WHERE. RAIL*S AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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VOL. II. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1919.
NO. 130
ACTION ON LAND LEASING BILL IS DUE
ARMOUR SA YS CREST OF HIGH COSTS IS REACHED
’ WILSON TO CALL CONFERENCE TO CONSIDER PROBLEMS
STEAMER YUKON
TAKES SEVERAL
OUTWARD BOUND
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The steamer Yukon, which left
Chena at six o'clock this moraine,
bound down stream, reached Ne
nana about two this afternoon and
was boarded by a number of local
people, some enroute to the States
^ and others for points along the
river. The steamer had a barge in
tow.
The passengers boarding the boat
here were: L. W inert, for Dahl
river; C. H. Hines, Tom Loveland
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and Charles Swanson, for Hot
Springs; B. F. Jones, for Skag
way, and the following for Seattle:
Mrs. E. L Foster and baby. Miss
Betty Foster, Richard Foster, Al
fred Johnson, John Lindquist, James
Monroe. Mrs. Holmes, Joe Sabanoff.
and George Hanoff.
The passengers in transit include
the following:
For Seattle: T. T. Swan, A. L.
Myers, Mrs. A. J. Pauli.
For Skagway: Mrs. H. E. Hoagg,
Mis M. E. Jack. Prof. C. C. George
son, R. D. Menzie.
For Anvik: Mrs. F. H. Ollsen.
y For Dawson: Davis Runyun.
For Circle: Dr. Parker, Govern
ment veterinary.
For Hot Springs: George Rolke,
E. Hansen.
For Xenana: Mrs. Walter Gould,
^ Muriel Russell, Valentine Anderson,
Jean Russell. Father Monroe.
NEW ZEALAND HAS
RATIFIED TREATY
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WELLINGTON, N. Z., Sept. 3.—
After a lengthy debate, parliament
today ratified the German peace
treaty, a substantial majority of the
members approving the action.
The treaty terms were subjected
to considerable criticism by the
Unionist members, but their opposi
tion was not sufficient to defeat the
ratification.
PERSHING IS GENERAL;
SENATE APPROVES BILL
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WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. 3—
The bill conferring upon John J.
Pershing the permanent title of gen
eral. which was approved by the
lower house of Congress several
days ago, was passed by the senate
late yesterday afternoon, and now
goes to the President for his sig
nature.
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SEATTLE JUDGE
WILL FACE JURY
IN BOOZE CASE
i SEATTLE. Sept- 3.—The trial of
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Superior Judge Allen on the charge
! of possessing a portion of the liquor
which disappeared in this city some
itime ago, after it had been placed
an the courthouse, will be conspicu
ous for the reason that the jury
.will be composed of three women
and nine men.
Five quarts will be introduced as
evidence against the judge, and the
prosecution also will endeavor to
prove that Judge Allen endeavored
to have false testimony introduced
before the judge who indicted him.
The claim was made that Allen
wanted the liquor for his own use.
The case is attracting much at
tention locally, and it is expected
that the hearing will be largely at
tended.
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PRESIDENT MS
ON PENDING PACT
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 3.—
On the eve of his departure for the
West on his speaking tour. Presi
dent Wrilson held a lengthy confer
ence with Senator Hitchcock rela
tive to the fight now in progress
in the senate #on the question of
ratifying the peace treaty without
reservations.
Thf President has declined to give
the senate foreign relations commit
tee the tentative drafts of the Aus
trian, Hungarian. Bulgarian, and
Turkish treaties, because, as he ex
pressed it, such action would tend
to take the function of the negotia
tion of treaties from executive
■ hands.
COLD BIRDS SEIZED
IN SPOKANE STORAGE
SPOKANE, Was., Sept. 3.—Fed
eral agents have seized 125,000
pounds of poultry which was found
in cold storage in this city.
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DEPARTMENT REQUESTS
MONEY TO FIGHT FIRE
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept 3.—
The department of agriculture has
requested Congress to appropriate
the sum of $2,500,000 to be used
in fighting forest fires in the West.
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ALASKA CANNERS TO
INVESTIGATE METHODS
OF CANNING SALMON
JUNEAU.—More than seventy Al
aska canneries, working through the
; National Oanners’ association, have
‘begun a thorough investigation of
I the methods used in canning salmon
iin the Juneau district. It is be
ilieved that the inspection will result
, in discouraging improper methods of
j canning, which recently brought
.about condemnation of large salmon
'shipments to Puget Sound.
