WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
* Volume Two member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1919.
Number 91
BOSTON TRAINMEN DEMAND MORE PAY
SENATOR JONES DISCUSSES ALASKA REFORMS
REPUBLICAN SENATORS TALK LEAGUE WITH WILSON
SHERMAN TALKS
• OF SETTLEMENT
OFJAP CLAIMS
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 17 -
In an address delivered before the
f senate this morning, Senator Sher
man, of Illinois, who is one of the
numerous Republicans opposing the
League of Nations covenant, de
clared that the Shan-Tung settle
ment crowned the League of Na
tions covenant as the superlative
treachery of modern history.
The gift of the Shan-Tung penin
sula, he said, would materially aid
^ Japan to prepare for the time when
that nation might try for world
empire.
The settlement provided for in
the treaty, he said further, would
endanger the future safety of the
Philippines.
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LONDON, July 17.—The war of
fice is authority for the statement
that British forces in the Murmansk
district of Northern Russia admin
istered a severe defeat to the Bol
sheviki on July 14, following an at
tempt of the Russians to surprise
the British at their garrison at
* Tivditya.
The five hundred Russians who
participated in the attack were
driven back with severe losses. 28
of the Bolshevik soldiers having
been found dead on the field after
the battle. The British troops es
caped without a single casualty.
ADMIRERS OF DEMPSEY
WILL FEAST CHAMPION
LOS ANGELES, July 17.—Ad
T mirers of Champion Jack Dempsey
have arranged a luncheon in honor
of the new title-holder, who has
just arrived here from the East.
Dempsey announces that he is going
to Salt Lake to see his mother, after
, which he will return to California to
0 take up his movie work.
BULGARIAN PEACEMAKERS
NOW ENROUTE TO FRANCE
PARIS, July 17.—The Bulgarian
peace delegation, composed of 35
members, is expected here on July
^ 25. General Theodoroff is one of
the delegates.
EIFFEL TOWER ONCE
MORE ACCESSIBLE TO
TOURIST VISITORS
PARIS. — The Eiffel tower has
joined the ranks of the demobilized
—its military role being ended, al
though its wireless telegraph sta
tion will be maintained and indeed
strengthened to bring it equal to
the German post at Nauen. It will
again be accessible to tourist visi
tors after being unapproachable for
over four years.
During the war a dozen machine
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guns were mounted on the highest!
platform as protection against air'
attacks. On the first platform were
four-inch guns and searchlights, and
later a powerful siren to give warn
ing against air raids.
SENATOR JONES
TELLS SEATTLE
WHATHE WANTS
; SEATTLE, July 17.—In a discus
jsion of the proposed League of Na
tions, Senator Wesley L Jones in- '
formed the people of Seattle today
that, in his opinion, the compact is
wonderfully made. He said that he
did not fear the dangers which many
fancied they saw in the league;
neither did he expect all the good
to come of it that others of his col
leagues predicted.
He believes, he said, that the
President should state definitely the
position of the Monroe Doctrine in
relation to the league. He also be
lieves that any nation should have
the right, after two years, to with- .
draw from the league without re
striction.
In conclusion, he offered the sug
gestion that the American repre
sentatives in the league’s council
should be chosen by popular vote.
SPAIN MUSI JOIN
MINISTER CLAIMS
MADRID. July 17.—There is no
alternative but for Spain to become
a member of the proposed League
of Nations, according- to a statement
made today by Foreign Minister ]
Hontoria, in an address to the Span
ish senate.
The future foreign policy of this
country, the senators were warned,
must tend more and more toward
the Allied powers, so as to reap
the benefits of such an alliance as
the league makes possible.
ARMY HORSES ARE SOLD
TO FARMERS OF FRANCE
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
OF OCCUPATION.—American army
horses, some of which last year
hauled artillery over the battle
fields of France, -will this summer
be used by French peasants in vari
ous districts as aids in tilling the
soil of hundreds of acres of devas
tated regions.
Details for the sale of 10,000
American army horses and mules
to the French government were
completed recently at the headquar
ters of the American Army of Oc
cupation. These animals are to be
shipped from the occupied area of
the Rhinelands to France by rail
and sold by the French government
direct to the peasants. The first
batch of 1,000 horses sold to the
French under this arrangement
brought about $200 each.
