WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Volume Two member of associatfd press
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY. JULY 24, 1919.
Number 97
RUSSIAN ARCHANGEL TROOPS MUTINY
COMMITTEE FAVORS TIME EXTENSION FOR WIGK
GRIGSBY EAGER TO HELP SPEED ALASKA RAILROAD
WICK GIVEN TIME
TO PREPARE FIGHT
SEATTLE, July 24.—A special
Washington dispatch to the Post
Intelligencer says that the house
elections committee has submitted
a favorable report on the resolution
providing for an extension of time
for Judge Wickersham, in which to
gather testimony in connection with
his election contest.
The committee also has announced
that Grigsby will be permitted to
appear before the committee imme
diately in connection with the con
test in which he is involved, in
order that the matter may be dis
posed of before the house com
mittee on territories takes up the
consideration of the bill providing
for the appropriation of seventeen
million dollars for the completion
of the Alaska railroad. Grigsby is
anxious to appear before this com
mittee, believing that he will be
able to do the territory much good
by hastening the passage of the bill.
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TO BUILD SHIPS
Of GAEAT SIZE
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 24—
The United ' States will soon ba\e
* two of the greatest passenger car
rying vessels afloat, for use in the
transatlantic trade, according to an
nouncement made today by officials
of the shipping board. The plant
of the monster liners are said to
, have been completed and it is under
stood that work on the ships will be
started at an early date.
The shipping board announcement
says that the proposed vessels will
each be 1,000 feet in length, and
will have a speed of 30 knots an
hour, which will enable them to
cross the Atlantic in four days. The
ships are to be so constructed and
equipped that they can be used as
commerce destroyers in the even; of
war.
A Special terminal facilities will be
provided at Long Island, and if the
liners come up to the expectations
of the shipping board, two others of
a similar type, and probably im
proved, will be constructed later.
The vessels are to have a gross
tonnage of 55,000, with accommoda
4 tions for 3,000 passengers and a
crew of 1,000. They will be oil
burners, with a cruising radius much
greater than that of large ships
now in use. There will be gun em
placements and a large landing plat
form for seaplanes.
SECRETARY OF STATE
IS BACK FROM PARIS
WASHINGTON, D. C-, July 24
Secretary of State Lansing returned
from France today and was closeted
for several hours with President
Wilson.
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TAFT DM5
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WASHINGTON, D. C., July 24.—
Former President William Howard
Taft has begun a correspondence
with the Democratic members of the
j senate in the hope of securing their
support to the movement inaugurat
| ed by him for the ratification of the
jpeace treaty with certain reserva
itions which he deems essential for
the successful operation of the
League of Nations. The first of
the letters was addressed to Senator
Hitchcock of Nebraska.
Taft has already written most of
' the Republican senators, informing
them of his views on the league
| proposition and suggesting the
i changes desired by him.
ALL OUT NOW
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j WASHINGTON, D. C., July 24.—
' Last night passed without a renewal
iof the race riots which have kepi
; this city in a state of turmoil since
the commencement of the trouble
| on Monday. Feeling is still running
jhigh, however, and any further dis
turbances on the part of the colored
population will be followed prompt
I ly, it is believed, by a resumption
jof hostilities.
I Federal troops and city police are
I guarding closely every quarter of
■ the city, prepared to suppress quick
ly any further outbreaks, their or
! ders being to deal severely with
rioters. This determined stand on
the part of the authorities and the
, presence in the city of many sol
! diers has had a quieting effect and
lit is hoped peace has been perman
ently restored.
The authorities announce today
that a total of six deaths have re
sulted from the disturbances.
THREE SENATORS WILL
TALK ON TREATY TODAY
; WASHINGTON, D. C., July 24.—
Three members of the senate an
nounced early today that they would
address their colleagues during th«
i day on the peace treaty question.
Dr. de la Yergne, formerly assist
| ant surgeon at the government hos
ipital, and now engaged in privat«
(practice at Fairbanks, is making
I the trip down river as a passenget
. on the Moore gasboat, which wa
scheduled to leave Fairbanks ai
jnoon today.
jSENATOR LODGE
MAKES REQUEST
ME TREATY
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 24.—
: Senator Lodge, who is one of the
heading opponents of the League of
| Nations proposition, offered a reso
lution today requesting President
I Wilson to furnish the senate with a
1 copy of the separate treaty ar
• ranged by the President between the
! United States and France, in which
America agrees to hasten to the aid
of France in the event of an attack
on that country by the Germans.
Merooers of the senate have been
mar _• aware that such a treaty has
been framed, similar, presumably, ‘o
the Anglo-French treaty which was
ratified this week by the British
house of commons, but they have
not yet had an opportunity to see
the document.
i Immediate consideration of the
Lodge resolution has been blocked
by Senator Robinson of Arkansas.
MINERS REFUSE
! SEIILEMENT ON
j BASIS OFFERED
i
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LONDON, July 24.—Notwithstand
ing the efforts of Premier Lloyd
George and other members of the
government to bring the striking
! Yorkshire coal miners and opera
1
: tors together on some kind of a
temporary settlement of their differ
ences. pending an adjustment of the
questions involved, the situation is
j not in the least relieved. The min
j ers and coal mine executives met
i with the premier, but were unable
ito come to an agreement, both sides
|holding out stoutly for their de
' mands.
Another meeting has been ar
ranged for this evening, when an
other attempt will be made to settle
;the dispute, which has tied up the
{Yorkshire coal fields.
Pending a settlement of the
{strike, the government will prohibit
the exportation of Cardiff coal.
