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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Volume Two
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY. JULY 18. 1919.
Number 92
NEW ASKS SENATE FOR ROAD MONEY
. COAL MINE EXPLOSION FATAL TO TWO HUNDRED
BELGIANS WILL FORM GREAT STEEL COMBINATION
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COUNCIL VEWS
■ HUNGARIAN ROW
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PARIS, July IS. — The gravity
of the Hungarian situation is such
that Allied intervention may be nec
essary to safeguard Rumania and
Poland, according to the Journal,
which devotes considerable space to
a story describing the new crisis.
The question of intervention, the
Journal says, was considered at a j
special conference of the Allied su-!
preroe council yesterday. Military i
action in Hungary, it is claimed by j
the newspaper, seems to the council |
to be imperative to end a situation
which is extremely dangerous to '
both Rumania and Poland.
Steps, it is expected, will be tak
en immediately to curb the activities
of the disquieting factions.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 18.—
Republican Senators William S.
Kenyon of Iowa and Frank B. Kel
*. logg of Minnesota visited President
Wilson at the White House this
afternoon, availing themselves of
the invitation extended by the ex
ecutive to confer on the peace
^treaty and the League of Nations
covenant.
Senators Capper of Kansas and
McXarv of Oregon also had ap
pointments with the President, but
had not been received up to a late
hour.
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DEATH OF YANKEE
COBLENZ. July 18.—An unsuc-!
eessful attempt was made here to-:
day by two Germans to assassinate
Major George Cockreil, American
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provost marshal of the Yankee
forces in German occupied terri
tory. The attempt failed by a close i
margin, the major escaping without
injury.
Efforts to apprehend the Germans
responsible for the attempted out- ‘
rage have been without success thus
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far. but it is the intention of the ■
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military authorities to punish them
for the act if it is possible to do so
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GEM PAPER
TAKES SERB
VIEW OF COLD
BERLIN, July 18.—The pan-Ger
man Deutsche Zeitung, a local news
paper which stands close to the
’ormer royal circles of Germany,
akes a serious view of the illness
>f the former kaiser, who is re
ported to have been compelled to
ibandon his log-cutting in Holland
>eeause of a severe cold.
The Zeitung writer, who claims
o have received private advices
rom the estate near Amerongen,
vhere the kaiser sought refuge aft
:r "the collapse of his army, says
hat the ailment of the former
nonarch is a deep melancholy. His
ondition is such, the article says
urther. that he rarely leaves his
.partment and spends many hours
laily in deep prayer. When he
alks, be confines himself to re
igious subjects, and has the appear
ance of being very nervous.
Referring to the condition of the
ormer empress, the Zeitung says
hat rt may be necessary for her to
etum to Germany for treatment
or an old hear*, trouble.
^CONSTRUCTION OF
BELGIUM INTERESTS
AMERICAN BANKERS
BRUSSELS. — American visitors
re arriving almost every day to
xamine commercial and financial
pportunities here. American bank
rs are taking an interest in the!
•ork of reconstruction. One big i
ew York trust company already j
as opened an office here.
RADE UNIONS WANT
CONTINUATION OF FOOD
CONTROL IN ENGLAND
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LONDON.—The Central Federa
on of Trades Unions has request-,
1 that the food controller’s depart
ient continue to exist for a time,
ntil the world recovers its polit
al and economic equilibrium, not t
■ an expensive department, but as
skeleton department to facilitate j
id not to restrict distribution.
CHICAGO WORKERS STRIKE
CHICAGO. July IS.—More thai
one hundred thousand members o:
the building- trades unions of thi:
city are on strike today as the re
suit of the lockout, following th<
refusal of the truckers to returr
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i to their work this morning in com*
.; pliance with the demand of the ,
employers. 1,
As a result of the strike, building i
i operations in this eitv are at a i
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standstill, with no prospect-sof im- i
.mediate relief.
SENATE IS REQUESTED
TO HELP ALASKA ROAD
[ WASHINGTON, D. C.. July 18—
j bill providing for the appropna
; tion of seventeen million dollars for
;the completion of the Alaska rail
road was introduced in the senate
today by Senator Harry S. New.
Kepublican, of Indiana, and the
measure has been referred to the
committee on territories for con
sideration. The bill was introduced
| at the request of Secretary Lane
; and the Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
A similar bill was introduced in
the lower house of Congress on July
10 by Representative Charles F.
' Curry, of California, chairman of
the house committee on territories,
before which committee the bill is
now pending. Senator George P.
Mcl-can, of Conncticui, Republican,
is chairman of the senate commit
tee on territories.
In view of the fact that the
members of the senate already have
pone on record as favoring the ap
propriation of funds sufficient to
complete the government railroad in
Alaska, no particular trouble is an
i
ticipated in securing approval in
the upper house for the measure
introduced today.
The explanation has been made
that the amount necessary to com
plete the railroad is greater now
than when Congress was first asked
for funds to finish the work, be
cause of the advance in material
costs .and other increases incident
to tbe delay in getting the desired
appropriation.
EXPLOSION FATAL
TO 221 IN SOUTH
BLUEFIELDS W. Va., July 18.—
The Tazwell coal mine, near this
city, was the scene of a terrific
explosion early today, the disaster
resulting: in the death of over two
hundred miners and the crippling of
several hundred others, many of
whom, it is feared, will die of their
injuries. The mine is a complete
wreck and what remains of it is
now being consumed by fire, ren
dering the work of rescue extreme
ly difficult.
