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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
iV VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA. ALASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1919.
WHOLE NUMBER 226
POLES CROSS BORDER AFTER GERMANS
TRANSPORT~FOUNDERS WITH AMERICAN TROOPS
CZECHOSLOVAKS' SCORE VICTORY OVER BOLSHEVIK1
3oUheviki Receive Severe Set-back
I' At the Hands of General
Gaida’s Czecho-Slavs.
t (Associated 1 'rcss)
VLAD1V0ST0CK—General Gaida
at the head of a powerful Czecho
slovak Siberian force, captured the
town of Perm from the Bolsheviki
and in the fight preceeding the cap
ture virtually destroyed the Third
army of the Bolsheviki
General Gaida’s forces which were
composed of two divisions, captured
thirty-one thousand prisoners and
an armored train from which Pre
mier Lenine was directing the oper
ations of the Bolsheviki. Lenine
managed to make his escape.
President Is On His Way to Visit
Our Italian Allies; Reaches
the Frontier Today.
_
(Associated Press)
ROME.—It is reported in this city
today that the train bearing Presi
dent Wilson and party reached
Modine, on the Franco-Italian bor
der today.
NOME ROADHOUSE
* KEEPER IS DEAD
' OF INFLUENZA!
(Associated Press) i
SEATTLE.—Joseph Sliscovich,
former well known Nome roadhouse
keeper, mentioned by Rex Beach in
his novel “The Spoilers”, in, a night
at Slisco’s,’ died here today from
the affects of an attack of Spanish
influenza.
LOVEI RESIGNS
GOVERNMENT JOB;
MAKES STATEMENT
V
Director of Diviaion of Railroad
Administration Opposes the
Government Ownership.
(Associated Press)
NEW YORK.—Robert S. Lovett
has resigned his position as director
of the Division of Capital Expendi
tures of the Railroad administration,
and in doing so issued a statement
voicing his opposition to government
ownership of railroads on the ground
of competition in service facilities
but not in rates.
The rates, he thought, should be
preserved and declared that he ap
proves of a thorough government
regulation of railroads.
Vanana—The GKPrway to XoXialay
Xatloaal Park
POPULATION OF JAPAN
IS GROWING STEADILY
TOKIO.—Japan’s population is
increasing at the rate of 800,000
i year, according: to official statistics.
Until a few years ago the rate of
increase was a little over half a
million yearly.
The population on November 31,
1917, was estimated at 57,998,373.
This did not include Korea, For
mosa or Saghalien.
GOLD AND SILVER
FDR PASL VEAR
Value of Gold and Silver Produced
Last Year Shows Big Drop;
Lowest in Twenty Years.
(Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The gold
production of the United States
during the year just come to a close
fell to three million, three hundred
and thirteen thousand and five
ounces, valued at $68,493,000. This
is the lowest figure the gold pro
duction has reached in twenty years.
The value of the silver produc
tion during 1918 had also dropped
to $67,878,000.
According to the director of the
Mining and Geological survey, Cali
fornia leads the gold states, with
$17,207,000 worth; Colorado comes
second The gold production of
Alaska is not given.
INFLUENZA STILL
BAD IN SEATTLE
Epidemic Still Virulent In Spirit
City and Further Drastic
Action Is Expected.
(Associated Press)
SEATTLE.—According to the re
ports made by the health authorities
of the city, the influenza epidemic
has, by no means, been com^etely
checked and the city still has a stiff
fight on its hands against the dis
ease.
The health authorities also indi
cate that further drastic action will
possibly be necessary to prevent the
ravages of the disease.
FORMER KAISER
VERY SICK MAN
The Former KaUer of the Former
German Empire Is Reported
to Be Very III In Holland
(Associated Press)
AMSTERDAM.—It is reported
that former Kaiser Wilhelm of Ger
many is very ill. He is suffering
from a bad cold ar.d fever and can
not leave his room.
An eminent Dutch specialist oi
Utrech is in attendance on him.
