The Broad Pass Route Is The Short-Cut Route — Saves Mushers Miles and Money
THE NENANA BAIL Y NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1919.
WHOLE NUMBER 274
1 GOTHAM MARINE WORKERS TO STRIKE
LODGE WARNS AMERICANS OF LEAGUE DANGERS
| DEPUTIES URGED TO DEMAND HUN DISARMAMENT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Sena
tor Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massa- j
chusetts, speaking before the Senate1
today, solemnly warned the Ameri-I
can people to weigh carefully the)
constitution of the proposed League!
of Nations.
He urged them to insist upon its |
fundamental revision before accept- j
ing it as final.
He said, that instead of safe
guarding the peace of the world, as
planned, the proposed league would
engender misunderstandings and
strife.
It would, he declared, contra
vene the Monroe Doctrine, which'
America has at all times upheld,'
and strike at American sovereignty;
involve the United States in all
foregin disputes and substitute in
ternationalism for nationalism.
He said that an agreement for
a world peace should be drawn up
calmly and deliberately, and not
while war still exists, as now, and
urged the nation to think well and
deeply before taking such a radical
departure from the policies of
Washington.
Large crowds heard the speech
made by Senator Lodge, who fol
lowed along the lines he had pre
pared before he attended the dinner
conference with President Wilson
at the White House.
In concluding his speech, Senator
Lodge said that there was no point
in the constitution of the proposed
League of Nations which made for
the selection of each individual na
tion’s ideals The delegates to the
proposed leage, he thought, ought
to be elected or named, as am
bassadors are named.
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PROTECTORS
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NEW YORK.—An appeal to
women, released from knitting: for,
the Red Cross, to make protectors |
for wounded soldiers and sailors
who have suffered amputation of i
arms or legs has been issued by
the National Booth Knitting com
mittee of the Navy League, with
headquarters here. A model11 gar
ment” has been knitted by Mrs-, i
Chauncey M. Depew, wife of the
former senator, and approved by
medical officers of the Debarkation ■
Hospital Service, whose institutions!
receive every week hundreds of dis- ■
abled men returning from foreign i
service. \
Men who have undergone ampu
tations suffer from exposure of,
the injured extremity, which is es
pecially tender and susceptible to |
cold, the committee’s statement j
said. Doctors, it added, declare;
that every man thus disabled should ■
wear a protector under his outer
garment, and the committee hopes,!
with the aid of knitters throughoutj
the country, to provide at least'
six for every wounded soldier re
quiring them. i
You can never tell It is quite
possible for a man to he cornered
who isn’t square.
AMERICANS PREPARE
TO INVADE MEXICO
MEXICO CITY.—The department
of commerce and labor has ordered
all Mexican consuls and commercial i
representatives in the United States;
to report immediately on what
articles badly needed in Mexico can
he exported without delay from the
States. Data regarding prices also
is requested.
WILSON RECEIVES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28—Pre
mier Orlando, of Italy, cabled a
personal message to President Wil
son today, in which he declared
that the entire Italian nation under
stand and acclaim with joy his great
value to the world at large.
They also, he said, fully compre
hend the everlasting significance of
the League of Nations, the forma
tion of which was first suggested
by President W7ilson.
The bin excursion to the end of
steel with side trips to the coal
fields and the Eva creek quartz
mines, planned by the Commercial
club, will leave Nenana on Satur
day night.
According to the present plans,
the train carrying the excursionists
will leave the foot of A street
promptly at ten o’clock Saturday
night. Sleeping cars have been ar
ranged for, one of these cars being
set apart for the use of the ladies
of the party. Bunks and mattresses
are provided in the cars and those
going on the excursion will be,
required to bring their blankets1
or robes along.
Arrangements have also been
made for messing privileges at the
A. E. C. messhouse at the Crossing
and meals will be served at regular
meal hours at 75 cents per meal.
