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THE NENANA
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DAILY NEWS
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 5
VOLUME TWO
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1919.
ITALIANS INSIST FIUME IS VITAL ISSUE
AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARRESTED AS BOL AGENTS
GOVERNMENT PLANNING DRIVE ON DRAFT EVADERS
FIUME QUESTION
CROPS UP AGAIN;
PARIS,‘Apr. 5.—On being asked
the direct question today, as to
whether the Italian delegation will
leave the Peace onference if their
claim to the city of Fiume is de
nied, Salvatore Barzilas, of the
Italian peace delegation, said that
no definite decision had been
reached as yet.
He declared, however, that the
Italian delegation feel that it is
their bounden duty and that they
must follow the will of the Italian
people in this matter.
The Naional Council of Fiume,
he said, had adopted the Italian
flag as the city’s banner, which act
he claimed, was the best proof of
Fiume's wishes to join Italy, under
the policy of self determination, as
enunciated by President Wilson and
accepted by all the warring powers.
The Italian parliament and people,
he concluded, are firmly determ
ined, that Fiume should be a part
of the Italian kingdom.
‘ DISCHARGED MEN
10 KEEP CLOTHES
WASHINGTON, Apr. 5.—The
war department has ruled that every
enlisted man of the United States
army, on being discharged, will be
allowed to keep his service clothes,
including the tin helmets and gas
masks.
MAN GOES INSANE
‘ UP CHENA RIVER
According to advices received
from Fairbanks today, Deputy Mar
shal Woods was sent out this morn
ing to the Little Chena roadhouse
for the purpose of apprehending
Angeleno Pertalina, who is reported
to have gone insane suddenly.
"V Jimmy More, who had made a
trip to the Big Chena country, re
turning to Fairbanks, stayed a
while at the Little Chena roadhouse,
where Pertalina became insane. The
friends of the unfortunate man re
quested Jimmy Moore to swear out
* a warrant so that he could be taken
to Fairbanks and given the neees
^ sary attention.
BOLSHEVIK GOVT.
SPA, Apr. 5.—According to a re
port received in this city today, a
Soviet government has been pro
claimed at Munich, the capital ol
the lately formed republic of Ba
varia.
The Burgess auto left this morn
ing at 4 o’clock for Fairbanks.
YANKEES MAY VISIT
MANY COUNTRIES NOW
—
COBLENZ.—The leave of ab
sence area for the American Army
of Occupation was recently ex
tended to include Greece. Under
the present plan officers and men
of the Third army, in cases where
leave is granted, may visit Paris,
Belgium, England. Italy or Greece, i
leaves being for two weeks, except |
j in exceptional cases.
i PARIS, Apr. 5.—President Wil- j
!
son is reported to have passed a
| very satisfactory night. He slept
until late this morning.
i
j It is expected that the premiers |
: will meet again today at the Paris
| White House and that President
Wilson might sit up later in the day.
It is expected that he will have ■
i quite recovered and be able to be
, about on Monday.
plans~arTlaio I
! FOR ARREST OF
DRAFT EVADERS
TACOMA, Apr 5.—The federal
and military authorities are laying
plans now for a vigorous campaign 1
1 for the wholesale arrests of draft
| evaders.
It is known that there are hun
: dreds of draft evaders in hiding,
j Some of them are working in out- J
{of-the-way places under assumed |
| names, while others are said to be i
; living in remote cabins, throughou\
. the Northwest.
j Draft. boards have prepared lists !
containing the names of those who
I had been called for physical examin- j
ation, but who did not report, al-;
though many of these are known
to have received due notification.
RUSS SITUATION
IS WELL IN HAND
AVERMENERAl
WASHINGTON, Apr. 5—General
j March, chief of staff of the Ameri
; can army, said today that the situ
I ation in and around Archangel and
j the country dominated by the Allied
j troops, from a military point of view
i was well in hand.
