WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1919.
NO. 109
SKINNER & EDDY ARE CUTTING PAY
. GOVERNMENT IS READY TO PROSECUTE PACKERS
GOTHAM TRACTION STRIKERS ARE USING FIREARMS
YUKON ENROUTE
* FROM UP RIVER;
MEETS SELKIRK
The American-Yukon Navigation
, company’s steamer Yukon is now en
route down the Yukon river, having
met the steamer Selkirk at Eagle.
The Yukon left Eagle for Nenana
and Fairbanks at nine o’clock last
night, and should reach here about
Monday.
The steamer has 70 tons of freight
and 16 sacks of mail for Nenana,
+ and 60 tons of freight and 100 sacks
of mail for Fairbanks.
The passengers are nearly all
billed through to Fairbanks, the list
including the following: John R.
McNeil, Prof. €. C. Georgeson, head
of the Government agricultural ex
periment stations in Alaska; Mrs. P.
S. Whitney, wife of the well-known
* Fairbanks dentist; Matt Hirsh and
wife, Mrs. W. Archer, F. W. Brad
ley, Juneau mining magnate, who is
accompanied by L. Werneck, a ge
ologist; A. Shells, W. A. Aitken,
brother of Tom Aitken; Vera Hay
den, who served as a nurse during
the war; Joseph Hayden, R. C. Hay
den and wife, Major W. G. Dolt
felt, Abe Stolker. Miss Harriet Finn,
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Martin A. Pinska, Fairbanks cloth
ing man; Miss Elsie Eisenert. Miss
Hortense Mantel, Miss Elizabeth
Pauline Wolf, Elmer McClough, M.
» E. McClough.
Fred Maneroch is also a passen
ger, being enroute to Nenana to take
a position at the local store of the
Northern Commercial company as
bookkeeper. He is accompanied by
his bride.
REFORM PRISONERS
BREAK AT EVERETT
EVERETT, Wn., Aug. 7.—Guards
of the Monroe reformatory are
scouring the county for three es
caped prisoners, who made their get
away from the institution yester
day. Five prisoners were engaged
in the attempt to escape, but one of
them was killed during the battle
with the guards, and another was
PUGET SOUND YARDS
ARE REDUCING WAGES
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wounded.
The escapes are young men who
were formerly Canadian soldiers.
i Members of the town advisory
j board believe that N'enana needs a
'general '“dolling up.-’ and with that
,end in view they have started a:
; movement for the cleaning of
streeis, the clearing of unoccupied
;lots, and the removal of unsightly
j rubbish which has been permitted
jto accumulate in various parts of
| town: The board has not the au-!
]thority to order this work done and j
it is not the desire of the members I
, to burden property owners with ad
jditional expense at this time, but
i-they are firmly convinced that the
itown needs renovating and they be
I Sieve that it is up to the property
owners to undertake the work, indi
vidually, collectively, or in any other
| way that suggests itself.
If each property owner will do'
j-his share, the advisory board mem- |
ibers point out, the cost of making]
| the town presentable will be very'
small. A couple of evenings de-j
!voted to cleaning up will make a]
vast improvement in the aggregate,!
•results that will more than justify
jthe expenditure of labor and the
i small amount of money that may
, be necessary to dispose of rubbish
:that cannot be burned.
The members of the board have
pledged themselves to start the
good work going, and it is their
] urgent request that other property
■owners follow their example. They
believe that it will be good business
for the town to be able to present
a neat and wide-awake appearance
when the Washington delegation ar
i lives.
GOVERNMENT READY
FOR PACKER CASES
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 7.—
The case of the federal government
against five of the country’s biggest
meat-packing corporations will be
heard before a federal judge at
Chicago in about three weeks, ae
^ cording to statements made today
by representatives of the department
of justice. l
Federal District Attorney Charles
F. Clyne, of Chicago, who is now in
this city preparing the cases, says
that it is his intention to proceed
under the criminal sections of the
Sherman anti-trust law, and also to
bring civil suits against the packers
under the same law.
The packers will be prosecuted
also under the food control act, on
the charge of hoarding.
The Government prosecutors have
accumulated a mass of evidence
against the packers and the trial j
promises to be one of the most bit
terly contested in American court
annals. The best legal talent in the
country will be arrayed on both
sides.
SEATTLE, Aug. 7.—There is1
much excitement in local labor cir
cles as the result of an announce
ment of a reduction in wages among
the skilled employes in the Skinner
& Eddy yards. Fully 1,200 workers
will be affected by the reduction,
and the fear is expressed that the
action marks the commencement of
a general cut among the Skinner &
Eddy workers.
There is considerable talk of a
strike, but the Meta! Trades coun
cil is advising the workers against
drastic action at this time, pending
an appeal to the heads of the inter
national unions, who are now en
gaged in an attempt to negotiate a
coastwide shipyard wage agreement.
STRIKE STOPPING TRAFFIC
CHICAGO, Aug. 7.—According to
information received in this city to
day, the strike of railway shopmen,
which is spreading steadily through
out the country, has had the effect
of interrupting traffic in several sec
tions.
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Reports received this afternoon
state that the Iowa and Minnesota
divisions of the Chicago & North
western railroad have been compell
ed to suspend their freight service
on account of the strike, and the
passenger service on those divisions
is irregular.
TWENTY ME LOST
HALIFAX, Aug. 7.—The schooner
Gallia, with 12 passengers and a
crew of 15, was sunk during the
night near St. Pierre, as the result
of a collision with the British steam-.
er War Witch. The schooner foun-,
dered quickly and a dense fog pre-'
vailing at the time of the accident;
rendered rescue work extremely dil-!
ficult.
