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NENANA. ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1920.
NO. 100
GOVERNMENT PERMITS RATE INCREASE
HARDING MAKES FIRST SPEECH OF CAMPAIGN
BOLSHEViK CAVALRY ADVANCES TO GERMAN BORDER
MARION, Ohio, Aug. 2.—Repub
lican Presidential Nominee W arren
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G. Harding opened his campaign
here on Saturday, addressing a large
number of people from the front
porch of the Harding home.
He took for his theme a plea for
solidarity of purpose for mutual
good and understanding among all
classes and geographical sections of
the country.
He declared that the excess pro
fits tax schedule should be modified
in accordance with peace require
ments, and said that he would not
hesitate to ask Congress for prompt
action. He is not prepared yet,
however, he said, to suggest an
equitble substitute.
MAKE ISSUE CLEAR.
WASHINGTON, D. Cl. Aug. 2.—
Chairman White, of the Democratic
national committee, sats the the
speech of acceptance o' Governor
Cox will make perfectly clear the
position of the Democratic candidate
on the League of Nations question.
SILENT NOW.
DAYTON, Ohio, Aug:. 2.—Gover
nor Cox refuses to express himself
on the question of the League of
Nations at present, but says he will
go into the question fully in his
speech of acceptance. His speech,
he says, will contain about 10,000
words.
TOUR WEST.
SPOKANE, Aug. 2. — Cox and
Roosevelt are to visit the West, ac
cording to information receives by
State Committeeman Titlow from
Chairman White. Cox is scheduled
to speak in Spokane, Tacoma and
Seattle during the early part of
September, and Roosevelt will speak
in Spokane, Walla Walla and sev
eral other Western cities, beginning
about August 20. McAdoo also Will
visit six or more citiest in the Wat
during September.
Kenans, the Gateway to McKinley
Hatlonal Park.
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PENDLETON, Ore., Aug. 2.—The
six prisoners who escaped from jail
a week ago have been recaptured
and are again behind the bars. Neil
Hunt, one of the escapes, is said
to have admitted killing Sheriff T.
[D. Taylor at the time of the jail
break.
A crowd gathered about the jail
after the prisoners were lodged
there, and for a time it was feared
that an attempt would be made to
lynch the outlaws, but there was no
leader to direct the attack. When
the situation appeared to be at a
critical stage, W. D. Taylor, brother
of the murdered sheriff, took charge
and announced that he would help
| the officers defend the prisoners
against violence.
Hunt and Owens were recaptured
near LaGrande.
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The ten-ton “shot” which was
fired by the Pete Jepson outfit on
Saturday afternoon, about two miles
beyond the end of steel, in Nenana
canyon, is said to have been a very
successful operation, many thousand
tons of rock having been moved by j
the explosion. The contractors were |
about two months preparing for the j
blast.
M. V. Tyler, official photographer
for the Alaskan Engineering com
mission, made a trip to the canyon ■
on Saturday to photograph the Jep
son “shot,” and returned with sev
eral excellent views, which are on [
display today in the Portland and
Terminal windows.
I Ralph Dutcher declares that he
lias umpired his last game of ama
; teur ball, but it is the hope of local
jfans to induce him to continue to
: officiate, as he is generally regarded
! as the best umpire Nenana has ever j
ha!.
The steamer Yukon arrived from j
Fairbanks at a late hour Saturday j
night, enroute to Dawson. The ■
steamer had the members of the I
court party aboard, enroute to Flat, j
a number of round-trip tourists and
a few Interiorites outward bound.
The steamer also brought several
i Fairbatiksans to Nenana for the
ball game.
Major E. R. McFarland, head of
I the T. & T. department of the Alas
kan Engineering commission, left
jfor the Southern division last week,
by way of Broad Pass, after a brief
visit in this division. He was ac
companied by Foreman George
.Woods.
