where: rails and rivers meet
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12. 1920.
NO. 266
CONGRESS APPROVES LAND LEASING BILL
PROMINENT SHIPYARD OFFICIALS AREj INDICTED
WILSON SELECTS CHICAGO LAWYER TO SUCCEED LANE
DEMOCRATS ARE
URGED 10 SIOP
EIGHT ON Bill!
WASHINGTON. D. C., Feb. 12.—
President Wilson has written a let
ter to Representative Caldwell,
member of the house committee on
military affairs, expressing: the be-:
lief that it would be inadvisable for j
the house Democrats to press their |
opposition to the universal military:
training bill, which is now receiving!
the attention of the lawmakers.
May Not Stop Them
Senators and representatives hold j
different views regarding the prob-!
able effect of opposition to the uni- ;
versa! military training bill on the;
part of house Democrats, which
seems likely in spite of President;
Wilson’s warning.
Chairman Wadsworth, of the sen- j
ate military committee, has an
nounced that the will support the
aimy training bill regardless of op
position. and it is expected that the
matter will be fought out on the
floor of the house.
WASHINGTON'. D. C.. Feb. 12.—
Announcement is made al ‘.he White '
House of the acceptance fcc Pru
dent Wilson of the resignation of
Ambassador Fletcher, who repre
sented the United States a Mexico.
Fletcher’s resignation was con- ■
tained in a letter sen* to the Presi
dent some time ago. but which has
never been made public.
A Brower wtage with second '
class mail is expected at Fairbanks
this afternoon.
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OIL AND COAL LAND MEASURE
AWAITS FAVOR OF PRESIDENT
KING OF ENGLAND
URGES LAWMAKERS
10 PUSH REFORMS
LONDON, Feb. 13.—In a speech
which he read from the throne, on
the occasion of the forma] opening
of parliament this week, King
George urged the serious considera
tion of economic conditions through
out the country as a matter of ut
most importance. He also urged the
settlement of the Irish question,
better educational facilities, and the
regulation of the liquor traffic. More
foodstuffs, the king said in conclu
sion. should be produced at home,
and he urged that steps be taken
immediately to encourage increased
production.
Parliament was opened with full
state ceremony, the first time since
1914. The king and queen and the
Prince of Wales, escorted by the
life guards, proceeded in state car
riages from Buckingham palace re
Westminster, through streets which
were thronged with spectators and
lined with troops.
A royal order issued yesterday
announces that the great war ended
officially on January 10.
LAWMAKERS FORGOT
TO BAR DICTIONARY
FORT WORTH. Tex.—Texas law
makers forgot to condemn one book
when they framed the prohibition
act barring from the state ail
formulae for making spirituous
liquors.
Complete instruction? on the
manufacture of "authoritative” flu
ids may be found in the latest edi
tion of an authoritative dictionary.
Spread on the page is a working
diagram of a whisky still and a
definition of the word ‘‘still” that,
would be a guide for the most ig
norant. The diagram explain? with
out words just how the cold water
is carried into a cistern and the
overflow is carried off.
‘‘Dictionaries are certainly handv
books,” according to the man who
made this “discovery.”
ROTARY CLUB FORMED
IN LATIN REPUBLIC
BUENOS AIRES. — Representa
tive business and professional men
of Buenos Aires have organized i
Rotary club, which will be a mem
ber of the International Association
of Rotary Clubs, whose headquar
ters are in Chicago. The initial
membership includes Americans and
Argentines. Dr. Jorge Mitre, pub
lisher of La Xacion, was chosen
president.
Representatives of the Rotary
club recently formed in Montevideo,
Uruguay, explained the purposes of
the organization to the new club.
WASHINGTON, I). C., Feb. 12.
The coal and oil land leasing bill
covering questions which have occu
pied the attention of congressmen
during the past ten years, received
the final approval of the lawmaker?
yesterday afternoon, both branches
of Congress having acted favorablj
on the bill, which was sent to tin
President today for his signature.
