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The Cordova Daily Times
_VOL 5. NO. 154 _ CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS
PEACE ARMISTICE WILL BE SIGNED FRIDAY
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POLES AND SOVIETS
AGREE TO CESSATION
ACTIVE HOSTILITIES
RIGA, Oct 5 (by Associated Press).—-(De
layed in Transmission).—Polish and Bolsheviki
representatives have agreed to the signing of an
armistice as a preliminary to peace not later than
October 8.
* While the Russo-Polish armistice negotiations
are being rushed to a speedy conclusion, the Lith
uanian-Polish situation is becoming more acute,
and severe fighting between Poles and Lithuanians
is reported near Orany.
According to the present plans the Russo-Pole
armistice, preliminary to a peace treaty, will be
signed Friday.
The boundary provided for in the armistice,
cuts Lithuania off entirely from Russia, granting
Poland a corridor between them.
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RUSSIA SHAKEN BY REVOLTS
AND ALL ARMY MORALE GONE
LONDON. Oct. 7 (by Associated
Press).—Ueuters' agency has received
further reports of disorganization and
? revolts in Soviet Russia from “re
liable persons." The reports say the
Red army morale is shaken heaviest
by the exceptionally bad revolts which
have broken out in Siberia. Great un
rest exists everywhere among work
men and leaders are having difficulty
in keeping them at work.
DESERTS UKRAINIANS AND
IS GIVEN SOVIET COMMAND
LONDON. Oct. 7 (by Associated
Press).—General Maninko, Ukrainian
commander under General Wrangell,
has joined the Bolsheviki forces and
has been given a command, accord
ing to wireless reports from Moscow
received here.
* UNION WITHDRAWS
DEMAND FOR INCREASE
► DENVER. Oct. 7 (by Associated
Press).—The bill posters' union of
Denver has sent a letter to the state
industrial committee formally with
drawing its application for increased
pay. on the ground that the slump
in prices has made higher wages for
members of the union.
THREATEN TO LOCK OUT
ALL BUILDING CRAFTS
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6 (by Asso
ciated Press).—(Delayed in transmis
sion).—The Builders’ Exchange
threatens to lock out all crafts in the
building trades, involving many thou
sand workmen, in the event the strik
ing plasterers, hod carriers, roofers,
and painters have tiot returned to
work by Thursday.
BIG THEFT OF BOOZE -
REPORTED AT C CAGO
CHICAGO. Oct. 7 (by Associated
Press).—-Five federal prohibition en
forcements officers are en route to
Chicago to aid Major Dalrymple, pro
hibition supervisor in the central
states, in the investigation of reports
that whiskey worth $176,000 has been
stolen from warehouses here.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 7 by Associ
ated Press).—Members of the crews
of the steamers Atlantus and General
Goethals, who rescued the crew of the
submarine F-5. have been presented
with gold watches and binoculars by
the navy department.
The rescue followed the submerg
ing of the submarine and its failure
to come to the surface again. One
end of the craft, however, stuck out
of the water sufficiently to permit
the gouging of a hole by the men
imprisoned below, and through the
hole a sailor’s middy blouse was
hoisted as a distress signal on a long
slick. Lookouts on the steamers
saw the signal and eventually all the
men in the submarine were rescued,
after they had remained under the
water for over 48 hours.
CELLULOID INDUSTRY
ON BUM IN JAPAN
TOKIO. Oct. 7 (by Associated
Press).—The .Japanese celluloid in-,
dustry has been severely hit by the
economic slump and many manufac
turers of export goods have suffered
from large accumulations of stocks,
cancellations of contracts and lack
of funds, floods for the domestic
market have on the whole escaped,
owing to shortage of stocks and cel
luloid combs, and toys are in good
demand.
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GENEVA MEETING
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NEW YORK, Oct. 7 (by Associated
Pres^j.—The International Woman's
Suffrage Alliance will appoint a
woman to attend the meeting at
Geneva' of the Teague of Nations and
report "in a neutral manner" all the
facts brought out at the meeting. An
nouncement to this effect was made
today by Carrie Chapman Catt, presi
dent of the alliance.
