CELEBRATE THE FOURTH IIN NENANA
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Volume Two member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1919.
Number 72
SENATE INCREASES POST ROAD ITEM
GERMANS APPOINT MUELLER TO SIGN TREATY
BRITISH PRESS FEARS HUNS WILL NOT PLAY FAIR
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The Alaska chapter of the Amer- j
ican Mining congress, with head
quarters at Fairbanks, has com
menced an active campaign tor the
purpose of adding to its member
ship, and reports received from
Fairbanks would indicate that those
in charge of the campaign are meet
ing with much success.
The American Mining congress
is a national organization of min
ing men devoted to the upbuilding
of the mining industry. It has
various branches, such as the Alaska
chapter at Fairbanks, in various
parts of the country, and is sup
ported entirely by the fees and dues
of its members. It has a paid sec
retary in Washington, D. C., who
sees to it that legislation, tending
toward improving of mining con
ditions and aiding the industry, 'S
properly introduced in Congress and
passed by that body.
It is striving to bring about:
First—Safety and efficiency in min
ing operations. Second—Intelligent
conservation with a view to the
highest development of our min
eral resources. Third—The stimu
lation of investment in practical
mining operations, showing that
mining is a legitimate business,
promising, when intelligently con
ducted, larger profits with less risks
than any other business, Fourtv —
Uniformity in state lasts governing
mining operations carried on under
like conditions. Fifth—Such fed
eral co-operation, through research
and investigation, as will furnish
the basis for intelligent state legis
lation and will solve those prob
lems of economical production,
treatment and transportation, which
are an essential to an increase in
mineral production. Sixth—The
improvement of economic conditions
underlying the coal industry.
There are several Nenanaites who
are already members of the Alaska
chapter of the American Mining
congress, and when a sufficient
number of them have joined, it
will be possible to form a local
branch of the chapter. Everybody
interested in mining and those who
have the future welfare of Interior
Alaska at heart should become
members of the mining congress
and thereby take an active ■ interest
in the development of the rich min
eral resources of the Interior.
FERNIE, B. C., June 24.—Forest
fires are destroying thousands of
acres of timber in this region,
threatening towns, scattering live
stock and burning homes.
The town of Natal is in the direct
path of the flames and it is feared
the place will be totally destroyed.
The residents of the town were
compelled to take flight on a special
train, composed of box cars.
STEAMSHIP OFFICIAL
WILL VISIT ALASKA
VANCOUVER, June 24.—H. F.
Alexander, president of the Pacific
Steamship company, is enroute to j
Alaska aboard the steam yacht,
Aquilla.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 24. j
—The first of a series of mass!
meetings, in opposition to the pro
posed League of Nations, will be
held in this city on Saturday night.
Senators Hiram Johnson, Republi
can, of California, and James A.
Reed, Democrat, of Missouri, will be
the principal speakers at the Wash
ington meeting and senators of
equal prominence will address meet
ings in other parts of the country.
The campaign against the league
will be conducted under the aus
pices of the League for the Pre
servation of American Independence,
and the fight will be carried into
every state in the Union.
The Washington meeting is to be
held in advance of the President’s
return to this country, but in some
cases, at least, meetings will be held
immediately following the appear
ance of the President on the plat
form in support of the proposed
league.
ADMIRAL BALKS
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 24. j
—According to European advices'
received in this city today, the
signing of the peace treaty by the I
Germans has been delayed by the j
refusal of Admiral von Haimhausen 1
to attach the official signature of
the German government to the pact.
He had been named «to sign the
treaty, but when the time came for
him to act, he resigned his post,
declaring that he would not sign the
document.
Following the retirement of the'
admiral, Herman Mueller was se-1
lected to sign for the government, 1
and it is believed that he will go!
through with the ceremony. Mueller
is the new foreign secretary.
The reports received from Ger-'
many indicate that the formal sign- j
ing of the treaty will take place on!
Thursday.
—
Nels Martin is recovering from ;
a severe wrench received several
■ days ago while at work for the gov
! ernment. He expects to be able to
resume his duties very soon.
The launch Victory left Fairbanks
at one o’clock this afternoon with
several passengers for Nenana.
