WHERE, RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
'f Volume Two member of associated press
NENANA. ALASKA, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1919.
Number 106
BAKER WANTS BOYS TO HAVE TRAINING
HIGH LIVING COST IS CAUSE OF UNDERFEEDING
MANY MORE TRAINMEN ASK FOR FEDERAL REFORMS
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ALASKA COMES
• WITH BIG MAIL
FROM OUTSIDE
The steamer Alaska reached port
at an early hour yesterday morning i
from the upper Yukon river, bring- j
ing a large consignment of second
class mail for Nenana, a few pass
engers for Nenana and Fairbanks,
and a considerable quantity of
freight for the Alaskan Engineering
Commission, consisting largely of
rails and fittings for the Nenana
Fairbanks line. The barge with the
steel was taken to Chena.
The steamer continued on to Fair
banks after a short stay here, ar
riving at the upper town about nine
o'clock this morning. She will leave
Fairbanks on the return voyage to
Dawson sometime tomorrow morn
ing.
The Alaska’s passengers, most of
whom were billed through to Fair
banks, included the following:
Charles I. Ohrenstein and wife,
H. S. Wilson, Miss Ollie Anderson,
Clara Gerehand, Herbert Wheeler,
Jr., Evelyn Wheeler, Miss Holmes,
Miss Florence Gales, Jason Buzby
and wife, and Dr. R. R. Myers.
, ENGLAND MAY PAY
■ DEBT IN SOD
LONDON, Aug. 4.—The London
Daily News claims that the sugges
tion that a portion of England's
war debt be paid by transfer of the
British West Indies to the United
States is receiving serious consider
V ation on both sides of the Atlantic
ocean.
SILVER MEDAL IS
RECOMMENDED FOR
AMERICAN OFFICER
LONDON.—The president of the
Board of Trade has recommended
to King George that a silver medal
be awarded to Lieutenant Ross P.
Whitemarsh of the United States
navy for gallantry in life-saving,
when the British steamer Dwinsk
was sunk by an enemy submarine in
the Atlantic ocean about a year ago.
Lieutenant Whitemarsh was in
BAKER SUBMITS PLANS
FOR PEACE-TIME ARMY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 4.—
The plans of the war department
for a permanent peace-time army
of 510,000 officers and men were
made known to Congress today by
Secretary of War Baker, a lengthy
explanation of the scheme accom
panying the bill prepared by the
department.
The bill authorizes a field army
with a war strength of 1,250,000,
with an active force of 510,000 of
ficers and regulars. The remainder
of the force is to be composed of
youths, the bill making provision
for universal training, all boys, upon
I reaching the age of 19 years, be
ing required to take a three months’
military training course.
This reserve force will be used to
fill out twenty infantry divisions
and one cavalry division of the reg
ular army.
The bill provides for the abolition
of the promotion of officers by
I seniority, the secretary explaining
that the war had shown the system
to be defective.
All of the special army services'
created during the war are to be
maintained as separate branches un-1
der the proposed plan, with the ex-;
ception of the chemical warfare ser- j
vice, which will be merged with the '
engineer corps.
j charge of a lifeboat in which 13
British subjects took refuge. The
boat encountered a hurricane, but
the lieutenant brought her through
it safely, and the record states that
his bravery and devotion saved the
I lives of all.
I mm -smokes
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 4.—
Attorneys representing the Anti-Sa
Jloon league are authority for the
(Statement that the league is not
now planning a campaign against
tobacco in this country, although it
is admitted that there has been in
dividual effort on the part of some
reformers to start a movement
against cigarette smoking.
There is a difference of opinion
among the attorneys as to the con
stitutionality of the war-time pro
hibition enforcement legislation en
acted by Congress.
SWORDS TO BE CARRIED
BY BRITISH OFFICERS
LONDON.—The sword, which was
(discarded during the war because
jit was utterly useless, has been for
mally returned to the British army.
An order requires all “field mar
shals, generals, and colonels, when
dismounted,” to wear a sword on all
ceremonial parades and at official
ceremonies.
Frank Clearv has returned to Ne
nana after an absence of several
iweeks in Fairbanks.
LABOR LEADER SAYS
STORM IS BREAKING
LUCERNE, \ug. 4.—There will.
be a terrible spasm of rage and j
despair among Europeans before
winter arrives, according to a pre
diction made today by British La
bor Leader Henderson at the open
ing session of the International So
cialist conference. The storm may
be such, he said, as to annihilate
the final remains of civilization.
Referring to the peace treaty,
which was recently ratified by the
British government, Henderson de
dared that the principal parts of
the document might, be immediate
ly and thoroughly revised.
FRENCH DISCONTINUE
USE OF BREAD TICKETS
PARIS.—Use of bread tickets has
been discontinued in France, and
food cards are now needed only for
sugar. The minister of food states
that the cost of printing and dis
tributing the various cards during
the war was nearly $4,000,000.
RAILWAY STRIKERS |
GROWING STEADILY
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CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—The claim is
made today by railway union offi
cials that the shopmen’s strike,
which started last week, will tie up
all freight and passenger traffic in
many sections of the country before
the end of the present week. There
is the possibility that a call will also
be issued for all roundhouse work
ers in the United States to ioin the
movement for increased wages.
NOT SERIOUS YET.
