The Broad Pass Route Is The Short-Cut Route — Saves Mushers Miles and Money
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press nenana, alaska, Saturday, march is, 1919. whole number 2st
NEUTRALS READY TO DISCUSS LEAGUE
JAPS SAY CHRISTIANS STARTED KOREAN UNREST
GERMANS ACCEPT CONDITIONS OF SHIP SURRENDER
GERMANY ACCEPTS
THE ALLIED TERMS
BRUSSELS, Mar. 15.—According
to advices received in this city to
day, the Germans have accepted the
conditions imposed by the Allies,
regarding the use, by the Allies, of
the German merchant fleet, and the
arrangements under which the Al
lies will provision Germany.
Advices from Berlin indicate that
Germany expects the Allies to pro
vide them with food until August
loth, by which time this year’s
harvest will be available.
The advices also state that Ger
many is greatly in need of grain
pork and fats.
LONDON, Mar. 15.—British and
German committees opened negotia
tions today at Rotterdam. Holland,
to consider the exportation from
Germany of potash, timber, dyes
and other products of Germany.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 15—The
war department announced today
that 1,419,386 officers and men
have been discharged from the army
to date.
FOLEY HOME IS
GUTTED BY FIRE
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Shortly after the noon hour ,to
day, the Fairbanks fire siren sound
ed the alarm, and, as usual, every
body who had nothing particularly
on their hands got a move on them
and made for the scene of the fire.
Jack Foley, the N. C. electrician,
who lives next door to the tele
phone office, was one of those who
promptly made off in the direction
of the fire.
Jack was melting some parrafin
wax or. his stove at the time the
alarm sounded and, during his ab
sence, the stuff boiled over and
set his house on fire, gutting it
completely ere the department ex
tinguished the flames.
The fire for which the alarm first
sounded is reported to have been
caused by an overheated flue in
another part of town, the damage
done there being very slight.
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MUNICH SHOE MARKET
RELIEVED BY PEACE
MUNICH.—Munich’s scarcity oi
shoes, which was getting: serious
when the war stopped, has improved
suffiicently so that during the nexi
six months there will be available
| a supply large enough to fit out
! 75 per cent of the population with
one pair for each person. Shoe
dealers have demanded the suspen
sion of the card system for shoes,
whereby a person was entitled to
one pair a year. The dealers find
themselves well loaded up with mili
tary shoes, for which there is little
demand now. and will attempt to
unload them at the government
fixed price of $8 a pair.
leaguTIlbe
INCORPORATED IN
NEW YORK, Mar. 15.—-Joseph
Tumulty, private secretary to Presi
■ dent Wilson, received a cable from
| the President today, informing him
j that the League of Nations will be
■ embodied in the treaty of peace.
| The decision to include the terms
I of the league in the peace treaty.
the President said, was arrived at
at a plenary meeting of the supreme
■ council of the Peace Conference.
The President's cable to Secre
tary Tumulty was sent in response
to Tumulty’s query as to whether
there was any truth in a newspaper
report that the League of Nations
will not be a part of the peace
treaty.
POLES REPULSE
GERMAN ATTACKS
WARSAW, Mar. 15.—The Polish
forces repulsed a strong German
| attack today and compelled a re
I tirement of the attacking force
The attack was made by the
Germans in the oil fields region
near Dombrowska, in Silesia.
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FAIRBANKS YOUNG PEOPLE
PAY VISIT TO NENANA
A brief message from Robert
Sheldon, received this afternoon,
contains the information that a
party of nine Fairbanksans, most
of whom are young ladies, of the
younger social set of the upper
town are enroute to Nenana for
the purpose of being present at the
Moose barn dance, which will be
i held tonight.
| Among those who are known to
| be in the party are Misses Edna
. Lewis, Pearl Peterson, Constance
: Peterson, Evelyn Houck, and Ella
| Knudson; Mrs. H. C. Hamilton is
I acting as chaperone.
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POST FOR PORTO RICO
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico.—Gover
nor Yager has received information
that the Bureau of Insular Affairs
has recommended to the general staff
of the army that the Camp Las
Casas property be purchased as a
permanent military post and that
a brigade of Porto Rican troops
be maintained there.
