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WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1920.
NO. 12
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STRIKERS GET BACKING OF COMMUNISTS
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION SUGGESTS REMEDY
PAYNE MODIFIES REGULATIONS GOVERNING OIL LANDS
ST. LOUIS. April 14.—In a paper
read before the annual convention
of the American Chemical society
today, Prof. R. K. McKee, of Co
lumbia. described his discovery of a
new kind of alcohol which he be
lieves will revolutionize power costs
for internal combustion engines.
The alcohol. Prof. McKee ex
plained, is made from wood, and
may be used as grain alcohol or as
a gasoline substitute.
The new liquid is said to have
the advantage of being: cheaper than
any now in use as fuel for motors.
It (rives more mileage and is free
from carbon.
It is made from pulp waste,
mixed with kerosene, and is cheap
er than gasoline.
CHICAGO, April 14.—Governor
Lowden was an easy winner in the
presidential primaries held through
out Illinois yesterday, carrying the
state by 65,000 over General Wood.
Senator Johnson of California ran
third.
Wood carried the city of Chicago.
CANAL LOCK TENDER
IS HEIR TO FORTUNE
HAGERSTOWN, Md., April 14.—
Gabriel Shipley, a canal lock tender,
is heir to a $7,000,000 estate, left
to him by a cousin, a California
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DEPARTMENT AGENTS LEARN
OF PLANS FOR MASS STRIKE
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| CHICAGO. April 14.—There is. a
report in circulation in this city to
day to the effect that the depart
ment of justice has obtained evi
dence showing that the Russian
I Communist international is trying
to use the switchmen’s strike as a
vehicle for a mass strike through
out the entire country, to be fol
lowed by a national revolution. It
is also claimed that federal agents
have obtained evidence that the
Communists are financing the in
surgent strikers, through the agency
of the I. W. W.
These reports cannot be confirm
led, but it is known that agents of
the Government are very active.
Six of the insurgent leaders were
placed under arrest today at New
Orleans, on the charge of obstruct
ing the mails, and similar action is
| expected in other sections of the
I country.
MANY ARE IDLE.
j CHICAGO, April 14.—Reports re-1
ceived in this city this afternoon
show that 100,000 workers are idle
in Detroit, in consequence of the
strike, and fully 50,000 elsewhere
in Michigan. One hundred thou
sand also are out at Columbus, and
other large industrial centers re
port many thrown out of work in
consequence of the blockade of rail
roads, which has resulted in a seri
ous shortage of fuel in Michigan
and Ohio.
Freight conditions in the Central
West are somewhat improved to
day and the outlook is also less
serious in the Northwest, where con
ditions continue to improve. In
New York the brotherhoods are
making a vigorous campaign for vol
unteers and are meeting with such
success that they consider the back
bone of the strike broken.
STRIKERS ACTING UP.
SPRINGFIELD, 111., April 14.—
The adjutant-general has ordered
jseveral units of the Illinois reserve
| militia to proceed to Kewanee,
I where the sheriff reports that strike
: rioting is beyond his control.
CABINET ACTION SECRET.
i WASHINGTON, D. C., April 14.
!—While it is generally known that
the strike situation was discussed
at the cabinet meeting, no an
nouncement has been made regard
ring the conclusions reached. It is
jthe belief, however, that a decision
I was arrived at and that the policy
of the Government is now being
i formulated. The members of the
-appointed railroad board have
summoned to Washington for
a conference at the earliest possi
ble moment.
PERSHING TO STRIKERS.
BALTIMORE, Md„ _ April 14.—
", In an address delivered in this city
today. General Pershing declared
; that ‘we cannot, as a people, stand
■ for interference, by any class, with
; newly
' been
;Our vital interests. The public will
not tolerate such. We must avoid
the formation of groups and attend
to the welfare of the individual.
i\Ve may not have done our duty
bv the strikers, but we must look
to our obligations to all.
NOMINATIONS PENDING.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 14.
:—The nominations of the members
! of the railroad labor board were
i considered by the senate today, but
after some discussion, action was
deferred until tomorrow.
HELPED WILSON.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 14.
'—Dr. Grayson is authority for the
statement that President Wilson was
benefited by his meeting with the
members of his cabinet, and it is
understood that weekly meeting'
I
will be held hereafter. The Presi
dent was in an excellent humor dur
ing the meeting, according to one'
iof the members of the cabinet.
HOOVER AND BRYAN
APPEAL FOR PEACE
WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 14.
—The signatures of Herbert Hoover
.and William Jennings Bryan are
I among the many prominent names
| attached to an appeal addressed to
; President Wilson, urging the ratifi
I cation of the peace treaty. The ap
j peal was sent to the Presiden t this
morning.
j The list of signatures is headed
by President Lowell, of Harvard.
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STRIKE IN IRELAND
WILL GET RESULTS
i DUBLIN, April 14.—The general
j strike which was called by Irish
| trade unions as a protest against
ithe treatment of political prison
i ers, several of whom are in a seri
ous condition as a result of a hun
!
ger strike staged by the prisoners
i confined in Mountjoy prison, is con
tinuing throughout the country, and
1 there is reason to believe today
I that the action will get results.
The lord mayor is authority for
[the statement that the viceroy has
; announced that the hunger strikers
■will be released, on the recommend
ation of the prison doctor, who re
ports that several of the strikers
are nearly dead.
A Dublin constable was shot and
killed while on duty today.
