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The Cordova Dailu Times
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VOL, IV. NO. 270 CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1919_PRICE TEN CENTS
FOUR SERVICE MEN ARE MURDERED
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I. W. W/S SHOOT INTO ARMISTICE DAY PARADE AT CENTRAUA
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LEADER OF ‘REDS’ LYNCHED
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RADICALS OF CENTRALIA, WASH.,
FIRE UPON FORMER SOLDIERS,
KILLING AND WOUNDING MANY
CENTRALIA, Nov. 12 (by Associated Press).—A mob or
ganized here last night lynched Britt Smith, secretaiy of the
Industrial Workers of the World, who killed Dale Hubbard, a
Centralia lumbermen, one of four former soldiers who are dead
as a-result of the shooting on a parade of former service men
by Industrial Workers of the World on Armistice day.
Nineteen of the “reds” have been jailed and a company of
the national guard from Tacoma is patrolling the streets.
Prosecuting Attorney Herman Allen says that .James
Lamb, one of the prisoners, confessed that the “reds” plotted
to “get” Warren Grimm, an attorney, and a former lieutenant
in the United States forces in Siberia; Arthur McElfresh, a
pharmacist, and a veteran of the Argonne; Captain David Liv
ingstone, an oversease veteran, and William Scales, a grocer,
who organized a Citizens’ Protective League to drive the I. W.
W. from town.
** Grimm and McElfresh were killed. Livingstone, who led
the parade, was not hit, and Scales, who marched beside Grimm,
was not hit. The fourth dead man is Ben Casagaranda, a
Greek bootblack, and a veteran of the Ninety-first division.
, Grimm was left end on the Pacific Coast Conference all
star football eleven of 1911, and a graduate of tin* University
! of Washington.
Hubbard led a group of six marchers who chased Smith
1o the river bed, where Smith hid behind some willows, and
from whence he shot at his pursuers. Hubbard died at mid
night.
Smith Hanged to a Bridge
The mob lynched one of the radicals, hanging him to a
bridge. He proved to be Smith.
Someone cut the rope and Smith’s body dropped into the
river.
The mayor says he will drive all the reds from town. He
states that someone shut off the lights, so that he could pot pre
vent the lynching of Smith.
To Be No More Lynchings
Judge George Dyhart of the superior court says there
will be no more lynching. The enraged service men listened to
embers of the bar and agreed to let the law take its course.
“I have promised to give the I. W. W. a quick and just trial,’’
said the judge.
Latest News from the Disturbed City
CENTRALIA, Nov. 12 (by Associated Press).—The body
of Smith was recovered from the river this afternoon.
Prosecuting Attorney Allen says he intends to prosecute
the lynchers if he can find any evidence. He will file com
plaints immediately against the I. W. W. members.
John Earl Watt, who was wounded in the attack on the
parade yesterday, is sinking.
Posts of the American Legion in many parts of the coun
try have wired to the local Grant Hodge Post expressing sym
pathy and congratulating its members on their quick action.
Centralia Battle Will Furnish Evidence
m SEATTLE, Nov. 12 (by Associated Press).—Federal At
torney Saunders said this afternoon that he intended arresting
allmembers of the I. W. W- He says he needs no more evidence
than the Centralia shooting.
The police today raided the “wobblies’ ” headquarters
here, arresting three men and seizing a ton of literature.
Immigration Commissioner White left for Centralia today
(■ to take proceedings for the deportation of radical aliens.
An Earlier Report
CENTRALIA, Nov. 11 (by Associated Press).—Warren
Grimm, a former University of Washington football player,
s and Arthur McElfresh, both overseas veterans, and Ben Casa
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garanda, a realty man, were killed| and half a dozen fonner
soldiers were wounded when Industrial Workers of the World
fired on the Armistice day parade here.
Spectators say the shots came from every direction.
A mob of several thousand tried to lynch the ringleaders,
and got one of them out of jail and into an auto and rushed
him away.
Sixteen radicals wore arrested and rifles and revolvers
w ere taken from them.
The radicals fired the fatal shots from the roofs of build
ings near their hall. The mob ransacked the “reds’ ” hall and
tore the front out of tin* building, and burned the furniture and
literature.
Hundreds of former soldiers are scouring the woods and
hills for the fleeing radicals
Woman Among Those Arrested
CENTRALIA, Nov. 12 (by Associated Press).—Handbills
have been posted throughout the town by the officials, asking
tlx* citizens to report all knowledge of the shooting and all
knowledge of the “reds’ ” activities.
The name of the man lynched was “Brick,” not “Britt,”
Smith, according to many identifications. No attempt has
been made to get tb.° body from the stream.
•John Earl Watt, a young Chehalis war veteran who was
w ounded, is expected to die.
A woman named Mrs. A. McAllister has -been arrested,
die conducted a hotel in which the “wobblies” had headquar
ters. When flit* marchers started to ransack tin* building she
and her husband ran out waving small American flags. The
soldiers took the flags from them.
Elmer Stuart Smith, an 1. W. W. leader, has been arrested,
lie is believed to have been the brains behind the movement.
National Guard Dispatched to Scene
SEATTLE, Nov. 12 (by Associated Press).—Company F,
national guard, of Tacoma, has been sent to Centralia on orders
from Governor Hart. The company is seventy-five strong.
The department of justice has sent two operatives from
here to watch the aliens and to investigate the activities of
those arrested.
