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VOL. 5, NO. 202 _CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS
ALASKA POLICY
' OF HARDING
GRATIFYING
“I am very much pleased with the
declaration of Senator Harding fav
oring a “liberal” policy for Alaska
in his speech accepting the Republi
can nomination for President,” de
red J. C. McBride, Republican Na
tional Committeeman for Alaska.
“I had hoped that such a mention
would be made,” continued Mr. Mc
Bride, “and in fact I have been work
\ ing to secure such a declaration ever
since the nomination of Senator Hard
ing by the Chicago convention. I be
gan wTork on the matter while I was
in Seattle and was materially assisted
friends of Alaska both in Seattle
and other Washington cities. Guy E.
Iveliy, National Committeeman for
that state, was one of those actively
interested.”
At Mr. McBride’s suggestion Mr.
Kelly wrote a strong letter to Chair
man Will Hays ,of the Republican
-^National Cimmitte'e, in which he
declared:
“As you know, Alaska is ham
pered and hedged about with red
tape and commissions, which have
greatly retarded, if not totally de
stroyed its development in the last
few years. I wish that you would
'undertake to communicate with Sen
ator Harding, with the suggestion
that he consider issuing a statement
in which he unqualifiedly favors the
opening of the territory, and relieving
if from the very things which have re
tarded its advancement in resent
^ars. It will help us in Washington
and it is the right thing to do. It will
also show that Senator Harding has a
grasp of the needs of Alaskans and
the Pacific coast states.
Mr. Harding stated that the fail
ure of the Chicago convention to
SL'cmr a specific plank regarding
Alaskan policies was a disappoint
ment to everyone. Mr. Hazelet had a.
splei did plank prepared but ir aile l
to go through after all the delegates
pjg becoine tired out with the piu
louged fight over other things. “As
Alaskans, we are interested first of
all in‘ our own territory,” said Mr.
McBride. “For this reason,” he added
“all of us want to see that both of
the twro big parties have committed
themselves to something definite for
the territory.” Realizing that the'
lack of an Alaskan policy in its plat
form was a blow to the people of
Alaska, Mr. McBride immediately got
busy.
He wwote Chairman Will Hays,
Iffrmself, and urged that the defect
be remedied. Later, at the time of
Mr. Hays’ first visit to Marion,
Ohio, to hold a conference with the
Republican nominee, Mr. McBride
wired the former outling a number of
ideas as follows:
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Lilt? cilivise ui senator Jones,
I most earnestly solicit you to pre
vail upon Senator Harding to cover
Alaska development matter in his
speech of acceptance. Our national
platform is silent on Alaska. Import
ant matters affecting the vote cast
or under the influence of Alaska at
the coming November election is abol
ishment of bureaucratic and long
range government for Alaska, better
and increased ocean and land trans
it rtation to and in Alaska, reestab
lishment of adequate mail service for
fhe^erritorv, and, opening of the vast
resources, including coal, pulp and
f oil.”
Most, if in fact not all of these
suggestions, were incorporated in
^ Senator Harding’s speech, said Mr.
McBride. He also added that he
thought that when full reports of the
address are received it will be found
that a complete and liberal policy has
been outlined and endorsed by the Re
| publican nominee.
SHIPPING BOARD PLANS
DISPOSAL OF VESSELS
WASHINGTON, July 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The shipping board is
planning the dispdsal of the entire gov
ernment merchant fleet of 1,500 ships,
| with a capacity of more than 9,000,000
tfes, including 250 ships now under
| cos^truction. The plan is to have a
definite scale of prices for different
classes of ships.
SOVIET VICTORY OVER
POLAND MEANS GREAT
SPREAD BOLSHEVISM
WASHINGTON, July 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—A Soviet victory over
Poland would result in Bolshevism
sweeping all Europe and eventually
the world, General Ludendorff de
clared in a memorandum received in
official circles here.
UPTON DECLARES BEST
YACHT WON THE RACE
ABOARD YACHT VICTORIA, July
28 (by Associated Press).—“I am very
sorry, but the best boat won,” was
Sir Thomas Lipton’s remark when the
Resolute crossed the line. ‘‘We did
our best—skipper, designer and crew—
and were beaten fairly and squarely.
