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WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 1920.
RIGGS ROASTS CONGRESS FOR NEGLECT
PRESIDENT WARNS ALLIES ONADRIA TIC QUESTION
OFFICE OF SURVEYOR-GENERAL OF ALASKA IN DANGER
* LABOR CANDIDATE
AT SEATTLE POLLS
SEATTLE. Peb. 18—Mayor Fitz
gerald was eliminated as a candi
« date to succeed himself as a result
of the primary election held in this
city yesterday. Caldwell headed the
list of mayoralty candidates, receiv
ing 28,518 votes, with Duncan a
close second with 26,040. Fitz
gerald received only 21,419.
Caldwell made the race for nom
ination without newspaper support
and with many factions opposing
him. Duncan had the support of
the Union Record and the endorse
ment of the Triple Alliance, com
posed of farmers, railroad men and
unionists. The Star, the Times, and
the Post-Intelligencer backed Fitz
gerald.
Five of the municipal candidates,
including Duncan, who were en
dorsed by the alliance, an alleged
radical organization, were nominat
ed. Councilmen Hesketh, Lane, and
Erickson, alliance nominees, led the
race for three-year terms, and Can
didates Cohen, Reeces, and Tindell
were nominated to oppose them.
Drake, incumbent, and Gallant, alli
ance nominee, were nominated to
fight for the two-year post, and Car
roll, incumbent, was nominated to
oppose N'auman, alliance nominee,
for the one-year post. Walter Meier
was unopposed for corporation coun
sel.
In a statement issued alter tne
result of the primaries had been
made known, Mayor Fitzgerald de
clared that the nomination of Dun
can “emphasizes Seattle’s danger,
which I hare been doing my best to
avert. My fight against all that
Duncan stands for was not for my
personal advancement. Caldwell
* made a vicious campaign against me,
but I am for his candidacy if he
sees the issue as I have seen it
from the beginning. He must make
his tight in the open, directly and
sincerely.”
The Non-partisan Municipal league
committee, which investigated the
records of all the candidates, made
known the following findings short
* ly before the primary election, the
investigation being the result of
much mud-slinging indulged in by
the various candidates during the
campaign: “Fitzgerald, of guud mor
al character, Americanism unques
tionable, proved to be a practical
diplomatic councilman, occasionally
sacrificing his own convictions to
politics. Duncan, also of good mor
al character, may be sincere, but
misguided in efforts to get advan
tages for labor, and judgment
warped on questions of general pol
icy. His election would tend to
accentuate class consciousness. Cald
well the committee found to have
a good education and good morals,
always active in civic affairs, with
a good record in office, strong per
^ sonality, positive opinions, and Am
ericanism unquestionable.”
The Triple Alliance, which met in
state convention this week, adopted
a constitution which provides for
organizations in every county in
GOVERNOR SAYS LAWMAKERS
RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDITIONS
the state to make an active cam
paign for the election of candidates
endorsed by the alliance.
The Seattle election will be held
on March 2.
DATE WILL TAKE
AMATEUR TROUPE
TO UPPER TOWN
Announcements is made this aft
ernoon by Director F. J. Date that
arrangements have been made to
take the entire "Rio Grande" com
pany to Fairbanks, where the local
thespians will present their recent
hlenana success at the Auditorium
on Saturday night. The arrange
ments were made by Manager Fred
Douse, who went to the upper town
yesterday and sent word back today
for the members of the company to
make preparations to leave for Fair
banks on Fridary’s train. They will
return on Tuesday.
An effort was made some time
ago to arrange to give the show at
Thome’s theater, but satisfactory
terms could not be obtained. Steps
were then taken to get the Audi
torium. which has been dark all
winter, and Mr. Douse reports that
very satisfactory arrangements have
been made use of the popular old
playhouse, which was built in the
early days of Fairbanks especially
for shows, and which has, in addi
tion, a splendid dance floor. The
"Rio Grande” company will make
use of this latter asset by giving
a big dance after the show.
