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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
f VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1919
WHOLE NUMBER 245
LLOYD GEORGE OPENS LEAGUE TALK
BUILDING TRADES MAY JOIN COAST STRIKERS
MILLIONS OF MEN ARE NOW JOBLESS IN THE STATES
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MANY NAMES ARE
ADDED ID LIST
PROPAGANDISTS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 25*—
The Senate committee engaged in
conducting investigations regarding
German propaganda have entered
into the records a list of sixty-two
names of well known men and
women.
Many of these added to the list
are college instructors and promin
ent people, who, according to the
military service, hold very radical
pacificist views.
Among those on the list are Jane
Adams, David Starr Jordan, Rev.
Sydney Strong of Seattle, Morris
Hillquit, Scot Nearing, Oswald Gar
rison, Willard Debs, and Frederick
C. Howe, commissioner of immi
gration of New York.
SEATTLE, Jan. 25—Rev. Sydney
Strong, when he heard of his name
being entered among the propa
gandists, said that the sixty-two
mentioned were honorable people
and that he considers himself in
good company. He said that he did
not know the basis of selection.
saimTikcreased
FOR POSTAL MEN
(Associated Prass)
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The pos
tal appropriation bill, which is now
under consideration, recommends a
Salary increase for virtually all pos
tal employees.
The bill also proposes appropria
tions of two hundred million dollars
for the next three years, for the
construction and maintenance of
roads.
At a meeting of the Fairbanks
Bar Association, held yesterday,
Judge Bunnell appointed Attorney’s
A. R. Heilig, Leroy Tozier and Guy
B. Erwin a committee to draw up a
resolution of sympathy on the death
of Thomas A. McGowan.
The late Mr.Gowan was a prom
inent member of the Fairbanks bar
and also a member of the asso
ciation.
AUTOMOBILES ARE
ON THE TRAIL NOW
Harry Karstens’ auto left this
morning for Fairbanks with Tommy
Carr, Jack Shinto as passengers for
Fairbanks, and William Burke and
Matt Hill for Standard creek.
The passengers booked to leave
on the stage going to the upper
town tomorrow are Mike Saier,
Cyrele Verhaeghe, John Contardi!
and Ole Neimi.
An automobile left Fairbanks for
Nenana this morning with the mail j
and Mr. and Mrs. Van Orsdel and i
Ed Williams as passengers for Ne-'
nana.
CONGRESSMEN EO
VISII THE NORIH
Associated Press
SEATTLE, Jan. 25.—S. H. Hed
ges has been elected chairman, and
William Calvort vice chairman of
the exeecutive committee of the
Alaska Bureau.
The committee will make every
endeavor to induce a congressional
delgation to visit Alaska during the
coming summer. I
AT CONFERENCE
(Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan. 25.—It is under-1
stood that Premier Borden of Can-1
ad'a has been invited to represent
the Dominion of Canada at the con
ference to be held with the Russians
at Princes Islands.
BUILDiliDES
TQ STRIKE SOON
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(Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Jan. 25.—The build-1
j ing trades unions are ready to call
i a strike in sympathy with the strike
! now on, if the Central Labor coun-j
cil orders it.
The Central Labor council is now
taking a referendum vote on the
question and will probably call the j
strike.
SOUTH OF 101
For the past two days there has
been a persistent rumor in circula
tion of a strike in the neighborhood
of Moose creek, and it was stated
that several men have already gone
to the scene of the rumored strike
and that many others were prepar
ing to go.
One report had it that the strike
was on the upper reaches of Moose
creek, while others stated that the
strike was made on either Eve or'
Elsa creeks, tributaries of Califor
nia creek and in the watershed of
the Totatlanika.
None of these rumors have been
verified yet, although there would:
appear to have been a find of gold
in a locality hitherto not prospected
much and within a few miles of the
railroad.
Efforts are now being made to j
find out definitely all about the j
strike, which if true means a whole i
lot to Nenana.
A well known lawyer had just j
won a famous case, and the next1
day the opposing lawyer met him
and said:
“Judge, is there any case so low
or any man so mean, that you
wouldn’t take his case for a fee?”
“Well," said thes judge, I don’t
know. What have you been doing?”
