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VOLUEM ONE. NUMBER HUNDRED AND ()NE. C(>RD()VA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AURI L 1915. PRICE TEN CENTS.
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JUNEAU, April 3—Fur blew in the
senate yesterday afternoon as the
statesmen mixed over the question of
recommending the location of the fed
eral school of mines to be located In
the territory. The senate was divided
strictly on divisional lines, each dele
gation vehemently urging its district
as the proper place for the location of
the school. Another spirited debate
took place over the distribution of the
funds received from the forest service
and now in the hands of the territorial
treasurer.
The Governor today signed the bill
providing a bounty on wolves.
DELEGATE TALKS
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JUNEAU, April 1—Delegate Wick
ersham addressed a joint session of
the legislature yesterday on the public
schools of the territory. He urged the
importance to Alaska in establishing
and preserving the school lands to be
set aside by the government into a
source of revenue for the future.
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HAVANA, April 3—Johnson money
is much in evidence, but the odds in
favor of the black champion have fal
len heavily. Johnson’s backers are
now asking even money, while Wil
lard’s adherents are asking odds of
eight to five on their man.
OATHl F OFFICE
TAKEN BY
USER
JUNEAU, April 3—James A Smiser,
of Tennessee, recently appointed by
President Wilson as U. S. District At
torney for the First Division, has ar
rived here, and yesterday took the
oath of office.
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FUR WARDEN NOW
FISHERIES AGENT
Harry J. Christoffers. formerly fur
warden with headquarters at Fair
banks, has been named assistant agent
for the Alaska salmon fisheries.
Christoffers is in Cordova at present
and will leave at once for Unalaska
where he will be stationed this com
ing summer. It is was believed that
he was going to the Priloff Islands for
the department of commerce with
which he is connected.
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gome cooking at the Windsor grill.
Why Counci linen Goodall and Currier Fa
vored the Knox Franchise—They Are
to he “Ross” Contrziefors
Their Pay—Half Cash, Half Stock
The reason for the intense interest that Council- ,
men Goodall and Currier have taken in the granting
of the Knox light franchise and their great anxiety ;
to have the measure passed without any regard to 1
protecting the rights of the town has at last been
made public and it certainly places these public
officials in a very embarrassing position, to say the
least.
It has frequently been charged, and believed by
many, that Goodall and Currier have a direct per- -
sonal and financial interest in this franchise, al
though they make denial of the fact. A couple of ,
years ago, and before they became councilmen, the
city granted to them a light franchise for the same ;
water site that Knox now claims to own. But the
privilege granted them was never taken advantage i
of, for the reason that no capital could be secured
for the construction of a plant.
Shortly after the election last spring H. H.
Knox appeared before the council and asked for a !
light franchise for this same water site, which is now
owned by Knox and Oscar Ohman, of Douglas. The
ordinance submitted in no way safeguarded the
town, but practically gave Knox a blanket privilege '
of doing much as he pleased. The document was
so flimsy that when objection was made by the ml
nority members of council to its consideration it was
withdrawn.
A little later another ordinance was prepared
md upon its first reading in council the point was
•aised that it failed to cover certain restrictions that
vere placed on the old company and that in justice to
ill parties concerned no discrimination should be
nade in favor of a new franchise as against the old.
It was upon this point that Councilman Slater,
Kazelet and E. J. Davis at first objected to the pass
ng of the Knox ordinance but after the franchise
vas properly drawn, and contained the clauses that
he minority members fought for, they voted in favor
)f the ordinance. And for doing their duty in re
'using to give to Knox a blanket franchise consider
ible abuse has been heaped upon Councilman Haze
et, Davis and Slater by the “official organ,’’ “Boss”
5oodal and his gang of disgruntled politicians.
And it now develops that the motive back of the
ight made by Good.' ’1 and Currier was for personal
jain, without any regard to their duty as public
servants or their pre election pledges. In the plat
orm of the Citizens’ party last spring was a plank
n which the candidates for councilmen declared
hemselves as being opoosed to any member of the
rown Council being directly or indirectly interested
n the performance of any public work or improve
nent. The first violation of this pie’ge was the
/oting by the majority members, and the acceptance
| by Goodall, of a city job at $10 per day.
