VOLUME I
NENANA. ALASKA. OCTOBER 21. 1916.
NUMBER 5
JAPS WILL FORGET
OBJECTIONABLE LAWS
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WASHINGTON, I). C.; Ambassador
Sato is authority for the statement that
the new Japanese government, recently
organized, is preparing to forget the
controversy with the United States
which resulted from the passage of ob
j^iectionable land-ownership laws by the
California legislature. The Japanese
diplomat says that the right of the I’op
py State to exclude Japs from owning
land will not again be questioned by
his government.
WICK SENDS REPORT
OF VALDEZ MEETING
i VALDEZ; Delegate Wickersham was
given an enthusiastic reception on his ar
rival in this city en route to the inte
rior. The women’s auxilliary of the Pi
oneers tendered him a reception at Pio
neer Hall which was followed by a sour
dough luncheon at Moose Hall. On the
second night of his stay the delegate de
livered his principal address, Mayoi
^ Patterson presiding at the meeting.
Seattle Authorities
Rear ot Bootleggers
SEATTLE; City, state and federal au
thorities are now engaged in making a
sweeping investigation in an effort to
put a stop to the illegal shipment ol
liquor from California to Seattle. It is
claimed that enormous quantities of
booze have been smuggled into the city
T during the past two months and the
authorities are determined to prosecute
those guilty of violating the liquor law
if sufficient evidence can be obtained.
NOTED ASTRONOMER
TALKS ABOUT MARS
BERKELEY, Cal.; In an address de
livered before the students of the Uni
versity of California, Dr. Percival How
ell, noted astronomer, declared that
twenty years of observation of the planet
Mars had convinced him that it is inhab
ited. He expressed the belief, however,
that what the world had been led to be
lieve were canals are in reality strips of
soil under human cultivation, watered
by artificial canals.
Dr. Lowell established the Lowell ob
servatory in 1894 and lias made a spec
ial study of Mars, and several of his
books relate to that planet, among
2 which are “Mars and Its Ganals, ” aod
“Mars as the Abode of Life.”
DISPOSES OE LUMBER
GOES BACK TO OLNES
T, A. McAvov, who hail been in Ne
natia for a number of weeks selling a
quantity of lumber which he brought
djwn the river from Chena, was a pas
senger on the Red Wing when that boat
sailed for the upper river yesterday on
her last trip of the season. Mr. Mc
A. going back to his home in Olnes
w. ere c expects to spend the winter.
* a J to Reorganize
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JEFFERSON CITY; PUus are under
UNBALANCED YOUTH SEEKS
LIFE OF PRESIDENT WILSON
Pittsburg: The prompt action of secret service men. on the occasion of President Wilson's visit in this
city yesterday, unquestionably prevented the assassination of the executive by an unbalanced youth, who
explained to the officers after his arrest that he was dissatisfied with the president's foreign policy.
The attempt on the president's life was made whiie he was returning to his train from an auto
ride through the city. The wouid-be assassin tried three times to reach the executive and the third
time he was knocked off the running board and hurried to jail, where he will be held pending a thorough
i investigation. When a search was made a knife with a blade five inches long was found concealed in the
youth's clothing and a bottle of fluid, the nature of which has not yet been determined. The prisoner
gave the name of Richard Cullen. He is 22 years of age and a machinist by trade.
discussion for the reorganization of the
Missouri Pacific Railway system with a
capital stock of three hundred and nine
ty million. The system is now in the
hands of a receiver and last year show
ed a deficit of over a million.
| Lusitania Spuabble
Is Still Unsettled
WASHINGTON; Officials of the state
department are authority for the s.ate
uient that the last memorandum receiv
ed from Berlin defining the settlement
of the Lusitania affair has lieen rejected
by the American government as unsat
isfactory. The memorandum will not be
made public.
ASBURY PARR, N. J.: Secretary
Tumulty brands as fabrications the re
ports to the effect that the United States
has accepted Germany’s last note as a
! final settlement of the Lusitania affair.
