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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA. ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1920.
NO. 48
CONGRESS TO TAKE RECESS SATURDAY
CHEVROLET WINS FAST EVENT A T INDIANAPOLIS
MOSCOW ADMITS DEFEAT OF RED FORCES NEAR KIEV
CHEVROLET WINS
SPEEDWAY EVEN!;
INDIANAPOLIS, June 1. — The
eighth annual 500-mile speedway
race, in which 23 of the world’s
greatest automobile racers were en
tered, was won today by Gaston
Chevrolet, who covered the distance
in a Monroe car in 5:40:16. Rene
Thomas finished second.
Ralph DePalma, who was leading i
the race at 467 miles, had a nar-1
row escape from death when his car
caught fire and compelled him to
drop out.
The spectacular race was witness
ed by the greatest crowd ever as
sembled at the speedway, and inter
est ran high throughout the classic
event. The prizes aggregated $85,
000.
VANCOUVER POPULATION
SHOWS STEADY GAIN
WASHINGTON, D. C., June .—
Figures made known today by the
census bureau show that the present
population of Vancouver, Washing
ton, is 12,637, an increase of 38 j
percent during the past ten years, j
BILL FOR BACK TAXES
PRESENTED TO SOLONS j
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1.—|
Authority for the United States!
treasury to make final settlement, i
under which a billion dollars in back .
taxes will be paid into the Govern
ment strong-box, is provided in a bill!
which was approved by the lower '
house of Congress this week, amend- j
ing the 1918 tax law.
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nana from Fairbanks today, enroute l
to one of the camps south of town. !
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DEMOCRATS REJECT MANDATE;
DELAY URGED BY PRESIDENT
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WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1.—
The army reorganization bill, which
has occupied much of the time of
the members of Congress since the
commencement of the present ses
sion, has been finally approved by
both houses and is now in the hands
of the President, awaiting his sig
nature.
The senate amendments which
would have resulted in the selective
service act going into effect auto
matically upon the declaration of
war, were eliminated by the confer
ence committee, following vigorous
objection on the part of the Am
erican Federation of Labor.
As finally approved, the bill pro
vides for a peace army of 280,000
enlisted men and 17,800 officers, in
cluding the Philippine scouts.
WOMAN IS APPOINTED
TO IMPORTANT PLACE
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.—Mrs.
Annette Abbott Adams, who has the
distinction of being the first woman
in the country to receive appoint
ment as United States attorney, has
been further honored by appoint
ment as assistant attorney general
for the Northern district of Califor- ]
tia.
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Fairly {rood pay is reported to
lave been found on Jarvis creek,
lear Donnelly’s, on the Fairbanks
-hitina trail. Charles Miller is sup
>osed to have made the discovery,
tnd if the reports can be authenti
ated, the result probably will be a
onsiderable rush from Fairbanks
ind other points along the trail. The
>ay gravel is said to have a depth
'f eight feet.
Jim Lavery and Teddy Buzby,;
■'airbanks boys, arrived from the
ipper town today and will work for,
he commission in one of the engi-:
leering camps out the line, south of*
zenana.
Passengers traveling over the
’’airbanks-Chitina trail hereafter will
lot be compelled to pay war tax in ,
.ddition to their fare. Tom Gibson
ook the matter up with the trea
ury department and convinced the
evenue officers that trail auto traf-1
ic is not in direct competition with j
ny other line of travel, the result!
eing a suspension of the tax re-,
uirements.
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Abe Stein and Dan Rose were «
mong the passengers arriving from;l
'airbanks today. The former re- <
ently arrived over the trail from a !
rinter in the States. 1
| WASHINGTON, D C.. June 1.—
(An effort of the administration, act
! ing through Senator Hitchcock, off
icial spokesman for the Pi esident in
the upper house of Congress. to de
,lay action on the Armenian man
date question, met with defeat this
morning when the Hitchcock motion
to defer action until after a peace
settlement with Germany has been
effected, was rejected by a vote of
1 43 to 34.
j hile the motion was pending.
