WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1919.
NO. 219
ALLIES WILL RUSH SUPPLIES TO AUSTRIA
PROFESSOR PORTA SA YS WORLD IS STILL SECURE
SECRETARY LANE IS "READY TO RESIGN FROM CABINET
10 CUT PRICES
CHICAGO, Dec. 17.—In an ad
dress delivered in this city toda;
before a gathering of district at
torneys from all parts of the coun
try, called together to consider th
high cost of living, Federal Attor
ney General Palmer made a strom
appeal to the prosecutors to can
out the plans outlined by the de
partment of justice for a vigorou
campaign against the nation's profit
eers. He referred to the profiteer
as devils and urged the attorney
to go after them.
Palmer advocated the appointmen
of fair price committees in ever
community in the country, and h
called attention to the fact that th
women of the country could hel
the Government materially by pui
chasing only necessities until sue
time as prices become normal. H
also urged the formation of econc
my clubs and the frequent holdin
of conservation meetings as a mean
of keeping the campaign eonstantl
before the people.
The Government, he said, is eage
to render such assistance as it car
but it must have the co-operation c
the people themselves if the can
paign against profiteering is to su(
ceed.
CIDER FOR SALE
10 CELEBRANT!
XEW YORK, Dee. 17. — Larg
quantities of cider are being pu>
chased for sale along the Whit
Way on New Year’s eve, as a sut
stitute for the cheering wines tha
have warmed the blood of celebrant
in years gone by. Everything po:
sible will be done to give the jo\
district a holiday appearance, bo
the preparations are regarded wit
question by those who are expecte
to do their celebrating from the to
of the cider wagon.
IT’S AN ILL WIND.
CHICAGO. Dec. 17. — Believin
that the theaters of this city wi
be jammed on New Year’s eve i
consequence of prohibition, two o
the leading showhouses have ar
nounced an advance in prices, ranf
ing from $3.30 to $11.
Wine dinners and the other form
of hilarity permitted in the pas
will be banned this year and th
crowds, it is believed, will seek er
tertainment at the theaters.
TOMMY GIBBONS GETS
DECISION IN OREGOl
PORTLAND, Dec. 17. — Tomm
Gibbons was given a decision o
points in a ring encounter stage
in this city last night between Gil
bons and Jimmy Darcy.
AUSTRIANS TO GET SUPPLIES; !
J AMERICA EXPECTED TO HELP
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PARIS, Dec. 17.—The supreme • *
coiir . U is considering the initiation ;:
, of measures for the relief of Aus
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tria, which apparently has been un- :
able to recover from the war. Con- ■
ditions there, the council has been j
dvised, have reached a critical h
tage and assistance is necessary to |1
aye the country from total col- j.
apse and great suffering among the i 1
>eople. i
A representative of the Austrian ;
government appeared before the,;
eunci! this week for the purpose
if making a lengthy presentation of
Austria's difficulties, and as a result
if his visit, the council has decided
o forward 30,000 tons of food sup
dies to the suffering nation immedi
itely. for distribution.
Members of the council believe
that the co-operation of America in
the relief undertaking: is absolutely;'
necessary, since credits can be ob
tained only in America at this time.
The matter has been taken un i
formally with Washington.
UK
!! TO TEST VALIDITY
■ OF NEW DRY LAW
WASHINGTON, a. C.. Dec. 17—
? The state of Rhode Island, through
3 its official legal representative, At
'.torney General Rice, has requested
1 permission of the supreme court of
the United States to institute origi
’ na! proceedings for the purpose of
~ .testing the validity of the national
prohibition amendment, which is
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scheduled to go into operation on
January 16 next. #
r A similar request already has been
’ presented to the supreme court bv
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the Retail Liquor Dealers’ associa
tion of New Jersey, but the jurists
have not yet intimated what action
will be taken in the matter.
Other requests are expected from
other sections of the country and a
long legal battle is in prospect.