Those who wish to go on the
excursion are requested to procure
tickets at the A. E. C. ticket office^
before 5 o’clock tomorrow. Tickets j
will he on sale during office hours;
in the employment office on the i
ground floor of the general office;
building of the A. E. C.
HOWELL DRILL WILL
PROSPECT STEEL CREEK
Sylvester Howell’s keystone drill,
which had been used by Walter
Fisher on his claims on lower Gold
stream, was brought to Fairbanks
yesterday
After being overhauled and thor
oughly repaired, the drill will be
sent to Steel creek, a tributary of
the Chena river, where Howell in
agreement with the owners of the
claims on Steel creek, will thor
oughly prospect for them with the
aid of the drill.
The idealist as well as the aviator!
may have some difficulty in coming
down to earth.
NEW YORK, Feb. 28.—At a
meeting of the executive council ,f
the marine workers, which was held
in this city today, a vote was taken
which resulted in the decision being
arrived at to call a strike of the
harbor workers tomorrow.
Dissatisfaction with the award
made by the National War Labor
Board is the ground on which the
strike is called.
In making its award, the War
Labor Board granted the workers
an eight-hour day but without in
creased wages.
The strike called . for tomorrow
involves sixteen thousand harbor
workers.
PARIS, Feb. 28.—Deputy Re
nault!, a prominent member of the
French Chamber of Deputies, sent
a letter to the chamber in which
he strongly urged the complete and
total disarmament of Germany.
This action, he says, will be the
only safe guarantee against future
aggression by the Germans.
THE t WEST
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 28.—A
fierce blizzard is sweeping through
Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, do
ing considerable damage.
Huge snowdrifts are blocking the
railroads, and several trains are re
ported to be stalled along the line.
Live stock is suffering from the
cold.
RIOTS BREAK OUT
IN MUNICH AGAIN
COPENHAGEN, Feb.. 28.—Ac
cording to reports received in this
city today, rioting is said to have
broken out again in Munich on
Thursday, when three thousand
Spartacan soldiers marched to the
parliament biuldings in an effort
to force the Diet, which was then
in session, to proclaim a soviet re
public.
The Spartacans are reported to
have been dispersed after consider
able fighting in which many on both
sides were killed and wounded.
The force at Kennecott has been
cut down to about 100 men all
told, owing to the fall in the price
of copper and the fact that the
company decided to restrict their
output.
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, NARCOTIC DRUGS
' NOW IN EFFECT
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SEATTLE, Feb. 28.—David Wil
liams. collector of internal revenue,
has sent the following telegram to
the Nenana News today, relative to
a provision of the new revenue law.
“The new revenue law imposes
a stamp tax effective February 25
on all narcotic drugs at the rate of
one cent for each ounce or fraction
thereof. All persons registered
under Harrison narcotic law should
at once order from the collector
of internal revenue, Tacoma, stamps
in number and denomination suffi
cient to stamp up narcotic stock on
hand- The stamps should be af
fixed to the container so as to
effectually seal the stopper covering
or wrapper therof, and should be
cancelled by noting thereon the
initials of the person using the
stamps and the date on which af
fixed narcotics may hereafter be
sold or distributed only in or from
the original stamped container.”
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I1ASEL, Switzerland, Feb. 28.—
According to reports received in
this city today, business and pro
fessional men in several German
towns are being urged to go on
strike, as a means of meeting the
strike of the working classes.
GOVERNMENT WILL
! KEEP RAILROADS
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1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 28—Direct
or Genera] of Railroads Hines with
the npproval of President Wilson,
announced today that the raiIroa<|s
of the country, which are at present
controlled by the government, will
not be relinquished to their owners
until the powers now controlling
the railroads be afforded an oppor
tunity to see whether a constructive,
permanent program of legislation
is likely to be adopted within a
reasonable time.
