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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1919
WHOLE NUMBER 248
SECRET TREATIES MAY DELAY LEAGUE
OHIO REPUBLICANS START BOOM FOR HARDING
SEATTLE STRIKE MAY INVOLVE MANY UNIONS SOON
G. O' P. CANDIDATE
FOR PRESIDENT
(Associated Press)
CLEVELAND, Jan. 29—At a
McKinley banquet held last night,
Senator Warren G. Harding, of
Ohio, was introduced as the next
Republican candidate for president.
It is reported that the Ohio dele
gation unanimously support Senator
Harding.
The banquet opened with a toast
to President Wilson, which was en
thusiastically drunk.
CANADlSllL
NOT REPAIR SHIP
(Associated 1’rass)
VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 29.—The
metal trades workers at this port
have refused to do any repair work
on the steamship Admiral Watson,
because of the strike in the Seattle
shipyards.
The Admiral Watson suffered
damage to her crankshaft on her
last trip from Alaska, and was
taken to a Seattle shipyard for
repairs. On account of the metal
workers’ strike at that place she
was brought to the Yarrow’s plant
here. Now the metal trades work
ers refuse to do any repairing, out
of sympathy with their Seattle
brother workmen.
GIRLS OF FRANCE
PLEASE YANKEES
(Associated Press)
PARIS, Jan. 29.—It is believed
that at least two hundred thousand
Americans now in the army will re
main in France after the conclu
sion of peace.
The majority of those who in
tend to remain in that country do
so because of their wish to marry
French girls and help in the up
building of the country. Many
others are charmed with the French
mode of living and see great oppor
tunities for American energy.
KNITTING CLUB TO MEET
AT MRS. NORVIN SMITH’S
The Nenana Knitting club will
hold their next meeting toniorrow
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Nor
vin Smith, on the Commission re
serve.
All members of the club are cor
dially invited to attend.
Carl Thiele has been appointed
by the governor to succeed Dr.
Frank Lamb, a victim of influenza,
as health officer, with headquarters
at Marshall, on the Yukon river
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iHUN SOCIALISTS
! NAME CANDIDATE
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Prince Maximillian of Baden, Is
Chosen By Democrats to Be
Head of New Germany
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Associated Press
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 29—Accord
ing to reports received in this city
today from reliable sources, Ger
i man Democrats and Social Demo
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, crats have decided to nominate
Prince Maximillian of Baden, as a
i candidate for the presidency of the
new German republic.
| RUSSIAN POLICY
! VERY SEVERELY
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California Senator Demands the
Immediate Recall of American
Trooos From Russia.
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; (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C-, Jan. 29.
s—Senator Hiram Johnson of Cali
fornia, in one of his characteristic
vigorous addresses in the Senate,
severely criticized the military ac
tivities of America and the Allies
in Russia, against the Russian citi
zens.
He demanded the mmediate with
drawal of American troops from
Russia and denounced the Allied
; campaign in that country as wicked
and absolutely useless,
i He characterized the entire pro
position as a policy of criminal
! intervention which merely helped to
hold the Bolshevlki in power while
the rest of the Russian people were
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FINLAND IS TO
BE INDEPENDENT
(Associated Press)
PARIS, Jan. 29.—The govern
ment of France proposes that Fin
land be recognized as an inde
pendent country, so that she may
be enabled to free herself from
the Bolsheviki and German domina
tion.
TRAIN SERVICE
FROMJALKEETNA
For the convenience of those who
will take the Broad Pass trail for
Anchorage and the States, F. D.
Browne recently wired to the en
gineer in charge at the coast end
of the Alaskan Engineering com
mission regarding the movements of
boats and trains. A reply was re
ceived yesterday stating that trains
will leave Talkeetna, which is the
end of steel on the coast division,
every Tuesday for Seward.
The movements of the boats are
said to be uncertain, the next boat
for the States is scheduled to leave
Seward February 15th.
'SECRET TREATIES
NOW CONFRONT
PEACE CONGRESS
Associated Press
PARIS, .Ian. 29.—1 he Daily
Mail says that the peace congress
is now confronted hy three secret
treaties, in direct violation of the
| peace terms enunciated by Presi
! den Wilson, and on which the peace
terms will be based.
The first of these secret treaties'
is between England, Italy and
France, making such disposition of
j the Adriatic coast as to be in vio
j lent conflict with the claims of the
Jugo-Slavs and the Czecho-Slavs.
The second is a treaty between
| England and Japan, under the terms
j of which Japan gets Germany’s
Pacific islands.
The third is a treaty * between
England and the Hedjaz, under the J
j terms of which the kingdom of
I Hedjaz gets Damascus.
The first article in the fourteen:
I terms enunciated by President Wil-i
| son and which has been accepted!
j by all the powers is as follows: !
(“Open covenants of peace, openly
(arrived at, after which there shall
! be no private international under-!
| standings of any kind, but dip
lomacy shall proceed always frankly
land in the public view.”
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IS CRITICALLY ILL
( A ssoc iu ted Pre s*)
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 29—Gov
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ernor Ernest Lister of Washington,
is reported to be critically ill. i
Physicians are in constant attend
|ance ut the bedside of the sufferer
land will so remain until the crisis1
has been passed.
A. E. C. CONTRIBUTES TO
FAIRBANKS FIRE DEPT.!
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It was announced at the Fair-!
banks city council meeting last!
night that the Alaskan Engineer-1
ing commission, through F. D.
Browne, engineer in charge, had
donated the sum of $100 to the
city for fire protection for Garden
Island.
The amount now available for
this purpose for Garden Island
amounts to $220; the $120 being,
derived from collections made of
the Garden Island residents.
