where: rails and rivers meet
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1319.
NO. 170
. SENATOR SAYS REDS ARE IN CONTROL
CHAIRMAN GARY STANDS PAT FOR OPEN SHOP
SUGAR REFINERS HELD TO PRICE OF TEN CENTS A POUND
NEW BUILDINGS
TO BE ERECTED
• AT BURNS MINE
Work will start this week on sev
eral new buildings which are to be
erected by the Healy River Coal
« corporation at the Burns mine, south
of Nenana. A carload of lumber
was shipped out to the mine on
Saturday for the commencement of j
the work, and within a short time j
the mine buildings will resemble a
^ small town, there being already sev
eral structures in use there, includ
ing large coal bunkers, office build- \
ing, and several cabins.
The new buildings will include a i
comfortable bunkhouse for employes
of the mine, a boiler-house, and a
powder-thawing building. Two ad
ditional cars are'also to be built in
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the near future.
Several men are now engaged in
getting out timbers for the mine,
under coretract. The timbers wilVj
be cut in the 35-mile district and.
shipped to the mine on the railroad.
The mine now has about sixteen
men employed.
August Peterson, one of the prin-'
cipal stockholders in the corpora
tion, came down from Fairbanks
yesterday and went out to the mine i
this morning to take active charge j
of operations, relieving his brother:
Ernest, who is going Outside for
the winter.
GRAYSON REPORTS
WILSON IMPROVING!
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WASHINGTON’, D. C , Oct. 20.— !
Dr. Grayson issued a bulletin this[
morning in which he states that '
President Wilson is more than hold
ing his own.
The President had a setback yes
terday, due to an attack -of indi-1
gestion, but he has recovered from
that and his condition generally is
somewhat improved today, according
to the doctor.
DANCERS OF FAIRBANKS
MAKE MERRY IN MASKS
The Alaska Day masquerade ball, i
held at Fairbanks on Saturday night,!
was very largely attended and so!
enjoyable that it lasted until five
o'clock Sunday morning. There were
a number of out-of-town people
present, including a number of rail
BEET SUGAR PRICE
MUST REMAIN FAIR
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Beet sugar refiners throughout the
United States have been informed
that excessive prices will not be
tolerated by the department of jus
tice, regardless of conditions of the
sugar market.
t-nance oi more man iu cents
per pound, the notice to the refiners
. says, will be regarded as a violation
of the food control act.
Eleven cents per pound, it is stat
j ed, will be regarded as a fair retail
j price.
road workers from points along the
line beyond Happy.
Einar Tonsetth carried off the
honors of the evening as the best
sustained character, winning a box
of cigars. There were many new
and startling costumes in evidence.
GARY STUBBORN;
WILL NOT GRANT
LABOR DEMANOS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 20.—
Speaking for the first time since
he joined the industrial conference,
as a representative of the public.
Judge Elbert H. Gary, chairman of
the board of directors of the United
States Steel corporation, announced
today to Secretary of the Interior
Lcne and Secretary Frank Morrison
of the American Federation of La
bor that he would not recede from
his stand for an open shop among
the plants controlled by his com
pany.
The judge also reaffirmed his re
fusal to negotiate with representa
tives of labor unions who were not
employes of the steel corporation.
LONDON, Oct. 20.—Official an
nouncement is made here today that
the position of Petrograd is pre
carious, that it has been virtually
isolated by the anti-Bolsheviki forces
under General Yudenditch and may
fall—again—at any moment.
The Yudenditch troops are re
ported to have cut the railways
leading to the city, and virtually
wiped out a Bolsheviki division
which was being rushed to the de
fense of the city.
Machine guns are now being post
ed about the city, in evident an
ticipation of a siege.
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WATSON SAYS REDS
DOMINATED REPORT
ON PACKING TRUST
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 20—
Various departments of the Govern
ment are in danger of control bj
Socialists, Reds, and other radicals
according to Senator James E. Wat
son. Republican, of Indiana, who de
dared in an address delivered or
; the floor of the senate today tha'
.the radicals have become entrenche:
| in various of the departments, par
jticularly the federal trade commis
j sion's investigating forces. These
I forces, the senator claims, include
men hostile to the Government.
‘ Going into detail. Watson saic
; that Stuart Chase, who was in gen
j era! charge of the investigation oi
the packers and responsible for th<
report in which it was recent!}
claimed that the so-called Big Five
'aspired to dominate the food market
of the United States, is a prominent
[exponent of Socialistic doctrines and
guilty of having written a magazine
; article recently in which he assailed
the American Government for not
recognizing the Russian Reds.
Watson declared, further, that the
office of Chase is a rendezvous for
men devoted to the destruction of
property and the overthrow of the
Government. Victor Berger, Irwin,
St. John. Tucker and other extreme
Socialists, he said, spent much time
with Chase at the headquarters of
the federal trade commission.
The address of Senator Watson
was made in connection with the in
troduction of a resolution providing
; for an investigation of the trade
commission’s investigators.
| Backing his confidence in the fu
iture of Xenana with hard cash,
William Thomas, of the Ball ^
Thomas barber shop, ha? purchased
! the Papadopulos building, on A
street, near Second, now occupied
by the Railroad cigar store. The
building is a large two-storv log
! structure, one of the largest in
town, in fact, with a storeroom on
the ground floor and rooms upstair?,
j It is the intention of Mr. Thomas
to move his barber shop into the
building within a short time, occu
pying the front. But he is not yet
certain what disposition he will
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make of the rest of the building.
Mr. Thomas and his partner were
among the first to build in Xenana.
the building now occupied by their
barber shop being owned by them.
Thev also own residence property,
each of the partners having invested
in cabins which they have rented.
