WHERE, RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1920.
NO. 19
STOCKS CONTINUE UNSETTLED IN EAST
TROOPS ON WAY TO BUTTE TO MAINTAIN ORDER
MEN NAMED TO HELP BROOKS ADVERTISE ALASKA
min is issue
OF BIG CAMPAIGN;
LEADERS WARMING
DES MOINES, la.. April 22.—
In an address delivered before the
Republican state convention in this
city today, Senator Albert B. Cum
mins declared that the peace treaty
vi-ill be the big issue of the forth
coming presidential campaign, be
cause, as he explained, the treaty,
as presented to the senate, “con
tains “treasonable, unconstitutional
provisions.”
The biggest problem right now,
Cummins declared, is the readjust
ment of wage conditions, and he
said that a Republican should be
elected President, because it is con
sidered “high time that the Presi
dent should be a right-minded man."
Cummins concluded his speech
with a severe condemnation of the
Wilson administration.
THE OTHER SIDE.
JOPLIN, Mo., April 22.—Gover
nor Frederick G. Gardner, who de
livered the keynote speech here.to
day as temporary chairman of the
Democratic state convention, refer
red in terms of praise to the Wilson
administration. He declared for a
small army, condemned universa
training and the industrial courts
and suggested that the national con
vention of the party endorse the
League of Nations, not objecting
however, to reasonable interpreta
tion or reservation, but opposim
the Lodge reservation to Article X
which, he said, destroys the keynot<
of the covenant.
MUCH-MARRIED HUIRT
SAYS HE WAS VICTIM
LOS ANGELES, April 22.—Jame<
R. Huirt, who is being detained ir
this city pending an investigatioi
of his numerous matrimonial affairs
told the authorities today that hi:
real name is Walter Andrew ant
that he was born at Dallas, Texas
in 1876. He claims that he was tin
tool of a gang of crooks in Kansa:
City, who specialized in bigamou.
marriages.
The alleged wives of Huirt nov
number 30 and evidence is aceumu
lating steadily.
FORMER NORTHERNER
IS DEAD IN SEATTLI
SEATTLE, April 22.—Wilber S
Newlin, who was storekeeper for th.
Copper River railroad at Cordov;
for many years, died here today
aged 65.
CARPENTIER TO BOX
AT dOTHAM MAY DAI
NEW YORK, April 22.—George
Carpentier will appear in a four
round exhibition in this city on Ma;
day for the benefit of the War Vet
erans’ building. He will box wit'
his sparring partner.
J. R. Fowle, proprietor of th
Fairbanks Clothing company, i
among the out-of-town visitors i
Nenana, having arrived from Fail
banks on Tuesday.
CORN AND GOVERNMENT BONDS
CONTINUE TO SLUMP IN EAST
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FOR NEW TAXES!
j WASHINGTON, D. C., April 22.
!—The Republican members of the
house ways and means committee j
; have reached an agreement on plans i
• for the Imposition of additional!
i
i taxes to provide funds for the bonus !
which it is propo^d to give Ameri
! can soldiers,
j The agreement includes a tax on
stock exchange transactions which
j will be. equal to the commission
'charged by brokers; an increase of
; 16 percent on tobacco and cigars;
' one percent on final sales to eon
jsuniers, and a new levy on incomes
in excess of §5,000.
; Considerable work must yet be
[ done before the plan will be ready
for submission to Congress.
SPORTSMEN WILL
TRY TO EXTERMINATE
MAN-EATING TIGERS
RULING, China. — E. S. Little,
noted scholar and traveler, will head
a party of sportsmen this spring
in an expedition into the district to
the southwest, where an effort is to
be made to rid the country of a
.number of man-eating animals, said
! by the natives to be tigers. Re
ports are that 20 Chinese, besides
.a large number of cattle, sheep and
I other animals, have been killed and
; devoured in the district that the
hunters will visit. The country
'which is about 1,000 feet above the
plains along the upper foothills, has
been in a state of terror since last
! summer. Inhabitants have abandon
led their homes and farmers their
.fields and Chinese report that at
least five different tigers have been
seen.
CHINESE LABORER GETS
MEDAL FOR HEROISM
TSINGGTAO, China—Wang Yu
'Shan, who was Laborer No. 15,333
' of the Chinese labor corps in
■ France, has received the Meritorious
■ Service Medal. At the risk of his
^ life, he extinguished a fire in an
ammunition dump near Marcoing,
France, in June, 1918.
