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DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1920
NO. 142
GOVERNMENT BARES ANARCHIST PLOT
RIOT SUMMAR Y SHO WS HEA VYLOSSES IN IRELAND
dlEVELAND TIES SCORE IN FOURTH GAME OF SERIES
RUSSIANS HAVE TAKEN
BIG TOWN FROM POLES
LONDON, Oct. 9—According to
Letvian advices received in this city
this afternoon, the Bolsheviki have
launched a new offensive against
the Poles and have advanced their
positions a considerable distance in
consequence of the unpreparedness
of the Polish forces for the drive.
The Russians claim to have taken
the important city of Minsk.
MILL OPERATORS PLANNING
TO LAY MANY WORKERS OFF
BOSTON, Oct. 9—A largo num
ber of mill operatives will be idle
next week as the result of plans
which have been announced by op
erators in several textile centers.
A large silk factory at Lowell has
announce a 15 percent reduction in
wages and several hosiery and un
derwear mills, having refused to
join the wage-cutting movement, are
to close their plants instead, pending
a restoration of normal conditions.
A large shoe factory at Manchester
has announced that it will close for
an indefinite period and several
cloth mills will suspend operations
for a week, as a means of curtailing
output.
DELEGATIONS MEET
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 9—
Delegates representing the five al
lied and associated big powers of
the world met with officials of the
state department here yesterday
in the first preliminary session of
the international communications
conference.
SCORE LOSE LIVES
LONDON, Oct. 9—The wreck of
the Venice-Milan express yesterday
caused the death of a score of pas
sengers and the more or less seri
ous injury of 30 others, according
to Rome advices received in this
city. The wreck was caused by a
collision.
M’SWEENEY SINKING
LONDON, Oct. 9—The condition
of Lord Mayor Terence Me Sween
ey is considerable worse today, as
a result of continued fasting. The
prisoner is weak and exhausted.
STREET HOPPING AGAIN
According to private advices re
ceived by The News, the Alaska
Black Wolf squadron reached Ed
monton late yesterday and planned
to hop to Saskatoon today, three
of the airplanes are on the move
now, the fourth having reached
Fargo some time ago and held up
there pending the arrival of the
others.
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Henry Nunneville left for the
coast this morning, by way of the
Broad Pass trail.
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LEADERS OF NATION-WIDE PLOT
ARE UNDER ARREST IN CHICAGO
I PENDLETON WOMEN TRYING
TO SAVE JAIL BREAKERS
PENDLETON, ORE., Oct. 9—
The death sentence has been im
posed on G. W. Phelps, Elvin Kerby
land John Laffebean, who were con
victed this week on the charge of
murdering- Sheriff Taylor at the
time of the recent jail break.
The case of the convicted men is
to be appealed by a group of local
women sympathizers, who are now
engaged in raising funds for that
purpose.
HEAVY BATTLE RAGING
ON POLISH FRONT TODAY
RIGA, Oct. 9—Polish and Lith
uanian troops are engaged in a big
battle today south of Vilna, accord
ing to official advices received in
this city from the scene of action.
An official Lithuanian report de
clares that “the fight is to be to
the finish”.
TREATY NOT SIGNED
RIGA, Oct. 9—The Polish-Rus
sian peace meeting, of which favor
able reports were sent out earlier
in the week, adjourned this after
noon, the delegates leaving the con
ference without signing the armis
tice or peace theaty. No date has
been set for the next meeting.
COX TELLS SOUTHERNERS
COUNTRY IS IN DANGER
PADUCAH, KY., Oct. 9—In an
address delivered here yesterday
Governor Cox declared that the ef
fect of the presidential contest on
the filling of four prospective su
preme court vacancies constituted
one of the real dangers of a “re
actionary victory” next to the scrap
ping of the League of Nations It
“would naturally follow that a re
actionary President would appoint
reactionary justices.” He also de
clared that a “senatorial oligarchy
is trying to secure control of the
Government”.
CHEAP SPORT
CLEVELAND, Oct. 9—Rube Mar
quard, star southpaw of the Brook
lyn Nationals, who receives a big
ger salary than a bank president
was placed under arrest here todaj
on the charge of ticket scalping. H«
was released immediately on bonds
MORGENTHAU SAYS WAR
IS LOOMING IN SOUTI
BOSTON, Oct. 9—Henry Mor
genthau, who was recently appoint
ed ambassador to Mexico but whos<
appointment failed of confirmatior
before the adjournment of Congress
delivered an address here yesterday
in which he declared that if thi
United States does not enter thi
League of Nations, and keeps i
; free hand, the result will be wai
with Mexico within a year.
