where: rails and rivers meet
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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1919.
NO. 138
SENATE COMMITTEE SPEEDS CURRY BILL
CHAIRMAN MEARS MAKES ROAD PLANS KNOWN
' GREAT CROWD GREETS Hi” JOHNSON AT 'INDIANAPOLIS
AS SEATTLEITES
AWAIT VESSELS
SEATTLE, Sept. 12.—The hills
surrounding: the harbor have been
crowded with people nearly all day,
awaiting the arrival of the Pacific
fleet, which was scheduled to reach
* Elliott bay shortly after noon. The
arrival, however, was considerably
delayed by fog.
The vessels will steam into the
bay in single file, with the Arkansas
leading the fleet.
■ Secretary Daniels left for Brem
erton early today to dedicate the
new Y. M. C. A. buildings there,
malting the voyage on the destroyer
Anthony.
Great preparations have been
made for the entertainment of the
officers and men of the fleet and
^ for the reception of President Wil
son, who ■will epeak here tomorrow
night, following a great public din
ner. at jrhich he will be the guest
of honor.
LIFE IN PORTLAND
Telegraphic advices received in
Xenana last night by Dr. P,. R.
A Myers, from Portland, Oregon, an
nounce the tragic death in that city
of his son, Virgil, who is reported
to have taken his own life, almost
immediately following his return to
Portland from the East. Details of
the tragedy were not contained in
the wire, but additional information
has been requested, and probably
will reach Xenana tonight or tomor
row.
Virgil Myers was well known in
Fairbanks, where he attended school j
for a number of years, going from
there to Portland to finish his edu
cation. He was very popular among
his classmates, took a leading part
in school athletics, and assisted very
materially in the publication of the
Fairbanks high school annual with
his original drawings and cartoons.
The Class Lens for June. 1919, the |
Washington (Portland) high school
*• publication, contained an excellent
picture of the young man and a
number of his excellent drawings,
including a particularly good full
page cartoon.
Virgil left the Portland school to
MEARS OUTLINES PLANS
IN GENERAL STATEMENT
Nenana, Alaska, September 11, 1919.
The Nenana. Daily News, Nenana, Alaska:
In response to a request from the Commercial clubs of
Fairbanks and Nenana, and in compliance with the same
request made by the editors of the newspapers of the two
towns. 1 am taking this opportunity’ to make public the
following statement outlining the proposed program of
operations for continuing the construction of the railroad
in the Northern Division during the present and succeed
ing calendar year:
Based on the supposition that the new appropriation
for continuing the construction of the Alaska Railroad will
be made available by Congress on or before the first of
next January, it will be the policy of the Commission to
complete the temporary narrow gauge track now being
laid over the standard gauge roadbed from the North bank
of the Tanana river (Mile 415), up Coldstream, to form
a connection with the Tanana Valley railroad at Happy
Station (Mile 463). This junction will add about 50 miles
to the present trackage north of the Tanana river, and
furnish rail communication between tne North bank of
the Tanana river, opposite Nenana. to *Fairbanks. Chena.
and Chatanika, total trackage (narrow gauge) of 90 miles.
Upon the completion of the permanent railroad bridge over
the Tanana river at some later date, the narrow gauge
line now being laid in Goldstream valley will be widened
to standard gauge, to and including the terminal at Fair
banks.
With the same reservation regarding the available ap
propriation as above, it will also be the purpose of the
Commission to extend standard gauge track southward
from the present end of track at Mile 366 to a point at
[the North end of the Nenana Canyon '(Mile 360), opposite
Healy fork.
This extension of main track to Mile 360 will make it
possible to establish an active construction camp at the
[foot of the Nenana canyon, which will be in rail com
munication with the material and store depots at Nenana
during the winter months. Supplies now due on incoming
! river boats will be delivered to this new camp, and there
be available for attacking the heavy work in the Nenana
canyon. When the new camp is established and supplies
are loaded there, available for use. Mr. Browne, the en
gineer in charge, has been authorized to work as many
experienced men on rock cuts and tunnels as are available
in this section of the country, and it will also be the policy
of the Commission to extend Mr. Browne's division as far
south, and into Broad Pass, as available men and supplies
seem to make such an extension wise and expedient.
With respect to the coal situation in the Nenana coal
fields, and the available coal supply to meet the require
ments of the Commission and the townspeople of Nenana
and Fairbanks. Mr. Browne advises that he will have
standard gauge track connection re-established over the
Nenana river bridge sometime in the present month, which
will permit of rail deliveries of coal direct from the Burns
mine at Mile 366 to Nenana. It is also Mr. Browne's in
tention to re-establish the narrow gauge track on the ice
of the Tanana river this winter, provided that coal is mined
in sufficient quantities at the Burns mine so that some will
be available for shipment into Fairbanks, and provided,
further, that there is enough demand for this coal in the
Fairbanks district to warrant the expense of the under
taking.
F. MEARS, Chairman and Chief Engineer.
SENATE COMMITTEEMEN GIVE
APPROVAL TO RAILWAY BILL
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(enter the array, and went to France
; attached to the light artillery, re
turning with the rank of corporal
after the fighting stopped. After
receiving his honorable discharge
from the army, he went to Chicago,
and from there came West to Port
land to resume his studies.
