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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. 11.
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NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1920.
NO. 270
GOVERNMENT HAS PUT REDS TO ROUT
lane is urged to collect royalties in fuel
GOVERNOR AND DELEGATE TRYING TO PROTECT FISH
PHI) TELLS
OF BULLET THAT
MONTESANO. Feb. 17.—Frank
R. Vim Gilder, of Olympia, who
was in command of the first platoon
of the Oentralia contingent during
the Armistic Day. parade, was called
as a witness in the wobbly trial to
day and testified that he was stand
ing beside Grimm when the mur
dered man was struck by one of
the raisers' bullets. The witness
said he narrowly escaped being hit
by the bullet himself. He could
hear it as it whizzed past and struck
Grimm.
Van Gilder stated further that the
American Legion men made no move
toward the wobbly hall until after
the firing had started.
H. F. Gardner, a former wobbly,
testified that he was in the wobbly
hall shortly before the shooting, and
that Elmer Smith, one of the de
fendants, asked Britt Smith, another
defendant, just before the raid, if
he was ready for the raid. Britt
answered that he was always ready
for a raid.
Mrs. Grimm was called to the
stand and identified the vest worn
by her husband on the day of the
parade. It was punctured by bul
lets. She said that she had left her
baby with her sister-in-law in order
that she might watch her husband
march, but knew nothing of the
shooting until she was called to th^
■hospital, where her husband lay dy
ing. She was not subjected to
cross-examination.
Twenty-one witnesses have been
examined, and nearly all of them
testified regarding the shooting. Two
of them, w-ho appeared on the stand
in uniform, testified that they par
ticipated in the parade and took to
their heels when the shooting start
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RADICALISM IS ON WANE NOW
THROUGHOUT UNITED STATES
ed. Their appearance in uniform
brought objection from Attorney
Vandeveer and his assistant, who
told the witnesses no*, to appear in
court dressed that way, because
their appearance was distasteful to
the counsel for the defense. This
brought a sharp rebuke from the
court.
The judge, jury and attorneys
•will go to Centralia during the lat
ter part of the week to view, the
scene of the shooting.
PARIS, Feb. 17.—Former Premier
Caillaux of France was placed on
trial today before the senate on the
specific charge of having plotted
against the external security of the
state by maneuvers, machinations,
and intelligence with the enemy.
■ Should the trial end in conviction,
the penalty will be death.
The defendant appeared in the
senate chamber immaculately garbed
i
and appeared to take little interest
in the proceedings. He wore a
bored expression during the reading
jof the lengthy warrant,
j Great crowds thronged the streets
outside the building, eagerly scan
ning the entrance in the hope of
' getting a glimpse of the prisoner or
hearing something of the proceel
i ings.
j The state has prepared a mass of
evidence, some of it considered very
damaging, and it is expected the
trial will last a considerable time.
—
TO ACCEPT PLACE
I LONDON, Feb. 17. — The Pall
i Mall Gazette is authority for the
: statement that Earl Reading has de
clined appointment as ambassador to
America, proffered to him by Pre
imier Lloyd George.
, Lloyd George refuses to discuss
,tne report, in circulation during the
past several days, to the effect that
Viscount Grev has been shelved.
—
SWEDISH POET TURNS
LITERARY PRIZE DOWN
I -
. STOCKHOLM.—The real reason
why no Nobel prize for literature
jwas awarded last year, says the
(Dagens Nyheter, was that the secre
tary of the Swedish academy, the
| poet, M. Karlfeldt, who had been
selected as the prize winner, de
clined to accept the distinction of
fered.
SEATTLE, Feb. 17.—In the opin
ion of William J. Flynn, director
of the bureau of investigation of
the department of justice and former
secret service chief, who arrived in
this city this week on a tour of the
country. Bolshevism and other form
of radicalism have ceased to be a
menace in the United States, as a
result of the drastic measures adopt
ed by the Government to put a
stop to radical activities.
This does not mean, he says, that
the Government's anti-radical cam
paign is over, but merely that the
determined stand taken by the de
partment of justice is getting re
sults sooner than was expected by
many. The campaign will continue
until all of the radical leaders have
been rounded up and deported.
Flynn lis conferring with depart
ment of justice officials in various
sections of the country with regard
i to the steps that have been taken to
; rid the nation of undesirables.
NORTHERNERS UNITE
ON FISH CAMPAIGN
SEATTLE, Feb. 17.—The Wash-'
; ington correspondent, of the Seattle
i Times says that Governor Thomas
Riggs. Jr., Delegate George B
Grigsby and other Northerners now
in Washington have reached the con
clusion that, unless steps are taken '
to restrict salmon fishing in Alaska,
that valuable food reserve will be
destroyed and the eighty million dol
lars invested in canneries will be[
wiped out.
It is understood that a bill to
prevent fishing in certain seasons of
the year will be introduced at an
early date. The measure will pro
vide for additional taxation to cover
the cost of carrying: out the con
servation provisions of the bill, and
stream fishing will be abolished al
together. The bill also will provide
for the control of the fisheries by a
commission composed of representa
tives of the Territory and the de
partment of commerce.
It is believed that considerable
opposition will he encountered when
the bill is presented.
WILSON GETS BILL
TO SIGN IT LATER
WASHINGTON. D. C., Keb. 17.—
The oil, coal and gas land leasing
bill, which was approved by Con
gress last week, was sent to Presi
dent Wilson immediately after pass
age, and is still on his desk, await
ing: his official signature.
