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The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-04-19

ments, summer shopping comes of its
own accord. Poor old Father Cordovs
is perhaps banking on the hope that
once Easter is over he can again sit in
peace and comfort, in no danger OF
taking cold from an overdraft (some
one else was guilty of this bit OF
humor). Poor deluded man. Did he
but know it, this business of the
women of his household talking a lot
about new outfits for the Easter
parade and much-needed change OF
costume for spring being simple
necessity at this time of the year and
by no means a luxury, if after all,
pretty much of a hoax just to coax
his purse strings loose Which is to
say, in straightforward English, that
the first impression might incline one
to think that the big buying of the
year will be over with the passing of
Easter Day tomorrow. Now that they
have the wherewithal to clothe them
selves fashionably, milady and her
daughter are only just ready to start
on a series of shopping tours. But the
world was ever thus. Daddy, you may
grumble, but you will have to pay the
bills.
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Tomorrow being Easter the ladies
are watching the weather indications
in the hope that they may be able to
don their new spring wearing apparel.
r. X +
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee.
AS the Victory loan drive draws
near, interest in the Woman's Liberty
loan organization increases. Previous
to the second Liberty loan, Mrs. T. J..
Donohoe was appointed chairman of
the Woman's Liberty Loan Committee
for Alaska by Mrs. w. G. McAdoo,
chairman of the National Woman's
Liberty Loan Committee, which was
authorized by the treasury depart
ment. Mrs. Donohoe Immediately af-
fected an organization of the women
of the territory by appointing divi-
sional chairman in each Of the four
Judicial divisions of Alaska. These
chairmen in turn organized a commit
tee in their respective towns and ap-
pointed chairmen for each community
in their respective divisions. The Or
ganization thus formed has rendered
excellent service in the sale of bonds
in the last three drives.
In the coming loan drive, it was
decided at headquarters, that the
woman's committees throughout the
nation might do more effective work
by a closer affiliation with the mems
Liberty loan organization. AS the
mems bond selling organization for
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-04-19

Currier, Mrs. Link VAIN, Mrs. Brem
ner, Mrs. A. G. Shriver, Miss Edna
Morris, Miss Frances Fraisure, Miss
Helen Downing, Mr.. ]. C. Smith, Mr.
Andrew Cohrs, Mr. Brest, Mr.. Harry
Atchison, Mrs. Bremner, C. H Phillips
and Rev. A. G. Shriver.
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Last Thursday, being the Thursday
before Good Friday or Maundy Thurs
day, the Scottish Rite Masonic Club
OF Cordova, met at the Masonic
temple and held the services peculiar
TO this day. After which jolly party
gathered and partook of most de.
ilc1ous and satisfying supper. Few at
the long table escaped the gay banter
OF their friends. Among those present
were Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Fields, Mr..
and Mrs. BARLEY Howard, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. R. Hillery, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
). Currier, Mayor and Mrs. A. J.
Adams, Mrs. Sophia Scott, Miss Dor
ris Adams, Miss Evangeline Church,
MISS Hilda Johnson, Mr.. John Gillis,
Mr.. Elmquist, Mr.. J. H. Sellen, Mr..
Hutchins, Mr.. Ivan Suppheln, Mr.. E.
F. Medley and Mr. Peter Sherman.
r. X X
The call of the tennis court has
come with the sunny days and the
social set are responding with a rush
to again WELD the racquet. The fair
ones yield not one whit to the male
contingent in their enthusiasm for
the game. Many of them have become
exceptionally proficient with the rae
quet and prove themselves more than
match for the average player of the
opposite sex. But this is only natural
since "love" figures SO prominently in
the sport.
Among the members of the club,
however, it is said that Mr.. Caleb
Corser, Mr.. J. H. Sellen, Mr.. R. J. De
Leo and Mr.. Frank Ford all lay
strenuous claims to the honor of
being the champion wielder of the
racquet. Friends and supporters Of
each are anxious for match between
the different rivals and the betting
promises to be heavy though strictly
on the quiet
y X r.
From little matters let us pass to
less
And lightly touch the mysterious of
dress"
Easter with it's gay bonnet and
necessary new dress is with us again.
Why even the weather man is ap-
parently in leige with the ladies this
year; for there is practically no chance
OF its raining on Sunday. And once
the splurge is made for Easter gar
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-04-19

