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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1921
NUMBER 6
NEW REVOLUTION CALLED FOR MAY 1
DELEGATE STARTS DRIVE TO CURB SEA BARONS
' CONFERENCE "ON FRIDAY MAY END BIG COAL STRIKE
FOREIGN trade for march
SHOWS UNHEALTHY SLUMP
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 19—
The foreign trade of the United
States during the month of March
was nearly three-quarters of a bil
lion dollars less than during March,
1920, according to figures made pub
lic by the department of commerce.
The exports for the month totaled
$384,000,000 as compared with
♦ $820,000,000 a year ago. The im
ports were $252,000,000, as against
‘ $524,000,000. This left a trade bal
ance of $123,000,000, as against
$296,000,000 at the end of March
last year.
ALLIES WANT GOLD RESERVE
AS SECURITY FOR PAYMENTS
BERLIN, April 19—The presidenl
of the German war burden com
mittee has been verbally notified
that the gold reserves of the Reich
bank and other German issuing
banks must be deposited before th<
first of May as security for repara
tions demanded by the Allies.
¥ IMMIGRATION BILL REPORTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 19
Chairman Johnson, of the house im
4 migration committee, in reporting
-the immigration bill for passage, re
quested that the house pass it im
mediately. The measure is identica
with that which was vetoed by Pres
ident Wilson. The chairman esti
mates that 355,461 aliens can bi
admitted annually under the pro
visions of the proposed law, most o:
them from Northwestern Europe.
GERMANS MAKE OBJECTIONS
ROTTERDAM, April 19—A dis
patch received in this city from Col
logne says that the Berlin govern
t ment has decided to take steps t<
induce the Allies to discontinui
their coercive measures, whichi an
proving a catastrophe to Germai
trade.
WANTS ABSOLUTE EXCLUSIOf
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 19
V. S. McClatchy, one of the publish
ers of the Sacramento Bee, appearet
before the house immigration com
mittee yesterday on behalf of thi
Japanese exclusion league of Calif
ornia, and proposed the absoluti
exclusion of future Japanese immi
gration, with permission of tempor
ary residence only for tourists, stud
ents, commercial men, artists an,
teachers.
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ANTI-BOLSHEVIK FACTIONS
READY FOR NEW ATTACK
RAILROAD AGREEMENTS ARE
ABROGATED BY WAGE BOARD
CHICAGO, April 19—The railroad
labor board has rendered a decision
abrogating the national agreements
and defining new working conditions
which will become effective on July
first. The board also has called a
conference of railroad employers and
employes, to be held as soon as pos
sible, to discuss differences. Both
executives and labor leaders express
the belief that the decision of the
board will do much to advance the
efforts to arrive at an agreement
satisfactory to .all.
MORE THAN HUNDRED DIED
IN LATE OUTSIDE TORNADO
MEMPHIS, April 19—Relief work
ers have been clearing away the
debris from the tornado which
' swept five states last week and
caused the death of more than 100
■ persons. In addition, several hun
' dred people were injured and a score
or more villages wrecked.
Arkansas has reported a total of
! 63 dead; Texas nine; Alabama 14;
• Mississippi eight. The storm was
’ followed by a heavy rain and a low
ering of temperatures, which added
greatly to the suffering of those
rendered homeless by the storm.
' The weather is clearing today, ,how
■ ever, and the outlook is more favor
' able.
- COAL MINERS STILL OUT;
COAL IS GETTING SHORT
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LONDON, April 19—The shortage
of coal throughout the British Isles
I resulting from the suspension of coal
mining activities of the country, is
assuming serious proportions and
the indications are that many in
dustrial plants will be compelled to
close if the situation is not relieved
soon.
It is regarded as improbable that
any moves looking to a settlement
of the strike will be made until
after the miners have met on Fri
I day for a conference.
The Daily Herald, labor organ,
. in commenting on the collapse of
the Triple alliance, says the failure
of the workers to stand together
was the heaviest defeat that has be
fallen labor within the memory ol
man. “The workers did not stand
together and now they must reap
(their reward. The old machinery
has failed and we must start afresh.
This is not the end. It is the begin
ning.”
When the miners meet on Friday,
they will confer with representativei
from all coal districts in the United
Kingdom.
