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THE NENAN A DAILY NEWS
VOL. III.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 14. 1920
NUMBER 169
SOLDIERS PUT TORCH TO CITY OF CORK
depar tment head opposes gold BONUS PLANS
TEXTILE OPERATIVES MAY FIGHT WAGE REDUCTIONS
TEXTILE MESS
THREATEN SHE
WHEN CUE COMES
LAWRENCE, Mass., Dec. 14
Following the announcement yester
day that two textile mills, employ
ing 16,000 workers, would reduce
wages immediately 22 per cent,
John Golden, president of the Tex
tile Workers of America, issned a
statement in whicn he said reports
from the various mill centers give
every indication that the wage re
ductions will be resisted.
Cut Coming Monday
NEW BEDFORD. Dec. 14--Wage
reductions affecting approximately
40,000 textile operatives have been
announced by all mills affiliated
with the New Bedford Cotton Man
ufacturers association. The cut is
to become effective or Monday.
CALIFORNIANS START WAR
ON TIA JUANA GAMBLERS
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 14—
The mayor of San Diego and the
officials of man welfare organiza
tions of Southern California have
petitioned the state department to
make formal protest to the Mexican
government against alleged vice con
ditions existing at Tia Juana, wide
open Mexican town just across the
border from San Diego.
The petitioners also request that
passports be withheld from Ameri
cans until conditions on the Mexi
can side are corrected.
BLAMES ALLIES FOR FIZZLE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 14
William Denman, rirst chairman of
the United States Shipping board,
appeared before the Congressional
investigating committee yesterday
and explained that the operations
of the board during tits early days
of the war were handicapped by the
insistence of the Allies, particularly
Great Britain, that they bn allowed
the use of all available facilities in
the United States for the construc
tion of ships for them.
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SINN FEINERS AMBUSH PATROL;
CITY IS BURNED IN REPRISAL
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Mrs. Larry O’Keefe is now in
! Texas, where she went from Daw
son to accept a position with the
company of which Erie Brown is
one of the owners.
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Jay C. Johnston and C. R- Peck
arrived at Anchorage recently from
the Iditarod. They were enroute to
the States.
Livingstone Wemecke, head in
vestigator for the Treadwell inter
ests, recently arrived at Anchor
age from the Nixon Fork district
where the Treadwells are opening
up a rick quartz property.
Herman Kosman and associates
have finished their grading contract
I in the canyon and have come to
[town for settlement.
Mrs. J. C. VanOrsdel, business
head of the Mt. McKinley Gold
Placers, left for the States yester
day morning. She is headed for the
East on business for the company
and plans to be back shortly after
the first of the year.
Morton E. Stevens, Fairbanks at
I torney, is paying Nenana a pro
j fessional visit. He arrived from the
j upper town last Friday.
Mail Superintendent Dan Leech
made another start for the coast
yesterday. It is his intention to
spend the Christmas holidays in
Anchorage.
Alex Kalisoff has taken a con
tract on the Mills residency and
’ expects to get started about the
first of the year. He is going out
the line tomorrow to get things
ready.
Herman Magnussen and associates
have completed their grading con
tract in the canyon and are in
town for settlement. They were at
work about a year.
Ted Gleason has linked up with
the Mt. McKinley Gold Placers and
expects to get away for the Kan
tishna on Wednesday.
Capt. Griffith, formerly of Ne
nana, who is now interested in the
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• Cache creek district, is operating a
sawmill at Talkeetna this winter,
getting out lumber and timbers for
use on his properties next season.
Kenneth Finlayson, for several
years past identified with the ac
counting forces of the Alaskan En
gineering commission, has severed
• his connection with the Government
I and went to Fairbanks today with a
jview to looking over that district.
There is a possibility that he will
engage in mining with J. E. McIn
tosh, providing a suitable proposi
tion can be found. Otherwise he will
be ba<^c in Nenana after a short
stay in the upper town.
