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VOL. 5. NO. 145_CORDOVA, ALASKA. FRIDAY, MAY 21,1920._mcr TEN CENTS
FATE OF PEACE!
RESOLUTION IS
UP TO WILSON
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WASHINGTON, May 21 (by Associ
ated Press).—The senate substitute
peace resolution passed the house to-1
day, Democrats vainly opposing it. |
The resolution now goes to the presi-'
i
dent.
The peace vote stood 228 to 139, in-'
dicating that a veto could not be over- ]
$iden. Twenty Democrats voted with i
the majority and two Republicans j
against.
BOLSHEVIK FORCES
PUSHING TO FRONT
LONDON, May 21 by Associated
Press).-An authoritative source
confirms the reports that the Bol
sheviki have captured Polotski and
* Lepel. It is stated the Bolshevik
forces have advanced thirty miles
along a forty-mile front.
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MODIFICATION
' VOLSTAD ACT
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BALTIMORE, May 21 (by Associ
ated Press).—The Dem'ocratic conven
tion, in session here, approved a reso
lution committing the party to a
modification of the Yolstad act to per
mit the making of home-made beer,
light wines, cider and the manufacture
of beer for home consumption. The
delegates to the national convention
were uninstructed.
CHICAGO, May 21 (by Associated
Press).—A canvass of delegates to the
Democratic national convention at San
Francisco shows Palmer leading all
the Democratic presidential candi
dates with 76. Cox has 74, Edwards
2S, Glass 24, Owen of Oklahoma 20,
^minstructed 587, to be elected 42.
Georgia will furnish the only contest.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 21 (by Asso
ciated Press). — Indiana Democrats
have elected four delegates at large
to the San Francisco national conven
tion and also nominated a complete
state ticket. President Wilson’s name
was cheered whenever it was men
tioned and his administration was
strongly endorsed. A number of
women took a leading part in the pro
ceedings of the convention.
STIMULATE INTEREST
IN SILO WITH MODEL
HELENA, Mont., May 21 (by Associ
ated Press).—To stimulate interest in
the silo, the manual training depart
Ament of the Helena high school is
having a modern silo made. The work
will be that of Victor Thayer, a 16
year-old senior. His model is said
to be practical in every detail and an
exact reproduction of the standard silo
found most serviceable in the state.
The model will be placed on exhi
bition where farmers wishing to study
the problem for themselves can have
access to it.
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COAST FARMERS BE
BENEFITTED BY BILL
SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 (by Asso
ciated Press).’—The new farm bond
bill completed by the senate Wednes
day will make $746,000 available for
loans to coast farmers, says Senator
Pbolan of California.
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REVOLVING FID
FOR RAILROADS
IS APPROVED
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WASHINGTON, May 21 (by Associ
ated Press). — The interstate com
merce commission has approved the
loan of a $125,000,000 revolving fund
to enable railroads to buy equipment.
The commission ordered forwarding
transfers without reference to pre
vious routing and the abrogation of
all Allies’ governing car service. The
transfer was ordered of 32,000 coal
cars from the west to the east, and
20,000 box cars from the east to the
grain fields of the west. Movements
are expected to start within ten days.
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SEATTLE, May 21 (by Associated
Press).—Mayor Caldwell has called on
Corporation Counsel Meier for a writ
ten opinion as to whether Seattle has
at present an actiop against the Puget
Sound Traction, Light and Power Com
pany to recover damages for alleged j
over-payment for the street car ays-j
tern bought last year. It is declared j
the price of $15,000,000 was from $5,- (
000,000 to $6,000,000 in excess of its,
| value.
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MARTIN KNOCKS OUT
SAXE IN FIFTH ROUND1
CLARKSBURG, W. Va., May 21 (by
Associated Press).—Bob Martin put
Johnny Saxe of Newark to sleep in
j the fifth round. The bout was sched
i uled for ten rounds.
NEW CABINET FORMED
BY NITTI IN ITALY
ROME, May 21 (by Associated
Press).—Nitti has succeeded in form
ing a new cabinet, with Catholic sup
i port.
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FEDERATION CALLS OFF
ALL STRIKES IN FRANCE
PARIS, May 21 (by Associated
Press).—The General Federation of
Labor has called off all strikes in sup
; port of the railway men’s walkout.
IViAKTiAL LAW BEEN
PROCLAIMED IN MADRID
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MADRID, May 21 (by Associated
Press).—Martial law has been pro
! claimed here as a result of bread dis
; turbances.
GOOD RESULTS FROM
| DRY YEAR IN MISSOULA
! MISSOULA, Mont., May 21 (by As
! sociated Press).—A reduction of con
siderably more than two-thirds of the
arrests a year ago, and of more than
$2,000 in the fines and bonds collected
by the police court, were reported to
the city council here at the close of
the fiscal year of 1919-1920, over the
figures of the year previous. The rea
son given is that this is the first
■ totally dry year in Missoula.
