* Nenana — The Gateway To Mount McKinley National Park — Nenana
THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPT. S, !921
NUMBER 66
•LEAGUE SHAKEN BY TROUBLE IN RANKS
MINISTERS SA Y IRELAND MUST STA Y IN EMPIRE
' ILLINOIS MINERS MOBIL IZE ARMY TO OPPOSE BARONS
THOUSAND MINERS GATHER
FOR ADVANCE ON DEPUTIES
ELISABETHTOWN, 111 , fept. j
Eight hundred miners are encamped j
•within thirty miles of this city, pre- j
pared to march on the community, j
according to reports received here ^
this afternoon. Leaders of the miners
are quoted as claiming that rein
* forcement will bring the total up
to an even thousand, if not more.
Deputy sheriffs and private de- j
tectives are reported to have clash- j
ed with outposts of the invaders |
last night. The miners are said to'
have retreated, leaving four prison- ;
ers and three automobiles. It is
also reported that two miners were
shot and four others are unaccounter ,
y for. The miners are said to be armed j
with rifles, shotguns and revolvers.
The trouble is the outgrowth of
a strike situation at the Rosiclare
mine, and there is talk among the
miners of emulating the West Vir
ginia pilgrimage. There was a clash
at the Rosiclare mine on Sunday
but the plant is heavily guarded now.
LANDIS SETTLES DISPUTES;
CHICAGO WORKS TO START
• CHICAGO, Sept. S—Judge Landis j
who was called upon to arbitral *
differences between local workers en-1
gaged in the building trades, and
contractors, rendered his decision
yesterday. The workers are given
slight reductions in wages and new
working rules have been put in
force and, in addition, Chicago ter-J
ritory has been opened to all con-;
tracting firms.
In the opinion of contractors and
union men, the decision opens the
way for the renew-al of millions of
dollars worth of construction. The
decision affects 50,000 workers.
GREEKS GET THEIR GOAT
LONON, Sept. 8—The fall of An- ]
gora, capital of the Turkish Nation- ]
^ alists, to the Greeks, is reported to-1
day in a Reuters dispatch from the
city of Smyrna.
BRUMFIELD TRIAL SET
ROSEBURG, Ore., Sept. 8—The
trial of Dr. Brumfield, charged with
the murder of Dennis Russell, will
begin here on October 5, according
to a decision rendered yesterday by
Judge Bingham. The court has over
ruled the motion of Brumfield’s at
torneys for a change of venue.
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GAMBLERS CHANGE RULES
* CHICAGO, Sept. 8—The Board of
Trade has adopted an amendment to
the rules governing the activities of;
the association, the change provid-;
ing for the discontinuance of dealing
in indemnity contracts.
k RUTH FIFTY-TWO—NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Sept. 8— Babe Ruth
made another home run here yester
day, in the fourth inning against
Boston, with Pennock pitching. An- j
other player also scored on the horn- •
er. Ruth has 52 to his credit now. j
GERMAN MARK DROPS
NEW YORK, Sept. 8—The Ger
man mark is quoted on the local
foreign exchange market today at j
^ its lowest since the war, the quota
tion being one and five thousandths
^ cents. j
LEAGUE MEMBERS FIND FAULT;
SOUTH AMERICANS MAY QUIT
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FOOD PRICES ARE SOARING
ON MARKETS OF MOSCOW
RIGA, Latvia, Sept. 8—Prices of
foodstuffs on the Moscow market
are reported steadily advancing in j
price. A pound of rye bread, early
in July, could be had at from 3,600
to 4.000 rubles; beef at from 7,000
to 9,000 rubles; port from 10,000
to 12,000; butter from 18,000 to
20.000 rubles and potatoes from
1,600 to 2,800 rubles a pound, while
eggs are sold at 1,000 to 1,200
rubles and cucumbers, one of the
most popular articles of diet, at
1.000 to 1,500 rubles each.
The average wage paid in factor
ies and the government employes,
in addition to rations supplied by
the state, was about 10,000 to 15,
000 rubles a month.
The Moscow rations for the week,
as reported by the official Pravda,
were, for workmen of the preferred
classes, three pounds of black bread, *
some herring-s and small quantities j
of other essentials for a period of i
five days. Less favored citizens were]
allotted one pound of bread for five j
days and no herrings. The wages j
allowed in addition to these rations j
would not buy a pound of butter.
The Bolshevik government, in fix
ing international telegraph tolls,
considered 20,000 rubles as equal
to one dollar.
SAILORS CLASH AT SEA
NEW YORK, Sept. 8—The local
police were summoned yesterday by
radio to break up a fight between
negro and white members of the
crew of the Shipping B ard freight
er Chester Kiwanis, anchored off
Staten Island. Upon arrival of the
police, with riot guns, they found
the captain, Charles Boothby, barri
caded in his cabin, and considerably
bruised and bitten. He attributed
his injuries to the white members
of his crew, who attacked him be
cause of alleged favoritism to the
negroes, the men claiming that he
gave the negroes the best of it in
the distribution of work on board
the ship.
