where: rails and rivers meet
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Volume Two member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 21, 1919.
Number 94
PEACE TREATY IS HANDED TO AUSTRIA
RADICALS TAKE CHARGE OF AFFAIRS IN HUNGAR Y
I SENATE COMMITTEEMEN TIRE OF MEXICAN OUTRAGES
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FOR SHIPYARDS
SAX FRANCISCO, July 21.—Ne
gotiations between officers of the in
< ternational unions and representa
tives of Pacific coast shipyards were
started in this city today, with a
view to reaching an early agreement
on a new wage agreement to go
into effect on the first of October,
when the existing agreement lapses.
Representatives of nearly all the
Pacific coast yards were present at
the opening conference and they
were given to understand that the
employes of Pacific coast yards
would insist on numerous changes
when the new agreement is framed.
The union officials represent ap
proximately 125,000 shipyard work
m
ens.
WASHINGTON', D. C., July 21—
This city was the scene last night
of serious fighting between white
residents and negroes, following an
attack upon white women by mem
bers of the colored population.
Scores of negroes were injured,
some so severely that it was found
necessary to take them to hospitals
» for treatment. Over a dozen are
under the care of doctors today.
Feeling ran high throughout the
city and clashes were of frequent
occurrence until peace was finally
restored by the police. Negroes
were dragged from street cars and
beaten and other attacks occurred
wherever negroes were encountered,
soldiers, sailors and marines taking
an active part in the disturbances.
‘ CONTRACTORS ARE
The contracting firm of Butler &
Maddocks, to which was recently
4 awarded a big grading contract on
the Tanana Valley railroad by the
Alaskan Engineering commission,
has completed preparations to begin
work, and it is expected that dirt
will begin moving before the end
of the present week.
The contract calls for the re
moval of 12,000 yards of dirt on
Fox gulch. Part of the work will
* consist of making a fill, where there
is a bridge at present, and the con
tract also includes a cut which will
straighten the roadbed.
The contract wras awarded before
the order came directing a curtail
ment of contract work on the Tan
ana Valley, and is of sufficient size'
to keep the contractors busy the
rest of the summer.
LEAGUE CAN BE
MADE SUITABLE
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 21.—
The senate was addressed this morn
ing by Senator Atlee Pomerene,
Democrat, of Ohio, on the League
of Nations question, the senator
presenting many arguments in fa
vor of the covenant, and concluding
his remarks with a strong appeal
for prompt and unreserved action,
as requested by President Wilson.
The principal argument advanced
by the Ohioan was that the league
covenant could be amended from
time to time, as experience and de
velopments required, always with
the object in view of making the
world safe against a resumption of
large-scale hostilities.
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PRESIDENT TAKEN
ILL ON VACATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 21.—S
President Wilson has been ordered)
to bed by his physician, Dr. Gray- j
son, and it is probable that he will
be unable to receive any callers at
the White House before the end of
the week. Dr. Grayson says that
the condition of the executive i9
not serious, but that he must have
complete rest for several days.
The President was taken ill on
his return late yesterday from a
week-end cruise to Hampton Roads.
AH engagements for the week have j
been canceled.
CARL WHITE STEAMER
ON WAY TO TOLOVANA
The new Carl White steamer,
which refused to work satisfactorily i
earlier in the season, passed down
stream early yesterday morning, en
route to the logjam, and reported
at the mouth of the Tolovana yes
terday afternoon. The boat was
thoroughly overhauled at Fairbanks
and appears to be working all right
this trip.
Mrs. M. V. Tyler and little daugh
ter boarded the boat at Nenana,
bound for West Fork.
CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY
BUY GREAT ESTATES OF
ENGLISH ARISTOCRATS
LONDON. — Gradually England’s
captains of industry are acquiring
. the huge estates of the aristocrats.
