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VOL. IV._NO. 237 CORDOVA^ ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 1, 1919 PRICE TEN CENTS
GOVERNOR IN CONTROL AT BOSTON
AND MAY ASK GOVERNMENT AID
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Mobs Driven Out at Point of Bayonet—Trobps Fire
in Air, and When Warning Is Not Heeded,
Pour Lead Into Rioters—Some Fatalities
and Many Injured—Martial Law
BOSTON, Sept. 11 (by Associated Press).—This city is
today under military rule, five thousand soldiers, comprising
the state guard, with, a troop of cavalry, being in control. The
▼ governor announces that lie is ready to ask for regulars ii they
should be needed.
The cavalry, with bayonets fixed, cleared the squares,
< where thousands of people were jammed last night. Gangs of
gamblers have been driven out by the soldiers at the point of
the bayonet.
Fifty-three park policemen who refused to do patrol duty
in the squares have been suspended and have sought member
ship in the policemen’s union.
The guardsmen, using a machine gun on the mob, have
killed one man.
Firing in the Air Not Effective
BOSTON, Sept. 11 (by Associated Press).—The governor
has wired to Secretary Baker asking that regular troops be pre
pared to respond to an emergency call.
Mobs in South Boston stoned the troops last night. The
troops were unable to clear the streets by firing in the air, and
« at last turned their guns on the crowd. A dozen men dropped,
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The Electrical Workers’ union has declared in favor of a
strike in sympathy with the police.
Governor Takes Control
The governor lias taken complete control of the situation.
He said he took this action in his capacity of commander-in
t.chief of the state militia, all of which is now here.
The governor has wired to Secretary of the Navy Daniels
asking that a naval force be held ready to help protect Boston.
Six regiments of the state guard already are mobilized here.
Fatalities Result from Rioting
Raymond Byers was killed when lie attempted to escape
from the state guards, who rounded up seventy-five men who
were throwing dice on the Common.
One man was killed, a woman was shot and a police officer
was beaten by the mob in the rioting last night.
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OIL LAND LEASING MEASURE
•* WILL BE FAVORABLY REPORTED
Senate Will Hold Hearings, but Will Rely Mainly
^on Evidence Taken by House Committee—
Early Consideration Expected—Bills for
Bonding Alaska Cities Will Pass
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (by Associated Press).—A spe
cial to the Times from Washington says that the senate com
mittee on territories has started hearings on the Alaska rail
way appropriaton bill. It is said that the hearings will not be
protracted. The evidence taken before the house committee
will be considered by the senators.
It is conceded that the bill will be favorably reported, with
a request for its early consideration by the senate.
Petersburg and Ketchikan Bonding Bills
At Delegate Grigsby’s request the house bill permitting
dhe city of Petersburg, Alaska, to bond itself for $75,000 for
city improvements lias been placed upon the unanimous con
sent calendar for Monday next.
The house committee on territories has favorably reported
the bill permitting the city of Ketchikan to bond itself for
$100,000, the money to be used to construct school buildings.
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War Department
Does Good Work
WASHINGTON. Sept. 11 (by
Associated Press). — Every
American soldier listed as miss
ing during the war has been
accounted for. The list dwin
dled from 25,905 to two, who
are listed as dead.
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Irish Societies Are
Made Outlaws
DUBLIN, Sept. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The govern
ment has issued a proclama
tion suppressing the Sinn Fein |
organization, the Gaelic League,
the Irish Volunteers and the
Cumann na Moan Society in
the city and county of Cork.
President Declares That Parliaments and Con
gresses Should Beware of Attempts to Alter
Treaty, Which, He Says, Is Based Upon
Happiness of Average People
BILLINGS, .Mont,, Sept. 11 (by Associated j>r >ss).—Pj ns: •
dent Wilson, in a speech delivered here today, decared that the
question of the ratification of the peace treaty was a question
as to whether the United States would fulfill its pedges to its
p o]»le and to the world.
Light thousand persons were in attendance at the meeting,
and they cheered lustily when Mayor Mains, in introducing the
President, said that Mr. Wilson was the same man who went
overseas and did the major portion of the work in undertaking
to settle the world’s troubles.
The President said that the treaty was the first interna
tional settlement to be based upon the happiness of the av.-iage
P> Mple throughout the world. “It is the peoples’ treaty,” he
declared, “and I venture the prediction that it will not be wise
for paiLaments or congresses to attempt to alter it.”
Declares Nation Is United for Treaty
ON BOARD PRESIDENT’S TRAIN, Sept, 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—President Wilson said last night, after a week
of travel, that lie was convinced that the nation was united for
an international guarantee of peace.
Tonight he will speak at Helena, and will motor fourteen
miles, from Ratlidrum, Idaho, to Coeur d’Alene, on Friday.
BIG RECEPTION
TO OPPONENTS
OF PRESIDENT
CHICAGO, Sept. 11 (by Associated
Press).—Three Republican senators
—Johnson of California, Borah of
Idaho and McCormick of Illinois—
spoke here last night in opposition to
President Wilson’s request for the
unreserved ratification of the peace
treaty and the League of Nations.
