WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1919.
NO. 215
VOL. II.
OPERATORS SAY SHOWDOWN IS COMING
' NEW COLD WEATHER RECORDS MADE IN STATES
' LOW POUND VALUETCAUSES CAN ADI AN MONEY SLUMP
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SEATTLE, Dec. 12.—According
to advices received from New York
today, Canadian currency continues
to be discounted 10 percent on the
stock exchange. This low rate ol
exchange, the advices say, is at
tributed to the fact that the Eng
lish pound sterling is quoted al
much below its normal value, to
day’s quotations showing the pound
worth only $3.66%
The dispatches say further thai
small hope of improvement is helc
out by financiers, who express the
belief that the pound will remair
low for some time.
BLAMES NEWSPAPERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 12.—
Luis Cabrera. Mexican secretary
treasurer and a prominent Jerican
ist, blames the American newspaper:
for the strained relations betweer
Mexico and the United States. He
says Yankee editors are inclined tc
be sensational, and many of then
are always ready to do the bidding
of rotten politicians.
HARVARD IS COMING
10 REPRESENT EAS1
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 12.—I
has been definitely decided to send
the Harvard football team to Pasa
dena, California, to represent the
East in the big game scheduled foi
New Year’s day. Oregon will rep
resent the West.
It had been decided earlier no
to send the team to the Pacific
coast, because of curtailed railway
service, but now that the coal strike
has been settled, it is believed sat
isfactory train arrangements can be
made.
The two soldiers belonging to the
local guard—Osborne and Stanton—
who took a little journey out the
line recently, without leave, lef
for Fort Gibbon today, ir. accord
ance with instructions received fron
the post yesterday. Th-- boys were
permitted to leave- the reserve las
night for the first time since thei:
escapade.
^ Chris Nelson will leave for the
Kantishna tomorrow with a quan
tity of supplies, which he will hau
to the diggings with a team o
seven dogs. He will go out on th,
train as far as Kantishna station
He is staying at the Rust House.
Arrivals from the Kantishna brinj
. the report that Ed Bartlett is oi
the way to Nenana with a part o
^ his freighting outfit and will take
back a considerable quantity of sup
plies for the Aitken mine.
FUEL ADMINISTRATION FEARS
PLAN OF WILSON WILL FAIL
i WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 12.—
According to stories in general cir
culation in this city today, it is the
opinion of Fuel Administrator Harry
A. Garfield that higher coal prices
to the public will be the result if
the commission authorized under the
: settlement plan of President Wilson
|is composed of one miner, one op
j era tor. and one representative of
jthe public, as provided in the agree
' ment. Garfield vigorously opposed
ithis form of settlement when the
j question was under consideration by
iPresident Wilson, but his objections
iwere set aside. He contends that
the commission should not have the
power to fix prices.
Resignation Talk.
It was announced late yesterday
afternoon that Garfield had tendered
his resignation to the President be
cause of the President’s refusal to
consider his views relative to the ]
coal strike settlement. It was also
reported that the resignation had
been accepted and that Railway Di
rector Hines had been asked to di
rect the fuel administration in addi
tion to his other duties. Garfield
refuses today to discuss the resigna- I
tion story.
SHOWDOWN COMING.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 12.—;
Coal operators of Central Pennsyl
vania have accepted the Govern- j
ment’s strike settlement plan, but
they contend that it is not a settle-,
men of the principles at stake, the
arrangement being merely a post
ponement of the final showdown
which is bound to come sooner or
I later.
In Hands of Miners.
A statement issued by the oper-,
iators today declares that Garfield’s
method of settling the strike was
interfered with by Government ofti
ficials who know little about the
coal situation. The result of this
action, the statement says, is that
the public and operators have been
delivered into the hands of the min
M1NES RESUMING.
CHICAGO. Dec. 12.—A general
increase in coal production is re
ported. today from all sections ex
cept Montana, Kansas, Washington,
and Wyoming, and the prediction
is made that the production will
reach normal by next week.
As a result of the resumption of
mining activities, local fuel restric
tions have been modified somewhat.
