WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 17. 1919.
NO. 194
WILSON WILL TRY TO TURN SENATORS
POSSE TAKES TRAIL IN SEARCH OF WOBBL Y GANG
BUTTER PROFITEERS DEMAND RECORD PRICE IN EAST
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 17.—
The supreme court of the United
States has handed down a decision
in which the Government is given
the right to cancel title to 6,000
acres of California oil lands claimed
by the Southern Pacific Railway
company. The Government claimed
the lands were obtained by the rail
way company through fraud.
The decision of the supreme
court is a reversal of the decision
of the federal district court, and
marks the end of a bitterly-fought
and long-drawn-out contest. The
federal court dismissed the Govern
ment decrees.
The land will be used by the (gov
ernment for the production of oil
for the navy.
▼ WASHINGTON. D. C., Nov. 17.—
President Wilson lef his room today
for the first time since he became
ill. He was taken downstairs and
rolled into the sunshine on the
White House lawn, where he spent
a very enjoyable hour.
^ The condition of the President is
such now that he is permitted to
devote considerable time daily to
the consideration of official business,
and frequently confers with Secre
tary Tumulty and other members
of the official family, with occasion
ally a conference with Senator
Hitchcock and others of the Demo
cratic leaders.
GLASS 10 ACCEPT
• SKI AS SENATOR
WASHINGTON. D. C„ Nov. 17.—
Announcement is made today that
Secretary of the Treasury Carter
Glass will accept appointment as a
^ member of the United States to suc
ceed the late Senator Thomas S.
Martin, of Virginia, whose death
occurred several days ago at Char
lottesville.
The appointment is being accept
ed at the request of President Wil
son.
Secretary Glass resigned a seat in
the lower house of Congress last
December to accept appointment as
' a member of the cabinet.
J. C. Jacobson entered the Gov
ernment hospital this morning for
treatment for a severely wrenched
knee.
One of the largest hardware com
panies on the Pacific coast will es
tablish an agency at Ketchikan, if
suitable quarters can be arranged
for
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PRESIDENT TO ASK SFNATE
FOR ADOPTION UNRESERVED
SOUMY, Southern Russia. — This
important city, half-way between
Kharkov and Tzemigov, has been j
captured by the Denikine Volunteer
army, but the hope of the Cossacks
I that with it they would capture the j
i notorious Syenko, called ‘‘The Go
Jrilla of the Reds,” was not realized.
| Three days before the city fell he •
jhad been ordered to Moscow by1
! Trotzky.
j To the American Red Cross men
Jwho are engaged in relief work in
jthe rear of Denikine’s advancing
army, the story of Syenko was told
on the first day of their arrival in 1
j Kharkov. Evidence of Syenko'?
mad conduct met them on all sides,
i Syenko was a carpenter of Khar
kov, who was made chief torturer
jand executioner in that city of
800.000 people, for the six month?
of the Red administration. It is
alleged that he organized a band
;of Chinese torturers and devised
'extreme cruelties.
At the fall of Kharkov he was
!sent to Soumy, where he continued
his work of terrorism,
j The fact that he was known to
| be in Soumy inspired the Cossacks
with a special eagerness to capture
the place, but on arrival here, they
wound that 'Syenko had been given
20,000,000 rubles bv Trotzky, the
Bolshevik foreign minister, to or
ganize the Red terror in Moscow
on the same lines he had followed
at Kharkov and Soumy.
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According to advices received in
X'enana this morning, the X'enana
river closed yesterday near the Jap
roadhouse, where the Kantishna
trail connects with the Government
railroad. Nine persons are report
ed to have crossed the river yester
day, enroute to the Kantishna, and
traffic henceforth between the rail-'
road and the diggings will be unin
terrupted.
It is believed there will be an:
unusually large amount of travel
this winter between X'enana and the
Kantishna, and much prospecting’
throughout that district by oldtim- j
ers who were employed on the rail- \
road during the summer. The dis- j
trict would be filled with prospec
tors but for the big cost of outfits,
but it is believed quite a number
will spend the winter in the hills,
!in spite of the high prices,
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 17.—
rhe adoption of the Lodge reserva
tions to the peace treaty, which was
Jccomplished by the Republicans of
the senate during the past week, is
regarded wnth undisguised disfavor
by President Wilson, who informed
Senator Hitchcock this morning
that he would pocket the treaty if
the senate insisted upon ratification
with the Lodge reservations at
tached. Senator Hitchcock informed
the senate that the President con
siders the reservations a nullifica
tion of the treaty and utterly im
possible.
The administration is planning an
attempt to defeat the ratification
resolution with the Lodge reserva
tions. If successful, the adminis
tration will then offer a resolution
for ratification with reservations.
Should this re-olution be defeated,
it will result in a deadlock, and the
administration will then propose a
compromise.
EUROPE WONDERING.
PARIS, N'ov. 17.—The adoption
of ten reservations to the peace
treaty by the American senate is
viewed with much speculation in
European peace circles and repre
sentatives of the Allied powers are
wondering if the senate ultimately
| will insist upon the formal approval
by European governments of the
reservations as now specified.
It is understood the French gov
ernment is not prepared to give for
I mal approval.
CENTRALIA POSSE
HUNTING RADICALS
CEXTRALIA, Xov. 17.—A posse
of woodsmen and ex-soldiers is en
deavoring: to surround a cabin ir.
Hannaford valley, in which three
"wobblies” are reported to have
taken refuge, with a view to making
a stand against their pursuers. One
hundred feet from the cabin lies
the body of John Haney. Tenino
rancher, who lost his life on Satur
day when the posse was engaged in
a pitched battle with the Reds, who
now threaten death to any who at
tempt to reach the body of the dead
man.
