WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
. THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOL- II.
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1919.
NO. 153
RUSSIANS FLOG YANKEE ARMY OFFICER
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FANS GATHERINGFOR GREAT BASEBALL CLASSIC
’ AMERICAN MARINES TAKE HAND IN DALMATIAN CASE
MINERS DECIDE
EMU! WAGE
IS SUFFICIENT
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 30.—The
threatened disagreement between
anthraeite coal miners and opera
tors. over the wage scale, which
* was expected at the expiration of
the* old contract, has been avoided
i
by a renewal of the agreement for
a period of six months, by which
time, it is hoped, conditions through
« out the country will have resumed
their normal trend.
The question was settled at a
meeting of operators and repre
sentatives of the miners held in this
city, the conferees having come to
a satisfactory understanding last
night. No difficulty is anticipated
T in persuading the men to ratify the
agreement.
The contract includes last Novem
ber'c agreement for the payment of
bonuses.
AUSTRALIA APPROVES
ISLAND DISPOSITION
MELBOURNE, Sept. 30. — The
Australian house of commons has
approved the plan for the future
control of German islands in the
Pacific. The plan provides that all
» islands south of the equator pass
under the control of Australia, while
YANKEE COMMANDER DEMANDS
APOLOGY FROM SLAV GENERAL
those north of the equator are to be
controlled by Japan.
LAVA 1$ CAUSING
ISLANDERS WORRY
HONOLULU, Sept. 30.—Lava is
flowing down the mountainside as
a result of the eruption of Mauna
Loa, the volume of the seething
mass having increased steadily since
the volcano began erupting several
days ago.
People are fleeing from their
homes near the mountain to the sea.
30 miles distant. Many of the
island homes in that locality have
been destroyed, but there have been
no casualties thus far.
Mrs. J. H. Russell, her son Leith
and daughter Ruth, who reached
Fairbanks last night from the Out
side, will come to Xenana on the
steamer Alaska tonight.
Thomas Xeimo, A. Larson, and B.
Swarbeck were outgoing passengers
on a special Gibson stage which left
Fairbanks for the coast yesterday
afternoon.
CROWDS GATHERING
FOR OPENING GAME
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CINCINNATI, Sept. 30.—Crowds
are Catherine in this city today lor
the opening game of the World’s
series between the Cincinnati Reds
(National) and the Chicago White
f Sox (American), which is scheduled
to take place tomorrow afternoon.
The first two games will be played
here, after which the teams will go
,to Chicago for two games.
All Seats Sold.
Every one of the 35,000 seats
# for the opening game has been sold,
and there are many fans here who
are willing to pay almost any price
for a ticket. Scalpers are asking
from $50 to $75 for $16 tickets,
and are doing so well at it that
Government agents are trying to
round them up in order to get the
50 percent war tax.
The ball park is not nearly large
enough to hold the crowd.
BETTING IS EVEN.
SEATTLE. Sept. 30.—Reports re
ceived in this city indicate that the
betting on the World’s series is
about even. Some of the White
Sox backers are offering 8 to 5 and
6 to 5 on the series, but there is
^ no mention of odds in the Eastern
papers.
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CHICAGO CONFIDENT.
CHICAGO, Sept. 30.—Twenty-six
White Sox players left for Cincin
' nati today, every one of them con
jfident of winning the first two
games at Cincinnati. It is believed
that Cicotte will pitch the opening
game for the Sox. and Williams
the second game. Reuter or Sales
probably will start for Cincinnati.
Hundreds of local fans will go
from this city to see the commence
ment of the series. George Cohar.,
Fatty Arbuekle. and Charles Ra
will be among the notables present.
; now being enroute on a special.
THE DOPE SHEET.
SEATTLE. Sept. 30. — Baseball
specials received in this city state
that Moran has the greatest con
fidence in the pitchers who will
I twirl for the Reds. He believes
Cicotte and Williams will be un
'able to win the series for the Sox.
