WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1920.
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. GERMANS RESENT FRENCH OCCUPATION
CHICAGO STRIKERS ARE JOINED BY FIREMEN
I JVI.CS ARE LOST WHEN FIRE DESTROYS SEATTLE HOTEL
AT EARLY HOUR
SEATTLE, April 7.—The eight
story Lincoln hotel was completely
destroyed by fire at an early hour
* this morning, the conflagration re
sulting in the death of at least two
of the 300 guests in the building
and the injury of many others, some
of whom had very narrow escapes
from death.
The fire, which started at one
o’clock, was caused by an explosion
in the basement laundry. A. A.
Wright, night clerk, was sitting at
the telephone switchboard when ‘the
explosion occurred, and when he
saw smoke begin pouring up the
elevator shaft he began ringing all
the room phones, and continued
ringing until almost overcome by
the smoke. He does not know how
many of the rooms he reached, but
it i3 believed that his prompt action
saved the lives of many of the
guests.
Fred R. Hamilton, aged 50, presi
dent of the Puss in Boots Confec
tionery company, and his daughter,
Miss Gay Hamilton, aged 21, lost
their heads when they discovered the
building on fire, and leaped to their
death from a fifth-story window.
The injured include C. W. Tobault,
newspaperman, who was severely
burned about the face and hands;
Charles F. Lacasse, a fireman, who
suffered a dislocated hip and brok
en ribs as a result of being caught
by a falling wall; H. Fogelquist, an
other fireman, who was severely cut
by falling debris. Leon B. Hanan,
a French war verteran, leaped from
the second story in his bare feet.
He lost several hundred francs and
his Croix de Guerre. He was rushed
to the hospital immediately by May
or Caldwell.
One of the features of the fire
was the spectacular rescue of two
women, who were caught in their
room on the eighth floor. Firemen
ascended to the tops of the exten
sion fire ladders, which reached only
to the sixth floor, and from that
point two of the firemen scaled the
remaining distance on a Pompier
ladder, which is an iron bar with
crossbars. Reaching the top floor,
the firemen lowered the women by
means of lifebelts.
Chief of Police Joe Warren ex-'
presses the belief that not all of the i
guests escaped from their rooms,!
and accordingly the ruins are now'
being searched for possible victims, j
The property loss is estimated at1
$600,000.
Another Body Found.
At a late hour this afternoon
searchers found the body of a wom
an in the hotel ruins, and while'
positive identification has not been ^
made yet, the remains have been i
partly identified as those of Miss
Blanche Crowe, an employe of the
Chauncey Wright restaurant.
Old Building.
The Lincoln hotel was built in
1000 and was the first apartment |
hotel constructed in the city.
The ruins are still smoldering, in
EBERT GOVERNMENT RESENTS
OCCUPATION OF RHINE CITIES
spite of flooding, and it is impossi
ble to conduct a thorough search.
Nearly all of the guests lost ev
erything they possessed, having been
compelled to take flight from the
burning building in their night
clothes. They spent the remainder
of the night in the nearby Elks’
club, the Y. M. C. A. and nearby
hotels.
RENO, Nev., April 7.—Announce
ment was made today that it is the
j intention of the attorney-general to
file a motion next week for the an
nulment of the divorce recently
granted to Mary Pickford, who has
since become the wife of Douglas
Fairbanks.
The motion will be filed on the
grounds of conspiracy and collusion
■ in the conduct of the case. It also
! will be charged that neither party
| to the proceedings had resided in the
; state sufficiently long to make legal
application for a divorce.
| The divorce investigation was
; started immediately after the wed
, ding of Mary and Doug had been
made public.
j WILSON NOT OPPOSED
TO USE OF HIS NAME
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L WASHINGTON, D. C., April 7.—
Officials of the White House are au
thority for the statement that Presi
dent Wilson will take no steps to
prevent the appearance of his name
on the Georgia presidential ballot.
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Mrs. R. W. Calderhead returned
to Lignite this morning, after a
stay of several days in town.
