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WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. 111.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA. ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 19. 1920.
NO. 16
BOARD REFUSES TO HEAR COMPLAINTS
FRENCH PREMIER DEFENDS ACTION OF FRANCE
CHIHUAHUA JOINS SONORA IN OPPOSING CARRANZA
BUTTE. Mont., April IP-—Eight
hundred mine metal workers, mem
bers of the I. W. W.. went out on.
strike today in an effort to enforce
their demand for an increase in
wages to $7 for a day of six hours.
As a result of the walkout, a num
ber of the mines in this district
have suspended operations.
Men attempting to go to work
this morning were turned back by
the 300 pickets stationed by the
strike leaders, and a number of
those who insisted on working were
severely beaten by the strikers. No
serious trouble had occurred up to
n late hour today, however, and no
effort is being made by the au
thorities to interfere with the strike.
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WASHINGTON. P. C., April 19.
_It has cost the administration the
huge sum of $5,020,176,000 to op
erate the Government during the
first nine months of the present fis
cal year, according to figures pre
sented to Congress this morning.
Estimates indicate that the tota
expenditures of the year will tota
$6,750,000,000, not including a bill
ion dollars in appropriations tha'
may yet be made.
Final preparations are being mad(
by the Fairbanks Republican clul
for the big rally and dance to b,
held in the upper town on Frida;
night.
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RAILWAY CLERKS TAKE VOTE;
MAY CALL STRIKE TOMORROW
POOL 10 CLOSE
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TOMORROW NIGHI;
DECISION FI
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The committee named last week
I to supervise the details in connec-j'
tion with the big- annual ice guess-1
1 ing contest have announced that the
! poo! will close at midnight tomor
row night, as originally agreed upon.
: There was some talk on Saturday _
| of extending the time until the end;
I of this week, but after getting the !
J views of many persons interested in
the contest, it was decided to lei
^the original date stand. Last year
'the pool was closed on April to.
All arranngements for recording
the official time at the power house
have received attention, and. as on
|previous occasions, the commission^
'whistle will inform the public when;
' the ice moves.
1 The minute recorded by the auto
matic arrangement will decide the
' winner of the pool. A minute, as
'ruled by the committee, is the full
time between minutes. For instance,
it will be one minute after two un
til the minute hand records the
second minute, and so on around
the clock.
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REED HELD BY FINNS
ON SMUGGLING CHARGE
WASHINGTON, D. C.. April 19.
_The American charge d’affaires at
j Helsingfors has advised the state
[department that John Reed, who was
‘recently reported executed, is under
arrest at Abo. Finland, on the
charge of smuggling.
Reed is under indictment at Chi
jcago on the charge of trying to
j overthrow the Government as a rep
resentative of the Russian soviets.
KAPP UNDER ARREST;
FLED IN AIRPLANE
STOCKHOLM, April 19.—Wolf
gang von Kapp. who recently sought
to overthrow the Ebert government,
has been placed under arrest at
Seedertelje. When taken into cus
tody he was disguised and sought
passage through the country on false
passports. He came from Germany
'ten davs ago in an airplane.
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! RUMANIA HAS ORDERED
YANKEE LOCOMOTIVES
BUCHAREST, April 19.—The Ru
manian government has placed or
jders with the Baldwin Locomotivt
j company, of Philadelphia, for fifty
modern locomotives, this being th<
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I first step taken by the govemmen
j to restore the railroads which wer
demolished by the Germans.
The trial of the Maddocks vs
Zimmerman case was resumed be
.fore Judge Bunnell at Fairbant:
| Ahis morning.
CHICAGO. April 19.—New devel-j!
pments in the strike situation |1
hreaten today in consequence of.
he refusal of the railway managers !
o grant a demand for increased,
cages which has been made by rail- '■
cay clerks and freight handlers. A i
.trike vote will be taken tonight, i
md should the men decide to go •
>ut. the local situation will be con-!
j
iderably aggravated, with the pos-:
ability of a spread of the strike |
>ver a large portion of the United *
States. The clerks voting on the
question number 30,000 and the;
freight handlers claim a member
ship of 8,000.
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PRACTICALLY OVER.
CHICAGO, April 19.—Local rail-,
road officials claim that the switch- i
men’s strike is practically at an end
verywhere except in this city,
where a considerable number are j
till out. Several roads announce
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hat regular passenger and freight
•chedules have been resumed.
COMPLAINTS BARRED.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 19.
—The railroad board, which is in
session in this city, has refused to
consider complaints filed by the
striking switchmen. Representatives
of the strikers, however, have been
admitted to the conference.
THE RAILROAD LOSS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 19.
—According to figures made public
in this city today, the total amount
lost by the Government during the
time the railroads of the country
were being operated under Govern
ment supervision is estimated to
have been $1,129,000,009. This sum
includes $225,000,000 in estimated
guarantees to the railroads under
the new transportation act.
BROOKS IS NAMED
TO PLAN REFORMS
SEATTLE, April 19.—A Wash
ington special to the Seattle Times
states that “Dr.” Alfred H. Brooks,
for many years head of the geo
logical survey in Alaska, has been
appointed by Secretary of the In
terior John Barton Payne to confer
with representatives of the United
States Shipping board and the post
office department relative to the
formulation of a comprehensive plan
for the development of Alaska.
There are five principal questions
to be considered, the list including
better mail service for the Terri
tory, an advertising campaign, and
the plan to operate a line of steam
ships from Seattle to connect with
the Alaska Government railway.
MILLERAND ARGUES
FRANCE WAS RIGHT
PARIS. April 19.—The Allied oc
cupation of the Ruhr basin is being
[considered today at a conference
■ of Allied premiers at San Remo,
i The meeting: between Lloyd George
Und Millerand was somewhat cool;
and strained at first, but after the
French premier had explained the !
action of his country, the relations
became more cordial.
