* The Broad Pass Route Is The Short-Cut Route — Saves Mushers Miles and Money
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1919. WHOLE NUMBER 28S
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. BOOSTS RATES
BAKER WILL EXPEDITE DISCHARGE OF SOLDIERS
’WICKERSHAM HINTS CONTEST MAY BE FILED BY HIM
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Reports received of the Koyukuk
country, from William Siverly, who
arrived from Coldfoot yesterday, in
dicate that the gold output of that
camp for the coming season will be
greatly in excess of that of last
summer.
Good prospects and pay have been
discovered in sections of the coun
try in which considerable prospect
ing had been in progress for some
time. The men who had left thej
camp, as well as many others, are'
known to be on their way back in. j
and a great revival of the mining;
industry in that region is assured, j
Porcupine creek, a tributary of |
the Koyukuk river, the mouth of j
which is about two miles below',
Coldfoot, is going to be one of;
the biggest producers of that camp
during the coming season. Diligent,
prospecting has resulted in the find-j
ing of good pay, ana several outfits i
have arranged to mine on this creek,
during the coming summer.
Pay has also been found on
Jenny creek, a tributary of the
Hammond river; and on Jim gulch,
a tributary of the Betties.
O. R. Williams, an oldtimer of
the Kuyukuk, has succeeded in
organizing a company with a capi
talization of half a million dollars
for working the rich claims on the
lower Hammond river on a large
scale. Considerable machinery is
already on the way in and Williams
and associates are also expected to
arrive before the breakup. The
operations of this concern will, of
course, add considerably to the gold
output of the Koyukuk.
Working on Myrtle creek, a tribu
tary of Slate creek, which in turn
is a tributary of the Koyukuk river
into which it empties at Coldfoot.
Ike Spink drove a 70-foot tunnel
and struck what he thinks is the
old channel between Myrtle and
Slate. Good pay is reported to
have been struck, and the creek
for five miles has been fully staked.
For the first time in the history,
of the Kuyukuk camp, two boilers
and two hoists are working on
Myrtle and one on Slate creek.!
The point at which the Spink tun-!
nel struck the old channel between!
Myrtle and Slate, is about six miles
from Coldfoot. Only two holes were
put down up to the time that Mr.
Siverly left the Koyukuk, and pay.
■was found in both of them, and
indications point to the fact that;
that section of the camp will add
considerably to the season’s output.1
There is said to be sufficent
grub in the camp for the men who |
are now there, as well as for those j
of the oldtimers who are known;
to be on the way in.
Owing to the very poor trans
portation facilities in the Koyukuk
the grub question is always a very
serious one. The very high freight
rates from the point of shipment
to Betties, the headwaters of the
Koyukuk, make supplies far more
expensive in the Koyukuk than in
any other Alaskan camp, when
purchased at Betties. The freight
rate on supplies from Betties to
the mining camps higher up the
river is seven cents per pound.
COBLENZ ROYAL PALACE
GUARDED BY YANKEES
COBLENZ.—An American cor
porals guard has been sleeping re
cently in the Royal Falace in Cob
lenz on the Rhine. When the
Americans came to Coblenz they
took over all the larger government
buildings and the affairs of state
were moved to the mansion which
is also known as one of t,te former
emperor’s summer palaces. Germans
are not permitted to enter the pal
ace unless under an order el Gen
eral Dickman. To enforce this rule
two khaki-clad sentries are on duty
day and night at the main entrance.
The room used as sleeping quarters
by the Americans was formerly
occupied by German soldiers doing
guard duty.
PABJS Mar. HZ.—Tijc Jugo-Slav
committee in this city learned to
day that grave disturbances have
taken place at Spalato, a Dalmation
port in the Adriatic Sea. The
Italian soldiers are reported to have
fought the inhabitants with knives,
killing and wounding several of
them.
Italian sailors from the warships
in the port would also appear to
have taken a hand in the fighting.
The inhabitants, however, managed
to drive the sailors back aboard
their vessels.
CONTEST AGAIN
SEATTLE, Mar. 17—James Wick
ersham arrived in this city yes
terday, enroute to Alaska. He stated
that he had not received any inti
mation from the Canvassing Board
regarding the delegate election as
yet.
He expected to go North in a few
days, and said that, after his ar
rival there, he will determine wheth
er he will contest the election, in
the event of the Canvassing Board
deciding in Sulzer’s favor.
