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THE NENANA
The Nenana Daily News First
DAILY NEWS
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME ONE
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1919.
WHOLE NUMBER 251
PERSHING DENIES LAWLESSNESS STORY
SENATORS DISCUSS AFFAIRS OF THE TERRITORY
BALL 'A INF. AT WASHINGTON KNOCKING THE RAILROAD
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 1.—
General Pershing telegraphed to
Secretary of War Baker today,
characterizing the sensational re
ports which appeared in French
newspapers recently of assaults and
burglaries cotnmitted by American
soldiers, as a gross exaggeration.
The general said that the unmber
of crimes committed by the Ameri
can soldiers was almost negligible,
considering the large number of men
in the viciinty and requested that a
complete refutation of the charges
made in the French press be put
before the public.
Investigations made by the Asso
ciated Press disclosed the fact that
Paris apaches, wearing American
uniforms, committed the crimes at
tributed to the men in the service.
SELF GOVE
COPENHAGEN.—The principles
of the people’s right in self-determ
ination found practical expression
early in December when the sovc
ereignty of Iceland was proclaimed
at Reykjavik, in full agreement with
Denmark, who honored her former
colony by sending a warship to
salute the Icelandic national flag
with twenty-one guns.
Acting as representative for Den
mark the commander of the fishery
cruiser, Islands Falk, said that this
salute was the first outward but
significant evidence of th» desire
of the Danish nation to carry into
effect the new Act of Confedera
tion in the most loyal wey. The
Icelandic Cabinet Minister M. Eg
gertz, also spoke in terms of ap
preciation of the fact that Iceland
had been granted the right to have
its own flag. Apart from this cere
mony, and the hoisting of the Ice
landic flag from the capitol, no
festiities took place on account of
the influenza epidemic which has
so far claimed 260 victims in Reyk
javik.
In Copenhagen the Icelandic col
ony celebrated the Federation Act
at a banquet at which the Icelandic
prime minister was present.
At a dinner given here by the
King and queen of Denmark, King
Christian expressed the hope that
the present order of things which
had been established would form the
basis for the happy development of
future intercourse between the two
peoples and he concluded by ex
pressing his best wishes for Ice
land’s future.
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(Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1.—
Sixty-one thousand, two hundred
and thirty-seven officers, and nine
i hundred and fifty-four thousand,
jfour hundred and eleven men have
j been discharged from the army up
I to date.
j Of the officers discharged 33
• held general’s rank- Of these all
but four belonged to the regular
army, and these return to their old
rank in the Regular army; the others
being National Guard generals.
YANK TRANSPORT
' AGROUND Oil REEF
TROOPS LANDED
, Homeward Bound Transport Goes
Aground In Snowstorm Off
the Isle of Wight.
—
(Associated Press)
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Feb.;
| 1.—The American transport N'ara- i
gansett with homeward-bound troops \
, aboard, grounded on a reef off the!
' Isle of Wight, in a blinding snow-1
i storm today.
j Her wireless calls were met with
an immediate response and tugs
and life boats removed all the
I troops aboard and landed them in
i safety- The removal was effected
.while the vessel was held fast on
I the ledge. The snowstorm was also
at its height while the rescue work,
was being done.
Owing to weather conditions, an
[ examination of the ship's position
was not possible, but it is believed
that she could be lightened and
floated off the reef on which she
Struck, at high tide.
GRUESOME FIND
ON RUBY TRAIL!
i
A skeleton of what was once E. |
M. Haugen was found recently on
the trail between Long creek and
the north fork of the Innoko river.
Haugen and his partner, Kaucheck
took the trail leading from Ruby to
Cripple creek early last December-1
When well out on the trail they
became lost and were obliged to
siwash it one night. Kaucheck
started out ahead next morning and
was later found and brought into
Ruby badly frozen, and sent to:
the hospital at Tanana for treat
ment. He told the man who found
him about his partner, and a search
was instituted for him.
About two weeks ago the search
party found Haugen’s skeleton with
the body of his dog lying alongside.
It is surmised that the dog did not
like to leave his master, and that
he fed off the corpse as long as it
lasted. Haugen’s remains were
buried at Long.
