The Broad Pass Route Is The Short-Cut Route — Saves Mushers Miles and Money
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME TWO
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1919
NUMBER 15
WICK LOSES-SPECIAL ELECTION COMING
. GERMANS MAY ASK ALLIES TO PAY INDEMNITY
SEATTLE WORKERS THREATENING ANOTHER STRIKE
BRITISH FLYERS
AM FAVORABLE
WEATHER 10 FLY
ST. JOHN'S, N. F., Apr. 17.—
^ Captain Raynham, of the British
Air Service, and Harry Hawker, an
Australian aviator, who will attempt
the flight across the Atlantic ocean,
have not been able to make a start
on account of the unfavorable
weather prevailing.
They are still here, and will com
mence their long flight just as soon
as the weather is favorable for
such an undertaking
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FLIGHT FROM IRELAND
EASTCHURCH, England, Apr 17
—Major Wood, of the British Air
Sendee, who will also attempt to
fly across the Atlantic ocean in an
airplane, may make a start on the
^ journey, from Limerick tomorrow.
MAY ATTEMPT II)
BOYCOTIpN
TACOMA, Apr. 17.—The Gen
eral Labor Council, at a meeting
held today, unanimously refused to
appoint a labor representative on
the Victory Loan committee, or to
have anything to do with the loan
campaign.
The conservatives in the ranks
of the laborites declare that the
radicals are attempting to boycdtt
the Victory Loan.
SWISS TO DECIDE
JOINING LEAGUE
GENEVA, Switzerland, Apr. 17.
—Throughout Switzerland today,
the people will be given an oppor
tunity to vote on the question of
the participation of the republic
of Switzerland in the League of
Natons.
10 CITIZENSHIP
At the night session held in the
district court at Fairbanks, to hear
the petitions for naturalization last
Monday, six men, after having been
put through an examination by the
district attorney as to their fit
ness to become American citizens,
were admitted to full citizenship
Those admitted to citizenship
and who formally took the oath
of allegiance to the United States
in open court as required by law
are: John Montan, of Fairbanks;
M. F. Love, of Fairbanks; Manuel
Cote of Tolovana; Desideiro Ardi
uno, of Fox; Elgin Penrose Verden,
of Fox; and Martin Uahtrin, of
Fox.
GERMANY 10 IKE
INDEMNITY CLAIM
PARIS, Apr. 17.—In commenting
on the peace issues, which the rep
resentatives of Germany will soon
be called upon to ratify, the Frank
fort Gazette says that Germany in
tends to claim indemnity from the
Allies, for damage caused by aerial
attacks and the occupation of Ger
man territory.
KILLED IN FIGHT
NEAR VERA CRUZ
MEXICO CITY. Apr. 17.—Ac
cording to a report received in this
city today, General Aureliano Blan
quet was killed today during a
fight which took place between
the forces under his command and
the government forces, near Vera
Cruz.
General Blanquet, who was for
merly minister of war in Huerta's
cabinet, landed recently, with a
considerable following, near Vera
Cruz, for the purpose of starting
a revolution.
When but a youth, General Bian
quet was a member of the firing
squad that executed Maximillian.
SENAT0r¥iAKE
AIRPLANE FLIGHT
SEATTLE, Apr. 17.-—Senator
; Miles Poindexter of Washington,
> will be a passenger in the airplane
which will make a flight from
Bremerton to Everett.
, The plane is scheduled to com
! mence the flight between these two
i points this afternoon.
IFIRE LASTNIGHI,
NO HARM DONE
i A fire alarm was turned in last
i night about 9:20 o’clock, which sent
, both the city and Commission fire
j departments scurrying to John Lip
pik’s cabin at the rear of the
Coliseum theater.
The fire was put out in very
short order, the total damage sus
tained by the owner of the cabin
being assessed at less than ten
dollars.
The fire was caused by an over
heated flue which set fire to the
casing of the door near the stove.
The casing was partially burned and
a few logs of the wall of the cabin
were charred.
The cabin is a small log struc
ture, fronting on Market street, in
which John Lippick conducts a
hand laundry.
