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WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. „ MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1919. NO. 18S
AMERICAN FEDERATION BACKS MINERS
SENA TORS ADOPT FIRST LEAGUE RESERVATION
NEW YORKERS ST ART DRIVE ON RADICALISM IN STATES
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BUZZARD SIOPS
COMMUNICA1IONS
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DENVER, Colo., Nov. 10.—Trans
continental railroad and telegraph
communication has been interrupted
by a blizzard of unusual severity
east of Denver. Telegraph poles
are reported to have been torn
down for a distance of eight miles
and trains are stalled at several
points, waiting for the tracks to be
cleared. The greatest damage oc
curred near North Platte.
Below zero weather is reported
from several points in Colorado,
Kansas, and Nebraska, and in some
towns in the cold belt the fuel sup
ply is practically exhausted, with no
hope of relief.
SNOW IN MANITOBA.
WINNIPEG, Nov. in.—Snow is
reported to have fallen steadily dur
ing the past two days in Southern
Manitoba, there being three feet on
the ground now in some localities.
CREW OF STEAMER
HALIFAX, N. S., Nov. 10.—
Steamers which were despatched to
the rescue of the crew of the Am
erican steamship Polar Land have
returned to port and report that
they were unable to find any trace
of the shipwrecked men, who were
compelled to abandon their vessel
off Cape Breton.
Wireless dispatches stated that
the Polar Land was sinking and
that the fifty members of the crew
were about to take to the small
boats.
NEGRO PAUL REVERES
GET YEAR FOR RIDES
HELENA, iArk., Nov. 10.—Seven
negro Paul Reveres, who spread the
news of the Elaine outbreak over
the countryside on October 1. and
appealed to colored residents to
gather, armed, at the homes of the
^ leaders, have been sentenced to a
year each on the charge of night
riding.
ALBERT IS REPORTED
VISITING IN MADRID
MADRID, Nov. 10.—King Alberl
cf Belgium and the members of hii
party who recently visited the Unit
ed States arrived here yesterday
and will be the guests of King Al
phonso during their stay in Spain
I INDIAN FIGHTER DIES;
WAS PIONEER PAINTEI
MISSOULA, Mont., Nov. 10.—
Edgar Spaxson, a pioneer Indiai
fighter of this state, and famec
k throughout the country for hi'
paintings of Western life, died heri
today. One of his best painting!
portrayed Custer’s last fight.
Smil, Alaska's SatSrler Fssl P*pe
AMERICAN FEDERATION WILL
BACK COAL MINERS’ STRIKE
HOLLANDERS ARE
NOT SURE ABOUT
! THE HAGUE, Nov. 10.—It is un-j
jderstood that the Netherlands gov-!
jemment considers the former Ger
man kaiser as a refugee and sees
no way to hold him as a criminal,
■ to be surrendered to the Allies
j upon demand. Should he desire to
'return to Germany at any time, it
is stated that he will be permitted
to do so, regardless of the extradi
tion proceedings contemplated by
the supreme council.
TO PREPARE LIST.
j PARIS, Nov. 10.—The supreme
[council will appoint a commission to
'■prepare a final list of the persons
j Germany will be required to sur
render to the Allies for trial. The
! commission also will designate the
places where the Germans will be
tried.
i SEATTLE, Nov. 10.—The adju
tant-general’s office has announced
that a diamond medal will be award
ed to the bravest Washington vet
eran. and Roosevelt post. Veterans
of Foreign Wars, ha? suggested that
the honor be conferred upon C. M.
Nelson, of this city, who enlisted
at Anchorage.
Nelson carried a wounded com
rade through a German barrage,
scorning mustard gas and the bul
lets of the enemy, and landed his
charge safely at the hospital behind
the American lines.
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PTTSBURG. Pa., Nov. 10.—Four
steel strikers nave been placed un
der arrest in this city on the charge
of using aynamite in an attempt
to wreck a house occupied by strike
breakers. Three other strikers are
being- held on a charge of trying to
wreck a car carrying strikebreakers
to work.
i The car was thrown off the track
by the caps placed on the rails, but
no damage resulted.
' j The Bazaar posters, which were
distributed today, were printed by
1 The News. The job printing de
partment of The News is equipped
^for all kinds of printing.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 10.—
The American Federation of Labor
ha? issued a public statement in
which it holds that the strike of the
coal miners is justified and an
nounces that the federation will
back the strikers to the limit.
The Anderson injunction is
branded as un-American and "so
autocratic as to stagger the human
mind.” The federation appeals to
the public to support the strike,
and declares that everything possi
ble will be done by the organiza
tion to protect the rights of the
coal miners.
The statement says the Lester
act, under which the Government
acted in the Anderson court pro
ceedings, was never intended to ap
ply to workers. The statement de
clares further that the use of the
act against the coal miners is an
injustice to all liberty-loving Ameri
cans, especially in view of the fact
that the officials of the United Mine
j Workers did everything possible to
avert the strike. The federation
reserves judgment on the attitude
of the Government, but points out
that 2,200 miners’ delegates, repre
senting 500,000 miners, attended the
; convention that called the strike. \
COMMITTEE MEETING.
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 10.—The
i general committee of the United
■ Mine Workers is in session this aft
| ernoon for the purpose of consider
ing the mandatory court injunction
demanding that the strike order be
.rescinded by tomorrow at 6 o’clock.
There has been no intimation, how
ever, as to what action the com
mittee will take.
MAY STAND PAT.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 10.—
\ Labor leaders in this city predicl
■ that the officials of the miners’ un
! ion will not attempt to end th«
: strike in accordance with the order*
I of Judge Anderson.
NEW YORKERS START
ANTI-RED CAMPAIGN
NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—The New
Y'ork Board of Trade is formulating
plans for a ero-ahead America pro
jrram. the chief object of which is
Sto handle rampant radicalism and
eliminate business abuses of the
hour.
