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WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAIL Y NEWS
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Volume Two member of associated press NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1919.
Number 93
PRESIDENT SIGNS SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
. NEW WARSHIP FLEET STARTS FOR WEST COAST
COMPTROLLER ACCUSED OF SHADY TRANSACTION
HER AVERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 19 —
The alleged action of John Skelton
WTiiliams, comptroller of the cur
rency, in connection with the sale
of government property in this city,
was aired before the house rules
committee today, when Congressman
Louis T. McFadden, Republican, of
Pennsylvania, demanded an investi
gation of the transaction, charging
that the comptroller had helped his
brother Louis acquire the property
and had received part of the com
mission for negotiating the sale.
The property in question, he said,
had a value of four million dollars.
McFadden declares that if he can
not induce the committee to take
action in the matter, he will pre
fer formal charges against Williams
V and demand his impeachment.
IS CALLED OFF
BY FEDERATION
PARIS, July 19.—As a result oi
the condemnation of the French gov
emment yesterday by the cham’oei
of deputies, in connection with th<
demobilization of the French army
the executive committee of the Gen
eral Federation of Labor has re
scinded the call for a general strike
which had been previously decide
% upon as a protest against the gov
ernment measures. The strike was
to have started on Monday.
As a result of the chamber vote
of censure, the French cabinet ha:
decided to demand a vote of con
fidence by the chamber on Tues
day.
Joseph Noulens, former ambassa
dor to Russia, has been named t<
succeed Victor Doret as food min
ister, whose policy was scored bj
the chamber of deputies.
' CHICAGO TO HAVE
TRAINMEN STRIKE
CHICAGO, July 19. — Employe
of the transportation lines of thi
city have voted to call a genera
strike unless an agreement i
speedily reached in the matter o
their wage demands. The men ar
asking for an increase, which th
transportation heads are reluctant t
grant.
Mayor Thompson today appointe
t a mediation committee to invest:
gate the controversy and bring abou
a settlement of the differences, i
possible.
Mrs. Charlotte Cameron, note
London lecturer and traveler, is a
outgoing passenger on the steame
Alaska.
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MORE RAILROAD MONEY
TO BE AVAILABLE SOON
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PEACE IS IDE
EKE El DIG
DAY IN LONDON!
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LONDON, July 19.—This city was j
the scene today of one of the great-1
est celebrations ever staged in this j
J country, the festivities having been l
! arranged in honor of the restora
tion of peace between the Allied!
nations and Germany. The city is
; decorated gorgeously, with the Union j
'Jack-waving triumphantly at the top;
j of almost every building, and the j
■ flags of the Allies and America dis-!
| played prominently in every quarter
; of the city.
j Nineteen thousand Allied soldiers,
■including picked men from various
combat divisions, occupied a prom
inent part of the great parade, wdiich
stretched through the streets over
j six miles in length. The procession
was headed by American soldiers.
The streets of the city were
jammed with hundreds of thousands
of spectators, leaving scarcely
I room for the marchers and for the
| outdoor dancing and other festivi
ties which formed a part of the
! celebration.
AUTOS UNABLE 10
BOSTON, July 19.—The third day
; of the elevated system strike finds
i this city greatly embarrassed in
'consequence of the suspension of
| traffic. The use of autos to handle
.the crowds, while relieving the con
i gestion to some extent, has proved
-quite unequal to the situation, and
the public is becoming impatient for
a resumption of the regular traffic.'
1 One man has been killed and sev
'eral are in the hospital as the re
■! suit of crowding to get passage in
jitneys.
> Strong pressure is being brought
■ to bear on the traction management
I to hasten a settlement of the strike.
Fred Craig is reported to have
gone to Fidalgo recently to put in
some fish-traps for a coast fishing
) company.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., July 19.— !
The sum of two million and thirty
eight thousand dollars, contained in
the sundry civil bill, was made avail
able for the use of the Alaskan
Engineering commission late yester
day afternoon, when the President
attached his signature to the sundry
civil bill, repassed this week by
both houses of Congress in a form
acceptable to the executive. When
the measure was first presented for
signature, President Wilson returned
it with his veto, because of certain
features objectionable to him. No
time wras lost by the senate and the
house in reconsidering the bill,
which is one of the most important
considered during the present ses
sion of Congress.
The Alaska railroad item repre-'
sents the remainder of the thirty
five million grant provided for in the
original railroad bill. This amount,
it has been shown to Congress,
would have been ample for the
needs of the Alaskan Engineering
commission but for the advance in
the cost of material and labor since
the commencement of work on the
railroad. The commission now es
timates that at least seventeen mill
ion dollars additional will be needed
to complete the road, and that
amount has been requested of Con
gress through bills alraedy intro
duced and now under consideration
before the territorial committees of
the senate and the house.
PACIFIC VANGUARD
START FOR COAST
OLD POINT COMFORT, Va„
July 19.—The vanguard of the great
American battleship fleet which will
watch over the Pacific set sail for
the Western coast of the United
States at 8:30 this morning, a large
crowd being on hand to witness the
departure. The vanguard includes
six super-dreadnaughts and thirty
destroyers.
Additional elements of the new
fleet, moving independently, will join
the vanguard as it moves toward
the Pacific, until all the vessels are
assembled on the Western coast.
The fleet will then represent a vast
armada of modern fighting ships,
greater than any hitherto stationed
in Pacific waters.
Puget sound has been selected as
the main base of the fleet.
