WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS , NENANA, ALASKA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14. 1919.
NO 192
RADICALS MUST FACE MURDER CHARGE
LABOR SECRETARY SAYS DEMANDS IMPOSSIBLE
' ANTI-LEAGUE CANDIDATE IS ELECTED IN OKLAHOMA
TACOMA, Nov. 14. — Sixty-om
Industrial Workers have been placet
under arrest in this city, and step!
are to be taken to deport then
from the country. Nineteen of tht
4 undesirables were taken from a
train arriving from a Mineral log
ging camp, the train hating beer
met at Bismark by a number oi
ex-service men and the Industrial!
escorted to jail. Members of tht
train crew say that a big bunch oi
the travelers got off just befort
reaching Bismark.
TO CLEAN UP.
CHARLESTON, Nov. 14.—Agent:
of the department of justice art
on their way to the coal mining
districts of Northern West Virginis
for the purpose of cleaning out tht
radical centers by rounding up a!
the Industrial Workers and revolu
tionary agitators. The governor is
authority for the statement thal
the work will be done in a thor
ough manner.
SUSPECT CONSPIRACY.
NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—City ant
state officials will ask the state leg
islature to enact drastic anti-I. W
W. laws, so as to enable the au
thorities to handle the radical situ
ation, if the existing statutes art
found insufficient.
The staff 'of the district attor
ney’s office is endeavoring to ascer
tain if the Centralia outbreak was
part of a nation-wide conspiracy.
TROUBLE THREATENED.
CHICAGO. Nov. 14. — Radical
leaders in Illinois, Wrest Virginia
and other states threaten serious
trouble among the miners and the
fear is expressed that a situation
will develop which will hamper the
wage negotiations now in progress
at Washington.
0 ‘ The production of bituminous
coal is increasing slightly, but in a
majority of districts the miners are
awaiting the outcome of the Wash
ington conference before returning
to work. Several additional mines
are reported to have resumed oper
0 ations, in spite of the activities of
agitators.
BIG HUN SUBMARINE
NOW ON EXHIBITION
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LONDON. — Since the surrender
of the famous German cargo sub
marine Deutschland, which created
a sensation by her trip to the United
States in 1916, and back to her
home port, she has been overhauled
and now is beginning a tour of
British coast towns. She will be
open to inspection by the public in
aid of King George’s fund for sail
ors.
Alterations have been made so
that visitors can pass into the in
terior without having to descend the
steep iron ladder from the con
ning tower. Her guns have been
dismounted.
The Deutschland was among the
eighty-seven or more German sub
CENTRALIA WOBBUES HELD
FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER
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! marines surrendered by the Germans
i after the armistice and delivered to
j British naval authorities in English
porta.
HELP STATE SEND
EDITORS TO JAIL
SEATTLE. No\. 14.—Federal of
j fleers who raided the plant of the
i Seattle Union Record yesterday.
carried a whole truckload of liter
jature away with them, some of
i which will be used as evidence
against Editor Ault and Directors
; George Leistman and Frank Rust,
•who were placed under arrest on
‘the charge of “violating the espion
age act. defaming the dead of Cen
iralia, and condoning the Centralia
; shooting.”
The three men were released on
$5,000 bail each and permitted to
| resume the publication of their
; newspaper, which they did today.
The plant was held by the authori
ties only five hours, which was suf
ificiently long to enable the authori
ties to secure the evidence desired
: by them.
1 The paper is owned by the Cen
itral Labor Council.
ON WET LIST NOW
PROVIDENCE, R. L, Nov. 14—
•A decree making operative an in
junction against the enforcement
. of war-time prohibition was granted
yesterday by Federal Judge Arthur
L. Brown.
ROYAL AIR SERVICE
MAKING MAIL RECORD
LONDON. — In one week, the
royal air force aerial mail service
from Folkestone to Cologne has car
j ried 7,090 pounds of letters and
parcels, the air ministry announces.
Two squadrons are conducting this
service. One of them is equipped
with planes having Liberty motors.
Their average time for a one-way
journey is three hours, eighteen
minutes.
