Daily Times
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VOL~V. NO 66 ~ . CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS
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UNITED STATES IS OPPOSED
TO DISPOSITION OF FIUME
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—President Wilson has
sent a memorandum to the allied
powers in whiph he voices decided
opposition to the recognition of the
Adriatic settlement, which, he says,
5s repugnant to the terms agreed upon
in the Versailles treaty, and is not
«p;mpatible with the “fourteen points”
set forth by him in January, 1917, and
acquiesced in by the allies.
The note further said that the coun
try could not be a party to the dispo
sition of Fiume as agreed upon by the
allied premiers without consulting
the United States, and the American
government would not involve itself in
the proposed solution.
The memorandum states that the
United States might have to consider
the withdrawal of the treaty from the
senate if France, Italy and Great Brit
ain went ahead with their plans for
the settlement of the Adriatic question
without the consent of the United
States.
The memorandum states that this is
not to be considered as a threat, but
says: “If we ratified the treaty we
would be in the position of Subscribing
to an agreement to which we are op
posed.”
Agreement Favorable to tlaly
PARIS, Feb. 17 (by Associated
Press);—It is understood that the
agreement reached by France, Italy
and Great Britain on the Adriatic
question favors Italy and opposes sev
eral claims of Jugoslavia.
WEAR UNIFORM
ON STAND AT
MURDER TRIAL
MONTESANO, Wash., Feb. 17 (by
Associated Press).—Twenty-one wit
nesses were examined yesterday in the
trial of the eleven alleged “wobblies"
for the Centralia murders. Nearly all
testified regarding the shooting from
the Arnold hotel and from Seminary
hill. *
Two of the witnesses wore uniforms,
and testified that they participated in
the parade. They said they ran from
the scene when the bullets began fly
ing.
The wearing of uniforms by wit
nesses brought out an objection from
Mr. Vanderveer, counsel for the de
fense. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Abel told one of the witnesses not to
wear the uniform because it was dis
tasteful to the counsel for the defense,
which brought out a rebuke from the
judge.
It has been decided that the court,
jury and attorneys will go to Centralia
t<Ariew the scene of the shooting.
4 Frank R. Van Gilder of Olympia,
Who commanded the first platoon,
.composed of the Centralia contingent,
'ih the Armistice day parade, testified
that he stood alongside Warren Grimm
when Grimm was shot. He said the
American Legion men made no move
ment toward the “wobbly” hall until
the shots were fired. He said a shot
whizzed past his ear.
SAYS MONROE
DOCTRINE WAS
VIOLATED
Washington, Feb. 17 (by Associ
ated Press).—Representative Britten
(Republican) of Illinois, in a speech
in the house yesterday, charged Great
Britain with violation of the Monroe
doctrine by interference with the sail
ing from Buenos Aires on Sunday last
of the former German steamship Bahia
Blanca with consignments for North
American companies.
Mr. Britten introduced a resolution
asking the state department to make
^ full investigation of the matter.
CAUF0RN1A VARSITY
ISSUES COMPREHENSIVE
FOOTBALL CHALLENGE
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The University of
Southern California has challenged
football team in the United States for
a game on November 13 next.
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HOUSER DENIES
BEING GUILTY
PROFITEERING
PORTLAND, Feb. 16 (by Associ
ated Press).—Max ttouser, vice presi
dent of the United States Grain Cor
poration of the Northwest, announced
Saturday last that he would demand
an investigation of the charges made
against him by the federal grand jury
at Spokanfe that he had speculated
and profited by reason of his official
position.
He produced statements of officials
of the Pacific Grain Company, with
which he is connected, in support of
his denial of the charges.
He declared that the attack on Her
bert Hoover was uncalled for, and it
appeared as though some angle of the
political situation had entered into the
action of the grand jury.
LANE WILL BE
EXECUTIVE OF
PETROLEUM CO.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 (by Associ
ated Press).—E. L. Doheney, presi
dent of the Pan-American Petroleum
and Transport Company and the Mexi
can Petroleum Company, says that
Secretary "of the Interior Franklin K.
Lane, on his retirement from the cabi
net, will become an executive of the
two companies at a salary of $50,000
per year.
