WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1P20.
NO. 269
BRYAN WILL SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION
WILSON BRANDS SECRET SALE REPORT AS FAKE
FAIRBANKS REPUBLICANS THROWING HATS IN CIRCLE
THE HAGUE, Feb. 16.—Follow
ing the refusal of the Holland gov
ernment to comply with the Allied
demand for the extradition of the
former kaiser, the Allies have sent
another note to The Hague request
ing that the much-sought arch-crim
inal be interned, the note suggest
ing that the place of internment be
one of the Dutch Islands of the
West Indies.
It is understood that the Dutch
government has offered to intern the
former kaiser at Doom, where he is
now living. The government agrees,
if the proposal meets with the ap
proval of the Allies, to guard the
kaiser there, and to establish a strict
censorship.
It is not known whether or not
the Allies will consent to such a
* compromise, but it is understood
that they now have the matter under
consideration.
FIRST CLASS MAIL IS
DELAYED BY BLIZZARD
A Brower mail stage, with a con
signment of first class mail, was re
ported from McCallums this morn
ing, and should reach Fairbanks
about Wednesday. The stage was
held up the recent severe weather
on the Richardson trail.
Considerable second class mail if
now in Fairbanks awaiting shipment
to Nenana, and will be down on to
morrow’s train. The first class mai
will follow on Friday.
Resident Engineers, Mills, Has
lam, Hershberger, and Kestly wert
in town on Saturday for the show
and dance. Mrs. Kestly accompa
nied her husband.
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BRYAN OUTLINES PLATFORM
HE FAVORS FOR DEMOCRATS
CLEVELAND, 0., Feb. 16.—In
an interview published in this city,
William Jennings Bryan enumerates
eight planks he would like to have
incorporated in the Democratic plat
form at the forthcoming Democratic
national convention at San Fran
! cisco. The first is an endorsement
of the Wilson administration; sec
ond, prohibition; third, woman’s
'suffrage; fourth, opposition to en
forced military training; fifth, oppo
sition to profiteering; sixth, taxa
tion; seventh, labor problems;
i eighth, public ownership,
j Bryan predicts the elimination
of soldier candidate sfor the presi
; dency.
CHEF OPH
IN NENAHA FROM
ANCHORAGE POST
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I
: X. P. Hansen, chief operator oi
the T. & T. department in tin
1 Southern division of the Govern
• ment railroad, arrived from the coasl
on Saturday’s train on a combinec
'official and pleasure trip to the Im
, terior. He plans to leave for Fair
banks tomorrow, and after a visii
!of several days in the upper town
will return to Nenana and musl
back to his headquarters on th;
coast.
Mr. Hansen left Anchorage foi
| the Interior a week ago last Wed
.nesday and hit the trail at the coas
end of steel the following day. Hi
found the mushing somewhat diflfi
cult on account of new snow, bu
believes conditions will be improve!
on the return trip. He spent tw<
days enroute at the telegraph con
struction camp near the summit, am
reached Canyon City in time ti
catch the Nenana train on Saturday
He was on snowshoes for two day^
The linemen who are working to
| ward Nenana with wire for a tele
jgraph line were about a mile nortl
jof the summit when Mr. Hansei
• passed them, and he thinks they mus
be two or there miles north by thi
time. The work is being directe
by Foreman George Woods.
Mr. Hansen is stationed at Ar
chorage.
MUD DRUM [MODES
ID SIMILE STtH
SEATTLE, Feb. 16.—Five pe
sons were killed in this city toda
as a result of the explosion of
mud drum at the Yesler way elei
trie sub-station. Those killed wei
employes of the company and wei
close at hand when the explosic
occurred.
The sub-station was considerab'
damaged by the explosion.
BOOMS WANING. ,
SEATTLE. Feb. 16.—'The Wash-;
ington correspondent of the Seattle
!
Times says that the Hoover and j
Wood presidential booms are wan-!
ing, while Governors Lowden and1
Harding are coming to the front as ’
likely Republican candidates. Hoov-!
er’s boom is on the decline, the,
correspondent says, chiefly because j
the former food administrator shows;
little interest in the campaign which 1
has been started for him. Hoover,
the message states, is interested in
everything but politics, and appar
ently was sincere when he said he
was not a candidate for the presi
dency. ,
The reason for the waning: of the.
Wood campaign is attributed to bad
management.
The opinion prevails in the Kast'
that none of the Republican candi
dates will go to the Chicago con
vention with the nomination assured, j
Some of the Eastern observers'
think that Vice-President Marshall
would like to head the Democratic
ticket, but the message does not say
that he has committed himself on
that point.
HOOVER AMERICAN.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—Hoover’s
sense of humor has been revealed
in a letter he wrote to Casper
Hodgson, of Yonkers, an old Stan
'AUCTION OF SHIPS
i HELD AS ARRANGED;
PROTESTS IGNORED
I
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16.—j
jin spite of protests filed by mem-;
bers of Congress, the United States,
j Shipping board received bids today!
jfor the thirty former German liners!
j which the board has decided to dis-;
•pose of by auction. A number of i
bids have been submitted to the;
board, but figures are not yet ob- j
tainable. j
The District of Columbia court
ihas taken under advisement the ap
plication for an injunction to pre-1
j vent the sale, which was filed with j
the court on Saturday.
Wilton Deniet Pact.
Information coming’ from the
White House this afternoon states
that President Wilson emphatically
denies the charge that the shipping
hoard entered into a secret agree
ment with British interests for the
sale of the liners to them. ' The
President will officially inform the
senate to that effect in answer to
the resolution asking for informa
tion regarding the report of such an
agreement.
