WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1920.
NO. 285
STATES ARE IN GRIP OF SEVERE STORMS
AIRCRAFT INVESTIGATORS CLASH IN CONGRESS
SENATOR LEWIS PICKS WILSON AS PARTY CANDIDATE
DUELS TELLS
COMMITTEEMEN
OF NAVY NEEDS
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 6.
—In a statement made before the
house naval committee this after
noon, Secretary Daniels declared
that in -the event that Congress fails i
to ratify the German peace treaty,;
he will recommend a naval building
program for the next fiscal year
larger than any previously outlined.
“Should membership in the League
of Nations be rejected by the Unit
ed States,” he said, “we must have
incomparably the largest navy
afloat." On the other hand, he ex-j
plained, if the treaty is ratified,!
only a moderate building program
will be necessary, to round out the
existing fleet.
The needs of the nation, in the
way of water defense, will depend
entirely upon the outcome of the
treaty consideration, he said in con
clusion.
ELECTRIFIES MSI
SEATTLE, March 6.—The first
electric train over the coast end of
the Chicago & Milwaukee system
left for the East yesterday after
noon. The regular train was pre
ceded by a special carrying officials
of the railroad and representatives
of a score of newspapers.
ASSASSINS TAKE SHOT
AT BRITISH MINISTER
LONDON, March 6.—The British
foreign office is in receipt of in
formation from Finland to the ef
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FLOODS, GALE, EXTREME COLD
CAUSING LOSSES IN STATES
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 6.—
Floods which yesterday inundated
portions of Western Pennsylvania
and Delaware have been partially
checked today by a sudden lowering
of temperatures throughout the
country. Many localities, however,
are still under water and the ice
gorges which have made their ap
pearance in the streams are wreck
ing bridges and knocking partially
submerged buildings from their
foundations. Thousands, it is esti- j
mated, have been driven from their j
homes and freezing weather is now |
feet that an attempt was made re
cently to assassinate Sir Richard Ac
ton, British minister to Finland.
Several shots were fired at the dip
lomat as he was driving to the
market place in Helsingfors. The
minister escaped unhurt, no arrests
have been made, and the motive for
the shooting is unknown.
OBIECTION IS MADE
10 MING LICENSE
During: a discussion of the pro
posed gold bonus plan at the regu
lar weekly meeting of the Nenana
[Commercial club last night, it was
disclosed that some objection has
been made by residents of Nenana
to the proposal to charge a fee for
the privilege of prospecting and min
ing, and a number of people ap
peared to have gathered the im
pression that, under the bonus plan,
the license fee would be $15 or $20.
It was explained by those fa
miliar with the plan as presented at
a previous elub meeting, that the
amount of the license fee is a mat
ter that can be adjusted satisfac
torily before the plan is taken up
by Congress. The license is neces
sary to put the mining industry un
der the control of the Government,
so that the sale of gold can he
properly regulated, and a license fee
of 50 cents would be sufficient, or
even half that amount. In fact, it
is not necessary to make any charge
whatever, unless the Government in
sists that it must have fees suffi
cient to cover the cost of putting
the license plan in operation.
The important thing, as the club
views it, is to secure the bonus on
gold, and every resident of the dis
trict is urged to sign the lists which
have been distributed for that pur
pose, in order that it may be made
clear that Alaskans are solidly be
hind the movement, which means re
stored prosperity throughout the
Territory if it can be put over.
CHAMPIONS ARE GOING
TO TRAINING GROUNDS
CINCINNATI, March 6. — The
champion Reds left this city yester
day by special train for their train
ing camp at Miami, Florida.
causing general hardship among the ;
outcasts, many of whom are gath
ered in refugee camps.
Towns along the Schuylkill and
Susuehanna rivers were the heaviest
sufferers, scores of homes having
been carried away by the flood wa
ters. Other towns which were hard
hit by the freshets include Reading,
Lancaster, Harrisburg, Williamsport,
and Wilkes-Barre.
