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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA. M.A5KA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1918
WHOLE
NUMBER 228
SULZER DEFENDS TITLE BEFORE HOUSE
JAPAN WITHDRAWS FROM SIBERIAN CAMPAIGN
OREGON LAWMAKERS AWAIT SUBSIDANCE" OF “FLU”
FEDERAL CONTROL
OF RAILROADS IS
VERY DESIRABLE
Federal Reforms On Railroads
Desirable As Permanent Peace
Measure, Says McAddo.
(Assorinted Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 4.—
William Gibbs McAdoo, former sec
retary of the treasury and director
general of railroads, testifying be
fore the Senate Interstate Com
merce committee today, related in
detail the accomplishments of the
railroads under federal control.
He argued strongly for a con
tinuance, for five years, of govern
ment operation of the railroads in
order that a fair test may be pro
vided of unified direction.
McAdoo said that he believed
that under war conditions, sufficient
, showing has been made to indicate
that all of the reforms made by
the Government. in all branches of
the railroad service, are desirable;
and thought that these reforms |
should remain in full force as per-1
manent peace measures.
In concluding his remarks, the,
former secretary said that the pub
lic should be given an opportunity
to test the efficacy of the govern
ment control of the railroads dur
ing time of peace, and again argued
for the five year continuance of
government control.
ITALY ENTHUSES
Italian Nation Honor the People of
the United State* Through
President Wilson.
(Associated PresR)
ROME.—As a result of the visit
of President Wilson to Italy, all of
the Italian papers are full of eulo
gistic articles regarding President
Wilson and the United States.
The papers, with one accord, re
fer to the American people as the
most progressive, democratic and
powerful nation in the world’s his
tory.
The Italian nation, the papers
say, cordially unite in doing honor
to the great and brave American
people through their great Presi
dent.
LIBERTY BONOS
HAVE ARRIVED
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Special Disbursing Agent Frank
Doner, of the A. E. C., has re
ceived the Fourth Liberty Loan
coupon bonds of $50 and $100 de
nominations, which have been fully
subscribed for.
These bonds are now ready for
delivery to their owners on sur
render of the receipt issued at the
time the money was paid in; and
those who have fully subscribed
for these bonds are requested to call
for them at the office of the special.
disbursing agent, general office
building of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission and bring their re
[ ceipts along.
i LONDON.—The German dread
; naught Baden, the newest battleship
1 o fthe German navy, is to surrender
herself at a British port in a few
j days.
The Baden was completed during
the war.
IVORY Sill
| IS LAID AT REST
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j The remains of the late Ivory
St. Clair, who lost his life on the
afternoon of December 27, while
: at work on the grade near camp
| 415, as the result of the falling of
a slab of frozen muck, was laid at
rest in the Nenana cemetery this
morning'.
All the contractors on the Nc
nana-Fairbanks branch line sus
pended operations for the day to
attend the funeral, six of them
acting as pall bearers.
The funeral service was held at
the Grace Presbyterian church. Dr.
Diven officiating. Immediately
after the service, the funeral cort
ege formed and proceeded to the
Nenana cemetery, about two miles
out of town, where the burial took
place. The following men acted
as pall bearers: Tom Hickey, Jack
Forrest, Max Altman, Harry Alldis,
Neal Stevens, who were partners of
the dead man, and Peter McPher
son, a member of another firm of
contractors working on the grade
near the St. Clair contract.
A large number of railroad men
and contractors followed the re
mains to its last resting place.
American Airman Climbs to Record
Height In British Machine;
Freezes Feet.
LONDON.—Captain Lang of the
American Air Service, using a Brit
ish aeroplane, took to the clouds
at Ipswich today and succeeded in
breaking all altitude records for
airmen thus far recorded.
Captain Lang reached an altitude
of thirty thousand, five hundred
feet and when he alighted after his
famous flight it was found that his
feet were frostbitten.
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COMMERCIAL CLUB
BACKS COMMISSION
The Nenana Commercial club has
pjone on record with an indorsement
of the Alaskan Engineering commis
jsoin and the work accomplished by
those in charge of railroad con
struction in Interior Alaska. This
i action was taken at the regular
i weekly meeting of the club last
evening to frustrate, if possible, any
| attempt that may be made, as sug
Kested in a Seattle report appearing
; in the News yesterday, to turn the
I railroad building over to private
i contractors for completion. While
I it is not konwn locally to what ex
l tent the interior department has
i negotiated with private contractors
' for the completion of the work, the
| Commercial club intends that Sec
retary Lane and every other official
at Washington shall know that Alas
kans appreciate the difficulties of
building railroads in the North and
j are entirely satisfied with the prog
• ress that is being made under the
1 direction of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission. The club wants the
secretary to know too that any
change in building plans at this
juncture would be a serious blow to
the whole Interior country and
would be regarded as bad faith on
the part of the government.
