VOL. 5, NO. 136 CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS
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DETROIT. Mich., Sept. 16 (by As
sociated Press).—Detroit added new
honors to its fame as .a motor city to
day, when Miss America, the fastest
motor boat in the world, having de
feated its Canadian rivals, set a new
world's record of 77.85 miles per hour
in a one mile dash. The speed whirl
# wind made six dashes in all in her
efforts to set a new mark, and her
average speed for the whole six was
76.73 miles per hour.
STOCKTON, Cal., Sept. 16 (by Asso
ciated Press).—In a collision yester
day between a fast moving train on
the Southern Pacific Railway and a
* motor truck which happened at French
Camp, a few miles from here, one man
was killed and another seriously in
jured. The dead man is E. F. Urin,
and the injured occupant of the truck
is Frank Bariss, both of Oakland.
Bariss has a badly shattered leg, and
is in the local hospital for treatment,
but will recover. The truck lodged
on the engine, and the whole outfit,
except Urin and Bariss, who wrere
thrown off when the engine hit the
truck, w*as carried a quarter of a mile,
before the train could be stopped. In
vestigation of the truck disclosed the
interesting fact that it was loaded
with eight barrels of whiskey. The
prohibition agents are conducting an
investigation into the matter, and hope
^ to locate a wrhiskey ring, which has
been running large quantities of con
traband booze into the bay cities.
- OREGON FIRE CHIEF
CARRIES OFF HONORS
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The convention of the
Pacific Coast Association of Fire
Chiefs was brought to a close today
by the election of B. E. Dowell, former
chief of the fire department at Port
land, Oregon, as president of the As
sociation for the ensuing year. The
next convention will be held at Butte,
Mont.
COLLISION OF VEHICLES PROBABLE
CAUSE OF CATASTROPHE; LOSS
OF PROPERTY OVER MILLION
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (by Associated Press).—One of
the worst accidents that ever shocked this great city, or the
country, happened in the financial district at noon today. Just
in front of the office of J. P. Morgan & Co.’s banking insti
tution on Wall street, occurred an explosion that killed thirty
people, according to the latest estimates, and wounded over
two hundred men and women. Of the dead, three were girls
evidently clerks or stenographers in the Wall street offices,
whose bodies were terribly mutilated.
The whole city rocked w ith tin* force of the explosion and
great excitment prevailed everywhere. Never in all the history
of this city has such excited crowds of people thronged the
streets. The vast crowds and the excitement which pre
vailed in New York'on Armistice Day in 1918 was the nearest
approacn to the condition of the multitudes today, only the
(excitement was of a more serious and menacing nature, rather
i hail jubilant and enthusiastic.
The great stock exchanges immediately suspending busi
ness, the curb exchange following. The whole of lower New
York closed its offices and hurried to the scene of the disaster.
The first people on the scene attended the wounded, who
were scattered everywhere within a radius of a block along
the streets on each side of the banking house. A general fire
alarm was sent in, and the fire apparatus and ambulances
dashed through the narrow streets of the financial district, at
reckless speed, which was not relaxed because of the im
mense crowds centering towards Wall street.
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shattered glass, and the broken remains of men, women and
horse's. The whole financial district presents a scene of demol
ition. Not a pane of glass remains in any of the buildings,
near the scene. Shattered bricks, mortar, and granite torn
from the buildings themselves, and the many sky scrapers
have ugly holes in the bases of the buildings where the stones
and bricks have been torn out by the force of the explosion. I
The white marble of some of the buildings is decorated
with ghastly splotches of blood. As soon as the police re
serves could be mobilized in the district of the accident the
streets were cleared of spectators and a cordon of uniformed
bluecoats thrown around it. The number of dead is being in
creased. First reports made it seven. Fifteen minutes after
the tragedy the police reported that they had uncovered fifteen
bodies in the debris. Twenty minutes later the list of dead
had grown to thirty.
The Hinted States sub-treasury with a billion and a half
in gold, silver and currency within its vaults, is located im
mediately opposite the scene of the explosion, and the first
action of the police, after attending the dead and injured, was
to place a heavy guard around the building. The soldiers on
Governor’s Island were sent for and responded as fast as boats
could bring them, and the infantry are now patrolling the
whole district with loaded guns and fixed bayonets.
Nothing definite has been leagued as to the cause of the
•explosion. There is some evidence to the fast that an auto
mobile, containing two men, was seen to approach the J. P.
Morgan bank, where they alighted, and then threw or dropped
a bomb^ The police theory is that a wagon bearing a load of
T. N. T. must have collided with an automobile or other wagon
by accident. The city fire marshal has expressed an opinion
that judging from the nature of the damage, the explosion
was caused by dynamite.
The federal authorities in Washington have decided to
probe the affair and William J. Flynn, head of the bureau of
investigation, has left his office in Washington, and is expect
ed to arrive on the scene shortly.
Frank Francisco, one of the ablest inivestigators for the
department of justice said that the collision of vehicles, and not
a bomb plot, caused the explosion. The damage to the Mor
gan building is estimated at about $500,000 and the total pro
perly loss will run over $1,000,000.
TWO NEW DESTROYERS
ARE LAUNCHED TODAY
VALLEJO, Cal., Sept.. 16 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Two new destroyers
were added to the United States
navy today at the Mare island yard,
when the destroyers Wasmuth and
Trevor were successfully launched.
The vessels are both of the newest
type and represent the last word in
naval architecture for this sort of ves
sel. The Wasmuth is the first vessel
of the United States navy to be
named after a private. The name of
the ship commemorates the heroic
deed of a private in the Marine Corps,
who saved the life of Rear Admiral j
Robley D. Evans in 1865, dying two
days later from injuries received in
the rescue.