DUBLIN, Dec. 14—The central
portion of the city of Cork has
been razed by fire and other por
tions of the city are ablaze, accord
ing to advices received in this city
this afternoon.
The burning of the city follow
ed an attack from abush on Sat
urday night upon a detachment of
military police, resulting in the
death of four and the wounding of
many.
Immediately after the attack, the
police took three civilians from their
homes and shot them to death and
the fires were started soon after
ward. There were numerous bomb
explosions heard during the con
conflagration and the populace is
panic stricken.
Among the buildings destroyed
were the municipal building, Carne
gie library and Cornell exchange,
covering a large area.
Military Attacked
BELFAST, Dec. 14—The police
oarracks at Camlough, south of
Armagh, was attacked by armed
Sinn Feiners last night and in the
battle which followed the police
were reinforced by military forces
from Newry. One civilian is known
to have been killed, and a score
received injuries from which sever
al probably will die.
A battle also took place during
the night at Ballinlee, County Long
ford, where the police barracks
was attacked and one of the walls
blown in. The fight lasted five
hours and resulted in the death of
one constable and the serious injury ■
of three others.
Another Ambuih
CORK, Dec. 14—A military pa
trol was ambushed yesterday near
the town of Cloyne, the attacking
party throwing bombs among the :
soldiers from two houses near the '
road. After a short scrimmage, the j
attacking forces were routed, one '
of them being killed and several
wounded. Two were taken captive.
Only one of the soldiers was hurt.
Both of the houses from which the '
attack was launched were burned J
by the soldiers.
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City U Quiet Today
CORK, Dec. 14—Comparative
quiet prevails here today, the mili-'
tary being in full control of the sit
uation. The streets are being pa '
trolled by regulars, with orders to
shoot all persons founds engaged
in looting the burned area. Several
buildings are reported to have been
plundered.
During the hours immediately fol
lowing the fire, great difficulty was
experienced by the soldiers and po
lice in keeping the thousands of
curious spectators from the scene
of destruction. Patrick street today
appears as if it had been wrecked
by a great earthquake.
Calling Them Off
LONDON, D. C., Dec. 14—It is
reported from Cork this afternoon
that Monsignor Daniel Cosalan,
bishop of Cork, has announced it
as his intention to excommunicate
any one participating in further at
tacks upon crown forces from am
bush.
Today’s dispatches confirm the re
ports of yesterday to the effect
that the fire which destroyed the
central part of the city was started
by the police and military as a re
prisal for the killing and wounding
of ambushed comrades. The twisted,
blackened ruins are being guarded
by troops today as a precaution
against looting.
i THE HAGUE, Dec. 14—Diplo
matic relations between Holland and
Jugoslavia have been bi’oken, ac
PR1NCE GEORGE TO HAVE
PAPER MAKING PLANT
PRINCE GEORGE. Dec. 14—Ac
cording to announcement made here
today, plans have been practically
completed for the establishment of
a pulp and paper mill here, at a
cost of six million dollars. It is
claimed by those interested that the
plant will be one of the most up-to
date in Canada.
A thousand men will be employed
and the mill will manufacture three
kinds of paper, including the finest
grade of bond.
A barge laden with about 50,
000 - feet of lumber, was tipped
over by the wind at Juneau recent
ly. The cargo was being loaded at
the Rutherford wharf and about
half of it was dumped in the chan
nel.
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cording' to official announcement
made in this city yesterday. The
break comes as a great surprise.
BROAD PASS LOOKS GOOD
TO OLDTIME PROSPECTOR
Irving W. Major, who spent tne
past summer prospecting in the
Broad Pass country, arrived in An
chorage recently and spoke en
thusiastically of the outlook for the
Pass district. He says there is no
doubt but that the region has a
rich mining future.
The claims which Major was en
gaged in developing during the sum
mer are located within 17 milea of
the Government railroad and he
says he found 15-cent pans. He has
a hydraulic proposition and hopes
to be able to demonstrate the value
of the ground conclusively during
the coming season.
