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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1920.
NO. 272
. ALLIES WILL NOT PRESS HUN DEMAND
COURT RELEASES DEFENDANT AT WOBBLY TRIAL
LOWDEN SAYS NATION NEEDS BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
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NEW YOFK, Feb. 19.—In his
presentation speech last night, on
the occasion of the presentation of
A a gold medal to Herbert Hoover
for services rendered his country
during the past two years, Charles
E. Hughes introduced the former
food administrator as a financier,
diplomat, statesman, great civilian,
and hero of the war. The Ameri
canism of Hoover, he said, had
been shown in his every deed and ,
utterance, and nis achievements had ;
dignified the nation and established .
America's prestige abroad, which \
“diplomatic failures cannot ob-;
scure.”
In accepting the medal, and in [
reply to the glowing tribute paid to j
him by Hughes, the modest Hoover
said that common sense and the'
whole-hearted co-operation of the
American people had made his
European relief work a success.
4 The medal was the gift of the
Civic Forum to “the American who
has given the most distinguished ;
service during the past two years.” J
SANTA MONICA IS
REGULATING DOGS >
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SANTA MONICA, Cal.—The can
ine right to bay at night, especially
at the moon, is questioned by city
officials of Santa Monica, who have
issued an order that dogs must
cease their ancient practice.
It seems the tourists are kept
awake by dogs which thoughtlessly
indulge in baying.
So the official order has gone
forth that owners of dogs which ;
bay during humans’ sleeping horn's ;
will be arrested and fined. i
The dog owners are indignant. i
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GERMANS WANTED FOR TRIAL
WILL ESCAPE ALLIED COURT
ICE IS CAUSING
EASE ANNOYANCE;
RUN IS UNUSUAL
HALIFAX, X. S., Feb. ID.—Nu
merous bays along the Canadian
soast are clogged with Arctic ice as
the result of the movement of the
pack to a point farther south than
has been recorded in many years
past. Newfoundland bays are filled
with great bergs, shutting off com
munication with the mainland by
water completely and threatening
the destruction of vessels impound
ed in some of the harbors.
Information received from New
foundland today indicates that the
food supply is running low on the
island and it is feared that suffer
ing will result if the ice blockade is
not lifted shortly.
Millions of walrus and seals have
:ome down from the Arctic with the
ice, large patches of the ice being
ilmost black with them.
STAMPEDE SIMS
FOR ALASKA LAND
According to information received
n Fairbanks today from Cordova,
i stampede of considerable propor
ions is now in progress from that
ind other coast towns to the oil
ands in the Katalla and Yakuyacaha
listricts. The rush started yester
lay and many more were planning
o get away today.
The stampede is the result of the
lassage by Congress of the oil, coal
ind gas land leasing bill, which is
low in the hands of the President
[waiting his signature. The stam
leders want to be on the ground
vhen the bill is signed, so as to
nake their locations conform to the
equirements of the measure which
irovide that filings must be made
ifter the signing of the bill.
MOROCCO WELLS YIELD '
COMMERCIAL PETROLEUM
MOROCCO.—Petroleum in suffi
ient quantities to be of commercial
ise has been discovered at Djebel
rolfat, near St. Jean. It is intend
’d to sink 12 new shafts during the
iresent year.
.ARGE NUGGET FOUND
I IN CONGO GOLD MINES
BRUSSELS. — A gold nugget
weighing nearly 12 pounds was dis
overed recently in the Kivu mines,
n the Congo, the minister of col
nieg announces.
Kenana, the Gateway to McKinley
National Park.
j BERLIN, Feb. 19.—There is gen
| eral rejoicing throughout Germany
; in consequence of the decision of
| the Allies to recede from the de
;mand for the arrest and extradition
of Gennans accused of violation of
;the laws of war. The foreign office,
through which the information was
made public, expresses much gratifi
cation over the outcome of the ne- (
| gotiations.
I Officials of the foreign office be
: lieve, and so informed the Allies,
. that internal chaos would have re
sulted in Germany had the Allied
; governments insisted upon carrying
; out their plans to place alleged Ger
man lawbreakers on trial for the
commission of deeds of which Allied
soldiers, according to the German
contention, were equally guilty.
HOLLAND SATISFIED.
PARIS, Feb. 19.—In spite of
earlier objection to the proposed in
ternment of the former kaiser out
side of Holland, the Holland gov
ernment indicates that no serious
opposition will be offered to the sug
gestion that the kaiser be sent to
the island of Curacao, off the coast
of Venezuela. The Allies, it is
understood, will insist upon the re
moval of the arch-criminal from Hol
land.
LOWDEN SAYS TAXES
i CAUSE HIGH PRICES
SIOUX FALLS, Feb. 19.—In an
address delivered in this city la^st
night, Governor Frank O. Lowden,
of Illinois, who is one of the fore
most candidates for the Republican
presidential nomination, declared
that never before was there more
need of the reorganization of the
Washington Government on a busi
ness basis than now.
An appropriation expert, he said,
had made an examination of de
partmental appropriations and had
arrived at the conclusion that the
I high taxes necessary to provide
funds for the appropriations had
caused much of the unrest through
out the country and had contributed
largely to the advance in the cost
of living.
Cut down the cost of running
the Government, Lowden said, and
a lowering of taxes will follow nat
urally.
EVIDENCE LACKING;
FAULKNER ESCAPES
MONTESANO, Feb. 19. — Bert
Faulkner, one of the eleven alleged
wobblies on trial in this city on the
charge of participation in the Cen
tralia Armistice Day massacre, was
released by the court today, upon
moton of Attorney Vandeveer,
counsel for the defense. The court
agreed with the attorney that the
evidence introduced by the state
had failed to connect Faulkner with
the shooting.