; Lord Leverhulme, a soap manufac
, turer, who recently purchased the
Island of Lewis, is now understood
'to have bought also the Island of j
Harris, in the Hebrides. Together
the islands cover 500,000 acres.
The only larger estate in the j
kingdom is that of the Duke of
Sutherland, who, despite recent
| sales, still owns 900,000 acres.
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AUSTRIAN TREATY
READY FOR NAMES!
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PARIS, July 21.—The Austrian
treaty, which teas completed by the
Allied representatives late last week,
was handed to the Austrian delega
tion yesterday for final considera
tion. The Austrians will have 15
days in which to make their final
observations, after which they must
either sign the document or refuse
to attach their signatures.
The reparation terms contained
in the Austrian treaty are similar
to those of the German treaty. The
Austrian pre-war debt is apportion
ed among the former parts of the
country, so that each may bear the
burden of settlement.
The Austrian army is reduced by
the treaty to a volunteer force of
30,000 men, which is deemed suffi
cient for the maintenance of inter
nal order and the protection of
frontiers. The army must be re- j
duced within three months after the j
signing of the treaty.
But one factory is to be allowed i
for the manufacture of munitions,
and the treaty prohibits the im
portation of munitions.
MODERATE REGIME
FALLS IN HUNGARY
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VIENNA, July 21. — Prominent
newspapers of this city are author
ity for the statement that the Bela
Kun government in Hungary has
collapsed, the reports indicating that
the moderate leaders have been de
posed by a triumvirate of radicals
whQ are preparing for a reign of
terrorism.
The new leaders have ordered the
moderate commander at Budapest j
to turn that city over to the new J
regime, and a cal! has been issued
for volunteers for terrorist troops, j
The Red army of Bela Kun is ■
said to be breaking up rapidly.
Money values in Hungary are de- •
(predating.
LONDON', July 21. — Sir Eric
Geddes has been appointed commis
sioner, whose task it will be tc
bring: about a settlement of the
English coal miners’ strike. Geddes
it is understood, will proceed tc
Yorkshire immediately.
The appointment of Geddes wa:
announced to the house of commons
this morning by Premier Davie
Lloyd George, who informed the
lawmakers that everything possible
is being done by the government tc
arrange a satisfactory settlement oi
the mine labor trouble.
PACKERS DEMAND
DIG WAGE BOOS!
CHICAGO, July 21.—The strike
of 10,000 packing-house employes
which demoralized the meat-packing
industry of this city last week, ha
been settled temporarily by the ref
erence of the wage dispute to Fed
eral Judge Alschuler, who will r.e-1
as arbiter. The men returned tc
work this morning, pending a per
manent adjustment of the question
involved.
The strikers are demanding a 3(
per cent increase in their wages
which will benefit 80,000 workers
if granted.
Miss Blacknell, of St. Mark’s mis
sion, who is in Fairbanks on a visit
may return to-her home in Nenanf
tomorrow.
SWEDES ARE HEED
BY EENINE CROWD
STOCKHOLM, July 21—The Bol
sheviki government at Petrograd has j
; refused the request of the Swedish 1
:foreign office for the release of five!
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members of the Swedish legation '
jwho were recently placed under ar-1
rest by the Russian authorities.
Officials of the foreign office are!
of the opinion that representatives
of other nations are liable to be
held by the Bolsheviki, but it is
not known if any are now under
arrest.
It has not been announced what
action is contemplated to secure the
liberation of the Swedish representa
tives.
The steamer Reliance, of the
American-Yukon Navigation compa
ny, is expected here early tomor- ■
row morning from the upper Koyu
kuk river, where a general cargo of
early freight was delivered for the
stores of the Northern Commercial;
company at Wiseman and Betties.
The steamer is expected here about
8:30.
The future movements of the Re
liance are not known here. If,
upon arrival at Fairbanks, there is
sufficient freight in sight for the
upper Tanana, a voyage doubtless
will be made immediately to Tan
ana Crossing. If not, the crew of
the Reliance may be transferred to
the Tanana for an excursion to Ne
nana next Saturday.
