WHERE. RAIL5 AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1920.
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NO. 78
ROOSEVELT TO MAKE RACE WITH COX
SECRETARY PAYNE TO START NORTH THIS WEEK
ARMY AVIATORS NAKING READY FOR ALASKA FLIGHT
PLANES TO STMT
ON ALASKAN RACE
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 7.—
Four army de Ilaviland airplanes
will undertake a flight from Mineola
field to Nome, Alaska, on July 15,
according to formal announcement
made by the war department today.
The purpose of the flight, the an
nouncement says, is to demonstrate
the practicability of commercial air
lines in Alaska, and department of
ficials expect that the pioneer voy
age will result in the establishment
of aerial mail routes in the North
ern territory. The airmen will take
photographs of hitherto inaccessible
sections of the territory for engi
neering purposes.
The planes will follow the North
ern border of the United States to
North Dakota, thence across into
Canada and the Northwest. Those
selected for the flight are: Captain
St. Clair Street, commanding; Lieu
tenants Clifford C. Nutt, Eric H.
Nelson, C. H. Crumrine, Ross C.
Kirkpatrick; Sergeants Simons, Hen
riques, Albert T. Vierra, and Master
Engineer Joseph W. English.
THREE-MASTER BURNS
WITH VALUABLE CARGO
SAN FRANCISCO, July 7.—The
three-master Charles E. Moody,
which sailed from Seattle on April
22, is reported to have burned to
the water's edge last week in Bris
tol bay. The report, which was re
ceived by the local Chamber of
Commerce, indicates that both boat
and cargo will be a complete loss.
A Gibson mail auto will leave
Fairbanks tomorrow for the coast,
and one is due in about Saturday
with first class mail.
CONVENTION COMPLETES WORK;
DELEGATES LEAVE FOR HOMES
TANANA ARRIVES
WITH FIRST TOW
BERING FREIGHT
The steamer Tanana arrived in
port this morning with the barge
Seal in port, loaded with the first
freight of the season to reach the
Interior by way of St. Michael. The
Tanana docked at about nine o’clock
and will be in port until tomorrow
morning, when she is scheduled to
continue up river to Fairbanks, to
which town most of the freight on
the Seal is consigned. About thirty
tons was unloaded here.
The Tanana is washing boilers
here and, upon arrival at Fairbanks,
will undergo inspection. The steamer
is commanded by Captain Miles
Lemley, assisted biy Pilot Jules Oliv
ier and Purser Buhman.
A number of passengers made
the voyage up river on the Tanana
from Ruby and other points along
the river, and the boat also brought
lower river mail. The passengers
were: Fred Harper, T. P. Farns
worth, G. H. Young, Vance R. Mc
Donald, O. P. Russell, J. Walther,
P. Waren, William Holmes, Fred
Chanon, Jack Holger, George Dim
nick, • James Walker.
The Tanana connected with the
steamer Herman on the lower Yu
kon.
SIXTEEN ARE KIUED
Dll WANNA ROAD
SCRANTON', Pa., July 7.—Six
teen persons are dead and more than
fifty injured as the result of a wreck
which occurred on the Lackawanna
& Wyoming Valley electric railroad.
The disaster occurred near South
Pittston station.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fisk were
outgoing passengers on this morn
ing’s train, headed for the end of
steel to have a look at the canyon
district.
The preliminary hearings of Louis
Doumains and Charles Williams,
which were to have been held in
Fairbanks today, have been post
jponed. The former will appear be
fore Commissioner Heilig tomorrow
[afternoon and Williams will be up
on Friday.
The steamer Carl White reached
Fairbanks at six o’clock yesterday
afternoon and is scheduled to start
back down river tomorrow.
The three Gibson specials which
left Fairbanks several days ago with
tourists bound for the coast are due
back tonight.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 7.—The |
Democratic national convention, j
which recessed early yesterday morn-!
ing after having selected Governor;
James M. Cox of Ohio as the can
didate of the Democratic party for
the presidency, was very slow in
reassembling to pick a running mate
for the party’’s standard-bearer. It
was long after r.oon when Chairman j
Robinson finally rapped for order,
and thousands of the seats which
had been occupied by delegates and
spectators during the earlier part
of the session were empty. Scores
of delegates and alternates left for
their homes during the morning, the
exodus being such that somebody
suggested taking a poll of the out
going trains.
