WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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VOL. II. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1919.
NO. 120
TRAINMEN TIE UP CALIFORNIA TRAFFIC
MEXICANS TALKING OF MIXING WITH AMERICA
BOLSHEVIKI SOLDIERS SLAUGHTER MANY IN RUSSIA
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PRESIDENT MAY.
« NOT COME WEST
TO VIEW FLEET
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 22.—
Although President Wilson has not
yet abandoned altogether his plans
' to tour the country for the purpose
of discussing the peace treaty and
the League of Nations covenant
with the people, important matters
which demand the presence of the
executive in Washington threaten
seriously to delay his departure for
the West, and it is regarded as pos
sible that the trip will be called
off eventually.
It is considered very doubtful at
this time if the President will be
able to reach the Pacific coast in
time to review the Pacific fleet at
San Francisco, for which much prep
aration already has been made by
the people of the Western metropo
lis.
It is understood the President
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is now planning to go to New York
in September for the purpose of
w-elcoming General Pershing upon
his arrival from Europe.
INTERNED LEADER
' GOING BACK HOME
NEW YORK, Aug. 22. — Karl
Muck, former leader of the Boston
Symphony orchestra, who was in
terned during the war, sailed for
Europe today. He asserts that he
is an American, not a German, and
that, as a result of his treatment
in this country, he now finds himself
^ a man without a country.
He is headed for Europe, but de-'
elares that he will not return to
Germany.
Another American.
Count Minotto, son-in-law of
Louis Swift, who was also in- j
f~' terned, declares that it his inten
tion to renounce his Austrian cit- ‘
izenship and become an American, j
HUNGARIANS WILL j
. TRY NEW CABINET
VIENNA, Aug. 22.—Advices re-1
ceived in this city from Budapest
indicate that Saron Sigismund Per-;
enyi, minister of the interior, will
make an attempt to form a new
Hungarian cabinet.
The reports also state that it is
believed in Hungary that Archduke;
Joseph will resign as dictator, to
become head of the Hungarian army.1
AUTOS TAKE SEVERAL
ON OUTWARD JOURNEY
Two auto stages of the Gibson
line left Fairbanks shortly after
noon today, headed for the coast
end of the overland trail, carrying
mail and several passengers, the list
including Dan T. Hill, internal rev
TRAFFIC STALLED TODAY
BY STRIKE OF TRAINMEN
enue man; Major Waugh, head of
the Alaska Road commission; Major
iC. G. Morrison, Mr. and Mrs. Ibach
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jof Cordova, and Olaf Olson.
FIGHTING SHIPS
INNEW FLEET
SAX FRANCISCO, Cal—Fighting
men and fighting ships make up
(the new Pacific fleet which has just
(arrived on this coast.
I Just a year ago these ships were
[engaged in the most hazardous oc
cupations of the war. Official rec
, ords show the great part they
i played.
During July and August a year
; ago, according to the report of Sec
; retary Daniels, these ships aided in
(escorting 3,444,012 tons of shipping
to and from France. Of the ton
nage into French ports only 16,988
(tons were lost through enemy ac-j
tion, or 0.009 percent. From French I
ports only 27,858 tons were lost, j
or 0.013 percent.
During July and August, 1918,
American vessels escorted transports
which bore 259,604 troops to France.
United - States destroyers based
on British ports in the same two j
months supplied 75 percent of the'
escort for 318 ships, totaling 2,752,
908 tons. The destroyers were on
duty at sea two-thirds of the time
in all kinds of weather and -were
under way 16,000 hours, steaming
approximately 260,000 miles.
The American force based on
Gibraltar—destroyers, gunboats, or
cruisers, yachts and coastguard
cutters—during July and August
were at sea 56 per cent of the total
time. They were unde* way 15,500
hours and steamed 160,000 miles.
The big battleships were with the
British Grand fleet, holding the Ger
man navy trapped. Mining units
were active on their task, which,
because of its danger, was termed
“suicidal”; submarine chasers and
destroyers were out scurrying the
dangerous waters, hunting subma
rines; mine-sweepers had their!
hands full, and salvage vessels and!
crews worked in constant danger of j
German. raiders.
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Rational Park
j LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22—Rail
j way transportation throughout
Southern California is paralyzed to
day as the result of a strike among
the employes of several railway sys
tems, including the Southern Pacific,
the Santa Fe, and the Salt Lake
line. The night schedule of the
Southern Pacific has been aban
doned entirely, and the day service
cn all three systems is badly upset,
with trains delayed, departures un
certain, and conditions generally
chaotic. The strikers include the
members of four railway brother
hoods.
Streetcars Still Idle.
The employes of the electric
street railways of this city, who
have been on strike during the past
several days, are still out and there
appears to be no prospect of imme-:
diate settlement.
Switchman Killed.
Irvin Day, a switchman in the
employ of the Southern Pacific, was
shot and probably fatally wounded
today during a disturbance in which
strike sympathizers were the prin
cipal participants. The injured man
was standing on a street corner, in |
the thick of a big crowd, when the
bullet struck him.
The strike of the trainmen, it is
feared, will add greatly to the seri
ousness of the situation, and there
is talk of appealing to the governor
for the use of troops until the
trouble is past.
MEXICANS TALK WAR;
AGITATION GROWING
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 22—News
papers and officials of the Mexican
government are greatly excited over
the international situation arising
from the invasion of Mexico by
American troops. "The newspapers
are appealing to the people to rouse
themselves to what is referred to
as the country’s imminent danger,
and members of the cabinet are
holding secret sessions. The for
eign relations committee has been
instructed to gather details concern
ing the situation and the crisis will
be considered further at a later
meeting.