IN BATHE ARRAY
BY GEN. PERSHI
COBLENZ, Mar. 15.—Yesterday
for the first time since the Amer:
can army of occupation entere
on German soil, General Pershing
commander in chief of the Amer:
can Expeditionary Forces, had
view of some of his troops, in cons
bat formation, on the east ban
of the Rhine, opposite Coblen:
when he reviewed them,
j They were then drawn up i
parade formation and the genera
distributed eighty decorations t
those who had earned the "istinc
tions. The troops were dismisse
immediately after the presentation
had been made
General Pershing chatted free!
with the doughboys, asking ther
whether they wanted to retur:
home They all did, but said the
would remain abroad as long o
necessary.
He also visited the wounded sol
diers and asked them how they wee
being treated, and whether thei
wounds were healing
WASHINGTON, Mar. 15— On
of the recess appointments mad
by President Wilson is that o
register of the Land Office a
Juneau.
Miss Effie A. Frisbee, of Juneau
received the appointment.
. CONFERENCE A!
! HIS HU
PARIS, Mar. 15.—Late yesterda;
afternoon, President Wilson held i
conference with President Poincar
of France, Premiers Clemenceau
Lloyd George, and Colonel House
and Captain Andre Tardieu.
The conference, which lasted tw<
hours, was held at the new presi
dential residence in the Place de
Etats Unis, Paris.
FRIDAY BRIDGE CLUB
MET AT THE RUSSELL HOMI
A very enjoyable meeting of th<
Friday Bridge club was held las
night at the home of Mrs. J. H
Russell, on upper A street Six
teen members of the organizatioi
were present and auction bridge wa
played from eight o’clock until mid
night, during which time light re
freshments were served by thi
hostess.
The honor of having the highes
score went to Mrs. J. J. Kestly.
The next meeting of the Frida;
Bridge club will be held at the homi
of Mrs. L. W. Hill, on Second an<
C streets.
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BRITISH VIEWS
: CONCERNING THE
\ TREAIV_CF PEACE
, PARIS, Mar. 15—The peace pro
. gram adopted by the British makes
j provision for the signing of a sep
arate preliminary treaty with the
Teutons as soon as possible,
j They next contemplate the whip
ping into shape of the League of
Natoins, and finally the framing of
the final treaty of peace which will
include the League of Nations.
The British desire to strip the
I peace treaty of all unnecessary in
cumbrances and have it signed as
soon as possible so that the world
j may be enabled to return to normal
conditions.
TREATY TO BE READY SOON
f PARIS, Mar. 11.—The British
1 peace plenipotentiaries believe that
1 the peace treaty will be ready for
r signature in three weeks from date.
5 The preliminary peace compact
will not include the Lervrue of Na
■ tions. This has been left for con
sideration and insertion in the final
r peace treaty.
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WASHINGTON, Mar. 15—Secre
: tary of the Navy Josephus Daniels,
; left for Europe today,
f He is making the trip for the
t purpose of studying aircraft de
| velopments and will be away for
. some time.
At the district courtroom in Fair
banks, a meeting of the Tanana
', Chapter of the American Mining
1 Congress was held yesterday.
! Among the other business tran
< sacted was the adoption of a reso
1 lution providing for an urgent re
quest being made on the territorial
1 legislature to enact a law which
' will provide for a poll tax for road
’ purposes. A bill, for this purpose,
which had already been prepared
and which will be forwarded to
Juneau, was read.
The purpose of the bill was to
place a tax of $5 on all males over
21 and under 50 years of age re
siding in the territory; the tax is
to be collected between April 1 and
August 1 of each year, and will
be designated a road tax. Penalty
for the non-payment of this tax
is to be not less than $10, nor
more than $25, or a jail sentence of
not less than 10 days, nor more
than 25 days, or both.
The report of the committee on
the power plant question was also
submitted and was duly accepted.
I It will be forwarded to the Ameri
can Mining Congress at Washing
ton, D C., and will, by that body, J
; be presented to Congress.
