. WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL II.
WEIiJDER OF ASSOC 1ATFD PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1919
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NO. 13S
. PRESIDENT HAS FIRST VIEW OF FLEET
TACOMANSRESENTIDEA OF ABANDONING TREATY
RED GUARDS TAKING HEAVY TOLL OF LIVES IN SIBERIA
ROME, Sept. 13.—The province i
of Sienna was the scene yesterday
of a series of violent earthquake j
shocks which partially demolished
several villages and rendered many j.
people homeless. Scores were in
jured, but only one death has been
reported thus far.
A report from the village of j
Piencastagnajo states that one per-*
son was killed there and a number;
injured, and another report, fromj
the village of Relle, announces the j
injury of ten persons there. Scores ;
of houses were wrecked in the two
places.
It is feared here that the dam
age resulting from the quake will
prove much more severe when other j
districts have been heard from.
GERMAN SHIPS 10
BE KEPT BY U. S.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept. 13.
—In a statement made today before i
the house committee on military af
fairs. General March, chief of staff, j
4 informed the lawmakers that seme ,
of the seized German liners would
be retained permanently by the
United States. He said that Presi
dent Wilson had decided definitely
on the allocation of the ships, but
requested to be excused from dis
cussing the plan at this time
The plans of the President, he
said, would be made known at an
early date.
CHILDREN GIVE FLOWERS
TO WIFE OF PRESIDENT
LIVINGSTON, Mont., Sept. 13.—
When the presidential train stopped
here this week, Mrs. Wilson was'
presented with scores of baskets of
flowers by the children of the town.
The President assisted the voung-.
i
sters aboard the train, remarking,
as he did so, that they were all good
Democrats.
K/)LCHAKS MAKE STAND;
OMSK IS BELIEVED SAFE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 13.
—The state department has received
advices from the American consul
at Omsk in which it is stated that
the Kolchak army has stopped re
treating and is now making a de
termined stand against the Bolshe
viki. The city of Omsk, it is be
lieved, is now_ out of danger.
CARPENTERS TO RETURN;
WIN FIGHT IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Sept. 13. — Building
operations, which have been held
up in this city by a strike among
the carpenters, were resumed this
morning after a seven-weeks’ tieup,
following a settlement of the differ
ences between the strikers and con
tractors. The carpenters have been
granted the increased wage demand
ed.
The 1919-20 school term of the j
Franklin K. Lane school in Nenana !
will open Monday morning, prepara-;
rations for which having been com- j
pleted by tbe school board and mem
bers of the teaching staff. The en
rollment of pupils will be about the
same as it was last year, and Miss
Lueila Shaffer will be in charge as
principal, assisted by Mrs. M. A.
Schaeffer.
Fred Major, newly elected mem
ber of the board of directors, was
regularly installed at a meeting of
the board held this week, following
which he was elected treasurer of
the board, to succeed George W.
Pennington, who is . now in the
States.
Car! Schmidt will act as assessor ‘
this year and is already starting on .
the work.
HOUSE 10 PRESENT
SWORD TO GENERAL
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 13.;
—The lower house of Congress has j
under consideration today a propo
sition to present General Pershing j
with a sword valued at $10,000, as
a fitting reminder, of the general’s
59th-birthday anniversary.
Pershing has re-established the
headquarters of the American Ex- j
peditionary Force in this city, ir*
;the war department building, where
he is engaged in winding up the
affairs of the overseas army.
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MINE WORKERS REJECT
ONE BIG UNION SCHEME
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CLEVELAND, Sept. 13.—Resolu
tions condemning the “one big un
ion” proposition have been adopted
bv the United Mine Workers of
i
America, asesmbled in annual con- j
vention in this city. The movement
was agitated by I. W. W. delegates, j
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HOOVER COMES HOME
FROM TRIP OVERSEAS
NEW YORK. Sept. 13.—Federal
Food Administrator Herbert C. j
Hoover, who was sent to Europe at
the close of the war to make a sur
vey of food conditions abroad, re-'
turned to the United States today.
After a stay of about a week in:
the East, he will leave for his home
in California.
