s WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1920.
NO. 44
PRESIDENT VETOES PEACE RESOLUTION
CAMPAIGN EXPOSURES PVT CANDIDA TES IN BAD
SEN ATE COMMITTEE DISAPPROVES ARMENIAN MANDATE
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DAWSON, May 27.—The spring,',
cleanup is in full swing throughout^
the Klondike district, with an abund-j^
ance of water for mining operations, j
and big returns are expected. The i'
season promises to be an unusually '
lively one in a mining way, with
many small outfits working in addi-j
tion to the dredging and hydraulic):
operations.
It is also expected that travel
dow'n the Yukon from Whitehorse
■will be heavier than usual, and prep
arations are being made to accom
modate the many tourists who have
already made reservations for the
Yukon river voyage.
The first steamer from the foot
of Lake Labarge is due here today,
but it is considered doubtful if the
lake will open before June 10. The
water in the Yukon is very’ low at
the present time and will interfere
considerably with navigation on the
upper river unless there is a rise
toon.
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LOS ANGELES, May 27.—Ad-j
miral Huirh Rodman made the an
nouncement here today that six de
stroyers would sail for the North
at an early date to spend a con
siderable portion of the summer in
Alaskan waters.
It is the intention of the admiral
to personally accompany the de
tachment for the purpose of in
specting harbors on the coast of
Alaska, and other naval facilities.
PRESIDENT DENOUNCES PLAN
OF SENATE TO MAKE PEACE
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 27.—I
[Tie congressional peace resolution,!
leclaring the war with Germany of-1
icially ended, which was approved
>y the lawmakers last week, has!
>een vetoed by President Wilson. •
rhe resolution and a message ex
jlaining the President's reasons for.
■ejecting: the measure were trans-j
nitted to Congress this morning.
SIMS DECLARES i
REAL CONDIIION i
OF NAVY SHOWN
WASHINGTON. D. C., May 27.—
Recalled as a witness before the
senate naval investigation committee,’
Admiral Sims declared this morning
that the testimony given by wit
nesses of the navy department had
revealed a condition even more dis
tressing than he had imagined. Their
cestimony, in his opinion, constitut
ed a more severe criticism of the
deplorable conditions than any he
had submitted.
He informed the committeemen
that he would not attempt to make
reply to the personal reflections and
aspersions of Secretary Daniels. The
hearing, he reminded the investiga
tors. had been ordered for the pur
pose of ascertaining the status of
the navy at the time war was de
clared, and not for the airing of
personal quarrels.
MARINE STRIKE ENDED
IN CANADA IS REPORT
VANCOUVER, B. C-. May 27.—
The marine strike, which has been
in progress here for some time, was
ended today, and the harbor is the
scene of unusual activity in conse
quence.
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A mail stage reported from Me
jCarthy this morning and is expected
ito reach Fairbanks late this after
jnoon. The shipment is supposed to
I be second class matter.
—
Gabriel Vendetti, Fairbanks fruit
iand produce man, came down on
j Tuesday's train and will return to
;the upper town tomorrow. He says
he still has a lot of good apples,
I onions and spuds in his warehouse.
—
Father Monroe will arrive in Xe
nana on_ Friday and will be here
until Tuesday. He will hold mass
at 7:15 on Saturday, 10:30 on Sun
day, 7:15 on Monday, and 6:15 or
Tuesday. He will also give regigious
instruction to children at 4 o'clock
on Friday and Monday, after mass
on Sunday, and at 1 o’clock on Sat
urday.
In view of the fact that the vote
on the measure in the house was
considerably short of two-thirds in
favor of adoption, it is considered
doubtful if the lawmakers will be
able now to pass the measure over
the veto.
Veto Explained.
In explanation of his refusal to
approve the resolution, which was
idopted by the lawmakers as a sub
stitute for the peace treaty submit -
:ed by him, the President said that
‘such a method of making peace
,vith Germany would place an in
?ffaceable stain upon the gallantry
and honor of the United States."
Without announcing his intention
regarding the peace treaty, the Pres
ident declared that the treaty sub
mitted to the senate embodied the
DEAD
WASHINGTON', D. C., May 27.—
As was predicted yesterday, the sen •
ate foreign affairs committee has
disapproved the request of President
Wilson for authority to accept, in
the name of the United States, a
mandate for Armenia.
The matter was presented hy
Chairman Lodge and, after a very
brief discussion, a vote of the com
mitteemen was taken, showing 11
opposed to the mandate and only
four in favor of it. The action of
the committee settles the mandate
question.
CAMPAIGN EXPOSE
MAY CHANGE VOTE
SEATTLE, May 27.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Seattle
Times reports from the capital that
there is widespread belief among
public men in Washington that the
disclosures made during the senate
investigation of presidential cam
paign expenses very likely will re
sult in the nomination at Chicago of
' some candidate who has not been
| compromised by the senate inquiry,
i The whole direct primary system,
including both state and national, is
' under indictment as the result of
admissions wrung from campaign
managers and other witnesses ap
pearing before the committee.
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HARDING CAMPAIGN.
; WASHINGTON, D. C., May 27.—
j Harry M. Dougherty informed the
senate campaign committee today
that the sum of $107,104 had been
i spent during the primary campaign
in the interests of the candidacy of
Governor Harding. Of this amount,
Nicholas Murrav Butler had spent
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$40,550 on publicity.
Dr. Burris Jenkins, publisher of
the Kansas City Post, who was in
jvited to campaign for William G
McAdoo. said that he was told by
Ahe campaign committee that “we
have not even money enough to pay
vour expenses.”
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TO NOMINATE HARDING.
j CHICAGO, May 27.—Former Gov
ernor Frank B. Willis will nominate
Harding for the presidency at the
I Chicago convention, according to an
, nouncement made in this city today.
