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WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL. III.
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY. APRIL 16, 1920.
NO. 14
CURRY URGING BENEFITS FOR ALASKA
CARRANZA WANTS TO MOVE ARMY THROUGH U. S.
HAYWOOD DENIES CONNECTION WITH RAILWAY STRIKE
WASHINGTON, D. C\, April 1(5.
—The navy department has (riven
official recognition to the overall j
■f club in naval circles, permitting civ
ilian employes at the Norfolk yard
and Hampton Roads to buy denim
garments from the naval stores at j
cost, as a means of cutting down
ihe cost of wearing apparel.
The overall and apron club move
ment is spreading to all sections of
* the country, the ranks of the econ
omists having been swelled largely
by the affiliation of judges, lawyers,
merchants, professors and students
in scores of cities.
Women dressed in calico and
gingham are becoming a common
sight also.
WOOL PRICES FIXED.
SALT LAKE, April 16. — An
nouncement is made that wool prices
this season will be fully as high as
they were last year. The secretary
of the Wool Growers’ association,
who makes this announcement,
states also that the demand for
woolen doth is stronger now than
ever before.
The Wool Growers’ association
some time ago announced that the
cost of the wool that goes into a
?00 suit of clothes does not exceed
$7. This statement was made in
order to show that the wool grow
ers are not responsible for the high
cost of clothing.
A. Bredlie, pioneer shoe merchant
of Fairbanks, who returned to the
upper town this week from a ten
months 'trip to the States, arrived
in Nenana today for a look over
the district.
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CURRY WANTS ALASKA MADE
LAND OF BIG OPPORTUNITY
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 1C.
—Representative Charles F. Curry
of California, chairman of the house
committee on territories and sponsor
in that branch of Con.trress for the
Alaska development board bill, made
the statement today that “we have
got to amend the laws in so far as
they apply to Alaska, so as to make
iit possible for men to po to Alaska
with the apportunity to better their
condition. Lonp-ranpe povemment
has never been a success, and the
(attempt to repulate the affairs of
(Alaska in that manner is no exeep
tion.”
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PLAN APPROVED
SEATLE, April 16.—The execu
tive committee of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce has adopted a
memorial in which it is pointed out
Ithat a federal board, resident of
Alaska, is essential to the efficient
administration of the affairs of the
Territory. It is shown that the pop
ulation of Alaska has actually de
creased during the past ten years,
and that a continuation of present
conditions will result in Alaska be
coming a national weakness.
DEAFER SUMMONS !
THEODORE N. 11
NEW YORK. April 16.—Theo
dore N. Vail, capitalist and for
many years prominently identified
with the great telegraph and tele
phone systems of the country, died
in this city today, aped 75 years.
The deceased was regarded as
one of the greatest organizers of
his day, and it was largely due to
his energy and farsightedness that
the telegraph and telephone were
developed so rapidly in America.
[NOTE.—The story of the life of
; this great man appears elsewhere in
ithis issue of The News.]
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j« PERSONAL -
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1 H. H. Ross, of Fairbanks, who is
seeking nomination as a Republican
candidate for legislative honors, re
turned to the pupper towm today,
I after a visit of several days in Ne
i nana.
The work of taking up the track
on the old Chena spur will be start
ed tomorrow by the Alaskan En
igineering commission.
Misses Jackson and Rose return
ed to Fairbanks from Salcha yes
terday afternoon and returned to
their home in Nenana today.
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The following: passengers reached
Fairbanks late yesterday from the
coast: Mrs. Mellish and child, Peter
Vachon, Crosby Keane, Dan Jones,
Miss L. B. White of Chisana, Mrs.
J. Johnson, James P. Underhill, who
j will be cashier in the Fairbanks
| office of the signal corps.
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i Peter Steil arrived from Fair
banks today with a motion picture
camera, on a picture-taxing expedi
tion for the Pathe people. Several
exposures were made on the way
idown, but Mr. .Steil plans to take
i most of his pictures south of Ne
jnana, in the canyon district. He
1 will go out the line on tomorrow's
|train.
First class mail, which reached
Fairbanks from the coast late yes
terday, came down on today’s train.
Fairbanksans who were camou
jflaged info putting up money for
: the purchase of the old Gordon
i roller rink for an armory are now
i trying to sell the building to the
^ school board for a gymnasium.
AYWOOD DECLARES
PALMER IS WRONG
CHICAGO, April 16.—William D.
Haywood, head of the Industrial
Workers of the World, has issued a
statement in which he declares that
his organization has no connection
whatever with the insurgent switch
men's strike. He admitted, how
ever, that efforts are being made
to institute industrial unionism
among the railroad men of the eoun
try, and declared that propaganda
for one big union will be con
tinued.
CONDITIONS IMPROVE.
SEATTLE. April 16.—Reports re
ceived in this city state that strik
ing railroad men are returning tc
their places today in many section*
of the country and that condition;
are improving steadily. A thousand
switchmen are reported to have re
turned in Chicago, fully 10,00(
workers have resumed work at Gary
and the movement of freight is be
ing speeded up rapidly. Condition;
along the Pacific coast are almos'
norma! again.
No further arrests of striker;
-have been made by the federal offi
! cials.
TRAINMEN REPLY.
J CLEVELAND, April 16. — Tht
(Brotherhood of Trainmen, Engineer
land Firemen made reply today t<
t the ultimatum issued by the general
. management of the railroads de
imanding that the strikers be return
| ed to their places by Saturday. The
j nature of the reply has not been
I made known.
