The Broad Pass Route Is The Short-Cut Route — Saves Mushers Miles and Money
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME ONE
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1919.
WHOLE NUMBER 281
RAILROAD WORK WILL NOT BE STOPPED
SHIPYARD S TRIKE MIGHT BE ENDED TONIGHT
I
M’PHERSON WILL AID LANE IN ALASKA CAMPAIGN
LANE WORKING FOR
ALASKA’S RAILROAD
SEATTLE, Mar 8.—A special
despatch to the Seattle P. I. from
its special correspondent at Wash
ington, D. C., received in Seattle
this morning, says that Chairman \
Edes, of the Alaskan Engineering
commission is in poor helath, and is
consequently unable to devote much
of his time to affairs pertaining to
the Alaska railroad. Secretary
Lane has, in consequence, invited
J. L. McPherson, manager of the
Alaska Bureau of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce, to remain
in Washington and extend bis aid
to the department of the interior.
Mr. McPherson will assist the
department in assembling data and
preparaing an estimate which will
be submitted to the Appropriations
committee of the new congress on
matters pertaining to Alaska.
Later in the day, the delegation
of senators and representatives from
the state of Washington, with J. L.
McPherson, met with Secretary
Lane and came to an agreement
that a vigorous campaign must be
waged to secure appropriations for
tht completion of the government
railroad in Alaska.
Mr. McPherson is about the best
posted man regarding Alaska and
her needs along the line of de
velopment in all its various phases,
and has consented to prepare a
statement of the facts pertaining to
the Northland which will be sub
mitted to the committee on appro
priations of the House and Senate.
The campaign to secure appro
priations for an early completion
of the railroad is to be commenced
immediately, and every means
brought to bear on the congres
sional committees of the new con
gress to secure aid for Alaska.
COPENHAGEN, Mar. 8—Reports
received in this city this morning
indicate that the strike in Berlin
came to an end last night, and that
all the German labor unions have
asked the workers to return to their
duties today.
* BRITISH APPOINT
NEW MINISTER
LONDON, Mar. 8.—The Daily
Nation, one of the leading London
journals, says that British Minister
of Education A. L. Fisher will prob
ably be appointed British ambas
sador to the United States.
TOLOVANA CAMP WILL
HAVE GOOD SEASON
Carl White, who arrived in Fair
banks last night with the mail from
Brooks, says that mining activity
on a larger scale, is being planned
for the coming season on all of the
creeks in the Tolovana district.
He reports that twelve large
plants have commenced operations
on Livengood creek alone and that
several other outfits will soon be
on the ground.
Several large dumps have been
taken out during the winter, and
that the output of the camp this
season is going to be much larger
than that of last season.
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LONDON. Mar 8.—A news des
patch received in this city today
from Copenhagen states that the
many Spartaeans who were cap
tured by the government forces
following the fight for the posses
sion of the Berlin police head
quarters, will be sentenced to death.
FRANK WHITELY IS
IN PORTLAND NOW
According to a letter received on
the last mail in Fairbanks, Frank
Whitely, formerly of Fairbanks,
says that he is now in Portland,
in charge of the income tax de
partment of a large accounting
firm.
The Whitelys are making Port
land their home. Mrs. Whitely’s
brother is practicing law in Port
land.
NEXT MEETING OF
FRIDAY BRIDGE CLUB
Announcement is made that the
Friday Bridge club will meet at
the home of Mrs. J. H. Russell on
upper A street, next Friday even
ing.
Play will commence promptly at
8 o'clock, and members who may be
unable to attend are requested to
send a substitute, so that the full
number of players to fill the four
tables will be on hand.
Harry Karstens' auto left this
morning for Fairbanks, taking away
, Norman Campbell and Ole Kevik as
| pasengers.
The Burgess auto left Fairbanks
this morning with some mail, Dr.
de laVergne and R. F. Roth as
passengers for Nenana The auto
. arrived in town this afternoon.
ing a couple of days in Nenana,
returned to Fairbanks this morn
ing on the auto.
Neil McCall, the Eva creek min
ing man, left for Fairbanks this
| morning on a brief business visit.
