WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. !1I.
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1920.
NO. 36
SUPREME COURT KNOCKS R. R. APPEAL
BORAH WILL TRY TO PASS YANKEE SHIPS FREE
• M’ADOO DECLARES HE IS NOT CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE
BORAH WISES
10 M EFFORT
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WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—
Senator Borah has announced that
he will introduce a measure today
providing: for the repeal of the
law which imposes tolls on Ameri
can vessels passing through the
1 Panama canal.
The action of the senator is re
garded with considerable apprehen
sion. the leaders of both parties
predicting that the introduction of
such a bill at this time will result
in a sharp controversy on the floor
of the senate.
• It is also believed that an at
tempt to repeal the toll regulation
will have the effect of reviving anti
British feeling and draw bitter op
position from the administration.
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imps ARE LANDED
10 DIM IRISHMEN
CORK, May 18.—Two thousand
British soldiers from England were
landed at Dantry yesterday by Brit
ish transports and are now being
distributed throughout this district.
One hundred and fifty of the sol
diers have been stationed at Skib
bereen.
LOWER HOUSE DOWNS
CONFERENCE REPORT
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—
By an overwhelming vote, the low
er house of Congress has rejected
the conference report on the diplo
matic appropriation bill, the objec
tion being a legislative rider mak
ing permanent the war-time pass
port control regulations.
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AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION
QUESTIONED BY RAILROADS
LAWMAKERS ARE
READY TO HELP
GET CABLE AID
•SEATTLE, May IS.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Seattle
Times is authority for the state
ment that the members of the sen
ate commerce committee look kind
' ly upon the proposal to instal a
new Pacific cable and will give the
matter their consideration immedi
ately following the summer recess.
This assurance is given by Senator
Wesley L. Jones.
The plan for bettering communi
cation between Alaska and points
on the Pacific coast will include
new land wires along the Alaska
coast, and stretching across the
]Aleutians by short cable spans.
Investigation of Northern condi
tions of communication has con
jvinced the committeemen that the
[wireless service is not reliable and
I should be augmented by cables and
land wires wherever possible.
TACOMA JEWELER IS
KILLED BY RELATIVE
TACOMA, May 18.—P. B. Fried
man, a well-known jeweler of this
city, was shot and killed here today
by his stepson, Robert Friedman,
While the two men were engaged
in a scuffle for the possession of
the pistol which caused the elder
man’s death.
The boy immediately notified the
authorities of the tragedy', and is
being held in custody pending an
investigation of the shooting. He
claims that he shot his step-father
in self-defense.
OLDTIMER EXPLAINS
GOLD RUSH MYSTERY
j For the past twenty years the
jNorthwest mounted police have beer
jtrying to find out the fate of Hector
! McLean, who left Nova Scotia dur
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jing the Yukon gold rush and ha>
been persistently inquired for bj
relatives ever since. E. F. Grigwire
of Wrangell, has at last solved th<
'mystery. He states that August 23
:1897, eight men, of whom McLear
,was one, started up Lynn canal for
iSkagway in a Columbia river fishing
boat, and during a violent storm th<
vessel capsized and McLean am
four others were drowned. The rest
of the party were picked up by the
steamer Islander and taken to Skag
way, whence they scattered to dif
ferent camps in the Interior.
Dick Morris is confined to his bee
today, as the result of over-exertion
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—
In a decision handed down this
morning, the supreme court of the
United States makes known the dis
missal of appeals in proceedings
brought by certain railroad and oth
er transportation companies to de
termine the authority of the inter
state commerce commission in pre
scribing the terms under which in
terstate carriers may insert bills of
| lading.
The supreme court holds that the
'question has been decided in the en
actment of the transportation act,
enlarging the powers of the inter
state commerce commission.
The Alaska Steamship company
I was among the companies involved
: in the action.
Roads Are Swamped.
The railroads of the country, t
swamped with business, have turned |
hopefully to the interstate com
merce commission for the restora
tion of pooling equipment and the
priority system of handling: essen- j
tials.
The commission is now looking
into the matter, and should it be ,
found that the emergency justifies j
action, orders probably will be is- j
sued taking over very complete con- (
trol of the freight situation.
Hines Out.
Director Hines, who retired on
Saturday as head of the railroad
administration, will go to Europe at
an early date on a confidential mis
sion for President Wilson.
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; WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18.—
According to announcement made '
today by the war department, Sec
retary Baker has withdrawn the
privilege of wearing army uniforms
and the use of miliitary titles accord
'ed to officers of charitable and so
cial organizations during the war. !
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OPPOSING DELEGATES
AWARDED HALF SEATS*
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SPOKANE, Wash., May 18.—The
contesting delegates to the Demo
cratic state convention from Pierce
county were seated this morning,
when the convention began its de
liberations. The difficulty of decid
ing the contest was avoided by giv
ing each delegate half a vote, thus j
making it possible to seat all the
delegates.
i Both sides promise to carry the
fight to the floor of the convention.
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WOMAN DOCTOR STARTS
TROUBLE AT WRANGELL
: While the Wrangell council was
in session recently, Dr. Kearsley
and husband came to the hall and
made an assault on Mayor J. W.
Pritchett, who was presiding at the
meeting. Mr. Kearsley was over
1 powered by the members of the
!council and ejected from the cham
ber. As soon as order was restored
the meeting was adjourned until the
| next day. The mayor then swore
lout a warrant for Kearsley, who
,was tried next day. After hearing
I the evidence, Kearsley was acquit
ited. The fight was the outcome of
a health office squabble.
i Theo. Brakke went to Fairbanks
'today and probably will remain in
jthe upper town until his health is
restored.
The condition of Mrs. W. H.
