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WHERE, RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1920
NO 132
EXPLOSION PUTS GOTHAM IN AN UPROAR
SUR VEY SHOWS DECREASE IN GOLD PRODUCTION
AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE MADE GAIN LAST YEAR
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 16.
—There was a substantial Rain in
the number of ships of American
register during the fiscal year just
ended, according to a statement just
issued by the Department of Com
merce. The number of ships fly
ing the American flag was increased
by 669, representing a total of near
ly 3,500,000 gross tons.
SHIPS FOR GERMANY.
WASHINGTON, D. C.I Sept. 16.
—According to London advices re
ceived in this city. Great Britain is
considering the sale of forty former
German liners and a number of
cargo^boats to their former owners,
and the news has created quite n
stir in American shipping circles.
Some American officials profess to
see an attempt on the part of Great
Britain to hinder the development 01
the American merchant marine, but
Admiral Benson, head of the ship-,
ping board, declares that the sale of
the vessels to Germany, as indicated
in the reports, will have little effect
on American shipping.
VESSELS RETIRED.
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 16.—The
sale of five wooden vessels which
were built in local yards for the
Emergency Fleet corporation has
been canceled and ten others have
been withdrawn from operation, in
accordance with orders received
from the shipping board. It is un
derstood that the vessels are not
profitable in operation and that it is
the intention of the shipping board
to retire a large proportion of the
wooden fleet, now that steel tonnage
is available.
COLLEGE YOUTH GETS
LONG TERM IN PRISON
VVOODSVILLE, N. H., Sept. 16.
—Robert T. Meads, of LaGrange,
Inninois, a Dartmouth college jun
ior, who shot and killed Henry Ma
roney, of Medford, a fellow stu
dent, during a drinking bout last
June, entered a plea of guilty to
the charge of manslaughter and was
sentenced today to a term of from
15 to 20 years in the penitentiary.
FUNK & CO. COMPLETE
WORK ON HAPPY LINE
The contracting outfit of A. B.
Funk & Co., engaged in grading op
erations on the new Happy-Fair
banks line, completed the work to
day and began breaking camp, pre
paratory to moving back to Nenana.
The contract extended from Dead
man’s slough to the Government
farm.
The completion of the Funk con
- tract practically ends' the work on
the Happy line, with the exception
of about a dozen wheelbarrow con
tracts, and most of these are well
advanced.
W. F. McKay, oldtime Dawsonite,
is a recent arrival in Fairbanks
from Kennecott. He i3 on n short
visit to the Interior.
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION WRECKS !
BIG WALL STREET BUILDINGS
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—A ter
rific explosion, which rocked all the
lower end of Manhattan, occurred
at noon today, just in front of the
Wall street offices of J. P. Morgan
& Co. Thirty persons are known
to have been killed, more than 100
were injured, and the damage to
property will approximate a million
dollars.
The explosion was followed by
scenes of excitement such as were
never before witnessed in this city.
Trading on both the stock exchange
and the curb were suspended for
the day and business matters gen
erally were forgotten throughout
lower New York.
Fire apparatus, ambulances and
police patrols dashed through the
narrow streets of the business dis
trict, on which lay a thick covering
of shattered glass and the broken
remains of men and horses .and au
tomobiles. The bodies of three girls,
who were close to the explosion,
were terribly mutilated.
' A police cordon was thrown about
the entire district for the purpose
of restraining the thousands who
rushed to the scene, and the sub
treasury building, immediately oppo
site the scene of the explosion, was
placed under heavy guard to protect
the millions in silver and paper
currency on deposit there. Within
a short time after the explosion, the
police were joined by a detachment
of soldiers from Governors island.
The Wall street district presented
a scene of demolition after the ex
plosion, every pane of glass for
some distance being shattered, and
bricks and mortar being torn from
the base walls of nearby skyscrap
ers. The white walls of the build
ings were also spattered with the
blood of those killed.
The cause of the explosion had
not been definitely determined up
to a late hour this afternoon. An
automobile, bearing two men, is said
to have approached the Morgan of
fice, and w’hen close to the building
the men alighted and dropped or
threw' what appeared to be a bomb.
The police, how'ever, express the be
lief that the explosion was the re
sult of a collision between an auto
and a TNT wagon. The fire mar
shal believes the explosive was dy
namite.
William J. Flynn, head of the bu
reau of investigation, has been sum
moned and is expected to arrive on
the scene shortly. Other depart
ment investigators declare that the
explosion was not part of a bomb
plot.
