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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1919.
NO. 155
SENATE PASSES RAILROAD SILL
FRENCH DEPUTIES RATIFY PEACE PACT
GRAYSON CALLS SPECIALISTS IN WILSON CASE
wes ray
' TO OUT FIGHT
TO AID SLAVS
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K OMSK, Oct. 2.—In retaliation for ’
alleged scurrilous articles contained
in a Vladivostok newspaper and hos
tile acts committed by Cossack
chiefs, General Graves, in command
of the American forces in Siberia,
■* has held up a shipment of 14,000
rifles which recently reached this
city from the United States, con
signed to the Omsk government.
In direct, forceful language.
Graves has informed the Cossacks
that he will arrest the offending
editor if officials of the Omsk gov
ernment do not. He threatens also
* to recommend the withdrawal of the
American forces from Siberia unless
the hostility of the Cossacks ceases
immediately.
The genera! declares that the
Russians are doing everything pos
sible to make the stay of the Am
erican soldiers unpleasant.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 2.—
In a statement made before the
senate today, Secretary Daniels ex
plained that the landing of American
marines at Trau. on the coast of
Dalmatia, probably averted an open
break between Italy and Jugo
slavia. The timely arrival of the
marines, he says, in response to the
appeal of an Italian admiral, un
doubtedly prevented bloodshed,
which might have developed into war
between the unfriendly nations.
The secretary informed the sena
tors that he had received a detailed
account of the landing from Ad
miral Knapp.
Order is reported to have been
restored at Trau, but the feeling is
such that further trouble is ex
pected at any time. Feeling along
the entire coast is running high.
Henana. Alaska'* Interior fuel De-pot
CURRY ALASKA RAILWAY BILL
PASSES WITHOUT OPPOSITION
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i WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 2.—
The Curry Alaska railway bill, au
thorizing the appropriation of an
additional $17,000,000 for the com
pletion of the Government project
in Alaska, was approved by the sen
ate this morning without a dissent
ing vote, and the measure will now
go to the President for his signa
ture. The bill was passed by the
lower house of Congress on Sep
tember 6.
; The progress of the bill through
the senate was without opposition.
The senate committee on territories
submitted a favorable report on the
'measure in remarkably quick time,
most of the members being familiar
with the question and favorable to
| the project. It was feared at that
(time, however, that the passage of
the bill by the senate would be de
layed by the peace treaty discus
sion, which was commenced at about
] the time the railroad bill was re
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■ ported. In fact, it seemed so cer
tain that no action would be taken
(by the senate immediately that J. L.
McPherson, the Commission’s epecial
representative, left for the Pacific
(coast to await action on the treaty.
Authorizes Appropriation.
The bill which passed the senate
; today is an amendment to the origi
nal railroad bill, introduced by1
Chairman Curry of the house com
mittee on territories, and, unless it
was changed while under considera
tion before the house committee,
does not actually appropriate any
money, providing merely for the
future appropriation of the $17,
000,000 authorized by the act. The
bill, as presented to the house com
mittee, provided “That in order to
complete on or before December 31,
1922, the construction and equip
ment of the railroad between Sew
ard and Fairbanks, together with
necessary sidings, spurs and lateral
branches, the additional sum of $17,
000,000 is hereby authorized to be
appropriated, to be immediately and
continuously available until expend
ed." The measure is known as
House Bill 7417.
Assuming that the bill, as passed
by the senate, provides only for the
authorization of an appropriation,
it will be necessary to ask Congress
now to appropriate the money in a
special act; but in view of the fact
that both branches have given their
approval to the railroad plans, no
difficulty is anticipated in securing
tht needed funds. In the meantime,
it will be possible for the Alaskan
Engineering commission to assume
obligations beyond the previous limit
of S35.00O.U00.
TROOPS ASSUME
CHARGE TO END
OMAHA TROUBLE
OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 2.—Another!
outbreak of hostilities between the
white and the colored residents of,
this city was narrowly averted by
the prompt action of the military
authorities, who have assumed
charge of the city, following an
other assault upon a white woman
;by a negro.
Mrs. W. G. Wisener, the victim,
was discovered by her young son
in the rear of a shed at her home,!
where she had been bound and 1
gagged by the fiend who assaulted !
her. The boy notified his mother’s j
brother and a mob w as organizing |
when General Wood took charge of
the situation.
A double guard has been placed
around the black belt to prevent the
populace from invading the district.
SOLDIERS DESERTING
TO BACK D’ANNUNZIO
—
FIUME. Oct. 2.—Whole companies
of Italian troops are deserting the
army along the armistice line and
joining the ranks of the d'Annunzio
forces.
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FRENCH LAWMAKERS
RATIFY PEACE PACT
PARIS, Oct. 2. — The German ;
peace treaty and League of Nations '
covenant, which has been the sub-,
ject of heated debate in the cham
ber of deputies for many weeks >
past, was ratified by the lawmakers
today by an overwhelming majority, |
the opposition in the final test be-;
ing much Its? than was anticipated.
The vote was 372 in-favor of rati
fication and only 53 opposed to it.
The deputies also ratified the spe
cial treaties between France and
England and France and America,
obligating those countries to come
,to the assistance of France in case
jof future German aggression.
REDS TAKE SECOND GAME
CINCINNATI. O.. Oct. 2.—In the
'second game of the World's series,
the Cinncinnati Reds scored another
victory over the Chicago White Sox
; here today, the score being Cincin
. nati 4, Chicago 2.
j As in the opening game yester
; day, the defeat of the visiting team
was due largely to poor pitching,
the work of Claude Williams today
being much below average, due to
walking men to bases. Otherwise
1 he pitched a good game, allowing
the Reds only four hits, each of
I which, unfortunately, was preceded
I by a walk to first.
