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THE NENA NA DA IL Y NE WS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1919.
WHOLE NUMBER 249
JAPS WANT TO RETAIN BOCHE ISLAND
LABOR SECRETAR Y URGES SPECIAL EMPLO YMENT
FLU EPIDEMIC IS ON DECLINE ON SEWARD PENINSULA
RELIEF MEASURES
RECOMMENDED ID
AID UNEMPLOYED
Legislation to Provide Buffet
Employment Is Urged By
Secretary Wilson.
(Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 30.—
Secretary of Labor William B. Wil
son, in a statement made to the
Congressional committee today, said
that there is considerable hysteria
throughout the country over the
question of reconstruction at the
present time and intimated that the
problem will be worked out suc
cessfully.
The reports received, he said, in
dicated that there were two hundred
and sixty-two thousand unemployed
men at 123 cities, but the situation
was not considered alarming.
He strongly recommended the im
mediate enactment of legislation to
provide buffer employment to tide
the country thruogh the unemploy
ment period.
MAY DECLINE 10
MEET BOLSHEVIK
No Formal Rsply Has Been Received
to Invitation Sent to Russian
Soviet.
Associated Press
LONDON, Jan. 30.—The peace
conference has net yet received a
formal reply from the Russian
Soviet government, regarding the
invitation extended to them by the
conference as a body, to meet and
confer at Princes Island.
The Paris committee, represent
ing the Omsk and Caucusus govern
ments, believe that the Soviet gov
ernment will refuse to sit with the
Bolsheviki.
MISS MILDRED ANDERSON
ACCEPTS NEW POSITION
Miss {dHdred Anderson, who has
been acting as clerk to U. S. Com
missioner R. S. McDonald, resigned
her position last evening to accept
that of file clerk and secretary to
the engineer in charge of the Alas
kan Engineering commission.
Miss Andreson took up her new
duties this morning, displacing Mrs.
A. C. Ellenson, who has resigned
her position and will leave for the
States probably on Saturday.
Miss Anderson was formally in
' the employ of the A. E. C. and
acted as stenographer in the store
i department.
Andrew Kanter, one of the A.
E. C. employes working with the
surfacing gang, was operated on
. yesterday for the removal of a
goitre. The operation was very
successful and the patient is getting
along very well.
E. A. Bush, Robert H. Ray, Ar
thur Bropp, and C. Woodin, four
Ketchikan boys who were in the
army, have been discharged and
reached Ketchikan just before
Christmas.
NATIONS ACCEPT
France and England Acquiese In
Matter of Appointment of
Mandatory Nation
Associated Press
PARIS, Jan. 30.—Captain Andre
Tardieu, the French peace commis
| sioner, declared today that both
! England and France had accepted
, Wilson’s principle concerning the
! appointment of mandatory nations,
! by the peace conference, for the
purpose of adjusting differences
that may arise among ^the lesser
i nations and for the administration
I of the late German colonies.
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(Associated Press)
NOME, Jan. 30.—At the present
time there is a great improvement in
the influenza situation and it is be
I lieved that the further spread of
the disease has now been effectually
checked.
Only three deaths have occurred
among the white population in two
months; William Allen, a brother of
Scotty Alleh, being the last white
victim.
One hundred and fifteen natives
died of the flu between Old Hamil
ton and St. Michael.
The Nome quarantine has been
partially lifted to permit of travel
to all points within the uninfected
zone.
The mail quarantine is being con
tinued, owing to the danger of the
carriers conveying the disease to un
infected sections.
The weather experienced here is
intensely cold, and everybody is
anxiously awaiting a break.
DAWSON, Jan. 30.—There is no
influenza in the Yukon Territory.
The quarantine against Skagway,
which is to be continued, will be
more rigidly enforced in the spring
and every precaution deemed neces
sary to keep the disease out of the
territory will be taken.
MORRISEY TO REPORT
TERRITORIAL CONGRESS
Edward G. Morrissy, former Fair
| banks newspaperman, is reported to
i be on his way to Juneau,
j He will report the proceedings of
the territorial legislature for the
Seattle P.-I.
It is of interest to know that the
druggist-mayor of Douglas, who ad
vised Islanders, in his store adver->
tising, to “fortify their systems”
with Tanlack, was himself among
the victims of the epidemic, his
case being among the most severe
recorded.
