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WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
I VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 19. 1921
NUMBER 210
RAILWAY EXECUTIVES SEEK PUBLIC AID
PACKING HOUSE WORKERS VOTE TO REJECT SCALE
NOME WILL-HOLD ELECTION TO FILL SEAT IN HOUSE
PACKING HOUSE WORKERS
ARE IN FAVOR OF STRIKE
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CHICAGO, March 19—Official re- ■'
turns of the strike vote taken by
packing house employes and stock
yard workers show that the senti
ment against acceptance of the new |
wage conditions is almost unani-1
mous. The votes in favor of strik-1
ing, should such action become
necessary to bring the packers to
time, totaled 28,796, while those op
posed to a strike numbered only
387.
Additional returns received late
today show that the sentiment in
favor of striking is overwhelming,
in case the packers insist of forcing
their employes to go back to the
ten-hour day. Under the new con
, ditions proposed by the packers,:
wages are not only reduced, but
the working hours are lengthened
so that the payment of overtime j
does not begin until after ten hours.j
METAL WORKERS DISAPPROVE
RULE OF SOVIET LEADERS
BERNE, March 19—The execu
tive committee of the International
* Metal y Wqrkers union, claiming a!
membership of three and a half ■
million, has adopted resolutions de-'
daring against Leon Trotsky and,
the third internationale.
The committee urges all union:
members to opposo all wars and
militarism and to seek general dis-1
armament.
CAPTIVE BALLOON ESCAPES
HAVANA, March 19—A captive
balloon, with three occupants, in
cluding Captain Miller, of the medi
cal corps, broke from its moorings
yesterday at the American naval!
station at Guantanamo, and is lost.)
Several airplanes were sent in'
search of the balloon but were un
able to locate it.
IDAHO FARMER RUNS AMUCK.
V AMERICAN FALLS, March 19—,
W. H. Ball, a farmer of Pauline, j
Idaho, shot and wounded F. Biant,!
also a farmer, yesterday, and then
took refuge in a cabin, where he
held off a posse for four hours.
Three members of the posse were
wounded. Ball was taken captive
i after he had exhausted his supply
of ammunition. The wounded men
are Deputy Sheriffs Terrence and
John Kajawalis and a man whose
name is unknown.
ALASKANS REPORT INCOMES
TACOMA, March 19—A total of
148,000 residents of Washington
and Alaska have tiled income tax
returns, according to David J. Wil
liams, collector of internal revenue.
' The number of filings is greater
than last year, but the amount col
lected is considerably less.
CONGRESS OPENED GATES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 19—
The departments of state and labor
have requested the department of
justice to determine whether Con
gress, in repealing war-time legis
lation, inadvertently wiped out the
statutes under which the Govern
ment has maintained a check, on
the other side of the Atlantic, on
aliens seeking to come to America.
^ It is considered whether the pass
port laws are still in force.
* Xanana, Alaska's Interior Trial teapot
ATTORNEY FOR UNION SAYS
RAILWAYS USE PROPOG AND A
CLARA HAMON ACQUITTED;
HAPPIEST GIRL IN WORLD
ARDMORE, Okla., March 19—j
Clara Smith-Hamon, who was placed j
on trial here on the charge of kill-;
ing Jake Hamon, Republican Nation
al committeemen, was acquitted by
a jury yerterday, after a delibera-!
tion of only 40 minutes. It is under- j
stood that only one vote was taken.
When the verdict of the jury was
made known to the court, Clara
wept with joy, declaring that “I’m
the happiest person in the world.”
DEFUNCT BANK IS SEEKiNC
MONEY FROM CALIFORNIANS,
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 19—]
An effort is being made on behalf,
of the defunct Scandinavian Ameri- ,
can Bank, of Tacoma, to collect ap-i
proximately a million and a half
from Californians who owed money
j to the bank at the time of the fail- ^
i ure. The money thus realized will'
be distributed( among the deposit-]
ors. The collections in this state are
being looked after by Guy C. Kelly,
' attorney for the Washington State
Bank committee.
Jafet Lindeberg, who is wanted i
at Tacoma in connection with the
failure, has not yet been placed
under arrest.
COAST REPORTS BAD STORM
PORTLAND, March 10—Heavy
rains and gales throughout the
Northwest are reported to have
caused considerable damage during
the past two days.The precipitation
ranged from two to three inches
and the wind off the mouth of the
Columbia river gained a velocity ;
of fifty miles an hour. Ghehalis and
Walla Walla are among the towns
reporting damage from floods.
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FOOD PRICES LOWERING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 19
Food costs, as affecting the average J
family, declined nine per cent dur-,
ing the month of February, accord- j
ing to announcement made this ^
week by the bureau of labor statis- ■
tics. Practically all the articles re
ported showed a drop in price for
the period under review.
