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WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1920.
NO. 139
POLISH FORCES HAVE CAPTURED VILNA
BASEBALL QUIZ THREA TENS MORE DISCLOSURES
BRITISH SOLDIERS BURN BUILDINGS OF SINN FEINERS
HOUSES BURNED
B¥ SOEDIERS PUT
TRIM. County Meath, Ireland,
Oct. 2.—Because of the burning of
the police barracks and the wound
ing of a constable, the "black and
tan” police descended on the town
last night and attacked the resi
dences of Sinn Feiners, setting tire
to 30 of them and indulging in in
discriminate shooting. There were
several casualties.
EXPLOSION IN CORK.
CORK, Oct. 2.—A violent explo
sion demolished a large dry goods
store in this city last night, and :t
is believed today that the wreck
was caused by a bomb.
The town of Mallow, near this
city, was sacked by the 17th lancers
last night as a reprisal fqr the kill
ing of an army , sergeant. Forty
buildings were burned and there
was much promiscuous shooting.
NEWSPAPERS WORRIED.
LONDON. Oct. 2.—The newspa
pers of this city manifest much
anxiety over the "black and tan
reprisals in Ireland, and the govern
ment is called upon sharply to stop
what is described as semi-official
lynch law.
MAY BE WAR.
BEFLAST. Oct. 2.—A continu
ance of rioting and bloodshed here
is regarded officially as an intolera
ble situation and the proposal of
Ulster for an armed civic guard
probably will be adopted, notwith
standing the threat of the Sinn Fein
ers that such action will be regard
ed as a declaration of war. result
ing in an uprising of Irish Nation
alists. The threat of the Sinn Fein
ers, however, is not regarded seri
ously.
SOLDIERS WARNED.
DUBLIN, Oct. 2. — Sir Homer
Greenwood, chief secretary for Ire
land, has warned the Royal Irish
constabulary against reprisals. He
admits that provocations exist, but
says the government will not coun
tenance reprisals.
Arthur Rodrigue Griffith, founder
of the Sinn Fein, has issued a state
ment in which he charges that re
prisals in Ireland are a calculated
policy of the government and that a
plot exists to assassinate Irish re
publican leaders.
Roy Blanchard, of Big Eldorado
creek, is under the care of a doctor
in Fairbanks as the result of a
sprained shoulder.
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RUSSIAN STRIKE "MOVEMENT
THREATENS SOVIET REGIME
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Mrs. Hawley W. Sterling went to
Fairbanks yesterday to await the
return of her husband, who is mak
ing a wagon road recon naisanee in
the Valdez Creek country.
Assistant United States Attorney
H. J. Atwell, who arrived from the
lower river on the steamer Tanana.
went to Fairbanks on yesterday’s
train.
Caribou hunters have brought a
! considerable quantity of meat to
town during the past several days.
Most of the animals were shot with
in a few miles of North Nenana,
along the railroad.
Robert Cacy and Nick Knudson.
1 who recently completed a grading
contract at Bridge 10, on the Tan
ana Valley line, came down from
Fairbanks yesterday for settlement.
The Kirkpatrick plane, of the Al
aska squadron, was at Saskatoon on
Thursday. The three other planes
were sighted from Ninth Cabin, B.
C.. during the afternoon, bucking a
head wind.
Postal Inspector E. G. Wetzler,
who arrived from the lower river
this week, plans to spend a consid
erable part of the winter in Nenana.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gilcher will
be outgoing passengers on the
steamer Alaska tonight. headed for
the States, where they will reside in
future. They are planning an auto
tour for the early winter and will
think about settling down when
spring comes. Mr. Gilcher has dis
posed of his home and business, but
still retains property interests in
Xenana.
According to advices received in
Fairbanks, Mr. and Mrs. J. Harmon
Caskey are now located in Salt Lake
City, where they are conducting a
small rooming house, known as The
Palms.
Mr. and Mrs. Erie Brown are lo
cated temporarily at Wichita, Kan
sas, where Mr. Brown is receiving
treatment for a paralytic stroke.
Mrs. John Vachon announces that
the raffle for her fur coat will take
place about the middle of this
month, provided sufficient tickets
have been sold by that time. Tick
ets are on sale at a number of
places about town.
