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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. 111.
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NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1920
NO. 138
PONZI PANIC PULLS MORE BANKS DOWN
MAJOR LEAGUE STARS ADMIT JUGGLING SERIES
WILSON REFUSES TO CARRY OUT ORDERS OF CONGRESS
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GALVESTON FIRE
GALVESTON, Tex., Sept. 30.—
Fire originating in sulphur bins on
the wharf here this morning spread
to the waterfront and was soon be
yond control, causing a property
loss of more than $2,000,000. Piers,
cotton plants, warehouses, ships and
cargoes were consumed by the
flames.
Several firemen were overcome by
sulphur fumes, the presence of which
added greatly to the difficulty of
fighting the fire.
Fire Chief Ryan received a letter
yesterday, postmarked some Canadi
an city,. in which the chief was
warned that he was “going to be de
stroyed.’’ The letter has been turn
ed over to the police and the con
viction is growing that the fire was
of incendiary origin.
GOTHAM PAYS TRIBUTE
TO FRIEND OF NEEDY
NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—All New
York paid tribute yesterday to the
memory of Jacob Schiff, banker and
philanthropist, who died last Satur
day. Thousands sought admission
to the simple funeral ceremony, and
in every quarter of the city business
was partially or wholly suspended.
Many courts were adjourned, the
flags of banking houses floated at
half-mast, and gloom pervaded the
grief-stricken East Side, where shut
ters were closed and peddlers’ push
carts were covered and idle.
SWISS SOCIALISTS DO
NOT FAVOR BOLSHEVIKI
BERNE, Sept. 30. — The Swiss
majority Socialists have decided not
to affiliate with the third interna
tionale of Moscow under soviet con
ditions.
r PRINCE RUPERT HITS;
DAMAGE NOT SERIOUS
VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. 30.—
The steamship Prince Rupert struck
a rock in Swanson bay yesterday,
staving in two compartments. The
damage, however, is not of a seri
ous character. The passengers were
transferred to the Prince John.
GUST NELSON GUILTY OF
FIRST DEGREE MURDER
ALEXANDRIA, Minn., Sept. 30
—Gustaf Nelson, son-in-law of Sen
ator Knute Nelson, was found guil
ty today on the charge of first de
gree murder. Young Nelson was
placed under arrest several months
• ago on the charge of killing Joseph
Middleton, a farmhand, during a
scuffle for the possession of a gun.
HUGE CROWDS ATTEND
MOVIE STAR'S FUNERAL
NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—The fu
neral of Olive Thomas drew a large
crowd here today, the crush being
such that the police were forced to
clear a way through the streets for
the funeral procession. Scores of
women fainted. There were more
DEPOSITORS WITHDRAW CASH; i
BOSTON BANKS CLOSE DOORS
BOSTON, Sept. 30.—Bank Com
missioner Allen has closed the Fi
delity Trust company, the sixth bank
to become involved in financial dif
ficulties since the collapse of the
Ponzi get-rich-quick scheme. Com
missioner Allen explains that the
heavy withdrawal of deposits from
the Fidelity bank, combined with
slow and doubtful loans, has ren
dered the institution unsound.
Public Alarmed.
The closing of six local banks has
filled the public with alarm and
withdrawals from other banks have
been very heavy during the past
week, and the situation is regarded
as very grave. There was a heavy
run on the Tremont Trust company
] this morning, and at the end of an
| hour the officials of the institution
i announced that they would demand
j 90 dayss’ notice before paying out
I any more money from their savings
; department.
TRADE BALANCE SLUMPS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 30
■—Commenting on the recent slump
in favorable trade balance, O. P.
Hopkins, acting director of foreign
and domestic commerce, declares
that the reduction in no way re
flects an unsound economic condi
tion. The slump, he says, has befen
expected for months, and should not
be regarded with uneasiness by Am
erican businessmen.
AUTO PRICES SKIDDING.
NEW YORK, Sept. 30.—The ac
tion of the Ford and Franklin Motor
companies in cutting prices has been
followed by similar cuts by the
Willys-Overland, Hudson, and Stude
baker companies. Other companies
are expected to join the stampede
to lower price levels.
COMPANY QUITS.
TOLEDO, Sept. 30.—Temporarily
releasing 4,500 workers, the Willys
Overland Automobile company has
closed its Toledo plant, the action
being blamed to a slump in demand
for cars, necessitating a curtailment
of production. Under normal con
ditions the company employs about
14,000, but after today the number
will not exceed 2,000.
COLLARS DOWN.