CONGO NATIVES ON WARPATH
ANTWERP, March 19—Accord
ing to wireless dispatches received
in this city, natives in the equator
ial district of Congo Free State
have donned their war paint and
are raising havoc with white set
tlements in their region. Fifty
trading posts are reported to have
been burned.
MEXICAN BANDIT DEAD
MEXICO CITY, March 19—Pedro
Zamoras, one of the most formid
able bandits in Mexico, died today
as the results of wounds received
in a battle with federal troops.
Frank Brido, former Fairbanks
groceryman, now has a ranch at
Mt. Vernon, Wash.
CHICAGO, March 19—Frank
Walsh, attorney for the railway
unions at the hearing before the
railway labor board, charged that
the railway companies are trying to
smash the unions through public
opinion, and that they are attempt
ing to influence public opinion by
the use of false and paid publicity.
The publicity referred to includes
the distribution of circulars setting
for the arguments of the railway
executives, several of which have
been received by The News recent
ly. The circulars, titled “Railroad
! Information’’ are issued by the As
j siciation of Railway Executives, from
its office in New York. One hundred
and forty-six of the circulars had
been issued up to February 14.
One of the circulars says “The
basic rates of pay for unskilled
railroad labor (Vs fixed by agree
ments made under government con
trol of the railroads) are 39 to 48
cents an hour—$3.12 to $3.88 per
eight-hour day.
“The Railroad Labor Board now
in session in Chicago, has declined
to suspend these rates and permit
the roads, as they requested, to pay
the prevailing rate of wages.
“In 1917 the railroads had 350,
000 section and unskilled laborers,
and 376,000 in 1920, and increase
of 7.4 per cent. The wages paid
them in 1917 totaled $220,000,000,
while in 1920 the amount had in
creased to $476,000,000, or 112
per ce nt.”
In another circular, the executives
claim that “as a result of one retro
active decision concerning the status
of three men who operate acetylene
torches in cutting up scrap, the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail
road was compelled to pay the sum
of $6,421.44 in additional compen
sation and back pay. The employes
claimed that under the terms of the
National Agreement, men using
acetylene torches to cut up mater
ial at the scrap dock were entitled
to the same wages as carmen en
j gaged in dismantling wrecked cars
and locomotives. Material on which
the men worked had already been
dismantled. It was scrap when re
ceived at the dock. Their duties
consisted in cutting apart the differ-!
ent materials for the purpose of
sorting scrap, an operation entirely
different from dismantling cars or
locomotives. The mere fact that
some of the scrap came originally
from cars did not carry the carmen’s
rate for those cutting it up.”
LABOR TROUBLES BLAMED
FOR SLUMP IN FISHERIES
SAN FRANCISCO, March 19—
According to announcement made in
this city tlhis week, the codfishing
companies of the Pacific will not
send any boats into Alaskan or
other fishing waters this season
because of an overstocked market
and the difficulty of securing crews
on satisfactory wage terms. The
Alaska and Union companies have
tied their boats up for the season.
Salmon fishing companies are
still trying to settle the wage scale
so as to permit them to send small
fleets North.
It is announced that the Alaska
Codfishing company may maintain
operations at four stations in the
North Pacific, but the usual activ
ities in Bering se?i will be missing.
COAL MINERS ORGANIZATION
WILL BACK MEN ON COAST
INDIANAPOLIS, March 19—It is
announced by President Lewis, of
the United Mine Workers, that any
attempt on the part of the coal
mine operators to reduce wages at
this time will be vigorously resisted.
He says the miners are now work
ing under contracts which do not
expire until next year.
President Lewis has also announc
ed that the entire organization will
support the action of the Washing
ton coal miners, who have refused
to accept a wage reduction of 23
per cent.
The programs for the minstrel
show were printed by The Nenana
! News, which maintains the only
' first class printing establishment in
j Interior Alaska.
DRAFT EVADERS ARE GIVEN
FINAL WARNING TO REPORT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 19
Adjutant General Harris has an
nounced the draft evaders are about
to be given their last opportunity
to escape inclusion of their names
in the lists which are to be publish
ed shortly, branding such persons
as deserters.
The announcement says that per
sons who have reason to believe
they are charged with draft evasion
but who did not actually evade,
should communicate immediately in
order that the final lists may be
corrected.
The number of evaders has been j
reduced to 150,000.
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LIQUOR SMUGGLERS ENGAGE
OFFICERS IN NIGHT BATTLE
EL PASO, March 19—An Ameri
can immigration officer, two sold
iers and two liguor smugglers were
wounded in a border battle which
took p)ace last night on the Rio
Grande two miles from here. The
fight lasted several hours, a total
of more than a hundred shots being
fired by both sides.
Fifty-seven quarts of whisky, left
| by the smugglers during the night,
were discovered by the officers this
morning and brought here.
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BRIDGE WORKERS DROWN
WALLA WALLA, March 19—Two
members of a repair gang, engaged
in rebuilding a bridge wrecked by
the high water of the past several
days, fell into the Touchet river
this morning and were drowned.
