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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1919.
WHOLE NUMBER 290
ASQUITH MAY BE LEAGUE PRESIDENT
CLEVELAND CLOTHING WORKERS OUT ON STRIKE
• AMERICAN PLANE TO TRY TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT
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NATIONS' LEAGUE
LONDON, Mar. 19.—The Daily
Mirror, commenting on the League
of Nations, says that there is a
strong feeling in diplomatic and
( political circles in favor of inviting
Herbert Asquith to become the first
president of the League of Nations.
The Right Honorable Herbert
Henry Asquith was prime minister
and first lord of the treasury of
Great Britain from 1908, being suc
ceeded as premier by David Lloyd
George, the present incumbent of
that office.
TEXAS RANGERS
HAVE ARRESTED
VILLA OFFICER
EL PASO. Mar. 19.—Texas rang
ers today arrested Federico Cervan
tes, a former Villa chieftan while
he was about to cross the border
He was taken into custody at a point
about 43 miles south of El Paso.
Cervantes was on his way to re
join Francisco Villa, who. it is re
ported, is preparing to resume his
activities again.
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LOXDOX, Mar. 19.—A bill has
been introduced in the House of
Lords providing for the conversion
of public bars, throughout the king
* dom, into social halls, where re
freshments, both liquid and solid
will be served, and where music and
dancing will be permitted.
Children, accompanied by their
parents or guardians, are to be per
mitted to frequent these public bars.
The brewers of Great Britain are
reported to be strongly supporting
the measure.
YANKEE OFFICER HAS
HISTORICAL BILLET
COBLENZ.—Major General Jo
seph Dickson, commander of the
Third American army, is "billeter”
within a stone’s throw of the spot
where King Wilhelm of Truss.a
was standing July 14. 1870. when
he heard of the declaration of war
by France against Prussia The
spot, now overgrown by a clump
of shrubbery and marked by a
suitably carved granite tablet, is
in the Kaiserin Augusta promenade
in Coblenz, on the west bank of
the Bhine where the king had just
landed after crossing the river from
♦ Ems.
General Dickman’s “billet” is a
three-story house—one of the finest
residences in Rhenish Prussia. The
^ home is the property of Wilheim
von Oswald, an extensive mine
owner, who has “gone away foi
the winter.”
Next door to General Dickman’s'
temporary home is another fine
residence, also taken over by the
Army of Occupation, being used for
the accommodation of other Ameri
can generals visiting Coblenz now
and then.
PARIS, Mar. 19.—The Chamber
of Deputies has authorized the re
moval of all the special fortifica
tions which were erected at great
expense around Paris, shortly after
the commencement of hostilities.
These fortifications include 21
miles of solid masonry walls, inter
spersed with powerful batteries,
guarding the water system of the
town: seventeen detached forts at
intervals of two miles beyond this
wall, and a third outer girdle of
fortresses. 73 miles in length, built
on the heights commanding the
greater portion of the valley of the
Seine.
NEW YORK, Mar. 19.—A convoy
of three ships, composed of the
United States cruisers Seattle and
Charleston, and the transport Har
risburg. arrived this morning from
Brest, France.
The three vessels, between them,
brought 5396 soldiers from “over
there.”
STRIKERS QUIET
IN LAWRANCE NOW
LAWRENCE, Mass., Mar. 19.—
Although the striking workmen con
tinue picketing, there have been no
attempts of any disorderly conduct
on their part today.
There are several soldiers, who
have but recently been discharged
from the army, in the ranks of the
strikers.
SECOND CLASS MAIL IN
FAIRBANKS LAST NIGHT
A shipment of delayed second
class mail arrived in Fairbanks last
night on the Brower stage.
Nenana's share of it was shipped
on the Burgess auto today.
Intel—The Gitieij to McKinljy
national Park.
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PLANE WILL MAKE
FLIGHL ACROSS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
WASHINGTON. Mar 19.—Lieut
enant Commander Bellinger, of the
United States navy, has received
orders to prepare one of the r.ava’
seaplanes for a flignt across the
Atlantic ocean. The flight is to
take, place sometime in May.