He declared that it was incredible ,
that the Allied troops can be driven
! into the sea by anybody.
; General March also announced
that the war department plans to
i have the American troops out of
j that part of the country by the
end of June.
Billy Taylor will leave for his
Kantishna home tomorrow.
IlIC SQUADRON :
ORDERED 10 MOVE
AGAINST ALLIES
LONDON, Apr. 5.—According to
3 report received in this city today,
from reliable sources, Minister Trot-,
•ky, of the Bolsheviki, has ordered
:he Russian Baltic fleet to put to '
;ea and attack the Allies.
Trotskv also threatened to have
ill the crews of the warships put to
ieath if they disobey the order.
BRITISH FORCE
N NORTH RUSSIA
TO BE RELEASED
LONDON, Apr. 5.—British Sec
retary of War Churchill sent a
message today to the British forces
in Northern Russia, assuring them
that they will be supported and re
leased from duty on the Northern
front at the earliest possible moment.
ALLIED TROOPS
FACING CRISIS
ON m SEA
LONDON, Apr. 5.—According to
the reports received of the opera
tions of the Allied forces in Odessa
and the neighborhood, the situation
in Southern Russia, from an Allied
point of view, is very critical.
The shortage of food, and not the
military situation in this region
will, it is believed, force a genera!
retirement of the Allies, with the
evacuation of the Allied base at
Odessa, as a probability.
RUBY “ATTORNEY
NENANA VISITOR
Driving his own dog team, Assist
ant U. S. District Attorney E. Coke
Hill arrived in town yesterday after
noon form Fairbnks, enroute to
Ruby.
Mr. Hill had been in Fairbanks
on official business at the opening
of the present session of court. He
had intended to remain at Fair
banks for a few days longer, but
the rapidly breaking trails com
pelled an early departure from the
upper town.
This is Mr. Hill’s first visit to
enana since the town was built up
to its present proportions, and he
is very favorably impressed with
the looks of it.
He expects to leave for Ruby to
morrow morning, taking the river
trail as far as the Minto roadhouse.
Of a total of 75 passengers re
cently landed at Seward enroute to
Anchorage, 40 were discharged sol
diers.
I
BILL 10 BANISH ;
HAPSBURG BUNCH'
COPENHAGEN', Apr, 5—Accord-!
ing to a report received in this:
city today, the German-Austrian
National Assembly, passed a bill;
today, in terms of which the mem
bers of the Hapsburg family, which
had been the ruling house of Aus
tria during past years, will be ban
ished from the country forever.
The bill also provides for the im
mediate release of all Russian and
Finnish prisoners of war, held in
the country for some time past
i
PARIS, Apr. 5.—The Matin, one
of the leading Paris papers, com
menting on the terms of the peace
to be concluded soon with the Cen
tral powers, declared that France
cannot yield one single iota, on the !
question of obtaining adequate re
paration from Germany, for dam
age done during the late war.
It says also that a satisfactory
agreement having been reached on
territorial questions, the French
claims for reparation will now be
pressed at the peace conference.
WORK COMMENCED
TO PROTECT BANK!
ACROSS TANANAI
The work in connection with |
the back fill, for the purpose of pre
venting bank erosin in the neigh-!
borhood of the dock across the
Tanana river, was taken in hand j
today and the necessary saplings, I
which had been cut previously for
this purpose, are being placed in
position.
Supt. Packer stated that approxi
mately 400 cords of saplings will
be needed to complete the work.
After the saplings have been laid
between the piling driven along the j
bank, a quantity of gravel will be ;
used to consolidate the work and ]
complete the fill.
The dock proper is 200 feet in j
length and the .river bank for a j
distance of 150 feet above and 50 j
feet below the dock is to be pro- i
tected with riprap and gravel.
Boats and barges with freight for
the A. E. . for use on the Nenana
Fairbanks line will dick at the new i
dock this summer.
