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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEN ANA, ALASKA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1921
NUMBER 193
TROTSKY OUTLINES BOLSHEVIKI PLANS
COMPTROLLER SAYS WAGES MUST BE LOWERED
HOUSE PASSES GRIGSBY BILL CHANGING BOUNDARIES
house approves measure
ENLARGING FOURTH DIVISION
SEATTLE, Feb. 8—A Washing
ton special to the Post-Intelligencer
says the Grigsby bill, redefining the
boundaries of the Fourth judicial
division of Alaska, has been approv
ed by the lower branch of Congress.
The bill extends the boundaries of
the Fourth division so as to in
clude the Kuskokwim district, tak
ing the area away from the Second
^ division.
ENGLAND CONSIDERS PLAN
TO SETTLE IRISH TROUBLE
DUBLIN, Feb. 8—Rumors are in
circulation to the effect that Eng
land is making a renewed effort to
reach a settlement with the south
of Ireland on the home rule ques
tion. The belief is growing that de
velopments may be expected when
parliament reconvenes, and it is
understood that negotiations are
now under way to persuade the
South to agree to a partition from
the Ulster home rule.
May Satisfy Them
A prominent Nationalist, ques
tioned regarding the probable at
titude that would be assumed in Ire
* land regarding the peace overtures,
expressed the belief that conces
sions in fiscal autonomy would go
far toward satisfying the Irish de
mand for independence and, if offer
ed in generous spirit, would greatly
weaken the position of the Sinn
Feiners if a Republican parliament
should direct.
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INSURANCE COMPANY MUST
PAY WIDOW OF SAM BLUM
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8—The
circuit court of appeals has handed
down a decision ordering the United
States Fidelity and Guarantee com
pany to pay the sum of $20,000 to
the widow of the late Samuel Blum,
former banker of Valdez who was
killed by a fall from a window of
an office building in Seattle in Jan
uary, 1919. The company resisted
payment on the grounds that the
accidental nature of death Was in
doubt, there having been some talk
of suicide.
Leon Shatriand is nursing a fing
er which was crusher by a car coup
ling last night.
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SOVIET LEADERS PLAN WAR
TO WIDEN BOLSHEVIK RULE
WASHINGTON GALE SEVERE; |
FORESTS ARE UPROOTED'
PORT TOWNSEND, Feb. 8—The
first reports of the storm which
swept the western part of Jefferson
county last month, have just reach
ed this city, arrivals stating that
large areas of timber were razed j
by the wind, which reached the mag- j
nitude of a cyclone, with a velocity
of 112 miles. Hundreds of elk were
killed by falling trees and all means
of travel blocked, with the result
that more than 300 families are
living on short rations.
A relief expedition left this city
yesterday, to blaze a trail through
the storm-tom timber in order that
supplies may be taken to the hungry
forest dwellers.
CHILEAN TROOPS ORDERED
TO SCENE OF DISORDERS
VALPARAISO, Feb. 8—Chilean
government troops have been rushed
to the scene of trouble in Antofo
gasta province, where nitrate work
ers and soldiers are reported to
j have engaged in battle. Late reports
state that only six have been killed ^
thus far, the earlier accounts of;
the fighting having been exaggerated
somewhat. It has been definitely as
certained, however, that the list of
dead includes Daniel Jones, adminis
trator of the nitrate plant, who was
assassinated.
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UTAH REFORMERS WANT
MEAT BAN FOR FRIDAYS
SALT LAKE, Feb. 8—Reformers
have caused the introduction of a
bill in the state legislature provid-1
ing for the prohibition of meat
eating on Fridays in the state of
Utah. Should the measure be passed;
it will not be possible to eat meat!
in public places and the sale of
meat will be so regulated that it
will not be an easy matter to buy
meat at the markets for consump
tion on Friday. The bill is designed
as a companion to the anti-cigar
ette measure.
STEAMER KLAMATH IS LOST
OFF COAST OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8—The
steamer Klamath, bound from San
Franciaco to Portland, with 19 pass
engers, was driven aground in a
gale on Friday, off Fish rock, one
of the most notoriously dangerous
points on the Northern California
coast.
The steamer Chicago, which went
to the assistance of the stranded
vessel, reached a point two miles
from the scene of the wreck and
reported that no signs of life on
board were visible. The coast guard
cutter Unalga arrived on the scene
later and reported the Klamath
broken in two and abandoned. The
passengers and crew, numbering 55
made their way to shore safely.
