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ALASKA SET THE PACE FOR VICTORY
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Volume Two
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA. THURSDAY. MAY 15. 1919.
Number 38
YANKEE PLANES START ACROSS OCEAN
GERMANS PREPARING COUNTER PEACE PROPOSAL
WINE FLOWS FREELY ON AMERICAN TROOP TRAIN
YANKEE PLANES
• OEF FOR LANDS
ON OTHER SIDE
TREPASSY, X. F.. May 15.—
After a delay of several days here
on account of unfavorable weather
♦ conditions, the American naval sea
planes X C 1 and X C 2 began
their long flight across the Atlantic
ocean late this afternoon, headed
for the Azores islands. Each ma
chine carried three men, an extra
propeller, and repair parts for use
enroute in case of need.
The departure of the planes was
speeded by the fact that the de
stroyers. which are stationed along
> the route at interval of fifty miles,
have almost exhausted their fuel
supply as the result of the delayed
start. It was a case of get away
today or wait until the patrol ves
sels had been refueled.
The day opened cludy, with a
strong wind blowing offshore, ren
dering a start this morning extreme
ly hazardous. The machines were
held in readiness, however, and the
” moment <he sky cleared and the
storm abated sufficiently, the en
gines were set in motion and the
long flight started.
The night flying will be assisted
by a moonlit sky. and the course
marked by the strong searchlights
of the destroyers.
The X C 3, which was delayed at
Chatham, is now on the way to this
place, having reported at a point
150 miles distant. It is not known,
however, whether or not this plane
will attempt the transatlantic flight
The storms which have delayed
the departure of the American and
^ British planes sweep down from the
Arctic every three or four days,
and the beginning of the flight, it
is explained, must be so gauged
that the machines will not overtake
one storm as it slows down before
dissipating at sea, and yet not be
caught in a second squall.
CARMEN SUING;
PITTSBURG WALKS
PITTSBURG, Pa.. May 15.—The
street cars of this city are standing
idle in the barns today, as the
resuit of a general strike among
motormen and conductors. No at
tempt has been made by the com
panies to maintain traffic, but ne
gotiations are in progress looking
to an early settlement of the dif
ferences between the men and the
employers.
In the meantime, auto owners are
reaping a harvest, every gas wagon
in the city, not otherwise engaged,
having taken advantage of the op
portunity to go into the passenger
carrying business.
The inconvenience of the strike
has been intensified by wet weather,
thousands of Pittsburgers having
been obliged to walk to work this
morning in a drenching rain.
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ELIMINATE KICK
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15.—
The attorney-general of the United
States has rendered an opinion in
■which he holds that the brewing of
beer containing two and three-quar
ters per cent of alcohol is a viola
tion of the dry law. The federal
district court of New York also is
considering this question, and a de
cision is expected soon.
In the meantime, the brewers of
the country continue to manufac
ture beer with the two and three
quarters per cent kick, contending
the while that they are not violat
ing the law in so doing.
JAPS MED
BY KOREAN PLAN
TOKYO. May 15. — The privy
! council ha? authorized the announce
ment that steps will be taken im
mediately to remove certain re
strictions which have caused com
plaint in Korea. The council, it is
stated, has decided partially to re
vise the organic system of the
Korean government, a sufficient
change being contemplated to meet
the present requirements of the
situation.
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DISCOVER PLOT
10 R08 STATE
SALEM, Ore., May 15.—Follow
ing the discovery of a conspiracy
to loot the state treasury, practic
ally all of the funds have been re
moved from the local vaults and
stowed away in a secret hiding
place, known only to Treasurer
Hoff.
The sum of two million dollars
1 in currency and negotiable securi
ties was in the vaults when the
warning was received, apprising the
treasurer of the plot to hold up
the treasury during the present
week. No time was lost in remov
ing the money to a place of great
' er security.
’ The discovery of the plot was
made by the local police, and they
are now engaged in an attempt to
apprehend the men who were to
have made the raid.
GEORGE MOODY IS
IMPROVING RAPIDLY
Advices received from Fairbanks
this afternoon indicate that George
Moody was seen around town this
morning on crutches and that he
is mending rapidly.
He was injured recently when
a tank on his launch, which he was
soldering, exploded suddenly. The
worst injuries he sustained as a
result of the accident were a brok
en rib and a gashed elbow.
It is reported that he will soon
be able to discard the crutches and
will then resume the work of re
pairing his launch and will take
John Moe out on an extended trip
on the Tanana and Yukon rivers.
