ALASKA SET THE PACE FOR VICTORY
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME TWO
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY. MAY 13. 1919.
NUMBER 37
HUN CHANCELLOR ADVISES REJECTION
WAR DEPARTMENT MAY BUILD MORE AIRPLANES
■ SHIPYARDS MUST HAVE MONEY BEFORE END OF MAY
HUNS MAY REFUSE
TO ACCEPT TERMS
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BERLIN. May 13. — Great ap
plause greeted Chancellor Scheide
mann today when he appeared be
fore the national assembly and pro
nounced the Allied peace terms un
acceptable to Germany. He was
loudly cheered, members and spec
tators joining in the demonstration
of approval of the attitude assumed]
by the chancellor.
Scheidemann announced that the 1
treatv •would be rejected by Ger
, , '
many, and there were none present ]
■who offered objection to the pro-,
posed action. Further developments!
are awaited easterly.
BRITISH PILOTS
ARE DELAYED BY
ATLANTIC BLOWS
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ST. JOHN'S, X. F.. May 13.—
The British aviators, Hawker and
Raynham, who arrived here a month
ago to attempt a flight across the
Atlantic, have been unable to take
to the air on account of unfavora
ble weather conditions, storms hav
ing prevailed almost continuously
since their arrival.
Two more British fliers arrived
here yesterday to join Hawker an 1
Raynham in the transatlantic flight,
and the four are hopeful of get
ting started before the Americans
leave Trepassy.
OKLAHOMANS ARE
ADVOCATING DWEN
TULSA, Okla., May 33.—Local
Democrats are organizing; a club to
boost the candidacy of United
States Senator Robert L. Owen for
president. Owen is 63 years of
age. a member of a score of fra
ternal organizations, and became a
member of the United States sen
ate in 1907, being the unanimous
choice of the Oklahoma legislature
for the seat. He was elected to
succeed himself, by popular vote, in
1912, his plurality exceeding that
^ of the national ticket by many thou
sand votes His mother was a
Cherokee.
ISLAND QUAKE IS
■ CAUSE OF DEATHS
LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands,
May 13.—The local population has
fled in terror to nearby islands, as
the result of a series of earth
quakes which rocked the island yes
terday, causing four deaths and a
large amount of property damage.
PASSENGERS REACH
FAIRBANKS LATE
The passengers leaving Xenana
yesterday on the launches Nita,
Peerless and Victory reached Fair
banks rather late last night.
The boats were unable to go up
the slough, and the passengers were
therefore landed at Chena. where
they were obliged to await the
coming of the electric car to take
them to Fairbanks.
A
GERMANS TO SEEK!
FAVOR OF ALLIES
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—
PARIS. May 13.—Information re
ceived by the Allied peacemaker?
today indicates that it is the inten
tion of the Germans to ask permis
sion to send delegates to receive the
Austrian representatives who will sit
at the peace meeting.
The information has created some
surprise here, inasmuch as the Al
lies previously announced it to be
their intention to keep the German
and Austrian delegations wholly
apart. It is considered doubtful if
the request will be granted.
REDS OF RUSSIA
AIM TO DESTROY
CHURCH BELIEFS
.
LONDON, May 13. — According
to advices received in this cityi
from Russia, the Bolshevik! are now
engaged in an onranized attempt to j
destroy the religion of the country
by holding it and those who preach
it up to contempt. As an example
of the tactics employed to destroy
the church, the reports state that a
mock marriage was recently per-'
formed between an aged priest and’
a mare.
Under penalty of death, the priest
in charge of the church was forced {
to perform the marriage ceremony,
and the choir, dressed in their sur- ’
plices, were made to chant the
psalms and canticles in accordance;
with the ritual and rites of the,
orthodox church.
To further weaken the faith of i
the people in the many supposed
virtues of the priesthood, which
were fostered and encouraged by
the church from time immemorial,
the Moscow Soviet published a
pamphlet depicting vividly the sup
posed orgies of the priests and their
immoral excesses.
A belief long cherished by the
masses of the people in certain,
shrines, supposed to contain the
bones of two saints, and which they
had hitherto approached with awe.
was shattered when the Bolsheviki
openly destroyed the shrines, ex
humed the bones and scattered them
to the four winds.