District Attorney Saunders says he is watching the rad
icals of this district, and will use the government’s power on
the first breach of the laws.
Officials here believe that the attack of the Centralia rad
icals is a counter-move in the fight which the Centralia business
men have been waging against them. It was recently reported
that the business men of that city had organized a protective
league, with tin* purpose of driving every adical from the city.
Result of Long Feud
SPOKANE, Nov. 12 (by Associated Press).—Governor
Hart, who is touring Eastern Washington on official business,
says he does not expect more bloodshed at Centralia. He says
the disturbance is the result of a long feud between Centralia
Americans and the “wobblies,” and that there have.been sev
eral clashes in the path.
The governor said he would use all the state’s authority
> prevent further clashes at Centralia.
Department of justice agents here says that the I. W. W.,
from their headquarters in this city, are preparing to launch a
propaganda campaign throughout the Northwest, and perhaps
the entire West.
Police Active in Portland
PORTLAND, Nov. 12 (by Associated Press).—The police
last night raided the I. W. W. headquarters here and took
forty-two men to jail for investigation. Today more were ar
ested, and fifty-eight are being held for deportation.
Mayor Baker ordered a general round-up of the I. W. W.
Johnson Says It s Revolution
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (by Associated Press).—Con
’Tessman Johnson of Washington, in a speech in the house to
lay, said the Centralia shooting was part of an attempted rev^
elution which the country long had feared. He had wired to
Mayor Rogers of Centralia, he said, stating that he must purge
' i at community of revolutionists. He said that the people of
lie Northwest long had seen the trouble coming.
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PROMINENT CORDOVA MERCHANT
I DIES SUDDENLY IN SEATTLE AND
MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD
The news of the sudden death of Mr. Max Finkelstein,
senior member of the firm of Finkelstein & Sapio, which oc
curred yesterday in Seattle, was received this morning by J.
B. Sapiro, and was inexpressibly shocking to his host of friends
in Cordova.
Mr. Finkelstein left here about a month ago to sjiend the
holidays with his family in Seattle. Apparently he was in the
enjoyment of the best of health, and the first intimation that
all was not well was the cablegram containing the sad intelli
gence of his death, which resulted from uremic poisoning, after
; few days’ illness.
The deceased was 53 years of age, and for more than
twenty years had been actively engaged in business in Alaska—
rirst at Nome, and for the past eleven years at Cordova. With
i good miind and a great heart, his popularity was bounded
only by the extent of his acquaintance, and that he should be
ut off at a time when he was reaping the benefits of his success
in several business enterprises is inexpressibly sad. Besides
being the directing head of the mercantile firm of Finkelstein
& Sapiro, he was also president and genegl manager of the
Evak River Packing Company.
Mr. Finkelstein was a member of Mount McKinley Lodge
No. IS3, F. & A. M.; Cordova Aerie, F. O. E., the Cordova Cham
ber of Commerce and the Northland Club. He was actively in
terested in all civic matters, and was one of our leading and
most respected citizens. The funeral will take place at Seattle
tomorrow.
The sympathy of the entire community is extended to the
surviving members of his family, which includes his wife and
four grown children, as follows: Mrs. .J. B. Sapiro, Cordova;
Mrs. 11. 1. Lewis, Mrs. A. K. Goldman and Sanford Finkelstein,
Seatt le.
Public Memorial Services to Be Held
At a special meeting of the city council, held this after
noon at the office ol Mayor A. .J. Adams, it was decided to hold
a public memorial service in the Empress tlwater tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o’clock, as a token pf respect to the memory
ol our late townsman, and the mayor also has issued a procla
mation requesting that flags be placed at half-mast all day to
morrow and that the business houses close between 2 and 3
o’clock, and likewise the schools, as a tribute to the occasion.
Rev. E. P. Ziegler was requested to act as master of cere
monies to arrange a short program of exercises to be held at
the Empress theater, to which the public is invited.
Mayor Adams will preside, and wild make the iutroduc
t< ry remarks. Mr. Ziegler has asked Malcolm Brock and Rev.
A. G. Shriver to make addresses. Mr. Fairman will preside at
the organ. Appropriate selections will be followed by prayer.
NORTHDAKOTA
MINES UNDER
MARTIAL I N
BISMARCK, N. D„ Nov. 12 (by As
sociated Press).—Governor Frasier
has declared martial law in the North
Dakota mining districts, and an
nounces that he intends to comman
deer the lignite mines closed by the
strike.
The governor has ordered Adjutant
General Fraser to take charge of the
mining industry and to reopen the
mines immediately, to supply the resi
dents with fuel.
Adjutant General Fraser has been
instructed to call all male residents
of military age if necessary to carry
out his orders.
It is expected that the soldiers will
protect the miners who will work un
der the governor's orders.
I OPERATORS AND
I MIB MEET
ON FRIDAY
WASHINGTON. Nov. 12 (by Associ
ated Press).— President Wilson’s invi
tation to the miners and operators to
meet Friday and negotiate a new wage
agreement has been accepted by both
parties to the coal mining controversy.
The invitation includes both sides of
all fields involved in the strike, ex
tending over twenty states.
The coul operators’ scale commit
tee this morning accepted Secretary
Wilson’s invitation to confer with
him and with the coal miners here
Friday, and President Lewis of the
United Mine Workers already had ac
cepted the invitation.
It is not yet known how many min
ers have returned to work.