WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1920
NO. 129
QUAKES CAUSE HEAVY LOSSES IN ITALY
TRANSCONTINENTAL AIR MAIL SER VICE STAR TS
GOMPERS CHAMPIONS CANDIDACY OF GOVERNOR COX
PLANES ENROUTE
ACROSS COUNTRY
ON REGULAR RUN
NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—A trans
continental aerial mail service be
tween this city and San Francisco
was officially inaugurated yesterday
when Pilot Page started for the Pa
cific coast with a shipment of 400
pounds of first class mail. A second
plane hopped for the West, an hour
later with additional mail, the con
signment including letters from Sen
ator Harding to friends in San
Francisco.
The schedule calls for the arrival
of the planes at San Francisco 42
hours ahead of mail train time. The
distance across country by the new
aerial route is 2,650 miles, and the
establishment of the service places
at the disposal of the military forces
the greatest system of regularly
maintained landing fields in the
world.
Both planes reached Cleveland
aafely yesterday afternoon and were
to have started on the second leg
of the flight today.
START EAST TOMORROW.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sepit. 9.—Pos
tal airplanes will leave this city for
the East tomorrow, and will operate
regularly hereafter between thfs city
and New York.
MEXICANS REFUSE
10 RECEIVE NOTE
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 9.—It is
denied at the foreign office that a
note dealing with the petroleum situ
ation has been received from Wash
ington. But it has been learned un
officially that the United States em
bassy received such a note for trans
mission to the Mexican government,
and that the Mexicans refused to
receive it, claiming that the com
munication was framed in such lan
guage that its acceptance was im
possible.
Embassy officials refuse to give
out any information relative to the
incident.
LITTLE GIRL IS SHOT;
SLAYER IS CAPTURED
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9.—Thel
ma Lee, aged 11, was shot and killed
while on her way to school this week
in San Bruno suburbs. When the
body of the girl was found, a posse
was organized and Thomas L. Nel
son, a carpenter, under suspicion as
the slayer, was taken into custody
after a few hours’ chase, but not
until after he had fatally injured
himself.
THIRSTY CAMEL DRINKS
LEMONADE STAND DRY
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 9.—Fifty
policemen on duty at the state fair
grounds were called upon yesterday
to subdue a thirsy camel, which en
tered a soft drink booth and drank
ten gallons of red lemonade at one
sitting.
MANY LOSE LIVES IN ITALY
AS RESULT OF EARTHQUAKE
ALASKA POLL TAX
LAW PASSES TEST
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9.—The
right of the Alaska territorial legis
lature to impose poll taxes on mem
bers of the crews of ships visiting
the Alaska fishing banks has been
affirmed by the circuit court of ap
peals, in a decision handed down
this week, reversing the decision of
the district court of Alaska.
The case was that of John Heden
skoy, a fisherman in the employ of
the Alaska Packers’ association, who
sued for the return of tax money
paid by himself and his shipmates.
The decision disapproves of the
collection of sthe tax through em
ployers, but holds that the territorial
law is constitutional and orders a
reversal of the decision of the dis
trict court before which the case was
originally heard in Alaska.
COX IS WELL PLEASED
WITH WESTERN SPIRIT
GREAT FALLS, Mont., Sept. 9.—
Governor Cox is scheduled to ad
dress the people of this city tonight.
He ivas at Havre this afternoon and !
there expressed himself as enjoying
his first visit to the Far West. He
also said he felt well satisfied with
the receptions accorded him.
RUSSIANS ARE GIVING
RED LEADERS TROUBLE
LONDON, Sept. 9.—The Exchange
Telegraph has received advices from
Copenhagen telling of a number of j
revolts against soviet rule in the vi-!
cinity of Moscow. None of the up
risings succeeded, however, the re
volts being put down quickly and
with much bloodshed.
SEVEN DRINK ALCOHOL;
WILL NOT DRINK MORE
BALTIMORE, Md., Sept. 9.—Sev
en civilian employes of the Edge
wood arsenal died here today as a
result of drinking alcohol of the
brand that is not intended for use
as a beverage. Another employe i3
seriously ill, but it is believed that
he will recover.
The authorities are trying to as
certain where the men obtained the
alcohol.