The priests had taught the people
that death would be the portion of'
anyone who would dare to approach
the shrines except in a penitent!
mood and with a suitable offering.
Lighterage rates have been in- •
creased 10 per cent this year over
last year’s rates at Anchorage.
ITALIANS MAKE
SIGN OF PEACE;
HORIZON CLEAR
PARIS. May 13.—The problems
which have threatened to result in
the withdrawal of Italy from the
peace conference appear now to be
closer to solution than at any time
since the commencement of the j
peace deliberations. It is reported
this morning that the Italians are
evincing a willingness to make cer
tain concessions, and it is confidently
believed that a satisfactory adjust
ment of the Italian questions will
be made within the next few day?
No hint is given, however, as to
what concessions are expected, or
the probable character of the final
settlement.
Premier Orlando called on Col.
House yesterday afternoon, presum
ably for the purpose of discussing
the Italian situation, and the two
spent several hours together in pri
vate conversation.
g.o.p7Mors
MEET TOMORROW
10 FRAME WORK
b
WASHINGTON, D. C-, May 13.
In response to a call issued for a
meeting. Republican members of the
upper chamber of Congress will
gather tomorrow for the purpose of
organizing, and a lively time is an
ticipated because of the opposition
to Penrose and his crowd. It is
understood that the Progressives will
endeavor to prevent the election of
Penrose and Warren as chairmen,
respectively, of the finance and ap
propriations committees.
The selection of a president pro
tern, promises a spirited encounter
and it is impossible to predict the
outcome. Curtis, of Kansas, prob
ably will be named Republican
whip.
Juneau has secured a redaction
in her insurance rates on account
of installing better fire apparatus.
WAR VETERANS
TO RULE LAND
AVERS LEADER
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 13.—
Colone! Hesry Lindsley. who was
recently elected chairman of th>:
American Legion, the new organ'
ization composed of war veterans,
makes the prediction that the af
fairs of the nation will be con
trolled by the war veterans withir
a few years. The veterans will
accomplish this, he explains, by con
stituting a mighty moral and spir
itual force, capable of molding pub
lie sentiment.
Referring to the popularity oi
Lieutenant-Colonel Roosevelt at the
late St. Louis convention of vet
erans. Colone! Lindsley declare:
that the son of the former presi
dent attracted admiration on ac
count of his war record in France
and not because of his father':
record.
NAVY SECRETARY
MAY SEE PLANES
CROSSING OCEAN
TREPASSY, N. F„ May 13_All
arrangements have been perefeted
for the departure of the American
naval seaplanes for the Azores, and
the two machines will make the
start just as soon as weather con
ditions become favorable for the
flight.
Should the Americans get away
within the next day or two, they
will give Secretary Daniels the op
portunity to see the naval planes
in action. The secretary is now
enroute from Europe on the trans
port Mount Vernon, and arrange
ments have been made for the ship
and the planes to meet in mid
ocean. The carrying out of this
plan, however, will depend entirely
upon weather conditions, for it is
understood that the pilots are not
to leave Trepassv until the weather
is satisfactory to them.
CONGRESS MUST ACT
TO SAVE SHIPYARDS
PHILADELPHIA, May 13—The
shipbuilding industry of the United
States is seriously threatened by a
shortage of funds, as the result of
the failure of the late Congress to
appropriate money to cover the
tost of contracts awarded to Ameri
can builders by the government,
lust how serious the situation is,
las been made plain by Assistant
Chairman of the Shipping Board
Akerson, who issued a statement
Lodav in which he declared that
every shipyard in the United States
low working on government con
tracts would be compelled to close
lown at the end of the present
month unless the sum of six hun
dred million dollars is appropriated
by the incoming Congress to con
tinue the work and pay for work
already done. There is no alterna
tive, he says.
MAY BUILD FOREIGN VESSELS.
WASHINGTON, D C., May 13.—
Announcement is made today of the
decision reached by President Wil
son to permit American shipyards
to accept foreign contracts, pro
vided such work does not in any
way interfere with the building of
the American merchant marine.
