The Broad Pass Route Is The Short-Cut Route — Saves Mushers Miles and Money
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME TWO MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY^ APRIL 12, 1919- NUMBER 11
SEOUL IS SCENE OF KOREAN MASSACRE
WORKERS OF FRANCE HOSTILE TO LEAGUE FORM
BRITISH FEAR YANKEES WILL CORRAL WORLD TRADE
ARBOR DAY 10
BE NAMED BY
IE
At a meeting of the N'enana Com
mercial club, held at the club cham
bers last night, the question of set
ting apart a day to be known as
Arbor Day was discussed at some
length.
The idea being an excellent one,
as it tends towards making the
town attractive in looks, was adopt
ed, and on motion duly made and
carried, Arbor Day will be a per
manent annual feature in the life
of the town. The naming of the
day has been left over to be de
cided on later, and just as soon
as weather conditions will allow,
and the time is considered pro
pitious for such an undertaking,
the Xenana Commercial club will
fix the date of Arbor Day.
By way of adding to the import
ance of the day and event, a resolu
tion was also adopted whereby the
Xenana school board will be duly
informed of the action to be taken
by the Commercial club and a re
quest made that the school teachers
be asked to observe Arbor Day with
appropriate exercises at the school
and to declare the day a holiday,
so that the school children may also
have an opportunity to participate
in planting trees.
Arbor Day, which is observed
annually in Fairbanks, as well as
throughout the States, is a day set
apart for the purpose of planting
suitable trees in suitable places
around town, especially in the resi
dence sections, which will, in course
of time, add greatly to the attrac
tiveness of the town. It will be up
to Xenanaites, who have the inter
ests of the town at heart to get
busy on Arbor Day and procure
and plant as many attractive look
ing trees as they possibly can, which
will probably not only enhance the
values of their property Put will
also affford shade and be an orna
ment to the town.
Those who would be willing to
plant trees near their residences
are not bound by any hard and fast
rules as to the variety of trees to
be planted, and may procure any
sort of tree from the nearby woods
that may appeal to their fancy.
The birch is suggested as being very
suitable and attractive for this pur
pose. Young birch can be easily
procured, and when in leaf it is one
of the most attractive of the many
varieties of Alaskan flora.
The town of Fairbanks with its
beautiful, cool, shaded walks in the
residence sections, is cited as an
instance of what Arbor Day can
do to add to the beauty of a town.
It is to be hoped that Xenanaites
will give their enthusiastic support
to the idea and, by doing their
share of the planting, make Xenana
one of the most attractive towns in
Interior Alaska.
DUAL LIQUOR CONTROL
BAD DECLARE JURORS
HOX'OLULU.—In a partial re
port on the liquor question, the
territorial grand jury declared its
opposition to dual enforcement of
the prohibition laws by federal and
territorial officials. The report says
federal authorities should take er
tire charge and that they “can easil
handle the situation as soon as th
departments at Washington are abl
to give proper consideration to th
situation in the territory ”
Investigation has convinced th
grand jury that under dual contro
as at present, each set of official
relies largely on the other to er
force the prohibition laws.
JAPS AND FRENCH
WILL OBJECT 10
LEAGUE’S TERMS
PARIS, Apr. 12.—The League o
Nations commission of the Intel
Allied Peace Conference, which ha
been considering the matter of th
terms of the proposed league, con;
pleted their work today.
The covenant of the league cor
tains an amendment exempting th
Monroe Doctrine from being ai
fected in any way by the leagu<
It does not, however, include th
section suggested by the Japanes
granting their request of rad;
equality; nor France’s request fo
the establishmen of an inter-Allie
military general staff to control th
armies operating under the directio
of the league when such action b«
comes necessary.
Both France and Japan have rc
served the right to submit thes
questions to a plenary session o
the Peace Conference, which will b
held soon to consider the covenan
SOLDIERS TOIBE
GIVEN EVERY AID
BY GOVEMH
WASHINGTON, Apr. 12—Sec
retary of the Interior Lane has i:
sued an urgent request to fiftee
thousand employees of the depan
merit of the interior, throughout th
country, urging upon them to us
every endeavor to aid the returnin
soldiers and sailors to obtain worl
The employees receiving the re
quest from Secretary Lane ar
directed to report all opportunitie
for employment to Colonel Arthu
Woods, special assistant secretarj
who is handling the matter of sol
diers and sailors employment.
