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THE NE'NANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press nenana. \laska. Monday, December 30, i9is. whole number 224
t GERMANS TO PAY FOR DAMAGE DONE
GREGORY WANTS INTERNED AUENS_DEPORTED
CZECHOSLOVAKS TO HAVE BOUNDARIES RESTORED
‘ FRANCE SUPPORTS
ENGLAND IN SEA
FREEDOM QUESTON
A France’i Attitude Is Approved By
President Wilson in Freedom
of the Sea Question.
(Associated Press)
PARIS. — Premier Clemenceau
told the deputies that he intended
to support England in the peace
negotiations on the question of the
freedom of the seas, and declared
that his attitude in the matter was
approved by President Wilson,
r After a stormy debate, during
which France’s war aims were out
lined by Foreign Minister Pinchon,
tne Chamber of Deputies gave Pre
mier Clemenceau a vote of con
fidence.
It is indicated that a league of
nations might be formed coincident
with the drafting of the peace
treaty.
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(Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Secretary
of the Navy Daniel's, in making an
appeal before the House Naval com
mittee on behalf of the six hundred
million dollar appropriation and the
three year building program for
the increase of the naval strength
of the country, said that if a
league of nations is formed, Amer
ica should be represented on this
international naval police force by
as large a unit as any other nation.
He also said that if the Allies
agree to a reduction of armaments,
the United States ought to stop
building immediately.
FOUR-MINUTE MEN
CEASE ACTIVITIES
George W. Pennington is in re
ceipt of a telegram which states
that the activities of the Four-Min
ute Men will come to an end and
that hereafter no one should be al
lowed to speak under the auspices
of the organization or as a repre
sentative of the government.
The government, through the di
visional chairman, sends hearty
thanks for the co-operation of the
Four-Minute Men in the past.
W. A. Ryan, who addressed the
audience at the Coliseum last night,
was the last four-minute speaker
to be heard in Nenana.
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Sunday, December 29
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PHILADELPHIANS PLAN
CELEBRATION OF PEACE
PHILADELPHIA.—Looking more j
than seven years ahead, a number
of citizens of this city and state
have turned their attention to the
! 150th anniversary of the signing
' of the Declaration of Independence.
A resolution has been prepared
! for introduction in the state Iegis
| lature, which meets in January, for
! the appointment of a state com
mission to arrange a great inter
| national exhibition to celebrate the
return of peace, in conjunction with
the 150th anniversary of national
independence in July 1926. Appeal;
will be made for co-operation on!
the part of the whole nation and of.
our war allies as well. It is pro-!
posed to urge Congress to foster
the celebration.
BOCHES AGREE
10 INDEMNITY
Armistice Conditions Impose No
Restrictions on the Indemnity |
to Be Paid By Hun.
(Associated Press)
BERLIN'.—The indemnity ques
tion has already been settled be-!
tween Germany, America and the1
Allies. The German delegates, when i
they signed the armistice, were |
fully aware of the fact that the j
armistice conditions placed no re
strictions to the indemnities which,
Germany would be called upon to
pay.
Germany is to pay an indemnity;
for the damage done in the occupied i
districts of France and Belgium |
and to pay civilians for losses sus
tained by them.
CHINESE PEACE
TERMS DEEINED
(Associated Press)
NEW YORK.—The Chinese peace
delegates who arrived here on their
way to Europe to attend the peace
conference, say that China will de
mand the return to her of Kaio
chow, which was formerly leased to
Germany and is now held by Japan.
She will also demand a read
justment of trade relations so that
China will be placed on an equal
plane with the other nations of the
earth.
! CITIZEN’S NIGHT SCHOOL
RESUMES SESSIONS
After a vacation of one week,
the Citzenship Night School will re
sume work this evening at 7:30.
It is hoped by the management that
as high an average will be main
tained in both attendance and work
as was recorded before vacation.
All who contemplate taking up work
in the Night school are urged to
begin the term’s work as soon as
possible. The new term will cover
a' period of six weeks and one day,
being the remainder of the original
term of sixteen weeks.
W. A. Ryan left for Fairbanks
this morning with Charles Smith's
dog team. He will remain in the
I upper town a few days.