CONGRESSMAN SUGGESTS TAX
ON LIQUOR TO AID SOLDDIERS
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DETROIT, Sept. 8—In an address j
delivered her yesterday before a j
gathering of members of the Amen- j
can Legion, Congressman Brennan i
proposed that the Government place j
a tax on light wanes and beer as j
a means of providing revenue for'
the suggested adjusted compensation '
; for ex-service men.
Papers Are Blamed
I DUBLIN, Sept. 8—Sinn Feiners;
| have been showing some irritation
' at what they call misrepresentations
j in the British and American press,
' of their position. The elaborate argu
ments in their note and Irish BuT -
| tin, they say, were not intended to
' convey th. impression that they re
jected dominion status and insisted
i upon separation. i
GENEVA, Sept. 8—On the oc-1
casion of the convening of the!
second assembly of the League of
Nations, on Monday, Dr. V. K. Well- j
ington Koo, of China, president of
the council of the league, greeted
the 19 new members and forecasted
more rapid progress in the future.
H. A. Van Karnebeek, minister
of foreign affairs for Holland, was
elected president of the assembly
at the opening session.
At the first and again at yester
day’s session, the league assembly
postponed discussion of the request
of Bolivia that the long disputed
question concerning the provinces of
Tacne and Ariea, now under the ad
ministration of Chili, be placed on
the agenda of the assembly.
The committee on amendments
decided to reject the amendment
proposed by Argentine providing
that all sovereign states, abstain
from membership unless by their
own volition.
United States In Bad
The proceedings of the assembly1
moved smoothly until today, when
charges of unfairness and threats
of withdrawal threw the session in
to an uproar.
The first excitment was caused
by Lord Robert Cecil, representing
South Africa, who charged that the
“purely negative” position of the
United States had been responsible
for delay in the application of man
dates by the League of Nations.
He reviewed the whole mandate
question, during which he took oc
casion not only to criticise the policy
of the United States, but also the
lack of publicity permitted by the j
recent meeting of the council of the >
league regarding the note recently
sent by the United States Depart
ment of State. He said that he did
not wish to appear to criticise, “but
the mandates should be settled in
the interest of the peoples directly;
intrusted with them, and without
further delay.”
The attitude of the United States
was made clear this week in notes
addressed to all of the Allied pow
ers on the subject of mandated ter
! ritory. The communication referred
especially to Class A and B man
dates, as administered under the
League of Nations, and reiterated
the position of the United States
regarding rights in mandate terri
tories.
Trouble Brewing
Hjalmar Branton, of Sweden,1
criticised the league council for giv
ing Aland Island to Finland an i de
clared that the eague had been ex
travagant in its expenditures and had
discriminated against those nations
which had remained neutral during
the war. He suggested that members
; of the league might cut their con
tributions if the organs of the league
did not succeed in producing results
i more in accord with its fundamental
I principals.
Republics Ms; Withdraw
BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 8—Rejec-,
| tion by the assembly of the League
of Nations of amendments to the
covenant proposed by Argentine
may be followed by withdrawal from
the league of Central American re
publics, it has been learned here
| from reliable sources.
HARDING LETTER TO BE USED
TO HELP RE-ELECT SENATOR
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 8—
A letter written by President Hard
ing to Senator McCormick is to be j
used in the New Mexico campaign,
in which Senator H. O. Bursum will,
be a candidate for re-election.
The President says, in the letter:
“We have made much progress to
ward retrenchment and greatly in
creased efficiency. I cannot but ac
count it to the monumental achieve
ment which has marked the work of
the extraordinary session of Con
gress down to the time of the re
cess."
WHERE THE TROUBLE IS
TOKIO, Sept. 8—The confusion
of the situation created by the com-,
ing international conference to be
held at Washington, lies not in the
disarmament suggestion but in “the
proposal for the discussion of all
questions bearing on the Pacific and
the Far East”, according to a dip
lomatic review, which is supposed
to have imperialistic leanings.
FALSE ALARM
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BOGOTA, Sept. 8—Reports circu
lated to tl.e '-fffcct thi.. a -evolution
has broken o- * in Colombia are ab
solutely false. The countin' is with
| out disturbance of any kind.
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RUSSIANS REJECT PROPOSAL j
TO PROBE FOOD CONDITIONS
MOSCOW, Sept. 8—The Russian
soviet government has refused to
i permit the Internationa] Relief Com
mission, recently appointed by the
■ Allied Supreme Council, to investi- (
gate conditions in Russia, prepara-1
tory to aiding in famine relief.
The decision of the soviet gov
ernmenl was made known through:
a note forwarded by Foreign Min-'
ister Chitcheron to England, Italy, i
France and Belgium, in which it i
says the soviet government regards,
the appointment of Joseph Noulens,;
of France, as chairman, “as a mon- ]
strous sneer at the fate of the i
I starving Russians.’’
