WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Volume Two member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 14, 1919.
Number 88
RATIFICATION FIGHT IS TAKING FORM
. COMMITTEE TO CONCIDER RAILROAD BILL SOON
REDFIELD~ORDERS ARMING OF BOATS ALONG COAST
DELAY IS SAID
TO HAVE MADE.
COST INCREASE
SEATTLE, July 14—According
to a special dispatch received by the
Post-Intelligencer from its Washing
ton correspondent today, the failure
of Congress to consent to the re
quest of the Interior department for
an increased appropriation for the
Alaska railroad at the time of the
passage of the sundry civil bill, has j
resulted in adding two and quarter'
million dollars to the cost of com- :
pletion, owing to the steadily in- j
creasing cost of material and sup
plies. Had the necessary funds been
available, the Commission could have
purchased needed supplies at figures
considerably under present quota
tions, and it is expected that prices
will be still higher when the pur
chases are finally made possible.
TO CONSIDER BILL SOON.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 14—
The hearings on the bill providing j
for the appropriation of seventeen
million dollars for the completion of
the Alaska railroad will be started
by the house committee on terri-'
tories just as soon as pending pro
hibition enforcment legislation has j
f been disposed of, which, it is ex
pected, will be at an early date.
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WASHINGTON', D. C., July 14—j
The foreign relations committee has !
reported for passage three minor
resolutions asking for information |
from President Wilson and the state '
department relative to certain al-1
leged transactions and developments
of the Paris peace conference.
One of the resolutions seeks in
formation regarding an alleged se
cret treaty between Japan and Ger
many; another wants to know about
the alleged protest made by the Am
erican delegates, Bliss, Lansing and
White, against the Shan Tung set
tlement; and the third asks why
Costa Rica was not permitted to
sign the peace treaty.
MINE INSPECTOR COMES
TO LOOK OVER DISTRICT
Territorial Mine Inspector Robert
J. Sommers arrived at Fairbanks
Saturday night and plans to spend
a month in the district looking over
the mines and everything. This is
his first visit to the Interior since
his appointment as mine inspector, |
and he plans to cover the ground
thoroughly during his stay.
From Fairbanks he probably will
go down river, taking in the camps
along the way, and finishing his tour
at Nome.
Sommers says the coast country.
is very prosperous now, as a result
of fishing activities and a resump
tion of hard rock mining on Gas
tineau channel.
YANKEES TAKE
PARI IN PARIS
NATIONAL DAY
PARIS, July 14.—Thousands of
Allied and American troops, led by
large numbers of wounded soldiers
in civilian clothes, marched tri
umphantly through the streets of
this city today in honor of Bastile
Day, and the city is filled with
visitors from any sections of the re
public, all eager to participate in
the jollification. Hundreds of thou
sands, it is estimated, have been
unable to find shelter, owing to the
overcrowded condition of the hotels
and other stopping places.
Fifteen hundred American troops
appeared in the procession, and Gen
eral Pershing’s personal flag, a scar
let field with a row of four white
stars, was displayed for the first
lime in public.
Arch Decorated.
The Arch of Triumph, through
which the great procession passed,
was decorated with wreaths by Pres
ident Poincare and other notables.
Marshal Joflfre and Generals Foch
and Pershing viewed the paraders
and cheered the soldiers as they
passed.
HOUSE IS UNABLE
TO OUTVOTE VETO
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 14.—
An effort was made in the lower
Souse of Congress this afternoon to
[>ass the agricultural appropriation
Dill over the veto of President Wil
son, but the necessary two-thirds
fote was lacking when the roll was
:alled. The measure was vetoed
last week by the President because
}f the rider providing for the repeal
jf the daylight saving law.
The great need of the funds con
tained in the bill doubtless will force
the house to eliminate the objec
tionable rider.
FID BEMl'
AI LIBEL HML
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., July
14.—Henry Ford was called to the
witness stand today to give testi
mony in the million-dollar libel suit
which was started by him against the
Chicago Tribune.
There are many prominent wit
nesses here, summoned to appear
by both sides to the suit, and the
hearing promises to be fought most
vigorously.
Ole Hjelvic, Kantishna mining
man, was an upbound passenger on
the Johnson launch, leaving this
morning.
PULHAM, Eng., July 14.—The
British dirigible R-34 reached this
city at 6:56 yesterday morning,
completing the round trip between
Europe and America, the first flight
of the kind ever attempted. The
return flight across the Atlantic was
made in 75 hours.
The balloon, -upon its arrival here,
was given a royal reception, despite
I the early hour, and the navigators
are being kept busy receiving the
congratulations of many Britishers,
from the king down.
The entire voyage to and from
the United States was accomplished
without incident such as to interfere
seriously with the flight. Fair
weather prevailed throughout the
homeward flight.
TANANA POINTS
The steamer Alaska, enroute from
Dawson to Fairbanks, started up
the Tanana yesterday afternoon at i
o’clock, with the barges Innoko and
St. Paul in tow, and should reach
Xenana about Wednesday noon. The
boat has 75 tons of upper Yukon
freight for Xenana, but the bulk of
the freight was shipped by way of
St. Michael and picked up at Tan
ana.
The Alaska has 12 passengers for
Fairbanks, two for Xenana, and
three disembarked at Tanana. The
boat also has first and second class
mail from the States.
The passenger list is as follows:
For Xenana: Mrs. Emma Duke,
James Brandon.
For Fairbanks: Mr. and Mrs. Hec
tor B. Calleuwe, M. C. Masterson,
X. D. Hill, Charles Johns, Clarence
Joslin, Carl Joslin, Miss Joslin, Mrs.
F. M. Scott, Miss C. Bosworth, Thos.
B. McDonald.
For Tanana: Joe Wilson, Thos.
