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Newspaper
Cordova Daily Times
Location
Cordova, Alaska, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1920
Page
1
May Day unrest sweeps cities as federal agents brace for disorders in Chicago and other capitals. Circulars inflame crowds while workers press for higher wages and prisoners’ rights amid clashes in Paris and broad labor actions.
Tombstone Ariz May 1 The jury found Wooten not guilty in the kidnapping case tied to the deportation of striking Bisbee miners. County Attorney French said the acquittal won t affect trials of 159 others charged under the blanket information with the June trials set to begin.
Chicago May 1 The American League leader is John Jackson with a .483 average and Nicholson of Pittsburgh tops the National League at .600.
William Barrett Ridgeley who served as comptroller of the currency under McKinley and Taft died in Baltimore. The veteran public official passed away May 1, with details reported by the Associated Press.
London May 1 Raold Amundsen the Arctic explorer has not abandoned his expedition. A dispatch from Christiania says he will enter the ice pack around Wrangell island off northern Siberia and drift across the Polar sea. He expects to reach Nome in July or August and to drift for five years.
America's trade balance against Europe grew by 340 million dollars in March. The report notes a rise in South America's trade balance against the United States in the same period.
Thomas Morris aged 126 died in Grand Island Neb today. Born in Wales in 1794 he worked as a cobbler for a century and was unmarried.
Ten thousand tenants struck today and refused to move defying landlords. Some will arbitrate and others will pursue legal action.
Alaska's first motor truck road from Trout Creek coal mines to Bering lake will be built this summer by the Bering River Coal Company. Fuel delivery to Prince William Sound ports is planned for July. A railroad to Copper River & Northwestern at Cordova is planned after the road. Chilkat Oil Company will drill more wells.
Montague England’s top distance runner lost to Nightingale of New Hampshire in the three mile race at the University of Pennsylvania relay carnival. Watt of Cornell won the 440 yard race in a record 54 1-5 seconds.
Reports from Agua Prieta and El Paso say revolutionaries seize control in Chi huahua City and Juarez garrison joins the rebels. The movement appears to extend through states surrounding Mexico City except Queretaro.
Dr. P A Baker superintendent of the Anti Saloon League says Governor Lowden is the only presidential candidate approved by prohibitionists so far He criticizes Harding Hoover Johnson Cox and Edwards but does not mention General Wood
The war office announces an imminent Russo Japanese agreement that concedes virtually all Japanese demands, signaling a major shift in the war diplomacy.
Attorney for Senator Hiram Johnson seeks a supreme court recount of ballots from the recent New Jersey primary in Essex Morris Camden Gloucester and Cape May counties. Senator Penrose endorses Knox for the Republican nomination. Senator Poindexter withdraws from Oregon primary ballot.
Kansas farmers, facing mule prices, sell mules to oil and cottonfield buyers in the south. They switch to using horses and tractors for farm work, says F W Bell of the state agricultural college.
Paw Paw Mich May 1 The jury in the manslaughter case of Mrs Sarah Tabor aged 80 over the death of her daughter from an illegal operation was discharged after failing to reach a verdict. The case will likely be resumed in October.
Ottawa moves to secure full diplomatic representation of the Dominion of Canada in Washington with formal steps to be taken after President Wilson acts. Spring jewelry displays contrast with last year with jade green as the leading color, bead necklaces have Oriental touches, round beads and long Egyptian style earrings featured.
Anchorage district primaries tally shows Herron winning by large margins across most precincts including Seldovia totals. Finnegan 211 Hubbard 114 Rust gard 285 Chevin 234 Herron 507 McBride 108 Hazelet 181 Reed 439 Valentine 315. Herron carried all precincts except Eska and Chickaloon.
Frank Farmer and Tiny Herman fought ten rounds to a draw in Portland last night.
Carl Tremaine of Cleveland stopped Frankie Mason in the opening round of a scheduled twelve round bout in Toledo Ohio last night.
A fire at the war office in Constantinople destroyed archives and a large sum of money. The doors were barred against firemen, two Turkish gunboats were disabled, and several ships carrying recruits to the sultan’s forces ran aground. Only seven of 13,000 officers reported.
Stannard, long associated with Alaska mining, becomes vice president and general manager of the Alaska Steamship Company and Copper River and Northwestern Railway in Seattle. He succeeds R W Baxter who has taken a position with a transcontinental railroad. Stannard brings deep knowledge of territorial needs in shipping.
Raymond Bayer, director of the mint, told Congress that gold coin reserves in the treasury are exhausted and urged funding to enable the Philadelphia mint to operate twenty four hours daily. House Republicans halted soldier relief efforts and adjourned without action. Senate receives Knox drafted peace resolution to end war status and seek friendly ties with Germany and Austria, with seized property held until claims are settled.
Four persons were killed and twenty five injured yesterday in a logging train accident near North Bend.
Official report states Bolsheviki occupy Baku, the center of Caspian oil fields. In the Far East, fighting rages at Chita between Bolsheviks and remnants of Kolchak’s army aided by Japanese forces.
Twenty eight Kansas American Legion posts pledge cooperation in Captain William P. MacLean's program. Paroled boys have a Legion "big brother" who guides them, helps with work and schooling, ensuring they stay on track after leaving the state industrial school for boys. The plan has state board endorsement.
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