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VOL-_y. NO, 133 _ CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS
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SLEEK STRANGER!
PAYS! ALTY
FOR CRIMES
Dr. Robert E. Forbes, alias Robert
Cullen Johnstone, was indicted by the
grand jury at Valdez yesterday on the
charge of passing a forged govern
ment warrant for $2,000 at Cordova
several weeks ago. Forbes pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to seven
years’ imprisonment at McNeill’s
island.
Forbes was arrested in Utah by
secret service agents, after a chase
half-way across the continent. He is
a hardened criminal who has served
time before, and is wanted at prelent
in Oklahoma for having made his
escape from jail there.
Idle man’s true name is not known,
he traveled under many aliases. He
is about 44 years of age, of medium
height and sallow7 complexion, and is
said to be a confirmed drug addict.
When he arrived in Cordova he
brought many letters of introduction
from prominent residents of Juneau,
exhibited what afterwards turned out
to be stolen Masonic credentials, and
also professed to be an Elk. He was
at- good dresser, wore rimless glasses
with gold ear chain, and through his
affable ways was enabled to ingratiate
himself with a number of our people,
most of whom he stung with worthless
checks.
NO. CARO! A
NOT IN FAVO
OF SUFFRAGE
RALEIGH, N. C.( May 7 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Action of the Demo
cratic convention recently in adopting
a $ platform plank for ratification of
the woman suffrage amendment will
be followed by a special session of
the legislature about July 1.
Louisiana is the only state to have
a session before North Carolina, but
suffrage leaders say no matter what
action is taken in Louisiana, it will
have no effect on the fight for ratifica
tion in North Carolina.
if Louisiana were to act favorably
it would make the thirty-sixth state,
but on account of some uncertainty
over the ratification in the Ohio legis
lature, because of a referendum in
volved, suffrage advocates are anxious
to have thirty-seven states ratify the
amendment.
Opinion is divided here as to what
action the North Carolina legislature j
vml take. In view of the fact that
both political organizations in the |
state have adopted platforms including
planks favoring suffrage, many party
leaders believe the amendment will
be ratified. Besides Governor Bickett,
many Democratic party leaders in the
state have come out for the amend
ment, including Secretary Daniels,
Senator Simmons and Congressman
Hoey. The legislature is overwhelm
ingly Democratic.
Opponents of suffrage believe the
amendment will either be defeated in
the legislature or by the voters of the
state. They think the legislature will
follow Senator Overman's Idea and
propose a state constitutional amend
ment giving women the vote, thus put
ting the suffrage question up to the
voters, who, they believe, will re
ject It.
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WASHINGTON, May 7 (by Associ
ated Press).—The application of the
provisions of the immigration law by
the department of labor were under
consideration at a special meeting of I
the senate committee on immigration
yesterday. The time of the committee,
was principally taken up with a dis-;
cussion of a recent ruling by Secre- i
tary of Labor Wilson, to the effect
that membership in the Communist
party alone was insufficient ground
for the deportation of aliens.
NEW YORK, May 7 (by Associated
Press).—A. W. Riley, chief of the
“Flying Squadron” of the Department
of Justice, whose campaign so far has
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resulted in the conviction of 107 pro
fiteers with fines ranging from $50 to
to two years, has uncovered a number
of surprising commodities for which
dealers are said to be asking exorbi
tant prices. Complaints of alleged
‘gouging” in almost everything from
pickles to rouge and from lemonade
to whiskey are being reported to Mr.
Riley by New York consumers. One
man who had paid $1.15 to a restau
rant for a tiny steak and six small
pieces of French fried potatoes, didn’t
stop to eat them but by glancing at his
check, took a newspaper he had been
reading, wrapped up his “meal” and
brought it to the Federal prosecutor.
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NEGRESS REMEMBERS
HER BENEFACTOR
BELT, Mont., May 7 (by Associated
Press).—When Mrs. John H. Castner,
later known as “the mother of the
Belt,” came here, poor and in need of
friends, Carl M. McNally befriended
her. Mrs. Castner, who ran a miner’s
boarding house here for many yea?3,
diecf recently at the age of 72 and it
is found that of her estate of nearly
$25,000, she left $10,000 to McNally,
the rest going to relatives. Mrs.
Castner, was a negro, was formerly a
slave.
TAX ON GASOLINE TO
RAISE FUNDS TO GRANT
TEACHERS MORE PAY
MISSOULA, Mont., May 7 (by As
sociated Press).—A tax of one cent a
gallon on gasoline sales for automo
biles is suggested by Frank Haffie,
chairman of the board of trustees for
the Missoula county high school as a
means for raising funds with which
to grant salary increases to teachers
in the institution, several of whom
have resigned, giving inadequate sal
aries as the cause.
"The people who drive automobiles
can afford to pay this tax, and, alto
gether, it appears to me to be an en
tirely just method of taxation, though,
of course, the law to provide for this
taxation would have to be passed by
the legislature,” said Mr. McHaffie.