ALASKA SOLDIER
GEISDECORATEI
SEATTLE, Apr. 12.—A letter re
c-ived here recently from “Ove
There” states that Colonel Da
Pullen, of one of the America
engineer regiments, has been decc
rated by the Belgian govemmen
No reason is assigned for the a<
tion taken by the Belgian goverr
ment.
Colonel Dan Pullen was formerl
of Skagway, where his parents no’
reside.
LEAD THE HE
WASHINGTON, Apr. 12.—Brit
ishers abroad have bombarded th<
! home government with complaint:
relating to the activities of th<
American businessmen throughoui
the' world.
The state department learned to
day that a leading London papei
voices general apprehension that th.
1 United States will take away Eng
| land's lead in the world's commerce
It is officially reported that Eng
j lishmen have urgent need to tak<
quick action in the manufactures
districts of Lancashire, relativi
*, to their Oriental trade, and tha
;! England may send a special com
- mercial mission to China.
—
; MARCH COMMENTS
i! ON REFUSAL OF
I DUTY B Y TROOPS
1 WASHINGTON, Apr. 12.—Gen
era! March, chief of staff of th<
American army, in referring to th<
recent action of an infantry com
e pany in North Russia, that refuse:
^ to go into action, said today tha
• in his long service with the Ameri
■ can army, he cannot recall anothe
single instance where America)
soldiers did not want to fight. The;
were always very eager, he said
to go into action and would im
patiently ask to be led to it.
I The officials at Washington, tv
said, are now awaiting the arriva
\ of the Bolsheviki leaflets eontaininj
; the questions which the men of th<
American infantry company who r
| fused duty, put to their officers.
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COAL MOLE SPOIL
10 BE EMENDED
1
-j The spur track running to thi
; Burns coal mine from the sidinj
5; near the end of steel is to be ex
r tended so that it will aceommodati
, about a dozen more cars than a
- present. The extension will be fo:
' a distance of about 300 feet.
The steel gang was put to worl
on this extension this morning ant
will probably complete the work ii
a day or two.
It is expected that with the in
I creased accommodations for the coa
cars, a greater number of coal car
j will be shipped into town on regu
; lar train days.
•. After the extension has beei
r completed, the spur from the bunk
1 ers and beyond will be sufficiently
1 long enough to accommodate abou
, a dozen cars at least.
-j Fred Douse, who recently wen
-. to Fairbanks for a short visit befori
! the opening of navigation, returne<
V, last evening, and will now start get
v ting his launch Victory in shap<
| for the season’s run.
!
JAPS MASSACKt
KOREAN PEOPLE;
i THOUSANDS DEAD
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SAX FRAXCISCO, Apr. 12.—
The Korean Xational Association,
located in this city, received a
lengthy cablegram from the pastor
! of the Xative Korean Children in
Korea, telling of the existence < f a
deplorable state affairs in that
country
The Japanese, in an effort to
stifle the aspirations of the Korean
people who are striving to regain
their independence from Japan, arc
reported to be indulging in whole
sale massacres.
The cablegram states that during
a three-hour demonstration which
took place at Seoul, the capital oi
Korea, on March 27, a thousanc
l unarmed Koreans were killed b>
the Japanese, and that the Japanese
authorities have issued orders to the
j soldiers, firemen ani( civilians thru
out Korea to shoot, beat and hool
the_ people mercilessly.
, Several thousand people have beer
killed, the cable states, since the
■demonstration of March 27th. The
1 homes of Korean leaders have beer
. destroyed ruthlessly and Korea’
■ women have been stripped in pub
■ lie and beaten mercilessly by the
■ Japanese, who also have ordered
I the doctors not to care for the in
; jured.
AT ARCHANGEL TO
COMMAND TROOPS
WASHINGTON', Apr. 12.—Brig:
dier General Wilds P. Riehardso
formerly head of the Alaska Ros
commission, arrived on the Mu
mansk coast today, to assume cor
mand of the American forces ope
ating in North Russia.
Considerable reinforcements fi
the far northern troops were ah
landed from the transport bringir
; General Richardson.
' The arrival of the general will,
■ is thought, relieve the situation vei
: considerably.
There has not been any gre;
fighting in North Russia recentl
but it is expected that Gener
; Richardson will commence an a
gressive campaign very soon.
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TESTIMONY CLOSED IN
MAYBEN-MILES CAS
11 -
i All of the testimony in the Ma
■ ben-Miles case, which was in cour
of hearing at the district court ,
i Fairbanks for the past few day
■ was closed yesterday afternoon ar
' the case was submitted to the cou
: without argument, with the stip
lation, however, that the briefs w
be submitted in lieu of the arg
; ments.
