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WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY. JANUARY 10, 1920.
NO. 238
PEACE ARRIVES IN EUROPE
HOUSE REFUSES TO GIVE BERGER SEAT
* BALTIC BLIZZARD CAUSES DEATH OF THOUSANDS
COLLEGE STUDENTS TO TAKE VOTE ON PEACE QUESTION
SECRETARY GLASS
IELLS LAWMAKERS
STATES MUST AID
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 10—
Secretary of the Treasury Carter
Glass made a request of Congress
today for authority to advance the
sum of two hundred and fifty mill
ion dollars for food relief in Aus
tria, Poland, and Armenia.
Accompanying the request was a
statement in..which the secretary in
formed the lawmakers that the
world's financial structure will be
weakened materially if the Congress
does not appropriate money to help
feed the people of the countries he
proposes to assist. _
The secretary intimated that it
might become necessary later to ask
for another appropriation of fifty
millions to continue the relief work.
“We must continue to help.” he
said, “until those countries are in a
position to take care of themselves.”
FLU IS SPREADING
THROUGHOUT JAPAN
TOKIO, Jan. 10.—There has been
an alarming: spread of influenza
throughout Japan during the pas’,
few weeks, the number of cases now
being estimated at more than a
million.
Twelve thousand of the cases are
among the Japanese soldiers.
SEATTLE LOSES AGAIN
TO VICTORIA PLAYERS
VICTORIA. B. C., Jan. 10—In
the third game of the series, the
Seattle Hockey club went down to
defeat here again last night, the
Victoria players taking the game
with a score of 2 to 0 Victoria now
ha* two games to its credit and Se
attle one.
A. M. Smith. San Francisco fur
buyer,* who returned from Fairbanks
yesterday, left for the Kantishna
country today on a buying trip. He
expects to be in Nenana again late
next summer.
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EVERETT WOMAN DIES;
DRANK WOOD ALCOHOL
EVERETT. .Ian. 10.—Mrs. Caro
line Swanson, aged 62, died in this
city today as a result of drinking
wood alcohol whisky.
Ernest Swanson, not a relative as
his name would seem to indicate,
who gave the poison to the woman,
and J. Stevens, who sold the stuff
to Swanson, have been placed un
der arrest.
A Brower mail stage reached Fair
banks from the coast yesterday aft
ernoon with a consignment of sec
ond class mail.
Wenaa*. Alaeta'e Interior Foe! Depot
THOUSANDS PERISH
ON BALTIC TUNDRA
REYAL, Jan. 10.—Thousands of
persons are reported to have been
frozen to death on New Year’s day
during an unusually severe blizzard
which swept across Esthonia. The
bleak Baltic tundra is said to be
littered with the bodies of the un
fortunates and the bodies of 300
victims are said to have been found,
huddled together in a forest, where
they had only the trees for shelter.
1 Most of the victims -were refu
gees who had (fathered in Esthonia
! to escape the Bolsheviki, and many
of them were fugitives from Gen
eral Yudenitch’s collapsed army.
Officials of the American Red
Cross are authority for the state
ment that the blizzard killed many
babies, clasped in their mothers'
arms, and in many cases both babes
and mothers succumbed to the ter
rible cold.
ALLIES EXCHANGE TREATIES
WITH HUN PEACE DELEGATES
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PARIS. Jan. 10—The Versailles
peace treaty, formally restoring
;peace between Germany and the Al
lied powers, became effective this
afternoon at exactly fifteen min
utes after four, Paris time, when
'the treaty ratifications were ex
changed by representatives of the
German government and all of the
Allied governments excepting the
United States and China, which have
not yet ratified the treaty. Previ
ous to the exchange, the German
peace delegates attached their sig
natures to the protocol, which in
'cludes, among other stipulations,
ample reparation for the sinking of
German warshios bv German crew's
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at Scapa Flow.
The Allied nations participating in
the exchange were England, France,
Italy, Japan, Belgium. Bolivia. Bra
zil. Guatemala. Panama. Peru, Po
land. Siam, Czecho-Slovakia, Uru
gauv.
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LEAGUE COMING NEXT.
PARIS, Jan. 10.—Members of the
supreme council have announced
that the League of Nations will be
set in motion on January 16. The
call for the first meeting probably
will be issued by President Wilson,
as originally planned, notwithstand
ing the fact that the American sen
ate has refused to ratify the treaty
as it stands. American, however,
will not be able to participate in the
meeting, because of the war tech
nicality existing between the United
States and Germany. It is believed
that trade relations between the two
nations will be resumed regardless
oT the senate delay.
GERMANS SIGN MINUTES.
PARIS. Jan. 10.—The Germans
were the first to sign the minutes
recording the formal exchange of
ratifications. Premier Lloyd George
of England was first of the A died
representatives to attach his signa
ture. after which cairn Premier
Clemenceau of France. Premier N'tti
of Italy, Baron Mitsui of Japan,
and Paul Hyman of Belgium.
The signing was transformed into
a very dramatic- scene by Premier
Cieuionceau, who stepped to the ta
ble after Lloyd George had written
his name, and paused, pen in hand,
which was the signal for the German
delegates. Baron von I.er.-nor and
Herr von Simson. to rise to their
feet and stand at attention. He
then addressed a few words to them,
inaudible to the rest of the repre
sentatives, but which afterwards
were repeated for their benefit, and
were, in effect, a promise that an
order would be issued immediately
for the repatriation of German pris
oners, commencing tonight.