DEPARTMENT TO KEEP
CLOSE TAB ON STILLS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9.—
In an effort to put an end to the
illegal distilling of liquor, officials of
the treasury department have de
cided to tighten the regulations gov
erning the sale of stills. By this
means it is hoped to make easier the
work of tracing the ownership of
stills which are supplying the coun
try with hootch.
Hcnana, the Gateway to McKinley
national Park. I
ROME, Sept. 9. — According to
dispatches received in this city from
Massa, capital of the province of
Massa Carrara, that region was
rocked by a severe earthquake this
week, the disturbance resulting in
the death of several hundred people,
the injury of .additional hundreds,
and the destruction of much prop
erty.
Scores of lives, it is also reported,
were lost in the district north of
Florence, and reports now coming
from the stricken region add steadi
ly to the area devastated. It is now
known that the disturbed district is
more than 100 miles in extent, but
it probably will be days before the
full amount of the damage can be
ascertained.
DEAD INCREASING.
LONDON, Sept. 9.—Advices re- |
ceived in this city from the devas
tated region in Italy indicate that
the death list is growing rapidly as
searchers penetrate deeper into the
disturbed area. The Spezia district,
near the Gulf of Genoa, appears to
have suffered greatly, a number of
towns and settlements being in ruins
as a result of the quake. The towns
of Molassa and Tarasco were com
pletely destroyed, with heavy loss of
lives.
HELPING SUFFERERS.
ROME, Sept. 9.—Special trains,
with doctors, nurses and food and
clothing supplies, have been rushed
to the stricken regions from several
points and the government is pre
paring to render every assistance
possible. Volunteers are searching
the ruins for victims, working under
the direction of soldiers.
OREGON FIRE FATAL;
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KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Sept. 9.
—A score of persons lost their lives
in this city early Tuesday morning
in a fire which started in the Hous
ton opera house and spread rapidly
to adjoining buildings, including a
hotel, which was crowded with La
bor Day visitors. Eight bodies were
taken from the ruins of the hotel.
Mrs. Mary Campora, to whom a
baby girl was born last Friday, was
caught in the upper story of one of
the burning buildings and threw her
child into the arms of the horrified
spectators on the street below. The
baby escaped unhurt, but when the
mother jumped from the window she
was seriouly injured. Many others
were bruised and burned while mak
ing their escape.
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NAVY BANS WHISKY
AS HELP TO AILING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9.—
The naval bureau of medicine and
surgery has published an order for
bidding the use of spirituous liquors
for medical purposes in the navy.
And in accordance with the order,
whisky forthwith will be stricken
from the navy medical supply table.
CHAMPION COLT TAKES
PURSE IN FAST RACE
NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—Man-o’
War, champion colt, set a new
world’s record here this week for a
mile and five furlongs run, covering
the distance in 2:40 4-5, which is
seven seconds better than the best
previous record.
G. E. Beraud, who recently ar
rived from the Kantishna district, is
bound for the Outside aboard the
steamer Alaska.
J. A. Fairborn, Fairbanks agent
of the White Pass company, made a
trip to Nenana yesterday on the
special t'-’in sent dow n to meet the
steamer Alaska.
DENVEfl CARS CRASH;
MM NUB
DENVER, Sept. 9.—A collision on
the interurban line near Globeville,
a suburb, resulted yesterday in the |
death of a dozen passengers and the
probable fatal injury of live others.
Scores more were hurt. *
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The cars are reported to have
been going 50 miles an hour when
they collided on a curve and tele
scoped. The injured, numbering
more than 50, were rushed to this
I city for treatment.
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POET WILL RELEASE
SEIZED YANKEE SHIP
LONDON, Sept. 9.—It is reported
from Rome that d’Annunzio disap
proves of the seizure of the Ameri
can steamer Cogne and will instruct
his officers to release the vessel im
mediately.
WAR PRISONERS HELP
SOVIET TROOPS BACK
HARBIN,- Sept. 9.—Reports re
ceived in this city state that Ger
man and Hungarian prisoners of
war, recently released, are now help
ing the soviet forces to recapture
Omsk, where the soviets were re
cently overthrown by a peasant re
volt. The Bolsheviki forces are hold
ing the northern portion of the rail
way, but are isolated and without
food.
The Altai province has been clear
ed of Reds.
TANANA ARRIVES WITH
TIMBERS FOR RAILROAD
The steamer Tanana arrived in
port from the mouth of the Tanana
river last night with a bargeload of
bridge timbers for the Alaskan En
gineering commission.
