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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1919
WHOLE NUMBER 286
AMERICAN MARINES .AND JAPS CLASH
SENATORS STARTING FIGHT ON PEACE LEAGUE
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ALLIES REPORT HEAVY BOLSHEVIKI LOSS IN NORTH
4.
ALLIES DEMAND
PARIS, Mar. 14.—The supreme
council of the Inter-Allied Peace
Conference has virtually decided>
to include in the preliminary peace
treaty the requirement that Ger
many relinquish her leasehold on
Tsin Tao and other concessions in
the Shantung Peninsula.
Japan and China are now wrang
ling over the German concessions,
but no definite decision regarding |
their final disposition has been ar
rived at as yet.
Japan is holding the late German j
concessions and claims proprietor
ship over them by right of con- j
quest.
ARCHANGEL, Mar. 14.—It is
estimated that five hundred Bol
sheviki were killed in the series of
fights with the Allies on the North
Russian front, during the perod be
tween February 28 and March 9
Five Americans were killed on the
Vaga front and ten on the Dwina
front.
PEACE TREATY 10
BE READY SOON
PARIS. Mar. 14.—Captain Andre
Tardieu, of the French peace dele
gation, said today that it would
be practically impossible for the
peace treaty to be signed by March ;
20th, as originally intended.
Much progress toward the com- j
pletion of the drawing up the treaty |
is expected during next week.
OPERATION PERFORMED
AT COMMISSION HOSPITAL'
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Mrs. Billson, who arrived a few)
days ago from Fairbanks, was oper- j
ated on yesterday at the Commis- j
sion hospital for the removal of a j
goitre.
The operation, which was per- |
formed by Dr. David More, was en
tirely successful, and the patient \
is doing very well today.
HAN MRS
COMRADE’S ASHES
SEATTLE, Mar. 14.—Rising to a
great altitude in his airplane today,
Aviator Eddie Bubbard flew over
the city, and from the airplane
scattered the ashes of Sergeant V.
A. Hudson, an army flyer, who
died recently of the flu.
The ashes of the dead man were
scattered over the city at the re
quest of his parents.
INIERNAliUNAL
10 MEET IN 0. $.
PARIS. Mar. 14-—The Labor Com
mission, which is holding its meet
ings in this city, has recommended
that the first meeting of the Inter
national Labor Conference be held
at Washington, D. C., provided the
government of the United States
will have no objection to the meet
ing and will consent to the conven
ing of it.
BE SURRENDERED
BERLIN, Mar. 14.—According to
the German figures, the total mer
iant tonnage which may be sur
rendered to the Entente Allies by
Germany amounts to two million,
two hundred and fifty thousand
tons.
This figure represents seven
tundred and twenty-three steamers
ind one hundred and thirty-six sail
ing craft.
PARIS, Mar. 14.—Estimates sub
nitted by the Latin-American gov
trnments, indicate that their claims
igainst Germany, for loss and dam
age sustained during the war, will
ipproximate one billion dollars.
The claims of these nations are
mostly for ships sunk by German
submarines and raiders.
LAWMAKERS OPPOSE
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
WASHINGTON, Mar. 14—Sen
ators Reed of Missouri, Borah of
Idaho, and Poindexter of Washing
► ton, with the co-operation of George
Pepper, a prominent lawyer of
Philadelphia, have perfected plans
for the formation of a national
organization which will have for its
purpose the strenuous opposition to
the acceptance by the United States,
of the constitution of the proposed
League of Nations, as now drawn.
The plan which has been adopted,
makes provision for a speakers’
bureau and a vigorous publicity
campaign Those responsible for
the plan expect to co-ordinate the
work of local bodies throughout the
country to oppose the acceptance
of the league.
Henry Watterson, the noted pub
lisher, is to be president of the
speakers’ bureau, and will person
ally direct the campaign of publicity
to be undertaken.
