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The Broad Pass Route Is The Short-Cut Route -- Saves Mushers Miles and Money
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press nenana, Alaska, Friday, march 7, 1919. whole number 2&0
ALASKA MAY GET MONEY FOR ROAD
GERMANS REFUSE ALLIED DEMAND FOR SHIPS
' POPULATION OF MONTENEGRO FACING STARVATION
HUNS AND ALLIES
• CANNOT AGREE ON
SHIP QUESTION
LONDON, Mar. 7.—Negotiations
begun at Spa, between representa
tives of the Allies and the Ger
£ mans, regarding the shipping ques
tion were broken temporarily today.
Germany refused to accede to the
proposition of the Allies for the
use of the German merchant ships
by the Allies.
The Germans made a counter
proposition, however, which pro
vided for the release of the Ger
man merchant marine to the Allies
as demanded, if the Allies would
give the Germans a definite assur
ance that enough food will be sent
to Germany to enable that govern
ment to withstand the Bolsheviki
movement.
ON Board the George Washing
^ ton. Mar. 7—President Wilson’s
rest was shortened this morning
by the general “'Take to boats;
abandon ship” drill.
The President escorted his wife
to the life boat to which they were
assigned and adjusted the life belt
on her.
Later on he sent a wireless mess
age to William Jennings Bryan.
* who is ill.
Fine weather and smooth seas is
the experience of the travelers so
far.
■ ail up
- ON CONSTRUCTION
0WING10 COLDS
For the past few days nearly
every man on the tracklaying gang
has been incapacitated more or less,
as the result of a bad cold; and in
t consequence, the work of extending
the road toward Lignite has been
considerably slowed up.
The foreman in charge of the
camp, Tom Biakey,, has been ob
liged to take to bed, and his w'ork
is now being looked after by Fore
man James Satterwhite.
Reports from out the line indi
cate that colds have been pretty
general in all the camps, a very
few' of the workers escaping it. A
great improvement is reported this
morning and the majority of the
men are back at work again.
HARTWIG AND PARTNERS
BUY BONNIFIELD CLAIMS
y William Hartwig and associates,
of Fairbanks, yesterday purchased
the interests of Fred Keevey in the
Bonnifield country.
<4 Keevey’si nterests embrace ground
on discovery. Gold King and Bon
nifield creek. The new owners ex
pect to mir.-i extensively this sea
son.
HUNS RECAPTURE !
CITY ON BALTIC
LONDON. Mar. 7.—According to
the report received in this city to
day from reliable sources, the Ger
man forces in the Baltic province
of Russia defeated a strong force
of the Bolsheviki and recaptured
the town of Riga.
NEW YORK. Mar. 7.—One hund
red and sixteen members of the |
Sixteenth trench mortar battery, a
part of the 91st army division, ar
rived today on board the transport
Mexican.
The men will be sent on to Camp
Lewis, Washington, to be dis
charged, soon after disembarkation.
ROME, Mar. 7.—The Amercan
commission returning from Monte
negro today, reported that desper
ate conditions exist in that unfor
tunate country, and that the people
are slowly dying of starvation.
They are scratching the earth
for nettles and roots to eat, and a
great many of them, too exhausted
to even do this work, are settling
down to die .
The Red Cross is reported to be
very busily engaged in trying to
save the dying people.
WOLF IS
According to a telephone mess
age received from Fairbanks this
afternoon, a large she wolf was
trapped recently at Borden’s ranch.!
close to town.
Apparently the rancher had
had some trouble with wolves re-j
cently and the tracks of these'
predatory animals were very plenti
ful around his barns, pig sty and
hen house.
A trap was baited with a young
pig, and a big grey she wolf was
caught in it yesterday. Bob Shaber,
who is working on the Borden
ranch, shot the animal in the eye
with a .22, skinning it immedately.
