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The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-18
THIRTY-TW0 l. W. w.
 ARE DECLARED GUILTY
 UNDER ESPIONAGE ACT

KANSAS CITY, Dec. IS (by Asso- ciated Press).-A jury here today re- turned verdicts of guilty on sixty-four counts against thirty-two I. w. w. for violation of the espionage act.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-18
MASONIC MEETING

Stated communication Mount Me Kinley Lodge No. 1S3, F. & A. M., Thursday, December IS, 1919, at 8 p. m. Election of officers. Visitors welcome
 EDWARD F. MEDLEY, w. M. A. McN. FIELD, Sec. 17-2
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-18
FISH QUOTATIONS

KETCHIKAN, Dec. 18.-Fish prices yesterday were: Halibut, firsts, 17&c; seconds, 17kc; sable, Sc; red rock, 1Ac.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-18

nament at the Horseshoe. Tonight Walker will play Dr. W. H. Chase, and if he defeats Chase he will win the championship of the tournament.
 The city council met in adjourned session this afternoon and fixed the tax levy for this year at 10 mills.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

follows: War Department, proper.
SG. 1913. 24S: Navy Department, proper,
SG,D0T.SIn; Interior Department,
s. .093 $40; Dcnartmcnt Of Commerce,
$12 TTS 80; Department of Justice,
STO1 $40, and Department OF Labor,
81, 100 .43O.
Approximately SS0,O00,O 900 will be
sought by the various executive
branches also to he used in public
works. This latter includes $3l 600,
900 to he asked by the Navy Depart
ment for work in navy yards, docks,
etc., aud So, 100000 for the Interior
Department. reclamation service.
The shipping board has estimated its
needs at $4i7, Tjj, ,O6l to be used in
operatiOu of the merchant marine and
completing it's building program.
The administration program for re-
facilitating soldiers aud sailors calls
Tor an appropriation of S3S, $50 600,
This figure, however. is subject 10
change becau" statistics as to certain
projected activities were incomplete
Work of the Federal Trade Commits
sion will require 81 2S3. l3O EXpen o.
ditures Of the District of Columbia gov
ernmcnt were cstimHJed at Sl0,iT0. 900.
Permanent annual appropriations for
the year amount to 81 li25, ,iOI .TJ2
These included 81 or. .5NOOOO for in
terest ON the public debt, customs and
Internal revenue. $2I.gO1 GEO: sinking
fund, S2SI 800, 900, and miscellaneous,
500, ,J0O,OO
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

Senator Hitchcock was without signiti
canoe. Hitchcock's relations with the
President are complicated by the con-
test over the Senate leadership,
Neither he nor Senator Underwood
can go to the White House without
starting rumors that the White House
is favoring one or the other in the Sen
ate contest. Beneath the surface some
obscure maneuvering is going on to get
each on the front page of the newspapers
or to keep one or the other off that
page. This situation in some way con-
tributed either to the announcement
that the President had summoned Mr..
Hitchcock or else to his failure to OBJ
tain an appointment. The President
did see Secretary Baker on Sunday, just
before the secretary's departure for
Panama. This was the day after the
failure of Mr. Hitchcock to see him. 1t
should set at rest the story that the
President had suffered relapse and
become once more unable to receive
visitors.
There is another little fairly well
authenticated story which indicates the
Presidents activity and capacity. nMrs
Wilson showed a friend at the White
House mass of stenographic notes
which she says the President had pre- q
pared as memoranda on some subject
upon which he was working. These
notes were described by the person who
saw them as perfectly clear and well
formed
"Tmpertinent" and Persistent
If this story is true, and there is no
reason to doubt it. it should dispose
Of the rumor that Mr.. Wilson is par
alyzed in his right hand Even accept
ing the story that the President can
sign his name with his left hand, per
haps invented by some one to account
for his uudisputed signatures to d0cu
ments, it is not to be supposed that he
can write stenographir characters with
his left hand, nor for that matter with
a right hand which has been recently
paralyzed.
These two circumstances to show how
slim is the evidence regarding the Pres e
idcnt's actual condition. If you ask,
you are told stories like the foregoing
but anything more definite is refused.
1t may be simply that those who sur
round the President are unable to un-
derstand the public point of view and
regard his illness as a private matter
regarding which everybody is some
what impertinent.
Or it may be that they are so clear
in their own minds about his condition
that they cannot understand the doubt
and confusion existing throughout the
country.
This much may be confidently as
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