The bill affects approximate!!
seventy-five million acres of public
lands, principally in the West, ant
provides for the leasing and de
veiopment of Government-owned oil
gas, and coal lands by Governmen
enterprise.
Alaska Included.
Only the oil and gas sections o'
the bill apply to Alaska. These
were recommended by Alaska oil]
operators and provide that a maxi- j
mum of '.200 acres can be obtained.!
with not more than five prospecting j
permits to any c-ne applicant, for a
period not to exceed four years.
Under the provisions of the bill, I
drilling must commence within two
years after issuance of a permit.
The bill contains a remedial sec
i
,tion designed to protect the inter
i
ests of about 110 claimants whose
claims have been pending for twen-ji
. ty years, a condition resulting from i
. ithe Government’s withdrawal of i ]
; Alaska oil and eras lands from de-l:
i
velopment. ;
The leasing act applying to Alas-;
ka coal lands is already in opera- ;
! i tion.
JURY UNCOVERING
SHIPYARD GRAFTS
SEATTLE. Feb. 12.—As a result
of the grand jury investigations
which have been in progress in this
city during: the past several weeks,
true bills have been returned
against a number of prominent
coast shipyard officials and repre
sentatives of the Government who
were connected with shipbuilding ac
tivities during the war.
Alfred Shubach, president- of the
Grays Harbor Motorship corpora
tion, of Aberdeen; Monty Ward,
manager of the same concern, and
A. B. Shay and A. S. Hoonan, di
rectors, were plased under arrest
yesterday on indictments charging
them with the collection of $10,400
from the Government as a premium
for advance delivery of a hull, when
they had only $3,000 coming to
them.
W. A. Magee, former North Pa
cific district manager of the shipping
:
board, and Bruce C. Shorts, Seattle .
attorney for the Aberdeen firm, were '.
. indicted for their connection with
the collection of the bogus premium,
i The grand jury has also indicted
Phillips Morrison, president of the
Seabord Shipbuilding company, of
Tacoma, and C. X. Seaborn and U.
F. Ostrander, directors of the same
> concern, on the charge of collecting
$44,000 from the Government for,
; p.xtra work on ships which was never ^
done. j
The bail of the Aberdeen men
iwas placed at $2,500 each, and that ^
of the Tacoma men at $5,000 each.
(
The money was forthcoming immedi- ,
ately, having been arranged by. at- (
torneys for the indicted men.
JOHN BARTON PAYNE
WILL SUCCEED LANE
WASHINGTON’, D. C., Feb. 12.—j
John Barton Payne, of Illinois, has j
been selected by President Wilson |
to succeed Franklin K. Lane as,
secretary of the interior, to assume
his duties upon the retirement of
Lane on the first of March. Payne’s j
nomination, it is understood, will <
be sent to the senate this week for
confirmation.
The new appointee, at present
chairman of the shipping board, is
a native of Virginia, where he was j
born January 26, 1855. He is a
lawyer by profession, having been
admitted to the bar in 1876. From j
1883 to 1893 he practiced law ir
Chicago, at the end of that period1
becoming judge of the superior
court of Cook county, in which ca
pacity he served for five years, aft-.
erward resuming the practice of .j
law as senior member of the firm \
i
of Winston, Payne, Strawn &. Shaw.
He was formerly general counsel .
for the railroad administration and
general counsel for the fleet cor-,
poration..
UNIVERSITY COACH IS
VICTIM OF INFLUENZA
SEATTLE, Feb. 12. — James F. ,
Clark, former pitcher and coach for
the University of Washington, died
here today as a result of an attaca
of the flu. He played with Seattle,
Aberdeen, and Vancouver, and was
once owned by the White Sox.
Lincoln’s birthday is being gen-,
erally observed by Fairbanksans to
day, most of the business houses |
having closed for all or part of the l
day. Appropriate exercises were l
held at the school this afternoon. J'
That the people of the coast
owns are hampered when it comes
o using domestic coal by the high
>rices of the product of the Mat
muska mines is indicated by an
irticle appearing in a recent num
>er of the Juneau Empire, which
lays:
“Arrangements were made to get
100 tons of the product of the Gov
:rnment coal fields.
