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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA. ALASKA. MONDAY, DECEMBER 29. 1919.
NO. 228
. REPUBLICANS MODIFY TREATY DEMANDS
MPHERSON PREDICTS BIG ALASKA DEVELOPMENT
NF.W YORKERS PAY HEAVY TOLL TO CROOKS IN 1919
• ON EAST COAST
HALIFAX, N. S.. Dec. 29.—The
Dutch steamship Anton Van Driel
was wrecked yesterday west of Cape
Race, with a loss of fully twenty
lives. The disaster occurred when
a heavy sea was running, preventing
the rescue of’the crew and jeopard
izing the lives of those who sought
safety in the ship’s boats. Several
of the boats which were launched
never reached shore.
Several vessels rushed to the aid
of the Van Driel, but were unable
to render assistance. They stood
by, at a safe distance, and saw a
number of members of the crew
perish, after they had remained on
the bridge for some time calling
vainly for help. Several bodies
have been washed ashore near St.
Johns.
The Van Driel was a 1.500-ton
vessel.
TONIGHT’S SHOW
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ranged for the big show to take
place tonight at the Coliseum for
the benefit of the local Catholic
church. There will be singing and
dancing specialties, music by the
Coliseum orchestra, three one-reei
comedies, and a late Hearst-Pathe
News, a combination of entertain
ment thai should prove highly pleas
ing to the large number who -will
attend the show, and well worth the
price of admission.
The admission charge will be $1,
the purchaser of each ticket retain
ing a number which will entitle
him or her to participate in the
drawing for door prizes, which will
be awarded during the show. There
are two prizes. Those who have not
already purchased tickets may pro
cure them at the box office. The
committee also plans to award a
china dinner set during the evening,
tickets for which are being sold
around town today. Each ticket is
good for a guess on the number of
beans in a jar at the Terminal. The
one guessing closest will get the din
ner set.
Children are to be admitted for
50 cents, provided they will occupy
front seats. The half-price admis
sions will not include chances on
the door prizes.
Following is the program which
will be rendered, commencing at
eight o’clock:
Overture, Coliseum orchestra.
Late Hearst-Pathe News.
Song. “Holy City,” Mrs. Walter
Gould, accompanied by Miss Lucile
Diven and Coliseum orchestra.
Dance specialty, Ethel Morrison.
“Harry's Lessor,” comedy.
Song, “My Dear Old Pal,” Mrs.
Leon Kellum. accompanied by Miss
DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION TO
TREATY CHANGES WEAKENING
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jDiven and Coliseum orchestra.
“She Should Worry,” comedy.
Song, "Sunshine of Your Smile,”
Miss Valentine Anderson, accompa
inied by Miss Diven and Coliseum
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| orchestra.
i Bubble Dance, Miss Leota Scott,
i “Minnie the Tiger,” comedy.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—According
to information made public today,
the present year has been one of
the most notable in the history of
j this city for thefts of various sorts,
the police records showing that fully
;ten thousand separate robberies
have occurred here within the last
twelve months.
The robberies have ranged from
a few cents to thousands of dollars,
1 in cash, securities and goods of all
kinds, 'the aggregate losses being es
timated at twenty-five million dol
lars, or an average loss of S2,o0fl
for each theft.
Representatives of insurance com
panies declare that 1919 has been
: the most disastrous year ever ex
jperienced by them.
SAYS GRIGSBY IS GOOD
DELEGATE FOR ALASKA
—
t A leading lawyer of Seattle, who
i is an active member of the Seattle
j Chamber of Commerce and Com
mercial club and the Alaska bureau
of that organization, writing to Ju
ineau. quotes J. L, McPherson, who
'represented the Alaska bureau in
'Washington in the campaign for the
! passage of the measure authorizing
the completion of the Alaska Gov
ernment railroad at a cost of seven
teen million -dollars, as saying that
Delegate George B. Grigsby exhib
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•'ited much tact and marked capacity
'and adaptability in handling matters
before Congress and the depart
ments of the executive branch of
;the Government.