long time" Physicians do not allow
very sick men" to indulge in pro-
tracted mental labor, when that labor
can be avoided.
Even though he did not write it, the
message is the Presidents, read, ap-
proved and signed by him.
Cabinet Regains Powers
In the same way the President is not
being consulted upon the Mexican stu
alton. The probability is that he is
cognizant of the difficulty with Mexico
and if Secretary Lansing's handling of
IL. for he reads the ncwsnaNcrs and has
them read to him. But Mr.. Lansing
is now really secretary of state, just as
the other cabinet officers are now the
real heads Of their departments. The
United States has. in effect. a commits
sion form of government. Secretaries
who never could take Il step without
consulting the President feel very in
dependent now.
The President is nervous and excit-
able. especially on the subject of the
treaty, absorption in which broke him
down. He is improving. but very slowly.
We have no longer a one man gov
ernment and the very persons who once
were angry because VIC had a one man
government are now angry because it
has ceased to be one.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
WILSON'S ILLNESS
REEVES GOSS|PS.
Failure of Hitchcock to See
President Furnishes Fuel
for Rumor Factory
DEFINITE STATEMENT SOON
by CLINTON w. GILBERT
STAFF Correspondent Of the Evening Public
TeJrer

NIOH tOTTtSUOuueHl - INV iNtHlhE upiiN
ledger
Washington. Dec. 3.--The Presl-
dents illness is again agitating Wash
ington. The Senate, especially the Re
publican side Of It, is busy suggesting
that the President is incapacitatcd at
present. many senator's declaring yes
terdav that the President did not write
his last message to Congress.
Several circumstances have con-
tributed to this new outbreak of rumors.
For one thing the Presidents recovery
hoS been extremely slow. Then. too,
there have been no official bulletins in
many weeks Those bulletins were
stOnpcd because there was virtually no
change in the Presidents condition from
day TO day. and so the daily announce
mrutS were meaningless.
Then failure of Senator Hitchcock to
secure an appointment with the PrcSi-
dent on Saturday started the story that
Mr. Wilson was worse. Tho attitude
of those who surrounded the President
adds to the rumors.
Questions about the President s actual
condition provoke resentment. The i'm
p'icatiou is that spCculations as to the
Presidents health are prompted by
no'iticS and not by legitimate in
tcrest of the public in the chief of the
nation.
The Presidents friends allow the
rumors to grow and grow until denial
of them can no longer be avoided, and
then some statement is issued which
tends to set them at rest. That point
iS being reached again. Some formal
statement about the Presidents condi-
tion cannot be much longer delayed.
AS to the Presidents actual condition
it is difficult to obtain anything more
than indications. The failure to sec
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

serted, the brain of the President is
perfectly clear. His mind functions
as clearly as ever it did, but his nerv-
Gus condition Is such that not much
mental work can be done by him. The
quality of his mental operations is as
good as ever, the quantity of them has
to be restricted. And it is almost
equally sure that the President has suf-
fered no such paralysis as would be ap-
parent in speaking, in his face, or in
the use of his right hand.
II may be accepted as true beyond
doubt that the President is mentally
capable of performing the duties of his
Office, but that in the interests of his
recovery he is forbidden by his ply
sicians from performing any of them
that it is not absolutely necessary for
him personally to do.
There is little doubt that he did not
write the message. You can not obtain
definite statement from any one that
he did Or did not. but the evidence is
sufficient that the message was put to :
gether from the recommendations OF
various cabinet officers. 1t is not like
permit him to write long message such
as that.
1t was not necessary for him to per-
form this labor. The usual Presi-
dents message for many years has been
nut together much as this one was. And
Doctor Grayson would naturally insist
that the President should avoid this
labor. The failure to write the message
is not significant The Republican SEN
ators are playing small personal politics
in insisting upon it in public statements
as important.
Is Still "a Very Sick Man"
Doctor Grayson said to me q sow
very sick man and would be so for a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
Negro Colonel Gets LtberIan Post

Washington. Dec. 3.-(By A. P.D-
Colnncl Charles Young. retired, the
only negro army officer to attain that
rank. has been selected as military at
cache to Liberia at the request of the
hf.ican republic. Some years ago
Colonel Young organized the military
establishment of Liberia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

command of the Second Aero Squadron.
Another former trooper assigned to the
same unit is Captain Harry G. Dray-
ton, son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Drayton, who has been on duty in the
Office of the director of military aero
nautics at Washington.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
New York,s comptroIIer FIned

