WHERE RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATFJ> PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1919.
NO. 125
• GOVERNMENT CAMPAIGN DROPS PRICES
DEPARTMENT ACCUSED OF HELPING FOREIGNERS
. CARNEGIE GIVES MILLIONS TO WIDOWS OF PRESIDENTS
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 28—
During the consideration of the ad
ministration oil land leasing bill in
the senate this afternoon, Senator
LaFollette, of Wisconsin, read a
telegram received by him from resi
dents of Los Angeles, in which the
charge was made that the interior
department is diseriminanting in the
West in favor and English and
against American oil interests.
Senator LaFollette also charged
that the measure offered by Sena
tor William F. Kirby, Democrat, of
Arkansas, as a substitute for the
pending bill, was a Standard Oil
bill, which charge was vigorously
denied by Senator Walsh.
The substitute referred to pro
poses to give the President authori
ty to develop Government oil and
gas lands.
' BALKAN TROUBLES
LONDON, Aug. 28.—Official ad
vices received in this city today tell
of attempts being made by the
Serbians to suppress revolutions
which have started up among the
Montenegrins.
Officials of the British war office ,
express the belief that the disturb- j
ances mentioned mark the com
mencement of more Balkan troubles,
and further information from the ,
peninsula is awaited with misgiv
ings.
The Montenegrins are reported to
have cut the Virpazar-Anivari rail-1
road.
SHAW CREEK MINERS
t WAITING FOR FROST
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Frank Lawson and E. W. Hersh-1
berger, who are interested in exten
sive holdings in the Shaw Creek dis
trict, arrived at Fairbanks yester
* day and report that they will not
attempt any further operations un
til after the freezeup.
Nothing in the nature of pay has i
been found yet in the district, but
the prospects encountered are very
encouraging and the hope is enter
tained that further prospecting will j
► disclose the presence of a paystreak.
The ground is wet.
Hershberger and Lawson are in
terested with Harry Williams, who
was brought to Fairbanks several
days ago -with a broken leg.
George Hering, son of Ed Hering, j
of Fairbanks, has wired his father |
from Seattle to the effect that he
0 has been released from the naval
sendee, where he was detailed as j
radio operator during the war. He
is now at Seattle on his way home, j
PRICES RESPONDING TO
DEPARTMENT ATTACKS
NEGROES WAN!
TREATMENT 10
BE IMPROVED
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 28.—
| A delegation of negroes waited on
jthe senate foreign relations commit
tee this afternoon for the purpose
j of calling attention to the fact that
| the colored people of the United
: States are not receiving fair treat
ment.
They warned the senators that
i serious trouble is in prospect in this
| country if the members of their
ace are not accorded bettei treat
ment in the future.
| The purpose of the visit was to
.urge that no amendments to the
peace treaty be adopted by the
committee which would tend to less
en the standing of the colored race
! in America.
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10 APPROVE PACT
PARIS, Aug. 28.—The early rat
ification of the German peace treaty
by the French chamber of deputies
i seems possible, despite the view
.expressed by some of the members
that the treaty does not give France
'a sufficient guarantee of military
'protection against German aggres
l .
I sion.
Strong pressure is being brought
to bear upon the opposition to with
draw all objections in order to dis
pose of the question speedily, so
that the country may get back to a i
peace basis without further delay.
FAIRBANKS FARM SCENE
OF WEDDING YESTERDAY !
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W. P. Eorden, a pioneer farmer j
of the Fairbanks district, and Mrs.
Anna Volkman, also a sourdough, i
were married at the Borden place, \
near the Government experiment
station, yesterday afternoon, the
ceremony being performed by Rev. |
Marple.
The wedding was followed by a 1
reception, between the hours of 7 j
and 9, which was attended by many
friends of the contracting parties.
FAIRBANKS CLUB NAMES
NEW SET OF OFFICERS
John A. McIntosh has beer, elect-;
ed president of the Fairbanks Com-!
mercial club, with P. J. Rickert,
vice-president. The new executive.
board consists of John A. Clark, J
George Preston, Charles Beam, fl. j
A. Suter, and Charles L. Thompson. ]
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 28
Officials of the department of jus
tice are authority for the statement
that prices throughout the country
I'are beginning to weaken under the
strain of governmental investiga
tion. The drop has been very no
i
jtieeable in several sections.
Attorney General Palmer says
I that shoe manufacturers have given
j their promise that a limit will be
fixed by them, beyond which prices
may not advance. This agreement
j will have the effect of controlling
the prices charged by retailers,
j The attorney general also said
that cumulative results of the de
partment’s . campaign may be ex
pected when Congress enacts am
endments to the food control law.
imposing penalties upon profiteers
and hoarders of food and othej
necessary supplies.
FELT IN CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Aug. 28. — Provision
and grain prices are dropping here
today on the local exchange, the
decline being attributed to the cam
paign inaugurated against the cost
of living by the department of jus
; tice.
FLAMES BEYOND CONTROL
i MISSOULA, Mont., Aug. 28.—
i
. The forest fires which are sweeping
Northern Idaho and Western Mon
tana are past all control, according
to statements made today by of
ficials of the forestry service who •
are directing the efforts of the five
thousand men engaged in battling
with the flames.
There is no hope now of checking
the progress of the fires, it is claim
ed, unless the winds change or rain
; comes to extinguish the flames.