NENANA ENTERTAINS
RAILROAD VISITORS;
PUNS MADE KNOWN
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j Colonel Frederick Mears, head of
;the Alaskan Engineering commis
Uion; John W. Hallo well, assistant
[secretary of the interior, and "Dr.”
; Alfred H. Brooks, geolc gist in
| charge of the division of Alaskan
mineral resources, who arrived over
■the Broad Pass trail yesterday on
a tour of inspection of the Govern
! ment railroad enterprise. were
guests of the Xenana Commercial
I club at an impromptu smoker, held
|at the Bowen building, last night.
'It was the first appearance of Col
onel Mears and “Dr.” Brooks in
Xenana since the commencement
of railroad work, and the first visit
!of Mr. Hallow-ell to the Interior
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The smoker was arranged at the
'request of Engineer in Charge
jFred'k D. Browne, who met the vis
itors near Broad Pass and accom
panied them to town, but w-ho, un
j fortunately, was unable to attend
the smoker himself, owing to illness
which overtook him on the trail.
The purpose was to give the people
of Xenana an opportunity to meet
1 the men to whom has been eri
, trusted the task of completing the
railroad and to supply them with
such information regarding condi
tions in Interior Alaska as might
be a help in solving the many prob
lems confronting them.
With the hall well filled with
members of the club and other resi
dents of the town. President R. S.
McDonald welcomed the visitors to
Xenana. assuring them that the peo
ple of Interior Alaska appreciated
their coming, confident that the visit
would lessen the distance between
Interior Alaska and the coast and
between the territory and Washing
ton. His opening remarks were in
the nature of a genera! introduc
tion. in which he referred to the
splendid achievements of the dis
tinguished guests and to the prom
ise of future results in Alaska, with
them associated with the railroad
enterprise.
Colonel Mears was the first of
the visitors to address the gather
ing. He is a young man. not much
over forty, with a soldierly bearing
and direct of speech. He said that
he had nit come to Interior Ala-ka
to make speeches, the object of his
visit being to get tirst-hand informa
tion regarding the progress of the
railroad and the general conditions
of the country. He expressed re
gret over the inability of Secretary
Lane to make the trip North, and
explained that critical conditions in
the States, resulting from the high
cost of living, had made it impossi
ble for the secretary to leave V'ash
ington. The trip was abandoned a;
the last moment, after all prepara
tions had been made by Secretary
Lane and the several members of
Congress who were to have visited
the territory. Two members of the
original party had come, however,
he said—Mr. Hallowell, who has
direct supervision over railroad af
. fairs at Washington, and "Dr.”
Brooks, who was a member of the
Taft railroad commission in 1913,
and who has been in Alaska a large
part of the time since 3S98. And
he pointed out that it was a big
advantage to have with him on
the trip his immediate superior.
( The colonel recalled a previous
visit to Interior Alaska in 1914, be
fore the town of Nenana existed.
As a member of the commission,
he had followed the proposed right
.of way and saw considerable of the
country, studying conditions and
looking over the resources.
I He said he was sorry he could
not discuss the plans of the eom
'm ssion relative to further activities
ir this division. The illness of Mr.
Browne, he explained, had preclud
ed the possibility of talking busi
ness with him on the road in from
the Pass. But he' expected to go
into the matter thoroughly upon his
return from Fairbanks, his chief
object in coming to the Interior be
ing to size up local conditions, the j
possibilities of tonnage, and to
formulate plans for future work.
The activities of the commission. \
he pointed out, are necessarily Jim- ,
ited to the amount of funds made .
available by Congress. At the pres
ent time, he said, the commission
is practically broke, as the result j
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WESTERN SENATORS
DEFEAT AMENDMENT
! WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept. 3.—
The amendment to the administra
tion oil land leasing bill, which was
introduced by Senator LaFollette
and which proposed to authorize the
: President to fix and control the
price of coal, oil and other prod
ucts from Government lands leased
under the measure, was defeated
today by Western senators. The
! Wisconsin senator has consumed 18
! hours of the Senate's time in speech- |
: making- since last Wednesday, in an i
effort to defeat the measure.
Senator Thomas. Democrat, of'
I Colorado, declared today that if the
I perdinjr measure is not disposed of
j by tonight, he will invoke the
cloture rule. Senator Smoot, of
Utah, a Republican, says it is hit
intention to keep the senate in ses
sion tonight until a vote is taken,
even if it takes all night.
