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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. 111.
member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1920.
NO. 57
WOOD LEADING IN CONVENTION VOTING
GOMPERS SAYS REPUBLICAN LABOR PLANK BAD
POLISH forces definitely check bolshevik army
GOMPERS TELLS
G. 0. P. LEADERS
in OBJECTS
MONTREAL, June 11.—The la
bor plank adopted by the Republi- j
can national convention last nightj
was condemned today by Samuel
Gompers. president of the American
Federal of Labor, particular objec
tion being made to that section pro
viding for the settlement of public
utilities strikes by tribunals similar
to those provided for under the pro
visions of the Cummins and Chicago
transportation act. Gompers in
formed the convention of labor dele
gates that the plank is contrary to
the demands of labor.
President Gompers was asked by
some of the Republican leaders what
would be the result of the rejection
of labor’s demands, and he replied,
“You may draw your own infer
ence.”
LABOR PARTY CALL.
CHICAGO, June 11.—A call has
been issued for a national conven
tion of the Labor party, to be held
in this city on July 11, 12 and 13.
The call was prepared today by Sec
retary Frank J. Esper, who an
nounces that the convention proba
bly will be attended by fully 3,50u
delegates.
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The territorial road repair gang
which has been at work on the Ester
road during the past week or more,
has finished that job and is now
moving over to Fairbanks creek.
Paul Agvaroff, popular Fairbanks
barber, arrived in Nenana today with
his family and will locate perma
nently in the Xenana district, prob
ably at the end of steel.
.Tim Sherard and William McGlonc
have started the work of moving
their drill to Eva creek from Ester
Siding, where it was cached during
the winter. They plan to do con
siderable drilling during the sum
mer.
Territorial Road Commissioner
Robert E. Sheldon, who arrived in
Xenana from the Kantishna district
several days ago, returned to his
headquarters in Fairbanks this aft
ernoon.
Mrs. Alex Simson and baby, o
Fairbanks, who had been visiting ii
Xenana with Mrs. Lipman Simson
returned to the upper town on thi
afternoon’s train.
REGULATIONS RELAXED
BY VIENNA OFFICIAL!
VIENNA.—The city governmen
has partly nullified the effects o
the new summer-time schedule no\
in force by extending for one hou
the closing hours of theaters, col
fee houses and restaurants.
Ketchikan has an indebtedness o
$24,000.
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WOOD, LOWDEN AND JOHNSON
HEAD RACE FOR NOMINATION
CHICAGO, June 11. — Balloting
on candidates placed in nomination
during the day at the Republican
national convention commenced at
a late hour this afternoon, General
Leonard Wood leading in the vot
ing from the first ballot and main
taining a lead during the succeed-,
ing two ballots, the third ballot be- j
ing the last reported at the time of ,
going to press. The votes were cast
as follows:
First Ballot.
Wood 287%, Lowden 201, John
son 133%, Hoover 5%, Harding
63%, Sproul 84, Coolidge 34, But
ler 69%. Dupont 6, Borah 2, Poin
dexter 20, Sutherland 17, Pritchard
21, Warren of Michigan 1, LaFol
lette 24. Alaska delegates voted
for Poindexter.
Second Ballot.
Warren 1, Borah 2, Hoover 7,
Dupont 7, Sutherland 17, Poindex
ter 20%, Pritchard 24, Coolidge '29.
LaFollette 24, Butler 69, Harding
64%, Johnson 133%, Lowden 211%,
Wood 287%, Sproul 83%. Alaska
gave Lowden and Wood each one.
Third Ballot.
Wood 303, Lowden 282%, John
: son 148, Coolidge 27, Butler 25,
■Hoover 5%, Harding 59%, Sproul
79%, Poindexter 15, Sutherland 15,
i LaFollette 24, Dupont 2, Knox 2,
• Borah 1, Poindexter 15, Watson 1.
Alaska gave Coolidge one and Wood
■ one.
Hot Day in Chicago.
The fourth day of the Republi
can national convention is breaking
all records for high temperatures.
;But in spite of the sweltering heat
the delegates began gathering at
the Coliseum fully an hour before
. opening time — nine o'clock — and
when the convention was called to
; order by Chairman Lodge at 10:0C
Uhe great convention hall was filled
! to capacity.
Almost immediately following the
invocation, the convention secretary
, began calling the roll of states fo;
j nominations. Alabama passed and
j Arizona, which was second on the
| list, yielded to Kansas for the nom
j ination of General Leonard Wood
i by Governor Henry J. Allen.
