VOL, 5, NO. 137_CORDOVA, ALASKA. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER. 1 7, 1920 - PRICE TEN CENTS
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’WALL STREET TRAGEDY SAID
BE A NATION WIDE PLOT OF
DESTRUCTION BY RADICALS
NEW YORK, Sept 11 (by Associat
ad Press).—Six expert chemists at
tached to the bureau of mines have ar
rived here to aid in the investigatior
of the explosion which did so much
damage yesterday. A reconstructior
of the metal fragments found are be
Sieved to be parts of a bomb.
Edward P. Fisher, a former employe
of a French high commission, has
been detained at Hamilton, Ontario. 11
is alleged that he sent post cards tc
two friends here warning them not tc
be on Wall street Wednesday. He wil
be brought to New York to testify be
fore the grand jury.
. ..Workers are busy cleaning blooc
splotches from the pavements anc
walls and are also straightening the
twisted steel of the office buildings
wrecked.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (by Associ
ated Press).—The department of jus
tice has announced that it is clearly
understood that a widespread radical
^ plot is responsible for the Wall streel
outrage.
y SEATTLE, Sept. 17 (Associatec
Press).—The assay office and branch
of the federal reserve bank are heavi
ly guarded by secret service men whc
are co-operating with the bureau o1
investigation to check any radical ac
tivity.
NEW YORK* Sept. 17 (by Associ
ated Press).—The situation in the fi
nancial district today is practically
unchanged. The stock exchanges have
not yet opened but preparations are
being made to resume business on
both curb and stock exchange. The
soldiers from Governor’s island have
been withdrawn, but heavy re-en
♦ forcements of police guards have
been detailed to the district. Immed
iately surrounding the devastated dis
trict has been roped off, and no per
sons are allowed to enter without a
permit containg the vize of the head
of the police department^
The financial centers in all the
large cities of the country, from Bos
ton to San Francisco are being heav
ily guarded by armed guards, mostly
policemen detailed for the special
duty. This is being done as a measure
of precaution to guard against any
possible repetition of the New York
tragedy. Tendils of evidence secured
seems to lead to the conclusion that
the attack on the Morgan institution
was but a part of a nation wide plot.
The official list of the dead has been
increased to thirty-six and the num
ber of wounded is well over two hun
dred. The police are still working on
•^the casualty list, which is as yet in
complete. Identification of some of
the victims has been secured.
Federal agents are working with
the state and city officials to run
down the reports of extremist bomb
plots. Nearly all of the experts now
agree that the disaster was caused by
an infernal machine since the discov
ery of parts of clock work in the
wreckage close to the center of the
explosion. It has been officially an
nounced that either T. N. T. or picric
acid was used in the bomb. Crief
Flynn of the bureau of investigation
at Washington, has sent his men out
on thirty different trails pointing
towards a widespread radical plot.
Chief Flynn declared that as far as
he was concerned there was no doubt
but that the explosion was cuased by
a bomb. He insisted that the theory
of a collision between a wagon carry
explosives and another vehicle was
not tenable.
.Later it is announced that the police
a.
■, and fire authorities agree with Chief
. | Flynn that the explosion was caused
I by a bomb.
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WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept. 17 (by
Associated Press).—Extra military
i guards have been thrown around the
! United states sub-treasury building
just across the street from the J. P.
Morgan banking institution which was
| the secene of the dreadful explosion
yesterday. All persons are kept away
j from the building except the treasury
i authorities and employes. Secret ser
11 vice men are also unobtrusively in
the neighborhood of the disaster, and
all suspicious characters are turned
hack.
j The various agencies investigating
the explosion have not yet determined
whether the tragedy was the result of
an accident or otherwise. William J.
Burns, the well known detective has
announced that in his opinion the ex
plosion was undoubtedly the result of
a premeditated plot.
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HUNLETTI, N. J., Sept. 17 (by As-;
sociated Press).—Joseph T. O'Neill of
this.city advised the police authorities!
that he had received a verbal warn
ing to “keep out of Wall street until
after September sixteenth.” Mr.
O’Neill’s statement further asserts <
that he received the warning on Sept
tember ninth last.
NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (by Associ
ated Press).—After checking up the
reports of lost securities as the result
| of the explosion, Wall street stock j
j exchange officials said that several
i packages valued at $400,000 are miss
I ing.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17 (by As
sociated Press).—A special police
guard appeared in the financial dis
trict and paid special attention to the
federal reserve bank and sub-treasury.
CHICAGO, Sept. 17 (by Associated
Press).—Fearing an outrage such as
stunned the financial district of New
York yesterday, the city authorities
after a consultation with the leading
men of Chicago’s financial district,
threw a cordon of police around the
stock exchange, the board of trade,
and other important buildings in this
city. Last night no persons without
business satisfactory to the police
could enter the prohibited area.