WILL STOP REVOLUTIONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 19
The state department has request
Congress fto prohibit the shipme
of arms and ammunition to a
country where there is a likliho
that they will be used for revo
tionary purposes.
RIGA, April 19—According to ad
vices received in this city from Pet
rograd, the Mensheviki and other
anti-Bolshevik organizations in Rus
sia are issuing calls for a general
anti-communist uprising on May
Day.
New elections have been ordered
for Moscow and the regional soviets
for April 15 to April 25, with ef
forts of the communists to win the
support of the. non-party and work
men groups.
First Hand Infirmation
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 19—
A. Schwartz, former California
CENTRAL AMERICANS READY
TO MAKE WAR ON PANAMA
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 19—
The republics of Guatamala, Hon
duras and Salvador, members of
the new Central American union,
are pledged to declare war against
Panama, simultaneously with Costa
Rica, should Costa Rica indicate that
such action is necessary to bring
about a satisfactory settlement of
the boundary dispute.
IRELAND TO HAVE CHANCE
TO TRY NEW HOME RULE
LONDON, April 19—The British
government is taking steps to bring
the new Irish home rule act into
operation and has set May third for
the election of Northern and South
ern parliaments.
It is believed that the Southern
section will ignore the provisions of
the law.
WILL NOT PROSECUTE THEM
SEATTLE, April 19—Prosecuting
Attorney Seldon, of Pierce county,
has announced that unless additional
evidence is made available immed
iately he will not prosecute Pothier
and Rosenbluth, who have been held
in connection with the murder of
Major Cronkhite.
The prosecutor announced last
week that he had received from the
authorities at Providence, where Ro
land Pothier is in custody, what pur
ported a confession made by tho
soldier. He is alleged to have admit
ted that he killed Cronkhite at Camp
Lewis in October, 1918, under in
structions of Captain Rosenbluth, his
superior officer.
WILL FIGHT AT JERSEY CITY
NEW YORK, April 19—Tex Rick
ard has announced that the Demp
sey-Carpentier championship ring
contest will take place at Jersey
City on July 2.
NEW TREASURER IS NAMED
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 19
President Harding has nominated
Frank White, of Valley City, N. D.,
to be Itreasurer of the United States.
The President also has selected P.
A. Jay, of Rhode Island, now min
ister to Salvador, to be minister to
Rumania. .
Socialist, who recently returned to
the United States from Russia, has
been invited to appear this week be
fore an informal meeting of the
members of Congress, in order that
they may obtain first hand informa
tion regarding conditions in Bol
shevik Russia.
Making Friends With Japan
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 19—
The Russian Bolshevik government
is reported to have have issued in
structions to the Far Eastern repub
lic to avoid any possible conflict
with Japan, and to negotiate a trade
agreement with the Japanese gov
ernment, if possible.
NEW SILVER VEIN LOCATED
IN RICH MAYO DISTRICT
DAWSON, April 19—Recent ar
rivals from the Upper Stewart con
firm earlier reports of ithe discovery
of a new silver vein, on the Rico
claim on Keno Hill, in the Mayo
district. The discovery was made in
a tunnel at the foot of a thousand
foot bluff. The center of the vein
contains two solid feet of galena
that will assay $200 to the ton.
EXTRADITION OF LINDEBERG
AUTHORIZED BY GOVERNOR
SAN FRANCISCO, April 19—A
warrant for the extradition of Jafet
Lindeberg, from California to Wash
ington, has arrived from Sacramento J
and will be served on the banker
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made to take him (to Tacoma to
answer to a number of indictments
in connection with the failure of
the Scandinavian American bank.
Lindeberg has announced that he
will resist extradition.
ROW NARROWLY AVERTED
SAN FRANCISCO, April 19—111
feeling between American passen
gers and the officers and crew of the
Japanese steamer Siberiamaru re
sulted yesterday in the dispatch of
a police boat to meet the vessel up
on its arrival here. Serious trouble
was narrowly averted.
| ONTARIO VOTES BONE DRY
' TORONTO, April 19—The pro
vince of Ontario has voted for bone
dry prohibition, the referendum to
atop the importation and sale of
, liquor in the province having car
ried with a majority of between
125,000 and 200,000, out of an esti
mated total vote of 600,000.
