WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBEA 25, 1919
NO. 149
STRIKERS SAY GARY IGNORED APPEAL
PRESIDENT SAYS ISSUES ARE CLEARLY DRAWN
ITALIAN LEADERS APPROACH DALMATIAN COAST CITIES
I1ALY MAY TRY
TO KEEP HE
PARIS, Sept. 25.—Acocrding to
a statement made in this city today
by Giuseppe Garibaldi, it is the in
tention of the Italians to retain pos
session of the city of Fiume, in
spite of any decision that may be
reached by the Allies for the dis
position of the disputed territory.
Italy, he says, is ready to fight for
the city if necessary.
More Trouble Due. ^
Emulating: the action of d’Annun-j
zio, several Italian leaders have'
gathered their followers about them |
and are now advancing upon the1
Dalmation coast, with the apparent
intention of ocucpying the cities of
Sebenico, Spalato and other import
ant coast points.
May Restore King.
There is a rumor in circulation
here to the effect that it is the
intention of the Italians to try to
restore King Nicholas of Montene
gio, father of the queen of Italy'.
D’ANNUNZIO REINFORCED.
TRIEST, Sept. 25. — Aditional
tioops are reported to have joined
the forces which are backing d’An
nunzio, the total strength of the
d’Annunzio defenses now being
about twelve thousand men.
CLEM IS nous
FOR U. S. 10 ACT
PARIS, Sept. 25.—Questioned to
day relative to his opinion of the
American delay in ratifying the
peace treaty, Premier Clemenceau
informed the chamber of deputies
.that if he had any word for the
American senate it would be to
speed action, as a means of restor
ing the world to a peace basis.
The premier made that statement
without hesitation, but declined to
discuss the American attitude fur
ther.
CONGRESSMAN ASKS
FORJJST OF GIFTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 25.
—Representative Ramsay, Republi
can, of Iowa, has introduced a reso
lution asking the state department
to furnish Congress with a list of
the presents tendered to President
Wilson by kings and princes of for
eign states since the first of last
December.
The President is said to have
been showered with gifts during his
stay in Europe, the presents com
ing from all parts of the world.
POLYNESIAN VETERANS
RETURN WITH MEDALS
PAPEETE, Tahiti.—Many Poly
nesian boys, returning as veterans
of the world war, wear the Croix i
de Guerre and some the French
Military Medal. They have many
friends among the American expe
ditionary troops. In ihe last great
battles they were in the Soissons
sector beside the United States
fighting men.
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$ BADLY HURT
BY HEAVY SLAB
Fred Shill, a miner employed on
the Dorfner claim on 13 below,
i
i Dome creek, in the Fairbanks dis
trict, is lying at the point of death
in the Fairbanks hospital as the re
| suit of being caught beneath a
heavy slab of muck and grave)
. which fell from the roof of the
drift in which he was working. The
(accident occurred yesterday after
| noon, the injured man being taken
I to town on a speeder which took
, Dr. de la Vergne out to attend him.
An examination of the injuries
showed that Shill’s skull was crush
led, his back and one teg broken,
and his body severely bruised.
Advices received from the upper
town this afternoon stated that the
injured man hail little chance to re
cover.
EMMA GOLDMAN
GEEK RELEASE
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Sept. 25.
— Emma Goldman, serving time in
the federal prison here on the
charge of obstructing the draft, will
be permitted to appear before the
prison commission on Saturday for
the purpose of presenting her re
quest for release, her argument be
ing that she cannot pay the $10,000
fine imposed upon her at the time
she was sentenced.
Should she be released, it will be
necessary for her to put up $15,000
; bail to insure her appearance in
iconnection with the deportation pro
ceedings which have been started
| for the purpose of sending her
iback to Russia.
DEMURRER OVERRULED;
COOPER ENTERS PLEA
i
The trial of Peter Cooper of
Fairbanks, on the charge of having
alcohol in his possession, has been
!set for next Monday before Com
|missioner Reed Heilig.
