CELEBRATE THE FOURTH I IN NEINAINA
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Volume Two
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NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1919.
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DELEGATES ENROUTE TO VERSAILLES
COMMISSION PLANSTOEMPLOY MANY WORKERS
NATION WILL CLIMB ON WATER WAGON TUESDAY
GERMANS MAY SIGN
TREATY TOMORROW
WASHINGTON', D. C-, June 27.
—The information coming from Eu
rope today is to the effect that the
new German delegates, Dr. Hermann
< Mueller, foreign minister, and Dr.
Johannes Pell, colonial minister, left
Berlin today for Versailles, to at
tach their signatures to the peace
treaty. The reports state that they
have passed Coblenz and that the
i treaty probably will be signed at
1 three o’clock tomorrow afternoon.
Wilson P«,”ty Ready
Should the treaty be signed by
the Germans tomorrow. President
Wilson and the members of the
presidential party will leave Paris
on Sunday for Brest, where they
will board the presidential ship
George Washington and set saii for
the United States.
According to advices received
from Juneau today, seventeen more
^ bodies have been recovered from
the wreck of the steamship Sophia.
The bodies were taken to Juneau
on the Clopek, which has returned
to the scene of the.wreck to resume
the search. AH but three of the j
bodies have been identified.
The following is a list of the j
bodies identified:
F. W Elliott, Glendale, Ore.
A. R. Garner, Circle,
t Wm. J. O’Brion Dawson.
Grace O’Brion, Dawson.
John Chisholm, Dawson.
Wm, Barton, waiter in the upper
river service.
* W. Lidgett, cook, steamer White
horse.
E. J. Johnson, Belleplaine, Minn.
Johi^ King, British Columbia.
S. A. Kelson, Poorman.
Mrs. M. Very, Vancouver, B. C.
Thos. Wishart, Tolovana.
Roy A. Matheson, Tolovana.
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TOLEDO, June 27.—Ollie M.
Picord, official referee of the Toledo
Boxing commission, has been defin
itely selected as referee of the Wil
lard-Dempsey championship fight
scheduled to take place in this city'
on July Fourth. Jack Skelley, if
New York, has been named alter
nate referee, with Warren Barber,
also of New York, timekeeper.
A. J. Drexel Biddle, wealthy
Philadelphia sportsman, author, ex
plorer and lecturer, and Tex Rickard
will act as judges.
The announced weight of Willard
today is 243 pounds, while Dempsey
tips the scales at 197.
SOLDIER RETURNS
TO FIND ENTIRE
FAMILY DEAD
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Sergeant J.
W. Roberts, formerly of Des Moines,
has white hair today, although he is
not out of his twenties. Roberts
recently was discharged from the
army at Fort Russell. In eighteen
months overseas, he participated in
seven battles and was wounded in
each, receiving five rifle wounds in
the legs. On top of all this, he
came home only to find that his
father, mother, wife and two chil
dren had succumbed to the influ
enza during the epidemic last win
ter. Now he is working for the
Union Pacific Railroad company here
as a crossing watchman.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 27.—
Officials of the navy are authority
for the statement that it is the in
tention of the department to expend
considerable money on the Pacific
coast in permanent improvements
which may include a new navy yard
and big drydock for San Francisco.
Definite announcement has not been
made regarding the plans, but it 's
understood that the work is to be
undertaken at an early date.
Secretary Daniels has directed
Pacific coast navy yard comman
dants to be ready with recommenda
tions for extensions and improve
ments such as may be necessary to
dandle the new Pacific fleet. He
wants the recommendations ready
for submission to him when he
reaches the Pacific coast with the
fleet early in August.
PECULIAR ATTITUDE
OF HUN MERCHANTS
SHOWN BY LETTERS
TREVES, France. — To illustrate
the German attitude toward the war
as a mere artificial interruption of
trade relations, the following inci
dent is cited by the chief American
tensor:
“A German firm in the American
occupied area writes to a firm in
Sew York, enclosing the Sew York
firm's letter of June 6, 1914, and
began in this manner: ‘In reply to
yours of June 6, 1914, beg to
state,’ etc.”
