WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1920.
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ENGLAND OBJECTS TO FRENCH ACTION
CHICAGO STRIKE SITUATION IS EASIER TODAY
FRISCO OPENS JAILS TO SUPPLY WORKERS FOR ALASKA
PRINCE RUPERT
AFTER CONTRACT
EOR 20 TANKERS
VANCOUVER, B. C., April 9.—
Newman Eri>, who owns the con
trolling interest in the Prince Ru
pert Ferry, Dock & Engineering
company, is authority for the state
ment that his company may soon
engage in the construction of a large
fleet of tankers.
Erb says that he is now negoti
ating to build twenty vessels at
Prince Rupert for the sum of $30,
000,000, and if he is successful in
landing the contract the result will
be a business boom for Prince Ru
pert of considerable proportions.
A number of ships already have
been built at Prince Rupert, and
it is believed the construction of
the 20 tankers would enable the
Northern town to establish a per
manent shipbuilding industry.
WITNESS IS DELAYEO;
TRIAL IS POSTPONED
The trial of Ann McCarth; of
Tolovana, on the charge of killing
her husband, which was to have
starred at Fairbanks tomorrow morn
ing, ha? been postponed until Mon
day, this action having been made
necessary by the inability of Sam
Godfrey, one of the witnesses, to
reach Fairbanks on the date origi
nally set. A postponement also was
desired by District Attorney Roth,
who is occupied at present with a
civil action.
Godfrey was thought to be en
route to Fairbanks by way of the
Richardson trail, reports stating that
special efforts were being made to
get him to Fairbanks in time for
the commencement of the trial.
Yesterday afternoon, however, Joe
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ALLIES START NEGOTIATIONS
AS RESULT OF FRENCH MOVE
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i PARIS, April 9.—The opposition
of England to the occupation of
I German cities by French troops is
'about bo result in the opening of a
i diplomatic conversation between the
'Allies concerning the whole subject
of the relations between Germany
Sand France, according to informa
tion which was made public today,
i Officials of the French govern
jinent are not worrying over the
! outcome. They express the belief
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I that the relations of the Entente
| should be readjusted to a peace
| basis without delay, and are con
:fident that the contemplated corre
,'spondence will clear up questions
! which have remained unsettled since
Uhe signing of the armistice.
ITALY OPPOSED.
LONDON, April 9.—The Italian
foreign minister is authority for the
'statement that his government is
■firmly opposed to the action taken
by France to compel Germanv to
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abide by the terms of the treaty. •
The Italian government, he says, has
given no intimation in the past to •
justify the assumption of France!
that Italy would approve the action !
taken.
OPPOSITION OF ENGLAND.
LONDON, April 9.—It is claimed j
by news agencies that the British
and associated governments havej
been opposed throughout to the oc-!
cupation of German Towns by '•
French troops. The French govern-!
ment, it is claimed, acted on its
own initiative, and without promise
of support.
GERMAN KILLED.
BERLIN, April 9.—It is reported !
from F'rankfort. in official dis-:
patches received this morning, that
a French patrol. 14 miles north of
Frankfort, shot and killed Count j
Kalnsen, a German lieutenant. De-'
tails of the shooting, however, have
not yet been made known to the j
Berlin authorities.
FRANCE MUST PAY.
BERLIN', April 9-—The German i
government has sent a note to'
Prance in which it is declared that |
France will be held responsible for
lamages and casualties resulting
from the occupation of German cities 1
jy French troops.
IS BITTER PILL.
PARIS, April 9.—French news-'
papers are of the opinion that the i
attitude of England toward the j
French occupation of German cities;
is a bitter pill for France, hardly |
•nmpensated by Belgium’s approval j
Df the move. In an editorial dis
cussion of the question today the
Echo de Paris calls Lloyd George a
demagogue.
STILL A SPECTATOR.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 9.—
The American government will con
tinue to view the French occupa
tion as an interested spectator only,
according to statements made by
Government officials today. The
opinion is expressed that the inde
pendent action of France has cre
ated a serious situation, full of
potential dangers.