New York, Dec. 3.--(By A. P.)---
Declared in contempt Of court for dis
regarding an injunction against the
sale of 81 900, 900 worth of corporate
bonds, City Comptroller Charles j..
Craig was fined $3.50 today by Supreme
Court Justice Manning.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03

Phlla. officer Goes to Philippines
Captain II. Gilpin Erwin, son of Mrs.
Harold Ellis Yarnall and a former city
trooper, has been transferred from
Rockwell Field, Calf, to Corregidor,
philippine Islands, where he will be in
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-03
and, 01clng TO the great e~tent
Of our "pwchaSe Of fur skins, "
the 0a11ety IS equally magnificent

When were approached with the offer to buy out
right for cash warehouseul of SKINS astonished
that any big fur skin merchant would sacrifice his stocks
the sacrifice of his seasons prohts But
business inquire when the goods there and had the
price. The mans figure low enough tempt anybody
who knew the condition of the ur-buyng markets. and
closed Immediately.
T Eve1y kind of ,ski1a,-n1dde up into every
kind of Fur ga1ment-at such savings that
they seem almost unbelevoble-WptI you
see them actually here-the Savings up to rs
per cent.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-08
Have
Been Broken
Up by This
Norman DougbbOy Writes
Sister to Give Opinion on
Delicate Matter,

NORMAN, Ok,a Feb S-JSpe-
caN-Amcr5an soldiers IN France
and Germany who have been living
IN the ,rcn.hc' have grave and serious
problem, o. lace problems which have
caused them many hopr, Of worry
One ci them. Herbert Rail oi Nor.
man, who ), ,n the Nmcnc,h division.
has written 20 hl, sister, Viola Ball
here. Tor advice. y1iclng hrs mcu,a,
anxiety M the following words,
81 hate TO write ynu tins letter trr
fear & annoying you. but the time
has come when must ass someone
for advice. Trusting You vii help
me ol, | ask Your judgment ou a mat
ter tina, ha, caused the many hlgr, o!
pain and days OF auN.c,,
When | tell YOU many home, have
been upset by similar trouble, YOU Will
understand tina, feel You should
know OF It, iof IN all sincerity j, mean,
more than HE or death 10 me dare
not communicate my state OF mind ,u
any Of my friends bu, YOU for | feel
they are no, TO be relied upon in this
great emergency So IN great dlS,rc,,
oi mind ! come TO YOU, knowing your
love will assist me m solving this
great problem Tell me. from your
heart oi heart, your real thought
about the matter
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-08
AMES IS APPOINTED
TO PEACE POSITION

\ communication announcing the
appointment OF Judge {. h AmeS :
vice chairman for Oklahoma of the
congress for the league OF ratNnS to
BE held in St loui, February 3 and
20 was received this morning The
vice chairman is expected to appoint
members OF the regional committee
for his own state. A series OF region.
al meetings are being held throughout,
The United States this month 10 'tou'e
interest in the league Of nations and
back up preSiden, Wilson in adyocat-
ing the league before the peace con.
ference. said Judge AmcS.
William Taft former president OF
the United States; Henry Morgan.
,hau former minister TO Turkey
James Gerard former minister 'o Ger.
many, and preSiden, Lowell oi Har-
ward university will speak at all oI
the meetings.
At the St Louis conference Judge
NmcS will speak on the League OF
Nations and the Monroe Doctrine"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-08
.orelandMan
PrefersJail to
Home Town
Twenty Days Chosen by Vic
tor Luppy Rather Than
Return 10 Home,

Morelani Okla. must be a good
place to come from" and a poor place
m which TO live Judging from the
attitude OF Victor Luppy erstwhile
lnhabi,ant OF that salubrlouS place
when arraigned in city court this
morning on a charge OF yagrancy
Municipal Judge Splitter told Luppy
today that he might 20 free ii he
promised to return to his home.
Iuppy thought the matter over for
minute, hu, finally evidently de
clded that jail was preferable.
no. sir" he told the Judge, Il
don't think | want to go hack there"
"All right, then said Splitter
twenty days in jail"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-08
EMBARGO FACTS
SOUGHT BY U. S.
Inquiries Sent Britain, France
and Italy,

