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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1920.
NO. 89
BOARD ANNOUNCES DECISION ON WAGES
SHAMROCKWINS SECOND HEA T FROM RESOLUTE
POLISH FORCE SUCCESSFULLY RESIST SOVIET ATTACKS
FOIES REUSE
SOVIET ATTACKS
ON RIVER STYR
WARSAW, July 20.—The long
awaited Bolsheviki attack along the
Styr river, in Volhynia, began yes
terday morning and was repulsed by
the heroic work of seven Polish
divisions which were thrown against
the advancing Russians. The sue
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cess of the Polish defensive is an
nounced in official reports issued to
day.
RUSSIANS WARNED.
LONDON, July 20.—The British
reply to the Bolsheviki regarding
the proposed armistice between the
Poles and the soviet troops, inti
mates that if the Russians advance
farther into Poland, all trade ne
gotiations will be terminated with
out further parley. The reply was
despatched late this afternoon.
FRANCE READY.
PARIS, July 20.—Referring to
Lloyd George’s ultimatum to the
Bolsheviki, in which the British pre
mier announced that Britain and
her allies will defend Poland with
large forces if the armistice pro
posal is rejected, Premier Millerand
stated this afternoon that France
is ready to keep her word and he
“is sure the British will be faith
ful.”
NEW PROPOSITIONS.
LONDON, July 20.—The Bolshe
viki reply to the British demand
for the acceptance of the armistice
proposal contains new propositions
for the consideration of the Allies.
• WRANGEL ON JOB.
LONDON, July 20.—Gen. Wran
gel’s forces are reported to have
virtually destroyed eighteen Bolshe
viki cavalry regiments, in addition
to which they have captured the
Bolsheviki commander-in-chief, the
members of his staff, and 20,000
soviet soldiers. Sixty guns and
three armored trains also were tak
en.
The report, which was received
by the Central News agency, adds
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TRAINMEN CONSIDER AWARDS;
MAY VOTE TO REJECT TERMS
that 100,000 Cossacks have joined
the Wrangel forces.
Mr.- and Mrs. William W. Porter,
who arrived from the upper Yukon
on the steamer Alaska, left for Fair
banks this afternoon, accompanied
by Attorney Guy B. Erwin. Mr.
Porter will address the people of
Fairbanks this evening.
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Seven automobiles, all inbound,
left McCarthy this morning for
Fairbanks. Most of them are re
turning light, having made the trip
to Chitina with outgoing passengers.
Most of the tourists who arrived
in Fairbanks on the steamer Alaska
will return to the coast by way of
the Richardson trail. They want
an opportunity to look over the dis
trict before leaving, and probably
will start for Chitina on Thursday.
An effort is being made by Man
ager Charles Beam to induce the
Nenana ball players to journey to
Fairbanks next Sunday for a game
in that town. A wire to that effect
was sent to Manager Joe.Fischer of
the local aggregation today.
Lieut.-Col. J. C. Gotwals, engi
neer officer of the Alaska Read
commission, who left for Fairbanks
yesterday, will remain in the upper
town until the arrival of Col. Steese
from the coast. Col. Steese is the
new chairman of the commission.
Fred Maurath, accountant in the
Nenana store of the Northern Com
mercial company, returned today
from a brief visit in Fairbanks.
The funeral of Anthony Boroje.
oldtime Fairbanksan, who died in
the upper town last week, was held
this morning from the Catholic
church.
The funeral of Dave Hurwitz was
held at Fairbanks on Sunday, under
the auspices of the Fairbanks lodge
of Moose.
An incoming mail stage is due at
Fairbanks this afternoon, having left
Richardson this morning. It is sup
posed to have first class mail, from
the Northwestern.
COMMISSION SAWMILL
N SUSPENDS OPERATIONS
The commission sawmill in Ne
nana, which was started up several
days ago by Foreman E. A. Head
to dispose of an accumulation of
logs in the boom, has suspended
operations again and Foreman Head
and the members of his crew re
turned to the Goldstream mill this
afternoon. The local mill sawed
about 70,000 feet of lumber during
the brief time it was in operation.
