WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1920.
NO. 274
. RAILROAD WORKERS SAY BILL IS BAD
SENA TORS APPROVE APPROPRITION FOR REPAIRS
ELEVEN ARE FOUND GUILTY ON SYNDICALISM CHARGE
SEATTLE, Feb. 21.—Carlos By
ron, of Portland, and Edward Com
yns, of this city, were convicted
<, here today on the charge of using |
the United States mails to carry on
their fraudulent land sale operations.
The evidence showed that the pair
of swindlers had buncoed land buy
ers in many parts of the Northwest
by entering clients on government
lands already filed upon. A con
siderable number of the victims
moved on to the land, and their
presence there resulted in consider
able trouble when the real owners
of the property attempted to dis
possess them.
Comyns was formerly in the em
ploy of the Washington land office,
where he obtained much informa
tion that enabled him and his part
ner to launch their crooked land
scheme.
, MILITARY COMMITTEE
VOTES FOR TRAINING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 21.—
By a vote of 11 to 9, the house
military committee has approved the
principle of universal military train
ing as part of the nation s future
military policy.
PIONEERS OF SEATTLE
ARE CALLED BY DEATH
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SEATTLE, Feb. 21.—Four pio
neers of this city died this week.
The dead are Matthew Branigan,
building contractor; George Lynch,
owner of a transfer company; T. D.
Parr, foreman in the employ of the
Puget Sound Traction company, and
Mrs. Lottie Allard, Eastern Star of
ficial.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 21.—j
Representatives of the four great j
railway brotherhoods of the couri-;
try called at the White House this j
morning for the purpose of present-'
ing a memorial to President W ilson
protesting against the passage ofj
the federal railroad control bill as
presented to Congress by the con
ference committee this week. The
memorial declares that the labor
provision of the measure, as it now
stands, are wholly unacceptable ta
railroad workers.
The memorial was prepared after
the brotherhood representatives had
been permitted to review the report
of the conference committee and
study the provisions of the bill as
finally submitted.
House Starts Debate.
The conference report on the
railroad bill was brought up for de
bate in the lower house of Con
gress this morning and was still
occupying the lime of the lawmak
ers when the house adjourned for,
the day.
Chairman John J. Esch of the
joint interstate commerce commit- j
tee informed the house, in the course
of the debate, that the railroad ad
ministration estimates that the fed
eral control of the roads has cost
he Government $636,000,000, all of
which must be charged off as a war
’ loss.
Esch admitted that the adminis
| tration of the railroads had proved
expensive, but is regarded as worth
while for the reason that, without
such control, the railroads would
have failed to make delivery of
troops when men were being mobi
lized for overseas service.
Of the amount expended by the.
Government, a single item of $:io0,
000,000 represents an advance in
wages granted to two million oper
ating employes of lines placed un
der the management of the director
j general of railroads.
SEATTLE, Feb. 21. — Debating j
teams composed of University of
Washington students scored a vic
tory over Whitman college in de
bates which were held this week in j
Walla Walla and here. The ques
tion debated was, “Does public sen
timent favor the closed shop?” The
affirmative was taken by the Uni
versity of Washington debaters.
The debate attracted widespread
interest throughout the state and
the decision of the judges was
awaited with much eagerness, espe- \
Icially by laborites and union lead
ers.
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'geddes is offered
JOB AS AMBASSADOR
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LONDON, Feb. 21.—The London
Mail is authority for the statement
that Sir Auckland Geddes, minister
of national service and reconstruc
tion, has been offered the post of
ambassador to the United States,
and it is believed he will accept it
Earl Reading, the Mail says, has
definitely declined the appointment.
DEMPSEY SAYS REPORT
OF SPLIT UNFOUNDED
CHICAGO, Feb. 21. — Champion
Jack Dempsey has wired friends in
this city denying the truth of re
ports to the effect that he has part
ed company with his manager,
Kearns. Dempsey declares that
Kearns will continue to be his man
ager as long as he is in the fighting
game.
KING MAY PARTICIPATE
IN GAMES AT ANTWERP
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Feb.
21.—King Alfonso may participate
in the Olympic games scheduled to
take place at Antwerp this year.
The king will enter as a polo player
and rifleman.
Wiliam E. Terrill shipped eight
horses to Dunbar’s on yesterday’s
train from Fairbanks. The animals
will be used in hauling logs to the
Banks sawmill.
Timekeeper Bob Toussaint return
ed to his station at the end of steel
this morning.
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SENATE RESTORES
MONEY FOR CABLE
SEATTLE, Feb. 21.—The Wash-!
ngton correspondent of the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer sent his paper a
special message today in which he
announces the adoption by the sen- >
ate of an amendment to the defi-j
ciency appropriation bill, granting j
the sum of $95,000,000 to the war
department to be used in making
repairs to the Alaska military cable. ;
The bill when originally reported j
contained a similar provision, but j
it was eliminated during the time
the measure was under consideration
in the house. It is believed,* how
ever, that the house will concur in
the action of the senate, when the
bill comes back for a second con
sideration.
TheNsenate also has restored an
item providing for the appropria
tion of three million dollars tor re
pair work in the navy yards, but
whether or not this action will meet
with the approval of the house the
correspondent does not venture a
guess.
When the house struck the navy
yard item from the bill, it was
feared at Bremerton that it would
result in the discharge of many
navy yard employes, but the action
of the senate has given new hope
and it is probable that there will be
no curtailment until the bill has
been finally disposed of.
