WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
♦ Volume Two member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 29. 1919.
Number 10!
SENATE GETS FRANCO AMERICAN PACT
WINDY CITY RACE RIOTS BECOMING SERIOUS
FIFTFFN THOUSAND CHICAGO STREETCARMEN STRIKE
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WASHINGTON, D. C , July £9.-- j
Senatoi Charles S. Thomas, Demo- j
i erat, of Colorado, informed the |
members of the senate this morning j
that he had reached no decision re
garding the German peace treaty.
He said he doubted the merits of the
League of Nations, but hoped the
war had uplifted human morality
and intellect sufficiently to make
permanent peace possible, as sug
gested by the league covenant. He
* declared, however, that he had been
unable thus far to see any evidence
of such a change.
Senator Gay, of Louisiana, ad
dressed the senate with words of
praise for the proposed league, de
claring it to be a practical applica
tion of the principles of the Ameri
. can government to the problems of
i
reconstruction of the world.
The senator eulogized President
Wilson for his work at Paris and
declared that American sentiment is
demanding the ratification of the
treaty.
EXCURSIONISTS SAIL
ON STEAMER TANANA
Quite a number of Fairbanksans,
who came to Nenana on Saturday to
attend the baseball series, were
homeward-bound passengers on the
steamer Tanana, which sailed forj
the upper town shortly after eleven ]
o’clock last night, after a stay of:
more than twenty-four hours in port, \
washing boilers and discharging ar- j
go. The Tanana had the cold stor- •
age barge McNab and the Arizona:
in tow.
The list of excursionists included
Mrs. Ruth Wilson, Territorial Road
Commissioner Robert E. Sheldon,
Territorial Mine Inspector Robert J.
Sommers, R. C. Wood, president of
the First National Bank of Fair
banks; Miss Pearl Peterson, Mrs.
Fred Levins, Fred Strothers. Other
passengers aboard the boat were R
WILSON URGES SENATE
TO GIVE FRANCE WORD
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 29.—
Notwithstanding the fact that Presi
dent Wilson announced several days
ago that he would not produce the
Franeo-American treaty for the con
sideration of the senate until his
return to Washington from a tour
of the country, the executive today
transmitted the special document to
the upper chamber of Congress, ac
companied by a note urging the
members to ratify the treaty along
with the treaty with Germany.
In his note of explanation, the
President informed the senators that
the Franco-American treaty pledges
America to go to the aid of France
in the event of unprovoked German
aggression. He said further that he
believed the German treaty provid
ed adequate protection to France,
but that the years immediately
; ahead contain many incalculable pos
sibilities.
The special treaty is intended as
a supplement to the German agree
ment, which provides for its ar
rangement under the League of Na
tions covenant.
By pledging support to France,
the President pointed out, America
would prove herself faithful to the
utmost to the high obligations of
gratitude toward France. In con
clusion, the President reminded the
; lawmakers that “We owe France
much.”
Speaking Tour Delayed.
The transmission of the special
Franco-American treaty to the sen
ate at this time ;s believed to have
! been the result of the President’s
decision to postpone his speaking
tour on account of the excessive
heat. It is probable that he will
not leave for the West until the
middle of August.
L. Vining, Mrs. Andy Johnson, Mrs.
George Green, Rev. Frederick Drane.
Upon arrival at Fairbanks, the
crew of the Tanana will transfer to
the Reliance for a voyage to the
t’j';>er Tanana river witn freight for
Tanana Crossing and Healey river.
NEW FORM OF ROBBERY
FOLLOWS PROHIBITION
LOS ANGELES.—On the heels of
\ prohibition has come a new form
1 of robbery which has been suceess
| fully tried out here on a local
! grocer.
i Two men appeared in his estab
lishment having all the earmarks of
'being traveling salesmen. They in
i formed the grocer they were selling
ia number of new drinks that were
j being introduced on the market, and
which, while strictly within the law,
|had some of the properties of the
I banned liquids, and asked him to
j sample them.
When the grocer later awoke in a
j receiving hospital he was informed
I that he had been drugged and his
| store robbed.
