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WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1919.
NO. 172
.LABOR DELEGATES QUIT CONFERENCE
DANIELS TO SEND EXPER TS TO DIG ALASKA COAL
SENATE COMMITTEEMEN AGREE ON TREATY REVISIONS
ENGLAND READY
TO TRY KAISER;
* AWAIT SIGNING
LONDON, Oct. 22.—In a state
ment made before the house o
commons today, Sir Bonar Law in
formed the lawmakers that prepara
♦ tions are now in progress for thi
trial of the former German kaiser
He declared, however, that the Neth
erlands government could not b<
asked to surrender the offender un
til all the nations had signed th<
peace treaty.
The names of six hundred Ger
man officers whose surrender wil
be demanded recently appeared ii
the Paris press, headed by Prine
Rupprecht of Bavaria.
COPENHAGEN. Oct. 22.—Semi
official advices received in this cit;
P today state that the British war
ships stationed at Riga, where the
were sent to put a stop to the ac
tivities of the Germans operatm
under Genera! von der Goltz. wer
fired upon yesterday by the Germa
artillery.
*" The attack was replied to wit
vigoi by the warships, the guns o
the fighting vessels being turned o
the German positions with tellin
effect.
DAWSON, Oct. 22.—The appeal
ance of hundreds of thousands c
caribou in the hills near this cit
has been followed by a general ei
odus of hunters, scores of Dawsoi
ites having started out with the
guns during the past several da>
to take advantage of the hunting.
Local caches will be full of me,
this winter.
Miss Vera Russell underwent a
operation at the Government ho
pita! this week for the removal <
her tonsils.
SENATORS REVISING
RESERVATIONS NOW
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WASHINGTON'. D. C\, Oct. 22.
The members of the senate foreig;
relations committee, who were calle
together today for the purpose o
reconsidering reservations to th
German peace treaty and League o
Nations covenant, agreed upon rt
visions to four of the reservation
previously adopted, the revisions r«
lating to Article X, the Monroe Dot
- trine, withdrawal from the league
, and domestic questions.
j The committee also adopted s
preamble to the reservations, de
f ciaring the treaty ineffective unti
’’ three of the principal Allies have
f assented to the American reserva
- ticns.
s Administration committeemen vot
- ed against the revisions and the pre
- amble.
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ISSUE
CAUSES BREAK IN CONFERENCE
NEW YORK, Oct. 22.—Attempts
of the loea! authorities to pi event
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the production of a German opera
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here have been rendered futile by
a ruling of the supreme court, hand
ed down today in the form of a
temporary injunction restraining the
city officials from interfering with
the show.
The production has created a
storm of disapproval among the peo
ple of this city, the opening on,
Monday being followed by rioting
of a serious character, which the
police had considerable difficulty in
stopping.
The city government was appealed
to by a score of patriotic and other
societies to stop the production.
: FRISCO PRINTERS
i TAKE COMPROMISE
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 22.—A
settlement of differences between
i the union printers of this city and
local publishers was reached today,
when the Typographical union ac
Icepted the offer of the employers
for a wage of $42 a week for print
ers employed on afternoon papers
The printers originally demanded
. $57 a week.
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- FORMER PREMIER HAS
CLOSE CALL IN ROME
5 ROME. Oct. 22.—Former Premier
1 Alandra narrowly escaped death on
t; the streets of this city today when
his auto was set upon by a mob of
Socialists and anarchists, stones oe ■
niing used in the attack.
-- i Several of the occupants of the
f.car were hit, but Alandra escaped
uninjured.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 22.
Notwithstanding the efforts of Presi
dent Wilson to prevent an opei
break among the delegates attend
ing the industrial conference, organ
ized labor, as represented by Presi
dent Samuel Gompers of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, withdrew
from the conference this afternoo:
and will take no further part in th
deliberations.
The action of the labor group fol
lowed the defeat of the labor reso
lution declaring for the recognitio
of the right of collective bargaining
Hostilities were started yesterdaj
when the employers’ group intro
duced a resolution opposing collet
tive bargaining. This was vote
down, as was also a substitute sut
rr.itted by the general committee, tc
gether with the committee's origin!
proposals.
When the conference resumed ii
deliberations this morning. Secretar
Lane produced President Wilson
letter in a final effort to prevent
dissolution of the conference. Th
reading was applauded by all th
delegates with the exception of th
■ labor group, among whom the letter
.(aroused no enthusiasm.
The letter urged the imperative
necessity of some action by the con 1
• ference to insure industrial peace j
during the period of reconstruction.
' The President said he could not
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■i think of the conference breaking,
r and appealed to the delegates to
i{ stand together for the development
; of the full program, by which mea
jsurable co-operation within industry
- might be secured.
The conference, he said, should
i not be dissolved because of failure
. to reach full agreement on every
. Question considered.
-1 After some discussion had taken
- ! place, following the reading of the
i President’s letter, supplemented by
- an appeal from the chair to stand
- together, the labor group introduced
1 their collective bargaining resolu
tion. indicative of their attitude on
si the question at issue. And when
.• the resolution was voted down by
? the opposing groups, Gompers an
a nounced that organized labor could
e not longer participate in a confer
e ence so opposed to one of the
o ifundamentals of unionism.
SENATORS Mil
PASSPORT MEASURE
| WASHINGTON, D. C.. Oct. 22.—
The bill providing for the extension
for a period of one year of the
war-time restriction on passports,
which was approved by the lower
house of Congress several days ago,
was passed by the senate today.
