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THE NENANA NEWS
VOLUME IV
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NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1922
NUMBER 223
HARDING PREPARES FOR DRASTIC MOVE
FEDERAL TROOPS TO GIVE PROTECTION TO MINES
RAILWAY STRIKE SITUATION NEARING CRITICAL STAGE
STRIKING RAILROAD FORCES
RECEIVE LARGE ADDITIONS
CHICAGO, July 18—Peace pros
pects in conenction with the railway
strike have been dimmed this week
by the addition of one hundred
^ thousand men to the striking forces.
Negotiations for the settlement of
the strike are at a standstill today.
With no positive indication as to the
next move. Many are of the belief
that the nation is meeting the major
industrial crisis of its history and
rt is generally agreed that it will
require skillful and firm action on
the part of the administration to
cope with the situation successfully.
* The striking forces were strength
ened yesterday by the addition of
seventy-five thousand maintenance
of way workers in the New \ ork
switching area, who went out in re
sponse to a regional strike call.
Ten thousand oilers and stationary
firemen and engineers have ceased
work and clerks and freight hand
lers throughout the country are
planning to quit their posts in
groups of less than one hundred and
upward.
Reports indicate that the cancella
t tion of trains is continuing through
out the country.
Debs Urges Unity
CHICAGO, July 18—Eugene V.
Debs, in a statement to striking
railway workers yesterday, declared
that the time has come for the rani:
and file to “unite and strike together
vote together, fight together”. He
asserted that the struggle is enter
ing upon a critical stage and
^ "whether the toiling hosts shall
emerge in triumph and establish an
industrial social democracy or go
down to humiliating defeat” de
pends upon their capacity to muster
their forces.
Track Blockaded—Mail* Delayed
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 18—
The superintendent of railway mail
service at Chicago has notified
Postmaster General Work that a
C. B. & Q. tram left the track on
Sunday near Lovilia, Iowa, and that
strikeing coal miners and shopmen
sympathizers refused to permit the
wrecking crews to clear the track,
thus delaying the movement of the
mails. The report says the passengers
train crews and wrecking crew were
driven away from the train and the
track blockaded.
Postmaster General Work nas
communicated the details to At
torney General Daugherty, for ac
tion by the department of justice. <
Broken Rail Ditche* Train
SAVANNAH. July 18—A broken
rail caused the derailment of the
Seaboard Air Line's fast mail yes
terday, the accident resulting in
one death and the injury of several, j
GOVERNOR WARNS BARONS
TROOPS NOT FOR PROFIT
DENVER, July 18—Governor
Shoup has served notice on coal
operators that the state troops now
on duty in the Northern Colorado
coal fields will be withdrawn unless
the operators annul recent advances
in coal prices.
The governor points out that the J
soldiers are being used to protect1
the coal supply in the public inter- J
est and not for the purpose of per
mitting the operators to swell their
Jk profits.
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MOORE TO ENTER RACE
OLYMPIA. July 18—H. Alvin
Moore, former railroad engineer, j
has filed as a candidate for the Re-:
publican nomination for congressman ;
to succeed Representative Miller. He:
will make the race as a “progress-j
ive Republican”.
BRITISH FINANCIERS COMING
LONDON, July 18—Premier Lloyd
George has announced that a special.
British delegation will sail for the
United States in September in con-!
nection with negotiations for the |
funding of the British war debt. ]
COAL MINES WILL BE REOPENED
UNDER PROTECTION OF COLORS
AUSTRIA TAXES TOURISTS
BUT RESORTS ARE FILLED
VIENNA, July 18—Following the
example of other tourist countries,
the Alpine resort provinces of Aus
tria have inaugurated a policy of
levying heavy taxes on visitors.
There is a tax on room rent, a tax
on food and drink, and another to
cover music and similar attractions.
Motor cars are taxed heavily for
each day of stay, and there is a
federal luxury tax on every article
except the plainest food and cloth
ing.
Vienna papers declare the Aus
trian Alpine resort regions are as
expensive as any place in the world
this season. Nevertheless, it is al
most impossible to secure a room at
any of them for July and August.
Every farm home and country board
ing house is booked up and small
country houses are unobtainable at
any price.
Russia Limits Money
MOSCOW, July 18—Foreigners
and Russians entering Soviet Rus
sia may bring with them foreign
or gold money to the value of 250
gold rubles, but any surplus will be
changed by the customs officials at
the frontier into Soviet paper money
at the official rate, according to a
new- order of the commissariat of
finance.