Charles Harding arrived in town
last evening on the Launch Peer
less from Fairbanks.
GERMANS PREPARING
COUNTER PROPOSALS
PARIS, May 15.—According- to
advices received in this city this
morning from Versailles, the Ger
man delegates are now engaged in
the preparation of voluminous coun
ter proposals as a substitute for the
peace terms prepared by the Allies.
Details of the counter proposals are
not obtainable, but it is considered
doubtful if the Allied conference
will give them consideration.
This is indicated by the refu.-al
of President Wilson and the nre
miers of England, France and Italy
ito consider the note sent bv the .
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^Germans several days ago. relative
; to international labor legislation.
■ The answer of the Big Four merely
points out that the treaty drawn
up by the Allies insures the rea
! lization of reforms for workers,
|and seeks to make it clear to the
! Germans that no advice is wanted
from them.
The counter proposals now being
| prepared will receive an equally
| chilly reception, it is believed.
BANDIT YOUTHS
MAKE FAT HAUL
OAKLAND. Cal., May 15.—The
Emerville bank, near this city, was
relieved of the sum of $8,400 in
gold and currency, late yesterday
afternoon, by two youths, who en
tered the institution fully prepared
for the business ir hand. They
were heavily armed, but no at
tempt was made to conceal their
identity, both being unmasked.
The six employes of the bank,
who were the only persons ;n the
place at the time the bandits en
tered. were backed up against the
wall and held there by one of the
bandits, while his companion coolly
cut the telephone wires, pulled the
shades on the doors and windows,
and then hurriedly dumped all the
loose change into canvas sacks.
This done, the youths backed out
of the bank and into their auto,
which awaited them at the curb,
and in which they speedily disap
peared.
Officers are now on the trail,
armed with a minute description
of the holdup men to aid them in
their search.
SAYS CARRANZA
HELD JJP BANK
NEW YORK, May 15.—President
Carranza of Mexico has been named
as defendant in a suit instituted
by the manager of a large banking
concern of Mexico City, seeking the
recovery of large sums of money
alleged to have ben confiscated by
Carranza. The bank manager charges
that Carranza is a colossal bank
robber and sets forth in his com
plaint that the president of the re
public caused the arrest of numer
ous bank officials at Mexico City
and then helped himself jg the
funds in the bank vaults.
Carranza is accused of getting
away with over nineteen million
dollars in gold and silver and other
securities.
DIRIGIBLE IS READY
TO MAKE OCEAN TRIP
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Ms* 15.—
The American dirigible C H, which
left Montauk yesterday morning,
made the flight to this city without
incident, and is now ready to at
tempt the transatlantic trip.
OF
CANADA ARE
OUI FOR RAISE
WINNIPEG, Man., May 15.—
; Twenty-seven thousand union work
l ers of this city have combined in
a general strike to give weight to
the demand of the metal trades
workers for more money and short
er hours. The walkout has pro
duced chaotic conditions throughout
.the city. Street cars, elevators and
food deliveries have come to a full
stop, leaving postal employees, sten
ographers and clerks at their desks,
hungry and without means of reach
, ing their homes. Hospitals are
without water.
The strike has resolved itself into
a fight between the union workers
land the citizens of the town. A
'committee of the latter, one thou
sand strong, is now engaged in re
cruiting volunteers to take the
| places of the strikers. The situation
has a serious aspect, but no trou
j ble of consequence has occurred
thus far.
I
LINEMEN MAKE TRIP
TO OLD STATION
Claude Taylor and W. L. Morris,
i of the local signal corps, left N'e
nana at 2 o’clock yesterday morn
ing for the old Nenana telegraph
station, about 17 miles up the rive -.
, on an inspection and repairing trip.
They returned to town about 5:30
this morning.
They report that no damage was
done to any part of the line up
as far as the old station, by the
forest fires, and that there is no
danger to the line from that source.
The big forest fire, the smoke
of which could be seen from town,
is reported to have been burning
fiercely on the ridge at the back
of Sizeland’s place, about six miles
above town. The fire appeared to
be coming along from the Gold
stream district, sweeping the ridge
on its way to the river.
It would appear to have reached
j the previously burned area late
last night, and is reported to be
dying out now.
