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VOL. 5. NO. 148 CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1920 PRICE TEN CENTS
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DOUBLE CAPACITY OF CORDOVA WIRELESS
ALASKA OIL FIELDS EXCEL THOSE OF CALIFORNIA. BROOKS SAYS
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RADIO COMPASS STATIONS TO
‘ BE ESTABLISHED IN ALASKA
AS PROTECTION TO SHIPPING
SEATTLE, Sept. 30 (by Associated Press).—Surveys
completed for the establishment of a number of radio sta
tions on the Alaska coast between Southern Alaska and
the Eastern tip of the Aleutian group will be used as an aid
to shipping, declared R. H. Marriott, senior naval radio aide
for the thirteenth naval district on Puget Sound.
The power of the Cordova station will be doubled and
other stations will be overhauled in preparation for the new
system.
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PITTFALLS OF NAVIGATION
ARE CONQUERED BY RADIO
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 30 (by As
sociated Press). — Treacherous Alas
kan waters, graveyard of scores of
vessels and into whose maw many
lives and much treasure have been
poured due to navigation pitfalls, are
about to be conquered by radio, ac
cording to advices received here tell
ing progress of naval communication
service investigation into plans for es
tablishing radio-compass stations.
Floyd E. Dunklee, radio electrician
of the service, is now in Juneau in
vestigating sites for stations, having
^ recently completed the work of in
stalling radio-compass stations pro
♦' tecting San Francisco bay.
Dangers to navigation are removed
by the same means which guarded
London from Zeppelin attacks, a se
cret during the war, anti one of the
most interesting developments in
radio-telegraphy. When Zeppelins j
started attacks upon London, the
foremost of allied experts applied
their efforts to provide some means of!
defense. The prime necessity for de-1
fense was determination of the loca- j
tion of invading Zeppelins.
Discovery of a radio direction finder!
resulted from their efforts. Zeppelins ,
used wireless in reporting departure
♦from German bases, and frequently
while en route sent wireless messages
back to the base. The allied discov-;
ery was a device to determine from i
which direction these wireless waves |
^ came.
i-urecuon nnaers established at dif
ferent points upon hearing a Zeppelin
wireless would report to the head
quarters the direction from each sta
tion of the Zeppelin. Charting these
directions the headquarters accurate
ly determined the location of the Zep
pelin and it could be engaged in com
bat before getting across the British
borders.
Success of the direction-finders re
sulted in extension of their use to aid
shipping. Radio-compass stations es
tablished on the Atlantic seaboard |
proved highly efficient, and estab
lishment of stations around San Fran
cisco bay followed. Other allied
Gantries are also using the system.
This means of informing a vessel of j
4 its precise location is regarded-as one
of the most valued aids to navigation
inaugurated this century, according i
to naval communication experts.
Tentative plans contemplate estab
lishment of six radio-compass stations
in Alaskan waters. It is expected lo
cation of the stations will be deter
mined upon Electrician Dunklee’s in
vestigations this year and erection of
stations be undertaken next spring.
EMERGENCY FLEET TO
SEL SURPLUS STOCK
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 30 (by As
sociated Press).—The entire surplus
stock of material of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation will be sold at once
fn all but the Pacific coast division.
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CLEVELAND, Sept. 30 (by Associ
ated Press).—The executive commit
tee of the American Legion conven
tion. after disposing of various mat
ters referred to by the convention,
adjourned yesterday after electing F.
W. Galbraith, Jr., as Cincinnati com
mander of the legion.
Resolutions were passed renewing
the declaration of political indepen
dence, reaffirming the cardinal prin
ciple that those who gave most should
receive most from the nation, re
stated the position of the American
Legion in favor of adjusting compen
sation. reaffirmed their stand in fav
or of adequate national defense, voted |
to continue the campaign for an Am
ericanization commission and urged
that,the “slackers be forced to take
the consequences of high treason.”
The new executive committee of
the American Legion passed a resol
ution demanding the dismissal of As
sistant Secretary of Labor Louis F.
Post for obstructing the deportation
of aliens.
FIRE DESTROYS
PIER AND PLANT
AT GALVESTON
GALVESTON, Texas, Sept. 30 (by
Associated Press).—Fire which orig
inated in the sulpher bins on the
wharf spread along the waterfront
and completely destroyed the piers,
cotton plants, warehouses and sev
earl ships with their cargoes.
