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WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. HI.
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1920.
NO. 38
REPUBLICAN CHOICE MUCH IN DOUBT
MARSHALL URGES EQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE
■ MINE GUARDS START FATAL RIOT IN COAL MINE REGION
INDIANAPOLIS, May 20.—Vice
President Thomas R. Marshall, who
delivered the keynote address here
today at the Democratic state con
vention, prescribed "equal and exact
justice to all” as a remedy for un
rest. He expressed the hope that
the President and the members of
the senate would be able to recon
cile their differences on the treaty
and bring about its ratification.
"This was an American war,” he
said, "and peace should be Ameri
can.”
v Referring to prohibition, he said
while the amendment stands it must
be enforced. And if public senti
ment is not behind it, the people
will find a way of lessening its
rigors.
He urged the restoration of free
dom of speech, the freedom of the
press, and the punishment of those
who seek to overthrow the Govern
ment. He said that the soldier:
could obtain almost anything fron
Congress, and gave his unqualifie;
endorsement to the "altruistic view:
of the President.”
He informed those present tha
he had no desire to become a can
didate for the presidency, and urge:
that no action be taken to put hi
name forward. A boom had beei
V olanned for him, and his statemen
nipped it in the bud.
PRESS IS URGED
10 B00SI BONDS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 20.—
The treasury department has issued ^
an appeal to the newspapers of the j
country to lend a helping hand in '
improving the Liberty bond situa- j
tion. The department suggests that i
the papers carry a statement show-.
ing the intrinsic value of the Gov-;
ernment securities and their present j
I
prices.
The appeal explains why bonds.
are going down in price and sug- i
gests methods for bringing about an
improvement.
FRUIT PRESERVERS TO
WAIT FOR SUGAR DROP
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NEW YORK, May 20.—The Na
tional Preservers and Fruit Prod
ucts association, which represents
85 percent of the manufacturers of
jams, jellied and preserves in this
country, has announced that mem
bers of the association will stay out
of the sugar market until there has
been a material drop in prices.
Captain A. K. Rastad, skipper of
the Viscera, operated by the Port
Beauscaire Packing company of the
Southeastern part of Alaska, fell
through the trapdoor recently into
the engine room, fracturing three
of his ribs. He was taken to Wran
gell for treatment.
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WEST VKGINIA
SCENE OF MOT;
SEVERAL DEAD
MATTEWAN, W. Va., May 20.— j,
This tity was the scene last nightr
of bloody rioting, during the prog-: i
ress of which seven mine detectives,!
four coal miners and the mayor of
Mattewan were killed. The trouble ]
resulted from an attempt on the!
part of the mine detectives to evict j
coal miners from houses owned by j
the coal company.
Feeling is running high today, but!
there have been no further dis- :
turbanees. The streets are being j
patroled by 100 armed deputy sher
| iffs and it is believed that hey will
| be able to prevent another out
1 i break. j
' j Albert Feltz, who fired the shot'
’. that caused the death of the mayor,1
! and who was afterwards killed by.
', the chief of police, took a prom
'! inent part in the Ludlow trouble of
1 1913.
'| It is * claimed by the authorities
1 that the first shot here was fired by
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AS TRADE SLUMPS
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 20.—
According to figures made public
;oday by the department of com-!
merce, there was a big decline in
jxports and imports during the
month of April.
As compared with March, ex
ports for April decreased $135,000,-1
000 and imports fell off to the ex
tent of $30,000,000.
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According to word received at;
Fairbanks yesterday, Judge Bunnell i
is having a tough trip to the coast, |
on account of bad trail and unfavor- \
able weather conditions. He was at
Hogan’s yesterday, in the thick of
a snowstorm.
Snow fell at Fairbanks this morn- i
ing. ^
The farmers of the Fairbanks dis-1
trict are beginning to prepare their
ground for planting.
A. B. Funk is plowing the Duke
property at the comer of Market
and First streets and will seed the
ground to oats for horse feed.
A shipment of second class mail
reached Fairbanks from the States |
yesterday afternoon.
