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WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY. AUGUST 17, 1920.
N'ijMBER ! 13.
POLES ARE STOPPING RUSSIAN ADVANCE
FRENCH MILITARY EXPERT DIRECTING DEFENSIVE
RUSSIAN CROWN JEWELS ARE SEIZED BY GOVERNMENT
MAN NIX TO VISIT
IRELAND HE SAYS
LONDON, Aug. 17.—
'Archbishop Mannix, of Aus
tralia, who arrived here sev
eral days ago from the
States, enroute to Ireland,
and who was informed by
the British autorities upon
his arrival that he would
not be permitted to set foot
on Irish soil, declares that he
will carry out his original
plans in spite of the govern
ment edict.
The movements of the
archbishop at N a za r. e t h
house are being closely
watched by the police.
CANTU ON SKIDS
MEXICALI, Aug. 17.—
The conclusion of the Cantu
insurrection in the northern
district of Lower California
is expected soon, and it is
unofficially announced that
General Luis Salazar is
slated to succeed Cantu as
governor.
GOVERNMENT SHIPS
ARE FOR SALE NOW
WASHINGTON. D. C..
Aug. 17.—Admiral Benson,
of the United States Ship
ping board, announces that
preparations are now being
made for the sale of Gov
ernment-owned ships. It is
the intention of the boaod to
conduct an extensive adver
tising cacpaign as a means
of stimulating interest in tie
sale and attracting ouvers.
Both steel and wooden ves
sels will be included in the
sale.
ROTTING AT BELFAST
BELFAST, Aug. 17.—
Rioting was resumed in this
city yesterday, several
clashes occurring between
Sinn Feiners and Uni lists.
There were no fir trms in
evidence, however, a id no
deaths resulted.
Senana, Where Kelli and Klvera Meet
NENANA
has the
ONLY
FIRST-CLASS
PRINTING
ESTABUSHMENT
in -
INTERIOR
ALASKA
EQUIPPED
TO TURN OUT
ALL KINDS
OF WO£K
on
SHORT NOTICE
THE NENANA DAILY
NE*VS
SOVIET ARMIES ARE HALTED;
POLES START COUNTER MOVE
ROADS WILL SOON
BE ON SAFE SOIL
NEW YORK. Aug. 17.—
Daniel Willard, president of
the Boston & Ohio railroad,
in a statement made before
!the senate committee on re
construction and production,
declared that the railways of
the country would soon be in
a position to provide for
jthemselves, requiring no con
sideration from outside
agencies. He said that since
the roads had been returned
to their owners, with in
creased rates and increased
wages to employes, the of
ficers and employes had
taken on a new lease of life.
RAIN IN OHO
i TOLEDO, Aug. !7.—One
of the most sever: -ain
storms ever experienced in
'this city caused damages
^this week which will aggre
gate five million dollars. The
downpour was such that
|water accumulated rapidly in
the streets and practically
every- cellar in the city was
flooded. Traffic was paralyz
ed until the flood subsided.
RODMAN GOING SOUTH
i SEATTLE, Aug. 17.—The
battleship New Mexico, car
rying Admiral Rodman, is
Scheduled to sail for San
| Francisco on Thursday. The
six destroyeers. which made
the trip to Alaska with
• Secretaries Daniels and
Payne, are now at Bremer
jton where they are being
(overhauled.
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TENNESSEE SOLONS
RESENT OVERTURES
NASHVILLE. Aug. 17.—
Replying to the message of
President Wilson, urging
favorable action by the
house on the sufferage rati
fication resolution approved
bv the senate this week,
Speaker Walker telegraphed
the President that he did
"not believe the men of Ten
nessee will surrender their
honest convictions for the
political expediency of party
harmony.”
DISCOVERY DAY
SEATTLE, Aug. 17.—The
anniversary of the discovery
.of gold in the Klondike was
celebrated by Igloo No. 2,
Yukon Order of Pioneers,
with an excursion on Hood
canal, a large number of old
timers making the trip. The
excursion was held on Sun
day.
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WARSAW, Aug. 17.— Ac-|
cording to an official an-:
^noucement made tr.is after
noon, a Polish counter ol
fensive has broken the soviet
hold upon the gates of the
city, and the Russians i’rei
now falling back, it is claim
ed, in confusion. The Po
lish counter stroke is being
directed by General Pil
sudski.
OUTNUMBER SOVIET j
SEBASTOPOL, Aug. 17. |
i—Reports received in this*
city state that General Wran
gel has a force of 15,000
!troops with which he is oper
ating against the Bolsheviki
in South Russia. The Rus
sian force is estimated at
only 50,000, most of the Rus
sian strength being concen
trated on the Polish front,
where an army of 400.000 is
opposing the Poles.i
PLANES AT DAWSON
WIRE DUE TONIGHT
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It has been definitely
ascertained that the army
airplanes left Whitehorse for
Dawson this morning, and it
is assumed that they reached,
the Yukon metropolis in time !
to participate in the Dis-'
covery Day celebration
which was scheduled for to
day.
The Alaskan Engin ring
commission has wired Daw
son for definite information
as to the probable time of ]
departure from Daw'son for!
Fairbanks, and a reply';
should be received this even-j
ing. In case it is the inten
tion of th squadron to start
for Fairbanks tomorrow, the
commission excursion will
leave Nenana for the upper
town at seven o’clock tomor-,
row morning, returning to-!
morrow evening. Otherwise,;
the train will be held until'
later.
If no definite word is re-j
ceived tonight, the w'ord will)
be passed around so that all!
may avail themselves of the
excursion. Excursion rates
will prevail.