It is expected that the nominating
speeches will be made on Thursday,
June 10.
JOHNSON TO STICK.
CONCORD, N. H., May 27.—In a
^statement made here today, Senator
Hiram Johnson declared that he had
no intention of bolting from the
Chicago convention in case he does
not receive the Republican nomina
tion for the presidency. His differ
ences with other members of the
party, he said, merely constitute a
family quarrel, and he is ready to
abide by the decision of the ma
jority at the convention.
WOOD CAMPAIGN.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 27.—
Appearing before the senate inves
tigation committee this afternoon.
John T. King, who was Genera!
Wood’s first campaign manager, fold
the committee that Dan Hanna, of
Cleveland, had agreed to raise half
a million for the Wood campaign
;The offer. King said, was not dis
| cussed with Wood.
WOOD LEADING.
i CHICAGO. May 27.—According
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jto a revised list of delegates elect
ed to the Republican convention
General Wood now has 153, Sena
■tor Johnson 109, Governor Lowder
174. In addition to these three an
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64S uninstructed delegates out o
ja total of 984 who will attend th<
I convention.
j The national committee will mee
on Monday for the purpose of pass
ing on 145 contested seats.
1 Republican leaders predict that thi
break in the convention voting wil
not come before the fifth or si:
ballot, at the earliest.
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The firm of Lavery & Bailey ha
.purchased the Red Cross building i<
Fairbanks and will remodel th
: structure immediately, preparator
; to moving in. The deal is the big
J gest recorded in Fairbanks in man;
, months.
important things omitted by the sen
ate resolution. "And by rejecting
the treaty, we declared in effect that
we wished to draw apart and pursue
objects and interests of our own."
The message of the President also
called attention to the fact that the
resolution omitted to mention many
of the important objects "for the
vindication of which we entered the
i war."
PALMER FAVORS
FEDERAL POWER
10 STOP GREED
| WASHINGTON, D. C., May 27.—
.In making answer to a questionnaire
submitted to him by the National
Board of Farm Organizations, At
torney General A. Mitchell Palmer
outlined several plans upon which
he says he will make the race for
the presidency should he be so for
tunate as to receive the Democratic
nomination at San Francisco.
First of all, he says, he is flatly
opposed to Government ownership
of the railroads of the country, for
,the reason that he believes they can
be more successfully operated under
private ownership, subject at all
times to close scrutiny by the fed
eral Government.
He endorses federal control of
manufacturers and the distribution
of necessary commodities, and he
favors the elimination of excess pro
fits taxes. In lieu thereof, he favors
1 a higher tax on incomes from in
vestments.
HARRY DAVIS EXTENDS
SYMPATHY TO NENANA
The News is in receipt of a tele
cram from Harry Davis, formerly
of the Terminal, in which he .-ay.;
he has jast learned of the great los*
'sustained by N’enana as a result oi
! the flu epidemic. “Please extend
mv sympathy,” the wire says, “to
the many friends who have beer
bereaved by this calamity.”
Harry is now located at Faith
South Dakota.
Rev. H. H. Lumpkin, in a lettei
to friends in Fairbanks, says tha
he is now established in Madison
i Wisconsin, where he Ls in charge oi
i
; Grace church. He is just 50 mile:
jfrom the famous Mayo hospital am
; says that he will be pleased to cal
on Alaskans, should any be so un
fortunate as to necessitate treatmen
at the Rochester hospital.
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LAWMAKERS SAY
OWNERS MUSI 00
WORK ON CLAIMS
WASHINGTON, L>. C.f May 27
Bills which were designed to sus
pend assessment work on mining
claims in the States and Alaska were
voted down today by the house
mines committee. The measure af
fecting mining claims in Alaska con
templated the suspension of annual
labor for this year only, while an
other bill proposed the permanent
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lifting of the labor requirement for
jboth Alaska and the States.
The law requiring owners of min
ing claims to perform annual as
sessment work was suspended three
I years ago on account of the labor
shortage then existing on account
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of the war, and a further suspen
jsion was voted last year, because of
the increased cost of conducting
I mining operations.
| The bills above referred to were
! called to the attention of Alaskans
j recently by Delegate Grigsby, for
the purpose of ascertaining the sen
timent of Northerners. The replies
.sent to him by the Nenana and
Fairbanks Commercial clubs request
ed that the delegate use his influ
ence to secure the passage of the
; bill suspending assessment w ork for
this year, ami it is understood that
residents of other sections of the
Territory held similar views.
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PROCTOR ADVANCED
CASH FOR CAMFAKN
WASHINGTON. I). C., May 27.—
•William C. Proctor, ot' Proctor &
Gamble. Cincinnati, testified today
before the senate campaign fund in
vestigating committee, that he ad
vanced half a million dollars and
contributed the sum of $10,000 to
the Wood campaign fund. This sum
he claimed to be more than the
total of all other contributions from
other sources.
Former Representative C. C. Car
lin, of Virginia, who is conducting
Attorney General Palmer’s cam
paign, told the committee that he
had received contributions totaling
$59,610, the largest contributor b>
ing James MeClurg Guffey, the Pitts
burgh oil magnate.
MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS.
NATIONALS—
Pittsburgh .
Cincinnati ....
Brooklyn
Chicago ......
St. Louis
New York
Boston.
Philadelphia
AMERICANS
Cleveland
Boston .
Chicago .
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New York . .
Washington
Won. Lost.
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13
15
12
11
10
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10
11
11
15
15
14
13
17
.18
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.14
.14
St. Louis .12
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Philadelphia . 9
.Detroit . 7
Won. Lost.
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16
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