WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1920.
NO. 247
ALASKA GIVEN RECOGNITION BY G. Q P.
SOLONS MAY STOP COAL SHIPMENTS TO CANADA
SURGEON-GENERAL BLUE SAYS FLU EPIDEMIC GENERAL
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FLU IS GENERAL
AMONG SOLDIERS,
BUI DEATHS FEW
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 22.—
Surgeon-General Rupert Blue, of the
public health service, has issued a
statement in which he admits that
influenza is epidemic among United ;
States soldiers in various sections
of the country and among American
troops abroad. He claims, however,
that the disease is of a mild type
and nothing to be alarmed about.
The death rate, he says, is very low.
Many cases are reported to have
developed among the forces sta
tioned at Camp Grant, at Love,
field, and at Fort Sheridan.
The recurrence of the epidemic,
Blue states, was not unexpected, and ,
thus far the medical branch of the
army has experienced little difficulty
in coping with the situation, hav
ing made preparations in advance
for the care of such cases as might
develop.
PARIS, Jan. 22. — The supreme
council, to which was entrusted the
solution of problems left undecided
by the peace conference, has dis
banded without reaching a decision
on the perplexing Adriatic question.
The question will he left for the
League of Nations council to dis
pose of.
One of the last acts of the coun
cil was to decide to send a force of
200,000 Allied troops to oppose the
victorious Bolsheviki, in the Black
sea region.
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REPUBLICANS GIVE ALASKA
RECOGNITION ON COMMITTEE
KENNEDY GIVEN
CLEAN BILL AT
TRAIL INDUES!
The jury which was summoned to j
inquire into the death of Joseph!
Zaglynzny, signal corps man who j
ran amuck and was shot ast Don
nellys recently, returned a verdict
(yesterday at Richardson exonerating
Albert Kennedy of all blame in con
nection with the shooting, the evi
dence showing conclusively that his
'action was necessary, under the cir
J eumstances, to save his own life.
jThe hearing was held before United
iVates Commissioner A. J. . eK*',
Proprietor Stone, of Donnellys'
! roadhouse, where the shooting oc
curred, was one of the principal
! witnesses examined, and all of those
;who appeared before the jury agreed
I as to the details. As will be re
called by readers of The News,
I Zaglynzny, while in a state of tem
porary mental derangement, made a
raid on the roadhouse, shooting at
everyone in sight, including Stone
and Kennedy, the latter being
; struck in the breast by a spent
bullet which passed through a door
jamb. The crazy man would have
shot Kennedy a second time, un
doubtedly, hail not Kennedy return
ed the fire, using a rifle which he
hastily picked up in the roadhouse.
Kennedy wras chief operator at
the Donnelly station at the time of
the shooting, but has since been
given a temporary assignment at
| Richardson, and may later be trans
ferred to Fairbanks, to get him away
from the scene of the shooting.
|ARGENTINE NAVY WILL
GO IN FOR AVTATION
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BUENOS AIRES.—Immediate de
velopment of hydro-aviation will be
|undertaken in the Argentine navy
ias a result of the gift of four of
| the latest types of hydro-airplanes
i from the Italian government. The
imachines were used by members of
;the Italian aviation mission sent to
this country several months ago to
give exhibition flights at the Ar
gentine aviation school.
BRITISH COAL USERS
I
ARE USING OIL NOW
i LONDON.—The disturbed condi
tions in the coal industry in Gpeat
i Britain are causing more and more
interest in the substitution of oil
fuel for coal, according to the Am
erican Chamber of Commerce in
London.
Sir Auckland Geddes, president
of the Board of Trade, said recently
that oil was being substituted for,
coal wherever possible.
Henana—Th» Gateway to McKinley
National Park.
; CORDOVA, .Jan. 22.-—Chairman
| Will Hays, of the Republican na
tional committee, has given Alaska
i marked recognition by the appoint
1 ment of George C. Hazelett, of this
I city, as a member of the Repub
; lican committee on policies and plat
jform, the function of which is to
! make recommendations to the reso
lutions committee of the national
convention.
The committee will consist of
sixty members, including men and
women, representative of every sec
jtion of the United States and every
j interest. It is a new departure in
platform making and the appoint
ment of Hazelett, who is an oldtime
; resident of the Territory and fa
1 miliar with conditions throughout
i
the North, will give Alaska an op
jportunity to have a plank inserted
I in the Republican platform for the
I benefit of the Territory.
HECKMAN WITHDRAWS.
KETCHIKAN, Jan. 22. — J. R.
Heckman, of this city, who recently
consented to the use of his name as
a candidate for election as Repub
lican national committeeman from
Alaska, has withdrawn from the
race. In a telegram to Arthur
Shoup, who was to have conducted
the Heckman campaign, Heckman,
who is now in California, says,
“On account of the amount of busi
ness before me, it would be impos
sible to attend the national conven
tion, so will withdraw my candidacy
for national committeeman. This is
! final.”
HERRON SAYS SO.
SEATTLE, Jan. 22.—-Charles E.
Herron, of Anchorage, announced
here last night that J. R. Heckman
had withdrawn from the race for
national committeeman. Herron and
jMilo Kelly are still in the race.
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■SITE OFFICE
! HAS BEEN MOVED
! 10 PHONE OFFICE
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I In line with the policy of re
trenchment recently inaugrated by
the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion, Engineer in f'harge Browne
has directed the removal of the Ne
nana townsite office to the telephone
building, where Townsite Manager
Car! Schmidt in future will attend
to the telephone office work in ad
dition to his regular duties as town
site manager.
The records, safe and other things
belonging to the townsite office were
moved to the new quarters yes
terday and Townsite Manager
Schmidt is now installed in his new
position, where he can be found bv
those desiring to transact townsit •
business.
i In explanation of the change, Mr.