High Court Rejects
Appeal of Laborites
WASHINGTON, D. C.; The Supreme
Court of the United States has refused
to review the cases of the four labor
leaders, Sullens, Ledvinska, Oates and
Stephens, who were sentenced to six
months in jail in 1915 for contempt of
court at the time of the West Virginia
strike. The sentence was imposed fol
lowing Judge Dayton’s decree that the
United Mine,Workers constituted au un
lawful conspiracy.
“HtRALD” CONSIDERS
WILSON GOOD BET
NEW YORK; In a summary of the
pre-election indications the New York
Herald finds that Hughes maintains a
slight lead over Wilson. It is further
stated, however, that “the Republicans
are at a standstill at this time with Wil
son going ahead slowly-” The article
adds that the States of New York, Illi
nois and Indiana, of any one of them,
may decide the election.
GREAT SHOE COMPANY
TO WORK EIGHT HOURS
BINGHAMPTON, N. Y.; The Endi
cottfShoe Company, the largest shoe
making concern to the world, employ
ing more than 12,000 men and women,
has announced that the working time of
its employees will be reduced to eight
hours, beginning on Nov. 1. There
will be no reduction iu pay.
Light Plant Ready
By End cl Month
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j Bv the first of November, if all goes
j well, the town of Nenana will be lighted
j by electricity furnished by a govern
i meiit-uvroed and operated power plant
j consisting of two complete units of 125
j horse power each. The boilers are in
l place, the engines have been moved to
j their cement foundations and the otner
i equipment is being installed rapidly.
! The work is going ahead smoothly uib
i der the able direction of B. li. Holli
! field, electrical engineer in charge, and
I when completed, the plant will be one
! of the best obtainable and thoroughly
modern in every respect.
The equipment consists of two Erie
water tube boilers, twin McEwen high
speed engines and Bullock generators,
: each with a capacity of 75 kilowatts. The
| plant is in duplicate throughout, so that
I one of the units may be held in reserve
j for emergency at all times,
j The system of lighting will be the
| best there is, according to present day
' standards, having been planned with a
i vinw to giving the most satisfactory ser
' vice obtainable. Incandescent lamps,
arranged in series, will be used for
street lights, it being the plan of the
Commission to install twenty of them
i immediately, so distributed as to give
! the best results to the public. The
I current for these lights, as well as that
j supplied to private consumers, will be
I stepped down from a voltage of 2,200.
j The most interesting feature of the in*
; stailation during the past several davs
! was the raising of the big two-and-a
j half-ton smokest ack to its permanent
! place on top of the boilers. It was a
'most difficult piece of work, requiring
j accuracy in calculation and great care
] in the handling of the heavy stack tow
| ering high above the boilers,
STRIKE NOWSETILED
BUILDING UNDER WAY
SAN FRANCISCO; The diderences
; between the Iron Trades Council and the
j management of the Union Iron Works
I having been adjusted, the strike which
j was declared last week has been called
off and work in all departments has been
resumed. Sliips valued at eleven mill*
ion dollars are now under construction
! in the yards of the company.
Doing Double Duty
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i NEWPORT; United States torpedo
boat destroyers, charged with the double
duty of enforcing the observance of the
neutrality laws and the saving of life in
the event of any more submarine raids,
are cruising l>ack and forth on the At
lantic coast between Bar Harbor, Me.,
aud New York.
Yankee Aviator Killed
NEW HAVEN, Coun.; According to
advices received in this city
William Thaw, the noted American avi
ator, lost his life recently on the British
front where he was attached to the Brit
1 isli Aviation corps.
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RULERS REfUSE AID
TO STRICKEN POLES
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SHADOW LA WX: In a statement
given out to the press today President
j Wilson admitted that his efforts to en
; list the aid of foreign rulers in providing
relief for stricken Poland had faded.
He stated further that without the co
operation of foreign governments the
United States would be uuable to do
much towards alleviating the sufferings
of the millions of unfortunates in war
i swept Poland.
