The Broad Pass Route Is The Short-Cut: Route — Saves Mushers Miles and Money
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1919.
WHOLE
NUMBER 256
BRITISH LABOR DEALS WITH AGITATORS
LEAGUE OF NATIONS CONSTITUTION READY SOON
SEATTLE’S MAYOR ISSUES ULTIMATUM TO STRIKERS
STRIKE SITUATION
STILL UNCHANGED
Associated Press
oCiA 11 LiEj, fCD. i.—me striae
situation had undergone no change
this morning and all is quiet in the
city. There have been no cases of
rowdyism nor any attempts at vio
lence on the part of the strikers
The street cars are housed in the
barns, and except for some privately
owned vehicles there is very little
traffic on the streets, and things
are practically the same today as
they were yesterday.
Throughout the night, the police
who had been reinforced, patrolled
the various parts of the city, but
did not come across any attempts
at law breaking by the strikers; nor
did they receive any trouble calls.
Troops Arrive
Early this morning, one thousand
soldiers from Camp Lewis arrived
in the city. They will be armed
and held in readiness for use in
case serious trouble starts.
Kitchens Working
The various soup kitchens estab
lished by the Unions to replace the
striking restaurants and for the con
venience of the large number of
men who depend entirely for their
subsistence on the restaurants, are
serving gruo now me ioou is guuu
but the kitcHbns are suffering from
a crockery shortage.
Proclamations Issued.
SEATTLE, Feb. 7.—The mayor
of Seattle issued a proclamation to
day, addressed to the strike com
mittee, stating that he would place
the entire city under the control of
the federal government if the sym
pathetic strike is not called off by
eight o’clock tomorow morning.
The mayor also issued a pro
clamation addressed to the people.
In this proclamation he called upon
everyone to return to their former
occupations as usual. He said that
the people should have no fear. The
city authorities will see that Seattle
gets food, light, water, gas and
transportation.
General Efiroute.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7—Maj
or General Morrison, commander in
chief of the Western army division
is now on his way to Seattle to
take charge of the troops who may
i be used in handling the strike situ
i
ation. General Morrison will also
j have charge of the troops stationed
at Tacoma.
Constitution of Society of Nations
About Half Finished; Night
Sittings Regular.
(Associated Press)
PARIS, Feb. 7.—Official an
nouncement was made today that
substantially half of the draft of
the constitution which will be adopt
ed by the Society of Nations has
now been covered by the commis
sion appointed to deal with this
question.
The committee is declared to be
in perfect accord on the questions
of the greatest importance which
concern the positive functions of
the proposed league of nations.
The commission will continue their
nightly sessions until the constitu
tion has been completed.
President Wilson was present
throughout the three-hour session
held by the commission last night.
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY WILL
USE BARRACK BUILDINGS
SEATTLE. — Barracks buildings
left by the Students’ Army Train
ing Corps of the University of
Washington campus are to be used
b ythe university as a start toward
the organization of a dormitory
system like those found at other
American universities.
Already men living in the bar
racks buildings are forming clubs.
The barracks are small in size but
are large enough to be divided into
sleeping quarters and living rooms,
ome of the barracks will be torn
down but those built around a quad
rangle on the campus are to be
retained.
"Check you” Hans-on is now on
the Har»py end of this division.
S1IIL TROUBLED
WITH UPRISINGS
(Associated Press>
BERLIN, Feb. 7.—According tu
an unconfirmed despatch from
Bremen, guerilla warfare is con
tinuing in the country adjacent to
that city, despite the claim made
by the government that the insurg
ents have been put down.
In Tuesday’s fighting between
the government forces and the in
surgents, the casualties are placed
at thirty dead and wounded, the in
surgents being the heaviest losers.
IN VICTORIA NOW
Australian Province Visited By Flu
But Stringent Measures Are
Being Taken There.
(Associated Press)
MELBOURNE, Feb. 7.—The gov
ernment of the province of Vic
toria has ordered the wearing oi
influenza masks as one of the pro
tective measures against the spreac
of the disease.
Thirty deaths and five hundred
and fifty-nine cases have been re
ported up to date. New South
Wales, which lies to the north oi
the province of Victoria, has placed
a strong quarantine cordon alonp
the border between the two prov
has placed a strong quarantine cor
inces.
Roul Rice a former Klondike boy
died in San Francisco of the in
fluenza recently.
