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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press
NENANA, \EA3KA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1919
WHOLE
NUMBER 232
EXTREMISTS CONTROLLING AT BERLIN
HARBOR WORKERS TIE UP NEW YORK TRAFFIC
ASSASSIN SEEKS LIFE OF CZECHOSLOVAK PREMIER
SENATE ADVISED
OF ALLIED MOVE
10 HELP RUSSIA
Senator From California Requests
Information Regarding the
. Russian Campaign.
(Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 9.—
Replying to a request made by
Senator Hiram Johnson, of Cali
fornia, for an official statement
regarding Russia as regard the pur
pose of the Allied troops in that
country, Senator Gilbert M. Hitch
cock, of Nebraska, chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations committee
said that the American and Allied
operations in Russia were friendly
and not hostile to the Russians.
The Allies, he said, were op
posing only the German Bolsheviki
forces.
The seizure, by the Allies, of the
town of Archangel and the Mur
mansk coast in Northern Ru ,sia,
and the town of Vladivostock, in
Eastern Siberia, were measures of
war against Germany, and not
Russia, he said.
Concluding his statement, Sen
ator Hitchcock said that there is
no Russia now, and that in its place
there is a vast disorganized aggre
gation of local governments.
PEACE DELEGATES
The Men Who Will Look After the
Interests of France at the
Peace Table Seated
(Associated Press J
PARIS, Jan. 9.—The men chosen
by the French government to look
after its interests at the forthcom
ing peace conference are: Premiei
' Clemenceau, Foreign Minister Pin
chon, Finahce Minister Klotz, Col
onial Minister Simon, and Commis
sioner to America Tardieu.
CATTLEMEN INCREASE
HERDS BY THOUSANDS
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.—There
has been a remarkable increase in
range cattle in New Mexico and
Arizona—these states’ chief con
tribution to feeding the world—
since the entry of the United States
into the war. A survey made b>
by the United States Forest Serv
ice, which encouraged the increas
ing herds for food production
gives evidence of this growth.
Two years ago the Forest Service
sent experts into the national for
ests of the two states to locati
unused areas suitable for grazing
Many areas were located. A largi
part of them, however, were smal
or so cut up that they were no'
of use for new herds. This diffi
culty was overcome by the ex
tension of grazing permits to cat
tlemen already holding them.
In the two years since the surve;
was made the increase in cattle 01
national forests is more than 65,
000 head- The output of shoe]
and goL*"s has been increased b;
at least 60,000 head.
PEACE DELEGATE
FROM ENGLAND
OUTLINES PLAN
British Premier Urges a Joint
International Action to Relieve
Starving Millions.
Associated Press
PARIS, Jan. 9.—Lord Robert
Cecil, who arrived in this city with
the first British peace delegation,
told an Associated Press representa
tiev today that a definite organi
zation of a league of nations is
indispensible as the first step to
wards the conclusion of an endur-'
ing peace, and a satisfactory settle
ment of all international problems, i
He stated that his views of the
situation were that joint inter
! national action is necessary to re
lieve millions of people who are
lacking the necessaries of life and
to regulate common interests such
as international railroads, postal
facilities, water transportation, tele
graphs, wireless and the free use
of air routes.
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STRIKE CAUSING
TIE-UP I PORTS
i
Striking Harbor Workers Cause a
General Tie-up of Boats In
New York Harbor.
Associated Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—Fifteen
thousand harbor workers went out
on strike today. They are de
manding an eight-hour day.
As a result of the strike, in
numerable craft of all descriptions,
ferry boats, steam lighters, police
fire boats, and about twelve hund
red boats operated by the railroad
administration, are idle today.
RIGGS SAYS ALASKA
CAN USE 3000 MEN
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j SEATTLE, Dec. 12.—Alaska,
| preparing to do its share in recon
| struction problems and the care of
j returned soldiers, will be able by
next spring to furnish employment
! to at least 3,000 men, according to
Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr., who
passed through here on his way
to Washington.
The governor sent out circulars
to all commercial clubs, school
boards, city councils and councils
: of defense in Alaska, ask ng what
provision they could make for re
turning soldiers. It was from the
replies to these letters that he based
| his estimate on the territory’s
1 ability to take care of 3,000 addi
tional men by next spring. Posi
> tions will be available, he believes,
: as clerks, teachers, watchmen and
1 foremen, in addition to the present ^
I shortage of mining help.
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EXTREMISTS ARE
Street Fighting in Berlin Results in
Temporary Discomfiture of
Government Forces.
