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VOL. V." NO. To7 CORDOV A, ALASKA^ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS^
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SEATTLE “BUTTING IN” AGAIN
For several weeks past the Seattle
Alaska politicians have been con
ducting an aggressive campaign from
the Spirit City in the interest of the
candidacy of Chas. E. Herron for
Republican national committeeman
from this territory. The wires have
been kept busy and numerous letters
written by these outside influences
Rotating to the Republicans who they
sho’jid elect at the coming primaries
a^their standard bearer. The resi-i
dents of Alaska have at all times re
sented the dictatorial attitude of a
handful of Seattleites, some of whom
formerly resided in the North, and
are now' playing politics in the hope
of being rewarded by the appointment
to a federal office in Alaska. They
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are barnacles on the body politic
and the sooner they are thrown into j
the discard the better it will be for j
the bona fide residents of this terri
tory. With nothing more than a dis
ordered imagination and the biased
belief of a braggart as a foundation
they think they can cajole and brow
beat the intelligent voters of Alaska
imo casting their votes for the can
didates of their choice, regardless of
liis fitness the office to which he
aspires.
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Herron comes from the Seattle
Union Record whose editor E. B.
Ault is at present on trial charged
with having criminally libelled the
memory of the four service men who
were killed in the Armistice day
shooting at Centralia. It is a lengthy
effusion written by C.H.Packard for
merly employed on Herron’s paper at
Anchorage, and he makes a pitiful
plea in behalf of his one-time boss.
If reports are correct he hopes
to soon again be in the employ of
him, which may account for Pack
ard’s great solicitude for Herron’s
success at the primaries.
Herron’s paper at Juneau, the Alaska
Daily Capital, has been loudly crying
* that Democrats are going to enter
the Republican primaries and vote
for McBride. All of this camaflouge
*yunds much like “stop thief” in view
of the above. Are Alaskans to be
hoodwinked by this kind of claptrap
and the “pressure” from Seattle in
the effort to divert the unthinking
voter to support Herron. We do not
believe they are so easily fooled.
If we are any judge of the indepen
utjiiut: ctiiu luujgxity ux Liie people or
Alaska wre do not believe that they
will calmly submit to this Napoleonic
theory being imposed upon them, but
assert their manhood and go to the
polls on April 27 and east their votes
solidly for J. C. McBride for Republi
can national committeeman. He is
a man among men, who enjoys the
friendship and respect of all who have
met or know of him during his twenty
two years’ continuous residnce in
I Alaska. During all of this time he
has been engaged in various mining
and mercantile enterprises, and is
Certainly conversant with the needs of
the territory. He has the ability to
faithfully and conscientiously dis
charge the duties of the position, as
well as the force of character to
deal honestly and fairly with his con
stituents. A vote for McBride means
territorial progress and prosperity.
He is not bartering any of the offices,
but stands unequivocally for Alaskans
to administer their own affairs and
believes the members of the party,
in the different divisions, have the
right to a voice in their selection.
THREE HUNDRED GUESTS ASLEEP !
WHEN LINCOLN HOTEL AT SEATTLE
IS SET ON FIRE BY EXPLOSION
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SEATTLE, April 7 (by Associated j
Press).—Fire which broke out at 1
o’clock this morning destroyed the Lin
coln hotel, on the corner of Fourth av
enue and Madison streets, causing the
death of two persons and a property j
loss of $600,000.
Fred R. Hamilton, aged 50, president
of the “Puss ’n Boots” confectionery,
and his daughter, Grace Hamilton,
aged 21, were killed by leaping from a
fifth story window when they lost
their heads.
Many persons were injured, includ
ing C. W. Tebault, a newspaper man,
who was burned about the face and
hands. Two firemen wrere injured.
Chas. F. Lacasse suffered a dislocated ’
hip and broken ribs when a falling!
wall caught him, and H. Fogelquist;
was cut when debris struck him. La
casse is in a critical condition.