Several firemen were overcome by I
sulphur fumes.
Fire Chief Rva.n received a letter
yesterday postmarked in a Canadian
city saying “you are going to be
destroyed.” The cause of the tire in
undetermined.
NORTHWESTERN SAILS
WITH TEN FOR CORDOVA
SEATTLE, Sept. 30 (by Associated
Press).—The Northwestern sailed for
Southwestern Alaska at 9 o’clock this
morning with 62 passengers. Cor
dova passengers are Bruce Baltz, Dr.
W. H. Chase, Mrs. J. B. Carlyle, B. B.
Neiding and wife, Ruth Neiding,
Rachael Neiding, Ester Travesy, Ag
nes Hudson, E. J. Carlander, R. A.
Lilly and one steerage.
! EMPLOYES MAKE EFFORT
TO CONTROL ALL BANKS
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j LONDON, Sept. 30 (by Associated
j Press).—Bank employes have started
! a movement to obtain control of the
financial institutions, according to
a Central News item circulated here
today. \
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WASHINGTON. Sept. 30 (by Asso
ciated Press)>—The government is
in possession of reliable information
that Japanese at Kobe are discrimin
tting against American shipments to
the Far East. According to a letter
from Secretary Alex Edger to Chair
man Benson of the board, a remedy
would be effected by direct transpor
tation of American goods in American
ships.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (by Asso
ciated Press). — Former Lieutenant
Frank (“Hard Boiled”) Smith, con
victed by court martial in France of
brutal treatment of prisoners and
sentenced to 18 months in prison,
was paroled after serving 10 months
because of good behavior, it was
learned by a congressional committee
which investigated the case. The
committee expressed their opinion
that the sentence was not a severe
one.
THREE KILLED AND
THIRTEEN INJURED IN
MICHIGAN COLLISION
DEARBORN, Mich. Sept. 30 thy
Associated Press).—Three men are
dying and thirteen other are seriously
injured as the result of a collission
between a motor truck and an in
terurban car here today. The truck
was loaded with Ford tractor em
ployes.
RAILROAD HEAD RESIGNS
AFTER HALF CENTURY
CONTINUOUS SERVICE
ST. PAUL, Sept. 30 (by Associated
Press).—John J. Hanneford has re
signed as president of the Northern
Pacific railroad, to be succeeded by
Charles Donnelly, executive vice pres
ident. Hannaford has been with the
road for fifty-four years.
ARMY BALLOON WRECKED
NEAR LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30 (by As
sociated Press).—An army blimp
baloon was wrecked this morning in
Hollywood and Gordon McDonald, the
pilot, seriously injured. Four passen
gers in the balloon escaped with
slight hurts.
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DEATH LIST INCREASES
FROM BOMB OUTRAGE
NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (by Associ
ated Press).—The death last night of
Theodore Peck increases the total
dead in the Wall street explosion.
Peck's death was due to burns and
other injuries.
RIOTS OF IRISH
j BELFAST, Sept. 30 (by Associated
| Press).—Continuance of rioting and
| bloodshed in Belfast is regarded of
ficially as an intolerable situation,
and the Ulsters’ proposal for an
armed civic guard will likely be
! adopted. Sinn Fein threats that
! such a guard will be taken as a dec
; laration of war, resulting in an upris
i ing of Irish Nationalists, are not re
i garded seriously.
APPLETON, B. C., Sept. 30 by As
sociated Press).—Three of the Alaska
planes have arrived here, one with a
broken propeller and landing gear,
and will be tied up for repairs.
BAD WEATHER ENCOUNTERED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Bad weather is hold
ing two of the army planes of the
Alaska expedition at Telegraph
Creek, B. C., according to a message
from Captain St. Clare, who stated
the other plane was at Edmonton last
night.
FORMER JAP PREMIER
TO DEVOTE ENERGIES
AWAKENING JAPANESE
TOKIO, Sept. 30 (by Associated
Press).—Newspapers here say that
Maruquis Okuma, former premier, has
decided to devote himself to the
awakening of the Japanese people
against the “unlawful attitude of Cal
ifornians toward the Japanese.
THREATEN TO BLOW UP
KANSAS CITY BANK
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 30 (by
Associated Press).—A special guard
of policemen and federal agents were
thrown around the federal reserve
bank here today following the receipt
of an anonymous letter seating that
the barfk was to be blown up at
three o’clock this afternon.