NENANA IS BURNING
LIGNITE COAL TODAY
The very first shipment of lig
nite coal to be hauled to town, for
domestic purposes, arrived in town
Saturday night. It consisted of a
carload of about twenty tons and
comes from Billy Lynn’s coal mine,
situated about 29 miles south of
town, near camp 385. The coal is
sent by Mr. Lynn for distribution
in the various business houses and
other places in town, and he is
making no charge. Those who are
getting the coal will only have to
pay the charges for freight and
hauling.
The Alaskan Engineering com
mission has decided to assess the
nominal charge of one dollar per
ton for the haul from the mine to
Nenana, and this charge plus the
charge for the hauling from the car
to wherever it is to be used will be
all that the coal will cost Nenana
ites who may be lucky enough to
get any of it.
For the convenience of the towns
people, the car of coal was placed
at the end of the line near the
A. Y. N. Co.’s office, and will be
distributed in small but sufficient
quantity to enable Nenanaites tu
judge its heating and burning quali
ties.
The carload is consigned to M. J
Cooney, who has been requested by
Lynn to see that it is properly dis
tributed among all the business
people in Nenana, and the entire
shipment of approximately twenty
tons of coal has been very fairly
distributed.
The hauling of the coal from the
car to the different places around
town commenced early this morning
and continued all day. The quan
tities distributed and the places to
which it was sent being as follows:
In nearly all the stoves in Ne
nana today, lignite coal is being
burned for the first time, and most
of those who are using this new
fuel are keeping track of the quan
tities used and the results obtained
thereby.
Since the 14th of November, coal
from the Lynn mine has been in use
in the heating plant near the en
gine house and machine shop, and
in the power plant of the A. E. C.;
and, although at first, the results
obtained by the use of the fuel
were not as satisfactory as expected,
the results more recently obtained
show that the coal makes a very
satisfactory fuel for the purposes
for which it is used. The strata
of surface coal, which practically
composed the first shipments to
town, has now been passed and the
miners penetrating beyond, have
reached a body of coal far superior
to the surface variety.
The surface coal, besides having
a large percentage of water, also
contained many impurities, which
necessitated a frequent cleaning of
the fires, Superintendent Packer stat
ing that at first it was necessary
to clean the fires every two hours.
The improvement in the quality
of the coal for the past three weeks
has been so great that now the
fires need cleaning only once during
a shift of eight hours, and Mr.
Packer (thinks that, if anything, the
quality of the coal will continue
to show an improvement as the
miners reach deeper, to where the
I earth’s pressure is greater,
j All true Xenanaites will hail with
delight the advent of this fuel in
our town for domestic purposes, as
i it means a big thing for Xenana,
for Fairbanks and for Interior
Alaska This first trial shipment
is but the harbinger of more to fol
low and it will not be so very long
before coal, as a cheap and very
effective fuel, will be available in
large quantities to meet the needs
of everybody.
The only thing that is holding
back the coming of this fuel to
! town in sufficient quantities for
domestic use, is the fact that the
production of the Lynn mine, at
present, is only just a little more
than will meet the demands of the
Alaskan Engineering commission,
with which he has contracted for
a large supply. Lynn’s is the only
working mine at the present time
from which the A. E. C. can draw
• the large supplies of fuel they daliy
need, without depleting the nearby
forests; and until such time as the
i steel has reached far enough for a
■supply of coal to be obtained from
the Burns mine near Lignite, the
I chances of being able to procure
■ a steady supply for domestic pur
! poses, are not very bright.
; In a few weeks more trains will
be running to the mine near Lig
! nite and then Nenanaites may ex
| pect to be able to obtain all the
! coal they want.
i The creation of a local demand
j for this fuel will, in a great meas
| ure, determine the action to be
! taken by the coal miners; and
! within the next few days the suita
: bility of the coal as a domestic fuel
! will dictate the course of action
! to be pursued by the householders
and business men of Nenana. From
j statements made by those who have
had actual experience with this coal,
: it would appear that in qualities of
j combustion and heating units, it is
! bound to make a very satsfactory
j and cheap fuel for domestic pur
poses.
The price of the fuel delivered
: at Nenana will, it is stated, be so
i very much cheaper than wood that
this fact, coupled with its heating
. qualities, will soon establish the coal
in general use in the district just
| as soon as it can be readily obtained
| in large quantities, and wood as a
fuel will be used thenceforth only in
1 limited quantities.
| In a short time more, Lynn will
have fully complied with the terms
| of his contract with the Alaskan
Engineering commission and will
[then be in a position to supply the
j local demand. In the meantime, the
j citizens of Nenana will have gleaned
[some little experience in the use of
|the coal and will have a very good
idea of its value as a household fuel.
