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The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-13
40 PER CENT INTEREST
 DUE EACH YEAR ON
 NOTE 4,OO0 YEARS OLD

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 13 (by As sociated Press).-An unpaid note for four shekels in silver bearing forty per cent annual interest for nearly four thousand years recently was found among the clay tablets at the university of Pennsylvania museum by Dr, Leon Legrain. The note was given by a man named Bur-Mama to Il Sinnutum in October, 1862 B. C., the year in which King Sim-Sin occupied the town of Dur-Damigilisha."
 There were four witnesses to the note. Instead of signatures the wit nesses placed their seals on the docu- ment and were not liable for pay ment unless it was shown they knew the character of Bur-Mama was bad when they swore it was good.
 Although comparisons are difficult, Dr. Legrain said, a shekel of silver at the time the note was made was equal to about $100 at the present time.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-13
DISCOVERY OF STRAITS seso OF MAGELLAN TO BE
 CELEBRATED IN FALL

BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 13 (by Asso- ciated Press 1.-The fourth centenary of the discovery of the Straits of Ma gellan will, be celebrated at Punta Arenas, Chile, the southernmost city of the world, between November 23 and December 10.
 An invitation has been extended to the king of Spain, who sometime ago announced a proposed visit to South America, to be present, and monu- ment now under erection dedicated to the explorer, Ferdinand de Magellan, will be unveiled. Tn spite of its hav- ing been known to modern nations for four centruies, southern South America, which is called Patagonia, 'the land of big feet" and which took it's name from the legendary giant stature of it's inhabitants is still very sparsely settled.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-13
I PHILIppINE SCOUTS
 WILL TAKE PART IN
 NATIONAL GUN SHOOT

MANILA, P. l., Aug. 13 (by Associ- ated Press ).-Orders have been issued at department headquarters of the army here, naming the rifle team which will represent the Philippine scouts in the national rifle and pistol matches at Camp Perry, O., late this month. The team which was chosen from the most successful competitors in the recent department competition, represents the cream of the shots of the Philippine scouts.
 This is the second time the Philip pine scouts have sent team to. the competition at Camp Perry, the team last year, Captained by l. F. Costello, finishing in seventeenth place for the team prize out of large field
 The team consists of three officers and sixteen enlisted men.
 The officers are: Captain Per Ra- mee, team captain; Captain Spencer E Shearer, team coach, and Lieuten- ant Harry Black, quartermaster.
 Members of the team are expected to sail for the United States early in July on the army transport.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-13
REPUBLICANS GET BUSY

Many people would like to do some thing in politics, but do not know how. There is Republican committeeman for your precinct or township. He will doubtless be both surprised and gratified to have you call him up or write him and tell him that you would like to help and would be glad to hear what you can do to stir things up for the party in your locality. If he is the right man for the job, this committeeman will encourage the vol unteers under his Jurisdiction to get busy. No one is either too important or too unimportant to help in this great work we have in hand, for while it's a great work, national poli- tics is simply the vast sum of little details such as the ones that need to be looked after right in your own i'm mediate locality between now and cleo tion. Are you a worker or stacker in the Republican cause; which means right now your country's cause?
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-13
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

To Clarence Henry Golden, his heirs, assigns, administrator and to all whom it may concern.
 You and each of you are hereby notified that the undersigned co-own- CT of Clarence Henry Golden in the Alsac, Amazon, Francisco, Pelly, Nc Kenzie, Columbia and Yukon claims, situate on the left bank of Chokosna river, about eight miles from the Cop per River Railway at Mile 1858, and found in the records of the Valdez Mining and Recording district at Valdez, Alaska, has expended in labor and improvements upon said claims the sum of $1400 during the years 1913 and 1914, and that Clarence Henry Golden being the owner of one-third interest in the above named claims, and having failed to do or per form any labor, or expend any money for the same, there is now due and owing from you, your heirs or assigns, one-third of $1400, as your proportion of the amount necessary to be ex- pended for the years 1913-1914, to hold possessOry right and title to the said claims under the provision of section 2324 of the revised statutes of the United States and the amend ments thereto.
 And if within ninety days after this notice by publication is com pleted you fail or refuse to con- tribute your proportion of such expense as before stated, your inter- est in the aforementioned claims will become the property of the subscrib- CT hereto, and under the section of the law above mentioned which gov erns assessment work on lode mining claims.
 TOM KINNEY. First publication Aug 4, 1920.
 Last publication Nov. 3, 1920.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-13
PARTISANSHIP, NOT SUFFRAGE