Rising temperatures throughout the
East and Middle West also have
relieved the situation somewhat.
Beginning tomorrow, retail stores of
| this city will be permitted to remain
open, in order that they may take
] full advantage of the holiday trade. ,
STICK BY DEMANDS.
j ELLENSBURG, Wash.. Dec. 12.— j
jCoal miners of the Cle Elum and '
| Roslyn fields declare that they will
not return to work until the opera
jtors have granted their demands for
a 60 percent wage increase, a six
'hour day and a five-day week,
i The operators will make no at
!tempt to reopen their mines until
, after the first of the yeajv
OTHERS WANT MORE.
MARION, 111., Dec. 12. — The
striking coal miners of the Marion
district say that it is their inten
tion to insist upon a 31 percent
wage increase. They have co desire
to return to work until a settlement
has been reached on that basis.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 12.—
In his annual report to the secre- j
tary of the interior, which was made i
public yesterday afternoon, Gover
nor Thomas Riggs, of Alaska, says
that lawlessness fomented by the ,
Reds is becoming a menace in cer-1
tain sections of Alaska, particularly |
along the coast.
Regarding general conditions in
the North, the Governor points out
that, •'for lack of intelligent Gov
ernment assistance, the resources of
Alaska lie in idleness."
The report makes a plea for more
liberal policies.
GUNBOAT SMITH GETS
DRAW WITH ANDERSON
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1 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12.—j
Gunboat Smith and Ole Anderson t
of Seattle fought a draw in this 1
city last night.
CARPEN'TIER ISSUES
CHALLENGE TO JACK
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PARIS, Dec. *12.—Georges Car
pentier, champion heovyweight of
1 Europe, has issued a formal chai
lenge to Jack Dempsey, American
champion.
i today from Fairbanks and will hold
•,mass at the local Catholic church
■itomorrow morning at 7:30, Sunday |
1 morning at 10:30, Monday morning
at 6:15, and Tuesday at 7:30.
■ Orlando Ghezzie, who has been
'employed at a camp on Goldstream,
j arrived in town on today’s train,
:.and is a guest at the Nenana House.
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’ ^ John Kingston, who is employed
« at the McDougall tie camp up the
■ river, left town this morning after
a hurried trip in on business.
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MEARS SENDS WIRE
DENYING PROMISES
Replying to a telegram of in
quiry regarding the much-discussed
trael: cross the Tarana river, be
tween Xenam and Camp 415
ivhicii tvaa sent to the coast by the
editor of the Fail-bank- New -Mine;
this week, Colonel Mears, chairman
and chief engineer of the Alaskan !
Engineering commission, informed
Editor Thompson yesterday after- -
noon, by wire, that there would be
nothing doing this winter in the:
,vay of track connections between
the two terminals.
“No promises were made by- the
Alaskan Engineering commission,’’
the chairman says, “relative to de
livering coal at Fairbanks, except
is regards the railroad transporta
tion of the same, provided the c-oai J
was made available by private coal
mine operators. It should be obvi
ous to everyone that it is out ot
the question to spend thousands oi
dollars laying a railroad track
across the ice to reach the dock at
Xenana, when the coal available for
shipment to-Fairbanks amounts to
only a few hundred to"s. More
particularly so when any sma'l quan
tity could be transported over the
ice by sled at a nominal expense.
“As it is quite evident that you
have been misinformed regarding the
coal situation in the Xenana field,
as well as the railroad tariffs to
Fairbanks, I have asked Mr. Browne
at Xenana to inform you in regard
to the coal situation, which will
doubtless serve to answer your in
quiry.”
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EUROPEANS CONFER
ON PEACE PROBLEM
LONDON', Dec. 12. — Premier j
Clemenceau of France and Foreign i
Minister Scialoia of Italy are in
conference in this city with Pre
mier Llovd George, having arrived
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from the mainland several days ago. j
Bonar Law is authority for the,
statement that the three officials
will discuss the Adriatic, Russian,
and Turkish questions, in an effort
to reach an agreement for the solu
tion of those vexing problems.
