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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29, 1919.
NO. 178
OFFICIALS SAY STRIKE ORDER STANDS
ALASKA MAKES RECORD IN BOND SUBSCRIPTIONS
INTERNATIONAL LABOR CONGRESS BEGINS ITS SESSIONS
The Belmont building, on upper
A street, was purchased last night
by Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Cooney and
will be moved immediately to the
lot adjoining the Cooney hotel,
where it will be remodeled and
made a part of that pioneer estab
lishment. Inability to supply the
present demand for rooms and the
promise of steadily increasing traffic
are the reasons given by Mrs.
Cooney for the acquisition of the
Belmont building.
The Belmont is a well-constructed
building, originally designed as a
rooming-house, and used as such un
til a short time ago. The upper
portion of the building can be used
as part of the Cooney hotel without
material alteration, but the lower
floor probably will be considerably
changed. Mrs. Cooney is not sure
just what these changes will be, but
it is probable that part of the floor
space will be used for rooms and
part for lobby.
With the installation of the post
office in the Bowen building on one
corner, the opening of a new bath
ing establishment on the Arctic cor
ner. and the moving of the Duke
building to the Thompson corner,
the Cooney hotel improvement will
complete the cycle of prosperity
signs in that quarter of Xenana,
which promises to be a very busy
part of town henceforth.
The Belmont block was built by
Archie Myre and A. D. McMillan
several years ago, and was sold by
them to Mr. and Mrs. Cooney.
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HONOLULU, T. H.. Oct. 29.—j
The steamer S X. Castle, owned by!
the Alaska Codfish company, and j
enroute from Apia to San Francisco,j
was compelled to put in here for
repairs and for a fresh supply of j
provisions, the boat reaching: port
today in a leaking condition.
Officers of the steamer report!
that considerable difficulty was ex- ‘
perienced in reaching port, owing .
to the necessity of keeping the
pumps constantly at work. When
the steamer arrived, both provisions;
and fuel were running very low. i
SMALLPOX REPORTED !
ON OVERLAND MIL
The marshal’s office at Fairbanks
has been advised of the presence of
a number of smallpox cases among
the natives on the Fairbanks-Chitina
trail. There are several cases near
Chitina and aeveral at Copper Cen-_
ter.
The report states that the cases
have been isolated and a strict
UNITED MINE WORKERS READY
TO QUIT PUCES NOVEMBER 1
quarantine established so as to pre
vent the spread of the disease.
It is understood that the cases
are of a mild type.
ANTI-BOLSHEVIK
GENERAL ADMITS
BATTLE IS LOST
BERLIN, Oct. 29.—Communicat
ing’ with anti-Bolsheviki papers in
this city, General Yudenditeh ad
mits that his campaign against the
Bolsheviki at Petrograd has failed.
The timely arrival of reinforce
ments at Petrograd, he says, en
abled the Bolsheviki not only to,
hold ' their positions, but also to
launch an offensive which compelled
the retirement of his forces along
the entire line.
BOLSHVIKI SAFE.
HELSINGFORS. Oct. 29.—Lieut
Col. Malone, a member of the com
mons, has just returned to this city
from a daring visit to Petrograd
and reports that- there is no chance
for Yudenditeh to take the city this
winter.
Lenine and Trotsky have a pow
erful following among the Bolshe
viki troops, he says, thousands of
the soldiers regarding them as di
vine leaders.
COAST MAN IS KILLED
WHILE HUNTING DUCKS
Information was recently received
at Cordova, relative to the acci
dental death of John Shelikoff in
Anderson bay, off Johnson point.
Shelikoff and his wife were out
duck hunting in a small boat and
when a flock of birds was flying
overhead the former raised his gun
to take a shot at them. Just then
the boat gave a lurch and the
weapon was accidentally discharged.
A bullet entered the side of his
head and resulted in instant death.
After the accident, Mrs. Shelikoff
rowed the body ashore, and with
the assistance of several natives it
was properly buried.
Emmet Kincaid, who was recently
appointed night watchman by the
Fairbanks city council, tendered his
resignation to the aldermen last
i night, and A. G. Lien was appoint
ed to succeed him.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 29.—It is
definitely announced today that it
is the intention of officials of the
United Mine Workers to let the coal
strike order stand as originally
planned, regardless of the warning
issued by President Wilson. The
pronouncement of the President, it
i is claimed, had no defenders in the
miners' councils, the men in every
district being ready to respond to
the call from work on Friday night,
i The strike order will go through, it
is stated, without modification, the
leaders being determined to holj
out for all the demands first enu
merated. including a five-day week,
increased wages, and improved
working conditions.
STRIKE IS CERTAIN. -
PITTSBURG. Pa., Oct. 29—Phil
lip Murray, president of the Pitts
burg union. United Mine Workers,
has issued a statement in which he
states positively that the coal min
ers will be called out on November
1st, as previously announced.
GARFIELD TO RESCUE.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Oct. 29
Fuel Admonistrator Garfield held a
lengthy conference with Secretary
Tumulty this afternoon, and it is
considered likely the fuel adminis
tration will be called into existence
again to cope with the fuel situa
tion in case the coal miners strike.
ALASKA BOND SALES
TAKE SECOND PLACE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 29.—
According to official announcement
made by Secretary of the Treasury
Glass today. Alaska ranks second
among the states and territories in
the percentage of over-subscription
to the Victory loan. The Alaska
quota was over-subscribed 40.06 per
cent, with the District of Columbia
a close third with 39 percent.
The state of Connecticut headed
the list with an over-subscription of
49.95 percent, for which an award
has been made of the historic flag
which flew over the national capital
during the congressional war ses
sions.
