WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. SATURDAY. MARCH 12, 1921
NUMBER ?07
, SURRENDER OF PETROGRAD DEMANDED
MINING CONGRESS OFFICIAL THINKS BONUS SAFE
HARDING W1LL~STAND FIRM ON MANDATE QUESTION
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MINING CONGRESS OFFICIAL
THINKS GOLD BONUS SAFE
SEATTLE, March 12^John T.
Bums, assistant secretary of the
American Mining Congress, says the
McFadden gold bonus bill is assured
of passage as a result of the favor
able attitude of the house committee
to which the measure was referred.
Bums believes the passage of the
bill will prove a big stimulus to the
mining industry in Alaska. He says
the American Mining Congress is
heartily behind the bill and hopes
for its ultimate passage by Congress.
Favorable action on the bill will
boost the price of gold to $30 an
ounce and it is the belief of Bums
that the passage of the measure will
be followed by a new rush to the
goldfields of the North, and conse
quent increase in the gold output
STEEL INDUSTRY IMPROVES;
IDLE MILLS ARE REOPENED j
PUEBLO, March 12—Announce-j
ment has been made by the Colorado j
Fuel and Iron company that, as a j
result of improved conditions in the J
steel industry, it will be possible to
put 1,000 additional men to work
on Monday.
Four of the company’s steel mills,
which have been idle for some time,
are to be reopened and operated on
double shifts.
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MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED
TO CONSIDER NEW STATE
SPOKANE, March 12—For the
purpose of formulating plans for the
organization of a new state, to be
called Lincoln, and to be formed
from parts of Northern Idaho and
Eastern Washington, a meeting has
been called for early September by
Senator R. A. Huttchinson, member,
of the Washington legislature.
The senator announces that he has
been assured the support of numer
ous members of the Idaho and
Washington legislatures.
PACKERS REDUCE WAGES;
EMPLOYES WILL ACCEPT
OMAHA, March 12—Members of
tfre Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butchers union are under instruc
tions to go to work as usual on
Monday, the day set by the packers
for a general reduction of wages.
Union officials express the belief
that most of the men will accept
the cut, in spite of the fact that
there has been considerable talk of
a strike.
HURRICANE GULCH BRIDGE
IS NOW ENROUTE TO COAST
SEATTLE, March 12—The first
shipments of structural steel for the
Hurricane Gulch bridge, in Alaska,
have left the mills at Gary and will
be shipped to Anchorage on March
25, according to announcement made
here today by Purchasing Agent C.
E. Dole, of the Seattle office of
the Alaskan Engineering commission.
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RAIDERS KIDNAP SAILORS
OAKLAND, March 12—-A raiding \
party boarded the freighter Will
Polo this week and carried off sever-.
al members of the crew and beat
other members. The abducted men
had replaced the boat’s former crew,
which had been paid off following
an adjustment and other disputes
before the shipping commission.
REBELS SERVE ULTIMATUM ON
SOVIET HEADS AT PETROGRAD
HARDING FILLING PLACES;
SENATORS ARE IN ACCORD
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 12
President Harding has nominated
former Representative John J. Esch,
of Wisconsin, and Mark Potter, of
New York, to be members of the
interstate commerce commission;
William H. Joyce, of Los Angeles,
member of the farm loan board;
Medical Director Edward R. Stitt,
surgeon general of the navy; Capt.
Charles B. McVay, chief of the navy
bureau of ordnance, with rank of
rear admiral; Thomas Marvin, of
Massachusetts, member of the tariff
commission; William Culbertson, of
Kansas, renominated as a member
of the tariff commission; Fred M.
Derring, of Missouri, assistant sec
retary of state; Ernest L. Jones, of
Virginia, director of the coast geo
detic survey; Chaplain J. T. Axton,
chief chaplain of the army; T. Y.
Smedley, D. Butler Logan and Fe
land Harry Lee, brigadier generals
of the marine corps.
The senate has confirmed the nom
inations of Crissinger, Derring, Cul
bertson, McVay, Jones and Elmer
Ball, the last named as assistant
secretary of agriculture.
William W. Husband, of Vermont
has been nominated for the position
of commissioner genera! of immi
gration.
Announcement also has been made
of the appointment of Thomas W.
Miller, former Deleware congress
man, as alien property custodian.
The appointment requires no senate
confirmation.
Harry H. Billany, of Maryland, ■
has been nominated for the office ofj
fourth assistant postmaster general j
and Carl A. Mapes, of Michigan,
has been renominated solicitor for
the bureau of internal revenue.
PROSECUTION WANTS TRIAL
OF BALLPLAYERS DELAYED
CHICAGO, March 12—According
to a statement issued by the state
attorney, the state will move, when
the trial of the indicted White Sox
' players comes up on Monday, for
! a continuance of the case until
'after the close of the approaching
baseball season. The attorneys for
the defense are objecting vigorous
ly to this plan, and declare that
they will insist upon immediate trial
or a dismissal of the charges.
