CELEBRATE THE FOURTH IN NENANA
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Volume Two member of associated press
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NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1919.
Number 68
GERMAN SENTIMENT TURNING SLOWLY
COMMITTEE IS URGED TO INCREASE ROAD FUND
• IABOR RESOLUTION CONDEMNS "JUDICIARY OF US.
The steamer Clopek arrived at j
Juneau yesterday evening from the i
scene of the wreck of the Sophia, I
on Vanderbilt reef, Lynn canal,!
♦ with sixteen bodies that had been
recovered from the boat by divers, j
The Clopek is under charter to
Divers Robert Smith, John Donovan
and A1 Dawson, who have been en- i
gaged- in the work of recovering
bodies from the wreck for some
time past.
Twelve of the bodies have been j
identifed so far, and it is expected j
that the remainder will be identified
* before long. The identified bodies
are those of George Sholseth ofj
Fairbanks, Thomas 51. Turner of j
Iditarod, Claude C. Faires, W. 51c- j
Lelland and Thomas LePage of the.
Sophia’s crew, Thomas McMahon of
Flat, Robert McLaughlin of Dawson,
Sidney Smith of Atlin, J. M. Colver j
of Fortymile, G. Shimada, a Japan
ese, Richard H. Davis of Oroville,;
Cal., who worked as a deck hand or.
one of the White Pass boats, and
Mrs. G. Segbers of Dawson.
Robert Smith, who is in charge j
of the diving operations, says that
all of the bodies will be recovered
from the wreck and expects that the j
wreck will be raised and towed into j
port this season.
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PORTLAND, Ore., June 19—With |
a view to attracting more Alaskans
to Portland during the winter j
months, the Oregori-Alaskan society'
will give a series of entertainments
in this city to rase funds with which
to conduct an advertising campaign
^ throughout the North.
The first entertainment will be
a Midnight Sun excursion on the
Willamette river next Tuesday.
There are already many former
Northerners located permanently in
Portland and numerous Alaskans
spend their winters here, but it is
4 believed the number can be greatly
increased by advertising the attrac
tions and advantages of the city j
throughout the northern territory.
The campaign will be started im
mediately so as to insure results
during the coming winter.
The Carl White steam launch,
which was put on the run between
Fairbanks and the logjam this
spring, is giving its owner a lot
of trouble, according to reports
which have reached Nenana. On
the last trip down river, the launch
was greatly delayed by engine
trouble, and on the return trip the
launch was unable to get more than
HUN SENTIMENT FAVORS
ACCEPTANCE OF TREATY
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 19.
—According to advices received in
:his country today from Germany,
:he feeling among the German peo- j
pie toward the revised Allied peace j
lerms appears to be taking a more
favorable trend, and it is now be
lieved that the treaty will be signed
within the time limit fixed by the
Paris conference.
A Weimar dispatch states that a
majority of the Socialists who dom
inate politics in Germany are more >
favorably inclined now than at first,
and that the Clericals and Demo- j
;rats of the left wing are slowly
swinging in the same direction. 5
Berlin advices report that the
•esidents of that city are resigned
;o the future, and are impatient to
see the treaty signed and the work
jf making amends for the kaiser’s
nistakes started.
The only serious opposition to
:he acceptance of the terms appears
so come from the German peace
ielegates, who are reported to have
expressed themselves as unwilling to
sign the treaty. It is believed, how
ever, that the sentiment which is
rapidly crytalizing throughout Ger
many in favor of the terms will
rompel the delegates to attach their
signatures to the treaty before the
end of the week.
tory for the purpose of making
DIRIGIBLE IS HELD
LONDON, June 19.—The pro
posed flight of the British dirgible
R-34, which was to have undertaken
an aerial voyage across the Atlantic
to America, has been definitely post
poned until the Germans decide
what action they will take regard
ing the treaty. In case of a re
fusal of the German delegates to
sign the treaty, the dirigible will be
dispatched to the eastward, instead
of to the westward.
Airplanes Busy
A number of British airplanes
have been sent into German terri
demonstration flights and gathering
information for the British war
office. All of the machines are
scheduled to return to their bases
tonight.
LON’DOX, June 19.—Advices re
ceived in this city today from Cop
enhagen state that a dozen British
cruisers and several destroyers have
arrived in that locality, ready to
enforce a German blockade in case
the Germans refuse to sign the
peace treaty.
It is also reported here that a
large British dirigible made a flight
over German territory yesterday,
having been sighted from Berlin.
i few miles above Tolovana, owing
to engine trouble.
As a result of the delay, the mail
for Tolovana which was awaiting
White at Fairbanks, was sent across
:ountry to Brooks this week by^vay
jf the Olnes trail.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19.—
Major General Morrison, commander
of the Western department of the
United Sattes army, has left for
Alaska to make a personal inspec
tion of the various posts in the
northern territory. He plans to be
absent from this city about eight
weeks, during which time he will
make the complete round of the
territory, including a stop at Fair
banks, from which point he will go
down the river to St. Michael and
Nome.
Genera! Morrison will be accom
panied by Lieut. Miller Smith, who
will act as aide.
CARRYING SUPPLIES
BY AIRPLANE PROVES
TO BE EXPENSIVE
PARIS.—Revictualling the starv
ing town s and villages of Northern
France by dropping parcels of food
and clothing from the skies had a
romantic glamor about it that makes
most people overlook the business
details of freight transportation by
airship.
Matter-o'f-fact persons who pinned
their faith to the humble motor truck
find their views amply vindicated
by a bill of expenses incurred by 15
airships which carried 3000 pounds
of supplies 250 miles, from Le
Bourget to Maubeuge and Valen
ciennes.
It cost just over a dollar for each
pound of merchandise carried, where
as by motor truck the cost would
not have exceeded 100 dollars for the
whole trip, or three cents a pound.
