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WHERE. RAILS AND RIVERS MEET
THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOL. II.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1920.
NO. 239
LEWIS SAYS MINERS READY TO ACCEPT
YANKEE TROOPS TO RETURN HOME NEXT MONTH
DEMOCRATS ARE MAKING READY TO ACCEPT CHANCES
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According to recent arrivals from
the Tolovana district, the Federal
and Territorial official? who are en
gaged in an attemDt to check the
manufacture of hootch in that lo- ^
cality are having some difficulty in i
securing convictions, and there is i
talk of bringing the next case either j
to Nenana or Fairbanks for trial.
A Jap was acquitted by a jury:
a short time ago, on the charge of j
violating the Alaska dry law. and j
the next cas-e to come before Com
missioner Atwell resulted in a dis
agreement, seven of the jurors be
ing for conviction and five for ac- j
quittal. The defendant was George
O'Brion.
Special Liquor Officer John Moe'
had gathered considerable evidence j
in a cabin alleged to have been oc
eupied by the defendant. He found '
mash and the finished product, bills
for fruit and sugar, bearing the j
defendant's name, and near the 1
cabin a srtill, carefully hidden in
the snow, but with a well-beaten
trail leading from the house to the
hiding place.
But with all their evidence, the
authorities were unable to secure a
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conviction. The prosecution was
conducted by Asssistant District At
tornty E. Coke Hill, who was sent
to the Tolovana to assist Moe to
clear, up the district, and the de
fendant was represented by a man
named Bainbridge, a former lawyer
of no mean ability. Bainbridge
also defended the Jap who was ac
quitted.
The authorities are said to have
about reached the conclusion that ’t
is impossible to secure a conviction
by jury in the district, with the re
sult that they are thinking seriously
of trying future cases "in Nenana
or Fairbanks, Nenana preferred.
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TEMPERATURE
As reported by the go\ eminent
observation station, Nenar.a
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Sunday, January 11.
Maximum .10 below
Minimum .36 below
a Monday, January 12. a .
*t Maximum .43 below *,
>t Minimum . .48 below *<?,
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
WILL LEAVE SIBERIA
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 12
Official announcement has been made
by the war department of the evacu
tion of Siberia by American forces.
The Yankee troops, which number
8.000. will begin leaving Siberia
about the middle of February, ac
cording to the announcement. And
the American railway commission,
which has been engaged in directing
the operation of railways in th*
Northern country, will quit Siberia
in advance of the fighting forces.
It is the intention of the Ameri
can government to turn over to
Japan the work of protecting the
Siberian railroad, to be assisted by
the loyal Russians in Eastern Si
beria.
Transports will be despatched co.
Vladivostok at an early date to \
bring the Americans home.
MINERS WILL ACCEPT TERMS;
BARONS MAKE NO PROMISES
NEW ROCKET MAY
TOUCH THE MOON
ON DATA FLIGHT
WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 12.—
Professor Robert Goddard, of Claris
college, claims to have invented a
rocket which will supply the scien
tific world with atmospheric infor
mation hitherto unobtainablt be
cause of the limitations of machines
and appliances now in use for such
purposes.
The new rocket, which is describ
ed through the Smithsonian institu
tion. has a multiple high charge
efficiency sufficient to lift it into
higher air layers previously consid
ered out of reach. It is considered
possible by the inventor that the
rocket will even reach the moon.
The greatest value of the inven
tion is m its control It is so con
stricted that it go straight up and
come straight back to its starting
point, bringing data of the ascent.
QUEEN TO ESTABLISH
NEW MATERNITY HOME
LONDON.—Queen Mary has sig
nified her intention of devoting the
funds sent to her as a silver wed
ding gift to the establishment of an
institution to be called Queen Mary’s
Maternity Home, which will be situ
ated adjoining Hampstead Heath.
There will be accommodation for
from 1 <5 to 20 mothers, and the
home is to be used for the benefit
of the wives of children of men
who are or have been serving with
his majesty's forces.
