WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1919.
NO. 205
CARRANZA FAILS TO RELEASE JENKINS
DEPAR TMENTS ASK CONGRESS FOR USUAL ITEMS
PRESIDENT PLACES WAR-TIME RESTRICTIONS ON COAL
WILL LAST LONG
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dee. 1.—
The regular session of the Sixty
sixth Congress convened this morn
ing, and it is generally believed
that the lawmakers will continue in
session until just before the presi
dential election next fall. Most of
the members were in their seats
when the session opened, and the
galleries were filled with spectators. :
In accordance with an agreement
reached between the Democrats and
the Republicans before the session
opened, the usual formality of ap
pointing a committee to notify the i
President of the convening of the
session was dispensed with. This
action was taken because of the,
illness of the president. A formal
communication was sent to the
White House instead of a commit- i
tee.
Secretary of the Treasury Glass :
presented the annual estimates of
proposed expenditures, the amounts '
aggregating practically five billion
dollars, for defraying the expenses
of the Government during the com
ing fiscal year. The secretary esti
mates that it will cost five times as
much to. run the Government next
year as it did during the year im
mediately preceding the wrar.
DEFEiffilttD
MG 1HE COAST
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dee. 1.—
Major-General Black, chief of engi
neers, declares, in his annual report 1
to the war department, that the
late war has riot removed the need
of defensive works at important
strategic points along the coasts of i
the United States.
He recommends the erection of
modern fortifications at various.
points, and expresses the belief that
they are needed now as much as be
fore the war, if not more so.
ANTI-RADICAL WAVE
:
SEATTLE, Dec. 1. — Archer L.
Emerson, an alleged wobbly who
was arrested in this city last week,
has furnished the authorities with
letters from radical leaders purport
ing to show that the anti-radical
campaign probably will cripple the
I. W. W. seriously unless means are
found to replenish the radical trea
suries. Funds are needed now in
evert' section of the country to ob-.
tain counsel to defend the many
radicals who have been rounded up
by the authorities.
George Vandeveer, a local attor
ney, has been retained to assist in
the defense of the Centralia wob
blies now awaiting trial.
Emerson claims that he is a
grandson of Ralph Waldo Emerson. ^
ANOTHER NOTE FORWARDED
TO MEXICAN GOVERNMENT
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| WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1.—
The state department has despatch
ed another note to the Carranza
! government, renewing the request
for the immediate release of Ameri
|
can Consular Agent Jenkins, who is
under arrest at Pueblo. The note
arraigns the conduct of the Mexi
can government in the affair and
characterizes it as an attempt to
involve Jenkins in the intricacies of
legal proceedings.
The note does not indicate what
action will be taken by the Ameri
I can authorities in case the Mexicans
; refuse to comply with the request
to release Jenkins. It is known.
i however, that strong pressure is
j being brought to bear on the ad
!ministration to employ strong mea
sures to bring the Mexicans to
time without further parley, and
it is considered possible that the
latest note will be followed with a
'peremptory demand for the release
: of the consular agent.
MEAN BUSINESS.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 1 —
' Chairman Porter of the house for
eign relations committee was in
conference with Secretary Lansing
for more than an hour today, dis
cussing the Mexican situation. Aft
; er the conference. Porter said that
Lansing had assured him that the
j state department means business
this time, and intimated that it
j probably would be necessary to send
: troops into Mexico or to take pos
j session of Mexican ports until such
| time as the Mexican atmosphere
jhas been cleared.
THE NOTE.
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 1.—
The American note to Carranza
says that America declines to be
drawn into a judicial discussion on
irrelevant and unimportant matters.
It says that the request for the
.release of Jenkins is founded on
right and justice, and points out
.that Mexico must show cause for
his detention. It is further stated
;that the Carranza statement that
jthe ease is being investigated is
merely an excuse for delay and will
jnot be accepted.
| WASHINGTON*, D. C., Dec. 1.—
The industrial conference of seven
teen men, appointed by President
Wilson in a second attempt to de
vise a means of settling the chaotic
conditions in American industry, as
sembled today, and will take up
the consideration of industrial prob
lems immediately.
The personnel of the conference;
; has provoked considerable criticism
among labor leaders, who declare
that the President has included all
interests except labor. The over
sight. they believe, was intentional
on the part of the President, and
the findings of the conference, in
their opinion, will be of small con
sequence ^without labor’s participa
tion.
The appointment of the conferees
has not improved Persident Wilson’s
^standing among the labor leaders.
TACOMAlBBLIES
HUNGER STRIKERS
TACOMA, Dec. 1. — Twenty-one
alleged "wobblies” who are con
fined in the local jail awaiting trial
are attracting considerable atten
tion as a result of their refusal
i to eat. They began a hunger strike
five days ago, and were still strik
! ing when the midday meal was an
nounced today.
The police authorities are watch
ling developments without trying to
; interfere with the strike in any
way, believing that the strikers will
come to their senses in the course
of time. The jail cook refuses to
(furnish special menus to tempt the
; appetites of the strikers.
GOVERNOR IS ENROUTE
HOME FROM HEARING
SEATTLE, Dec. 1.
Governor
j Thomas Riggs sailed for Juneau
1 yesterday on the steamship Ala
meda. He came to Seattle to at
tend the fisheries hearings.
ESTIMATES INCLUDE
MANY ALASKA ITEMS
SEATTLE, Dec. 1. — A special
Washington dispatch to the Seattle
Times says that the various Gov
ernment departments, in charge of
Alaskan affairs, have asked Con
gress for the following appropria
tions:
Ten thousand dollars for the pro
tection and improvement of Mt.
