Cordova Daily Times
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VOL.~V~NO. 50 CORDOVA, ALASKaTtHURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS
CORDOVAN WILL REPRESENT ALASKA
. PERSONNEL OF COMMITTEE IS
NAMED ON PLATFORM AND
PRINCIPLES OF REPUBLICANS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Chairman Will Hays
of the Republican national committee
^ today announced the names of a com
mittee on platform and principles of
the Republican party, appointed by
him under authority of recent action
by the Republican national committee.
The object of the committee will be
to report a tentative platform to the
resolutions committee of the coming
•' national convention, as the basis for
the platform to be adopted at that
time.
' In announcing the appointments Mi*.
Hayes issued a statement in which he
said:
"There rests upon the Republican
party the tremendous responsibility of
ascertaining the fuller needs of the
nation and frankly, honestly and defi
nitely stating the fundamentals of the
party’s plans for a solution of the prob
lems confronting the country in a com
prehensive program of progressive
measures. It should be the duty of
the party, when entrusted with power,
to square performance with promises.”
Included in the membership of the
committee, which represents all the
states and territories of the Union, is
the name of George C. Hazelet of Cor
dova, representing Alaska.
A Distinguished Company
The members of the committee from
the state of Washington include W. H.
Cowles, publisher of the Spokesmaq
Review, Spokane; President Suzzalo
Ot the University of Washington, Se
attle, and Mrs. Josephine Preston,
superintendent of public instruction.
Members of the committee from
other states include Daniel Jackling,
former President Taft, ex-Senator
Elihu Root, former Supreme Court
Justice Charles E. Hughes, Colonel
Roosevelt, Frank Vanderlip, Senator
Lodge and Speaker Gillett.
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'! COAST BANKS
GRATIFYING
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (by Associ
ft
ated Press).—Comptroller of the Cur
rency Williams has issued figures
comparing the present bank resources
with those of twenty years ago.
'the Pacific coast shows the largest
* Increase, which is between 100 and 140
3>er cent.
The statement shows the decentral
ization of banking resources and the
widespread distribution of wealth.
4 BOY MURDERER
ELECTROCUTED
AT OSSINING
OSSINING, N. Y., Jan. 29 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Gordon Hamby, the
20-year-old murderer, bank robber and
train bandit, was electrocuted here
last night. At his own request he was
not attended by a clergyman.
Hamby was arrested at Tacoma,
"Wash*, and had confessed to several
murders and bank robberies.
VIRGINIA REJECTS
*■ WOMAN SUFFRAGE
RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 29 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The senate elections
committee has rejected the woman
suffrage amendment to the federal
constitution.
NEW GETS TEN YEARS
FOR MURDER OF GIRL
^ DOS ANGELES, Jan. 29 (by Associ
ated Press).—Herry S. New, recently
•onvicted of the, murder of his sweet
heart, Freda Lesser, was today sen
tenced to serve from ten years to
life imprisonment.
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LOUIS HILL TO
RETIRE FROM
G.N. RAILWAY
ST. PAUL, Jan. 29 (by Associated
Press).—Louis W. Hill, chairman of
the board of directors of the Great
Northern railroad, will retire from the
active management of the road shortly
after it is returned to private owner
ship.
Recently it was rumored that East
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ern interests had obtained control of
Pacific.
Louis W. Hill is a son of the late
James J. Hill.
METROPOLITAN POLICE
WILL BE EQUIPPED FOR
ANY RIOT EMERGENCY
NEW YORK, Jan. 29 (by Associated
Press.—As a precaution against riots,
a regiment of one thousand sharp
shooters, with four machine gun
squads, is to be organized by the police
department of this city. It is an
nounced that the men will wear steel
helmets.
AMERICAN AVIATORS
HELD BY MEXICANS
M’ALLEN, Texas, Jan. 29 (by As
sociated Press).—Lieutenants E. P.
Brown and G. E. Grimes, carrying mes
sages from Fort Brown, Texas, to No
gales, were forced to land in Mexican
territory yesterday, and are now in
the hands of the Mexioans. A mes
sage from them last night said they
expected to be released today.