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A number of the miners were
■apped in the lower levels when
le explosion occurred, but it is
it yet known how many there
■e. It is considered doubtful if
iy of them will be found alive.
A number of bodies of victims
ive been recovered by the rescue
orkers, but the work is proceeding
5wly, notwithstanding the presence
many experts in mine rescue
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LONDON, July 18.—In the pres
ence of many distinguished person
ages, representatives of all the Al
lied nations. General Pershing was
presented today with a gold-mount
ed sword, emblazoned with the coat
of arms of the City of London, the
general’s monogram in diamonds and
rubies, and the American flag and
the Union Jack in enamel. Ribbons
hanging from the handle bore the
names of the battles in which the
American troops fought. The pres
entation took place at Guildhall.
General Pershing also, had con
ferred upon him the rank of Knight
Grand Cross of the Most Honorable
Order of the Bath.
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WESTERN FORESTS
HELENA, Mont., July 18.—For
est fires near this city tnreaten the
destruction of thousands of acres of
valuable timber. Eetween 700 and 1
1,000 acres are now in flames and 1
the fire is spreading rapidly, fanned 1
by a high wind, which renders the
work of the fire-fighters almost fu
tile. Men are being rushed from
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every direction to cope with the
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situation.
CALM SAVES THEM.
SPOKANE, Wash.,.July IS.—The ]
absence of winds in Northern Idaho :
and Western Montana may enable
forest fire fighters in those sections
to save the timber lands, although ,
a considerable area has already beer,
destroyed. A windstorm now would ;
cause the destruction of millions of ■
feet of valuable timber.
The steamer Reliance, upon her js
return from the Koyukuk, will be I
sent up the Tanana river to Tanana t
Crossing, if sufficient freight is of- (
fered for the voyage. 'r
NEW YORK. July IS.—An at
tempt of the United States Shipping
board to secure men in the Bowery
to take the places of striking ma
rine workers was frustrated this
afternoon by members of the Sea
men’s union, who ^raided a Bowery
employment office and drove the
would-be strike-breakers from the
neighborhood. The employment of
fice was wrecked.
The attack was made by 75 of
the strikers, who swooped down
upon the unsuspecting applicants
with such suddenness that no effort
was made to stop the onrush. The
job-seekers, of whom there were
fully two hundred and fifty, fled in
every direction.
Police responded quickly to a
riot call, but by the time the of
ficers arrived the employment office
was in ruins and the excitement
over. No arrests were made.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 18 —
President Wilson has transmitted a j
request to Congress for action which
will make permanent the rank of
reneral in the army for Pershing
uid March, and of admiral in the
lavy for Sims and Benson. These
>fficers, it is pointed out by the
^resident, conducted the chief op
;rations for the American army
ind navy during the late war, and
hould have their ranks made per
nanent in recognition of the valua
>le services rendered to the country.
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A public reception will be held at
'airbanks tonight in honor of Bish
p Rowe, Rev. H. H. Lumpkin an 1 •
Irs. Lumpkin. The affair will be
leld at the Masonic temple, between -
he hours of 9 and 11. ,i
BRUSSELS, July 18.—Followin'.'
the example of American captains
; of industry, the steel interests of
| devastated Belgium are planning
;the formation of a gigantic com
j bination, which gives promise of
becoming one of the most power
ful industrial organizations in the
, world. The scheme has the support
of all the leading steel interests of
Belgium, following the decision of
ten or twelve of the most powerful
corporations to pool their interests.
The plans of the steel men be
came known today, when it was
announced that “out of the ruins
of Belgium’s steel industry would
spring one of the biggest steel com
binations of the new world." The
merger will be perfected along Am
erican lines.
GEMS RESUME
WORLD REUNIONS
VERSAILLES, July 18.-—Semi
official announcement has been made
here to the effect that Baron von
Lersner, head of the German mis
sion, has been appointed charge
d'affaires to represent his govern
ment in France.
This action is the first step taken
by the new government to resume
diplomatic relations with the former
enemies of Germany. Other ap
pointments, it is expected, will be
announced soon.
CALIFORNIA WOMAN
CHAMPION WRITER OF
LETTERS TO SOLDIERS
LOS ANGELES.—Friends of Mrs.
Fences Gee, of Eagle Rock City, a
suburb of this city, claim for her
the title of champion letter writer
to American soldiers in the Europe
an war.
The mother of Elmer M. Gee,
roungest member of the 1.17th en
gineers, Mrs. Gee at first opposed
ter son’s entrance into the Ameri
•an army, but later reversed her
self and became an enthusiast in
he war against the Teutonic allies.
Then she began writing letters
o her son’s comrades and in 40
veeks wrote 600, in every one of
vhich she placed a five-eent pack
ige of gum.
FRANCE HAD HUGE GUN
PARIS. July 18—.That Franc* i
ad a big surprise in store for
he Germans in the form of a mor.-!
ter cannon with a range of one |
undred miles, was made known to ;;
3e chamber of deputies today by '
hief Engineer Bourgeois, of the
avy departmnt. 1
At the time of the signing of the
irmistice, the engineer said, the new
run w£s ready for action, and
vould have been brought into play
igainst the enemy had the war con
inued another week. Tests, he
aid, had shown the cannon, to be
lighly efficient.