ALASKA SET THE PACE FOR VICTORY
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Volume Two member of associated press NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1919. Number 44
BIG TRIO ASK ITALY TO EXPLAIN ACT
WOMEN SURE OF SENA TE VOTES FOR SUFFRAGE
SHERMAN WILL START FIGHT ON COMBINATION PACT
YANKEES PREPARED
TO MOVE ON BOCHE
t
COBLENZ, May 22.—Prepara
tions are being made by the Amer
ican army of occupation to advance
on the Germans should trouble re
sult from the failure of the German
delegates to attach their signatures
F to the peace treaty. Orders have
been issued from the American
general headquarters recalling to
Coblenz Liuet. Gen. Liggett, com
mander of the army of occupation,
and Major Gen. John Hines, com
mander of the Third army corps.
Both men were enroute to London
at the time of their recall to their
posts.
Should an occasion arise for the
Yankees to start advances, trans
AUSTRIAN EXILES
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GENEVA, May 22.—A train ar
riving in this city today carried as
passengers the former Austrian em
peror, the former empress and sev
eral archdukes who have found
living conditions in Austria un
pleasant since the close of the war.
They are moving to Switzerland to
make their future home at Chateau
Pranzinz, formerly occupied by
Jerome Bonaparte.
A big crowd was at the depot
to witness the arrival of the out
casts and the reception accorded
f them w-as frigid in the extreme.
Hissing was freely indulged in.
The baggage of the party con
sisted of tons of trunks and crates,
containing personal effects and
household goods saved from the
wreckage of their fallen dynasty.
WAGES INCREASED
IN MINING CAMPS
WALLACE, Idaho, May 22.—The
principal mines of the Coeur d’Alene
country have announced an advance
in wages of fifty cents per day,
bringing the wage scale, prctically
throughout the district to $4.75 per
day.
The increase is in response to
a request voiced by the miners, w’ho
contended that the increased cost
of living had renedered the exist
ing wage scale inadequate.
PLANE AGAIN DELAYED
BY STORMY WEATHER
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 22 -
Advices received from the Azores
today contain the information that
stormy weather has again prevented
the departure of the American sea
plane N C 4, which is awaiting a
favorable opportunity to start foi
the Portuguese coast.
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| portation facilities will be ready
for them. As early as Tuesday
night, nine hundred motor trucks
began moving from west of the
Rhine to the bridgehead area,
where they have been distributed
at various points of vantage among
the American forces holding the
i zone east of the Rhine.
PERSHING CAN’T LEAVE
LONDON, May 22.—Probably
owing to the threat of further
trouble with the Germans, General
Pershing has advised the British
! government that it will be impos
! sible for him to leave the Rhine
j at this time to visit London.
IRELAND WANTS
CONFERENCE 10
| SEPARATE PACT
j PARIS, May 22.—Count Plunkett
and other Sinn Fein leaders who
are engaged in a campaign to fur
ther the cause of Ireland before
the peace conference, have written
to Premier Ciemenceau asking that
the interests of Ireland be consid
ered as apart from those of Eng
land. They seek special recognition
for Ireland by the peace conference.
The letter declares that Ireland
will not be bound by England's
action regarding peace and insist?
upon an early settlement of the
Irish questions which have been
[presented to the conference for con
Isideration.
! WINNEPEG, May 22.—Official
| of the Dominion government are
■ interesting themselves in the local
| strike situation with a view to
‘bringing about an early settlement
of the differences between strikers
and employers. A lengthy con
ference was held today between
officials and unionists regarding
terms of settlement, but no decision
was reached.
Pending the settlement, commer
cial enterprises are being resumed
with aggressiveness with such vol
unteer forces as are available, and
confidence is felt that the trouble
will soon end.
RUBY1TE WINS HOUSE
RAFFLED IN FAIRBANKS
—
Mrs. L. E. Sturtevant, who is
now a passenger on board the
steamer Tanana, enroute to Ruby,
was the lucky holder of ticket num
ber 274, which was the winning
number in the raffle of the Woods’
house on Sixth and Cushman streets,
Fairbanks.
The raffle was held at the Pio
neer hotel yesterday. The house
was formerly owned by Mrs. Jack
Woods, formerly of Nenana.
j Steve Foster, the game warden,
, left this morning on the launch
(Victory for Fairbanks on a business
trip. He expects to be back in
a few days.
