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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. III. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS " NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1920 NO. 133
RADICALS BLAMED FOR BIG EXPLOSION
HARDING SAYS LEAGUE COVENANT UN-AMERICAN
AMERICANS WARNED TO PREPARE FOR HIGHER PRICES
MARION, Ohio, Sept. 18.—Pro
nouncing the League of Nation*
covenant irreconcilable to the Am
erican constitution, Senator Har
ding declared, in an address deliv
ered her* yesterday, that the time
has come for the United States to
decide whether to preserve or aban
don the charter under which Ameri
ca achieved its nationality. He de
clared that the “constitution or cov
enant” is the paramount issue, fo!
we “cannot be governed from both
Washington and Geneva and cannot
follow the present chief magistrate
without forsaking the father of our
country.”
Protective Tariff.
Senator Harding also spoke of the
necessity of a protective tariff as an
aid to American farmers. He re
plied at length to the charge that
the Republican senate is an oligar
chy and reminded the voters that
the senators are elected by popular,
vote. He declared that the Demo
cratic leaders opposed the senate in
fluence because of a desire to per
petuate their autocratic personal gov
ernment.
The address was delivered before
a number of delegations represent
ing various Ohio couties.
Hyphenated Dangers.
Addressing a gathering of for
eign-born Americans today, Senator
Harding warned them against the
dangers of hyphenated citizenship.
He said that he believed the United
States must avoid meddling in the
affairs of other nations, and ex
plained that if all classes of citizens
would stand united loyally to the
Government, foreign-born citizens
would not be held responsible for
conflicting sympathies during war.
The fault in the past has been
with the nation, he declared, be
cause of the nation’s failure thor
oughly to Americanize foreign ar
rivals.
SLAMS COX.
BOSTON, Sept. 18.—In an ad
dress delivered here today before
the Republican state convention.
Governor Coolidge asserted that
Cox, after attempting the role of
the idealist, had turned to the coarse
methods of ward politics, resorting
to wilder and more wild charges.
He declared that Cox had been nom
inated by a convention in which
the idealists had little influence.
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WANT A CHANCE.
TRENTON, N. J., Sept. 18.—In
an address which open'ed the Re
publican campaign in this state,
Charles E. Hughes declared that the
voters of Maine, with unmistakable
emphasis, had pointed out the ver
dict of the country—that the peo
ple demand a change.
WOMEN ARE FIGHTING
TO SAVE LORD MAYOR
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18
Representatives of the Women’s
League of Irish Independence claim
that they have succeeded in per
WALL STREET BOMB OUTRAGE
PART OF NATION-WIDE PLOT
suading 200 longshoremen to aban
don the tvork of loading the British
steamer Star of Galicia, as a pro
test against the imprisonment of
Terence McSweeney, lord mayor of
Dublin, who is starving himself to
death in a London prison. Offi
cials of the company deny that any
of the men have quit.
NEARLY DEAD.
LONDON, Sept. 18.—McSweeney
passed a bad night and this morn
ing he was in a state of complete
exhaustion, although still conscious.
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AMERICAN LEGION
10 FIGHT H. C. L.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—Officials;
of the American Legion are au
thority for the statement that the
organization plans a mobilization of
its forces for war against the high
cost of living. The plan includes
the organization of a retail dealers’
association in every community
where there is a post of the legion,
the members of the association to
pledge discounts approximating five
percent on all commodities to all
members of the legion and their
families.
Another feature of the annual
convention of the legion, which will
begin in this city on September 27,
will be the determination of the po
litical attitude of the legion. It is
claimed that there is a strong sen
timent throughout the country in
favor of the reconsideration of the
political restrictions clause in the
| legion constitution.
NEW TRAM IS WORKING;
BRIDGE WORK STARTS
The aerial tram, which was pur
chased by the Alaskan Engineering
commission this summer for use at
Nenana crossing during periods of
interrupted rail communication, was
placed in service this week and will
be used for transferring freight
across the river until such time as
the' new temporary bridge, piling
for which is now being driven, can
be placed in commission. It is ex
pected that the bridge will be ready
for use before the end of the pres
ent month, probably about Septem
ber 25.
Several bents of the bridge were
taken out by high water early in
the season, since which time freight
and passengers have been moved
across the river by boat, footbridge,
and now by aerial tram.
