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THE NENANA DAILY NEW5
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA. \LA3KA. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 28. 1918
WHOLE NUMBER 223
CONGRESSMEN MAY PAY ALASKA VISIT
WILSON OUTLINES AIMS IN ADDRESS AT LONDON
COALITIONISTS SCORE VICTORY AT BRITISH ELECTION
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LONDON.—Speaking in the his
toric Guildhall today before a cere
monious gathering of England’s
most distinguished statesmen, Presi
dent Wilson reaffirmed the principle '
that there must no longer be what!
has been termed the “balance of;
power”, which might i:; settle the
peace of the world, but that the fu
ture must produce a concert of
power which will be powerful enough
to prevent future disturbances.
The Mail says that President Wil
son and Premier Lloyd George held
an extremely successful and satis
factory conference yesterday and de-1
dared that the British premier was;
rarely so enthusiastic over the re-,
suits of any conference ever held
before as at this one.
The address delivered by Presi
dent Wilson at the Guildhall today
met with a spontaneous and hearty1
reception, and his remarks were list
ened to with rapt attention by the
large and distinguished assemblage
gathered there.
President Wilson declared that the
soldiers fought to abolish the old
order of things and for the estab-,
lishment of a new order.
The old order, he declared, had
for its center the unstable thing
called balance of power, which was
determined by competitive interests,
jealous watchfulness and antagonism
of interests.
He said that the men who fought
in the war were men from free
nations who were determined that
the old order of things shall forever
end, and that from every quarter
and from every sort of mind the
suggestion for a concert of power to
replace the old balance of power is
now made This concert of power,
he said, must be a single, over
whelming and powerful group of
nations which shall be trustee of the
world’s peace.
President Wilson said he was
happy because the ground had been
cleared and the foundation laid for
a lasting peace- He said: “We have
already accepted the basic principles
which were clearly and definitely
enough stated as to make their ap
plication a matter which should af
ford no fundamental difficulty. The
people of the world want peace, not
by conquest of arms, but by agree
ment of the mind.”
In concluding, the President said
that the British leaders are thinking
along the same lines as indicated
by him.
DEMOBILIZATION
OF U. S. TROOPS
WASHINGTON, D. C.—General
March, chief of staff of the Ameri
can army, announced today that
over eleven hundred thousand Amer
ican troops have been designated
for demobilization since the armis
tice was signed.
He expects that one hundred
thousand additional troops will be
designated for demobilization in
about a week’s time.
R0YAL1Y CALLS
OIL PRESIDENT
LONDON.—President Wilson cele
brated his sixty-second birthday to
day at Buckingham Palace.
King George of England called
on President Wilson in his private
apartments and wished him many
happy returns of the day.
RULES 10 001
COBLENZ PEOPLE
COBLENZ.—General Pershing is
sued a set of rules today for the
guidance of the inhabitants in the
regions occupied by the American
troops.
Heretofore the Americans have
not interfered in local affairs as long
as they were conducted in a proper
and orderly manner.
The new rules issued by Pershing
requires that the local authorities
must know the exact whereabouts
of every individual. The inhabi
tants of the regions controlled by
the Americans must not sell liquor
to the soldiers, and anyone attacking
or impeding the Americans will be
severely punished by a military
court.
LAWMAKERS MAY
SEATTLE.—A special despatch
to the Seattle Post Intelligencer from
! Washington, D. C., says that Dele
gate Sulzer is working hard to get
I a large congresional party to visit
Alaska next year at the time that
the conference of governors will be
held.
The visit of the congressmen to
! Alaska is for the purpose of in
| specting government works under
' taken in Alaska and to look into
' other matters pertaining to the wel
! fare of the territory.
A resolution is now before the
: House Committee of Rules, asking
I that a junta of twenty-four statesmen
be named for the purpose of visiting
, Alaska.
The junta is to include three
members each from the House and
; Senate committees on appropriations,
! fisheries, territories and public
lands.
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TEMPERATURE
As reported by the government
observation station, Nenana
Saturday, December 28
Maximum .17 above
Minimum .10 below
The Canadian Pacific has a stand
ing reward of ?50 for the body o*
every Sophia victim recovered.
