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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME TWO
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1919.
NUMBER 16
LANE NAMES NEW RAILWAY ASSISTANT
MANY CITIES REPORT DECREASE IN IDLE MEN
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NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE WORKERS QUIT WORK
CONFERENCE WILL
‘ SOON DECIDE THE
FIUME QUESTION
Associated Press Summary. Apr.
18.—The Inter-Allied Peace ■. >nfer
0 ence is now giving its earnest '.n
sideration to the conflicting claims
that have arisen between Italy and
Jugo Slavia, to the city of T ume
and a portion of the Adriatic lit
toral. These claims recently threat
ened a serious rupture between Italy
and the other Allied powers, when
the Italians, in backing their claims,
threatened to withdraw their dele
gates from the Peace Conference
^ unless the claims were upheld. ~i e
conference expects to reach >l
early settlement of this question.
The German delegates will pi ob- >
ably learn the details of the eace
treaty and the conditions the A .lies
are prepared to offer a week from
Monday next.
They will be allowed to ask .'Uts
tions tending toward the eluci Hlion
of points in the treaty covenant
that may appear obscure M
but no discussions will be allowed.
► IAWIMKEMT
ISLAND POSSESSION
SAN JUAN, P. R„ Apr. 18.—A
party of seventeen congressmen, in
cluding Senators Kenyon '—*<1 Gore
and Representatives Kitchin and
Cannon, arrived here today on a
tour of the island of Porto Rico.
Senator Kenyon stated that the
American flag which flies o.er the
island possessions of Uncle Sam
will never be lowered.
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MEDICAL EXPERTS
FEAR HUN CRISIS!
STOCKHOLM—One request that'
America should send food to Ger
many was drawn up here by a dele
gation of medical scientists repre
senting two hundred Swedish phy
$ sicians who asked the American
Minister Ira Nelson Morris to for
ward it to President Wilson.
The petition was supported by
the report of Professor J. E. Johan
sson, a nutrition expert, whose in
vestigation of the German situation
has been in progress since 1915.
He declared that tuberculosis m
Germany has increased 100 per
cent. Basing their argument on
this statement, Swedish doctors in
their petition said serious epidemics
might be expected to spread thru
out the world from Germany un-:
less food was soon supplied to the
German people.
g Since the Swedish petition was
presented to Mr. Morris, Germany
has agreed to surrender her mer
« chant ships to the Allies and the
latter have promised to 'send food
to Germany.
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Ten tons of hold-over native
spuds recently sold at Anchorage
for $600.
MAIL ARRIVED TODAY
FROM FAIRBANKS
Roy Lund’s dog stage arrived in
town this afternoon from Fairbanks,
with two sacks of mail, most of
which was second class matter; the
first class mail brought being local.
Attorney S. H. Mi!wee was a.
passenger for Nenar.a with Kov
Lund.
NAVY SECRETARY
VIEWS MARINES
FROM FORIRESS
COBLENZ, Apr. IS.—From the
parapet of the fortress of Ehren
breitstein. which towers to a height
of over four hundred feet above
the level of the River Rhine. Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels today had
his first glimpse of the long line
of American marines on sentry
duty, studding the landscape along
the banks of the river.
From this point of vantage a long
stretch of the Rhine, both up and
down stream, is visible, and the I
secretary saw a great many patrol,
boats flying the Stars and Stripe?
dotting the river.
AUSTRIAN FORCES
FOIIJLSHEVIKI
YIEXX'A, Apr. 17.—Boisheviki
sympathisers in this city attempted
to storm the Austrian parliament
building today, but were soon pre-;
vented from carrying out their in
tentions by the military called out
to quel! the disturbance.
In the fight that ensued, the
rioters were quickly dispersed and
the ctiv was restored to its normal
state. Several Boisheviki sympa
thisers were wounded, during the
fight.
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IRELAND’S CLAIM
PARIS. Apr. 18.—A delegation
composed of Frank P. Walsh, for-'
mer chairman of the Xational War
Labor board; Dunne, of Illinois;
and Michael Ryan, of Philadelphia,
sent by the Irish-American societies
of the United States to plead Ire
land’s cause before the Inter-Allied
Peace Conference in Paris, had a
long conference today with Presi
dent Wilson and the American
peace delegates.
The, American peace delegates
however, refused to receive Sean
O'Callaigh and George Duffy, the
delegates representing the Irish1
provisional government.
The -Juneau city council by un
animous vote recently refused to
recognize any claims in connection
with the bursting of the water main
which recently flooded property on j
lower Front street. Claims for.
$10,000 damages have been filed,
against the city.
NOW AVAILABLE
10 BUILD ROAD
WASHINGTON'. Apr. l^-'ihe
surplus government storks f TNT
and other high explosives ever and
above the present requirements of
both the army and navy, have been
made over to the department of the
interior, for use as the department
may see fit in the building of roads,
dams and other peaceful works,
wherever such explosives can be
used to advantage.
A shortage of explosives during
the past has hampered road con
struction to a considerable extent,
and the surplus made over for this
purpose, which is believed to be
great, will probably enter imme
diately into peaceful works requir
ing such explosives.
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. 18.—A
Japanese newspaper which is pub
lished in this city, received a cable
from Tokio today intimating that
two entire Japanese army divisions
have been ordered to proceed to
Korea immediately on active service,
to suppress the revolution in that
country.
Another cable to the same paper
from Fusan, Korea, states that six
thousand Japanese troops landed
there today.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 18.—The
department of labor reports that it
has failed to secure all of the men
needed for work on the farms, de
spite the fact that there is a sur
plus of labor in many parts of the
country.
