The Cordova Daily Times
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VOL. IV, NO. 167. CORDOVA. ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1919.PRICE TEN CENTS
NEW GOVERNMENT FDR GERMAN PEOPLE
ITALV TO AOTPT ALLIES' SETTLEMENT Of ADRIATIC QUES1KHI
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES SAYS
ALLIES HAVE NEVER BEEN
: FAITHFUL TO ITALIANS
PARIS, June 20 (by Associated Press).—Reuter’s press
service says Italy lias instructed the Italian delegats to the
peace conference to aceept the settlement of the Dalmation
question, as agreed upon by Wilson, Lloyd George and Clem
enceau.
Orlando Was Forced to Resign
ROME, June 20 (by Associated Press).—“We must re
main faithful to our duties and toward our allies,” Orlando
declared to the chamber of deputies yesterday. A great tumult
followed, some crying “the allies have never been faithful to
Italy, why should we be faithful to them.” Orlando’s speech
stirred the deputies so. that they did not hear the rest of his
speech. They voted down a vote of confidnc in his govern
ment and forced him to resign.
Italy’s New Delegates Not Known
PARIS, June 20 (by Associated Press).—A settlement of
the Adriatic question will be definitely postponed if .the king
accepts Orlando’s resignation. Italy will probably send a new
peace delegation to Versaillies, but it is unknown here who
will sign the German treaty for Italy on Monday.
ALASKA TO GET
BENEFIT OF
IMS PLAN
WASHINGTON, June 20— Soldiers
who enlisted from Alaska and Hawaii
may take advantage of Secretary
Lane's proposed “Homes for Soldiers”
law as a result of the activity of the
Alaskan chapter of the American Min
ing Congress which appealed by cable
to Secretary Lane to include Alaska
in the proposed bill. Alaska furnished
more than five thousand men for the
army—more than half of the available
young men in the Territory. The won
derful agricultural possibilities of
Alaska are little known in the United
States but the mining chapter called
attention to the rights of that far away
country to have its men returned to
the state of their adoption. Hawaii
which furnished a large quota of
soldiers will be included in the bill
which will be presented by Congress
man Mondell, the latest bill being a
compilation of the better features of
several bills prepared "by leaders of
both parties in both houses.
PATIENTS RECOVERING
FROM EFFECTS POISON
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DAWSON, June 20 (by Associated
Press).—Six patients are still in the
hospital as a result of being poisoned
on Hunker creek, but they are all re
covering.
EXCURSIONISTS DUE
IN DAWSON TODAY
DAWSON, June 20 (by Associated
Press).—Two steamboat midnight sun
excursions, en route from Fort Yukon
are due here today.
OHIO LEGISLATURE'
WANTS FIGHT STOPPED
tv COLUMBUS, June 20 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The lower house of the
Ohio legislature has adopted a resolu
tion asking the governor to stop the
Wlllard-Dempsey fight scheduled, to
take place July 4.
FOREIGN TRADE
IS GREATER
THAN EVER
WASHINGTON, June 20 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The continued high
records in exports in May gave the
United States foreign trade a credit
of S3,505,000,000. For the first eleven
months of the fiscal year it was $141,
000,000 greater than the previous high
record of 1917. In eleven months the
nation exported $6,000,000,000 worth of
goods and imported about $10,000,000,
000 worth.
LABOR RESOLUTES ON
ESPIONAGE PRISONERS
ATLANTIC CITY, June 20 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The American Federa
tion of Labor convention refused to
ask for the release of political espion
age prisoners, but adopted a resolu
tion requesting that prisoners be re
leased when peace is declared.
FINANCIAL SUCCESS
OF FIGHT ASSURED
TOLEDO, June 20 (by Associated
Press).—Tex Rickard is now assured
af the financial success of the big fight,
as $360,000 in cash has already been
received for tickets. Dempsey re
sumes his boxing tomorrow.
LOUVAINE UNIVERSITY
HONORS OUR PRESIDENT
BRUSSELS, Jun 20 (by Associated
Press).—In the ruins of the Louvaine
library the degree of Doctor of Laws
was conferred upon President Wilson
lay the University of Louvaine.
ARMY AVIATORS CROSS
CASCADE MOUNTAINS
CLB BLUM, Wash., June 20 (by As
sociated Press).—Two army aviators,
lying from Seattle, have arrived here,
rhey are the first aviators to cross the
Cascade mountains.
SENATOR DECLARES LEAGUE
MAY ID IN SEPARATION
OF CHURCH A! STATE
WASHINGTON, June 20 (by Associated Press).—Senator
Sherman of Illinois, in speaking before the senate warned that
the league of nations may end in the separation of the church
and state and bring the civilized world under the domination
of the Vatican, saying that the Roman Catholic church will be
represnted in the league assembly by twenty-four out of a total
of forty-six votes. He declared the Vatican believes in the in
herent right of papal authority to administer civil government.
Vote on Knox Resolution Not Be Forced
WASHINGTON, June 20 (by Associated Press).—It is in
dicated that the opponents of the league of nations might
abandon their efforts to force a test vote in the senate before
the Germans act on the treaty. The Republicans have virtually
abandoned hope of bringing a roll call on the Knox resolution.
