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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME ONE
NENANA. M-A3KA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1919.
WHOLE NUMBER 234
RIOTING SPREADS THRUOUT GERMANY
CALIFORNIA REPORTS HEAVY EPIDEMIC TOLL
MANY LOSE LIVES AS RESULT OF ARGENTINA STRIKE
WILSON 10 BACK
ITALIAN CLAIMS
Associated Press
PARIS, Jan. 11.—President Wil
son- while awaiting the opening ol
informal peace conversations with
the premiers of the Allied nations
is devoting his time to a very close
study of the food and demobilization
questions.
It is expected that the president
will support Italy’s claims on the
Adriatic at the peace conference.
He does not approve of Italian
domination of the Adriatic Sea, but
will probably support Italy’s de
mands that her eastern cosat be
made safe from military threats.
captaFmiller
SAYS IMPOSSIBLE
SAVE PASSENGERS
(Associated Press)
VICTORIA, B. C-, Jan. 11.—
Testifying at the inquiry being held
here by the Canadian authorities
into the Princess Sophia disaster.
Captain Miller, of the American
steamer King and Winge said thal
it was impossible to save any ol
the liner’s passengers unless they
leaped overboard and took a chance
on being picked up by one of the
boats standing'by.
He told of the heavy storm pre
vailing at the time his vessel went to
the rescue of the Sophia.
DR. LIEBKNECHT
REPORTED KILLED
(Associated Press?
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 11.—Ac
cording to a report received in thia
city today, Dr. Liebknecht, the lead
er of the radical Socialist party,
known as the Spartacans group, was
killed in the street fighting in Ber
lin on Thursday.
DEATH NOT MENTIONTED
LONDON, Jan. 11.—Several Asso
ciated Press despatches were re
ceived here on Friday containing
accounts of the fighting between
the forces of the government and
the Spartacans in the streets of
Berlin, but none of them mentioned
that the Spartacan leader had been
killed.
• FLU STATISTICS
FOR CALIFORNIA
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Jan 11,—
State statistics show that there were
6,492 deaths from influenza-pneu
monia during the month of Nov
ember as against 6,381 deaths dur
ing October. _
i
(Associated Press)
MINEOLA, N. Y-, Jan. 11.—The
will of the late Theodore Roosevelt
! was filed today. It provides for the
j division amonj; all his children of
i the trust funds, amounting: to sixty
' thousand dollors, each one of them
i getting an equal share.
To his daughter Alice, the only
! child by his first marriage, he be
! queaths all the wedding presents re
! eeived at the marriage of his first
i wife.
I
(Associated Press)
j WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 11.—
I The National Red Cross makes for
mal announcement of the establish
. ment of a base hospital at Arch
j angel, on the White Sea, in Nor
| them Russia.
' The hospital is a large one and
is equipped with one hundred beds.
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HEAO !$ NAMED
| FOR CONFERENCE
i
(Associated Press)
( Paris, Jan. 11.—Premier Clemen
! ceau, of France, has been selected
as president of the inter-Allied peace
confernce, which will be held soon.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 11.—
General March, chief of staff of
the American army- stated today
that official reports received from
Archangel indicate that operations
undertaken by the Americans in
North ussia are highly satisfactory
j from both a military and sanitary
| standpoint.
j He said that the reports that the
! British were withdrawing their
forces from the North Russia coast
1 region is absolutely unconfirmed.
DATE IS FIXED
FOR MEMORIAL
(Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Jan. 11—January 19
has been fixed as the date on which
national memorial services will be
held throughout the country in
memory of the late Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt.
CLUB LAYS PLANS
TO AID INTERIOR
A largely attended meeting of the
Nenana Commercial club was held
| last night at the club chambers in
the Nenana Labor Union building
and matters of great importance to
] the people of Interior Alaska and
I the welfare of the country at large
were discussed at some length.
