CELEBRATE THE FOURTH IN NENANA
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Volume Two member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1919.
Number 65
' YANKEES CHASE REBELS FROM JUAREZ
VICKERS BIPLANE REACHES IRELAND SAFELY
. GERMANS TO GET REVISED TREATY TERMS TONIGHT
MEDICOS COME
10 RESCUE OF
NEW YORK, June 16.—The
American and Allied Medical asso
ciation, comprising all the various
schools of medicine, has come to
the support of the beer makers of
+ the United States with^a resolution
declaring that properly brewed lager
is absolutely essential in the treat
ment of certain cases. The asso
ciation favors the manufacture of
beer containing not in excess of two
and three-quarters per cent alcohol.
The association also maintains, in
the resolution, that light wines are
beneficial in eertan cases and should
not be made to come under the
{ prohibition ban.
The resolution was adopted today
at a genral convention of associa-1
tioh members and will be presented
to Congress with a view to securing
the repeal of the beer and light
wine clause of the war-time pro
hibition proclamation.
STAND 10 SENATE
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16.
—In reply to the request of the
senate for a copy of the full text
of the German treaty. President
Wilson has informed the members
of the upper house of Congress tha;
he did not consider it to be in the
public interest to transmit the
treaty, at the time of the adoption
of the resolution requesting him to
do so. At tha't time, he said, the
treaty terms were incomplete and
many delicate terms were still under
negotiation.
' COMMITTEE CUTS
OUT FLU REUEF;
r WASHINGTON, D. C., June 16.
—The conference committee to
which was referred the general de
ficiency bill carrying, among other
items, the Alaska railroad appro
priation, has stricken from the bill
an item of one hundred thousand
dollars for the relief of influenza
* sufferers in Alaska. This item was
attached to the bill by the senate
and is one of the points upon which
the house members of the committee
refuse to assent.
LARGE SUM TO, BE
SPENT BY CANADIANS
4 FOR ADVERTISING
WINNIPEG, Man.—Federal immi
gration officials, working with pro
vincial leaders, are trying to at
tract an American delegation to
the prairie province! this summer.
The plans anticipate a delegation
. including representatives from ev
ery state in the Union, members of
Congress and state officials. The
^ delegation would be provided with
a special train, which would tour
the West over one railway line and
return over another.
Becent report! from Ottawa stat
AMERICANS INTERRUPT
FIGHTING NEAR BORDER
EL PASO, June 1.—Compelled
to intervene to prevent further
bloodshed on the Texas side of the
Bio Grande, American troops -were
sent across the rrver into Juarez
yesterday to put a stop to the fight-,
ing between Carranza and Villista
troops. American colored .cavalry
men are now in hot pursuit of the
fleeing rebels, who took to their
heels when Yankee machine guns
opened fire on their headquarters
at the racetrack.
Rebel* Attack Jurea
After remaining in camp, just
outside the eity of Juarez, for sev
eral hours, the rebels under Gen
erals Villa and Angeles began their
attack'on the federal forces defend
ing the city and the fighting raged
fiercely for twenty-four hours. Bul
lets rained thickly upon the Ameri
can side of the river, but no notice
was taken of the encounter until
one of the shots, believed to have
■ been fired by a Villista sniper,
caused the death of a woman resi
' dent of this city.
| Then the order was issued for
American troops to cross to the
; Mexican side, and with a rush the
Yankees crossed the bridge and
! cleared the streets of Juarez of
•fighting gTeasers. Shrapnel was
; used to dislodge the rebels from
.their camp in the racetrack and
i cavalrymen were sent in pursuit
of the renegades when they took
flight toward the south.
The battle between the opposing
| Mexican forces resulted in heavy
i casualties on both sides, it being
estimated that fully two hundred of
: the rebels were killed. Many of the
deaths, however, were caused by
American shots, after the Americans
had crossed to the Mexican side
to prevent the Villistas from firing
I into El Paso.
Watching Border
Close watch is being maintained
at all points along the border to
j prevent incursions from the Mexican
side, in retaliation of the American
invasion at Juarez.
OVERTAKE REBELS
JUAREZ, June 16.—The Second
battalion of the Eighty-second field
artillery, which was dispatched to
the south of Juarez to reinforce
the colored cavalry troops, is re
ported to have engaged the Villistas
six miles southeast of this place.
