The Broad Pass Route Is The Short-Cut Route -- Saves Mushers Miles and Money
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME ONE
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1919
WHOLE NUMBER 270
PRESIDENT WILSON ARRIVES AT BOSTON
0. S. DIPLOMAT TELLS OF BOLSHEVIKI OUTRAGES
ENGLAND IS MENACED BY THREAT OF CIVIL ST III i
ELEVATED TRACK
IS 816 BUILT
For the purpose of having *
large supply of coal on hand for
the various uses of the A. E. C.,
and to facilitate the unloading of
this coal here, an elevated track
is now in course of construction
in the Nenana railroad yards.
This new track branches off from
the track leading into the engine
house, the switch for this purpose
has already been put in and the
necessary cribbing placed, and com
mencing this morning the necessary
piling to support the track will be
driven.
Holes for the piling are being
thawed out and the new American
ditching machine is to be used for
the purpose of driving the piling.
The new track will be approxi
mately 1000 feet in length and will
be 12 feet off the ground, and will
run parallel with the present rip
track. It is so construtced that
the Brown hoist on the rip track
will be able to pick up the coal
when necessary and distribute it
as required.
The coal cars will be run on the
elevated track and dumped on both
sides of it. It is expected that the
5000 tons of coal which has been
contracted for with R. E. Burns &
Co. will be hauled and unloaded
at this point.
The necessary piling and other
material for the construction of the
track has already been assembled
on the spot and the work of con
structing the track will proceed as
rapidly as possible.
When the gap in the line south
of town has been completed to allow
of the extension of the steel, it is
expected that the Burns mine will
be reached in a few days from the
time tracklaying is resumed. A
large quantity of the coal from this
mine is now ready for shipment,
and the entire quantity contracted
for will probably be hauled to town
before the breakup. The bridge
across the Nenana at 43-mile will
most probably be injured by the
ice at the breakup and for a time,
at least, traffic with points on the
farther side of the river will be
interrupted. The Burns coal mine
is aboue six miles beyond the Cross
ing at 43-mile, and as much coal
as possible will be hauled in before
the breakup puts a temporary stop
to through traffic to the mine and
beyond.
1R00PS ARRIVE
FROM OVERSEAS
NEWPORT NEWS, Feb. 24.—
The transport Huran arrived at this
port today, bringing 2,898 soldiers
from Europe.
Included among the troops ar
riving on the Huron is the entire
Forty-fifth Coast Artillery, com
posed of men from the Western
states.
A Thelin stage left Fairbanks this
morning with a shipment of first
and second class .Out.nde ma;l- The
stage ought to arrive in Nenana to
morrow aftrnoon.
BRITISH ARE TRYING
TO GET TRADE BACK
MEXICO CITY.—British mer-'
' chants have begun their campaign
! to reconquer their old trade mar
kets in Mexico and obtain new ones,
i The general offices of the National
i Railways have received notice that
!a freighter has sailed from Liver
pool laden with British merchan
dise for Mexico. The voyage will
be in the nature of an exploration.
It is also announced that American,
companies are rushing plans to put
into commission a number of steam
ers for service between Pacific
coast ports of the United States
and Mexico, .lapanese interests also
are preparing to establish lines with
west coast Mexican ports.
RUSSSITUATION
! GREATLY DELAYS
! PEACE OF WORLD)
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! BOSTON, Feb. 24-—Ambassador
Francis, returning from Russia, ar- j
rived here on the transport George
Washington with the President Wil
; son party today.
1 He said that the Bolsheviki out
rages in Central and Northern
Russia are almost incredible and
thinks that it will be impossible
to restore peace in Europe with
Russia in a chaotic state as at
; present.
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WILESSPLM
: SOLD 10 FRAME
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BOSTON, Feb. 24.—Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt,
who arrived here today on the
transport George Washington with i
President Wilson’s party, announced]
the sale of the Lafayette wireless;
station, erected at Bordeaux by the
government of the United States |
during the late war, to the French
government for the sum of four
million dollars.