Former Mayor Ole Hanson, of Se
attle, will aid the board in the fcork
devoting his energies chiefly to the
campaign which will be made against
the closed shop.
The board will endeavor to secure
the co-operation of civic bodies ir
all parts of the country and the
campaign, when launched, will have
national scope.
RESERVATION IS ADOPTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 10.— i
The first of the fourteen reserva-;
tions to the German peace treaty
formulated by the senate foreign
relations committee, and submitted
to the senate in the majority re
port of the committee, was adopted^
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j LONDON, Nov. 10. — The anti
Bolsheviki press of England is in
dignant over ^he attitude of Pre
mier Lloyd George toward the Rus-1
sian soviet government, his hint of
!an attempt to negotiate peace with
| the Bolsheviki having aroused a
'storm of disapproval throughout the
country, except in Bolsheviki quar
ters.
The London Maily Mail scouts the
idea of peace, declaring that such
negptiations as are proposed by the
premier would be like shaking hands
with murderers.
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by the senate today, by a substan
tial margin, the vote being 50 in
favor of adoption and 35 against
the reservation.
The reservation relates to the
withdrawal of the United States
from the League of Nations.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Nov. 10
—Fil'ty-three American soldiers, wh<
were attached to the American Ex
peditionary Forces in France, hav<
arrived here from overseas to com
mence serving time in the federa
penitentiary for offenses committee
in France.
The soldiers were convicted anc
sentenced by court-martial.
BOND PAYMENTS DUE.
Bond payments are due at thi
office of Special Disbursing Agen
Doner tomorrow, November 11.
LIGHTNING SETS
I OIL WELL BLAZE
I IN TEXAS f IELO
WICHITA FALLS, Tex., Nov. 10.
—Eighty acres of oil territory were
(swept by fire yesterday in the vi
cinity of Waggoner, the destruction
including a large part of that town
and scores of outfits near by.
! The fire was started by lightning
: which struck an oil tank and scat
jtered burning oil in all directions
i causing a property loss of about j
(million dollars.
| One of the fire-fighters is report
led to have lost his life in th«
j flames, and a score were more 01
(less seriously burned.
| The further spread of the fire
'was prevented with the greatesl
j difficulty, thousands of persons as
jsisting in the battle ag-ainst the
i flames.
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| HELENA, Nov. 10 —Charles Stev
1 ens, local bank messenger, who
| claimed to have been held up las!
| week and relieved of a large sum
| of money belonging to the bank,
has confessed to the police that hi
i framed the holdup, arranging with
associates to bind and gag him. Hi
says he had $40,000 of the bank'
monev in his possession at the time
of the fake holdup.
| When found, after the holdup.
Stevens appeared to have been
roughly used by the alleged bandits
and was taken to the hospital foi
treatment. Later, the police be
came suspicious and removed him
to the jail, where he admitted hi;
: guilt. Stevens is 18 years of age.
WASHINGTON PLAYERS
WIN GAME IN OREGON
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PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. 10.—The
Washington State college footbal
eleven defeated the Oregon elever
here on Saturday, the score bein;;
17 to 0.
AUSTRIA NOT SENDING
DELEGATES TO STATES
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j WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 10.—
The state department has been ad
vised that Austria will not sene
representatives to the intemationa
labor congress, now in session here
i The German delegates will sail To:
America on November 19.
The members of the Tanana Va!
ley Agricultural association met ii
1 regular session at Fairbanks on Sat
urday night, but only routine busi
ness was transacted.
Dan Hanoff. while at work on the
Sherwin woodsaw at a camp about
j nine miles south of town, near the
j railroad, almost lost his arm late
(Saturday afternoon as a result of
coming in eontaet with the swiftly
revolving saw. The muscles and
large bone of the forearm were
completely severed by the saw and
the flesh gashed in' a terrible man
ner.
The injured man was brought to
the hospital as soon after the ac
cident as possible, and yesterday an
(operation was performed by Dr.
(Malcolm E. Smith in an effort ro
isave the arm. The muscles were
j sewed together and the bone spliced
land the arm is now in a specially -
I designed cast.
i The fact that Hanoff s clothing
i was ground into the cut by the saw,
• and the further fact that he was a
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considerable time reaching the hos
pital, add greatly to the danger of
infection, but if complications do
not result, the injured member prob
ably will heal quickly and be
eventually almost as sound as before
the accident.
t The accident occurred, it is said,
while Hanoff was engaged in help
ing to shift the machine, while the
(saw was in motion. The carriage
'swung in a= he exerted his strength,
carrying his arm against the saw
in a slanting position.
FIS 10 DEVELOP
GENEVA, Nov. 10.—The Socialist
revolution, which was scheduled to
take place throughout Switzerland
on Friday, in celebration of the
second anniversary of the establish
ment of the Russian soviet govern
ment. failed to materialize.
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The plans of thb Socialists were
, widely advertised and considerable
of a demonstration was expected,
but the movement fell Rat.
SERBIA FREE OF SMALLPOX,
SAYS RED CROSS REPORT
BELGRADE.—For the first time
jin live years, Serbia is today free
of smallpox. Only three cases are
reported in the whole kingdom. The
announcement is made by the med
ical staff of the American Red Cross
headquarters in Belgrade, which re
cently made the even more gratify
ing announcement that Serbia is
once more free of typhus, after a
struggle of five years.
To the efforts of relief workers
of half a dozen nations that rallied
to the Serbian cal! of distress in
the black winter of 1915 the gov
ernment freely ascribes the eradica
tion of the twin plagues. Chief
among these workers were those of
the American Red Cross, which is
today operating a chain of eight
hospitals in Serbia.