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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press
NENANA, ALSAKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1918.
WHOLE NUMBER 209
CONGRESS TOLD OF NORTHERN NEEDS
FORMER GERMAN MINISTER DEFENDS THE KAISER
AERIAL MAIL SERVICE WILL BE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY
AERIAL SERVICE
IS COMING SOON
IHRUOOT STATES
(Associated Press)
SAN DlfcGO, Cal.—The war de
partment is making extensive pre
parations for the introduction of
an air mail service throughout the
United States, and with this object
in view, is conducting experiments
to determine the best routes and the
feasibility of establishing a service
as soon as possible.
The first flight under the army
scheme was from Sacramento to
Seattle and was successfully ac
complished. Army airmen are now
mapping an air route from San Diego
to El Paso, Texas.
The next expedition to be under
taken by army airmen will be from
a town in Wyoming to one in Ne
vada.
AGAINST KAISER
(Associated Press)
PARIS.—A recently formed or
ganization named The Little Mothers,
has begun legal action against the
former kaiser.
The charge is made that German
soldiers under the command of the
kaiser, carried away minor girls in
1914 and submitted them to odious
treatment. These girls of tender
age were forced into contact with
notorious women, the charge states.
UTAH CANNING SEASON
WAS PROSPEROUS ONE
SALT LAKE CITY.—The canning
season recently ended, has been a
banner one in Utah, according to
Walter M. Boyden, state dairy and
food ocmmissioner, who says the sea
son has been so good that already
several additional canneries are plan
ned for next year’s pack. A banner
crop and pack of tomatoes is re
corded, according to Boyden, despite
a shortage of help which is said
to have necessitated the “dumping” ]
of several carloads.
Canneries in different parts of
the state already have made plans
for additions and for expansion in
their canning products, while sev
eral firms have arranged for erec
tion of new plants.
EXCESSES OF WEALTH
CAUSE OF RICE RIOTS
TOKIO. — Extravagance of the
richer Japanese people as well as
the abnormal price o rice are offi
cially declared to have been the
causes of the recent rice riots in
Kobe and elsewhere in Japan. “These
extravagances aroused the anger of
the element of the public which
seized upon the price of rice as an
opportunity to vent their indigna
tion,” says an official report of the
ministry of the interior.
Because of the war Scotland has
been cutting down a great many
trees to supply its own needs. Much
of the land thus cleared will eventu
ally be used or agriculture.
BRITISH BELIEF
IN SEA FREEDOM
IS EXPOUNDED
(Associated Press)
LONDON.—The London Times,
in a lengthy article expounding the
British view of the freedom of the
seas, which was the causus belli for
America’s entrance into the great
struggle, says that England is pre
pared, as she has done heretofore,
to patrol the seas with her naval
force, and ensure their freedom as
in times of peace, before the out
break of hostilities with the Central
Powers.
i It states that England, in the past,
has been keeping the seas free from
crime and has allowed foreign ves
sels to enter the English coastwise
trade, and that England is now ready
as far as compatible with her safety,
to promote a practical scheme for
the formation of a league of nations,
such as suggested by President Wil
son.
FORMER KAISER
HINTS OF ACTS
TO AVERT CLASH
—
(Associated Presst
LONDON.—-A despatch received
from Amsterdam indicates that the
former kaiser announced that he
intends to say nothing with regard
to the efforts made by him to pre
vent the outbreak of the war.
He is reported to have said that
he will reserve his statement for the
trial if he is made defendant in a
case before an international tribunal.
Pour men who had recently ar
river from the Koyukuk country to
enter the army and who reached
Fort Gibbon on the day the armis
tice was signed, came on up river
and were engag'd in cutting ties
for the railroad near Dunbars.
They got through recently and on
their way to Nenana reached quar
antine camp yesterday, where they
will be held for five days. They
are Chris Nikoff, Rod Nikoff, Victor
Nack and Ernest Seborg.
FORMER ROYAL PALACE
IS SOLD FOR A SONG;
HONOLULU—Once a royal palace;
the favorite residence of King Kala-1
kaua, the historic old bungalow on |
the capital grounds here, was sold j
to a Japanese at public auction re-j
cently for $850. The building will
be wrecked for the material it con-1
tains.
