WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. 111.
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NENANA. ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1920.
NO. 21
UNION HEAD WARNS AGAINST DELAYS
HAZELET SUES HERRON FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL
SEVEN MEXICAN StATES REVOLT AGAINST CARRANZA
HELENA, April 24.—Two hun
dred out of 1,600 precincts give
Senator .Johnson 6,328 votes as
choice of Montana Republicans for
the nomination for President. Gen
eral Wood is second on the list with
1,604; Hoover is third with 1,259,
and Lowden is last with 1,139.
Thus far, Johnson has more than
double the vote of all his opponents
combined.
The Democrats have no prefer
ence. but it is probable that Sen
ator Walsh will be named delegate
to the San Francisco convention.
BRYAN AHEAD.
OMAHA,, April 24.—Returns re
ceived today from the primary held
in Nebraska this week indicate that
General Wood will have four dele
gates, having carried the First and
Second district-, with 350 precincts
yet to hear from. Bryan appears
to have ten delegates and Hitchcock
only six. Bryan, who is himself a
candidate for election as delegate,
is fourth among the delegates-at
large. !
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CAMP GRANT, 111., April 24.— '
Eight negro soldiers, who were con-:
victed on a charge of criminal as
sault on a white woman, are to be
transferred to the federal prison at !
Atlanta, where they will serve life
sentences.
The majority of the convicted
men were sentenced to death, but
their sentences were later commut
ed by the President.
NEARING SETTLEMENT
SAN REMO, April 24.—Premier j
Nitti, representative of the Italian
government, and Anton Trumbitch,'
representing the Jugoslavs, as for
eign minister, have announced their
acceptance of President Wilson’s
plan of settlement of the Adriatic
problem. The plan advocated by
the American executive is to makej
Fiume a buffer state.
YANKEE HOCKEY TEAM
DEFEATS SWITZERLAND
ANTWERP, April 24.—The Am
erican hockey team defeated Swit-;
norland in the Olympic games today,
the score being 29 to 0. j
WARSHIPS ARE SENT
TO MEXICAN WATERS J
LOS ANGELES, April 24.—The <
cruiser Salem and one destroyer (
have been ordered to proceed to (
Mazatlan to watch over American t
interests there. It
TRAINMEN WEARY OF WAITING
FOR WAGE RELIEF PROMISED
UNITED STATES
| WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 24.
j—According to announcement made
today by officials of the state de
partment, Armenia has been given
recognition by the United States as
an independent republic.
Similar action, it is stated, also
has been taken by the supreme
council at San Remo and announce
ment is made that the boundaries
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jof the new nation are to be fixed
iby international action.
WANT MONEY NOW.
j SAN REMO, April 24.—The su
preme council will ask the United
: States to assist Armenia by a loan,
.the amount of which has not yet
been determined. The other Allied
‘countries, it is understood, may put
!up a portion of the money, but this
; is another point that will be deter
mined later.
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HINES IS SCARED;
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WASHINGTON, D. C., April 24.
—Announcement is made at the
White House today that President
Wilson has accepted the resignation
of Walker D. Hines as head of the
railroad administration. The resig
nation is to take effect on May 15.
The President has given no inti
mation as to who Hines’ successor
will be.
NEW YORK LAWMAKERS
VOTE FOR BEER SALE
ALBANY, April 24.—Both houses,
of the state legislature have given
their approval to a bill providing I
for the sale of beer not exceeding,
2'i percent alcoholic content
JUSTICE MELVIN DEAD;
PROMINENT IN STATES
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OAKLAND, Cal., April ft.—Su
preme Court Justice Henry A. Mel
vin died here last night. He was
a past grand exalted ruler of the j
Elks and was noted as a worker
in the Y. M. C. A.
Billy Butler, who took Mrs. Cora
Hamilton to Talkeetna by way of j
the Broad Pass trail, returned yes- j
terday afternoon, and reports that I
he covered the distance in three i
days, both going and coming. He;
expects to leave for Fairbanks this j
evening by the river route, in order !
to make sure of reaching the upper
town in time to vote on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 24.