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ST. PAUL, Sept. 3.—In a state
'ment published in this city today,
Ogden Armour, one of the lead
ing packers of the country, says
that the crest of the high cost of
' living has been reached and that
henceforth there will be a lowering
of prices throughout the country.
Prices have already started down
ward, he says, and the downward
movement will continue until con
ditions become normal again.
The existing condition, he says,
j is the result of war times, a quite
natural outcome of turbulent days,
iin which the industries and resources
| of the country were taxed to their
utmost to supplv war needs. Get
iting back to a peace basis has been
a slow process, but the change is
taking place now and it will not be
(iong until the country is on a pre
Iwar footing again.
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BELGIAN ROYALLY
WILL VISIT WEST
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WASHINGTON'. D. C., Sept. 3.—
King Albert of Belgium, who is
coming to the United States during
|the coming month, accompanied by
; Queen Elizabeth, is scheduled to ar
rive here on October 1st, and the
distinguished visitors will be the
guests of President Wilson during
, their stay of three days in this city.
It is the plan of the visitors to
visit the Pacific coast before re
turning to Europe, but the details
of the trip across the continent have
not yet been arranged.
OFFICERS' RESERVE CORPS
BIG ASSET FROM WORLD WAR
WASHINGTON, D. C—Army of
jficers point to the new officers’
■ reserve corps as one of the big
'assets obtained from the war. The
corps, now numbers more than 45,
000 members, sufficient on the basis
of one officer to twenty men to fur
|nish the commissioned personnel of
an army of 900,000. Officers in
|the higher grades include 68 col
!onels, 196 lieutenant-colonels, and
! 2,298 majors.
There are on file 24,817 applica
tions for appointment as officers in
the regular army.
SALVAGE COMPANY
WILL TRY TO RAISE
STEAMSHIP ISLANDER
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JUNEAU.—Attempt is to be made
by a salvage company to raise the
treasure ship Islander, wrecked Au
gust 15, 1901, between Douglas and
Admiralty islands, Southeastern Al
aska. The Islander, which struck
an iceberg and was sunk with the
loss of thirty-nine lives, was valued
at 1175,000, and carried a cargo
estimated to be worth nearly $1,
000,000.
PRESIDENT HAS
MADE PLANS TO
| CAllMEETING
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Sept. 3 —
[According to information coming
! from the White House this after
| noon. President Wilson is preparing
la call for a national conference to
be held in this city between Oc
tober 5th and 10th, for the con
sideration of economic problems now
confronting the nation.
Labor leaders, capitalists and ag
riculturists will be invited to at
jtend the conference, and it is ex
'pected that every section of the
[United States will be represented at
jthe meeting, regarded here as one
i of the most important scheduled,
since it will bring together the three
: vital elements of American indus
try.
The plan of the President is be
ing generally discussed here and in
[other Eastern cities, and the belief
is experssed that the conference will
[be productive of beneficial results.
Plan of Selection.
; The President has written letters
; to the Chamber of Commerce of the
[United States. Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Eedera
!tion of Labor, to the leading agri
cultural associations and investment
companies, asking that they submit
nominations for delegates to attend
[the conference. While in the West
the President will select the dele
gates from the lists submitted.
ITALIAN KING TO
I ASSISI PEASANTS
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■ ROME, Sept. 3.—Announcement
has been made to the effect that
, the king of Italy will surrender the
I crown properties to the peasants
l of the country and for the prose
cution of national work for the ben
efit of former soldiers.
THIRD BOND PAYMENTS
PAYABLE SEPTEMBER 0
Special Disbursing Agent Frank
Doner has asked The News to re
mind subscribers to the Fifth Lib
:erty Loan that the third payment
|of 20 percent of the value of the
|bonds will become due next Tues
day, September 9, at which time, or
|at any time before then, the instal
ment may be paid at his office.
! Either the single payment or the
i entire balance due may be paid,
j The reminder is given at this
.time in order that all subscribers
I may be prepared to have their
|money ready when the payment be
jcomes due, as it is necessary for
| Mr. Doner to remit promptly to the
federal reserve bank at San Fran
cisco.
Sigfred Hanson, a Tofty resident
and a native of Sweden, has made
application at Fairbanks to become
an American citizen. He came to
the States in 1907.