WHERE- RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. 111.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 9. 1920.
NO. 80
BOLSHEVIKI ADVANCE MENACES POLES
RAILROAD WAGE BOARD WILL REPORT JULY 20
REFERENDUM shows public opposes interference
WALSH WILL TRY
FOR SUPPORT OF
twin
CHICAGO, July 9.—In spite of
the adverse result of the mail vote
taken by the committee of forty
eight on the question of supporting
Ireland’s campaign for independence,
Frank P. Walsh, who conducted an
unsuccessful fight before the Repub
lican and Democratic conventions,
announces that he will persist in
his efforts to get the endorsement
of the committee of forty-eight to
his program.
The referendum taken by the
committee to ascertain the views of
voters in various sections of the'
country showed a majority of 30,000
opposed to Irish, Russian and Mex- i
iean interference of any kind on ■
the part of the United States.
It is considered certain that the:
committee will be influenced in its;
attitude on these questions by the
result- of the mail vote, in spite of,
Walsh’s activities.
MARCH SAYS GRAVES
ARE IN GOOD ORDER
NEW YORK, July 9.—General
Peyton C. March, who has just
returned to the United States from
a tour of the war zone in France
and Belgium, reports that the Amer
ican graves in France have received
the best of care at the hands of •
the French people and military au- j
thorities.
ARGENTINA LIMITING
EXPORTATION OF WHEAT
BUENOS AIRES, July 9.—A de
cree limiting the further exportation
of wheat from Argentina to half a
million tons has been issued by Pres
ident Irigoyon.
SUCCESS OF RUSSIAN ARMY
CAUSES CRISIS IN POLAND
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WITNESSES TALK
ST. LOUIS, July 9.—Senator Ken
yon and the other members of the
special committee of the senate ap
pointed to investigate pre-convention ,
expenses of the various candidates'
seeking nomination arrived in this ^
city during the night for the pur
pose of resuming their inquiry, hav- ■
ing come to this city to make speciali
inquiry into the Palmar campaign, i
Henry Lincoln Johnson, colored,
member of the Republican national
committee, of Georgia, and manager
of the Lowden campaign in that
state, appeared before the committee
this morning and confirmed the
statement that he received $9,000
Lowden money, and spent $20,000.
He stated further that General Wood
spent fully $60,000 in Georgia.
Johnson also accused the Democrats
of spending large sums, much of
which went for votes at from $5 *o
$500 each at local elections.
DAYTON, Ohio, July 9.—Chair
man Cummins has issued a call for
a meeting of the Democratic na
tional committee, to be held in this
city on July 20. Governor Cox has
announced that he will maintain
personal headquarters at Columbus
during the campaign.
The plans of the Democratic com
mittee will not be formulated until
the arrival of the committeemen and
I Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Governor Cox has intimated that
;he may go to Washington in the
near future for a conference with
President Wilson. He has already
jheld several telephone conversations
| with Secretary Tumulty, presumably
| with regard to a meeting with the
'.President.
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jOXFORD IS DEFEATED
BY PRINCETON TEAMS
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1 LONDON, July 9.—Princeton ath
letes carried off the honors in track
! and field events here today, defeat
ing Oxford in six to four order.
PRESIDENT TO SPEND
SUMMER AT CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 9.—
Announcement is made at the White
House that it is the intention of
President Wilson to spend the sum
mer in Washington. He does not
plan to spend any part of the season
away from the capital.
WARSAW, July 9.—The National
Council of Defense of the republic
sf Poland has issued a call for vol
unteers to oppose the further ad
vance of the Bolsheviki armies which
are crossing the Polish frontier. The
appeal declares that the fight of
Poland is against Bolshevism lather
than against Russia, and the procla
mation points out that the decisive
moment in the life of Poland has
arrived. Polish soldiers are given
the assurance that the government
will continue the incomes of those
wounded in battle, and generous
provision also will be made for the
families of those soldiers who fall
on the battlefields.
