, WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
. THE NENANA DAIL Y NEWS
VOL. II. MMBSIt OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1919.
NO. 135
. PRESIDENT TALKS ABOUT LIVING COSTS
RUMANIANS REFUSE TO SIGN AUSTRIAN TREATY
' UNCLE SAM BREAKS UP GANG OF WAR BOND SHARKS
WORLD WORKERS :
MEET 10 SOLVE I
• NEWPfitffiLEMS
CLEVELAND, O., Sept 9.—Two
thousand delegates were in attend
ance at the opening session of the
international convention of mine |
» workers, which began its delibera- ;
tions in this city yesterday, the i
gathering being one of the largest j
of the kind ever held in this coun
try, and equal to any in import
ance of questions to be considered. |
t Demands for higher wages and j
shorter hours will be among the j
more important questions consid-1
ered, the high cost of living having i
given the wage question precedence j
over all others.
The United Mine Workers of j
America and English miners expect
the convention to support their j
♦ claims for a six-hour working day,
a 34-hour week, and the national-|
ization of coal mines.
PUBLIC IS EAGER
TO GRAB UP PORK
COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 9.—More
than a ton of pork, which was
found in storage in this city by the
federal authorities and confiscated
because it had been kept in storage
for a longer period than permitted
by the law, was placed on sale to
the public- today and disposed of in
Teeord time.
In less than half an hour after
the sale started, there was not a
pound of the meat left. The sales
totaled approximately 3.000 pounds.
YANKEE SCHOONER
SINKS OFF COAST
PRINCE RUPERT, Sept. 9—The
American fishing schooner Alameda
foundered in Hecate straits on
Saturday and is believed to be a
total loss, according to word brought
to this city by members of the j
crew, all of whom escaped with
their lives.
The schooner was loaded with 14,.
COO pounds of halibut.
Lieutenant Frank P. Wood, broth
er of R. C. Wood, president of the
First National bank, has advised
friends in Fairbanks that he is now
touring Italy, having recently ob
tained an extended leave of ab
sence from his army post. One of
the cards came from Monte Carlo.
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PRESIDENT TALKS ON
HIGH COST OF LIVING
LEAGUE PLANS
ARE UPSET BY
SENATE DELAY
i WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 9—
:The failure of the United States
! senate to consent immediately to
the ratification of the peace treaty
and the League of Nations coven
jant, as requested by President Wil
lson, makes it almost certain that
jthe first meeting of the league will
(not be held in this city next month
as planned by the framers of the
• covenant.
j Supporters of the league proposi
tion consider it possible that the
opening meeting will be held in No
vember, but admit that the date
depends upon the action of ‘he sen
ate.
j Both sides to the controversy feel
! confident that the treaty will be
'ratified, but it seems to be gener
ally understood now that some sort
of concession must be made to in
sure action. Senate leaders
endeavoring now to get the ex
tremes on both sides to agree to a
mild form of reservation.
!
MEMBER OF BOARD
Fred Major was regularly elected
ja member of the Nenana school
■board at the special election held
for that purpose yesterday. The
name of Mr. Major was the only
one appearing on the official ballot
and there was no attempt at scratch
ing by those who voted, although a
name had been written on one of
I
the ballots, evidently by mistake,
ithe voter seemingly being under
the impression that the law re
: quired that he sign his name on the
i paper instead of marking a cross
opposite the name voted for.
A total of 33 votes were cast,
; 32 of which were counted for Mr.
Major, and the other ballot for W.
M. Bell.
! The election, as usual, was held
at the firehall, the polls being open
• from eight in the morning until
seven in the evening. The judges
{of election were Mrs. M. J. Swee
jney, Mrs. J. R. Bowen, and Martin
(Nash.
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Albert Lundborg, who recently
completed a grading contract on
the Nenana-Fairbanks line, left for
Fairbanks this morning on the Vic
tory. Mr. Lundborg expects to
leave for the States within a short
time.
ST. PAUL, Sept. 9.—President
Wilson received a most enthusi
astic reception upon his arrival in
this city today, there being on hand
at the station, in addition to many
thousand people. Governor Burn
.quist, the mayors of St. Paul and
Minneapolis, and many other state
and city officials. The President
■was given a tremendous ovation as
he left the train, and was driven
to the state house, where he ad
dressed the members of the legis
lature.
The President confined his re
; marks chiefly to the high cost of
jliving problem, which, he explained,
I was due largely to the world situ
ation resulting from war sacrifices
'and waste. The world, he said, has
inot yet learned what the peace
status will be, and it cannot be
expected that the world will settle
down until it learns what part Am
erica will play in peace.
America, he said, is the only na
tion with enough free capital to
rehabilitate the world economically.
RUMANIANS WILL NOT SIGN
| PARIS, Sept. 9.—Members of the
Rumanian peace delegation declare
'positively that they will 7iot attach
I their names to the Austrian peace
jtreaty as finally agreed upon by
, the supreme council. The stand
taken by the Rumanians is the re
sult of the refusal of the Allies to
make demands upon the Austrians
as requested by Rumania.
GOTHAM EXPLOSION
CAUSES CONFUSION
NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—The ex
plosion of jrases beneath the pave
ment on Third avenue at Forty
second street at an early hour to
day occasioned gTeat excitement in
. that neighborhood and shattered
hundreds of windows near by. The
excitement took the form of a panic,
•many people believing that bombs
had been planted in the neighbor
hood, and it was not until after
'police reserves had appeared on the
1 scene that order was restored and
^residents induced to return to their
homes.
