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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
yOL. II. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATFD PRESS NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1919. NO. 167
BIG FIVE AFTER FOOD MONOPOLY NOW
DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS NORTHERN ROUTE
' SENATE DEFEATS SHANTUNG AMENDMENT TO TREATY
NURSES SCARCE
OVERSEAS WHEN
YANKS STARTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 16 —
American nurses were very scarce
in France when the American forces
started their drives toward the end
of the war. according to a report
just made public by the army nurs
ing service, covering the entire war
period.
The report shows that 10.245
nurses served overseas, and that the
enlistment of nurses totaled 21,000.
The big shortage at the time the
American forces began their active
campaigning against the Germans
was due to the lack of transporta
tion facilities, the transports being
too crowded with troops to accom
modate many nurses.
The first six detachments of Am
erican nurses sent to Europe re
placed the nurses in British hos
pitals. Only three nurses were
wounded in action, and 266 died
while on duty.
As a result of the shortage, those
who served with the army were com
pelled to work long hours and with
out leave for long periods.
SINN FEINERSDEFV
BRITISH AUTHORITY
DUBLIN, Oct. 16.—The twelfth
annual Sinn Fein convention wa;
held at the mansion house last nighi
and the regular order of business
carried through without interrup
tion, notwithstanding the fact that
strict orders had been issued by the
government forbidding the gather
ing. The delegates assembled at
midnight and the session lasted unti!
late this morning.
KOLCHAK REPORTS REDS
RETREATING IN SIBERIA
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LONDON, Oct. 16.—Advices re
ceived by the British foreign office
quote Kolchak as authority for the
statement that the Bolsheviki forces
are retiring along a wdde front in
Western Siberia, where they are be
> ing closely pursued by the anti
Bolsheviki armies.
LABOR AND CAPITAL
HOLDING WORK BACK
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 16.—
f The apparent unwillingness of the
representatives of labor and capital
in the industrial conference to make
concessions to each other continues
to hold up the work of the confer
ence, with the result that there is a
growing sentiment among the dele
gates in favor of adjournment.
M The question of collective bar
gaining, against which the capital
( group has taken a firm stand, is be
ing considereed today in committee,
in an effort to reach an agreement,
but neither side will consent to
compromise terms, and there ap
pears to be small hope of disposing
of the question satisfactorily to all
concerned.
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PACKERS SEEK DOMINATION
OF PROVISION TRADE ALSO
{ONES AMENDMENT
UP TO COMMITTEE
SEATTLE, Oct. 16.—J. L. Mc
IPherson is in receipt of a telegram
from Senator Wesley L. Jones stat
jing that the Jones amendment to
|the general deficiency bill, provid
ing for the appropriation of funds
to be immediately available for rail
jroad construction in Alaska, has
| been referred to the senate com
Imittee on appropriations. He says,
I however, that he does not know how
I soon the committee wdl! take up
i
I the consideration of the item.
McPherson says there is no doubt
| about the action being favorable.
!The amendment, he says, will make
| the money immediately available for
jnext year's work, instead of waiting
j until the end of the fiscal year as
has been the practice in the past.
jHe says also that all of Alaska's
friends are indebted to Senator
Jones for his efforts on behalf of
the railroad.
CITY DADS POSTPONE
MEETING FOR A WEEK
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The regular meeting of the board
of trustees of the town of Xenana.
scheduled to be held last night, was
postponed for one week, by^ which
time it is expected required in
formation will have been received
from the district attorney’s office at
Fairbanks.
COMMISSION TO CHARGE
FARES ON BRANCH LINE
Commencing Monday, October 20,
passengers riding on trains operat
ing between Camp 415 and the end
of steel north of that point will be
required to pay fares. Tickets will
be on sale at both ends of the line
—
Chris Edmonds, of the engineer
ing office, left for the end of steel
this morning, to try his hand at
hunting in the hills near Morino’s.
—
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 16.—
A report of the federal trade com
mission, released for publication to
day, charges that the five big pack
ing concerns of Chicago, known
throughout the country as the “Big
Five,’’ are engaged in an attempt
to dominate the wholesale grocery
trade of the United States, in addi
tion to their monopoly of meat prod
ucts.
The report states that the pack
ers already handle over two hundred
foods unrelated to the meat indus
try and their activities are being
expanded steadily, with a view to
gaining control of all food products
in this country.
In the opinion of the commission,
the public interest alone should de
termine the extent to which the
packers should be permitted to enter
unrelated food lines.
TREATY AMENDMENT
DOWNED BY SENAT
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oet. 16.—
The Lodge amendment to the Ger
man peace treaty, providing for the
immediate restoration of Shantung
to China, which has been under dis
cussion in the senate during the
ROME, Oct. 16.—Replying to the
request of Premier Clemenceau that
he evacuate his position at Fiume,
id'Annunzio has forwarded a mess
i
iage to the premier urging him to
i obtain from the Allies a declaration
j making Fiume a free port.
When the Allies have done that,
jhe says, he will withdraw his forces
jfrom the City of Dispute, leaving
the settlement of other Adriatic
I problems to the supreme council.
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The most severe earthquake
shocks felt at Fairbanks in many
years rocked the upper town yes
terday afternoon, the first occurring
at 1:15 and the second at 2:30.
Olutime residents declare that the
shocks were the most violent ever
experienced by them in the North,
the disturbance being such as to
cause many to vacate buildings has
tily.
The earth movement seemed to
be of the heaving or rolling variety,
causing floors to bulge upward. No
damage resulted, however.
