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Manuel Estrada Cabrera, the de- j
posed president of Guatemala, who fled
to Cuba following, a revolution which |
began last February, had the distinc-j
tion of governing the Central Ameri
can republic for twenty-two years.
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Growth of the Unionist party in
Guatemala, which favored an amalga
mation of all the Central American
republics under one government, was !
opposed by Cabrera on the ground j
that it was “reactionary.” Upon his j
reinauguration as president in 1917
he issued a decree severing relations !
between Guatemala and Germany, j
During the three succeeding years |
Cabrera’s administration had been j
marked by internal dissensions and j
difficulties with Honduras and other
countries close to the Guatemalan bor
-fler. Numerous uprisings occurred
during his regime, and many attempts
were made on his life. In 1907 he
caused the arrest of 160 men on a
charge of conspiriing to assassinate
aim. Nineteen of these who were tried
and sentenced to death were executed.
Many other attempts had been made
tto kill him. On one occasion a bomb
was thrown under his carriage. Ca
dets from the Guatemalan military
academy, who acted as his escort, at
tempted to shoot him on April 21,
^.908, when he entered the national
oalace to receive the American min
ister, William Heimke. He suffered
a bayonet wound in the hand and
escaped death Ohfjr by his bravery.
Carlos Herra, a fihaftoief, was cho
sen provisional president Oh April 12,
upon the ousting of Cabrera, wh<? aban- ‘
boned Guatemala City .the next day
and announced that he and a number
iof troops who had remained loyal
would cut off the capital’s water supply
and food shipments until “the rebels
* begged for terms.”
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Cabrera concentrated ms quarters at
La Palma, Matamoras and San Jose,
ani dominating Guatemala City, be
gan to shell the capital, killing many
(civilians, it was reported. Meanwhile
the revolt against Cabrera spread over
the entire country. Cabrera's govern
ment wras iii iuany respects like that
^ of Porfirio Diaz, w'ho ruled Mexicd for
years with an irOfi hand. He was
oorn in Quezaltenangd on November
;21, 185.7, and received his preparatory
education in the schools of that dis
trict, the second most important in
Guatemala. Later he attended a law
school in Guatemala City, from which
he was graduated in 1883.
General Justo Rufino Barrios, then
“dictator,” named him as chief jus
tice of the department of Retalhulen,
where he remained until 1886, when he
was appointed to the post of chief jus
tice of the department of Quezalte
nango, his native district. In 1888 he
was made a justice of the court of
appeals, and later he became a mem
ber of the national assembly.
Cabrera soon became a leader of
the assembly. When he had achieved
this place Barrios was assassinated
-in the streets of Guatemala City in
February. 1898, an election was called,
and Cabrera was chosen as Barrios’
successor. He assumed the presi
dency the following October.
It was then that the real develop
ment of Guatemala began. Cabrera
built one of the most magnificent cap
itals in Central America, He was the
first ruler on the American continent,
it is said, to adopt aviation for his
army. He organized the West Point
of Guatemala. He erected a score of
modern hospitals and manay schools.
He opened up the country to railroad
builders and restored the national
treasury. He promulgated a decree
of unconditional amnesty when he be
came president, thus bringing together
all factions, and yet he proved strong
enough to hold them in check when
*his enemies plotted to overthrow him,
until the issue of Central American
unionism arose.
Scarborough pictures that please at
prices that are right. Over Cordova
drug store. Phone 140—3 rings.
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Lathrop Building
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Peyser’s new hat-blocking outfit is
in operation. Hats blocked, dyed and
repaired. Phone 188.
Real Alaska Jewelry
can be had at Osborne Bros., Manufacturing Jewelers, who make jew
; eiry of all kinds fom Alaska gold.
We have the only GRADUATE OPTICIAN in Cordova, and can
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Why do clothes wear out? Js day fallen on a cloth, holes will develop
to day use a principal factor ? Has during the first washing,
laundering a weakening or strength- a starched collar that has never
ening effect ? How much has the been worn—such a collar as is corn
quality of the manufacturer’s work monly favored by men—can be con
to do with wear? What can rea- tinuously washed in laundries like
sonably be expected of a given piece QW-s as many as 40 times before it
of fabric ? will begin to fray. But if the collar
In behalf of the housewives whom is worn between washings, it can be
we serve, these questions have been laundered only 20 times or less. In
searchingly inquired into. a word, the wearing of a collar—the
Tablecloths of real linen, well putting it on and taking it off
woven, can be laundered as many shortens its life by 50 per cent or
as 100 to 150 times before showing more.
wear. This is the average of our Personal apparel and household
methods of handling linen that has linen are bleached, dyed, woven,
been finely made and properly cared tailored, packed, shipped, stored, un
for by the housewife. v packed and used before they come to
Flaws often appear in curtains at us- If at any stage there has been
the point below the shade, where poor workmanship, misuse or abuse,
they are most exposed to dust-laden “it all comes out in the wash.”
air and the action of the sun’s rays. But when you have purchased
To check these corrosive influences with judgment, and used your things
many housewives have their curtains with care, our cleansing methods
CttfUin* • washed oftener than cleanliness alone will help you prolong their usefulness.
requires. --Laundering and
they beat If a few drops of nr . conservation of
of the open win- a harmful fluid, like I ” ® i S clothes have be
dow- the solution in an Your ClotHinf? come an art with
automobile stor- ® us. Send us your
age battery, have VV nice family washing.
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CORDOVA MACHINE
WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Phone 101-3
Shop Phone 182
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Blacksmlthing, General Repair
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CORDOVA, Alaska.
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r FRESH '
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time.
A signet ring will be a reminder of the day for many, many years.
Birthstone rings, lavaliers and many other articles at
PAUL BLOEDHORN’S
Jeweler and Watchmaker. Phone 223
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colors and styles, direct from the
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