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The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20

propriation bill but there is little
 ketchikan All Het Up KETCHIKAN, Feb 20 Special tC .the4.yDaily Times ).-Mayor Petty President Joseph UImer of the Alaska Pioneers, J. c. Barber, president oi the Commercial Club, and Arthur Shoup, president of the Ketchikan Re publican Club, have wired to Repre- sentative Sinnot, chairman of the pub lican lands committee of the house protesting against the proposed abol ishment of the office of surveyor gen eral of Alaska. They are anxious tc have other Alaska towns join in the protest.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
ARMEDRAIDERS MTW0ATTACKS 0NAUTH0RlTIES

DUBLIN, Feb. 20 (by Associated Press) Soldiers with a tank and two armored cars made a raid near Graf ton street yesterday and arrested sev- eral persons following fights between civilians and police, in which one con- stable was killed.
 Raiders Repulsed WEST KERRY, Ireland, Feb. 20 (by Associated Press).-Armed raiders at- tackled the police barracks here yes- terday for three hours. Hand gre nades, rifles and revolvers were used freely. One officer was wounded.
 The police repulsed the raid and wounded three of the raiders.
 The raiders had felled trees across the roads and dug deep trenches to check the approach of military autos. A bomb destroyed one end of the bAracks.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
FUR DEALERS RAISE FUND FOR STARVING
 HUNGARIAN PEOPLE

NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (by Associated Press) ).-Members of the New York Fur Auction Corporation yesterday contributed $52,OOO within few min utes for the relief of the starving pop- ulation of Hungary, after listening to an appeal by Herbert Hoover.
 Silver foxes starred in the selling yesterday, bringing s72O each. The best red fox brought $71.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
CENSUSBUREAU: IS SEEKING AID
 FROM FARMERS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (by Associ- ated Press) 1.-The secretary of agri- culture has issued an appeal urging the farmers to cooperate more fully with the census bureau. He says the delay and difficulty of taking the farm census is becoming a matter of serious concern.
 Weather conditions are in part the cause of the delay. The farmers are asked to tell the enumerators of farms that have been overlooked.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
WAR RREFUCEES TOBEBROUCHT
 T0VANC0UVER

VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 20 (by Associated Press).-The Blue Funnel liners Tyndareus and Protesilaus will bring one hundred and fifty thousand Czechoslovak and Russian refugees from Siberia and Northern China to this port, where they will be trans ferred to Canadian Pacific trains for their journey across Canada en route to their homes in Europe.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
AMERICAN KIDNAPPED BY MEXICAN BANDITS
 HAS BEEN RELEASED

NEW YORK, Feb 20 (by Associ- ated Press ).-Wilson Welsh Aadms, the American mine superintendent who was kidnapped by Mexican ban dits and help for a ransome of $25, 900 has been released.
 It has not been learned whether the ransom was paid. It is believed Mexi- can troops forced the release of the American.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
WOMAN FREED BY COURT IN
 MURDER TRIAL

SEATTLE, Feb. 20 (by Associated Press) The case against Anna Ne mitz, charged, together with her son, with the murder of Mrs. Mary Bryan, has been dismissed by the judge, who said there was no evidence to sustain the charge against the woman.
 Counsel for Ealy admitted that $2,900 found in a safety deposit box, was given to Ealy by Mrs. Bryan for safekeeping.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
LANE TO BE CHAIRMAN
 OF SALVATION ARMY
 HOME SERVICE APPEAL

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (by Associ- ated Press) Franklin K. Lane, sec retary of the interior, who is soon to retire from office, has accepted the chairmanship of the Salvation Army home service appeal from May 10 to May 20 next.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20

SPOKANE, Wash, Feb. 20 (by As sociated Press).-A special to the Chronicle says that the ratio of deaths in battle of troops of the state, of Washington during the war was 12 per cent There were 7,6O0 deaths out of 49,000 troops from this state.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
BATTLING NELSON IS
 HEIR TO BIG FORTUNE

CHICAGO, Feb. 20 (by Associated Press) ).-Battling Nelson, the former champion lightweight pugilist, has been named as the chief beneficiary in the estate of his father, Matthew Nelson, whose will was filed for pro- bate today. His share will amount to $225,OO0.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
PRINCE OF WALES
 TO VISIT AUSTRALIA

