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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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VOL. III.
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NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1920.
NO. 50
CAMPAIGN QUIZ DISGUSTS LAWMAKERS
FIRST STEAMER OF SEASON IS ENROUTE TO NOME
■ PROMOTERS ABANDON PLAN TO OPEN SEATTLE YARDS
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COMPANY SEEKS
PERMIT TO HUH
SEATTLE YARDS
SEATTLE, June 3.—The David |
Rodgers Shipbuilding Co., which re
cently announced that contracts had
been secured for the construction
of a number of steel ships and that
work would start in local yards at
an early date on a large scale, has
petitioned the superior court for an
order permitting disincorporation, it
being the intention of the company
to dissolve.
The Skinner & Eddy yard No. 2,
which was secured for the work con
templated, has been abandoned to
the shipping board and the an
nouncement is now made that the
company was unable to finance the
contracts which were in sight.
The abandonment of the work
will mean a big loss to Seattle un
less the contracts are taken over
and the vessels constructed in the
local yard.
RESOLUTE WINS TEST
' FOR CUP RACE HONOR
NEWPORT, June 3.—The cup de
fenders Resolute and Yanitie en
gaged in their first test race today,
the former winning by several min
utes, and maintaining a lead over
the entire course. The tests are be
ing held in order to determine which
of the two boats will represent Am
erica in the forthcoming cup race
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wi.h Lipttfn’s Shamrock.
DELAWARE LAWMAKERS
'PASS AMENDMENT UP
DOVER. June 3.—The Delaware
state legislature adjourned sine die
today without ratifying the woman’s
suffrage amendment, notwithstand
ing the urgent appeal made by Pres
ident Wilson for action.
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VERA CRUZ, June 3. — It has
been practically decided by the
health authorities of Vera Cruz, as
a result of the continued spread of
bubonic plage, to destroy a third of
the houses in the city in which the
disease has already developed and
where conditions are such as to en
courage the belief that it will de
velop. Plans are now being made
to set fire to the structures, many
of which are poorly constructed and
filthy in the extreme. It is believed
that the destruction of the houses is
the only way in which the plague
car be eradicated.
Three more deaths occurred to
day and a number of new cases
have been reported.
MEXICANS PROMISE
REEORM WAVE SOON
LOS ANGELES. June 3.—Balbo
more Almada, new governor of Low
er California, declares, in a state
| ment made public today, that the
protection of foreign capital and
!the stimulation of industry will be
possible under the new order of
things in the Southern republic.
He says the Mexican people are
'tired of war, many of them are des
titute, and all are ready and anx
ious even to return to work.
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The funeral of A. S. Blanchard,
oldtimer, who died at Fairbanks
this week, was held in the upper
jtown this afternoon, under the aus
I pices of the Pioneers. The services
were held at Eagle hall.
Buster Anderson, stepson of Ed
Stroecker, of Fairbanks, cut his foot
severely yesterday while at work on
the Tanana Valley road, and is
now under treatment at St. Joseph’s
hospital.
W. E; Terrill, oldtime freighter of
i the Fairbanks district, has moved
his outfit to Ester, where he will do
j considerable road work for the Ter
ritorial Road commission.
R. W. Calderhead, president of
the Broad Pass Coal & Development
company, and Mrs. Calderhead are
among the recent arrivals in Ne
nana, having come in this week from
their home at Lignite.
The members of the Yukon Order
of Pioneers attended church in Ea
gle hall at Dawson recently in a
body.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 3.—
The members of the special senate
committee appointed to inquire into
the manner of conducting presiden
tial preferential primary campaigns
are becoming thoroughly disgusted
with the proceedings as a result of
the disclosures made. Following a
bitter attack on Eugene C. Bonni
well, in which that witness before
the committee was accused of being
a character assassin, one of the
members of the committee this
morning announced his withdrawal
from the investigation, declaring
that the inquiry had degenerated
into personalities. There has been
no violation of the federal law, he
said, for the reason that there are
no laws to violate. He informed
his colleagues that he was tired of
the numerous charges and counter
charges which had taken up most of
the time of the committee since the
commencement of the hearing.
