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DAILY NEWS
VOLUME TWO
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRDAY, APRIL 11, 1919.
NUMBER 10
PEACE TREATY WILL BE READY SOON
GOTHAM REPORTS BIG EXODUS OF FOREIGNERS
RAILWAY WORKERS IN STATES GET WAGE INCREASE
PEACE TREATY WILL
BE COMPLETED SOON
WASHINGTON, Apr. 11.—Des
patches received at the White House
today from the American peace
delegation at Paris, indicate that
more progress had been made by
the Inter-Allied peace conference
during the past forty-eight hours!
than had been achieved at all the
various conferences held during the j
two weeks immediately preceding.
The despatches did not give any
details of the progress made by the
conference, but stated that the peace '
delegates had overcome many diffi
culties that had hitherto been seri
ously delaying the work of the
conferees.
The despatches also stated that
President Wilson took a firm stand
on the important issues affecting
the United States in their relations
with the world powers, and that he
has succeeded in securing the ac
ceptance of certain important
points for which he had been stren
uously contending.
—
Lloyd George Issues Stateemnt
Premier Lloyd George of Great
Britain, formally announced today
that the Inter-Allied Peace Confer
ence has now reached an agreement
on all of the important questions
concerning peace with Germany.
Certain minor details, the pre
mier said, relative to the repara-'
tions and indemnities to be de
manded, and the establishment of
frontiers along the Rhine and the
Polish border, are still under dis
cussion. These details, he said, will
be settled finally in a few days.
WICK SAYS HE
010 m BLOCK
APPROPRIATION
SEATTLE, Apr. 11 — James
Wickersham. the former delegate to
Congress from Alaska, arrived in
this city today. He says that it is
his intention to file an election con
test if the canvassing board gives
the election certificate to Charles
A. Sulzer.
Regarding his now famous letter
to Secretary of the Interior Lar.e,'
the former delegate declared that
the letter had nothing to do with
blocking the appropriation for the
construction of the Alaska railroad.'
The appropriation, he said, was,
blocked by the congressional fili-j
buster long before his letter was
even published. I
He declared that the extra session
of Congress, which is to be called.
in May, will probably’ pass the bill.
carrying an appropriation of four
million dollars for construction pur
poses of the Alaska railroad. He
thinks that this appropriation will j
be the first to pass, among the other
appropriations which the old con
gress failed to pass.
SPARIACAN RIOT
AT DUSStLDORF
COPENHAGEN, Apr. 11.—Ac
cording to reports received in this
city today, a new Spartacan out
break occurred today at Dusseldorff,
in Rhenish Prussia.
The government troops sent to
quel! the disturbance opened fire on
the Spartacans, killing twenty-five
of them ere they dispersed.
CUBA UNREPRESENTED
IN MEXICAN REPUBLIC
MEXICO CITY—Dr. Luis J.
Santamaria. -who has been serving'
her ir. the capacity of charge d-‘
affaires for Cuba, has gone to Ha
vana, leaving that republic without
a diplmatic representative in Mexico.
BALTIMORE, Md.. Apr 11 —
Attorney General Palmer and Sec
retary of the Treasury Carter Glass
practically opened the Victory Loan
drive in this city today.
These cabinet officers delivered
stirring addresses to large crowds
of people, emphasizing the import-,
tance of supporting the loan.
HEADQMERS OF !
NATIONS’ LEAGUE
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PARIS, Apr. 11.—The supreme
council of the Inter-Allied Peace
Conference, who have charge of the
affairs relative to the League of |
Nations, have chosen Geneva, Switz- i
erland, as the official seat of the1
league.
The city of Geneva rose to fame i
in the world’s history in 1864, when
the now famous Red Cross move- j
ment had its inception. The Red
Cross movement was started by a
Swiss doctor, who called the at
tention of the world to the horrible
conditions obtaining in the mili
tary hospitals following the battle
of Solferino. between the Austrians
and the Allied French and Sardin
ians in 1859. In this bloody con-:
flict the Austrians lost 20,000 men,
and their adversaries 18,000.
In te:m< f the Geneva confer
ence, the Red Cross is respected
by all nations and, during the prog
ress of the fighting, should a Red
Cross party come within the zone
of fire, it is the duty of the con
tending parties to hold their fire
until they have passed to safety.
