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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1922
NUMBER 224
' RAIL STRIKE LEADERS SURE OF VICTORY
GOVERNORS OBJECT TO FEDERAL INTERFERENCE
• PROFITEERING COAL BARONS BOOST PRICES TO PUBLIC
GOVERNORS RESENT ACTION
OF HARDING IN COAL CASE
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 20—
While many governors in various
sections of the country have given
the assurance to President Harding
that they will furni-h such military
protection as may be needed to in
% sure the resumption of coal mining
operations, several of the state ex
ecutives object to the action taken
by the President and refuse to co
operate.
The President broadcasted a tele
gram late Tuesday afternoon, direct
ing all bituminous operators *o re
sume operations immediately, and re
questing the governors of the vari
^ ous states to supply military protec
tion. It was intimated that if state
troop were unable to cope with the
situation, federal troops might be
employed eventually.
The President made it plain that
he wanted the National guard to
be employed to maintain order. It
was pointed out that the guardsmen
might be used in other than their
own states.
As a result of the action taken by
the President, the center of devel
opments in the coal strike are steadi
ly shifting from Washington to the
* coal fields where the pol'cy of re
opening the mines under state and
federal protection is to be tested.
White House officials express grati
fication over the responses received
from governors to the invitation of
President Harding to cooperate.
Attitude Unchanged
President Lewis, of the United
Mine Workers, declares that the at
titude of the union remains un
changed and that the miners are
determined to continue their strike
until the principle of collective bar
gaining is recognized. The miners,
he asserts, will continue to act in a
law-abiding manner and that main
tenance men will lefusc to work with
strikebreakers.
Governor Will Not Stampede
BALTIMORE, July 20—Governor
Ritchie has telegraphed to President
Harding declining to take immediate
action on the President's invitation
to cooperate in the effort tc reopen
the coal mines. The governor an
nounced that he could not send the
state troops into action until all
peaceful methods had failed lie
urged the President to renew his
efforts to “adjust in a proper and
peaceful way” both the coal and
the railroad strikes.
Another Stands Pat
RALEIGH, hi. C., July 20—Gov- j
+ ernor Morrison, of North Carolina, |
has advised President Harding to the
effect that he will not cooperate
with the federal troops in protect-;
mg mines reopened by the operators ;
in response to the Pres:dent’s invl-:
iation. Th s governor said that it
would be vain for him to ask the1
miners to return to work and that
he would not do it anyway.
He declared that he considered i
the whole policy of the national ad-1
ministration, with regard to inter-;
g fering with state buisness, unwise.!
Operators Will Not Operoate
HILLSBORO, 111., July 20—There
is no prospect of the immediate re-j
sumption of coal production in Illi
nois, according to a statement made
today by President Miller, of the;
Illinois Coal Operators association. :
The statement was made to a cor
respondent of the Associated Press.
Same In Ohio
BELLAIRE, Ohio, July 20—Chas.1
Albison, secretary of the Pittsburg;
Yeine Operators association, which!
includes the operators producing
more than a third of the coal mined
^ in Ohio, stated today that members ‘
f of the association would not attempt
to reopen their mines under the
Harding protection plan.
NVill U»e Wliat They Have
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 20—1
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PRESIDENT JEWELL PREDICTS
EARLY SURRENDER OF ROADS
Various Government departments
are working out plans to insure dis
tribution of the present coal produc
tion to the railroads so as to make
the fuel of maximum benefit.
Week* Back* Governor
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 20
Secretary of War Weeks has ex
pressed his full approval of the ac
tion taken by Governor Shoup, of
Colorado, in threatening to with
draw the state troops from the coal
fields if the operators maintain in
creased coal prices.
None In Hocking Valley
COLUMBUS, Ohio. July 20—The j
coal operators say that few if any
of the coal mines will be reopened
in Hocking valley until a definite
wage agreement is reached.
IDAHO SENATOR ADVOCATES
EMBARGO TO AID WORKERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 20
Senator Gooding, of Idaho, chair-;
man of the Republican agricultural j
tariff bloc in the senate, is advocat-1
ing a complete embargo against the |
importation of manufactured arti-1
cles which can be produced in the
United States. He declares that in
that way only can the country solve
the problem of providing for the
three and a half million unemployed
in the United States. i
MISSING AVIATOR FOUND;
PLANE WRECKED BY FALL
Wireless advices received at Fair
banks today from Eagle report the j
finding of the missing aviator, C. O.