In the absence of R. S. McDonald,
1 who was away in Fairbanks on
business, Dr. J. 31. Bowen, viee
j president of the Commercial club,
1 took the chair and called I'nc meet
ing to order.
j The greater part of the night was
i taken up in discussing the needs cf
, the Kantishna country as regards
i transportation facilities and the mat
, ter of much needed help in this
: direction, so that the known mineral
resources of that region may be
speedily developed. The club was
fully aware of the fact that almost
the entire absence of roads and
trails into the Kantishna mining dis
trict and the prohil/'*cost of
freighting supplies into that region
discouraged prospectors and retarded
the development of the district, and
with a view to remedying matters
as much as possible and helping out
the prospector as far as it. lays in
its power, the Commercial club, at
a previous meeting authorized the
secretary to ascertain of the Alas
kan Road commission whether any
i portion of the funds controlled by
the commission for the current year
i can be made available for road con
I struction purposes in this district,
| and requesting that the needs of the
i Nenana district in the miiuter of
roads be given due consideration in
the apportionment of funds for road
building purposes.
The draft of a letter to tj»e Road
commission, prepared by th( secre
tary, was duly read and approved.
The committee appointed a^a pre
vious meeting to report on « feas
ible rout for a proposed wagon road
to serve the needs of the Kantishna
miners and act as a feeder for the
government railroad, then submitted
its report. This committee was com
posed of M. J. Cooney, William
Julian and Martin Nash, with Cooney
as chairman. Mr. Julian brought
a blue print of an enlargc/J geo
logical map of the Kantishna dis
trict, which was placed in the club
chamber for reference, and (sub
mitted the committee’s report favor
ing a route for a trunk road into the
Mount McKinley National Park, with
branch roads into the Kantishna
district to serve the needs of the
mining interests. The committee
would appear to have based their de
ductions on their knowledge of the
fact that a survey was contemplated
by the General Land Office of a
coute for a trunk road leading to [
the McKinley National Park- con
necting with the government rail
road at Riley creek; and accordingly
recommended this route, with branch
roads to the Kantishna mining dis
tricts.
J. C. VanOrsdel, who has mining
interests in the Kantishna country
and is familiar with the needs of
the district, wos of the opinion that
main purpose of a rofld to the dis
trict should be to help the miner
and prospector, while at the same
time being a feeder to the railroad,
The proposed route, he said, would
necessitate an extra haul of about
25 miles, whereas the route favored
by most of the mining men of the
district would tap the richest pari
of the Kantishna region, shorten tht
haul itnd connect with the govern
ment road at Lignite. This road
would run from the railroad at Lig
nite through a gravel formation
which ends near very rich antimony
deposits on Stampede creek, and
from this point traverses highly
mineralized lands in the heart of
the Kantishna region, and at the
same time could be made to serve
the needs of the McKinley National
Park. He thought that the miner
should have first consideration, and
the tourist, who usually had more
time to spare than the average man
should come next in the road ques
tion.
William Taylor, another mining
man of the Kantishna district- who
had traveled over the route favored
by Van Orsdel, agreed with that
gentleman as regards the route to
be chosen and was of the opinion
that it would be just as easy for
visitors to the park to journey thither
along a road leading through the
Kantishna mineral belt. Game
Warden Steve Foster also agreed
that the route as indicated by Van
Orsdel was the best so far as the
miners were concerned. He had
traveled in the regions indicated
and thought that the trunk road
to the park would lose none of its
scenic beauty if constructed from
Lignite to the park through the
Kantishna mining district. It would
make the haul shorter for the coal
shipments to the Kantishna and the
ore shipments from it.
W. A. Ryan said that if the gov
ernment had contemplated such a
trunk road as outlined in the report
of the Road commission, it would
be to the best interests of the min
ing men who would be affected to
link up with the government and
furnish those in charge of the road
building project with definite data
and other information which would
convince them that the road from
Lignite to the park via the Kan
tishna .mines would be the right
thing and that it would bring about
the same results as the proposed
scenic highway from Riley creek
would. Mr. Ryan thought a matter
of a few hours more or less of travel
ing would mean nothing to the aver- j
age tourist, whereas a longer haul j
meant much to the miner.
J. C. VanOrsdel, William Taylor J
and Steve Foster were added to the
road committee, and after a short j
consultation, added a paragraph to |
the letter, recommending the Lig-!
nite-Stampede creek route as an j
alternative for the consideration of
the powers that be.