LONDON, Feb. 20 (by Associated Press) The prince of Wales will leave on March for Australia on board the dreadnaught Renown. He will arrive at Colon on March 23, at San Diego on March 31, at Honolulu on April 26, at the Fiji islands April 13. and at Auckland April IT.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY MAY BE TURNED OVER TO
 CANADIAN GOVERNMENT

LONDON, Feb. 20 (by Associated Press( The directors of the Grand Trunk railway have agreed to turn over the road in Canada and the Unit ed States to the Canadian govern ment.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING IS APPROVED
 BY HOUSE COMMITTEE

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (by Asso- ciated Press )-The committee on mil itary affairs of the house of represen- tatives, by vote of II to 9, today ap- proved the principle of universal mill, tary training as part of the nation s future military policy.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
ANOTHER STATE HAS
 RATIFIED AMENDMENT

SANTA FEE, N. M., Feb. 20 (by As. sociated Press) The legislature of this state yesterday completed ratifi- cation of the woman suffrage amend ment to the federal constitution.
 The amendment has now been rati- fled by thfrty-two states.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
SEWER PIPE PLANT OF DENNY KENYON co.
 GOES UP IN SMOKE

SEATTLE, Feb. 20 (by Associated ess).-Fire last night destroyed the sewer pipe plant of the Denny-Renton Clay Company, near Georgetown.
 The loss is estimated at $S0,0O0. The fire started in a dry kiln.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
oLD-TlME EMPLoYE OF RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE
 IS DEAD IN SEATTLE

SEATTLE, Feb. 20 (by Associated Press).-Robert F. Mccullough, aged 70 years, former employe of the rail- way mail service since 1866, died here last night. MT. Mccullough was vet. eran of the civil war, and entered the railway mail service at the inception of that organization
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
BOLSHEVIKI CAPTURE
 CITY OF EXCHANGED

LONDON, Feb. 20 (by Associated Press) "A dispatch from Moscow says the Bolsheviki have captured Arch angel. Many of the "white'' army de- lending the city, it is reported, joined the BOlsheviki.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
SHIP STRIKES MINE AND
 THIRTEEN ARE LOST
 IN BLACK SEA WATERS

PARIS, Feb. 20 (by Associated Press).-The steamship Danube yes terday struck a mine in the Black sea near the entrance to the Bosphorous, thirteen of her crew being killed. The Danube succeeded in reaching Con- stantinople.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
SKILLED W0RKMEN
 REFUSE SAME WAGES
 AS COMMON LAB0RERS

BELLINGHAM, Wash, Feb. 20 (by Associated Press).-Fifty skilled workers in the city water department went on strike yesterday because the city had lowered wages cents to 5S cents an hour and raised the pay of common laborers to 58 cents.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
GERMAN VIOLAT0RS
 OF LAWS OF WARFARE
 TO BE TRIED SOON

LONDON, Feb. 20 (by Associated Press) ).-Germany is rushing prepara- tions to try the Germans accused of violations of the laws of war Com missioners will be sent to England and France to take testimony
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
KING ALFONSO MAY
 TAKE PART IN SPORTS

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Feb. 20 (by Associated Press).-King Alfonso may participate in the coming Olym- plan games at Antwerp as polo player and rifleman.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
MONTANA IS SWEPT
 BY SEVERE COLD WAVE

HELENA, Mont, Feb. 20 (by Asso- ciated Press) The cold wave has spread generally over Montana. The temperature is 10 degrees above zero here.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20

SEATTLE, Feb. 20 (by Associated Press).-James Duncan, the alleged radical candidate for mayor of Seattle, will begin his campaign with a down. town mass meeting tonight.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20

Have a heart, and be properly tagged by the school children, who have adopted this means of raising money for their library fund.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-02-20
THREATENS TO WITHDRAW FROM
 FRENCH TREATY

George Taylor, a 62-year-old resi- dent of Nenana, arrived in Anchorage recently and issued a sweeping chal- lange to any two men in Alaska to run him 385 yards for purse of $500. MT. Taylor stated that he had won every contest he had entered into in Alaska, not only in distance but in the sprints.
 The officers of the White Pass rail- way have large crew of men at work clearing up the snowslides on the road. One train is stalled, together with the rotary, near the Emile post The train has been held up for days, but water, food and provisions have been taken to the passengers and crew.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-21
D.C.LECELATION
PUT OVER TO 1921
House Committee Will Meet
Jan. 1-Watch Schools
Progress.

