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DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA. M-A3KA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1918
WHOLE NUMBER 218
.CONGRESS URGED TO ASSIST NATIVES
SENA TOR OBJECTS TO A TT1TUDE OF PRESIDENT
NORTHCI-II-1IE SAYS SECRET DIPLOMACY DAYS GONE
■ LODGE ADVOCATES
POSTPONEMENT OF
Postponement Until After the Peace
Conference of Five of Wilson’s
Principles Is Urged.
‘ Associated Press
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Republi
can Senate Leader Henry Cabot
Lodge of Massachusetts, in a speech
delivered before the Senate today,
declared that five of Wilson's four
teen principles on which the terms
of peace are to be based, might
lead to a split among the Allies,
and thought that the consideration
^ of these five principles should be
postponed until after the peace con
ference.
The five principles referred to by
Senator Lodge as being likely to
cause some trouble, concern secret
doplomacy, freedom of the seas,
economic barriers, reduction of1
armaments and the league of na- j
tior.3.
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ihe senator said that no treaty
can be binding upon America with
out the consent of the Senate to its
terms, and declared that untoward
results could be avoided if the Sen
ate expressed itself frankly before
any treaty is entered into.
Referring to the United States
navy, he said that we no longer
need a navy on the Atlantic coast,
but that we need a powerful fleet
in the Pacific.
In concluding his speech, he said
that President Wilson is committing
a grave error in ignoring the Senate
of the United States.
AIR SERVICE HAS
GREAT DIRECTOR
Commander of the Famous Rainbow
Division Appointed Director
of Air Service.
(Associated Press)
1 WASHINGTON, D. C— Major
General Charles T. Menoher, who
commanded the famous Rainbow
division during the fighting in
France and led them to glory, has
been appointed director of the Air
Service, succeeding John D. Ryan.
FAST RUN~MADE
BY DREADNAUGHT
NEW YORK.—The battleship
Arizona, the first of the American
battleship squadron which saw serv
ice in Europe to return home, ar
rived in port toda\, four days ahead
of the time she was expected.
The Arizona left Brest, France,
on December 14th and was expected
to make port on Christmas day.
KOLAND LEAVES TOMORROW
Roland’s stage with the mail will
leave the Southern hotel at 7 am.
for Fairbanks, taking passengers
and freight.
BOUNCING BABY BOY
FOR MRS. W. T. WHITE
A seven-pound baby boy was
born on the night of the 19th at
the Commission hospital to Mrs. W.
jT. White, the wife of one of the
| employees of the government ex
perimental station at Ester Siding.
Both mother and youngster are re
ported to be doing very well.
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London Paper Says Influenza Is
Five Times Deadlier Than the
G-eat War.
Associated Press
LONDON—The Times, publishing
the figures in connection with the
influenza epidemic, says that six,
million people throughout the world
were killed as a result of contract-'
ing the disease since last September. :
During the four and one-half
years of the war, twenty million
people were killed. The epidemic,
therefore, has proven to be five
times deadlier i\ian the war.
MEN DISCHARGED !
IN LARGE NUMBER
FROM THE ARMY
(Associated Press;
WASHINGTON, D. C.—General
March, chief of staff of the Ameri
can army announced today that one
hundred and eighty thousand men
had been discharged from the army
last week.
The rate at which the men are
being discharged from the army now
is about thirty thousand daily.
Five more transports from France
with American troops arrived today.
Imposing Military Display and
Reception of Great Splendor
Is Being Arranged.
(Associated Press)
LONDON.—The British people
are planning on a reception on a
most magnificent scale to welcome
President Wilson to the British
Isles, and have already taken in
hand the decorations planned as part
j of the pageant.
j A most imposing military re
! ception at the railroad station is to
be given President Wilson, who will
ride to Buckingham Palace with
King George through streets lined
with troops. Premier Lloyd George
j will be with the party who will per
j sonally welcome the President.