A watch belonging to the late
Mrs. Simpson, of Fairbanks, was raf
fled this week in the upper town.
The winning number is 93, with 55
second choice and 119 third choice.
Attached to yesterday’s train from
Fairbakns was a carload of vegeta
bles for the Alaskan Engineering
commission, purchased from the
farmers of the Fairbanks district.
[ COPENHAGEN, Oct. 2.—Accord-j
: inp to information received in this
■ city from Helsinpfors, there is a
i rapidly spreading strike movement
: in Russia which threatens to topple
1 Trotsky and Lenine from their posi
; tions of authority. Travels arriv
i inp at Helsinpfors report that seri
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t ous disturbances have occurred in
; various parts of Russia, particularly
| in Petroprad, where street conflicts
resulted in hundreds of deaths. Sev
' eral soviet commissioners were killed
i by mobs.
| Persistent rumors are in circula
j tion to the effect that Leon Trotsky
j was wounded durinp the liphtinp,
and it is also reported that General
Budeny is beinp court-martialed at
Petroprad. Another report states
| that resolutions were adopted at a
Petroprad mass meetinp demandinp
' immediate peace with the entire
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VICTORY COMPLETE.
, WARSAW, Oct. 2.—The defeat o: ;
, the Russians on the Polish Northern .
front seems complete, according to
official information received here
this morning. The reports state
that the soviet troops are retreating
to the east in disorder, to avoid be
ing surronued by the Poles.
The Polish offensive is regarded
as having eliminated the possibility
of a Russian counter attack.
WRANGEL ON JOB.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 2.—
The forces of General Wrangel, op
erating in Southern Russia, have
captured the important city of Khar
kovipt. This advances the Polish
army considerably and seriously
threatens the Russian lines of com
munication.
FOURTH ARMY GONE.
RIGA. Oct. 2.—The Polish peace
delegation has been advised that the
Polish encircling movement has re
sulted in the coUapse of the Fourth
Bolshevik army, with the capture o:
20,000 prisoners and many machine
guns. The Russians admit the cap
ture of Yilna by the Poles.
BASEBALL INQUIRY
MAY INVOLVE MANY
CHICAGO, Oct. 2.-—The grand
jury which has been engaged in in
vestigating the 1919 world’s series
has been made a special body to
continue a search of baseball history
for evidences of crookedness. The
taking of testimony will be resumed
on Monday, a number of players and
magnates having been summoned to
appear before the investigators.
Prosecuting Attorney Hoyne has
announced that the investigation will
be widespread and will undoubtedly
result in more indictments. Suffi
cient evidence already has been ob
tained, he says, to warrant the
prosecution of several major league
players.
CLEAR BILL.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2.—District At
torney Lewis, of Kings county, has
issued a statement in which he an
nounces that a rigid investigation
. conducted by his office has failed to
, disclose any plan to fix this year’s
world’s series. All members of the
Brooklyn National club have been
exonerated.
NEW PLAN.
CHICAGO, Oct. 2. — President
Heydler of the National league ha
outlined plans for the creation of a
new body to take the place of the j
national baseball commission. It will
be of nation-wide scope and com
posed of prominent men. the pur
pose of the plan being to rid base
ball of gambling. It is expected :
that the new movement will take
form shortly after the world’s series.
FAKING PACKER HELD
ON FEDERAL CHARGES
CHICAGO, Oct. 2.—Eli P. Fael
zor, president of the Consumers’
Packing company, entered a plea of
guilty yesterday in a local federal
court when he and seven other offi
cials of the company were placed
on trial on the charge of conspiracy
to use the United States mails to
defraud.
BRITISH COAL STRIKE
POSTPONED FORTNIGHT
LONDON, Oct. 2.—As a result of
a conference between Premier Lloyd
George and representatives of Brit
ish coal miners, the threatened coal
mine strike has been postponed an
other fortnight, pending which time
further efforts will be made to reach
a settlement.
RUTH HITS BIG TRUCK;
LANDS IN THE DITCH
MERIDAN, Conn., Oct. 2.—While!
speeding along the road yesterday
in his new roadster. Babe Ruth!
bunted a passing truck and landed !
in the ditch, his car a complete i
wreck. The champion heavy-hitter,
however, escaped unhurt.