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, Saturday, September 13- •!
.•t Maximum ..52 above *
*t Minimum .42 above R
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TACOMA STANDS PAT
ON PEACE PROMISES
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TACOMA, Sept. 13.— Enthusiasm;
was not lacking among the thou
sands of Tacomans who heard Presi
dent Wilson discuss the peace treaty
in this city this morning. When
the President asked the crowd if
they wanted to abandon the treaty,
there was a thunderous response of
“No! No!” and frequently, through
out the speech, he was interrupted
by cheering.
The President read a part of the
declaration of war, and said the
purpose therein outlined had not yet
been fulfilled, and would not be
until the treaty had been ratified.
He told the audience that the
war had cost all the nations in
volved the sum of one hundred and
eighty-six billion dollars, and for
two years the United States was
under an hourly expense of one
million dollars. He said that the
cost in money is receiving the at
tention of civilization, and he cau- j
tioned the audience against losing i
sight of the fact that the war had
cost heavily in lives also, the total
number of deaths being 7,450,200.
The President arrived here at nine
this morning from Spokane, and
left for Seattle almost immediately
after his speech, arriving there at
1:30.
REVIEWS FLEET.
SEATTLE, Sept. 13.—The Pacific
fleet was reviewed by President Wil
son this afternoon, from a position
|on the bridge of the historic bat
tleship Oregon.
The President will be the guest
of honor at a public dinner sched
uled to take place at the Hippo
drome at six o’clock this afternoon,
and tonight he will address a great
crowd at the ,Arena, every seat al
ready having been spoken for.
CROWDS GATHERING
TO GREET JOHNSON
—
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 13.
This city is filled with visitors to
day, who have come from many
miles around to hear Senator John
son make reply to the arguments
advanced by President Wilson on
the League of Nations proposition.
Johnson will talk from, the same
^ platform on which the President
! stood when he was here several days
ago, and the indications are that
:
the crowd will be the greatest ever
Assembled here. Anouneement made
this afternoon says that the de
mand for tickets is unprecedented.
Several special trains reached the
city this afternoon, bringing dele
gations from many points, including
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and
Texas.
The reception planned for the
distinguished Californian is fully as
elaborate as that planned in honor
of the President. Johnson will
reach the city during the afternoon
and will speak tonight.
SEARCH FOR FLYERS
HAS BEEN GIVEN UP
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Sept. 13.—An
nouncement is made today by war
department officials that the search
!for the missing American aviators,
; Connolly and Waterhouse, which
:has been in progress in Lower Caii
jfornia during the past several weeks,
has been abandoned by the war and
navy departments, all hope of find
ing the missing men having been
given up.
A number of airplanes were used
in connection with the search,
mounted troops were sent across the
line ,and naval vessels visited many
ports along the coast, all without
finding a trace of the missing men.
BOSTON POLICE EAGER
TO TAKE PLACES BACK
BOSTON, Sept. 13.—A number
of the striking policemen of this
city have requested permission to
resume their duties, and it is be
lieved that the entire force will
[request reinstatement during the
■day. There were few disturbances
during the night.
OMSK, Sept. 13.—Refugees ar
riving in this city from the Ural.
mountains bring the report that
the city of Perm has fallen into the
hands of the Bolsheviki and is now
being overrun by detachments of
Chinese and Hungarian troops, turn
ed loose in the city to pillage and
murder without restraint.
The pillaging continued for a
period of three days, the refugees
declare, at the end of which time
orders were issued to shoot every
ione in sympathy with the Siberian
army. Then followed wholesale
slaughter, several thousand residents
having been put to death without
the semblance of a trial. The Bol
sheviki soldiers killed practically
whomever they pleased end in any
manner they pleased, with the re
sult that blood flowed freely.
Perm is a city of considerably
more than fifty thousand popula
tion, in the center of the Ural
mountain mineral district. It has
long been the capital of one of
the Russian eastern governments,
situated on the Kama, about 200
miles due north of Ufa. The great
highway connecting Moscow with
Siberia passed by way of Term.