Traffic over the flooded railway
lines is being resumed gradually.
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FEDERAL DRY OFFICERS
RAID LABOR HEADQUARTERS I
DENVER, March 19—Federal and |
state prohibition agents raided the
headquarters of the entertainment
committee of the American Feder
ation of Labor last night and con
fiscated 21 gallons of whisky. Two
members of the committee were ar
rested.
The committee is preparing for
the national convention of the fed
eration which is to be held here
during the coming summer.
JOHN STEVENS IS BLAMED
FOR JAPANESE AGITATION
TOKYO, March 19—Representa
tive Uchara, a member of the Japan
ese diet, declared in an interview
published here today, that anti
Japanese agitation in the United
j States is spreading to other states
i than California, and he charges
that John Stevens, of Chicago, head
of the American railway mission to
Siberia, is carrying on the anti
Japanese movement.
Foreign Minister Uchida has is
sued a statement in which he says
the Japanese government is adopt
j ing every possible means to pre
vent the passage of laws in America
similar to the California law.
RUNAWAY DENVER AUTO
TAKES LIVES OF THREE j
DENVER, March 19—W. Recalli
cotte, former state fish commission
er and a candidate for the United
States senate, was decapitated here
'today by a runaway automobile,
which crashed down the hill into the
crowded business section of the
city.
Two others received injuries which
will prove fatal.
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CHICAGO CONVICTS BAD MAN
| CHICAGO, March 19—Carl Wand
| erer was found guilty here yester
j day on a charge of murder, and his
| penalty was fixed at death. He was
I charged with the murder oi a man
in an alleged mock holdup, t'he
convicted, at a previous trial, was
found guilty of wife-murder and
sentenced to a term of 25 years.
INDIANS RISE IN BOLIVIA
BUENOS AIRES, March 19—An
uprising of Indians on the high
table lands of Bolivia is reported,
the advices stating that several en
counters between the tribesmen and
provincial forces have taken place
recently, with a number casualties
on both sides. Bolivian troops are
enroute to the scene to put down
the disorders.
NO DISARMAMENT THERE
LONDON, March 19—The house
of commons has approved the naval
estimates for 1921 and 1922, the
amount totaling 81,186,869 pounds
gross.
Theo. Brakke, formerly of Ne
nana, is now in Anchorage.
SPECIAL ELECTION CALLED
TO FILL SEAT AT JUNEAU
JUNEAU, March 19—Governor
Riggs has attached his signature to
a bill providing for a special dm
sional election, to be held in th>
Second division for the purpose of
selecting a successor to the late E.
W. Burroughs, of Nome, who died
in Seattle a few days before the
territorial legislature convened. The
election will be held on March 29.
and telegraphic returns will be ac
cepted by the canvassing board in
order that no time may be lost in
filling the vacant seat.
T. J. Reed, clerk of the senate,
has wired to his friends at Nome
informing them that he is not a
candidate for the place, but Clerk
Daly, of the house, is a candidate,
land it is thought that Victor A.
j.Iulien, who is now in Seattle and
{who was defeated by Burroughs,
[will also be a candidate.
UKRAINIANS CAPTURE TWO
CITIES FROM BOLSHEV1KI
BERNE, March 19—The Ukrain
ian Nationalist forces are reported
to have captured two large cities
from the Bolshevik forces. All the
Bolshevik commissioners and officer
were put to death by the victors.
LIGHT WINES FAVORED
SACRAMENTO, March 19—The
lower branch of the state legisla
ture has passed aresolution memor
alizing Congress to lift prohibition
sufficiently to permit the use of
light wines and beer. The vote was
a close one, the ayes numbering
43 and those opposed 34.
TAX POLICY TAKING FORM
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 19
Formulation of the new treasury
policy on tax revision is now in
progress and it is expected that the
policy will be ready for submission
to Congress in April, according to
Secretary Mellon. Surtax and revi
sion of the income tax will be con
sidered first because of the effect
on business of changed tax laws.
The secretary has not indicated
whether revenue or tariff revision
will have precedence.
CASHIER DROWNS IN RIVER
KALAMA, March 19—F. L. Stew
art, cashier of the State Bank of
Kelso, which was closed recently
by order of the state bank examin
ing board, fell or jumped from a
ferry boat in the Columbia river,
opposite here, yesterday, and was
drowned. He was a former member
of the Washington state senate and
had resided in Kelso for a quarter
of a century.
TIMES OPERATOR HAS RECORD
NEW YORK, March 19— B. G.
Seutter, a New York Times oper
ator, broke the world’s wireless
record yesterday, with an average
of 48 and three-fifths words a min
ute, and with only two typograph
ical errors.
PERSHING ON WARPATH
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 19
General Pershing has issued a state
ment in which he bitterly attacks
persons of foreign birth, who seek
the freedom of America, who “en
gage in spreading political and war
like propaganda.”