DALLAS TO HAVE TALLEST
STRUCTURE OF CONCRETE
DALLAS, Texas. July 18—The
Medical Arts building, in process of
construction, will be the tallest re
inforced concrete building in the
world. The building will comprise
nineteen stories and a basement and
will be for the exclusive use of the
medical and kindred professions. The
next tallest building is an eighteen
story structure of similar construc
tion.
BASEBALL STANDINGS
National League
Club Won Lost Pet
St. Louis .52 35 .605
New York
Chicago
Cincinnati
Broowlyn
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Boston
■19 30 .620
43 40 .518
44 41
42 42
38 44
31 47 .397
29 50 .367
38
A M erica n League
St. Louis . 50 36
New York . 49
Chicago ...
Detroit ...
Washington ... ..40
Cleveland . 41
Philadelphia
Paci6c Coast League
San Francisco .65
Vernon . 64
Los Angeles .55
Oakland . 52
Salt Lake ._.. 49
.518
.500
.463
44 40
44 42
43
44
.34 45
Boston.._34 48
.581
.563
.524
.512
.482
.482
.430
.415
39
39
52
54
53
Seattle .46 57
Portland ...43 59
Sacramento ...42 63
.625
.622
.514
.491 j
.490
.467 :
.422 ;
.400
ELMER IS FINALLY OUT
WASHINGTON. D. C., July 18—'
It was stated officially at the White
House today that Elmer Dover had
tendered his resignation as special
assistant secretary of the treasury ■
in charge of internal revenue and !
customs. It is explained that the
President has been too busy to give :
the matter his attention until now,
although the resignation has been in
for several days.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July IS—,
It is intimated in well informed gov
ernmental circles today that Presi
dent Harding is preparing to take
drastic action in connection with the
coal strike situation, which is rapid
ly approaching a serious stage. The
President is quoted as stating that
inasmuch as the miners’ represent
atives have refused Government ar
bitration and the bituminous oper
ators are undecided whether to ac
cept or reject the arbitration pro
posal, the public interest demands
the immediate reopening of the
mines.
It is intimated that the President
is prepared to direct coal mine op
erators to reopen their mines im
mediately under the protection of
federal troops, with the American
flag planted at the entrance to every
mine. It is understood that the Presi
dents expects to pay royalty on all
coal mined for a short time, to
meet the emergency.
Should it be found impossible to
secure sufficient non-union miners
to operate the mines under Govern
ment protection, the President plans
to issue a nation-wide call for vol
unteers.
i It is stated that the same metheds
! may be used in dealing with the
rail strike if conditions do not im
prove soon. The administration is
determined that the consuming pub
lic and industries get sufficient fuel
to meet their requirements.
South Scene of Battle
WHEELING, W. Va., July 18
Sheriff Duval, of Brook county, and
twelve others, including a number ■
of deputies, were killed on Sunday
during a fight at the Richland coal
mines, near Wellsburg, according to
information received here yesterday.
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Newspapermen Turned Back
STEUBENVILLE. Ohio, July 18
Ambulances and an automobile car
rying newspapermen, which started
for the Wellsbur district yesterday,
following the receipt of the news1
of the battle, were turned back by
bullets, and report that fighting was
still in progress along the road lead
ing to the mines.
Four of the deputies who were
seriously wounded during the battle
on Sunday, have been brought here
for treatment. They report that more
than a score were seriously injured
during the fighting.
Had Warning Of Attack
WELLSBURG. July 18—Young
Duvall, son of the sheriff who lost
his life during the Sunday battle,'
says there were rumors in circula
tion for some time prior to the
outbreak of hostilities, that the mines
would be attacked following their
re-opening on a non-union basis. The
attack occurred at daybreak, and
the attackers were well armed and
abundantly supplied with ammuni
tion. It is believed that eight of
the attacking party were killed and
a number wounded.
A charge of dynamite was explod
ed under the mine tipple.
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DAYTON PRINTER SUPPLIES
ENVELOPES TO GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON', D. C., July 18
More than ten million stamped en
velopes are being turned out daily
by the manufacturer at Dayton, who
is under contract with the postoffice
department to supply the Govern
ment with all envelopes, according
to a statement made today by Post
master General Work. It is consider
ed likely that the contractor will be
required to reach an average of:
eleven million daily if the demand
continues to grow. Nearly twelve
million were made in a single day
in May.
