The Cordova Daily Times
(MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS) 9.J
VOL. 5, NO. 199_CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS
RAILROAD WILL BE BUILT TO
KATALLA FIELD AS SOON AS
WORK UNDER WAY JUSTIFIES
‘‘When the coal development in the Bering' river fields
warrants it we will build a ralroad there. The outlook at
present is encouraging, but thus far most of the work done
has been of a preliminary nature. From now on the develop
ment will be more rapid and when sufficient coal is assured the
transportation of it will naturally follow. An automobile road
is^eing constructed and the work at the mine will be pushed
with all possible vigor.”—Stephen Birch.
UUi copper properties m Aiasita^
are in excellent shape and never in
their history has there been as much
actual ore developed as at the present
time,” said President Stephen Birch
of Kennecott Copper Corporation to
^ a Daily Times representative who in- j
terviewed him this morning in his pri-!
vate car at the railroad station. “We
would like to build a larger mill at
Kennecott,” he added, “but as you
know there is a great accumulation of
copper ore in the country and the mar
ket is quiet. We hope, however, to be
able to continue our operations with
out any curtailment, but if the de
mand for this metal does not improve
there is no foretelling how it may af
fect the industry.”
In speaking of mining in general,
^Jr. Birch dropped a very valuable sug
gestion and one which it might be well
for the old timers to make note of.
He said: “Our mines are not the only
ones in Alaska, and if some of the
prospectors got out into the adjacent
hills, they are likely to find even
grater and bigger producers than the
Bonanza mines.”
Mr. Birch has just completed a thor
ough investigation of all the proper
ties of the Kennecott Copper Corpora
tion in Alaska, and says that he found |
them in the most excellent shape and
with market conditions improved be-j
lieves it spells much development |
work along all lines for Alaska. This j
is Mr. Birch’s first trip north in four
years and he is accompanied by W. P.
Hamilton of New York, one of the of
ficers of the company, and E. T. Stan
nard, general manager of the Alaska
Steamship Company and the Copper
River «& Northwestern Railway Com
pany. They inspected the mines at
/kennecott and at Latouche, and coal
fields at Bering river and the oil fields
at Katalla, the C. R. & N. W. railway
shops and local dock, and expressed
themselves as being pleased with the
satisfactory manner in which they are
either being developed or operated.
This dsitinguished party of officials
left on the steamer Alaska this after
noon for the states. Before their de
parture Mr. Birch stated that the trip
had been a most enjoyable one, the
weather all that could be desired, and
aside from his interest in examining
their holdings in the north, he was
glad of the opportunity of again meet
ing old friends in Cordova, expressing
the hope that in the future he would
have the time to make more frequent
■*?rips to Alaska.
SOVIETS WILL
NEGOTIATE ON
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LONDON, July 24 (by Associated
Press).—A wireless dispatch from
Moscow says Poland has been notified
that the Soviet command has been
ordered to immediately begin armis
tice negotiations.
BOLSHEVIKS NEAR GERMANY
BERLIN, July 24 (by Associated
Press).—Russian cavalry reached Au
gustovo, ten miles from the German
frontier, according to newspaper re
f worts.
KANSAS COAL MINERS
THREATEN TO STRIKE
PITTSBURG, Kan., July 24 (by As
sociated Press).—A strike of Kansas
coal miners next week seems certain.
Alexander Howat, president of the
miners’ union in the Kansas district,
announced that the strike would bo a
protest against fines levied on miners
from refraining from work on Satur
days.
ADMIRAL LINE
TO BUILD TWO
FAST VESSELS
SAN FRANCISCO. July 24 (by As
sociated Press).—The Pacific Steam
ship Company has announced that two
passenger ships costing $4,000,000 each
with a speed of 23 knots will be built
in the next 18 months for operation
between coast ports and Victoria. The
steamers will be electrically driven
with the latest appliances.
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT
TO ROB TACOMA BANK
TACOMA, July 24 (by Associated
Press).—Two unmasked robbers en
tered the State bank today, covered
the cashier with revolvers, but before
they could grab any currency a woman
fled shrieking out the back door. The
robbers decamped and escaped in an
automobile, pursued soon afterward by
the police.
.SI
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MISSOULA, Mont., July 24 (by As
sociated Press).—Major Theodor*
Sharp, superintendent of the Flatheac
Indian agency, was shot and killed bj
N. J. Perkins, a sub-agent who hac
just been dismissed, according to £
report received here. Perkins is saic
to have stood off residents and a dep
uty sheriff and escape in an automo
bile to his home at St. Ignatius, when
he changed clothes and telephoned t*
the sheriff to come and get him.
Sharp is survived by a widow an*
Perkins has six children.