COLD IN WEST.
BUTTE, Mont., March «. — Ex
tremely cold weather prevails thru
out Montana today, the lowest tern- <
peratures of the winter having been 1
reported at a number of points in i
the state. Thermometers registered i
35 below zero during the night at i
Harlowtown, 30 below at Billings
and Lewiston, 32 at Basin, 22 at
Butte, and 12 at Great Falls.
STORM HITS EAST.
NEW YORK, March 6.—Just as
the city was recovering from the
effects of the five million dollar blit- j
zard of a month ago, another storm j
hit the coast and is causing much I
LEWIS MAKES PREDICTION
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 6.—
In an address delivered in this city
last night. Senator James Hamilton
Lewis, of Illinois, predicted that the
San Francisco convention will (rive
President Wilson the Democratic
| nomination by acclamation, in spite
j of any protests that may be made
by the President against serving'
another term.
President Wilson, the speaker de
clared, embodies all the issues and
is the logical candidate of the party.;
PROBERS DECLARE
WASTE WAS GREAT
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: WASHINGTON, D. C., March ‘J.
—Representative James A. JYear,
Republican, of New York, chairman
of the special house committee which
investigated the war-time production
’ of aircraft, declared, in a statement
made on the floor of the house to
day, that the investigation had re
vealed inefficiency, irresponsibility
ajid enormous money waste in the
management of .America’s war-time
air program. He said that Secre
tary of War Baker, in selecting
Bryce P. Disque as head of the
spruce production department, had
ignored the protests of all the coast
loggers and lumbermen. Disque, he
stated further, knew absolutely noth
ing about lumbering.
' Representative Walter W. Magee,
also of New York, and also a Re
publican member of the committee,
backed up the charges made by his
colleague, and declared further that
the billion-dollar expenditure of the
Government for aircraft did not pro
ARMY AIRPLANES ARE
AIR AMBULANCES NOW
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i WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 6.
t—Several army airplanes have been
ordered converted into air ambu
lances, equipped with basket litters.
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POPULATION OF ISLANDS
OVER TEN MILLIONS NOW
■ WASHINGTON, D. C., March 6.
!—According to figures made public
in 'this city today, the population of
^he Philippine islands at present is
j 10,354,000, which number includes
i 6,400 whites.
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duce one battle or bombing plane.:
Both Frear and Magee issued state-:
ments in connection with their ma- ;
jority report to the house, and de-1
dare their ability to back up all
that they have said in connection •
with the investigation.
Representative Clarence F. Lea,
of California, Democratic member i
of the investigating committee, in
formed the house that the criticisms:
of the Republican members of the
committee were absurd and their
contentions groundless conclusions.
He declared that Representative Ma-:
gee did not tell the truth when he
said that no American machines
were used during the war. As a •
matter of fact, he said, there were
528 American-built planes available
at Atlantic and North sea bases on ;
Armistice day, and 400 American- i
built planes went over the German
lines.
The house debated the airplane1
report for four hours, but was un
able to reach a decision.
PPRESIDENT IS EAGER
TO RESUME GOLF PLAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 6.
—Impatient over the restrictions
; placed on recreation, President Wil
lson conferred with Dr. Grayson yes
terday afternoon regarding golfing,
and was informed that it would be
| several weeks* before he could ven
| ture on the links.
REBEL LEADER KILLED;
HEAD ON EXHIBITION
MEXICO CITY.—Luis Mendez, a
rebel leader who has operated for
lamage today. A 60-mile gale is
dowing, with rain, snow and sleet
idding to the discomfort. The
itorm is also accompanied by un
lsually high tides and the harbor
osses will be considerable.
