WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1920.
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NO. 26*
LANSING AND WILSON BREAK RELATIONS
MAINTENANCE OF WA Y STRIKE PLANS CONTINUE
PROSECUTION UNKING WOBBLY WITH GRIMM MURDER
TEACHERS DESERT
SCHOOLS BECAUSE
OF LOW SALARIES
SEATTLE, Feb. 14.- In an ad
dress delivered in this city yester
day, Josephine Corliss Preston, pres
ident of the National Educational
association, declared that one hun
dred thousand teachers are needed
throughout the nation at the present
time. America, in consequence of
the shortage, is facing a breakdown
in its education system. The short- j
age of teachers, in the opinion of j
the educator, is due to low salaries, j
and she advocates the calling of a I
conference of state educational
heads to launch a drive for needed
teachers and higher salaries. Other
states are considering similar drives.
Professor* Kicking.
Professors in the employ of the j
University of Washington will short
ly present a new salary scale to the j
recents of the institution, with a 1
request that additional pay be grant
ed. Following a recent request for
an advance of 50 percent in sal
aries, the regen is voted increases j
ranging from 2 to 25 percent.
HOOVER aw FORMED
TO BOOST TOW KING
PALO ALTO, Cal., Fob. 14.—A
lloover-for-President club has been
formed in this city by fellow towns
men of the former food dictator,
and a vigorous effort will be made
by the organization to land the Re
publican nomination for President.
The club membership includes many
Democrats, as well as Republicans, |
and the club officers are urging all j
Hoover advocates and supporters to ]
SECRETARY OF STATE QUITS
CABINET AS RESULT OF ROW
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 14.—
Smarting under the charge that he
had attempted to usurp the powers!
of the chief executive of the na -;
tion in calling meetings of the cab- j
inet during the late illness of Presi- !
dent Wilson, Secretary of State Rob
ert Lansing tendered his resignation
to the President late yesterday aft
ernoon and has withdrawn from the
cabinet. The resignation, to take
effect immediately, was accepted by
the President without expression of
regret or effort to retain the ser
vices of Lansing until a successor
had been named.
Lansing has publicly resented the
charge made by the President that
he exceeded his authority. He de
nies that it was his intention or
desire to usurp any of the powers
of the President. The conferences
which were held at his suggestion
during the illness of the President
were for the best interests of the
nation, he says, and were proper
and necessary because of the con
dition of the President. It would
have been a dereliction of duty, he
claims, if he had failed to act as
he did.
The state department has made
telegraph their endorsements here.
IN GEORGIA TOO.
GAINESVILLE, Ga., Fob. 14.—
Hoover is certain to be voted upon
in the presidential primaries to be
held in Georgia on April 20. One
hundred Democrats have signed the
petition making him the Democratic
nominee.
SOURDOUGHSWILL
MEET ON MONDAY
The members of Nenana Igloo,
No. 17, Pioneers of Alaska, will
meet in regular session at Union
hall on Monday evening, and it is
understood that business of unusual
importance to the oldtimers will be
given consideration at that time.
It is probable also that the en
tertainment committee will have
something to report with regard to
their preparations for the dance and
entertainment scheduled for the
night of February 21, in honor of
Washington’s birthday.
—
A car of commercial coal was
i brought in from the Healy River
Coal corporation’s mine on Wednes
day evening.
Mrs. George Hutchinson came
down from Fairbanks yesterday to
join her husband, who is enjoying a
several-day vacation in Nenana.
They will return to their home in
the upper town on Tuesday.
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Eight Nenanaites were drawn on
the grand jury and eleven will serve
as petit jurors during the coming
term of court.
public a series of letters which were
exchanged between Secretary Lan
sing and the President, and in his
final note Lansing wrote, in not un
kindly terms, that it would be im
possible for him to continue fn of,
fice, because of his relations with
the President. He says that he has
had the matter of his retirement
under consideration since January
last year. His differences with the
President began dui'ing the peace
conference, and have continued since
that time. The Government’s atti
tude toward Mexico, he states, was
one of his chief reasons for desiring
to withdraw from the cabinet.
