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WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1919.
NO. 208
NATIONAL COAL RESERVE GETTING LOW
DANIELS SAYS NAVY IS READY FOR MEXICANS
SENATORS WILL PROBE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
LONDON. Dec. 4. — Information
received in this city from Holland
indicates that the former kaiser is
not worrying about his trial, which
is scheduled to take place before
an international tribunal in London
within the next few weeks. The
reports state that he does not ex
pect to be tried, and it is hinted
that an effort will be made to con
vince the Allies that the former
monarch has lost his mental poise.
A prominent Munich doctor has
published a statement in which he
declares that Bismarck's physicians
expressed the fear, years ago. that
the kaiser would become permanent
ly mad.
WAS MED BY
CEMIIA BEDS
CENTRA LIA, Wash., Dec. 4.—
A complete and formal statement
has been issued over the signatures
of Mayor Rogers and the members
of the city commission, setting forth
fully the details in connection with
the Armistice Day massacre. The
statement, it is claimed, is based on
positive facts.
The statement declares that the
attack on the paraders was planned
a fortnight before Armistice Day.
and the marchers, wholly unsus
picious of the conspiracy, were fired
upon without justification or excuse.
It is further stated that the pa
raders were unarmed and gave the
assassins no reason to resort to the
use of firearms. All of the disturb
ances occurred after the wobblies
had opened fire on the marchers.
PALMER GIVES UP;
SUGAR GEIS G0A1
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 4.—
Attorney General Palmer has an
nounced that the Government will
abandon its attempt to control the
distribution and sale of sugar.
He says, however, that his de
partment will continue to keep close
watch on the sugar traffic and will
vigorously' prosecute all who engage
in sugar profiteering.
ENGLAND Will PUT
PACTJNOPERATION
PARIS, Dec. 4.—Local newspapers
are authority for the statement that
England will carry out its agree
ment to give protection to Prance
ANDERSON ISSUES WARRANTS
FOR MINE UNION OFFICIALS
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec 4.—Presi
dent Lewis and Secretary Green of
tie United Mine Workers, Editor
Searles of the Mine Workers' Jour
nal. and four other mine union of
ficials surrendered to the United
States marshal this morning when
they learned that he had warrants
for their arrest, issued by Federal
Judge Anderson, charging them with
contempt of court. Warrants have
been issued for 84 union men.
After Mine Owners
Lewis and the others who sur
rendered with him were immedi
ately released on bonds in the sum
I of S1O.000 each. The men are ac
cused of encouraging the coal min
ers' strike in spite of he injunc
tion jj» ued .Judge ,»_■> nitons
| Judge Anderson has summoned
■the federal grand jury to meet or.
Monday for the purpose of consid
ering alleged violations cf the Lever
act and criminal provisions of the
_
in case of further German aggres
sion. regardless of the failure of
the American senate to ratify the
Franco-American treaty.
Similar treaties were drawn be
tween France and America and
France ar.d England, the agree
ments providing for the support of
England and America in case of
need. The American treaty was still
under consideration before the sen
ate foreign relations committee when
the special session of Congress end
ed last month.
DEMOCRATS FAVOR
FRISCO FOR MEET
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 4.—
Democratic National Committeeman
DocWeier. -who has just returned
to this city from the East, brings
the encouraging announcement that
the Democrats will chose this city
for the big presidential convention
to be held early next year.
San Francisco is favored by many
of the Eastern committeemen, he
says, and he was given assurances,
before he left the East, that the
convention would be held here. San
Francisco has complied with all the
requirements exacted of a conven
tion city.
MACKENSEN WELCOMED
BY GERMAN POPULACE
BERLIN, Dec. 4.—Field Marshal
,von Mackensen was given a tre
mendous ovation upon his return to
this eity yesterday. He was pelted
with flowers at the railway station
and the streets were thronged with
cheering thousands as von Macken
, sen autoed to his headquarters.
—
;>tuss, Alaska's Zatsrtor ful Dspot
anti-trust act by certain of the coal
!m:ne operators.
—
COAL RUNNING LOW.
i CHICAGO, Dec. 4.—The national
jcoal reserve is dwindling rapidly in
(consequence of the suspension of
coal mining activities throughout a
large section of the country. The
larger cities, which had iaree re
serves on hand when the strike
started, are now beginning to fee!
the pinch, and there is actual suf
fering in the West and Southwest,
where scores of cities and towns
iare completely out of fuel.
] Three Nebraska towns are burn
i ing fence posts and corn cobs, and
I in Butte the city authorities are
preparing to tear down a score of
old shacks for use as fuel.
WILL COMMANDEER MINES.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., Dec. 4
i—The governor has announced that
1 the state of Missouri will cum
tmandeer all coal mines within its
| jurisdiction if the strikers have not
returned to their places by tomor
I row noon.
SERVICE CUT.
• CHICAGO, Dec. 4. — Passenger
'trains running west and north from
this city will be reduced a third.
j
;beginning on Monday, as a means
!of conserving the coal supply.
| A .considerable quantity of coal
tis being rushed to Montana to re
jlieve the famine in that state.
—
BUTTE MINES SAFE.
BUTTE, Dec. 4. — Although the
leoal supply is running very low in
Montana, with some cities entirely
out of fuel, the operation of most
of the mills and many of the rail
way systems will not be seriously
affected, because of the general use
.of eieotrie power, supplied by the
Montana Power company, which
owns all but one of the water power
projects in the state. The com
■
pany has five dams, with generators
having a combined capacitl of 250.
000 horsepower. The dams owned
TRADE COMMISSION
| UNDER DARK CLOUD
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 4.
l
I Acting on the charges preferred b
Senator James E. Watson, Reput
lican, of Indiana, the senate ye'
terday ordered an investigation o
the federal trade commission. Wal
son, who made his charges on th
floor of the senate some time age
i claims that the commission is
Socialistic hotbed.
