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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1918
WHOLE NUMBER 202
v WILHELM MAKES FORMAL ABDICATION
LLOYD GEORGE SAYS HUNS MUST PAY IN FULL
mil £ GOVERNMENT ORDERS MOBILIZATION OF ARMY
' GOVERNOR RIGGS
IS ENROUTE IQ
WASHINGTON D.C.
A
Governor of Alaska Makes Trip to
Washington On Special Mission
Now Nearing Seattle.
SEATTLE—A cable from Juneau
says that Governor Riggs is on board
the. steamer Spokane, which is south
bound, and is expected to arrive
in port on Sunday or Monday.
Governor Riggs is believed to be
on his way to Washington, D. C.,
_ on a special mission, the nature of
which has not been disclosed. This
is the first time the governor has
been Outside since taking office.
POSTAL GAIK
10 BE REPEALED
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The Sen
i. ate Finance committee has approved
of the measure for the repeal of the
law creating increased first class
postage rates to meet some of war’s
demands.
After next July, letters will again
be carried all over the United States
at the old two-cent rate.
■ MAIL DUE HERE
TOMORROW NIGHT
Advices received from Fairbanks
indicate that Roy Lund left there
with the mails for Nenana this
morninv and expects to make the
Ohio roadhouse tonight, in which
case he may be expected at quaran
tine camp No. 1 sometime tomorrow
night.
Registered mail for Fairbanks
and the Outside closed at the local
postoffice at 5 o’clock this evening,
and the ordinary mails will be closed
for despatch at 3 o’clock tomorrow
afternoon.
Shortly before the News went to
to press this evening, a fire alarm
was sounded, which was instantly
responded to.
A chimney fire at the Commission
hospital was the cause of the alarm.
The fire was uickly put out and
absolutely no damage was done.
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PRESIDENT MAY
GET NOBEL PRIZE
Yearly Peace Prize May Be Awarded
to Our President This Time
For 1918.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A des
patch from Christiania, Norway, re
ceived by the state department to
day states that the Nobel Peace
' Prize for 1918 may be awarded to
j President Wilson.
The despatch adds further that
Denmark, Sweden and Norway may
invite President Wilson to come
North to accept the prize.
BRITISH THREAT
VERY EFFECTIVE
; British Threaten to Start Fighting
Unless Germans Remedy the
Condition of Prisoners.
AMSTERDAM.—A Berlin des
patch received in this city this morn
ing: states that everything possible
is being done to insure the orderly
return of Allied prisoners who had
been held by the Germans, to the
Allied lines.
The deplorable condition of some
of the prisoners reaching the Allied
lines called forth a sharp protest
and the British threatened that hos
tilities will be resumed unless the
conditions under which the Allied
prisoners are arriving n Ailed camps
be remedied immediately.
The Germans are now attending
to this matter to the satisfaction
of the Allies.
PIONEERS MEET
MONDAY NIGHT
Nenana Igloo No. 17, Pioneers of
Alaska will hold their regular month
ly meeting at the Nenana Labor
Union Hall at 8 o’clock sharp on
Monday night, December 2.
Nominations of officers to be
elected for carrying on the work of
the order for the ensuing year will
take place at the meeting, and a
large class of new members will be
initiated and admitted to the order.
All members of the igloo are urged
to be in attendance.
A social session will be held after
the regular business is transacted.
Member of other igloos are always
welcome.
Dr. E. M. Spaulding, formerly of
Fairbanks, later of Iditarod and still
more recently of Wasilla, has left
the last named town for Seldovia,
where the services of a physician
are reported to _be very much in
demand.
The big government dredge which
has been engaged in digging a har
bor at Anchorage, ceased operations
for the season on October 28. The
work is to be resumed in the early
spring, after the breakup.
The Anchorage Labor Temple has
been turned into a roller skating
rink.
