The Broad Pass Route Is The Short-Cut Route -- Saves Mushers Miles and Money
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME TWO MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1919 NUMBER 12
ALASKA QUOTA OF FIFTH LOAN $954,000
SPREAD OF KOREAN UNREST ALARMING JAPAN
BRITISH PRESS DISPLEASED WITH AMENDED COVENANT
VICTORY LOAN OPENS
NEXT MONDAY MORN
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WASHINGTON, Apr. 14.—Th
Victory Loan opens next Monda;
morning, April 21, and the suppor
of all loyal Americans is solicite,
to make this loan as successful a
those preceding it.
The amount of the loan is to b
about four and one-half billion Sol
lars, and the government has issue'
a statement to the effect that al
over-subscriptions to the loan wil
be' rejected.
The Victory Loan, which will ma
POINDEXTER WILL
OPPOSE LEAGUE
SEATTLE. Apr. 14.—Senato
Miles Foindexter, of Washington
will speak on Wednesday night ii
opposition to the League of Nations
Many people from other citie
are coming to Seattle to hear wha
the senator has to say regardinj
the league.
4r The marshal's party with pris
oners and an insane man, will leav
Fairbanks on Tuesday evening o
Wednesday morning on the Browe
stage, enroute to the States.
Deputy Marshal H. R. Tull wil
be in charge of the party and wil
be assisted by a guard or two wh<
will be selected later.
The men to be taken Outside an
Andy Simon, an insane Indian fo
Morningside; and Sweeney and Laz
ovich for McNeils Island peniten
tiary. The two latter have beei
sentenced to terms of eighteei
months imprisonment each at Me
Neils.
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BULGARIANS NOW ADMIT
ATROCITIES DURING WAF
SALON IK I.—The Bulgarian gov
ernment and people aTe much con
cerned because of the large numbei
of reported massacres of Serbian:
and others by Bulgarians during
the war. now that they have beet
brought face to face yith the facts
Premier Theodoroff declared tha
many of the reports were “un
fortunately” true but a greate:
number were untrue. He expresset
the belief that America and Eng
land would weigh the evidence fo:
each side, and then give an im
partial verdict. He called attentioi
to the report of the Carnegie Found
ation in 1913 which, he said, fount
that atrocities had been committee
by all the Balkan states, but tha
the heaviest part could not be lait
at the door of Bulgaria.
Jack Hansen arrived on th<
Thelin stage Saturday night fron
an extended tays at the Fairbanks
end of the railroad.
! ture in four years, will bear interest
' at the rate of four and three-quar
t ters per cent per annum.
I The quota in the Twelfth Federal
i Reserve district, which includes
Alaska will be about three quarters
! of the quota of the Fourth Liberty
-1 Loan.
I ALASKA’S QUOTA
! SAX FRANCISCO, Apr 14—
I Liberty Loan headquarters announe
: ed today that Alaska's quota to the
- j Victory Loan will be $954,900.
MISSIONARIES ARE
ARRESTED BY JAPS
SAX FRAXCISCO. Apr. 14—A
. report has been received in this city
i ■ today from the Far East to the ef
.: feet that the Japanese authorities
> at Seoul, Korea, arrested four
: American missionaries in that city
: today, in connection with the revo
lution in Korea.
KIDS FOOD SALE
AT FAIRBANKS IS
l
The food sale held by the children
of the Fairbanks school, at the post
office on Saturday last, is reported
to have been a great success from
a financial point of view.
Xearly all of the Fifth and Sixth
grade pupils were engaged in the
sale of cakes and other home-made
dainties.
The sale, which lasted only half
an hour, netted the tidy sum of
$46.75, which will be applied to
ward the adoption of the brother
of the orphan which the children
have already undertaken to support
for one year.
NENANA-FAIRBANKS LINE
CLEARING CONTRACT LET
On a section of the Nenana-Fair
banks line, as revised recently by
Resident Engineer J. J. Kestly, a
clearing contract has been let to
Mike Gemoff & Co. There are six
■
partners to this contract and work
has already been commenced.
The section to be cleared runs
from mile 425 to milt 432 and co 1
mences on a point on the right of
way about eleven miles out of wr
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* TEMPERATURE *
i As reported by the government
* observation station, Nenana *t
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Sunday, April 13 If
•f Maximum .35 above If
^ Minimum ..5 above B
j H Monday, April 14 If
* Maximum.38 above B
1 B Minimum . .10 above *
•f Forecast: Fair tomorrow. H
Banana, Whan Balia and Bivers Maat
ATLANTIC REE!