HEROISM OF NIGHT CLERK
The fire was started by an explo
sion in the laundry, located in the
basement. A. A. Wright, the night
clerk, who was sitting at the tele-!
phone switchboard, heard the explo-j
sion and; saw smoke begipping to pi?m\
up the elevator shaft. He started!
ringing all the room telephones, and j
kept ringing them until he was choked
by smoke. Wright does not know how
many rooms he raised.
SPECTACULAR RESCUE
There was a spectacular rescue
when two firemen lowered two women
from the eighth story in belts and
ropes. The firemen’s extension ladder!
reached only to the sixth floor, so the
firemen scaled the remaining stories I
on a Pompier ladder, which is an iron
bar fitted with cross bars.
VETERAN INJURED
Leon B. Hanna, a French war vet
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eran, lost several hundred francs and
his Croix de Guerre. He leaped from
a second story window in his bare
feet. Mayor Caldwrell rushed Hanna i
to a hospital.
BELIEVES MORE WERE LOST
Chief of Police Warren believes that
bodies of victims will be found in the
ruins of the Lincoln hotel. There
were more than three hundred guests
in the hotel.
A THIRD VICTIM
A body believed to be that of Miss
Blanche Crowe, aged 20, an employe
of the Chauncey Wright Company res
taurants, was found in the ruins of
the Lincoln hotel today, making three
known dead.
The Hotel Lincoln was built in 1000,
and was the first apartment hotel to
be built here.
Firemen are flooding the ruins, be
ing unable to search for more bodies
until the debris has cooled.
Most of the guests fled from the
hotel in their night clothes and were
accommodated in the Elks’ Club, at
the Y. M. C. A and at other hotels.
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VICTIMS WERt VISITORS
BERKELEY, Cal., April 7 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Fred R. Hamilton, one
of the victims of the Lincoln hotel
fire at Seattle, was a brother of E. H. (
Hamilton of the San Francisco Exam
iner. With his daughter he went to
Seattle on a pleasure trip.
FIREMAN SUCCUMBS ~ <
Later.—Fireman Lacasse died this (
afternoon, making a total of four !
death's due to the fire.
The police are searching for Dr. ‘
Augustine Dwyer, a Boston pastor and
lecturer, who registered at the hotel ;
yesterday and who has been missing
since.
WASHINGTON, April 7 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The majority report of
the house committee on foreign rela
tions, recommended the adoption of
the resolution declaring peace with
Germany.
The committee also introduced a
special rule limiting debate on the
resolution to nine hours, which was
adopted.
The resolution will come up for a
vote on Thursday or Friday.
COMPULSORY TRAINING
WASHINGTON, April 7 (by Asso
ciated Press).—-The senate has agreed
not to fix the strength of the peace
army until the question of universal
military training has been disposed of.
No time hai-s been set for a vote on
the army reorganization bill.
COST OF “HAM AND”
TOO HIGH IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, April 7 (by Associated
Press).—The Seattle fair price com
mittee has decided to investigate the
cost of ham and eggs at the restau
rants. It is charged that while the
price of eggs is down, the restaurants
still maintain prices at the high level.
WASHINGTON, April 7 (by Asso- 1
ciated Press).—Admiral Rodman, tes
tifying before the senate committee
on naval affairs today, said he be
lieved that Admiral Sims’ letter to
Secretary of the Navy Daniels criti- '
cizing the navy’s war work was very
indiscreet. He said Admiral Sims’
indiscretion lay particularly in his
breach of confidence in making public
an intimate confidential conversation
which should have been kept secret. 1
Admiral Rodman referred to Ad- '
miral Sims’ statement that Admiral ■
Benson had told him “not to let the
British pull the wool over his eyes.”
ALASKA FISH
IS SEIZED ON
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KALAMA, Wash., April 7 (by Asso- '
ciated Press).—A deputy United 1
States marshal yesterday seized nearly
four hundred thousand cases of salmon i
from Tenakee inlet, Alaska, on a libel i
charging that the fish is spoiled and <
unfit for food, due to improper can- 1
ning methods. The seizure is the <
largest ever made.