HOOVERIZING BUG
RELEASED FROM CUSTODY
Serga Samsonal, who was recently
arrested at Fairbanks and held at
the detention hospital, pending an
1 investigation as to his sanity, was
released from custody yesterday,
the physicians having reported that
he is sane
Samsonal acted queerly when ar
rested and said that he believed m
Hooverizing and had starved him
self for three days prior to his
arrest.
Joe Van Orsdel was a passenger
to Fairbanks on the Karstens auto
i this morning, on a brief business
trip.
TALLEST SMOKESTACK IN
THE WORLD AT WASHOE
ANACONDA.—The last brick was
laid recently in the tallest smoke
stack in the world. The new stack
is located at the Washoe smelter.
It is 585 feet 1 1-2 inches high;
its base of reinforced concrete is 86
feet outside diameter. The stack
contains 6,672,214 brick and 62,
845 sacks of cement. In comparison
with this monster stack the Tacoma
smelter stack is 572 feet 10 1-2
inches high; that in Japan 570; and
that at (ireat Falls, Mont 510 feet
in height.
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 28.-Ac
cording to the reports received in
this city today, German government
troops occupied the town of Ham
born, in the Fuhr industrial region,
, following a stiff fight with the
Spartacan forces.
i A large number of the Spartacans
were killed by the government
troops, who also took one hundred
and sixteen Spartacans prisoner.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 28—Joseph
Tumulty, secretary to President
Wilson, formally denied that Presi
dent Wilson had told members of
the Congressional Foreign Relations
committee last Wednesday that the
Irish question was a matter strictly
between England and Ireland; and
that Ireland is to have no voice
in the peace conference at present.
A statement to this effect has
been made by at least one com
mitteman, and this is charged as
a deliberate falsehood by Secretary
Tumulty.
Mr. Tumulty absolutely refused
to discuss the matter further and
would not say whether President
Wilson said anything about Ireland
to the Congressional Foreign Rela
tions committee.
BY COLD WAVE
LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 28.—A cold
wave hit the state today, and tem
peratures ranging from 16 below
zero to 2 below zero are reported
from various parts of the state.
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PRESIDENT ill
SI FOR FRANCE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Presi
dent Wilson sails for France on
board the transport George Wash
ington on Wednesday.
He will speak at New York on
Tuesday on the subject of the
, la-ague of Nations. Former Presi
■ dent Taft will also speak at the
meeting.
The President expects (o go to
Philadelphia early on Tuesday to
visit his daughter, Mrs. Sayre and
his now grandson, and will return
to New Yorfl in time to speak at
the meeting.
He will spend te night on board
the transport George Washington.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Eng
land, France and the United States
have stopped all foreign exchange
transactions between their respect
ive countries and Russia.
This measure has been taken in
order that the financial propaganda
of the Bolsheviki may be cut short
abruptly, and their activities curbed.
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The regular weekly meeting of
the Ncnana Commercial club will
be held at the club chambers in
the Union Hall tonight; the meeting
to be called to order promptly at
8 o’clock, to which a full attend
ance is requested
Business of great importance will
be up for discussion and any mem
ber having any suggestion to make
along' lines that will tend to the
betterment of conditions, in the dis
trict, and along development lines,
is requested to do so, and the
matter will be fully discussed and
the suggestion adopted |f found
feasible.
Members of the club who plan
on going out to the end of steel
Saturday night are urged to be
present at the meeting tonight in
order that the excursion committee
may make final arrangements with
them.
The arrangements to be made are
relative to the accommodation of
those who may wish to make the
trip over the divide and into the
watershed of the Totatlanika from
the Crossing.
Arthur Williams, of the Arcade
Cafe, Fairbanks, arrived in town
on.the auto this evening on a brief
business visit. He will be among
the excursionists leaving town for
theend of steel tomorrow night.
Mrs. Alex Simson, who has been
. visiting her sister-in-law Mrs. Lip
ir.on Simt >n fo- the past few days,
left on the auto for her home ii»
[Fairbanks this morning.