DRIVING FORWARD.
LONDON, July 9.—The claim is
made by the Russian soviet govern
ment that the Bolsheviki forces have
smashed their way forward on the
Southern flank of the Polish front,
near Staro, Konstantinov, where the
Polish troops are retreating steadily,
unable longer to check the advance
of the superior Russian forces. The
Bolsheviki army has reached Letit
ehev, a few miles east of Proskirov,
and has occupied Mohilev Dolsk.
Heavy fighting is said to be in
progress along the Southern front
between the Bolsheviki forces and
the Wrangel army, but details of
the engagement are not available.
NEARING MINSK.
WARSAW, July 9.—An official
communique announces that the Bol
sheviki forces have crossed the Ber
sina river. A strong force is also
reported near Navosialki, northeast
of Minsk.
LINES BROKEN.
WARSAW, July 9. — Announce
ment is made here this afternoon1
that the Bolsheviki have broken j
through the Polish lines south of
the Dvina river in a drive designed
[to overrun Lithuania and form a
[contact with East Prussia.
| The Poles are fighting desperately
jto check the Bolsheviki advance
; along the Northern front, and in
[the South, General Budinny, with
[Rovno in his possession, is advancing
in the direction of Lemberg, with
^the objective only 180 miles distant.
GERMANS ACCEPT.
j SPA. July 9.—The German dele-:
'gates to the special conference have
'signed an agreement accepting the
[terms of the Allies relative to dis
armament, the acceptance, however,
;being under protest. The delegates
j communicated by telephone with the
:reichstag leaders at Berlin before
[attaching their _ signatures to the
[agreement.
j The agreement is a compromise,
allowing Germany six months in
; which to disarm. The Germans held
[out for fifteen months.
WILSON TO FUNCTION.
LONDON, July 9.—Cecil Harms
worth, under secretary of state for
. foreign affairs, informed the house
I of commons today that President
'Wilson had accepted an invitation
j of the League of Nations to call a
meeting of the assembly of the
league early in November.
BARS ARE DOWN.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 9.—
Restrictions on trade with soviet
f
Russia have been removed by the
! state department, with the excep
[ tion of those pertaining to the ship
ment of materials susceptible to im
I mediate use for war purposes.
IP IS BRINGING
LOAD OF WORKERS
SEATTLE, July 9.—The steam
ship Northwestern is scheduled to
sail for Alaska tomorrow morning
with a contingent of laborers for the
Alaskan Engineering commission.
The men were recruited in Seattle
and Tacoma and will be taken to
Seward for work on the Govern
ment railroad.
The Jefferson is also billed to
| sail for the North tomorrow, and
both boats have big cargoes and full
passenger lists.
At a preliminary hearing held
before Commissioner Reed Heilig at
i Fairbanks yesterday afternoon, Louis
| Doumains was bound over to the
grand jury on the charge of rob
bery. In the meantime, he will en
joy his liberty on bonds in the sum
of $1,000, furnished by himself.
The steamer Tanana, which left
Nenana for Fairbanks yesterday aft
ernoon, had not reached the upper
town at noon today.
GRAND JURY SAYS
PACKERSGRAFIED
BOSTON, July 9. — Indictments
have been returned by the federal
grand jury charging a number of
big concerns with profiteering, the
list including Swift & Co., Armour
& Co., the W. E. Hollis company and
the Independent Sugar company.
Evidence obtained by the federal
investigators shows that the com
panies indicted have advanced prices
to such an extent that their profits
have increased tremendously during
the past several years.
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j The Guerin party, which has been
.engaged recently in surveying the
|Graehl townsite, has taken up the
; work of surveying homesteads along
ithe Fairbanks-Valdez trail. There
! is some work to be done in the vi
cinity of the Eighteen-mile house,
after which the party will work
south to Birch lake.