Throughout the city signs and
•himneys are being wrecked by the
wind and much havoc is being
vrought along Fifth avenue by the
breaking of large plate-glass win
iows, which are giving way like
paper before the gale. The glas<
already broken represents a loss ol
many thousands of dollars.
some time in the state of Michoacan
was recently killed in a battle witr
federal troops near Zamora. Tin
head of the rebel is being displayed
in the public square, according t<
custom, to remove all doubts as tc
his death.
GET GOOD REPORT
Nenanaites who purchased share:
in an oil company represented her<
last summer by K. L. Vining, Fair
banks commission man, were elate
yesterday over the receipt of a tele
gram in which it was announced thai
a flow of oil had been struck in tht
well which the company is sinking-.
The news first reached Fail-bank
in a wire from H. E. Gardner, om
of the heavy stockholders, who is ir
Texas, and was relayed to Nenana
in a wire to Joe O’Connor, of Tht
Terminal, who is one of the loca
investors. The wire says: "We buv<
oil sure. Only a question of size
and that will be determined this
week. Looks good for thousam
barrels a day. Wire from Gardnei
saying Humble Oil company readj
to connect to pipeline.”
The company in question is tht
Washington-Texas Oil company an.
a large part of the stock is ownet
by residents of Nenana and Fair
banks.
Lawrence Ferris, member of
bridge crew working on the Tanan:
Valley railroad, broke several rib
during the week and is now in Fair
banks undergoing repairs. He ar
rived in town yesterday.
Judge Bunnell will consider th
naturalization calendar on Monda
evening at Fairbanks. The only ap
plicant on the list from Nenana i
Andrew Loken.
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DEFENSE RESTS
IN WOBBLY CASE;
MONTESANO. March ti. The
Centralia murder case, which has
! been on trial here during- the past
|several weeks, is drawing to a close
i rapidly now and it is expected that
jit will go to the jury within a week.
The defense rested today and the
prosecution’s rebuttal will follow
when the trial is resumed on Mon
day.
| The chief feature of the proceed
ings today was the court’s denial of
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!Attorney Vandeveer’s motion for a
i directed verdict of not guilty,
j When court opened this morning,
jthe defense continued its effort m
'submit testimony showing that the
jraid on the wobbly hall had been
| planned in advance, and the judge
j continued to rule that, nothing had
been shown to connect Grimm with
jsuch a conspiracy. Vandeveer of
ifered to prove that Judge Wilson,
j who is trying the case, delivered a
I eulogy at Centralia on the occasion
of the burial of the victims of the
'shooting; he also offered to prove
.that Governor Hart had given h:s
approval to the anti-wobbly cam
paign inaugurated by the Employ
ers' association; and he further >1
fered to prove that Governor Hart
had selected Judge Wilson to try
the case after the wobblies had been
placed under arrest. The court,
however, prevented the attorney
from proving anything.
MART SHEDS TEARS
I AT SOUTHERN HEME
i LOS ANGEl.ES. March 6. With
eyes red from much weeping and
with a worn appearance as a result
of constant vigilance to avoid curi
ous newspapermen enroute, Mary
Piekford reached this city late yes.
terday afternoon and is today in
retirement at her mother's home.
I When the tram arrived, Mary re
mained in her seat until all the
other passengers had left the ear,
hoping thus to escape the many re
porters she knew would be there to
meet her. But when she peered out
of the window she beheld a bat
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talion of the scribes, waiting pa
tiently and determined to interview
her. There were also cameramen
and scores of curious people anxiou:
to get a sight of her.
Mary, in desperation, fled from
the opposite side of the car, and
in her haste stumbled and Tell as
she ran crying to her mother, who
wtrs awaiting her with an auto. The
mother helped her to her leet and
into the car and the two disappeared
before any of the reporters eould
reach them.
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( ARIZONA JURYMAN HAS
(j TERMINATED SERVICES
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,; TOMBSTONE, Ariz., March (i.—
j C. E. Burnett, a member of the jury
(.summoned for the trial of Bisbee
( kidnapers, committed suicide today.