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WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1919.
NO. 212
END OF BIG COAL MINE STRIKE IN SIGHT
PROLONGED COLD WAVE PREDICTED FOR STATES
GOTHAM LAWMAKERS^ BLAME RUSSIANS FOR UNREST
NEW YORK, Dec. .9—A joinl
committee of the New York state
legislature, which has been engager
for some time in an investigatior
of radicalism and unrest in Nev
York and elsewhere in the L’nitet
States, has submitted a report ir
which it is claimed that radical agi
tation in America has been organ
ized and stimulated under the in
spiration of the Russian soviet gov
ernment.
The radicals, the report states
are divided into three classes o
groups. One is the anarchist group
which includes a union of Russia!
workers. The syndicalism group in
eludes the Industrial Workers of th<
World, and the communist grou;
includes the communist parties.
The three groups, differing in de
tail and makeup, ar» united in urg
tng the masses t* overthrow th<
Government illegally. New York i
radical headquarters of the nation
with every industrial center in th
country harborine centers of radica
activity.
LAKE ICE BREAKS;
TACOMA, Dec. 9.—United State
Commissioner E. B. Brockway los
his life yesterday afternoon as th*
result of breaking through the ic<
while skating on Lake Steilacoon
with his son Gordon.
The son made an heroic effort t<
save his father by diving into th<
icy waters, and nearly lost his otvt
life. He was compelled to returi
to the surface, however, withou
finding any trace of the drovne<
man.
YEOMANETTES JOIN
AMERICAN LEGIO?
SALT LAKE CITY.—Four yeo
manettes who served in the nav;
throughout the war have been ad
mitted to membership in Salt Laki
Post, No. 18, American Legion
Members of the post consider thi
a distinction for the local organiza
tion and are of the opinion it is th'
first to admit women.
The four women members of th'
post are the Misses Norma Boyd
Edna Romney. Beatrice V. Timmins
and Dora Montague. Each of th'
girls performed stenographic worl
for the navy in different parts o
the country, and all have now re
turned to their homes here.
MANY INDIAN STUDENTS
ENROLL IN GOVERNMENT
SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA
RIVERSIDE, Cal. — Indian boy
and girls from all sections of Cali
fornia. New Mexico, Arizona, Neva
da, and Utah—more than 500 ii
•11—have enrolled for the year’
OBSERVERS BELIEVE STRIKE
WILL END BEFORE THURSDAY
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j WASHINGTON*, D. C.. Dec.
The prediction is made here today , V
that the coal mine strike, which it
has beer, in progress since the first 11
of November, will be terminated
within twenty-four hours, as a re
sult of the action taken by Presi-,
dent Wilson in addressing a per- i -
sonai appeal to the strikers, urging 1 c
them to return to their places in j *
the mines pending an adjustment ^
of differences by a special commis- j *
sion, to be appointed by the Presi- j *
den: as soon as the miners resume I
work. Observers declare that the ‘
miners have been favorably :m- i'
pressed by the President’s propo- 4
sition and will trust him to give
them a square deal.
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SECRETARY HELPING. 1
WASHINGTON*. D. C.. Dec. 9.— c
■ Secretary of Labor Wilson has com- £
raunicatea bv wire with President • *
• Lewis of the United Mine Workers, i
. urging the miners, through him, tojj
“ accept the proposal of President t
! Wilson, which involves a return to i
work on the basis of a temporary V
acceptance of the 14 percent wage^t
increase suggested by the Govern- t
ment. Secretary Wilson indicated js
work at the Sherman institute, a
Government school for Indians,
near Riverside. The registration is •
expected to increase to 700 during'
. the year. More than sixty teacher?
comprise the faculty.
About 200 of the students came j
it
. directly from reservations where j
, they were bom, and which they!
never had left before.
OFF FOR MANEUVERS :
WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 9.— ^
The flagship Pennsylvania, with Ad- .
I'miral Wilson in command, will lead : |
the Atlantic fleet in the procession j
l to Cuban waters for the winter
j maneuvers, which ^re scheduled to
. take place during January.
. Particular attention will be given
, this year to main battery target
; practice. j.
