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Volume Two member of associated press
NENANA. ALASKA. THURSDAY. MAY 29. 1919.
Number 50
CUMMINS SAYS WILSON MAY RUN AGAIN
BIG FOUR CONSIDERING GERMAN COUNTER TERMS
ADRIATIC QUESTIONS BELIEVED SETTLED AT LAST
WILSON TO RON
; IF REPUBLICANS
DEFEAT LEAGUE
CHICAGO, May 29.—Whether ui
not President Wilson will be a can
didate for re-election next year will
-f depend very largely upon the atti
tude of the United States senate
toward the League of Nations, as
formulated at Paris, in the opinion
of Homer S. Cummins, chairman of
the national Democratic committee,
who is in this city getting things
in shape for the forthcoming cam
paign. Chairman Cummins believes
that Wilson will welcome the oppor
tunity to become the standard bearer
of the party if the league plan is
defeated, going before the people
with the League of Nations as the
principal issue.
There is no doubt in the mind
of Cummins, however, regarding the
action that will be taken with re
gard to the league. He believes the
proposition unbeatable and for that
reason is not counting on President
Wilson as the party's candidate.
> Referring to the Republican oppo
sition to the League of Nations pro
ject, which has developed in the
senate, Chairman Cummins said that
the moderate triumph of last Nov
ember appeared to have gone to
the heads of the Republican leaders.
“At the very first sign of a return
to partial authority,” he continued,
“leaders of the Republican party in
the senate have placed themselves
in opposition to a League of Nations
and the leaders in the house of
representatives have selected for
floor leader Congressman Mondell
of Wyoming, who voted against tab
ling the McLemore resolution and
1 opposed the selective draft law. The
reactionaries are dictating the policy
of the party.
“It is an extraordinary thing that
those loudest for war seem to be
most determined that America shall
relinquish the duties which have
fallen to her lot as the result of
the war. The idea of a League of
Nations is not difficult to under
stand. The plain people understand
it. Only learned senators are con
fused about it. Let us not be dis
turbed by the action of the dis
senting senators. They are engaged
in the most ungenerous task in his
tory and their objections are writ
ten in sand.”
Chairman Cummins will spend
several days here looking after party
affairs and making preparations for
his trip to the Pacific coast. He
expects to be in Seattle early in
July.
DUKE OR GENERAL
EUR WEE POSE
^ PARIS, May 29.—Tlie names of
the Duke of Devonshire and General
Smutz.are being prominently men
tioned as possible appointees to the
post as ambassador vo the' I’nited
States, as representative of Great
Britain.
FORMER A. E. C. MAN HAS
SETTLED IN CALIFORNIA
A letter received locally on the
last mail brings tidings of Oscar
Strom, former boss carpenter of the
A. E. C. here. Strom went out to
the States last fall and intended
to return to Nenana this spring,
but apparently he has changed his
mind.
He writes that he is married now
j and that he has made up his mind
i to settle down in Oakland, Cali
j fornia, where he is at the present
i time. He also tells of having: trav
j eled extensively in the States shortly
! after his arrival there from Alaska,
land indicates that he likes California
PARIS, May 29.—Information
| coming from a semi-official source
this afternoon indicates that a com
promise has been reached on the
vexing Adriatic question which sev
i eral times since the convening of
i the peace conference have threatened
to result in the withdrawal of Italy
from the conference.
The precise nature of the terms
cannot be ascertained at this time,
but it is understood that Italy surely
i will get the Dalmatian islands, for
which Premier Orlando has been
: strongly contending. It is doubtful,
; however, if the Italians will be
■ given Zara or Sebenico.
i The agreement on the terms of
settlement is said to have been
reached at a conference held yes
terday afternoon.
IN 010 MEXICO,
SAYTRAVELERS
HAVANA, May 29.—Travelers ar
riving: in this city recently from
Vera Cruz and Tampico state that
Mexico is in a turbulent state and
that conditions are daily becoming
more chaotic there.
The strict censorship on all mail
;and other communication established
by the Carranza government recently
5 is said to have been made more
i stringent than ever and that the true
state of affairs in Mexico is not!
known outside that Republic.
Even travelers, it is reported, are
obliged to conform to certain regu
lations imposed by the government,
■with a view to withholding news of!
the unrest and frequent disturb- i
ances, from being spread abroad.
GENEVA, May 29.—Doctors in j
attendance upon the former royal I
family of Bavaria, now residing in:
this country, express the belief that;
Ludwig, once proud king of Bavaria, j
is fast losing his mental balance,
and promises soon to become a total
wreck, mentally.