Millerand declared that France
should have the support of all the
Allies against Germany. France and
Belgium, he said, could not have.
.done otherwise than advance to the
east bank of the Rhine when Ger
man regulars invaded the neutral,
zone in the Ruhr basin.
Former President Poincare, in an |
article published in the Matin, says
that France and Belgium have been !
: deprived of their guarantees by the
failure of England and America to:
put the tripartite covenant into op
eration. The League of Nations, he
. points out, is also without a means
. ; of action.
STRIKE THREATENS.
:■ The general federation of labor
i has issued a manifesto calling a na
ional strike for May day. Thi
Manifesto demands the withdrawn
>f French forces from territory eas
•f the Rhine, the abandonment o
he colonial expedition, and the re
ease of the class of 1918 from th
colors, “to show the world tha
France wishes peace.”
PREMIERS AGREE.
PARIS, April 19.—According t
information given out late this afl
ernoon, the premiers in conferenc
at San Remo have reached an agret
ment that Germany must observ
the treaty. Lloyd George and Nitt
however, believe that the observanc
should be forced by economic pre:
sure, while Millerand insists ths
military pressure is the be'st wa
to handle the Germans. Orland
has not yet rendered his opinion.
GERMAN EXECUTIONER
IS CALLED BY DEAT!
BERLIN, April 19.—General vo
Sauber SwTiz, who, as governor c
Brussels during the German occup;
tion, is blamed for the execution t
Edith Cavell, died here today.
ANOTHER STATE
HAS WITHDRAWN
FROM CARRANZA
AGUA PRIETA. April 19.—Gen
eral J. M. Pina, commander of the
revolting Sonora forces, is authority
for the statement that large Car
ranza forces in the state of Chihua
hua have abandoned Carranza anl
will join Sonora in the tight against
the unpopular Carranza government
GOVERNOR ALARMED.
AUSTIN. Tex., April 19—Gov
ernor W. P. Hobby has made vig
orous protest to the federal authori
ties against the proposed movement
of Mexican federal troops through
Texas.
WITH THE POLISH AHM’i
April 19.—The Kosciusko squadror
of the American air unit which i:
operating with the Polish force
made a daring attack on the Bo!
sheviki last week, inflicting hear;
losses.
The squadron flew a distance o
: 90 miles behind the Bolshevik lines
and raided Jitomar. a railway junc
tion southeast of Kiev. The airmei
flew low, attacking the railroai
yards, which were crowded will
troop trains. Many bombs wer
dropped among the trains and ma
; chine-guns were operated from th
planes with great success.
SCHOONER DISABLED;
RESCUED BY STEAMEI
i SEATTLE, April 19.—The sailin
‘schooner, of the Libby fleet, whic
cleared from this port last \\ edne
!day for Port Graham with canner
, supplies and workers, was picked u
I off Cape Flattery yesterday in
jwaterlooged condition and towed l
IN'eah bay by the steamer Stanwoo.
[ The schooner was listed to sta
I board.
jCLASHES IN IRELAND
DISTURB THE SABBAT
DUBLIN, April 19. — Sergeai
Carroll was killed yesterday at
Constable Collins seriously woundi
while they were returning fro
mass. Constable McIntyre, the
companion, killed Stephen Breen,
farmer, and wounded several othe
of the attacking party.
Twelve persons are reported
have been injured in a clash
Londonderry, and in another ou
break Rossville barracks were co
siderably damaged.
SEATJLE EFFORTS
CORDOVA, April 19.—'Under the
caption, “Seattle Precinct of Alaska
Attempting to Dictate the Terri
tory’s Political Policy,” the Cordova
Times has published a lengthy spe
cial dispatch from Seattle, exposing
a scheme on the part of Seattleites
and near-Alaskans, twenty-five of
whom met in the offices of Attorney
William Gilmore last week and se
lected the slate these politicians
hope to put over at the primary
election in Alaska on April 27.
Among those attending the con
ference were Col. William Perkins.
George Schofield, and Ira Orten.
They endorsed Charles K. Herron
for national committeeman. Reed
and Valentine for delegates to the
Republican national convention, and
, Wiekersham for governor, in the
■event that there should be a change
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; of administration.
The Territory is being Hooded
(With telegrams and letters from the
Alaska crowd, trying to whip Alas
. kans into line for the ticket framed
! in Seattle, the fifth division of Ala:
. ka. .Nome is the only section that
has responded to the whip thus far,
and Republicans throughout the Ter
ritory are indignant over this out
side interference, which is causing
a revulsion of sentiment.
The support of the Herron com
bination is confined chiefly to Nome,
and even the Seattle boosters are
now admitting defeat.
CORDOVA "IMES.
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WASHINGTON. D. April lit.
■ —The American trade commissioner
at London reports that the indica
tions are that there will be a world
wide shortage of wheat this year,
with a world-wide increase in the
*. demand for flour.
r The commissioner reports that a
^ careful survey of conditions thru
out the world shows that the pro
.. duction will fall considerably Uelow
that of last year, due to crop losses
in some countries and to decreased
() acreage in others.
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.. STANDARD TIME WILL
BE USED HEREAFTER
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! WASHINGTON, D. C., April 1<J.
H —It has been officially announced
that vessels of the American navy
it hereafter will keep their clocks set
d according- to standard time at sea,
id instead of sun time as heretofore.
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ir There will be a meeting of Ne
a nana igloo, No. 17, Pioneers of
rs Alaska, tonight, at Union hall, com
mencing at eight o’clock.
it i Wire Chief Steinmetz and Frank
t- I Murphy went out the line yesterday
i-1 on a speeder to inspect the tele
] graph line.