The posse is composed of single
men only, and those who join are
warned that they may be called
upon to face death at the hands of
the "wobblies.”
Xews of today’s work in the val
ley probably will not received
here until late tonight. There are
some who express the belief that
'there will be no battle—that the
radicals will not permit their pursu
ers to cut off their escape. Some
declare that the "wobblies” fled on
Saturday, after the clash with the
posse.
The body of Haney, when res
cued by the posse, must be carried
ten: miles over a mountain trail.
The dead man was 49 years of age
and the father of ten children.
CONFESSION TO BE USED.
CEXTRALIA, Nov. 17.—-Lauren
Roberts, the “wobbly" president,
who confessed to the authorities on
Saturday, is said to have disclosed
further details of the I. W. W. con
spiracy which resulted in the Armis
tice Day shooting. The confession
is now complete in every detail and
will prove valuable to the prosecu
tion in the trial of the “wobblies"
who are now in jail on the charge
of first degree murder.
PRICE OF BUTTER SOARING
CHICAGO, Nov. 17.—The price
of butter reached the highest point
ever recorded here when local job
bers this morning quoted 70 cents
a pound, wholesale, for creamery
extra.
The highest price previously quot
ed was 68 cents a pound.
FORMER KAISER IS
FRYING 10 UNLOAD
NEW YORK, Nov. 17. — Local
yachtsmen are authority for the
statement that the former kaiser is
trying to dispose of his yacht. Me
teor III, to American sportsmen.
The craft has b^en offered for the
sum of $40,000.
The German boat was christened
by Miss Alice Roosevelt in 1902,
when it was launched here.
WYOMING MINES ARE
IN FUEL OPERATION
SHERIDAN', Nov. 17.—Practically
all of the coal mines in Northern
Wyoming are in full operation
again as the result of the return of
the strikers to their posts, and the
output of the state is rapidly as
suming normal proportions.
Improved conditions are also re
ported from the Southern mines.
LEGION POST
STARTS FIGHI
AGAINST H.G.L.
WARREN. Ariz. — L. A. Engle
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post of the American Legion has
enlarged the scope of its activities
to include a fight against the high
.cost of living. The fight is being
successfully waged, according to a
.statement issued by Ira B. Jorale
mon, chairman of the ‘‘High Cos:
, of Living Committee” of the post.
The post established recently at
Lowell an open air municipal mar
J ket to serve the people of the dis
trict including that city, Warren,
'and Bisbee.
i The ranchers were skeptical the
first day, and although the opening
of the market had been well adver
. tised. only 18 small truckloads of
produce were taken there by ranch
ers of the nearby valleys. But the
fact that the produce was disposed
of by 11 o'clock that morning in
spired confidence, and since that
time the sales have averaged from
$1,500 to $2,200 each Wednesday
and Saturday, the two market days.
"The ranchers.” according to Mr.
Joraiemon's statement, "sell a lol
of stuff they otherwise could not
dispose of. since the stores buy
principally from the larger ranches
which can guarantee a steady sup
ply. The people get absolutely fre-li
produce at prices averaging les
than 60 percent of prices they pre
viously had to pay."
The county supervisors, Mr. Jor
alemon said, have agreed to provide
funds for a suitable building for a
permanent municipal market to be
operated by the "High Cost of Liv
ing Committee" of the post.
10 HELP ENGLAND
LONDON, Nov. 17.—The gossip
writer of the Liverpool Post says
that it is whispered that the reason,
for the present optimism of the
British chanceller of the exchequer
is the discovery of gold in vast
quantities on the British side of the
Yukon.
The article has aroused much in
terest here, but details of the dis
covery are lacking.
Miss Nellie K. Wilson, of the
Fairbanks office of the Alaskan En
gineering commission, made a trip
over the new road north of Nenana
yesterday, being a passenger on the
special which reached Camp 415
during the afternoon.
■nuu, W>»r« Bails and linn Km
WARD INSPECTS
For the purpose of looking over
the Xenana end of the recently
completed extension of the Govern
ment railroad, north of the Tanana
river, Supervising Engineer H. K.
Ward made a trip over the road
yesterday, arriving at Camp 41 ”>
early in the afternoon and return
ing about three o’clock. He was
accompanied on the down trip by
Superintendent of Construction W.
L. Packer, under whose direction
the Xenana end of the road was
constructed.
Mr. Ward will look after the
maintenance of the line henceforth,
that section now being a part of
the Tanana Valley system, of which
John Raap is assistant superintend
ent earn! special disbursing agent,
with headquarters on Garden Island.
The new line was turned over to
tne Tanana Valley on October 15,
Engineer-in-Oharge F. D. Brown1
explaining that the new track, be
ing narrow gauge and connecting
with the Tanana Valley, naturally
belongs to that system, which has
an established organization, with
fixed overhead and tram crews
available for service on the Xenana
line without serious interference
with the regular service between
Fairbanks and the creeks.
Mr. Ward made the trip over t'n •
line yesterday rn familiarize himself
with the location of sidings an I
water tanks ami to look the line
over generally. Mr. Raap also will
make a trip to Xorth Xenana at
an early date.
BOSTOX, X iv. 17. -The Ameri
can Athletic Union has decided to
send an American team of athletes
to Antwerp for a renewal of the
Olympic games there next year.
This decision was reached at a
meeting of athletes here during the
past week, and it was a!so decided
to begin at once the work of se
lecting representatives of America
to compete in the various games.
Miss Edna Lewis, sister of Mrs
Ike P. Taylor, came down from
Fairbanks yesterday for a visit in
Xenana.
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