PROGRESS IS
MADE TOWARD
LABOR PEACE
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 9 (by As
sociated Press).—Progress is reported
the movement in the state of
Washington to devise a better way to
settle industrial disputes than through
strikes and lockouts.
The Washington industrial code
commission for more than a year has
been gathering data from employers
and employees to be used as the basis
for a new law which will settle dis
putes between labor and capital
without recourse to the cumbersome
• wreapons of the past that so often
w^ork a hardship on the public at
large.
Before the law is written this fall
4Q^e commission plans to give a hear
ing to every person in Washington
wiio thinks he has a solution and will
have studied the statutes of every
state in the union that has attempted
to better the relations between labor
and capital. Already hearings have
been held in most of the larger cities
of the state, and the commission made
a special trip to Vancouver, B. C.,
wrhere labor leaders and employers
A wrere met and wrhere the Canadian
industrial disputes act wras thoroughly
uiseusseu.
“It was found in British Columbia,”
Secretary De Witt M. Evans, of the,
commission said, “that councils of
employers and employes in certain in
dustries are proving beneficila. These |
councils are more important in get-;
ting the two interests together than
are the tribunals provided in the
British Columbia act.”
Naturally, according to Mr. Evans,
there is some discrepancy between
employers and “employes regarding
the best way amicably to settle dis
putes, and both are agreed that the
huge economic loss resultant from
strikes should be prevented. This de
sire to abolish strikes and lockouts
is the best indication, said Mr. Evans,
that the commission will be able to
^ draw up a workable piece of legis
lation.
“The commission realizes it cannot
create a law that will abolish the
underlying causes of contention be
tween labor and capital,” said Mr.
Evans, “but it does believe it can
frame a set of rules and regulations
fo^handling disputes so that the in
terest of the pupblic and both parties
will not be disastrously affected.
“The commission expects to estab
lish in Washington the machinery
which will avoid the large number of
strikes and lockouts that arise pri
marily because there is no agency to
prevent them.”
The members of the commission are*
Mr. Evans of Tacoma; Edward P.
Blake, Seattle; H. Alvin Moore of
Seattle; John Pattison, Spokane; and
W. L. Dimmick, Yakima. There are
employers,, employes and representa
tives of the public on the commission.
GOVERNOR OUSTED FROM
MANSION IN HONOLULU
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HONOLULU, Aug. 9 (by Associated
Press).—Charles J. McCarthy, gover
nor of Hawaii, is house hunting. Re
cently he received notice to vacate the
executive palace, Washington place.
Washington place belongs to the late
Queen Lilioukalani. When she died
her estate was left in trust with the
proviso that Washington place was to
be available as a residence for Mrs.
Sybil Dominis, widow of John A. Dom
inis, protege of the late queen. Re
cently the governor was notified that
Mrs. Dominis is coming from the main
land to take up her residence at Wash
ington place. So the next move is the
governor’s. ;
SAN PEDRO TO HAWAII
IN THIRTY-FOOT YAWL
HONOLULU, Aug. 9 (by Associated
Press).—Harry Pidgeon of Wilming
ton, Cal., recently sailed a 34-foot yawl
single handed from San Pedro to Hon
olulu in 20 days. On his arrival here
he was accorded all the attention the
customs service usually gives to trans
pacific steamers.
When Pidgeon’s yawl came off the
entrance to the harbor a customs in
spector went out and boarded her. He
was the first man Pidgeon had seen in
three weeks and from him Pidgeon
.learned Senator Harding had been
nominated.
Pidgeon did not even have a dog
as companion. He said he had heard
so much of the islands he came to
see them and to take some pictures.
The best of coffee at the Alaskan
Grill. _ 17-tf
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Our wiener rolls are unexcelled.
Alaskan Grill and Bakery. 20-tf
SHIPPING BOARD VESSELS
DEFRAUDED LARGE AMOUNT
IN TRADE ON RIVER PLATE
BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 9 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The United States
Shipping Board has been defrauded of
many thousands of dollars through
practices which amout to “systematic
fleecing” of shipping board vessels in
the River Plate trade, according to
reports to the board by Captain G. L«.
Carden, special representative of the
shipping board emergency fleet in
Buenos Aires.
Captain Carden, accompanied by
Captain of Engineers, L. C. Farwell,
arrived here a month ago to take
charge and protect the board’s inter
ests. “When I arrived here,” he said
to the Associated Press correspond
ent, “ship chandlers, repairmen and
others connected with the shipping
industry seem to be in a general
agreement to mulct the shipping
board vessels to the limit.
“The shipping board is rich/’ they
said, “we will get what we can.”