The McKinnon launch, which went
down river early this month with
several hard rock miners, on a mys
terious mission, returned to town
this afternoon from the Kantishna
country, with Tom McKinnon at
the wheel.
The passengers arriving includ
ed Tom Aitken, who came across
from the Kuskokwim to the Kan
tishna country, where he has a
number of men at work developing
ithe Quigley property; C. Herb Wil
!son, commissioner of the Kantishna
| district, and J. A. Haney, one of
I Mr. Aitken’s representatives in this
^district.
| The arrivals bring encouraging
reports from the district.
RETURN TO PLACES
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28.—The
Oakland railroad yard strike, which i
was in full progress yesterday, end-1
i ed abruptly today and normal con
ditions are being restored rapidly
on the opposite side of the bay.
The local stribe is still in prog
ress, however, and so is the Los j
Angeles strike, despite the efforts j
' of the brotherhood chiefs to induce
the men to return to work.
Veaana, Alaska's Interior Fuel Depot
NEW YORK, Aug. 28.—The es
tate of the late Andrew Carnegie
I has a valuation estimated at be
tween twenty-five and thirty mill
ion dollars, according to informa
tion made public today by the ex
ecutors.
All real estate and works of art
i belonging to the estate are to go
| to the widow, and the cash is to be
i distributed among a number of ben
eficiaries. Former President Taft'
will get $10,000, and a similar
amount will go to Premier Lloyd I
•George of England, and the widows ,
of Grover Cleveland and Theodore1
Roosevelt will each receive $5,000,- •
000. j
During his life, Carnegie gave j
away over three hundred and fifty '
million dollars in public gifts and j
j charities.
LENOSliG
PACI WITH ROMANIA
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 28—It is
reported in this city today that
• Lenine is now trying to negotiate
! peace with the Rumanians on terms
.which he believes will be accepta
ble to the Rumanian government.
Representatives of the Bolsheviki
; government are said to have been
j despatched to make the necessary
I overtures.
MILE MAYOR
SEEPS DOWN 10
REGAIN HEALIH
—
1 SEATTLE. Aug. 28.—Mayor Ole
Hanson, who has achieved more
notoriety during the time he has
hfen in office probably than any
other mayor in the country in re
cent years, announces that he will
tender his resignation this after
noon, to take effect immediately.
He has decided on this action, he
says, because he needs a complete
;rest, which he cannot get while re
maining in office.
Councilman C. B. Fitzgerald is
slated to succeed Hanson, although
a strong fight is being made by the
Central Labor council to secure the
place for \V. D. Lane, president of
the council.
Hanson will write a book telling
of his fight for Americanism during
the labor troubles in this city, and
it is believed that he also will
make a lecturing tour of the coun
try.
BOTHA IS VICTIM
OF FLU EPIDEMIC
PRETORIA, Aug. 28. — Premier
Botha, of the South African Union,
died here touay, following an attack
of influenza, which is claiming many
victims in this country.
LABOR’S PROBLEMS WILL
BE SUBJECT FOR SUNDAY
Following a practice which was
inaugurated by the Presbyterian
church soon after the observance
of Labor Day became general
throughout the States, Rev. Robert
Joseph Diven has prepared a lecture
for Sunday evening which will be !
of particular interest to the work- ;
ers of the community, as well as ■
to the public generally, relating, as
it does, to a subject in which the :
entire world is vitally concerned at
this time. “Labor's Problems” will
be the topic discussed at Grace I
church, and in every Presbyterian
church in the United States labor's.
day will be given recognition on ;
Sunday.
HOUSE APPROVES PLAN
TO APPOINT PERSHINC
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Aug. 28.— '
The lower house of Congress hat
give its approval to the bill au
thorizing President Wilson to give
General Pershing a permanent ap
pointment as general.
PRESIDENT IS
SCHEDULED 10
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 28.—
Arrangements have been concluded
for the departure of President Wil
son for the Pacific coast next Wed
nesday. The party will include Mrs.
Wilson, Secretary Tumulty, Dr.
Grayson and a corps of stenogra
phers.
The President will make his first
I
address at Columbus on Thursday,
.and a number of addresses will be
imade at various points on the way
across the continent.
; Upon arrival on the Pacific coast,
the President will talk at Los An
jgeles, San Diego. San Francisco,
Portland, Spokane, and possibly Se
attle.
I During his stay in San Francisco
he will review the Pacific fleet, from
a position on board the old battle
ship Oregon.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 28.—Thirty per
sons were poisoned in this city to
:day as a result of taking dinner in
a downtown lunchroom. Investiga
tion disclosed the fact that the
I coffee served contained arsenic, and
|it is the opinion of the police au
thorities that the poison was placed
there by someone with malicious in
' tent.
It is believecl that all the victims
will recover, although a number of
them are very ill this afternoon.
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CAPTURED SUBMARINE
IS CAUSE OF WORRIES
, LOS ANGELES, Aug. 'iS.—Fear?
are entertained for the safety of
, the captured German submarine
U-88, which has not been heard
from since it left Panama on Au
gust 6th. The diver was enroute
to this port.
Efforts have been made to locate
the missing «raft by wireless, but
thus far no replies have been re
ceived to any of the messages sent
from the various stations along the
coast, and it is probable that ves
sels will be despatched to make a
search for the diver.
Mrs. L. T. Erwin, wife of Mar
sha! Erwin, has almost completely
recovered from her recent illness.
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