In accepting the resignation, Pres
ident Wilson said that he had long
been aware of a difference of opin
ion between himself and Secretary
Lansing and that he had been dread
fully embarrassed thereby.
LANE BACKS LANSING.
' WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 14.—
Secretary of the Interior Franklin
jK. Lane, who will retire from the
j cabinet on the first of March, said
today that he considers himself
! equally responsible with Secretary \
! Lansing for calling the cabinet meet- !
lings which were held during the j
.Lmo that President Wilson was un
ible to attend to matters of state,
lie says that Lansing telephoned to
tint for his approval before the first
neeting was held, and that messages
vere often transmitted to the Presi
ient through Dr. Grayson.
CRITICIZES WILSON.
WASHINGTON, D. C\. Feb. 14.—
Chairman Porter, of the house for
eign affairs committee, expresses the
opinion that President Wilson should
not have criticized Lansing so harsh
ly for his action in connection with
the cabinet meetings held during the
President’s illness.
OTHERS TO STICK.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 14.—
Information coming from the White
House this afternoon contains the
assurance that the retirement of
Secretary Lansing will not be fol
lowed by other resignations as a re
sult of the action of the President.
The names of Under Secretary Polk
and Ambassador Davis are mention
ed unofficially as possible successors
to Lansing. Polk will fill the po
sition as acting secretary until an
appointment has been made by the
President.
ANSWER OF WILSON
MAY AVERT STRIKE
! WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 14.—
Although neither President Wilson
nor the representatives of the three
railroad brotherhoods will disclose
all that took place at the confer
ence held at the White House this
week, it has been officially an
nounced that the President asked
the railroad men to hold their wage
demands in abeyance for the time
being and that the spokesmen for
the workers promised to do so. .
The belief is general that the
President refused to approve the
demands of the two million railroad
, men for a general wage increase,
iand it is also understood that the
unions accepted the decision for the
present. This is not known definite
ly, however.
SOME MAY STRIKE.
j DETROIT, Feb. 14.—Officials of
the Maintenance of Way brother
hood declare that the answer of
i President Wilson to the railroad
i workers’ representatives will not al
;ter the plans of the Maintenance
' of Way brotherhood for the strike
!of 300,000 union workers which has
jbeen called for February’ 17.
STATE INTRODUCES
STRONG TESTIMONY
MONTESANO, Feb. 14. — Clar
ence Watkins, who acted as color
j bearer in the Armistice Day pa
irade, was called to the witness
{stand in the Centralia wobbly hear
ing this morning and identified Eu
jgene H. Barnett, one of the defend
ants, as the man who fired a shot
from a window of the Avalon hotel,
opposite the wobbly hall. The state
is endeavoring to prove that the
shot fired by Barnett killed War
ren Grimm, one of the Armistice
{Day victims. Watkins said that the
I
paraders were marking time when
Barnett fired from the window.
A H. Carpenter, a Centralia ga
rage owner, testified that he and his
partner, F. H. McDowell, and Miss
Elsie Hombeck watched the parade
from the garage window and heard
the shooting. McDowell had ex
claimed, the witness said, “For God’s
says, look; see that gun!” Car
penter said he looked north and
saw the barrel of a gun sticking
out from an upstairs window of the
Avalon hotel, and heard the report
when the gun was discharged.
Miss Hombeck testified to the
facts as stated by Carpenter and
identified Eugene Barnett as the
SPLIT OVER TREATY.
! * WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 14.—
'The differences between the Pres
ident and 1-ansing begun before the
‘United States entered the war, and
i the breach widened considerably
'during the time that Lansing was
in Paris attending the peace eon
jferenee. I^nsing wanted to sepa
i rate the peace treaty from the
!League of Nations covenant, and ini
* this stand he was supported by Hen-1
iry White and Colonel House, both of j
Iwhom agreed with Lansing that rati-j
Ification of the treaty would be de- j
: layed if the treaty and the league
i covenant were made inseparable.