No more District OF Columbia leg
islstion viii be considered until af-
ter the holidays. The House Dis
trict Committee will not meet again
before January /, it was announced
Yesterday, and Secretary James Por-
ter of the Senate District Committee
said it was practically certain that
the Committee on District Affairs in
the upper branch would be unable
to meet again this year.
The pressure of business before
various committees with which SEN
ator Dillingham;, Of Vermont, acting
chairman of the Senate District
Committee. is connected, will make
it Impossible for him to devote any
time to the few bills concerning the
Capital that are pending, Porter
said. Bills providing for reorgani-
satiou of the schools have been laid
aside for the time being because of
Senator. Pat Harrison's decision to
watch the progress of the new school
officials whose conduct of affairs, he
believes, promises betterment.
Representative Mapes of the House
District Committee is recovering
from an operation on the throat.
His indispcsition has not interfered
with work before his committee, be-
cause Appropriation bills have occu-
pied the time of the lower branch
of Congress almost to the exclusion
CT any other business.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-21
Special cabIs Dispstoh 70
TAe Washinetsn Herald.

BERLIN. Dec. 2o.-Karl Rosner.
former war correspondent Of the
Lokai Anzeiger and the Kaiser-s
personal panegyrist at headqusr-
ters. has written a new book de-
scribtng his Impressions Of the
Kaiser during the tragic days of the
defeat and collapse of the German
army. which presents the former
monarch in a far less hattering
light than Rosner's earlier fuisome
descriptions. One of the most in
teresting chapters is devoted to the
effect upon the Kaiser OF the unex-
pected disastrous defeat at the
Marine In the July. 1918, campaign
when American troops played such
a decisive role, smashing the hank
OF the German salient yat Scissors.
The Kaiser in that defeat cor
rectly read the loss of the was.
probably the fall OF the Hohenxol-
lern dynasty. and in a scene. which
Rosner vividly describes. turned
upon Gen. Ludendorff, hitherto the
military IDOL of headquarters, re-
buked him for the optimism which
inspired the fatal Marine offensive
and treated him with a cold reserve
which presaged his later downfall.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-21
Trophies to Stay
in Storage Unless
Congress Relents

II members of the House of Rep
resentatives are not willing that
war trophies in the army storage
at Newark, ". j.. shall be distrib-
uted by governors of States the
bill providing for their distribution
Is not likely to be passed this ses-
mon
1t became known yesterday that
: the House Military Affairs Com
n1ittee, of which Representative
Kahn is chairman, has not changed
Its insistence that the trophies be
distributed by State delegations in
Congress. This has been the cause
of a disagreement in conference.
The Senate has instructed Senator
Wadsworth, of the Senate Military
Affairs Committee. to insist that the
distributions be made by governors.
=. The District OF Columbia has been
listed for eleven big guns captured
from the Germans and a quantity of
gun mountings-more than twenty
pieces all told. The various States
and the District are to receive these
relics in proportion to service, and
100000 was fixed by the House to
aefray expenses OF shipping. The
s6enate conferees have insisted that
= much larger sum is needed for the
d shipments. II no agreement is
reached the bill likely will die in
conference and the trophies will re-
main in storage.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-21
,CHILDLABOR ACT
REPORT IS READY
District Subcommittee to Re-
port District Regu-
-
- lationS.

The subcommittee Of the House
District Committee. which has been
considering the Curtis Gard bill,
regulating child labor in the Dis
trict of Columbia, has agreed to re-
port the bill to the full committee,
II was announced yesterday by Rep
rescntatiye Reed. chairman Of the
subcommittee. The committee will
meet after the holidays.
The subcommittee at its meeting
Friday made a number of minor
changes in the bill, eliminating Sec
tion 20. which provides that par
entase gives no greater right to
employ or permit a child to work
in violation of the law.
Another change would permit the
Issuance of permits to boys be-
tween IL and IL years of age to
work during the vacation months.
The original bill set the age at Il
10 l6 years.
The bill also extends the compuI-
sorry school law to apply to chill
dren between the ages of Z and I6
and provides for a school census.
Exemption is made for children be-
tween IA and Is who secure permits
to work.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-21
URGE CHILD BILL
AS FEDERAL DUTY

