BUY A VICTORY BOND — THERE’S A REASON
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
* VOLUME TWO
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1919.
NUMBER 32
WILSON ISSUES CALL FOR EXTRA SESSION
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TREATY OF PEACE NOW READY FOR SIGNATURES
■ ITALIANS WIN DISPUTE FOR THE POSSESSION OF FIUME
GERMANY IS HANDED
ALLIED PEACE TERMS
VERSAILLES, May 7. — The
terms of the final peace treaty, as
drawn up by the allied powers,
consisting of eighty thousand words,
were formally handed to the Ger
man delegates today, at the' end of
a twenty-minute joint session of the
4 peace conference of the warring
nations.
The conference was attended by
the delegates of twenty-'even na
tions, the Germans being included
for the first time.
The voluminous document begins
with an extensive preamble embody
ing an assertion of the authority
on which the peace treaty is based.
This is followed by the covenant of
the League of Nations.
SUMMARY OF TREATY.
NEW YORK, May 7.—The com
mittee on public information an
nounced the official summary of
the final peace treaty today. The
treaty is the longest of its kind
ever drawn up in the history of
f. the world, and represents_ three and
one-half months’ work of over a
thousand experts of international
prominence.
Territorial Restoration.
The terms of the treaty as re
gards territorial concessions provide
that Germany is to restore Alsace
and Lorraine to France; to recog
nize the temporary internationaliza
tion of the Saar coal basin in
Rhenish Prussia; to renounce all
territorial and political rights out
side of Europe, such as in the Ger
man colonies in China and Africa;
to recognize the independence of
German Austria, Poland and Czecho
slovakia; to cede a part of Upper
Silesia to Poland.
neaucuon m Armament.
As regards reduction in arms and
armament, Germany is to reduce
her army to 100.000 men, including
offiic-ers; to abolish conscription; to
raze all forts within fifty kilometers
of the Rhine; to stop importation
and exportation and nearly all
manufacture of war material; to
reduce her navy to six battleships,
, . six light cruisers, twelve torpedo
boats, no submarines; navy's per
sonnel to be not over 15,000. She
must demolish the forts on Heligo
land, must not build forts to con
trol the Rhine, must open the Kiel
canal to all nations, and surrender
her cables. Germany must not have
i any air forces after October 1st,
and the Allies agree to reduce their
armies of ocupation at the end of
each three and five-year period.
Indemnities end Reparation.
The terms in regard to indemni
ties, reparation, etc., provide that
Germany must accept full responsi
^ bility for the w'ar and for the dam
age done during its continuance
and until the armistice was signed.
She must reimburse the civilian
damage done, beginning with the
payment of twenty billion marks,
the subsequent payments to be se
cured by bond issues. Germany is
to pay for the shipping damage on
a ton for ton basis by a cession of
her merchantmen, and to devote her
economic resources, to rebuilding the
devastated regions.
Trial of Kaiser.
Germany is to agree to the trial
of the former kaiser by an inter
national high court, for the su- j
preme offense against international
morality; other high German offi
cials are also to be brought to trial.
Holland is to be asked to extra
dite the former kaiser, and Ger
many is to be made responsible for
his delivery for trial.
League of Nationa.
Germany is to accept the prin
ciple of the League of Nations with
out being admitted to membership
1 in it.
Labor Term*.
The peace treaty has also made
provision for the creation of an in
ternational labor body, with a per
manent office and annual conven
tions.
Self-Determination.
Fifteen years after the consum
mation of the treaty a plebiscite
vote is to be taken for the purpose
of determining the government of
the Saar valley. Danzig is to be
come a free city, and a plebiscite
vote is to be taken to decide the
governments of Schleswig-Holstein
and East Prussia.
The League of Nations commis
: sions are to oversee the govern
ment of the Saar basin and to work
‘ out the mandatories for the Ger
man colonies. The league may call
Germany to question at any time
for the violation of any of the
terms of the treaty.
1H PIONEERS
EIECIJMRS
DAWSON, May 7.—At a meet
ing of the Yukon Pioneers held in
this city last night, honorary mem
berships were conferred on Colonel
Knight, commanding the Royal
Northwest Mounted Police, and
Charles Reed Settlemeir, editor of
the Dawson Daily News.
LAUNCH KANTISHNA
WILL SAIL SHORTLY
The commodious launch Kan
tishna, owned arid operated by
Harry Capp, is now being fixed up
for service and will be launched in
a day or two.
