The Broad Pass Route Is The Short-Cut
THE NENANA
Route — Saves Mushers Miles and Money
DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH H, 1919
WHOLE NUMBER 283
BOLSHEVISTS THREATEN UNITED STATES
, POPE IS URGING SPEEDY CONCLUSION OF PEACE
PENNINGTON AND DUNN INTRODUCE EIGHT HOUR BILL
V
IS DEMOL'SHED
IN PEACE TERMS
PARIS, Mar. 11.—As a result of
the supreme council’s adoption of
the military terms of the German
disarmament, which will be em
bodied in the final peace treaty,
military Germany will cease to
exist.
The military terms of the peae<i
pact call for the reduction of the
German military establishment to
one hundred thousand men and four
thousand officers only. The sol
diers to form this force must be
recruited in the ordinary way and
not impressed into the service by
conscription.
For twelve years -to come Ger
many’s army will be smaller than
that of Switzerland.
The military terms of Germany
adopted by the supreme council,
also calls for the destruction of the
fortresses along the Rhine and for
the abolition of the imperial Ger
man staff.
It is expected that the peace
treaty will be ready for the signa
tures of the powers concerned by
March 20th.
It is now thought probable that
the Allies will call the German dele
gates to Versailles for the purpose
of signing the treaty about March
22nd.
Supervising Enginer H. K. Ward,
who returned from a reconaissance
trip with the Browne party Sunday
night, left for Fairbanks yesterday
afternoon with Butler’s dog stage.
Mr. Ward, soon after arrival in
Fairbanks, will take in hand the
work of perfecting plans for the
organizing of the labor force which
will be employed in building the
railroad from the Fairbanks end to
Nenana.
BUSINESSMEN DECIDE
TO DROP EDES’ LETTER
At a poorly attended meeting of
Nenana businessmen and others,
called for the purpose of discussing
the now-famous Edes letter to
Secretary Lane, relative to railroad
conditions in Interior Alaska, it was
decided last night, “to be the sense
of the meeting that no action be
taken” on, the letter in question.
The meeting, which was held at
Union Hall, was attended by less
than a dozen Nenanaites.
Thelin expects to leave Fairbanks
tomorrow morning with a load of
freight and will probably bring some
mail also.
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WASHINGTON, Mar. 11.—Major
General William Kenley, director of
military aeronautics, has been re
lieved of hs post and ordered to re
port to the chief of the field artil
lery, in his former rank of colonel,
for duty with his former command.
Brigadier General William Mitch
ell has been named to command the
aeronautics section.
JUNEAU, Mar. 11.—In the House
of Representatives of the territorial
congress, a sharp discussion de
veloped this morning on rules.
As a result of the discussion, the
House resolved itself into a com
mittee of the whole House, with
Geo. W. Pennington in the chair,
and after some further discussion,
the rules in force in 1917 were
adopted without change.
The House resumed session imme
diately after the dissolution of the
committee and the adoption of the
rules and the eight-hour bill was
presented for discussion jointly by
representatives Pennington and
Dunn.
EVIDENCE FOUND
Of ACTIVITIES
OF EOLSHEVIKI
WASHINGTON, Mar. 11.—The
department of justice has found evi
dence of a country-wide radical pro
paganda, urging the overthrow of
the American government and the
establishment of Bolshevism in the
United States.
Documents and letters seized by
the police from various I. W. W.
strongholds referred to every strike
as a small revolution, which was
merely the dress rehearsal for the
big one.
The officals of the department of
justice claim that Socialists, radi
cals and the I. W. W. have found
common cause in Bolshevism, and
that a bloody revolution is con
. templated by them
MUSHERS ARRIVE
IN FAIRBANKS
Mushing over the Chitina trail,
Y. Johnson, Andrew Anderson, A.
Johnson, Charles Street, sourdoughs
■ ofthe North, and a cheechaco named
j Swanson arived in Fairbanks last
i night.
The report that several others are
j on the way m and and that, from
now on, men will be arriving daily
; to go to work in the mines, and to
engage in other work. Many ol
those coming in are said to be chee
j chacos. •
Iiuu, Alaska’s Interior rasl Depot
WILL BE BUILT
BY EX SOLDIER!
