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, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1919.
WHO' E NUMBER 292
ITALIAN DELEGATION DEMANDS FIUME
ALLIED REPARA TION CLAIMS TOTAL 40 BILLIONS
VILLA FORCES DEFEATED IN BLOODY BORDER BATTLE
ALLIES DISAGREE
OVER ALLOTMENT
PARIS, Mar. 21.—The recent
deliberations of the inter-Allied
Peace Conference have resulted in a
serious diversion of opinion among
the Allied powers over the allotment
of damages Germany will be called
upon to pay to the Allies, by way
of reparation for damage done dur
ing the war.
France claims priority as the
greatest sufferer from the war, for
the destruction wrought in her ter
ritory which was invaded by the
Germans.
The British insist on an allotment
on the basis of war costs. The
British concede that France suffered
the largest material loss as a result
o fthe war, but on the other hand
point out that Great Britain imposed
the greatest taxation upon her
people, so that the war could be
continued to a successful termin :
tion.
America only claims one billion
dollars for loss of life and property.
She asks twenty-five thousand dol
lars for each life lost.
Propo*al Made
President Wilson and Premiers
Clemenceau and Lloyd George, after
a short conferenece among them
selves, decided to recommend that
the Allied reparatkm claims against
Germany be fixed at forty billion
dollars.
It is also proposed to spread the
payment of this amount over a
period of forty years, thus making
the principal and interest amount
to eighty billions of dollars at the
end of that period.
OFFICIALS lAKF
RETROSPtCliVE
VIEW OF EVENiS
WASHINGTON, Mar. 21.—Look
ing back to the events that have
transpired during the course of the
great war, an offical statement is
sued today points out that just a
year ago today, Germany, in the
zenith of her power, attacked the
British in Picardy, intending to win
an overwhelming victory before the
American troops could reach the
battle front in force.
Today, with the German military
machine absolutely crushed, the
American troops are astride the
Rhine.
A year ago the Americans were
bent on having an army of five
million men and men were being
added to the strength of her land
and sea forces in increasing number
daily, while now men are being
mustered out of the service as fast
as possible.
MRS. J. C. KELLUM WILL
RETURN TO NENANA SOON
Mrs J. C. Kellum. who left Ne
nana on the last boat of the season,
in a recent communication says thai
she is making preparations to leave
for the North.
She will probably return to Ne
nana on the first boat with Outside
passengers to arrive here after the
opening of navigation. ,
Mrs. Kellum is at present in
Seattle, and has evidently had quite
enough of Outside life.
POSTAL RULES FOR
THE END OF SEASON
Th I' irbank.' i . tal authorities
have issued a notice to the effect
that no furs or other goods liable
to be damaged by water, will be
accepted at the Fairbanks post
office for shipment over the trail
after April 20.
This precaution is taken to pre
vent loc= and damage which might
result as a conseouenee of the break
ing up of the trail
Venaaa—The Omtewsr to McKinley
Vattonal Park.
SEATTLE, Mar. 21.—Storrs, the
Okanogan mechanic and husband of
the woman who was poisoned by
Miss Ruth Garrison, came to this
ctiy today and is now being held by
the police.
He says he intends to help the
girl, and has asked to see her, but
the police have refused to permit
him io do so.
Ruth Garrison will be arraigned
today and will enter her plea. It
is thought that should she be found
guilty of the crime of murder as
charged, she will probably be given
a life imprisonment sentence.
ENGLISH NEEDLEWORKERS
DISCONTINUE ACTIVITIES
LONDON—Queen Mary’s Needle
work Guild, which has done much
good work during the war. is to be
closed with the exception of the
orthoepedie branches In making
this announcement. Lady Lawley
says "Her Majesty desires nr.e to
t ’ this opportunity of making
kr.-evn her hi;:h appreciation of the
wonderful spirit in which her
branches throughout the empire
responds i to her appeal in
behalf of the sick and wounded.
The record of the work done is
one of which the queen .and the
guild may well be proud.
SLAV MEETING WILL
BE HELD TOMORROW
A meeting of the members of the
American Slav Society of Nenana
will be held tomorrow night, right
after the picture show, at the old
Nenana club rooms in the Bowen
building, and all members, as well
as those interested in the move
ment are cordially invited to attend.