It is expected that the bill will
open forty-four million acres of
i Government coal land and eight
; million acres of oil land. The bill
i specifies the minimum royalties to
:be collected by the Government, but
more may be collected, the amount
;of the royalties to be determined
iby competitive bidding. A maximum
iof 3,200 acres of oil land may be
leased at a minimum royalty of 12%
. percent.
Want It in Oil.
< It has been suggested to Secre
j MIDDLE CLASS WORKERS
STRIKE FOR MORE PAY
—
! LONDON.—Success attending the
•strike of several thousand men and
|women employes of the Army and
| Navy stores, who obtained a sub
stantial increase of wages after a
three-days refusal to work, is hailed
by many observers here as the first
signal victory for a union of *'mid
dle class” employes. There is a
widespread movement in Great Brit
ain toward the full unionization of
this kind of workers.
tary Lane that he exercise at once
the authority -riven under the pro
visions of the ‘leasing bill, to col
lect the Government’s royalties in
oil instead of cash, and to sell it
to any of the Government depart
ments having use for the fuel. Such
action, it is pointed out, would en
able the shipping board to obtain
its requirements of fuel, whereas,
under existing conditions, difficulty
is frequently experienced in getting
oil when needed.
Shipping board officials declare
that they were responsible for in
serting that particular clause in the
bill, their object being to make cer
tain of a necessary supply of fuel
oil on the Pacific coast at all times
at reasonable prices.
HUN SOCIALIST GETS
FIRST JOB AS MAYOR
BERLIN.—Alfred Scholz, who has
been elected mayor of N’eukoelln,
I will be the first Socialist to occupy
such a position in any of the mu
nnicipalities composing Greater Ber
lin. Herr Scholz was editor of Vor
waerts, a socialist newspaper.
.
NEW GERMAN COURTS
TO REGULATE TRADE
BERLIN.—New courts for pun
ishing illicit traders are about to be
established in Germany. As a gen- j
eral rule they will be composed ot'
three judges and two unpaid magis- ,
trates, of whom one will be a eon- j
sumer and the other a food dealer .
or producers. Persons who export
without government permission arti
cles which the economic minister
holds as necessary for life will be
punished by these courts.
Penalties will include both im
prisonment and tines up to 500.Odd
marks. There is to be no appeal
from the verdict of these courts.
LANE WILL TAKE
POST AS COUNSEL
FOR BIG CONCERN
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17.—When
Secretary of the Interior Franklin
K. Lane gives up his $12,000 posi
tion as a member of President Wil
son’s cabinet at the end of this
month, he will step into a job with
a yearly salary of $50,000 attached
to it, according to E. L. Dohoney.
president of the Pan-American Pe
troleum & Transport company and
the Mexican Petroleum company.
In a statement given to a local
newspaper Today. Dohoney says l.ane
has accepted an offer to become
legal adviser and vice-president of
the two companies mentioned, and
will have offices in New York city.
SEATTLE HOLDING
PRIMARIES TODAY
SEATTLE, Feb. 17.—The voters
of this city are casting their bal
lots today for those aspiring to of
fices within the gift of the munici
pality, the chief battle centering
about the several mayoralty candi
dates who are seeking nomination.
It is expected that fully 100,00<>
votes will be polled. Several of the
big department stores opened an
hour late this morning in order that
their employes might have an oppor
tunity to vote before the rush
started.
There is considerable betting on
the outcome of the primaries, some
of the bettors offering odds that
Duncan will head the list for mayor.
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WHEN U. S. QUITS
ST. PAUL, Feb. 17.—The belief
is general in railway circles that a
merger of railroad interests into
transcontinental systems will follow
the withdrawal of the Government
from control of the roads. The sys
tems mentioned in connection with
the predicted merger are the Great
Northern, Northern Pacific, and Bur
lington lines.
The . proposed merger is being
planned, it is said, along lines con
ceived by James J. Hill.
HINES WITHDRAWING.
WASHINGTON', I). C„ Feb. 17.
One of the first steps in the de
mobilization of the federal railroad
organization was taken today when
Director Hines ordered the discon
tinuance of all regional and district
offices of the railroad administration.
LEFT IN VAULTS
| SEATTLE. Feb. 17.—Jens .Niel
sen. Aiaska miner, whose suppose.!
demise friends mourned in this eity,
has return e<! to life unexpectedly
and upset the plans of those who
were preparing to send his savings
to his old home in Denmark, accom
panied by a note to his aged mother
apprising her of her son’s mysterious
end.
About two years ago, Nielsen de
posited the sum of $5,200 in a local
bank and then disappeared. As tint
passed and nothing was heard from
the owner of the cash, his bankers
and friends assumed that some ac
cident had befallen him, and when
inquiry failed to reveal the missing
man's whereabouts, it was finally
decided that he had died.
But just us his friends were pre
paring to administer the estate, a
letter arrived Nielsen, denying
the report of his death and an
nouncing his intention of coming to
Seattle.
ARMY MULE IS COINQ
AS TRUCKS INCREASE
NOGALES, Ariz. — Muleskinners
of the First cavalry hereafter will
have to swear at refractory car
buretors and punctured tires, for the
army mule is being banished.
Farewell to the mule, in so far
as the First cavalry is concerned,
was said recently by a board ol
general officers appointed by the
war department to investigate the
subject of motorizing cavalry.
After a test march in which both
mules and motors were used, the
board, headed by Brigadier-General
Marshall, reported in favor of the
motor and one brigade was ordered
to do away with the mules.
Hnaaa. Alaska'! XnUrior Fuel Dipot