ACCIDENT IS FATAL
: TO IVORY ST. CLAIR
A regrettable accident occurred]
at about 3:45 yesterday afternoon
on the Fairbanks-Nenana branch of
the railroad grade, resulting in the
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j death of Ivory St. Clair, a con
; tractor, who with five partners, was
engaged in grading work on the
railroad Y near camp 415, situated
: at the foot of the bluff across the
I Tanana river from town,
j The body of the unfortunate con
tractor was brought to '■own imme
i diately after the accident and now
jlies at the Commission hospital,
! pending the action of the aut’nori
j ties and the wishes of his relatives,
j who have been duly notified of the
j sad occurrence.
The death of St. Clair was the
result of the lossening of a huge slab
: of frozen sandy loam which crushed
j him under its weight, death being
j instantaneous. This is the first
: fatal accident of its kind to occur
; in the actual construction operations
: on the railroad since active con
I struction was begun on the Fair
banks division of the railroad; the
1 only other fatal accident occurred
; i when the late Axel Running was
. I fatally injured while at work load
j ing a heavy package onto a car re
■ jcently, who died a few days after
■ | wards.
, i The scene of the accident was on
■ j the grade at a point about 2000 feet
| from Camp 415 where the con
tractors were engaged in borrowing
material for the fill on the portion
of the Y they had contracted to con
struct- The material was being
taken from the cut in the bank
about 15 feet in height and was
being conveyed to the beginning of
the dump, approximately 600 feet
away.
The upper part of the bank for
a depth of about four or five feet
was frozen solid, necessitating blast
ing, and about an hour before the
accident occurred, Max Altman, one
of the partners to the contract, had
blasted two holes. As there was
quite an overhang after the shots
were set off, Altman carefully ex
amined the mass to see if there were
; any cracks around it, and finding
i no signs that w;ould indicate any
i danger, proceeded to drill a hole for
I another charge which he expected
! would bring the mass down.
He procured a ladder and at a
' distance of about seven or eight
! feet from the grade level drilled
1 a hole and just got through loading
' it preparatory to shooting, when the
- mass began to move, and shouting
a warning to St. Clair, who at the
j time was standing by a dump car
■ near the bank, Altman jumped from
I the ladder, clearing the track.
Altman thinks that St. Clair, who
!was hard of hearing, did not hear
j his warning cry, and when he
I realized the peril did not have time
I to get away.
The loosened mass of earth, com
• ing down with great suddenness,
; broke into two pieces; one of which
' rolled down the bank, while the
other, which is said to have weighed
appoximately two tons or more,
rolled in the direction of the dump
car, patching St. Clair as he ran and
pinning him between it and the
overturned car.
N. H. Stevens, another partner
i to the contract, who happened to b«
near by, states that St. Clair might
have escaped if he had run to either
side of the car. He thinks that St
Clair in the very brief time in which
he had to decide, thought that the
safest thing would be to run to
wards the car, which was standing
on the track and was not directly
opposite the falling mass.
Both these men, as well as the
other partners and Henry Pennoyer,
the teamster employed by the men,
think that the occurrence was so
sudden that St. Clair had no time
to get away.
Pennoyer immediately rushed to
the camp and phoned for the doctor,
and in response to the message, Dr.
de la Yergne hurried immediately,
taking with him an emergency outfit
to render first aid, blankets, etc.
When he got there the men had
released St. Clair from the encumb
ering earth and life was found to
be extinct. The body was brought
to the Commission hospital, where it
lies for the present.
The late Ivory St. Clair was well
known in the North and had success
fully completed several grading con
tracts on the right of way south
of Xenana. He is survived by his
wife, who is said to be in Los
Angeles; a son who is in the serv
ice, possibly somewhere in France;
and several brothers who are in part
nership of the St. Clair Produce Co.,
Portland, Ore- His brother-in-law,
Thomas W. Cloninger, proprietor of
the Chitina Hotel in Chitina, being
the only relative whose address
could have been definitely ascer
tained, was informed by wire of
the sad occurrence.
As far as can be ascertained, St.
Clair was not a member of any
fraternal organization.
TRACK CAMP IS
MOVED AHEAD
The track camp was moved far
ther along the line yesterday and
are now located at the siding near
Moose creek.
i The cars housing the men of the
steel camp were moved ahead yes
[ terday morning and occupied the
I main line while the men were put
ting in a siding for the accommo
dation of the cars.
About 1500 feet of the siding,
which is to be 1800 feet long, was
completed yesterday, the cars were
shunted in last night and the main
line cleared for traffic.
