VOL. V. NO. 82 CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 8,_1920 _ _PRICK TLN CENTS
THIRTY-THREE KILLED AND SEVERAL ARE HELD FOR RANSOM
EXPRESS TRAIN
ISLOOTEDJ I
THIRTY KILLED
BL PASO. Texas, March 8 (by Asso
ciated Press).—One hundred passen
gers on the Mexico City express on
Ahe national railway were driven from
the coaches at the points of the rifles
of bandits near Corralitas, Chihuahua,
on Tuesday last. They were stripped
and robbed.
The outrage is declared to be the
work of Villa. Messages received by
a newspaper here say the train was
destroyed and that the passengers are
stranded.
Thirty-three Murdered
Passengers report that Francisco
Villa commanded the bandits who
robbed the passenger train near Cor
ralitas on Tuesday last, when thirty
three persons were killed and several
were held for ransom, including one
American.
Villa Acts Like Maniac
Villa is holding Joseph Williams, an
American war veteran, for $50,000
ransom. Williams was captutred when
Villa, with three hundred of his fol
lowers, dynamited the locomotive of a
^ train en route from Mexico City to
Juarez.
The trainmen battled with the Vil
listas, and ten bandits and nineteen
trainmen were killed.
Villa himself killed the Pullman con
ductor. The bandit leader threatened
the passengers with death, but later
wept and said he would spare their
lives out of respect to General An
geles, recently executed by the federal
government.
FIVE VESSELS
ARE DISABLED
BY STORMS
NEW YORK, March 8 (by Associ
Press).—Gales are crippling At
lantic shipping. The Shipping Board
steamship Guilford is disabled and
abandoned off the Delaware capes. Her
captain and eleven members of her
crew have been saved.
The Shipping Board steamship Lake
Ellithrop has been disabled, and nar
rowly missed striking the Sable island
shoals.
A steamship believed to be the Ca
nadian collier Cape Breton is aground
off Nova Scotia, and is believed to be
doomed.
The crew of the steamship Bratto
has been picked up at sea. The fate
of the Bratto is unknown.
The transatlantic liner Maine re
ports that she is off the Irish coast and
has lost her rudder. She requests as
sistance.
* WOMAN IS CAUSE OF
4 ANOTHER MURDER
PORTLAND, March 8 (by Associ
ated Press).—Ralph Bruno, proprietor
of a soft drink parlor, shot and killed
Richard Trop here Saturday. Bruno
said Trop came between him and his
wife. She recently secured a divorce.
NEW YORK, March 8 (by Associ
ated Press).—The co-operation of all
posts of the American Legion with
every effort to stamp out illiteracy is
advocated by the organization of a
» national Americanism commission.
TESTIMONY IN
REBUTTAL AT
MURDER TRIAL
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MONTESANO, Wash., March 8 (by
Associated Press).—In the trial of the
Centralia murder case today the state
commenced the introduction of rebut
tal testimony. William McFadden of
Ellensburg, a deputy sheriff, was called
to the stand, and he denied the testi
mony of William Spears, a witness for j
the defense, who testified on Saturday
that McFadden had advised him
against testifying. McFadden said he
did not know until Saturday that
Spears had witnessed the shooting.
Miss Ruth Godfred, aged 15 years,
testified that on the day of the shoot
ing she had heard her neighbor, John
Patterson, tell his wife that he did
not see the shooting. Patterson testi- .
fied for the defense that he was close ■
to the hall and saw the shooting.
The court ruled out newspaper clip ,
pings offered by the defense to show
that meetings had been held at the ,
Elks’ hall to plan the raid on the t
“wobbly” hall.
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BOLSHEVIK FORCES
ATTACKING THE POLES
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LONDON, March 8 (by Associated
Press).—Large forces ' of Bolshevikii
have opened an offensive against the j
Poles on both sides of the Pripet re
gion.
Messages received today state that
the Poles and Finns have repulsed the
Bolshevik attacks. The Finns con- 1
ducted a counter-attack and pierced .
the “red” lines. ! ,
HEALER GETS i
BIG PLAY IN
SEATTLEVILLE
SEATTLE, March 8 (by Associated
Press).—Scores of afflicted persons
are flocking to Trinity Episcopal !
church, in this city, to see James j
Moore Hickman, an English clergy
man who has attracted international
attention by offering to heal the sick j
by the laying on of hands. Several;
stretcher and wheel chair cases were
brought to Hickman, who says he
preaches faith. He says his cures
have succeeded in other cities.