Tom Smith is back at his deal
in the Southern after a visit o
several days in Fairbanks.
| CHICAGO, Oct. 9—John Jazzin- I
sky, chief propogandist of Russian
j federations, and John Holceny, said
. to be two of the most dangerous
j anarchists in the country, have been
j placed under arrest by the federal
j agents after a search extended
! to every corner of the nation.
A quantity of radical literature
| was found in the possession of the
I propogandist leader, including near
1 ly half a ton of communist articles,
, with samples of a new pamphlet
j advocating armed revolution of the
| foreign elements in the United
: States. One hundred similar pam
: phlets, it has been learned by the
authorities, were shipped over the ]
country on Tuesday.
Chief among: the documents found
is a proclamation to union Russian
workers calling upon them to rise
and overthrow the Government by
force of arms, utilizing murder
and destruction of property as a
means of gaining the ends de
sired.
More Arreets Coming
Federal agents in nearly a dozen
cities have been instructed to make j
arrests of men suspected of being ]
connected with the plot to over
throw the Government. Their ident-1
ity was disclosed by the arrest of
the two propogandists here today. I
CLEVELAND SCORES
IN FOURTH OF SERIES
j CLEVELAND, Oct. 9—In the
j fourth game of the world’s base
ball series, which was played in
this city this afternoon, the Cleve
land Indians won a decisive victory
; over the Brooklyn Nationals, de
feating: the visitors by the score of
five to one. Cleveland pitched Cov
elinskie throughout, while Brooklyn
used four men on the mound in an
unsuccessful effort to stop the hit
ting of the Indians, who finished
the game with a total of 12 hits,
while Brooklyn secured only five.
Brooklyn made one error and the
Cleveland players two. Brooklyn
pitched Cadore, Marquard, Mamaux
and Pfeffer, -with Miller behind the
: bat. O’Neill caught for the Indians.
Welcomed Home
Upon their arrival home yester
' day from Brooklyn, the members i
of the Cleveland team were given
a most enthusiastic reception, hailed
as conquering heroes, notwithstand
ing their loss of two games on the
Brooklyn grounds. The Indians re ;
turned smiling and confident and j
went into the game today with a!
rush of action that left little doubt |
of the outcome in the minds of
local rooters.
After the third game in Brook
lyn the betting in New York, which
favored Cleveland at the start of
the series, switched sharply to the
Brooklyn aggregation, many bets j
having been made, two to one on |
Brooklyn on today’s game. The bet
ting this afternoon again favors the
Indians.
Each team now has two games
to its credit and two lost games.
The fifth game of the series will
be played here tomorrow.
SUMMARY OF RIOTS
SHOWS HEAVY LOSS
DUBLIN, Oct. 9—The govern
ment has made public an official list
of offenses committed in Ireland
between January and October, show
ing both loss of lives and destruc
tion of property between those dates
with the exception of casualties re
sulting from the Ulster riots of
. July and September.
The statement shows that two
i courthouses and 63 barracks were
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destroyed during the period, in ad
dition to which 504 were damaged
during attacks upon them.
One hundred and sixty-eight raids
were made on the mails, 646 raids
on coast guard stations and light
houses.
Thirty-eight police were killed,
and 109 wounded. Seventy-four
soldiers were killed and 16 wound
ed. And 61 civilians were killed and
27 wounded.
FOUND. IN TIME
HUTCHINSON. KAN., Oct. 9—
A cylinder containing a large load
t of powerful explosive was found In
. a viaduct yesterday on Main street
in the heart of the city. It is esti
mated that there was sufficient ex
c plosive ih the container to wrecl
' practically the entire business die
trict.
UPRISING NEAR MOSCOW
WARSAW, Oct. 9—A new insur
rection against Soviet Russia is
flaming in the district of Nizhni,
Novgorod, northeast of Moscow, ac
cording to reports which have been
received here. The uprising is said
to be spreading rapidly, with the
peasant masses joining in large
numbers.
PRESIDENT DESIGNATES
MEMORIAL FOR SOLDIERS
WASHINGTON. D. C., Oct. 9—
President Wilson has issued a proc
lamation directing that on Sunday,
November 14, The American flag be
displayed at half mast on all public
buildings and at all naval and mili
tary posts “as a token of the na
tion's participation in the memorial
services in honor of the heroic
American soldiers, sailors and ma
ines who lost their lives in the late
war.”
