The Broad Pass Route Is The Short-Cut Route - Saves Mushers Miles and Money
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME TWOMEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESSNENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1919. NUMBER 3
CALIFORNIA PLANS JAP RESTRICTIONS
, NEARLY MILLION ARMENIANS SLAIN SINCE 1914
ALLIES MAY HOLD RHINE UNTIL GERMANS PAY DEBT
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ALLIES DECIDE
10 NEUTRALIZE
RHINE’S BANK
PARIS. Apr. 3.—The conference
held between President Wilson and
Premiers Clemenceau and Lloyd
George today, virtually decided the
question of the neutralization of the
left bank of the Rhine.
It is understood that the decision
arrived at by the conference pro
rides that the left bank of the
Rhine, which will be considered
neutral ground, pending the pay
ment by Germany of the indemnity
fixed by the Peace Conference,
will be held by the French and Bel
gian garrisons.
• IS NOW SOUGH!
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3—Charles
Edward Russell, journalist and au
thor; Frank P. Walsh and other
prominent men have signed an ap
plication preliminary to a petition
for a pardon for Eugene Debs, the
Socialist leader, who was recently
found guilty and sentenced to a
term of ten years for a vilolation
of the espionage law.
The petition for pardon, when
ready, is to be presented to Presi
dent Wilson.
price "Faring
SALMON WILL BE
SAME JS BEFORE
ASTORIA, Ore., Apr. 3.—An
nouncement was made today by the
heads of the fishing industry that
the price on this year’s catch of
salmon from the Bering Sea will
be on actually the same basis as
that of last year
The workers are to receive $180
for time work, instead of $150 per
month.
Red salmon will bring seven cents
each at Nassagak river and six and
one-half cents at the other streams.
According: to advices from Fair
banks, a report has been recently
received there to the effect that
Nelson O. Brigham, timber cruiser
formerly attached to the Fairbanks
land office, is now attached to the
land office at Helana Montana.
The report states further that
Brigham was recently married toj
Miss Alvira Bachelder, formerly of
Ruby.
Deputy Marshal Hagen left for
Fairbanks late last night, and ar
rived there at one o’clock this’'
morning. I'
IHUN TROOPS GO
TO QUELL REVOLI
COBLENZ, Apr. 3—A large body
of German troops who had been
encamped opposite this city, started
! moving toward Frankfort today.
It is understood that they are
| being sent to Frankfort and the
j neighboring country for the purpose
j of suppressing a Spartacan revolt.
PEACeISy
! WILL BE READY
! BEFORE EASTER
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PARIS, Apr. 3.—Foreign Min
ister Pinehon, of the French cabi
| net. in a statement made today re
garding the activities of the Inter
Allied Peace Conference, declared
that he believed that the peace pre
liminaries will be ready to be sub
mitted to the supreme council for
, final review before Easter.
Every effort is being made, he
■ said, to bring about the conclusion
of peace at the earliest possible
moment.
DRAGLINE 10 BE
POE IN SHAPE 10
COMMENCE WORK
Oscar Sander, drageline operator,
and William Arthur. lidgerwood
engineer, went out to camp 15 yes
terday for the purpose of putting
the finishing touches to the repairs
and overhauling on the dragline
excavator, and to get the big ma
chine in shape for an early com
mencement of operations. i
The dragline excavator is at pres
ent on a very extensive gravel bed
near old camp 15. situated about 18'
miles from town. Camp 15 is now
the headquarters of section No. 2.'
It is expected that a continuance
of the present bright sunshiny |
weather will, in all probability, make j
it possible to undertake the com
pletion of the fill along the water-i
front, for which a large quantity
of gravel will be required.
Everything necessary to be done
on the dragline excavator will be
finished and the machine rendered
t-apable of going into action imme
iiately.
The work to be done consists in
oabbitting some of the bearings and
letting the running gear in work
ing shape. It is expected that this
work will occupy Oscar Sander and
lis assistants from ten days to
two weeks, at the end of which
time it is just barely possible that;
the gravel bed will have thawed
sut sufficiently to permit of oper
ating the big machine.
The chances are in favor of such
in occurrence, as the gravel bed
s not sheltered in any way by the ’
roods and its whole surface is open
o the sun’s action.
