WHERE, RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
NENANA DAILY
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1920.
NO. 2S7
POLAND ABANDONS PLANS FOR BATTLE
DEPARTMENT REPORTS HUGE BALANCE OF TRADE
AMERICAN FLYING CLUB TO STAGE RACE, N Y. TO NOME
, Mil ENTERS !
RACE FOR PARTY
COMHEMAN
According to information received
from the territorial capital, John
C. McBride, well-known Juneau
hardware man, has filed his declara
tion as a candidate for election at
the April primaries as Republican
national committeeman. His peti
tion is signed by Earl Hunt, John
Reck and other prominent Repub
licans of the capital.
McBride declares that he does not
represent any faction. He is out
for the good of the party and the
development of Alaska. He says he
believes in Alaska for Alaskans and
the appointment of residents of the
various divisions for posts of honor
in those divisions. He also believes
that the Territory should have fu’l
control of the fisl «.
' COMMlta
BUSY AT CAPITAL
SEATTLE, Feb. 2.—The man
agers of half a dozen Washington
coal companies and President Harlin
of the state miners’ organization
have been requested to appear be
fore the special coal commission at
Washington, which is engaged in
reaching a permanent settlement of
the recent coal strike. They will
leave for the national capital within
a few days.
The train arriving from the end
of steel this afternoon brought six
men direct from Anchorage. There
were 14 in the party, but eight of
them stopped out the line.
Start
Right
Boost your
home town
industries
by spending
your money
at home.
Help The
News help
'Nenana by
becoming a
regular
subscriber
to your
home town
paper.
SEND IN YOUR
NAME TODAY
THE PRICE IS
$2 a month;
$9 for six months. I
ASSISTANCE FAILS POLAND;
WAR PREPARATIONS CEASE
— I
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—Officials of!
the American Flying club have an- ■
jnounced tentative plans for an aerial;
{race from New York to Nome, over
la course 4,500 miles in length. The
: United States army will co-opcrate
! in the contest and the flyers will be
i regulated by the same rules which
i governed the recent army transeon
i tinental flight.
{ The entrants will start from this
' city and fly to North Gate, North
iPakota, where they will
i boundary into Canada. Thence they
1 will proceed to Edmonton, across to
Prince Rupert, thence inland to
{Eagle and down the Yukon to Fort
Yukon and Tanana. From Gibbon
■ the planes will go to Fairbanks,
then back to Nulato and on down
the valley to Nome.
Stops will be made every 150
miles.
t
BOY BANDITS STAGE
HOLDUP IN SEATTLE
! SEATTLE, Feb. 2.—A. Filman,
‘a grocer, aged 87, who conducts a
small store at Seventh and Pine,
; near the downtown section, was
' held up by two boy bandits late
i Saturday afternoon and the till
j robbed of its contents, amounting
| to $15.
' The old man attempted to prevent
; the robbery and was severely beaten
by the youthful bandits, who en
jtered the store armed with revolv
! ers. The guns were used as clubs
|to beat Filman into submission.
jSEATTLE HOTEL CLERK
i RELIEVED BY BANDITS
SEATTLE, Feb. 2.—The clerk at
] the Assembly hotel was held up by;
two bandits and the hotel till looted
of its contents, amounting to $22 In
cash and $90 in checks.
I WESTERN SAMOA DRY
AS RESULT OF PACT
' APIA, British Samoa.—Acting in
: the exercise of the mandatory pow
ers granted by the League of Na
tions, the New Zealand government
| has published a proclamation pro
hibiting the importation of intoxi-1
| eating beverages into Western Sa
I •
moa.
The proclamation came as a shock ■
to the white residents, who have'
held an indignation meeting.
Natives have been prohibited from ,
receiving or drinking intoxicants for j
i the past 40 years.
