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WHERE, RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1920
NO. 136
PRICES TAKE SUDDEN DROP IN STATES
COX SAYS G. O. P. IS TRYING TO MUZZLE PRESS
JUROR SAYS BASEBALL PROBE SHOWS CORRUPT ACTS
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DETROIT, Sept. 25.—Four ban
dits held up a branch of the First
State bank at Mount Elliott and
Michigan avenues yesterday and es
caped in an automobile with $30,000
of the bank’s funds.
IN INDIANA.
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Sept. 25.—
A screened mail wagon was held up
this morning by two masked men
and relieved of mail valued at be
tween $5,000 and $50,000.
IN KANSAS.
SOUTH HADLEY, Kan., Sept. 25.
—W. C. Ferguson, cashier of the
Katy Coal company, was attacked
late yesterday afternoon by six ban
dits and his office looted, the bandits
escaping with $11,000. The cashier
tried to prevent the robbery and is
now in a serious condition.
TRAIN ROBBED.
CHICAGO, Sept. 25.—Two men
have been placed under arrest in
this city on suspicion ‘ !>>¥■*•
were connected with the robbery of
the northbound Illinois Central’s
New Orleans Limited last night.
Registered mail valued at possibly
$100,000 was stolen, the exact
amount of the loss not yet having
been ascertained.
ONE MAN CAUGHT.
VALDOSTA, Ga., Sept. 25.—
Rufus Knight, a veteran of the
world war, is under arrest here on
the charge of stealing Liberty bond
pouches from an express car of the
Southern railway. When arrested,
Knight had in his possession bonds
valued at $100,000.
MERCHANT SHOT.
CHICAGO, Sept. 25. — P. B.
Rhodes, a dry good merchant, was
shot and killed while driving to his
office yesterday morning. He re
fused to stop his car when ordered
to do so by an unidentified bandit.
NECKLACE STOLEN.
LONDON, Sept. 25. — Solicitors
representing Mrs. John D. Spreckels'
of California have instructed the po
lice to extradite William Barrett, a
former captain of marines, who was
once prominent in Seattle society
and who is now located in Los An
• geles. He is charged with the theft
of a pearl necklace valued at €10,
000.
GEIS HOME BURNS;
• DAMAGE IS GREAT
The residence of Mrs. Robert J.
Geis, in Fairbanks, was nearly de
stroyed by fire yesterday, shortly
before noon, and the loss is a heavy
one, only partially covered by in
surance. The blaze started in the
room of one of the children on the
second floor, and when discovered,
had practically enveloped the entire
upper floor of the building.
The ground floor was not touched
by the fire, but the smoke and
water reached almost every part of
the building, and contributed large
ly to the loss sustained.
MOSE GIBSON HANGED
FOR WESTERN MURDER
SAN QUENTIN, Cal., Sept. 25.—
Mose Gibson, negro slayer of Roy
Trapp, a Fullerton rancher, and
Jacob Erhardt and wife, of Phoenix,
MARKETS BECOME UNSTEADY;
FLOUR AND COTTON WEAKEN
W ASHINGTON, D. C., Sept.' 25.1
—The committee of statistics and j
standards of the Chamber of Com- j
merce of the United States has is- j
sued a statement in which it is i
claimed that good business will con
tinue throughout the remainder of
the year, in spite of disturbing fac
tors. The statement goes into detail
in describing the commercial, agri
cultural nnd industrial outlook and
points out that buying is liberal, buti
on a sane and sober basis as coni-j
pared with the speculative buying of \
a few months ago.
COTTON BREAKS.
NEW YORK, Sept. 25. — There
was great excitement on the local
stock exchange today when cotton
broke more than $5 a bale for No
vember delivery. Delivery for other
months also showed a break of be
tween 5 and 45 points under yes
teiaay?* ** -*.^f,
FLOUR SLUMPING.
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 25.—There
was a sharp decline in the price of
flour here today, quotations showing]
a bi'eak of from 25 to 40 cents a
bail'd. The drop in prices is at- i
tributed to a weak wheat market.
BANK CLOSED.
BOSTON, Sept. 25.—Bank Com
missioner Allen has closed the Cos
mopolitan Trust company, together
with its banking and saving depart
ments agency abroad. This is the
fifth bank to be closed within live
weeks, beginning with the Hanover
Trust company, which went on the
rocks following the collapse of the
get-rich-quick international exchange
scheme of Charles Ponzi.
BUSINESS PROMISING.
MARION, Ohio, Sept. 25. — Ad
dressing a gathering of several thou
sand commercial travelers. Senator
Harding spoke encouragingly here
today of reforms that would be in
augurated in the event of Republic
jean success. He promised an era
I of business stability and a business
! like government. He outlined a
policy of “common counsel’’ as op
post'd to a “one man government.”
He pledged himself to an idealism
“based on common sense and not
on treating the nation’s business
with suspicion and contempt.”
