WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1920.
NO. 84
DISCORD THREATENS CHICAGO MEETING
SECRETARIES LEARN ALASKA NEEDS ASSISTANCE
SOVIET CONSIDERS ALLIED PROPOSALS FOR ARMISTICE
STKSPUM
GENOA July 14.—Delegates to
the International Seamen s congress,
now in session in this city, are
threatening the use of strikes and
boycotts against those countries
whose votes defeated the convention
which sought to establish an inter
national week of 48 hours for mar
iners.
Those behind the movement pro
pose the organization of a vast cam
paign at the International Seamen's :
meeting in Amsterdam next month, j
in order to compel British ship own-'
ers, who form the bulk of the op
position to the 48-hour week, to
capitulate.
The delegates are not entirely in
accord on the proposition, but it is
regarded as almost certain that the
matter will receive serious considera
tion at the Amsterdam meeting.
The steamer Yukon, which!
brought a number of tourists to the 1
Interior country, reached Faii’banks1
shortly before six o’clock this morn-,
ing and is advertised to start on
the return voyage to Dawson at
three o’clock this afternoon. The
steamer should reach Nenana before '
midnight, as there is a good stage |
of water in the river and in Chena j
slough, no difficulty having been ex- j
perienced on the up trip.
The steamer will take very few)
Fairbanksans, only two having an
nounced definitely that they would
make the voyage. They are Mrs.
John C. Wood and two children and
Mrs. Morton E. Stevens and son.
The list, however, will include a
number of round-trippers.
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Martin and j
children will board the boat at Ne
nana, enroute to the coast, and Mrs.
A. G. Atworth, who came down from
Fairbanks on the gas car today, will
voyage as far as Eagle.
Mrs. R. G. Southworth and daugh
ter Margaret went to Fairbanks to
day, and Margaret will leave the
upper town for the States tomorrow,
by way of the Richardson trail. She
will make her home temporarily with
relatives near The Dalles, Oregon,
where she will complete her high
school course.
Major Byrne, dentist attached to
the regular army, arrived in Fair
banks from the coast in a signal
corps car yesterday afternoon and
will spend several days in the upper
town repairing the teeth, of the sig
nal corps boys stationed there. He .
did considerable work at the various ,
stations along the trail. He will
return to the coast as soon as he
completes his work at Fairbanks. 1
R. W. Calderhead went out to the I
end of steel today. \
RADICAL VIEWS EXPRESSED
IN THIRD PARTY PLATFORM
SOVIET ACCEPTS
OFFER OF ALLIES
10 TALK TERMS
LONDON, July 14.—It is rumorec
in authoritative circles today tha
Premier Lloyd George has receivec
a message from the Bolshevik com
missaire of foreign affairs accepting
the proposal of the Allies for ar
armistice between Poland and Rus
sia. Similar information comes fron
Spa in the form of a press messagt
from a British correspondent at tht
Spa conference.
GERMANS WARNED.
SPA, July 14.—The German for
eign minister was informed by Lloyc
George this morning that the Allies
are not bluffing and would insisl
upon the delivery of two millior
tons of coal monthly in accordanct
with the treaty terms. The Germans
have until three o’clock to accepl
the Allied ultimatum.
It is apparent that another dead
lock has been reached between tht
Allies and the Germans on the coa'
question, the Germans claiming that
the requirement is too severe. Gen
eral Foch and Field Marshal Wilson,
the British chief, were again sum
moned this afternoon to discuss pos
sible enforcement measures, should
the Germans fail to accept.
FLORIDA IS OPPOSED
TO CASH BONUS PLAN
TAMPA, July 14. — The Florida
department of the American Legion
tias gone on record as opposed to
:ash bonus legislation in any form.
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Father Monroe will arrive in Ne
lana from Fairbanks on Friday’s
rain and will hold services in the
ocal Catholic church as follows:
nass at 10:30 Sunday morning;
Mass at seven on Saturday and
VIonday mornings.
J. A. Dyer, oldtime employe of
:he Alaskan Engineering commis
sion, is a patient at the Government
lospital.
Val Diebold, Fairbanks: mining
nan, came down from Fairbanks
yesterday.