! The object of the measure is to
imake possible the exclusion of un
desirables seeking admission to the
: United States.
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j The American soldiers who re
i fused to obey orders several months
ago. while serving in North Rus
sia, were punished with sentences
ranging from two to three years,
•according to Perry Johnson, a sol
dier attached to the quartermaster's
; department, who reached Fairbanks
| this week enroute to Fort Gibbon.
Johnson happened to be voyaging
on the same transport that brought
200 of the mutineers to the United
.States, and learned much about the
mutiny, mention of which was made
in the press dispatches at the time
,of the occurrence. He says there
was not much to it beyond the fact
that the men simply refused to obey
; orders.
Johnson was stationed at Vladi
vostok for 18 months, with the Am
jerican forces there.
PRESIDENT RESTS;
MUCH BETTER NOW
WASHINGTON, D. 0 Oct. 22.—
Dr. Grayson is authority for the
statement that President Wilson en
joyed a comfortable night's rest
Iasi night, the first real good night
he has had since he became ill.
As a result of the restful sleep,
the President is in high spirits to
da> and hopeful of being able to
leave his bed at an early date.
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WILL NOE RECEDE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 22.—
The conference of coal miners an.l
operators, which began in this city
yesterday at the request of Secre
tary of Labor Wilson, adjourned
late last night without having dis
posed of any of the questions at
issue. The conferees will meet
again this afternoon, however, and
make another effort to reach an
agreement.
The leaders assert that their atti
tude is unchanged, in view of which
fact a settlement of the questions
by arbitration seems doubtful. The
miners appear determined to strike
on November first.
Mike Murray is a recent arrival
in Nenana from the Hot Spring*
• district, having come up river for
a look at the Government’s new
railroad.
BOLSHEVIK) ARE
HOLDING ENEMIES
FROM PETROGRAE
LONDON, Oct. 22. — The ant
Bolsheviki forces under General Yu
denditch apparently are unable i
capture Petrograd, in the vicinity o
which city desperate fighting ha
been in progress during the past se\
eral day*.
Today's advices from the forme
Russian capital state that the Bo
sheviki are making a very stubbor
resistance, and have even starte
an offensive at one point, haltin
the advance of Y'udenditch.
The anti-Bolsheviki leader at
nounces, however, that he has occt
pied several towns near Petrogra1
giving him an advantage of po.
tions and removing the difficulty c
further advance.
FRENCH SOLDIERS
10 GEI OFF FREI
PARIS. Oct. 22.—The passage i
the genera! amnesty law. which n.
received the approval of the Frenc
i lawmakers, will have the effect c
relieving nearly all soldier-offendei
from punishment. imposed upo
them during the war and since th
signing of the armistice.
| The law also excuses newspapei
: fighting was in progress.
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HOUSE APPROVES PLAN
FOR BUDGET BUREA
j WASHINGTON. D. C- Oct. 22.
. A bill providing for the creatio
'of a national budget bureau ws
passed by the lower house of Coi
gress this afternoon.
DANIELS MAY BUILD
BUNKERS AT SEWARD
SEATTLE, Oct. 22.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Post
Intelligencer is authority for the
! statement that it is the intention >f
:
the navy department to send naval
Veal experts to the Matanuska dis
trict in the spring to begin coal
mining operations, with a view to
i supplying coal for navy bunkers.
The naval committee has submit
ted an estimate of $450,000 for the
j erection of large coal bunkers on j
1 the shores of Resurrection bay, pre-.
sumably at or near Seward.
The report of the committee says
tnat the Matanuska field probably
will yield thirty-seven million tons
c; coal suitable for use by the navy.
EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY;
LITTLE DAMAGE REPORTED
ROM ME, Oct. 22. — An earth
quake shock of several seconds’ dur
ation was recorded here today, but
very little damage resulted.
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RUSSIAN FLEET
COME 10 GRIEF
LONDON', Oct. 22.—Advices re
ceived today at the offices of the
British admiralty announce the sink
i infr of two Bolsheviki torpedo boat
destroyers, as the result of an en
counter with vessels of the Esthoni
Ian-British war fleet in the Gulf of
Finland. The Russian vessels were
sent to attack the Allied ships, but
were put out of commission before
. thev had caused anv material dam
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. age.
The sinking of the two Bolshevik
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ships resulted in a heavy loss of
life, practically all of those on
board going down with the destroy
ers. Six of the survivors were res
cued by the Allies.
The report of the engagement
shows that the Russian vessels were
poorly manned.
NW10 RELEASE
SUPPLY OP SOMB
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WASHINGTON, D. f . Oct. 22
There is a report in circulation in
this city today to the effect that
Secretary Daniels i.- considering the
release of three million pounds of
the navy department's nine million
] pound sugar reserve, as a means of
helping to bridge the nation's sugar
shortage. ■
I Officials of the department refuse
S to confirm the report, but they do
1 r.ct deny that such a step has been
*' suggested.
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n JAP LINER GROUNDS;
GETS AWAY UNAIDED
—
■*i SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 22.—The
£ inbound Toyo Kisen Kaisha passeii
e get liner Nippon Maru grounded at
Point Pedro, 19 miles south of here,
early this morning, during a dense
fog, but later floated herself with
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j out assistance.
-] Mr. and Mrs. Larry O'Keefe and
n son were returning passengers on
s this afternoon’s train from Lignite,
i- where they enjoyed a several-day
outing.