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The Broad Pass Route Is The Short-Cut Route — Saves Mushers Miles and Money
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA,
MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1919.
WHOLE NUMBER 300
LANE DEFENDS RAILROAD COMMISSION
HUNS SEND ULTIMATUM TO CZECHOSLOVAKS
ALLIES CONSIDERING MILFTARY ACTION ON BIG SCALE
SECRETARY LANE
• SAYS NOTHING 10
WiCK’S LETTER
SEATTLE. Mar. 31.—A special
despatch to the Seattle P. -I. from
i its Washington correspondent, re
' j ceived today, states that Secretary
of the Interior Lane positively de
clined to discuss the Wickersham
letter.
The secretary, however, said that
the answer to the question of the
fact of whether the building of the
Alaska railroad was handled well or
poorly could be found in a state
ment inserted in the ' Congressional
Record during the debate on the
I appropriation. This statement. Sec
retary Lane said, covers the ground
very fully and completely.
The statment referred to said
that the road was built without
graft, that every dollar was spent
for actual work and for the pur
chase of the necessary materials,
and that no large profits went to
contractors.
He said further that the road
was built without a touch of politics
and that he did not know that poli
. tics of any kind ever had any con
nection with the building of the
road.
The appointment of Riggs to the
governorship, he said, was the only
act that had any semblance of poli
tics attached to it.
• WHIPS SAIL
BREMERTON, Wash., Mar. 31.—
The United States gunboat Vicks
burg, accompanied by submarine
chasers numbers 209 and 210. have
been ordered to Leave tomorrow for
Alaska.
The boats will probably remain
in Northern waters for several
monhts on patrol duty on the coast.
The Vicksburg is an obsolete gun
boat and was built at Bath, Maine,
December 5, 1896. She is a com
posite vessel, sheathed and coppered
and is propelled by one four-blade
screw. She is 204 feet in length
over all, 36 feet beam, 12 feet draft,
displaces 1000 tons, with 800 indi
cated horsepower and 12-knot speed.
Her armament consists of six
4-inch quick-firers, four 6-pounder
quick firers. two 1-pounder quick
firers and one Colt's automatic rifle.
She carries a complement of 135
men.
PASSENGERS LEAVING
FAIRBANKS FOR STATES
A Brower stage pulled out of
Fairbanks this morning with the
mails and the following passengers:
Wr. T. White, who is enroute to
Kodiak; J C. VanOrsdel, Early Mc
Crary and Mrs. Metcalf, enroute
for Seattle.
Vote tomorrow. Time 8 a. m.
until 7 p. m. Place, city fire kail,
adjoining townaite office.
POLES 10 LAND
PARIS, Mar. 31.—In its com
ments on the Polish situation, the
Temps, one of Paris’ leading pipers,
says that the Allies have determined
to land Polish troops at Danzig,
despite the objections of the Ger
man government.
ALLIES MAH TAKE
MIUIARY ACTION
against hum
PARIS, Mar. 31.—The Matin, one
of the leading morning papers of
Paris, in commenting on the situa
tion in Hungary-, says that if the
Allied powers decide definitely to
take military steps against Hungary,
General Mangin, who will be given
unlimited authority, will command
the forces sent against that country.
It is quite probable, the Matin
says, that the Allies will take steps
ito form a front from the Baltic, on
the north to the Black Sea on the
south.
MAIL IS GOOD
C. Herb Wilson and C. H Cal
houn, -who had recently made trips
to the end of steel on the ccast di
vision with passengers. arrived on
their return journey, Herb Wilson
reached town last night, having
completed the journey from Tal
keetna to Nenana in five days. Cal
houn stayed at the camp near the
end of steel and will probably come
in today.
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Wilson, Mrs.
Fred Carter and daughter left Ne
nana on the morning of March 17
on the train for the end of steel,
enroute to Talkeetna. The party
stopped at the Lignite roadhouse
that night and made an early start
next day. Mrs. Wilson r>>dt. on the
sled driven by her husband, while
Mrs. Carter and daughter rode on
Calhoun’s sled Both sleds traveled
in company all the way- through
and made the journey to Talkeetna
in four day-s from Lignite. Loth
sleds went through the canyon, and
the mushers report an excellent trail
and ideal weather on both the out
going and incoming trips. On the
outward journey the party stopped
one day at Deadhorse.
