WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. 111.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA. ALASKA. FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1920.
NO. 20
PAYNE CONSIDERING STEAMSHP PLAN
SUGAR PRICE IS SET AT RECORD MARK FOR 1921
EXPERT PREDICTS OIL RESERVE WILL NOT LAST LONG
FAIRBANKS MAY
VIEW CANYON ON
SUNDAY OUTING
According to information received
from Fairbanks this afternoon, ar
rangements may be made by the
people of the upper town to visit
N'enana canyon on Sunday. The
proposed excursion is being agitated
by Peter Steil, who made a trip to
the canyon several days ago and
was so favorably impressed that he
is now trying to interest his fellow
townsmen in the wonderful country
south of Nenana.
The reports state that a round
trip fare of $8. from Fairbanks to
the canyon and return, has been
promised by the commission, and
efforts are now being made to se
cure the required number of excur
sionists. Definite arrangements had
not been made up to a late hour
this afternoon, but there are quite
a number of Fairbanksans who have
expressed a desire to make the trip.
If the excursion is arranged, the
train probably will leave Fairbanks
late tomorrow afternoon, and the
canyon train wdll leave Nenana early
Sunday morning, returning the same
day, so that the excursionists may
return home Sunday night.
SINN FEIN PRISONERS
PUT ABOARD WARSHIPS
BELFAST, Ireland, April 23.—A
number of Sinn Fein prisoners have
been placed aboard destroyers by
the government and transported
from Ireland. This action occasions
the belief that it is the intention of
the government to dispose of all the
Sinn Feiners in that manner.
George Kennedy is confined to his
room in the firehall building by an
attack of tonsilitis.
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HEARINGS TO BE HELD SOON
TO DISCUSS FEDERAL SHIPS
PETROLEUM WILL !
FALL SHORT SOON,!
EXPERT ASSERTS
i PITTSBURGH, April 23. — The
startling prediction is made by R.
L. Welsh, general counsel cf the
! American Petroleum institute, that
jthe supply of petroleum in the Unit
ed States will be exhausted within
three years at the present rate of
1 consumption, unless new producing
: fields are discovered.
; The present rate of consumption,
■ Welsh declares, exceeds the produc
tion by fifty million barrels annu
'ally, and he calls attention to the
fact that the situation is one of
utmost gravity, demanding the seri
ous consideration of both the Gov
;ernment and private consumers.
STRIKERS’ APPEAL
j NEW YORK, April 23.—The ap
peal of the insurgent strikers for
reinstatement with seniority rights
unimpaired if they terminate the
strike in the public interest has been
flatly refused by the railway man
. agers, who declare that the men
must surrender without conditions.
GIVES UP FIGHT.
1 CHICAGO. April 23.-—John Gru
|nau. insurgent strike leader, an
jnounces that he has given up the
(struggle. explaining that it is use
! less to fight the Government,
j He will make an effort, however,
(to maintain the insurgent union.
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INDIANAPOLIS MOB
GOES AFTER NEGRO
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IXIDAXAPOLIS, April 23.—Con
siderable excitement was caused in
. this city last night when a mob of
j 2,000 persons attempted to lynch
William Ray, colored, who is alleged
to have confessed to the murder of
Martha Huff, a white girl. The mob
was dispersed with difficulty by the
police, and trouble threatened thru
• out the night, but quiet prevails
i today.
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In a letter to George Hering, of
.Fairbanks, Mrs. Durwood Hocker re
quests that her many friends in
(Fairbanks and Nenana be made
! aware of her gratitude for the sym- .
i pathy extended to her in her recent (
• sorrow. She says that her husband
■ was unconscious when taken off the
boat af Juneau, and was in the hos-'
! pita! two days before any of his
friends there were aware of his ill
ness.
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• Xu>i>, Where Kails aad Kivera Meet j
SEATTLE, April 23.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer reports that Sec
retary of the Interior John Barton
Payne now has under consideration
the recommendation of the interior
department committee for the estab
lishment of a Government steamship
line between Seattle and Alaska, to
connect with the Government rail
road.
It is understood that the secre
tary favors the plan and will ar
range for public- hearings to be held
in Seattle, beginning early in May.
Shippers and others interested in
the question will be invited to at
tend the hearings for the purpose
of expressing their views on the j
plan. |
CANNERY HEARINGS.
The correspondent also reports!
that the house committee on mar
chant marine and fisheries will hold
hearings, beginning on May 4, on
the Grigsby bill providing for the
prohibition of commercial cannery
fishing in the Yukon river.
BILL FAVORED.
The Grigsby bill, repealing the
provisions of existing laws limiting
the amount of waterf rontage ac
quirable by one claimant, will be re
ported favorably at an early date
by the house committee on public
lands.
SUGAR WILL SOAR IN 1921
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23.—
The record price of 20 M: cents a
pound has been set for the new
sugar allotment by the California
Hawaiian company, superseding the
15 1-3 cent figure announced on
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April 7.
Jobbers will turn over on a one
tent net marpin. which should make
;the retail price 22'; cents on Janu
ary 1. 1921.
The Government allocations soil
for 1012 cents.
WASHINGTON'. D. C, April 23.
—According: to reports received by
both the state department and the
war department during- the past sev
eral days, the revolt in Mexico,
which started in the State of Sono
ra. is spreading steadily and now
includes a considerable area.