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Advices received in Fairbanks last
night state that Sid Clark, former
resident of the upper town, who has
been ill at Cordova during the great
er part of the summer, is now in a
critical condition. He is a member
of the Moose lodge.
UNSING IS ACCUSED
OF KNOCKING TREATY
WASHINGTON, D. Sept. 12. i
—According to a statement made
before the senate foreign relations
committee, during the hearings on
the German peace treaty and the i
League of Nations covenant. Secre
tary of State Lansing is not en
thusiastic over the document, hav
ing said to a member of the peace
I conference, while the treaty was
; being drafted, that if the American
people and the senate knew what
the treaty meant, it would be de
feated.
William C. Bullitt, of Philadel
phia, formerly attached to the Am
erican peace mission, informed the
senators that Lansing made that
statement to him last May, in Paris, j
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. 12.—The Curry $17,000.-!
000 Alaska railroad appropriation bill, which was approved
by the lower house of Congress last week, was favorably
reported by the senate committee on territories at a late
hour yesterday afternoon, after extraordinarily brief con
sideration. Most of the senate committeemen and numer
ous other members of the upper house attended the house
committee hearings, and sought little additional enlighten
ment when the bill was taken in hand by the senate com
mittee. thus eliminating the necessity of extending the
hearings over a longer period.
The measure is now ready for final action by the senate
and will be acted upon at the earliest opportunity.
PRESIDENT PREDICTS
WAR IF TREATY DIES
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho, Sept.
12.—The time is not far distant
when the world will be aflame again
with war if the peace treaty fails
of ratification, declared President
Wilson, in an address delivered here
this afternoon. It is up to Ameri
ca to decide, he said, whether she
will prove to the world that she
meant what she said when entering
I the war, in promising to aid peace
through a concert of nations.
The address of the President was
| delivered in a large tent, erected I
j for the purpose, and while the re
ception was most enthusiastic, many
of the seats were not occupied.
STEAMER CARL WHITE
TAKES LOAD UP RIVER
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The steamer Carl White arrived
from the Tolovana river last night,
with ten passengers for Fairbanks ;
and one for Nenana. The boat was j
in port several hours, continuing the
voyage up river about midnight.
The passenger list included Mr.
and Mrs. Lance Crane, who are en
route to the States; Mrs. and Miss l
Gaustad, who are returning: to their
home in Fairbanks for the winter:
Miss Elliott, Max Love. Joe Sherry,
Theodore Johnson, Frank McGarvie,
and Harold Jestland, the last two
being’ Tolovana boys who are going
to Fairbanks to attend school.
M. A. Broshie left the boat here.
The Gibson mail stage got away
from Fairbanks this morning for
Chitina. with the mail and two pass
engers, one of whom. Mrs. Charles
Beam, will leave the machine at
Birch lake.
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 12.—The
'storms which yesterday swept Flori
'da are moving toward the West,
along the Gulf coast, leaving a
I wake of destruction and death,
i Storm warns have been issued from
fort Arthur to Corpus Christi. the
disturbance being described in the
weather bulletins as a tropical hur
ricane.
SHIPS ARE SUNK.
MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 12.—Nine sur
vivors of the Ward liner Corrvdon
arrived here this afternoon, having
been rescued otf shore after they
had spent two days at sea in a
small boat, without food or water
They report that Captain C. C
Christiansen, of the Corrvdon. re
, fused to leave the vessel and went
down, with the other members of
the crew. They al.-o report that the
British schooner Mystery foundered
during the hurricane which wrecked
the Corrvdon, with a 1-iss of 1.«
lives.
Wireless reports r< eived t i
day stated *hut a*, lea.-t 4-' pers i
were adrift in small boats, me
of them within fifteen miles if
shore. Rescue boats were immedi
ately despatched in search of the
men. but only the nine air 'e re
ported have thus far been account
ed for.
KOLCHAKS LOSING
: HEAVILY IN LAS!
—
i LONDON, Sept. 12.—Wireles- a 1
. vices received in this citv todav
i
from the Bolsheviki headquarters at
Moscow claim additional successes
for the Red Guards engaged in op
erations against the Kolchaks around
Atkiubinsk and Orik. The remaind
er of the Kolchak forces in that
region are reported to have been
taken captive during the past couple
of days, making a total of 45,000
prisoners taken by the Bolsheviki
during the past week.
E. J. Stone left Fairbanks th.s
morning for Donnelly, with a load
of supplies for the winter.
JOHNSON AROUSING
MUCH ENTHUSIASM
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Sept. 12.—
The biggest hall in the downtown
■section of the city was filled to
overflowing last night when Sena
tor Hiram Johnson, of California,
spoke in opposition to the League
i
of Nations. The reception accorded
the Westerner was very enthusi
astic and cheers frequently inter
rupted his attack on the league cov
enant.
The crowd shouted “You are
right!” when Johnson insisted that
American troops should be brought
home from Siberia immediately.
In conclusion, Johnson said to
the great assemblage, “I am here
'and you are here because American
I ism still lives.”