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WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DA1L Y NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1919.
NO. 174
SOUTHERN GOVERNOR FEARS INVASION
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M’PHERSON GOING BACK TO FIGHT FOR RAILWAY
GRONNA BELIEVES LEAGUE IS DANGEROUS ALUANCE
M’PHERSON HURRIES
BACK TO HELP BILL
, SEATTLE, Oct. 24.—J. L. Mc
Pherson, special representative of
the Alaskan Engineering commission
at Washington, is returning to the
capital to help Secretary Lane con
vince the members of the house ap-,
propriations committee of the ne
* cessity of providing funds for the
completion of the Government rail
road in Alaska.
The Washington correspondent of
the Post-Intelligencer advised his
paper today of a threat made by
Ji Congressman J. W. Good, of Iowa,
chairman of the house committee,
to eliminate all large appropria
tions which were attached to the
urgent deficiency bill by the senate.
And in view of the fact that the
Alaska railroad item is the largest
increase made by the upper house,
considerable concern is felt for the (
safety of {.he appropriation.
“Uncle Joe” Cannon is one of the j
members of the committee who are
opposing the appropriation.
CURZON IS APPOINTED
FOREIGN SECRETARY(
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LONDON, Oct. 24.—Earl Curzon ^
has been appointed secretary of
state for foreign affairs, succeeding'
Lord Balfour.
AMERICAN GIRL
• WHO QUIT FLAG
WILL GEI SEAT
PLYMOUTH, Eng:., Oct. 24.—The j
* Conservatives have invited Viscount- j
ess Astor, wife of the former Am- j
erican, William Waldorf Astor, to j
become the coalition candidate to j
succeed her husband as a member i
of the house of commons.
^ The viscount has decided to re
turn to the family estate at Hever
Castle, Kent, where he will succeed I
his deceased father.
The viscountess was formerly a j
Virginia girl, Nannie Langhorn j
Shaw, having become the wife of ■
young Astor in 1906.
The elder Astor was naturalized [
a British subject in 1899.
FITZGERALD LOSES
SEAT IN CONGRESS;
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 24.—
Representative John J. Fitzgerald,
A'ho came to Washington in March
irmed wdth a certificate of election
is a member of the Massachusetts
ielegation, has lost his seat to Peter
F, Tague. who successfully contest
ed the election of Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald was formerly mayor of
Boston and Tague has represented
the Tenth Massachusetts congres
sional district during several terms,
having been elected a member of
the Sixty-fifth Congress without op
position. Both are Democrats.
TROOPS READY TO
MOVE ON WORKERS
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LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 24 —The
war department has ordered four
provisional battalions of infantrymen ,
machine (runners, of the famous
First division, to hold themselves in
readiness for strike riot duty. The
men will be held at Camp Taylor, i
from which point they will be rushed ]
to the storm areas in case trouble j
of ,a serious nature occurs as a re
sult of the threatened coal miners’
strike. \
PLANS TO LAKE
RAILWAYS OVER
LONDON, Oct. 24. — Sir Eric |
Geddes, minister of transportation,1
informed the house of commons yes-1
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j terday that he has in course of
preparation a scheme for the state;
[control of railroads and canals and ,
will be ready’ within a short time to j
lay the proposition before the law
makers.
The scheme, Geddes says, is in-;
tended as a solution of the trans
portation problems now confronting ^
the country, and while simple in |
operation, involves so much detail
of preparation that presentation to
[the commons necessarily has been
delayed.
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Geddes is confident the scheme
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will work out satisfactorily, but is
not yet ready to discuss the details'
publicly.
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LONDON, Oct. 24.—Welford j3el
; by has received an appointment ts
British charge d’affaires and will
leave for Berlin immediately to re
open the British embassy in the Ger-;
' man capital, where he will repre
sent Great Britain until the ap- i
pointment of an ambassador after
the German peace treaty has been j
ratified.
Francis Lindley will leave for Vi
enna soon to take charge of affairs
as British commissioner.
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j Andy Hoey left Fairbanks this
morning for the Outside, having
taken passage to Chitina on a Kar
stens auto. ,
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 24.—
Senator Asle J. Gronna, Republican,
of North Dakota, assailed the Ger-;
man peace treaty, in a speech de
livered on the floor of the senate
today, as a violation of the fourteen
points outlined by President Wilson
as a basis for the establishment of
peace. He also expressed the belief
that the treaty, if accepted by the
senate, would involve the United
States in many future wars.
The league, he declared, is an un
holy alliance which will make Ameri
ca the packhorse of Europe, Asia,
and Africa. By comparison, the ill
famed alliance of 1815 is superior
in spirit and form to that of the
League of Nations.
DELEGATES 10
LABOR MEETING
REACH SEATTLE
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SEATTLE, Oct. 24.—The mem
bers of the Japanese delegation
who will represent Japan at the
; international labor congress next
i month have reached this city from
the Orient and will leave immedi
ately for Washington.
! The delegates include Masumoto.
jwho was appointed to represent the
'employes, in spite of bitter opposi
tion on the ground that he is in
: reality the representative of the gov
ernment rather than the employes,
lit is reported here that Japanese
laborers have delegated S. Suzuki,
known as the Gompers of Japan, to
journey to the American capital for
the purpose of attending the con
ference as the special representa
tive of labor.
HONOLULU, T. H. Oct. 24 —
The Japanese liner Tino Maru, which
has just arrived here, reports hav
ing picked up a wireless message at
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sea announcing the capture of Le
nine by the anti-Bolsheviki forces.
