WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NO. 293
NENANA, ALASKA. MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1920.
MESSAGE TELLS OF NORTHERN MENACE
SPARTACANS ARE GAINING GROUND IN GERMANY
AMERICA TO HAVE POWERFUL NAVY IN FOUR YEARS
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SEATTLE, March 22. — Police
Lieutenant Roy Olmstead, Sergeant
Thomas Clark and nine other men |
were placed under arrest here at
midnight last night by federal pro
hibition officers, in connection with
the seizure of seven automobiles
loaded with liquor, the seizure ag
gregating 100 cases of the real
stuff, which was smuggled across
the line from Canada. The coup
was made at Meadowvale, where the
autos were loaded.
The federal officers arrived on
the scene just as the launch which
landed the whisky was getting away
from shore, and several shots were
fired at the disappearing boat. It
could not be ascertained in the
darkness, however, if any of the
shots hit the mark.
Chief of Police Joe Warren to
» day announced tne discharge of
Olmstead and Clark, and it is whis
pered that other members of the
force are involved.
TACOMA SPEEDWAY
WRECKED BY BLAZE
TACOMA, March 22.—The Taco
ma speedway, including the oil
soaked three-mile wooden track and
large grandstand, was burned to
the ground last night, with a loss
of $50,000. The authorities are of
the opinion that the fire was of
incendiary origin and an investiga
tion is being made in the hope of
clearing up the mystery.
There was no insurance.
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STATE DEPARTMENT ALARMED;
ALASKA REVOLUTION FEARED
MENOMINEE, Mich., March 22.
—Roger Andrews, who was convict
ed at Grand Rapids on Saturday in
connection with the Newberry elec
tion case, and sentenced to a year
and a half in the penitentiary, was
given a great ovation upon his re
turn home today, his fellow citizens
welcoming him as a conquering
hero. He was met with flowers and
an address of welcome.
In his reply, Andrews said that
lit was better lliat sixteen
jshold go to jail than to have Ford
| in the senate.
Paul King, another defendant who
was found guilty, has issued a state
ment in which he says the convic
tion shows the administration’s pow
er over Government agents who are
at its command. He refers to the
Newberry campaign as a clean fight.
GOVERNMENT MUSI
SET NEW EXAMPLE
DETROIT, March 22—In an ad
j dress delivered in this city yester
iday. Governor Lowden, one of the
aspirants for the Republican nom
ination, declared that the first step
in reducing: the high cost of living
must be a reduction in the high
cost of government.
The Government, he pointed out,
has been backsliding since the dayi
of Hamilton, and the time has ar
rived for radical reforms in federal
economy if indiviuals are to be held
within bounds.
DEATH IS RESULT
| SEATTLE, March 22—Henry M
! Henderson and John H. Swansor
were almost instantly killed this
morning when the roadster in whicl
they were riding rolled backwart
down a 50-foot embankment a(
Grand avenue and East Pine.
The machine turned completelj
over, pinning the occupants beneatl
the wreckage. The men were deac
when assistance arrived.
SEATTLE SOURDOUGH
CALLED BY DEATH
SEATTLE, March 22. — I. A
Wold, a resident of Washington fo>
54 years and an oldtimer of thi:
city, died here today, aged 79.
SEATTLE, March 22.—The most
startling news of the day ■ has come
to this city in a special Washington
dispatch to the Seattle Times,' an
nouncing that the state department
is very much worried over the con
tents of an intercepted wireless
message stating that Russian soviets
are planning a revolution in Alaska.
! Governor Riggs is authority for
I the statement that the Russians in
| Alaska are sympathetic with the
jBolsheviki and are now planning a
general strike throughout the Ter
ritory, to commence on the first of
May. He expresses the belief, how
ever, that the authorities in Alaska
1 will be able to cope with the situa
^on.
i The Governor says further that
there are many radicals among the
'cannery employes who have already
-rfUM-td several strikes and incipient
revolutions. But he admits that the
majority of Alaskans are loyal and
patriotic and conservative.
! In his annual report to the secre
tary of the interior. Governor Riggs
advocated the creation of a terri
torial constabulary to cope with the
Red situation, and he has been in
Washington during the past several
weeks trying to get someone to in
troduce a bill for him. The Gover
nor expects to return to Juneau be
fore the first of May, and it is re
ported that the navy may come to
the rescue of the Territory should
the threatened strike materialize.
G'ifiby Skeptical.
The 'correspondent of the Times
says that Delegate Grigsby is not
alarmed over the situation. The
delegate says he knows nothing of
the Red menace pictured by the
Governor, and he is not inclined to
share the Governor’s fears. He says
Alaska’s population is the most law
abiding in America and that their
patriotism has often been demon
strated. He declares that there is
no need for a constabulary and he
has declined to introduce a bill for
the Governor creating one.
GREAT NAVY FOR AMERICA
i WASHINGTON, D. C., March 22
■ —Chairman Cutler, of the^ nava
committee, informed his colleaj^ie;
|
j in the lower house of Congress to
jday that the American navy, ii
i 1924, will be the equal in strenjrtl
| of the powerful British naval force
, America, the chairman declared
will produce the most formidable
armada in the next four years tha
the world has ever witnessed in a
[ similar period.
ONE OF THE SHIPS.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va„ March
1 j 22.—The superdreadnaught Mary
i ; land, designed as the most power
ful battleship afloat, was launched
,' here on Saturday. Secretary Dan
i iels was present to witness the
: launching.
