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WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
, VOL. III. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1920.
NO. 144
MOSCOW REPORTS REVOLTS STARTING
ENGLAND PREPARES TO COPE_ WITH COAL STRIKE
MATANUSKA COAL MINERS MAKE NEW WAGE DEMAND
HUNG ASSERTS
NEW LEAGUE PLAN
GETTER TUAN OLD
GREENCASTLE, Ind., Oct. 16.—
Replying to a criticism of his pro
posal for an association of nations,
to take te place of the Wilson
I Teague of Nations, Senator Harding
said, during a brief stop here today,
that he had been approached “in
formally” by a representative of
France, who asked that the United
States lead the way to world fra
ternity.
HI JOHNSON TALKS.
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 16.—In his
third campaign speech under the
auspices of the Republican national
committee, Hiram Johnson declared
here today that the League of Na
tions issue is the greatest since the
Civil war. There is no ambiguity,
he said, in the attitude of Senator
Harding. "He wants no reserva
tions and no substitutes. He wants
rejection." The Californian urged
the election of Harding on his
league stand.
COOLIDGE STARTS.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 16.—
"When my countrymen turn their
attention again to the commonplace,
they shall know that American in
stitutions are secure. They want
the gospel of the Republican party
to continue to be sound ^ good,
wholesome and commonplace,” Gov
ernor Coolidge declared here last
night in his opening speech of the
campaign.
IRISH IN ACTION.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—The na
tional council of the Friends of
Irish Freedom has adopted resolu
tions calling upon the American
people to repudiate the League of
Nations, declaring it to be an at
tempt to undermine and eventually
to destroy the sovereignty of the
United States and make it(“a sub
ordinate super-government, con
trolled by the imperialistic powers
of Europe and Asia.”
ROASTS WILSON.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 16.—In an
address delivered here on Thursday,
Senator Harding denounced the
President’s Mexican policy as having
“brought destruction in Mexico and
humiliation at home,” and advocated
a policy of amicable relations for
the protection of American prop
erty. He reiterated that he wanted
no council of foreign powers to dic
tate America’s part in world af
fairs, and charged that the secret
diplomacy of Democratic officials
had kept the American business
men from learning of trade oppor
tunities abroad.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY QUITS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 16—
J. S. House, assistant secretary of
the treasury, tendered his resigna
tion to the President this week and
it has been accepted, the President
at the same time expressing regret
over the retirement of the appointee,
who has been with the department
ten yean. House explained that he
POLISH ARMIES ADVANCING;
RUSSIANS BATTLE AT HOME
ZURIS1I, Oct. 16.—The German
ministry has made an announcement
to the effect that a (treat revolu
tion has started in the Moscow dis
trict, the announcement being based
on official advices received from
the storm center today. The revo
lutionary forces are reported to
have occupied the kremlin, in the
center of the city, from which point
the revolutionary movement is be
ing directed. Details of the upris
ing, which is directed against the
| soviet government, are not obtain
able at this early date, but the re
ports indicate that the fighting is
of a severe character and that there
have been many casualties.
POLES ADVANCING.
WARSAW, Oct. 16.—An official
statement issued by the Polish war
office today says that the Poles have
smashed the Sixth Bolshevik divi
sion and the Polish lines are now
being extended toward the boundary
established by the terms of the re
cently-signed armistice.
VILNA OCCUPIED.
WARSAW, Oct. 16.—Lithuanian
| insurrectionists have occupied Vilna
as a protest against the decision of
the Polish and Lithuanian peace del
egates, proclaiming the Vilna dis
trict Lithuanian territory. The in
surgents contend that both the Vilna
and Grodno districts belong to Po
land.
NEW DRIVE SUCCESSFUL.
SEBASTOPOL, Oct. 16. — The
Wrangel forces have captured 5,000
Russians within the past few days j
and the reports from that front in
dicate that General Wrangel’s new
drive is succeeding beyond expecta
tions.
JAPAN NERVOUS.
TOKIO, Oct. 16.—The Japanese
government will propose to the pow
ers that joint action be taken to
check the rise of Bolshevism on the
Asiatic continent, especially in
North China.
DISAVOW ACTION.
PARIS, Oct. 16.—The Polish gov
ernment has officially disavowed the
insurgent occupation of V'ilna, under
the direction of General Zellegouski.
EMMA UNEASY.
