The Cordova Daily
Member of Associated Press—Day and Night Telegraphic Service
VOLUME III, NUMBER 211 CORDOVA^ ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20,19ia PRICE TEX CENTS
LOYALISTS IN LEAD
BY SMALL MARGIN
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MILW Al KEE, \\ is., March 20.—Those people who had
hoped for a clarion blast of patriotism from yesterday’s Wiscon
sin senatorial primaries have been plunged in gloom by the re
sult of the voting.
In the contest for the Republican nomination, Representa
tive Irvine L. Lenroot, known as the Loyalist candidate, at noon
had a total of 60,643 votes. James Thompson, known as the
Lafollette candidate, had 60,109. Victor Berger, the Socialist
candidate, had 33,000 votes.
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VISALIA, Cal., March 20.—Mrs. Or
lcan B. Howe of Oakland was acquit
ted yesterday of the murder of Will
H. Brooks, an orange grower of Por
terville, whom she shot and killed in
the lobby of a Porterville hotel on
November 19 last.
After the verdict of not guilfy had
been rendered Mrs. Howe addressed
the juty, Baying: ;
“} want to thank you in the name
of a woman fighting for her honor, not
her life.” . .- ?>.**
Story of the Shooting
The shooting of which Mrs. Howe
has been acquitted took place in Por
terville on November 19, 1917. Brooks
was_ seated in the lobby, ot a hotel,
talking with friends, when Mrs-Howe
shot him three times, one of the bul
lets passing through his heart. He
fell forward from his chair dead.
The defense of Mrs. Howe was that
iBwno uau umuiaicu siunutinjus
stories about her with such effect that
she was shunned by former friends.
The trouble was of about eleven years’
standing. At that time, she said.
Brooks and her husband were inti
mate friends, having grown up to
gether. Shortly after her marriage,
Mrs. Howe said, she accepted a dinner
invitation from Brooks. They went
to a well-known San Francisco cafe,
and at the close of the meal, she de
clared. he insulted her. She refused
his advances and a few days later,
she said. Brooks went to her husband
with the first of a series of stories
reflecting on her morality. These
stories, she claimed. Brooks circu
lated not only in San Francisco but
in Bos Angeles and other parts of the
state. Her mind, she said, was a blank
from the time she bought the revolver
in a Porterville store until sne came
to herself after being lodged in jail.
Mrs. Howe, who is the owner of an
orange grove near Porterville, for
merly was prominent in Oakland soci
ety. Her husband is the representa
. five of an Eastern manufacturing con
cern. He was with his wife at the
trial.
Will H. Brooks, the victim of the
shooting, was 50 years old. He was !
wealthy, and prominent in the busi
ness and social life of the San Joaquin
valley.
Blits kilts
COPENHAGEN, March 20.—Ger
man Chancellor Von Hertling yester- j
day told the reiehstag that Germany
should not indulge In delusions of
world peace being accomplished.
He said there was not the slightest.
inclination among the entente allies i
to terminate the war.
LIQUID MUSTARD DUS
DROPPED ON AMERICANS
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WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, March 20.—A German air
plane has twice flown over the Ameri
can sector at Toul and dropped rub
ber balls eighteen inches tn diameter
filled with liquid mustard gas
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-WASHINGTON, March 20.—The
senate judiciary committee today, by a
vote of 11 to 7. ordered a favorable re
port on the Overman bill, which was
advocated by the administration as a
substitute foPthe military com
mittee's measures providing ror a war
cabinet and a director of munitions.
The bill retains substantially the
legislation asked for by President Wil
son, and gives him broad powers to
reorganize and co-ordinate the various
government departments and agencies
charged with the duty of prosecuting
the war.
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BIG PASSENGER BOATS
The steamer -Alameda sailed for Se
attle at an early hour this morning
with the following passengers from
Cordova: . •*'v
Glen Wilcox, W. Zimmerman, C. F,
Skewes, Roy W. Corbett, Mrs. Eva
Ward, J. T. McGonigle, Mrs. McGon
igle, Mrs. M. C. Robbins, Miss Rob
bins. Mrs. B. Elliott, Gay Elliott, F. H.
Bailey, I’. L. Millis, Maurice Monette,
Pat Cannon, A. Kennedy, Mrs. P. C.
Kearns, Mrs. VI. D. Thompson, Mrs.
W. Crooker, Mrs. Rose Craig, Jas. S.
Peter, Dan McKenzie, E. A. Kwitz,
Ovi Myreland, J. R. Brabazon, M. R.
Jewett, C. J. Hohlen, Walter Demp
ster, Mrs. Morris, P. Olson, Jno. Pung,
Erie Johnson, Bert Morris, J. Ross,
Jim Fozard, T. Ruabug, G. Bagdan
ovid, S. Raymond. O. H. Siemens, J. T.