'Senator Frank M. Brandegee. Re
publican, of Connecticut, offered an
(amendment providing for the au
thorization of the mandate, the ob
ject of his action being to put the
Democratic members on record on
the mandate question. The amend
ment received only 12 votes, all of
them being Democrats. Sixty-two
voted against the amendment.
Recess Saturday.
A resolution providing for ad
journment on Saturday was adopted
by the house this afternoon, the
object of the measure being to give
the members of Congress opportuni
ty to attend the national conven
tions. It had been previously agreed
tentatively by the Republican lead
ers to adjourn sine die on Friday,
June 4. The recess will continue
until September 1.
Postal Clerk Pay.
The joint congressional commit
tee appointed to consider a revision
of the postal service wage scale
submitted a report today in which
the recommendation is made that
the pay of postal clerks and letter
carriers be increased from $150 to
$250 annually, with an increase of
$400 annually for supervisory of
ficers. The committee also recom
mended that no change be made in
the salaries of first class postmas
ters receiving: over $5,000. It is
estimated that the pay increase sug
gested will total $38,000,000 the
jfirst year and $43,000,000 the third
land fourth years.
j Among the postmasters reappoint
■ed recently are Charles H. Scheffer,
,of Cordov-a; Zina M. Bradford, of
jjuneau; William E. Root, of Seward.
Ireland to Fore.
A resolution “viewing with great
; concern" conditions in Ireland and
| expressing sympathy with the aspira
jtions of the Irish people for a gov
ernment of their own choice, has
been reported out by the house for
eign affairs committee.
Postal Rates.
Existing second class rates of
| postage are continued until July of
next year under the terms of a bill
which has been reported favorably
by the house postoffice committee.
The measure would postpone for one
year each of the two authorized au
tomatic increases in rates scheduled
to become effective on July 1, this
year, and July 1, 1921.
Repeal Wa- Laws.
The repeal of all wartime legisla
tion is proposed in a joint resolu
tion which was introduced by Rep
resentative John R. Connelly, Dem
ocrat, of Texas, yesterday. The pro
posed repeal would become effective
immediately upon the final passage
of the resolution.
POLES DEFEAT RED ARMIES
LON'DOX, June 1.—Wireless ad
vices received in this city from of
ficial sources in Moscow contain the
admission that the Bolsheviki forces
engaged in offensive operations
against the Poles have been forced
to retire to new positions, driven
back by the superior forces which
defended the Polish frontier south
of Kiev. The Poles were supported
by Ukrainian troops.
From Warsaw it is learned that
the retirement of the Reds followed
several days of the fiercest fighting
thus far recorded in that sector, and
in which the Bolsheviki were se
verely beaten. The reils are said
to be massing again for a resump
tion of hostilities. ,
TRADE WITH REDS.
LONDON', June 1.—As the first1
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result of the meeting: between Greg-1
ory Krassin, Bolshevik minister of
trade and commerce, and Premier;
Lloyd George and members of the j
British cabinet, the Russian soviet[
government has been granted per-;
mission to open a neutral trading'
office in this city. This information
is contained in an article appearing!
in the Evening Standard.
SOLDIER RELIEF BILL
MAKES SLOW HEADWAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1.—
While it is admitted that supporters
>f the soldier relief bill have won
:he first skirmish in the lower house
>f Congress, as a result of their ef
forts to force consideration of the
neasure, it is by no means certain
hat they can force the bill across
>efore recess. They lack many votes
>f the two-thirds necessary to in
ure passage under a suspension of
he rules.
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ALBANIANS FIGHTING
SAYS LONDON REPORT
LONDON, June 1. — Messages!
which have reached the Exchange-!
Telegraph from Durrazo picture Al- ■
bania in the throes of civil war, the i
ultimate consequences of which it
is impossible at this time to fore
cast. Details are lacking.