The steamer is ■washing boilers
today and will start back down river
probably tomorrow afternoon to con
nect with the packet Louise at Gib
bon, returning within the next few
days with more timbers and a cargo
of cement.
SEATTLE, Sept--9.—The selection
of jurors in the case of the Govern
ment vs. seven officials of the Grays
Harbor Motorship corporation was
started here yesterday morning and
by noon nine jurors had been tenta
tively accepted.
The defendants are charged with
conspiring to defraud the Govern
ment through the presentation of
false claims for advance bonus mon
ey for the delivery of hulls to the
Emergency Fleet corporation.
The remainder of the week, it is
expected, will be consumed by the
hearing, and this case will be fol
lowed by similar ones against the
Seaborn Shipyard company of Ta
coma, Captain John Blaine, former
manager of the Northwest Fleet
corporation, and the Grays Harbor
corporation. The defendants include
Albert Schubach, Bruce Shorts Mon
ty Ward, A. B. Shay, A. S. Hoonan,
W. A. McGee, and A. B. Hunt.
The Government will call a long
list of witnesses.
LUMBER DEALERS SAY
PRICES WILL GO UP
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 9.—Speakers
addressing the annual convention of
the National Retail Lumber Dealers'
association here today declared that
there is no prospect of an immedi
ate decline in prices. On the con
trary, they predict there will be a
further advance in the near future.
YANKEE HAS ESCAPED;
OUTLAW BAND DOOMED
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 9.—It is of
ficially reported here that A. Gard
ner, American, who was held for a
ransom by Bandit Zamora, has made
his escape. It is also reported that
the prospects are now bright for the
annihilation of the outlaw band, fed
eral troops being in hot pursuit.
TIDAL WAVE IS FATAL
TO MANY ON SAGHALIN
TOKIO, Sept. 9.—A tidal wave,
which swept a large portion of Sag
halin island this week, is reported
to have caused the death of 200 per
sons. Details of the disaster are
lacking.
The steamer Carl White is en
route to Diamond City, in the Kan- (
tishna district, with a cargo of sup- i
plies for the Van Orsdel company, i
Clyde Collins and C. D. McCauley i
accompanied the shipment. I
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Mrs. O. C. Williams, oldtime resi- I
dent of Fairbanks, has disposed of I
her home and will leave for the I
Outside on the steamer Yukon, on I
the next trip of that boat. Mrs. (
Williams has been a resident of the I
North for a score of years.
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VETERAN LEADER
OF Lion AVERS
DEMOCRAT SAFE
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 9.—In
an address delivered in this city on
Labor Day, Samuel Gompers, vet
eran president of the American Fed
eration of Labor, unqualifiedly
championed the candidacy of Gover
nor Cox, declaring that the Demo
cratic candidate for the presidency
had voted favorably in Congress on
all legislation in the interests of the
people. And he declared further
that, as governor of the state of
Ohio, Cox had lent his influence to
the passage of conservative legisla
tion.
Gompers defended the League of
Nations and criticized the Republi
cans for their failure to permit the
ratification of the treaty as present
ed to the senate by President Wil
son.
Referring to Senator Harding,
Gompers spoke of him as being "a
nice, respectable gentleman.”
PETE WMCH GONE;
LEFT ESTATE BEHIND
NEW YORK, Sept. LA.—Of inter
est ito Interior Alaskans is the an
nouncement made here today of the
death of Peter Vidovich, well-known
former resident of Fairbanks ami
Dawson, who is described as “an
gld charity patient of the municipal
lodging: house” in this city, where
he sought refuge some time ago,
pleading poverty. lie registered as
an Alaska miner.
It has been learned by the au
thorities since the death of Vidovich
that he was possessed of cash and
securities valued at $120,000. He
had Liberty bonds valued at $50,
000 and is said to have $00,000 de
posited in Alaska banks. He also
has jewels, deeds and real estate in
Fairbanks.
Vidovich was well known to many
residents of Nenana. While a resi
dent of Fairbanks, he occupied a
hovel near the cemetery, but it was
at that time well known that he
possessed considerable money. He
owned a number of cabins, which he
rented, and he had considerable
money loaned on Fairbanks business
property, for which he collected sub
stantial returns in the form of in
terest.
Grading operations on the new
Happy-Fairbanks line were suspend
ed yesterday on,account of the rain.
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