In a statement attacking the Repub- lican party on woman suffrage Carrie Chapman Catt, staunch administra- tion partisan, says that the reason more than five times as many Repub- lican as Democratic legislatures have ratified the suffrage amendment is that the Republicans control more leg islatures. To no one but blind Will son Worshipper, however, would this explain why eight times as many Dem ocratic as Republican legislatures have rejected the amendment. There are reasons for believing that there is a good deal more thought of Democratic partisan advantage than of the suf- frage cause back of the effort to dis credit the Republican record on suf- frage.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-13

ing within a mile of each other who were accused of saying that dollar a day was enough for any workingman. In neither case did anybody believe the charge. In both the ancient and fishlike smell was a matter for ridi- cule. But there is often a grain of history in a handful of myth, and it may be of some interest to go into the pedigree of the story.
 Long ago Henry Ward Beecher said that a man could exist on a wage of a dollar day. At the prices of that era many did live on less than a dollar per day Under the low tariff of 1857 there were mechanics who accepted half a dollar per day. Many of us can remember day laborers who received ninety cents per day, and who existed. They lived so near their work that they had no carfares to pay: their rents were low; their diet was plain; they sometimes obtained their fuel at without cost, and extra jobs were sometimes compensated by food. At all events Beecher was not speaking of luxury or of comfort, sim ply of standard under which the lab- orer could keep body and soul to- gether. Henry David Thoreau has left statement of his expenses, ana his bills were surprisingly small. New York papers used to print fan tastic stories of the diet on which George Francis Train managed to SUD- port his frame We have not the ac- couts of Goldsmith's hermit who had "a scrip with herbs and fruits SUD- piled, and water from the spring, but presume that the vegetable prod ucts were cheap and that there was no water tax. There is no town, scarcely a village, without legend of miser who lived on a tr1fllngN ex' ! penditure.
 But the tongue of rumor was in [ Beecher's time, as in all times, active, and it was soon gossiped about that he had said that a dollar day was enough for any workingman. An angry mob threatened to break his windows. From that day the story has been recurrent at longer or snort
 CT intervals. This year it has been told of one whose harmonious rela tions with labor union were sui 1 ficient answer to the ancient though 1 not venerable accusatiOn.-Ex.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-13
SUM MONS

In the District Court for the Territory
 of Alaska, Third Division-Louise
 Dorothy Hegg, Plaintiff, vs. Roy Ed
 ward Hegg, Defendant No. 1047.
 Summons.
 The President of the United States of
 America, Greeting-To the Above
 Named Defendant:
 You are hereby required to appear in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Division, within thirty days after the completion of the pub lication of this summons, to-wit, within thirty days after the 18th day of August, 1920, and answer the com plaint of the above named plaintiff in the above entitled action, wherein said plaintiff prays that she be granted decree of absolute divorce from you the said defendant, forever dissolving the bonds of matrimony now existing between you and said plaintiff.
 And unless you so appear and answer the said plaintiff will take judgment against you for want thereof and will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in her complaint as hereinabove set out.
 The date of the order for service by publication herein is June 30, 1920, and such order was dusy made and entered and filed herein on said date. :, The date of the first publication of this summons is July 1st, 1920, and the date of its last publication is August 18th, 1920. -s
 Witness: The HONORABLE FRED M. BROWN, Judge of said Court and the seal of said Court on this 1st day of July, 1920. .-. .>
 (SeaD ARTHUR LANG,
 Clerk of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
 By Thos. s. Scott, Deputy.
 Donohoe & Dimond, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
 First publication, July 1, 1920.
 Last publication, August 12, 1920.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-13
ANCIENT HISTORY OF THAT DOL
 LAR A DAY FICTION