Mesdames Wilson and Carter
caught the train out of Talkeetna
on Tuesday, March 25, and Herb
W’ilson and Calhoun commenced
the return journey on the morning
of Wednesday, March 26th. Herb
reached town shortly after 7 o’clock
last night, completing the journey
frcm Talkeetna to Nenana in five
days.
R. W. Calderhead left yesterday
.morning for Dunbar’s, enroute to
his ranch at Hot Springs.
ARE ON THE WAY
TO THE STATES
HARWICH, England. Mar. 31.—
Four of the surrendered German
submarines, convoyed by the Ameri
can submarine tender Bushnell, left
this port this morning, brur.d for
! a port in the United States.
The submarines were manned by
officers and men of the United
: States navy. Each submarine car
ried more than the required com
plement of officers.
[AST LOAD FRT
If
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Th'1 train reaching Venann froia
the end of steel. Saturday evening
brought three carloads of coal from
Billy Lynn’s coal mine, and these
constituted the last of the coal for
use by the Alaskan Engineering
commission, for the present at least.
The miners employed in the Lynn
mine came into town yesterday, and
it is expected that Mr Lynn, who
has fulfilled his contract with the
A. E. C. for the supply of a certain
quantity of coal, will arrive in a
day or two for a settlement of his
contract.
The A. E. C. expect to start haul
ing coal from the Burns mine in
a few days. The coal from this
mine is older and is said to be of
a better grade than the coal from
Lynn's and consequently better re
sults than were obtained heretofore
are expected.
Lynn’s mine is much closer to
to-wn that the Burns mine, and he
may undertake to mine for domestic
use if a market can be found for
the product of the mine.
BASEL, Switzerland, Mar. 31.— ■
According to a report received in
this city today, the new Hungarian j
government has sent an ultimatum1
, to the Czecho-Slovaks demanding
■ the immediate cessation of the con
centration of their troops on the
Hungarian frontier.
It is also rumored that the Czechs i
are planning a general mobilization i
; of the forces in Bohemia in the!
near future. j
GERMANSUl
! LEAVE HUNGARY!
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BERLIN, Mar. 31.—The govern
j ment of Germany announce that
| they have advised all Germans to
I leave Hungary immediately, and it
is thought probable that this order
will be obeyed by Germans residing
in Hungary at present.
HUN ATTIIUDE
TOWARD PEACE
LONDON, Mar. 31—According to
a report received in this city today,
the German foreign office has defin
itely decided that the German atti
tude toward the Peace Conference
should be in complete accord with
the fourteen principles enunciated
by President Wilson.
These principles tv ;• :•: .-ptai
by both Germany and Austria be
fore any armistice was granted.
ITALIAN AIRMAN
TO BUILD PLANES
OF SMALL SIZE
NEW YORK. Mar. 31.—Captain
Y ■ 1 mzioa, famous Italian
military aviator, announced today
that he had desigend and begun
the manufacture of flivver airplanes
in the United States.
The planes he is building are
of very small size, so small that
they are capable of landing on al
most any country- road.
The machines are said to have
a twenty-foot wing spread, and
will cost about tw-elve hundred and
fifty dollars.
They are guaranteed to fly for
two and one-half hours, and will
have a speed of fifty miles an hour.
SUBMITTED ITS
FINAL REPORT
The grand jury, which had been
in session at Fairbanks for a very
brief space of time, submitted its
final report at 5 o’clock last Sat
urday evening and were disbanded
immediately afterwards.
The report showed that the grand
jury had returned three indictments
and made several investigations on
which no action was taken at the
present time.
The report touching on the fed
eral buildings, which the jurymen
visited was of a very complimentary
nature.
Lipman Simson returned from
Fairbanks this afternoon, where he
had been on a brief business trip.
It
9 TEMPERATURE
9 As reported by the government
9 observation station, Nenara
9 -—
V Sunday, March 30
9 Maximum 23 above
Minimum .3 above
K Monday, March 31
9 Maximum 32 above
9 Minimum.-. 4 below
Wt . Forecast: Fair Tomorrow
HUN COMMISSION
ARRIVED AT SPA
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PARIS, Mar. 31.—The German
financial subcommission arrived at
Spa today, and it is expected that
they will get down to business at
once.