But a greater graft looms up. A franchise has
been granted, and for the very water site that Good
all and Currier were to use when they asked and re
ceived from a previous council the privilege of in
stalling a new light plant. Of course no member of
council is now interested, in any way, in the franchise
that Knox was seeking. At least they all deny any
connection, although several of them displayed more
than ordinary interest in a desire to make the con
ditions of the new ordinance as liberal for Knox as
possible, without any regard to the city's rights.
As the Daily Alaskan says there’s a reason for
everything, and Albert Ohman, the man in charge
of the water site, and nephew of Oscar Ohman, part
ner of Knox’s in the ownership of this power, gives
the most satisfactory and plausible one. In a con
versation with Thomas C. Price, the other day, when j
the light franchise was under discussion, Mr. Ohman
stated that Goodall and Currier were not interested I
in the new franchise granted; the only interest they j
bad was that in case Knox could float a company in 1
the states Goodall and Currier were to build the i
plant, but that they were not even to be paid all
cash for the work. Their pay is half cash, half stock.
Thus is exploded the much touted declaration that
Goodall, Currier,et al are serving the people, while
in reality their acts have been all for private gain.
BRANDS FLYNN’S STATEMENT
AS A DELIBERATE FALSEHOOD
Admitting that he wrote the article
ror the Alaska Times, excoriating
Counciimen Goodall, Boyle and Cur
rier for their action in opposing the
removal of part of the fire apparatus to
First Avenuu fire hall, which was re
published in this paper on Thursday,
James Flynn, clerk of the city coun
cil, aitempts to justify his double
cross in a lengthy communication, over
his signature, in yesterday's Daily
Alaskan. The excuse offered for a
betrayal of the men who placed him
in his present municipal position is
as fiimsy as it is untrue and instead
of bearing the cross manfully Mr.
Flynn seeks to trump up an alleged
conversation with Chas. H. Scheffler,
one of the publishers of the Alaska
Times, which Mr Scheffler declares
under oath never took place and con
sequently is a falsehood manufactured
out of the whole cloth. Even were
his version true, which Is most em
phaticallly denied, Flynn evidently
considered his friendship for Scheffler
paramount to any duty or obligation
to Messrs. Goodal, Boyle or Currier.
But what are the facts. Mr.
Scheffler makes affidavit that he dtil
not solict Mr. Flynn to write the al
leged article, but that the latter came
to the office and voluntarily offered to
furnish an account of the famous
and also to conceal the fact that he
was the author. Mr. Scheffler further
says he complied with Mr. Flynns
wishes in the matter, until he learned
that the article had been submitted
to others before being brought to the
| paper. The alleged conversation ro
Mr. Medley, never took place, ac
cording to Mr. Scheffler. Mr. Flynn
admits having written the article, but
claims he did so as a private individu
1 al, although he was then anil still is
the city clerk. A fine distinction,
but it in no way ulters his position in
the matter.
meeting of the city council, requesting
ihut it be printed ns written by him
If any corroboration of Mr. Scheff
elr’s statement is necessary it might I
,;e stn'ed that about the time the I
article appeared in the Alaska Times]
Mr. Flynn approached a member of the
local fire department and endeavored
to prevail upon him to introduce a
resolution before the department con
demning the action of Councilmen
Goodall, Royle and Currier. Can he
deny this, and does it not prove that
the article expressed his real feeling
towards these councilmen and offers
the strongest kind of argument against
the unfitness of these men to hold
office.
Mr. Flynn’s long drawn out state
ment deals with other local matters
that had been disposed of some time
before he wrote his famous article,
and he digresses from the main issue
in order to square himself with the
men he attacked by now paying them
empty compliments and making false
charges against the candidates on the
Peoples’ ticket. This deceit and
trickery was evidently resorted to m
hope of removing some of the odium
from breaking into print and showing
up Goodall, Boyle and Currier in their
true light. But the die had been cast
and the double-cross brand is not so 7
easily removed. I
1, Charles II. Scheffler, being sworn depose and say, that 1 have read the article signed
by Janu s Flynn that was printed in theC'ordova Daily Alaskan, under date of April 2, 1915, in
which said Flynn details the circumstances that haul up to his writing an article for the Alaska
Times in which Councilman Goodall and' Boyle were severely criticized for their attitude on the
matter of the First Street lire hall.
1 further, under oath depose, that the said Flynn voluntarily offered to furnish the
article to the Alaska Times and that I in no way solicited it or asked said Flynn to write up the
proceedings of the City Council when the First Street tire hall was discussed.
