4 WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1919.
NO. 220
. PACKERS MUST YIELD FOOD MONOPOLY
WOOD SA YS AMERICANS ARE TOO INDIFFERENT
SENATORS MAY RESUME TREATY FIGHT BEFORE XMAS
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 18.—
Senator Hitchcock, Democratic
spokesman for the administration,
has called a meeting of Democratic
senators for tomorrow to choose a
&nate leader to succeed the late
Senator Martin. Both Hitchcock and
Underwood are aspirants for the
place.
Friends of Senator Underwood
want the selection of a leader post
poned until after the treaty ques
tion has been settled, so that they
can vote on Hitchcock’s leadershinp
of the treaty fight, but the oppos
ing faction insists on hurrying the
choice. Hitchcock, it is understood,
will continue to act as administra
tion leader of the treaty fight, re
gardless of the outcome of tomor
row’s meeting.
The foreign relations committee
of the senatd will also meet to
morrow. and it is considered likely
that the treaty fight will be re
opened before the holiday recess,
in an endeavor to get committee
action on the Knox resolution de
claring a state of peace to exist be
tween the United States and Ger
many.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 18.—
It was learned at the White House
today that it is the intention of
President Wilson to announce this
week the names of the special com
mission which is to investigate coal
miners’ wages and price conditions,
in accordance with the agreement
under which the coal strike was
settled.
The announcement probably will
be made tomorrow and the commis
sion will begin work immediately
after the holidays.
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ANSWER FUR DEEDS
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 18.—Thirty
two Industrial Workers, recently in
dicted by the grand jury on the
charge of violating the espionage
act, were found guilty today on 64
counts, the trial jury finding little
difficulty in reaching a verdict.
The evidence presented by the
state was conclusive.
REPUBLICANS CALLED
FOR FAIRBANKS MEET
Attorney Tom Marquam has is
sued a call for a Republican meet
ing, to he held at the Fairbanks city
hall tomorrow night. An effort wdll
be made, it is understood, to revive
the old Tanana Valley Republican
club, which has been out of com
GOVERNMENT AFTER PACKERS*
MUST CUT OUT SIDE LINES
CHICAGO, Dec. IS. — The five(
largest packing concerns in the Unit
ed States, known ns the “Big Five,”
against whom the Government has
instituted anti-trust proceedings, are
now engaged in an attempt to ne
gotiate a compromise with the fed
eral authorities, having expressed a
willingness to abandon many of the
side lines in which they have en
gaged extensively during the past
several years.
It is understood that the Govern
ment will insist that the packer
.vithdraw from the following line
af business: leather, canned fruit
and vegetables, soap, groceries, col
storage and refrigerator car line:
aereals, glue, sporting goods, an
stockyard control.
Officials of the department o
justice are authority for the state
ment that the packers have agree
to many of the demands made upo
them, including the dissolution o
all interests except those involve
s I in the production of meat, poultry, ,
? j butter, eggs, and cheese. Officials i
s of Swift & Co. say that the com
1 promise, while considerably curtail- ,
, ing their grocery operations, will 1
1 not seriously affect any of the Big
Five.
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f The fact that the packers ha 1
- invaded many lines of business not
i directly connected with the packing
i industry was first brought to the at
f tention of the public by the federal
1 trade commission, one of the com- .
mission's reports charging that the
packers had secured control of many
industries and threatened to dom
mate the food situation of the coun
try.
Statements of the commission
caused considerable of an upheaval
and it was openly charged that the
commission was dominated by So
cialists. Developments of the pres
ent week, however, indicate that the
commission’s survey of the situation
was fairly accurate.
mission since the Democrats cam<
into power.
Engineer in Charge Fred’k D
Browne, who went to Fairbanks thii
week for the purpose of investigat
ing the possibilities of coal con
sumption in that district, is takins
advantage of the opportunity to ad
vertise the Moose excursion to Ne
nana on December 31. Mr. Brown'
was successful in securing interview:
which appeared in both the Fair
banks papers, and it is probabh
that his boosting will materially in
crease the number of Fairbanksair
who will make the trip.
Members of the Moose lodge am
other Nenanaites are equally bust
at home, and each day adds eonsid
erably to the interest manifested ir
the excursion and the masqueradt
at which the visitors will be enter
tained upon their arrival here. Th<
list of prizes to be awarded masker:
is increasing in number steadily
several very substantial prizes no\»
being on display at the Portland
Among the things noticed by Thi
News man last night were a shinint
golden double eagle, a pair of gok
cuff links and stickpin, and a bo>
of expensive- stationery.
Reports received from the upper
town indicate that many of tih<
dancers there are already planning
costumes, and there is reason t<
believe there will be keen rivalrj
for the prizes. The presence oi
visitors at the dance in mask wil
also add much to the enjoyment oi
the occasion.
RED CROSS UNIFORM
TO BE FOREST GREET*
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Dec. 18 -
Forest green has been made the of
ficial color of the Red Cross uni
form.
HARVARD PLAYERS
TO STOP ENROUTI
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 1 8.—Tht
Harvard football team, which is en
route to the Pacific coast to plat
the Oregon eleven at Pasadena or
New Year's day, will spend Christ
mas in this city.
REPUBLICANS WILL 5
KEEP EYE ON CASH
WASHINGTON. D. 0., Dec. 18.
Majority Leader Mondell, of Wy
oming, has announced, in 'connec
tion with the consideration of th
; first urgent deficiency bill of th
'present session, that all of the gen
eral appropriations for 1921 will b
pared closely, in accordance with
policy of strictest economy. Excel
t
tion will bg made in the case of th
postoffice and navy department;
which already have been reduced t
the barest possible needs.