! FAIRBANKS RESTAURANTEURS
PURCHASE VALUABLE LOT
Martin Knuppe and Tom Youle.
proprietors of the Model Cafe, of
Fairbanks, have purchased the lot
on which the Independent Cigar
store stood prior to the fire.
Messrs Knuppe and Youle are
planning on erecting a building on
the lot early this spring. The lot
faces Front street, and is about
half way between Cushman and
Lacy streets.
MONEY 10 8UIL0
ALASKA RAILROAD
MAY BE BORROWED
SEATTLE, Mar. 7.—A special
despatch to the Seattle Times, re
ceived today, says that it is just
possible that money to continue
the building of the Alaska railroad
will be borrowed from other funds,
pendr.g the passape of the bill when
Congress meets again in June.
AUSTRIAN RULER
SEEKS SECLUSION
BASEL. Switzerland. Mar. 7.—
According to a despatch received in
this city today. Colonel Sumim-r
hages, the British military repre
sentative, left Vienna today in com
pany with the son of former Aus
trian Emperor'Charles, for Switzer
land.
The report adds that former
Emperor Charles intends to go to
Persenberg Castle on the Danube,
and spend the rest of his life in
retirement there Persenberg
Castle happens to be the birthplace
of the former emperor.
RUMANIA 13 SAFE
PARIS, Mar. 7.—In an interview
accorded newspapermen today.
Queen Marie of Rumania declared
that Rumania is in no danger from
the Bolsheviki so long as she is
able to obtain sufficient food to
keep the people above want.
She stated that Rumania suffered
even worse than Belgium did dur
ing the war, when the Russians
came.
Rumania never derived any
benefit from the help given by
Russia, the queen said, and the
stay of the Russians in Rumania
merely had the effect of further
depleting their scanty stocks of
foodstuffs.
ESTER DISTRICT IS
SHOWING ACTIVITY
Recent arrivals in Fairbanks from
the Ester district report activity
in the mining business.
Webber & Co., working on dis
covery, are reported to have taken
out a large dump and are making
preparations to sluice as soon as
possible.
Christensen, on Gold Hill, is
working a crew of twelve men and
expects to put on a larger force
in the near future.
Benson & Sullivan, on Cripple
creek, are timbering their shaft.
This shaft is down to a depth of
120 feet, and they have thirty feet
to go to reach bedrock.
Tom Youle, one of the proprietors
of the Model Cafe in Fairbanks,
arrived in Nenana last evening on
a brief visit, and as Tom says, “to
give us the once over.”
STATE CONGRESS
CANT AGREE ON
DENVER, Mar. 7.—The Demo
cratic- element of the Colorado
State Senate adopted an amend
ment to a resolution favoring the
adoption of President Wilson’s
League of Nations plan.
The state House of Representa
tives, which is Republican, tabled
a similar resolution.
1 BOISE, Idaho. Mar. 7—The
House of Representatives of the
| state legislature adopted an amend
ment to a memorial tv C angles
today, condemning President Wil
son for Ids defiant and dictatorial
; attitude in relation to the pro
' posed League of Nations.
The amendment further sets forth
that President Wilson has attempt
} ed to force his personal views and
; opinions in regard to the league,
upon the American people, and calls
upon the Senate of the United
States to reject any peace treaty
1 that President Wilson may approve,
including the present charter for
the proposed League of Nations.
BERLIN SCENT OF
»! FIGHTING
COPENHAGEN, Mar 7.—The
i Spartacan forces who had been
beseiging the Berlin police head
j quarters for the past two days,
have cut the telephone wires and
isolated the defenders.
In Thursday’s fighting around
the headquarters, eight people were
killed and several wounded.
COMIRMB
MEE1ING_TDN1GHT
The regular weekly meeting of
the Nenana Commercial club will
be held at the club chambers, in
the Union Hall tonight.
The meeting will be called to
order promptly at 8 o’clock, and
all members are urged to be in at
tendance.
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Mrs. Joe Fisher, who has been
on a brief visit to Fairbanks, re
turned to town last evening on
the Gibson auto.
