WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
nenana, Alaska, Tuesday, October 19, 1920.
NO. 145
COAL STRIKE STARTS WITH DISORDERS
WINTER FINDS SOVIET TROOPS UNFIT FOR FIELD
HARDING’S STATEMENT STIRS” DEMOCRATS AT CAPITAL
HELD UP PRICES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 19.—
Addressing the representatives of a
number of farmers’ organizations,
Secretary of Agriculture Houston
declared that neither the Govern
ment nor any of its representative
departments would be a party to
any plan to withhold commodities
from the market for the purpose of
maintaining artificially high prices.
The farmers called on the secretary
in quest of federal aid in checking
the downward trend of prices.
WOOL GROWERS BUSY.
SALT LAKE, Oct. 19. — Wool
growers will endeavor to induce
Congress to prevent the importation
of foreign wool by the imposition
of duty sufficient to equalize prices
in the United States and thus ena
ble American growers to compete
with the foreign product.
HOUSTON UNPOPULAR.
ATLANTA, Oct. 19.—The Georgia
division of the American Cotton as
sociation has adopted resolutions
asking for the dismissal of Secre
tary Houston because of his “per
sistently unfriendly attitude toward
agriculture.”
NEW BR1DGEPIER
LOSE AT SUSITNA
According- to recent arrivals from
the coast, the new concrete pier
which was being erected at Susitna
river crossing, for the support of
one end of the massive steel rail
road bridge which is to span the
river at that point, collapsed when
it was almost completed and is now
a jumbled pile of debris on the
river bank, or was at the time those
bringing the report passed the scene
of the disaster.
It is understood that a large force
was set at work clearing away the
wreckage so that work on another
pier might be started, and it is
claimed by those in charge of the
work that the collapse of the origi
nal pier will not materially delay the
completion of the bridge.
The wrecked pier was a massive
pile of concrete and boulders, mea
suring about 20 by 60 or 30 feet at
the base, and it was to have been
60 feet high. It was about 64 feet
high when the lower part of the pier
gave way beneath the great weight.
It is not known here whether or not
any of the workers were injured.
The reports received' in Nenana
indicate that large boulders were
used with the cement and that none
of the boulders were washed befoH
being put in place. It is also claim
ed that cold water was used in
mixing the cement, which accounts
for the fact that it did not “set"
properly.
Col. Mears is said to have been
in charge of the work at the time
the accident happened. Bridge En
gineer Fogelstrom resigned shortly
STRIKE STARTS IN ENGLAND;
RED FLAG MAKES APPEARANCE
before the collapse and the chair
man informed the public, through
the columns of the Anchorage Times,
that he had taken full charge of
the work himself.
It is possible that the cement can
be used again, provided there is a
crusher available, but the loss in
any case will be considerable, both
in labor and material.
CORK, Oct. 19.—Michael Fitz
gerald, hunger striker, confined in
a local prison, died yesterday, on
the sixty-ninth day of his fast. The
death of Fitzgerald, prison doctors
believe, will have a bad effect on
'other hunger strikers who are ap
proaching their sixty-ninth day. Sev
eral others are expected to die
shortly.
M’SWINEY STILL GOING.
I LONDON, Oct. 19.—Lord Mayor
McSwiney is celebrating the sixty
eighth day of his hunger strike to
day. He passed a good night and
is in a cheerful mood today, al
though very weak.
SUPREME COURT LETS
SUFFRAGE LAW STAND
I WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 19.—
The supreme court, of the United
States has refused to advance the
date of the hearing on the injunc
tion seeking to restrain Secretary
of State Colby from promulgating
suffrage, thus precluding the possi
bility of keeping the women away
from the polls on November 2. The
ratification of the amendment was
promulgated by the secretary before
any action could be taken to stop
him, and the ratification will stand
until set aside by the court.
COLLEGE YOUTH FOUND
WITH BULLET IN HEAD
PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Oct. 19.—
\ Mystery surrounds the death of El
mer Drewes, Dartmouth college stu
dent, who was found in the out
skirts of the city on Sunday with
a bullet in his head. The youth had
$900 on his person when the body
was found, indicating that robbery
was not the motive behind the mur
der. The police are working on the
case, but there are no clews.
