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, Tuesday, march is, 1919. whc e number 289
WASHINGTON DELEGATION WILL HELP
EXTRA SESSION ~MAY BE CALLED BEFORE JUNE
' ALASKA LAWMAKERS WILL PROBE SOPHIA CHARGES
SENATOR ROASTS
NATIONS’ LEAGUE
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Mar. IS
—Senator James A. Reed (Demo
crat) of Missouri, in an address de
livered before the Missouri state
legislature today, severely criticized
the constitution of the League of
Nations.
He declared that the League of
Nations, as at present constituted,
would abrogate the Monroe Doctrine,
which America has hitherto upheld,
violate the Constitution of the United
States; create a super-government of
WASHINGTON, Mar. IS.—Rep
resentative Webster declared today
that Washington's congressional
delegation, in a solid body, will sup
port the final appropriaton for the
building of the Alaska railroad.
Some Washington congresmen, he
said, would sponsor the bill, and the
entire delegation . of senators and
representatves from the state will
back it as a sound business pro
position
TROOPS SCATTER
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LONDON', Mar. 18.—Advices re
ceived in this city today indicate
That the Nationalists were respons
ible for some serious rioting at
Cairo, Egypt, today.
Six of the participants were killed
and thirty of them were wounded
before the troops, who had "been
called by the authorities, succeeded
in restoring order.
Rioting also took place at Tanta,
near Alexandria, where eleven were
killed and many wounded ere order
was restored.
R. H. KNIGHT ARRIVED
FROM TOKLAT COUNTRY
Richard H. Knight, proprietor of
the Toklat roadhouse, arrived in
town last night, for the purpose of
replenishing his stock of supplies.
He expects to start on thi return
journey to his roadhouse tomorrow,
taking the train out as far as
Oksubo’s roadhouse, from which
point he will go in with his dog
team.
Mr. Knight expects to be back
in Nenana about the end of the
month for more supplies Defer e the
trail goes to pieces, which it is
showing signs of doing soon.
MAIL ARRIVED LAST
NIGHT AT FAIRBANKS
A brower stage pulled into Fair
banks last night with a consignment
of Outside mail, mostly first class.
Nenana’s share of this shipment
was taken this morning on Harry
Karsten’s auto, and will be dis
tributed upon arrival.
the world, and force the United
States into world wide difficulties
and policing obligations.
The league’s action, he said would
be mandatory, involving the com
mand of the world.
The government of the United
States, he declared, would be worse
off in keeping the league’s obliga
tions, which were only morally bind
ing America would keep her mpr.tl
obligations he said, whereas the
other nations who are a party to
the league might not do so.
ALIMN G. A. P.
ENCAMP JIM 11
WENATCHEE, Wash., Mar. 18.—
The Alaskan branch of the Grand
Army of the Republic will hold their
annua! encampment here next year.
July seventeenth has been chosen
for the date of the encampment.
PARIS, Mar. 18.—The treaty of
peace, the terms of which are now
being discussed, will not, it is
thought, include the disposition of
the German warships.
Germany -will be required to sur
render her title to the ships, but
their ultimate ownership will be
determined later on.
HELGOLAND AND THE CANAL
PARIS, Mar. 18.—The suggestion
has been made that the Island of
Helgoland be maintained by Ger
many as a refuge for peaceful craft,
and that Germany would probably
retain the sovereignty of the Kiel
Canal and collect tolls from the
ships that will use it, applying the
revenue thus obtained toward the
operation and maintainance of the
waterway.
ATTORNEY COKE HILL
ON WAY TO FAIRBANKS
The district attorney’s office in
Fairbanks was notified by wire yes
terday evening that Assistant U. S.
Attorney Coke Hill is on his way
to Fairbanks from Ruby, and that
he will arrive there in time for the
; opening of the court session.
The Pacific Steamship company
handled 1,600,000 cases of salmon
.last season, valued at $11,200,000.
On January first the Bank of
Petersburg increased the amount of
its capital stock from $15,000 to
$25,000.
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EXIRA SESSION
CONGRESS 10 BE
CALLED^ IN
WASHINGTON, Mar.
ernment officials believe that it is
practically certain that an extra
session of congress will be called
i before June first.