NEW ZEALAND GIVES
HALF TO PRODUCERS
WELLINGTON, New Zealand.—
The House of Representatives has
adopted a bill to protect New Zea
land meat producers from exploita
tion by any beef packing interests.
The bill provides that exports of
beef from New Zealand can only
be made under a license from the
minister of Agriculture.
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QUIET REPORTED
Af rail NOW
WASHINGTON, Mar. 17.—The
United States Minister Reinsch,
whose headquarters are at Pel’vn,
cabled the state department today
that the Marine situation at Tien
Tsin is now quiet.
The minister is mailing a full re
port of the trouble to the state
department.
A party of Marines, on shore
duty, were reported to have been
roughly handled by Japanese troops
last Friday at Tien Tsin, and about
| two hundred of their enraged com
^ rades invaded the Japanese con
| cession, cleaned up the Japs and
also entered the consulate and
assaulted the Japanese consul. Jap
1 anese troops were called to quell
the disturbance, and they charged
the Marines with fixed bayonets,
driving them out of the concession
During the melee two Marines were
wounded.
Minister Reinsch sent the first
j secretary of the legation ^o in
vestigate the trouble, and the re
port now sent to tse department
is based on his findings.
FAMOUS AMAH
CALLED BV DEATH
SEATTLE, Mar. 17.—Donald A.
McKenzie died on Saturday at
Washington, D. C.
Mr. McKenzie was a well known
Alaskan promoter, and he also
mapped out the route of the Copper
River & Northwestern railroad.
nenanaitesTefi
ON TRAIN TODAY
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Among those leaving on the train
this morning for the end of steel,
enroute to the States via the Broad
Pass trail, were Mr. and Mrs. C.
Herbert Wilson, Mrs. Fred Carter
and her daughter La Rue.
Herb Wilson will accompany his
, wife as far as Talkeetna, and will
handle the dog team enroute; while
Mrs. Carter and her daughter will
be taken over the trail by C. H.
. Calhoun. The teams of Wilson and
Calhoun will probably keep together
on the journey.
SEATTLE, Mar. 17.—At a meet
I ing of Irishmen held today in this
j city, at which about two thousand
were present, a resolution was
I adopted to the effect that Ireland
! was entitled to self determination
The resolution further stated
that the League of Nations should
guarantee Ireland security in th«
pursuit of freedom and happiness.
The resolution will be forwarded
to the Peace Conference at Paris
today.
HA li) era
Its
1 PEKIN, Mar. 17.—Reports re
ceived in this city from Petrograd
state that sixty thousand Chinese
workmen have been organized to
conduct revolutionary propaganda
j and to establish soviets in China.
The workmen are now in various
parts of Russia and will probably
i return to China shortly.
The government of China is
I thoroughly alarmed and is taking
I steps to check the Bolsheviki ac
j tivities.
SEATTLE, Mar. 17.—The Alaska
I Steamship company announced to
. day that they have increased the
passenger rates to Alaska by from'
| ten to fifteen per cent- The in
i creased rates will go into effect
on March 22.
j The Pacific Steamship company
i have made no announcement as yet,
| but it is rumored that they will
i also raise their rates.
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KOREANS S1IRREO
TO SEEK FREEDOM
BY PARIS PAPERS;
PEKIN, Mar. 17.—Advices re
ceived in this city today from1
Korean sources indicate that the'
younger generation of the Korean'
nation, stirred by despatches from
Paris, regarding the prominence
given by the Peace Conference to
the principles of self determination,
which is one of the foundation
j principles of the peace treaty to
be concluded, rose up in revolt
! against the Japanese, who arbit
rarily annexed the kingdom of
Korea about ten years ago.
Japanese newspapers, comment
ing on the Korean revolt, state that
the students took part in the up
rising.
The Japs believe that a lack of
arms will most effectually prevent
a serious revolution. Their Japan
ese rulers only allow the Koreans
: to have fowling pieces.
ALLIED TROOPS !
i ADVANCE POSTi
!
J BERLIN, Mar. 17.—It is re
< ported in this city today that the
i British and French have advanced
their outposts to the limits of the
i Coblenz and Mainz bridge heads.
| The French troops are reported
!to have entered the corporate limits
of the city of Frankfort.
