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VOL- 5, NO. 204_CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS
ARCHBISHOP
BEEN BARRED
FROM IRELAND
NEW YORK, July 30 (by Associated
Press).—Archbishop Daniel F. Man
nix of Australia has been notified that
he will not be permitted to visit Ire
land because of his utterances on the
Irish question. He will sail Saturday
on the Baltic for Queenstown.
The archbishop said he plans on
' ^ing to Ireland despite any prohib
itive action. He declared that “Lloyd
George is going to confer indignities
that Von Bissing never thought of
conferring on Cardinal Mercier if I
have to go to jail for visiting Ireland.”
"FEAR RAID OF
AT TIA JUANA
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SAN DIEGO. July 30 (by Associated
Press).—The customs house cashier
from Tia Juana arrived here today
^;ith more than $100,000 in American
gold and a like amount in commercial
paper and turned the money over to
the federal consular agent for safe
keeping. This action was taken be
cause of a threatened seizure by the
“rebel government.”
LIFE PRISONER FOR
MURDER IS PAROLED
SAN QUENTIN, CaL, July 30 (by
Associated Press).—Mrs. Emma De
Doux, serving a life sentence for the
murder of A. McVicker. who body was
found in a trunk in 1906, has been
paroled.
IRISH LIEUTENANT IS
-FOUND DEAD AT DEPOT
DUBLIN, July 30 (by Associated
Press).—Frank Brooke, wealthy coun
try gentleman, close friend of Viscount
French and a deputy lieutenant for
county Wicklow, was shot dead today
at Westlandrow station after alighting
from the train. The assailant escaped.
VILLA’S LOANS ARE TO
BE PAID BY MEXICO
EAGLE PASS, Tex., July 30 (by As
sociated Press).—All personal loans
obtained by Villa will be paid by the
government, it was unofficially an
nounced here today. They amount to
fcbout $40,000 in Mexican money.
CHICAGO, July 30 (by Associated
Press).—An acute depression fea
tured the wheat market today and
prices broke more than 13 cents on ac
count of a scarcity of buyers. By ac
tual count there were less than a
dozen brokers in the pit, their ab
sence being largely ascribed to finan
cial difficulties likely to be encoun
tered by holders of grain, and to with
drawal of British buying on commis
sion,
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THIRTY COMING
TO CORDOVA ON
NORTHWESTERN
SEATTLE July 30 (by Associate*;
Press).—The steamship Northwesterr
sailed for Alaska on Thursday morn
j
1 ing at 9 o’clock, carrying.two hundrec
and thirteen passengers, many o
whom are tourists. Those booked foi
Cordova are Judge Chas. E. Bunnell
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Donohoe ant
daughter Ruth, Mr. and Mrs. H. A
Slater, T. B. Johnson and wife, Mrs
j C. Rovay, Neil Wade and child, Wil
| iam Godfrey, Geo. Rust, Joe Weible
; Rex Seymore, R. G. Oliver, R. E. Me
| Kie, J. G. Van Orsdell, P. W. Enon
| son and eleven steerage.
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NEAR EAST TO
BE PROTECTEE
WASHINGTON, July 30 (by Assc
ciated Press).—American naval force
! in the Near East will be augmented b;
six destroyers which are to sail fron
Philadelphia in ten days. This in
creases the force to ten destroyers
They are being sent for the protectioi
of American lives and property in an;
' emergency.
HOW ENGLAND
CAN PATCH UP
WITH IRELAND
DUBLIN, July 30 (by Associate!
Press).—“Permanent peace can be ai
ranged between England and Irelam
j on a basis of England accepting th<
first peace principle laid down b;
President Wilson in his speech in Ne\
York in 1918,” Arthur Griffith, Sim
Feinn founder, declared here today
i “In that speech President Wilson sai<
| the military power of no nation mus
i be suffered to determine the fortune;
| of peoples over whom they have n<
right to rule except the right of force.
ALASKA FLYERS ARE
DELAYED EDMONTOP
EDMONTON, July 30 (by Associate!
Press).—The start of the Alaska flyer
will be delayed until Saturday, be
cause of the development of a ne’v
leak in the gas tank of one of tin
! planes.
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TWO OFFICERS ARE
KILLED BY ROBBER!
LOS ANGELES, July 30 (by Assc
dated Press).—Robert Norman, der
uty city marshal of Burbank, a suburb
of Los Angeles, was killed, and Henr;
E. Purrier, constable, wounded, in i
; revolver duel between the officers am
! three men caught entering a tire sho;
| last night. The assailants escaped.
! REQUEST OF MINERS
DENIED BY OPERATOR!
