„ WHERE- RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1919. NO. 165
. SENATOR URGES RETURN OF SHANTUNG
NATION’S LEADING BOMB MAKER UNDER ARREST
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE READY TO CUT LIVING COST
FLYERS OBJECT
10 BACK FLIGHT;
* WHAT’S THE USE?
MIXEOLA, L. I., Oct. 14.—En
trants in the transcontinental air
plane' race, practically of whom have
reached their destinations at the
two ends of the course, are not en
thusiastic about the return flight.
They are all fatigued and argue that
a return flight across the country
will serve no purpose. Bad weather
in the East has discouraged most
of those arriving there.
MAYNARD GOING BACK.
SAX FRAXCISCO. Oct. 14.—
Lieutenant Maynard is planning to
start on the return flight to the
Atlantic coast sometime this after
noon, confident that he can lowei
his record made on the westward
*' flight.
ESCAPES UNHURT.
OMAHA. Neb., Oct. 14.—A Mar
tin bombing plane carrying Captain
Roy X. Francis, entrant in the trans
continental flight, was wrecked neat
y this city last night, and the pilot
and his three passengers much shak
en up. An attempt was made tc
land during a heavy fog and the
plane became entangled in the tele
phone wires.
' STATE PERMITTED
TO START ACTION
WASHIXGTOX, D. C.. Oct. 14.—
The state of Xew Mexico has been
granted permission by the supreme
court of the United States to insti
tute proceedings against the state of
Colorado for the purpose of deter
mining the correctness of the inter
state boundary line, which has been
4 in dispute for many years.
OFFERS CHEW TO LIFE
SAVERS; THEY DECLINE
VENICE, Cal.—A fat man res
cued from drowning in the surf
here by James Kirby and George
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Townsend, life-guards, offered his
rescuers a chew of tobacco as a
reward. They refused.
He calmly took it himself and
departed.
DEPARTMENT READY
TO SHAVE PROFITS
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 14.—
In anticipation of the enactment of
legislation that will stop profiteer
ing, the department of justice is
now engaged in completing plans
for employing the new weapon in a
nation-wide campaign to lower living
costs. Officials of the department
believe that legislation now pending
before Congress will become effect
ive within a’short time.
The conferees who recently inves
tigated the cost of living problem
met yesterday and reached a deci
sion to inaugurate vigorous action
as soon as it is possible to pro
ceed under the new law. The con
ference was attended also by Secre
tary of the Treasury Clase, Secre
itary of Agriculture Houston, Sec
retary of Labor Wilson, and a num
ber of others.
LODGE WARNS LAWMAKERS
OF FAR EASTERN MENACE
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10 BE MOVED TO
| BOWEN BUILDING
Arrangements having been com
pleted during the past few days
for the removal of the postoffiee
from its present location in the Van
Orsdel building, on Market street,
to the Bowen building, on A street,
Postmaster R. S. McDonald an
nounces that the work of installing
the office in the new quarters will
be taken in hand at an early date,
the plan being to take possession
of the Bowen building on the first
of November, by which time the
quarters are to be ready for oc
cupancy.
The change from the present lo
cation was decided upon because of
the greater amount of room availa
ble in the Bowen building and the
convenience of a more central loca
tion. The storeroom frontinng on
A street will house the postoffice
proper, leaving room at the rear,
facing Second street, for the com
missioner’s office and the living
quarters of the postmaster. This
arrangement probably will necessi
tate the use of a portion of the
rear building for a kitchen.
Permission to move from the
present location was received by
Postmaster McDonald from the
postoffice department several days
ago, following which arrangements
were concluded for the occupation
of the Bowen building.
Cards received from Joe Van
Orsdel in the last mail announce
the organization of the Mt. McKin
ley Gold Placers, a corporation with
a capitalization of $500,000. and
offices n the Lyons building, Seat
tle. The company claims the con
trol of 2,280 acres of gold-bearing
gravel, averaging 75 cents per cubic
yard, “careful estimates of which
put the cleanup at $15,000,000.”
