where: rails and rivers meet
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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1919.
NO. 164
DECREE PUTS FRANCE ON PEACE BASIS
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CONDITION OF PRESIDENT IS S TILL VER Y SERIOUS
‘ STEAMERS MAY RESUME VOYAGE IF CHANNEL CLEARS
IN THE STATE!
\
Conditions in Alaska are bette
than they are in the States, and th
Nenana district offers better oppo:
tunities than other Northern r«
gions. according to Tony Polls an
Pete Prokopos, taro well-known ole
timers, who mushed over the Broa
Pass trail, arriving here Saturaa
^ afternoon. They were both in th
1 States for a
V
number of month:
'^Prokopos having spent some tim
it Camp Lewis as a member o
f Uncle Sam's army, and stopped ove
in Anchorage for a couple of month
on the way back to Nenana.
Conditions Outside did not loo
good to them. There was work fo
them, but things were too unsettle
to keep them long, wdth nothing i
» sight but a job, and perhaps not
steady job. at that. So they cam
back to Aiaska.
At Anchorage they found th
Alaskan Engineering eommissio
looking for men. and they had n
difficulty getting a job. But ther
j was no station work going on an
no prospect of contracts being 1<
for some time. Practically all th
work in progress on the coast div
sion at the present time is confine
to the Turagain arm section, wher
snowsheds are being constructe<
* one at Mile 53 and the other £
mile 76 ^. The work was bein
rushed in order to have the shed
completed before snow came.
About forty miles of grade
ready for steel north of Talkeetm
but no work is being done just nov
track-la%’ing operations having bee
»
k suspended early in the summei
When additional funds become avai
able, a steam shove! probably w;
be put to work on a side cutou
from Talkeetna a short distant*
after which track-laying can be rt
sumed.
A The two arrivals were six day
making the hike between steel end:
and found mushing somewhat diff
cult on account of water, none o
the streams having closed at th
time they encountered them. The
believe, however, that the trail wi
be good a little later in the season
and that there will be much travt
between Nenana and Anchorage dui
ing the winter.
They found about a foot and
half of snow on the summit, bu
practically none elsewhere.
CALIFORNIA HA% RECORD
WALNUT CROP THIS YEAI
SAN FRANCISCO. — Califomi
will produce 46,000.000 pounds o
walnuts this year, according to th
estimate of W. T. Webber, secre
tary of the California Walnut Grow
ers' association, who has just conn
pleted a survey of the state. Thi
would establish a new record. Th
state's record in 1918 was 39.000,
000. and in 1917 was 32.000.00
pounds.
It is expected the value of th
crop will aggregate *13,000,000 o
more.
FRANCE ON PEACE BASIS NOW;
CONTROL BY MILITARY ENDED
?! WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 13.
: The supreme court of the Unite
r States has handed down a decisio
s'in the Gus Vedin case, upholdin
jthe constitutionality of the terr
i Aortal act of 1915, requiring th
r'filing of affidavits showing that at
1 nual assessment work ha:- been dor
i on mining claims.
3 | The court declined to interfet
e with the conviction of Vedin, wh
jwas found guilty at Fairbanks ui
e der the statute, and sentenced to
. term of three years in the pen
3 tentiary.
! Vedin made affidavit that he ha
■I performed annual labor, which tl
t evidence showed he had not don
After his conviction. Vedin tried 1
convince the court that the law ri
j quiring the filing of affidavits wi
invalid.
t
t \ PITTSBURG, Pa.. Oct. 13.—Wi
. nesses who appeared before the se:
- ate steel strike investigation con
1 mittee. now holdine hearings in th
t city, informed the lawmakers toda
, that the right of free speech an
- free assemblage has been deni*
them by the local authorities.
s . William Feeney, a union orga.'
, izer, testified that the strikers ha
- been brutally treated by the Pitt:
f burg police, and Senator Kenyoi
- one of the members of the commi
■' tee. is now trying to find witness*
1 who will substantiate Feeney
. statements. He wants eye-witness*
1 before accepting the testimony.