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The Washington times., 1919-12-27
MELANCHOLY kODISTE
FOUND DEAD OF POISON
Alleged Suicide Follows Xmas Eve
Conference With Lawyer
hand Employe.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-The medical
examiner has asked the police TO in
vestigate the death by poisoning here
of Mrs. Mary Casewell Blackburn
proprietor of a fashionable gown 81 op
The~police record listed Mrs. Black
burns death as ~suicide," and stated
that the woman had called a Christ
mas Eve consultation at her hotel of
her lawyer and the forewoman OF heI
establishment TO draw up a will
\ letter bearing Mrs. Blackburn's :
name, found in her rooms. asked that
all her property be left TO Mrs. Vic
tor Rydstrom. a friend. Her purple
evening gown she directed 10 be used
as a model in her shop.
The medical examiner found tat
Mrs. Blackburn had died after swal-
lowing poison. She had appeared
since the death of her
father, December 5, it was stated.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
PARACHUTES SOON TO
DELIVER U. 5. MAIL
Air Postal Service for Baltimore De.
pends Upon Expert
ment.

Parachutes to be used In the de-
livery of mail from airplanes now are
being manufactured in Philadelphia
and soon will be ready for expert
ments TO be made by the Postoffce
Department. Upon the success o:
these experiments depends the possi-
bility OF obtaining air-mail service
for Baltimore, according to Otto
Praeger, Second Assistant Postmaster
General.
At present Mr.. Praeger sees little
chance OF Baltimore having air serv-
ice for mail which originates IN that
city. 1t has been found. he said to-
day, that il is not possible TO operate
air-mail lines economically on jumps
Of less than 200 miles.
The plan. of dropping mail by para
chute has been considered by the
Postoffice Department for some time
and has been tried with some success.
Experiments recently made in Wash
ington showed that the mail could be
dropped with no injury. eggs having
been cast from an airplane without
the loss OF one of them. The post
office officials were enthusiastic over
the success had with these expert
ments and Immediately ordered six
parachutes for further trial.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
As DEATHS REPORTED
in new ENGLAND ALONE

SPRINGFIELD. Mass. Dec. 27-
Forty-five persons, including several
women. are dead today in western
New England as the result of drink
ing fake" whiskey, believed to have
been made of wood alcohol, colored
with burnt sugar and favored with
extract of rye. Scores of others are
in hospitals in horrible agony, blind
ness being the worst feature of the
cases. The victims died terrible
deaths. most of them becoming par
alyzed.
With the death toll mounting hourly
the police and Federal revenue au-
thorities of Connecticut, Massachu-
setts, and New York were making
frantic efforts to warn those who
have the deadly fluid in their pos
session.
Twenty-four are dead in Chtcupee,
thirteen in Hartford Conn, six in
Holyoke and two in Springfield.
The sale of the murderous concoc-
tien has been traced to New York
city and several arrests nave been
made in Chicopee and Springfield.
Victims dropped in the streets, die I
in their beds. blinded, and in many in
stances in violent commissions. Most
Of them were without medical ten
tion. They had been plunged IN
agony and the end came so quick
that they were unable to summon
aid. All of the victims showed the
same symptoms. Autopsies have b On
performed, but the authorities have
not given their findings.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
MT. AS0 IN ERUPTION;
SHEDS POISONOUS ASHES

TOKYO. Dec. 27.-Mt. Aso. an ac-
tive volcano in Kyushu. has been
unusually active for several weeks.
4 comparatively big eruption occur
red few days ago. when masses OF
ashes fell over the surrounding
country.
The atmosphere above the volcano
district was mass OF reddish yellow
clouds, and the mountains and fields
were mantled with a thick layer of
grayish ash from the crater. Numer-
Gus animals which ate the grass on
the same fields have died through
poisoning, says one report
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
URGES SPANISH AS
GERMAN SUBSTITUTE
u. W. L. Professor Addresses An.
nual Meeting of Teachers
Association.