“A tax of this kind would relieve the
present burdensome taxation on real
estate.”
FAMOUS CUTTER BEAR
SAILS FOR FAR NORTH
SEATTLE, May 7.—The coast guard
cutter Bear sailed on Monday last for
Nome and other Seward peninsula
points, for her regular summer patrol
of the Arctic coast of Alaska. She
carries thirteen tons of mail.
LEGISLATION
FOR SOLDIERS
WILL GO OVER
WASHINGTON, May 7 (by Associ
ated Press).—After a series of in
formal conferences, the Democratic
and Republican members of the house
of representatives have agreed that
there is no prospect for the enact
ment of soldiers’ relief legislation be
fore recess is taken for the national
conventions.
Congressman Knutzen, the Repub
lican whip, said that many members
felt that the question should go over
until after the elections, to avoid the
injection of partisanship into consul
eration of the question.
Representative Garner, the Demo
cratic whip, declared that sentiment
is rapidly changing, and that a ma-j
jority of the Democrats are willing to
let the bill stop in committee.
JUNEAUITE PASSES
AWAY IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, May 7 (by Associated
Press).—Howard A. Hurlbut, formerly
of Juneau, died here today, after a
short illness.
WILSON DEMOCRATS
WIN OUT IN TEXAS
DALLAS, Texas, May 3 (Delayed in
transmission).—The Wilson Demo
crats elected 1,200 and the Senator
Bailey faction of the party 204 dele
gates to the state convention in the
precinct convention primaries held on
Saturday last.
BILLINGS’ POPULATION
INCREASES 50 PER CENT
WASHINGTON, May 7.—The popu
lation of Aberdeen, Wash., is placed
at 15,337, an increase of 12 per cent,
in a recent census bulletin.
The population of Billings, Mont., is
15,100, an increase of 50 per cent.
The population of Spokane, Wash.,
shows a decrease of .2 of 1 per cent,
with a total of 104,204.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP
CO. SELLS VESSEL
SEATTLE, May 7 (by Associated
Press).—The Alaska Steamship Com
pany has sold the steamship Henry
T. Scott to Fred Linderman of San
Francisco. The Scott was comman
deered during the war, and recently
was returned to her owners.
PLATT IS NOMINATED
FOR RESERVE BOARD
WASHINGTON, May 7 (by Associ
ated Press).—Edmund Platt, Repub
lican representative in congress from
the Twenty-sixth New York district,
has been selected by President Wilson
for membership on the Federal Re
serve Board. Mr. Platt Is a resident
of Poughkeepsie.
M’CALL APPOINTED TO
TARIFF COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, May 7 (by Associ
ated Press).—Samuel W. McCall, for
merly governor of Massachusetts, was
yesterday nominated by President Wil
son as a member of the .tariff commis
sion.
BAKERS’STRIKE
MAY RESULT IN
BREAD FAMINE
CHICAGO, May 7 (by Associated
Press).—The price of bread was ad
vanced today to 11 cents for a pound
loaf.
CINCINNATI BAKERS STRIKE
CINCINNATI, May 7 (by Associated
Press).—The Bakers’ Club of this city
has informed the mayor that the city
is facing a bread famine, as less than
25 per cent the normal output is
available, owing to the strike of the
union bakers.
The bakers have demanded an in
crease of $9 weekly. They have been
receiving from $24 to $26 per week.
BRITISH COLUMBIA^
MAY GRUBSTAKE MEN
TO DO PROSPECTING
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VICTORIA. B. C„ May 7 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The department of
mines and industries proposes that
the provincial government shall grub-|
stake twenty-four parties of two menj
each, one to be an engineer and the
other a returned soldier, to prospect
British Columbia for minerals.
EVERYTHING REPORTED
PEACEFUL AT HYDER
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HYDER, Alaska, May 7 (by Associ
ated Press).—The United States coast
guard cutter Algonquin, which was
dispatched here on the request of
Alaska officials, who reported that
radical agitators were creating dis
turbances, found upon her arrival here
that order prevailed and conditions
were normal.
PROSPECTING FOR COAL
ON CARRINGTON IS! ND
SALT LAKE CITY, May 7 (by As
sociated Press).—Holding the belief
that rich coal beds underlay Carring
ton island in the Great Salt Lake,
government geologists are soon to
make an extensive survey to this end,
it became known here recently. Coal
croppings are said to have been dis
covered and state authorities are to
assist the government.
Carrington island is one of the big
gest in the lake and is noted for its
large deposits of guano, a fertilizer.
The only vegetation on Carrington
island is a thin covering of grass
suitable for grazing purposes.
SHEEP SHEARERSIRE
MAKING GOOD MONEY
ELKO, Nev., May 7 (by Associated
Press).—Sheep shearing in Eastern
Nevada is underway and growers de
clare shearers are making big earn
ings this year. Seventeen cents a
head is the price paid and some ex
pert shearers can clip one hundred
animals in one day, thus earning $17
in addition to board and lodging which
is included with the job.
