WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 24, 1920.
NO. 41
RUSSIAN REDS MAKE DRIVE ON POLES
RAILWAY RATE INCREASE IGNORES WAGE ISSUE
WII SON SAYS AMERICAN'S WANT ARMENIAN MANDATE
MANAGtR MS '
LAWMAKERS HOW '
MONEY IS USED
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 24.—
Appearing before the special elec- j
tion investigation committee of the j
senate today, Frank M. Hitchcock, j
who is managing the Wood cam- j
paipn. declared that the largest sum >
spent by General Wood in any state
thus far, according to information
obtained by him, was $15,000, which
was spent in , New .Jersey, where
Wood’s victory is disputed by Sen
ator Johnson. Wood spent $12,500 .
in Maryland, but in New T ork and ^
other states the Wood supporters
financed the campaigns with their j
own funds, without assistance from
the Wood organization.
The biggest expense was incurred,;
Hitchcock explained, in the big pri- j
rnarv contests, such as occurred in!
Illinois and Ohio. Hitchcock said '
that he had had nothing to do with
this and did not favor making con-!
tests in those states. j
Hitchcock denied that the Du- ^
poiits had contributed to the Wood
Delaware campign. The Michigan
campaign, he said, had been fin
anced locally and less than $10,000
had been spent by the local organ
ization in New York state.
Harry Watson, formerly of the
Coghill store in Nenana, has ac
cepted a position in the office of the
clerk of court in Fairbanks and
^ assumed his new duties on Saturday.
The steamer Tanana, which left
Fairbanks at 11 o’clock last night,
reached Nenana at 4 this after
• noon. The steamer is enroute to
Hot Springs to pick up several
barges which wintered in that lo
cality.
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DESPERATE BATTLE RAGING
ON POLISH FRONTIER TODAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 24.—
Senator Reed Smoot, Republican, of
Utah, charges that the federal trade
commission, which is at present en
gaged in an investigation of the
affairs of the Utah & Idaho Sugar
r.Ainnanv Kdimr Vi V his HO
company, is ueing usen oy ms po
litical enemies in an effort to de
feat him for re-election.
In a statement made on the floor
of the senate this afternoon, Smoot
declared that he owns only 76
shares of stock in the company be- !
ing investigated, and in support of
his charge that he is being con
spired against, he read copies of j
telegrams alleged to have passed
between the commssion and its in
vestigators, and in which the inves- j
tigators were urged to kill time for
a couple of months and thus cost
Smoot his seat in the senate.
Smoot also declared that the in
vestigators who were sent to Utah
to conduct the probe were advised
that they need not hurry to make
their report.
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TALK FUNDS TONIGHT
The members of the special flu
1 committee, who met at the townsite
I office on the evening of April 27,
•at the request of Engineer in Charge
F>ed'k D. Browne, for the purpose
! of discussing plans for the handling
of the flu situation in Nenana, will
ihold another meeting, tonight to dis
• cuss ways and means of taking care
I of the bills contracted during the
■ epidemic.
| Those present at the original
imeeting were: Robert Joseph Diven,
Dr. M. E. Smith and Martin Xash,
[of the health board; Engineer in
(Charge F. D. Browne, of the Alas
,kar. Engineering commission; Mayor
Oscar Rothenburg and Ed Parks,
•Tom Smith, Ralph Waechter, Her
imar. Rosburg, W. C. Gagnon and
|R. G. Southworth, town trustees;
'Townsite Manager Carl Schmidt,
Commissioner R. S. McDonald, Depu
ty Marshal James Hagan, Operator
(in Charge Tom Mathews, of the
local signal corps station, and Joe
I O’Connor.
j Health Officer M. E. Smith, Fred’k
D. Browne and the late Ralph
Waechter were appointed a special
committee to look after the housing
of patients.
The meeting tonight will com
jmence promptly at eight o’clock.