The wireless operator of the liner
was not able to ascertain where the
message came from, nor did the
message give any of the details of
the capture.
Margaret Delaney, of Fairbanks,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. H.
Delaney, will be taken to California
in the near future for the benefit
of her health, her removal to a
warmer climate having been advised
by Dr. de la Vergne. She is seven
years of age.
NEW YORK. Oct. 24.—The Am
erican Iron and Steel institute,
which is in session in this city, has
unanimously endorsed the stand tak
en by Judge Elbert H. Gary, chair
man of the board of directors of
the United States Steel corporation,
in the steel strike matter, and on
the question of collective bargaining
at the late industrial conference.
| When Gary appeared before the
convention today, the fifteen hun
dred members present cheered him
for several minutes, and cheers fre
quently interrupted the address
which the steel magnate delivered
later, and in which he explained his
attitude on the strike question and
his determination to insist upon the
continuance of an open shop policy
at the Gary plants.
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RED GUARDS AT
: PETROGRADARE
DRIVING ENEMY
LONDON', Oct. 24.—Official state
ments received in this city today
from the Bolsheviki headquarters at
Petrograd claim that the Red
Guards have recaptured several out
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lying positions from the Yudenditch
forces, as the result of a forceful
dash south of the city. The anti
Bolsheviks were taken completely
by surprise and many of them were
captured before they could retire to
a safe position. Two of the towns
taken were Pavlovsk and Tsarkoe
Selo.
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The dispatches also claim that the
Bolsheviki have recaptured Tobolsk
from the Kolchak army, as the re
Isult of vigorous campaigning to the
east of the Ural mountains.
PARI^ Oct. 24.—The extension
of time for the consideration of the
peace terms, recently granted the
Bulgarian commission, will expire
tomorrow, by -which time it will be
necessary for them to reach a de-i
1 vision relative to the answer.
The reply of the Bulgars is ex
i pected this afternoon.
PRESIDENT CONTINUES
TO RECOVER HEALTH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 24.—
The condition of President Wilson
was still further improved this morn
GOVERNOR ALARMED;
APPEALS TO LEWIS
CHARLESTON, W. Va„ Oct. 24.
—Governor Cornwell has forwarded
a message to President Lewis of the
United Mine Workers, in which he
declares the union miners of the
Cabin Creek coal district are plan
ning another armed invasion of the
Guyan Valley c<ial district. Arms
and ammunition, the governor de
clares, have been distributed among
i the men, and there is much talk
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| among them of shooting public offi
[cials and of taking control of the
[Government. The governor urges
j President Lewis to take such steps
jas may be necessary to avert blood
ished in case the threatened invasion
is attempted.
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WASHINGTON', D. C., Oct. 24 -
Coal company managers and officials
of the United Mine Workers have
appealed to President Wilson to
make an effort to bring about a set
tlement of the differences between
the operators and the soft coal min
ers. and thus avert the strike which
the miners threaten to call on the
, first of November.
The appeal to the President marks
the end of negotiations between the
operators and the miners with Secre
tary of Labor Wilson, following the
rejection of the suggestion of the
|secretary that a new scale be adopt
ed as a means of averting the walk
out.
j ing. The gain in strength is slow,
j but so steady now as to encourage
ithe belief that no further anxiety
i need be felt.
HELP STATES 10
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 24.—
j The senate labor committee has
reached an agreement on a bill pro
viding for the appropriation of
‘twelve and one-half million dollars
(for allocation among the various
[states to assist them in educating
| foreigners and spreading the gospel
'of Americanism. Under the provi
j sions of the bill, each state partici
| pating in the appropriation will be
required to contribute an amount
| equal to that allotted by Congress.
VANCOUVER, B. C., Oct. 24 —
The Grand Trunk steamer Prince
Rupert, which sailed for the North
this morninp, was compelled to turn
back 30 miles north of this place.:
as the result of the discovery of
I fire in hold No. 1.
The vessel returned here and is I
now discharging cargo, so that an
estimate of the damage may be
made- It is believed, however, that
the flames were extinguished before
serious loss was sustained.
The steamers Yukon and Wash- i
burn have not reported since pass-1
ing Coffee creek enroute up the
Yukon river above Dawson.
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PROSECUTOR IS
SHOT BY ENEMY
AT KETCHIKAN
KETCHIGAX, Oct. 24.—This city
was the scene of a fata! shooting
affray late yesterday afternoon, the
'victim being Assistant United States
Attorney Steve Hagen. The shoot
ing was done by Pat Shannahan, a
well-known local character.
Bad blood, it appears, existed be
tween Ragen and Shannahan, the
1 latter having long held a grudge
against the prosecutor for some rea
son not known at this time. He
had threatened on frequent occa
sions, it is said, to do bodily injury
to Hagen, but it was not believed
that he would shoot the attorney in
cold blood, which he appears to
have done.
The two men met in front of
the electric light office and, appar
ently without any provocation or
without giving any warning. Shanna
han drew a revolver and shot Ragen
in the head, causing injuries from
which he died a few moments aft
erward. Shannahan then walked to
the Desmond hotel and remained
there until he was placed under
arrest a short time later.
Ragen was about 35 years of age.
CAILLAUX HEARING
PARIS, Oct. 24.—The trial of
former Prenfier Caillaux on the
charge of intriguing against France
for a premature and dishonorable
peace, will be held in this city com
mencing January 14, before the
French high tribunal, according to
announcement made today.
The Caillaux conspiracy was dis
covered during the early days of
the war, and the arrest of the for
mer premier caused a profound sen
sation. The government claims to
have a strong case.
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