Associated Press
PARIS, Jan. 9—According to the
atest advices received in the ctiy
he Ebert Scheideman government
n Berlin has been overturned and
he Extremists have gained control,
emporarily, after much sanguinary
"ighting.
A new revolutionary government
tas been formed and is said to be
•omposed of Independent Socialists.
The reports indicate that Gus
:ave Noske, the commander of the
German government troops, is ar
ranging to send new forces against
:he capital and make an attempt
;o regain control.
A large portion of the German
?overnment troops remaining in
Berlin after the fighting are re
ported to have joined the Spur
tacans, who hold all the principal
points and parts of the Rhenish
provinces.
It is reported that Bavaria is
nvolved in the new' civil war move
ment which is rapidly spreading
to all parts of the country.
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HP TERRITORY
CORDOVA.—More than $1,000,
D00 was added to Alaska’s payroll
and a new industry placed on her
list by the formerly despised Alaska
tierring this year.
The northern herring came mto
its own when the war cut off the
supply of the Norwegian fish- Fol
lowing investigation by r. few per
sons, several barrels of the herring
were shipped to the States, where
they were tested by government
experts and found to Le at least the
equal of the Nortn Seas product,
if not superior. When ihe results
of this test became known there
was a scramble among Alaskans to
seek herring grounds, government
experts were sent to the North to
give instructions in packing and
curing the fish, and the result was
that this past year more than 50,
000 barrels of herring was pro
duced which sold at from $21 to
$25 a barrel.
Alaskans in touch with the new
industry believe that it is but in
its infancy and will develop into a
most important asset of the terri
tory. The several salteries estab
lished this year, it is said, will be
added to greatly next season, and
the Alaskan herring considered by
experts as a more nutritious fish
than the Norwegian variety, doubt
less will become known throughout
the United States.
BRITAIN’S DEBT
LONDON.-Great Britain’s na
tional debt outstanding on Septem
ber 30 was £6,875,000,000, accord
ing to a statement made by Stanley
Baldwin, parliamentary secretary tc
the treasury.
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ALLIED PREMIERS
Wilson Will Confer With Members
of England, France, Italy
and Belgium Next Week.
(Associated Press)
PARIS, Jan. 9.—President Wil-'
son’s conferences with the premiers
of England, France, Italy and Bel
gium regarding enemy countries,
will commence next week.
It is believed that matters af
fecting Germany will be given first
consideration, after which the mat
ters pertaining to Austria, Bul
garia and Turkey will be taken up
in the order named.
It is understood that the con
ference of premiers with President
Wilson will deal only in the most
general principles of the issues in
volved and only a broad going agree
ment will be reached before Presi
dent Wilson returns to America, j
! The conference^ it is believed,
will first consider „> general agree
ment for the formation of a league
(of nations or some similar maehin
! cry so as to be in a position to
enforce the peace terms They
will then consider the question of
establishing new and independent
states, resulting from the disorgan
ization and destruction of existing
governments as a result of the war.
The consideration of damages and
indemnities to the nations and in
dividuals who have been made suf
ferers in the war will be taken up
next, and finally peace treaties with
the Teutons will be concluded.
JEWS MAKE PROTEST
AGAINST TURK RULE
I -
I AMSTERDAM.—The Jewish Cor
respondence Bureau at the Hague
has issued a warning against the
j Turkish Grand Rabbi, Ihaim Nahum
land his deputy, Nissin Nabliah, who
have arrived at the Hague from
Constantinople on their way to
America and Paris, with the inten
I tion, the bureau says, of creating,
' a sentiment favorable to Turkey, j
i particularly in America, and of play- j
I ing off the interests of the Entente
l Powers in the East, one against the
' other.
| “Ihaim”, the'bureau says, “is an
apponent of Jewish national and
i Zionist aspirations. The Jewish
j people views its liberation from the
I Turkish yoke and a British pro- j
I tectorate as the only way to at
tain an independent Jewish state, j
FLU SWEEPS ISLAND;
CLAIMS MANY VICTIMS
SAN JUAN, P. R.— Influenza is
still epidemic on the island. Many
! thousands are sick and many deaths
have been reported. Unless the
1 situation impre ves it will very
seriously handicap the early open
ing of the cane harvest.
Perry Warner and John Jenson
left on this morning’s train for the
end of steel enroute to the coast
via the Broad Pass trail. They
will mush the way.