He stated that the entire naval
establishment in Europe has now
been practically demobilized
The American navy, he said, had i
fifty-four shore bases in Europe and 1
the Azores, and had spent over i
thirty million dollars in laying a i
mine barrage in the North Sea, j;
against submarines. 1 i
MOOSE MW |;
TOMORROW MOOT
--—
The regular semi-monthly meet- j |
ing of the local lodge of the Loyal |
Order of Moose will be held at i
Moose Hall, on Fourth and Market
streets tomorrow night. The meet-.
ing will be called to order promptly
at 8 o’clock. • I
Business of much importance will j <
be transacted and all members are: i
urged to be in attendance. j (
Visiting members of the order jj
are cordially invited to be present i
at the meeting. 1
lUnaaa, W>»r» Kalla ant mivers Meat 1
SECRET SERVICE
INVESTIGATING
B0S10N I.WJ.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—The fed
eral attorneys and secret service
agents are now engaged in examin
ing the effects of fourteen Spanish
Industrial Workers of the World.
These men were placed under ar
rest yesterday on suspicion of be
ing connected with a plot to assass
inate President Wilson when he
landed at Boston.
A telephone message received this
afternoon from the Fairbanks News
Miner states that the House Com
mittee on Appropriations has recom
mended that the unexpended amount
of the original appropriation for
the building of the Alaska railroad
be granted for construction pur
poses.
The original bill creating the
Alaskan Engineering commission,
•ailed for an appropriation of thirty
five million dollars for the con
struction of a railroad from tide
water to Fairbanks, sums needed
for construction purposes being ap
propriated from time to time.
The unexpended amount of the
original appropriation is $4,200,000,
tnd while this amount will not per
mit of the completion of the road,
will help a lot until more money is
made available.
Secretary of the Interior Lane
las asked Congress to appropriate
M3,800,000 for the completion of
;he road. It is not known what I
iction has been taken on his request.'
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SPARTACAN RIOTS |
ARE IN PROGRESS:
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LONDON, Feb. 24.—According t>
idvices received in this city today
rom Copenhagen, the city of Nu-1
■emburg, one of the principal cities!
n Bavaria, is in the throes of civil
trife, with the Spartacan element;
n temporary control.
The prisons of the city were j
hrown open and the inmates given j
in oppprtunity to join in the street i
ighting, which is still in progress, j
letween the Spartacan mobs and'
he government forces.
LONDON, Feb. 24.—David Lloyd
Jeorge, premier of Great Britain,
n introducing a bill in the House
>f Commons, calling for an investi
;ation into conditions in the coal
nining industry, told the House
hat the nation is faced with the
irospects of civil strife.
BOSTON, Feb. 24 —President
VVikoa landed at the Commonwealth
pier at 11:42 this morning. Mayor
Peters, of Boston, went ouf on the
revenue cutter Ossippee to the trans
port George Washington to welcome
the President.
President Wilson and party
transferred from the George Wash
ington to the Ossipe, from which
vessel he made the landing.
The reception given the Wilsons
at Boston is reported to have been
quite as demonstrative as any ho
received abroad.
A vast crowd of Bostonians,
swelled by many thousands from,
all parts of the New England states,
occupied the buildings along the
route of the parade from the pier,
*o the Mechanic’s Hall. The route
was gaily decorated with flags and
bunting.
A special train, which will bear
the Wilson party, is in readiness at
the depot and will leave for Wash
ington at 4:.'!() this afternoon, after
the President has delivered his ad
dress at the Mechanic’s Hall.
The arrival of President Wilson at
the Mechanic’s Hall at 2:30 this
afternoon was announced by the
firing of the presidential salute from
the battery.
Governor Cooleidge and Mayor
Peters extended the greetings of
the state and city to President
Wilson.
In the course of his speech at the
Mechanic’s Hall, President Wilson
said: “The greatest thing I have
to report to you is that this country
of ours is trusted throughout the
world I do not come here to re-'
port the program of the peace con-:
ference, for that would be pre-j
mature. Men who sit at the con
ference table in Paris fully realize
that they are the servants of their |
people, and no' man of tiiem dare
go home from the conference and,
report anything less than would bo
expected if they were hearing the
whole case from those most inter
ested. I have been struck by the
moderation shown by those repre- j
seating national claims.”
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LONG RANGE GUN !
ON WAY TO PARIS;
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PARIS, Feb. 24.—One of tuej
Kilns which opened a long rangej^
bombardment of Paris during the
wav. and which has been taken ov>'» j.
by the Allies, is now on its way
to Paris. ;
The authorities intend to place
the monster weapon on exhibition I
ip one of the city’s parks.
