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WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, >920.
NO. 294
USURPERS READY TO GIVE UP FIGHT
CLUB URGES READJUSTMENT OF RAILWAY WAGE
NAVAL BIDDERS DEMAND HIGHER PRICES FOR FUEL OIL
■ SENATORS TABLE
HUT DEBATE;
DECKS CLEARING
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 17.
—Hastening: to clear the senate
decks for final action on the peace
treaty and League of Nations cov
enant, the members of the upper
chamber of Congress today choked
off a SL Patrick’s day debate on the
Irish question by tabling a proposal
to declare, by reservation, that Eng
land should free Ireland. The vote
stood 54 in favor of tabling the pro
4 posal, with 21 opposed.
Bryan Peeved.
While conferring with a number
of Democratic senators today, Will
iam Jennings Bryan declared, re
garding the peace treaty fight in the
senate, that it is unthinkable for
Democratic senators to join with the
irreconcilables in defeating the
treaty. He said it would be suicidal
for the Democrats to deny the ma
jority’s right to declare the senate’s
policy.
WALTER GDVNE VANS
BIG CANADIAN BADE
THE PAS. Manitoba. March’ 17.
—Walter Goyne, known throughout
Interior Alaska as “The Coin’ Kid,’’
who came all the way from Alaska
to enter his dog team in the Hudson
Bay derby, outdistanced all other
entries in the classic event today.
He covered the 100-mile course in
13 hours and 22 minutes.
Sergeant Durwood Hocker, who
left Fairbanks recently enroute to
Valdez to get his discharge, reached
Ghitina last evening.
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GERMAN SITUATION CLEARING;
NOSKE READY TO USE TROOPS
WASHINGTON, D. C.f March 17.
-Advices received in this city to
day from Germany encourage the
| belief that the Ebert government is
'about to be restored. Colonel Ed
|ward Davis, American ^ military at
tache at Berlin, has informed the
department that the revolution is
not so serious as was at first re
ported. And it is officially an
nounced this afternoon that Chan
cellor von Kapp has decided to re
sign.
THE FINAL GASP.
PARIS, March 17.—Realizing the
futility of further attempting to
retain control over Germany, the
von Kapp administration, composed
largely of extreme radical Spar
tacists, is now engaged in an effort
to establish soviets, to line up with
Russia. Advantage is being taken
of the disturbed conditions through
out Germany, but it is generally be
lieved the movement will fail.
As a result of this movement,
hundreds have been killed during
the past two days in the fighting
which has taken place in various
German cities. The reports state
that a dozen lost their lives in a
clash yesterday at Potsdam, and 100
fell in a street battle in Dresden.
The general strike call, issued by
Ebert, is being answered generally,
each day adding materially to the
number of industries suspended.
WORKINGMEN ORGANIZE.
BASEL. March 17.—A republic
of workingmen's councils has been
formed at Chemnitz, industrial cen
ter of Saxony, and a committee of
action has been named to take gen
eral charge of affairs.
NOSKE IS READY.
LONDON, March 17.—The British
foreign office is informed that Noske
declares he can restore order in
Germany within a week. He says
he has many troops at his command
and is now preparing to use them
to re-establish the Ebert govern
ment.
Reports from Copenhagen state
that followers of Ebert are holding
Hamburg.
| WANT TO BREAK TREATY.
BEISEVA, March 17. — Premier
j Bauer, of the Ebert government,
; says that the new government wants
| to stop the demobilization of the Ger
jman army as provided for under the
'treaty terms. It also wants to stop
the destruction of war materials
Bauer quotes Luettwitz as saying
that Germany should begin prepara
tions at once for a new war.
H1NDENBURG SAYS QUIT.
■ COLOGNE. March 17.-—General
von Hindenburg is reported to have
: advised von Kapp to tender his res
I ignation and permit the Ebert gov
; ernment to resume control of the
j country.
WOOD WILL MAKE
ACTIVE CAMPAIGN
FOR NOMINATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 17.
