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VOL. V. NO. 123_CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1920 _PRICE TEN CENTS
REPUDIATE OUTSIDE INTERFERENCE AT PRIMARIES TOMORROW
REPUBLICAN SENATOR DISCLOSES
REASONS FOR HIGH COST OF LIVING
WASHINGTON, April 26 (by Associated Press).—Senator Cap
per (Republican) of Kansas, in a speech in the senate on Saturday
last, said the United States had become a “robbers’ roost of profiteer
ing.” He declared that if the law enforcement officers could not en
force the law they should resign and let men who can take their
places. i
The gross income of American corporations, said Senator Capper,
had risen from $35,000,000,000 to $84,000,000,000 during the war, and he
read a list of corporations whose profits were placed at from 20 to
300 per cent.
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f BRIDE WILL
CARRY SEWARD
BY BIG VOTE
SIWARD, April 26 (Special to the
Daily Times).—The consensus of
opinion here is that McBride will
carry this section at tomorrow’s pri
mary election by a vote of two to one,
and that Herron and Chovin will split
about even.
Republicans here express great
aversion for Herron’s mud-slinging
policy and his villification campaign,
and also for his admission in his An
chorage Times that politics was his
Dusiness; that he made all his money
inf^litics, and that if elected he would
be the whole of Alaska.
SONO A TROOPS
CAPTURE CITY
WITHOUT SHOT
LOS ANGELES, April 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The city of Guaymas,
on the Gulf of California, was cap
tured on April 12 by 12,000 Sonora
state troops without a shot being fired,
according to the captain of a steam
ship arriving here yesterday.
Topolobampo also is reported to
have been captured by the Sonora
troops.
ANOTHER PORT MENACED
AGUA PRIETA, Sonora, April 26
(by Associated Press).—Manzanillo, in
the state of Colima, another Pacific
coast port of Mexico, is menaced by
the revolutionary forces, according to
a bulletin received by Sonora military
officials.
The revolutionists report that the
Tampico oil fields have been cut off
by revolutionary troops.
CLAIM OBREGON HAS FLED
MEXICO CITY, April 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The government be
littles the revolution, saying it is
crushing the sporadic outbreaks and
surrounding Sonora and the only two
other states which show disloyalty.
A The war department asserts the
claim that Murgia has defeated Gomez,
inflicting three hundred casualties and
reueoving the menace to the oil fields.
Obregon is said to be in flight.
BATTLE PENDING
WASHINGTON, April 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—A battle between Mex
ican federals sent from Mazatlan to
meet the revolutionists under Angel
Flores is imminent. Advices received
here say the federals are withdrawing
to the city and burning the bridges.
BERLIN, April 26 (by Associated
Press).—The government has pur
chased the Federated State Railroads
for 40,000,000,000 marks.
A
COURT ORDERS
DISSOLUTION
OF COMPANIES
WASHINGTON, April 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—By a vote of four to
three the supreme court today sus
tained the government’s charges that
the Reading Railroad and affiliated
coal companies violated the commodi
ties clause of the interstate com
merce act, and ordered the dissolution
of the Reading and Central of New
Jersey, which must dispose of their
stock ownership respectively in the
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron|
Company and the Lehigh & Wilkes
barre Coal Company.
No decision has yet been rendered
in the prohibition cases.
WASHINGTON, April 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The railroad labor
board has refused to hear the demands
of the Kansas City yardmen, who. re
fuse to conform with the provisions of
the law. The board is proceeding dili
gently with the other cases.
STRIKE BREAKING UP
NEW YORK, April 26 (by Associat
ed Press).—A steady break-up of the
railroad strike is reported. Fear of
the blacklist is said to be driving the
workers back.
APPROACHING NORMAL
CHICAGO, April 26 (by Associated
Press).—The railroad managers re
ported today that traffic here was 90
per cent of normal.
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FIUME IS BLOCKADED
ON ACCOUNT OF RAID
MADE BY D’ANNUNZIO
FIUME, April 20 (by Associated
Press).—Fiume is again under a
strict blockade by land and sea, fol
lowing a raid by soldiers of D’Annun
zio on Abazzia, west of the city, where
forty-five horses were stolen from the
regular troops.
The blockade is intended by General
Porrario as a punishment against the
j military command of Fiume.
GENERAL W. H. SEWARD
HAS CROSSED DIVIDE
AUBURN, N. Y., April 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—General William H.
Seward, aged 81 years, son of Lin
coln’s secretary of state, died here to
day. He was a banker, and a director
in many large corporations.
SEATTLE POLITICIANS PLEDGE
ALASKA DELEGATES’ VOTES
FOR CONTROL OF PATRONAGE
SEATTLE, April 24 (Special to the Daily Times).—
At a meeting here of twenty-five former residents of
Alaska now residing in Seattle, at the office of Attorney
William A. Gilmore, Herron was indorsed for Republican
national committeeman from Alaska, and Valentine and
Reed for delegates to the Republican national convention.
The two votes cf Alaska in the national convention were
pledged for Wood for President. Senator Borah charges
that the Wood campaign is financed by the DuPont Pow
der Company and the Remington Arms Company.
Herron was present at the meeting and pledged all
the federal offices of Alaska to Seattle-Alaskans.
The above telegram was received yesterday from
Earle Jameson, a well-known Alaska newspaper man,
who has been in Seattle for several weeks, undergoing
medical treatment. Jameson enlisted during the war,
was sent overseas, and was promoted to the rank of cap
tain. After his discharge he returned to Juneau to re
sume his former position on the Daily Empire, but
shortly afterward was stricken with illness and left, for
the States to receive treatment from a specialist.
FIVE PERSONS
ARE MURDERED
IN NO DAKOTA!
