WHERE RAIL-S AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1920.
NO. 253
DISEASE CLAIMS MANY WAR PRISONERS
FOOD PRICES TO GO HIGHER, PREDICT CANNERS
FLU DEATH RATE INCREASES AS EPIDEMIC WANES
OF LOCAL CLUB
Women Republicans of the Ne
nana district are inviteo to join
the ranks of the local Republican
club. There is nothing in the con
• stitution of the cluo that restricts
the membership to men, but no ac
tion had been taken, until last night,
to encourage the women voters of
the town to affiliate with the or
ganization. Henceforth the drive
for members will include both men
and women.
For the purpose of arousing in
terest in the local Republican move
ment, a membership committee of
five was appointed at last night's
meeting, and a very important part
of this committee’s work will be to
inform the ladies of the action
taken with a view to having them
become members. The committee
also will solicit members among the
men of the community and devise
ways and means of stimulating in
terest in club development.
A public meeting probably will
be arranged a little later in the
season and a number of prominent
Republican speakers of the Interior
invited to give talks on Republican
ism.
Last nights meeting, which was
the second held by the local club,
•was very well attended and a num
ber of new names were added to
the membership roll, with the prom
ise that the membership of the club
will be doubled before the next
meeting:, which is scheduled for Feb
ruary 10. Every member ha? pledg
ed himself to try to bring in one
new name, and the membership com
mittee, it is certain, will make a
good showing.
By-laws drafted by the executive
committee were presented for con
sideration last night and approved.
The constitution was also altered
slightly so as to add two members
to the executive committee, making
a total membership of five. The by
laws provide for two regular meet
ings a month—on the second and
fourth Tuesdays.
The members appointed to act
on the membership committee are:
,J. A. Fischer, P. O. Wrenstedt, Alf
Ekcland, Harry Davis, and R. C.
Morris.
WARD WILL MANAGE
NEW HERRON PAPER
SEATTLE, Jan. 28.—Charles E.
Herron announces that the name of
his proposed Juneau newspaper will
be The Alaska Daily Capital. J.
.Wilbur Ward will be manager of the
publication.
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AUSTRIAN PRISONERS PERISH
BY THOUSANDS IN FAR NORTH
SEATTLE, Jan. 27.—(Delayed.)
—The milling plant of the North
west Lead company,, on Fourth ave
jnuc south, was completely destroyed
:by tire today, the flames havinu
i secured such a start that it \va^
.impossible for the lire department
ito save the building. The big strut
|ture was practically in ashes within
half an hour after the fire started
The toss is estimated at $125,000.
The plant of the Northwest Lead
'company is located at 1742-174''
Fourth avenue south. John T. Lund
;is president. The company handle
lead pipe, sheet lead, lead traps
marine lead, and lead wool.
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BOWEN WILL SHOW
HOW 10 USE COAL
■ Dr. J. H. Bowen, who went tu
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Fairbanks on yesterday’s train, plan.
to rent temporary quarters in the
upper town for the purpose of dem
onstrating the value of lignite coal.
A eoal-burning stove will be in
stalled and the Fairbanks public in
vited to visit the place for the pur
pose of seeing the coal in action.
The Fairbanks papers are giving
the plan considerable publicity.
JAPS HOLD MEETINGS
TO ADVOCATE REFORMS
TOKIO.—Mass meetings are fre
quently held in Tokio' and other
cities for the purpose of demanding
reforms, more especially the grant
ing of universal suffrage.
A group of young men who form
ed the Young Men’s Reconstruction
association called on Premier Hava
and asked his views on the question
of universal suffrage. Mr. Hara re
plied that the question was so im
portant that he eould not give an
offhand opinion.
DENIKINE IS REFUGEE;
BOARDS BRITISH VESSEL
PARIS, Jan, 27. — (Delayed.)—
General Denikine and the members
of his staff have taken refuge aboard
a British vessel at Constantinople.