Commission employees who died
recently of influenza at Anchorage
are F. W. Kincaid, M. Teria, Neil
LeRoy, C. A. Byerling, Michael Ma
loff, Wm. Cornwall and Michael
Babiah.
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| WILSON THEORY
—
Colonies to Be Internat ionalizec
and Administered by the
League.
(Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan. 30.—The Dailj
Mail says that the reported accept
ance, by the British government, o1
President Wilson’s theory of inter
| nationalizing the German colonies
; has involved an admission of Eng
| land’s treaties with Japan regarding
i the Northern Pacific Islands, and
with the Arabs regarding Syria.
These treaties, the report adds
i mast be modified arbitrarily and
the originals torn up. The Japanese
delegates are reported to be ver>
angry and to have declared that
Japan’s unalterable determination
will be to claim the islands as
j promised.
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| The Australians believe that l’resi
j dent Wilson’s firm stand in this
j matter is due to his fear that the
I Japanese occupation of the islands
! would impair his prestige in the
United States.
President Wilson fears to meet
!a hostile Congress in March, as ho
certainly would if he agrees to the
[retention of the islands by Japan.
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STRIKE 10 SHOW
UNITY OF LABOR
ASSERT LEADERS
(Associated l*re«s)
SEATTLE, .Ian. 30.—The big
general strike, if called, will be
mainly for the purpose of demon
strating the solidarity of labor, and
to help the shipyard workers to win
their fight.
The Central Labor Council an
nounced today that several unions
wished to make the strike a mass
affair to wipe away all grievances
of all unions.
These unions have been rebuked
by the central council.
COLLINS AND NORDALE
LEAVE FOR JUNEAU
E. B. Collins and A. J. Nordale,
members of the Territorial House
of Representatives, who expected to
make the trip to the coast over the
Broad Pass trail,' are reported to
have changed their minds and will
leave over the Chitina trail.
Owing to the cold weather and
the fact that no automobile left
the upper town today, these gentle
men felt that to start later might
mean missing the train at Talkeetna,
which would involve the stay of
one week at Talkeetna and the miss
ing of the boat which is scheduled
to leave Seward on February 15.
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(Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 30—The Cana
dian Pacific company’s press rep
resentative, Trautmen, said that a|
portion of the investigation into the!
foundering of the liner Princess I
Sophia may be held in Juneau or j
some northern Canadian city.
Th,1 Canadian Pacific company is
the owner of the Princess Sophia.
SHIPYARDS NEED
BREATHING SPELL
t AVERS DiRECIORj
Government’s Policy In Reference
to the Shipyards Is Outlined
Director’General Piez.
i — l
Associated l’*vss
| WASHINGTON, I). ( , Jan. 30. j
j—Director General Pie/., of the
I Emergency Fleet Corporation, in j
I referring to the recent strike among,
the shipyard workers at Seattle
and the situation in San Francisco,
said that the policy of the govern
meti should be to let the jobs, which |
have been rendered vacant through i
the strike, stand for the present at
i least.
Although the workers in San j
Francisco have not actually struck,
! it is reported that a strike will be
called soon and conditions similar
j to those obtaining at Seattle will
, be created.
1 The director General said that the
j shipyards needed a breathing spell
iand that he did not think that the
government would continue to fur
! nlsh work at extremely high wages
' unless skill and output justified
such a course.
I He said that he thought it unwise
for the shipyard workers to call
j strikes at existing wage scales.
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NENANA’S CONTRIBUTION
TO WAR WORK CAMPAIGN
I
, Last November a drive was start-1
; ed in Nenana for the purpose of i
raising funds in aid of the Y. M.!
C. A. branch of the United War,
I Work Campaign by Sergeant Louis,
Scanland, then a corporal, officer in !
charge of the local Signal Corps, |
and in a very brief space of time j
Nenanaitcs subscribed the sum of1
$380.50. The money was remitted:
on November 16 to Captain Robert
Dollar, secretary of the Y. M. C- A.
War Activities, at San Francisco, j
On the last mail Sergeant Scan- j
land received the following letter,
of acknowledgment: l
“San Francisco, Dec. 29, 19181
“Corp’l Louis W. Scanland,
! Signal Corps,
Nenana, Alaska.
“Dear Sir:—Thank you for your|
, favor of November 16th, enclosing^
! subscription lists and total amount (
'subscriptions, $380.50. The attached i
'official receipt will acknowledge!
same.
