WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. I1L
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 192a
NO 54
GERMANS CHOOSE REICHSTAG MEMBERS
SUPREME COURT OFFERS TO REVIEW DR Y RULING
BALLA1NE MUST SHOW AMOUNT OF LOSS IN LAND SUIT
COURT IS READY
10 REVIEW PLEA
OF WEI EEADERS
WASHINGTON. D. C., June 8.—
At the request of attorneys in the
various anti-prohibition eases which
were recently considered by the su
preme court of the United States,
the court has granted permission
for the tilin.tr of motions for a re
hearing: of the cases, and it is un
derstood that plans are now being
formulated for a renewal of the at
tacks on the validity of the prohibi
tion amendment and the Volstead
enforcement act.
The opinion rendered yesterday by
Justice Vandevanter, upholding- the
constitutionality of the amendment
and the enforcement act was very
brief, setting forth only the court's
decision. The chief justice ren
dered a supplemental opinion later
in the day, concurring in the deci
sion and going more fully into the
details of the case.
WENT THE LIMIT.
CHICAGO, June 8.—Levy Mayer,
who argued the case for the dis
tillers before the supreme court is
sued a statement yesterday, follow
ing the rendering of the court’s de
cision. in which he said: “I ad
vanced every possible legal argu
ment and the avenue of the courts
is now exhausted.”
VANITIE TAKES RACE
FROM RIVAL SPEEDER
NEW YORK. June 8.—In the sec
ond test race to determine which
yacht will represent America in the
forthcoming cup race, the Vanitie
defeated the Resolute today by near
ly two minutes. The first test was
won by the Resolute last week.
Ken an a. Where Bail* and Rivera Meet
I ..
Start
Right
Boost your
heme town
industries
by spending
your money
at home.
Help The
News help
Nenana by
becoming a 5
r regular ■
subscriber
to your I
| heme town
paper.
SEND IN YOUR
NAME TODAY
THE PRICE IS
$2 a month;
$9 for six months.
MAJORITY SOCIALISTS POLL !
HEAVY VOTE FOR REICHSTAG
j SAN FRANCISCO, June 8.—The
'circuit court of appeals has reversed
Jthe decision of the district court of
'Alaska by which John E. Ballaine
|was given a judgment of $30,000
against W. J. Boland, W. A. Stewart
land F. C. J emmet for the alleged
, malicious prosecution of a title suit
! over land comprising the townsite
of Seward.
| The circuit court holds that Bal
laine’s testimony to the effect that
' the property declined in value fifty
| percent as a result of the title Suit
! brought against him in the name of
!the Alaska Northern railroad was
, speculative and should not have
been made the basis for the judg
ment rendered by the lower court,
i The decision holds that Ballaine
must establish beyond a doubt the
actual damage sustained by him be
fore he can collect on the judgment.
COURT PROTECTING
SALARY OF WILSON
: -
| WASHINGTON, D. C., June 8.—
iThe supreme court of the United
States has rendered a decision in
which it is held that certain pro
visions of the war revenue act are
unconstitutional.
According to the decision, that
portion of the act is invalid which
^requires the President and federal
•judges, including judges of the su
preme court, to pay income tax on
; their salaries.
I _
Labor member urges
ELIMINATION OF TIPS
LONDON.—John Hodge, a Labor
: member of parliament, has declared
jhimself as opposed to tipping and
•says British workmen would like to
| see an end made of the custom.
• But the onus, he adds, is on the em
ployer, not the employe. “Today,
with the readjustment of wages and
•all workers in receipt of a living
iwage, there is no excuse for tipping
'at all," said Mr. Hodge. “Probably
|The greatest move forward would be
| for the government to make tipping
■illegal, punishing both the tipper
land the receiver.
I_
The Fairbanks city council has in
structed the police department to
keep close watch on auto drivers
with a view to collecting fines for
speeding. The fines will be put in
a fund for the purchase of gasoline
for the new fire truck which will ar
rive this summer.
