■ WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
KENAN A, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1920.
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NO. 31
ALASKA COMMITTEE MEETS IN SEATTLE
LEAGUE WILL ADMIT ENEMY COUNTRIES SOON
CARRANZA TAKES FLIGHT AS REBELS APPROACH CITY
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VICTORIA, B. C., May 12.—The
department of mines and industries
has submitted a proposition to the
provincial government that will give
employment to a number of re
turned soldiers and at the same
time furnish the opportunity for
the exploration of British Columbia
mineral areas.
The plan is to grubstake 24 par
ties of two men each, one to be a
rerturned soldier and the other a
mining engineer. They are to be
furnished with supplies and funds
sufficient to keep them in the hills
for a certain period, where they
will conduct a systematic search for
minerals.
CHICAGO, May 1,.—There was
a decided upward tendency in all
cereal and provision prices on the
local exchange last week, the week
ending with corn, oats and provi
sions much ‘higher than the previous
week. Quotations on Saturday were
referred to as famine prices.
The advance in corn for the week
reached 13 Vi cents, oats soared
from 2 Vi to 5 Vi during the week,
and there was a general rise in all
provisions.
SPOKANE POPULATION
SHOW SMALL DECREASE
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12.—
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BROOKS TELLS SEATTLEITES
ALASKA IS NOT UNDERSTOOD
SEATTLE, May 12.—Lieutenant
Colonel Alfred H. Brooks, former
|head of the geological survey; Otto
Praegcr, second assistant postmaster
general, and Harry Y. Saint, mem
ber of the United States Shipping
board, who were appointed at the
request of Secretary of the Interior
John Barton Payne as a special
committee to investigate Alaskan
conditions in connection with the
plan to create a development board.
to represent the Federal Govern-1
Iment in the Territory, arrived in!
I
i this city on Saturday for the pur
pose of holding public hearings, and j
began their work immediately.
The committee brought data with >
them from the capital, and also the
reports of previous committees who
investigated Alaskan conditions. In
announcing the plans of the com
jmittee, “Dr.” Brooks explained that
they sought merely concrete sugges
tions on means of improvement de
sired. The members of the com
mittee, he said, would not visit
| Alaska. “What little information
we would gain by a trip to Alaska,”
he explained, “is already in hand
fourfold in complete reports.”
The purpose of the committeemen
in visiting Seattle, “Dr.” Brooks
stated further, was to confer with '
Government officials, including the '■
representatives of the Alaskan En
gineering commission, the postal de
partment, and the forestry service.
The people of Seattle and Alaska
were given to understand that the
committeemen would be glad to hear
individuals connected with the fish
ing andT mining industries, and a
number were on hand to express
their views.
“Dr.” Brooks said that one of
the plans submitted for bettering
transportation conditions in Alaska
is a proposal to tax all ships enter
ing Alaskan waters, and to use the
money thus obtained to subsidize
certain ships for covering remote
points. R. M. Semmes, member of
the Riggs Alaska Shipping board,
and Maurice D. Leehey, special coun
sel, are representing Governor Riggs
at the hearings.
■ Report Submitted.
The Alaska and Transportation
bureaus of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce have submitted a lengthy
report to the committee, urging the
members of the committee to visit
the Territory, the argument being
advanced that Alaska is the proper
place to study Alaskan conditions.
The report recommends that the
committeemen arrange to hold hear
ings in the Territory. The report
also urges adequate and low-cost
water transportation, and makes a
plea that Alaska mail be carried as
mail and not as freight. Coast sur
veys are suggested, and reimburse
ment by the Government to the
steamship lines for the increased in
surance rate demanded because of
the perils of Northern navigation.
The report urges further the de
velopment of Alaska with careful
attention to the transportation prob
lem, including local freight and pass
enger service for outlying localities.
The use of Alaska coal by steam
ships operating in Alaska waters is
also urged. Alaska coal should be
used in Alaska industries, the re
port points out, and the use of
California fuel oil eliminated wher
ever possible.
i The report concludes with a
strong appeal to the committee to
visit Alaska for the purpose of in
vestigating conditions on the ground,
instead of relying altogether upon
previous reports and the statements
of those appearing before the hear
ings.
