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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1919.
NO. 225
BLISS HAS SCHEME FOR SAVING EUROPE
CHICAGO FUEL COMPANIES ARE BOOSTING PRICES
IENKINS MAY BE HELD BY MEXICO ON SERIOUS CHARGE
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WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 24—
An unusually quiet Christmas is in
prospect for the White House this
year, because of the illness of
President Wilson. No visitors are
expected, not even the daughters of
the President, who had planned to
spend the holiday at the presiden
tial mansion with their children.
Mrs. Wilson is superintending the
decoration of the White House, but
there will be no Christmas tree or
festivities of any sort.
Mrs. Wilson will serve the Presi
dent’s dinner in his room.
Hundreds of gifts and cards are
coming from al! parts of the nation.
CHICAGO REPORTS
HUGE XMAS SALES
CHICAGO, Dec. 24—The mer
chants of this city report an un
usually heavy Christmas trade, sales
thus far recorded exceeding those
of any previous Christmas season
in the history of Chicago.
Jewelers say that all records have
been broken already, and they ex
pect to dispose of many more thou
sands' of dollars’ worth of Christ
mas goods before midnight. One
firm reports the sale of a pear!
necklace for $275,000, and rings
are selling at from $3,000 to $5,
000.
The jewelers say that people are
buying jewelry this year who never
indulged in such purchases before.
AMERICAN WHISKY TO
BE SENT TO EUROPE
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Deo. 24.—
Southern distiller? are planning r<i
ship large quantities of their liquors
to Germany. France, and Belgium.
BAKERSFIELD BOY
OUTPOINTS WOLGAST
BAKERSFIELD. Dee. 24—Billy
Alvarez, a local boy, was awarded
a decision here last night in a bout
with Ad Wolgast, former lightweight
champion.
COONEY REPORTS GOOD
TRIP FROM COAST END
Mike Cooney, who arrived at the
end of steel yesterday from Tal
keetna with three passengers, re
ports a very -atisfactory round trip,
having covered the distance from
the canyon to Talkeetna and return
in twelve days. The trail, he says,
is getting better all the time, as the
result of increased travel.
Mr. Cooney is not yet certain
when he will start back, but prob
ably will get away within the next
few days.
The passengers brought over on
this trip were Robert Donaldson,
B. H. Earndollar. and a Mr. Smith,
a Sar. Francisco fur buyer.
PROPER FOOD DISTRIBUTION
ADVOCATED FOR EUROPEANS
NEW YEAR'S GAME
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j PASADENA, Cal., Dec. 24.—Ore
; gen football authorities, who are in
jthis city watched the Oregon eleven
I get into shape for the big match
•with Harpard, believe that the Web
; footers have a good chance to win
jthe game.
They claim that the eleven is
: stronger than the Oregon team that
I defeated Pennsylvania here, 14 to 0,
in 1917.
iREAL XMAS WEATHER
THRUUGHOUT NATION
WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 24.—
Rea! Christmas weather throughout
the country is predicted by the
weather bureau for tomorrow. The
forecast indicates snow flurries for
the Northern, Atlantic, Middle and
Western states, with mild tempera
tures everywhere.
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Mis? Nellie K. Wilson, member of
the Fairbanks office staff of the
Alaskan Engineering commission,
came down from Fairbanks on yes
terday’s train to spend the Christ
mas holiday in Nenana.
B, H. Bamdollar, in the employ
of the Alaskan Engineering com
missionas examiner of accounts, will
arrive in Nenana th's evening from
Anchorage, having made the trip
over the Broad Pass trail with Mike
Cooney. He is a passenger on to
day’s train from the end of steei
and probably will be in Xenar.a for
some time.
Invitations have been issued for a
big Christmas party to he held at
the Browne cottage tomorrow night.
The affair is for bachelors and
bachelor girls.
Bill Kelly and Miss F.Hiott were
married at Brooks recently by U. S.