Lewis, Oak Olson, G. T. Tweedsdal
and Rex Alyberg.
The steamer Admiral Watson ar
rived in port at an early hour this
morning with the following passen
gers:
For Cordova—H. Ronig, Mrs. E.
Peterson, T. H. Seymour, F. W. Arn
old. C. A. Nettleton, Mrs. S. Hansen
and three steerage.
For Valdez—C. Palson, Geo. Cortez,
Win. Cortez, C. A. McLean, W. Mc
Coy, J. M. Thacther, M. Deea, R. P.
Salterfl and C. M. McLean.
For La Touche—J. M. Thomas, A.
Strow, E. Sorland, M. Iverson, N. L.
Thomas, Jr., and N. L. Thomas, Sr.
For Seward—M. D. Leehey, J. F*.
Doran, Miss Belle Mack, Miss E. Trux,
and H. E. Johnson.
For Seldovia—J. Hendirchs. J. 1).
Nordyke, A. Anderson, Z. Beach, R.
Erickson, Ed Wing, Mrs. Ed. Wing,
a>i(l F. Liukowski.
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WASHINGTON, March 20.—Senator
Owen of Oklahoma today outlined in
tlie senate his international peace plan,
by which he hopes to effect immediate
peace and maintain peace in the
future.
Sefiator Owen is the author of the
resolution proposing a league of na
tions. ,-lm t
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! TO BE EXPENDED
WASHINGTON, March 20.—The na.
val appropriation bill, carrying $1,300.
000,000, which authorizes a war in
crease in the navy enlisted personnel
from 87,000 to 180,000 men. has been
reported to the house by the naval af
fairs committee.
MEAT CONSERVATION |
EAR FROM SATISFACTORY
WASHINGTON, March 20.—Joseph
GotUm, head of the food administra
tion s meat division, today told the j
senate committee which is investi
gating rood supplies, that the meatless
dajs had not resulted in conserving
I the meat supplies to the extent hoped 1
for.
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ENTENTE SLUES
‘ MOSCOW, .March 20.—Bolsheviki j
| Foreign Minister Tcheitcherin today
! told the Associated l’ress that Russia’s
i relations with the entente allies would
; remain unchanged. He said that j
j friendly relations were being establish
I ed with America.
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WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, March 20.
‘A big German shell burst within forty feet of Secretary of \\ at
Baker’s automobile while the secrefttry was returning from the
. fr$>nf .trenches yesterday. Xteitfyi the car nor its occupants
wort* ijijpred, fiowever. *
Mr. Baker spent half an hour in the front trenches under a
brisk enemy shell fire, and visited an advanced listening post
and talked with officers and men.
GAS ATTACKS SILENCE ENEMY “““
American artillerymen have launched four heavy gas at
tacks against the Germans in the Toul sector during the last
few days. 11 - evident that tin* attacks were successful, as tie*
enemy was silenced.
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| ANCriORAtSE-. AlafcM, March 2<)~
,Sixty-one Volunteers who enlisted
with exemption board here left this
morning for Fort Me Dowell, Cali
fornia. These recruits bring Anchor
age's quota in the military service to
103.
i A parade with two thousand persons
in line, consisting of regular soldiers
stationed here, home guards, Alaska
Pioneers, members of fraternal orders
and school children, escorted the
squads of volunteers from the office
of the exemption board to the railway
station, where the recruits entrained
for Seward.
No business houses in Anchorage
opjened today until after the departure
of the volunteers.
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WILL CONTINUE SEARCH
Superintendent William Bowman of
the Northwest Fisheries Company has
wdred from Seattle to send the launch
Waif out in search of Cpatain Ever
I 8on and party, who have been missing
for the past twelve days; also to spare
no expense in the effort to find these
men.
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IN HONOR OF RECRUITS
Cordova young folk gave a dancej
last night at Hegg’s hall eomplimen-1
tary to M. R. Jewett, Patrick Cannon,
Dan McKenzie and John Brabazon,
who left today to enlist in the great
world war. There was a large turnout
and the boys were given a good send
off.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, March 20-.—General Persh
ing has approved the awarding of the
first new American military crosses
for extraordinary heroism to Lieut.
John Green, Sergeant William Norton
and Sergeant Patrick Walsh Glen.
Lieutenant Green, while wounded in
a dug-out, was summoned to surren
der, but refused And returned the tire
of the attacking party. He wounded
one of the enemy and pursued the
hostile party.
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WASHINGTON. March 20.—Union
men employed by the Baltimore Dry
dock & Shipbuilding Company have
notified the United States shipping
board that they have struck for a
wage increase of nearly 100 per cent.
Ship caulkers are demanding $10.50
per day, and rivetting gangs, com
posed of two men and a boy. are ask
ing $24 per day.
