WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
NO. 173
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1919.
CONFERENCE ENDS WHEN LABOR QUITS
COAL MINE WORKERS REJECT ADJUSTMENT PLAN
ROUND-THE-WORLD AF.RIAL RACK SCHEDULED FOR 1920
REDFIELD ASKS
AMERICAN HELP
• 10 TAKE LOANS
ATLANTIC CITY. X. J., Oct. 23.
In an address delivered here today
before the International Trade con
ference, Secretary of Commerce
» Redfield urged the formation :n
America of a credit organization
composed of financial interests, for
the purpose of taking over the se
curities of struggling foreign na
tions.
^ These nations, the secretary point
ed out, will require several billions
of dollars during the next few years
to give them a firm footing, and
the only people in a position to
render them financial aid are Ameri
cans.
Some such action on the part of
Americans, he said, is necessary to
■*. insure the future stability of trade
among the nations abroad, and by
extending the needed aid. American
financiers will be doing their coun
try a great service, as well as sav
ing struggling Europeans from bank
ruptcy.
' RAH CONI ROL
AWING ACTION
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WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 23.—
The senate interstate commerce com
mittee has submitted a favorable
report on the railway control bill,
which provides for the return of
the railroads of the country to pri
vate ownership and their future op
l eration under federal supervision.
The senate probably will toke up
the consideration of the measure as
soon as the peace treaty and League
of Nations question have been dis
posed of.
4 AUSTRIA CONFORMS
10 TREATY RULING
\ JENNA. Oc-t. 23.—Conforming
to the terms of the neace treaty,
the Austrian national assembly has
eliminated from th: constitution
that provision which declares Aus
tria to be a part of Germany.
Henceforth Austria will be knowr
as a republic, a provision to tha'
effect having been substituted foi
trie ere eliminated.
AUTO PARTS STRANDED
ON WAY TO FAIRBANK5
k
Included among the shipments en
route to Fairbanks on the America!
Yukon Navigation company’s bargi
Elk. which is now in winter quar
ters two miles above Hot Springs, i
a consignment of automobile part
for the Northern Commercial com
-$> pany. for which there is urgen
need.
The shipment will be taken u]
by way of the winter trail by A1
lard & O’FarrelL mail carriers be
tween Fairbanks and Tanana.
CONFERENCE IS DISSOLVED;
PUBLIC GROUP CONTINUING
i WASHINGTON. D. C.. Oct. 23.
The industrial conference, which was
called together by President Wilson
for the purpose of solving the in
dustrial problems confronting the
nation and outlining a program of
industrial peace, was dissolved this
afternoon by Secretary of the In
terior Lane, who presided over the
gathering as chairman. The disso
lution was the direct result of the
i withdrawal of the labor group, fol
lowing the refusal of the confer
lence to assent to the right of labor
to bargain collectively.
When informed of the withdrawal
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of Labor Leader Gompers. President'
Wilson dictated a second letter to
the conference, urging the dele
gates to continue their deliberations
without the labor representatives, in
a final effort to frame a program
looking to the re-establishment of
industrial peace.
The letter was read by Secretary
Lane and efforts made to prolong the
session, in the hope that President
Wilson would be able to hit upon a
definite plan to pull the conference
out of the hole. But it soon became
apparent that it would be useless
to proceed and a dissolution accord
ingly was announced.
Immediately following the ad
ioumraent of the conference, Secre
tary Lr.r.e summoned the public
group, headed by Judge Elbert H
Gary, to attend a special confer
ence, suggested by President Wilsor
is a final resort. This group •aril;
be asked to carry on the work in
tended for the genera! conference
cha reason for such a request being
that the public is compelled to beat
the burden of disputes between cap
ital and labor, and should have <
say in the adjustment of differences
Labor's Stand.
Before the adjournment of th‘
general conference. Gompers issuei
another statement, in which he de
dared that it would be useless fo:
labor lo continue in attendance un
less it should be agTeed by the em
ployers that workers, without dis
crimination, shall have the right to
organize.
SPECIAL LABOR MEETING.
PEORIA. 111.. Oct. 23—Following
the withdrawal of the labor group
from the industrial conference, the
Illinois Federation of Labor des
patched a message to President
Gompers urging that a special con
vention of the American Federation
of Labor be called immediately to
consider the refusal of the confer
ence to recognize labor's right to
■ organize.
CITY EMPLOYES
CHICAGO. Oct. 23. — A novel ‘
movement has been started by the
clerks employed at the Chicago city
hall, the object of which is to com
bat the rising price of clothing,
which is already out of all propor
tion to the salaries paid by the
municipality.
The clerks have formed an old
clothes society, with the object of
glorifying the patch, and the mem
bers are pledged to mend their old
suits instead of discarding them,
regardless of appearance. They w'U
also have their old shoes resoled
and otherwise repaired.
The movement of the clerks is
being given considerable publicity
here and threatens to become popu
lar as a means of combating the
rising cost of living.
i BERLIN". Oct. 23.—A decision
has been reached by both the Ger
■ man and the Austrian governments
to send delegates to tr.e interna
tional labor congress to be held at
Washington under the auspices of
the League of Nations.
The work of choosing the dele
gates is r.ow in progress and it is
1 expected that their names will be
made known within a few days.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA WILL *
GIVE PROHIBITION TRY
PRAGUE, Oct. 23.—The Czecho
slovakia government is planning to
put the country on a bone dry
basis.
