* WHERE- RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
HEKBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1919.
NO. 147
. STEEL STRIKERS ARE RIOTING IN STATES
FRANCEANDENGLAND AGREE ON FUJME PROBLEM
' OKLAHOMA MOB RUNS POLICE" FORCE OUT OF TOWN
POSIAL CLERK
i TOOK FORTUNE
CHICAGO, Sept. 23.—John Wed
ja, a Chicago postal clerk, and two
other men were placed under ar
rest in this city today on the charge
-♦ of stealing 8240,000. The money
was taken from a messenger who,
was enroute from the local Federal
Reserve bank to the offices of the
• Standard Oil company at Whiting,
Indiana, where it was to have been
•» used in the settlement of payroll
accounts.
Of the amount stolen, 893,000
has been recovered by the authori
ties, but no trace can be found of
the remainder.
. WILSON TO SPEAK
IN UTAH TONIGHT
SALT LAKE, Sept. 23.—Presi
dent Wilson, who is now on his way
back to the capital from the Pacific
coast, will address the people of
this city tonight, speaking in the
tabernacle. The great edifice will
seat ten thousand people, and it is
believed that every seat will be oc
cupied.
A committee of prominent city
and state officials will meet the
President upon his arrival here, and
the city is in holiday attire in honor
of the distinguished visitor.
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LABOR DELEGATES
HAVE BEEN NAMED1
WASHINGTON, D .C., Sept. 23. j
Samuel Gompers, president of the!
American Federation of Labor, has (
announced the names of the fifteen .
labor representatives who will par
ticipate in the international labor'
conference scheduled to meet in1
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this city on October 6tn.
Gompers will be one of the dele
gates.
FRIEND OF ROOSEVELT
DIES AT ADVANCED AGE
DEADWOOD, S. D., Sept. 23.—
Seth Bullock, a warm personal
friend of the late Theodore Roose
velt, died here today, aged 62 years.1
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MAIL STAGE ARRIVES
^ AT UPRIVER STATION
A Gibson mail stage reached Fair
banks from the coast at midnight
last night, and the portion of the
shipment consigned to Nenana prob
ably will come down river on the
steamer Tanana. arriving here some
time after 7 o’clock this evening.
> Bishop Crimont made the trip in
from the coast on the stage.
A son was born to Mrs. A. G. 1
Vachon, at Tanana, on September ■
14 th.
STEEL WORKERS ARE RIOTING;
OPERATORS REFUSE TO YIELD
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SCENE OF RIOTS;
COPS DEFEATED
DRUMWRIGHT, Okla., Sept. 23.
I—Striking telegraph operators and
| their sympathizers have taken com
jplete charge of this town, not an
: officer being left to lepresent the
jlaw. All the members of the po
lice force, with the exception of the
j chief, were run out of town early
jin the day, because of their attack
upon a picket, and the chief has
:the option of resigning or walking
'the plank.
The trouble resulted from an at
Itempt on the part of the telegraph
1 company to employ striKe-breakers
to take the places of the regular
jemployes, and the refusal of the
j strikers to remove their pickets.
When the police clubbed one of the
pickets, a mob assembled and the
policemen were told to beat it.
i Three of the strike-breakers are
'being held prisoners in the office of
the company.
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OSTEXD, Sept. 23.—The king and ;
'queen and the crown prince of Bel
igium and the members of the royal
; suite are now enroute across the
•Atlantic on their way to the United
' States, where they plan to spend
considerable time seeing America.
The royal partv left aboard the
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steamship George Washington,
I which carried President Wilson to
and from Europe on the occasion of
his first visit.
Upon arrival at Washington, the
visitors will be the guests of Presi
dent Wilson at the White House for
three days.
HOERLER WILL LOCATE
IN TOWN FOR WINTER
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Ben Hoerler, pioneer water man.
of Fairbanks, who came to Xenana
[several days ago to look over the
local field, has entered the. employ
of the Alaskan Engineering com
mission, and will locate here for the
winter, with his family. Mrs. Hoer
ler, who returned from the States
on the last boat, is now in Fair
banks getting ready to move to Xe
nana, and the family probably will
be settled for the winter within the
next few days.
