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VOL. v 7o. 126 CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1920_PRICE TEN CENTS ^
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VALENTINE FOR DELEGATE TO CONVENTION
VOTERS OF TERRITORY PUCE
STAMP OF DISAPPROVAL UPON
VICIOUS CHARACTER DEFAMER
With the primary election returns
in from the four divisions, with the
exception of a few scattering outly
ing precencts the election of J. C.
McBride as Republican committee
man is a certainty, as he now leads
Herron by 705 votes. Geo. C. Haze
let ^%nd T. M. Reed will be the dele
gates to the Republican convention,
both having safe leads over Valen-!
tine. John Rustgard easily wins the
nomination for attorney-general.
The results of Tuesday’s election
are most gratifying in view of the (
vicious and personal attacks made by
Herron through his newspapers at
Anchorage and Juneau. The over
whelming defeat of Herron shows
that the voters do not approve of the
dirty politics played by him and his
supporters. It also eliminates Wick
ersham for all time as a factor in
Alaska politics and should be a warn
ing to Seattle politicians to keep their
hands off the affairs of this territory,
as the residents are fully capable of
attending to that matter for them
selves.
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Cordova . 376 18 15 406 I 73 49 85 37 169
Cordova No. 2. 129 15 8 137 j 57 37 32 24 89
Ohitina. 21 ‘ 2 2 18 | 16 3 8 6 8
McCarthy . 23 7 5 32 j 19 6 8 7 19
Strelna . 4 2 . 5 | 2 .
Bonanza . 55 5 9 51 j 54 20 23 20 14
Seward . 61 14 i 56 75 | 74 35 54 22 45
Valdez .... . 29 1 53 34 | 52 37 16 36 20
Skagway . 17 62 12 17 j 30 10 42 23 31
Fairbanks ... 224 3 11 I 210 45 33 .
Kodiak. 18 7 7 j 25 30 6 23 2 11
Anchorage . 88 169 377 | 154 362 250 152 95 244
Juneau . 288 45 330 225 477 451 112 203 323
Oastineau Channel . 430 61 509 j 332 695 705 209 283 736
P%tersbuif^.. 31 5 25 j 33 15 32 19 3 42
Ketchikan .' 218 12 68 j 191 106 j 119 158 20 106
Charcoal Point . 12 7 I 11 10 12 8 11
Wrangell . 77 10 26 I 28 79 66 57 13 91
Nome . 31 i 10 i 127 j 26 j 160 113 9 12 146
Nenana . 40 j 5 j 3 | 40 17 15 4 5 43
Ijong and Ruby. 7 j 5 | 11 |j 9 j 16 18 10 10 7
Hyder .i 49 j 1 j 11 jj . | . | .
Tolovana and Creeks.f 90 6 [ 19 jj 106 | 31 j 53 16 13 146
Latouche .| 51 1 j 7 jj 47 | 26 j 8 29 15 18
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Totals . |2450 474 |1745 ||2307 |2528 |2135 [1111 859 |2400
FIRST DIVISION
Hyder
HTDER, April 29.—McBride, 49;
Herron, 11; Chovin, 1.
SECOND DIVISION
Nome
NOME, April 29.—Nome Republic
ans cast 181 votes in Tuesday’s pri
mary election, and the Democrats 57.
No excitement was displayed over the
election. An independent ticket for
senator and representatives will be
launched, in the interest of the repeal
of the pensioners’ bill, the joint road
commission bill and other measures.
The vote in detail was:
Sutherland, 169; Finnegan, 9; Hub
bard, 12; Rustgard, 146; Chovin, 10;
Herron, 127; McBride, 31; Hazelet,
26; Reed, 160; Valentine, 113.
Governor Riggs received 29; Grigs
by, 45; Murphy, 39; Donohoe, 22.
No outlying precincts have reported
as yet.
