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NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1920
NUMBER 158
FARMERS THREATEN STRIKE ON CROPS
STATE DEPARTMENT DENIES REPORT OF TREATY
MINING CONGRESS SPEAKERS TALK OF GOLD OUTPUT
SECRET TREATY
REPORT DENIED
* AT WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 18
No corporation, no group of cor
porations or no group of individu
als is “going to deliver American
recognition to Mexico” according to
a statement made yesterday by offi
cials of the state department.
The statement explains that pre
f liminary to recognition, the Ameri
can government does not insist up
on the abrogation of Aiticle 27, of
the Mexican constitution, provided
the operation of the article in ques
tion does not infringe upon the
rights of Americans in Mexico. And
it is explained further that if the
operation of laws enacted under the
article are shown to be confiscatory
or retroactive the United States
cannot accord the recognition now
^ sought by the Mexicans.
It is declared by the officials mak
ing the statement that the depart
ment is actuated solely by a desire
to protect all valid interests of
Americans in Mexico, and that de
partment officials do not intend to
be stampeded into action by persons
or corporations actuated by selfish
motives.
STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS
MEXICAN REPORT FALSE
WASHINGTON, D. C\, Nov. In
state department officials have is
sued a statement in which they
make denial of the report that the
United States, tirea£ Britain and
"France have entered a treaty agree
ment in which a course of action
in Mexico and South Anerica is
outlined. The report first appeared
in Mexican newspapers.
MINERS ARE RESCUED FROM
BURNING KENTUCKY MINE
EARLINGTON, Ky., Nov. 18—
After having been entombed in the
workings of the burning Arnold
coal mine near this city, for more
than 20 hours, ten miners were
dragged from their underground
prison late yesterday afternoon. The
rescue was made possible by tun
neling around the fire, which had
shut off the single mine entry.
The bodies of five other miners
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have been recovered and still an
other is trapped, with the liklihood
of his rescue being extremely
doubtful.
SHIPPING BOARD RECORDS
DO NOT SHOW ANYTHING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 18—
Testifying before the Walsh investi
gating committee today, John GiUen,
| who was special assistant to ex
Chairman Payne, of the United
States Shipping board, declared that
hundreds of millions of dollars were
! unaccounted for during “the eom
jplete breaking down’’ of the board’s
system of accounting during the
war. He said that there had remain
ed about fifty millions of the four
hundred millions taken in on freight
charges.
The investigation has disclosed
that the board had no records to
show the amount of money received
and expended during the war.
Gillen informed the committee
that up to August, 1919, when Alon
zo Tweedale was made treasurer of
the board, there was no record to
show how the board and the emer
gency fleet corporation expended the
vast sum of two and a half billion
dollars which had come into the
possession of the twin organizations.
Costly Substitute
An alleged substitute in a con
tract with the Seattle Construction
and Dry Dock company cost the
Government $143,000 on the recon
ditioning of one ship, according to
testimony given to the committee
by William Morton, investigator.
WESTERN UNION CLASHES
WITH U. S. GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 18—
Because of its refusal longer to
handle Government messages unless
tolls are prepaid, the Western Union
company may suffer the loss of per
mits granted for the landing of
cables on American soil. An an
nouncement made today by the
state department contains a veiled
threat against the offending con
cern, intimating that permits will
be revoked unless the company con
tinues to accord the United States
the same privileges accorded the
British and other governments in
the handling of cablegrams. In ad
dition to refusing to handle mes
sages without the prepayment of
tolls, the company refused to carry
reduced government-rate messages
originating outside of the United
States.
Western Union . officials explain
that the action of the company is
the result of the government’s de
lay in making payment of claim for
business transacted over the cables
of the company.
