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BUY A VICTORY BOND — THERE’S A REASON
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME TWO MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, MAY 5, 1919. NUMBER 30
TREATY IS DISAPPOINTING TO BELGIANS
REPUBLICANS TO MEET A T CAPITAL THIS MONTH
' HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER KUN CREATES PANIC
ITALIAN STATUS
■ FORCED RETURN
OF RELEGATION
PARIS, May 5.—Italy's status as
one of the five great allied pow
ers in the peace pact with the
centra! powers was brought into
question by the withdrawal of the
Italian delegates from the peace
conference.
It is believed that this questior
of status forced Italy to accept the
invitation of the other allied powers
to return to Paris.
It is expected that the Austriai
delegates will arrive in Versailles
v about the middle of May, for the
purpose of negotiating peace.
LOST MON
ONLY ISOLATED
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NEW YORK, May 5. — Major
General Robert Alexander, who re
turned to the States recently frotr
active service overseas, declared to
day that America's famous lost bat
talion, during its heroic stand in the
Argonne forest, was under a heavj
covering fire from the French bat
teries.
The French believed that the
Americans had surrendered, bu'
General Alexander said that the\
were neither lost nor rescued, bu
were onlv isolated for a short time
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CLOSE FINISH IN
ANNUAIJEGATTA
OAKLAND, Cal., May 5— At th<
annual inter-university boat rac«
held here Saturday, the main even)
was won by the University oi
Washington crew, by a superhumar
spurt put forth for the last fiftj
feet of the course. California was
leading then by a small margin; the
spurt bringing the Washington boa)
a nose ahead at the finish. The
Leland Stanford University (Pale
Alto) crew finished the race fifteen
lengths astern of the winning boat.
In the freshman race, California
won, with Washington second and
Stanford third.
VETERANS’ ENCAMPMENT
AT BELLINGHAM SOON
BELLINGHAM, Wash., May 5 —
The Alaska Spanish-American war
veterans will hold their annual en
campment here on June 12.
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BELGIUM VEXED
AT TREATY TERMS
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BRUSSELS, May 5.—Belgium is
to sign the treaty prepared by the
allied powers, in spite of the fact
that the general feeling throughout
the country is one of great dissat
isfaction at the terms imposed.
The people feel that the finan
cial, economic and territorial as
pects of the peace pact are emi
nently unsatisfactory from a Bel
gian viewpoint, and they believe
that the treaty will not guarantee
i the Belgians their rights.
PLANES FOR TRIP
ACROSS ATLANTIC
DAMAGED BY FIRE
NEW YORK, May 5—A fire
broke out at the Rockaway Beach
hangar today and did some damage
;to naval seaplanes Nos. 1 and 4
ere they could be moved to a place
of safety.
These two planes had been select
ed by the naval flyers who intend
ed to make a start tomorrow for
St. Johns, N. F., on the first leg
. of their transatlantic flight.
The planes, which sustained slight
damage only, may be repaired in
time to permit of the start as
scheduled.
JAPAN TO RETAIN
GERM! JtDINGS
PARIS, May 5.—Baron Makino,
the head of the Japanese peace
delegation, declared today that
Japan will return the Shantung
Peninsula to China, retaining only
the economic privileges formerly
held by Germany in the peninsula,
and the right to establish a settle
ment at Tsing Tao.
FAIRBANKSlCE
STILL HOLDING
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According to advices received
this afternoon from Fairbanks, the
official breakup had not occurred
.there at 12:30 p. m. today.
The water in the slough is re
ported to have risen about an inch
higher than the level registered
yesterday, and the big event is ex
pected to take place at any mo
ment
Quite a large stretch of open
water exists in the slough from a
point a little distance above the
Nordale, and quite a stream of
water is said to be flowing on the
Garden Island side of the slough.