Mr. Lane’s offices will be in New
York, and he will be legal adviser and
vice president.
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RIGGS AND GRIGSBY PROPOSE
RADICAL CHANGES IN LAWS
TO CONSERVE ALASKA FISH
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.SEATTLE, Feb. 17 (by Associated Press).—A special to the
Times from Washington says that Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr., of
Alaska, and George Grigsby, de'egate in congress from that terri
tory, and others, have concluded that unless steps be taken to re
strict salmon fishing in Alaska, that valuable food reserve will be
destroyed and the eighty millions of dollars invested in canneries
there will be wiped out.
It is understood that a bill to prevent fishing in certain seasons
of the year will be introduced, and that it will provide for additional
taxation to raise money to be used to conserve the industry. Stream
fishing also will be abolished. The fisheries are to be governed by a
commission of representatives of the department of commerce and
the territory of Alaska.
It is believed that the bill will be opposed by the bureau of fisher
ies and by residents of those sections of Alaska where fishing is pro
posed to be restricted.
TWO ON TRIAL
FOR MUR DER
AT PUYALLUP
SEATTLE, Feb. 17 (by Associated
Press).—The trial of William Fay
Ealy and his mother, Mrs. Anna Ealy
Nemitz, charged with the murder of
Mrs. Elizabeth Bryan of Puyallup on
October 19, began here yesterday.
The state contends that the prison
ers strangled Mrs. Bryan for the
money in her possession.
A temporary jury has been selected.
TRIPLE ALLIANCE TO
PARTICIPATE IN POLITICS
SEATTLE, Feb. 17 (by Associated
Press).—The state convention of the
Triple Alliance, at its session yester
day, adopted resolutions providing for
organizations in every county of the
state, pnd for active participation in
elections.
Farmers, trades-unionists and rail
way men compose the organization.
SAYSRADICALS
SEEK CONTROL
NEW YORK, Feb. 17 (by Associ
ated Press).—John W. Sullivan, a for
mer member of the war labor board,
at a meeting of the National Civic As
sociation here yesterday, declared
that the radical organizations of the
country, through an interlocking direc
torate, were attempting to control
American industries and destroy the
present form of government.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, presid
ed at the meeting, which was called
to consider methods of combatting
present revolutionary tendencies.
REFORMS ARE SOUGHT
THROUGH THE BALLOT
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17 (by As
sociate^ Press).—An organization has
been effected here to be known as the
United Americans «of California, with
the avbwed intention of educating the
people in the use of the ballot to bring
about necessary reforms.
ODDS OFFERED
FAVOR DUNCAN
AT PRIMARIES
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SEATTLE, Feb. 17 (by Associated
Press).—The big department stores of
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the city opened an hour late this morn
ing so as to enable their employes to
vote at the primary election.
It is expected that nearly one hun
dred thousand votes will be polled.
Some bettors are offering odds that
Duncan will run first tn the prima
ries.
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REAR ADMIRAL BENSON
FOR SHIPPING BOARD
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—President Wilson has
named Rear- Admiral Benson, retired,
to succeed Chairman Payne of the
United States Shipping Board. Mr.
Payne recently was named to succeed
Franklin K. Lane, resigned, as secre
tary of the interior.
TffOREPORTS
ON AIRCRAFT
SUBMITTED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (by Associ
ated Press).—The special committee
appointed by the house of representa
tives to investigate aircraft expendi
tures submitted majority and minority
reports to the house yesterday.
Representatives Frear and Magee,
Republicans, characterized the air
craft program as “a riot of waste.”
Representative Lea, Democrat, said
the Republican members of the com
mittee had sacrificed facts for sensa
tionalism in an effort to discredit the
government. ,
The reports differ widely in the mat
ter of the record of shipment of Ameri
can airplanes abroad and production
generally. The majority report at
tacked John D. Ryan, chief of aircraft
production during the war, and the
Lea report denjed the charges.
BOMB PLOTS HAD
ORIGIN IN NEW JERSEY
NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Evidence that the
bomb plots of last June originated in
Paterson were found in the recent
raids on the terrorists there, it is an
nounced.