EL PASO, Sept. 17 (by Associated
' Press).—Yesterday was the Fourth of
July for Mexico, being the 110th an
niversary of the gaining of Mexican
independence. Thousands of Mexi
cans in this city celebrated the day,
and the border Mexican cities of Jua
rez and Chihuahua were the scenes of
much noisy patriotism and vociferous
oratory. While the Mexicans claim
independence for the last 110 years
.-history states that they did not really
win their fight for freedom until 1821,
when the independence of Mexico was
recognized. The first ruler under the
new regime was Augustin de Iturbide,
and was designated as emperor. He
abdicated in 1823, but attempting to re
turn the following year he was shot
and killed, thus setting the fashion
for Mexican rulers to the present day.
FIFTEEN ROUND BOUTS
LEGALIZED NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (by Associa
ted Press).—The Walker law passed
by the state legislature, legalizing
fifteen round boxing bouts went into
effect today. Under the law, all fight
ers must have a state license before
they can perform in New York. This
license is revocable at the will of the
state boxing commissioner and it is
hoped in this manner to keep the
game clean and wholesome. The first
license issued under the law was giv
en to Champion Jack Dempsey yes
terday morning. It bears License
Number 1.
PILOT EATON LANDS
- SAFELY IN NEVADA
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. .17 (by As
sociated Press).—The tension over the
failure of Pilot Eaton, who had left
! Reno, Nevada, last Tuesday eastbound
| for Elko, Nevado, and had failed to
j report after being absent thirty-six
j hours was relieved today, when ad
vices were received that Eaton had
reached Shatter, Nevada. Eaton was
piloting a mail plane in the newly in
stituted transcontinental service, and
had engine trouble and was forced to
land at some distance from a settle
ment. He reports no ill effects from
his experiences.
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MILAN, Sept. 17 (by Associated
Press).—The situation created in the
industrial centers of Italy by the sei
zure of the factories and munition
works by the workmen still continues
serious. The laborers are showing no
signs of weakening, and no decisive
steps are being taken by the Nitti
government. The leaders of the work
men in a public statement declared to
day that the occupied plants would
,continue until the reforms demanded
by the men had been granted. They i
insist on the abolition of the employ-.
er’s privileges, which have long been ;
a sore spot, and they also insist that
the employer’s must issue a signed
statement in which the new rights of
labor are acknowledged and guaran
teed. The Socialist members of the
chamber of deputies declare that the ;
movement is but the beginning of;
emancipation of Italian labor. They
have issued a reply to the commission
appointed to arbitrate the difficulties
between the men and their employers
saying that a law must be framed and
passed providing for collaboration of
the workmen and the management in
the industrial plants.
ROME, Sept. 17 (by Associated
Press).—The metal workers strike
which was commenced by the seizure
of the munitions factories by the
workmen, entered into a new phase
today, when the Italian government of
ficially intervened between the em-1
ployer^ and employes. Premier Gio
litti wired the parties to the contro
versy inviting representatives of both
employers and workmen to meet him
at Turin for a conference. Both sides
accepted the offer, and the Premier
immediately left for Turin. Before his
arrival there, delegates from the work
men had reached the city, and a con
ference will be held this evening.
TEN MILLIONS
FOR RELIEF
OF CHINESE
PEKING, Sept. 17 (Jby Associated
Press).—The famine which is stalking
through the provinces of Shantung,
Chikli, and Shanshi, is becoming worse
and stringent measures are being tak
en by the government to rush relief
to the stricken people. Hundreds are
dying from staravation daily. The
central government today advanced
ten million dollars to meet the urgent
demands for food supplies for the suf
ferers. President Hausi Chang and
Premier Chin Yun Pang each contrib
uted $100,000. Americans in this city j
and in the stricken provinces have
formed an international relief board
to assist in the work of relieving the
distressed.
ABUSE OF PRISONERS
RESULTS IN REMOVAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 17 (by
Associated Press).—As a result of an
investigation into the treatment of the
prisoners at the Maryland state pen
itentiary, charges of abuse and ill
treatment have been sustained. The
department of justice immediately on
the issuance of the report of the inves
tigation announced that because of the
brutality of the keepers and warden at
the state prison, all federal prisoners
would immediately be removed.
COAL OPERATO
AND SHERIFFS
FIRED UPON
JASPER, Wyo., Sept. 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The coal strike now in
progress here, had a tragic result yes
terday when an automobile containing
D. Adler, general manager of the
Corna Coal Company and Deputy Sher
iffs Earl Edgel and Brown was am
bushed by a party of masked men sup
posed to be strikers. Adler was in
stantly killed, and Deputy Sheriff Ed
gel is fatally wounded, while the other
deputy was seriously injured. When
ihe news of the ambush became known
the county sheriff immediately tele
graphed the governor asking for the
protection of troops. It is believed
that the entire district will be placed
under martial law.
