WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1919
NO. 197
TREATY GOES OVER TO NEXT SESSION
PRESIDENT NAMES NEW NATIONAL CONFERENCE
STRIKERS REJECT WAGE OFFER OF MINE OPERATORS
Following' the action of Juneau,
the people of Anchorage are now
engaged in forming a branch of the
new patriotic Alaskan organization
^ known as Americans. A most en
thusiastic overflow meeting was held
at Roberts hall on Tuesday night,
at which were fully represented the
business and railroad interests of
the Anchorage district. Every busi
nessman in town is affiliating and
^ the movement has the endorsement
of the Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tuesday's meeting was addressed
by Mrs. Frederick Mears, who did
the honors for her husband, absent
from town on a tour of inspection
north of Anchorage. Major McFar
^ land, Army Chaplain Hughes, Pro
fessor Dunn of the Anchorage
school. Senator Tom Price ' and oth
ers also spoke, the speeches being
in the nature of rousing patriotic
addresses.
No trouble is anticipated in An
Y chorage from the Reds, the organ
ization being merely to support what
is regarded as a worthy movement
in the Territory.
John F. Coffey, editor of the
Alaska Railroad Record, acted as
chairman of the meeting.
Another branch of the organiza
tion was formed at Wrangell on
Tuesday.
MANY YANKEES GET
■ HONORSjN EUROPE
WASHNGTON, D. C., Xov. 20.—
According to an official statement
issued by the war department to
day, a total of 15,384 American
{ I officers and men were decorated by
foreign powers during the progress
of the world war. France alone
gave the Croix de Guerre to 11,000
Yankee fighters.
DAWSON SOURDOUGH
CALLED BY REAPER
DAWSON, Nov. 20.—Henry Bai
ley, for many years a resident of
the Yukon river country, died at
SENATE SESSION IS ENDED
WITHOUT ACTION ON TREATY
!
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.—
I
!The first session of the 66th Con
' press came to an end last night
with German peace and the Leagrue
of Nations proposition still unsettled,
in so far as America is concerned.
The members of the lower house
adjourned during: the afternoon and
the senate session was terminated a
few hours later, following an un
successful attempt to pass a resolu
tion providing for the straight rati
fication of the peace treaty, without
:reservations. The vote stood 38 for
ratification, and 53 opposed.
Up to President.
The fate of the treaty is now in
the hands of President Wilson, in
consequence of the failure of the
senate to dispose of the question in
any way. The President may re
submit the treaty during the regu
lar winter session of Congress, which
will begin on December first, and
it is considered probable that he
will fee! out the other powers re
garding their attitude on the reser
vation question, with a view to
bringing the treaty to some sort of
ratification, with reservations, when
the American lawmakers reconvene.
Should the President fail to re
submit the treaty, it is believed the
Republicans will pass the Lodge
[resolution declaring war with Ger
imany at an end.
—
MAY NOT WAIT.
| PARIS, Nov. 20.—Officials of the
| French government are considering
[the advisability of making the Ger
jman treaty effective before the first
| of December, without the ratifica
|tion of the United States. The
i chief concern of French statesmen
i
I at present regards the ratification
of the special treaty between the
! United States and France, guaran
teeing American support in case of
[further trouble between Germany
[and France. Up to the time of
■the adjournment of the senate, this
I treaty had not been reported by the
foreign relations committee.
WILSON SILENT.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.—
President Wilson has nothing to say
today regarding the failure of the
senate to ratify the treaty. Sev
eral attempts were made to get a
statement from him for publication,
but without success.
Senators Underwood and Hitch
cock visited the White House this
afternoon and conferred at some
length with the President, and after
the meeting Senator Underwood in
formed a newspaperman that the
senate Democrats had played all
their cards and had lost. Senator
Hitchcock said that he still felt
hopeful, inasmuch as the treaty is
not yet dead.
The failure of the senate to act
does not technically change the ex
isting .relations between Germany
and the United States, and it is
believed that one of the results will
be the hastening of the restoration
of full diplomatic relations between
| Germany and the Allied nations
jthat nave ratified the treaty.
It is believed this afternoon that
Ithe senate will not again consider
jthe treaty until after the Christmas
i holidays.
KNOTTY PROBLEMS.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.—
!The failure of the senators to reach
'an agreement on the treaty leaves
several very knotty problems for
the administration to consider,
' among them being the question of
! property rights in German ships, the
i question of alien enemy property
'rights in the United States, and the
I ownership of vast American inter
j ests in Germany.
It is believed that the Repub
licans plan to declare peace by reso
lution when the new session is con
vened.
Senator Lodge declares, in a state
ment issued this afternoon, that the
treaty is dead so far as the senate
is concerned.
SPAIN REPRESENTING.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.—
It is considered probable that Spain
will continue to represent the United
States in Germany as the result of
the failure of the senate to ratify
the treaty. It is understood that
diplomatic relations cannot be re
sumed between Germany and Am
, erica under the circumstances.
THE LAST ROUND.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.
; Most of the Democratic senators
aligned with the administration vot
|ed against the resolution providing
[for the ratification of the treaty
• with reservations. The "mild res
i
jervation” Republicans joined with
the Democrats in order to get the
question before the senate, where,
■they believed, it would be possible
! to effect a compromise.
Senator Underwood submitted a
resolution for the ratification of the
! treaty without reservations, after
° the second defeat of the Republican
I resolution. The Underwood measure
[was voted down without debate.
Mayo recently, according to advices
just received here from the upper
Stewart.