The court overruled the demurrer
j entered by Attorney Pratt, when
the case was taken up yesterday
afternoon, and Cooper entered a
plea of not guilty. The case will
be tried by a jury.
Cooper’s bonds were fixed at
$750, which he had not furnished
up to noon today.
Mrs. J. H. Russell, accompanied
by her eldest son, Leith, and little
daughter, Ruth, will leave Chitina
tomorrow, enroute to Nenana, and
should arrive here early next week.
FITZPATRICK SAYS
MEN WANT JUSTICE;
NO STOPPING NOW
WASHINGTON, O. C„ Sept. 25.
The special committee of the sen
ate, appointed this week to inves
tigate the steel strike situation with
a view to ascertaining if congression
al action can be employed to improve
conditions and restore peace be
tween the operatives and the steel
magnates, began its deliberations
this morning.
One of the first witnesses called
before the committee was Chairman
Fitzpatrick of the national steel
strikers’ committee, who informed
the investigators that there was not
a chance to call the strike off now.
Three hundred and fifty thousand
men, he said, had i|uit their places
because of the refusal of the steel
companies to grant their demands,
and they will not return now, not
even if the representatives of the
steel corporations should consent to
meet the operatives’ delegates.
What the men are seeking now is
decent justice from the Government.
Ignored Appeals.
Continuing his testimony this aft
ernoon, Fitzpatrick declared the
steel corporation officials had re
fused to meet representatives of
their employes, even ignoring an
i
appeal from President Gompers of
the American Federation of Labor.
Gompers, he said, wrote a letter to
Judge Gary in June, and the letter
was never answered.
The corporation, in an effort to
prevent their employes from becom
ing affiliated with unions, had op
posed the organizers in every way
possible, even going to the extreme
of throwing them into jail. Presi
dent Wilson had tried to arrange
a conferenee between the workers,
and the corporation management,!
but without success, and the news- j
papers controlled by the corpora- ;
tion, Fitzpatrick claimed, had raised j
the bugaboo that most of the strik- I
ers were aliens.
In several of the strike districts,
Fitzpatrick said in conclusion, the
authorities are denying all rights to
the strikers, permitting soldiers to
enter the homes of the men at any
time, and otherwise subjecting them
to humiliation.
VOTE TO RETURN.
CANTON, Ohio. Sept. d.ri.—Ac
cording to an announcement made
this morning by officials of the Can
ton Steel company, the steel work
ers of this city have voted to re
turn to work. The number involved
is about twelve hundred.
SERBIAN STRIKER KILLED.
, FARRELL. Sept. Luke Oro
jgan, a Serbian steel striker, was
; shot and killed today when he at
tempted to prevent a search of his
house by members of the police
force, accompanied by state troop
ers. The fatal shot was fired by
one of the soldiers.
The house in question was under
suspicion of being a sniping post
of the strikers, and the search was
J conducted for the purpose of ob
taining evidence against the owner
of the premises.
TRAINMEN ASKED TO WAIT
_
LONDON, Sept. 25. — Claiming
that the answer of the government
to the demands of the trainmen for
increased wages has been misunder
stood by the workers, representa
tives of the government are now
trying to get them to reconsider
■ their decision to strike, pending fur-j
ther negotiations.
A communication has been des
patched to the national union of
the railwayman, announcing the
willingness of the government to
meet the men again in an effort to
reach a settlement of the questions
in dispute.
WILSON SAYS ISSUES
ARE CLEARLY DRAWN
DENVER, Sept. 25. — President
Wilson addressed an audience of
eleven thousand people in this city
this afternoon and was cheered re
peatedly throughout his speech, the
enthusiasm being equal to any not
ed thus far at any of the cities vis
ited by the executive since leaving
Washington.
