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•The Nenana News
VOLUME I
NENANA. ALASKA. NOVEMBER 25. 1916
NUMBER 10
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ALLIES TAKE MANY
ON ALSACE FRONT
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PARIS—The war office is authority (or
the statement that several thousand Ger
mans have been captuied in the Alsace
sector during the past two days, and the
French positions have been advanced
several lines ot trenches. The heaviest
' fighting took place ne.ir Pilsenhim. Fi'-e
German war planes were brought down
Jtoday.
No Signs of Peace Yet.
LONDON" Replying to an inquiry re
garding the attitude of the entente pow
ers on the peace question, Earl Det*by,
under-secretary of war, is quoted as say
ing that any peace proposals made by
Germany will receive the consideration
they deserve. The enteute powers can
not entertain the idea.of peace which
does not give them what they arc fight
ing for, and they have not modified tlieir
position in this respect. The British, lie
^continued, are showing no signs of
peace weakness; oil the other hand, they
are growing more determined to contin
ue the war to a satisfactory conclusion.
He also admitted that the Germans are
as equally determined in their stand.
Football Squad on Strike
SEATTLE The University of Wash
ington football squad which is scheduled
to make a trip to California to meet the
Native Sons on Thanksgiving, went on
a strike this week because one of the
boys was suspended. He was accused of
cheating during the exams.
LONDON There is a probability that
it will be found necessary to reorganize
the British cabinet as the result of a
division of sentiment on the conscription
question.
LONDON The effects of tl-e strike of
coal miners of New South Wales is now
being felt throughout the British Isles.
SEATTLE-^The business men of this
city held a mass meeting on Monday
and adopted resolutions condemning
Mayor Hv Gill for his policy on the I.
W. W. question. The recall movement
is gaining support steadily.
NEW YORK—A total ot ten suits
A- Rare been filed by railway managers for
the purpose of testing the constitutional
ity of the Adamson eight hour law.
WASHINGTON—The German embas
sy has obtained the arrest of Karl Graves,
self-styled International spy, who receiv
ed considerable notoriety several weeks
ago when it was charged that he had at
tempted to extort money from prominent
German officials. The charge preferred
against him by the embassy is that of
blackmail, it being claimed that Graves
attempted to extort $3,000 from the Coun
tess Bernstorff.
LAREDO—Serious fighting between
Carranza rroops and bandit forces south
of the city of Chihuahua is reported by
couriers just arrived from that section.
Telegraphic communication between the
scene of hostilities and Chihuahua has
been severed, presumably by the bandits,
and it is impossible to ascertatn the re
sult of the battle. It is believed that
eight American miners of the Parral dis
trict have been murdered by Villista
bandits.
WASHINGTON—The joint congres
sional committee which is investigating
transportation and other national prob
lems held its first session on Monday.
LONDON The British hospital ship
Brittania, one of the largest afloat, is re
ported to have been sunk in the Agean
sea. Of the twelve hundred persons on
bo\rd only fifty lost their lives. Twenty
l eight were injured.
FORGET your troubles by learning to
dance. See Mrs. Campbell, the dancing
teacher, at the Cooney hotel.
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REPORTS GOLD STRIKE
The discovery of gold in what appears
to be paving quantities on Moose creek,
in the Toklat country, has aroused much
interest in that district ami the present
indications are that finite a number of
people will stampede to the new dig
gings from Nenana. The report of the
find was brought to town several days
ago by I-'red Houselnian, the discoverer,
who arrived direct from Moose creek with
a poke containing f 1000 in dust, which
he claims to have taken out of his ground
since the first of last September. Hous
elnian is an ol 1-tiuier in the Toklat and
Kaulisbna districts, and this is not the
first time that he has found the paysleak
there. Nearly ten years ago he discover
ed pay on the Kantishna side of the di
vide on a creek also known as Moose,
and he has devoted most of his time since
then to prospecting in that neighborhood,
confident that he would again land oil
the pay. The scene of the Houselnian
find is well known to all old-timers of
the Kantishna. In fact it has been known
for a long time that the creek carried
gold, but it remained for Houselnian to
uncover good pay. The paystreak is
rather narrow but the ground is shallow
and comparatively easy to work. It is
something of a task, however, to land
supplies on the creek.
Moose cre.'k, which is about ninety
miles from Nenana by way of the Thirty
Mile station, on the right of way, is a
small stream, not over three miles in
length, but it is paralled by five or six
other creeks equally promising ip appear
ance, so that the outlook for the district
may be said to be reasonably eueourag
iug.
When the discoverer arrived in Nenana
he deposited his gold with Fowler &
Morris, intending to secure an outfit lat
er in the season and return to his find.
At present he is iu Fairbanks, having
gone to the upper town the day follow
ing his arrival here.
To Congress via Air Route
WASHINGTON—O. D. Beaklev, a
! Pennsylvania representative-elect, lias
jnsl completed an aeroplane flight frour
j his home in Philadelphia to this city in
I his own biplane. He was accompanied
by Sergt. Crocker of the U. S. signal
■ corps, and upon reaching this city circled
the Washington monument several times
before alighting. Beaklev declares that
he is the first man to come to Congress
by aeroplane.