SHOVEL READY
10 PUT GRAVEL
BEYOND BRIDGE
The work of surfacing on the!
main line south of the Nenana river i
will receive considerable impetus 1
during the coming week, with a re-1
sumption of steam shovel operations ;
near the Crossing. The new bridge i
spanning the Nenana river at 43- i
Mile should be completed tonight,
and it is expected that the first
train since the washout last spring I
will pass over the structure tomor
row morning. •
The present plan is to leave the
shove! at the Crossing, where it last
operated, and to move the gravel
from that point to the southern
section of track, beyond the river,
where much surfacing work will be
necessary to put the track in shape
for heavy traffic.
NEWSPAPER OFFICES
WRECKED BY RIOTERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 13.
—Rioting at Lima, Peru, this week
is reported to have resulted in the
partial wrecking of the offices of
La Prensa and El Comereio, two
of Lima’s leading newspapers. The
home of the proprietor of El Com
ereio was totally destroyed by fire,
the place having been burned by
the mobs which attacked the news
paper plants.
The disorders followed a mass
meeting of protest against the con
spirators who planned an attack on
President Leguia.
MINISTRY OF CHILE
QUIT POST IN BODY
SANTIAGO, Sept. 13.—The mem
bers of the Chilean ministry have
tendered their resignations, to take
effect immediately.
WILSON MAKING PLANS
FOR LABOR CONFERENCE
SEATTLE, Sept. 13.—Much of
the time of President Wilson, be
tween stations, during the past sev
eral days, has been devoted to the
completion of plans for the big
labor conference scheduled to take
place in Washington next month.
Mrs. Jack Bellerby, who has been
in Nenana during the greater part
of the summer, returned to her
home in Fairbanks on the Douse
launch Victory this morning. Rus
sell Bellerby started for the upper
town yesterday, by way of Gold
stream, to be on hand for the open
ing of school at Fairbanks on Mon
day.
Ed Wolcott, court stenographer
at Fairbanks, is planning a hurried
trip to the States.
boston POLICE
DESERTED POSTS
BOSTON, Sept. 13. — Governor
Coolidge has issued a statement in
which he brands the striking police
j officers of this city as deserters,
j The police, he says, are public offi
I cials, and when they strike, as did
I the police of this city, they betray
I the trust reposed in them.
The statement was made in reply
I to a demand that the attitude of
| the state on the strike situation be
'made known. Regarding the rein
I statement of the men, the governor
jsaid that he CQuid not see how they
i could be taken back, under the cir
i eumstances.
Police Commissioner Curtis has
5 announced that the posts deserted
! by the strikers are being filled, and
I that the force will soon be restored
to its normal strength.
Another clash between troops and
jrioters occurred this morning, one
,of the rioters having been killed
'when the soldiers fired a volley
{into the mob to disperse them.*
RELATIVES UNABLE
10 EMI DEAIH
Additional information received
from Portland today by Dr. R. R.
Myers fails to disclose the motive
which prompted his son Virgil to
take his life in that city on Sun
day. In fact, the telegram deepens
the mystery rather than clears it.
The telegram received today was
sent by Miss Hazel Wattles, sister
of Mrs. Myers, and reads as fol
lows :
“Virgil left for school in Chicago
enthusiastic and happy over work in *
future. Returned unexpectedly Sun
day night and saw only his Aunt
Annie after here two days. Seemed
glad to be back, but seemed ter
ribly worried and despondent. Would
not tell cause of disappointment.
From his aunt’s house could find
no trace of him until found in hotel
bed, shot through heart. Had love
affair, but girl says knew of no
cause for action. Had enlisted in
navy and was to report for duty
Thursday. Fnueral Saturday after
noon. If any wishes, wire.”
The telegram also states that a
letter is following, in which prob
ably further details will be written.
NO CHANCE IN POLICY,
SAYS WAR SECRETARY
LONDON, Sept. 13.—Secretary
of War Churchill has issued a de
nial of the report that there is to
be a change in the British policy
regarding the evacuation of Russia.
ATLANTIC CITY NAMED
FOR NEXT CONVENTION
COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 13.—The
Grand Army of the Republic has
selected Atlantic City for the 1920
encampment.