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Capital Punishment a
Heritage of the
Dark Ages
By ISADORE STERN, Member
Pennsylvania Legislature
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WE liave outgrown the age when
law was regarded as a weap
on of vengeance to be wield
ed by the state against violators of
its laws. We have come to see that
causes over which the criminal has
no control frequently are at the
bottom of his crime.
We know that heredity, training,
environment, education, all tend to
influence the life of a human being.
Thus wo have come to regard the
law in its proper light not as a
thing of vengeance, but as an insti
tution of correction. YOU CAN
NOT CORRECT BY KILLING.
The deatli sentence is the heritage
of a dark age and should be abol
ished. I do not believe its abolition
would increase the number of mur
ders. On the other hand, I believe
the substitution of life imprison
ment would bring about more con
victions of real murderers than are
now obtained in our courts. Jury
men then would not hesitate to con
vict where the facts show guilt.
ON THE WHOLE, I DO NOT SEE
A GOOD ARGUMENT FOR CAPITAL
PUNISHMENT. I SEE EVERY REA
SON WHY IT SHOULD BE ELIMI
NATED.
KNOWN TO
Did Stikwan, high chief and medi
cine man of the Copper river Indiana,
has a knowledge of hypnotism, and if
so, where did he get it and hojv long
have the medicine men of the tribe
possessed the knowledge? Or it is
possible that Stikwan personally dis
covered his own mesmeric powers and
kept it a secret, applying it as a means
of holding his autocratic position
among the members of the tribe.
The following tale is told by mem
bers of the tribe regarding the pow
ers of the great chief, which indicates
that hypnotism, or suspended anima
tion, or some similar power played an
Important part in the ceremony of the
medicine man. It is said that once,
• —mkt'-ais had died. There was
wailing and moaniftg, and the mem
bers of the tribe were called in to j
view the body. There it lay, within !
the house of death apparently in rigor
mortis. It was proposed that the wo
men prepare the body for burial, but'
the big chief said them nay. He an
nounced that the woman's spirit had
mamooked to a far country and that |
at the end of three days she would
return and he would call her back to
life.
At the stated time, and in the pres
ence of many members of the tribe,
with passes and incantations, shout
ings and beatings upon the native
drums, he commanded life to return !
to the body of the woman, and be
hold, within a short time she display
ed signs of returning consciousness,
and later arose from her couch and
walked, living for many years a wit
ness to the miraculous powers of the
hyas tyee.
To the natives it appeared that
Chief Stikwan was possessed of the
power to restore life and this fact
added greatly to his prestige. Stik
wan, from the stories told of him,
must have been a native of unusual
accomplishments, and his hold upon
the natives was absolute. In trade
with the white men he was as shrewd
as the best of them, and under his
rule the tribe was well supplied with
food, including many luxuries as tea,
sugar, flour, clothing and blankets.
That he had no power over life and
death, is of course, absurd from
a white man's point of view, but not
to the native. Some power he did pos- <
sess that enabled him to put the wo- '
man in a trance and then bring her i
back to consciousness. That he did <
not possess power over death is at i
once apparent when it is stated that i
in due course of time Stikwan went
the way of all flesh and carried his
secret with him. i
His son and successor evidently did I
not possess the power, but he was I
--nevertheless *-good -bluffer. In tho -1
course of time his wife died. In this I
case there was no trance or temporar
ily suspended animation. The woman
was dead. With his father’s example <
before him, and desiring to stand on i
an equality with his predecessor be- 1
fore the tribe as a chief and medicine 1
man, he also announced that in three t
days he would restore life to the wo
man. When the time came he gath
ered the tribe about and commenced 1
the mystic ceremonies of his craft, 1
but his passes and incantations were r
without avail, for the spirit had de- r
parted, and not all his boasted prow
ess could bring it back. Chief he was,
and remained so, but as a medicine l
man he had lost caste and was never i
again looked up to by his followers. c
Old Stik wan’s spirit, the natives aay, e
took up its abode In Mount Wrangell, g
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and when the volcanic smoke wells
up above the peaks the natives say his
camp fire Is burning briskly and that
some day he will return and restore
his tribe in numbers, power and gran
deur as in the days before the fatal
coming of the white man.