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PROPOSALTO
TRY GERMANS
AT LEIPSIC
LONDON, Feb. 17 (by Associated
Press).—The allied reply to the Ger
man note proposing an alternative to
the demand of the allies for the ex
tradition of persons accused of war
crimes, that they be tried at Leipsic,
is that the proposal is incompatible
with the peace treaty.
It is stated, however, that the allies
will not intervene in the trial of the
accused at Leipsic, in order to place
the whole responsibility on Germany.
SEATTLE NOW LEADS
. IN HOCKEY TOURNEY
VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 17 (by
Associated Press).—By winning last
night’s hockey game from Vancouver,
Seattle again leads the league. The
score was': Seattle, 3; Vancouver, 2.
ARMY TRANSPORT TO
REPATRIATE CZECHS
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17 (by As
sociated Press).—The army transport
America has arrived here from New
York, and after an overhauling she
will proceed to Vladivostok to repatri
.ate Czech troops.
BIG MERGER '
OF RAILWAYS !
IS PUNNED
ST. PAUL, Feb. 17 (by Associated
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Press).—Railroad circles here forecast
the merger of the Great Northern,
Northern Pacific and Burlington rail
roads into one transcontinental sys
tem after government control is re
linquished.
The merger is planned along lines
conceived by the late James J. Hill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (by Associ
ated Press).—President Wilson has re
moved all the war-time restrictions on
national radio communication, effec
tive February 29.
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DEAD AND HER
HUBBYMISSING
PORTLAND, Feb. 17 (by Associated
Press).—Mrs. Russell Clarke, wife of
an automobile dealer of Troutdale,
near here, was found dead yesterday
with a gunshot wound in her head.
Both accident and murder theories
have been advanced.
The police have received a note
from Russell Clark, the young auto
mobile dealer, stating that he intend
ed to commit suicide on King’s heights.
The police have been unable to find
the body on the heights.
It is believed that Clark killed his
wife yesterday on account of jealousy
and then committed suicide.
EIGHT MUON .
ACRES OF OIL
LANDS OPENED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—It is estimated chat
the oil and coal land-leasing bill,
which was sent to President Wilson
for his signature on February 11, will
throw open to entry forty-four million
acres of government coal land and
eight million acres of oil land.
The bill specifies that the minimum
royalties to be paid are to be deter
mined by competitive bidding for the
oil lands.
A maximum of 3,200 acres may be
leased at the minimum royalty of 12%
per cent.
WANT NAME
OF HOOVER
ON BALLOT
INDIi^IAPOLIS, Ind., Feb. 17 (by
Associated Press).—Dr. Harry Bar
nard, former state food administrator,
says that petitions urging that Her
bert Hoover’s name be placed upon
the presidential ballot are being cir
culated over the state.
North Dakota Primaries
BISMARCK, N. D„ Feb. 17 (by As
sociated Press).—William Grant Web
ster of New York has petitioned for
the placing of his name on the primary
ballot as Republican candidate for
vice president.
A petition also has been received
from Devil’s Lake to place the name
of General Leonard Wood on the bal
lot as a Republican candidate for the
presidency.
Hughes Not a Candidate
OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 17 (by Associ
ated Press).—Charles E. Hughes has
sent to County Clerk Frank Dewey a
letter asking him not to proceed with
the plans to present the name of Mr.
Hughes to the presidential primary.
He said he was unwilling to undertake
a second candidacy, and that there
was no lack of available Republicans.
A Democratic Entry
LANSING, Mich., Feb. 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Petitions have been
filed with the state officials to place
the name of Governor Edwards of
New Jersey on the presidential pri
mary ballot as a candidate for the
Democratic nomination.
WOMEN INSIST '
ON REGULATING
MEATPACKERS
CHICAGO, Feb. 17 (by Associated
Press).—The League of Women Voters
will ask the Republican and Demo
cratic national conventions to pledge
support to the Kenyon, Kendrick and
Anderson bills, for the regulation of
the packing industry.
The league passed resolutions con
demning Senator Wadsworth of New
York for working against woman suf
frage.
A single standard of morals was the
subject of a resolution passed, for
which the organization will contend.