The house, he declared, woul
- make great reductions in the army j
. and fortifications estimates and cur
tailments in other directions, he
i said, would be the rule throughout,
the session.
The year’s receipts. Mondell in-;'
formed the house, would aggregate!'
; six billion thirty-five million, which j'
i amount does not take into account,!
- estimated receipts on interest ac-j'
1 counts on nearly ten billions loaned i
. by America to the Allies. This in
1 terest, if collected, he pointed out.
would materially lighten the finan-j1
licial burdens of the nation.
WOOD SAYS PEOPLE !
VERY INDIFFERENT
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DENVER. Dec. 18.—In an ad
dress delivered in this city today
before the members of the state
legislature, Major-General Leonard
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Wood declared that the factors in
the wave of unrest now sweeping
the United States are the marked
indifference of the average Ameri
can toward the performance of his
civic duties, and the willingness of
red aliens and agitators to usurp
the functioning of local govern
ments of many sections of the na
tion.
The number of so-eelled radicals
is not a^ great as people generally
suppose, he said. It is so small, in ;
fact, as to be practically negligi- *
ble were it not for the fact that *
real Americans stand .back, inac- *
tive, while the undesirables take ad- 1
vantage of every opportunity to,"
agitate. Ninety-five percent of Am- 1
eriean labor, he continued, is '
straight, but under the leadership
of radicals. 1
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The speaker urged strict suppres
sion of immigration as a means of
preventing the admission of more
of the undesirable class.
The bulwark in the nation’s in
dustrial life, he said in conclusion, *
is the American Legion.
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SENATOR PREDICTS
MAIL BY AIRPLANE!
SAX FRANCISCO, Dec. 18.—Sen
ator James Phelan, who is home
from Washington for the holidays,
makes the prediction that an air
plane mail service will soon be es
tablished by the Government be
tween New York and San Francisco,
with an additional service later to ;
Seattle.
The mail leaving New York on
Monday, he says, will reach San
Francisco on Wednesday.
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Advices received from \ aldez to
day tell of the completion of the ■
Wiliam Dempsey trial and the con- ,
fiction of the defendant on two!
murder charges. He was indicted
on the charge of causing the death *
of Margaret Lavor, at Anchorage,
Mid Deputv Marshal Ike Evans, at:
Seward. ' •
The trial was held before Judge ,
Charles E. Bunnell. Sentence hadj
lot been pronounced at the time
he dispatch was sent from Valdez.
The Fairbanks C'omereial club has
>een advised by Harry Christopher
Seattle representative of the fish
eries bureau, that the bureau plans
o send hatchery and scientific eX
>erts to Interior Alaska next Sum
ner to make an investigation of
fukon river conditions.
He does not state whether or not
he operation of canneries near the
nouth of the Yukon will be re
tricted pending the completion of
he investigation.
DEMOCRAT ELECTED
ON LEAGUE MI
CHARLOTTE, X. C., Dec. IS.—
’lyde Hoev, Democrat, who cam
laigned as a supporter of the
-eague of Nations proposition, ha
>een elected to Congress from the
Cinth congressional district, defeat
rig John Morehead, Republican, who
nade the race as an anti-leaguer.
PERSONAL **
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Game Warden Steve Foster and
'harles Stanford have returned fi-m
he Kantishna. The trip was made
.ith the Stanford dog team.
Eobby Sheldon, pioneer auto
tageman, has announced positively
hat he will sail from Fairbanks to
norrow morning for the coast end
f the Richardson trail. He has
everal Fairbanksans booked for the
rip, Wallace Cathcart being one of
he number. He is going to Seattle
o engage in the auto tire business.
Patents have been granted for
wo homesteads near Fairbanks, one
f the tracts having been located by
'rank Isaacson, 312 acres, and the
ther by Peter August Nelson, 320
cres.
renana—The Gateway to McKinley
national Park.
BOOBS SELL Oil!
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| DETROIT. Mich.. Dee. 18.—Prof
Porta’s prediction of world demise
; caused many needless sleepless
J nights throughout the country, and
|it is now coming to light that nu
imerous of the more superstitious
jwent to extremes in making their
i preparations for an exodus to less
'troubled planets.
i Local newspapers carry a store
'today in which it is related that
|two small storekeepers of this city
jv.ere so deeply impressed by the
'prophesy that they disposed of their
I belongings as the fatal day ap
iproached and stampeded to Califor
nia, which they believed to be situ
jated on another planet.
MEXICANS WORRIED
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 18.—Many
1 residents of this city, ready to be
ilieve almost anything, were con
jvineed that the world was about to
'end yesterday when the city was
rocked by an earthquake of consid
! erable violence. The shock caused
• a rush of people to the streets and
1 plazas and hundreds prostrated
j themselves in a fervent appeal for
| rescue from what appeared to them
• to be approaching doom.
| When the frightened populace fin
ally went back to their houses they
'found that practically no damage
had resulted from the quake.
BREMERTON. Dec. is. The
navy yar i drydock, -aid to he the
largest ;n the world, was dedicated
this week with appropriate cere
mony, numerous naval, state, and
city officials being on hand to par
ticipate in the proceedings.
There were two new ammunition
ships in the dork when the water
was let in for the first time. The
dock was built by the navy and is
950 feet in length.
BACKSTROM TO SUCCEED
STEVE REGAN ON COAST
J. L. Backstrom, ^tache of the
United States land office, who was
in Nenana much of the time last
summer, has beer, appointed Assist
ant United States attorney, with
headquarters at Ketchikan. He will
succeed Steve Regan, who was mur
dered at Ketchikan several weeks
ago.
Backstrom is a graduate of Mis
sissippi Law school.
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TEMPERATURE
As reported by the government
observation station, Nenana
Thursday, December IS.
Maximum .5 below
Minimum . .15 below
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