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NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1920.
NU MBER 119
POLES CAPTURE MANY RUSS PRISONERS
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS ARE HALTED AT MINSK
ARMY SQUADRON REACHES RUBY ON WAY TO MINEOLA
HARDING DECLARES
WOMEN WILL HELP
Marion ,Aug. 25—Greater
individual and governmental
economy was urged today
by Senator Harding in an
other one of his front porch
speeches, in which he accus
ed the Democratic adminis
tration of extravagance and
gave credit to the Republi
can Congress for saving the
nation nearly a billion dol
lars since it came into power.
He declared that the en
franchisement of women in
the United States would be
a long step toward assuring
capable government.
Addressing a delegation of
actors and actresses on an
other occasion this week,
Senator Harding pleaded for
Americanism and deprecated
any tendency of Americans
to regard themselves as citi
zens of the world.
i Continuing, the senator
said: “Nobody has thought
American aloofness from the
world, nobody would toler
ate the thought of American
failure to make full contri
bution to world progress, to
maintain and preserve peace.
But does not our sphere for
greater and more helpful in
fluence lie in natural part
nership on the Western con
tinent? Is it not better to cul
tivate waiting opportunities
on friendly soil than chase
a phantom amid the envies
and rivalries of the old?”....
Will Join Big Leaguers
Cincinnati, Aug. 26—Ac
cording to announcement
made here today by officers
of the Cincinnati National
club, Infielder Sam Bohne of
Seattle, will join the Reds
in the spring, having just
been puschased by the local
^ organization. The purchase
price was $17,000 cash or
$10,000 cash and three play
ers.
Enemies Of Suffrage Fail
To Halt Promulgation
Washington, D. C., Aug.
26—Justice Siddons, of the
District Supreme court has
denied the application for an
* injunction restraining the
secretary of state from pro
mulgating the ratification of
the suffrage amendment, the
jurist holding that he would
be unwarranted in interfer
ing with a purely adminis
trative act of the secretary.
y The ruling of Siddons paves
the way for an appeal to the
District court of appeals.
Nugent Re-nominated
Idaho Falls, Aug. 25—The
state Democratic convention
has placed United States
Senator James Nugent in
* nomination for re-election,
, the action of the convention
having been unanimous, af
ter the convention had been
in session only 45 minutes.
POLISH ARMIES DRIVE REDS
AS PEACE DELEGATES ARGUE
Shipping Board Vessel
Joins Those At Bottom
San Francisco, Aug. 26—
The Shipping Board steamer
Montauk is aground in Man
ning straits, in the Solomon
group, and will be a total
loss, according to advices re
ceived by the marine depart
ment of the local Chamber
of Commerce, The members
of the crew are reported to
have been saved.
Bad Southerners
Montgomery, Aug. 26—
Charging that votes were of
fered for sale in connection
with the ratification of the
suffrage amendment by the
Tennessee legislature, Mrs.
James Pinchard, president of
the Southern Women’s Re
jection league, declared in
a statement made here today
that the action of the law
makers will make a black
spot in the history of politics.
Cider May Contain
Alcohol But No Kick
San Francisco, Aue. 26—
There has been received in
this city an official copy of
a ruling by Prohibition Offi
cer Kramer in which he says
home-made cider may con
tain more than one-half per
jcent of alcohol, if not intox
icating, but it must be used
Exclusively in the home.
Will Support Harding
Chicago, Aug. 26—John J.
Maher, of Lincoln, Nebraska,
| who was mentioned as Dem
ocratic candidate for govern
or, haas written a letter to
the Republican National
committee announcing his
intention of supporting the
Republican national ticket.
| The letter is on file at the
Republican national head
quarters in this city.
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Germans Getting Back
Kobe, Japan, Aug. 26-The
I first contingent of German
governmental agents for the
Far East has arrived here
l from Germany. There are 51
'persons in the party. Several
iof them will be attached to
the German consulate-gen
jeral in Yokohama and the
■consulate in Tokyo.
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Breaking Rocks Now
Leavenworth, Aug. 26—
'Erwin Bergdoll, convicted
draft dodger, has arrived at
the federal penitentiary to
serve a four-year sentence.