Lord Leverhulme. the soap mag
nate. has placed at the queen’s dis
posal the site for the home.
WASHINGTON OLDT1MER
DIES AT RIPE OLD AGE
YAKIMA, Jan. 12.—Mrs. Martin
Hheney, who came to Washington SO
rears ago, died here today, aged 86
rears.
’ WASHINGTON. D. C., Jan. 12.— ,
In a statement made today to the
members of the President's coal
commission. President Tom L. Lewis
of the United Mine Workers of
America declared that the coal min
lers stand readv to accept unre
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servedly any decision that the com
. mission may decide to make, rela
tive to the adjustment of diifer
1 ences between the coal operatives
and the mine owners.
Chairman Brewster of the coal ,
operators’ committee informed the
commission that he could not make
any such promise for the operators
—not, a: hast. until the commission
answers ce-tain questions that have
been asked by the operators. One
of the question is whether or not
the commission's award will be final
and binding upon both sides: and
another is whether or not the com
mission plans to act on matters
which have been brought up by
both sides.
Lewis assured the commissioners
that the representatives of the min
ers would willingly assist in such
inquiries as might be decided upon
by the commission.
HITCHCOCK THINKS
SOLUTION IS NEAR
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WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 12.—
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Senator Hitchcock, spokesman for
President W'llson in the senate fiph:
for the ratification of the peace
treaty, expresses confidence today
that compromise reservations will be
evolved which will meet with the
approval of the Democrats and Pres
ident Wilson.
The conference of Democratic
senators, he savs, discussed reserva
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tions which they regarded as har
monizing with the views of the
President relative to reservations
which are interpretive but not de
structive.
Hitchcock believes that the pro
posed reservations wrill be so worded
as to be acceptable to both sides,
and intimated that early action will
be taken.
FIRST CLASS Mill
NOW AT FAIRBANKS
A shipment of twelve sticks wf
first class mail reached Fairbanks
from the coast late Saturday after
noon. Nenana's portion of the con
signment will come down on the
train tomorrow, with a shipment of
second class matter which reached
the upper town on Friday.
WOMAN MAKES CLEANUP
SMUGGLING IN GERMANY
M A YEN C E. German y.—Smuggling
is on the increase between unoccu
pied Germany and the occupied
zones, according to recent informa
tion received by the intelligence of
ficers of the French Army of Occ
upation. French army officers say
that women have been particularly
active of late and that there are
nearly as many women smugglers
as men. An Alsatian woman smug
gler claims to have made 60,000
marks on one deal.
The woman, when discovered, said 1
that she had gone from Strasburg
to Solingen, in unoccupied Ger
many, where she purchased 100
dozen knives at six marks each.
She managed to get the knives over
the Alsatian border without, paying
duty, and afterward sold the knives
to a French dealer for 20 francs
each. Returning to Germany, the
woman said, she exchanged the
French money for marks, at 280
marks for 100 francs, the rate of
exchange at that time.
APPROVE SUFFRAGE
SALEM, Ore.. Jar.. 12. — Both
branches of the Oregon state legis
lature have ratified the woman suf
frage amendment. The action was
taken at a special session of the
lawmakers, called for the particular
purpose of ratification.
Ratification was secured with veri
little opposition.
PEERAGE TURNED DOWN
TO STAY IN COMMONS
LONDON.—When Arthur P. Bal
four was recently made lord presi
dent of the council, after giving up
his post as minister of foreign af
fair?, he was offered a peerage,
which he declined, according to pub
’ished reports. It is stated that Mr
Balfour desires to remain a mem
ber of the house of commons so
long as his political career lasts.
M. A. Schaeffer, until last week j
chief timekeeper in the employ of'
the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion, has been transferred to the i
accounting department, where he '
will act hereafter as coupon ac-;
countam, with offices at the west j
end of the main office building. Mr. j
Schaeffer's former duties as chief
timekeeper and voucher clerk have
been transferred to the disbursing
office and the position of chief time
keeper abolished. The change is
part of the plan of reorganization
now in progress.