HARDING SAYS AMERICA
SHOULD BE INDEPENDENT
WITCHITA, Oct. 9—Addressing
the people of this city today. Sen
ator Harding espoused as his ideal
“a nation self reliant agriculturally
politically and industrially". The
senator praised the American farm
er, referring to him as the bulwark
of the nation.
TROUBLE IN SIBERIA
STOCKHOLM. Oct. 9—Peasants
are giving the Bolsheviki authori
ties much trouble in Siberia, accord
ing to advices received in this city.
The peasants are reported to have
occupied Omsk, after having put a
number of Bolsheviki officials to
death.
CENSUS RETURNS SHOW
WEST AND SOUTH GAINS
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Oct. *—
An examination of the census re
turns indicates that the West and
South have gained more propor
tionately in a politicay way,
than the East and Mid-West, thru
increased membership in the house
of representatives and the vote of
delegations in political conventions.
As a result of the increase, fifty new
seats could be added to the house,
made up as follows: California, 5;
New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Michigan, 4; Illinois and Texas, 3;
Massachusetts, New Jersey and
North Carolina, 2; Alabama, Arizona
Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland,
Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma,
Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Washington, West Virginia, Wiscon
sin, Virginia, Arkansas and Min
nesota, 1.
CANADIAN PLANE MOVING
MONTREAL, Oct. 9—Col. Lockie
who is piloting a Canadian sea
plane on a trans-continental flight
from Halifax to Vancouver, passed
this city yesterday morning.
Sam Drakula and Tony Basick
came in from the Kantishna this
week and report things looking ex
ceptionally good in that district
as the result of recent discoveries.
They report that ore better than
that in the Aitken mine has beer
uncovered and several other good
finds have been made.
Banana, the Getaway to McKinley
National Park.
GOVERNOR COX PEEVED;
SLAMS HARDING HARDER
BLOOMINGTON. 1ND.. Oct. 9—
In an address delivered here this
afternoon. Governor Cox continued
his attacks on Senator Harding', re*
ferring to the Des Moines speech
of the Republican nominee. He de
nied Harding’s statement to the ef
fect that President Wilson had in
sisted upon the ratification of the
league covenant “without crossing a
*t’ or dotting an ‘i’ ” and declared
that the senator should apologize
for thus “misleading the public.”
BIG BUSINESS SQUARES
NOTE FOR GOVERNOR COX
DAYTON, Oct. 9—Testifying be
fore the senate campaign invest,
gation committee yesterday, H. E.
Talbot, president of the Dayton
Metal Products company, admitted
that he recently paid a $5,000 note
given by Governor Cox to the City
National bank. He explained that
he regarded the transaction in the
nature of a contribution to the
Democratic fund by his company,
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HAYS READY TO ACT
j NEW YORK, Oct 9—Acceding
I to the request of George White,
! chairman of the Democratis Na
| tional committee. Chairman Will
j Hays, of the Republican committee,
i has issued a statement in which he
j declares that his committee will be
| clad to assist in the distribution of
i copies of the covenant of the League
1 of Nations throughout the country
j for the enlightenment of voters. He
says he also favors the dissemina
j tion of the text of the reservations
; submitted by Senator Lodge.
j CRIMINAL CASES INCREASE
AT RAPID RATE IN VIENNA
VIENNA, Oct. 9—Ten thousand
criminal cases were recorded in
Vienna during the year 1919. as
compared with 1,674 in 1910. The
prisons are so crowded that it has
become a scandal and the dockets
so extended as to lead the public
prosecutor to recommend that ali
cases in which conviction would in
volve not more than five years im
prisonment be quashed. It is said
that many of the cases cannot be
reached for years.
WANTED — INFORMATION
Any person knowing anything of
the private life of the late Bob
Smith, deceased, which would lead
to the discovery of any existing
relative, will confer a favor on the
administrator of the estate of the
late Bob Smith, deceased.
JOHN E. LUND
Administrator of the estate of
Bob Smith, deceased.
Care of E. H. O. Vaudin, Nenana,
Alaska.
Gus Conradt left for the coast
this morning, by way of Broad Pass
with the body of the late Mrs. A.
J. Godsky, which he is taking Out
side for burial. He is making the
trip with Mike Cooney. Cooney’s
rate for taking the body over the
trail was just half the amount de
manded by the Gibson stage line,
for transportation over the Fair
banks trail.