Prest, who left Eagle on Sunday j
morning for Fairbanks. The aviator .
was forced by engine trouble to i
land in the wilderness about 75 j
miles from Eagle. The wind was
blowing a gale at the time and while
Prest made the landing without in- j
jury to himself, his plane was over- |
turned by the storm and probably j
■will be a total loss.
The landing was in the midst of ■
a large herd of caribou, one of
which the aviator killed to keep
him in food until he could work his
way back to civilization.
An Associated Prass report re- j
ceived by The News this afternoon j
by way of Dawson, says Prest landed |
on the niggerhead flats on Seventy- j
mile and that he has returned to j
the Yukon river and will proceed to
Fairbanks by steamer. The plane s !
thought to be beyond repair.
After it had been definitely ascer-.
tained that something had happened i
to the oviator, the Fairbanks city j
council posted a reward of $250 for i
his rescue and a number of search-!
ing parties are now out looking for \
him. Word also was sent to Anchor
age to C. 0. Hammontree to bring
his hydroplane into action for the
purpose of assisting in the rescue.
Hammontree was about to ship his
machine when advised that Prest
had been located.
Sergeant P. A. Lee, operator in
charge at the local Signal Corps:
station, will leave for Fort Gibbon |
tomorrow for transfer, probably to;
his old post at Nome, from which j
place he came to Nenana. Sergeant;
Lee is a most efficient and obliging !
officer and during his stay in Nenana 1
has made many friends who -will j
sincerely regret his departure. He j
will be relieved by Sergeant Toback, J
who will arrive from Seattle tomor- j
row to assume charge at the local
station.
K. L. Galen is a guest at the
Southern, registered from Cordova.
CHICAGO, JULY 20—President
Jewell, of the Shopcrafts union, pre
dicts that the railroads will capitu
late and settle the strike within a
fortnight. The strike, he says, is be
coming more effective daily.
With the prospect of immediate
peace gone, as the result of the col
lapse of plans inaugurated yester
day, both sides have settled down
to a test of strength.
Union officials remain firm in their
demand that seniority rights be re
stored when the strikers return to
their posts.
The fuel shortage is being felt
by the railroads now, several lines
reporting their supplies practically
exhausted, with the result that
train operations have been mater
ially slackened on that account. The
curtailment of service throughout
the country has increased gradually
until now the total number of can
celled trains is 247, the southwest
ern lines being the hardest hit.
Firemen Afraid Of Engines
BAKERSFIELD, July 20—T h e
Bakersfield local of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen has sent a
telegram to President Carter de
claring that strike conditions are
going from bad to worse and that
“sentiment favors a walkout rather
than work with unsafe engines and
cars”.
Fire Damages Roundhouse
EL PASO, July 20—The Texas
Pacific roundhouse was slightly dam
aged by fire last night. A number
of strike-breakers were asleep in
the building when the fire started
but all escaped. The fire is thought
to have been of incendiary origin.
Seattle Judge Enjoins Strikers
SEATTLE, July 20— Federal
Judge Netterer has signed a tempor
ary restraining order enjoining rail
strikers from interfering with the
operation of Great Northern trains.
The railway mail service has been
cut fifty per cent as the result of
the cancellation of seventeen trains
on the Northern Pacific. The Great
Northern also is contemplating the
discontinuance of a number of mail
train.
Railway Patrolmen Shot
MONONGAHELA, Pa., July 20— 1
Two Pennsylvania Railroad patrol
men and two other employes of the ;
road on strike patrol duty, were
shot and seriously wounded today,
after their gasoline speeder had
been wrecked near Bentleyville.
Menace Has Passed
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 20
Postmaster General Work has issued
a statement in which he says that
"any menace endangering the de
Major General Morton, who is on i
his way to Interior Alaska to offi- j
ciate at the formal closing of the;
military posts at Fort Gibbon and
St. Michael, will arrive from the
:.-oast on tomorrow’s train, and will
make the trip down river on the
irmy transport General Jacobs, now
;nroute from the army town with
more than a score of passengers,
mostly Signal Corps men, who will
eave for the coast on the train
eaving Nenana tomorrow night.
