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DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1919
WHOLE NUMBER 25
FAIRBANKS SWEPT BY MIDNIGHT FIRE
SIXTY THOUSAND SEATTLE WORKERS ARE OUT
ALLIES WILL FORCE GERMANS TO COMPLY AT ONCE
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
SWEEPS FAIRBANKS
At about 11:30 last night, fire
broke out in the Fairbanks Block,
in Fairbanks, the direct cause tf
it being the heating plant in the
basement of the building known
as the Fairbanks Ceil er, ci , which
was, at the tim«, occupied by Iloyt
& Kelly as a pool room and cigar
store.
The Fairbanks fire department,
assisted by a large number of vol
unteers, worked very hard to get
the fire under control, but it would
appear to have got a big start, and
by the time the fire fighters man
aged to get it under control, about
half of the entire square block had
been destroyed.
According to the particulars re
ceived over the phone this morning,
a fire alarm was turned in at 11:30
o’clock last night, and a delay of
about ten minutes or so was caused
by the fire team running away
across the river to Garden Island.
While some of the firemen went
after the runaway, team, the crew
o fthe chemical attempted to get
the hand chemical into action, but
owing to the dense volume of smoke
issuing from the cellar of, the Fair
banks Building, were unable to get
close enough to do any effective
work.
The fire evidently started in the
boiler room, which ip directly under
neath the back end of the Fair
banks Clothing company’s store.
Romeo Hoyt was the first to notice
the smoke ir\ the back e/id of the
Fairbanks Building, and a little
later on J. R. Fowle saw the glow
bf the flames through the cracks
in the rear wall of his store, and
the alarm was promptly turned in.
When the runaway fire team
reached the scene of the fire it was
found that owing to th dense smoke
it was impossible to reach the seat
of the fire.
About fifteen minutes after the
alarm was turned in, the blaze
broke out fiercely, shooting up to
the ceiling of the Fairbanks Cloth-1
ing company’s store, and spreading!
very rapidly. Owing to the weak j
force of the water it was impossible
to control the flames in the second
story of the Fairbanks Building and
in consequence, the flames leaped
and spread to other buildings on,
either side with great rapidity. I
Every available length of hose i
in town was connected up, and this j
was responsible in a large measure
for the weakness of the stream of
water which was being played on
the flames.
The spread of the flames was so
rapid that in order to save the
buildings farther up the block, pre
parations were made to dynamite
a couple of small buildings, up to
wards Lacy street, in about the
middle of the block. This measure
would certainly have been taken
if the fire had not been gotten
under control when it was.
On Front street the fire was stop
ped in the building formerly occu
pied by S. R. Bredlie’s Shoe store,
a one-story frame building with a
tin roof and immediately next to
Alec Simson’s store.
On Second avenue, the fire was
stopped in the old Fair building,
formerly occupied by Abe Simeon,
there being a wide vacant space
between the Fair and BredTie’s Shoe
store.
With the exception of Hoyt &
Kelly’s place and the Fairbanks
Clothing Co., the other business
houses were able to save a good
portion of their stocks. Of the
j goods in Hoyt and Kelly’s only a
few show cases were saved, and
these were badly damaged. J. R.
iFowle, proprietor of the Fairbanks
I Clothing Co., next door to Hoyt &
; Kelly’s, was not able to save a
: thing.
Businesses Destroyed.
With the exception of a few little
I things which they were able to ^ave
j hurriedly, the business men in the
! zone swept by the flames were
j practically wiped out- Those on
First avenue being Hoyt & Kelly,
i candy and soft driinks store; H. B.
! Avakoff, jeweler; Beam & Cham
berlain, cigar store; W. H. Mend
ham, jeweler; Julius Hoffman, bar
bershop; W. W. Pendergraft. Im
perial Cigar store; Robert Bloom,
hardware; Model Cafe; Arcade
j Cafe, and a few empty buildings-/
j Schutz & Horrowitz’ second haiid
j store was somewhat damaged by
I water, but was not touched by the
fjames. Alec Simson, next door to
the second hand store, had- moved
nearly all his goods out.
| _ On Second avenue, the Farmers
Bank was completely gutted; the
walls being of sheet iron, were' left'
standing. The greater part of. the
belongings of the bank' were re
moved to a place of safety. The
-Jther places on Second avenue be
ing Waechter Bros meat market;
Jake Marks, clothes cleaning es
tablishment; Eagle Barbershop, and
a few empty buildings, including
the Fair. The space between the
Fair and Bredlie’s Shoe store gave
the firemen a chance to check the
further spread of the flames.
