WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 191*
NO 191
POINDEXTER BLAMES ADMINISTRATION
RADICALS THREATEN TROUBLE IN COAL FIELDS
DAKOTA GOVERNOR SENDS STRIKERS BACK TO DRIFTS
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SEATTLE, Nov. 13.—A special
dispatch to the Seattle Times reports
that Delegate Grigsby is now en
gaged in the preparation of a bill
providing for the restriction of fish
ing in Alaskan waters, the object of
the measure being to afford the
filling grounds of the North an op
portunity to recover from the over
fishing which has been in progress
during the past several years.
It is the intention of the delegate
to present the bill during the win
ter session of CongTess.
The measure is being prepared at
the urgent request of Northerners,
who have convinced the delegate of
the necessity of taking some action
immediately to save Alaskan fish
eries.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Nov. 13.—
Coal operators and mine workers
are gathering in this city to attend
the conference scheduled to start
tomorrow for the purpose of set
1 tling the coal mine wage dispute.
Secretary of Labor Wilson an
nounces that he expects about two
hundred operators to be present,
and about half that number of
miners and mine union officials.
The conference also will be at
tended by Fuel Administrator Gar
field.
AUSTRIAN MONEY HAS
LOST MUCH IN VALUE
VIENNA. — Depreciation of the
Austrian crown or. the world’s ex
chances causes some curious figures
r in buying. In the shop window.
one sees card; on men'; socks read
ing "To kronen." Ready-made suits
of clothe; or women's dresses are
marked "2.5U0 kronen." a felt hat
“300 kronen." and so on, while or,
real jewelry the price cards run into
jg the high thousands. The result is a
loss of the sense of values on the
part of the people, while the rapid
fluctuations of the exchange make;
it impossible to keep a correct idea
of actual costs.
RADICALS THREATEN
COAL MINE TROUBLE
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 13.—
Officials of the department of jus
tice are authority for the statement
that they are in possession of in
formation indicating that radicals
among the coal miners threaten se-.
rious trouble in the bituminous fields
of West Virginia, where foreign agi
tators are very busy among the
strikers, trying to prevent them from
returning to their work.
Disorders already have occurred
in several communities, the officials
declare, the trouble having been
precipitated at meetings which were
directed by Russians.
The disturbances have not yet ;
reached a serious stage, but it is ,
feared that continued agitation will
create a situation which the au- J
thorities will find difficulty in hand- j
ling.
GOVERNMENT IS BLAMED FOR
RED OUTRAGE AT CENTRAUA
WASHINGTON, D C.. Nov. 13.— :
In a statement issued in this city j
last night, Senator Miles Poindexter,
of Washington, declares that Gov-:
eminent leniency toward radicals is j
' responsible for the Centralia out
jrage. Instead of deporting or oth
lerwise punishing radicals, as the laws
| provide, the Government has shown
! the agitators many favors, aecord- j
jing to the senator. A few feeble
imoves have been made by the fed-:
| era! authorities, he says, but there j
has been no comprehensive, drastic
| or complete program such as would
'sweep the country clear, of these
enemies of society.
BLAME BUSINESSMEN.
' SEATTLE, Nov. 13.—Resolutions
adopted by the Seattle Central La
;bor council at a meeting held last
nk’ht decrv violence and appeal to.
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, VALDEZ MAN TO WORK
KANTISHNA PROPERTY
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Messrs. William Traut and Dolph ]
Smith of Valdez have leased the
Homestake claims in the Kantishr.a
district to Fred P. Davy, who left
Valdez for the States recently with
some fine samples of ore. The j
mine is located about 25 miles from
the railroad, and a trail will be built
the' coming year to haul supplies to
i the property.
Davy stated that he would return
from the States in March, and would
take in about 200 tons of supplies.
.The property is high grade ore. the
gold sticking out in small nuggets
all over the samples.
The property was discovered some
time ago by Wm. Traut and Dolph.
Smith.
