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WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1919.
Number 86
SEVENTEEN MILLION WANTED FOR ROAD
PACKERS ACCUSED OF PLANNING BIG COMBINE
'GERMANS CONSPIRE TO STEAL AMERICAN SUPPLIES
PLOT DISCOVERED
. TO STEAL STORES
COBLENZ, July 11. — Severs!
Germans have been placed undei
arrest by the American military an
thorities on suspicion that they are
implicated in a conspiracy involving
the wholesale theft of food, auto
^•mobile tires- and troop supplies froir
the American army of occupation.
Evidence of the plot was discov
ered several days agro, but the ar
rests today were the first intimatior
that the German plans had beer
disclosed. The men arrested, it i<
believed, can furnish the authorities
with the information they desire
and an effort will be made to makt
jthem talk.
TO BOOST WAGE
' AT AUTO PLANT
DETROIT, Mich., July 11.—There
is a persistent rumor in circulatior
in this city to the effect that the
Ford company is planning soon t<
increase the pay of the thousands ol
workers in the employ of the grea'
institution. The minimum wage, i1
^ is understood, is to be raised to $1
per day.
The members of the Ford family
are now buying up all the stock oi
^he minority shareholders, including
the Dodge brothers, and the wag<
increase, it is believed, will be an
nounced as soon as the stock trans
actions have been consummated.
1 SENATE PREPARES
FOR TREATY BOUT
> WASHINGTON, D. C., July 11 —
In order that preparations may be
made for the big fight over the
peace treaty and the League of Na
tions covenant, which Republican
leaders insist must not be ratified
in the form in which the treaty
4 was presented by the President, .the
senate has taken an adjournment
until Monday.
The ratification contest, which
will begin when the senators re
sume their seats, probably will con
sume several weeks. Both sides are
conferring today.
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VANCOUVER, B. C., July 11—
The Labor Trades council, at i
largely attended meeting held in this
city today, adopted a resolution
aligning itself against the Canadiar
Trades and Labor congress and the
American Federation of Labor. The
council favors the one big unioi
f
CONGRESS IS ASKED
FOR RAILWAY MONEY
I
i
iidea ana has adopted the constitu
! ization.
The American Federation of La
I bor recently went on record as on
j posing such an organization in the
j United States.
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LONG VIEW, Tex., July 11.—
| Four white residents of this city
Iwere shot and painfully wounded
|today by negroes, following an ef
i fort on the part of a white delega
tion to locate a negro teacher who
| is accused of causing the publica
tion, in a logal negrb newspaper,
of a statement derogatory to the
character of a local young white
I
woman.
district and were waylaid by a gang
| of negroes in that section of the
town. A fight ensued, but the
whites were outnumbered and were
! compelled to abandon their search
'for the culprit.
Feeling is running high through
j out the town as a result of the
! shooting, and there is danger of a
'more serious clash between the rival
! factions.
STORM IS FATAL
10 PITTSBURGERS
electrical storm which visited this
city last night caused the death
of five persons and inflicted injuries
upon forty others, some of whom
are in a serious condition. The
: property damage resulting from the
storm will run into many thousands
of dollars.
BROWNE HAS RETURNED
FROM LOCATION PARTY
Fredk D. Browne returned late
yesterday afternoon from the Lig
nite country, where he assisted the
Mills location party to start the lines
for the proposed wagon road, and
the extension of the railroad beyond
the end of steel, to the south of
jXenana. Mr. Browne had traversed
that section previously, and his ob
serrations enabled him to render
. valuable assistance to the party now
I in the field.
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! R- L- Vining, Fairbanks commis
sion man, returned to the upper
i ;town today on the Yukon.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 11
Representative Charles A. Curry,
Republican, of California, introduced
a bill in the lower house of Con
gress yesterday providing for the
appropriation of the sum of seven
teen million dollars to complete the
: Alaska government railroad. This
j amount, it is now estimated by the
I Alaskan Engineering commission,
5 will make certain the completion of
!the project in 1921. The increase
over the former estimate is intended
to cover the increased cost of ma
teria! and labor, it having been ex
j plained to Representative Curry that
'steadily rising costs make it impos
jsible to complete the work for a
, less amount.
Representative Curry is chairman
jof the house committee on terri
tories, to which the bill has beer
referred for consideration before
presentation to the house for fina!
action.
The bill was introduced at the re
quest of Secretary Lane and the
Alaskan Engineering commission.
Sundry Civil Delayed.
The railroad appropriation of twc
million and thirty-eight thousand
dollars, contained in the sundry civi!
bill, passed by Congress before tht
return of President Wilson, prob
ably will not become available for
several days, as it is the intention
of the President to subject all ap
propriation bills to the closest scru
tiny before attaching his signature
to them. It is considered probable
today that the sundry civil bill will
not be disposed of until early next
week.
PACKERS THREATEN
TO CONTROL FOODS
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 11.—
In a report submitted to President
Wilson today, the Federal Trade
commission informed the executive
of an existing menace in the form
of a gigantic food trust, which
threatens to dominate all important
foods in the United States. Imme
diate action to prevent the carrying
out of the plans of the combine,
which is made up of the five largest
packing concerns in the country, is
urged by the commission, and steps
are suggested as a precautionary
measure, pending a definite check to
the combine.
