WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1920.
NO. 231
CENSUS ENUMERATION STARTS TODAY
BOLSHEVIKl EAGER TO TALK PEACE WITH ALLJES
EASTERNERS WIN FROM WESTERNERS IN CLOSE GAME
NEEDS ARE KEEN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2.—
In its annual report on conditions
in Alaska, the United States Geo
logical survey shows that the min
eral output of the Territory for
1919 was the smallest of any year
since 1906. the total for the year
being $18,850,000. The year pre
vious the output was 828,254,000,
and in 1916 the mineral yield was
$48,000,000.
The decline in production is at
tributed to a restoration of normal
conditions in the copper industry,
which reached a high point during
the war. The gold output for 1914
was about nine millions.
The report points out that better
and cheaper ocean and river trans
portation sendee is imperative for
the betterment of mineral conditions
in the North.
High operating costs during the
past year, the report says, helped
considerably to keep the production
down.
FINDS OF BRYAN
10 MAKE HIM RUN
DETROIT. Jan. 2—Friends and
supporters of William Jennings Bry
an have announced that they will
enter the name of the silver
tongued orator in the Michigan
presidential preferential primaries
for the Democratic nomination.
It is not known whether or not
Bryan has consented to the use cf
his name, but it is generally be
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COUNTING IN NATION TODAY!
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 2.—
The work of taking the fourteenth
decennial census of the United
States be pan this morning:, with 85,
000 enumerators in the field. Offi
cials of the census bureau believe
that the actual work of counting
will be completed within two weeks
and that the compilation of data
will consume about four months.
The country at present has an
estimated population of between 107
and 112 millions, as against 93 mill
ions ten years ago. At the time
the first census was taken, in 1790,
the nation had a population of only
three millions.'
Four thousand enumerators will
be employed in New York city, and
it is generally admitted that their
task will be a difficult one, owing
to the ever-changing population.
| ceaseless activities, and the vast
; number of foreigners. Each race
will have its own group of counters.
1 The presidential proclamation au
. thorizing the census was issued on
lieved that he will accept the nom
ination if it comes to him.
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TEMPERATURE DECLINES
TO FIVE BELOW IN EAST
CHICAGO, Jan. 2. — Thermom
eters of this city registered five
below zero today and it is feared
that another cold wave is enroute
to the Middle West.
COMMUNISM GAINING
STRENGTH IN POLAND
BERLIN*.—The Varwaerts says ;
has received information indicating
that the Communistic movement >
rapidly training strength among the
wage earners of Poland. Lack ol
employment and shortage of food
are stated to be the chief contribu
torv causes. The food situation stili
continues serious, rt is alleged, de
spite the supplies received from
America.
According to the most recent fig
ures, the number of unemployed ir
Warsaw is fully a hundred thou
sand. In Lodz and other large in
dustrial centers it is reported that
the ranks of the workless are con
stantly increasing.
The growth of communism ha;
been greatly accelerated by the re
turn of late of a number of Polist
communist leaders from Moscow
who have proved very apt pupils ol
Russian methods.
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* TEMPERATURE
R As reported by the government
R observation station, Xenana
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R Thursday, January 1.
R Maximum .28 above
R Minimum . 2 below
R Friday, January 2.
R Maximum . 30 above
R Minimum . 1 below
I November 10, 1019, and reads as
i follows:
'■ Fourteenth Decennial Census of the
United States.
By the President of the United
States of America
A PROCLAMATION
Whereas, by the Act of Congress
j approved March 1, 1919, the Four
; teenth Decennial Census of the
! United States is to be taken begin
i ning on the second day of January,
,1920; and
: Whereas, a correct enumeration
of the population every ten years
'is required by the Constitution of
;the United States for the purpose
of determining the representation
; of the several states in the house of
j representatives; and
Whereas, it is of the utmost im
portance to the interests of all the
people of the United States that
i this census should be a complete
land accurate report of the popula
\ tion and resources of the Nation;
Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wil
lson, President of the United States
, of America, do hereby declare and
make known that, under the law!:
aforesaid, it is the duty of every j<
person to answer all questions on!]
the census schedules applying to ;:
him and the family to which he he-'
longs, and to the farm occupied by!
him or his family, and that any per-;
son refusing to do so is subject to!;
penalty.
The sale purpose of the census ’s';
to secure general statistical informa
tion regarding the population and
resources of the country and replies
are required from individuals only
to permit the compilation of such
general statistics. No person can;
be harmed in any way by furnishing,
the information required. The cen J
sus has nothing to do with taxation,,
with military or jury service, with
the compulsion of school attendance,
; with the regulation of immigration !
or with the enforcement of any na
;tional, state or local law or ordin
ance. There need be no fear that j
■ any disclosure will be made regard- j
; ing any individual person or his af-:
fairs. For the due protection of j
(the rights and interests of the per- j
CELEBRATE WITH FIREARMS
j -
BALTIMORE. Md., Jan. 2—Four
: girls and a boy narrowly escaped
j death in this city yesterday morn
'ing as they were one their way
home from a masquerade party. All
five of them were hit by bullets
fired by a crowd of unidentified
drunken soldiers, who were joyrid
ing in a high-speed automobile.
The soldiers were out celebrating
: ROB POSTOFFICE
| OF BIG AMOUNT
LIMERICK, Ireland, Jan. 2.—The
local postoffice was held up and
:
robbed yesterday of several hun
dred thousand pounds in cash and
• money orders, the robbery having
been committed by a score of armed
‘men, all of whom were marked.
There were a dozen employes of
-the postoffice in the building at the
time of the robbery, but they were
taken completely by surprise and
were unable to give the alarm until
after the robbers had departed. No
attempt was made to resist the hold
; up, the crowded of frightened clerks
; having been herded into a comer
:’and held there while the office was
looted.