CHICAGO, May 20.—With the
tepublican national convention only
8 days distant and 890 of the 984
.elevates to the convention elected,
lone of the several Republican can- ,
lidates for the presidential nomina- j
ion can be said to have much the i
idvantage over his opponents.
The sending of many uninstruct- j
-d delegates to the convention will
nake the result very uncertain,
-’orty-seven of the 53 states and
erritories will send 530 uninstruet
;d delegates to the big meeting.
Df the others, 145 are pledged for
jeneral Wood, 100 for Johnson,
78 for Lowden, and 39 for Harding.
Contests involve 35 Wood dele
gates, 6 for Lowden, and 68 of
hose who are lninstructed.
It is generally agreed among the
carious campaign managers that it
will not be possible to reach a de
cision on the first ballot, and there
are those who predict a long-drawn
out contest.
CARTER GLASS WINS.
ROANOKE. W. Va., May 20.—
The Democrats of this state have
instructed eight delegates to the na
tional convention for former Secre
tary of the Treasury Carter Glass.
They also have endorsed the Wilson
administration and strongly advo
cate the ratification of the treaty
without any reservations. They are ,
>pposed to the soldier bonus plan.
UNINSTRUCTED.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.. May 20.
—District caucuses, held by the
Democrats of this state in advance
)f the state convention, have named
ininstructed delegates to the Demo
cratic national convention.
REGULARS CONTROL.
OMAHA, May 20.—The Demo
cratic state convention is apparent
ly controlled by the “regulars” un
ier Hitchcock. Former Congress
man Shallenburger, who presided as
temporary chairman, extolled the
Wilson administration in peace and
war.
HAYS UNPOPULAR. '
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 20.— 11
Hisses and catcalls and cries of “Sit ■
down,” “Throw him out,” greeted |
Chairman Will Hays, at a meeting,
of Republican women here today, j
when he tried to explain why the j
Republican legislature of Delaware j
rejected the suffrage amendment, j
He said that party officials did not!
carry legislatures in their pockets,;
whereupon he was asked how he ex
pected to make good his promises.
Hays replied that such exhibitions j
as had greeted his appearance made i
it hard to ratify the amendment, j
Two of the women stood and yelled j
questions at the speaker, while
others hissed and some cried with j
: disapproval of the disturbance.
STAND BY WILSON.
OMAHA, May 20.—The Demo-;
cratic state convention has approved !
the President’s advocacy of the peace
treaty, and demands the ratifica
tion of the treaty without nullifying
reservations. Hitchcock is endorsed
for President.
WOOD FAVORITE.
MONTPELIER, Vt„ May 20.—
General Wood received 70 percent
of the preferential primary vote in
'this state, with Johnson and Hoover
; running close for second place.
nFNOlJNCF. WILSON.
NEW YORK, May 20. — Morris
Hillquist, temporary chairman of
the Socialist national convention,
which met in this city, made a bit
ter attack on the Wilson adminis
traton and predicted that the So
cialists of the country would poll
two million votes at the presiden
tial election in November, when Eu
gene V. Debs will make the race as
the candidate of the Socialist party.
The last three years have proved the
fallacy of the “good man” theory in
politics, he said in conclusion.
Both Wilson and Wood were
scored by the chairman as enemies
of the workingman and both of the
old parties were denounced as
“radically revolutionary.”
COMMISSION BOAT
IS SEN! UP RIVER
The commission power-boat Mid
night Sun was despatched up the
river yesterday on a hunt for sick
natives along the Tanana, above Ne
nana.
The arrival of several half-starved
dogs at the village this week has
caused considerable apprehension re
garding the health of natives who
are known to be camped along the
river, and if it is found that the
flu has reached -them, they will be
brought to their home village for
treatment.
About thirty of the villagers are
absent from their homes and nothing
is known regarding their condition
or exact whereabouts.
LONDON, May 20.—The invasion
of Persia by the Bolsheviki, with the
(seizure of the port of Enzeli and
its evacuation by British troops, has
created considerable of a stir here,
.
and the Eastern situation is being
regarded with great concern.
The attitude of the government
is being subjected to severe criti
cism.
NEW YORK GOVERNOR
OPPOSED TO REPEAL
ALBANY, May 20.—The gover
nor has vetoed a bill which was de
signed to repeal the daylight saving
law.