Attorney Cecil H. Clegg, of Fair
banks, is in Nenana again for a few
days, having arrived on today’s train
from the upper town.
! CHICAGO, June .—The Chicago
police department has started a cam
paign to rid the city of crooks and
grafters, preparatory to the gather
ing of delegates to the Republican
national convention. As the result
of drastic orders issued, an exodus
;of pickpockets and fakers of all
kinds has commenced, and those who
, fail to leave before the convention
starts will find themselves under un
usually close surveillance.
! As a further precaution, the au
thorities have estabished a deadline
about the Coliseum and strict or
ders have been issued to arrest all
known crooks who invade the sacred
' circle.
COMMISSION TO MAKE
INVESTIGATION TRIP j
■ WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 1.—
The conference committee to which
was referred the naval appropria
tion bill has reached an agreement
on a naval budget of $436,000,000,;
which includes $20,0000,000 for.
naval aviation plans. The agree
ment also authorizes the appoint- (
ment of a committee of five senators
and five representatives to visit the
Pacific coast for the purpose of in
vestigating new base sites at San .
Francisco and elsewhere. The agree
ment eliminates nearlv all of the i
aviation items for Pacific coast pro-I
jects.
CHIEF SPECIAL AGENT
LEAVING DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1 —
Joseph M. Nye, thief special agent
of the state department, and for
many years active in the secret,
service, has tendered his resignation,
to accept an offer of private em-;
ployment. He will be relieved early
this month.
WASHINGTON SAWMILL
THREATENED BY FIRE
EVERETT, June 1.—The Rucker
Brothers sawmill is threatened with
total destruction by a fire which !
started late this afternoon. The
property is valued at a quarter of a
million dollars. .
PRINTING TRADES TO
AVOID LABOR PARTY
NEW YORK, June 1:—The Allied i
Printing' Trades council has adopted
a resolution endorsing a non-par
tisan political party, and recommend
ing that all organizations affiliated
with it have no connection whatso
ever wkh the American Labor party. I
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Joe Hutula and Mrs. Mina Janus
were married at Fairbanks by Com
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missioner Reed Heilig on Sunday
jfternoon.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. June 1.—
President Wilkin stands ready to
place the services of the United
States at the disposal of the au
thorities of Vera Cruz, should sucn
assistance be needed to combat the
bubonic plajrue situation which has
developed in the Mexican city, ac
cording to advices which were re
ceived here this afternoon from
Vera Cruz. The dispatches state
that the President has offered to
rush hospital ships, nurses, doctors
and medical supplies to the stricken
city immediately.
Twelve cases of the disease have
developed in Vera Cruz thus far and
there have been five deaths, but it
is believed by the medical authori
ties that it has not yet reached the
character of an epidemic. The city
has been completely shut otf from
the rest of Mexico and the harbor
has been closed to prevent arrivals
and departures.
SUIT IS DISMISSED
MSI QUAKER CO.
WASHINGTON, I). C.. June I
The appeal of the Government in
the federal anti-trust suit against the
Quaker Oats company has been dis
missed by the supreme court of the
United States, the dismissal havinfr
been ordered at the request of the
iepartment of justice.
:anada makes claim
FOR HUN REPARATION
OTTAWA. June 1.—The claims
of ( anada lor reparation a>ruin,-t
Germany, aroreeatinj; $1,871,000,
000, have been forwarded to Eng
land.
BRITISH AMBASSADOR
ASSUMES HIS DUTIES
WASHINGTON, I). C. June I—
Sir Auckland Geddes, new British
ambassador to the United Stares,
has assumed his official duties at
the British embassy. He visited the
White House last week for the pur
pose of making formal presentation
of his credentials to the President.
1 he steamer Reliance, which was
sent to the Kantishna district to
haul a quantity of silver-lead ore
mined at the Aitken property during
the winter, reached the mouth of
the Kantishna river this morning
with the first load.
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