WHERE- RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. II
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1920
NO. 27M
TRAINMEN WILL OPPOSE CONGRESSMEN
CONGRESSIONAL FINANCIERS CONSIDERING BONUS
EFFORT IS MADE TO SHOW SOLDIERS STARTED SCRAP
WITNESSES TELL
AT WOBBLY TRIAL
OF RAID ON HALL
MOXTESANG. Feb. 28.—A num
ber of witnesses were called to the
stand today by the defense in the
Centralia wobbly hearing, in an ef
fort to show that the Armistice day
paraders made & raid on the wobbly
hall. Mrs. May Sherman, of Ta
coma. and formerly of Centralia,
testified that she was in Centralia
at the time of the shooting and
saw the paraders break ranks and
rush the wobbly hall door. She
also heard the shooting, but did not
remember whether it occurred be
fore or after the hall -had been
rushed. The witness said that she
worked in a Centralia cannery un
der the name of Bertha Hope.
John Meaden. Centralia tailor,
who was the second witness called,
said that he saw uniformed men
rush the hall and heard someone
shout. “Come on. boys; let’s go!
Let’s get them!"
Judge Wilson has ruled that sum"
overt act on the part of Grimm,
one of the murdered paraders. must
be shown by the defense, or it must
be shown that he took part in the
alleged conspiracy which resulted m
the raid on the wobbly hall, before
testimony showing the alleged
proposition of the defense can be
allowed. Vandeveer sought to in
troduce such testimony yesterday,
but it was ruled out by the court.
Britt Smith, who was on the
stand yesterday, said that he had
tried to avert trouble between the
paraders and the wobblies, and had
witnessed the shooting, which he de
scribed to the c-ourt. He said he
saw the door of the wobbly hall
kicked in. followed by the shooting.
The first shot, he said, was fired by
a man in uniform.
CANYON CONTRACTOR
VISITING IN NENANA
Alec KalisoT, one of the member?
of the contracting partnership of
George Gotto & Co., operating in
Nenana eanyon, arrived in town on
yesterday's train from the end of
steel and will be here until Mon
day.
He reports that the big shot se;
off by his outfit this week was a suc
cess in every way, the explosion
wasting a large portion of the rock,
where desired, and breaking up an
other section desired for till. The
shot moved about 4,500 yards of
material. The explosive used con
sisted of about 45 boxes of TN"I
and 100 boxes of black powder.
STATE INCOME TAX IS
SUGGESTED IN MONTANA
HELENA, Mont.—A state incom<
tax is suggested in a questionnair<
being circulated among county com
missioners and assessors for th<
purpose of outlining a new taxatioi
bill for the next legislature.
Other questions include: Shoult
all classes of property bear th.
same burden? Is the present ex
emption of mortgages wise?
PASSAGE OF RAILROAD BILL
STARTS LABOR ON WARPATH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. i*8.—
I Representatives of organized labor
‘are authority for the statement that
|the workingmen of the nation and
the public generally will be asked
!to defeat those members of Con
press who pave their support to
the railroad control bill which was
passed this week and which is now
on the President's desk at the White
House awaitinsr final action.
Glenn Plumb, author of the so
called Plumb plan of railroad con
trol and operation, will start on a
; speaking tour of the country next
month, as part of the campaign!
against unfriendly congressmen who
voted for the railroad bill. He will
visit all the large industrial centers,
urging organized labor to use their
: votes in unseating lawmakers who
have shown themselves unfriendly
to the cause of the trainmen. Other
speakers will take the stump Utter
in the year, it being- the intention
of union leaders to carry the cam
paign to every corner of the nation.
It is expected that President Wil
son will act on the railroad hill this
afternoon.
PERSONAL
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Mrs. F. D. Browne left for the;
.end of steel on this morning's train,
and during her absence will en-j
ideavor to dispose of a number of
| tickets for the Fairbanks hospital
‘benefit scheduled for March 17.
Mail advices recently received in
Fairbanks announce the marriage it
Fenticton, B. C., of Joseph M. Hoh
enchal, former Gold Hill mining
man. and Miss Gertrude Beatrice
Hartnett.
Jim Dyer, who has been a pa
tient at the Government hospital
for some time pas+, has practically
recovered from his illness and hopes
•to be out within the next few days.