Reports received by the depart
ment show that there is an im
provement in the unemployment
conditions in fifty-nine cities, al
though the surpluses still exist
there. Sixteen other cities report
an equality in the supply and de
mand for ^tbor; while a rapid im
provement in labor conditions on
the Pacific coast is reported.
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Valdez has four movie shows a
week. The eadmission charge is
30 cents.
PHONE EMPLOYEES
IN NEW ENGLAND
OUT ON SHE
BOSTON, Apr. IS—Twelve thous
and male and eight thousand female
telephone employees went out on
strike today in the New England
states, completely crippling the serv
ice in this region.
The strikers demand higher wages
and the privilege of representing
their grievances through the system
of collective barganing.
Only urgency calls and a very
few local calls were handled today
on the systems throughout these
states.
WASHINGTON. Apr. 18.—Sena
tor Hitchcock of Nebraska (Dem.i,
the retiring: chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations committee, re
ceived a cable from President Wil
son today conveying- his thanks for
the senator's message stating that
the entire country favors the League
of Nations.
Senator Hithcock's message re
ferred to by President Wilson, was
sent to him after the covenants of
the League of Nations had been re
vised.
Eob Sheldon, the new chairman;
of the Alaska Road commission, ex-j
pects to leave Fairbanks tomorrow!
morning for the Tolovana country]
in his automobile.
This is the first time an auto-1
mobile will essay the journey since'
the auto journey made to Brooks
about four years ago by N. G.
Cox, the Chatanika hotel man.
Sheldon is taking O..P. Gatistad
and H. J. Patterson as passengers
for Brooks.
It is not known which of the two
trails he will take, but it is thought
that he will try to negotiate the
Happy trail with his machine.
SIURIvT PREVENTS
ATLANTIC PLIGHT
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Apr. 18—A
blinding snowstorm was experienced
here today which effectually pre
vented the British aviators from
making a start in their flight
across the Atlantic ocean. I
Inu*. mm BaUa aad Btreri awt
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NEW TEACHER FOR
FAIRBANKS SCHOOL
Mrs. C. S. Hahn has been ap
pointed to succeed her husband as
a teacher in the Fairbanks public
school
Mrs. Hahn will take up her
duties on May 1.
WILL BE BURIED
LONDON, Apr. 18.—A British
warship which has been specially de
tailed for this service, will bring
the exhumed body of the late Miss
Edith Cavell from Belgium to
England.
The body will be interred, with
appropriate ceremonies, at Miss
Cavell’s home in Norwich.
The late Miss Edith Cavell, a
British nurse, was arrested on a
charge of espionage by the German
military authorities during the early
days of»thiii* _f Brus
sels. and after a short trial by court
martial, was condemned to death
and shot.
MINISTER NAMED
FOR NEW COUNTRY
WASHINGTON, Apr. 18.—Rich
ard Crane, who has been acting
as private secretary to Secretary of
State Robert Lansing, has been
named American minister to Czecho
slovakia and will sail soon to assume
his new duties.
Richard Crane, who is thirty
seven years of age, is a son of
Charles R. Crane, of Chicago,
wealthy president of a large iron
manufacturing concern and director
of the National Bank of the Re
public.
Crane senior, in 190b was ap
pointed envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary to China,
but resigned before assuming offi
cial duties.
TO ASSIST LANE
WASHINGTON, Apr. 18.—John,
W. Ha Howell, of Massachusettes,
formerly connected with the Federal
Food Administration, has been ap
pointed to succeed Herbert A.
Meyer as assistant to Secretary of
Interior Lane.
The new assistant secretary will
have entire charge of the affairs
pertaining to the Alaska railroad.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
TO MEET TONIGHT
The regular weekly meeting of
the Nenana Commercial club will be
held at the club chambers in the
Union Hall tonight.
The meeting will be called to
order promptly at eight o’clock,
and all members are requested to
be there on time.
ALLIES TO TAKE
MODE TERRITOftY
IF PEACE FAILS
PARIS, Apr. IS.—It is indicated
here, on reliable authority, that in
the event of Germany's refusal to
sign the peace treaty and accept
the terms offered therein by the
Allied powers, they may occupy
more German terr itory and establish
an effective blockade of all German
ports, thereby stopping the ship
ment of food to Germany.
LONDON’, Apr. 18.—Open war
fare has been declared between Lord
Northcliffe, publisher of the London
Times, and Premier Lloyd George.
The cause of t,he quarrel is laid
to the statement made by Lloyd
George in the House of Commons,
to the effect that Lord Northcliffe is
greatly disappointed because he was
not named as one of England’s
delegates to the Peace Conference.
In an article scoring the British
premier, the Times today says that
his Par;< colleagues at the peace
conference say that Lloyd George
can read and write, but that he does
neither.
The Time- strongly supported
Premier Lloyd George during th ■*
late war.
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10 REVIVE ARENA
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A re
viva! of bull fighting- is planned by
residents in some of the Mexican
states along the border.
Reports say the people of Mata
moros, across the Rio Grande from
here, are arranging for reconstruc
tion of the famous bull ring ther
and have applied to the governor
of Tamualipas for authority to pro
eeed. It is planned to hold a bull
fight in a temporary arena on May
5, the anniversary of the victory
of Mexican arms over the French
at Puebla.
Bull fighting in Matamoros was
discontinued six years ago. The
arena, one of the finest in the re
public, was destroyed by Carranza’s
adherents when Matamoros was taken
by the forces under General Blanco
The federal forces made their last
stand in the bull ring.
Bull fights were abolished in the
republic by decree of General Car
ranza as soon as he became presi
dent. Later the governors of the
respective states were permitted to
allow or prohibit the fights.
Years ago many Americans were
attracted to bull fights in the towns
across the border and the railroads
gave reduced rates.
The monthly rental for business
phones at Valdez is $4.50. Resi
dence phones cost $2.50.