He is breaking his way into
prison society with a rock
hammer.
Wenana, Alaska'* Interior Fuel Depot
Warsaw, Aug. 26—It is an
nounced by the Polish war
affice that the Poles have
:aptured Prsanysz, 60 miles
north, and Mlwa, on the Pol
ish frontier. It is also an
nounced that the bulk of the
Fourth Soviet army and the
entire Third cavalry corps
have surrendered to the
Poles.
May Refuse Recognition
London, Aug. 26—It is an
nounced that Great Britain
and Italy will refuse recog
nition to Russia if that gov
ernment does not withdraw
its demand, present ;d at
Minsk, for a proletarian!
army in Poland.
Insists Germans Helped
London, Aug. 26 - -The cor
respondent of the Times in
sists that Germany has aid
ed the Bolsheviki by '..hip
ping arms and ammunition
to soviet Russia. He declares
that Trotsky visited East
Prussia for the puroose of
making arrangements for the
ammunition and paid for it
from the jewel fund, ./hich
includes the Russian crown
jewels.
Many Prisoners Taken
Warsaw, Aug. 16—Up to
the present time the Poles
have taken 63.000 prisoners,
200 guns, 1,000 rna ;h' ic g..ns
and a large quantity of v ar
supplies.
American Influence
Paris, Aug. 26—It is an
nounced at the French for
eign office that the new at
totude of England and Italy,
on the Russo-Polish situation
is the direct result of the
note dispatched by America
this week to Italy, setting
forth the American attitude.
Break Expected
London, Aug. 26—An im
mediate rupture in the
Russo-Polish peace negotia
tions at Minsk will result if
the Poles adhere to their de
mand for the withdrawal of
the main Russian terms, ac
cording to wireless advices
received in this city from
Moscow.
Reserves In Action
London, Aug. 26—Moscow
reports that reserves are be
ing sent to the southern bat
tlefields in great number to
resist the opposition in that
sector. Reserves also are be
ing sent up from some dis
tance to strengthen the bat
tered northern front.
Russians Escape
Warsaw, Ang. 26—The
remnants of the Fourth Bol
sheviki army have succeed
ed in cutting their way thru
the Polish lines, to the east
ward, after ten hours of hard
fighting, according to an of
ficial statement issued this
afternoon.
Securities Recovered
New York, Aug. 26—Se
:urities valued at approxi
uately a million dollars,
vhich were stolen by dis
lonest Wall street messeng
;rs, have been recovered, ac
tording to Saul Myers, who
s acting as referee in bank
'uptcy for Nicky Arnstein,
:he master mind in the five
nillion dollar bond theft.
Santel Bests Hussane
- San Francisco, Aug. 25—
\d Santel, champion wrest
er, defeated Yusiff Hussane,
:he Terrible Turk, in straight
Falls here last night.
Safety First
Honolulu, Aug. 25—Cable
advices from Tokyn state
that rumors of Korean plots
to kidnap Yankee congress
men have caused the govern
3r-general of Korea to call
Dut five battalions of troops
to guard the house in which
the Americans will stop in
Seoul.
Couldn’t Do It Here
Harrodsburg, Ky., Aug 26
—Ten masked men, heavily
armed, held up the night
watchman at a local distillery
last night and rolled fifteen
|barrels of whiskey on to a
jtruck and escaped with the
•liquor.
i Noted Scientist Passes
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| Ottawa, Aug. 25—William
jj. Wilson, former botanist of
ithe Geological survey and
• one of Canada’s most noted
scientists, died here today.
Scientist Is Elevated '
Berkeley, Aug. 25—Dean
John C. Meriam, of the Uni
versity of California, has an
nounced his acceptance of
the presidency of Carnegie
institute, at Washington. He
has been here 24 years and
is one of the nation’s fore
most scientists.
Trunk Mystery Clearing
Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 26—
Eugene Leroy who is wanted
in Detroit in connection with
the murder of a woman sup
posed to be his wife and
whose body was shipped to
New York in a trunk, has
been placed under arrest in
this city and will be turned
over to New York authori
ties. He arrived here aboard
a British freighter as a mem
ber of the crew.