More of It.
Senator Pomerene, Demorat, of
Ohio, has asked the senate to au
thorize the investigating committee
to extend its inquiry to the presi
dential and senatorial campaign
which will end with the general
elections in November.
Papers Produced.
W. B. Burtt, assistant to William
Cooper Proctor, appeared before the
committee this afternoon, having
brought with him to the committee
room a formidable bundle of books
and papers purporting to show the
contributions to the Wood campaign.
There is only one more sub
poenaed witness on the list sum
moned by the committee and a tem
porary adjournment of the investi
gation is expected not later than
tomorrow.
Palmer on Carpet.
Attorney General Palmer appear
ed before the committee yesterday
afternoon, being the first of the
presidential candidates to make a
statement to the investigators. He
sought permission to address the
senators in reply to the charges
made by Bonniwell to the effect
that he (Palmer) had sought the
support of the liquor interests and
had permitted violations of the dry
law in order to win votes. He de
clared that the word of the witness
should not be taken as evidence be
fore the committee.
No Extra Session.
Senate Democrats have been as
sured by President Wilson that he
will not call an extra session of
. Congress during the summer unless
there is grave need of such action.
; The senate today concurred in the
house resolution for adjournment on
Saturday, the vote standing 44 for
: adjournment and 24 against.
Mason Stands Pat.
Bernard Baruch has written a let
ter to Congressman Mason, Repub
lican, of Illinois, demanding that he
submit evidence in support of his
charge that Baruch “stole fifty mill
ion from the Government in copper
jalone.” Replying, in a public let
ter, Mason said that he would amend \
his statement to read two hundred
million, instead of fifty. The evi-1
denee desired by Baruch, he said,
is already before Congress in con
nection with the war expenditures
investigation.
Postal Pay.
The postal pay increase bill was
unanimously approved by the lower
house of Congress today. If passed
by the senate, the increase will be
come effective on July first and will
add approximately $33,000,000 to
the postal payroll.
Merchant Marine.
! The merchant marine bill, which
was reported by conference yester
day, was sent back to the commit- \
j tee today by the house, following
I a ruling by Speaker Gillette to the
■effect that the committeemen had
exceeded their authority in making
1 certain, changes. . . _ .- - -.’l —
Costs Explained.
I Secretary of Commerce Meredith
! informed the senate today that the
.high cost of wood pulp timber and
: newsprint paper is due largely to
■the decimation of Eastern forests.
Three-fifths of the national timber,
ihe said, is gone, and the consump
jtion now is four times the growth
of new timber.
Hospitals for Soldiers.
The construction of five hospitals,
costing $10,000,000, for the accom
modation of war veterans, is author
ized in a bill which has been re
ported unanimously by the house
'buildings committee,
sites suggested are
The hospital
North Pacific
coast states. Rock Mountain dis
trict, Southern California, Atlantic
!coast, and Great Lakes.
America Interested.
The United States will he unoff
icially represented at the forthcom
ing conference at London between j
Gregory Krassin, Bolshevik minister
of trade and
I oi iraue aim commerce, and repre
sentatives of the supreme council.
This announcement was made today
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by officials of the state department.
Railroads Warned.
i The interstate commerce commis
sion has issued a warning that penal
■ provisions of the interstate com
merce act will be invoked unless the
railroads of the country comply with
orders designed to relieve the freight
congestion.
MANDATE TURNED DOWN
BY NORWAY RECENTLY
COPENHAGEN, June 3. — The
National Tidende makes it known
today that the mandate over Dan
zig, which has been accepted by
Poland, was recently rejected by
Norway.
j BOLSHEVIKI TROOPS
TAKE PERSIAN CITY
' CONSTANTINOPLE, June 3. —
The Persian legation here has been
advised of the occupation of Te
jheran, capital of Persia, by the Bol
l sheviki.
irenmia. the Gateway to McKinley
Kational Park.
