jVOL. 5, NO. 192_CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS
INTERIOR ALASKA SEEKING RELIEF FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
THREE EARTHQUAKES CAUSE
■ CONSIDERABLE EXCITEMNT IN
FIRST CITY OF CAUFORN \
LOS ANGELES, July 16 (by Associated Press).—A sharp
earthquake was felt at 10:10 o’clock tliis morning, more severe
than anv felt recently. A quick survey shows no material
damage. Mortar was shaken from walls in the older parts of
the city and the frightened people fled to the streets. Plate
glass windows were broken in some places. The shock, was
apparently local.
Another severe earthquake shock was felt at 1:27 o’clock
this afternoon, followed by a more violent quake two minutes
slater. A brick chimney fell across the tunnel entrance on Third
street. A fire alarm was turned in, but no serious damage is
reported. Part of the retaining wall at the entrance to the
Hill street tunnel between First and Temple streets caved in.
Crowds with their nerves on edge rushed into the streets. Many'
buildings in the city are deserted with the people jammed in'
the center of the streets.
FLIGHT STARTS
FROM MINEOLA
TO ALASKA
MINEOLA, N. Y„ July 16 (by As
S(#iated Press).—Before the Nome
flight machines departed yesterday,
Captain Street, head of the party and
pilot of No. 1 plane, was handed a
congratulatory messages from Stefans
son, Henry F. Osborne, president of
the American Museum of Natural His
tory, and Norwegian officials, to bei
delivered to Amundsen at Nome.
The personnel of the expedition was
carefully selected. As observer, Cap
tain Street has Sergeant Edmund Hen
riques. Second in command is Lieut.
Clifford Nutt, piloting No. 2, with
Lieut. Eric Nelson, as observer. Lieut.
C. H. Crumrine is pilot of No. 3, and
Sergeant Long observer. Lieut. Kirk
patrick, pilot of No. 4, is accompanied
"By Electrician J. E. English.
ERIE, Pa., July 16 (by Associated
Press).—Three Nome flight planes ar
rived here at 5:35 o’clock last evening.!
SCRANTON, Pa., July 16 (by Asso
ciated Press).-—Captain Street, pilot
ing plane No. 1 in the fight to Nome,
was forced to land at Elmhurst, near!
here.
MINEOLA, July 16 (by Associated
Press).—The Alaska flyers expect to
encounter unknown climatic condi
tions while crossing the Rockies in
Alberta and intend to fly at an altitude
of 4,000 feet.
Captain Street, who was forced to
-*and Scranton, left there this morn
ing for Erie. The other three planes
ready to leave Erie this evening
for Grand Rapids.
ERIE, July 16 (by Associated
Press).—The Alaskan flyers an
nounced they would not leave Erie
until tomorrow morning.
GRAND RAPIDS, July 16 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Non-arrival of special
grades of oil required for aeroplanes
may delay the Alaska flyers here. The
oil was shipped some days from Penn
sylvania but is still in transit and none
is available in this locality.
WHEAT TAKES DROP
IN FEVERISH MARKET
CHICAGO, July 16 )by Associated
Press).—December wheat broke 10^
Tents a bushel during feverish trading
today.
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CONVICTED OF
VIOLATION OF
LEVER ACT
LOS ANGELES, July 16 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Federal Judge Bledsoe
today sentenced five railroad me a con
victed of violation of the Lever act
through participation in the switch
men’s strike of April 1 to pay fines fo i
$1,000 each. He said he considered!
every participant in the strike equally
guilty with the five sentenced and be
lieved all should share the punish
ment and he hoped fellow workers
of the convicted men will help pay the •
fines,
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF
KANSAS TREADS ON
DANGEROUS GROUND
TOPEKA, Kan., July 16 (by Associ
ated Press).—Club women are rally
ing to the support of Mrs. Margaret
Hill McCarter, who refused to give her i
age when she went to register. The!
attorney general says women cannot
register unless they give their age
more definitely than “over twenty
one,” and said a writ would be issued
to prevent them from voting.
GOV. RAILWAY
SEATTLE, July 16 (by Associated
Press).—Speaking at a luncheon here
yesterday, Colonel H. P. Warren said
the Alaska railway will be completed
by December 31, 1921, and a buffet
car service from Seward to Anchorage
will be operated beginning April 1.
Colonel Warren was accompanied
north on the Admiral Evans today by
E. G. Amesburv, assistant engineer of
the United States Steel Products Com
pany, which is building the bridge
over the Susitna river; Dr. G. M. Cul
vtra, chief surgeons of the Alaska road;
and H. M. Bradford, construction fore
man of the Steel Products Company.
TUCSON, Ariz, July 16 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Harold Bell Wright,
the author, was granted a divorce here
today on the grounds of desertion.