WASHINGTON', D. C., Aug. 2.—
The interstate commerce commission
has granted the request of the rail
roads of the country for permission
to make a general advance in freight
and passenger rates to meet in
creased cost of operation resulting
from the recent wage award of the
federal labor board. The roads are
granted authority to increase their
revenues approximately a billion and
a half dollars.
It is announced that freight rates
are to be advanced approximately a
third, passenger fares a fifth, and
Pullman charges 50 percent.
Coastwise and inland steamship!
lines and electric railways are also
granted authority to advance rates,1
in proportion to those of railroads}
serving in the same territory.
The new schedules are to con
tinue in effect until March 1, 1921, :
and probably will become effective,
on the first of September.
The commission explains that in
I creased rates are justified in view j
of rapidly changing prices and con- j
ditions, and the necessity for pro- !
viding adequate transportation dur-1
ing and after readjustment of rail
road control.
ARMY PLANES ARE COMING
JASPER, Alberta, Aug. Z.—The
four army airplanes which are en
route from New York to Nome
reached this city from Edmonton
yesterday and three of the ma
chines hopped for Prince George at
6:25 this morning. Captain Street’s
plane developed a slight fire when
he was preparing to take to the air
and his departure was delayed. He
hopes to get away this afternoon in
order that he may leave Prince
George tomorrow with the other
planes.
BARN AT DUNBARS
WRECKED By FIRE
A large barn, erected at Mile 429
sometime ago by the Alaskan En
gineering commission and sold very
recently to Mail Carrier Allard, was
completely destroyed by fire early
yesterday morning, together with a
bunkcar belonging to the Govern
ment, which stood close by. The
fire was discovered shortly after one
o’clock, but had gained such head
way that neither the barn nor the
car could be saved, owing to the
absence of fire-fighting facilities in
that locality.
The origin of the fire is shrouded
in mystery, but the fact that the
barn was unoccupied at the time
and was at a distance from the
track encourages the belief that the
case is one demanding an investiga
tion.
Allard closed the deal for the
barn several days ago, paying a
deposit to the commission to bind
the bargain. It was his intention to
take possession immediately.
Mile 429 is on the Goldstream
line of the Government railroad, and
is better known as Dunbar’s, where
the steam-shovel camp is located.
The Thelin roadhouse is also in the
same locality.
Edgar Brooker expects to leave
for the States on the steamer Alas
ka. He is going Outside to com
plete his education.
After undergoing repairs at Ed- >
monton, the planes made a start on j
Saturday morning, but were com-]
pelled to put back after about an j
hour in the air, owing: to low visi
bility. A second start was made
yesterday and the difficult mountain
flight accomplished -without mishap |
of any kind.
Barring: further delays, the ma- j
chines will reach Hazelton tomor- j
row, Wrangell on Wednesday, White-1
horse on Thursday, Dawson on Fri
day, and Fairbanks on Saturday.
FROM UPPER Mi
The baseball special, which left
Fairbanks for Nenana early yester
day morning:, brought nearly 100 ]
baseball enthusiasts from the upper
town, including the members of the
Fairbanks baseball team. The train
left Fairbanks at 7:30, and started ]
on the return trip from North Ne- ]
nana shortly after eight o’clock last
evening, in spite of loud protests on
the part of numerous members of
the party, who desired to remain in
Nenana for a dance.
It was claimed by those in charge
of the excursion that many of those
making the trip had joined the I
party with the understanding that!
they would be taken home sufficient- .
ly early to enable them to get at
least part of a night’s rest, and it
was therefore impossible to hold the :,
train later. j i
Jack Donald, who came up river i,
last week, was a returning pass- J
enger on the steamer Yukon, headed j
for Dawson, to which place he has;:
been transferred from Tanana. |1
where he was in charge of the store !
of the Northern Commercial com- i
pany.