WOMEN BURN FLAG
TO URGE FREEDOM
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 3.—
rhe state department has made for
nal request of the commissioners
)f the District of Columbia for a
statement of facts concerning the
aurning of a British flag yesterday
in front of the treasury building
by women sympathizers with Irish
freedom.
The department is acting on its
own initiative in an effort to learn
the fact, so that the incident may
be correctly reported should a re
quest come from England for in
formation. No protest has been
m?df as. yet_ however, by the Brit
ish embassy.
HOMER, Neb., June 3.—It is es
timated that the damage resulting
from the cloudburst which deluded
this region on Tuesday will aggre
gate a million dollars in livestock
killed and property destroyed. The
downpour was the heaviest ever re
corded in this section of the state.
Considerable difficulty is being ex
perienced by the Tanana Valley Rifit
club, of Fairbanks, in getting a
team together to shoot against the
Fort Gibbon team. The club, once
a large organization, has only three
members left in the district, and an
effort is now being made to induce
ex-service men to join, in order that
a good showing may he made against
the soldier team from the lower
river.
Dan Jones, superintendent of the
Alaska Road commission, returned
to Fairbanks this morning from
Rapids, where he went to inspect
some work that is in progress there.
He reports the road south of Fair
banks in fairly good condition at
present.
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Washburn, up Tolovana, 8:30 p.
m., 2nd.
Tanana. up Rampart, 4 a. m., 2nd,
last report.
Sibilla, at Dawson.
Betty, up Kokrines, p p. m., 2nd.
Seattle No. 3, down Nulato, 12:4"i
this morning.
Government boat Kelly, up Tolo
vana, 5 p. m., 1st.
Benchley, at kokrines.
Masters of steamers are request
ed to travel as close as possible to
Mission hill when passing Gibbon
span. - •
CORDOVA LEAVES
ON FIRS! VOYAGE
10 BERING PORI
SEATTLE, June 3.—The Alaska
Steamship oompanys steamship Cor
dova sailed for St. Michael yester
day, being the first vessel of the
season to net away for the Bering
coast. The steamship Victoria will
follow the Cordova on Friday, and
the Ketchikan is scheduled to net
away for Nome sometime next week.
The bulk of the cargo of the
Victoria, which is now loading, is
consigned to upper Yukon points.
| only about 500 tons being for
| Nome, the smallest shipment ever
I consigned to the Seward peninsula
[town on the first boat of the season.
|Very little of the freight is con
signed to Siberian points.
Reports received in this city from
,the North indicate that the breakup
;in Bering sea will be considerably
| later than usual, and there was some
talk last week of postponing the
j early sailings. It was finally de
| tided, however, to adhere to the
|original plans.
IVILLA IS ROUTED
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! WASHINGTON, D. C., .Jane 3.
The state department has been ad
vised of the defeat of Bandit Bead
ier Villa in an entrapment which is
reported to have taken place yes
terday at Parral, following an at
tack on the provisional forces sta
t
tioned there.
Villa and his followers were put
:to rout with heavy losses.
PROTECT CHIEFS.
MEXICO CITY, June 3. — The
i Southern revolutionary chiefs have
been assured protection by General
;Calles, provisional minister of war.
ANGLO-JAP ALLIANCE
TO BE RENEWED SOON
LONDON, June 3.--Th^ Daily
Mail is authority for the statement
that the British government is con
sidering an extension of the Anglo
Japanese alliance for another year.
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; KILBANE OUTPOINTED
IN EASTERN CONTEST
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i PHILADELPHIA, .June 3.—An.lv
! Chaney, of Baltimore, outpointed
jjohnny Kilbane, featherweight cham
jpion. in an eight-round exhibition
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.bout which was staged in this city
last night. In the same arena. Jack
Britton defeated Joe Borrell, a local
fighter.
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