THIRD DIVISION
Latouche
VALDEZ, April 29.—Following are
the results of Tuesday’s voting at La
touche:
Finnegan, 29; Hubbard, 15; Rust
gard, 8; Chovin, 1; Herron, 7; Mc
t^ride, 51; Hazelet, 47; Reed, 26; Val
entine, 8.
FOURTH DIVISION
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Nenana
NENANA, April 29.—Casey, 18; Cas
key, 13; Connors, 18; Derry, 18; Er
win, 36; Riggs, 24; White, 16; Rust
gard, 43; Hubbard, 5; Finnegan, 4;
McBride, 44; Herron, 3; Chovin, 5;
Hazelet, 40; Reed, 17; Valentine, 15.
Long and Ruby
RUBY, April 29.—Ruby and Long
combined cast twenty-nine Republican
votes in Tuesday’s primary election.
Of these Finnegan received 10; Hub
bard, 10; Rustgard, 7; Chovin, 5; Her
ron, 11; McBride, 7; Hazelet, 9; Reed,
16; Valentine, 18. Derry, on the Dem
ocratic ticket, received 13.
The other precincts in this vicinity
have not yet reported. The vote was
light.
Fairbanks Creeks
FAIRBANKS, April 29.—Returns
from surrounding creeks and Tolo
vana give McBride 90; Herron, 19;
Chovin, 6; Hazelet, 106; Reed, 31; Val
entine, 53; Finnegan, 16; Hubbard, 13;
Rustgard, 146.
JUDGE FAVORS
KIDNAPERS IN
TALKTO JURY
TOMBSTONE, Ariz., April 29 (by
Associated Pi ess).—Judge Patee, in
charging the jury in the case of
Wooten, on trial for kidnaping in con
nection with the deportation of the
striking I. W. W. miners at Bisbee in
1917, said that if Fred Brown,’ the
prosecuting witness, joined the de
portees willingly, or if imminent dan
ger to the people of the district made
the deportations necessary, they must
find the defendant not guilty of kid
naping.
DEMOCRATIC POLITICIAN
LEAVES LARGE ESTATE
CHICAGO, April 29 (by Associ
ated Press).—Roger Sullivan, the late
Democratic politician, left an estate
valued at a million and a half dollars.
! EIGHT TANKERS ARE
AWARDED TO U. S.
WASHINGTON, April 29 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Eight Standard Oil
tankers formerly under the German
flag have been awarded to the United
States temporarily.
ITALIAN DESTROYERS
IN LINE OF FIRE
FIUME, April 29 (by Associated
Press).—D’Annunzio’s batteries yes
terday fired on Italian destroyers. The
shells fell ahead of the ships’ course,
and there were no casualties.
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| JOHNSON SUPPORTER CLAIMS
HE DID NOT GET SQUARE DEAL
IN PRIMARIES IN NEW JERSEY
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NEWARK, N. J., April 29 (by Asso
ciated Press).—William Verdun, Re
publican leader of Hoboken, wired to
Senator Hiram Johnson yesterday
saying:
“You have been robbed of the votes
of Camden and Essex and Morris
counties.” He declared that Johnson
would win eleven of the twenty-eight
delegates.
WOOD IN LEAD
Wood leads Johnson by 612 votes,
with eighty-four districts missing. The
indications are that Wood will have
eleven and Johnson ten district dele
gates. Three are unpledged.
OTHER FRAUDS HINTED AT
RICHMOND, Ind., April 29 (by As
sociated Press).—Senator Johnson re
ceived the Verdun message here. He
said he had no charges to make, but
he remembered the fraudulent Minne
sota primary, and had wired to friends
in New Jersey for full information.
HARDING STRONG IN OHIO
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 29 (by As
sociated Press).—The indications are
that Harding has thirty-nine, and pos
sibly forty-two, and Wood the remain
I der of Ohio’s forty-eight delegates to |
the national Republican convention.
Harry M. Daugherty, Harding’s cam
paign manager, apparently has been
defeated for delegate at large.
| IDAHO FAVORS WOOD
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho, April 29
(by Associated Press).—The Idaho Re
publican convention, in session here
yesterday, chose eight delegates to the
national convention, four, and possibly'
five, of whom are regarded as favor
able to the candidacy of General Wood
for President. One favors Johnson,
another either Harding or Lowden, and
one is non-committal.
