WHERE RAIL,*S AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. ill.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1920.
RAILROAD WAGE BOARD CANT AGREE
LUXURY TAX MAY SUPPLY BONUS FOR SOLDIERS
RESIDENTS OF GERMAN RHINELAND WANT A REPUBLIC
Fi EX-SERVICE
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2.—
The house ways and means com
mittee, by decisive vote, has decided
to recommend the passage of pro
posed legislation for the relief of
American soldiers who served dur
ing the world war.
It is considered probable that the
bill will be reported with a provi
sion stipulating a cash bonus, but
the working out of the details is to
be left to a sub-committee, which
has been instructed to start work
immediately.
The committeemen are opposed to
the proposal that the bonus money
be raised by means of a bond issue.
They prefer, instead, that luxuries
be taxed sufficiently to provide the
needed funds.
PORTLAND, Ore., April 2.—Prof.
Herschel Parker, who claims to have
climbed Mt. McKinley, says that
earthquake? of the last few years
have caused Alaska's great moun
tain to diminish in height at least
.100 feet.
The professor says that earth-j
quakes in the McKinley region are
much more severe than in other sec
tions of Alaska, and more frequent, j
The train leaving Fairbanks to- j
day had a number of court witnesses i
on board as passengers, enroute to j
their homes in the lower river eoun- j
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WAGE BOARD IS DEADLOCKED;
RAILROAD EXECUTIVES QUIT
RHINE GEMS i
WANT REPUBLIC;
MOVE STARTING
PARIS, April 2.—Information re
ceived in this today indicates that
the separatist movement for the cre
ation of an independent republic in
the German Rhineland district is
making progress, a large number
of the residents now being strongly
in favor of seceding from Germany.
MUST GIVE UP ARMS.
DUSSELDORF, April 2.—The Red
soldiers of the Ruhr district must
surrender their arms to the local
authorities before the tenth of April,
according to an agreement which
has just been reached between the
Ebert government and the work
men's general committee. The an
nouncement also has been made
that the government will not con
sider the Reds' rebels if fighting is
suspended by noon today.
The Communist commander has
promised to abide by the agreement.
He says he had a good army, but
was unable to obtain ammunition.
All looters in the ranks of the Reds,
he claims, have been shot.
HOOVER MAY TALK
A1 SEATTLE MEET
SEATTLE, April 2.—Glenville A.
Collins, president of the Interna
tional Mining convention, says that
he is attempting to persuade Her
bert Hoover to deliver an address
during the convention, which will
be in session here next week.
Collins says that he has received
no reply from Hoover yet, but hopes
that he will consent to speak.
SHILOH VETERANS ON
WAY TO BATTLEFIELD
ST. LOUIS, April 2.—Over one
hundred veterans of the battle of
Shiloh left this city by steamer to
day for the historic battlefield.
LABOR COUNCIL TURNS
DOWN WOBBLY VERDICT
PORTLAND, April 1.—The Cen
tral Labor council of this city has
refused to accept the not guilty ver
dict which was returned by the un
official labor jury at the Montesano
trial.
Austin Oars, who is logging up
the river, was brought into town
today by Fred Kiel. Oars fell in
such a manner as to wrench his
back painfully, and probably will be
laid up several days.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2.—
The railway wage board, which is
engaged in an attempt to effect a
settlement of the entire railway
wage controversy, has found it im
possible to reach an agreement, ac
cording to a statement made today
by B. M. Jewell, labor member of
the board.
The question, he says, has been
placed before President Wilson
again, this being the third time that
the President has been appealed to
in the matter.
The statement of Jewell is cor
roborated by an announcement is
sued by railroad executives, who ad
mitted this afternoon that the board
is deadlocked, and state that they
have withdrawn from the hearings.
The President has given no in
timation of what his action will be,
nor is it known what steps will be
taken by the trainmen to hasten the
granting of their demands for in
creased pay.
MARINE WORKERS QUIT.
NEW YORK, April 2. — Eighty'
percent of the railway tugs and
lighters which transport 90 percent
of this city’s food supplies, have
been tied up by a strike of marine
workers and the situation threatens
to assume serious proportions The
strikers are demanding an eight
hour day.
The companies are using passen
ger ferries to deliver food and milk.
BUTTE WAITERS STRIKE.
BUTTE, Mont., April 2.—All of
the larger restaurants of this city
have been closed by a cooks and
waiters’ strike, with the result that
the smaller eating places, where the
work is done by the proprietors, are
working overtime in an effort lo
meet the demands of the situation.
Long lines of hungry men are stand
ing in front of the little restaurants
today, waiting their turn to get
places at the tiny counters.
MEXICANS DYNAMITE
TRAIN NEAR CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2.—
A Mexican passenger train, on
which were a number of Ameri
cans, is reported to have been dy
namited by Mexican bandits a few
miles from Mexico City this week.
The Americans on board the train
included Lieutenant-Colonel Robert
L. Campbell, military attache of the
American embas^,r, Mrs. Campbell,
and an American woman doctor
named Payne. The party escaped
from the train unhurt and the worn
en hid in the nearby woods until
the bandits had left the vicinity.
FIGHT WITH SMUGGLERS.
LAREDO, Tex., April 2.—Four
American customs inspectors and
seven alleged Mexican smugglers en
gaged in a rifle due! south of this
city yesterday, the tight resulting
in the death of three of the smug
glers, while the American officers
escaped without a scratch. The
Mexicans who did not fall during
the fight made their escape.
