WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Volume Two
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1919.
Number 102
OPPOSITION CONFRONTS SPECIAL PACT
DEATHS INCREASE AS RACE DISORDERS GROW
PRESIDENT WILL REVIEW FLEET AT SAN FRANCISCO
DILLINGHAM IS
READ! 10 VOTE
AGAINST PARTY
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 30.—
Senator William P. Dillingham, Re
publican, of Vermont, has been al
most won over to the Democratic
view of the peace treaty and League
of Nations covenant as the result
of a conference with President Wil
ton. In a conversation with news
papermen, after he had come from
the White House, Senator Dilling
ham said that he expected to vote
for the treaty, but with reserva
tions.
He said further that he had had
a very satisfactory and delightful
talk with the President, who had an
swered all of the senator’s many
questions frankly and without res- j
ervations. They had talked freely j
about the Paris conference, he said,!
including the Shan-tung settlement, j
Senator New, Republican, of In- j
diana, who will confer with the i
President tomorrow, says that he!
is going to the White House with |
an open mind.
CHURCH CONFERENCE i
STARTING ON COAST
SEABECK, Wash., July 30.—The
Sixth Annual Missionary Training
conference opened here today with
a large attendance of representa
tives of churches from neighboring
states, including Oregon, California,
and Idaho. The conference is being
conducted by the recently organ
ized Inter-Church World movement
and will continue until August 8th.
Rev. John Cobb Worley, formerly
Pacific coast secretary for the Mis
sionary Education movement, and
now associate secretary of the Inter
Church World movement, is in gen- ;
eral charge of the conference, which!
is one of several similar gatherings;'
scheduled for this summer in six j 1
sections of the United States. Ii
FRANCO-AMERICAN PACT
IS OPPOSED BY SENATE
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 30 —
A committee of the house of rep
resentatives has gone to New York
to conduct an investigation of the
reported destruction of 100 air
planes which are said to have been
burned in France immediately fol
lowing the signing of the armistice.
Former Lieutenant Paul Lockwood
testified before the investigators
that his colleagues had informed
him that the airplanes in question
had been burned intentionally, some
of the machines having been in ac
tual use not more than twenty min
utes. Guards had patrolled the
lire, he said, in order to prevent
photographers from taking pictures
of the wanton destruction.
General Pershing has cabled a de
nial of the story.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ July 30.—
Preparations are being made by the
Hate department for the reception
in October of King Albert and
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, who
have accepted an invitation to visit
the United States. They will be
quests at the White House during
their stay in this city, and may
visit numerous other cities of the!
East before their return to their
lative soil.
DEATH LIST GROWS
AS RIOTERS CUSH
CHICAGO, July 30.—Fighting be
tween white and colored residents
of this city is assuming alarming
proportions, the situation having
reached such a stage as to be be
yond the power of the local police
to check the rioters. Clashes have
occurred today in every part of the
city and the total number of dead
as a result of the fighting is re
ported this afternoon to have reach
ed a total of 27, with hundreds
injured since yesterday.
Several small fires occurred in the !
colored quarter of the city today,
and the fighting has become gen-!
■eral, wherever the opposing- faction
meet. Considerable slashing was
done today with knives, several of
the victims having been stabbed to
• death. Shooting from ambush also
has become a popular form of at
tack, and isolated members of other
races have been run down and
beaten.
The city authorities have appealed
to the governor for aid, but up to j
a late hour this afternoon no orders
had been issued to the troops, of
which there are now 8,000 in the
city ready to restore order as soon
as the command is given.
1 WASHINGTON, D. C., July 30.—
Statements made by members of the
senate today disclose the fact that
there is considerable opposition to
the Franco-American treaty which
! was transmitted to the upper house
of CongTess this week by President
Wilson, with the request that it be
considered in connection with the
, German peace treaty.
| The opposition, it is said, will
! likely center along two lines, one of
the contentions being that the treaty
is antagonistic to the tradition of
no entangling alliances, and the
other that it subverts to Congress
the constitutional right to determine
questions of war and peace.
President Wilson maintains that
the treaty is not an alliance, while
Senator Borah and others of the
senate claim that it has a force
similar to alliances among European
nations.
BELGIANS IrnlEAIY
—
I BRUSSELS, July 30.—The for
eign affairs committee of the Bel
gian chamber of deputies has adopt
—!
ed a resolution ratifying the ter
man peace treaty without opposition
from any of the members.
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I
The steamer Alaska sailed from
Dawson yesterday for Xenana and
! Fairbanks with a heavy tow of rails
for the Alaskan Engineering com
{mission and a considerable general
cargo for Xenana and Fairbanks.
The Xenana freight consists of 275
tons of steel, 28 tons of general
j merchandise and 18 sacks of mail,
and that for Fairbanks includes 63
I sacks of mail and 66 tons of mer
chandise.
The passengers, most of whom
are booked through to Fairbanks, in
clude the following: Charles Oppen
heimer and wife, H. S. Wilson, Miss
Ollie Anderson, Clara Gerehand,
Herbert Wheeler, Jr., Evalin Wheel
er, Miss Holmes, Miss Florence
Gales.
