WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1920.
NO. 283
GERMANS TO FLOAT WORLD LOAN SOON
JUDGE TURNS DEFENDANTS LOOSE IN MICHIGAN
GORKY SAYS BOLSHEVISM IS PROVING DISAPPOINTMENT
WORST BUZZARD
OF WINTER HITS
SEVERAL STATES
CHICAGO. March 4. — Middle
Western states are in the grip today
of the worst blizzard experienced
thus far this winter. Snow is fall
ing in large quantities in several
sections and in Colorado and Ne
braska low temperatures are re
ported, several towns having record
ed 45 below zero.
Communication of all kinds has
been crippled by the storm. Wires
are down and trains are stalled by
heavy drifts, and several towns are
completely isolated.
The weather bureau issued warn
ings to mariners today to be on the
lookout for storms on the North Pa
cific coast.
Heavy snow in New England has
resulted in stalling thousands of
cars and the employes of industrial
plants in some localities are being
used to restore traffic. The situa
tion is the worst of the kind on
record in that section of the coun
try. Many plants have been com
pelled to close down because of the
inability of the railroads to make
coal deliveries.
HUNT IS STARTED
FOR MISSING MAN
SEATTLE, March 4.—The police
of this city are engraved in a search
for Edward Logsdon, local mill
wright. who left home last Friday
and has not been seen since. In
company with a stranger named Wil
son. the missing man started for
Hood’s canal to buy a homestead,
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GERMANS WILL MAKE EFFORT
TO RAISE CASH FOR NATION
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i LONDON', March 4.—The Daily
Standard is authority for the state
ment, published today,* that the Al
] lied supreme council has decided to
I
^ant the request of Germany for
| permission to launch an interna
jtional loan as a means of raisin"
funds to tide the nation over the
[present financial crisis.
The Allies, who have had the
question under consideration for
some time, have reached a decision
havinsr a thousand dollars in cash
on his person when he left home.
The search was instituted at the
request of Mrs. Losrsdon. who fears
that some mishap has befallen her
husband.
OEMPSEY PLACED
SHOW FOR M
LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 4—
Champion Jack Dempsey and his
manager. Jack Kearns, were placed
under arrest at noon today on war
rants charging them with evading
the draft. The warrants were tele
graphed to this city from San Fran
cisco. The two men were released
almost immediately, upon furnishing
bonds for their appearance when
ordered.
Dempsey will appear in an exhi
bition bout here on Friday with Ter
ry Keller, of New York, who has
the distinction of having won a de
cision over Beckett, the defeated
English champion. They will go
four rounds.
LAREDO, Tex., March 4.—Ger
ild Brandson, correspondent at Mex
ico City for the Los Angeles Time*,
las been expelled from Mexico as a i
pernicious foreigner, the order of
expulsion have been issued by Presi
dent Carranza. Two policemen es- j
-•orted the newspaperman from Mex-:
co City to Neuva Laredo, where he
rossed the boundary to this city.
Brandson is said to have offended i
:he Mexican authorities by meddling ■
n politics. ,
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* temperature
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* observation station, Nenana
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S Thursday, March 4.
! Maximum .21 above
1 Minimum . 9 above
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that such a loan is absolutely nece
;sary for the preservation of the Ger
man nation. The financial ruin of
! that country, it is realized, would
mean a weak and danperous spot
I in Europe and a menace to Europe
an peace.
The loan is to take precedence
I over the indemnity demanded by the
A lliov
!.
WANT TO KEEP BOATS.
BERLIN, March 4.—Union orpan
izations of Germany have presented
Statements to the government urg
ing the retention of vessels which
Germany is required ttusurrender to
the Allies under the Terms of the
peace treaty. The unions point out
that it will be almost impossible to
replace the ships at this time be
cause of labor troubles which are
handicapping German industries.
The vessels, which are supposed
to be turned over to the Allies this
week, include eight battleships and
I DIRECTED VERDICT
MOTION IS DENIED
; GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., March 4.
:—Fifteen of the defendants w*lio
•were indicted by the grand jury in
connection with the Newberry elec
tion scandal were released yester
. day by Judge Sessions, without ac
tion on the part of the defense. The
judge also dismissed the fifth count
in the indictment, but has refused
to dismiss two other counts which
the defendants sought to have strick
en. In denying the motion, the
court advised the attorneys for the
defense that it would be useless for
them to argue for a directed ver
(lift, as it would be denied by him.
Further motions for dismissals
were denied today. In making his
decision known, the judge stated
that the conviction or acquittal of
: Senator Newberry would not neces
sarily mean a like outcome in the
case of the other 84 defendants still
on trial. The court holds that the
prosecution has made out a prima
facie case, with ample evidence to
warrant a verdict of guilty.
The defense will begin the in
troduction of evidence this after
noon, the state having completed its
case yesterday.
OBSERVER REPORTS
REDS ARE FAILURE
STOCKHOLM, March 4.—Maxim
Gorky, Russian novelist and revolu
tionary propagandist, has published
an article in this city in which he
declares that he is disappointed with
Bolshevism as it is working out in
his native land.
Contrary to expectations, the rev
olution which resulted in the down
fall of Czar Nicholas has not been ■
ME) MIKES FIST !
TUP MAST END
According to John Carlson, road
house man, who arrived in town >
last night from his establishment
on the Broad Pass trail, Mike Coon
ey was making fast time when he
passed the Carlson place enroute to
the coast with Examiner of Ac
counts Bamdollar and J. R. Walle, •
and should reach Talkeetna today.
