WHERE- RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1920.
NO. 33
CAPTURE OF CARRANZA IS DUE TODAY
RED CROSS WORKER SAYS SOVIET IS FAILURE
' ALASKA COMMITTEE MAY END HEARINGS TOMORROW
WASHINGTON. D. C., May 14.—
The Bolshevik government in Russia
is a ghastly failure, according to
Colonel Edward W. Ryan, Reel Cross
commissioner to North Russia and
A the Baltic, who has just returned to
this city from a secret visit to the
Esthonian mission.
The Bolshevik government cannot
survive another six months, Ryan
declares. Both Moscow and Petro
grad are unspeakably filthy and fam
ine-stricken, with no water fit to
drink and a bread ration of a quar
ter of a pound daily. The low
grade inhabitants of the two cities
are dressed like beggars and the
streets are from ankle to knee deep
in dirt, the accumulation of four
years, during which time no effort
has been made to improve condi
tions.
The death rate, the commissioner
says further, is abnormal, due to
^ the filth and the low standard of
living. Horse meat is the principal
diet and there are no medical sup
plies for those who require them.
The schools are demoralized, and as
for the churches and theaters, they
are simply hopeless, Ryan declares.
INDIANA VOTE GIVES
WOOD TEN DELEGATES
t INDIANAPOLIS, May 14.—The
Indiana presidential primary election
held in this state resulted in the
election of ten district delegates in
structed for General Wood, four in
structed for Senator Johnson, and
sixteen were elected to ro to the na
tional convention without instruc
tions.
<
t
V
A
Xanana, the Gateway to McKinley
national Park.
1"^ ™ ' ■'
Start
Right
Boost your
home town
industries
by spending
your money
at home.
Help The
News help
Nenana by
becoming a
regular s
subscriber
to your
home town
paper.
SEND IN YOUR
NAME TODAY
THE PRICE IS
$2 a month;
$9 for six months.
REBELS SURROUND CARRANZA;
SURRENDER EXPECTED TODAY
SOCIALISTS ASK
FOR RELEASE OF
MANY IN PRISON
_
| WASHINGTON, D. C., May 14.—
Socialist delegations headed by Sey
more Stedman, candidate for the
vice-presidency, have appealed to
Attorney General Palmer for “im
mediate amnesty and the pardon of
all federal prisoners convicted on
the basis of political speeches, writ
tings, or labor union activities.’’
! The appeal is supported by the
I argument that several European
countries have issued amnesty de
crees and that there is a general
disposition throughout the world to
view less severely certain acts which
were regarded as grave offenses dur
ing the period of the war.
Attorney General Palmer refuses
to discuss the appeal or to intimate
what his probable attitude will be
in the matter.
«t ***'•»**•. ri' * * r.»» r « * « «
* PERSONAL *
H K
It It « It It H It It It It It «t •! U H It It H
A three-year-old native child died
at the village during the night.
Practically all the other children
are well now and the older flu pa
tients are recovering rapidly, with
the exception of several who are
seriously ill.
Three deaths are reported from
the end of steel, the first to occur
there since the commencement of
the flu epidemic. Those who died
were Dan and Sam Radi and a na
tive woman.
Dr. H. L. Hedger won two of the
Fairbanks ice pools, Mrs. Charles
Beam carried oft- another, and H.
K. Carlisle captured the fourth. The
amount in each case was small, the
four pools aggregating less than
$500.
Miss Eunice Thrift went to Fair
banks today for a several-day visit
in the upper town. Miss Thrift has
been nursing steadily almost since
the outbreak of the epidemic in
Nenana.
First class mail reached Fairbanks
this morning, just too late to make
the train for Nenana. There was
some second class mail in the con
signment also.
