VOL. 5, NO. 205 _CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 3 LI 920 PRICE TEN CENTS
COAL MINERS
. ORDERED TO
RETURN WORK
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WASHINGTON, July 31 (by Asso
ciated Press).—President Wilson, in
a telegram to the Indiana coal-miners’
joint scale committee, offered to co
operate in the settlement of a new
wage scale with the operators, if the
liners will return to work.
WILL ORDER MINERS BACK
INDIANAPOLIS, July 31 (by Asso
ciated Press).—John Lewis, president
of the mine workers, will issue a man
datory order to striking miners to re
turn to work, in compliance with a
request from President Wilson, with
the promise of a joint committee meet
ing between miners and operators to
adjust differences. President Wilson
' refused to interfere unless the miners
returned to work.
NEW BUILDING
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IS DISCUSSED
The Cordova Athletic Associated
held a well attended meeting at Eagle
lodge room last night and after the
transaction of routine business the
securing of permanent quarters was
discussed at some length. Most of
£hose present favored the erection of
a club house and equipping it with
the necessary paraphernalia. It was
finalir decided to add five more mem
bers to the building committee, which
is now composed of H. I. O’Neill. J. L.
Galen, Caleb Corsex^ Tom Cloninger,
Dr. W. W. Council, A. J. McConnell
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and C. J. Goodall. This committee
was empowered to interview the dif
ferent fraternal orders and ascertain
if they would be willing to enter into
a lease for a lodge room in the pro
posed building.
Treasurer Rosswog reported a bal
ance on hand of $40.50, with many
memberships still uncollected. H. I.
O’Neill imported that about 125 names
had been enrolled in the association
and stated that he believed many more
members could be secured.
Dr. W. W. Council, manager of the
ball team, stated that he was arrang
ing take the local club on a trip to
the westward, playing games at La
touche, Seward and Anchorage.
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CANNERY TENDERS ARE
DAMAGED IN COLLISION
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Two cannery tenders, the Glacier,
owned by the Scott-Hillery Packing
Company, and the Northland, owned
by the Hoonah Packing Company, col
lided in at the bay at 1:15 o’clock this
morning and both were damaged. The
Glacier was coming up the channel
and rammed the Northland, which was
going down, midships, pushing in its
bulwarks. The Glacier stove in its
bow, and as the steering gear broke,
would have sunk had it not been given
£ line and towed in. There was a
quantity of fish aboard the Glacier, but
• ^it was aft, no loss resulted. ‘
' manyTassengersgo
. OUTSIDE ON EVANS
The steamer Admiral Evans sailed
south at 5:30 o’clock yesterday after
noon, with the following passengers
from here: .Mrs. Grace Smith. Miss
Emma Kleberg, Ella Lee Marshal, G
Folvik, Samuel Kradness, O. Hanson
C. Hirst, for Seattle; E. A. Rasmussen
wife, son and daughter, Dr. W. A. Mul
Holland, J. S. Hubbard, James Cham
berlain, J- B. Berling, J- O’Keefe, O. A.
Carlson, Walter Grigby, L. C. McEwan,
S R- Strong, Eleanor Sternback.
Orma Finley, Col. Gotwals, Major
Waugh, E. R. Campbell, for Juneau;
ghas. Hanson and Jos. Hanson, for
Ketchikan.
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LA FOLLETTE
TO HEAD TICKET
OF DISSENTERS
CHICAGO, July 31 (by Associated
Press).—Senator LaFollette will be
the presidential candidate of the fac
tion of the committee of forty-eight
which refused to join the Labor party
1 in the Chicago convention, according
to the national vice chairman of the
organization. It is planned to place
a ticket before the voters of thirty-four
states under the banner of the Liberty
party.
LONDON, July 31 (by Associated
Press).—Archbishop Mannix will be
accompanied to Ireland from America
by a “distinguished compatriot,” be
lieved to be DeLavera, according to
the chairman of the Irish vigilance
committee, who declared they would
land in a manner that “will astonish
the enemy.”
i CENSUS KING COUNTY
SHOWS BIG INCREASE
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WASHINGTON, July 31.—The cen
i sus of King county, Washington, in
| eluding Seattle, is 389,240, an increase
| of 104,403.
i CHARLEMONT FORT
DESTROYED BY FIRE
BELFAST, July 31.—Charlemont
fort, erected in the rign of Eliza
beth on the first entry of English sol
j diers into Tyrone, was burned today
! by armed raiders.