Ferguson, Mrs. Ferguson.
UKRAINE TO HOED
OUT TO THE LAST
VIENNA, July 14.—The premier
of the Ukrainian government of
Petlura declares that his country
men will never surrender to the
Polish forces which are now ad
vancing into their country. The
Ukrainians will fight to the bitter
end.
The premier also says his coun
trymen have no intention of joining
the Russian federation.
ITALIAN ARMY IS
RELEASED SLOWLY
ROME, July 14.—According to
official figures made public today by
the war department, nearly two
million two hundred thousand Italian
soldiers have been demobilized since
the signing of the armistice, and
the work of releasing the men is
now proceeding at a rapid rate.
There are upwards of two million
men still in the service.
REDFIELD WILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 14.—
Instructions have been issued by
Secretary of Commerce Redfield for
the immediate arming of all vessels
operating in Alaska waters under
the jurisdiction of his department.
The list includes all vessels connect
ed with the fisheries, lighthouse, and
coast survey services.
The purpose of this order is to
enable the boats to assist in catch
ing fish pirates, who are causing con
siderable trouble along the coast of
Alasak.
The cruiser Marblehead, which was
recently despatched to Alaska to as
sist in checking the “flu” epidemic,
has been ordered placed at the dis
posal of Governor Riggs, for such
use as he may designate.
WILSON RECEIVES
MANY AI CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 14.—
For the first time since his return
from France, President Wilson has
thrown the White House open to
visitors, and was kept very busy to
day receiving the many distinguish
ed callers.
Among the visitors were a num
ber of senators who called to con
gratulate the executive upon the
successful conclusion of the Paris
peace conference. An Abyssinian
delegation, sent to the United States
to congratulate the President upon
the success of the Allied arms, also
called.
During the afternoon, the Presi
dent sent a message to France, in
regard to the celebration of Bastile
Day.
SEATTLE, July 14.—A Wash
ington dispatch to the Post-Intel
ligencer, received this afternoon,
states that the house elections com
mittee is considering a resolution
introduced by Representative Albert
H. Vestal, Republican, of Indiana,
providing for an extension of time
in which Judge Wickersham may
take testimony in his delegate con
test.
t It is expected that a decision on
the bill will be reached within a
few days.
IREAIY DEBATE
IN THE SENATE
WASHINGTON', D. C., July 14.—
With both sides arrayed for battle
on the treaty ratification question,
the senate resumed its deliberations
this morning, Senator Claude A.
Swanson, Democrat, of Virginia,
opening the debate in favor of
ratification.
In his opening remarks, he de
clared that if America rejected the
League of Nations covenant, she
would shirk in the greatest world
crisis that ever occurred. Should
any conflict arise, he said, between
the provisions of the covenant and
the Monroe Doctrine, the covenant
would be annulled in so far as
America is concerned.
The senator spoke for several
hours and advanced many forceful
arguments why the treaty should be
ratified in the form in which it was
presented by the President.
At the conclusion of the Peter
Vachon fur case late Saturday aft
ernoon, at Fairbanks, Commissioner
Reed Heilig ordered the defendant
bound over to the district court for
trial, placing his bonds at $3,000,
which were immediately furnished.
It is expected that the case will be
called by Judge Bunnell during the
fall term of court.
The charge against Vachon is that
he offered beaver'skins to the post
office at Tolovana for transportation
to the States, the offense being a
misdemeanor, for which the defend
ant may be fined, if he is found
guilty.
The chief task of the prosecution,
according to information received by
The News, will be to prove that the
skins were taken after the enact
ment of the law protecting beaver,
the contention of Vachon being that
all the skins seized were in his pos
session when the law became ef
fective. And it is geenrally admit
ted that it will be a difficult task
for the proscution to prove other
wise. The statute has the appear
ance of being another case of ama
teur legislation.
LANSING ENROUTE HOME;
HAS SAILED FROM BREST
BREST, July 14.—Secretary of
State Lansing sailed for the United
States today on the steamship Rot- j
t^-dam. He is to be relieved in j
Paris by Acting Secretary Polk.
The Douse launch Victory left
Fairbanks at 1 o’clock today with
several passengers for Nenana.
The discovery of the bodies of
several dogs in an eddy of the
Tanana river, a few miles above
Nenana, this morning, by Fisherman
Green, started Commissioner Mc
Donald, Deputy Marshal Hagan,
Billy Butler and several others on
a hurried trip up the river this
afternoon, the report of Green in
dicating that he had seen the bodies
of two humans close to shore. He
had not ventured close to the bank,
and at a distance the partially sub
merged bodies appeared to bear
some resemblance to humans.
The Commission launch, which
took the searchers up the river, soon
reached the place indicated by
Green, and upon close examination
the bodies were found to be those
of several dogs, three or four of
them, and all appearing to be fast
ened together, as if by a harness
and pull rope, although the harness
was not actually distinguished. Aft
er having satisfied themselves that
the bodies were not those of human
beings, the officers did not make
further examination.
After returning to town, it oc
curred to the searchers that the
dogs probably belonged to the team
lost through the ice near Wood river
last spring by Jack Adams.
When the report was first brought
to town, it was believed that more
of the Flier victims had been found,
there being several yet unaccounted
for.
WARSHIPS HOLD
FACTIONS QUIET
AT FUME CITY
VIENNA, July 14.—'The presence
of French troops and French and
Italian warships at Fiume has been
sufficient to restore order at Fiume,
where, several days ago, there was
danger of serious disorders. The
French soldiers have not been re
quired to leave their barracks. The
Allied vessels, which are anchored
in the harbor, include two French
and two Italian warships. 9
The city has been plastered with
handbills reading:, “Italy or Death.’’
All the Jugo-Slav signs, which pre
viously adorned the buildings, have
been removed.
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