VESSELS COLLIDE IN FOG;
FOUR ARE REPORTED LOST
SEATTLE, July 18—Four lives
are reported to have been lost as
the result of a collision on Sunday
between the steamer Harry Lucken-1
bach and the steam schooner Henry
T. Scott, off Neah Bay.
Survivors agree that the collision
occurred during a dense fog, and
that the schooner stopped while the
Luckenbach was steaming ahead at
slow speed. The vessels sighted each
other when only two hundred feet
apart and too late to avert the col- [
lision.
The steamboat inspection service
has started an investigation to
ascertain responsibility for the ac
cident.
NEBRASKA HOLDS PRIMARIES
OMAHA, July 18—The principal
interest in the Nebraska primaries ■
is centered in the race for the Re- j
publican nomination for U. S. sen
ator, between. R. B. Howell Chamber:
national committeeman who cam-'
paigned as a progressive, and Albert'
A. Jeffries, present congressman, of j
Omaha, who is regarded as a con-1
servative, and a supporter of the
administration.
Alex Simson was among those
arriving from Fairbanks today.
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STEESE TELLS OF PLANS
FOR SYSTEM OF FEEDERS
SEATTLE, July 18—Col. James
G. Steese, chairman of the Alaska
Road Commission; who has just
completed a trip over the Alaska
Railroad, from Fairbanks to Sew
ard, has authorized the announce
ment that plans for the develop
ment of a feeder system of wagon
and truck roads, devised by the
road building organization, has been
formally approved both by Secretary
Fall and by Col. F. Mears.
The carrying out of the plans in
volves an expenditure evetually of
three million dollars.
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RUSSIAN FAMINE SITUATION
MUCH IMPROVED IS REPORT
MOSCOW, July 18—Hunger and
undernourishment undoubtedly will
prevail in many districts of Russia |
after the coming harvest, but actual
famine is now on the wane and soon ]
will have vanished except in isolated
districts, according to reports which
have reached the American Relief
Administration in Moscow from its
workers in the field.
From preliminary crop reports re
cently received in Moscow from the
Volga, the Ukraine and other pres
ent famine areas, it is deduced that
nearly all of them will have suffi
cient food after the crops are har
vested.
WILL TRY INSANITY DODGE
LOS ANGELES, July 18—It is
announced by the attorneys who
have been retained to defend Mrs. j
Clara Phillips, under arrest for the
murder of Mrs. Alberta Meadows,
20-year old widow, that a plea of
insanity will be entered when the
case comes to trial.
The coroner’s jury found that Mrs. j
Phillips killed Mrs. Meadow's with a
hammer “in premeditated murder”, j
Phillips says his wife was jealous j
of the other woman.
REFORMERS CLAIM DRY LAW
IN CUTTING DOWN POVERTY
NEW YORK, July 18—Prohibi-j
Lon has been a big factor in cut
ting down poverty in families, ac
cording to statitics just issued by
the American Association for Organ
izing Family Social Work of New
York, and the Boston Family Wel
fare Society. In ten of the seven-!
teen cities listed, however, there
were more families under care dur
ing the "dry year” than in the “wet
year".
Mrs. William T. Tilton, chairman •
of the Boston society, declares that
figures in the survey which she con
ducted, prove that there has been a
reduction of 85 per cen in cases
where drink was a factor in the ■
poverty of the families included.
“Such good results under partial
enforcement”, she says, “are sig
nificant of what we may expect j
when the dry law is properly en
forced. They are not just statistics,
but they represent human beings
made happier by the absence of in
toxicants from their lives”.
New York City, according to the
figures, has shown a reduction of
64 per cent, the years used being
liil7 and 1921. Rochester’s reduc
tion is 81 per cent, Newburgh 99.
St. Louis 94. Chicago 86, Boston
91. Pawtucket 100, Atlantic City
82. Newport 68, Portland. Me.. 95,
Cleveland 84, La Crosse 91, Port
land, Ore., 40 per cent increase,
Hartford S3, Washington 75. and
Providence 95.
MONEY FOR NEW CABLE
MAY ARRIVE NEXT WINTER
SEATTLE, July 18—The house of
representatives will consider the item
of $1,500,000 for the replacement of
the military cable between Seattle
and Sitka, at the next session of
Congress, according to Lieut. Col.