Accordingly the board was charged
for things not received, and over
charged for things received until it
became so obvious that I was ordered
to this port to take charge. In re
ceiving my orders I was told that
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while the board appreciated the fact
that expenses of all sorts were high
in Buenos Aires and Montevideo, still,
it felt that there must be something
wrong when their ^vessels paid such
prices for instance as $4 a pound for
butter.
“It seems that the practice was,
when a shipping board vessel ap
peared in the roads and signalled its
desire to enter, for those who had
hopes of selling the vessels sup
plies to prepare for a plucking of the
golden goose. The result was that
\vhen the vessel cleared bills were
presented to the steamship agents,
and promptly paid, since it was ship
ping board money, for every con
ceivable item at prices based on noth
ing except a desire to obtain easy
money.
“Our arrival put a quick and effec
tive stop to all this. We now have
all shipping board vessels calling at
this port, report directly to us, we
alone have the right to authorize
purchases of supplies or expenditures
for repairs. All repairs at present
must be made according to specifi
cation and must have my signaure
before it will be paid, and the result
of this has been a saving of as much
as 50 per cent on many items. Con
ditions formerly were so bad that 1
have even heard that in some cases
food was thrown overboard in order
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to create a shortage that purchases
could be made.” i
During the first four weeks of the
supervision provided by the new ar
rangement it was officially estimated
that a saving for the shipping board,
which means for the United States
government, of $50,000 for food alone
and $25,000 for repairs was made. As
a result of this campaign at least
one arrest is expected when a cer
tain ship arrives in New York.
There are 23 lines under the ship
ping board which have vessels call
ing at ports in this jurisdiction.
There are on an average 22 vessels
on hand at all' times. The average
cost for maintaining these is from
$1,500 to $2,000 each per day. Be
fore the war an American vessel on
the River Plate was a curiosity.
“Since the shipping board had no
offices of its own to take charge of
its vessels in ports throughout the
world,” continued Captain Carden,
“it was usually necessary to entrust
the care of the ships to established
agencies. Many of these steamship
agents had already been for years the
iByiBaexiLctLivtJs ux ioreign snips ana
possibly competing lines. The result
has been that in many cases Amer
ican vessels have been held back
while other ships were given the pref
erence causing the expenses of the
American ships to mount up through
port charges and lost time.
“In all River Plate ports, losses
from this source have been very
great as well as those through
over-charges for supplies, repairs and
so forth. There is one case on record
where an American ship was held up
for months for repairs and charges
toaling about $300,000 were piled up
against her. But we are seeing to
it now that the shipping .board ves
sels get into port and get away
again without unnecessary delay. The
saving to the shipping board from
this attention undoubtedly will be
several hundred thousand dollars an
nually.
“Agents who have interests of other
nationalities more at heart are coming
to learn that they are not entitled to
more than a legitimate profit from
American vessels and must handle
them efficiently if they want Ameri
can business.
Captain Carden and his assistant,
Captain Farwell, are officers of the
United States Coast Guard, detailed
on shipping board service. During the
war Captain Carden was port cap
tain of New York and had charge
of loading more than 345,000,000 tons
of high explosives, making a record,
it is said, of never having had an
accident or lost a man.
DRAGGED FROM
HOME BY MOB
BEATEN DEAD
WEST FRANKFORT, 111., Aug. 9
(by Associated Press).—Louis Carrari,
vvho was dragged from his home Sat
urday by a mob and beaten to death,
was the father of of five children, and
was seeking assistance at the time of
the attack.
Additional troops arrived Saturday
and are patrolling the streets.
Seven large coal mines resumed
operations today. The city is quiet.
NEW MEXICANS DESIRE
CHANGE STATE’S NAME
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Aug. 9 (by
Associated Press).—New Mexico res
idents have started another move to
change the name of the state, in order
to convince easterners, they say, that
New Mexico is one of the United
States and not a part of the repub
lic south of the line. Promoters of
the scheme hope to carry it to the
state legislature.
Many easterners evidently do not
know where New Mexico is on the
map. Often, when there is trouble
in Mexico, miles below the border,
New Mexico residents receive tele
grams and letters from eastern rela
tives and friends asking them if they
are in danger. Pos'toffice officials
say letters sometimes arrive from the
east bearing foreign stamps and
marked “By way of Panama canal.”
Native born citizens may oppose
the move to change the name as they
fear the step will destroy the state’s
rich history.