EXHIBITION OF
SCHOOL WORK IS
Miss Luella Shaffer, principal of
the Franklin K. Lane school, an
nounces that an exhibition of the
genera! class work of the pupils
of the Franklin K. Lane school
will be given at the schoolhouse
tomorrow evening from 7 to 10
o’clock, to which the public is cor
dially invited.
The invitation extended by the
principal will be of special interest
to the parents and friends of the
children, who will be afforded an
opportunity tomorrow night of see
ing just how knowledge is imparted
and to note the progress made in
their studies by the future leader;
of national thought and action.
A most convenient time for the
holding of the exhibition has beer
fixed upon by Miss Shaffer, and
there will no doubt be a large at
tendance to see the kids in action
WOMEN Of PARTY
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 22.—
In an address delivered before the
members of the Republican Women’
National committee in this city las1
night, Chairman Hayes assured the
ladies that they would receive full
consideration at the hands of the
national committee, the rights ol
women members of the party being
regarded as on an equal footing
with the rights of other individuals
The women’s committee will be
addressed tonight by Speaker Fred
erick H. Gillett, of the house, anc
Senator Cummins.
The indications are that the Re
publican women of the country will
take a very active part in the forth
coming presidential campaign, plans
for which will be outlined before
the conference of committeemen
now in session, is adjourned.
FRENCH PREMIER
10 WRITE A BOOK
PARIS. — Premier Clemeneeau,
too, will write a book after the
peaec conference is over.
“As soon as the peace problem^
have been solved,” he said re
cently, “and I have finished my
task, I shall take a rest that, after
fifty years of politics, I think 1
have well earned. And, in my re
tirement, I shall write a book,
which perhaps no one will read,
but which I, at all events, shall
be glad to have written.”
It has been stated by those close
to Premier Clemeneeau that it is
his earnest desire to finish his pres
ent taskt and retire. His vitality
has been remarked upon reecntly
as being extraordinary and the
virility and vigor of former day«
has been evident.
Americans who have called upon
the French premier following his
return to health say that he is full
of humor and enjoys a jovial ex
istence.
It’s all right to give free advice,
but don’t lose your temper if it
: isn’t followed.
WAUGH WORKING
FOR ROAD FUND
; FOR THE NORTF
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PORTLAND, Ore., May 22.
Chairman Waugh, of the Alask
Road Commission, arrived in thi
city yesterday on his way bae
to Alaska from the national capita!
where he conferred with official
of the war department and other
regarding the appropriation of fund
for road building in Alaska.
Waugh is here for the purpos
of lining up local support for hi
department, and will visit Seatt!
later for the same purpose, afte
which he will return to his dutie
in the North. The chairman i
seeking additional funds from th
new Congress, sufficient to carr
out the comprehensive program o
road building which has been out
lined by the federal commission.
Road building in Alaska has bee:
hampered in the past, he say;
through lack of sufficient fundi
and he expresses the hope that th
'present Congress will appropriat
enough money to do the territor
real good, by making possible th
expansion of the wagon road sys
tem so as to tap promising district
at present inaccessible except b
means of the crudest transportatio
methods, which render the cost o
moving supplies and mining equip
ment prohibitive.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 22.
Senator Filibuster Sherman of Illi
nois, has announced that he wi!
introduce a resolution tomorrow prc
viding for the separation of th
League of Nations covenant fror
the peace treaty.
The Sherman announcement i
regarded as the opening gun of th
.opposition forces and foreshadow
! a spirited battle in the upper hous
1 of Congress.
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ON WAY 10 NOME
Captain Alexander Allen, th
Arctic explorer, who arrived re
cently in Fairbanks from the States
is reported to have left the uppe
town this morning, bound for Nome
He is making the journey in
launch he purchased recently ii
Fairbanks.
At Nome he expects to find hi
schooner all ready for the cruis
to Banksland, where he expects fc
spend the summer and perfect hi
arrangements for penetrating far
ther north later.
j E. O. McCormick, chairman o
the federal commission which visitc.
! Anchorage last year to conduct ai
1 investigation of the goverr.men
railroad for Secretary Lane, i
planning to make another tri]
North this year. “If I don’t get ti
Alaska during the coming summer,'
ihe recently said, in a letter tc th<
editor of the Anchorage Times, “
am going to send a lot of peopf
in my place.”
POWERS DISPLEASED
; BY ITALIAN ACTION
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| PARIS. May 22.—The unauthor
ized action of Italy in dispatching
! troops to the Turkish coast at
‘ 1 Smyrna has caused a further strain
i ; ing of relations between the Italian
s government and the representatives
.of America, England and France.
