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NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1920.
NO. 59
i DELEGATES TALK OF NEW PARTY NOW
DEMOCRATS URGED TO GIVE HOOVER CHANCE
UNITED STATES WILL PUT STOP TO SUGAR SHIPMENTS
FARMS READY
FOR NENANA GAME;
The suggestion that the members
of the Fairbanks baseball team visit
Nenana for a series of games on
July third and fourth is meeting
with very general approval in the
upper town, and if the trip can be
arranged it is probable that a con
siderable number of fans will ac
company the players. The Fair-!
banksans are now waiting to hear
further from Nenana, ready to sig-n
up for the series on condition that
Nenana will send its team to Fair
banks for a return game to take
» place during the celebration in the
upper town. The Fairbanks cele
bration committee, The News was
informed today, is waiting for the
baseball arrangements to be con
cluded before going ahead with the
other plans.
The Fairbanks players were in
action at the park yesterday after
noon, the regular team being seen
at work for the first time in a real
game. And Manager Beam is de
lighted with the showing made by
his men. Charlie Geis did the twirl
ing for the regulars and performed
in a splendid manner, holding the
opposing team down to one run.
Cook, a veteran of the diamond,
who is attached to the wireless sta
tion, has been elected captain of the
4 Fairbanks team.
Leon P. Sehumaker, who was con
fined to his bed for a period of 29
days during the recent flu epidemic,
is a visitor in town from the end
of steel, where he was nursed back
to health by Mrs. F. D. Browne.
He is still a little shaky, but is
gaining steadily and hopes soon to
be able to return to his duties.
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PROGRESSIVES SAY HARDING
WILL NOT FILL PARTY NEED
SUGAR EMBARGO
MAY HELP CHECK
PRICE BOOSTING
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 14.—
The plans of the department of jus
tice for relieving the nation-wide
shortage of sugar, which were par
tially announced last week, include,
in addition to rationing, an embargo
on exports to other countries, which
have assumed alarming proportions.
A statement issued by the depart
ment today shows that the exports
of sugar thus far this year exceed
the entire shipments of last year.
DEATH IN GOTHAM
WORRYING POLICE
NEW YORK, June 14.—The po
lice authorities of this city are at
a loss to explain the death of Jo
seph Bone Elwell, owner of the
famous Elwell racing stable, who
was found in his apartments on Sat
urday in an unconscious condition,
with a bullet wound in his head.
He died during the night without
regaining consciousness and the po
lice have been unable to unravel
the mystery.
A search of the apartments failed
to reveal the presence of a weapon
of any sort that could have been
used to inflict the wound which
caused Elwell’s death, and the the
ory robbery cannot be advanced
because the money and jewels of
the dead man were untouched.
Elwell was noted as a clubman
and turfman and was an interna
tional authority on whist.
The theory is being advanced to
day that Elwell was killed by a
husband or a father, and the police
have concentrated their suspicions
on two local clubmen, without suf
ficient evidence, however, to warrant
arrest. Both have been missing
' since the finding of Elwell in a dy
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iing condition.
I Mr. and Mrs. J. Harmon Caskey
left Seattle today for aSn Francisco,
where Mr. Caskey wiU attend the
Democratic convention. After the
convention, they will visit Ranger,
Texas, and other points of inter
est in the South. They are making
the trip by auto.
The outgoing mail, which was
despatched from Fairbanks on Sat
urday, was at McCallum’s at noon
today.
A Gibson mail stage is expected
in Fairbanks late this eevning with
a shipment of first class mail and
two passengers from the States.
CHICAGO, June 14.—As an aft
ermath of the Republican national
convention, Amos Pinchot, spokes
man for a committee of forty-eight
prominent Progressives, has issued
a public statement in which he de
clares positively that there will be
a new party presidential candidate
in the field at an early date as a
result of the choice of Senator
Warren G. Harding by the Repub
litan convention on Saturday. There
are rumors in circulation here today
that Senator LaFollette will head
the new ticket.