Rf BATED AS
A RINGSTEB
(By H. C. Hamilton, United Press)
NEW YORK, March 20. — Recently
when A1 McCoy was matched with Lea
Darcy for a bout in Madison Square
Garden every fight fan in New York
began to pan the pending meeting,
likewise, most critics hopped into the
panning brigade and gave the match
a broadside or so. The result was
that promoter Grant Hugh Brown de
cided A1 wouldn’t do as an opener for
his club In the garden, and switched
over to Jack Dillon when he had the
chance.
A1 McCoy has been laughed at so
unmercifully since he luckily drop
ped George Chip In a single punch and
came into Chip's alleged middleweight
title that it behooves some one to slip
in a word of commendation for him.
McCoy is the toughest middleweight
who has shown his wares in a New
York ring for many a day. Dillon hit
him with everything he had in stock,
and he didn't more than make the
Brooklyn boy blink. They were crush- j
Ing blows that most of the heavy
weights would have fallen under. A1
took them and at the end of the bout
he was just as fresh as Dillon. Had
the bout gone ten rounds longer it is
very doubtful if Dillon would have
been able to wear down his lighter
opponent, and if it had been one of
the old time forty-five round affairs,
McCoy might have been the winner,
although he was pitted against one
of the toughest boys who ever stepped
through the ropes of a ring. McCoy
didn’t hit Dillon hard enough for the
Indiana scrapper to really feel the:
effects of it. His heavy right hand
has been greatly overrated. But Mc
Coy's style is a hard one to fathom.
He is very hard to hit and he is very
dangerous. He can keep on and on
where other boxers would falter and
fade away.
McCoy isn’t a champion, but he
stopped .the man who was credited
with being a champion and he fell
heir to the title. But although he isn't
a champion, there Is not a mid
dleweight now fighting apparently
with the ability to take the title from
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♦ SAVE THE BABIES. 4
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♦ (By United Press) 4
4 These are authentic quotations 4
4 from the pamphlet on babies by 4
4 Dr. L. Emmett Holt of Columbia 4
4 University and Dr. Henry L. K. 4
4 Shaw of Union University. 4
4 Among things which are bad 4
4 for all babies are: Pacifiers, 4
4 thumb sucking, soothing syrups, 4
4 patent medicines, whiskey or gin 4
4 for supposed colic, dirty play- 4
4 things, dirty bottles, dirty floors, 4
4 waterproof diapers except for 4
4 temporary use, moving picture 4
4 shows. ^
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LOVE’S YOUNG DREAM
QUICKLY FADES AWAY.
Clarence P. BuSsinger, of McCarthy,
aged 22, married a Kodiak Chicken
on the longest day of 1916, but the
day was no mascot. Love’s young
dream faded utterly in ten days. Af
ter a honeymoon trip to Cordova, Mar
tha wearied of matrimony and told
Clarence and others she didn’t like
dim no more at all. She continued to
participate in his bed and board, but
refused to do anything to make life
pleasant for him and in divers ways
nade him so weary of life that his
lealth was undermined, as he was too
roung to abide such cruelty without
vorrying.
Early in September Martha moved
>n to find somebody she liked better.
Phis morning Judge Brown in the dis
rlct court slipped Clarence a decree
>f divorce and he is in the market
igain. Girls too hard to pleaBe need
lot apply.—Valdez Prospector.
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A new strike of considerable dimen
•ons is reported from the mountains
lack of Good News bay. It appears
hat for several years a small party
m»-bean-mining, there,-but they-have
;ept the news to themselves.
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Phil Smith, formerly manager for i
he Alaska Oil & Refining Company
t Katalla, is now serving with the i
Irltlsh aviation corps in France, and
olds a commission as lieutenant in i
he Royal Flying Corps.
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Emil Johnson and partners of Gold i
lullion, Tolovana, have taken out a
irge dump of pay dirt and will be i
eady to clean up when the water
uns.
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Lon Doggett, on Livlngood creek, 1
as blocked out a 600 foot block of
round running up and down the
reek and 300 feet wide on the upper c
nd and 140 i'eet wide on the lower in t
ood pay. t
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Solution of Food Problem
Is to Pay More Money
to the Farmer
By JOHN J. DILLON, N«w York Suit
Com min ion«r ol Food*
ind Market*
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WITH more people in the city
to eat end lees people in the
country to produce the sup
ply of food must decrease, and the
cost of it will inevitably increase.