Her owner expects to sail for the
Kantishna country in two or three
days and wishes to announce that
he will take any mail or small pack
ages consigned to the miners and
prospectors in that country.
He expects to go up the Kan
tishna and Bearpaw rivers to Gla
cier City, and will penetrate beyond
if the stage of water in the Bear
paw at the time wrill permit of it.
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TEMPERATURE X
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Minimum .36 above X
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ITALIANS ACCEPT
ALLIES’ PROPOSAL
PARIS, May 7.—The Italian del
egates to the interallied peace con
- ference arrived in this city todaj
1 and resumed their relations will
! the conference.
They have accepted the proposal
made by the Allies regarding th*
j final disposal of the Fiume and Dal
matian coast question.
Italy will administer and control
Fiume as a mandatory of ths
League of Nations for four year:
from the date of the agreement
after which the city will revert tc
Italian sovereignty.
In the meantime, Italy is to bu'ld
a harbor, for the use of the Jugo
slavs, at another Adriatic seap ut.
ViCIOUS CANINES
ATTACK PEOPLE
ON THE STREETS
The dog nuisance in Nenana
about which much has already beer
said and absolutely nothing don<
toward its abatement, would appear
to be a very grave menace, especial
ly to children, and it is feared that
unless the owners of the many dog:
of Nenana take steps to properl}
restrain and care for their animals
a serious accident is likely to take
place.
At an early hour yesterday morn
ing, one of the dogs belonging tc
Charles Spann trailed Wiiiis Nice!}
for a short distance and attacked
,kim on the street between the Arc
tic pool room and the Nicely : >use
Willis managed to ward off the
attack and went into the Arctic tc
get a gun. The matter was report
ed to the owner of the dog, who
readily consented to its destruction,
which was accomplished later.
J Later on the same day, another
' dog, also belonging to Charles
j Spann, attacked Willis Nicely, and
j once more he managed to drive the
animal away. The fact that he
J was not seriously bitten on both
occasions was due to the fact that
he was on his guard.
Claude Taylor, of the signal
corps, was attacked by dogs sev
eral times during the past few days,
while on his rounds with telegrams
for delivery, and his prompt ac
tion in repelling the attacks every
time is responsible for his escape
from injury thus far.
George Taylor, well-known car
penter and contractor of Nenana,
was attacked and bitten by a dog
; recently, and it is believed that
several other cases have occurred
around town which have not been
reported
There appears to be no law or
ordinance to compel dog owners to
keep their animals chained, and sev
eral citizens are seriously consider
ing the proposition of carrying light
revolvers and destroying the dogs
whenever an attack is attempted.
According to reports received this
afternoon, a Brower stage arrived
in Fairbanks late last night with
five sacks of first class and six
sacks of second class mail.
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GERMANY WON’T
PAY INDEMNITY
PARIS, May 7.—The German del
egates say that they will sign the
peace treaty, but that Germany will
i not pay the indemnity demanded.
The German delegation will be
handed the peace terms today,
which is the fourth an r>: versa ry of
the sinking of the Lusitania, and
| the 177th day after the last shot
i was fired in the late war.
victorTloan
I SUBSCRIPTION
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7.—
: Up to this morning the sum of two
billion one hundred and fifty mill
; ion dollars had been subscribed to
.the Victory Loan.
The loan calls for four and one
half billion dollars and the cam
paign closes on Saturday, May 10th'.'
GUS VEDIN MUST
SERVE SEN1ENCE
The San Francisco circuit court
of appeals has affirmed the finding
and sentence of Judge Bunnell in
the G. A. Vedin case.
Yedin was charged with filing
false affidavits of assessment work.
He was tried on three separate
counts and was found guilty on all
three, sentence of one year and one
day being imposed on each count;
the full term of three years and
three days to be served at McNeils
Island.
Fairbanks advices state that Ve
din will not be sent to the peniten
tiary for some little time to come.
DAWSON, Y. T., May 7.—'The
ice in the Y’ukon, in the neighbor
hood of this town, is breaking very
rapidly, and it is expected that nav
igation will be made possible in a
few days more.
YANKEE WOMEN DOCTORS
ASSIGNED TO BALKANS
ATHENS. — Eleven women doc
tors attached to the American Wom
an’s hospital of New Y'ork, and fif
teen United States army surgeons
have bben assigned to the Ameri
can Red Cross for civil relief work
in the Balkans. These doctors, who
are in charge of Major Burke C.