YANKEE HELD FOR RANSOM
| WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16.
i The state department has been offi
. cially advised from Mexico of the
. capture of another American by
. Mexican bandits. The name of the
. jlatest victim is William Welsh Ad
iiams, of Los Angeles, but the de
tails of his capture are not yet
known here, beyond the fact that
the outrage took place in the state
of Zacatecas, in Central Mexico.
The bandits are demanding a ran
som of 50,000 pesos for the release
of their prisoner.
1 COLLINS TO MAKE
RACE FOR SENAT
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Republican aspirants for terri
torial honors are getting busy in
the Fairbanks district, according to
information received by The News
today. Several prominent residents
of the upper town have announced
their candidacy for nomination at
the forthcoming primaries, and oth
ers, it is expected, will file within
!the next few days, it being the in
tention of. the Republicans of the
district to have a full ticket in the
field if possible.
Ernest B. Collins/ who was a
member of the lower branch of the
last legislature, will seek nomina
tion as the party's candidate foi
the senate, to succeed Dan Suther
land. Andrew Nerland, also a mem
her of the lower house last year
will seek re-election, and P. J
Rickert and H. H. Ross also havt
filed as candidates for nominatio;
as representatives, leaving room foi
one more. No one has filed yet foi
road commissioner.
Other Republicans desiring to en
iter the primaries for any of the re
maining places, or as candidates fo
the places mentioned, must file thei:
declarations of candidacy with thi
clerk of court before the 26th.
ford classmate of Hoover's. In this
letter, which has just been made
public. Hoover pleads guilty to the
charge that he purchased his engi
neering profession abroad, but in
reply to the charge that he is a
British citizen or has applied for
British citizenship, he said that
many generations of Quaker ances
tors would rise in their graves-' at
such a discovery. The British, he
says, “refused to allow me to enter
England during the war without a
passport.” And he concludes by
saying he is flattered by the false
reports that he made ten million
dollars before he reached his thirti
eth year and that he has heavy in
vestments in England.
ILL LONG III
H. O. Belden, pioneer resident of
Chena, died in the hospital at Fair
banks last night, following a long
i period of illness, diagnosed as can
jeer of the stomach. He had been a
i patient at the hospital for several
i
| months and hope of saving his life
;was long ago abandoned,
j The deceased was one of the
:most widely known residents of the
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j Interior country. He located in
J Chena in the early days and took a
[prominent part in the affairs of that
•town for many years. He had a
[ranch close to town and was en
[gaged much of the time in the fuel
jand teaming business.
He was also very active in aquatic
i sports, going in for motor speed
i boats. He entered in nearly all the
[races held at Fairbanks, and carried
ioff the Nenana prize in 1918.
No arrangements have been made
as yet for the funeral.
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Frank Lawson, Shaw creek opera
tor, left Fairbanks on Saturday en
'route to his camp, after a business
visit in town.
Mrs. Sullivan, who arrived in Fair
banks last week, returned to hei
trail establishment on Saturday.
—
, Jake Lawick, Fairbanks grocer
left for the Outside yesterday b>
I way of the Richardson trail. He wit
be back on one of the Arst boats.
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Assistant United States Attorney
' IE. Coke Hill will leave Fairbank:
tomorrow for Tanana, traveling b;
' dog team.'
There will be a regular meetinj
‘ of Nenana Igloo, No. 17, Pioneer
' of Alaska, at Union hall tonight
commencing at eight o’clock.
BOSTON', Feb. 16.—The shipping
board steamship Rod Mountain is
disabled and adrift 1,000 miles east
of New York as a result of encoun
tering a heavy gale. Another ship
ping board steamship, the Fllmsport.
is going to the assistance of the
disabled craft.
BCAT HITS ICE.
BOSTON, Feb. 16.— The shipping
[board steamship Orion is reported
[caught in the ice of the Nova Sco
tia coast. Wireless calls have been
picked up, asking for assistance,
and vessels have been despatched to
render relief.
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SCHOONER DISABLED.
! BEAUFORT, X. ('., Feb. 16.—The
i coastguard cutter Itasca has report
ed from a point 100 miles out. en
gaged in towing to port a disabled
I vessel which summoned assistance.
‘An unidentified schooner is also in
trouble, reports stating that the
craft is in a sinking condition HU
' miles southwest of Cape Lookout
| lightship.
STILL ANOTHER.
LONDON, Feb. 16.—The crew of
'the American steamship West Aleta,
[aground off Terschelling island, has
ibeen taken off by vessels which went
'to the assistance of the disabled
jcraft. Many members of the crew
hail from Seattle.
CANADA OBJECTING
TO TOSS OF POWER
OTTAWA. Feb. 16.—The Domin
ion government has notified England
that it objects strenuously to any
'changes in the League of Nations
! covenant which will prevent Canada
!
from being a full-fledged member
of the league, with a vote in the
j assembly, as originally agreed upon
i by the peace conference.
* The Canadian cabinet is urging
England to refuse to accept the
;Lenroot reservation, which the Am
erican senate now has under con
1 sideration and which proposes to
: eliminate Canada’s voting power in
ithe assembly.
- . —
! Mrs. Durwood Hocker, of the
j Fairbanks telephone exchange, who
,has been a patient at St. Joseph’s
'hospital during the past several
| days, receiving treatment for a se
jvere cold, returned to her home this
■ afternoon, much improved in health.
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R Minimum .30 above R
• R Monday, February 16. R
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