WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1919.
NO. 131
PRESIDENT OPENS SPEAKING CAMPAIGN
' CHICAGO BOLSHEVIKI DO NOT WANT LIVE ONES
i RRITISII WORKERS WILL MEET SOON IN CONFERENCE
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BILL EXCLUDES
NORTHERN COAL;
SENATE PASSES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 4.—
The administration land leasing bill,
over which the- members of the up
per chamber of Congress have been
fighting during the past several
days, was passed by the senate at
a late hour last night, despite the
vigorous opposition of Senator La
Follette and a number of other
members, who objected to the mea
sure because of changes made in
the provisions since the bill was
first presented during the last ses
sion of Congress.
In the form in which the bill was
approved by the senate, coal lands
in Alaska are excluded. One of the
amendments adopted is intended to
prevent oil companies from charging
different prices in different parts of
the country.
The measure will be sent to the
house today for final consideration
there, and another straggle is an
ticipated.
, PLAN SUBMITTED
TO SEN* TO
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WASHINGTON', D. C., Sept. 4.—
The interstate commerce commis
sion has submitted to the senate a
plan for the operation of the rail
roads of the country by their pres
ent owners, under control of the
Government. The plan includes reg
ulations which will prevent strikes
and lockouts by compelling settle
ments of differences between em
ployes and employers without inter
ruption of traffic.
Senator Albert B. Cumins, Re
publican, of Iowa, has prepared a
bill embodying the recommendations
of the commission, and an effort
will be made to secure the passage
of the measure during the present
session of Congress.
The plan includes the appoint
ment by the President of a new
transportation board of five mem
bers, to supervise the railways un
der the direction of the interstate
commerce commission.
LONDON, Sept. 4.—The British
war office is in receipt of informa
tion from Russia to the effect that
the Kolchak headquarters is being
moved from Omsk to Irkutsk, con
siderably to the westward of Omsk.
The reports also state that the
t anti-Bolshevik forces have occupied
Southern Kiev, driving the Red
Guards from that locality.
A report from Berne brings fur
PRESIDENT DISCUSSES
LEAGUE AT OHIO CITY
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 4—
President Wilson addressed the peo
ple of this city at noon today, the
speech marking the commencement
of the nation-wide tour in support
of the League of Nations, which
members of the United States sen
ate appear reluctant to approve in
the form in which the proposition
was submitted by the Paris peace
conference.
The city is elaborately decorated
in honor of the President’s visit and
jhe was given a tremendous ovation
• by the thousands gathered at the
j depot to welcome the presidential
•train. Fully forty thousand heard
; the opening address, frequent cheer
ling testifying to the manner in
I which the speech was received.
From here the President went to
j Indianapolis, where he will speak
'.tonight, and he will stop for an
' other address at St. Louis tomor
row. Each of the 36 speeches
scheduled will be extemporaneous,
and the one delivered here today
contained a special keynote. This
city is the farthest east of the cities
to be visited during the tour, and
one of the four cities selected east
of the Mississippi. The tour is be
ing made on a Harrisburg special,
which is being given a clear track.
Opening Address.
After having been introduced by
Governor Campbell as “the fiVst cit
'izen of the big. round world," Presi
jdent Wilson prefaced his remarks
| by stating that he had come to “re
iport to my fellow countrymen.”
The treaty drawn up by the Paris
conference, he said, undertook to
punish Germany for her many mis
i deeds, but not overwhelmingly to
crush any great people. The repara
tion demanded by the Allies, he
pointed out, is not greater than the
Germans can pay.
The League of Nations, explained
the President, was formed in ful- j
fillment of the promise that the ■
United States entered the war to;
end war forever. Xot to establish
such a league, he said, ■would be a
breach of faith with those who gave
up their lives in battle. Referring
to the opposition which has devel
oped in this country, the President
declared that he was astonished at
the statements made regarding the
treaty by some men who “probably
had not read the document.”
The American principle of “choice
of the governed," he said, dominated
the treaty, and he predicted that
the document would be accepted,
not only by the Allied nations, but
also by the United States, in spite
of opposition now delaying ratifica
tion. The Pesident urged his hear
ers not to let the treaty be mis
represented to them.
How About Shantung?
As the President left the plat
form, amid a tumult of applause,
a Chinaman in the audience shout
ed ungallantly, "How about Shan
tung-?” But the executive appar
ently did not hear the question, for
he did not reply. In closing his
address, he said that the interna
tional labor organization, which the
treaty created, would hold its first
meeting at Washington in October,
regardless of the action taken by
the senate on the question of ratifi
cation.
ONE VOTE READY.
ABOARD WILSON SPECIAL.
Sept. 4.—As the train slowed down
at Dennison station, a man in the
crowd shouted to the President, in
forming him that he had not voted
for him at the last election, but
that he would be for him next time.
The President laughingly replied,
"Oh, no,” and shrugged his shoul
ders.
—
|ther news of the peace overtures
made by the Bolsheviki in an effort
I to extricate themselves from the
dangerous position in which they
;have been placed by the Lithuan
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FRANCE OPPOSE
TREA1V TERMS
1 PARIS, Sept. 4.—Announcement
has been made by the spokesman
! of the Socialist members of the
chamber of deputies that they will
! oppose the ratification of the Ger
man treaty when the question is
■put to a vote. The Socialist op
! position will number 35 votes, it is
I claimed.
j In a speech made this week be
fore the chamber, in support of
ratification. Captain Tardieu inform
ed the lawmakers that fully 57 per
cent of all French soldiers under 31
| years of age had been killed during
j the four years of war.
| It is not known today when a
vote will be taken on the question
of ratification.
