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Volume Two
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NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1919.
Number 45
ALLIES MAKE CONCESSIONS TO GERMANS
SHERMAN OPENS SENATE FIGHT ON LEAGUE PLAN
WICKERSHAM ANNOUNCES RUNG DELEGATE CONTEST
CONFERENCE GIVES
WAY TO HUN PLEAS
WASHINGTON', D. C., May 23.—
Official advices received in th,s
city this afternoon form Paris
state that concessions have ' been
granted to the Germans by the
peace conference, as the result of
vigorous protests filed, and that
there is reason to believe that the
treaty will be signed without fur
ther delay. The concessions relate
to the Saar valley terms and certain
of the reparation clauses, but the
exact nature of the modifications
have not been made public.
The transfer of Germany's in
terests in Kiao Chau and Shantung
to Japan, which was highly dis
pleasing to the German government
will not longer interfere with the
acceptance of the terms,, it is be
lieved, the conference having re
ceived assurances that the Germans
would waive their objections to the
transfer. At one time, the Ger
mans insisted that they would not
sign the treaty on account of the
gift to Japan.
' SMS SHORTAGE
OF LABOR EEL!
ALBANY, X. Y., May 23.—As
sistant Secretary of War Arthur
Wood, who is in this city on official
business, predicts that there will
be a big shortage of labor through
out the United States before the
end of the approaching summer.
The shortage is already being felt
keenly, he announces, thtre being
work at present for a great many
more men than are available. He
attributes the shortage to the lack
of immigration and to the absorp
tion of surplus labor by the ship
building industries of the country.
This has been more than sufficient
to absorb the men leaving the army,
he says, and within a very short
time there will be a greatly in
1 creased demand for workers in
farming communities.
TRUCKS DISTURB
BOCHE SLUMBERS
COBLENZ. May 23.—Residents
of this city declare that the rum
bling of American trucks across
the bridge during the past several
nights has proved a serious bar to
sleep, and the impression prevails
among the Germans that the Ameri
cans are preparing for the move
ment of a vast force of troops and
supplies east of the Rhine.
As stated in yesterday’s dispatch
es, however, the distribution of the
« trucks among the American forces
is merely precautionary, for use
only in case of a refusal of the
Germans to sign the peace treaty.
STORMS AGAIN DELAY
DEPARTURE OF PLANE
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 23.—
Stormy weather continues to pre
v vail off the Azores islands, accord
ing to advices received this morn
ing from Ponta Delgada, rendering
impossible the departure of the
Yankee seaplane N C 4, which is
awaiting a favorable opportunity
to start for Lisbon.
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ALABAMA CITY
SWEPT BY FIRE;
HOMES BURNED
MOBILE, Ala., May 23.—More
than a thousand residents of this
city have been rendered . homeless
as the result of a fire which swept
the residential section yesterday
afternoon. entailing a monetary loss
of eight hundred thousand dollars.
Fanned by a strong wind, the
flames spread rapidly, and for i
time it was feared the entire resi
dential section would be destroyed.
It required the use of the entire
fire apparatus of the city and the
assistance of many volunteers to
get the fire under control, and the
work of many hours to quench the
flames.
A total of two hundred and fifty
homes were destroyed, and the num
ber rendered homeless is estimated
this morning at one thousand and
fifty.
SI
IS DUE TONIGHT
The steamer M. L. Washburn,
which sailed from Toiovana at 5:30
this morning. was expected to put
in an appearance at Nenana this
afternoon, but up to the time of
going to press, there was no sign
of her.
It is thought that she may have
been detained longer than usual at
the mouth of the Toiovana river,
where some barges of the A. Y. N.
company have wintered. She was to
call at the barge moorings and
take Jack Bellerbv on board for
Nenana.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
MEETING TONIGHT
The regular fortnightly meeting
of the Nenana Commercial club
will be held at the club chambers
in the Labor Union building to
night.
The meeting will be called to
order at $ o’clock sharp, and all
members are urged to be on time.
Superintendent Packer went out
to the Nenana crossing (43-Mile 1
on the train this morning, to start
the repair work on the big bridge
spanning the Nenana river at that
point. He probably will return to
town this evening.
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SEATTLE, May 23—Former Del-;
egate Wickersham has arrived in
this city and reports that he has
started formal proceedings against
the Alaska territorial canvassing
board to secure a reversal of the
delegate election verdict. His con
test, he says, was filed at Wash
ington on May third.