Exhibit Prepared.
Surprising exhibits of Alaskan
products were shown to the com
mitteemen on Saturday, the display
including Alaska-grown strawberries,
superior in flavor to any growm else
where. Two varieties of spring
j wheat were also displayed, and a
: quantity of oats, barley and other
' strains and all sorts of fruits and
vegetables, gathered by Prof. (’. ('
! Georgeson. The agricultural condi
■tions actually existing in the Nortfh
: land were described by Prof. George
son, who declared in the course of
i
i his address to the committeemen
that Alaska is able to support a
| population of three million on home
products and have considerable left
for export.
Fur Farming.
K. E. Whippley, owner of a fox
ranch near Seward, appeared before
the committee after Prof. Georgeson
had addressed the visitors. He ex
plained the possibilities of fur farm
ing. Nathan Eckstein, of Schwa
bacher Hros., discussed Alaska trade
and shipping facilities.
G. R. Vause, a mining man, told
of conditions in the Susitna coun
try. John R. Cobb, head of the de
partment of fisheries of the Uni
versity of Washington, and repre
sentatives of the chambers of com
merce of Juneau, Seward, Nome and
other Alaskan towns were heard.
The hearings are executive and
nothing will be given out by the
committeemen for publication until
after their report has been submit
ted to Washington.
the census bureau today, the popu
lation „ of Spokane has decreased
twp-tenths of one per cent during
the past ten years. The present
population is 104,204.
CHICAGO 10 HAVE
GREAT NEW HOTEL
—
CHICAGO, May 12.—This city is]
to have the largest hotel in the
world, according to plans which
were made public today. The struc
ture will be composed of five units
and will occupy three entire blocks
and have four thousand rooms.
A feature of the hotel will be
the installation of 400 kitchenettes
for guests desiring to prepare their
own meals, and another feature will
be a modern theater, with a seating
capacity of 2,500. One of the units,
16 stories high, will be for the ex
clusive occupancy of bachelors.
The cost will cost $15,000,000.
FORMER JUNEAU MAN
IS DEAD IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, May 7.—Howard A.
Hurlbut, formerly of Juneau, died
suddenly in this city today.
COMPTROLLER CALLS
FOR BANK REPORTS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 12.—
The comptroller of the currency has
issued a call for statements showing
th/e conditions of national banks
throughout the country on May 4.
Xanana, Alaska’s Interior'rasl Sopot
REBELS OF MEXICO
PUT CARRANZA OUT
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12.
The state department is in receipt
of an official telegram from Vera
Cruz in which it is announced that
President Carranza has vacated the
Mexican capital and that the city
is now under the complete control
of General Obregon. The informa
tion reached Vera Cruz by wireless
from Mexico City.
The Sonora revolutionist head
quarters here report the fall of
Nueva Laredo, after a brief strug
jrle against the rebel forces. Mata
moras is expected to fall within .thu
next day or two, ami Tampico can
not hold out many more days.
DREADNAUGHT ENROUTE.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 12.
The dreadnautrht Oklahoma has been
Ordered to proceed to Key West for
possible duty in Mexican waters
The warship is takiiiK a full com
plement of marines from League
, island.
TANANA ICE MOVES
IN FRONT OF TOWN
The i nual breakup, the big
spring sporting event in Interior
Alaska, occurred at Nenana yester
day morning at 11:47, that being
the official time recorded at the
commission power-house by the
movement of the flag which had
been placed on the river ice oppo
site Warehouse No. 1. As is the
case almost every spring, the sheet
of ice in front of town moved down
stream several hundred feet and
then stopped, to await the general
breakup, which may occur at any
time now, and which promises to
be more than usually spectacular.
owing to the heavy ice.
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The fact that the movement of
the ice occurred so near the noon
hour led many people to believe
that the whistle, which sounded the
alarm, was in reality the noon whis
tle, and few were on hand to wit
ness the action of the ice.