These packers, declares the com
mission statement, threaten not only
to control all important foods in
the country, but to dominate alsc
the meat products of the entire
world. The history of the Americar
packers, it is pointed out, is inter
woven with illegal commissions anti
rebates.
The five concerns mentioned by
the commission’s report to the Presi
dent are the Swifts, the Cudahys,
the Armours, the Wilson company
and the Morris company.
ENEMY TRADING
ACT HOLDS BUT
BAN IS LIFTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 11.—
Acting Secretary of State Polk has
1 issued a statement in which he an
nounces that trade between the Unit
led States and Germany may be re
^ sumed immediately, as the result
of the signing of the treaty by the
German government and its ratifica
tion by the national assembly.
This resumption of trade, the
statement explains, does . not mean
that the state of war has ended or
that the trading-with-the-enemy act
has been abrogated. It means sim
ply that the ban on German trade
has been partially lifted and that
such trade as may be resumed will
be controlled, probably, by the rep
aration commission. This refers
I particularly to dyes, chemicals, and
potash.
■luuu—Tlte Gateway to
Vatlonal Park.
McKinley
TO UPPER TOWN;
The A.-Y. N. steamer Yukon,
which reached port from Dawson
early yesterday morning, left for
Fairbanks shortly after 6 o’clock
this morning, and is scheduled to
return immediately, bound for the
upper Yukon. The Fairbanks office
of the company has the boat billed,
out at 3 o'clock tomorrow'afternoon,
which will bring it here about mid
night.
The greater part of the freight
brought ■ by the Yukon was dis
charged here, the balance being con
signed to merchants of the upper
town.
The long stay here was occa
sioned by the accumulation of sedi
ment in the boilers, the crew taking
advantage of the delay for the dis
charge of cargo, to put the boiler;
through the periodical cleaning pro
cess, usually performed at the Fair
| banks end of the voyage.
In addition to the through pass
jengers, mentioned in yesterday’s is
i sue of The News, the following
I boarded the boat here: R. L. Vin
,ing, Herman Kessler, G. S. Abbott,
| Valentine Anderson, and Milo Saul
I ich.
DAYLIGHT BILL
BEFORE WILSON;
MAY REPEAL II
WASHINGTON, D. C., July U.—
President Wilson has under consid
eration today the agricultural ap
propriation bill, to which was at
tached by Congress a rider repeal
ing the daylight saving law. The
President is debating the merits o:
the rider, and there is the possi
bility that he will decline to con
sent to the repeal of the law, which
has proved a very helpful measure
and is still saving the people of the
United States many thousands of
dollars daily.
The President attended a vaude
ville show last night and spent an
hour on the golf links this morning,
after which he conferred with Act
ing Secretary' of State Polk, who is
going to Paris to relieve Secretary
Lansing. The President also held
a confeernce with Secretary Dan
iels, partially relating to the pro
posed new Pacific fleet of warships,
scheduled to leave Hampton Roads
for the Western coast within a few
days.
Paid in fuU Victory Loan bonds,
of the coupon variety, reached the
i office of the local disbursing agent
of the Alaskan Engineering com
mission this week, where they await
!
the appearance of purchasers. De
liveries will be made upon surrender
of the receipt issued at the time
the money was paid for the bonds.
! Hr. Doner desires again to call
attention to the fact that the second
j instalment on bonds purchased on
the partial payment plan will be due
| on Tuesday, and he expresses the
hope that purchasers will make their
appearance at his office promptly.
The payment is ten per cent of the
purchase price.
Milo Saulich, Fairbanks farmer,
who came down river this week on
.business matters, returned to his
jranch this morning on the steamer
Yukon.
DIRIGIBLE NOW
NEARING SHORE
ON OIHER SIDE
LONDON, July 11.—Wireless ad
vices received from the British dir
igible R-34, now enroute across the
Atlantic on the return flight to this
country, report that the balloon is
making good headway, having cov
ered a distance of 1,300 miles dur
ing the first 24 hours.
The dirigible is working smoothly
and weather conditions thus far
have been such as to interfere only
| slightly with the flight.
I Preparations are being made to
I .
| give the navigators a great recep
tion upon their arrival on English
soil.
GOTHAM IRISH
OPPOSE LEAGUE
IN RESOLUflON
NEW YORK, July 11.—President
Devalera of the new Irish republic,
: who came to this country recently
|
to secure recognition for the new
republic, was given a tremendous
ovation at Madison Square garden
last night, the great building being
i
packed to overflowing by the en
thusiastic supporters of the Devalera
government. It is estimated that
fully 12,000 persons were in the
building, and several thousand more
stood outside, unable to gain ad
mission. The meeting was presided
over by Supreme Court Justice Co
halan.
! The meeting went on record as
■ strongly opposing the proposed
League of Nations, a resolution be
. ing adopted denouncing the league
I as a scheme to make America main
; tain the integrity of the possessions
'of the world’s gTeat powers.
10 QUIET FIUME
—
PARIS, July 11. — American,
French, and British warships have
been ordered to proceed at once to
Fiume, where there have been dis
orders recently, resulting from
clashes between Italians and other
elements in the forces occupying
that territory.
The latest advices received from
the storm center indicate that the
situation is less serious now.
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