WHERE- RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1920.
NO. 3
HOOVER SAYS HE WILL BE CANDIDATE
PRESIDENT GIVES SENA TORS REPORT ON ARMENIA
M’PHERSON URGES UNITED EFFORT TO ASSIST ALASKA
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TOLEDO LEADING
con PLACES
IN cm GROWTH
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3.—
Of the 253 American cities in which!
the census enumeration has been •
completed, the city of Toledo. Ohio, j
is leading with the highest percent j
of gain in population of cities it ,
more than 100.000 inhabitants. j
Nearly all of the cities and towns :
thus far counted show substantial!
gains in population, some of them j
haaving more than doubled in pop-,
ulation. The Toledo increase is re-'
ported as 44 percent.
Manistee, Michigan, shows the
largest decrease of the few places;
Which have failed to grow during1
the past ten years. The loss of
Manistee is shown to be 21 percent.
There are more than 13.000 in
corporated cities and towns yet to
be counted.
TOLEDO CIS ARE
TOLEDO, Ohio, April 3. — The
streetcar system of this city was
put out of commission today by a
general strike among- motormen and
conductors. The order to strike was
issued when the city council failed
to advance carfare to meet the wage
increase demanded.
The strike involves 1,200 men.
GASOLINE TAKES JUMP
IN OUTSIDE MARKET
SPOKANE, April 3.—The price
of gasoline has been advanced again
throughout the Northwest, the retail
price now being 30 cents a gallon.
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HOOVER WILL ENTER CONTEST !
IF REPUBLICANS DEMAND IT
NEW YORK, April 3.—Herbert
Hoover has issued a statement in
which he makes it plain that he will
accept the Republican nomination
for the presidency if it is demand
ed of him, and suggestions to the
various Hoover dubs throughout the
country he indicates that he is al
ready in the campaign.
In his general statement to the
American public, Hoover requests
that he be not embarrassed by sug
gestions that other parties also con
sidcr him as a possible caandidate. ■,
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He says the primary sense of team
work in any party organization
would preclude such a policy.
He claims that he has no record
of partisan acitvity except his mem
bership in a Republican club, and
explains that, because of the love
for his profession, he has been un
able to vote often. He states fur
ther that on account of his duties
I in relief organizations he will not
make a personal campaign for the
nomination, ami he says he expects j
Hoover clubs to hold their subscrip-j
tions and expenditures to the mini- i
mum.
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JOHNSON ROASTS HOOVER.
NEW YORK. April 3.—In an ad-1
dress delivered in this city this
week. Senator Hiram Johnson of
California declared that one of his
opponents “veered with the winds’’
on certain questions. In an inter
view later, Johnson told reporters
that he referred to Hoover, and he |
said further that he held in utter!
cci tempt certain persons who were ’
firit on one side and then on the j
other of the League of Nations j
(lucstion, meaning Hoover.
HOOVER TO TALK.
NEW YORK, April 3.—Hoovr
has announced that he will accept
the invitation to address the Inter
nationa] Mining convention at Se
attle.
GOVERNOR URGING
LOS ANGELES, April 3.—Gov
ernor Stephens has issued a state
ment in which he urges everyone
to buy Liberty bonds ar.d Victory
notes, which are now selling below
par.
He says that an effort is being
made by purchasers of the Govern
ment securities to force them on
the market in excess of the de
mand, with the natural result that
values are lowering.
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Ed Brooker is among the recent
arrivals in town from the Kantishna
country, where he is interested in
a promising hard rock proposition.
He expects to return to the dig
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icings on Wednesday.
Mrs. Clara Holmes, former \e
j nana lady barber, who recently re
turned to the Interior from the
■ States, has accepted a position as
I cook at the Dunbar roadhouse. She
(was a passenger on yesterday’s train
ifrom Fairbanks.
! Attorney L. R. Gillette of Fair
banks has been nominated by peti
' tion for clerk of the Fairbanks
\ school _ board. There are no other
i candidates.
; Lester Earhart was a passenger
jon this morning’s train for the end
• of steel, where he is in the employ
of the A. E. C.
! The Pioneers of Fairbanks will
hold their first memorial services
j tomorrow afternoon at Eagle hall.
, It is believed that this will be the
first memorial service ever held by
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the Pioneers in Alaska. Judge
Charles E. Bunnell will make the
; principal address of the afternoon.
Reports from Dome creek state
that considerable activity is in evi-1
■dence there, chiefly among the sev
• eral operators who are preparing
' for summer work. Kleinschmidt *
'Dempsey are preparing to do con
siderable work on the Niggerhead
association, and another of the ae
^ve ones mentioned is Emil Dorf- i
,ner.
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SENATORS OPPOSED
TO MANDATE PLANS]
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 3 —
\iler having been twice requested
ay resolution to inform the senate
regarding the findings of the Ameri
■an mission to Armenia, President
Wilson today transmitted to the
lawmakers the report of the inves
tigators, who were headed by Ms
ior-Genera! Harnord.
The report, which was read in
the senate chamber, contained n«
recommendation regarding America
assuming a mandate over Turkey
and Armenia. It stated merely that
the inhabitants want America to
,take a mandate, with the British
government second choice.
It is believed by numerous mem-;
r
' bers of the senate that the influ-'
, ence of America as a mandatory
; would tend to prevent war, and the
argument is advanced that the tak-!
i ing of the mandate would weaken
the American position on the Mon
roe Doctrine.