MAKES MUSHING RECORD
DAWSON, April 19—Fred Bower,
former English sprinter, recently
walked from Whitehorse to this city
in seven days, 13 houn, lapsed time,
which is a new record for the 360
mile mush.
CRUDE OIL IS SOARING •
PITTSBURG, April 19—’Principal
purchasing agencies have announced
an advance in the price of crude oil
from tep to 25 cents a barrel.
BOLAND TELLS CONVENTION
WHAT IRELAND IS SEEKING
CHICAGO, April 19—Harry Bo
land, assistant to President deValera,
in an address delivered at the open
ing session of the first national con
vention of the American Associa
tion for the Recognition of the Irish
Republic, said: “We seek for Ire
land the application of those noble
principles for which you fought in
the late world war. Ireland insists
upon only one right—the right of
the Irish people to determine for
themselves how they shall be gov
erned."
DELEGATE DAN SUTHERLAND
SEEKS LOWERING OF RATES
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 19
Delegate Dan Sutherland has peti
tioned the United States Shipping
board to make an investigation of
freight rates charged by companies
operating in Alaska waters. The del
egate intimates that Alaska’s new
pulp industry is in danger of strang
ulation at the hands of the steam
ship companies and points out that
the American pulp manufacturers at
Port Snettisham are charged $9 a
ton to Seattle, while British man
ufacturers at Ocean Falls are given
a rate of $4 a ton, with a distance
of 300 miles.
In response to the request of the
delegate, Chairman Benson has or
dered an investigation, but has not
announced the date on which it will
be held.
FARRELL TO GET POST
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 19—
James Farrell, president of the U.
S. Steel corporation, is slated for
appointment as chairman of the
Shipping board, according to high
officials.
FUNERAL TRAIN ENROUTE
DOORN, April 18—The funeral
train bearing the body of the late
former empress of Germany left
Maarn for Potsdam yesterday. Wil
helm accompanied the body only as
far as Maarn.
BERGDOLL ESCAPE QUIZ DUE
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 19—
The lower house of Congress has
approved the Kahn resolution pro
viding for a congressional investiga
tion of the unusual escape of Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy Ameri
can draft evader, who is now rest
ing securely behind the German
frontier. It is indicated that the in
quiry will start at an early date.
Postmaster R. S. McDonald, who
tendered his resignation to the de
partment several months ago and
who has been waiting since that time
to be relieved, has been notified that
Mrs. E. A. Williams has been given
an appointment as acting postmaster
and it is expected that she will take
charge within the next few days.
STEEL MAGNATE SUGGESTS
PLAN TO DEFEAT UNIONISM
NEW YORK, April 19—Judge K.
H. Gary, chairman of the United
States Steel corporation, addressing
the stockholders of the big organiza
tion at their annual meeting in this
city yesterduy, said that he favored
“publicity, regulation and reasonable
control of business through Govern
ment agencies as a possible solution
or antidote to the labor union prob
lem.” He suggested that non-sectar
ian, non-partisan commissions or de
partments, with power to render de
cisions, subject to review before the
highest court.
VATICAN DENIES REPORT OF
PLAN TO ASSIST GERMANS
ROME, April 19 -The Vatican has
made formal denial of reports to
the effect that it plans to act as in
termediary between Germany and
the United States for the presenta
tion of German propositions regard
ing the reparations decision of the
Allies.
EXPLOSION ENDANGERS PRINCE
TOKYO, April 19—The explosion
of a boiler tube on the battleship
Katori, wihch is bound for Europe
with the crown prince, resulted in
the death of two sailors, and the
injury of several others. The prince
was unharmed. The advices state
that a similar explosion aboard the
esconcing battleship Kashima, killed
three sailors.
THE RIDE OF PAUL REVERE
BOSTON, April 19—A modern
ride of Paul Revere was featured at
Middlesex county’s celebration of
historic events which occurred 14G
years ago today. The climax of the
celebration was staged on Lexing
ton Green, where the minute men
were gathered.
NO DISARMAMENT NOW
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 19
Announcement is made at the Whitt?
House that President Harding does
not contemplate any steps toward
disarmament agreements until a
technical state of peace has been
established. The announcement was
made following a meeting between
the President and the Women's
Committee for World Disarmament.
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