ARCHDEACON IS BURIED
AMONG INDIAN GRAVES
DAWSON, Oct. 19.—Archdeacon
Hudson Stuck, who died at Port Yu
kon a week ago Sunday, was buried
in the Indian cemetery there the
following day, at his own request.
The funeral services were directed
by Dr. Grafton Burke, with the
members of the native council act
ing as pallbearers.
I
j LONDON, Oct. 19. — The com
j mencement of the great coal strike,
! which started yesterday throughout
England, has been marked with dis
orders which, while not of a par
ticularly serious character, are suf
ficiently menacing to cast a gloom
! over the country.
j The eyes of the nation are cen
| tered anxiously on the first session
| of parliament after the summer re
j cess, the hope being expressed that
j the lawmakers will takW action which
| will open the way to a settlement of
the differences between the striking
coal miners and the government. It
is already apparent that the strike
is hitting at the vitals of the coun
try.
{ In the meantime, the government
j is receiving many offers of help in
j the emergency, thousands of men
! and women throughout the country
i having registered their names in re
sponse to an appeal to the public
for volunteers to keep things mov
ing pending a settlement of the la
bor troubles.
DISORDERS START.
J LONDON, Oct. 19.—Disorders oc
' curred yesterday in the Whitehall
■ district in connection with the strike,
j the trouble resulting from a dem
| onstration of unemployed men, who
| sent a delegation to confer with
! Premier Lloyd George. A number
of persons were injured while try
ing to break through the cordon of
police. •
J Later, ,a big demonstration was
' held in Trafalgar square, the red
| flag being much in evidence. The
j crowd sang the Internationale and
j cheered for Lenine and Trotsky and
j it was with great difficulty that or
I der was restored. At least two
| policemen and several civilians were
| hurt during the disturbance.
HUNGER THREATENS
RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN
I
SEBASTOPAL, Oct. 19. — Two
Russian regiments opposing General
i
Wrangel’s anti-Bolshevik forces on
the South Russian front have decid
! ed to surrender because they are
without food, without shoes, and
without suitable clothing for winter
campaigning, according to official re
ports received in this city. It is
claimed that the Bolshevik authori
ties are unable longer to conceal
the fact that the soviet army is dis
solving and that a winter campaign
is out of the question.
CIVILIANS MASSACRED.
The reports also state that 2,500 I
civilian prisoners were massacred !
during the last day’s occupation of j
Berdipsk.
TROTSKY IN CHARGE.
SEBASTOPOL, Oct. 19.—The ef
forts of General Wrang'd to take
the Kakova brigade are reported to
have failed, the anti-Bolshevik forces
having suffered heavy losses, with
many killed and large quantities of
supplies captured by the soviet
troops. The soviet forces are still
in possesion of the Dneiper, where
their movements are being directed
by Leon Trotsky in person.
WANTS CONCESSIONS.
REVAL, Oct. 19.—According to
information received in this city,
Washington Vanderlip, of Holly
wood, California, is at present in
Russia endeavoring to secure coal
and other mineral concessions in
Kamchatka and elsewhere, in the
names of Western bankers.
COAST LEAGUERS CROOKED
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 19.—Offi
cials of the district attorney’s of
fice, who have devoted considerable
time lately to an investigation of
coast league games, have issued a
statement in which they charge that
LAST BOATS ENROUTE
ON THE UPPER YUKON
DAWSON, Oct. 19.—The steam
ers Whitehorse and Casca were the
last boats of the year to get away
for the upper Yukon. They sailed
for Whitehorse on Thursday, carry
ing 90 passengers for the States.
An attempt will be made to tow
the damaged steamer Selkirk to
Whitehorse. The Selkirk struck a
! rock at Stewart recently.
half a dozen players in every club
belonging to the Pacific Coast
league were bought up by gamblers
during the past season.
The statement says further that
the gamblers made huge profits on
the “fixed” games.
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HUGHEY JENNINGS QUITS.
DETROIT, Oct. 19. — Hughey
Jennings, manager of the Detroit
baseball club, has tendered his res
ignation, to take effect immediately.
