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NENANA. ALASKA. FRIDAY AUGUSI 13. 1920.
VOL. III.
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NO. 110.
DECISIVE BATTLE IS IN PROGRESS TODAY
GOVERNOR COX OPENS CAMPAIGN AT FT. PERRY
ALASKA SQUADRON HOPPED TO HAZELTON TODAY
Dublin, Aug. 13—The Sinn
Fein courts continue to ex
tend the area and nature of
their operations. Among
the cases lately tried have
been cases of libel and slan
der. of judicial separation of
of the unhappily married
and of seduction. These
_ were on the civil side. On
the criminal side all sorts of
offenses are tried. As a
rule the persons charged
think it safer to turn up and
take their chance of punish
ment. But in most cases
they do not get any option
in the matter. In a recent
case in County Clare the
person charged was a local
magistrate, accused of tres
■y, pass. He ignored the sum
mons and refused to recog
nize the jurisdiction of the
Sinn Fein court. The Vol
unteers captured him and
carried him off to an un
known destination and the
military are now guarding
1 his house.
The Sligo asylum commit
tee is a real radical on Sinn
Fein. It has just decided
that the Sinn Fein flag
shall be permanently flown
over the asylum. They have
vested in the Iresh Volun
teers the task of conveying
lunatics to the institution,
and left the power of com
1 mitting lunatics to the Sinn
Fein arbitration, assisted by
a local doctor.
Kerry County Council
has decided to refuse to in
sert advertisements in the
local papers unless they con
sent to publish reports in
the Irish language of the
* Council’s proceedings.
MOB IS OUTWITTED
BY KANSAS SHERIFF
PITTSBURG, Kans., Aug.
14.—Learning that automo
biles loaded with members of
a Fort Scott mob, intent on
lynching, were headed this
way, Sheriff Armour lefi
* town hurriedly with a negrc
prisoner whose life the mot
sought.
The negro killed a white
man at Fort Scott last nigh
and feeling is running high
there. The destination o
the sheriff and his prisonei
& has not been disclosed.
Very little work is ir
* progess along the line to
day, owing to the rain
which has been failint
steadily north and south o
Nenana practically all day.
* TEMPERATURES.
4‘ AUGUST 13, 1920.
Maximum.55
Mininum.44
SOVIET ARMY FACES WARSAW;
POLAND MAKING LAST STAND
COX OPPOSES WAR:
TALKS FOR PEACE
\ CAMP PERRY. Aug. 14.
i—In an address delivered
ihere yesterday, marking the
!formal opening of the Demo-;
jcratic campaign, Governor j
!Cox urged the honorable!
'prevention of way “by ar-i
ibitratement rather than
'force". He pointed out the
terrible cost of war in men
'and money and said the
people should seek peaceful
’modes of settlement. He
.praised the record of the Na-i
tional guard and declared,
! the Government should as-j
■sist disabled soldiers.
Governor Cox is scheduled ;
'to deliver his next address at;
j Wheeling tomorrow. j
With Cox already on the i
(platform and Roosevelt en-j
jroute to the West to fill i
jspeaking engagements, the;
• Democratic plan of carrying;
;the campaign to the people;
iis under way. Other Demo-1
jcratic speakers will soon take;
'the field, also.
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! William Smith, local farm-i
er has a considerable area;
under cultivation this season!
marketed 1,000 pounds ofj
■ fine looking turnips this!
'week.
! Among the things “discov
ered” by Secretaries Daniels;
and Payne on the occasion;
!of their recent visit to |
'Alaska was the fact that1
p'Alaskans are regular folks.”
I Altho it has been raining
,continuouslv in the Fair-1
'banks district since Wednes-j
day night, there has been no;
; change in the water level ini
,the Chena slough. A con-1
'siderable rise is expected,
;however, within the next dav
;or two.
i Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mur
phy are storm-bound at
Merino’s, on the Broad Pass
trail.
Misses Ruth Moir and
• Jesse Johnston are making
an enforced stay at the Has
llem camp, having been com
i pelled to take refuge there
■ by the rainstorm, which was
.'still in progress at a late
; hour this afternoon.