I shall wait until next year, to give
others a chance, then rechallenge.”
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 28 (by As
sociated Press).—Positive identifica
tion of the woman whose body was
found in a trunk in New York is
claimed by a Birmingham newspaper,
which declares the woman was Mrs.
Katherine Jackson, 19, who was Kath
erine Lou Foundren, ef Sturgiss, Miss.,
and became the wife of “Kid” McCoy
Jackson. After the death of her
mother in 1919 the woman disappeared
but was heard from later in several
southern cities.
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FIGHT FANS GIPPED
OUT ADMISSION PRICE
TRENTON, N. J„ July 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Governor Edwards has
ordered an investigation into the Ful
ton-Wills bout. Hundreds who paid
$15 to $20 were unable to gain admis
sion, it is said.
factorieshTjapan
LAYING OFF OPERATORS
TOKIO, July 28 (by Associated
Press).—Unemployment is on the in
crease in Japan. This is shown by
the results of the latest investigations
into the movements of factory work
ers. During May, 56 factories an
nounced the discharge of a total of
50,000 operators.
AMERICAN DELEGATES
AT WORLD CONVENTION
TOKIO, July 28 (by Associated
Press).—The total number of Ameri
can delegates to the World’s Sunday
School Convention to be held in Tokio
in October will be about 750. The
first big party of American delegates
will reach Japan on August 15.
In addition to the Americans there
will be representatives at the conven
tion from the British Isles, Europe,
Australia, China and Korea, besides
many delegates from all parts of
Japan.
GERMAN UNIVERSITIES
HURT BY FALLING MARK
BERLIN. July 28 (by Associated
Press).—German universities have
beer, hard hit by the ciep'ieciation of
the mark. “The ruin of' German cur
rency,” says Dr. Ernest Troeltsch, pro
fessor of philosophy at the University
of Berlin, “has enclosed German
science and education in a kind of
Chinese wall which is strengthened
by other countries’ hatred of Ger
many, especially France’s. We are be
ing subjected to a scientific boycott
and a moral blockade. The Versailles
Treaty poisoned the air with its dog
ma of guilt.” He contends tha1
science should be international in
thought and co-operation.
SAYS COUNTRY
MUST RETURN
PEACE BASIS
NORTHAMPTON, Mass., July 28
| (by Associated Press).—Governor Cal
| vin Coolidge of Massachusetts, was
notified yesterday of his nomination
for the vice presidency. The little city
' was gaily decorated and crowded with
visitors.
Governor Coolidge in his speech of
acceptance urged the country to sum
l mon its forces and solve the problem
i of reconstruction. He devoted much
time and discussion to domestic is
sues, but called first for “a return to
a thoroughly peace basis because that
is the fundamental American basis.”
lie commended Republican senators
for their opposition to the League of
Nations covenant without reservations
and said the Republican party “ap
proves the principle of an agreement j
among nations to preserve peace.”
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PORTLAND, Ore., July 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The government has
filed suit for nearly $700,000 damages
! against the Grande Ronde Lumber
; Company of Perry, Oregon. The com
I plaint names a dozen prominent north
west lumber men and charges fraud
ulent practices in obtaining titles'to
vast timber tracts, claiming that more
than 22,000 acres of timber were ob
tained through dump entries.
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CHOLERA REPORTED
IN PARTS OF JAPAN
KOBE, Japan, July 28 (by Associ
ated Press).—Twenty-four cases of
cholera have been found in Kobe.
CANADA ROADS
ADOPT AWARDS
WAGE BOARD
VANCOUVER, B. C., July 28 (by As
sociated Press).—The Canadian Na
tional Railways will accept the award
of the American railway board, J. D.
Reid, minister of railways, announced
today. The increase will be met by
increased passenger and freight rates.
He said that if the Canadian Pacific
also accepts the award, it would mean
that no dividends would be paid to
the stockholders until conditions are
adjusted.
GRAND TRUNK ACCEPTS AWARD
OTTAWA, July 28 (by Associated
Press).—The schedule of retroactive
wage increases granted to railway em
ployes in the United States will be
applied by the Grand Trunk through
out Canada within two weeks, accord
ing to the Ottawa Journal.