To further the objects for which
the society has been created, sug
gestions will be invited and an oper
discussion of their merits will be
made at the meeting.
Membership in the society car
be obtained at the meetings, which
will be held periodically, due notice
of which will appear in the News
LONDON, Mar. 21.—The British
Air forces and the weather bureau
of Great Britain, have agreed to
place all of their resources at the
disposal of aviators competing in
the trans-Atlantic flight, which i3
to take place soon.
The British admiralty also an
nounces that British naval vessels
will be told off to patrol the route
chosen by the airmen. ,
BERLIN, Mar 21.—An ad 1-ess
of homage, which was circulated
throughout Germany on the kaiser’s
birthday, received 436,312 s gna
tnrw.
The sheets containing the address
were gathered from all the towns
and villages to which they had been
sent, and were bound i.i thirty-seven
volumes. The bound books were
then forwarded to the former kaiser
at Amerongen, Holland.
The Alaska Gastinau mil! at Ju
neau is crushing six thousand tons
of ore daily.
PARIS, Mar. 21.—Marshal Foch,
commander in chief of the Allied
forces, asserted today that the river
Rhine was France’s only good lino
of defense.
He said that France did not de
mand any annexations, but gave it
as his opinion, from a military
standpoint, that if France does not
secure the Rhine as a military
frontier, the Allies would have
fought in vain, and that the grand
work of the wonderful soldiers, that
gave the Allies the victory, would
l he of no avail.
HAGEN
-y HAVANA, Cuba., Mar. 21.—Jack
Johnson, theformer colored heavy
weight champion pugilist, who has
been staying in this city for some
time past, left for Mexico today.
Before sailing, he told news
papermen that the expected to fight
several bouts in the land of the
cactus.
A territorial school is to be es
tablished at Ward’s Cove.
ITALIAN-JUGO-SLAV
CONTROVERSY ACUT E
PARIS, Mar. 21.—The bittter
controversy between the Italian
government and that of the new
Jugo-Slav states, regarding the final
disposition of certain territory
bordering on the Adriatic Sea, with
in the limits of which the import
ant seaport of Fiume is located,
reached an acute stage today, at
the meeting of the inter-Allied
Peace Conference.
The Italian delegates to the inter
Allied Peace Conference, headed
by Premier Orlando, forced the
issue by coming to an unanimous
decision that the entire Italian peace
delegation would withdraw from the
conference unless they are given
the assurance that the city of Fiume
and the territory now in dispute,
will be assigned to Italy, contemp
oraneously with the conclusion of
peace wth the Central powers. The
Italian demand was brief, blunt and
to the point, and left no opening
for any alternative.
The disputed land formerly be
longed to Austria-Hungary, and
when the armsitice was signed came
under Allied domination, pending
the conclusion of peace No part
of it was conquered or held by the
Italians during the war that would
strengthen her claim to .it by right
I of conquest.
Italy originally laid claim to the
‘ entire coast, but recently made
some very important concessions,
; stipulating at the time, that the con
: cessions made will become effective
| only on condition that the city of
Fiume be given to Italy. She also
claims that Fiume is an Italian city
and that the biggest portion of the
population of the city is Italian.
Fiume is in the province of
Croatia and Slavonia, and the Jugo
slavs claim that it is a Croation
city and that therefore, it should
not be made part of the Italian
kingdom.
Fiume was an Austria-Hungarian
seaport town on the small river
Fiumare, forty miles southeast of
Trieste Some of the manufactures
include tobacco, paper, leather, chem
icals, soap, torpedoes and rosoglio,
and it carries on shipbuilding.
Since 1872 the Hungarian go •
ernment has spent large sums in
providing moles, quays, docks and
other accommodations, with the re
sult of immensely increasing the
trade.
The principal exports are corn,
sugar tobacco, wood, fruit, refined
petroleum, etc; the principal import?
are w’ine, coal, jute, rice, cotton,
salt, etc. Fiume had a population
of about 40,000.
AMERICAN PROPOSAL
PARIS, Mar 21.—Colonel House
one of the American peace dele
gates, told Premier Orlando of Italy,
today, that he hopes soon to present
a proposal for discussion by the
deleagtees at the Peace Conferenece.
and that he hoped this proposal
would be the means of settling the
Italian-Jugo-Slav dispute over the
frontier.