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SENATE INCREASES
ALASKA ROAD ITEM
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 24
—The senate has accepted an
amendment to the general military
appropriation bill, increasing the
Alaska wagon road item from one
hundred thousand dollars to three
hundred thousand dollars.
Major Herbert Buell, of the en
gineer corps, recently appeared be
fore the house ways and means com
mittee in an effort to secure an in
crease in the appropriation for post
roads, but the committee refused
to allow more than one hundred
thousand dollars, and the bill was
approved by the house in that form.
It is confidently believed that
the action of the senate will have.
the effect of insuring the approval >
of the road item when the bill is j
sent back back for final passage. j
Buell pointed out to the com-!
mittee, in his argument for an in- j
crease in the appropriation, that j
on, hundred thousand dollars would I
haidly more than cover the cost of;
making needed repairs to the Fair- j
! banks-Valdez post road, leaving!
nothing for other road requirements.:
The sum of two hundred and sev-,
entj-nine thousand, he said, is need- j
ed for actual maintenance and the j
balance of the three hundred thou-;
I sand for new work contemplated. |
PEACE IS NEAR;
LONDON, June 24.—Announce
ment that the German government
will-sign the peace treaty has been
received with elation throughout
Germany, where the people are anx
iously awaiting the coming of peace
and the restoration of normal con
ditions.
Patriotic demonstrations marked
the receipt of the glad news in
many cities. Great crowds gathered
in Berlin, Munich and other places
and paraded the streets, singing war
songs and cheering the generals of
the old empire.
To Save Kaiser.
The reports state that a German
officers’ association has made formal
request of Holland that the former
kaiser be not surrendered to the
Allies for trial.
MAY SAVE VESSEL
VANCOUVER, Wash., June 24.—
The hull of the wrecked steamer
Mariposa, which went down in Sum
ner strait several months ago, is
to be examined soon by a Seattle
salvage company, the purpose being
to ascertain whether or not the
steamer can be raised profitably.
The company is now engaged in
recovering the ore cargo which was
carried by the Mariposa at the time i
of the wreck.
ZIPF LAKES POSITION
WITH BIG FISH TRUST
SEATTLE, June 24.—A. F. Zipf,
former traffic manager for the
American-Yukon Navigation com
pany, with headquarters at St.
Michael, who gave up that position
to become traffic manager for the
Pacific Steamship company, has now
become vice-president of the Car
lisle Packing company, with plants
at Cordova, Bellingham and An
dreafsky.
OBSERVE LAWS
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24—
Fearing that Independence Day will
be made the occasion for a resump
tion of bomb throwing throughout
;the country, Thomas Mooney, who
; is serving a life sentence on the
I charge of responsibility for the
Preparedness Day outrage, has is
i sued a statement in which he warns
! against the use of bombs on the
i Fourth of July.
His reason for taking this stand
is that acts of violence of that char
acter will stir public opinion against
him and hurt his case.
The statement was issued in con
sequence of the circulation of re
ports to the effect that radicals
planned a resumption of bombing
activities in connection with the
national celebration.
Pl« UKI START
ON Fliffli TODAY
ST. JOHN'S, June 24.—Vice-Ad-,
miral Mark Kerr has made prepara
tions to leave for Europe today
in a Handlev-Page bombing plane
and is hopeful of being able to
make a start sometime this after
noon.
Captain Raynham, who has been
waiting here several weeks 'or a
favorable opportunity to make the
| long jump to Ireland, has ann unced
definitely that he will start July 1J.
FRENCH CELEBRATING
I ACCEPTANCE OF PACT
PARIS, June 24.—The German •
; decision to sign the peace treaty is j
! being celebrated in many cities j
I throughout France, especially in the
| northern districts which suffered
'greatly as the result of the war.
Big celebrations are in progress
i at Lille, Toulon and Brest and a
monster demonstration has been
staged in this city. Guns are boom
'ing, the cities are gaily decorated
and the people are joining enthusi
astically in the festivities.
CLEIMYil !
WHEN HUNS PUT
PEN 10 TREATY
PARIS, June 24.—In reply to |
questions put by representatives of.
the press, Premier Clemenceau ad-'
mitted today that he planned to!
retire from his position at the head ;
of the French cabinet as soon as1
the Germans attach their signatures :
to the peace treaty and the docu
ment has been officially ratified.