Not in Captivity
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Jan. 29 (by
Associated Press).—A message from
Fort Brown announces that the Mexi
cans did not capture Lieutenants Da
vis and Grimes, the American avia
tors who were forced to land in Mexi
can territory, and who, it was reported,
were being held by the Mexicans.
It is believed the two officers will
fly back to American soil today.
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ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS
OF HISTORICAL VALUE
HELD BY UNIVERSIT\
SEATTLE, Jan. 29 (by Associate*
Press).—Photographic reproductions
of original Russian manuscripts, arch
ives and notes regarding Alaska’s
early history have been obtained bj
the University of Washington library
The reproductions are of papers of th(
explorers, Bering, Muller and Shelli
koff, and records from the governmen
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files at Petrograd.
RAID IS MADE
ON COMMUNIST
HEADQUARTERS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29 (by As
sociated Press).—The meeting places
of five branches of the Communist La
bor party and the homes of six of it£
secretaries were raided by agents ol
the department of justice last night
and a quantity of literature was seized
This will be used in deportation pro
ceedings which will be commenced
against officials and members of the
radical party.
TRANSPORT RETURNING
IN LEAKY CONDITION
SAN FRANCISCO, Ian. 29 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The transport Mount
Vernon, which left here a week ago on
a secret mission, is returning to-port
in a leaking condition. She is in no
danger, and is proceeding without as
sistance. She is four hundred miles
out from port.
LIVESTOCK]
IN FAVOR OF
RESERVATIONS
SPOKANE, Jan. 29 (by Associated
Press).—The American National Live
stock Association, in convention here
today adopted resolutions urging im
mediate ratification of the treaty of
peace with reservations such as may
be necessary to safeguard American
interests.
Will Again Attempt Compromise
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The Republican and
Democratic leaders of the senate will
not resume their negotiations looking
to a compromise on the peace treaty
until tomorrow.
DEBS’ LAST SPEEH
IS PART OF RECORD IN
SOCIALIST ■ HEARING
ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 29 (by Associ
ated Press).—At the hearing in the
case of the five suspended Socialist
assemblymen here today the prosecu
tion read into the record the last
speech delivered by Eugene V. Debs,
the Socialist leader, before his im
prisonment, in which Debs said he
spoke as a Socialist, a revolutionist
and a Bolshevist, and praised Trotzkv
and Lenine as the greatest of the
world’s statesmen.
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DEMPSEY EXEMPTION
BEING INVESTIGATED
BY FEDERAL OFFICIAL
[ SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29 (by As
i sociated Press).—Mrs. Annette Ad
ams, United States attorney, an
nounced yesterday that an investiga
tion of the charges of irregularity in
connection with the exemption from
, the military service of Jack Dempsey,
i the prize fighter, will be made immedi
• ately. The data has been turned over
: to her with instructions to probe the
matter thoroughly.
AIR SERVICE
OF ARMY IS
OBSOLETE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (by Associ
ated Press).—Senator New (Repub
lican) of Indiana, in a speech in the
senate yesterday, attacked the air
service of the army, and charged it
with failure. Present army plans, he
said, were obsolete.
Senator King (Democrat) of Utah
said that if conditions were as de
scribed by the Indiana senator the
war department was derelict.
WOOD AGREES TO MEET
POINDEXTER IN DEBATE
CHICAGO, Jan. 29 (by Associated
Press).—General Leonard Wood has
accepted the challenge of Senator
Miles Poindexter of Washington for a
debate in Pierre, S. D., on March 20,
in the contest before the South Dakota
primaries.
MILES POINDEXTER
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Miles Poindexter, United States sen
ator from Washington, is one of the
most stalwart upholders of true Amer
icanism.
CAPTAIN OF ENDICOTT
PLACED UNDER BONDS
SEATTLE, Jan. 29 (by Associated
Press).—Captain Alwen, master of the
steamship Endicott, who has been in
dicted at Portland on a charge of
withholding fofid from sailors on his
ship, has been placed under bonds of
$1,000 and allowed to take his ship to
the Orient and return before answer
ing to the indictment, after a hearing
before United States Commissioner
McClelland.
