The Cordova Daily Times
__(Member of Associated Press) _,_
VOL. IV. NO. 287_CORDOVA. ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1919_PRICE TEN CENTS
U. S. MAY SEVER RELATIONS WITH MEXICO
UNITED MINE WORKERS DECLARED TO BE IN CONTEMPT OF COURT
MEXICO IS CHARGED WITH
DISTRIBUTING BOLSHEVIK
PROPAGANDA IN AMERICA
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 '(by Associ
ated Press).—Senator Fall of New
Mexico today introduced a resolution
* in the senate asking President Wilson
to sever diplomatic relations with
Mexico.
Senator Fall charges the Mexican
embassy in this city and the Mexican
consulates at San Francisco and New
York with distributing Bolshevik prop
aganda in this country, with the con
sent and knowledge of President Car
zanza.
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Carranza’s Queer Action
Officials said last night that they
expected prompt action by Carranza
in acceding to the request of the state
department for the release of Consular
Agent Jenkins. The department had
not yet been advised of the delivery
of the note.
A new sidelight appears in the re
port of the capture of Norman Rowe,
a subject of Great Britain, by Mexican
rebels. He was held for ransom, but
was quickly released without payment
at the instance of the Carranza ad
ministration. Great Britain never has
recognized the Carranza government.
Murderers Are Prosecuted
The United States embassy at Mex
ico City had been advised of the be
ginning of the prosecution -of the al
leged murderers of Connelly and
Waterhouse, the American army avi
ators whose bodies were found on a
beach in a Lower California bay.
Left Entirely to Carranza
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 3 (by Associ
ated Press).—The senate in secret
session today intrusted the solution of
international affairs to President Car
ranza without legislative intrusion. It
was declared that the relations with
the United States were very delicate.
. NOT GUILTY OF
FRAUDS SAY
'A
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.. Dec. 3 (by
Associated* i-Iress).—Frank W. Bair o£
Detroit, treasurer of Senator New
berry’s campaign, pleaded not guilty
today when arraigned on charges
growing out of the Ford-Newbery sen
atorial campaign. Twenty-one other
defendants likewise pleaded not
guilty.
Several prominent state political
leaders are among those indicted, in
cluding Samuel Odell, former state
treasurer; William M. Donnelly, state
senator; Edward Bowman, former
federal district attorney; Louis
Thompson, former probate judge.
Bair previously had certified that
Senator Newberry’s campaign ex
* penses amounted to $176,000. The
grand jury in its report declares that
these expenses were nearly a million
dollars.
A Senatorial Inquiry
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (by Associ
ated Press).—The senate today adopt
ed a resolution offered by Senator
Pomerene of Ohio, providing for a
senatorial inquiry in the Ford-New
berry election contest.
ENGLISH AND GERMAN
MONEY TAKES A DROP
NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (by Associ
ated Press).—The pound sterling
topped yesterday to $3.8914, the low
est in history. The German mark was
^ quoted at 214 cents.
COAL STRIKE CLOSES
DOWN STEEL PLANT
GARY, Ind„ Dec. 3 (by Associated
Press).—Eight thousand steel work
ers were thrown out of employment
here today when the coal shortage
forced the American Sheet Tin Plate
Company to close its plant.
TOINVESTIGATE
CHARGES HADE
i U. S. SENATE
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3 (by Associ
ated Press).—The senate today or
dered an investigation of the federal
trade commission, to inquire into the
charges made by Senator Watson of
Indiana, to the effect that the com
mission is a “Socialistic hotbed.”
The investigation will include in
quiry into the commission’s attitude
toward the business interests and its
general value as a federal agency.
The interstate commerce committee,
of which Senator Cummins of Iowa
is chairman, will conduct the investi
gation.
THIRTEEN TEAMS ARE
TIED IN BICYCLE RACE
NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (by Associated
Press).—Thirteen teams are tied to
day in the six-day bicycle race, forty
six hours after the start of the race.
But one of the teams has dropped out
of the race.
Dempsey Guilty
Of Murder on
Second Charge
VALDEZ, Dec. 3 (Special to
Daily Times).—William Demp
sey was found guilty of murder
in the second degree today by a
jury in the district court, which
tv as out for two hours.
