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WHERE. RAILiS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1920.
NO. 92
PAYNE IS IMPRESSED BY ALASKA VISIT
DANIELS SAYS ALASKA COAL IS SATISFACTORY
RESOLUTE TIES SCORE IN CONTEST FOR AMERICA’S CUP
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PARIS, July 23. — William K.
Vanderbilt, oldest surviving mem
ber of the Vanderbilt family, and
father of William K. Vanderbilt,!
Jr., Harold Vanderbilt, and Consu- j
elo. Duchess of Marborough. died
in this city yesterday. Death was
caused by heart disease.
William Kissam Vanderbilt, son
of William H., and grandson of
Commodore Vanderbilt, one of the
most prominent railroad executives,
financiers and sportsmen in the
United States, passed much of his
'* time in recent years abroad. The
Duke of Marlborough married his
only daughter, Consuelo, in 1895.
Mr. Vanderbilt was long a patron
of the French turf, of yachting and
of automobile racing in the United
States. He was the donor of the
“Vanderbilt Cup,” for which motor
speed kings contested a decade or
more ago on Long Island. He
owned a racing stable at Poissy,
France, which he augmented greatly
in 1912 by purchasing a number
of horses from James R. Keene.
Notable among his string of Derby
and Grand Prix winners were
“Maintenon,” “Northeast,” “His
Prestige,” “Xegofol.” and “Gibelin.
Besides having built the Alva, which
was sunk, and the Valiant, steam
r yacht, he was a member of several
syndicates organized to build de
fenders of the America’s cup.
During the war, Mr. Vanderbilt
was active in hospital work and
relief abroad and in promoting the
work of the Lafayette Escadrille.
On one occasion he contributed
$40,000 to the Xeuilly hospital fund,
and at another time gave 1.00,000
lire toward war relief in Italy. Be
cause of his work for the Ameri
can aviators in France, he was made
honorary president of the Lafayette
Escadrille and presented with the
rosette of the Legion of Honor.
During the summer of 1919, Mr.
Vanderbilt was reported to have pre
sented to his daughter, the Duchess
of Marlborough, a gift of $15,000,
000.
Mr. Vanderbilt was born on Stat
en Island, N. Y., December 12, 1849.
After receiving an academical edu
cation in America, he studied for
several years in Geneva, Switzer
land. He married Miss Alva Smith,
of Mobile, Ala., (now Mrs. O. H. P.
Belmont) in 1874, and to them were
born, besides Consuelo, two other
children, William K., Jr., and Harold
Vanderbilt. On April 23, 1903, Mr.
Vanderbilt married Mrs, A. H. Ruth
erford in London, England.
Upon completing his studies in
Switzerland, he entered the office
of C. C. Clarke, treasurer of the
Hudson River railroad, first as a
bookkeeper, and was gradually
placed in positions of trust and re
sponsibility in connection -with the
great Vanderbilt railroad system.
From 1877 to 1883 he was second
vice-president of the New York Cen
tral & Hudson River railroad. He
was also chairman of the board of
STEAMSHIP TRANSPORTATION
IS PARAMOUNT ALASKA NEED
directors of the Lake Shore & Michi
gan Southern Railway for many
years, as well as a director of the
New York Central; Michigan Cen
tral; Lake Erie & Western; Chicago
& Northwestern; Chicago, Milwau
kee & St.»Paul; Chicago, Cleveland,
Cincinnati & St. Louis; New York
& Harlem; Pittsburgh & Lake Erie,
and West Shore railroads. He was
also a director of the Metropolitan
!
Opera company and united with his
I brothers, Cornelius, George, and
j Frederick, in establishing the Van
derbilt clinic in New York at a cost
| of more than $500,000. His sons,
William K., Jr., and Harold Van
iderbilt, are directors in more than
;i50 railroad and other corporations.
FATAL 10 THE
BELFAST, July 23.—Rioting was
resumed in West Belfast during
.the dinner hour yesterday, following
a night of sanguinary fighting in
which two men and one woman were
killed. The disturbances yesterday
resulted in the wreck of the post
office and the injury of several
■ civilians and one soldier, iftre than
a score of persons, seriously wound
: ed during the past several days, are
1 now under treatment in local hos
pitals, and it is believed there are
las many more who have not report
led their injuries
| The streets are being patrolel
j today by military lorries and ar
mored cars to prevent further clash
ies between the Sinn Feiners and
i the Unionists.
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PEKING, July 23.—Peace terms
amounting to the complete capitula
tion of the military party have been
offered by the army commander and
communicated to the leaders of the
Chi-Li faction, according to formal
announcement made today.
