WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. HI
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1920.
NO. 55
WALL STREET BETS AGAINST JOHNSON
REPUBLICAN^ CONVENTION IS NOW I_N SESSION
LABOR FEDERATION DEMANDS RECOGNITION OF SOVIET
FOUR ARE DEAD
ID MANY HURT
BY LA1E STORM
ST. PAUL, June 9.—Four per
sons were killed and a score or more
injured during: a wind and electrical
storm which swept Northern Minne
sota last nigrht. A considerable
number of buildings were wrecked
and four cars attached to a North
ern Pacific westbound train were
blown from the track near Fox
Home, resulting in the injury of 30
passengers, some of whom are in a
critical condition today.
COLLISION FATAL.
SCHE.VECTADY, June 9.—Elev
en persons are dead and 21 injured
as a result of a rear-end collision
on the New York Central. A fast
express crashed into the rear end
of a passenger train.
AUSTRIANS FIGHT
TO REDUCE COSTS
VIENNA, June 9.—Seven per
sons were killed and 23 injured in
■this city yesterday as a result of
rioting, in which thousands of resi
dents participated. The trouble
started with a violent demonstration
over the high cost of food.
Scores of shops were wrecked by
the rioters, many of whom are now
in jail.
The Fairbanks town council held
a meeting last night and transacted
routine business, one of the matters
receiving attention being the des
patch of a wire of inquiry regard
ing the whereabouts of an auto fire
truck ordered some time ago.
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CHICAGO CONVENTION OPENS;
VOTING TO BEGIN ON FRIDAY
CHICAGO, June 9.—With a rec-;
ord attendance of spectators on hand !
to watch the proceedings, the Sev-.
enteenth Republican national con- j
vention began its deliberations in!
this city yesterday morning. Chair- j
man Will Hays of the Republican;
national committee called the con- •
vention to order at 11:32, and at ^
the conclusion of a long opening j
prayer by Bishop Charles Woodcock
of Louisville, the audience broke j
Into “The Star-Spangled Banner." j
Then followed the election of Sen-'
ator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massa
chusetts as temporary chairman of
the convention, and upon taking his
place on the rostrum, the senator
delivered the keynote address of the
convention preliminaries. “The coun
try must drive Wilson and his dy
nasty from power, and defeat the
League of Nations,” he said, and
followed with a defense of the sen
ate’s opposition to the peace treaty.
“We make the issue,” he continued,
“and we ask approbation of what
we have done. The people will now
tell us what they think of Wilson’s
league and the sacrifice of America."
The senator stated further that
the time had come to take a firm
hand in Mexico and end the dis
graceful record of the last seven
years. The primary duty, he said,
is for the United States to deal
with Mexico under the Monroe Doc
trine, “yet we are asked to take a
mandate over Armenia.” The speak
er denounced the administration for
its failure to deal with profiteers,
and he condemned Government own
ership of railroads.
Women A-e There.
When the convention opened yes
terday, the front rows of seats in
the Coliseum were occupied by dele
gates from California, North Da
kota, Arkansas, Connecticut, Color
ado, and Virginia. The delegations
j included a few of the oldtimers,
i among them being Chauncey Depew.
The women delegates were among
the first to reach the convention hall,
while thousands of people crowded
about the building before the session
■opened. Scalpers were there in
j force and demanded fabulous prices
jfor tickets, but found comparative
1 ly few takers.
j The confusion, fuss and muddle
!of the opening hour were aggravat
ed by blistering heat, and through
out the brief session, which lasted
I only two hours, there continued to
I be an absence of leadership, which
| added not a little to the discomfort
| and bewilderment. The situation
presents the opportunity for some
shrewd leader to step forward at the
psychological moment and invite a
stampede.
No one has any idea of the
strength the various candidates will
show on the first ballot, and sugges
tions are still heard relative to the
wisdom of putting up someone whose
name was not linked with the sen
ate campaign investigation. The
name of Governor Coolidge is per
sistently mentioned.
Today’s Session.