The temperature of a new elec
tric flat iron can be regulated to
four different degrees.
y PEOPLE
MURDERED BY
THE BOLSHEVIKI
LONDON', Apr. 17.—Despatches
received in this city today from
Omsk, Western Siberia, indicate
that the Bolsheviki, who recently
captured the city of Ufa, murdered
eighteen hundred of the unfortun
ate inhabitants, and that four hun
dred of those murdered were women.
Ufa, Russia, is a large city with
a population of about 60,000. It
is the capital of the government of
the same name. The town is situ
ated 735 miles east by north of
Moscow.
JAPS USE
AT AMERICANS
TOKIO, Apr 17.—Interesting
sidelights on the Japanese-Americar.
relations were disclosed today with
the announcement appearing in the
Japanese newspapers that Count
Ishii, the Japanese ambassador to
America, was returning to Japan,
and the continuation of the anti
American campaign by these papers.
The newspapers assail the Amer
icans for their attitude in Siberia,
Korea and China.
The Jiji Shimpo, one of the lead
ing Japanese newspapers, says that
the Americans, very selfishly, want
the Monroe Doctrine included in
the League of Nations.
There would appear to be no
. serious diplomatic rupture between
; America and Japan.
BROWElSTAGE IN
WITH PASSENGERS
Two automobiles which had been
sent out from Fairbanks to meet
the Brower stage at Richardson
and bring her passengers in, ar
rived in Fairbanks yesterday.
The passengers arriving were
James Hamil, who is interested in
the Berry dredge at Circle; Wm.
; Zacharias, formerly of Chena; Geo.
! A. Parks, mineral surveyor of the
| General Land office; and the fol
lowing newcomers from San Fran
; cisco: C. A. Hoffart, J. McPherson,
| H. Heitman, F. C. Ensor and L.
V. Stanley.
CHANGES IN FAIRBANKS
FIRE DEPARTMENT
i Charles Samson, who has been
employed as cook in the Fairbanks
j fire department, resigned his posi
! tion to accept a similar position
wth the Berry Dredge Co., in the
■ Circle district. He expects to leave
for Circle in a few days,
i Thomas Carr has been appointed
; to succeed Samson on the force
of the department and, for the
present, will act as cook in the
i fire hall.
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An inventor has patented a fly
; trap made of paper and cotton,
which is intended to be burned
when filled with insects.
BOLSHEVISM IS i
GIVING WAY TO !
NEW GOVERNMENT
i
COPENHAGEN, Apr. 17.—Ac
cording to the reports received from
Moscow, Red Cross men there state
that Bolshevism in Russia is now
giving way to a new Burgeoise
form of government, and that
Lenine and Trotsky, the leaders of
the Bolsheviki movement in Russia,
are now endeavoring to reach an
agreement with the moderate ele
ment, with a view to instituting the
new form of government.
The reports also indicate that
there have been numerous anti
Bolsheviki outbreaks in Petrograd
recently.
SPIES
-AT ARCHANGEL
EXFCUTED
ARCHANGEL. Apr. 17.—As the
result of the discovery of a secret
organization, which had formulated
plans for delivering the town and
garrison into the hands of the Bol
sheviki, seventeen persons were
charged before a court martial, with
espionage and treason, found guilty
and executed today.
MUM BE
i i
Associated Press Summary, Apr.
j 17.—Germany will be forced to ac
I cept or reject the Allied peace
terms by May loth. No reply to
the Allied terms is expected from
Germany before May 6th.
No intimation of the final peace j
terms imposed on Germany by the
! Allies will be made public before
| they have been given to Germany, j
The conference is now consider
j ing the proposition of making the
United States sponsor for Armenia,
for the purpose of protecting the
Armenians and helping them to or
ganize i stable form of government,
unfettered by Turkish suzerainity
as heretofore.
The Allies may also ask America
to control Constantinople. This
suggestion appeals to some of the
• American peace commissioners.
NENANA SOLDIER
NOT QUITE CRAZY
A short time ago Private Var
samis, of the local detachment do
ing guard duty, was thought to be
acting queerly and he was, accord
ingly sent to Fort Gibbon to be
examined medically by the post
doctor.