—
! OPIUM SMUGGLERS
LOSE VALUABLE CARGO
TIENTSIN, China.—Opium valued
5 at $100,000 was taken from three
Chinese smugglers who were caught
' with seven packages pf the drug
several days at the Tientsin central
1 station, after they had boarded i
train for Peking.s The smugglers
escaped.
3 A Brower stage with first class
i mail and five pasengers reported at
- Paxson’s yesterday afternoon, in
bound.
NEW YORK, April 22.—Extreme :
nervousness characterized the trad- ;
ing on the local market today, and j
at the close of business, stocks, I
which were revived somewhat dur- j
ing the early hours, were very weak
and conditions generally unsettled.
Liberty bonds continued to decline
in value during the day, standing at
new low records this afternoon for
second, third and fourth issues.
EXCHANGES CLOSE.
TOKIO, April 22.—The silk, cot
ton. and rice exchanges were closed
early today because of a slump in
prices which brought ruin to many
speculators. It is estimated that the
losses will aggregate two million
CORN GOING DOWN.
CHICAGO, April 22.—There was j
a further decline in the price of |
corn on the local exchange today,
the quotation being six cents lower
at closing time than it was yester
day afternoon.
Stocks of all kinds showed un
usual weakness, with a steady dc- j
cline in prices throughout the day. i
FIGHTING AT BUTTE !
FATAL TO SEVERAL
BUTTE, Mont., April 22.—A de
tachment of the 21st infantry hat
been despatched from Spokane, a1
the request of Governor Stewart, tc
prevent further trouble between tht
striking mine metal workers and oth
er mine workers who have refusec
to “join the striking. Fighting thal
has occurred thus far throughoul
the district has resulted in the in
jury of tifteen persons, two ol
whom, it is believed, will die. Ter
of the injured are aliens. The sol
diers left Spokane this morning.
Conditions were somewhat improv
CALLED 10 CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 22
—Sugar refiners of the countrj
have been asked to send representa
tives to the ,capital on Monday foi
the purpose of discussing the sugai
situation with oflicials of the depart
ment of justice.
The Government wants to know
something about prices and the sup
ply of sugar available for use.
ELECTRICAL EXPERTS
ARE TRYING FOR MAR£
i CEDAR CREEK, Neb., April 22
—Dr. Frederick Milliner and Harve;
Gamer, electrical experts, are en
gaged in an attempt to communi
cate with Mars, convinced that th
inhabitants of the far-away plane
.are sending forth signals to attrac
the attention of this planet. Ai
effort to catch the signals fron
Mars failed last night, but anothe
attempt is to be made tonight.
JOHNNY KILBANE WINS
FROM OHIO ASPIRAN'
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LORRAINE, Ohio, April 22.
Johnny Kilbane, featherweight cham
pion, knocked out Alvie Miller, o
this place, in the seventh round o
a lively ring contest which wa
staged here last night.
■Tsaaaa, Alaska's Interior rusl Sspot
:_
I
ed this morning in consequence of
I the withdrawal of pickets, their ac
j tivities being the chief source of;
trouble. Their places have been
i taken by police and special depu
ties, who are now guarding all the:
j avenues leading to the mines, insur-,
| ing protection to those who desire
ito continue working.
Hugh B. Haran, a youth of 19.
was shot and killed this morning in
the office of the Daily Bulletin, by
Joe Papst, a strikers’ guard. Papst,
who is now" under arrest, claims that
the shooting was an accident.
LAWSON IS GUILTY;
! BOSTON', April 22.—Thomas \V.
t 1 i
I.Lawson, who was indicted some
.time ago on the charge of advertis-1
ling mining stocks in an illegal man-j
.;
; ner, entered a plea of guilty when
he was arraigned today, and was
: ordered to pay a tine of $1,000.
L. C. Van Riper entered a similar
;plea to the same charge and also
was fined $1,000.
TULSA NEGRO DROPS
WHEN FULTON LANDS
PORTLAND, Ore., April 22.—
Jack Thompson, a Tulsa colored
■fighter, was knocked out in the sixth
i round by Fred Fulton here last
night. '
JIMMY WILDE KNOCKS
lj MURRAY OUT IN EAST
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•! CAMDEN, N. J.,’April 22.—Bat-,
itling Murray, of Philadelphia, went
down for the count in the eighth
j round of a fight in which he ap
' |peared here last night with Jimmy
i Wilde.