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‘ i BREST, Dec. 17.—Three Ameri
can officers were attacked last night
e by roughs as they were leaving a
concert hall. The officers were not
expecting trouble and were wholly
unprepared for the attack, the re
sult being that they’ were roughly
used before other soldiers came to
1 their rescue.
Lieutenant John Campbell receiv
ed several cuts on the head and
body and is seriously wounded.
Lieutenant Charles Nevin received
a bullet wound in the leg.
KIEV IS CAPTURED
s, LONDON, Dec. 17.—Wireless ad
t vices received in . this city today
e from the Bolsheviki headquarters at
.- Moscow announce the capture by
| the Lenine forces of the city of
Kiev.
j The Bolsheviki also claim that
4 they have occupied the city of Kupi
ansk, southeast of Kharkov.
V j
n Mrs. R. P. Bagley left for the
T coast this morning by way of Broad
- j Pass, having engaged passage “over
the hump” with Pat Marshall.
SECRETARY LANE TO QUIT
WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 17.—
Secretary of the Interior Franklin
K. Lane has issued a public state
ment in which he denies the reuorl
that he has resigned from the cabi
net. He admits, however, that he
has contemplated resigning, but has
not yet talked to President Wilson
about it, for the reason that he does
not wish to add to the burdens and
worries under which the President
is now laboring.
The statement says in conclusion:
j “I do not know when the time will
jcome when 1 can resign.’’
WORLD STILL MOVES
IN SPITE OF PORTA
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—The su-j
perstitious of the country were filled
with astonishment this morning j
when they awoke to find the old '
world still revolving, with no evi- j
dence of the disturbance predicted :
by Prof. Albert F. Porta, who an
nounced months ago that the ur,-!
usual grouping of six mighty plan
ets, such as had not been recorded
in a score of centuries, would cause
the United States to be swept by
the most terrific cataclysm experi
enced since human history began.
Scientists scoffed at the predic
tion. arguing that the world had
escaped, since the eleventh century,
many just such disasters as had ,
been predicted by Porta. But the .
superstitious of the nation approach
ed the indicated day with fear and ,
misgiving. Many even went so far
as to prepare themselves for the
end of the world.
Porta claimed that the predicted
upheaval, scheduled to begin on De
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cember 17, would be caused by the
hugest sunspot on record—a sunspot
that would be visible to the naked
eye. To use the words of th" mis
guided prophet, “The sunspot tha’.
will appear on December 17 will be
a vast wound in the side of the
sun. It will be a gigantic explosion
of flaming gases, leaping hundreds
of miles out into space. It wil1 ;
have a crater large rr.ough to en
gulf the earth, as Vesuvius might
engulf a football.
“Such a sunspot will be rich
enough to electro-magnify energy
to fling the atmosphere of our plan
et into a disturbance without prece
dent or parallel.
“There will also be gigantic lava
eruptions, great earthquakes, to say
nothing of floods and fearful cold.
“I make this startling prophecy
with no desire to be merely sensa
tional or alarming. It is because
certain results with mathematical
certain, that I say to you:
“Be warned in advance. Tre
mendous thing’s are going to happen
from December 17 to December 20,
1919, and afterwards.
“Here are the simple yet astound
ing facts that enable me to make
this prophecy:
“The planets in their orbits swing
in great ellipses about the sun.
They are linked to the sun, and to
each other, by chains of , electro
magnetic energy whose compelling
forces counteract each other and
hold each planet in its regular path.
“Whenever two planets wheel into
such position that they puli togeth
er with the sun—either in •con
junction' to the same side of the
sun, or in ‘opposition’ with the sun
between them, their united pull
causes the sun’s gases to ‘explode’
—to leap out into space in the
whirling volcano we call a sunspot.
“These sunspots in turn cause
storms in the atmosphere of our
earth—doubtless in other planets as
well.
“Two planets united are enough
to cause a small sunspot and a
small storm. Three cause a larger
one—four make a very great storm
indeed.