The buildings fronting on Cush
man street, viz the Fairbanks Cor
ner, Fairbanks Clothing Co., and
the American Bank of Alaska- build
ing were completely destroyed. In
the Fairbanks building, on the sec
ond floor were the Tanana club
rooms and the law office of Leroy
Tozier, Tom Marquam and Morton
E. Stevens, and the broker’s office
of R. M. Crawford and everything
in them was destroyed.
I he property loss is estimated
to be well over a quarter of a
million dollars, which is hardly cov
ered by insurance. It is extremely
doubtful if the Fairbanks Block will
ever be rebuilt. There are many
vacant stores and other buildings
around town that will probably be
put to use now. No loss of life
has been reported so far, and it is
not thought likely that anyone was
killed or burned.
Origin of Fir* a Mystery
Later reports from Fairbanks say
it is now believed that the fire did
not start in the boiler-room of the
Fairbanks building, as stated be
fore, but it is thought to have
originated either at the back of
Avakoff’s Jewelry store from pos
sibly defective wiring. It is thought
that the truth about this will never
be known.
Most of the business houses will
reopen again almost immediately
in vacant buildings which are now '
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PARIS, Feb. 6.—The Supreme
War Council o fthe Allied nations
| will meet at Versailles on Friday
I to take measures to impose on
I Germany the full will of the Allied
j powers.
! The action of the Inter-Allied
j Supreme War Council was rendered
! necessary because of the unwilling
j ness of Germany to carry out the
terms of the armistice except under
i certain conditions.
| These conditions, which the Gcr
| mans desire to make, are not ac
I ceptable to the Allies.
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{IRELAND MAY YEL
REGAIN FREEDOM
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 — The
j House Foreign Relations committee
has ordered that the resolution,
which expresses the hope, that the
peace conference would favorably
consider the claims of Ireland to
the right* of self determination, be
favorably reported.
The action of the House Foreign
Relations committee is based on one
of the principles of the American
p.eacg as' laid down by President
Wilson and accepted as the basis of
peace by all the warring nations. j
BOLS FO CONFER
WITH IHE ALLIES
CONDITIONALLY
LONDON, Feb. 6.—Foreign Min
ister Tchitcherin, of the Russian
Bolshevik! government, announced
offically today that the Bolsheviki
government would be willing to par
ticipate in the propesed conference
which is to be held at Prince’s Is
lands.
The participation in the confer
ence'of the Allies is made condi
tional on the promise of the Allied
powers not to interfere in any way
with the international affairs of the
Russians.
BANDIT HOLDS UP
SEATTLE HOTEL
SEATTLE, Feb. 6.—A lone ban-1:
dit held up the clerk in the office
of the fashionable Hotel Sorrento [
today, took ten dollars, which was :
all the till happened to contain at 1
the time, and made his getaway. |1
The police have been informed (i
of the occurrence and a description 1
of the bandit was given them. |1
Territorial restrictions by the war
board imposed on the domestic use 1
of gold and silver for industrial! <
purposes^have been wthdrawn. |i
ALLIED INVITE !
LAID ID FEAR
BYMEVIKI
PARIS, Fob. 6.—The Russian!
Peace committee who is in this city !
now, say that the Bolsheviki have
probably spread the word freely
around that the invitation of the
Allies to the Bolsheviki to partici
pate n a conference to be held at
Prices Islund, was a recognition of
the Bolsheviki as a government; and j
that the Allied invitation was in
spired by fear of the Bolsheviki,
with whom the Allied nations are'
anxious to be at peace.
MANY DEAD IN
SEA1TLE FIRE
i
SEATTLE.—Seven people were,
burned to death, fourteen were in
jured and twenty are missing as I
the result of a fire in the lower
part of the city last night.
The fire totally destroyed the j
Tokyo House, the Russell House]
and some ramshackle lodging houses
in the lower end of the town. ]
The flames spread very rapidly
and many of the people who hap-1
pened to be in the destroyd build- i
ing made their escape through the
adjoining buildings. Those who,
lost their lives were trapped by the i
flames before they could make their i
getaway.
The origin of the fire and the
property loss is not known at the I
present time. j
COMMERCE CLUB
OFFERS 10 HELP
On hearing of the disastrous
fire at Fairbanks, the Nenana Com
mercial club this morning sent a
wire of sympathy to the Fairbanks
Commercial club and also inquired
whether it could be of any assist
ance. The telegram was as follows:
“Fairbanks Commercial Club,
“Nenana Commercial club ex
tends sympathy to Fairbanks and
wishes to be advised immediately
if any help can be extended.
Nenana Commercial Club.”
The following wire was received
in reply:
“Nenana Commercial Club.
“Thanks for offer. No help
needed.
“Fairbanks Commercial Clufc.”