Kid Gleason says that Collins,
j Weaver. Gandil, and Risberg are a
stronger infield than Connie Mack’s
old hundred thousand dollar infield.
THE SECONDS.
NEW YORK. Sept. 30. — The
Cleveland team won second place
in the American league, while New
York landed next to the top in the
National list. The Boston Ameri
cans, winners of last year’s series,
finished sixth this year, behind St.
Louis.
t VLADIVOSTOK, Sept. 30. — A
very serious situation has arisen in
this country as the retilt of the
arrest of two American soldiers—
| Captain L. P. John; and Corporal
Beniamin Sperling- -and the flog
igirg of the corponl by Cossacks,
commanded by Genera! Kalmiko-T.
Ciusia! Graves, commanding the,
American forces in Siberia, has de- •
manded an apology from General
Rozanoff, commander of the Russian
forces, but it is feared that an
apology will not end the incident.
The arrest of the two American-;
took place in Priamur province, at
the town of Iman, about 125 miles
north of this city. The Russians
claim that the arrests were made
because the Yankees could not pro
duce identification papers, but they
do not explain why Sperling was
whipped. American troops which
went to the rescue of the men took
three Cossacks as hostages.
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VERY GRAVE AFFAIR.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept. 30
—Army officials declare that the
Vladivostok incident has created a
more serious situation in Russia
than any existing since the Ameri
cans were sent to Siberia.
ALABAMA NEGROES SHOT
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sort. SO.— !
Following the action of the Omaha
mob, a crowd of 25 malted men
took two negroes away from the
county officials here last night and
riddled them with bullets. The ne
groes. one of whom was a relumed
soldier, were charged with assault
a white woman.
Oniy slight resistance was offered
to the mob. the officers being urreat
!y outnumbered and unprepared to
defend themselves and their charges
against attack.
The affair is being investigated
today, but no arrests have been
made.
OLDTIMERS CLAIM
After a summer spent in the
Chandlar district, doing development
work on properties in which he is
interested. Jimmy Funehior. left for
the States on the last voyage jf
the steamer Alaska, highly pleased
by the showing made by his ground.
Both he and Bert Johnson, who
spent the summer with him. declare
that the Chandlar will make a camp.
The great trouble in the Chand- ■
lar, as in many Alaskan camps, is
the absence of roads. Under pres
ent conditions, the district is prac-'
ticaldy inaccessible—a serious obsta
cle to development. The two old
timers claim, however, that the dis
trict will begin to attract the at
tention of mining men at no distant '
date, and that the showing made by
those who are pioneering the wav
i
to future development will be such j
as to convince the road commission
of the importance of providing bet- 1
ter means of transportation.
Both Funchion and Johnson are:
well known in the Interior, the for-.
mer having been heavily interested
in placer ground in the Fairbanks
district, and the latter engaged for i
many years in the teaming business
there and elsewhere.
SERB FRONTIER CLOSED
FOR TWO-WEEK PERIOD
ROME, Sept. 30.—According to i
advices received in this city today,
the Serbian frontier has been closed
for a period of 15 days.
MONEY ORDER CUT
MADE BY COMPANY
Information received by Agent
John H. Scott from the head office
of Wells Fargo k Co. announces a
reduction of 10 cents per >100 in
charges for money orders sold by
that company, effective immediate
ly. The new rate, therefore, will be
20 cents instead of 30 as hereto
fore.
Mr. Scott does not know why the
' cut was made, the old rate, in his
! opinion, being a very satisfactory
rate for this country. The rate is
lower than that charged at the
postoffice or by the banks of the
Territory—so low. in fact, declares
the agent, that the company cannot
lay up any money writing orders in
this country'.
LONDON. Sept. 30.—Officials of
the government claim there has been
some improvement in the railway
strike situation since yesterday, at
tempts to resume traffic having met
with partial success. A number of
trains were running today.