It seems the motor truck has a
big start on the airship in the matter
of cost of haulage.
ALASKA ROAD NEEDS
VOICED AT CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 19.
—Major Herbert Buell, of the en
gineer corps, appeared before the
house ways and means committee
today for the purpose of securing
an increase in the proposed appro
priation of one hundred thousand
dollars for wagon road work in
Alaska during the fiscal year 1919
1920.
Buell has asked the committee
to increase the appropriation . to
t£ree hundred thousand, of which
amount at least two hundred and
seventy-nine thousand is needed for
maintenance of roads already con
structed. The balance, he argued,
is needed for the construction of
new roads in Southeastern Alaska,
which have been projected by the
federal road commission.
If the appropriation is limited to
one hundred thousand dollars, Buell
informed the committeemen, it will
be necessary to expend the entire
amount on the Valdez-Fairbanks
road, leaving no funds for other
needed repairs or new road work.
CONVENTION FAVORS
IMMIGRATION CHECK
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 19. <
—The restriction of immigration 1
during the period of reconstruction 1
is advocated in a strongly-worded
i'
resolution which was approved to- j (
day by delegates to the annual j 1
convention of the American Feder-|i
ation of Labor. ji
Another resolution adopted by the j 1
onvention condemns the usurpation
iy the judiciary of the govern
nent’s legislative and executive
lowers. The resolution recommends
hat organized labor should disre
:ard injunctional court decrees on I
he ground that such decrees have
iolated the rights of citizens guar
nteed under the constitution of the
Jnited States.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 18.
—The senate bill repealing the law
under which the government as
sumed control of the telegraph and
telephone systems of the country,
was approved by the lower house
of Congress today, and the formal
transfer will be made as soon as
the measure has received the sig
nature of the President.
The bill was introduced at the re
quest of Postmaster General Burle
son, who is anxious to be relieved
of the further responsibility of Oper
ating the systems.
Iiua*. Alaska's Xstsrlos Fmsl Depot
BRUSSELS, June 19.—President
Wilson and the members of his
party who are being escorted through
the devastated regions of Belgium
by King Albert and the queen of
the Belgians, are being received
with ovations wherever they go.
Ypres, Ostend, Zeebrugge and Brus
sels were the scenes of great demon
strations, such as might have been •
arranged in honor of a conquering
hero.
MOORE GETS APPOINTMENT
AS FLAT COMMISSIONER
Howard R. Moore has been ap
pointed by Judge Bunnell to succeed
J. C. Moody as United States com
missioner at Flat, in the lditarod
district. Moody was compelled to
give up the office on account of
ill health.
Wm. D. Thomas has been ap
pointed deputy clerk at Flat.
TOLEDO, June 19.—Sergeant
Walter Monohan, chief sparring
partner of Jess Willard, who was
recently knocked out during a bout
with the champion, declares that
Willard is two hundred per cent
better today than he was just be
fore the Havana fight. He says
the champion has a tremendous
punch and is confident that he will
retain his title on the Fourth oi
July.
The championship match will be
preceded by two preliminaries, one
of which will be a six-round bout
and the other a nine-round fight
LOS ANGELES MUSEUM
GETS UNIQUE SPECIMEN
LOS ANGELES.-—A mummified
human head, shrunk to the size ol
the average orange, has just beer
presented to the Museum of History
Science and Art, in Exposition park
Los Angeles, by Mrs. H. M. Parker
of this city. It is said to be one
of seven of the kind in the United
States.
The head is of a Jibero Indian, ol
Sothern Equador. It was obtained
from a trader in South America by
a brother-in-law of Mrs. Parker
Small as it is, it is covered by a
luxuriant growth of long, black hair
The Jibero Indians are among the
fiercest head hunters in the world,
accroding to Mrs. Parker. Instead
of scalping their victim, as was the
custom of the Indians of North
America, they remove all of the
bones from the head and embalm
the remaining flesh.
The Johnson launch did not leave
for Fairbanks today.
Iibui, WN»r« Bail* and linn Mail
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 19.
—Notwithstanding the fact that the
department of justice appears to
lir.ve broken up the bomb plots
which were discovered following the
outrages perpetrated in a number
of Eastern cities recently, officials
cf the department believe that the
menace of bomb throwing still hangs
over the country and that more out
rages will be committed in the
attempt to create a reign of terror
ir the United States.
The department has redoubled its
vigilance and the closest possible
watch is being maintained in all
sections of the country, but despite
these precautions, it is feared the
bomb conspirators will elude de
tection.
Courthouses and the homes of
judges who have been active in
the prosecution of agitators are be
ing closely guarded, and the public
is warned to be on the lookout
constantly for Red activities.
IL
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LIABLE 10 LOSE
NEW YORK, June 19.—In view
! of the uncertainty of the liquor
j regulations after the first of July,
j the internal revenue department has
j issued a statement in which it is
| announced that all licenses here
j after granted to liquor dealers for
the sale of alcoholic liquors after
July 1 will be issued at the risk of
the licensees. In case of the en
forcement of the war-time prohi
bition law, holders of licenses will
lose the money paid for the privilege
of selling liquor beyond the date
of closing.
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PETE STEIL WILL
COLLECT NEW TAX
Peter Steil, well known oldtimer
of Fairbanks, has received the ap
jpointment as official school tax col
' lector for the Fourth division, out
side of incorporated towns, his ap
ipointment having been made known
i yesterday in a wire received in Fair
, banks from Governor Riggs,
i The tax referred to is a general
j tax of $4 payable by all male resi
dents of the territory between ‘he
ages of 21 and 50 years, the money
i to be used for territorial school
! purposes. The law’ was passed dar
J ing the session of the last legislature
I and the tax became payable on the
i first of May.
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