, Fred Clinton, who was taken into '
c-ustodv near Munson's, on the Rich- , I
i
ardson trail, several day’s ago, on i
the charge of violating the Alaska t
bone dry law, entered a plea of t
, guilty yesterday before Commission- ;
. 1 er Reed Heilig, at Fairbanks, and t
■ was assessed $250 and costs, the (
fine aggregating about 320. (
Henry Williams, Shaw creek min
jer, who underwent an operation at
J Fairbanks some time ago for the .
removal of a portion of the bone
k j from one of his legs, was out yes
terday on crutches for the first time
• unassisted.
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Mrs. F. D. Browne and Mrs. M. jS
i E. Smith left for Fairbanks this t
= afternoon, to be absent until Friday. ;j
) President Lewis that President J
i'ilson had pointed the way out of j
ie strike situation, with honor to j
ie Government and to the miners. ;
WILL MEET TONIGHT.
WASHINGTON', D. C.. Dec. 9.— j
.nnouncement that the executive
ommittee of the mine workers will
old a meeting tonight is regarded j
ere as an extremely favorable sign,
t shows, at least, that the miners j
Slink sufficiently well of the Wilson j
roposition to consider it, and the j
elief is expressed that the meeting
•ill be productive of a speedy set
lement of the strike.
PROSECUTION DEFERRED.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 9. — The
earing of the contempt of court
ases. in which mine union officials
re charged with failure to comply
nth the terms of the injunction
sued by Judge Anderson, has been
ostponed for the period of one
reek, at the request of the Govem
lent. This action is understood to
ave been requested in order that
he court proceedings might not in
erfere with the negotiations for a
eitlement of the coal strike.
MORE RESTRICTIONS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 9 —
Fuel Administrator Garfield has put
into effect the most drastic fuel
regulations since 1918. In his state
ment announcing’ further restric
tions, he says that fuel-saving mea
sures will be necessary for several
weeks, even if the strike is called
off immediately, as there seems to
be reason to believe it will be.
Manufacturing plants are to be re
stricted to three days’ operation a
week, on the basis of present work
ing hours. This order applies to
plants using anthracite coal and
coal gas. The order also curtails
street lighting, office building light
ing and heating, and electric cur
rent for street railways.
MINERS IN SESSION.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 9.—Mine
union officials were summoned to a
meeting scheduled to start at three
o’clock this afternoon, but the pub
lic has not been supplied with an
announcement regarding the plans
of the mining men, and it is not
known whether or not the Wilson
offer will be accepted by them.
OPERATORS PLEASED.
ST. LOUIS. Dec. 9.—Chairman
Brewster, of the coal mine opera
tors' scale committee, is authority
for the statement that the operators
are heartily in favor of the propo
sition submitted by President Wil
son.
LOOKS ENCOURAGING.
WASHINGTON', D. C.. Dec 9.—
Attorney General Palmer, who is
conferring with President Lewis and
other mining men and officials at
Indianapolis, has wired to this city
that he considers it certain that the
miners will accept the Wilson pro
posal to end the strike.
THE WILSON PLAN.
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 9. — The
proposition submitted by President
Wilson for terminating the coal
: strike provides for the immediate
return of the men on the basis of
a 14 percent increase in the wage
.scale, pending a readjustment of
wages by a special committee to be
j appointed by the President, the
wages to be adjusted to conform
■ to the increased cost of living.
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 9. — An
ouncement is made today by offi
ials of the Carranza government
bat the original answer of Mexico
o the second American note re
arding Consular Agent Jenkins,
-hich was ready for despatch when
enkins was unexpectedly released.
lUst now be altered to fit the
hanged condition of the affair,
'his will not take long, however,
and it is believed the note will be
ready for despatch to Washinj^ton
within a few days, probably before
the end of the week.
CASE TRANSFERRED.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 9.—
The state department has been ad
vised that the Jenkins case has
been transferred from the Pueblo
state court to the Mexican federal
supreme court at Mexico City.
COLD IS EXTREME
IN STATES TODAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 9.—
'he entire country, from the At
mtic to the Pacific, is in for i
rolonged period of cold weather
ccording to a forecast issued b;
he United States weather bureai
oday. Extremely cold weather ii
eported today by a number of sec
ions, and snow is falling heavily ii
)regon and in other parts of th<
ountry.