—General Leonard Wood has been
granted a two-months leave of ab
sence for the purpose of making; a
campaign tour of the States, and
it is understood that he will have
the privilege of- wearing civilian
clothes if he so desires. The leave
will expire before the Republican
convention assembles at Chicago.
CARRIES STATE.
ST. PAUL, March 17—The re
turns thus far received from the
Republican presidential preferential
primary held in this state yesterday
give General Wood a lead of more
than 4,000 over Senator Johnson,
his nearesit competitor. The returns
show the following results: Wood,
12,627; Johnson, 8,517; Hoover, 4,
486; Lowden, 3,510. Hoove# was
not an avowed candidate and hi;
supporters used stickers to indicate
their preference.
SURGEON OF NOTE IS
SUMMONED BY DEATH
PORTLAND, Ore., March 17.—
Dr. Kenneth McKenzie, dean of 'the
medical department of the Universi
ty of Oregon and a surgeon of na
tional reputation, died here today.
Dr. McKenzie achieved much prom
inence through the development of
nerve grafting.
CRANE’S APPOINTMENT
APPROVED BY SENATE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 17.
—The senate foreign relations com
mittee has unanimously approved the
appointment as Crane as minister to
China.
T. W. Lockhead and* Jack Patten,
oldtimM's of the Hot Springs dis
trict, arrived in Nenana yesterday
from the lower river and probably
will locate here for the summer.
CLUB TALKS WAGES
FOR R. R. WORKERS
The wage scale paid by the Alas
kan Engineering: commission in the
Northern division was discussed at
! considerable length last evening at
la largely-attended meeting of the
1 Nenana Commercial club, assembled
| in special session in the Bowen
i building. The membership of the
| club was well represented and Major
jE. R. McFarland, superintendent of
jthe telegraph and telephone depart
! ment of the A. E. C.; General
[Storekeeper Robert Donaldson, and
George Woods, telegraph construc
tion foreman, were there by invita
tion. Engineer in Charge Fred’k
j D. Browne, who is a member of the
I club, was there also and took an
[active part in the discussion,
j The object of the meeting was to
give the members an opportunity to
meet Major McFarland and to con
I sider a paper on the wage question
prepared by Secretary Robert Joseph
Diven under instructions from the
| club. There also was some discus
sion relative to the construction of
bridges across the Nenana and Tan
ana rivers, particularly the former,
the club some time ago having taken
jthe matter up with a view to secur
ing the early construction of the
(bridges, so as to permit uninter
rupted transportation between the
end of steel and Fairbanks in ad
vance of the completion of the rail
road.
During the discussioji of the wage
scale and living conditions among
the employes of the commission, it
was brought out that provisions and
other supplies sold to employes
through the commission commissary
are furr^ished to workers and their j
families at an advance of ten per-:
cent over Outside cost, plus freight- j
age charges. This point was made
clear by General Storekeeper Don
aldson to correct an erroneous im-1
pression abroad in the community.
Aft^er a number of members .had
expressed their views on the wage
scale, and called attention to the
j fact that family men are leaving th«
| Interior because of the inadequacy
|of wages paid by the commission,
I Mr. Browne said that he had no ob
jection to an increase in wages. On
|a previous occasion, he said, a com
I mittee of workers had waited on
■ him with a request for more money,
■and it was not long afterward that
a wage increase was announced all
along the line, with Interior wages
ten percent higher than on the
coast. Since that time, he con
tinued, he has not been approached
by employes for a further advance,
except in the case of a few of the
clerks. Mr. Browne said that he
belonged to a union himself, and
believed in fair wages. And in the
case of single men in the employ
of the commission, the wages paid,
in his opinion, are not so bad, board
conditions considered. And married
men, he pointed out, do not cosnti
tute a very large part of the rail
road force. He also pointed out
that the number of men receiving
the minimum wage is relatively small
at this time.