WsnSTis—Tbs Gateway to HcXlulO]
Vattoaal fait
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GERMAN PEOPLE
WLL NOW PULE
AVERS LEADER
Ebert Calls National Assembly to
Order and Makes Stirring
Appeal for Unity.
Associated Press
WEIMAR, Germany. Feb . 7.—
Chancellor Ebert, of the new Ger
man cabinet, called to order the
German National Assembly, which
met here today.
In his opening speech he ad
dressed the assemblage as “Ladies
and Gentlemen,” which is a form
of opening an address which never
I before was heard in Germany’s legis
lature.
The chancellor said that the old
order of things in Germany has
gone beyond recall, and that from
now on the people are determined
to rule themselves. He declared
that from now on Germany will be
! an empire of justice and truth.
The main feature of the chan
I cellor’s speech was an earnest ap
^ peal for unity and untiring labor
I to build up the new German govern
j men and the economic structure of
| Germany.
i About three thousand politcians
from all parts of Germany are
assembled here.
NO DRY LAW FOP
RHODE ISLAND
(Associated Press)
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Feb. 7.—
The Rhode Island Senate defeated
the ratification of the federal pro
hibition amendment today.
The ratification of the federal
prohibition amendment by thirtv
six states is sufficient to make thi
measure a constitutional amcnduenl
and the action taken by the Rhode
Island Senate will have no effect cr
the amendment when it is enforced
MARSHALS PARTY
LEAVE TOMORROW
According to a report received
over the phone from Fairbanks this
afternoon, the marshal’s party wil
leave tomorrow morning on Ec
Bartlett’s stage for the coast witt
' two insane patients and a prisoner
Deputy Marshal Pete McMuller
will be in charge of the party, anc
Miss Lillian Hill goes out as guarc:
to the female insane patient.
The insane patients are Mrs. A
A. Zimmerman and E. W. Major
The prisoner being taken out is Ikt
Mitcham. The report states that
Ike, who is an Englishman, is tc
be deported as an undesirable citi
zen.
Robert T. Smith, of McCarthy
has sent to the Arctic Brotherhooc
of that place a German mask anc
helmet which he picked up ir
France as a member of Co. E
Sixth U. S. engineers.
Ktuu, Alaska’s Interior ftsl Itepo
TENDENCIES OF
SHE ABROAD
REVOLUTIONARY
Drastic Action Planned By British
Unions to Discourage the
Revolutionary idea.
j !
Associated Press
LONDON, Feb. 7.—All the kod
I ers of the various trade unions of
1 Great Britain are planum,; on tak
ing further drastic action in deal
| ing with the revolutionary move
ment that is persistently manifest
ing: itself in the labor troubles which
now beset the United Kingdom.
The revolutionary mo 'oment a
mong the workers in England, Scot
land and Ireland, is resulting in in
dependent strikes which are not
authorized by the union leaders; and
these strikes are assuming such
serious proportions, that unless
curbed at the outset may culminate
in grave disorders.
Yesterday the Amalgamated So
eiety of Engineers suspended the
district committees of Belfast, the
Clyde and London for their par
ticipation in unauthorized strikes.
BUTTE MINERS
OUF ON SHE
BUTTE, Feb. 7.—The entire day
; shift of 250 men of the Elm Ormolu
i Mine, the property of Clarke, went
' out on strike today, and it is ex
| pected that the night shift will fol
low suit.
The strike was caused by the
reduction of one elollar in the wages
of the mine workers in the Butte
! district. The reduction went intc
' effect yesterday.
iPOLES MIX WITH
CZECH0-S10VAK
(Associated Press)
WARSAW, Feb. 7—Heavy fight'
ing took place on Monday betweer
the Czecho-Slovaks and the Poles
in Western Galicia, and, notwith
j standing the strong Polish resist
ance, the Czecho-Slovak forces wjr*
enabled to advance to within ni ic
teen miles of the city of Cracow.
RUSS CONFERENCE
DELEGATES NAME!]
Associated Press
PARIS, Feb. 7.—William White
of Emporia, Kansas, and Professoi
George Herron have been appointee
' American delegates to the confer
ence which is to be held betweer
the Allied nations and Russia.
The conference is to be held or
> an island in the sea of Marmora.
Soup kitchens have been estab
lished in the First division to pro
vide nourishing food for natives il
, with influenza.
I
FAIRBANKS LOSSES
FROM RECENT FIRE
According to tho reports received
over the phone this morning from
! Fairabiiks, the amount published in
these columns yesterday as the ap
proximate total loss as the result
of the fire, will he exceeded.