Since coming to Switzerland, Lud
,wig has displayed marked signs of
insanity, his condition being such,
that it is necessary to have attend
ants constantly about him. His |
hallucination is that the Germans j
won the war, and he is eager to
return to Munich to inform his sub
jects of the defeat of the Allied
I forces. He would return in triumph
at the head of his victorious armies.
AITKEN WII
QUIGLEY I
KANTISF
A large power scow with a small
gasoline launch in tow arrived in
Xenana yesterday evening, loaded
to the guards with mining equip
ment and supplies, a team of horses
and James Haney, Charles MeGona
gall, Tom Murphy, Billy Grant, Al
bert Johnson, Tom Scanland, Leo
Preg and J. L. Tobin on board,
enroute to the Kantishna country.
This is the advance guard of a
mining outfit which is being sent
into the Kantishna region by Thomas
Aitken for the purpose of opening
up the big galena ledge occurring
on the divide between Eureka and
Friday creeks, under the direction
of Jimmy Haney, well known old
time mining man.
After making some purchases
here, the scow pulled out this morn
ing for her destination.
The scow will proceed with all
possible speed up the Kantishna
river to the old town of Roosevelt,
where the supplies, men and horses
will be unloaded. From this point
the supplies will be freighted into
the scene of action, a distance of
approximately twenty-seven miles.
The claim on which development
work is to be done and actual min
ing operations opened up, lies on the
northeast side of Moose creek, and
as stated before, on the end of the
ridge that divides the Friday creek
basin from that of Eureka creek.
It is owned by Joe Quigley, and an
option has been taken on it by
Tom Aitken.
The development work done on
this claim so far consists of several
opencuts and a tunnel driven to
intersect a vein that was exposed
in the opencuts. There is said to
be an immense ore body there, and
recent assays of samples taken from
the mouth of the tunnel yielded
about 200 ounces of silver to the
ton at the time the ore body was
first struck.
In the spring of 1918, Jimmy
Haney and Mr. Gross, of the bureau
of mines, went into that region and
took samples which were afterwards
assayed and thoroughly analyzed.
The tests showed the silver content
to be 250 ounces per ton, with 40
per cent of lead and some gold. Mr.
Haney stated that other samples
tested later on yielded as high as
000 ounces per ton in silver alone,
with the same percentage of lead
and gold.
As soon as the men reach the
claim it is the intention to open
up the tunnel and crosscuts so that
a larger force of men may be put
to work. Samples will again be
1 OPEN
PROPERTY,
INA REGION
(taken 25 scon as possible and Mr.
Haney •will return to Fairbanks with
them, using the small launch which |
the party is taking up specially for ;
this purpose. Samples will be taken
and tested from time to time as the
work progresses, and Mr. Haney ex-;
pec-ts to make several trips to Fair-’
banks during the summer.
As the work progresses, more men ;
will be employed as well as more
horses which the outfit intends to'
use as pack animals for packing the
ore to Roosevelt. From Roosevelt
the ore will be hauled to the mouth
of the Kantishna river on power j
scows and there loaded on to the \
barges for conveyance to the smelt
er. William Grant will be the fore- j
man of the miners, and he expects
'to be in a position to hire more men ;
in the near future. He will need ’
hard rock men only.
The power scow on which the ad
vance guard of the outfit is now
journeying was specially built at
Fairbanks last winter for this serv-j
ice. After the men and supplies
have been landed at Roosevelt she
will return to Fairbanks for an
other load of supplies and will, in
all probability, make several trips!
for this purpose during the sum-j
raer. The number of trips she will,
make depending largely on the force j
of men employed at the mine and ]
their needs in the way of grub, etc., ’
and provender for the stock.
' The horses will be used to haul;
ore from the mine to Roosevelt, |
and supplies from Roosevelt to the •
camp near the mine all summer, at
the end of which season a sufficiency
of supplies will have been obtained. ;
Development work is to be rushed, *
with all possible speed so that the
requirements of the mine in the way.'
of men and supplies can be accu- j'
rately gauged and the winter work
planned. ji
With the opening of the Quigley
mine on an extensive scale, it is 1
quite likely that the old town of j
Roosevelt will again have a popula- ]
tion and that the mining game in ]
this region vfrill receive a stmulus. 1
When it is demonstrated that ton-1
nage can be produced from this one'j
mine, those who are interested in 1
building a road to serve the needs (
of the district will probably redouble 1
their efforts to attain the desired ]
end. ij
The equipment being taken in on i
the scow includes a complete black 1
smith shop and a large quantity of j
drill steel. Coal for use in the:
blacksmith shop is said to be ob-1
tainable in any quantity in the neigh
borhood of the new camp to be.
