Cordova Daily Times
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VOL V. NO. 83 CORDOVA, ALASKA. TUESDAY, MARC H 9, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS
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SCARCITY OF OIL SHOULD HASTEN DEVELOPMENT OF OUR FIELDS
DIVIDENDS OF ;
STOCKS ARE
NOTTAXABLE
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WASHINGTON, March 9 (by Asso-j
dated Press).—The supreme court,
yesterday handed down a decision
Adding that corporation dividends
distributed as stock do not constitute
income, and are not subject to the
federal tax.* The provisions of the
income tax law applying to this sub
ject were held to be unconstitutional.
The decision of the court was by a
vote of five to four.
Error Creates Excitement
NEW YORK, March 9 (by Associat
ed Press).—News agencies yesterday
misstated the income tax decision of
the United States supreme court af
fecting stock dividends, stating that
the decision declared them to be tax- j
able.
Panic and demoralization on the
stock exchange followed, and hundreds
of thousands of dollars were won and
lost in a few minutes.
The report of the Associated Press
was accurate, and wdien it arrived
stocks began to recover, and many
showed substantial gains.
WILSON INSISTS
ON ADOPTION
OF ARTICLE 10
WASHINGTON, March 9 (by Asso- j
oiated Press).—President Wilson, writ-'
ing to Senator Hitchcock yesterday.:
restated his opposition to any reserva-;
tions to the peace treaty which would j
weaken the full force of Article 10 of j
the League of Nations covenant, or
materially impair its provisions.
Speaking of Article 10, the President
said there could be no escaping the
moral obligations, expressed in posi
tive terms. He had, he said, no ob
jection to explanatory interpretations
of the constitutional methods by
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wHjfcrh the terms of the covenant were
to he fulfilled, but he continued, “the
reservations which have come to my
notice are almost without exception
not interpretations of the articles to
which they were proposed to be at
tached, but were in effect virtual an
nulments of the articles.”
Aticle 10 Is Stumbling Block
The senate yesterday readopted the
last four Republican reservations, re
lating to armaments, the economical
boycott, alien property and labor,
leaving only those relating to Article
10 and the voting power yet unsettled.
DUNDEE LOSES BOUT
TO WILLIE JACKSON
# JERSEY CITY, March 9 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Willie Jackson of New
♦crk last night outpointed Johnny
Dundee in an eight-round match.
NEW TRIAL ORDERED IN
CASE OF MRS. STOKES
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ST. LOUIS, March 9 (by Associated
Press).—The circuit court of appeals
has reversed the conviction of Mrs.
Rose Pastor Stokes, a wealthy Social
ist, for alleged violation of the espion
age act, and has ordered a new trial.
Previously Mrs. Stokes has been sen
^ fenced to ten years’ imprisonment.
SEATTLE LEADS
IN BIG HOCKEY
TOURNAMENT
VANCOUVER. B. C., March 9 (by
Associated Press).—Seattle defeated
Vancouver in last night’s hockey game
by a score of 2 to nothing.
By this victory Seattle again takes
the lead in the Western league. The
last regular game will be played at
Seattle tomorrow night, following
which the leaders of the Eastern and
Western leagues will play for the
championship. Vancouver is in sec
ond place.
MINEWORKERS
TO INSIST UPON
HIGHER WAGES
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 9 (by
Associated Press).—A statement has
been issued from the headquarters of
the United Mine Workers here which
leads to the belief that the Mine
Workers will refuse to accept the find
ings of President Wilson’s coal com
mission unless it provides substantial
increases in wages and improved work
ing conditions.
The statement says the mines will
feel that full justice has not been done
unless these betterments are provided.
The government, it says, promised to
lower the cost of living, but that prom
ise is unfulfilled.
HI JOHNSON IS PEEVED
AT ARRANGEMENT OF
MINNESOTA PRIMARY
MINNEAPOLIS, March 9 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Senator Hiram John
son of California yesterday reiterated
his assertion that the Republican
state primaries, to be held March 15,
have been arranged in the interest of
General Leonard Wood.
CALDWELL GETTING
READY TO ASSUME
MAYORALTY CHAIR
SEATTLE, March 9 (by Associated
Press).—Mayor-elect Caldwell re
turned yesterday from his vacation
trip, and is today holding conferences
regarding the conduct of his office.
It is believed that the new mayor
will press an investigation of the mu
nicipal street car deal. It is rumored
that Thomas Murphine, superintendent
of public utilities, will resign.
It is understood that Mayor Cald
well will retain Chief of Police Joe
Warren for the present.