Frank Jones, who underwent an
operation at the Government hos
pital several days ago for acute ap
pendicitis, is now getting on nicely,
according to reports received from
the hospital today.
j Fete Wranstadt underwent a ma
jor operation at the Government
: hospital on Wednesday and is now
improving steadily.
j Favorable reports come from the
• Government ho-pitai regarding tha
'condition of Mrs. Henrv H. Berry,
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of Fairbanks, who underwent a ma
jior operation on Tuesday afternoon.
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A Brower mail stage is due in
j Fairbanks today with a consign
jment of first class mail that left
jehitina more than two weeks ago.
j A rig was sent out to Sale ha late
last night to rescue the mail stage,
' but up to noon today nothing had
been heard from the incoming out
jfit.
Dr. G. M. Faulkner, pioneer Daw
!son dentist, is reported to have lo
cated temporarily at Eagle, where
he is getting in a little early spring
work.
General Storekeeper Bob Donald
son was a passenger on this morn
ing’s train for the end of steel,
having been called to the eommis
, sion’s new supply base to attend to
^ some matters of business.
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LAWMAKERS TAKING
NOTE OF SHRINKAGE
SEATTLE, Feb. 28.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Seattle
Times is authority for the state
ment that the financial committees
of Congress are considering the ad
visability of establishing a tax of
$10 ar, ounce on gold used in the
arts and trades, the object of the
tax being to stabilize the nation’s
finances, increase revenues, and re
store gold mining throughout the
country to a normal basis.
Should such a tax be established
it would have the effect of booming
Alaska and the Western states,
where the production of gold has
dwindled as a result of increased
living and operating costs. This
condition, it is stated, has been ag
gravated by increased consumption
by the arts.
The premium planned by the con
gressmen would go to the miners
and would be paid by dentists, jew
elers and other engaged in the use
of gold for manufacturing purposes.
CLUB BACKING PLAN
TO GET GOLD BONUS
Already on record as favoring;
the goid bonus plan as a means of
reviving the gold mining industry,
the Neaana Commercial club, at its1
regularly weekly meeting last night,
endorsed the movement started by;
the American Mining congress and]
gave its support to a letter written !
by Commissioner R. S. McDonald, |
containing additional suggestions for
the successful working out of the
plan to restore gold mining to a!
profitable basis. The meeting was!
well attended by members of the j
organization and, in addition, there
were a number of visitors present,,
attracted to the meeting by the an
nouncement that the gold bonus |
question would be discussed.
After the routine business had 1
been disposed of Mr. McDonald, who j
advocated the gold bonus as early
as 1917 and who has been a per
sistent booster for it continuously
since that time, reviewed the gold
situation, explaining the necessity of
some action on the part of the Gov
ernment to stimulate production and
pointing out the benefit to Alaska
of such a bonus as has been pro
; posed. By way of informing those
present of the steps that have been
taken in the States to obtain the
desired relief, he read extracts from
i an aricle appearing in the Novem
ber issue of The Mining Congress
Journal, prepared by H. N. Lawrie,
gold economist of the American
'Mining congress, and in which it is
shown that not only that able [ au
thority. but the American Bankers’
association as well, a most influen
. tial organization, considers govern
: mental action imperative and the
bonus is put forward as the most
measible solution of the complex
gold problem. The articles includes
a resolution unanimously adopted
at the annua! convention of the
American Bankers’ association., urg
ing the Government to take immedi
ate action, and a tentative bill pre
pared by Mr. I.awrie, providing for
an excise upon commodity gold.
Sylvester Howell, member of the
Alaska chapter of the American
Mining congress, was present at the
meeting and informed the club of
the action taken at Fairbanks to
bark up the effort? of the congress
to secure the bonus. Funds are
needed, he explained, to conduct the
campaign which has been outlined,
and the quota of Interior Alaska
ha? been placed at SI,500. and that
of the entire Territory $8,000. A
third of the Interior quota was sub
scribed before Mr. Howell left the
upper town, the First National bank
and the Northern Commercial com
pany each putting their names down
for $250. The money, Mr. Howell
said, will be raised quickly, and
while it is probable that Nenana
will not be called upon to raise any
particular amount, he suggested that
a subscription list be started locally
with a view to securing as many
names as possible, for the purpose
of showing general interest in the
bonus plan. This was finally agreed
upon and the secretary instructed
to prepare lists to be placed at con
venient places where all may sign,
the subscriptions being limited to
25 cents for »ach name attached to
the list.