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LONDON, Mar. 11 —A proposal
is under consideration by the Brit
ish and French governments to build
a tunnel under the English Channel,
connecting England and France.
It is estimated that the channel |
will take five years build and
will cost twenty million pounds (one
hundred million dollars!
It is planned to have the tunnel
built entirely by ex-soldiers, thereby
giving employment to a vast number
of deserving men.
A tunnel under the English Chan-'
nel was planned a long time ago,:
but after lengthy conferences be
' tween England and France, the pro-.
: ject. though feasible, was aband-;
oned for international reasons.
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RIGA CAP1URE
COPENHAGEN, Mar. 11.—Ac
cording to a report received in this
' city today from Berlin, the report
j that the city of Riga was captured !
1 recently by the German forces is
1 officially denied.
COBLENZ, Mar. 11.—Genera!
John J. Pershing, commander in
chief of the American forces over
| seas, fs expected in Coblenz on Wed
i nesday on a tour of inspection of
the famous Rainbow Division.
The general expects to leave for
’ the United States sometime in April, i
SEATTLE, Mar. 11—All the ship
yards in this city reopened today
and a large force of men were
busy getting things in shape for the
resumption of active work on the
j partly completed hulls and on new 1
construtcion work.
It is expected that a general re
sumption of work will take place
during the latter part of the week.
| The shipyards at Aberdeen and
I Tacoma were also thrown open to
| day and a large number of men re
I sumed their old occupations there.
Jake Hepfinger, former Fairbanks
barber, who migrated to the States
last fall from Valdez, has returned
to Alaska with a new barber outfit
and will locate this time at Cor
dova.
Xenau—Th* Oatoway to ICeXinlay
Vatloaal rack.
POPE APPEALS
10 ALLIES FOR
SPEEOY PEACE
PARIS. Mar. 11.—His Holiness
the pope of Rome has addressed
an appeal to the powers in which
he emphasizes the urgency for the
earliest possible conclusion of peace.
The pope is understood to have
stated in his appeal that he possesses
information 'of the economic and
social situation in Germany and has
expressed very grave fears that the
spread of Bolshevism to Germany
might result in the establishment
of a Bolsheviki state.
TRAVELERS Will
TAKE TRAIL FOR
ANCHORAGE SOON
Mrs. Morrison, of Anchorage, who
arrived here' last night from the
end of steel, having made the trip
from the coast town with Ole Jacob
sen’s dog team, expects to meet her
sister, Mrs. Nels Peterson today.
The latter will arrhe here on the
Karstens auto.
Both ladies will then go to An
chorage via the Broad Pass trail, on
dog teams driven by Mike Cooney
and Ole Jacobsen. They will leave
Nenana either tomorrow or on Sat
urday.
Ole Jacobsen with bis team is
awaiting the arrival of the party at
the end of steel.
Mrs. Nels Peterson is in poor
health and is making the trip to the
coast with her sister, and will prob
ably go to the States for rest and
treatment for a short time and re
turn North sometime during the
summer.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 11.—Repre
sentative F. W. Mondell, of Wyom
ing has been named the Republican
floor leader.
Representative J. R. Mann, of
Illinois, was first elected for the
position, but declined the honor.
LOOKING BETTER
VLADIVOSTOCK. — Amid the
revolution in Siberia is sounded a
note of progress. The Government
Telegraph Agency at Omsk reports
“Organization of some sort of
agency for exploring Siberia has
been found by the cabinet of min
isters to be necessary and has called
a conference in Omsk to consider
it. Forty thousand rubles have been
assigned for the conference.”
Sixty-two aliens, stationed at Fort
Liscum, were granted citizenship
recently by District Judge F. M.
Brown. After the men had taken
the oath of allegiance, forty of them
were handed their discharge from
the army.
ROME TO HOLD
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ROME Mar. 11.—A movement
' has been started in the Italian
j Chamber of Deputies, having for its
I object the appropriation of an ade
j quate sum of money for the purpose
! of holding Olympic games in Rome
in 1920 .
The year chosen for the holding
I of the games happens also to be
j the fiftieth anniversary of the unifi
j cation of Italy.