Nothing has transpired indicating
i that President Wilson has changed
his decision not to call the session
before June; but events foreshadow
! the necessity for the calling of
I congress earlier.
Cabinet officers believe that the
| session will begin in May. Senator
1 Lodge, of Massachusettes, asked the
i Republican senators to favor May
loth as the opening day, while
| others suggest the fifth.
COAST TO PLAY
SEATTLE, Mar. 18. — Seattle’s
coast champions will play Montreal’s
champions this week for the world's
hockey championship.
A series of games will be played
and in view of the fact that the
members of the opposing teams are
experts in each individual depart
ment of the game, very exciting
finishes to each game of the series
is expected. •
The betting, so far, is even, with
the result veiled in uncertainty.
I COBLENZ, Mar. 18. — General
Pershing, while on a tour of inspec
I tion of the military and Red Cross
hospitals here today said that he
had nothing but words of the highest
praise for the participation of the
American women in the war.
He said that America could not
have carried out her part in the war
as well as she had done, if it had
net been for the willingness and
courage of the nurses backed by the
patriotic support of the women at
home.
Although America was in the war
for a short time only, the general
said that America’s splendid hospital
service was not excelled by that of
any other nation.
OPTICIAN IS DISCHARGED;
ENROUTE TO FAIRBANKS
—
Dr. A. A. Kenison, the optician,
who was drafted into the army last
fall has now' been discharged and
according to a wire received in Fair
banks yesterday will^nake the jour
■ ney to the upper town with Deputy
(Marshal Woods.
| Deputy Woods is taking a pris
j oner to Fairbanks from Tanana.
The children of McCarthy recently
experienced an epidemic of chicken- !
pox.
FINflL confab on
PEACE TREAIY IS
NOW UNDER WAY
PARIS, Mar. 18.—President Wil
son and Premiers Lloyd George,
Clemeneeau and Orlando are in
close conference this afternoon, and
are discussing the question of secur
ing accord between the great powers
on all phases of the peace treaty
before presenting it to Germany
for signature.
It is expected that the confer
ence will also reach an agreement
today regarding the inclusion of the
League of Xations, as an integral
part of the final peace treaty, in
accordance with a resolution adopt
ed by the conference at a previous
meeting.
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WASHINGTON, Mar. 18.—Ac
cording to reports received in this
city today, the Russian Bolsheviki
are trainng a large number of
aviators at Moscow.
They propose, when the aviators
have been fully trained, to send pro
paganda to France and England,
which the aviators will drop in large
quantities as they fly over French
and English cities.
LOWER RIVER STRIKE
NEWS IS INDEFINITE
The strike made on the Stuvahok,
a tributary of the Bonisela river,
which joins the Yukon some eon
siderabl distance below Holy Cross,
an account of which appeared in
these columns some time ago, would
appear to have yielded some rich
pay, and in spite of the fact that
grub w’as scare both at Marshal and
Holy Cross, the nearest points where
stores are maintained, a few have
gone in to investigate.
Kruger, of the firm of Kruger &
Chase, of Anvik, appears to have
made a strike on ground at the
headwaters of the Stuyahok, selling
the claims he had, later on to Joe
Darling, of Marshal.
The ground is said to be wet
md consequently hard to prospect
except with a drill. The depth to
bedrock is said to be only seven
feet.
O. F. Weiftard, a mining man of
the Nome country, who left Nenana
recently on his way to Candle, sent
the following telegram to Franklin
A. Johnson, of Nenana, regarding
the strike.
Nulato, March 15
Frank A. Johnson, Nenana.
“Arrived Nulato yesterday. Re
turning stampeders report pay only
found on one claim; not sufficient
to start any stampede until further
prospects found. Ground all wet
and staked. Wait until further
news.
“O. F. WEINARD ”
Sam Means, oldtime Dawsonite, is
in the Nizina country.
LAWRENCE IS SCENE
OF SERIOUS RIOTING
LAWRENCE, Mass, Mar. 18.—
The police today attempted to stop
a parade of the textile workers who
are on strike
The paraders resented it, with the
result that a severe fight ensued.
