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, FEBRUARY 21, 1919
WHOLE NUMBER 268
KAISER’S CROWD IS STILL IN CONTROL
BOLSHEVIK AGITATORS DISCOVERED IN PARIS
DENMARK EAGER TO RECOVER LOST TERRITORY
SEATTLE, Feb. 21.—The special
correspondent of the Times says
that the Advisory Committee of the
Coast District Metal Trades Council
have reached a deadlock over the
date of the proposed general strike.
The San Francisco delegates op
pose a strike prior to April 1, and
the Los Angeles delegates are sup
porting the conservative element.
That the California and Portland
unions will answer the strike call is
considered doubtful.
LONDON, Feb. 21.—Despatches
received in this city today indicate
that Kurt Eisner, the Bavarian pre
mier, was killed by Lieutenant
Count Valdey.
The premier’s bodyguard returned
the fire and the scout was mortally
wounded. The report says that the
count is dying.
OVER CLUB PLAN
There appears to be a great deal
of enthusiasm among the Slav resi
dents of Nenana over the proposed
educational and patriotic organiza
tion, which is now in the process
of formation. John Ketorooky, who
made a trip out the line in the
interests of the organization, re
ports having received much en
couragement from his countrymen
in the of the Alaskan Engin
eering commission, and the indica
tions are that a large number will
attend the meeting to be held on
Saturday evening for the purpose
of perfecting the organization.
Arrangement has been made to
hold the meeting in the quarters
formerly occupied by the Nenana
club, in the Bowen building. The
objects of the organization will be
stated at that time, and a tentative
constitution submitted for consider
ation. Both Robert Joseph Diven
and Frederick D. Browne have been
invited toaddress the meeting and it
is probable that they will point out
the possibilities of such an organiza
tion as it is proposed to establisn.
The meeting is called for eight
o’clock tomorrow night.
NEW QUARTERS FOR
IMPERIAL CIGAR STORE
The Imperial Cigar store of Fair
banks will open for business in the
store building formerly occupied by j
Moyer, on Second avenue.
The place is being fixed up now,'
preparatory to moving the stock in,1
and it is expected that the well
known store will be going full blast
wifhin the next few days.
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BASEL, Switzerland, Feb. 21.—
According to a report received in
this city today from a reliable
source, Erzberger’s appeal to the
German capitalists for money to
pay for the foodstuffs bought bought
from the Entente governments, re
sulted in a number of persons
giving all of their foreign securities
to the government.
Mathias Erzberger, who made the
appeal, is a prominent German
Socialist, and acted as armistice
commissioner for Germany.
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GERMAN AFFAIRS
PARIS, Feb. 21.—Doctor Alonzo
Taylor, who is a food specialist,
returning from a visit to Germany,
said that the German government
as at present constituted, appears
to be the same bureaucratic regime
of the kaiser’s day; and that it
does not represent the forces caus
ing the revolution.
Count von Bernstorff, former
German ambassador at Washington,
is in charge of the affairs of the
goevernment pertaining to its re
lations with America. The Germans
appear to be afraid to put untried
men in the service.
Unemployed men in Berlin are paid
eight marks a day, while railway
workers and street cleaners get
only six marks. Immoral plays,
which were formerly prohibited, are
now permitted; looting and petty
thievery arc common and the public
morals are low.
The food situation is critical and
portends grave distress unless im
mediate relief measures are taken.
The lack of fuel and raw ma
terials has resulted in the closing
down of nearly all the German in
dustries and adds greatly to the
general distress throughout the
country.
INSURANCE ADJUSTER
COMING TO FAIRBANKS
According to reports received in
Fairbanks from Cordova, Insurance
Adjuster Jones arrived on the
steamer Alameda, enroute to Fair
banks.
He will leave on the first train
to Chitina and come in over the
Chitina trail.
NINE MILE ROADHOUSE
WILL BE CLOSED SOON
The nine-mile roadhouse, on the
Fairbanks-Valdez trail, will be closed
in a few days more.