That the Spanish language should
replace German in the schools and
colleges was the keynote of an ad :
dress made today by Prof. Henry
Grattan Doyle, of the department Of
romance Languages of the George
washington University, at the third
annual meeting of the American AS
sociation OF Teachers of Spanish
The meeting was held at the George
Washington University Law School,
New Masonic Temple. Thirteenth
street and New York avenue north
west. and was attended by more than
100 delegates from schools and COL
leges from nearly every State. Prof.
Doyle presided, and DR.. William Mil
Ter Collier. president of the univer-
sity. delivered an address of welcome
Among the other speakers were DR..
L. S-sRowe, of the State Department
Bureau of the Latin-American Repub-
lies and secretary-general of the In
ternational High Commission. who
vigorously urged the extensive learn
ing of Spanish by the people of the
United States: Senorita Estrella
Amores; Senor Francisco J. Yanes, as
sistant director of the Pan-American
Union; Lawrence A. wilkins, presi-
dent of the American Association of
Teachers of Spanish; Sr. Juan Riano
y Gayangos, ambassador from Spain
to the United States, and Sr Jacobo
Varela, minister from Uruguay. Miss
Dorothee rendered a piano solo, and
Senor Arsenic Ralon, a violin selec-
tion. The annual report was read by
DR.. Alfred Coester. secretar-treas-
urer. This afternoon officers for the
ensuing year will be elected.
This evening the delegates will at
tend a reception at the Ebbitt Hotel,
and tomorrow afternoon will be enter
tanned at the Pan-American Union
building
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
Officials Mystihed.

Highlandtown district to the value Of
$4,000 has been stolen.
Officials Mystifed.
One of the doors, of the warehouse
of the Cecil Distillery was broken
open and, IL is believed, a truck was
used to haul the liquor away. OF all
the whiskey stolen from the ware
houses not a barrel has been recover
ed. Federal officials are mystified
over the apparent ease with which
thieves operate. Special agents as
signed to investigate the thefts have
met with no success.
After January 16, when constitu-
donal prohibition goes into effect,
liquor export stops. Therefore, the
owners have only three weeks to get
their whiskey out of bond to a place
OF safety. One internal revenue Of
hcial familiar with the bonded ware
house situation said that he did not
expect Baltimore owners to get more
than half of their goods out
Many Queries Received.
The revenue officers are besought
from all quarters with queries regard
ing what they can and cannot do with
their liquor after January 16. There
are four things they will be unable
to do. They will be prohibited from
transporting IL from one city to an
other; they will not be allowed to
export it; they will not be allowed to
keep II in lockers at clubs or hotels
and they will not be allowed TO sell,
manufacture, trade or give any OF it
away.
They will be allowed to keep it in
their homes, a term which will be
broadened to include hotels and clubs
in case the owner makes his
permanent abode there
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
45 Dead In New England.

As the result, according to informa-
tion received by the anti-saloon
leaguers in Washington, many unfor-
tunates are either dead or dying in
various parts of the country.
Forty-five are dead in New England
while scattered deaths are reported in
nearly every section of the United
States. Many other victims are in
critical conditions and expected to die
as the result of drinking wood alcohol,
or other substitutes for whiskey.
Several arrests have been made in
the various localities. The prisoners.
vendors of the poisonous concoctions,
are charged with murder.
Federal authorities here have re-
quested their agents everywhere to
cooperate with the local police in
running down the criminals who
dealt in the death-dealing Christmas
cheer" or to conduct Investigations
Independently wherever the condi-
tions would seem to warrant.
Four arrests We're made in Hart
ford. Conn, alone.
Twenty-seven deaths were reported
from New York city during December
and late November from drinking
the deaths many men and some
women have been rendered perma-
nently stone blind
Instructions to arrest all vendors
of fake" and poisonous concoctions
sold under the guise of Intoxicating
beverages were sent out today to Fed
eral revenue agents throughout the
country by the Bureau of Internal
Revenue.
The action is taken as a result of
the large number of deaths, and
many cases of blindness, that have
resulted during the holiday season
through the drinking of wood alco-
hol and other poisons which had been
sold as liquor.
Onlcials of the bureau stated that
energetic efforts have been made
since the prohibition enforcement act
went into effect to apprehend the
dealers in fake" mixtures as well
as real liquors.
The bureau will suggest to Con-
gress as soon as it convenes again
that legislation be granted that. will
make the purchase OF wood alcohol
more difficult than it is now.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
WOOD ALCOHOL DEATH
TOLL SIX IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-Four men were
dead and six others were in a serious
condition here today as a result of
wood alcohol Christmas celebration.
DR.. John Dill Robertson, health
commissioner, considered the situa-
tion alarming enough to issue a spe
cial statement on the symptoms of
wood alcohol poisoning and curative
measures.
Symptoms: Great eScitability, Sc
we're stomach pains, kidneys affected,
blindness usual.
What to do: Use stomach pump or
emetic at once to remove poison from
stomach. There is no antidote and if
poison enters system little can be
done.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
MANAGING EDITOR
NY. .AMER|CANDEAD
Caleb Marsh Van Hamm Sue,
cumbs In Florida, Where We
Had Gone for Health.