GERMAN MOPS
NOW IN CONI ROL;
COPENHAGEN". Mar. 8.—Ac
cording to reports received in this
city today, the German government
troops succeeded in capturing the
Berlin police headquarters, which
they now occupy, and the fighting
has now ceased in portions of the
city.
The losses among the govern
ment troops have been very slight.
The troops used gas in their attacks
on the police headquarters and they
also shelled the buildings near the
police headquarters which were be
ing used by the Spartacan forces de
fending the main objective.
The government troops captured
a great many prisoners
AMERICANS FIE
MS AGAINST
ERNMENT
WASHINGTON. Mar. g.-Ameri
can citizen concerns have filed
claims with the state department
against Germany amounting in the
aggregate to seven hundred and
, fifty million dollars. Many more
claims are expected to be filed
within the next few days.
The claims already filed number
thousands and are in two separate
classes; one class of claims arises
from submarine atrocities, and the
other class from other Teutonic
acts.
A large force of clerks, for sev
eral months past, have been com
piling the American losses. Many
of these being for losses of Ameri
can ships and the deaths of Ameri
can citizens.
HER SHORTAGE
The miners of the Fairbanks and
, other mining districts are very
much exercised over the fact that
the snowfall this winter has been
very light and they fear that they
will not have sufficient water for
sluicing purposes when they get
ready for this work in the spring
unless more snow falls.
The light snowfall would appear
to be pretty general throughout the
Tanana valley and unless very heavy
snowfalls are experienced almost
immediately the production of the
mines will be greatly' curtailed.
PASSENGERS FOR NENANA
ON AUTO TOMORROW
Harry Karstens’ auto, which will
leave Fairbanks tomorrow morning
for Xenana will bring Mr. and Mrs.
Nels Peterson and Jesse Brown as
passengers. He may also bring
some mail.
District Attorney R. F Roth is
a Xenana visitor, he having arrived
on the auto this afternoon.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 8—General
March, chief of staff of the Ameri
can army, announced today that
the revised battle casualties of the
American army in France show
that a total of 240,197 men as
killed, wonuded, missing and taken
prisoner.
He said that at the close of the
war 1,390,000 Americans were par
ticipating in engagements against
the enemy, and that to date 1,361,
528 officers and men have been
discharged from the army.
The Ninety-first division, con
taining men from Alaska and the
Pacific coast states, suffered 5,038
t battle casualties.
POWEMETO
i DUE WARSHIPS
| OF GERMAN
LONDON, Mar. 8.—In an article
: devoted to the surrendered German
fleet and its final disposition, the
Mail says that the Allied powers
have agreed to the distribution of
j these warships among themselves.
England and America, the Mail
j says, are in accord regarding the
i necessity of sinking their respective
> shares.
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SEATTLE, Mar. 8.—The result
of the vote taken by the strikers
at a meeting held today on the
question of returning to work at
the shipyards on the old terms,
pending adjustment later on, will
be announced tonight.
It is generally believed that the
strikers are voting in favor of re
turning to work, and it is hoped
that the shipyards will reopen on
Monday'.
It is expected, however, that the
shipyards will only work one shift,
instead of three shifts are before.
FRIDAY BRIDGE CLUB
MET AT GILCHER HOME
At a meeting of the Friday
Bridge club, which was held last
night at the home of Mrs. W. H.
Gilcher, on First street, the full
strength of the membership showed
up, and four tables were kept
going with auction bridge.
Dainty refreshments were served
by the hostess during the course
of the games, which came to an
end shortly after midnight.
Mrs. Larry O’Keefe had the
honor of holding the high score
for the evening’s play.
Dr. de laVergne, who has been
on a short visit to Fairbanks, re
| turned to town this afternoon.
CONSTRUCTION WORK
WILL BE CONTINUED
in
Much speculation was rife
N'enana, following the action of the
filibuster during the closing hours
of the last congress, and the falure
of passage of the bill carrying the
appropriation for railroad construc
tion in Alaska; regarding the atti
tude of the Alaskan Engineering
commission.
It was generally known that
elaborate plans had been made for
the pushing of construction work
on this division of the railroad dur
ing the coming season, always pro
vided that the money to do so would
become available in the ordinary
course of events. The unlocked
for action of Congress cast a gloom
: over everybody who had the in
terest of the district at heart and
; dire possibilities were predicted.