WASHINGTON Feb. 8 Inquiries
have been sent hy the state department
10 Great Britain. France and Italy re.
gardlng the British import embargo.
'hc French cartel system and the ltal-
ian system Of government supervision
o' rurshscs all oi which have an
effect On American irdu.'rie,
The Hu'rh emharg, hl, been the
subject oi warm debate m the senate
and II was learned today tina, oom-
plants against II have been received
by the state department from manu-.
iaciurrrS.
Protests have been based upon the
claim that operation OF the embargo
involves discrimination
Officials said today no evidence oi
discrimination has been presented, and
unless discrimination existed. the
United States would have little ground
upun which 30 base ary protest, mas
much a. II was rccpgulEcd the coun-
'r,cS oi Europe were compelled 90 pro-
,eDt themselves during the rcadluSt.
men, oi their industries to a peace
bass
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-08
RESERVE BOARD FOR d
WORLD CREDIT POOL

tons OF the world will be peaceful
Tor a long period OF years. there
seems TO be no reason why an in
ternatlonal arrangement Of this
kind should not operate as ciiI-
cicn,ly as our own gold settlement
fund, which has cleared enormous
transactions between distant sec
tons OF country ot cast area,
Big Saving Result
The saving OF loss and eX-
penSes incident to abrasion and
transportation charges and inter-
est on gold transferred will be
enormous and the advantage TO
the commerce OF the world will be
incalculable" D."
The report disclosed for the frs
time extensive operations OF the fed
eral reserve boards system of regu
laiing foreign exchange Transaction
OF the pas, year to prevent dealings OF
enemy account Agents were main
tanned a, all cable offices, and ,heS
worked in close cooperation will
other government agencies to de,ec
enemy transactions Total purchase
and sales OF demand and cable ex
changes between dealers IN the Unite,
States from FEB ~, 1918, when III
regulation became effective, to Necem
ber n were Ss,lS8OoO 600 Of whic
S71 100000, or u pcrcen, were 70
exchange on Great Britain
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-08
DONNELLY SAYS
WALTON ALONE
KNEW OF PLANS
Commissioners Didn't Know
Of Pavement Base Project

None Of the city commissioner, with
the exception OF J c Walton knew
tha, base ior paving was to be torn
UP when they passed the resolution
authorizing the commissioner oi pub
lic work, to rc'uriace certain alley,
oi the CITY according TO Mike Don
nelly. commissioner oi finance. tr,,l-
Nmg in the district court this morn
ing IN the heating ior a permanent
injunction brought by property owners
against NJ \ Swatck, paving con-
tractor.
Donnelly declared that Walton rep
resented to the commissioners that
the alleys were in had condition and
submitted the preliminary plans OF the
engineer ior repairing and rc>uriac.
Ing The plans he asserted, did moi,
provide for the tearing up ot any base
that could be used Property owners
charged that good base was being
torn up. The resolution, he said,
IJaled for the rcSutiacing OF the al
neyt by laying vltriied brick on the
existing base
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-08
WILLIAMS REFUSES e.
TO TALK OF "H0ME"

Looking inc and feeling Ike a
fighting cock" former Governor
Williams returned from a two week,
visit at Hot Springs, Ark, this morn
ing. lie will remain in the city until
Monday night when he expects TO go
to MuSkogee to qualify for federal
Judge of the eastern district of Okla
homa.
The former governor called a, sew
eral different departments at the cap
tol today and paid visit to Cover
nor Robertson.
Judge Williams declined TO discuss
the question of the girls industrial
home further than to relterate what
he had already said-,ha, he is ready
to meet the committee at any time
or anywhere
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-08
NATIONAL CREDIT
OFFICER TO TALK

I. G Ctowdcr, executive secretary
of the Retail Credit Mems National
association. will speak in Oklahoma
City the latter par, Of February Mr.
Crowdtr will he brough, here by the
local retail credit men lie was credit
manager Tor W. \ Green & Co at
Dallas up to last August and at the
sam. time was president ot the as
,ocia,ion Of which he !, now 'ecrc-
tary.
The Oklahoma City retailers a'so-
ciaton will he invited To- hear Mr.
Crowder, The date is not definitely
decided.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-08
PLAN
ORAF I To Be
READY TO-DAY
TRUCE TERMS REVISED