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WARSAW, May 24.—The Polish,
war office is authority for the state-;
ment, issued today, that the Bolshe- j
viki have renewed their attacks j
along the Polish frontier and are ,
novv engaged in a desperate at-!
tempt to break through the Polish ’
lines.
The Russians are attacking in
waves along the Northern fighting
front, the object of the present at
tack being to open communication
with East Prussia. Reports from
the scene of the struggle state that
the battle is the fiercest that has
taken place thus far between the
Polish fighting forces and the Ru*-' ■
sian Reds. The fight is raging along ,
a 00-mile front, along the entire j
length of which the opposing lines:
are swaying to and fro, with vil
lages changing hands daily.
PERSIA APPEALS.
LONDON', May 24.—-The Persian1
go\emment has appealed to the
League of Nations for protection
against Bolsheviki aggression.
MARTIAL LAW.
MADRID. May 24.—Martial law
has been proclaimed in this city on ;
account of the bread riots, which;
have assumed serious proportions. j
GOVERNMENT MAKES
REPORT OF LOSSES'
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WASHINGTON, D. C., May 24.—
According to the final report of ■
Swagar Sherley, director of finance
of the railroad administration, the
Government’s gross loss, through
the operation of the railroads of
the country under federal control,
will aggregate $900,478,00,0. Of j
the total amount, the report says,
the sum of $677,513,000 is charge-j
able direct to excess operating ex- \
per.tes over revenues and rentals for ,
class one roads. The smaller lines, i
sleepers and -waterways added $45,-1
460,000 to the total.
INCREASED RATES.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 24.—
in a statement made before the in- j
;erstate commerce commission today,
Howard Elliott, of the Association j
>{ Railway Executives, called at-1
:er.tion to the fact that the in-!
creased revenue sought by the rail
raods of the country through in- J
creased freight rates does not take
into account any increase in wages
to the two million railroad employes
which may be granted by the labor
board.
Increased freight rates, the rail
roads figure, will bring in nearly a
biilion and a quarter in increased
revenues.
WHEELER TO NOMINATE
JOHNSON AT CHICAGO j
CHICAGO. May 24.—Charles S.
Wheeler, of San Francisco, will!
nominate Senator Johnson for Presi
dent at the Republican national
com ention at Chicago.
WASTE OF GAS SLOWED,
ACCORDING TO REPORT j
i AUSTIN, Tex.—The waste of nat
ural gas in Texas, which at one
jtime amounted to 300,000 cubic :
feet, or the fuel equivalent of 26,
. 000 tons of coal, per day, has been
reduced until there is no consider
able waste, according to a statement
from the Oil and Gas division of.
the Texas Railroad commission.
The statement said in part: “The
! railroad commission gives credit for
this happy condition largely to the
(Operators, who have shown such a
splendid spirit of co-operation, espe
cially so when there is so little mar
ket for gas as at present, and where,
in many cases, if the wells were
allowed to blow, they might come in
as good oil producers.’
Another native is reported to have
i died at Circle, making a total of
ten flu deaths in that locality. All
; the other patients appear to be re
I covering rapidly and no additional
'deaths are expected
GIBBONS INVITED TO
OPEN BIG CONVENTION
CHICAGO, May 24. — Cardinal
Gibbons has been invited to pro
nounce the invocation at the open
ing: of the Republican national con
vention.
NATIVES OF RED RIVER
ARE HAVING HARD TIME
DAWSON, Y. T.—First news from
the ‘top of the world,” the barren
Canadian mainland and islands in
the Arctic, to reach the outside
world since last summer was brought
here recently by a Royal Canadian
mounted police patrol.
Natives of the Red River country,
the patrol reported, are facing
starvation because of a scarcity of
big game animals.
The members of the First section
of the signal corps, with headquar
ters at Valdez, are publishing a
breezy semi-monthly magazine called
the “Northern Lights,” which is
quite interesting, and contains much
matter pertaining to the boys in the
service. No. 4 of volume 1 is just
off the press, or mimeograph rath
er, and contains several good illus
trations, a number of good jokes
and considerable news of happen
ings along the trail.
