WHERE, RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1920.
NO. 10
GOVERNMENT MAY HELP BREAK STRIKE
MEXICAN STA TES CECEDfy FORM WEty REPUBLIC
R I-PORT CHARGES WASTE IN BUILDING CANTONMENTS
KANSAS MINERS
SIM) BY HEAD
OF COAL UNION
PITTSBURG, Kan., April 12.—It
is claimed that fully 00 percent of
the coal mines of this district are
idle today in consequence of the
refusal of ‘the miners to work so
long as President Mow at is held in
jail, where he was sent last week
on the charge of contempt of court
because of his refusal to give tes
timony before the court of indus
trial relations.
A crowd of miners marched on
Girard • today, where Mowat and
three other union officials are in
carcerated. but no attempt has beer
made thus far to ilherate them.
Eleven mines are operating with
short forces.
DOPE FOR APPEAl
MONTESANO, April 12.—Attor
ney Vanderveer is busily engaged ii
securing affidavits which he plans t<
use in perfecting his appeal of th<
Centralia murder cases to the su
preme court for a rehearing.
The appeal will be based on al
leged errors in law during the re
cent hearing of the case.
MAROONED PASSENGERS
WERE NICELY TREATEI
Harry Weber is in receipt of
letter from his sister, who wa
among the passengers recently ma
rooned by high water on the Fail
banks-Chitina trail, and is informe
that the passengers received spier
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GOVERNMENT TELLS STRIKERS
THEY MUST RETURN TO WORK
did treatment at the hands of Mr. jt
and Mrs. Flannigan, proprietors of i <
‘the roadhouse in which the travelers
I lived during: the six days they were i
jheld up. Mrs. Flannigan did every- (
• thing; possible to make their stay i
pleasant, and no attempt was made|]
to take advantage of them in the \
way of charges.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 12.
—The long: threatened revolution in
Guatemala against President d^s
!trada Cabrera is reported to have
been launched on Saturday, and with
jsuch success that the opponents of
| the unpopular executive are now
' in control of Guatemala City. The
! occupation of the city was accom
plished after considerable street
• fighting had taken place, in which a
number of both sides lost their lives.
The state department announces
-that American marines from the
| cruiser Tacom and the submarine
: tender Niagara have been sent
ashore to protect the American in
terests in the city, but it is not
/j stated what steps will be taken, if
i .any, to put down the revolution.
The trial of Ann McCarthy, on
the charge of killing her husband
in the Tolovana district several
months ago, began before Judge
! Bunnell at Fairbanks this morning.
jThe time of the court was taken
:up today with the selection of jur
|ors, and this detail is moving along
j so smoothly that it is believed the
jjury will be completed by tomorrow
! night.
j It is considered likely that the
case will be over by the end of the
j week.
j The McCarthy case is the last of
jthe criminal actions on the court
, calendar, and when it is concluded,
jthe trial jurors probably will be
(excused until the November term of
’court.
SEATTLE CHAMBER GETS
MONEY FOR NEW HOTEL
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SEATTLE, April 12.—The Seat
tle Chamber of Commerce has raised
the sum of $100,000 in subscriptions
for the construction of a new hotel,
The list was headed by Colonel
Blethen, of the Times, with a sub
scription of $25,000.
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Ifeaana. t)'« Gateway to XcXlBlay
■rational Park.
CHICAGO, April 12. — Acting j
hrough United States Attorney
Hein, the Government ha? issued an
iltimatum to the striking switchmen
n which it is declared that, unless
he strikers return to their places
mmediately, the Government will
lelp the railroads to find men to j
ill their jobs.
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NO QUIZ COMING.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 12.
—Chairman Cummins of the senate
nterstate commerce committee has
mnounced that the senate will not
nvestigatc the switchmen’s strike.
Instead, a railroad labor board will
se appointed by the White Housg
ivithin 24 hours to conduct an in
quiry.
STRIKE OPPOSED.
SEATTLE, April 12.—The switch
men of Tacoma, Everett, and Seat
tle have voted against joining the
strike. A largely attended meeting
of the switchmen was held here on
Saturday night for the purpose of
discussing the strike move, and the
decision to remain at work was
reached without serious opposition.
NOT FOR WAGES.
CLEVELAND, April 12.—It is
claimed in this city that the switch
men’s strike has nothing to do with
the wage question, but is part of
the movement, started some time
ago, for one big union. Brother
hood chiefs express the belief that
the strike will have the effect of ] •
destroying the trainmen’s brother-'c
hood.
TRAFFIC SUSPENDED.
NEW YORK, April 12.—The New’1
Jersey Central railroad has suspend-!1
ed its entire passenger service in 1
consequence of the strike, the ae-'
tion affecting 55,000 commuters, i
who must look for other means of j
traveling to and from their work in
the city.
The New York Central is still
running full schedules, not yet hav-:
ing been seriously inconvenienced ‘
by the strike.
It is reported here that the strik
ers at Syracuse have a strike fund
aggregating $400,000.
PALMER CONFERS.
: WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 12. j
!—-Attorney General Palmer is in .
! conference with officials of his de-*
partment this afternoon on the
strike situation.
NEW ENGLAND HIT.
BOSTON, April 12 — Both freight
and passenger schedules in New Eng
land have been materially curtailed
in consequence of the strike.
SOME ARE OUT.
SEATTLE, April 12.—A number
of switchmen are striking at Spo
kane and Portland, but a majority
of those who went out last week
have returned to their places.
