WHERE, RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
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NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1920.
NO. «■»
LABOR TO MAKE FIGHT ON PROFITEERS
DEMOCRATS URGE M’ADOO TO TAKE NOMINATION
TURKISH NATIONALISTS CAUSE UNEASINESS IN EUROPE
MM REFUSES
10 BE II GOAT;
CLAIMS P0VER1V
NEW YORK, June 19.—In a tel
egram addressed to -Jouett S. House
of Washington, former Secretary of
the Treasury William G. McAdoo
announces that he cannot permit his
i. name to come before the Demo
cratic national convention at San
Francisco as a candidate lor the
Democratic nomination for the presi
densy. He says that his decision is
irrevocable, and explains as his rea
son for refusing to become a candi
date that he must have more time
to rehabilitate his finances, which
suffered greatly during the time
* that he was a member of President
Wilson’s cabinet.
WANT HIM ANYWAY.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 19.—
In a statement made here today,
Carter Glass of Virginia, who suc
ceeded McAdoo as secretary of the
treasury and who is now a mem
ber of the senate by appointment,
^ declared that he still favored the
nomination of McAdoo, notwith
standing his decision not to permit
his name to go before the conven
tion.
Glass is also prominently men
tioned as a possible candidate for
presidential honors, and his boom
has gained considerable headway.
When informed today by McAdoo
supporters that they planned to urge
his nomination, Senator Glass said
‘•Even if I could measure up tc
the stature of the kind of man the
convention should really nominate. 1
live in a section of the country that
is relied upon to furnish electoral
votes, but not to supply candidates.”
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FEDERATION TO START DRIVE
IN EFFORT TO LOWER PRICES
MONTREAL, June 19.—The Am
erican Federation of Labor, wearied
of waiting for the Government to
lower the cost of living, has decided
to fight criminal profiteering by a
J co-operative movement, which is to
be carried to every section of the
country. The federation, through
its convention now in session in
this city, has pledged its assistance
to local and central bodies in form
ing societies and establishing and
operating co-operative stores for the
i
benefit of union workers.
The convention has given its ap
proval to the proposal for the levy
of one dollar on every local union,
the fund to be used for the es
tablishment of a bureau of co-oper
ation for “promoting and advancing
the cause of true co-operation in the
United States and Canada.”
AGREEMENTS UNLAWFUL.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 19.—
The department of justice has given
warning to American business men
that agreements between manufac
turer and dealers which prevent
dealers from reducing the selling
price of certain manufactured arti
cles are not lawful and will not
longer be countenanced by the de
partment. The warning was issued
in connection with the campaign of
the Government to reduce the cost
of living.
PROFITEER PINCHED.
NEW YORK, June 19.—Frederick
Gimbel, vice-president of the Gimbe!
Bros, department store, was placed
under arrest in this city today by
agents of the department of jus
tice. the charge against him being
profiteering in the sale of clothing.
|It is charged in the complaint that
| suits costing the store $33 each are
being sold at $75, and that suits
costing $15 are being retailed at
$33.75.
Two other officials of the concern
are also under arrest on similar
charges, the department having ob
tained evidence that they have been
guilty of exacting clothing profits
ranging from 90 to 273 percent.
Secretary of State Colby announced
today that he is not even a recep
tive candidate for selection as tem
porary chairman of the Democratic
convention.
NEWS REACHES COAST.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19.—It
jwas announced by Democratic lead
ers here yesterday that Bernard
Baruch and Thomas L. Chadbourne,
who were to have maintained head
quarters in this city for the purpose
:of promoting the candidacy of Will
iam G. McAdoo, have canceled their
reservations and will not even at
jtend the convention. This is re
garded as conclusive that McAdoo
i
; will not accept the Democratic nom
, ination.