—Timothy Shea, who is appearing
before the federal labor board for
the purpose of presenting the claims
of the Brotherhood of Fireman,
warned the board this morning
against delaying action on wage de
mands which have been presented.
The men, he said, have been fed
on promises until they are thorough
ly tired of the dilatory tactics. He
explained that the strikers contend
that they and their families were
starving to death at work, and con
cluded, after waiting long in vain
for relief, that they might as well
starve idle, since idleness might
shorten their period of suffering
The men on strike, Shea pointed
out, had been patriotic and patient,
while profiteers plundered the coun
try. Thousands of war millionaires
were created, while the workers
stuck to their lowly positions un
complainingly. The landlords of the
country were not patriotic and the
grocers were not patient.
In conclusion, Shea declared that
soaring prices make a mockery ot
the Government’s promise to reduce
the cost of living.
CLUB WILL HELP
LAWMAKERS GIVE
ALASKA A START
The chief business before the Ne
nana Commercial club at the regular
meeting of the organization last
night was the consideration of a
communication from J L. McPher
son, who is at present engaged in
assisting Secretary of the Interior
.lohn Barton Payne and the various
congressional committees to formu
late a constructive policy for Alas
kan development. Mr. McPherson
has asked the club to make sugges
tions relative to the requirements,
and a committee consisting of Rob
ert Joseph Diven, Herman Ander
son, R. S. McDonald, J. H. Scott,
and William Coutts was named to
gather the information desired and
also to make a study of the Alaska
Development Board bill, a copy of
which was forwarded to the club
by Mr. McPherson. This committee
also will gather information re
quested by Chairman Mears for use
in connection with the Alaska ad
vertising campaign which is to be
launched by the Government as part
of the development program.
Mr. McPherson’s letter and the
bill follow:
The Letteir,
Seattle, March 30, 1920.
N'enana Commercial Club,
Nenana, Alaska.
Gentlemen: The House and Sen-1
ate Committees on the Territories
are preparing to take up at an early
date an exhaustive study of the
administration of federal affairs in
Alaska, to formulate a policy and
efficient administration that will re
sult in the utilization of Alaska’s
resources to the one end of cre
ating local industries and a stable,1
prosperous citizenry. The chairmen
of these committees have reintro
duced the Alaskan Development
Board measure advocated by former
Secretary Lane as a basis for this
study. We have been requested by
the committees to aid them in as
iembling data for this work.
The hopelessness of being able to
accomplish anything in a construc
;ive way under the present cumber-1
some long range administration of
tational affairs is, I believe, ap
oarent to all, and contructive re
.suits will be secured only through a
co-ordinated administration of all
national affairs in Alaska by a fed
eral organization with office in Alas
ka, charged with the responsibility
of Alaska development, as outlined
in the Alaska Development Board
measure.
May we request that your organ
ization take up the study of this
question and furnish us with your
views, together with a statement of
all facts that you can obtain as to
the obtacles to development in your
locality under the present divided
and irfeffieient method of adminis
tration of federal affairs in Alaska?
Your .views and the facts you can
furnish will prove of inestimable
value to the congressional commit
tees in their study of this question.
You will probably be able to fur
nish valuable data on the loss and
delay due to the administration of
the land laws from Washington and
how such delays have tended to
retard and discourage development.
The necessity for a comprehensive
plan of road and trail construction
that will make possible the develop
ment of the mineral resources
should also be shown.
The difficulties of the homestead-1
er in your locality should be fully
covered; The cost of clearing land,
the necessity of diversified farming, |
and the measures of aid or credit
that are essential to the success of
the pioneer homesteader. I would
suggest that where possible this be
secured in the form of personal
statements from the homesteaders
by letters addressed to yourselves.
Under the present laws it is n;>»r
impossible to export birch timber
from Alaska, while its removal in
clearing the land for cultivation is
a cause of heavy expense to the
homesteader and is retarding his
success.
I am simply citing the above to
illustrate some of the essential
needs of your locality that now or
cur to me, wherein a constructive
policy and the centralized adminis
tration of federal affairs in Alaska
will aid in the development of your
section.