Mike Cooney returned to town
i on the train arriving from the end
l of steel last night, after a rather
s prolonged absence from home.
He brought Miss Edna Palmer as
passenger for Xenana, and reports
having had a very pleasant trip all
the way through.
Traveling in company with Mike
Cooney was Ole Jacobsen, with Mrs.
Morrison, of Anchorage as pass
enger. He was assisted on the way
by Dong He Young, a returning
soldier.
Ole Jacobsen drove the fast dog
team which won first money in the
race held at Talkeetna on Sunday,
March 2. The course was from
Talkeetna to Montana creek and
back, a distance of 47 miles, which
Jacobsen made in 4 hours and 47
minutes.
Cooney and Jacobsen, with their
passengers, left Talkeetna on the
morning of Wednesday, March 5th
and making rapid time over the trail
arrived at the end of steel on the
evening of Saturday, March 8th,
; making the distance between the
ends of steel in four days.
The passengers arriving on the
dog stages are loud in their praises
of the trip and trail conditions.
They state that it was a pleasure
trip all the way through and had
none of the many discomforts
usually associated with a trip of
such length and duration on Alaskan
trails during the winter season.
The prevailing weather, of course,
was as near ideal as possible; which
contributed in a large measure to
ward the enjoyable part of the trip.
A little blow and a little new
j snow was encountered for a brief
period on the trail, but it was of
not much consequence, and in no
way detracted from the pleasure of
the trip, nor did it affect the actual
travel any.
Small portions of the trail, at in
tervals, were found to be rather
bare of snow, rendering it rather
heavy pulling for the dogs, but
these were few and far between.
Jacobsen with his dog team stayed
out at the end of steel and will
there await the return of his pass
enger, who is going back to Anchor
age with him. She will be ac
companied by her sister, Mrs. Nels
Peterson, who will travel with Mike
Cooney; and the two dog teams
will make the return journey to
Talkeetna in company again.
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BERLIN Mar. 11 —Government
troops today demolished all Spar
tacan strongholds in the northern
; and eastern sections of the city,
and no further Spartacan activity
in these sections is thought possible.
In destroying the strongholds, the
■government troop.- freely used mine
throwers and heavy artillery.
The traffic or. the German rail
. roads, which had been interrupted
; by Spartacan activities, has now
been resumed.
i
. The German street car men. how
j ever, have gone on strike for more
' wages, and the citizens have been
| put to considerable inconvenience by
i the tie-up of the service.
Many Spat tacans captured during
; the recent street fighting were exe
: cuted today by the police.
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James Haney, the well Known
mining mar,, arrived in Xenana un
the Burgess auto last nigh: on a
i brief business visit, and expects to
: leave for Fairbanks again tomorrow.
Mr. Haney is arranging to send
in a load of supplies to the Kan
tishna country, and will probably
follow it up in person, by the river
j route in the spring.
He is chairman of the committee
appointed by the Fairbanks Chap
’ ter of the American Mining Con
1 gress, to obtain and submit data re
garding the power requirements of
the Tanana valley! with reference
[ to the construction of a central
power plant to supply the needs of
j the Interior districts in this direc
tion. He says that the committee
has completed this work, and at the
; meeting of the Fairbanks chapter,
which will be held on March 14th.
| the report will be submitted to that
body.
j The report, which is a lengthy
! and exhaustive one, will be forward
;
! ed to the parent organization for
! presentation to the United States
Congress.
OLDTIMER RETURNS
TO FAIRBANKS AGAIN
On the Brower stage which ar
rived in Fairbanks yesterday was
John Howie who left for the States
on the last boat of thes eason, and
j managed to miss a passage on the
! Princess Sophia.
His return was rather unexpected,
as he had declared his intention
to settle in the States. It is a case
of the call of the North again.
Judge Bunnell, who went out the
line on a visit to the Burns coal
mine on the train yesterday, is ex
pected to return on the train coming
in tomorrow night.
Mrs. Billson, who arrived in Ne
nana on the Burgess auto yesterday
entered the hospital today for sur
gical treatment. She will be oper
ated on Thursday