Pat O’Connor advises from Brooks 1
i
that he has found it impossible to J
get to Nenana at this time, owing!
to the condition of the trail. He1
made an attempt to reach the rail-1
road, but was forced to return to'
Brooks. He was coming to Nenana
to attend his brother Joe, who is
critically ill here.
| EL PASO, Tex., May 14.—The lo
| cal revolutionary consul has received
ja telegram from General Obregou
in which the surrender of President
Carranza is predicted for today. The
| refugee president is now surround
• ed by revolutionary forces near Rin
I conado, Pueblo, where he is making
a feeble effort to resist capture.
CALL IS ISSUED.
VERA CRUZ, May 14.—Supreme
Commander Huerta, of the revolu
tionary forces, has issued a call for
a meeting of the Mexican congress
to name a provisional president to
succeed Carranza as head of the
republic and to serve until such
time as a permanent president can
be elected by the people.
TAMPICO FALLS.
HOUSTON, Tex., M4y 14.—Ad
[vices received in this city announce
| the capitulation of Tampico to the
revolutionary forces. The process
of turning the city over to General
jObregon was accomplished without
[serious disorders.
MATAMORAS ALSO.
| BROWNSVILLE, Tex., May 14.—
iThis city has been informed of the
peaceful surrender of Mata moms to
the rebel forces.
MEXICAN REFORMS.
j EL PASO, May 14.—Leaders of
[the Mexican revolution declare that
'the new Mexican regime will wel
jcome foreign capital and will give
; protection to American lives and
[ property. They also promise to in
[stitute reforms, among them being
jthe prohibition of gambling and the
i abolition of saloons.
10 LET m« GO
ST. LOUIS, May 14. — Grocers;
must sell sugar to all who ask for
it, and without restrictions of any
sort, except as to quantity, accord
ing to instructions which have been
received from Attorney General
Palmer by local representatives of
the department of justice.
| Under this ruling, grocers will
not be permitted to continue their
practice of requiring customers to
make purchases of other articles in
order to get such sugar as they may
want.
FAST MAIL MICE
IS PROMISED COAST
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14.—A
nine-hour airplane mail service be
tween this city and Portland is to j
be established by the postoffice de- ]
partment about the first of Septem-j
ber, according to a statement issued
by Second Assistant Postmaster
General Otto Praeger, who is now
in Seattle as a member of the spe
cial committee appointed to investi-i
gate Alaskan conditions and require
ments.
AMERICAN AUTHOR HAS
JOINED BIG MAJORITY
NEW YORK, May 14—William
Dean Howells, American author, died '
i
in this city today. He was born in !
Ohio in 1837.
HUNT RECOMMENDED
MINISTER TO SIAM
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 14—
The senate foreign relations com
mittee has recommended the con
firmation of former Governor Hunt
of Arizona as minister to Siam.
ITssau, Alaska’s Interior r«sl Depot
SKAGWAYAN LOSES
LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 14.—
Charles Norton, of Skagway, was
found by the roadside this morning
in an unconscious condition and is
now under treatment at a local hos
pital. He is severely bruised about
the head and body and is in a seri
ous condition, but it is believed he
will recover.
After regaining consciousness at
the hospital, Norton explained that
he had been invited by two strangers
to take an automobile ride. He ac
cepted, and all went well until they
reached a lonely spot on the road,
where the machine was stopped and
the two men then proceeded to beat
him up, with the object of robbing
him. He claims they relieved him
of $175.
BP MINERS ARE
NOE GETTING BACK
BUTTE,, Mont., May 14.—Fol-j
lowing a decision reached last night
to call their strike off, many union j
miners reported for work this morn
ing, but not very many of them
were taken back by their former
employers.
A number* of the men announced
that they would “strike on the job”
by doing as little work as possible,
which accounts for the fact that few:
of the strikers were re-employed.
-
Peter Dolan was a passenger on :
today’s train for Fairbanks, and I
orobably will make his headquarters
luring the coming season on Crip- j
ole creek, where he has considera- j
ole mining ground.