LONDON, Feb. 2.—The conclu
sion of peace between Livonia and
Soviet Russia has resulted, accord
inp to information received in this
city today, in the abandonment of
war preparations by Poland. The
peace terms accepted by the Livoni
ans, it is stated, compelled the with
drawal of promises made Poland to
place the Livonian armies and Revel
harbor at the disposal of Poland in
offensive operations apainst the Bol
sheviki. The military plans of
Poland included simultaneous at
tacks apainst Moscow and Petro
prad. but without the assistance of
| Livonia an offensive campaipn is re
garded as impossible. %
i -
REDS GET TIFLIS.
LONDON, Feb. 2.—Reports reach
i.#T this city today state that the
Reds have gained control of Tiflis J
and Kutais, in Transcaucasia.
- —- !
ESTHON1ANS ACCEPT TERMS, i
LONDON, Feb. 2.—Advices re- |
ceived from Moscow today claim that j
peace has been concluded between I
Esthonia and Soviet Russia. i
WAITING AT GATE.
VIENNA, Feb. 2.—A Bucharest
report received in this city states
that the Bolsheviki are waiting at
the frontier to offer peace to the
Rumanian government. If the terms
are rejected, it is the intention of
the Bolsheviki forces to advance j
against the Rumanians.
—
ODESSA TAKEN.
LONDON, Feb. 2.—The Ukraini
ans are reported to have driven the
Bolsheviki from Odessa, on the
Black sea.
TRADE BALANCE HAS
REACHED HUGE SUM
WASHINGTON', D. C., Feb. 2.—
According to fitrures made known
today by the department of com
merce, the American trade balance
against European countries at the
end of the past year totaled the I
huge sum of $4,435,410,560.
American exports during the peri
od under review aggregated $5,185,-'
000,000, and goods to the value of j
$750,560,000 were imported.
HAYWOOD INDICTED
ON SERIOUS COUNT
CHICAGO, Feb. 2.—Thirty-seven
Industrial Workers of the World
were indicted on Saturday by the
special grand jury which is engaged
in investigating radicalism in Cook
county. The list of indicted in
cludes W. H. (“Big Bill”) Haywood,
who recently gave himself up to the
local authorities, and Thomas
Whitehead, who succeeded Haywood
as secretary of the organization.
It is expected that other indict
ments will be returned before the
jury concludes its investigations.
VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE IS
INDICATED BY RECORDER
SEATTLE, Feb. 2.—The Universi
ty of Washington seismograph re
corded a violent earthquake shock
today, the instrument indicating a,
disturbance 5,000 miles to the east
of Seattle.
FOOTLIGHT FAVORITE
VERY ILL IN FRANCE
PARIS, Feb. 2.—Gaby Des Lys, j
famous dancer, who was given much'
prominence in the newspapers of ■
i
the world several years ago as a'
result of her entanglement with i
King Manuel of Portugal, is seri- ’
ously ill in this city.
Wsaana, Alaska’s Interior r»sl Sopot j
SEVEN ARE KILLED
IN PITTSBURG FIRE
PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb. 2.—Fif
teen temporary residences for em
ployes of the Carnegie steel plant
at Clarion were destroyed by fire
on Saturday, together with the of
fice building- Seven persons lost
their lives in the flames.
SEATTLE HOCKEY TEAM
TAKES ONE FROM VICS
SEATTLE, Feb. 2.—The Seattle
hockey team defeated the Victoria
aggregation in Victoria on Satur
day night, the score being 4 to 2.
_ _ |
BRITISH POUND TAKES
ANOTHER FALL IN U. S.
I
.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.—The Eng-,
lish pound sterling is quoted today j
at $3.48, the lowest point ever '
reached.
K RRRRstatRRRRRRRRRR
•t
R TEMPERATURE
R As reported by the government
R observation station, Nenana
K -
R Sunday, February 1.
R Maximum .24 below
R Minimum .38 below
R Monday, February 2.
R Maximum . 4 below
R Minimum .34 below
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
R.
R!