Roadmaster W. L. Packer return
ed today from an inspection trip
over the Fairbanks line.
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BRYAN DECLINES
10 STATE PLANS;
SCORES LEADERS
PORTLAND, July 9.—Upon his
arrival in this city from the Demo
cratic national convention, William
!
Jennings Bryan declined to make a
statement as to whether or not he j
i would support the Democratic ticket
during the campaign. He refused j
also to discuss the candidates select- ,
!
ed by the Republican and Demo-,
cratic conventions, but declared that,
the administration leaders “have j
only themselves to blame for creat
ing conditions which enabled the
'wets to take charge of the conven
tion at San Francisco.”
j He intimated that he would have
a statement to make in the near |
future, but said that he is taking ;
his time deliberating about any j
statement he may decide to make !
later. i
It is evident from his reluctance I
to talk that Bryan is not satisfied j
with the work of the convention, j
and there is a persistent rumor in
circulation that he will not support
the party ticket.
POET-COMMANDER MAY
RETIRE BY REQUEST
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FIUME, July 9.—The repudiation
of d’Annunzio's authority as com
mander in Fiume is voiced in a pro- ,
test filed here by a group of influ- j
ential residents of Fiume. The presi
dent of the national council has i
promised to take the matter up with
the poet-commander.
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LOUISIANA LAWMAKERS
PUT AMENDMENT OFF
i ' BATON ROUGE, La., July 9.—An
effort to suspend the rules of the
'state legislature to permit of action
on the suffrage amendment before
adjournment last night was voted
j down by the narrow margin of six
votes.
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BLANCETT IS HANGED
i FOR KILLING ARMOUR
j SANTA FE, N. M-, July 9.—Bert
jW. Blancett, who was sentenced to
'death for the murder of Clyde C.
'Armour on October 23, 1916, was
j hanged here this morning.
| There is said to be a plentiful
, I supply of water in Chena slough at
,| the present time, a rise of several
, inches having taken place during the
past couple of days.
The preliminary hearing of Chas.
Killiams, on the charge of assault
with a dangerous weapon, was
scheduled to take place at Fairbanks
this afternoon.
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Kenana, the Gateway to McKinley
national Puk.
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MEETING CALLED
WASHINGTON, l). C„ .July 9.
A special meeting of the genera!
chairmen of sixteen railroad labor
organizations has been called for
July 19, at Chicago, to consider the
wage award of the railroad labor
board appointed several months ago
by President Wilson.
Announcement has been made by
the chairman of the board that the
consideration of the wage question
will be concluded during the coming
week and that the report of the
board will be ready to submit to
the railroad employes probably on
July 20.
Should the award be accepted by
the several chairmen of the labor or
ganizations, the question will then
be submitted to a referndum vote
of the organizations for approval or
rejection.
CALIFORNIA GIRL
SAYS WOMEN ARE
! WORSE FOR VOTE
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| KNOXVILLE. Tenn., July th—
Miss Annie Beeck of Los Angeles,
in a letter aildresseil to Mon. W. K.
Anderson, member of the house of
'representatives of the Tennessee leg
islature, urges the lawmaker to op
pose ratification of the suffrage
'amendment, ,which will be consid
ered soon at a special session of
the legislature.
! Miss Beck contends that the fran
chise cheapens and coarsens women,
and she expresses regret for her
former activities in support of sutf
rage for her sex.
j The writer declares that there has
!been an alarming increase in im
morality, divorces and even murder
in California since women were
granted the right to vote in that
state, and she expresses the belief
that women are more intolerant,
radical, revolutionary and corrupt in
politics than men ever were.
The steamer Yukon, which left
Dawson for Xenana yesterday, prob
ably will be sent to Fairbanks should
there be a good stage of water in
Chena slough when the boat arrives
here.
The steamer Carl White was in
,port a short time last night, enroute
•from Fairbanks to the Tolovana.
;
Cal Franklin was the only through
passenger.
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