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LONDON SAYS CLOTHES
PRICES ARE SOARING
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LONDON. — “Men’s clothes this
i winter will be dear and bad” is the
icrytic, gloomy forecast of a cloth
• iers’ trade journal in discussing the
.prospects of the forthcoming season,
j Increased production costs and mill
shut-downs, necessitated by lack of
coal, are the causes assigned.
• CEN'TRALIA, Nov. 14. — Cora-1
plaints charging ten “wobblies" with |
first degree murder, in connection j
with the Armistice Day outrage, •
w ill be filed in the justice court this j
afternoon by the prosecuting attor- j
ney, who declares that the testi- j
mony of Dr. Bickford, to the effec.
that ex-service men started the trou-j
ble, will not halt the prosecution.)
The prosecutor says Bickford wa s
too far from the scene of the shoot- !
ing to know what actually occurred, j
MORE ARE ARRESTED.
Sixteen armed "wobblies” reach
ed this city from the North today
on a freight train and were met by
a detachment of ex-service men and
placed under arrest.
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MILL WORKER SHOT.
CHEHALIS. Nov. 14. — C. A..
Godfrey, a mill worker, was shot in j
the shoulder this morning by ex
service men who were guarding the i
road. The guards claim that God
frey refused to halt when com-!
manded to do so, the command hav
ing been repeated a number of
times.
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SERVICE FOR DEAD. ]
CENTRALIA. Nov. 14.—Public j
memorial services in honor of the!
four ex-service men who were as- '
sassinated here this week were con
ducted late today by the American j
Legion. The services were attend- j
sd by a large number of former
soldiers, who came from all parts of '
the state.
ASSASSIN BURIED.
CENTRALIA, Nov 14.—Four In- j
dustrial Workers were taken from
jail yesterday and permitted to bury j
Everett, the radical organizer who :
was lynched Tuesday night. This :
action was taken by the authorities '
after all the undertakers in town ;
had refused to handle the body of
the dead man.
ESCAPES ARE CAUGHT
CENTRALIA, Nov. 14. — Three
men, suspected of participating in
Tuesday’s shooting, who escaped
from the city during the excite
ment, have been apprehended at
Morton and will be returned here
for trial.
SECRETARY WILSON
OPENS CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON'. D. C., Xov. 14.—
The conference called for the pur
pose of negotiating a wage agree
ment between coal mine owners are:
operatives began its deliberations ir
this city this afternoon, with Sec
retary of Labor Wilson presiding
The conference was largely attend
ed by operators and representative:
of the striking coal miners.
In his opening statement. Secre
tary Wilson declared that it would
be impossible to grant the demand
of the miners for a thirty-houi
week, in view of the world indus
trial situation. He said that he
had called the conference not sim
ply because of the wage dispute in
i the coal fields, but because the
j world is still passing through a
'great crisis.
He said the Government of the
‘ United States desired to treat labor
with every consideration consistent
• with wise judgment, and expressed
'the hope that the striking coal
miners and all other workers in
the country would rise to the emer
1 gency by making such concessions
. as might be necessary to insure un
interrupted production until such
time as normal conditions can be,
restored.
The conference will be in ses- 1
sion, it is believed, for a number
of days.
ANTI-LEAGUER GETS SEAT
OKLAHOMA CITY, Xov. 14.—
J. W. Herreld, Republican nominee
for member of the lower house of
Congress, who made the race for
office on an anti-League of Nations
platform, has been elected by a ma
jority of 708 votes.
HUNTERS MAKE START
FOR TOKLAT DISTRICT
Tom Savage and August Waunsch,
two well-known hunters, got away
this morning for the Toklat coun
try, where they will round up suf
ficient sheep and other game to
last them throughout the winter.
They have two dog teams and
camp outfits and provisions.
Claude Weaver, the Democratic
nominee, campaigned as a supporter
of the League of Nations, and the
result of the election is regarded
as expressive of the opinion of the
people of Oklahoma on the great
question now under consideration
by the senate.
