WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1920.
NO. 18
GERMANS ASK FOR TREATY CHANGES
JOHNSON LEADING IN NEBRASKA PRIMARY VOTE
WALL STREET SEVERELY SHAKEN BY SLUMP IN PRICES
TRAINMEN IK
Of LONG DELAYS;
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 21.
-—There is a possibility of a further
delay of several months in settling
the demands of railroad workers in
consequence of a request that has
been made by railroad executives,
who have informed the railroad
wage board that they must have j
further time to gather data in sup- j
port of their contentions.
When informed of the request for
further time, the vice-president of
the trainmen declared that the rail
road officials had already had 17
months delay, and that most of the !
unrest among the railroad workers1
had resulted from the failure of
the roads and the Government to ^
act more promptly.
The chairman of the board has
given the assurance that the work
will be expedited. The hearings
will continue as originally planned.
STRIKE SETTLED.
NEW YORK. April 21.—Edward
McHugh, spokesman for the strik
ers, who is in attendance at the
labor board hearings in Washing
ton, has announced that an agree
ment has been reached and the
strikers of this city will return to
work immediately.
NEW YORKERS PLAN
ALBANY, X. Y„ April 21.—Two
bills, designed to bar the Socialist
party, as now constituted, from the
official election ballot of the state,
have received the approval of the
lower branch of the state legisla
ture, and no difficulty is anticipated
in securing their passage by the sen
ate.
The introduction of the bills is
the result of the stand taken by
the assembly recently, when the five
Socialist members of the assembly
were expelled.
According to information received
in Xenana this morning from An
chorage, Mrs. Oie and Jack Barker
were married in the coast town al
most immediately upon their arrival
there from the Interior. The wed
ding took place on Saturday, but
the wire, which was sent by Tom
Brady, does not say what the plans
of the newlyweds are.
Both Mrs. Oie and Mr. Barker
are well known in Nenana, where
they resided for sofae time prior to
their departure for the coast. Bark
er was interested in a contract near
Healy.
Jack Heath, formerly of Fair
banks, is census enumerator for
Hyder.
GERMANS SAY ARMY NEEDED
TO KEEP NATION IN ORDER
LOAD READY FOR
FI. YUKON TRIP
SEATTLE, April 21.—Officials of
the White Pass company are au
thority for the statement that ap
plications have been received for
three times the handling capacity of
the company for midnight sun ex
cursions down the Yukon, scheduled
for June 12. The indications arc
that Alaska will have an unprece
dented tourist traffic during the
summer, limited only by the ability
of the steamship companies to han
dle the traffic.
The first boat down the river after
ithe breakup will carry 160 cannery
workers and fishermen for the Car
lisle Packing company, for the can
nery at the mouth of the river. A
large number of commercial trav
elers also have booked for the
early voyage.
Reports from Dawson indicate thal
the ice will go out there about
May 15.
HYDER100 YOUNG
TO WARRANT RUSH
According: to a letter received ir
Nenana from Hyder, from an old
timer of this camp, the new district
at the head of Portland canal i:
too young: to warrant a rush in thai
direction. “I don’t believe it’s laU
enough to come here,” the lettei
states. ‘‘Wages are small and it i:
a quartz camp. And if it shouh
turn out all right, a year or tw<
makes no difference.”
[ The leter says further that th;
camp may some day be the largest
[mining camp in the world, but tht
future is yet to be determined.
! There are a large number of old
timers there from the Interior an<
; Dawson, some of them located a
, Hyder and some at Stewart, th<
rival town on the Canadian side ot
the boundary.
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| Russell Bellerby, son of Jack Bel
lerby, who was to have taken his ex
amination at Fairbanks this wee!
for entrance to the naval academ.'
| at Annapolis, learned, upon report
| ing to the board this morning, tha
jthe examination papers had not beei
. received. He was primed for thi
| tests, having gone to much troubh
| to prepare himself, and the failuri
jof the department to have the pa
; pers ready will cause him a lot o
trouble and delay.
A stage is due at Fairbanks to
night from the coast, possibly wit!
mail.