In a wire received yesterday by
John Demos, from William Papa
dopulos, the news is contained that
there is nothing the matter with
Varsamis, and that he is back on
j duty at the post.
LONDON', Apr. 17.—The Turkish
international situation is causing
grave anxiety among the Allied
powers.
Reports received recently from
Constantinople indicate that fears
are entertained there of Armenian
massacres, which, it is believed, will
take place soon.
10 BE CALLED BY
CENTRAL COUNCIL
SEATTLE. Apr. 17.—The Cen
tral Labor Council will call a mass
meeting in this city on Sunday.
April 20th, for the purpose of dis
cussing the advisability of calling
a general strike to aid the long
shoremen.
The longshoremen state that th
employers refuse to recognize them
as organized labor.
Labor leaders here say that they
do not think a general strike will
be called.
MAYOR HANSEN RETURNING
REDDING, Cal., Apr. 17—Mayor
Ole Hansen of Seattle, who is now
enroute to Seattle from San Fran
cisco, said that he does not fear
another genera! strike in Seattle,
Order will be maintained, the
mayor said, no matter what may
happen.
SENATOR SCORES
NATIONS’ TEAGUE
SEATTLE, Apr. 17.—Senator
Miles Poindexter addressed a ver;.
large audience in this city las!
night, relative to the League of
Nations.
He condemned the league in
scathing terms, referring to it as
a war league, and a league to en
force peace by coercive methods
Its terms and purposes, the senator
declared, were at variance and ab
horrent to the terms of the Ameri
can Declaration of Independence.
Concluding a lengthy arraign
ment and condemnation of tht
terms of the League of Nations, the
senator told his hearers that thi
league was based on force, and tha'
its intent was the creation of t
force which would throw the work
into slavery, while a few grea'
European powers would remain ir
control.
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As reported by the government
•? observation station, Nenana
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•t Minimum .19 above
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DEATH OF SULZER
KETCHIKAN", Apr. 17—The body
of the late Charles A. Sulzer is
being shipped today to Elizabeth,
New Jersey, in accordance with in
structions received from William
Sulzer, former governor of New
York, a brother of the deceased.
No details of the illness of the
iate Mr. Sulzer, beyond what was
published in the News yesterday
have been received. The telegram
intimating that the body is being
shipped East also contains the state
ment that the deceased had been
sick since last Thursday.
According' to a despatch received
yesterday by the Fairbanks News
Miner, the late Mr. Sulzer won the
election by a plurality of 33 votes,
and the certificate of election was
issued by the Canvassing Board,
composed of the governor, surveyor
general and collector of customs,
in favor of Mr. Sulzer, on Monday
last.
The News-Miner report also
stated that it was thought unlikely
that Wickersham will contest the
election, but definite information
on this point is not at hand.
In response to a wire sent from
Fairbanks, requesting informati">i
relative to the delegate question.
Governor Riggs stated: "It will
mean a new election.”
Under the territorial law, the
governor will call a special elec
tion to choose a successor to the
late Mr. Sulzer, and the notice call
ing the eletcion will probably be
issued in the course of the next
few days.
Seclion ], Chapter til, Laws ot'
Alaska, approved April 29, 1915,
reads as follows:
"In case of a vacancy caused by
death, resignation, incapacity, or
from any other cause, in the office
of delegate from Alaska in the
House of Representatives, the gov
ernor of the territory of Alaska
shall cause a special election to
be held to fill such vacancy, giving
thirty days’ notice thereof. Such
election shall be held under and be
governed by the laws regulating
genera! elections in the territory of
Alaska.’’
It was reported in Fairbanks to
day that Wickersham, who is now
on his way to Alaska, will again
run for delegate from Alaska, in
the delegate election to be held.
BOLS IllOUS
ON WEST FRONT
LONDON, Apr. 17.—An official
statement issued by the Russian
Soviet government today states that
the Soviet troops continue victori
I ous along the whole of the Western
Russian front, extending from the
Black Sea on the south, to the Bal
tic on the north.
Dave Patterson left for Fair
banks this morning with the llala
mute Kid on a short business trip.
He will probably be back in a few
j days.