WHERE, RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 1919.
NO. 1S6
LEAGUE SUPPORTERS SHOW WEAKNESS
OFFICIALS BELIEVE STRIKE WILL BE A LONG ONE
SLAV PRISONERS ARE STARVING IN PETROGRAD CELLS
KNOX HAS PLAN
FOR AMERICA 10
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WASHINGTON', D. C., Nov. 7.—
Senator Philander C. Knox. Repub
lican. of Pennsylvania, has proposed
to his colleagues that the United
t States becoifee a consulting member
of the League of Nations. Knox
introduced a resolution yesterday
providing for the release of Ameri
ca from any obligations to be bound
by league decisions and recommend
^ ations.
In explaining his plan, the senator
said that America, as a consulting
member, would have the fullest pos
sible liberty of action, not bound
by any of the league covenants. bu‘
associated with the league member:
in an advisory capacity, ready tc
assist in the peaceful settlement oi
• all disputes arising, but unhampered
by embarrassing ties likely to draw
the nation into European squabbles.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 7.—Officials <>:
the government will confer in this
city during the coming week for th,
purpose of considering the estab
lishment of nation-wide fair price:
for clothing, hat? and shoes.
The claim is made that retailer
throughout the country are taking
advantage of the high-price wavf
which is sweeping the nation, an.
charge profits far in excess of :host
expected before the present high
price era began.
The conference will consider man
ufacturing costs and endeavor to fix
prices to consumers on a basis of s
reasonable margin of profit.
1 FACULTY MEMBERS
WANE MORE MONEY
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MISSOULA, Nov. 7.—More thar
one hundred members of the facultc
of the University of Montana have
joined the faculty union, which ii
affiliated with the American Feder
ation of Labor.
A committee is now preparing ;
salary scale for presentation to th<
regents, the members of the faculty
claiming that they are not suffi
ciently paid for their services.
The charter does not contain i
strike provision.
EXPLOSIONS SHATTER
WINOOWSOF COLLEGE
DENVER. Colo., Nov. 7.—Half o
the windows of the University o:
Denver were broken last night by i
series of explosion? which occurre*
on tiie campus. There were su
FIRST BREAK IS REPORTED
IN PEACE TREATY DEFENSE
; WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 7.—
, Opponent? of the j>eace treaty and
; League of Nation? covenant scored
i their first victory in the senate bat
tle today, when they secured the
adoption of the first clause of the
treaty reservations formulated by
the foreign relations committee. The
clause in question is the preamble
referred to in earlier dispatches, and
•requires that at least three other
great powers accept the American
reservations.
’ blasts, occurring in rapid succes
sion, and sufficiently loud to be
heard a distance of three miles.
The members of the faculty, who
have investigated, are of the opinion
that the dynamite was planted in
the campus by students, as a prae
, tical joke.
’GOVERNOR HART
WEAKLING, SAYS
HEAD OF UNION
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SEATTLE, Nov. 7.—Commenting
on the statement of Governor Hart,
in which the executive announced
that he would use troops, if neces
sary. to hasten the resumption of
coal mining in this state. President
Short of the State Federation of
Labor declares that the governor is
an open-s’nopper.
Short explain? that the miners
and operators of the state realize
that only peaceful methods can end
the strike, and that the strikers
have no intention of starting trou
ble.
The goyernor. he says, has been
influenced by vicious open-shoppers
to announce his intention of using
the National Guard. He brands
Hart as a “weak old man.”
MESSENGER UNDER
ARRESI FOR LOSS
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HELENA, Nov. 7.—Charles Stev
ens, messenger in the employ of
the Union Bank ic Trust company,
who claimed to have been held up
by four men and relieved of the
sum of $50,000 which he was carry
, ing to the express office, was re
moved from the hospital late yes
terday afternoon and is now in
jail, charged with complicity in a
'conspiracy to roo the bank.
When Stevens reported the 1nef1
to the police, he claimed that he
. had been sandbagged, and he looked
The part, his appearance being such
' ihat he was taken to the hospita;
' {or repairs. After the police had
investigated the case, however, they
I reached the conclusion that the
| messenger was in on the steal.
The senate adopted the reserva
j tion after many attempts to amend
it had failed.
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WILSON SEES WRITING.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Nov. 7 —
According to announcement made
‘today by officials of the administra
tion, President Wilson yesterday in
• formed Senator Hitchcock that he
would be entirely satisfied with any
reservations to the peace treaty that
; supporters of the treaty might feel
| justified in accepting, provided such
jreservations would not nullify the
League of Nations, and were de
! signed to interpret the treaty term,-.
The President told Hitchcock that
he strongly approved of ail that had
been done by the senate thus far,
and agreed that no compromise
would be suggested unless the sena
j tors came to a deadlock on the
j treaty question.
! The President sat propped up in
i bed during the conference with the
GOVERNMENT STOPS
FOREIGN BUNKERING
j -NEW YORK, Nov. 7. — As a
ineans of further conserving.-i.h'i>«jv
iply of American coal, pending: a
| settlement of the coal miners’ strike.
! the railroad administration today
'issued orders for the discontinuance
i of hunkering foreign vessels in Am
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, erican ports. The orders are being
l flashed by wireless far and wide
I so that incoming vessels may be
warned of the new prohibition on
| coaling.
i ANTICIPATE LONG FIGHT.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Nov. 7.—
; Officials who are in touch with the
| eoai mine strike situation express
, the belief that the union coal mines
of the country will be closed down
for a long period, and much suffer
ing is anticipated as a result of the
curtailment of production resulting
from the strike. Public utilities, in
dustrial concerns, and the public
(generally are warned to take every
step possible to conserve the fuel
(supply, in order that the amount
of coal available may be stretched
over a long period.