SIX JURORS ARE DRAWN IN
CENTRAUA MURDER TRIAL,
INCLUDING 01 WOMAN
MONTESANO, Wash., Jan. 29 (by
Associated Press).—Five men and
one woman, Mrs. Emily Pattison of
Aberdeen, had been temporarily ac
cepted as jurors in the case of the
men charged with the Centralia mur
ders when court adjourned last even
ing. All, however, are subject to per
emptory challenge.
The defense challenged Mrs. Patti
son for cause, because she said she
had an unalterable prejudice gainst
the I. W. W., but she dPPi&red she
could give the defendants a fair trial.
She said sh$ held the opinion that |t
was an organization which preached
violence.
Mrs. Pattison said she had a son
who was in the military service of the
United States.
Unofficial Juries
A jury with no official standing in
court, and composed of twelve mem
bers of the American Legion, will lis
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ten to the testimony and render a
verdict, which will be transmitted to
the posts throughout the country.
Seattle labor organizations are to
send a similar jury to attend the trial,
permission for which, it is understood,
has been granted by the court.
Six jurors had been temporarily
passed at noon today,
Leave Shooting Irons Outside ,
Attorney Vanderveer, on orders
from the judge, left his revolver with
the county clerk today. All talesmen
and attorneys, besides spectators,
| have been ordered to bring no arm*
into the court room.
Influenza May Be Factor
The influenza epidemic has struck
Montesano, and ten members of the
American Legion who are attending
the trial have been taken sick at their
barracks here. Sheriff Jeff Bartell is
also ill with the disease.
DECLARES FLU
SYMPTOMSARE
SAME AS GRIP
OTTAWA, Jan. 29 (by Associated
Press).—Dr. W. H. Church, a promi
nent physician of this city, asserts
that the cases of alleged influenza in
Chicago and New York are nothing
but grip, and that the symptoms are
the same. The death rate, he says,
is no higher than is usually the case
in grip epidemics.
Dr. Church predicts that there will
be no recurrence of the influenza
scourge, and said that those who had
the disease were immunized.
Pneumonia Raging
CHICAGO, Jan. 29 (by Associated
Press).—Pneumonia, following cases
of influenza, reached its highest stage
today, when 470 new cases were re
ported, with seventy-seven deaths.
The number of deaths from influ
enza is decreasing.
Few Cases in Seattle
SEATTLE, Jan. 29 (by Associated
Press).—The city health officer says
there are very few cases of influenza
here. Seventeen cases were reported
yestaerday and nine today.
New Cases at Spokane
SPOKANE, Jan. 29 (by Associated
Press).—Ninety cases of influenza
were reported here yesterday. The of
ficials are converting an old ice rink
into an influenza hospital.
CHICAGO THEATER HAS
OPENED SMOKING ROOM
FOR WOMEN PATRONS
CHICAGO, Jan. 29 (by Associated
Press).—A local theater has opened
a smoking room for women. The man
ager declares that the women drove
him to it, as they smoked in the wash
room, boudoir and lobby. He said
they smoked more cigarettes than the
men.
FEDERAL TRADE
COMMISSION IS
ATTACKED
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29 (by Asso
ciated Press).—In a speech delivered
before the Philadelphia Chamber of
Commerce last night Nicholas Murray
Butler attacked the Federal Trade
Commission, which, he said, had ut
terly misconstrued its proper func
tions, and preferred to persecute busi
ness rather than to protect and de
velop It.
NEWiOfARY
RESERVATIONS
FOR ALASKA
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SEATTLE, Jan. 29 (by Associated
Press).—A special to a local news
paper from Washington says that a
presidential proclamation has just
been issued creating three new small
military reservations at McGrath.
Iditarod and Brooks, Alaska, on which
stand privately-owned wireless sta
tions, which recently were turned over
to the government.
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BROOKLYN BOOTBLACK
MAKES LARGE EARNINGS
NEW YORK, Jan. 29 (by Associated
Press).—The wife of Peter Stefano, a
Brooklyn bootblack, who is seeking a
separation from him, alleges that ha
made $225 per week shining shoes.
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THIRD PARTY MAY BE
FORMED IN OREGON
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 28 (by Associ
ated Press).—Delegates from the
State Grange and labor unions will
hold a state convention here Thurs
day, and may decide to launch a third
political party in this state.