WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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NENANA. ALASKA. MONDAY. JULY 7, 1919.
Number 82
ENGLAND MAY GET NEW GOVERNMENT
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL A WAITING NAME OF WILSON
ITALIANS FORCE FOOD PRICE DOWN WITH ROME RIOTS
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CRAZY STIES
ARE DENIED BY
TOLEDO PRESS
TOLEDO, O., July 7.—According
to an announcement made through
local papers today, there is abso
lutely no truth to the rumor that
Jess Willard is dead from a bursted j
blood vessel. In fact, the former |
champion is not even crazy, as re-;
ported erroneously shortly after the j
big battle.
As a matter of fact, the an-j
nounc-ement says, Willard has re- ]
tired from the public gaze, pending i
recovery from the injuries received'
during the ring encounter. When j
his wounds heal, it is his intention j
to motor to his home, accompanied :
by his wife, who is by his side con-;
stantly, attending to his injuries.
HALF A MILLION.
It is believed now that the Wil- ]
lard-Dempsey gate receipts will total j
under $500,000, although it is im- j
possible to get a line on the fig- j
ures at this time. Rickard is not j
giving out any information just now,'
but it is expected that he will have ;
a statement ready within a few days,
at which time he may also announce
his plans for the future.
TRAIL IS NOT HURT
BY ROAD FUND CUT
Superintendent Morrison, of the
Alaska Road commission, who was in
Fairbanks last week, is authority for
the statement that the failure of
Congress to gTant the request for
additional funds for wagon roads in
Alaska will not alter the plans of
the commission with regard to con
templated work on the Fairbanks
C'h'tina post road.
Practically every other project in
the territory will suffer, however,
owing to lack of funds to prosecute
the work planned.
LADIES’ AID TO MEET
AT MANSE TOMORROW
The regular monthly meeting of
the Ladies’ Aid society will be held
tomorrow afternoon at the Presby
terian manse, where the members
will be the guests of Mrs. J. H.
Steele. The meeting will start at
the usual hour.
The meeting was to have been
held last week, but on account of
the celebration activities the' ladies
decided to postpone the meeting for
one ■week.
ROME RIOTERS
FORCE DEALERS
TO CUE PRICES
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ROME. July 7.—The high cost of j
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living has been materially reduced ;
in this city as the result of the
drastic action taken by the popu
lace when high prices threatened to
cause the death of thousands
through inability to continue to buy
food.
The action against the price fixers
took the form of riots, in which the j
people enthusiastically joined as a
protest against a continuation of
existing intolerable conditions. Many
shops throughout the city were ran
sacked, and wholesale confiscation I
was 'threatened until prices took a ■
sharp drop.
The rioters organized chambers of I
labor and conducted a systematic j
campaign against food speculators, ]
whom they call “starvers of the peo-J
pie.”
FOURTH OF JULY BILLS
WANTED BY COMMITTEE !
—
Those having bills against the i
Fourth of July celebration commit- j
tee are requested to- present them to j
Secretary H. B. Joseph before Wed- |
nesday noon, so that they may be j
given prompt attention. The bills ,
will be considered at a meeting of
the finance committee to be held on
Wednesday evening and disposed o: ;
at a general meeting of the Com- j
mercial club to be held on Fridav
evening.
Failure to have bills in the hands j
sf the secretary on Wednesday may !
result in the delay of their settle- I
■nent, so compliance with the re- |
auest is important. The officers of ;■
:'ne celebration are particularly anx- j
ous to submit a complete report, so I
hat all business connected with the j
celebration may be disposed of this
week, and a full accounting ren- |,
iered to the public.
Mrs. Katherine Nolte, who taught j
=choo! at Fox last year, has been j
added to the teaching staff of the
Fairbanks school. The Fox school
aoard has not yet selected a suc
cessor to take the place of Mrs. j
Volte. *
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TELEPHONE GIRLS
WORK FOR MOONEY
TACOMA. July 7.—The striking M
telephone workers of this city took
a prominent part in the Fourth of (
July Mooney demonstration in this ji
city, doing their utmost to involve J (
the city in a general strike, as a!i
protest against the imprisonment of';
the man convicted of the San Fran- i
cisco Preparedness Day bomb out-,1
rage. The Mooney parade was led j
by telephone girls, and in the parade 1
tere thousands of shipyard workers. .