VACATION PARTY LEAVES
FAIRBANKS ON LAUNCH
Dr. Sutherland’s launch Siwash
was scheduled to leave Fairbanks
at 1 or 2 o’clock this afternoon for
the lower Tanana, and possibly
points on the Yukon river.
The party is composed of Dr.
Sutherland, Frank R. Clark, and
Charles Thompson. They expect to
be away for a period of about two
weeks.
Dr. A. A. K<enison will also leave
on the Siwash for Nenana.
NAVAL SQUADRON
IS COMING WESI
WASHINGTON. D. C., May 15.—
Officials of the navy department
are authority for the statement
that plans are being made by the
department to despatch a number
of America's best fighting vessels
to the Pacific during the summer,
for an exiiuided cruise in Western
waters. The flees will consist prob
ably of sixteen dreadnaughts, ac
companied by destroyers and aux
iliary craft.
According to the present plans,
the vessels will reach Puget sound
early in August and will remain
there about three weeks.
GROWING DAILY
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15.—
Although the meeting of Republi
cans held in this city yesterday
was harmonious to an unexpected
degree, there has been no abate
ment among the Progressives of
the opposition to the threatened
appointment of Senators Penrose
and Warren as chairmen, respec
tively, of the finance and appro
priations committees of the upper
branch of Congress.
Progressive leaders declare that
they will carry their fight to the
floor of the senate if they are un
able otherwise to prevent the un
popular appointments.
George Sanderson, a Chicago a"
torney. was elected secretary of the
senate at yesterday’s meeting.
SEATTLE HEARS
SEATTLE, May 15.—Letters re
ceived in this city recently from
“over there" contain accounts of
distinguished services rendered to
his country by Lieut. Francis Rotch,
former skipper of the Alaskan En
gineering commission’s power barge
Midnight Sun, with headquarters at
Xenana.
Rotch is now attached to the
transportation branch of the army
in France, and won the American
distinguished service medal, the
French croix de guerre, and a Brit
ish military decoration for jumping
into the water and rescuing a line
by which a burning gasoline scow
was towed to safety. The incident
occurred near Paris and was the
result of an encounter between the
scow and one of the Germans’ long
range shells.
An account of this incident and
the bestowal of the honors above
referred to was contained in a let
ter written to The Nenana Daily
News by Lieut. Rotch several
months ago. The letter appeared in
full in these columns.
Albert Morris left Tolovana yes
terday for Nenana in his gasoline
lanuch and is expected to arrive
here tonight.
WO OF WINE
LOST ON TRAIN;
YANKEES FID
COBLENZ, May 1.7.—As a re
sult of the mysterious disappearance
of a shipment of 2,170 bottles of
champagne from a troop train on
which American soldiers were being
transported, the army board ha.
rendered a decision holding the
Yankee soldier-passengers responsi
ble for the loss and requiring full
payment for the wine. The sum
of 27,000 francs has been assessed
against the 931 officers and men
who were aboard the tram when
the wine disappeared, and the mon -
ey will go to reimburse the railway
company for the loss sustained. It
is possible also that additional ac
tion will be taken to punish the
Yankees for getting away with the
cargo of joy water.
Among the officers held responsi
ble are three majors and fifteen
captains.
FOSDICK MAY GET
JOB WITH LEAGUE
WASHINGTON’, D. C.. May 15.
Raymond B. Fosdick, a New York
lawyer who has figured prom’.nent
ly in war activities as chairman of
the committee on training camp
activities, is said to be slated f< r
a place as a member of the per
manent staff of American officials
of the proposed League of Nations,
when organization has been per
fected. The exact position that
Fosdic-k will be invited to till has
not been made known. Fosdick is
36 years of age, and a lawyer of
ability.
10 WIRE MESSASE
PARIS, May 15.—President Wil
son has completed the preparation
of the message which will be ca
bled to the lawmakers when they
convene in extra session on May
19. The message is a short one,
consisting of only a few hundred
words.
Whether or not a second message
will be forwarded from Paris can
not be foreseen at this time, but
it is certain that the President will
have a lot to say to Congress upon
his return to the United States.
The cabling of a presidential mess
age from a foreign city to the
American capital will be the first
case of the kind on record iri
American history.
PLANE ENROUTE WITH
MAIL FROM CLEVELAND
CLEVELAND, May 15.—An air
plane with a consignment of 450
pounds of mail is due here this
afternoon at 2 o’clock. The arrival
of the aerial carrier will mark the
inauguration of the new air service
planned by the postoffice depart
ment for this city.
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