AGAINST JURAZ
Juraz, Mexico, May 29—Francisco
Villa, the Mexican bandit leader, is £
reported to be advancing against the £
town of Juraz with a considerable c
(
following. The advance guard of y
his army are said to be within j
a few miles of the place. i
No fears are entertained for the t
safety of the city by the govern- £
ment, as a stong garrison is sta- t
tioned there to protect it, and dis- i
patches received from the commander
of the garrison indicates that it is
strong enough to resist any attack.
n WILL SIM
1
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BREST, May 29.—According to j^
dvices received from Lisbon this 1
fternoon, Commander Read has de- a
ided to make a start for Plymouth, '
arly tomorrow morning, it being r
is intention to reach England, if,e
ossible, before the close of Me
lorial Day. All necessary prepara- 1
ions have been made for the flight, r
nd nothing short of exceedingly,1
ough weather will delay his de-. 5
arture another day. *
RECEPTION PLANNED
PLYMOUTH, England, May 29.— 1
rhe British admiralty is planning*
:o {rive Aviator Read and the mem
bers of his crew a great reception
jpon the arrival he tomorrow of the I
i'ankee seaplane X C 4. which is
scheduled to leave the Portuguese
:ity at an early hour.
LONDON', May 29.—Dispatches
■eceived in this city today from
Cologne indicate that a fire broke
)ut in one of the buildings occupied
ay the American forces in the Cob
enz area, and spreading rapidly,
reached a nearby munition dump,
rausing it to explode.
N'earby buildings would appear to
lave been wrecked as a result of the
sxplosion and eighty men of the
American force are reported to be
■nissing.
The fire was put out shortly after
she explosion and order has now
aeen restored.
A vigorous search is being con
ducted for the misusing men.
COAST RADICAL
BLAMES WILSON
FOR NEW VIEWS
SEATTLE, May 29.—The trial of
lames Bruce, an alleged radical,
:harged with criminal anarchy in
•onnection with the recent general
;trike in this city', has been pro
iuctive of some startling arguments
n behalf of the defense. The at
orneys representing Bruce contend
hat the Industrial Workers of the
iVorld, held responsible for much
if the trouble that occurred here,
Irew much philosophy from utter
inces of President Wilson.
President W’ilson’s book, “The
Cew Freedom," is a powerful ex-1
(osition of the radicals’ views, in,
he opinion of the Bruce counsel,'
larticularly the view expressed rc
;arding the relationship between
abor and capital. Passages were
luoted from the book, as were also
number of utterances made by
’resident Wilson in addresses made
n this country and Europe, in an
ttempt to show that the radicals
f Seattle hold similar views re
arding the rights of labor.
I0USE 10 PROBE
WAR DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29.—
lepresentative William J. Graham,
lepublican, of Illinois, member of
he house committee on expenditures
1 the war department, has prepared
resolution providing for an in
estigation of war department ex
enditures since the United States
ntered the war.
This resolution, it is believed, is
te first of a number of similar
leasures that will be presented by
te Republicans during the present
sssion and there is promise of
luch of the time of the lawmakers
eing taken up with investigations.
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Xatiomal rut.
GERMAN REPLY
NOW IN HANDS
OF THE ALLIES
PARIS, May _’9.—The German
counter proposals to the Apeace
terms, the character of which were
made known unofficially in yester
day's dispatches, were transmitted
to the Allied representatives this
mornimr, and are now receiving
consideration at a special conference
of the Council of Four.
President Wilson and the premiers
of England. France and Italy have
been in session practically all day,
but up to a late hour this afternoon
nothin.tr had been made known
relative to the probable decision that
will be reached regarding- the Ger
man answer.
Count von Brockdorff, who has
been at Versailles as head of the
German delegation, left for Spa
today, following the dispatch of the
German counter proposals.
RATE INCREASE
m NEW BOOS!
SAY OFFICIALS
SEATTLE, May JO.—In explana
tion of the request of the Alaska
Steamship Company for permission
to inereae freight and passenger
rates, which was given publicity
yesterday in a dispatch from Wash
ington stating that application had
been made to the interstate com
merce commission, local officials of
the company say that the request
concerns only through business,
originating at points other than
Seattle, such as tourist tickets sold
at inland points. It is not the de
sire of the company to boost rates
between Puget Sound points and
Alaska.
The business that will be affected
oy the proposed increase, it is ex
plained, amounts to only about one
per cent of the total Alaska busi
less of the company, and is in
:ended to raise the through rates
so that they will be on a par with
:he local rate adopted in March.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 2f».—
’ongress has been asked to provide
'unds for carrying out the original
milding plans of the navy, which
vill give the United States sixteen
irst class battleships as the chief
•ortion of the peace time naval
orces. The general navy b >ard has
ecommended that construction bo
irosecuted vigorously and that the
irogram be completed without de
ay, to the fullest detail.
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