WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1920.
NO. 286
BANDIT HOLDS AMERICAN FOR RANSOM
DANIELS URGING EXTENSIVE BASE DEVELOPMENT
STATE STARTS REBUTTAL IN WOBBLY MURDER CASE
SKIPS DISHED
BY COAST GALES;
SOME ABE EDSI
NEW YORK, March 8.—Atlantic
shipping has suffered severely dur
ing the past two days as a result of
the gales which are sweeping the
coast. Among the disabled vessels
reported is the Shipping board
steamer Guilford, which was aban
doned off Nantucket. The captain j
and the members of the crew were (
rescued.
The American schooner Eva Doug-,
las was also abandoned after disas-'
ter had overtaken the vessel off the
Delaware capes. The captain and
crew of eleven escaped.
Another Shipping board vessel,
the Lake Ellithorpe, was disabled
by the storm and narrowly escaped
hitting or. Sable Island shoals, and
a steamer, believed to be the Can
adian collier Cape Brecon, ground
ed off Nova Scot'-- and is.-‘bought
to be doomed.
The crew of the steamer Bratto
was picked up at sea this morning,
but the fate of the vessel is un
known. The transatlantic liner Maine
lost her rudder yesterday and is be
ing assisted into port.
PRESIDENT APPEARS
IN PERFECT HEALTH
WASHIXGGTON, D. C., March 8.
—President Wilson was taken for
another automobile drive today, the
outing having been made in an open
car, with the White House patient
in full view. Observers declare that
he looked the picture of health.
Fred Major and E. A. Head, who
were drawn on the pet:* jury, .vere
excused this morning bv Judge !’un
nell.
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MEXICANS DYNAMITE TEAM;
TAKE WAR VETERAN CAPTIVE
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EL PASO, Tex., March 8.-^Jo
seph Williams, an American war vet
eran, is a prisoner in the hands of
Bandit Leader Francisco Villa, by
| whom he is being: *held for a ran
jsom of $50,000, with the threat of
! death in case the money is not forth
! coming promptly.
• Villa captured Williams when he
and 300 of his renegade followers
; dynamited the locomotive attached
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to a train enroute from Mexico City
to Juarez. Train guards and mem
bers of the train crew battled with
the bandits, but were greatly out
numbered and unable to resist the
j raid which was made upon the pass
lengers. Nineteen of the trainmen
were killed during the struggle, Villa
himself killing tlie Pullman conduc
tor. The passengers were herded
together along-side the track and
Villa calmly informed them that all
were to be put to death, but finally
relented and, weeping, announced
that he would spare their lives out
of respec: to the memory of General
Angeles, who was recently executed.
All of the passengers were then re
leased, with the exception of Will
iams, who was carried off to the
mountains, where he is now being
held pending the payment of the
ransom demanded.
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GARCIA LEADS REVOLT.
MEXCIO CITY, March 8.—Gen
1
;eral Tibureo Garcia is reported to
jhave led a revolt against the newly
| established government of Luis Guit
!terez, leader of the Honduras chant -
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jber of deputies, the uprising having
I resulted in the death of a score of;
! deputies. The rival factions fought
a pitched battle in the chamber, al-!
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most wrecking the place before or-,
Ider was restored. Dr. Romulo Du-(
ton, president of the chamber of
deputies, was killed during the bat-;
! tie.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 8. !
— Chairr- n Steenerson of the house:
! postoil.ee "corniiiitiee has wviU'Jh ati^
' open letter to the publishers of i
| newspapers throughout the country,
' calling: their attention to the re
quest of the committee that the con
sumption of print paper be reduced
, ten percent on account of the short
; age of paper.
i The request of the committee, it
is stated, has been ignored by a
I number of the big publishers of
the country.
Mail matter has been accumulat
ing rapidly at Fairbanks during the
I past several days and considerable
jmore is still enroute over the trail
;from Chitina, due to arrive within
the next few days, according to re
ports received from the upper town
this noon. All of the mail thus far
received, since Friday, is second
class matter, however.
A mail stage reached Fairbanks
on Friday with a large load, an
other arrived on Saturday, and still
another on Sunday, all with second
class mail. A fourth stage is ex
pected today, but it was not known
at the Fairbanks office whether it
j carried first or second class.
| Nenana’s share of the accumula
tion will be sent down on the train
tomorrow.
GERMAN LIBRARIES ARE
MUCH IN NEED OF CASH
BERLIN. — German libraries and
scientific publications are suffering
from lack ,of funds. The privy
councillor, von Harnack, announced
i at a. meeting of the Berlin universi
ty that the state library could no
longer purchase any books and mag
azines. He said that scientific mag
azines in Germany are gradually
dying, that scientific monographs
could no longer be published, since
the support of the academies has
ceased, and that German scientific
books were going abroad in great
numbers.
ANILS REQUESTS
BIG SUM FOR NAVY
WASHINGTON, D. C., .March S.
ft -iec^etary of the Navy Daniels
appeared before the house naval
committee today for the purpose of
urging the extensive development of
naval bases and facilities on the
Pacific coast, '.vith the ultimate es
tablishment of a fueling and sup
ply base in Alaska, at a place to be
determined later.
The secretary recommended the
establishment of submarine and - de
stroyer bases at Port Angeles, Wash
lington, and Astoria, Oregon, and
] the enlargement of the Bremerton
navy yard sufficiently to handle a
large quota of the Pacific fleet. The
Bremerton yard, he said, should be
come one of the main repair and
■ (locking yards for capital ships.
The development of San Diego as
| the main base of the Pacific fleet,
while on the Southern drill grounds
jwas recommended, but no recom
■ mendations of any sort were made
[for Mare island.