The deliberations of the conven
tion were resumed this morning at
11:20, Temporary Chairman Lodge
being greeted with three cheers and
a tiger when he called the big meet
ing to order. The invocation was
pronounced by John Timothy Stone,
following which Chairman Duffield
of the credentials committee pre
sented the committee's report to the
convention. The report showed that
the general Missouri convention had
recovered two delegates who were
ruled against by the national com
mittee. The decision of the creden
tials committee restores the total
number of delegates in '.he conven
tion to 1*84, making the number
necessary for nomination 493.
Ballot on Friday.
It is considered certain ;oday that
it will be impossible for the con
vention to begin balloting on can
didates before Friday. The result
of the balloting is as much a matter
of speculation today as at any time
during the past several weeks. No
two politicians or newspaper writers
appear to agree on anything con
nected with the convention, and the
delegates are eagerly awaiting the
first ballot to ascertain where they
stand. Each has his own opinion of
what is likely to happen, but the,
general spirit of uncertainty is
stronger than ever.
Avoiding the League.
The feeling exists in many quar
ters that the League of Nations
question must not reach the conven
tion floor.
Labor’s Attitude.
Samuel Gompers, president of the :
American Federation of Labor, and;
Matthew A. Woll presented docu-1
ments to the resolutions committee j
this morning in which the labor at- ,
I
titude is set forth on a number of j
questions. Labor believes that leg-!
islation proposing to make strikes
unlawful makes for industrial serf
dom and slavery. Labor would up
hold its rights against the unwar
rantage issuance of uTits of injunc
tion, either prohibitory or manda
tory. Immigration, the workers be
lieve, should be regulated, profiteer
ing should be checked and the cost
of living reduced. Labor is op
posed to the use of the military to
force Mexicans to meet the demands
of those who are exploiting that
country’s resources.
DEMOCRATIC VIEW.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., June 9.
—Homer S. Cummins, chairman of
the Democratic national committee,
who is in this city today enroute
BROAD PASS ROUTE
GETS WINTER MAIL
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Of much importance to Nenana
is the announcement, contained in
orders received by the Nenana and
Fairbanks postoffices this week, that
mail for points in Interior Alaska
is to be routed via Broad Pass, be
ginning on October first, and con
tinuing throughout the coming win
ter.
One of the orders authorizes, the
establishment of a new mail route
on that portion of the Government
railroad which has been completed;
[another order provides for the car
rying of the mail between ends of
steel, and still another order ter
minates the winter contract now
held by John Brower, for carrying
the mail between Chitina and Fair
banks. Brower gets an extra
month's pay for the loss of the
contract.
The order authorizing the Alas
kan Engineering commission to
carry the mail over the railroad
stipulates that the sum of $42.75
per railroad mile for the season
will be paid by the postal depart
ment, the commission to carry the
mail between Fairbanks and the end
of steel, south of Nenana, and be
tween Seward and the end of steel
north of Anchorage.
The second order provides for the
payment of $60,000 for the service
between ends of steel, two mails a
week, with a limit of 800 pounds
per trip between October 1 and No
vember 23, 2,400 pounds between:
November 23 and March 20, and!
800 pounds between March 20 and ,
May 31, the date of the expiration
of the winter service.
The announcement does not come
exactly in the nature of a surprise
to Nenanaites, as it has been point
ed out on more than one occasion
by the Nenana Commercial club
that such a change as is eontem
i
plated not only would provide rev
enue for the Government railroad,
but also w'ould give the Interior
country a much better service than
has been possible by way of the
Richardson highway during the past
several winters. The argument ad
vanced by the local club was sound
and had the endorsement, it is un
derstood, of postal inspectors who
investigated the merits of the rival
routes. Records of performance on
the two trails during the past win
ter appear to have settled the mat
ter in favor of Broad Pass, which
long ago was recognized by travel
ers as the “shortcut” to the Interior.
The establishment of the new
mail route will have the effect of
attracting additional travel to the
Broad Pass trail, and probably also
will speed the construction of the
Broad Pass wagon road, which al
ready has been started by the Alas
kan Engineering commission, but on
which no work is being done at
present—on this end, at least.
