WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOl5lI.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1919.
NO. 124
DEPARTMENT AFTER WAR-WORK GRAB
SENATORS CLASH AT LEAGUE COVENANT SITTING
PRESIDENT WILSON HAS NOT ABANDONED COAST TRIP
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 27
President Wilson has not abandoned
■die speaking tour which he decided
upon before returning to the United
States from France, for the purpose
of telling Americans about the
League of Nations. According to
a statement issued from the White
House today, the President still be
lieves it very necessary that he
speak throughout the country, even
before the senate committee on for
ej|gi relations submits its report on
the peace treaty and the League of
Nations covenant.
To Greet Pershing.
It is considered probable that the i
President will greet General Per
shing officially at St. Louis, to which j
city the general is going after his j
arrival at New York from overseas,
next week.
See Fleet Also.
President W’ilson probably will
leave for the Pacific coast within 1
the next two weeks and will try to j
arrange his trip so as to be at San ;
Francisco to review the Pacific fleet
on September 15.
•VETERINARY MAKES
, REPORT ON CATTLE
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A report regarding the condition
ef cows owned by residents of the
Fairbanks district has been made
public by Dr. Parker, Government i
veterinary, who has completed his j
examinations of cattle in and about ;
Fairbanks.
The report shows that two cows,
in addition to those owned by
Charles Hinckley, are diseased, one ;
of them being owned by Charles
' Slater and the other by Lazelle. '
Only one of the 26 cows owned by
Hinckley was found in a healthy ;
condition.
A total of 34 cows were sub- '
jected to the tubercular test.
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PAGO PAGO, Aug. 27.—The mo
^ torship Loline, enroute from Apia,
Samio, to Hawaii, is reported to
have overturned in a rough sea
about midway between the two1
places, with a loss of eighteen of
those on board.
Eighteen are reported to have
escaped from the vessel.
TREATY GIVES NORWAY
GRANT OF SPITZERGEN
PARIS, Aug. 27.—The treaty giv
ing Norway the Spitzbergen archi- j
pelago has been completed and will
soon be ready for signatures.
Inui—Tke Gateway to McZialcy
VatUnal Park.
CONGRESSIONAL PROBE
MAY LAND PROFITEERS
! Colonel Frederick Mears, head of
.the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion; John W. Hallowell, assistant
secretary of the interior; Dr. Alfred
H. Brooks, head of the geological
survey, and a topographer, who are
jenroute to Interior Alaska to Iook
:over the Government railroad in
|this division, reached Indian river
last night and left that place this
morning, headed for Nenana by way
! of Broad pass. This information
!was contained in a message received
jat the local offices of the commis
jsion this morning.
Mr. Browne left for the end of
■steel yesterday, enroute to the pass
to meet the incoming party. He
■ was at Lignite this morning and
i planned to spend part of the day
jwith the Mills party, after which he
jwill leave for the summit.
! The present trip will be Chair
man Mears' first visit to Interior
■Alaska since the commencement of
work in this division. As a member
of the commission, under Chairman
iEdes, he was stationed on the coast
lend until he retired to join the col
ors, shortly after the United States
I entered the war.
! Assistant Secretary of the Interi
or Hallowell, who is making the
trip as the special representative
■ of Secretary Lane, is a stranger to
Alaska, not having been North be
fore. And it is probable that the
topographer also is a new man.
But Alaskans are well acquainted
'with Dr. Brooks, who has been en
! gaged in geological and exploratory
[work in the North since 1898. In
11902 he was appointed geologist in
charge of the division of mineral
resources in Alaska, and has spent
| a great deal of his time in the
; territory. Like Colonel Mears, he'
also left Alaska to engage in war
work overseas.
It is not known here how long
the party will remain in the In
terior.
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At noon today it was not known
at Fairbanks w-hether or not the
Douse launch Victory w-ould come
down river this afternoon.
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SEATTLE, Aug. 27. — Howard
>CosgTove, counsel for the United
I States Shipping board, informed the
members of the congressional spruce
production investigating committee
itodav that it is the intention of the
I
> department of justice to start crim
'inal proceedings against one of the
Seattle shipyards, in connection with
War-time expenditures. He would
not disclose the names of those
slated for prosecution, but said the
matter is now being considered by
department officials, and intimated
that early action might be expected.
Politics Figured.
W. C. Botler, an Everett banker
and logger, informed the committee
that politics had played an import
ant part in the awarding of con
tracts and in the distribution of
war plums during the early activi
ties of the Government in the North
west. He said that political influ
i ence had resulted in the awarding
of contracts to Seims-Carey to get
spruce from the Olympic peninsula.
General Bryce P. Disque directed
the Government work of getting out
the spruce.
REPUBLICANS CLASH
AT LEAGUE HEARING
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug.
. Senators Albert B. Fall, of New
Mexico, and Porter J. McC-utnber,
of No'th Dakota, both Republicans,
almost came to blows this afternoon
during the progress of the hearine
on the peace treaty and the League
of Nations covenant before the sen
ate committee on foreign relations.
Senator Fall opened the battle by
declaring that those senators who
had not read the peace treaty and
the covenant were the most insistent
supporters of immediate ratification.
He declared also that Senator Mc
Cumber, who is the only Republican
member of the committee who voted
against the amendment to restore
Shan-tung to China, claims that
Japan had a right to take Shan
tung.
Whereupon McCumber hastily rose
to his feet to make protest and a
wordy battle ensued. McCumber
declared that what he had said in
reality was that Japan had derived
the right to acquire the territory
under the solemn promise to return
it to China at a future date. Fall,
he said, had left that part of his
statement out.