NEW TEACHER FOR
FAIRBANKS SCHOOL
Miss Sigrid Richardson resigned
her position as teacher of the
second grade in the Fairbanks
school, owing to ill health.
Her place will be taken by Mrs.
Arthur McGown.
JNIFORMS ABANDONED;
MAY BE LOST TO HUNS
COBLENZ.—Great piles of mili
ary stores worth millions of marks
re lying in a hall in Frankenburg,
lesse, and are likely to be wasted
inless soon cared for, says the
Vestphalian Volksblatt. The sup
ilies consist principally of army
miforms in great heaps after the
emobilization of the Greman army.
VIARCH TELLS”)F
ARMY STRENGTH
IN EUROPE NOW
WASHINGTON, Apr 5.—General
dareh, chief of staff of the Ameri
an army, announced today that
he Teutonic armies have now been
'educed to fifteen per cent of their
iriginal war strength at the time
he armistice was signed.
The Allied armies in Europe are
lolding seventy-five per cent of
heir strength at date of signing of
:he armistice.
SITUATION QUIET
ARCHANGEL. April 5—The mili
tary situation on all sectors of the
North Russian front is, compara
tively quiet. There has been a little
artillery duelling, but no infantry
activity to amount to anything.
Bolsheviki prisoners captured re
cently by the Allies, say that the
norale of the Bolsheviki forces is
eery low.
The peasants in Northern Russia
are reported to be hostile towards
the Bolsheviki.
NENANA RIVER
BREAKING FAST
Reports received from out the
line indicate that the breakup of
the Nenana river is very near at
hand. Open water is reported from
several places and oldtimers say
that a general breakup may be ex
pected most any time now.
The Nenana river is known to
break up long before the Tanana
rives does, and it has done so some
times, nearly a month ahead of
the Tanana. The lack of water,
coming from the lesser streams,
drill, it is thought, delay the breakup
for a few days.
Julius creek, far-famed for its
greyling fishing, usually goes out
about the same time as the Nenana
river.
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X observation station, Nenana X
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X Saturday, April S X
X Maximum .-.52 above X
X Minimum .29 above X
X Forecast: Fair Tomorrow X
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FOR TAG SELLING
TACOMA, Apr. —Seventeen
former soldiers of the United States
army, who had been but recently
discharged, were placed under ar
rest in this city today.
They are charged with having
sold tags for the benefit of the.
Soldiers and Sailors Council, which
had been recently organized here
The city council, at whose in
stance the arrests were made, main
tains that the organization is four. I
ed along the lines of the Russian
Soviet.
The arrested men, however, state
that the organization was formed
for the purpose of assisting needy
soldiers ami sailors, of whom there
are quite a few.
In spite of the arrests made, tag
sellers are appearing on the streets
of the city in increasing numbers.
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SEATTLE, Apr. T—May the
fifth has been fixed as the date
H which Miss Ruth Garrison of
thU city will be brought to trial
on a charge of having murdered
Mrs. Grace Storrs.
Sensational developments and dis
closures are expected during the
course of the trial.
The attorneys defending Miss
Garrison will advance the plea of
temporary insanity at the time the
murder was committed.
MARSHAL FOCH
GAINS HIS POINT
WITH GERMANS
PARIS, Apr. 5.—Marshal Foch.
commander in chief of the Allied
armies, who went to Spa this week
. to meet Martin Erxberger and asso
! ciates in conference, regarding the
use of the port of Danzig, tele
' graphed to the Allied governments
j today that his contention has been
formally upheld by the conference,
i The Polish troops in France can
! now- be returned to Poland by way
j of the port of Danzig.
AMERICAN-SLAV MEETING
TO BE HELD TONIGHT
The American-Slav Society of Ne
j nana will hold a meeting imme
diatley after the picture show to
night at the club rooms in the
Bowen building.
All Slavs, other than members
of the society, who are interested
in the education and general uplift
of the race along social lines, arc
cordially invited to the meeting,
where such of them that desire to
do sc may become members of the
society.