Deputy Marshal Spencer and wife
are aboard the steamer, enroute to 1
Circle, Mrs. Spencer having just
returned from a trip to the States, i
J. J. Knebs is booked for Tanana.
The Alaska should reach Xenana 1
about next Monday. 1
TO SEATTLE MEET
SEATTLE, July 30.—Local Demo
crats are making preparations for
the arrival tomorrow of William Jen- 1
nings Bryan, who is enroute to this
city to attend the Chautaqua. A (
large delegation of the alt.nire.-s of f
the former secretary of state and1!
many times candidate for the presi- a
dency will meet Bryan upon his ar- •
rival here and provide entertainment *
for him during the time he is in |
the city. j
’STEAMER YUKON
LEAVES NENANA
AIM HOUR
The American-Yukon Navigation
company’s steamer Yukon, which
reached N'enana from Fairbanks at
an early hour this morning, sailed
for Dawson shortly after n o’clock,
taking a number of oldtime N'enana
residents, bound for the States, and
having three empty barges in tow.
The steamer will go direct to the
Yukon metropolis, where connec
tions will be made for the Outside.
The passengers boarding the
steamer at Xenana were:
For Seattle: Dr. and Mrs. David
II. More and son Charles, George
Kasoff.
For Skagway: Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Lund, Ira B. Bail, and H. B. Joseph.
For Tanana: Robert Alexander, I
Theo Luke, E. Johnson.
For Hot Springs: Game Warden
Steve Foster.
The outward-bound passengers in
transit from Fairbanks were:
For Seattle: Rev. and Mrs. H. H. j
Lumpkin and two sons, Harry Aber
le, G. F. Ackerman and wife, C. E.
Craig, Fred Hoerler, Mrs. A. J.
\\ iliiams, Vivian and Lois Hamilton,
daughters of Mrs. H. C. Hamilton ;
of Fairbanks; Miss Geneva McGown,
daughter of Arthur McGown.
For Tanana: T. B. Ferguson and
wife, Arthur Ear! Koontz.
For St. Michael: Charles F. ;
Johns, Peter Welholm.
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TEMPERATURE *
As reported by the government R
observation station, Xenana R
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Wednesday, July 30. R
Maximum .87 above R :
Minimum ..64 above R I
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MEXICANS WAN!
10 CONSOLIDATE
RIVAL FACTIONS
EL PASO, Tex., July 30.—A well
supported movement has been launch
ed in Mexico by the Mexican Lib
oral alliance to bring the various
j factions together under a single
i head and with a single purpose in
jview. The combination will include
jthe Carranza followers and the var
ious factions which have worked and
are now working against the Car
ranza regime.
j The aim of the advocates of the
alliance is to bring all Mexicans
j into one party which will be suffi
I ciently strong to oppose successfully
and quickly any future opposition
| movement that may be started, thur
'insuring a stable government for
Mexico and a return of normal con
ditions.
I
BERLIN, July 30. — Representa
tives of the Kolchak all-Russian gov
ernment have arrived in this citv
• i
for the purpose of protecting the j
interests of anti-Bolshevist Russians
in this country and elsewhere.
The visitors have been given the
assurance that they will be extend
ed every aid by the German au
thorities, and the German minister
of the interior is assisting in get
ting passports desired by Russians. ,
CUMMINS SURE
AMERICANS ARE
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 30—
“The great majority of the Ameri
jcan people, regardless of party af
j filiation, favor a speedy ratification
| of the peace treaty," declared
■ Homer S. Cummins, chairman of the
, Democratic National committee, up
on his return to this city last night
from a tour of the country which
took him to almost everv section of
!
| the United States, from the At
[ iantie to the Pacific, and from the
Canadian border to the Gulf.
Cummins has been on the go for
two months and during that time
has met and conversed with thou
sands of people in all stations of
life, besides being in almost daily
conference with party leaders in the
cities and towns visited by him. His
observations have convinced him
that President Wilson has the people
■with him in his fight for the ratifi
cation of the treaty and the League
of Nations covenant as transmitted
by him to the senate.
What the people want most of
all, Cummins says, is speedy action.
ROCK SLIDE FATAL
SEATTLE, July 30.—James D.
Webb, foreman at the Burnett coal
mine, was instantly killed on Mon
day by a slide which buried him
beneath 400 tons of rock and shale.
Three miners who stood near Webb
at the time of the accident escaped
unhurt.
Two hundred miners rushed to
the rescue of the buried foreman,
hoping that boulders near him
might have kept the weight of the
slide from his body. The rescuers
worked incessantly, but when the
body was finally recovered, it was
found to have been badly crushed
by the great weight.
WILSON TO REVIEW
FLEET IN SEPTEMBER
VASHINGTOX, D. C., July SO—
A'- eruing to information given out
at the White House this morning,
it is the intention of President Wil
son to eview the new Pacific fleet
son to review the new Pacific fleet
j September fourth or fifth.
; Secretary of the Navy Daniels
| will review the fleet at Los Angeles
on August ninth, upon the arrival
of the vessels there from Panama.
The fleet will conduct maneuvering
exercises near Los Angeles, and the
plans include visits at a number
of small ports while the warships
are leisurely making their way up
the California coast to the Golden
Gate.
| Owing to the delay in the arrival
jof the President on the Pacific
1 coast, it may become necessary for
; Secretary Daniels to abandon his
trip to Hawaii when the fleet visits
the islands.
LOS ANGELES LUCKY.
I LOS ANGELES, July 30.—The
change in the plans of President
Wilson may cause the Pacific fleet
to spend fully two weeks in this
locality, and great preparations are
being made for the entertainment
of the fleet officers and men during
their stay. The ships are to be
divided among the several beaches
near this city and hilarious times
'are anticipated.