CELEBRATE THE FOURTH IN NENANA
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1920.
NO. 75
PLATFORM FIGHT DELAYS NOMINATION
ALASKA PLANKJFA VORS FEDERAL BOARD PLANS
. EFFORT BEING MADE TO PREVENT CHOICE OF M'ADOO
ARMY IS FORCING
PRICES DOWN FOR
WEE SOLDIERS
COBLENZ. July 2.—German mer
chants throughout the occupied zone
have decided to reduce their prices)
20 percent and are now advertising
the fact that goods of all kinds can
be purchased from them at cheaper
rates than formerly.
The action of the merchants has!
resulted from the opening of 20,000
stores throughout the district by the
army for the benefit of the Ameri
can soldiers, who were being im
posed upon by the grafting mer
chandisers.
The army authorities found that
the profits of some of the stores on I
some artitcles exceeded 700 percent.
When the army stores opened, some
prices dropped 50 percent over
night.
GERMAN REPORT SHOWS
NATION DEEP IN DEBT |
BERLIN, July 2. — Minister of j
Finance Wirth has issued a state-1
ment in which he makes it known
that the present total debt of Ger- j
many is 265,000,000 marks.
SUGAR GOING DOWN;
DROPS HALF A CENT j
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2.—The
price of suger declined another half
cent here today.
CANAL BUILDER MAY
NOT SURVIVE ATTACK
LONDON, July 2.—The condition
of former Surgean General Gorgas.
who has been ill in this city for
some time, is reported as being very
grave today.
Venana, tr» Oatewar to McXialtor
Xatlonal Park.
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PLATFORM BEFORE DELEGATES;
CONVENTION FIGHT IMMINENT
SAN FRANCISCO, July 2.—Aft-]
er an almost all-night session, the'
platform committee completed its!
deliberations at an early hour this i
morning, and at 10:45 Chairman
Glass appeared in the convention
hall and began reading the lengthy
document, as finally agreed upon by
those constituting the majority of
the committee. The reading was
still in progress at one o’clock this
afternoon, and at that time there
was every reason to believe the sub
mission of the platform would be
followed by a battle royal on the
floor of the convention. The first
skirmish is expected over the wet
plank, between James R. Nugent of
New Jersey, representing the wets,
and William Jennings Bryan, cham
pioning the cause of the drys. Bry
an is awaiting an opportunity to
submit a minority report on five
different planks.
As submitted by Chairman Glass,
the platform is silent on the ques
tion of prohibition. It is a lengthy
document, treating with a wide
range of subjects. The preamble is
confined to a eulogy of President
Wilson, and foremost among the
planks is the League of Nations,
which is endorsed by the committee,
coupled with a condemnation of the
Republicans for interposing partisan
envy- and personal hatred in the way
ot world peace.
The President’s stand against “res
ervations designed to cut to pieces
the vital provisions of the Versailles
treaty” is applauded, but coupled
with this declaration is the state
ment, written after a prolonged
struggle in the committee room,
that the Democratic party does not
oppose “reservations making clearer
or more specific the obligation of
the United States to • the league as
sociates.” Accompanying thus is the
declaration that the President has
repeatedly declared and the conven
tion reaffirms that American obliga
tions as a league member “must be
fulfilled in strict conformity with
the Constitution of the United
States, in which is embodied the
fundamental requirement of delib
eratory action by Congress before
this nation may become a participant
in any war.”
The Irish plank is brief, reading:
“The great principle of self-deter
mination has received constant re
iteration as one of the chief objec
tives for which this country entered
the war, and victory has established
this principle within the limitations
of internatonal comity and usage.
1 his convention repeats several pre
vious expressions of sympathy of
the Democratic party fcr the as
pirations of Ireland for self-govern
ment.”
The Armenian plank is silent on
the mandate question, merely ex
pressing sympathy.
Other important planks are as
forecasted previously.
Committee Work.
The platform committee complet
ed its work at an early hour this
morning with the decisive defeat of
both the wet and the dry forces.
Repeated efforts were made to in
sert wet and dry planks for submis
sion to the convention, but by a
vote of 30 to 12 these efforts failed.
