WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 5, 1920.
NO. 260
CRISIS IS NEAR IN EXTRADITION CASE
REPUCLICANS TO DEAL WITH DOMESTIC ISSUES
FINANCIAL EXPERTS SAY PRICE INFLATION IS AT END
WOBBLY HE ARING j
HEADY TO START j
AS JURORS PASS':
MONTESANO, Wash., Feb. 5.—j
The selection of the jury to try!
the Centralia wobblies on the charge
of murder in connection with the j
Armistice Day massacre, is progress- j
ing rapidly today and it is believed .
the full number required will have;
been accepted before court adjourns
tonight. Nine permanent jurors had
been selected up to this afternoon,
and little difficulty is anticipated
in securing the other three. After.
the twelve have been selected, two
alternates will be named.
The proceedings were delayed yes
terday by the illness of John Lamb,
one of the defendants, but he is j
considerably improved today. Ray
Becker, another defendant, is the
son, it is believed, of a Chicago
Lutheran minister. Another Chica
go minister is 'be. .ng much in
terest in him Jb
It is believed that the jury will
visit Centralia before any of the
many witnesses are called upon to
give testimony.
SEATTLE GIRL NAMED
UNIVERSITY EDITOR
STANFORD, Cal., Feb. 5.—Ellen
Calhoun, of Seattle, has been elect
ed editor of the Daily Palo Alta,
official newspaper of the university.
She is the daughter of Scott Cal
houn, who was one of the first edi
tors of the paper.
Rev. W. F. Marple, of Fairbanks,
who was recently appointed by Cen
sus Agent in Charge Forbes to as
sist in the enumeration at Fair
banks, is about ready to begin his
work.
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GERMANS SAY EXTRADITION!
IS AN UTTER IMPOSSIBILITY
LONDON, Keb. 5.—Information
was received in this city today from
Berlin to the effect that the Ger
man cabinet is preparing another
note to the Allies, in which it will
be stated that fatal consequences
probably will follow an extradition
raid as suggested by the Allies. The
German ministers are unanimous in
declaring that extradition of the
men demanded by the Allies for
trial is an utter physical impossi
bility. Minister Noske says that,
even in the event that he caused
the arrest of the men wanted by •
the Allies, the train bearing them j
never would be permitted to leave i
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Germany.
near breaking point.
PARIS, Feb. 5.—Relations be- j
tween Germany and the Allies seem |
to have arrived at a crisis, as a j
result of Lersner’s refusal to for- i
ward to Berlin the list of names of i
Germans whom the Allies desire to
place on trial. German Minister
Noske i quoted as saying that Ger
many cannot secure the men want
ed, even though the government
should desire to do so. He de
clared further that the demand of
the Allies is revenge worse than
that demanded by Shylock.
EXISTENCE IN BALANCE.
BERLIN, Feb. 5. — Reports re
ceived in this city from Paris state
that Lersner threw the Allied ex- j
tradition note back at Millerand, de-!
clarinjr that he would not be a!
party to the delivery of Germans j
into the hands of the Allies for
trial. German newspapers express i
the belief that the very existence
of Germany depends upon the out
come of the Allied extradition de
mand.
All Germany is awaiting with
'bated breath the next move of the
j Allies.
i DENVER, Colo., Feb. 5.—Orville
Harrington, skilled mint worker,
.who has been in the employ of the
:Government mint for a number of
"years, was placed under arrest here
of gold bullion valued at more than
$100,000.
1 Following the arrest of Harring
ton, federal agents went to his home
and made a search for the stolen
'gold, and were successful in finding
most of it buried in the Harrington
garden, close to the house.
1 Smali quantities of the bullion
'were stolen from time to time, the
thefts covering a period of several
I years, and so cleverly executed as
i to escape detection until recently,
;when an investigation was started,
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| WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 5.—'
ITW most severe snowstorm experi
! cnced this winter is sweeping the
j Eastern country from New England
jto Virginia. In many sections the
j storm is accompanied by sleet and
'■winds of unusual velocity, with the
result that traffic in the storm-swept
'districts is demoralized today.
| The extent of the damage has
:not yet been ascertained, because
of interrupted communication.
| Ole Jacobson, of the Middle Fork
roadhouse, will leave the end of
steel for Talkeetna after the arrival
of the train on Saturday and will
have accommodations for two pass
iengers and some baggage. He has
a fast dog team and expects to
I make a quick trip to the coast end
of steel.
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Jack Felix returned to Nenana
from the Kantishna last night, aftei
an absence of considerable length
He worked at the Aitken mine foi
a time, but says he is here foi
'supplies for another prospecting
trip.
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PRICES TAKE DROP;
REACTION DUE NOW
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CLEVELAND, Feb. 5.—Financial
^xperts who have been watching
price conditions throughout the
country closely, announce their con
viction that the period of inflated
costs of food and clothing in the
United States is at an end, its ter
minaiion already having- been indi-j
cated by marked decreases in the |
basic prices of many commodities. !
The reaction, they believe, is now ■
setting in, and the prediction is i
made that price lowering will con- :
tinue until normal conditions have’
been restored.
REPUBLICANS MEET
TO DRAFT PROGRAM!