TROY, N. Y„ Sept. 30.—Earl &
Wilson, one of the largest collar
and shirt manufacturing concerns in
the country, has announced a big
reduction in the wholesale price of
shirts. The company recently an
nounced a reduction of 12*4 per
cent in the price of collars.
MORE LAID OFF.
COLUMBUS, Sept. 30. — Nine
hundred of the 1,000 employes of
the Timken Roller Bearings com
pany were laid off this morning.
than a dozen automobiles loaded
with floral offerings.
Olive Thomas, wife of Jack Pick
ford, and herself a movie star, died
in London recently as the result of
taking poison by mistake.
BABE RUTH HAMMERS
ANOTHER FOR CIRCLE
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 30— In
the ninth inning of the first game
of a double-header played here yes
terday, Babe Ruth knocked another
home run, making his total for the
season 54.
VETERAN RAILROADER
GIVES UP PRESIDENCY
ST. PAUL, Sept. 30_J. M. Han
naford has resigned as president of
the Northern Pacific and will be
succeeded by Charles Donnelly, ex- j
ecutive vice-president. Hannaford1
has been with the road 54 years.
COLLISION IS FATAL
TO TRACTOR WORKERS
DEARBORN, Sept. 30. — Three
men are in a dying condition as the
result of a collision between a mo
tor truck and an interurban car at
an early hour this morning. Thir
teen others were more or less seri
ously injured. The truck was load
ed with Ford tractor employes.
BOMB DESTROYS HOME
OF CHICAGO TRUSTEE
CHICAGO, Sept. 30—The home
of Alderman John Powers, in the
Nineteenth ward, was wreeked by a
bomb during the night. Most of
the residents of the district are Ital
ians.
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observation station, Nenana R
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Wednesday, September 29. R
Maximum .-.46 above R
Mipimum .27 above R
Thursday, September 30. R
Maximum .40 above R
Minimum .29 above R
THREATENS IMPEACHMENT
SEATTLE, Sept. 30.—The Wash-;
ington correspondent of the Times
has informed his paper that Repre
sentative George W. Edmonds, Re- j
publican, of Pennsylvania, is authori-}
ty for the statement that an effort
will be made, during the coming j
session of Congress, to impeach ;
President Wilson, because of his re- i
fusal to carry out the provisions of j
the Jones bill, by which the Presi
dent was instructed to annul exist
ing treaties between the United
States and foreign countries by
which the United States is prevented
from granting special import tariff
and transportation rates on imports
carried on vessels of American reg
istry.
The state department formally
announced several days ago that
President Wilson had decided not to
carry out the instructions of Con
gress, and his action has caused
considerable comment in official cir
cles.
PLAYERS INDICTED;
MAKE CONFESSIONS
CHICAGO, Sept. 30.-—The Cook i
county grand jury, which is engaged
in an investigation of charges that
the 1919 world’s baseball series be
tween Chicago and Cincinnati was
thrown at the instigation of a Chi
cago gambling ring, voted true bills
yesterday against eight members of
the Chicago American team, and it
is understood the indicted men, who
are all White Sox stars, will not be
permitted to finish the season with
their team. Those indicted are:
Eddie Cicotte, Claude Williams,
Chick Gandil, Happy Felsh, Charles
Risberg, Joe Jackson, Fred McGillii^
and Buck Weaver.
Makes Cob feu ion.
Claude Williams, White Sox pitch
er, made a complete statement yes
terday morning, supplementing the
confessions made previous by Jack
son and Cicotte. He named two
Boston gamblers as the principals
in the deal, and said that he re
ceived $10,000 for his part in
throwing the series. Cicotte previ
ously stated that his share also was
$10,000, and Jackson said he was
to have received $20,000, but got
only $6,000.
.When Cicotte appeared before the
grand jury on Tuesday he broke
down and cried like a baby. He
said he took the money because he
needed it for his wife and kids. He
found the money under his pillow
in a Cincinnati hotel on the night
before the opening game of the
series.
Conspiracy Charge.
The indicted players are charged
with conspiracy to violate the state
law, and it is believed that others
will be added to the list of those
now under arrest. An official of the
court is authority for the statement
that Cicotte engineered the whole
deal for the gamblers, resulting in
the loss of the series for the White
Sox.
Comiskey has suspended all of
the indicted players with the excep
tion of Gandil, who is not playing
this season.
Can't Accept Help.
The owners of several American
league and other clubs offered Com
iskey the use of any of their men
to finish the season, and the spirit
of friendship brought tears to the
old Roman’s eyes. But he had to
reject the offers, the rules of the
league preventing the use of such
players.