The sub-committee plank on Arme
nia was rejected by the full com
mittee, which objected to “the Unit
ed States considering its duty to
see complete independence and order
gained by the new republic.” r\
substitute was adopted, however, ex
pressing sympathy ^nd promising as
T'nere is considerable discussion
in motorboat circles today regarding
the new White Pass launch Kestrel,
which is enroute down the Yukon
river with mail and which should
reach Nenana in time to participate
in the races which are scheduled to
take place here.
Inquiry at the local office of the
White Pass company discloses the
fact that the Kestrel is a new boat,
on its first voyage down the river.
It has twin screws, driven by two
latest type engines of 90 horsepower
each, and is capable of attaining a
high rate of speed. The craft is
about 60 feet long and is fitted up
in modern style, with accommoda
tions for a considerable number >f
passengers. It is believed that a
crew of five or six men are making
the present voyage.
It goes without saying that the
Kestrel would make a worthy rivtl
of the local boats which will race
here during the celebration, and it
is understood that efforts are to be
made to have the new craft enter,
should it reach Nenana in time.
CALIFORNIA HAY HAS
REACHED HIGH POINT
GRASS VALLEY, Cal—The sto
ries of $50 per ton hay with which
pioneers of the very early days heie
have been wont for seventy years to
amaze their auditors, now are
matched by fact, as hay has again
touched the $50 mark.
Since October of last year the re
tail price of hay has exactly doubled
on the local market.
COLLEGE REGENTS SEE
NEED OF HIGHER WAGE
RENO, Nev. — Walter E. Clark
has been re-elected president of the
University of Nevada by the board
of regents. The salary of this po
sition was increased at the same
time from $7,500 to $12,000 a year.
Dan Sutherland, Republican can
didate for delegate to Congress from
Alaska, returned to Nenana from
Dunbar's yesterday, and will remain
here until after the celebration.
|Sistance in so far as might be con
sidered possible and proper.”
Fighting McAdoo.
An attempt to frame a combina
jtion against McAdoo was carried on
through the night, but without ap
parent definite results, the lack of
i headway being ascribed to an ab
sence of central control, and to the
fact that the feeling of many op
posing McAdoo was really directed
against President Wilson. It is still
‘apparent today that there is no dark
horse around whom the McAdoo
, opposition may rally. The leaders
10 GET SUFFRAGE
WASHINGTON, D. €., July 2.—
Following a conference with War
ren G. Harding, Republican candi
date for President, Governor Clem
ent of Vermont announced today
that he would immediately issue a
call for a special session of the
Vermont legislature to consider the
question of ratifying the woman's
sutfrage amendment.
TENNESSEE ALSO.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2.—
Governor Roberts of Tennessee has
announced that he will issue a call
,for a special session of the Tennes
see legislature to consider ratifica
jtion of the suffrage amendment. The
I call will be issued for August 9.
OPEN SHOP CAMPAIGN
UNDER WAY AT QUINCY
QUINCY, 111. — The open shop
struggle is now well under way in
Quincy.
The announcement of the Quincy
American Open Shop association has
been followed by the appointment
of a committee by the Trades and
Labor assembly of the city to resist
the open shop movement.
Quincy is a strongly organized
labor city, the assembly counting a
membership of over 4,000 and em
bracing even the fire department.
The labor committee has suc-eeded
i
thus far in securing the withdrawal
' of several of the original signers
j of the open shop agreement. On
| the other hand, the open shop as
sociation reports the recruiting of
|some fifty names in addition to the
'original list, and these, it is said,
’more than offset defections.
I Retail houses thus far have been
.slow to endorse the plan, owing to
the large number of union men.
Mrs. Ray Stevens of Juneau, who
has been in Nenana selling “The
Book of Knowledge,” was a pass
enger on today’s train for Fair
banks.
The barge Roger L. was picked
up off Ketchikan and towed into
that port recently. The barge was
lost by the tug Columbia, which was
towing it from Seattle.
of the movement were considerably
embarrassed by questions of various
delegates who wanted to know why
an anti-McAdoo movement was real
ly necessary. The chief objection
appeared to be that McAdoo is the
son-in-law of the President.