Soldiers are searching the coun
try today for the bandits, but small
hope is entertained of apprehending
. them immediately.
| Ituu—The gateway te McXialey
i VattMMl Park.
i
New Year’s and used the guns with
utmost carelessness, discharging a
volley every time they passed a
crowd of merrymakers, and that no
one was killed is regarded as mine-\
ulous. Scores of pers-.is were miss
ed by narrow margins.
The police and army officials are :
making an investigation, and hope
soon to have the soldier celebrants '
in custody.
OTHER GAME HE
PASADENA, Jan. 2.—In one of :
the closest and hardest-fought col
lege football games ever played in
California, the Harvard eleven de-1
I
feated the Oregon Aggies yesterday
afternoon, .7 to 6.
The teams were very evenly *
matched and the plav was close
i
throughout, the result being in doubt ,
up to the very last. The Oregon
boys made a hard fight and had
the support of the fans in their
splendid struggle.
EVERETT-TOLEDO TIE.
EVERETT, Wash., Jan. 2.—The
Everett and Scott high school elev
i1
ens played a tie game here yester
day afternoon, the score being 7 to
7 at the end of the second half, |
and the preparatory school cham
pionship undecided. Everett scored ;
in the first quarter and Toledo in j
the second, and when time was]]
ons furnishing information every!
■mploye of the census bureau is ;
irohibited, under heavy penalty, ■
rom disclosing any information !
vhieh may thus come to his knowl- '
tdge.
I therefore earnestly urge upon j
ill persons to answer promptly, com
detely and accurately all inquiries
iddressed to them by the enumera
:ors or other employes of the census
jureau and thereby to contribute
:heir share toward making this great
ind necessary public undertaking a
success.
In witness whereof I have here
into set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be af
fixed.
Done in the District of Columbia
this tenth day of November, in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and nineteen, and of the
independence of the United States
the one hundred and forty-fourth.
(Seal i WOODROW WILSON.
By the President:
WILLIAM PHILLIPS,
Acting Secretary of State.
called at the end of the game, the
visitors had the hall within six
inches of the Everett line.
The field was wet, but there was
no lack of enthusiasm.
LANE MAY BE PRESIDENT
OF MARYLAND TRUST CO
BALTIMORE. Mu., .Tan. 2—It is
believed here that Secretary Lane
will succeed former Governor Ed
win Warfield as president of the
Fidelity Deposit company of Mary
land.
GOVERNMENT VET PUTS
CHANNEL COWS TO ROUT
Dr. B. C. Parker, veterinary sur
reon with the department of agri
•ulture, who was loaned to the Ter
-itory to examine the livestock in
he various sections, and whose ac
ivities in Central Alaska recently
iut Fairbanks dairymen practically
>ut of business, is now giving hL J
ittention to the towns on Gastineau
rhannel, where he has already dis- ,
■overed numerous cases of tuber
rulosis.
The stock in Juneau and vicinity, |
>n both sides of the channel, was j
■ecently inspected, and of the 137 j
rows examined 40 were condemned i
ind ordered killed, involving a loss ]
o dairymen of approximately $10,
)00, a large sum, but proportion
itely less than the loss in the Fair- j
ranks district.
As a result of the veterinary’s :
idsit. an effort will be made on the '
roast to induce the next territorial j
egislature to provide funds for at |
east partial reimbursement for j
osses sustained.
Violinist Wolf played several solos
it Thome's, in Fairbanks, last
light. It was his first appearance
n public as a musician and his
llaying was very much enjoyed.
DROP TO DEATH
CHICAGO, Jan. 2.—Two hundred
prisoners who are serving time in
the county jail on various charges
were forced to witness the execu
tion this morning of Caffalo Durraz,
a condemned murderer, the explana
tion of Sheriff Peters being that the
sight of the execution would have
a salutary effect on prisoners who
might be tempted to kill in the fu
ture. The prisoners were assembled
in cells surrounding the gallows.
The majority of the prisoners
took the exhibition lightly, being
more concerned about their dinner
than the execution. Just before the
trap was sprung, one of the pris
oners shouted, “When do we eat?”
and the cry was taken up by the
rest. Durraz died with "When do
we eat?” as the requiem.
The action of the sheriff was
severely criticized by many peopl -
of this city, who denounced the
scheme as bruta'.
Too Much Coddling.
In a statement made after the
execution. Sheriff Peters declared
that the coddling of prisoners by
well-meaning but misguided orator
ical reformers and others consti
tutes one of the big causes of the
present crime wave which is sweep
ing the country. Under existing
conditions, he said, criminals do not
mind going to jail.
Phone Taken Out.
The phone at the county jail was
removed before the execution, and
when questioned by newspapermen
afterward, the jailer refused to deny
that he had put the wires out of
commission to stop the possibility
of clemency to the condemned man.
PEACE OEEEGAIE
SAYS BOLSHEVIKI
DOKFAT, Jan. 2.—M. Klishine,
secretary of the soviet peace delega
tion now in conference with the
Esthonians, is authority for the
statement that the Bolsheviki are
willing to make great concessions in
the interest of peace, provided they
can negotiate with the big powers.
The soviet government is unwilling,
however, he says, to conclude peace
with Denikine.
The Bolsheviki armies are now
stronger than they ever were, the
secretary says, the fighting forces
aggregating three million men, well
equipped and with supplies suffi
cient for a campaign of considera
ble magnitude.
The soviet government, he says,
has been willing for some time to
make peace with the Allies, and the
hope is expressed that the overtures
will receive favorable consideration
and the soviet government given
early recognition.