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VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1920.
NO. 9S
VILLA SURRENDERS-ARMY IS DISBANDED
SOVIET NOTE TELLS OF PLANS FOR WORLD DRIVE
CONTRACTS CLOSED FOR FUEL SUPPLY FOR U. S. SHIPS
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The steamer Yukon reached Ne
nana shortly before eight o’clock
last evening, on her third voyage of
the season from Dawson to Fair
banks. The steamer left Dawson
last Sunday and on the run up the
Tanana river covered the distance
between Tolovana and Nenana in a
little more than 13 hours, which is
considerably under the usual run
ning time for that stretch of river.
The performance is the more re
markable because of the fact that
the Yukn had a heavy barge in tow.
There were a considerable num
ber of passengers on board, most of
them tourists on their first visit to
Alaska. Some of them are round
trippers and some will return to the
coast from Fairbanks by way of the
Richardson trail. There were also
a number of oldtime Alaskans on
board, returning to the North from
the States, and several way pass
engers.
The steamer left for Fairbanks
after discharging a considerable
quantity of freight for the Alaskan
Engineering commission and local
merchants.
The passengers leaving the boat
here were: Miss Margaret O’Connor,
W. W. Pendergraft, Deputy Mar
shal C. L. Vawter, Charles Knox,
C. H. Rogers, Hal Hacha, Miss Lou
ise Felix, O. J. Nicholson, Joe
Mitchell, Miss M. Pick, J. W. Cur
lee, Ed Larson, F. B. Drane.
The Fairbanks list included: A. S.
Clark, Mrs. T. H. Quirk, Miss M.
Quirk, M. D. Snodgrass, Mrs. A. T.
Minis, Bertha F. Norton, L. A. Hart
and wife, L. A. Hart, Jr., Miss Mc
Quade, Dorothy Billson, Betty Bill
son, Herbert Billson, Viola M. Bell,
Grace Lincoln, Mary Lincoln, Bessie
Comstock, Annette G. West, Eleanor
Poppe, Ruth H. Hill, William Honk
and wife, F. C. Dillard and wife, G.
W. Byers and wife, Helen W. Bow
den, Mary A. Williams, Elizabeth
Knowles, F. G. Hungerford, Mrs. P.
Morgan, Mrs. S. Madole, S. John
son, J. A. Donald, Si Simpson.
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BANDIT LEADER SURRENDERS;
TO RETIRE TO PRIVATE LIFE
NEW YORK, July 30.—William
G. McAdoo 'has announced his ac
ceptance of an invitation to deliver
a series of speeches during the cam
paign for Candidate Cox. He inti
mates that the campaign will be
both vigorous and aggressive.
The American people, he declares,
will not stand for a “purchased
presidency,” and he urges that the
spotlight of pitiless publicity be
turned full upon campaign expense
accounts.
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Resident Engineer George Abbott,
who has charge of the work on the
Tanana Valley railroad, came down
from Fairbanks today to confer with
Engineer in Charge Browne.
Two stages arrived at Fairbanks
from the coast today with a party
of five tourists, four of them being
women. Two other members of the
party stopped off at Rapids to en
joy the hunting of that locality, and
probably will follow on the next
stage. The visitors may return to
the coast by the river route.
First class mail is expected at
Fairbanks tomorrow.
Luther C. Hess and Mike Kelly
left Fairbanks today for the Tolo
vana district, going by way of Olnes
and the summer trail.
Miss Margaret O’Connor, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connor,
arrived in Nenana on the steamer
Yukon, after an absence of two
years in the States, a considerable
part of which time was spent in
school at Staunton, Virginia. Upon
leaving school, Miss O’Connor moved
to Seattle, where she resided until
her departure for Alaska.
Mrs. Stella Madole, former resi
dent of Nenana, was a returning
passenger on the steamer Yukon,
enroute to Fairbanks, where she
plans to make her home.
The steamer Tanana is' engaged
j today in sluicing a channel through
the bars of Chena slough for the
'steamer Yukon.
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Ernest Peterson, of the Healy Riv
er Coal corporation, was among to
day’s arrivals from Fairbanks, hav
ing made the trip down on the com
mission gascar.