Shots were fired from the tene
ment houses and the police were also
stoned by the mobs, while several
persons were clubbed in the streets.
The police were obliged to seek
reinforcements, and with their helo.
many arrests were made.
Today’s occurrences are said *o
be the most vital disturbances that
have occurred in the city since the
strike began, six weeks ago.
CARRY RED FLAG
LAWRENCE, Mass , Mar. 18.—
The striking workmen picketed the
mills when the gates were opened
today, and later, when the gates
HALIFAX, Mar. 18.—The famous
Princess Pats regiment, Canada’s
first troops to fight in France, ar
rived at this port today from over
seas. ,
The Princes? Pats saw some heavy
fighting, and w^as one of the Cana
dian units to suffer severely.
Of the original battalion only one
officer and eight men survived the
fighting.
GERMANY TOPKE
BIG CONCESSIONS
PARIS, Mar. 18.—The supreme
war council of the Inter-Allied
Peace Conference has decided that
Germany must completely dismantle
the fortresses on the Island of
Helgoland, and that the Kiel Canal
be internationalized and made avail
able as a trade route to the Baltic
for ships of all nations, on even
terms.
VISITORS FROM FAIRBANKS
RETURNED THIS AFTERNOON
Bobby Sheldon’s automobile with
trailer attachment left town this
afternoon on the return journey to
Fairbanks with the party of young
people who arrived in Nenana last
Saturday night for the Moose barn
dance.
Those returning on the auto and
trailer were Mrs. H. C. Hamilton,
Misses Pearl Peterson, Constance
Peterson, Ella Knudsen, Evelyn
Houck and Mr. Arnold Nordale.
Miss Edna Lewis the other member
of the party returned on the Kar
stens auto yesterday.
Bobby Sheldon was at the wheel
of the returning craft, and accord
ing to Harry Karstens, who arrived
in Nenana at three o’c'ock this
afternoon, was speeding along mer
rily and making great time.
g(UM—Th» Oatawaj to WeXinl.-y
national Park.
were closed, they started a parade.
The police say that the paraders
carried the red flag, emblem of the
I. W. \V., at the head of the parade.
Riot Act Read.
The chief of police, foreseeing
trouble and realizing that the force
on duty might not be adequate to
handle the situation in case of
trouble, summoned the reserves and
read the riot act to the paraders.
Hostile Acts.
Stones and bottles were thrown
at the officers from the outskirts
of the crowd and shots were fired
from nearby houses.
Arrests Made.
The police officers arrested all
the occupants found in the buildings
from which the shots cam’.
The territorial senate, now in
session at Juneau, yesterday unani
mously adopted a resolution which
provided for the appointing of a
joint committee of the House and
Senate f r the purpose of conduct
ing an investigation into the pro
bating of the estates of the victims
of the Sophia disaster.
The joint committee will be em
powered to compel witnesses to ap
pear before them
The resolution was sent to the
House today and there is not the
least doubt but that it will be
adopted.
The territorial legislature was
moved to action by persistent and
seemingly authentic reports of legal
malpractice and criminal and unlaw
ful acts being committed in con
nection with the estates of the
Sophia victims, actions which are
altogether unsatisfactory to the heirs
some of whom are reported to have
entered strong protests.
The N’enana Xews, in its issue of
March 6th, published an account
from a clipping from the Seattle
Union Record, of iniquitous methods
attempted by some certain Juneau
appointees to exploit the dead thru
the manipulation of legal machin
ery.
The clipping mentioned was sent
to Mrs. Maude Bishop, of N'enana,
by Senator Dan Sutherland.
INCOME TAX BLANKS
ARRIVED IN NENANA
On the mail coming in on the
Burgess auto yesterday, a quantity
of income tax blanks were received
by Commissioner McDonald, and the
Alaskan Engineering commission.
Those needing the blanks can get
same by making application, during
office hours, at the office of the
commissioner or the Alaskan En
gineering commission.
Maurice Moreno, proprietor of the
Riley creek roadhouse, on the Broad
Pass trail, arrived in town last night
• on a business visit.