Judge Landis has announced that
he will place the indicted players on
the ineligible list if the state re
fuses to proceed with the trial when
it is called.
BENSON ACTS AS CHAIRMAN
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Mar. 12
President Harding has requested Ad
miral Benson to function as chair
man of the shipping board, but this
is not taken to mean that Benson
will be continued as head of the
board permanently.
LONDON, March 12—The Russian j
revolutionaries in possession of the
fortress of Kronstadt are reported
to have served an ultimatum on the ;
soviet authorities at Petrograd, de
manding the surrender of the city
; before March 25. Wireless advices
deny that the fortress is short of
food.
Many Are Executed
LONDON, March 12—Advices re
ceived in this city from Finland say;
wholesale arrests and executions fol
fowed the strike of workmen at
Petrograd, and the mutiny of troops
garrisoned in Petrograd fortresses
which were recaptured by the soviet,
forces.
Soviet Troop* Mutiny ;
A great anti-Bolshevik movement
is reported from the Minsk region,
where soviet troops are reported to
have joined the revolutionary army.
A number of the soviet commission
ers are reported to have been killed
by the mutineers.
Street fighting between the Bol
sheviks and insurgents at Kiev.
REBELS ARE DEFEATED
CONSTANTINOPLE, March 12
General Petkura’s Ukrainian revolu
tionary forces, which recently oc
cupied a number of soviet cities,
are reported to have been forced to j
retire from several positions. A num- j
ber of soviet officials are reported j
| to have been executed at Kiev. j
'DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WILL
TRY TO PREVENT WALKOUT
WASHINGTON, D. C.f Mar. 12—j
It is regarded as jprobablc that the j
department of labor will send medt-,
ators to Chicago in an effort to j
j prevent the threatened strike among |
i the employes of the meat packing |
j industry, resulting from new wage
j cuts.
Secretary Davis now has the mat
! ter under consideration and is pre
pared to submit to the cabinet his
program of action.
i FISHING BOAT STARTS NORTH
BUT SEASON WILL BE SLACK
SEATTLE, March 12—The Libby
Maine sailed for Yakutat this week,
pioneering the annual exodus of
fishing vessels for Alaska, and open
ing the season, which promises to
be marked by fifty per cent less
activity than in previous years.
According to local men, the work
of repairing fishing vessels has been
curtailed to a greater extent this
season than for years past, the
order of the day among cannerymen
being to cut out all the expense pos
sible. Many of the plants in the
North will remain idle throughout
the entire season, the cannerymen
explaining that much of last year’s
pack is still unsold.
SOUTHERN TOWN DAMAGED
RULEVILLE, Miss., March 12—
The town of Doddsville, in this state
was struck by a severe wind and
rain storm yesterday, a number of
buildings being demolished by the
gale. The damage is estimated at
$40,000. There were no fatalities
but one man was quite severely in
jured. Wire communications were
cut by the storm.
WILSON KEEPS IN TOUCH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 12—
Woodrow Wilson rounded out his
first week in private life with a
private dinner at the new Wilson
home. The affair is regarded as
signalizing the intention of the
former president to keep in touch
with men of affairs. Hr. Wilson has
been kept very busy all week dis
posing of an accumulation of corre
spondence.
HOOVER TALKING REFORMS;
REORGANIZATION NEEDED
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 12
In a public statement issued yes
terday, Secretary of Commerce
says the future of his department
"in its abilities to meet the needs
of our industries and trade, must
await the thorough reorganization
of the whole legislative machinery
now being vigorously undertaken by
Congress.” He says that transporta
tion, both railway and marine, must
be considered as one system and j
directed to serve the nation as a i
whole.
It is believed in some quarters |
that the reorganization plans will,
include the creation of a department
i of transportation.
IRISH REPUBLICANS KILLED
IN BATTLE WITH SOLDIERS
MOHILL, Ireland. March 12—A
detachment of the Bedfordshire reg
iment, numbering 30 men, was am
bushed this morning near Baiting
more, the attacking party using
rifles and bombs.
The soldiers returned the fire;
promptly and killed seven of the
attacking party, all of the victims,
being garbed in the uniform of the
Irish Republican army.
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WAGE SCALE IS RESTORED
. ..NEW YORK, March 12—The New
York Central railroad, which cut
the wages of unskilled laborers on
the first of February, without the
sanction of the railway labor board,
has announced a discontinuance of
the new wage and the restoration of
the old scale. This is regarded as
preliminary to a general movement
to lower wages on all the roads,
approval for which will be sought
shortly.
MOTHER KILLS CHILDREN
LOVELL, Wyo., March 12—Mrs.
James Watters, wife of a promonent
rancher of the Big Horn basin, shot
her six children last night and then
turned the gun upon herself, with
fatal results. Three of the children
were killed instantly and a fourth
died sometime after the shooting.