PRICE OF LEAD SLUMPS
NEW YORK, Nov. 18—The Amer
ican Smelting &. Refining company
has announced a reduction in the
price of lead of half a cent a pound,
the new price being 6% cents.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 18—The
National Fanners union has sent
out a call for a nation-wide strike
of American producers as a means
of combatting declining prices of
farm products. A greatly reduced
production is in prospect “unless
prices are fairly readjusted.’’
bropped In October
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 18
Price studies given by the depart
ment of labor show that there was
a marked decline in October in
virtually all items entering into the
! cost of living, with the single ex
ception of house furnishings. Cloth
ing dropped 18 per cent, below the
figures of a year ago. Farm products
show a drop of 21 per cent.
More Strike Talk
CHICAGO, Nov. 18—Advice to
farmers to curtail production pend
ing price readjustments, is given
in a public statement made by J.
R. Howard, president of the Ameri
can Farm Bureau federation, and C.
W. Hunt, president of the Iowa
i Farm Bureau federation. Howard,
in his statement, said “prices are
frightfully low. All farm products
have declined from 50 to 100 per
cent. When other commodities de
cline in proportion, we will go ahead
with production.”
Harding Points The Way
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 18—In
an address delivered in this city this
afternoon, President-elect Harding
said that plain living and square |
dealing are the nation's strongest i
reliances during the period of after
war readjustment. Whatever dis
couragements and reverses there
have been, he declared, they are j
only temporary.
He also spoke hopefully of the j
outlook for industrial development j
in the South and expressed the be-;
lief that ties of commercial coopera-1
tion with Latin-America will be j
strengthened.
Harding will not stop at any j
Mexican port on his way to the j
Canal zone, notwithstanding the j
fact that he has received a number j
of pressing invitations from Mexican
officials.
Too Many Shirts
TROY, N. Y., Nov. 18—As soon
as a few more orders have been ■
filled, the shirt factories of the I
George C. Ide company will be!
closed for an indeffinite period. Un-!
settled conditions of the market and |
lack of business are given as the!
cause of suspension.
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Branching Out
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18—The!
Zellerbach Paper company and asso-;
ciated interests have invested a mil j
lion and a half dollars in the Wash- i
ington Pulp and Paper company, of
Port Angeles and will engage in the
manufacture of news print paper.
The Zellerbach company is one of!
the biggest paper concerns in the
country.
STUDENTS DISCUSS WAR;
QUESTION UNSETTLED!
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TOKYO, Nov. 18—The question,
Shall Japan fight America? was
discussed for a period of four j
hours here yesterday by a body of i
2,000 Japanese students, but at;
the conclusion of the debate the:
question remained unsettled before
of the failure of the students to
take a vote. This fact is attributed
to the presence of police, who ap
peared to be about equally divided
on the question.
The students were in accord on
the opinion that California anti
alien legislation is just cause for
hostilities but they differed con
cerning the expediency of going to
war with a great nation. .
WILSON SENDS GREETINGS
TO LEAGUE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 18—
President Wilson has ' forwarded a
message to Geneva congratulating
Paul Hymanns upon his election as
president of the League of Nations.
Report Of Activities
GENEVA, Nov. 18—The assembly
of the League of Nations held a
plenary session yesterday for the
purpose of considering a report from
the council dealing with the activ
ities of the leage since its formation.
Six committees were appointed alsb
yesterday.
PTsnana, ths Ostomy to acoXinlsy
Vattoaal Park.
UKRAINIANS DEFEATED BY
RUSSIAN SOVIET FORCES
WARSAW. Nov 18—The Ukrain- j
ians have evacuate'! the city of Kiev
and other positions held by them in ;
that district prior to the xrnval of!
the victorious Bolshevik armies. The j
Ukranian lines were swept at vari
ous points by the Russian cavalry,!
and the Ukrainians arc r.ow in full
retreat'before the Russian < tfensive. i
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Americans Arc- Sale
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 18 -:
According to advices received by
the state department today, all
Americans who were on the Crimean T
peninsula, in South Russia before the
arrival of the Bolshevik armies,
have reached a place of safety be
yond the reach of Russian shells.
FIRED ON COMMISSION
WARSAW, Nov. 18—Lithuanian
troops are reported to have fired on
members of the League of Nations
control commission as they were
crossing No Man’s land. The travel
ers were going from General Zel
gouski’s lines 'to the Lithuanians,
and had a white flag in plain view
when they were attacked.