The wreck occurred during an
> 85-mile westerly gale.
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 8—Plans and
ambitions of the Russian soviet gov
ernment were outlined in a speech
made recently at Moscow by Leon
Trotsky, according to Helsingfors
dispatches just received in this city.
The address in question is reported
to have been made before the Mos
cow soviet.
Trotsky is reported to have de
clared that nothing should be done
to irritate the Japanese government.
German sympathy, he said, and Jap
anese neutrality would be needed
to insure the success of the Bolshe
vik campaign when war is started
in the Near East. Trotsky also ad
vocated the maintainence of an army
of two million men, delay in the
conslusion of peace with Poland,
and the concentration of troops
near the Baltic states. He also
pointed out the necessity of main
taining friendly relations with Ger
many, upon whom the soviet gov
ernment is largely dependent for war
supplies.
PRESIDENT VETOES BILL
TO REDUCE SIZE OF ARMY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 8—
President Wilson has vetoed the
joint resilution directing: the war
department to discontinue recruit
ing until the army has been reduced
to 175,000. A note accompanying
the resolution, which was returned
to the lawmakers today, says the
President is “unable to see any
condition of the world at large or
in the United States justifying re
strictions upon the minimum of
280,000 provided for in the recent
ly enacted army reorganization act.’’
Passed Over Veto
Immediately upon receipt of the
rejected resolution, the senate took
another vote and passed the measure
over the President’s veto, the vote
being almost unanimous, only one
member opposing the action.
MOONEY WITNESS TALKS
NEW YORK, Feb. 8—Frank
Walsh, counsel for Thomas Mooney,
■who was convicted of murder in
connection with the San Francisco
Preparedness Day parade outrage,
has telegraphed the San Francisco
authorities to the effect that he has
secured a confession from one of
the witnesses who appeared against
Mooney, and in which he admits his
testimony was perjured. The witness
in question is John McDonald, now
a resident of Trenton. The new
evidence will be forwarded to San
Francisco with a view to securing
a new trial for Mooney, on the
grounds that his conviction was the
result of a conspiracy.
HOUSE VOTES MONEY FOR
DISABLED WAR VETERANS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 8—
The house yesterday unanimously
approved a bill authorizing the con
struction of five hospitals for the
care of disabled war veterans, at
an estimated cost of twelve and
one-half million dollars, with an ad
ditional half million available for
the conversion of military buildings
into hospitals.
JURY DISAGREES
HAMILTON, Feb. 8—The jury
in the case of Robert Lancaster,
National guardsman, charged with
murder in connection with the
lynching of William Baird, a min
er, on January 13, has found it im
possible to reach a verdict, aftei
having been out 38 hours.
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VANCOUVER RAIDS CHINKS;
TWO HUNDRED ARRESTED
VANCOUVER, Feb. 8—More than
| two hundred Chinese residents of
jthis city were taken into custody
yesterday in raids conducted by the
! police on alleged gambling houses
^ during the celebration of the Chin
ese New Year. The festivities also
were featured by a tong war, in |
which fully five hundred partiicpated ,
and which resulted in the serious In- j
jury of two of the participants.
KANSAS COAL MINERS STRIKE
PITTSBURG, Kan., Feb. 8—An
official strik call has been issued by
, the Union district board, ordering
j Kansas coal miners to quit work
i pending a settlement of differences
I between the union and the coal op
; erators. This is the first strike call i
j issued since the passage of the m
j dustrial court law.
MAIL ROBBER ADMITS GUILT
AMAHA, Feb. 8—A man giving
| his name as Benjamin Fuller, of
! Toledo, is alleged to have confessea
| to the police of this city that he
i recently stole a mail pouch contain
! ing $10,000 in checks. The theft
' was staged at the Michigan Central
| depot, at Kalamazoo.
j SOUTH AFRICA DECIDES TODAY
LONDON, Feb. 8—Secession of
South Africa from the British em
pire will be decided today in the
: general elections which are being
{today. General Smuts is at the head
of the party favoring adherance
to the empire and General Hertzog,
famous Boer leader, heads the party
favoring independence.
