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WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1920.
NO. 62
COUNCIL PUTS OFF APPEAL OF PERSIANS
NEW JAPANESE PACT WILL SAFEGUARD ENGLAND
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AGENT PREDICTS RECORD TRAVEL TO INTERIOR CAMPS
miners swing
ON HIGHEST WAGE
' IN MINE HISTORY
COLUMBUS, June 17.—George
W. Savage, secretary-treasurer of
the Ohio Coal Mine Workers, has
issued a statement in which he de
clares that the coal miners of Ohio
are starving, notwithstanding the
fact that they are receiving the
highest wages ever paid them.
Savage names several districts
where the men have been averaging
only one day’s work a week", owing
to the shortage of coal cars, and
his statement severely criticises the
< interstate commerce commission for
its failure to so regulate traffic as
to insure a more equitable distribu
tion of rolling stock. Some of the
mines are operating full time, he
says, while others are being dis
criminated against. Those mines
which supply the railroads w-ith coal
arc the ones most favored.
' ROAD MACHINERY
FOR COAST WORK
SEATTLE, June 17.—Roadmaking
machinery for making new trails
and maintaining established high
ways in Alaska is being assembled
in this city by the United States
bureau of roads and will be ship
ped North on June 24, on the
steamship Ketchikan.
The outfit consists of six motor
trucks and a donkey engine. Three
of the trucks will be unloaded at
Juneau, three at Ketchikan, and the
engine and hoist will be used in
y road building operations in the Pe
tersburg district.
COURT WILL DECIDE
IF CLOTH IS CLOTH
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 17.—
The supreme court of the United
States has been asked to decide
whether or not cloth is still cloth
after it has been made into clothing,
under the provisions of the Lever
act.
The action was taken to the su
preme court on a writ of reeer
granted, by Federal Judge Hand at
the request of the Government, in
the case of the American Woolen
company and others indicted on the
* charge of profiteering.
The indictments were quashed by
Circuit Judge Julian W. Mack on
the ground that cloth is not legally
wearing apparel.
NOME ICE IS MOVING;
SEA MAY CLEAR TODAY
SEATTLE, June 17.—According
to advices received in this city, the
ice is on the move in Bering sea in
front of Nome, and it is considered
likely that the Nome roadstead will
be clear before night.
BRITISH PRESS IS CRITICISING
SUPREME COUNCIL FOR DELAY
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WAR ON EFFORTS
TO KILL LIBERTY
MONTREAL, June 17.—The Am
erican Federation of Labor has de
clared war on the Kansas court of
industrial relations. The conven
tion of labor delegates adopted a
resolution this morning declaring
such legislation confiscatory of lib
jerty and property and a denial of
i the humane rights of organized la
■ bor. The resolution instructs the
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j executive council of the federation
ito fight all anti-strike legislation to
the finish.
Foreign Labor.
In another resolution, the federa
tion demands of Congress the can
' cellation of the gentlemen’s agree
| ment with Japan and the absolute
i exclusion of Japanese and other Ori
j ental immigrants.
Outlaw* Condemned.
I The convention went on record as
condemning the secessionist move
ment which resulted in the recent
railroad strike.
Oppose Soviet.
j Following a three-hour fight yes
iterdav, the convention refused to
'approve a resolution calling upon
i the United States to resume com
mercial relations with Russia. The
resolution as finally adopted pro
! vides that no action be taken by
ithe federation which might be con
; strued as expressing approval or
! lending assistance to the soviet gov
ernment; it characterizes the soviet
government as not being representa
tive of hope for Russia.
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CABINET OFFICERS WILL
ATTEND BIG CONVENTION
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 17.—
'Secretaries Colby, Daniels, Burleson
.and Alexander have announced their
j intention of attending the Demo
j cratic national convention at San
j Francisco. They will leave for the
! Pacific coast within a few days.
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AMERICAN GOES DOWN
j IN TENNIS CONTESTS
LONDON, June 17.—Norris Will
: iams lost the fourth round of the
.tennis tournament to Ritchie, Eng
lish player. Williams is the first of
the American players to be elim
inated from the contests.
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LONDON, June 17.—Failure of
the supreme council to take action
on the plea of Persia for assistance
to check the advance of Bolsheviki
troops across the Persian frontier is
being generally and adversely dis
cussed by the newspapers of Eng
land, the majority of the editors
taking the view that the council has
neglected an opportunity to make
the world safe for democracy thru
failure to go to the relief of the
Persians. The council is being
sharply criticised for its decision to'
postpone action.
One section of the press openly
attacks the council. The Times re- ;
fers to the council’s postponement ;
as a pompous farce and humiliating. 1
The Daily News says the council !
has failed in its duty to the Persians
in the face of a pledge to open
diplomatic relations.
Most of the papers agree that
by the time the council acts th«
Persians will have ceased to need
aid.
HEAVY TRAVEL PREDICTED
VICTORIA, B. C., June 17.—Of
the thousands of tourists who will
visit Alaska this summer, a record
number of them will see the won
ders of the Interior country, ac
cording to Eddie Farr, district agent
of the White Pass company, who de
clares that the Interior travel this
year will exceed that of 1916, which
is the largest on record.
Farr says that all space on boats
scheduled to sail from Seattle, Vic
toria and Vancouver for the North
is booked ahead to the latter part
i of August. He adds that more than
a thousand reservations have been
made for the Atlin trip alone.
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YACHT CHARTERED.
i SEATTLE, dune 17.—d. H. La
dew. a Western millionaire, ha? ar
rived in this city with his family
and a party of friends, enroute to
Alaska on a hunting and fishing
trip. They have chartered the Rob
ert Moran yacht San duan and will
sail for the North this week. Cap
tain Harry W. Crosby will command
:the yacht.