Shower and tub baths at the Club
Barber Shop. Open day and night 3-tf
Developing and printing for the
amatuer. Scarborough
Graham Bread fresh every day at
the City Bakery.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP
Notice is hereby given that the
partnership heretofore existing by and
between James Dinneen and Cyrille
Decuyper doing business in the Town
of Cordova, Alaska, under the firm
name and style of “Cash Grocery
Company of Cordova,” was on the 29th
day of July, 1920, dissolved by mu
tual consent; that said James Dineen
will hereafter conduct said business,
will collect all outstanding accounts
and settle all outstanding indebted
ness. CYRILLE DECUYPER
3-5t JAMES DINEEN
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
FOR SALE—Furnished house in Old
town. Must be sold at once. Apply
Frisco Cafe. 4-4t
FOR RENT—A newly furnished three
room apartment. Call Mrs. Lambert,
Smith Rooming House. 3-tf
WANTED—Machinist, lathe hand, wants
work for short time. Address Times
office. 3-lt
FOR SALE—Furnished house; $150; Ap
ply to George Kennedy. 2-tf
FOR SALE AND RENT—Pianos. Ex
pert piano tuning. Anderson piano
Shop, Juneau. 2-tf
FOR SALE—Three room house.. Inquire
R. A. Wilcox at Finkelstein & Sapiro’s
store or phone 142-3 rings. 26-10t
WANTED—Experienced waitress at the
Alaskan Grill. 20-tf
WANTED—An ironing girl. Apply at
Northern Laundry. 15-tf
FOR SALE—Three-room partly fur
nished house at ocean dock. Phone
167-2 rings. 14-tf
FOR RENT—Apartments In the Burk
hart flats. Phone 61. 3-tf
FOR RENT—Furnished cabins.. Apply
to Cordova Abstract & Realty Co. 22-tf
FOR RENT—Furnished Cabins. See
Dooley. „ _
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REX BEACH TONIGHT IN
“HEART OF SUNSET”
The oft evidenced fact that Rex
Beach writes about real people, not
puppets, has never been better evi
denced than in his latest film story
“Heart of the Sunset,” showing at
the Empress tonight.
Dave Law, Texas ranger, gentle
by birth and rearing, hot tempered,
happy-go-lucky soldier of fortune, pre
sents an . interesting psychological
study, as played by Herbert Heyes.
Anna Q. Nilsson, as Alaire Austin is
the beautiful wife of a wealthy and
dissolute ranch owner.
Blaze Jones is a Texan who bows
to no man, but is shy of women, one
in particular. His daughter Paloma
has a hard time proving that she is
really grown up and beyond the doll
stage.
Longorio, rebel Mexican general, is
a refreshingly odd combination of
pomposity and earnestness, topped by
unadulterated deviltry.
With human beings to work with.
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Rex Beach has evolved a story in
“Heart of the Sunset” that is an ab
sorbingly fascinating romance of the
Borderland.
The Ladies’ Toggery Shop—the O.
T. O.; “Out of the Ordinary,”—Lad
ies’ apparal store. Mrs. Grant Reed,
Windsor Hotel. 20-t.f
We take particular pride in calling your
attention to our new and complete line of
Candies. Everything in the candy line to
suit the most fastidious taste.
Call and inspect our stock, and we are
sure we can convince you.
NORTHERN DRUG CO,
THE DRUG STORE OF ALASKA
“Service” is Our Motto
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RESTAURANT
CHINESE NOODLE*
CHOP SUEY
Ail Kind* of Light Lunch**
Tray Service Our Specialty
CHARLEY CHONG
Phone 169
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CHILDREN’S
WEEK
AT THE
WEE SHOP
TOYS AT HALF PRICE
Also bargains in Men's and Boys’
Rubber Boots, Rubber Hats and
Rubber Coats
Archie Weatherby &
Company
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SMITH &
M’CONAGHY
Plumbers and
Steamfitters
COR. FRONT and B STB,
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CORDOVA BEVERAGE AND
DAIRY COMPANY
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
CORDOVA, ALASKA
Distributors of Ice Cream Manufacturers from
BLUE STAR DAIRY MILK Fresh Milk and Cream
From Certified Cows We specialize in family trade
BUSINESS HOURS: 8 A. M. TO 7 P. M.
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MY LINE IN
HOWARD, HAMILTON AND ELGIN
WATCHES
IS NOW COMPLETE—THOSE WATCHES HAVE STANDARD
PRICES AND ARE SOLD HERE AT THE SAME PRICE AS ALL
OVER THE STATES
PAUL BLOEDHORN’S
Jeweler and Watchmaker. Phone 132
WHOLESALE ^ RETAIL
Prompt Attention Given to Small as Well as
Large Orders
CORDOVA MILL & LUMBER COMPANY
Phone 5 P. 0. Box 218
THE NORTHERN CLUB
FRED HAEF, PROP.
POOL, CARDS, TOBACCO
Soft Drinks of All Kinds
The Popular Corner
PHONE 47 CORDOVA. ALASKA