WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1919.
NO. 209
MEXICAN JUDGE FREES YANKEE AGENT
TRAIN SCHEDULES SHATTERED BY COAL FAMINE
BRITISH CHAMP KNOCKED OUT BY CLEVER FRENCHMAN
FRENCHMAN PUIS
mi BUI IN
. LONDON (MSI
LONDON. Dec. 5.—Georges Car
pentier, French pugilist, won th<
heavyweight championship of Eu
rope yesterday in this city in i
contest with Joe Beckett, Englisl
title-holder. Beckett was knockec
out in the first round, the fightin>
lasting one minute and ten seconds
The outcome of the match was ;
great disappointment to the Englist
fans, who had picked Beckett t<
► win easily. He was the favorite ii
the betting up to the time the figh
started. The London Mail accuse
the Englishman of sheer stupidity
but the Prince of Wales, who occu
pied a ringside seat, was more char
itable, having shaken hands writ!
the big fellow and wished him bet
ter luck next time. The prince alsi
congratulated Carpentier on his vie
tory. Everyone who witnessed -hi
fight declares that Carpentier is th(
better man of the two. and Europe
an fans are now eager to see hin
matched with Jack Dempsey, th
American title-holder.
FIGHT ASSURED.
NEW ORLEANS, La.. Dec. 5.
Dominick Tortorich, fight promoter
has announced that Champion Demp
sey is under contact to meet Car
pentier in this city. The date o
the match has not yet been decided
REOFIELD STARTS
GOTHAM BUSINESS
NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—William C
Redfield, who recently resigned a
secretary of commerce to re-engag
in private business, has formed ;
partnership with H. P. Wilson an
entered the investment and securi
ties business.
They expect to conduct the re
organization and consolidation o
industrial and public utilities cor
porations.
Prior to his appointment as ,
member of the cabinet, Redfield wa
associated prominently with a fum
her of Brooklyn and New York cor
porations.
CLINTON ARRESTED
Deputy Marshals John Wood an
Pete McMullen arrived in Fairbank
last night with Fred Clinton in cus
tody. The officers also had a stii
and five gallons of moonshine whic
they had found in Clinton’s cabir
about five miles above Munson’s, o
the Richardson trail. The tri
reached town about nine o’cloc
and a formal charge of makin
hootch was to have been mad
against Clinton today.
The officers either had been in
MEXICANS RELEASE JENKINS;
WASHINGTON BREATHES EASIER
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 5.—
I Official advices received by the state
! department today from the Ameri
iean embassy at Metrco City an
ijnounre the release of Consular
j Agent Jenkins, v.ho has been under
I arrest at Pueblo during the past
Wveek. The dispatch announcing the
release reached Washington just be
fore Senators Kali and HitchcocS
i went to the White House to visit
i President Wilson for the purpose of
‘discussing the Fall resolution asking
ithe President to break off diplomatic
‘relations with the Carranza govern
j ment.
i At the conclusion of the confer
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jence, President Wilson informed the
; formed of the fact that Clinton
| was running a still, or they had a
I very accurate hunC-it, for they made
i direct for the Clinton cabin from
Fairbanks.
Clinton is a well-known oldtimer
of the Fairbaks district, having
been engaged in freighting on the
Richardson road for a number of
years.
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10 SECURE PM
The issuance of the Packer circu
lar instructing foremen of construc
tion along the line south of Xenana
I to give preference to American cit
izens in the matter of employment
has had the effect of stampeding a
. number of foreign-born railroad
. workers to the naturalization office
l at Fairbanks for first papers.
5 Among the applications filed this
week are the following:
Dominic Funaro. native of Italy,
. come to America in 1896.
f | Peter Hauland, native of Norway,
. came to America in 1907.
Andrew Running, native of Nor
. wav, came to America in 1907.
; Reese Williams, native of Wales,
came to America in 1906.
'
.! John Kingston, native of New
Brunswick, came to America in 1897.
j Robert Steel, native of Ireland,
came to America in 1905.
| Oscar Sander, native of Denmark.
