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VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1920.
NO. 51
DRY LEADER WARNS OLD PARTY HEADS
. AGED COUPLE SEEK FORTUNE LOST TO GRAFTERS
IRISH SYMPATHY VOTE BLOCKED BY HOUSE SPEAKER
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LAND SWINDLERS
DEFRAUD COUPLE
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 4.—Suit
to recover nearly a million dollars,
alleged to have "been secured from
them by an illegal conspiracy of
three Seatte and San Francisco land
promoters in fictitious land deals,
was filed in the superior court here
today by Edward Wineman and
wife, an aged couple of San Luis
Obispo.
The filing of the suit followed a
statement made before the grand
jury by Kay McKay, a promoter,
that he and Clarence D. Hillman
and D. J. Walsh swindled the Wine
mans out of the bulk of their es
tate. Hillman was placed under ar
rest, but was later released on bail
in the sum of $5,000, instead of
$50,000 as previously ordered.
Walsh has disappeared.
McKay, who is being held under
bonds, says that the swindles cen
tered about San Luis Obispo, Los
Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle.
The Winemans, once in the hands
of the conspirators, were taken from
place to place so as to avoid coming
into contact with their relatives,
until the bulk of the funds had been
secured.
FAIRBANKS MEETING
DID NOT TAKE PLACE1
The meeting of the Fairbanks;
Commercial club which was called:
for last night to consider plans for |
the Fourth of July celebration, failed ]
to materialize, for the Reason that I
not sufficient of the members re- j
sponded to constitute a quorum. The j
gathering was accordingly postponed
and a campaign is now being made
to insure a larger attendance at a
later date.
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FOUR NEW CASES
OF PLAGUE SHOW
VERA CRUZ, June 4.—Four new
cases of bubonic plague were re
ported by the local health authori
ties today.
A number of buildings on the
municipal dock and other structures
nearby were burned today in an
effort to eliminate possible centers
of infection.
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“Red” Rogers, an employe of the I
N. C. company at Fairbanks, has a ^
badly crushed foot today as the re
sult of being caught beneath a pile
of oats in one of the company ware
houses. It has not yet been ascer
tained whether or not any bones are
broken.
Dan Sutherland, Republican can
didate for delegate to Congress,
came up river on the steamer Wash
bum and is now headed for the
Tolovana country. After a short
stay there, he will go to Fairbanks,
then come to Nenana, and thence
to the coast by way of Broad Pass.
R. T. Brooks was a Fairbanks
bound passenger on today’s train.
He is having considerable difficulty
recovering from the flu and is go
ing to the upper town for a change
in the hope that it will benefit him.
Ralph Dutcher, who was attached
to the local office of the American
Yukon Navigation company last sea
son, returned to Xenana on the j
Washburn to resume his former du-1
ties.
Auditor Howard Turner, of the
Northern Commercial company, who
was a passenger on the steamer!
Washburn when that boat left Daw
son, stopped off at Hot Springs and
will be there until the Washburn
returns, when he will rejoin the boat
and proceed to Iditarod. He will
visit Nenana and Fairbanks later in
the summer.
Dutch. Blankfield, who is dividing
his time thing spring between Ne
nana and Fairbanks, was a down
bound passenger on today’s train
from the upper town.
R. M. Brown returned to Nenana
this afternoon after an absencd of
several days in the upper town.
Ben Simson has two canvas shoes
at his store for which he cannot find
mates, and he is of the opinion that
he sold one of his lady customer^ a
pair that is not a pair. One of the
shoes is a 3 and the other a 5.
Mr. Simson will be glad to correct
the mistake if one has been made.
CHICAGO, June 4. — Virgil J.
Hinshaw, chairman of the Prohibi
tion national committee, who recent
ly announced it as his intention to
obtain from every Republican can
didate for the presidency a state
ment relaitive to the party stand
on the question of prohibition, said,
in a statement made here today,
that if both the old parties come
out strongly for the Eighteenth am
endment, the Prohibition party prob
ably will cease to exist, as there will
be nothing left for it to do.