MANY ARE INJURED
BY KOREAN BOMBER
TOKIO, Sept. 4.—Advices receiv
ed in this city- from Korea state that
25 persons were injured recently at
Seoul as the result of an attempt
to assassinate Governor - General
jSaito. A bomb was hurled at the
] official as he passed along one of
‘the principal streets, and emploded
•in the midst of a crowd, the gover
nor-general escaping.
Saito formerly was a Japanese
admiral.
PROFESSIONAL MEN
PLACED UNDER BAN
CHICAGO, Sept. 4.—The newly
formed Communist party, which is
composed of the radical wing of the
Socialist party, has no place in its
ranks for lawyers, doctors, or edi
tors, one plank of the platform
adopted putting a strict ban on
such professions, excluding them
from participating in the proposed
revolution.
Persons receiving money from
rentals, interest and profits are also
barred from becoming members of
the party, which excludes Rose Pas
tor Stokes, a radical of national re
pute. This lady made strenuous
protest against the adoption of such
a clause, but was voted down by
her fellow radicals who are not in
the rent-collecting class.
The plan of the Communists is
to establish in America a new re
public- similar to the one now strug
gling for existence in Russia.
REPORT IS DUE TONIGHT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 4.—
The senate foreign relations com
mittee has practically concluded its
deliberations on the German peace
treaty, and at an early hour today
; it was believed the members would
I adopt a resolution before night, ap
proving the ratification of the
treaty, with reservations.
USQUE IS READY
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PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 4.—Gen
eral Disque, directing head of the
i spruce production work on the Pa
cific coast during the war, appeared
before the congressional investiga
tors yesterday and informed them
that he was prepared to disprove
j every charge that had been made
j against him in connection with his
administration.
The general has been accused of
shady transactions in connection with
the awarding of contracts, and of
selling American soldiers into peon
age to contractors.
WILSON 10 REVIEW
SHIPS AT SEATTLE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 4.—
President Wilson has signed the bill
making permanent the rank of gen
eral, and has sent the name of
General Pershing to the senate for
confirmation as the permanent hold
er of that commission, which was
bestowed upon him October 6, 1917,
six months after the United States
declared war against Germany.
BRITISH DESTROYER
GOES DOWN IN BALTIC
LONDON, Sept. 14.—The British
] admiralty has announced the loss of
!the destroyer Yittoria, which is re
j ported to have been torpedoed and
| sunk in the Baltic. Eight members
| of the crew are still missing.
AMERICANS ARE
TO WIDEN AREAS
OF OCCUPATION
COBLENZ, Sept. 4.—A decision
has been reached by General I'och
to turn over to the American forces
for permanent occupation an area
l embracing twice as much of the
Rhineland as has been under Amer
ican jurisdiction since the last Yan
. kee combat division left for the
United States.
The plan is to withdraw suffi
cient of the Allied forces to permit
of the enlarged jurisdiction, Gen
eral Foch considering that the Am
erican troops now in Germany are
ample to cover the area. The em
ployment of the Americans in this
manner will release many French
and other Allied soldiers from their
armies and assist to that extent the
restoration of pre-war conditions.
BRITISH ADMIRAL HAS
GONE TO HELSINGFORS
HELSINGFORS. Finland, Sept. 4.
—Admiral Cowan, commander of
[the Baltic squadron, has arrived
I here, but it is not known for what
purpose. It is believed, however,
that his visit has some connection
with the attack on Petrograd.
The condition of Fred’k D. Browne
was considerably improved today, ac
cording to information received from
the Government hospital.
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LONDON', Sept. 4.—The city of
Glasgow will be the scene this
month of the biggest labor conven
tion ever held, according to plans
now in process of formation in this
country.
Eight hundred and forty-eight del
egates, representing over a million
workers, have been appointed to at
tend a trades union congress, sched
uled to meet in Scotland within a
, short time, and the indications are
; that there wiil be a bitter struggle
jfor control between the radicals and
| the conservatives.
The prediction is made that the
! radical element will not be sufficient
ly strong to control the vote.
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| THE AUSTRIANS
J PARIS, Sept. 4.—The Austrian
! peace treaty, revised to meet the
objections of the Austrian peace
i delegation in so far as could be
agreed upon by the Allied council,
|was handed to the representatives
ion Tuesday for final consideration
'and signing. No further extension*
•of time and no additional changes
|will be permitted, it is understood.
It is up to the Austrians now to
accept the terms or refuse to at
tach their names to the treaty,
l Under the terms of the treaty,
the future of Austria is left largely
• in the hands of the proposed League
of Nations, which can decide wheth
er or not the Austrians will be per
mitted to join with Germany.
Vienna, it is believed, will lose its
commercial supremacy, as there re
main only about four million in
habitants in Austria to support the
I capital.
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ALLIES MAY SEND
I JOLT TO RUMANIA
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! PARIS, Sept. 4.—The failure of
i Rumania to make answer to the
several notes sent by the supreme
council probably will result in the
despatch of an Allied admiral to
the offending government with an
emphatic note demanding an imme
'diate reply.
i Since their invasion of Hungary,
the Rumanians have assumed an in
!dependent attitude toward the Allies,
idisregarding the general peace plans,
imposing their own terms of settle
ment with the Hungarians, and oc
cupying that country without regard
for the interests of the Allies.
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