This decision, it is believed, will
result in greatly stimulating the
shipbuilding industry, since many of
the yards recently received offers
of foreign contracts involving large
sums of money.
AIRPLANE PLANTS
MAY BE KEPT BUSY
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 13
Secretary of War Baker is consid
| ering the advisability of letting
contracts for the construction of
additional airplanes for the Ameri
can army, as a means of holding
the airplane industry together until
, such time as it is positively as
sured that the United States will
not again become involved in war
j within the near future.
The plan of the war department
| is to award contracts for the hudd
ling of five hundred planes of vari
ous types suitable for army use.
' Such a contract, the secretary be
Sieve?, would provide sufficient busi
ness to keep the airplane industry
intact and ready to expand to meet
any national emergency, should
there be need of increasing the out
put on short notice.
The announcement of the secre
tary's plan has caused some specu
lation as to the real meaning of
such a step, but nothing can b*»
learned from official sources beyond
the statement that the action, if
taken, will be merely precaution
ary. to safeguard the country pend
ing the establishment of permanent
world peace.
'
I HEAVILY ON ICE
—
DAWSON, May 13.—Betting on
, the ice movement in the Yukon
river was unusually heavy this
spring, resulting in the exchange of
thousands of dollars when the
; breakup occurred on Saturday. The
breakup, otherwise, was without in
cident. the movement of the ice
lacking those spectacular features
which usually accompany a breakup.
The town is now awaiting eagerly
jthe arrival of the first boat, which
: is scheduled to leave the foot of
Lake Labarge this week.
TRAIN
10 BE MODIFIED
Superintendent Packer announce*
that as it is considered unsafe to
run heavy locomotives, for the pres
ent, over the tirade beyond the Co
mile camp, train service comment
j ing from Wednesday will be up to
tnat point only. Passengers, mail
ana light freight for points beyond
| will be taken up on the speeder.
This arrangement will remain in
: force until such time as the track
, beyond 35-mile can be properly
ballasted and the heavy locomotives
can be run over it in safety.
As the speeder is capable of
handling five passengers only at
each trip, it will make several trips
between 35-mile camp and the Cross
ing at 43-mile for the accommoda-,
tion of passengers; the number of
trips made depending, of course, on
the number of passengers to be
handled.
A ferry- service has been estab
lished across the river in the neigh
borhood of the damaged bridge and
will be operated until such time as
the bridge can be made serviceable
again and through traffic resumed.
Hand and push cars will be avail
able on the southern shore of the
Nenana river for conveying freight
and passengers destined for the coal I
fields and points beyond.
The attention of the News read-1
ers js invited to the notice appear-1
ing elsewhere in these columns re- j
gardens the train service.
NOT TO ESCW;
ML BE TRIED
PARIS, May 13.—Austrian mili
tary offenders will not escape pun
ishment, :t having' been provided in
the treaty drawn up by the Allies
that certain Austrian officials and
officers of ’he army and navy must
stand trial for their violations of
international laws This does not
include the Austrian emperor, how
ever.
Itaiy Gets Frontier.
Under the terms of the treaty
submitted to Austria, the Italian*
are to tret a strategic frontier, as
a safeguard against future Austri
an aggression. The country .trans •
ferred to Italy in this grant in
cludes the Austrian cities uf Bosen
and Meran.
• According to advices received
from Fairbanks today, the electric
car left- the upper town at 1 o’clock
this afternoon with a shipment of
mail and five passengers, to connect
with the Douse launch Victory at
Che.na.
The mail and passengers are for
Nenana. C. S. Crider, represent
ing the express companies, is among
the passengers. The names of the
others could not be learned.
Knut Koland arrived in town last
night to organize his forces for
commencing grading work on his
contract on the Fairbanks line. He
will use 15 head of horses and a
force of about a dozen men at
present, adding to the force later
as the work progresses.
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R TEMPERATURE *
R As reported by the government R
R observation station, Nenana R
R - at
R Tuesday, May 13. R
R Maximum ..71 above R
R Minimum .35 above R
R Forecast: Unsettled tomorrow. R