CONGRESSMEN DEBATE.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 9.
In debating the peace resolution in
the lower house of Congress today,
Representative Madden explained
that the measure did not assume to
take away any of the President’s
treaty-making rights. And he de
clared, in defense of the senate’s
refusal to ratify the peace treaty,
that if the treaty had been rati
fied in the form in which it was
presented by the President. Ameri
can troops would be in Armenia
now, trying to preserve order among
the Turks.
Champ Clark, in a speech oppos
ing the resolution, said an inde
pendent declaration of peace at this
time would bring confusion and
would lead to all sorts of interna
tional quagmires.
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O’Connor, of the Terminal, received
.a telephone message from the miss
ing witness, announcing hi3 arrival
at Hurricane gulch, on the Broad
Pass trail, and requesting that Judge
Bunnell be informed of the fact
that he would not be able to reach
Fairbanks before next week.
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I Colonel F. Mears, chairman and
: c hief engineer of the Alaskan E:i
jgmeering commission, who is en
j route to Xenana from the coast,
‘will arrive in town late this after
noon, according to advices received
•from the end of steel. The train
‘which is bringing the Mears party
ito town left Healy about four
i o’clock.
! It is understood the colonel plans
[to visit Fairbanks before his return
ito the coast, but it is not known
how long he will be here.
SOUTHERN LAWMAKER
HAS SERIOUS STROKE
WASHINGTON", D. C„ April 9 —
Representative Claude Kitchen, of
North Carolina, suffered a slight
i stroke of paralysis this afternoon,
[after he had concluded a speech ■ in
opposition to the Republican peace
' resolution.
LABOR COUNCIL SEEKS
TRIAL OF CENTRAL IANS
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, PORTLAND, Ore., April 9.—The
; local labor council has adopted res
olutions asking that the slayers of
i Everett, who was lynched in Cen
tralia following the Armistice day
[shooting, be placed on trial for their
act.
Hawley Sterling returned to Ne
>nana today from Fairbanks.
CHICAGO STRIKERS
RETURNING SLOWLY
CHICAGO, April 9.—Brotherhood
officials who are engaged in fighting
the unauthorized switchmen’s strike
jclaim today that many of the strik
ers are returning to work, but they
admit that the strike is not yet
iquite broken.
i Strike leaders, on the other hand,
j claim that there are fully 8,000 men
:out in the Chicago district alone,
with additional thousands on strike
in other parts of the country.
It is estimated that the strike
here has resulted in throwing 45,000
stockyard and packing-house workers
*out of employment.
It is believed that the abatement
of the strike here will tend to in
fluence strikers in other cities to
j return to their places.
SENATE TO INVESTIGATE.
j WASHINGTON, D. C., April 9.—
The senate has ordered an investi
nation of the unauthorized strike of
switchmen at Chicago.
OBJECTOR KILLED.
CHICAGO, April 9.—At a meet- 1
ing of the striking switchmen today.
John Krintz, one of the strikers,
was shot by one of his fellow strik
ers when he proposed that the strike
he called off. Several others, who
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expressed similar views, were slug- ■
ged, the sentiment of the meeting j
being very much in favor of con
tinuing the strike.
COMMUTERS DELAYED.
N’EW YORK, April 9.—Thouands
of homeward-bound commuters were
stalled in N'ew Jersey this after
noon when 2,000 switchmen joined
the Chicago strike. Officials of sev- j
eral of the roads which were tied :
up by the walkout donned overalls i
and made it possible to get milk'
trains through to their destinations.
JAIL DOORS OPEN
TO HELP CANNERS
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SEATTLE, April 9.—Thirty-five
men,*who were released from jail t
by San Francisco authorities on con-,
dition that they would go to Alaska
: to work in the fisheries, refused.
