WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26. 19 19.
NO. 202
GARFIELD WILL ISSUE COAL ULTIMATUM
MEXICAN REVOLUTIONARY LEADER IS EXECUTED
AMERICAN ARMY OFFICER TRIES CZAR RULE AT MINES
TRYING IG GEI
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NAVI INCREASE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 26.—
A decision has been reached by the
house naval committee to recom
mend an increase in the pay allow-!
ance of naval officers and men. The |
committee plan provides that the!
pay of commissioned officers shall
be increased 15 percent and that
of petty officers 50 percent.
The increase u-ill necessitate the
expenditure of an additional ten j
million dollars for naval upkeep j
from now until 1921, when a new 1
wage scale will be made to conform j
to condition as they mav exist at |
that time. :
Members of the committee say j
the present scale is inadequate and
i
a deterrent to enlistments. j
CUT TURKEY FEEDS
OAKLAND, Cal., Nov. 26.—Mem
bers of the Housewives’ league of
this city will spend a turkeyless:
Thanksgiving, in accordance with an
edict issued by the league with a
view to combating the high cost of
living.
The members of the organization
are pledged to omit turkey from
the Thanksgiving menu, and they
will canvass the city in an effort to
prevail upon non-members to follow ;
their example.
Willis Nicley left for the end of
steel on this morning’s train, en
route to the States by way of .
Broad Pass.
GARFIELD COAL ULTIMATUM !
WILL BE ISSUED TOMORROW
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GOVERNMENT TO
START PROBE OF
; Bert Schlesinger, a well-known local
| attorney, has been advised of his
! appointment as special assistant fed
! eral attorney-general. It will be
!his duty to direct the investigation
i
' cf Pacific coast shipyard work car
i ried on during the war and to con
i duct the prosecutions in connection
i with the frauds, of which the Gov
lernment already has some knowl
i edge.
| The new prosecutor will begin
his work among the San Francisco
bay yards and will carry the inves
tigation up the coast to Puget
sound. The inquiry will start at
once, and Schlesinger has the as
surance of the department of jus
tice that he can count upon the co
operation of federal officials along
. the entire coast, upon any of whom
he is at liberty to call for assist
ance in connection with his special
duties.
Bert Green, son of Dr. Green, of
the Kuskokwim country, is a recent
. arrival in Fairbanks, having made
the trip to Interior Alaska on a
fur-buving expedition. He is plan
ning to go to Circle from Fair
banks.
AUTOCRAT OF ARMY
ROUNDS UP MINERS
SHERIDAN, Wyo., Nov. 26.— I
Scores of striking Wyoming coal
miners, who refused to obey an or- i
der to return to work, were rounded
up by soldiers this week in the Car
neyville district, and placed in in
terurban cars for removal to the,
county jail here.
Major Warren Dean, commander
of the Northern Wyoming militia,
has issued orders to other striking
miners to return to work at once,
lest they be dealt with in a similar
manner.
CAN’T BELIEVE IT.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 26.—
When questioned today regarding
the autocratic action of Major Dean,
Secretary of W’ar Baker declared it
to be inconceivable that an army
officer would order the arrest of
miners in the manner reported in
the press dispatches from Sheridan.
He said that no official report of
the affair had reached the war of- ,
fice, and that, until he had been
officially informed, he could not
' make a statement for publication.
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RADICALS ARRESTED.
CLARKSBURG, W. Va., Nov. 26. '
—Several alleged radical leaders
. have been taken into custody at
Wendell, a mining settlement where
there has been much trouble since
the commencement of the coal min
' ^ I
ers' strike. In addition to arresting
the leaders, the officers seized a
quantity of liquor at Wendell.
Wendell is regarded as a radical-t
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ism center.
Ingwald Thomassen, a member of
the Mills engineering party, left for
his station on this morning’s thain.
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Wednesday, November 26.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 26.—
i The final, definite statement defin
ing the attitude of the Government
on the coal strike situation, will be
issued tomorrow, over the signature
of Fuel Administrator Garfield, ac
cording to official announcement
made this afternoon. The state
ment has been authorized by the
cabinet and will be in the nature
'of an ultimatum to coal operators
and striking miners alike, and will,
it is believed, bring the warring
factions quickly to terms.
Operators Must Pay.
It is understood that the oper
ators, who offered the miners an ad
vance of 15 cents per ton, will be
asked to increase wages from 20
to 25 percent over the present
scale, and to pay the increase with
out material change in existing coal
prices. Secretary of Labor Wilson
proposed that the operators be com
pelled to grant a 31 percent ad
vance, and the proposal was assent- l
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j ed to by the miners, but it is be-!
Sieved that Fuel Administrator Gar-'
field’s compromise proposition re
ceived the approval of the cabinet
members.
Will Take Time.
Fuel Administrator Garfield said
today that several weeks might
elapse before a final settlement of
the wage controversy is reached, as
it would be necessary for the miners
to refer the offer back to their lo
cals for consideration.
Crisis at Hand.
Officials of the Government ex
press the belief that a crisis in the
nation’s coal situation has been
reached and drastic measures are
being considered for the further
conservation of fuel sufficiently to
tide the country over until operators
and miner? have reached an agree
ment. It. may be necessary to pro
hibit the manufacture of coke.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio., Nov. 26. [strike for an indefinite period. The
—The constitution committee which.! decision to carry the fight for a
is directing the steel strike has j closed shop to a finish received the
reached a decision to continue the unanimous support of the committee.
BRITONS WATCH
DRY EFFORTS OF
UNITED STATES
LONDON, Nov. 26.—Commenting
on the reform wave just now sweep
ing the United States, Premier
Lloyd George declared today, in a
speech made before the house of
commons, that he had never believed
prohibition possible until he had
witnessed the elemination plans of
America, already partially effective.
