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VOLUME ONE
NENANA, ALASKA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1918.
WHOE NUMBER 206
< ALLIED TROOPS MAY OCCUPY BERLIN
“FLU” CLAIMS MANY VICTIMS AMONG SAMOANS
ALUYS LOST DYER FIFTY MILLION TONS DURING WAR
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* BREST PREPARES
GREAT RECEPTION
FOR PEACE PARTY
^ Paris City Dads Assist Preparations
At Brest for the Reception
of President Wilson.
(Associated Press)
LONDON.—The Paris city coun- 1
cil have gone to Brest, at which '
point it is expected that the Presi- 1
dent and party of American peace
delegates will land.
That portion of the harbor of
Brest where the American troops
first disembarked, has been oppor
tioned for the docking of the George
Washington, and a huge triumphal
arch, with a reproduction of the
Statue of Libery, is to be erected
near the point of disembarkation.
Across the streets of Brest ban
ners are to be hung bearing the in
scription, “Homage to Champion of
Liberty, Long Live Apostle of In
ternational Justice.”
The city council of Paris is co
operating with that of Brest, and
a reception on a most magnificent
scale is being prepared for the i
American party.
PTARMIGAN SEEN
IN LEE NUMBER
ON ARCTIC SLOPES
A recent arrival from the Koyu
kuk country brings the news that a
Kobuk Indian known as Nigger Billy,
returned to Betties about the end
of September with over a thousand
dollars worth of fur, most of which
was composed of the skins of white
foxes.
He reported that the country ad
jacent to the Arctic coast was liter
ally alive with ptarmigan and rab-'
bits, and consequently fox and lynx
were also very plentiful. The
trader at Point Barrow is reported
to have made a shipment of fur
recently valued at approximately
fifteen thousand dollars; most of
the skins in this shipment were
of white fox.
Jack Smith, the Betties trader,
with a native helper and an outfit,
left for the Arctic on a trading trip
and hopes to be able to bring back
many valuable furs.
MEXICAN LABORERS
LOOK LIKE ACTORS
EL PASO.—Mexican laborers
passing through Eastern cities en
route to the big railroad camps are
followed by crowds of curious per
sons who think the Mexicans with
their high hats and bright colored
zerapes or blankets are movie pic
ture actors. Hundreds of laborers
and their families are passing thru
, here monthly for the East, where
they are employed on the railroads
as track workers.
French scientists are develip’ng
a process for the production of
electrolytic iron sheets and tubing
from cast iron.
Venana, Alaska's Interior Fuel De.oot
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’RESIDENT SENDS
)f f icial Business Messages Are:
Received In Washington From
Wilson By Wireless.
(Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Messages
rom President Wilson on board the
ransport George Washington, en
oute to Europe, directing the con
luct of official business, began to
irrive today by wireless.
The President is being closely
posted regarding the trend of pub
ic events and of important official
)usiness transpiring in the capital.
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MAN! EMPLOYES
OE DUPONT CD.
Accidental Explosion At Dupont
Cap Works Is Fatal to Many
and Many Are Injured.
(Associated Press)
POMPTON LAKES, N. J.—Four
explosions occurred in rapid suc
cesion today at the building: set
apart for the assembling of de
tonators, at the Dupont Cap works
near this city.
Thirteen of the workers were
killed and over score of others were
injured as a result of the explosions.
The building in which the explosions
occured was entirely destroyed.
It is believed that the explosion
were accidental.
WAR DEPARTMENT
10 ABOLISH ALL
PUNISHMENT
(Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The prac
tice of tying military prisoners t<
the bars of their cells and all othei
methods of severe corporeal punish
ment is to be abolished immediatelj
by the war department.
Secretary of War Baker said tha
the efficency of such punishment ii
questionable’ and did not think tha
it had resulted in any good.
COMMERCIAL CLUB WILL
WILL MEET TONIGH1
The regular meeting of the Ne
nana Commercial club will be heli
at 8 o’clock tonight in the Nenani
Labor Union Hall, in the room nex
to the library downstairs.