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The shipyard workers jammed the ,
lowntown streets, endeavoring to ,
orce a Mooney strike, and a crowd ,
if Mooney admirers congregated be
ore the police station in a men
icing attitude. Efforts were also s
nade to interfere with the streetcar ■,
raffic, but without material success. ! i
The Meta! Trades council refused i
o call a strike.
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BILL AWAITS SIGNATURE
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 7—
The sundry civil bill, carrying an
appropriation of two million and
thirty-eight thousand dollars for the
Alaska railroad, is awaiting the sig
lature of President Wilson, and
probably will be disposed of tomor
row night.
There are many bills ready for
the official signature, the desk of
the President being piled high with
measures passed since the President
left for Europe.
BALLOON ARRIVES
FROM OTHER SIDE
MINEOLA, X. Y., July 7.—'The ;
British dirigible R-34, which left
Scotland during the early morning
tours of July 2d, on the first trans
atlantic balloon flight ever attempt
?d from the Furopean side of the
jcean, arrived here yesterday, and
^reparations are now being made
for the return flight, by way of
Spain. It is possible the start will:
oe made tomorrow, the balloon sel
ling a course direct for the Spanish
mast.
As a side feature, the dirigible
nay give an exhibition flight, taking
n New York, Washington, Balti
nore, and Philadelphia, before start
ing across the Atlantic on the re
turn to England.
After the balloon had landed
here, a gust of wind tore the big
craft loose from its moorings, break
ing the girder to which it had been
fastened, and threatening to carry
it out to sea, unmanned.
Spectators rushed to the rescue of
the balloon, fully three hundred men
grasping ropes hanging from the
sides and holding on tightly until a
new and secure mooring was made.
Special orders issued by the navy
cleared the air for the dirigible yes
terday and insured a safe landing.
The orders prohibited all aviators
from flying above or within one mile
ox the visitor while approaching this
city. This precaution was taken so
as to prevent any possible mishap.
JONES SAYS ROAD
MUSI GEI MONEY
SEATTLE, July 7.—Senator Wes
dy L. Jones has just arrived in this
city from the national capital and
expresses deep regret over the fail
ire of Congress to appropriate the
idditional funds requested by the
Vlaskan Engineering commission.
Jones says he is sorry the delay
ias occurred, but declares emphati
cally that the railroad must be
inanced adequately eventually, and
■xpresses the hope that a way will
>e found to obtain additional funds
;oon.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 7.—
t is understood that President Wil
on is desirous of the senate as
embling in open session when he
resents the treaty and League of
Cations covenant for the considera
ion of the lawmakers.
The President probably will leave
he capital next week on a tour of
he country, for the purpose of
sublicly discussing the treaty and
he proceedings of the Paris peace
onference.
Miss Leota Scott, daughter of Mr.
ind Mrs. J. H. Scott of this city, is
in incoming passenger on the steam
er Yukon, to spend the summer in
Cenana. Miss Scott has been at
ending school in the States.
BATTLE PICTURES
APPEAR ON COAST
SAN FRANCISCO, July 7.—Half
tone reproductions of the Willard
Dempsev fight made their appear
ance in progressive local newspapers
within fifty-five hours after the con
clusion of the fight, conceded to be
the greatest stroke of newspaper en
terprise recorded in this country.
The appearance of the fight pic
tures so soon after the battle, at a
distance of more than two thousand
miles from the scene of the contest,
was made possible by the use of fast
mail trains and airplanes, the use
of the latter marking a decided step
forward in rapid transit.
The pictures were taken at vari
ous stages of the fight, and fur
nished conclusive evidence of the
complete collapse of the former
champion.
COLUMBUS, O., July 7. — The
state board of moving picture cen
sors, after reviewing the screened
reproduction of the Willard-Demp
sey ring battle, has refused to grant
permission to show the pictures in
the state of Ohio.
Chairman Maurice Hague explains
in a statement given to the press
today that such human butchery as
took place at Toledo should not be
shown where boys and girls may see
it.
