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WHERE, RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. 111.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY. APRIL S, 1920.
NO. 4
NAVY WILL DEVELOP COAL ON COAST
FOCH PREPARING TO SEND TROOPS TO GERMANY
SWITCHMEN LEAVE CHICAGO YARDS; DEMAND RAISE
CHICAGO, April 5. — Approxi
mately 25,000 switchmen have gone
out on strike here in an effort to
enforce their demand for increased
pay. The strike has almost com
pletely tied up the local railway
yards, and packing company officials
declare that the walkout will throw
50,000 stockyard employes out of
work before night. Five thousand
rlready have been laid off in conse
quence of the action of the switch
men. As further evidence of the
harmful effect of the strike, the
packers state that only 3,500 head
of cattle and 5,000 sheep reached
the yards today, compared with 40,
000 hogs alone a year ago this
date.
The American Railway express
has announced an cm**''.:' o on all
express shipments. Tfcc^«4rik«, to
gether with the storm which started
yesterday, makes it impossible to
move cars.
The Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen is trying to break the
strike on the grounds that it is il
legal and is being conducted by an
outlaw organization. Brotherhood
men are coming from other cities
to act as strike-breakers.
MESSENGERS ROBBED
OF PACKER PAYROLL
KANSAS CITY, April 5.—Mess
engers in the employ of Swift &
Co. were robbed today of the sum
of $45,000 which they were carry
ing from a local bank to the office
of the company in a handbag. The
robbers operated from an automo
bile and made their escape with
the cash.
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SERIOUS EFFORT TO BE MADE
TO DEVELOP COAL FOR SHIPS
SEATTLE, April 5.—Special ad
vices received in this city today
from Washington state that under
the present plans a serious attempt
is to be made during the coming
isummer to supply Alaska coal for
the use of naval vessels in Pacific
waters.
The navy appropriation bill, which
has been approved by the lower
house of Cangress, and which also
probably will receive favorable ac
tion in the senate, carries an item
of one million dollars for mining
Alaska coal and for the construction
of the necessary docks and bunkers
at tidewater. The measure has re
ccivcd the indorsement of both the
secretary of the navy and the sec
retary of the interior.
Naval officers are authority for
the statement that it is the inten
tion, if the bill passes the senate,
to send a strong organization to
Alaska to carry on the work con
templated. Enough already has been
accomplished in the Matanuska field,
it is claimed, to warrant develop
ment on a large scale, and the en
tire Matanuska region will be in
vestigated.
Engineers also will make a sur
vey of Dutch Harbor with a view
to the establishment of a permanent
coaling station there.
DEPUTY SHERIFF
N COAST CHASE
! SEATTLE, Wash., April 5.—Dep
juty Sheriff Robert Scott was shot
jand killed yesterday by two auto
■ bandits when he attempted to pre
jvent a holdup in Rainier Valley.
; The bandits were in the act of hold
: ing up Earl Ebas when Scott ap
! peared on the scene, and after the
; officer had been disposed of, the
bandits commandeered the auto and
■ forced Ebas to drive them to town.
While enroute, the bandits be
i came involved in a quarrel over
the division of the spoils and one
of the men, known only as Blackie,
; killed his companion, whose name
| was Elmer Cady. The pair had
previously held up half a dozen au
itomobiles and roped the occupants
together in a nearby field.
! The local police are combing the
hotels and wharves for Blackie to
‘day, but no trace of him had been
| found up to a late hour. It is be
, lieved that he is wounded.
EASIER IS FATAL
JERUSALEM, April 5.—Disturb
ances which occurred here yesterday
during the celebration of Easter
Sunday resulted in 158 casualties
before the military authorities were
able to restore order. Fighting oc
curred in several sections of the
city.
The military authorities now are
in full control of the situation and
no further disorders are anticipated.
DETAILS LACKING.
LONDON, April 5.—Details of
the Jerusalem trouble have not yet
been receiveed in this city, although
several requests have been made for
full information.
BRYAN IS URGED TO
SPEAK IN NORTHWEST
SEATTLE, April 5.—Efforts are
being made to induce William Jen
nings Bryan to address the residents
of Seattle, Tacoma, and Spokane be
fore he attends the San Francisco
convention.
I«tM. IN g>t«w»T to McKinley
FRANCE WILL MAKE
MOVE AS REPRISAL
PARIS, April 5.—There is a re
port in general circulation here to
day to the effect that General Koch
is preparing to despatch French
troops into Germany for the pur
pose of occupying Frankfort, Darm
stadt and other German cities on
the right bank of the Rhine, in
reprisal for the movement of Ger
man troop* to the neutral Ruhr
basin to suppress the Reds who are
giving trouble in that region.
French newspapers suggest that
the occupied cities be taxed suffi
ciently to defray the cost of occu
pation.
It has been learned here that the
Ebert government has despatched a
force of 40,000 troops to the Ruhr
district, notwithstanding the govern
ment’s promise that only a limited
number would be sent there. The
French foreign office believes that
it is not necessary to send such a
big force there, iaasmuch as the
rebels are reported to be exhausted
and without money to carry on
their campaign against the Ebert
regime.
The report also has reached here
that the Ruhr rebels are not Reds,
but in reality anti-militarists.
England declines to co-operate in
the occupation of the German cities.
NO WORD YET.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 5.—
The state department has not yet
been notified by France of the in
tention to occupy additional German
territory.
In response to a resolution of in
quiry, President Wilson has written
a letter to the lower house of Con
gress in which he states that Ameri
can troops on the Rhine are sub
ject only to the orders of the Presi
dent. General Foch has no au
thority over them whatever.