COMMITTEE IS
URGED TO GIVE
PLAN SUPPORT
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 21.—
Members of the senate foreign rela
tions committee have been urged
by President Wilson to give their
approval to the appointment of the
American members of the German
reparation commission. Prompt ac
tion is urged by the executive be
cause, he has informed the com
mitteemen, he considers the appoint,
ment of the commission of high im
portance to the nation's business in
terests.
It is understood the President in
tends to name Bernard Barauch as
a member of the commission. He
aided at Paris in working out the
reparations and economic clauses of
the peace treaty.
The request of the President was
discussed on Saturday by the com
mittee, but no action has been
taken yet.
MRPLANE SERVICE
IS ESTABLISHED TO
CATALINA ISLAND
LOS ANGELES, Cal.—A airplane
line from Los Angeles harbor to
Catalina island, with Avalon as the
island terminal, has been estab
lished by Sidney Chaplin. Five
army-trained pilots have been en
raged. The distance from the main
land to Catalina island is 26 miles,
and the flying time is 20 minutes.
Mr. Chaplin announces that he
intends to establish routes to sev
eral cities of Southern California.
The service to Catalina is for the
convenience of tourists and sum
mer visitors, who visit the island
in large numbers.
rOBACCO RAISING
IS SUCCESSFUL ON
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
HONOLULU, T. H. — Jared G
Smith, pioneer tobacco grower of
the Kona district on the island of
Hawaii, is authority for the state
ment that the Hawaiian tobacco in
dustry has reached a stage where
permanent success is assured. Hu
ivaiian tobacco growers have found
no difficulty in disposing of their
crops at profitable prices. Mr.
Smith says the Hawaiian tobacco
classes with the Cuban and Porto
Rican product, but that a wrapper
das not yet been developed, the
growers thus far confining them
selves to the cultivation of filler to
bacco.
MAIL STAGE IS DUE AT
FAIRBANKS LATE TODAY
Advices received from Fairbanks
this afternoon state that a Gibson
mail auto left Richardson early this
morning, enroute from Chitina, and
should reach Fairbanks this evening,
rhe auto has a consignment of Out
side mail and two passengers.
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TO KNOW ABOUT
MEXICAN RAIDS
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j WASHINGTON. D. C.. July 21
Members of the senate foreign rela
tions committee have requested the
'state department to supply them
with full information regarding Mex
ican depredations against Americans
i during the past seevral years. The
; committeemen are of' the opinion
that steps should be taken by the
United States to put a stop to Mex
ican raids and anti-American activi
ties in the Southern republic.
| The members of the committee
have been aroused by the reports
'of an attack bv Mexican bandits on
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jailors from the monitor Cheyenne,
and it is expected that this outrage
will result in prompt action.
i Secretary Daniels is authority for
the statement that none of the new
Pacific fleet is to be diverted to
Mexican waters.
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j .SAN FRANCISCO. July 21.—Act
ing on instructions received from
the International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers, ten of the strik
ing telephone unions of the Pacific
coast have voted to return to work,
and it is expected that normal con
ditions will be restored within the
jnext few days. Nineteen unions,
.which had not joined the strike
movement, have voted to remain at
work. ^
j Portland, Seattle, and Spokane
.workers returned to their places to
jday, and it is expected that the Ta
j coma strikers will go back to work
'tomorrow. Oakland, San Francisco,
and Sacramento workers have re
[
j fused to cal! their strike off, defying
Ithe international’s orders.
The action of the Northwestern
unions will result in the immediate
restoration of normal conditions in
Oregon and Washington, and the
return of manv workers to their
places in this state gives the situa
tion a more hopeful outlook here,
altheugh conditions locally are still
I considerably upset.
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There were no launch sailings for
the upper town today, but it is pos
sible that both the Victory and the
Peerless will get away tomorrow.
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