Judge E. H. Moore of Youngs
town, w’ho conducted the convention
fight for Governor Cox, spent the
morning trying to get into com- i
munication with Cox by long dis-1
tance telephone for the purpose of;
ascertaining his wishes with regard
to the selection of a candidate for'
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vice-president. Names most prom-:
inently mentioned before the voting j
started included Franklin D. Roose-1
velt, assistance secretary of the ■
navy; Vice-President Marshall, Jo- j
seph W. Davis of Wisconsin, Cover- j
nor Stewart of Montana, James
Hamilton Lewis, Secretary Meredith,
Major-General Tyson of Tennessee,
Ambassador John W. Davis, and
David R. Francis.
ROOSEVELT NOMINATED.
It was early apparent that Roose
velt would get the nomination, and
when the balloting started, all of
the other nominees withdrew in his
favor, making his choice unanimous,
following which the convention ad
journed, at 3:30 yesterday after
noon.
HOW ALASKA VOTED.
SEATTLE, July 7.—The conven
tion representative of the Seattle
Times reports today that the Alas
kan delegation slipped in a solid
vote for James Hamilton Lewis while
the balloting was in progress for
candidate for President. When Pal
mer released his delegates, Marshal
Erwin transferred his support to
Cox, while Grigsby and Riggs con
tinued to support McAdoo. Grigsby
bad a tacit understanding with Troy
that they would support the high
man in the race between McAdoo
and Cox, and when Cox took the
lead on the thirty-ninth ballot, both
Grigsby and Troy went over to him.
On the last ballot, the entire Alaska
delegation voted for Cox.
GORGAS SUCCUMBS
TO FATAL ATTACK
LONDON', July 7.—Major-General
William Crawford Gorgas, former
surgeon-general of the United States
army, who was taken ill in this city
recently, died on Sunday. His con
dition became very grave last week
and for several days prior to his
death it was believed that he had
small chance to recover.
The deceased was born in Ala
bama in 1854. He began the study
of medicine in the University of the
South and was appointed a surgeon
in the United States army iu 1880,
from which position he advanced
steadily until he became surgeon
general of the army.
chinks are helping
SIBERIAN BOLSHEV1KI
HONOLULU, T. H., July 3.—Si
berian Russians arriving at Alexan
drovsk, Saghalien, say that Chinese
and Koreans in considerable num
bers have joined the Bolshevik forces
at Nikolaevsk, against which Jap
anese troops now are operating, ac
cording to a Tokio cable to the
Nippu Jiji, Japanese language news
paper here. The dispatch added that
the Chinese and Koreans fought with
the Bolsheviki against the Japanese
in the two-day battle that raged
there several weeks ago, and that
Japanese warships supplied the so
viet forces with ammunition.
■•uu, tli* Gateway te McKinley
Katlonal Park.
WATER IS SCARCE
IN TOM NOW
Although it is nothing new to
^hear that the Tolovana district is
; short of water for mining opera
tions, arrivals from that part of
'Alaska are authority for the state
ment that the drought this summer
is the worst ever experienced there
| and has practically stopped all ac
tivities. Unless rain comes soon,
the district will receive a setback
; such as it has never experienced
before.
Good pay is reported to have bean
found on Lucky gulch, on ground
j which was formerly worked by Pe-'
jterson & Co. The extent of the
• pay has not yet been ascertained,
.but those who made the find are
[very hopeful of big returns.
Otherwise, it is very quiet in the
Tolovana.
A train was sent down from Fair
i banks today instead of the speeder,
! in order to accommodate the unusual
[ number of passengers headed for
Nenana.