The benefits to accrue from a
‘general use of the coal, while be
ing very great for Nenana and this
district, will also in a very large
measure affect Fairbanks and the
other Interior mining camps. Min
ing activities that had to be aband
oned temporarily owing to the pro
hibitive cost of the fuel necessary
for the proper working of them,
will spring up again and thrive,
bringing prosperity to the camps
in which development has been
greatly retarded.
The economic value of the coal
to the people of Interior Alaska
will be enormous and the near
realization of the promise of coal in
abundance for fuel, which the com
pletion of the railroad means, will
give a new lease of life to the min-'
ing industry in Interior Alaska and
make possible the speedy develop
ment of the various mineral re
sources of the country.
The general use of coal in almost
every house in Nenana today marks
an epoch in the history of the camp
and the results obtained by its use
will be watched with a great deal
of interest. The Nenana News will
be glad to hear from those who
have been able to obtain a supply
from the trial shipment, just what
the results obtained were and how
i the coal, as a fuel, compares with
I wood.
TAFT APPROVES
Former President Say* That Wilson
Has More Influence With
People Than Rulers.
Associated Press
NEW YORK.—Former President
William H. Taft, speaking before
a large gathering here today, said
that he entirely approved of Presi
dent Wilson’s .European trip and
of his plans for the formation of
a league of nations.
Taft also said that our president
had more influence with the English
common people and the people of
the other Allies than their own1
princes had ,and attributed this to
President Wilson’s statement of the!
principles for which America enter- j
ed the war.
Associated Press
PRAGUE.—It is reported that the,
Entente Allies have decided to give j
to the newly formed country known
as Czecho-SIovalia the former Ger-!
man colony of Togoland, in West
Africa.
They also, the reoprt says, will
be given a portion of Hungary, so
that the boundaries of the new na
tion will conform with the historical
frontier of Slavic territory.
mnInemik
10 BE DEP0RIE0
Congress Wil Probably Be Asked
to Take Action to Deport
Interned Aliens.
(Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C.—It is offi
cially reported that the department
of justice will recommend to Con
gress the deportation of all alien
enemies who have been interned
during the progress of the war.
--
Townsite Manager H. B. Joseph j
is back in his office again after a;
brief trip to Fiarbanks. i
WILSON SPEAKS
10IHE PEOPLE
Address Is Delivered In Big English
Manufacturing City to a
Large Audience.
(Associated I*:ess>
MANCHESTER.—President Wil
son, who is paying a brief visit to
Manchester, arrived yesterday and
was received very cordially by the
townspeople. The lord mayor of
Manchester, who is a self-made man,
received the President personally
and escorted him to his house, where
he will be quartered during his stay
in the city.
The President had early family
dinner with the mayor and his
family and retired to rest early.
The trip had been a great physical
strain on the President.
This morning the President ad
dressed a large gathering of the
people of Manchester. He said that
America is not interested in Euro
pean politics but that she was vitally
interested in a partnership of right
between America and Europe, and
not merely in Europe's peace, but
in a world’s peace.
America, he said, will not join
in a combination of powers which
is not a combination of all the
Allied powers.
GERMANS OBJECT
TO VST OF OLD
POLISH PIANIST
Associated Press
BERLIN-—The German govern
ment formally objects to the demon
strative entry of Posen by the
Polish pianist, Paderewski.
In announcing the objection, the
statement is made that safe con
duct was granted Paderswski only
from Danzig to the Polish border.
YANK TRANSPORT
GOES AGROOND
Homeward Bound Liner With U. S.
Troops Aboard Grounds In Bay
of Biscay; Troops Land
(Associated Press)
LONDON.—It was reported to
day that the American transport
Tenadores, with troops on board
bound for New York from Brest,
France, grounded badly in the Bay
of Biscay today.
The accident was reported to
have occurred close to land, and
to lighten ship and assist salvage
operations, the troops and crew
were landed.
J. Russel Walle, head book
keeper of the store department of
the A. E. C., who had been in
Fairbanks on a business visit, was
released from quarantine and same
into town yesterday.