Big Demonstration.
| Governor Allen’s speech was fre
j quently interrupted by cheering
'.and at its conclusion a thousanc
! turkey feathers, the Wood badge
iwere loosed from the high ceilint
jof the great auditorium and fel
'| among the crowd, the general’s sup
' i porters quickly adorning themselves
' i the ladies placing the feathers ii
: their hair and the men stickin;
I them in their collars. Then fol
, I lowed a tumultuous demonstration
' | during which many of the Woo<
t'men yelled like real Indians. Thei
fiery was, “It’s Wood! Let’s go!’
rjand it was repeated time and agaii
, j during the next half hour. A bij
.; group of women in the gallery addei
1 to the noise by yelling “Wood!
three times in chorus. Chatrma:
f Lodge rapped vainly for order an
was finally compelled to wait unt:
agers early in the proceedings that
the business of nominating would
be long drawn out, as it seemed
certain that the supporters of other
presidential aspirants would try to;
outdo the Wood demonstration. The
Wood demonstration lasted 40 min
utes.
The Wood nomination was sec
onded by Frank Knox, of N'ew
Hampshire, and Mrs. Douglas Rob
inson, of New York. Under the
agreement covering nominations,
each candidate may be seconded in
two addresses of five minutes each,
and each additional seconding speech
is limited to two minutes.
Lowden Nominated.
Representative William A. Roden
burg, of Illinois, placed the name
j of Illinois’ governor, Frank O. Low
iden, in nomination as soon as the
AVood demonstration had subsided,
and seconding speeches were made
by Charles E. Pickett, of Waterloo,
ilowa, and Mrs. Fletcher Dobbins, of
| Chicago.
At the conclusion of Rodenburg’s
address the Lowden supporters
: started an uproar. They paraded
’about the hall, waving flags and
i smashing straw hats, and when they
had worn out their voices cheering,
they began whistling. About 200
participated in the demonstration,
which lasted 42 minutes.
Johnson Nominated.
Former Senator Beveridge, whom
•Chairman Lodge called to the chair,
i presented Charles S. Wheeler, of
■San Francisco, who nominated Sen
ator Hiram Johnson.
Scattered ripples of applause
came when Wheeler spoke of party
' unity and recognition of the West,
but there was a real outburst at
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the mention of Johnson’s opposition
to the League of Nations. Jeers
and guffaws greeted his reference
j to Johnson as having insufficient
campaign funds.
Wheeler was considerably inter
rupted toward the close of his
speech, with cries of “Hearst.” which
greeted his reference to newspaper
'publicity. And laughter was pro
voked by his reference to the wealth
! represented or, the California dele
gation. The Johnson fireworks last
! ed half an hour.
Representative Thomas B. Schall,
blind Progressive congressman from
Minnesota, thrilled the crowd with
., his seconding speech, and, by unani
I mous consent, was given an extra
. two minutes. Other speeches sec
onding Johnson were made by Rich
t ard Doherty, of Jersey City; Charles
, P. O’Neil, of Michigan, and Mrs
Katherine Phillips Edson, of Los An
geles.
i Otber Nominations.
r| When the roll call was resumed
’: Connecticut yielded to Massachu
i setts and Speaker Gillette nominatec
' the noise had subsided of its owi
1 accord.
’ It was apparent to campaign man
1: Governor Calvin W. Coolidge, o
1 Massachusetts.
1 Delaware passed, and F’oiidi
t-ieldeJ to Xorth Carolina, for the
nomination of Senator Pritchard by
former Senator Butler.
Three in Four Houri.
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The big three — Wood, Low Jen;
and Johnson—were placed in nom
inatior. during the first four hours j
of the convention, and when the.
Johnson demonstration had subsided
it was generally believed that the ,
balloting would start by the middle ;
of the afternoon. The nominations.
dragged beyond expectations, how- j
ever, and at 3:30, Chicago time,
the nominating speeches were still
in progress, much to the discomfort
of ali the delegates and spectators.
The nomination of Pritchard saved
a little time, as there were no sec
onding speeches in his support. And
then the roll passed on to New York
before the next candidate was found,
the delegates in the meantime hav
ing grown restless and impatient
and weary of the oratory of the
early hours of the session.
State Senator Ogden Mills placed
Nicholas Murray Butler in nomina
tion, but had a hard time making
himself heard.
Hoover was then placed in nom
ination by Judge Nathan L. Miller,
by which time the delegates were
fairly stewing and clamoring noisily
for an end to the talk. Eagerness
for the commencement of the bal
loting was in evidence in every part
of the hall.
Coleman Dupont was next placed
in nomination, but announcement
was made almost immediately after
ward that he had withdrawn his
name, with no intimation as to how
his support would be thrown.
Wood’s Claims.
Early in the day, Wood’s man
agers claimed the control of from
300 to 350 votes for the first bal
lot. Lowden men were also out
with the claim that they needed
only one strong Eastern delegation
to put their candidate over, and
they were flirting with N'cw York
and Pennsylvania in the hope of
landing one or both of them.