Mrs. William Taylor and
mother, Mrs. Johnston, are
at Mrs. Allred’s Canyon road
house today, where tney are
marooned by the storm.
lenau, the S»t"Tr»y to McKinley
latleul Park.
WASHINGTON, D. C,
Aug. 14.—Secretary of State
Colby and Count Lubo Mir
ski, Polish minister, were in
conference yesterday after
noon for several hours and it
is understood that the Count
is urging authorization to ac
cept numberless offers of en
listment in the United
States. These offers, it is
claimed, are coming from all
sections of the country not
only from native Polanders
but also from American war
veterans, who are anxious to
assist the Poles in their fight
against soviet Russia.
LOOKS BETTER
PARIS, Aug. 13.—Accord
ing to information received
in this city this morning
from Warsaw, the military
situation has been greatly
improved by the arrival of
Polish reinforcements on the
northern front.
A great battle is now in
progress along the entire
Russo-Polish front and upon
the outcome of the struggle
hangs the fate of Warsaw, if
not entire Poland. The Rus
WARDEN RETURNS
FROM KANTISHNA
Game Warden L. F. Protz
man, whose jurisdiction was
recently enlarged to take in
the Nenana and Kantishna
districts, returned to Nenana
this morning from his first
official visit to Roosevelt and
reports much activity in the
hills surrounding the ricn
Aitken silver mine. The
country is being given a
thorough going over by
prospecors, he says, and a
number of good prospects
have been found. Only re
cently J. A. Haney, who
negotiated the sale of the
Quigley properties to Tom
Aitken, found a prospect
showing values of approxi
mately $3,000 to the ton, and
Mr. Protzman has with him
several nuggets which were
taken from a prospect found
by Boyd Marsh. The nug
gets are being taken to Fair
banks by Mr. Protzman for
assay, the indications being
that they are a mixture of
gold and silver. Marsh is a
chechaco who went into the
Kanishna only a short time
ago, and there is reason to
believe he has located a rich
ledge. His prospect is close
;to the Aitken property.
Mr. Protzman says that Ed
Bartlett is making good head
|way with his v. ~rk on the
Roosevelt wagon road. He
!has a crew of nine men and
j several teams at work and
ialthough the enterprise was
sian cavalry is reported to
have reached Prega, a su
burb of Warsaw, and it is re
garded as doubtful by
French ' military experts, if
the Poles will be able to save
their capital.
POLES OUTNUMBERED
WASHINGTON, D. C„
Aug. 14.—The Polish forces
defending Warsaw are out
numbered two to one, ac
cording to details of the situ
ation received in official
circles. The soviet army
placed at 350,000, while the
Poles are said to have only
140,000 in the field in front
of Warsaw.
AFTER THE BRITISH
PARIS, Aug. 14—Accord
ing to press dispatches re
ceived in this citv last night,
I the situation in Mesopotamia
is very serious. British de
tachments on the Euphrates
are falling back, and the
British garrison at Divoni,
^southeast of Bagdad has
ibeen cut off. It is feared
[that the entire garrison will
be wiped out.
undertaken only a short time
ago, the results already ob
tained are of a very satisfac
tory character.
I Mr. Protzman made the
trip from Roosevelt on the
;steamer Pioneer, arriying
i here this morning after
jspending the night on a bar
|just below town. He went
|to Fairbanks on this after
noon’s train.
George J. Appel, former
.Alaskan, was among the ar
rivals from the lower river
on the steamer Tanana this
morning. He is now located
'in California and made the
trip to Interior Alaska to
jdispose of his holding; at
Ruby. Mr. Appel had a tin
shop in Dawson in the boom
days, was located later in
Fairbanks and afterwards
moved to the lower river. He
left Ruby for the States a
number of years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fow
ler, of Fairbanks, left for the
Beaver country this morning
and plan to remain in that
district until next cpring
They are going into the dis
trict by the summer trail,
by way of Olnes.