Several attempts were made by
the strikers to interfere with the
| operation of the trains, even to the
extent of placing obstacles on the
tracks and damaging the rails, but
the accidents thus far reported
caused no loss of life.
It is expected that the streetcars i
of this city will stop today, in con
sequence of the strike.
FOR CAPITAL MEET
CHICAGO, Sept. 30.-—Attorney
General Brundage, of Illinois, will
go to Washington this week to at
tend a conference of state attor
neys-general which has been called
by United States Attorney-Genera!
Palmer. That the conference is to
be an important one is indicated by
the fact that Palmer has urged e'
cry attorney-general in the United
States to be on hand.
Brundage says thar he has been
notified to be present, but does not
know why the conference has been
called.
STEAMER ALASKA WILL
BRING MAIL TONIGHT
A shipment of Outside first class
mail will reach Nenar.a tonight on
the steamer Alaska. The mail ar
rived at Fairbanks last night by
way of the Richardson trail.
.
1 Bernard Friss, former Fairbanks
baker, now has a lay in the Ram
part district. His lay adjoins a
claim on which good pay has been
found.
COOPER GUILTY
IN BOOZE CASE;
GEIS1HE BOOK
Peter Cooper, who was arrested
several days ago at Fairbanks on
the charge of having intoxicating
liquor in his possession, wa.- found
guilty by a jury late last night, at
I the conclusion of a very bitterly
j fought trial before Commissioner
pReed Heihg. The convicted man
Ivas sentenced to pay a line cf $1,
j *>0C and to serve one year in jail,
■the limit for the offense, as pro
vided by the territorial dry law.
Four bottles of hootch, supposed
| to have been manufactured by Coop
er, were introduced as evidence. A
itest showed that the contents of
i three of the bottles contained 15
per cent alcohol, while the fourth
was much stronger, the kick regis
tering fully 40 percent. The bot
tles were found in the Cooper cab
in. together with several Darrels of
mash ar.d an up-to-date still.
Attorney L. K. Fratt, who de
fended Cooper, tried to convince
the jurymen that the "evidence1'
was not as condemning as the prose
cution had made out. He even
went so far a- to say that it would
take a 94 percent brand of hootch
to make a man drunk.
The jurymen were not pcrmitte 1
to sample the "evidence” as was
de ne in a -lur.eau case.
Frank Hever, who entered the
Government hospital on August 12,
with a broken leg, is now walking
about and will soon be sufficiently
recovered to leave the institution
AMERICAN MARINES
HELP IN DALMATIA
; WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 30.
'—The landing of American marines
| at Trau. an Adriatic port, has start
ed an inquiry in Congress in an
effort to learn exactly what the
i
position of the United States is in
the Adriatic muddle. The question
was brought to the attention of the
^senate today in the form of a reso
lution introduced by Senator New,
requesting President Wilson to
transmit a report of the landing to
the members of the upper house.
The resolution called attention to
the fact that the Americans went
ashore at Trau after the city had
been taken by the Italians, and the
action ha? been severely criticised
by the Republican members of the
senate.
While the resolution was under
discussion, Senator Hitchcock de
clared that the Republicans are
heckling President Wilson and de
liberately filibustering with a view
to delaying action on the peace
treaty. Senator Lodge denied that
such was the case.
ACTION EXPLAINED.
PARIS, Sept. 30.—Reports of the
American landing at Trau, which i
I have reached this city, state that
Admiral Andrews ordered the ma
rines ashore .without instructions
from Washington. The action wa
regarded as part of the regular du
ties of policing the Adriatic, the
men having been landed at the re
quest of the Italian admiral, who
explained that the marines were
needed to prevent a clash between
Italians and Serbians.
MAINTAINING ORDER
ROME, Sept. 30.—American ma
rines and sailors are maintaining
order in the city of Spalato, Dal
matia, intervening between the Ital
ians and the Jugo-Slavs.
The Fiume issue is to be laid
before the people of Italy for de
cision on November 16.
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