WASHINGTON—There is a clamor
among Democrats for an investigation
of the Hughes campaign fund. The de
partment of justice already has com- j
mencedan investigation of election frauds
throughout the various states and sensa
tional developments are expected.
Hot Springs Outlook Good
While the exact amount cannot
be determined now, it is estimated
by Sylvester Howell that the out
put of the Hot Springs district for
the season 1916 will be approxi
mately $900,000. As the firm of
which he is a member, Howell &
Cleveland, carried on the largest op
erations in the Hot Springs district,
as well as in the Tanana valley,
he undoubtedly is in a position to
give a close estimate of the produe*
tion. As to next season, Mr. How- ]
ell predicts that the output will be
as large or larger next season, as
there will be a number of new
hydraulic plants in operation.
During the winter there will not
be much work done in the dis
trict, except in a few places, op
erators will be getting out wood
for the winter.
Phone System Installed
by Commission.
The several buildings of the Alaskan
Engineering commission in Nenana and j
those in the outlying camps are now I
connected by telephone, the work of
instal i lg the system having been done
under the supervision of C. \V. Peterson,
superintendent of construction There
are 27 phones in all, twenty four of them
being in town and the other three along
the right of way on both sides of the
river. South of town the line extends
to the thirty mile station. The central
office of the si stem, with switchboard
and operator, is located in the office
building of the commission. Miss Eliz
abetli Foster is the “hello girl” in charge.
Whether or not the system is to be ex
tended to include’the town of Nenana
depends upon the amount of business of
fered. It is reasonably certain, however,
that nothing will be done this winter.
Alex Sinison, of the firm of Simson
Bros., of Fairbanks, C. J. Hurley, presi
dent of the American bank, H. K. St.
George and family. Andrew Nerland, of
the Stm of Anderson Bros. & Nerland,
and J. A. Fairborn, Fairbanks agent for
the A. Y. N. company, are booked for
the Outside on the stage leaving Fair
banks during the coming week.
Mrs. Cambridge, an old-time resident
cf Fairbanks, has been appointed librar
ian of the Geo, C. Thomas memorial li
brary to succeed Mrs. R. S. McDonald,
who has accepted a position in the offices
of Dr. W. G. Cassels.
John L. McGinn ami Fernand dejour
nel left Fairbanks for the Outside dur
ing the week, traveling by auto. They
are scheduled to appear in court in Se
attle when the \Vashingtoii-ATaska bank
cases come up for a hearing.
A patent has been granted to Paul Rick
ert, pioneer farmer of the Fairbanks dis
trict, on the homestead which he locat
ed south of town on the Valdez trail.
The mail left Cliena yesterday morn
ing and arrive d here late this after
noon. Mail carrier Calhoun reports that
he waited at the river town for the first
class mail le arrive from the coast.
WASHINGTON—With the object of
hastening the appeals which are to be
taken to the supreme court to determine
the constitutionality of the Adamson
eight-hour law, a council is being held
in this city between the attorneys for the
several railroads involved and officials
of the Federal government. It is the
desire to have the question settled before
the first of the year, when the new law
becomes operative.
SEATTLE—Seagard Jacobson, the
well known Nome muslier, committed
suicide by jumping into the sea from the
steamship Umatilla on the last trip of
that vessel to the Sound. It is believed
that domestic troubles prompted the act.
NEW YORK—Carleton Sprague, sec
retary of the Western Union, died in this
city on Sunday.
Tha safety vault in the home of Mrs.
E. H. Harriman’s home in this city was
broken into bv thieves Sunday night and
gems valued at $65,000 extracted. The
thieves made a clean getaway,, and thus
far have eluded the score of special de
tectives who have been placed on the
case.
EL PASO: Word has been received
here that General Trevino with an army
of 2,000 have gone south to engage Villa
in battle.
WASHINGTON—Secretary Lane has
gone to Atlantic City to hasten the de
liberations of the Mexican mediators,
who are in session ill that city.
AUTO BANDITS AGAIN
GIBSON CITY, ILL. Four automo
bile bandits spent lour hours in the
town of Roberts, near this city, and dt
spite the (act that they were under fire
practically all the time they were engag
ed in looting the city, they made their
getaway uninjured and carried off a large
quantity of gold and currency which thcv
secured from the vault of the Exchange
bank. Nine charges of explosive were
used in blowing the vault open. In the
battle following the looting of the bank ^
one of the citizens was shot in the arm. |
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Fairbanks Gets Big Mail
Five hundred pounds of mail in excess
of the amount provided for in the regu
lar contract arrived in Fairbanks yester-j
day from the coast. The shipment was
the first consignment to be delivered at
Fairbanks under the emergency contract
which was awarded several weeks ago.
