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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1920.
NO. 68
PAYNE WILL VISIT NORTH DURING JULY
GREEKS START WAR ON TURKISH NATIONALISTS
JOHNSON TELLS CALIFORNIA ADMIRERS HE IS HAPPY
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WI1H DANIELS ON
TOUR OF ALASKA
SEATTLE, June 24.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Seattle
Times announces definitely today
that Secretary of the Interior John
Barton Payne will visit Alaska next
month in company with Secretary
Daniels and Admiral Rodman.
The party is scheduled to leave
Seattle for the North on july 10,
with six destroyers. They will cruise
in Alaska waters for ten days, mak
ing Seward their headquarters, and:
the side trips will include a run
over the Government railroad on an
investigation of the Matanska coal,
regions, where naval experts are al
ready at work.
The correspondent quotes Secre-1
tary Daniels as saying that Alaska'
is very important from a naval j
standpoint — much more important
than the people of the United States
realize.
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FOR KNOCKING WOOD
CINCINNATI, O., June 24.—Dr. j
Nicholas Murray Butler, who de
clared during the late Republican
convention that the principal back
ers of General Wood were gamblers
and stock market players, has tele
graphed an apology to William Coop
er Proctor, who directed the Wood
campaign and who vigorously re
sented the New Yorker’s campaign
charge. #
The doctor, in his wire, says:
‘•the words were spoken under the
strain of turmoil and fatigue of the
Chicago convention and were unbe
coming and unwarranted.”
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WASHINGTON, D. C., June 24.—
The purchase of 1,700,000 ounces
of silver at one dollar an ounce,
for delivery at the San Francisco
and Philadelphia mints, was an
nounced by the director of mints
today.
The purchase of the bullion
K makes a total of 3,200,000 ounces
acquired by the Government this
month under the authorization of
the Pittman act.
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The Fairbanks council is about to
inaugurate a drive on auto speeders,
and it is possible that a special of
ficer will be named to round up of
fending drivers.
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ALLIED WARSHIPS HELPING
TO STOP ADVANCE OF TURKS
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JOB AT CAPITAL
GREAT FALLS, June 24.—Refer- t
ring to his endorsement as a presi
dential possibility by the committee ^
of forty-eight, William Jennings r
Bryan publicly announced here to- \
day that he would not consider be- (
coming the candidate of the. pro-;,
posed new party. He is too busy | j
fixing planks, he says, to think of',
running for the presidency, and he|,
is doubtful if a third party is the
right cure for the nation’s ills.
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REVIEWS SITUATION. 1
LINCOLN, Neb., June 24.—In a
discussion of the political situation, ■
and referring particularly to Demo- j
cratic possibilities, William Jennings
Bryan says, in the Commoner, that j
McAdoo is handicapped by his re-'
lationship to Wilson. The President j
himself, the article adds, need not j
be considered, and Hoover is not j
available and therefore is eliminated.'
Among the few remaining, the
best are -Senator Owen of Okla
homa and Secretary of Agriculture
Meredith.
The candidate named at the San ■
Francisco convention, in the opinion
of Bryan, must be for woman’s
suffrage, prohibition, and against
Wall Street. Palmer, he says, has
fallen down in his dealings with the
profiteers and is unfortunate in hav
ing to espouse the treaty without
reservations.
Champ Clark is mentioned as hav
ing his own state behind him; op
position to Governors Cox and Ed-1
wards is reiterated, and Vice-Presi
dent Marshall is accused of making
a feeble bid for the wet vote; Ger
ard’s candidacy has the support of
South Dakota and the former am
bassador is credited with many per
sonal friends elsewhere.
COSI or MI CfiOP
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WASHINGTON, D. C., June 24.—
According to figures compiled by
the department of agriculture, the
cost of producing the 1919 wheat
crop averaged $2.15 per bushel.
Figuring on this basis, the depart-'
ment finds that the selling price,
would have to be $2.60 per bushel
to permit a profit to growers.
SAN DIEGO GROWING
FAST, FIGURES SHOW
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 24.—
The population of San Diego is 74,
683, an increase of 35,105 during
the past ten years. This represents
a percentage gain of 88.7.