1 further, under oath depose and say that the conversation set out in said' letter between
myself and said Flynn, is entirely untrue and never occurred, and the remarks attributed to
me concerning Mr. Medley are also untrue, and were never uttered by me.
When said Flynn brought in the article to tin* office of the Alaska Times lie requested
me to publish it just as it was written and also asked me to tell nobody that he was the author
of it. I heeded his request until 1 learned' that he had shown the article to others to read be
fore bringing it to the Times office.
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Said Flynn came into the office of the Times and asked me if 1 would print a story con
cerning the last meeting of the Council and not make any corrections in it, provided he wrote it
for me. I agreed to his conditions and later Flynn brought in the article and handed it to
me, asking me, as set out above, to conceal the fact that lie had'written it.
I also depose and say that I have read the the above affidavit before signing it, and that
the same is true. C. II SCHKFFLFK.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 2nd day of April, 1915.
A. JVDSON ADAMS,
Notary Public for Alaska, my commission expires May IS, .191 <>.
DETENTION HOSPITAL
IS FINALLY OPENED
The detention hospital at Fairbanks
has finally been opened by the govern
ment. It is five years sflnce con
gress appropriated money for the con
struction of such an institution at
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Fairbanks and Nome. On July 25,
1910, the president signed the bill ap t
propriatlng the money. For three
years there was much agitation over
the hospital, until, in the summer ot'i
1913, Governor Strong urged that the
department proceed with the construc
tion of the buildings. The city coun
cil appropriated money for the pur
chase of the site of the building.
For more than a year the detention
hospital in Fairbanks has been under
the control of the department of jus
tice, and around its opening a polit
ical battle has been ruging, with ac
cusations, recriminations, and the ex
change of many warm words.
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LOVER.VS now made In bond bet
ler than ever -TRY ONB.
BKRLIN, April 3—Five American army officers attached
to the German military forces as observers, have been ordered
to return to tin* United State's at once. This order comes as a
complete surprise, and is the cause of much speculation as to its
import, as the officers were expected to remain througout the
war. So far as can be learned American observers with tin
armies of the other belligeruut nations have not been recalled.
LOCAL JOTTINGS.
W. W. Harvey, the McCarthy mer
chant, returned this morning from a
trip to Valdez.
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Among the outgoing passengers on
the Northwestern today was Mrs. It.
H. Capers, mother of Attorney Capers.
Mrs Capers has spent several months
in Cordova, during which time she has
made a host of friends who will sin- <
cerely regret her departure. i
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NEW YORK, April 3—A receiver
has been appointed for the Interna
t-ional Mercantile Marine Company,
which owns and operates one hun
dred and twenty five steamers under
the British, American and Belgian
flags.
This is the great shipping trust or
ganized by the late J. P. Morgan, and
was for a time a paying concern.
Since the outbreak of the European
war the company has lost much busi
ness, and has been unable to meet the
interest on its bonds.
WHEAT FALLS ON
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PEACE
CHICAGO, April .1- Wheat sagged
heavily on the exchange today on re
ports that indications were favorable
to a treaty of peace between Russia
and Austria. This rumor, however, is
without authentic source.
EITEL NEGLECTS
TO ESCAPE
NEWPORT NEWS. April 3—A
blinding snowstorm today gave the
German cruiser Eitel an opportunity
to escape the British cruisers wait
ing outside for her appearance, but she
neglected to take advantage of the oc
casion. She still remains at the
wharf, and it is certain that she will
be interned here.
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REGISTRY LIST IS
LARGEST ON RECORD
When Registrar Miekelson closed
the registration books at 1 o'clock
this afternoon 349 names had been
placed on the list of those entitled to
vote at the coming municipal election.
Of these 82 were of the fair sex. dem
onstrating that the ladies of the town
are taking an interest in who shall be
elected to fill the city offices
This is the largest registration since
the ordinance requiring the registra
tion of voters went into effect, and
surpasses that of last year by more
than forty names.
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MILO KELLY BUYS
MINING PROPERTY
Our former townsman* Ex-Repre
sentative Milo Kelly, and his partner,
[,eslle. have bought out the interests
)f Price & Weaver in the gold min
ng property located at the head of
he Yentna river and have organized
i new company which is known as
he Kelly, Price and 'i-eslie Gold Min
ng company. The property will be
iperated in an extensive and expert
nanner and important results are as
lured. The property Is located In the
;old belt but along the Alaska range.