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Acting on instructions receive
i
^ from Fairbanks, the Pioneers of N<
nana have taken charge of the bod
?
of the late Olaf P. Stolts, whos
death occurred on Saturday, an
will bury the oldtimer tomorro'
afternoon, in the local cemetery.
»
^ I The funeral sen-ice will be hel
at Union hall, commencing at 1:3«
j under the auspices of Nenana Iglo<
No. 17, and all friends of the d<
ceased and all members of the lodg
i are invited to be present
rl _
! fnut, Alaska's Interior hal Dipt
- j PARIS, Oct. 13.—The internal af
fairs of France have been plaeec
on a peace basis, in' accordance with
a decree published by the Journa
today. The decree announces tht
termination of the state of siege
lifts the censorship which has beer
ft in force since the commencement o1
the war. and transfers jurisdictior
over the police from the army t<
- the prefecture.
I
Ratification Expected Soon.
The final ratification of the peace
treaty by England is expected at
an early date, the last act needed
to put the peace treaty in opera
tion.
Premier Ciemenceau has announc
: ed that he is now ready to retire [
and will give up his office after the
| French elections.
a White House officials resent the pub
i- lication of reports indicating tha
the condition of President Wilson i
d such that he could not attend t<
e his official duties in the event of :
>. serious emergency. One official i:
o credited with the statement tha
• ■ "President Wilson could attach hi
.s signature to bills right now if \v.
gave them to him to sign, but w.
are not giving him any bills or ask
ing him to attend to any matter
whatever.”
Officials close to the President ex
press confidence in his recuperative
I powers, expressing the belief tha
I he will regain his health.
Dr. Grayson refuses to discuss th.
.- reports now in circulation regardint
i- the health of the President. H.
i- declares, however, that the Presi
,s dent’s mind is clear and capable
y of forming instant judgment on ar.j
d matter that might be presented tt
d him.
Cool weather is helping the Presi
i- dent to recover, but his physicians
d say that only complete rest car
avert a setback.
I
CONDITION DANGEROUS.
SEATTLE. Oct. 13.—The Wash
ington correspondent of the Post
Intelligencer says that Presided
Wilson is suffering from a danger
ous cerebral hemorrhage, followinj;
two slight shocks, one of which oc
curred at Pueblo and the other afte:
the President returned to Washing
ton. Any mental strain at this
time, the correspondent states. woul<i
bring on a very dangerous condi
tion.
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e R TEMPERATURE »
d ,R As reported by the government ■
v R observation station, Nenana *
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, R Sunday, October 12. X
t ,R Maximum .39 above *
iR Minimum . .27 above X
R Monday, October 13. *
;R Maximum 47 above X
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[R Minimum ..31 above X
YOUNGSTOWN. O., Oct. 13.—
The first iron manufactured ir the
Mahoning- valley since the com
'mencement of the steel strike was
i
poured from the furnaces of the
Youngstown Steel Tube company on
Saturday morning, according to ar,
observer who watched the pouring
from a position outside the gates.
Several other local plants are pre
paring to resume, a sufficient num
ber of strikers having returned to
their places during the past several
'days to enable the companies t<
operate shorthanded.
CHICAGO STARTING.
CHICAGO. Oct. 13.—Three Chi
cago steel plants, which have been
closed since the start of the strike,
resumed operation today with about
half their normal forces. The strik
ers are said to be returning to their
places slowly.
AIRPLANES REACH
MINEOLA, L. ]., Oct. 13.—The
first half of the transcontinental
airplane race has been completed by
! practically all the entrants. Lieu
tenant Maynard being the first to
reach San Francisco, and Captain
Smith claiming the honors on the
eastbound fight, his log showing the
flying time to have been 24 hours
and 30 minutes. Maynard’s
shows 24 hours, 50 minutes.
FELL, BUT UNHURT.
LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 13 —Lieu
tenant H. D. Morris, a westbound
transcontinental flyer, crashed to
the ground with his plane near this
I .
city yesterday, but escaped unin
jured. His machine was consider
ably damaged.
Joe O’Connor, Scottie McPherson,
Arndt Grieve and several others
arrived from Fairbanks earlv this
afternoon, by way of the railroad.
jThey left the upper town at sK
•o’clock this morning.