The administration and practical
application of maternity relief must
be done by the various States, but
the Federal government should
stimulate and aid the work, Miss
Julia Lathrop, chief of the Chill
dren's Bureau in the Department Of
Labor. told the House Committee
on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
yesterday. About 100 women ap>
peared to support the Sheppard
Towner maternity bill.
Representative Horace NJ. Towner,
author of the bill In the House, ex!
plained provisions of the bill to the
The hearing will be con-
tinued today, when Mrs. Henry W.
keyes, wife of Senator Keyes, of
New HAMPSHIRE; Mrs. Florence
Kelley, and DIR. Williams, Of Johns
Hopkins University of Baltimore,
wfll be heard.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-21
NelD Machine Prints
Messages BY Wireless

LONDON. Dec. 20.-wireless trans
mission at the rate of 100 words per
minute is now being achieved by
the use of machine which auto
matically prints the messages and a
special transmission. apparatus.
4 The printing machine is the tn
vention Of the creator of the Creed
system Of printing telegraphic mes
sages. 1t passed tests successfully
during the transmission Of press
dispatches from Geneva to London
during the. opening days Of the
league Of nations meeting.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-21
INDEMNITY BOARD
WASTEFUL, CLAIM
Reparations Bigger Than
Budgets, German Dele
gates Say.

BRUSSELS, Dec. 30. - That the
reparations comn1ission has sue
ceeded only in demonstrating ma
grant Incompetence and Is actually
costing Germany and Austria more
than their total national budgets,
was revealed here today wheh the
German delegates showed conclu-
sively that the allied war claims
have already mounted up to more
than 500. .000. 900 marks. or nearly
1000. .ooo, 900 st the present rate
Of exchange.
From q high-placed observer to-
day comes the declaration:
''While there is insufficient food
and clothing In Germany to supply
one-third of the population, and
while Germans are depriving them
selves Of hundreds of necessities in
order to meet the indemnity. bill. the
allied reparations commission is in
dulging In an orgy of extravagance
and wastefulness unparalleled In
the history of governments.
The commission established in
Vienna is costing 1000. .o00.oo
crowns annually. which 10 equal to
the Austrian domestic budget.
Similarly the vast ramihcations
of commissioners in France, Ger
many and England are costing Ger
many almost as much as the bill for
the armies of occupation, which Is
so. 200. 100000 marks annually"
The Washington herald., 1920-12-21
Christmas Gift
Packages Reach
Men on Rhine

coDLENx, Dec. 3o-rhe srst,
Censt1ss paekaGes fron the
folks back home for members ~
tne american array stationed n
the Rhinelaaa have aryivk1 n
the pests0ee sad are beiuG dis
trabuted among the varfsns or
gantssttens. A large psrt sf the
boxes were marked sNet to be
opened until ,ChPistmssv ana are
betaG slowed awsy untiI sext
week. Packages Of all si.es and
Shapes have been received, a.
restrictions o. weight and bulk
Nave Bees lesaened.
Fourtsen thousand packages
eenfatnfng sppFspriate articles
nave been purchased and will be
gtven eat ChFistnas Day to
ehildren whs have been care
faliy selected 80 the neediest.
Six thousand have been dtstrib-
uted In thirty towns where soup
Kitchens src now operated and
5000 smaller ones have been
handed cut In stx large towns
where enormous Christmas trees
have beea erected.
Careful attention has also been
given to see thst the oFphaaages
and hospitals are net neglected.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-21
u. s. SUES OIL KINGS
ON 1915 INCOME TAX

NEW YORK. Dec. 3o.-The Fed
srai government today nie1 suit
against John d. Roekefeiier here.
charging him with making 'tncor-
rect, misleading and false" state
ments 'eoncerning his income taS
returns for 1915.
According TO the complaint. Rock
efeiier failed 90 include as part OF
his income. returns from 5o.1ef
shares Of Illinois Pipe Line Com
pany stock and s7.17t shares Of
Prairie Pipe Line Company stock.
The government asks Judgment
for f,s1.t5s. with q penalty OF 6
per cent and interest At the rate OF
per, cent q month from June 30.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-21
ROTARIANS
TOFETE KlDDlES
Orphans Here to Make Merry
At Christmas Party
In Willard.