■uuj. lUtta'i Xatazlor Vael Depot
3ELLS ARE RELEASED
BY HUN AUTHORITIES
MUNICH.-—All those who knew
Munich and other German cities
possessed of beautiful churches, read
with a deep sense of regret, a yeai
. r two ago, that the military au
:horities had requisitioned the churcl
bells for the sake of the copper anc
other metal they contained. Tht
government tried to do it system
atically, and took only such belli
is would leave harmonious parts
■ ■I a set of chimes intact.
Now the bells, or such of then
as have not been melted up ant
used, are to be returned to theii
original places. The governmen
has issued an official notice to th<
effect that it surrenders its pur
chase rights and will sell back tht
bells to all who claim them.
NEW YOPN. .Star. 1,7.—Nearl;
forty thousand people attended th<
St. Patrick’s Day parade held ii
this city today.
Soldiers and sailors of the Unitet
States were given the places o
honor in the parade, which was lec
by John W. Goff, former justici
of the supreme court.
LONDON, Mar. 17.—Accord ini
reports received today from reliab!
sources, General Count von Arnim
who formerly commanded the Ger
man army on the Flanders front
was beaten to death by the peasant
today.
The general is reported to havi
taken a shot at some peasants wh<
were engaged in gathering f irewoo<
on his Bohemian estate.
This cowardly act so enraged th<
peasants that they invaded hi
castle, dragged the count to th<
open and beat him to death. Th<
peasants then proceeded to loo
the castle.
MINE CONVENTION
NOW IN PROGRES:
VANCOUVER. B. C\. Mar. 17—
The International Mining conven
tion opened in this city today
Numerous mining exhibits wen
assembled by the delegates, the ex
hibits being representative of al
sections of the North, includinj
Dawson.
William Sloan, minister for Brit
ish Columbia, who was the firs
speaker at the mining exhibit here
described mining conditions in Brit
ish Columbia.
Joe Connors and Louis Wansted
left with dog teams this morning
bound for the reported strike 01
the lower Yukon.
Frank Doner, special disbursing
agent, is expected back in towi
from the end of steel tonight.
■enana, Alaska's Interior l*usl Depo
Joseph Bellevieu, a prominent
| mining man of the Nome district.
I arrived in Xenana yesterday even
I in?, driving his own dog team, en
. route to the States. He left this
j morning on the train for the end
of steel and will hit the Broad Pass
j trail shortly after his arrival there,
i Mr. Belevieu left Nome on Feb
j ruary 28th and was sixteen and
j one-half days on the trail, traveling
i the old mail trail by way of Un
, alakleet and Kaltag. At Tanana he
j joined force? with Mr. Wm. Siverly
| and both men arrived together.
Mr. Bellivieu is a member of
! the Hastings Creek Dredging eom
! pany, which is operating dredges
: on Hasting- and Dry creeks. A
j new dredger was built last summ r
I for work on Dry creek. The hull
I was completed and the caulkers
were putting on the finishing touch
i es to it, when it accidentally caught
1 fire and was entirely destroyed
Mr. Bellevieu is now on i.is wav
. Outside to procure another hu '
which he expects to ship in short v
after the opening of navigation.
I
, MADRID, Mar. 17.—The govern
ment of Spain has named a coirk
' mittee whose duty it will be to
make a study of Spain’s participa
;‘tion in the League of Nations.
The Spanish government has en
, j dorsed President Wilson’s proposals.
. i but has reserved its decisions re
, * garding the reduction of armaments
; and the fixing of military forces
by the league.
, KNIGHTS ARE GIVING
i AID TO U. S. TROOPS
PARIS.—One of the activities of
. the Knights of Columbus in the war
, is the mobile kitchen group which
, is following the units of the Ameri
can Expeditionary Force from camp
to camp
On the long marches that have
become the rule since the signing
i of the armistice the men find hot
chocolate boullion and other warm
• food most acceptable. Twenty of
. these cars are in use in the area
. of military operations in France
■ Belgium and Germany. Others will
■ soon be sent to Italy and the south
1 of France. Like every other service
; of the Knights of Columbus the
distribution of the products of these
• kitchens is free, it is announced.
; The service will be continued until
, the last American unit has embark
• ed for America.
Harry Karstens’ auto left town
: this morning with Miss Edna Lewis,
. Father Monroe and Jean Ellis as
i passengers for Fairbanks, and Mrs.
Carl Bernard as passenger for the
Ohio roadhouse
1 The Burgess auto arrived this
afternoon from Fairbanks with one
locked pouch and three tie sacks of
, mail. She brought no passengers.