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VOL. V. NO. 121 ' CORDOVA, ALASKA. FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1920 _
FORMER SENATOR J. HAM LEWIS
INSISTS THAT DEMOCRATS MUST !
RENOMINATE PRESIDENT WILSON!
WICHITA, Kan., April 23 (by Asso-|
ciated Press).—James Hamilton Lewis,
former Democratic senator from Illi
nois, in a speech before the Demo
cratic state convention here yesterday,
said the country must be prepared to
President Wilson renominated.
The nomination of President Wil
son. he said, would be a protest
against the torturing of the peace
treaty into a pact of revenge against
nations.
The convention selected twenty dele
gates. including three women, to go
to the national convention at San Fran
cisco uninstructed.
Tlie resolutions adopted commend
the Democratic record, indorse the
League of Nations, refer to Democratic
policy on the service men’s bonus,
commend the prohibition amendment,
and condemn compulsory military
■ raining.
A letter from President Wilson, set
ting forth that the League of Nations
was an issue of the campaign, was
read.
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'* IOWA FOR LOWDEN
DES MOINES, Iowa, April 23 (by
Associated Press).—The Republican
state convention, in session here yes
terday, instructed that twenty-two of
Iowa’s twenty-six votes in the Repub
lican national convention be cast for
Governor Lowden of Illinois. Four
are uninstructed, but informally have
indorsed Lowden. ■
REPUBLICANS IN LEAD
LINCOLN, Neb., April 23 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Incomplete returns
show that Republican congressmen
seeking re-election in three districts
are leading their Nonpartisan League
opponents.
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JOHNSON’S BIG LEAD
OMAHA, April 23 (by Associated
Press).—Figures covering 80 per cent
of the total vote of the state give
Senator Johnson a lead of 15,000 in
the presidential primary.
For delegates to the national Demo
cratic convention Hitchcock candi
dates won first and second places and
Bryan’s third and fourth.
MISSOURIANS INDORSE LEAGUE
JOPLIN, Mo., April 23 (by Associ
ated .-Press).—The Democratic state
convention, after a hot fight today,
adopted the majority report of the
committee on platform indorsing the
League of Nations, with “such reser
vations as will not destroy its effec
tiveness.”
REED IS HANDED A WALLOP
The state delegation to the San
Francisco convention was instructed
to vote for David R. Francis, ambassa
dor to Russia, for President.
By a two to one vote the convention
refused to select Senator Reed as a
' delegate to the national convention.
The convention wired its congratu
lations to William J. Bryan ofi his elec
tion as delegate.
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A VOICE FROM THE DEAD
SPOKANE, April 23 (by Associated
Press).—Senator Poindexter, ip a
speech here last night, declared that
the system of settlement of labor dis
putes by industrial courts should be
an issue of the campaign.
^EATTLE, April 23 (by Associated
/ Press).—'The police raided the alleged
Northwest headquarters of the “wob
biies” here last night, and seized a
list of names said to be a directory
of members, together with radical lit
erature and posters, and arrested three
persons, including Alice Rosenbaum,
said to be wanted in the East on fed
eral charges.
RAID AT SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23 (by As
sociated Press).—Five men w^ere ar
rested and a quantity of literature was
seized last night in a raid on a room
believed to be the headquarters of the
“one big union.”
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BARRED FROM CANADA
BUTTE, Mont., April 23 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Postmaster Goodwin
announced yesterday that he would
refuse to accept the Butte Daily Bul
letin, organ of the “wobblies,” for cir
culation in Canada.
The Metal Workers’ Union, with a
membership of eight hundred “wob
blies,” has issued a handbill stating
that the strike is still on.
Two hundred and fifty troops ar
rived here today. All is quiet §nd
there is no picketing. The mines are
working short-handed, but expect to
wave full crews tomorrow.
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IMANY STATES
JOIN REVOLT
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AGUA PRIETA, Mexico, April 23
.(by Associated Press).—Sonora head
quarters announces that the states #of
Michoacan, Guerrero, Zacatecas, Te
huantepec, Vera Cruz and Sonora are
now in revolt, and that a revolution
ary movement has begun in Neuvo
Leon, Hidalgo and Walisco. It is said
that the revolt has given birth to a
new party of progress.
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AMERICANS ASK PROTECTION
WASHINGTON, April 23 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Representatives of the
American government at Mazatlan and
Polobampo, on the Pacific frontier of
the Gulf of California, have asked for
warships for the protection of the
lives and property of citizens.
Other reports from Mexico indicate
that the revolt is spreading.
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WARSHIPS ON THE WAY
LOS ANGELES, April 23 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The cruiser Salem and
one destroyer have been ordered to
Mazatlan.
