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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. 111.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1920.
NO. 88
JAPAN CLAIMS NEUTRAL STAND IN CHINA
RAIL WA Y SYSTEM PLANS CUT IN WORKING FORCE
TRAINMEN GATHER AT CHICAGO FOR WAGE DECISION
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II HAVE TOWS
With three steamers in port, two
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of them with heavy barges in tow,
the Xenana waterfront presented a
lively scene yesterday morning. The
steamer Tanana, with two barges,
was first to arrive, reaching port
about 7:30. The government steam
er General Jacobs, enroute from
Dawson to Fairbanks, with Lieut.
Gen. Hunter Liggett, commander of
the Western department, and two
aides on board, docked shortly after
the Tanana, and the Alaska followed
into port at nine, with two more
freight-laden barges and a number
of passengers for Nenana and Fair
banks.
The tow of the Tanana consisted
cf a barge of freight from St.
Michael, nearly' all of it for X'e
nana, and the Waechter Bros.’ cold
storage barge, also from St. Mich- j
ael. The Tanana remained in port j
over night undergoing minor repair*,
and sailed for Fort Gibbon this aft
ernoon for another tow, there being
two more barges there, loaded chief
ly with N'enana freight brought up
river by the steamer Herman.
The Alaska brought two barges, j
one from the upper Yukon and the
other from the lower river, picked
up at Tanana. One of the barges
was left here and the Alaska pro
ceeded up stream to Fairbanks with
the other and also the cold storage
barge.
The Jacobs made excellent time;
up river, having left Gibbon at nine
o’clock Friday night. The only j
stops enroute were for wood. The j
steamer reached Fairbanks at 11:30
last night and started back down
river from the upper town this
morning, being due here this after
noon.
The passengers arriving on the
Tanana, which left Gibbon on
Thursday, were: W. E. Heron, R. D.
Averill, S. R. Hudson, S. N. Good
wick.
The passengers on board the Alas
ka, which left Dawson last Tuesday,
included: Mr. and Mrs. William W.
.
THE
EASIEST WAY
to keep
OUTSIDE FRIENDS
POSTED
on
INSIDE
HAPENINGS
is to ■
HAVE THE
HOME TOWN
PAPER MAILED
TO THEM
THE NENANA DAILY
NEWS
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GATES OF PEKING ARE SHUT
TO EXCLUDE FIGHTING BANDS
Porter, Mrs. Burdette Tunison and
two children, William Sorenson, Joe
McClure, A. M. McKay, Pat Penny,
A. Jackson, R. E. Sheldon, Lieut.
Col. John C. Gotwals, and Terri
torial Secretary R. J. Sommers.
PAYNE GETS AWAY;
MISSES DELEGATE
Failure of the steamship North
western to reach Seward on sched
ule time and the shortening of the
stay of Secretary Payne in Alaska
by at least two days, caused the
cabinet officer and Xenana’s special
delegate, Commissioner R S. Mc
Donald. to miss connections at An
chorage, and Mr. McDonald, in con
sequence, is now returning to Ne
nana without having had an oppor
tunity to confer with the distinguish
ed visitor on matters pertaining to
Interior Alaska. The disappointing
news is contained in a telegram re
ceived from Mr. McDonald this
morning, in which he explains that
the Northwestern was delayed two
days enroute and that he is return
ing home over the trail by way of
Cordova.
Mr. McDonald, who was sent to
the coast by the Nenana Commercial
club, and August Peterson, who ac
companied the delegate on private
business with the secretary, made a
record trip to Chitina, arriving
there just 52 hours from Nenana.
They were too late, however, to
catch the Admiral Watson out of
Cordova, but would have been just
in time for the Northwestern had
that boat reached Cordova on
schedule time. Unfortunately, the
steamer was two days late coming
up the coast, with the result that
Mr. McDonald did not reach Seward
until late yesterday, fully a day
after Secretary Payne and his party
had left Anchorage on the return
voyage to Seattle on the battleship
Idaho, by way of the outside route.
As already stated in the columns,
it was originally the intention of
Secretary Payne and his compan
ions to visit Gold creek, but, upon
reaching Talkeetna, the program was
changed and the party returned to
Anchorage on Saturday from that
I point, presumably arriving there Sat
urday afternoon and boarding the
waking battleship immediately.
