CELEBRATE THE FOURTH IN NENANA
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Volume Two member of associatfd press
NENANA, ALASKA. TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1919.
Number 78
NATION BIDS FAREWELL TO LIQUOR
CROWDS GATHER AT TOLEDO FOR BIG CONTEST
GERMANS WANT CROWN PRINCE TO LEAD THEM
HOUSE MEMBERS
SENATE AGREES
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 1 —
The Alaska railroad appropriation
has been reduced to the original
sum voted by the lower house of
Congress—two million, thirty-eight
thousand dollars—and in this form
the item has been returned to the
senate for final consideration.
The reduction from twelve million
to two million, thirty-eight thousand
was insisted upon by the house mem
bers of the conference committee,
after the sundry civil bill had been
referred to that body by the senate.
The house members also insisted
upon the elimination of the item of
one hundred thousand dollars for
combating influenza in Alaska. The
senate members made a strong fight
for the railroad, but were forced to
yield in order to secure the approval
of the house members on other
items of importance.
HOUSE APPROVES.
The lower house of Congress ap
proved the report of the conference
committee on the sundry civil bill
late this afternoon, after a pro
tracted discussion. The bill, in the
form in which it was finally ap
<C proved by the house, was shorn of
many of the items which were at
tached to the bill by the senate, the
aggregate reduction in the amount
appropriated being approximately
^ one hundred million dollars, which
included a reduction of ten million
which the senate sought to add to
the Alaska railroad bill.
The bill has been sent to the sen
ate for final approval.
t ORIGINAL AMOUNT.
In framing the sundry cjvil bill
the house consented to an appropri
ation of two million, thirty-eight
thousand dollars for the Alaska rail
road, the balance due the Alaskan
Engineering commission of the orig
inal grant of thirty-five million dol
lars. Beyond this amount the house
refused to go, but it is believed that
• Congress can be approached through
a special appropriation later.
INCREASED TAXES ON
♦ TOBACCO AND CIGARETTES
PLANNED BY GERMANS
BERLIN.—Germany plans to ma
terially increase its income through
increased cigarette and tobacco
taxes. Smokers see prospects of
further hardships in this. The cig
• arette tax yielded 520.000,000 marks
WET STATES CONTINUE
SALES PENDING TESTS
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I WASHINGTON, D. C., July 1 —
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| Nation-wide prohibition under the
'provisions of President Wilson’s war
• time proclamation became effective
at midnight last night, the legal sale
I of hard liquor having ceased auto
; matically in all states and the con
tinued sale of beer and light wines
i being limited to those states* listed
| as “wet” states prior to today. The
proclamation has had the effect of
making the “dry” states dryer, but
the fate of beer and light wines in
ithe “wet” states will not be known
'until the courts have decided wheth
er or not they can be properly
termed intoxicating.
Officials of the department of jus
tice have announced that no action
will be taken hy the department to
enforce absolute prohibition until
.after decisions have been rendered
(by the courts making the issue plain.
The department also takes the view
that wartime prohibition will be sus
pended whenever President Wilson
declares the demobilization of Amer
ican troops complete. Such a dec
laration is expected soon, and it is
regarded as likely that the depart
ment will not enter enthusiastically
into the work of enforcing a law
which may cease to exist abruptly.
NO EYE-OPENERS.
Although it cannot be said that
the nation is actually dry today,
thousands of drinkers throughout the
nation were forced to go ’ to work
this morning without their usual eye
opener, and it is impossible to ob
tain liquor in many sections of the
country today.
CHICAGO CELEBRATES.
CHICAGO, July 1.—Unrestricted
hilarity marked the passing of hard
liquor in this city. The night was
a riotous one, with more drunks in
evidence than were ever before seen
here. The police declare that it
was the wildest night ever recorded
at police headquarters, there hating
been an organized effort on the part
of the public apparently to consume
all the liquor in the city. Large
quantities of liquor also were dis
posed of during the night for future
secret consumption, wholesalers and
retailers reporting this morning that
their stocks are depleted. Hundreds
| of men and women in all walks of
; life were seen leaving the cafes dur
! ing the night, carrying bottles of
whisky home with them. Private
caches are the order of the day.
STILL FLOWING.
NEW YORK, July 1.—The pass
ing of John Barleycorn was not an
occasion of unusual hilarity in this j
city, the quiet manner in which the ;
coming of prohibition was received1
being due, in a large measure, to {
the assurance that the sale of beer j
and light wines would continue, un- j
affected by the presidential proc- j
lamation.
There was some drunkenness and '
it is known that large quantities of
liquor have been secreted for use'
during the arid period, but the po- j
lice are authority for the statement
that the night was not marked by j
unusual disorders.
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BRYAN TO CELEBRATE.
COLUMBUS, July 1.—One of the
big features of the Methodist Cen
tenary- will be the staging of a John^
Barleycorn funeral. The funeral j
procession will be headed by William
Jennings Bryan, mounted on a cam
el, symbolic of the "w-ater wagon.”
jin the first nine months of 1918.'
■Simultaneously, cigarettes steadily,
'deteriorated in quality until they
were both very expensive and
'wretchedly poor.
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Advices received at the office of \
ithe United States marshal at Fair- j
I banks state that a man named Rob- j
j ert Salo Dato has been placed under j
'arrest at McGrath, charged with as-j
sault with intent to kill one Frank]
Maki.
The two men engaged in a free
for-all fight, in which an ax, a knife
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\ and a pistol figured prominently, j
j Both men received injuries, but |
i neither is seriously hurt.
