> WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY AUGUST 23, 1919.
NO. 121
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COMMITTEE PAVES WAY FOR RAILWAY
SOLON URGES DEVELOPMENT OF PULP INDUSTRY
• BOLSHEVIKI WARSHIPS SCATTERED BY BRITISH GUNS
CHASE IS OVER.
MARFA, Tex., Aug. 23.—Reports
received from Mexico today indicate
that the American troops which in-1
vaded the Southern country in quest'
of bandits have accomplished all
that can be done at present. Five
of the bandits have been killed
since the chase started, but the oth
ers sought by the cavalrymen have
escaped to the mountains, and it is
believed that no further attempt
will be made to follow them. The j
Americans are now encamped in
the Conchos river country, where
they are supported by a number of ]
Carranza soldiers.
May Reward Matlack.
The residents of the Big Bend'
district are urging the award of a
congressional medal to Captain Mat-!
lack for his work in rescuing the j
two American aviators who were j
captured by bandits and held for a!
ransom.
JOCKEYING AT CAPITAL.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 23—The
Mexican chamber of deputies has
defeated a resolution asking the
interrogation of President Carranza
relative to the present status of
relations existing between Mexico
and the United States. It has been
left with the foreign relations com
mittee to inquire thoroughly into
conditions and make such recom
mendations as they deem advisable.
ALL IRAINS HELD
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23—An
nouncement has been made by of
ficials of the Southern Pacific of
the annulment of all train sched
> ules as a result of the strike which
is now in progress throughout
Southern California. Traffic on the
Southern Pacific system is at a com
plete standstill this afternoon and
the tieup is becoming more wide
spread hourly.
^ Strike officials declare that their
plans are working out most satis
factorily.
DATE OF ARRIVAL AT
PUGET SOUND IS FIXED
SANTA BARBARA, Aug. 23—It
has been definitely announced that
the Pacific fleet will enter Puger
Sound on September 12. This is
official.
FLAME-THROWERS USED
IN FIGHTING LOCUSTS
PARIS.—Flame-throwers are be
ing employed with great success in
fighting a locust plague in the South
of France, says a dispatch from
Avignon.
Iuu>—Tie Gateway to McKinley
Kattonal Park.
EARLY CONSIDERATION
ASSURED FOR RAILWAY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 23—
The senate foreign relations com
mittee adopted a resolution today,
| by a vote of 9 to 8, providing for
| the amendment of the peace treaty
! so as to restore to China the Ger
man concession on Shan-tung pen
insula, which was turned over to
Japan by the peace conference.
GREAT VESSELS
WILL ENTER NEW
OCEAN SERVICE
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—The big
transports Great Northern and
Southern Pacific have been assigned
pa®nanently to transport service be
tween San Francisco and Honolulu,
Manila, Nagasaki, Guam, and Vladi
i vostok, insuring a greatly improved
service between those points.
It is expected that the vessels
will make the run betwen San
Francisco and Manila in 15 days,
improving the mail service between
those points and insuring a greater
regularity of sailings across the
ocean.
The two vessels formerly plied
between Portland and San Francis-j
co, before they were taken over by j
the Government for use as trans-1
ports during the war.
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RAILROAD EMPLOYES
IN TOWN FOR GAMES
A considerable number of rail
road workers are in town today
, for the opening game between the
Nenana and Fairbanks ball teams,
and it is expected that the attend
ance will be even larger tomorrow.
The men began coming in early last
evening, and by night the streets
had almost a metropolitan appear
ance.
The absence of the workers from
their places is not in the nature of
a general holiday, but it is under
stood that no objection was made
to the temporary absence of those
who could get away conveniently
from nearby camps.
Most of the men brought a little
money with them to wager on the
series, and it is probable that a very
considerable amount will change
hands in the aggregate if all bets
offered can be placed.
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SEATTLE, Aug. 23.—The early v
consideration of the Curry seven
teen million-dollar Alaska railroad
appropriation bill, which has been
awaiting action in the lower house
jof Congress for some time, was
made certain yesterday by the adop
tion of a resolution by the house
rules committee giving the Alaska
| measure privileged status.
—
k This information came from Wash
ington during the night to the Post
Intelligencer, in a special dispatch
from the correspondent of that pa
per at the national capital. The
dispatch states further that the bill
probably will be brought to a vote
in the house within a fortnight, as
a result of the favorable action
taken by the rules committee.
CLUB SEEKS HELP
TO STOP CANNERY;
SITUATION GRAVE
j The matter of the cannery men
jace at the mouth of the Yukon
1 river was brought to the attention
iof the Nenana Commercial Club, at
'the regular semi-monthly meeting of
(that organization in the Union build
| ing last night, by President R. S.
i McDonald, William Coutts, manager
:of the Coghill store, and others,
and after considerable discussion had
taken place, the members voted
unanimously to take such action as
might be deemed necessary to con
vince the Governor of Alaska and
officials of the department of com
merce of the seriousness of the
| situation resulting from the opera
tion of the Carlisle cannery at the
mouth of Kwiguk slough. A com
mittee consisting of President Mc
i Donald, Secretary Diven, and R. G
jsouthworth was appointed to take
the matter in hand, and this com
mittee made a formal start today in
the campaign against the cannery.
It is the intention of the commit
,tee to seek the co-operation of other
commercial and civic bodies through
out the Interior country, with a
view to bringing sufficient pressure
to bear upon the powers that be to
induce them to put a stop to can
nery operations in Interior waters.