Mrs. Wilson, who came down •
from Fairbanks yesterday, left for
the end of steel this morning. She
has accepted a position with Mur
phy & Co., grading contractors.
Resident Engineer Roy Hershber-j
ger returned to his station in the i
canyon this morning, after a brief
visit in town.
Harry Capp left for the Kantish-1
na this ihorning.
A1 Clarno left Nenana this morn
ing to take charge of the commis- j
sion mess at Healy, the busy new
camp at the end of steel.
Elmer Gustafson, who is preparing j
to resume summer operations on his
property on Grubstake creek, is in!
Fairbanks this week purchasing sup-1
plies, and expects to leave for his
camp tomorrow or next day.
j BERLIN, April 7. — The Ebcri
; government has despatched a note
iof proteest to France, complaining
against the occupation of Rhine
cities by French troops. The note
says, “We must protest in the name
of justice, reason and humanjty, foi
the reason that it is certainly no)
the intention of the treaty to pre
vent Germany from restoring ordei
| in sections of Germany which have
i been disturbed by robber bands.”
THE RIGHT COURSE.
j LONDON, April 7—The London
| Times expresses the belief that the
! French government took the right
j course in sending troops across the
I Rhine after ample warning had been
|=ent to the Germans. The Time;
j also believes that public opinion will
force England to go to the assist
ance of France in ease assistance
should be needed to quell the Ger
mans.
NEW CONSPIRACY.
BERLIN', April 7.—Discovery has
been made of the existence of a
ffreat military conspiracy intended
as a Bavarian parallel to the Ber
lin revolution. The plot was dis
covered in Munich and rt is report
ed that the conspirators planned to
make General Ludendorff dictator
over Bavaria.
The timely discovery of the plot,
it is believed, will enable the gov
ernment to take such action as will
| frustrate the plans of the conspira
l tors.
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GERMANS HELP IRISH.
i LONDON, April 7.—Irish police
have reported that they have con
firmed the recent rumors of a Sinn
Fein plot for an armed uprising.
They also claim to have obtained
information which shows that Ger-;
mans in Berlin had engaged to sup
ply the war material necessary for1
the uprising.
CHICAGO STRIKERS
DEFY UNION HEADS
CHICAGO, April 7.—There is rea
. son to believe today that the strik
!intf switchmen of this city will
receive reinforcements from the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginement as a result of the
action taken this" afternoon by rep
resentatives of the brotherhood,
when they voted to join the un- j
authorized switchmen’s strike. The j
vote was taken in defiance of orders
issued by officials of the brother
hood, who declare the switchmen
are outlaws and not entitled to sup-!
port. The delegates of the firemen |
ami enginemen represented about ^
8,500 workers employed in the local
switching district.
The action of the firemen and
enginemen, it is believed, will stop|
all traffic and tie up the Chicago'
yards completely.
Union men who have come from
other cities to replace the striking!
switchmen are regarded as scabs j
by the firemen and enginemen and
it is believed that their coming to
the city was largely responsible for
the decision to reinforce the switch
men.
IS DUE HERE SOON
According; to advices received in
Nenana, Colonel F. Mears, chairman
and chief engineer of the Alaskan
Engineering commission, is now en
route to the Interior by way of
Broad Pass, having left Anchorage
on Monday. He is accompanied on
the trip by Colonel H. P. Warren,
chief of the division of supplies,
with headquarters at Seward.
The party left Camp 269 this
morning and planned to spend to
night at the summit.
KENTUCKY NEGRO DIES
FOR ATTACK ON CHILD
PARIS, Ky., April 7. — Grant
Smith, a negro, was taken from
the county officers near here today
by a crowd of 40 men, and hanged
to the nearest telegraph pole. Smith
assaulted a 14-year-old girl.
Kenans, t*-« Ctatenrav to McKinley
Ifetlonal Pack.