AMERICANS RAID
JAP CONCESSION
PEKIN, Mar. 14.—A large force
of American Marines raided the
Japanese concession at Tien Tsin
today, and forcibly entering the
Japanse consulate there, assaulted
the Japanese consul.
It is reported that the trouble
between the Japanese and the Amer
icans was brought about by the
rough treatment given to the Amer
icans Wp > became disorderly in the
Japanej, quarter.
The ^aoanese troops stationed at
Tien Tsifi, who were called out to
quell the disorders, drove the Amer
icans out of the Japanese concession
at the point of the bayonet, and in
doing so seriously wounded two of
the Americans.
Two hundred marines who were
off duty, incensed at the treatment
accorded their comrades by the Jap
anese, paraded the Japanese quarter
of the city and attacked every Jap
they encountered.
Feeling on both sides ran high
and in the encounters between th<
angry marines and the Japanese, nc
' quarter was asked or given.
WASHINGTON, Mar. 14.—Amer
ican Minister Reinsch, in making his
report to the state department of
the Marine trouble at Tien Tsin.
says that he had sent embassy offi
cials to investigate.
The minister’s cable regarding the
affair was brief and gave no de
tails.
GUILTY TO BE PUNISHED
WASHINGTON, March 14.—In
an official announcement made to
day by the state department regard
ing the Tien Tsin trouble, it was
stated that the guilty will be pun
ished, and that a proper apology
will be made to Japan, if it is
found, after due and careful investi
gation, that the American Marines
violated the Japanese consulate.
The Japanese consulate in Tien
Tsin is located in the saloon and
restaurant district of the city, where
drunken brawls are oi very common
occurrence.
MARINER'S ASHES
10 BE SCATTERED
FROM HIS VESSEL
SEATTLE, Mar. 14.—The ashes
of Captain Clinger, of the steamer
Alameda, will be scattred in the
Straits of Juan de Fuca next week,
from the deck of the steamer Ala
meda, which vessel he commanded
for many years.
The disposition of the ashes of the
old skipper in this manner is in
accordance with his wishes, ex
pressed to his intimate friends ere
he passed away.
DELTA OVERFLOWS;
HOLDS UP STAGES
Advices received from Fairbanks
indicate that owing to bad overflows
on the Little Delta, the stages are
help up, about eighty miles from
Fairbanks.
A stage which was due in Fair
banks Wednesday with the mail, had
not put in an appearance yet.
The message stated that quite a
few passengers who are on their
way to the Interior, have also been
held up owing to this cause.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
, TO MEET TONIGHT
The regular weekly meeting of
the Nenana Commercial club will
be held at the club’s chambers in
the Union Hall, this evening.
The meeting will be called to
order promptly at 8 o’clock, and all
members are urged to be in at
tendance on time.
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SOPHIA ENQUIRY
VICTORIA, B. C., Mar. 14.—The
commission sitting here for the pur
pose of inquiring into the circum
stances connected with the found
ering of the steamer Princess Sophia
adjourned until tomorrow, so that
the log book of the fishing schooner j
Amy may be examined microsscopi- i
cally, to determine if alleged eras
ures had been made in the entries.,
Yesterday the commission heard
the testimony of Edward Haughton,
superintendent ' of the Dominion
Wireless Service, relative to the
disaster.
Haughten testifed that for a solid
hour on October 25th, all business;
was sidetracked while the wireless1
operator at the shore station tried
to get news of the Sophia.
The following message was re
ceived today by the Fairbanks Com
mercial club from Senator Dan!
Sutherland, regarding the inquiry
into the Sophia disaster.
“Investigation held, friends and,
victims represented by lawyers. ’
Convincing testimony of Captains.'
McDougall, Davis and Stidham, of
boats Amy, Estebeth and Peterson,
who were present on first day; pass
engers could and should have been
taken off. Clippings mailed. Wire
less messages of Juneau station show
no message from company ordering
captain to hold passengers. Will
advise you any further action neces
sary.