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HOOVER’S BELIEFS
SAN FRANCISCO, April 29 (by As
sociated Press).—Herbert Hoover has
wired to his California campaign man
ager defining the issues of the cam
paign. He asserts his belief that the
platforms of all parties will urge some
form of a League of Nations. He de
clares that the Republican party must
deal with business reorganization, fed
eral administration, taxation readjust
ment, suppression of profiteering, im
proved relations between capital and
labor, a better distribution of wealth,
support for an American merchant ma
rine, and the improvement of water
ways.
REFUSES TO
OBEY ORDER
FROM JUDGE
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PORTLAND, April 29 (by Associ
ated Press).—Dan Malarkoi, attorney
for the Northwestern Steel Company
and the Columbia River Shipbuilding
Corporation, announced yesterday that
he would refuse to turn over the rec
ords of the companies to the federal
grand jury, as ordered by Federal
Judge Bean. The records are wanted
in connection with the investigation of
alleged shipyard frauds.
ANTHRACITE MINERS
REFUSE TO ARBITRATE
NEW YORK, April 29 (by Associ
ated Press).—The anthracite miners
have declined a counter proposal of
the operators of a 15 per cent increase
j in wages, and have refused to arbi
! trate.
DIRECTOR OF BUREAU
OF MINES RESIGNS
WASHINGTON, April 29 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Van H. Manning, di
rector of the bureau of mines, has re
signed, to take effect June 30. He
j will become director of research for
I the American Petroleum Institute.
GENERAL STRIKE
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IS ORDERED
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PARIS, April 29 (by Associated j
Press).—The General Federation of*
Labor of France has decided to sup
port the Railway Men’s Federation by
ordering a general strike at midnight
on May 1.
ENGLISH RAILWAYS AFFECTED
LONDON, April 29 (by Associated
Press).—The London Council of Rail
way Men announced today that begin
ning with Saturday next they will ad
here strictly to the working rules,
which is interpreted as an indication
that there will be a general stoppage
of work on May day. They demand an
advance of £1 weekly in wages.
LABOR PARTY TO HOLD
NATIONAL CONVENTION
TO NA CANDIDATES
CHICAGO, April 29 (by Associated
Press).—The National Labor party
convention will be held here July 11
to 13, to nominate candidates for presi
dent and vice president and to draft
a platform.
Every labor and farm organization
is invited to send one delegate for
each five hundred members.
AMERICAN MERCHANT MARIE
TO BE DEVELOPED - NO LINE
TO BE PUT ON ALASKA ROUTE
SEATTLE, April 29 (by Associated
Press).—A Post-Intelligencer special
from Washington says that a minor
feature of the Jones merchant marine
bill which vitally affects Alaska ship
ping is a clause which provides that
no merchandise can be shipped by land
or water between points in the Uhited
States or its territories, either directly
or via foreign ports, in vessels which
are not built and documented in the
United States and owned by American
citizens.
This would restore conditions exist
ing prior to the decision of the attor
ney general in 1913, in the application
of the White Pass & Yukon Company
to move freight to Alaska points
through Canadian territory.
Another provision directs the United
States Shipping Board to ascertain
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the need of ships between the terminal
of the Alaska railroad and Pacific
ports. The indications are, however,
that no government line will be estab
lished on this route, as Secretary
Payne’s inter-departmental commis
sion on Alaska has reported it to be
impracticable.
TO EXPORT REINDEER
*>A Times special from Washington
says that twenty-five hundred rein
deer will be driven from the Kusko
kwim valley to Broad pass this sum
mer for shipment Outside. W. T.
Lopp, superintendent of native educa
tion in Alaska, will have charge of the
transfer.
