WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMEB 28, 1920
NO. 137
POLES ARE SWEEPING RUSSIAN FRONTS
BROOKLYN_AND CLEVELAND TO MEET IN FINALS
SOLDIER PUBLISHERS DENY PARTY CONTROL CHARGES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 28.
—Testifying today before the sen
ate campaign investigating commit
tee, Mrs. E. M. Parks, secretary to
W. D. Jamieson, director of finance
of the Democratic National commit
tee, said that she had undertaken
to underwrite $48,000 for the Stars
and Stripes company and had fur
nished $10,000 herself, which had
been obtained from friends. She
declared that “the Democratic com
mittee nor any member as such has
ever contributed a dollar to the pa
per or loaned me a cent.” She re
fused to give the source of the
funds, but admitted that 51 percent
of the stock of the paper had been
given her.
LEGION WEEKLY.
NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—Harold
W. Ross, editor of the American
Legion Weekly, has issued a state
ment in which he denies the Hef
fernan charge that the Weekly is
controlled by the Republican na
tional committee.
Chairman George White of the
Democratic National committee has
also issued a statement in which he
says “the Democratic national com
mittee has not a dollar invested in
The Stars and Stripes.”
Scott C. Bone, publicity director
of the Republican committee, denies
that he ever stated that the com
mittee controls the Legion paper.
ASSESSED ANYWAY.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 2S.
—Richard H. Waldo, of New fork
informed the senators that Bernard
Baruch and Secretary Meredith had
assessed as Democrats the forces
employed by The Stars and Stripes.
Waldo said he had been told that
Baruch gave the committee $7,000
and Meredith $2,500, which they did
not expect to have returned to them.
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MOTHER OF BERGDOLL
DENIES SHE ASSISTED
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 28.—Mrs.
Emma Bergdoll, mother of Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, who is charged
with conspiring to aid her two sons
to evade the draft, testified yester
day that she had not assisted the
boys in any way, either before or
after they received their call to the
colors.
Three other defendants also de
nied that they had helped the fugi
tives.
DEPARTMENT OBJECTS
TO PACKERS’ SCHEME
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 28
—Objections to the entire plan of
the meat packers for the disposal of
their stockyard interests to the F
II. Prince company have been filed
with the District of Columbia su
preme court by the department of
justice. Attorney General Palmei
explains that the transfer, as plan
ned by the puckers, might mean t
violation of the Sherman rnti-trusl
act and other laws.
GRODNO CAPTURED BY POLES;
SOVIET ARMIES DRIVEN BACK
The steamer Alaska arrived in
port from Dawson at an early hour
yesterday morning, with a heavy
barge in tow and a number of pass
engers, most of them from differ
ent points along the river. The
steamer is now enroute back down
the river for another barge, and
upon delivering that at Nenana, will
start for the upper Yukon on her
last voyage of the season.
The Alaska started from Gibbon
with two barges in town, but was
compelled to abandon one of them
because of the difficulty of handling
a heavy tow under the unusual con
ditions prevailing, the water being
lower now than was ever known be
fore at this season of the year. The
abandoned barge was delivered by
the tunnel-boat Kestrel.
The Alaska was considerably
smashed up by sweepers which were
encountered along the river, and it
was by a very close margin that two
members of the crew escaped in
jury when one sweeper polled a hole
through the side of the boat.
The Alaska brought: Miss T. Goss,
Miss F. Stanley, Mrs. H. Messeler,
Miss Mary Heater, F. C. Irons, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Swanson, John
Joslin, H. Claude Kelly, Miss Grace
Fisher, L. R. Gillette, J. L. Miller,
Mrs. Emma Haggren, Ed Berg, J.
Allman, Louis K. Pratt, G. S. Mar
tin, Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Sundland,
D. E. Edwards, G. C. Martin, J. M.
Harris, Harry Bock, John Watson,
George Mutchler, E. G. Wetzler, N.
L. Peterson, Charles C. Johns, H. E.
St. George.
HARDING IS ENROUTE
ON SECOND ROUND-UP
BALTIMORE, Sept. 28.—Senator
Harding, traveling eastward on his
second speaking trip, reached this
city yesterday afternoon and was
given an enthusiastic welcome upon
his arrival. Cheering crowds were
at all the stations enroute.
VETERANS GATHER FOR
ARGONNE ANNIVERSARY
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28.—A
thousand veterans of the 91st divi
sion gathered here on Saturday, the
eve of the anniversary of the Ar
gonne battle.