"But—on December 17, 1919, no
less than seven planets will pull
jointly on the sun. These will in
clude all the mightiest planets, those
with the most powerful pull.
“Six of them — Mercury, Mars.
Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and N’ep
tune—will be in conjunction; group
ed together in the greatest Teague
of planets’ ever known in the an
nals of astronomy.
“They will be massed in the nar
row limit of 26 degrees, on the
same side of the sun.
“Directly opposite, coming into
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LAWRENCE, Mass.. Dec. 17.— ;
The streets of Lawrence, in which j
was starred in 1912 the memorable
textile strike, were the scene of a
| different sort of demonstration to
day, when more than a thousand I
workers left their spindle? and looms
!to greet William Wood, president;
, of the American Woolen company,
jwho has come to Lawrence to con- j
fer with the Chamber of Commerce
jin connection with his demand for
'■ a lowering of living costs. Wood j
has announced that, unless there is;
a material lowering of prices here. '
j he will establish a large store
^wdiere employes may buy living ne
1 cessities at cost.
President ood was very unpop
ular during the ‘ 1912 strike, be-,
cause of his refusal to consider the
demands of the company’s employes,
but the workers hail him now as a
i savior come to rescue them from the
grip of food profiteers.
LEGION UNABLE 10
PUT HAYWOOD DOWN
—
| CHICAGO, Dec. 17.—The United
States Government is powerless to
; prevent radicals from *;pounding
Aheir doctrines from the public plat
form, according to a decision of
Federal Judge K. M. Landis, who
, has informed representatives of the
1 Detroit branch of the American le
1 gion that it is not within his power,
to issue an order preventing W. H
1
; Haywood from speaking publicly at
Detroit.
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I In explaining the limitation of
his authority. Judge Landis said that
j “it is the outrage of the century
that Haywood and others of his
■ kind in the United States must be.
permitted to make public speeches."
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The train which left Nenana for
the end of steel this morning car
ried a considerable number of pass
engers, several of whom are en
route to the coast, some to the Kan- ’
tishna district, and others to the
big camp which is being established
at the north end of the canyon. All i
seats in the coach and caboose were :
j occupied, and several were standing ,
Iwhen the train left.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 17.—
’resident Deck of the American
'orestry association has issued a
tatement in which he strongly
trges the passage of the Poindexter
till, providing for a survey of the
>u!p-wood timber lands of the
Northwest, with a view a relieving
he newsprint situation, which is
■apidly becoming acute in the Unit
'd States. 1
Apeeal to Pubiishers
The house postal committee, which
la? been engaged lately in consid
ering the bill providing for the t
driction of newspapers to 24 pages.
ia; issued an appeal to publishers
;o observe the strictest economy in
he use of newsprint.
The committee has deferred ac
■lon or. the bill for a period of six
months, hoping that a way out <of
:he difficulty will be found in the
meantime.
The committee has asked all nt'« -
rapers throughout the United States
to reduce their consumption of
newsprint 10 percent for a period
>f six months, and it is probable
hat, at the er.d of that time, if the
laper situation is still serious, th ■
ommittee will recommend that
rublications be restricted to a cer
tain number of pages.
WIIH INVENTION
SEATTLE, Dec. IT.—Alfred Hub
>ard, a 19-year-old boy residing in
his city, has invented a machine
vhieh promises to solve the problem
>f perpetual motion. It is claimed
hat the invention will generate
dectrical power from the air with
<ut the application of other source*
>f energy, and will operate indefi
nitely.
Rev. Father William E. Smith,
rrofessor of physics at Seattle col
ege, who has witnessed the opera
tion of the machine, declares that
t is destined to replace all existing
rower generators. He says young
lubbard stumbled on to the prin
dple, the existence of which pre
viously had been unsuspected, an 1
vhieh advances the whole theory of
deetrieity.
Puzzled electrical experts are now
making an examination of the in
vention.
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