Commissioner Atwell.
The businessmen of Fairbanks
say that this year’s Christmas sales
will equal those of last year, not
withstanding a decrease in popula
tion.
—
Pat O’Connor, Jack Sullivan, Cal
Franklin. Billy Lynn, and Theodore
Kettleson arrived in Fairbanks yes
terday afternoon from the Tolo
vana district, for the holidays.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 24.— '
General Tasker H. Bliss, member
of the American peace delegation,
who has just returned to this city
from Paris, declares that Europe's
most pressing need at the present
time is a pooling of food supplies,
and the establishment of proper fa
cilities for distribution, under a
director-general.
Such an arrangement, in the
opinion of the army officer, would
quickly eliminate discontent, which
Sis much in evidence throughout Eu
rope, and materially strengthen the
morale of the people.
The arrangement, he says, should
'include Germany, since an element
' of discontent would result if the
German nation were to be left out.
Bliss does net see a chance to in
clude Russia, however, in the plan
of food distribution. But he says
.that if the present so-called Russian
government would piay fair with
the rest of the world for thirty
days, so that food supplies could be
sent to Russia, he is confident the
Russian situation would be changed
completely.
General Bliss suggests that a man
like Herbert Hoover be named to
superintend the distribution of sup
plies. It is a man-size job. he says,
and a big man should be selected
for the work.
COAL BARONS BOOST
PRICE TO CONSUMER
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CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—In spite of
orders issued by the Government,
forbidding an advance in the price
of coal, several fuel companies of
this city have announced an ad
vance of from 30 to 35 cents a ton
on the retail price of coal mined
since the settlement of the coal
strike, the object being apparently
to make up the 14 percent wage in
crease granted to the miners
The operators contend that the
Government order forbidding in
creased prices is not retroactive,
and that the advance in price an
nounced by them applies only to
coal contrated for before the strike.
The matter is now receiving the
attention of federal officials and 't
is expected that steps will be taken
to prevent the carrying out of the
new price plans.
JENKINS IS NOT FREE VET
EL PASO, Tex.. Dee. 24.—The
claim is made by newspapers of
Mexico City that it is the inte^lion
of the Mexican government to
charge American Consular Ap’ent
Jenkins with sedition as a result of
his alleged surrender of munition0
to the bandits who held him cap
tive.
Jenkins is still out on bail, the
! original case against him not yet
having been disposed of.
CHRISTMAS PACKAGE
CONCEALS BUM BOMB
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 24.—The
police of this city are searching)
for the man who mailed an in- j
fernal machine to Fred Fink, Seat-'
tie musician. The contrivance was
disguised as a Christmas package
and was opened by Sirs. Fink when
handed to her by the postman.
Luckily, the spring attachment
failed to work when the wrapper
was removed, otherwise the recipi
ent would have been blown to
pieces.
DICK KETZLER FINED
FOR GAME VIOLATION
—
Dick Ketzler was fined $100 and
costs by Commissioner R. S. Mc
Donald yesterday for exceeding the'
game limit. He was accused by
Game Warden Steve Foster of bag
ging 21 caribou in the Tokiat coun
try. Most of the meat was dis
posed of in town.
CANADIAN STRIKER
WILL GO 10 PRISON
WINNIPEG, Man., Dec. 24.—K.
B. Russel, one of the leaders of the
genera! strike which tied up Canadi
an industries several months ago.
has been convicted on seven counts
charging him with sedition and con
spiracy.
The trial was watched with keen
interest throughout the Dominion,
and the conviction, it is believed,
will have a wholesome effect on
strike agitators.
MEXICANS PLANNING '
TO INCREASE TRADE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 24 —
It has come to the attention of
state department officials that Mexi
co is planning closer trade rela
tions with Central and South Am
erica. A delegation, of Mexican
businessmen wull leave ,^oon for a
tour of the various Southern cities
to investigate conditions.