Had the Northwestern been on
time, or had the secretarial party
followed out their original plans,
Mr. McDonald would have reached
Anchorage in ample time to confer
with Secretary Payne. Under the
circumstances, it would be useless
to voyage to Seattle in a further
effort to meet the secretary, for by
the time the Northwestern or any
other coastal craft could reach Pu
get sound, the secretary would be
back in his office at the national
capital.
1 TIENTSIN', July 19.—The gates
of Peking were closed yesterday
for the purpose of excluding refu
gees and the defeated Anfuites.
ANFU DEFEATED.
WASHINGTON', D. C., July 19—
According to advices received by the
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state department from the Ameri
can legation at Peking, the forces
of General Tuan Chi Jut, former
Chinese premier and minister of
war, and now head of the Anfu
movement, have been defeated by
the Chinese regulars.
GET REINFORCEMENTS.
| TIENTSIN, July 19—The arrival
of Anfu reinforcements on the
;Sjantung border is reported to have
: been followed by a resumption of
hostilities in that region. The move
ment of troops has caused a eon
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gestion on the Tientsin-Paking rail-'
j road.
Foreign military commanders
have despatched a train with Am
erican, Japanese and French detach
ments to Yang Tsun, on the line to
Peking, for the purpose of investi
gating conditions resulting from hos
■ tilities between the Anfu and Chili
parties. The Japanese, it is said.
:are anxious to occupy the railway
;and save the Anfu forces from at
tack by the Chili and Manchurian
armies. Other foreign military lead
ers have failed to agree with the
Japanese on such a policy.
DENIES INTERFERENCE.
TOKIO, July 19.—The Japanese
.foreign office denies that Japan Is
interfering in the present Chinese
troubles. The statement declares
that Japan is maintaining a strictly
|neutral attitude.
SCIENCE LECTURE
STARK AT EIGHT
A free public lecture on Christian
: Science will be delivered at the Col
: iseum theater tonight, commencing
jat eight o’clock, by William W.
Porter, C. S. B., of New York city,
member of the Board of Lecture
ship of the Mother church, the First
Church of Christ, Scientist, in Bos
ton, Mass.
Mr. Porter, accompanied by Mrs.
. Porter, arrived in Nenana on the
steamer Alaska yesterday morning
on a tour of the Interior towns, and
I will leave for Fairbanks on the reg
ular train tomorrow, being scheduled
.to lecture in the upper town tomor
row night.
The Nenana lecture will be given
under the auspices of the regularly
organized Christian Science society
of Fairbanks. It will be the second
lecture of the kind given in Nenana.
The public is cordially invited.
Fairbanks enjoyed a spectacular
game of baseball yesterday between
two local teams, one being dubbed j
Brooks and the other Fairbanks.
The Brooks team had two or three
Brooks men in uniform, and both
teams had some oldtime leaguers in
the lineup, including Charlie Beam
and Roy Ferguson. The Fairbanks
aggregation won with a score of
10 to 7.
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R Minimum .49 above R
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RUSSIA IS READY
. TO DISCUSS PACT
LONDON', July 19.—The British
government today received a note
from the Russian Soviety govern
ment in which it is stated that Rus
sia is now prepared to agree to an
armistice with Poland, as suggested
by the Allies, and to enter into ne
gotiations for a permanent peace
with the new republic.
This announcement comes from
an authoritative source and it is be
lieved here that hostilities along the
Polish frontier will soon be termin
ated. i
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Guy B. Erwin, prominent attor- j
jney of Fairbanks and secretary of (
the Fairbanks Commercial club, is
a visitor in Nenana, having made
the trip down today by gascar. He
is here as a representative of the
Fairbanks Christian Science society
and will accompany Mr. and Mrs.
William W. Porter to Fairbanks to
morrow. ^
Mrs. Burdette Tunison and two
children returned to Nenana on the
steamer Alaska yesterday morning,
after a winter in the States. Mrs.
Tunison was in Portland during the
Rose carnival and Shrine conven
tion recently.
Joe McClure returned to Nenana
on the steamer Alaska yesterday,
after a brief visit in Dawson.
Major Byrne, army dentist, who
is in Interior Alaska on an inspec
tion tour, left for Fort Gibbon on
the steamer Tanana today.
Chief Steward Jesse Brown was
a passenger on today’s gascar from
Fairbanks.