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! “MOTHER OF MONAST1R"
IS COMING HOME NOW
MONASTIR. — Miss Mart- Mat
thews, formerly of New York, who
is known by the Serbians as “the
mother of Monastir,” is about to
, leave here on her first visit to her
native land in 28 vears. During
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that period she ha? conducted an
.American school for Serbian chil
dren here. During the war she
served with the Red Cross and
earned the title the Serbians have I
i . . t
given her.
*tate workers to refrain from criti
cizing or discsusing the CentralU
affair publicly. The council places
the blame for the disturbance on
Centralia businessmen, who the la
borites declare are a lawless lot.
GOVERNMENT LAX.
SEATTLE. Nov. 13.—State offi
cials of the American Legion have
despatched a wire to the legion con
vention at Minneapolis in which they
attribute the Centralia outrage
largely to the failure of the Govern
ment to prosecute and deport men
guilty of preaching sedition.
MORE SHOOTING.
CENTRALIA. Nov. 13.—George
Paxton, a Centralia ex-service man
who was detailed to do patrol duty
on the Centralia-Chehalis road, wai
fired upon this morning near th«
!spot where Dale Hubbard's assassin
was lynched night before last. The
■ bullet whizzed past Paxton’s head,
missing: him by a narrow margin.
Soldiers and police are now mak
ing a search for the man who fired
the shot, but up to a late hour they
had met with no success.
THIRTY ARRESTED.
j CEXTRALIA. Nov. 13. — More
J than thirty Industrial Workers are
now in jail here, the number in
cluding Eugene Barnette, who was
taken into custody at Mendok on
■ the charge of having fired on the
Armistice Day paraders. He occu
pied a position on a hill near the
scene of the outrage, where he was
seen by a boy, who declares that
he was using a gun.
Finger prints of the man who
was lynched by the mob indicate
'that he was Ernest Everett, a radi
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cal organizer well known to the
autht rities.
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VERDICT OF JURY
. CEN'TRALIA, N'ov. 13.—The jury
empaneled to hold an inquest over
the body of the radical who was
lynched brought in a verdict read
ing as follows: “We find that the
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1 deceased came to his death from
gunshot wounds and strangulation,
caused by persons unknown.”
The verdict was accepted by Jus
itice of the Peace Hess without com
ment. The inquest was conducted
without witnesses.
The body of the dead man is
still on the bridge, where it was
dragged by those who fished it out
of the river, following the hanging.
Local undertakers refuse to have
anything to do with the body.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 13.—
The state department is corre
sponding: with the Belgian govern
ment with a view to preventing the '
sale of war munitions of Belgian
manufacture to Mexico. The Car
ranza government is reported to
have placed a large order for arms
and ammunition with an ammuni
tion plant at Liege.
The United States government
also will endeavor to stop other
shipments purchased in Europe by.
the Mexicans, the belief prevailing ■
in local official circles that the am
munition is intended for use in a .
continuation of hostilities in Mexi- i
co, possibly to be directed against
the United States.
Officials are not disclosing the
manner in which they hope to stop ;
the shipments, but it is believed'
they are appealing to Europeans on
the grounds that the supplies are
to be used to give annoyance to the
United States.
LONDON, Nov. 13. — Premier!
Lloyd George has issued a statement'
in which he denies eraphaticai'y *h**
England ,# endeavoring to .""gotia .■
with the Bolsheviki government for!
peace. The premier does not deny |
that peace overtures have been re-i
ceived from the Russian leaders, but
he says there is no truth to ‘he!
stories, circulated in this country’,
to the effect that he favors the con
sideration of the Bolsheviki pr<>
posals.
SEATTLE EDITOR
IS NOW IN JAIL
SEATTLE, Xov. 13.—E. B. Ault,
editor of the Seattle Union Record,
and others associated with the pub
lication were placed under arrest
today by officers of the federal Gov
ernment. charged with violation of
the espionage act. The arrests were '
made under orders issued by United
States Attorney Saunders.