TWENTYKILLED
AND WOUNDED
IN HONDURAS
MEXICO CITY, March 8 (by Asso
ciated Press).—General Tiburco Gar
cia, who is leading a revolt against
Luiz Guiterrez, the new government
lehder of Honduras and the members
of the Honduras chamber of deputies,
fought a pitched battle with the latter
element in which twenty were killed
and wounded. Dr. Romulo Duron,
president of the chamber of deputies,
was killed in the battle in the cham
ber.
The steamship Alaska, sailing from
Seattle on Thursday, will be the first <
Alaska Steamship Company vessel
starting on the new weekly schedule. '
SUSPECT PROVES ALIBI
AND HAS BEEN RELEASED
SEATTLE, March 8 (by Associated
Press).—The Renton man who was ar
rested and held in connection with the
leath of Walter Bagnall, wrhose body
svas found in the wroods with a bullet
iole in the head, has proved an alibi
and has been released.
WATSONSAILS
WITH BIG LIST
OF PASSENGERS
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SEATTLE, March 8 (by Associated
Press).—The steamship Admiral Wat
son sailed for the North yesterday
norning at 10 o’clock, carrying 136
)assengers. Those for Cordova were:
Vliss Helen Gillespie, Mrs. J. L. Smith,
F. McIntosh, Thomas Jicket, and six
steerage.
The majority of the Watson’s pas
sengers are cannerymen, going to Ko
liak and Yakutat.
DEFINITE AND
SANE POLICY !
FOR SOLDIERS
WASHINGTON, March 8 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Colonel E. Lester
rones, a member of the American Le
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’ion’s executive committee, told the,
louse ways and means committee to
lay that the Legion had made a mis
;ake in presenting its proposals for
he relief of soldiers in an incomplete
ind unorganized form.
Colonel Jones said the executive
committee would meet this week to
'ormulate a definite and sane policy,
ogether with a scheme to finance any
a onus plan it may propose.
HUNTERS DRIFT
ON ICE FLOES
FOR MANY DAYS
NOME, March 8 (by Associated
Press).—Three Eskimo hunters have
arrived here over the shore ice. They
said they drifted for fifteen days on
m ice cake out of sight of land, and
suffered extremely from cold and
hunger.
A gale carried them out to set when
they camped on the ice near the Yu
kon.
KETCHIKAN MERCHANT
DIES IN SEATTLE
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SEATTLE, March 8 (by Associated
Press).—Fremont King, a prominent
business man of Ketchikan, and well
itnown on the Pacific coast, died here
Saturday from influenza.
PRESIDENT ENJOYS
AUTO RIDE TODAY
WASHINGTON, March 8 (by Asso
ciated Press).—President Wilson went
'iding in an open automobile today.
Te looked the picture of health.
JAPS STILL HOLDING
' ON TO VLADIVOSTOK
WASHINGTON, March S (by Asso
ciated Press).—It is understood that
the matter of retiring from Siberia
is still under discussion in the Japa
nese diet. It is declared that Japan
will not relinquish control of Vladi
vostok and vicinity.
WILL NOT BEAR
PART EXPENSE
OF LEAGUE
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WASHINGTON, March S (by Asso
ciated Press).—The senate on Satur
day readopted the reservation to the
peace treaty declining to hear bart of
the expenses of the League of Na
tions except by action of congress.
The vote was 46 to 25. Eight Demo
crats supported the reservation.
A proviso was added excluding from
the stipulation the office expenses and
salary of the secretary general.
REFUSES TO
BE CANDIDATE
AT PRIMARIES
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NEW YORK, March 8 (by Associat
ed Press).—W. G. McAdoo and Senator
Phelan of California have asked the j
Democratic state central committee of
California not to use their names as
presidential candidates.
Mr. McAdoo reiterated today his de
termination to refuse to allow the use
of his name as a candidate in the
presidential primaries in Georgia. He
daclares that the convention should be j
free to exercise its unfettered judg
ment as to platform and candidates.
MURPHY DRIVEN
TO SUICIDE BY
ILLNESS
SEATTLE. March 8 (by Associated
Press).—The body of Daniel Murphy,
a former saloonkeepeer, was found to
day off the Colman dock. He was the
father of Harry Murphy, the cartoon
ist. The body contained no marks of
violence.
It is believed that Murphy commit
ted suicide, fearing a fatal illness.
MANY RADICALS ARE
ARRESTED IN OHIO:
AKRON, Ohio, March 8 (by Associ
ated Pres L—Sixty-four alleged radi
cals were taken yesterday in raids on
meeting places by industrial agents.