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Women Swell Lists
' of Chicago Voters
CHICAGO: The number of registra
, tions for the approaching election es
tablishes a new record for this city and
exceeds that of any other city in the
j United States, the total being SOS,728.
: The number of registrations in New
i York city is fully 80,000 less than that
| of this city, the difference being due to
j the fact that women are permitted to
,vote here.
NEW OPERATOR ilERE
EROM GIBBON OEfiCE
First-class private A. Y. Tyler arrived
from Gibbon Monday on the govern
ment launch, Lieut. G, Is. M. Kelley
having come up river for the purpose of
relieving Private McQueen at the local
signal corps station; McQueen has been
transferred to the lower river and prob
j ably will spend the winter at Melozi
i A. W. Modeweg, who was in charge
I ol the launch, reports having encoun
; tered considerable slush ice below town,
; souieof which cauie from the Kantishua
river and the rest from the Xenana. The
launch will go into winter quarters at
i Gibbon.
Bombarding Athens
| > ATHENS; This city is dominated by
1 the Allies and although martial law has
1 uot so far been proclaimed, it is practi
I cally in effect, King Constantine has
i disappeared and his whereabouts are
' unknown. The United States has Iieen
'asked to permit the American Legation
1 to assume charge of the Bulgarian-Turk*
j Lsh-Austrian affairs in the eveut of
'Greece entering the wax aud taking
: sides with the Allies.
J Ch-as. Leckie, of the Commissary staff,
has been absent frecn his desk most of
1 the week on account of sickness.
HUGHES IS OPPOSED
10 EIGHT-HOUR LAW
HASTINGS, Neb.; In an address de
livered in this city this week Presiden
tial Candidate Hughes disapproved o{
the eight-hour legislation which was
enacted by Congress recently at the re
quest of President Wilson. The Re*
| publican standard bearer also attacked
i the Democratic tariff law now in force
l declaring that the country could not be
| prosperous so long as the present tariff
; law remained effective.
EIRE DESTROYS TENT
MAN HAS CLOSE CALL
A tent belonging to Martin Re-'-bacb,
a carpenter in the employ of the Com
mission, was completely destroyed by
fire late Tuesday night, together with
practically all of its contents, consisting
of clothing, bedding and other personal
belongings. The tent was occupied at
the time by a friend of the owner who
! was in bed when the fire started and
I who awoke just in time to save himself.
The tent was situated just back of the
, dormitory.
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Hurricane is Eatai
To Seven at Mobile
MEMPHIS, Teun..- The Alabama
^coast is being swept by a teriffic hurri
cane, according fo a telegram received
by local railroad officials in this city,
The report states that seven persons
were killed in Mobile during tile first
hour of the storm, and it is feared that
the number of fatalities lias been greatly
increased since. An unidentified steam
schooner was wrecked in the bay by the
gale.
MONET IS PLENTIFUL
IN EAST TOR WILSON
NEW YORK: Many men with money
to bet on Wilson have made their ap
pearance in the city during the past
week. Some even money has been plac
ed, but the majority are demanding odds
of 7 to 10. Ii lward Mcf^uad is reported
to have placed a bet of $7,000 to $10,000
on the Presidency, and a prominent firm
of this city has $100,000 which is ready
to be wagered at those odds if takers
can be found.
ED PASO: Tile International Irriga
tion Congress opened t«*lay with James
G. McNaryas President.
Earl We!liver, of the Commissary de
partment, had a slight attack of illness
during the week, but has fully recovered.
NEW YORK: The superdreadnaught
Philadelphia, the only battleship ever
completed on time ami with a saving of
a million dollars under the estimate of
her cost goes into commission this af
ternoon.
W. A. Coghitl, the automobile cita» of
Fairbanks, arrived here litis werk and
will reside here permanently.
WASHINGTON: Thv Citiuese Em
bassy has confirmed the Peking reports
that the Ja.panc-sc-R.usso govern me a Is
have protested against railway aud canal
rights cor cessions to American intern*
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