WOBBLY WITNESSES
EXPOSED BY STATE
MONTESANO, March 8.—William
McFadden, deputy sheriff of Ellens
burg, was called to the stand today
by the state in rebuttal, and denied
the statement of William Spears,
witness for the defense, who testi
fied on Saturday that McFadden
had advised him against giving tes
timony. McFadden declared that he
did not know until Saturday that
Spears had witnessed the shooting.
Miss Ruth Godfrey, aged 15, tes
tified that on the day of the shoot
ing she heard her neighbor, John
Patterson, tell his wife that he had
not seen the shooting. But when
called as a witness for the defense,
Patterson had testified that he was
close %to the wobbly hall and saw
the shooting.
Judge Wilson refused to permit
the introduction, by the defense, of
newspaper clippings for the purpose
of showing that a meeting had been
held at Elks’ hall to plan a raid on
the wobbly hall.
KLONDIKE OLDTIMER
PASSES IN HONOLULU
VANCOUVER, B. C., March 8.—
Major Fitz Morrison, mounted po
lice superintendent of this city, is
reported to have died in Honolulu.
He was stationed in the Yukon
country during: the Klondike rush.
Xenana, the Gateway to McKinley
national Park.
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POLES AN^> FINNS ARE
STOPPING BOLSHEVIKI
I LONDON, March 8.—Polish and
Finnish troops are reported to have
repulsed Bolsheviki attacks. The re
ports also state that the Finns coun
tered and managed to pierce the
\ Red lines at several points.
HUN PAPER INSTALLS
NEW WIRELESS PLANT
I DANZIG, Germany. — The first
| German paper to install a wireless
| plant for the collection of news is
, the Danzig Gazette. The first dis
, patches have arrived without mu
tilation. This is the first concrete
result of the Giesberts plan to es
tablish an entire chain of wireless
stations connecting the larger pa
pers of Germany.
Xanana, the Gateway to McKinley
Hational Park.
WHALING COMPANY
STARTS ON COAST
VICTORIA, B. C„ March 8.—Ar
ticles of incorporation have been
filed by the Vancouver island Whal
ing company, with a capitalization
of $600,000. The company will es
tablish headquarters here and oper
ate the full length of the British
Columbia coast.
Officials of the company are au
thority for the statement that re
turned soldiers will be given the |
preference in the matter of cm- !
ployment.
GEORGE BEMIS DEAD;
HAD SUFFERED LONG
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George F. Bemis, pioneer jeweler
of Fairbanks, former mayor anil |
leading businessman of Xanana, died
recently at the home of one of his'
sons in San Francisco, according to
information received in Fairbanks ■
on the last mail.
The deceased was in Nenana last
year, having come here from Tan
ana to consult with Dr. M. E. Smith
regarding a cancerous growth, and,
upon the advice of the local sur
geon, he later went to Rochester,
Minn., and placed himself under the 1
care of specialists at the Mayo hos
pital. An operation was performed
and the patient recovered sufficient- j
ly to proceed to San Francisco,!
where his children reside, two sons
and two daughters, and among whom
he was when death came. One of
the boys, Charlie, attended school
in Fairbanks. Mrs. Bemis resides at
Tanana.
SURGEONS OF ENGLAND
WILL HAVE SPOKESMAN
LONDON. — An organization of
surgeons of the United Kingdom has
just been formed with the object
of establishing a body competent to
speak on behalf of British surgery
as a whole. It is to be known as
the Association of Surgeons of Great
Britain and Ireland, and its first
president is Sir John Bland-Sutton. ,
One of the functions of the associ- j
ation will be to link up British
surgery with American, French, and
Italian.
LOS ANGELES, March 8. One
of the most daring robberies ever
staged in this city took place last
night on First street, when four men
entered a prominent stdre and re
lieved the safe of cash and securi
ties valued at between Sdo.OOO and
$30,000. The loot included a nuni
her of Liberty bonds.
The robbers gained entrance to
the store by informing the nigh’,
watchman they were detectives sent
to the place to stand guard. Once
inside, the robbers seized the watch
man and hatuhuffed him and the
janitor to the elevator caging", where
they remained until discovered this
morning.
The robbers were in the store
over three hours, as a result of
difficulty encountered in opening the
safe.
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SEATTLE:, March s. Residents
of this city who are afflicted with
all manner of ailments are Hocking
to Trinity Episcopal church in quest
of the relief which lias been as
sured them by James Moore Hick
man, English clergyman, who has at
tracted international attention by
his offers to heal the sick by “the
laying on of hands." Among those
who have responded to the invitation
to try the new cure are a number
of stretcher and wheel-chair cases,
and the results ol' the treatment are
being eagerly watched by the entire
community.
Hickman says that he preaches
faith, and claims that his “cures"
have succeeded in other cities vis
ited by him.
PHILADELPHIA MAYOR
RETIRES AS SPEAKER
PHILADELPHIA, Po.—Mayor •!.
Hampton Moore, in times past one
of Philadelphia’s most persistent
banueters, has decided to keep away
from feasts during the term of of
fice he has just begun.
As Representative Moore he was
much in demand as an after-dinner
speak*er. He was one of the organ
izers and the chief spirit of the Five
o’Clock club, a famous dining or
ganization. But since he became
Mayor Moore the demand for his
attendance at banquets has trebled.
One evening recently he attended
five of these functions, remaining
at each one long enough to make a
speech. The experience led him to
announce that “public business is
increasing to such an extent that
he is obliged to decline almost all
invitations for speeches at night.
They are kindly intended, but there
is a limit to physical endurance.”