Thirty Dead.
An unofficial list of the killed
shows that thirty lost their lives,
and it is believed that the final fig
ures will show a still greater num
ber of victims. More than 200 were
injured.
Soldiers are patroling the district
I this afternoon, permitting no one
to approach Government property.
The infantrymen are marching with
fixed bayonets, ready for any emer
gency.
It is estimated that the damage
to the Morgan building will be half
a million and that the total loss
throughout the district will be more
than a million.
PRESIDENT OF FRANCE
FORCED TO QUIT POST
PARIS, Sept. 16.—President Paul
Desehanel will undoubtedly be com
pelled by ill-health to give up his
post as head of the French nation.
According to announcement made
today, it is the intention of the cab
inet to meet tomorrow for the pur
pose of considering the question of
choosing a successor to the presi
dent.
MAIL PLANE MISSING; ‘
FEARED PILOT LOST
RENO, Nev., Sept. 16. — Pilot
Eaton, who left this city early Tues
day morning for Elko in a mail
plane, has not reported at his des
tination and fears are entertained
for his safety.
POSTAL PLANE FALLS;
TWO MEN ARE KILLED
TOLEDO, Ohio, Sept. 16.—A pos
tal plane is reported to have col
lapsed at Pemberville, 15 miles south
of this city, the accident resulting
in the death of two men. Details
of the accident are not available.
FORMER NENANITE IS
HEAD OF OIL COMPANY
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The C. J. Sellander company has
been organized by Anchorage people
to drill for oil and otherwise pros
pect for minerals in the immediate
vicinity of Anchorage. The com
pany has been granted permission
by the Alaaskan Engineering com
mission to use machinery necessary
to drill for oil. It is said the com
pany will commence active opera
tion immediately. According to Mr.
Sellander, who is familiar with oil
formations, the Anchorage field
shows sufficient indication to justify
the expenditure of making the drill
test. In addition to the above com
pany, other companies are in the
course of organization with the ulti
mate idea of giving the adjacent
country a thorough test for oil.
Plans also are under way to drill
within the corporate limits of An
chorage.
GOLD PRODUCTION
SHRINKING IN U. S.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 16.
—A joint report of the United
States mint and the geological sur
vey, which has just been made pub
lic, fixes the total American pro
duction of gold for the calendar
year 1919 at 2,918,628 fine ounces,
having a volue of $63,033,400. The
production of silver for the year is
figured at 56,500,000 fine ounces,
with a value of $63,500,000.
The total gold production for the
year represents a reduction from the
previous year of $8,250,000, and a
reduction of $11,000,000 in the
amount of silver produced.
California led in the production
of gold with an output of $17,000,
000.
DIVER TAKES ACTION
TO SECURE TREASURE
SEATTLE, Sept. 14.—Frank Wal
ter, a diver, who did most of the
work in connection with the raising
of the safe belonging to the wrecked
steamship Princess Sophia, has libel
ed the contents of the safe as a
means of collecting the sum of
$2,000, which he demands as re
muneration for rescuing the safe
from the wreck, at the bottom of
Lynn canal, 120 feet below the sur
face of the water.
The contents of the safe, con
sisting of currency and valuables
with an estimated value of $12,000,
have been seized by a deputy mar
shal, pending the outcome of the
libel proceedings*
FORCES ARE WORKING
ON R. R. WIRE SYSTEM
The permanent telegraph and tele
phone line of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission reached Talkeetna
late in August, and four telephone
and one telegraph circuits were
placed in service. With four T. and
T. crews pushing the work from Tal
keetna north to Nenana, the capaci
ty of the lihes will be greatly in
creased between Anchorage and Ne
nana by the first of the year.
E. B. Collins, Republican nominee
for senator from the Fourth divi
sion, came down from Fairbanks to
day.
CARPENTIER ARRIVES;
WILL START TRAINING
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—Georges
Carpentier, champion heavyweight of
Europe, arrived from France yes
terday and was greeted at the dock
by delegations from 25 French so
cieties. He expects to start prepara
tions immediately for his bout with
Battlink Levinsky, scheduled to take
place at Brooklyn on October 12.
CHICK EVANS DEFEATS
BOSTON GOLF NOTABLE
ROSLYN, N. Y., Sept. 16.—Chick
Evans defeated Francis Ouimet, of
Boston, for the national golf title
in a contest played here last week,
the score being seven to six in
favor of Evans.