Charles Her is in Nenana again,
ifter an absence of several days in
he upper town.
Eighteen persons are scheduled to
eave Fairbanks tomorrow morning
>y auto stage for Chitina and the
States. Four or five cars wdll be
ised for the trip.
CHICAGO, July 14.—Little prog
ress was made by the new fusion
party during the first two hours oi
the convention today, and there is
evidence of an undercurrent of dis
satisfaction. In fact, it frequently
required the pleas of leaders during
the morning session to prevent open
breaks. The convention awaited tly;
report of the platform committee all
morning, and when it failed to ap
pear by noon, a recess was taker
until two o’clock, the convention, in
the meantime, being occupied witli
minor details.
The committee of forty-eight held
a caucus during the recess and de
cided to continue their national or
iganization regardless of the action
!of the convention, and the commit
tee will meet independently of the
convention tonight to ascertain il
the action of the convention is sat
isfactory to the original followers
of the committee.
Stormy Scene.
When the convention reconvened
jthis afternoon, Lester Barlow, leadei
jof the World War Veterans, charged
| that the convention was boss-ridden
by a secret intriguing clique, whose
| SEATTLE, July 14.—Donald A.
, McDonald, federal prohibition direc
tor for the state of Washington,
will leave for Alaska on September
first, the object of his Northern pil
jgrimage being to visit every drug
| store in the Territory to ascertain
if they are complying with the dry
j laws.
j The director will be accompanied
jby a regular federal prohibition
agent.
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PROMINENT POLITICAL
CHIEF DIES ON COAST
TACOMA, July 14.—Captain I.
jM. Howell, secretary of state and
j one of the best known political lead
ers in the state of Washington dur
ing the past twenty years, died here
; yesterday, shortly after noon. He
jhad held office since 1909, when he
I was appointed by Governor Hay.
TAFT IS APPOINTED
TO HELP FIX PRICE
MONTREAL, July 14.—William
| Howard Taft, former President of
! the United States, has been appoint
ed to represent the Grand Trunk
^ system on the board of arbitration
I which will determine the amount to
be paid by the government for the
stock of the corporation.
Mrs. John C. Wood, wife of Depu
ty Marshal Wood of Fairbanks, will
be an outgoing passenger on the
steamer Yukon, sailing from Fair
banks this afternoon. She is taking
her two children with her.
• leaders were concealing the LaFol-l
I lette platform. Barlow concluded
; his remarks by starting a demon
jstration for LaFollette which lasted
I half an hour.
i
j At the conclusion of the demon
stration, Chairman Walker made a!
general denial of Barlow’s charges,
but refused to permit the reading
of the LaFollette platform. At this
juncture, LaFollette sent word to
the convention that he did not want
the nomination and did not deem
himself available as a candidate.
Barlow insisted that the Wiscon
sin senator be drafted and started
another demonstration.
-The preamble and two planks of
the majority report of the platform
committee, submitted during the
afternoon, shows an extremely radi
cal tendency on the part of the com
mittee. It says that the power of
the Government has been stolen
from the people and that the mas
ters of the Government are leagued
with the money masters of other na
tions to prevent self-determination
by helpless peoples. The rights and j
liberties of American citizens, it is!
j further charged, are being stripped
from them.
MENNONITES FIND
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JACKSON, Miss July 14.—The'
; Democratic state executive commit- j
tee has adopted a resolution oppos-;
ing the emigration from Canada to
Mississippi of 8,000 Mennonite farm
ers. The resolution refers to the
, i
Mennonites as undesirable citizens,
who insist on using only the German
language and who refuse to permit
their children to attend the public
schools. Objection is also made to
them on the ground that they re
fused to fight for the Allied cause.