ALBANY LAWMAKERS
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ALBANY, N. Y., April 7.—Two'
bills have been introduced in the
New York state legislature to carry
out the recommendations of the as
sembly judiciary committee relative .
to the barring of^ the Socialist party !
of America from further partieipa- i
tion in Newr York politics.
FIRST WAGE HEARING 1
VICTORY FOR LABOR 1
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TOPEKA, Kan., April 7. — The'j
first wage case tried before the in--,
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dustnal court in this city resulted
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in a victory for the workers. The ' I
court granted the linemen of the I
Topeka-Edison company an increase I
of seven and one-half cents an hour.'!
BROWER IS HURRYING 1
FOR SAKE OF GODFREY j*
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Advices received at Fairbanks this ;•
morning from ithe Sourdough road-11
house, on the Richardson trail, state |t
that a Brower stage, with eight
passengers and a consignment of
mail, passed that point this morn
ing, enroute to Fairbanks.
A special effort is being made, it
is stated, to push the rig through
to Fairbanks quickly in order that
Sam Godfrey, who is one of the
passengers, may report in court in
time for the opening of the Mc
Carthy trial, which is set for Sat
urday. All of the passengers were
delayed somewhat on the Copper
River railroad, as a result of slides.
RODMAN OBJECTS
TO SIMS EXPOSE
WASHINGTON, 1). C., April 7 —
Testifying today before the senate
naval investigating committee, Ad
miral Hugh Rodman said that he
believed the Sims lertter to Secre
tary Daniels, in which he criticized
the navy’s war work, was very in
discreet. He explained that indis
cretion of Sims lay particularly in
his breach of confidence in making
public intimate, confidential conver
sation which should have been kept
secret.
The disclosure referred to was |
Sims’ statement that Admiral Ben
son had said, “Don’t let the British '
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pull the wool over your eyes."
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
OF TACOMA IS BETTER
TACOMA, April 7.—Prosecuting
Attorney W. D. Askren, who was
shot and seriously wounded this
week by a woman whom he had j
twice convicted of malpractice, is
•onsiderably improved today and his
diysician? are confident that he will
■ecover.
'ULTON MEETS SMITH
AT PORTLAND TONIGHT
PORTLAND, Ore., April 7.—Frol j
■'ulton will meet Gunboat Smith in '
i
i six-round boxing exhibition in thi< !
ity tonight.
FRACTION MANAGER IS
TO GET SOUTHERN JOB j
SEATTLE, April 7—A. L. Kenty-j
ter. formerly manager of the trac- j
ion department of the Puget Sound i
‘ower company, has been appointed
;eneral manager of the New Or
eans Railroad, Light & Power com
iany.
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! observation station, Nenana **
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Wednesday, April 7. *.
- Maximum .21 above W.
: Minimum .17 below
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GOLD HAS PLACE
SEATTLE, April 7 —The Seattle
session of the International Mining
congress began this afternoon, with
a large number of delegates in the
icity from all parts of the world.
|At the opening of the session the
delegates were welcomed by tlov -
ernor Hart, followed by responses
of delegates representing the van
ous sections. Rishop Rowe respond
ed in behalf of Alaska.
Of interest to Alaskans is the
announcement that gold conferences
| are scheduled for Thursday and Kn
jday, when the gold situation will be
gone into thoroughly.
| Frank A. Vanderlip will address
! the congress on Friday.
'CHINA AND iAPAN
NEAR AGREEMENT
TOKIO, April 7. Unofficial ex
changes of proposals at Shantung
between the Japanese and Chinese
governments show that the two gov
ernments are in agreement on sev
eral questions, including the open J
ing of Kiao-Chau as an open Chi
nese port, the organization of rail
roads as joint Chino-Japanese en
terprises, and the establishment of
mining rights as a joint enterprise.
It is expected that the first direr'
official negotiations will start at an
early date.
Mrs. Uurwood Hooker, whose bus
band died several days ago at Ju
neau. left Cordova today, enrout
to the territorial capital.
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