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GUERIN’S MEN RESIGN
TO LABOR ON RANCHES
The survey party which was tak
en into the field from Fairbanks
early this summer by E. C. Guerin
has been disbanded and the work
abandoned because of the loss'of
most of the members of the party
and the inability of Mr. Guerin to
secure other men to take their
places.
It is explained that the men left
the survey party to work on the
farms adjacent to Fairbanks, where
they can earn higher wages than are
paid by the Government, the farm
labor scale being $6 per day and
board. ^
CARIBOU ARE RUNNING
NEAR FAIRBANKS AGAIN
Arrivals from Fairbanks state
that caribou are again plentiful in
that district, a largo run now being
on. The hills, it is claimed, are
covered with the animals from Ridge
top to Chatanika, and those who
failed to get in on the earlier runs
are now out with their guns, bag
ging their legal limit.
Conductor Homer Amend shot a
caribou at the Loop yesterday and
several autos arrived in town last
week, loaded down with meat for
winter consumption.
MESSHOUSE CLOSED;
SURVEY PARTY MOVES
The Alaskan Engineering commis
sion’s messhouse on Garden island,
which was established when work
was started on the new Happy-Fair
banks line, was closed this week and
the members of the Abbott survey
party, of whom there are but three
nowr, will come to Nenana within
the next few days to complete their
work in connection with the new
line, after which they will leave for
the Abbott residency beyond the end
of steel, south of Nenana.
I Mrs. A. R. Simpson, an oldtime
resident of Fairbanks, residing near
the shipyard, died yesterday, her
death being attributed to heart trou
ble. The funeral will be held just
as soon as Rev. F. B. Drane, of Ne
nana, can arrange to visit the ur
per town.
Ben Dahl was among the arrivals
from Fairbanks on today’s gascar.
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ITALIAN WORKMEN
IN HILL CONIH;
MILAN, Sept. 1 rt.—Socialist mem
bers of the house of deputies have
placed in the hands of a committee
appointed for that purpose their
plans for a law providing for the
collabration of workmen in the man
agement of industrial plants. Lead
ers of the movement declare that
the occupation of industrial centers
by the workers will continue until
the old system has been suppressed
and the new rights of labor have
been acknowledged.
READY TO FIGHT.
TURIN. Sept. 10.—Workmen occu
pying the Fiat automobile plant have
armed themselves with 143 machine
guns, eight armored cars and many
rifles, and assert that they intend
to use the artillery for either of
fense or defense, as occasion dic
tates. The workers also have opened
the safes of the auto company and
are using the funds to pay the
wages of those now in possession of
the plant.
INFANTRY ON JOB.
PARIS, Sept. 16.— A factory at
Lucca, which was occupied by work
men, has been seized by Italian in
fantry. The men were forced to
surrender 60,000 bombs which they
had in their possession.
OCCUPY CHEMICAL WORKS.
MILAN, Sept. 16. — Workmen
have occupied more, than 'J00 chem
ical plants and hoisted the red flag
above them. The chemical workers
were recently granted an increase
in pay of from 60 to 70 cents per
day.
JOIN D’ANNUNZIO.
ROME, Sept. 16.—Several islands
in the Gulf Quarnero are reported
to have been occupied by d’Annun
zio’s troops. It is also reported
that Italian soldiers garrisoned on
the islands have joined d’Annunzio,
pledging their support to the inde
pendent state of Fiume, which was
proclaimed by d’Annunzio last week.
BROWNE HOME SCENE
OF JOLLY FAREWELL *
The Browne cottage was the scene
last night of a farewell party ar
ranged by the Masons of Nenana in
honor of Mrs. F. D. Browne and
Mrs. M. A. Schaeffer, who will be
outgoing passengers on the steamer
honor of Mrs. F. I). Browne, Mr. and
Mrs. Schaeffer were presented with
| brooches of Masonic design as a re
minder of the happy occasion.
The ladies present were: Mes
dames F. D. Browne, M. A. Schaef,
fer, Hill, Rothenburg, Christensen,
Coghill, Scott, Bellerby, Adams,
i William Taylor, and Miss Jessie
Johnston.
Mrs. Browne is going to Berkeley,
California, where her son Dorwin is
attending school, and Mr. and Mrs.
Schaeffer will locate in Stockton,
where Mr. Schaeffer will enter the
emnloy of the Holt Manufacturing
company.