GOVERNORS LOYAL.
The governors of the states of
Sinaloa, N'euva Leon, Queretaro, and
Tabasco have sent telegrams to this
city, expressing unconditional ad
hesion to the Carranza government.
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TRAINMEN ALSO.
One hundred thousand union rail-,
way-men have announced their loy
alty to the Mexican government and
declare that they will fight for
Mexico if the present international
situation results in hostilities.
YANKEES TO STAY.
MARFA, Tex., Aug. 22.—General
Diekman, commander of the South
ern department, announced this aft
ernoon that the American expedi
tion, which was sent across the
border in quest of Mexican bandits,
■will remain in Mexico as long as j
the situation warrants, unless orders
come from Washington to call the
men home.
The expedition thus far has killed
four Mexican bandits, and is still
hot on the trail of more of them.
BOLSHEVIKI TROOPS
SLAUGHTER VICTIMS
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LONDON, Aug. 22.—Reports of
wholesale atrocities, committed in
the name of Bolshevism by the Le
nine and Trotsky fighting forces,
have reached this city from South
ern Russia, where the Red Guards
are running riot over several prov
inces, leaving a trail of blood and
suffering in their wake.
The reports claim that the Bol
sheviki troops have executed 5,000
victims in the towns of Migulin
skaia and Kamanskaia, in the prov
ince of the Don Cossacks, and near
ly a thousand in the surrounding
country.
The atrocities committed include
the killing of babies in their cra
dles and the burning of old people.
Hundreds of others were murdered j
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,in the most brutal manner, by
(means of torture devised by the
heartless Bolshevik leaders.
The town of Stanizas. near the
upper Don river, was another place!
i visited, and nothing of value re-1
mained after the soldiers had left.
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ENROUTE.TO STUDIO
.LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22.—Twen-j1
ty-six persons, mostly movie actors,1J
were injured this morning when the
sight-seeing bus, in which the ac- ^
tors were enroute to their location, i
was struck by an electric car.
Very few of the movie crowd
escaped injury, and several persons
on the electric car also were hurt.
The bus was almost completely de
molished by the collision.
ALASKA BRINGS
VOYAGERS HOI
FROM UP RIVER
The steamer Alaska, which left
Fairbanks at seven o'clock last night,
reached Xenana shortly before ten
this morning, enroute to Dawson.
The steamer picked up a barge at
Chena and stopped on the way down
to load the barge with cordwood,
accounting for the delayed arrival.
The steamer had seven passengers
for Xenana. for the most part local
residents who went to Fairbanks a
week ago for the baseball series.
There were also two passengers on
board for the Tolovana and three
for the Outside. Xo one boarded
the boat here.
The Xenana arrivals were: Mrs.
Leon Kellum. Miss I-uella Shaffer.
W. McLean, George Kennedy, Mrs.
Mellish, Dolly Martin, Sarah Laen
do, Agnes Byron.
Those enroute to the Tolovana
were George Preston and George
Hunter, and those booked for the
Outside included Volney Richmond,
Miss McCown, and Mrs. Richardson.
Mrs. Richardson is taking the
body cf her daughter Outside for
burial.
MEXICAN PROTEST
MARFA, Tex., Aug. 22.—In the
opinion of General Dickman. com
mander of the Southern department, i
there is nothing in the Mexican pro - ,
test against the American expedi- j
tion to cause alarm on the Ameri-!
can side of the border, and it nrob
a'r>Iy will not interfere in the least |
with the plans of the American war
department to pursue and punish
Mexican bandits guilty of border
depredations.
In commenting on the autcry at
the Mexican capital, the general
referred to it today as “the usual
Fall protest.”
Mrs. Larry O’Keefe, wife of the ;
genial manager of the local store of
:he Northern Commercial company,
aas advised her husband that she
will be home on the next trip of
die steamer Yukon. Mrs. O’Keefe
s visiting with relatives in Dawson.
SEATTLE, Aug. 22.—As part of
j the nation-wide campaign against
j price manipulators and profiteers,
| federal officers have seized several
|hundred thousand pounds of pota
toes in this city, which were placed
| in storage by Seattle commission
firms, evidently with the object of
holding them for high prices.
When found, the spuds were prac
tically worthless, many of them
having rotted in storage.
Most of the potatoes were owned
by six local firms, and Anna Louise
Strong, a Seattle radical writer, is
! also alleged to have been connected
| with the conspiracy to boost prices.
The matter is now being investi
j gated by the authorities, and it is
j possible that several arrests will be
made in connection with the seizure.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Aug. 22.—
American troops and aviators are
engaged in a search in Mexico for
: Aviation Lieutenants Frederick B.
1
i Waterhouse and C. 11. Connelley,
:who have been missing since Wed
nesday. Orders received from
; Washington this afternoon author
ized the detail of additional troops,
and everything possible will be done
| to trace the missing men.
i It was reported early today that
| the men had been found by a Car
ranza patrol in the Eastern part of
| Lower California, but later advice*
showed that the story was unfound
ed.
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LONDON, Aug. 22.—Official ad
vices have been received in this city
confirming the capture of the city
of Odessa by the Ukrainians, who
were unofficially reported earlier in
the week to have driven the Bol
shevik forces from the city.
The reports state further that the
Bolshevik troops are now in full
retreat in that locality.
AMERICAN DIPLOMAT HAS
TENDERED RESIGNATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 22
Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page,
who was appointed a few months
ago to represent the United States
in Italy, has tendered his resigna
tion to the President.
It is not yet known who will be
appointed to the place to succeed
Page, no selection having been
made as yet.
Vmmum—Th« Chrtewajr to Kcgtntoy
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