THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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H. G. STEEL
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TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1920
REPUBLICAN TICKET
For President—
WARREN G. HARDING.
For Vice President—
k CALVIN COOLIDGE.
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For Delegate to Congress—
DAN SUTHERLAND.
For Senator—
E. E. CHAMBERLAIN.
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For Representatives—
A. E. LATHROP
JOS. H. MURPHY
’ R. E. ELSNER
A. H. FRAME.
IGNORANCE ABOUT ALASKA
Many residents in Valdez have been
compelled to wait for several months
for parcels sent from Outside, on ac
count of the persistent idea enter
tained by the express companies that
this port as well as most of the
'others in Alaska are frozen in dur
ing the winter months. It seems of
little avail to inform them that Nome
is about the only port in the terri
tory which has no winter service on
account of ice. A short time ago a
party in one of the eastern states at
tempted to send a case of canned
fruits to a Valdez resident and the
express company refused to accept the ,
shipment until after June 1, when
Alaska ports would “be free from
ice.” The shipper informed the agent
he had lived here for years and
knew that Valdez had an all the year
around steamship service, but Rule
Forty-seven in the red book said dif
ferent, and the agent refused to ac
cept the shipment.
Valdez is not the only suffer
Juneau, Ketchikan, Cordova and in
fact all of the coast towns have had
similar experiences.
A Juneau man wanted to send a
package via parcels post from Wash
ington, D.v C., the home of the post
master general, to Alaska. He was
told that it could not be sent be
cause “navigation was closed.”
The postal clerk even doubted his
word when he informed the latter
that he had lived in Juneau and that
he knew it was an open port all the
year round.
When such is true of postal clerks,
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what can be expected from commer
cial firms who hardly know geo
graphy outside of their own limited
trade industry.
It would seem that here again is j
a good opportunity for the publicity
bureau. The postal clerks, through
the post office department, at least
might be educated to the true con
ditions.—Juneau Capital.
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
One reason why congress Is so
slow in giving Alaska needed legis
lation is that under Burleson the
mails carrying our protests have not
reached Washington yet.—Valdez
Miner.
Fairbanks has been requested by
<500 by 200 yards in size, and negotia
the army to prepare a landing field
tions are now in progress to ascertain
if a smaller field will do. Fairbanks
ans believe that, in view of the fact
that there are no tall buildings to in
terfere with landings at the ball park,
a smaller field will do the work.—Fair
banks News-Miner.
Without a doubt the biggest event
that ever happened in this neighbor
hood will take place when the Shrin
ers’ excursion lands in Juneau June
30 and July 3. They are coming
with their vicious camels from the
shadows of the pyramids to drag their
victims over the hot sands. The Im
perial Divan for the first time to put
on degree work. The two days will
be great days in the circles of local
Shrinedom and will be of great inter
est. to those not among the elect as
well.—Douglas News.
HIDES GOLD IN
ARTIFICIAL LEG
Cripple Admits Stealing $81,400
in Bullion From Denver
Mint.
OFFICERS FIND LOOT
Irresistible Passion to Touch, Hoard
and Hide Gold Only Reason Long
Trusted Employee Could
Give for Crime.
Denver, Colo.—Approximately $81.
400 worth of gold bullion, stolen at
intervals from the United States mint
at Denver, has been recovered, and
Orville Harrington, a long-trusted em
ployee of the mint, is being held at
the county jail charged with the thefts
Harrington was arrested as he was
preparing to board a car for his home.
He admitted the thefts when placed
under arrest. The amount stolen was
variously estimated at from $80,000
to $110,000, but the sum of $81.40<
was named in the information filers
against Harrinsrton.
Divulges Hiding Places.
Harrington was immediately taken
to his home, where he divulged the
places where he had hidden the bul
lion. Most of it had been secreted in
a hole in the cement wall in the base
merit of his home, while some was
found hidden under the cement walk
in the back yard.
Harrington, whose right leg was
amputated some time ago, following
an injury, has an artificial leg. This
leg was hollow and was used as a
handy carrier for some of the stolen
gold.
The gold, according to Harrington’s
reported confession, he would hide in
his cellar every evening when he re
turned from work. When the hole in
the cellar wall had been filled with
the bullion Harrington was forced to
find another place to conceal his loot.
It was said. According to the secret
service men. Harrington then care
fully cemented up the hole in the cel
lar wall and began to hide the gold
udder the walk in the rear of his
home.
Seen in Yard With Spade.
It was through these alleged regu
lar performances that the secret serv
ice officials secured their first clue as
to the identity of the supposed robber.
A close watch was placed on every
employee, each man was searched
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Each Man Was Searched Every Day.
every day, but without avail, none ot
the operatives thinking of peering into
the hollow of a man’s wooden leg for
the missing bullion,
While this was going on. a continu
ous watch was being kept on the
homes of the employees. The opera
tive assigned to watch Harrington’s
home reported to his chief that Har
rington was seen to make trips to his
back yard each afternoon, carrying a
spade.
No motive other than an irresistible
passion to touch, hoard and hide gold
could be brought from the cripple’s
lips as a reason for his crime. He
has a beautiful home, including ten
lots of cultivated land on an eminence
which overlooks University park. Ac
cording to Thomas Annear, superin
tendent of the mint. Harrington earned
$4 a day, was thrifty and apparently
had everything that a man could ask
for to make him content.
DISOBEY ORDERS, LOSE LIVES
No Trace of Ten Men Who Left
Wrecked Steamer Polias
in a Boat.
Rockland. Me.—The first mate, an
engineer and eight seamen of the
stranded freight steamer Polias. who ■
left the wreck for a boat, in defiance
of orders, are believed to have lost
their lives. The crew of the Burnt
island coast guard station, upon their
return from the steamer, expressed
the opinion that the lifeboat was
swamped in the heavy seas.
The captain of the Polias and the
remaining 28 of the crew were taken
off by two coast guard crews and
transferred to the coast guard cutter
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