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NATIONS LEAGUE
BERNE, Switzerland, Mar. 7.—
Pleas for an effective league of
nations marked the opening of the
international conference of the
League of Nations Society today.
Mrs. Philip Snyder, the Brf.ish
delegate to the society, in a stir
ring address, emphasized the neces
sity for completing the peace work
begun in Paris.
RAILROADS ARE
11 LAYING OFF
WASHINGTON, Mar. 7.—Rail
roads in the United States under
the control of the government are
not laying off men as the result
of the failure of Congress to ap
propriate funds for the operation
of the roads
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COPENHAGEN, Mar. 7—Ac
cording to a report received in this
city today from a reliable source,
President Ebert of the new- German
republic, has refused to accept the
resignation of Chancellor Scheide
mann.
FRED KIEL B/CK
Fred Kiel, who owns a fox farm
located at the mouth of the To
tatlanika river, made a trip to
Alfred Linder’s camp on Minto
Lake for the purpose of purchasing
a horse.
Mr. Kiel has several foxes of
the cross and silver grey variety,
for Dreeding purposes, and has
made quite a success of fox farm
ing in the past.
If the kaiser had been informed
of the complete breakdown of every'
department of the American gov
ernment, as so clearly and succinct
ly set forth in the unbiased and
non-partisan report of the United
States ex-Senator Jonathan Bourne,
of Oregon, he would never have
authorized the amistice.
Asphalt was used in ancient
Babylon. Then its use was for
gotten for centuries. Not until
1712 did a Swiss of Greek origin
revive it as building material, and
not until 1832 was it brought into
use for paving. The United States
obtains its supply from <Trinidad,
Cuba and Venezuela.
Otto Bossart left this morning
for the ~TCanti*hna country with sup
plies. He is prospecting in that
region.
BURLESON SAVS
POSTAL BENUE
WASHINGTON', Mar 7.—Post
master General Burleson, declaring
that the increasing’ postal revenues
is one of the most accurate indi
cations of the present business cor.
ditions, forecasts a period of pro
nounced industrial activity.
The postal revenues, he says, de
clined during the month of Nov
ember on account of the armistice
and the influenza.
The January and February rev
enues have exceeded the monthly
average for the corresponding pe
riods for the past thirty years
AFSER LONG IP
FAIRBANKS. Mar. 7.—Gus Mo
salk. a member of the Stefansson
! party of explorers, arrived at Fort
Yukon today.
He sported that the Storkerson
party landed safely after drifting
for eight months on an ice floe.
The floe on which the Storkerson
, party drifted is reported to have
passed Kenana Island, which is
shown on the chart, but they did
! not sight any land in that region.
The party is reported to have
reached nearly the seventy-fourth
parallel of lattitude.
ismerIses
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NEW YORK, Mar 7.—Robbers
! today robbed a broker's messenger
; boy of fifty thousand dollars in
Liberty Bonds and other valuable
. securities.
The robbery was committed in
the brightly lighted corridor of
the Adams Express building.
The messenger boy was beaten
by the thieves, who managed to
make their getaway,
i The police are investigating the
j occurrence, but so far have dis
covered no clue that will lead to the
apprehension of the robbers.
AL HILTY AND MRS. LAPPI
ARE MADE MAN AND WIFE
At ten o’clock last night at
Fairbanks, A1 Hilty and Mrs. Minda
Lappi were united in the bonds of
| matrimony, by Rev. W. S. Marple,
the Presbyterian minister. The
i ceremony took place at the Presby
j terian manse, the witnesses being
j Mrs. W. S. Marple and Mrs. James
! Johnson.
Following the ceremony a recep
j tion was held at the home of the
1 bride on Cushman street. Mr. and
i Mrs. Hilty will reside on Cleary
i creek, where Mr. Hilty it a partner
in the mining firm of Junkin, Hilty
A Durand.