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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
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NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1920.
NO. 103
ENGLAND SENDS ULTIMATUM TO SOVIET
STATE DEPARTMENT SILENT ON JAPANESE NOTES
FEDERALS DEMAND SURRENDER OF GOVERNOR.' CANTU
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5.—Accord
ing to information received by local
representatives of the Huerta gov
ernment, a demand has been made
for the immediate and unconditional
surrender of Governor Cantu, who
is preparing to resist the occupa
. tion of Lower California by Mexi
can federal troops.
It is also reported here that the
Cantu forces have seized the cus
toms house at Ensenada and that
hostilities have started at several
points in Lower California.
TROOPS READY.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 5.—Secre
tary of War Calles has announced
that only 3,000 men are to be
- mobilized for the campaign against
Cantu, but additional troops will be
sent into the campaign should they
be needed to suppress the gover
nor’s rebellion. It is indicated that
the Cantu affair is not regarded
seriously.
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Alaska, up Nenana, midnight, 4th.
* Kestrel, up Kantishna.
Yukon, up Ft. Yukon, 5 a. m.
Seattle No. 3, down Nulato, 11
p. m., 4th.
Louise, up Holycross, 10 a. m., 3d.
Reliance, at Holycross.
Herman and Davis, up Kotlik,
31st, last report.
Kotlik, down Holycross, 9 a. m.,
2d.
Jacobs, up Coffee creek, 4 a. m.,
4th.
Volney Richmond, superintendent
of the Northern Commercial com
* pany, arrived in Nenana last night
on the steamer Alaska, from Yukon
river points. He is making the
rounds of the Interior stations of
the company on his annual tour of
inspection.
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ON THIRD WAGE
The steamer Alaska arrive d in
port last evening cn her third voy
age of the season from the upper
Yukon. She had two barges in tow,
one of which was left here and the
other taken to Fairbanks, the Alas
ka leaving for the upper town after
a short stay in port. The passenger
list was considerably smaller than
those of the last several boats, in
dicating a falling off in tourist trav
el to Interior Alaska for the season.
There were several oldtimers on
[board.
The Alaska will start back down
river from Fairbanks as soon as
possible after discharging cargo, be
ing scheduled to arrive here on the
return trip Saturday morning.
The passengers leaving the boat
at Nenana were: Miss C. C. Heide,
Walter Rice, Paul Leiser, Volney
Richmond, F. E. Benjamin, Tom
Corbett, W. Oler, J. C. Edwards.
HARDING GIVES HAND
TO COUNTRY EDITOR
BOONE, la.—The nomination of
Warren G. Harding for President
has recalled that he one time helped
to publish one issue of the Boone
News-Republican, when he was lieu
tenant-governor of Ohio.
Senator Harding was scheduled to
make a speech in Boone. While
waiting for the hour, he went to
the newspaper office and said to the
editor, “My name’s Harding.” • He ‘
explained that he owned a news- j
paper and enjoyed being around the-]
office. He was asked if he had a j
copy of his speech, and when he
said he did not have it, it was sug
gested that he could use a type
writer and make an abstract. Sen
ator Harding did. He then asked,
“Is there anything else I can do?”
A handful of proofs was shoved
to him and the presidential nominee
read and corrected them. He re
mained in the office the greater part
of his stay in Boone, and when he
left with a copy of the paper he
helped publish, remarked, “See you
again, maybe.”
The News has been unable to ob
tain any information concerning the
Alaska flying squadron since the ar
rival of the planes at Prince George,
but it is presumed that they are
held up at that place, pending re
pairs to Captain Street’s machine,
which was damaged while landing.
A mass meeting was held recently
in Ketchikan for the purpose of
“protesting against the present reign
of lawlessness in Ketchikan.”
In»u, Where Belle end Btrers Meet
LONDON, Aug. 5.—Among Brit
ish officials and diplomats of other
nations there is an undisguised feel
ing of anxiety over the Polish situ
ation, which appears to be growing
graver daily. One official declared
today that “the situation is as grave
as that of August, 1914.”
BRITISH ULTIMATUM.
LONDON, Aug. 5.—The Herald
is authority for the statement that
Premier Lloyd George has presented
an ultimatum to the representatives
of the soviet government demanding
the immediate and unconditional
abandonment of the Russian ad
vance into Poland “even before the
signing of armistice terms.” Fail
ure to comply will be followed by
a declaration of war by England.
The Herald says the note is of a
threatening character and the Daily
Mail also refers to it as much in
the nature of an ultimatum.
In British military quarters it is
believed that the most effective
weapon of the Allies against the
Russians will be a blockade. It is
also believed that the Allies will
provide Poland with supplies if it is
possible to make deliveries.
A report reaching this city today
says that the Russians are now with
in 30 miles of Warsaw.
STOPPED AT BUG.
PARIS, Aug. 5.—Advices received
in this city today from Poland state
that the soviet forces are being held
at Brest-Litovsk. It is also claimed,
i in official advices sent out from
Warsaw, that the Bolsheviki lost
500 men in killed and drowned in
their attempts to cross the Bug river.
MOBILIZING.
PARIS, Aug. 5.—England has tak
en steps to mobilize two divisions
for service in Poland, according to
information received in this city this
afternoon.
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A mail stage is supposed to have
left Chitina today for Fairbanks
and should be in about Saturday.
A stage left Fairbanks this morn
ing with several passengers for the
States, Mrs. Joe Fischer being one
of them. Mrs. Tom Gibson is going
as far as Rapids.
Mrs. Alex Simson of Fairbanks
will be an outgoing passenger on
the steamer Alaska.