Applications for membership in
club was received from L. C.
Isabel and A1 Budow, and upon mo
tion they were duly elected and en
rolled as members.
Mr. Pennington moved for the
adoption by the club of the slogan
“Alaska Can Pay the Nation’s War
Debt”, which was duly seconded and
carried. This slogan first appeared
in the Alaska Citizen of Fairbanks,
and was considered very appropriate
(CulinW n Pag• Two.)
mills on in
GERMAN CIIIIS
( Assoc?!’ ted Press)
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 11.—Ac
cording to reports received in this
city today from reliable German
sources, very serious riotinp had
taken place in Dresden, Hamburp,
Ausburp and Dusseldorff last Thurs
day.
The riotinp is reported to be most
serious and severe in the bip Ger
man seaport of Hamliurp, where it
is still in propress.
A shoo in tod Press
PARIS, Jan. 11.—The problem of
the demobilization of the forces of
the Allies has become acute and so
delicate that it is not discussed
openly.
President Wilson is devotinp him
self to a very close study of the
problem.
British soldiers, recently showed
their unwillinpness to return to the
continent and possibly, this is a
forerunner of prave events.
LAKE STEAMER
CALLS FOR HELP
Associated Press
HALIFAX. Jan. 11.—The Ameri
can Great Lakes steamer Castalia
sent a wireless message to the ef
fect that she was sinking fast and
indicating her position.
Several boats were promptly des
patched to render all possible aid
to the vessel in distress.
MANY KILLED IN
RECENT FIGHTING
(Associated Press)
BEUNOS AIRES, Jan. 11—As a
result of the fighting yesterday,
following the general strike of the
workingmen, seventy-two were killed,
eighty-one were seriously wounded
and eight hundred were slightly
wounded.
Mobs of strikers attacked the
Congressional Palace and the Palace
of Justice in the city, and the gov
ernment troops sent to quell the dis
orders were obliged to use machine
guns in order to disperse the rioters.
John A. Davis- in charge of the
Bureau of Mines, Fairbanks, ar
rived in town this afternoon. He
will be a guest of the Nenana Com
mercial club at the smoker tonight.
Joe Burns, of the Coliseum, re
turned to Nenana from Fairbanks
this evening.
Ansnel.it' *1 1 'iv.hh
BERLIN, Jan. 11.—Associated
; Press despatches recevied in this
city today indicate that heavy fight
ing is in progress between the Ger
mans and the Poles in the province
of Posen, which was recently in
vaded by a powerful and well equip
| ped Polsih army.
The reports state that the Ger
man forces stormed and captured
the town of Czariku. As the result
j of the arrival of Polish reinforce
ments, the German forces aband
j oned the town of Kolmar. Severe
fighting is in progress in the neigh
borhood of Wissenhose, which the
Poles are endeavouring to capture.
The Polish council at Posen is
sued a proclamation today, formally
assuming control of the entire prov
ince of Posen.
SPAMS NOW
UNDER CONTROL
Hi CAPITAL
ASSOChl I'll I Tfss
LONDON, Jan. 1 1.—The reports
received from Berlin of the happen
ings in that city yesterday are very
meager, but it is believed that the
Ebert government is in complete
control of the situation in the city
with the aid of the loyal troops.
The reports, however, chronicle
disturbances in the outlying dis
tricts and some fighting is expected
before the riots are quelled.
It is reported that the Spartacans
reinforced by volunteers, have occu
pied several gas plants and electric
power houses and water works in the
outskirts of the city.
SLAV PEASANTS
DESERT LEADERS
BERLIN, Jan- 11.—According to
Associated Press despatches received
in this city today, the Bolsheviki
are slaughtering Germans in the
sections of the Baltic provinces that
come under their control.
At least half of the population
of the Baltic provinces is composed
of Germans.
Neil McDonald and Dan Beaton
left on this morning’s train for 43
mile, enroute to the States, via the
Broad Pass trail. Both men ex
pect to return in the spring.
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