WHERE, RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. 1L
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY. MARCH 29, 1920.
NO. 305
EASTERN STATES HARD HIT BY STORM
NOR THERNERS CLASH A T COMMITTEE HEARING
PROGRESSIVES OF DENMARK MAY ESTABIJSII REPUBLIC
WIRE CHIEF HERE
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FOR 1.11.0EP1.
William C. Steinmetz, wire chief
of the telegraph and telephone de-!
partment of the Alaskan Engineer-!
ing commission, arrived in Nenana
on Saturday evening to make prep- j
arations for the commencement of j
wire communication between
nana and Anchorage, by way of
Government telegraph line across |
Broad Pass. Mr. Steinmetz brought j
sufficient equipment with him to get!
the service started, and will install:
it in the telephone building, where j
one of the downstairs rooms will be '
set apart for telegraph work.
The euipment, Mr. Steinmetz ex-1
plains, is the best that could be:
obtained at Anchorage, and will be;
augmented later when supplies can1
he received by water. After the
office is in working order, it will be
turned over to a Morse operator
who is coming in from Tacoma to
take charge. His name is “Hi” Gill. 1
Mr. Steinmetz says he found the
Broad Pass trail in fairly good con- i
dition, no serious difficulties being;
encountered enroute. He left his!
outfit .at the Canyon roadhouse,
where the snow seemed to end, and
came on to the end of steel light,
leaving his freight to be picked up
by commission wagons.
The work of stringing wire be
yond the end of steel, he reports,
is progressing steadily and the gap,
he believes, will be closed within a
week or ten days, and a pioneer
service established between Xenana
and the coast.
Mr. Steinmetz wall be in Xenana
several weeks.
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A Brower stage left Fairbanks for !
Ohitina yesterday with the mail and I
one passenger—Sergeant Wood, of.
Tanana. who is enroute to Valdez
for discharge.
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Joe Johnson, who has been di
recting the work at the coal mine
of the Healy River Coal corporation,
arrived in town on Saturday, accom
panied by the other employes of the
oomyany. The company has com
pleted its contract with the com
mission and operations have been
suspended temporarily at the mine.
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Mrs. R. W. Calderhead is among
the out-of-town visitors in Nenana,
having arrived from Lignite on Sat
urday’s train.
Registration for the municipal
election at Fairbanks closes tonight,
but up to noon today the number
of registrants was unusually small.
A rush was expected during the
afternoon.
The trial of Thomas Collins, in |
the district court at Fairbanks, is j
drawing to a close, and the case j
may go to the jury tonight.
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Haflamal Park.
EAST IS SWEPT BY TORNADO;
SCORES OF LIVES ARE LOST
CHICAGO, March 29.—Seventy
six persons killed, thousands made
homeless, and millions of dollars'
worth of property destroyed, is the
story of disaster reported today as
the result of a series of tornadoes
which yesterday swept the states of i
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri,
Wisconsin, and Illinois. Information
regarding the full amount of dam
age done is unavailable, because of |
the fact that wires are down in j
every direction.
Tweenty-five persons were killed
in the Chicago district, seven lost
their lives at West Liberty, Indiana,
and seven at Fenton, Michigan. This
does not by any means cover the
storm-swept area, but it is impossi
ble to hear from many sections ow
JOHNSON SCORES
WILSON FOR ACTS
AT CONFERENCE
TROY, N. Y„ March 29.—In an
address delivered in this city yes
terday. Senator Hiram Johnson de
dared that President Wilson prom
ised the peace conference that Am
erica would send her army and fleet
across the ocean to aid in settling
disputes over European boundaries.
The senator declared that Ameri
ca should have been represented at
the conference by someone who
thought as deeply of America as
Lloyd George thought of England
and Clemeneeau thought of France.
The senator deplored the fact that
the President insisted upon taking
upon his own shoulders the full
responsibility of representing the
United States, refusing to take coun
sel and ignoring protests made by
liberty-loving Americans.
SKIPPER IS DROWNED
DURING HEAVY STORM I
SEATTLE, March 29.—The fish
ing schooner La Paloma, upon arriv
al here from Hecate strait, reported
the loss of the master of the vessel.
Axel Antonsen, Who was swept over
board on Monday while the schoon
er was otf Goose island.