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to the San Francisco convention,
makes light of the Republican claims
for recognition and seeks to dis
credit the Chicago convention. “The
nation is praying for peace,” he
said, “and the Republicans offer it
war. They killed the peace treaty,
which continues war in Europe, and
Lodge would give us more war by
fighting Mexico. 1 can understand
why the Chicago convention is be
wildered and leaderless. No defi
nite constructive program has been
offered for the consideration of the
delegates. It is a convention of
negation only.”
TO LIMIT SPEECHES.
CHICAGO, June 9. — Following
the acceptance of the report of the
credentials committee, making th-j
temporary organization permanent.
Chairman Lodge announced that he
would enforce the rule limiting
speakers to five minutes and to one
speech on one subject on any one
day.
Responding to insistent calls,
Chauncey Depew made a brief ad
dress, and was followed by Mrs.
Margaret Hill McArthur of Kansas,
who has the distinction of being the
first woman to address a national
convention.
The only new material in the re
port of the rules committee, which
was submitted today and accepted,
is an increase in the number of
members of the executive committee
of the Republican national commit
tee from ten to fifteen, to make
room for women members.
The resolutions committee report
ed progress, but announced that it
was not ready to present the plat
form for consideration. George C.
Hazelet of Alaska is a member of
the resolutions committee.
The Lodge Speech.
Chairman Lodge's address to the
convention was delivered from manu
script and was enthusiastically re
ceived. Roars of applause greeted
his reference to the “Wilson dynas
ty.” The defeat of the present ad- J
ministration, he said, transcends ev
ery other question, and “the ground
thus cleared, ft becomes our duty
to reinstate several fundamental
principles which have been both
choked and invaded.”
Another wave of applause greeted j
Lodge’s reference to Wilson as a
“Democratic free trader with social
istic proclivities.” They must be
driven out, he concluded, “not be
cause they are Democrats, but be
cause Wilson’s theory of government
is not American.”
William Jennings Bryan, who is
attending the convention as a spec
tator for the purpose of discourag
ing the nomination of a “wet” can
didate, is occupying a seat in the
press stand, blandly interested in all
that is taking place, but with a face
that discloses little of what is pass
ing through his mind. The report
ers say he is wearing his “poker
face” for the occasion.
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tions covering political and economic
conditions in the United States, and
various labor demands, were up for
consideration today before the an
nual convention of the American
Federation of Labor.
The resolutions demand a hands
off policy for Mexico, home rule for
Ireland, public ownership of rail
roads, lifting of the Russian block
ade, and recognition of the soviet
government of Russia.
The impeachment of Attorney
General Palmer is demanded in an
other resolution, and still another
condemns Postmaster-General Burle
son and the industrial courts recent
ly created. A demand is made for
the repeal of the recently enacted
railroad legislation, enforcing com
pulsory arbitration of strikes,
j It is generally conceded that
President Gompers will be unop
posed for re-election.
TAILSPIN IS FATAL
N SOUTH
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.. June
Aviation Cadets Roy Wellington, of
McCrey, Arkansas, and Harold (’.
Royley. of Mildred, Montana, were
killed at Kelly field today when
their airplane went into a tailspin
and fell a distance of 2,000 feet.
DEMPSEY ON 111
AS DRAFT EVADES
SAN FRANCISCO, June 9.—The
trial of Champion Jack Dempsey,
on the charge of evading the draft,
was started in this city today be
fore Judge Doolir.g, with many mem
bers of the American Legion present
to watch the proceedings.
The court ruled out the testi
mony of the champion’s former wife,
regarding confidential communica
tions while they were living as man
and wife. The prosecution intro
duced two witnesses to prove that
the parents of Dempsey were not
dependent upon him for support at
the time the war was in progress.
Chicago nationals
WIN DAMAGE ACTION
CINCINNATI, June 9.-—A jury in
the case of Lee Magee vs. the Chi
cago Nationals returned a verdict
for the club today. Magee asked
damages from the club for his re
lease as a member of the team.
CUMMINS IS LEADING
FOR SENATORIAL JOB
DES MOINES, la., June 9.—Sen
ator Cummins is 2,000 votes ahead
of Smith, at Brookhart, for the Re
publican nomination for the sena
torship. The returns thus far re
ceived are meager.