WHERE. RAIL'S AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. HI.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1920.
NO. 25
BILL PAVES WAY FOR COAST MONOPOLY
CONVENTION CALLED TO PICK LABOR CANDIDA TES
WOOLEN MILL MAGNATE SAYS SUIT PROFITS SMALL
M’BRIDE LEADS
BY LARGE VOIE; !
SUREOF PLACE;
According to a special message re-j
ceived from the Ketchikan Chroni-;
.cle this afternoon, J. C. McBride j
now has a lead of 400 over Charles •
E. Herron, and the Chronicle is of j
the opinion that the Juneau man's!
election as Republican national!
committeeman is assured. It wi.l
be two or three weeks before all
the returns are in. but the vote al- (
ready reported is regarded as a safe
indication of what the final result
will be.
Fairbanks Republicans, like those,
of Nenana, gave McBride very sub- ^
stantial support, the returns from j
the upper town being as follows:
Chovin 3, Herron 11, McBride 224,
Hazelet 210, Reed 35, Valentine 33,
Kettleson 94, Xerland 174, Rickert
149, Ross 150, Smith 153. On the!
Democratic side, Erwin polled 72!
votes for delegate to the national •
convention and his local opponent, j
Caskey, received only 29. On the
creeks, the votes were about evenly :
divided between two, Caskey getting ^
21 and Erwin 24. Tanana gave Er-^
win 12 and Caskey 6; Hot Springs,;
Eureka and Rampart gave Erwin 45
and Caskey 12.
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Nome Republicans cast lot votes,'
and the Democrats of that town 57.;
Sutherland received 169, Finnigan 9,1
Hubbard 12, Rustgard 146. Chovin;
10. Herron 127, McBride 31, Haze-j
let 26, Reed 160, Valentine 113. 1
The Democrats gave Riggs 29.
Grigsby 49, Murphy 39, Donohoe
22. None of the outlying districts1
had reported at the time the Nome
report was sent to Nenana.
The message states that it is the
intention of Nomeites to launch an
v independent ticket soon for senator
and members of the lower house of '
the territorial legislature, the can-'
didates of the new ticket being \
pledged to the repeal of the pen-1
sion bill and the joint road bill. i
Down in Ketchikan the Democrats
gave Caskey 21 votes and Erwin
18. The Republican vote was: Fin
nigan 150, Hubbard 20, Rustgard,
96, Chovin 12, Herron 61, McBride
206, Hazelet 180, Reed 107, Valen
tine 96.
The Ketchikan telegram concludes
as follows: “Our total figures for
the Territory, not including Fair
banks, show McBride leading Her
ron by 445 votes, and Rustgard
leading Finnigan by a safe margin.
The Chronicle claims the election of
McBBride by over 600.” j
Anchorage gave Chovin 169, Her
ron 377, and McBride 88.
Indian gave Chovin 1, Herron 3,1
and McBride 3.
Herron received 14 of the votes
cast at Talkeetna, which is about j
half the Republican votes cast.
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C. H. Stanford has been appoint
ed special guard at the eastern
boundary of town to act as agent
for the villagers, and has been au
thorized to make purchases for them
in town. A telephone has been in
stalled for the convenience of Mr.
Stanford. .
WASHINGTON MEASURE GIVES
AMERICAN VESSELS TRAFFIC
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LABOR 10 MEET
10 CHOOSE MAN
10 TOP TICKET
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CHICAGO, April 29.—Invitations j
have been issued to every farm anil j
labor organization in the United
States to send delegates to the con
vention to be held in this city in |
July, under the auspices of the NTa- j
tional Labor party, for the purpose j
of nominating candidates for the j
presideny and the vice-presidency,1
and drafting a platform upon which '
to conduct the campaign. The in-1
structions are that each organiza-.
tion may send one delegate for each i
1500 members. j
The convention will be opened on j
.July 11 and will last three days, j
and the indications are that it will i
.be very largely attended, notwith-'
standing the fact that numerous la-!
bor leaders are opposed to the party
movement.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2!». :
—The house agriculture committee
has rejected the proposal to license
packing companies and to create a
commission to enforce the laws re
lating: to the meat industry.
OIL MEN WILL PROBE
ON SITE OF OLD CITY
MEXICO CITY. — The ruins of
Palenque, in the state of Chiapas,!
marking the site of a city whose ‘
origin and inhabitants are unknown,
are to become the site of petroleum
developments. General Xorberto Ro
chin having been given a concession ,
by the department of commerce and
labor to exploit the region.