BUREAU OFFICIALS
DENY FISH REPORT
(NOTE.—Several weeks ago, in a
personal letter to an old newspaper
friend in Pittsburgh, Pa., Mr. H. M.
Hall by name. Dr. Diven called at
tention to the fish situation in In
terior Alaska. Mr. Hall was inter
ested in what Mr. Diven said and
sent a copy of Mr. Diven's letter on
to the Fisheries bureau in Wash
ington. While the bureau has seem
ingly been satisfied to pay no heed
to the Commercial club’s appeals in
the same matter, they must have felt
that Mr. Hall’s inquiry was of some
; importance, at least. The follow
ing lengthy and illuminating com
munication was sent to Mr. Hall by
the bureau, and Mr. Hall in turn
forwarded it to Mr. Diven, with a
request that Mr. Diven reply to the
bureau’s letter, if he had anything
further to say. Mr. Diven’s reply
is also illuminating and follows the
bui'eau’s letter to Mr. Hall, and will
go to the bureau by way of Mr.
Hall.)
Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Fisheries, Washington, March 2,
1920.
Mr. Henry M. Hall, 502 Lloyd St.,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Dear Sir: I beg to acknowledge
the receipt of your communication
of the 28th ultimo, bringing atten
tion to a letter addressed to you
by Mr. Robert Joseph Diven, of
Nenana, Alaska, in regard to the
fisheries of the Yukon river and the
needs of the Indians residing on
thait stream, alleged to be seriously
threatened because of the operation
of a salmon cannery.
This matter has been made the
subject of a very active propaganda
this winter by Archdeacon Hudson
Stuck. The bureau regards his cam
paign as unethical, and emphatical
ly disputes various statements and
charges that he has made. For in
stance, he has asserted in public
addresses and in articles printed in
church papers throughout the coun
try (1) that this bureau granted
permission to a salmon cannery to
locate on the Yukon river, and (2)
that, in consequence, the natives
have been deprived of their usual
means of sustenance. Both of these
contentions are denied. Neither the
bureau nor the Department of Com
merce of which it is. a part granted
permission for a cannery on the Yu
kon. The cannery was established
without our knowledge; and govern
mental permission was not sought,
was not required, and was not
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MON'TESANO. April 5. — After
having denied the motion of At
torney Vanderveer for a new trial,
Judge Wilson today passed sentence
on the Centralia wobblies recently
convicted in this city in connection
with the death of Warren Grimm
Each of the defendants will serve
not less than 25 years and not
more than 40 yea^s in prison, the
verdict of the jury pronouncing
them guilty of murder in the second
degree.
Vanderveer took exception to the
sentence and gave notice of appeal
WHfNlilOSE
POST IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE, April 5.—There is a
rumor in circulation here today to
the effect that it is the intention
of Mayor Caldwell to dismiss Joe
Warren as chief of police. It i
understood that Inspector Claude
Bannic-k, Captain W. H. Searing!
and Captain Charles Tennant arc
being considered for the post which
Warren will vacate.
In a personal inspection trip madi
by the mayor during the past week
he discovered underground passage
ways, secret doors and heavy wall
in the lower section of the city, the
rooms evidently having been fitter
up for gambling. Upon making the
discovery, the mayor immediately
ordered the transfer of three police
men to another part of the city, ant
it is understood that he may cause
the arrest of the owners of tht
buildings.
I>r. Frank A. Plum, who was it
command of base hospital 90, lo
cated at the Pershing headquarter;
in France, has been appointed medi
cal director of the city hospital.
JOHNSON STAGES BOUT
IN TOWN NEAR BORDEU
MEXICALI, Mex., April 5.—Jack
Johnson staged an exhibition boul
here yesterday as a preliminary tc
a bullfight.
It is announced that Johnson ha;
signed articles for a finish fight with
either Fred Fulton or Carl Morris
WASHINGTON, D. C\, April 5.
^Easter storms buried the Southwest
and Middle Weest under a deep cov
teriner of snow yesterday and the
| boundaries of the storm area are
jwidening steadily today, with freez
>ing temperatures in many localities.
; The storm extends now from the
Rockies to the Appalachian moun
jtains, with extreme cold in Eastern
and Gulf states.
! .Jefferson City reports Missouri in
the grip of a severe blizzard today.
^writh the entire peach, pium, apple
'and cherry crops deestroyed. The
loss is estimated at several million
i dollars.
The Savannah river is running
■‘hank full, threatening the inunda
tion of adjacent lands. Ten per
|sons, who were crossing the river
yesterday on a ferry, were thrown
into the raging stream when the
ferry capsized and all were drowned.
VOTE IS LIGHT.
I DETROIT, Mich., April A
light vote is being cast here today
on account of the extreme weather.
The city is stormbound
STRAWBERRIES MENACED.
NEW ORLEANS. April 5.—The
Louisiana strawberry crop is threat
ened by frosts which have been
predicted by the weather bureau.
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I TACOMA, April a.—Prosecuting
j Attorney W. I>. Askren narrowly
'escaped death last night at the
hands of Mrs. Julia Smith, who
called at the home of the attorney
and shot him when he came Co the
!
door to answer her ring. Askren
■was taken to the receiving hospital
and is now in a serious condition,
although it i“' believed he will re
cover.
The Smith woman has been twice
convicted by Askren on the charge
of malpractice, and that is probably
Why she shot him. She declines to
make any statement, however.
The would-be assassin went to the
Askren home dressed as a man.
^PLASTERERS MAKE
i CONTRACTORS PAY
DENVER, Colo., April 5.—Local
plasterers have been granted their
demand for a wage increase to
$10 a day, but carpenters have
> been denied their demand for $0 a
day.
The question of striking as a
means of enforcing their wage de
! mand is being considered by the
jcarpenters today.