Col. F. Mears, chairman of the
Alaskan Engineering commission, is ]
enroute to Nenana from the coast,
having left Talkeetna Saturday i
morning. Engineer in Charge Fred’k '
D. Browne will meet him enroute. 1
HUNGARIANS MU
RAID ON NEMOR
VIENNA, Aug. 2.—A force of
Hungarians, numbering more than
800, arme<l and uniformed, crossed
the Austrian border on Saturday,
overpowered the guards stationed on
the frontier, and raided the Fursten
Feld arsenal.
Two thousand Austrian rifles,
twenty-one machine-guns and a large
number of uniforms were seized by
the raiders and loaded onto motor
trucks, after which the invaders re
turned to their own territory with
their loot.
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Deputy Marshal Vawter, who came
up river last week with an alleged
dry law violater, returned to his
station on the steamer Yukon, after
delivering his prisoner at Fairbanks.
Three stage-loads of tourists left
Fairbanks for the coast on Satur
day, another stage left yesterday,
and still another is scheduled to
leave tomorrow. The tourists came
in by the river route, most of them
being passengers on the steamer
Yukon.
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II. E. St. George, head of the
5t. George Realty company, of Fair
banks, is winding up his affairs in
:he upper town and will leave for
:he States in the near future, in
search of a new location. E. H.
Mack will succeed Mr. St. George
is head of the realty company.
H. Van Berio, well-known mining
nan of the Fairbanks district, was
m outgoing passenger on tiie steam
ip Yukon, accompanied by Mrs. Van
Berio. They may decide to locate
jermanently in the States.
Lieut. Cherry, who arrived in
Fairbanks last week from the coast,
>y way of the Richardson trail,
vent to Fort Gibbon on the steamer
fukon.
First class mail arrived in Nenana
in the steamer Yukon Saturday
light. The shipment reached Fa:r
>anks, via the trail, Saturday aft
ernoon.
The Tanana club, oldtime busi
i
less men’s organization of Fair
>anks, passed out of existence on
Saturday through lack of sufficient
nembership to keep it going longer.
H. B. Avakoff, of the Fairbanks
ewelry firm of Avakoff & Brown,
eft for the coast on the steamer
fukon, it being his intention to
ipen a branch store in one of the
;owns on th-' Alaska coast. He has
lis eye on Ketchikan.
PARIS, Aug. 2.—The Bolshevik
cavalry is reported to have ad
vanced to the East Prussian fron
tier, where the Russians are now
fraternizing with the Germans an-.l
carrying: on negotiations.
TERMS TOO SEVERE.
WARSAW, Aug. 2.—The fear is
expressed in diplomatic circles that
Polish and soviet representatives will
be unable to reach an armistice
agreement, the belief prevailing that
the Russians will insist on terms
more severe than the Polish emis
saries will consent to.
EVACUATION AT WARSAW.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 2.—
jThe national headquarters of the
Red Cross society has been advised
of the evacuation of the Warsaw
warehouses used for the storage of
Red Cross supplies.
| ULTIMATUM ISSUED.
| LONDON, Aug. 2.—The Rumani
!an government has issued an ulti
Jmatum in which notice is served on
iSoviet Russia, giving the Bolsheviki
| three days in which to withdraw
| their troops from Rumanian terri
jtory. In the event of Russia's
i failure to comply, orders will be
! issued for a general mobilization
’of Rumanian torces.
DELEGATES ARRIVE.
PARIS, Auk. 2. — The Polish
plenipotentiaries appointed to nego
tiate with Soviet Russia have ar
rived at Baranovitchi, where the
armistice terms are co be discussed.
BAN ON SHOWS.
BERLIN’, Aug. 2. — The Polish
military authorities have prohibited
all public and private entertain
ments, those disobeying the edict be
ing subject to heavy line and im
prisonment. Orders also have been
issued for the strict censorship of
Polish newspapers.
There will be a meeting of N’e
nana ig'oo, No. 17, Pioneers of
Alaska, tonight at Union hall, com
mencing at eight o’clock.
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