If, on the other hand, either of
the old parties nominates a wet can
didate, the prohibitionists will con
tinue to fight to the finish.
Hinshaw said further that Gen
eral Wood had informed him that
prohibition has done more for the
American army than any other one
thing. The general seemed inclined;
however, to leave the question to
the platform committee of the party
for settlement.
Talcing Form.
The affairs of the Republican na
tional convention are beginning to
take form here. Delegates and
boosters are pouring into the city
from every direction, and among the
arrivals are thousands of visitors
who will take no part in the con
vention, but who are sufficiently in
terested to attract them to the city,
to await the outcome of the big
gathering.
As things stood at noon today,
General Wood has 117 delegates
pledged to his support; Senator
Johnson has 112, Lowden 89, Har
ding 39, Poindexter 14, Sproul 76,
Sutherland 16, Pritchard 22, and in
addition to these there are 444 un
instructed delegates out of a total
of 984.
Lowden gained 23 votes today
when the committee seated the Mul
vihill faction of eight Mississippi
delegates and the Tolbert regulars
of South Carolina, marking the first
important defeat for the Wood
! forces.
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NEW MEXICO ACTS.
ROSWELL, N. M., June 4.—The
Democratic state convention has
named six uninstructed delegates to
the San Francisco convention. The
.convention endorsed the Wilson ad
ministration and opposed a wet plank
in the Democratic platform.
PLANS DISCUSSED.
CHICAGO, June 4. — Governor
Allen of Kansas, who will nominate
General Wood at the Chicago con
vention, has announced that he will
offer a plank declaring for judicial,
settlement of industrial disputes as
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a paramount issue of the campaign
The American Federation of La
bor will send representatives to the
convention to present the views of
organized labor.
According to reports received this
afternoon from the Kestly residency
in Nenana eonyon, where rock work
is again in full swing, the contract
ing firm of Nick Henz ft Co. tired a
very successful shot this morning,
the coyote being charged with about
six and one-half tons of explosive.
Eight thousand yards of material
was broken by the shot, of which
amount it is estimated that about
5,000 yards was “wasted.”
The shot was the first big one
fired by the outfit and one of the
first large operations in the canyon
since the flu epidemic.
A. W. Heimburger and Jack
Smith, who left Nenana about two
months ago in search of muskrats,
returned to town last evening on the
steamer Washburn. They report
having lost the bulk of their catch
in a fire which destroyed their camp
and they were compelled to return
almost empty handed. They brought
a baby red fox back with them,
which they captured alive. They
did their trapping in the vicinity
of Lake Minto and along the Chat
anika river.
C. • W. Felch, veteran representa
tive of Outside wholesale houses,
arrived in Nenana on the Washburn
yesterday to call on local merchants.
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MAKE AWARD SOON;
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 4.—
Chairman Barton, of the federal
railway labor board, announced to- i
day that the members of the board i
would make an effort to reach a
temporary decision within a week
on the wage demands of railroad
workers.
COMMISSION MAKING
BOARDS FOR GRAVES
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Neat-appearing headboards for the j
numerous graves which were added
to the local cemetery during the,
late epidemic are being made by the I
Alaskan Engineering commission and '
will soon be ready to be put in j
place. It is the intention to place |
a 2x12 board at the head of each.
grave and a 2x10 board at the foot, j
The headboards will stand about j
three feet above the ground and will i
be lettered with the names of the1
dead and the date of death.
In order that the names may be J
correctly shown, Mr. Packer sug
gests that relatives visit the com
mission paintshop, where the letter- j
ing is being done, and furnish the j
painter with the names as it is de-.
sired that they shall appear on the |
boards.
Commodore Abe Stein returned to j
his home in Fairbanks today after a
visit of several days in Nenana.