Senator Johnson, in a speech de
livered here at noon yesterday, said
“our boys should be brought home
from Russia.”
Borah, Johnson and McCormick ad
dressed an audience which packed
the Auditorium theater. Thousands
of persons stood outside, unable to
gain admission, and cheered for
“Johnson for President.”
Soldiers led a parade along Michi
gan avenue, participatants of which
carried banners reading, “We want
our boys back from Siberia.”
In his address Senator Borah said:
“No two men who wrote the peace
treaty can agree as to what it means.
The senate is trying to find a means
of withdrawing from the league after
we get in.”
SEATTLE FISH PRICES
SEATTLE, Sept. 10 (by Associated
Press).—Prices for fish at noon to
day were as follows: Halibut, 21c;
sablefish, 5c; ling and red cod, 4c.
LOSS OF LIVES
AND PROPERTY
FROM CYCLONE
KEY WEST, Fla., Sept. 11 (by As
sociated Press).—Lower Florida is
paralyzed from the effects of a hur
ricane which occurred last night.
Three hundred and twenty-five
buildings were razed and the damage
amounts to two million dollars.
Several small vessels were sunk
and others were driven onto the reefs.
The Mallory line steamship Comal
broke from her moorings at the dock
last night and ran aground in the har
bor.
Severe damage was done to the
town of Goulds and the village of
Marathon. There were no fatalities.
Fatalities at Havana
HAVANA, Sept. 11 (by Associated
Press).—Five persons are known to
be dead and several missing as the
result of the cyclone last night, which
caused a flood in the lower part of
the city from the waters of the Gulf.
Adrift at Sea
MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 11 (by Associat
ed Press).—A wireless message says
that forty-five persons are adrift in
small boats fifteen miles off shore,
and are in distress. It is believed
that they are the members of the
HITCHCOCK DECLARES MAJORITY
ARE NOT IN HARMONY WITH PARTY
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Says Rejection of Treaty Would Mean Sacrifice of
Gains Made at Germany’s Expense—League
Has Withstood World’s Criticism—
Urges Speedy Ratification
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (by Associated Press).—The mi
nority report of the committee on foreign relations on the peace
treaty and League of Nations covenant was laid before the
senate this morning. The report says that the rejection of the
treaty or the adoption of amendments would mean the sacri
fice by the United States of concessions obtained from Ger
many.
Senator Hitchcock, ranking Democratic member of the
committee, who prepared the report, urged the speedy ratifica
tion of the treaty without amendments or reservations. He
said the majority of the committeemen were endeavoring to
destroy the league, which had withstood the criticism of the
world. He said the Republicans of the committee were out of
harmony with the majority of the senate.
Perhaps He Should Have Gone in Steerage
Senator Norris of Nebraska, speaking in the senate yes
terday, charged that President Wilson had spent money in
Europe “like a drunken smlo,-.” U - ’V ; 1 u.iv
with him chiefs from the Biltmore hotel.
crews of ships sunk in yesterday's
hurricane.
Twenty-seven Drowned
Twenty-seven members of the crew
of the steamship Corydon were
drowned Tuesday when the ship
foundered in the Bahama channel
during the hurricane which passed
over the Gulf and West Indies re
gion.
Seventeen survivors of the wreck,
clinging to lifeboats, drifted ashore
at Cape Florida this morning.
LOCATE MANY WRECKS
OFF COAST OF FRANCE
HAVRE, France, Aug. 5 (by mail).
—Twenty-six wrecks have been lo
cated at the bottom of the sea off
Havre, six of which were due to tor
pedoes, eleven destroyed by mines,
and nine the result of ordinary dis
asters of the sea. Two French ves
sels are locating wrecks all along
the coast.
GENERAL WOOD
DISSENTS FROM
BAKER’S PLANS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Major Genera] Wood
took flat issue with the war depart
ment's recommendations for the army
before the senate committee on mili
tary affairs today.
General Wood contended that there
was no justification for a regular
army of more than three hundred and
fifty thousand men and officers. He
announced himself as opposed to the
department’s program of an army
with a limit of five hundred thousand
men.
$14 REFUSE
TO ATTACH SIGNATURES TO PACT
Governments of Both Countries Are Said to Have
Fallen—Serbians Without Authority to Sign
Without Further Instructions—Rioting
Between Italians and Jugo-Slavs
PARIS, Sept. 11 (by Associated Press).—The Rumanian
and Serbian delegations to the peace conference have refused
to sign the treaty of peace with Austria.
The Serbian delegation informed the peace conference that
because of the fal of the Belgrade government they were un
able to sign the treaty without further instructions.
Rumanian Cabinet Falls
VIENNA, Sept. 11 (by Associated Press).—It is reported
that the Bratiano cabinet, in Rumania, has fallen, and that
Joneseu is forming a new cabinet.
Allies Intervene to Stop Rioting
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LONDON, Sept. 11 (by Associated Press).—It is reported
that Italian and Jugo-Slav troops are rioting in Fiume, and
that the ailed forces have intervened.
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