LONDON’, Oct. 16.—Emma Gold
man and Alexander Berkman both
want to return to the United States,
according to Boris Sokeoleff Social
ist writer, who has just arrived here
from Russia. He says that all the
deportees in Soviet Russia are anx
ious to escape Russian conditions.
He says further that the workmen
and the masses have completely
withdrawn from the Bolsheviki and
serious trouble was expected when
he left for England. At Moscow
and Petrograd the economic posi
tion of the workers was critical.
desired to resume his personal af
fairs. He was appointed from Kan
sas.
PRO-LEAGUERS OFFER PRIZE
FOR ANTI-LEAGUE VERDICT
NEW YORK, Oct. 16—The Dem
ocratic National committee has is
sued a statement announcing the of
fer of a cash prize of $25,000, by
the Pro-League Independents to the
first one who can prove that the
1 League of Nations would “abridge
the sovereignty of the United
States.” The offer is aimed particu
larly at Harding, Johnson, Borah,
Lodge and other Republican leaders
who are opposing the league but is
.open to anyone.
The plan calls for the selection
of a jury of twelve citizens to be
selected by Chairmen Hays and j
White, and may be all Republicans j
if Hays so desires.
SEVERAL ARE INJURED
IN NEW IRISH FIGHT
I BELFAST, Oct. 16.—Rioting was
' resumed in the Marrowbone district
j today, the Sinn Feiners using re
| volvers and the Unionists replying
| with stones. After the fighting was
i suspended a number of combatants
■ were admitted to the hospital, the
injured including three policemen
who assisted in restoring order.
SCREWING DOWN THE LID
WASHINGTON, D. C.» Oct. 16
Commissioner Kramer has announced
that plans are being formulated for
a reorganization of the prohibition
enforcement department so as to
permit of a closer scrutiny of per
mits for the removal of bonded
liquor from warehouses. The reor
ganization is made necessary, he ex
plains, because of the increase in
work that is required.
BOMB SUSPECT HELD _
DETROIT^ Oct. 16—Stanley Obo
lewicz, a laborer, is being held by
tiie police pending the investigation
of a plot to blow up the home of
Mayor James Couzens. The police
say Obolewicz declared that four
men offered him $20,000 to bomb
the mayor’s ouse.
ANCHORAGE MINERS
THREATEN WALKOUT
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 16.—
According to a report received from
Alaska this week by the interior
department, the coal miners em
ployed in the Government tields
back of Anchorage have served no
tice that they will quit work unless
they are granted a wage increase
of $1.50 per day. They say their
demand must be met not later than
November 7 if a strike is to be
averted.
The chairman of the ' railroad
commission has advised the depart
ment that similar demands will be
made by other classes of labor em
ployed on the Government railroad
if the demands of the miners are
met( and he has requested that a
t wage board be sent to Alaska to
adjust the differences.
The department of labor has rec
ommended that the demand be
granted, but offers as an alterna
tive that a conciliator be sent to
Alaska to effect settlement if pos
sible.
A demand for a wage increase
was made upon the Alaskan Engi
neering commission several months
ago by the coal miners employed at
Eska, and was answered by Colonel
Mears by closing the works down.
The men wanted the Washington
scale applied to the Matanuska, but
they received no encouragement
from the commission. The work
was later resumed under the direc
tion of the navy.
ENGLAND PREPARES
FOR BIG STRUGGLE
LONDON, Oct. 16.—Preparations
for the great industrial struggle,
precipitated by the strike decision
of a million coal miners, are going
grimly forward, the machinery of
the government established to cope
with the crisis working smoothly and
at full speed. The miners are equal
ly active. The Welsh miners and
some others already have quit work
and, in the mantime, the public is
awaiting anxiously, even fearfully,
the real commencement of the bat
tle, which hits at the very vitals of
the country. The strike is scheduled
to begin on Monday.
The executive committee of the
railway workers has called a meet
ing for next Wednesday to decide
on what action is to be taken by
the railway workers. Some of the
iron and steel plants already have
succumbed to the strike threat, es
pecially in Yorkshire, where 20,000
workers have become idle as the re
sult of suspended industrial activi
ties.
Appeals to Public.
Premier Lloyd George has made
an appeal to the people of England,
explaining that the government has
done all possible to avert a strike,
the miners having rejected every of
fer made to them. They are now
trying to gain their ends by force,
he says, and it is the intention of
the government to resist to the last
moment. He has no doubt about
the result, he says.