Incoming mail is reported
at Hogans this morning and
should reach Fairbanks to
morrow. Trail conditions are
reported somewhat bad as a
result of the heavy rain df
the past twn days.
JUST RECEIVED — All Color*
Knitting Yarn, at Simson't.
ALASKA SQUADRON
NOW AT HAZELTON j
HAZELTON, Aug. 13.— j
Captain Street and the mem-i
;bers of his Alaska squadron!
reached this city shortly]
after noon today, after hav-;
ling been held several days!
at Prince George. The first
^lane arrived at 12:10 and
ithe other three machines fol
lowed within a minute, all
four of them landing safely.
| N o announcement has
.been made but it is expected
!that the flight to Nome will
; be resumed tomorrow, the
'next stop being Wrangell.
READY FOR THEM
j WRANGELL, Aug. 13.—
iThe resumption of the
^Alaska airplane flight has re
jvived the hopes of local
people who are anxiously
.waiting the coming of the
planes. Excursion boats will
;take a big crowd to the
landing place tomorrow, in
case the planes hop from
Hazelton in the morning.
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J. A. Fairburn, Fairbanks
agent of the White Pass
company, came down from
iFairbanxs on the train today.
Charles De Witt, former
pitcher of the Fairbanks ball
;team, arrived in Nenana on
itoday's train and will locate
here. It is understood that;
he will play with the Nenana
team during the remainder
of the season.
i There is a rumor in cir-;
culation to the effect that the!
price of sugar is to be lower-,
ed shortly.
i
I The Nenana ball team has
accepted an invitation to'
play in Fairbanks on Sun
day. j
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Miss Leota Scott went to;
Fairbanks on the train today!
and will return on the gasj
car tomorrow.
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Mrs. Brewis, sitter of the
late Ralph Waechter, arriv-'
ed in Nenana this morning
on the steamer Tanana and
left for Fairbanks on the;
train this afternoon. She is!
from Iditarod and is-ac-j
companied by her three
children.
It is reporter that Fair-!
banks has a new pitcher, a
recent arrival in the camp
from Juneau. The Fairbanks
lineup on Sunday may in
clude several new faces. I
ENGLAND MAKING
PLANS 10 GROUP
RAILROAD SYSTEM
London, Aug. 13—The gov
ernment's railway program,
intended as an alternative
to nationalization of the
roads, which are now sub
sidized, provides for the or
ganization of the railways
of England and Wales into
six groups, the main groups
to absorb all the smaller
lines. Present shareholders
are to form the majority of
each board of management
but each board also is to in
clude "members elected by
and from the workers on the
railway.” Direct competi
tion between groups is to be
eliminated.
The government financial
guarantee ceases and rates
and fares are to be fixed,
with certain safeguards for
the public, so as to produce
a net revenue substantially
equivalent on some pre-war
basis to the net revenue of
all companies absorbed in
the groups.
The state is to take a parr -
of surplus revenues and use
it for "light railway develop
ment.
Wages and working con
ditions will be dealt with by
machinery set up under the
control of the Transport
ministry. The National
Wages board for appeais is
to represent equally railway
managers, workers and users
with an independent chair
man. The state will have
power to insist upon stand
ardization of rolling stock
and equipment.
A seventh group will con
trol the Scottish lines. The
program, issued by Sir Eric
Geddes, minister of transport
as a White Paper, will be
submitted to Parliament in
a new transport bill. In
case the amalgamation is not
carried out voluntarily the
government will seek power
to compel amalgamation of
the roads within a specified
time.
Sir Eric’s proposals gen
erally are received with edit
orial disapproval by the
British Press. The London
News says the proposals
"raise all the difficulties in
herent in nationalization
without conferring any of
its benefits.”
ABERDEEN CANNERY
GOES UP IN SMOKE
ABERDEEN, Aug. 14.—
The plant and entire sea
son’s pack of salmon of the
Aberdeen Packing company,
was destroyed by fire yester
day, the loss being estimated
at $55,000. The pack con
sisted of 8,000 cases of fish
ready for shipment.