Henan*—The Ritfwiy to McKinley ,
WaMenal Park. .
CARS STOPPED BY
BOSTON TRAINMEN
BOSTON, July 17.—Following the
■efusal of the management of the
Boston elevated railway system to
tTant a demand for increased pay
ind shorter hours, 8,000 trainmen
juit their places this morning, put
ring the entire system, including
ilevated, subway and street lines,
mt of commission. The tieup af- j
iects not only this city, but also
welve adjacent cities and towns.
The men are demanding an eight
lour day and a wage of 731s cents;
>er hour, which is a very substan
:ial advance over present wages.
Up to a late hour this afternoon
he strike had been conducted in ,
an orderly manner, but it is feared
that trouble will follow an attempt
on the part of the traction com
panies to send cars out on any of
the lines. Hundreds of special of
ficers have been detailed by the city
to keep an eye on the situation and
to be ready for any emergency.
As a result of the strike, local
business conditions have been con
siderably upset today, but jitneys
are coming to the rescue of the
situation in steadily increasing num
bers and it is expected that tomor
row will find cars enough to accom
modate a very large part of the
traffic.
PARIS, July 17.—According to
mnouncement made this afternoon,
he Allied council has agreed to in
sert a clause in the Austrian peace
reaty giving Italy the right, within
ive years after the signing of
>eace, to have the Austrians build
■ailw'ays through Reschen and Predil
>asses, the cost of construction to
>e borne by the Italian government,
^nd the Italians also are to receive
ill the profits resulting from the
iperation of the proposed railroads.
The council has asked Greece
ind Italy to agree upon the lines
>f withdrawal of their armies from
isia Minor, in order that the move
dent of the troops may be definite
v followed.
FAI
Fairbanks boy scouts were the
losts last night at a banquet ar
anged in honor of Scoutmaster H. f
i. Lumpkin, who has taken an en- t
husiastic interest in scout work c
iinee his arrival in Fairbanks sev- t
;ral years ago 'to assume charge ,
it St. Matthew’s church. Other s
ruests of• the boys were Dr. J. A. ,
Sutherland, Cecil H. Clegg and Dick!c
["home. The banquet was held at j j
he Masonic temple. Jt
Upon the departure of Rev. Lump- j r
;in for the States on the next trip! s
>f the steamer Yukon, Charles Fow-!
er will become scoutmaster, having <
>een appointed by Rev. Lumpkin to 1
ake over the work.
Robert J. Sommers, territorial:
nine inspector, is looking over min- f
ng conditions on Fairbanks creek s
:oday, in company with R. C. Wood c
ind Luther C. Hess. They are the < i
ruests of G. A. Aarons, who is di- 1
■ecting dredging operations on the c
:reelc. f
SOVIET TROOPS
OESERT LEADERS;
CAUSE WEAKENS
BUDAPEST, Hungary, July 17.—
iccording to information received
o this city, officers of the soviet
rmy in Hungary are deserting the
ause and the armed forces are dis
ttegrating rapidly, leaving the so
iet leaders weak and dishheart
ned. The reports state that prae
ically the entire air corps has quit
he army.
Kun Loses Heart.
Bela Kun is reported to have
roken relations with most of the
iocialist leaders and is quoted as
aying that he is weary of the job
f riding socialist and communist
orses at the same time.
An early collapse of the soviet
overnment is anticipated in conse
uence of the wholesale desertions
rom the army.
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SEOUL, Korea, July 17—Nearly
our thousand Koreans have been
onvicted in Japanese courts on the
harge of participation in the recent
prisings against Japanese domina
ion, and of this number many have
uffered the extreme penalty of
eath. The number of arrests in
onnection with the trouble is near
f fourteen thousand, the exact to
al to date being 13,981, of which
umber more than ten thousand are
till awaiting trial.
LAS MASK PUT
TO NOVEL USE
BY STEEPLEJACK
PUEBLO, Colo.—Deadly sulphur
ases from the Pueblo smelter
mokestack were braved for three
ays by Steeplejack Jim O’Brien
ecently with the aid of a gas mask
orrowed from a Yank back from
verseas. Steeplejack Jim worked
or three days at the top of the
smokestack, 200 feet in the air,
i making repairs. Had it not been
for the gas mask, the smelter would
have had to shut down, because no
| man could brave the sulphur fumes
and live.
