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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 24. 1920.
NO. 93
RUSSIANS FALLING BACK FROM POLAND
BELFAST SCENE OF SANGUINARY NIGHT BATTLES
SURROUNDED BY FEDERALS, VILLA IS EAGER TO QUIT
VILLA IS READY
TO GIVE UP NOW;
' AT END OF ROPE
MEXICO CITY, July 24. — Ac
cording to an official statement is
sued today by officials of the de
facto government, General Francisco
Villa is trying to surrender to the;
federal military authorities, but finds
the government in no mood to ne
gotiate with him. The statement
says further that more than 8,000
federal troops are opposing \ ilia
and his followers in the state of
Chihuahua, and that the rebels are
being surrounded. All of the Villa
supply bases are reported to have j
► been occupied.
TURNED PEACE DOWN.
EL PASO, July 24. — Revenge,
pride, jealousy and fear are given
in various stories being told along
the Mexican border as the motives
that led Francisco Villa to refuse
to make peace with the new gov- j
ernment, following the downfall of
the Carranza regime.
The most pretentious version was
told here recently by Fernando Pa
lacios, Mexican journalist, who un
til the recent revolution was a cam
paign manager for Pablo Gonzales,
then candidate for the presidency
of Mexico.
According to the journalist, ne
gotiations were going smoothly be
^ tween Villa’s emissaries and repre
sentatives of the government when
the provisional governor of the state
of Chihuahua, 'Tamas Gameros, of
fered a reward of 100,000 pesos
for Villa, “dead or alive.’’
Governor Gameros, according to
Palacios, offered the reward to re
venge himself against Villa for the
death of a son is credited with
killing, and to prevent peace being
made with the bandit.
Villa, it was said, was advised of
the reward and refused to negoti
ate further, fearing a “double
cross.”
Another story being told is to the
effect that pride kept Villa from
making terms. This story is to the
y effect that Villa was ready and will
ing to quit, but General P. # Elias
Callas, minister of war and marine
in President de la Huerta’s cab
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BATTLES ORDERED STOPPED
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inet, refused to meet Villa person
ally at Villa's camp. Villa sent
envoys to Callas, but refused of
fers made by the government offi
cials, because his pride was touched
by Callas’ refused to deal person
ally.
Jealousy and military leaders and
fear of some that Villa would de
mand their dismissal for previous
attacks on him, were still other sto
ries in circulation here as to why
he did not enter the fold.
PLUS AT FARGO
ENROUIE TO NOME
FORT SNELLING, Minn., July
24.—The four army planes which
are enroute from New York to
Nome arrived here from Grand Rap
ids late yesterday afternoon, a
slight deviation from the regular
course having been decided on. The
machines are behaving well and it
is expected that good time will be
made over the remaining distance.
The planes hopped for Fargo at
10:45 this morning.
AT FARGO NOW.
FARGO, N. D., July 24.—Com
mander Street and his aerial squad
ron arrived here at 1:15 this after
jnoon, and, unless there is a fur
ther altering of scheduled, they will
cross the line into Canada tomor
row, stopping next at Saskatoon.
MARCONI EXPERTS
REPORT PROGRESS
ST. JOHNS, N. F., July 24—
Experts of the Marconi company
who are conducting experiments in
wireless telephony have announced
considerable progress in their work.
They heard a message yesterdaj
from Chelmsford station, near Lon
don, over 2,000 miles distant. They
recognized the voice of Capt. Round
and identified several words of the
| message, but were unable to pick
• up a connected sentence,
j Twenty years ago, Marconi re
jCeived his first transatlantic wire
i less message from the Signal Hill
station here.
IMPROVEMENTS COMING
FOR ALASKAN WATERS
SAN FRANCISCO July 24—
Capt. George Putnam, inspector of
lighthouses, is authority for the
statement that improvements are to
be made soon in Alaska and Hono
lulu. The Alaska work consists of
a $30,000 lighthouse depot at Cape
Hinchinbrook and improvements at
Point Retreat.
Venaaa, the Vatoway to MeWnley
Vattoaal Fark.
LONDON, July 24.—Wireless ad- j
vices received in this city this after- j
noon from Moscow state that Poland ;
has been notified of the issuance of I
I an order directing the soviet com
mand on the Polish front to open
negotiations immediately for an ar- j
mistice between the opposing ar
I mies.
MAKING HEADWAY.
PARIS, July 24.—A Moscow wire
less dispatch received in this city
states that the Bolsheviki armies
are falling back from the Polish
frontiers in compliance with orders
issued by the soviet command. The
two governments are now dealing
directly with each other, without the \
help of the Allies, and today’s de
velopments enourage the belief that
peace will soon be restored.
ADRIANOPLE BURNING.
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 24.—
Airplanes flying over the city of
Adrianople today noted great fires
in several sections of the city.
It is also reported here that the
Greeks have advanced east to Seid
lar and Lulu Burgas, 50 miles south
east of this city, encountering virtu
ally no opposition.
The grand vizier is urging the
commander of the Nationalists to
surrender as a means of preventing
further bloodshed, but it is not
known here whether or not the ad
vice will be followed.
BELFAST DISORDERS
REACH GRAVE STAGE
—
j BELFAST, July 24.—Rioting in
this city reached a serious stage last
night, the hostilities resulting in
the death of ten persons and the
injury of hundreds. Frequent clash
les occurred during the early part
:of the night between Sinn Feiners
jand the police, and early this morn
ing the disturbances assumed such
a grave aspect that machine-guns
were used to clear the streets.
Throughout the night, snipers picked
off soldiers and police from roofs
and windows. The soldiers claim
:also that they were fired upon from
a monastery, to which Sinn Fein
i scouts on bicycles furnished rein
forcements before the place could
be raided. Three Unionists were
i
killed by Sinn Feiners during the
night.