Hungarians Make Proteat
WASHINGTON, D. C., Fob. 8—
The Hungarian government has
made representations to the state
department protesting against the
manner in which undesirables are
being deported from the United
States. The claim is made that the
undesirables are herded together on
board the vessels carrying them to
Europe, thus affording the oppor
tunity to formulate propoganda for
use in disturbing conditions in the
countries of their destination. This
haa resulted, it is explained, in con
siderable trouble in Hungary, and
the state department is urged to
segregate the deportees hereafter
so as to prevent a continuance of the
practices complained of.
LINDSEY OFFENDS CLERGY;
MAKES PUBLIC APOLOGY
DENVER, Feb. 8—Judge Ben F.
Lindsey made a public apology to
the ministry of this city today, his
action being the result of a tumult
caused by statements made by him
in an address made earlier in the
week, on which occasion he defended
Sunday movies.
One of the ministers declared
that the judge should be sent to
jail for contempt and other similar
remarks had the effect of breaking
up the meeting which Lindsey was
addressing.
In his apology today, the judge
said that he had no intention of
offering insult to the clergy.
MONDELL SAYS BANKRUPTCY
WILL REWARD WAR POLICY]
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 8—J
Representative Frank Mondell, lead
er of the Republicans in the lower
house of Congress, told the house
naval committee yesterday that he
regards an international agreement
for the limitation of armament as
absolutely essential to save the na
tion from bankruptcy. And he de
clared further that if an agreement
is not reached in the near future,
it will be the fault of America,
just as in former days it was the
fault of Germany.
IRISH REPUBLICAN KILLED
DUBLIN, Feb. 8—Mischal Collins,
adjutant general of the Irish Re
publican army, was killed yesterday
while giving instructions to his
men regarding the carrying out of
an attack on the crown forces.
BOMB KILLS CONSTABLE
BELFAST, Feb. 8—One constable
was killed near this city yesterday,
and two others injured by the ex
plosion of a bomb.
AMERICAN IS MURDERED
BY REBELS IN MEXICO
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 8—
Mexican revolutionists who are op
erating under the banner of the
Arieta brothers, are responsible for
the death recently of B. B. Case,
an American, according to advices
received by the state department.
The murder is reported to have tak
en place at the Piolons mines, In
the state of Durango, Case being
■hot to death by the bandits and
his Mexican wife being severely
wounded.
ALASKA COURT IS UPHELD
IN CIRCUIT COURT DECISION
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 8—The
circuit court of appeals has upheld
the decision of the Alaska district
court, awarding the sum of $13,000
damages to May Mugford for in
juries sustained when she fell Into
a hole in a board walk in front of
a building owned by the Alaska
Treadwell company, in Douglas.
COMPTROLLER SAYS LABOR
MUST TAKE LOWER WAGES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 8
In his final report to Congress,
which was made public yesterday.
Comptroller of Currency William.'
made particular reference to labor,
asserting that the workers of the
country must soon decide whether
or not a general shut down ana
idleness are preferred to genera!
industrial activity and lowered
The country, he says, in many
respects, is now on a sounder base
economically than in many years,
with a deflation of prices which
has restored many basic commodi
ties to prewar levels. And in con
siderotion of the lower living cosU.
he believes it is now up to labor
to agree to a general lowering of
wage scales.
The report says that 8,157 Na
tional banks were in operation dur
ing the fiscal year, the highest num
ber ever reported.
REJECTED SUITOR ATTACKS
FAMILY WITH IRON BAR
DUBUQUE, Feb. 8—Matt Daly,
a prominent Democratic politician
of this city, was killed with an Iron
bar in the hands of the rejected
suitor of the sistcr-in-law of Daly
The sick -wife of Daly, and her
nurse were also attacked, but es
caped with their lives, although
both are seriouly injured.
The assassin has been placed un
der arrest.
MT. LASSEN IS ERUPTING
READING, Cal., Feb. 8—Follow
ing two short periods of activity,
Mt. Lassen burst forth yesterday :n
violent eruption, with great clouds
of smoke and steam issuing from the
crater. The eruption appears to be
increasing in intensity.
HOUSE PASSES ARMY BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 8
The army appropriation bill, carry
ing approximately 329 million dollar
was passed by the lower branch of
Congress today. The measure also
makes provision for a standing army
of 150,000 during the next fiscal
year. The bill now goes to the up
per house for final consideration.
At the last minute an effort was
made to cut the number of officers
from 14,000 to 9,000, but the pro
posal was voted down.
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