TRADE DECREASES.
WASHINGTON, D. 0., Sept. 25.
— Both imports and exports de
! creased sharply during the month
i of August, according to figures made
\ public today by the department of
! commerce. The report shows an
i export decrease of $07,000,00 from
j July, and imports $18,000,000. Gold
imported during August totaled
$15,400, as compared with $2,
j 500,000 during August, 1910. Gold
; exports during August were $25,
! 000,000, as compared with $45,000,
! 000 a year ago.
SITUATION GRAVE.
CHICAGO, Sept. 25.—More than
200 bankers, packers and grain deal
| ers met in this city this week for
the purpose of discussing the live
stock situation throughout the coun
try, and resolutions were adopted
appealing to the Government to aid
in preserving the livestock industry.
Louis Swift, the packer, predicted
a lowering of food prices, and A. K.
Derieqles declared that loans aggre
gating a quarter of a billion would
be necessary to avert a crisis in the
livestock situation.
WOOL PRICES DOWN.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 25. — Price
reductions ranging from 15 to 30
percent in woolens have been an
nounced by the Cleveland Worsted
Mills company, the announcement
being accompanied by the explana
tion that raw materials may now be
obtained at a considerable reduetion.
LUMBER SLIDING.
TOLEDO, Sept. 25. — Lumber
prices t iok a tumble here today
when the Co-operative Ready Cut
Mouse i inpany announced a 20 per
| cent r<»y ion in retail pric es. It
is admitted that the action of Henry"
Ford in cutting the price of auto
mobiles started the lumber reduc
tion.
was hanged here yesterday morn- ■
ing. Following his arrest, Gibson;
confessed that he had murdered four'
other people, but the statement has !
not been proved.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25. -Be-,
cause the Shell Oil company failed
to make delivery of 30,000 barrels i
of fuel oil, in compliance with a (
demand of the naval authorities, j
marine guards were stationed yes- |
terday at the valves of the com
pany’s plant at Martinez. Admiral
Jayne announced that the guards!
had been placed there “to insure j
protection of the navy's interests:
and to see that the needs of the!
fleet are supplied to avoid inteA-up
tion during the forthcoming maneu
vers.’’
Surrendered.
Officials of the Shell Oil company
announced today that they had met
the .navy’s demand for oil at $2 per
barrel, “to prevent the seizure of
our plants.”
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 25.
—Government loans to the railroads,
aggregating sixty million dollars,
have been approved by the inter
state commerce commission since the
termination of federal control, ac
cording to testimony submitted at a
hearing held here today.
A Federal Lemon.
The federal guarantee of railroad
earnings has resulted in increasing
the public debt one hundred million
dollars during the month of August,
according to a treasury statement,
which shows that the gross nati nal
debt on the first of this month was
$24,324,000,000.
After several unsuccessful at
tempts to arouse public interest in
the annual town election, the board j
of trustees held a special public i
meeting at the firehall last night and .
succeeded in inducing seven citizen*
to permit the use of their names as
candidates for trustees to succeed!
the present board. Those selected :
were: George W. Woods, John H.
Flower, Joe O’Connor, M. J. Coon
ey, Henry Rappolt, J. H. Miles, and
Mayor Oscar Rothenburg.
The election will be held on
Thursday, September SO, at the tire
hall, and all citizens of the. town and
railroad reserve who have resided\
in the community for a period of;
thirty days and in the territory for!
one year .will he permitted to vote.
The polls will be open between the
hours of 10 a. m. and 7 p. m.
Mrs. J. R. Bowen, Robert Joseph
Diven and Fire Chief Allan A. John
son were appointed judges of elec
tion at last night’s meeting.
COMMANDER PREDICTS
GREAT LEGION CROWD
CLEVELAND, Sept. 25.—Frank
lin D’Olier, national commander of i
the American Legion, declares that
the biggest crowd of visitors Cleve
land ever entertained will be present
on Monday to witness and partici
pate in the legion parade, which will
mark the opening of the convention.
It is expected that the pavaders will
number fully 20,000.
Mayor Fitzgerald has proclaimed
a half-holiday in honor of the occa
sion.
BABE RUTH KNOCKING;
HITS ANOTHER TODAY
'NEW YORK, Sept. 25. — Babe
Ruth knocked another home run in
the first inning of yesterday’s game
with Washington. He has fifty hom
ers to his credit now.
COX SAYS G. 0. P,
IS USING PAPERS
10 BEAT TICKET
TRINIDAD, Colo., Sept. 25.—In a
speech delivered here yesterday,
Governor Cox reiterated the charge
that the Republican national com
mittee is trying to induce Republi
can newspapers to suppress the facts
with regard to his campaign. Ho
asserted that Chairman Will Hays
is sending scouts along the route
selected lor Democratic meetings,
four days in advance, and arranging
with Republican editors to ask ques
tions and then refrain from publish
ing the answers made by him
(Cox). The editors also arc urged
to say that “Cox had a poor meet
ing and was coldly received.”