SANDY HOOK, July 10. — Al
though Sir Thomas Lipton is not en
tirely satisfied with the manner in
which his Shamrock IV was handled
in Saturday's race, Commander Bur
ton will be given another chance at
the wheel when the yachts meet
again tomorrow. This announcement
was made this morning after the
owner of the challenger had con
ferred with his yachting experts.
The mainsail of the Resolute,
which showed signs of stretching
after its wetting on Saturday, was
recuperated this morning and will
be bent on this afternoon. The
staysail of the Shamrock has aiso
been recuperated.
Tomorrow’s race will be over a
; triangular course, ten miles to a leg.
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GENERAL OVERSLEEPS;
DISAPPOINTS CROWDS
\ The appearance of the govern
ment steamer General Jacobs in
Chena slough below Fairbanks short
ly before midnight last night was
the signal for the fathering of the
clans at the waterfront in accord
ance with plans for the fitting re
ception of Lieut.-Gen. Hunter Lie-;
gett, commander of the Western de- j
partment. The boat arrived and j
the crowd waited patiently on the!
dock for the appearance of the dis-;
tinguished army officer, but only his '
two aides—Col. Stackpole and Capt. !
Oars—came ashore. The general
was in bed, they said.
The two aides were taken in tow
by the various reception committees
and shown about the district in au
tomobiles, the party including also
Mrs. Stackpool. Col. Stackpool is
a particular friend of John W. Hal- j
lowell, former assistant to the sec
retary of the interior, and made the
trip to Alaska at his suggestion.
Capt. Oars was in the North a num
ber of years ago.
Lieut.-Gen. Liggett, after a re
freshing night’s sleep, left the
steamer at an early hour this morn
ing and boarded a stage for the
coast, in response to urgent orders
to return immediately to San Fran
cisco. Before leaving, he called
on Mayor Wilbur and apologized
for having been asleep when the
boat arrived in port.
The general came ashore for a j
moment while in Nenana, but did
i not venture away from the dock.
Threatening weather and the ap
proach of the government steamer
General Jacobs, with high army of
ficials on board, caused a postpone
ment of the excursion from Fair
banks yesterday. The Fairbanks
ball players will make the trip down
river next Sunday, however, if noth
ing unforeseen happens to prevent.
CHICAGO, July 19. — The first
gathering of the grand council of
executives, general chairmen and
general committeemen of the sixteen
recognized railway brotherhoods,
held in over a year, convened in
this city this moaning, called for
the purpose of receiving and consid
ering the wage award decision of
the federal railway labor board,
which is expected tomorrow. Many
of the railroad men have already
arrived in this city, and it is ex
pected that there will be fully a
thousand union officials present to
morrow when the wage announce
ment is made.
Wage increases that will aggre
gate more than a billion dollars an
nually have been demanded by the
various organizations, the demands
having the backing of at least two
I million men.
President Samuel E. Haberling >f
|the witchmen’s union declared to
!day that his organization had been
directed to endeavor to bring about
‘•concerted action” by the sixteen
brotherhoods in case the wage award
is not satisfactory.
Members of the wage board insist
that all announcements thus far
made relative to the award are un
authorized, premature and incorrect.
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. The steamer Alaska passed Chena,
upbound. at 11 o’clock this morn
ing, with two barges in tow. The
water in Chena slouch has lowered
somewhat during the past couple of
days, and the voyage up that stream
in consequence may be a slow one,
landing considerable uncertainty to
the time of arrival at Fairbanks.
The steamer Carl White, which is
scheduled to leave Fairbanks for the
Tolovana sometime this afternoon,
will have a number of passengers
on board for Brooks, the list includ
ing Mrs. George Wheeler, Mrs. Van
Stone, Vance R. McDonald, and
Harold Jestland. Sam Godfrey will
join the steamer at Nenana.
Col. Wilds P. Richardson, former
head of the Alaska Road commis
sion, made a hurried trip North in
an effort to overtake Lieut.-Gen.
Hunter Liggett, but reached Dawson
too late to board the government
steamer General Jacobs.
Lieut.-Col. Jameson, inspector
general, made the voyage down the
Yukon from Dawson to Fort Gibbon
on the government steamer General
Jacobs, and it is believed that he
will go Outside from the army town
by way of the river route.
The packet Louise is enroute up
the Yukon from St. Michael with
four barges of freight in tow. Most
of the freight on three of the
barges is for Nenana.
Xanana. Wkare Kails and Klvars Heat