WHISKY CACHE
IS SEEN FROM
ILLINOIS HOME
CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—A cache of
whisky valued at $15,000 was stolen
this week from the summer home
of G. R. Ackert, a Chicago broker,
during the absence of the owner.
The house is located at Lake Forest,
a suburb of this city.
The robbers tied the butler by
the thumbs and locked Aekert’s
chauffeur in a closet, after which
they loaded the whisky on to motor
trucks and disappeared.
IAPANESE OBJECT
PARIS, Dec. 24.—Objection has
been made by the Japanese peace
delegates to the form of mandate
under which the former Germaa
colonies in the Pacific are to be
administered.
They claim the restrictions pro
posed in the mandates awarded t
Japan are greater than the Ger
mans observed.
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Christmas will be celebrated a:
Chatanika tonight with a Christina
tree, entertainment and dance.
It is expected that tonight’s train
will bring in a large number of rail
road workers fur the Christmas holi
day.
Deputy Marshal .Anders, of Hut
Springs, who was in Fairbanks this
week on official business, left for
his station yesterday.
Deputy Marshal Poppel, of 'ircle,
arrived in Fairbanks yesterday to
spend Christmas with his father.
Mrs. John Vachon and children
arrived in Fairbanks yesterday from
their home at the mouth of the
Tolovana river. They will spend
seveial days with Mr. Vachon, who
is a patient in the Fairbanks hos
pital.
G. Ziemer cut his hand severely
today while at work on a Christmas
tree. The blade of the knife he
was using made a deep cut in the
fleshy part of the hand, between the
thumb and first finger. Seven
stitches were required to mend the
injury.
Henana. Alaska's Interior Pnel Depot
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BOSTON, Dec. 24.-- In an ail
dress delivered in this city today.
Senator Sherman, of Illinois, praised
the Wilson administration for the
manner in which the transport Bu
ford was loaded down with radicals
and despatched to Soviet Russia.
j“That was' the best piece of work
the present administration has
done,” declared the senator. And
he expressed the hope that the good
work would continue until the cou.i
jtry is rid of all such agitators.
In the opinion of Sherman, all
\aliens should be deported if they uo
Inot become American citizens after
they have been in America for a
[certain length of time.
HOQLTAM. Wash., Dec. 24. W
iD. Henderson, a miner, is reported
!to have made a discovery of coarse
gold in the beach sands between the
iQuinault reservation anl Hop river.
'Prospecting i~ .-aid to have indicated
the presence f gold along five milt-'
'of the beach and a big rush to the
locality i- now in prigre.-s
Henderson says the gold reserr.
bles the gold found on the Nom
beach.
PERSHING WILL VISIT
SCENE OF COLLEGE DAYS
LINCOLN', Neb., De 24 Gen
eral Pershing will visit this city be
fore he proceeds to the Pa- It:
coast. Twenty-five years ago he
was a law student at the University
of Nebraska.
ALASKAN OUTFITTER
IS DEAD IN STATES
SEATTLE. Dee. 24. Clinton C
Filson, a pioneer Alaskan outfitter,
died today at Hot Springs, Oregon.
BILLY FORD IMPROVED
BY BATHS AT SPRINGS
According to a telegram received
.yesterday by O. M. Jackson, of The
Portland, the condition of Billy
i Ford has been so greatly improved
by bathing in the waters of Chena
Hot Springe that the patient is now
able to walk, unassisted. The tele
gram was sent by Pat Herold, who
accompanied Ford to the springs.
At the time he left Nenana, Ford
was in a helpless condition, the
resu’t of rheumatism, which he con
tracted last summer on the lower
river. He spent some time at the
Government hospital, and finally was
sent to the springs by hie Nenana
friends.
Richard Rothenburg came down
from Fairbanks on yesterday’s train
to spend Chrfstmas with his brother
and sister-in-law, Mayor and Mrs.
Oscar Rothenburg.