CRACK HUN TROOPS
RETREAT TO FORTS
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BERLIN, March 22.—The minis
jtry of defense is authority for the
! statement that the Spartacans and
j Communists are gaining ground in
| the Ruhr mining district, in spite of
'the efforts of the government to
'restore order. Several towns are
i reported to have been captured by
j the revolutionists and they have
forced two crack government regi
ments to seek refuge behind the
walls of Wessel fortress. Sanguin
ary losses were suffered' by both
sides during the fighting that pre
ceded the retirement of the gov
ernment forces.
It is estimated that the Spartacan
army is composed of fully 30,000
old shock troops of the German
;army which opposed the Allies, and
they armed with the best fighting
equipment obtainable in Germany.
EIGHT THOUSAND DEAD.
j PARIS, March 22.—According to
| advices received in this city, fully
• eight thousand persons have been
; killed in Germany since the com
mencement of the present internal
[trouble. Eight hundred and fifty
are reported to have fallen in Ber
lin.
ANCHORMAN DROPS DEAD
AS TEAM WINS CONTEST
! SEATTLE, Mar. 22.—Roy Young,
anchorman of the Milk Drivers’ tug
of-war team, died in his harness at
the University gymnasium on Satur
; day, just as his team was winning
'from the firemen. Five hundred
i spectators witngssed the tragic fin
ish of the contest. Heart trouble
caused the death of the anchorman,
who was considered one of the
[ strongest men in Seattle.
SCHENECTADY SHOWS
GAIN OF THOUSANDS
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 22.
—Census figures made public today
show the present population of
Schenectady, New York, to be 88,
,723. a gain of 15,000 in the last
ten years.
Xanana, Alaska’s Intarlor ra*l Btpot
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OTTAWA, March 22.—The naval
forces of the Dominion of Canada
are to be demobilized, with the
exception of the royal naval col
leges, it has become known today,
but no reason is assigned for the
proposed action.
It is also stated that the govern
ment will abandon the Esnuimault
navy yard on the first of April,
ar.d the Canadian cruisers Niobe
and Rainbow are to be sold at the
first opportunity.
Esquimault navy yard has been
in continuous service since 1845
and its abandonment now comes as
a great surprise.
STEAMER FLOATED
AND NOW ENROUTE
SEATTLE, Mar. 22.—The steam
er Admiral Evans, which ran into
a mudbank between Seymour Nar
rows and Mudge point early Sat
urday morning, while enroute to
Alaska with 154 passengers, was
floated at six o'clock last evening
and is again enroute, undamaged.
Shortly before grounding, th.
steamer rammed and sank the tug
City of Lund, the collision being
due to a heavy’ fog prevailing at the
time. There were no casualties.
OAIE HIT NAMED
PREMIER MANAGER
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i VICTORIA, B. C., March 22.—
Dale Pitt, former assistant man
ager of the Premier Mining com
pany, has been appointed genera
manager, according to announce
, ment made here today. The com
pany owns the big Premier mine ir
,the Portland Canal district.
yitt says the district in whicl
: the Premier is located is not a sec
ond Klondike and is not a pool
man’s camp.
There has been considerable trou
ble at the Premier mine recentlj
i as a result of the refusal of th«
mine management to discharge t
: Chinese cook whom the men de
'dared to be incompetent. A gen
eral strike was called and, accord
;ing to the latest advices receiver
: in Nenana, the company was trying
I to import men from Prince Ruperl
jand other nearby camps.
E
OLYMPIA, March 22.—The mem
bers of the Washington state legis
lature assembled in special session
today for the purpose of consider
ing the question of ratifying the
suffrage amendment. Governor
Hart read his message to the law
makers, gathered in joint session,
and, among other things, urged a
short session. State departments,
he said, need rigid economy rather
than appropriations, and he advised
against the passage of any appro
priation bills. He recommended
that the tax levy limit be raised,
in order that the state fund can
be increased to help state schools,
and he urged the various school
districts to increase the salaries of
teachers. The lawmakers were also
reminded that public sentiment fa
vors a bonus for soldiers,
j The galleries were filled with
women, gathered there to see their
amendment ratified. The suffrage
ratification resolution will be intro
duced by Mrs. Prances Haskell, re|>
jresentative from Tacoma, and it is
believed the resolution will be ap
proved before adjournment today,
j Washington's ratification of the
suffrage amendment may possibly
■be the deciding thirty-sixth ratifica
tion necessary to give the ballot
to women. Thirty-four states al
ready have ratified the amendment,
'and it is now a race between Wash
ington and Delaware as to which
will be the next to approve the
amendment. The legislatures of
both states ar expected to ratify
today, and Delaware has a little the
best of it on account of the differ
ence in time.
' The soldier bonus bill referred
to by the governor provides tor an
'$11,000,000 bond issue, to pay
Washington soldiers and sailors $l-r>
a month for every month in service.
.Conscientious objectors and dishon
orably discharged men are not to
participate.
NEW YORK, March il.—Charles
Dana Gibson, one of the best known
artists in the United States, made
famous by the creation ot the Gib
, son girl, has purchased the eon
: trolling interest in the Life Pub
lishing company.
' Thirty-four years ago Gibson sold
his first picture to “Life,” little
I dreaming at that time that he one
iday would have the price to ac
: quire the controlling interest in the
| publishing company.
Jim Rodebaugh, of the T. V. R.
R., fell from a car at Happy and
dislocated one of his shoulders. But
for the fact that the train was
stopped in the nick of time, one of
the injured man’s legs would have
been cut off by a car wheel.