OMAHA TO ALASKA
IN STEEL MONOPLANE
✓
OMAHA, July 16 (by Associated
Press).—C. N. Dietz, a wealthy lum
berman, will fly from Omaha to
Alaska in an all-steel monoplane, leav
ing here July 22, on a fishing expedi
tion. it was announced today.
CHICAGO, July 16 (bv Associated
Press).—The forty-eighters who bolted
the fusion movement adjourned last
night after a futile day of wrangling,
with no arrangements made to put a
separate presidential candidate in the
field. The convention adopted the rec
ommendation of the leaders providing
for a continuation of the organization,
and it is possible a new convention
will be called. The recommendation
stated that “not having received jus
tice” the forty-eighters should con
tinue their work.
Leaders of the world War Veterans,
and Peoples’ party joined in the bolt
from the Farmer Labor party. The
Non-Paristan League members stayed
to the last but their organization has
repudiated the movement and en
dorsed La Follette.
Forty-eight leaders declared the
fusion movement has been wrecked by
the “intollerant” labor element and
said a “class party in this country
will never amount to anything.”
RAILWAY OFFICE
MEN PREPARING
TO GO ON STRIKE
CHICAGO, July 16 (by Associated
Press).—E. H. Fitzgerald, grand presi
dent of the Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks, will confer with the president
next Monday. With two hundred gen
eral chairmen he is perfecting plans
for the calling of a general strike if
the award of the labor board is unsat
isfactory. The clerks number 375,000
and demand an increase of 25 cents an
hour, retroactive to January 1.
FISH QUOTATIONS
KETCHIKAN, July 16.—(Cpecial to
the Daily Times).—Halibut: Firsts,
9c; seconds, 5c.
REPORT OF ARMISTICE
DENIED BY BRITISH
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SPA, July 16 (by Associated Press).
—British officials today denied any
reply had been received from the Rus
sian soviets relative to an armistice
between Russian and Poland.
ITALIAN OFFICERS
KILLED AT SPALATO
SPALATO, Dalmatia, July 16 (by
Associated Press).—The commander
of an Italian cruiser and another Ital
ian officer and three Italian sailors
and a boy were killed during the out
break against the Italians last Sunday.
WAGE INCREASE GIVEN
! RAILWAY EMPLOYES
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NEW \ORK J,uly 16 (by Associated
Press).—Employes of the New York
Railway Company, operating several
surface lines in Manhattan, Harlem
and Bronx, were today granted a wage
increase of 10 per cent.
ABOARD YACHT VICTORIA, July
16 (by Associated Press).—After the
Shamrock had crossed the line in yes
terday’s yacht race, Sir Thomas Lip
ton declared he did not want that kind
of a victory. “It is not Tom Lipton’s
way,” he said.
Lipton said later, however, that he
would allow the race to stand, as if
he refused the victory it would set a
bad precedent whereby a premium
would be placed on faulty construction
of yachts.
RESOLUTE REPAIRED AND
READY FOR RACE TOMORROW
SANDY HOOK, July 16 (by Associ
ated Press).—Nat Herres Choff super
intended the repairs to the Resolute’s
halyards and there is every prospect
that the yacht will be ready for to
morrow’s race over the thirty-five
triangular course. The defender's!
crew is confident she is the better
boat and are certain of victory.
TEXAS OUSTS
CITY OFFICIALS
AUSTIN, Tex., July 16 (by Associ
ated Press).—Governor Hobby today
suspended the city commissioners, city
attorney and police department of Gal
veston for alleged neglect of duty in ■
connection with the prolonged strike
of dock workers. The governor de-j
dares the Galveston city officials
have failed and refused to maintain
law and order and preserve the peace.
GALVESTON, July 16 (by Associ
ated Press).—Galveston municipal of
ficials have been superceded by the
Texas militia by the governor’s orders
The city commissioners today issued
a statement denying charges of neglec
of duty.
CHICAGO, July 16 (by Associated
Press).—Premature announcement of
railway wage awards are incorrect, ac
cording to G. W. Hanger, member of
the board. The official announcement
will be made Tuesday morning.
MILWAUKEE, July 16 (by Associ
ated Press).—Victor Berger was again,
selected by the Socialist party to run
for congressman in the Fifth Wiscon
sin district.
