WHERE. RAIL5 AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1920
NO. 134
PEACE OFFICERS DEMOLISH IRISH TOWN
COMMUNISTS THREA TEN SEIZURE OF COAL MINES
TESTS SHOW EFFICIENCY OF RADIO CONTROL OF SHIPS
AGAINST POLAND
WARSAW, Sept. 21.—The Polish
war office has been advised of the
heavy concentration of Russian
troops along the Niemen river, be
yond the Polish Northeastern front,
and it is expected that a new of
fensive will be launched within the
next few days. Leon Trotsky is re
ported to have arrived on the scene
to direct operations.
* Poles Advancing.
There has been a general Polish
advance along the Southern front,
the reports from that sector stating
that the Bolsheviki have been driv
en from Eastern Galicia.
UP TO THE LEAGUE.
PARIS. Sept. 21.—The Polish and
Lithuanian governments have agreed
to suspend hostilities pending an in
quiry by the League of Nations
V relative to boundary disputes.
ADMIT RETIREMET.
LONDON, Sept. 21.—Official wire
less dispatches received in this city
from Moscow admit the retirement
of Russian forces in the Lemberg
sector, where the Polish forces are
I conducting offensive operations.
LEAGUE IN ACTION.
PARIS, Sept. 21. — Finland and
Sweden are reported to have con
sented to let the League of Nations
settle the dispute relative to the
possession of the Aaland islands.
RIOTS AT PETROGRAD.
LONDON, Sept. 21. — Serious
anti-Bolsheviki riots are in progress
in Petrograd, according to advices
received in Berlin. Details of the
disturbances aje not obtainable, how
ever.
DEFUNCT PACKERS ARE
ON TRIAL FOR CRAFTS
CHICAGO, Sept. 21—Eight offi
# cials of the defunct Consumers’
Packing company went to trial yes
terday on the charge of alleged use
of the mails for fraudulent purposes.
It is claimed that the violated the
“blue sky” laws.
RAILWAY STRIKE OFF; ^
MEN VOTE TO RETURN
CHICAGO, Sept. 21—John Gru
/ nau, leader of the striking yardmen,
switchmen and enginemen of the
Chicago 'district, has issued a state
ment in which he adm:ts that the
walkout is at an end. At meetings
held during the pas: several days,
the men voted overwhelmingly to
return to their places, thus formally
^ terminating' the strike.
MONTREAL HOTEL HAS
SPECIAL BOMB PARTY
MONTREAL, Sept. 21—The po
lice of this city are trying to estab
lish a motive for the attempt to
dynamite a hotel owned by Wilfred
Cornier, which had a narrow escape
V from destruction on Saturday. One
susrect has been placed under ar
rest, but the affair is very much in'
the nature of a mystery.
FACTIONAL FIGHTING TAKES
ALARMING TURN IN IRELAND
LOW WATER PUTS I
SHIPMENTS BACK
ON YUKON RIVER
Unusually low water in the Yu
kon and tributary rivers is causing
transportation men considerable wor
ry just at present, and it !s not by
any means certain that all of the
freight now on the river will be
landed before the freezeup. Cap
tain Jules Oliver, who brought the
steamer Tanana to port on Satur
day, says that he has never seen
such low water in the Tanana river
during his many years’ service with
Northern transportation companies.
Agent J. H. Seott, of the White
Pass company, admits that condi
tions are bad, but says he is *of
the opinion that most of the freight,
if not all of it, will be delivered in
spite of the low water. Approxi
mately 75 percent of the freight
now enroute, he says, has reached
Gibbon, and the work of moving
the barges up the Tanana river is
progressing steadily, although some
what more slowly than under nor
mal conditions.
The steamer Tanana arrived in
port late Saturday with a heavily
laden barge and is now down river
picking up another barge which was
left just below the mouth of the
Kantishna river by the Reliance. As
soon as that barge i3 delivered here,
the Tanana will return to Gibbon
for another tow. The Reliance,
which was brought up river by Cap
tain George Green, has been laid up
here, there being no crew available
to keep the boat in commission.
The steamer Alaska, enroute to
Nenana from Dawson, reached Gib
bon shortly after noon today and
will arrive during the week with a
tow
The freight brought up river by
the Tanana included part of a new
j arrow-gauge locomotive for the
Tanana Valley road, and six flatcars
for use on the Fairbanks line.