Hamilton of Goshen, N. Y., medi.al
director of the American Red Cross
Commission to the Balkans, will be
sent to Serbia, Montenegro and Al
bania, where there is reported to
be much illness. They will bo pro
vided with liberal supplies of medi
cines, surgical dressings and h >s
pital equipment.
CONGRESS CONVENES
ON MAY NINETEENTH
—
WASHINGTON, May 7.—Presi
dent Wilson cabled today, calling a
special session of Congress on Mon
day, May 19. The President will
not be present when Congress con
venes, but will, in all probability,
cable his message to be read at the
opening of Congress.
The cable from the President came
as an agreeable surprise to the
Democrats, who did not think that
the call would come so early. It
i is believed in official circles here
that early action was taken by the
President on account of the urgent
necessity for the passage of appro
' priation measures which were de
feated by the filibuster at the close
of the last Congress.
On Mav 1, the Chamber of Com
merce of the United tSates, repre
senting the business interests of the
country, held a meeting at St. Louis,
at which a resolution was adopted
urging the early convening of Con
gress, so that urgent legislation, nec
....~
esary to safeguard the social and
business structure ot the country,
may be enacted. The resolution, in
substance, was cabled to President
Wilson at Paris.
To the majority of Alaskans, es
pecially to those directly or in
directly affected by the government
railroad, the news of the early con
vening of Congress brings a message
of hope of better times in the im
mediate future. That the Sundry
Civil bill, carrying the appropriation
for the Alaska railroad project, will
be passed, is but a foregone con
clusion, and an early resumption of
railroad activities may be confid
ently expected.
It is also quite possible that the
additional appropriation asked for
oy Secretary Lane, which will ensure
the completion of the government
railroad from tidewater to Fair
tanks without any further delays,
as experienced heretofore, will also
be passed.
IASI BATCH OF
OVERSEAS FORCES
BACK BY AUGUS1
WASHINGTON, May 7.—Secre
tary of War Newton D. Baker an
nounced today that the last soldiei
of the American Expeditionary
forces will leave France for th<
United States in August.
Considerably more than half o1
the forces sent overseas have al
ready been brought back to tht
States, and on an average of aboui
300,000 men are being brought hom’
monthly now.
WICK torely!on
COM RESUU
According to advices received
from Fairbanks this afternoon,
James Wickersham will not be a
candidate for delegate to Congress
on the Republican ticket, in the
forthcoming special election, and
Grigsby, the Democratic candidate,
will run uncontested.
Wickersham is reported to have
stated that he will rely on the
result of the contest which he will
file, on the November election,
when he ran against the late
Charles A. Sulzer, to whom a cer
tificate of election was issued.
ORPHAN FUND CLUB
MEETING TOMORROW
The regular weekly meeting of
the French Orphan club will be held
tomorrow’ afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
sharp.
Mrs. J. H. Steele and Mrs. George
Smith wrill entertain the members
of the club at the home of the
latter, on the railroad reserve.
All members of the club are cor
dially requested to attend.
WfflCE SECURED
AGK1 FUTURE
HON AGGRESSION
PARIS, May i.—The newspapers
of This city say that England,
France and America have concluded
an agreement whereby Fran< e is
given a supplemental guarantee
against any future German aggres
sion.
President Wilson, according t i
the press reports, will meet Gen
eral Pershing today, to discuss tho
question of giving publicity t \ the
pact
BUNNELL CONFIRMED
IN lOLOVANA CASES
I he San Francisco circuit court
of appeals has confirmed the deci
sions made by Judge Bunnell in the
cases entitled O'Connor vs. Ca
caden and Bell vs. Cascaden, in
volving some mining deals.
In the first case, it was decided
that Cascaden must pay Pat O'Con
nor the sum of $9,524.15, with in
terest at 8 per cent per annum as
from April 17, 1918. Cascaden was
also required to deed to O’Connor
a half interest in the Gold Dollar
association claim on Livengood.
In the second case, Albert Bell
was awarded $4,000, with interest
at 8 per cent per annum as from
October 6, 1916.
GIBSON TO MAINTAIN
REGULAR AUTO LINE
Tom Gibson promises to main
tain an auto stage line on the trail
between Fairbanks and Chitina,
commencing on June 1st. He ex
pects to run on a three-day sched
ule, using Dodge cars only.
Tom Gibson will operate from
the Fairbanks end and Billy Frame
.from the Chitina end of the trail.