With Santa Claus, one pony, two
clowns. two Charlie Chaplins and q
Punch and Judy show in their midst,
approximately 1000 kiddies from
eighteen Washington charitable in
stitutions will make merry in the
ballroom CT the New Willar dtoday
as guests of the Rotary Club.
At 10 a. m. the curtain will he
raised. and a merry time is prom
ised until p. m. The children who
attend Will be the guests Of the chill
dren of the Rotarians, as the latter
will act as hosts and hostesses
according to the plans of their
fathers and mothers.
Wives of the Rotarians have TAX
en- a prominent part in the Christ
mas party under the leadership of
Mrs. Fred s. Lincoln, chairman Of
the Invitation committee.
Each of the kiddies will be given
bag containing a half-pound Of
candy and FIVE toys.
Music will be furnished from 10
a. m. until 3 p. m. by an orchestra.
From then on the Boy Scout Band
will entertain.
Final arrangements for the fes-
tivities were laid by members at
a meeting last night. The smallest
children will be brought to the will
lard in automobiles, and the others
in a chartered street car.
Following are the names of Rota-
rians and their wives who have CIV
en- literally of their time to make
the party a success: Mrs. Howare
L. wilkins, Mrs. Charles W. Semmes,
Mrs. E. L. Stock, Mrs. George Har-
ris, Mrs. Charles Demonet, Mrs.
Ernest E. Hathaway, Mrs. Henry e.
Stringer. Mrs. Charles ]. O'Neill.
Mrs. T. l.. Costigan, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred s. Lincoln. Proctor L. Dough-
erty, James P. Mewshaw, Robert NJ.
Hicks. Beverly ]. Smith, jr.. Paul
Il. Lum, Harold A. Brooks and WILL
lam W. Georges.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-21
GRAIN EMBARGO
3. DEMAND FLOODS
CONGRESS MAILS
Petitions From West and
North Are Read by !
Senators.

Petitions urging embargoes on
farm products, particularly wool
and grains. and adoption Of the ma
tional budget system. deluged Con-
gress yesterday. Senator Warren, Of
Wyoming. alone presenting more
than a dozen kilograms from his own
State and from Colorado and South
Dakota, demanding embargoes.
For heavens sake wake up the
Senate and place an embargo on all
farm products before the country
goes to smash and breaks every
farmer as well As business man in
the United States" said a telegram
signed 100 farmers" from Foley.
MINI, read before the Senate by Sem
-ator Nelson. Of Minnesota.
: Senator Poindexter. of Washing
ton. read a telegram from the bank
ers of Walla Walla, asking for an
embargo. and Senator Curtis, of
Kansas. presented one from the farm
ers of Crowley County. Kans-. urg-
Ning Congress to pass a law extend
Ing credits at reasonable rates.
Adoption of a budget system for
the government was urged In a tel
egrap from Wichita. Kans. Board of
Commerce. presented by Senator
Curtis, who likewise read one from
the Topeka Board Of Trade urging
prohibition or the sale of grain for
future delivery unless in actual pos
session Of the person Offering 1t for
sale. the object being to curb specu-
lation and improve marketing con-
ditions.
W. Z. Holmes. secretary of the
Wichita Board of Commerce, wrote:
The directors OF the organization
indorse the budget system and rec
ommend that IL be adopted by the
government for use in all depart
ments. We are advised that further
Efforts to secure this legislation will
be made and are earnest in the hope
that the measure will receive the
unanimous support of the Kansas
delegation in Congress"
kilograms to Senator Warren
urging embargoes were from the
Chamber of Commerce of Basin,
Wyo.: from individuals, and from
organizations of Saratoga, Lorraine
and Encampment, wyo., Belle
tourche, S. OAK. and Denver. Colo
The Washington herald., 1920-12-21
CACHE OF GERMAN
= MOTORS IN WOODS

., LONDON. Dec, 20.-A few weeks
ago IL was reported that the inter-
allied aeronautical control commits
sfon was actuated in maintaining
It's prohibition on the manufacture
-pf Zeppelins and airplanes in Ger
snany by the suspicion that a con-
Iiderable number of motors from
he German war material has not
yet been delivered. The suspicion,
which was based on q study of the
-lerial numbers Of the moters is now
Justified by the discovery In q wood
rslr Detmold of parts of a military
sirplane park. including eight big
chests with motors and propellsrs
srhich dealers had stored there hop
sng TO dispose Of later.
German treasury oficials, who got
wtad Of the affair Just as the dealers
we're about to move the materials.
stc-. TO a place of greater security
sohhscated the entire goods which
IRE now to share the destined fate Of
sernany'B air navy.