The flag was forwarded to Gov
ernor Holcomb today by Secretary
Glass, with a message from the
treasury department complimenting
the people of Connecticut upon the
splendid showing made by them.
LABOR CONGRESS IS
OPENED AT CAPITAL
WASHINGTON', D. C., Oct. 29.—
The opening session of the Inter
national Labor congress was held
in this city today, in accordance
.with e provision contained in the
League of Nations covenant. Sec
retary of Labor Wilson, who pre
sided over the session, stated that
he acted on behalf of the people
of America and in the name of the
President of the United States, and
expressed the hope that the deliber
ations of the congress would be
fruitful of beneficial results. It is
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expected that the labor secretarv
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.will be made president, when the
permanent organization of the con
'gress is perfected.
Present at the opening session
were the representatives of 36 coun
tries, including representatives of
American labor and capital. The
American representatives, however,
are participating unofficially be
cause of the refusal of Congress to
permit official representation until
the treaty has been ratified.
German and Austrian delegates
are enroute Washington to attend
,the congress.
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NEW YORK, Oct. 29.—^Positive
evidence of decreased output re
sulting from the steel workers'
'strike is contained in a financial
statement for the month of Sep
tember, which has just been made
public by the United States Steel
corporation.
The report shows that the earn
ings of the corporation for Septem
ber were two million dollars less
than for August.
ELECTIONS A! HUME
PARIS, Oct. 29.—The election
of a communal council at Fiumc
on Sunday resulted in an over
whelming victory for the anne\a
tvonists, the faction supporting
d’Annunzio.
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According to the report of a neu-1
tral observer, the elaborate mili-!
tary pua*rd"'mainte.:ried by d’Annun-'
:;io has made it almost impossible j
fcr the people to express their real i
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views, the great majority of those
voting being virtually forced to gi\e
their support to d'Annunzio.
NEW YORK. Oct. 29. — In a
(Statement given publicity in this
city today, John D. Ryan, former
director of aircraft production bit
terly attacks the congressional in
vestigation committee which recent
ly conducted an investigation of
war-time spruce production costs.
The committee made the mistake,
'he says, of intimidating persons
whose services may be of value to
,the Government. The investigators
also exposed themselves and their
report to criticism, he claims, be
cause they acted on the testimony
of soreheads who failed to obtain
Government contracts.
The investigation, Ryan declares,
was not a fair one and the conclu
sions arrived at by the committee
are not founded on facts.
SOUUTHERN RESIDENTS
WANT ARMY POST ON
MEXICAN BORDER
YUMA. Ariz.—Mexican ranchers
and business men in the Yuma val
ley have joined with the l'uma
County Commercial club, the board
of supervisors, the city council of
Yuma, and the H. H Donkersley
post of the American Legion in pro
tests sent to Washington against the
reported action of the war depart
ment in abandoning plans for 'he
establishment of an army post near
this city.
With the great Laguna dam an i
the syphon under the Colorado river
near this city, which divert water
from the Colorado river to irrigate
thousands of acres of land in the
Yuma valley, without adequate pro
tection, ranchers here fear bandits (
from below the border, which lies
six miles south of Yuma, may slip
over the line some night and dam
age these irrigation works.
Miss Emily Townsend, sister of j
Fur Warden Cal Townsend, came
down from Fairbanks yesterday, and j
has entered the employ of the Alas-,
kan Engineering commission as a :
member of the telephone operating j
staff.
Mrs. Anna Arndt, Hoge building.
Seattle, is making inquiry for her
mother, Mrs. Belle McDonald-Mitch
ell, who was in Dawson in 1898.
The daughter was lost when a small
child and is now unable to find any
trace of her parent since'~her de
parture for the North.
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RECORD VOYAGE
The steamer Shusana reached port
from Tolovana this morning shortly
after ten o’clock, with a cargo of
about fourteen tons of freight be
longing to the Alaskan Engineering
commission, being part of a ship
ment which was abandoned by the
steamer Tanana when ice first ap
peared in the river this month, two
weeks earlier than usual. The Tan
ana's barge was placed in winter
quarters about two miles above Hot
Springs and the lighter freight was
stored at Hot Springs landing, where
it was picked up later by the Shu
sana, and abandoned by that boat
at Tolovana when a second run of
ice occurred.
In the second attempt to reach
N'enana with the cargo the Shusana
encountered no difficulty, the river
mow being practically free of ice
and the water level higher the*
when the Shusana fir-t went down
river.
There still remains considerable
freight on the barge Elk, near Hot
Springs, for the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission and for private ship
pers, but it is doubtful if any fur
ther attempts at navigation will be
made this fall, owing to the late
ness of the season and the danger
of a sudden and permanent lower
ing of temperature. If any more of
the marooned cargo reaches N'enana
this winter, it will come over the
trail.
The presence of a steamer in the
river at this time is very ur.u-ual,
ice generally putting a stop to
navigation much earlier in the
month. East year the ice became
so thick in the river by October 21
that it was impossible for launches
to navigate between N'enana and
Fairbanks, and the river closed soon
afterward. The launch Victory was
pulled out of the water on Oc
tober 22.
HALLOWELL THANKS '
Mayor A. L. Wilbur, of Fair
banks, is in receipt of a letter from
John W. Hallowell, assistant to Sec
retary of the Interior Lane, thank
ing the people of Fairbanks for the
courteous manner in which they en
tertained him and his associates on
the occasion of their recent visit to
Interior Alaska. The mayor is
asked to let the people know that
he appreciates all that was done to
make his stay an enjoyable one.
The letter was written at Wash
inton, D. C., on October 1st, just
after the return of Hallowell to his
official home.
Bobby Small, former Dome creek
smithy, and more recently of An
chorage, has stampeded to Hyder,
where he is getting a building ready
for occupancy.
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