Members of the club do not be
lieve that it is the intention t>f the
interior department to restrict
the activities of the Alaskan Engin
eering commission, but the reports
received from Seattle appear to in
dicate that there is agitation in
favor of turning the work over to
contractors and the club has deemed
it advisable to go on record as fav
oring a continuance of the present
manner of construction, under the
direct supervision of representatives
of the government.
A committee consisting of Geo.
W. Pennington, Dr. J. R. Bowen, H.
B. Joseph and R. G. Southworth was
appointed to advise Secretary Lane
of the action taken by the club, and
to give general publicity to the atti
tude of Nenanaites toward the
Alaskan Engineering commission.
This committee met today and for
warded the following telegram to
Secretary Lane:
Nenana, Alaska, Jan. 4,1919
Honorable Franklin K. Lane,
Secretary of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.
“Referring to newspaper reports
from Seattle contractors have been
asked to bid on completion of Alas
| kan Railroad; we wish to assert that
! a change in policy now means the
complete disorganization of many
interests in the Interior that origi
nated as the result of the declared
intention for a government built
, road and thus defeats the original
purpose to immediately and directly
help Interior Alaska and its people
and we unqualifiedly assert that
railroad building progress here has
reached a satisfactory stage and that
no reason exists why it Bhould not
go on as planned to its logical con
clusion.
“Nenana Commercial Club.”
The committee appointed to con
sider the slogans submitted to the
club, reported that they had de
cided that J. C. Van Orsdel was en
titled to the first prize and Mr. Sil
van to the second prize. The secre
tary was instructed to award the
prizes in accordance with the recom
mendation of the committee.
Geo. W. Pennington, representa
tive of the Commercial club on the
Board of Public Works and Chari
ties, asked to be relieved, explain
ing that he expected soon to leave
for the coast to attend the session
of the territorial legislature. His
resignation was accepted and W. II.
Gilcher named as his successor on
the board.
There was some discussion regard
ing road needs of the district, and
the secretary was instructed to write
to the Alaska Road commission and
to the territorial road commission,
outlining the requirements of min
ing dstricts adjacent to Nenana, and
requesting consideration in the ap
portionment of funds for the com
ing year.
Applications for membership in
the club were received from Roy
Blair, Frank Jones, Chas. Smith and
Mike Hyland ail'd, upon motion, the
itpiUH-HniM vvtTf uuiy enrujieu
members
The club voted to pay the cost
of bringing a special Christmas mail
to Nenana, less the amount allowed
for same by the postoffice. The
balance due was $17.80.
VV. II. Gileher, on behalf of the
committee appointed to interview
F. D. Browne with regard to thi
cost of electric current to the large
consumers of Nenana, reported thal
the committee had gone into the
matter thoroughly with Mr. Browne
and had been assured that it wouhi
be impossible for the Commissior
to grant a reduction at this time
Mr. Browne had suggested, how
ever, that the use of coul mighl
make it possible later to readjusl
the rates. The committee was asked
to continue to serve the club, pend
ing developments at the powei
house.
Dr Bowen reported forthesmokei
committee, stating that everything
would be ready for the affair, now
scheduled to take place on Satur
day night, January 11.
With regard to the proposed pros
pectors’ convention, suggested bj
Dr. Bowen at a previous meeting,
the doctor reported that he was
busily engaged in working out a
definite plan for the affair and
hoped to be able, at an early date,
to submit his proposition to the club
for further consideration. The plan,
as outlined by Dr. Bowen, is to in
vite prospectors and mining men of
all nearby districts to attend a gen
eral convention and carnival, to be
arranged by the Commercial club. It
is further proposed to invite Out
side dealers in mining supplies to
send representatives to the conven
tion and to arrange to have one or
two mining engineers make the trip
North to investigate properties rep
resented at the convention and to
offer solutions to some of the prob
lems now confronting prospectors
and mining men in the nearby dis
tricts. Dr. Bowen believes that it
will be possbile, by means of a two
or three day carnival, to finance
the convention and pay all costs in
cident thereto. And he points out
that such a gathering not only would
be helpful to those engaged in min
ing and :n the search foi gold and
other minerals, but also would b<
a big thing for Ncnana for the
reason that it would attract many
people to town and give the district
some very valuable advertising.