With the lions, tigers and other
members of the cat tribe, the night
finds them at their liveliest, and.
they sleep most between the midday'
meal and rapper time. I
ALASKA ESTIMATES
FOR IMPROVEMENTS
SEATTLE.—The special corres
pondent of the Seattle P.-l. at Wash
ington, L>. C., in a despatch to his
paper says that the amount of funds
to meet the increases in expenditures
by all of the executive departments
connected with Alaska, with the ex
ception of the railway and forestry
departments, is forecasted by the
estimates submitted to Congress.
The various appropriation bills to
be subimtted for passage later and
which will be based on the estimates
indicate that the lighthouse service
wants an appropriation of seventy
five thousand dollars for the pur
pose of installing twenty-three acety
lene lights and five buoys as aids to
navigation and to prevent shipwreck
and disaster as much as possible.
The lighthouse service also wants
an appropriation of one hundred
.and forty-five thousand dollars to
build Cape Spencer light. Cape
Spencer is at the north entrance
to Cross Sound, which leads to Ly:,/.
Canal via the Icy Straits, and owing
to the lack of proper aids to naviga
tion is considered a dangerous place
to navigate by marines plying in
Northern waters. Three steamers
were wrecked and three stranded
just inside the Cross Sound which
might have been prevented had there
been a light on Cape Specner.
Seventy thousand dollars are asked
for general repairs to the stations
and lighthouses now existing.
The Coast Survey has requested
an appropriation of eight hundred
and forty thousand dollars to be in
vested in new boats for the purpose
of carrying on and extending the
survey of the coast and the com
pletion of the charts of the coast.
The Department of Agriculture has
i asked for seventy-five thousand
! dollars for the experimental sta
j tions already established in the coun
j try. The department also plans for
[the establishment of a stock experi
ment station on Kodiak Island, where
the breeding of stock will be tried
Some stock had been placed on the
island some time ago, but as a re
sult of the eruption of the Katmai
volcano, with the complete destruc
| tion of all vegetation on the island,
the department of agriculture was
compelled to remove them elsewhere.
Conditions on the island are now
said to be ideal for stock raising.
The Bureau of Fisheries wants one
hundred and twenty-five thousand
I dollars to be used to further the
measures taken for the protection of
the seal.
An appropriation of one hundred
and eleven thousand dollars is asked
for the care of the insane of Alaska.
Governor Higgs has requested an
appropriation of fourteen thousand
dollars to rent executive offices, to
finish the furnishing of the third
floor of the executive mansion and
for contingent expenses.
It is thought that, in view of the
great disaster when the Princess
Sophia was lost with all on board,
it will not he a difficult matter to
convince Congress of the great
urgency and the crying need exist
ing for the completion of coast sur
veys and the establishing of ade
quate aids to navigation in lights
and buoys, for which estimates have
been made and appropriations will
be requested.
AUSTRIANS HAVE
FAITH IN| [WILSON
(Associated Press)
VIENNA.—Former Austrian For
eign Minister Czernin, in discussing
the coming peace conference, ex
pressed his faith in President Wilson
and in his abilty to arrange for a
durable peace on broad principles.
He said that General Ludendorff
stood between the Teutons and peace
and that on several occasions when
the German emperor and the Ger
man people wanted peace, he ques
tioned “how peace could be got
with England declaring that the
Central Powers must be destroyed.”
President Wilson, he said, was
the only head of the Allied nations
who did not appear to intend to
crush Germany.
VINEYARDISTS WILL
MANUFACTURE SYRUP
REDLANDS, Cal. — Vineyardists
and winery owners of this vicinity
are laying plans to convert vineyard
products into grape syrup. Machin
ery is rapidly being installed in win
eries at Guasti, Cucamonga and
Rochester, near here, to manufac
ture this syrup, which is said to be
an ideal substitute for sugar.
Manana—Tha Gateway to KoXtalay
Rational Vark.
A telephone message from the
News’ correspondent at Fairbanks
contains the news that two Indians
from Nenana, on their way to Fair
banks, reached Chena yesterday and
were promptly placed in quarantine.
Fairbanks has not established quar
antine against Nenana, but has fol
lowed suit in the matter of quar
antine against Indians from any part
of Alaska. The two men, it is
stated, will be held in quarantine
for twelve days.
The quarantine station at Chena
is in charge of H. O. Beldon, and a
sharp watch is kept for migrating
Indians.
OLDTIME WELTERWEIGHT
DISCOVERED IN POVERTY!