NEW YORK, Apr. T4.—Escorte<
by a squadron of airplanes whicl
went out to sea to meet them, th(
United States battle fleet of dread
naughts, known "as the Atlantii
fleet, steamed majestically into por
; today and came to anchor.
. With the arrival of the Atlantii
fleet, the number of warship
anchored off New York is brough
up to one hundred and three wa:
vessels in the North river. This i
the greatest assemblage of wa:
craft ever seen in any America!
port in the history of the republic
Thirty thousand marines and sail
ors of the fleet are to be give!
a vacation soon.
plea mm
PROVES FATAL 10
COAST WOlVIAh
SEATTLE, Apr. 14.—Mrs. Ethe
Haley, a young woman 34 years o
age, who arrived here only recent’;
from Anchorage Alaska, died my'
teriousiy and quietly in an auto
mobile while on a pleasure tri;
from Seattle to Edmonds today.
One of her companions has beei
placed under arrest, charged wit!
being intoxicated.
The late Mrs Haley expected t
leave for Anchorage soon and plan
ned to get a divorce from her hus
band.
BRITlIIS
QUIET IN EGYP1
CAIRO, Egypt, Apr. 14—Genera
Allenby, commanding the Britisl
Army of Occupation in Egypt, is
sued a statement today to the effee
that since last Friday there hav<
been no recurrence of disorder:
, in Egypt and that all is quiet then
now.
The report adds that over fou:
hundred arrests have been made ii
! connection with the recent out
breaks in that country. The troop:
sent out to make the arrests me
with some resistance, which resultei
in several of the rioters beinj
killed.
LADIES, OUT FISHING
ENJOY GOOD SPOR1
Mrs. F. D. Browne and Mis:
Adeline Ferretti, who left town or
Saturday morning’s train, on a fish
ing trip to the Lignite country, ar<
due to arrive in town tonight witl
a considerable catch.
Reports received in town indicate
that the ladies, fishing in the
: streams in the neighborhood of the
Lignite roadhous, succeeded in tak
! ing many trout of the specklec
, variety.
In spite of the fact that the ladie:
, enjoyed fresh trout at every mea
they had at Singleton’s roadhouse
caught by themselves, the report in
dicates that they are bringing in i
great many to town.
I
NATIONS' LEAGUE
i TERMS CONDEMN
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LONDON*, Apr. 14.—The news
! papers here are not enthusiastic re
garding the summary of the amend
ed covenant of the League of Na
' tions, which has now been ielease<
; I
^ for publication.
. i The Chronicle, in commenting 01
.: the amended covenant, thinks tha
1 the new draft is inferior to the oh
. conditions. The terms which mak'
. it possible for any nation to with
. draw from the league is umeserv
i; edly condemned, as is also thi
! policy to be adopted which require
| unanimity for all decisions of th
, councils of the league.
I The News says that the new cov
i enant gives the control of th
] league to the representatives of fivi
' great powers, but does not specif:
the five powers it refers to.
Mike Cooney with his famous do;
team, returned to town on the trail
Saturday, after having complete'
the hauling of supplies from th
1 end of steel to the goveramen
cache at Jack river, under contrac
with the Alaskan Engineering corn
mission.
Supplies in sufficient quantity fo
the upkeep of about thirty men ai
summer have now been cached, am
a Commission watchman has beei
placed in charge of it pending th'
arrival of Engineer Secrest and hi
party from the coast.
They will, immediately after ar
rival, locate the right of way be
i tween Carlo creek and the Broa<
Pass summit, a distance of abou
twenty-five miles, probably alonj
the line of the preliminary surve;
run by Engineer Bacon some tirm
: ago.
| Mike Cooney reports that th
• X'enana [•er is open in severa
j places and that the trail by w'a;
j of the Canyon is no longer possible
1 He experienced much difficulty ii
I taking the last loads and got thn
jjust about in time.
' C. A. Wheeler, a discharged sol
dier is in charge of the cache neai
the Jack river roadhouse.
ranis
j . ATJAIRBANKS
The petit jury reported wher
court convened at 10 o’clock thii
morning at Fairbanks. The case en
titled Guy Roadruck vs. Quinn, in
volving some mining property in th<
Fairbanks mining district, has beer
set for today and it is expecter
that the hearing will be begun thii
afternoon.