SONORA FORMS NEW
MEXICAN REPUBLIC
NOGALES, Ariz., April 12.—The
Sonora state government has sev
ered relations with the Mexican fed
eral government, and is now estab
lishing an independent republic. Of-'
ificials of the new republic are form
| ing an army of considerable size to
: be used in resisting Carranza in
lease an attempt is made to force
l Sonora back.
The Sonora officials have issued a
statement in which they declare that
Carranza must guarantee the state’s
rights before they will consent to a
return to the old republic. The
president also must agree not to
: send troops into Sonora against the
wishes of the state authorities.
State officials claim that Carran
za planned the establishment of a
militry autocracy in Sonora for the
purpose of defeating the presiden
tial candidate of General Obregon,
who is a resident of Sonora.
OTHER STATES JOIN.
AGUA PRIETA, Sonora. April
12.—General J. M. Pino, command
er of the First divisional army of
Sonora, told an Associated Press
correspondent today that thirteen
additional states had voted to fol
j low the example of Sonora in seced
ling from the Mexican republic. The
general was unable, however, to fur
nish a definite list of the seceding
states.
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SHE IS CALLED
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j DUBLIN, April 12.—The Irish
iTrades Union congress has issued a
call for a general strike to start to
morrow, the action being in the na-1
jture of a protest against the treat-!
' ment of political prisoners.
Xenana. the Xnteway U McKinley
XaMoaal Park. i
FIANCE REPENTANT;
TO WITHDRAW SOON
LONDON, April 12.—The British
Foreign office is in receipt of a note
From France in which assurance is
?iven that French troops will evaeu
ite Frankfort as soon as the Ebert
:roops are withdrawn from the
Ruhr basin. The note also states
hat France will not again act in
ependently.
WITHDRAWING NOW.
BERLIN, April 12.—Announce
nent is made that the Government
roups are being withdrawn today
rom the Ruhr district.
PETIIION SEEKS
BAN ON FISK
ON LOIR RIVER
Petitions are being circulated in
\:enana and Fairbanks and else
where in Interior Alaska, a.-pealing
to Congress to prevent the further
operation of the Carlisle cannery
at the mouth of the Yukon river
or in waters adjacent thereto, anil
thus far, according to information
gathered by The News, not a person
has refused to attach his signature
to the paper, so general is the be
lief that the cannery last summei
robbed the Interior country of it
supply of salmon.
The petitions have been place
at nearly every business house ii
Nenana for the convenience oi
signers, and all who are at all in
terested in the preservation of th<
future food supply of the Interioi
country are urged to sign, in ordei
that such an array of names mu?
be presented to Congress as to com
mand the attention of the lawmak
ers and secure legislation that wil
compel the fisheries bureau to pu
a stop to the objectionable anc
harmful cannery operations.
MOOSE WOE SEAT
Officers for the ensuing year, wh
were elected at the last regula
meeting of Nenana lodge, Xo. 119:
'Loyal Order of Moose, will be foi
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mally installed at the meeting o
the lodge to be held tonight at th
home of the organization, at th
corner of Fourth and B streets.
Members of the lodge are urge
to be on hand to assist in the ceri
mony, and visiting members wi
find a cordial welcome awaitin
them in the lodge room. The mee
ing will commence at eight o’clocl
D. H. Delaney, local contract
and builder, is in town from tl
end of steel, purchasing lumber ar
other building material for a larj;
| addition to the Singleton buildin
jat Healy. It is the intention (
Jack Singleton to add a restaurai
| and bunkhouse to his Healy estal
jlishment, and the work is to t
'done under the direction of M
Delaney.
WASHINGTON. D. 1. April 12.
Two opposing reports have been
I submitted by the congressional com
mittee which investigated the con
struction of 32 army camps and
cantonments which were used in
connection with the preparation of
■the American army for service over
seas. The majority report, which
Was framed bv the Republican in cm
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: bers of the committee, criticizes the
! administration severely, while the
minority Democratic report has
'only praise for the war department.
i The majority report declares that
jthe Government lost $78,000,000 on
'sixteen cantonments on account of
j waste, graft, and inefficiency.
The minority report says the eon
jstruetion of the cantonments was
'equivalent to building 32 cities and
(represented one of the war's great
, achievements.
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ElfVATEO TRAINS
.V.
j NEW YORK, April 12.—A collis
sion on the elevated today knocked
one of the passenger coaches oil’ the
track and down to the pavement
helow, where it was badly wrecked
and the fifteen passengers battered
severely, although fortunately none
was killed. The car fell a distance
of 25 feet.
POSTAL INSPECTOR DIES
|- SUDDENLY IN HIS OFFICE
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12.
' Thomas J. Flavin, city postal inspec
tor, died at his desk today, the re
sult of a sudden attack ot heart
.trouble. Flavin was one of the
lirst to work in the Alaska mad
service, and was formerly a postal
■ inspector at Spokane.
FISHERMEN RECEIVED
' j The pasboat Amie arrived at
r Ketchikan recently with 1,500
’ pounds of kincr salmon, which was
" purchased by the Washington Fish
* company for the Seattle market at
o 21 and 16 cents. The market open
L* .ed at 16 and 10 cents, but the fish
ermen refused to sell until the buy
d ers offered the price which has
" , been'current for the past few weeks,
d The Seattle market is still short of
.1 fancy grades of salmon and is will
> inpc to pay almost any price for
supplies.
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