YOU CAN GET A JOB IN NENANA
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Volume Two member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 9, 1919.
Number 59
SENATE SECURES COPY OF PEACE PACT
TELEGRAPHERS WILL WALK OUT ON WEDNESDAY
SIGNAL CORPS PLANS BIG WIRELESS STATION IN NORTH
BIG WHEAT CROP
IS PREDICLED BY
BUREAU EXPERTS
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 9.—
According to a statement given out
today by the department of agricul
ture, the 1919 wheat crop of the
United States will be the largest
in the history of the country, ex
ceeding that of last year by over
two hundred million bushels. The
estimates includes both spring and
winter crops, the total for the year
being rated at 1,236,000,000 bush
els. The winter crop is estimated at
893,000 bushels.
Increased acreage, encouraged by
the promise of high prices, is chief
ly responsible for the splendid
showing, but favorable weather con
ditions throughout the wheat-grow
ing sections of the country also
have helped to swell the yield, in
suring large profits for the wheat
growers of the nation.
CUNEERENCE IS
ABOUT TO GIVE
WAY TO BOCHES
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 9.—
The proposal to admit Germany as
a member of the League of Na
tions, under certain conditions, is
receiving the attention of the peace
conference, according to advices re
ceived in this city today from Paris.
The reports state that there is a
disposition on the part of the peace
makers to let the Germans into the
league, provided they accept the
peace conditions and make an hon
est effort to execute the terms of
the treaty. The Germans also must
show, to the satisfaction of the Al
lies, that they have a stable gov
ernment.
Today’s reports indicate that the
Allied reply to the German counter
proposal will be ready for trans
mission to the German delegation
by Friday, after which the Germans
are to have five days in which to
decide upon their action. It is be
lieved the conference will insist that
the Germans either sign or rejec
the treaty in that time.
DAVIS PURCHASED
By a deal put through last Sat
urday, John A. Davis, superintend
ent of the bureau of mines, became
the owner of the beautiful home
built by the late Arthur J. Will
iams. Mr. Davis will move into his
new house in a few days.
Mrs. Arthur Williams expects to
leave for the States in the near
future, probably on the next boat
bound for Dawson.
Hydalburg is to have an electric
light plant. This town is owned
and managed by natives.
SENATE SECURES COPY
OF FORBIDDEN TREATY
I
WASHINGTON, D. C., June A.—
Despite the efforts of President
Wilson and the members of the
American delegation at the Paris
1 peace conference to prevent the
United States senate from coming
into possession of a copy of the
peace treaty transmitted to the
i Germans by the Allied conference,
I the full text of the treaty wiH'soou
’make its appearance in the Con
gressional Record.
j The senate obtained a copy of
the treaty from Frazier Hunt, spe
cial correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune, who has just arrived at
New York from Paris, and who
claims that his copy is one of the
original drafts. This copy was in
troduced in the senate and a reso
lution adopted ordering that the full
text of the treaty be printed in the
Record. This action was taken by
the senate, it is explained, because
of the refusal of the administration
to provide the lawmakers with a
copy of the treaty.
The senate will now endeavor to
find cut who supplied the Tribune
correspondent with the copy of the
treaty, and in this they will have
the hearty co-operation of Presi
dent Wilson, who has cabled Sena
tor Hitchcock to the effect that the
lawmakers can depend upon the
administration for all the assist
ance that may be needed to dis
cover those responsible for letting
the 'reaty reach private hands. The
Pres! lent says that he is p;lad the
invei tiaation has been started, for
the reason that it is undesirable
that the treaty be communicated to
the senate at this time. The docu
ment, he says, is still being nego
tiated and is subject to further
change, and anyone possessing a
copy of the official text has what
he is not entitled to have or to
communicate.
Hunt, of course, has refused to
disclose where and how he obtained
the copy which he brought from
Europe, but he admits that he made
a special voyage across the Atlan
tic to insure the safe delivery of
the document.
PLOT UNCOVERED
! BY PAPERS FOUND
i CHARLESTON, W. Va., June 9.