SMYRNA, June 24. — Offensive
perations have been inaugurated by
le Greek army against the force*
f Mustapha Kemal Pasha, Nation
list leader, according to an officia'
nnouncement made by the Greet
rar office today. The attacking
ireeks constitute a strong force
fell equipped with ammunition anc
ood supplies, and prepared to drivt
he Turkish hordes from the field.
Greece has been given a free hani
o deal with the Nationalists it
'urkey. The question was discusset
iy Premiers Lloyd George and Mill
rand at a conference held on Sun
lay and it was decided, in view o
he alarming situation that has re
ulted from the Nationalist activi
ies, to let the Greeks handle th
ituation in their own manner, un
'hampered by Allied restrictions.
| As an additional cheek on the >
1 Nationalist advance toward the Dar
danelles, French and British troops
: and British warships are being con
centrated for the defense of Con-j
stantinople and the straits.
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REFUGEES MURDERED. j
! LONDON, June 24.—A Constan- j
itinople dispatch dated last Friday j
! states that the American school near \
Ismid was entered recently by Turk
ish Nationalist troops and all refu- !
gees there put to death.
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FRENCH BOMBARD.
, PARIS, June 24.—Le Temps is !
iauthority for the statement that the;
[Turks attacked Mersina, on the;
iMediterranean coast, this week, and!
that French warships retaliated by j
-; bombarding Turkish Moslems.
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mis COMING
FOR CLOSE SIUOY
OF ALASKA HERDS
SEATTLE, June 24.—Edward W.
Nielson, chief of the biological sur
;ey, is enroute to this city from f
Washington and is scheduled to sail
for St. Michael on the steamship
Victoria early next month, accom
panied by a party of government
jxperts, detailed to Alaska to make!
i survey of Northern reindeer herds ;
ind study means of propagating fur-,
searing animals.
Congress recently appropriated the
,um of $40,000, of which $25,000
is to be expended in reindeer work
and $15,000 in the interest of land:
fur-bearing animals.
Nelson will make a special study ,
of reindeer diseases, pasturage
problems and means of propagation.
He will also investigate the possi
bilities of domesticating the great
herds of caribou and merging them
with reindeer.
The head of the party is due here
next week.
GALVESTON DEVELOPS
SECOND PLAGUE CASE
GALVESTON, Tex., June# 24.—
The local health authorities have
announced the development of an
other case of bubonic plague in this
city. Heroic measures are being
taken to prevent the further spread
of the dread disease. There are
only two cases.
VETERAN COMMANDER
MARINE CORPS HEAD
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 24.—
Major-General John A. Lejeune,
who commanded the famous Second
division when it broke the German
line in the Meuse-Argonne offensive,
has been appointed major-general
commandant of the marine corps,
succeeding Major-General George
Barnett.
STEPHENS GIVES
VIEW ON MENACE
TO POPPY STATED
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SACRAMENTO, Cal., June 24.— !
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In a letter addressed to Secretary
of State Colby, the publication of
which in San Francisco caused con
siderable comment among Democratic
politicians gathering; for the conven
tion, Governor Stephens declared ^
that the influx of Japanese into
California has brought about alarm
ing conditions, and that it has now,
become necessary to protect the
sovereignty of the state against
“this growing menace,” through dip
lomatic negotitations or a strict ex
clusion act.
He said further that, while Cali
fornia harbors no animosity against
the Japanese people, the state does |
not wish them to settle within itsi
borders and develop a Japanese pop- ;
ulation in her midst. ;
The governor explained that the j
Japanese population in California j
had doubled in the last ten years j
and now amounts to over 87,000, ]
which is approximately 80 to 85 j
percent of the total Japanese popu
lation of continental United States.
GERMAN TONNAGE PAYS
LARGE SUM IN TOLLS
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 24.—
German tonnage traversing the Pan
ama canal between the time the war
ended and April first aggregated
25,000 tons, according to figures
made public today. The canal tolls
amounted to $20,872.
SHAMROCK SHOWS FAST
SPEED IN TEST RACE
SANDY HOOK, June 24. — Sir
Thomas Lipton’s cup challenger
Shamrock IV was given a tryout
today and defeated the 23-meter
Shamrock trial yacht by more than
thirteen minutes.