MIAMI. Fla Dec 2T.-caieb Mash
Van Hamm, managing editor OF ths
New York American. died suoo.siy
here early today. He came here q
short time ago when threatened ~llts
pneumonia His daughter. Mise Re-
beccs Van Hsnm. was with him.
Mr.. Van Hsmm wss born in Cinein-
natl hfty-seven years ago Funorsj
services will be held in that cry.
according TO relatives.
He was the son OF Washington and
Rebeeca BaIdridse Van Hsmm. re
was educated at Chickering Institste
In Cincinnati. and after grsdustinC.
attended the University OF Cincinnati
from which he received a bachelor Of
laws degree in 1852
IN that year he started prsctiolvg
law. A year later he discontinued
his law practice and became as~e-
cisted with the Cincinnati News-
Journal as a reporter. He was msos
city editor, and upon his resignatfss
In 1885 was managing editor Of The
publication.
For a short time he edited a weekly
called sam. and again went into lac.
which he practiced until 1894. wA.s
he went TO New York A year later
he married Miss Amy M. Perkins. ~
and In 1884 was made cssy
editor of the New York Journal
He was city editor OF the Recorder
In 1895 and resigned to 70 to the New
York World He was associated with
that paper until 1910. being mansx-
Ing editor OF the morning edition for
seven years. He was managing eAk-
tor Of the New York American fr.v
1910 until the time OF his death.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
j. U.S.PLANMNG TO
SELL ALL SHIPS
Boats May Be Kept II Bars Stay,
However, Shipping Board
Official Says.
CONTINUED from First Pare,

CONTINUED from First PaxeD
tries had been completed. disposal of
the ships was to be given to some
inter-sllied council which would an
portion them on the basis OF marine
losses suffered during the war.
Nothing has come from either the
Shipping Board or the State De
partment TO indicate that there ha.
been a meeting OF the council. nor TO
show to what extent. IL at all. the
United States Is represented in IT,
Raises serious Qsestssa.
The question also Is raised here a.
TO whether this country is in any way
bound to the provisions OF the Spa
agreement, since it was subsequently,
embodied in the peace treaty which
the Senate has not. and probably will
not. ratify.
1t was said here that a serious
question might be raised as 20
whether any body Incorporated at
Versailles has, under international
law. power to make the United States
obey its direction.
The English demand was made on
the State Department about the mid
die of last week. and on Tuesday Un-
der Secretary Polk called at the
White House and the Presidents in
structions to Chairman Payne were
delivered the following day.
II is stated authoritstively that
Judge Payne was loath to relinquish
the ships because the business was
obviously out of harmony with his
assertions of the need for q great
American merchant marine. Judge
Payne was anxious to have IL made
clear that he had none but a formal
share in the arrangement.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
ANTl-DYSENTERY GERM
DISCOVERED IN JAPAN

PARIS. Dec. 27.-The discovery OF
a new mierobe capable OF killing the
dysentery bacillus is announced at the
Academy OF Medicine by Professor
RouN.
DIR. Kabechima- a japanese naval
physician. discovered the new mi
crobe in the main intestine of several
patients. One injection OF a serum
made from dysentery bacilli purified
by this microbe gave immunity with
in five days in experiments with rab-
bits
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
BEARS CHASE CHILDREN.

JOHNSONBURG, Pa, Dec. o7.-
When about twelve children of Bear
Creek came out of school recently
they were startled by two bears that
came running out of the woods
nearby. The children rushed back
into the building and the> bears wan
dered slowly over the Fairgrounds,
peering through the windows of the
school
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
IRISH RECOGNITION
NEXT YEAR SEEN
BYDE VALERA

NEW YORK, Dec. c5-Thc fol-
lowing cabIeeram was sent by
Eamonn de Valera, president Of
the Irish republic! to the people
= of Ireland through Arthur Grif-
nth. acting presidenti
-Greetfngs to the pcrsecuted
people Of Ireland from the many
millions Of Americans who love
liberty md admire people every
where who will not be denied Iib-
erty. Endure yet q little while.
You will he sustained.
The year 1920 may see the re-
public of Ireland officially recog-
mixed by the United States, and
then final victory after 80 years.
Work and pray. Everyone, col
league. and self. are doing our
duty. We send our afrectionate
regards to every Irish Citizen"
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
SON GETS ESTATE.