Artillery fire soon put the rebels
to flight again, and it is believed
that no attempt will be made to
return to the border in this local’ty.
American cavalrymen are also re
ported to have engaged the rebels
near Yselta, twelve miles east of
El Paso.
AMERICANS KILLED
EL PASO, June 16.—The Sev
enth and Fifth cavalry regiments
were still in hot pursuit of tho
Viilista troops at noon today, the
chase taking them to the southwest
of Juarez. The rebels, it is be
lieved, are trying to reach cover
in the' mountains in that direction.;
War department officials are au
thority for the statement that two |
American soldiers were killed and
eight wounded during the fighting
at Juarez and to the south of that j
city.
i
NO MISUNDERSTANDING
WASHINGTON, D. C. June 16.
—Secretary Baker has issued a
statement in which he declares there
can be no misunderstanding be-,
tween the American and Mexican
governments as the result of the
American invasion of Mexico. The
American troops, he says, crossed j
the border solely to protect the
i American side of the border, in ac
■cordance with a distinct under
standing regarding such action in
case of emergency.
The statement further says that
the Yankee soldiers already have
withdrawn from Juarez and that the
American soil as soon as they chase
j the rebels into the mountains.
ed that the Dominion expected to
spend at least $1,000,000 this year
in attracting attention to the West
ern provinces.
HEAT INTERRUPTS
TOLEDO, June 16.—Terrific heat
has compelled a slowing down at
the training camps of Champion
Jess Willard and Challenger Demr
sey. The heavyweights continue to
take a certain amount of light
exercise, but heavy work is out of
the question.
The heat of the past two days
has helped Willard to lose four
pounds, bis present weight being
248 pounds.
LEAD IN COMMERCIAL
AIRPLANE DEVELOPMENT
CLAIMED BY BRITONS
LONDON.—The British press gen- ;
erally asserts that the commercial'
; development of .the airplane is mnch
; farther advanced in Great Britain
;than in any other country- Accord
ing to the American Chamber of
Commerce in London, a mail service
from Cairo to India is to be in
augurated. The air route already
has been surveyed and a route from
i Cairo to the Cape of Good Hope
: is being laid out.
Aerodromes are to be established
at suitable spots in the British Isles
'and British possessions and equip
ped with sound and light signals,
ballons, aerial buoys and wireless
telegraph and telephone outfits.
| “Already cargo airplanes are in
sight,” the Chamber of Commerce
| announces. f‘A huge British sea
plane of novel type equipped with
five motors has been flown, carry
ing six tons at 100 miles an hour.
Experiments are being made with
another having a carrying capacity
of nine tons.
NEW TREATY READY
FOR HUNS TONIGHT
VERSAILLES, June 16.—The re
vised treaty which has been pre
pared by the Allied conference for j
the Germans, has been completed j
and will be ready for transmission ■
to the German delegates early this
evening, after which they will have
five days in which to decide whether
or not to accept the terms in the
new form in which they will be
presented.
It is understood that the treaty
represents the final decision of the i
Allies and that no further discussion
will be tolerated or further ex- j
■B J.
tensions of time granted. At the
end of the five days permitted
for considerations, the. German re
ply must be in the hands of the
Allies or the armistice will be sus
pended.
Among the many treaty provisions
there is one granting permission to
the Germans to maintain an army
of 200,000 for a period of three
years.
Within a month the Allies are to
^ubmit to the Germans a list of
persons whom the Allies intend to
place on trial for responsibility for
£he war.
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FLIGHT TO JRELAND
MADE WITHOUT STOP
LONDON, June 16.—The Vickers'
Vimy biplane, which left St. Johns,
Newfoundland, at four o’clock on
Saturday afternoon, reached Ire
land at eight yesterday mornings
being just sixteen hours enroute.’j
The flight was successful in every'
respect, despite the fart that heavy
fogs were encountered on the way:
over.
Upon arrival at Ireland, Pilot
Alcock reported that the fog was
so thick at times that he and his
companion could not tell whether
they were flying right or wrong j
side up and once they found them
selves within thirty feet of the!
water. Later they rose to an al
titude of thirteen thousand feet
gnd it became so cold that Navi- j
gator Brown was compelled to i
climb from his seat several times j
to clear the ice from the petrol
gauge.