Major Carl Reeves, an unsuccessful
candidate for councilman, may suc
ceed Murphine.
Scores of congratulatory messages
from all parts of the country have
reached Mayor Caldwell.
ANOTHERMILLIONINGOLD
ON WAY FROM EUROPE
NEW YORK, March 9 (by Associ
ated Press).—It is announced that
Great Britain is shipping $1,125,000 in
gold to this city. The sub-treasury
has received three millions in gold
from Canada.
SENATE WANTS INFORMATION UPON
SUBJECT OF VITAL IMPORTANCE HERE
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WASHINGTON, March 9 (by Associated Press).—The senate to- !
day adopted a resolution requiring the secretary of the interior to re
port what steps were being taken to develop traffic and population
along the line of the new government railroad in Alaska.,
TRAIN ROBBERS
ARE FOILED BY
CHANGED TIME
SEATTLE, March 9 (by Associated
Press).—A sheriff's posse is searching
the woods near Cedar Mountain for
five armed men who are believed to
have intended to hold up the Olym
pian overland Milwaukee train.
The engine crew of a freight train
which ran on the Olympian’s time last
night reported that they saw four
armed men beside the track, and that
a fifth hurriedly removed torpedoes
from the track when they saw the
freight train.
It is believed the torpedoes were in
tended to stop the Olympian. The
storms delayed the Olympian for four
hours.
WAR PROLONGED
BY NAVY DEPT.!
SAYS ADMIRAL
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WASHINGTON, March 9 (bv Asso
ciated Press).—Testifying before the
senate committee which is investigat
ing naval awards today. Admiral Sims
declared that the failure of the navy
department to act promptly on his
recommendations, and to place this
country’s entire naval resources at the
disposal of the allies within six
months after the United States had
entered the war, had prolonged the
struggle for at least four months.
Because of this failure on the part
of the navy officials, said the admiral,
the outcome of the war had been -un
necessarily jeopardized, three thou
sand lives had been lost, and one hun
dred million dollars had been spent
every day of the war.
Admiral Sims said the navy func
tioned magnificently when it entered
the war in 1918.
GRAVES RESIGNS AS
FORESTRY SERVICE HEAD
WASHINGTON, March 9 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Henry S. Graves, who
succeeded Pinchot as head of the for
estry service, has resigned to enter
private life.
Albert F. Potter, associate forester,
resigned today, following the resigna
tion of Chief Forester Graves.
MOTHER IS FOUND •
BOUND AND GAGGED
Everett, Wash., March 9 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Mrs. Daisy P. Fellner,
wife of a Seattle cook, and mother of
two children, was found bound and
gagged on a street near the edge of
the city this morning. Mrs. Fellner
last remembers being struck by an au
tomobile or street car in Seattle, and
being placed in an antomobile, while
en route home from the movies.
ARRANGING FOR
CONVENTION OF
REPUBLICANS
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CHICAGO, March 9 (by Associated
Press).—Officers of the Republican na
tional convention, who will deliver the
keynote speeches of the campaign, will
be selected at. a meeting of the con
vention committee to be held May 10.
This announcement was made yes
terday after a session at which agree
ment was reached regarding conven
tion plans, seating arrangements and
apportionment of seats.
Nine hundred and eighty-four dele
gates were provided for, and the re
mainder of the space in the Coliseum
yvill be divided among the state com
mittees. The apportionment of at- j
taches also will be made among the
state committees.
DENIES REPORT I
OF FIGHTING
IN HONDURAS
NEW ORLEANS. March 9 (by As-1
socialed Press).—Dr. Toledo Lopez, j
Honduran consul general, has issued a>
denial of the Mexico City report* of
fighting in the Honduran congress. He
said he had received a message to the
effect that his government was func
tioning normally.
Consul Probably Ill-Informed
SAN SALVADOR, March 9 (by As
sociated Press).—A dispatch received
here says the Honduran revolution
ists have been dispersed, fleeing to
Nicaragua.
SEATTLE PASSENGERS
GIVEN A SHAKE-UP
SEATTLE, March 9 (by Associated
Press).—Twelve persons were slightly
injured today when a Yesler way cable
car was halted suddenly by a broken
grip, which lodged in the cable slot.
The passengers were thrown violently
about the car.
KING GEORGE’S PANTS
CREASED AT SIDES
LONDON, March 9 (by Associated
Press).—The latest pictures of King
George show him with his pants
creased at the sides instead of the
center. It is not believed that the
general styles will change.
BANK IS HELD UP
AND CASHIER KILLED
KANSAS CITY, March 9 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Four bandits last night
attempted a sensational hold-up of a
bank in the residence section of the
city. Glenn Shockey, cashier of the
bank, was killed.