SEATTLE MAYOR NAMES
NEW ZONE COMMISSION
SEATTLE, March 29. — Mayor |
Caldwell has announced the appoint-!
ment of six citizens as members of
the city zoning commission, in com
pliance with the building and zoning
ordinance. The six are: Clarence
Blethen, representing the Chamber j
of Commerce; Charles Alden, repre
senting the architects; Grosvenor
Folsom, of the building ow'ners;
Ralph S. Stacey, representing the
bankers; Louis Nash, representing
the unions, and Goodwin, represent
ing the real estaters.
ing to the demoralized state of ,i
communication.
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EIGHT AT ELGIN.
ELGIN, 111., March 29.—The tor-1 ^
nado killed eight residents of this I
city and injured over a hundred, i
The property damage is estimated ■
at more .than four million dollars, i
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The city has the appearance of a
colossal wreck.
Merchants, professional men and i.
laborers are working side by side, ;
clearing the streets and searching;
for storm victims. Soldiers are pa-!
troling the city to prevent looting ■
and other disorders. Among the j
destroyed buildings is a three-story I
brick structure, which was virtually
tom from its foundation and drop- |
led on adjoining buildings.
ALABAMA IN PATH.
ALEXANDER, Ala., March 29.
■"ive white residents of this city and
dx negroes were killed yesterday
vhen the town was hit by a tor
lado. The damage to property is
istimated at $30,000.
TWENTY AT TOLEDO.
TOLEDO, Ohio, March 29.—Yest
erday's tornado caused a score of
fatalities in the Toledo district, and
;he hospitals are filled with the in
jured.
TWENTY-SEVEN DEAD.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., March 29.
—Reports from various points in
Northern Indiana show that there
DANES PLANNING REPUBLIC
COPENHAGEN, March 20.—Lead-'
ers of the Progressive parties of
Denmark announce that it is their
intention to make reply to the
king’s order dissolving the cabinet
"by proclaiming a republic. Plans
are now being formulated for the
move, it is claimed, and it is ex
pected that the proclamation will
be issued within the next few days.
TRIAL WAS COSTLY;
COUNTY WANTS AID
MONTESANO, March 21).—It is
estimated that the jury which tried
the Centralia murder cases here re
cently cost Lewis county the sum
of $7,200, with an additional $5,700
in fees and mileage. There is con
siderable talk in official circles of
an effort being made by the county
to induce the state to stand part
of the cost of conducting the trial.
The hearing of the application
for a new trial, which was to have
started today, was continued at the
request of Attorney Vanderveer,
who is at present defending several
alleged wobblies at Portland, who
are being trial on the charge of
.criminal syndicalism. The applica
I tion will be heard on Saturday.
RUNS AMUCK.
| SEATTLE, March 29.—Tom Legg,
an alleged wobbly, proclaimed him
;self king of Issaquah today, and
j paraded the streets of the little
town, shooting at pedestrians and
■ into houses and stores. Several
deputies took after him, but they
;had to shoot him twice before they
could take him into custody.
Legg, who was one of the de
fendants in the Everett wobbly
cases, was intoxicated at the time
of his rampage.
SEMMES AND WICK
MAKE HEARING HOT
SEATTLE, March 21). — Special
dispatches received in this city to
day from the national capital state
that the hearing on the Alaska trans
portation bill before the senate com
merce committee on Saturday de
veloped into a very warm session
before it was concluded.
II. M. Semmes, transportation ex
pert of the Alaska Territorial Ship-;
ping board, started the row when he ,
charged that Judge Wiekersham was j
lobbying for the Canadian trans
portation companies. Wiekersham !
promptly denied the charge and de- |
dared that even Semmes knew bet- j
ter. Further compliments were ex
changed and the controversy might
easily have developed into a fight
had not Chairman Jones rapped
sharply for order. And after quiet
had been restored, the ehairman re
marked that he did not know who
represented the Canadians, but it
was clear that the Canadians had
employed very effective methods >n
dealing with Northern transporta
tion.
Maurice D. Leehey, legal member
of the board, told the senators that
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are 27 dead and more than 100 are
still missing.
LIST GROWING.