In his statement, Pinchot declares
that the “Republican party has driv
en out of representation in its j
councils millions of voters who fol- J
lowed Roosevelt, Johnson and La
Follette.” The new party, he con
tinued, will represent those voters
and present a “definite constructive
program.” The reports concerning
the candidacy were less clearly de
fined.
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VIEWS OF BRITISH.
LONDON, June 14.—The leading
newspapers of this country express
neither satisfaction over the nom
ination of Harding, nor disapproval.
Several editors refer to him as a
compromise candidate, and two or
three assume that his nomination
will make it possible for the Demo
"crats to elect their ca'hdidate, who
ever he may be. The Times and
the News say that the best card
that the Democrats can play now is
to persuade .Herbert Hoover to ac
cept the Democratic nomination.
The Post says the League of Na
tions will fail if the Republicans
win in November; the Telegraph
describes the Republican platform
as vague, and wonders how Harding
will interpret the Root plank. It
says further that it is easier to
criticise the Wilson league than to
suggest a satisfactory substitute. !
The Express believes that friendly
relations with England will be part
of the Harding policy.
HARDING IS READY.
‘ CHICAGO, June 14.—Following
his choice as candidate of the Re
publican party, Senator Harding is
sued a statement in which he said:;
“I am very proud, as any American
should be, over receiving this great
honor from the Republican party.
And I am not unmindful of the ob
ligation and responsibility that go |
with it.”
ONE AT A TIME.
BOSTON, June 14.—According to
a statement made today by his sec
retary, Governor Coolidge will offer ;
to assist in the Republican cam-,
paign, but his activity will be con-1
ditional upon his ability to do full i
justice to the demands of hs present |
office. He intends to complete his
record as governor without slight-1
ing the job to try for another one. j
CAMPAIGN SOON.
CHICAGO, June 14.—The Hard
ing campaign will be inaugurated
soon after the Democratic conven
tion has selected a candidate, ac
cording to announcement made here
today by Republican leaders. No
definite promises are being made for
the senator, however, as it is un
derstood that he desires to rest
before making his plans known. It
is his intention to confer with
Chairman Will Hays of the Repub
lican national committee and with
other party leaders, and spend some
time at his home at Marion, Ohio,
before taking up his fight as a can
didate for presidential honors.
BIG RECEPTION.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 14.—
Senator Harding reached this city
from Chicago shortly after mid
night last night, and was given a
noisy, enthusiastic reception. A
Boy Scout band from Oil City, Pa ,
met him at the depot and escorted
him to his hotel, with great crowds
following the entire distance. Flash
light pictures and cheers further
enlivened the homecoming, and the
senator thanked his adm'rers, but
made no statement as to his plans.
THE CLOSING HOURS.
CHICAGO,* June 14.—The nomin
ation "of Senator Harding -was se
cured on the tenth ballot, late Sat
urday afternoon, following a gen
eral switch of delegates down to and
including Louisiana. Harding re
ceived 374 Vi in the ninth, Wood
249, Lowden 121Vi, Johnson 82,
Coolidge 28, Butler 2, Hoover 6,
Sproul 78, Poindexter 14, Knox 1,
LaFollette 24, Lenroot 1.
One of Alaska’s delegates voted
for Wood up to and including the
ninth ballot, and then switched to
Harding when the final vote was
taken. The other delegate voted for
Coolidge on the eighth ballot, and
went over to Harding in the ninth.
When the tenth ballot was called
there was a general rush of states
to get on the Harding bandwagon,
and the official count showed that
the successful candidate had receiv
ed a total of 692 Vi votes. The
Washington delegation, which stuck
to Poindexter throughout the fight,
went over to Harding on the last
ballot. ^ 1
COOLIDGE WINS.
Following the selection of the
presidential candidate, the delegates
were asked to choose a running
mate for Harding, and on the first
ballot Governor Calvin Coolidge of
Massachusetts received 674Vi. Len
root received 146 Vi votes, Gover
nor Allen of Kansas 68Vi, Ander
son 28, Johnson 22Vi, Gronna 24,
Pritchard 10.