The premier did not shake hands
with the Germans, although Lersner
made a move to take Clemenceau's
hand in his. He stopped when
Clemenceau kept his hand at his
side, but later the two men did ex
change handshakes, after the for
malities were over.
Throughout the proceedings the
Allied representatives were cordial
among themselves, but there was no
fraternizing with the Germans
There was no American representa
tive present.
ABSENCE REGRETTED.
LONDON. Jan. 10.—The leading
newspapers of this city, editorially,
express regret that it was not possi
ble for American representatives to
be present and take part in the ex
change of treaty ratifications. The
Telegraph says boldly that the ab
sence of America from the meeting
clouds the prospects for the present
and for the future, and weakens th>
moral authority of the League of
Nations. The Allies, it is pointed
out, could defer the exchange no
: longer, but the hope is expressed
that America will yet join the
league.
CLEM MAY RETURN.
PARIS, Jan. 10.—It is the inten
tion of Premier Clemenceau. if elect
ed president of France, to pay an
other visit to the United States for’
the express purpose of persuading
America to enter the League of
Nations.
BERGER !S BARRED
FROM TAKING SEAT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 10—
Victor Berber. Wisconsin Socialist,
who was recently re-elected to Con
gress after he had been expelled
by his colleagues because of his
conviction on the charge of violating
the espionage act, was refused per
mission today to resume his seat
in the house of representatives, the
vote on the question standing 32d
in favor of barring him, and six in
favor of seating him.
The resolution denying Berger the
seat to which his constituents in
Wisconsin elected him was intro
duced by Representative Frederick
W. Dallinger, Republican, of Massa
chusetts, chairman of the house elec
tions committee. Representative
James R. Mann, of Illinois, also a
Republican, asked that Berger be
seated, arguing that he had been
twice elected, the second time after
it’ne house had punished him for his
! un-American attitude during the
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war.
Berger Denounces Action.
Berger was denied a personal
hearing on the question of his right
to sit as a member t>f Congress. but
he is expressing himself freely in
public statements, in one of which
he declares the vote of the hou'e
constituted one of the worst attacks
on representative government that
he had ever witnessed.
DEMAND NEW ELECTION.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Jan. 10.— '
Within half an hour after they had ‘
heard that Berger had been denied '
a seat in Congress, the Socialists of
the Fifth Wisconsin congressional '
district placed him in nomination ]
again and petitioned the governor to
issue a call for another special elec
Ition.
GERMAN REVOLT REPORTED
BRUSSELS, Jan. 10.—Travelers
: arriving here from Germany bring
the report that the German govern
ment has been overthrown by the
Socialists and that a general strike
has been declared- »
NOT CONFIRMED.
LONDON, Jan. 10.—Press and of
ficial messages received in this city
today from Germany do not men
tion a revolution, and little cred
ence, in consequence, is given to
he Brussels story.
STRIKE IN PROGRESS.
BERLIN. Jan. 10.— The railroad
strike situation in Germany is grow
ing more serious daily. More of
the railroad workers walked out in
the Ruhr district on Thursday, and
the committee of social-democratic
railroad men are charting that the
communists are responsible for the
trouble.
Mass will be held at the Catholic
church tomorrow morning at 10:30.
Monday morning at 6:15, and Tues
day morning at 7:15.
■enana—Tie Gateway to McKinley
Vatlonal Park.
VIOLENT DEATHS
KEEP UP STEADY
RATEJNSEATTLE
SEATTLE. .Ian. 10.—Deaths by
violence are occurring with such fre
quency in this city as to attract un
usual attention and steps are being
taken by the authorities to check
the fatalities, if possible. Warn
ings are being issued to the public
to exercise greater care in crossing
streets and in driving autos, and
; the police have been ordered to
make examples, of those who fail to
need the warning.
Figures published today show that
i one victim is being added to the
list of violent deaths every 24 hours
here, that being the record main
tained since the first of the year.
The latest victim is little Bianche
Missener. 14 years of age. who was
killed today by a Rainier jitney.
Rebberiei Continue.
Robberies and holdups also are
occurring -with jrreat frequency here,
the last reported beins the theft <>•
$•300 last mtrht from the safe of a
Wallingford district fuel and feed
company. Dynamite was used by
the cracksmen to break into th •
safe, and the force • { the expip-ion
practically wrecked the entire of
fice.
10 LEAVE ARCTIC
TOKiO, Jan. 10. AccurJ.ua to
information received in thi. city
troni Vladivostok, the American Gov
ernment has decided to withdraw its
fighting force, from Siberia imm
diately. The reports state that ar
rangements already have been mad-*
to take the American troop= home.
STUDENTS TO VOTE
ON LEAGUE ISSUES
CLEVELAND, Ohio. Jan. 10.—
The students and members of the
faculties of 700 colleges and uni
versifies throughout the United
States will participate in a referen
dum on Tuesday on the League of
Nations question. The voting will
be simultaneous in every section of
the country and the results will be
wired to a central body, through
which the public will be informed
of the outcome.
The statements and arguments
made by Senator Lodge, leader of
the opposition, and by Senator
Hitchcock, administration leader of
the fight for ratification, have been
submitted to all of the colleges and
. encouragement given to a thorough
study of the question at issue, in
, order that the students may vote
intelligently.
The students will vote on the
various forms of ratification that
have beer, suggested in the senate,
ranging from straight ratification,
;as advocated by President Wilson,
to the more radical forms of alter
ation, proposed by the extremists of
•the upper house of Congress.
: It is believed the student vote
will have considerable influence on
the future deliberations of the law
makers.