Jack Taylor, of the Taylor foxj
’arm, reached Fairbanks this morn-1
ng with the body of his wife, who j
lied of the flu at the Taylor home. ■
I
STAND FOR OPEN
SHOP IN STATES
WASHINGTON', D. C., May 14.—
'In a statement made this morning1
before the senate labor committee,
: Herbert Hoover declared that "the
| principle of individual freedom re
1 quires the open shop.”
Hoover was called before the com
mittee to give his views on pro
posed legislation for tihe settlement
jof industrial unrest in the United
i States.
i PRESIDENT VETOES
| APPROPRIATION BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 14.
j It is announced at the White House
this morning that President Wilson
has vetoed the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill. His
reason for refusing to give his ap
proval to the measure is that it con
tained a section putting under con
gressional control all Government
publications. Such control, the
President declares, would give Con
gress a censorship encroaching upon
executive functions.
*
*
•e
PERSONAL
»»
* ■
* * «•*•.*** » r * n KKKKI’ *!
Reports from St. Mark’s mission
state that practially all the mission ’
children have recovered from the ;
flu, and the nurses are rapidly yet- ■
ting: back on their feet. For a time
Miss Myrtle Rose was the only mem- ,
her of the organization sufficiently ;
well to carry on the work.
Harry Watson left for Fairbanks '
today.
The ice went out at Fairbanks j
yesterday, the official time being:
4:23 p. m. The first break was fol-1
lowed by a half-hour run and there t
was another run last evening, but j
the ice is now jammed in front of j
town.
Four new cases of flu made their
appearance in Fairbanks yesterday.
An inbound Brower stage was re- J
ported at Paxson’s this morning ;
with nine passengers.
Ice is reported to have started I
running yesterday in the Copper and
Gulkana rivers.
Chief Accountant J. A. McIntosh
went to Fairbanks today on a brief
visit.
I
TOMORROW NIGHT
SEATTLE, May 14.—The mem
I hers of the Alaska committee be
j 1 i eve that it will be possible for
(them to conclude their hearings here
tomorrow, by which time it is ex
pected that a Fairbanks representa
tive will be on hand to address the
committee, and possibly also one
from Ketchikan.
Colonel Brooks stated this morn
jing that the hearings thus far held
I had covered practically all the in
jdustries and problems of all sections
I of the Territory. He said also that
the committeemen are well pleased
with the results obtained. They
ihave heard everyone who has ap
! peared, and invited others who have
!
•not yet appeared. Some of them,
the colonel remarked, are too bash
ful to address the committee.
; Edward Saindon, a Matanuska
:farmer; Thomas Larson. Copper ric
her miner, and White Pass Wheeler
|were heard this morning, and C.
jProtopas, a Nome miner, is sched
!tiled to address the committeemen
ithis afternoon.
| In a talk given at a banquet
(tendered the committeemen here on
!Tuesday evening, Colonel Brooks ex
plained that the purpose of the hear
ings is to ascertain the practical
demands of Alaska rather than to
visualize the possibilities of the Ter
l'itory. More and better transporta
tion was the keynote sounded by
everybody who was given the oppor
tunity to speak.
Brooks declared that the greatest
problem, in his opinion, is to get
people to realize the value of Alas
ka’s resources, and he pointed to
the fact that the vast coal deposits
of the Northland are undeveloped
and the first copper mine patented
is as yet untouched. The commit
tee is friendly, he asserted, and un
derstands and appreciates the needs
of the Territory.
VISIT IS DEFERRED;
ELECTION 100 NEAR
BUCHAREST, May 14. — King
Ferdinand and Queen Maria have
announced the postponement of then
proposed visit to the United States.
The trip probably will not be made
until next spring.
It is explained that domestic prob
lems which confront Rumania at the
present time necessitate the presence
of the king. Another reason given
for postponing the trip is because
Maria says “the American people
have no time to receive a queen
while they are busy electing a presi
dent."
FORMER RAIDER GOES
TO JOIN ALLIED RLAG
FIRTH OF FORTH, May 14.—
rhe former German raider Moewe,
which has been turned over to the
Allies by the Germans, arrived here
:oday.