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An official report received at Fair
banks today states that the breakup
on the upper Kuskokwim river, and
the high water which accompanied
the breakup, caused considerable
damage at McGrath and other points
in that section of Alaska. The re
port was sent by Deputy Marshal
Pete McMullen.
He says he had four feet of wa
iter in his office at McGrath and
• that the wireless plant there was
Iput out of business for a month.
| All of the high ground in that lo
cality was inundated and several
! buildings were carried away by the
flood.
The water rose to a very high
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level also at Ophir, where a portion
'of the roadhouse was undermined
by the freshet and swept down
stream.
[ The property damage was consid
erable, but he does not mention the
loss of any lives.
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AIR COLLISION IS
FA1AL10 FLYER
SAN DIEGO, June 14.—Lieut, j
Louis T. Barin, a naval aviator at-;
tached to the U. S. S. Aroostook,
met death instantly on Saturday;
when his naval plane collided with
an army machine over Rockwell
field.
The machinist mate of Barin was t
only slightly injured and the two j
occupants of the army plane escaped j
injury altogether, and their machine !
suffered very little in consequence |
of the crash.
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Roadmaster W. L. Packer, Gen
eral Storekeeper R. S. Donaldson
and Special Disbursing Agent Frank
Doner made a trip to the end of
steel today on official business. They
were taken to the Crossing by spe
cial train.
Dr. T. O. Lake, who is in charge
of the Government emergency hos
pital south of Nenana, returned to
his headquarters yesterday after a
brief visit in town.
Members of the Tanana Rifle club
held a practice shoot at Fairbanks
yesterday morning, and excellent re
sults are reported.
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The Xenana Commercial club has
(riven its endorsement to the plans
of Road Commissioner Robert K.
Sheldon for the concentration of
road work in the Kantishna district
this season to the stretch of road
between Roosevelt and the Aitken
mine, upon which considerable work
already has been done. And an
effort will be made bv the organ
ization to induce Governor Riggs to
authorize the immediate expenditure
of the sum of $10,000, the amount
which Mr. Sheldon estimates will be
required to do the work necessary
to put the road in condition for use
as a summer highway.
The club does not regard the
Roosevelt route as a permanent
route to the Kantishna. At no very
distant date, it is believed, condi
tions in the Kantishna will compel
the Government to provide rail
transportation. But the Roosevelt
road seems to offer the only means
for immediate relief, especially in
view of the fact that the sum need
ed to put that road in good condi
tion would not go far toward open
ing a new road to connect with the
railroad. And before funds could
be secured for even a start on a
new project, it would be necessary
to have a survey, entailing much
delay at a time when relief is
urgent to expedite the development
work in progress.
As already reported in these col
umns, Mr. Sheldon has made a care
ful survey of conditions in the Kan
tishna, and it is his opinion that the
Roosevelt road offers the best solu
tion of the transportation problem,
provided sufficient funds can be ob
tained without delay.
DORMAN BAKER POST
GETS FORMAL START
The Dorman Baker post of the
American Legion was formally
launched at Fairbanks at a largely
attended meeting on Saturday night
and is now in a position to par
ticipate actively in the affairs of the
big organization.
The meeting held on Saturday
was the first since the arrival re
cently of the post charter and was
for the purpose of electing of
ficers. Another meeting is to be
held tonight for the purpose of
adopting a constitution and by
laws. Two members were admitted
at the Saturday meeting, and there
are eight or ten candidates to be
taken in tonight.
The Saturday election resulted as
follows: Commander, Hjalmar Nor
dale; first vice-commander, Frank
M. Dunham; second vice-command
er, Claude Gordon; adjutant, George
Hering; treasurer, Homer Amond;
executive committee, Jason Buzby
and Joe Wilkes; officer of the day,
John Ryan
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