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NEW YORK, July 28 (by Associated
Press).—Attorney General Palmer has
agreed with representatives of the coal
industry at a conference here to ap
point a committee to fix the minimum
price for bituminous coal. It was
agreed that firms taking an excess of
profit above the margin fixed by the
committee will be subject to investiga
tion and prosecution.
The appointment of the committee
by the attorney general is expected to
“have a deterrent effect on those mow
taking excessive profits,” according to
a statement he issued here.
Charles S. Allen, secretary of the
Wholesale Coal Trade Association of
New York, said the committee prices
would undoubtedly be lower than the
present prices.
WANT CHANGE IN REGULATION
OF WATER POWER UNDER BILL
PASSED BY LAST CONGRESS
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WASHINGTON, July 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Amendment of the
new water power act so as to exclude
the national parks from its provis
inos will be demanded of congress at
its next session, it is announced by
Robert Sterling Yard, executive sec
retary of the National Parks Associa
tion. Mr. Yard also says that a fight
will be made to have congress reject
pending legislation, which he asserts,
opens the way for irrigation projects
to draw on the parks for water.
Without amendment, Mr. Yard
says, the water power act is “the
death warrant of our national parks
system,” because all government
owned land and reservations are em
braced within itfe terms, making it
possible for private interests to erect
dams, power houses, transmission
lines and other structures by ob
taining leases from the federal water
power commssiion.
It was not until the water power
bill reached President Wilson for ap
proval that discovery was made by
conservationists that national parks
would be affected, and now the fight
will be made for its amendment, Mr.
Yard says.
Besides the effort to change the
water power act, Mr. Yard says an ef
fort will be made to prevent favorable
action on pending legislation, granting
permission to private interests to
build an irrigation reservoir in an ob
scure swamp in the southwestern cor
ner of the Yellowstone National Park,
miles from any road. This measure
lie says, would be the opening wedge
for a number of irrigation plans for
other national parks.
Mr. Yard anticipates that other leg
islation, including a proposal for dam
ming Yellowstone Lake, will be
brought before congress, all of which
he contends would tend to destroy the
beauty of America’s playgrounds.
“The conservation associations and
many institutions throughout the
country,” Mr. Yard says, “are even or
ganizing now for the defense of the
parks. Our new national parks sys
tem has fairly caught the imaginat-on
of this idealistic and very practical
people, who see in it not only a sys
tem of exhibits of the native Ameri
can wilderness untouched for all
time, but the beginning of a colos
sal national economic asset which
shall enormously spur domestic travel
and business, and bring increasing
thousands of foreign visitors here
every summer to see them. Any leg
islation which will detract from the
value of the~name national park as
a national trade-mark in the competi
tion for the world’s travel is likely
to arouse a mighty storm of popular
protest.”
TROOPS ARE NEARING
THE CITY OF PEKING
PEKING, July 28 (by Associated
Press).—Troops of Wu Pei Pei Few
are close to the.city on the southwest.
T*he city is orderly.
WANTS COMMISSION TO
ADJUST DIFFERENCES
OF STEEL INDUSTRY
WASHINGTON, July 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The inter-church world
movement commission which investi
gated the steel strike has suggested
that President Wilson appoint a spe
cial commission to bring about imme
diately a free and open confer
ence between employes and employers
in the steel industry. It declares that
unless the steel kings are brought
about a renewal of the conflict is in
evitable.
BUBONIC PLAGUE HAS
APPEARED IN TEXAS
AUSTIN, Tex., July 28 (by Associ
ated Press). — A case of Bubonic
plague has developed at Beaumont.
in s mil
SEATTLE, July 28 (by Associated
Press).—Frank Terrace, a farmer liv
ing near Seattle, advocated the im
portation of a million Japanese to
clear logged-off land before the house
immigration committee.
Dr. Getty, a Seattle pastor, said the
Japanese violated the liquor laws and
other ordinances.
Minute women of Auburn presented
a resolution protecting against the
naturalization of children of Asiatic
birth.
Assessor Parent of Seattle said
Japanese colonization would depreci
ate property value one-third.
SLAYER OF SHERIFF
IS STILL AT LARGE
PENDLETON, Ore., July 28 (by As
sociated Press).—Neil Harti slayer of
Sheriff Taylor in the jail break here
Sunday, was seen in an automobile
with four others twelve miles west of
here, according to a telephone message
received here, and a posse has gone in
pursuit.