COX SAYS HARDING
VOTED “WET” OFTEN
HUTCHINSON, Kan., Sept. 30 (by
Associated Press).—Governor Cox, in
reply to question here, declared he
would have voted “dry” on prohibi
tion had he been acting under the
same circumstances as Senator Hard
ing, whom he declared voted thirty
two times “wet” and twice “dry.”
DRILLING EQUIPMENT BEING
ASSEMBELED FOR SHIPMENT TO
OIL OPERATORS IN THE NORTH
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 30 (by Associated Press).—
Spring will see many active oil drilling operations in many
districts in Southern and Southeastern Alaska, and oil re
fined in the Katalla field, according to Alfred H. Brooks,'
'government geologist who arrived here today.
Oil drillers are now assembling equipment here for
shipment to the Alaska fields this spring, asserted Brooks.
“The oil discovered in Alaska is better than that of
California and most of the districts can be worked all the
year round,” declared Col. Brooks. He said the gold pro
duction in Alaska would be less this year than last on ac
count of the miners prospecting for silver.
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CHICAGO, Sept. 30 (by Associated
Press).—President Charles Comiskey
of the Chicago American league base
ball club is a heavy loser through
the baseball scandal and the suspen
[ sion of seven members of the White
Sox. The players are estimated to
have been worth $230,000 in cash be- j
fore the investigation of gambling in!
the last world’s series was started.
GANDIL SAYS NOTHING TO IT !
LUFKIN, Texas, Sept. 30 (by As-j
sociated Press).—Chick Gandil, re-j
covering from an operation here for!
appendicitis stated that there was
“nothing to the stories about gamb
ling on the baseball series of last
year as far as I am concerned.’’
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BIG SHIPMENT
NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (by Associ
ated Press).—Sixteen million seven
hundred and fifty thousand dollars in
gold, the largest shipment ever trans
ported across the Atlantic ocean, is I
being brought to the United States I
on the trans-Atlantic liner Baltic, j
which left Liverpool September 22. j
The gold is consigned to American
bankers.
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HOBOES KILLED IN
FREIGHT TRAIN WRECK,
PIEDMONT, Mont., Sept. 30 (by >
Associated Press).—Five men were!
killed and four injured in a freight
train crash on the Chicago, Milwau
kee and St. Paul railroad here today.
Four of the dead are believed to be
hoboes.
CONDENSED MILK TAKES
TWELVE PER CENT DROP
CHICAGO, Sept. 30 (by Associated
Press).—A reduction of 12 per cent
from current prices on condensed
milk was announced here today by
one of the largest manufacturers of
that product.
WARSAW, Sept. 30 (by Associated
Press).—The Poles have captured
Lida, an important town south of
Vilna and Pinsk and east of Brest
Litovsk, aecoi-i ir; to an allicial state
ment issued today. The fall of Vilna,
the Lithuanian capital, is expected
within a few days.
MANY BOLSHHEVIKI CAPTURED
SEBASTOPOL. Sept. 30 (by Asso
ciated Press).—-General Wrangell’s
forces have captured nearly 20,000
Bolsheviki in North Alexandrovsk,
and associated with Ukrainian troops
the general is planning a winter cam
paign.
DEMONSTRATION AGAINST
BRITISH AT NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Sept. 30 (by Associated
Press).—Men and women yesterday
staged an anti-British demonstration
in Carnegie ball during the tercen
tennial celebration of the landing of
the Pilgrims, forcing their way into
the hall with banners bearing . anti
British inscriptions.
EXPLOSION AND FIRE
WRFCK GAS PLANT
LINCOLN, Sept. 30 (by Associated
Press).—An exnlosion followed by a
fire wrecked the building and plant
of the Lincoln Gas & Electric Light
Company here last night. Four em
ployes of the company were seriously
injured and the city left without a
gas supply.
“SOVIET OF PRISONERS
QUICKLY BUSTED WITH
BREAD AND WATER DIET
BISMARCK, S. D., Sept. 30 (by As
sociated Press).—Forty-eight inmates
of the state penitentiary who refused
to work or go to their cells, following
attempts to form a “soviet” among
the prisoners, were placed on a diet
of bread and water and the strike was
quickly broken.
SEVEN HOURS FOR SERVANTS
VIENNA, Sept. 30 (by Associated
Press).—The cabinet council has ap
proved the seven-hour day for civil
servants.