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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1919
WHOLE NUMBER 2'.8
STATES VOTE JOHN BARLEYCORN OUT
PEACE CONGRESS OPENS FORMALLY SATURDAY
GERMANS TO HAVE FAIR VOTE AT COMING ELECTION
PEACE CONGRESS
Amid Great Pomp and Ceremonial
Splendor, Peace Congress Will
Convene Saturday.
(Associated Press)
PARIS, Jan. 16.—The actual and
official inauguration of the peace
congress is to take place on Satur
day, January 18, with elaborate
ceremonies befitting the occasion.
A guard of honor, composed of
detachments of crack Allied troops,
will be stationed at the entrance
of the building to pay military
honors to the delegates as they ar
rive.
French Foreign Minister Pinehon
will personally receive President
Wilson at the head of the steps at
the foreign ministry and will ac
company him to the room where
the meeting will be held.
The meeting will begin at three
o’clock sharp in the afternoon.
The various peace delegates will
sit aronud a table shaped like a
horseshoe. The delegations will be
grouped in alphabetical order.
America at one end of the table
and Britain, France, Italy and
Japan at the other end.
President Poincare of France, will
deliver the opening address.
TROOPS ARRIVE
ON BATILESHiPS
Affivociatpfl Press
NEWPORT NEWS, Jan. 16.—
The United States battleships Vir
ginia and Rhode Island arrived to-1
day with two thousand troops from j
France.
FAIRBANKS BAND MAY
BE REORGANIZED SOON
A meeting of the citizens inter
ested in the social welfare of the
town of Fairbanks has been called
for the purpose of devising ways
and means whereby the Fairbanks
band can be reorganized.
The meeting was held this after
noon at the Nordale Hotel. The
decisions arrived at as the result
of the meeting are not known atj
present.
Strong efforts are to be made to
resuscitate the band.
DEPUTY WOOD BACK
WITH INSANE MAN I
I
Deputy Marshal John Wood reach
ed Fairbanks late last night from
Tanana, bringing with him J. Major,
who was adjudged insane recently
at Ruby.
The deputy reports that the
Beluga whale still enjoys his free
dom in the Yukon river, just below
Gibbon and that there is a regular
trail from town to the hole in the
river ice where he disports him
self occasionally.
The big fish is said to be in
very poor condition now, as the
novelty of feeding him has worn
off lately, and fiah do not seem
to be plentiful in the river.
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Vessels Not Needed for Government
Service Are Now Released to
Their Owners.
Associated Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—The Fed
eral Shipping Board has released all
American ships requisitioned during
the war, retaining in the service
only such ships as are needed and
are now actually engaged in the
army service.
The order releasing the ships to
resume trade went into effefyt today.
German Elections to Be Under the
Freest Suffrage In the World
Say Ebert Government
(Asso.-isiled I rests}
LONDON, Jan. 16.—According to
despatches received in this city to
day, order has now been restored
in Berlin and a recurrence if the
recent troubles is not apprehended.
The German government says
that the coming elections will be
held under the freest suffrage in
the world, to determine the consti
tution of the German state.
Efforts are to he made to ar
range for a peace safeguarding the
German nation and which will rend
er possible the formation of a union
of nations which will give protection
against wars.
(Associated Press)
RIO JANEIRO, Jan. 16—Dr.
Rodrigruez Alves, who had been
elected president of the Republic
of Brazil, died in this city today.
VISITORS RETURN
TO UPPER TOP
Billy Butler’s fast dog team
pulled out this morning with Mrs
John A. Davis and Mrs. Frederick
D. Browne on board, bound for
Fairbanks; following immediately
behind it was another dog sled
piloted by F. Dorwin Browne, Jr.,
with John A. Davis on board.
The sleds will travel in company
and put up for the night at “Eat
em-up” Frank’s place, resuming the
journey tomorrow morning.
Mrs. F. D. Browne expects to
return to Nenana in a few days.
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36 STATES RATIFY
BONE DRY MEASURE
LINCOLN, Nebraska, Jan. 16.—'
| The state legislature ratified the
(Federal Prohibition Amendment at
! 10:110 a. m., today.
| MISSOURI DOES LIKEWISE ,
JEFFERSON-CITY, Mo., Jan. 16
—The state legislature today rati-'
I fied the Federal Prohibition Amend
|
ment.