Misses Mildred Anderson and Lu
ella Shaffer, formerly of Nenana,
are planning a trip to Honolulu.
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Andrew Nerland andsH. H. Ross,
who left for the coast last week,
took bicycles along with them for
the trip between ends of steel.
Alex Funk went to Fairbanks
today to buy a horse to replace one
which was killed several days ago
at North Nenana while the Fair
banks flouring mill was being load
ed on to the train for shipment to
the upper town.
Joe Mills and A1 Garthorfner have
moved their barber shop into the
O’Bryan building, next to the Cen
tral cafe.
Material for the riprap to be used
in repairing the waterfront below
the foot of A street is being de
livered by Contractor Anthony Le
tray.
Local dancers are displaying con
siderable interest in the New Year’s
masquerade and there probably will
be many new costumes in evidence.
Roadmaster W. L. Packer has a
letter from Butte in which it is
stated that the big copper mines
of that region are practically closed
down in consequence of the slump
in copper prices. Just enough work
is being done to keeps the mines
“alive”.
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Word was received in Anchorage
recently that Col. F. Mear*, head,
of the Alaskan Engineering commis-1
sion, has been transferred from the j
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cavalry to the engineering depart
ment of the United States army,
with an elevation in rank t lieuten
ant-colonel of engineers. j
Drilling operations which were I
started near Anchorago recently, in!
quest of oil, have been discontinued
for the winter, owing to cold weath
er. The drilling is being financed
by Anchorage people and Charles
Sellander, formerly of Nenana, has
charge of the work. The hole is
down about 300 feet.
Harry G. Steel, publisher of the
Cordova Times, purchased the Sew
ard Gateway recently at trustee’s
sale, and it is rumored that he also
plans to invade the Anchorage field
soon, with a strong Republican
newspaper.
The weekly force report of the
Alaskan Engin> ering commission for
the period ending December 11
shows a total of 303 on the pay
rolls in the Northern division, in
addition to which there were 293
stationmen in the division and 50
stationmen laborers.
L. J. McCarty, local manager for
the Waechter Bros, company, says
13 is a lucky number for him. And
in explanation, he says yesterday
was the biggest day he has had at
the market since takink charge early
in the year.
HOUSTON REPORT
FATAL TO BONUS;
BLOW TO ALASKA
SEATTLE, Dec. 14—The Times
has received a special dispatch from
Washington in which it is stated
that the annual report filed by Sec
retary Houston opposes the passage
of the McFadden gold bonus bill,
“thus giving a body blow to gold
production in Alaska and other gold
producing districts of the West."
The report expressees the opinion
that the McFudden bill interfere:
with the operation of the gold
standard and argues that producer
of gold will benefit, with other pio
ducers, from the ability of the nation
to maintain itself on a gold basis,
and “as the purchasing power of
the dollar increases, the production
of gold will become more remuner
ative, and the problem will finally
solve itself."
HARDING AND ROOT MEET
FOR LEAGUE DISCUSSION
MARION, Dec. 14—President
elect Harding and Elihu Root were
closeted together yesterday in what
Is regarded as a most importan*
conference, dealing with the affairs
of the nation. It is understood that
it concerned chiefly the question of
how far the present league machin
ery can be used by the proposed
association of nations which Hard
ing is advocating.
Bryan Accept* Invitation
MIAMI, Dec. 14—William Jen
nings Bryan has accepted an invita
tion to go to Marion for the purpos,
of discussing; the proposed associa
tion of nations.
KNOCKOUT PROVES FATAL
JERSEY CITY Dec. 14—Mickey
Shannon, of Pittsburg, a heav>
weight boxer, died here today as .,
result of a knockout blow received
several days ago in a bout with
A1 Roberts Shannon's real name
was Raymond McMillan and he was
a former student at Stauton militan
academy. Virginia, where he played
football. Roberts has been held on a
charge of manslaughter.
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