Stop Shipments.
The British government has em
bargoed the exportation of coal as
a result of the threatened strike.
More than a million miners are in
volved directly in the strike move
ment^ and many thousands of work
ers in other lines of industry will
become idle when the strike starts.
The government has made every
preparation to maintain the food
supply of the nation during the
struggle, and to provide other neces
saries, in case of a sympathetic
railroad strike.
STORM STRIKES COAST;
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16.—A
storm originating in the North Pa
cific has struck the coasts of Ore
gon and Washington and is travel
ing south at a rapid rate. Storm
warnings have been issued by the
weather bureau and ships are taking
to cover today along the coast of
California.
j PRESIDENT URGES RELIEF
FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS
WASHINGTON D. C., Oct. 16
In a letter addressed to the federal
and state boards of vocational edu
cation, assembled in conference in
this city, President Wilson declares
that the vocational rehabilitation of
disabled soldiers is of the utmost
importance for the welfare of the
nation.
The letter was read at the open
ing session of the conference on
Thursday.
JAP QUESTION DROPPED
UNTIL AFTER ELECTION
WASHINGTON D. C„ Oct. 16—
Diplomatic conversation between the
state department and the Japanese
embassy regarding the proposed
California anti-Japanese legislation
has been temporarily discontinued
I and will not be resumed until after
election, by which time the Califor
nia voters will have expressed their
views on the question.
STEAMSHIP IS HURRYING
WITH FOOD FOR NATIVES
SEATTLE, Oct. 16—The Saturn
sailed for the North on Thursday
with 800 tons of food supplies for
the natives of the Pribilof islands,
who will be reduced to very scant
rations should the vessel be unable
to deliver its cargo.
The Saturn will make a race for
the islands in an effort to land it3
supplies and return to this city be
the end of the month, the date on
which its insurance expires. The ves
sel was unable to land any supplies
on the last trip owing to storms.
(WOMEN IE URGED
10 BOOST LEAGUE
TO PREVENT WARS
CLEVELAND, Oct. 16.—Address
ing an audience of women at a
non-partisan meeting in this city
today, Governor Cox advocated a
national woman’s congress to frame
a program of social legislation for
presentation to Congress. He urged
the women to take a lurger part
in national affairs, and championed
the League of Nations as a measure
to protect women and children from
the horrors of war.
SUPPORTS COX NOW.
CHICAGO, Oct. 16.—The Demo
cratic headquarters has published a
statement announcing that Marshall
Stimson, of Los Angeles, former
I campaign manager for Hiram John
| son and a delegate to the Repub
; liean national convention, has joined
the Cox forces^ declaring that he
will support the Democratic nom
inee.
CHAIRMAN WHITE SAYS.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—Chairman
George White of the Democratic na
tional committee has issued ;t state
ment in which he declares that "the
Republican campaign is in disorder,
with the party ranks broken an I
the Independents turning to Cox."
LEAGUE DAY
N'KW YORK, Oct. 16. Governor
Cooper of South Carolina has ap
proved the plan to set aside Oc
tober -4 as League of Nations Day.
Governor Holcomb of Connecticut
has rejected the plan. Governor
Ritchie of Maryland has already
issued a proclamation in favor of
the plan.
CHEERED HIM.
MARION, Oct. 16. — Cheering
crowds greeted Governor Cox when
he arrived in this city yesterday and
he was heartily applauded when he
discussed the league. There were
also shouts for Harding during the
disco irse.
OIL TANKS BURNING
DES MOINES, Oct. 16- A large
quantity of oil belonging to the
Manhattan Oil company was burned
this week, the loss being estimated
at more than a quarter of a million
dollars. The fire started on Thurs
day night and it was thought that
it had been extinguished after an
all-night fight, but the tanks began
blazing again yesterday and were
still burning this morning.
COX IS PEEVED AT TAFT
BECAUSE OF STATEMENTS
VAN WERT, Ohio, Oct. 16.—In
a statement made here yesterday.
Governor Cox attacked the state •
ment of Taft to the effect that even
in the event of the election of the
Democratic ticket there would still
remain a sufficient number of Re
publicans in the senate to defeat
the treaty. Cox declared that the
statement indicated a plan to dis
regard the decision in “the league
referendum.”