!; It is expected that judgemei
I will be delivered in the course of
Inui-The Gateway to — «w«i.
TRAVEL TO JAPAN
TOKIO.—Despite passport re
strictions 8,000 foreign tourist
visited Japan last year, leavini
about 815,000,000 in the country
Of these visitors 5.000 were Ameri
can.
FRENCMIEN
PROTEST AGAINST
NATIONS’ LEAGUE
PARIS, Apr. 12.—The Genera
Federation of Labor has poste
large placards all over Paris, prc
' testing agianst the League of Ns
. tions as at present constituted.
The text of the message to th
people borne on the placards is t
1 the effect that diplomats have offei
ed to the people a league of nation
1 which is not a society of nation
as prescribed in President Wilson'
', fourteen points, which the peopi
of the world accepted; and that th
' French working class rises agains
: the sabotage of peace.
81 PROPAGANDA
CAUSE SOLDIERS
MSI HI
WASHINGTON.—In an officia
announcement made today regard
ing the recent refusal of America;
troops to go into action against th
Bolsheviki, in North Russia. Genera
March, chief of staff of the Ameri
; can army, said that Company 1
339th Infantry, from Detroit, Mich
was the company which refused t
return to the trenches near Arch
; angel, when ordered to do so b
- their officers.
.' The men asked the officers cei
l tain questions, which the BolsheviV
. propaganda urged them to put t
. the officers.
The men declared that they ha
been drafted to fight the German
• and not the Bolsheviki.
i After a talk by the regiment*
; commander, in which he said tha
, they were fighting a defensive wai
; the men entered the trenches.
; LEAGUE COVENANT
• 10 BE PUBLISHEE
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it
s.
PARIS, Apr. 12.—Official ar
nouncement was made today tha
the full text of the covenant o
the League of Nations, as approve
by the special commission, will b
made public in a few days.
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R TEMPERATURE
11 R As reported by the government
i- R observation station, Nenana
:« -
i» H Saturday, April 12
a i R Maximum .30 above
. R Minimum . 6 above
jR Forecast: Fair tomorrow.
FIRE PROTECT!
FOR 10WN MAY
BE IMPROVED
The special committee appointed
by the Xenana Commercial club to
! look into the question of fire pro
tection for the town, and to sug
1 srest and make its recommendations
for the betterment of the present
service, which is felt to be quite
inadequate, did not report at the
meeting- of the Commercial club
1 last night, as the data it was en
1 gaged in gathering, had not all
- been collected.
The chairman of the committee
j stated that a thorough canvass of
e all property owners and others con
> cerned, begun some little time ago,
- had not yet been completed. It
s was thought that this work would
, be finished in a day or two, when
s the scheme to be submitted for the
e approval and endoresment of the
s flub will be worked out and placed
t before that body so that early ac
tion can be taken and better fire
protection than at present available
Ex- given Xenanaites.
It was understood at the meet
ing last night that the scheme for
the betterment of the fire protec
tion now afforded this town em
bodied a proposition for the install
ing of a central heating plan; which
[ would be capable of supplying heat
at reasonable rates to the business
and residence sections of Xenana,
anil thereby' reduce to a minimum
T all risk of fire from heating stoves.
With an unlimited quantity of
; good lignite coal now available, it
• was felt that such a plant as con
I tempiated, could be easily msta’l i
- and that it would not need i very
» great outlay of capital. The «up
> port such a plant would recc e
> will, in a large measure, determine
- the question of its establishment
! in Xenana.
The fire alarm question will also
- be improved so that the possibility
1 of a repetition of the confusion
’ experienced hitherto will be avoided
and the department will be directed
• to the fire with the least possible
5 delay. It was understood that the
signals now in vogue will also be
• alterd and the system of telephon
1 ing the news to the proper parties
> improved greatly.
•TWO STAGES ON WAY
TO NENANA TODAY
Thelin’s stage passed Dunbars
I this afternoon and should arrive
here this evening. He is bringing
a little mail and the following pass
engers for Nenana: Mrs. L. E.
Morrison, Harry Pratt, Pvt. Brown,
Mrs. Barnett and child and Jack
^ (Checku) Hansen.
_j Dutch Bankfield is reported to
have left Fairbanks this afternoon
and may be expected to arrive in
Nenana tomorrow evening. It is
t not known whether he has any mad
t or passengers for Nenana.
t AMERICAN ARMY NOW
t REDUCED TO TWO MILLION
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1 WASHINGTON, Apr. 12—An
t official statement issued today in
f dicates ihat the American army has
! been reducd to below two million
f men by demobilization.