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WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1919.
NO. 112
TAFT OPPOSES PUBLIC ROAD OWNERSHIP
. ALLIES CHANGE ATTITUDE TOWARD RUMANIANS
ANDREW CARNEGIE SUCCUMBS TO PNEUMONIA ATTACK
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10 HOLD PLACE
PARIS, Aug. 11.—The peace con- ,
ference is assuming a different at
titude toward the Rumanians, in
connection with the invasion of Bul
garia by the Rumanian army. The
Allies, it now appears, desire the
Rumanians to remain in charge of
Budapest, for the purpose of steady
ing the new' Hungarian government
and preserving order in Hungary.
Prior to the occupation of Buda
p pest, the inter-Allied council sent
an urgent request to the Rumani
ans, asking them not to enter the
city, but the wishes of the Allies
were disregarded, and peace terms
were imposed upon the Bulgarians
in defiance of the Allied attitude.
' WETS SAY HOTELS j
WILL BOOST RATE^
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NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—One of1
the results of prohibition, according
to a statement made here today by
^ leaders of the anti-prohibition move
ment, will be a material increase {
in hotel rates throughout the coun
try. Accommodations will increase, i
it is .predicted, from one to seven i
0 dollars, because of the fact that
the hotels no longer have bars to I
bear the burden of a large part of '
the cost of operation.
‘ SCENIC RAILWAY
FATAL TO SEVEN
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MONTREAL, Aug. 11. — Seven 1
* persons were burned to death yes-!
terday in a fire which completely1
destroyed the scenic railway at Do- I
minion park. Many persons were
seriously burned and a number wTere
injured as the result of jumping
from the endangered platform, high
above the ground.
CABLE WORKS BADLY;
NEWS SCARCE TODAY
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Cable communication between i
Valdez and the Seates was inter- •
rupted today by what the signal j
corps boys describe as “earth cur- i
rents,” and, as a consequence, news!
dispatches are arriving over the I
wires this afternoon spasmodically.
The trouble is of a temporary char
acter, however, and communication j
*, may be undisturbed by night.
Only one news report had been
received up to the hour of going to
press.
Joe Johnson’s launch Peerless is
advertised to sail for Fairbanks to
morrow morning at 8 o’clock.
The fact that the Alaskan En
gineering commission was unable
last winter to keep the Seward-An
chorage division of the Government
railroad open, and the fear that
traffic will be interrupted again in
that locality during the coming win
der, have caused officials of the
American Express company to de
cide against making a change in the
routing of express matter consigned
to Interior Alaska points.
This was made clear by H. S.
Wilson, assistant superintendent of
the company for Alaska, who was
in Nenana recently on an official j
visit. Mr. Wilson is not satisfied :
with the service provided last winter
by way of the Richardson highway,
and would welcome the opportunity
to make use of the Government
railway were it not for the menace
of slides along Turnagain arm.
Mr. Wrilson says that it is impos
sible to get a guarantee from the
Commission that the road will be
kept open, and therefore no one ■
will risk taking a contract to carry !
express from Seward to the Interior, j
Last winter it cost the company 25 |
cents a pound to carry express from j
Seward to Anchorage, because of {
the necessity of using dog teams J
and other means of emergency trans
portation around the slides which
blocked the road.
Were it not for that stretch of
road, which was out of commission
the greater part of last winter and j
which may give further trouble dur- |
ing the coming winter, it would be I
possible to establish a regular serv- ;
ice between Seward and Nenana and
all of the express company’s busi
ness would be routed that way,:
which would mean considerable to j
Nenana and insure lower rates and i
a more reliable sendee than is pos
sible under existing conditions on
the Richardson highway.
The establishment of an express
route by way of Broad pass, it is
pointed out, would encourage the
routing of mail that way also, be
cause of the short overland haul be
tween ends of steel.
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VICTORY ENROUTE DOWN
WITH OUTSIDE LETTERS
The Douse launch Victory left !
Fairbanks at noon today with a con- !
signment of first class mail which j
reached the upper town from the !
coast last night, and two passen- 1
gers, one of whom is George Night-1
engale. • j
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ANDREW CARNEGIE PASSES
LENOX, Mass., Aug. 11.—Andrew
Carnegie, philanthropist, died at his
summer home, Shadowbrook, this
afternoon, of bronchial pneumonia,
following an illness of only three
days. Mrs. Carnegie was with her
husband when death came.