Intervention In Siberia Is Relatively
A Failure; Japan Deplores
Withdrawal.
Associated Press
LONDON, Jan. 4.—It is reported
| here today that twenty-ftiur thous
j and Japanese troops, forming part
of the Allied army of intervention
in Siberia, are to be withdrawn al
most immediately.
A despatch from Tokio says thal
I Japanese public opinion deplores tin
j withdrawal.
j The Tokio despatch says furthei
j that Allied observers, including the
I British and the Americans say thal
j the Allied intervention in Siberia
has been relatively a failure on ae
! count of the disunity among thi
I Allies and mutual jealousy.
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91Sf. DIVISION
10 RETURN
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FROM OVERSEAS
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Division Composed of Alaskans and
Westerners Designated By
Pershing foe Return.
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, I). C. Jan. 4.—
According to official despatches re
cicved by the war department to
day General Pershing has designated
the Ninety-first Division, which is
composed of Alaskans and Western
ers, for early return to the United
States.
SEATTLE, Jan. 4.—Portions of
the 'llst Division accompanied King
Albert of Belgium in his triumphal
entry into Brussels.
Th division was almost continu
ously engaged shortly afterthey land
ed in France and have seen some
hard and sanguinary service on the
Flanders front during the war.
ACCIDENT BEFALLS
FORMED NENANAITE
In a letter to Mrs. Belle Camp
bell, of the Commission hospital
staff from Mrs. Rust, formerly of
Ncnana, news is received of Mary
Scattum, who had been an em
ployee of the Commission hospital
for some time past and who left
for the States last fall.
Mary Scattum was knocked down
by a passing automobile in Seattle
on December 1, and as a result of
the accident was lying in the hospi
tal with her left arm broken in
two places, and the back of her
head and knee rather badly injured.
She is reported to have been do
ing as well as could be expected at
the time the letter was written.
Billy Gagnon would like to see
all bondholders of the Union Hall.
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SULZtR OPPOSES
WICK’S CLAIM 10
SEA! IN NOOSE
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Delegate Criticises Action of Senate
Committee and Legally Claims
Title.
Associate.1 Press
| WASHINGTON, I). C. Jan. 4.—
i Delegate Charles A. Sulzer, of Alas
ka, speaking in th\ House during
; its consideration of the report made
j by the House Election committee,
i which held that he was not entitled
j to the seat in Congress, argued that
i he was legally elected.
lie severely citicised the report
land denounced Wiekersham. Final
| action on the report of the commit
' tee is expected to he taken Monday.
Sulzer in his speech said that the
report practically made Indians, who
were living in tribal relationship,
| voters, because it counted their
! votes for Wiekersham. He charged
| that his opponents had submitted
I testimony in rebuttal which should
nave neon included in me main
evidence.
Sulzer Speaks Three Hours
SEATTLE, Wash. Jan. 4.—A
special despatch to the P. I. says
that Sulzer spoke for three hours
today in order to finish his argu
ment; Wickersham’s side was then
to have been heard. Sulzer ap
peared to have been more concerned
in protecting the sanctity of the
Australian ballot than in retaining
his seat in Congress.
llis entire speech explained the
Indian vote, and ,in stating the facts
regarding the matter clearly, he al
most charged some of the precinct
election officers with conspiring to
'defeat him.
1 Sulzer’s speech held more mem
bers than have sat through an en
tire day’s session in several weeks.
| Several leading Democrats who
are championing the cause of Sul
! zed, will speak in support of him
1 today.
I Originally, the House had decided
unanimously to grant one hour to
■ each side for the debate on the re
port of the Elections committee, but
at the end of the alotted hour Sul
I zer was till talking, arjd so Chair
j man Wilson of the Elections com
| mittee obtained the unanimous con
| sent of the House to let him finish.
Congressman J. R. Mann (Repub
ilican) of Illinois, told the House
that there were four other members
! who wished to speak on the same
' subject.
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Mann . Block* Reconsideration
1 WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 4.—
I The effort to send back to the
Elections committee the report fav
oring Wickersham was blocked by
- Republican Leader Mann, of Illi
j nois who refused to give the unani
. mous consent of the House to the
proposal.
The House continued considera
tion of the report, with Sulzer con
tending that he had been legally
elected.
There being no further cases for
i trial in the district court, the jury
: was discharged, and it is expected
j that another jury will be called
! soon for the next term of court
I which begins almost immediately.