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BARKENTINE CAUSING
WORRY AT BAY CITY
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5.—Con
siderable uneasiness is felt for the
^ safety of the barkentine Thrasher,
s, Captain W. C. Erratt, which sailed
from this city for Seattle on Oc
tober 26 and has not been heard of
’ since. The craft has a crew of ten
’ men.
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) • Thomas Tonseth, who underwent
; an operation for appendicitis at the
r Fairbanks hospital early this week,
i is getting along nicely, according tc
! reports received from the uppei
- town this afternoon.
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senators that he would reserve judg
ment in the matter, pending the re
ceipt of further information frorr
the Southern republic. Senator Fa!
said afterwards that the talk wit!
the President had assured him t’na
Wilson is fully capable of handlin*
the Mexican situation, ‘reports U
the contrary notwithstanding.
It is expected that President Wil
son will communicate with Congresi
tomorrow on the Mexican situation
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WASHINGTON RELIEVED.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 5—
jThe release of Jenkins has gTeatlj
j relieved the tension in administra
tion and congressional circles anc
it is believed the crisis has beei
■ passed safely.
j Representative Davis has received
a communication from the consular
j agent in which Jenkins expresses the
belief that intervention is not neces
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RELEASED LAST NIGHT.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 5.—Official
J announcement has been made of the
:release of Consular Agent Jenkins,
the order granting his freedom hav
ing having been signed by the judge
at Pueblo last night. Immediately
after getting out of jail, Jenkins
j left for his hacienda, which was re
jeewtly the scene of a bandit raid,
j resulting in the capture of the agent
jand the theft of much property be
PASSENGER SERVICE
ON WAR BASIS SOON
NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—Xotwith
| standing the encouraging announce
ment of Fuel Administrator Gar
• field that the coal production of
ithe country is increasing steadily,
iin consequence of a resumption of
mining in many districts, Eastern
railway passenger service is to be
reduced to a war basis on Decem
jber tenth, according to statements
made today by officials of the fuel
' administration. The coal order will
! be even more strict than the war
time regulation, since it will result
i in the elimination of the famous
: Twentieth Century Limited, which
I has been operating without interrup
tion during the past 20 years.
WEST INCLUDED.
SEATTLE. Dec. 5.—The North
j western railroad passenger service
' is included in the Western service
jcut of one-third, beginning on Sun
. day, as a means of conserving coal.
j The limited train service will han
J die only essential travel and will
I check holidav traffic to a consider
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jable extent.
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HEAT CUT OFF.
: NEW YORK. Dec. .—The elec
tric heating of the subway will be
| dispensed with during rush hours
. until further notice, according to an
.announcement, made today. And as
! a further means of saving coal the
j big electric signs on the White Way
• will be allowed to work hereafter
I only one hour each evening—be
j tween 7:30 and 8:30.
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MARTIAL LAW.
i M'A LESTER, Okla., Dec. 5.—
Martial law has been proclaimed in
| six Oklahoma coal counties. This
action was taken in order that the
mines might be reopened under the
direct supervision and protection of
|the military authorities.
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MAY BOOST WAGES.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. Dec. 5.—It is
believed at the office of the gover
jnor that a settlement of the coal
•trike is near at hand, in so far as
this state is concerned. This be
lief is encouraged by the efforts
j which are now being made by the
Governor to arrange a settlement
i on a wage scale higher than that
suggested by Fuel Administrator
Garfield.
ANOTHER TRAIN CUT.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 5. — The
Broadway Limited 20-hour Pennsyl
vania train, operating between New
York and Chicago, will be discon
tinued on December tenth.
BERKMAN PREDICTS
UPHEAVAL IN U. S.
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i NEW YORK, Dec. 5. — Emma
j Goldman and Alexander Berkman,
I who have worked together during
| the past thirty years in the United
States, preaching anarchy and pro
moting strikes among the workers
of the country, were sent to Ellis
island today, and probably ngver
will be permitted to return to the
mainland. Within a short time, it
1 is believed, the undesirable pair
will be on their way to Soviet Rus
sia, the land of their nativity and
the home of agitation.
The charge under which they will
be deported is that of attempting to
overthrow the American Government
by violent means.