BERLIN, June 8. — A general1
election was held throughout Ger
many on Sunday for the purpose of
electing members of the first repub
lican reichstag. There is to be no
definite number of seats, the num
ber being determined by the results
of the election. Under the propor
tional voting system, every 60,000
votes cast by any one party gives
it one member.
GOMPERS OBJECTS
10 CAPITAL PLAN
NEW YORK, June 8.—In an ad
dress delivered in this city yester
day at the opening of the fortieth
annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor, President
Samuel Gompers declared that labor
must be prepared to resist any real
attempt that may be made to en
force compulsory labor by making
strikes unlawful. “We must resist
such an attempt at all costs,” the
veteran labor leader said, and he in
timated that the time might soon
come for such resistance.
LONGSHOREMEN
DELAYING FREIGHT
_
AUSTIN, Tex., June 8.—Mar
tial law has been proclaimed at
Galveston by the governor of Texas
in consequence of the disturbances
resulting from the strike of union
longshoremen.
Strikebreakers were employed to
take the places of the longshoremen
and trouble followed, with the re
sult that the movement of freight
out of Galveston has been seriously
delayed.
JUDGE DISCHARGES
HONEST SPEEDER
i _
j KANSAS CITY. — Charged with
j speeding, a man recently faced
Judge Edward J. Fleming of the
South Side court of Kansas City.
The patrolman who made the arrest
failed to appear in court,
i “How fast were you riding?”
queried the judge.
“At least forty miles an hour,”
replied the defendant, unhesitating
ly
! “You’re an honest man—discharg
jed,” said the judge.
The body of Andrew Larsen was
laid at rest in N’enana cemetery this
afternoon, Rev. Robert Joseph Div
en officiating. The deceased died at
the Government hospital on Sunday
evening.
Bob Toussaint returned this aft
ernoon from a several-day visit in
I Fairbanks.
The majority socialists are lead
in'! with 34 members, the independ
ent socialists have elected 24 mem
bers, the German people’s party 25.
democrats 16, German nationalists
15, centrists 14, communists 2.
Former German ambassador to
the United States Count von Bern
storff, running as a German nation
alist, was defeated.
The elections were conducted in
an orderly manner.
BERKELEY MANIAC
PUIS END 10 SON
BERKELEY, Cal., June S.—The
young son of Robert D. Richards is
dead and Mrs. Richards and her
daughter are in a critical condition
as a result of an attack which was
made upon them yesterday by Rich
ards, who was suddenly seized with
a murderous mania.
Armed with an ax, Richards rush
ed into his house in search of the
members of his family. Encounter
ing his son, he killed him almost
instantly with a blow on the head,
and then turned upon his wife and
daughter, wounding them so seri
ously that it is considered doubtful
if they will recover.
SUn WORKERS
10 GET MORE PAY
SAX FRANCISCO, June 8—The
state industrial welfare commission
has announced the establishment of
an eight-hour day for women em
ployed in California during the
summer season as fruit and berry
pickers or in agricultural occupa
tions.
The women are to receive a min
imum wage of $16 per week, with
25 percent additional for overtime.
FARMERS REPUDIATE
POLITICAL ALLIANCE
ABERDEEN, Wash., June 8.—The
conservatives of the Washington
State grange have repudiated the
recommendation for affiliation with
the Non-Partisan league, and have
put the grange on record as being
opposed also to affiliation with the
Triple Alliance or any other politi
cal organization. The conservatives
were bitterly opposed.
The Goxernment telegraph line
was down between Xenana and Fair
banks nearly all day today. Press
messages received by The News were
wirelessed from Fairbanks to Nu
lato and thence back up the river
by the land line to Xenana.
Carl White reports that there
were five or six mild cases of flu in
the Tolovana district last month.
