/The Broad Pass Route Is The Short-Cut Route — Saves Mushers Miles and Money
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VOLUME ONE member of associated press nenana, alaska, Tuesday, march 4, 1919. whole number 277
LA FOLLETTE CLIQUE DISGRACE PARTY
FILIBUSTER PREVENTS ACTION ON MANY BILLS
• FOCH DEMANDS SURRENDER OF MERCHANT VESSELS
SMI
IN OLD NEW YORK
SHIPPING TIED UP
NEW YORK. Mar. 4.—Sixteei:
thousand harbor workers, whose re
mands for higher wages were no1
acceeded to by the employers, wen1
j out on strike today. A referendum
vote had been taken recently b\
the labor leaders on this question
and a strike was decided on as the
only means of enforcing the de
mands of the workmen.
Shipping in New York harbor ii
practically tied up as a result oi
the strike and both in and oui
bound vessels are idle at the docks
BERLIN. Mar. 4.—The national
Spartacan League and the Greatei
Berlin Communist organizations
have issued appeals to the people
t for an immediate general strike
for the purpose of overthrowing the
national assembly and the presem
republican organizations.
They have issued instructions tc
their followers to assemble at all
the factories and prevent work, bu1
ask them to avoid street demonstra
tions.
^ The Socialist paper Vorwaerti
says that the majority of the metai
trades workers and railroad em
ployees are in favor of a general
strike. &
COPENHAGEN. Mar. 4.—The
German Spartacans have decided tc
cal! a general strike to go into ef
fect almost immediately.
I Yesterday crowds fought theii
way into the Berlin police station
disarmed the policemen and cut the
telephone wires.
AllK EVACUATE
nun town
ARCHANGEL, Mar. 4.—The Bo!
sheviki forces operating in Nor
them Russia are continuing theii
offensive against the Allied forces
The Bolsheviki advance toda]
caused the evacuation by the Allie:
of the town of Vevsievkawa.
m
m TEMPERATURE
As reported by the government
R observation station, Nenar.a
•t -—
V Tuesday, March 4
* Maximum —..17 above
* Minimum .^-2 above
t» *«»>*{»►, «**««***«*«
Fred Robinson left this mornini
for Fairbanks with the mail am
Henry Pennoyer for the Ohio road
house, Fred Dunbar for Dunbar’
roadhouse, Joe Derrick and Sar
Knight for Fail, a'nks.
ilADIES 10 GIVE
ENTERTAINMENT
SATURDAY NIGH1
Arrangements are now under wa]
for an entertainment and dance
which is being given by the ladie:
of Nenana who are interested ii
the French Orphan and the Treas
ure and Trinket funds. The enter
tainment will take place at th<
Union Hail on Saturday. March 3
Mrs. F. D. Browne, who is at thi
head of affairs pertaining to th<
French orphans, and Mrs. Car
Schimdt. head of the Treasure an<
Trinket fund in aid of disablec
American aviators, assisted by theii
respective committees, no -c ;oine<
forces, and as a consequence. th<
projected entertainment and danc<
is bound to be of a very high order
Many innovations in the entertain
m.-nt line are promised at the affaii
‘ on Saturday..
All the gambling features of ar
ordinary race track meet will b(
reproduced in addition to whirr
games of chance and skill of variou:
sorts will afford opportunity to ' ■'<
“Sports" to choose their own favor
ite brand of excitement in th<
gambling line. The best talent avail
able in N'enana has been enlistet
to make the program as attractivi
as possible ,and from the way thing
are shaping at the present time
nothing less than a ‘rip-roarinj
time’ is coming up on Saturday
night.
Dancing will be in order througl
the night, commencing immediate!]
after a sufficient number of peopli
have assembled, and will be inter
spersed with the various pleasins
items of'the program consisting o:
[ solos, duets, action songs, fane]
dancing, etc.
Neither the dancing nor the pro
gram will, in any way, interfere
' with the gambling, which the ladie:
in charge say, will be continuer
, until everyone has had a square
'deal and been given a chance t<
go “busted” right.
The committee in charge of the
affair is working hard perfectinj
: the details and fixing up the hall
and at the proper time, the famou
Casina at Monte Carlo will have
nothing on Nenana in the way o:
interior fixings of a gambling palac"
! No limit has been placed on the
gambling and the ladies wish te
assure those who will be there tha
they can go the limit, which is the
sky, as many times as they wan
to, or are able to.