CALGARY VOTES
ON STRIKE MOVE
CALGARY, May 23. —Thirty;
thousand union workers of this dis-j
trict are voting today on the ques- j
tion of calling a general strike on:
Monday in sympathy with the Win
nipeg strike. The result of the vote j
will not be known definitely until i
a canvass has been made, but sen- ;
timent in favor of a walkout is
sufficiently strong to warrant the
belief that a strike will be called,
in which event local industries will
come to a complete halt.
Higher pay will be the chief de
mand of the unionists, in the event
of a genera! strike here, and the
workers will also insist upon great
er union recognition.
Employers have not taken any
action as yet, preferring to await
the result of the union vote before
defining the stand that will be
taken bv them. It is considered
certain, however, that a demand for
more pay will be resisted.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 23.— '
The state department is in receipt
'of information from San Jo.se,
Costa Rica, stating: that an attempt
was made at that place on Monday
to wreck the American legation.
It was a bombing plot, in which ■
the conspirators planned to demolish
the building by the use of ex
plosives, but the attempt was a
failure.
The dispatches do not state to
what extent the legation suffered,
if at all, nor is it known here
whether or not the conspirators
were apprehended.
WORK EXHIBITION
AT SCHOOL TONIGHT
The public is invited to inspect
the work done by the pupils of the
Franklin K. Lane school, at the
schoolhouse tonight. The general
class work of the pupils will be on
exhibition from 7 to 10 o’clock.
The work done by all grades during
the last school semester, which
came to a close today, will be
shown, and all those who are in
terested in the welfare of the little
ones should not fail to take this
opportunity to see what progress
they have made under the able
tutelage of Miss Luella Shaffer and
Mrs. M. A. Schaeffer.
Harry St. George, of the Farmers |
bank, and Luther C. Hess, of Fair-1
banks, were passengers enroute to
Brooks this morning on the Car!
White boat.
SENATE APPROVES
URGENI MEASURE
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 23 —
The deficiency appropriation bill,
carrying forty-five million dollars
fol* war risk allotments to families
of soldiers and sailors and depend
ents of cival war veterans, was
approved by the senate early today,
after a brief discussion.
This measure was passed by the
house yesterday afternoon.
MAIL WILL PAY
LONDON, May 23.—The nearest
relatives of Harry Hawker, the
British aviator who lost his life in
the attempt to fly from New Found
land to the British Isles, and Com
mander Grieve, his navigator, will
rp^eive the sum of ten thousand
pounds in compensation for their
loss, according to announcement
made today by the owners of the
Daily Mail, who backed the trans
atlantic airplane enterprise. The
money will be turned over to the
relatives just as scon as it is made
certain the airplane was lost.
Some further slight information
regarding the missing plane was
obtained today from officers of the
cableship Faraday, who report hav
ing sighted the airplane's red light
early Monday morning, midway be
tween New Foundland and Eng
land. They declare the light was
seen on the course which should
have been followed by Hawker, but
they were unable to get a glimpse
of the plane itself.
PASSES AT UNGA
SAX FRANCISCO, May 23.—
Cable advices received this morn
ing by Mrs. Herman Daploff, of
this city, state that Captain Daploff
succumbed to disease aboard the
Louise on March 14, when the ves
sel was near Unga, in Alaska waters.
Captain Daploff was one of the
best known masters on the Pacific
coast, having been a familiar figure
in marine circles during the past
thirty years.
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FAIRBANKS GIRL
DIED IBIS MORN
Miss Sigrid Richardson, who had
been ailing for some time past,
died at 9 o’clock this morning at
St. Joseph’s hospital from the af
fects of an attack of tuberculosis.
The deceased young lady, who
had intended going Outside for
medical treatment on the first boat,
was only 19 years of age. She
graduated from the Fairbanks high
school recently, and was appointed
shortly afterwards on the teach
ing staff. She was obliged to re
linquish her position owing to ill
health about a month ago.
No arrangements have as yet |
been made for the funeral
SHERMAN LAUNCHES
ATTACK ON LEAGUE
WASHINGTON', D. C., May 23.— :
The threatened senate fight on the
peace treaty and League of Na-1
tions’ covenant, which was prom
ised some time ago in case Presi
dent Wilson insisted upon inter
weaving the two propositions, was
launched today by Senator Sher
man of Illinois, in a bitter arraign
ment of President Wilson and his
world peace ideals.