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PERSONAL
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Louis Johnson, local merchant, re
'turned to Nenana yesterday after
jan absence of several days in Fair
banks on business and pleasure.
I Billy Butler left Fairbanks for
Nenana this morning. He is mak
ing the trip with him dog team,
enroirte to Talkeetna by way of
the Broad Pass trail.
| M. J. Cooney, who arrived in
town last night from the coast end
of steel, was an outgoing passenger
on this morning's train. On the
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return trip to the coast he will have
Examiner of Accounts Barndollar
and J. R. W'alle as passengers.
Andy McKenzie, Fred Robinson
and a couple of other Fairbanksans,
who arrived from the upper town
| on yesterday's train, left for the
.end of steel south of Nenana this
morning, to be absent a week or
more.
! C. V. Anthony, carpenter in th'
employ of the Alaskan Engineering
commission during the past several
years, left for the States this morn
ing by way of Broad Pass. His
plans are not fully made as yet,
but he expects to go East before
settling down Outside. He does not
expect to return to Alaska.
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Dr. T. O. Lake, assistant surgeon
•at the Government hospital, left for
the new camp at the end of steel
this morning to take charge of the
commission's emergency hospital
Which was completed recently.
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Kenneth Einlayson, of the com
mission’s local accounting force, left
for the end of steel this morning
to look after the accounting at the
new camp at Healy. He will be
stationed there permanently.
WHEAT ERA SHRINKING;
FLOUR MILLS TO CLOSE
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OAKDALE, Cal.—The rapid pass
: ing of the wheat era in the great
San Joaquin valley, giving way to
more intensive cultivation, was dem
onstrated by the closing here this
month of the Stanislaus mills, said
to be the oldest flour mills in the
; state.
j The mills were established first
at Knight’s Ferry in 1853, when
wheat was virtually the only crop
planted on the plains. Later they
were removed to Oakdale.
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Xanana. the Gateway to XcXlnley
Motional Park.
SEATTLE POLICE
ARREST SUSPECT
IN MURDER CASE
SEATTLE, Feb. 28. Charles L.
Smith, said by officers to be .<
brother of Elmer Smith, wobbly at
torney who is on trial at Monte
sano, has been placed under arrest
in this city in connection with the
murder of the Cumberland postma
ter. The officers are working on
the theory that the postmaster was
ikilled by wobblies because of oh
jstructing their efforts to circulate
Wobbly literature through the Cum
berland postoffice.
Smith was t>laced under arrest at
his cabin, where the officers found
’a still and a considerable quantity
of wobbly literature.
The Cumberland postmaster was
killed night before last while en
gaged in a pistol duel with two
men who entered his store in what
was supposed at the time to be an
' attempt to rob the place.
DAYTON. Ohio, Feb. 28. -Major
Sehroeder has announced his inten
tion of attempting- to make a flight
to an altitude of 40,000 feet, and
is now engaged in making prepare
tions for the daring feat. The ma
jor already has reached an altitude
of 86,000 feet ir. a flight which he
made yesterday, and is confident
that he can ascend still higher. 1 es
terday’s flight almost cost the avi
ator his life. He lost consciousness
when he reached the higher air, and
fell a distance of live miles before
righting hi® machine into a glide
to earth.
The thermometer carried m the
plane registered 67 below zero, hut
Sehroeder suffered no inconvenience
on that account, for he was dres-ed
in electrically heated clothing.
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AS HOT EVADER
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. >*■
; Champion lack Dempsey and his
manager, Kearns, have been indici
ed by the grand jury on a charge
of evading the draft, and will be
placed under arrest in Los Angeles
on Monday. Warrants have been
mailed to the Southern California
'city and will be served as soon
Itbey reach there.
When Dempsey was first accused
of being a draft evader, the Mil
waukee post >f the American Legion
! came to the defense of the cham
jpion, branding the charges as false
land making Dempsey honorary c^>m
I mander of the post.
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