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MILWAUKEE RE-ELECTS j
ITS SOCIALIST MAYOR ’
MILWAUKEE, April 7 (by Associ
ated Press).—Mayor Hoan (Socialist)
was yesterday re-elected for the third
term over Clifton Williams (non-par
tisan), by a majority estimated at
5,000.
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NEW YORK, April 7 (by Associated
Press).—Senator Hiram Johnson of 1
California issued a statement last t
light concerning the result of the \
Michigan presidential primaries, in 1
which he says: t
‘ I am terribly grateful to the people f
>f Michigan for this remarkable vic
sory. The fight there was against or
ganized politics and organized ex
ploitation of capital. The result dem- -
pngtrat.es that Americans whose at- .
■ritmtes are those which God gave [
:hem can meet and whip these forces." ^
GOMPERS PLEADS FOR
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■ NEW YORK, April 7 (by Associated
FTess).—At a conference of the trade j
ethnical papers here last night Sam
lel Gompers, president of the Ameri
;an Federation of Labor, pleaded for I T
i standard minimum wage for work- j g
>rs. He said the American Federation g
>f Labor represented the interests of. ii
ill workers in the United States. 1 h
The British embassy has posted in i:
i window a captured banner bearing j b
he inscription, “Down with British f
nilitarism!” ' a
GERMAN GOVERNMENT PROTESTS
AGAINST OCCUPATION BY FRENCH
OF CITIES ON BANKS OF RHINE
BERLIN, April 7 (by Associated
Jress).—The German government has
ent a protest to France against the
occupation by French troops of the
lerman Rhine cities. T^he note says:
“We must protest in the name of
ustice, reason and humanity. Cer
ainly it was not the intention of the
reaty to prevent Germany from re
toring order in sections of Germany
disturbed by robber bands.”
BRITISH UPHOLD FRENCH
LONDON, April 7 (by Associated
Jress).—The Times says it believes
he French took the right course, after
earning the Germans. It believes that
mblic opinion will force Great Britain
o assist France, if necessary, to quell
he Germans.
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REVOLUTION IN BAVARIA
BERLIN, April 7 (by Associated
Press).—A great military conspiracy
intended as a Bavarian parallel to the
recent Berlin revolution has been dis
covered in Munich. It is planned to
make Luedendorf dictator over Ba
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OUTRAGES BY “REDS”
LONDON, April 7 (by Associated
Press).—The Central News says the
“reds” retreating from Essen commit
ted brutal outrages on the citizens,
murdering and plundering on all
sides.
NO RESISTANCE TO FRENCH
PARIS, April 7 (by Associated
Press).—An official communication is
sued last night says that Frankfort,
Darmstadt and Hanau were occupied
by the French troops without resist
ance. Only a few shots were fired.
SITUATION IN
PALESTINE IS
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LONDON, April 7 (by Associated
Less).—A Cairo dispatch says that
rave rumors are current there re
arding the situation in Palestine. It
s said that all permits to Palestine
ave been stopped, and troops are be
ig called to the stations on the west
ank of the Suez canal. iyo letters
■om Palestine are arriving, and there
re no details obtainable,
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SPIRITED ELECTIONS ARE HELD
AT JUNEAU AND SEWARD-VETO
CITY OWNERSHIP AT KETCHIKAN
JUNEAU, April 7 (Special to the
Daily Times).—The Citizens’ ticket
nade a clean sweep of the Juneau city
election yesterday. Ralph E. Robert
son defeated F. Wolland for mayor by
i vote of 163. Ray Day, W. G. John
son and C. W. Fries were elected coun
:ilmen by majorities ranging from 142
or Fries to 214 for Day.
W. W. Day defeated Cash Day for
he school board.
The total vote cast was 850.