COAST BEAR USES AX
TO BREAK INTO TENT
Desperately defending his grub
from ar. immense brown bear with
■an ax, says the Ketchikan Chroni
cle of recent date, Ed Van Weile
i became real angry after bruin tore
{down his tent, and borrowed some
i cartridges and killed the marauder,
‘and brought the skin to town from
{Admiralty island yesterday. The
{pelt measured nine feet six inches
(from tip to tip, as large as the
| biggest of the noted Kodiak bears.
Mrs. Bertha Groff and Mrs. Tom
Gibson will be among the Fairbanks
excursionists in Nenana this week.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 29.
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i Republican leaders in the senate pro
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;fess to see much encouragement in
iwhat they consider manifestations of
i a growing weakness in the ranks of
i the Democrat* and mild reservation
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Republicans who opposed the ratifi
cation of the peace treaty, with res
iervations, during the special session
! of Congress. It is claimed that a
; number of the opposition senatois
have accepted the new reservation
. plan that has been formulated, and
i it is confidently believed that the
changes now suggested will be ap
: proved by a sufficient number to in
: sure ratification.
j The plan provides that America
: would regard the proposal reserva
tions as accepted by the other pow
ers unless objected to by them with
in a limited time. It provides that
Article X be changed so as to make
it clear that Congress will be free
to decide the question of peace ot
war. It also provides for the elim
ination of objectionable language
from the Shantung' reservation.
The new draft of reservations has
not been completed, but the various
points are being- discussed, the Re
publicans being eager to put their
demands in such form as will insure
ratification when the treaty is again
presented to the senate.
FIRST MEETING SOON
PARIS, Dec. 29.-—Notice of the
first meeting of the council of the
League of Nations probably will be
issued immediately after the final
ratification of the peace treaty,
which is expected within the next
few days. Premier Clemenceau of
France probably will call the meet
ing instead of President Wilson as
| originally planned.
M’PHERSON PREDICTS
BETTER TIMES AHEAD
SEATTLE. Dec. 29.—J. L. Mc
, Phei^n. manager of the Alaska
, bureau of the Seattle Chamber of
'Commerce and Commercial club and
special representative of the Alas
kan Engineering commission at
. Washington during the special ses
sion of Congress, believes that bet
ter times are in store for Alaska,
j In his annual report, which was
made public today, McPherson de
clares that conditions were never
more promising for Alaska develop
ment. He says that four thousand
men probably will be employed on
the Government railroad during the
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BRYAN COMINGBACK
I TO HELP DEMOCRATS
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; OMAHA, Neb.. Dec. 29.— William
!Jer.nings Bryan is coming back, not
;as a candidate for presidential hon
ors, but as an advocate of Demo
cratic principles. He is planning a
.several weeks' speaking tour for
next month and will visit many sec
tions of the country.
He will discuss the attitude of the
Democratic party for 1920 and de
vote considerable of his attention
to the League of Nations.
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scorning- year, it being the plan of
;the Alaskan Engineering commission
| to rush construction in every pos
sible way.
The big feature of Northern de
jvelopment, however, he says, will be
:the opening of the rich silver ledges
at the head of Portland canal. There
is promise of development in that
locality that will probably equal, if
iit does not exceed the Klondike in
value and importance.
McPherson says that next year
may also be expected to mark the
start pf Alaska’s great paper pulp
: industry.
MINERS MUSI FILE
I The attention of The News has
been called to the fact that the
claim owners of the Nenana mining
'
and recording district do not ap
pear to be aware of the necessity
of filing claims for exemption from
.annual labor before the end of the
lyear. Commissioner R. S. McDon
ald is authority for the statement
.that very few declarations have been
j filed with him thus far, and he de
! sires owners of claims to be warned
j that unless they comply with the
.law suspending annual labor, they
will run the risk of losing their
ground. Those who have not done
the assessmen work ordinarily re
quirtd, and who desire to retain
title to their holdings, must make
the fact known in WTiting, properly
filed, before December 31. Failure
to do so constitutes a forfeiture of
the ground so neglected.