The prisoners was on tri il for
the murder of Margaret Lavore
at Anchorage. The evidence
was clear-cut. All the jurors
except one were from the Cor
dova venire.
This is Dempsey’s second con
viction for murder in the first
degree, a jury a few days ago
having convicted him of the
murder of Deputy Marshal Isaac
Evans at Seward.
ATTITUDE OF DEFIANCE ASSUMED
BY GOVERNMENT OF GERMANY ON
ACCOUNT OF ACTION BY SENATE
PARIS, Dec. 3 (by Associated Press).—The German government
has declined to sign the protocol which the allies presented to her
as a condition for putting the treaty into effect.
It is reported that there has been a complete change of feeling
in Germany since the United States senate declined to ratify the
peace treaty. The German peo pie are supporting the attitude of their
government in resisting the allies’ demands for indemnity for the
sinking of the German ships in Scapa Flow. The protocol provided
for recompense for these ships. *
PARADERS WERE
UNARMED WHEN
SHOT DOWN
Centralia, Wash., Dec. 3 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Mayor Rogers and the
city commissioners today issued a
full and formal statement giving the
facts in regard to the attack by the
I. w. W. on the former soldiers and
sailors in this city on Armistice day.
The statement declares that the I.
W. W. planned the attack a fortnight
in advance, and fired upon the march
ers without justification or excuse.
It is stated that the marchers were
unarmed.
HOME-RUN RUTH TO
ENTER FISTIC RING
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3 (by Associ-1
ated Press).—It is announced that
“Babe” Ruth, holder of the record for
home runs in professional baseball,
may become a contender for heavy
weight pugilistic honors. “Kid” Mc
Coy, the old-time prizefighter, will
train him for a trial bout.
MANY INJURED
IN PASSENGER
TRAIN WRECK
FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 3 (by
Associated Press).—A Fort Worth &
Denver passenger train was wrecked
today sixty miles north of this city.
It is reported that twenty-five persons
were injured, many of them seriously.
DR. BARROWS ELECTED
VARSITY PRESIDENT
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Dr. David J. Barrows,
head of the American Legion of Cali
fornia, and dean of education at the
University of California, has been
named as president of that institu
tion to succeed Benjamin Ide Wheeler,
whose resignation was recently ac
cepted by the regents.
ANACONDA STANDARD
SUSPENDS PUBLICATION
ANACONDA, Mont., Dec. 3 (by As
sociated Press).—The Anaconda Stand
ard, one of the oldest of Montana’s
daily newspapers, suspended yesterday
when its printers struck because of a
wage dispute.
EMPLOYES OF
UNION RECORD
ARE INDICTED
SEATTLE, Dec. 3 (by Associated
Press).—A. B. Ault, editor; George
Listman and Frank Rust, directors,
and Miss Anna Louise Strong, a
writer on the Union Record, were ar
rested today on indictments returned
by the federal grand jury, charging
them with violation of the espionage
act.
Ault, Rust and Listman were ar
rested in November, when the news
paper was suppressed.
The Union Record continues to ap
pear, being issued from a job printing
office.
PEACE DELEGATES TO
LEAVE PARIS TUESDAY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (by Associ
ated Press).—The American delega
tion to the peace conference will
leave Paris on December 9.
Ambassador Wallace has been in
trusted with the task of closing up all
unsettled matters.
TRAIN ROBBER
IS WOUNDED
AND TAKEN
DOUGLAS, Wyo., Dec. 3 (by Asso
elated Press).—Carlisle, the escapee
convict and train robber, was cap
tured here last night by Sheriff Read
at Wheatland, after having been sur
rounded in a cabin. The fugitive was
shot through the lung.
Carlisle will recover from his woune
and will be returned to the peniten
tiary.
The prisoner told the sheriff tha
hat did not blame him for the shoot
ing. He said he had been near mug
las ever since the train robbery on
the Union Pacific, and that the tele
grams and messages purporting to be
signed by him were fakes.
CARPENTIER TO FIGHT
BECKETT TOMORROW
PARIS, Dec. 3 (by Associated
Press).—Georges Carpentier, the
French heavyweight pugilist, is sched
uled to meet Beckett, a British boxer,
tomorrow in London. The betting fa
vors Beckett at 7 to 5, but there is
much French money on Carpentier.