The deceased was born in Scot
land in 1835 and came to the Unit
ed States with his family in 1848,
locating at Pittsburg, where he aft
erwards built up the greatest steel
industry of his day, from a begin
ning as a weaver’s assistant in a
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cotton factory. Later he became a
telegraph messenger boy, in the em
ploy of the Ohio Telegraph com
pany, learning the key in his spare
time, and finally becoming an oper
ator. From operator he advanced
steadily until he became superin
tendent of the Pittsburg division
of the Pennsylvania railroad sys
tem, and it was while thus em
ployed that he assisted in the or- j
ganization of the Woodruff Sleeping
Car company, gaining through it the
nucleus of his fortune.
RELIANCE BACK
FROM OP RIVER;
HASFAST TRIP
The steamer Reliance, which was!
sent up the Tanana river from Fair
banks on July 31 with a cargo of
merchandise for Tanana Crossing,
reached Fairbanks on the return
trip last eevning at 6 o’clock, hav
ing made the run down from Mc
Carty in about 12 hours.
The voyage up the swift waters
of the upper Tanana was made
without incident, Captain Green re
porting upon his return that he had
encountered no particular difficulty
in landing his cargo at its destina
tion.
Both going up and returning,
those on board the Reliance saw
many moose and caribou close to
the river, the animals appearing to
be much more plentiful in that
region than in former years.
Captain Green and the members
of his crew transferred to the
steamer Tanana today and will
bring that boat down river to pick
up part of the tow of the steamer
Yukon.
GIBSON MAIL CAR
ARRIVED SUNDAY
A Gibson mail stage reached Fair
banks from the coast at 8:30 last
night, bringing a consignment of
first class mail from the States and
four passengers, the arrivals being:
Dr. P. C. Packer, a government vet
erinary; Mrs. R. C. Harris, a tour
ist; Harry Thorby, and Mrs. Bay
liss.
Gibson reports that through traf
fic has been interrupted by the loss
of a portion of a bridge about two t
miles north of Miller’s roadhouse,]
two bents of the structure having j
been washed out by high water.
Until repairs are made, it will be j
necessary for the autos to relay at
this point, there being no way to
get around the place.
Mrs. Norvin Smith is entertain
ing this afternoon in honor of Mrs
S. E. Ivey, who will be an outgoing
passenger on the steamer Yukon.
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BASEBALL FANS
Residents of Xenana who plan to
make the trip to Fairbanks with
the Xenana ball team on Friday
night are urged to leave their names j
with Joe Fischer, at the Fairbanks i
Clothing company, without delay. !
Definite plans cannot be made by
the excursion committee until it is j
known approximately how many de- I
sire to travel on the excursion boat, j
and it is because of that reason j
that reservations are desired at this \
time.
About twenty reservations have j
been made thus far, quite a number !
of them being for ladies who plan J
to make the trip. There will be ac- j
commodations for about 100 on the |
Commission boat and barge, and a!
special committee composed of Will j
Sherwin and 0. M. Jackson will see !
to it that the voyage up the river
is made in comfort by the excur
sionists.
The round-trip fare has not been
definitely decided upon yet, but Mr.
Fischer says that the cost of making
the trip will not be very much. This j
point will be settled within the ;
next day or two, provided those in- ,
tending to go will leave their names I
with Mr. Fischer. The excursionists }
will leave Xenana Friday evening'
and will return Sunday evening.
The present indications are that j
Xenana will have an exceptionally
strong lineup for the series. The
boys are practicing hard and will be
in good shape for the serie*.
FORMER TIMEKEEPER
PROSPECTS IN UTAH
According to a letter recently re
ceived in Nenana, Frank McNichol,
a former timekeeper in the employ
of the Alaskan Engineering com
mission, is now engaged in prospect
ing in Utah, in company with an
oldtime Dawsonite. The two men
outfitted at Salt Lake City and were
about to leave for a trip into the
hills with four burros, when the let
ter was written.
McNichol was troubled with asth
ma when he left the North, but has
entirely recovered since reaching the
States.
Kenana—The Gateway to McKinley
Vatlonal Park.