It is yet too early to make an;
> definite announcement regarding tb
program, the details of which ar
now being arranged, but just a
• soon as all the items have beei
■ assembled, a resume of it will b
• published
’ j The entertainment is being give:
! in a very worthy cause, and thos
! who will attend the function, whil
! helping the cause along, will als
■ be afforded ample opportunity t
! have a real good time at anyone o
! the many forms of amusement an
distraction for which provision ha
: been made by the ladies in charge
I Refreshments can also be ot
• tained at very moderate cost.
1 THE NEWS OFFICE
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE A’
FILIBUSTER CAUSES
DEATH OF MEASURES
OF BIG IMPORTANCE
WASHINGTON, Mar. 4.—Con
gress adjourned at noon today in
the midst of a filibuster movement
in the Senate, that hilled a long list
of important measures that should
have been passed.
Among the more important meas
■ ures that were killed by the ob
structive tactics employed by a
small group of filibusterers was the
General Deficiency bill, carrying an
appropriation of 750 million dollars
for railroad administration. The
failure of passage of this bill puts
the administratio in a very embar
rassing position.
President Wilson issued a state
ment shortly after the adjourn
ment of Congress, declaring that r.
group of men in the Senate had
been deliberately chosen to embar
rass the administration of the gov
; err.ment and to imperil the finan
.cial interests of the country's rail
road system.
t" Inability to secure ar. executive
session of the Senate, he said, on
account of the Republican filibuster
has also caused the failure of con
firmation of scores of nominations.
Among these are included those of
Mitchell Palmer as attorney gen
eral: Williams as controller of cur
rency; Norman Hapgood as minister
. to Denmark; and many postmasters.
, ■ judges and attorneys. ,
. ~ '
The Capitol galleries were thronjr
i ed with spectators at the closing
hours of Congress, and veteran cm- i
, ployes of the administration who
. had witnessed great many con
• gressiona! adjournments, said that
■ never in thirty years had filibuster
ing tactics forced such a complete
tieup.
Senator Lodge < Republican i of
Massachusetts, declared that three
i fourths of the Republicans in Con
; gress sincerely deplored the failure
■ of passage of the railroad appro
’ priation bill, which carried the
large appropriation of 750 million
■ dollars for ralroad administrative
: purposes.
The filbustering Republicans, he
; said, got beyond control and told
1 their leaders that their actions were
personal and not a party affair.
! Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman
(Republican) of Illinois, and Robert
LaFollette (Republican) of Wisconsin
' each spoke for several hours to an
,
audience of about a dozen, thereby
' consuming the full time for speak
ing allotted to them under the rules
of the Senate, delaying senatorial
' action for that length of time and
' contributing to the final defeat of
,.
several important measures.
1 The filibuster blocked even the
' ; exchage of courtesies ‘between re-,
tiring officers.
i
, | The filibuster also blocked meas
, ures which included the oil, gas and
, coal land leasing bill, the woman
, suffrage bill, and Secretary Lane’s
f bill, appropriating a considerable
], amount for the reclamation of
- waste lands.
Alaska Item Uncertain.
Whether or not the Sundry Civil
bill, carrying an item of $4,200,000
for railroad construction in Alaska
was among the measures which
r failed to pass during the last hours’
>f Congress was not known at the
.irr.e of going to press. The News
,-esterday made in quay of The
Vssociated Press regarding the
talus of the bill, but the only in
'ormation obtainable up to a late
tour today was to the effect that
he measure had not been approved
ip to a late hour last night, and
:hat its passage at that time ap
leared very doubtful, owing to the
’ilibuster. If the bill slipped thru
:he Senate during the closing hours
his morning, the fact has not be
:ome generally known. Definite
nformation is expected, however,
his evening or tomorrow: repre
sentatives of the Associated Press
tow being engaged in sorting out
he maze of last-hour legislation.
MR WILL BE
According to reports reeieved
tver the phone from Fairbanx.-, the
official returns received by the
rerritorial Canvassing Board give
tulzer a majority of 33 votes. This
figure is based on returns received
ty the canvassing board and from
luthentic telegrams from outlying
trecincts.
The canbassing board states that
to certificate of election will be
ssued until the telegrams referred
:o are confirmed by mail.
The standing of the rival candi
iates on the final count is a?
follows: Sulzer 4487 votes and
IVickersham 4454 votes.
HOUSE VOTES TO
HELP IRELAND
GAIN HER ENOS
WASHINGTON, Mar. 4.—With a
vote of 216 to 41, the House of
Representatives today adopted a
-esolution, expressing the hope that
he Inter-Allied peaee conference
will favorably consider Ireland’s
claims to the right of self deter
mination.