The subcommission will discuss
*he pending financial questions with
the representatives of the Allies.
IS CONDEMNED BY
NOTED PUBLISHER
DENVER, Mar. 29.—John Bris
ben Walker, a former magazine
publisher, in a speech made in this
city today on the League of Nations,
before a large audience, said that
the League of Nations will be a
league of financial oligarchs to
make war on all peoples of the
world who sought to obtain freedom
He severely criticized President
Wilson for refusing to take the
Senate of the United States into his
confidence in deciding the mome.i
tuous issues of peace.
BROWER STAGE
IN FAIRBANKS
The Brower stage from Chitina
I arrived at Fairbanks on Saturday
evening with a shipment of first
j class mad and many passengers, all
of whom are returning to the North
after a sojourn in the States.
Those arriving on the stage were
Mrs. Jennie Cleveland, of Hot
Springs; Miss Nellie Cashman, of the
Koyukuk; Henry Wagner, A. B.
Hudson. C. W Hudson, A. M. Hud
son, well known mining men of
Fairbanks and Tolovana districts;
Mrs. Mellish and child of Nenana;
Dr. Whitney the Fairbanks dentist;
Mrs. W. W. Sherrard, of Fairbanks,
and C. W. Thrift, a former train
man in the employ of the A. E. C
at Nenana.
The arrivals on the stage report
that there are a great many iravel
ers on the trail between Chitina and
Fairbanks, nearly all of whom are
headed toward the Interior. The
stages are loaded to capacity, and
from all accounts, it would appear
that the influx is fairly on.
The next Brower stage is due in
Fairbanks on Wednesday. It is not
known how much and what class of
mails it carries, but there appears
j to be no doubt that it has the limit
1 load of passengers.
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E. O. McCormick, chairman of the
federal commission that visited
Alaska last fall says: “I think
j Alaska, dream Alaska and today
iwill take a drink to Alaska. Con
sider this as an engagement.” He
is an awful tease.
*M GRAN1
10 WISE 10
WASHINGTON, Mar. 31.—The
American embassy at Mexico City
has been instructed to make a verv
thoruogh investigation of the re
port, which reached this city today,
indicating that the Mexican govern
ment had granted large and impor.
ant agricultural concessions i
Lower California, to the Japanese.
The embassy has been requested
to report as soon as possible.
On the train arriving from the
end of steel on Saturday night,
seven Alaskans who had served in
the army and were recently dis
charged, arrived in N'enana. They
came in by way of Seward,
chorage and the Broad Pass tra.
Those arriving were George 3u
janich. Xick Henz and Frank Teufel,
from Camp Grant, 111., Nick Larson,
and Leo Rodigue from Camp . bulge,
Iowa, and Willis Nicely and John
Larson from Camp Lewis, W.isii.
All the bays expressed themselves
as being tickled to death to be bai .
in Nenana again.
All of the above named men,
though hailing from different mili
tary camps, got their final honor
able discharges from the army at
Camp Lewis. They were also given
the army traveling allowance from
Camp Lewis to point of induction m
Alaska, amounting to some $k4 t >
Nenana and a trifle less to other
points, on a mileage basis. The
sum, of course, was not nearly
enough to bring the boys home, but
as their discharges would have been
held up until after the opening of
navigation on the Yukon in the
event of their refusal to accept t,
they were glad to get away in tinv
to reach Alaska before the spring
work commenced.
The boys are loud in their praises
of the treatment accorded them n
the army, which was all chat could
be desire^. Speaking of the flu
epidemic, they say that every care
was taken of them during their ill
ness and that they received the b-. *
possible medical attention and nuk
ing.
Willis Nicely was attached to a
hospital unit while in the service
and is well qualified to give an
account of the epidemic and the
measures taken to cope with it at
Camp Lewis. Everything possibl
in the way of medical care and
nursing was given the patients, h •
says, and the boys al realized that
they would be in good hands the
minute they took sick.
The boys intend to rest up for a
few days and will then look for
such work as they may be able
to get.
The number of vote* cut to
morrow will indicate to official
Washington the importance of Ne
nana as a city.