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THE NENANA DAIL Y NEWS
VOL. HI.
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NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 3, 1920.
NO. 28
TRAVEL TO ALASKA INCREASING NOW
REVOLUTIONISTS PLAN RAID ON MEXICO CITY
POLISH SUCCESSES CAUSE UNREST IN RUSSIAN CITIES
RUSSIANS UPSET
BV REVERSES ON
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WARSAW. May 3. — The suc
cesses of Polish troops in recent
engagements with the Bolsheviki
along the Polish frontier are sai<l
to have had a demoralizing effect
on the Russians, anti-soviet dem
onstrations are reported from a
number of places, notably at Mos
cow.
The Moscow reports state the
public riots are in progress there,
and it is also claimed that there
has been an uprising among the
Bolsheviki troops. There is an in
creasing demand for a change in
the form of government, and seri
ous opposition to soviet rule is de
veloping in many quarters.
POLES TAKE KIEV.
WARSAW May 3.-The Polish
forces, under th •■r<r_ °f
oral Pilsudske, are repo* iec(*i(/tia\ r
defeated the Bolsheviki in the Kiev
region and are now in possession
of that city.
SEVERAL ARE DEAD
LAMBERTOX, Minn., May 3.—
Ed Clark, conductor; L. S. Fuller,
engineer; R. C. Larson, fireman, all
of Winona, and A. Feltz, of Tracy,
and E. W. Augustine, a pioneer of
Ohio, were killed as a dozen others
injured near here yesterday as a
result of a collision between two
passenger trains on the Chicago &
Northwestern.
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SEATTLE REPORTS INCREASE
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VLADIVOSTOK, May 3. — Ac
cording to advices received here to
day, severe fighting is in progress
in the Chita district between Bol
sheviki forces and remnants of the
Kolchak army, supported by Japa-!
nese troops. Details of the encoun-:
ter are not obtainable.
| Although there is considerable
sickness in the native village above
Nenana, the cases including both
I residents of the village proper and
of the mission, the situation there
; is not at all serious, according to
reports received in town today. The
| only assistance needed at present.
I the report says, is a man to chop
, wood and pack water for the sick,
and this assistance has been pro
!
, vided from town.
The Rose sisters, Fern and Myr
; tie, and Miss Jackson are looking
, after the sick, and with a man to
:look after the wood and water, they
I believe they will be able to get
i along.
! Miss Blacknell was taken ill last
; week, aid Arthur Wright, who
(came from the Tolovana country to
; help out, is also on the sick list
J now, leaving the nursing staff some*
I what shorthanded.
j EXPEDITIONARY CHAMP
KNOCKS JAMIESON OUT'
i GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, May 3.— j
'Bob Martin, expeditionary champi-!
on, and Ted Jamieson, Milwaukee, j
appeared in an exhibition bout here i
Saturday night, the Milwaukee j
fighter going out in the sixth round. I
HARDING IS LEADING
IN OHIO ELECTION
! COLUMBUS, May 3.—The Ohio
; returns indicate that Governor Har
iding will have 39 and possibly 42
| of 'Ohio's delegation to the Repub
lican national convention. Wood
i will have the remainder. Harding’s
campaign manager is apparently de
feated for delegate-at-large.
; POMONA SHOWS GAIN
DURING LAST DECADE
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WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3 —
■The population of Pomona, Califor
| nia, has gained 32 percent during
the past ten years, according to a
census bureau report. The present
population is 21,719.
JTanana. •atawar to McKinley
Mattoaal Fart.
SEATTLE. May 3.--Port Warden
^ed M. Lathes, in his report for
March, shows that there was a con
iiderable increase during- that month
in travel toward Alaska. He gives,
the total number of departures for
the North from this port during
March at 2,797, as against 1,987
during the same period last year.
Incoming passengers from Alaska
totaled 459 during March, as com
pared with 929 during the same
period last year.
Shippin.tr men declare that the
tide of travel has turned toward !
Alaska, and they predict that great j
development for the Northland is
in prospect.
The cargo shipments from Alaska ,
during March were valued at SI,- i
554.782. as compared with $768,707 !
last year. This is regarded locally!
as further proof that the Territory ^
is reviving from its period of de
pression.
REBELS IN MEXICO
ARE MAKING GAINS
►> EI„ PASO, Tex., May 3.—Advices |
. eceived in this city stale that the j
Mexican city of Juarez has been oe- j
cupied by the revolutionists, who are
now in full possession of the place.
The reports also state that the port
has been closed and all communica
tion across the international bridge
stopped. The city was occupied
without lighting.
TORREON NEXT.
AGUA PRIETA, May 3.—Rebel
troops from Sonora and Sinaloa are
said to be converging on Torreon,
and an attack is expected within
the next day or two. The city is
also menaced by troops that re
belled against Carranza in Chihua
hua.
RAID ON CAPITAL.
AGUA PRIETA, May 3.—Accord
ing to information received here,
the revolutionists are making plans
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for a quick drive on Mexico City.
GARRISON QUITS.
EL PASO, May 3.—It is report
ed here ■ that the Carranza garrison
at Juarez peacefully joined the
revolution, thus giving the rebels
control of Northern Mexico.
YANKEES PROTECTED.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 3.
Destroyers have been ordered to
Vera Cruz and Tampico to give pro
tection to Americans at those places
and elsewhere. Officials of the navy
department say that they will not
interfere in the Mexican situation
at present.
AMERICANS KILLED.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3.—
The state department has been offi
cially advised of the murder of
Eben Francis Greenlaw and his son,
who are reported to have been
:killed by Mexican bandits.