ST. PAUL. -Danny Needham, fa-]
mous welterweight boxer in the early
’90’s, thought dead for several years,
is in St. Paul and is being cared
for by friends. Without funds, his
mentality seems doubtful. In Min
neapolis on Feb. 1892, he fought
Tommy Ryan for 76 rounds and
finally was knocked out. He went
100 rounds with Patsy Kerrigan in
San Francisco, and his share of the
purse was what now would be con
sidered a pittance.
(Associated Press)
NEW YORK.—Wounded Ameri
can troops, arriving home on the
transport Kroontand, seemed to for
get their injuries temporarily and
joined in the great reception giver
them by the people of New York.
A large patrol boat, with the New
York police hand on board, went
out to meet the Kroonland, whose
near approach was flashed by wire
less. On meeting the vessel the
band struck up the tunes “Keep the
Home Fires Burning" and “Home
Sweet Home”, to the accompaniment
of cheers from the wounded men
on board.
In the ecstacy and joy of the
moment, their bodily pains were
forgotten, and caps, crutches and
canes were thrown in the air, while
the soldiers danced and cheered.
Nearly four thousand soldiers art
on board the Kroonland, and it if
expected that they will disembark
today.
AIRPLANE PAGE
PREDICTS CUES
III Ml TIME
LONDON.—“America will be
come within reach of England in a
day and a half and the time will
come when an Englishman in Xe«v
York will see his London paper the
morning after its publication,” said
Handley Page, the airplane eon
structor, recently.
He prophesied that following the
restoration of peace it would be
possible to begin an air service be
tween Marseilles and London with
a single stop at Paris for an over
haul and in taking gasoline. Mr.
Page continued:
“Constantinople could be reached
in twenty hours, Rome in twelve
and a half hours, and Marseilles in
eight”, he said.
“An 800 mile service could be
run at a profit, both for mails and
passengers, at a rate but little in
excess of that at present in force.
“I base my calculations on the
use of a medium-sized machine, mak
ing non-stop flights of 400 miles.
Each would carry 4,400 pounds of
revenue-earning load. There would
be first elas aerodromes at each
end of the route, and another in the
middle. Second-class aerodromes
would be provided every 100 miles.
“A minimum service of six ma
chines each way per day could be
provided for a capital of under
£500,000. The annual cost would
be under i'600,000.
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Associated Press
PARIS. — The Murat Mansion,
which has been for some time past
in the hands of skilled workmen and
decorators, is now ready for occu
pancy.
It has been set apart for the use
of President Wilson and his party
during their stay in Paris.
A large bust of Nanoleon has been
placed behind the desk which will
be used by President iWlson, and
there arc also several panel pictures
of the great French emperor. There
is something in every room of the
mansion which will be a constant
j reminder of Napoleon.
Many priceless works of art which
! were removed from the mansion dur
j ing the bombardment of Paris, have
i now been returned and have been
j restored to the places they formally
’ occupied in the building.
I Associated Proas)
i NEW YORK.—The National base
i ball league sent the American league
| several telegrams recently, urging
, on a joint conference for the dis
j cussion of the many problems con
i fronting the game with the coming
of peace and its unrestricted re
| sumption.
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS
FOR CHRISTMAS PARCELS
I Postmaster R. S. McDonald has
■ made arrnagements with Postmaster
Deal, of Fairbanks, for the handling
! of packages containing Christmas
j presents which may now be sent at
I any time, delivery of them to the
i addressee being assured on Christ -
I mas Day or any other day desired.
Parcels intended for delivery dur
ing the festive season should be
plainly marked so that it w'l be held
at the postoffice in Fairbanke until
the desired day for delivery. Par
cels from Fairbanks, if properly
marked, will be similarly handled
at the Nenana postofice.
Mr. McDonald made this arrange
ment on account of the quarantine
and in view of the fact that the
mail service between Nenana and
Fairbanks is rather irregular ut the
present time.
I_
CHAMBERS MAY MEET
AT HONOLULU IN 1920
HONOLULU.—Alexander Hume
Ford, founder of the Pan-Pacific
Union, hus been notified that the
Pacific International Chamber of
Commerce, recently organized on the
Pacific coast, has accepted the in
vitation of the Pan-Pacific Union in
an invitation to all the chambers of
commerce of the Pacific to meet in
Honolulu in 1920.
In some parts of northern Arabia
the hills are so well stocked with
bees that no sooner are hives placed
than they are occupied.