Hnini—The Gateway to McKinley
Jfational Park.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 14.—
In an address delivered on the floor
of the senate this morning, Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge, Republican, of
Massachusetts, one of the principal
opponents of the League of Nations
proposition, warned his colleagues of
;a growing menace in the Far East.
Japan, he said, is building a Far
Eastern empire which will become
| a peril to America and threaten
the safety of the entire world, and
he urged the adoption of the Lodge
| amendment to the peace treaty, re
, storing the German Shantung rights
to China, as a means of averting
future trouble.
Japan, the senator continued, is
{retting control of China steadily,
relentlessly, with the intention of
using China’s vast man-power to
endanger the safety of America and
Europe.
He said he could not see how any
conscientious American could con
sent to any act, under the treaty,
that would extend the power of
Japan in China, especially in view
of the fact that America drew’ China
| into the war, with an implied prom
ise to protect China’s rights at the
peace table.
RADICALS PLANNED
USE OF EXPLOSIV
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CHICAGO. Oct. 14.—Federal of
ificials are authority for the state
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ment that they have discovered <
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plot to assassinate Judge Gary
chairman of the board of director:
of the United States Steel corpora
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tion, and that they are now on th<
trail of the man suspected of beint
the nation's chief bomb-maker, A1
exander Ivanoff. The authoritie:
claim they would have had the mar
in custody today but for the pre
mature publication of the bomt
story by a Chicago newspaper.
Great stores of dynamite are re
ported to have been found con
cealed near Gary, together with ret
circulars and a large amount of pth
er anarchistic literature. The circu
lars were printed in Indianapolis.
COURTS GUARDED.
j NEW YORK. Oct. 14.—Heavy po
lice guards have been stationed a:
the criminal courts building, where
two alleged anarchists are now or
trial. Their arrest followed the dis
covery of incendiary circular'
threatening the lives of Supreme
CONSTRUCT GREAT TUNNEL
FOR IRRIGATION PROJECT
SEATTLE.—Construction of a 14
mile tunnel through solid granite—
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the largest of its kind in the world
—is to be part of the engineering
• feats connected with the Methow
Okanogan irigation project in Wash
ington. This project, when com
pleted, will furnish irrigation for
approximately 45,000 acres of land.
The cost of the development voted
by the districts embraced in the
project, .and to be aided by the
state, is estimated at $8,000,000.
Four years will be required to build
j the tunnel, it is said,
j The Methow-Okanogan project is
but part of an ambitious program of
! reclamation work undertaken by
j Washington, and made possible by
jthe recently-passed state reclamation
jact.
|lnu>. Alaska’s Interior Fast Depot
Court Justice Weeks. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Rorke and Police
.Sergeant Gogan, head of the bomb
'squad. Guards have been stationed
| at all the buildings where bombs
are expected.
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IVANOFF ARRESTED
CHICAGO. Oct. 14.—Alexander
Ivanoff. who is suspected of having
made the bomb that was exploded
at the home of Attorney-Genera! A
Mitchell Palmer, in Washington, or
July 3. was taken into custody at
: Garv. Indiana, at a late hour this
afternoon. The officials also have
obtained evidence which throws
much light on the terrorist bomb
plots of May 1 and June 2. The
evidence reveals the entire terror
ist organization which was responsi
ble for the attempts to assassinate
prominent officials earlier in the
year.
| The officials believe that Ivanoff
made the bombs at Gary and then
carried them to New York, the
bomb manufactured by him includ
ing the 36 which were sent through
the mails last April.
PASSENGERS HOLD OFF
BANDITS WHO ATTACK
TRAIN IN MEXICO
MEXICO CITY.—After nearly all
the military escort on a train pro
ceeding from Tehuacan to Puebla
had been killed in an attack by
bandits under Francisco Ayaquica
at Tepeaca, a few days ago. a pass
enger named Galvez seized the pis
tol and sword of the commander
of the troops and led the few re
maining survivors in a desperate
fight until the arrival of reinforce
ments. Some of the passengers are
, reported to have been killed, and all
were robbed.