HIGH PAPER PRICES
MAKE BIG DIVIDEND
NEW YORK, April 14.—The Un
ion Bag & Paper company has de
clared a stock dividend of 50 per
cent.
BARS ARE LOWERED
TO HELP ALASKANS
! WASHINGTON, D. C., April 14.
j—For the purpose of Riving: great
i er encouragement to gas and oil
{prospectors in Alaska. Secretary of
;the Interior John Barton Payne has
j issued a new set of Regulations
;which are much more liberal than
those announced following the pass
age of the'leasing bill a short time
;ago. Secretary Payne explained, in
.announcing the new regulations,
that the leasing terms have been
I
. modified because of the hard con
ditions prevailing in Alaska.
Under the special Alaska regula
tions, no royalty is to be charged
by the Government for a period of
five years, unless wells producing
more than 100 barrels of oil daily
are brought in. After five years a
royalty of five percent will be
charged, and after ten years the
royalty will be ten percent.
It is further provided that a pros
pector may use one-quarter of- the
area leased from the Government
royalty free, regardless of the quan-,
city of oil produced.
FOOD DISTRIBUTION
INCREASING PRICES
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 14
I—Improved marketing facilities ar<
urged by the federal trade board
:in a report made public today, a;
a means of reducing the cost oi
food distribution in the Unitei
States. The present facilities, th<
•report points out, are inadequatf
and cumbersome, with the result
that the cost of food distributor
.enters very largely into the present
high cost of living.
The report points out that thi
incomes of many workers fall short
, of the proportionate increase ir
prices, and it is further shown that
the weekly wage of union labor ir
1918 bought only 77 percent a;
much food as the weekly wage did
tin 1913.
The actual cost of food, it is
■stated, now absorbs 38 percent ol
the average union wage earner’s in
I come.
' The board believes that the elim- i
ination of some of the middlemen!
will help materially to reduce the |
• cost of living.
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ROBBINS TO BE HEAD
OF RAILROAD BUREAU
j WASHINGTON, D. C., April 14.
—Colonel F. S. Robbins, formerly!
general manager of transportation j
of the expeditionary forces, will be!
head of the railroad bureau of ser-:
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vice, under the new Cummins act. .
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BIG VANCOUVER FIRE
CAUSES HEAVY LOSS |
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VANCOUVER, B. C.. April 14.—
The British Columbia Tailoring
company's store and the White j
t Lunch were destroyed by fire early |
this morning, and other stores close
by were considerably damaged, the
losses aggregating $60,000.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 11.
—Secretary of Labor Wilson has
issued an order suspending the ini ;
migration laws for the purpose of
admitting laborers from Canada and j
Mexico. This action was taken, it
has been explained, in order that ,
workers may be secured for the ex- j
elusive purpose of harvesting and ;
for the cultivation of sugar beets j
in the states of Colorado, Wyoming, j
Utah, Idaho, and Nebraska.
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NEW YORK, April 14.—Eleven
of the largest manufacturers of
newsprint paper in the United
States and Canada have agreed to
a general advance in wages of 20
percent, in renewing working agree
ments for next year.
The announcement of the com
panies was made following a series
of conferences with union officials.
It is believed that this will be
followed by a further announce
ment of increased prices.
HOOVER BOOM STARTED
BY FORMER ASSISTANT
PORTLAND, April 1 L—Ralph C. I
Ely, former food commissioner of;
New Mexico, has opened the Hoover
campaign in Oregon. In an open
ing statement, Ely declares that
Hoover is the greatest master of
economic forces m the country to
day.
lfenana, the Gateway to IfeXinley
national Vartt.
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OF CURE NEEDED
CHICAGO, April 14.—In his linal
appeal to the voters of this city
l'or support, General Leonard Wood
declared that no man is tit to hold
a high administrative office in Am
erica who has narrow religious
prejudices. “We want our govern
ment run without prejudice as to
race, color, or religion, ” he said.
“We, as a people, must hold to re
ligion. Personally, 1 am a Protest
ant, but I have served for years
among Catholics and 1 received
strong Catholic support in Cuba and
elsewhere.”
Governor Lowden also addressed
the voters of this city on the eve
of the primary election, and in his
speech he urged the immediate re
sumption of the work of The Hague
international conference, to provide
the necessary judicial machinery for
the settlement of international dis
putes as a means of preventing fu
ture wars.
PALMER IN SOUTH
SAVANNAH, Ga., April 14. At
torney-General Palmer, in an ad
dress delivered here last night, de
clared that the majority of the
treaty reservations advocated by the
senate Republicans are pure political
bunk, conceived for the purpose of
discrediting the Democratic admin
istration.
HAVANA. April 14. Might Am
erican sailor* lost their lives in
Manzanillo harbor yesterday after
noon as a result of an explosion
which set lire to the launch in which
they were riding from the ship to
shore. When the explosion occurred,
the sailors leaped into the water,
and eight of them drowned before
assistance could reach them.
The name of the ship to which
the sailors belonged could nut be
ascertained.
PARIS, April 14. — Information
received in this city today tells of
the death of 1100 persons as the re
sult of the exposition of a munition
dump at Rotensteing, East Prussia.
Details of the disaster are lacking
GUATEMALA QUIETING;
CABRERA WILL LEAVE
WASHIXGGTON, D. C., April 14.
—The state department has been ad
vised of the signing of an armis
tice between the Unionists of Guate
mala and President Cabrera, under
the terms of which Cabrera must
leave the country.