i WHERE- RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1919.
NO. 213
After having been in conference nearly two days, the general committee of the United Mine Workers decided,
, at 3:30 this afternoon, to accept President Wilson’s strike settlement proposal and the striking coal miners will
return to work immediately. Commission of three appointed to arrange settlement.
‘ SPROUL SAYS DEMOCRATS ARE DOOMED
GOVERNMENT READY TO PUSH RED PROSECUTION
COLD CONTINUES IN STATES WITH STORMS ON COAST
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PORT DARWIN, Australia, Dec.
10.—Captain Ross Smith, an Aus
tralian aviator, arrived here from
England today, winning the Aus
tralian government prize of ten
thousand pounds for the first suc
cessful flight from England to the
island continent. Smith completed
the 11,000-mile flight in 30 days.
Lieut. Winne Poulet, a French
aviator who entered the race, was
passed by Smith in India and a sub
stantial lead was maintained thru
out the remainder of the race.
Poulet left England a month before
Smith got away, but he met with
frequent delays.
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k HONOLULU, Dec. 10.— Accord
ing to cable advices received in this
city today from Tokio. the Japanese
and American governments have
adopted a policy of hands off in
Siberia and will send no more as
sistance to Admiral Kolchak, who is
hard pressed by the Bolsheviki. The
reason for this action at this time
is not stated.
The American members of the
railroad commission under John F.
Stevens are said to have made prep
arations to quit Siberia immediately.
EXPECT MORE FLU
p LONDON. Dec. 10.—The British
medical research committee, which
has been engaged in a study of the
“flu" epidemic, has issued a report
in which it is claimed that influ
enza microbes have a regular pro
gram, recurring in cycles of 33
weeks.
The public is warned that the
next “flu” wave may be expected
during January and February.
GERMAN PROFITEERS
ARE CHARGED WITH
“ECONOMIC TREASON”
BERLIN.—“Economic treason” is
the term applied by German writers
to those who since the gathering of
the wheat harvest have sold great
fk. supplies of grain to Holland, obtain
ing a better price than the grain
sells for in Germany, and yet allow
ing the Dutch buyers to make a
huge profit.
The smuggling of grain across
REPUBLICANS TALK REFORM;
CRITICISE ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON’, D. C., Dec. 10.—
The 1920 presideniia! election is as
good as won by the Republicans
right now. according to opinions
; expressed today at the opening ses
j sion of the Republican national
: committee, which has begun its de
liberations for the purpose of se
lecting the date and place of the
'nominating convention, and discuss
ling campaign plans. The meeting
was addressed by several Republi
cans, prominent in national affairs,
and all agreed that the party is on
the eve of returning to power.
* The key-note address was made
by Governor William C. Sproul of
Pennsylvania. He attacked the Mex
ican policy of the present adminis-G
tration and declared that the Re- <
publican party approached the presi- (
dential campaign confident that the (
people of the nation would endorse $
its policies. The Republican poli- ;
cies. he said, include better rela
tions between labor and capital; ^
economy and business-like manage- <
ment of the affairs of the nation; ;
firm handling of the Mexican situa- i
tion; restoration of Americanism ’
and constitutional government, and <
a sound solution of the railroad s
problem. i
Referring to the failure of the <
senate to dispose of the German f
peace treaty, the governor declared i
that the Republicans had endeavored <
to conclude peace bv preserving :
America's right to determine her
iwn affairs. He spoke of the late
'done! Roosevelt, and the mention
>f the former President's name was
rreeted with a storm of enthusi
.stie applause.
Assuming that the Republicans
nil win the forthcoming election,
lovernor Sproul said: "We must
irepare to clean up the govern
nental mess we find ourselves in.
Ve must plan for the restoration
f the nation to a position of re
pect at once. Our troubles, debts
,nd so on will vanish, if we come
lown from the fool's paradise of
xtravaganee and inefficiency in
rhich we are now soaring. The rape
if the railroads was conceived in
n unholv lust for Dower and par
tisan advantage and has left us in i
a position demanding the highest !
abilities of sound judgment and
forceful management to work out." ;
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KICK FROM WEST.
SAN' FRAN’CISCO, Dec. 10.— j
Forty prominent California Repub- j
licans have wired Chairman Hayes,
of the national committee, a joint !
appeal urging the Republican mem
bers of the senate to ratify the j
peace treaty immediately and with
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out reservations or amendments.
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CHICAGO GETS CONVENTION.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 10.—
At a late hour this afternoon, the.*
committee voted to hold the presi
dential convention at Chicago.
the border is a fairly easy matter,
and so the German farmers in the
West have been sending- tons across
into Holland.
There is a legal provision forbid-;
ding the exportation of wheat and :
other cereals, and a punishment of
from a month to a year imprison- j
ment, as well as fines up to 10,000 jj
marks, but theratened p'unishment is!(
i insufficient to stop the practice.
; There will be a regular meeting
• of the board of trustees of the town
of Xenana tonight at the townsite
office, commencing at 9:30.
Among the matters that will. re
ceive the attention of the members
; will be the election of a member
jto fill the vacancy caused by the
;resignation of Wiliam Taylor, and
| is also probable that the board will
pass its first ordinance, a measure
to put a stop to the dog nuisance.