DAVIDSON DIES
IN ICY WATERS
OF TAKU INLEI
According to telegraphic advices
received in Fairbanks late Saturday
from the territorial capital, Charles
E. Davidson, surveyor general and
secretary of the territory, lost his
life by drowning in Taku channel,
near Juneau, on Friday evening at
about 10 o’clock, while he and Mrs.
Davidson and Dr. and Mrs. Robert
Simpson were on a pleasure outing.
Those on board the boat at the time
the accident occurred do not know
how it happened, nor has the body
of Davidson been seen since.
The party had made a landing
at the mouth of Annex creek, and
were preparing to leave the place in
their launch when the drowning oc
curred. Davidson and Simpson had
pulled up the anchor and Simpson
then went into the cabin, where the
ladies were, to start the engine, ex
pecting Davidson to follew immidi
ately.
After a minute or two, Mrs. Da
vidson inquired of Simpson what
had become of her husband, and
they went on deck to see what had
delayed him. But in the darkness
they could find no trace of him. It
afterwards occurred to them, how
ever, that they had heard a voice
outside the cabin, but so indistinct
ly that they had paid no heed to it.
In the light of developments, the
voice came back to them clearly and
they could disinctly hear the words,
•‘Oh, Bob!”
Searchers are making every effort
to find the body, but the water is i
quite deep where the launch was
anchored, and it is feared that the
search will be without success.
The deceased was formerly a resi
dent of Fairbanks, where he fol
lowed his profession as a United
States mineral surveyor until ap
pointed surveyor general of the ter
ritory during the incumbency of
Governor Strong. Mrs. Davidson was
also a resident of Fairbanks.
The deceased was reappointed at
the expiration of his first term, and
it is said of him that his office was
one of the most efficiently conduct
ed iu the tNtited States.
FRED MAJOR TO ENTER
RACE FOR VACANT POST
The numerous friends of Fred
Major have prevailed upon him to J
permit the use of his name as i
candidate for the vacancy on the
school board, caused by the resigna
tion of George W. Pennington. Mr.
Coutts, of the Coghill store, had
consented to became a candidate,
but he has since withdrawn his
name, and Mr. Major will make the
race for the place in his stead.
Mr. Major is a pioneer resident
of Xenana, owns property in the
town and is the father of several
children,' two of whom will attend
school during the coming year.
Jack Hanson, Xenana’s star twirl-1
er, was in town yesterday getting!
his arm in shape for the forthcom- j
ing series at Fairbanks.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 11.—Former
j President W. H. Taft has issued a
'statement in which he characterizes
the plan of President Wilson for
the public ownership of railroad?
as socialistic and radical.
Taft expresses the belief that the
plan will be opposed vigorously by
the Republicans in Congress, and he
j hopes that the Democratic members
will do likewise.
In conclusion, the statement says:
“We should not allow the soviet to
gain even a toe-hold here.”
NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—The Chi
cago club rh leading the American
league clubs, being four and a half
games ahead of their nearest rival,
the Detroit?.
Cincinnati heads the list of Na
tional league clubs, with a lead of
five and a half games over New
York.
SENATORS READY
TO START PROBE
WASHINGTON', D. Cl., Auk. 11.—
The senate investigation of aircraft
production in the United States
during the war will be started at
Chicago tomorrow, where the mem
bers of the investigating committee
have been making preparations for
the hearings.
From Chicago, the committee will
proceed to St. Paul, and from there
to the Pacific coast, where hearings
will be held at Seattle and Portland,
in connection with the spruce pro
duction.
FAIRBANKS FARMERS
NAME NEW OFFICERS
An enthusiastic and largely at
tended meeting of the Tanana Val
ley Agricultural association, incor
porated, was held at Fairbanks on
Saturday night, the meeting having
been called for the purpose of
choosing a new set of directors to
manage the affairs of the organiza
tion during the ensuing year. The
meeting was held at Armory hall.
The following directors were
elected: P. J. Rickert, M. D. Snod
grass, J. D. McIntyre, Harry Buzby,
C. W. Dana, Chas. Desjardens, and
H. H. Berry. The directors later
elected the following officers: P. J.
Rickert, president; H. H. Berry,
vice-president, and R. F. Washburn,
secretary.