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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Volume Two
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NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1919.
Number 77
v DEPARTMENT READY TO ENFORCE LAW
’■> SUNDR Y CIVIL BILL IN HANDS OF COMMITTEEMEN
' AMERICAN NAVAL OFFICER STARTS RIOT AT BREST
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DEPARTMENT READY
TO REFORM NATION
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 30.
—Officials of the department of
justice announce that existing ma
. chinery will be employed to enforce
the provisions of war-time prohibi
tion, which becomes operative after
, midnight tonight. The law is to
be enforced strictly, they declare,
federal agents in all parts of the
country being in readiness to deal
promptly with the threatened open
i violations of the dry law in New
York and St. Louis.
The department will consider in
toxicating all beer containing two
and three-quarters per cent alcohol,
and all persons attempting to sell
it will be vigorously prosecuted.
Caches Plentiful
Officials of the department have
been informed that hundreds of
I thousands of dollars’ worth of liquor
has been cached throughout the
country for future use, both for
the purpose of bootlegging and for
private consumption.
CAN SELL BEER
BALTIMORE, Md., June 30.—
: Citizens of this city have the assur
ance of the United States attorney
that no effort will be made to stop
the sale of beer, of the two and
three-quarters per cent variety, and
light wines.
WILL FIGHT IT
' ST. LOUIS, June 30.—War-time
prohibition will be put to the test
: by the Retail Liquor Dealers’ asso
ciation, according to an announce
ment made today. It is the inten
tion of the association to continue
to operate saloons in defiance of
the President’s proclamation putting
the country on the water wagon.
* AMERICANS DIE
DURING BATTLE
IN THE ARCT C
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 30.
—’An offical statement issued by
the war department today announces
the death of eighteen American sol
diers in Siberia, who are reported
to have fallen in battle during an
— engagement with the anti-Kolchak
. forces. One officer and eight men
were severely wounded during the
fighting, which is reported to have
. taken place on June 25, near Ro
manovka.
The Bolsheviki forces are re
ported to have started the trouble
by attacking the railroad guards,
thi» American troops having been
* dispatched immediately to their de
fense.
The battle resulted in the death
of many of the Bolsheviki and the
retirement of their forces.
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TOLEDO, June 30—Tex Rickard,1
30 is promoting the Willard
mpsey championship fight, is now
ng to arrange a match between
ipsey and Georges Carpentier.
r popular French pugilist.
Ackard cabled an offer to Car
I
'•r today, informing theFrench
tnat he would give forty-five
jand dollars for a fight in
»|—U>IUM ORE DEPOSIT
,m IS FOUND IN ENGLAND
LONDON.—The discovery of a
considerable body of pitchblende—
the ore of radium—is reported from
the village of Hampstead, on the
borders of Dartmoor. Samples were
submitted to the mineral resources
development department of the min
istry of munitions, whose experts
•aid it was pitchblende with an
oxide content of 26 per cent, some
what richer than the ore imported
from America. The extent of the
deposit has not yet been ascertained.
SEATTLE. June 30.—Telephone
j operatives of San Francisco, Port
j land and this city have quit their
i places in response to a genera!
(order for a suspension of activities
pending the adjustment of differ
ences between employees and em
ployers. An effort is being made
jto make the strike general along
i the Pacific coast.
As a result of the walkout, little
telephoning is being done today in
ithis city or the cities to the south.
! The sendee is badly crippled and
threatens to become worse. A cal!
has been issued for the electricians
to join the operators and it is ex
pected that they will respond before
the end of the day.
JAPANESE POPULATION
OF HAWAII INCREASING
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HONOLULU.—Rapid growth of
the Japanese population of Hawaii
is indicated by official figures com- j
piled by the Japanese foreign office I
in Tokio and sent to the Honolulu!
consulate, showing that during De- (
cember, 1918, Japanese arriving in
the territory outnumbered those;
who departed by 271. Of the ar-:
rivals 178 were women, a great
majority of them “picture brides.”1
SEAS MAY BE CLEARED
OF MINES BY AUTUMN
LONDON.—The seas are being
cleared of mines at the rate of
about 100 a day, according to the!