Commissioner Returns
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United States Commissioner Robert E.
j Burns returned to Xetiana on the last
I’almer stage from Fairbanks, after an
I absence of several days on official busi
j ness. The judge reports that he met a
! number of Nenanaites wlio had contrib
1 uted liberally to the prosperity of the
; upper river town since tlieir arrival
j there.
| Wednesday Was Payday.
i Wednesday was payday in Nenana. j
That is, the payment of election bets be-.
gun on Wednesday following the receipt
of advices from the Outside announcing
the result of the official count in Califor
nia, and each day since then has added
tp the number of wagers paid. A con
siderable amount of money changed
hands on the election, or will have by j
the time all bets have been paid. The
amount is variously estimated at from
three to four thousand, and the wageps j
ranged from small sums to amounts run
ning well into the hundreds. The larg
est individual loss as the result of the
re-election of President Wilson is said
to have been slightly in excess of S1000.
Practically all the money wagered here
was placed on Wilson and Hughes, the
candidates for delegate having compar
atively few backers.
New Yorkers Puzzeled;
SEATTLE Addressing Seattle’s most
prominent business men at a banquet
held in this city Wednesday night, John
A. Sleicher. editor of Leslie’s Weekly,
declared that New Yorkers are still try
ing to explain why California and Wash
ington went for Wilson.
Commissioner Rattled
ATLANTIC CITY The drastic de
mands made by the United States have
had the effect of rattling the Mexican
Commissioner, Cabrerat, who for the
first time since the commencement of
the deliberations here has lost his poise
and become real excited. He demands
a free hand and objects to the stand tak
en by the state department, which has
expressed a willingness to withdraw the
American troops from Mexico, but re
serves the right to chase Mexican ban
dits anywhere south of the border when
such action is deemed necesary.
SANTA MONICA, CAL.—Six persons
were killed and two others seriously in
jured as a result of two automobile acci
dents which occurred here on Saturday
during the International grand prize
race. A woman and two men spectators
were killed when Eddie l’ullen, driving
a Mercer at the rate of 110 miles an hour,
skidded from the track. Pullen escaped
without a scratch. Later Lewis Jackson,
his mechanician, and a woman spectator
were killed and two other spectators
badly hurt when Jackson’s Marmon hit a
pole while making the thirteenth lap.
iSULZER LEADING;
RESULT UNCERTAIN
FAIRBAXKS--The total vote fr»r the
Fourth Division, with80 votes missing,
gives Sulzer 1642 and Wickdrsliam 1651.
Thg total for the entire territory is: Sul -
zer 6298; Wickersliam 6248. Three hun
dred votes are missing altogether.
Birch Lake Roadhouse
Destroyed by Fire.
The Birch hake roadhouse, one of the
best known establishments ou the trail
south of Fairbanks, was totally destroyed
by fire early yesterday morning and it is
feared that one of the proprietors of the
place was burned to death. The other
partner was found during the day with
Ills feet badly frozen.
The following persons were registered
at the Conner hotel during the week:
Sylvester Howell and Dr. L. C. Smith,
of Hot Springs, I)r. H. h. Hedger, Dr.
R. R. Myers, Jack Phillips, Fairbanks,
Wade Blaker, Fox, W. M. Gerry, Tofty,
A. L. Olson, Tottv, Fred Houseiman,
Tokiat, Roy Lund, Fairbanks, Bob Mitch
ell, Nenaiia.
William McLaughlan, wlio was in
charge of the Fairbanks wireless station
three years ago, ami Miss Olive Treb
sliaiv, also formerly of Fairbanks, where
she was employed for a short time as a
bookkeeper for the Independent mill,
were married at Petersburg recently.
NEW YORK—In a letter addressed to
Albert J. Spitider of this city, Captain
Kellett of the StefTanson expedition re
ports that his party has had a tailing out
with the blonde eskimos of the far north
and that he and other whites who ven
ture into that region may have difficulty
in escaping with their lives. Tl'ie na
ti-'es, he savs, have the influenza, a reg
ular epidemic having swept the Arctic,
and the whites are blamed for the intro
duction of the disease. None of ti e na
tives had died at the time the letter was
written, but the fear was expressed that
the situation would take on a very ser
ious aspect in case of a fatality.
WASHINGTON—The state depart
ment has directed that tne investigation
of the rising cost of food prices, which
was ordered some time ago, must pro
ceed without delay. Probes are now
being conducted in New York, Chicago,
San Francisco and other large cities
throughout the country. The investigat
ors are being assisted by the district at
torneys in each of the cities where the
probes are being made.
WASHINGTON—Four hundred labor
leaders, representing practically ever-.'
section of the United States, called on
President Wilson Saturday afternoon
and thanked him for his efforts in be
half of the working clas*.
WASHINGTON—Labor and capita
opened battle on Monday before a joint
congressional committee and the inter
state commerce commission. Railroads
and other public service corporations are
being investigated, The heads of all the
brotherhoods are in attendance as veil
as a score of railway managers and their
attorneys.
BALTIMORE—A well defined split
has occurred in the ranks of the Amer
ican Fedaration of Labor, now in annual
convention in this city. The break oc
curred over an attempt to indorse the
universal eight hour law. For the first
time in two decades the radical element
of the Federation is believed to have ac
quired sufficient power to beat Gompers
and carry over his protest the proposed
eight hour resolution.
EL PASO—A Chinese refugee who ar
rived here today from the Mexican side,
repoits that every foreigner inParral has
been murdered by Villista bandits.