Eight automobiles are enroute to
Fairbanks aboard the Yukon, and it
is understood that all of them have
purchasers awaiting them in the
[upper town.
EAGLE PASS, Tex., July 30—
Francisco Villa, rebel leader, hat
surrendered unconditionally, follow
ing an atl-night conference with Gen
eral Eugenio Martinez, federal com
mander in the Torreon zone, ac-.erd
ing to official advices received in
this city today by the Mexican
consul. The report states that Villa
will return to private life. It is
also stated that the surrender of
the notorious leader has caused
much rejoicing throughout Mexico
and that celebrations are being ar
ranged in honor of the occasion
in many sections of the republic.
Carl Haeglin, an America, who
was held by Villa for ransom, was
released when Villa surrendered.
REPORT CONFIRMED.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 30—
Official confirmation of the report
of Villa’s surrender has been re
ceived in this city, according to an
nouncement made by officials of the
state department. The report comes
'from the American consul at Piedras
i Negras.
REBELS GET PAY.
MEXICO CITY, July 30—Villa's
soldiers will march from Sabinas o
Torreon, where they will be dis
banded, and each soldier will re
ceive a year’s pay with which to
make a start in civil life. Villa will
make his residence at Nievas Zaca
tecas.
NEW REVOLUTION.
MEXICALI, July 30.—General Es
teban Cantu is recruiting an army
of 4,000 men to resist “by force
of arms an invasion by Obregon and
de la Huerta.” It is expected that
federal troops will be landed at En
senada within a week and that they
will attack the Cantu forces there.
An attack is also expected from
some point on the Colorado river
within the next few days. The gov
ernor protested to Huerta against
the invasion and is now awaiting a
reply.
The Cantu troops are well equip
ped and are rapidly being prepared
for the expected hostilities.
The governor announces the re
ceipt of telegrams from all parts
of Lower California pledging sup
port to the opposition to federal
occupation.
Aerial bombs are being manufac
tured in large quantities for use
against the invaders.
SOVIET NOTE AVERS .
COMBAT IS COMING
LONDON, July 30.—The British
; Independent Labor party has re
ceived a lengthy communication
■from the Third International at Mos
cow, in which it is pointed out that
the triumph of the proletariat in
volves bloody revolution, to achieve
which, in Britain, the workers must
prepare for civil war.
The day is coming, the communi
ction says, when communism, sweep
ing through Europe and enlisting
the support of Eastern nations in
the movement, will meet Great Brit
ain and America in mortal combat.
The communication was addressed
to the labor party in reply to a
number of questions asked by that
organization.
STAND BY POLES.
PARIS, July 30.—The Allies have
notified Poland that they will not
permit the Polish government to ac
cept any soviet demands involving
the entire or partial disarmament
of Poland, or any change in the
Polish system of government dic
tated or brought about by the soviet,
j The acceptance by Poland of
boundary lines less favorable than
those drawn by Premier Lloyd
George will also be objected to by
the Allies, and they have made^it
clear that they will not permit the
use of Poland as a bridgehead, in,
any sense, between Russia and Ger
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Stocks of munitions, furnished by
jthe Allies, are moving steadily to
ward Warsaw from Danzig.
HUNGARY EAGER TO FIGHT.
PARIS, July 30.—Representatives
of the Hungarian government have
asked permission of England and
France to send an army against the
Bolsheviki. This request is now
being considered by the Allies, but
it is not certain that the desired
permission will be granted. The Al
lies fear that Hungary would expect
too many concessions as a reward
for opposing the soviet.
The French government has been
informed that Letvia, Finland, and
Rumania, as well as Hungary, are
anxious to engage in a joint move
ment against the Bolsheviki. All
four countries are now making over
tures, it is reported, seeking moral
and other support fr*m Britain and
France. It is claimed that the fight
against the Bolsheviki is desired
now, as a joint movement, rather
than later, when each country may
be compelled to resist an invasion
individually.