WHEAT AND CORN ARE
DROPPING IN PRICE
CHICAGO, July 28 (by Associated
Press).—Wheat closed 12 to 14 cents
lower yesterday, and corn was down
4 to 5 cents.
KANSAS CITY, July 28 (by Associ
ated Press).—Wheat futures yesterday
dropped 13 to 14 cents.
CARLISLE PACKING CO.
CLOSES CANNERY ON
LOWER YUKON RIVER
The floating cannery of the Carlisle
Packing Company located on the low
er Yukon river has veen closed down
for the season according to A. P.
Sipf, general manager of the company,
who is in Cordova inspecting the big
plant and company equipment.
Mr. Zipf stated that the run of
fish on the Yukon was so short
that the company was forced to dis
continue operations, closing down be
fore he left Seattle. The Yukon can
nery was established in 1918 and
operated thsjt season and last year.
The fish run was so greatly limited
on the upper river and streams trib
utary to it, that many protests were
made last year against its being al
lowed to run this season. Mr. Zipf
said that sufficient supplies were be
ing kept at the plant to begin next
year’s work as soon as possible. .
Mr. Zipf is an old timer of the
North, being connected with the
Northern navigation Company for sev
eral years, going to the American
Yukon Navigation Company last year.
POLISH SUPPLY
TRAIN HELD UP
I BY GERMANS
COBLENZ, July 28 (by Associated
Press).—A Polish supply train of thir
teen cars, bearing arms and ammuni
tion from France, with five Polish and
one French officer, which left the
American area Sunday evening, wa3
held up by German , police and com
pletely stripped of war material. The
German crews refused to convey the
train further and it returned to- Cob
lenz.
Altogether the train consisted of
forty-five cars, including non-military
stores for’ Poland, supplies and am
munition for the American legation
and American relief committee in War
saw. The supply cars in charge of
American soldiers were not disturbed.
PRESIDENT REAPPOINTS
MEMBER RESERVE BOARD
WASHINGTON, July 28 (by Asso
ciated Press).—President Wilson has
reappointed Governor Harding as ex
ecutive officer of the federal reserve
board and Edmund Platt as vice gov
ernor.
FISH QUOTATIONS
SEATTLE, July 28.— (Special to the
Daily Times).—Halibut, 16%c; sable
fish, 5c; red and ling cod, 2c.
SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
UNDER CIVIL CONTROL
TOKIO, July 28 (by Associated
Press).—Mr. Tezuka, the chief of the
civil administration office in the
South Sea islands acquired from Ger
many, has arrived from the South 3eas
to confer with the government for the
transfer of the administration of the
islands from naval to civil control. He
said that the Japanese residents num
ber about 3,000, and he thought that
about 20,000 more Japanese settlers
might be sent there.
Japan obtained from Germany, as
a result of the war, the Marshall, Car
oline and Marianne islands in the
Southern Pacific ocean.
BRAZIL NOW TAKING
A COMPLETE CENSUS
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 28 (by As
sociated Press).—Thousands of work
ers are now engaged in taking what is
said will be the most complete census
Brazil has ever had. Official statis
tics at the present time give the popu
lation of Brazil as approximately 23,
000,000, but Dr. Carvalho, the director
1 general of statistics, told the Associ
ated Press that these figures are much
too low. Rio de Janeiro, although
credited with 900,000 population, real
ly has more than 1,000,000, he says.
MAY TURN TO ADOBE
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DENVER, July 2S (by Associated
Press).—Adobe houses may soon be
seen in Denver. House shortage and
the high cost of building material re
cently resulted in a change of the city
regulations, permitting adobe con
struction. Several requests for per
mits have already been filed.
“Houses of adobe can be made dur
able ancLattractive,’* F. M. Ladd, city
building inspector, declared in com
menting on the changes. “Tf they are
constructed properly we will not op
pose their construction.”
Three conditions were named in the
issuance of permits. They will be per
mitted only in frame residence dis
tricts; advice of the city building in
spectors as to making adobe bricks
and construction must be followed;
and the buildings, when completed,
must be given coats of stucco.