CONVICTS TAKE AUTO;
BID PRISON GOOD-BYE
RENO, Nev., Sept. 25. — While
several state prison commissioners
were inspecting the state peniten
tiary at Carson yesterday, two con
victs appropriated the warden’s au
tomobi'e and drove through ’legates
to liberty.
WARSAW, Sept. 28.—Continued
successes along the Northern front
have enabled the Polish forces to
encircle the important town of Grod
no and its occupation is momentari
ly expected, according to an official
communication issued. by the Polish
war office. Grodno is 80 miles
southeast of Vilna.
On the Volhilnia front, the Poles
have delivered a series of blows
which have left the soviet forces
disorganized and retreating. Three '
thousand Russians were taken cap
tive.
CITY FALLS.
WARSAW, Sept. 28.—At a late
hour this afternoon the war office
announced the capture of Grodno,
“following a severe struggle in
which there was much hard fight
ing.” The Poles took many prison
ers and a large quantity of muni
tions and supplies.
COX TALKS BRYAN
At OMAHA RALLY
OMAHA, Neb., Set. 28.—Address
ing’ the people of this city at a
largely-attended rally last night,
Governor Cox declared that he'
would have supported William Jen
nings Bryan for the presidency if
Bryan had received the nomination
at San Francisco. Referring to his
own campaign, he said that he was
fostering ideas he had gained under
the leadership of the silver-tongued
Nebraskan.
Cox began his Nebraska trip early
yesterday morning, and it is said
that that will be one of his most
strenuous weeks. He spoke at Lin
coln yesterday afternoon.
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NORTHWEST VETERANS
CELEBRATE BIG BOUT
SEATTLE, Sept. 28.—Northwest
Veterans of the 91st division gath
ered here on Saturday in commem
oration of the Argonne battle, the
anniversary celebration taking the
form of a banquet. The welcoming
address by Governor Louis F. Hart
was a feature of the occasion.
COMMUNISTS IN SOUTH
THREATEN BIG STRIKE
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 28.—The
“Communist federation” of Mexico
has voted to call a general strike
unless all industrial disputes are set
tled by the end of September.
i KIRK LEADS SQUADRON
ON HOMEWARD FLIGHT
EDMONTON, Sept. 28.—Lieuten
ant Kirkpatrick, star performer of
the Black Wclf squadron of Alaska
fliers, arrived here today from Jas
per and is scheduled to hop to Sas
katoon on Thursday. Captain Street
and the other two planes left Atlin
several days ago, but they have not
yet made their appearance at Jasper.
OFFICIALS ARE MUTE
ON JAPANESE MUDDLE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 28.
—Officials of the administration de
cline to discuss any phase of the
negotiations with Japan growing out
of the California situation. The im
pression is given, however, that the
Tokio proposal that the matter be
referred to a jo-'nt high commission
is not acceptable.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Sept. 28.—
The executive committee of the In
ternational Association of Machin
ists has issued a call for a general
strike against the American Can
company, involving a total of 56
plants and 5,000 workers. The
plants include one in San Francisco
and one in Los Angeles.
The strike order is the result of
dissension among the machinists em
ployed at the Newark plant. Prac
tically all the plants of the com
pany have been compelled to sus
pend operations.
MONTANA DEMOCRATS
MAY SUPPORT G. O. P.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 28.
—Senator Henry L. Myers, Demo
crat, of Montana, has issued a state
ment in which he declares that the
Non-Partisan league has taken over
the Democratic party primary nom
inations in Montana, and he urges
Democrats of that state to throw
their support to the Republican
state and congressional candidates,
with the exception of attorney-gen
eral. The senator says, in his ap
peal:
“There is no reason why the
Democratic party of Montana should
be swallowed by the hybrid combina
tion of radicals and revolutionaries,
bent on ruination. And no reason
why Democrats should swallow their
nondescript ticket. I, for one, re
fuse to do so.”
COX OPPOSES MANDATE;
IS TRUE TO PLATFORM
GREELEY, Colo., Sept. 28.—In a
rear platform address delivered here
yesterday, Governor Cox declared
that he stood opposed to the accept
ance of a mandate over Armenia.
In explanation of his attitude, the
governor said that the Democratic
platform opposed the mandate, and
he stood firmly on the platform.