The names of several additonal
candidates for the Presidency were
placed in nomination yesterday aft
'ernoon and evening, Senator Sim
jmons of North Carolina, Carter
j Glass, Governor Cornwell. Vice
i President Marshall and others being
[among the number.
I After a futile night session, given
lover chiefly to awaiting the wet tight
on the floor of the convention, an
| adjournment was taken at 10:30
[amid yells of disappointment from
| a record-breaking crowd, which call
led for “Bryan, Bryan, we want
Bryan.’’
Roed on Warpath.
j In an address made before a
| crowd estimated at 6,000 strong,
[Senator Reed of Missouri, who was
: denied a seat in the convention, at
tacked the convention leaders who
had refused to admit him as a dele
gate. He also denounced the League
[of Nations as a “treacherous and
i treasonable and stupid suicide for
the United States.” The meeting
i was held under the auspices of “All
I American friends of Ireland.”
i
The Alaska Plank.
! The Alaska plank, as adopted by
the platform committee of the con
vention, reads as follows: “We
■ commend the Democratic administra
tion for inaugurating a new policy
as to .Alaska, as evidenced by the
construction of the Alaska railroad
and the opening of the coal and oil
fields. We declare for a modifica
tion of the existing coal land law to
promote development without dis
turbing those features intended to
prevent monopoly; for such changes
in the policy of forestry control as
will permit immediate initiation of
the paper pulp industry; for reliev
ing the Territory from the evils of
long-distance government by arbi
trary and interlocking bureaeratic
regulations, and, to that end, we
urge the speedy passage of a law
■ containing the essential features of
;the Lane-Curry bill, now pending,
co-ordinating and consolidating all
federal control of natural resources
under one department to be ad
ministered by a non-partisan board,
permanently resident in the Terri
tory; for the fullest measure of ter
ritorial self-government, with a view
jto ultimate statehood, with jurisdic
tion over all matters not of purely
federal concern, including the fish
ieries and gartte; and for the intel
jligent administration of federal con
I trol.
“We believe all officials appointed
should be qualified by previous bona
fide residence in the Territory. We
declare for a comprehensive system
of road construction, with increased
appropriations, and for the full ex
tension of the federal road act and
federal farm loan act to Alaska.”
WORKERS 10 GEE
NEW WAGE SCALE
IN POPPY SLATE
SAN FRANCISCO. July 2.— All
adult male employes of fruit and
|vegetable tanneries and dried fruit
'plants in California will receive a
[wage of $4.GO per day this season,
I according to announcement made to
jday by officials of the state indus
trial welfare commission, following
!a thorough investigation of living
I costs. The new scale is for eight
! hours’ work and is a material in
jcrease over last summer's scale.
| It is also announced that employ
jers throughout the state have sig
jnified a willingness to accept the
findings of the commission and to
! pay the wages indicated.
The new scale will benefit a vast
Jarmy, of workers who find employ
ment during the summer in fruit
land vegetable canneries and in dry
jing- plants, and it is believed that
; ample labor will be available at that
irate of wages to meet all require
i ments.
SEATTLE WATCHMAN
KILLS LONGSHOREMAN
! SKATTI-E, Juy 2. — Cy Capet,
jaged It), is dead, and A. S. MeKib
|ben, aged 30, is in the hospital
jseriously wounded, as a result of
an attack made upon them by Phil
j 1 ip Hathaway, detective watchman.
Hathaway claims' the two men. both
longshoremen, were stealing gaso
line when he fired upon them.
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j Operator William Morris of the
i local signal corps station returned
ifrom Fairbanks today.
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j R. K. Lambert, ex-service man.
who recently arrived from the
States, has signed on with the eom
jmission and will be attached to the
store force.
i
H. B. Madland, traveling man,
who returned to Nenana yesterday
from Fairbanks, is an oldtimer in
Interior Alaska. Eleven years ago
he was a member of the Northern
Commercial companys store force at
Fairbanks, and stampeded from the
upper town to the Innoko district,
where he resided for a number of
years. He afterwards went Outside
and entered the employ of the N. C.
company at the home office in San
Francisco and was there until a
couple of years ago, when he gave
up his position to take to the road.
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Iiun. the Gateway to McKinley
Katieaal Park.