COMMERCIAL CLUB
WILL TAKE ACTION
ON R. R. LAY-OFF
The regular weekly meeting of
the Nenana Commercial club was
held at the club chambers in the
Labor Union building last night.
With a fairly good number of the
members in attendance, R. S Mc
Donald, chairman of the dub, called
the meeting to order.
The recent lay-off of a great
many railroad workers, its cause
and effect and possible means of
remedying this deplorable state of
I affairs occupied a large part of
; the time of the meeting. P. D.
‘ Browne, engineer in charge of this
i division of the railroad, was called
I upon to make a statement regard
ing the cause of the lay-off.
Mr. Browne said that the funds
available for construction purposes
1 were found to be insufficient to per
mit of the work being continued on
a fairly large scale, until the money
from the next appropriation became
' available. He said that a careful
study of the funds representing
i abligations already incurred, but
I which were not payable until spring,
I which could be used also, disclosed
! the fact that if the work was con
tinued on the scale he had intended
it should, all these funds would
i become exhausted long before the
end of the fiscal year, and a com
| plete shut down become absolutely
1 necessary. In order that such a
state of affairs be avoided it be
j came imperative that the forces be
so reduced so as to enable the work
■ to be strung along on a small scale
until funds become available.
The Sundry Civil bill, which car
ries the appropriation for railroad
purposes is one of the very last
bills to come up for congressional
consideration and action, and news
of its passage cannot be looked
for sooner than along about June
With the present very limited force,
however, the work could be carried
along and the available funds doled!
out and made to last until that time. J
Mr. Browne was then questioned
on several points regarding the lay-1
off by several of the other members ,
of the club, and the following facts I
were ascertained: I
A larger force can be employed ■
right along and much more work
accomplished if funds are avail
able.
The chairman of the Alaskan
Engineering commission (Mr. Edesl
had been appealed to for help, but
none was forthcoming.
There is an ample supply of
materials and supplies to continue
the work on a larger scale than
contemplated.
He had received instructions that
when all available funds had been
exhausted the work was to be shut
down altogether until more money
was received.
Instructions also had been re
ceived that the men were not to
be employed as on a previous occa
sion and pay withheld until funds
became available.
Commissary privileges to the ex
tent of $87.60 a month would be
extended to all married men af- j
fected by the lay-off; married men
to also get preferential treatment
in employment.
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A canvass had been made by all]
the foremen in the various camps
along the line to ascertain whether
the men would be willing to con
tinue working as before and wait
for their wages until the appropria
tion became available, and it was
found that the men were perfectly
willing to accept this arrangement
rather than be laid off to shift for
themselves in the dead of winter,
j Mr. Browne had knowledge of this,
but in view of instructions received,
he was powerless to put into effect
the will of the men. He admitted
that he thought it would work out
alright, as the commissary was long
I on the staples and the needs of
the workers could be easily met
and the messhouse could be run
for an indefinite period, and cer
tainly until the appropriations were
' received.
It was the consencus of opinion
that the lay-off will work a great
hardship on the men and the town.
Most of the men have invested
heavily in Liberty Bonds, and in a
great many cases, an installment
of 30 per cent will be due at the
end of the present month on bom's
taken up on the installment plan.
A great many of these bonds will
not be taken up perhaps, as the
men will need what little mongy
they have to live on until tuch time
as they could go to work again.
Prices for food and lodging in
| Nenana are fairly high, and for the
average worker it will be more or
I less of a struggle from now on,
to make ends meet with the very
1 scanty savings in their possession.
I The men are loyally responding
to the request of the government
to hold on to their bonds and not
sell them, and have not done so
.hitherto; but they may be forced
j to sacrifice them before the winter
: is over and work begins again.
To remedy the deplorable state
j of affairs caused by the lay-off
1 and to avert the distress which ap
| pears to be imminent, various sug
• gestions weer made. A committee
| composed of R. G. Southworth, Dr.
R. R. Myers, Herman Anderson,
Andy Hoey and Ralph Waechter,
with power to act without any fur
ther report back to the Commercial
club, was appointed to go thor
oughly into the matter and wire the
delegate at Washington, and the
secretary of the interior, setting
out before them the true state of
affairs and requesting immediate
relief. The committee was specially
requested to act quickly and to lose
no time in getting action.
