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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Volume Two member of associated press NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1919. Number 5t>
SENATE PASSES SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT
CANADIAN SOLDIERS TO HOLD RADICALS DOWN
EXPLOSION OF POWDER CARGO IS FATAL TO EIGHTY
CONGRESS MAY
PASS NEW EAW
WASHINGTON, D. C., June o.—
Representative John E. Raker, Dem
ofcrat, of California, has intro
duced a resolution in the lower
chamber of Congress providing for
the further suspension of the law
requiring assessment work on min
ing claims. The resolution pro
poses the extension of the exemp
tion clause until December 11th of
the year following the conclusion
of the war.
In introducing his measure for
the relief of mining men, Repre
sentative Raker explained that
many owners of mining claims are
still in the service overseas and
will not return home in time to at
tend to their assessment work un
der the present law.
The belief prevails here that the
resolution will be approved. The
last Congress approved a resolution
suspending assessment work for the
year 1919.
SUPPORT TO BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 5.—
The senate commerce committee, to
which was referred the Jones bill
permitting American shipyards to
build vessels for foreigners with
out first obtaining permission from
the shipping board, has submitted
a favorable report on the measure,
and action by the senate is ex
pected at an early date.
Strong pressure is being brought
to bear upon Congress to pass the
bill, shipbuilders claiming that they
have many orders for vessels pend
ing and that building restrictions
which have been imposed upon
them are proving a serious handi
cap to the shipbuilding industry.
TACOMA CLUB HAS
QUIT THE LEAGUE
TACOMA, June 5.—Lack of sup
port, on the part of Tacoma base
ball fans, has compelled the local
aggegration to withdraw from the
SENATE APPROVES
WOMAN’S SUFFRAGE
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 5—
The nation-wide campaign for wom
an’s suffrage, which has been in
progress in this country for forty
years, ended in success for the
women in the upper house of Con
gress late yesterday afternoon
when the constitutional amendmenl
providing for the extension of the
franchise to women was approved
by the senate by a vote of 56 tc
2g, being two votes more than the
necessary two-thirds required foi
the adoption of the resolution.
The woman’s suffrage resolution;
providing for the amendment of the
constitution was passed by the;
house on May 21, very soon after;
the convening of Congres in ex
traordinary session, and with prac
tically no opposition.
The adoption of the amendment
was advocated by President Wilson
in his message to the lawmakers,
! transmitted from Paris at the open
ing of the session.
CANADIAN SOLDIERS ARE
THREATENING UNIONISTS
WINNIPEG, June 5. — Feeling
among returned Canadian soldiers
is running high against the labor
' organization which participated in
the general strike which ended here
yesterday. The feeling is the re
sult of the high-handed methods
' employed by the strike leaders dur
ing the strike, and by remarks
made by James Duncan, secretary
of the Seattle Central Labor coun
cil, in a speech made by him ves
;terday, in which he referred to the
returned soldiers as a bunch of
i ignoramuses.
Northwestern International league, j
■ and the members of the team are1
now looking for opportunities to
1 get into the play elsewhere. The
directors of the league are trying
| to induce some other city to take
the place left vacant by the with
Idrawal of the local club. The clubs
'■ remaining in the league are Seat
tle, Victoria, and Vancouver.
BOOTLEGGER IS
PAYING DEARLY
FORJS BREAK
SEATTLE, June 5.—Logan Bil
ling-sly, who gained much notoriety,
in this city as the result of his
bootlegging activities, and who was
sent to McNeils island for a period
of eighteen months, has been re
leased from the penitentiary, and •
will now be compelled to spend 1
three months in the King county |
jail, as a further punishment for j
, his violation of the state dry law. j
Billingsly served the full sen-1
tence allotted to him in the federal j
prison, his conduct as a prisoner
being such as to cause the for
feiture of his right, under the
credit system, to a shorter term.
The Derby is the great classic
race in English turf meets and is
run at the famous Epsom Downs'
on the first day of the meet. The
meet generally lasts for a week,
sometimes longer, and is always
. the most largely attended affair in
the kingdom.
This hostile attitude on the pari
of the soldiers had much to dc
with the sudden collapse of tbt
strike. Mayor Gray issued a state
ment this morning in which he sak
that he understood the soldiers hac
threatened to wreck the labor tem
pie, and there is serious tall
among the fighting men of making
an example of the labor leader:
because of their attempted assump
tion of authority.
The strike situation has beer
suddenly reversed. Union leader
who sought to and actually did rui
, things with a high hand during
their brief period of authority, are
now seeking the protection of the
city government, which they held
in contempt while the strike was
in progress. They fear bodily in
jury at the hands of the indignant
soldiers.
There has been a general re
sumption of industrial activities,
the strikrs eagerly availing them
selves of the opportunities offered
to return to work. Many men are
still idle, but they have signified a
willingness to resume their occupa
CONFERENCE ALTERS
TERMS TO GERMANS
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 5.—
According to information received
in this city today from Paris, the
peace conference is now engaged
in modifying the German peace
terms, the explanation of this un
expected action ^eing that the ar
guments advanced by the German
delegates have convinced the Al
lied peacemakers that the terms, as
presented to the delegation, im
posed too great a burden upon the
German government. The modifica
tions now under consideration will
make the terms easier of execu
tion.
LAKE LABARGE IS
BREAKING UP NOW
Advices reaching Nenana from
the upper Yukon today indicate
that the ice of Lake Labarge is
going to pieces rapidly and that
the season of through navigation
between upper and lower Yukon
points will open within the next
few days.
The first boat of the season
scheduled to pass through the lake,
enroute to the lower river, prob
ably will sail from Whitehorse on
Monday, after which a regular
schedule will be maintained
throughout the season.