VIOLATORS OF INJUNCTION IN
COAL STRIKE ARE TO BE CITED
BEFORE COURT FOR CONTEMPT
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 3 (by
Associated Press).—It is expected
that the government will soon file
citations for contempt of court
against officials of the United Mine
Workers of America, and possibly
against mine owners.
The department of justice has col
lected a mass of evidence against al
leged violators of the strike injunc
tion. The government attorneys be
lieve that statements of individual
miners which might encourage the
strike, or an agreement by any two
members to refrain from working,
constitutes a violation of the injunc
tion.
Arrests Are Looked For
The indications last night were that
the efforts of the government to bring
about a settlement of the coal strike
through the offer made by Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield had failed, and
that the injunction of Judge Anderson
had been violated. It had been de
cided, therefore, to institute contempt
proceedings.
In well-informed circles it was said
that arrests might be made within
forty-eight hours.
It is expected that contempt of
I
court proceedings will be filed before
tonight.
May Involve Anthracite Workers
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Dec. 3 (by As
sociated Press).—President Farring
ton of the Illinois district of the Unit
ed Mine Workers said last night that
the bituminous coal mine strikers
must have the support of the workers
in the anthracite fields. He declared
that the strikers had not yet used the
full strength of their organization.
Troops for Coal Districts
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Dec. 3 (by
Associated Press).—Governor Gardner
has ordered several companies of na
tional guardsmen from Kansas City to
proceed to Barton county, the center
of the coal districts.
Will Support Garfield
DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 3 (by As
sociated Press).—The coal operators
of this district have pledged support
to Fuel Administrator Garfield. No
effort is being made to work the mines
with volunteer unskilled labor, it is
announced.
NO SHIPS ARE
AVAILABLE FOR
ORIENTAL RUNS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (by Associ
ated Press).—Chairman Payne of the
United States Shipping Board told a
delegation of Pacific coast shippers to
day that it would be some time be
fore new passenger lines would be
established between the Pacific coast
and the Orient, because of the short
age of passenger vessels.
He stated that it would take three
months to refit the German liners and
said the board would try to establish
lines as soon as possible.
Charles C. Moore of San Francisco
said that the transportation companies
handled practically all the passenger
traffic to the Orient.
REPORTED VILLA
IS PRISONER
OFOWNHEN
JUAREZ, Dec. 3 (by Associated
Press).—The superintendent of the
Mexican National railway has received
a report to the effect that Villa has
been captured by a force of his own
men and is being held for a reward
from the Mexican government.
It is reported that two Villa rebels
presented themselves at the Chihua
hua headquarters and notified the of
ficers that Villa was being held.
Federal forces are now en route to
Chihuahua.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (by Associated
Press).—Alexander Berkman and
Emma Goldman, the anarchists, have
been ordered to appear Monday for
deportation to soviet Russia.
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GENERAL WOOD
INDORSED FOR
PRESIDENCY
PIERRE, S. D., Dec. 3 (by Associ
ated Press.)—The Republican state
convention, which met here yester
day, indorsed General Wood as its
candidate for President of the United
States. Either Governor Lowden of
Illinois or Governor Coolidge of Massa
chusetts were declared to be satis
factory for the office of vice president.
The Democratic convention in
dorsed President Wilson for re-elec
tion, should he be a candidate. Vice
President Marshall was also indorsed
for a third term.
Senator Poindexter of Washington,
who was a candidate for indorsement
by the Republican convention, was
not mentioned in that body. He an
nounces that he will be an indepen
dent candidate at the March pri
maries.
Both parties indorsed the League of
Nations, the Democrats without
amendment and the Republicans with
reservations.
The Non-partisan conventioned in
dorsed Governor Frazier of North Da
kota for President. Senator Lafollette
was suggested for vice president, but
no action was taken.
SEATTLE PHYSICIAN
DIES AT ROCHESTER
SEATTLE, Dec. 3 (by Associated
Press).—Dr. Alfred Raymond, a
prominent Seattle physician for thirty
years, died today at Rochester, Minn.
FISH QUOTATIONS
KETCHIKAN, Dec. 3—Yesterday's
fish quotations were: Halibut, firsts,
17%c; seconds, 17%c.