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AVIATOR COMPLETES
ENTIRE TRIP ALONE
MIXEOLA. L. I.. Oct. 20.—Cap-,
tain L. O. Donaldson, transcontinent
al flyer, reached this city today1
from the Pacific coast, being the
second to complete the round trip
flight. He covered the entire dis-;
tance alone.
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Charles A. Peterson and H. F. j
Wannamaker, who arrived from the
Koyukuk country yesterday by way
of the overland trail, left for the
end of steel on this morning’s train,
enroute to the coast by way of
Broad Pass.
Inut—Th« Gateway to KeXlaley
i Vattoaal Park.
A sale of property of considera
ble importance to Nenana was con
summated this afternoon, when Lip
man Simson became the owner of
the Duke building, on Market street,
opposite the store of the Northern
Commercial company.
It is the intention of Mr. Simson
to move the building at once to the
corner lot adjoining the Thompson
drug store, where it will soon be
ready for occupancy. Mr. Simson
is not prepared to say at this time,
however, who will occupy the build
ing.
The Duke building is a two-story
structure, well built and of at
tractive appearance, with a roomy
storeroom on the lower floor. The
upper story has been used by Mrs.
Duke as living quarters.
The sale of the building included
also most of the contents, it being
the intention of the former owner
to leave for the Outside within a
few weeks, pending which time she
will occupy the Thompson residence
on upper A street.
Mr. Simson has called for bid*
for moving the building.
CURIOUS MISTAKE IS
MADE BY ARTIST
LONDON.—The artist who pre
pared the flags and shieds for the
decoration of the railroad bridge
spanning Ludgate Hill the day King
George came to the Guildhall to
receive the felicitations of the cor
poration on the declaration of
peace, made a mistake which at
tracted wide attention.
On one side of the roadway was
a handsome British shield made up
of the Union Jack surmounted by
the British crown. On the other
side was an equally handsome Am
erican shield, with the Stars and
Stripes, also surmounted by the
British crown.
WASHINGTON', D. C„ Oct. 20.— :
An announcement made today by
officials of the department of labor
states that food prices are declin- ’
ing. Twenty-two staple foods enu-:
merated show a decrease in price
of two percent during September,
while the price of onions and pota-'
toes dropped 17 and 14 percent, re
spectively, during the month. Both
sugar and flour show a decline.
It is admitted by the department,
however, that the lowered prices ar-*
still much above normal, being 88
The entertainment and dance ar- j
(ranged by Xenana Igloo, No. 17,
Pioneers of Alaska, in honor oft
Alaska Day, attracted a large num- !
ber of people to Union hall on Sat
urday night and the affair was
thoroughly enjoyable in every re-]
spect. from the opening number on
the program to the last strains of
[the "Home, Sweet Home” waltz, j
The hall was filled to overflowing
during the entertainment, and the
j floor was crowded throughout the
| greater part of the dance, the music j
for which was furnished by the;
Coliseum orchestra.
The program consisted of the fol-1
[lowing numbers, each of which con
tributed to the success of the en
tertainment :
Opening address: Robert Joseph
Diven.
Song, "Alaska,” school children.
Drill, school children.
Recitation, Jean Russell.
Instrumental duet, Mrs. Easterly
and Tony Letray.
Song, Valentine Anderson.
Poem, R. C. Morris.
Comet solo, L. N. Holmes.
Vocal solo, Mrs. Leon Kellum.
Dancing, Margaret Southworth.
pupil of Miss Leota Scott.
REGULARS ORDERED
TO WORK ON DOCKS
N’EW YORK. Oct. 20.—Ignoring
the protest of Mayor Hyland, who
requested a postponement of the
use of soldiers on local docks. Sec
retary of War Baker has ordered
500 regulars to proceed to the army
piers, where they will attempt to
relieve the congestion of freight re
j suiting from the longshoremen’s
strike. The soldiers have orders to
shoot if such action should become
necessary.
In reply to the mayor’s protest,
.Secretary Baker said that he could
not delay action, because of the
necessity of moving the transports
now tied up at the docks.
CIRCUIT COURT
OK REM
SAX F'RANCISCO, Oct. 20.—The
circuit court of appeals has ordered
i new trial for John Lindgren. who
was tried in the district court at
Fairbanks before .Judge Bunnell and
;onvicted of the embezzlement of
15,479 from the Sierra association,
rhe defense of Lindgren was that
te took the money from a cleanup
n payment for wood which he had
sold the company.
Lindgren was sentenced to a term
>f three years at McNeils island
Penitentiary.
The operations in question took
place on Dome creek. Lindgren is
caid to have been promised that he
tfould be paid his money out of the
second cleanup, and when the third
•kanup came and he did not get
li' money, he appropriated the next
cleanup to his own use, after it had
beet* turned over to him ro take to
Fairbanks. He was thereupon ar
ested on the charge of embezzle
ner.t, to which he offered no de
fense.
WASHINGTON. D. <\. Oct. 20.—
rhe Republicans are planning an
tdjournment of Congress on Novem
ter 9, in order that ’he members
nay get a breathing speil before
;he commencement of the regular
•ession in December.
WRITER OF GERMAN
NOVELS FINDS HIS
OCCUPATION GONE
GENEVA.—The well-known Swiss
tovelist, J C. Heer. of Zur-'eh, one
>f the most popular Swiss writers
>f German language novels, adver
:ises in Swiss papers that the war
tas killed the German novel and
hat he is virtually ruined. He
isks Swiss newspapers for employ
nent in writing political and liter
iry articles or any editorial work.
The steamer Alaska, icebound for
t time at Fortymile, passed Selkirk
>n Saturday, enroute to Whitehorse,
rhe steamer Yukon has reached
Dawson safely.