MONTREAL FACES
LABOR CRISIS AS
STRIKE OUTCOME1
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MONTREAL, Jan. 12.—A gener
al strike threatens in this city as a
result of the discharge of the em
ployes of the city waterworks be
cause of their recent walkout, which
I caused a water famine. The water
works employes went out on strike
for an advance in wages, and were
: fired by the city after they had re
turned to work.
Resolutions have been adopted by
! the Trades and Labor council in
which ail union* are urged to strike
; unless the city immediately discharg
es the commission responsible for
the discharge of the waterworks
! employes.
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PERSONAL
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•I. J Buckley has resigned his
iposition with the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission and will go to Fair
banks tomorrow to accept appoint
ment as a member of Marshal Er
win’s force of deputies
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Pete Schmidt’s water wagon wa
thrcatened with destruction by fire
on Saturday as a result of too much
heat ;n the stove which is used to
keep the tank warm When Pete
discovered the blaze, the fire had
eaten its way through the tank suf
ficiently to give the content- the
taste of firewater. Pete admits that
it had a smoky taste, but not of
the Scotch variety.
Roy Ferguson’s curling team has i
carried off the honors in the First
Fairbanks bor.spiel of th>- winter
Ferguson and Eddie Suter were tied i
at the end of the series, and the
latter lo“t in the game which was
played on Saturday night to dec-id
the championship The trophy goe
to Ferguson.
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SEATTLE. Jan Id.—Mayor Fitz
gerald has filed an infonr.atio’:
charging Joe Smith, secretary o'
the Piggott Printing company, with
criminal libel
The mayor charges that Smith.
who is a local politician, circulated,
or cau-ed to be circulated, a card
which was intended to (five the irr.
pression that the city of Seats!
paid for Fitzgerald’s campaign print
ing.
Fitzgerald denies that nis bill'
were paid by the city, and aver
that Smith, through the medium or
the card referred to. sought to di
credit him before the people of Se
attle.
COMMON ROUGHNECK
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan Id.—
Douglas Tilden. the noted sculptor,
has accepted a position in this city
as a machinist.
In explanation
of his chosen art.
the indifference of
maker it impos.sibl*
hood as a sculptor
of his desertion
Tilden -^iv> that
the world to art
■ to gain a iiveli
ENGLISH PRINCE WILL
VISIT AUSTRALIA NEXT
LONDON'. Jar.. 12.—According o
announcement made today. the
Prince of Wales will leave for Aus
tralia in March, arrangements hav
r,jr been made to make the voyaire
the British battleship Renown,
av way of the Panama canal.
A 'mall fire at the residence ■ '
M B Snodgrass. superintendent
jf tne Government experiment sta
;ion, called the Fairbanks fire le
lartment out late yesterday after
loon, but the blaze was extinmiOi
id without difficulty and practical v
;o aamage resulted. The residence
n question is the old Peoples home,
it Fifth and Lacey.
Fifteen younu Fairbank- couple-,
noatiy hijjh school student-, enjoy e i
i hayride to the Government ev
>eriment station on Saturday eve
nng. returning home after mi'l
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COUNCIL WILL MEET
IN PARIS ON FRIDAY
WASHINGTON. D C., Jan. 12—
It is understood that President Wil
son will issue a forma! call today
for the first meeting of the council
of the League of Nations, which is
to be held in Paris on Friday. The
issuance of the call is in accordance
with the original plans of the peace
conferees and is not affected by the
failure of the American senate to
ratify the peace treaty.
RELATIONS RESUMED
LONDON. Jan. 12.—Lord Kilmar
nock has left for Germany to» be
come British diplomatic representa
tive in Berlin. Germany, it is un
derstood. will soon send a minister
to London, to serve instead of an
ambassador as formerly.