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PITTSBURG, Pa., Sept. 16 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The convention of the
International Union of Steam and Op
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erating Engineers now being held m
this city, opened today with consid
erable excitement and inflamed con
troversy over the fact that the British
flag was hanging in the hall. The
delegates refused to continue the ses
sion until the offending flag was re
moved and replaced by the Stars and
Stripes. When peace in the body was
restored, the convention immediately
passed a resolution urging the British
trade unions to demand of their gov
ernment, the withdrawal of British
troops from Ireland. The resolution
also unequivocally endorsed the Sinn
Fein movement for Irish freedom and
urged the immediate release of Lord
Mayor MacSweeney of Cork.
LONDON, Sept. 16 (by Associated
Press).—The Sinn Fein Intelligence
Bureau has issued a bulletin stating
that it learned the military plans of
the British government in Ireland
through papers found in the mail bags
taken from a military aeroplane by
strategy. The situation in Ireland is
daily becoming more critical, and the
British government is evolving a plan
of action. It is semi-officially stated
that the government has agreed with
the members of the cabinet on an ac
tive campaign to break the Republican
movement in Ireland once for all. The
British parliament will reassemble on
October 10 next. ,
The Daily Mail says that one of the
first acts of the government will be
to introduce a bill authorizing the'
calling of volunteers for the purpose
of maintaining order in IrelajicL- —
ENORMOUS BUSINESS
DONE BY RAILROADS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 16 (by
Associated Press).—The vast volume
of business in the United States was
graphically illustrated today in a re
port issued by the Federal Railroad
Administration. The report states that
for the first quarter of the present
year the roads hauled 8,700,435 car
loads of freight, aggregating 275,931,
j 603 tons of goods.
CAUSE OF DIVORCES
DUE TO TIN CAN FOOD
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 16 (by
Associated Press).—Much interest was
created by a speech made today be
fore the National Conference of Cath
olic Charities, by Miss Agnes W. Ma
honey, an employe of the Industrial
and Research Bureau in this city. Miss
Mahoney said in discussing the family
problem, the divorce problem, and the
situation of children separated from
their homes and parents, that there
would be fewer homes in America
broken, if fewer wives depended on
“ready cooked tin can food, and I vote
for the abolition of the corner del
icatessen store.”
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 16 (by
Associated Preste).—At tfee annual con
vention of the American Veterans of
Foreign Wars, now in session in this
city, a resolution was adopted today
calling upon the federal government
to take immediate steps to appropriate
legislation to the end that all Japan
ese immigrants to the United States
may be excluded. The resolution fur
ther demands that the Gentlemen’s
agreement, under which the Japanese
immigration question is now handled,
be abrogated. It further asks that the
constitution be amended to provide
that no child born in this country
would be eligible to citizenship unless
both of its parents were so eligible.
FISH PRICES
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 1 6(by As
sociated Press).—Seattle price noon
September 15 as follows: Halibut, 17c;
chickens, Sc; sable fish, 5)£c.
BANCROFT IS HANGED
MURDER OF SHERIFF
PENDLETON, Ore., Sept. 1G (by
Associated Press).—For the first time
since the restoration of the death pen
alty in this state, a man was sen
tenced to hang today. The con
demned man is Emmet Bancroft, alias
Neil Hart, who took part in the jail
break here with four other convicts
on July 25th last, which resulted in
the killing of Sheriff Til Taylor. In
sentencing Bancroft to the extreme
penalty, the presiding judge set the
date of execution as November 5, 1920.
CLAIMS ACTION
HARTFORD, Con., Sept. 1G (by As
sociated Press).—The controversy be
tween Governor Holcombe of this
state and the Connectict legislature
which Tuesday ratified the suffrage
amendment to the federal constitution
reached a further stage today, when
the governor announced that he would
not issue the certificate of ratifica
tion, necessary in order that the ac
tion of the state might be properly
communicated to Secretary of State
Colby. The governor holds that the
action of the legislature was illegal,
contending that under the state consti
tution the legislature could act only
on things mentioned in the call for
the special session. The regular ses
sion of the general assembly convenes
next Tuesday, at which time the rati
fication will be re-enacted, in all like
lihood, and the governor stated that
when it is so acted he would issue the
certificate.
MAIL AVIATOR IS
REPORTED MISSING
RENO. Sept. |6 (by Associated
Press).—The chapter of accidents
which is besetting the newly organized
air routes recently established by the
post office department was added to
yesterday, it is believed. Pilot Eaton
who left here on Tuesday bound for
Elka, Nevada had not been heard from
up to yesterday evening. Over twen
ty-four hours have elapsed since the
aviator hopped off at Reno, and grave
fears are being entertained for his
safety.
SIDENT OF FRANCF IS TO
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PARIS, Sept. 16 (by Associated!
Press).—The sympathy of the diploma
tic corps in this city is being extended
to President Paul Desc.hanel of the
French republic. President Deschanel
who was elected to his high office
over Ex-premier Clemenceau, is about
to resign his position due to ill
health. It is reported unofficially that
this step has been agreed upon, and
the election of his successor will de
volve upon the French cabinet. From
an authoritative source it is learned
that the cabinet will meet tomorrow
as a distinct surprise to the majority
of the French people who had no
inkling that the physical condition of
the executive was serious. All the
newspapers carry leading articles dis
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cussing the situation created by the
impending resignation.
PARIS, Sept. 16 (by Associated
Press).—Physicians attending Presi
dent Paul Deschanel of the French
republic have announced that there is
no hope of their patient effecting a
permanent recovery from his malady.
It is practically admitted that his
resignation will be soon forthcoming.
The illness from which the executive
is suffering is one of long standing
and it is said to have been greatly ag
gravated by the fall which he had re
cently from a moving train. He will
undoubtedly retire to private life with
in the week. The life of the presi
dent is not in danger.