Operated by steam or electric
power, a machine has been invented
to label tin cans at a rate un to
70,000 an hour.
ATTEMPT MADE
10 ASSASSINATE
Czecho-Slovak Premier Is Wounded
By Assailant Who Sought to
Take His Life.
(Associated Press)
BASLE, Jan. 9.—According1 to
reports received in this city today
in attempt was made to assassinate
Dr. Karl Kararz, the Czecho-Slovak
premier, at Prague.
His assailant is reported to have
fired eight shots at him from a
revolver, one of which only took
effect. It was not known how
badly he premier was wounded
III! HARD HR
BY FLU EPIDtMIC
i
Capital City of Large Island in the
Southern Sea Has Heavy
Flue Death Roll.
(Associated lMvss)
PAPETTE, Tahiti,—Twenty per
cent of the city’s population has
been wiped out by the ravages of
influenza.
The several smaller islands form
ing the Society Group have also
been hard hit and it is reported
that hundreds are dying daily.
Tahiti, formerly known as Ota
hcite is the largest of the Society
Islands and is situated in the
Southern Pacific ocean. The is*
land belongs to the French and
Papeete, on the northwest coast, is
the French administrative capital
for all the French possessions in
Polynesia. Papeete is also a regu
lar port of call for vessels trading
between the Pacific coast of Amer
ica and Australia.
SON OF GREAT REBEL
STUDYING IN STATES
SAN FRANCISCO. — Although
General Emilio Aguinaldo fought
bitterly against the United States
as leader of the Philippine insur
rection until beaten and trapped by
the American fofees under General
Frederick Funston, that bitterness
has disappeared, as evidenced by
the recent arrival of his son Emilio,
Jr., in this country to study for the
bar. Emilio, Jr. who is but 16, re
members nothing of the insurrec
tion of course, but he brought with
him renewed assurances of the
friendliness of his father for the
United States.
Young Aguinaldo is pursuing his
studies in Boston. Upon graduation
he expects to return to the Philip
pines to take his place as one ol
the legal lights there. Like his
father, he disdains notoriety, bul
despite his avoidance of interviews
he is well liked as a clear cut
manly youth.
A man who is connected with th<
heavy field artillery is no mor<
likely to be killed than one In th<
employ of a railroad, army officer
say.
BOCHE CAPITAL
TORN BY SHELL
Or RIVAL GUNS
Revolutionists Fail In Attempt to
Seize Chancellor’s Office and
Lose Many Men In Attempt.
(Associated Press*
AMSTERDAM, .Ian. 9.—Accord
ing to reports received in this city
today from reliable sources, Revere
fighting in which artillery was free
ly used took place in Berlin today
near the central telegraph office.
The fighting was the result of a
renewed attempt being made by
the Spartacans to seize the chancel
lor’s office, which was heavily
guarded by Government troops.
After much fighting the Spar
tacans were finally repulsed with
the loss of about thirty killed and
forty-five wonuded.
REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE
BASEL.—Reports received in
this city today indicate that a large
number of troops who are loyal to
the Ebert government arrived in
Berlin from Potsdam and went into
action immediately.
With the aid of the reinforce
ments the government troops who
were engaged in trying to dislodge
the Spartacans from the printing
works were enabled to eject them
and drive them back to Tiergarten.
The printing works are now oc
cupied by the government troops.
FRISCO NOT FREE
Of EPIDEMIC YET
Stringent Measures to Be Taken
In San Francisco to Prevent
the Spread of Flu.
(Associated I*r«*ss>
I SAN FRANCISCO, .Jan. 9.—The
Board of Supervisors of the city
have recommended the passage, by
the city board, of an ordinance
making the wearing of influenza
masks compulsory.
The wearing of masks is con
sidered a very necessary measure in
preventing the spread of the dis
ease, and it is quite probable that
the necessary ordinance will be
passed as recommended.
BIG HAWAIIAN VOLCANO
RELAPSES INTO QUIET
HILO, Hawaii.—The volcano of
Kalauea has returned to its normal
state following unusual activity
which continue' for several weeks,
and during which thousands of tons
of lava were forced through cracks
in the floor of the old crater which
surrounds the boiling fire lake.
The central lava pit has descended
to a depth of 100 feet. Another
spectacular <f splay in 1920 is fore
casted by scientists of the volcano
observatory.
i Duplex springs have been in
i vented by a Californian, an auxil
i j iary spring coming into action if
i (the main one breaks or is over
i loaded.