The Business Men’s ticket, suppoi’t
id by the conservative labor element,
)verwhelmingly defeated the combined
Alaska Industrial Union and catering
joUticians’ tickets in Juneau, Ketchi
tan and Petersburg yesterday. Man
igers of McBride’s candidacy for Re
jublican national committeeman be
ieve this presages an overwhelming
rictory for him.
SEWARD, April 7 (Special to the
Daily Times).—Yesterday’s election
leveloped into an exciting contest, 269
rotes being cast out of 278 registered.
Mayor Chamberlain was re-elected
iver Dr. Romig. The councilmen elect
jd were C. E. Ollander, Charles Kret
ing and Harry Ellsworth.
For city treasurer, Hugh Dougherty
lefeated Jane McNally by 51 votes,
nany citizens believing this to be a
contest between the two banks here
or the privilege of being made the
lepositary of the city funds.
Mrs. Media H. Shellhorn defeated
H. S., Balderston for treasurer of the
school board, not because the latter
had not been an efficient officer for
the past five years, but because the
women wanted representation on the
board.
CHRONICLE TICKET ELECTED
KETCHIKAN, April 7 (Special to
the Daily Times).—Councilman Dale
Hunt was elected mayor over the in
cumbent. R. L. Petty, by a vote of 362
to 234, at yesterday’s city election.
John A. Anderson, William Anderson
and G. Morrison, running with Hunt,
were elected by big pluralities.
By a vote of 364 to 114 the proposal
to bond the city for $100,000 for the
erection of a school house-was adopted.
The town also voted to renew the
franchise^ of the Ketchikan Light,
Power and Water Company, .and
against municipal ownership of these
utilities.
Mrs. M. S. Dobbs, who was unop
posed, was elected to the school
board.
The whole Chronicle slate and the
measures which it boosted prevailed.
NO CONTEST AT VALDEZ
VALDEZ, April 7 (Special to the
Daily Times).—The members of the
common council elected at yesterday’s
voting were: Biggs, Meals, Minor,
Quinn, Selby, Smith and Wood. Mrs.
S. O. Casler was elected clerk of the
school board. A very light vote was
polled, as there were no contests.
MUCH DISORDER
IS PREVALENT
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IN ERIN’S ISLE
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DUBLIN, April 7 (by Associated
Pr'ess).—Opposition to,the government
is general throughout Ireland. Some
are criticizing the severity of the mili
tary and others assert that the steps
taken to maintain order are not dras
tic enough.
Coercive measures have failed, and
the inability to discover the leaders
in the disorders and the failure to
gain information of plans for future
raids have resulted in sharp criticism.
Two county Wexford magistrates
have ruled that subscribing to the
Sinn Fein loan is an attempt to over
throw the Ring’s government.
Riots have broken out in Mountjoy
prison, where a hundred Sinn Feiners
are on a hunger strike. The prisoners
smashed furniture, and are now man
acled with their hands behind their
backs.
UPRISING IMMINENT
LONDON, April 7 (by Associated
Press).—The Irish police say the re
cent rumors of a Sinn Fein plot for an
armed uprising have been confirmed.
They claim to have information show
ing that Germans ip Berlin have en
gaged to furnish war material.
THE WAR IN WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, April 7 (by Associ
ated Press).—Irish women pickets
from airplanes yesterday “bombed”
the British embassy here with Irish
leaflets. They registered no hits,
however, the wind interfering.
Four land pickets were arrested but
there were no air arrests.
WOMAN’S BULLET WILL
NOT PROVE FATAL
TACOMA, April 7 (by Associated
Press).—County Attorney Askren,
who was shot by a woman a few days
ago, is improving, and his physicians
are confident of his recovery.
DAUGHTER IS BORN
TO M’ADOO FAMILY
NEW YORK, April 7 (by Associated
Press).—W. G. McAdoo, former secre
tary of the treasury, announces the
birth of • a daughter, who has been
named Mary Faith.
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