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GERMANS PLANNING
REVOLUTIONS SOON
LOXDON, July 1.—Advices re- prince and to place him at the head
eeived in this city today from Rot- the proposed German military
forces
terdam state that German counter
. . , The movement is reported to have
revolutionaries have launcned a ., ,
grained considerable support and
movement for the restoration of the outbreaks, it is feared, will
Hohenzollerns to power, the plan occur unless prompt steps are taken
beinj? to rescue the former crown to curb the revolutionists.
IRK CRASH
ON FAST ROAD;
EIGHT KILLED
DUNKIRK, N. Y., July 1.—The
wreck of two New York Central
passenger trains near this city at
an early hour this morning resulted
in the death of eight persons and
the injury of more than forty, of
whom several may die. The trains
were badly broken up as a result of
the collision.
The collision was the result of
the failure of the air-brakes on one
of the trains to function properly,
and it is the opinion of railway
officials that the brakes were tam
pered with by’ a tramp stealing a
ride.
An inquiry is now being made to
ascertain definitely, if possible, the
real cause of the accident.
MONTREAL, July 1.—The for
eign quarter of this city was raided
by the police last night and tons
of Bolshevik and Socialistic litera
ture gathered in, together with a
number of suspected leaders of an
archist moTements.
The raid was carefully planned
and as carefully executed, the dis
'trict being taken completely by sur
prise.
The authorities have not disclosed
the exact character of the literature
seized, but it is believed that some
of it will lead to the discovery and
apprehension of some of Canada’s
j leading foreign agitators.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 1.—
A portion of the Atlantic fleet will
be despatched from New York to
meet the presidential ship George
Washington, which is now enroute
across the Atlantic with President
Wilson and the members of his
party, and which is due next Mon
day.
The welcoming committee of cit
j izens will make the trip out aboard
’Admiral Watson’s flagship, the bat
jtleship Pennsylvania, and accompany
I the President back to American soil.
In addition to the presidential
1 party, there are’ several thousand
; American troops aboard the Wash
ington, some of whom are accom
panied by their wives,
j A monster reception is being ar
j ranged by New Yorkers.
MUD BACKERS
REPORTED SCARCE
TOLEDO, O.. July 1.—It is be
| lieved to^ay that Willard and Demp
' sey will enter the ring on Friday at
even money. Fight fans who have
! been here for some time trying to
get a line on the contest confess
j that they are unable to pick the
; winner, and very few are offering
| odds either way.
There appears to be more Demp
sey money in sight now than for
merly and Willard backers are tight
i
enmg up.
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SENATOR BILLED NORTH
FROM SOUND TOMORROW
SEATTLE, July 1.—The steam
ship Senator is scheduled to sail for
Nome tomorrow with a large cargo
of freight for Seward peninsula and
upper Yukon river points. The ves-1
sel also will carry a considerable j
number of passengers.
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FIVE ARE KILLED !
BALTIMORE, Md„ July 1.—The
explosion of a naval dirigible this
afternoon, shortly after the great I
balloon had descended to make re-1
pairs to a rudder, resulted in the1
instant death of five persons and I
Ithe injury of a number of others. j
When the dirigible descended, aj
great crowd gathered dose to in- ]
spect the machine. Scores were
: knocked senseless by the shock and
Ithe dirigible is practically a total
I wreck.
CHATEAU OF AGED
FRENCHWOMAN SACKED
TWICE BY GERMANS
! PARIS.—Paris has just lost a cen
tenarian in the Marquise d’Havrin
. court, born December 31, 1814,
i when Napoleon was planning his last
■ effort in the Is'e of Elba. She was
nearly 105 years old. The Germans
sacked her chateau in 1870 and
again in 1914.
SCRIBES AWAIT
TOLEDO, O., July 1.—The early
arrival of newspaper writers indi
cates that the Willard-Dempsey tight
will be the most widely advertised
pugilistic encounter ever staged in
this country. Scores of reporters
and staff artists have arrived from
various parts of the States during
the past several days, and reports
state that many more will be here
to witness the encounter, including
operators for the many special wires
which will flash the news to news
distributing centers.
Fifty wires have been installed to
carry the fight news from the ring
side, and practically every news
paper in the United States will
print the fight by rounds.
Enterprising Xew York newspa
pers have arranged to have air
planes on hand during the fight an:l
photographs, some of them taken
from the air, will be rushed to the
metropolis for reproduction the fol
lowing morning, with a detailed ac
count of the contest.
Willard and Dempsey will enter
the ring barehanded and the tapes
will be adjusted in full view of the
spectators. This is the result of
Willard's objection to Dempsey's
plan to adjust the bandages in the
privacy of his dressing-room. The
men will use five-ounce gloves and
each may have five second?.
The hotels are filling rapidly with
fight fans, many of whom traveled
great distances to be on hand early
for the purpose of gathering such
“inside” dope as might be available.
Every train coming into the city
now is crowded, and it is expected
that the day of the big fight will
find the city overflowing with visi
tors.
mm BALLOON
WILL m FLIGHT
EASTEORTUNE, Scotland, July
1.—The Briti?h admiralty has com
pleted arrangements for the despatch
of the dirigible R-44 on a flight
across the Atlantic ocean, with Am
erica as the destination. The flight
will be started tomorrow if weather
conditions are such as to insure an
auspicious getaway.
Vesana—The Gateway to aicKlnlJj
Wational Park.
GRIGSBY TAKES HIS
PLACE AS DELEGATE
| JUNEAU, July 1.—A special dis-' delegate from Alaska,
patch from Washington the Juneau The protest of Judge Wickersham
Daily Empire states that George 13. against the proceedings was unheed
Grigsby, whom Alaskans recently ed by the Republican majority, and
elected to succeed Jhe late Charles no action was taken by any of the
A. Sulzer, took his oath of office members to prevent Grigsby from
j today and was formally seated as assuming his office.