Twenty of the 27 persons on
loard the schooner are believed to
have been lost.
WILSON WILL PUT
II OP 10 SOLONS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 7 —
President Wilson will address Con
gress tomorrow on the Question of
the high cost of living, and will
make recommendations for the en- ^
actment of legislation to bring relief |
to American consumers.
The President has been devoting
his whole time to the problem dur-!
ing the past several days, and his,
suggestions are awaited with eager
ness.
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Rational Park.
ENGLAND 10 HAVE
LONDON, Aug. 7.—Minister of
Reconstruction Geddes is authority
for the statement that a central au
thority will be established in Eng
land for the regulation of profits,
with authority to handle cases of
profiteering in a manner such as to
discourage future manipulation of
prices.
Details of the plan have not been .
disclosed, but it is understood ev
erything is in readiness to proceed
as soon as the plan has been for
mally approved.
RAILROAD CLERKS
10 ACT TOMORROW
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 7.— ;
Four hundred and fifty thousand i
railway clerk and freight handlers
and express and steamship employes,
who raised their voices this week in
protest against the high cost of liv- j
ing, will vote tomorrow on the ques-1
tion of striking for the purpose of,
enforcing their demands for increas- j
ed wages.
MORE SHOPMEN JOIN
STRIKE AT SPOKANE
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SPOKANE, Aug. 7 —Five hun-’
dred carshop men in the employ of j
the Great Northern railway went
out on strike today, making a total
of two thousand shopmen strikers
in this city.
All of the local shops have been
seriously crippled by the walkout.
and it is expected to interfere con
siderably with traffic unless a set
tlement is reached at an early date.
The strikers are conducting them
selves in an orderly manner, noth
ing having occurred thus far to
cause the local authorities uneasi
ness.
There are a great many wounded
American soldiers in San Francisco,
according to mail advices received
jin N'enana. In a single hospital,
says one letter to a local business
‘ mar,, there are over one thousand
'soldier patients, and there are many
I recently recovered hospital cases
roaming the California metropolis
seeking work of any kind. There
are, in addition, many able-bodied
soldiers who are having difficulty
finding employment in that city,
i ‘‘Hardly a day goes by,” says an
other letter, “that we do not have
several calls from discharged sol
diers looking for a chance to earn
a little money.” Some of the San
Francisco firms have put themselves
out to provide work for Uncle Sam's
fighting men, but there are others
who evidence little or no interest in
the welfare of the boys who left
good positions to enter the service
of their country.
The situation presents a grave
problem in the Bay City, and the!
war department has been subjected
to considerable criticism for the i
manner in which the soldiers were ■
turned adrift, with no assurance of,
gettng work after they had left the '
army.
Prof. C. C. Georgeson, head of j
the Government agricultural experi- j
ment stations in Alaska, is enroute
to Fairbanks on the steamer Yukon,
having left Eagle last night.
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SUSPECT LEAPS
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LOS ANGELES. Aug. 7.—Charles
! McGwire, assistant chief engineer
iof the board of public utilities,
leaped to his death today through
a window of District Attorney Wool
line’s office, crashing to the side
walk, eleven stories below, a shape
less heap.
McGwire had been summoned to
‘the office of the district attorney,
iwhere he was being questioned re
garding the bomb outrage which tv
! suited several days ago in the in
jury of former Assistant Attorney
General Lawler. Woolwine told Mc
Gwire that he intended to ask the
grand jury to indict him. whereupon
the suspect eluded the detectives
who stood near him and leaped
through the window.
Lawler recently blocked McGwire's
effort to break a will, and it is
believed that he sought the death
of the attorney on that account.
At the time the outrage was com
mitted, the authorities advanced the
theory that the bombing was done
by- laborites because of Lawler’s ac
tivities during the McNamara trials.
DANIELS REVIEWS
! PACIFIC VESSELS
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SAN DIEGO, Aujr. 7.—Secretary
of the Navy Daniels reviewed the
| new Pacific fleet today from a posi
ition on the bridge of the cruiser
! Montana. As the warships came out
I of the fog in front of the reviewing
;ship, they fired a salute of 19 guns
I in honor of the secretary, and then
j steamed into the harbor, where they
I were given a great ovation by the
l thousands assembled to welcome
them.
Secretary Daniels boarded the
| flagship for a visit with Admiral
Rodman and congratulated him upon
| the successful voyage of the fleet
| from the Atlantic.
| The vessels of the fleet are swarm
ling with visitors this afternoon and
jmany entertainments are being plan
|ned ashore for the officers and men
I of the fleet.
Nenana, Alaska’s Interior Puel Depot
BROOKLYN STRIKERS
SHOOT AT WRECKERS
NEW YORK, Aug. 7.—The Brook
lyn Rapid Transit strike, which was
called yesterday, assumed a serious
aspect today, when the strikers in
dulged in rioting and attacked a
wrecking crew with firearms. Sev
eral shots were fired at the wreck
ers, but the rioters were dispersed
before serious damage was done.
Strike officials declare that 95 per
cent of the entire system has been
paralyzed by the walkout, the ticup
including:, besides the Brooklyn Rap
id Transit, practically ali surface,
elevated, and subway lines.
The strike found many people un
prepared yesterday, and thousands
were unable to get to work. The
streets are congested today with au
tos of every description, but it is
impossible for them to handle the
crowds.