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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. HI.
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NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1920.
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NO. 79
UNCLE SAM READY TO DEVELOP NORTH
ALASKA SITUATION REVIEWED BY SECRETARY
NEW REVOLUTIONS ARE DISTURBING"PEACE OF MEXICO
WASHINGTON', D. C., July 8.—
The state department is in receipt
of advices from Mexico in which
announcement is made of the ap
pearance of revolutionary movements
in various parts of the Southern re
public. The outbreaks apparently
are unrelated and are of minor im
portance.
In addition to reports from Eagle
Pass, the department has received
word from the American consul at
Tampico in which it is stated that
small uprisings have occurred be
tween Tampico and Monterey. There
is also in progress a revolt of 300
Mexicans near Torreon, where they
are advancing toward the American
border.
General Cardena, deposed military
governor of Coahuila, is reported
under arrest at Piedras Negras.
BRIDGES BURN?.:
EAGLE PASS. July 8.—Accord
ing to reports received in this city,
twelve bridges have been burned
south of Monclove. The reports
have given rise to rumors of a new
revolutionary movement in Mexico,
headed by Adolfo Gonzales.
ADMIRAL GOODRICH
HAS A. E. t. CARGO
SEATTLE, July 8.—The steam
ship Admiral Goodrich, which sailed
from Everett yesterday, has a full
cargo of supplies for the Alaskan
Engineering commission, consigned
to Anchorage. The shipment con
sists of lumber, TNT, bridge ma
terial and gasoline.
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SEATTLE, July 8.—Secretary of
the Interior John Barton Payne,
who has just arrived in this city
from the national capital, enroute
to Alaska, says that “the Govern
ment is ready to develop Alaska, but
can do nothing without settlers.
Pewnanent settlers are Alaska's
chief need. With a working popu
lation its development will solve
itself.
“I think there is no danger, as
is feared by some, that Alaska w’ill
not be developed and that the rail
road we are building will be useless
for want of traffic. Congress has
just appropriated a milion dollars
for the development of the coal
fields there, and that is one of our
main objects in making this visit.
“Under the leasing law, the Gov
ernment is prepared to exercise the
utmost liberality in encouraging the
opening of the Territory, but Alas
ka must attract and keep more set
tlers. just as the West had to at
tract pioneers in the early days.”
Plans of Sec-etary.
The present plans of Secretary
Payne, which possibly, although un
likely, will be changed, call for the
departure of the Daniels-Payne-Rod
' man party on six destroyers, leav
ing Seattle on Sunday. The first
port of call in Alaska has not yet
been announced, but will be decided
when all the members of the party
!get together tomorrow. The bat
tleship Idaho probably will be sent
; North later to bring the two cab
inet members back to Seattle, after
their investigations have been con
cluded. It is understood today that
Secretary Payne will spend only
about ten days or two weeks in the
North.
i JONES AND THE RAILROAD.
SEATTLE, July 8.—The Alaska
railroad will cost seventeen millions
more than was originally estimated,
.said Senator Wesley L. Jones today,
in reviewing the work of Congress.
| “The completion of the railroad,"
he said, "is of especial interest to
our people and necessary for the
development of Alaska. Congress
man Miller and myself looked after
it with especial care, and were able
to pass the act increasing the limit
;of cost, so that it is now only a
matter of making appropriation?
and doing the work. J. L. McPher
son, of the Alaska bureau of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce, ren- j
dered valuable service in connection
with this legislation and is entitled i
to much credit for its enactment.” ;
BROOKS COMING.
SEATTLE, July 8.—Commander
Percy \V. Foote, aide to Secretary
Daniels, arrived here yesterday to
make arrangements for the Alaska
trip. The party will be accompanied
by “Dr.” Alfred H. Brooks, chair
man of the Alaskan committee and ,
geologist in charge of the Alaska !
division.
| Secretary Payne reached Seattle
last night and Secretary Daniels is i
[due tomorrow morning.
ARM! RECRUITED
TO AID FARMERS;
GOOD WAGE PAID
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 8.— j
A land army of 100,000 men farm- i
hands, recruited and organized by
the department of agriculture, is
moving northward across the West
ern wheat belt, harvesting the na
tion’s wheat crop, and doing the ■
work in better time than in former
years, according to reports just is-1
sued by the department, reviewing j
the crop situation.
The success of the undertaking
is attributed largely to the good;
wages paid those forming the bigj
army, the scale established by the
department being $7 per day. Work
ers were attracted from the Atlantic
and Allegheny regions, the number
of applicants being so great that it |
was possible for the department to j
select the best from among those!
offering their services.
RUTH IS NOT BADLY
HURT, SAYS MANAGER
NEW YORK, July 8.—Manager
Huggins of the New York Americans
says that the injuries received by
Babe Ruth yesterday are of a minor
character and will not keep him1
out of the game. The auto in ■
which Ruth and a number of other
players were riding, skidded and.
overturned, throwing all of them j
into a ditch. Ruth was the only;
one of the party hurt.
ALBERT WILE NAMED
COAST POSTMASTER
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 8—
Albert Wile, formerly of Iditarod
and Nenana, has been given a re
cess appointment as postmaster at •
Ketchikan.
Mrs. Fred Maurath and Mtss Le
ota Scott returned from Fairbanks
today after an absence of several
days in the upper town.
JOHNSON AND REED
PLEDGE ADHERENCE
SAX FRANCISCO, July 8.—Sen
ator Hiram Johnson has disposed of
all speculation regarding his stand
in the campaign. In a statement
made here today he declared that
support of the Republican party,
with a candidate standing “square
on the platform, is the only choice
left for those who believe in safe
guardings, protecting and preserv
ing our Americanism.”
