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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1920.
NO. 90
IRISH QUESTION WILL BE CONSIDERED
ARMY PLANES MAKE SECOND STOP ON WA YNORTH
COURT GIVES VOLSTEAD NOMINATION IN CONTEST CASE
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OFFER TO BRYAN
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LINCOLN, Neb., July 21—The
opinion is freely expressed among
leaders of the Prohibition party who
are here to attend the national con
vention, which opened today, that
if William Jennings Bryan refuses
to accept the nomination ds Pro
hibition candidate for the presi
dency, the honor of standard-bearer
will be forced upon him. To all
appearances, the delegates to the
convention are unanimous for Bry
an, and for Billy Sunday for second
place, nothwithing the fact that
neither has made any effort to se
cure the nomination and will not
attend the convention.
The delegates declare that it is
the intention of the Prohibition par
ty to carry on the dry fight until
opposition has been worn out.
SUNDAY WILLING.
HOOD RIVER, Ore., July 21—
Billy Sunday ha=> announced that he j
is ready to accept the Prohibition i
nomination for the vice-presidency,
provided Bryan heads the ticket.
COM MINERS ARE
' OU1 IN COLORADO
CANYON CITY, July 21. — Six
hundred coal miners in the employ
of the Colorado Fuel & Iron com
pany are out on strike this week,
with the result that coal mining ac
tivities in this region are consider
ably curtailed.
The decision to strike was reach
ed following the issuance of an
order directing the installation of
electric safety lamps.
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First class mail, which reached
Fairbanks from the coast yesterday
afternoon, arrived in Nenana this
afternoon on the steamer Alaska.
Oscar Schulz, who conducts a
trading post on the Porcupine river,
near the mouth of Crow river, is re
ported to have fully recovered his
health. After suffering four years,
he came to Nenana and had his
stomach repaired at the Government
hospital, being under treatment here
several months. He can eat any
thing now, he says, and feels as
strong as he ever did in his life
Dr. M. E. Smith, former chief
surgeon at the local hospital, is re
ported to have assisted in several
operations along the river on his
recent voyage to the States.
Farmer Ed Parks, who has about
ten acres under cultivation near the
powder house, is a visitor in town.
He reports everything growing nice
ly now, with the exception of his
potatoes, which are very backward.
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SINN FEINERS GET HEARING;
MEET GOVERNMENT LEADERS
VOLSTEAD TO RUN;
GETS NOMINATION
IN CONTEST CASE
BENSON, Minn., July 21.—Rep
resentative A. J. Volstead, the only
Republican representative defeated
in the recent Minnesota - primary
election, has been successful in his
efforts to disqualify his successful
rival, O. J. Kvale, a local preacher,
who received the endorsement of
the Non-Partisan league. The deci
sion disqualifying Kvale was ren
dered today by District Judge Al
bert Johnson, who heard the contest
suit and declared Volstead duly nom
[ mated.
Kvale was generally regarded dur
ing the campaign as a prohibition
ist, but nevertheless received the
support of the wet element of the
Seventh district in consequence of
the general disapproval of the one
half of one percent alcoholic con
tent definition of intoxicating liquor
in the Volstead act.
LONDON, July 21.—the shipping
tonnage under construction in Brit
ish yards at the present time ag
gregates 3,578,000 tons, according
to a survey made by Lloyds. This is
greater by 1,670,000 tons than .s
under construction in American
yards.
The survey is very complete and
indicates a determination on the
part of England to expedite the
restoration of British shipping to
its pre-war basis.
NON-PARTISAN LEAGUE
NOMINATES GOVERNOR
YAKIMA, Wash., July 21.—The
Non-Partisan league, which held its
state convention in this city, nom
inated Robert Bridges of Seattle for
governor. A full state ticket was
named.
VETERAN COACH DEAD;
PASSED DURING NIGHT
AUBURN, N. Y., July 21.—
Charles E. Courtney, veteran oars
man and coach for Cornell, was
found dead this morning at his home
at Farley’s Point. Death is at
tributed to natural causes.