McCumber was not present yes
terday when the committee adopted
further amendments to the league
covenant.
DEN1KINE ARMY
NOW IN CONTROL
OF LARGE AREA
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PARIS, Aug. 27.—Recent success
es in their operations against the
Bolsheviki in Southern Russia have
placed the Denikine forces in con
trol of an area larger than that of i
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Germany, and the zone of domina
tion is being widened steadily in all j
directions.
A large force of Denikine’s sol
diers are now pressing forward into;
Central Russia, with only slight op
position from the Red Guards.
| The success which has attended
[the efforts of Denikine to rid South
ern Russia of the Bolsheviki has I
resulted in attracting many recruits
|to his ranks, and his armies now
are very much stronger than when
‘the campaign was started, notwith
standing heavy losses sustained in '•
! several of the larger battles with
'the Bolsheviki.
Earl Slippern returned to Nenana :
yesterday on the steamer Carl;
White, after an absence of several
months in Fairbanks.
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10 HELP LOWER
COS! OF FOODS
NEW YORK. Aug. 27.—Upon his
arrival in this city today from Eu
rope, Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor,
declared that he stood ready to doj
everything in his power to assist the
Government in its investigation of
the cost of living problem, involv
ing unlawful storage and profiteer
ling.
The country, he said, is facing a
Tremendous situation, a situation re
quiring the exercise of extreme care
and determined action. Steps must
jbe taken, and taken promptly, to
avert a crisis, for the workers of
the country, he intimated, will not
continue indefinitely to stand for the
profiteering now in progress.
The veteran labor leader charac
terized profiteering as deplorable
and appalling.
The launch Sibilla, which was at
;Xenana yesterday, returned to the
i mouth of the Tolovana and was ex
pected back here today. .
FAIRBANKS HAS
OFFERED PURSE
FOR LABOR DAY
Manager Joe Fischer, of the local
baseball aggregation, has received a
proposition from Manager Beam, of
Fairbanks, for a series of games to
j be played at the upper town in con
Inaction with the Labor Dav cele
bration which the Fairbanksans are
arranging. The offer includes a ;
purse of $500, to go to the .cam
vinning two of the three games, and :
the expenses of the visiting players, j
The presence of the Xenana team. >
it is pointed out in the telegram to
Manager Fischer, is needed to in
sure the success of the celebration,
which will include automobile races
and ether attractions,
j The baseball boys now have the !
proposition under consideration, and]
while there arc a number of them [
1 willing to make the trip, several ;
state positively that it will be im
possible for them to get awav. The
absence of Mr. Browne makes it;
i
j impossible for Ike Taylor to get
away at this time, and Frank Doner
| says that his duties in the Jisburs-1
ling office will not permit of his ab
' sence. There also is some doubt j
1 about others of the team being able
to absent themselves for another
series.
The loss of Taylor and Doner, it |
is figured, would so weaken the :
; team as to nut victory beyond j
; reach, and some of -he players say j
i they do not care to go to Fair-i
| banks on that account,
j Manager Fischer says it is up to j
the players to say whether or not 1
the challenge shall be accepted, and ,
it is expected that a decision will ,
be reached by them tonight, when
their answer will be forwarded to
Manager Beam, at Fairbanks.
OHIO HAS RIGHT
10 SEIZE FOODS
COLUMBUS, Aug. 27.—The state
supreme court has rendered a de- i
cision in which it is held that the j
state has a right to confiscate and j
sell foods which are held in stor- i
age in the state by individuals for
a longer period than is permitted
by the statutes.
The recent action of the state in ;
seizing a large quantity of goods in j
storage was contested by the own-j
ers, the case being carried to the'
highest court in the state.
Veaana—Tie Gateway to McKinley
National Park.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27.—The
strike of Southern California train
men is spreading steadily through
out the state, the plan of the strik
ers being to cause a suspension of
all traffic between Los Angeles and
San Francisco and for a considera
ble distance inland.
Only suburban traffic
leaving
Oakland mole today, all other trains
having been compelled to abandon
schedules on account of the strike.
The Los Angeles strikers, who
were ordered yesterday to return
to their places, declare they will
not heed the order.
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NEW TRAFFIC CENTER.
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 27.—Trains
jfor points to the north are being
made up here, owing to the demor
alized state of affairs at San Fran
|cisco and Oakland, where the strik
■ ers are in full control of the rail
road situation.
IN THE STATES
BERLIN, Au*:. 27.—Dr. Daniel
von Haimhausen. former counsellor
attached to the German embassy at
Washington, under Count von Btrns
torff, has been named ambassador
to the United States by the new
German government.
Colonial Secretary So!f probably
will become ambassador to England,
but it is not known who will be se
lected to represent the German gov
ernment in France.
Not Wanted.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Auk. 27.—
The belief is general here that
Washington will not receive von
Haimhausen or anyone else who was
in any way connected with the von
Bernstorff embassy. Nearly everyone
on the Bernstorff staff, investiga
tions have shown, was involved in
the intrigues and plots, the dis
covery of which rocked the Govern
ment to its very foundations.
BOLSHEVIKI CAPTURE
TOWN NEAR PETROGRAD
LONDON, Aug. 27.—Advices re
ceived by the British war office to
day announce the capture of the
town of Pskov by the Bolshevik:
forces. The place is located south
west of Petrograd.
YANKEE AMBASSADOR
RESIGNS HIS POST
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 27.—
American Ambassador to Japan
Rensch has tendered his resigna
tion to President Wilson, with the
request that he be permitted to re
tire immediately.