Gilcher is said to be very much
improved today. She is under treat
ment at the Gilcher home.
PLANE WILL RACE
AD CLUB CARAVAN
EUGENE. Ore., May 18.—Lieut.
R. M. Kelly, of the Ninth army air
squadron, is making' preparations to
make a flight from Blaine, Wash
ington, to Stockton, California, in
seven hours. He will leave Blaine
next Sunday and endeavor to over
take the Ad club auto caravan
which left here yesterday for the
California city.
The Ad club members are er.
route to Stockton to attend the
convention which will open there
on Monday
COX GETS SUPPORT
OF KENTUCKY VOTE
LOUISVILLE, Ky„ May 18—The
Democratic state convention gave
Governor Cox the entire delega
tion of 20.
ANCIENT VILLAGE TO
HAVE REPLICA SOON
HONOLULU, T. H—Eben Low,
member of the Honolulu city and
county board of supervisors, an
nounced recently that he is working
on a plan to establish in Kapiolani
park, Honolulu, a replica of an
ancient Hawaiian village, populated
by native Hawaiians, who will live
the life and follow the pursuits of
their forbears. ,
Tapa, mat and hat making will
be exemplified, and the products
sold to visitors, according to Low’s
plan, while surf and outrigger canoe
riding will be seen from the nearby
shore.
Joe Burns, of the Coliseum, went
to Fairbanks on today’s train and
probably will be awray a week on
business matters.
Jack Lucy was a passenger on
today’s train for Fairbanks. He
may not return to Nenarra.
Rev. Frederick B. Drane returned
to Nenana today from the upper
Tanana. He was down with the flu
for several days.
PUBLISHERS ARE
MAKING EFFORTS
10 SAVE PAPER
WASHINGTON, D. C'., May 18.—
Representatives of more than 100
of the smaller newspapers of the
country have formed the United
States Publishers’ Newsprint Con
servation league, the object of the
organization being: to deal collec
tively with the hardships confront
ing: small publishers in consequence
of the newsprint shortage. The
outlook, as presented at the organ
ization meeting held in this city,
is very gloomy indeed.
A resolution adopted by the
league asks publishers with more
than 50,000 circulation to reduce
their consumption of newsprint pa
per five percent weekly and ten
percent in Sunday editions.
PRINTERS SCARCE.
SYRACUSE, N. Y., May 18.—
Three local daily newspapers have
announced the suspension of all dis
play advertising, giving as their
reason their inability to secure print
ers to set the advertising matter.
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Morton E. Stevens, well-known
Fairbanks attorney, arrived in N'e
nana today from the upper town
and will be here until Friday. Mr.
Stevens and the members of his
family were amonjj the few who
escaped the flu in Fairbanks.
S. E. Parks went to Fairbanks
today.
Chief Accountant .1. E. McIntosh,
who went to Fairbanks on Friday,
returned to Xenana today.
Joe Lautthlin and Frank Arm
strong were amonjj the Nenanaites
who went to Fairbanks today.
j Miss Eunice Thrift returned from
Fairbanks today, after an absence
of several days.
Dutch Blankfield arrived in Ne
nana today, having come down or
.the Goldstream Limited.
Alex Carlson came down from
Fairbanks today.
i Charles E. Taylor, of the Iditaroc!
i law firm of Albrecht & Taylor, wh>
recently reached Fairbanks from the
States enroute to his headquarter;
in the lower river country, came tc
Nenana today to help out at the
local N. C. store, and probably will
be here until he can get a boail
for the lower river.
I Xanana, Where Balia and Bivera Meet
M’ADOO CLAIMS
HE IS NO! OUT
FOR ANY PLACE
COLORADO SPRINGS, May 18.
—Former Secretary of the Treasury
William G. McAdoo declares, in a
statement made here today, that he
jis not a candidate for the presi
dency or for any other office. He
[declares further that he is not in
| politics at all and has no intention
'of attending the Democratic nation
al convention at San Francisco, eith
!er as a delegate or as a spectator.
Earlier in the month, McAdoo ad
dressed a letter to the Metal Trades
j council of Brooklyn, in which he
(said that he was not interested in
• the political fortunes of any man,
:least of all himself. The welfare of
the people along: should determine
|the choice of the next President of
' the United States, he wrote. The
! office, in his opinion, is one that
: demands the highest order of states
manship and other qualities which
i he doubts if he possesses.
| McAdoo’s advice to labor is that
lit support itself against reaction.
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CONSTANTINOPLE, May IS.- A
sanguinary battle is reported to
have taken place this week between
Turkish and Greek forces at a point
about 25 miles east of Smyrna,
where the Turks are conducting of
fensive operations.
The result of the engagement has
not been made known here, but the
reports state that the Turks are
massing reinforcements with the in
dention of making a further advance
on the Greek iiositions.
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DELAWARE LAWMAKERS
QUIT WITHOUT ACTION
DOVER, Del., May 18.—The low
er house of the state legislature
adjourned today without taking any
action on the suffrage amendment
CANADIANS TO START
PLANE MAIL SERVICE
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! VANCOUVER, B. C.—Early this
summer, hydroairplanes will provide
t.he Stewart mining camp with all
the comforts of a rural mail de
livery and will deliver from the
(Southern markets everything front
! prunes to lumber. Several machines
;are now being constructed in Seattle
|and early next month the first one
1 will fly to Stewart.
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CLOCKS TURNED AHEAD
BY ORDER OF COUNCIL
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j TOLEDO. Ohio.—Toledo’s clocks
were turned ahead one hour on
[March 28, under an ordinance passed
! by the city council.
The funeral of Jack Hobar, of
Fairbanks, was held in the upper
town this morning.
Henana, the Gateway to McKinley
national Park.