PARIS, April 21.—The supreme
| council has been requested by the
; German government to modify the
; treaty terms so as to permit the
; maintenance of an army in Germany
double the size of the present force.
Such an army is necessary, it is
claimed, to maintain order in Ger
many. It is also claimed that the
army has refused to recognize the
! order for its dissolution.
The Germans want to retain the
j entire general staff, and request per
j mission to maintain eleven artillery
j batteries, instead of two as specified
| by the treaty. The plan is to dis
• band the civic guard.
BATUM FREE PORT.
j SAN REMO, April 21.—The su
jpreme council has decided to make
; Batum a free port for the repub
lics of Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Ar
• menia. The council also has ap
‘ proved the financial articles of the
Turkish treaty and the British draft
of a reply to President Wilson,
j NO FUNDS.
The council has received a note
from the League of Nations in which
it is pointed out that the league has
REFORM OF CZECH
' HARBIN, April 21.—The disarm
ament of the Czech troops has beer
demanded by the Japanese as a
result of the recent clash in which
Czech soldiers, aided by Chinese
are reported to have attempted tc
liberate Russian prisoners held by
the Japanese.
It is intimated that force will b<:
employed, if necessary, to force the
. Czechs to comply with the demand
TOLEDO BLADE EDITOR
IS CLAIMED BY DEATH
j TOLEDO, Ohio, April 21.—Rob
inson Locke, owner and editor ol
,the Toledo Blade, and a son of Pe
troleum V. Nasby, died here today
as the result of an attack of an
pendicitis. ’ f
SOLDIERS MAY RAISE
CAPS LIKE CIVILIANS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 21
Secretary of War Baker has issuec
i an order permitting officers and en
; listed men of the army to raise
■their caps, instead of saluting, wher
j greeting friends.
TEMPERATURE »
As reported by the government *
observation station, Nenana *
Wednesday, April 21. *
Maximum .35 above K
Minimum ..20 above *
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Kenan*, the CNitew»7 to McKinley
no funds, no staff, and no military1
forces to carry out the mandate
over Armenia.
WATCH PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 21.
—American Ambassador Johnson, of
Rome, has been instructed by the
state department to proceed to San
Remo for the purpose of observing
the proceedings of the supreme coun
cil. He is not to participate in the
discussions or deliberations, however,
being merely a spectator.
NO INTERFERENCE.
j . COPENHAGGEN, April 21.—M.
j Litvinoff, Bolshevik commissioner, is
| authority for the statement, made
! public today, that France and Bel
igium have signed an agreement
; binding themselves against interfer
ence in Russia, and providing for
the exchange of war prisoners and
amnesty for political offenders.
WARNING.
PARIS, April 21.—The govern
ment has received an identical note
,from each of the Allied powers con
.taining a warning of the effect of
j failure to execute the treaty.
i 10 EXPLAIN ALL
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| LOS ANGELES, April 21.—Jas
R. Huirt. who is being detained in
this city on suspicion that he killed
a number of the 29 wives alleged
: to have been possessed by him since
he first joined the ranks of the bene
dicts, has assured the authorities
' that he can make everything clear.
!The wives whom the authorities
have been unable to account for are
in the East, he says.
The deputy- sheriff to whom this
i statement was made this morning
Isays that this is the first time Huirt
has talked since he attempted to
: commit suicide soon after his ap
prehension.
i NOYES IS RE-ELECTED
HEAD QF ASSOCIATION
NEW YORK, April 21.—Frank
j B. Noyes has been re-elected presi
dent of The Associated Press, and
all members of the executive com
1 mittee will retain their places dur
ing the ensuing year. C. B. Blethen
| is chairman of the Western division
advisory board.
CLEMENCEAU RETURNS;
HAS NOTHING TO SAY
J PARIS, April 21.—Former Pre
mier Clemenceau returned to Paris
.today, but avoided the newspaper
men who attempted to interview him.
;He expressed a desire to be left
'alone.
Fifty men are engaged on the
work which is now in progress at
Bridge 5, on the T. V. R. R. A
steam-shovel is in operation there.
