WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. Ill
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1920.
NO. 46
REDS MASSING FOR ATTACK ON POLES
HOOVER SPENT LARGE SUM TO WIN IN CALIFORNIA
PRESIDENT INDICATES ATTITUDE IN VIRGINIA MESSAGE
HOOVER SPENDS
CASH FREELY 10
INSURE SUPPORT
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29.—
In a statement made today before
the senate campaign investigating
committee, Alexander McCabe, trea
surer of the Johnson campaign com
mittee, admitted that between $100,
000 and $125,000 had been raised
in California for the Johnson cam
paign. McCabe denied that any of
the Johnson slush fund had been
spent in California,, and he asserted
that 300 students had been hired by
Hoover supporters to stand at the
polls on election day.
Frederick William Wile, corre
spondent of the Philadelphia Public
Ledger, testified that Crocker and
Rosseter had been instrumental in
raising an alleged fund of $85,000
in California for Johnson. He said
that his paper had been supporting
Hoover.
Evan S. Harris, of Albany, for
mer Democratic state chairman, in
formed the committee that he knew
nothing of the McAdoo campaign
or the McAdoo campaign fund.
Recalled by the. committee this
afternoon, McCabe told the commit
tee that approximately $200,000 had
been raised for the Johnson cam
paign by public appeal in Califor
nia, exclusive of small local sums
which would aggregate probably only
a few thousand dollars. The con
tributors included, he said, Herbert
Fleischacher, $5,000; William H.
Crocker, $4,000; J. H. Rosseter, $2,
500. Nothing had been contributed
by the de Youngs, of the San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The railroad commissioners and
university regents of California di
vided their allegiance between John
son and Hoover. The sum of $2,
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BIG BATTLE IN PROGRESS
ALONG POLISH FRONT NOW
WARSAW, May 29.—The Bolshe
viki forces have resumed their of
fensive along the entire Northern
front, following a massing of rein
forcements at every point of van
tage. Fighting is now progressing
with increased violence and the loss
es on both sides are said to be
assuming great proportions. The
Russians seemingly have returned to
the battle with a determination to
break down the Polish defenses or
die in the attempt.
000, McCabe continued, was sent to
Indiana, $2,000 to South Dakota,
$5,000 to Montana, $4,000 to Michi
gan, $5,500 to Oregon.
McCabe estimated that Hoover’:
expenditures in California were nol
j less than $300,000, while those oi
[Johnson will not exceed $50,000
| Hoover, he said, had 1,600 paid
workers in Los Angeles alone.
WILL AIIEMPI10
UNI
BRISTOL, Eng.—Charles Georgi
Stephens, a barber of this town
has announced that he is going; ti
try to shoot Niagara falls in a bar
rel.
He has booked his passage fron
Liverpool to Quebec on June 11
and says he intends to make the at
tempt at the end of June or earl;
in July.
Stephens is 56 years of age am
stands 5 feet 914 inches high. Th;
barrel will be 6 feet 2 inches, ani
in the middle 32 inches. Inside th<
barrel Stephens plans to be securet
by straps and the barrel is to bi
weighted at the bottom with a 100
pound weight to keep it upright ii
the water. Special breathing ap
paratus is also being fitted.
Among the many other feat
which Stephens claims to have per
formed are the following:
Kissing a lion in its den, shavini
customers in a lion’s den, boxinj
in a lion’s den, and parachute de
scents from balloons, for which feat
he boasts three ribbons, five goh
medals and six silver medals.
i To shoot Niagara falls in a bar
rel has been the ambition of nu
merous persons seeking notoriety
but few have accomplished it. Mrs
Anna Edson Taylor, who went ove
the falls in a wooden barrel abou
190-1, was severely injured, but re
covered. “Bobby” Leach made th
drop successfully and without in
jury in a steel barrel in 1911.
Residents of Sitka have voted t
incorporate the town.
Henan*, tv* Gateway to McKinley
Hatienal Park.