The arrival of many additional
j soldiers this morning has had the
'effect of quieting the disturbing ele
| ments, for the day, at least.
SECURE RIFLES.
CORK, July 24.—Armed raiders
entered the coastguard station near
Kinsale early this morning, killed
one sailor and escaped with rifles
and ammunition belonging to the
station.
EXPLOSIVE BULLETS.
BELFAST, July 24.—The police
are claiming that the Sinn Feiners
are using explosive bullets in their
clashes with the police and soldiers.
I Several policemen who were shot
during the fighting on Thursday
night are said to have been terribly
wounded.
Beyond a few cases of isolated
fighting, the city is quiet this after
noon, but a resumption of hostili-'
ties is expected during the night.
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RAID POSTOFFICE.
DUBLIN, July 24. — Fifty men!
raided the general postoffice here
this morning and carried off all j
letters directed to Dublin castle, the
chief secretary and the under sec-1
retary.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 24.—
The states of Wyoming, Idaho and
Montana were at the top of the list
on May 4 in the number of bank
depositors per thousand of popula
tion. Wyoming led with 394, Mon
tana came second with 349, and
Idaho was third with 293. Califor
nia had fourth place with 248.
Alaska is credited with only 30
depositors per thousand of popula
tion. Hawaii had 24.
The states of the Union averaged
190.
Superintendent of Transportation
W. B. Raeburn went to Fairbanks
today and will return on Monday.
HILLIARD PASSES;
CLEARS UMER
U. S. Commissioner Hilliard, who
was accidentally shot in the stomach
this week, in the Eagle district, died
of his injuries yesterday afternoon,
according to advices received from
Eagle this morning A doctor and
two nurses made the trip down
river from Dawton to attend the in
jured man, and reached Eagle at an
early hour yesterday morning, but
too late to be of material service.
Hilliard was a short distance off
the trail, picking berries, when .the
shooting occurred. He was almost
concealed by the bushes when How
ard came along, heard him moving
about in the brush, and mistook
him for a bear. The two men were
within 100 yards of each other when
the fatal shot was fired.
The injured man completely ex
onerated his slayer before he died,
explaining how the shooting oc
curred and how he might easily
have been mistaken for a bear, es
pecially in view of the fact that
Howard is an old man and some
what nearsighted.
YACHTS POSTPONE
FINAL SPEED TEST
SANDY HOKK, July 24.—Unfa
vorable weather conditions today ne
cessitated a postponement of the
final race of the series between the
icup defender Resolute and the chal
lenger Shamrock IV for possession
of the America’s up. The race will
be sailed on Monday, if possible.
PICTURES TELEGRAPHED.
LONDON, July 24. — The Daily
Mirror is featuring pictures of the
cup races which were transmitted
from America by photo-telegraphy.
The Mirror admits the pictures are
imperfect and not wholly accurate,
but their reproduction by telegraph
is heralded as a wonderful scien
tific achievement, nevertheless.
AMERICANS SCORE
AT CLASSIC MEET
ANTWERP, July 24.—The Ameri
can trapshooters closed their shoot
ing yesterday in the Olympic team
match with a score of 547 out of a
possible 600, and it is believed they
are in line for first place.
Frank Troeh, of Vancouver, Wn.,
leads his team with a score of 94.
He shot the last 30 targets with a
severely cut trigger finger,
WARREN OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT WORK ON ROAD
SEATTLE, July 24.—Col. H. P.
Warren, who sailed for the North on
the steamship Admiral Evans, ac
companied by E. C. Amesbury, as
sistant engineer of the United States
Steel Products company, and Fore
man of Construction P. M. Brad
ford, declares that the Government
railroad will be completed by De
cember 31, 1921. The bridge men
are going North to superintend the
erection of the Susitna river bridge.
Warren is returning to resume
his connection with the Alaskan En
gineering commission as head of the
division of supplies.
Dick Rothenburg, brother of M" y
or Oscar Rothenburg, arrived in
Nenana today from Fairbanks, hav
ing made the trip down on the gr*
car.
PAYNE DEPLORES
HAULING CHARGES
SEATTLE, July 24.—In a din
ner address delivered here last night,
Secretary of the Interior John Bar
ton Payne said that he deplored
the high transportation charges pre
vailing in Alaska waters, and he
wondered if the fleet of wooden
ships now lying idle in Lake Union
could be utilized to relieve North
ern conditions by hauling Alaska
iron ore to Seattle for ship con
struction.
He declared that the proposed
consolidation of shipping lines
should be effected, and the shipping
board should aid in improving trans
portation conditions.
Secretary Daniels, who also was
present, said that the development
jof Alaska oil would not be over
looked by the Government. Geolo
j gists, he explained, are now aboard
, a destroyer investigating, and will
jlet the world know the results of
| their inquiries relative to the oil
resources. It is believed, said the
'secretary, that the wealth of Alaska
; oil will exceed that of the gold.
[ The existence and value of Alas
jka coal has already been demon
istrated.
The secretary expressed the be
j lief that the new water power bill
jwill do much for the development
jof Alaska resources.
(EXPERT COMING NORTH
ON SPECIAL INQUIRY
SEATTLE, July 24.—Donald II.
Stevenson, of the biological survey,
Isailed for Alaska recently on the
| coastguard cutter Sweek for the
I purpose of conducting investigations
|to determine if the Alaska eagle is
a destructive bird, as claimed by
'Alaskans and disputed by Dr. Horn
aday. He will also investigate the
wild bird and game resources of
Unalaska and determine the status
of the wild reindeer herds roaming
| the Aleutians and report on grazing
'and pasture lands.
Henana, the Gateway to McKinley
National Park.
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