The Alaskan Engineering com
mission has inaugurated a private
mail service between ends of steel,
the plan being to make a round trip
weekly between Healy and Talkeet
na. A1 Bigger has been assigned
to the work of negotiating the Broad
Pass trail.
LONDON, July 21.—Leaders of
the Sinn Fein movement and repre
sentatives of the British govern
ment are prepared to discuss, if they
are not already discussing, the basis
for the probable settlement of the
Irish question, according to a state
ment appearing today . in the col
umns of the Daily Mail. The report
was received from the Mail’s Dub
lin correspondent, usually a well
informed source of information.
FIGHT IN MEANTIME.
CORK, July 21. — Two military
lorries loaded with soldiers, which
passed through the streets of this
city at three o’clock this morning,
were attacked by civilians with
bombs and both of them were
wrecked. The attack resulted in
the injury of between 60 and 70
of the soldier-eecupants. The at
tackers used a total of 29 bombs.
Street fighting earlier in the night
resulted in the death of one rioter
and the injury of many others.
When the fighting started, fright
ened women and children hurried
to the side streets for shelter, but
some of them did not get out ef
the way soon enough to escape the
fusillade. Several young girls were
among those injured.
Numerous clashes occurred during
the night between volunteer guards
and military patrols moving about
the city in motor lorries and ar
mored cars.
The arrival of additional troops
this morning has had the effect of
restoring order temporarily, but
further outbreaks are expected dur
ing the night.
ALASKA SAILS ON
VOYAGETO YUKON
The steamer Alaska, which sailed
from Fairbanks at three o’clock this
I morning, reached Nenana at 2:30
! this afternoon, bound for Dawson,
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iand remained in port only long
{enough to take on several pass
jengers who had engaged passage to
! the States.' By three o’clock the
I steamer was on its way again,
j The passengers boarding the boat
!at Nenana were: R. E. Lambert,
I Mrs. William Zacharias, of Liven
good; Alex M. Smith, fur buyer;
jj. W. Brown, and John Welsh, the
:last named having bought a ticket
for Rampart. The others are en
route to the States.
The only Fairbanks passenger
outward bound is Mrs. William
; Brown.
NEW HEARING DENIED
CANADIAN LABORITE
LONDON, July 21. — The privy
council has dismissed the petition
for a new trial which was filed by
attorneys for R. B. Russell, chief
\ labor leader during the general
'strike at Winnipeg last year. Rus
jsell was found guilty of conspiracy
land sentenced to two years in pris
on.
BABE RUTH SLUGGING;
BEATS LAST SEASON
CHICAGO, July 21.—At the close
of last week, Sisler of St. Louis
headed the American league batting
list with a percentage of .404. Babe
Ruth was in fourth place, but he
still holds the record for home runs,
having landed his 29th during the
week, equaling last season’s per
formance. Hornsby, of St. Louis, is
at the head of the National list with
a percentage of .360.
Billy Butler was an outgoing pass
enger on this morning’s train, head
ed for the end of steel.
GREEKS THREATEN;
TURKS WILL SIGN
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 21.—
According to official announcement
made by officials of the Turkish
(government today, the Ottoman em
jpire has reached a decision to sign
[the peace treaty as presented by
(the Allies, and it is expected that
the required signatures will be at
tached to the important document
within the next few days.
The Turkish war office has been
(advised of the occupation of Adri
anople by the vanguard of the Greek
army which is conducting an of
fensive against the Turkish Nation
alist forces.
OH RIVERMAN
DIES IN FAIRBANKS
Joseph L. Knott, well-known ma
rine engineer, who has been em
ployed on the Tanana and Yukon
rivers during the past fifteen years,
succumbed to heart trouble at Fair
banks at eight o’clock this morning.
The deceased had the flu at Chena
during the recent epidemic, and al
though he recovered sufficiently to
resume his duties in the engine
room of the steamer Tanana, he did
not fully regain his health, and
when the Tanana was last in port
he was taken from the steamer to
St. Joseph’s hospital, where he re
mained under treatment until claim
ed by death.