CHICAGO, July 30 (by Associatei
•Press).—Indiana and Illinois coal opei
ators have rejected the request o
President Lewis for a joint meetini
of operators and the miners’ seal
committee to settle present diffei
ences in the Indiana and Illinois fields
BOLSHEVIKI CAVALRY
IS NEARING LEMBERG
WARSAW, July 30 (by Associated
Press).—The Bolsheviki have cap
tured Bialystok, in southeast Galicia,
and Bolshevik cavalry is reported 37
miles from Lemberg, where women
and children are aiding on buildings
and farms.
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JACKSON, Mich., July 30 (by As
sociated Press).—Deputy Sheriff Wor
den was instantly killed and another
deputy wounded, and two alleged ban
dits shot in a battle yesterday after
noon following the holding up of the
Farmers’ State Bank. The bandits
were overtaken seven miles from the
city. All were captured by the offi
cers and the money taken from the
i bank recovered.
SITUATION N
1 POLAND NOT
: VERY SERIOUS
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PARIS, July 30 (by Associated
Press).—The Framco-British mission
to Poland has reported the situation
there is not desperate, but recom
mends the sending of munitions and
the employment of 600 French and
200 British officers, and the regroup
j ing of the Polish army on the n$Ythern
I! front. The Polish man power is stated
to be satisfactory.
CREW OF SCHOONER
■ WRECKED NEAR NOME
! BELIEVED TO BE SAFE
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NOME, July 30 (by Associated
1
Press).—Captains John Vatney and B.
I Sandmark and the crew of the
b schooner Kolyma, which was totally
3 wrecked off Sledge island in a storm,
3 are believed to be alive and well on
the island, waiting an opportunity to
come to Nome.
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I DRAFT EVADER GIVES
HIMSELF UP AND GETS
! NINE MONTHS IN JAIL
PORTLAND, Ore., July 30 (by As
sociated Press).—Alfred Fattig, draft
evader, who surrender after three
years spent in the Oregon mountains
eating wild meat and berries, was
J sentenced to nine months in the coun
ty jail here yesterday.
* FILIPINO NEWSPAPERS
; FORCED REDUCE SIZE
1 ACCOUNT OF STRIKE
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MANILA, July 30 (by Associated
Press).—Three American papers here
i appeared in abbreviated form today,
^ without advertising, because of a
1 strike of linotype operators as a pro
- test against alleged slanderous asser
f tions against Filipino aspirations for
l independence. The papers expressed
3 opinions that the Filipinos as a racs
- were not prepared to accept independ
. ence.
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BROTHERHOOD CHIEFS
DISCUSS WAGE AWARE
CLEVELAND, O., July 30 (by As
sociated Press).—Four railroad broth
erhood chiefs met here today and dis
cussed the recent wage award bv tht
railroad board, taking up matters tht
board neglected to pass upon, among
them home expenses of the road men
NOME, July 30 (by Associatec
Press).—Three members of Amund
sen’s expedition who left the Mauc
; last fall with mail are missing and art
| believed to have been lost, according
| to Russian advices received b:
j Amundsen here.
Despite a slight attack of heart trou
|
ble, the explorer persists in his de
| termination to seek the north pole b;
j drifting on polar ice from Wrangel
island.
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; Press).—Dr. A. Thompson, member o
parliament for Yukon Territory, ha*
asked the government to install ;
$40,000 wireless station at the nev
silver camp near Mayo, in the Stewar
river district, to communicate wit!
Alaska stations. Dr. Thompson sail
the Alaska aviators will be given ai
enthusiastic welcome in the Yukon oi
their flight to Nome.
MEXICO WILL SEND
TROOPS TO SUBDUE
LOWER CALIFORNIA
NOGALES, July 30 (by Associate*
Press).—The Mexican federal goverr
ment will send troops to subdue Go\
ernor Cantu of Lower California, wh
is reported to have revolted agains
the present regime. Forty thousam
troops will be used if necessary, ac
cording to an official of the de 1;
Huerta government.
SOVIETS SUPREME
COUNCIL READY TO
NEGOTIATE PEACI
WARSAW, July 30 (by Associatei
Press).—Police committee of nationa
defense wirelessed the Soviet suprem
council July 27 that it would sen
delegates July 30 with full power t
negotiate an armistice.
WEST VIRGINIAN IS
NEW ASST. SECY. WAi
WASHINGTON. July 30 (by Assc
ciatecl Press).—William R. William
of Richmond, Va., has been appointee
assistant secretary of war, succeedin
Benedict Crowell, resigned.