Banana, Whare Balia and Blven Kaat
CHICAGO, July 20—The federal
railway labor board, appointed by
President Wilson to consider the de
mands of railway employes for in
creased wages, issued a formal
statement this morning announcing
wage awards aggregating six hun
dred million dollars annually and
affecting nearly two million workers.
The wage increases will average ap
proximately 21 percent of the pres
ent rate of pay and are retroactive
to May first of this year. The de
cision grants the workers approxi
mately 60 percent of the billion
dollar increase sought.
Referendum.
The leaders of the sixteen rail
road brotherhoods, who were pres
ent when the award was announced,
left the building immediately to
transmit the report to the thousand
general chairmen who are in con
ference in this city for the purpose
of passing on the acceptability of
the award.
j Officials of the various brother
hoods refuse to comment on the ac
tion of the labor board and no
'statement is expected from them
1 until after the question l^as been
considered by the brotherhood chair
men. The belief seems to be gen
eral, however, that the rank and file
of the union organizations will re
main in line at least until a refer
endum can be taken to ascertain
.the wishes of the membership. This,
it is stated, will take nearly a
month.
New Tariff*.
j It is reported here this afternoon
that the railroad managers are al
ready busy rearranging rates and
.will file new tariffs with the inter
state commerce commission as soon
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as possible, so as to provide addi- ]
tional revenue to meet the increased |
wages authorized by the board.
Not Unanimouc. v j
The decision of the labor board
was not unanimous, some of the
members dissenting on nearly every
section.
Yardmen Kick.
Officials of the Yardmen’s associ
ation, one of the new unions which j
struck last spring and whose de
mands were ignored by the wage
board, declare that the decision is
unsatisfactory and criminally incon
sistent. Other unionists declare that
the trainmen, as a whole, are not
satisfied with the result of the
board’s deliberations. There is no
talk of a general strike at this time,
however, the belief prevailing that'
no action will be taken until after
the men have been given an oppor
tunity to make their views known
by referendum vote.
Exprets Company.
Only 2,500 employes of the Am
erican Express company are affected
by the railway wage award, accord
ing announcement made this after
noon by railway clerks. These in
clude blacksmiths, machinists, elec
trical workers, apprentices and help
lers.
TO REDUCE FORCES.
PHILADELPHIA, July 20.—A 10
| percent reduction in the working
force of the Pennsylvania railroad
j is to be made this week, according
I to statements made yesterday by
j officials of the company. In the
I Eastern region alone between 11,000
iand 12,000 workers will be laid off,
;the reduction being necessary, it s
claimed, because expenses have been
exceeding revenues.
BROOKS MEN HELD
PEDDLING CHARGES
A1 Pauli and O. M. Paff are un
der arrest in Fairbanks on the
charge of “bartering and selling
liquor” in the Rampart district, and
were to have appeared in court this
afternoon for the purpose of ar
raignment, the case having been set
for two o’clock.
An effort was made by the prose
cution, represented by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney H. J. Atwell, to have
the case postponed until witnesses
could be brought from Rampart, but
Attorney Tom Marquam,. who was
retained by the defendants, insisted
upon prompt action, in accordance
with the statutes, and he was upheld
by the court, the judge in the mat
ter being Commissioner A. J. Grif
fin, of Richardson, who is presiding
at Fairbanks during the absence of
Cofhmissioner Reed Heilig.
The two defendants are out on
bail in the sum of $1,000 each.
Inuuu, the Cutaway to KcXlaley
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WEATHER IN EAST
DELAYING PLANES
ERIE, July 20.—After trying for
three days to resume the flight to
ward Nome, Commander Street, who
is in charge of the four army planes
engaged in the pioneer flight, an
nounced at an early hour this aft
ernoon that no further attempts
would be made until weather con
ditions became more favorable. Up
to that time, he expressed the hope
that a start could be made before
night, and had everything in readi
ness for a getaway. The announce
ment that better weather would be
awaited came after one* of the
planes had attempted a start and
had come to grief as a result of
hitting a soft spot in the field.
