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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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Volume Two member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1919.
Number 98
BRITISH COAL MINERS’ STRIKE IS ENDED
COMMITTEE HELPS WICKERSHAM CONTEST SEA T
AMERICAN AERIAL MAIL CARRIERS CALL A STRIKE
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//WILSON NO
J. TO SUBF
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 25.—
It -was announced at the White
House this morning that President
Wilson has no intention of present
ing the Franco-American treaty t/
the senate at this time, notwiti
standing the impatience o* certain
of the Republican senators. The
statement says that the treaty will
not be presented to the lawmakers
until after the return of the Presi
dent from his tour of the country.
When the treaty is presented, it
•-ill be accompanied by an explana
tory statement, in order that the
action of the American diplomats
^ may be thoroughly understood by
the members of the senate.
Preparing for Start.
The President is making prepara
tions now for his tour, although he
does not expect to get away from
the capital before August 10th. His
tour will take him to the Pacific
^ coast, it being his intention to ar
rive at Seattle when the new Pa
cific fleet reaches Puget Sound.
Cla&h Expected.
The apparent unwillingness of the
President to produce the Franco
American treaty, as requested by
numerous members of the upper
house of Congress, threatens to
cause a clash between the Republi
» cans and supporters of the admin
istration in the senate.
. PORT COMMISSION
HEAD QUITS POST
SEATTLE, July 25. — Robert
Bridges, president of the port com
mission, has tem j\ed his resignation
as a member of the board, claiming
that the commission is controlled by
politicians. Bridges was a minority
member of the board and was un
able to carry out his plans for the
improvement of port conditions,
improvement of port conditions.
Bridges was recently given recog
nition as one of the leading authori
ties of the country on port prob
lems.
BILL WOULD PROHIBIT
SPECULATING IN GRAIN
WINNIPEG, Man.—A bill prohib
iting speculation in grain and other
food products on Canadian grain ex
changes has been prepared by the
Manitoba Grain Growers' association
and submitted to its parliamentary
representative at Ottawa.
For several weeks there has been
agitation for drastic legislation. The
Grain Growers' association adopted
resolutions declaring ‘"Hiere is a
certain element on the grain ex
change at Winnipeg who are able in
a very large measure to control the
grain trade, depressing prices to the
producer when they see fit, and
boosting prices after they have
gained control of the grain crop.”
Manana—Tbe Gateway to McKinley
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T READY
AIT TREATY
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SHAFT DEEPENS
I The appearange of the ledge on
the divide between Moose and Fri
i day creeks, in the Kantishna dis
trict, which is being opened up by
t'ne Aitken party, is improving
with depth, according to J. A. Haney,
who arrived from that district late
|yesterday with a number of sam
ples which he is taking to Fairbanks
I for assay.
The shaft had reached a depth of
35 feet when Haney left camp, and
the work is now proceeding as rap
idly as two shifts of miners of three
men each can rush it- More than
that number of men, Mr. Haney
I said, cannot be used wTith economy
1 at this time. The shaft is a small
^one, merely to determine the values
and extent of the ledge, and will be
abandoned when real development
work starts. Should the results of
the present work prove satisfactory.
the ledge will be tapped with a
tunnel, at a much lower level.
The work of moving supplies to
the camp from the river landing at
Roosevelt is proceeding steadily with
two pack-horses, and if it should
be decided to work on a larger
scale during the coming winter, a
considerable quantity of supplies will
be landed at Roosevelt before the
'close of navigation,
j Mr. Haney went to Fairbanks this
> morning on the Douse launch Vic
jtory, and will remain several days
in the upper town, awaiting the
treatment of his ore samples at the
, bureau of mines station. He made
1 the trip out from the Kantishna with
his own launch.
PRIZE IS OFFERED FOR
INVENTOR OF PARACHUTE
CHARLESTON, W. Va.—A moth
er, who lost her son in the war as
a result of an airplane accident,
has provided for a fund to be given
as a prize to the inventor of a
parachute to be used for escape
from falling planes. MrsT' Louis
Bennett, of Weston, West Virginia,
is the donor of the fund, which has
been accepted by the Aero Club of
America, which has named a com
mittee to organize the competition.
Lieutenant Louis Benntt, the son,
lost his life while flying for the
British air service.
Earl Slippern is making the round
trip on the Carl White steamer to
make sure the boat is in good run
ning order before he leaves it. Slip- j
pern recently lengthened the hull
of the steamer and made other im
provements while the boat was laid
up at Fairbanks, ■ and the present
voyage is in the nature of a trial
trip.
PARTY LEADERS
MAY SIDETRACK
GERMAN TREATY
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 25.—
Announcement has been made that
it is planned by Republican lead
ers of the senate to set aside the
peace treaty and the League of Na
tions discussioi/ and take up for
consideration immediately the pro
posed treaty with the Republic of
Colombia, in which the United States
agTees to pay Colombia the sum of
twenty-five million dollars for al
leged damage to that country re
sulting from the acquisition of the
Panama canal.
The Colombia treaty is of long
standing, several congresses having
refused to ratify the document on
the grounds that Colombia had no
claim to the money demanded.
BUTTE MINERS
GET BOOST OF
DOLLAR A DAY
BUTTE, Mont., July 25. — The
principal mining companies of the
Butte district have announced an
increase in the wage scale of one
dollar a day, the raise affecting the
members of 48 unions and being
retroactive from the first of this
month.
The unions accepting the new
scale have bound their members to
settle all future disputes without in
jvolving the companies granting the
increase. The advance benefits 11.
000 miners.
i The metal trades have been left
;
I out because of the refusal of the
I unions to accept the company offer.
BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 25—
The agricultural appropriation bill,
which was vetoed by the President
after its first passage by Congress,
because of the rider repealing the
daylight saving law, and which was
later submitted minus the objection
able rider, was signed by President
Wilson today, greatly to the relief
' of the many sections of the country
which are awaiting much-needed
funds.
The effort of the house to pass
the bill over the veto of the Presi
dent was unsuccessful, the members
being finally compelled to remove
the objectionable clause before sub
mitting the measure a second time
, to the executive.
BRITISH STRIKE IS ENDED
—
LONDON, July 25.—The strike of
British coal miners, which has tied
up the coal mining industry of this
country, was brought to a close to
day as the result of the intervention
of Premier Lloyd George and other
members of the government. Con
ferences between coal miners and
operators, which have been in daily
progress since the first of the week,
resulted today in a satisfactory
agreement being reached, and the
coal mines which were closed by the
strike will resume operations imme
diately.
The strike involved a quarter of;
a million miners.
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CUBANS WULTRY
FOR NEW LIBERTY
HAVANA, July 25.—A new po
litieal party is in process of forma
tion on the island, the principal
plank in the platform being non
interference by other nations in
Cuban affairs. The movement nas
many followers, but the real
strength of the party will not be
come known until put to the test
at the polls.
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HELD FOR GRAFTS
COBLENZ, July 25.—The army
intelligence office has caused the ar
rest of 60 Germans who came here
ifrom Cologne, Berlin, and other
| cities to participate in the bidding
on army supplies which were offered
j for sale at auction.
j The charge against the Germans
i is that they conspired to eliminate
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| competition in the bidding, thereby
, defrauding the government out of
j several million marks.
I Tom McKinnon, the Tolovana min
| ing man, was in town a short time
j this morning, while the Carl White
■ steamer was in port. He is on his.
way to Fairbanks from the Tolo-!
vana and plans to make a trip into
the Kuskokwim country before re-j<
, turning to Brooks. !<
AERIAL MAILS ARE
DELAYED BY STRIKE
PARIS, July 25.—According to
advices received from the North
Russian front, the Slav soldiers op
posing the Bolsheviki army in that
district are waging their campaign
under great difficulties, many of
them being barefoot and poorly ra
tioned. Many of them also are
without rifles and there is no heavy
artillery for use against the enemy.
Notwithstanding these handicaps,
the patriotis of the great empire
are driving a superior force of Bol
sheviki troops steadily back toward
Petrograd, and it is believed that
their operations would he much mure
successful were they better equip
ped. The Bolsheviki army is said
to be fully four times as large as
the force opposing it.
The Allies have promised to send
equipment immediately to put the
Russians on an equal footing with
the enemy.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 25.—
The house elections committee has
submitted a favorable report on the
resolution permitting Judge Wick
ersham to contest the right of
George B. Grigsby to occupy a seat
in the house of representatives as
Alaska’s delegate.
The resolution allows 90 days for
the hearing of the contest.
HAVANA OFFICIALS
TO KEEP WATCH ON
RUM SMUGGLERS
HAVANA, Cuba.—The captain of
the port of Havana has notified firms
which furnish supplies for fishing
vessels that watch will be kept over
such shipping and that visits of in
spection will be made to see that
they carry no more food and liquor
supplies when leaving port than is
necessary for their own use.
This measure is due to informa
tion received by the port official
that several fishing vessels have tak
en quantities of rum and other
liquors aboard to be exchanged in
American jurisdictional waters for
other merchandise.
John Hanson, well-known trapper
md prospector of the Kantishna
country, arrived in Nenana last
light. He expects to return to the
vantishna soon and may be accom
lanied by his brother, who is in the
•mploy of the Alaskan Engineering
ommission. <* :
NEW YORK. July 25.—The first
strike of aerial mail pilots to be
recorded since the inauguration of
the American airplane mail service
began at noon today, following .the
refusal of the postoffice department
to reinstate two pilots who were
discharged because they refused to
take their planes out last Tuesday
on account of heavy fog.
The pilots had made a forma!
demand for the reinstatement of the
discharged airmen, but it was not
known to the department that a
strike was planned, until carriers
failed to make their appearance to
take out the mail for Chicago. A
strike is also is progress at Cleve
! land, and the entire aerial system
j is threatened with interruption,
i Aviators engaged in carrying the
jmails declare that the planes sup
j plied by the department are poorly
(equipped and dangerous under the
; most favorable conditions. They ar
gue that the postal authorities have
i no right to compel them, under these
I circumstances, to venture forth with
mails when weather conditions are
| unfavorable, as was the case on
(Tuesday when two of the pilots were
discharged.
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i PARIS, July 25.—The French war
office is authority for the statement
that the last of the French reserves
;will have been demobilized by the
middle of October. The work of
| releasing the troops is notv pro
cessing smoothly and rapidly and
no difficulty is anticipated in main
taining the present rate of discharge.
The problem of absorbing the sol
jdiers as they leave the army, at
'first alarming in its aspects, has
, been solved to a great extent, and,
as peaceful industries are revived,
the demand for labor will increase
rapidly.
PLEASURE SEEKERS
OF GERMANY MUST
HELP PAY FOR WAR
BERLIN.—German pleasure seek
ers will be called upon to pay a
considerable part of the cost of the
war through a special amusement
tax which will form an important
part of the government’s new finan
cial policy. The tax will apply to
admissions to theaters, concerts, the
movies, and dances. Starting at 10
per cent on the cheaper tickets, it
rises to 30 per cent on the price of
better seats.
The passion for amusement after
long years' of war is so great that
the tax is not expected to discour
age attendance at theaters.
Gambling is in great favor in
Germany just now, and the playing
card tax, which in ordinary times
would be considered prohibitive, s
expected to have practically no ef
fect on sales of cards.