Ie is reported that Haugen’s part-1
ner Kaucheck will lose both feet1
as a result of the freezing. ,
SENATE DISCUSSES
ALASKAN AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1.—
A general discussion of affairs per-1
taining to Alaska took place in the
Senate chamber today- Senator
Wesley Jones, of Washington, in a
lengthy speech on the needs of the
Northland, charged that among
other reasons, a deplorable mail
service was largely responsible for
the depression and decline of the
white population of Alaska. I
He, however, predicted an im
provement this season, in conditions
in the Northland, and a revival of
industrlial conditions which is at
tracting a large number of people
to the country.
In supporting an appropriation
for the establishment of an aerial
mail service in the postoffice bill,
he urged the use of hydroplanes in
the Southeastern Alaska mail serv
ice, as this type of airship was bet
tor adapted for this part of the
country.
Senator Kirhy, of Arkansas, said
that an aerial mail service to Alaska
would be too costly, considering: the
number of white people that will
be so served. Senator King, of
Utah, agreed with Senator Kirhy
on this proposition.
Senator Thomas, of Colorado, in
support of Senator Jones, severely
criticised the government's attitude
toward the Northland, and declared
that the government’s restrictive
mining policy has contributed in a
large measure to the depression
and decline in the white population
of Alaska.
Governor Riggs was quoted as
having said recently that the white
population of Alaska had dwindled
[down to about 25,000.
I
I LONDON.—British air raids upon
German towns and military object
ives during the last 12 months of
the war were nearly five times as
numerous as the total number of
air raids made by Germany over
I Great Britain during more than four
years of war. This comparison is
shown by official figures which dis
close that from October, 1917, un
til the signing of the armistice, the
British Royal Air Force made 709
bombing raids over German terri
tory. In all, more than 660 tons
of bombs were dropped on these
raids.
The base of the Royal Air Force
was at Nancy. The average dis
tance covered by each squadron on
a raid varied from 120 to 160
miles. Under favorable conditions
flights of 200 miles and more were
made on many raids.
FAIRBANKS GETS
INFLUENZA SERUM
Dr. J. A. Sutherland, territorial
assistant commissioner of health, has
received a large quantity of influ
enza serum.
So far, he has only inoculated
those leaving for the coast.
Enough serum has been received
to inoculate a thousand persons.
ANDY M’KENSIE
IS ADMINISTRATOR
Administration papers were filled
out yesterday with Commissioner
Reed Heilig at Fairbanks, for the
estate of Helen Moulton, who per
ished on the launch Flyer, and Jim
George, who met a similar fate on
the Princess Sophia.
Andy McKensie, of the Pioneer
Hotel, is named the administrator
in both cases.
Mandato-y Nations of the League
Will Look After Government
of Occupied Terrain.
|
Associated Press
PARIS, Feb. 1.—It is understood
; that the proposed league of na
tions will, in course of time, name
| mandatory nations, whose duty it
1 will be to see to the administration
| of the governments in Mesopotamia,
Armenia and Palestine,
i It is also undestood that the
I claims of the Chinese and Japanese
to Tsing Toa will be left for se/le
ment by the league of nations; as
(also the status of Dalmatia and Al
I bania, over which the interests of
j Italy and Jugo Slavia came to a
clash.
I It is thought probable that pre
liminary peace terms will be pre
sented to Germany along w:th cer
ttain conditions for the further re
moval of the armistic ?.
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RUBY REPRESENTATIVE
HELD UP BY WEATHER
Word has been reeived that Rep
resentative Dunn, of Ruby, who is
! on his way to Juneau to attend
I the territorial legislature, has been
I forced by stress of weather, to take
shelter at the Hot Springs near
j Kokrines.
He is still at that place awaiting
i a break in the weather which will
enable him to continue his journey
^to the coast via the Broad Pass trail
TOLOVANA CAMP IS
GOING TO BE GOOD
James Sherrard, a new arrival in
Fairbanks from Brooks ,says that
the prospects for the Tolovana
country are very good, as a result
of the winter prospecting,
i He says that the output of the
camp for the next year will be far
in excess of last year’s output.
Four natives died recent’y at
‘Wrangell from influenza.