MAIL MONOPLANE HAS
ARRIVED AT CHICAGO
CHICAGO. July 31— Monoplane o. 3
carrying mail from New York to San
Francisco, arrived here last night.
! STILL DICKERING WITH
SOVIET RUSSIA MISSION
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LONDON, July 31—The govern
i ment has resumed negotiations with
| the Soviet Russia trade mission.
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PRAYER OFFERED FOR
PRESIDENT’S HEALTH
WASHINGTON, July 31— Sitting in
the president’s chair, the Rev. John
Norterry of New York, offered a
prayer for the president’s return to
health.
RENOUNCES RIGHT
TO TURKISH THRONE
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 31. —
Prince Abdul Medjid Effenfi, heir ap
parent to the Turkish throne, after
conferring with many high officials,
has sent the sultan a letter renouncing
i his right to the saltanate.
greatdemand“for
SILVER COINAGE
SAN FRANCISCO, July 31 (by As
sociated Press).—Uncle Sam s money
makers in the San Francisco mint ai g
working sixteen hours a day trying to
keep abreast of the demand for silver
coinage, which seems to be preferred
everywhere now to paper money This
preference, it is said, is particularly
noticeable in Philadelphia and San
Ffancisco.
! FORMER JAP PREMIER
DECLARES WAR WITH
U. S. IS IMPOSSIBILITY
TOKIO, July 31 (by Associated
Press).—Marquis Okuma, former pre
mier, is quoted by the Jiji Shimpo as
declaring that war between the United
! States and Japan is practically impos
| sible. “It would be folly to dream of
! such a thing,” Okuma said.
SHANNONPUTS
ASTORIA, Ore., July 31 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Eddie Shannon of Los
Angeles was given a decision last
night over Muff Bronson of Portland,
in the third round of their ten-round
' I.
: contest.
AUSTRALIAN GETS DECISION
MILWAUKEE, July.31 (by Associ
ated Press).—Lew Edwards, Austra
j lian champion lightweight, was given
i a decision over Jack Lawlett of Ten
nessee in a ten-round bout here last
night.
Americans
THE FAR EAST
SAN FRANCISCO,, July 31 (by As
sociated Press)—After having been
slashed by Malay bandits, pursued by
Buddhist fanatics and robbed of their
last penny, Henry G. Roth, a cartoon
ist, and George Wortz, magazine writ
er, arrived from the far east recently.
At Rangoon the Americans attempt
ed to enter a Budhist temple without
! removing their shoes. They said they
were thrown out and a Briton in the
party had his nose slashed off.
Malay bandits at Sigapore held
them up and Roth was slashed with
a Malay kris, his chin being cut to
the bone. At Saigon on a French
steamer their stateroom was robbed
| and money and sapphires valued at
! $10,000 taken, leaving them “broke.”
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CALIFORNIA WOMAN
TO COMPETE TENNIS
TOURNEY BACK EAST
SAN FRANCISCO, July 31 (by As
sociated Press).—Helen Baker, woman
tennis champion of the Pacific coast
intends to compete in national chain
pionships at the Philadelphia Crickel
Club on September 13. Miss Bakei
in the east versus west matches al
Berkeley this year defeated both th€
national champion, Mrs. Hazel Hotch
i kiss Wightman, and Eleanor Goss, run
| ner-up in the national series last year
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MOVING FICTURES
AT DIVINE SERVICE
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BERLIN, July 31 (by Associated
Press).—The first divine service witl
moving pictures in a German churcl
: took place at the Zwingli churoh here
! Pictures of the Passion were throwr
on the screen, and music by Bach was
rendered by the church choir.
DREDGING COAL FROM
HARBOR AT GENOA
GENOA, July 31 (by Associated
Press).—Italy is so short of coal thal
a company has been dredging out ol
the harbor the precious mineral thal
has fallen overboard during years oi
coaling operations in Genoa harbor
This reclaimed coal is selling for th(
equivalent of $120 a ton.