Ben is an oldtime railroad man
and hopes to remain permanently
on the Commisison force.
Wesasa—The Gateway to KcKlaley
Sattonal Park.
CHICAGO, Sept. 23.—The na
tion-wide strike of iron and steel
operatives, which started yesterday
morning, was accompanied by con
siderable rioting today, and more
serious trouble is anticipated as a
result of the attempts that are be
ing made to operate plants with
strike-breakers. Both sides are
| claiming advantages today, and both
appear determined to continue the
struggle until one side or the other
has won a decisive victory.
The extent of the strike is still
| somewhat uncertain today, the
strikers claiming more men have re
sponded to the call than the opera
tives are willing to admit. It is a
fact, however, that the strike has
seriously crippled the industry, espe
cially in the Pittsburg, Chicago, and
Youngstown districts, where many
plants have been compelled to close.
Several of the Carnegie Steel com
pany’s plants also are temporarily
out of business in consequence of
the strike.
The employes of the Bethlehem
Steel company are still working,
having deferred their participation
in the strike movement pending the
receipt of word from the company
in reply to a demand for arbitra
tion.
MOB TAKES CHARGE.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 23.—
The town of Drumheller is in the
hands of rioters today, the reports
from that place stating that the
mob has taker) charge' of the tele
phone system and will not permit
the sending of any messages. Reck
less shooting is reported.
MORGAN BACKS GARY.
NEW YORK. Sept. 23. — John
Pierpont Morgan, who is now in
London, has cabled his congratula
tions to Judge Elbert H. Gary, chair
man of the board of directors of
the United States Steel corporation,
on the firm stand taken by the
steel magnate in opposition to the
closed shop demand. Morgan urges
the steel corporation to stand pat.
THIRTEEN SHOT.
FARRELL, Pa., Sept. 23.—Riot
ing among the strikers of this city
last night resulted in the shooting
of eleven men, one of whom died.
There were further disturbances this
morning, in which two more men
were shot. The situation has not
yet got beyond the control of the
authorities, however, who have is
sued an order prohibiting strike
meetings, in the hope of preventing
a spread of the trouble. The steel
plants here are closed.
STRIKERS CONFIDENT.
PITTSBURG. Sept. 23. — Strike
leaders predict that every plant in
the Pittsburg district will be closed
by the strike within a few days.
The plants still open are operating
under difficulties, and their plight
appears to be growing worse steadi
ly.
Two big plants in the Manining
valley, Ohio, are making a deter
mined effort to continue operating.
SWITCHMEN STRIKE.
BUFFALO, Sept. 23.—The steel
strike situation here was consider
ably aggravated this morning when
a number of switchmen joined the
strikers when ordered to move cars
into the steel yards.
The police w-ere called to the I
Lackawanna plant this afternoon to j
rescue a master mechanic, who was |
set upon and badly used by a crowd !
cf strikers.
ALLIES CONSIDERING
DISPOSAL OF FIUME
ROME, Sept. 23.—Two plans for
the settlement of the Fiume con
troversy have been agreed upon by
the representatives of the French
and British governments, either of
which will be acceptable to both
governments. One of the plans is
to give the City of Dispute to Italy,
and the hinterland, with Eastern
Istria, to Jugo-Slavia. The other
proposition is to make Fiume an in
dependent city, and the hinterland
and Eastern Istria an independent
state, governed by an international
commission or the League of Na
tions. In either case, the port of
Fiume is to be internationalized.
These plans, it is understood, are
to be submitted to President Wilson
for his consideration, France and
England being ready to accept the
plan endorsed by the American ex
ecutive.
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ALLIED AID ASKED.
LONDON, Sept. 23.—An Associ
Allies to despatch an Allied force,
exclusive of Italians, to Fiume to
take charge of the situation there,
with a view to forcing the evacua
tion of d’Annunzio. The arrival of
Allied warships at Fiume yesterday
is believed to have resulted from
Italy’s appeal for aid.