!
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 20. — Fritz
Kreisler, Austrian violinist, who is
on a tour of the United States, will
not appear before the people of this
city tonight as advertised. An
nouncement was made this mornine
that the talented but unpopular vis
itor had canceled his contract at
the request of Mayor Smith, who
expressed the belief that Kreisler’s
appearance would provoke disturb
ances.
Henana—The Gateway to McKinley
COAL MINERS TURN
WAGE OFFER DOWN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.—
President Lewis, principal repre
sentative of the coal mine workers
at the conference now in session in
this city, rejected an offer of the
operators today for a wage increase
of 15 cents per ton, which is 20
percent more than the existing day
scale. It was also proposed by the
operators that the existing working
conditions we continued.
Lewis declared that the ad%-ance
proposed is wholly inadequate, in
view of the tremendous advance in
living costs, and he informed the
operators that the miners did not
assume that the offer was made
seriously, with any thought of its
acceptance by the strikers.
In consequence of the refusal of
Lewis to consider the operators’
proposition, negotiations this after
noon are at a standstill.
i
IN SEATILE WITH
SEATTLE, Nov. 20.—The fish
eries hearing called for the purpose
| of ascertaining the views of Alas
i kans and others interested in the
| fishing: industry on the question of
: restricting fishing in Northern wa
! ters, began in this city today, un
| der the auspices of the fisheries
; bureau.
Governor Thomas Riggs and At
torney-General Jerry C. Murphy
'were among the Alaskans present.
| The question of restricting fish
i ing in Southeastern Alaskan streams
•will be considered next Tuesday.
NORTHERNREVOLT
PUT DOWN EASILY
VLADIVOSTOK, Nov. 20. — A
revolutionary force under the lead
ership of General Gaida was sub
dued in easy manner by the gov
ernment forces this week, when an
attempt was made by the rebels to
take possession of this city.
The rebel leader, Gaida, was
wounded during the fighting and is
now a prisoner in the hands of the
government troops.
ROHR IMS
RIM OFFICE
FOR FREE RIDE
CASPER, Wyo., Nov. 20.—Will
iam Carlisle,- . notorious bandit and
‘escaped convict, who relieved a
number of Union Pacific tourists of
their valuables this week, walked
into the local Western Union tele
graph office this morning and sent
,a wire to the Union Pacific office,
thanking the company for ‘‘a haul
on your road.”
As soon as the bandit had left
the office, the operator gave the
alarm and a score of detectives and
a large posse were despatched in
search of the nervy highwayman,
who apparently is moving about the
country with the greatest freedom,
in open defiance of the many officers
who are trying to locate him.
During the time that he was in
the telegraph office, Carlisle seemed
perfectly at home and unafraid of
1 apprehension. He transacted his
business in a leisurely fashion, paid
for the message in tourist money,
and disappeared.
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OIL LEASING MEASURE
STILL IN CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Nov. 20.—
The oil, coal, and gas bill, which was
I introduced during the early days of
the late session of Congress, was
'still in conference when the session
came to an end yesterday. The
i bill was in a similar fix when the
63th Congress came to an end earli
er in the year.
RIOTING AT CAIRO
WAS FATAL 10 TEN
CAIRO. Xov. 20.—Ten are dead
and fully 120 injured as a result of
rioting which occurred in this city
on Sunday. The majority of the
casualties were caused by troops
which were called out to restore
order.
Three police stations were burned
by the rioters before the city was
quieted.
GOVERNORS MAY
TRY TO SETTLE
DES MOINES, la., Nov. 20.—
Governor Harding has prepared a
message to the governors of coal
mining states, in which it is sug
gested that a conference be held
for the purpose of considering the
question of relieving the fuel situa
tion, which is rapidly assuming an
acute stage throughout the country.
The plan of Governor Harding
is that the state executives unite
in an effort to bring about a re
sumption of coal mining under the
supervision of the various states in
which rhe mines are situated. The
governor favors state operation of
the mines until such time as the
striking miners and mine owners
arc able to reach an agreement.
ACTION TAKEN.
DENVER. Colo., Nov. 20.—Coal
mine operators and operati"es have
been invited to attend a conference
in this city which has been called
by the state industrial commission
with a view to averting the new coal
mine strike called for tomorrow.
Both mine owners and miners have
accepted the invitation.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
TAKES GREAT OROP
NEW YORK. Nov. 2". The bof
tom fell out of foreign exchange
here today, the quotations showing
new record low levels. The English
pound sterling brought only ¥4.99
An incoming stage is due at Fair
banks tomorrow with two passengers
—Mrs. Car! Selberg and !!. B.
Green.
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CONFERENCE NAMED
TO DISCUSS ISSUES
! WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 20.—
[President Wilson has announced the
appointment of a new national in
dustrial commission, composed of
seventeen men, of prominence in the
nation, including federal and state
officials, businessmen, former cabi
,net members, and former governors
[The new conference, which will take
; up the work of the conference which
[foundered recently on the collective
bargaining issue, will begin its de
! liberations in this city on December
! first.
Among: those who will compose
the new conference are: Secretary
of Labor Wilson, former Attorneys
General Wickersham and Gregory,
Herbert Hoover, former Secretary
of Commerce Strauss, former Chair
man Taussig of the tariff commis
sion. former Governor McCall of
Massachusetts, and former Governor
Glynn of New York.
, Unlike the conference of earlier
appointment, the new conferees will
[conduct their deliberations without
; division by groups.