The action of the states, he said,
had come as a great surprise to him
when they ratified the American
prohibition amendment.
The American experiment is be
ing watched sympathetically by
wide-open England, and the predic
tion is freely made that the Am
erican “drys” will not long remain
in control.
PARIS HOTEL OWNERS
EXPECTING BIG RUSH
PARIS, Nov. 26.—Prominent ho- !
tel men of this city are planning1
the construction of barrack hotels;
along the various battlefronts, for
the accommodation of the thousands
of American tourists who are ex- I
pected to cross the Atlantic next s
year. The hotels will be temporary j
structures, but modern in every re
!
spect.
■mu—The Oatvway to JCcXlalay
■lUml Park.
LOOSE METHODS
AT ISLAND GIVE
SOVIETS STAR!
NEW YORK, Nov. 26.—Acting!
Immigration Commissioner Uhl in
formed the house investigating com
mittee today that privileges granted
at Ellis island during the regime of
former Commissioner Howe were
such as to encourage open revolt 1
against the United Statts among the
undesirable? held at the island. Uhl
declares that altogether too many
liberties have been granted in the
. 1
past.
“Were the privileges to be cor.- 1
tinued.” Uhl informed the investi
gators. “it would not be long before
the Ellis islanders would attempt
to form a Bolsheviki soviet on the
island.”
Many of the undesirables who
were sent to the island from vari
ous parts of the country, for de
portation, are now enjoying the full
est liberty, some of them having
been released under bonds and oth
ers turned loose on parole pending
the consideration of their cases.
A letter received from Seattle on •
yesterday’s mail tells of an acci
dent that befell Bob Mitchell re
cently while employed in a Seattle
shipyard, resulting in a broken
shoulder. Mitchell was still laid
up at the time the letter was writ-'
ten.
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j SEATTLE, Nov. 26.—The prose-,
I cuting- attorneys of various Wash
ington counties, who have been in
! conference in this city during the
ipast several days for the purpose
of considering the growth of radi
i calism in the Northwest, have de
cided to launch a vigorous cam
•paigri against Washington disturb-.
, ers. with the object of restoring
jthe state to a peaceful industrial
j basis.
1 The war on radicalism will be
started immediatelv. according to
'
announcement made last night, and
j citizens, lawyers, fraternal organiza
tions, and civic bodies have been in
ivited to render such assistance as
may be needed to stamp out radic-al
: ism for all time. Lawyers are
asked to give their services free
and citizens are urged to accept
i jury duty willingly and with a re
j solve to render verdicts in accord
jance with evidence submitted.
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NOTED LITTLE WOMAN
PASSES IN THE EAST
MIDDLEBORO, Mass.. Nov. 26.—
Countess Primo Magri, known as
•Mrs. Tom Thumb, died here today.
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Alaska'* Interior me1. Pepoi
SEATTLE, Nov. 26.-—It is under
j stood here today that the special
j committee of the fisheries bureau,
'which conducted hearings in this city
on the question of closing certain
streams in Alaska to salmon fishing,
will recommend that all Northern
streams he closed as a means of re
stocking the rivers with fish. The
'report of the committee will state
that all interests represented at the
| hearing favored the closing of rivers
to commercial fishing.
The hearings, which closed last
night after several enlightening ses
sions. were addressed by Governor
Thomas Riggs, of Alaska, and by
. numerous of the cannerymen who
' are engaged in taking fish from
Northern waters.
The committee will launch a cam
paign during the winter, urging ad
ditional legislation which will broad
en the authority of the fisheries
bureau.
FARIS, Nov. 26.—There will be
no change in the holiday plans of
the American peace delegates as a
result of the failure of the senate
to ratify the peace treaty. Accord
ing to an announcement made to
day. the delegates will start for the
United States on December fifth,
as originally planned, no orders to
the contrary having reached Paris
since the adjournment of Congress
CARRANZA EXECUTES
OPPOSITION LEADER
EL PASO, Tex., Xov. 26.—Gen
eral Felipe Angeles, who was classed
before the great ..war as one of the
world’s jgreatest artillerists, and who
I had attained considerable fame as
an artillery commander in the Mex
ican army under the long: regime
of President Diaz, was executed at
Chihuahua this morning by a Car
ranza firing squad, following his
conc'iction on the charge of par
ticipating in a rebellion against the
Carranza government.
Angeles was captured near Parra!
on November 19 by Carranza troops
and his trial started on Monday of
this week. The death sentence was
imposed last night by four Carranza
generals. Two companions of An
geles, who were captured at the
same time, were executed without
formality, and two others are now
in prison.
The trial of the unfortunate gen
eral ' was very largely attended,
there being many society people
present throughout the proceedings.
Many French residents of Mexico
City appealed to President Carran
za for clemency, bat without suc
cess. The president refused to in
terfere with the proceeding' in an',
way.
It is the belief of military men
prominent in Mexican affair.- that
Angeles was responsible for the
presence in Mexico of a French 7">
millimeter gun.
Both friends and enemies of the
idead revolutionist declare that he
was an unselfish patriot, engaged
until the end in an endeavor to
bring peace to Mexico.
Angeles cast his fortunes with
Francisco Madero in the revolution
by which Madero seized the Mexi
can presidency, and after the as
sassination of Madero, he enlisted
his skill in support of the cause of
Francisco Villa against the Carran
za government, and was credited
with planning many of the battles
Villa won.
Early in his career, Angeles won
the good will of Mexicans because
• of his humanitarian policies.