WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1920.
NO. 43
COMMITTEE CONSIDERING GOLD BONUS
DANIELS RESENTS QUESTIONS ASKED BY SENA TORS
HITCHCOCK SAYS MANDATE WILL NOT GET SUPPORT
DANIELS OBJECTS
TO STEM ROLLER
AT SENATE PROBE
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 26
Secretary of the Navy Daniels, who |
has been on the carpet during the
past several days, answering ques
tions fired at him by members of
the senate naval investigating com
mittee, protested vigorously today
against what he termed the steam
roller methods of his inquisitors. He
told the committeemen that he would
appeal to the full committee if Sen
ator Hale insisted upon putting in
the record an unfair and unfound
ed statement of conditions of Am
, erican warships at the time of the
commencement of the war.
Coming to the defense of the sec
retary, Senator Key Pittman warned
Hale that he would protect Daniels
on the floor of the senate against
the character of questions asked by
the member from Maine.
The questioning of Daniels, al
luded to by Pittman, centered
around the statement of Daniels,
made at the conclusion of the war.
that in April, 1917, the navy was
ready “from stem to stern.” Dan
iels explained to the committeemen
that the statement was merely an
epigram.
RESIDENCE OF MORGAN
OFFERED AS EMBASSY
WASHINGTON, D. May 26.—
The offer of J. P. Morgan of his
London residence as a gift to the
United States for use as an em
bassy building was formally laid be
fore Congress today by President
Wilson, without recommendation.
There is a report in circulation in
Fairbanks to the effect that the ice
went out at Dawson on Sunday.
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MINING MAN SAYS INDUSTRY
OF GOLD MINING NEEDS AID
NEW YORK, May 26.—The Am
erican Woolen company is charged
with profiteering in an indictment
returned today by the federal grand
jury, which has had the affairs of j
the big concern under investigation i
for some time past,
ged in the indictment! cartsh
It is charged in the indictment
that the company sold both at un
just and unreasonable prices.
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Alla Callahan, a native of Circle,!
died at the Government hospital
yesterday, following an attack of
the flu. It is stated that he also
!had tubercular trouble.
I Mrs. W. J. Coutts returned to
j Nenana on yesterday’s train.
j Engineer in Charge Fred'k D.
Brown returned to hiss headquarters
!at the end of steel this morning
after a visit of several days in town.
Miss Myrtle Rose was an outgo
j ing passenger on this morning's
| train, her destination being the Cal
Iderhead home near Lignite, where
jshe will enjoy a several-day rest.
I Miss Rose was the only one of the
mission workers to escape the flu,
and she has had a very busy time of
it since the commencement of the
epidemic.
Herman Magnuson returned to his
camp out the line this morning, hav
ing practically recovered from the
flu. Like most of those who were
| ill, he is somewhat weak, but hopes
'to regain his strength soon after
getting back to camp.
The steamer Tanana was at Gib
| bon last night, according to informa
ition received from the lower river
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!today. Captain Green reports hav
ing stopped just long enough to drop
the mail, in accordance with quar
antine regulations in force at the
army town.
Herb Heathom, who went down
I with, the flu while helping out at the
Cooney hotel during the first days
of the epidemic, was permitted to
leave the Government hospital this
morning and will complete his re
covery at the Ekeland home on >J
street.
The epidemic of influenza at Ka
talla has abated, according to re
ports recently received from that
town. The most serious case was
that of Superintendent J. J. Jones
of the Bering River Coal company,
l*whose condition was improving.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 26.— i
t,
I"he consideration of the McFadden
jold bonus bill was taken up yester
day by the house ways and means [
committee and will continue for a j
number of days, there being many !
prominent mining men and others j
here who are anxious to discuss the
measure before the committee.
H. W. Seaman, of Chicago, presi- j
dent of the Trojan Mining company, j
appeared before the committee this:
morning and strongly advocated j
congressional relief for the gold I
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mining industry. Gold production j
already has decreased greatly, he i
AT THE CROSSING
A number of men who left town j
for the end of steel on this morn- ;
, i
ing’s train had a narrow escape
from drowning in the waters of the ■
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Nenana river, as a result of the cap
sizing of the boat which has been in
use at the Crossing as a ferry since j
the breakup and the loss of a por
tion of the bridge. As it luckily |
happened, the wreck occurred close
to the dismantled bridge and The
occupants of the boat were able to
save themselves by climbing up the
piling. All of the baggage, how
ever, of which there was a consid
erable quantity in the boat at the
time, was swept downstream by the
swift current and lost.
According to the report of the
accident received in town, the ferry
started across the river at a point
above the bridge, and in some man
ner was swept down against the
piling, where it turned turtle,
throwing its load of freight into
the water. The Nenana river at
that point is very swift and the suc
cessful handling of a ferry requires
considerable skill.
The wrecked boat was recovered
i shortly after ithe accident, but it is
! to be replaced by a more seaworthy
i craft, which was sent out on the
| train this morning and which proba
bly by this time is in commission.
| This will be used until such time as
the aerial tram is installed, which
' will be sometime later in the sum
mer.
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BY FEDERAL AGENTS
I.OS ANGELES, May 26. — A
large consignment of champagne,
shipped by the California Wine as
sociation to a prominent Chicago
hotel, was seized at Needles this
morning by the federal authorities,
: according to a report received in
this city this afternoon.
The consignment consisted of 640
cases of the California made wine
irgued, and will virtually cease al- J
ogether unless speedy relief is giv-1
>n to mining men.