Notwithstanding the apparent se
riousness of the situation, however,
President Carranza has not yet ap
pealed to the United States for as
sistance of any sort, although it is
expected that the Southern executive
shortly will request permission to
import war materials from the Unit
ed States, for use in an effort to
suppress the rebellion.
BRAZIL WANTS BOATS
OF LARGER CAPACITY
RIO DE JANEIRO. — It is an
nounced that Brazil will ask the Al
lies for torpedo boats of greater
dimensions and armament than the
seven former German torpedo boat3
of 200 tons capacity recently al
lotted her by the supreme council
at Paris.
Mrs. Joe Sweatz is a visitor in
town from the end of steel, having
arrived night before las_t.
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Bert Kern will return to Interior
Alaska this summer as chief en
gineer of the steamer Yukon.
Merle McCambridge and Archie
Adams are among the former Ne
nanaites now employed at Anchor
OEMS OF MISSOURI
I FIGHT OVER MY
•JOPLIN. Mo., April 23.—The ma
jority report of the resolutions com
mittee of the Democratic state con
■vention, advocating the endorsement
of the League of Nations, with such
reservations as will not destroy the
effectiveness of the covenant, was
adopted this afternoon at the eon
• elusion of a hot contest, there being
many delegates present opposed to
the action.
The state delegation was instruct
ed for David R. Francis for Presi
dent. the vote being two to one in
favor of such action. The conven
tion refused to select Senator Reed
as a delegate to the national con
| vention.
; Congratulations were wired to
Bryan on his apparent election as a
■ delegate.
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DEMAND FOR FURNITURE
IN U. S. EXCEEDS SUPPLY
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GREENSBORO, X. C.—Demand
for furniture throughout the coun
try is of immense proportions and
it is impossible to make the supply.
keep up with the demand, according
to manufacturers who attended the
meetings of the National Council of .
Furniture Associations held here.
There is every reason to believe.
these manufacturers say, that the
demand will be increasingly great •
in the future. At the same time it j
was agreed that the lumber short-!
age was the most serious difficulty
confronting furniture makers, and :
no material relief is in sight at |
present. |
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PAY COSTS AND I
LEAVE COUNTRY:
PARIS. April 23. -Former Pre
;mier Caillaux, who was found guilty ,
[yesterday on the charge of com-i
merce with the enemy during the.
i war. was sentenced today to a term
• of imprisonment of three years, in-1
[elusive of the time he has already
been in custody, which leaves him i
just another month to serve. He
I must also pay the costs of his trial,
i The sentence also includes ban- <
ishment from the country for a
i period of five years after Caillaux,
has been released from prison, and
he is deprived of hi? civic rights for |
a period of ten years.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 23.—[
Final returns from the storm areas
i
which were swept by the recent tor
nado show that 100 were killed and!
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100 injured in Alabama, 78 killed
and 500 injured in Tennessee, an 1 .
five killed and ten injured in Missis-1
sippi. ;
Five hundred families are home
less and the property loss will ex- •
eeed two million dollars.
PERSONA!
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Harry Lowe, former chief clerk ’
in Che local disbursing office, recent
ly arrived in Anchorage from the
States and now has a nosit on as
timekeeper at Deadhorse.
Mrs. W. J. Vachon, who went to
Fairbanks before the Christmas holi
days to be with her late husband, ■
returned to her home at Tolovana
today, accompanied by her three'
children.
Lester Earhart, who left N ;nana
recently, informed friends at An
chorage, upon his arrival there, that
he was on his way to Mayo's. Re
ports state that he could have gone ’
to work at Anchorage immediately
upon his arrival there, had he de
sired to do so.
mission, who was severely burned
last fall shortly before the date set 1
for her departure for the States, and
confined to her bed all winter, has,
now fully recovered and was on the .
streets this week for the first time
since the injury was received.
NOME, April 23.—According- to
wireless messages received by the
Nome radio from Anadir, the Rus
sian trading town on the Eastern
coast of Siberia, Captain Roald
Amundsen, Arctic explorer and dis
coverer of the Northwest passage,
has arrived there, presumably from
the polar region. No details are
given.
i Advices received from Christiania
last month reported the explorer
engaged in a dash for the pole, and
last September reports were re
ceived to the effect that his snip
was icebound off the West coast of
Siberia.
The route which Amundsen plan
ned to take might take him close
to Anadir, but whether he is heade I
north or is on his way back from
the pninr da«H is not known
Further details are being sought
from the Siberian station.
VETERANS 10 GE1
LARGER PENSIONS
WASHINGTON', D. C.. April 21!.
The mate today gave its approval
to the house bill providing for an
increase in the monthly allowance
paid to veterans of the Civil war,
the pension under the measure be
ing $50 a month, with an allowance
of $30 monthly for widows of vet
erans.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 23.
— Representatives of thi United
States on the Pacific coast if Mexi
co have appealed to the Govern
ment for the immediate despatch
of warships io Mexican waters to
protect the lives of Americans there.
The reports indicate tnaf. ’he dan
ger to Americans is the result of
the spread of the Mexican revolt.
MISSED MARS AGAIN,
BUT STILL HOPEFUL
OKDAR CREEK, Neb., April 23
—Dr. Milliner, who is trying to com
municate with Mars, reports that
he missed the signals again last
night, but feels confident that he
will meet with greater success to
night, when he will make another
attempt.
TEMPERATURE R
As reported by the government R
observation station, Nenana R
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Friday, April* 23.
Maximum.39 above R
Minimum .23 above R
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