Bert Stevens, who has been run
ning this roadhouse, is planning on
going into the mining game on
lower Coldstream.
Harry Capp left this morning for
his mining claims in the Kantishna
country. He expects to be back for
another load of supplies before the
breakup.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Burns are oc
cupying the Healey residence, at the
corner of Second end B streets.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 21— An
nouncement is made that the de
partment of state will refuse pass
ports for travel in England and
France except in cases where the
applicants for such passport can
show that essential business neces
sitates the travel in these coun
tries.
This decision to curtail travel has
been arrived at by the department
owing to transportation difficulties.
JAPS OBJECi IQ
TOKIO, Feb. 21.—Premier Ilara,
of Japan, told the members of the
diet today that he saw no reavoi
why the Chinese government shouTo
demand the return of Tsingtao.
Tsingtao had been leased by
China to Germany, hut was wrested
from that country by Japan during
1 the war.
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CLEMENCEAU IS
cn OF DM ER
PARIS, Feb. 21—Premier Georges
Clemenceau of France, received his
colleagues of the supreme council
of the Inter-Allied peace confer
ence at his home this afternoon.
The doctors in attendance on the
aged premier consider that he is
out of danger from the effect of
the bullet wounds received Wednes
day at the hands of a would-be
assassin, and it is now believed that
he will be enabled to resume politi
cal activities on Monday.
DETURNING SOLDIER
GETS HEARTY RECEPTION
The friends of Edby Davis, com
posed mostly of his former school
mates, went out in a body yester
day to meet the automobile that was |
bringing him to Fairbanks from,
Nenana.
There were three truckloads of I
the school children that met the
automobile bearing Edby at Noyes
slough. The auto was halted and
Edby Davis was welcomed home by
his young friends. He finished the
journey to town in one of the
trucks.
Edby Davis is the first soldier of
the Fairbanks draft quota to return
from the Outside.
FREIGHTERS LEAVE
FOR THE TOLOVANA
Ole Amundsen and Joe Cox left
Fairbanks this morning, bound for
the Tolovana district. They are
taking four horses and two sleds
along and intend to go into the
wood hauling business until the
snow has all gone, when they will
probably go in for mining.
There is said to be a great short
age of horses in the Tolovana coun
try at the present time.
ALLIED MISSION
FORCED BACK BY
1 UKRAINIANS
—
I WARSAW, Feb. 21.—Members of
the Inter-Allied commission to Pol
and were fired upon by an Uk
ranian force while traveling from
Cracow to Lemburg, today,
i The delegation, which included
one American member, was travel
ing on a Polish armed train when
a strong force of Ukranians opened
fire on the train and forced it to
return to Cracow.
WILSON 10 SPEAK
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—Presi
dent Wilson is scheduled to deliver
his first address after his return
irom Europe at the Mechanics
Building, at Boston, on Monday
afternoon at three o’clock.
The president expects to leave
Wa hington on March nth on his
return journey to Paris.
TEMPORARY DOCK
WILL BE BUILT
ACROSS TANANA
Preparations are being made by
the A. E. C. for the commencement
of operations for the building of a
dock across the Tanana river at a
point a short way below the bluff.
Material for the dock has been
assembled and the new American
ditcher will be taken across the
river tomorrow. She will be used
to drive the necessary piling along
the waterfront for the dock.
A stiff leg derrick will be built
on the dock to handle the rails and
other material that is expected to
come in for the road during the
summer.
It is expected that the actual
work of driving the piling will com
mence' just as soon as the ditcher
is in position across the river.
FLU STOPS MINING
IN EXTREME SOUTH
JOHANNESBURG — The influ
enza epidemic is seriously affecting
the production of the mines in this
district, according to an announce
ment of the Chamber of Mines. It
has stopped the recruiting of native
employees in the mines. Seventeen
companies representing 27 per cent
of the mining industry, reported a
loss during November of $323,380.
