^ WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1920.
NO. 40
CARRANZA IS KILLED BY REBELS
SOLONS REJECT PLAN TO BUILD COAL WASHER
OUTSIDE REPORTS DIFFER REGARDING ALASKA FLIGHTS
AERO CLUB PUIS
NTEW YORK, May 22.—An air
plane pathfinding flight will soon
be undertaken in an effort to link
Alaska with the Pacific coast states,
according to a statement made in
this city today by E. N. Gott, an
airplane manufacturer, who an
nounces that an initial flight be
tween Seattle and Skagway will be
made soon.
If the Seattle-Skagway flight is
found to be practicable, he says, a
short course will be laid from Skag
way along the Yukon river to St.
Michael. The route of the first
thousand miles, from Seattle to
Skagway, will include stops at Bell
ingham, Vancouver, Victoria, Prince
Rupert, Ketchikan, Wrangell, Peters
burg, and Juneau. The flight, he
* claims, will be sponsored by the
Aero Club of the Northwest.
NOTHING DOING.
SEATTLE, May 22. — President
D. E. White, of the Aero Club of i
the Northwest, when shown the an- i
nouncement from New York, stated j
that it had been the plan of the i
club to attempt a trial flight to j
Alaska this year, but that it had i
been definitely postponed until next |
year so far as the club is con- |
cerned. He says he has not been :
advised officially of an earlier at
tempt.
TO AGE ON DAY:
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 22.—
Notwithstanding: the fact that the j
senate Republicans have held se>’- j
eral meetings this week for the pur j
pose of reaching an agreement on
the date of adjournment for the
national conventions, no agreement !
has thus far been reached and it!
will be necessary to hold at least I
another conference before the ques
tion can be decided.
DRAPERIES OF KAISER
FOR SALE IN GOTHAM
_ !
NEW YORK, May 22.—The dra- I
peries which once graced the throne j
of the former German kaiser, and ,
the throneroom hanging and royal i
palace furniture, were put up at!
public auction here today. They :
were brought to this city from Co-'
penhagen by a reliable art firm of
Berlin.
HITCHCOCK CALLED
BY SENATE INQUIRY
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 22.—
Frank M. Hitchcock, former post
master general, and Bernard Baruch
have been summoned1 by the senate
investigating committee, as repre- ■
' sentatives of Candidates Wood and '■
McAdoo, to explain campaign ex- 1
penditures. <
DEPOSED MEXICAN CHIEFTAIN
FALLS IN FLIGHT TO COAST
PICTURE HOUSES
FAIL TO REPORT;
WASHINGTON, I>. May 22.—
Reports which have been made pub
lic by the treasury department in
dicate that there are probably five
thousand moving picture houses and
theaters throughout the country
which have failed to make proper
returns of taxes collected from
patrons.
Revenue collectors have been pro
vided with the names of the tax
dodgers and will begin immediately
the work of forcing the collections
due the Government.
Representatives of the internal
revenue bureau state that an in-,
vestigation has disclosed the fact
that ticket scalpers in many cities
are profiting by the addition of war
taxes which they put in their own
pockets. The bureau is urging ex
treme penalties for all persons con
victed of such practices.
mm LEADING
AI OREGON POLLS
PORTLAND, Ore., May 22.—In
complete returns from yesterday's
preferential primary election give
Senator Johnson a lead of l.Gfll
over General Wood, with Lowden
and Hoover far behind the general.
McAdoo was unopposed as Demo
cratic candidate for the presidency.
Senator Chamberlain is leading
Harvey G. Starkweather, the ad
ministration candidate, for senatori
al honors, and Robert N. Stanfield
has a substantial majority for the
Republican nomination for senator
SEATTLE, May 22. — Governor
Olcott, of Oregon, will ride as a
passenger when Lieut. Ralph Kelly
leaves Blaine tomorrow enoute to
Stockton, California, to attend the
Ad club’s annual convention. They
expect to make the flight in seven
and one-half hours, overtaking the
Ad club auto caravan on the way.
Einar Tonseth, of the Lavery &
Bailey store in Fairbanks, came to
Nenana on yesterday’s train for a
9everal-day visit with J. A. Slippern.