The offense charged against the 1
editor is that he caused- the publica- 1
tion of an editorial in which it was
stated that the Centralia outrage
was the outcome of illegal acts
committed by the four ex-servica
men who were killed during the
Armistice Day parade. The editori
al condoned the I. W. W.
Acting under instructions received ,
from Washington, the United State.
attorney and other federal officers
raided the newspaper plant and
gathered such evidence as might be j
of use in the prosecution of the ,
editor. ,
STANDS BY STATE
LOUISVILLE. Xov. 13.—Federal
District Judge Evans handed down
a decision today irP which he holds
that war-time prohibition is uncon
stitutional. The judge has granted
an injunction restraining the collec
tor of internal revenue from inter
fering with the distilleries and the
sale of whisky.
Judge Evans rendered a similar
decision in a previous case which
was tried in his court.
Viuu, Alaska's Xstsrior Pasl Bspot
METHODISTS PLANNING
NORTHERN ACTIVITIES
At the meeting: of the Puget
Sound conference of the Methodic’,
hureh in Seattle, recently. Rev.
HcQueen, who has been pastor of
he Juneau church for the past three
rears, was again appointed superin
endent of all Alaska work, with
leadquarters at Juneau. A big in
■rease was made in the appropria
,ion for missionary work in the Ter
ilory, and churches are planned for
everal points throughout the Terri
ory. Rev. H. C. Greening was ap
H>inted to fill the position vacated
>y Rev. McQueen. Rev. Richar I
>ecker was appointed to the pas
orate at Nome, and Rev. D. K.
'artor at Seward.
SOFT COLLAR IS TABOO
AT OVERSEAS COLLEGE
LONDON.—Because they “seem
o make for general untidiness in
Iress," the master of Dulwich coi
ege has banned the soft collar.
Students at Eton and Harrow arc
till permitted to wear them.
Rolke & Albrecht, well-known
(lining men of the Hot Springs dis
rict, have bought the famous Bock
raction, and will take out a large
lump this winter.
LIGNITE STRIKERS
GIVE UP STRUGGLE
BISMARK, N. D., Nov. 13.—The
triking lignite miners of this state
iave promised Governor Phillip that
hey will return to work immedi
ttely, leaving the settlement of their
lifferences with the operators to fu
ure negotiations.
The announcement of the surren
ler of the strikers relieves a very
ritical situation, which undoubted
y would have resulted in bloodshed
LABOR MAY Pill
CANDIDATES UP
NEXTELECTION
CHICAGO. Nov 18.—John Fitz
patrick. president of the Chicago
branch of the American Federation
of Labor, has announced that it is
the intention of the iabontes to put
a complete ticket in the field at the
coming presidential election, to be
held next year There will be a
candidate for President, he says,
and one for every other office. He
does not state, however, who the
labor candidate will be who will
head the ticket.
Fitzpatrick declares that it is the
intention of workers all over the
country to take an active part in
the forthcoming elections, putting
labor candidates forward or endors
ing certain candidates nominated by
other parties.
AS START FLIGHT
LONDON, Nov. 13.—Lieutenants
R. Mi Douglas and .1 S. Ross. Aus
tralian aviators of prominence, fell
to their death near this city todaj.
soon after starting on a flight to
their Hand home.
The flight had been widely adver
tised and a large crowd was on
hand to witness the start, which was
made without incident. The air
plane took to the air successfully
and disappeared from view quickly,
but crashed to the ground soon aft
erwards. causing the death of both
occupants.
Kelly & Anderson, Steve Casper,
and Nels Peterson will put in th.
winter prospecting or. Boulder reek
in the Hot Spring:- district.
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*! TEMPERATURE *
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H observation station, Nenana *
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a Thursday, November 13. re
* Maximum 34 above *
* Minimum . d above *
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had the governor been forced to
carry out his threat to operate the
coal mines under the protection of
troops.
Martial law still is in force
throughout the strike regions, but
normal conditions will soon be re
stored. it is believed. The governor
is taking no chances, however, and
will leave the soldiers in charge un
til the mines have resumed opera
tions.