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THE NENANA
The Nenana Daily News First
DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1919
WHOLE NUMBER 244
GOLD BONUS PLAN IS TURNED DOWN
, GERMANS MUST PA Y INDEMNITIES TO SUFFERERS
• WILSON MAY BE OFFERED POST AS HEAD OF LEAGUE
(Associated Press)
PARIS, Jan. 24.—Reports re
ceived in this city today from
Russia indicate that in a bip: battle
which took place near Kozedary, a
large town between Vilna and
Kovno, the Lithuanian forces sev
erely defeated the Bolsheviki.
The casualties suffered by the
Bolsheviki were heavy and they also
lost sixty-five hundred men who
were taken prisoner.
The Lithuanian forces are now
steadily adancing towards Vilna and
are easily overcoming the feeble
opposition offered.
Wilson May Head Commission That
V/sll Manage the Affairs of
the League of Nations.
PARIS, Jan. 24.—The Echo de
Paris, a prominent French journal,
in commenting on the formation of
a league of nations, says that it is
likely that President Wilson will be
offered the presidency of the com
mission of the league of nations.
This commission will probably be
a permanent executive body formed
for the purpose of conducting the
affairs of the proposed league.
IHIRlfSTiS
II CONGRESS
OF DRY ACII1N
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 24.—
Thirty of the states have fomally
notified the state department of
the ratification of the federal pro
• hibition amendment.
California is included among; the
thirty states heard from so far.
An attempt was made to prevent
the governor of California from
notifying the state department. i
The ratification of the federal
prohibition amendment, by two
thirds of the states in the Union,
will automatically make it a con
stitutional amendment and nation
wide prohibition will go into effect
MliUCLUB
MEETiNG TONIGHT
The regular meeting of the Ne
nana Commercial club will be held
at the club chambers in the Labor
Union building tonight, commencing
at 8 o’clock sharp.
Matters of very great importance
to the town and district will be
brought before the meeting, and
all members are urged to be in
attendance. \
! Esthonians Are Reported to Have
Captured Bolsheviki Minuter
of War.
I
Associated Press
PARIS, Jan. 24.—According to a
report received in this city today,
the Esthonian forces captured Bol
i sheviki minister of war Trotsky,
after defeating the Bolsheviki
forces at Narva.
It is also reported that Lenine
! and Trotsky recently admitted that
the Bolsheviki government was
bankrupt.
PRESIDENT m
HONS MUST PAY
I (Associated Press)
j PARIS, Jan. 24.—The Mail says
| that President Wilson has agreed,
jin principle, that. Qerroany must
pay indemnities in addition to the
. full cost of reparation for the
i wrongs she has done and the dam
J age inflicted during the course of
| the war.
j The British representatives have
started a discussion relative to the
abolition of conscription and for a
general disarmament.
WILL INCREASE
(ABsoclated Preaa)
I WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 24—
j The committee appointed recently
I to investigate the entire question
: of the gold standard, reported that
I special government, or international
j action is not necessary to stimulate
| production of gold, now that peace
! is in sight.
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NENANA MUSK
BEACH ANCHORAGE
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A telegram sent to F. D. Browne
yesterday indicates that the Ryan
party arrived by dog team at Tal
keetna on Monday last, where they
took the train for Anchorage, ar
riving there on the afternoon of
Wednesday, Jan. 22.
The party consisted of Mr. and
Mrs, W. A. Ryan, IVJessrs G. W.
Gamble, C. H. Hall and Pete Mc
Donald, and left Nenana on the
morning of January 12 by train for'
Nenana Crossing, where the dog I
teams met and took them on to
Lignite roadhouse for the night.
The Ryans expect to remain at
Anchorage for about a month and
will then return to Washington.
Stock in the Little Gem mine in
the Willow creek district is being
offered for sale at Cordova. The
stock sells at ten cents per share.
RUSSIANS REFUSE
! REPRESEN1AII0N
Al CmCE
Absolute Refusal to Take Part Ir
Peace Discussions Come From
Russia Now.
I _
Associated Press
i LONDON, Jan. 25.—The Tele
graph says that it is understood
: that the Russian governments oi
Moscow, Archangel, Crimea and
I Ekaterinoslav, absolutely refuse tc
i send representatives to the peace
| conference as proposed by the Allies
The various newspapers published
1 in these governments are not un
animously favoring the plan for a
i conference between an Allied com
- mission and the representatives of
the various Russian governments.
Associated Press
: SEATTLE, Jan. 24.—Governor
Thomas Riggs, .1., of Alaska, ac
companied by Charles A. Sulzer,
former delegate, arrived in this city
today. They expect to sail for
Alaska on Sunday on the steamer
Alameda.
I The governor said that the terri
i tory’s principal needs were men and
| transportation, and that recently he
, has been made aware of the fact
that there has been an increasing
J number of calls for information re
garding conditions in the territory.
I This information is being sought
; by prospective settlers mostly.
| He said that he expects that the
| territorial legislature will work in
conjunction with Secretary Lane in
the reclamation work to be under
taken.
INSPIRED BY MOVIES,
SAMOANS PLAY BANDIT
PAGOPAGO, American Samoa.—
Sensational motion picture shows
are blamed for trouble created for
the British authorities in Western
Samoa by certain young men, who,
it is said, have attempted to emu
late the lawless cowboy type of
the films.
BRONZE TABLE WILL
COMMEMORATE WAR
RIVERSIDE, Cal.—A bronze
table, suitably inscribed has been
presented to the community here
by the French Colony,'in honor of
the mothers of men who saw serv
ice in the war. The tablet, which
was desigend by a local educator,
has been embedded in a granite
boulder and will rest for the pres
ent in White Park, but it is the
plan to remove it, ultimately, to
some public building.