Claude Gordon, stenographer in
the office of the bureau of mines
station at Fairbanks, will ldave for
the Outside on the steamer Alaska.
He has been transferred to Seattle.
Miss Edna Lewis of Fairbanks,
sister of Mrs. Ike P. Taylor of this
city, will leave for the States on
the steamer Alaska to finish her
education at the University of Wash
ington.
Miss C. C. Heide, former resident
of Nenana and Fairbanks, arrived
from the States on the steamer Al
aska last night, after an absence of
several years.
Mrs. F. D. Browne arrived in
town on yesterdays train from the
end of steel.
. Leith Russell, who has charge of
the commission store at the Haslem
camp, beyond the end of steel, ar
rived in town on yesterday’s train.
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William C. Steinmetz, electrical
foreman of the T. & T. department
of the Alaskan Engineering com
mission, left for the coast yesterday
morning and probably will be away
until the end of the season, en.
gaged in work in the Southern di
vision.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Longstrom,
recent arrivals in Nenana from the
Tolovana district, have gone into
residence on upper First street, with
a view to making Nenana their
permanent home.
R. A. Darling, special agent in
charge, department of justice, bu
reau of investigation, returned to
Fairbanks this afternoon, after a
brief stay in Nenana on official busi
ness.
Dr. J. A. Sutherland arrived from
the Kantishna yesterday afternoon
with his launch Siwash, and left for
Fairbanks at an early hour this
morning. Colonel Steese and R. J.
Sommers made the round trip with
him from Nenana, and on the re
turn trip he was also accompanied
by Carl Selberg.
Roy Lund is among the out-of
town visitors in Nenana, having ar
rived from Fairbanks yesterday.
W. H. (Bill) McPhee, old land
mark of Fairbanks, was a returning
passenger on the steamer Alaska last
night, enroute to the upper town,
after an absence of several years
in the States. Bill wandered around
from city to city until he wearied
of the Outside, and says he has
come back to Alaska to stay.
Anchorage citizens have organized
a cemetery association, the object
being to take over the management
of the cemetery from the Alaskan
Engineering commission.
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COLONEL SIEESE
BACK FROM TRIP
TO HAM) CAMP
Colonel 1. G. Steese, chairman of
the Alaska Road commission, anu
R. J. Sommers, member of the ter
ritorial board of road commission
ers, returned to Nenana yesterday
afternoon from a hurried trip to
the Kantishna district, where they
inspected the Roosevelt-Moose road
project and conferred with Kantish
na mining men relative to the selec
tion of a route for a permanent
tru’-k r; id connecting the district
with the Government railroad. As
a result of the trip, Colonel Steese
has authorized the immediate com
mencement of work on the Roosevelt
road, which is greatly in need of
attention, and is now arranging for
a reconnaissance with a view to the
commencement of work on a trunk
road connecting with the railroad.
J The road officials made the trip
jinto the Kantishna on the Suther
land launch Siwash, and although
| absent from Nenana only eight days,
penetrated to the heart of the min
ing region, which necessitated a trip
on foot over the swampy Roosevelt
road, a distance of 30 miles from
the river. A considerable stretch
! of the road is at present almost
impassable. They visited a number
of the mining properties, including
the rich Aitken mine, and were very
favorably impressed by what they
saw. Colonel Steese is convinced
; that the district is rich in minerals
and that its development will be
:very materially aided by improved
‘transportation facilities.
Hawley Sterling, who is at pres
ent engaged in station work on the
Government railroad, has been en
gaged by Colonel Steese to inves
'tigate several suggested routes into
‘the Kantishna from the railroad and
ito report his findings and conclu
sions to the board at his earliest
j convenience, after which the chair
Iman, and possibly Colonel Gotwals,
will return to the Interior for the
purpose of going over the ground
before the selection of the route
i is finally approved. And should suf
ficient funds be made available by
Congress during the winter, a sub
stantial allotment will be made for
the Kantishna project and work will
be started early next season.
The road officials went out the
line as far as the end of steel today
and it is possible that Colonel Steese
will return to the coast by way of
Broad Pass, in company with Col
onel Mears, who is now enroute
from Anchorage.
Steve Foster is among the recent
arrivals in Nenuna, having mushed
across country from the Kantishna
district.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 5.—
Officials of the state department, re
plying to inquiries of numerous
newspaper representatives, relative
to developments in the Orient, stat
ed today that the "department does
not care to comemnt on unofficial
reports emanating from Tokio,
which purport to give details of a
friendly and frank discussion of
pending matters between the Gov
ernment of the United States and
Japan.”
The newspapermen were given the
assurance that any matters of public
interest would be given the fullest
publicity after having been satis
factorily disposed of by the two
governments.
There have been no new develop
ments today and it is intimated in
official circles tha',i^,<ere i no occa
sion for uneasiness as a result of
the exchange of notes between Am
erica and Japan.
CRIMES INCREASE
IN LARGEST CITY
NEW YORK, Auk- 5.—According
to a statement issued by the dis
trict attorney this week, a total of
152 murders have been committed
in this city since the first of the
year, setting a new record for crime
in the American metropolis.
Never before in the history of
New York, the statement says, have
there been so many homicides in a
half year as there have been during
the past six months.
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FAMILY WIPED OUT
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LITTLE, ROCK, Ark., Aug. 5.—
William Crutcher, a farmer residing
at Desaro, this state, threw his four
children into a bayou yesterday and
then jumped into the water himself,
with suicidal intent, according to
word received here this morning. All
five were drowned.
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