CHICAGO. March 29.—A state
ment issued late this afternoon
shows a list of 93 storm victims.
FIFTY IN GEORGIA.
LA GRANGE, Ga„ March 29—
The tornado killed 50 persons in
this section and injured more than I
100 others.
WHERE IT HIT.
CHICAGO, March 29—The great
!est loss of life in this section was
at Melrose Park, where 24 were
killed by the tornado. Ohio and
Indiana report 17 killed, this being
a revision of earlier figures.
SEATTLE, March 29.—The Geo
I'letic survey steamer Surveyor is
‘ scheduled to sail for the North to
■ morrow to make a survey of coast
waters between Kodiak and Chignik.
| Captain F. H. Pardy is in command
i of the craft.
i The steamer Explorer is outfitting
here for wire drag operations for
a survey near Juneau.
The steamers Lydonia and Wen
ona are outfitting at San Francisco
Jfor survey work in Southeastern
I Alaska.
I The coming season promises to be
one of the busiest in Alaska’s his
tory and the Geodetic survey is'
.hopeful of adding materially to the.
'safety of navigation in the North
| by means of the operations which
'are planned.
FULTON PUTS HECTOR
OUT IN COAST FIGHT
SEATTLE, March 29.—The Ful
ton-Hector prizering contest, which
; took place in this city on Saturday,
iresulted in an easy victory for Ful-;
iton, who knocked his- opponent out
|within two minutes after the first,
[round had opened. The knockout:
punch was a left-hand jolt which
* traveled less than a foot.
Hector stayed out for about ten
minutes.
SPOKANE HITS BOTTOM;
SPRINGS SMALL LEAK
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SEATTLE, March 29. — The i
steamship Spokane, southbound from
Alaska, struck bottom in Wrangell
narrows last Tuesday, while seeking,
anchorage during a snowstorm. The |
vessel was later floated, but in a,
leaking condition, and is now en-j
route to this port for repairs. The j
vessel will be drydocked upon ar
rival here.
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Troubles never eomq singly. At
least that, probably, is what Mail
Contractor John Brower thinks, as
a result of action taken by the
Northern Commercial company »u
collect money alleged to be due on
material sold to Brower. Repre
scntatives of the marshal's otlii"
were busy on Saturday libeling pro;
erty belonging to the mail carrier
in Fairbanks, and Deputy Marshal
Jack Buckley was sent out the trail
on a similar mission. The orders
are to grab everything owned by
Brower, with the exception of just
sufficient equipment to enable him
to get through with the mail.
Brower is making no effort lo
fight the proceedings instituted by
the company. He says he is not
worrying, because he expects to
have the money in a few days io
liquidate the '-'.aiin against him,
amounting to $6,500. The money
is coming- from San rrancisco.
Brower has had all kinds of trou
ble “ince early winter, chiefly thru
inability to overcome adverse trail
conditions, which upset his sched
ules a number of times and put him
to much additional expense. And.
after he had finally caught up with
the mail shipments and began reach
ing out for some of the passenger
traffic, with promises of service su
perior to that of independents, alone;
came an overflow in the Delta conn
try which has tied up traffic as com
pletely as any of the storms of the
winter. Stages are now at both
ends of the overflow, waiting to get
across, but the date of the suh
sidence of the trail flood is a matter
of extreme uncertainty. The pres
ent cold weather may close the gun.
hut there is nothing sure about it.
It might even be uicker for tic
southbound passengers to retrace
their steps and go out by way of
the reliable Broad Pass short-cut to
the States.
Dutch Blanktield. who is enroute
in with a load of eggs, tried to get
across the overflow yesterday, but
was compelled to turn back. The
water is too deep for sleigh naviga
tion.
COAST HOCKEY %TEAM
PLAYING AT TORONTO
TORONTO, March 29.—This city
will be the scene on Wednesday of
a hockey match between teams rep
resenting Seattle and Ottawa. The
teams are playing u series foe the
championship. Seattle having taken
one game thus far and Ottawa two
The match here will be played on
an artificial rink, which will be .1
help to the Seattle players.
SISTER OF NICHOLAS
BELIEVES HIM ALIVE
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 29.
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna,
sister of the former czar of Russia,
believes that her brother is still
living, in spite of the many reports
of his death.