REED TO STICK.
CHICAGO, July 8. — Senator
James A. Reed of Missouri, who
was denied a seat in the Democratic
convention, has announced that he
will “support the Democratic ticket
and always be a Democrat, although
always maintaining his past position
on the League of Nations question."
HARDING BUSY.
MARION, Ohio, July 8.—Senator
Harding spent another quet day to
day, working on his correspondence
i
and speech of acceptance. He was
not too busy, however, to personally
receive numerous old acquaintances
and friends. He will confer with
Chairman Will Hays tomorrow for
the purpose of discussing notifica
tion plans.
COX WAITING.
DAYTON, July 8.—Governor Co':
has announced that he will make no
plans until he has conferred with
party leaders during the latter part
of the week. He probably will go
to Columbus within the next few
days to dispose of matters pending
there.
It is understood that he will
make an active campaign rather
than a “front porch” campaign as
outlined by Harding.
ARTHUR MEM
FORMING CABINET
OTTAWA, July 8.—In response
to the invitation of the governor
general, Minister of the Interior Ar
thur Meighan has consented to ac
cept the responsibility of forming
a new cabinet, succeeding Premier
Borden, retired. It is also suggest
ed that he will assume the presi
dency of the privy council, vacated
by H. W. Rowell, who is retiring.
Martin Burrell also is retiring
and H. H. Stevens and F. E. Green,
both of British Columbia, are men
tioned as possible successors as min
ister of customs.
A Gibson stage is scheduled to
leave Fairbanks for the coast this
afternoon with several tourists who
came up river on the steamer Tan
ana.
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COAL MINERS ASK
FOR U WAGE
LONDON', July 8. — Resolutions
demanding a wage increase of two
shillings per day were adopted here
today at a conference of delegates
representing 900,000 British coal
miners. The conference also de
mands the immediate reduction of
the recent addition of fourteen
shillings per ton in the price of do
mestic coal.
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The steamer Yukon sailed from
Dawson this morning on her second
trip of the season to N'enana. The
steamer has nearly a full load of
passengers and a considerable quan
tity of freight for the Alaskan En
gineering commission and N'enana
and Fairbanks merchants. Among
the passengers are about a score of
tourists who are having their first
glimpse of the Interior country. The
list also includes Dr. Smith and
Gilbert S. Kelly, government geolo
gists, and J. E. Kelleher and R. A.
Darling, special agents of the de
partment of justice, who are en
route to Fairbanks. And among the
oldtimers, homeward bound, are
George Ray, Eva Carey and Mrs.
Carey. Jim Funchion and Bert
Johnson are also aboard the steam
er, enroute to Beaver, from which
point they will go overland into the
Chandlar country, where they will
spend the summer prospecting.
Those booked for N'enana include
Mrs. Helen Oswald, mother of Mrs.
Helen Kellum, and two brothers of
Mrs. Kellum.
M. A. Pinska, Fairbanks clothier,
also is aboard the Yukon, on his
annual visit to the Fairbanks store.
SESSION IS CALLED
TO TALK SUFFRAGE
RALEIGH, N. C., July 8.—Gov-j
ernor Bickett has called a special
session of the North Carolina legis
lature for August 10, to consider
the question of ratifying the worn-1
an’s suffrage amendment to the Fed- ;
eral Constitution.
ADMIRAL WATSON WILL
, BRING SUPPLIES NORTH j
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SEATTLE, July 7.—The steam-;
ship Admiral Watson, which sailed:
for the North last night, carried
25 steers and 15,000 cans for Alas
ka canneries.
WASHINGTON’, D. C.. .July 8.—
Following the presentation of a brief
supporting a request for an increase
in its proportion of through rail
and water rates from Northwest
and interior points via Seattle to
California, A. F. Haines, of the Pa
cific Steamship company, explained
today that the fuel oil situation is
such that an increase in freight
rates to Alaska will become neces
sary. Only the fact that the com
pany has a contract for the delivery
of oil at a low rate until January,
1921, has enabled it to do business
in the Northern trade. He says the
company expects to be yompelled to
pay an increase of 50 cents a barrel
or more after January. He also
says that supplies have increased in
cost 50 percent, overhead charges
have increased 20 percent, and the
cost of repairs has doubled, while
labor eff'din-cy has decreased 40
percent.
LONDON'. July 8.—Justice Louis
D. Brandeis of the United States
supreme court has been elected
president of the International Zion
ists at a conference now in prog
ress in this city, the conference be
ing the first held by the Zionists in
seven years. Max Nordau has been
named honorary president.
Dr. N'apum Zokoloff, of Berlin,
who is acting as chairman of the
conference, said, in his opening ad
dress, that the Jews are not crying
for vengeance, but are facing sober
ly the task of restoration.
TOKIO, July 8.—Replying to the
interpellation of the Japanese diet
concerning the Siberian expedition,
Viscount Uchida, foreign minister,
explained that the first object of
the expedition was to aid the
Czechoslovaks and the second to
safeguard Japanese interests in ter
ritory nearest Siberia.
The first object, he said, had been
realized, but the second had not.
Japanese residents in Siberia must
be protected, he assured the law
makers, but he explained that it
was not the intention of the govern
ment to send large numbers of
troops into Siberia for that purpose.
Rody Connors returned to Ne
nana from Fairbanks today with his
left arm in a sling. He reports
having been in an auto smashup >n
the upper town, resulting in the
serious injury of'his shoulder.