The army commander, confront
ed by insurmountable difficulties,
tendered his resignation, but thus
far the president has refused to ac
cept it.
EIGHT ARE MISSING
AT PITTSBURG MINE
PITTSBURG,* July 23.—As the
result of an explosion in a mine
near here, eight men are missing.
The explosion blew the mine cage
out of the shaft and the rescue par
ty was considerably delayed by dam
age to the hoisting apparatus. The
missing are John Luteman, night
foreman, two fire bosses, two pump
ers and three laborers.
SEATTLE, July 23.—“The pri-'
mary need, and one that is essen
tial for the real development of
Alaska, is steamship transportation
to take people in and bring products
out. This, supplementing the rail
road, will solve the problem.”
That is the way Secretary of the
Interior John Barton Payne ex
pressed himself upon the arrival of
the Payne-Daniels party yesterday
from the North, where they hastily
investigated conditions along the
coast end of the Government rail
road and in the Matanuska coal
field.
‘‘Too many things are reserved,”
continued the secretary. “What
Alaska needs is more men and wom
en and less governmental regula
tions.
Secretary Daniels expressed him
self as follows: “The opening of
the vast territory is assured through
the railroad, especially agriculture,
mining, and fishing.”
Both secretaries are enthusiastic
over the possibilities of development
in Alaska. Secretary Daniels is
satisfied with the quality of the coal
and is ready to push the work of
development.
Secretary Payne predicts that the
shipping board will establish a great
coaling station on the Aleutian is
lands for coaling Pacific commer
cial vessels.
The secretaries praised the people
of Alaska, who are “working under
difficulties,” and promised to do ev
erything in their power to assist
development
The Alaskan coal fields may even
tually atford a source of supply for
the entire Pacific fleet, in the opin
ion of Secretary Daniels, who so;
expressed himself today in a mess
age to the navy department. He
added that the coal is entirely suit
able for naval uses and the deposits j
appear to be very large.
Development Plans.
Secretaries Payne and Daniels and !
other members of the party were
entertained at a luncheon in this
city this noon. Construction of a
large washing plant at Sutton to
wash mined coal for commercial,
railroad and naval consumption, and
the erection of suitable houses for
the coal miners employed at Chicka
Ioon, are among the Alaska devel
opment features outlined by the two
guests of honor during the luncheon.
They spoke enthusiastically of the ‘
ten-course dinner served in their ■
honor by the people of Anchorage,;
the menu of which consisted large-)
ly of home-grown products.
Secretary Payne said that he had
gathered extensive data on the pro
posed coaling station on the Aleu
tians to supply fuel for commercial
vessels enroute from Seattle to the |
Orient. He spoke highly of the
Chickaloon coal and said that the
Eska mine is producing a good bi-1
tuminous grade. Anthracite is;
found, he said, in two undeveloped!
fields in the Matanuska region. He■
expressed the belief that the ship- j
ping board would very probably
take favorable action on all Alaskan
recommendations.
LINCOLN, July 23.—The state of
Ohio has been honored by the se
lection of a third presidential can
didate from among its citizens, the
Prohibitional national convention
having named Aaron S. Watkins, of
Germantown, to make the race at
the head of the dry ticket. Wat
kins was selected late yesterday aft
.emoon, after the convention had
been informed positively that Bryan
would not accept the honor thrust
upon him earlier in the day.
D. Leigh Colvin, the author, of
New York, was selected to make
the race with Watkins, as nominee
of the party for vice-president.
Watkins is professor of literature
at the Germantown military acade
my. He was bom in Ohio and was
a Methodist minister for 17 years.
He ran for governor of Ohio on
the Prohibition ticket in 1905 and
1908, and was a candidate for vice
president in 1908 and 1912.
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Jack Singleton, proprietor of the
Singleton hotel at Healy, is among
the out-of-town visitors in Nenana.
ALLIES PREPARE
IQ HELP POLAND
PARIS, July 23.—The Allies have
decided to take measures immedi
ately preparatory to giving military
aid to Poland, should such assist
ance become necessary to resist fur
ther offensive operations on the part
of the Bolshevik forces. A French
mission, headed by M. Jusserand,
ambassador to the United States,
left for Warsaw last night to ar
range for prompt aid, and on the
same train was a British mission,
headed by Lord Abernoa, British
ambassador to Berlin, both having
full authority to act.
ARMISTICE PROPOSALS.