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BISMARCK, N. D., April 26 (by As
sociated Press).—Neighbors on Satur
day last found the bodies of Jacob
Wolf, his wife, five children and two
farm hands at their ranch on Turtle
lake, near here. They had been shot
writh shotguns. The mystery is yet
unsolved.
BABY ONLY SURVIVOR
TURTLE LAKE, N. D„ April 26 (by
Associated Press).—Joseph Wolf, his
wife and five daughters, aged from 4
to 13, and Jake Hofer, aged 13, a
hired boy, were found murdered yes
terday on the Wolf farm, near here.
Some were shot and others were killed
with a hatchet.
The baby, eight months old, was the
only survivor.
Robbery is supposed to have been
the motive for the crime. A shotgun,
a pair of bloody overalls and the foot
prints of a man were the only clues
found.
ALLIES PROTEST
AGAINST ACTS
OF JAPANESE
VLADIVOSTOK, April 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The imter-allied rail
way board has made formal protest to
the allied powers against the action of
the Japanese military in violating the
railway agreement and in interfering
between the workmen and the Com
munists.
TO PROTECT AMERICANS *
MANILA, April 26 (by Associated
Press).—The cruiser New Orleans has
been ordered to proceed to Vladivo
stok.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 26 (by
Associated Press).—Five hundred
French troops are reported to have
been killed during the evacuation of
Urfa, in the northwestern part of Mes
opotamia. The American relief work
ers are safe.
ATADOO FAVORS
SIMPLIFYING OF
TAXING METHOD
WASHINGTON, April 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Replying to a ques
tionnaire sent to presidential candi
dates, W. G. McAdoo, as a private
citizen, declares that the tax laws
should be simplified, and a distinction
made between earned and unearned
incomes. He opposes all tax-free
bonds, favors the regulation of mo
nopolistic control of corporations en
gaged in interstate commerce, and op
poses any abridgement of the right of
free speech, press or assembly.
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NEBRASKA IS DEAD
BELLINGHAM, Wash., April 26 (by
Associated Press).—Silas A. Holcomb,
governor of Nebraska from 1895 to
1899, and a former member of the
Nebraska supreme court, died here to
day, aged 61 years.
PLAN RESCUE
OF PRISONERS
FROM SIBERIA
NEW YORK, April 26 (by Associ
ated Press). — Representatives of
American relief organizations are
planning to rescue fifteen 'thousand
war prisoners who are suffering un
told hardships in the wilds of Siberia.
A fund of $3,000,000 is to be raised
to transport the men to their homes
in various countries, and the govern
ment will furnish five transports.
SACRAMENTO SHOWS
BIG GAIN IN POPULATION
WASHINGTON, April 26 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The population of Sac
ramento, Cal., is given as 65,857, an
increase of 47.3 per cent, in a bulletin
issued by the census bureau today.
HERRON SUED FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL
AND WARRANT ISSUED FOR ARREST
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A complaint was filed with the United States commissioner this
morning by George C. Hazelet against Charles E. Herron, charging
im with criminal libel, growing out of the publication of articles in
the Juneau Alaska Capital of April 14. A warrant has been issued
for the arrest of Herron.
In an interview' today with reference to the action taken by him,
he said:
“Personally, the result of the election weighs nothing in com
parison with the vindication of my character before the people of
the territory. I propose to follow^ both the civil and criminal suits
to their final determination, to the end that character assassins may
receive their just desserts.”
QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS
AT TOMORROW’S PRIMARIES—
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Primary election tomorrow.
Polls open at 8 a. m. and close at 7 p. m.
No registration is required to vote.
You must be a resident of the United States, over 21
years of age.
A resident of the territory for at least one year.
A resident of the division in which you cast your bal
lot at least thirty days prior to the election, which per
mits you to vote in any precinct in that division.
You need not have been continuously in the territory
for the period of one year, as residence is a matter of in
tention, and if you have made a visit to the States with
the intention of returning to Alaska since first acquiring
your residence here you have not lost your right to vote.
Chapter 6, Civil Code of Alaska, holds that all female
persons shall be deemed to have arrived at the age of
majority and shall have all the rights and be subject to
all the liabilities of citizens of full age upon their being
married according to law.
TERRITORIAL OFFICES
For Delegate to Congress—
Dan A. Sutherland, Rep.
George B. Grigsby, Dem.
For Attorney General—
John Rustgard, Rep.
John J. Finnegan, Rep.
0. P. Hubbard, Rep. >
Jerry Murphy, Dem. >
For National Committeeman—
J. C. McBride, Rep.
J. E. Cliovin, Rep.
C. E. Herron, Rep.
T. J. Donohoe, Dem.
Dlegates to National Conventions—
George C. Hazelet, Rep.
T. M. Reed, Rep.
E. Valentine, Rep.
Charles A. Deny, Dem.
J. H. Caskey, Dem.
Thomas Riggs, Jr., Dem.
L. T. Erwin, Dem.
W. W. Casey, Dem. ■ .
J. J. Connors, Dem.
Alternates to National Conventions—
L. P. Dawes, Rep.
W. H. Case, Rep.
W. B. Kirk, Dem.
James Patterson, Dem.
Thomas McMullen, Dem.
Arthur E. Dodge, Dem.
Third. Division
For Territorial Senator—
E. E. Chamberlain, Rep.
John Noon, Dem. ■
For Territorial Representatives—
A. E. Lathrop, Rep.
R. E. Eisner, Rep. 1 1 «
J. H. Murray, Rep. . .
Arthur Frame, Rep. i 1
E. E. Ray, Dem.
Thomas M. Sheehan, Dem.
Alyce E. Anderson, Dem.
For Road Commissioner—
Gus F. Johnson, Rep.
Alfred Benson, Rep.