Officials of the railway administra
tion declare that the shopmen’s
strike has not interfered seriously
wdth traffic thus far. The work has
been kept moving despite the ac
tion of the strikers, but no predic
tions are being made as to the ulti
mate outcome of the demand for
more pay.
IOWA WORKERS JOIN.
SIOUX CITY, la., Aug. 4.—A
thousand railway shopmen in this j
state have joined the strike for in- j
creased wages, the majority of them ■
having quit their places today.
MANY WANT MORE PAY.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 4 —
Four hundred and fifty thousand
members of the Brotherhood of
Railway and Steamship Mail Clerks
and Freight Handlers, with the ex- .
ception of the station employees, (
have joined the other railwaymen in
their demand for an increase in
wages or a reduction in the cost of
living. The men declare that some- j
thing must be done immediately or
they will quit their positions.
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ROOPS ARE USED
TO STOP RIOTING
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 4.—This city ;
was the scene last night of serious
rioting, the disorders becoming so
general by morning that it was
necessary to call out troops to dis
perse the rioters. The soldiers
charged the mobs with fixed bayo
nets ar.d many of the ringleaders
were taken into custody. As an j
additional precaution, the destroy
ers Valiant and Crusher were or
dered into the river to protect the
docks, the authorities fearing that
the disorders would result in the
destruction of property.
Many members of the police force
refused to disturb the rioters, thjir
attitude compelling the authorities
to call upon the troops for aid.
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CHINKS ARE SHE
MANILA, Aug. 4.—Chinese resi
dents of this city have refused to
participate in the Victory Day cele
bration, their attitude being the re
sult of the action of the Paris
peace conference in turning over
Shan-tung to the Japanese.
The Chinese declare that their
country’s aims were deTeated by the
last-hour action of the peacemakers
and that the victory which the Al-,
lies are celebrating mean? nothing1
to China.
AMERICAN TOURISTS
VIEW SCENES OF
FAMOUS BATTLES
LONDON. — American business j
men and women now in London are j
being offered a view of famous J
battlefields in Belgium and France'
for $60, which includes transporta
tion and meals for three days.
The tours are under the direction
of the Belgium government and are
made by automobile. Visitors are
taken to Belgium via Dover and
Ostend. Zeebrugge is visited and a
whole day is spent in that vicinity,,
where there are still many inter
esting if grewsome evidences of the
war. The itinerary includes Ypres,
the Yser, the "big Bertha” at Leu
genboom, Dixmude, Poelcapelle, St.
Julian, Zillebeke, Houthulst Forest,
and Furnes, all names familiar to
American newspaper readers who
followed the war from day to day.
10 GEI EVIDENCE
SEATTLE, Aug. 4.—Judge Wick
ersham has arrived in this city from
the national capital, enroute to Alas
ka to gather evidence in connection
with his contest for the delegate
ship of Alaska. He plans to visit
a number of the coast towns, and
will spend some time at the various
army posts questioning soldiers who,
he claims, voted illegally at the elec
tion last November—and for Sulzer.
It is not known here whether or
not Wickersham will visit the In
terior.
JAPAN TO HAVE FLEET
IN SOUTHERN WATERS
TOKIO.—In connection with the
control of the Caroline, Marshall
and other South Paeifis islands en
trusted to Japan by the peace con
ference, the Japanese government is
contemplating the organization of a
special squadron of warships to be
stttioned in the South Sea region.
Jason Buzby, well-known Fair
banks boy, was a returning pass
enger on the steamer Alaska, accom
panied by his bride. Young Buzby
is just back from France, where he
fought the Germans with the Ameri
can troops, and is wearing % pistol
expert’s badge.
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 4.—This
city is up in arm* over the dyna
mite outrage committed yesterday,
when the home of Attorney Oscar
Lawler was partially wrecked by a
bomb and Lawler and his wife in
jured by the explosion.
The Los Angeles Chamber o?
Commerce, the city management ana
numerous individuals have offered a
reward of $12,000 for the appre
hension of the dynamiter and every
policeman and detective in the city
has been detailed on the case.
The attack on Lawler is believed
to have been the result of his ac
tivities during the prosecution of the
McNamara brothers, following the
wreck of the Times building a num
ber of years ago.
EXPLOSIONS KILL
TWELVE IN EAST
RARITAN, X. J„ AuK. 4.—A
dozen persons were killed and many
injured here yesterday a- the result
!of four explosions in the ammuni
tion sheds belonging to the army
arsenal. The sheds were badly
wrecked by the explosions and
flames are now completing their de
struction.
The cause of the explosions has
not been ascertained.
BUDAPEST, Aug. 4. — Notwith
standing the objections offered by
the Italian government, Rumanian
troops have occupied this city and
preparations are being made for an
indefinite stay.
No resistance was offered to the
approach of the Rumanians and the
occupation was accomplished with
out serious disorder.
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FOOD COST INJURES
AMERICAN CHILDREN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 4.—
The children's bureau of the depart
ment of Labor is authority for the
statement that the prices now pre
vailing in the United States are
working a great hardship on the
children of workingmen, and the
prediction is made that a continua
tion of present conditions will result
in a material increase in the infant
mortality rate in Ameri :a.
flora three to six million chil
dren, the bureau statement says, are
not sufficiently fed, because of the
inability of their parents to buy
needed food on their present in
comes.
Conditions are becoming worse
steadily, the statement says, and
serious consequences will follow un
less steps are taken immediately to
bring about a general lowering of
prices.