WRECK GIVES GERMAN
CHILDREN RARE TREA1
TRIER, Prussia.—A car load ->:
chocolate billed to the Americar
Army of Occupation was wrecker
near Trier recently and several Ger
man children of families livinf
nearby ate such quantities of th<
sweets that doctors had to be caller
in to treat them. Many of th<
children had never tasted chocolate
before, this form of candy being
among the luxuries which German)
was virtually unable to supply dur
ins the war and, before the Amer
ican salvage crews got to worl
the youngsters consumed their fil
and then started homeward with al
they could carry.
TACOMA, Mar. 15—Secretary ol
War Baker, accompanied by Gen
eral March, chief of staff, are ex
pected to arrive here tomorrow
They are making the trip foi
the purpose of witnessing the de
mobilization of the army units now
at Camp Lewis.
LEAGUE PROJECT
PARIS, Mar. 15.—Norway, Den
mark, Sweden, Holland and Switzer
land, who have been invited by the
Allies to participate in a discussion
of the League of Nations project,
have favorably answered the invita
tion, and will probably send repre
sentatives for this purpose later on.
CHANGES SUGGESTED
BUENOS AIRES, Mar. 15.—For
eign Minister Puyredon, of Argen
tine, announced today that Argen
tina will answer favorably the in
vitation extended to her by the
Allies to join the League of Nations
but says that some changes will
be suggested.
SUIT BROUGHT AGAINST
NENANA LABOR UNION
In the district court at Fairbanks,
complaint was filed by William
Gilcher, on behalf of the Tanana
Sheet Meta! Works, Nenana Lumber
Co., Blankfield Express. Wood River
Lumber Co., Anderson Bros & Ner
land, and R. E. Burns against the
Nenana Labor Union, for the re
covery of sums of money due for
material supplied and labor per
formed.
An answer to the complaint will
be filed within thirty days of the
date of service unless, in the mean
time, a settlement is made by the
union.
The papers were served on the
labor union on Wednesday, March
12th.
C. A. Wheeler, of the Kantishna,
who returned recently from army
service at Camp Lewis, went out
to the end of steel today as watch
man for the A E. C. He will be
stationed at the cache at Jack river.
AVtS JAPANESE
HONOLULU, Mar. 15.—A cable
from Tokio, received in this city
today, says that the Christians in
Korea incited the Koreans into tak
ing steps to gain their independence
recently.
The Japanse authorities have ar
rested many of the leaders of the
Korean uprising, which, according
to the cable received, is now rapidly
subsiding.
I
IS SUNK By
LONDON, Mar 11.—The Ameri
can transport Yselhaven, bound to
Copenhagen from Baltimore, struck
a mine today and sank.
Of the crew carried by the trans
port, nine sailors are reported to
have been drowned, and thirty-fiv
of th : 1 to have been l&nded safely
Charles Ostrom, well known
jeweler, formerly connected with
Mendham’s, in Fairbanks, died in
Juneau yesterday. A telegram was
received in Fairbanks today, con
taining the sad intelligence.
The cause of death was .-hoik
resulting from severe burn- -u
tained when some gasoline ex
ploded.
The very meager details to hand
state that he mistook gasoline for
coal oil and poured some of it on
a fire with disasterous results.
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SLAVS ARE INVITED
TO MEETING TONIGHT
j Immediately after the picture
1 show tonight, a meeting of the
| American Slav Society, of Nenana.
wil be held at the Bowen building,
j on upper A street. Business of
importance to the organization will
be brought up for consideration,
and all member | and those con
templating affiliation with the
society are cordially invited to be
on hand to take part in the pro
ceedings. An invitation also is ex
! tended to those Slavs who desire
further information regarding the
objects and aims of the new society
| One of the matters to be discussed
tonight is the selection of quarters
for future meetings.
The Burgess automobile left this
morning for Fairbanks with three
passengers. Martin Munson was
also a passenger for the Ohio road
house.
Harry Karstens’ auto left Fair
banks this morning with a little
mail and Ole Larson as passenger
for Nenana
, ttenasa— Tba Gateway to XcKlalajr
National Park.