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Alois Friedrich, the well-known
| Fairbanks carpenter, had the misfor
t tune yesterday to sever an artery
; in his left arm while at work on
j Isabel creek. Luther Hess' auto was
sent after the injured man, but be
: fore he reached the hospital he was
’very weak from loss of blood. His
'condition today is not serious.
—
Kenan*—The Gateway to McXinley
Vattenal Park. _
CARMEN STRIKING
FOR HIGHER WAGES
CHICAGO, July 29.—A strike of I
local traction employes, involving
15,000 men, has demoralized surface :
and elevated transportation in this
city, the tieup being one of the
most keenly felt in the history of
Chicago transportation troubles. The
streets are jammed with jitneys and
auto-busses seeking to relieve the
congestion, but their number and
facilities are unequal to the occa
sion. with the result that many
thousands of businessmen, clerks,
and department store workers were
compelled to walk to their estab
lishments this morning, through the
I sweltering heat. The heat and the
number of pedestrians had increased
by noon, and it is expected that eve
mine will brine even greater par
alysis.
The carmen are demanding an in
crease in pay to 85 cents an hour,
for an eight-hour day, and six hours
on Sunday.
A mass meeting of the strikers
held last night shouted approval of
the walkout, despite the efforts of
union officials to hold the men in
their places pending a settlement
A number of the union officials fa
vor a compromise.
! WASHINGTON, D. C., July 29.—
| In a statement made before the
|house military committee this after
I noon, Secretary of War Baker in
formed the lawmakers that the Ara
Jerican army of occupation would be
Ivery materially reduced after Sep
tember first. The statement of the
jsecretary was supported by figures
1 which he submitted to the commit
tee, with the request, however, that
(they bk withheld from publication
;for the present.
The Allied army of occupation,
i after the bulk of the Yankees have
j been withdrawn, will be composed
'largely of French and Belgian sol
idiers, many of whom are already on
jduty in the occupied area.
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PROMINENT MEN WILL
ADDRESS INDUSTRIAL
CONGRESS AT CALGARY
CALGARY, Alta.—Western Can
ada will hold an industrial congress
I at Calgary and other cities August
111-16. Over 20,000 American man
jufacturers and industrial leaders
lhave been asked to attend. Officials
| of the congress expect 10,000 to at
jtend from Canada and the United
| States.
j Samuel Gompers, president of the
iAmerican Federation of Labor; Rob
tert Dollar, San Francisco steamship
I man; Henry Ford, automobile manu
jfacturer, and Premier Borden of
I Canada are expected to be among
| the speakers.
| Friendly relations existing be
tween Canada and the United States
I will be strengthened by the con
egress, it is believed. The congress,
it is expected, will be the greatest
-of its kind ever held in Canada.
The program includes a tour of
jthe province of Alberta, commenc
ing at Medicine Hat and ending at
I Banff, a noted health resort of the
(Canadian Rocky mountains.
Peter Grandison. of the Commis
sion store force, returned to town
last evening from a trip out the
line, south of town, on official busi
ness.
1
OLDTIMERS ARE
READY 10 MAKE
CAMP AIHYDER
The gold and silver ledges which
have been uncovered at the head of
Portland canal, south of Juneau, are
attracting the attention of many
oldtimers in Seattle and along the
Alaska coast, according to Dick Mor
ris, who says that he met a number
of Northerners in the Puget sound
city who were getting ready to visit
the new camp, which is so close to
the boundary' that it has not yet
been fully determined whether the
business of the district will be trans
acted on the American or the Can
adian side.
Most of the business of the new
district at present goes to Stewart,
on the Canadian side of the line,
but there are some threatening mud
flats in front of the town and the
Americans are trying to direct at
tention to Hyder, on the American
side. It is claimed by many that
Hyder is the natural outlet for the
camp and a determined effort, it is
understood, is to be made to make
that town the outfitting point, in
stead of Stewart, on the Canadian
side.
At the time Mr. and Mrs. Morris
started North, Jack Heath, formerly
of Fairbanks, was in Seattle petting
a stock of dry goods together to
take into the Portland Canal coun
try, and he did his best to induce
Mr. Morris to go in with a stock of
provisions.