The will of Mrs. Margaret Brink =
erhoh. who died December Is, was
filed for probate today. Testatrix
bequeaths to Mrs. Sue T. Brinkerhoff
wife of the formers son. Henry :
Brinkerhoff, $500. Annie Wheeler. of
Dover ~. H, is to receive $500 and
Hilda hohT, daughter of Harvey
hohr, or this city, $500. The rest of
the estate is devised TO the son. Henry
). Brinkerhoff. who is also named
executor. The will is dated Noyem.
Der II last
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
THEFTS KEPT DEATHS
AWAY FROM TENNESSEE

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 21.-The
theft of nearly 500 gallons of pure
grain alcohol from four wholesale
drug firms last week is responsible
for Memphis having a clean bill of
health in the matter of Christmas
holiday poison booze deaths, the po-
lice said today.
Before the grain alcohol was stolen
there We're eleven deaths in the city
in three days from booze substi-
tutes"
The Washington times., 1919-12-27

20, between fifteen and twenty per-
sons are known to have died in this
city from drinking wood alcohol and
the medical authorities believe that
many more died from the same cause,
bnt that Che cases were not properly
diagnosed.
Agents Of the Department of Jus
tice said they had learned that the
wood alcohol "whiskey" which caused
so many deaths in New England dur.
ing Christmas celebrations was made
in this city. More than a score of per-
sons are known to have been killed
by wood alcohol in Connecticut and
Massachusetts. while many others are
in the hospital.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
CHICAGO Scene Of
ADMINISTRATION
Hot Clue in Windy City May Add
Considerably to Evidence
Now Obtained.

The Department OF Justice oficIsts
charged with clearing up the case cf
the alleged leak In Supreme Court
decisions today pursued their invest,-
cations In Chicago. where. should the
new clue prove out, considerable i'm
petus will be given the whole sfsir.
simultaneously the probe il pro-
ceeding in both Washington and New
York. Here the business relations
between the minor sttache OF the Sos.
preme Court and his friend. the De-
psrtment OF Justice lawyer. came ~
for further scrutiny on the part sf
department officials. likewise the na-
ture OF the alleged connection be
tween these two and the ''outsids
gang Of Wall Street spectators. one
OF whom. according to irreprosch-
able witnesses, repeatedly asserted
that he had long had advance In
formation on the decisions OF TIE
Supreme Court.
In New York the agents Of to-
Government kept at their task -
running down deals of the involve
spectators in Wall Street II A.
known that the vast majority OF theif
trading ventures were in stocks
The details OF this "sure thing
gambling are being worked out and
reported back to the Department -
Justice here, where the evidence is
gradually piling up.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
KICK CIDER CAUSED DEATHS

SYRACUSE, n. Y, Dec. 27.-Puttfng
wood alcohol in hard cider to give 1t
more kick is believed to have been
responsible for the deaths of two men
here this month. John Presser and
stephen Lilo, close friends, died with
in few hours after they had spent
the evening drinking the concoction.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
PROTOCOL DISCUSSED
BY GERMAN CABINET

BERLIN, Dec. 27.-Dhe entente
note, demanding Germsny's signature
to the protocol, was discussed by the
cabinet last night
Germany still hopes to obtain zddi-
tional concessions, IL was rumored in
government circles today, but with
the greatest obstacles removed, SEP
timent was said to favor signing.
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
POLICE HUNT MAKERS OF
WOOD ALCOHOL IN N. Y.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-The appaIl-
ing increase in deaths from wood al
c"hol stirred the municipal and Fed
eraI authorities into a brandnew in
Festlgation today in an effort TO
stamp out the traffic in illegal drinks.
Between December 1 and December
The Washington times., 1919-12-27
3 DEATHS IN CLEVELAND.

CLEVELAND Dec. 27.-Fifteen are
In hospitals today from drinking
wood alcohol. Three deaths from
alcoholism this week is the total. The
council is to vote Monday night on
restrictive measures.