CELEBRATE THE FOURTH IN NENANA
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Volume Two member of associated press
NENANA. ALASKA. THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1919.
Number 80
TREATY AGREEMENT PROTECTS FRANCE
CROWDS AWAIT START OF CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT
4 NENANA_
WICK ATTEMPTS
TO DELAY WORK
AT WASHINGTON
SEATTLE, July 3—A Washing
ton special to the Times, of this
city, says that Wickersham tried to
prevent the seating of Delegate
Grigsby by representing to Congress
* that the returns from the special
election were incomplete. He failed
to inform the lawmakers of the fact
that a special law had been passed
by the territorial legislature mak- j
ing it possible to receive returns at
Juneau by telegraph. Instead, he
contended that the returns could not
be complete at the time, owing to
the great distances some of the re
turns would have to travel to reach '
the canvassing board.
WTien the telegraphic provision
was explained by Grigsby, former
Speaker Champ Clark moved that
he be seated, and the motion was
carried without a dissenting vote.
Both Grigsby and Wickersham are
going to Alaska to take testimony
in the contest which has been filed
by Wickersham. and it is believed
at Washington, according to the
* Times’ special, that the matter will
not be decided until after the com
pletion of the next session.
OFFICERS BACK
FROM FOMA
WITH FUR HAUL
'
Deputy Marshal Hagen and Game
Warden Steve Foster returned from
the Vachon trading post at Tolo
vana late yesterday afternoon,
bringing with them six hundred and
ninety-nine beaver pelts which were
found by the officers in mali sacks,
ready for shipment to the States.
The sacks were opened under spe
cial authority from Washington, ob
tained by Marshal Erwin. A total
of 43 sacks were opened.
According to Deputy Marshal
Hagen, the furs were the property
of Peter Vachon and were turned
over to the postoffice at Tolovana
by him. This information was ob
tained from Mrs. John Vachon, who
is postmaster at Tolovana. The
furs will be held by the authorities
pending the receipt of orders from
headquarters.
Just what action will be taken
against Peter Vachon is not known
here, but it is understood that there
are several charges which can be
placed against him. the most seri
ous of which is attempted use of
the mails for the shipment of furs
obtained in violation of the law.
The case, it is understood, is now
being considered by the district at
torney at Fairbanks, and the action,
if any is taken, will be handled by
that office.
Peter Vachon is at present in
Fairbanks.
NEW YORK, July 3.—The com
ing of prohibition in this city has
had the effect of greatly increasing
the consumption of water, as a Lev
erage. Statistics compiled by pro- j
CELEBRA
libition workers show that the con
umption of water on the first
•dry" day was greater by twenty
hree million gallons than the daily
iverage consumption prior to the
oming of prohibition.
The charge of “drunk and dis
irderly" also has practically dis
ippeared from the police court ree
>rds.
BALLOON MAKES
LONDON, July 3.—The British
lirigible R-34 is progressing steadi
y across the Atlantic toward St.
fohn’s, according to wireless ad
rices received from the balloon this
norning. The craft is now half
vay across the ocean, and expects
o reach St. John’s sometime to
norrow. After a brief stop at that
)lace, the voyage will be resumed
:o Long Island, the destination of
he daring navigators.
ALL IS WELL.
ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, July
S.—Wireless advices received from
he R-34 today state that all on
joard are well and that the flight
s being made without difficulty.
Preparations are being made here
:o give the British navigators a
royal reception.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 3 —
Official Washington is slowing down
■ omewhat in anticipation of the re
turn of President Wilson. Wireless
idvices received from the presiden
tial ship George Washington today
indicate that the vessel will arrive
on Tuesday.
The President is scheduled to at
tend a public reception at Carnegie
lail immediately upon his arrival,
svhere he will make a brief talk.
\fter the reception, he will proceed
iirect to Washington.
PHONE STRIKERS
HOPEFOR TIEUP
SEATTLE, July 3.—There is lit
tle change in the telephone situa
tion today. The strikers are hold
ing out firmly and are hopeful of
being able to tie up the entire
Northwest phone service before the
end of this week. In the meantime,
company officials are making a su
preme effort to keep the service
working, but they are meeting with
only partial success.
Loth sides are confident of win
ning and neither is showing any
signs of weakness.
CUMMINS IS URGED
TO OUST BURLESON
SEATTLE, July 3.—Since the ar
rival of Democratic Chairman Ho
mer S. Cummins, many petitions
have been handed to him, asking the
removal of Postmaster General Bur
leson.
In an address delivered last night,
Cummins predicted a victory for the
Democrats at the next election.
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T10N BEGINS TONI'
CELEBRATION PLANS "
INSURE GREAT TIME
The patriotic exercises which will j
start the celebration tomorrow j
morning, commencing at ten o'clock, ]
promise to prove more than or- j
dinarily entertaining, the member? j
of the committee in charge of that
feature of the celebration having i
given especial care to the arrange
ment of the program, with a view
to making it "different.”