British admiralty. Operations are'
chiefly confined to the North sea.!
where great mine fields were laid
during the war and which will be a
menace to navigation until they are
removed. If a sufficient force can
be obtained to carry on the work,
fishing grounds and trade routes, it
is officially expected, will be cleared
by the early autumn.
SUNDRY CIVIL
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 3u.
I—The sundry civil appropriation
| bill, carrying an item of twelve
million dollars for Alaska railroad
construction, is now under con
isideration before a conference com
mittee of the house and senate,
! where the senate changes in the bill
jare being scrutinized, preparatory
to final approval by the two brancfc
ese of Congress.
The conference thus far has
I eliminated appropriations aggegat
1 ing two hundred million dollars.
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INFORMATION LACKING
j SEATTLE, June 30.—Eeyond the
ifact that the sundry civil bill is now
, before the conference committee for
j final revision, nothing is known
here regarding the changes which
| have been made by the committee
men. Advices regarding the fate
; of the Alaska railroad item are
J being eagerly awaited.
The bill as originally approved
by the lower house, provided for
an appropriation of approximately
two million dollars for the Alaska
railroad. This amount was in
creased to twelve millions by the
senate and the measure sent to the
conference in that form. The ques
' tion now is whether or not the
mouse members of the conference
; committee will consent to the senate
' change.
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I ROME, June 30.—The Florence
; district was visited by a severe
earthquake yesterday, the shocks re
sulting in the death of one hundred
and twenty persons in that locality
and in the destruction of a great
: deal of property.
! Many of the fatalities occurred
I in the town of Vicchio, near Flor- •
^ ence, which was entirely wrecked
I and the population rendered home-:
' less.
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FRENCH WAR CROSS
IS CONFERRED UPON
AMERICAN WOMAN
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PARIS.—The French War cross
| has been conferred upon Mrs. Ce
cile Craik Hibben, of Montgomery,
Ala. The citation says Mrs. Hibben
came to France as a volunteer and
was in the ambulance service of the |
American Red Cross from August,
1914, to the end of the war and!
has shown unremitting devotion.
“In the call for volunteers to go
to Orry-la-Ville,” says the citation,
“during the advance of the enemy
in the spring of 1918, she spon-1
taneously offered her services and
worked day and night under a'con
tinual bombardment of bombs and
asphyxiating gas, giving her care
and devotion to a very great num-:
ber of French soldiers.”
Mrs. Axel Running has taken a j
position as cook at the Koland
grading camp on the Nenana-Fair
banks line.
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LH OF WIVES
ABROAD PRESIDENTIAL SHIP
WASHINGTON, June 30—A score
of pretty war brides are making
the voyage to America with the
presidential party, having been
assisted tc secure passage by Presi
dent Wilson. One of the regula
tions of the war department forbids
the presence of women on troop
ships, but the President found a
way around the difficulty after he
had been appealed to by the wives
of numerous of the soldiers who
are being sent home on the presi
dential ship. The tearful brides
sent the President a joint dispatch,
asking him to take them along, and
he did. Tie ship has several thou
sand soldiers on board.
On the eve of his departure from
Brest, the President received many
messages, among the senders being
King George, King Alphonso and
the Japanese emperor. Premier
Lloyd George assured the President
that the British and Americans were
brothers in arm and will continue
that relation in peace.
EXPLOSION FATAL
M’ALESTER, Okla., June 30—
i
j The coal mine belonging to the
Rock Island Coal company, near this
■ city, was partially wrecked by an
i explosion early today and twelve
j miners are known to have been
killed. Many others were injured
by the explosion and at least two
| of them, it is believed, will succumb
. to their injuries.
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NORFOLK, Va,, June 30.—The]
destruction of the Imperial Tobacco j
company's big warehouse in this
city last night resulted in the loss
of a million dollars’ worth of
tobacco.
Four firemen were killed while
engaged in fighting the flames and
several others are in the hospital
as the result of injuries received
when a portion of the great build
ing collapsed.
BRITISH PLAN
FINANCIAL AID
FOR MOTHERHOOD
LONDON.\— “Financial - endow- j
ment of motherhood” has been de-1
finitely proposed by the Family |
Endowment committee to the Na
tional Birth-rate commission. This I
calls for the provision, by the state,
of a regular weekly income to
families with children under 15
years of age. Every mother would
receive the equivalent of $3.12
weekly until her youngest child
reaches the age of 15 years.