AMERICAN DESTROYER
HITS MINE OFF RIGA
RIGA, Oct. 3.—The American de
stroyer Cailate is reported to have
struck a mine yesterday afternoon
while entering Riga bay. Details
of the incident, however, are unob
tainable.
NO SUCH DESTROYER.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 2.—
The navy list shows no such de
, stroyer as the Cailate.
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Mrs. John Vachon went to Fair
banks yesterday.
Mrs. Clara Allred, proprietor of
the Canyon roadhouse, on the Broad
Pass trail, eight miles south of
Healy, is among the out-of-town
visitors in Nenana.
The J. H. Groves residence on
Cushman street, Fairbanks, was the
scene of a small blaze this morning.
The fire was extinguished before the
arrival of the fire department and
very little damage resulted.
First class mail is due at Fair
banks from the States tomorrow.
.-vrtnur G. Beil, ot The News man
agement, will be an outgoing pass
enger on the steamer Alaska to
night. headed for the States for the
benefit of his health.
Among those who went to Fair
banks on yesterday's train were:
Assistant District Attorney H. J.
Atwell, Mrs. John Vachon, Mrs.
Andy Livingston, Peder N'ilson, Carl
White, Pete Howland, H. J. Car
lisle, R. D. Johnson.
Tom Wade and John Nelson, well
known oldtimers, arrived in Fair
banks this week from the Circle j
country and will winter in the up- j
per town.
M. V. Tyler, who has been a pa
tient at the Government hospital
during: the past several days, was1
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permitted to go home this afternoon.
Iver Quenboe, W. Kirby and S.
O. Guerney, members of the Mills
party, made a trip along the Fair- j
banks line this week, taking stock
of ties and other supplies. They
made the trip north on a handcar:
and returned to Xenana this after
noon on the special train.
Jacob Rosskupf, P. Baterno and j
Steve GroUac, natives of Austria, |
have made application at Fairbanks
to become citizens of the United.
States.
United States Commissioner Reed :
Heilig, of Fairbanks, announces that i
he has received checks for the pay- |
ment of territorial pensions and is
ready to distribute them.
A freight train which was des
patched from North Xenana during
the night reached Fairbanks at
three o’clock this morning and was
sent back this afternoon, coach at
tached, with the passengers and bag
gage for the steamer Alaska.
There will be a regular monthly
mail service between Xenana and
Kantishna during the coming winter,
but the name of the carrier has not
yet been announced.
Banana, Whera Balia and Blvara IKaat
LONDON, Oct. 2. — Dr. Briton,
who has been devoting his personal
attention to the ease of Terence Mc
Sweeney, lord mayor of Dublin, who
is in prison here on the charge of
sedition and who has refused to take
nourishment since his arrest, in
formed the prisoner today that he
was sinking fast and could not pos
sibly last much longer. The infor
mation was given to McSweeney as
a last appeal to him to break his
fast. This is the fifty-tirst day of
his hunger strike.
Rumors are widespread in Eng
land concerning plots against the
government in the event of the
death of Lord Mayor McSweene.v.
The plots range from conspiracy to
assassinate the king to the destruc
tion of public buildings in this city
Efforts are being made learn the
identity of the conspirators and ev
ery precaution is being taken to
safeguard the king and public prop
erty.
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SEATTLE, Oct. 2.—The Carna
tion Milk Products company has an
nounced that, as a result of reac
tions in the price of canned milk-,
the plants of the company hereafter
will be turned over largely to the
manufacture of butter, curtailing
the canned milk output sharply.
The partial collapse of European
buying and recent freight rate in
creases are given as the cause of
unfavorable market conditions.
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ABOUT THE MAIL.
The tegular winter mail service
between Fairbanks and Circle and
upper Yukon river points -tarts on
the first of November.
Mail for Hot Springs, Tanana and
lower Yukon river points will be
routed direct from Nenana this win
ter. The service will start about
the middle of this month.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Howell ar
rived from the lower river last night
on the Alaska and may winter ;n
Nenana.
The first mail to leave Nenana by
way of Broad Pass was despatched
on this morning’s train, and the
next one, it is thought, will leave
Nenana on Wednesday morning. The
mail is made up half an hour be
fore the time of departure.
The last outgoing mail of the sea
son by way of the river will be
despatched on the steamer Alaska,
leaving tonight.
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