JOHN BARLEYCORN DEAD
CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-—The United j
(States has completed the legislative
; process of voting itself dry.
i The process mentioned required
i that if two-thirds of the states,
I voted for the ratification of the
j Federal Prohibition Amendment, it
| automatically becomes a Constitu
tional amendment, and prohibition
will become nation wide. Nebraska
j makes the thirty-sixth state to
ratify the amendment.
Leaders in discusing the trend of
events and those to follow as i
result, declared that the accomplish
ment, which makes the whole nation
dry, is the greatest piece of moarl
legislation in the world.
The Federal Prohibition amend
l
merit which was adopted by Con-i
gress, subject to its ratification by!
the several states, prohibits the j
manufacture and sale of intoxicat-j
ing beverages, and would go into
effect one year after its final rati
fication by Congress. More than
two-thirds of the states having now
ratified the amendment, it is up to!
Congress to take steps for its final!
ratification, when it becomes a Con-j
stitutional amendment.
Prior to the introduction of the
Federal Prohibition amendment,
twenty-four states had adopted pro
hibition by action of the state legis
latures, and three other states had
pledged themselves to prohibition.
^ Pending the final ratification of
the measure by Congress, in the
meantime, the nation goes dry July
first next, by Presidential proclama
tion. as a war measure, unless Presi
dent Wilson rescinds it before then.
California to Fight It
, In California the ratification of
v.
the amendment is evidently being
/ought to a finish, and court action
has been started to restrain the gov
ernor of the oppoy state from rati
fying the legislature's action.
California distillers with billions
of dollars in resources, intend to go
he limit to save their businesses,
'f.ie Drys say that the attorney for
Pie distillers is without merit.
WILL SHIP IT "OVER THERE”
NEW YORK, Jan. Hi. President
tern, of the Transoceanic Commer
cial Corporation, whiifi is a newly
organized export subsidiary of the
Distillers' Security Corporation,
speaking of the coming prohibition
today said that the distilling inter
ests of the country anticipating the
enforcement of national prohibition
in one year’s time have completed
their plans for the conservation of
the manufacturing plants, and for
the export of whiskies and other j
spirits now held in bond.
LOUIS LEVY DEAD;
VICTIM OF "FLO”
Louis Levy, well konwn Fairbanks]
merchant, died yesterday at Seattle]
from the effects of an attack of
i
influenza.
Mr. Levy was a partner of Bar- i
ney Simon in the business of the
Mammoth Clothing Store, and with1
the departure of his partner fori
Anchorage, the entire management
of the big store devolved on Louis, j
Last fall Mr. Levy wound up'
the business of the Mammoth Cloth
ing Store and left for the States.
He was undecided at the time, as
to what, he would do.
He counts a wide circle of friends
in the Tanana valley who will re
gret to hear of his death. He also
leaves behind a wife and child to
mourn his loss.
BURGESS CAR TO LEAVE
FAIRBANKS TOMORROW1
A Burgess-Karstens auto was to
have left Fairbanks for Nenana to
day, but owing to the fact that the
necessary work being done on it
was not completed in time, Mr.
Burgess was unable to take the
trail.
The car is being converted to a
narrow gauge so that it could be
got over the trail easier and in
much better time. It is expected
that the work will be finished today
to enable the car to leave tomorrow.
I
[01 OWNERS GET
TIME EXTENSION
Quite a number of people have
railed to pay their townsite assess
ments at the close of business on
January 15.
The townsite manager announces
that the townsite dock is stopped
until 4 p. m., Saturday, the 18th,
for the benefit of those who have
merely overlooked the matter.
After that hour the ten per cent
penalty will be exacted; failure to
pay which will cause the lot to be
reported for forfeiture.
CITY OF FAIRBANKS IS
ALMOST CLEAR OF DEBT
It is reported that, for the first
time in many years, the town of
Fairbanks is nearly out of debt,
rhe taxes paid in during the first
Fifteen days of January are re
ported to amount to $39,000, which
■epresents about 90 per cent of the
.otal taxes collectable.
It is expected that by the time
;he balance of the taxes due are
:olleeted the city will clear itslef
>f all encumbrances.
A movement is on foot by some
\nchorage capitalists to organize
in exploring expedition for Siberia.
\s soon as peace restores the coun
ty to normal condition it is the in
dention of the company to embark
For the Anadir Bay district.
Peace Confc-ence Confers W ih t!i ■
Newspapermen Regarding the
Publicity Methods.