TEMPERATURE R
As reported by the government R
observation station, Nenana R
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R Wednesday, July 7. R
R Maximum .65 above R
R Minimum .51 above R
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COURT RESTORES
QUARIZ MINE TO
VICTIM OF PLOT
SAN FRANCISCO, July 7.-^John
Tuppula, an Alaska prospector, has
been restored to ownership of rich
mining: property on Chicagoff island
by the United States circuit court
of appeals. Tuppula was confined
in an insane asylum for some time
as the result of an alleged conspira
cy to get him out of the way, and
while thus confined his property was
worked by the Chicagoff Mining cor
poration.
In addition to restoring his prop
erty to him, the court also has given
Tuppula an accounting and a judg-1
ment against the defendant com
pany for the amount of gold ex- !
tracted from the Tuppula property,!
which will bring his judgment to
about a million dollars.
TOLOVANA MINERS !
GOING TO CIRCLE^
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Among the passengers on the ;
steamer Carl White on the last voy- ’
age of that boat from Tolovana to
Fairbanks were Ben Dahl, Herbert (
Van Stone, and Emil Johnson, who
are headed for the Circle district to
engage in mining on Deadwood :
creek, where they have secured a j
promising option.
The three men are now in Fair- .
banks making preparation to leave j
for Deadwood, and they expect to |
get away within the next two or
three days.
Mrs. Van Stone and Mrs. Johnson j
will accompany the men to Dead-;
wood.
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DAVIS BRINGS LOAD *
FOR ARMY AVIATORS i
The army transport General Da
vis, which was in port this week,
brought four Liberty motors and a
large quantity of airplane repair
parts and supplies for the army air
planes which are expected in Fair
banks this month, enroute from New
York to Nome. The supplies in
clude a considerable quantity of
gasoline and special oil.
The shipment was unloaded at
North Nenana and taken to Fair
banks by train yesterday, three cars
being required to move the outfit.
Fairbanks has been designated a"!
a repair station, and it is expected
that the army planes will stop there
a day or more, going and coming.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ed Berlin were
passengers on this morning’s train
for the end of steel.
PAYNE ON COAST
READY 10 SIART
1 ALASKA If
SAN FRANCISCO, .July 7.—Sec
retary of the Navy Daniels, Secre
tary of the Interior John Barton
Payne, and Governor Thomas Riggs
will leave Seattle for Alaska on
Friday or Saturday, aboard a de
stroyer, and plan to spend a month
in the North. They will investigate
the coal fields and possibly the oil
lands of Alaska. Daniels is now
enroute up the coast on the battle
ship New Mexico anil will meet Sec
retary Payne and Governor Riggs
in Seattle, from which city they will
sail for Alaska.
Before leaving for the North,
Secretary Daniels said to a repre
sentative of a local newspaper: “We
have an appropriation of a million
dollars for the development of the
Matanuska coal fields for naval pur
poses, and we believe that possibly
productive oil fields will be devel
oped. Oil, however, is only a pos
sibility, but we will look into it.”
GROWTH OF ORDER
SHOWN IN REPORT
CHICAGO, July t>.—In his annu
al address to delegates to the an
nual convention of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Klks, Grand
Exalted Ruler Frank L. Rain stated
that the Elks had put 70,000 men
in uniform behind General Pershing,
had erected two hospitals in France,
two in America, and had paid for
the maintenance of twenty com
munity houses. The records show,
he said, that ! ,0037 Elks "went
west.”
He reported further that 20
lodges had been added during the
year, increasing the membership of
the order by 118,101, making' a total
membership of 045,078.
William Martin Abbott of San
Francisco was elected grand exalted
ruler today without opposition.
The Elks were welcomed to the
city by Mayor Thompson and Gov
ernor Lowden. It is estimated that
fully 200,000 Elks are here.
CALHOUN GETS FIRST
SALMON OF THE YEAR
The first king salmon of the sea
son to make its appwrance in Ne
nana was brought to town yester
day by Billy Ford, having been
caught by C. H. Calhoun. The fish
weighed 11 pounds and was sold to
the Tavern cafe, where it was quick
ly disposed of. Two more fish,
weighing considerably more than II
pounds each, were sent to town this
morning by Calhoun, and it is ex
pected that from now on there will
be a plentiful supply for local con
sumption.
The first salmon sold in Nenana
brought a dollar a pound to the
lucky fisherman. The price dropped
to 75 cents today.