The league proposal was de
nounced as a revolutionary attempt
to establish a parliament of na
tions, controlled by obligarehy, uu
der which national sovereignty will
disappear completely.
Senator Sherman insists that the
peace treaty and the League of
Nations propositions be separated
by the senate. His colleagues, he
said, tvere ready to accept the
peace treaty, but they questioned
the wisdom of involving the nation
in a league which might later be
a source of serious embarrassment.
They wanted at least, the privi
lege, he declared, of considering
the covenant separately, for the
purpose of thorough discussion and
amendment.
DANGEROUS RUN
TO COME NORTH
SEATTLE, May 23.—The steam
ship Senator, of the Pacific S>cam
ship company’s fieet, which his
been operating between Seattle and
the Orient during the past winter,
arrived here yesterday from Hong
kong and will prepare immediately
to go on the summer run to Nome.
Officers of the Senator state that
charts surrendered by the Germans
show that the China sea was heavi
ly mined during the war, the dan
ger zone being directly in the course
followed by the Senator. The -mitre
area is described as being sixty
miles in length by two miles across,
and this field was traversed by the
Senator at least nine times during
the winter.
The escape of the vessel, the of
ficers say, was due to the depth at
which the mines were anchored.
British boats are now engaged
in removing the mines, and expect
to complete the work within a short
time.
43-MILE BRIDGE
BEINGJIP1ED
The big bridge across the N'enana
river at -13-Mile, which was recent
ly damaged by the ice, is to be
put into shape for the resumption
of through traffic to the Burns coal
mine.
Yesterday evening, the track
driver, locomotive No. 5 (switch
engine), a crew of men and the
necessary materials were sent out
to the crossing, and the work of
driving the piling to replace that
taken out by the ice was com
menced this morning.
The N'enana river flows very
swiftly past the big bridge, and the
bottom is strewn with boulders,
which will necessarily make the op
eration of driving the piles very
slow.
There are six bents of piling to
be replaced ere the decking can be
put in place and the rails laid, and
it is expected that, with good Iuck
and hard work, about a bent a day
will be driven. At this rate, .t
will be about a week at least be
fore the bridge will be ready for
the rails.
J. Hampton Miles, who has been
in Fairbanks for some time past,
returned to town yesterday.
! COPPER'S ME
j IN I§ STATES
PHOENIX. Ariz.—Silver is kins
again in Arizona, says C P. Rein
inger, president of the Association
of Arizona Mining Men. With the
copper market stagnant as a result
of the cessation of war require
ments, the demands for white met
al are pouring in from ail corners
of the globe. Many of the pro
ducers are replacing their copper
handling equipment with plants to
turn out -ilvei.
“There is a big iemand for silver
in China and India." says George
P. Bethuns, ,_,f Globe. "The United
States g 'vernment is rilling it at $1
an ounce, the same price at which
it is supplying JOO.OOO.OOO ounces
of the metal to the British govern
ment on contract.”
'ears ago, when Tombstone was
a: the h- eh: f its fame. Arizona
was a great silver producer. Then
came the dumri. Copper was dis
covered. Last year, according to
the estimate "f the United States
geological survey, Arizona produced
S19”.0)Jo,:iki worth of copper
"Give us copper,” was the cry from
the United States and the Allies.
With "he armistice, conditions
changed overnight. One billion
pounds .f copper, more than a
third of which was Arizona pro
duction, are estimated to be await
ing sale, but copper is down and
silver is up.
Surveys of the state indicate that
in the Prescott and Tucson mine®
silver predominates over the other
metals; in Bisbee, Jerome, Globe,
and Ajo its values as a by-product
run heavily
From the neighborhood of Pres
cott come reports of the revival of
old silver mines. Battle-Flat, scene
of a sanguinary Indian fight in the
'70s, is reported to have yielded
new discoveries of silver and two
fresh camps have been opened on
this spur of the northern slope of
the Bradshaws.
The official tables of the United
States geological survey report a
silver production of $6,813,000 in
Arizona during 1918, but producers
state that this does not represent
anything like the total value of the
white metal recovered.
Frank O’Farrell, whose departure
was delayed yesterday, left at S
o’clock this morning for Tanana
on his launch, with the mails.
Alex Fowler, the local merchant,
who had gone to Fairbanks recently,
returned to Xenana this morning;
on Carl White’s steamer.