COAL WORKERS
. WAN! INCREASE;
STRIKE COMING
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 13.—Bitu
minous coal miners are preparing to
strike on November first as a result
}f the failure of the operators to
■onsent to an advance of 60 percent
n the wage scale and a shorter
•corking day.
Representatives of the miners met
•vith a committee of operators on
Saturday, but were unable to reach
in agreement, the operators claim
ing that it was impossible for them
to grant the demands of their em
ployes.
Should a strike be called, it will
involve 300,000 miners in Pennsyl
vania, Ohio. Indiana, and Illinois.
GOVERNMENT TO ACT
WASHINGTON. D C.. Oct. 13.—
Representatives of the Government
ire authority for the statement that
ttfficia! action probably will be taken
in an effort to prevent the threat
ened strike among the soft coal
miners, which is scheduled for No
vember first. It is not stated, how
ever. what steps are to be taken to
<eep the miners at their posts.
CLEVELAND, O., Oct. 13.—The
paymaster of the Samuel Emerson
ompany was held up and robbed
)f $11,000 today in the lobby of
he company's building, the holdup
laving been committed by a gang
if six men.
The robbers were in hiding in
he lobby when the paymaster ar
rived from the bank with the com
>any's payroll. Pepper was thrown
n his eyes and the robbers were off
vith the cash before the alarm
rould be given. It is believed they
•scaped in an auto.
SURVIVORSREACH
PLACEOF SAFETY
NOME, Oct. 13.—The members of
he crew of the schooner Belvedere
lave reached this city from Diomede
ind bring the report of the sinking
>f their vessel on September 16, the
•esult of being crushed in the ice.
The crew escaped on the ice and
nade their way to Diomede, where
hey awaited an opportunity to reach
he mainland.
According to information received
jfrom Crc!e this afternoon, there is
a possibility that another attempt
will be made by the steamers Yukon
and Washburn to continue the voy
age up stream should the river clear
sufficiently to permit of such an
attempt being made with any degree
of safety. In the meantime, the
women and children passengers of
the two boats are being taken to
Circle by the company, dog teams
j being used for the purpose. The
jmen are getting there as best they
ican. and will wait at Circle until
lit. is seen whether or not the boats
|can proceed. If they cannot, all the
I passengers probably will come across
icountry to Fairbanks.
| Several horse rigs already have
been despatched from Fairbanks to
irescue the marooned passengers, one
jo# the outfits having been sent to
'bring the Gordon and Lovejoy fami
lies over the trail. The teams left
Fairbank.- yesterday, and they prob
ably will be followed later by dog
! teams, >hould the boats be unable
to continue their voyage,
j There are more than 150 pass
engers on. the steamers Yukon and
Washburn, in addition to the mem
bers of the two crews. The number
includes 4" soldiers who are out
ward bound to San Francisco for
discharge from the number. The
soldiers, under Lieutenant dePriest,
are now breaking trail from the
steamer to Circle, over which their
baggage will be hauled later.
The ice is jammed at Fort Yukon
and running heavy at Cliff creek,
i where the steamers Alaska and Se
attle Xo. 3 are icebound. Weather
| conditions at Dawson, however, are
favorable for a resumption of navi
gation, and the temperature is above
freezing at Circle
The movement of the women and
children is being directed by J. A.
Fairborn, Fairbanks agent of the
company, who is enroute to the
States on a vacation. Should the
boats be unable to proceed, he will
accompany the passengers to Fair
banks, where they will be given a
rebate on their fares
SEIZED OPIUM DISAPPEARS
FROM CUSTOMS HOUSE
HONOLULU. T. H.—Opium with
a retail value of approximately $10.
000, seized here recently when a
Chinese attempted to bring it ashore
from the liner Persia Maru. has
mysteriously disappeared from a
vault in the Honolulu customs house.
Collector Malcolm Franklin, while of
the opinion that it was an “inside
job” and openly charging that some
federal employe was responsible, ha
given up hope of apprehending the
guilty person. The drug was being
held as evidence against the Chinese
smuggler.
A. E. Light, former special liquor
dete'etive in Alaska, is now in the
oil promotion business in Seattle.