The temperature registered was i
65 above at noon today, and the i
day is said to be clear and warm. I
William McDonald went out oi
the train this morning to the cami
at the Crossing (43-mile) when
he will be stationed for the summer
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 5.—
The bombs sent broadcast through
the mails on May Day were sent
to the bureau of mines for analy
sis, and the experts of the bureau
stated today that, after a careful
analysis of the contents of a great
many of the bombs, they are thor
oughly convinced that the gelatin
dynamite used was of American
manufacture.
The authorities expect to be able
to trace the perpetrators of the at
tempted bomb outrages through the
firm manufacturing the explosive
TREATY THURSDAY
—
PARIS, May 5.—The Germans
are to be given a copy of the fina'
peace treaty on Thursday.
The Echo de Paris states that
it learns that France will be given
absolute control of the Saar Valley
coal mines.
The Saar coal mines are in the
immediate neighborhood of the
town of Saarbruken, in Southern
Rhenish Prussia, near the frontier
between that province and Lorraine.
BRITT 10 REFEREE
SEATTLE, May 5.—Jimmy Britt,
the former lightweight champion of
the world, is to act as referee in
a boxing match which will take
place here tomorrow night, at a
vaudeville show, between Mickey
King, a soldier, and Bartfield Britt.
The fire which had been burning
stedily for the past few days on
the hillside across the river had al
most spent itself last night, when
the rain came down and extin
guished it altogether.
It was first seen a few days ago
as it came over the crest of the
hill and burned steadily downward
in a long, snake-like line of flames,
which in some places had almost
reached the water's edge ere the
rain came down last night.
As a protective measure, back!
fires were started from Camp 415,'
the Indian village and the two
cemeteries on the hillside yester
day morning, and any damage that
threatened was thereby averted.
Special Disbursing Agent Frank
Doner returned to town this morn
ing from a business trip out the1
line.
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TOURIST TRAVEL
IN ALASKA 10 BE
BIG THIS SEASON
SEATTLE. May 5.—The officials
of the White Pass company an
nounced today that their steamers
Yukon and Casca will leave 'White
horse June 4. on the midnight sun ‘
excursion trip to Fort Yukon.
The first steamboat for the season
is expected to leave lower Lebarge
in about two weeks’ time.
The company also announces that
indications point to the fact that
the tourist travel this season will be ;
very large.
ITALIANS WILL
RETURN 10 PARIS
PARIS, May 5.—Premier Orlando
and Foreign Minister Sonnino of
Italy will accept the invitation ex
tended them by the supreme coun
cil of the Interallied Peace Confer
ence to return to Paris.
It is expected that the Italian
delegation, which includes the two
cabinet officers mentioned, will leave
Rome for Paris tonight.
CONSIDERED SAFE
The breakup on the Xenana river
is reported ot have been quite a
tame affair in comparison with that
of last year. Most of the ice would
appear to have become thoroughly
honeycombed, and, as a consequence,
the damage resulting from its
movement has been, so far, infini
tesimal.
Fears were entertained, earlier
in the season, for the safety of
the big bridge across the N'enana
river at 43 mile, as the water there
is very swift, and also owing to
the fact that, by reason of the
boulder-strewn nature of the river
bottom, not much penetration was
obtained for the oiles driven to
support the bridge.
The latest reports from out the
line, however, would indicate that
the ice has pactically gone out
from the neighborhood of the
bridge, and that all but about 100
feet of it on either side of the
bridge st.ill remains. The small ice
floes coming down the river now
are soft and break easily into small
particles against the piling. The
ice clinging to the piling is being
steadily w'ashed out and it is ex
pected that it will all disappear
soon.
A narrow channel is open in the
center of the river now and no
danger is apprehended from the
movement of the ice on either
shore. Superintendent Packer stat
ed that, in his opinion, the bridge
will sustain no damage from the
ice this season, and that, conse
quently, through traffic from Ne
nana to the coal fields will not be
interrupted. ,
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G.O.P. CONFERENCE
TO BE HELD SOON
WASHINGTON', D. C., May 5.—
Republican state chairmen and na
tional committeemen, both men and
women, are to hold a conference in
this city about May 23d, relative
to the plans of the Republican or
ganization.
