22 (by As
sociated Press).—Governor Lowden of
Illinois, in a speech here today, de
clared that the first step in reducing
the high cost, of living is a reduction
in the cost of government. He said
the government had been backsliding
since the days of Hamilton.
AGAINST MINORITY RULE
NEW HAVEN, Conn.. March 22 (by
Associated Press).—In an interview
here Saturday William J. Bryan said
the defeat of the peace treaty was a
"colossal crime against our country
and the world.” "If we allow a minor
ity in the senate to dictate our policy
on this question.” he said, “we betray
democracy and turn our faces back
ward toward arbitrary power.”
CONVICTED MA
IS RECEIVED AS
A GREAT HERO
MENOMINEE, Mich., March 22 (by
Associated Press).—Citizens of this
place greeted Roger Andrews as a con
quering hero when he returned home
today after his conviction in the New
berry fraudulent election case. An ad
dress of welcome was delivered to
him.
In reply to the address Andrews said
it was “better that sixteen men go
to jail than to have Henry Ford in the
United States senate.”
Paul King, another of the defend
ants convicted, has issued a statement
in which he says that the convictions
show the power of the administration
witH the government agents at its
command. Newberry’s campaign, he
says, was clean.
MARSHALL WITHDRAWS
NAME AS CANDIDATE
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 22 (by
Associated Press).—The petition for
the placing of the name of Vice Presi
dent Thomas C. Marshall on the pri
mary ballot as a candidate for Presi
dent has been withdrawn.
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ADMIRAL EVANS
IS AFLOAT AND
ON WAY NORTH
SEATTLE, March 22 (by Associated
Press).—The steamship Admiral Ev
ans, stranded in Seymour narrows, is
undamaged and her passengers are
safe. Efforts to float her having
failed, her freight is being removed
from the forward hold, and she was
floated at high tide at 6 o’clock last
night She will proceed on the voy
age north.
The Evans rammed and sunk thej
tug City of Lund before she grounded, j
No lives were lost.
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Mil RATIFY
OLYMPIA, Wash., March 22 (by As
sociated Press).—The galleries of the
house of representatives were crowded
with women who are here to see the
woman suffrage amendment ratified
when Governor Hart read his message
to tiie joint session of the state legis
lature, which met in special session
today.
In his message Governor Hart said
the state departments need the
most rigid economy instead of appro
priations, and he advised against the
passage of any appropriation bills.
The governor recommended that the
tax levy limit be raised so that the
state fund can be increased to help
the state schools.
The various school districts of the
state were urged by the governor to
increase the pay of teachers.
It is believed that the woman suf
frage amendment will be ratified late
this afternoon.
Public sentiment is in favor of a
bonus for the soldiers, said Governor
Hart, and he warned the legislature'
not to hold a long session.
Mrs. Prances Haskell, representa
tive from Tacoma, will introduce the
resolution of ratification of the federal
woman suffrage amendment.
NAVAL FORCES
OF CANADA TO
BE DISBANDED
OTTAWA, March 22 (by Associated
Press).—The Canadian government
has decided to demobilize its naval
forces with the exception of the royal
naval colleges, to abandon the navy
yvd at Esquimault, B. C., April 1.
and to sell the Canadian cruisers
Niobe and Rainbow. The reasons for
the determination of the Dominion gov
ernment have not been published.
The Esquimault navy yard has been
in continuous service since 1846.
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