BOXING COMMISSION
PUTS BAN ON FIGHT
BOSTON, Sept. 21.—For some
reason which has not been made
public, the state boxing commission
has refused to sanction a meeting
between Jack Dempsey and Frank
Moran, for the heavyweight cham
pionship.
BODIES OF SOLDIERS
TO BE SHIPPED HOME
CHERBOURG, France, Sept. 21.
—Preparations for the shipment of
the bodies of American soldiers to
the United States are going forward
rapidly. Hundreds of carpenters are
engaged in building coffins and many
seamstresses have been employed to
prepare the linings and ornaments.
DUBLIN", Sept. 21.—The town of i
Balbripgan, a watering and manu
facturing place in County Dublin,
21 miles north of this city, was
wrecked by auxiliary police last
night in retaliation for the shooting
of two officers earlier in the eve
ning. Two civilians were killed dur
ing the attack of the peace officers
and scores were wounded.
When the officers retired from
the town, a total of 28 houses were
in ruins, most of them burned. The
destroyed property included the resi
dences of all the prominent Sinn
Feiners in the town and a large
hosiery factory, owned by Irish and
English capital.
The attack of the officers was
followed by a wholesale exodus of
residents, hundreds of the refugees
seeking shelter in this city. The
attack was carried out by a force
of 50 officers, armed with guns and
torches. The two civilians reported
killed were dragged from their
homes and bayoneted and shot. The
officers have threatened to return
to the town tonight to complete
their work of destruction.
TO BREAK MOVEMENT.
LONDON, Sept. 21.—The Sinn
Fein intelligence bureau asserts that
it has learned that the military gov
ernment, acting in conjunction with
members of the cabinet, has decided
to break the republican movement
when the British parliament reas
sembles on October 10. The Daily
Mail says that it is the intention of
the government to call for volun
teers to maintain order in Ireland.
TROUBLE IN BELFAST.
BELFAST, Sept. 21.—There was
another outbreak in this city last
night in spite of the presence of a
large number of soldiers. While
the destruction of property was in
progress and opposing factions were
arrayed against each other, troops
stormed the crowd and fired into the
rioters, seriously wounding a num
ber of them, including several wom
en. Quiet prevails today.
COMMUNISTS PLAN
COUP IN SCOTLAND
LONDON, Sept. 21. — Extraor
dinary rumors are current in Lan
ark county, Scotland, to the effect
that Scottish Communists have
planned a sensational coup, to be
sprung at Blantyre, south of Glas
gow. The news of the threatened
outbreak is contained in advices re
ceived in this city from Hamilton.
The reports state that officers
were bluntly informed that the seiz
ure of coal pits was imminent and
that a soviet system of mining con
trol would be established.
The reports have created consid
erable excitement in this city and
steps have been taken by the gov
ernment to ascertain the source of
the rumors referred to.
RADIO CONTROL PERFECTED
WASHINGTON’, D. C., Sept. 21.
—A series of tests conduted by the
navy department, to determine the
possibilities of radio control of ves
sels, have fulfilled the highest ex
pectations of naval officers in charga
of the experiments, according to an
nouncement made today by depart
ment officials.
The old battleship Iowa was used
for the experiments and was navi
gated successfully by officers on the
deck of the Ohio, by the aid of
wireless apparatus especially de
signed for that purpose. The tests
showed that radio control is effec
tive up to 12 miles.
CONTRACTS ARE LET
FOR AERIAL ROUTES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 21.1
—The postofiice department has J
awarded contracts for three new
aerial mail routes, at a total cost of
$685,000 a year.
DYNAMITE UNCOVERED
BY STEAM-SHOVEL RIG
SPOKANE, Sept. 21.—A steam-1
shovel operating north of this city
uncovered a 20-pound sack of dy
namite grenades yesterday, the ex
plosive having been buried near the
spot where the I. W. W. convention
was broken up by the police re
cently.
TAMPICO FIRE COSTS
OIL OWNERS HEAVILY
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Sept. 21.—
Approximately $1,000,000 worth of
oil and other property at Tampico,
Mexico, was destroyed by fire yes
terday, according to telegraphic ad
vices received in this city. Motion
pictures of the blaze will be ready
for distribution at an early date.
VETERANS GATHERING
FOR ANNUAL MEETING
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 21.—Thou
sands of Civil war veterans are ar
riving- here to attend the fifty
fourth annual encampment of the
Grand Army ef the Republic.