JAPS WANT BRITISH
TO SIGN NEW PACT
TOKIO, June 17.—In an inter-1
view urging the renewal of the
Anglo-Japanese treaty of 1911, Vis
count Kato, former foreign minis
ter, declares that the two nations
should lose no time in reaching an
understanding relative to the con
tinuance of the relations existing
during the late war.
Kato believes that the Tokio gov-;
ernment should consent to the in
sertion of a clause in the pact which
will effectually remove the risk of
England becoming involved in any
dispute that may arise between Ja
pan and the United States, thereby
eliminating the principal objection
the British have to a renewal of the
agreement.
RAIS ARE BLAMED;
PENSACOLA, Fla., June 17.—
Convinced that rats are carrying
bubonic germs to the several At
lantic (forts where the disease has
made its appearance, a campaign
has been inaugurated here for the
purpose of exterminating the rod
ents, and thousands already have
"been slaughtered.
There have been two bubonic
deaths here since last Friday.
RESOLUTE TAKES RACE
FROM RIVAL VANITIE
NEWPORT, June 17.—The cup
defender Resolute defeated tha ]
rival yacht Vanitie in a test race
held today. The Resolute crossed
the line nearly four minutes ahead ,
of the Vanitie.
ILLNESS OF JUDGE
DELAYING JUSTICE
CHICAGO, June 17.— Arguments!
on appeal in the ease of 'William'
Haywood and 93 other Industrial,
Workers who were c-onvii ted on the
charge of violating the espionage
act have again been uostponed for
an indefinite time, this time on ac-:
count of the illness of the presiding!
judge of the federal couit of ap-!
peals.
The case has been postponed sev-j
eral times on one pretext or an
other. The majority of the defend
ants are out on bail.
Late primary returns received at
Fairbanks from Eagle and Fortymile
give Theodore Kettleson a further
lead over Joe Smith for nomination
as a Republican candidate for mem
ber of the territorial legislature. I
CAMP GRANT HAS
DEATH MYSTERY;
SOLDIERS LEAVE
ROCKFORD, 111., .June 17.—Five
soldiers attached to Camp Grant
are being sought by the army au
thorities in connection with the
shooting of Mrs. Maud I.ucille Moss,
wife of Captain Leroy H. Moss,
camp utilities officer, her daughter
and Bion J. Arnold, noted elec
trical engineer, all three of whom
were injured, the first named fatal
ly
Mrs. Moss was motoring with her
husband and four friends and had
just passed a group of soldiers when
several shots were fired, and three
of the occupants of the auto re
ceived bullet wounds in the head.
A rollcall later showed that five
of the soldiers belonging to the
camp had disappeared without leave,
and a search is now being made for
them.
It is believed the shots were in
tended for Captain Moss.
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VANCOUVER, B. C„ June 17.—
According to announcement made
here today, there is no prospect of
an immediate lifting of the embargo
on freight shipments consigned to
Prince Rupert.
The Grand Trunk, Union Pacific,
and Canadian Pacific lines will con
tinue to refuse shipments pending
a settlement of the Prince Rupert
longshoremen’s strike, which at
present shows no signs of breaking.
TACOMA POLICE MAY
QUIT JOBS ON FORCE
TACOMA, June 17.—A walkout
of members of the local police force
threatens today as a result of the
issuance of an order requiring each
officer to serve an additional four
hours on Saturday, Sunday and
Monday, as a precaution against dis
orders during the visit of Shriners
in this city.
When informed of strike talk
among the members of the force,
the commissioner of public safety
declared that the men would be
compelled to do extra duty and that
a strike would not be tolerated.
The men say they will quit the
force if the order is permitted to
stand.
■turn, Tkui Bill and Blvara Km*
DRYS Will SEEK
PLANK PROMISE
H EBB MEET
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 17.—
i Disappointed over the failure of the
: Republican national convention co
I go on record on the question of
prohibition, dry advocates will ask
the Democratic convention to adopt
a plank favorable to the rigid en
forcement of prohibition throughout
(the United States. The plans of
| the prohibitionists were made known
i today by General Counsel Wheler of
the Anti-Saloon league,
j Wheler stated further that it is
khe intention of the prohibitionists
:to present a “solid front against
Cox" as choice of the convention as
(Democratic candidate for the presi
dency.
I Wheler explained that the resolu
tions committee of the Chicago con
tention had adopted a prohibition
, enforcement plank, but that it had
become lost between the committee
room and the convention hall.
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CHICAGO, June 17.—A conven
|tion will be held early in July for
jthe purpose of formally launching
the new political party, the plans
1 for which are now being formulated
■by the committee of forty-eight.
Two names are to be presented
for the consideration of the dele
gates who will attend the conven
tion, and one of them, it is be
lieved, will be selected as the name
of the new organization. The names
suggested are American and Peo
ples.
The convention will convene on
July 10.
WICHITA, .limp 17.—With Demp
sey’s exoneration at San Francisco
on a charge of draft evasion has
|come a revival of interest in the
possibility of a championship bout:
between Georges Carpentier and the
'American title holder.
Following the receipt of the news
yesterday that Dempsey had been
acquitted, Carpentier’s manager for
warded a formal challenge, offering
a fight at any time after October
10, to take place at any city desig
nated.
: A wire was received from Demp
sey today accepting the challenge.
PRIMARY LAW INVALID,
SUPREME COURT RULES
SPRINGFIELD, June 17. — The
state supreme court of Illinois has
rendered a decision in which it is
held that the Illinois primary law
is unconstitutional.