Polish Socialists Offend
Socialists of America
Pittsburg, Aug. 26—The
American Socialist party has
gone on record as opposed to
the Polish Socialist party, ac
cording to an announcement
authorized today by the ex
ecutive committee. The com
mittee claims that the Polish
Socialists have grossly be
trayed the ideals of the In
ternational Socialists.
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Border Smugglers Active
Avers Canadian Officer
Regina, Aug. 26—“Rum is
running riot’’ on the Canadi
jan border,’according to Po
lice Commissioner Tracey,
who declares that the Canad
ian border is the distributing
point for vast quantities of
liquor, which is being ship
ped into the United States
by auto.
Suggest Recall Of Japs
To Satisfy Americans
Honolulu, Aug. 26—Cable
advices received in this city
from Tokyn state that both
newspapers and prominent
Japanese citizens have sug
gested to the Japanese gov
ernment that all Japanese
subjects who emigrated to
America be recalled to Japan,
as a solution of the Japanese
question in America.
Reorganizing Army
Washington, D. C., Aug.
26—The war department has
announced the state groups
composing the army corps
created under the provisions
of the army reorganization
bill. The headquarters of the
Ninth corps, composed of the
Pacific and Northwestern
states and Alaska, will be at
the Presidio.
Bandits Steal Mail Pouch
Containing Large Amount
Chicago, Aug. 26—Federal
and state officers are scour
ing the country for two men
who stole a mail pouch from
the Illinois Centfal station
several days ago and made
their escape in an auto. The
pouch contained $100,000 in
money and other valuables.
Hughes With Harding
New York, Aug. 26—Chas.
Evans Hughes, standard
bearer of the Republican
party in the last campaign,
has assured Chairman Will
Hays that he is in hearty ac
cord wth the Harding-Cool
idge ticket and will actively
further the Republican cam
paign.
Henana, Alaska's Interior Fuel Depot
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Geddes Denies Charge
Of Helping Democrats
St. Louis, Aug. 25—Sir
Auckland Geddes, British
ambassador to the United
States, in ad address deliver
ed before the annual con
vention of the American Bar
association, emphatically de
nied the statement of Con
gressman Britten, of Illinois,
who declared that Great
Britain had appropriated the
sum of $87,000 to be used by
[the ambassador at Washing
ton “for entertainment” in
furthering the Democratic
presidential campaign. Ged
des branded the statement
as “absolutely untrue" and
explained that the fund in
question covered the living
expenses of himself and 30
other members of the em
bassy, and amounts to less
than $3,000 per year for each
person.
Referring to the Russian
situation, the ambassador
pictured the Bolsheviki as
enemies of the people and of
^Lincoln's ideal of government
of the people, by the people
and for the people. He said
that Great Britain and the
United States are co-trustees
of humanity and that democ
racy will not suffer through
attacks by its enemies.
Nationalists Leave Town
j Lisburn, Ireland, Aug. 26
! Practically all Nationalists
;have left this place and the
burning of their property
continues without interrup
tion.
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Fun For Islanders
San Francisco, Aug. 26—
Admiral Rodman has an
nounced that battle practice
and tactical exercise will be
a feature of the month’s
Icruise of five dreadnaughts
which are shortly to visit
Hawaii. Later, the admiral
says, joint naval maneuvers
will be staged off the coast of
Southern California.
Prince Rupert Liquor
Seized By Officials
Prince Rupert, Aug. 26—
Twenty thousand bottles of
liquor, said to be worth ap
proximately $200,000, have
been seized by the local po
lice, following the discovery
of the liquor in a warehouse
owned by Jack Miller and
Elier Bresner. Twelve per
sons are said to be involved
in the loss.
Belfast Rioters Busy Again
Belfast, Aug. 26—Rioting
was resumed in this city to
day, when a crowd tried to
rush St. Matthews Catholic
church.
Troops arrived on the
scene promptly and dis
persed the rioters by means
of several rifle volleys, the
shots injuring several in the
crowd.