*1
Rl
R
Rl
NEWBERRY TRIAL
NOW IN PROGRESS
IN GRAND RAPIDS1
GRAND RAPIDS, Feb. 2.—The
taking of testimony in the Newberry
election fraud case began in this
city this morning, following the
opening address of Assitant Attor
ney General Frank Bailey. The
prosecutor informed the jurymen
that the fraudulent election conspir
acy which had resulted in the elec
tion of Truman H. Newberry to the
United States senate last November
really had its inception in New York
in 1917, when representatives of the
American Telephone & Telegraph
company and the American Book
company decided to purchase the
senatorship for Newberry.
The selection of the trial jury
was completed on Saturday and, as
finally composed, the jury is made
up of six farmers, one grain dealer,
one cattle buyer, two produce deal
ers, one grocer, and the manager of
a farmers’ co-operative selling con
cern.
LOGGING CAMPS ARE
RUNNING OPEN SHOP
VANCOUVER, B. C., Feb. 2.—
The leading British Columbia log
ging camps began operating this'
mommy: on an open shop basis, in
accordance with a decision reached'
during the past month. The men '
were given ample notice of the pro
posed change and little difficulty J
has been experienced in operating
under the new conditions. ,
DARTMOUTH WILL PLAY
WASHINGTON NEXT FALL
SEATTLE, Feb. 2. — Dartmouth
college, Andover, Mass., will send
a football team to Seattle next fall
to meet the university eleven. The
game wil 1 take place on Xovem
ber 27.
RESTAURANT WORKER
FASTS IN CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES.—Robert .1. Mc
Camon, 34, a restaurant worker,
who came here seeking work, walked
the streets for 18 days without a
mouthful of food during that time,
according to the story told the
police. He was found semi-con
scious in an automobile, into which
he had crawled during the night
to escape a pelting rain. Local
charity workers took up the case.
Rody Conners, who came in from
Canyon City on Saturday, is going j
to Fairbanks tomorrow.
E
IN SEATTLE NOW:
SEATTLE, Fob. 2.—The llu opi
dcmic is on the increase in this city
and the hospitals are idling rapidly.
A special flu hospital has been
opened at the University of Wash
ington to accommodate the students
who have contracted the disease.
SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED.
ST. LOUIS, Ma.. Feb. 2.—Three
thousand cases of flu have made
their appearance in this city since
January 10, and the epidemic is
such now that it has been deemed
advisable to close the public schools.
FARMERS OBJECT
! 10 SHORT HOURS
IN OTHER LINES
SYRACUSE. \ V., Feb. 2—In a
statement made in this city today.
Sherman Lowell, master of the Na
: tional grange declared that the
farmers of tht nation believe that
; everybody in the country must do a
reasonable day’- work before it will
be possible to reduce the cost of
i living’.
America cannot be supported, h
continued, on a 11-hour week, and
the farmers see no reason why they
should labor from early morning
until late at night, seven days a
week, to supply cheap food for
other workers who enjoy short hours
and much rest time.
The farmers, Lowell said in con
clusion, feel that they are getting
the worst of it and will endeavor
to find some way to bring about a
more equal distribution of labor and
production.
BRITISH OFFICERS TO
SETTLE IN MEXICO
LONDON.-—Brigadier-tieneral A.
C. Critchley is going to lake a
chosen party of fifty fellow British
officers to settle on a million-acre
ranch about fifty miles north of
Mexico City. He says Mexico is
“tJhe cominer country of the world.”
Discussing the reported opposition
to his colonization scheme by the
British and American governments,
he said:
“We are not going to stir up
any trouble. I have no urgent need
of taking the officers with me, but
I want to give the lads a chance if
they’ve got enough grit in them to
make good, and I want company.
Both my father and my brother are
going out with me, and with fifty
Englishmen in the party we can be
very happy.
Charles Derry, former editor of
the Iditarod Pioneer, and more re
cently associated with Harry Steel
in the publication of the Cordova
Times, is out for election as dele
gate to the .Democratic national
convention.