_ 1
(Associated Press)
PARIS, Jan. 1(1. Tile supremo j
council, after considering the mat '
ter of the relations between the
peace conference and the news
papers, called a meeting this after
noon of the correspondents, for an
interchange of views re^ardmi* pub
licity methods.
One Hundred Million Dollare Asked
For Food Relief, Favorably
Reported.
Associated lYt-ss
WASHINGTON, I). 0., Jan. 16.—
The Senate Appropriations com
mittee, with but very little opposi
tion, ordered a favorable report on
House bill appropriating one hund
red million dollars for food relief
for the destitute people of Europe.
President Wilson, in special des
patches to Senator Martin of Vir
ginia and Representative Sherley of
Kentucky, the chairmen of the Con
gressional Appropriation committees
urped immediate favorable action
on the bill carrying the appropria
tion for food relief, on the ground
that it was the key to the whole
European situation and a solution
of the peace problems.
Violation of Pe-shing’a Order!
Result* In Arrest of GirU
At Coblenz.
(Associated Press)
COBLENZ, Jan. 16.—The Asso
ciated Press annouces that twenty
girlB were arrested here today
charged with violating a recent
order issued by General Pershing.
The order forbade the girls to talk
with American soldiers.
QUARANTINE ESTABLISHED
ON THE LOWER TONSINA
According to reports received
from Fairbanks this afternoon, a
quarantine station has been estab
lished at lower Tonsina to prevent
the spread of influenza in the direc-1
tion of Chitina and the coast, by 1
the health authorities of the Third I
division.
The report also states that Dr.
Sutherland is now considering the
advisability of establishing a quar
antine at Donnelly’s as an added
precaution.
No further reports of the flu
among the Indians near Gulkana
have been received today. The In
dians are said to have been most
effectively isolated.
Mail from Fairbanks is expected
in town tomorrow afternoon.
SOFIA.—Budgarian political lead
ers profess to be gratified by the
entrance of the Entente fleet into
Constantinople and express the be
lief that it assures an equitable und
reasonable solution of the intermin
able question of who shall control
the Straits of the Dardenelles. This
problem has been the constant night
mare of most of the Bulgarian
states, particularly of Bulgaria, Ru
mania and Greece. These countries
always have considered the possi
bility of Russian occupation of
Constantinople to be a serious men
ace to their own national existence.
This fear was one of the causes
which led Bulgaria to take sides with
the Central Powers in the war.
Eater when Russia abandoned her
exclusive claim to Constantinople,
Rumania's entry into the war on.
the side of the Entente was facili
tated.
Political circles in Bulgaria are
profoundly impressed by the giddy
rapidity with which events of far
reaching international importance
now are transpiring. The folly of
the policy pursued by the former
King Ferdinand and his government
in Bulgaria has been brought home
in a striking manner to Bulgarians
by the recent developments. The
same feeling is expected to prevail
among the young Turks, who pre
fered to trust Germany rather than
Great Britain and France, although
it is said, these powers and Russia
gave to the Porte a formal declara
tion guaranteeing the integrity of
Turkey if she would remain neutral
in the war.
The great mass of the Turks, as
well as all other nationalities in
Turkey are said to be overjoyed to
witness the termination of the rule
■ f the governing clique in that coun
try and the success of the Entente
Powers. They now realize, it is
■aid. that Germany cared nothing
for the condition of the Turks, but
was solely concerned with her own
ommercial and industrial schemes
tffecting Turkey.
The general feeling of tranquilty
ins succeeded the recent troublous
times and all political parties replace
•onfidencc in the ability of the pres
ent democratic ministry of Bulgaria
to extricate the country from its
iresent condition.
The organization of a society in
Sofia to promote the idea of a Bal
kan Confederation is criticized here
)n the eronnd (huf it i«
:hatanika merchant
IS NENANA VISITOR
Ed Willis, formerly of the firm
>f Willis & Welch cigar store, Chat
mika, arrived in Nenana this after
loon from the upper town, travel
ng in his own rig which consists
)f a light basket sled and horse
He expects to remain here for a
few days, and will probably go out.
:o the . States via the Broad Pass
Tail.
Sylvester Howell, who had been
spending a few days, in Nenana, was
» passenger on the auto leaving for
Fairbanks this morning.
IMUI, Alaska’s Xatsrlor Fusl Depot