EVERETT SHOWS BIG
GAIN IN NEW CENSUS
WASHINGTON, March 8 ’(by Asso
ciated Press).—The population of Ev
erett, Wash., is given as 27,614 in a
census bureau bulletin issued today.
This is an increase of 2,800.
GOVT.RAILWAY
FIGHTING FOR
MORE FUNDS
WASHINGTON, March 8 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The house sub-commit
tee on appropriations has signified
that it will take charge of the esti
mates for Alaska railroad construc
tion work for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, and will begin hearings in an
extensive session early this week.
Colonel Frederick Mears, chairman
of the Alaskan engineering commis
sion, in charge of the Alaska railroad
work, is here in response to a sum
mons from the department of the in
terior to attend the committee meet
ings.
It is estimated that the $8,000,000
asked for this year will complete the
railroad through from Seward to Ne
nana. This will leave only $3,000,000
of the $52,000,000 authorized for the
completion of the road.
PAPERS MUST REDUCE
CONSUMPTION OF NEWS
PRINT TEN PER CENT
WASHINGTON, March S (by Asso
ciated Press).—Chairman Steenerson
of the committee on postoffices and
post roads of the house of representa
tives has written to newspaper pub
lishers calling attention to the com
mittee’s request that they reduce their
consumption of news print 10 per cent
on account of the acute shortage.
GEN. GRAY SAYS
RUSSIANS ARE
INEFFICIENT
SEATTLE, March 8 (by Associated
Press).—General I. Thord Gray, a vet
eran of thirteen wars, has arrived
here from Vladivostok. He served in
Admiral Kolchak’s army, was captured
by the “reds,” and was forced to leave
Russia or join the “reds.”
General Gray fought with the Brit
ish in France. He said he was dis
gusted with the inefficiency and jeal
ousy in Russia.
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WAR WORKER
MYSTERIOUSLY
Disappears
CHICAGO, March 8 (by Associated
Press).—The police of Chicago and De
troit are searching for Angelus J. Cas
ten, chemist of the International Har
vester Company, who disappeared
after writing from Detroit that he was
leaving for Washington.
Casten invented a valuable depth
bomb propulsive which was used by
the United States naval forces during
the war.
In a letter received from an identifi
cation company it was stated that Cas
ten had been killed by train. The
company knows of no such death being
reported.
SUPPLY BASE
FOR ALASKA
WASHINGTON, March 8 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Secretary of the Navy
Daniels, before the house committee
on naval affairs today, urged the ex
tensive development of naval bases
and facilities on the Pacific coast. He
urged the ultimate establishment of
a fueling and supply base in Alaska,
at a place to be determined later.
The secretary recommended the es
tablishment of submarine and de
stroyer bases at Port Angeles and As
toria and the enlargement of the
Bremerton yards to handle a large
quota of the Pacific fleet.
Mr. Daniels made no recommenda
tions for Mare Island. He said the
Bremerton yard should become one of
the main repair and docking yards for
capital ships.
The secretary recommended the de
velopment of San Diego as the main
base of the Pacific fleet while on the.
Southern drill grounds.
| VANCOUVER ISLAND
| WHALING COMPANY
HAS BEEN ORGANIZED
VICTORIA, B. C., March S (bv Asso
. c«
ciated Press).—The Vancouver Island
Whaling Company has been incorpor
ated here for $600,000. The headquar
ters of the concern will be in this city,
and it will work the entire coast of
British Columbia. Returned soldiers
will be favored in the giving out of
employment.
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BURGLARSDO
GOOD JOB AT
LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES, March 8 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Four men last night
robbed a safe in a First street store of
from $25,000 to $30,000 in cash and
Liberty bonds. The men gained an
entrance to the store by telling the
watchmen that they were detectives
employed to watch the store.
They handcuffed the watchman and
janitor to the elevator caging and
worked for three hours in opening the
safe.
VOLUNTARY RELIEF
WORK FOR STARVING
PEOPLE OF EUROPE
GENEVA, March 8 (by Associated
Press).—The board of governors of
the League of Red Cross Societies has
adopted resolutions for an extension of
voluntary relief work among the starv
ing and diseased populations of Cen
tral and Eastern Europe, provided the
different governments supply food,
clothing and transportation.
INCOME TAX DODGERS
SHOULD BE REPORTED
WASHINGTON. March 8 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Chief of the Internal
Revenue Bureau Roper has issued a
plea to all honest citizens to aid in
bringing to justice income tax dodgers.
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