We can show by tables when the next transit of Venus will occur, but who will be the next candidate ac- cused of saying that dollar day is enough for any wage /earner is a mat ter beyond estimate.
 The lie has been told in one cam paign after another It goes to sleep. It is half forgotten. It comes forth again. It is proved to be falsehood. Again it is revived. There are today intelligent children under six years of age who do not know that the canard is an old one, but there is not four teen year old newsboy in the country who has not laughed at the stale in- vention.
 The writer of this paragraph has known two candidates for office liv-
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-13
MANY SOCIAL EVENTS
 FOR OLYMPIC ENTRIES

ANTWERP, Aug. 13 (by Associated Press ).-Olympic athletes and off, cials are expected to find most of their spare time occupied during the period of the Seven Olympiad with a round of entertainments arranged by the Belgian committee. Dozens of din- ners. receptions and visits to chateaux and other places of interest have been already arranged.
 The principal public event is to be a reception to all the teams, at the Antwerp Hotel de la Vile, on the night of August IS. There will be similar reception at the Brussels Hotel de la Vile during the course of the rowing events on the canal between Antwerp and Brussels.
 King Albert is expected, also, to ar range a reception for the leading of- ficials of the various countries partl- cipating. Various diplomatic and con- sular representatives are also planning dinners for the teams of their nations.
 Count Baillet-Latour, who, next to the king himself is the chief Belgian official of the Olympiad, will enter tain a number of the officials and per haps some of the athletes at his cha teau late in the progress of the games.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-13
ENGLAND CONQUERS
 AIR IN CIVIL FLIGHTS

LONDON, Aug. 13 (by Associated Press) With 3S,954 flights and a total of 10000 passengers carried dur ing the first year of civil flying in England there was but one fatal ac- cident. Announcement of this, made at the International Air Show, caused much comment and led Comptroller General of the Civil Aviation, Major General Sir F. H. Sykes to say:
 We have conquered the air, and our immediate task is to exploit our vic tory in the interest of commercial de- velopment."
 The number of miles flown was 734- 200 for the first year and goods car ried totalled 116,49 pounds Up to the end of March more than 100000 pounds worth of imports and exports were carried by air between the United Kingdom and the continent.
 A total of IA aerodromes were li- censen and 519 machines were regis tered during the first year of civil flying in England.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-13
CHRIS N AS
 CARDS

We carry the largest and most ex- elusive line of engraved stationery, such as Wedding Announcements, Calling Cards and Holiday Greetings. What would be more appropriate than to send one, of the latter to your friends? They are pretty, attractive and artistic in appearance. Sold at outside prices. Drop in and see our samples.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-13

Potatoes grown in AlaskaP have yielded as much as 18,876 pounds per acre.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-13

REPUBLICAN TICKET For President
 WARREN G. HARDING. For Vice President
 CALVIN COOLIDGE. For Delegate to Congress- DAN SUTHERLAND. For Attorney Generai-
 JOHN RUSTGARD For Senator
 E.E CHAMBERLAIN. For Representatives
 4. E. LATHROP
 JOS. H. MURRAY
 R. E. ELsNER
 ARTHUR FRAME For Road Commissioner
 GUST JOHNSON
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-13

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The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-13

Cordova Jazz Orchestra Dance al Eagle Hall on "Wednesday and Satur' day nights. Music by the Ragt'me Trio.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-08-13

In the pulpwood industry pioneer conditions have been met and over- come by the successful establishment of paper mills in nearby British Col umbia.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-25
BRISTOL FACTORIES
 TO DO NO CURTAILING
Reports of Shut Downs Are Elm phatically Denied by Man
 ufacturers There.