ELLIS ISLAND ALIENS
WILL BE DEPORTEI
NEW YORK, July 24 (by Associate*
Press).—Sixty-three aliens from Seat
tie and Chicago and other westeri
points arrived today at Ellis island
where they will be held for deporta
tion.
SON ADMITS MURDER FOR
WHICH FATHER HANGED
OVER SEVEN YEARS AGO
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TORONTO, Can., July 24 (by Associated Press).—
After being converted by an evangelist, Arnell Love, 22,
a prosperous farmer, confessed to having murdered his
mother seven years ago, for which crime his father was
hanged. Love said he clubbed her to death because shs
bad reprimanded him for keeping bad company. Love
was one of the principal witnesses against his father, the
evidence on which he was convicted having been mostly
circumstantial. Police are investigating.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 24 (by As
sociated Press).—Senator Hiram John-!
I
son issued a statement today declar
i
ing that Senator Harding’s speech of
acceptance “has made Republican suc
cess certain and his election assured.”
He congratulated the candidate upon
his firm stand against the League of
Nations and said his “words would
strike an answering chord with every
American.”
CHRISTENSEN’S VIEW
SALT LAKE, July 24 (by Associated
Press).—“Harding’s acceptance speech
is ‘bunk,’” Parley Christensen, candi
date of the Farmer-Labor party, de
clared in a statement he issued last
night. He bitterly attacked the speech
| and Harding’s record and said both
’ Harding and Cox represented “finan
cial pirates.”
MUCH FEELING
AT TRIAL OF
COMMUNISTS
CHICAGO, July 24 (by Associated
Press).—Testimony in the trial of
Lloyd and nineteen other members of
the Communist Labor party ended
with flares of feeling. At one point,
Ole Hanson, former mayor of Seattle,
was led from the court room. James
Duncan, Seattle labor leader, said he
had warned the labor guard which
policed the city during the general
strike, against expressing any opinion
of Hansen. Viola Crahan, a Seattle
club woman, said Seattle was quiet
during the strike.
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VALUABLE FILMS ARE
DESTROYED BY FIRE
KANSAS CITY, July 24 (by Associ
ated Press).—Movie films valued at
a million dollars were destroyed in a
fire last night which followed an ex;
' plosion in the vaults of the Famous
■| Players’ Corporation and spread to
‘ j valuts of the Metro pictures.
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| WIRELESS CONCERT FOR
PASSENGERS ON THE SEA
I ST. JOHNS, N. F„ July 24 (by Asso
dated Press).—Distinct wireless mes
sages exchanged between the Marconi
l station here and the steamer Vic
. torian 1,200 miles at sea. The Vic
i torian reported giving a wireless con
cert for the passengers of other ships,
- which returned thanks by the same
means.
MARINE ACT
IS; ED
WASHINGTON, July 24 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Operation of that sec
tion of the new merchant marine act
providing preferential rail rates on ex
ports sent to seaboards for movement
in American bottoms will be sus
pended until January 1, 1921, the ship
ping board announced today. The
postponement was found necessary
for investigation of facts about ship
ping and an intelligent application of
the provisions of the act.
FIFTH YACHT RACE
TAKES PLACE MONDAY
SANDY HOOK, July 24 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The fifth cup race was
declared off today on account of heavy
weather, and will be held Monday.
ADITS MURDER
HIS BROTHER IS
SENTENCED FOR
LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 24 (by As
sociated Press).—Thurkham Bates, 19
who recently enlisted in the army, was
arrested at Camp Zachary Taylor to
day as a result of his boasts that ht
killed Elijah Sergeant at Whitesburg
Ky., for whose murder Bates’ brothei
Uriah was sentenced to life imprison
ment, and for which another brother
Robert, is being held for trial. It is
said there was a love affair betweei
Uriah and Sergeant’s daughter. P
marriage license was obtained, bu
Sergeant had it revoked. Later his
mutilated body was found in the moun
tanis.
REMAINS OF MUTILATED
WOMAN FOUND IN TRUNI
NEW YORK, July 24 (by Associate*
Press).—An unidentified woman wa
found in a trunk here today shippe*
from Detroit by express. The remova
of every vital organ from the bod;
makes it impossble to discover th
cause of her death.
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ASST. SECY. OF NAVY
TO RESIGN AUGUST!
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WASHINGTON, July 24 (by Asst
cited Press).—Franklin D. Rooseveli
assistant secretary of the navy, toda
formally presented his resignation, e:
fective August 9, the date of his forma
notification of nomination for the vie
presidency.