COLD ON COAST.
SEATTLE, Dec. 9.—Cold weathe:
s gripping the West today, witl
now falling at Grays Harbor ar.<
ther points.
Denver reports 19 degrees belov
ero, Billings 36 below, and Butt<
0 below, the cold December day ii
he city’s history. It was 22 belov
ero at Butte yesterday.
, COAL IS NEEDED.
The coming: of severely cold
weather finds many communities
! unprepared, the supply of fuel be
ing extremely low throughout the
country generally. Many Butte
families have no fuel at all, except
: such wood as they can pick up here
and there, and there will be much
1 suffering in that and other cities if
' the cold spell continues long.
CITIZENS HELPING.
BUTTE, Mont., Dec. 9.—A volun
' teer committee of citizens is en
i gaged today in distributing fuel and
I clothing among the hundreds of
needy cases here, which have been
' made extreme by the low tempera
! ture.
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COLDEST IN MANY YEARS.
SEATTLE, Dec. 9.—Puget sound
is in the strip of the coldest weather
recorded in thirty years. Tacoma
reports 22 degrees above zero, it ;s
24 above here, and 14 above at
Bellingham.
The weather bureau predicts a
blizzard and much snow for tonight,
and storm warnings nave been sent
to all ports along the Northern
coast.
ZERO AT WALLA WALLA.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Dec.
—The temperature dropped to zero
here during the night and the
weather continues cold today.
WHY RACERS FIZZLED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dee 9.—
The war department has ordered a
special investigation into the state
ment? made by Maynard, the Flying
Parson, who claims that many of
those who entered the recent trans
continental flight failed to make
good because of too much booze.
Inquiries will be made all along
the route followed by the various
aviators in an effort to learn defi
nitely if liquor was indulged in to
excess by the unsuccessful birdmen.
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(t TEMPERATURE
•t As reported by the government
observation station, Nenana
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K Tuesday, December 9.
« Maximum .22 above
It Minimum . 2 below
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(•uu. Alaska’s Xstartor rael Depet
| WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. y.—
Leaders of the Republican party are
gathering in this city for the meet
ing of the Republican national com
mittee. which is scheduled to begin
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' its deliberations here tomorrow.
The time and place of the nom
inating convention will be decided,
among other things.
It is believed the convention will
be set for June S, but there is
less certainty about the meeting
place, St. Louis and Chicago being
prepared to make a hard right for
the big gathering. San Francisco,
which was a candidate for the con
vention, has withdrawn .in favor of
Chicago.
Presidential campaign managers
are already busy here, in the inter
ests of the several aspirants for
the Republican nomination. Leon
ard Wood and Governor Lowden of
Illinois have organizations working
for them, and Ohio's delegation is
out for Senator Harding. The sup
porters of Senators Miles Poindex
ter and Hiram Johnson are also
busy, and it is expected that Sen
ator Watson of Indiana will launch
his boom before very iong.
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WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. y.—
According to information coming
from the White House today. Presi
dent Wilson is subjecting the charg
es made by Senator Fall, relative
to the activities of Mexican propa
gandists, to the closest scrutiny, it
being his intention to make a thor
ough investigation before express
ing himself on the question.
Senator Fall charged that diplo
matic representatives of the Mexi
can government are engaged in an
1 effort to foment revolution in this
country, acting with the knowledge
of President Carranza, if not actu
lallv directed bv him.
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4EAVY LOSS SUFFERED
BY SWITZERLAND AS
RESULT OF WORLD WAR
BERNE, Switzerland.—Six billion
francs is the sum representing the
loss suffered by Switzerland as a
result of the war, according to an
estimate by M. Sarasin, president of
the Swiss Bankers’ union of this
city. Of this, 2,400,000,000 francs
are accounted for by depreciation
of German securities, and 1,500,
000,000 francs by depreciation of
Austro-Hungarian securities held by
Swiss citizens.
The losses suffered by the hotel
world are put down as amounting
to 400,000,000 francs. The majori
ty of Swiss private fortunes are in
vested in foreign government and
foreign industrial undertakings, the
value of which has declined from
40 to 50 percent.