McKinley National park: $45,000
for Pribilof fisheries; $9,500 for
maintenance of Afoofmak hatchery;
$9,000 for maintenance of Yes Bay
hatchery; $160,000 for general fish
eries service; $20,000 for construc
tion of buildings on fur sea! islands;
$25,000 for improvement and devel
opment of Alaskan herring indus
jtry; $120,000 for care of Alaska
i
; insane; $55,000 for Alaska bounda
ry survey; $7,000 for Alaska mine
inspection; $47,000 for Alaska ex
ecutive expenses; $100,000 for Alas
! ka road service; $140,000 for ex
tensions and betterments of Alaska
cable; $77,000 for improvements to
Alaska lights; $150,000 for light
houses, lights, and fog- signal at
Cape Spencer; $100,000 for investi
gating mineral resources; $275,000
for education of Alaska natives;
$125,000 for medical relief of Alas
ka natives; $9,000 for Alaska rein
deer service; $40,000 for protec
tion of Alaska game; $15,000 for
suppression of liquor traffis; $10,000
for Nome harbor improvement.
WAR RESTRICTIONS
TO CONSERVE COAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1.—'
Wartime restrictions on the con
sumption of coal were ordered ef
fective today for the period of the
coal strike. The restrictions will
necessitate the closing of many non- j
essention industries, but provision is
made for furnishing fuel to rail
roads, coastwise and inland ship
ping, army, navy, and Government
departments, state and county de
partments. public utilities, including
newspapers, and retailers supplying
household consumers.
MILITARY IN CONTROL.
PITTSBURG. Kan., Dec. 1.—Mili
tary control has been declared in
the mining districts in Crawford
and Cherokee counties, and an ef
fort will be made to reopen the
mines with non-union labor. Thir
teen hundred volunteer workers al
ready have appeared at the mines,
ready to work, most of them wear
ing the uniforms of ex-service men,
and some of them with overseas
insignia.
TRAIN DERAILED.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 1.—A
' train carrying: volunteer workers
for the Kansas coal fields ran into
an open switch last night, and
; eight of the coaches were derailed.
I Officials of the Santa Fe express
the belief that the switch was
opened by strikers.
MORE STRIKERS.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. 1.—Four
hundred and fifty coal miners at
Hanna, Wyoming, went out on
strike today, and it is feared the
inability of the mines to supply coal
I will seriously handicap the Union
Pacific railroad.
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1920 CAMPAIGN
PIERRE, S. D.. Dec. 1.—Gover
nor N'orbeck and Chairman Kinp of
the state Republican committee are
authority for the statement that the
Republican convention, which will
convene in this city tomorrow, will
endorse Leonard Wood for Presi
dent. They claim the Republicans
of the state are united for Wood
and that there will be no Opposition !
to the endorsement.
The Democrats of South Dakota i
are as strongly united for Wilso
and will back his candidacy in case !
the President contents to enter the
race next year for re-election. j
SMITH CONVICIION
UPHELD IN Ml!
SAX FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.—'The!
conviction of William H. Smith, for
mer secretary of the Xenana Moose
lodge, who was sentenced to serve
a term of eighteen months or, the
charge of embezzlement, has been
confirmed by the federal court of
appeals, according to a decision
handed down today.
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STORY OF SOVIET
NEW YORK, Dec. 1. — Formeri
Immigration Commissioner Howe, j
I who has been accused of extending j
’too many privileges to undesirables'
held at Ellis island during his re
igime, defends his administration in
j an interview published in this city
yesterday.
Regarding the testimony of Act-1
ing Commissioner Uhl, before the
house investigating committee, Howe
says he believes Uhl did not tell the I
truth when he informed the com
mittee that a soviet had almost
been organized on the island.
NEWBERRY MUSE
FACE CHARGE OF
: STEALING SEA!
CRAN’D RAPIDS, Mich., Dec. 1.
'—United States Senator Truman H.
Newberry. Republican, of Michigan,
has been indicted by the federal
grand jury on the charge of corrup
tion, fraud and conspiracy in con
nection with the election through
which he obtained his seat in the
‘ upper house of Congress, defeating
Henry Ford, who entered the cam
paign as a Democrat.
The investigation of the New
berry campaign bv the grand jury
has resulted in the indictment of
more than 130 persons, many of
whom are prominent in local and
, state politics.
William Ellice, a local printer,
was one of the first arraigned. He
appeared in court today and en
tered a plea of guilty to the charge
| of . --oospijfLcy ia c-'pnectior with
the Newberry campaign expenses.
;He was released on bonds in the
sum of $1,000.
! The indictment of Senator New
berry has caused a sensation, be
cause of his prominence in state
'and national affairs, political and
I industrial He is head of a score
I of big indHstria! concerns, railway
j
(companies and banks, and was a
member of President Roosevelt's
i
icabinet, as secretary of the navy.
(He was one of the organizers of
‘the Michigan state naval brigade
'in 1895 and served throughout the
I Spanish-American war on the V. S
IS. Vosemite. He is 55 years of
.age.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 1.—
Secretary of War Baker has made
formal request of the American Red
Cross society to continue its work
with the peace time army, which
developed during the war. He
praises the work of the society very
highly and says he desires its con
tinuance-as a connecting' link be
tween ‘the soldiers and their fami
lies.
STRIKERS MIX WITH
OFFICERS IN SOUTH
WHEELING, W. Va„ Dec. 1.—A
serious clash occurred today be
tween steel strikers and the sheritf
and his deputies, the mixup result
ing in the death of one of the
! strikers and the serious wounding
(of another. The sheriff also war
| wounded.
Scores of sljots were fired by
j both sides, but the strikers were
finally dispersed, notwithstanding
the fact that they greatly outnum
bered the officers.