, upon arrival here to go aboard the
fisheries boat of the Kena Cannery
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[Company. The undesirables made
j the trip North on the steamship
President and they are being forced
to remain aboard that vessel, pend- '
ing the outcome of the negotiations j
'between them and the cannery of-.
ficials.
The Seattle police have been in
structed to prevent The arrivals from
landing: here, as it is not the inten
tion of the mayor to permit the
unloading: of a disorderly crowd in
the city. If the men persist in re
fusing- to transfer to an Alaska
bound boat, they probably will be
-ompeiled to return south on the
President.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 9— Of
ficials of the Alaska* Fishermen's
union announce today that the Alas
ka Packers' association has agreed
to a 26 percent wage increase for
the season, and it is believed that
the Northern fishermen, who are
now out on strike, will sign on for
the season without further delay.
Announcement has been made
that the final rehearsal of those who
will appear tomorrow night in the
Allen Cran*’ benefit will take place
at the Coliseum theater tonight.
Those who are in a position to
know declare that the show will be
one of the best ever presented in
Nenana, combining a variety of en
tertainment that is sure to please.
The committee announces a slight
change in the program as published
yesterday. Mrs. W. A. Ooghill will
play the accompaniment for Miss
Scott’s dance.
The show will start at eight
o’clock.
WOMAN SHOOTER HELD
ON ASSAULT CHARGE
TACOMA, April 9.—Mrs. Julia
Smith, who shot Prosecuting Attor
ney Askren several nights ago, has
been held on the charge of first de
gree assault.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hamilton ar
rived from Fairbanks on this morn
ing’s train, enroute to the Kantish
na district, where Mr. Hamilton will
prepare for summer mining opera
tions. They are guests at the Rust
house.
Harry Owen, oldtimer of the Koy
ukuk country, arrived in Nenana to
day from Wiseman.
I NOT PRACTICAL
SEATTLE, April 9. Governor
| Boyle of Nevada is not in favor of
| the j;old bonus which is being ad
jvocated by many of the delegates
i attending the convention of the In
'ternational Mining congress. In a
discussion of the question today, the
governor said the plan, in his opin
ion, is not practical at the present
'time. Tie believes that a man soll
1 ing gold to a manufacturer as a
! commodity has a right to sell at a
^ profit.
Convention Asks Aid.
j Resolutions have been adopted by
the convention urging the Govern
ment to foster the production of
!minerals; urging the Government t->
I give protection to American miners
in Mexico, and urging Congress to
| repeal excess profits and corpora
tion taxes.
Portland and Spokane are rivals
for the next convention.
J. W. Mulholland, of Nelson, B.
C., president of the British Colum
bia Prospectors’ association, ad
dressed the convention today, call
ing attention, in his speech, to the
fact that America owes its present
mineral output to the activities of
prospectors. Ninety-nine percent of
the mines found, he said, have been
discovered by prospectors.
COAL MINE OFFICIAL
HELD FOR CONTEMPT
OLDSBURG. Kan., April 9.—Al
exander Howat, president of the
, Kansas Coal Miners’ union, has been
sent to jail for contempt of court
, because of his refusal to give test;
mony before the Kansas court if
.industrial relations. In sentencing
the union official to tail, the judge
. said that he would keep him there.
! until he consented to testify,
r Howat says he refused to testify
because he does not recognize the
court, which he declares is an in
stitution founded for the purpose of
enslaving workingmen.
MARTIAL LAW ORDERED
FOR HOLY COMMUNITY
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JERUSALEM, April 9.—Martial
.law has been proclaimed in conse
quence of the disturbances which
, began here on Easter Sunday, and
British troops are now patroling
,the streets of the city. Clashes con
tinue between the Jews and Mo
hammedans, the results thus far
being several killed and over 2o0
injured.
A. Gaudette is a guest at the
Southern, having arrived in town
today from Fairbanks.
TEMPERATURE
As reported by the government
observation station, Nenana
X Friday, April 9.
M Maximum .33 above
Minimum __9 below
X