RUSSIANS LIFT BAN
ON MILD INTOXICANTS,
—
OMSK, Russia.—The sale of^
wine,, ale beer and fermented honey j
in public houses and elsewhere is
to be permitted. This is the de
cision of the cabinet of ministers.
MONROE DOCTRINE |
IS PROTECTED IN I
NATIONS’ LEAGUE
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PARIS, Apr. 11.—The American
delegation to the Inter-Allied Peace
Conference has caused an article to
be inserted in the covenant of the
League of Nations which, it is be
lieved, sufficiently safeguards the
provisions of the Monroe Doctrine,
and their application when neces
sary in the future.
Article ten of the covenant, which
carries the proviso, reads as fol
low's: “Nothing in this covenant
shall be construed as invalidating
any agreement, such as the Monroe
Doctrine, for the maintenance of
peace.”
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VIENNA. Apr. 11.—German Aus
tria is steadily coming under the
influence of the Soviet governments
that have now been established at
Munich and Budapest, and employes
all over the country are now de
manding a higher rate of wages.
The revolutionary movement,
which appears to have firmly estab
lished itself in Bavaria, has now
spread to the Duchy of Baden,
where it is expected a Soviet gov-:
ernment will soon be in control.
Agitators, having for their pur
pose the establishment of Soviets,
are working in Karlsruhe, Mann
heim and other large cities in the
former Duchy of Baden.
COMMERCIAL CLUB:
MEE1ING TONIGHT;
The regular weekly meeting of
the Nenana Commercial club w-ill be
held at the club chambers in the
Union Hall tonight.
The meeting will be called to I
order promptly at eight o’clock and
all members are requested to be
there on time.
MAYBEN-MILES CASE
STILL BEFORE COURT
The trial of the case entitled
Mayben vs. Miles was continued to
day and the examination of several
witnesses was taken in hand It is
expected that the examination of
these witnesses will consume the
whole of the day in the district
court, at Fairbanks.
The witnesses examined yesterday
all of whom appeared for the de
fense, were M. J. Carter, George
, Kerin, Mrs. May Miles, John Howie,
; A. J. Smith, J. L. Tobin, Theodore
I Thompson and Alvin C. James.
There are said to be several wit
! nesses for the prosecution, and the
case promises to be a long drawn
out one.
MEXICAN TROOPS
DEFEAT BANDITS
LEADER IS KILLED
MEXICO CITY, Apr 11—Ac
cording to reports received here to
day from the forces despatched to
operate against the bandit hordes,
a battle was fought by the federal
troops against the bandits under
Emiliano Zapata, which resulted in
the route of the bandits.
Several of the bandit forces wore
killed in this action, included among
them was Emiliano Zapata, their
leader.
QUEBEC 10 DAVE
WINES AND BEER
MONTREAL, Apr. 11.—In the
referendum vote taken in the prov
ince of Quebec, Canada, on the
1 question of permitting the use of
light wines and beer, the wets won
by a larg majority today.
Quebec has the distinction of be
ing the only wet province in all
Canada.
WEDDING BEILS
RANG YESTERDAY
AT FAIRBANKS
At nine o'clock last night, in the
sacristy of the Roman Catholic
church at Fairbanks, Rev. Father
Monroe pronounced the words that
made Captain George Green and
Mrs. Katherine b'holsetn tan and
wife.
The wedding of the popular
couple, which was not altogether
unexpected, was a very quiet affair,
owing to the recent bereavement in
the family of the bridegroom. Mr.
and Mrs. Durwood Hocker were the
only witnesses to the ceremony.
Captain George Green is well
known throughout Alaska as the
popular skipper of the good ship
Reliance, and during the coming
season will command both the
steamers Tanana and Reliance. He
has been a master on the river boats
for many years and is well and
favorably known by everyone re- ’
siding at the various towrns and
camps on the Yukon and its tribu
taries.
His charming wife came to the
Interior about five years ago, and
for the greater part of the time
resided at Fairbanks. During the
past year she was a Nenar.a resi
dent, and during a portion of this
time was in the employ of the
Alaskan Engineering commission in
the position of. stenographer in the
chief timekeeper’s office Mrs.