Toward the end of the month,
the steamer Casca and another boat
will sail from Whitehorse with a
crowd of excursionists who have
made reservations for a trip down
the Yukon as. far as Fort Yukon,
where they will glimpse the mid
night sun.
Veuu—The Gateway to McKinley
Yattoaal Park.
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The reports state that President
Wilsqjj and Premiers Lloyd George
and Clemenceau are inclined to
reduce the amount of the German
. indemnity to a total of twenty-five
billion marks. There is also the
possibility that the treaty provi
sions regarding the disposal of the
Saar region and Silisia will be mod
ified.
There is a disposition on the
part of the Council of Four to per
mit Germany to become affiliated
-with the proposed League of Na
tions, but entrance will be deferred
until some time later.
SEATTLE RADICAL
FREED 8Y JURORS
SEATTLE, June 5—In the
opinion of the jurors selected to
try James Bruce, Seattle radical.
I who was charged with criminal an
archy as a result of his activities
; during the late shipyard strike, the
i doctrines of the Industrial Work
ers of the World are not anarch
istic.
At the conclusion of the trial of
Bruce, the jurors were instructed
; to return a verdict of guilty if
jthey considered I. W. W. doctrines
■anarchistic, and they promptly re
turned a verdict of not guilty.
Counsel for Bruce contended
i
that the views held bv their client
were shared by President Wilson
; on questions concerning the re
' lationship of capital and labor, as
expounded in the President’s book.
“The New Freedom,” and the jur
ors evidently were convinced that
the Industrials are not the menace
to society which the prosecution
sought to prove.
GUS ERICKSON & CO.
GET GRADING CONTRACT
A contract was awarded this
morning to Gus Erickson & Co.
for grading and widening a sec
tion of the Nenana-Fairbanks right
of-way from station No. 19632 to
No. 19652. There are nine mem
. tions if protection is offered them
Clashes between soldiers am
strikers are expected, but it is be
j lieved that serious encounters wil
be avoided.
To Maintain Orde-.
The situation was considerabl;
relieved this afternoon when fou
thousand returned soldiers, includ
ing scores of officers, and man:
union men, stood at attention whil
they sang "God Save the King'
and pledged themselves to main
tain law and order and stamp ou
Bolshevism and anarchy from Win
^ipeg unions.
! bers in the contracting firm am
j the work is to be commenced irr.
I mediately. It is expected that tn
work will be completed in abcu
two weeks.
The stretch of road these me
will construct is within the limit
jof residency No. 1, under the su
pervision of Resident Engineer J
!J. Kestly.
j Erickson & Co. have just
■ cessfully completed a grading
tract.
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CARMEN ENTER
RANKS OF IDLE
AT VANCOUVEF
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VANCOUVER, B. C., June 5.
: After having voted against takin:
I part in the general strike now ii
progress in this city, employes o
the street car companies reconsid
ered the question last night am
decided to join the strike move
ment, with the result that no car
are moving today.
The action of the carmen ha
i added considerably to the numbe
of men on the idle list, but, asid
from the inconvenience caused b;
the stoppage of the car service am
other interruptions of a less seri
ous character, the business of th
I city is moving along much as usual
The Vancouver Sun is publishim
1 strike news in defiance of the ulti
j matum issued by the Typographic^
union, stating that all news of tha
character would have to be passe,
upon by the unions before publica
1 tion.
TERMS NOT PLEASING
TO AUSTRIAN PEOPLE
i PARIS, June 5.—Reports which
• have reached this city from various
; Austrian cities indicate that offi
cials of the government are not
■ satisfied with the peace terms im
i posed by the Allied treaty which
was transmitted to the Austrian
delegates at St. Germain several
days ago. The information is un
official, but it indicates that dis
content is general in government
circles, while the people are not
showing great interest in the mat
ter. The terms are not pleasing to
them, but they apparently entertain
I little hope of improving the situa -
tion through protest.
The attitude of the Vienna gov
ernment, it is expected, will be
made known soon in official com
munications to the peace confer
ence.
CAUSES DEATH
ON COAL ROAD
W1LKESBARRE, Pa., June 5.—
j Eighty coal miners, who were rid
I J ing to work this morning on a
! trolley train laden with a cargo
I j of black powder for use in the
mines near this city. wrere blown
j into eternity when the powder was
.! exploded by an electric spark
’ caused by the breaking of the trol
ley.
i The force of the explosion was
terrific, the powder ear being
blown into bits and the bodies of
| the unfortunate victims being seat
f j terecf over the right-of-way for
i rods about the wreck. There were
over one hundred and twenty men
' on the train at the time of the
j accident, and of these none escaped
. jinjury. Many of the injured have
, succumbed since their recovery
■ from the wreckage, and it is feared
! that many more will die.
; | The train was proceeding at a
s I rapid speed when the trolley broke.
- and the explosion followed almost
. I immediately, before the men could
be warned of their danger.
NORTHERN ZONE
' ARCHANGEL, June 5.—Sixteen
hundred American soldiers of the
339th infantry have been released
from service on the North Rus
1 sian front and are now enroute
: to Brest, at which port they will
■ board transports for the United
i States. The men were overjoyed
• at the prospect of returning to
; their homes, and embarked in high
spirits.
it Other infantrymen expect to get
■ away at an early date, but there
- is no s-ape for the engineers, who
• are to be retained here until all
1 other forces have been sent home.
• i General Wilds P. Richardson ex
i pects to maintain headquarters here
. for a considerable time after the
: Yankee troops under his command
- have left the Northern zone.
! _
James M. Shoup, formerly United
1 States marshal and later of Ketch'
- kan, has opened a law office in
San Francisco.