SENATORS CALL
AT WHITE HOUSE
TO SEE WILSON
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 17
In response to the invitation ex
tended to Republican senators to call
at the White House for the purpose
of discussing the peace treaty and:
the League of Nations covenant with |
President Wilson, Senator McCum- i
ber of North Dakota, one of the j
league supporters, was the first to j
make his appearance.
McCumber was followed by Sen-!
ator Colt, of Rhode Island, who, in ;
his first declaration in the senate ■
regarding his position, said that he
^supported the principles of the cov
enant, but withheld judgment. He ;
informed the President today that j
he believed the Monroe Doctrine |
should be clearly safeguarded and \
that domestic questions should be !
left for settlement by the nation. j
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 17 — l
The senate today adopted the reso- |
lution introduced by Senator P-oran,
asking President Wilson to furnish
the senate with a copy of the pro
test made by members of the Amer-i
ican peace delegation against the j
Shan-tung settlement.
UTAH WOMAN MAKES
RECORD AS HUNTER
OF WILD ANIMALS;
SALT LAKE CITY.—Utah's Di
ana, Mrs. Alberta Ritter of Thistle,
made a record in killing coyotes in
this state in April, according to re
ports of predatory animals killed
by professional hunters and trap
pers. Mrs. Ritter was second high
in the list of 27 hunters who in
April reported the destruction o? ,
116 coyotes, 17 wildcats, 50 porcu
pines and 15 badgers.
BLEEKER CAR BRINGS
SEVERAL FROM COAST
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A new Ford auto owned by Mrs. j
Fred Bleeker, of Coldstream, reach
ed Fairbanks late last night from |
the coast end of the Richardson
highway, with Mrs. Bleeker and sev-;
eral others on board, including Hjal-1
mer Nordale and another returned
soldier, and Frank Moore, of the'
quartermaster’s department, who is
on his way to St. Michael.
Jack Brevig, former employe of
the Alaskan Engineering commission, l
at Nenana, is now in the garage i
business in Seattle. I
SEATTLE, July 17. — Senator
Wesley L. Jones, who recently ar
rived in this city from the national
capital, met with the executive com
mittee of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce and Commercial club
Alaska bureau today for the pur
pose of discussing the coal, oil, and
timber situation in Alaska, with a
view to the presentation of remedial
legislation at an early date. There
was some discussion also regarding
the need of improved steamship ser
vice in Northern waters.
Editor John \V. Troy, of the
Juneau Empire, was present at the
meeting and expressed the view
that lack of development of Alas
kan resourcs is due greatly to the
conservation laws which restrict
Northern coal, oil and other activi
ties. The removal of these restric
tions. he assured the membersl will
result in Alaskan development go
ing ahead by leaps and bounds.
AMERICANS READY
FOR GERMAN MARK
NEW YORK, July 17.—The lift
ing of the blockade on trade be
tween the United States and Ger
many has been followed by a rush
pf business to the steamship com
panies, the volume of trade offered
peing greatly in excess of the
imount anticipated, and much more
:han can be handled by the com
panies at this time, owing to strike
;onditions.
The resumption of trade relations
pas permitted also the restoration of
die mail service between America
ind Germany. 0
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SOLD DISCOVERIES
ARE REPORTED FROM
THE BELGIAN CONGO
BRUSSELS, Belgium.—The Bel
gian colonial office has received word
pf recent important discoveries by
gold prospectors in the Uelle dis
trict, Belgian Congo, belonging to
Belgium. *
DAWSON REQUESTS
TRENCH HORN FOR .^
USE AS FIRE ALARM
DAWSON, Y. T.—Dawson wants
a captured German trench gas alarm
horn to use as a municipal fire
alarm. Recently a local committee
wrote to London asking for several
light Germans guns for trophies, as
well as for the horn.
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* TEMPERATURE *
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* observation station, Nenana *
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? Thursday, July 17. *
' Maximum .75 above *
t Minimum .51 above *
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