The welfare of Nenana and mean
for the development of the resource
of this district will be discussed am
suggestions for the betterment o
conditions will be welcomed. A1
members are urged to be in attend
ance to take part in' the discussion
Adjustable pontoons intended t
make any small boat unsinkabl
have been patented in England b
an Australian.
EPIDEMIC PLAYS
Spanuh Influenza Takes Heavy Toll
of the Islanders; Australia
Sends Help.
(Associated Press)
LONDON.—Despatches received
today from Melbourne, Australia,
says that the epidemic of Spanish
influenza has played sad havoc in
the Samoan group and that siv
thousand of the inhabitants of these
islands have died of the disease.
Australia despatched a staff ef
medical men and nurses to the relief
of the Samoans as soon as the offi
cials learned of the state of affairs.
| YANKS SULLENLY
Population of Occupied German
Territory Not Enthused At
Coining of Yanks.
(.Associated Press)
With the American Army of Oc
icupation.—Studied indifference now
characterizes the attitude of th»
German population toward the Amer
ican troops, in all of the towns ant
settlements on the line of marcl
towards the Rhine.
Scores of villages have been
brought under American domination
the local authorities being retainet
in every case.
General Pershing has issued «
proclamation calling upon the peopl,
to return to their normal posts ant
occupations, and intimating tha
there will be no interference witl
the people provided they keep goot
order.
BUSINESSMEN TO
GO TO EUROPE TO
AID CONFERENCE
(Associate*! Press)
ATLANTIC CITY. — Organize
. businessmen of America, throug'
the reconstruction congress of th
war service committees, have de
cided to send a commission to Eu
rope to study conditions.
■ This commission will be availabl
to the American peace delegates i
- they need assistance in working ou
1 economic problems.
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) An English inventor’s automobi
i tool box contains a trap that
j fitted to hold the tools most wanta
in separate compartments.
CERMAN DIVERS
TOOK BIG TOLL
ALLIED TONNAGE
Enormous Tonnage Is Lost to the
Nations During the War
Which Has Just Ended.
(Associated Press)
LONDON.—It is officially an
nounced that the world’s total loss
in merchant tonnage has reached
fifteen million, fifty-three thousand,
seven hundred and eighty-six gross
tons, from the beginning of the war
to the end of last October.
The bulk of the tonnage so lost
was owned by the British.
ALLIES CONSIDER
BOCHE ATROCITY
i Berlin Learns From Intercepted
Message That Their Capital
Is to Be Occupied.
(Associated Pressi
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 6.—The
Berlin Deutsche Allgemeine Zietung
one of the leading Berlin papers,
says that according to an inter
cepted American wireless message,
the Ameriacns and the Allies are
planning on occupying Berlin tern
porarily and exercising police super
vision.
The contemplated action of the
, Americans and Allies would appear
l to be the result of a recent fracas
at a prison camp near Berlin where
!' the German guards shot three
■ | Frenchmen.
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Recent reports from Europe state
that France’s greatest athlete anc
best known aviator, Maurice Boyau
is missing. The news has caused the
■ greatest sorrow; as Boyau, who wa:
reecntly made an officer of the
. Legion of Honor, with the inscrip
tiom “the bravest pilot and the mo?
complete athlete who makes Frencl
1 aviation illustrious”—was known al
i over France. Starting in the war a:
j a second-class private, Boyau, wh<
- captained the rugby teams agains
- England, Wales, New Zealand, am
Scotland, and who was a great asso
e ciation football player and all roum
f athlete, soon became an aviator am
t lieutenant, gaining twelve war cross'
es, the meilitary medal, the D. S. O.
and the cross of the Kinght of th<
Legion of Honor. Before being mad
an officer in the order he had down
35 Germans before he was himsel
brought dow’n in flames in the Ger
man lines. Boyau was to have beei
presented on a date shortly after hi
disappearance with a diamond am
platinum Legion of Honor cross
bought by a halfpenny subscriptioi
made among the athletes in France
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The six state capitals of Australi
have been connected by wireles
telegraphy.
COASTAL CITIES
REPORT QUAKE
A Short, Sharp Earthquake Was
Felt Along the Coast; No
Damage Reported.