PULP AND PAPER
CO. IS FORMED
BY CORDOVANS
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The organization of the Alaska Pulp;
& Paper Company was made public |
through the filing for record of arti
cles of incorporation with the terri
torial secretary. The company is1
formed for the purpose of engaging in
the general pulp and pulp products j
manufacturing business, primarily, in
connection with which it proposes to
operates boats and vessels; conduct a
general wharfage business, own and
operate electrical power plants for its
own uses and to sell to others; to
drill and develop oil and gas wells;
to operate mines; and to engage in
transportation both by motorcraft and
aircraft.
The amount of incorporation is given
I as being $5,000,000. The stock issued
by the company will consist of 50.000
shares, each having a par value of
I $100. The incorporators are: A. E.
| Lathrop, W. W. Council, R. H. L.
Noakes and Julius Sahlin, all of whom
reside at Cordova, and Cordova is
named as the company’s principal
place of business.
BELFAST RIOTS
ARE QUELLED
BY MILITARY
BELFAST, Ireland, July 24 (by As
| sociated Press).—Beyond a feW iso
lated cases of fighting, quiet prevailed
here last night, the arrival of military
reinforcement apparently steadying
the temper of the rioters. It is alleged
that Sinn Feihers employed explosive
bullets in the fighting Thursday night,
which terribly wounded victims who
were shot.
NEW SHIPPING BOARD
SOON BE ANNOUNCED
WASHINGTON, July 24 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Announcement of the
personnel of the new shipping board
as created under the Jones bill will
be made by President Wilson early
in August after a conference with Sec
retary of the Interior Payne, it w'as
. authoritatively announced today.
DEPICT EVENTS
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k SOUTHAMPTON, July 24 (by As
sociated Press).—Scenes attending the
1 departure of the Pilgrim fathers were
5 re-enacted today in a pageant inaugu
1 rating a four days’ celebration of the
1 tercentenary sailing of the Mayflower
' The lord mayor’s luncheon was at
3 tended by 400, including many prom
inent in American and British socia
life and heads of various Anglo-Amer
ican societies. The pageant was
staged at the ancient quay on the side
| near the historic w^est gate througl
' which the Pilgrims passed and whicl
has been preserved as a monument
i- The reproduction wras as historically
;, faithful as possible of the outstanding
V events in American history, including
:- the Boston tea party. Lincoln’!
1 Gettysburg address and American in
0 tervention in the world war were als<
depicted.
OIL RESOURCES
OF ALASKA BE
INVESTIGATED
SEATTLE, July 24 (by Associated
Press). — Secretary of the Interor
Payne, at a dinner last night, said he
wondered if the fleet of wooden ships
now lying idle in Lake Union at Seat
tle could be utilized in the transporta
tion of Alaska iron ore to Seattle. He
deplored the high transportation costs
to Alaska and said the consolidation
of the shipping lines now operating
should be effected, and that the ship
ping board should give its aid to that
end.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels said
Alaska oil development will not be
overlooked by the government. Geol
ogists who went north on the destroy
ers are now investigating and will
soon let the world know of the oil
resources. He said he believed the
wealth in oil would exceed the wealth
in gold. The existence and extent of
coal and its value have already been
demonstrated. He expected the new
water power bill will do much for de
velopment of Alaska’s resources.
KIDNAPPERS^OF
| LABOR LEADER
HYDER, July 24.—As a result of
the tarring and feathering of Jack
Sutherland here last week. Jack
O’Connor, A. McLeman and Oren F.
Hill were bound over for trial by
United States Commissioner Reed at a
preliminary hearing. O’Connor and
McLeman are officials of the order
of Pioneers of Alaska, and Hill is a
local druggist. The men are charged
with kidnapping, it being alleged that
after Sutherland was decorated, they
forcibly took him across the inter
national boundary line.
Sutherland is none the worse for his
experience, his clothing not ha\ ing
been removed. Officers of the Pio
neers desire that it be made plain that
the act was not committed by that
i body as an organization.
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SPELLACY SAYS NOT
BEEN OFFERED JOB
WASHINGTON, July 24 (by Associ
ated Press).—Thomas J. Spellacy of
Connecticut, who it was understood
had been selected to succeed Flanklin
Roosevelt as assistant secretary of
the navy, said today the post had not
been offered him, and he would not
accept if it was tendered.
DEATH RESULTS
; FROM GUNSHOT
OF HUNTER
DAWSON, July 24 (by Associated
' Press).—Preston J. Hillard, United
States commissioner at Eagle, died at
Eagle yesterday as a result of wounds
when shot by Joseph E. Howard, who
mistook him for a bear. Hilliard’s
dying statement exonerated Howard.
; Dr. Chipman and two nurses from
i Dawson made an all night launch trip
- but arrived too late to save his life.
> Hilliard had lived at Eagle for twenty
one years.