U. S. SHIP HAS CLOSE CALL
CANTON, July 20—A floating
nine, evidently intended to blow up
Sun Yat Sen’s cruiser Wing Fung,
“xploded today wfithin fifty feet of
he United States destroyer Tracey,
jut did no damage to the ship.
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livery of mails, arising out of the
rail strike, has passed”.
Tacoma Report* Trouble
TACOMA, July 20—The first vio
lence in connection with the rail
strike occurred today when three
men fired on a deputy marshal who
was on guard duty at the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul shops here.
The deputy returned the fire and
thinks he hit one of the trio.
Railway Labor Board Weaken*
CHICAGO, July 20—It was indi
cated yesterday that the Railway
Labor board plans to grant new
wage hearings for shopcraft work
ers. Announcement also was made
by Senator Cummins that he would
hold hearings on the transportation
act to ascertain how the law can be
amended so that living wage prin
ciples can be made clear. The two
announcements were received as de
cidedly favorable to peace, both by
rail executives and union officials,
but neither side has shown any dis
position to give ground.
Federation Appeals For Support
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 20—
The executive council of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor has issued
an appeal to all workers everywhere
to support the railroad workers in
their efforts to "secure a just set
tlement of the shop trades dispute”.
The appeal asks all workers to do
everything possible to maintain or
der during the strike.
Grable Must Get Bus;
KANSAS CITY. July 20—The
general chairman of the Maintance
of Way union has telegraphed to
President Grable. advising him that
the members of the organization in
the Southwest will strike unless
there is speedy settlement of their
demands.
Grable is at present in Chicago
conferring 'with the Railway Labor
board and rail executives.
Steel Industries Feel It
NEW YORK, July 20—Strike
leaders assert that the railroad tieup
is being felt by the steel and iron
industries and that a portion of the
fruit crop on the Pacific coast is
endangered through shortage of rail
equipment.
Sweeping Injunction Issued
SIOUX FALLS, July 20—United
States Attorney Clark characterizes
the injunction against the railroad1
strikers, which was issued by the
local federal court this week, as “the
most sweeping mandate ever issued
in South Dakota”. The injunction '
forbids strikers from molesting non
union or other workers in any man- :
ner. It also forbids them from visit
ing the homes of workers and their
families.
A. H. (Whitey) Bergquist one of.
the most popular men ever station-,
?d at the Nenana office of the Sig-.
aal Corps, will leave for the Out
aide tomorrow night to take his
lischarge from the service. In ad
iition to being an operator of abil
ity, Whitey is a splendid entertain
er and always ready to respond
vhen talent is needed. Whitey came
:o Nenana from the French front
■vhere he was in some of the thick
est fighting of the World War.
Misses Keane and Baker, who ar- j
rived in the Interior recently with1
i stock of ladies’ wearables, left,
for the coast last night, enroute to
:heir home in Spokane.
Deputy Marshal Hagan went to j
Fairbanks today.
NEBRASKA PROGRESSIVES
DEFEAT MACHINE TICKET
AMAHA, July 20—The apparent
; victory of R. B. Howell in the race
i for the Republican nomination for
I United States senator in this week’s
primaries indicates a general sweep
of the Republican primaries by the
; Progressives.
Howell opposes the administration
I ship subsidy bill and favors a Gov
ernment merchant marine and the
farm bloc.
Senator Hitchcock has a lead of
: nearly three to one for the Demo
1 cratic nomination. His opponent was
■ J. 0. Sproyer, who is classed by the
prohibition element as dry.
PETITION SEEKS RELEASE
OF WAR-TIME OFFENDERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 20—
A delegation arrived here yesterday
bearing a petition with more than a
million signatures asking President
I Harding to grant amnesty to the re
maining eighty-seven “war prison
WIRELESS SHOWS POSITION
OF EXPLORER AMUNDSEN
SEATTLE, July 20—-Wireless ad
vices received in This city indicate
that Explorer Amundsen has been
delayed on his polar trip by un
favorable ice conditions. He is now
at Good Hope bay, in Kotzebue
sound, many miles from Point Bar
raw.
The Amundsen airplane flight, it
is thought, will be delayed until
next month.