TACOMA BOYS MADE
GOOD RECORD IN
W1N-THE-WAR WORK
TACOMA, Wash. — Tacoma has
■ just presented to the state head
quarters of the Boys’ Working Re
serve the first statistical report of
.the work and earnings of school
boys who responded to the call of
the Boys’ Working Reserve last year
and worked during the vacation pe
riod in some form of productive
win-the-war industry.
It shows that the sum of $253,
778 was actually earned by the
youngsters here. The individual
Sums earned by approximately 1,950
j boys ranged from a few dollars in
{the case of a comparatively small
{number up to between $400 and
I $500.
BOMBING PLANE
SMS AROUND
UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 24 —
An army bombing plane of the regu
lation design constructed for use
overseas left this city today on a
flight around the rim of the Uhited
States, a flight that will cover a
distance of 8,000 miles and take the
aviators across 31 states. It is the
longest flight thus far attempted by
the air service, and the progress of
the machine around the country will
be accurately recorded for the fu
ture use of the service in connec
tion with the establishment of aerial
routes and frontier protection.
The first stop will be at Augusta,
Maine, a distance of 560 miles from
this city. The itinerary of stops
also will include Seattle, where the
aviators expect to arrive sometime
next week. The machine carries a
crew of five.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 24.—
General Peyton C. March, chief of
staff of the American army, admit
ted today, in statements made be
fore the house war investigating
committee, that there had been sev
eral convictions abroad, by court
martial, on the charge of brutality
to American soldiers confined in the
prison camp near Paris. The of
fenses, March informed the commit
teemen,' were of a minor character.
The committee is going deep into
the probe for the purpose of learn
ing the truth of reports received in
this country regarding the action of
the soldier courts, and the manage
ment of army affairs generally on
the other side of the Atlantic. It
is considered likely the committee
will call as witnesses a number of
high army officers who, it is be
lieved, can supply the investigators
with desired information.
MOTORCYCLES HAVE
BAD EFFECT ON VICTIMS
OF SHELL SHOCK
CHICAGO.—Authorities in a num
ber of Central West cities have
taken steps to prevent motorcyclists
and automobilists from driving with
the mufflers of their mootrs open.
It is declared that the sudden ex
plosions have the same effect as
bursting shells and machine-gun fire
on the shattered nerves of returned
soldiers who are suffering from shell
shock.
The authorities say that many
shell shock victims who had virtu
ally recovered have had to return
to hospitals as the result of the
sudden “pop-pop” of a motorcycle
engine behind them.
ARCHANGEL TROOPS
JOIN ENEMY ARMY
PREMIER TELLS
ASSEMBLY WHAT
GERMANY PLANS
WEIMAR. July 24.—In an ad
dress delivered before the German
national assembly today. Premier
Bauer said the government planned
the drafting of laws for the regu
lation of workers’ and economic
councils. He said also that the
policy of the government would be
one of socialization and that a de
termined effort would be made to
prove the superfluous importation
of liquors.
He reminded the lawmakers of
the necessity of hard work to make
good the harsh terms imposed by
the Allies, but warned them again;.'.
r
.harboring feelings of revenge. “We
must renew our national life,” he
said, “with thought of fame on the
League of Nations plan.”
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I MISOULA, Mont., July 24.—
; Heavy rains throughout Western
I Montana and Northern Idaho have
'greatly improved the fire situation
'in these sections by extinguishing
I the flames at some points and check
I ing their spread.
The situation last night, just be
I fore the rains started, was regarded
| as extremely critical.
HUNGARIANS MOVE
AGAINST RUMANIA
i
VIENNA, July 24.—According to
official advices received in this city
this morning, Hungarian troops,
which are advancing against the
Rumanians, have crossed the river
Theiss, in the southern part of Hun
! gary.
The reports state that the Hun
garians claim the capture of im
jportant Rumanian supplies and war
' material which were cached along
ithe river.
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LONDOM, July 24.—The war of
fice is in receipt of a telegraphic
message from General Ironside, com
mander of the Allied forces at Arch
angel, announcing the desertion of
the Russian troops who have been
opposing the Bolsheviki forces in
that region. The report states that
the Russians mutinied and later
joined the enemy army, after they
had turned over to the Bolsheviki
the town of Onega and the Onega
: front.
The situation is grave, but not
necessarily perilous, as General Iron
j side believes that the British sail
ors now in that arena will be equv
to the occasion. The general re
ports that he is still in control of
the situation, notwithstanding the
unexpected turn of events, and
hopes to be able to hold his own
against the augmented forces of the
enemy.
ALAND ISLANDS
MAY BE PLACED
IN PEACE ZONE
PARIS, July 24.—The Baltic com
mission of the peace conference, ap
pointed to work out the problems of
jthat portion of Europe, has recom
, mended that the Aland islands, be
jtween Sweden and Finland, be made
: neutral territory, under a guarantee
;of the League of Nations.
The Alands are a group of 80
;islands and islets between the Gulf
|of Bothnia and the Baltic sea, and
| near the mouth of the Gulf of Fin
land, with a total area of less than
,300 square miles. Aland island, the
; largest of the group, is distant from
'the Swedish coast about thirty miles,
jand has a harbor of sufficient size
:to contain the entire Russian fleet,
as it was a number of years ago.
The islands, before the world war,
‘were included in the Province of
Finland.
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USE OF FIREARMS
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GENEVA, July 24.—As a result
; of an attack upon French soldiers
[by members of the Bulgarian army,
causing the death of three of them,
[the Bulgarian garrison is to be dis
armed immediately, according to ad
duces received in this city today
from Sofia.
The reports state that a French
regiment has arrived at the Bul
garian capital to disarm the hostile
troops and to make certain that they
do not interfere further with the
French soldiers.
Superintendent W. L. Packer
made a trip across the river today
to see how the work is progressing
jon the Nenana-Fairbanks line.