PASSENGER AIRPLANE
CRASHES NEAR LONDON
LONDON, Sept. 28.—An inland
passenger airplane crashed to earth
near the outskirts of this city yes
terday, the wreck resulting in the
death of the pilot and four of his
passengers.
FRENCH MARSHAL
SENDS GREETINGS
TO YANK LEGION
CLEVELAND, Sept. 28.—At the
opening of the second annual en
campment of the American Legion
in this city yesterday a message of
greeting from Marshal Foch was
read to the thousands of delegates
in attendance, “I again render hom
age to the valor and tenacity of
Americans on the battlefields of
France,” the message said; “to the
magnificent enthusiasm displayed in
the great part they took and in their
sacrifices during the war.”
In his opening address, Command
er-in-Chief Franklin D’Olier told of
the rapid growth of the legion since
its organization, and said that its
name stood for the highest ideals
and the wonderful spirit of unselfish
service shown by the members dur
ing the war. The greatest single
service the legionairies have render
ed their country since the close of
the war, he said, has been their
“virile stand for the maintenance
of law and order.”
The great parade which marked
the formal opening of the encamp
ment yesterday was participated in
by more than 20,000 marchers, in
cluding many women. Cleveland ob
served a half-holiday in honor of
the occasion.
More than 10,000 persons were
seated in the Hippodrome when Com
mander D’Olier called the conven
tion to order. Several foreign- coun
tries are represented at the gather
ing.
ICE HOLDING VESSEL
OF ARCTIC EXPLORER
NOME, Sept. 28.—Fur traders ar
riving here report that Explorer
Amundsen’s vessel has been caught
in the ice west of Kolyucliin island, j
and it is considered doubtful if he I
will be able to reach last year’s
winter quarters at Itsuan island.
The Polar Bear is also caught in
the ice with nose down, and ap
pears to be in a precarious position.
The members of the crew were still
aboard when the vessel was sighted.
POLES START BATTLE
OVER BOUNDARY LINE
WARSAW, Sept. 28.—Unable to
wait longer for the League of Na
tions to settle the Polish-Lithuanian
boundary dispute, the Poles have
undertaken an offensive movement
against the Lithuanians, according
to an official communication issued
today. The Poles are reported to
have taken 1,000 prisoners and now
occupy Kcpuciow. ' The offensive is
said to be the result of Lithuanian
aggression.
CLEVELAND SAFE
NEW YORK. Sept. 28.—The de
feat of the New York Giants here
yesterday in a double-header game
with Boston gave the National
league pennant to the Brooklyn club,
which did not play yesterday.
The American league pennant will
go to either Cleveland or Chicago,
the former club having what is re
garded as a cinch on the champion
ship.
The national commission has de
cided to open the world’s series at
Brooklyn on October 5. playing
three games there and then moving
to Cleveland, should the Cleveland
club finish at the top of the Ameri
can list.
The commission had previously de
cided to play the opening game in
the city winning the American
league pennant, but the decision was
reversed when Cleveland made a re
i quest for more time in which to
prepare the grounds for the series.
FINISHING STRONG.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 28.—Babe
Ruth knocked two homers yesterday,
bringing his record for the season
up to 53, the equal of which has
never been recorded in baseball his
tory.
BASEBALL STANDINGS.
AMER1CANS
Cleveland
Chicago
New York .
St. Louis .
Boston
Washington
Detroit .
Philadelphia
Won. Lost.
NATIONALS—
Brooklyn.
New York .
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Chicago .
St. Louis
Boston .
Philadelphia
92
92
91
73
(18
G3
.59
.47
53
56
58
72
80
79
88
99
Won. Lost.
.89
83
.77
76
72
.70
59
.57
59
63
67
69
75
77
84
89
CRUISER RAINBOW IS
AMERICAN-OWNED NOW
VICTORIA. B. C.,' Sept. 28.—The
famous cruiser Rainbow, which was
brought to the Pacific in 1910 to
form the nucleus of a Canadian
navy, has been sold to Neider &
Marcus, of Seattle. The vessel has
been out of commission since the
early days of the war.
STARVATION IS CAUSE
OF DEATH IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Sept. 28.—Upon his
return to this city from Bremerton,
where he spent a month preparing
a new home for himself and wife,
John A. Holmes found his wife dead,
and a post-mortem indicated that she
had starved to death. There was
no food in the house, and the money
Holmes left when he went to Brem
erton was missing. Mrs. Holmes had
been dead about three weeks when
her husband returned for her.