ROAD EXTENSION
! SOUTH OF TOWN
! NOW COMPLETED
The siding near the end of steel
and the spur track to the coal mine
having now been completed, and
there being no finished grade, far
ther ahead, south of X'enana. to pre
: mit of tracklaying operations to be
! carried out to advantage for the
present, the steel gang will be em
ployed in placing the full number
j of ties under the tracks and also
to stablize and fix up the road
for a distance of approximately six
teen miles, toward X'enana from the
end of steel.
Owing to the necessity for rush
ing the steel to the coal mine, and
due also possibly to a shortage of
experienced men, the extension was
accomplished with only about half
of the number of ties used ordin
arily being placed in position for
the distance mentioned. The steel
gang will now remedy this and with
in a short time the section of the
road which was hastily construct
ed will be made ready for the heavi
est kind of traffic.
When this work has been accomJ
plisned, the steel gang will be
brought to X'enana and will probr
ably be sent across the river to lay
track toward Fairbanks. They will
be stationed at camp 415 for some
time, and as usual, will move on
irom time to time as the steel ad
vances.
The steel laid toward Lignite has
now reached mile 366, whieh was
the point decided upon as the ex
treme southern limit of the railroad,
for the time being at least; and with
the completion of the siding near
the end of steel and the spur track
to the Bums mine, the extension
of the road toward Anchorage has
now ceased.
There is no completed grade much
beyond the end of steel, and the
further extension of the road will
depend altogether on the appropria
tion made for this purpose when
Congress meets again.
From the present end of the com
pleted grade, which is in the neigh
borhood of the Lignite coal fields,
to Carlo creek, the road which has
been definitely located, runs thru
rocky country. This is specially
so in the X'enana Canyon, where
plenty of rock work and .some tun
nelling will be necessary to put
the road through.
Frost conditions will not interfere
with rock work and thus grading
work over a large and difficult por
tion of the road can be done just
is easily in the dead of winter as
in the summer time
From Carlo creek to the Broad
Pass summit, a distance of approxi
mately 25 miles, the roadbed has
not been actually located; only a
preliminary survey was run some
time ago by Engineer Bacon. Lo- j
tating Engineer Secrest and his
party are expected 'to come over
from the coast division early this
spring to locate this stretch of road,.
ind it is expected that active grad- j
mg operations will then be taken
m hand from the present end of
steel clear to Broad Pass, which is
supposed to be the southern limit
>f the Fairbanks division.
IR¥ -10 RESTORE
I ORDER IN LAND
BUDAPEST, Apr. 3.—An orderly
government at Budapest is now at
tempting to restore order out of
cnaos and to stabilize conditions.
Foreign Minister Bela Kun re
; ceives many telegram daily from
Lenine, the leader of the Russian
Bolsheviki. Foreign Minister Kun
was formerly secretary to Lenine.
The reports of the formation of
an association for the communiza
tion of women of this city, and
that disorders have resulted there
from. is denied.
The Jews are said to predominate
among the government officials of
the country.
MEXICANS STAGE
! ANOTHER REVOLT
NEW YORK. Apr. 3.—According
to reports received in this city to
day, General Aurelio Blanquet. for
mer Mexican minister of war under
Huerta, and now second in com
mand under General Felix Diaz,
arrived safely in Mexico after a
dangerous trip which he undertook
for the purpose of reorganizing the
Diaz forces.
The reorganization of the Diaz
forces have been undertaken for the
purpose of overthrowing the Car
ranza government and re-establish
mg tne Mexican constitution in its
entirety.
President Carranza is reported
to have repudiated several clauses
of the Mexican constitution.
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WASHINGTON, Apr. 3—Plan?
are being’ made here to have seven
teen hundred commissioned air- ]
planes and thirty-four hundred re- !
served planes, as part of the equip- 1
ment of the permanent army of the 1
United States. ii
According to the present plans 11
the strength of the permanent army
of the United States will be 509,00c , t
men, and they will be equipped <
with the best there is in ordnance ; '<■
small arms, etc. j <
1IB ADMIT :■
BIC MASSACRE:
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ATHENS, Greece, Apr. 3.—A re- »
port received in this city today •
from Constantinople says that:!