PASTOR REJECTS OFFER
OF INCREASED STIPEND
BRISTOL. — The Rev. Gustav:
Francis Beckh, a native of San
Francicso, who is pastor of the Oak
field Lutheran church here, ha
caused some comment by refusing
to accept an increase of £50 in his;
stipend offered by his congregation.
Dr. Beckh, who is married and_:
has one child, receives £250 a y^ar.!
He said many of his congregation
had been hard hit by the war and
that all the clergy have a right to
ask for is shelter, clothes, access to
education for their children, and a
minimum of leisure.
BABY GIRL ARRIVES
FOR TONISON FAMILY,
Burdette Tunison, of the Nenana
postoffice, has been advised by wire
of the arrival of a baby daughter j
at Portland, Oregon, where Mrs.
Tunison is spending the winter. The
baby arrived on Tuesday and the,
message states that both mother
and daughter are doing nicely.
Track Foreman and Mrs. Louis'
Lee left for Camp 432 today.
LONGSHOREMEN REFUSE
TO LOAD GERMAN SHIPS
LONDON. — Resumption of pre
war shipping relations with Germany
is not progressing very smoothly.
At Barry, the ilockers refused to
load the Hedwig Fischer, a German
steamer which was to take a cargo
of canned meat for Bremerhaven.
She was thereupon sent to Avon
mouth, where the dockers were re
luctant to do the work, but finally
consented. None of the German
crew were allowed ashore.
WOMEN ARE APPOINTED
DUBLIN MAGISTRATES
DUBLIN. — lady Arnott, Lady
Redmond, Lady Doekrell, and Miss
Palles have been appointed as the
first women magistrates for County
Dublin.
A dispatch received at Fairbanks
from the Juneau Empire states that
Durwood Hocker, whose death was
reporteed in yesterday’s News, was
to have taken a position on the Ju
neau paper as newswriter. Hocker
was unconscious when they took him
from the boat at Juneau.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., April 2.—j
Attaches of the British embassy!
I
have been considerably annoyed this ^
week by women pickets who have
taken up stations in front of the i
diplomatic quarters. The women are,
advocating the cause of Ireland and |
parade back and forth in front of,
the embassy, carrying banners criti- i
cizing the British government.
Embassy officials appealed to the
state department to have the nuis-;
ance abated and the state depart- i
ment in turn appealed to the local
police to stop the picketing. The
police, however, claim that they are
unable to take any action in the
matter unless the women become dis
orderly.
The women staged a parade in
front of the White House yester
day afternoon.
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SEATTLE, April 2.—The home
of Bert E. Farrar, president of the
Burk-Farrer Real Estate company,
was looted by thieves this morning,
shortly after the owner of the house ,
had left for his office. Mrs. Far
rar was at home, but was unable
to prevent the robbery, the bandits
having forced her to sit on the edge,
of her bed while they ransacked
the house. They escaped with valu
ables valued at $800, first having
taken the precaution to cut the tele
phone wires so as to delay pursuit
The Farrar home is situated on
Capitol hill and Mrs. Farrar is1
prominent in social circles.
BANDITS STOP STEAMER;
SKIPPER OUTWITS THEM
SCUTARI, Albania.—-The steam
er Skodra, flying the French flag
and carrying American Red Cross
supplies for Montenegro, was held
up by bandits recently, while en-,
route up the Bojana river, and one i
of the sailors was wounded.
The ship' had just reached a bend
in the river when the bandits ap
peared with machine-guns and be
gan to embark a boarding party in
small boats. The captain received
permission to turn about, in order
to secure better anchorage, but.
when he had fully turned he or- j
dered full steam ahead and set olT,
down the river. The bandits im
mediately opened fire and riddled
the sides and upper deck of the ves
sel with machine-guh bullets.
ON WEST COAST
WASHINGTON', D. t\. April 1.
Secretary of the Navy Joseph u<
Daniels has written a letter to
Chairman Page of the senate naval
committee, urging favorable consid
oration of the navy department’s
request for funds for the establish
ment of new bases on the Pacific
coast.
The secretary calls attention to
the need of a submarine base at
San Pedro, a destroyer base at Port
Angeles, Washington, and a deep
water base in San Francisco bay.
These improvements are neces
sary, the secretary says, to accom
modate the additional vessels which
are now a part of the Pacific fleet.
BROKEN SNOWSHOE
CAUSED FREEZING
George Wheeler, Tolovana mining
man, arrived at Dunbars last eve
ning enroute to Fairbanks with his
wife, whose hands and feet were
severely frozen several days ago in
the Tolovana country, while she was
on a hunting trip. Dr. de la Vergne
came down on this morning's train
to meet the Wheelers and to attend
the injured woman, who was taken
to the Fairbanks hospital on the
train this afternoon.
l n<* accident occurred on .xidcr
creek, one of Mrs. Wheeler’s snow
shoes breaking and letting; her down
into the deep snow, where she floun
dered about in an effort to reach
home, until finally rescued by her
husband, who went in search of her
when she failed to make her appear
ance. First aid treatment was ap
plied to the frosted limbs, but it
cannot he ascertained for several
days whether or not all the frost
was extracted. Dr. de la Vergne
could not state today whether or
not it would be necessary to am
putate any of the frozen membr-i..
Mrs. Wheeler is suffering consid
erably at present, which is natural
in cases of frostbite, and for which
there is little relief, although every
thing possible is being done to lessen
the pain.
FORMER GOVERNOR OF
WASHINGTON IS DEAD
SEATTLE, April 2.—Colonel I
R. Wheat, former territorial gover
nor of Washington, died this week
in Sacramento, according to advices
received in this city today. He was
a veteran of the Civil war.
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