It is stated that the first year’s,
; cost of the mandate, should such a|
I responsibility be assumed by the
; United States, would be $275,000
j 000.
WIRES ARE JOINED
ON RAILROAD UNE
The work of connecting Nenana;
and Anchorage by wire, which has
been under way during the past
several months, was completed at
an early hour this morning and the
first phone message came over the
wiles at 9:50, from Deadhorse. Ten
minutes later, Wire Chief Stein
metz, who arrived from Anchorage
several days ago to install she long
distance equipment in the local
telephone building, conversed with
Anchorage central. At 10:06, En
gineer in Charge Fred’k I). Browne
talked with Chairman F. Mears.
Owing to the fact that certain
needed equipment is not available
at present at this end of the line,
it is necessary to relay conversa
tions at Deadhorse, but that is the
only break in the line and the sys
tem is working perfectly otherwise.
The relay feature will be eliminated
just as soon as the needed addi
tional equipment is received here.
The new line is euippeed for tele
phoning only at present, but within
a short time, possibly within a cou
ple of weeks, changes in equipment
will have been made which will
make it possible to use the wire also
for telegraphing. The equipment
needed for the change is now stored
at Indian river and the installation
will be undertaken immediately on
that section of the line1 between
Deadhorse and the Hershberger
camp. Some additional work also
will be necessary between Healy
and the Hershberger camp.
By the time the line is prepared
for use as a telegraph line, it is
expected that Morse Operator Gill
will have reached N’enana to take
charge of the local office.
The line was constructed for the
use of the Alaskan Engineering
commission exclusively, but in case
of emergency, such as a break in
the military telegraph line, the pub
lic will be permitted to send mess
ages over the railroad line, accord
ing to a Statement made to Th>‘
News recently by Superintendent E
R. McFarland. The completion of
the Broad Pass line, therefore, is of
much importance to Xenana, for it
means continuous communication,
henceforth, between Nenana and
the coast.
The Berg-Cosgrove civil action
is still in progress before Judge
Bunnell and a jury at Fairbanks.
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FATE OF STEAMER
VANCOUVER, B. C., April 3.—
Considerable uneasiness is felt for
the safety of the steamship Prince
John, which was beached this week
on Queen Charlotte island, follow
ing a collision with the Prince Al
bert. A strong southeast wind >s
reported in that section today, but
no word has been received from the
Dead Tree wireless station since
Thursday.
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August Peterson, directing: head
of the Healy River Coal corpora
tion, went out the line this mornin
to make preparations for extensive
prospecting: on the company’s coal
lease at the end of steel. He was
accompanied by Joe Johnson, sec
retary of the company.
Considerable trouble has been ex
perienced during the past day or
two keeping- the Tanana Valley rail
road open near Chatanika. Train
men declare that the worst storm
in years covered the track with
snow during the week, almost block
ing’ traffic.
The Tanana Valley water tank at
Olnes was destroyed by fire several
days ago, the fire having been
caused by sparks from one of the
locomotives. The tank was not n
use at the time, owing to the fact
that the well had gone dry some
time previously.
W. E. Terrill, well-known Fair
banks freighter, started out the
trail from the upper town this morn
ing with eight head of horses and
several sleighs. He has a consid
erable quantity of supplies for dis
tribution along the trail and will
return with the Sheldon passengers.
General Storekeeper Robert S.
Donaldson went out to the end of
steel yesterday and will return to
town this afternoon.
John I^irson, former commission
carpenter, was an outward-bound
passenger on this morning’s train.
He is headed for the States.
M'PHERSON ASKS
SEAIILE ID HELP
SEATTLE, April 3.—In an ad
dress delivered today at a Cham
ber of Commerce luncheon, attend
ed by many prominent residents of
this city and by a considerable num
ber of Alaskans, .1. L. McPherson,
manager of the Alaska bureau,
made a strong appeal for united
support for legislation which will
permit the Territory of Alaska to
administer its own affairs.
“An unpeopled Alaska,” declared
the speaker, “would be a source of
national weakness, whereas a peu
pled Alaska would become a source
of inestimable strength.”
In conclusion, Mr. McPherson ex
pressed the conviction that Alaska
will become the continent's tourist
mecca if first-class transportation
facilities and hotel accommodations
are assured.
! STOCKTON, Cal., April d. li \
Lewis, an alleged wobbly leader of
this city, who was indicted on three
(counts on the charge of criminal
(syndicalism, was found guilty toda:
(on two of the counts, at the eon
elusion of a jury trial. He was ac
i quitted on the third count.
The jurors were out lb hours
before arriving at a verdict.
EDITOR FAILS IN
MONTEVIDEO, April :! Wash
ington Beltran, editor of the new*
paper El Pnisin, was killed today in
a duel with Batele Ordones, former
president.
The duel was fought in a down
pour of rain, the men standing
paces apart. Both missed when the
first shot was fired, but Ordones'
aim was more accurate the second
time and the newspaperman fed
dead.
Beltran referred to Ordones in
his paper as a champion of fraud,
and was promptly challenged.
MONTANA GOVERNOR
WANTS CAPITAL JOB
i HELENA, April — Governor
Samuel V. Stewart filed a petition
today for the Democratic nomina
tion for vice-president of the United
States.
Fifteen mushers are on the trail,
headed for N'enana, according to
.advices received from the Canyon
roadhouse this afternoon. The ma
jority of the mushers should reach
the end of steel within the nest
;day or so.