Senator Moses of New Hamp
shire issued a statement today urg
ing the nomination of General
Leonard Wood, former chief of
staff of the American army, for
President of the United States.
BILL’S FAILURE
According to advices received
over the phone this afternoon from
Fairbanks, the failure of passage
of the bill carrying an appropria
tion of $43,000 for the Agricultur
al College and School of Mines is
attributed to an innocent blunder
made by Representative Collins of
the Fourth division.
It would appear that the bill, in
its enirety, was passed by the house
and sent to the senate, but was
turned down there. Representative
Collins, who strongly supported the
measure, had retired to bed, when
a joint conference committee met
and decided to let the bill go
through with a $20,000 appropria
tion.
Collins returned to the house;
he was not told of the agreement
arrived at by the joint committee,
and when the bill came up for dis
cussion, just before adjournment,
he insisted on its passage as origi
nally drawn up, with the result
that much valuable time was lost
in the discussion that ensued and
the bill was defeated for lack of
time.
Britt, Casey, Sowerby and White
of the First division and N'oon and
Patterson of the Third division sup
ported thf? Fourth division legisla
tors in their fight for the college
appropriation.
AEROPLANES FOR
HERDING REINDEER
SEATTLE, May 5—Alfred Lomen
of Nome, Alaska, is dickering with
the Boeing Airplane company for
the purchase of airplanes, to be
used for the purpose of herding
reindeer in Alaska.
Lomen made a trial flight yes
terday to test out a type of air
plane he had picked out.
FAIRBANKS FIRE SIREN
IS OUT OF COMMISSION
Advices received from the upper
town this afternoon indicate that
the famous fire siren refused duty
recently, and as a consequence had
to be taken down and sent to the
machine shop for repairs.
In the meantime, the big N. C.
whistle is to be used to sound the
alarm for fires that may occur while
the siren is being repaired.
PANIC CREATEO
AT BUDAPEST BY
SOVIET OFFICER
BERLIX, May 5.—According to
a report received in this city to
day, from reliable sources, as a re
sult of certain statements made by
Bela Kun, the Soviet foreign min
1 ister. one of the greatest panics
ever known in the history of the
city was started.
The report adds that Bela Kun
narrowly escaped violence at the
hands of the soldiers and workmen.
! The nature of the statement
made by Bela Kun is not definite
ly known, but it is thought to have
had reference to the enforcement
| of certain Soviet principles obtain
ing in parts of Russia, in the do
mestic life of Hungarv.
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SEATTLE, May 5. — From as
early as six o’clock this morning
crowds began jamming the court
room here, to listen to the evi
: dence, which promises spicy de
tails, in the trial of Ruth Garrison,
which opened this morning. A great
many women were in the crowds
trying to gain a seat in the court
room.
Miss Ruth Garrison is on trial
for the murder, on March 18th
last, of Mrs. Grace Storrs, to whom
she administered a dose of poison.
Miss Garrison was in love with the
husband of the dead woman.
GANG SENT 10
■ FINISH BR DGES
; On the train leaving this morn
ing a gang of men was sent up to
put in the extra bolts and sway
braces on the railroad bridges be
tween the old camp at 35 mile and
the N'enana crossing at 43 mile.
In order that the roadway may
be finished in the quickest possible
time and through traffic between
Nenana and the coal fields estab
lished, the spaces now occupied by
these bridges were cribbed up and
the line extension made.
The bridges were driven later on
and the finishing touches are now
being put on.
There are only a few bridges
to be thus completed, and it is ex
pected that the work will be com
pleted in about a week’s time.
MRS. ANNA M. SEWARD
IS DEAD IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, May 5.—Mrs. Anna
M. Seward died in this city Sat
urday.
She was the widow of Frederick
Seward, who narrowly escaped death
when his father, former Secretary
of State Seward, who was respon
sible for the purchase of Alaska
from Russia, was attacked at tha
time President Lincoln was assassi
nated.