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 5.—
One hundred and seventy-one Re
publican committeemen, represent
ing every section of the country,
are in session in this city for the
purpose of drafting recommenda
tions for the party’s national plat
form. Planks already suggested in
clude business rehabilitation, tariff
changes, readjustment of foreign !
and domestic commerce, postal re- i
form and labor conditions.
It is the sense of the gathering
that the committee deliberations be i
confined to domestic questions. For
eign relations and questions of an ;
international character will not be'
touched until after the senate has,
disposed of the treaty.
BADLY DAMAGED
! BY Bin OIL
I
I BREMERTON, Wash., Feb. 5.—
The battleship Wyoming: was con
siderably damaged here today by a
fire which started in the boiler
room, where dripping oil became itr
jnited. The fire burned fiercely for a
time, threatening to reach the maga
zine.
When the danger was realized,
the crews of nearby ships were
summoned, and hose lines were run
from the docks and other vessels,
the hold of the Wyoming being
quickly flooded. The danger was
j great while the work of extinguish
; ing the fire was in progress, so
| close did the flames approach the
magazine; but there was no hesi
itancy on the part of the fire-fighters.
The warship will be out of com
mission for some little time as a
' result of the fire.
■»m>. Alaska's Interior Tael Depot
SUB-MON MEN
ON C.& M.STRIKE;
USING STEAM NOW
BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 5. — The
electrified portion of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul .system has
been considerably unset by a walk
out among the sub-station men in
the employ of the company. The
chief trouble occurred between Har
lowtown, Mont., and Avery, Idaho,
where steam is now being substi
tuted for electricity until such time
as the juice can again be used. The
company is also endeavoring to find
men to take the, places of the strik
ers, and it is considered likely that
the old service will be resumed to
night.
Officials of the railroad adminis
tration have served notice on the
strikers that their jobs will be closed
; to them unless they discontinue
; their strike tonight.
Menana—The Gateway to McKinley
National Park.
EPIDE
BERKELEY, Cal., Eeb. 5.—All
schools and movie theaters in this
city have been closed as a result of
the spread of the Hu epidemic
There are now 700 cases here.
PORTLAND DEATHS.
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 5.—Influ
enza caused the death ot three per
sons in this city today, making a
total of seven since the appearance
of the epidemic here. Fifty cases
have been released from quarantine
as cured.
FIREMEN ILL.
BREMERTON, Wash.. Feb. 5.
All the members of the local five
department have contracted the flu
and Ernest West, truck driver, died
today. The department is being
manned by volunteers pending* the
recovery of the regular firemen.
mow iiiis
10 DEATH IN SOUTH
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5.—Earl
ITurge.-s, a movie actor, fell to h:s
death at Beverly Hills today from
an aeroplane, while performing i i
the air in connection with the
staging of a movie comedy. W hen
the fatal accident occurred, Burges -
was flying at an altitude of 700 teet
and bis death was instantaneous.
The tragedy was witnessed by i
|large number of actors and others
I who v.ere watching the i.orinl per
; fonnanee.
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CANADIAN POPULATION
SHOWS BIG INCREASE
! OTTAWA, Feb. 5.—The census
:
: department of the Dominion gov
eminent has issued a statement in
which it is estimated that the pres
ent population of Canada is 8,835,
1102, an increase of considerably
more than one million since 1911
—
! Wallace Calderhead left for the
; States yesterday morning to com
jplete his apprenticeship in the jew
'elry trade,
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LEADERS REGRET
LETTER OF GREY;
DEFENDS WiLSON
WASHINGTON, D. Feb. r>. -
Administration leaders regard the
publication of Earl Grey’s letter,
before its contents had been made
known to President Wilson, as a
slight to the American executive,
who, they claim, was entitled to
know the real attitude of the Brit
ish government toward the proposed
Republican reservations to the peace
treaty. Friends of the President
deny vigorously the suggestion that
Mr. Wilson knew of the letter in
advance of its publication. They
declare that, its appearaney in the
British press was as much of a sur
prise to him as it was to them. The
letter referred to intimated that no
objection would he made by Eng
land to the acceptance of the Lodge
reservations to the treaty and
league covenant.
Wilson li Better.
i Reports from the' White House
'today state that the condition of
j President Wilson is improving steadi
jly. He has completely recovered
i from the cold contracted several
1 days ago, and was able yesterday
to spend part of the day on the
(south portico. Extreme care is be
ing taken . to guard the patient
against the flu. which, it is feared
} by the White House physicians,
might have serious consequences in
view of fhe President's weakened
condition.
EXPORTS ARE URGED
10 HELP EXCHANGE
LONDON, Fob. •'>■ Reports re
ceived in this city from New f ork
today indicate a somewhat healthier
condition in British exchange, the
Enjrlish pound sterling Icing quoted
at $15.22. The market tor contin
ental exchange, however, is very
feverish, Belgian and trench ex
change having dropped considerably
over night.
Officials are endeavoring to en
courage increased exports to the
United States as a means ot steady
ing exchange until permanent relict
is found. Efforts also are being
made to discourage the importation
of luxuries from America while
-present conditions continue.
SILVER AT PAR.
SPOKANE, Feb. 5. — Canadian
currency is discounted here today
at 20 percent, but Canadian silver
is being accepted at par.
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