UNION PACIFIC NAMES
NEW HEAD OF SYSTEM
NEW YORK, Dec. 12—Carl R.
Gay has been elected president of
the Union Pacific system.
Zenana—Th* Gat* way to XcZinley
National Park.
TO EVEN UP SCORES
EAGLE PASS. Tex., Dec. 12.—
Four hundred Yillistas are reported
to have raided the Mexican town of
Muzquis this week in reprisal for
the execution of General Angeles
by the Carranza government. Stores
were looted and several prominent
citizens were seized as hostages.
Federal troops are reported to
have been despatched in pursuit of
the bandits.
COLORADO LAWMAKERS
APPROVE AMENDMENT
DENVER, Dec. 12—The lower
branch of the state legislature rati
fied the woman’s suffrage amend
ment yesterday and the question is
now under consideration before the
senate.
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llA FOLLEIIE SAYS
! RAILWAY PLAN BAD
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 12
In a speech made yesterday on the
; floor of the senate, during: a dis
'cussion of the Cummins railway
! control bill, Senator LaFollette vig
jorously opposed the measure, on
jthe grounds that its adoption will
'have a tendency to further increase
| the cost of living throughout the
country.
An increase in freight rates is
inevitable, he said, under tne pru
. visions of the bill, and higher freight
rates mean higher prices.
GERMAN NEWSPAPER IS
TALKING OF INSANITY'
BERLIN. Dec. 12.—Commenting
on the documentary pre-war his
‘tory, the Vorwaertz. a local news
paper. says that whoever reads the
marginal notes made by the ex- i
emperor will be convinced that Ger
many, before the war. was ruled by!
I next to a mad monarch.
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Engineer in Charge Fred’k D. i
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Browne, who has been looking over
the work at the end of steel and j
beyond, in the canvon, during the
past several days, will return to 1
town tonight.
Superintendent of Construction
W. L. Packer was out the line south
: of Nenana today on official busi
: ness.
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WILLAMETTE IS
FROZEN OVER AT
SALEM, Ore., Dec. 12.—Respond
inging to the continued influence of
the cold wave, which has enveloped
the Northwest in a grip that is
tightening- as the days pass, the
Willamette river, in which it is the
custom to hold swimming contests
and high-diving exhibitions during
the Christmas holidays, has frozen
over from shore to shore for a con
siderable distance.
THIRD TIME IN HISTORY.
PORTLAND. Dec. 12.—The Wil
lamette river is frozen over today
for the third time in history. The
sight of the ice extending from
bank to bank has attracted thou
sands to the river and the young
folks are looking forward to much
ice skating if the cold weather con
tinues.
NEW COLD RECORD.
SEATTLE, Dec. 12. — The cold
wave, which has been establishing
new low temperature records daily
during the past week, reached an
other cold weather notch this morn
ing. when local thermometers regis
tered 14 above zero. Tacoma re
ports 10 above, Yakima 20 below,
and Portland 2 above.
GOING DOWN.
YAKIMA. Wash., Dec. 12.- Tem
peratures are going down steadily
here this afternoon, the latest read
ing of local thermometers showing
22 below zero. Ellensburg reports
;51 below this afternoon.
LOT OF SNOW
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12.—Re
ports from the summit of the Sier
ras show a total snowfall of 60
inches since the commencement cf
the recent storm. Heavy snow and
washouts are reported in Northern
California and Southern Oregon,
with trains blocked at several points.
TURN WOMAN FREE
Arrivals from the Tolovana dis
trict bring the report that the jury
summoned to try Belle Mitchell on
the charge of having in her pos
session blueberry wine of the wal
lop variety, returned a verdict of
not guilty, at the conclusion of a
very spirited trial, in which Tom
Marquam acted as counsel for the
defense.
When the jurors ' retired, Mar
quam announced that a free dance
would be held as soon as the ver
dict had been rendered, and it is
said that the affair was SOME
dance.
Paul Hopkins, assayer for the bu
reau of mines station at Fairbanks,
was an arrival on today’s train from
the upper town, having been called
to Nenana on business matters.