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VOL. V. NO. 139_ CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1920_ PRICE TEN CENTS
FORTY-SIX DEATHS RESULT FROM EPIDEMIC IN PAST FEW WEEKS
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SEATTLE, May 14 (by Associated
Press).—Representatives of Alaska
transportation companies were heard
by the government interdepartmental
committee yesterday morning, and the
members of the Alaska territorial ship
ping board were called for the after
noon.
The transportation question is being
discussed at length, and the details of
the situation are being closely consid
ered. The shipping board will be
given all the time wanted to fully pre
sent its views.
BASHFUL ALASKANS
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The committee expects to conclude
its hearings tomorrow with the ar
rival of a Fairbanks representative
and possibly one from Ketchikan.
^ Colonel Brooks said the hearings
had covered practically all industries
and problems of all parts of the ter
ritory. He was well pleased with the
results, he said, and had heard every
one who appeared and had invited
others who did not come. Some were
bashful.
Edward Saindon, a Matanuska
iarmer; Thomas Larson, a Copper
driver miner, and Wheeler, a representa
tive of the White Pass & Yukon route,
[ were heard this morning. C. Protopas,
I a Nome miner, will appear before the
1 committee this afternoon.
PARIS, May 13 (by Associated
ft Press).—The Ukrainian press bureau
F reports that Odessa has been occupied
' by Petlura, the Ukrainian commander.
BY CARRANZA
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Press).—Carranza is still surrounded
and fighting hard. Supreme Com
mander Huerta has issued a call for
a meeting of the Mexican congress to
name a provisional president.
EXPECT TO BAG CARRANZA
EL PASO, Texas, May 14 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The surrender today
of Carranza and his forces near Rin
conada puebla, is predicted in a tele
gram from Obregon to the revolution
ary consul here.
MATAMOROS SURRENDERS
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, May 14 (by
Associated Press).—The city of Mata
moros was quietly surrendered to the
revolutionary forces *today.
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Herbert Hoover
Is Open Advocate
Of “Open Shop”
WASHINGTON, May 14 (by
Associated Press).—“The princi
ple of individual freedom re
quires the ‘open shop,’ ” declared
. Herbert Hoover today in testi
fying before the senate commit
tee on labor, which is consider
ing proposed legislation for the
settlement of industrial unrest.
Before a house committee to
day Mr. Hoover said it would be
two or three years before the
sugar situation became normal.
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BIG DEATH LIST
FROM FLU AT
INTERIOR CITY!
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Ed O'Brien of the Model cafe, a for
mer resident of Fairbanks, today re
ceived a wire from his sister-in-law
at the latter place in which she states
that there have been thirty-three
deaths at Nenana and thirteen deaths
at Fairbanks from the epidemic of in
fluenza that is now raging there.
Among those who have passed away
are mentioned: Ralph Waechter,
Mrs. Joe Burns, Mrs. Joe O’Connor,
Lottie Cavanaugh, Larry O’Keefe,
Jones the butcher, Mrs. Mike Cooney,
Mr. McGinnis, Mr. Instrom, Mrs. Har
rington, Mrs. Burt Johnson, Mrs. Bor
den, Mrs, Taylor, Mrs. Bostrom, Mrs.
Petrie, Mrs. Beateau, Harry Seigler,
Harry Williams, Stanley Hess, George
Hobart, Perry Willoughby, Alice War
ner, and a man named Kleinschmidt.
LANGERFORGOVERNOR
OF NORTH DAKOTA
MINOT, N. D., May 14 (by Associ
ated Press).—William Langer, attor
ney general, was unanimously indorsed
for the gubernatorial nomination by
the state-wide Republican convention
in session here yesterday.
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NEW YORK, May 14 (by Associated
Press).—The Socialist national conven
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tion yesterday completed its ticket by
nominating Seymour Stedman of Chi
cago for vice president. Mr. Stedman
is general counsel for the Socialist
party.
Morris Hillquit of New York, in nom
inating Eugene V. Debs for President,
said the party would thus signify its
intention not to recede one inch from
its revolutionary program.
The convention voted to reaffirm
the third Moscow international, with
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mining its own national policy.
SEEK FREEDOM FOR DEBS
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WASHINGTON, May 14 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Citing the amnesty de
crees of several European nations, a
Socialist delegation, headed by .Sey
mour Stedman, candidate for vice
president, appealed to Attorney Gen
eral Palmer today for “an immediate
amnesty and pardon for all federal
prisoners convicted on the basis of po
litical speeches or writings or union
j labor activities.”