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CORN AND PORK HIT
PRICE TOBOGGAN SLIDE
CHICAGO, May 21 (by Associated
Press).—Corn dropped 7% cents, pork
£2.05 a barrel. July corn closed at
£1.64%; July pork at $34.75.
Almost a panic prevailed at the
Hose when corn fell 11% to 13%
below yesterday’s closing prices.
Promised relief in the foreign conges
tion, with grain given priority, is
ascribed as the cause.
WASHINGTON, May 21 (by Associ
ated Press).—Raymond B. Stevens of
Mew Hampshire, vice chairman of the
3hipping board; George Eggers of San
Francisco, assistant director of oper
ations, and R. L. Hague of San Fran
cisco, chief of the construction de
partment, have tendered their resig
nations.
NECESSITY OF
SELF DEFENSE
WAS INVOKED
TOMBSTONE, Ariz., May 21 (by
Associated Press).—Unique in the his
tory of American jurisprudence, the
case of Harry E. Wotton, on trial here
on a charge of kidnaping in connec
tion with the Bisbee deportations of
July 12, 1917, has presented a number
of baffling legal problems.
Chief of these has been the applica
tion of the “law of necessity.” This
principle has been invoked by the de
fense in an effort to justify the de
portation of 1,186 striking copper min
ers and their sympathizers from Bis
bee, Arizona, to Columbus and Her
manas, New Mexico as being neces
sary to protect the lives and property
of the people of the Warren mining
district.
The doctrine of necessity itself is
well established in the law. It is only
its application in the Wotton case
there has been troublesome. In one
of his rulings rendered during the
course of the trial, Judge Samuel L
Pattee, of Tucson, quoted the follow
ing definition of the principle:
“The distinction between necessity
and self-defense consists principally in
the fact that while self-defense ex
cuses the repulse of a wrong, necessity
justifies the invasion of a right. It is
therefore essential to self-defense that
it should be a defense against a pres
ent unlawful attack, while necessity
may be maintained through destroying
conditions that are lawful. * * *
“No case exactly like the present
case has been found in which it (the
rule of necessity) was invoked.”
The importance of the legal ques
tions involved, the difficulty attend
ing their application, and the whole
sale character of the deportations
themselves, are almost certain to ren
der the case of the state of Arizona
versus H. E. Wootton a landmark in
the case law of the United States.
GENERAL TAYLOR DIES
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
SEATTLE, May 21 (by Associated
Press).—Brigadier General Frank Tay
lor is dead. He began service during
the civil war and served actively for
forty-five years through the Indian and
Spanish-American wars.
BUTTE TEAMSTERS
I VOTE GO ON STR1KKE
IVjLJTTE, Mont., May 21 (by Associ
ated Press).—The teamsters have
voted to strike for a dollar a day
advance in wages, after rejecting an
offer of fifty cents a day made them.
The butchers have rejected a seventy
five cent offer and the bricklayers
turned down the contract tendered
by the employers.
MEXICAN OIL
REGULATIONS
MORE LIBERAL
MEXICO CITY, May 21 (by Associ
ated Press).—The provisional govern
ment has withdrawn the petroleum
imposts for March and April imposed
by Carranza, which were two and a
half times greater than the January
and February rates agreed to by the
oil companies.
FIRED FIRST
SHOT IN RIOT!
ROANOKE, W. Va„ May 21 (by As
sociated Press).—W. G. Baldwin, man
ager of the Baldwin-Feltz detective
agency, has issued a statement re
garding the shooting at Matewan. He
said that the man who entered into an
argument with Detective Feltz shot
and fired upon Feltz, who fell dead.
Then the shooting became general.
Baldwin declares the statement that
Feltz shot the mayor was made out
of whole cloth, and evidently inspired
by the miners and their sympathizers.
MATEWAN, W. V., May 21 (by As
sociated Press).—An unidentified man
yesterday afternoon shot and seriously
Eynn, near here. He escaped and Mc
wounded Bud McCoy, a detective, at
Coy was taken to a hospital. It is
believed that the affair was a develop
ment of yesterday’s battle.
POLITICAL MANAGERS
MUST EXPLAIN AWAY
CAMPAIGN EXPENSES
WASHINGTON, May 21 (by Associ
ated Press).—Managers of presiden
tial candidates have been asked by j
telegraph to attend an investigation
by the privileges and elections sub
committee into campaign expenses and
pledges, Monday, May 24. The sub
committee ordered the work of the
investigation to proceed with all pos
sible despatch.
Senator Kenyon has been named as
chairman of the investigation commit
tee.
REFUSAL TO BUY HAS
BROUGHT DOWN PRICES
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WASHINGTON, May 21 (by Associ
ated Press). — The price reduction
wave in wearing apparel is due large
ly to public withdrawal from the mar
ket and investigations by the depart
ment of justice, in the opinion of the
assistant attorney general.