Associated Press
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 29—Accord- j
ing to the reports received in this
city today, the Czecho-Slovak forces |
operating along the frontier be- j
tween Bohemia and Saxony cap
tured and occupied the villages of
Berembu, Bruenbal, Neuwelt, and!
Freistadt. j
Heavy fighting is also reported
all along the frontier.
HON COLONIES
ME UP TIME
OF DELEGATES
Final Disposal of German Colonies
is Still Under Consideration
By the Delegates.
Associated Press
PARIS, Jan. 29—The peace con
gress is now engaged in studying
the future of the German colonies
and hearing the testimony of
experts on colonial matters.
Various methods have been ad
vanced for the proper administra
tion of these colonies and the con- I
press is now considering a general j
policy regarding them.
Some European delegates hold
views which are greatly at variance
with those in Wilson’s fourteen
points, which were accepted by all
the warring nations as a basis on
which the peace structure was to
be built.
The plan suggested looks to the j
international control of the colonies,!
of backward nationalities and tribes |
by individual powers or agents to
act on a policy set down by the
league of nations.
CLYDE STRIKE IS ;
GROWING SERIOUS
(Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan. 29.—The strike
of the shipyard workers and dock
ers along the river Clyde is re
ported to be growing more serious
now. 1
Nearly all of the big shipyards
and the engineering works are clos
ing down.
SENA10B in
m jo assisi
The committee appointed by the'
Nenana Commercial club to take |
action in the matter of the recent
reduction of the forces of the
Alaskan Engineering commission
met at the Nenana club rooms last
night to discuss the telegram re- j
ceived from Delegate Wickersham
and take further appropriate action.!
After some discussion regarding
this matter it was decided to stay!
action pending the receipt of a reply
tothe committee’s telegram to the j
secretary of the interior.
Help Promised.
In reply to a telegram sent to.
him by the committee representing'
the . workingmen, Senator Hiranr
J vhnson of California, sent the fol-j
lowing reply, which was received |
last night.
Washington, D. C. Jan. 28
Charles N. Graham,
A. E. C., Nenana, Alaska.
“Have communicated wire pro
test to secretary of interior; hope
I can be of assistance.
“HIRAM W. JOHNSON”!
F a VHanlu and Nenana, the Twin
'Cities of Interior Alaska j
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SEATTLE, Jan. 29.—The clerks
and street car men are to vote on
a geenral strike tonight, and may
go out on strike tomorrow.
House painters, decorators, mill
men, hotel maids, leather workers,
jewelry workers, carpenters and
cooks last night voted in favor of
a geenral strike.
UNITED STATES
(Associated Press)
PARIS, Jan. 29.—It is believed
in diplomatic circles that President
Wilson must return to Europe early
in the spring.
He expects to be able to leave
Brest for the United tates aboard
the George Washington, between
the 10th and Uth of February.
Official returns of the delegate
election, furnished by the clerk of
the court today, give the number
if votes cast in this division and
iheir disposition as follows: Con
jily 121; Sulzer 1218; Wickcrsham
121G.
IRAVtL ISjiLIGHI
Humors were current in town
his morning that there was a gen
■ral exodus of men to the States
da the Broad Pass trail, and that
he train which pulled out this
norning was crowded with people
roing Outside.
On inquiry it was found that the
umor was without foundation. The
nen who have been laid off are
lot all contemplating going Out
ide, at least not until it is definitely
mown what view Congress will take
>f the situation and what relief
neasu4es will be adopted.
Seventy-five passes were said to
lave been issued to former em
iloyees by the A. E. C., which also
s not correct. About eighteen
•asses only have been issued so
ar and some of those who hold
lasses may not leave.
JAPS CONTRIBUTE
TOKIO.—About $250,000 was
aised in Japan in the American
Jnited War Work campaign; $175,
100 in excess of the amount alotted
o be raised. About $20,000 was
riven by foreigners, chiefly Ameri
ans and the rest by Japanese, who
■onduct.ed an energetic drive under
he direction of Prince Tokugawa.
RATIFICATION OF
Associated Press
j WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 29.
—The state department has issued
a proclamation which is a ratifica
tion of the federal prohibition
amendment.
Nation-wide prohibition goes into
; effect one year after date of this
proclamation.
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Associated Press
j PORTLAD, Ore., Jan. 29—-Henry
| K. Pittock, who was, for the past
! sixty years publisher of the Ore
Igonian, died today at the ripe old
' age of 83 years. Pittock was con
nected with the Oregonian for over
, sixty-five years.
His death was hastened by an
attack of influenza, which compli
cated the ailment he was subject to.
At a meeting of the Fairbanks
city council held last night at the
city hall it was decided to take
measures to force the wood dealers
to pay a license.
The city ordinance which, re
quires the payment of a license
| would appear to be ignored. Some
dealers pay the license, while others
do not.
ALLIED 1RC0PS
LEAVE SIBERIA
(AHttociateri I’retfK?
VLADIVOSTOCK, Jan. 29—Ac
cording to reports received in this
city today, the Allied forces will
leave Siberia in the coming spring
or summer
It is believed here that a carnival
of murder and rapine will follow
the withdrawal of the Allied forces.
FAIRBANKS ANNOUNCES
VITAL STATISTICS
Unofficial figures of the vital
statistics show that during the past
year in the Fairbanks district, there
were 16 marriages, 41 births and 26
deaths. The number! of deaths
shown are only those which have
been recorded and include only
two of the Flyer victims.
H. Jensen and Hjarmer Eliason,
two members of the crew of the
halibut schooner Panama were lost
recently in a storm off Yakutat.
The two men, both of Seattle, were
in a dory when the storm came up,
and were never seen again by the
Panama,
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