FOREST FIRES RAGING
IN COLORADO, WYOMING
LARAMIE, Wyo., Sept. 17 (by As
sociated Press).—The lookouts that
are being maintained by the forestry
service of the federal government
have reported a great fire raging in
the forests at the Wyoming-Colorado
state line. All available rangers and
such other help as can be secured are
being rushed with all possible speed
to the scene of the fire. The greatest
forest fire in the history of the na
tional forest service in this section
is threatened unless remedial meas
ures take immedate effect.
GIGANTIC PLOT BOOTLEGGERS
BAFFLES PROHIBITION AGENTS
IN COMBATTING CONSPIRACY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 17 (by.
Associated Press).—The conference j
of leaders of the Anti-Saloon League
held in this city, today published a par
tial list of congressional candidates of
both parties, whom they said the lea
gue would make a fight against their
re-election. The statement issued
says that the candidates named had
been consistently wet in their votes
and speeches in congress and out.
Wade Wheeler, general consul of the
league supplemented the published
statement, by saying that every can
didate who was not reported as being
in favor of rigid enforcement of the
prohibition laws, would be fought to
a finish.
WASHINGTON, D Sept. 17 (by
Associated Press).—Federal Prohibi
tion commissioner Kramer today ad-1
dressed the conference of leaders of
the Anti-Saloon League in this city.
Mr. Kramer went into detail as to
the results obtained by his department
in enforcing the Volstead Act and told
of the information secured concerning
bootlegging plots. He said that from
facts in his possession he was posi
tive that interests with unlimited sup
plies of money are engaged in a gigan
tic plot and vicious conspiracy to dis
credit and ultimately overthrow the
prohibition amendment and enforce
ment laws. Concerning his depart
ment he said that in the present situ
ation the dry enforcement machinery
provided by congress was inadequate
to resist and overthrow this conspir
acy. lie urged the Anti-Saloon leaders
to use their influences with congress
for the passage of laws increasing
the facilities of his office, saying that
otherwise, he could not predict the
outcome of the fight against the li
quor interests.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17 (by As
sociated Press).—The annual meet
ing of the American Health Associa
tion now being held in this city, has
before it for decision many matters of
great importants regarding new fields
and theories of medicine. A report
covering the whole situation in the
United States regarding drug addicts
and recommending a comprehensive
system of treament, will be submitted
to the convention for adoption and
recommendation. Other important
health matters will be considered in
cluding vivisection, against which
there seems to be some opposition. An
interesting subject which will be sub
ject to the critical analysis of the as
sociation will be the new water cure
for leprosy. The supply of food in
the nation and its effects on the gen
eral health of the people will also be
touched upon.
POLICE BREAK
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TOKIO, Sept. 17 (by Associated
Press).—The spreading of Socialism in
Japan is creating great alarm to the
government. A crisis was narrowly
averted today when a street meeting
being addressed in fiery language by
M. Shaman was dispersed by the pol
ice, arresting two men. The meeting
was not dispersed without considera
ble fighting and many minor injuries
were sustained. There were fifty
policemen in the detachment which
broke up the meeting. The meeting
was not stopped until the speaker be
gan attacking the system of present
day government which allows non
producers to eat. The street meeting
of the Socialists are becoming in '
creasingly frequent and are causing
much trouble to the authorities.
PRESIDENT OF
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PARIS. Sept. 17 (by Associated
Press).—It is officially announced by
Premier Millerand of the French gov
ernment, that the National assembly
will meet in the historical Hall of Mir
ros at Versailles on the twenty-fifth
of the present month for the purpose
of electing a successor to President
Paul Deschanel. The resignation of
the president was delivered to the pre- v
mier yesterday. The new president
will be elected by the senate and the
chamber of deputies sitting jointly.
GOVERNOR HART SURE
BEING NOMINATED
SEATTLE, Sept. 17 (by Associated
Press))—On the face of the returns
from all but a few scattered precincts
here Hart is leading Hartley for the
Republican nomination for governor
by more than 7,000. The standing of
the other candidates remains as yet
unchanged.
NEGRO CHARGED WITH
MURDER IS LYNCHED
HOUSTON. Texas., Sept. 17 (by As
sociated Press).—Oscar Beasley, a
negro who was indicted by the grand
jury yesterday charged with the mur
der of Sheriff Joe Snow of Brazoria
county, was taken from the jail by a
mob of three hundred last night and
lynched. The negro was indicted, ar
rested, and lynched, all on the same
day.
NARCOTICS SEIZED
IN VANCOUVER RAID
VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 17 (by
Associated Press).—An important Chi
nese lodging house raid conducted by
the local police today disclosed what
the authorities say is a well organized
gang of dope runners and peddlers.
Thousands of dollars worth of narco
tics were seized in the raid, and the
Chinese believed to be the leaders of
the gang on this side were arrested.