The Alaskan Engineering commis
sion mess on Garden island, which
was opened early in the summer for
the accommodation of workers on
the new Happy-Fairbanks line, is
being closed today in consequence
of the withdrawal of forces from
that locality.
Veaaaa, Where Balia and Slvara Meet
NEW YORK, Sept. IS. — Con
vinced that the Wall street explo
sion of Thursday was the deliberate ;
work of radicals, the department of ;
justice has spread a dagnet over the !
entire country in an effort to ap- j
prehend the originators of the cor.- i
spiracy. Department officials have J
been spurred to redoubled efforts j
by offers of rewards aggregating i
$20,000, which have been offered j
by the city of New York and aeci- j
dent insurance companies. Federal
officers are being assisted by mem
bers of the police department, for
mer soldiers and private citizens.
The belief that the explosion was j
part of a radical plot has been j
strengthened by the finding of rad
ical literature in a postal box near
the scene of the outrage shortly
after the explosion. The literature
is said to be similar to that found
in connection with the terrorist
plots of last year, most of it bear
ing the signature of “American An
archistic Fighters.’’
CITIES SAFEGUARDED.
NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—The fin
ancial centers of the big cities of
the country, from coast to coast,
are armed camps today, as a result
of the Wall street outrage. Police
and private sentries have been post
ed to guard against further similar
i attempts and everything possible is
I being done to round up those re
'■ sponsible for Thursday’s explosion,
j Officials are convinced that the
I explosion was caused by an infernal
machine, and the theory is advanced
that it was loaded either w'ith TNT
or picric acid. Parts of clockwork
are reported to have been found in
the wreckage.
District Isolated.
The financial district has been
roped off and is heavily guarded to
day, while the stock exchange and
other organizations are preparing
for a resumption of business. An
army of workers is engaged in
clearing up the debris and washing
the bloodstains from buildings. The
work of repairing the Morgan bund
ing started this morning.
Thirty-Six Dead.
Two more names were added to
the list of dead this morning, mak
ing a total of 36 victims, in addi
tion to whom more than 200 per
sons were injured.
Widespread Plot.
William J. Flynn, chief of the
bureau of investigation, department
of justice, declares positively that
the Wall street explosion was caused
by a bomb, and city police, firemen
and city officials agree with him.
Evidence thus far obtained indi
cates that the explosion was part
of a widespread plot.
SUSPECT HELD.
NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—Edward
P. Fisher, former employe of the
French high commission, has been
detained at Hamilton, Ont., pending
an investigation of his movements
prior to leaving New York. He is
said to have sent postcards to two
friends in this city warning them
not to be on Wall street on Thurs
day. He will be brought to this
city to testify before the grand
jury summoned to investigate the
explosion. i
WARNED BY NOTE.
RUNTLEY, NT. J., Sept. 18—A
warning to “keep out of Wall street j
until after September 16" was re
ceived by Joseph T. O’Neill, of this
city, on September 9, according to
information made public today.
CHEMISTS HELPING.
NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—Six ex
pert chemists attached to the bureau
of mines have arrived here to aid
in the reconstruction of the metal
fragments found in the wreckage
and supposed to have been part of
the bomb used in the attack on
Wall street.
WATCHING FRISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18—A'
special police guard appeared in the
financial district of this city yester
day, and special precautions are be
ing taken to safeguard the federal
reserve bank and the sub-treasury.
SECURITIES MISSING.
NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—After a
careful check of lost securities, miss
ing since the explosion, stock ex
change officials report that several
packages, valued at $400,000, have
disappeared.
SEATTLE SAFE.
SEATTLE, Sept. 18.—The gov
ernment assay office and the branch
of the federal reserve bank in this
city are being heavily guarded. The
secret service is co-operating with
the bureau of investigation to pre
vent radical activities here.
IN GENOA, TOO.
GENOA, Sept. 18.—Six Hungari
an communists have been taken into
custody here in connection with the
attempt to wreck the local stock
exchange yesterday.
CONVINCED.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 18.
—Officials of the department of jus
tice have issued a formal statement
in which they announce that it is
clearly indicated that widespread
radical plots are responsible for the
Wall street explosion.'