Mr. McDonald believes that the
law -suspending annual labor for
this year and the old law requiring
the recording of affidavits of annual
labor have become confused in the
minds of claim owners, who enter
tain the mistaken belief that they
have three months after the end of
the yea'. :n which to make their
fib'ngs.
MEXICAN REBELS
HAVE SCHEME 10
. EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 29.—Accord
ing to advices received in this city,
i the revolutionists of Mexico are now
engaged in a plan to bring the vari
;ous military commands of the re
public together under one leader
j ship, with a view to the establish
jment of a de facto government.
|The Eastern and Southern rebels
;have selected General Francisco
; Villa as their representative.
If it is possible to bring the sev
eral factions together, the first step
toward the establishment of the new
government will be the seizure of
the rich Mexican oil fields, as part
of the plan to guarantee protection
to foreigners.
NEWBERRY DEMURS
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Dec. 29.
-—Counsel for Senator Newberry to
day filed a demurrer in which the
constitutionality of the Michigan
election laws is attacked. The de
murrer contends that a majority of
the counts on which Newberry was
indicted by the grand jury do not
constitute otfenses against the Unit
ed States.
IRISH ATHLETES BAR
SOLDIERS FROM GAMES
DUBLIN.—The Gaelic Athletic as
sociation throughout Ireland is rig
idly carrying out it rule that no
soldier who has served in the British
army shall be allowed to take part
in games held under its auspices.
At Eniscorthy, Wexford, when the
teams lined up for a hurley match,
it was found that one of the players
was a former soldier. The players
refused to go on with the game
until he was replaced with another
soldier.
FAIRBANKS RECEIVES
SHIPMENT OF LETTERS
A Brower stage reached Fairbanks
yesterday afternoon with eleven
sacks of first class Outside mail. Ne
nana’s portion of it will come down
on the train tomorrow.
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! SAN FRANCISCO, Deo. 29.- -In
an address delivered in this city
! yesterday, Herbert Hoover, former
food administrator, expressed the be
1 lief that the whole problem of Am
; ericanization can be met in twenty
years if the nation can begin now
to grapple systematically with the
; child problem.
The big needs, in Hoover’s opin
ion, are proper conditions of birth.
: education, and nutrition. The pres
ent generation, he said, must begin
now to prepare and train the com
: ing generation for the problems
(which now seem to threaten the na
tion. It is easier to train children
grown-ups, and therein lies the se
; cret of future security for America.
The problem is one, Hoover be
lieves. that must be handled and
solved by each community.
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MORE ARE ARRESTED
FOR ALCOHOL SALES
NEW YORK. Dec. 29 — Three
more arrests were made in this city
today in connection with the sale of
wood alcohol for drinking purposes.
The authorities claim that there are
many persons throughout the coun
try trying to get rich selling whis
ky, and that some of them are not
particular what kind of booze they
sell.
ONE MORE DEAD.
ELIZABETH. N. J.. Dec. 29.
Drinking wood alcohol has proved
fatal to one resident of this city,
arid it is understood that there are
a number of alcohol drinkers seri
ously ill.
COAST PAPER CONFUSED:
STORY KNOCKS RAILROAD
The following, taken from one of
the coast papers, explains, possibly,
why Outsiders are mi-informe i r e
garding conditions in Alaska;
“Last week saw the completion of
the railway between Fairbanks and
Nenana, with the exception of a
large steel bridge to be built to the
latter city. The trains will cross on
the ice this winter. About twenty
five persons took advantage of th.
occasion to go to Fairbanks on ’.he
first coach. The fare to North Ne
nana from Fairbanks lias been fixed
by the Comimssion at $43.75, in
cluding war tax. The trip consumed
six hours and twenty minutes, ow
ing to the roughness of the road
bed.”
As readers of The News are well
aware, the fare between Nenana and
Fairbanks is only $3.75, the trains
do not cross on the ice, and the
roadbed is smooth enough to enable
trains to maintain a regular sched
ule of four hours and a half, each
way.
Kenana—The Beteway to McKinley
WaMenal Park.