Browne informed a representative
of The News this afternoon that
the consolidation of work, under the
new arrangement, has no signifi
cance other than a desire to reduce
operating costs.. The duties of the
townsite manager are such, he says,
as to permit of taking on additional
•work, and the additional work is
i being given to him purely in the
interests of economy. The use of
part of the time of the townsite
manager permits of a reduction of
two in the telephone office force.
Under the new arrangement, the
positions formerly filled by Jack (1.
Ronan, as superintendent of the
electrical department, and Miss Alta
Russell, are eliminated.
Fred McGuire came down from
; Fairbanks yesterday and expects to
return to the upper town on Kri
j day’s train. He probably will re
imain in Fairbanks until work is re
jsumed on the railroad in the spring.
Trail conditions on the Broad
Pass route, which were somewhat
disturbed by recent storms, are get
jting back to normal rapidly, ac
cording to Mike Cooney, pioneer
stageman, who reports from Indian
| river that he was only live, days
reaching that point from the No
mina end of steel, with a heavy
load of freight. He says he found
the trail in good condition and ex
perienced no difficulty in maintain
ing: his regular schedule of six days
between ends of steel. He wired
' from Indian river and expected to
11 each Talkeotna the following; night.
Mr. Cooney could not say, at the
time of wiring, whether or not any
! passengers were awaiting him at
, Talkeetna, but lie announced that
lie would start hack, in any case,
| tomorrow motrning, and should reach
the end of steel on this end about
next Tuesday.
There has been considerable travel
over the Broad Pass trail lately and.
with an abatement of stormy weath
er, it should not take long to pound
the snow into good mushing condi
tion, which probably accounts for
the fact that Cooney had no diffi
culty in making good time with his
dog team. The trail should con
tinue to improve throughout the re
mainder of the season.
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10 BOOS! PARTY
Following the example of Repub
licans in other sections of Alaska,
the Republicans of Nenana formed
la permanent organization at an en
thusiastic meeting held in the Un
ion building last night and an active
campaign will be launched immedi
jately, with a A’iew to getting the
| Republicans of the Nenana district
jin line for the \pril primaries and
the general election next November.
[The name adopted is the Nenana
Republican club and the organize
■ lion wa< perfected along lines simi
lar to those of the Cordova and
other Alaska Republican clubs, .1
number of which have been formed
during th" past several weeks.
The Nenana club starts otf with
Ian initial membership of 24, and
lit is expected that the number will
| be greatly increased before the next
i meeting, which will be held next
(Tuesday night. For the convenience
| of those who were unable to be
• present at last night’s meeting,
membership lists have been opened
Iat the Terminal and the Portland,
and all Republicans, not already
members of the club, are invited t >
i sign.
| The chief business transacted at
I last night's meeting was the adop
tion of a constitution and the elec
tion of permanent officers, who will
iserve for a period of four years,
iThe following were elected to till
•the various offices of the organiza
tion: K. (1. Southworth, president;
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(George S. Smith, vice-president; ,1.
II. Miles, secretary; Joseph A Fisch
!er, treasurer; Joseph F. O'Connor,
Martin Nash, and A1 f Kkelatnl, ex
ecutive committee.
The executive committee will pre
Ipare a set of by-laws for consider
jation at the next meeting, and at
:that time other matters of import
lance to the club will be ready for
(consideration.
•AIR FORCE CLUBS ARE
COMBINING FOR GOOD
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| LONDON.—Plans have been made
i to amalgamate the London Royal
| Air Force club with the New York
Royal Air Force club, and Sterling
Pyle, president of the New York
club, has been here arranging the
details. It will be an object of the
club also to promote good relations
between the two countries.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Christiansen,
of Ester, arrived in Nenana on yes
terday’s train, and have gone into
residence in the Theo. Thompson
cabin on Second street, near the
Presbyterian church.
Wsaana. Alaska's Intsrlor Tasl Depot
MAY SIOP COAL
FROM CANADA AS
WASHINGTON, I). C., Jan. 22.
As a retaliatory act against Canada
for the enforcement of the news
print embargo, Representative Dyer
has introduced a resolution provid
ing for the prohibition of coal ex
portations to Canada for a period
of five years. The bill also would
put a ban on the shipment of culm,
shale, slack, and coke.
It was shown by the representa
tive that Canada receives annually
about twelve million tons of coal
ifrom the United States.
PAPER IS SHORT.
WINNIPEG, Man., Jan. 22.—All
the newspapers of this eity have
been compelled to suspend publiea
tion because of a shortage of news
print paper. And there is no in
dication as to when the shortage
will be relieved.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22. The ar
rest in this city this week of IS
extremists, members of a union of
Russian workers, is believed to have
frustrated a well-organized wholesale
bomb conspiracy.
Information obtained by agents
of the Federal Government indi
cates that it was the intention of
the conspirators to scatter bombs
to all corners of the country on
May day and Independence day, pre
liminary to the inauguration of a
reign of terror in the United States
RAILROAD SIR!
PARIS, Jan. 22. There is a
general railroad strike in progress
in Northern and Central Italy, with
the result that conditions are very
much upset in that section of the
kingdom.
Considerable trouble between
strikers and troops is reported front
various points and several cities
have been placed under martial law
as a result of the disturbances.
RELIEF EXPEDITION
SURVIVOR IS CALLED
HARROW, Eng. — James Rose
Troup, the last survivor of the fa
mous Emir Pasha relief expedition,
has just died here.
When Henry M. Stanley wus ar
ranging his expedition to relieve
Emir Pasha, who was shut up in
Central Africa, Mr. Troup was en
j gaged as transport officer, and was
the only survivor of a camp which
Stanley formed at Yambuya, after
penetrating 2,000 miles into the in
terior.