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VETO FOREIGN
BOTTOMS FOR
PORTS OF U. S.
WASHINGTON, May 21 (by Associ
ated Press).—The senate today elim
inated the committee proposals pro
hibiting common carriers from carry
ing freight and passengers between
American ports when all or part of the
journey would be made in foreign
bottoms. Senator McCumber said it
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would greatly inconvenience Amer
icap travelers. Senator Jones of
Washington declared the provision
was designed to build up merchant
marine to Alaska.
THREE BANDITS
PLEAD GUILTY
TO ROBBERY
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SPOKANE, May 21 (by Associated
Press).—Harry Peterson, Albert Mc
Girt and George Cole have pleaded
guilty to the robbery of the American
Express Company office here a week
ago. Patterson was sentenced to from
one to fifteen years in the reforma
tory; Cole got one to fifteen years
in the penitentiary, and McGirt two
to fifteen years in the pen. Practically
all of the $10,000 stolen has been re
covered.
PERSIA 7S ALARMED
OVER BOLSHEVIK ACTS
LONDON, May 21 (by Associated
Press).—Persia has appealed to the
League of Nations against Bolshevik
aggression.
CARDINAL GIBBONS TO
ATTEND CONVENTION
CHICAGO, May 21 (by Associated
Press).—Cardinal Gibbons has been
invited to pronounce the invocation at
the coming Republican national con
vention.
COLD STORAGE PLANT
NEARING COMPLETION
SEATTLE, May 21 (by Associated
Press).—O. O. Hyatam, president of
the Pacific Sea Products Association,
said that the new cold storage plant
at Port Chatam, Alaska, would be
ready for business about the middle of
June. It has a capacity of 2,000,000
pounds.
rw\nv\v/tnnn a m uttt w
rKfcUIUd WnfiAl WILL
GO TO FIVE DOLLARS
SEATTLE, May 21 (by Associated
Press).—Louis F. Hill, president of
the Great Northern railway, predicts
$5 wheat as the result of the labor
shortage, poor crop conditions and no
foreign production.
ARE SHIPPING HAY
BY PARCEL POST
BOZEMAN, Mont., May 21 (by As
sociated Press).—A. J. Walrath, pres
ident of the Montana Grain Growers’
Corporation, is authority for the state
ment that much hay is being shipped
in this state by parcel post. The price
is high and many small farmers are
buying in small quantities, he declares.
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VILLA INSISTS
UPON PROPER
RECOGNITION
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BOQUILLAS, Chihuahua, May 21
(by Associated Press).—Villa told the
Associated Press that he would not be
satisfied with mere guarantees of per
sonal safety from the revolutionary
government. He will demand guaran
tees as to the operation of the govern
ment and must see them in actual op
eration. He further states his men
will be kept ready for action.
CHIHUAHAU, May 21 (by Associ
ated Press).—General Calles has gone
to Mexico City after a conference with
Villa. The envoys did not accept Vil
la’s conditions for retirement an(f
means for his elimination are being
considered. Provisional government
representatives are urging that both
Callas and Villa co-operate with the
new government.
LOCAL OPTION FOR
SCOTLAND IN JUNE
GLASGOW, Scotland, May 21 (by
Associated Press). — Scotland’s local *
option act becomes effective June 1
and prohibitionists are planning a big
campaign. Even the liquor interests
concede a good part of the country
will go dry.
ORIENTAL LEAGUE
TO DABBLE IN POLITICS
SACRAMENTO, May 21 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The text of an initia
tive measure'aimed to restrict prop
erty holdings “non-assimillable” was
recently made public by the California
Oriental Exclusion League. Circula
tors hope to put it on the ballot at the
coming general election.
PRICE OF WOOL HAS
TAKEN BIG SLUMP
BOSTON, May 21 (by Associated
Press).—Wool slumped 10 to 20 per
cent due to a decline in the foreign
markets. There were many cancella
tions of orders for goods owing to
transportation delays.
THREE SAWMILLS ARE
FORCED TO SUSPEND
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MARSHFIELD, Ore., (by Associated
! Press).—The car shortage has closed
three large sawmills in the Coos bay
district, throwing five hundred men
out of employment. Many other mills
will be forced to close unless cars are
forthcoming.
CANDIDATES WELCOME
PROBE OF EXPENSES
CHICAGO, May 21 (by Associated
Press).—Lowden, Hoover and Johnson
headquarters have issued a statement
regarding Senator Borah’s resolution
for an investigation of presidental can
didates’ expenses in which they said
they welcome an investigation.
TWELFTH DISTRICT
S OVERSUBSCRIBED
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 (by As
sociated Press).—It is announced that
the Twelfth Federal Reserve district
over-subscribed the last offering of
treasury indebtedness certificates by
$3,800,000. Its quota was $7,000,00#.
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