GEORGE MISNER DIED
AT PORTLAND YESTERDAY
PORTLAND, April 23 (by Associ
ated Press).—George Misner, a fam
ous Pacific coast horse breeder, died
here yesterday.
AMERICAN LEGION IS
FIGHTING FOR RIGHTS
OF EX-SERVICE MEN
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 23 (by;
Associated Press).—Franklin D’Olier,
commander of the American Legion, in
an interview here yesterday said the
legion would strongly oppose any plan
of congress to eliminate the land set
tlement, home aid and vocational train
ing options from the compensation law.
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AMUNDSEN NOW
AT SIBERIAN
TRADING POST
NOME, April 23 (by Associated
Press).—A wireless message from An
idir, a trading post in Eastern Siberia,
reports the arrival there of Amundsen,
the Arctic explorer. No details of his
expedition are given.
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Christiania advices in March of this
j year reported that the explorer was
making a dash for the North pole, and
last September bis ship was reported
to be ice-bound off the West Siberian
coast. His route was .planned so as
to bring him to Anidir.
MOBATTEMPTS
TO RID JAILOR
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 23 (by
Associated Press).—A mOb of s^ven
hundred men unsuccessfully attempted
to take William Ray, a negro, from
the Marion county jail last night. Ray
had confessed that he murdered two
white girls.
The police, commanded by the state
adjutant general, surrounded the jail
and the mob dispersed. Further
trouble is feared.
Quiet has followed the riotous scenes
of last night, when the police dis
persed a mob which was trying to
lynch William Ray, the alleged con
fessed murderer of Martha dduff, a
white girl.
SWITCHMEN ARE
DENIED APPEAL
BY RAILROADS
NEW YORK, April 23 (by Associ
ated Press).—The appeal of the in
surgent switchmen for reinstatement
with their seniority rights unimpaired,
in order to end the strike in the pub
lic interest, has been flatly rejected by
the railroad managers.
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GIVES UP FIGHT
CHICAGO, April 23 (by Associated
Press).—John Grunau, leader of the
striking insurgent switchmen, has
given up the fight, but will try to main
tain the insurgent unions. He says
he can not fight the government.
WASHINGTON, April 23 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Rear Admiral Carlo C.
Brittain, chief of staff for Admiral
Henry B. Wilson, commander of the
Atlantic fleet, shot and killed himself
today while, on duty in Cuban waters.
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GIRLS BURN TO DEATH
IN DISASTROUS FIRE
IN TEXAS OIL TOWN
WICHITA FALLS, Texas, April 23
(by Associated Press).—Two girls
were burned to death in a fire which
swept three blocks in Newton, in the
oil fields, last night. Six wells were
damaged, and the loss is a quarter of
a million dollars.
ALASKA SAILED
FROM SEATTLE
THIS MORNING
SEATTLE, April 23 (by Associated
Press).—The steamship Alaska sailed
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for Northern ports at 9 O'clock this
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morning, carrying 147 passengers, of
whom the following were booked for
I Cordova:
Iver Heines, Thomas F. Grohart and
wife, Mrs. C. P. Hanning, S. H. Palmer
and wife, Carl V. Nelson, H. L. Wy
rick, J. W. Thergell^ Mrs. A. Dexter,
Mrs. Sam Smith, Charles E. Taylor,
Irene Mitchell, Sommer Otis, Axel
Carlson, O. Krafser and wife, Mrs.
Catherine Chambers, Amos Greene and
Roy Bumstead.
JAPANESE DENY
AMERICANS
v TOKIO, April 23 (by Associated
Press),—An official statement issued
•yesterday says the reports that Japa
nese fired on the American engineers’
barracks at Hailare are erroneous.
I The fighting, says the statement, was
between Japanese troops and a crowd
composed mostly of Czechs and Chi
nese, who sought the release of six
Bolshevik prisoners.
DEMOCRATS WILL ELECT
NEW LEADER IN SENATE
TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK
WASHINGTON, April 23' (by Asso
ciated Press).—Senators Hitchcock
and Underwood have called a joint
caucus of Democratic senators for
Tuesday next to elect an administra
tion leader in the senate.
CAILLAUX IS
BANISHEDFOR
FIVEJfEARS
PARIS, April 23 (by Associated
Press).—Former Premier Caillaux,
found guilty of commerce with the*
enemy, was fined the costs of the
prosecution and sentenced to three
years’ imprisonment, including the
time he has been under arrest, thus
giving him but one month more to
serve.
Caillaux also was banished for five
years and deprived of his civic rights
for ten years.