PRESIDENT VETOES BILL
FOR REGULATION OF
GOVERNMENT PRINTING
WASHINGTON, May 14 (by Associ
ated Press).—President Wilson yester
day vetoed the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill because
it contains a section putting under
congressional control all government
publications, which the President de
clared would give congress a censor
ship encroaching on executive func
tions.
By a vote of 170 to 127 til© house
failed to override he veto by the Presi
dent of the executive, legislative and
judicial appropriation bill. Five Dem
ocrats voted with the Republicans.
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BESPEAK BETTER RELATIONS
BETWEEN NEIGHBOR NATIONS
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MEXICO CITY, May 9 (delayed).—General Obre
gon, the revolutionary leader, and candidate for the
presidency at the approaching* election, in an interview
with the Associated Press today, declared that Carranza ’s
policy toward the United States was “national suicide.”
Continuing he said:
“What strengthens the United States strengthens
Mexico. My ideal of the relations between the two coun
tries is to make the international border like the Cana
dian boundary, allowing the withdrawal of all troops
and leaving only customs officials.
“Carranza’s interpretation of the Monroe doctrine
was a mistake, although I believe Carranza was sincere
in his belief that his policy was best for Mexico.”
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VANCOUVER, B. C., May 14 (by
Associated Press).—A Chicago dis
patch says the officials of the Dolly
^rden Mining Company have an^
nouncted that an arrangement with the
Taylor Engineering Company has been
reached whereby the agitation for the
disallowance of the legislation regard
ing the mine will be dropped. Taylor
said that the $613,000 which the com
pany undertook to pay to the original
owners of the mine out of the earn
ings is guaranteed at an earlier date
than is provided in the legislation.
CONFESSES TO
SLAUGHTER OF
WHOLE FAMILY
WASHBURN, May 14 (by Associated
Press).—It is announced that Henry
Layer, a farmer, has confessed to the
killing of the family of Jacob Wolf,
together with the chore boy, near
Devils Lake on April 22. Layer is
said to have confessed that ill feeling
of long standing culminated in a row
and the subsequent shooting.
Layer has a wife and six children.
He pleaded guilty to murder and was
sentenced to life imprisonment.
BIGAMIST-MURDERER
TO BE REMOVED SECRETLY
LOS ANGELES, May 14 (by Associ
ated Press).—Sheriff Cline announces
that James C. Watson, alias Huirt, the
convicted bigamist and murderer, will
be taken secretly to San Quentin
prison, to serve his life sentence, be
cause of numerous threats against his
life.
COMMITTEE FAVORS
ANTI-STRIKE MEASURE
WASHINGTON, May 14 (by Associ
ated Press).—The sub-committee of
the senate committee on interstate
commerce has declared for a favorable
report on the Poindexter anti-strike
bill for railroads. Poindexter, who is
chairman of the sub-committee, said
that only a few changes had been
made in the bill.
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BUTTE, Mont., May 14 (by Associ
ated Press).—Following a decision
reacb^l Wednesday night to declare
the strike off, the union miners applied
for work yesterday morning.
As the men had announced that they
would “strike on the job” by doing as
little work as possible, very few of
them were taken back.
The officials of the mining compa
nies of the Butte district, after a con
ference, have formulated a plan of
campaign against the “wobblies” as a
result of the numerous strikes and dis
turbances of the last six years.
AMENDMENTS
DEPLORED
RICHMOND, Ya„ May 14 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Vice President Mar
shall, speaking before the Virginia Bar
Association yesterday, declared that if
the prohibition amendment had been
considered in secret session in the sen
ate, not twenty votes would have been
cast for it. He said there should be
less tinkering with the constitution.
The constitutional amendments, said
the vice president, had brought a large
measure of evil to the country.
CANADIAN FISHERIES
ASSOCIATION TO MEET
ON COAST IN JUNE
OTTAWA, May 14 (by Associated
Press).—The formation of an interna
tional scientific council for fisheries re
search between Canada, the United
States and Newfoundland will be dis
cussed at the convention of the Cana
dian Fisheries Association, to be held
in Vancouver from June 2 to 5.
WANT FRENCH TROOPS
REMOVED FROM MAIN
LONDON, May 14 (by Associated
Press).—The German cabinet has
unanimously decided not to send rep
resentatives to the Spa or Brussels
conferences unless the French troops
are entirely withdrawn from the Main
district this week.
HOOVERTAKES
RAP AT WILSON
AND JOHNSON
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NEW YORK, May 14 (by Associated
Press),—Herbert Hoover has wired to
the Hoover Club of Portland, Ore., de
claring that the Republican party must
support the League of Nations cov
enant, with reservations, and must not
fall into the trap that President Wil
son and Senator Hiram Johnson are
enticing it into. He declares the atti
tude of both to be destructive.