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NAVAl ESCORT IS
EKED ENROEIIE
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! WASHINGTON, Fob. 21.—The
j dreadnaught North Carolina is ac
companying the transport George
Washington to Boston, replacing the
dreadnought New Mexico, which
was obliged to fall back due to
having her machinery disabled tem
porarily.
The cruiser Denver has been
I ordered to sea to meet the George
Washington.
MEASURES TAKEN
PROTECT LEAGUE
EARLY PUBLICITY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21_Be
fore the Senate today, Senator Law
rence Y. Sherman, of Illinois (Re
! publican) introduced a resolution
which is designed to prevent the
President from disclosing publicly
' any details regarding the proposed
League of Nations until after lie
has had an opportunity of giving
: the details of the constitution of
i the proposed league to the members
! of the Senate Foreign Relations
| committee.
I Senator William E. Borah, of
; Idaho (Republican) made his prom
1 ised attack against the league, and
■ in the course of a lengthy and vig
orous speech of denunciation, said
that the proposed League of Nations
I was “the most radical departure
j from our policies we have ever eon
' sidered.”
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MEETING TONIGHT
The regular weekly meeting of
the Nenana Commercial club will be
held at the club chambers in the
Union Hall building tonight at 8
o’clock sharp.
Much business of importance will
be up for discussion, and as good
an attendance as possible is de
sired, so that all may join in the
discussion of projects for the ad
vancement of the resources and
possibilities of this district.
MRS. CASKEY TO SING
AT PIONEER CONCERT
The entertainment committee of;
the Nenana igloo of Pioneers have |
been very fortunate indeed in se-1
curing Mrs. J. H. Caskey, who has'
kindly consented to contribute a I
vocal solo at the entertainment to-'
morrow night. Mrs. Katherine;
Sholseth wil play * her accompani-<
ment.
Mrs. Caskey has been very prom
inent in musical circles in Fair
banks and those who have had the
pleasure of hearing her sing know
that there is a musical treat in
store for them tomorrow night.
Neil McCall arrived in town last
night from his camp in the Eva
creek country. He expects to re
turn tomorrow.
OF FOE MII1S
PARIS, Feb. 21.—The supremo
council of the Inter-Allied peace'
conference will give a hearing to
the Denmark delegation on the fu
ture of the province of Schleswig
Holstein, which Germany took from
Denmark by force of arms in 186(5.
The Polish and Albanian dela
tions will also be heard, on the
[question of fixing the amount due
these nations by Germany, by way
of reparation.
This question hinges on the issue
of whether the cost to the Allies
in conducting the war in Poland
and Albania is to be included in
the claims preferred against Ger
many by these nations.
It is considered probable that
the matter will be referred by the
supreme council to a joint commis
sion, composed of members of the
supreme council and the heads of
the various governments concerned.
POLICE unearth
COMB PEN
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PARIS, Feb. 21—The Paris police
i yesterday searched the houses of
thirty members of the Communist
Federation and seized a muss of
papers and tracts,
i It is reportud that the seized
; papers show that regular Bolshe
viki organizations exist in Paris,
with important ramificatons.
KIEV RECAPTURED
WARSAW, Feb. 21.—According
to a report received in this city
today, the city of Kiev has again
fallen into the hands of the Bol
sheviki forces.
The French forces, advancing
northward from Odessa, are re
ported to be half way between Kiev
and Odessa now.
HARBOR OF HONOLULU
WILL BE IMPROVED
HONOLULU.—Resolutions have
been adopted by the harbor board
asking the 1919 legislature to pro
vide $2,000,000 for the improve
ment of Honolulu harbor. This
will take care of the first unit in
a plan for harbor, improvement that
will require an approximat.; total rf
$9,000,000. If the entire project
is carried through Honolulu, in a
few years, anticipating a tremendous
expansion of Pacific commerce, will
have a system of docks which will
accommodate 25 large ocean liners
at one time.
Earl Slippern, brother of J. A.
Slippem, is confined by illness to
his room in the Thompson building,
where he is under the care of Dr.
David H. More. His aliment has
been diagnosed as erysipelas.