_
Dave Patterson, who has a tie
hauling contract north of Xenana.
■ came to town yesterday on a busi
ness visit
COAL MINERS REJECT
PLAN OF SECRETARY;
STRIKE IN PROSPECT
WASHINGTON. D. C., Oct. 23.— 1
The proposal of Secretary of Labor <
Wilson for the settlement of the '
proposed strike among the soft coal
miners of the countrv was formally
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rejected today by the United Mine
Workers, and it now seems certain
that the men will go out on No- <
vember first, as originally planned.
The full membership of the scale !
committee met with the labor sec- !
re Cary this week, at his special re
quest. for the purpose of consider- :
Inn <3 nlon n f t£.tt 1 c.rr\ T f n rm '
>y him. At the conclusion of the
onferer.ee. it was announced that
he miners could not ajrree to such
erms as were proposed.
In commenting on the secretary's
>lan. President Lewis stated today
hat the proposal was indefinite, in
idequate, and failed to meet the
ituation. He said, further, that i
t is the intention of the miners to
tick to their determination to in- !
ist upon a five-day week.
It is not known what further.
teps will be taker, by the Govern
n^r.t Tn avfrt ctrikf
BIG AIRPLANE RACE
TO INCLUDE ALASKA
SEATTLE. Oct. 23.—Details of
the round-the-world airplane derby,
scheduled for next year, are now
being arranged by a commission,
some of the members of which
have arrived in this city for tho
purpose of selecting the route across
the Pacific.
This city has been designated as
the starting point for aviators in
tending to cross the Pacific by way
of Alaska, the Aleutian islands. and,
Japan. This route, in the opinion
of the commissioners, is the most l
feasible, and it is expected that
most of the entrants will come this
way.
Seattle. Portland. Tacoma, and j
Vancouver have been designated as
Northwest control stations, and it
is understood that the Seattle Aero j
club will select the control stations
in Alaska.
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BANDITS KIDNAP YANKEE
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WASHINGTON. D. C„ Oct. 23.
The state department has been ad
vised of the kidnaping of American
Consular Agent William Jenkins,
who is reported to have been seized
at Pueblo, Mexico, and carried off
to the mountains, where he is be
ing held for a ransom of $150,000.
A special meeting of the heads of
departments is to be held today to
consider the outrage and decide
upon a plan of action.
WOMEN AIR POLICEMEN
ARE ADDED TO FORCE
NEW YORK. Oct. 23—Thirty
women air policemen have been
added to Greater New York's police
force.
LONDON. Oct. 23—The score:
convention of Irish republicans,
which was held in Ireland recently
in defiance of the order? issued by
the British authorities, has provoked
a bitter arraingment of the move
ment and those connected with t
by Viscount French, governor-gen
eral of Ireland, who is now in this
city.
French brands the Sinn Fein
movement as insane and illegal,
harboring assassins who do not hesi
tate to take the lives of soldier
and police when instructed by their
leaders to do so.
In the opinion of the governor
general. Ireland will never gel her
independence so long as the Sinn
Feiners continue active.
FOREIGN WORKERS
ARE USING TORCH
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Oct. 23.—
A number of Serbian and Italian
steel strikers were discovered last
night in the act of setting fire to
the homes of men who refused to
respond to the strike call. The dis
covery was made by the police, who
fired upon the foreigners when they
refused to surrender. Several of
them were shot, and it is believed
two w'ill die. A number of them
were taken into custody.
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R TEMPERATURE
R As reported by the government
R observation station. Xenana
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R Thursday, October 23.
R Maximum .„..29 above
R Minimum .21 above
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MEET AGAIN TO
WASHING'•OX, D. C.. Oct. 23.
The general committee of the rail
way trainmen, sent to this city to
confer with the railroad adminis
tration relatne to the demands of
the trainmen for an increase in
wages, will meet with the admin
istration officials again next Tues
day, at which time the negotiations
will be concluded or suspended, ac
cording to the attitude of the rail
way management.
It has beer, definitely decided by
the trammer, to call a general
strike unless their wage and working
conditions demands ar granted.
The sum of three hundred and
fifty million dollars has been paid
to railroad workers in advanced
wages since the railroads were taken
over by the Government
What They Want.
1 In a statement made before the
railway commission yesterday. Tim
othy Shea, president of the Brother
hood of Fireman, indicated that th"
employes of the roads would insis.
upon the granting of their demands
before the railroads are relinquished
by the Government The demands,
he said, probably would include a
substantia! increase r. wage-, with
time and a half for overtime, an
eight-hour day. and materia! changes
in working conditions.
PARIS EXPECTED
VERDUN. Oct. 23.—General Pc
tain, defender of Verdun, accom
panied- Kind Alfonso of Spain over
the battlefields this week, describ
ing the German attack or. Verdun
and the successful manner in which
the French forces defended the po
sition, the loss of which at any time
during the war would have rendered
the position of France precarious.
The king was informed that the
attack did not come as a surprise,
as it was expected that the enemy
would seek a passage through
France from that direction.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 23.—
Further improvement was noted in
the condition of President Wilson
this morning, according to a state
ment issued by Dr. Grayson, who
reports that the White House pa
tient is progressing as satisfactoriP
as possible under the circumstances
The fact that the President has
been required partially to resume
his official duties in connection with
important questions which have
arisen has tended somewhat to re
tard recovery.