Paul Snider, John Balmer, Ernest
Wingfield, Con Anderson, Mike Hai
ris, Joe Schulze, and E. Oberg were
outgoing passengers on this morn
ing’s train, headed for the coast.
Louis Womstedt went along with a
dog team*to haul the baggage of
several of the mushers.
■•maaa, AImM’i Interior l*Ml Bopot
i GENEVA, Jan. 27— (Delayed.)~
Of 'the half million Austrian sol
diers captured by the Russians dur
■ injr the war, nearly 375,000 have
! perished miserably in Siberia, of
* disease, according: to information
received in this city today. Most of
! the deaths, it is stated, were caused
' by smallpox and typhus,
j The suffering of the prisoners is
| said to have been indescribable. The
i unfortunates were poorly housed,
much of the time without sufficient
ifuel during the Arctic winters, and
ion short rations of food at all times
|during their stay in Siberia. Many
of the ini'-oners actually starved to
death, and those who did not starve
iwere so impoverished that they fell
ieasy victims to disease.
The sick received but little at
tention from the Russians. Doctors
[were scarce and hospital accommoda
tions but little better than the
houses in which the prisoners were
forced to live. That many more did
not die of disease was due to the
care of English and American doc
tors.
NATIONAL CANNERS
SEE HIGHER PRICES
i CLEVELAND, O., Jan. 27.—(De
layed.) — Delegates to the annual
i convention of the National Canners’
i
association, now in session here,
predict that higher food prices will
'prevail throughout the country dur
ing 1920 than during the past year.
The prediction is based on the claim
thait production has failed to keep
! pace with the demand; to inflated
currency conditions, and to the riot
ous extravagance of people who
have acquired wealth during the war
period.
The convention urges increased
production in all lines as a source
of i>artial relief from existing price
|conditions, hut normal pre-war con
ditions cannot be restored, it is
iclaimed, until the American people
' get down to a more economical
; basis of living. Extravagant living,
it is pointed out, creates an ab
, normal demand for those products
which are not essential and which
i not be produced in quantity until
the demand for staple articles of
ifood and clothing has been met.
Increased production and economy
i will help to restore currency to a
i normal basis. Hut until these re
forms are brought about, the can
ners declare, the American public
can look for further advances in the
'cost of living.
10 CHANGE NAME;
ABANDON REGINA
OTTAWA, .Ian. 27.—(Delayed.*
—The headquarters of the North
iwes/t Mounted police is to be moved
from Retina to this city within the
Inear future, according to an official
announcement made today by repre
sentatives of the Dominion govern
I
, ment.
j The plan is to amalgamate the
Northwestern organization with the
Dominion police, under the name of
| Royal Canadian Mounted police.
The change means chiefly an am
algamation of forces, with central
ized authority, which the Dominion
authorities believe will result in
: greater efficiency.
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LARGE SUM REALIZED
FROM SALE OF STORES
| LONDON. — Since the armistice,
I Great Britain has realized $.r>f>5,
' 000,000 from the sale of surplus
j stores and property.
Ten sacks of first class ma'il were
expected in Fairbanks this after
noon, the mail stage being scheduled
to arrive about three o’clock.
MYSTERY MAN IS
HEIR TO FORTUNE;
MEMORY IS GONE
SEATTLE, Jan. 27.—(Delayed.)
—A mystery man, who is known
only by the initials J. C. R., is be-,
ing held by the authorities here in
the belief that he is heir to a Min
nesota estate valued at $100,000.
The heir to the estate disap
peared from Minnesota twelve years
ago, and since that time relatives
have been searching the country for
him. The description sent out by'
them tallies with that of Seattle’s
mystery man, and the authorities
are confident that they have the
heir in their custody.
The much-sought heir lost his
memory twelve years ago and left '
his home, since which lime nothing
has been heard of him. The local
man of mystery does not know his ^
name and can recall nothing of his.
early life. The past is a complete ,
blank to him.
Rudolf Wolff, violinist, will make 1
his last appearance before a Fair- j
banks audience tonight at Thorne’s i
theater. He plans to leave for the
States within a few days, accompa
|nied by his wife.