CASUALTIES KOI
PE COMPLETE
Associated Pn*ss
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Fob. 1
The American casualties during the
late war have not been fully re
ported and compiled yet. The casu
alties which are about 95 per cent,
complete are as follows:
Total casualties 56,592. Major
casualties includes 27,762 killed in
action; 11,396 died of wounds, 14,
000 missing iu, action.
The Ninety-first division, coin
posted of Westerners, trained at
| Camp Lewis suffered 1,702 major
I casualties.
The First division of the regulars
i suffered 5,200; and the Rainbow
j division 2900 casualties.
I
ARE ATTACKED
! PARIS, Feb. !.—According to a
| despatch received in this city today,
| the Hungarian forces attacked the
! Czecho slovaks at Balassa, forty
jfive miles north of Budapest, last
j Thursday and fierce fighting around
i tho Czecho-Slovak barracks was in
j progress at the time the despatch
was filed.
The Hungarian forces were mak
] ing preparations to bomb the build
I ings occupied by the Czecho-Slovak
1 forces by means of airplanes.
SEAITLE STRIKE
MAY BE SETTLED
IN SHORE TIME
SEATTLE, Feb. 1—Following a
meeting; of the Citizens Conference
committee with a committee of the
; strikers today, .Judge Danworth,
! chairman of the Citizens’ committee
j said that he hoped for an early
settlement of the strike.
AERIAL MAIL SERVICE
FOR THE INTERIOR
I The Fairbanks Commercial club
, receied a wire from the Seward
ICommercal club yesterday request
ing Fairbanks to join Seward in de
jmanding an aerial mail service from
the coast to the Interior.
The proposed aerial mail route
is to include the Iditarod and Innoko
, countries. It is expected that the
Fairbanks Commercial club will take
early action to back the Seward
organization.
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■ What is believed to be the first
'homestead staked under the pro
visions of the Sulzer resolution,
I abolishing the eighty-rod strips be
tween locations on tidewater, was
'recorded at Cordova recently when
Attorney Foster located a six-acre
tract south of the ball park. It is
his intention to plant the tract to
vegetables for the Cordova market.!
BOTE AGAIN
EEI HAMPER IICAD
Secretary Joseph of the Nenana
Commercial club, received a tele
gram today from John W. Troy,
editor of the Juneau Empire, re
garding the opposition to the appro
priation offered by John Ballaine,
who is a big property owner of
Seward. This is not the frist time
Ballaine has attempted to block leg
islation and hamper the granting
of the appropriation for railroad
purposes.
It is expected that the Nenana
Commercial club will take action
a suggested in the wire and usa
every endeavor to remove the diffi
culties. The wire received by the
Nenana Commercial club is as
follows:
Juneau, Alaska, Feb 1, 1919
Nenana Commercial club,
Nenana.
[ “The following wire received from
Washington: 'Ballaine before Ap
propriations eommittte attacking
Commission and endangering appro
priation especially unfortunate now
as other influence using this as
basis for general attack on govern
ment ownership railroads Seward
people and Chamber of Commerce
Seward discredit Ballaine before
committee or entire project en
dangered can you telegraph Seward
friends have telegrams sent imme
diately to chairman House Appro
priation committee and Senators
Jones and Poindexter, discrediting
Ballaine attack.’
“J. W. TROY.’
SOPHIA Will
VANCOUVER, B. C, Feb. 1.—
The inquiry being held here re
garding the foundering of the Can
adian Pacific liner Princess Sophia
was continued today, and Captain
Ledbetter, of the American steamer
Cedar, was put on the stand.
Captain Leadbetter stated that
the vessel sank in the worst storm
he had ever experienced in the early
winter in Northern waters.
He had planned, he said , on
pasing a line aboard the Princess
Sophia for guiding the lifeboats,
and would have put these plans into
operation had the Sophia remained
afloat a few hours longer.
Captain Ledbetter also stated that
he would not have acted any diff
erent than Captain Locke, com
manding the Sophia, did, under
similar circumstances.
Copies of a great many radio
grams sent by the passengers of
the Princess Sophia to relatives
were read. In every case the mess
ages asserted that all was well and
that there was no cause for alarm.
William Miner, known in Alaska
as the “One Armed Wonder” died
recently near Sacramento while en
route to Southern California. He
was a member of Knights of Py
thias and Pioneers Igloo No. 5 of
Anchorage.