At the American censor’s office
here, where all mail from the occu
pied zone is passed upon before
being sent on its way to the En
tente countries, an average of two
thousand lexers a day written by
Germans have been received, with
indications of a gradual increase
during the next few weeks.
Milo Saulich, who returned from
the States on the steamer Alaska,
has leased a piece of cultivated
land near Fairbanks and will devote
his time henceforth to farming.
Saulich is a returned soldier.
BOOZE ML BO
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 27.
—It is now practically assured that
no steps will be taken by Congress
to prevent the operation of war
time prohibition, which will become
effective throughout the United
States Monday midnight. It is prob
able also that the law will become
operative without the enactment by
Congress of additional legislation
for its enforcement.
In a discussion of the question
today, Representative Andrew J.
Volstead, Republican, of Minnesota,
chairman of the house judiciary
committee, said that it would be
impossible for Congress to pass an
enforcement measure before the first
of July. Three different measures
for the enforcement of the new law
have been introduced continued
Volstead, but action cannot possibly
be taken on any one of them at
this time, owing to the press of
other business. Pending congres
sional action, he said, the courts
should have no difficulty in making
the law stick.
The bureau of internal revenue
has defined intoxicating liquor as
meaning any beverage containing
more than one-half of one per cent
alcohol.
GOVERNOR URGING
SUFFRAGE DEFEAT
BATON ROUGE. June 27.—Gov
ernor Pleasant has started an active
campaign against the ratification
of the woman’s suffrage amendment
throughout the South. One of the
steps taken by him to defeat the
amendment is an urgent request,
telegraphed to numerous Southern
governors, asking them to co-operate
with him in opposing the measure.
COLORADO HAS FIRST
WOMAN FOREST RANGER
DENVER, Colo.—The first woman
to be employed in the United States
forest service in Colorado is Miss
Helen Dowe, an artist of the Den
ver Times staff, who began her new
duties recently. Miss Dowe is sta
tioned at the top of Devil’s Head
mountain, forty miles southwest of
Denver, and reports forest fires in
the surrounding area of 7,000
square miles, which includes Pike’s
peak.
Miss Dowe will spend the time
between daylight and dark in a ten
foot square observatory 9.348 feer
above sea level, and a powerful
telescope is provided for searching
for forest fires.
DOUSE BRINGS SEVEN
FROM UPPER TOWN
The launch Victory, Fred Douse,
master, arrived from Fairbanks this
afternoon with seven passengers and
a quantity of light express for local
people. The passengers were: Rev.
W. S. Marple, Henry Rappolt, E. A.
Slippern, Margaret Volkman, Hen
derson and two others.
10 BE BOOSTED
SEATTLE, June 27.—Republican]
clubs are to be organized throughout j
the state of Washington during the |
coming month for the purpose of!
advocating the candidacy of Senator
Miles Poindexter for president of j
the United States.
Republican State Chairman Wal- •
ker and National Committeeman j
Perkins have issued a call for a i
genera! gathering of Republicans:
throughout the state on July 9, at'
which time clubs will be formed and
the Poindexter campaign formally
launched.
Senator Poindexter was born in |
Tennessee in 1860 and was educated ]
in the East, receiving the degree
of B. L. He moved to Wallrf Walla
in 1891 and began the practice of
law, later being elected prosecuting
[attorney. He afterwards served six
years as assistant prosecuting at
torney at Spokane, and left that
position to become judge of the
superior court. He was elected i
member of the lower house of the
Sixty-first Congress, as a Progres
sive Republican and since 1911 has
represented his state in the senate.
JONES HELPED TO !
GEE ME V01E
SEATTLE, June 27.—To Senator
Wesley L. Jones, Republican, senior
representative of the state of Wash
ington in the upper chamber of
Congress, is due a large share of the
credit for securing the approval of
the senate appropriations committee
to the increased Alaska railroad ap-1
propriation. The Times editorially'
says today that Senator Jones won |
a big personal victory when he in- j
duced the committee to recommend
the increase.
Senator Jones has been devoting
much of his time to Alaskan affairs
since the commencement of the
present session, and he has been
particularly active in railroad mat
ters.
WAR VETERANS TO FORM
GREAT ORGANIZATION
WINNIPEG, Man. — Great War
Veterans’ associations of Canada are
in communication with like associa
tions in other parts of the British
empire concerning a world conven
tion next year in South Africa,
which is regarded as the most cen
tral meeting place in the empire.