Prior to his departure from the
city, Berkman purchased a complete
1 longing- to him.
i Jenkins secured his release fron
the bandits by relinquishing clain
to the stolen property, paying th<
bandits a considerable sum in casl
jand giving his personal note for th«
remainder of the ransom demanded
BORDER RAIDED.
HOUSTON, Tex., Dec. 5.—Gen
eral Wolters, commanding the Texa
j cavalry, has been advised of an
other border raid. Mexican bandit;
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;are reported to have raided a ston
near the border. 11 miles south o'
Zapata. They left the owner *>
the store securely bound and es
caped to the Mexican side of th<
boundary.
j outfit of clothing and extra glasses
(explaining that he probably woul.
■ have difficulty making purchases ii
| Russia.
Berkman informed a newspaper
! man this morning that he is no
|objecting to deportation. “There i
work that we can do in Russia," h<
(said. He predicted that a revolutioi
i would take place in the Unite<
States within five years,
j The Goldman woman declare*
(that the United • States Governmen
I is doing the very things the cza;
i of Russia did before the revolut si
I in that country.
OlDTiERS LEM
10 HUNT FOR PM
Among the outgoing passenger;
on this afternoon's train from
j North Xenana were Ronald Camp
!bell and Dan McPherson, two wel
known oldtimers. who are header
!for the Hot Springs district ’
spend the remainder of the winte
prospecting. They will be locate,
on Trail creek, a tributary of Bit
; Boulder.
Campbell has already spent twt
winters on Trail creek, and pros
pects found encourage the belie:
that there is a paystreak some
where in that locality. He als*
found some good-looking quartz las
winter and traced the ledge a dis
tance of 500 feet, but he has dom
■ little thus far in the way of devel
;opment work.
Both Campbell and MePhersor
have been connected with the rail
road work during the past severa
(summers, and probably will be bad
again in Nenana in the spring, ii
time for the resumption of railroa*
activities. With thern. as wth man;
others in the employ of the Alaskai
[Engineering commission in this di
vision, it is a case of getting :
grubstake from the Government t‘
help develop the country.
The Fairbanks train was abou
an hour late reaching North Ne
nana today, owing to the accumu
.lation of snow on the track.
ALLIES BELIEVE
PARIS, Dec. 5. — Newspapers of
this city claim that it is the inten
tion of the supreme council to try
coercion as a means of hastening
the acceptance of the Allied proto
col, which the Germans have signi
; fied their unwillingness to sign. Co
ercion. the peacemakers believe, ac
; cording to the newspaper reports, is
the only argument likely to im
; press the Germans and force them
to sign the protocol to the peace
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j treaty, which is now ready for the
iHun signatures.
j Marshal Foch attended a secret
j session of the council today and
it is understood that he is planning
j to execute the plan he drafted last
;.June. the threat of which brought
| the German plenipotentiaries to
! Versailles in a hurry.
The American delegation will
I leave Ir'-c V- cn -A r.* e„—
: week, leaving Ambassador Wallace
the only American representative on
the supreme council.
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AFTER LONG CHASE
SEATTl-K, Dec. 5.—Dick Gravel,
alias Jack Lev.■ placed under
arrest in this city late yesterday
afternoon, charged with murder :n
connection with the Centralia Ar
mistice Day massacre. It is claimed
that Lewi- stood on the running
board of an auto near the I. VV. W.
hall as the Armistice Day paraders
passed that point, and deliberately
fired on the marchers.
Lewis escaped after the shooting
and his arrest in this city was the
result of a state-wide search. Ole
Hanson, another wobbly, who e
caped with Lewis, is still at Lib
erty.
ALLIED FORCE MAY
WIDEN ACTIVITIES
LONDON, Dec. 5.—There is a re
port in circulation in this city to
day to the effect that it is the in
tention of* the Allied governments
to widen the area of occupied ter
ritory in Germany by stationing
troops in Essen and other German
‘ cities.
This step, it is understood, is the
1 result of the stubborn attitude as
' sumed by the Germans in the mat
ter of the German ships sunk at
1 Scapa Flow.
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ij The work of remodeling the Mor
' rison building for the accommoda
tion of the New Central restaurant
] is proceeding rapidly and the new
: ! place will soon be ready to open for
business. A new front installed by
Earl Slippem adds much to the
^appearance of the building.