Moreover, the short supprly will be
more easily controlled by specula
tors and gamblers, and their toll
will add to the normal cost.
Is, then, the solution of the food
problem hopeless? Not at all. 11'
18 A SIMPLE PROBLEM AND
EASY TO SOLVE.
Your first concern is a full sup
ply. This must come from the
farms. Pay the people who pro
duce it enough so they will be con
tent to remain on the farms pro
ducing it. When they have pro
duced it do not let the middlemen
cheat them out of the best part of
it and create conditions tliat make
it better for them to let it rot on
the ground rather than ship it to
yau.
YOU CAN NEVER HOPE TO GET
FOOD AT THE FARMS PERMA
NENTLY FOR LESS THAN YOU
NOW PAY. YOU MU8T PAY MORE.
Give him a reasonable profit on
his productions and the American
farmer will produce food to feed
the world for Years to come.
(By United Press)
NEW YORK. March 19. — Mike
Gibbons, long recognized as the fore
most middleweight in this country,
and acknowledged by many to be the
peer of any in the world, has declared
himself champion of his class, and
says he will meet all challengers, the
only stipulation being that they agree
to weigh in at 158 pounds, give or
take two pounds.
"I will adhere to the old rules of
the London prize ring," Mike an
nounced, "meeting all comers, give or
take two pounds from 158, the proper
middleweight limit.”
i Mike has bean having.-iha Uv\u..pJ
Australian, Into a match, with no suc
cess. He now is ready to pass up the
famous Kangaroo jumper and let
Darcy do the chasing.
It would be a fine thing for boxing
if Mike were given the title. It would
put an end to such exhibitions as that
put on a Bhort time ago in New York,
when Jack Dillon and AI McCoy tat
tled. Also, it would end for all time
any argument as to whether Al Me- :
Coy is entitled to the championship. :
As a matter of fact, McCoy isn't en- :
titled to the championship any more ;
than any one else. To be a champion '■
a boxer should be able to defeat the i
beBt in his class. McCoy hasn't even :
kept pace with Freddie Welsh.
There is only one real defeat :
charged up against Mike since he be- j
gan boxing in 1908, and that was when :
Jimmy Clabby was awarded a decis- •
ion at the end of ten rounds, with the i
famous St. Paul flash. He has shown ■
badly in one or two no decision con
tests, among them being one with Sol- "
dier Bartfield, and one with Packey
McFarland. He was generally credited
with having been outboxed in both
of these affairs.
If Gibbons sticks to his claim and
intends to defend the crown he will
have plenty of supporters. Most any
one would be willing to concede him
the title.
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MEDIATOR—PIECE OF HOT IRON
SHOOTING THROUGH SKY.
(By United Press)
PHILADELPHIA, March 20. _
'‘Poliomelitis is a brand of New York
breakfast food,” wrote a young gram
mar school miss in a "general Infor
mation test” given to all the pupils
»f Germantown Friends School here.
Two other definitions for the word
were perhaps Just as venturesome.
3ne little Johnny called It "the result
)f liquor,” and a demure though con
scientious lass branded it as "the
worship of more than one god." Then
here were other answers, like these:
—The- -first-woman—la- eengress-waa- -
3etsy Ross."'
"The character Naaman appears in
5mar Kajamm.”
"The ukulele is an instrument of
orture.”
“The underground railroad is the
netbod of communication with con
;resq revived by President Wilson.”
“A mediator is a piece of hot iron
hooting through the sky."
“Shadow Lawn is noted for ‘the
laughter of 1916.”
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Enstrom and Cooper, on 19 above,
n Livingood creek, are reported to
ave crosscut 70 feet in pay.
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There is a movement on foot to
rganize a company of boy scouts in
.ncborage that will affiliate with the
ational organization.
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♦ WHATCHAMA COLUMN. 4
♦ Time. 4
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♦ (By United Press) 4
♦ How much Is a minute? 4
♦ Sixty seconds? 4
♦ Not If a woman knows herself 4
♦ No sir. Turn a woman loose with 4
♦ one of those little white spaces <
♦ on the clock and stretch It out 4
♦ of all semblance to Its former 4
♦ self. 4
♦ Daylight saving is nothing In 4
♦ her young life. 4
♦ This Is not a complaint It's 4
♦ Just a statement of one of the 4
♦ fundamental principles of niatri 4
♦ ntony. 4
♦ We are not In favor of elastic 4
♦ clocks. 4
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BILLS ORDERED PAID.