The senate probers will invest:
gate the commission’s attitude tc
ward the business interests of th
country and its general value as
- federal agency.
.• < The senate interstate commerce
- committee, of which Senator Albert
- B. Cummins is chairman, will con
f duct the investigation.
The Watson charges were made
^ against the commission soon after
. the submission of a commission re
i port in which it was claimed that
the “Big Five” packing interests
- .sought a monopoly of food products
- and already controlled approximate
? ly 200 products not related to the
i packing industry.
DANIELS HAS SHIPS
READY FOR SAILING
1 WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 4.— I
, Secretary of the Navy Daniels is
authority for the statement that the
| navy is ready to meet any emer
Igency* that may arise in Mexico.
He says there are now 100,000 en
listed men in the navy, sufficient to
man a formidable array of vessels,
should the need arise.
Eight dreadnaughts and 100 de
stroyers of the Atlantic fleet, the
secretary announces, will leave Cuba
ion January eighth, for winter ma
neuvers in the Gulf. The ships will
be adequately manned, although the
number of men carried will not con
stitute full war complement.
SENATE UNDECIDED.
j WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 4 —
I The Fall resolution, asking President
i Wilson to sever diplomatic relations i
svith Mexico, is under consideration
before the senate foreign relations
committee today, and there appears
to be some reluctance on the part
of the Democratic members to give
the resolution their support. Sena
tor Hitchcock informed the commit
teemen that the Democratic sena
tors had not taken a definite stand
against the resolution, but many of
them favored his own resolution,
which ne had offered as a substi
tute, authorizing the President to
break relations should he deem such
action necessary, and pledging the
support of Congress in whatever
action he might take subsequently.
Both the Democrats and the Re
publicans are anxious to learn all
there is to be known about the
Mexican situation, and probably Sec
retary Lansing will be asked to ap
by the company include the Hebkin,
in Yellowstone park; the Big Hole,
on Big Hole rh%r; Houser Lake,
Great Falls, and Thompson Falls.
VESSELS TIED UP.
NORFOLK. Ya., Dec. 4.—There
are more than 20 merchant vessels
in Hampton Roads, unable to move
because of the inability to secure
coal. The number of ships is in
creasing daily.
DRAWS COLOR LINE.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Dec. 4.
—Governor Robertson has withdrawn
his request for federal troops for
use in this state in connection with
the resumption of coal mining.
When the governor learned that two
companies of colored soldiers were
being sent to Oklahoma, he advised
'he ^r ^department that tl. troops
were not wanted.
In explaining his action, the gov
, ernor said: "Negro troops would in
volve us in unnecessary conflict and
! confusion.”
pear before the committee before
the end of the week.
CARRANZA SILENT.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 4 —
Nothing has been heard as yet from
President Carranza in reply to the
last American note. It is reported
from the South, however, that the
Mexican chieftain is not idle. He
is said to have summoned two of
his strongest military commanders—
Generals Murguia and Dilguez—1->
Mexico City, where they are in
secret conference today. The pur
pose of the meeting is not known,
but it is regarded here with sus
picion.
THE VILLA CASE.
JUAREZ, Mex., Dec. 4.—Reports
of the capture of General Villa,
received in this city yesterday, have
.not yet been confirmed, and there
are many who refuse to believe that
the bandit leader has .been trapped
bv his own men and held for ran
:
som. The message came from the
, telegraph operator at Parral.
SEATTLE WRITERS
j ARE NOW IN JAIL
I SEATTLE, Dec. 4.—Miss Anna
; Louise Strong, and Ault, Listman
and Rust, all officials and writers
'associated with the Seattle Union
Record, were placed under arrest
.yesterday, following their indict
ment by the grand jury on the
(charge of violating the espionage
!act.
The three men were placed under
arrest last month, at the time the
; newspaper plant was raided, but
they were afterwards released pend
ing action by the grand jury. The
paper was permitted to continue
publication.
| WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 4 —
! Chairman Pavne of the federal ship
, ping board has informed a delega
tion of Pacific coast shippers, in
this city for the purpose of urging
’ the establishment of a passenger
'.service between the Pacific coast amt
before the proposed tine can be
established. There is a shortage of
.passenger boats now, he said, and
[ it required three months to refit
, German liners for the new work.
The delegation received the as
surance. however, that the lines
; would be established at the earliest
possible moment.
Charles G. Moore, of San Fran
cisco, claims that the transportation
companies now in the field can han
dle all the passenger traffic to the
Orient. _
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, CAMBRIDGE. Mass., Dec. 4.—
Practically the entire Harvard fout
ba!l team, which finished the East
ern season undefeated, will so to
Pasadena to meet the Pacific coast
champions in a game scheduled co
take place on New Year's day. It
■will be the East against the West.
Among: the Harvard players listed
to make the trip across the con
tinent are Eddie Casey, star half
jbaek. and Captain Murray, who dis
tinguished himself many times dur
ing the season. Assistant Coach
' Mahan also is going, and it is prob
able that the team will be accom
panied bT a number of college fans.
It is possible the Harvard play
ers will meet several of the Pacific
coast elevens in exhibition games
after the big event at Pasadena.
■
ROME, Dec. 4.—One workman
was killed and a score injured in
!
this city today as a result of a clash
between Socialists and soldiers. The
! soldiers were attacked by a mob.
using knives of all sorts, and were
compelled to open fire on the agi
tators.
Socialists at Naples are also on
the warpath and are planping a 24
hour strike to demonstrate their
strength. The situation at Milan is
also very grave.
An inbound mail stage passed
| Donnellys yesterday and should
i reach Fairbanks tomorrow evening.
It is not known what kind of mail
is on the rig.