It is understood an international
association of war veterans is being
considered. Statements have been
made that, in view of the fact that
soldier sacrifices made victory pos
sible, the soldiers should formally
outline their views on soldier relief,
reconstruction, peace conditions, and
other measures.
The National Union of Mutilated j
and Restored Soldiers of France has
exchanged greetings with the Do
minion Great War Veterans’ associ
COMMISSION WILL
EMPLOY MANY MEN
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 27.;
—During the progress of the hear- (
ing before the senate committee on
appropriations on the Alaska rail-;
road appropriation, the members of j
the committee were informed that j
it is the intention of the Alaskan
Engineering commission to employ
between five and six thousand men
on the railroad this summer in order
that the fullest advantage may be
taken of the working season. The
ations. The union is expected to
send delegates to the proposed world
convention of soldiers who fought
for the British empire. It is possi
ble that other nations also will bo j
invited.
SEATTLE FINOS
SEATTLE, June 27.—One hun
dred and forty-five cases of ammu
nition and revolvers were found by!
federal officials on board the Blue1
Funnel liner Tyndareus, as the re
suit of an investigation of the ves
sel’s cargo yesterday, and will be
held here pending a further inquiry.
It is the belief of the officials!
that the ammunition was intended
for the Bolsheviki and was to have
been landed at Vladivostok, although
neither the officers of the vessel no
anyone else seems to know any
thing about the shipment.
The discovery ha; stimulated the
activities of federal officials and it
is expected that outgoing vessels!
will be subjected to the closest pos-'
sible scrutiny henceforth to preven*
the smuggling of arms and ammuni
tion to the Siberian port.
BOY SCOUTS PLANT
TREE AS MEMORIAL
TO FORMER PRESIDENT
GREELEY, Colo. — A tree wa'
planted here a few days ago by the
Boy Scout troop of the State Teach
ers’ college, to honor the memory
of Theodore Roosevelt. The pro
gram was distinctively a Boy Scout,
program, the scout oath, creed, and
allegiance to the flag oath of that
organization all having a place on
the program. The tree was planted
on the campus of the Teachers’!
college and will be attended by the ■
scouts until it is grown. Similar j
programs of tree planting are plan- j
ned by scout organizations through
out the entire country in honor of
the late president, who was one of i
the organization's admirers.
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forces at work along the right of
.vay are being increased steadily
and when ample funds are made
available by Congress, there will be
employment for several thousanJ
additional workers.
By pushing the work this summer
and next year, it was explained to
:he committee, it will be possible
:o complete the railroad from the
mast to the Interior terminal in
1921.
THE HAGUE, June 27.—Accord
ing to information which has reach
id this city from Berlin, it is the
intention of the former kaiser to
try to return to Germany before the
Allies can demand his surrender
from Holland. The reports indicate
;hat he will attempt to escape from
lis present quarters in this country
,'ery soon after the German dele
gates have attached their signatures
o the peace treaty.
An official statement issued by
-epresentatives of the Holland gov
;rnment today denies the report em
ulated yesterday to the effect that
:he former crown prince had left
Tolland. The statement declares
:hat he is till in this country and
hat no attempt has been made
,o far by him to return to his native
and.
PLANS OF PRINCE
LONDON, June 27.—The German
•rown prince is reported to have
:aid last week that he planned to
■eturn to Germany after the treat v
lad been signed. His plan is to
ake up his residence on his Silesia
;states and perform his duties as
i landowner.
WATCHING KAISER
PARIS, Jane 27.—The Council of
■"our has decided to ask Holland
o place a special guard about the
"ormer kaiser, to prevent his escape
o Germany. It is understood that
Tolland is to be held responsible
’or the safekeeping of the former
-mperor.
DAWSON, June 27.—The side
walks of this city w'ere streaked
with yellow this morning as the re
;ult of an unusual shower of rain
luring the night. An examination
lisclosed the fact that the yellow
ubstance is sulphur, which is be
ieved to have been carried from a
listant volcano by the rain clouds.
A similar phenomenon is reported
rom Eagle.
luiu—Tk< Gateway to XcXlaley
IitlauJ Park.