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LOWER CALIFORNIANS
ASK MEX GOVERNMENT
REMOVE GOV. CANTU
MEXICO CITY, July 31 (by Asso
ciated Press).—A committee from the
state of Lower California arrived here
yesterday and asked President de la
Huerta to name a success to Governor
Cantu. They requested that a native
of Lower California be named.
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SEATTLE, July 31 (by Associated
Press).—Barney Clowers, alias D. L.
I Barney, 57, was arrested last night
! charged with arson in the first degree
i in connection with the burning of the
j New Aukum Lumber Company saw
| mill at Forest, Wash., in March, 1919.
| He is believed to be one of the men
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! of an “arson gang” alleged to be oper
! ating on the Pacific coast. He was
' arrested on information from San
; Francisco authorities, who are con
j ducting am investigation of alleged in
: cendiarism in connection with many
I recent big fires on the coast.
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SAGHAILA
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TOKIO, July 31.—The outline of
Japan’s answer to the mote of the
United States relative to Japan’s in
tentions to occupyr Saghalin, are
to be printed in today’s newspapers
here. The answer, ni pointing out
J Japan’s policy, will say that occupa
tion is unavoidable to maintain her
national prestige, and that the decision
not to occupy the island will not be
changed.
HIGH COST LIVING
EVEN AFFECTS JAILS
HONOLULU, T. H. July 31 (by As
sociated Press).—The high cost of liv
ing in jail may force the United
States government to build its own
prison here for prisoners from the
Hawaiian Islands, the Philippines
and China, according to United
States Marshal J. J. Siniddy.
The territory is receiving from
the federal government 65 cents a
day for keeping each federal prisoner
while it is costing the territory a dol
lar a day, according to High Sheriff
W. P. Jarett.
FRENZIED FINANCIER
WORKING IN GARAGE
NEW YORK, July 31 (by Associated
Press).—Fred Clawson, indicted by
the federal grand jury on a charge
of using the mails to defraud, recently
1 organized the American-Canadiau Cor
1 poration with a capital of ?5,00*),00«‘,
which claimed it had contracts for
. $53,000,000 worth of ships and unlim
ited backing. It has been discovered
. that Clawson’s finances are limited,
. and he is now working in a garage.
: CLEVELAND SWATTER
CONTINUES IN LEAD
CHICAGO, July 31 (by Associated
1 Press).—The weekly compilation of
batting averages in the major leagues
shows that Speaker of Cleveland leads
: the American league with .411; Sisler
; of St. Louis second with .396; Jackson
of Chicago third with .395, and Ruth
: of New York fourth with .393. Ruth
has 36: home-runs for the season.
. Hornsby of St. Louis is leading the
National league batting with .363.
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DESTRUCTION
POLISH ARMY
IS WED
BERLIN, July 31 by Associated
Press).—A special dispatch from Lyck,
Prussia, reports the destruction and
encompassing of the Polish north
army is an accomplished fact. The
report says .the Russians captured the
forts at Ossowitiz, Sauwalki and Lorn
za, also occupying Graive and Czutchin
near the East Prussia border. It is
said the Poles are retreating in a
panic.
DAYTON, O., July 31 (by Associated
Press).—Governor Cox yesterdav ex
pressed the belief that he will be
elected president, in an address at a
home-coming celebration here. Thou
sands gathered for the occasion and
Dayton observed a half holiday
Crowds packed the line of the parade
and shouted “Hello, Jimmy!”
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
NOTHING MORE THAN
A BANKERS’ SOVIET
NEW YORK. July 31 (by Associated
Press).—Parley Christensen, candi
date of the Farmer-Labor party for
president, declared here today that the
League of Nations was “'nothing more
than an attempt to established a na
tional bankers’ soviet.” He asserted
he was squarely for recognition of the
Irish republic.
AMERICAN RIFLEMEN
RETAIN WORLD TITLE
AT OLYMPIC TRAPS
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BEVERLOO, July 31 (by Associated
Press).—The United States rifle team
won three of the seven Olympic target
events, tied for first in another, and
took one second and one third place,
and retained the world marksmanship
title. The team failed o£ a place in
only one event.