COMMISSION WILL
TALK COAL WAGES
WASHINGTON, D. C„ .June 4.—
William C. Thompson, of Columbus;
Neal J. Perry, of Pennsylvania, anil
William L. Connell, of Scranton,
have been appointed by President
Wilson as a special commission to
settle the wage controversy between
the anthracite miners and operators.
The President has requested that an
award be made within 60 days, if
possible, and that it be retroactive
to April first.
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Mrs. Robert Ogburh, mother of
Mrs. Larry O’Keefe, arrived from
Dawson yesterday on the steamer
Washburn and will be here until the
next boat sails for the upper Yu
kon. Mrs. O'Keefe and children will
accompany Mrs. Ogburn back to
Dawson, where they resided before
coming to Nenana. Mrs. Ogburn
spent several weeks in Nenana two
years ago, as the guest of her
daughter.
Attorney Cecil H. Clegg, who
came to Nenana on Tuesday on pro
fessional business, returned to his
headquarters in the upper town this
afternoon.
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PERSONAL
Tommy Quirk, Fairbanks barber,
created c-onsiderabe excitiment in
the upper town last evening by run
ning his auto through one of the
plate-glass windows of the Mellish
store, at the corner of Second and
Cushman streets. It is said that the
accident resulted from an unsuccess
ful attempt to negotiate a corner at
top speed.
Herb Heathorn, who has signed
on as steward of the new fisheries
launch Tern, wont to Fairbanks this
afternoon to get things ready for
the summer cruise.
John Bidwell, popular Fairbanks
ball player, has entered the employ
of the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion and will be stationed during the
summer at Xorth Nenana, as assist
ant to Agent Robertson.
Theo. Brakke, who went to Fair
banks last month to speed his re
covery from the flu, returned to
Xenana on today’s train.
Fairbanks has been requested by
the army to prepare a landing field
600 by 200 yards in size, and nego
tiations are now in progress to as
certain if a smaller field will do.
Fairbanksans believe that, in view
of the fact that there are no tall
buildings to interfere with landings
at .the ball park, a smaller field will
do the work.
PREVENTS TALK
ON IRISH ACTION
I WASHINGTON, l>. June 4.—
! Claiming insufficient time as a rea
|son to prevent discussion ot' the
j Irish question. Speaker Gillette de
I dined today to grant the floor to
|any member of the house for the
purpose of calling: up the resolution
expressing: sympathy for Ireland.
The resolution has been favorably
reported by the house foreign af
fairs committee.
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Petersburg Bonds.
A senate bill, authorizing the town
of Petersburg, Alaska, to issue
j bonds in the sum of $7u,000 for the
erection of a municipal lighting svs
jtem and school building, was passed
j by the lower house of Congress this
: afternoon and the measure now goes
j to the President for his signature.
Pulp wood.
| Senator Underwood’s resolution
(requesting the President to appoint
ia commission to confer with the
(Canadian government regarding the
• cancellation of restrictions on the
.exportation of pulpwood and news
print and other paper from Canada
i to the United States was passed bv
the house today without a record
(vote. The commission is ordered to
■report before December.
Record Hit.
! Senator Smoot has announced
jthat, because of the shortage of
newsprint paper, only enough copies
of the Congressional Record will b.
printed in future to supply members
of the senate and the house. And
it is the intention to place a limit
on the number of copies each mem
ber may have.
Wartime Repeal.
The senate judiciary committee
has reported, without amendment,
the house joint resolution providing
for the repeal of ail wartime legis
lation, excepting the Lever act and
the trading with the enemy act.
Governor bland.
Rear Admiral Joseph \V. Oman
has been renominated by the Presi
dent as governor of the Virgin is
lands.
Polk Resigns.
Frank L. Polk, under secretary of
state, has tendered his resignation,
to become effective on June 15.
The President has accepted the res
ignation regretfully. Polk announc
es that it is his intention to take a
rest before returning to the prac
tice of law in New York.
Merchant Marine.
The conference report on the
merchant marine bill has been adopt
ed by the senate and action by the
house is now awaited.
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