•’trapped by girl,
SLAYER IS SHOT
Man Wanted for Murder and
Robbery Is Run Down
by Girl.
Santa Barbara.—Clarence A. Wal
lace, wanted for bank robbery and
murder in Maryland, where an $8,000
reward dead or alive will be paid for
him, was shot and probably fatally in
jured in the midst of a crowd at the
post office here. Wallace was trapped
through a tetter which he had received
from a woman in Chicago to his alias,
P. Daley, General Delivery, here.
The work of Miss Katherine Hig
£i*s. the mail clerk, who delayed him
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Me Was Shot Once Across the Chest.
at the window until Detectives W. F.
Marquette and Fred Lavery arrived,
is given much credit for his arrest.
Although the shooting occurred in a
crowd, only a twelve-year-old boy was
hurt. His arm was badly bruised by a
spent bullet.
A buzzer connected with the deliv
ery window warned the watchers.
When Wallace was ordered to surren
der he put up a stiff fight. He was
shot once across the chest, once
* through the stomach and once in the
baek.
When taken into the postmaster’s
office to await the doctor Wallace
gasped: “I am the man you want.
Don’t save me. I’d rather die. If I
go back to Maryland they will hang
me."
Wallace robbed the Frederick
County bank two months ago, was
arrested and escaped. A posse started
after him. A young returned soldier
*s’ed the posse. Unarmed, he caught
up with Wallace, who turned and shot
in cold blood, when the youth threw
up his hands and begged him not to
Are.
CAN’T STOP POKER PLAYING
Technicality in Law Puts Stop to Cru
sade in Canadian
Town.
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Renfrew, Can. — Renfrew town
council finds that it cannot stop male
citizens from playing poker. A cru
sade against poker in Renfrew has
fallen down because of a technicality
In the law.
Women complained to Mayor Bo
?an that their husbands were losing
money through indulging in the
game. A detective was brought to
town and the council was supplied
with names, dates and places. Every
thing was ready for arrests when the
t^jwn solicitor advised against court
proceedings unless it .could be shown
that the persons on whose premises
the gambling occurred were taking a
“Takeoff.”
The detective found that nobody
was thus profiting. Now the council
finds itself just where it began, but
with considerable information as to
how poker is played in Ontario com
munities.
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Court Decides Which
of Two Is Man’s Widow.
New York.—Vice Chancellor
John Griffin of Jersey City held
that Mrs. Anna Solomon Dunken
Davidson of Garden street, Ho
boken, is the legal widow of
Werner Dunken, who died at
New Haven in 1916. Mrs. Min
4 nie Kaiser Dunken, who proved
a ceremonial marriage with
Dunken in 1901, at Passaic, and
who said she lived with him un
til he died, claimed to be his law
ful widow.
The evidence disclosed that
Dunken lived with the first wom
an nearly 20 years, was known
as her husband, and deserted her
[ for the other woman. If
the decision stands, Mrs. Anna
Davidson will share Dunken’s
$15,000 estate with his three sls
, ters.
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Boy's Rifle Killed Mother.
Holton, Mich.—A bullet from a ri
fle, given William Noble, 14-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Noble,
as a Christmas present, killed the
boy’s mother when the firearm was ac
cidently discharged.
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LUKE DILLON
Luke Dillon of Philadelphia, an
Irish patriot who served 14 years in
a Canadian prison for dynamiting the
Welland canal in 1S00, is to enter the
University of Pennsylvania as a fresh
man. He recently earned a scholar
ship offered by the Irish Press. Dillon
Is now seventy years old.
Fresh Ever-Ready Flashlight Bat
teries, all sizes. Blum-O’Neill Co. 3-tf
Ladies’ and gent’s shoes shined at
The Club Barber Shop. 12-tf
PROFESSIONAL
DR. W. W. COUNCIL '
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office and Residence, CordoYa
General Hospital vOstrander
Building).
Phones—Residence, 115; Office, 132
♦ DR. W. H. CHASE
Physician and Surgeon
Lathrop Building
Phone 9
Established Cordova 1908
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W. D’ARCY CHACE, M. D.