SHEEP AND CATTLE MEN
CLASH IN COLORADO AND
ONE KILLED IS RESULT
SALT LAKE, July 31 (by Associated
Press).—John Donnell, a sheepherder
was shot, and 1,000 sheep destroyed
in a clash between Colorado cattle
men and Utah sheepmen just over the
Jine in northwestern Colorado, accord
ing to advised from Unitah county
Utah.
IDOL OF DIAMOND
IS SERIOUSLY ILI
SARANAC LAKE, N. Y., July 31 (b:
Associated Press).—Christy Mathew
son, premier pitcher of the New Yorl
Giants in the National league fo
many years, afterwards manager o
the Cincinnati Reds, and famous as ;
college baseball coach, is seriously il
here with tubercusosis, having conn
here several weeks ago for the benefi
of his health.
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FOREST FIRES RAGE IN
MONTANA AND AH(
MISSOULA, Mont.,* July 31 (by As
sociated Press).—Forest fires in west
ern Montana and northern Idaho ar<
becoming serious, according to th
forestry department. Lightning ha
been responsible for scores of fires.
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CHAMBERS OF
COMMERCE FOR
AN OPEN SHOP
WASHINGTON, July 31 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Chamber of Com
merce of 'the United States voted
unanimously for “the open shop,” and
declared organized labor to be respon
sible for the actions of its members.
“The Chamber of Commerce, in its
action declaring for the non-union,
shop, is running true to form,” said
Frank Morrison, secretary of tha
American Federation of Labor. “Not
withstanding the Chamber of Com
merce and other anti-union organiza
tions, the labor movement will con
tinue to organize and to secure better
conditions through collective bargain
ing.”
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ANAGE TO .
BE STAR' i AT
BRISTOL BAY
Arthur H. Miller, superintendent
for the Southwestern District of
Alaska for the bureau of education,
is on his way to Bristol Bay points. >
Mr. Miller left Anchorage about
June 6th on his way to Seattle to
close up the work of the census
enumeration for this district. He
states that the work has been com
pleted and returns received from all
districts with the exception of the
Aleutian islands and the Bristol Bay
region. While the recently completed
census shows a decided falling off
in the population in the territory, it
is no disappointment to hear of a de
cided shrinking from the returns of
1910. They realize that the census
was taken at the lowest ebb in popu
lation, but that it will stimulate
those remaining to help re-populate
the territory.
The department is sending Mr. Mil
ler to Bristol Bay to complete the
construction of an orphanage started
there last summer, and get the new
working staff organized for the com
ing year. A wire received by Mr. Mil
ler recehtly stated that the building
was about one-third finished and
would have been done had the money
been on hand to hire carpenters to
do the work.
Mrs. Corrine Call, one of the most
reliable workers on the staff of teach
ers, and a resident of the western
section for a number of years, will
have charge of the orphanage, which '
now has about 120 children. These
children are a happy bunch of young
sters, who are in excellent health,
but two deaths having occurred dur
ing the past year.
Mr. Miller said that contrary to
general opinion that Alaska natives
were increasing in numbers the re
cent census gives over 3000 in the
southwestern district, with Bristol
Bay, the Alaskan peninsula and the
Aleutian islands yet to hear from.
Mr. Miller had intended continuing
liis journey on the coast guard steam
ship Bothwell, but he believes he can
make time by leaving the vessel
at Valdez and taking the passenger
steamer to Kodiak, thence across to
Tliamna and down the Kvichak river #
to his destination. He will complete
‘ his work before the tTrrival of the
: vessel and then take the cutter for
' the outside. He left on the Alameda
E for the westward,
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1 BUT FEW WOMEN ARE
t NOW LEFT IN WARSAW
WARSAW, July 31 (by Associated
Press).—About fifty American women
k and children have left Warsaw in the
" last ten days, the only women remain
- ing being welfare workers, who have
- been assured transportation should the
3 Bolsheviki directly menace the city.
3 French, British and other foreign bu
3 reaus have arranged to depart with
their records if the advance continues,
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