The report of the renewed hos
tilities came to this city in the form
of an official dispatch to the Polish
war office, and is regarded as au
thentic. The message states that a
fierce combat is now raging in all
the Northern sectors, from the Dvina
on the north to the Pripet river, in
the south, the batUefront having
grown suddenly in length to 220
miles.
Prisoners thus far captured by
ithe Poles include 400 Cossacks.
1 D’ANNUNZIO ACTIVE.
i PARIS. May 29. — D’Annunzio’s
| troops are reported to have occ'.i
! pied Vavalana and are now threat
! ening Susak as the result of con
tinued advances. The Jugoslavs are
preparing to resist further encroach
■ ments.
FRENCH IN ACTION.
| LONDON. May 29.—According to
: information received at the British
jwar office today, the French column
: which was sent to the relief of men
jaced towns in Syria has fought its
BROWNE WITHDRAWS
SUNDAY WORK RULE
i
In a statement made over the
telephone last night to a representa
tive of the Nenana Commercial club,
Engineer in Charge Fred’k D.
Browne explained his reasons for is
suing the now famous circular No.
145, prohibiting so-called non-essen
tial work on Sundays throughout the
Northern division. The explanation
was in response to a request from
the club for an official statement,
I setting forth why the order had been
issued, and by whom issued.
In answer to the first question,
Mr. Browne explained that there
never has been any Sunday work in
the Southern division and that he
had issued the circular chiefly with
the object in view of making local
conditions conform with those ob
taining on the coast. He had also
been prompted to prohibit Sunday
work, he said, by the condition in
which many of the railroad workers
now find themselves as a result of
the flu epidemic. Many of the men,
' he pointed out, are still weak, and
the restoration of their strength, in
' his opinion, will be expedited by
the rest they will be able to get on
Sundays under the new rule.
1 Mr. Browne did not say that he
had received instructions from any
source to issue such a circular at
this time, but explained that he
could have suspended Sunday work
at any time in the past, had he de
' sired to do so, intimating that his
' action had been influenced by con
ditions of health resulting from the
5 flu.
* It was pointed out to Mr. Browne
that the elimination of Sunday work
put the wage question back to where
it was before the first of May, the
date of the recent advance in wages
in this division, and while it was
, admitted by the engineer in charge
, that the ban on Sunday work would
make a difference in the monthly
, earnings, he insisted that the wages
paid employes of the Alaskan En
gineering commission are adequate,
and did not encourage the belief
> that any action would be taken by
him to restore the men to their
former status as regards pay.
After careful consideration of the
|probable results of the order, which
not only reduces the amount of
urgently needed work on the rail
road, but also reduces the income
of many workers to a smaller
amount than they were receiving
before the mueh-talkcd-of raise, the
club placed itself on record in the
following resolution:
j ‘‘Resolved, That this club place
itself on record as viewing with
genuine concern the inevitable and
deplorable results of the recent A.
E. C. order No. 145, namely, the
further depopulation of Interior Al
aska of its most-needed citizenry
and the retarding of railroad con
struction at the opening of the sea
son of greatest possible activity.”
ORDER RESCINDED.
At a late hour this afternoon, The
News was apprised of the fact that
Engineer in Charge Browne had is
sued a circular rescinding Circular
No. 145. The information came to
The News without explanation of
[any sort. The new circular, num
bered 14G, reads as follows:
“Circular 145, referring to Sun
i day work, is hereby withdrawn.
Sunday wdll be considered the same
as any other day in the week.”
The circular is signed by Mr.
i Browne.
BACK GF ARMENIA
i
I WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29.—
There is a well-founded rumor >n
circulation in official circles today
j to the effect that it is the intention
: of President Wilson to insist that
I the new republic of Armenia be
; given access to the sea at Batum,
I which the Allied supreme council
jhas tentatively decided shall be a
j free port.
j The state department is now en
i gaged in preparing data to assist the
i President in the determination of
I Armenian boundaries.
j Assistant Territorial Health Com
jmissioner J. A. Sutherland, who
way to Aintah, where a stand is
being made against an unusually
vigorous Turkish offensive. The
Turks are reported to have lost
heavily as a result of their attacks
! on the French.