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—
"! E. Coke Hill, assistant to the dis
^ trict attorney at Fairbanks, has been
^ i transferred to the department of
5 prohibition enforcement, under the
i Volstead act, and will cover the
i
(lower river.
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GRIGSBY WANTS
SANITARIUM ON
LAND AT SITKA
SEATTLE, April 22.- Special ail
vices received by the Post-Intelli
gencer from its Washington corro
spondent state that Alaska’s dele
crate has introduced a bill oedim
part of the old barracks reservatioi
at Sitka, adjoining the • Pioneers
home, for a sanitarium site. Th<
correspondent states that both thi
navy and the interior department,
favor the grant, and there appear:
to be no opposition from any othe
source.
It is expected that another Grigs
by measure, permitting an existin',
appropriation of $100,000 for a Cor
dova postoffice, jail and courthousi
to be expended for a jail and court
house only, leaving the postoffice foi
later consideration, will be reporte
favorably by the house enmmittet
at an early date.
PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR
NOT FOND OF GOLD BRAIL
HARRISBURG, Pa.—Gov. Will
iam C. Sproul has decided not t<
avail himself of the time-honorc
privilege of appointing a persona
*taff. He rebelled ait the thoughi
of being followed about by a retinut
decked out in gold braid, swords
and military trappings. He wil
struggle through his term as gov
ernor without it.
DICTIONARY MAKERS
OBJECT TO “POILU’
PARIS.—Some members of th‘.
French Academy who are bringing
the national dictionary up to dati
hold that "poilu,” which means, lit
erally, “hairy one," is not a worth}
synonym for the heroic French sol
dier.
The following detinition of th
term “Boche” has been suggested:
“Boche (mase.): term of conterhp
earned b\r the Germans during th.
last war.”
It is believed that a final deci
sion in regard to words of wa
origin will he left for the next gen
eration of members of the academv
Billy Burke arrived in town las
night from his headquarters at th'
end of steel.
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R observation station, Nenana <
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R Maximum .35 above *
R Minimum . 8 above I
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WASHINGTON. I). April 22.
—Harry Y. Saint, formerly chief
of the foreign trade bureau of the
: Seattle Chamber of Commerce, has
been designated by Admiral Benson
(to represent the United States Ship
iping board on the new committee
I which has been authorized by Secre
(tary Payne to formulate plans for
ibetter transportation facilities be
• tween Puget Sound and Alaska and
^ to promote traffic on the Govern
ment railroad in Alaska.
Otto Praeger, whose name is quite
familiar to Alaskans as second as
sistant postmaster general, has been
appointed by Postmaster Genera!
Burleson to represent his depart
ment on the committee.
Saint and Praeger have arranged
a meeting for today with' “Dr."
Alfred H. Brooks, former head of
the geological survey, the plan of
the three members of the committee
being to begin their big task im
mediately.
PARIS, April —Caillaux, for
mer premier of France, who was
placed under -arrest during the war
on the charge of high treason and
intelligence with the enemy, was
found guilty today on a modified
charge of commerce with the ene
my, the graver charge having been
eliminated by the senate high court.
| The crime of which Caillaux is
I declared to have been guilty is pun
ishable by banishment or by impris
onment in the fortress for a period
not exceeding- live years.
WIRELESS INVENTION
WILL RING ALARM BELL
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LONDON.—A novel wireless emer
gency calling- device by which ships
in distress can ring alarm bells on
other ships within wireless range, is
reported by the American Chamber
of Commerce in London.
The present wireless system of
communication resumes that an op
erator to hear a call must be on
duty, wearing the usual telephone
headpiece. The new device is said
to enable any station or ship equip
ped with a special automatic trans
mitter key to call up any station
or ship within range, fitted with a
corresponding selective receiver re
lay, even if the operator is absent.
The calling up is effected by a bell
, which starts ringing on the ships
, | called.
, It is claimed that one of the most
• important uses of the device will be
> to insure immediate and general at
t! tention to S. 0. S. calls.
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> A Brower stage is due at Fair
> banks today with mail and one way
5 passenger. It is believed the mail
>jis second class.