Cooney was ahead of schedule when
Carlson saw him, and expected to;
reach the other end in record time.
If he reaches Talkeetna today, he
ivill have covered the distance be
:ween ends of steel in three days.
Carlson is a guest at the Cooney
lotel. i
followed by a spiritual revival, and
the men in power now are just as •'
brutal as those who exercised au
thority in the days of the deposed
czar. i
;
The novelist says that he has,
studied conditions in Russia closely
and now speaks with authority when j
he says the old conditions have not
been improved by the regime now ii
power.
Mf ENROUTE HOME;
OAKLAND. Cal., March 4.—Mary !
Pickford, who was granted a divorce 1
from Owen Moore in Nevada this '
week, reached this city today direct 1
from Reno and is taking every pre
caution enroute to avoid reporters,
of whom there are many on her ;
trail. |
Upon arrival here, Mary rushed (
from the train to a closed auto- ,
mobile and disappeared in the di- j
rection of San Jose.
One reporter, determined to in- I
rerview the fair movie star, boarded r
he train at Sacramento and man- ]
iged to reach Mary’s compartment, t
vhere he was very politely bowed
mt. Mary told him in as few words
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; several cruisers, the list totaling 120
1 ships. The ships are to be manned
by officers of the German nierean
; tile marine.
TRIED TO COME BACK.
BUDAPEST, March 4.—It is re
ported here that former Emperor
, Charles recently made an unsuccess
ful attempt to return to Hungary
ion a false passsport. the object of
the attempt being to re-establish
i himself on the throne.
[as possible that she had nothing to
■ say about her divorce or her future
I plans.
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OF- PART IN PIOI
TOUPSEISOVIEIj
WASHINGTON, I). March l !
—-Continuing his testimony before
the senate sub-committee which is j
investigating the activities of Bol- j
sheviki Ambassador Martens, former 1
Senator Hardwick of Georgia, who '
is acting as counsel for the Rus-J
sian, made a further effort to show )
that the American Government, thru j
its diplomatic agents, aided the rev-j
olutionary attempts which were j
made to upset the Russian soviet
government. i
I). C. Poole, former American con-j
sul at Moscow, who also appeared
before the committee, denied Hard- !
wick’s charges that he participated:
in a conspiracy, under the protec
tion of the American Sag, to blow
up bridges and otherwise hamper
the soviet government.
IUS DECIDE
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LONDON, March 4. — By the 1
erms of a treaty which has been 1
lecided upon by a conference of
oreign ministers, representing the ‘
killed governments, the Turks must '
nove out of Europe. The treaty ‘
trips Turkey of virtually all Euro- *
>ean territory, with the exception 1
if holy places. *
iOLICITOR RESIGNS t
JOB AS WASHINGTON
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WASHINGTON, D. €., March 4.
—Lester H. Woolsey, solicitor of s
he department of state, tendered !
is resignation today, to take ef- j
ect immediately. ,c
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A consignment of second class b
tail left Salcha this morning for l<
’airbanks and should reach its des—s
ination before night. h
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Kenana, the Gateway to McKinley «i
Katlonal Park. ,
NEW JERSEY NAS
SIARTED ACTION
TO DEFEAT LAWS
WASHINGTON, I). ('., March l
— The State of New Jersey, through
Attorney-General Thomas Mct’ran,
filed an action in the supreme court
today seeking to have the prohibi
tion amendment and the Volstead
enforcement act declared unconsti
tutional. The petition also seeks to
prevent the enforcement of the Vol
stead act.
The petition charges that the am
endment was improperly drawn and
declares that Congress has not the
power to propose an amendment reg
ulating the rights of the people,
their habits and custom*. The am
endment, it is further claimed, is in
violation of the people’s sovereign
rights.
In many respects the arguments
advanced are similar to those pre
sented by the State of Rhode Island,
which was first to inaugurate an
action to have the amendment de
clared unconstitutional.
HOUSE STANDS PAT.
WASHINGTON, U. C„ March t.
—By an overwhelming majority, the
lower house of Congress today re
fused to repeal the prohibition am
endment and the enforcement act.
BANDIT LEADER 1$
KILLED BE IRODPS
MEXICO CITY, Maroli 4. <>»,
ial announcement has been made in
:his city of the execution ol' Manuel
Lronzales, leader of the bandit jtanp'
•esponsible for the murder of Cor
ner American Consul Morrill. The
eader is reported to have been over
aken and killed by Mexican ;rov
rrnment troops which were despatch
■d in pursuit of the outlaws follow
ntr the murder of the American.
Several of Gonzales’ followers
dso were killed by the soldiers.
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’ PERSONAL «
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t H It I*. It It It * * « KUKRKItr I
Lieut.-Col. Lewis, head of the sec
rid section of the signal corps, who
.'as in .Venana this week on a treo
ral tour of inspection, arrived in
'airhanks from Chena this morning,
le will take the train hack to Dun
ar’s tomorrow and visit the radio
tation at Brooks before returning
» his headuarters at Gibbon.
William Depperman came in from
he end of steel last evening to
pend a few days in town.
Corporal Durwood Mocker, in
harpre of the Fairbanks office of
le signal corps, has been ordered
i Valdez for discharge and will
iave for the coast on a Brower
atre on Monday. Mrs. Hocker, who
ns a position in the Fairbanks tele
hone exchange, will leave about
le first of April.