Manhole covers were hurled high
jin the air by the force of the ex
plosions, and it is believed that
sewer, gas, and water mains were
considerably damaged. An investi
gation is now in progress to ascer
tain the extent of the damage.
The effort of Fairbanksans to
secure funds from the territory to
reimburse cow owners of the up
per town for the loss of animal;
ordered killed by the Government
veterinary ha; been without success,
a wire from the Governor stating
;that the territory has no funds
available for such a purpose.
Charles Hinckley, owner of the
■ Hinckley dairy, was the heaviest
loser, 25 of his cows having been
pronounced tubercular and ordered
| killed.
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Mammal rut
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GREAT TRANSPORT
QUITS ARMY WORK
NEW YORK. Sept. 9.—The army
■transport Leviathan, the greatest
(passenger carrying vessel afloat,
which has been engaged ir» carry
ing .American troops to and from
France since its seizure from the
(Germans, after the United States
entered the world war, has made its
last voyage across the Atlantic as a
transport, according to an announce
ment made today by officials of the
war department.
The gTeat vessel, which has car
ried 385,000 soldiers since it en
tered the war service, will be refit
ted as a passenger ship and turned
back to the United States Shipping
board.
General Pershing made the trip
over as a passenger on the Levia
than.
WILSON WILL EAT
AT SEATTLE TEED
SEATTLE, Sept. 9. — President
Wilson has accepted an invitation
to attend a public dinner which
will be given in this city in his
honor when he arrives on the Pa
cific coast. The dinner will be held
before the President addresses a
public meeting in the Arena.
Secretary Daniels will arrive here
on Saturday from Portland.
Postmaster T. H. Deal, of Fair
banks, has received a consignment
of $100 war savings certificates,
'popularly known as baby bonds.
jThe certificates have a value now
of about $80.
FI
E
The steamer Alaska ieft Chena
this morning at ten o’clock on a
return voyage to Dawson, and
should reach Nenana sometime after
i five this afternoon. The boat has
a number of Fairbanksans on board,
some for Nenana, but most of them
for the Outside, and a consignment
of first class mail which reached the
upper town from the coast Sunday
night.
The passengers who will leave
the steamer here include Mrs. R
|R. Myers and Colonel Frederick
:Mears, chairman of the Alaskan
Engineering commission. The other
passengers inelude: Mrs. George
! Green and baby, Pete Zorich, Mrs.
J. Cullinan, Mrs. T. Mogan. for Se
attle; Martin A. Pinska, for Daw
son and John N'achant, for Skagvvay.
! S. E. Inman, who went to Fair
; banks recently to install a new
| wireless set, is a returning pass
! enger on the Alaska, enroute to
!
iNome, where he is stationed. He
will leave the boat at Gibbon.
Among those scheduled to board
the boat at Nenana are: Mrs. Car:
Bernhardt, E. T. Sullivan, Mrs. E.
T. Sullivan. Tom Burns, O. A.
Pearson, Miss Lueile Diven, Mrs.
Walter J. Blakey, for Skagway; O.
A. Schulz and Mrs. O. A. Schulz,
for Fort Yukon.
The Alaska was unable to get up
the slough to Fairbanks on the last
trip, the passengers and freight be
ing transferred at Cheria to the
Tanana Valley railway.
FAIRBANKS IGLOO
Advices received from Fairbanks
this afternoon state that the fu
neral of Marion B. Carey will be
i held at the upper town tomorrow
afternoon at three o’clock, under
the auspices of Fairbanks Igloo,
JNo. 4, Pioneers of Alaska, of which
organization the deceased oldtimer
'was a member. The funeral serv
ices wdll be held at Eagle hall and
jthe body interred in the Pioneer
plot.
The body, which was sent up
river yesterday on the Johnson
launch Peerless, reached Fairbanks
this morning by train from Chena.
Carey , died at the Government
hospital in Xenana.
laatu—Tkt Otttnr to HeXlalti
Battenl Park.
CHICAGO, Sept. 9.—Federal of
ficials, who have been investigating
an alleged national forged Liberty
bond swindling scheme, by which
thousands of people are believed
to have been victimized, are con
vinced that at least one hundred
persons, in all parts of the country,
are involved in the conspiracy to
defraud Americans.
Eight of the men who were
placed under arrest in this city
have confessed their connection with
the steal, and on the strength of
their admissions, ti is believed, oth
ers will be apprehended within the
next day or two.
The swindlers used senators, gov
ernors, bankers, and others prom
inent in national and local affairs
to further their scheme, which has
netted them many thousands of
dollars, the exact amount being un
known to the authorities.
SEATTLE, Sept. 9.—A number
of the restaurants of this city
which were compelled to close their
doors as a result of the strike
among the employes of the gas
company, resumed business today,
and reports indicate that the gas
pressure is increasing in spite of
the efforts of the strikers to put
the plant out of business.
Mayor Fitzgerald is trying to
bring the strikers and the gas man
agement together, but up to a late
hour this afternoon not much prog
ress had been reported.
The Farmers bank, of Fairbanks,
which was started about three years
ago by H. E. St. George and asso
ciates, at a time when there already
were two banks there, has discon
tinued business and is now engaged
in closing up its affairs.
The bank has not failed and is
not involved in financial difficulties.
It is being closed, presumably, be
cause there is not now sufficient
business in the town to support two
banks, and all those having money
on deposit are being notified to
close their accounts as soon as they
can do so conveniently. The money
is there for them whenever they
call for it.
It is understood that St. George
& Cathcart will continue to conduct
their real estate and insurance busi
ness as heretofore, but it is not
known definitely by The News what
their plans are.