Ilnsss—Tks Satoway to XeXtotoy
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CLUB STARTS DRIVE
FOR ROAD BUILDING
A permanent road committee,
whose duty it shall be to gather
data and report on the feasibility
of constructing roads into the va
rious districts adjacent to Nenana,
was appointed by Chairman R. S.
McDonald, at the regular weekly
meeting of the Nenana Commercial
club last night; and the five mem
bers entrusted with this important
work will enter upon their duties
immediately. M. J. Cooney, who
has had charge of cutting a winter
trail from Nenana Crossing to
Broad Pass, to connect with the
Anchorage trail on the coast side of
the Pass, was appointed chairman
of the committee and his associates
are Martin Nash, George Martin,
William Julian and H. B. Joseph.
The urgent need of roadS’to facili
tate the development of the Kan
tishna and other districts tributary
to Nenana was suggested by Freder
ick D Browne, _ engineer in charge
of rail construction on the Interior
end of the government project. He
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a considerable sum of money has
been asked of Congress by the war
department for road building in
Alaska, and he advised that steps
be taken immediately by the club
to secure a portion of the funds for
the improvement of transportation
facilities in the nearby districts,
where there are no roads at present.
He said further that the Alaskan
Engineering commission would wel
come the opportunity to co-operate
with the Alaska Road commission
in the construction of wagon road
feeders for the railroad, and he
assured the club that he would do
what he could to help get the work
started.
Mr. Browne already has rendered
: the town of Xenana invaluable serv
ice in the way of building wagon
roads and trails, and his endorse
ment of the club’s enlarged road
: building program will assist very
‘ materialy in securing the trans
portation relief now sought by the
| local organization.
More than a year ago the Com
mercial club started a movement for
the construction of a wagon road
into the Kantishna country, but
after receiving the assurance of the
territorial road commissioner for the
ourth division that he would in
vestigate the matter, no further ac
tion was taken. Letters also were
written at that time to the Alaska
Road commission, but without re
sult.
The road commission probably
will have more funds than usual
next season for road building, and
: it is the intention of the Commercial
, club to try to have a substantia!
' district; ?fiBFt,i5,ne<J.,£9.J.the. Xenana
war department road builders. An
| other appeal also probably will be
made for territorial assistance, and
with a new commissioner on the
job, the outlook for aid from that
source is regarded as considerably
more encouraging than when the
previous request for funds was
made. The club, moreover, is now
better able to carry on such a cam
paign than at any time since its
organization, and the members are
f.ully aroused to the importance of
wagon road construction as a means
of speeding development in the
promising districts tributary to the
government railroad and Xenana.
SPRNISH PREMIER
VISITING FRANCE
Spain Wishes to Participate In the
Great Reconstruction Program
Program In Europe.
(Associated Press)
PARIS.—Premier Romano, of
Spain, who is on a visit to France
to greet President Wilson, said to
day that Spain, who has in the past
maintained the best relations with
the Allies and that she feels now
that she cannot remain isolated and
proposes to participate fully in the
great reconstruction program which
is to be undertaken by the nations
of Europe and the United States.
Twenty-eight million pounds of
chewing gum are consumed in the
United States in one year, which
means 55 packages for every man,
woman, chlid, and infant.
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Many New Member* Enroll, tntl the
Christmas Roll Call Meeting
With Great Success.
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(Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, D. C.—As a re
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suit of the Christmas Roll Call drive
which was started to boost the mem
bership of the American Red Cross,
eleven million people joined the
American Red Cross up to Friday
evening.
FUNDS
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1 WASHINGTON, D. C — Senator
Jones of Washington, introduced a
joint resolution today asking for
an appropriation of two hundred
thousand dollars to combat the influ
enza in Alaska.
Senator Jones stated that hun
dreds of indigent natives in Alaska
are suffering and that the Red Cross
funds for their relief have been
exhausted.