He will return to the upper town
on Tuesday.
j MEXICO CITY, May 22—It is;
officially announced in this city to-1
j day that President Carranza, who j
fled from the capital on May fi and j
later sought refuge in the moun- '
tains of Pueblo, following a battle1
jwith revolutionists near Rinconada, i
jwas overtaken by his rebel pursu
'ers at Tlaxcalal Tongo and put to
i death. The attack which resulted
'.
in his death -was led by General
I Rodolfo Herrera, it is reported. The!
j death of Carranza occurred on i
Thursday, at one o'clock.
| Carranza’s companions, the names
of whom are not obtainable, are de
clared to have shared the fate of
their leader.
TROUBLE IN SIGHT.
: CHIHUAHUA, May 22—General
' Callus has left for Mexico City, fol
lowing a conference with representa
tives of Francisco Villa, and it is
. understood that the conditions sug
gested by Villa for his retirement
from politics and warfare are not
at all acceptable to the revolution
ary leaders. Other means for his
| elimination will be considered after
Calles has reached the capital.
Representatives of the provisional
government are exerting their influ
ence to induce Calles and Villa to
! co-operate, as it is feared a break
between the two will result in much
annoyance to the new regime.
IMPOSTS WITHDRAWN.
MEXICO CITY, May 22. — Tin
provisional government has with
drawn the petroleum imposts for
March and Apri 1. which were .m- !
posed by President Carranza before
his flight from the capital. The
imposts were two and one-half times
greater than those for January and
! February, which were agreed to by
the oil companies.
WHERE HE DIED.
MEXICO CITY, May 22.—The
death of Carranza occurred in a
small village in the Northern pan
handle of Pueblo, 85 miles from
San Andres, where he left his forces
i
land took to the mountains. Her
1 rera, who wus responsible for Car
ranza's death, commanded a small
guard accompanying the president
in his flight, it is believed here. He
was in rebellion against Carranza
for several years in the state of
Pueblo, and surrendered to Carran
za last March.
LIFE OF CARRANZA.
Venustiano Carranza, elected pres
ident of Mexico, March 11, 1917, by
the largest vote ever cast in a presi
dential election in his country, step
ped from political obscurity to na-!
tional and international prominence j
on the graves of the hopes of Gen-1
eral Victoriano Huerta, the usurper, ■
and his followers.
Simultaneously with General Hu-j
erta’s coup d’etat and the assassina- j
tion of President Madero, the word i
went out to the world that General ■
Venustiano Carranza, elected gov-j
eitior of the state of Coahuila in
1911, refused to recognize the
usurper and would resist him by
force of arms.
“Madero's revolution was politi
cal,” Carranza is quested as having
said. “Mine is a social one."
Born of parents in comfortable
circumstances in Cuatro Cienagas,
state of Coahuila, December 29,
1859, Venustiano Carranza was edu
cated in the public schools of his
native state, and later studied law
at the Mexican capital. When he
was admitted to the bar, however,
an affection of the eyes prevented
him from practicing and he returned
to his native state to become a
rancher. II is experiences as a
rancher lirst, then as judge, sena
tor, , and finally governor of Coa
huila, made Carranza familiar with
the agrarian problem, the root of
political unrest in Mexico.
Having defied Huerta, Carranza
rallied a small band of 600 follow- j
ers, which grew into a sizable army
when he won the support of Fran
cisco Villa. Carranza’s influence
spread rapidly, the military victories j
of his chief aide, Villa, rallying
the various factions of Northern j
Mexico around his banner. For a '
time, however, real progress was ■
slow. Huerta’s machinations had i
embroiled Mexico with the United ,
States and intervention seemed cer- (
tain. The killing of W. S. Benton,1
a British subject, by a staff officer
of Villa, further complicated the
situation.
Then came Villa’s victory at Tor
reon. the first real success of the'
war. Carranza was pressing Huerta j
hard when the A B (' conference'
to discuss the differences between
the United States and Huerta was.
called in Buffalo. General Carran
za refused to suspend hostilities and j
declined to abide by the result of!
those diplomatic negotiations. The |
fighting went on, with the result i
that General Huerta resigned the
provisional presidency July 15,1914,:
and a month later General Carranza j
made his triumphal entry into Me\-j
ico City, Huerta in the meantime
having fled to Spain.