A telegram from Chairman Edes,
of the Alaskan Engineering com
mission reached the iocai office of
the A. E. C, yesterday regarding
| railroad operations, and in the ab
i sence of Engineer-in-Charge F. D
Browne, Superintendent Packer, re
plying to the message, stated his
views and made certain recom
mendations in regard t > the carry
ing on of the work in this division.
This morning a telegram was re
ceved from Chairman Edes, which
will be hailed with pleasure by all
Xenanaites. In this message he says
that, owing to the great scarcity of
funds with which to carry on the
work of construction, Engineer
Gerig, in charge of the Anchorage
, branch, and Engineer Weir, in 1
i charge of the Seward branch, who
• had been informed of the state of
I affairs, have agreed to accept half
! of the wages due the forces in
! cash and to wait until July, when
ample funds will be available, for
i the balance due. If this arrange
ment can be made on this division
I afco, the chairman authorizes a con
tinuance of the construction pro
i gram as planned. He says that he
hopes to be able to push the work
north of Nenana later in the
season, and that therefore the work
| of moving supplies, material and
equipment across the Tanana river
to the future camps is to be con
i tinued according to the plans made.
The chaiman also wished to be ad-,
; vised as to how much money would be ;
required on this division to push!
i the work toward Fairbanks, as well j
i as to lay track south of Nenana
i toward the Lignite coal fields, for j
the period up to July first. He
’ enjoins strict economy in every
direction.
Supt. of Construction Packer im
mediately called the heads of the
different departments together in
consultation and ascertained that
everybody would be perfectly will
I ing to accept fifty per cent of the;
payroll in cash until July, so that
the work on the railroad could be,
continued uninteruptedly to a suc
cessful termination.
Mr. Packer accordingly informed
Chairman Edes by wire of the de
cision arrived at here, and thus an
arrangement that will be perfectly
satisfactory to all concerned will
become effective immediately, and:
there will be no cessation of rail
road activity on the Fairbanks,
division.
Some time ago, when a serious ^
;hortage of funds threatened to tie
up the construction work on this
division of the government road,
Supt. Packer, personally and thru
h:s foremen, sounded the railroad
workers out the line and in the
N'cnana yards regarding a similar
scheme which would permit of the
eonstrutcion work being carried on.
>e men signified their willingness
to continue on the payrolls without
pay. if need be. being perfectly
willing to trust Uncle Sam to pay
them later on, when Congress saw
fit to pass the appropriation bill.
The material and supples on hand
were ample for all purposes and the
men were to be allowed enlarged
commissary privileges only.
It is understood that Engineer-in
Charge Browne acquiesed in this
scheme and laid the matter before
Chairman Edes, but the later vetoed
it; and consequently a large num
ber of men had to be laid off.
Superintendent Packer stated to
day that the forces now employed
will be considerably strengthened
late • - n, and that the work will I. e
pusl forward as rapidly as pr -
siblt vithnut any let-up until t.
de.-ired nd has been attained.
NEW YORK, Mar. d—The Amer
ican transport Plattsburg, with sol
diers and sailors returning from
the battlefields of Europe, is ex
pected to arrive in port today, ac
cording to a wireless received at
the shore -tation this morning fr^m
the boat.
She has 2175 soldiers and 160
sailors on board. Twenty-five of
the soldiers and twenty of the sail
ors are accompanied by their wives.
The men were married while abroad.
TAKE ACTION ON
THE EDES LETTER
The busmssmen of Nenana will
hold a meeting on Monday night,
immediately after the picture show,
at the Union Hall, to discuss the
Edes letter and take such action
as they may deem to be proper in
the premises.
All businessmen of Nenana and
others for whom Chairman Edes has
expressed himself as having no
sympathy, are requested to be pres
ent at the meeting for the purpose
of giving expression to their views.
The purpose of the meeting is,
primarily, to take steps to place
correct data and information re
garding the situation and conditions
in Nenana and the district before
Secretary of the Interior Lane to
offset any ill effects that Chairman
Edes’ letter might have caused in
official circles in Washington.