(The receipt of the news that Italian
troops had been landed at Smyrna
'. was followed by a conference of
5 | world power representatives and the
; dispatch of a joint note, from
(America, England and France, re
! questing an explanation of the ob
jectionable action on the part of
Italy.
BOA! BILLED OUT
!i FROM FAIRBANKS
i MONDAY MORNING
s The steamer Washburn, which li
' due to arrive in Xenana sometime
" tomorrow on her way to-Fairbanks
is scheduled to sail from Fairbank
jfor the Iditarod country on Mon
i day morning, May 26. The notice
f of sailing states that sailing dal:
• J is subject to change.
The Washburn will take the
through mail out from Fairbanks
| and Xenana and will transfer same
to the steamer Tanana at the arm;,
jtown. The Tanana is now on he:
■ way down to Ruby, but is expecteii
, to return to Tanana in time t
; connect -with the Washburn and
, take on the mail and any passenger?
1 she may have on board for upper
| river points and the States,
j The sailing date of the Washburn
j: from Fairbanks depends largely or
i the speed she will make on her way
Jup river, and the time she will b«
(able to leave Xenana after di>
j charging the freight she has on
. board consigned to this port: and
j it is quite possible that she may
be able to make the sailing from
Fairbanks on Sunday, May 25.
FRENCH PORTS ARE
DESERTED BY YANKS
PARIS.—The American activity
which, during the past few month?
, has charcaterized the life of severa
French ports, has ceased with the
withdrawal of large American units.
The ports are being handed back
to the French and are resuming
: their peace activities.
Rouen is already on a peace
. basis and wholly controlled by the
' French. Havre, Marseilles, Tonnay
. Charente, Rochefort, Marans, La
i Rochelle and LesSables d’Olonne
i soon will be deserted by American
soldiers.
' i The ports mentioned have hand
« led 2,586,634 tons of American
i army material. At Havre 648,438
i troops were disembarked.
MOVIE STAR MARRIES
BUT NOT FOR SCREEN
I XEW YORK, May 22—Miss Alice
i Brady, popular movie star, who is
t known from Florida to Alaska, was
• married in this city last night to
i John L. Crane, well known actor.
’ Sam Barber, the Lignite creek
i prospector, arrived in town yester
1 day on a business visit. He will
• probably go back to his camp in
a day or two.
The landing of Italian troops, it
is explained, is particularly un
fortunate at this time, as it may
interfere seriously with the plans
to pacify Turkey to the proposal
to give Greece a mandate over
Smyrna,
The note has been answered by
Premier Orlando, but the contents
have not been made public.
The withdrawal of Premier Veni
zelos from the conference is said
to have resulted from a personal
clash between the Greek and Pro
AID OF SENATE
WILL BE GIVEN
i WASHINGTON. D. C. May 22.—
Leaders of the suffrage movement
in Congress are confident now that
1 sufficient support in the senate
can be counted upon to insure
the early adoption by that branch
of Congress of the constitutional
amendment which was approved by
the house this week.
■ Senator Hale of Maine, who op
posed woman's suffarge during the
Sixty-fourth session of Congress,
has come over to the suffrage side
and announces that he will vote
for the adoption of the amendment
when the question comes up in the
senate. Several other former op
ponents have also been won over,
and there are. in addition, several
suffrage supporters among the new
members of the senate, suffiicent,
it is believed, to make the amend
ment safe.
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SIGNING OF PACT
BERLIN, May 22.—The Council
of Soldiers and Workers of this
| city has adopted a resolution pro
testing against the delay in sign
i ing the peace terms submitted by
the Allies and demanding that the
terms be accepted without further
bickering.
j The government is warned that
the support of the council cannot
be counted upon in case an effort
is made to resist the Allied de
mands. The resolution declares that
the soldiers and workers have had
enough of fighting and are im
patient now for the opportunity to
settle down to a permanent peace.
ADMINISTRATRIX NAMED
FOR WILLIAM'S ESTATE
Commissioner Red Heilig of Fair
banks has named Mrs. Lucille Wil
liams administratrix of the estate
of the late Arthur J. Williams.
The dead man’s estate is valued
at between fifteen and tw’enty
thousand dollars.
Harry Lowe, assistant to the dis
bursing agent of the A. E. C., is
out on a trip on the Nenana-Fair
banks line with the pay checks. He
will go as far as camp 449, and
.may possibly go to Fairbanks.