In addition, $1.25 a week would
be paid for the support of the
AMERICAN OFFICER
CAUSE OF RIOTING
| BREST, France, June 30.—This
! port was the scene of another fatal
I riot last night between American
! and French soldiers and sailors and
i it is expected that several Yankees
; will die as a result of their injuries.
| Two French civilians were killed
I during the fighting, five American
j soldiers and sailors were severely
j injured and more than one hundred
| were put out of commission. Two
j of the Americans, it is believed,
I cannot survive the day.
The trouble was started by an
, American naval officer, who tore
down a French flag and trample!
| it in the dirt. It is believed he
was under the influence of liquor
when he committed the act.
No sooner had the flag touched
the ground than a crowd of angry
Frenchmen surrounded the Yankee
with the intention of punisijing
him for the insult offered France.
Not knowing the cause of the
trouble, Americans quickly rushed
to the aid of their countryman and
a general fight followed, with the
results as above stated.
Numerous shots were exchanged
between the American military
police and French sailors and clubs
and other weapons were freely used
during the engagement.
The American military authorities
are investigating the incident and .t
is expected that those responsible
for the trouble will be severely
dealt with.
first child and S3.12 for subsequent
children, until such children at
tain “school-leaving age.”
The total cost of the scheme is
,est:mated at £240,000,000 yearly.
TO BEAT CHAMP
81000 MS
TOLEDO, June 30.—Fearing that
I continued heavy training may re
sult in injury to his hands, Dempsey
;has slowed down considerably and
.will confine his activities to light
^work during the balance of the
week. Part of his training now
• consists of pickling his face to
harden the skin.
Dempsey is confident of his abil
| ity to outpoint the heavy champion.
'He expects to get the decision
through fast work.
Several of Willard's followers
who have been watching him closely
declare that the champion is not
in the same shape as when he met
Johnson. They say that he lacks
his’ old time speed and has lost
some of his punch.
MANY SOLDIERS,
BELIEVED LOST,
FOUND BY PAPERS
WASHINGTON'.—From out of
the "Port of Missing Men,” hun
dreds of fighters believed lost by
their families are coming back to
make the home circle complete once
again.
In 32 newspapers published at de
barkation and reconstruction hospi
tals for the benefit of returning sol
diers, there is printed in every issue
a column of inquiries from rela
tives, which is known as the "Port
of Missing. Men,” because it deals
with those whom the currents of
war carried beyond the reach of
family and friends. More than
10,000 such inquiries have been re
ceived. The column is scanned daily
by thousands of readers, eager to
give the latest knowledge of miss
ing comrades.
The “Port of Missing Men” col
umn is open to relatives without,
charge for inquiries.
>nua—The Sttmr So KeKialtr
■tOaul Park.
TREATY TfX! TO
PARIS, June 30.—In presenting
the text of the peace treaty to the
chamber of deputies this morning,
Premier Clemenceau referred briefly
to the meeting of the French Na
tional assembly which met at Bor
deaux in 1S71.
Referring to the peace terms im
: posed upon the Germans, the pre
mier said: “We make peace as we
made war—without weakness.”
Internal peace, he warned the
deputies, must be had to insure
eternal peace, and he expressed
the hope that the lawmakers would
lend such support to the govern
ment as might be needed to restore
the nation to a firm peace footing.
In a general way, the Frencn
| deputies are well satisfied with the
results achieved by the peace con
ference.
LAST OF YANKEES
LEAVE THE NORTH
ARCHANGEL, June 30—The last
of the American troops sent to this
pa'rt of Russia to oppose the Bol
sheviki forces, are now enroute to
Brest, with the exception of Major
General Wilds P. Richardson and a
small force of^men. The general
expects to remain several weeks
longer, directing the Russians, who
are now practically alone in their
campaign against the enemy.
The Americans who have left
Archangel will go direct to Brest
and there take passage for the
United States.
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« TEMPERATURE «
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•t observation station, Nenana *t
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* Sunday, June 29 •?
*? Maximum .77 above *
*t Minimum .47 above *?.
W Monday, June 30 »
•t Maximum .71 above
Minimum .52 above *