VILLA IS AGAIN
ON THE RAMPAGE
JUAREZ, Mex., Mar. 21.—Fran
cisco Villa, the famous Mexican
bandit chieftain, has again man
aged to get together a considerable
following, and is threatening to
terrorize sections of the country
that would come under the scope
of his activities.
The federal authorities are mak
ing preparations to meet every move
of his, and the more remotely sta
tioned garrisons are now being
strengthened.
A pitched battle was fought today
near Ascension, sixty miles south
of Columbus, between the federal
troops and Villistas. in which the
latter were defeated. The Villistas
are reported to have lost 53 in
killed, while a great many others
were wounded.
The reports further state that
among those killed at the battle
near Ascension, were Martin Lopez.
Villa’s second in command, and
Felipe Martinez, a famous general
under Villa.
The account given of the battle,
says that the Villistas were strongly
entrenched and had the advantage
from the start, until their ammu
nition ran low and open tactics had
to he resorted to.
The Villa troops then left the
trenches, and led by Martin Lopez
in person, charged on the federal
forces. The federal troops then
opened fire with their machine cun<
and practically wiped cut the ad
vancing troops. Those who sur
vived the hail of shot broke and
ran to cover, and their leader fell
riddled with machine gun bullets.
The Mexican federal troops taking
part in this action took the field
several days ago, to stop the Vil'i
iias from raiding American ranche-.
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liM TOMORROW
w Mmioniw
Deputy Marshal James Hagen ex
pects to leave tomorrow with Billy
Butler’s dog team for the Kan
tishna country. He is going there
for the express purpose of bring
ing back Gus N'elson, a Moose creek
miner, who is reported to be insane
William Taylor, who arrived ia-.i
night from the Kantishna, brought
word that Gus Nelson was insane
and swore to the complaint.
Nelson is said to be in a cabin
on Moose creek, under guard of a
couple of Kantishna prospectors,
who will look after him until the
marshal arrives to take him in cu -
tody.
Moose creek is a tributary of h •
Clearwater, which in turn is a tribu
tary of the Toklat. The cabin •
which Nelson is being looked after
is approximately eighty miles from
Nenana.
MEXICANS REPRODUCE
CRIME BEFORE COURT
Jl'ARKZ, Mix.—Ric n-truc'
o fth“ crim - a r
- f M ‘ -an murder r- -h h
carried * in det-a'l at thi- cor.- .
sin-, of th.- preliminary feature
Card i Juan At; ' ~ ?
mur.hr of Private 1 - 1 lv
United S'tat s annv.
Thi court procedui -
reproduction of all the d- tai’.* »t
the crime nt its sc-.
■ ri»-v v d--’
fata! shot was fired inti- a r.
kin. representing the h
American soldier atid tl re r v
positions of the
ri r-roduced. the defc ,f t
forced to fire the -h--t -.
have killed the soldier.
JUST LIKE NENANA
With the Amer .an Army of Oc
tior\ 1 me oldlers f
arm of occupation enjoyed th ■ m” ’
est January experienced in Ri- • -
Prussia in the last ten years V
Jan. 17, there had onlv be- •»
idays of freezing weather.
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SEATTLE, Mar. 21.—To meet the
extraordinary emergency arising
from the recent strike of the ship
yards workers, some of whom had
been forced into debt during the
period of idleness enforced by the
strike, a payday, which was the first
since the strike, was announced
today.
Twenty thousand min were on the
pay rools and they, collectively, re
ceived five hundred thousand dollars.
COAL MINERS GIVEN
Dii EARLY
LONDON’ -. i
all business .! , .1
m -g. -.re
m, back from ! 1
n v. . !
lowed b> rro-n who hate
jo! s wa",.,_. f. •
As exception to th r
over fl will be den
and also men who he*
hi m re than m month.
If this scheme is energetically
pusued : is expected that business
will be well equipped with men by
autumn.
■'inite
1 by
y-.-rs.
’! men
i In
Xels Rasmussen, of Circle, ar
rived in Fairbanks from his camp
last night. He is on a business
visit and will probably remain a
f ew days.
The school children of Cordova
recently conducted a tag sale for
the purpose of raising funds for
the school library.
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* TEMPERATURE *
K As reported by the government **
■* observation station, Nenar.a
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* Friday, March 21 •*
* Maxmum .38 above *
*? Minimum . 15 above *?