The ruins lie in the midst of a
dense forest and were discovered in
1750 by a party of exploring Span
iards. They indicate* the former,
existence of a large and prosperous
city, yhere is no history of what |
people built there or where they
have gone. For years the ruins have
been a source of curiosity to arche-;
ologists.
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* TEMPERATURE R \
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moans, Alaska's Interior Pnsl Depot j
| WASHINGTON, D. C., April 29.
—The Washington correspondent of
the Post-Intelligencer, in a special
message to his paper this morning,
; calls attention to the fact that one
of the features of the Jones mer
chant marine bill, now pending in
Congress, vitally affects Alaska ship
ping. The clause in question pro
vides that no merchandise shall be
[shipped by land or water between
'points in the United States or its
: territories, either direotly or via for
i eign ports, in vessels which are not
; built and documents in the United
: States and owned by American cit
lizens.
I This provision, should it become
I law, will restore conditions which
were in effect prior to the decision !
of the attorney general in 1913 ini
passing on the application of the;
White Pass company to move freight i
to points in Alaska through Canadi
an territory.
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Another provision of the bill di•'
jrects the shipping board to asoer- j
tain the need of ships between the i
coast terminal of the Alaska Gov-j
ernment railroad and points on the
Pacific coast.
The indications are, however, that
a Government line of vessels, oper
ating in connection with the rail-;
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'■ road, will not be established, fori
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I the reason that the inter-depart-!
■mental commission on Alaska, named
| by Secretary Payne, has reported ;
jsuch a move impracticable.
COAL MINERS ARE 1
| READY TO STRIKE
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j NEW YORK, April 29.—Repre-;
sentatives of the anthracite coal [
miners, who have been in confer
ence here with coal mine owners,
have rejected the offer of the com- i
' . ;
1 panies for a 15 percent advance ml
| wages, and they refuse flatly to ar-j
bitrate the questions at issue.
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AMERICAN SHIPS ARE
IN MEXICAN WATERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 29.!
-—The war department has been no
tified of the safe arrival in Mexican j
waters of the cruisers Salem and
Sacramento. The commander in \
charge of the vessels has not yet i
made any report regarding condi-'
tions on the Mexican coast.
STEWART PEOPLE PUT
BARS UP FOR CHINKS |
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That there is no necessity for the •
employment of Orientals in the Port
land Canal district and that a sign j
be posted on the wharf advising that j
Orientals are not required, is the
effect of a resolution unanimously
adopted Saturday night at a meet
ing the Citizens’ association at Stew
art, says the Portland Canal News.
A resolution was also passed call
ing on the postal authorities to ar
range to have all boats coming here
bring mail. Efforts to induce the
provincial government to sell its
lots in Stewart will be continued.
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MEETING CALLED OFF
ON ACCOUNT OF FLU
The meeting of the local post of
the American Legion, which was to
have been held this evening, has
been postponed indefinitely on ac
count of the epidemic now preva
lent in Nenana. Due announcement
will be made as soon as it is con
sidered safe to call the members to
gether.
There will be second class mail on
the train from Fairbanks tomorrow.
BY REBEL FORCES
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WASHINGTON', D. C., April 29.
!—The state deepartment is in re
ceipt of information from Mexico
which states that Chihuahua City
has been captured by revolutionists,
made up mostly of officers and men
formerly attached to the federal
garrison.
RICHEST REPORTER IS
MARRIED IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, April 29.—Ameri
ca’s richest reporter, Cornelius Van
derbilt, .Jr., formerly a member of i
the Seattle Times repertorial staff,
fell down when it came to reportin';
his own marriage today. In ex- j
plaining his neglect of duty, young
Vanderbilt stated that he was too
busy to cover the story.
He married Miss Rachel Littleton.
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Reports from the upper Tanana
river indicate a considerable rise in
temperatures all along the line. :
Salcha reports a maximum of 56.
Miss Queenie Russell returned to
town ‘ yesterday afternoon after a ,
visit of several days at the end of
steel.
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General Storekeeper R. S. Donald-!
son went out to the end of steel and
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back yesterday on official business, j
Mrs. Fred Date and Mrs. J. II. !