Bristol, Sept. 24-Calamity howlers were busy this week with reports that hundreds of employees of Bristol fac tories were to be let go for various reasons, but when the rurnors were traced to their sources, 1t was found that they were untrue
 The reports evidently emanated as the result of the 1ay-off in Plainvil1e, and shortly before noon Tuesday sev- eral made inquiries as to whether the report was true that the J. E. Dunbar Manufacturing Company was to lay off 300 men, and if the N L. Birge Sons Company on Pond street was to sus- pend operations
 At both plants the reports were em- phatically denied, 1t being asid that there was to be no cessation of work at either plant and that they have sufficient orders for some time to come. The, Birge concern Manufactures knit underwear, and 1t is understood that people are still going to continue wear ing them. At any rate, the concern employs several hundred hands and when reports of shut down are cir culated 1t naturally causes some con-
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-25
NEW HAVEN PRINTERS
 TO MEET TOMORROW
Typdgraphicaa Union to Act on Matters of Importance New
 England News Notes.

\.
 Typographical Union, No. 47, of New Haven, will hold its regular meeting to- morrow afternoon at o'clock at Trades Council hall, Meadow street. All committees will meet at 30
 There will be a report made by the scale committee which, it is expected, will be very interesting to the member ship as the committee Is working hard both on the new scales and the endeav- or to increase the membership, and it is hoped by the first of the year to have a 100 per cent membership in the typographical end of the commercial business as now exists n the newspa- per end.
 The New England Typographical Union Bulletin for September contains many interesting items, among which may be mentioned
 Waterbury newspaper printers were granted an increase of g per week on the afternoon papers and S per week on the morning paper. This voluntary increase brings the rates in Waterbury to $37 for day work and $41 for nights. : The Holyoke Transcript has granted another. voluntary increase of $3, and the Telegram followed with an increase of g, which brings the new average to $38 per week.
 The members of West Warwick Union have received an increase of S per week
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-25
POPULAR PRINTER
 GIVEN BANQUET
The Happy Family of the Houes of Field Gather Harmoni-
 ously at the oneco.

The employees of s. z. Field. A Crown street, rendered that popular printer a complimentary banquet at the Hotel Oenco, Monday evening, which was a most successful and enjoyable testimon- ial of the esteem in which Mr. Field is held by his staff of experts
 Ira Madison acted as toastuaster with all the grace and aplomb which rf1araeterizeS his attitude tQward the
 3sl 4S labsir Ss;s d stsad aM r Field delivered speech of apprecia- tiou which made a decided hit as bis remarks to his emp1oyes usually do He touched upon the harmonious relations which have always existed between his men and himself and of his desire to maintain them indefinitely. His re- marks upon wages and conditions were exceptionally pleasing and he was loud ly applauded at the conclusion of his remarks.
 The committee which had charge of the banquet was composed of Messrs. Ray Benson, Louis Shapiro, Benjamin Caplan, Charles Hauser, and William Damery and they are entitled to great credit for the highly successful man ner in which the affair was conducted.
 It is the intention to complete per- manent organization with which to per petuate the good will and harmonious relations which are such notable fac tor in the success of the Field estab- hshment and monthly get-toqetfer en- tertainments are planned.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-25
HARTFORD COOP.
 IS SUCCESSFUL
Employees of Hartford Insurance Companies Saving Il Per
 Gent. on Food Stuffs.

Hartford, Sept 24-Thes co-opera- tive store formed some time ago among employees of Hartford insurance com panies IS at present doing an extremely large business, with employees of Is local companies holding stock. The cooperative store, which is located on Mulberry street, is now carrying on a larger business than any other grocery store in Hartford, with the exception of few of the larger establishments
 It was said yesterday at the store that a saving of about Il per cent on the various food stuffs handled has been made for the customers as SUD- plies are sold substantially below out side prices. The demand for canned goods is especially large. As only mem bers III the cooperative association can trade at the store the number of mem bers was said to be increasing rapidly.
 The cooperative store idea had its first active packers among employees of the Aetna Life and the two allied in surance companies although the Phoe- nix Fire and several other companies. were represented by number of em- p1oyes favoring the pain.
 At the present time the Travellers employees who own shares are i'll the largest number, owing to the nearby location of the companyss home office. The number of Allied Aetna employees is not as large as the office force is split up among number of buildings, aside from those of the main office building on Main street.
 All business at the insurance em- ployes' store is entirely on cash basis and no deliveries are now made unless articles bought have been paid for.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-25
FAVORABLE TO
 HEALTH INSURANCE
Locomotive Brotherhood to Back Measure Before New
 York Legislature.