—An official statement issued by
the governor today discloses the
' fact that valuable papers relating
: to the nation-wide bomb plot, dis
[ covered last week by federal in
vestigators, were found on the per
son of Edwin McGurty, alleged I.
j W. W., who was taken into custody
yesterday. According to the new
evidence, over 130 towns in West
Virginia were marked by the an
1 archists for bomb outrages.
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According to advices received in
iNenana during the past week, How
ard Wilson, well known oldtimer,
who was sent Outside several
(months ago for the benefit of his
health, is greatly improved in con
dition and is planning an early
return to the North.
In a letter addressed to John
Dugan of this city, Wilson said that
jhe had been in the Mayo hospital
about three weeks, following an
operation, and expected to be suffi
ciently recovered to start for Alaska
in July. After arriving at Roch
ester, he was compelled to wait ten
days before he could get into a
hospital, notwithstanding the fact
that there are five institutions there
and all big ones. The hospital to
which he was finally admitted has
three hundred beds and a staff of
sixty-five nurses.
Wilson writes that the Rochester
surgeons opened up his injured leg
and chiseled off some of the bone,
and at the time of writing the
cut had just about healed and his
health otherwise was excellent.
Valdez has elected the following
teachers for the ensuing year: Prin
cipal, Miss Carrie Reece; assistant
principal, Miss Gertrude White; in
termediate grades, Miss Clara Bun
ner; primary grades, Mrs. M. A.
Kelsey; janitor, Pete Jensen.
Xanana—*ha Oataway to XcXlnlay
National Park.
TURKISH DELEGATES
TO HAVE A HEARING
PARIS, June 9. — The delegatee
who will repersent the Ottoman
empire at the peace conference are
now enroute to France and are ex
pected to reach Versailles by Wed
nesday.
CHICAGO, June 9. — Notwith
standing the fact that it was in
timated by union officials early this
month that the telegraphers of the
country would not be asked to par
ticipate in a general strike, Presi
dent Konenkamp, of the National
Telegraphers’ organization, now an
nounces that the strike called for
Wednesday will involve 70,000 men
and will cover practically the en
tire country. He is now taking the
final steps, he says, which are ex
pected to tie up the nation’s wire
service completely. *
The strike began with a walkout
at Atlanta, which was referred to
by union officials as a purely local
affair. This was followed a few
days later by a strike call affect
ing nine states in the Southeast,
and it is now planned to enlarge
the strike zone to include the rest
of the country.
KarfI Meier, an interned alien
enemy, from Douglas, has been
paroled from the government in
ternment camp at Fort Douglas,
Utah. He was sent from Douglas
during the war days, having been
arrested on a presidential warrant.
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TEMPERATURE
As reported by the government
observation station, Nenana
Sunday, June 8.
Maximum . 56 above
Minimum .43 above
Monday, June 9.
Maximum .55 above
Minimum .39 above
REMAINS OF MRS. CRAIG
SHIPPED ON TANANA
Th remains of the late Mrs.
Ani.» 'raig, who lost her life when
too idu.u-h Flyer was wrecked near
12-mile bar on October 5th last,
are being shipped to the Outside
on the Steamer Tanana tonight.
The casket containing the remains
is consigned to Fred Christianson
of Minneapolis, Minn., a brother of
the dead woman.
FANS PAY WELL
FOR RING DOPE
TOLEDO, June 9.—There is con
siderable unfavorable criticism in
this city in consequence of the ad
vance in the price of admission to
the Willard training camp. During
all the time that Dempsey has been
in training here, he has limited
the admission charge to his training
camp to 25 cents, anil the place has
been visited daily by large crowds.
When Willard arrived, he boosted
the rate to half a dollar, and took
in over two thousand dollars the
first week, which was almost double
his expense for training during that
time. The fans kicked on the
charge and are still complaining,
some even threatening a boycott,
but the daily attendance continues
good despite the protests.