Seone, of the Signal Corps, who is
now in Washington. Seone has ad
vised the Chamber of Commerce
that it was agreed in conference be
tween the house and senate com
mittees recently that if the house
committee is favorable to the ap
propriation at the next session, the
bill will carry a provision making
the funds immediately available. The
senate has twice given its approval
to the appropriation but the low
er branch of Congress objected.
If a new cable is laid it will be
able to transmit from five t<# ten
times as many words a minute as
can be sent on the present worn
out cable.
GOMPERS RESENTS ACTION
OF PRESIDENT HARDING
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 18—
When Samuel Gompers was inform
ed of the plan of President Hard
ing to reopen the coal mines of the
country under the protection of the
flag, he predicted that the action
would not result in increased coal
production. He pointed out that in
new of the fact that half a million
men are in accord in their demand
for a revision of wage scales and
working conditions, this is “a poor
time indeed for the roll of drums,
the rattling of sabers and the pound
ing of the mailed fist.”
ASSASSIN WILL DIE
LONDON, July 18—Reginald D
O’Sullivan, who was convicted on a
iharge of killing Field Marshal Wil
son last month, has been sentenced
:o death.
A. B. Avakoff came down from
Fairbanks today.
SEATTLE SOURDOUGHS STAGE
YUKON GOLD RUSH FESTIVAL
SEATTLE, July 18—With pack*
on their backs, shorthandled axes in
their belts and shovels, spades, sold
pans and cooking utensils strapped
about them, hundreds of sourdoughs
of the days of '97 and '98 marched
through the streets of this city yes
terday in observance of the twenty
seventh anniversary of the arrival
of the gold ship Portland, with the
first gold dust from the Klondike,
and the beginning of the greatest
stampede in the history of the coun
try. The parade marked the incep
tion of a three-day celebration un
der the auspices of the Yukon Or
der of Pioneers, and the marchers
stretched through the streets for a
distance of more than two miles.
The parade included scores of gaily
decorated and picturesque floats,
typical of early Klondike days.
The parade was followed last
night by the opening of a three-day
••’97” carnival in the Arena, with a
great display of fireworks on Lake
Washington, including the arrival of
the gold ship illustrated in flames.
The arena has been transformed in
to a new Dawson, with a gold camp
breathing the spirit of the Yukon of
long ago. The Pioneers have ar
ranged everything to be exactly as
it was in the old days and many of
the old familiar faces will be in
evidence also.
The Arctic Club is holding open
house for Alaskans in honor of the
occasion.
FOREST FIRES ARE CAUSING
MORE LOSS IN NORTHWEST
OLYMPIA, July 18—The forest
fire situation in Eastern Washing
ton is the worst in year* as the re
sult of the development of many
new-fires during the last several days
in many districts. Control of the
fires seems aimo-t impossible.
The situation is somewhat quieter
in Western Washington but it is
feared the development of winds
will set the whole state ablaze.
WOMAN WILL ENTER ARENA
AGAINST SEN POINDEXTER
SEATTLE. July 18— Mr=. Franc:*
T. Axtell, of Bellingham, who has
been indorsed by the so-called liber
al jrroup* for the Republican nomin
ation for senator, has announced
that she will accept the indorsement
and enter the race in an effort to
succeed Senator Poindexter, whose
candidacy is meeting with much op
position.
John E. Ballaine. who was one of
the first to announce hi* candidacy
for the Republican nomination, has
now announced his withdrawal in
favor of Mrs. Axtell.
GRAND JURY INDICTS TEN
ON WAR FRAUD CHARGES
WASHINGTON, D. C.. July 18—
The special grand jury which is in
vestigating war frauds, has indicted
ten persons, charging them with
conspiracy to defraud the United
States out of a million dollars in
connection with the disposition of
Government lumber followng the
close of the vrar.
Among those indicted are John L.
Phillips, Republican national com
mitteeman of Georgia; John Stevens,
partner of Phillips.
These are the first indictments in
an investigation for which congress
has appropriated half a million dol
lars.
DAMS BREAK—CITY FLOODED
CHICOPEE, Mass., July 18—This
;ity was indundated yesterday as
:he result of the bursting of two
lams nearby, with the release of
twenty million gallons of water.
The flood waters poured through the
streets, causing heavy damage to
louses and other property.
Miss Bessie Blacknell is returning
;o St. Mark’s mission from a visit
jf several months in the States.