The two others will recover. The
mother is believed to have been
insane.
RACE RIOTING IN OHIO CITY
GIVING OFFICIALS TROULE
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, Mar. 12—
Following a conference of state,
military, county and city officials.
Sheriff Jones has been placed in en
tire charge of the situation here
resulting irum racial awuruers, hiu*
voked by the wounding of a police
man while engaged in an attempt to
search a colored resident for fire
arms.
[ When the colored offender was
! placed under arrest, a large crowd
j of whites gathered with the evi
dent intention of lynching the pris- ■
oner, but machine guns stationed in •
front of the jail frustrated the at-1
tempt. This action was followed by •
disorders in various parts of the
city.
The sheriff has issued orders for
the suspension of all traffic after
six this evening and the theaters and 1
public meetings of all kinds have
been banned until normal condi-1
tions are restored.
The trouble was started origonally
by an assault on an 11-year-old:
white girl.
RAILROADS UNDER FIRE i
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 12—
i Nine newspapers have filed com-1
: plaints with the interstate commerce !
■ commission, alleging that the rail-:
roads are charging unreasonable
rates for hauling newsprint.
FISHING VESSEL IS MISSING
PRINCE RUPERT, March 12—
The power boat W. R. Lord has
been dispatched from this port in
search of the fishing vessel Notlad, j
which left here on February 5 and'
from which nothing has been heard
since. The missing boat is a seven- j
ton craft, carrying a crew of four.
men.
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RAILWAY OFFICIALS PLAN I
CUTS ON SKILLED LABOR
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 12—
According to an announcement is
sued here today by officials of As
sociation of Railway Executives, it'
is the intention of virtually all the
railroads in the country to take1
steps to reduce the wages of skilled
employes as soon as adjustments in
the wages of unskilled employes
have been made. The adjustments, it
is stated, are to be handled indi
vidually by each railroad.
The reductions are to be urged, |
the officials explain, to keep the i
railroads out of bankruptcy and to,
enable them eventually to reduce j
traffic rates, which are characterized ;
as higher than the public can bear, j
It is claimed that the railroads are |
now existing entirely on credit.
SILK WAREHOUSES BURN
SHANGHAI, March 12—Several
silk warehouses, containing half thej
silk in Shanghai available for ex- |
port, were burned to the ground to
day, with a loss estimated at be
tween six and ten million dollars.
HARDING ADMINISTRATION
WILL INSIST ON U. S. RIGHTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 12 -
The policy of the Harding adminis
tration with regard to American
rights growing out of American par
ticipation in the war will not differ
materially from that of the >V llson
administration, according to reliable
information obtained today.
An adjustment of the situation
resulting form the award of a man
date over the Island of Yap to Japan
will be insisted upon, to determine
the delivery and attitude with re
spect to the British mandate for
Mesopotamia.
The new administration will con
tinue to defend the contention that
the United States must be consid
ered in the matter of adjustment
of problems created by the war.
GOVERNOR SENDS RELIEF
TO UNGA INHABITANTS
JUNEAU, March 12—Governor
Thos Riggs has assumed the re ■
sponsibility of providing: relief for
the inhabitants of Unga, said to be
in a deplorable condition because of
the short fishing season last year
by the Alaska Codfish company, on
the operations of which concern the
natives are practically dependent for
support.
The governor has informed the
territorial senate that he will take
care of the natives and has in
structed Marshal Brenneman, at Vai
dez, to provide temporary relief
OKLAHOMA TRIAL STARTS;
JURYMEN INSPECT ROOMS
ARDMORE, March 12—In his op
ening statement' to the jury, in the
Clara Hamon murder trial, the pro
secutor said that Jake Hamon, in
describing the shooting just before
he died, said: “I never had a chance.
She shot me as I lay about like 1
am now.” Hamon was on a hospital
cot when he made the statement.
While the prosecutor was describ
ing the shooting to the jury, the
fair defendant sar, with bowed head
and sobbed audibly. It is under
stood that she will plead self de
fense.
Before the examination of wit
nesses started the jury visited th,
rooms occupied by Hamon and the
girl alt the time of the shooting.
Four witnesses were examined yes
terday.
BODY OF LANGDON COMING
SAN FRANCISCO, March 12
An American transport is enrout*
from Vladivostok with the body ,>t'
Lieut. Warren Langdon, who wax
killed by a Japanese sentry at Vlad
ivostok in Jaauary. The transport
is due here on Tuesday and will be
met by relatives of the deceased.
HARDING URGES CHINA RELIEF
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 12
President Harding has issued an ap
peal to the people of the United
States to do everything in their
power to aid the famine sufferers
of Northern China.
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STATE LAWMAKERS ADJOURN
OLYMPIA, Wn„ March 12—The
state legislature adjourned early
yesterday morning after the dispos
al of a number of conference re
ports.