PASSAGE OF ALASKA COAL
AND OIL LEASING BILL
WILL DEVELOP TERRITORY
SEATTLE, June 20 (by Associated Press).—A special dis
patch from Washington to the Seattle Times says the senators
and congressmen who voted a $35,000,000 appropriation for
the Alaska government railway believe they ultimately will
reap much praise for their action, as they are hopeful that
the royalties from Alaska coal and oil lands will pay back the
railway’s cost within a few years. The geological survey says
the passage of the coal and oil leasing bill in this congress
will be the forerunner of great oil development in Alaska.
CONGRESSMAN SAYS LABOR
NOT OPPOSED PROHIBITION
WHICH IS HERE TO STAY
WASHINGTON, June 20 (by Associated Press).—Rep
resentative Cooper, a Republican, in a speech delivered in the
bouse today stated Samuel Gompers did not speak labor’s sen
timent when he opposed prohibition. He declared the liquor
traffic, aided by German brewers, threatened to ally itself
with anarchy and bolshevism unless it is able to obtain con
cessions from the government and society. He said the Ger
man brewers can howl their heads off and can spend millions
but that prohibition is here to stay.
FINANCIAL AID
TO STRIKERS
OF CANADA
BELLINGHAM, June 20 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Washington State
Federation of Labor convention here
voted financial support to the British
Columbia strikers who are out in
sympathy with the Winnipeg workers.
President Kavanaugh, of the British
Columbla Federatlon of Labor, told the
convention the strikers are fighting the
Canadian government because it took
a hand In Industrial matters, thus con
verting the strike Into a political ques
tion.
STR. SOPHIA
IN CUSTODY
U. S. COURT
VICTORIA, June 20 (by Associated
Press).—When asked If the steamship
Princess Sophia would be raised, Cap
tain Trout of the Canadian Pacific
Company said the United States fed
eral court virtually owned the Sophia,
the company having given the boat to
the court when it sued for limitation
of liability. The court has an agree
ment with the Deep Sea Salvaging
Company, which is working on the
wreck.
SCHIEDMANN GOVERNMENT
IN GERMANY HAS FALLEN
AND TREATY MAY BE SIGNED
PARIS, June 20 (by Associated Press).—The Schiede
mann government, in Germany has fallen, and it is believed
the new government will sign the peace treaty. According to
reports the German national assembly accepted the terms but
Scheidemann strongly opposed the treaty. Gustav Noske, min
ister of defense, is to head the new government.
Germans May Ask For More Time
PARIS, June 20 (by Associated Press).—It is reported the
Germans want more tim to answer the treaty.
Wilson’s Plan? Are Again Upset
PARIS, June 20 (by Associated Press).—Changes in Ger
many may cause President Wilson to postpone his departure
from France.
SOVIET BUREAU
IN NEW YORK
IS RADICAL
NEW YORK, June 20 (by Associated
Press).—In a raid upon the Russian
Soviet bureau here pamphlets written
by Lenine, Trotzky and Bela Kun, ap
pealing to American workers to rise
up and take things in their own hands,
were seized, in which the names ol
manv prominent American radicals
figured. The correspondence was taken
by the officers.
MAROONEDCREW
IN DANGER OF
STARVING
HONOLULU, June 20 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Captain D. P. Wall and
a Honolulu crew of seven men Is be
lieved to be marooned on Fluit island,
a thousand miles south of Honolulu.*
They are in great danger of starving
to death as there is no vessel here
abouts to send for tehm. 1
MANY PEOPLE KILLED,
IN BURNING THEATRE
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, June 20 (by
Associated Press).—It is reported that
one hundred and fifty persons, includ
ing many children were killed and in
jured In the burning of a moving pic
ture house at Mayaguez.
WIRELESS AT TAMPICO
SENDS 2,000 MILES
TAMPICO, Mexico, June 20 (by As
sociated Press).—The government has
completed the erection here of a wire
less station which, it is claimed, has a
sending radius at night of 2,000 miles.
FISH QUOTATIONS
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KETCHIKAN, June 20.—Pish prices
heretoday are as follows: Halibut,
firsts, 10 cents; seconds 6% cents;
sable, 3 cents; red and rock cod, 1%
cents.
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REPRISALS NOT
PLANNED BY
VIUJSTAS
EL PASO, June 20 (by Associated
Press).—A courier from Villa’s camp
it Samalayuca brought a note from
Angeles to General James Erwin, ask
ing why the Americans pursued the
Villistas. He said the Villa troops
endeavored to keep from shooting
across the Rio Grande and tried to
keep fighting away from the border,
[t is said Villa does not plan reprisals
an Americans in Mexico.
STOWAWAYS ARE
BOLSHEVIKI
EMISSARIES
VANCOUVER, June 20 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Eight Russian stow
aways disguised as Canadian soldiers
tvere found aboard the Monteagle,
(vhich arrived from Vladivostok with
eight hundred Canadian troops. It is
believed the Russians are Bolsheviki
emissaries sent here to spread their
ioctrine. The men are to be deported.
PRIESTS GO ON STRIKE
FOR HIGHER SALARIES
ROME, June 20 (by Associated
Press).—Priests at Loretocad, a resort
af pilgrims, struck for more pay and
stopped celebrating masses when
their claims were not granted.
HARVARD CREW WDJS
RACE FROM YALE BOYS
NEV\< LONDON, Conn., June 20 (by
Associated Press).—Harvard defeated
the Yale freshman varsity crew, the
races being rowed during lightning
ind a rain storm.
ALASKA MINING STOCKS
NEW YORK, June 20 (by Associated
Press).—Mining stock quotations to
lay were: Alaska Qold, 3%; Alaska
runeau, 2.
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