WARSAW, July 23.—The Polish
government has sent armistice pro
posals direct to the soviet govern
ment at Moscow. In the mean
time, the Bolshevik troops have cap
tured Dubno and Slonim. The new
Polish coalition government, formed
under the premiership c. M. Witos,
has the support of the Socialists. j
WANT MORAL SL'?nORT.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 23.—
The Polish government has asked
the state department to formally j
announce to the world the "moral
support” of the United States to
Poland in the struggle of that re-1
public with the Russian Bolsheviki. j
The suggestion is also made that a
similar expression from President
Wilson would be welcomed ami
would do much to stiffen the morale I
of the Polish people.
LONDON, July 23.—In a discus
sion of the negotiations between the
British government and the Russian
soviet for an armistice on the Polish
frontier, Premier Lloyd George in
formed the house of commons to
day that the answer received from
the soviet, regarding peace terms,
was incoherent, ambiguous and prop
aganda intended for home consump
tion.
In so far as he could understand
the message, however, the premier
said the Bolsheviki leaders indicated
a willingness to negotiate direct
with Poland.
CHICAGO, July 23.—Trading in
the future delivery of wheat has j
been resumed on the local stock ex-;
change, after a lapse of three years.
December wheat opened at $2.72 .o
$5.75 on a wild market, with al
most prohibitive margins. The mar
ket closed at the end of the first
day with wheat at $2.70J/i.
The trading has been feverish all
week, with occasional breaks and j
slow recoveries.
PETERSBURG COMPANY
IS AWARDED TIMBER
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PORTLAND, July 23.—The for
est service has warded the Peters
burg Lumber company 3,500,000;
feet of timber, including Sitka
spruce and hemlock. The company i
will pay $1.50 for the spruce and
$1 for hemlock. The timber is lo
cated on the Tongass forest reserve
and lies south of Pillar bay.
TARDY SCHOONER HAS
REPORTED AT NATAL
SAN FRANCISCO, July 23.—The
schooner Biannea, enroute from
Vancouver, B. C., to African ports,
wfc:ch was long overdue and given
up as lost, has reported from Natal,
cable advices having announced the
safe arrival cf the vessel at that
port.
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RESOLUTE BEATS
CUP CHALLENGER
SANDY HOOK, July 23. — In
what was easily the most spectacu
lar race of the series, the American
cup defender Resolute defeated Sir
Thomas Lipton's Shamrock IV this
afternoon, over the triangular
course, thereby evening up the
score, each yacht now having two
races to its credit. The final race
of the series will be sailed tomor
row.
The race was somewhat delayed
today by fog, the condition of the
weather necessitating fifteen-minute
postponements. Shortly after noon,
howrever, the fog lifted, and at
12:30 signals were hoisted for the
triangular course, the yachts get
ting away in a three-knot breeze.
The Resolute crossed the start
ing line at 1:01:33, followed by
jShamrock IV at 1:01:50. Six min
jUtes later, the Resolute was a quar
ter of a mile ahead and gaining
jsteadily in beats to windward.
I The Resolute turned the first
imark at 2:34:47, and the Shamrock
^followed around the turn at 2:36:58,
more than a quarter of a mile be
jhind.
I The defender crossed the finish
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‘line at 4:39:25 and the Shamrock
jfollowed at 4:43:09.
| The finish was the sensational fea
ture of the race. In the first leg,
jthe two yachts ran into a squall and
were smothered in spray. They had
j to take in their topsails and three
miles from the finish the Shamrock
[passed the Resolute, and a cry of
dismay went up from the thousands
of Yankee spectators gathered
along the cours: The defender did
not remain long behind, however.
As the challenger nosed ahead, the
Resolute broke out a ballooner and
quickly recovered the Lost ground
and crossed the finish line in record
time, beating the Shamrock boat
for boat, without taking into ac
count the time allowance, which was
cut down nearly a minute today by
a lessening of the Shamrock’s sail
area.
PRESIDENT SELECTS
MAN FOR NAVY POST
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 23.—
It is understood that President Wil
son has decided to appoint Thomas
J. Spellacy, of Hartford, to succeed
Franklin D. Roosevelt as assistant
secretary of the navy.
SALT LAKE NEWSPAPER
SUSPENDED BY OWNERS
SALT LAKE CITY, July 23.—
The Herald, which began publica
tion in 1870, has suspended, and
the Herald interests have purchased
the Evening Telegram and will pub
lish a Sunday edition in addition t >
the regular daily issue. The high
cost of production and an over
crowded field are given as reasons
for the retirement of the Herald.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Maurath were
returning passengers on today's train
from Fairbanks.