The show is already wen adver
tised in Fairbanks, a number of
Kairbanksans who attended the per
formance in Xenana having returned
to the upper town with glowing ac
counts of the successful presenta
tion. Manager Douse will see that
it receives still more advertising,
and there is reason to believe the
Auditorium will be crowded when >
the troupe appears on Saturday.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 18.—
In a statement made today while j
testifying before a committee of the
lower house of Congress relative to;
the despatch of American troops to
Siberia and Russia, General March j
informed the lawmakers that Presi-j
dent Wilson ordered the soldiers to
those points, and did so against the j
advice of General Bliss, wfho urged '
that no such action be taken.
George Morell returned to Xenana :
yesterday from a several-day visit in j
Fairbanks.
NEW YORK. Feb. IS.—In an in
terview published in this city today.
Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr., of Alas
ka, blames the national lawmakers
for the very unsatisfactory eondi
tions prevailing in the Northern
territory at the present time. Con
gress. he declares, has hampered the
development of Alaska, with the re
sult that the population of the Ter
ritory is now only 25.000, whereas
it was twice that number a few
years ago.
The predominating features at
Washington, the Governor says, are
intolerance over centralization of
government and attempts to handle |
legislation that properly belongs to
states and municipalities. The law
makers, in his opinion, have no time
for special legislation, and Alaska
suffers in consequence.
The people of Alaska, the Gov
ernor concludes in his interview, are
at present living under laws which
were passed by Congress without :
•their consent and without representa
tion. This is a condition, the Gov
ernor believes, that can be remedied
if Congress will take the time to
revise existing faulty statutes and
pass additional needed legislation.
HOUSE COMMITTEE
CUTS MANY ITEMS
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Feb. 18.—
The legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriation bill, which has
been in course of preparation by
the house appropriations committee
during the past several weeks, was
reported for passage this morning,
with many of the customary items
of expense missing. Notwithstanding
the effort of the committee to re
duce governmental expenses, how
ever, the bill as presented to the
house calls for the largest peace
time appropriation for legislative, ex
ecutive and judicial purposes ever
recorded in Congress. The items
'approved by the committee aggre
gate $104,120,000. The amount ap
propriated in 1917 by the Sixty
fifth Congress was slightly less than
$40,000,000.
The bill proposes the elimination
of the nine sub-treasuries located at
Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago, St.
•Louis, New Orleans, and San Fran
cisco. The recommendation is also
| made that the office of surveyor
general in thirteen states, including
; Alaska, be abolished, and that the
i Government assay offices at Salt
Lake and Deadwood be closed.
PRESIDENT REMINDS
ALLIES OF PROMISE
WASHINGTON, D. Feb. 18.—
It is officially announced in this city
today that President Wilson has for
warded a memorandum to the Allies
in which he states that he may have
to consider withdrawing the German
peace treaty from the United States
senate if the governments of Eng
land, France, and Italy proceed with i
their plans for the settlement of the ;
Adriatic question without the con- i
sent of the United Sates.
The memorandum is couched in |
such language as not to constitute a
threat, but it leaves no room for
doubt as to the attitude of President i
Wilson.
“If we should ratify the treaty,” :
the note says, “we would be in the i
position of subscribing to an agree -i
ment to which we are opposed.” 1
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FAVORS ITALY.
PARIS, Feb. 18.—It is generally |
understood here that England, j
France, and Italy have reached an
agreement on the Adriatic question,
and that the agreement, unlike the
one reached prior to the departure
of President Wilson for the United
States, favors Italy and opposes sev
eral of the claims of the Jugoslavs.
LEATHER MONEY USED
TO RENEW SHOE SOLES
MATTIGHOFEN, Austria. — Resi
dents of this community in Tyrol
are usinp leather money as soles
for paper shoes. Fractional metal
currency disappeared some time ago
and the municipality authorized a
bip leather factory to stamp out
little round 10-heller pieces from
scrap leather. This served the local
business requirements until the peo
ple found it cheaper to use the
leather money as solinp for their
shoes than to buv the leather soles.