Cadmus, who introduced letter!
into Greece, was a cook being em
ployed at the time aB chef in the
household of the king of Sidon.
POLES CAPTURE
GERMAN FORTRESS
Associated Press
v a.-—According to r -ports
received in this city today, a large
Polish force consisting of infantry,
artillery and cavalry, well armed
and equipped and full of patriotic
zeal and ardor, making a rail on a
large scale into Germany, entred
Frankfort today.
Frankfort is a large and import
ant Prussian town on the Oder river
and is about fifty miles southeast of
Berlin.
COPENHAGEN—According to re
ports received in this city today
i frum reliable sources, a powerful
i Polish army of about thirty thousand
troops, infantry, artillery and cav
alry, are now marching on Berlin.
; The reports state further that the
Ebert government has ordered the
Fifth German army corps to meet
me roies, ana a oig name is tv
pected to result when the opposing
forces meet.
The Poles are well armed and
equipped and expect to be able to
surmount all obstacles and reach
Berlin.
WARSAW.—It is reported that
the Poles have captured the fortress
of Posen and in the course of the
fighting which led up to the fall of
the city, captured and promptly dis
armed twenty thousand Germans.
The Sixth German Grenadier regi
j ment refused to surrender to the
j victorious Poles and are now sur
rounded in barracks.
A large number of Boy Scouts
j and women are said to be among
I the fighting Poles.
I
DOCTOR LAMB IS
VICTIM OF "Fir
ST OIOJSMILTON
Well Known Medico, Formerly At
Nulato, Diet of the Influenza
At Old Hamilton.
(Associated Press)
i SEATTLE.—In a cable to Super
; intendent Lopp, of the Bureau of
Education, the sad’ news is con
i tained of the death of Doctor Frank
i W. Lamb, formerly one of the King
County Hospital surgeons, of in
: fluenza, at Old Hamilton village, on
the lower Yukon river, near its
mouth.
Dr. Lamb first came to Alaska in
the spring of 1914, and took charge
1 of the government hospital at Nu
lato, which is under the jurisdiction
of the Board of Education. He was
j subsequently transferred to the gov
| eminent hospital at Akiak, near the
mouth of the Kuskokwim river.
He left the hospital at Akiak re
cently to help the lower Yukon
river natives to fight the influenza
and contracted the disease himself
while at Old rfamilton, a few miles
up the Yukon river from its mouth
at Kotlik, where he died.
MAILS ME
TOMORROW NIGHT
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Postmaster McDonald advises that
a Thelin stage left Fairbanks this
morning with first class mail for
Nenana, and should arrive sometime
tomorow night.
A Koland stage will leave Fair
banks tomorrow morning and will
also have a consignment of mail for
Nenana.
Derailment of a locomotive was
occasioned in the Anchorage terminal
yards early last month when it was
struck by three runaway coal cars.
The damage was slight.
Vmmm, Vkm Balia u< Blmt Kart
COMMITTEE SAYS
GOLD PRODUCTION
MIGHT IMPROVE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Members
of the treasury committee which
was appointed recently for the pur
pose of suggesting a remedy for the
falling off in the sold production
of last year, believe that the gold
production this wear will be greatly
stimulated by falling prices and a
return of normal pre-war conditions.
As a consequence it is thought
unlikely that the committee will
recommend any unusual measures to
stimulate production.
HIGH HONOR IS
GIVEN ALASKAN
ARMY OFFICER
First Cadet From Skagway, Now a
Colonel, Earns Distinguished
Service Cross.
(Associated Press)
SEATTLE.—Colonel Dan D. Pul
len, of Skagway, the first Alaskan
cadet to be sent to West Point from
the North, and who during his cadet
ship was the greatest West Point
football player, has been awarded
the distinguished service cross.
Colonel Pulllen on September 26
last led a tank charge on the enemy
positions " at Boise De Cuissy with
great success. He afterwards ral
lied the much disorganized infantry
men who completed the work done
by the tanks in their charge, and
occupied the positions, from which
the enemy forces were ejected
Putting In HU Time
“I never could see what a tramp
does with his time.”