As the House Committee on the
Territories is preparing to take up
the study of this question in about
a month’s time, we would request!
(Caatiaaad Pag* Twt.)
; WASHINGTON, D. (\. April 24.
I—Representatives of the State of
Sonora claim today that seven addi
tional states have joined the Mex
ican revolution against the Carran
za government, in addition to which
many detachments of federal troops
are joining the rebels, the latest
; defection being that of the federal
commander at Linares, Nuevo Leon,;
on the railroad between Monterey
and Tampico.
Officials of the state department
indicate that there will be no inter
ference on the part of the United
States unless conditions assume a se
rious turn, threatening to endanger
American interests.
No clfort has been made ydt by
Carranza to secure munitions to
combat the rebellion.
LAWMAKERS AGREE
10 ARMY ADVANCE
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WASHINGTON'. D. <\, April 2d.'1
—The house and senate conferees 1
have reached an agreement on the 1
proposition to grant a general in- 1
crease in pay to enlisted men of J5
the army and navy.
The increase will also include of - j *
ficers of the army up to colonels,’*
and naval officers up to captains. .1
BELGIUM IS BEATEN |l
BY SWEDISH PLAYERS i
ANTWERP, April 21. — In the \
first of the Olympian hockey games .
to be played here, Belgium was de
feated by Sweden. ■,
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•* PERSONAL
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J. H. Russell, who is interested 1
in a rock contract in Nenana can- j
yon, arrived in town last evening
for a brief visit with his family. (
A Brower mail stage with mail
and six passengers is due at Fair
banks today.
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Superintendent Snodgrass of the
Fairbanks Government experiment i l
station, left the upper town for the ■
States today, going by way of Chit- •
J. I). Nickell, an oldtimer of the. t
Interior country, arrived in Nenana •
on yesterday’s train from the end K
of steel. He spent the winter in »
the States. j *
HAZELET STAR1S
SUIT 10 ftEFUIE
J CORDOVA, April 24. —George ('.
! Hazelet, candidate for delegate to
i the Republican national convention,
(started criminal and civil proceed
ings against Charles E. Herron to
jday, as a result of the publication
jof a “false, molicious, and defama
tory article’’ in the Juneau Alaska
; Capital, a newspaper controlled by
: the defendant.
< fhe civil action is a suit for $50,
000 damages against the Capital,
Charles E. Herron, and Wilbur
Ward, editor and manager of the
' paper.
Warrants, it is understood, will
also be issued against Herron and
his associates on the charge of crim
inal libel.
The article in question, which ap
peared on April 14, is explained
m the following telegram sent to
Mr. Hazelet today by E. E. Ritchie,
of V aldez, who was attorney for
John Phillips in the damage suit
against the Copper River <S North
western railroad and E. C. Husey.
growing out of the Keystone canyon
trouble in 1907. “The recent at
tack upon you by the Juneau Alas
ka Capital,” the wire state?, “is ap
parently based on a misstatement
of farts (riven by someone not fa
miliar with the history of the ease.
I think I know the facts better than
most men in Alaska, as 1 was one
of the attorneys in a damage suit
arrowing out of the Keystone canyon
trouble, and I know the testimony
of all the witnesses who were best
informed. 1 never considered you
responsible for the shooting. In
fact, I never considered anybody re
sponsible for that except Ed Hasey
himself. 1 do not believe that any
body connected with the railroad
company ever dreamed that Hasey
would act as he did.
“I regret that a newspaper owned
by Mr. Herron, whom 1 am support
ing for national committeeman, has
seen tit to resurrect this ancient his
tory and attempt to place upon you
a responsibility with which you
could never be justly charged. It
is peculiarly embarrassing to me at
this time,, when 1 am supporting
Mr. lierron for tile place he seeks,
tnd also supporting you for dele
rate to the Republican national con
tention.”
HERRON’S ANSWER.
ANCHORAGE, April 24—Charles
R. Herron has sent the following
wire to the. Juneau Capital: “Gor
lova Times wires suit fifty thou
and our arrest article thirteenth.
Aire copy article which caused our
lownfall. No paper ever became
’amous unless sued for big amount.”
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