BROKER TELLS JURORS
ABOUT WHISKY PLOTS
CHICAGO, Oct 19.—Walter Sad
ler, a New York broker, appeared
before the grand jury here yester
day for the purpose of substanti
ating his recent confession to the
effect that a million-dollar "whisky
ring” had been formed for the pur
pose of flooding the country with
contraband liquor released from
bonded warehouses on forged per
mits. It is said that three warrants
have been asked for for the arrest
of suspected revenue agents.
DEPARTMENT WILL
ABANDON CRUSADE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 19.—
Officials of the department of jus
tice have announced that the cam
paign conducted by the department
! against the high cost of living will
| be abandoned on the first of No
I vember, on which date the fair price
organizations also will be disbanded.
The department’s drive to lower
; prices cost the Government half a
I million lollars and was productive
of fines aggregating $275,381. There
were more than 108 convictions and
sentenced aggregating ten years and
I ten months were imposed on of
fenders convicted.
TIMBER USERS START
CONSERVATION FIGHT
.NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—Industries
using the timber resources of the
nation are planning to secure a re
vision of the forestry laws during
the coming session of Congress,
their object being the preservation
of the American forests by replant
ing and the more rigid prosecution
of those responsible for the whole
sale destruction of timber by fire.
A program of action is now being
formulated.
LEAGUE OWNERS MEET
TO TALK OVER PLANS
CHICAGO, Oct. 19. — National
and American league owners are
holding a joint meeting in this city
for the purpose of considering plans
for the reorganization of major
league baseball under a new trib
unal, to be composed of men who
have no financial interest in the or
ganization. Ban Johnson, president
of the American league, refused to
attend the meeting.
SOUTHERN MINE SCENE
OF WORKERS’ BATTLE
MORGANTOWN, W. Va., Oct. 19.
—The entrance to the Rockford
mine, of the Connellsville Coal
company, was partially wrecked last
night by dynamite, and a dozen
men, who were in the mine at the
time, had difficulty in making their
escape. Later in the night, armed
men attacked the mine power house
and many shots were exchanged be
tween the non-union miners and the
attacking party. It is believed that
one of the attacking party was
killed.
PREUI CALLS
SENATOR HARDING
ON LEAGUE ISSUES
WASHINGTON', D. C., Oct. 19.
President Wilson has written a let
ter to Senator Harding relative to
the statement of the Republican
nominee that he had been approach
ed “informally” by a representative
of France with a request that steps
be taken to form a new league.
“I need not point out the grave and
extraordinary inference to be drawn
from such a statement,” the Presi
dent said, "namely, that France, a
member of the league, approached
a private citizen of a nation which
is not a member of the league, with
a request that the United State
lead the way to world fraternity.”
ON THE WAY.
MARION, Oct. 19.—The letter of
’ President Wilson has not yet reach
ed Senator Harding, but it is ex
pected that he will make a public
statement when it does arrive here.
NOT AUTHORIZED.
WASHINGTON, D. <\, Oct. 19.
Count deBeam, French charge d’af
faires, has assured the suite de
partment that the French govern
ment has given no authority to any
one to approach Harding with a sug
gestion that he take the lead in
forming a new world association.
He told Under Secretary Davis this
afternoon that he was sure the
French government had delegated
no spokesman, either formally or in
formally, officially or unofficially.
STAGG BABY FOUND;
SEATTLE, Oct. 19.—The infant
son of Robert Stagg, Tacoma news
| paperman, is reported to have been
surrendered to the police of New
York city and is now in a children's
home there, awaiting' the arrival of
the father. Betty Brainard, gir!
reporter, is under arrest on a kid
naping charge, and Tacoma officers
are now enroute to the metropolis,
armed with extradition papers, their
intention being to bring the girl to
Tacoma far trial.
The girl was arraigned several
days ago, but the case was post
ironed until October 21, presumably
to give the Tacoma officers time t«»
reach the East. The girl’s attor
neys, including William Travers
Jerome, wdll make every effort to
prevent extradition.
The search for the baby extended
to every cerner of the United States
and Canada, and the police claim
that they have the confessions of
several of Betty’s friends here to
the effect that they aided in the
kidnaping. The authorities of both
this city and Tacoma declare that a
number of arrests are pending anil
that some of those to be taken into
custody are socially prominent.
Tom and Hendre Nerland were
among today’s arrivals from the
upper town.