“The cost, according- to Agent R.
S. Young, of the Pacific Coast Coal
■ompany, was to be $0.70 on the
vharf at Anchorage. With the
‘reight and handling expenses to
runeati the coal would cost the
■ompany $15 per ton. This is a!!
n short tons.
“To allow a margin of profit on
iccount of shrinkage in handling
ind interest the coal would have to
)e retailed here at close to *2U per
on. This is much higher than the
British Columbia coal is sold for.
“If more British Columbia coal
could arrive while the company ha 1
his coal on hand the Alaska coal
:ould not be sold in competition
vith the other coal and it would b •
i dead loss.”
It is said that the reason of the
ligh price of the Government coal
ies in the fact that actual product
ion has not yet started at the
nines. The coal now being pro
luced is from development work,
rhe facilities are not perfected for
he handling of the coal after it is
>roduced in the mine, and the
reight rates from westward points
o Juneau are high.
;iRL CONFUSES NAMES;
GOES TO WRONG PLACE
SAN' FRANCISCO. — Misuse of
he designation “Frisco,” a word
but San Franciscans taboo, almost
irevented a marriage recently. Miss
Cdith Tubbs of London, coming to
’alifornia to marry L. R. Canan
>f Lindsay, near Fresno, bought by
nistake a ticket to “Frisco” instead
>f Fresno.
Finding no fiance here to greet
ler when she arrived, she applied
o a travelers’ aid society, offices
>f which dried her tears and direct
id her to Fresno.
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! Thursday, February 12.
S Maximum . 6 above
t Minimum .20 below
l
EM GUARD IS
WATCHING MS
SEATTLE, Feb. 12. Extra
guards have been placed on duty at
the immigrant detention station in
i this city as the result of a threat
. made by the detained Russians vo
make a break for liberty. There
'
are 4? Russians confined at the
station, awaiting deportation.
The prisoners sent a note to lm- v
migration Commissioner White,
; threatening to tear down the build
ling, knife the guards and over
j throw the law. Their threat was
! followed by the appearance of ad
jditional guards, well armed and de
termined to preserve order.
! As a further precaution against
•trouble, the authorities will remove
< the undesirables to Everett.
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ROME.—The cry for the tourist*
of America, England, and France is
heard throughout Italy. It is u
strong in Venice, Florence, Naples,
and Genoa as in Rome.
But Italian cities have increased
their population at *uch an amazing
rate during the war that there seem
to be no room for tourists. Hotel
in all the larger cities are crowded
to overflowing it all times. Apart
ments and houses are not available
at any price. Rents have been
kept down by law and municipal
authorities are hard pressed to find
shelter for the population that has
flocked to the cities.
Rome had only 550,000 inhab
itants before the opening of the
v.ar. It now has 800,000 and seems
to be growing daily. There are few
foreigners. One seldom hears anj
tiling but Italian spoken in hotel-,
cafes, and theaters. But the streets
are crowded day and night.
In its palmiest days Rome had
3,000,000 inhabitants. But in the
thirteenth century, when the papacy
moved to Avignon, in France, the
once grand capital of the ancient
world became a deserted ruin with
only 13,000 inhabitants.
SAILORS DIE WHILE
ASSISTING OTHERS
HALIFAX, Feb. 12—The second
officer and five men of the British
steamer Oxonian lost their lives yes
terday while engaged in an attempt
to rescue the crew of the British
steamer Bradboyne, abandoned otf
the coast of Newfoundland.
J. Harmon Caskey, owner of the
Fairbanks Citizen, is preparing to
raffle his automobile and may leave
for the Outside on the next outgo
ing Sheldon stage.
Kenana—Th« #»♦*«*» to McKinley
gtMnil rut.