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NOGALES, July 19.—Couriers ar-j
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riving here this afternoon bring the
report of a battle between Yaqui
Indians and the Mexican troops sta
tioned at Potam, Sonora, Mexico,
south of this city. The Indians at
tacked the garrison, and the battle
which followed is reported to have
resulted in the death of 27. The
battle was still in progress when
the couriers left for this city.
WINDY CITY FI
FIGHTERS STRIKE
CHICAGO, July 19.—As a result
of the refusal of the city to ad
vance the wages of engineers and
their assistants in the employ of
the fire department, all employes in
that branch of the department went
out on strike today, and the fire
fighting apparatus, in consequence,
is seriously crippled. Effort^ to fill
the positions, pending a settlement
of the trouble, have met with only
partial success.
FLAMES CONTINUE
TO WASTE TIMBER
SPOKANE, July 19.—There has
been a considerable spread of the
forest fires in Northern Idaho since
yesterday, efforts of the fire-fighters
to confine the flames within bounds
having been unavailing, owing to
strong winds, which have carried
the fire into new areas.
Many of the fires now burning
are of enormous size and the acre
age destroyed is growing rapidly.
GUILD MEMBERS GIVE
PRESENTS TO LUMPKINS
A feature of the reception held
last night at the Masonic temple,
Fairbanks, in honor of Bishop Rowe
and Rev. and Mrs. H. H. Lumpkin,
was the presentation of gifts from
the Guild ladies, by Bishop Rowe,
to the retiring divine and his fam
ily. Mr. Lumpkin was presented
with a suitcase and an umbrella,
Mrs. Lumpkin received a fur set,
and Henry Lumpkin, a son, was
given a $50 Liberty bond. The re
ception was largely attended
It is not yet known who will suc
ceed Rev. Lumpkin as rector of the
Fairbanks church.
WAR PRISONERS
GEI ATTENTION
OF COUNCILMEN
PARIS, July 19.—The question
of disposing of 240,000 Russian
prisoners who are still held in Ger
many, at the request of the Allies,
was discussed at length today at a
meeting of the supreme Allied coun
cil, but no decision was reached.
The expense of keeping the pris
oners is becoming burdensome, it
was pointed out, and the request
made that a solution of the problem
be arrived at without further delay.
Poland and other countries have
[to pass, fearing the Bolshevik ten
dencies and the evil influence of
ithe prisoners upon those with whom
|they might come in contact.
No Substitutes.
j The committee on responsibilities
■submitted a report to the council
opposing the suggestion that a sub
jstitute for the former kaiser bt
! accepted for the forthcoming trial
| No action was taken on the report
Advices received from Dawson in
dicate that there is quite a crowc
waiting at the Yukon metropolis foi
the steamer Yukon to start on the
return trip to Nenana and Fair
banks. The Yukon may reach Daw
son tonight, in which event it prob
ably will get away on the returr
voyage late tomorrow.
The passengers who have madi
reservations for Nenana include
'Miss Ella Hanley, Dr. Malcolm E
Smith, Mrs. M. E. Smith, Dr. Lake
Harry Abercrombie, Mr. and Mrs
R. C. Morris.
The Fairbanks passengers are: K
B. Jenkins, T. R. Collins, Mbs. Hill
iard, Grace Hilliard, T. F. Acker
man and wife, Mrs. B. Abbott, Mis;
| Mary Averele, F\ W. Cooper, T. A
j Wilson and wife, Mrs. Hicks, Mrs
jYoung, A. J. Dertery and wife, L
Erwin Jacobs.
iTRANSPORT JACOBS WILL
BRING NEW SOLDIERS Ih
The government transport Jacob;
is . reported to have left Dawsor
.with a number of soldiers on boarc
ifor Fort Gibbon, and members oi
the signal corps for various Interior
stations. The inspector general a!s<
is on board.
WORK OF PEACE
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 19.—
Prominent members of the Demo
: cratic party who are close to the
President are authority for the state
met that the results obtained from
:
| the several White House conferences
'with Republican senators have been
;very pleasing to President Wilson.
JThey quote the President as saying
;that his meetings with the senators
'enabled him to clear up many
points of disagreement on the
j Leagne of Nations covenant and to
| set at rest the minds of opposing
members on doubtful points,
j No appointments were made for
: today, but it is the intention of the
(President to continue the confer
jences, from day to day, until all
, who care to discuss the league
proposition with him have been giv
en the opportunity.
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TRAINED FORCE
10 FIGHT SLAV
—
PEKING, July 19.—The Chinese
government has despatched 5,000
(soldiers, trained by Japanese of
jficers, to defend the Northwestern
(frontier against General Seminoff,
.who is reported here to have in
jaugurated an aggressive campaign
! against China.
The Chinese defensive army will
use automobile transports for the
first time in the history of the Chi
nese nation, marking a step forward
in modem military effort.
I The troops are among the best
j in the country, trained to a high
j state of efficiency by veteran Jap
janese army officers, and their oper
| ations against the Seminoff forces
will be watched with keen interest
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! YARMOUTH, Nova Scotia, .July
19.—The steamer Governor Cobb is
reported to have grounded on Green
island, where assistance is awaited
to get the vessel off the .shoal.
Wireless advices received in this city
state that the steamer is not now
; in danger, and it is believed no
(difficulty will be experienced in get
iting back into deep water.
The Cobb has 500 passengers
i aboard, who will be transferred in
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lease it :s found impossible to get
| the steamer off.
j E. E. Kellogg, former Fairbanks
hardware man, is in Seattle trying
•! to float a patent bicycle hub which
ihe invented.