The program will open with the
singing of "America,” by everybody, j
followed by the reading of the Dec
laration of Independence by one of
N’enana’s young men. Then will
come the "Liberty Bell,” a patri
otic recitation, by one of Xenana's
young ladies, followed by the ora
tion of the day, delivered by U. S.
Commissioner R. S. McDonald. The
next number will be a pageant by
public school pupils, followed by the
singing of “The Star-Spangled Ban
ner,” led by school children and a
group of adult singers, and con
cluding with the raising of the Vic
tory flag to the top of the mast at
the foot of A street.
The committee in charge of the
exercises is composed of Robert
Joseph Diven and J. A. Slippem.
, Following is the complete list of
i events:
JULY 3.
Grand ball at Union hall—10 p.
m.
JULY 4.
! Exercises—10 a. m.
Track events—1 to 5 p. m.
Free-for-all motor boat race—7 (
P- m.
Canoe race — Squaws—8 p. m.
First. ST.50; second, $2.50.
“Cleopatra.” special ten-reel fea
ture. at the Coliseum—9 p. m.
JULY 5.
Baseball game. Soldiers vs. Civil
ians—9:30 a. m. First prize, S50;
second prize, S25.
Greased pig will be turned loose
on the ball grounds immediately
after the game, for a prize of $20.
Track events (Concluded! 1 p. m.
Tug of War.
Greased Pole.
Slippery Boom.
Handicap motor boat race—7 p.m.
Canoe race—Men. First, $10.00;
second, $5.00.
“Sporting Blood,” special five-reel
feature, at the Coliseum—9 p. m.
Independence Day dance, given
I under the auspices of the Nenana
Commercial club—11 p. m.
TRACK EVENTS.
Starting July 4 at 1 p. m. and
ending at 5:30 p. m. Continued on
■July 5 at 1 p. m. and ending at
; 5 p. m.
50-yard dash, open—First, $10;
second, $5.
75-yard dash, men over 50—$15,
to.
100-yard dash, open—$15, $5.
75-vard dash, fat men (over 220)
—$15, $5.
100-yard dash, boys under 17—
$7.50, $5.
Three-legged race, 50 yards, boys
under 14—$6, $2.
Sack race, boys under 12—$6. $2.
Sack race, open—S7.50, $5.
Sack race, girls—$3, $2.
220-yard dash, open, $15, $5.
Running broad jump—$10, $5.
Running high jump—$10 $5.
Pole vault—$15, $5.
One-mile match race, George Tay
lor against Melville Cooney and
Norman Russell, for side bet of $25
and special prize of $25.
120-yard hurdle race, open—$15,
$5.
Ladies’ baseball throwing contest
—$7.50, $5.
Finding shoe race, girls under 12
—$3, $2.
Finding shoe race, boys under 12
—$3, $2.
50-yard dash, boys under 17—
$5, $3.
Running high -jump, boys urrder
17—$5, $3.
Shot put—$10, $5.
Obstacle race, boys under 17—
$5, $3.
Women’s race, 50 yards—$10, $5.
Women's nail-driving contest
$7.50. $5.
Pie-eating contest—$3, $2.
Doughnut-eating contest—S3, $2.
Special relay race, women and
men—$10, $5.
N'eedle-threading race—$5, S3.
Equipment race—$7.50, $5.
Pack-a-back race—$10, $5.
One-mile race, open, $20. $7.50.
Tug of war—$150. (If more
than two teams $100, to winner.
$50 to second.)
Slippery boom—$20.
Greased pole—$15.
The work of preparing A street
for the celebration was taken in
hand today, and everything will be
in readiness for the start early to
morrow. Benches will line both
sides of the street, between First
and Second, it being the plan of the
committee to have two rows of sea s
for the particular accommodation
of the women and children. The
men standing behind will have an
unobstructed view of the races and
other events which will follow each
other in rapid succession through
out the afternoons of the Fourth
and Fifth. The track events will
start at one o’clock tomorrow and
continue until five, and there is
reason to believe that some very
exciting contests will be witnessed.
Reports from the native village
state that a score of youthful ath
AGREEMENT PLEDGES
SUPPORT TO FRANCE
PARIS, July 3.—The text of an ble armed forces within thirty miles
agreement between France and Am- of the Rhine.
erica, which was given publicity to- The treaty is to be submitted to
day by the French foreign office, the League of Nations council and
i contains several provisions for the also to the American senate and the
■ protection of France in case of fur- French parliament for ratification.
. ther aggression on the part of Ger- A similar agreement has - been
j many. America, under the terms arrangred between France and Eng
| of the agreement, is to come to , land. but this agreement imposes no
j the aid of France immediately if obligations upon British dominions
the Germans make an unprovoked unless the dominion parliaments sign
imove against France, and it also the treaty.