NAVAL OFFICER
OBFAK KAISERS
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Admiral j
von Hintze, who was formerly road ^
of th eGerman navy, obtained the;
formal abdication proclamation of
the German throne from former
Kaiser Wilhelm of Prussia.
clubIming
OR! 10 MAKE
NENANA KNOWN
The Nenana Commercial club has
fired the first shot in what promises
to develop into a thorough adver
tising campaign to put the advant
ages of Nenana and the resources
of the Nenana district properly be
fore the people of the Outtside. At
the regular weekly meeting of the
club, held in the Union building
last night, it was decided to issue
i a call for the submission of terse
I epigrams, descriptive of the town
or district, to be used in connection
with the preparation of folders for
general distribution through the
mails. The best epigram will win
a prize of five dollars and the next
choice, a prize of three dollars. The
details of the contest are now being
i gotten in shape by Secretary Joseph
and will be made known at an early
date.
It is also the intention of the
club to arrange another one of
those enjoyable get-together smok
ers. A committee consisting of Dr.
J. R. Bowen, R. I. Waechter, William
Julian and Martin Nash was appoint
ed to make all preliminary arrange
iments, and this committee will re
port at the next meeting and re
ceive definite instructions. It was
thought by those present last night
that the smoker should be held on
December 15, but the final decision
regarding date and other details was
reserved until the next meeting.
A slight change in the rule gov
erning initiations was voted by the
members, it being the opinion of
those present that any business con
cern holding a single membership
should have the privilege of taking
| out additional memberships for
| members of the firm without pay
I ment of the usual initiation fee.
I There is no modification of the rule
Igovernng dues, however.
The Commercial club now has a
membership of sixty and additional
names are being handed to the sec
; retary at frequent intervals, an evi
i dence that the people of Nenana ap
! preciate the importance of giving
! their support to the club and are
i fully in accord with the movement
j that has been started to insure the
j permanence of the town and the
speedy development of the resources
of the districts nearby.
Edward J. Williams »came into
town from camp 16 last night on a
brief visit. He expects to get back
! to his station on tomorrow morn
ling’s train.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—President
Wilson has intimated that he will
deliver his address to the new Con
gress, which will be convened on
Monday, on the opening day.
It had hitherto been customary
for presidents of the United States
to address Congress on the second
day of the session.
IN DISTANT C1P
Camp 373 is a quiet place hese day;
and until the steel arrives at the
river bank and the work of repair
ing: the big bridge which will carry
the road across the Nenana river
at this point has been commenced,
there will not be very much doing.
Piledriver No. 2, which is now
utilized for driving the bridges
ahead of the steel is expected at
the crosing shortly and when it ar
rives camp 373 will be a busy
place. Shortly after the ice went
out last spring, it was found that
three of the piers of the bridge had
been carried away; as well as three
bents of the trestle approach on
each side of the river. The work
cf replacing the piers and bents will
be taken in hand and rushed to com
pletion just as soon as the piledriver
; reaches the crossing and as soon
after steel reaches as possible, it is
expected that the trusses will be
placed in position and the bridge
completed.
A sharp lookout is being kept to
prevent anyone getting through
from the coast over the Broad Pass
trail. The only visitor in many days
was R. M. Copeland, who is pros
pecting in the neighborhood of the
Nenana canyon. ,
43-MILE ROADHOUSE IS
NOW OPEN FOR MUSHERS
The 43-mile roadhouse, which is
situated on the south bank of the
Nenana river, just across from camp
373, has been reopened by Levine
brothers and is now ready to cater
to the wants of travelers.
The roadhouse was formerly run
by John Gilbert and Ole Boen, the
former selling out to the latter
about six month ago.
Ole Boen volunteered his services
and left Nenana with the last draft
just before the close of navigation,
and the roadhouse was closed with
his departure. Levine brothers
opened it a few days ago, but as
they do not expect any travel while
the quarantine rules are effective,
they have not put in much of a
stock of grub, but parties going out
for a day or so when steel reaches
will find comfortable quarters there.
Frank Frazier and Micky Shea,
who are enroute to the States via
the Broad Pass trail, passed through
\ 43-mile camp on Thanksgiving Eve.
Micky, who was mushing, was slighly
1 ahead of Frazier, who was traveling
[by dog team.