Weather forecasts indicate that
the planes will be able to sail for
Grand Rapids tomorrow.
ASSISTANT SURGEON
ENROUTE TO NENANA
Dr. G. M. Cultra is a passenger
on the steamer Admiral Evans, en
route to Nenana to accept a posi
tion as assistant surgeon at the Gov
ernment hospital, having sailed from
Seattle last Friday. He is accom
panied by two nurses who were en
gaged by Chief Surgeon T. 0. Lake
to relieve members of the local
nursing staff who have resigned.
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Mrs. R. W. Calderhead went to
: Fairbanks this afternoon on a brief
visit.
Nenana has a plentiful supply of
buhach again, after being complete
ly out for a considerable time. The
new price is $1.50 per pound.
John Mathew, who recently ar
rived in Nenana from Seward, has
accepted a position with the Alas
kan Engineering commission and left
for his station on the Fairbanks
line this afternoon. He will have
charge of one of the commission
messhouses.
Robert Joseph Diven was called
to Fairbanks today to confer with
Rev. McQueen, presiding elder of
the Methodist church, who arrived
i in the upper town from the coast
•this week. The conference has to
do with a proposed consolidation of
church work in Fairbanks.
Dan McCabe, who came to town
j several days ago to assist in clean
ing up the accumulation of logs at
| the local commission sawmill, re
turned to Goldstream this afternoon
Jand will remain there probably until
sawing at that place is suspended
for the season.
IJENVER DOCTORS PURCHASE
LARGE PIECE OF RADIUM
DENVER, Colo.—What is said to
be the largest piece of radium ;n
the West was purchased recently by
18 leading doctors of Denver for
$56,500.
It is to be used in surgical and
medical treatment. This particle of
radium is said to weigh one-half of
a gram. There will be a plant built
in Denver for the preservation of
this valuable mineral costing about
$5,000. The life of radium is esti
mated at 2,500 years.
| Approval of the Government of
the purposes for which the radium
were to be put had to be obtained,
as the Government controls the rare
mineral.
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SANDY HOOK, July 20.— In the
third heat of the international yacht
cup series between Sir Thomas Lip
ton’s Shamrock IV and the American
yacht Resolute, the former finished
first this afternoon, crossing the
line barely within the time limit.
The Shamrock crossed the start
ing line at 12:15:48. followed by
the Resolute at 12:1*5:26. At 12:22
the American boat passed the Sham
rock to leeward, the British craft
having had trouble breaking out her
jib topsail. The start was made
with a seven-knot breeze blowing.
By 12:30 the Resolute had in
creased her lead to 200 yards, but
half an hour later ran into a “soft”
spot and the Shamrock forged
ahead.
j The Shamrock turned the first
mark at 2:28:28, with the Resolute
j losing steadily. At 2:32:41 the
[British beat had a lead of 600
[yards.
| The Shamrock rounded t'n*^ sec
ond turn at 4:26:29, with the Reso
lute at that stage of the race more
than a mile astern.
The wind appeared to be uncer
tain on the home stretch and it was
believed for a time that the Sham
rock would be unable to finish
within the time limit of six hours.
The first heat last week was tak
en by the Shamrock, the American
boat being compelled to withdraw
owing to an accident to her rigging.
The second heat, on Saturday, was
[called off because neither yacht fin
ished within the time limit. The
Resolute, however, was first to cross
the finish line.
How They Finished.
The Shamrock crossed the finish
line at 5:38:06 and the Resolute at
5:48:11. Giving the Resolute credit
for the time allowance of seven min
utes and one second, decided on by
the board last week, the Shamrock
took the heat by just two minutes
and 27 seconds.
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