King Congratulate*
The successful aerial navigators,
to whom belongs the distinction of
being the first to cross the At
lantic by way of the Newfoundland
route, are the recipients of many
congratulatory messages. King
George, Lord Northcliffe and others
of prominence, have expressed their
delight over the achievement, and
Harry Hawker, the Australian, who
first attempted the flight, wired
Alcock that he considered it fine
that a Britisher had been first to
make the direct flight across the
ocean, unassisted by warships or
other aids.
American Helped
Lieut. Arthur Witten Brown, who
accompanied Captain Alcock as
navigator, is an American. Alcock,
who is a Britisher, acted as pilot.
The achievement of the two daring
aviators entitles them to the fifty
thousand dollar prize offered by!
the London Mail for the first suc
cessful flight across the Atlantic ‘
between Newfoundland and Eng- j
land.
IS LAID AT REST
TACOMA, June 16.—The body
of the late Governor Ernest Lister, *
i
whose death occurred at Seattle.
on Saturday, was laid at rest in.
this city this afternoon, the final
services being very largely attended
by friends and admirers of the
popular executive, who was buried
with military honors. The salute
was fired by Washington troops.
The body, during the time it lay
in state in this city, was guarded
by a detachment of troops. The
funeral services were held at two
o’clock this afternoon.
NEW PRESIDENT OF
URUGUAY KEEPS PROMISE
MADE TO SMALL BOY
MONTEVIDEO.—One of the first
acts of Dr. Baltasar Brum on as
suming the presidency of Uruguay
was to substitute a little street
urchin for the brightly uniformed
military guard that has been sent
to his residence, in keeping with a
custom of long standing. The bov
used to sell lottery tickets and
newspapers to Dr. Brum at the cen- ^
tral railway station. Three years i
ago he told Dr. Brum, “When you
get to be president, I want to be
your doorkeeper.”
Dr. Brum smiled at the prophe-,
cy and said if such a thing ever ■
happened to him he would not for
get the request. Just after his in
auguration, Dr. Brum sent for the
boy and kept bis promise.
PRESIDENT HAS
DETERMINED 10
WASHINGTON, L. 0., June 16
—Immediately following his arrival
in this country from Fiance, Presi
dent Wilson will suu: on a speak
ing tour of the Stares, witn the ob
ject of arousing public nitr'-est n
and support for the proposed
League of Nations, ahicli the Re
publican members oi tne senate ap
pear reluctant to ratify.
Secretaray Tumulty is authority
for the statement that the President
has decided upon such a course,
and states further that he has ar
ranged a tentative itinerary, sub
ject to the approval of the President
v-pon his return to the capital.
Democratic leaders declare that
the American public already is
favorable to the League of Nations
proposition, and it is believed by
them that it will he possible for
the President to crcaie an over
whelming sentiment in favor of the
plan, sufficient to force the sen
ators to fall into line.
OUTFIT IS LOST
IN CHENA RIVER
A prospecting party consisting of
Ed New, Jack Smith and Chas. Lag
)er reached Fairbanks late Satur
day from the upper Chena river,
where they were engaged in a
search for hard rock. They report
that their entire outfit, consisting
of camp equipment, blankets and
guns, and a quantity of ore samples
which they had gathered, were lost
as the result of an encounter with
a sweeper on the South Fork, the
mishap almost costing them their
lives as well as their outfit. They
recovered their boat some distance
down stream and completed their
voyage in it, but they were unable
to recover any of the lost outfit
The men will get a new outfit
together and return to the upper
Chena within a short time to gather
more samples. They did their pros
pecting about 130 miles from Fair
banks.
BOIL THE WATER IS
ADVICE OF DR. MORE
Dr. David H. More has issued a
general warning to the people of
Nenana to boil all the water used
for drinking purposes. This pre
caution should be taken, the doctor
says, until the Tanana river level
has dropped to normal, the present
high water being a source of danger
to wells.
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* TEMPERATURE *
As reported by the government H
*1 observation station, Nenana *t
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•? Sunday, June 15 P
•t Maximum .45 above *
*t Minimum .63 above *
Monday, June 16 •*
** Maximum .. 44 above *
* Minimum .. 58 above
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