Later the men announced that tlic;
wmtld return to work Monday.
GERMANS NEARING
RUSSIAN CAPITAL
LONDON, March 20.—The German occupation of Retro
grad is a matter of hours, according to a Petrograd dispatch re
ceived here. The Russians are assuming a waiting attitude,
and are not displaying the slightest sign of organized resist
ance.
The Germans are reported at Dno station, one hundred and
fifty miles south of Petrograd. The Russians, in view of what
appears to be an enveloping movement of the Austro-Geimans
igainst Moscow, talk of moving the seat of government to
Sara toff or Nizhni Novgorod.
BOMBS B¥ THE TON
DROP ON GERMAN GIT!
LONDON, March 20.—An official
bulletin announces that British avia-,
tors dropped a ton of bombs on Mann
heim. Germany, on Monday.
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WASHINGTON. March 20.—Kev. S.
Boss, president fo the National Ger- i
man-Ameriean Alliance, a bill for the
revocation of the charter of which is ,
now before congress, yesterday made
a defense of the organization before
the house committee.
The patriotism, of the organ■'
lie said, was tteyond que .,
maintained no connection yv>u, (tl,,
German government nor tbte German
Justifies Lusitania, cjinglnq
Mr. Boss justified certain legal
phases of the sinking ot the Lusitania ■
by a German submarine, because be
fore the United States went to war
with Germany the Gorman-.\merfcuu
Alliance took the view that Americans
should not travel on belligerent ves
i sols carrying war munitions.
WIRELESS SERVICE OIRECI
f
In the past WHeil there have been
interruptions to the cable between
Seattle and Sitka, it has been neces
sary to route press by the way of j
Ketchikan, a very expensive method,
or get it by the Canadian government
lines, which was uncertain and ex
ceedingly slow. It was also slow work
by the Marconi wireless at Ketchi
kan.
In the future, however, this will be
Unnecessary. The navy, it is under
stood. has opened a large station at
Bremerton, Wash., which is able to
communicate directly with Cordova, 1
another navy wireless point, and from
there it will be put on the cable again
and sent to the westward and interior
Alaska.
This routing will be used in the
future, through tlie kindness and fore
sight of Lieutenant Colonel B. O. j
Lenoir, head of the Alaska cable sys
tem. This arrangement was commun-1
icated to this office by Supt. Cutter, j
of the Associated Press office at San
Francisco, who wires as follows:
“Colonel Lenoir has very kindly ar
ranged to handle our service to you i t
by wireless when cable is down at the 1
regular cable rates. On such occa-! (
sions will be unable to send excess " s
Under such an arrangement, the i
Times will be able to get a good serv
ice at ail times. p
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F. W. Arnold of Katalla was an ar-'t
rival in town on the Admiral Watson, f
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HIGHEST PITCH
M'CARTHY, March 19.—Excitement
ontinues to run high here over the
pparent neglect or indifference on
he part of the federal officials to
pring to jusice the murderer of Rose
tilberg, as well as to solve the mys
ery of the death a few days later o '
roe Retry. In fact the resident"
. ire •
o incensed over the turn C
< rttffmrs
hat a petition is being •
... , . , . , „ prepared ana ,
vill be circulated tor
_ signatures pray
ng the attorney e
o send an OF' 1 at Washington
,-allev to - 10 the RiVBr
>f the th<; life and property
„. people.
•*»!». who was arrested in <sw'
:»W-tfon with the Silberg murder, has
been released from custody. Although
few people ever believed him guilty
of the crime the fact remains that
there were sufficient clues which
should result in the guilty party being
apprehended. Finger prints of the as
sassin were left at the scene of the
murder and blood stained money was
in circulation here immediately after
the tragedy.
It is stated that six murders have
been committed in this section and
not a single conviction secured. Pa
tience is ceasing to be a virtue among
the law-abiding citizens of this com
munity and they now insist that un
less the federal officials are either
willing or able to cope with the situa
tion that relief must come direct from
the government, through the depart
ment of justice. Believing that the
latter course is the only solution of
the deplorable conditions, an appeal
is to be made direct to the department
of justice for relief.
FINCH UNDiklS SHIFT
BELIEVED TO I LUST
PARIS. March 20.—An official bul
letin says that the French submarine
liana, carrying thirty-five men, is
nissing and is believed to have been
ost.
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BELIEVED TO BE
LOST BEE COAST
SEATTLE, March 20.—It is fen red
hat heavy seas off the Alaska coast
ave swamped the Socke.ve Salmon
'ompany’s tender Oregonian, carrying
even men, bound for Moryhovia boy.
u western Alaska.
Another tender, the Moryhovia.
arted company with the Oregonian
uring a gale on March It, and since
»en the Oregonian has not been heard
•om.
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