MOVIE PRODUCERS PLAN
TO FILM BIBLE SCENES
LOS ANGELES.—Plans are be
ing made here by a local motion
picture producer to make moving
pictures of scenes in the Bible from
cover to cover. The Bible will be
filmed in 100 reels, two to be
shown at''a time. It is expected
the work will require two years
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and that in some scenes the largest I
number of persons ever appearing:
in a motion picture will be assem
bled.
The completion of grading work
along the Government railroad has
thrown many horses on the local
market during the past several
»i ks. and owners of stock are be
ginning to wonder how they are .
going to fegd the animals during
the winter. The winter work in
sight is sufficient to keep only, a
few of the horses occupied, and the j
price of feed is such that not many ,
owners can atford to board stock
that is not working, especially in .
vi%w of the fact that there is no
promise of work on the railroad fo.
horses next season.
As a result of this situation,
horse values have dropped ma
terially, and unless relief comes
pretty soon there may be an abund
ance of horse meat on the market
for sale as food for foxes and dogs. I
To illustrate the decline in values,
a $300 horse was sold only the
other day for $50, and a $350 hor.- .
was offered by another owner a.
liquidation for a $05 debt.
It is estimated that there are
about 100 horses in the N'enana dis
trict at present, including the stock i
owned by the Alaskan Engineering t
commission. And about the only j
work in sight is wood and tie haul
ing, which amounts to much less , 1
this winter than during the past •
several winters, owing to the intro- •
iuction of coal as fuel and to the 1
decreased demand for ties.
FRENCH LETTER SERVICE <
IS WORSE THAN ALASKA i
PARIS.—They are clearing the
etter dumps in France, with the,
•esult that w'hat is believed to be
i record for slow delivery has come I
.o light. A letter from Meyssac !
,o Clermont Ferrand, a distance of 1
ess than 100 miles, has taken 63
■•ears in delivery. The letter so-;
icited assistance for the son of
larents in humble circumstances, a
>oy who gave great promise at
chool. The “bov” is now 76 years
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if age. •
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! Maximum .18 above ** I
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FOIE BELIEVES
In the opinion of J. R. Fowls,
lead of the Fairbanks Clothing
■ompany. with stores in Fairbanks
ind N'enana, the time has arrived
"or Interior Alaskans to consider
seriously the problem of reviving
he mining industry, which has been
>n the decline in the .North during
:he past several years Mr. Fowle
loes not offer a solution of the
problem, but he realizes the ne
cessity of taking some action to
relieve the situation, which, he says,
is becoming steadily more acute.
Mr. Fowie believes the Interior
■ountry has formed the habit of
depending too much upon the Gov
ernment. railroad for assistance.
This assistance, he says, which has
helped to tide over the high price
period' thus far, cannot continue
much' longer, for the reason that
construction work in this division is
near completion and henceforth will
not be much of a source of revenue.
He does not believe Interiorites
should wait until construction worn
■tops altogether, but should begin
now to figure out what can be tone
to tide the country over until trains
are running over the entire system.
Mr. Fowle does not believe in
.he gold bonus proposition, although
ie admits that the chief trouble
ivith the country ,s the dei reuse-1
purchasing power of gold.
Mr. Fowie returned to Fairbanks
>n today’s train, after a stay of
everal days in Xenana.
10 ACCEPT PEACE
PARIS, Nov. 14. — Information
las been received by the' peace con*,
erenee To the effect that the Flui
rarians have decided to accept the
■eace terms finally decided upon by
he Allied peacemakers.
The Bulgarian premier is now
nroute to Pari.- to attach hi- sig
lature to the treaty in the name
f his government.
IS REPORTED LOST
THE HAGUE, Nov. 14. — Two
mail boats, carrying thirty mem
ers of the crew of the American
teamer Council Bluffs, were picked
p by a mine-sweeper a short dis
ance off the Belgian coast yester
ay and landed here. They re
ort their vessel foundered, com
elling them to take to the boats,
i which they drifted about for sev
ral days before being rescued by
le sweeper.
A Gibson auto left Fairbanks for
hitina shortly before noon today
ith four passengers.