LONDON TRAINMEN
DEMAND INCREASE
LONDON, May 3.—The London
Couneil of Railwaymen has an
nounced that, beginning today, the
train workers will adhere strictly to
the working rules, which is regard
ed as indicating that there may be
a general stoppage of work any
day.
The men have demanded an ad
vance of one pound weekly in their
pay.
MANTANAN DESPONDENT;
TAKES SHORT WAY OUT
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ROUNDUP, Mont., May 3.—Joe
West, aged 40, killed his wife, two
children and himself today. The
act is attributed to despondency.
HOQUIAM SHOWS LARGE
GAIN IN POPULATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3.—
The population of Hoquiam, Wash
ington, according to census bureau
figures just made public, is 9,885,
an increase of 21 percent.
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HO! SPRINGS POTS
Officials of the local telephone
department have been advised of
the establishment of a quarantine
at Tolovana station and at Hot
Springs, and travelers are being
warned at Dunbars that they will
be unable to tin.! aeec.mr»> 'dations
.at either place.
Deputy Marsha! Anders is on
guard at Hot Springs to divert trav
el away from that place.
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PITTSBBURGH POPULATION
SHOWS SMALL INCREASE
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3.—
:The census bureau reports that the
'population of Pittsburgh is 588,193,
an increase of ten percent since
1910.
CALIFORNIA TOWN IS
GAINING VERY RAPIDLY
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3 —
The census bureau reports that the
population of Long Beach, Califor
nia, is 55,593, a gain of 212 percent.
TRADERS OF NOME
MUSI SEE SOVIET!
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JUNEAU, May 3.—Deputy Col
lector of Customs Reed, of Nome,
reports that the Russian soviet at
Anadir, on the Siberian coast, has
given notice that all citizens of the
United States engaged in fur trad
ing on the Siberian coast with ves
sels must do all their business
through the soviet government
stores. Trading with private stores
along the coast or with fur dealers
and trappers will not be permitted.
The matter has been referred to
Delegate Grigsby, with a request
that he -ascertain from the Gove*--,
ment the status of American trade
with Siberia.
WILSON DEMOCRATS
WIN IN THE SOUTH
DALLAS, Tex., May 3.—The Sen
ator Bailey faction of the Texas
Democracy was severely beaten at
the polls on Saturday, the occasion
being the precinct convention pri
maries.
The Wilson Democrats elected
1,200 of their delegates, while the
Baileyites secured only 200 of the
1,400 elected to the state conven
i
tion.
NAVY WILL DEVELOP
PETROLEUM FIELDS
WASHINGTON'. D. C., May 3.—
The senate has [riven its approval
to an amendment to the naval ap
propriation bill, designed to permit
the development of naval petroleum
lands, chiefly located in California.
OLDTIMER IS CALLED;
LIVED A LONG TIME
GRAND ISLAND. Neb., May 3.
Thomas Morris, who was born in
Wales in 1794. just 120 years atro,
died here today. He was unmarried
and for 100 years of his life he
worked as a cobbler.
JIMMY WILDE KNOCKS
DYSON OUT IN FIRS1
LAWRENCE, Mass.. May 3.—
Bobby Dyson, champion bantam
weight of New England, went dowr
for the count in the first round o
a bout in which he appeared her.
Saturday night with Jimmy Wilde
BILLINGS MAKES BIG
GAIN IN POPULATlOf
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 3
The population of Billings, Montana
has doubled during the past tei
years, according to the latest censu
returns, which sow the present pop
ulation to be 15,100.
NEW YORK, May 3.—Tony Ta
zio, alias Andrea Salsado, who was
taken into custody by department
of justice officials in connection with
bomb outrages of last June, when
Attorney General Palmer’s house
was among the buklings attache!,
leaped from a window of the De
partment of Justice building in this
city this morning and was killed
instantly on the pavement fourteen
stories below.
Until the information leaked out,
in connection with Tazio's death, it
was not known publicly that the de
partment had made any arrests in
connection with the outrages of last
year.
The dead maji was under exam
inution in one of the department
offices, when he made a rush for
one t'h-> am* 1 .1 head
first through it. Several pedestri
ans on the walk below narrowly
escaped being struck by the falling
body.
,11101011 IB ROAD
TO If COm AREA
i SEATTLE, May I. -- A special
: Washington dispatch to the Seattle
Times states that Alaska’s tirst mo
(tor truck road will he built during
the summer from the Trout ( reek
.coal mines to Bering lake. Wooden
planks are to be laid on stringers
and trucks used as locomotives, and
■the pioneer line will be followed
later by a regular railroad, to con
! nect with the Copper River <fc
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i Northwestern, -lu miles from ( or
I dova.
Falcon Joslin reports that drilling
for new wells will continue in the
Katalla district.
FUNDS APPROPRIATED
FOR FORTIFICATIONS
WASHINGTON. I> C., May 3.
The fortifications bill, providing for
the appropriation of $19,385,000,
was passed by the senate today with
a record vote, and now goes to
conference for final consideration.
CUTTER BEAR SAILS
FOR BERING SHORES
SEATTLE, May 3.—The revenue
cutter bear sailed for the North
today with 13 tons of accumulated
mail for Nome and Seward penin
sula points.
* TEMPERATURE *
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H observation station, Nenana *
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, It Sunday, May 2. *
- W Maximum .38 above ^
>|H Minimum .29 above *
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* i*t Maximum . 34 above **
■jH Minimum .25 above *t