There are now only 41 men in
the steel gang, and during the pre
valence of the mild weather have
been laying ' about half a mile of
steel daily.
Foreman Blakey, who is in charge
of the steel laying operations, says
that if the mild weather now pre
vailing continues, the steel will reach
the banks of the Nenana river at
the crossing in about seven or eight
days.
Some very good photos of Major
Howard P. Curtis reached Nenana
on the last mail, several friends of
the former general storekeeper hav
ing been remembered in that man
ner.
SENATOR TIES
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WASHINGTON, D. C.—Senator'
Wesley L. Jones, of Washington, ac- j
companied Lieutenant Logg in an !
army airplane which left Washington
today, bound for New York.
The machine used was an army
biplane of the latest type and Lieu-,
tenant Logg said that he expected
to encounter no difficulty and that
he would make a quick flight.
WARSHIP RETURNS
FROM INSPECTION
WITH COMMISSI
LONDON.—With the Allied com
mission which inspected the German
naval bases and airplane depots, un
der. the terms of the armistice, the
British dreadnaught Hercules re
turned to England today from a visit
to many German ports.
When the big British battleship
passed the Kiel Canal, Germans
along the canal say that it was the
first time in four years that the
British flag was seen in the neigh
borhood of th ecanal.
Many German women and children
along the Kiel Canal waved a
friendly greeting as the vessel slowly
passed through.
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COAL SHIPMENT
i IS BROUGHT IN
A carload of lignite from Billy
Lynn’s mine was brought to town
on the evening’s train and will be
available for distribution to the
people in town who may want it. ,
, The coal is being sent out by Billy
Lynn so that it may be tried out
1 in the house of Nenanaites and will
be sold at a low figure to cover the
cost of production, the A. E. C.
! making no charge for the haul.
Those desiring to get some of
this coal are requested to apply to
Mike Cooney at the Cooney Hotel.
Only small quantities will be avail
able from one bag of 100 pounds to
about oq? ton, so that all who wish
may get some of it.
FROM FAIRBANKS
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A Roland stage arrived at quar
I antine this evening with a shipment
i cf first and second class mail, and
Postmaster McDonald announces
that the mail will be distributed
in the boxes tonight.
For the accommodation of Ne
nanaites, the general delivery win
dow will be open tomorrow between
;the hours of 1 and 2 p- m.
The mails for despatch on the
Roland stage which leaves quaran-•
tine on Monday morning, will close
I at the postoffice tomorrow night. (
REELECT! OF
LONDON.—All indications point
to the fact that the Lloyd George
coalition government will be re
elected by an overwhelming ma
jority.
Lloyd George was re-elected to
the House of Commons from Carnar
von, Wales; and former Premier
Asquith, the Liberal leader was de
feated for the seat from Fife, Scot
land.
ELECTION RETURNS
LONDON.—The British election
results show that the Coalitionists
elected three hundred and ninety
six members as against one hundred
and forty-four non-Coalitionists.
The second of the series of smok
ers planned by the Nenana Com
mercial club will be staged at Union
Mall one week from tonight. This
decision was reached last night, at
the regular weekly meeting of the
organization, and the committee has
been instructed to go the limit to
insure the success of the affair.
Dr. J. R. Bowen, who is directing
head of the committee, announced
that arrangements already made
gave promise of a most enjoyable
entertainment, and he is hopeful of
adding several special features which
will set a new standard in the smok
er line. The committee has been at
work on the program for some time
and can easily perfect the remain
ing details during the coming week
and make such additions as will en
hance the enjoyment of the evening.
As was the case en the occasion
of the initial smoker, given several
weeks ago, invitations will be issued
to a limited number of non-members,
resident of the town, the names to
be selected by drawing. And in
addition, special invitations will be
extended to prospectors and mining
men of the Nenana and neighboring
districts. The purpose of this spe
cial invitation is to give the old
timers the opportunity to express
their views regarding road and other
needs of their several districts, and
to hear, first hand, what the club
is striving to do to assist develop
ment in Interior Alaska.
Members of the club urged to
Members of the club are urged
to assist the secretary in getting
invitations to all the prospectors and
mining men within easy reach of
town and ^o those who may be in
town during the coming week. The
presence of all of them is desired
by the club and an effort will be
made to make the evening worth
their while.
The mail arrived in Nenana to
night and all box mail has been
distributed.