H. F. Sallee held down the mound
I for the Reds, and was hit fairly
hard, the visitors taking him down
\ the line for ten hits. But he pulled
i himself out of several bad holes. ■
! The fielding of Ed Roush, of the
Reds, was one of the features of
the game.
Cincinnati made four runs, four
hits and two errors, while Chicago
I finished with two runs, ten hits and
only one error.
Cicotte Confident.
Ed Cicotte, who lost the game for
Chicago yesterday, is confident that
he can come back, and probably will
be given another try on Friday or
Saturday. The members of the team
are not in the least disheartened
over the loss of the first two games,
which they attribute to a run of
hard luck. They are determined to j
win the series, and will try to start1
on the road to victory when they
meet the Reds in the third game,
which will be played on the Chicago
grounds.
M’MULLEN MAKES
ANOTHER ARREST
—
| Harry. Beagle, steward on the i
[steamer Tanana, was taken into cus- 1
Itody late yesterday afternoon at |
; Fairbanks, on the charge of having:
! intoxicating liquor in his possession.]
and upon pleading guilty before
Commissioner Heilig, was let off
i with a fine of $225 and costs. The
arrest was made by Deputy Marshal
Pete McMullen.
The liquor, three bottles of the
real stuff, was found in a grip be
longing to the steward. He denied
1 ownership at first, but when con
fronted with articles bearing his
initials, he admitted that both the
booze and the grip were his, paid
his fine and got away from town
in time to catch his boat before it
left Chena.
■•nana—The Gateway to McKinley
Vatlenal Park.
REACH U.S. COAST
NEW YORK. Oct. King Al- j
I bert of Belgium, accompanied by
l Queen Elizabeth and the crown
i prince, reached port today on the
steamship George Washington, con
voyed into the harbor by United
j States destroyers and hundreds of
j other vessels.
The members of the royal party
j were welcomed by Vice-President
'Thomas R. Marshall, in the name of
jthe United States, and they will be
: entertained in regal fashion during
j their stay in this city.
G. E. Beraud, who came to Ne
nana several days ago to enter the
employ of the A. E. C., has resigned
his position and was an outgoing
passenger on the Tanana this after
noon, headed for the Kuskokwim.
where he will work for Tom Aitken.
A1 METROPOLIS;
NEW YORK, Oct. 2.—A simul
taneous lockout anti strike has af
jfeeted 10,000 members of the print- !
| ing trades in this city and has
j caused the suspension of a score or
| i
jmore of nationally-circulated maga-1
izines and periodicals, including Col
lier’s, Metropolitan. Current Opin
ion. Good Housekeeping, Hearst’s. '
Harper's, McCall’s, McClure’s. Cos- *
, 1
mopolitan. Pictorial Review, Every
body's, Vogue, Delineator, and many
of the Munsey publications. A total
of 250 plants are crippled by the
walkout, many of them having been
compelled to close down entirely.
The trouble is the result of the
refusal of the publishers to grant
jthe demands of the printers for a
44-hour week and an increase of $1 1
per week in wages.
F. C. Irons, road foreman in the !
employ of the Alaska Road commis-i
Ision, has returned to Fairbanks from
the Circle winter trail, where he did .
some repair work.
GRAYSON CALLS
SPECIALISTS TO
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Oct. 2 —
As a measure of precaution, Dr.
Grayson has summoned a number
of specialists to a consultation
which will be held here within the
next day or two, to consider the
case of President Wilson, whose con
dition is reported to be somewhat
worse today, although it is not re
garded as alarming.
Dr. George Schweinitz, a Phila
delphia eye specialist, is one of
those summoned to the capital to
see the President, and the consulta
tion will be attended also by Ad
miral Stitt, head of the naval med
ical school; Dr. Dennis, of the naval
academy dispensary, and Dr. F. X.
Dercutn, Philadelphia neurologist.
The President is reported to have
spent a fairly restful night, but in
spite of that, is not so well today,
according to a statement issued from
the White House this afternoon. He
was permitted to sign a few bills
this morning, but aside from that
did not attempt to attend to any
official business.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 1.—The
Alaska steamship Northland, which
is lying at a dock here, is threatened
with destruction by flames, the en
tire hold being a seetning mass of
flames. Firemen are hard at work
trying to extinguish the fire, but
the fight is a difficult one arid it is
feared the vessel will be a wreck
by the time the flames are got
under control.
The cargo, in any case, it is be
lieved. will be a total loss.
Superintendent Snodgrass, of the
Government experiment station near
Ester, left for Chitina today to meet
his mother, who is enroute to the
Interior to spend the winter.
DEMOCRATS SCORE
IN SENATE BATTLE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 2.—
The administration scored a victory
today in the initial action taken by
the senate on the amendments to
the German peace treaty proposed
by members opposing ratification
without reservation. A vote taken
late today resulted in the rejection
• f the amendment proposed by Sen
ator Fall, Republican, of New Mexi
co, providing for the elimination
of America from membership on the
committee to determine the bounda
ries of Germany and Belgium, the
vote standing 51 against the amend
ment and 30 in favor of it.
The vote is accepted as a test of
the senate’s attitude toward the 30
other amendments proposed by the
committee on foreign relations, all
of which will be considered before
the vote on ratification will be
taken.