GOMPERS IS BETTER
BUT STILL IN BED
j WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 16.—
i The condition of Samuel Gompers,
'who is suffering from a nervous
j breakdown, is somewhat better to
'day, but he is still in bed unable to
‘attend to any work. It is believed,
j however, that he will be all right
within a few days.
past several days, was brought to a
vote late this afternoon and defeat
ed by a substantia] margin.
It was conceded early in the day
by supporters of the amendment
that the measure would fail oi
passage.
COAL MINERS ARE
CERTAIN OF CALI
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 16.—
j Plans for the soft coal strike, whicl
•will be called on the first of No
vember in case of the failure of tin
operators to meet the demands o:
the miners by that date, are pro
jceeding, regardless of the fact tha
efforts are now being made to aver'
a walkout by arbitration.
The strike plans are being formu
lated on the assumption that arbi
ftratior. will fail.
SEATTLE ATTORNEY
FACES BAD CHARGE
SEATTLE. Oct. 16. — Edwan
! Kienstra, a lawyer of this city, ha:
jbeen placed under arrest on th<
| charge of causing the death ol
i
| John Cieoria, cafe owner and Italiar
i leader.
The men quarreled on Tuesda)
sand Kienstra shot Cieoria, his de
fense being that the restaurant mar
attempted to pull a gun and t<
throw him downstairs. He says h;
shot Cieoria in self-defense.
The story of Kienstra was deniec
by Cieoria, in a signed statemen
made by him shortly after th<
shooting.
The shooting occurred in the hall
way in front of Kienstra’s office, ir
ithe Pioneer building.
—
An incoming mail, believed to b<
first class, was reported at Yaeger':
roadhouse, on the Richardson trail
last night. The stage should read
Fairbanks Friday night or Saturda;
j morning.
HOUSE EXTENDING
WARTIME MEASURE
WASHINGTON’. D. C., Oct. 16.
' Wartime passport restrictions will be
extended for a period of one year
if the senate approves the action
taken by the lower house of Con
Stress today, when the measure ex
tending: the restrictions was passed
by an overwhelming majority.
The restrictions, if extended, will
enable the Government to keep rad
icals and other undesirables from
entering the United States from
1 overseas.
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BOYS Of FAIRBANKS
j MAY BE RESTRAINEC
The question of prohibiting boy
'under 17 years of age from fre
' quenting pool halls in Fairbank:
was considered at a meeting of tin
: council of the upper town on Tue
| day evening, the matter having bee
brought before the aldermen in thi
form of an ordinance, which wa
given a first reading.
Another ordinance presented pro
vides tor a reduction in the licensi
fee of hotels of the smaller class
;This ordinance was introduced b:
Councilman Joe Smith, owner o:
the Fairview hotel.
PACIFIC FLEET "GOBS”
HAVE BIG APPETITE!
; SAN FRANCISCO.—Going to set
certainly tends to whet the appe
tite. Red Cross workers here be
, lieve. While the men of the Pa
cific fleet were in San Franciscc
the Red Cross alone gave them 25,
254 ice cream cones, 30,942 "ho'
dogs,” 176.000 sweet crackers, 64i
pounds of coffee, and 310,000 cigar
ettes.
Thirty-five hundred tons of fresi
vegetables, candies, pastries, am
delicacies were purchased for th<
fleet while the vessels were here.
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DEPARTMENT FAVORS
ALASKA-ASIA CABLE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 16—
The war department has filed a re
port with the senate commerce com
mittee in which it is shown that thi
j establishment of a cable service be
j tween Seattle and Asia, by way o
. | Alaska and the Aleutian islands, i
i j practicable, and would suffer no in
, jterference from ice in the northen
,! waters. The report recommends th<
• [establishment of such a service im
'mediately, and also recommends ai
(auxiliary route through the Anadir
! radio station.
; Another auxiliary route is also
favored, usin*r the present Alaska
military cable to Valdez, where
messages can be relayed by wireless
j to the Aleutians, from which point
they would be cabled to Japan,
i j Officials of the navy department
■: previously expressed the belief that
the Alaska route would not be feasi
: ble.
OF FROZEN REDS
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SEATTLE. Oct. 16.—Major-Gen
eral Wilds P Richardson, former
i
! chairman of the Alaska Road com
i
mission, under whose direction was
j built the Kairbanks-Chitina wafon
I road, now known as the Richardson
j highway, has just arrived in New
York from Archangel, where he
I commanded the American forces op
posing the Arctic Boisheviki. He
j returned wearing the decoration of
the Order of Stanislaus, bestowed
upon him by the Archangel govern
ment.
The former Northerner sent his
greetings to Alaska through Emii
Edward Hurja. former city editor of
the Fairbanks Daily Times, who was
authorized by Governor Riggs to
extend Alaska’s greeting to the pop
ular commander.
Ml OPERATIONS
MAY PRESUMED
The moderation of the weather
may be followed - -on by a resump
tion of mining operations in the
Fairbanks district, according to ad
vice-1 received from the upper town
ti.;s afternoon. \ number of oper
ators, it i~ reported, are contem
plating turning the water into the
sluice-boxes again, in an effort to
complete work which was cut short
by" low temperatures earlier in the
month.
Water Is said to be quite plenti
ful in several «f the creeks an i
ditches, sufficient, it is believed, to
permit of considerable work being
done.
SWELLING IS REDUCED;
WILSON FEELS BETTER
WASHINGTON, D. ( . Oct. 16.
IA bulletin issued from the White
j House this morping says that the
condition of President Wilson is
considerably improved as the result
jof a good night’s rest. The glandu
lar swelling which caused the phy
sicians some uneasiess has been re
duced sufficiently to enable the pa
pent to rest more comfortably.