: provides that the Germans are not President Wilson and Secretary of
Ito be permitted to erect fortifica-; War Lansing are to sign for. the
tions along the Rhine or to assem-i United States.
THT WIT
ietes have been in training for some
time for the celebration, and plan
to carry home tnany of the attrac
tive prizes -which have been offered
by the committee.
A special train will leave 43-Mile
shortly after the close of work this
afternoon, and should reach town
about seven o’clock. The train will
pick up the men along the line as
it nears town, thus landing the en
tire force south of Xenana at one
operation. The men on the Xenana
Fairbanks line will be provided with
the usual ferry accommodations and
Billy Ford will be on hand to pick
up those who miss the Commission
boat. The men will be in town
all day tomorrow, and many of them
will take advantage of the oppor
tunity to take two full days off.
NEW YORK, July 3.—Antieipat
I ing a resumption of bombing ac
tivities during the Independence Da\
I celebration, the police authorities oi
| this city have arranged to plact
' heavy guards about the homes o:
I numerous prominent residents or
! Fifth avenue#and elsewhere. As -.
funher precaution, the Nationa
' Guard has been ordered to be ir
i readiness to mobilize at a moment'1
| notice.
; Among those who will receive thf
' protection of the police are men
1 tioned: former Senator Clark. Cor
i nelius Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie
Henry Frick, Mrs. Finley Shepard
'and Vincent Astor. Police also wii
be stationed about the city hall am:
other public buildings.
:
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 3 —
Orders have been issued by thf
war department for the expeditior
of demobilization, with a view tc
reducing the American army to i
peace-time basis by September.
The present plan is to maintair
a standing army of 230,000 men.
One hundred and seventy-sever
thousand soldiers were shipped frou
Brest during the month of June
which is the highest record for an\
month since the work of sending
, troops home was undertaken.
TACOMA, July 3.—The star at
traction of the Tacoma Fourth oi
July celebration will be the autc
classic scheduled to take place or
, the three-mile speedway, with s
1 number of the fastest men in thf
1 country entered.
Among the entries are Dario Res
'■ ta, Louis Chevrolet, Ralph Mulford
j Eddie Hearne, and Cliff Durant
• Rickenbacher will be starter.
Thousands of visitors from Seat
j tie and nearby towns are expected
jto come to Tacoma to see the race.
!
j The Douse launch Victory left foi
j Fairbanks this morning to get a
I number of passengers who are
[awaiting transportation to N'enana.
H DANCE
10 ANSWER FOR
!
LONDON. July 1.—In a statement
made to the house of commons to
day, in explanation of the peace
negotiations. Premier Lloyd George
assured the lawmakers that the for
mer kaiser of Germany would be
brought to trial soon for the manner
in which he conducted the war. The
trial will be held in London, he
said, together with the trials of of
ficers of the kaiser's army, who
are accused of appalling offenses.
The treaty terms imposed upon
the Germans are terrible in some
'respects, he informed the members,
but not more terrible than the
deeds committed by the Germans.
The terms are fully justified, he de
clared, and had the Germans won
the war. the consequences would
have been still more terrible.
The present German army, it was
pointed out, is inadequate to dis
turb the peace of Gemany’s small
est and most feeble neighbor.
TOLEDO, O., July 3.—Notwith
standing the fact that the hour set
for the Willard-Dempsey fight is
near at hand, the betting in this
city continues very slow. Estimate*
given publicity this afternoon place
the amount of money wagered at
not more than ten thousand dollars
locally.
The backers of Dempsey are now
demanding odds of 10 to 8, which
the Willard men seem unwilling to
grant.” The result is a deadlock in
betting circles, but it is expected
that the number of wagers will show
a marked increase during the night
and early tomorrow.
Willard Not Fussy.
Officials of the fight wjil make
their decision regarding the rules
tonight. Willard has announced
that he is willing to accept any
rules, but has suggested that the
contestants be permitted to box with
one arm free, the men to break im
mediately at the command of the
referee. Dempsey wants the judge*
to sit at opposite sides of the ring.
Both Willard and Dempsey are
taking it easy today, and probably
will spend the afternoon motoring,
as a means of getting away from
the crowds and clearing their minds
of ring dope. Willard appears un
concerned and confident. Dempsey
is eager for the sound of the gong
! and it is expected that he will rush
the champion.
The hotels of the city are very
much overcrowded and the price of
beds is soaring rapidly, some of the
; hotel men demanding $5 for a bed
in a room containing a number of
beds.
Several large buildings have been
converted into dormitories to ac
commodate the overflow. Cots are
bringing fancy prices. Many people
are walking the streets.
—
The Alaska chapter of the Am
'erican Mining congress will meet
at Fairbanks tonight for the pur
pose of electing officers for ’he en
suing year. The meeting will be
held at the mines bureau station.