TONIGHT 10 TALK
FOURTH OF JULY
A public meeting will be held in !
the quarters of the N'enana Com-:
■
Imercial club tonight for the pur- j
pose of discussing plans for the i
jproper celebration of Independence'
|day in N'enana. The meeting has;
ibeen called by the Commercial club,:
ithe object being to have as many!
! citizens as possible present to start;
the celebration ball rolling. Base
ball players are especially urged to 1
be on hand, as it is recognized that!
,the entertainment provided by them ,
will form a very important part of
i the festivities.
There will be a general discussion
,of plans tonight and it is probable;
I that committees will be appointed to
^look after the various details. For
.this reason, it is important that
both the town and the commission
be well represented.
The time for arranging for the
'celebration is somewhat more lim
ited than usual, due to the recent
! epidemic, but it is believed that the
work can be done satisfactorily in
■the time available if there is suili
jcient co-operation.
: The meeting will start promptly
at eight o’clock.
VERA CRUZ REPORTS
SEVERAL NEW CASES '
_ !
VERA CRUZ, June 8.—The local j
health authorities report the (level- ;
opment of six new cases of bubonic I
plajrue in this city today, with two ]
additional deaths.
LA FOLLETTE PASSES
THRU CRITICAL HOUR
ROCHESTER, Minn., June 8.—
Senator LaFollette is resting com
fortably today, following an opera-:
tion at the Mayo hospital for the
removal of his trail sac. The oper
ation appears to have been success- 1
ful, but the condition of the pa- j
tient is still serious.
—
Arrivals from the Tolovana do- j
; clare that conditions are boomintc in J
that district as the result of a plen-1
itiful supply of water for early sluic-j
;ing. The outlook for the camp :s I
i better than it has been for four i
i years past.
j* temperature «»
,*t As reported by the jfovernment
: *t observation station, Nenana R |
!_
!«? Tuesday, June 8.
,< Maximum .67 above
[•t Minimum .38 above *
WASHINGTON, I). (dune X.
According- to the report of Alex
under T. Vogelsang, acting secre
tary of the interior, over 1.000,000
acres of agricultural land has been
surveyed in the Territory of Alaska
to the end that it may be available
for entry and patent under the pub
lic domain laws. A considerable
portion of this land is within coun
try traversed by or tributary to the
Government railroad now being con
structed in Alaska.
Under the coal lands leasing law
enacted in October. 1014. coal lands
in the Bering River. Cook Inlet,
Matanuska and Nenana coal fields
have been divided into leasing
blocks oi units, ready for sale. The
two last named fields are tributary
to the Government railroad.
New townsites have been estab
lished upon the public lands along
the line of the railroad and lots for
business and residential purposes
disposed of through the I.and and
Industrial department of the Alas
kan Engineering commission.
As soon as arrangements are com
pleted for traffic on the Govern
ment railroad, large numbers of set
tlers are expected to rush into th**
agricultural districts.
lit BY COUNCIL
PARIS, June X. — The supreme
council has granted the Turkish
government an extension of time of
fifteen days in which to make an
swei to the peace terms imposed by
the Allies, and it is believed that a
satisfactory reply will be forthcom
ing'by that time.
The reply must be in the hands
of the Allies not later than June '1~>.
CANADIANS ADVANCING
PRICE OF PRINT PAPER
MONTREAL, June 8 —The Can
adian Export Paper company has
advanced the' price of newsprint
paper from $tH> to $110 per ton for
the three months beginning July !.
Another advance will be made later
in the year, the price for the last
three months to be $130 per ton.
PRINCE OF WALES HAS
DOUBLE IN ENGLAND
LONDON.—The Prince of Wales
seems to have a double in England.
In the company of two officers, a
man entered a West End moving
picture theater the other day. A
lady sitting near the door arose,
bowed, and presented the eternal
autograph book. The man took the
book and, with a serene counten
ance, wrote “J. J. Smith,” and hand
ed back the volume with a gracious
bow.
It was not the prince.
Henaaa, Where Kalla and Blvara Meet