Willard’s daily practice with the
gloves is increasing n length steadi
ly, it being his intention to work
up to twelve rounds, which is the
number scheduled for the big
Fourth of July match.
MRS. L. T. ERWIN WILL
SEE MIDNIGHT SUN
United States Marshal L. T. Er
win and Mrs. Erwin are taking
passage on the steamer Tanana for
Dawson on a pleasure trip, and
more particularly to see the mid
night sun.
Mrs. Erwin has never been on
the upper Yukon, having come into
the country over the Valdez trail.
They will go to Dawson, and there
join the boat carrying the excur
sionists, and with them will view
the midnight sun at Fort Yukon,
returning to Fairbanks on the same
boat.
SEATTLE, June 9.—According
to cable advices received in this city
today, the Alaska Pacific Chilcoot
cannery, on Lynn canal, was almost
totally destroyed by fire yesterday,
with a monetary loss of $350,000.
The main buildings of the plant
were burned to the ground, togeth
er with their valuable contents, in
cluding valuable machinery and sup
plies.
The cause of the fire was not
made known in the cabled advices,
nor is it known whether or not the
plant will be rebuilt.
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PREDICTJROUBLE
PARIS, June 0.—-That serious in
ternal strife may be expected in
Ireland if the demands of that
country are ignored by the peace
conference, was indicated today by
statements made to President Wil
son by members of the American
Irish delegaion.
Guerilla warfare of a character
that usually precedes a major con
flict is now in progress in various
parts of Ireland, according to the
delegates, and trouble of a more
serious nature may be expected
soon, they say, unless steps are
taken to remove the cause of un
rest and discontent.
SUBVEfilER
RETURNING NORTH
SEATTLE, June 9. — The coast
and geodetic survey steamer Sur
veyor, which has been on duty in
the war zone during the past year,
reached this city today, having re
turned to Pacific waters to resume
service in the North, and is sched
uled to sail for Kodiak within a
short time.
The smokestack of the Surveyor
is decorated with a gold star and a
gold chevron, signifying war service.
GIANT WIRELESS
STATION 10 PUT
ALASKA ON MAP
“SEATTLE, June 9.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Times
is authority for the statement that
plans have been formulated by the
signal corps for the abandonment
of the Alaska military cable and
the establishment of more positive
communication between this city
and the Northern territory by
means of powerful wireless stations.
The station to be erected here
will probably be one of the largest
in the world, with power enough
to send messages to a new and very
powerful station to be erected at
Fairbanks. The reason for this con
templated improvement in the Alas
ka service, says the Washington
dispatch, is that the Alaska military
cable has outlived its usefulness.
It is old and worn and requires
frequent repairs, necessitating in
terruptions in the service, wdiich
are oftentimes costly and always
inconvenient to Alaska.
Funds for the proposed improve
ment are contained in an item
which is part of the military appro
priation bill now pending n Con
gress. The signal corps has asked
for a quarter of a million dollars
for the erection of six new stations
in Alaska, the largest of which will
be located in the Interior, at Fair
banks. It is planned to have the
Seattle-Fairbanks service in opera
tion within two years.
Colonel It. B. Paddock, chief sig
nal officer of the research engineer
ing division, says that the site for
the Seattle station has not been se
lected yet, but that it probably will
be located on the top of some high
hill.
OUTSIDERS ARE
AFTER DOPE OH
That Alaska is attracting: con
siderable attention on the Outside,
especially among people who are
desirous of improving their con
dition, is indicated by letters re
ceived recently by the Fairbanks
Commercial club.
Advices received from the tipper
town state that the club has re
ceived letters on recent mails from
more than forty persons in the
States, all wanting to know about
conditions in the North. The let
ters came from professional men,
prospective settlers who asked about
homesteads, and laborers and office
men. There were also a few in
quiries from men of means who
desire to be informed regarding:
the opportunities for investment ir»
Interior Alaska.
The letters came from many
parts of the United States, and even
as far away as France, showing
that Alaska has received some ad
vertising, at least, even across the
ocean. One of the letters came aU
the way from Hawaii.