Immediately following the move
ment of the ice, the ice pool com
mittee, consisting of Ed Cronin, Bur
dette Tunison and Martin Nash, can
vassed the guesses and announced
the winners of the big pool, which
will be divided several ways this
year. Carl Schmidt? and the “Big
[Five,” consisting of .Joe Fischer, A1
! Clarno, Tom Martinich, K. I,. Laugh
jlin and Charles Bergman, each
! guessed 11:45, and the money will
j be divided equally between the two,
: Mr. Schmidt getting half and the
j*‘Big Five” the other half,
j The next closest guess was 11:50,
Tom Smith, of the Southern, and
A. C. Brabant each having marked
their tickets with that time. O. M.
Jackson, of the Portland, guessed
11:43, Sam Beatty 11:42, Mrs. Cora
Hill 11:41, and George llupprich
and Joe l.eferrie were next in line
with 11:59. The winning tickets
were numbered 597, marked by Mr.
Schmidt, and 1,846, marked by the
Big Five.
Ed Parks won the $5 minute pool
at the Portland, drawing down $300
jfor his lucky guess. The $1 minute
pools at the Portland were won by
Harry Carr, Tom Mathews and W.
:w. Kroll.
The baseball consolation pool was
won by Sam Beatty. The winner
takes (10 percent of the money and
the remainder goes to the baseball
committee.
J. A. Haney, who was one of the
first flu patients in Nenana and who
went to Fairbanks as soon as he
was able to travel, returned from
the upper town yesterday. He re
ports having had a relapse after
leaving Nenana, but is quite well
again.
Fairbanksans are busy these days
shooting ducks. A number of the
birds have been shot inside the city
limits, but most of the hunting is
being done out the trail toward
Richardson.
! LEAGUE AI EARLY
DALE IS REPORT
WASHINGTON, L>. C., May 12.—
According; to reports received in
this city, Austria and possibly Hun
gary will be admitted as members
of the League of Nations at the
first summer meeting: of that body.
And it is learned from high sources
that Germany, Bulgaria, and possi
I lily Turkey are to be admitted at
the second summer session, the date
of which has not yet been tixed
definitely.
It is reported that it is the inten
tion of the Allies to re-establish
J political and commercial relations
iwith the former enemy countries,
| and they have decided to use the
league as the shortest route to the
end desired.
ENROUTE HOME.
J WASHINGTON, D. (’., May 12—
j Information has been received at
| Red Cross headquarters to the effect
'that over a thousand Austrian and
Hungarian war prisoners, recently
liberated from Siberian prisons, have
started for home on foot, clad in
the remnants of their uniforms of
1914. The Bolshevik authorities
have made no provisions for feeding
the unfortunates, and American re
lief societies and churches have
launched a campaign for three mill
ion dollars to assist the former pris
oners on their 4,000-mile tramp.
ODESSA OCCUPIED.
PARIS, May 12.—The Ukrainian
press bureau reports that the city
of Odessa has been taken from the
Bolsheviki forces and is now occu
pied by Petlura, commander of the
Ukrainian troops.
PROTECT AMERICANS.
WASHINGTON, L). C., May 12—
A resolution requesting the Presi
dent to send warships and marines
to Batum, on the Black sea, to give
protection to American lives and
property in that region, has been
reported unanimously by the senate
foreign relations committee.
OPPOSE SOVIET.
SEATTLE, May 12.—The Seattle
Chamber of Commerce is vigorously
opposing the recognition of the Rus
sian soviet, through trading: or in
any other form, the action of the
chamber being the result of infor
mation received from the Siherian
coast to the effect that Americans
would be required henceforth to
deal directly with the soviet au
thorities.
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
SELLS STEEL CRAFT
SEATTLE, May 12 —The Alaska
Steamship company has sold its steel
steamship Henry Scott to Fred Lin
derman of San Francisco. The
Scott was commandeered during the
war and was only recently returned
to its owners.
W. H. Gilcher ia on the sick list
by an attack of the flu which dev
eloped today.