M’NARY AND KENYON FOR HI
WASHINGTON, May 14 (by Associ
ated Press).—Senator McNary (Repub
lican) of Oregon has issued a state
ment urging the voters of Oregon to
support Senator Johnson of California
in the presidential primary. Senator
Kenyon of Iowa also issued a state
ment urging support for Johnson.
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INSTRUCT INDIANA DELEGATES
INDIANAPOLIS, May 14 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Ten of the district del
egates to the Republican national con
vention at. Chicago have been in
structed for General Leonard Wood
for President, four for Senator Hiram
Johnson, and six are uninstructed,
RED CROSS MAN
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WASHINGTON, May 14 (by Associ
ated Press).—The Russian Bolshevik
government is a ghastly failure, de
clared Colonel Edward Ryan, Red
Cross commissioner in North Russia
and the Baltic provinces, who has just
returned from a secret visit to the
Esthonian mission.
Colonel Ryan says the Bolshevik
government can not hold out for an
other six months, that Moscow and
Petrograd are unspeakably filthy and
famine stricken, that there is no water,
and the bread ration of a quarter of a
pound daily, is of low grade.
The inhabitants, declares Colonel
Ryan, are dressed like beggars. The
streets are ankle deep to knee deep in
dirt, and have not been cleaned for
four years, the death rate is abnormal
and there are no medical supplies. The
chief diet of the people is horse meat.
The schools are demoralized and the
churches and theaters are hopeless,
says the colonel.
WANTS MURDER OF
HUSBAND INVESTIGATED
PASADENA, Cal., May 13 (by Asso
i ciated Press).—Mrs. A. R. Hoare, wife
i of tip Episcopal minister who was re
centiy killed near Candle, Alaska, wlil
j demand a full investigation of the mur
der of her husband. *
Mrs Hoare was an Alaska mission
ary herself, meeting and marrying
Mr. Hoare in the North.
RAIDER MOEWE HAS~
ARRIVED IN SCOTLAND
FIRTH OF FORTH, Scotland, May
14 (by Associated Press).—The raider
Moewe, which had a spectacular career
during the war, and which was one
of the vessels turned over by the Ger
mans to the allies under the terms of
the peace treaty, has arrived here.
SENATE NAVAL
INVESTIGATORS
ARESTILLBUSY
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WASHINGTON, May 14 (by Associ
ated Press).—Resuming the witness
stand today before the senate naval
investigating committee, Secretary
Daniels ridiculed the charge made by
Admiral Sims that five hundred thou
sand lives were sacrified through,
the delay of the American navy.
There never was a time, he said,
when tonnage was not available to
carry troops and supplies to France as
fast as they could be landed and sent
to the front. The complete co-opera
tion between the army and the navy,
he said, shortened the war.
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NEWPORT, May 14 (by Associated
Press).—Admiral Sims, when seen
here yesterday by newspaper men, re
fused to comment on the statement
made by Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels yesterday before the senate in
vestigating committee, to the effect
that' the secretary’s name had been
forged to a cablegram by naval of
ficers.
Admiral Sims is to be recalled for
further testimony before the com
mittee.
HAD PRESIDENT’S CONSENT
WASHINGTON, May 14 (by Associ
ated Press).-—Whi-e House officials
said today that the President’s war
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time address to the Atlantic fleet and
the cablegram to Admiral Sims were
laid before the senate committee by
Secretary Daniels with the full con
sent and approval of the President.
The British admiralty was criticized
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FOREIGN TRADE
i CONVENTION IS
NOV SESSION
' SAN FRANCISCO, May 14 (by As
sociated Press).—The potentialities of
transpacific trade possibilities and the
barriers to foreign trade through al
leged governmental inefficiency and
lack of co-ordination were the subjects
of discussion before the National For
eign Trade convention here today.
Trade leaders of the far East told ,
how the people of the countries of
that section of the world were await
ing the development of cable and wire
less communication and shipping.
President Henry Suzzalo of the Uni
versity of Washington declared the re
organization of government agencies
was necessary in order to develop
trade.
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Alaskan Robbed
And Beaten Up by
Friendly Strangers
LOS ANGELES, May 14 (by
Associated Press).—Charles Nor
ton of Skagway, Alaska, was
found unconscious by the road
side last night and taken to a
hospital.
Upon recovering consciousness
he said two strangers had in
vited him to take an automobile
ride, and had then beaten him
and robbed him of $175. He will
recover.