On the way North, Mr. Morris
heard other encouraging reports, one
'of which came from Ed Fernald,
well-known former Interiorite, who
is now at Stewart. He had written
to Joe Green, until recently in the
employ of the A. E. C. at Camp 415,
and to Senator Dan Sutherland, urg
ing them to come at once to the
| new camp, and they were thinking
(seriously of following Fernald’s ad
vice.
| The Portland Canal district is
! considerably off the course follow-ed
iby Alaska steamers, so that it was
difficult to obtain reliable informa
tion regarding conditions there.
Prince Rupert is the nearest town oh
the regular line of travel, and the
camp is a considerable distance north
of that place, at the head of Port-;
land canal.
FINGERPRINTS OF ALL
SHOULD BE ON FILE,
SAYS POLICE OFFICIAL
LOS ANGELES.—The most-men-'
tioned man in modern newspaper
writing—“the unidentified man”—
would become extinct and crime al
most disappear, in the opinion o:'
George K. Home, captain of detec-(
tives in the Los Angeles police de
partment, and scheduled to become
chief of police, if every person were !
to leave on file with the authorities
his fingerprints and Bertillon mea
I
surements.
This, declared Captain Home,
would make possible the identifica
tion of all persons murdered or kill
ed in accidents, prevent mistakes in
i the identity of babies try hospital
attendants, and prevent criminals
from assuming, successfully, the
i identity of honest citizens.
, VICTORY IS DELAYED;
WILL SAIL TOMORROW
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1 Captain Douse, of the launch Vic- ■
tory, has advised The News that he
could not get away from Fairbanks’
today, owing to the necessity of
'making repairs to his craft. But he
| says he will surely start down river
[tomorrow and will bring the mail
jwith him if it does not reach the
jupper town in time to make the
j steamer Yukon. j
HOUSE ADOPTS
PLAN 10 HELP
SEATTLE, July 28.—A Washing
on dispatch to the Post-Intelligencer
oday says that the lower house of
?ongress has approved a resolution
ntroduced by Representative Vestal
>f Virginia, giving Wiekersham 10
lays from yesterday in which to
ntroduce evidence in his delegate
contest. Grigsby ako has -10 days
"or the introduction of evidence,
end Wiekersham is to have an ad
litional 10 days for the introduction
}f evidence in rebuttal.
The resolution gives Wiekersham
authority to examine 40 soldiers,
who are to be assembled at Valdez
for the purpose of the examination.
The original resolution, which was
vigorously opposed by Grigsby be
fore the house elections committee,
required the soldiers to tell ho v
they voted. Grigsby contended that
Congress had no right to compel
soldiers to tell how they voted at
an election, and this contention was
upheld by the committee.
PACIFIC FLEE! MAY
BE HELD AT FRISCO
WASHINGTON, D. <\. July 29
It is considered likely that the Pa
cific fleet, which was to have been
joined at Seattle by President Wil
son, will now be held at San Fran
cisco, pending the arrival of the
President in California. This change
in the fleet program, it is stated,
may result from the postponement
of the President's start on his speak
ing tour.
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* TEMPERATURE «
•t As reported by the government
*? observation station, Nenana *t
H ___— P>
Tuesday, July 29. *
•t Maximum 89 above 9
9 Minimum .53 above 9
CHICAGO RIOTS ARE
SPREADING RAPIDLY
CHICAGO, July 29.—Rioting be
tween white and negro residents of
I
'this city is assuming alarming pro
portions. A score of clashes oc
curred last night, and despite the
efforts of the city police to prevent
bloodshed, several members of the
opposing factions were killed. Sev
eral hundred special officers were
sworn in today, and should the riot
| ing assume serious proportions to
night, troops will be used to quell
the disorders. Four thousand sol
diers have been given orders to
hold themselves in readiness to take
charge of the situation.
I
In the rioting which occurred this
morning on Adams and Wabash
streets, in the heart of the down
town section, one colored rioter was
killed and two wounded. The total
deaths since the trouble started two
nights ago are thirteen whites and
(eight negroes, with hundreds wound
The disorders have spread to the
North Side, where the whites are
making it hot for the colored resi
dents encountered in that quarter
of the city, and to the Loop sec
tion, where several battles are re
ported to have occurred during the
i day.