Ojemed Bey, the Turkish minister' •
>f the interior, declared that since >
he beginning of the war, 800,0001»
Armenians were massacred. j I
SPAIN ENDORSES
NATION'S LEAGUE
PARIS, Apr. 3.—The Spaniil
ambassador advised President Wil
son today that Spain was in ac
cord with the scheme of the League
o fNations, and that she was de
sirous of adhering to it.
GAINING GROUND
AI CONFERENCE
PARIS Apr. 3.—Several French
delegates to the Inter-Allied Peact
Conference declare that many idea:
originating with the French are
gaining ground in the councils oi
the Peace Conference.
The Echo de Paris says that the
council now believes that Germans
is well able to pay immediately the
sum of six billion francs in various
kinds of money and that she can
also deliver raw material and manu
factured goods to the value of
thirty billion francs.
The French delegation early ad
vanced this claim, which was at
first rejected by the supreme coun
cil. The persistant advancing of
the claim, leading to close investi
gation, is believed to have now
proved its feasibility.
KOREANS APPEAL
PARIS, Apr. 3.—Kinsio Kimo,
who is representing the Korean
Toung Men’s Society, is in this city
now.
He will ask the Inter-Allied Peace
_onferneee for Korea’s independ
ence, under the self determination
:lause which was enunciated by
[’resident Wilson and accepted by
he great nations as the base on
vhich the peace structure is to be
juilt.
It is understood that Korea’s ap
>eal to the peace conference will
epresent the desires of the entire
Corean nation, as manifested by
he present widespread passive re
istance movement, inaugurated in
Corea some little time ago.
Kinsio Kimo will recite before
he conference the alleged injustice
nd unpopularity of Japanese rule,
nd will tell them of the harshness
f the measures adopted by Japan
o repress the national movement
or liberation from the Japanese
oke.
TEMPERATURE «t
■ As reported by the government R
observation station, N’enana *t
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Thursday, April 3 k
! Maximum...51 above *?
Minimum ...27 above •?
Forecast: Fair tomorrow
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HP QUESTION
AGAIN TAKEN UP
IN CALIFORNIA
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SACRAMENTO, Cal., Apr 3 —
In the state senate today, Senator
Inman asked permission to intro
duce a bill, in terms of which the
i leasing: of agricultural lands to the
Japanese will be absolutely pro
hibited.
The senate committee on rules de
nied Senator Inman's request on
the ground that such action will
be inopportune and inadvisable at
the present time.
The state legislature will probably
cable President Wilson today, in
quiring whether the proposed legis
lation would, in any way, embarrass
the American delegation at the
Peace conference.
FOCH DUE A! SPA
TO MEET GERMANS
SPA, Apr. 3.—Marshal Foeh,
commander in chief of the Allied
forces, is expected to arrive here
today.
He will meet the German dele
gation and will discuss with them
the question relative to permitting
the Poles to land at Danzig
C. 8. SWEENtV IS
FOUND GUIL1Y BY
The case against Charles Brian
Sweeney which was commenced in
the district court at Fairbanks yes
terday, lasted all through the day.
Arguments of counsel were heard
today, and Judge Bunnell made his
charge to the jury shortly before
the noon hour
Sweeney was charged with the
crime of selling a quantiy of hay
in which he had no interest.
During the examination of -the
jurors the prosecution used two
peremptories, and the defense
seven. The trial jury was com
posed of Dan Mclnnes, E. W.
Blakely, M. J. Sweeney, Carl Pries-,
George Brinkma, Alex Johnson, F.
R. Clark M. R. Boyd, C. T. Crozier,
George Hamzinger, E. M. Bock
finger and Hiram Chadwick.
A verdict of “guilty as charged"
was brought in by the jury. The
passing of sentence Etas been de
ferred.
FAIRBANKS FIRE ZONE
IS BEING CLEANED UP
The unsightly piles of charred
remains of the buildings destroyed
in the reent fire at Fairbanks are
now being cleaned up; the recent
warm weather having sufficiently
ihawed the coating of Ice to pre
nit of this work being undertaken.
It is understood that l:ie owners
>f the lots are doing the clearing
ind that the city will rebuild the
lestroyed sidewalks.