In conclusion, Mr. Browne re
quested the members not to blame
him for conditions for which he is
not responsible. He said that he
would help the club get an in
crease, and suggested that the mat
ter be taken up with Colonel Mears
and with Washington. And in this
connection, he cautioned strict ad
herence to faets, for the reason that
misstatements undoubtedly would
cause serious.delay in recognition of
reforms requested.
With regard to the immediate
construction of bridges over the
Nenana and Tanana rivers, Mr.
Browne said the appropriation of
funds for railroad construction did
not take into consideration the use
of money for this bridge work at
this time. He said, however, that
he was not opposed to building the
bridges.
(Continued on Page Two.)
GASOLINE SOARS;
NAVY BIDS SHOW
TRENDOF TIMES
i SEATTLE, March 17.—The price
I of pasoline has been advanced two j
| cents a gallon throughout th e
I Northwest,'the new rate being effec i
Itive immediately. The price of gaso
I line locally is now 24 Ms cents .1
I
j gallon. I
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NAVY FALLS DOWN.
WASHINGTON. I). C., March 17.
—There is much disappointment in
! naval circles today as a result of
I
:the failure of the department's fuel,
oil bids to cover the requirements
: of the navy. The bids covered less
'than a fifth of the five million bar
rels requested, and the prices were
I more than 100 percent above those
in force in existing contracts,
j Secretary Daniels said recently
that he would insist upon an ade
quate supply at reasonable prices for
;his warships.
HAWAIIAN POPULATION
SHOWS BIG INCREASE
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 17.
I—Figures made public by the cen
sus bureau today show that the pop
ulation of Hawaii has increased 58,
000 during the past ten years. The
present population is 249,000.
Dick Callahan was painfully in
jured on the leg this week, in Ne
nana canyon, as the result of being
caught beneath a wagon-box which
was blown over by the wind. Dick
was turning his team at the time
and the wind caught the wagon and ,
turned it completely over. They
use wagons in the canyon district
because the wind has blown all the
snow away. ,
Mrs. Clara Holmes, who was sent i
to the States from Nenana on one l
of the last boats last fall, returned I
a Brower stage.
FOR OR. OUTPUT
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 17.
— The department of the interior has
issued a bulletin in which it is an
nounced that the maximum royalty
of 331-3 percent on oil land leases
applies to all wells owned by the
Government which produce more
than 200 barrels daily of oil de
scribed as 30 degrees baums or
over. The royalties graduate down
ward, according to production, ,o
12V, percent, the minimum, for
\vells producing under 20 barrels
daily.
The royalty is 25 percent on oil
below 30 degrees baume.
The department is authoiity for
the statement, that practically all
the withdrawn lands are now being
operated on a royalty basis, and it
is expected that the royalties will
reach ten millions annually. The
act is a radical departure from the
old mining laws, as it retains title
for the Government and enable*
prospectors to work without heavy
initial cost for land.
In the opinion of former Secre
tary Lane, the operation of the act
should reduce the cost of living by
reducing the price of oil, coal and
gas and phosphate for fertilizer.
Under the act. the production of
those raw materials will be greatly
stimulated.
WOMAN ORGANIZER
AWAITING RESULT
SEATTLE, March 17.—Mrs. Lil
lian H. Kerr, national organizer of
the Woman's party, has arrived here
from the East to be present when
the state legislature at Olympia
ratifies the suffrage amendment next
week, at the special session called
for that purpose.
It is believed that the lawmakers
will approve the amendment with
out trouble, and if they do, Wash
ington will be the thirty-fifth state
to ratify the amendment. Thirty
»ix are needed.
MANEUVERS OF FLEET
IN SOUTH IN JANUARY
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 17.
—The navy department has announc
ed that the Atlantic and Pacific fleets
will engage in joint maneuvers in
Panama bay next January. The
Pacific fleet will visit a number of
Pacific ports during the coming sum
mer.
TEMPERATURE «
As reported by the government **
observation station, Nenana *
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Wednesday, March 17. ^
Maximum .24 above '*
Minimum . 5 above *
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