D’Annunsio In- Action Again
FIUME, Nov. 18—The Fiumian
regency government under d’Annun
zio, has occupied one of the zones
under discussion in the recent Adri
atic negotiations between Italy and
and Jugoslavia. Regular Italian
troops recently were withdrawn from
the region in question, and the po
sitions occupied by the regency
forces are being fortified.
IRISH PRISONERS KILLED
FOR TRYING TO ESCAPE
WHITEGATE, IRELAND, Nov.IS
—Four of six men who were taken
into custody yesterday under the
restoration act, were shot and killed
when they made a break for liber
ty
New Order Planned
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 18—
Irish leaders from all parts of the
country have been summoned to
this city by President de Valera for
the purpose of organization the
American Association for the Recog
nition of the Irish Republic, the
new organization having been de
signed to supplant the Friends of
Irish Freedom.
The association will give de Valera
a vehicle for the working out of
his plans for the rescue of his
native land.
Invitation Is Turned Down
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. 18—
The British embassy has notified the
Committee of One Hundred, which
is engaged in investigating condi
tions in Ireland, that it does not ap
prove the purposes to be served by
the inquiry or the methods to be
followed by the committee in the
hearings scheduled to start today,
and therefore cannot accept the in
vitation of the committee to attend
the hearings.
COTTON MILL OPERATIVES
SURE OF GOOD WAGES
FALL RIVER, Mass., Nov. 18—
Thirty-five thousand cotton mill op-'
eratives will continue to receive the!
good wages of the past six months,!
notwithstanding the recent decline j
in cotton prices. Manufacturers and
operatives have just concluded a
new wage agreement which is satis
factory to all concerned.
MRS. MAC SWINEY COMING
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 18—
Mrs. Mac Swiney, widow of the late
ord mayor of Cork, who starved j
nimself to death in a London pris
>n, has advised the Committee of
One Hundred that she has obtained
i passport and will sail for the
United States on November 24, to
;estify before the committee relative
to conditions in Ireland.
DEATH RATE LOW IN U. S.
WASHINGTON, D* C., Nov. 18—
The death rate in continental United
States last/year was the lowest for
any year on record, the figures giv
en out by the Government today
showing only 12.9 deaths per thous
and of. population. This is a drop
of 5.1 per thousand from the high
death rate of 1918, resulting from
the influenza epidemic.
Venana, the Gateway to MoXInley
National Park.
GOLD SHRINKAGE
FIGURES IN IK
«DENVER MEEI
DENVER. Nov. 18—The Amen
can Mining congress is holding its
twenty-third annual convention in
this city, the session having opened
on Monday with a large number of
members and others in attendance..
On the opening day, Clay Tallman.
commissioner of the general land
office, who is in attendance as the
representative of Secretary of the
Interior John Barton Payne, spoke
at some length on the mineral land
laws.
Dr. Milner Roberts, dean of th<
college of mines, University of
Washington, also addressed the con
tention on Monday saying, among
other things that “war-time wages
in the States had crippled gold
mining in Alaska by attracting
miners from the North." He said
that he understood the ore produc
tion this year would fall below nine
million dollars, which was the output
of 1919. The producers of Alaska,
he said further, are unable to pay
the scales of wages prevailing on the
Pacific coast and make both ends
meet, regardless of profits. Another
distressing phase of the situation,
he pointed out, is the high cost of
operation, which has not only les
sened actual mining but has also
discouraged prospecting and the dt
velopment of finds already made
Help It Needed
In an address delivered yesterday.
George C. Collins, governor of the
Colorado chapter, declared that the
gold production of the whole United
States will decline steadily unless
the industry is given more support
by the federal government.
WOMAN M. C. IS UNPLEDGED
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 18
Miss Alice Robertso- of the Second
Oklahoma district, who has the dis
tinction of being the second woman
elected to Congress, declares that
she “made rio pledges or promises"
to the voters of her district. The
statement filed by her shows that
she expended the sum of $29-10 dur
ing the campaign.
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