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Letters received from Seattle state |
that the Pomeroy baby, which made
[ the trip out by way of the Broad j
Pass trail on the first snow, has
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been very ill since its arrival Out- c
> side. The Pomeroys are reported to c
■have had considerable difficulty mak- ^
:ing the trail trip. s
Father Monroe will arrive in Xe- r
nana on Friday from Fairbanks and I
will hold mass on Saturday mom-; f
ing at 7:30, Sunday morning at 1
10:30, Monday morning at 6:15, and I
Tuesday morning at 7:30. He will a
return to the upper town Tuesday j
afternoon. [ ^
Mrs. Lebou is registered at the, t
Rust house from Moose creek. She ii
will go out on Saturday. ‘e
GOVERNMENT READY
TO GO AFTER REDS
CEN'TRALIA. Wash., Dec. 10.-—.
n a statement given to the press
oday relative to the prosecution of
cobblies charged with the murder
if ex-service men in this city on
Vrmistice Day. C. D. Cunningham,
ormer proseuting attorney of Lewis
ounty, who has full charge of the
irosecution. says that the state has
iracticallv concluded the gathering
>f evidence and will be ready to
iroceed with the cases on January
th. when the trial opens at Monte
ano. It is his belief that the hear
ing will consume fully a month, be- •
ause of the number of witnesses to
e examined and the attempts it is
xpected the defense will make to
elay the proceedings. The state .
will call 150 witnesses.
THE DEFENSE.
MOXTESANO, Dec. 10. — Fred
Moose, who assisted in the defense
of Thomas Mooney, has been re
tained by the wobblies to help At
torney Vandeveer defend the Cen- '
tralia Industrials who are to be tried '
here on murder charges. Vandeveer
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is a Seattle attorney who has been
prominently identified with the de- j
fense of radicals in that city.
JUDGE WILSON.
ABERDEEN. Dec. 10.—It is be
lieved that Superior Judge Wilson •
if Olympia will try the wobbly cases
at Montesano next month.
ELEMENTS CAUSING
SUFFERING OUTSIDE
CHICAGO, Dec. 10.—There has
een no improvement in weather
conditions since yesterday, and suf
ering in consequence of the fuel
hortage in various sections of the
ountry is on the increase, having
eached an acute stage at several
oints. Below zero weather is re
orted between the Mississippi and
le Rockies, with many towns com
letely out of coal. Northern Idaho
nd Montana are the chief sufferers.
As was predicted by the weather
ureau yesterday, severe storms are
1 progress along the Pacific coast
iday, with the velocity of the wind
lcreasing at several points. East
rn Washington and Oregon report
one of the worst snowstorms in their
history now in progress, and snow
is falling heavily also in Wyoming.
PORTLAND PARALYZED.
PORTLAND, Ore., Deo. 10. —
Business in this city is practically at
a standstill today in consequence of j
a heavy fall of snow, which has
reached a depth of two feet. The
streetcar system has been put out
of commission temporarily.
FLOODS IN SOUTH.
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 10—Floods
are causing havoc today in Georgia,
Alabama, and Mississippi. The dam
age to property is mounting rapid-1
ly and has already reached a huge
amount. Some loss of also has re
sulted, chiefly in the lowlands,
where many families have been driv
en from their homes. It is esti-;
mated that fully a thousand fami
lies are homeless at Meriden. Missis
sippi. and Mobile is also partiallv
under water, with the crest of the
flood not yet reached.
WARMER AT SEATTLE.
SEATTLE. Dec. 10. — The- first
snow of the winter, which is falling
now. has brought warmer weather
here, but storm conditions are not ’
improving along the coast. Addi- ;
tional warnings were issued by the
weather bureau this afternoon.
COLD AT VANCOUVER.
VANCOUVER. B. C., Dec. 10.—
Eleven above zero, recorded by local
thermometers today, marks the cold
est December ever experienced here.
WORST EVER.
PORTLAND, Dec. 10.—The storm
which is sweeping Oregon today,
with the violence of a blizzard in
some sections, is the worst ever
experienced in this state. Zero
weather is reported from many sec
tions, with large quantities of snow
in Eastern Oregon.
A Gibson stage left Fairbanks
this morning to connect with
incoming auto near the Taylor fox
farm. Miss Lucile Diven is a pass
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pnger on the incoming machine anJ
should reach Fairbanks this evening.
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CHICAGO. Dec. 10.—The must
severe curtailment of passenger
train service ever known in the
United States will become effective
at midnight tonight, in pursuance
of the order issued by the fuel ad
ministration, as a means of conserv
ing the limited coal supply of the
nation. It is estimated that the cur
tailment will save 15,000 tons of
coal daily.
MANY TRAINS IDLE.
BOSTON, Dec. 10. — The New
York, New Haven & Hartford rail
road has announced the discontinu
ance of 184 trains, in compliance
with instructions issued by Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield. The Boston &
Maine system will cancel 72 trains
at midnight.
NO RELAXATION YET.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. lu.—
Fuel Administrator Garfield has is
sued a statement in which he says
there will be no relaxation in the
L-oal saving order at present, not
withstanding the fact that the coal
strike has been called off.
OLDTIME A MAN
DEADJN SEME
SEATTLE, Dec. 10. — Charles
fohnson, of Nenana, died here today
is the result of exposure on the trip
>ver the trail, enroute to the States
•o join his family here. He is sur
vived by a wife and four children.
It is believed the above telegram
efers to the Charles Johnson who
■onducted a saloon in Dawson in
he early days and later located in
he Fairbanks district, father of
Urs. Blanche Martin. He was n
venana for a time last fall and left
'or the coast about the time of the
irst cold snap.
WHITE FIGHTS DRAW
SEATTLE, Dec. 10. — Charlie
A'hite, Chicago championship as
lirant, boxed a draw in this city
ast night with Eddie Shannon, local
ightweight. The bout was witnessed
>y a large number of fans.
The Carlsten team, with a record
i four straight victories, went down
o defeat in a match on the Fair
banks curling rink last night with
he Wilbur team.