M BRIDE MAKES EMPHATIC DENIAL
OF CHAS. HERRON’S PROPAGANDA
AND CLEARLY DEFINES POSITION
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The Cordova Republican Club is in
receipt of a telegram from the Juneau
Republican Club In . which it states
that it requested all three candidates
for national committeeman to sign a
pledge to support Dan Sutherland and
work for him if elected; also to rec
ommend for appointive offices only
residents of Alaska who are active
Republican workers, and to be guided
in such recommendations by Repub
lican clubs of the respective divisions.
The statement is also made that Mc
JBride withdrew from the club and
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wrote a long letter evading the main
issues.
McBRipE NAILS HERRON LIE
The above propaganda, sent broad
cast, paid press, by the Herron sup
porters at Juneau, has only served as
a boomerang. J. C. McBride, who is
in Seattle on business connected with
his Alaska enterprises, has sent a
complete denial to the charges made,
and again defines his position as a
candidate for Republican national com
mitteeman, in the following wire to
L. L. Harding, who is in charge of
his campaign at Juneau:
“You will wire Alaska Republican
clubs and newspapers, over my signa
ture, that I am supporting Dan Suth
erland, and will co-operate with him.
Anv statement that I refused to sign
a 'pledge or evaded issues is abso
lutely false and misleading.
“My letter to the Juneau Republican
Club of April 9 states that I am sup
porting all Republicans who are nomi
nated at the primaries; that I hard
not associated myself with ftPy candi
date during the primary, and that t
am not allied with nor responsible tu
any so-called political faction whatso
ever; and that if elected I will recom
mend for appointive offices only resi
dent Alaskans and bona fide Repub
licans. 7
“I now reiterate each and every
statement in said letter and other per
sonal letters and advertisements i*
Alaska newspapers, that I stand for
Alaskans for Alaska and the appoint
ment to office only of bona fide Repub
licans, to be chosen with the consent
and indorsement of local Republicans;
that I am a staunch Republican, a**4
have been all my life.
“The telegram sent out in the namu
of the Juneau Republican Club last
Tuesday attacking me unjustly and
without provocation is simply Herron
propaganda, instigated by the faction
of Herron supporters in the Juneau
Republican Club, from which organ
ization forty-six representative Alas
kans and Republicans, I being one,
withdrew last January solely in the
interest of party harmony.
(Signed) “J. C. McBRIDE.”
WHEAT GROWERS WANT j
TO CONTROL CEREALS
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KANSAS CITY, April 23 (by Asso-j
ciated Press).—The National Wheat!
Growers’ Association, in convention |
here today, voted to form a national
combination for the control of cereal
products.
ADMIRAL SIMS’
SUGGESTIONS
NOT HELD UP
WASHINGTON, April 23 (by Associ-1
ated Press).—Captain Pratt, former as
sistant chief of operations of the navy, j
testifying before the senate naval in
vestigating committee yesterday, said
that the requests and recommenda
tions of Admiral Sims during the war
were never held up, but were acted
upon as soon as the situation permit
ted. A special system was used to fa- j
cilitate the handling of Sims’ mes- j
sages, he said.
TWO COMMISSIONS TO
CONTROL DARDANELLES
SAN REMO, Italy, April 23 (by As
sociated Press).—The supreme allied
council yesterday announced that con
trol of the Dardanelles would be exer
cised by two international commis
sions, one of which will regulate traf
fic and supervise affairs generally. The
other will be military.
KELLY’S BROTHER IN COMMAND
Lieutenant Commander Stephen B.
Robinson, has left New York on the
U. S. S. Hancock for England to bring
back a German battleship. Lieutenant
Commander Robinson is a brother of
our townsman, K. G. Robinson.
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POOR LITTLE MARY
IN MUCH TROUBLE
OVER HER DIVORCE
CARSON CITY, Nev., April 23 (by
Associated Press).—Attorney General
Fowler announced today that a sum
mons had been issued to Mary Pick
ford to answer the state’s action to set
aside her recent divorce from Owen
Moore. Immediate service was made
by publication and by mail.
PAYNEFAVORS
STEAMER LINE
FOR RAILROAD
WASHINGTON, April 23 (by Asso
ciated Press).—A Post-Intelligencer
special from Washington says that
Secretary of the Interior Payne is con
sidering the recommendation of the
interior department committee recom
mendation for the establishment of a
steamship line between Seattle, Sew
ard and Anchorage, to connect with
the government railroad. He has ap
proved the plan of the committee for
a hearing at Seattle beginning early in
May, wheh shippers and others will
be invited to be present and give their
views.
THE EIGHTY-ROD STRIP .
The house committee on public lands
will report favorably Delegate Grigs
by’s bill repealing the provisions of
the existing law limiting the amount,
of water frontage acquirable by any
one claimant.
FISHING ON YUKON
The house committee on merchant
marine and fisheries will begin hear
ings on May 4 on Delegate Grigsby's
bill to prohibit commercial and can
nery fishing on the Yukon river.