Shortly afterward, independent
revolutions led by Zapata, General
Pasqual Orozco and others com
menced. Dissensions between Villa
and Carranza, which began at the
Torreon conference, reached a cli
max September 23, 1914, when
Villa declared war on Carranza.
General Alvaro Obregon became
Cnranza’s leading general.
The Villn generals met at Aguas
callentes in November, 1914, and,
in alliance with the Zapata faction,
formed a conventionist governm“iit.
The capital changed hands several
times and was not finally taken by
General Obregon until the summer
of 1915.
The beginning of the end of the
(Continued on Page Four.)
BE KILLED OFF
FOR THE SKINS
PRINCE RUPERT, May 22.—Fol
lowing the suggestion of Premier
Oliver that the sealions off the coast
'of Canada he slaughtered for their
skins, local fishermen are making
preparations for a wholesale killing,
to start in the very near future.
The slaughter of the sealions, it
is claimed by the fishermen, will
! conserve the fish in Canadian wa
iters, as the average sealion, it i
jsaid, will devour 50 pounds of fish
daily.
j The present price of skins will
enable sealion hunters to earn con
siderable -money if they go in for
killing on a large scale.
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WASHINGTON, I). (\, May 22. -!
i By a strict party vote, the house
rules committee has ordered a fa i
vorable report on the resolution!
giving soldier relief legislation the i
right of way for consideration in the j
house. The measure will be brought!
up on Tuesday.
SEATTLE, May 22.—The ste.ru-1
ship Anyox and barge Baroda, which
were loaded at Balboa with railway
supplies for the Government rail ,
road in Alaska, are reported to
have reached San Pedro, on the1
Northern voyage.
The supplies are consigned to the
. . i
Alaskan Engineering commission at j
Seward.
CANADIAN WIRE TOLLS
TO BE BOOSTED SOON
OTTAWA, May 22.—The Can
adian Railroad commission has au
thorized an increase of 20 percent
i
in telegraph tolls in Western Can
ada.
CORN STILL NERVOUS;
TAKES FURTHER DROP
CHICAGO, May 22.—Corn open
ed nervous this morning and closed
this afternoon 2Mi and 3% below
yesterday’s closing quotation. The
market was much steadier than yes
terday, however.
FOR COAL PLAN!
j SEATTLE, May 22. The Wash
ington correspondent of the Seattle
I’ost-lntelligeneer is authority for
the statement that Congress does
not look with favor upon the plan of
the Alaskan Engineering commission
! to use railroad funds for the de
velopment of the coal mining1 in
jdustry. An item in the sundry civil
j appropriation hill, now pending be
| fore Congress, permitting the use
| of part of the $7,000,000 railroad
j appropriation for the purc hase of a
'coal washing plant in the Matanus
j ka field, has been eliminated by the'
j lawmakers, and it will he necessary,
j therefore, lor the navy department
I to provide its own coal washer out
I of the $1,000,000 appropriation for
Jeoal development purposes.
An amendment to the bill pro
‘ vides permission to export birch
| timber from the Territory of Alas
i ka, and another amendment adds
I $5,000 to the appropriation for the
cure of Alaska insane, the total ap
propriation for that purpose now
j being $120,000.
Still another amendment provides
for the increase of salaries paid to
I land office clerks to $2,220 per an
jm:m Six hundred and thirty clerks
will benefit.
SAN' FRANCISCO, May 22.-The
rationing of gasoline has begun in
this and other Pacific coast cities
in consequence of the shortage
which is said to exist. The ration
ing was ordered by the Standard
Oil company.
The order of the company re
stricts sales to three gallons of
gasoline daily for automobiles used
for pleasure only. Business cars
are not affected.
A number of Western cities are
cutting down their supplies in this
manner.
COLD STORAGE PLANT
WILL BE READY SOON
SEATTLE, May 22.—O. (). Hy
atum, president of the Pacific Sea
Products association, announces that
the cold storage plant, now build
ing at Port Chatham, will be ready
for use by tj^e middle of June. It
will have a capacity of two million
pounds.
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