The President declared the issues
in the treaty discussion have been
clearly drawn. The nation, he said,
is facing the question of keeping
its pledges to help guarantee the
peace of the world. All of the
j minor objections to the treaty,
I voiced at the time the document
was being considered by the Paris
peace conference, have been re
moved. It is up to America now
to keep faith with Europe and the
rest of the world, or go back on
the promise to assist in the solu
tion of world problems.
The adoption of pending senate
resolutions, the President pointed
out, means the rejection of the
treaty and a reopening of the whole
peace question, leaving the world
in a state of uncertainty for a
needlessly prolopged period, during
which much may happen to provoke
a resumption of hostilities.
Wnuts War* Stopped.
"Our nation is under bond to the
generations to come,” declared the
President, “to make certain that
no more wars are permitted The
next war, we rnay be ure, will be
much more terrible than the last,
and 1 am for insurance against suen
barbarism."
AIRPLANE DERBY
FOR FAT PRIZES
IS GOTHAM PLAN
NKW YORK, Sept. 25.—The Aero
Club of America is making plans
for an aerial derby which will take
the contestants all the way around
the globe in competition for cash
prizes aggregating one million dol
lars.
As a preliminary to the event, a
committee will circle the globe for
the purpose of selecting routes and
landing places. This committee will
start immediately.
According to an announcement
made by ollicers of the club, any
style ships may be entered, and the
entrants may select their own
routes across the Pacific. They may
fly to Tokio direct, or cross by way
of Alaska to Tokio.
WASHINGTON, 1>. O.. Sept. 25.
- -The lower branch of Congress has
given its approval to a bill granting
to the interstate commerce commis
sion authority to regulate railroad
rates with the same powers exer
cised prior to the assumption of
control by the Government.
The bill originated in the senate,
but owing to the fact that the
measure was amended in the house,
it will be necessary to send it to a
conference committee before final
action can be taken.
AVIATORS REQUESTED TO
FLY HIGH ON SUNDAY
SANTA MONICA, Cal. — Com
plaint that aviators disturb divine
worship here by flying so low over
churches that the whirr of the
planes interferes with the preach
ing and singing, has resulted in the
city commissioners issuing a re
quest to airmen that they travel in
high altitudes from 11 a. m. to 1 p.
m on Sundays.
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BUFFALO, N. Y., Sept. 25.—Un
less the soft coal miners of the
country are granted an increase in
wages during the next few weeks,
there is a possibility that the coal
mining industry of the United States
will be greatly disturbed by a na
tion-wide strike. Failure of the op
erators to consent to the demands
made upon (hem has already result
ed in a decision to strike, the date
of the walkout having been fixed
tentatively for November first.
In the meantime, the operators
and miners are conferring in the
hope that a settlement of the ques
tions in dispute may be reached
without interrupting mining activi
ties.
The men are demanding an ad
vance of (!0 percent in their wages,
a six-hour day and a five-day week.
SAN JOSK, Cal., Sept. 25.—The
giant redwoods of the Santa Cruz
mountains are threatened with de
struction by fire, according to ad
vices received in this city this aft
ernoon, accompanying an appeal for
help to check the spread of the
flames.
Several hundred men are now en
gaged in an attempt to save the
historic trees, but the work is at
tended with the greatest difficulty
and much danger.
SMALL OREGON TOWN
HARD HIE BY BLAZE
LA GRANDE, Ore., Sept. 25.
The business section of Cove, a
small town neur this city, was prac
tically wiped out by tire this morn
inp. Twelve of the leading busi
ness structures are now in ashes,
with a total loss of $.'10,000.
The fire had pained considerable
headway before discovery, and it
was impossible to check the spread
of the flames.
STATE REPUBLICANS
OPPOSED TO LEAGUE
HELENA, Mont., Sept. 25.—Rep
resentatives of the Montana Repub
lican party, assembled in conven
tion here, have voted to give their
support to the Republican members
of the senate who are opposinp the
ratification of the German peace
I treaty. A wire was sent to Senator
Lodpe today, approvinp the fipht
which is beinp made apainst the
Leapue of Nations.
Every section of Montana is rep
resented at the convention.