An evening session will be heh
tonight to hear petitions for natural
izations.
jVewna, nm Balia ul Mirers Keel
FINAL PEACE TERMS
ARE NEARLY READY
PARIS, Apr. 14.—Premier Lloyd
George, of Great Britain, has suc
ceeded in inducing the council of
four, composed of President Wilson,
and the premiers of France, Italy
and Great Britain, to adopt his
indemnity plan, which leaves ample
funds for reimbursing the Allies for
the cost of the war, reparation for
damage done and war pensions,
which Germany will be called upon
to pay.
Premier Lloyd George’s plan calls
for the distribution of the payment
of the indemnity within a period of
fifty years, but the total sum de
manded is kept secret.
The Echo de Paris says that the
amount of the indemnity is 250
billion francs, and that it will in
clude all the war pensions originally
planned Of this amount, Germany
is to pay 25 billion francs down
and make annual payments in
amounts to be fixed later by the
Allied commission. As now planned,
according to the Echo de Paris, Ger
. many will be called upon to make
ST
[ASTERN DEFEAT
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LONDON, Apr. 14.—Minister
t Trotsky, of the Bolsheviki govern
c ment of Russia, admits that the
Bolsheviki forces have sustained a
defeat on the Eastern front.
I He says that the Bolsheviki gov
| ernment are planning on tending
i old and experienced troops to that
“ sector of the battlefront, as it is
s of the utmost importance that they
must capture Ekaterinsburg, Perm
■ and Ufa.
ROD & GUN CLUB
I MEET POSPONED
: _
i Owing to the fact that the call
issued for a meeting of those in
i terested in hunting and fishing, for
the purpose of forming a rod and
gun club in Nenana, met with a
j very poor response, those present
I at the commissioner’s office in re
j sponse to the notice, took no ac
! tion.
Another meeting will be called
! shortly,' when it is hoped, that all
! those who are fond of hunting and
! fishing will be present and help
! organize a club, which will be very
| beneficial to all concerned.
It was the intention of the mem
| bers after having duly formed an
! organization to either build a suit
i; able cabin or erect a tent at some
! point on the banks of Julius creek,
‘ so that those w ho may desire to
! do so may occupy it of a night and
be enabled to make an early start
to the fishing or hunting grounds
: in the neighborhood, as the case
may be.
Due notification of the next
meeting will be published in the
News.
>«ut, Alaska's Interior Fuel Sepot
the payment of the first instalment
of 25 billion francs within eighteen
months of the signing of the final
peace treaty.
Probable Date Set
The Inter-Allied Peace , Confer
ence ha? now disposed of nearly
all the main points of the final' *
peace treaty; and the date on which
the Teuton delegates will he sum
moned to Versailles to ratify the
treaty, has been set tentatively be
tween April 26th and May 5th.
The German delegates will be
given an opportunity to discuss the
peace terms, but will not be allowed
any extended discussion. Two weeks
has been fixed as the outside limit
for the Versailles peace session,
which President Wilson will attend.
FINAL TERMS SET
The final peace treaty provides
for the payment by Germany of
five billi:.r. dollars in cash or in
commodities before May 1. 1921,
and also issue 20 billion dollar
interest bearing bonds in favor of
the Allied powers immediately.
REINFORCEMENTS
TOKO, Japan, Apr. 14—The Jap
anese government has despatched
troops for the purpose of reinforc
ing the garrisons established in
Korea, by six regiments of infantry
and 400 gendarmes, each.
The riots in Korea have become
dangerous and have extended thru
out the country.
FAIRBAIMRIE
HELD MEMORIAL
SERVICE SUNDAY
The Fairbanks Aerie No. 1037,
Fraternal Order of Eagles held their
memorial services in honor of dead
members, at Eagle Hall yesterday.
This was the first memorial service
1 held in two years.
The services, which were con
ducted in accordance with the ritual
of the F. O. E., were very impres
sive, and a large audience gathered
at the hall to take part in them
DIST. ATTORNEY
VISITS NENANA
Assistant District Attorney Harry
Pratt arrived in Nenana on Satur
day on a brief business visit. He
will probably remain in Nenana for
a few days longer.
Mr. Pratt, accompanied by Deputy
Marshal Hagen left for a trip out
the line on the train this morning.
They expect to return to town this
evening.
Keanu, Alaska'* Interior TmI Sopot