The deceased leaves a wife in Se
attle, to whom a wire has been sent
requesting instructions relative to
the funeral arrangements.
Jack Felix has been assigned to
duty at the local power plant and
hopes to be able to remain in town
permanently. His daughter will ar
rive shortly from the' States to keep
house for him.
STATE SCORES IN
COMMUNIST TRIAL
IN CHICAGO COORI
CHICAGO, July 21.—The state
scored a point today in the trial of
the score of Communists charged
with conspiracy to overthrow the
Government, when Judge Oscar He
ber, before whom the case is being
tried, overruled objection to certain
testimony offered by the prosecu
tion. The decision came at the con
clusion of two days of argument by
the objecting attorneys for the de
fense.
The defense sough! to exclude
the testimony of Ole Hanson, for
mer mayor of Seattle, and also that
of Harry Wilson, a secret service
agent, who posed in Seattle as sec
retary of the Soldiers, Sailors, and
Workmen’s Soviet council.
The defense also sought to ex
clude other stories of the Seattle
strike, which the state contends was
a revolt.
RETAILERS FORCE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 21
Responsibility for the continued rise
in food prices is laid at the door of
the retailers of the country, in a
report just issued by the department
of labor. There has been a slight
lowering of wholesale prices thru
out the States since the first of the
year, but the cost of food to the
consumer has continued to climb,
notwithstanding.
The report, which was compiled
by the bureau of statistics of the
department of labor, says that a
survey of 37 states shows that the
retail price of foodstuffs has ad
vanced nine percent since the first
of the year, and two percent since
the first of June. Wholesale prices,
on the other hand, have dropped
two and three-quarters percent dur
ing the same period.
YANKEE TRAPSHOOTERS
WIN ENGLISH MATCHES
ANTWERP, July 21—American
trapshooters who will participate in
the Olympic contests arrived here
today fresh from victories gained at
the international match at Hendon,
England, where they carried off five
first places. Frank Troeh, of Van
couver, Washington, made a perfect
score.
Mrs. Alf Ekeland and son Eldon
went to Fairbanks today for a visit
with friends in the upper town.
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GRAND RAPIDS, July 21.—Aft
er having been delayed at Erie sev
eral days by unfavorable weather
conditions, three of the four army
airplanes which started for Alaska
last week from New York, resumed
their flight this morning and Nos.
2 and 4 reached this city without
accident during the early afternoon.
No. 1 plane was compelled to land
near Erie, on account of engine
trouble, and may not be able to
resume the flight today. No. 3
plane came to grief yesterday while
trying for a start from Erie and
has not yet been repaired.
The two planes which arrived here
this afternoon will spend the night
here, and may possibly await the
arrival of the other two machines,
it being the desire of Commander
Street to keep his squadron intact
during the long aerial journey to
the Arctic.
SALT LAKE CITY, July 21.—The
Utah & Idaho Sugar company, as
represented by its directors and of
ficers. has been bound over for trial
on the charge of profiteering in
the sale of sugar. The complaint
lalleges that the company purchased
sugar for less than 9 Vi cents a
pound and disposed of it for 25
cents.
The president of the company is
Heber J. Grant, president of the
: Mormon church.
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There were 605 employes on the
commission payroll last summer at
this time, nine more than are on
the roll at present, in this division.
There are, however, 148 more sta
tionmen and stationmen laborers at
work now than were in the division
a year ago, the present total being
349 stationmen and 55 stationmen
laborers.
SEVERAL MINERS ARE
ENTOMBED BY CAVEIN
PITTSBURG, July 21.—Several
miners are reported to have been
entombed in the mine of the Union
Collieries company at Benton as the
result of a cavein, following an ex
plosion.
Lieut-Gen. Hunter Liggett and
the members of his party, outward
bound from Fairbanks, were at Cop
per Center this morning and should
reach Chitina this afternoon.
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