Albert Benson, George Holst, and
John Anderson left Fairbanks for
\ the coast this week, traveling by
auto.
Bnui—Tto Gateway to KcXinlay
National Park.
STALLS TRAFFIC;
| SKINNERS QUIT
NEW YORK, Oct. 14.— Eleven
thousand union teamsters, chauffeurs
i and helpers are striking in this city
in an effort to enforce their de
mands for a flat increase in wages
of $25 per month. They also want
an eight-hour day.
The -strike was called yesterday
morning, and by night practically all
ithe railroad terminals were tied up,
with freight accumulating at an
lalarmmg rate. It has been impossi
ble thus far to secure men to take
the places of the strikers,
j Negotiations are in progress to
day with a view to reaching a tem
;porary agreement so as to permit of
a resumption of work pending a
final settlement of the questions in
| dispute.
NEW CRAIER THROWS
| LAVA AT MAUNA LOA
HILO. T. H., Oct. 14.—Arrivals
from Mauna Loa volcano, which has
.been in eruption during the past
|several weeks, report the formation
more or less active.
j One of the craters is now throw
i ing lava into the air a distance of
400 feet, presenting a wonderful
sight. The continued activity of the
j volcano, however, is causing con
siderable uneasiness on the island.
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I A consignment of second class
mail was despatched to Nenana from
Fairbanks this morning by way of
the Government railroad. The ship
ment reached Fairbanks from the
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coast last night.
Wen ana. Alaafca'a Intarior Fnal Depot lftnana. Where Balls and Blvcra Maet
CARGO OF SCHOONER
SEIZED BY RUSSIANS
NOME, Oct. 14.—Arrivals from
!the Siberian coast bring the report
jof the seizure of the cargo of the
! American schooner Belinda by the
! Russian authorities on the northeast
j coast of Siberia. The entire cargo,
including a large catch of walrus
and a quantity of furs, was confis
cated, the excuse being that the
Americans had no right to shoot
walrus on the Siberia coast.
The action of the Russians has
caused much uneasiness among the:
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many American trading outfits op
erating in Bering waters.
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R TEMPERATURE
R As reported by the government
R observation station, Nenana
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R Tuesday, October 14.
R Maximum 19 above
R Minimum 42 above
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PRESIDENT MAY
WASHINGTON, D. COct. 14 —
jThe morning report from the White
House says that the condition of
i President Wilson is generally good,
| but it is admitted that he did not
jhave a restful night, sleep having
been prevented by a swelling of
ithe prostate gland, to which I)r.
! Grayson apparently gives little con
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'eern. In a statement issued by the
1 doctor, lie said the swelling of that
particular gland is quite common
land unimportant.
It is understood, however, that it
is the intention to call a specialist.
!so that the President may be made
more comfortable.
TO HAVE SHARE
I AS PEACE MOVE
NEW YORK. Oct. 14.—In an ad
dress delivered before the students
jof Columbia university yesterday.
President Nicholas Murray Butler.
I who has been in charge at Colum
bia since 1902, made a strong ap
ipeal for the co-operation of labor
tin the management and profit-shar
! ing of American industries as a
means of preventing the American
form of government from commit
ting suicide.
Making partners of the workers,
ihe argued, would remove one of the
chief causes of unrest and discor.
itent among laborers and insure
maximum efficiency.
Strikes, he said, should be made
obsolete, together with "Big Ber
thas” and the submarine.
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Chris Nikovich. a Montenegrin,
who came to the United States in
1905, has filed an application for
citizenship at Fairbanks. The ap
plicant was drafted into the Ameri
can army and received his discharge
at Gibbon. His witnesses are Rob
ert E. Burns and E. P. Allard.