Elaborate unveiling ceremonies
are in course of preparatirjn and
will be held within a few weeks.
The _ Cordova city council had a
placard printed and distributed
throughout the town containing tr,e
following caution: “Safety first.
Influenza is a crowd disease. Stay
separated for your own safety.”
Associated Press
| PARIS, .Ian. 24.—The supreme
council of the peace conference de
cided to appoint a committee to in
vestigate the strength of the Allied
forces to be maintained on the
Western front, during the period of
i the armistice.
I Marshal Foc.h, Generals Bliss anil
Diaz, British Minister of War
Churchill, and French Minister of
Reconstruction Loueher, have been
appointed on this committee.
LONDON.—It required only six
minutes to inform the British Em
pire that England was at war on
the night of August 4. 1914, says
Lord Harcourt, who was then col
onial secretary.
“On that unforgettable night,”
he said to the Empire Parliamentary
Association, “1 was in the cabinet
room, Downing street, with a few
colleagues. Our eyes were on the
clock, our thoughts on one subject
only; but there was a feeble effort
to direct our conversation to other
matters. We were waiting for a re
ply, which we knew full well would
never come, to our ultimatum to
Berlin.
“When Big Ben struck 11:30—
midnight in Berlin—we left the
room knowing that the British Em
pire was at war
“I crossed to the Colonial Office
to send a war telegram to the whole
of the British Empire. I asked the
official in charge of that duty how
long it would take. He said ‘about
six minutes’.
“I asked him to return to my
room when he had done his work.
In seven minutes he was back and
before morning I received an ac
knowledgement of my telegram from
every single Colonial Protectorate,
and even islet in the Pacific.
,‘So the grim machinery of war
began revolving in perfect order j
and with perfect preparation be- j
cause, more than two years pre- (
viously, an individual war-book had
been prepared by the Colonial Com
mittee of Defense for every single |
protectorate and island. It was at1
that moment locked in the safe of
each governor or commissioner and
they knew at once what to do.”
BANK OF ENGLAND BUYS .
HOME FOR WAR WORKERS
LONDON—After many years as
the chief center for real estate auc
tions, the Auction Mart in Token
houseyard has been purchased by
the Bank of England to house its
army of women clerks who will be j
required for an indefinite period
after the war.
Vanana—Tha Gateway to KeXlalaj
National Park.
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( A ssocia (til Press)
MADRID, Jan. 24.—According ti
the reports being received in thi
city today from across the border
a monarchy has been proclaimed ii
the Portuguese capital.
VIGO, Spain, Jan. 24.—Th(
| greater part of the garrison of Lis
| bon are reported to have joined the
I monarchist forces.
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Associated Press
PARIS, Jan. 24.—A general
; transportation strike which went
: into effect today halted subways,
| surface cars, auto busses and other
modes of transportation and travel,
and everybody had to walk to work
COASI OF
(Associated Press)
| SEATTLE, Jan. 24.—Governor
Riggs, of Alaska, who is here on
his way to Juneau, says that an
I order has been signed by the sec
| reary of the navy, assigining a
i vessel from the Pacific fleet for
l
duty in Alaska waters, with head
quarters at Juneau.
The naval vessel will assist at.
shipwrecks and will also help to
enforce the laws when it becomes
necessary to do so.
FORMER KING IS
GOING BACK FOR
LOOK AT PALACE
(Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan. 24—It is rumored
here today that former Jiing Manuel
of Portugal, who had been in exile
in this country ever since his de
thronement, left for Portugal, where
he expects to be restored to the
sovereignty of the country.
It is reported that the monarch
ist movement is not making any
headway in Southern Portugal.
OUTSIDFilUS
BROUGOTBY AUTO
A Burgess-Karstens auto arrived
this afternoon from Fairbanks with
the first class mail and Lena Cos
tello, Charles L. Thompson and Pat
Herald as passengers for Nenana.
The automobile w " leave or. the
return trip tomorrow morning.
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PEACE CONGRESS
DO
Newspapermen Are to Be Admitted
to the Meeting of the
Peace Delegations.
(Associated Press)
PARIS, .Ian 24.—The second
! session of the Inter-Allied peace
! congress opens tomorrow. News
| parer correspondents are to be ad
mitted to the meeting.
| International legislation regarding
! labor will be the first business on
the program.
It is believed that America pro
! poses a full recognition of the
i principle of the international pro
' tection of labor, by government
agencies established specially for
' that purpose, thus offsetting the
tendency toward class control of the
governments. The British view on
: this question is said to be in
; agreement with that of America.
1 •e’-.l Rnbert Peril, the British
, exponent of the league of nations,
I says that the question of whether
I the Panama Canal will be inter
! nationalized or not, will depend
upon America’s attitude.
(Associated Press')
| . PARIS, Jan. 24.—President Wil
lson and Mrs. Wilson will make their
| first real visit tonight to the theater
j since leaving Washington.
J They are going to the opera to
attend the gala night performance,
i which has been specially arranged
for their benefit and pleasure.
The Wilsons also plan on giving
a tea at the Murat mansion, for
| the attaches of the household, in
: eluding the house servants, soldier
j guards and army motor corps ehauf
! feurs who have rendered service to
! the Wilsons since they airived in
| France.
\ CONSERVATION CAUSES
LOSS TO SCAVENGER
COLORADO SPRINGS. — Fred
Staley used to pny the city of Colo
rado Springs $1,400 for the privi
■ lege of collecting garbage- He used
jit to feed the hogs on his ranch.
Now he asks the city to pay him
$200 a month for the cost of col
lection.
[ Since housewives began conserv
ing food at the request of the food
: administration, the waste found in
garbage cans has contained less
and less.
The council decided to permit
him to collect the garbage without
taxing him for the privilege.
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