Green is an accomplished musician,
a brillant pianist and a popular
favorite in social circles of both
Fairbanks and Nenana.
The Nenana News joins their
many friends in Alaska in extending
felicitations to the popular <^ouple.
GERMANY MAY NOT
SIGN PEACE TREATY
BERLIN', Apr. 11.—Count" ton
Brockdorff Rantzau, the German
forign minister under the new Ger
man republic, declared today that
Germany wil not sign any peace
treaty which deviated in its essen
tials, in any way, from America's
peaec terms as lai-1 down by Presi
dent Wilson before a joint session
of Congress on Januray 8, 1918 and
in his subsequent addresses.
, These terms, he said, were ac
cepted by Germany, as the basis of
the peace to follow, in her reply to
the note sent by President Wilson
. in October last, and the armistice
, agreement was signed immediately
1 thereafter.
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The German delegates, he said,
should have had a place at the peace
table while the delegates of the
Allied powers were discussing the
financial terms of the peace treaty;
and that the Allied powers could
not hope to dismember and paralyze
Germany and, at the same time ex
pect her to give up enormuos sum
in the way of indemnities and re
paration.
Germany’, he concluded, had an
urgent need to have the blockade
raised speedily, which acted as the
most potent factor in the signing
of the armistice agreement, follow
ing the acceptance of the American
peace terms.
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ALIENS LEAVING
LABOR SHORTAGE
MAY BE SERIOUS
NEW YORK. Apr. 11.—The cus
tom officials of the port, who are
in charge of immigration, stateu to
i Jay that aliens, enriched by the
war work in the United Sta'es are
' leaving the country at the rate of
about a thousand daily, and it is
believed that America will suffer a
serious labor shortage if Congress
passes the proposed law to limit
immigration.
Since December last thirty-three
thousand Greeks, Italians, Spaniards
and Portuguese have sailed away
from the shores of America, each
carrying away from one to seven
thousand dollars, on which they
figure on living a life of ease *n
their respective native lands.
Henaua. Alaska's Interior Fuel Depot
TEAM RUNS AWAY
ACROSS^ TANANA
One of the Commission four
horse teams, with a load of hay des-:
tined for the camp across the river.'
made the crosing safely this morn
ing, and shortly after reaching: the
other shore and while skirting the
beach on the way to camp, the
wagon struck a hole which caused
it to tip over and spill Joe Clark,
the driver.
The team took fright and imme
diately dashed away, but owing to
the heavy load, they did not get
very far before they settled down
to their regular pace. Clark, who
was none the worse for the ex
perience, soon caught up with his
team and resumed the journey.
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* TEMPERATURE *•
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observation station, Xenana
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Friday, April 11 X
X Maximum .27 above X
•t Minimum . 16 above X
R Forecast: Fair tomorrow. X
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WASHINGTON, Apr. 11.—The
director general of the railroads ha~
ordered an advance of the wages
of four hundred thousand railroad
trainmen, firemen and conductor?,
aggregating sixty-five million dol
lars. The advance in wages is t >
be retroactive as from the begin
ning of the year.
Since taking over the control of
the railroads throughout the country
the government has raised the wages
of every single employe. The av
erage raise being $400 a year.
The total payrolls of the Ameri
can railroads now amount to three
billion dollars. The total of the
payrolls before the government took
over the roads was only two billion
dollars.
ALLIES RAID ON
ARCHANGEL, Apr. 11—A strong
force, composed of Americans and
Russians-, made a raid today on the
Bolsheviki positions near Arch
angel. -
The combined force succeeded n
destroying the' Bolsheviki bioea
house. They also captured nine
prisoners and two machine guns.
RESIDENTS OF HONOLULU
OPPOSE CARPET BAGGERS
HONOLULU.—A concurrent re
solution introduced into the terri
torial legislature asks that the presi
dent appoint to federal offices in
Hawaii only men who have reside l
here for at least one year. The
resolution is regarded as another
move in the campaign to obtain a
gTeater measure of “home rule” for
the territory, pending such time as
statehood is conferred.
Resentmnt has been expressed in
the local press over the fact that
nearly all of the appointive federal
officials in Hawaii are residents of
the States. It is argued that men
competent to hold the positions can
be found in Hawaii.