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WARREN IS GUT
AS COAST CHIEF,
RESULT OF ROW
SEATTLE, May 20. — Captain
William Searing, for twenty years :
a member of the Seattle police tie- •
partment, has been appointed chief, j
to succeed Joel F. Warren, accord
ing to an announcement made late
yesterday afternoon by Mayor Hugh
M. Caldwell. The appointment is
the culmination of three weeks'
strained relations between the mayor
and Chief Warren.
The feeling between the mayor
and the ousted chief is very bitter
and each claims that there will be
further developments. Warren says
the tight has just started.
The mayor has made numerous
changes since he assumed charge of
his office, and has announced that
it is his intention to weed out all
inefficient and otherwise undesirable
officers in the employ of the city.
SIEAMER10 Id
According: to information received
from Assistant Territorial Health
Commissioner J. A. Sutherland to
day, the steamer Reliance, which is
being: prepared for a voyage to the
Kantishna district, will take a spe
cial quarantine officer along to make
sure that the residents of the Kan
tishna and other points along tin
river are not exposed to the flu.
The steamer will be permitted to
take on passengers and freight at
Fairbanks and Nenana, but not else
where, and none of those boarding
the steamer at either .of the ports
will be permitted to disembark en
| route. Upon arrival at Roosevelt,
^ all those leaving the steamer will
1 be held in quarantine for a period
j of five days, at the end of which
| time, if there are no indications of
;the flu, they will be permitted to
; proceed to their destinations.
! A representative of the territorial
: health board also will sail on the
| steamer Tanana, when that boat
j leaves Fairbanks, and every precau
! tion will be taken to prevent the
| spread of the flu to districts which
i have thus far escaped.
A letter received at Fairbank?
from Francis Carrar, former prin
cipal of the Fairbanks school, state.
that many natives have died off in
the canal zone as a result of the flu
epidemic there. Carrar has been in
the employ of the Government in
the South and was about to leave
for New York when the letter was
written.
PUBLIC INVITED
TO STATE VIEWS
As it probably will bo impossible
to call the members of the Nenana
Commercial club together for some
time, the officers of that organiza
tion request that those interested
in the annual assessment work ques
tion make their views known to
Secretary Robert Joseph Diven, in
order that the club may advise Dele
gate Grigsby whether or not the
people of tile N'enana district fa
vor the further suspension of an
nual labor requirements on mining
claims.
The proposal to further suspend
the assessment law was not made to
Congress by Delegate Grigsby as
stated by The News yesterday. The
wire received from the delegate yes
terday merely states that such a
resolution has been presented, and
he asks that his constituents in
Alaska make their views known so
j that he may oppose or support the
measure, as desired by Northerners,
i The telegram, addressed to the
I Commercial club, reads as follows:
| “Resolution has been introduced
for suspension of annual labor in
I Alaska for 1920. Endeavor to as
certain sentiment of locality, in
jeluding all classes, anil consult local
■ labor unions as to whether dcvelop
iment and best interests of Alaska
!will be promoted by this legislation,
if possible, and wire me immedi
lately. “GEORGE B. GRIGSBY.”
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The flu had not made its appeal
lance in the Kantishna district up to
a few days ago. reports George
Moody, who arrived at Tolovana
this morning direct from the dig
gings. Everyone was well when he
left for Nenana, and nothin;' was
known of the havoc wrought by .he
disease in Nenana and Fairbanks.
| Moody and J J. Moore, ir., went
‘into the Kantishna coynCy several
I weeks ago to get their launches,
iwhich were frozen in last fall at
]the mouth of the Bearpaw river.
; Both of the boats came through the
! breakup without injury and they
iare now being brought to Nenana
for preparation for the summer's
j business. They will be met here ny
'J. G. Moore, Sr., who will come
down from Fairbanks to assist in
.the preparations.
| If sufficient business offers, the
| launches will make regular trips into
! the Kantishna during the summer.
; Fairbanks reports the water still
j rising in Chena slough, gauges
: showing a four-inch rise during the
night. Cellars are beginning to fill
along Front street and in other sec
tions of the town, but the town is
still high and dry otherwise.