Albany, N Y, Sept. Thomas E. Ryan, chairman of the New York state legislative board of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen and Enginemen, announces that his organization is en- tering actively into the statewide cam paign te secure early passage of the Workmen's health insurance bill.
 This favorable action was authorized by the recent state convention at Albany of the brotherhood, which unanimously endorsed the health insurance bill as advanced in New York by the State Federation of Labor and many promin- ent womefl's civic organizations to pro- tect wage earners against suffering and destItution due to sickness, as the work mems compensation law now safeguards them against the hazards of industrial accidents.
 State-supervised cooperative health and maternity insurance with emphasis on sickness prevention is a foremost demand on the legislative program of organized labor in New York in the present campaign
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-25
BRICKLAYERS OF
 STATE TO HOLD
 39TH CONVENTION
Connecticut Conference Convenes in Hartford Tomorrow for
 Important Session.
IN FINE CONDITION
Encouraging Reports Expected From Delegates of Affiliated
 Locals-Present Officers.

The 39th annual convention of the Connecticut State Conference of Brick layers, Masons and Plasterers, I. U. of A, opens at Hartford, Sunday, and is expected to prove one of the. most in- teresting and important in the history of the organization.
 Delegates from locals will be present from all over the state and many mat ters which have developed during the year will receive attention as well as plans for the future. The organization is in an excellent condition and most encouraging reports are expected from the delegates in regard to the condition of the various locals and of the trade The officers of the State Conference are as follows:
 President, Louis Corr, Waterbury; first vice-president, Robert Mccarthy, New London; second vice-president, A. Gosselin, Bristols third vice-presi- dent, William Pagan, Hartford; fourth vice-president, James Gaffney, Bridge port; fifth vice-president, Carl Hanson, Middletown financial secretary and treasurer, C..sP. Dun1ay, New Haven; corresponding secretary, E. J. Meakins, East Haven.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-25
ALLEN OF KANSAS
 STUBS HIS TOE

Topeka, Kan, Sept. Governor Allen 'stubbed his tos in answering President Gompers' latesN attack on the Kansas .:can't-strike" law While advo- cates of this legislation ever have in mind the suppianting of labor unions by legislative decree to govern wages and working conditions, Governor All len made the seroius mistake of ack- now1edging this intent.
 At the last meeting of the local cen- tra1 body delegates agreed that the gov ernor has furnished labor with strong argument against both the law and his reelection.
 Despite the governors claim that the law is beneficial to the industrial work CTS, to date he IS giving industrial sec tions, and especially the mining section, a wide berth. He is making speeches to the farmers on the need for this legislation. while the miners suggest that he call on them.
The Connecticut labor press., 1920-09-25
HOW THEY MEAN
 TO CUT H. (. OF L.
Six Proposals That Democrats Have Under Consideration
 to Apply if Elected.

Lack of action to improve conditions by the republican congress Is responsible to large degree for the high cost of living, according to Franklin D. Roose- welt in a speech at Albany, this week. He added that if the democratic party was successful at the polls in Novem- Der, Governor Cox and he propose to take immediate action"
 While 1t IS not to be expected that such action will reduce the cost of 1iv- ing to the point where it was in 1914 2 he said, it will be of material benefit to every individual and to every fam fly"
 He then made six specific proposals of measures to improve living condl- tions. They were:
 Increase food production by open ing up at once and on a large scale, millions of acres of land now unpro- ductive.
 Make farm life more attractive, and direct an intensive campaign to pro vide better living conditions in the country districts.
 { Improve transportation facilities in order that the product of the farms may be more quickly and more cheaply brought to the consumer.
 Eliminate many of the unnecessary hands through which articles pass be- tween the man who produces and the man who consumes the articles.
 Change the present ineffective laws regarding prohteering so that the pub lie may be assured that selfish in dividua1s will not line their pockets out of undue profits made from the neces- sites of life.
 Provide such regulations of com modities like coal that the average citizen may be assured that the supply will be adequate and the price reason able"