CHICAGO, Jan. 27.--(Delayed.)
—The peak of the flu epidemic in
this city appears to have been
passed, the reports of the health au
thorities showing today that the
number of new eases is on the de
crease.
The death rate, on the other hand,
is on the increase, a condition that
is giving the medical authorities
grave, concern. Influenza and pneu
monia are reported to have killed
1715 during the past 24 hours, a
igain of 41 over the previous day.
Maiio Segura, who was sentenced
to death last summer for the mur
der of George Riley, in Iditarud,
was resentenced by Judge Bunnell
yesterday afternoon, the execution
having been set for April 2.
The condemned man’s brother, a
resident of Butte, has engaged .1
Butte attorney to make an effort
to secure executive clemency for
Segura, the only hope that is left.
John A. Clark appeared in court,
yesterday, at the request of the
Butte attorney, and requested that
the execution date be set as far
distant as possible, in order that '
the defense might have time to per
feet its petition for clemency.
PARIS DOPE JOINTS
HAVE SECRET SIGNS
PARIS.—The police have diseov
erel a novel manner of advertising
an opium den. It was the shop of
a dealer in antiques. When the
police raided it, one of the occu
pants told the inspector he was able
to identify it as an opium den be
cause all the letters “O” in the
sign advertising antiques were paint
ed in darning red, while the other
letters were gilded.
AIR SERVICE REPORT
SHOWS GOOD RESULTS
LONDON.—The report of Major
General F. N. Sykes, controller of
aviation, shows that out of 52,000
passengers carried in 21,000 air
plane trips approximately ,‘{03,000
miles, only two deaths have beer
recorded through accidents.
Postmaster T. H. Deal, of Fair
banks, is receiving treatment at St.
Joseph’s hospital for an attack of
the grip.
Much of the time of Judge Bun
nell during the remainder of the
winter will be taken up with divorce
| proceedings, a long list of suits
having been filed in Fairbanks since
I the judge left for the coast last
I tall to occupy the bench in the
[Third division, during the absence
I of District Judge Fred Brown. All
|of the pending cases may not come
i to trial during the present session
| of court, but enough of them prob
ably will be heard to keep the time
I of the court occupied for some
. time. The list, counting one ease
I that was eoneluded yesterday, in
cludes a dozen actions, some of them
i filed by husbands and some by
1 wives.
The ease disposed of yesterday
was that of Bertha Creighton vs.
Richard Creighton, the plaintiff hav
ing been given a divorce without
serious opposition.
' The cases awaiting action include
the following:
George Anstrom vs. Anna An
strom.
Willa (J. Mitchell vs. Albert
Mitchell. •
Aina Jaanus vs. Matt Jaanus.
Julia Watson vs. Charles II. Wat
son.
Signa Oie vs. Ben Oie.
Elizabeth Sharard vs. W. W.
Sharard.
Frank Burgess vs. Belle J. Bur
gess.
Lea Beagle vs. Harry Beagle.
Knut Roland vs. Anna Roland
Mabel Zwioker vs. F.ldridge Zwick
er.
VANCOUVER DEFEATS
VICTORIA AT HOCKEY
VANCOUVER, B. (.Ian. ;17. -
(Delayed.I The local hockey team
defeated the Victoria aggregation,
7 to 5, in a name played on the
local ice last night. All five team*
are now tied for lirst place.
Fred Kiel returned to his Totat
lanika fox farm this morning, after
a brief stay in town. He reports
that he has sold ,all his potatoes on
the local market.
Frank Weisel left for the Kantish
na on this morning’s train. He ar
rived in town several days ago for
supplies.
Bob Sheldon is expected in Fair
banks tonight from Chitina. He is
eominjr in without passtngers, but
expects to start back about the first
of the month with a full load.
Hawley Sterling, Fred Morency,
and Fred Strand, who came down
from Fairbanks yesterday, left for
the end of steel this morning to be
gin work on a clearing contract
which they have secured from the
commission.
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