10 OE CHEERFUL
SACRAMENTO, June 24.—Speak
ng publicly for the first time sinci
he close of the Republican nationa
•onvention, Senator Hiram .Johnson
A'ho arrived here today from th
East, told the crowd of admirer
fathered at the depot to welcom
liim home not to be downcast ove
the outcome of the convention,
am happier than ever before,” h
assured them. ”1 started in th
campaign on a shoestring, and whe
I got through 1 had the people o
the United States, although I coul
not win a majority of the delegate
to the convention.”
The senator made no mention o
the proposed third party.
COMMITTEES ANNOUNCED.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. June 24
Chairman Will H. Hays of the Rt
publican national committee ha
named T. Coleman Dupont of Dels
ware chairman of the committe
which is to notify Senator Hardin
of his nomination. J. H. Rorabac
is chairman of the Coolidge notif
cation committee.
Chairman Hays has also announe
ed the personnel of the executiv
committee of 21, including seve
women, who will have charge of th
general campaign. Hays is chaii
man of the committee, with Mrs
Harriet Taylor Upton of Ohio a
vice-chairman. The list include
Daughtery, who conducted Hare
ing’s pre-convention campaign, an
Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania.
BO NEGROES
INSULTJHE FLA(
CHICAGO, June 24.—Grover (
Redding, who claims to be a nativ
of Abyssinia, and seven other negi
residents of this city were place
under arrest today in connectio
with a flag outrage committed la:
Sunday. There are being held i
leaders of the affair, which took tl
form of a parade, followed by tl
burning of an American flag and
general fight in which two whiti
were killed.
NOTED HISTORIAN IS
SUMMONED BY REAPE
WALLA WALLA, Wash., June 2
W. D. Lyman, for 32 years a pr
fessor at Whitman college and note
as a historian, dropped dead on tl
street here yesterday. He was age
68 years.
[ IeuH. Vim Balls and Blvara K«a
BURLESON TAKES
FIRM SIAND FOR
DRY LAW CHANGE
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., June 24.—
The Democratic party must take
“an open and honest stand on the
great issues confronting the country
and, above all, avoid pussyfooting,"
declared Posmaster General Burle
son in an interview published in this
, |citv today,
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j Burleson stated further that he
| favored modifying “the drastic and
, | absurd provisions of the Volstead
I! prohibition enforcement act. He
also declared his opposition to gov
, ernment ownership of telegraph sys
. terns and to anti-strike legislation.
LEADERS SITTING UP.
| SAN FRANCISCO, June 24.—The
! statement of Postmaster General
i Burleson regarding the Volstead act
'(has attracted the attention of Deni
1 iocratic leaders here and. coming
^' from a member of the cabinet, if
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i is regarded as a possible intimation
41of the administration’s attitude on
the prohibition issue,
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SUPPORT FOR M'ADOO.
I TACOMA, June 24.—Headed by
(National Committeeman A. R. Tit
|low, a party of twenty delegates
* and Democratic politicians left this
s 1 city for San Francisco yesterday
" lafternoon. The Washington dele
jgation of 28, with half a vote each,
~ is practically unanimous for Me
< Adoo. although Titlow says they are
uninstructed.
DEFENDS WILSON.
? 1 SAN FRANCISCO. June 24.—Re
i ferring to McCombs’ statement that
? Wilson's assumption of authority :s
- autocratic. Chairman Cummins of
the Democratic national committee
s .'characterizes the outburst as “one
s|of those sporadic criticisms that are
- a negligible factor in our affairs."
J He said the questions as to the
[leadership of Wilson would answer
themselves. “Wilson,” he continued,
“is the vital leader, but his great
ness will be more universally rec
ognized in the next decade than it
. ;is now.”
| SURE FOR M’ADOO.
j KANSAS CITY, June 24.—Pub
lisher Jenkins has announced defi
.nitely that he will place the name
U • of William G. McAdoo in nomina
° tion, regardless of the protests of
'that gentleman.
it j PREDICTS FIGHT.
*| GREAT FALLS, June 24.—Will
e iam Jennings Bryan predicts that
ejthe Democratic convention will be
a the scene of fights over the peace
's treaty, profiteering and prohibition,
.with the chances in favor of ratifi
j cation with reservations, and against
| profiteering and the saloon. He
Rialso predicts that the convention will
j endorse woman’s suffrage, condemn
compulsory military training, and
, insist on the right of toilers to equal
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treatment.
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A baby girl was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Adami at Fairbanks
t yesterday afternoon.