FLYERS HOP OFF AGAIN
REACH PRINCE RUPERT
PRINCE RUPERT, B. Oct. 5 (by
Associated Press). — (Delayed in
transmission).—Three of the army
planes that made the flight from New
York to Nome arrived here today
from ‘Hazleton on (heir return (light.
FALLS OVER
STEEP CLIFF
IS RESCUED
Portland Man Has Narrow Es
cape From Horrible End
In Mountains
HANGS ON TO NARROW
LEDGE FOR FIVE DAYS
Drops Four Hundred Feet On
to Shelf of Rock.—Is Res
cued From Position By
Launch Party.
AVALOX, Catalina Islands,
Oct. 7 (by Associated Press).
John Tenor, manager of the
Riverside Portland Cement
company of Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia was rescued today
from a shelf of rock half
way down an eight hundred
foot cliff. lie had been on
the ledge since falling over
the cliff last Sunday and was
sighted by parties in a pleas
ure launch. Tenor’s wife had
offered a thousand dollars re
ward for anyone locating him.
lie was not seriously injured.
BIG SHIPMENT GOLD
COMES FROM LONDON
NEW YORK. Oct. 7 (by Associated
Press).—A shipment of $10,000,000 in
gold arrived in New York today, con
signed from the Bank of England to
the Federal Reserve Bank.
FLIGHT FROM PANAMA
TO UNITED STATES
PANAMA, Oct. 7 (by Associated
Press).—Lieut. Charles Austin will
leave here tomorrow on a flight to
Washington, making stops in Jamaica
and Cuba. Lieut. Austin will make
(Vie flight, alone, carrying neither me
chanic, pilot, nor wireless apparatus.
DEAL CLOSED
* BIG AMOUNT
SITKA SPRUCE
PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct. 7 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Petersburg Lum
ber Company has been awarded the
privilege of purchasing 3,500,000 feet
of government Sitka spruce and hem
lock timber in the Tongass national
forest on the Bay of Pillars.
CANADIAN EMPLOYES
GET SALARY INCREASE
OTTAWA, Oct. 7 (by Associated
Press).—Seven thousand employes of
Ihe Canadian National railway are
affected by a 25 per cent wage in
crease. the increase to be retroactive
to May 1 last.
SEN HARDING
LEAVES HOME
TOUR STATES
Starts Speech-Making Swing
Which Will Take Him
Thru Nine States
WILL BE ON MOVE
FOR THIRTY DAYS
Planned to Cover Entire Mid
dle West States on Tour.
—To Wind Up Campaign
Latter part of October.
MAIilOX, Ohio, OH. 7 (by
Associate <1 Press). With his
departure for tin* middle west
| Senator Harding began a
! speech-making swing which
will keep him away from his
homo continuously until late
in October. The senator’s
trip will cover the states of
Indiana, Illnois, Towa, Nebras
ka, and Oklahoma. Ilis see
o7id trip which began Monday
covers Kentucky, Tennessee,
Illinois and Missouri.
Senator Harding expects to
wind up the campaign on
this trip about October .‘10.
SOLDIERS’ LIBERTY
BONDS UNCLAIMED
NEW YORK. Oct. 7 (by Associated
Press).—Brig. Gen. Lord, chief of
finance of the army says the depart
ment has $375,000 in liberty bonds be
longing to soldiers who cannot be
located. The bonds carry coupons
; representing $30,000 in interest.
RED CROSS SENDS
RELIEF TO CHINESE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (by Associ
ated Press).- -The Red Cross of
America has appropriated half a mil
lion dollars for tjie relief of famine
;-offerers in the Pekin district in
China.
BLACK WHITE
SOLDIERS MIX
IN RACE RIOTS
McCLENNY, Florida, Oct. 7 (by As
sociated Press).-—Three negroes ar
rested in connection with the killing
of a white man were taken from jail
and lynched. A fourth negro was
found in the road riddled with bul
lets. L
SUPERBAS TAKE TWO
STRAIGHT GAMES
FROM THE INDIANS
EBBETTS FIELD, BROOKLYN, Oct. 7 (by
Associated Press).—Sherrod Smith’s southpaw
slants were poison to the Cleveland Indians today
and Brooklyn won the third game of the series by
a score of 2 to 1.