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GERMAN WORKERS ASK
CHANCE TO GET STOCK
BERLIN.—Employes of the Sie
mens Electrical works in Berlin have
asked the company to offer premi
ums of small shares of stock as re
ward for good work. The purpose
‘of the workers is to obtain a share
in the profits. It is understood that
the plan will be adopted, as it al
ready has been in the Krupp works
at Essen.
The workers told the Siemens
company that with the present an
tagonism between employer and em
1
ploye, a healthy status of labor
could not be expected unless the
company did something to give the
employes an interest in the business.
The workers proposed also to
form associations to contribute
funds for the purchase of small
shares of stock.
WASHINGTON, D. Feb. 18.—
The heads of fifteen railway em
ployes' organizations will meet in
this city tonight for the purpose of
considering the conference report on
the administration railway control
bill. They will determine, if possi
ble, what effect the measure will
have upon the wage demands which
have been presented by the train
men.
The railroad bill, as agreed upon
in conference and resubmitted to
both houses today for final action,
provides for the continuance of
wages paid by the railroad adminis
tration during the war until the
first of September; and it forbids
any change in rates until that date.
All labor disputes arising after the
railroads have been turned over to
their owners must be submitted to
a permanent federal board, the ap
pointment of which is provided for
in the measure.
NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—Herbert
Hoover will be honored tonight with
the presentation of a told medal,
the 'ifift of the Civic Forum, in
recognition of his valued services
during’ the war and in the days that
followed, the American who has
given the most distinguished service
within the past two years.
Previous awards were made to
Alexander Graham Bell, George W.
Goethals, and Thomas A. Edison.
The presentation will be made by
Charles E. Hughes.
YANKEE DOLLAR SIGN
ORIGIN IS DESCRIBED
LONDON'.—The American dollar
sign had its origin in a blending
of the Pillars of Hercules and a
Spanish scholl, according to a Brit
ish writer who has made a study
»f the “folklore of commerce.”
Delegates to the Grand igloo ses
sion were named at a meeting of
Fairbanks Pioneers on Monday night,
rwelve members of the up-town
igloo were elected.
| WASHINGTON, I). C., Fob. IS.
I Chairman Payne of the United
States Shipping board has recom
mended to the senate that all of
the bids received at Monday’s auc
tion for the thirty former German
liners be rejected as unsatisfactory.
Payne at the same time informed
the lawmakers that the shipping
board has already disposed of 188
| ships, the total receipts from sales
aprjrreuatinjf the sum of $!>d,000.0on.
The vessels thus sold. Payne says,
'are to be operated under the Ameri
; can flap-.
The names of those who submitted
i
bids on Monday and the amounts
offered for the vessels have not
been made public, but it is known
that quite a number of bids were
placed in the hands of the shipping
, board officials.
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NEW YORK. Feb. 18.—Former
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
has announced that he will not per
mit the use of his name as a possi
ble presidential candidate.
His advice to the Democratic lead
ers is that they send their dele
gates to the San Francisco conven
tion uninstructed, leaving the selec
tion of a candidate to their judg
ment after they have reached the
convention city.
HUGHES OUT, TOO
j OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 18.—Charles
F. Hughes has sent a letter to
•County Clerk Frank Dewey, asking
him not to proceed with the plans
to present his (Hughes’) name in
ithe presidential primaries. He says
he is unwilling to undertake a sec
ond candidacy :n view of the fact
that there is no lack of available
Republicans.
SPIKED HELMETS ARE
UNDER HUN BAN NOW
BERLIN -President Ebert took to
task sente of the officers of the Ger
man army while on a recent visit to
Breslau, for wearing their field caps.
A Berlin newspaper says that he
inquired why they did not wear their
spiked helmets. Their reply was:
“On our helmets are the words,
‘With God for King and Fatherland.’
In such helmets the generals cannot
receive Mr. Ebert.”
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