' The situation, it is expected, will
relieved by the resump
tion of mining on the edges of
union districts, where a number of
strikers probably will return to work
soon.
MORE TRAINS STOP.
CHICAGO, N'ov. 7.—The shortage
of coal ha? necessitated a further
cancellation of trains, announcement
having been made today in this city
that several passenger trains would
be discontinued immediately. The
movement of freight is receiving
first consideration on all railroads.
AWAIT TOMORROW'.
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 7.—Inter
est centers on the commencement
of the legal battle in connection
with the Anderson restraining order,
which is scheduled to start in this
city tomorrow. The miners have en
gaged a strong array of legal talent
to represent them in the proceed
ings, and the case promises to be
one of the most bitterly fought in
the history of the country.
SOUTHERN GOVERNOR
PROTECTING PUBLIC
CHICAGO, X’ov. 7.—The peopl
of Oklahoma will not fro withe
coal during the strike if there i
'any coal in the state that they ca
get their hands on. Reports reach
' ing this city from that section o
;the country today state that Go\
ernor Robertson, recognizing th
seriousness of the fuel situation i
consequence of the coal miner!
strike, has issued a proclamation i
which he advises Oklahomans to lo
low the law of self-preservation, b
b .taking any coal they car. get, re
t gardless of ownership,
s The fuel situation has become
i very acute in several parts of Okla
- homa and there will be general suf
f fering unless relief can be provided.
- either by the importation of coal
e lor by a resumption of mining in the
i state. Several of the mines are al
’ ready being operated by farmers,
i but they are taking out only sufti
- cient fuel for neighborhood require
t ments.
PRISONERS DIE
HELSINGFORS, Nov 7.—Accord
ing to advices received in this city
today, prisoners confined in Kresty
^prison at PetrogTad are dying by
the score as the result of lack of
I nourishment. Of the thousand con
; fined there, fully 630 have already
starved to death, and many more
administration spokesman.
LOST FIRST VOTE.
In the first test of strength on
the foreign relations committee's
proposed reservations, the senate re
fused to strike out the provision
'requiring the acceptance of reserva
tions by other powers. The vote
stood 48 to 40.
Later, as above recorded, the sen
ate compromised by requiring three
other powers to accept the reserva
tions.
jare said to be so impoverished that
I they cannot survive long-,
j The Boisheviki authorities claim
i that food is so short in ‘ Petrograd
jthat there is none to spare for pris
5 oners.
KOLCHAK FALLS
BACK 10 ESCAPE
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OMSK, X'' v. T.—A preliminary
(evacuation of this city has been
ordered by General Kolchak as
result of the menacing advances of
the 'Eolsheviki forces, which arc
pressing forward toward the city
with a relentlessness that threatens
to necessitate a general retirement
of the opposing armies.
The .American hospital will be
moved immediately to Irkutsk, <ev
■ eral hundred miles east of this city.
The government departments also
will be moved within the next few
days, but the city will continue to
I be occupied until it is seen that the
'Bol-heviki cannot be checked.
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HUNTINGTON. \V. Ya., Nov. 7.
—The striking coal miners of this
i district, occupying homes owned by
'the companies, have been ordered to
(vacate immediately, to make room
I for workers whom the operators
hope to induce to take the places
, of strikers.
By the eviction of the families of
| strikers, company officials hope to
(force the men to seek reinstate
ment, thus weakening and eventual
| Iv breaking the strike.
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YUKON RIVER CLOSED
FOR KEEPS ON FIFTH
DAWSON, Nov. 7.—The Yukon
(river closed in front of this city on
Wednesday, and reports from vari
j ous points along the river indicate
that the freezeup is general and
permanent All of the boats on the
river reached winter quarters before
the ice stopped moving.
ATLANTA HOTEL;
THREE TRAPPED
; ATLANTA, (la. Nov. 7.—Three
■persons lost their lives in this city
'last night as the result of the d.
■struction of the Wilson hotel by tire.
Two of the victims were burneii to
’death in the hotel, and the third, a
'woman, was dashed to death on tne
| pavement as the result of leaping
!from her window before the arrival
‘of the firemen.
Nearly a score were injured dur
ing the fire, some of them serious
i
ly. and there were many narrow
escapes m removing peuple from
the upper story windows. Scores of
Imen and women doubtless would
■have perished in the building but
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i for the heroic work of the fire
j fighters in effecting rescues. Both
i ladders and lifenets were used in
; clearing the building of its oecu
i pants, but the flames spread with
such rapidity that the work of res
cue was accomplished with the
■greatest difficulty. The building is
a wreck today.
NORTH TQ HELP
SEATTLK. X v. 7 On- undr-d
and twenty-four member.- of the 21st
infar.tr;-. who reaches thn- Ay from
F"r: WriKht. Spokane, this week,
sailed for Aiu-ka ■■:. the steamship
Admiral \Vat.*ou, tEieir destination
being Anchorage.
The soldiers will be -tationed at
A.. a:.
ment railroad.
The troops are ji.de r lh<. com
mand of Captain U. S Lee.
\'E\V YORK. Nov. 7 —An extra
ordinary session of the strand jury
has been convened in this city for
the purpose of investigating the po
lice department, against which grave
charges have been made.
The most serious charge against
the department is that it has en
tered into an alliance with the un
derworld, resulting in grafts involv
ing scores of officials and hundreds
of common policemen.
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« TEMPERATURE
•t A* reported by the government
It observation station, Xenana
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It Friday, November 7, 1919
H Maximum ..21 above
Minimum .9 above
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