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!EWARD OFFERED i
f OR CAM OF
RENEGADE VILLA
EL PASO, Tex., May 24.—Fol
owing; the refusal of Francisco \ ilia
;o accept the terms of the provi
sional authorities for his retirement
from politics and warfare, the state
af Chihuahua has offered the sum
at 100,000 pesos for the capture
or death of the bandit leader.
WAS ASSASSINATED.
MEXICO CITY. May 24.—Juan
Sanchez Azcona, who is in charge
of the foreign office, writes, in a
communication to diplomats, that
information obtained by him indi
cates that President Carranza was
assassinated by Herrera. The as
sassination was provoked, Azcona
says, by the execution several days
previouly, of Herrera’s father, who
was put to death by order of Car
ranza and Cabrera.
HOW IT WAS DONE.
EL PASO, May 24. — General
Obregon states, in a letter to repre
sentatives here, that the claim
made by friends of Carranza that
he was made a prisoner and cow
ardly assassinated by Herrera and
his men, the cry of the execution
ers being "Vive Obregon!” Thi
murder of Carranza was committed,
Obregon says, in violation of the
hospitality offered him by Herrera
BUMS IS NAMED
IQCAL GAME WARDEN
| James M. Burrows, popular old
time resident of Xenana, has been
appointed game warden by Cover
nor Riggs, to succeed Steve Foster,
who retired from the office several
weeks ago. Announcement of the
appointment came to Mr. Burrows
in a telegram from the Governor
some time ago, while the appointee
■ was desperately ill of pneumonia.
Mr. Burrows is now recovering rap
idly, having made his first appear
ance on the streets last week, and
he will assume active charge of his
; office just as soon^ as he has re
gained his strength.
The Governor could not have
made a more acceptable appoint
ment, and The News joins with the
many friends of the appointee in
congratulations.
! The appointment became effective
on May first.
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j. Attorney Cecil H. Clegg came
down from Fairbanks on Saturday,
!on the McKinnon launch, having
been called to Xenana on profes
sional business.
PRESIDENT ASKS
WASHINGTON, D. May 24.
President Wilson has made formal
request of Congress for authority
to accept, in the name of the Unit
ed States, a mandate over Armenia,
in accordance with plans adopted
tentatively by the peace conference.
Ir. his message to the lawmaker's,
the President says it his opinion
that the American people favor the
action suggested by him, and he
suggests that the granting of the
[authority requested will meet with
; general approval.
The question is being quite gen
erally discussed by congressmen this
'afternoon, but it is impossible to
i tell at this time what action will
[be taken by them, as there appears
|to be considerable opposition to the
mandate.
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FRENCH PRESIDENT
FALLS FROM TRAIN
MONTGARIS, May 24. — Presi
dent Paul Deschanel, recently elect
led executive of the French republic,
had a remarkably narrow escape
{from death near here last night, as
the result of falling from the win
dow of his train while the train
was moving at full speed.
The president was trying to open
the window at the time the accident
occurred. He was exerting his whole
'strength, when the train gave a
lurch and pitched him headlong
through the window-. The president
picked himself up and walked over
a mile in the darkness to the near
est station, where his bruises and
lacerations were dressed. Other
wise he was unhurt.
GEORGE FOLTA APPOINTED
SECRETARY TO GOVERNOR
Governor Thomas Riggs, dr., has
announced the appointment of
George W. ' Folta as secretary to
the Governor, succeeding G. Fenton
Cramer, resigned.
Mr. Folta has been one of the
executive clerks for several yeais
and has been with Governor Riggs
since his inauguration.
Mr. Cramer resigned to enter
business at Washington, D. C., with
,his father-in-law.
Advices received at Fairbanks
[yesterday reported the clearing of
,the Tolovana river. The ice left
tho stream on Saturday.
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