PLOTTERS EXECUTED
RIGA, Sept. 8—Sixty-one persons j
have been executed by the Bolsheviki j
authorities on the charge of being;
! connected with the recent Petro
; grad plot against the soviet, accord- j
i ing to advices received here yester- j
day. The official list of those exe
cuted gives the names of 16 women, j
most of whom were accused of rent-.
j ing rooms to or otherwise sheltering (
male plotters. Six others were de-,
| scribde as “American spies or in
’ formers.’’
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NATURE IS HEALING SCARS
ON FRENCH BATTLEFRONT
SOISSONS, France, Sept. 8—
Nature is making: such rapid pro
gress in healing the scars of war
in France that, outside of towns
where ruins are still standing, it
will soon be impossible to discover
the famous front line of four years
of war, without close examination.
It has become evident that the
abandoned project of maintaining
intact, as it existed at the close of
hostilities, the line from Xieuport,
! in Belgium, to Belfort, as a lesson
to future generations, could not
have been carried out excepting at
an enormous expense.
Forests that were supposed to
have been annihilated, have shown
remarkable recovery. Positions that
were upheaved repeatedly until the
! subsoil covered the surface almost
completely, giving every appearance
i of hopeless aridity, have been slowly
I covered by vegetation.
Even the famous height along
which runs the Chemin des Dames |
(the Ladies’ Way) is covered with
thick herbage, that remains green
in spite of the drought. In order to
preserve certain famous war scenes
1 such as the Bayonet Trench at
Verdun, it waas necessary to erect
a shelter and protect the trench
from the slow but sure work of
nature in order to keep it as it was
1 during the great battle.
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PERSHING AND GOMPERS MIX;
LABOR AND WAR THE ISSUE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 8—
General Pershing and Sam Gompers
had a tilt last night at a dinner giv
en in this city. At any rate, official
Washington regards it as a clash,
over the question whether labor won
the war.
In his speech, Gompers told of the
record of the American Federation
of Labor during the war and de
clared that previous to the entry
of the United States, the sympathies
of the big organization were with
the Allies.
Gompers made no claim that labor
had won the war, but Pershing ap
parently regarded his remarks as
such a claim, and when his turn
came to speak, he said: “The poli
cies of this country are not de
termined by labor unions or any
other organizations but by the con
census of opinion of its patriotic
citizens of whatever affiliations.”
Following the publication of the
report of the tilt, Gompers issued
a statement in which he said that
Pershing had misconstrued his re
marks. He also said that Pershing’s
generalship on the battlefield was
much better than his generalship as
an after dinner speaker.
George Moody arrived from the
I Kantishna this week, bringing sever
al passengers out with him. He iwll
[ return to Roosevelt within a few
I days.
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SINN FEINERS ARE INVITED
TO MEET WITH MINISTERS
LONDON, Sept. 8—The British
cabinet, which met in extraordinary
session yesterday, at the request of
Lloyd George, to consider the Irish
question, has invited President De
valera to send delegates to a con
ference with the ministers at Inver
ness, on September 20, according to
a statement contained in the Daily
Mail yesterday. The paper says that
“only one condition Is imposed, and
that is that the delegates are sent
with the understanding that Ireland
must remain a part of the Empire.”
Report Is Conbrmed
INVERNESS, Sept. »—Official
confimation has been made here of
the report that the reply of the
British cabinet to the latest note
from Devalera invites representat
ives of the Sinn Fein to a further
conference.
Reply it Approved
INVERNESS, Sept. 8—The Brit
ish ministry yesterday approved the
reply of the government to the last
note received from Devalera. and
Robert C. Barton, Sinn Fein repre
sentative, started at four o'clock
yesterday afternoon for Dublin with
the reply of the cabinet.
The chief business of the cabinet
meeting consisted of the appointment
of a committee with full powers to
deal with the answer of Devalera,
and with the Irish question gener
ally. Another committee was aap
pointed to deal with the question of
unemployment.
The cabinet has asked Devalera
for a definite reply as to whether
he is prepared to enter a conference
to ascertain how an association of
Ireland and Britain can be recon
ciled with the Irish national aspera
tions. It is suggested that,the con
ference be held here on September
20.
Unionists Given Arms
BELFAST, Sept. 8—Unionists em
ployed by a large concern near the
scene of the recent rioting have
been given arms in order that they
may protect themselves if attacked.
It is declared that the action is the
result of the speech of Owen O’Duf
fy, on Sunday, at Armagh, in which
he declared that the boycott against
Ulster should be tightened.
FOREST FIRES DESTROY TOWN
M’GRATH, Minn., Sept. 8—The
White Pine lumber settlement, eight
miles north of here, was destroyed
early Tuesday morning by a f< rest
fire, and the inhabitants of So > to,
a village four miles east of there,
were forced to flee when a suddern
30-mile wind sprang up at noon,
and carried the forest flames beyond
the control of those fighting them.
Twenty-eight National Guardsmen,
who were engaged in fighting the
fire near White Pine, were trapped
by the flames and but for the pres
ence of mind of a forest ranger,
they undoubtedly would have perish
ed. The ranger led them out of the
trap.
JURIST PASSES
OLYMPIA, Sept. 8—Wallace E.
Monut, justice of the Washington
supreme court for a score of years,
died here this week.