(Associated Press)
VANCOUVER, B. C.-—A violent
earthquake was felt in this city at
about 12:45 this morning; the quake
which was accompanied by a dull
rumbling sound, lasted for two
minutes only.
The shock was of sufficient vio
lence to affect the people occupy
ing tall buildings with a feeling of
nausea.
Although the quake was felt at
such an early hour in the morning,
many people were awakened by the
tumbling furniture and the break
ing of dishes. The shock was also
felt at Seattle and Victoria.
SUBMARINE DRILL
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President Wilson and Wife Go
Through Torpedo Drill On
Board, in Rough Weather
(Associated Press)
j Aboard the George Washington
| President Wilson faced the task that
'all American troops going to France
! faced and turned out when the sig
| nal “Prepare to abandon ship” wa;
I given- and was forced to don a life
! preserver.
| Theoretically, the ship was at
j tacked by a submarines, an alarm
. bell and a buzzer in Wilson’s apart
- ments gave him the signal to pre
! pare to take to the boats, and hav
j ing received previous instructions
| from the ship’s officers, the Presi
i dent left the office, called his wife
land led her to the lifeboat. Or
1 reaching the lifeboat he assisteo
1 his wife to adjust the life preserve)
: and the two of them stood in line
! awaiting further orders.
In the meanwhile all of the res1
I of the passengers, as well as th«
! ship’s company were going througl
I the drill and were in the positions
assigned to them.
i j The drill, which was held in «
[ | steadily roughening sea, was carriet
II out perfectly and the ship coulc
i j have been abandoned in ten minutes
; j At some distance on either bov
I; of the George Washington and wal
■ | lowing in the heavy sea, the con
1 j voying destroyers resembled big sub
I marines awash, lending a touch o
> j realism to the drill held on boar<
, j the big transport.
t Seemingly, President Wilson i
> enjoying the trip immensely.
■ RED CROSS TO MEET
-} TOMORROW AFTERNOOP
i -
5 The usual meeting of the loca
1 Red Cross branch will be held a
>' the Nenana Club rooms tomorrow
, afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
All interested in Red Cross wori
are cordially invited to attend. Th
! sewing of garments for the Belgian
5 will be continued at the meeting.
Henana. Where Balls and Blvere Mee
CONFERENCE WILL
BEGIN IN FRANCE
Conference Which Will Be a Prelude
lo Real Peace Conference
Will Open Soon.
(Associated Press)
PARIS.—An inter-Allied confer
ence will be held here for the pur
pose of dealinp with peace prelimin
aries and will be ettened by the rep
resentatives of all the Allied powers
only.
I This conference is scheduled to
open on December 17 and will come
^ to a close on Junuary loth,
i At the conclusion of this eon
jference the preliminary sessions of
the real peace conference will beuin
| and the plenipotentiaries of the Cen
i tral Powers will be admitted.
LOT OWNERS 10
i
! The townsite manager desires to
invite the attention of lot purchasers
to the following statement:
In all cases where lots are bought
and sold, the quit claim deed should
be recorded.
Where this is not done the records
'of the townsite office arc at fault
and assessment notices are mailed to
'the wrong parties; also, the records
of the land office in Fairbanks are
at fault, and notices of installments
due are liable to follow the former
i owner to the States, resulting in
' delay and confusion.
! Furthermore, failure to record
| may endanger the lagality of the
| transaction, provided some dis
! honest person should sell a lot the
second time. If the first sale is
not recorded, the second sale being
recorded, the second purchaser holds
legal title to the lot.
I The fact that the person who sold
i the lot the second time is liable to
civil and criminal prosecution does
not help the case of the first pur
chaser.
As a matter of plain business
| procedure, all transfers should be
immediately recorded as a matter of
self protection.
HUN iLSHEVHd
;! SIART TROUBLE
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1 Radical Socialist* Cause Serious
Disorders in German Capital;
Riots Progressing.
1 < Associated Press)
LONDON'.—Despatches received
I this morning from Amsterdam state
t that the German Bolsheviki have
■ started trouble and that serious dis
, turbances have been reported to
; have broken out in Berlin.
: j The principal streets of the city
5 ’ are the scenes of much fighting
| and the sound of firing is heard
II continuously.