May Win Anyway.
Notwithstanding the fact that it
is generally believed that Comiskey
loBt all chance of winning the Am
erican league pennant when he sus
! pended his indicted players, Man
j ager Gleason declares that the
! White Sox “will win the league pen
I nant and the world’s series in spite
! of the loss of seven players."
NEW CONSPIRACY.
XEW YORK, Sept. .'!0.—District
Attorney Lewis has announced that
it is his intention to start an im
. mediate investigation of reports to
; the effect that there is a clique of
1 gamblers organized for the purpose
I of bribing members of the Brooklyn !
i National team to throw the coming ;
i series, scheduled to start on Oc- ;
1 tober 5.
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'ladies are planning
j. BENEFIT FOR CHURCH
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A big entertainment is being plan
ned by the ladies of Nenana for the
benefit of the local Catholic church,
the date selected for the affair be
ing Hallowe’en.
The entertainment will consist of
a special program of vaudeville and
pictures at the Coliseum, to be fol
lowed by a free dance at Union hall,
at which the ladies will serve ice
cream and other refreshments.
The various committees appointed
to look after the details are now
hard at work and hope to be ready
at an early date to make a more
complete announcement of their
plans.
One of the special features of the
show will be the awarding of door
prizes at the Coliseum, the holder of
each ticket being entitled to a
chance. The tickets will be placed
on sale within the next few days.
An auto stage left Fairbanks this
morning with Mr. and Mrs. Svin
land, of Tolovana; Charles C. Johns,
former internal revenue officer, and
Roy Hoyt, of the Fairbanks fire de
partment, who is going to Chitina
to get the new auto hose truck re
cently purchased by the Fairbanks
city council.
The power boat Galatea left Fair
banks this morning, headed for
Baker creek, near Hot Springs. The
passengers are Road Foreman and
Mrs. John Joslin, a cook and several
men who will be employed for a
month on road repair work between
Baker creek and Fairbanks.
CLEVELAND. Sept. JO. — The
closing hours of the second annual
convention of the American Legion,
which adjourned yesterday after
noon, were taken up with the con
sideration of the report of the Am
ericanization committee, which was
adopted after a stormy debate. The
report recommends the cancellation
of the gentlemen’s agreement be
tween the United States and Japan,
the exclusion of Japanese picture
brides, and the rigid exclusion of
Japanese immigrants of all classes.
And, in conclusion, the report says:
“We enter vigorous protest against,
the demand of Japan for naturaliza
tion rights.” The executive com
mittee of the legion was authorized
to dispose of all matters referred
by the convention.
The legion renewed its declara
tion of political independence; re
affirmed its stand in favor of na
tional defense; reiterated its car
dinal principles that those who gave
most should receive most from the
nation; restated its position in fa
vor of adjusted compensation; voted
to continue the campaign of Am
ericanization; adopted the publicity
committee's report requesting the
press to avoid featuring, a-- a class,
soldiers convicted of crime; urged
that “slackers be compelled to take
the consequences of their treason”;
adopted the report of the soldiers’
bonus committee, recommending the
passage of the house bonus bill,
which was passed by the house dur
ing the last session of Congress,
and which is now in the hands of
the senate.
F. W. Galbraith. Jr., of Cincin
nati, was elected national command
er of the legion, to succeed Franklin
D’Olier. Kansas City was selected
as the next meeting place.
ANSWER OF JAPAN.
TOKIO, Sept. 30.—Local news
papers say that Marquis Okuma,
former premier of Japan, has de
cided to devote himself to awaken
ing the Japanese people against "the
unlawful attitude of Californians."
TOWN ELECTION QUIET;
ONE TICKET IN FIELD
The voters of Nenana are electing
a board of town trustees today, but
because of the fact that there is
only one ticket in the field, not
much interest is being displayed in
the voting.
The polls opened at the tirehall at
ten o’clock this morning and will
remain open until seven o’clock this
evening. Those in charge of the
election are Robert Joseph Diven,
Mrs. R. G. Southworth and Fire
Chief Allan A. Johnson.
Any citizen who has resided in
N’enana 30 days next preceding the
election may vote, whether a resi
dent of the town proper or the rail
road reserve.
The candidates whose names ap
pear on the ballot are: M. J. Cooney,
J. H. Flower, J. H. Miles, Joe
O’Connor, Henry Rappolt, Oscar
Rothenburg and Geo. W. Woods.