1000 SOLDIERS
RELEASED DAILY
__
Demobilization and Release of the ,
Soldiers in the States Going
On At Rapid Rate.
—
WASHINGTON, D. C. — It is ex
pected that soldiers will be released
to return to civil life from he can
tonments and other camps in the
United States at the rate of about
one thousand daily.
The work is reported to be 1 ro
cceding smoothly and most f <he
men released have been f irici in-_; r.o!
difficulty in returning to their for
mer jobs in the shops, factories and
offices. Many of the men have
been government employees and
they are adequately taken caic of.
Former German Ruler Is Reported
to Have Formaly Signed Decree
of Abdication.
AMSTERDAM.—A despatch from
Berlin received in this city today
indicates that the former German
kaiser yesterday signed his abdica
tion decree.
After having signed the decree,
the former kaiser is reported to
have expressed the hope that the
new regent of Germany will be able
to protect the German people against
anarchy, starvation and foreign
supremacy.
The use of the word “regent'' hv
the former kaiser in his talk after
the signing of the abdication decree
is believed to be possibly significant.
BRIDffil 17 B
ALMOST FDD
Reports received last night from
out the line indicate that there is
one more bent remaining to be
driven to complete bridge 17, and
it is expected that this work will
be finished and the bridge com
pleted tomorrow.
The steel gang will probably re
sume tracklaying tomorrow after
noon and rush the work until the
next bridge is reached. This bridge
and the two succeeding bridges
which are very short ones, will be
driven by the track-driver and it is
expected that by the time the rails
clear bridge 20, the rest of the
bridges between it and the Xenana
Crossing will have been completed
by the piledriver sent ahead.
Tom Blakey’s men of the steel
gang are at present picking up
material, such as ties, etc., scattered
along the line and are loading them
on to the cars while some of the
men are engaged in assisting the
surfacing gang fix up the roadbed
and will so continue until track
laying is again resumed.
If the weather does not seriously
interfere with railroad work, a trip
to the Nenana Crossing during the
Christmas holidays is assured.
ENGLAND BITTER
10 INVESTIGATE
CAUSE OF WAR
British Premier Lays Down the Law
As to What Germany Should
Do In Atonement.
NEW CASTLE.—British Premier
Lloyd George, in a speech made in
this city today, said that Germany
must pay the cost of the war to
the limit of her capacity and make
good all of the losses sustained by
the Allies.
The submarine pirates, he said,
must be punished, and whoever de
vastated another country’s lands
ought to be held responsible for
the damage done.
Concluding his speech, the pre
mier said that England intends to
investigate the cause of the war
and that she will carry her investi
gations to a final reckoning.
YANK ENGINEERS
ENTER PRUSSIA
LUXEMBURG— American engin
eers crosscti the frontier bridges
between Luxemburg and Rhenish
Prussia today.
American troops now guard the
Luxemburg ends c f the bridges at.
the frontier.
GMNGWiM
ALMOST BED
There is not much grading work
left for completion on the railroad
beyond the Grossing and there are
only two grading contractors still
working in the neighborhood of Lig
nite. These are Alick Kalisoff &
Co., and Chernaeff & Co., and they
expect to complete and come into
town for settlement in a few days.
On the north side of the river
and close to camp 373, Radovich &
Co. are still' working. This con
tract will also be completed soon.
George Palmer, who had recently
completed a section of the grade on
the railroad near Lignite, is now
doing some grading work on force
account. He will also be through
in a few days.
TROUT PLANTING SHOWS
ALASKAN POSSIBILITIES
JUNEAU.—Planting of fish in the
barren lakes of Alaska can be suc
cessfully carried out, according to
results of recent experiments.
On June 11, 1917, several thous
and Colorado brook trout were
planted in Salmon creek dam near
Juneau. Recent visitors have found
great schools of these trout which
have grown from one to seven
inches. Many other streams in this
vicinity have been similarly stocked,
and with Alaska fish and game clubs
becoming interested in the work, it
is believed by sportsmen that the
day is not far distant when Alaska
wdll offer as good trout fishing as
any other part of the western
country.