LUDENDORFF READY. f
PARIS, July 30.—It is reported
from Berlin, in a dispatch to the
Journal, that General Ludendorff has
approached the British charge in
Berlin with an offer to raise an
army of a million and a half men
to fight the Bolsheviki, in return for
which he asks the return of Posen
nd the annulment of certain clauses
of the Versailles treaty, objection
able to Gei-many
GAS LEAK DELAYS
ALASKA SQUADRON
EDMONTON, July 30.—The de
parture of the Alaska aerial squad
ron, scheduled for this morning, was
postponed again, following the dis
covery of another leaky gasoline
tank. The leak will be repaired to
day and the tanks given a further
minute inspection.
Captain Street announces that the
planes will surely get away for Jas
per tomorrow, and he anticipates no
further trouble enroute.
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Q. E. Steelman is a guest at the
Southern, having arrived from the j
.logjam last night aboard his stern
wheel gasboat.
J. A. Donald, agent of the Norfh
; ern Commercial company at Tanana,
, has been transferred to the Dawson
I store of the company, and is a pass
! enger aboard the steamer Yukon en
i route to his new post.
Mike Trepte has returned from !
the Hot Springs country after an j
j absence of several months. He was;
* located on Eureka.
Mrs. M. O’Bryan left for Fair- j
; banks today, to be absent about two
weeks. The O’Bryan store will be ,
closed during her absence.
' Deputy Marshal C. L. Vawter, of
■ Tanana, was a passenger on the
steamer Yukon, enroute to Fair
banks with Charles Knox, who is be
1 ing taken to the upper town for
trial on the charge of bootlegging.
They left the steamer here and com
pleted their journey by train to
day.
, Auditor Howard Turner, of the :
Northern Commercial company, went.
Jto Fairbanks on today’s train, after,
| a stay of several days in Nenana.
He was a guest at the Cooney dur
ing his stay here.
Joe Mitchell, who arrived on the
steamer Yukon last night, went to
Fairbanks today by train.
W. R. Taylor and J. B. Blick j
| checked out from the Cooney today i
| on a brief business trip to Fair- J
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GOVERNMENT HAS
AMPLE FUEL FOR
NEEDS OF NAVY
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 30
Officials of the shipping: board have
announced the acceptance of three
bids for a total of 10,125,000 bar
rels of fuel oil for government tank
ers, the purchase price ranging from
$1.10 to $2.30 per barrel.
The Government also has con
tracted for fifteen million barrels of
fuel oil for the merchant fleet, the
oil to be supplied by the Standard
Oil company of New Jersey.
The shipping board has announced
that the Pacific coast problem will
be solved through the medium of
royalties, under the oil leasing bill,
the Government having arranged
with the refineries for the exchange
of crude oil for fuel oil.
PRICE GOES UP.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 30—An
nouncement has been made by the
Associated Oil company that it is
compelled to- consider a further ad
vance in the price of gasoline, as a
result of the establishment of a new
price by the Union Oil company,
which now demands 25 cents per
gallon, an advance of 1 Vi cents a
gallon.
Officials of the Standard Oil com
pany say that they are not contem
plating an advance at this time.
FAIRBANKS TO MAKE
AIRMEN WELCOME
A mass meeting will be held in
Fairbanks tonight for the purpose
of making plans for the fitting re
ception of Captain Street and the
members of his flight party, now
enroute from New Y'ork to Nome by
the air route. It is expected that
the reception will take the form of
a big celebration, in which Nenana
will be invited to join.
It has already been decided to
hold a dance on the night of the ar
rival of the airmen, and the other
features of the celebration will be
arranged tonight.
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Tanana, leUt Fairbanks last night.
Yukon, up Nenana for Fairbanks
last night.
Seattle No. 3, up Koyukuk, 5 p.
m., 29th.
Louise, with 5 barges, up Kotlik,
4:15 a. m., 28th.
Alaska, up Fortymile, 10:15 p. m.,
28th.
O. J. Nicholson, oldtimer of the
Chandlar country, where he is en
gaged in placer mining on Big
creek, arrived in Nenana last night
on the steamer Yukon, enroute to
Fairbanks to purchase a boiler for
use in his mining operations. He
was a guest at the Southern last
night and went to Fairbanks today
by train.