CARL SCHMIDT HOME
SCENE OE FAREWELL
! _ •
j The Carl Schmidt home, on upper
Front street, was the scene of a
! young folks’ party last night, ar
ranged by Mrs. Schmidt in honor of
jthe Nenana girls and boys who ex
| pect to leave for the States during
(the summer. Several hours were
(spent very pleasantly with games
j and dancing, at the conclusion of
I which refreshments were served.
Those present were: Imogene Mc
Lean, Kenneth McLean, Genevieve
Oldfield, Johnny Oldfield, Olga Mar
tin, Hilda Martin, Larry O’Keefe,
Jr., John Claussen, Alfred Schaef
fer, Noel Schaeffer, Margaret Schaef
jfer, Leota Scott, Valentine Ander
json, Mildred Anderson, Margaret
jSouthworth, Vera Russell, Muriel
j Russell, Norman Russell, Melville
'Cooney, Edgar Brooker, Louis
;Schmidt, Carl Schmidt, Miss Luella
i Shaffer, Mrs. M. A. Schaeffer, Mr.
and Mrs. Claussen, Grandma John
son.
Nels Martin returned to Nenana
from Fairbanks today, having made
the trip down on the Tanana Valley
speeder.
Roadmaster W. L. Packer return
ed to town this morning from an
official trip to Fairbanks.
James H. Taite, of Fairbanks
creek, is confined in the detention
hospital at Fairbanks. He is being
1 held on an insanity charge.
ALLIES FEAR TURK DRIVE
LONDON1, June 19.—Matters of
unusual gravity are to be consid
ered at a conference to be held at
Boulogne on Monday, according to
information made public today. Pre
miers Lloyd George and Millerand
will confer at Hythe today and to
morrow, preliminary to the general
conference to be held on Monday,
and which will be attended by rep
resentatives of France, England,
Italy, Japan, Belgium, and Greece.
The-purpose of-,the conference is
to consider recent aggressive oper
ations of the Turkish nationalists,
who are reported to have gained
control throughout Anatolia, with
the exception of the small area held i
by the British. The nationalists
have 37,000 well-equipped men and
abundant reinforcements available.
And what remains of the Turkish
government is declared to be help
less in checking the nationalist of
fensive operations, which are said to
be in accord with the Bolsheviki.
The Boulogne meeting is attract
ing widespread interest and the situ
ation is viewed in some quarters
with alarm. Local newspapers ex
press the belief that the state of
the world at the present time is
more perilous than it was two years
ago.
SKINNER « EDDY
UNLOAD YARD ON
PiTLAND FIRM
SEATTLE, June 19.—The Skin
ner & Eddy shipyard No. 1, where
75 steel ships were built during the
war, has been sold to the Harde
Industrial corporation of Portland,
and will be dismantled immediately.
The price paid for the equipment is
said to be approximately $1,500,000.
It is the intention of the Portland
company to dispose of the equip
ment in various parts of the coun
try where there is a demand for
such material, and it is expected
that the resale will net a handsome
profit.
Skinner & Eddy will retain the
ground and permanent buildings and
there is some talk of using the land
for terminal facilities.
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R Minimum .43 above
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lfenana, the Gateway to McKinley
national Park.
SEATTLE, June 19.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Seattle
I Post-Intelligencer has advised his pa
I per that Senator Wesley L. Jones
I is credited as being largely responsi
ble for the approval of the water
power bill by President Wilson. Sec-]
retary Payne objected to the mea
sure because it permits the devel
opment of water power in national
parks, and Senator Jones admits that
i the objection of the secretary is
well founded. He has promised, as
a compromise, to have the bill
amended at the next session.
In his argument to induce the
President to sign the bill, Senator
Jones declared that the importance
| of the measure is so great that its
j failure to become a law would be a
calamity.
Among the bills which failed of
passage through the pocket veto was
one authorizing the secretary of war
j to transfer certain surplus material,
i machinery and equipment to the sec
| retary of agriculture for use in road
building.