The plans made for conducting
the trans-Atlantic flight include the
placing of destroyers along the
route, to be use in case of emerg
ency.
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LONDON, Mar. -19.—A despatch
: from Berlin received in this city
today states that eight German
vessels, included among which are
the gigantic liners Kaiserin Augnste
Victoria. Cleveland, Graf Waldersee,
and the Pretoria have already left
Hamburg.
They are all bound for an Allied
, port, where they will be loaded up
! with foodstuffs for Germany.
WIRELESS PHONE
ACROSS AMI
LONDON, Mar. 19.—Announce
ment was made this morning by the
Marconi company that wireless tele
phone communication has been es
tablished between Ireland and Can
ada.
FRANCE 10 HAVE
CEMENT VESSELS
PARIS.—The Comafran I. which
has been launched on the Seine, is
the first of what is expected to be
a large fleet of cement ships to be
in France this spring, mainly to
carry coal from England. These
ships are of a standard type of
about 1,000 tons displacement and
the French are proud of the fact
that all the material used in the
construction of this first unit of
their new cement fleets was produced
in France. The Comafran I is
French built throughout, down to
the smallest detail. The steel used
in the construction framework was
scrap metal from the battlefields.
The vessel was launched stem first,
said to be the first time this has
been accomplished with a cement
ship of this tonnage. Many French
shipbuilding experts had expressed
fears of mishaps, but nothing un
toward occurred
Charles N. Graham has been ap
pointed timekeeper of camp 1, gen
eral. He took up his new duties
| yesterday,
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FACTORY HANDS
OUT ON STRIKE
FOR MORE WAGES
CLEVELAND, O., Mar. 19—Four
thousand men’s clothing- -workers,
representing the employees of forty
factories in this city, went out on
strike today.
The strikers demand a thirty per
cent wage increase, a seven and
cne-half hour day, and a recognition
of the clothing workers’ union.
PARIS. Mar. 19.—Lord Robert
Cecil, a prominent British diplomat,
in an interview accorded American
and British newspaper correspond-'
ents today, said that the inclusion
of the League of Nations ir. to the,
final peace treaty will not delay
the signing of it. and that it was
hoped that the actual signing of
of the peace treaty will be accom
plished in about two weeks time
He said that if the Monroe Doc
trine means what he thinks it to
be, the League of Nations strength
ens, rather than weakens it, and de
clared that, despite the League of
Nations, no other country has a right
to infringe upon the powers of the
Monroe Doctrine.
ODESSA OUTLOOK
VERT CRITICAL
LONDON, Mar. 19.—Official re
1 ports recieved in this city today state
that the situation at Odessa is very
critical.
The rumors which were current
here, to the effect that the Allied
forces were evacuating the city of
Odessa, although not officially con
firmed, are not denied.
CUBA SENDS MINISTER
TO MEXICAN CAPITAL
MEXICO CITY.—The Cuban
charge here, Luis Santemariay Calvo
is quoted as saying that Dr. Eze
quiel Garcia Ensenat, soon will
leave Havana for Mexico City. Dr.
Ensenat was appointed minister to
Mexico nearly a year ago but has
never assumed his duties.
General Heriberto Jara, who lonr
ago was appointed Mexican minister
to Cuba, is said to be ready to sail
from Vera Cruz for Havana, but
no official confirmation of this re
port has been given by the Mexi
can government.
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BAVARIA USING FLAGS
FOR CLOTHING NOW
MUNICH—Bavaria is so short of
material for children’s clothing that
the government has issued an order
confiscating all flags measuring
• more than 20 by 20 inches so as to
jse the material in them for the
manufacture of children's under
wear. A cal! has been issued to the
public to donate unnecessary flags
for the same purpose. It is pre
sumed that the colors will be ex
tracted from the flags before they
ire manufactured into clothing.