FAIRBANKS RECEIVED
BIG FIRST CLASS MAIL >
1
A pretty pood sized first calss i
mail was received in Fairbanks oi;
Saturday night from the Outside,, I
ind Nenanana’s share of it was; i
shipped on the Thelin stage this!
morning. This mail should arrive I'
here tomorrow afternoon. ,1
WOMEN ON HONOLULU
WILL REPLANT TREES
HONOLULU—The Outdoor Circle!
a woman’s civic organization, will
direct the replanting of the streets
of Honolulu with trees and shrub
bery, a work made neecssary by the ,
hurricane of December 3, which
uprooted hundreds of shade trees|
throughout the city. A uniform
plan for the beautification of the
entire city will be worked out.
The thousands of towering trees
which withstood the storm still give
to Honolulu its background of per
petual green, and from the moun
tain side or the deck of an incom
ing steamer, there is little visual
evidence of the havoc wrought
BROWNE LEAVES
Frederick I>. Browne, engineer in
charge of the Fairbanks division of
the A. F. C., accompanied by Super
vising Engineer Herbert K. Ward,
will leave Nenana on the morning
of Wednesday, February 26, on a
trip to the Broad Pass summit and
posibly to the headwaters of the j
Lignite and Healy rivers. The party
will travel from the end of steel1
with William Sborgia and his dog
team and Dorwin Browne and his j
dog team, and expect to return to j
the end of steel in about a week’.-j
time.
On their return to the end of1
steel, if nothing prevents, it is Mr-!;
Browne’s intention to go on to the
Kantishna country, to make a per
sonal study of conditions and the
topography, with a view to possible
railroad extension to that eg'.on. I
The trip to the Kantishna, Mr. |
Browne thinks, will consume about
ten days or more, and he expects
to be away on the entire f o ir for
about three weeks.
POLISH AFFAIRS
GEIAI1ENEION
WARSAW, Feb. 24.—An econo- '
nie mission, composed of six raii
.vay and mining experts, arrived
'rom England today and will look i
nto matters and report to their
fovernment.
Ten trainloads of food arrived1
'rom Danzig today, for the relief
if the populace.
An inter-AIlied mission nas taken
nto consideration the statement
nade by Paderewski, indicating that
i large Polish army will be required
'or the proper protection of the
country and the enforcement of
he laws of the land.
IECEPTION HELD TODAY s
IN HONOR OF MRS. CASKEY'
Mrs. Frederick D. Browne held at 1
■eception and tea at her home on,'
he Commission reserve this after- ^ t
loon of Mrs. J. Harmon Caskey. 1
The reception, which as from two i
,o five o’clock, was largely at-1 i
ended by the ladies of Nenana.!
Mrs. Caskey intends to take j
rnssage on the auto tomorrow for,l
ler home in Fairbanks.
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b;g excursion
SATURDAY NIGHT
10 END CF STEEL
A committee appointed at the
last meeting of the Commercial
flub are now perfecting arrange
ments for the big excursion planned
for Saturday, March 1. The com
mittee is composed of William Gil
L-her, U. E. Burns and J. A. Slip
pern, and these gentlemen would
like to have by tomorrow at the
latest, the names of those who wish
to take in the excursion.
The excursion, which is open to
all, Nenanaites, the ladies included,
is to the end of steel. Sleeping
;'ars will be attached to the train,
which will pull out from the foot
>f A street at 10 o’clock Saturday
night. The cars are fitted with
bunks and mattresses only and those
wishing to go must bring their own
blankets or robes. The excursion
train will return on Sunday even
ing and those going will be given
an opportunity to view the coal
mines, or if they prefer it, can take
in the quartz mines in the Eva creek
country, about ten miles from the
Dressing.
All arrangements will have to
Je made for extra mess help and
provisions for the party at the camp
it the Crossing,, where meals will
Je served at the Commission mess
louse for 75 cents per meal.
All those who intend to go are
irged to give their names to either
>ne of the gentlemen named so that
tdequate messing arrangements can
je made.
WARSAW, Feb. 24.—The Polish
'orces have driven the Bolsheviki
>ut of the provinces lying; to the
•ast of Brest Litovsk and have is
iued a decree for their civil and
nilitary occupancy.
The issuance of the decree and
he occupation of these provinces by
i Polish military force means that
he frontiers are being extended to
he historical boundaries of Poland.
POLICE ARREST
BOSTON, Feb. 2.4—Taking ad
antage of the presence of Presi
lent Wilson in the city to again
irge their rights of equal suffrage
he Woman’s National party held
parade today.
The parade halted in front of
he State house and on their re
usal to obey the police order to
move on”, twenty-two members >f
he party were arrested and the
lalance dispersed.
The women paraders carried var
aus suffrage banners.
Billy Butler returned to Fair
ianks with is dog team this after
loon.