CHICHAGOFF, ALASKA
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DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
DENTAL OFFICES
LATHROP BLDG. PHONE 200
CORDOVA, ALASKA
DRTcORA DAGGETT '
SPECIALIST
DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS
PYORRHEA X-RAY
OFFICES WITH
DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
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Dentist
ADAMS BUILDING
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D0N0H0E & DIMOND
ATTORN EYS-AT- LAW
Offices:
CORDOVA and VALDEZ
FRANK H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
ROOM 1, OSTRANDER BUILDING
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E. F. MEDLEY
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
Room 1, Adams Block
CORDOYrA, ALASKA
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
SECOND ST., OPP. HOSPITAL
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D. C. FAIRMAN
TEACHER OF PIANO
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WILLIAM A. HESSE
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
Bedford-McNeill Code
Cordova, Alaska
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FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
Juneau, Alaska
* INSURANCE
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Accident and Health Insurance
United States Fidelity & Guaranty
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Wear, Washing and Your Clothes
• Why do clothes wear out? Is day fallen on a cloth, holes will develop
to day use a principal factor ? Has during the first washing,
laundering a weakening or strength- a starched collar that has never
ening effect? How much has the been worn—such a collar as is corn
quality of the manufacturer’s work monly favored by men—can be con
to do with wear ? What can rea- tinuously washed in laundries like
sonably be expected of a given piece ours as many as 40 times before it
of fabric ? vvill begin to fray. But if the collar
In behalf of the housewives whom is worn between washings, it can be
we serve, these questions have been laundered only 20 times or less. In
searchingly inquired into. a word, the wearing of a collar—the
Tablecloths of real linen, well putting it on and taking it off
woven, can be laundered as many shortens its life by 50 per cent or
as 100 to 150 times before showing more.
wear. This is the average of our Personal apparel and household
methods of handling linen that has linen are bleached, dyed, woven,
been finely made and properly cared tailored, packed, shipped, stored, un
for by the housewife. packed and used before they come to
Flaws often appear in curtains at us. If at any stage there has been
the point below the shade, where poor workmanship, misuse or abuse,
they are most exposed to dust-laden “it all comes out in the wash.”
air and the action of the sun’s rays. But when you have purchased
To check these corrosive influences with judgment, and used your things
many housewives have their curtains with care, our cleansing methods
Curtains wear washed oftener than cleanliness alone will help you prolong their usefulness.
thl^twL™ requires. — -—--—-—— Laundering and
they beat a- If a few drops of %%T TP . , conservation of
Kie open win- a harmful fluid, like ^ Wc IfCEt clothes have be
dow- the solution in an YoUF Clothing come an art with
automobile stor* ® us. Send us your
age battery, have Oil0 family washing.
i JONES’ LA JNDRY
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CORDOVA MACHINE
WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Phone 101-3
Shop Phone 182
Machine Work of all Kinds,
Blacksmithing, General Repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
, lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and Shop: City Dock
CORDOVA, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
SMITH &
M’CONAGHY
Plumbers and
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Steamfitters
COR. FRONT and B STS.
NORTHWESTERN CLEAN
ING AND DYEING HOUSE
TAILORING
Ail kinds of Repair Work. Fancy
Garments a Specialty. All Work
Guaranteed. Goods called for and
delivered
L. LEEN
Next to Hegg’s, on C 8L
Telephone 190
/SHAMPOOING
FACIAL AND
For MANICURING
CALL
' 101 -3 RINGS
MRS. SWANBERG
My New and Complete
Hat - Blocking
Outfit
is now in operation. Bring in
your old hats and have them
made like new.
PEYSER THE TAILOR
PHONE 188
FRESH
SWEET MILK
DELIVERED DAILY
Guaranteed Pure and Sanitary
CORDOVA DAIRY
OLDTOWN
Phone 189—« Rings
GRADUATION TIME IS HERE
Your boy or girl will be proud of a watch that will last a life
time.
A signet ring will be a reminder of the day for many, many years.
Birthstone rings, lavaliers and many other articles at
PAUL BLOEDHORN’S
Jeweler and Watchmaker. Phone 223
HATS AND CAPS
SPRING line now in stock. The latest
colors and styles, direct from the
world’s market centers. Come in and
look them over
KENNEDY'S
f” BROWER
MAIL STAGE LINE
TRAVEL SAFELY, COMFORTABLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY WITH
THE U. S. MAIL-CARS AT EITHER END OF THE TRAIL
FREQUENT CHANGES OF HORSES
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FARE CHITINA TO FAIRBANK8
$75.00 AND WAR TAX
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