DOTS PREPARING
1 TO WAGE WAR ON
WE! CANDIDATES
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. 21.
'—Officials of the Anti-Saloon
I league have published a partial list
of congressional candidates against
whom the league will wage war be
cause of their attitude on the pro
' hibition question. Wayne Wheeler,
1 general counsel of the league, is
authority for the statement that ev
ery candidates who is not recorded
: as favorable to the rigid enforce
jment of prohibition will be “fought
1 to the finish.”
Judge* Warned.
At a conference of the Anti-Sa
loon league held in this city last
week, a committee was named to
draft resolutions warning federal
judges that unless they “sacredly
perform their sacred duties” iry con
nection with the enforcement of
prohibition laws, the league will seek
their impeachment. It is under
stood that members of the league
will follow all court proceedings
closely in order that accurate check
may be kept on all federal magis
trates.
MISSING PILOT SAFE;
LOCATED AT SHAFTER
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21.—
Pilot Eaton, for whose safety some
concern was felt last week because
of his failure to report after leaving
Reno with the eastbound mail, was
located on Saturday at Shafter, safe
and sound.
SAN FRANCISCO BOYS
ARE HELD FOR THEFT
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21.—
Jem Smith, aged 21, and Charles
Guthrey, aged 16, were placed un
der arrest in this city late yester
day afternoon on suspicion of being
implicated in the theft of bonds
valued at $18,000, which were stolen
recently and later recovered. Both
boys deny knowledge of the robbery.
MILLERAND CONSENTS
TO TAKE PRESIDENCY
PARIS, Sept. 21.—Premier Mille
rand has consented to become a
candidate for the presidency of
France, to succeed President Paul
Deschanel, whose ill health has
forced him to retire from office.
The national assembly will convene
at Versailles on Friday for the pur
pose of considering the election.
CAMPAIGN PROBE WILL
BE RESUMED TOMORROW
’ WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 21.
—The campaign investigation com
r”!ttee of the senate will resume its
sessions tomorrow, in this city.
!
NEW YORK, Sept. 21—A spe
cial grand jury, called for the put
pose of investigating the Wall street
explosion of last week, convened
yesterday and is busily engaged in
examining witnesses.
Edwin H. Fischer, who was de
tained at Hamilton, Ont., in connec
tion with postcard warnings of the
disaster, arrived from the North yes
terday morning and was subjected
to a rigid examination at police
headquarters. The most that could
be drawn from him was that “More
will happen. Unseen powers have
communicated this to me." He was
called before the grand jury later in
the day, but the authorities attach
little significance to his testimony
because of his eccentricities.
More Alarm*.
William B. Edwards, collector cf
internal revenue, received a post
card on Saturday warning him that
[ an attempt would be made to blow
! up the customs house. The card
was signed “Citizen,” and stated
that the explosion would take place
at two o’clock.
Edwards announced yesterday
that an investigation had been made,
following the receipt of the warn
ing, but that it had failed to dis
close a plot. He says he is inclined
to believe the warning was a hoax.
HARDING HAS PROGRAM
FOR HELPING FARMERS
MARION, O., Sept. 21.—Senator
Harding has outlined a program de
signed to keep the nation self-sus
taining and to improve the condi
tion of the farmer. He specifically
urges the following reforms: Larger
representation of farmers in public
affairs; scientific study of world
markets; establishment of a system
of co-operative associations for mar
keting; curtailment of unnecessary
price-fixing; administration of the
farm loan act so as to decrease ten
ancy; restoration of the railways to
the highest state of efficiency; revi
sion of the tariff to protect Ameri
can agriculture against unfair com
petition.
ROCKEFELLER WORRIED;
EXTRA GUARDS ON JOB
TARRYTOWN, N. Y., Sept. 21 —
Twelve extra guards, fully armed,
are pntroling the roads leading to
the Rockefeller estate. They were
placed on duty last night, following
the receipt of a threatening letter
and the appearance of a stranger,
apparently disguised, in the neigh
borhood.
MORRIS FOX RELEASED;
TRUNK CASE UNSOLVED
MONTEVIDEO, Sept. 21.—Morris
Fox, who was detained here on sus
picion that he might be Eugene
Leroy, alleged perpetrator of the De
troit trunk murder, has been re
leased, the local authorities having
satisfied themselves that he was not
in any way connected with the trunk
mystery.