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Italian government has asked the
A first-class, Outside-made still, j
with a capacity of one quart an j
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hour, was captured by Deputy Mar- i
shal Pete McMullen at Fairbanks i
yesterday afternoon, and Peter Coop-1
er, alleged owner of the moonshine I
establishment, is now under arrest, ]
charged with violating the territori- I
a! bone dry law, which does not j
tolerate the use of worms that de- ■
velop snakes. The preliminary hear
ing of Cooper was set for this aft- j
ernoon, before Commissioner Heilig. j
The report of the raid, as related
to The News, is that McMullen had
reason to believe that alcohol was
being made at the Cooper cabin,
which is situated on Garden island,
about opposite the shipyard, and he
visited the place quietly, in search
of information. It is understood
he found the still working, four
quarts of the product ready for con
sumption, and several barrels of
mash, ready for the still. The four
bottles of brew will be introduced
as evidence.
Cooper was placed under bonds
in the sum of $500, but up to a late
hour last night he was still in jail.
BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 2".—The
Argentine government has been ,
asked to loan Germany one hundred,
millions in gold in order to facili
tate the purchase by Germany of
raw materials in Argentina.
Representatives of the German
government are now in this country
leady to place large orders for Ar-:
eentine products as soon as the de- ,
sired credits can be arranged.
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OLDTIMER IS BURIED;
MANY FRIENDS THERE
The body of Jack Stewart, who
died of cancer of the stomach at i
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Fairbanks several day's ago, was laid
at rest in the Catholic cemetery
this morning, Father Monroe offici- (
ating. The fnueral was attended
by many friends of the oldtimer. a
number of them having made the
trip in from the creeks by special :
stage.
The pallbearers, designated by
Stewart some time prior to his death, i I
were A. L. Wilbur, Dan Eagan, Gus!1
Soderbloom. Billy James. M. Gor- 1
man, and William Girtz.
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ITenaaa—The Gateway to KcXlnley <
SaMonal Park.
SENATE ORDERS
SH INQUIRY
10 SET FACTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 23.
— Thoroughly aroused over the steel
strike situation, the senate has or
dere.d an investigation for the pur
pose of ascertaining if congressional
| action will improve conditions
among the steel workers. The in
vestigation was authorized by a res
olution presented this morning by
Senator William S. Kenyon, Re
publican, of Iowa.
Kenyon proposes to call the lead
| ing employers and employes togeth
er here as soon as possible, for the
| purpose of determining, if possible,
the cause of the present strike. Tha
investigation will start on Thursday.
Among those summoned to appear
before the committee will be Judge
Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the
board of directors of the United
States Steel corporation, and John J.
.Fitzpatrick, chairman of the com
mittee responsible for the organiza
tion of the steel workers.
SENAIFtOO BUSY
10 VOTE ON BILL
SEATTLE, Sept. 23.—Special ail
vices received by the Post-Intelli
geneer this morning from the na
tional capital state that John L.
McPPherson, special representative
of the Alaskan Engineering com
mission, is returning to the Pacific
coast, confident that the senate will
not take up the consideration of the
Alaska railroad bill for several
weeks.
McPherson says the senators are
too busy now debating the peace
treaty and the League of Nations
covenant to take up other matters,
and it may be a month, he fears,
before Alaskans can hope for action
on their road measure McPherson
will come to Seattle, but plans to
return to the capital in time to help
the bill over the last fence.
The Curry Alaska railroad appro
priation bill has been passed by the
lower house of Congress and re
ported favorably by the senate
committee on territories. All that
remains to be done now is to secure
the approval of the senate and the
signature of the President.
John W. Hallowell, assistant sec
retary of the interior who arrived
from the North this week, predicts
that the road will be completed in
1922 or 1923.
COMPANY B TO COME
NORTH THIS SEASON
SPOKANE, Sept. 23.—Company
B. 21st infantry, has been ordered
to Alaska and will leave for the
North on an early boat. It is not
known definitely here where the sol
diers will be stationed, but inas
much as the season of navigation
in the Interior is almost at an
end, it is believed the men will be
stationed somewhere on the coast.