SYNDICALISTS ARE
GUILTY, JURY SAYS
MONTESANO, Feb. 21.—Eleven
alleged wobblies, who were placed
under arrest in Southwest Washing
ton towns immediately following the
Centralia shooting, and placed on
! trial here on the charge of criminal
'syndicalism, under the Washington
i statutes, were found guilty today by
jthe jury before whom they were
tried. !
The trial has been running simul- i
l taneously with the Centralia mufdev j
trial, and oritrinally there were thir-1
• teen defendants. One of them was j
dismissed early in the trial for lack ;
of evidence, and another was re
leased by the court because of ill
ness.
'cider makers must
KEEP WITHIN LIMIT
| YAKIMA, Wn. — Yakima’s sweet
; cider industry, in which, it is said, j
i$100,000 worth of business is done;
!every season, may be rendered a!
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; thing of the past by Federal Prohibi
tion Commissioner Kremer’s ruling
j limiting the alcoholic content of the
; cider to one-half of one percent, in
; accordance with the national pro
hibition amendment. Yakima cider
manufacturers say it is impossible
to manufacture commercial cider
which will keep within the law.
Theo. Kettleson, of Brooks, has
(entered the primary race for nom
ination as one of the Republican
; candidates for the lower house of
| the territorial legislature. He was
1 endorsed by the Brooks Republican
club..
SCHOOL TO OBSERVE
HOLIDAY ON MONDAY
The News has been requested to
inform the pupils of the Franklin
K. Lane school that there will be
no school on Monday, the day
having been declared a holiday in
honor of Washington’s birthday. Ap
propriate exercises were held at the
school yesterday afternoon.
The outstanding feature of yes
terday’s fur sales in New York was
the disposal of a lynx pelt for $66,
that being thfe highest price paid
for any of the lynx skins offered.
The price represents an advance of
10 percent over last fall’s sales.
Charles Stanford is taking Assay
ed Paul Hopkins and his outfit into
the Kantishna, and probably will be
absent from Nenana about ten days.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 21.—
President Wilson is said to have de
layed action on the new oil, coal
and gas land leasing bill in order
that he may obtain the opinions of
Secretary of the Navy Daniels and
iJohn Barton Payne, who is to suc
ceed Secretary Lane on the first of
March. It is understood that the
President is now conferring with
ithe two department heads and prob
jably will be ready to attach his sig
! nature to the bill before midnight
of next Wednesday, at which time
|the bill will become law automatical
I ly unless vetoed.
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REPUBLICANS GATHER
TO TALK CONVENTION
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SEATTLE, Feb. 21. — Scores of
Washington Republicans have ar
rived in this city to attend the
meeting of the state committee,
called for the purpose of setting
the date and naming the place of
the state convention, which will
name delegates to the Chicago con
vention. Tacoma, Bellingham, Ev
erett, Yakima and other towns want
the convention. It is believed the
committee will endorse Poindexter
for President.
DUNCAN HAS STARTED
CAMPAIGN FOR MAYOR
SEATTLE, Feb. 21.—Labor Can
didate Duncan, who was nominated
[candidate for mayor in the pri
maries held this week, opened his
campaign last night with a down
town mass meeting, which had an
overflow attendance.
Bill Kilby and William Girtz
went to Dunbar’s yesterday.. from
Fairbanks, the former to drive stage
for Mail Carrier O’Farrell, and the
latter to accept a position at the
Banks sawmill, which is said to
have been taken over by the Alas
kan Engineering commission.
An inbound Brower mail stage
is due at Donnelly tonight, but the
rig probably will not reach Fair
banks in time for Nenana’s portion
of the mail to come down on Tues
day’s train.
Xanana, tin ®a tawny to McKinlay
Xational *ark.
WOBBLY HEARING
DELAYED BY FLU;
MONTESANO, Feb. 21.—The il!
ness of several of the regular jurors
and the desire of the court to ob
serve Washington’s birthday have
combined to interrupt the trial of
Centralia wobblies, and it is prob
able that the proceedings will not
be resumed until next Tuesday.
When the hearing is resumed, it
is expected that alienists will be
called to the stand by the defense
in an effort to prove that Roberts,
the defendant who confessed to the
authorities, is of unsound mind. One
doctor is quoted as saying that he
believes Roberts is insane now, but
that he was sane when he made his
confession.
Juror Parr has been excused by
the court on account ot an attack
of flu, and it is probable that it
will be necessary to use one ot the
altei nates when the trial is resumed.
Another member of the jury also
is ill, but his condition is such that
he probably will be able to attend
court on Tuesday.
EODIE SHANNON IS
UGHIWEIGHT KING
SEATTLE, Feb. 21.—In a four
round prizering contest which took
Diace in this city last night, Eddie
shannon, of San Francisco, was giv
»n a decision over Bobby Harper,
!>f this city, .thereby winning the
Pacific coast lightweight title.
CARPENTIER WINS.
MONTE FAKLO, Feb. 21.—
Georges Oarpentier, heavyweight
champion of Europe, knocked out
Grundhoven, Belgian champion, in
(he second round of what was to
have been a 15-round battle here
last night. The Belgian was out
classed in every way.
AZEVEDO LOSES.
SEATTLE, Feb. 21.— Joe Azeve
do, San Francisco veteran, lost a de
cision here last night to Billy
Wright, of this._ city, coast welter
weight champion.
FIGHT A DRAW.
PORTLAND, Feb. 21.—Boy Mc
Cormick, light heavyweight champi
on of England, and Tommy Gibbons,
American claimant to the title,
fought a ten-round draw here this
week.
Engineer in Charge Fred’k D.
Browne was out' the line today on
official business.
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TEMPERATURE
As reported by the government
observation station, Nenana
Saturday, February 21.
Maximum .38 above
Minimum .25 above