BAVARIAN NEWSPAPERMEN
TO FORM TRADE UNION
MUNICH, Bavaria. — Bavarian
newspapermen have voted unani
mously to become a recognized
trade union- Application was made
to the government to formally
recognize them as a union, and a
committee was appointed to prepare
a scale of wages. This scale will
be presented to the publishers for
their signature.
Antimony is found with mercury
an the Kuskokwim and near Idit
arod- ."Silver-lead ore h-s been dis
:overed near Iliamr.a lake.
GENERAL STRIKE
COMMENCED TODAY
SEATTLE, Feb. 0.—The big gen
eral strike is on today and at the
usual time to go to work the sev
| oral whistles blew their noisy in
i vitation as usual, but in vain, for
the usual response was absent.
There were no demonstrations of
any kind and so far everything is
conducted in a quiet and orderly
i manner, and one of the greatest
: strikes ever staged on the Pacific
j coast is on.
The leaders of the several labor
unions claim that the general walk
out is a great success, and accord
ing to their estimates, over sixty
thousand workers have gone out on
strike. This number includes the
twenty-five thousand shipyard work
ers who had already struck.
It is estimated that about sixty
thousand other unorganized work
ers will be forced from their va
rious jobs as a direct result of the
strike of organized workers.
Promptly at ten o’clock this
morning the elevators stopped, the
restaurants closed, when the cooks
and waiters struck; street cars went
to the car barns and jitneys stop
ped running.
As the moving picture operators
and musicians are also out on strike
it is probable that the movies will
also close. The schools will possibly
close on account of the strike of
the janitors and engineers.
All newspapers in the city have
suspended publication on account of
the strike of the stereotypers and
newsboys.
The telephone company is con
tinuing operating, us the telephone
operators are not striking. It is
expected that the city will be lighted
tonight and that most of the stores
will also be opened.
TACOMA STRIKE
TACOMA, Feb. <5.—The general
strike called in this city, effective
this morning, is a failure, so far.
The street cars are running as usual
and the barber shops and restau
rants are open and the printers arc
all working.
STRIKE DENOUNCED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6—Senator
j Thomas, of Colorado, who is taking
an active part in the Senate pro
paganda investigation, denounced
j the Seattle strike in strong terms
Senator Thomas said that the
'strikers arc conducting an experi
ment in Russian Bolshevikt methods
' in attempting to take over govern
' ment functions.
I
THE STRIKERS’ CLAIMS
SEATTLE, Feb. 6.—The Strike
committee announced today, shortly
after the strike went into effect,
that thirty thousand men went out
on strike in addition to those that
had struck previously, and that the
strike is a success.
Extra Police Deputized
Mayor Hansen of Seattle, an
nounced that one thousand extra
police have been deputized and that
these men will be called upon to
reinforce the regular police force
if it becomes necessary to so do.
The hope is expresed that the neces
sity for using tiie extra police will
not arise.
Statement Denied.
A statement attributed by the
strikers to Senator Thomas of Colo
rado, who is reported to have said
that any man who tries to take
over government functions will be
shot on sight, was publicly denied
today by the mayor of Seattle.
GOVERNOR WATCHING EVENTS
OLYMPIA, Feb. (1.—Governor
Lister, who is convalescing from an
attack of the Influenza, stated that
Lie strikers at both Seattle and
Tacoma are being carefully watched
and that the state will act just as
soon as it become necessary to do
so for the purpose of protecting
life and property. He expressed
the hope, however, that such action
will be unnecessary
CAR STRIKE UNANIMOUS
SEATTLE, Feb. fi—It is reported
that the strike of the street car
men was the result of unanimous
vote at the ■ referendum taken.
Effect on News Serv'ce
The representatives of the Asso
ciated Press at Seattle think that
the strike will not impair the news
service in any way.
FLU WIPES OUT
CANADA INDIANS
WINNIPEG, Man., Feb. 6.—Ac
cording to the reports received in
this city today, the influenza is
wiping out the Manitoba Indians,
who are said to be dying like flies.
Over two hundred and fifty of
the mare reported to be dead, while
scores of others are down with the
disease.
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LESSER NATIONS
PARIS, Feb. 6.—Nineteen of the
smaller belligerent nations of the
later war have now obtained defin
ite recognition at the hands of the
supreme council of the Inter-Allied
peace conference, as a consequence
of which, four additional seats on
the commission of the Society of
Nations have been alloted to the
lesser nations.
Poland, Rumania and Czecho
slovakia are also to hold additional
seats on the commission of the So
ciety of Nations, which is now en
gaged in discussing the constitution
of an execiitve body of the League
of Natons. '
Rev. Carl S. ,Gladselter of Spring
field, O., recently arrived in Juneau
to take charge of the Presbyterian
Mission at Hoonah.