When he opened the dispatch an
nouncing the willingness of the Ger
mans to accept the terms, Clemen
ceau declared enthusiastically: “We
have waited forty-nine years for
this moment. For forty-nine years
German troopers, with mailed hands,
have menaced the peace of the
world. The signing of the treaty
will make the world safe again.”
It is not yet known definitely
when the treaty will be signed, but
members of the conference are con
fident that the forma! acceptance
will not be delayed beyond Thurs
day. It is just a question now of
waiting until the Germans decide
who is to sign for them.
LONDON, June 24.—The leading
newspapers of this city are distrust
ful of the Germans, despite the an
nounced acceptance of the Allied
peace terms. Commenting editor
tally on the situation today, several
of the papers point out that the
Germans have proved treacherou
throughout the war an 1 are not t
be trusted at this juncture in th
negotiations. Attention is called
to the latest instance of treachery,
the sinking of interned vessels.
It would be premature, the edi
tors declare, to celebrate peace
until the treaty has been actually
signed, and the Allies are cautioned
to be on their guard until all in
demnities have been paid and the
other conditions of peace fully com
plied with.
The Germans must prove now, in
the opinion of the newspapermen,
that they are entitled to the con
fidence of the Allies and that they
are sincere in their desire for peace.
jewelsTisappear
FROMJOH VAULT
NEW YORK, June 24.—Mrs.
Clarence Millhiser, of Richmond
Va., who is a guest at the fashion
able Biltmore hotel, has informed
the police of the mysterious disap- 1
pearance of jewels and other valua
bles worth a quarter of a million 1
dollars.
Mrs. Millhiser declares that she
placed the valuables in her safe de
posit vault at the hotel and that
when she went to remove them
later, the vault was empty.
The authorities were notified at
noon today, by Arthur Wright, that
he had found the body of a man
floating down the river. It would
appear that the body was taken by
I the eddy below the point opposite
to the mission, and Arthur Wright
| secured it to the bank with a piece
.of wire.
i U. S. Commissioner R. S. Mc
Donald, Deputy Marshal James
Hagen, Dr. David More, accompan
! ied by George Parks, Jack Bellerby,
A. W. Heimberger and the News
i representative, went to the spot
i shortly after two 'clock this after
noon and returned to town shortly
j afterward with the body, which is
now awaiting identification at the
A. E. C. oilhouse.
The body, which was in a state of
[decomposition, appeared to be that
‘of a medium-sized man, the features
‘being unrecognizable. It was clad
i in a pair of dark pants of good
j material, vest of the same stuff
land an olive drab military shirt.
!A roll of money was fo r d e
.of the vest pockets in a • . i te
of preservation. The other art' -s
found in the clothing on t! iy
.being a solid gold <14 -avert n
j watch, bearing It- salt : .r
[number bfr, yy, .,. m
j either Sale or S':, . .
movement No. ! r 77. TP n -h
appears to b.- ■ v ne. »f u I
jewels, and w .< .! ,ut " : u
dollar and a <■ tart -r er, u
I - mail pocket k ■. • - •. ,• ;■■■■>
and a can <-f V‘het t ••• , w tin
-vine tobacco In it.
, It had on - • 11* /h >
; leather 'not? which w-r rat -r
■ w.-m out.
It is believed hat hf
. that of one • • n.-r
and judging f:...
;that of Dick I, u -
thoritie., how< v ■
able to ab- •
identity later ■ • . .. .
now being mad
view.
An inquest
• office of the V. S
7 o'clock this r
pected that by liia
of the corpse will have u-. o hod i
itelv established.
Body Identified
The body has been definitely
.identified as that of Charles Craig,
the Tolovana mining man, who, with
his wife and little son, were pas -
engers on th<> ill-fated Flyer last
fall. The identification was made
iby the watch found on the body,
the numbers of which were wired
to Suter, in Fairbanks, who state!
that it belonged to a watch repaired
by that firm for Craig, about a
year ago.
The body will be prepared for
interment and the wishes of the
.relatives of the deceased will be
awaited before anw further action
I is taken.
Charcoal Point will vote on be
coming a part of the municipality
of Ketchikan within the next few
weeks, as a meeting of the citizens
recently secured nearly unanimous
consent for the incorporation.