Receipts from the Alaska national
forests for the period July 1 to
September 30, 1918, aggregate $33,-1
928,23, as against $18,072.79 for'
the same period a year before. Of
this year’s receipts $33,388.32 re
sulted from the sale of timber and
$540 from special permits.
a«uu, Alaska’s Xatsrior mel Bspot
CLEVELAND, O.. Mar 14—John
Reed, the New York Socialist news
paperman, addressing a large gath
ering here today, said that either
Eugene Debs would get out of jail
or all the Socialists would get in.
Debs was sentenced recently to
serve a term of ten years in the
penitentiary for a violation of the
espionage act.
ALLIED DECISION
REGARDING SNIPS
HANDED GERMAN!
BRUSSELS. Mar. 14.—Accord
ing to reports received in this city
today, the decision arrived at by the
Allies, providng for the turning over
by Germany, of her merchant ship?
as securities in exchange for food,
was presented to the German dele
gation today.
The Germans will be permitted
to ask questions, but discussion will
not be permitted.
HEAD IS NAMED
FOR CONFERENCE
WEIMAR, Germany, Mar. 14.—
The new German government offi
cially announced today that Count
von Brockdorff-Rantzau, the Ger
man foreign minister, will head the
German delegates to the peace con
ference.
He will be accompanied by a
large staff of expert clerks and sec
retaries on leaving Berlin for the
conference.
Count von Bernstorff, former
German ambassador to the United
States, who was mentioned as a
possible leader for the German
peace party, will not accompany the
German delegation.
BOLSHEVIK! CLAIM
LONDON, Mar 14.—In an oili
cial statement issued by the Bol
sheviki genera! staff, the claim is
made that during the months of
January and February the Bolshe
j viki forces captured territory equal
to the size of France.
Within the limits of the captured
j territory there are one thousand
and fifty-five miles of railways,
i which the Bolsheviki now control.
They also claim that their forces.,
j will get the best of the Allies on
| the Northern front, and that their
I troops will reach Archangel by the
' first of May.
After the capture of the city of
Kiev by the Bolsheviki recently,
they executed several prominent
| citizens, among them being eleven
' newspapermen.
SHANGHAI. Mar. 14.- Three
steamers left this port today, bound
for Rotterdam, Holland. The boats
carried 1741 enemy subjects, who
are being deported by the Chinese
government.
UNDESIRABLES 10
BE DEPORTED NOW
WASHINGTON, Mar. 14.—Sec
retary of Labor Wilson has decide !
to proceed with the deportation of
thirty-seven undesirable aliens, who
are at present at the immigration
depot on Ellis Island, under guard.
INTERIOR MAIL IS
RECEIVED IN SEATTLE
The postmaster of Fairbanks has
been notifed that the mails leaving
Fairbanks on February 15th, 17th,
19th and 22nd arrived in Seattle
on March 11th.
WILSON ARRIVES
ON FRENCH SOIL
BREST, France, Mar 14.—The
transport George Washington and
her naval escort arrived at this port
yesterday evening and the vessels
docked safely.
President Wilson and party landed
at 9:45 p. m., and although the
hour was late, received a warm
welcome from the vast throng of
people who had assembled to wit
ness the landing.
The special train which had been
gotten in readiness for the presi
dential party left for Paris at 11
n’clock last night.
NOW IN PARIS
PARIS, Mar. 14.—President Wil
json and party arrived by train at
j noon today and received a hearty
' welcome from the people.
All of the morning papers of the
' city devote much space to articles
welcoming President Wilson to
1 France.
j The Journal says that Wilson’s
j arrival means early and positive
results from the peace conference,
and that it believes that the Presi
dent of the United States returned
for the purpose of -winding up the
war promptly.
The Figaro wonders if the United
States is going to leave Europe
j after once becoming a potent factor
1 in the world war.