Among the properties totally de
stroyed by the fire, tin- following
carried some insurance. The Fair
banks Corner, owned by Thompson
A- Geis, $20,000; The Farmers Bank
(St. George & Cathcart) $3000;
Waechter Bros. $5000; Julius Hoff
man, $5000; Simsons $5000; Fair
banks Clothing Co. $6000; Tanana
I Club $2000; Beam <5i Chamberlain
$3000; Imperial Cigar Store $6000.
j The estimated losses are Hoyt &
Kelly $4000, with no insurance;
H B. Avakoff $1300, mostly on
jewelry shop fixtures on which there
was no insurance; W. W. Pender
|graft (Imperial Cigar store) $25,000
1 to $30,000, partly covered by in
surance; Robert Bloom $15,000 to
$20,000, partly covered by insur
a nee; Arcade Cafe $15,000, on
j which there was no insurance car
'ried; J. R. Fowle _(Fairbanks Cloth
Jing Co.) $16,000, partly covered by
j insurance; Kagle Barbershop $500,
| no insurance.
No estimate has, as yet, been
| made of the rest of the property
I destroyed. The total of the insur
ance carried by the owners of the
| destroyed property only amounts to
i $60,000, while the actual loss will
jamonut to more than a quarter of
|a million dollars.
Anchorage Proffer» Help
A wire was received this morn
injv from Anchorage offering the
ctiy of Fairabnks all possible assist
ance, financial and otherwise. A
message was sent in reply thanking
them for the offer of assistance, but
stating that no assistance was
needed.
Businessmen Moving
Mendham, the jeweler is moving
to the premises next door to Suter,
on Cushman street. These premises
were formely occupied by a barber
shop.
•I. K Fowle stated that he would
start in business again just as soon
as he was able to secure suitable
premises for the purpose. He is
busy looking around town and sizing
up buildings.
It is expected that either the
Model or Arcade Cafe will open
in the old Nordale Cafe quarters
in a few days.
Another Small Blaze
In spite of the fact that several
i streams of water were turned on
the smouldering remains of the big
fire, at six o’clock yesterday a small
blaze broke out, necessitating the
turning in of a fire alarm. The
firemen turned out in short order
and the blaze was soon quenched.
The burned area, by reason of
the water kept turned on it is now
a mass of ice with the charred re
mains of the destroyed buildings
scattered through in shapless masses
and the whole thing presents a
scene of desolation.
All danger from a possible re
currence of a fire having been re
moved, the water was turned off
this morning.
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BERLIN, Feb. 7.—-According to
| despatches received in this city to
> day, all Dusseldorf has gone on
: strike in retaliation against the
Spartaean terrorism.
The strike has affected every
walk of life, and government offi
cials, clerks, bankers, lawyers, phy
sicians, teachers, factory and muni
| tion workers and persons engaged
! in other professional pursuits, walk
1 ed out today.
_
Dusseldorf is a large city and is
I the capital of the government of the
same name in the Rhenish province.
| The city is on the Rhine, 22 miles
| northwest of Cologne. It consists
j of the old town in the north, Karl
'stad, the new town and Frederigh
! stadt in the south, with the suburbs
|
| of Derendorf, Flingern, Oberbilk,
lUnterbilk and other small places.
^ The population of Dusseldorf is
I nearly half a million.
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* TEMPERATURE «t
As reported by the government *t
'•t observation station, Nenana *t
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SECRETARY LANE
At the last meeting of the local
igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska, the
matter of the curtailment of work
on the government railroad was dis
cussed and a committee was ap
pointed to send a telegram to Sec
retary of the Interior Franklin K.
Lane, seeking relief.
The wire was sent to the com
mitte last Tuesday, and the follow
ing reply was received today:
Washington, Feb. 6, 191b
John H. Flower, Pres.,
Frank Rourke, Sec.
Pioneers Igloo No. 17,
Nenana, Alaska.
“Answering yours Feb. fifth, ap
preciate situation in Fairbanks ter
ritory owing to stagnation in gold
mining and other activities in which
people usually engaged. Am hoping
for some additional funds before
March fourth to continue work on
Alaska Railroad.
“FRANKLIN K. LANE.*’
The text of the wire is similar
to that sent to the Citizen’s com
mittee of Nenana and the Nenana
Commercial club.
P. R. Bradley, federal food ad
ministrator for Alaska closed offices
in Juneau on the first of February
and retired as active food adminis
trator, subject to the call of Mr\
Hoover.
j His office force will also be re