PARIS. Feb S-IUc peace con
ipren. r commission ou = syrle'y OF
nations cypcu. 20 finish i's work ~'
the session 10 begin a. 10 80 O'Clock
a. m. ro3sy A. long session last
night the committee completed tSo.
,h.rds Of the drai, Of the project
The commission on a society q ma
tons reached a substantial agreement
on the ohici points discussed last
night. according 70 an Official state
mcut issued today.
The commission. u is added, is Of
rdc opinion that certain clause, ui the
dfl,' ,h MD be referred 20 q suG.9m-
mi''cc iJr rlariiCa,yu.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-08
BRITISH DEPORT
RED Ac|7AToRS
BoIsheyik PropagandiStS Are
Sent Out Of Country,

LONDON, Feb. S-The govern.
men, is quietly arresting and deport
Ing undesirable aliens who are be
ieyed 10 Ne bolsheviN propagand,S,S
II Grea, Britain according to the
Daily Sketch which saws that several
have recently been sen, on, ot the
country, including NJ Soermus, Rus
sian revolu,ionist who has been tour.
ing South Wales and who is alleged
10 have been Interviewing his reci,aIs
with bolshevist propaganda work,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-08
report 'WHITEWASHES' MATHEWS
Baker Pledges Aid
In Seattle Strike;
UnionsDefy yMayor
nv ILc A.-n.Lntel rle.. }

OLYMPIA, wash, Feb g.
Gov. Ernest Lister has the prom
ise Of the secretary OF war that all
necessary cooperation will be
given him in coping with possible
strike troubles at Seattle and Ia
coma, and the situation is un.
changed IN that regafd," state
ment issued from the governors
office today SAID.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-08
Y. ". c. A. FUND
DRIVE CONTINUES


The campaign Tor the annual fund
for the y W. G. a, which was to
have closed tonight, will be con.
,Inusd until TN, desired &lOOO IS
raised. according to Mrs Walter S
Hanson. president The official, are
optimistic and feel there will bc no
difficulty in reaching the goal a, as
soon as the ground can he covered
The working force has been Grip.
pied hy the ,,cknesi and absence from
the city oi many, and ',ome ot the
hr1 ,olicl,ots are not available thu,
week" said Mrs llarsol I'VE know
the money iS there when We can ge,
to It, she continued
The amount reported up 10 this
,morning was S91S.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-08
SENATORS DISCUSS
SENIORITY RULE

WASHINGTON, Feb. S-Propos-
ais to discard the senate seniority
custom WIS considered today at a
caucus OF republican senator's. Def
mite plans for reorganization ot the
next senate in which the republicans
will have a majority OF two, were
brought before the caucus
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-08
New Credits Given
Italy and Belgium

WASHINGTON. Feb S-New
credits oi ESOO0OoO for .taly and
A0O000D for Belgium, were csGb-
liShed today by the treasury This
raised the total credits for all the al
lies to &67i,S2iOO0. including 81
5.0000N for Italy and 800, ,ll5OW
ior Belgium,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-08

WASHINGTON, Feb, S-Willing-
ness TO undertake development OF an
international gold exchange fund TO
facilitate financial transactions be
tween nations withou, actual shpmen,
oi gold was expressed today b the
federal reserve report for 1918, This
arrangement would be similar 10 that
now maintained by the board 10 settle
balances between banks within the
United States.
The fund nigh, be developed
among the entente nations and a
few leading neu,rals, hut II is
conceivable tina, all civilized coun.
tries may eventually be partlc-
pants" said the board The gold
would be deposited in trust in
some government bank or banks
to guarantee exchange obligations,
and It was proposed tina, the, fund
should be limited to current Com.
mcrcial and exchange transac-
tlons.
Extending Reserve Plan.
This is on4 OF the suggestions for
further financial development, Of the
federal reserve system, whrh the re.
port has reviewed in detail Referring
10 the settlement Of trade balances in
this country through the federal re-
serve clearing channels, the repor,
said
| Assuming that the leading ma
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-08
t~y'IsN. wN :, Aso's- s'-".." s-s,.~

LOCAL FoREcAsr-cioudy, unset
tied and somewhat colder torlohti Sun.
day fair and somewhat warmer.
STATE FORECAST -- Tonight fslr,
somewhat oolderj sunday fair, rising
temperatures,
SHIPPERS FopEcAsT-,s TO a. In
northern and ~ TO 40 IN southern Okla.
homa.
khNsAs-oentrally fair tonight and
sunday, Rising temperature sunday,