A motion of Vandeveer that the
other defendants also be released
was denied by the court.
Upon being informed of his re'
lease, Faulkner’s face broke intcr
smiles and he ran joyfully to his
mother, who occupied a place among
the many spectators filling the
courtroom. Mrs. Faulkner has been
in daily attendance at the trial
since its start.
The motion of Vandeveer, which
was argued yesterday, was that the
jury be instructed to return a ver
dict of not guilty, on the ground
of insufficient evidence.
State Is Through.
The state completed the introduc
tion of evidence yesterday afternoon
and rested its case, and the defense
called its first witness this morning. ^
It is understood that an attempt
will be made to show that the pa
; raders rushed the wobbly'hall and
forced the wobblies to shoot in self
defense.
i Eugene Barnette, whom the state
has accused of killing Grimm, took
the stand in his own behalf today'
and endeavored to prove an alibi.
He said that he was in the lobby,
of the Roderick hotel, over the
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wobbly hall, during the shooting. |
The state tried to prove that he ■
was in the Avalon hotel and took ^
part in the shooting.
Barnette told the court he was
28 years of age and that he had
been a coal miner since the age of
eight. He said he was reading a
newspaper when the shooting oc
curred.
Attorney Vandeveer will endeavor
to show that Mike Sheehan, another
defendant, had no connection with
the shooting and had no knowledge
of the raid in advance.
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SEATTLE PLANS
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j SEATTLE, Feb. 19.—Accord in}!
to announcement made today by
members of the port commission,
plans are now being made for the
installation here of a fish repacking
[ plant at the Spokane avenue ter
minal for the accommodation of
| Alaska herring packers. Work on
the plant will start at an early date
and the commission will be prepared
^o handle 10,000 barrels of Alaska
herring this year.
The puppo.se of the plant is to
provide means for repacking the
| Alaska fish for shipment to tin1
i East. Very little equipment is re
quired, it is stated, to put the plant
on a working basis.
TACOMA AWAKES;
OUT AFTER TRADE
TACOMA, Feb. 10. — This city
will make a determined effort to
capture a larger share of the Ori
ental trade. A fleet of passenger
and freight vessels is soon to make
its appearance on the Pacific under
the flag of the Sigsbee Humphrey
Pacific company, a new concern
which has just been incorporated
with a capitalization of $ 1,000,000,
and frequent sailings are planned
between Tacoma and points in the
Orient.
William R. Post and George H.
Raleigh, local bankers, are among
those interested in the company, and
Charles F. Humphrey, former quar- ,
termaster-general of the army, is
president.
The company plans to secure ves
sels from the United States Ship
ping board, negotiations with that
end in view now being in progress. ,
DETROIT POLICE FIND
MANY STILLS WORKING
DETROIT, Mich.—Records of the
police department show that “raisin
whisky,” declared by some chemists i
to be rank poison, is being made on
i quantity production basis.
Since September 1, last, 252 stills,
have been seized by the police. The ,
potential output of these stills has
ranged from a few bottles to 100 :
gallons a day. In the same period i
nearly twenty deaths have been at- ’
tributed by the police to this home- j
-nade liquor. Despite this record, ]
:he raisin whisky market holds 1
steady at $5 a quart, according to 1
;he most reliable “quotations” ob- i
ainable. j i
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CAMP IS LIVELY
The Kantishna country looks good
to Sylvester Howell and Mike Kelly,
si urdough mining men, who re
turned to Nenana last night direct
from Interior Alaska's largest and
most promising: mineral district.
They went into the district about
three weeks ago, and a'c so fa
vorably impressed 1\ what they
saw that both of them will return
later to have another look around,
j with a view to working some of
'the ground. Howell probuo’y will
jgo back within a very short time,
j but Kelly has business in the' Tolo
jvana which will delay his return
j until after the breakup.
They left the Kantishna on Sun
day and made a record run to the
Government railroad, coming out by
wav of the Toklat and Clearwater.
[They hail twelve dogs and found the
going good, except for overflows on
the Clearwater, which, however, did
not delay them, for they were
traveling light and had a down-hill
run at the water, which was knee
deep in places. They caught the
train at Kantishna station and ar
rived in town last evening. Jim
Sherard, who went into the district
with them, decided to remain there
for a time, to have a further look
around.
The arrivals reports things pro
gressing smoothly at the Aitken ga
lena mine, from which a steady
stream of ore is moving toward
the river landing at Roosevelt. The
values, they say, appear to be hold
ing up well, and there also appears
to he considerable ore in sight, with
indications of depth to the ledge.
Ed Brooker and Mace Farrar, who
have adjoining claims near the Ait
ken property, are getting out wood
and getting their quarters in shape
for the development work which
they will start as soon as the snow
goes. They plan to do a lot of
work during the coming summer.
Brooker expects to come to N'enana
during the coming month.
Aside from the work being done
it the Aitken property, there is no
mining now in progress in the dis
trict, and not much prospecting.
But there are quite a number of
ddtimers scattered over the hills,
many of them getting ready for
spring, ami the indications are that
» lot of work will be done next
iummer, especially in the prosperi
ng line.
Messrs. Howell and Kelly are
ruesits at the Southern.
AUSTRIAN SHOES MELT
WHEN EXPOSED TO WET
VIENNA. — Although there are
ibout 90,000 unemployed in the
dty, when the authorities called for
vorkers to clean the streets from a
ecent snowfall, only about 100 ap
dicants responded. Investigators
ound it was due to the fact that
he fabric shoes worn by the people
nelt after a few hours of working
n slush.