The resolution now goes before
the Senate, where it was considered
altogether improbable that an>
action would be taken on it before
the final adjournment.
NENANA MERCHANT IS
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
Advices received over the phone
from Fairbanks this afternoon in
dicated that Miek Hyland was in s
very serious condition at the St
Joseph’s hospital, with an attack
of pneumonia.
He was unconscious last night
and his physicians hold out little
hope for his recovery.
Iiuu—Tbm eatm; to McXlaloj
PARIS. March 4.—According to
i reports received in this city today
from reliable sources. Bavarian
troops -who are opposed to radical
government in Bavaria are march
ing upon Munich.
! Munich is the capital of Bavaria
and is the seat of government.
war¥f1l
PLAN ON MAKING
WASHINGTON, Mar. 4.—Secre
tary of War Baker and General
March, chief of staff of the Ameri
can army, will leave next Sunday
on a tour of inspection to the Pa
cific- coast and the Mexican border.
! Their tentative intinerary c; t ie
.tour includes Camp Lewis.
A great many dog teams from
all parts of the country entered for
the big race which was run on
Sunday last at Talkeetna.
The course was from Talkeetna
to Montana creek and return, a
distance of 47 miles
Ole Jacobson’s dog team, of Ne
naan, won the first prize of $100;
making the distance in four hours
and forty-seven minutes; Hugh
Price, of Cache creek, got the
second prize of fifty dollars; Mike
i Cooney, of Nenana, got third prize
of thirty-five dollars, and Patrick
, Marshal of Broad Pass, won fourth
prize of fifteen dollars.
The first three teams finished
'closely.
MERCHANT FLEE!
IS DEMANDED BY
| MARSHAL FOCH
COPENHAGEN, Mar. 4—Accor.]
ing to reports received in this cit>
today from Weimar, Marshal Foch
commander in chief of the Alliec
forces, has made a demand for th<
immediate delivery of the Germar
mercantile fleet, without regarc
to the question of food supply.
The reports state further thai
the German National Assembly is
holding a meeting at Weimar, pre
sumably for discussing the demand
made by Marshal Foch.
FIRST CLASS MAIL
ARRIVED IN FAIRBANKS
The Brower stage arriving '.r
; Fairbanks last night brought a .-l.ip
fmert of first c'ass mail. The stag*
also brought Mamie Fursmu aboar-:
i from Chitina, fo Chatanika.
T.
LARES SEIfi
PROJECT PEOPLE
COPENHAGEN, Mar. 4—Accord
ing to reports received in this city
today, the government of Prussia
has declared a state of seige to
exist in the police districts of Ber
lin, Spandau and the other suburbs
of Berlin.
This action is taken by the gov
ernment to protect the bulk of the
working people from famine and the
reign of terror which the minority
radica! element are trying to es
tablish.
Gustave Loske has assumed ex
ecutive power in Berlin.
NEW YORK, Mar. 4.— President
Wilson will speak tonight at the
Metropolitan Opera House, the sub
ject of his speech being the pro
posed League of Nations.
He will also confer with former
President Taft and receive a dele
gation of Irishmen.
The President will sail tomorrow
on the transport George Wash
ington for France.
Enerico Caruso, the famous ten >r
will sing the “Star Spangled Banner”
at the Metropolitan Opera House
tonight when President Wilson ar
rives there.
LOWER RIVER STRIKE
LOOKING FAIRLY G^OD
The latest accounts received of
the strike on the lowc Yukon, near
Marshal, resported in these columns
recently, indicate that a small camp
might be established 'n that neigh
borhood.
The following telegram *1; re
ceived by Harry Ensley this after
noon :
“Three creeks, good prospects;
many other likely looking creeks,
many lays have been let, ineiriiig
Darling, Crabtree and C»-kturn.
Shallow wet ground; three drills
working; splendid outlo 'k for small
camp
“H. L. HUNTER..”
Advices received previously from
Frank O’Farrell in a telegram to
Sylvester Howell indicated that
grub was scarce in the neighbor
hood of the strike and for a wide
radius. This was confirmed in a
wire to a N’enanaite yesterday from
James Walker, of Holy Cross.
FAIRBANKS SOLDIER
IS RETURNING HOME
Advices received in the upper
town today state that Max Love and
his wife are on their way to Fair
banks from Fort Gibbon. They ex
pect to arrive in Fairbanks i •
morrow night. •
Max Love, who was inducted :nto
the service, has now beer discharged
and will piobably go to Brooks,
where he has some mining claims
for the summer.