REPRESENTATIVES OF NENANA
COMMERCIAL CLUB HERE TO
INTERVIEW SECRETARY PAYNE
R. S. McDonald and Gus Peterson,
representatives of the Nenang, Com
mercial Club, arrived in Cordova yes
terday afternoon and will leave on the
steamship Northwestern for Seward,
where they hope to meet Secretary of
Interior Payne and present to him the
needs of their section along develop
ment lines. Mr. McDonald is an old
time newspaper man of Alaska and
the Yukon territory and is at present
United States Commissioner and Post
master at Nenaua. He has also been
delegated by the Alaska Chapter
American Mining Congress, with head
quarters at Fairbanks, to represent
that mining body in his conference
with Secretary Payne. When inter
viewed by a Daily Times representa
tive Mr. McDonald gave the following
outline of the most important matters
that will be laid before Secretary
Payne, in the hope of stimulating the
development of interior Alaska:
“The Alaskan needs of principal im
portance that the delegation hopes to
have the opportunity to discuss with
Secretary Payne are transportation
improvements to be effected through
better roads and cheaper rates, a cen
tral power plant established at the
Nenana coal fields to furnish power
to the numerous mining operations
within a radius of one hundred miles,
and earlier installation of the Nena
na and Tanana river bridges on the
government railway than is at present
contemplated by the Alaskan Engi
neering Commission, and a higher
scale of wages on the construction
work.
lne experience or tne past nas
taught that roads have been built for
the accomodation of the mining
camps of the Interior only after the
greater part of the work has been
done in those camps and that freight
ing by teams has cost from 5 to 60
cents per pound. As an example a
boiler was moved from Fairbanks to
Fairbanks creek in 1904 at a cost of
50 cents per pound, whereas a heavier
boiler was moved to the same place
in 1909 after a road was built at a cost
of 2 cents per pound. The extra
amount paid out for freighting in
many camps would have built sever
al roadsx.of the kind finally construct
ed there.
“Careful investigation of the possi
bilities and cost of instalation and
operation of a plant at the Nenana
coal fields has been made by the
Alaska Chapter of the American
Mining Congress and it is conserva
tively estimated that power could be
transmitted to hundreds of opera
tions at less than one-third of the
present cost. When it is remember
ed that wood costs in che interior
an average of $14 a cord at the
mines it will be seen that the item
of power is to be reckoned with.
The fuel bill of the Rhoads-Hall
quartz mine, operating a five-stamp
mill was $25,000 last year.
“The need for the bridges ever the
Tanana and Nenana river is urgent
and, while the Engineering Com
mission proposes to complete the
steel and over that ship the bridgo
material the people of the Interior in
sist that this is a senseless delay as
the excess of cost of shipment by
the river route would not amount to
nearly enough to warrant the relay
of two years.
“The wage scale is not only con
sidered inadequate for the work in the
interior but it has been proven so.
The commission urgently needs men
and will employ all who apply and at
that they cannot get enough in the
north to insure any considerable pro
gress with the work. The reason is
that the wages do not compare favor
ably with those formerly paid in Alas
ka nor with those procurable at this
time elsewhere.”
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m. GONZALES WILL
BE TRIED FOR TREASON
MEXICO CITY, July 16 (by Associ
ated Press).—General Pablo Gonzales,
former candidate for the presidency,
j whose captured is reported today, will
be tried for treason, the government
announced. He is accused of foment
ing rebellion and refusing to denounce
uprisings by personal friends.
BOLS OCCUPY
VILNA IN SPITE
WOMEN TROOPS
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WARSAW, July 16 (by Associated
Press).—The Poles have reoccupied
Dubno after hard fighting and the re
treating Bol&heviki are being bombed
by Polsh airmen, according to an of
ficial communication.
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WARSAW, July 16 (by Associated
Press).—Women assigned to an eight
mile front for the defense of Vilna
are equipped with American boots
and are fed partly by the Y. W. C. A.
Madame Goerez has strong factory
girls in her command who handle
their own transport, rolling kitchens
; and all fighting equipment except ar
tillery. Additional deatchments are
beng formed.
LONDON, July 16 (by Associated
Press).—A Times dispatch from Kov
no says the Bolsheviki occupied Vilna
Wednesday.
1 WARSAW, July 16 (by Associated
Press).—Captain Merion Coper, a
member of tb^ Koscuisko flying squad
ron, has been missing for four days.
Alexander Ucziewk, a Chiotigo Y. M.
C. A. worker, was shot and killed by
the Bolsheviki in Polish uniform.
WANTS THEFT FUNDS
FROM AERO CLUB BE
FULLY INVESTIGATED
I NEW YORK, July 16 (by Associated
j Press).—Henry Woodhouse, one of the
i governors of the Aero Club of Amer
| ica, announced today he had asked
Attorney General Palmer to start an
investigation of charges he had sub
mitted against three individuals who
are alleged to have obtained “a million
dollars of the governors’ funds under
misrepresentation and conspiracy.”
WOMEN’S DELEGATION
CALLS ON GOV. COX
COLUMGUS, 0„ July 16 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Governor Cox met a
delegation from the National Women’s
party today who urged him to use his
influence to have the legislature of
Tennessee ratify the suffrage amend
ment