Referring to the Tuft statement
relative to the use of militia in
Ohio, Cox said that the former presi
dent should “be ashamed of himself
for indulging in such charges.”
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INQUIRY REVEALS
BASEBALL GW
CHICAGO, Sept. 25.—Henry M.
Brigham, foreman of the special
grand jury which is investigating
alleged crooked baseball games, de
clared today that the inquiry will
be pushed to the limit, and inti
mated that itg would be productive
of results that would astonish the
public. He said that he was “shock
ed by the rottenness already re
vealed.’’
It is understood that the jurymen
are now investigating a report that
George M. Cohen and Mont Thomas
lost large sums which were bet by
them on last year’s world series.
Rube Benton has made a state
ment in which he names four White
Sox players as having been men
tioned by an aliened member of the
gambling ring during a discussion
of alleged fixing of last year’s series.
The players indicated are Eddie
Cicotte and Claude Williams, pitch
ers, and Chick Gandil and Happy
Felsh. Benton says that Manager
Comiskoy had held up their checks
for the players’ share of receipts
for some time after the series ended.
RIGA, Sept. 25.—Adolphe Jeffer,'
head of the Russian peace delega
tion, has submitted for the consid
eration of the Polish delegates an
armistice which he declares the Poles'
must accept within ten days. Fail
ure to accept will be followed im
mediately by the inauguration of a
winter campaign, which Joffer says
the soviet government desires to
avert.
IN THE MEANTIME.
SEBASTOPOL, Sept. 25. — The
Wrangel forces have taken more
than 10,000 prisoners during the
past six days. Polish cavalry is sur
] rounding the Bolsheviki along a 100
mile front and the Reds are being
outflanked along the Dneiper river.
LONDON, Sept. 25. — Reports
from Teheran state that the Bol
sheviki have evacuated Baku.
WARSAW, Sept. 25—Polish suc
cesses are reported from the South
ern and Central fronts.
LONDON, Sept, 25.—The Polish
forces have commenced an offensive
movement in the vicinity of Grodno.
SEBASTOPOL, Sept. 25. — The
American steamship Faraby has ar
rived here with a cargo of muni
tions, which is being traded for
grain and wool.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 25.—
Wrangel’s latest cavalry drive
against the Bolsheviki in South Rus
sia has resulted in the capture of
thousands of prisoners, large quan
tities of supplies and important
strategic positions. The Japanese
government has an observer with
the Wrangel forces.
SOLDIER PAPERS
ARE CONTROLLED
BY OLD PARTIES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 25.
—Joseph I„ Heffernan, secretary
treasurer of the Stars and Stripes,
testifying: before the senate cam
paign investigating committee yes
terday, declared that the soldier
publication is controlled by the
Democratic national committee. The
American Legion Weekly, he testi
fied, is controlled by the Republican
national committee. Hetfernan also
informed the committee that a man
named Waldo, representing the Du
pont interests, had sought to get
control of the Stars and Stripes,
and when he failed to do so, had
threatened that the publication
would receive no support from large
advertisers.
Heffernan asked that Senator
Walter K. Edge of New Jersey be
barred from that puvt of the in
vestigation concerning the Stars and
Stripes, because of the senator’s
alleged conne. tion with the scheme
to prevent the paper from securing
advertising.
' ^V Propaganda.
Chairman fvonyon has announced
that it is the intention of the com
mittee to probe certain alleged Ger
man propaganda which is being
used in behalf of certain candidates.
The committee is investigating tho
distribution of alleged Cox propa
ganda by the Newspaper Enterprise
association, Robert Scripps, editor of
the Scripps newspapers, having been
called before the committee in that
connection. Scripps testified that
his father, E. C. Scripps, owner of
the majority of the stock of tho
1'nited Press, is identified with the
Newspaper Enterprise association as
allied manager.” He stated fur
ther that the interest of his family
in the candidacy of Governor Cos
is “purely in the public interest”
and they have received no money
from the Hemocratic committee for
propaganda.
The committee has ordered a com- .
plete probe of the financing of the
book entitled “Republicanism in
1920,” published by the Albany
Journal. William Barnes, president
of the company, has been formally
directed to produce the subscription
lists, in spite of his protest that the
venture is purely a private commer
cial transaction, and not a proper
matter for investigation.
James W. Gerard, chairman of
the Democratic finance committee,
informed Ihe investigators that,
while his committee has not limited
the size of contributions, a total of
$2,000,000 is regarded as sufficient
for the requirements of the cam
paign. When asked if the Demo
crats would accept a total of $15,
000,000, Gerard replied in the nega
tive. Such a tremendous campaign
fund, he said, would shock the pub
lic conscience.
George B. Lockwood, editor of
I the National Republican, has been
I summoned to appear before the com
; mittee.
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