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NENANa'DELEGATION
MAY GO TO TERMINAL'
In the absence of definite in
i
formation regarding the movements
of Commissioner R. S. McDonald
and August Peterson, who made the:
trip from Nenana to Cordova to con-)
i
fer with Secretary Payne, it appears
likely that they have found it neces
sary to continue to Seward to meet j
the secretary, in view of the fact
that the report from the destroyers,
makes no mention today of a stop i
at Cordova. . j:
The two delegates reached Chitina
early yesterday morning, and it is j i
possible that they reached Cordova i
in time to make connections with!:
the steamship Admiral Watson,
which was scheduled to leave Cor
dova yesterday for the Westward, i
If they missed that boat, it will be i
necessary for them to wait for the
Northwestern, which will touch at
Cordova tomorrow, enroute to the j
Gateway city. |l
POLES WITHDRAW
AS REDS MENACE
PARIS, July 14. — The Polish
forces are being withdrawn from
Brest-Litovsk, Vilna and Pinsk as a
result of the offensive operations of
the Bolsheviki in those regions, ac
cording to information received by
a local newspaper.
The evacuation of those cities by
the Poles is regarded here as an in
dication of a general withdrawal of
the Polish lines to the frontiers of
the republic. It is known that every
effort is being made to prevent an
invasion of Polish territory, and the
situation generally is regarded as
very grave.
MINSK TAKEN.
LONDON, July 14.—The city of
Minsk is reported to have been taken
by the Bolsheviki on Sunday and
the soviet troops are now pressing
their advantage.
MEXICO WILL PUT
MEXICO CITY, July 14.—The !
Universal, a local publication, is au- i
thority for the statement that the j
new Mexican government has reach- •
ed a decision to introduce legisla- ;
tion during the next session of con- j
gress making the entire republic dry. I
President Huerta, the newspaper
declares, has decided to take this
step as a means of regenerating the
Indian half-breed races of the South,
ivho are great consumers of alcohol. ;
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Special Agents Kelleher and Dar- :
ling of the department of justice, '
who arrived in Fairbanks on the i
steamer Yukon, have not yet dis- i
;losed the nature of their mission to ;
Interior Alaska. They are making I
;heir headquarters in the marshal’s
jffice at Fairbanks, and were in con
ference with Chief Deputy Joe Mill
er this morning.
Mrs. A. G. Atworth, wife of T. V.
It. Agent Atworth of Gilmore, came
lown from Fairbanks today on the !
ipeeder. She is enroute to Eagle c
:o spend a month with relatives on ■
thicken creek, and will board the!
iteamer Yukon when that boat ar- (
■ives from Fairbanks tonight. I
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Deputy Marshal James Hagen was i
i Fairbanks-bound passenger on this i
ifternoon’s gasoline car. I
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John Bernard was an outgoing I
lassenger on this morning’s train to I
he end of 9teel.
SECRETARIES DUE
AI GATEWAY CITY
TOMORROW MORN
ABOARD DESTROYER SIN
CLAIR, July 14.—Secretaries Payne
and Daniels and the members of
their party aboard the destroyers
Sinclair, Meyer and McCauley expect
to arrive at Seward early tomorrow
morning, and in all probability will
make the trip from that town to
Anchorage by way of the Govern
ment railroad.
The flotilla left Juneau shortly be
fore noon yesterday.
Secretaries Payne and Daniels are
greatly pleased over their reception
at Juneau, and their experiences
there, and they are more than ever
impressed with the need of the de
velopment of Alaskan resources and
the encouragement of home builders.
RALE MS WILL
CLASH ON SUNDAY
The Fairbanks ball team will ar
rive in Nenana next Sunday for a
game with the local aggregation,
according to definite information re
ceived from the upper town this
morning. The announcement is the
result of negotiations which have
been in progress for a number of
days between Managers Beam and
Fischer, the arrangement calling for
a game in each town every other
Sunday.
An effort will be made by the
Fairbanks boys to bring a crowd
along with them, in which event a
special train will be secured for the
round trip. Otherwise, the team
will make the journey by gasoline
car, the plan being to leave Fair
banks Sunday morning and return
as soon as the game is over.
COAL OPERATORS ARE
TRYING TO AID ROADS
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 14.—
Bituminous coal operators, who are
in conference in this city, are work
ing: out plans for the immediate
movement of winter fuel stores to
the Northwest, to avoid congestion
ifter the cold weather sets in. The
Mew England fuel problem also is
receiving consideration.
The advisory committee of the
Association of Railway Executives is
n session today, working on similar
iroblems.
Sylvester Howell came out from
;he Kantishna with the Sutherland
?arty and returned to his mining
>perations in the Hot Springs dis
trict.
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