GRAND ARMY SESSION
BE HELD INDIANAPOLi:
COLUMBUS, O., July 30 (by Ass(
ciated Press).—The Grand Army coi
rentioax will be held at Indianapolis
September 19 to 25, it was announce
here today.
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SOVIET DEMANDS ON POLAND
WILL NOT BE PERMITTED BY
THE ALLIED GOVERNMENTS
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PARIS, July 30 (by Associated
Press). — The allies have notified
Poland they will not permit Poland
to accept any Soviet demands involv
ing whole or partial disarmament of
Poland, nor any change in the Polish
system of government dictated or
I brought about by the Soviets, nor the
acceptance by Poland of boundary
[ lines less favorable than that drawn
by Lloyd George, nor the use of Poland
as a bridgehead in any sense between
^ Russia and Germany.
Stocks of munitions from the allies
^ are moving toward Warsaw from Dan
! zig.
Hungary has asked permission of
Great Britain and France to attack the
Soviets.
The allies are hesitating over Hun
gary’s offer for fear Hungary would
expect too many concessions in the
treaty terms. The French govern
ment has been informed that Latvia,
Finland and Rumania as well as Hun
gary are all anxious to make common
cause against the Bolsheviks now
rather than be compelled later to de
fend themselves individually. These
four countries are all reported to have
made overtures to France and Great
Britain for support, moral and other
wise.
LONDON, July 30 (by Associated
Press).—A long communication to the
British Independent Labor party from
| the Third Internationale at Moscow,
in reply to questions, says triumph of
the proletariat involves bloody revolu
tion, to achieve which in Britain the
I workers must prepare for civil war.
f! The day is coming when Com
J munism will sweep through Europe,
II and enlisting eastern nations in the
T i movement, will meet Britain and
m America in mortal combat.
OIL SUPPLY FOR
THE MERCHANT
FLEET ASSURED
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WASHINGTON,' July 30 (by Asso
1 dated Press).—The future govern
. rnent supply of fuel oil for the mer
. chant fleet is assured through a con
5 tract with the Standard Oil Company
t of New Jersey for more than 15,000,000
l barrels. The shipping board an
. nounced that the Pacific coast prob
x lem in securing oil has been solved
through the government taking roy
alties under the oil leasing bill in
crude oil and exchanging it at the
refineries for fuel oil.
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WASHINGTON, July 30 (by Asso
’ ciated Press).—The shipping board
J today announced the acceptance of
three bids for a total of 10.525,000 bar
1 rels of fuel oil for government tankers
1 at prices ranging from $1.10 to $2.30
3 a barrel.
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> INCENDIARY FIRES ARE
FREQUENT AT ’FRISCO
i SAN FRANCISCO, July SO (by As
*■ sociated Press).—Three fires with
damages totalling $500,000 recently
have caused an investigation of an al
3 leged arson operation over the entire
I coast.
BUBONIC PLAGUE IS
CAUSE FIVE DEATHS
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^ GALVESTON, Tex., July 30 (by As
sociated Press). — Two additional
i- deaths from Bubonic plague were re
i- ported here today, making the total
i, number of cases reported five, with
3 four deaths. The latest victims were
Mexicans.
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R. S
WILL RESUME
RUN TO NORTH
SEATTLE, July 30 (by Associated
Press).—Owing to the continued de
mand for transportation to Alaska, the
Pacific Steamship Company today an
nounced the continuation of calls at
Skagway by the Spokane up to and
including salings scheduled from Seat
tle September 25. The Spokane will
return to service tomorrow after re
pairs made necessary by striking a
submerged rock, and will sail north
Tuesday, August 3.
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PROBE OF CAMPAIGN
EXPENSES GOES OVER
ST. LOUIS, July 30 (by Associated
Press).—Senator Reed announced to
S day that the senate %ub-committee
will not resume its investigation into
campaign expenditures until Septem
ber.
RAILROAD COMMISSION
APPROVES NEW LOANS
WASHINGTON, July 30 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Approval for three
new loans of $18,915,000 to the rail
roads of the country was given today
by the railroad commission.
ADVISORY COUNCILS
ARE GRANTED KOREA
SEOUL, July 30 (by Associated
Press).—Official decrees issued today
create provincial municipal and village
advisory councils for Korea. This is
said to be a preliminary step toward
self-government.
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WITH EUROPE
ON DECLINE
WASHINGTON, July 30 (by Asso
ciated Press).—America’s trade bal
ance with Europe for the fiscal year
just ended fell off more than $500.
000,000 compared with 1919, the treas
ury department announced today.
Trade with South American countries
for the same period produced an un
favorably balance of nearly $400,000,-^
000.