Thank you heartily for your in-'(
terest and co-operation in behalf,
of the United War Work Campaign.!
“Very truly yours,
“R. W. BLOSSER,
“R. A.”
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Associated Press
SEATTLE, Jan. 30.—The Asso
ciateil Press, which had been spe
cialy requested to glean further par
ticulars regarding: the alleged offer
made by the government to the
Sims Carey company, to complete
the Alaska railroad under contract,
have been working on the story
for several weeks past.
The Associated Press announced
today that it has been unable to
develop a story regarding the
rumor, which would appear to be
absolutely without any foundation.
The Sims-Carey company is a
large contracting firm and has
been engaged in several big gov
ernment projects recently.
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, 1). C„ dan. 30.—
The War Trade Board announced
today that the simplification of the
importation procedure, recently pul
into force, is expected to result, in
the stabilizing of import trade into
America.
The board also announced that all
commodities imported into Alaska
may be transhipped to destinations
jlher than the United States.
WES SEEN
NEAR FAIRBANKS
According to a telphone message
received from P'airbanks this after
noon, wolves huve been reported
for the first time in many years,
in the Fairbanks division.
A woodehopper on Pearl creek,
* tributary of the Chcna river, re
cently saw a largo timber wolf on
the trail. He hurried to camp to
jet his rifle, hut the wolf had gone.
Tracks of these animals have
been seen by several people in the
Fairbanks district lately.
Murders seldom dream, which is
exactly contrary to the idea that a
nan with a crime on his mind would
seldom have sleepful nights. Of
125 murderers carefully watched
»nd examined, 96 seldom or never
Ireamed at all. The greater the
criminal the less he dreamed, evi
lently taking a murder just as a
vorkman takes his daily toil and
deeping well after it.
The amethyst is a prohibition
done. The word really means “not
,o intoxicate,” the name being
lerived from the old belief that the
vearing of an amethyst stone was
l protection against strong drink to
he wearer. The old amethyst cups
vere based on this belief, that wine
trunk from them would not in
oxicate.
Isaaaa, Alaska's Interior rul Sspot
M. J. Cooney, who had contracted
I to take the Ryan party to the end of
■ steel on the coast divison of the
government railroad, arrived in N'e
nana on the train la*t night, a little
the worse for wear perhaps, but
feeling as fit as it fiddle.
Having accomplished his contract
and landed his party safe and sound
and in the best of spirits at Tal
keetna, after a short rest there, the
return journey was commenced in
colder weather than any experienced
, on the outbound trip. Mike also
I had a passenger in little Miss Mur
rison (8 years old). The return
journey was begun at noon on Jan
uary 22, and the camp at the Cross
ing was reached on the afternoon
! of Tuesday, January 28th. The
weather all the way through was
cold, the thermometer flucuating be
tween 30 and 00 below.
On the outbound journey weather
'conditions were perfect and consid
. ering the load carried, very good
time v.as made. The trail all the
(way through is very good, but ap
proximately 125 miles of it had
been drifted over and the trail
breakers had to go ahead with
snowshoes, making this part of the
journey slow. The Pennington
party, who followed, had the ad
vantage of a well broken trail.
Telephone communications have
been established at Indian river,
which is about thirty miles be
yond the end of steel.
| At Deadhorse, which is purely
an A. E. C. camp, Mr. Ryan re
quested a long stop-over and it was
j ascertained by phone that there
would be no train out of Talkeetnu
j until the 21st. The party stayed
there a day and a half. The Pen
| nington party caught up with the
j Ryan party at this point, but as
travel was not encouraged to stay
at the Commission camp, they were
obliged to continue to Talkectna.
! The trip from Deadhorse to Tal
I keetna was made by the Ryan party
in three and one-half hours time.
The distance between these points
is apporximately twenty-three miles,
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! DEMPSEY FGR GO
(Associated Press)
FORT WORTH, Tex.—Tex Rich
ard, the promoter, announced today
that the fight for the heavyweight
championship between Jesse Willard
and Jack Dempsey will take place
on the Fourth of July.
The promoter did not state where
the fight will take place. He is
now giving this matter his consid
eration.
"Doing your bit" came from the
stage, where an actor would have
a small character part in a play_
a bit: therefore he was doing his
bit “Getting it over” also comes
from the stage, meaning to get a
! certain effect or line in a play
j “over the footlights” to the audi
ence.
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