The Johnson supporters made the
most noise of any, while Hoover’s
, supporters were silent for the most
'part. Several dark horses, promi
nent among whom were Hughes,
Sproul and Butler, were referred to
as “pussyfooting.”
The Royal Family
Wheeler was given a big hand
(when he referred to the Wilson ad
ministration as the “royal family,”
'and to former Secretary McAdoo
as the “crown prince.”
The Platform.
The convention remained in ses
sion yesterday until 7:35, the Iasi
(order of business of the day being
, i the adoption of the report ol
'the resolutions committee, therebj
[ adopting the platform of the con
i vention. It was feared that ther«
would be a fight over the leagut
• plank, in spite of assurances that ar
' agreement had been reached. Bui
it developed that the convention was
i overwhelmingly in favor of the plat
rorni as presented, and an attempt
10 substitute the minority report of
the committee went down under a
landslide of noes.
It was also agreed yesterday that
the convention must nominate a
candidate for the presidency today
before adjourning, leaving the vice
presidential nomination for Satur
day.
The league plank, as finally
agreed upon, harmonizes the views
of conflicting elements, some of
which had threatened to bolt unless
they received consideration.
It was declared yesterday, follow
ing the adoption of the platform,
that the league plank prepared by
Klihu Root would not change the
standing of any of the candidates.
Senator Borah expressed the opinion
that the plank established three prin
ciples for which the irreconcilables
contended, namely: the omission of
any pledge for ratification of the
treaty, the commendation of the
senate for refusing to ratify, and
the statement that any future league
must be in accord with American
ideals and the principles of Wash
ington. The plank condemns the
President for negotiating the treaty
and league covenant and for insist
Iin*c upon its acceptance wunout
! change. It pledges the country to
continue the policies of Washington.
Madison and Monroe and the ful
fillment of all international obliga
tions, by the establishment of in
ternational courts for the promulga
tion of rules of international law
and conduct, and suggests that fu
ture wars be made impossible by
'the establishment of laws and agree
ments whereby all international con
troversies may be settled by inter
national agreement. The plank con
tains no mention of disarmament.
The platform otherwise is sub
stantially as reported in previous
dispatches, with the exception of
the industrial relations plank, which
endorses the Cummins and Chicago
anti-strike legislation as regards
public utilities.
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Superintendent Dan Jones of the
(Alaska Road commission left Fair
banks last night for Valdez, where
i he will meet Colonel Gotwals, and
! the two will superintend repair wort
which is to be undertaken in Key
stone canyon. When that job a
finished, Jones will return to tht
Interior. It is the intention of tht
commission to put the Keystone roat
jin condition for auto traffic.
A Gibson mail stage, with tw<
passengers and a shipment of mail
was at Gulkana this morning en
route to Fairbanks. Another Gibsot
car will leave Fairbanks tomorrov
morning to connect with the incom
ing rig.
The army steamer Davis is a
Fairbanks today, unloading suppliei
for Fairbanks and various trail sta
tions above Fairbanks. The boa
will start back down river as soot
as the cargo has been discharged.
RU» ARMIES
PUT 10 ROUT BY
WARSAW. .Tune 11—The great
battle along- the river Beresina,
which began on May 14, when the
Bolsheviki armies were hurled
against the Polish defenses with
relentless fury, ended yesterday with
a crushing victory for the Poles,
according to official advices which
reached this city today from the
[scene of histilities.*
The reports to the war office state
that the Bolsheviki hordes have been
definitely defeated, and the belief
is expressed that no further at
tempts will be made to cross the
] Polish frontier by force of arms.
| The Russians suffered their first
; severe losses on Tuesday, when
nearly a thousand men were cap
tured by the Poles and many were
killed. A considerable number of
imachine-guns and ammunition were
I also captured.
| Hostilities were resumed by the
[Poles with redoubled vigor on Wed
nesday, and by yesterday the Rus
jsians were in full retreat. I-arge
stores of supplies and ammunition
were abandoned when the flight
started.
The victory is being celebrated
jhere today.
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PROFITEERS TAKE
TOO MUCH PROFIT
; SEATTLE, June 11—The pres
ent high price of sugar is due to
profiteering, in the opinion of Ru
doiph Spreckels, who knows more
about the sugar situation probably
jthan any other man in the world.
He explains the situation by say
ing dealers have caught the preva
lent fever of price boosting, with
the result that sugar prices have
reached a very abnormal and need
less height. Spreckels believes that
reaction is bound to come, and that
when it does Che grafting dealers
will be the chief sufferers. This
reaction, he says, will also hit other
profiteers who have been holding
up the -public.
Spreckels declares that existing
prices are too high, notwithstanding
the shortage of the Cuban crop.
A. B. Funk returned to Nenana
today, after an absence of several
days in Fairbanks.
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