LEN SMALL LEADING
IN ILLINOIS FIGHT
CHICAGO, Sept. 18.—With 700
Illinois precincts missing, Len Small
has a lead of 5,500 over Ogelsby
for the gubernatorial nomination.
HART HAS SAFE LEAD
IN WASHINGTON RACE
SEATTLE, Sept. 18—With prac
tically all returns in, Governor
Louis F. Hart has a lead of more
than 7,000 votes over Colonel Ro
land H. Hartley, of Everett, for the
Republican nomination for gover
nor. Senator Wesley L. Jones has
a lead of nearly two to one over
his nearest opponent. Supreme
Court Justices Tolman, Bridges and
Holcomb have been renominated.
Matt Starwich is safely leading in
the race for the Republican nomin
ation for sheriff of King county.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 18.—White
Russia has been proclaimed a soviet
republic, according to delayed ad
vices received in this city today
from Kovno, Lithuania. The proc
lamation is signed by the White
Russian Lithuanian communists.
The report also states that the
social revolutionaries have refused
I to participate in the formation of
the new republic, claiming that such
action will not afford real independ
ence.
POLES ADVANCING.
WARSAW, Sept. 18.—The Polish
forces have occupied Lutsk, an im
portant fortified city southeast of
Brest Litovsk. Polish successes are
reported along the entire length of
the Polish front, extending for a
distance of 240 miles.
JOHNSON PRAISED BY
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
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SACRAMENTO, Cal., Sept. 18.—
In an address delivered in this city
yesterday, making the opening of
his campaign in California, Gover
nor Cox praised Hiram Johnson as
an exponent of progressivism and
declared that he admired Johnson’s
frankness and lack of hypocrisy.
Big business and the regular Re
publican leaders were severely scor
ed by the governor.
ABBOTT PARTY COMING
TO NENANA NEXT WEEK
Resident Engineer George Abbott
and the few remaining members of |
his party, who have had charge of
the new construction work on the
Happy-Fairbanks line, will come to
Xenana on Tuesday to make prepa
rations to move on to the new resi
dency which has been established
beyond the end of steel, south of
Xenana.
Two members of the Abbott party
were Fairbanks boys, who were com
pelled to give up their positions to
resume their school work.
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MORE PRODUCTION
HEED OE COUNTRY;
SEATTLE, Sept. 18.—The in
creasing demand throughout the
world for great production of food
stuffs, coupled with the practical
exhaustion of reserve supplies in
America, makes imperative the
reclamation of larger areas of waste
lands, declared Arthur P. Davis, di
rector of the reclamation service, in
an address delivered here yesterday
before the Irrigation Development
congress.
Erank R. Jeffrey, representing
Franklin D'Olier, national command
er of the American Legion, an
nounced that the legion stood be
hind the reclamation movement. 11.■
expressed the belief that at least a
fifth of the former service men
would welcome the opportunity to
take up land.
CONSUMERS WARNED.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 18.—Gover
nor Harding, of the federal reserve
I board, in a public address delivered
in this city on Thursday, declared
that consumers of food must be pre
pared to pay prices that will in
clude reasonable profits. And the
farmers of the country, he said,
must continue a policy of fuil pro
duction at moderate prices if the
nation is to work its way out of the
present economic dilemma.
ITALIAN WORKMEN TRY
TO PULL COLORS DOWN
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept. 18.
—The state department has been
advised by the American embassy at
Rome of an unsuccessful attempt by
Italian workmen at Genoa to vio
late the American consulate by
forcing the lowering of the Stars
and Stripes during the funeral of a
workman. The funeral procession
was conspicuous by the display of
many red flags.
WOODSIDE IS CHOSEN
LEADER BY VETERANS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 18.—
Captain R. E. Woodside, of Pitts
burgh. former adjutant of the 38th
infantry, is the new commander-in
chief of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, named yesterday at the an
nual convention, which is now in
session in this city. J. W. Jones,
of Portland, Oregon, was elected
junior vice-commander*
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Carl White, up Tolovana, noon,
17th.
Herman, up St. Michael, 10 a. m..
17th.
Seattle No. 3, up Louden, 3 p. m.,
17th.
Davis and Jacobs, at Gibbon.
Alaska, up Egbert, 15th.
Louise leaves Gibbon tonight for
St. Michael.
Reliance, up Gibbon for Nenana,
15th, last report.