“Never could myself,” said Plunk
ville’s popular constable, “until 1
followed one around just to find
out. He ate four breakfasts and sisi
dinners.”
MISSOURI BRED MULES
MADE GOOD IN BATTLE
LONDON.—The Missouri mule
more than made good in the British
army during the war. Large num
bers of them were used for moving
the field artillery. The mule shared
in the big British advances on the
Western front this fall and proved
his grit and worth for many days
by keeping the guns right up with
the rapidly advancing artillery.
BADLY STRANDED
Transport Northern Pacific, With
Three Thousand Passengers,
Stranded On Fire Island.
(Assoc in ted Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C. The Am
j erican transport Northern Pacific
| stranded badly on Fire Island and
I lies in a dangerous position exposed
> to the action of the -weather.
The constant pounding of the
j heavy seas has driven her higher on
I the beach, where the waves are
j breaking over the boat.
! There are three thousand souls
[aboard, composed of soldiers, sailors,
! nurses and civilians, enroute home
jfrom France.
A naval fleet of twelve cruisers
[and destroyers standing by the
jstranded ship formed a semi-circle
I around her and during last night
i played their searchlights on her.
The coast guards are making ready
■to pass a line for rigging up a
I breeches buoy, which they will man
! and small boats have already started
taking off the troops.
CONGRESS MEETS
AFe HOLIDAY
I Senate May Devote Session to the
Discussion of Peace, House to
I Handle War Revenue Bill
Associated Press
| WASHINGTON, D. C—The United
' States Congress returned to work to
day after the Christmas holidays.
It is expected that the Senate will
devote the session to the discussion
of peace and that the House of
i Representatives will endeavor to
again send the war revenue bill to
| the joint conference.
—
Clad only in a nightgown and
| overshoes and chasing a coyote car
rying a pair of fat hens in its mouth
for a distance of half a mile in zero
i weather was the stunt of Ernest
Barnes, a farmer near Smith Center,
| Kansas.
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Senator
War
DEPARTMENT
IS CRITICIZED
from Massachusetts Scores
Department For Delays
and Errors.
Associated Press
WASHINGTON, D. 0.—Senator
John W. Weeks, of Massachusetts,
severely criticized the war depart
ment today for the delays and
errors in compiling the casualty
statistics.
lie said that the Red Cross, in
August last, located in hospitals, two
hundred Americans who were re
ported missing later on by the war
department.
DAI HIM IS
DEAD IN ROME
Associated Press
ROME.—David Lubin, of San
Francisco, founder of the Interna
tional Agricultural Institute, and the
American representative on its board
of directors, died of pneumonia
today.
Lubin had perfected a plan for
the collection of the world’s records
of the agricultural imports and ex
ports.
ARMY OFFICER IS
COMING NORTH TO
_
.Commanding Officer of Weitern
Department to Come North
On Inspection Trip.
(Associated Press)
I SAN FRANCISCO—Major Uen
leral John F. Morrison, commanding
the Western department and who is,
at present, on a tour of inspection
of the Western army posts, expects
to to Alaska as soon as the transport
service to the North is resumed.
G. 0. P. SENATORS
HAMPER WILSON
AVERS DEMOCRAT
Senator Lewi* Charges Conspiracy
to Discredit Wilson Abroad
and Thwart His Purposes.
(Associated Press)
| WASHINGTON, D. C.—Senator
I James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois,
charged the Republicans with con
i spiring, for political purposes, to
| discredit President Wilson abroad
| and to thwart his purpose by giving
| the nations of Europe the impres
| sion that the Senate of the United
j States is in opposition to Wilson’s
I plans for a world peace.
There is a monastery at Mafra,
Portugal, 700 by 800 feet in dimen
sions. It has 8G6 rooms and more
than 5,000 windowa.