The following bills were orderet
paid by the Cordova Town Council ai
Its meeting held on March 19, 1917;
Cordova Power Co., Feb. hill. . $249.94
Daily Times, publishing. 47.81
Harmon Mach. Co., repairs .. 7.21
Northern Drug Co., supplies .. 1.01
Alaska Transfer Co., coal.. .. 27.5<
tV. Tierney, labor .. 2.3(
E. F. MEDLEY, Town Clerk.
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Have you registered yet? If not
you had better do so now.
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Have your Job printing done at the
rimes office.
9 'i
W. E. TERRILL
FREIGHTER
Raggage and Freight Taken
over the Trail to Fairbanks.
TEAMS LEAVE CHITINA
FEBRUARY 5
MARCH 15
Raggage can be left at the
Chitina Hotel, Chltina, or Alas
kan Hotel, Cordova.
COPPER PROPERTY WANTED.
If you have a property of meritor
ious character, close to transportation,1
communicate, giving price and terms,
together with bucIi other information
as is procurable. Address,
3-5 lit DR. W. H. CHASE,
Cordova, Alaska.
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Of course you are reading the Daily ,
Times. Why not save a dollar by pay
ing six months' subscription in ad
vance; $5 will do the trick.
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The Daily Times Is a member of the
Associated Press. Got lha news
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E. A. HEGG
STATIONERY AND PHOTO SUPPLIES
Developing and Printing Phonographs
Views and Postcards Columbia Records
Art Pictures, Art Supplies - M •
Picture Frames e c
Picture Framing Candies Always Fresh
Toilet Articles i Cigars and Tobacco
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
I Foos Gas Engines I
| 4 to 5C0 Horse Power
General Electric Motors |
Roebling Tramways
Pelton Water Wheels |
Chicago Oil Engines and Compressors
| Regal Boat Engines
| Harmon Machinery Co Inc 1
Oxy-Acetylene Welding.
| CORDOVA, ALASKA
Sixty Steam Heated Rooms Eletric Lighted
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
With or Without Bath.
Cordova House
H. C. ROSS, Proprietor.
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Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men
•* Satisfaction Guranteed £
V •*
Rates Reasonable
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Cordova Mill
and ~~~ ~~ 1
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Lumber Company 1
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Manufacturers and Dealers in 1
Rough and Dressed Lumber j
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• Also Outside Lumber. 1« |
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-( f Orders From Up the Line Promptly Attended to.
Office and Mill Opposite Railroad Depot. Phone No. 5
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Spendthrifts and idlers are similar; a generation of tliei
y would bankrupt a nation. The prosperous are tbo nationV
strength.
, Monti. A bank account hen; leads to a sent in prosperity
corner.
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Territorial Depositary.
United States Depositary for Postal Savings Funds.
Commercial Department. Savings Department.
The First Bank
3 Of Cordova
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Manhattan Hotel
R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
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I Alaskan Hotel I
THE HOUSE OF COMFORT
| THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL
| INALASKA |
BAR AND BARBER SHOP IN CONNECTION.
Hot and Cold Water, Electric Bells, Electric 1
Lights, Steam Heat, Suites With Bath.
| Bar in Connection £
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I CORDOVA, ALASKA |
ALL THE LIGHT ON THE BOOK,
and none In the eyes Is what makes
the electric light so superior for night
reading. And its brilliancy brings out
the type with the utmost distinctive
ness so that reading is accompanied
by no strain on the eyes whatever.
Have you electricity iu your honicT
Cordova Power
Company
LIGHTS WATER PHONES POWER
Office: FIRST STREET.
Copper River &
Northwestern Ry. |
EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1916. |
x Three Trains Weekly Between Cordova and Chitina. ji|
Four Trains Weekly Between Chitina and Kennecott. if
Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mondays, Thun- if
l__ days and Saturdays. _ if
Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays,“Tuesdays agcMI
Fridays. |
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays, Thun- if
days and Fridays. |
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednesdays, if
Thursdays and Saturdays. if
The above schedule subject to change without notioe. if
Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Peesenger Tralna Be- if
tween Cordova and Chitina. if
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Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. if
Tickets on sale at Depot or up town office, Alaska if
Steamship Company building if
Caleb Corser W. E. Brown |
Superintendent Cordova Agent s