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BOMBER JUMPS
FROM WINDOW
TO HIS DEATH
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NEW YORK, May 3 (Delayed in
transmission).—Tazio, alias Andrea
Salsedo, who was held by the depart-!
ment of justice in connection with the
bomb outrages of last June, when At
torney General Palmer’s house, among
others, was bombed, jumped from a
window in the department office here,
falling four stories to his death.
The incident was the first intima
tion that any arrests had been made
in connection with the series of
crimes.
FOR GOOD OLD
UNITED STATES
CHICAGO, May 7 (by Associated)
Press).—Emina Goldman, the anar
chist agitator who was deported from
the United States some months ago,
in a letter to Dr. Ben L. Reitman, dated
Moscow, March 6, says she is home
sick, and that she has heard nothing;
from the States.
She declares that Russia has been
bled white and starved by the block
t
ade, and not a place in which one
may easily take root. She has not
been active socially, she says, owing
to lack of knowledge of the language
and conditions.
NATIONAL BANKS TO
SUBMIT STATEMENTS
WASHINGTON, May 7 (by Associ
ated Press).—The comptroller of the
currency has called for reports of the
condition of all national banks as of
May 4.
NOT BELIEVED CARRANZA
HAS ABANDONED CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, May 7 (by Associ
ated Press).—Reports that President
Carranza of Mexico has gone to Vera
Cruz are unconfirmed in official circles
here.
AUSTRIANS OBJECT TO
FOOD EXPORTATIONS
LINZ, Austria, May 7 (by Associ
ated Press)—So determined are the
people of this province that food shall
not be exported that workingmen's
councillors yesterday boarded and
searched the passengers of a train
bound for Vienna. From 359 persons
they took 900 pounds of meat, 450
pounds of butter and 8,000 eggs. All
belonging to traders was confiscated,
and from private persons, two-thirds
of what they had, the provisions be
ing distributed among the Vienna and
Linz hospitals.
DESPONDENCY CAUSES
SAD MONTANA TRAGEDY
ROUNDUP, Mont., May 7.—Joe
West, aged 40, killed his wife, his two
children and himself on Monday last
in this city. Despondency was the
cause of the tragedy.
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WASHINGTON, May 7 (by Associ
ciatecl Press).—Testifying yesterday
before the senate committee which is
investigating navy awards, Admiral
Benson said he could not deny having
warned Admiral Sims “not to let the
British pull the wool over his eyes.”
and that “we would as soon fight them
as the Germans.”
The admiral denied that the warn
ing was given in a spirit of unfriendli
ness to Great Britain, claiming that
a wrong interpretation had been
placed on the statement.
FLOUR HAS ADVANCED
FIFTY CENTS A BARREL
MINNEAPOLIS, May 7 (by Associ
ated Press).—Flour advanced yester
day 50 cents per barrel to the new
record price of $16 per barrel, an in
crease of $2 within a month.
BIG AVIATION
MEET TAKES
PLACE TODAY
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NEW YORK, May 7 (by Associated
Press).—Air events planned for 1920
promise to make it a big aviation
sport year, according to the American
Flying club. The first event of im
portance will be the flying field day
of the Intercollegiate Flying Associa
tion at Mineola Field, (N. Y.) which
takes place today.
Eleven colleges and universities are
represented in a varied program of
flying stunts, which will be concluded
with a cross country flight. In this
race each will be permitted to enter
two airplanes and a cup will be
awarded to the winner. The start
will be made at Mineola Field, where
the race will end after a circuit that
probably will include Philadelphia and
Princeton.
Arrangements also are being made
by the club for a seaplane race around
Long Island. This probably will be
held early in the summer. The club
is co-operating with the training oper
ations group of the United States
Army Air Service in planning for a
trans-continental air race between
New York and Alaska, a distance of
4,870 miles. In the tentative plans
the course is mapped out from Min
eola across 'the United States terri
tory to Minot, N. D., crossing Saska
cLewan, Can., and across the Domin
ion to Fort Egbert on the Alaska bor
der. In Alaska the route runs to Cir
cle, Fort Yukotn, Fairbanks by way of
Fort Gibbon, thence to Nulato and
Nome. Compulsory stops at an aver
age of each 150 miles will be arrang
ed for the aviators.
Flying events of a sporting nature
will not be confined, however, to the
United States in 1920. In France a
flying meet is scheduled to be held at
Juvisy, near Paris, May 22 and 23.
The British aircraft exhibition will be
held in London in July. In addition
the British government has offered
several millions in pounds as prizes
for various airplane sporting events
to be held during the year. The Cape
to Cairo route is being blazed. Be
tween the two points the distance by
rail, steamship or ground transporta
tion is appriximately 6,223 miles. The
lerial line is about 5,200 miles.