Among one of the first duties
of the committee will be to get in
touch with the Fairbanks Commer
cial club and enlist their support
also, as the lay-off, to some extent,
affects Fairbanks.
It may become necessary to urge
the passage of an emergency appro
priation, as has been done before,
so that funds for railroad purposes
will be made available much sooner
than has been customary. This
matter will also be threshed out by
the committee.
The applications of Ernest Berg
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NAVAL LOSSES
ARE COMPARED
Associated Press j
LONDON, Jan. 25.—According to i
figures given out by the British j
nmiralty, they lost fifty-nine sub-I
marines during the war. Thirty
nine of these were lost in encount
ers with German submarines.
The Germans lost two hundred
and three submarines.
FOlERliER
MAY REIURN18
GERMANY ASM
(Assoriutod Presto
LONDON, Jan. 25.—A despatch!
from Berlin, received in this city:
today, says that the Berlin news
papers are publishing special edi
tions, declaring that the former
kaiser and his family intend to
return to Germany, as the recently
elected national assembly gives the
country a legal constitution.
(Associated I’ress)
LONDON, Jan. 25.—According to
reports received here today from j
Russian sources, the Bolsheviki at- j
tempted to bombard Reval with1
their fleet, but met with disaster.
All of the Bolsheviki ships, the.'
report declares, were sunk by the j
fire from the Reval batteries.
DEMOBL ZAIiON
AT CAMP DODGE;
In a telegram received by J. A. !
Slippcrn, the news is contained that |
demobilization has started in Camp i
Dodge.
All of the Alaska boys, the wire j
says, expect to be out of the army
in about two weeks.
Arild Slippern, one of the Nenana j
boys who is still at Camp Dodge,
expects to go to Frisco, where his
mother and sister are living at pres- |
ent, and after a brief visit with |
them, will probably return North !
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EAGLE DANCE IS
POORLY ATTENDED
The dance given by the Fair
banks Aerie of Eagles last night,
which marked the beginning of the
resumption of enjoyable three-hour
hops given by the order, was very
poorly attened. Only about twenty
couples being present.
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TEMPERATURE R
As reported by the government R
observation station, Nenana R
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Saturday, Jan. 25. R
Maximum .26 below R
Minimum .41 below R
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ALLIES RETIRE
ON ROSS FRONT
IS THE REPORT
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 25.—
The war department announces that
according to an official despatch
a general retirement of the Allied
advanced positions on the Archangel
sector took place on January 23rd.
The British report attributes the.
retirement to a superior force of
the Bolsheviki. The Allies, however,
are reported to have sufficient
troops to cope with the situation.
General March, chief of staff of
the American army, stated that the
entire military situation in Arch
angel is under the control and
direction of Marshal Foch, com
mander in chief of the Allied forces.
Associated P**«ss
NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—Dr. Geo.
Kierckwey, the federal director of
employment of New York, in an ad
dress delivered today, said that
there are ten million jobless persons
in America now, and predicted a
serious period when soldiers and
W’ar workers would b/ used to re
place the workers in peace time
industries.
ENGLAND'S NAVAL
PROGRAM HALTED
Associated Tress
LONDON, Jan. 25.—According to
a Reuter’s despatch, received in this
city today, nothing concerning Eng
land’s ^laval program will lie settled
definitely until after the dose of
the peace conference.
In the meantime, the construc
tion of war vessels f )»• the British
navy has been ordered suspended.
FLU SIMON
ON THE TRAIL
According to the latest reports
received at Fairbanks from out the
trail, regarding the outbreak of in
fluenza, received over the phone
this afternoon, the situation up to
date is as follows: There were
forty-five cases and eight deaths at
Copper Center. There were thirty
cases and three deaths at upper
Tonsina, and there were twelve
cases with no deaths at Tonsirta.
It is reported that there is no
infuenza farther north than Taz
lina and that only one white person
had, so far, been attacked; he will
recover.
Dr. Krauss and nurse from Cor
dova, are in the flu vicinity, rend
ering all possible aid to the suf
ferers.
»• nans, Alaska’s Zatsrlo* roal Depot