NATIONALS HAVE CONTROL
DUBLIN, July 20—The provision
al government has issued a state
ment in which it is claimed that the
national army forces are supreme
in all twelve counties of the Free
state.
CIVIL WAR IN BUFFALO
BUFFALO. July 20—Armed po
licemen, instructed to shoot to kill,
made the rounds of the city today
in the 81 street cars which were op
erated. The ears were sent out af
ter Mayor Schwab had warned the
striking carmen that further rioting
would have serious consequences.
Two hand grenades were exploded on
the roof of a car barn last night
but none of the strikebreakers was
injured.
CLERKS VOTE ON STRIKE
CHICAGO, July 20—-Strike bai
lots have been sent to more than
eight thousand clerks and freight
handlers on the Chicago and Mil
waukee system.
FOREST FIRES GROW WORSE
OLYMPIA, July 20—The forest
fire situation throughout the state
is growing worse daily, with no pros
pect of rain to aid the fire fighters.
No rain has fallen in Eas* n Wash
ington for six weeks. The situation
is regarded as almost hopeless, with
new fires reported in every district.
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FOOD PRICES ADVANCE
WASHINGTON, D. C-, July 20—
The retail cost of food for the
average family increased one per
cent from May 15 to June 15, ac
cording to statistics compiled by the
department of labor and made pub
lic today.
Gladys M. Olson, of Billings, is.
among those registered at the South
ern hotel.
SECRETARY FALL ASSIGNS
ENGINEER TO ALASKA FIELD
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2a—
Secretary of the Interior Fall has
issued an order assigning Benjamin
D. Stewart for duty as supervising
mining engineer for Alaska, attach
ed to the bureau of mines.
The duty of the engineer will be
that of supervising operations and
performing other functions imposed
by law in connection with coal, oil
and gas on leased public lands in
Alaska.
TRAIN WRECK KILLS TWO
MUSKOGEE, July 20—Two were
killed and six injured near Tulso
yesterday as the result of a collision
between a passenger and freight
tram on the Missouri, Kansas & Tex
as railroad. The accident was the
result of a misunderstanding of
orders by the freight crew.
TRAIN HITS AUTO
BUFFALO. July 20—Six persons
were killed and one seriously in
jured today when a train hit an
automobile bearing a Colorado num
ber.
DIVIDEND IS DECLARED
BOSTON, July 20—The Calumet
Hecla Mining company has declared
a dividend of five dollars a share,
this being the first dividend since
June 30, 1920.
ALL UP TO MEXICO
WASHINGTON, D C., July 20—
According to men close to the ad
ministration, recognition of the
Obregon government in Mexico is
awaiting some definite action by that
government, affirming the announced
purposes of present Mexican officials
in connection with matters in which
the United States is interested.
HYLAN WILL NOT RUN
NEW YORK. July 20—Mayor Hy
lan has announced that he will not
be a candidate for governor of New
York under any circumstances. The
statement came after Hyland had
been in conference with Willie Ran
dolph Hearst, whom he yesterday
asked to “lead the cause” in the
fail.
PLEADS NOT GUILTY
LOS ANGELES. July 20—Mrs.
Clara Phillips, who was arraigned
here today on a charge of killing
Mrs. Alberta Meadows with a ham
mer, entered a plea of not guilty.
The trial has been set for September
18.
A Washington dispatch recently
received at Seattle says that Nenana
coal instead of Matanuska coal is
to be the chief dependence of the
Government's Alaska Railroad for its
fuel supply and for local and in
dustrial and domestic supply along
the railroad line. Secretary Fall has
announced the allotment of $200,000
of the funds of the Alaskan En
gineering commission to construct
the spur track into the Healy coal
belt.
Special Officer Billy Butler came
in from the coast yesterday morn
ing.
Melville Steil, who has been at
tending school at Pasadena, was
among the arrivals on yesterday’s
train from the coast, having re
turned to Nenana to spend his va
cation here.
Edgar Brooker, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Brooker, of the Kantishna, ar
rived at Healy recently from the
States, enroute to the Kantishna to
visit his parents. He is attending
school in Southern California.
A light engine and caboose pulled
;n from the south at noon today
ind left shortly after with the steam
shovel and crew' for Windy, where
;he outfit will be set to work stabil
zing the roadbed.