Mrs. William Taylor, M s.
Johnston and Miss Jessie
Johnston returned to Ne
nana last evening from a
several-day outing in the
canyon district.
Chris Edmunds went Jo)
Fairbanks today to se</ the
army fliers.
The Alaskan Engineering!
commission is endeavoring o
secure men in Fairbanks ior
road work south of Nei in.
A wage of $6 a day is being
offered.
FORCED BACK
WARSAW, Aug 17.—The
plans of the Bolsheviki to
cross the Vistula river at a
point 35 miles southeast of;
Warsaw have been frustrat-;
ed by the Polish forces and i
the Russians are now being I
forced back.
France is now taking a1
more important part in the;
Polish defensive, with Gen-'
eral Weygand in charge of!
military operations. He is I
credited for responsibility!
for the new tactics which;
have enabled the Poles to i
check the Russian drive on i
Warsaw. i
The withdrawal of the seat;
of government from Warsaw
to Posen began on Sunday,
but details of the move are;
being withheld. Nothing is;
known here regarding the;
peace negotiations at Minsk.!
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Passengers going to Fair
banks today on the regular j
train were granted the;
privilege of purcnasing!
round-trip tickets at excur-;
sion rates, good for a return I
ride on the airplane excur-!
sion train, whenever that;
may be.
It is estimated that the!
work of building the new!
line of railroad between!
Flappy station and Fairbanks!
will be completed about the|
first of November, after,
which the station men and:
other forces will be transfer-1
red to the main line south
of the canyon.
O. M. Jackson, of the
Portland, went to Fairbanks
this afternoon to have nisj
first glimpse of a seal t ir-!
plane.
Miss Mildred and Vaten-;
tine Andersan left Fairbanks;
for the coast this morning,;1
by way of the trail.
Secretary of Agriculture'
Meredith believes that the!
development of the forest
ind hydro-electric resources;
of Alaska is a practical;
means of increasing the sud-:
plies of newsprint available
for the United States, and:
therefore eventually lessen-!
ing the paper shortage, now'
so acute.
First class mail which!
reached Fairbanks from the;
States on Saturday is en
route down the river to Ne
oana on the steamer Tanana :
ind should arive here some
time during the night.
PRELATES APPEAL
FOR CHURCH PACT
LONDON" Aug. 17.—The
bishops of the Angelican i
church attended the recent;
Lambarr conference, havej
made a public appeal, ad
dressed "to all Christian
people.' The appeal urges
the reunion of churches and
asks that all creeds join. It
points out that "what is
needed is a new structure
with no loose foundation of
independent churches, but
rather a real organization o;
unity based on the funda
mentals."
REPORTS DENIED
Governor Cox has sent a
telegram to Sufferage head
quarters denying the report
that he had seyf an e^tissarv
here to work against the suf
ferage amendment.
TOOK THE COIN
CHICAGO. Aug. 17.— !
Government agents and;
members of the local police!
force are combing the citvl
for Lieut Alexander C. Mc-;
Cormick, who has been miss
ing from Camp Dodge. Iowa,
for more than a week. His
books show a shortage of
$5,000 and it is believed that
he has deserted with the,
missing cash.
PONZI BANK GONE
EXPERTS BELIEVE1
^ BOSTON."Aug. 17.—The;
Capital Hanover Trust com
pany, with which Charles1
Ponzi. international financi
er was associated in hi.;;
questionable manipulations,
will probably go to the wali:
as a result of its loose,
methods of doing business, j
according to Bank Commis-:
;ioner Allen. Ponzi has sur-1,
rendered to the United;
State marshal.
GOVERNOR URGING j
FAVORABLE ACTION j
RALEIGH. N. C, Aug. 17.\
—in a special message to the i
;tate legislature, urging the;
ratification of the woman’s
sufferage amendment, Gov
ernor Bickett declared that
‘women should have the first,
right to speak when the issue;
s whether or not the world [
aenceforth is to be ruled by
"eason and righteousness or,
ay blood and iron.” The!
governor urged the legisla-!
ture to “accept the inevit-j
able” ratification of the!
amendment.
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Nesa-a. the Gateway to XcXinUy
national Park.
GOVERNMENT GRABS
RUSSIAN DIAMONDS
WASHINGTON, D. C,
Aug. 17.—According to evi
dence introduced by the
Government in the Martens
deportation proceedings, cus
toms officials recently inter
cepted more than one hun
dred diamonds which are
supposed to have been a part
of the famous jewels once
belonging to the Russian
royal family. The diamonds
were enroute from Soviet
Russia to the United States
and were addressed to "Com
rade Martens”.
The Government gave the
details of a regularly estab
lished courier between Bol
shevik agents in Sweden and
soviet representatives in
New York, by which large
quanities of jewels have been
transported during the past
six months. One hundred
and thirty diamonds were
seized in June from a Swed
ish sailor, who also carried a
large amount of communist
literature, including an "ap
peal from the executive com
mittee of the third inter
national to the I. W. W.
Martens disclaims a n v
knowledge of the seized dia
monds addressed to him, and
says the department of jus
tice is trying to incriminate
him to create sentiment
against Soviet Russia.
ROOSEVELT TALKS
OF PARTY’S PLANS
FARGO, Aug. 17.—In his
first address in North Dako
ta. Franklin D. Roosevelt
told the people of this citv
yesterday that the Demo
crats are pledged to seek a
solution of problems so as
best to serve the interests
of producers and consumers.
He poked fun at the Re
publican front porch cam
paign which, he declared, is
already breaking down. The
Democrats, he said, are try
ing to carry the campaign to
the country, and to find our
what the country is think
ing.
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