IOLL WAS HEAVY
IN THREE SIATES
SWEPT BY STORM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. April 21.—
Reports received in this city from
the storm-swept areas of Alabama.
Tennessee, and Mississippi show that
155 persons lost their lives as n
result of the tornado which plowed
its way from Bay Springs, Missis
sippi, northeast across that state
through the extreme northeastern
counties of Alabama and into Ten
nessee.
In addition to those killed, hun
dreds were injured and thousand?
jare homeless.
| The property damage will run
into the millions.
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MARKET SLUMPS
ON WALL STREET;
CORN ON SKIDS
NEW YORK, April 21—There is
much excitement in financial circles
this afternoon in conequcnce of a
sudden decline in stock quotations.
Speculative stocks slumped during
the day from 5 to 45 points, and
business closed with values in a
state of great uncertainty. Liberty
bonds declined from one to three
percent, reaching a low mark.
CORN DROPPING.
CHICAGO, April 21 — Corn closed
in a demoralized state in this city
today, the record of transactions
showing a decline of 8 Vs cents for
the day. Oats fell 5 cents and gen
eral weakness was the rule for th'’
day.
1 Misgivings regarding the financial
situation, ascribed to the financial
troubles of Japan, are blamed fot
the slump, and fears are entertained
for tomorrow’s trading.
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United States Marshal L. T. Er
win returned to Fairbanks yesterday
from Brooks, to which district he
went from Nenana. The marshn
reports considerable activity in thai
part of the country, much of it be
ing preparation for summer opera
tions. He says he had a very en
joyable trip.
i An inbound stage, with mail anc
five passengers, reported at Hogan'"
1 this morning.
The funeral of J. T. McGinley
who died at Fairbanks this week
was held from the Fairbanks under
taking parlors this afternoon. Rev
Marple officiating.
OMAHA. Neb., April 21 Sena
jtor Hiram Johnson is the popular
^presidential candidate among: the
■ Kepublican voters of this state, ac
! cording to the returns received thus
‘far from the presidential preferen
tial primary which was held yester
day.
j Four hundred and thirty-two pre
i cine Is give Johnson a lead of 3,000
'over Wood, his nearest competitor.
Pershing is a poor third.
' On the Democratic side, Bryan
'occupies fourth place, and one of
his delegates ranks third in the run
ning. Two Hitchcock men are lead
ing the race, which is for the elec
tion of four delegates.
The returns thus far received
represent 5(5 out of 03 counties.
Governor McKelvie has a lead of
11,000 over Adam McMullen for the
Republican nomination for governor,
and Moorehead, Democrat, is 4,000
ahead of Clark.
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TURN GOVERNOR DOWN.
j DOVER, Del., April 21.—The Re
publican convention has turned Gov
jernor Townsend down and named
'six uninstructed delegates to the
| Chicago convention.
DEMOCRAT ELECTED.
j NEW ORLEANS, April 21. -John
M. Parker, Democrat, has been elect
led governor of Louisiana.
PALMER AHEAD.
| ATLANTA. Ga., April 21. In
complete primary returns give Pal
mer a slight lead over Watson, with
Hoke Smith third.
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IN CUBA.
HAVANA, April 21.—The Repub
licans of Cuba have nominated Sen
ator Mazay Artola as'candidate for
the island presidency.
NEW POOL STARTS;
10 END APRIL 28
j A new ice-guessing contest will
he stared in Nenana late tonight or
tomorrow morning, under the aus
pices of the Nenana baseball com
mittee, the object of the pool being
'to raise funds for needed expendi
tures in connection with the promo
tion of baseball in Nenana. This
money must be raised before the
baseball season starts, and the com
mittee appointed some time ago to
isee that Nenana is properly repre
sented this year believe that the
public will welcome the opportunity
to participate in such a pool as has
I been decided upon. Half of the
pool will go to the winner and the
| other half will go to the baseball
. fund.
Tickets for the new pool are be
| ing printed today, and will be dis
tributed by the committee as soon
jas they are ready for delivery. The
i pool w ill close at midnight on April
j 28th.