The manufacture of flags of any
=ize is forbidden.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 19.—The
war department made announcement
today that practically all of the
units of the Ninety-first division,
which includes Alaskans, have now
been assigned for early convoy
home.
General Pershing reports that the
Forty-second division, also known
as the Rainbow division, will leave
Brest for New York between March
28th and April 19th.
According to word received in
Fairbanks from Ruby, Eli Obrun. an
Englishman, who was recently ar
rested for running an illicit still,
was found guilty of a violation of
the liquor law and a fine of $70‘i
was imposed on him.
He is unable to pay the fine and,
as a consequence, will be brought
to Fairbanks to serve oqt his
sentence.
Deputy Wood, who went down to
Tanana to bring up an insane man
reported by wire today that he
leaves Tanana today for Fairbanks
with the insane man and Eli Obrun.
SWITZERS TO GET
ACCESS TO OCEAN
PARIS, Mar. 19.—The Commis
sion on International Waterways,
appointed by the Inter-Allied Peace
conference, have turned in a favor
able report on the request made
by the government of Switzerland
for navigation facilities on the
Rhine.
The city of Basel or Basle, a
large manufacturing center and one
of the principal cities of Switzer
land, is situated on both sides of
the river Rhine, a short distance
below the point where the river
becomes navigable.
MASSACHUSETTS TOWN
HAS MEMORIAL PARK
WASHINGTON—A park planted
with trees in the heart of the town
is being planned by Clinton, Mass ,
to keep fresh the memory of that
town’s sons who paid the supreme
sacrifice in the war, says a report
to the American Forestry association.
COURSE OF TRUE
LOVE NEVER DID
RUN VERY SMOOIH
SEATTLE. Mar. 19.—Miss Ruth
Garrison, a pretty eighteen-year-old
girl, was placed under arrest today
in connection with the death yester
day, by poisoning, of Mrs Grace
Storrs, an attractive young married
woman, 28 years of age.
Mrs. Storrs died at an emergency
hospital attached to one of the big
department stores of the city, to
which place she was taken on be
coming suddenly and violently ill.
The physicians who attended her
diagnosed the case as one of poison
ing.
Inquiries made by the police, dis
closed the fact that Miss Ruth
Garrison, who admits her love for
Storrs, asked Mrs. Storrs to lunch
with her. at which the matter of a
divorce for Storrs by his wife was
to be discussed.
Miss Garrison ordered the lunch
before Mrs. Storrs arrived at the
appointed place. The coroner who
held ar, enquiry, says that the poison
which caused the death of Mrs
Sterr . was probably in the salad
which Miss Garrison had ordered
to the table prior to the arrival there
of her victim.
Miss Ruth Garrison is a niece of
W. D Esary, president of the Island
Transportation company. Storrs,
with whom she is in love, is a
mechanic of Okanogan county.
It has been suggested that Mrs.
Storrs committed suicide, an event
which is thought to be quite possible,
under the circumstances. A search
ing inquiry is now under way to
determine the guilt or innocence of
Miss Garrison.
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At hall past four o'clock this
morning the Fairbanks fire siren
called out the fighters to the blazing
home of Mike Stepovich (Wise Mikei
on West Fourth street
The fire, which was caused by an
overheated stove pipe, had got to •
much headway and the firemen
were unable to do anything toward
saving it. The house and all its
contents were a total loss. Mike,
who was alone at his home at the
time, was unable to save any of its
contents.
TUESDAY BRIDGE CLUB
HOLDS ENJOYABLE SESSION
The Tuesday Bridge club held one
of their regular meetings at the
home of Mrs. Robert E. Burns last
night. The full quota of member
was present and a most enjoyable
time at their favorite game was
spent.
The meeting, which commenced
at eight o’clock, came to an end
shortly after midnight, with Mrs.
R. G. Southworth holding high
score. Dainty refreshments were
served by the hostess during the
course of the games.
The next meeting of the Tuesday
brige club will be held at the home
of Mrs. R. W. Calderhead.