It is expected that other states
will follow the example of the local!
board.
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PRESIDENT HAS
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 7.— /
Chairman Graham, of the special |
house committee appointed to in-!
vestigate the expenditures of the
war department during the past!,
year, makes the charge that Presi- ;
dent Wilson organized a council of:1
national defense before the United :
States entered the war, in absolute ,:
violation of the law.
That action on the part of the I
President, declares Graham, amount
ed to the creation of a soviet gov
ernment of the United States, which '
formulated war legislation, dictated f
the policies for the country, and
befriended big business.
Graham declared further that the 1
executives of the council dictated
America's every war measures longl
before Congress passed upon the j
measures.
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PIONEERS WILL HOLD
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BUSY SESSION TONIGHT
The regular monthly meeting- of j;
Xenana igloo, Xo. 17, Pioneers of j:
Alaska, will take place tonight at]'
Union hall, for the transaction of,
noth accumulated business, the mostil
important of which will be the i
election of a new president to sue- 1
ceed John H. Flower, who is now
enroute to the Koyukuk country to :
take charge of the X. 0. store at j i
Betties. ]
Another matter of interest to the ’
members will be the reading of re- p
ports of grand igloo proceedings, !i
and the new password will be com
municated to the member^ present.
The meeting wdll be called to or-(J
der at 8 o’clock.
BASEBALL SERIES ENDS
IN VICTORY FOR REGS
The series of baseball games
played at Fairbanks for a cup and
a prize of $50, came to an end on
Sunday with a victory for the Reg
ulars, the Colts being defeated in
the final game by a score of 7 to 0.
The $50 prize was spent on a
dinner for all the players last night
at the New' Model, places being set
for 25.
The steamer Yukon, enroute from
Dawson to Fairbanks, left Tanann
his morning at 4 o'clock with the
>arge Beaver in tow, and is sehed
lled to reach Xenana sometime
Wednesday. The cargo includes 190
ons of freight for the Alaskan En
rineering commission and local mer
•hants, and it is expected that con
siderable time will be spent here
lischarging cargo. It is even pos
sible that the boilers will be washed
lere, in which event the boat will
>e in port 24 hours.
The following passengers are com
ng up river on the Yukon:
For Xenana: Miss Leota Scott,
3. Abbott, Erick Julian, Mrs. M.
iVaechter.
For Fairbanks: Martin Knuppe.
Urs. A1 F. Raynor, J. R. McEllorey,
C. Wolf anil wife, Mrs. Char
otte Cameron, Otto Arnold, Mrs.
Dave Caseaden, Mrs. Chas. Ostrom
md two children, Henry T. Wili
ams and three children. Miss Vera
X'ichols, George Sharp.
Senator J. R. Heckman and wife,
if Ketchikan, who are touring the
nterior, were among the Yukon'*
lassengers leaving Dawson, but it is
lot known if they are coming up
he Tanana river at this time. Tt
s possible that they will go to th*'
ower Yukon first, returning to the
Dutside by way of the Fairbanks
fhitina trail.
This is the first voyage of the
teamer Yukon up the Tanana river
his season, the regular schedule
laving been interfered wift1 by the
didnight Sun excursion, on which
he h ukon was detailed earlier in
he summer.
The Douse launch Victory left
■’a:rbanks at 1 o’clock today, with
everal passengers for Xenana.
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? Sunday, July 6. X
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Monday, July 7. X
’ Maximum .66 above x
' Minimum 52 above x
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ENGLAND MAY HAVE
SOVIET GOVERNMENT
XEW YORK, July 7.—In the
opinion of William Allen White, edi
tor of the Emporia Gazette, who
has just returned from abroad, Eng
land will be the first country on
the other side of the Atlantic to
have an established soviet govern
ment. This new government, he
predicts, will be a royal soviet, es
tablished without disorder and with- j
out the king losing his job.
The king of England, declares
White, is now playing with the radi
cals, with the Prince of Wales vis
iting the poor of the country and
caring for their needs.
White predicts that great things
are about to happen in Europe as
a result of the general unrest and
unsettled conditions.