Every ounce of gold produced by
lis company, he stated, costs from
iight to ten dollars more than the
Government price, and he said other
mining outfits were up againsft equal
ly adverse conditions, owing to the
increased cost of conducting mining
operations.
The plan of levying an excise tax !
of ten dollars, he believed, would j
greatly relieve the situation and ;
make a general resumption of min- j
ing possible, pending the restoration
of normal conditions.
Baseball players and fans of Ne
nana are invited to be present at a
general gathering scheduled to take
place at the ball park this evening.
The grounds are in need of some
attention to put them in shape for
play, and everyone accepting the
invitation is urged to bring a rake
along in order that the work may
be expedited. Some work already
has been done and a little more will
put the park in splendid condition
for use.
Tom Mathews is authority for the
statement that there is ample base
ball material in Nenana to insure a
fast team, and he expresses the hope
that all the boys will show up in
order that an early start may be
made toward getting the team in
shape for the season’s play.
BCHMONO PREDICTS
BIS sun TRAVEL
In the opinion of Superintendent
Volney Richmond, of the Northern
Commercial company, who is now on
the upper Yukon waiting for a boat
to bring him to Nenana, the coming
season will witness an exceptionally
heavy tourist travel. In a letter to
| company officials at Fairbanks, Mr.
i Richmond says every boat scheduled
■ to sail from Seattle for the North
after June 12 is sold out already,
and a very large number of tne
'tourists will take in the Midnight
I Sun excursion to Fort Yukon. Of
.these, quite a few have signified
| their intention of continuing on
'down river to Gibbon and thence
!up the Tanana river,
j The demand for accommodations
(is such that the transportation com
panies are wondering how they are
[going to handle all the traffic.
I R. M. Brown, who came to Ne
'nana with the first consignment of
(Fairbanks nurses, came back yes
jterday after a several-day rest in
the upper town.
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SEATTLE, May 26.—The coastj
and Reodetic survey steamship Ly- j
donia sailer! from this port for Alas
kan waters yesterday afternoon, to
enfi-ajre in survey work on the west
coast of Prince of Wales and Dali
islands. The vessel is commanded
by Captain E. N. Papenhart and will
be Rone six months.
The base of operations will be
near CraiR and the work assiRned
to the vessel will include the devel
opment of approaches to Mears’
passaRe and Bucarrelli bay.
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Fred Struthers, genial general
manager of the Waechter Brothers’
interests here and at Fairbanks, is
among the out-of-town visitors in
town at present, having made the
trip down from Fairbanks by steam
er.
Colonel (lotwals, new head of the
Alaska Road commission, who was
reported to have arrived at Fair
banks from the coast this week, left
the stage before reaching the upper
town and is now headed back to the
coast end of the trail, where consid
erable work, is in progress. He ev
peets to visit the Interior later in
the season.
A mail stage reported from Don
nellys this morning, and, with good
luck, should reach Fairbanks tomoi
row.
Dr. R. R. Myers, former N'enan i
dentist, writes that he is at present
located on a ranch at I.os Altos.
California, where he and Mrs. Myers
are very well contented. They have
no intention, he says, of returning
to Alaska. The ranch is the proper
ty of Mrs. Myers’ brother.
Alfred Linder started down Tiver
'in a canoe today to make a hunt for
several natives who were camped
; about 22 miles below Nenana. There
were eight of the natives there
when the flu made its appearance
in this locality, and three of them
'are now dead near the bank of the
! river. Linder will endeavor to lo
icate the other five.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., May 26 -
The request of President Wilson for
authority to accept a mandate for
Armenia will be disposed of adverse
ly tomorrow, according to the state
ments of Republican members of
the senate foreign relations com
mittee. And it, is generally under
stood that such action will receive
the approval also of the Democratic
members, several of whom have let
it be known that they are not in
favor of a mandate.
Senator Hitchcock, official spokes
man for the President, admitted to
day that he did not expect to give
his support to the request of the
President, and he said that he “un
derstands other Democratic members
of the senate foreign relations com
mittee. also will not give their up
proval.” Senator Williams of Missis
sippi is said to be the onv Demo
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jcratic member of the committee in
| favor of accepting the suggested
| mandate.
i CONDUCT PROBE
TO GET TRUTH
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MKXICO C ITY. May 20. A com
mission has been appointed by Gon
zales ami Obregon to investigate the
death of President Carranza, for
the purpose of ascertaining the man
ner in which the former executive
came to his end.
There is a report in circulation
here today tu the effect that Herrca
guided the president to a sleeping
hut on the evening before the al
leged murder, placed his own men
'on guard as sentries, anti then left,
saying that his brother had been
injured. At three the following
morning, Herrera’s men entered the
hut, ostensibly to report conditions,
but in reality, it is supposed, to
locate the position of Carranza's
bed. Half an hour later the hut
was attacked from all sides, the fire
being concentrated on the spot
where Carranza lay sleeping. The
president cried that his leg had been
ibroken by one of the bullets and
'asked for a carbine with which to
defend himself. Another volley
from the sentries silenced him.
j The other occupants of the hut
fled, but a number of them were
afterwards recaptured by Herrera
and forced to sign a statement to
i the effect that Carranza had com
mitted suicide.
LEVI P. MORTON LEFT
SUBSTANTIAL STAKE
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WASHINGTON, D. C., May 26—
According to the will of Levi P.
'Morton, which was filed for probate
*here today, the estate left by the
former vice-president of the United
States is valued at $10,000,000.