The President failed to approve
the joint resolution repealing most
of the wartime legislation; also a
'joint resolution authorizing the ap
pointment of a commission to con
fer with the Canadian government
regarding the export of wood pulp
to the United States.
The act authorizing enlistment in
the army and navy of non-English
speaking citizens and aliens was
signed by the President.
SEATTLE JURY FINOS
SEATTLE, Ju- e 19.—Madge An
na Sawyer, who was indicted recent
ly on the charge of killing her
husband, Howard I., in a houseboat
here on the night of May 10, was
found guilty today of murder in the
second degree, the jury arriving at
its verdict after two hours’ deliber
ation.
The defendant, who is only 21
years of age, endeavored to escape
conviction on a plea of temporary
insanity and self-defense.
The steamer Washburn is enroute
up the river from the Yukon, and
upon arrival at Nenana, sometime
tomorrow night, will be laid up for
repairs here and the crew will be
transferred to the steamer Reliance,
which has been assigned to duty on
the lower river in place of the Wash
burn.
The Reliance will start down river
as soon as the transfer has been
made and, after connecting with
upbound freight from St. Michael,
will proceed to Iditarod with the
cargo consigned to that district.
After delivery of the Iditarod
freight, the Reliance will come back
up the Yukon and proceed to the
Koyukuk with the first of the sea
son’s shipments to that district.
The Reliance has been put in
first-class condition since arriving
here from the Kantishna.
Bill Radovich, William Larson,
William Simpson and A. Hedlund
arrived in port last night from tho
Kantishna district, having made the
trip to Nenana by launch.
GERMAN REPORTS
SAY POLES HAVE
BERLIN, June 19.—According to
information received from Breslau,
it is admitted in an official Polish
communique that the Polish of
fensive against the Bolsheviki has
collapsed and that the Polish army
has been enveloped by the soviet
forces.
THE POLISH STORY.
WARSAW, June Iff.—An official
bulletin issued by the Polish war
office today says that Polish detach
ments have defeated a Russian cav
alry division, taking SOU prisoners,
many field wagons and eight guns.
MARTENS RECALLED.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June Iff —
Ludwig C. K. Martens, who came to
this city about 15 months ago as
self-styled ambassador to the United
States from Russia, has been re
called by the soviet government.
BRITISH AT BAY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, June Iff
British troops are confronted by
Turkish nationalists on the Ismid
peninsula, Asia Minor, where they
are well entrenched and well sup
ported by the British fleet. No ap
prehension is felt here regarding
their position, as it is believed the
nationalists will be unable to tak"
the city.
The inmates of the Armenian or
phanage at Ismid have been brought
to this city, as a matter of pre
caution, under the direction of
Sophie Hunt, an American. Many
other refugees also have arrived
here from the Asiatic side of the
Bosphorus.
I IN I IN LM A.
LONDON', .June 19.—Wireless ad
vices received in this city from Mos
cow today declare that Afghan
troops are concentrating on the Af
ghan-India .border for the purpose
of launching an attack against the
British forces in India.
RUNS BLOCKADE.
FIUME, June 19. — A British
tanker arrived here today with a
cargo of oil for d’Annunzio, having
successfully negotiated the blockade.
CAPTURE BOLSHEVIK1.
| CONSTANTINOPLE, June ltf.-r
[The forces of General Wrange!,
|anti-Bolsheviki leader, on the Cri
|mean front, are moving northward
from the Crimea and the sea of
Azov in three solid columns. These
(troops have been phenomenally suc
cessful in their operations against
ithe Bolsheviki, having recently tuk
, en 4,000 prisoners and 40 of the
Bolsheviki’s 100 big guns. The vic
torious troops have lost only 800
men thus far.
AMERICANS ESCAPE.
WARSAW, June 19.—All of the
Americans who were in the Kiev
region when the Bolsheviki made
their western drive are reported to
have escaped to a place of safety.
Henana, the Gateway to McKinley
Kational Park.