Intu, warn Balia aad Btvsra Bssl
{operation performed
ON JACK DUGAN YESTERDAY
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Jack Dukan, an employee of the
Alaskan Engineering commission,
was operated on yesterday morning
an dthe tendons of the first and
second fingers of his right hand
were sutured. He met with an ac
cident while at work at the coal
bunker and two fingers of his right
hand were crushed by a pipe.
OPEN DIPLOMACY
A1 CONFERENCE
IS ADVOCATED
(Associate* I Press)
PARIS.—Lord Xorthcliffe de
clared today that it is his firm be
lief that open diplomacy, as sug
gested by President Wilson some
time ago, was needed at the peace
conference. Secrecy and half truths,
he said, were bad for the conference
prospects, and the days of secret
conclaves were gone.
By CONSIGNEES
Captain McAlpine, of Schooner Ruby
Will Be Tried In Alaska
On Serious Charge.
(Associated Press)
I SEATTLE. — The Kuskokwim
| Trading and Transportation com
pany filed a complaint today charg
ing Captain D. S. McAlpine with
having unlawfully disposed of part
of the cargo of the schooner Ruby.
The alleged offense is stated to
have been committed by the captain
; when in trying to reach the mouth
of the Kuskokwim river he was
forced by stress of weather to make
the port at Seward, during last
September.
Captain McAlpine, when arrested,
today, denied the charge preferred
against him. The case against the
captain will be tried in Alaska.
PEACE MEETING
IS POSTPONED
British Elections and Wilson’s Visit
to England Interferes With
Conference Date.
Associated Press
PARIS.—The preliminary peace
conference which was arranged for
early in January, has now been
postponed until the beginning of
Ferbuary on account of Wilson’s
visit to England and the recon
struction in Britain resulting from
the British elections which will keep
Lloyd George busy until that time
Paul Popovich leaves tomorrow
morning on an extended prospecting
trip in the Broad Pass country- He
expects to prospect between Valdez
creek and the Susitna river.
SEA EDOM IS
STILE TALKED OF
BVIHE ALLIES
Nations of the World Look to the
United States to Define What
Freedom of Sea Is.
(Associated I’ressl
PARIS.—Apparently all of the
Allied powers, as well as the neutral
nations of Europe are looking to
America for a statement of a con
crete preposition concerning the
freedom of the seas.
Some of the Allied nations be
lieve that the proposed limitation
of the construction of naval craft to
lightly armed vessels, similar to the
present revenue cutters, whose pur
pose will be to protect merchant
shipping; finds favor with the
Americans.
The American peace delegation
in advocating this plan, say that
there will be no further use for
heavliy armed ships and that the
r> n" *trrf ayill 1--, nlnnvl
Disturbances In Dual Monarchy
Prompt Authorities to Ask Aid
of the Allies.
(Associated I’: east
PARIS.—According to reports re
ceived today from Zurich, the Aus
trian government has asked the
Allies to occupy Vienna to prevent
fresh disturbances. It is thought
quite probable that the Allies will
comply with the request.
INFLUENZA KILLS
BERRING ESKIMOS
Disease Plays Sad Havoc Among
Eskimos of Seward Peninsula
the Death Toll Being Heavy
(Associated Press)
NOME.—It is estimated that the
influenza killed nearly one thousand
Eskimos of the Seward Peninsula.
About half a dozen villages have
been wiped out entirely, in some
villages the children were the prin
cipal survivors.
Out of a population of three
hundred people at Prince of Wales
there were only twenty-five adults
and one hundred children who sur
vived the attacks of the disease.
The disease is reported to be
spreading north of Candle, while
Council, Unalakleet and Kotzebue
are untouched as a result of the
stringent quarantine measures they
have taken to keep the disease out.
i Billy Allen, a brother of the
famous Scotty Allen died from the
1 effects of attack of influenza.
I The Bureau of Education have
done heroic relief work in this dis
trict.
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