Big breaks in the ranks af the
strikers are reported from Toledo,
Pittsburgh, and elsewhere, but the
strikers have gained in the South
by the addition of switchmen em
ployed on the Florida East Coast
i railroad.
WILL RUN TRAINS.
LOS ANGELES, April 1(3.—South
ern Pacific conductors have voted
to respond to calls for trains, re
gardless of strike conditions.
BOARD MEETS.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April U5.
—The first meeting of the new
railroad board was held this city
this morning with six of the nine
members present. Another meeting
was held this afternoon after others
of the board had arrived, and Henrv
Hunt was elected chairman and G.
W. Hangar, secretary, both being
members of the public group.
The railroad wage dispute, which
was under consideration when flu
bi-partisan conference broke up a
fortnight ago, was submitted to the
; board and will be taken up immedi
i ately.
CARRANZA PLANNING
ATTACK ON SONORA
! WASHINGTON, D. C., April 16.
—The stale department is in re
ceipt of a request from President
Carranza, seeking, permission to
move Mexican federal troops thru
| American territory for the purpose
■ of attacking the secessionists of
Sonora from the north. The depart
ment has made no reply as yet.
It is understood that Carranza
plans, if the desired permission is
granted, to move his troops by way
of the Mexican Central railroad to
El Paso, thence across Texas to
Douglas, Arizona, and south to Agua
Prieta.
OBREGON ON RUN.
MEXICO CITY, April 16.—Al:
,varo Obregon, presidential candi
date, and Benjamin Hill, his cam
| pad'll manager, are reported to havt
i taken flight from this city, travel
ing: by automobile. They are saic
to be headed toward the state ol
Guerrero.
GUNBOATS DESF.RT.
| AGUA PR1ETA, April 16.—Twt
Carranza gunboats have desertei
Ifrom the Carranza government t'
join the new Sonora republic forces
It is also announced that Genera
Arnulfo Gomez, former federa
commander, has revolted and de
-dared for Obregon.
j Sonora republican troops are now
i marching on Culiacan, capital oi
Sinaloa.
Fortifications are being hastil>
erected here in anticipation of an
attack by Carranza troops.
10 MEET TONIGHT
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j The regular weekly meeting of
j the Nenana Commercial club will
be held in the Union building to
I night, commencing promptly at *
. o’clock.
! All members of the organization
I are urged to be on hand.
GOTHAM ELEVATORS
| STOPPED BY SHE
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| XKYY YORK, April Id.—Seven
teen thousand' union elevator oper
ators of this city went out on strike
this morning, their demands includ
ing increased wages and shorter
hours.
The suspension of elevator activi
ty has worked a great hardship on
occupants of offices in the upper
•stories of skyscrapers. An effort
is being made to round up tli
women operators who were employ
ed during the war, the pian being
to use them as strike-breakers.
VESSELS TIED UP.
| YOKOHAMA, April 16.—All of
the vessels in this harbor have been
tied up by a strike of stevedores.
UNDESIRABLES FREED
BY SEATTLE POLICE
SEATTLE, April 10.— The 35 San
Franciscans who arrived here last
week and who refused, on arrival,
to board the fisheries boat to which
they had been assigned, were re
leased today. The men, who were
released from jail in San Francisco
on condition that they would work
in the fisheries in the North, claim
that the cannery company broke
; faith with them. Seven of the men
have been rearrested on the charge
of being disorderly persons.
[ Fairbanks reports that the gold
bonus fund is still about $200 shy
'subscriptions thus far received to
taling only $1,332, of which amoun1
Brooks subscribed $144.50, the First
National bank $700, and the N. C
company $487.50.
Col. F. Mears, Lieut.-Col. H. P
j Warren, and Engineer in Chargt
i Fred’k D. Browne returned to Ne
I nana from Fairbanks today. Th«
two visiting officials will leave foi
the end of steel tomorrow, enroute
back to their headquarters on th<
coast.
PAPER SHORTAGE
i NKW YORK, April 16. The
; scarcity of book paper, such as is
used in the publication of mag
lazines, has caused the publishers of
several periodicals to combine two
tissues in one, reducing the number
• of pages and curtailing the amount
iof advertising carried. The shortage
jis attributed to a strike among the
paper makers.
NEWSPAPERS SHORT.
j CINCINNATI. April 16.- All of
, the afternoon papers of this city
i were compelled to reduce their size
today to eight pages, because of
their inability to secure paper sutli
cient for editions of the usual size.
SITUATION GRAVE.
• NEW YORK, April 16.— Prodigal
methods in the forests and paper
j mills have brought the paper indus
■ try and the public face to face with
the alarming paper shortage wnich
exists, and which can be remedied
ionly by forest protection, according
to George W. Sissons, president of
the American Paper & Pulp associa
tion, who addressed the annual con
vention of the association in this
icitv today. He deplored the in
timations from Canada that the ex
port of pulp wood from private
.lands in Canada might be curtailed,
and hinted at retaliatory methods in
case of such action.
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■ LONDON, April DL—Trie Berlin
correspondent of the London Mail
report1! that there is every reason
to believe that civil war in Germany
is imminent.
The German Baltic troops, which
fi paired in the recent attempt to
overthrow the Kbert government.
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are reported to have raised tne
kaiser's flap, anil Russian reaction
aries are reported to be engaged in
raising Russian and German detach
ments in Silesia am! West Prussia
Conditions generally are in a tur
moil, the correspondent states, and
it is impossible to obtain definite
information regarding the threat
ened outbreak.
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Father Monroe arrived in N'enana
today on his regular monthly visit.
He will be here until Tuesday.
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