The testimony of Bullitt, given at ;
a hearing held in this city several :
; months ago, to the effect that Lan-.
]sing had said the treaty would fail ,
, of ratification if the American peo
i pie knew what it contained, proba- :
. bly came nearer causing an open
‘break between Lansing and the
i President than any other occcur
rence, and it is believed that the
illness of the President was the
only thing that deterred him from .
ousting Lansing at the time of the
transfer of Bullitt. Lansing has not
sten the President since the Bullitt
incident. i
man she had seen in the window!
! with the rifle.
i Charles Briffett, school superin-.
'tendent. told the court that he saw
j Grimm fall, and two .minutes later
| saw a man emerge from the Avalon
| hotel, carrying a rifle, which he
! thought to be a .38-55. He identi
jfied Barnett as the man he had seen, j
jand stated further that Barnett was]
jfilling the rifle with shells as he J
! walked.
'■ Clarence Sherwood, a schoolboy,!
j testified that he had seen Lamb run-f
• ning from the scene after the shoot-j
jing.
, Thomas Morgan, aged 19, who'
]was at the rear of the wobbly hall
‘at the time of the shooting, testi
ified for the state to the effect that
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he had seen several of the defend-'
;ants in the hall He said further
! that the marchers had halted and
] were marking time when the first
| shots were fired from over the wob
I bly hall. They did not break ranks,
| he said, before the shooting com
jmenced. Morgan, who was in hiding
jin the hall, said further that several
!of the wobbly leaders held a con
ference in the hall just before the
shooting started.
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The Masons have advanced the
date of their dance, from March 13,
to March 5. This was done for the
: benefit of Nenanaites who will be
jcompelled to go to Fairbanks next!
j month for jury duty.
John B. Miller was recently sworn
in as assistant United States dis
trict attorney, and will be stationed j
at Valdez. Mr. Miller was formerly
deputy clerk of the district court in .
the Third division. At the begin-;
ning of the war Mr. Miller enlisted,
and after his return he was rein
stated as deputy clerk of the court.
RESUL1 OF LAWS
WASHINGTON, I). C., Feb. 14.
Representative Adolph .1. Sabath of
Illinois has introduced a resolution
in the lower branch of Congress in
structing the secretary of the trea
sury, the secretary of commerce,
and the chairman of the United
States Shipping; board to adopt rules
permitting; the sale of liquor on
American passenger liners beyond
the three-mile limit. Sabath claims
that the enforcement of prohibition
aboard American ships is having; the
effect of diverting; travel to foreign
bottoms.
BAR SOLD OUT.
SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 14. In
spite of the fact that the passenger
liner Mauretania carried a record
stock of liquors on the last voyage
aeorss the Atlantic from New York
the ship’s saloon was sold out within
a remarkably short time after the
vessel had crossed the three-mile
limit off the American coast. The
passengers thronged the bar after it
had been opened for business, and
sales of liquors continued fast and
furious until the entire stock had
been exhausted. Upon arrival here
there was not a drop of liquor of
any kind on board.
The storage room for liquors is
to be increased before the vessel
returns to the American side of the
Atlantic, and on the next voyage
out from New York efforts will be
made to have sufficient booze on
board to last until the boat reaches
England.
HOUSE 10 CONSIDER
DISPOSAL Of SHIPS
WASHINGTON. I). Feb. 14
Following the action of Senator As
hurst, who yesterday asked the sen
ate to prevent the sale' of form -r
German liners to the International
Mercantile Marine corporation. Rep
resentative Sabath of Illinois today
introduced a similar resolution in
the lower house of Congress, direct
ing the shipping board to refrain
from disposing of the vessels at the
time and in the manner proposed.
. The vessels will be sold at auc
tion on Monday unless the sale can
be stopped by those opposed to their
disposition in that manner.
The demand for reserved seats
has been so great it was found
necessary yesterday to include two
additional rows in the reserved sec
tion downstairs.
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