The line-up today was the same is in yester
day’s game with the exception of the batteries.
Uhle pitched for Cleveland with Nunamaker catch
ing, and Smith and Miller did the battery work for
Brooklyn. Another capacity crowd witnessed the
game.
The teams leave tonight for Cleveland, where
I three games are to be played, but two more vic
i lories for Brooklyn will end the series and give
i them the title of world’s champions.
Manager 1 ris Speaker of the Indians is still
confident, however, that his club will win, and
says the team will make a better stand on their
own grounds.
Today’s score: R. H. E
Cleveland . .. 1 3 1
Brooklyn . ... ... 2 6 0
Batteries—Uhle and Nunamaker; Smith and
Miller.
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TWO CONVICTS
AT PENDLETON
WILL BE HUNG
PENDLETON, Ore., Oct. 7 (by As
sociated Press).—.lack Itathie and
Elvie Kerb.v were found guilty of first
degree murder in connection with the
killing of Sheriff Til Taylor in the
jail break here last July. Two other
men implicated in the murder were
found guilty last week, while a fifth
pleaded guilty. All have been sen-;
tenced to death. The sixth man of j
the prisoners who escaped was not
implicated in the murder charge.
BOY BADLY BURNED
BY CRUEL PLAYMATE
ST. PAUL, Oct. 7 (by Associated
Press).—Edward Pillar, aged 7, is in
a critical condition from burns re
ceived when older boys hold him
while others threw lighted matches
in his clothes.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK j
FELT AT SAN JOSE
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SAN JOSE,' Cal., Oct. 7 (by Asso
ciated Press).—An earthquake last
ing eight minutes occurred yesterday
in the vicinity of Golden Gate. No
damage was done.
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EXCLUSIVE SCHOOLS FOR JEW8
PRAGUE, Czecho-Slokavia, Oct. 7
(by Associated Press).—The first of
a series of Czech schools exclusively
for Jews will be opened soon, accord
ing to an announcement by the de
partment of education.
BROOKLYN WON
SECOND GAME
SCORE 3 TOO
EBBETTS FIELDv BROOKLYN,
Oct. 6 (by Associated Press).—Bur
leigh Crimes, pitcher for the Brook
lyn Nationals, fitted a fine coat of
Whitewash to the backs of the Cleve
land Indians today in the second
game of the world's series, and the
Brooklyns walked off the field with
a 3 to 0 victory.
Crimes' spitball tied the backs of
the Clevelanders in knots, while
Brooklyn hit Bagby’s offerings at
opportune times when hits meant
runs. Brooklyn scored in the first,
third and fifth innings.
The weather was slightly warmer
than during the first game Tuesday.
The gate receipts for the first game
Tuesday were $79,400, exclusive of
the war tax.
The Cleveland line-up was as fol
lows: Janieison, If.; Wambsganss,
21i; Speaker, if; Smith, rf.; Gardner,
3b; W. Johnston, 11); Swell, ss.;
O'Neill, e.; Rugby, p.
Brooklyn line-up: Olseu, ss.; J.
Johnstn, 3b; Griffith, rf.; Wheat, If.;
Meyers, cf.; Konetchy, lb.; Kilduff,
2b.; Miller, c.; Grimes, p.
Score: R.^H. E.
. 3 7 0
. 0 7 0
Bagby, Uhle and O’Neill;
Grimes and Miller.
NEW PROFESSOR AT MOSCOW
MOSCOW, Ida., Oct. 7 (by Associ
ated Press).—R. E. McCormick, re
cently head of mathematics at the
Bakersfield (Cal.) Junior College, has
been named assistant professor of
mathematics at the University of
Idaho here. F. W. Candee of Kellogg,
a Harvard gradute, is the new instruc
tor In mechanical engineering.