PERSIA MENACED.
LONDON, May 29.—Reports re
ceived in this city state that Bol
sheviki troops are fairly pouring
iinto Persia and the situation there,
in consequence, is regarded as hav
| ing reached a serious stage.
made a trip down the river yester
day afternoon to investigate condi
tions among the natives near Minto.
ireturned to town during the night,
j having found the situation substan
tially as reported yesterday by Rev.
Frederick B. Drane. Dr. Sutherland
announces that the quarantine es
■tablished along the river will be
[lifted on Tuesday.
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PRESIDENT LETS
CM OUT OF BAG;
I ATTITUDE KNOWN
KASHINGTON, D. C., May 29.—
Thu endorsement of the Virginia
Democratic platform by President
Wilson is looked upon generally as
forecasting his attitude as regards
the national platform to be adopted
at the San Francisco convention.
The platform of the Virginia Dem
oerats was endorsed by the Presi
dent as “in full accord with my
own views, especially the statement
which sets forth the attitude of the
party on the League of Nations and
the pressing problems of peace, fin
ance and reconstruction.”
The platform as drafted by Car
ter Glass was praised by the Presi
dent for “steadfastly standing for
the covenant” agreed to at Ver
sailles. The platform condemns the
Republican reservations us destruc
tive of the purposes of the League
of Nations.
E
CUTS FAI MELON
S AKRON, Ohio, May 29. — The
j Goodyear Rubber company, whose
advertisements lend attraction to the
pages of numerous of the nation
ally-read magazines and periodicals,
has just declared a stock dividend
of 150 percent, representing profits
of more than $31,000,000. The
company also has voted to sell 10,
000,000. and 20,000,000 shares of
stock.
The report shows that the com
pany now has a' surplus of $43,
000,000.
Among the numerous communica
tions read at the meeting of the
Nenana Commercial club last nigh*
was an interesting letter from Gov
ernor Thomas Riggs, Jr., in which
he commends the organization for
the persistent efforts that are being
made to promote the upbuilding of
ithe Interior country. The Governor
was formerly a member of the local
club and took an active part in the
work during his residence here.
“I have noticed with interest,” the
Governor writes, "the activities of
[the N'enana Commercial club, and
'am very glad to see that it is such
a really live organization. A com
mercial club should keep itself well
jadvertised to receive consideration.
.For example, the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce and Commercial dun
.started a few years ago with a small
|membership and is now practically
jthe central body for all of the state
'of Washington.”
I The Governor mentions that be
has read with interest the copy of
jthe Commercial’s letter to J. L. Me
jPherson, outlining certain reforms
jdesired for Interior Alaska, and,
icontinuing, he says: “As you know,
i there is now a bill before Congress
ito create a development board for
jAlaska, which will take the place of.
or rather, consolidate the broken
;management of Alaskan affairs. This
will be a great step forward, par
ticularly for those parts of Alaska
where there is a conflict of juris
diction. It will help the Interior
principally in that quick action can
be gotten on claims of all kinds,
doing away with the necessity of
forwarding everything to Washing
ton several times.
“I hope that the revised wage
|scale has gone into effect. The high
jeost of living is particularly burden
■some on those with families, who
; cannot avail themselves of the fa
jcilities offered by the commission
'messhouse.
“I hope you are all going to have
a successful season in Nenana this
coming year and that another year
'will see a Congress awakened to the
'necessity of spending more money
jon roads and trails, very largely
|those which will act as feeders to
jthe railroad. I should like very
imuch to see a truck road into the
jlCantishna country, but I am afraid
j that this is pretty well in the fu
jture, as at present we only have
jlimited funds available. One thing,
■ however, I accomplished in Wash
ington was, for the first time in
jhistory, to get Alaska recognized
tin the public lands bill. If the bill
j is reported as submitted by Senator
! Chamberlain and becomes a law,
starting with 1922, we will receive
annually $375,000 from the depart
ment of agriculture, in addition to
other appropriations for roads, con
structed under co-operative agree
ments.”
Xenana. the to McKinley
Xitha*) Park.