Miles have taken charge of the Cen- ,
tral cafe during the illness of Pro- •
prietor John Ketooroky.
The baseball consolation pool,
closed at midnight last night with
less than 300 tickets sold. The sale 1
of tickets was interfered with seri- 1
ously by the flu regulations.
Robert Sheldon, inbound on the
Valdez trail, was at McCallums this
morning. 1
PRESIDENT WOOD
SAYS MARGIN OF
PROFITIS SMALL
BOSTON, April 29.—In a state
ment explaining his company’s profit
of fifteen and one-half million dol
lars for last year, President William
M. Wood, of the American Woolen
company, declares that the compa
ny's profit on an average $60 or $65
suit of clothes during the year did
not exceed $1.50.
STRIKE IS COMING
IN FRANCE MAY 1
PARIS, April 29.—The General
Federation of Labor of France has
decided to give its support to th.'
proposed strike which has been or
dered by railway workers to take
effect at midnight. May 1. The
government has not yet indicated
what action will be taken to avert
the walkout.
CORDOVA 10 HAVE
FISH MEAL PLANT
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A fish meal plant, the first of its
kind in Alaska, will be installed at*
Cordova on May 1, all arrangements
having been completed by George
\V. N'elson, former railroad contrac
tor at Katalla, who has promoted
the enterprise. Associated with him
are the California Press Manufac-1
turing company of San Francisco
and I. A. Stubbs of Helena, Mont.,
an officer of the Montana Fertiliz
ing company.
Contracts have been made with
practically all of the Cordova can
neries for their offal, which will be
manufactured into fish meal, used
for cattle and poultry, and fish oil,
for soaps, paints, and medicinal
purposes.
A temporary location has been
secured on the Cordova dock, where ,
the Finkelstein & Sapiro warehouse j
will be used. The machinery al-'
ready has been ordered and will be ;
installed at a cost of approximately
$40,000, and it is claimed that the j
offal is not attended by th egenera j
tion of offensive odors.
Mr. Nelson is concerned in a num
ber of enterprises in Alaska, among
them being the installation of a
water, light, and power plant at
Hyder.
Kenneth Finlayson came in from
the end of steel on yesterday’s train.
Although there has been a gradu
al increase in the number of ffu
cases in Xenana and along the line
during the past 24 hours. Health
Officer M. E. Smith and the mem
jbers of the district health board
report that the situation is now well
in hand and so serious consequences
are anticipated. As a result of the
prompt action taken to care for
cases as they develop and measures
: taken to prevent the spread of the
[disease, cases now are not nearly
so numerous as they might easily
have been otherwise, and the hope
; is expressed that the public will co
operate with the health board to
.such an extent that the epidemic
may be kept within bounds until it
has run its course.
Up to noon today a total of 44
, cases had been reported, of which
number 2t> were receiving treatment
in town, most of them at the Cooney
hotel, and two at the village above
town. Sixteen cases were reported
from various points along the line
and the patients will arrive in town
on this afternoon’s train.
The entire Cooney hotel has been
taken over for hospital use and all
eases will he treated there.
Oscar Rothenburg has been sworn
in as a special deputy and is niak
ing the rounds of the town looking
for isolated cases requiring medical
attention. These are sent to the
hospital as they are discovered, sev
eral having been reported today.
The poolhalls and other places
about town where crowds usually
congregate are observing the rules
closely, relative to overcrowding, an I
are helping considerably thereby in
preventing the spread of the epi
demic.
A strict quarantine has been de
clared against the Indian village as
a means of safeguarding the health
of those resident there, and no trav
el will be permitted between the
village and town. A guard will he
stationed at a convenient place near
the village to enforce the quaran
tine and to act as agent for th •
villagers for the transaction of such
business as may be necessary during
the quarantine period.
It also has been decided by the
health board, co-operating wilh the
Alaskan Engineering commission, to
stop all travel into the district from
Fairbanks. Those arriving on to
morrow’s train from the north,
therefore, will include only those
who may board the train south of
Happy station, the northern boun
dary of the Xenana school district.
Travel out of the district to points
beyond the infected area will also
be discouraged.
Some difficulty has been experi
enced thus far in securing sufficient
nurses for the emergency hospital,
but this difficulty, it is believed, will
soon be overcome, provided there is
not a more rapid increase in the
number of cases.
Kenana. th» Oatawav to XcXialar
National Park.