They do not want regulations and
restrictions limiting or controlling
operations, but insist that opera
tions be discontinued altogether.
Most of the members present at
the meeting were aware of condi
tions along the Tanana and Yukon
rivers resulting from the cannery
operations, and recognized the ne
cessity of taking prompt measures
to insure the protection of salmon
in Interior waters in coming years—
this year, should it be possible to
get immediate action at Juneau and
Washington.
The committee appointed to make
protest in the name of the club now
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ALASKA WOOD PULP
INDUSTRY BOOSTED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 23—:
In an address delivered on the floor
of the senate this afternoon, Sen- j
ator James E. Watson, Republican,
of Indiana, urged the development
of the wood pulp industry in Alas
ka, where, he declared, the annual
growth of the enormous forests of
j the Northern territory could be
] made to supply sufficient wood pulp i
| lor naif the news print paper used
in the United States,
i The address was made in con
nection with the introduction of a
resolution authorizing the secretary
of agriculture to make a survey of
the nation’s wood pulp timber, as
a step toward conserving the de
creasing supply of wood used in the
manufacture of paper.
RED GUARD SHIPS ON RUN
STOCKHOLM. Aug. 23.—Accord
ing to newspaper reports received
in this city, the Bolshevik fleet de- i
fending Petrograd in the Gulf of j
Finland has been disabled complete- '
ly by British warships which were
despatched to Kronstadt to reduce
the Bolshevik defenses there.
The work of destroying the land
defenses is said to have been ac- i
complished also, following the scat .
tering of the Russian vessels.
PARIS, Aug. 23.—The supreme
council has issued instruction to j
the Allied mission at Budapest to
inform Archduke Joseph that he!
must leave the Hungarian govern- j
ment in the interests of European
peace. The instructions are accom-'
panied by the explanation that Eu-1
rope has suffered to such an extent ;
I under the rule of the Hapsburgs
ithat no one now has any confidence
in a member of that family, not
withstanding claims of reform, such
as were recently uttered by the
Archduke.
QUITS HIS POST.
ZURICH, Aug. 23. — Advices
which have reached this city from
Vienna say that Archduke Joseph
has retired as Hungarian dictator,
in compliance with the request of
the Allied mission at Budapest, and
has given the assurance that he will '
make no further attempt to inte:
fere in Hungarian affairs.
LONDON, Aug. 23.—Advices re
; ceived in this city today tell of the
murder of the Persian consular
agent at Armavir, Armenia, and of
the slaughter of over three hundred
\ other Persians in that locality, the
deaths being the result of Bolshevik
activities.
FOG SOUTH OF BORDER
HINDERING SEARCHERS
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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 23. — Fog
'south of the border is hindering:
the search for the two missing Am
erican aviators who have not been
heard from since Wednesday. The
fear is expressed that both are
dead, somewhere in Mexico.
: -
Jack Bellerby is moving today,'
from the O’Keefe house, in the
upper end of town, to the Healey1
cabin, at Second and B streets.
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LOSES ME IN
CORDOVA, Aug. 23.—While tak
ing testimony at Valdez this morn
ing in the Wiekersham-Grigsby con
test for the seat as delegate from
Alaska. Wickersham made some in
sulting remarks to Mrs. Donald
jTyer, wife of Sergeant Tyer of the
quartermaster corps, while question
ing her as to the legality of her
vote cast at the last November elec
tion.
Upon leaving the courthouse,
Wickersham was met by Thomas J.
j Selby, a recently returned soldier
; from overseas and a brother of
^Irs. Tyer. Young Selby called
VVickersham to account for the in
sulting remarks made by him to
Mrs. Tyer, and told Wickersham his
opinion of him in plain language.
Wickersham made the first pass
at Selby, w'ho returned a hard blow
on Wickersham’s jaw, knocking him
down in the street, and when the
former delegate regained his feet
it was discovered that he had a
badly bruised face and was minus
a tooth.
Fighting Jim seems to have got
what was coming to him for a long
time. The people of Valdez deeply
resent his method of examining Mrs.
Tyer and are heartily in sympathy
with young Selby in his manly atti
tude in defending his sister's fair
name.
Mrs. Tyer is a girl raised in Val
dez, and is the daughter of Hal
Selby, editor and proprietor of the
Valdez Miner. She was married in
Valdez about a year ago to Ser
geant Tyer. CORDOVA TIMES.
ELGIN RACER HAS
! DANGEROUS UPSET
' ELGIN, 11!., Au«. 23.—Cliff Dur
ant, one of the entrants in the
. Elgin 300-mile auto road race, in
] progress this afternoon, had a nar
row escape from death when his
i car turned over three times and
, landed finally in a heap, almost
completely wrecked. Durant escaped
i uninjured.
Ra|ph Mulford set the pace at
the* start, but was overtaken at the
j end of the first hundred miles by
Tom Milton, who is leading now.
LONDON HOTEL KITCHENS
FILTHY, SAYS WORKER
LONDON.—The kitchens of Lon
don’s hotels and restaurants are in
many cases filthy places, according
to Joseph A. Caals, secretary of
the hotel, club and restaurant sec
tion of the British Workers’ Union.
He says that in his twenty-five
years’ experience he has never seen
a sanitary inspector in a hotel
kitchen.
“Waiters often carry teaspoons
about in their pockets, never wash
ing them properly, but just wiping
them and putting them back again,’*
he asserts.