The biological survey will co-operate
with the interior department this sum
mer in a scientific investigation of the
possibility of crossing reindeer with
wild caribou. It is probable that cari
bou and reindeer will be placed to
gether in one herd on an island of the
Aleutian archipelago.
JONES INTRODUCES BILL
WASHINGTON, April 29 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The establishment of
an “America first” policy in the devel
opment of a merchant marine is pro
vided in a substitute for the house
marine bill which was introduced by;
Senator Jones of Washington yester
day. It provides that coastwise ship
ping must be entirely American-owned, |
FIVE KILLED i
AND 11 HURT
IN COLLISION
LAMBERTON, Minn., April 29 (by
Associated Press).—Ed Clark, con
ductor; L. S. Fuller, engineer, and
R. C. Larson, firemen, all of Winona;
A. Feltz of Tracy, Minn., and E. W.
Augustine, a pioneer of Ohio, were
killed and twelve persons were in
jured in a collision today between two
passenger trains on the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad.
GOMPERS SAYS UNREST
. WILL SOON BE QUIETED
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CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 29 (by
Associated Press).—Addressing the
convention of the International Cigar
makerS’ Union here today, Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, said that the un
rest of labor would soon be quieted.
and that three-quarters of the stock of
corporations engaged in the foreign
trade must be American-owned.
The bill provides for the abrogation
and terminations of treaties restrict
ing the right to impose discriminating
duties on foreign imports or vessels.
Senator Jones of Washington sug
gested an embargo on American oil to
conserve supplies for the navy and
merchant marine. Senator Jones and
Senator Phelan of California suggested
the creation of a federal corporation
to secure oil lands for the govern
ment.
CONFERENCE ON NAVAL BILL
The naval appropriation bill, carry
ing $465,000,000 for 1921 expenditures,
passed the house yesterday, and low
goes to conference.
NAVAL RESERVES
The retention in the regular nary
of twenty thousand reservists and
twelve hundred and twenty officers is
provided for in an amendment offered
at the request of the navy department
by the house naval committee.
NAVAL OIL LANDS
An amendment to the naval appro
priation bill designed to develop the
navy petroleum lands, chiefly in Cali
fornia, was approved by the senate
yesterday.
PLAN FOR SOLDIER RELIEF
The Republican majority of the
house ways and means committee has
decided to include a plan of paid-up
insurance, the value of which will in
crease annually at compound interest,
on which loans may be made by any
postoffice, in the soldier relief bill.
WILL NOT LICENSE PACKERS
The house committee on agriculture
today rejected proposals to license
packers and create a commission to
enforce the laws affecting the meat
industry.
COMMUNIST PARTY
TRYING TO FOMENT
STRIKE AT SPOKANE
SPOKANE, April 29 (by Associated
Press).--The Communist Labor party
is flooding Spokane with stickers and
circular letters in an effort to promote
a general strike on May 1, Interna
tional Labor day. Labor leaders here,
however, say they expect no strike.
MANY PASSENGERS
ARRIVE ON ALASKA
The steamship Alaska arrived from
Seattle late last night with ninety
seven passengers for Cordova, as fol
lows: Iver Heinie, E. Hofstad, C. F.
Gebhard and wife, Mrs. L. McDonald,
Mrs. C. P. Hanning, S. H. Palmer and
wife, C. N. Nelson, H. L. Wyrick, Mrs.
Thirkell, Mrs. A. Dexter, Mrs. G.
Smith, C. E. Taylor, Irene Mitchell,
M. Rasmussen, Jack Nelson, Louis El
mer, J. M. Elmer, H. Otis, A. Carlson,
J. Parrish, J. C. Black, Fred Glass
brenner and wife, Howard Birch and
wife, O. Krause and wife, Mrs. C.
Chambers, Mrs. M. Cohrs, Mrs. C.
Berg, Mrs. A .Green, R. Ramstead, W.
J. Hegstrom, Joe Heather, John For
gasee, J. F. Park, William M. Lyons,
Sam Sorenson, Fred Cox, Sidney Ja
cobs, W. McDonald, and fifty steerage.