NAVAL BASE
HAS NOT YET
BEEN CHOSEN
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SEATTLE, March 9 (by Associated!
Press).—Special dispatches to local
newspapers from Washington say that j
Secretary of the Navy Daniels declares
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that the question of a suitable loca
tion for an Alaska naval base has not
been thoroughly studied.
The secretary says he will make no
specific recommendations until he has
studied the question. He said the base
would be a necessity in the course of
time.
RUMOREDSALE
OF SHIPYARD
TO JAPANESE
WASHINGTON, March 9 (by Asso- j
ciated Press).—Louis Titus, an official!
of the Skinner & Eddy Shipbuilding;
Corporation, Seattle, has written to j
President Wilson asking him to with-1
draw his nomination as a member of
the United States Shipping Board.
Mr. Titus said he was an oil pro
ducer, and that it would be an em
barrassing position for him to be on
the board when contracting for oil for
the board.
It is rumored that the Japanese have
purchased one of the Skinner & Eddy
yards at Seattle from the Shipping
Board.
JAPANESE TO RESUME
COMMERCIAL RELATIONS
WITH RUSSIAN SOVIETS
HONOLULU, March 9 (by Associ
ated Press).—Tokio dispatches say
that the Japanese foreign office has
intimated that it will soon restore com
mercial relations with the Bolsheviki,
preliminary to recognition of the soviet
as a de facto government.
MANY FATALITIES AS
RESULT OF FALLING OF
SCAFFOLD IN ST. LOUIS
ST. LOUIS, March 9 (by Associated
Press).—Three men were killed and
seven seriously injured here yesterday
when a scaffolding at the plant of the
General Motors Company fell.
HINDENBURG WILL BE
CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE
OF GERMAN PRESIDENT
BERLIN, March 9 (by Associated
Press).—Field Marshal Von Hinden
burg has consented to be a candidate
for the presidency.
COMMANDER OF NAVAL
PRISON HAS RESIGNED
PORTSMOUTH. N. H., March 9 (by
Associated Press).— Thomas M. Os
borne has again forwarded his resig
nation as commander of the naval
prison here to Secretary of the Navy
Daniels.
GET YOUR OIL ,
RIGS IN ORDER
FOR DRILLING
WASHINGTON, March 9 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The United States
Geological Survey, revealing the seri
ousness of the fuel oil situation, an
nounces that the demand in January
was nearly live million barrels greater
than in December.
It is stated that the increased de
mand and consumption in January far
exceeded production.
Lane Predicts Shortage
LOS ANGELES, March 9 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Franklin K. Lane, in
an interview here today, said that on*
of the biggest problems before the
American people during the next two
years will be the supplying of the mer
chant marine with fifty million barrels
of oil yearly. A world oil shortage is
impending, said the former secretary
of the interior.
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SHOTS FIRED
BEFORE RANKS
WERE BROKEN
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MONTESANO. Wash.. March 9 (by
Associated Press).—Thirty witnesses
are expected to be called for the state
in rebuttal in the trial of the Centralis,
murder case.
Participants in the Armistice da/
parade testified yesterday that shots
were fired before the ranks of the
marchers were broken.
Carried Rope in Parade
Postmaster MeCleary of Centralia,
who carried a rope in the parade. »aid
he picked it up on the street, and
that it belonged to an automobile.
None of the marchers were armed,
according to witnesses.
Eugene Phitzer testified that he was
among the first to reach the hall, and
that he was wounded.
The defense previously had contend
ed that Grimm, and not Phitzer, was
wounded from the hall.
None of the witnesses saw Dr. Bick
ford, who said he was among the first
at the hall.
Claim Roberts Is Sane
J. B. Cooper and Roy Inmon, jailors,
testified today that the defendant Rob
erts, who is claimed by the defense
to be insane, appears to be normally
rational. They said he acted like the
other prisoners, except that he was
not talkative. His appetite was good.
Neither of the witnesses had heard
Roberts speak of Attorney Vanderveer
as Colonel Disqce, as had been testi
fied to by witnesses for the defense.
Dr. William House, a Portland physi
cian. and Dr. E. R. Ahlman of Ho
quiarn, testified that Roberts was sane.
Theq observed Roberts in his cell
and said that the prisoner’s apparently
incoherent answers to questions could
have been faked. ^
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SMOKELESS AMERICA
IS THE LATEST FAD
CHICAGO, March 9 (by Associated
Press).—The International Cigarette
League, successor to the Anti-Ciga
rette League, is planning a “smokeless
America” by 1926.