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THE NENANA
The Nenana Daily News First
DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1918,
WHOLE NUMBER 187
GERMANS SEEK AID OF WILSON
RED FLAG IS DOMINANT IN GERMANY
AMERICANS MAY STAY ABROAD TWO YEARS
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GOVERNMENT 10
FINISH PROGRAM
PHILADELPHIA.—There will be
no suspension of activities at the
shipyards throughout the United
States in consequence of the sus
pension of hostilities in Europe. In
an address delivered in this city to
day. Charles M. Schwab, head of
the governments shipbuilding pro
gram, declared that the restoration
of peace would not affect the plans
of the Shipping Board, except poss
ibly in matters of minor detail, such
as changes in the size and build of
certain of the vessels to be built.
In all probability, he said, the
government would construct ships of
larger capacity than any built since
the start of the shipbuilding program
The construction of cargo carriers is
to continue at top speed, and at a
later date a number of passenger
vessels will be built, to take the
places of the liners destroyed by
German submarines.
The continuation of the ship
building program, Schwab pointed
out. will be the biggest factor in
the United States in tiding over
the period between war and peace
and will go far toward solving the
big problems over which government
officials as well as the many workers
throughout the country have worried
considerably since it became ap
parant that the war would end ahead
of schedule.
DRAFT BOARDS
CALL HALT TQ
ARMY MAKING
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Fully con
vinced that the number of Ameri
cans now under arms is sufficient
to cope with any situation that may,
arise, the war department has issued
instructions to draft boards through
out the country to withhold ques
tionnaires and stop the classification
of men under nineteen years of age.
and over thirty-six years of age.
The instructions state further that
those men who have already re
ceived their questionnaires need not
fill them in.
Another change in the war pro
gram is the countermanding of the*
order providing for an officers’
training camp at Camp Fremont,
California. The ca’mp was to have
accommodated 20,000 students.
ITALIAN GOVERNMENT
TO HELP TEXTILE INDUSTRY
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Prospec
tive conditions in the textile indus
try in Italy are such that manu
facturers and newspapers are urging
the government to take steps—
such as importing large quantities
of raw cotton, centralizing all de
mands in a purchase bureau and
developing cotton growing in Afri
can colonies—which may be expect
ed to afford some relief to the spin
ners after the war.
AMERICANS ARE
NOE TO MINGLE
WITH II HEINS
WASHINGTON, D. C—Notwith
standing the fact that the American
troops have been instructed to dis-J
continue their hostile operations!
against the Germans, they are not
to communicate with the enemy in
any manner pending the final out
come of the peace negotiations and
the signing of permanent peace.
The advancing Allied columns
came to a dead stop promptly at
eleven o’clock yesterday morning
and there has been no movement
of troops since that hour, beyond
adjustment of the lines and the
making of preparations for a stay
of several weeks in the present posi
tions.
The American troops in France
have been instructed to put them
selves in defensive positions and to
maintain a constant vigilance until
it is defintely assured that hostili
ties are at and end for all time.
TROOPS NEEDED
IN EUROPE FDR
POLICING WORK
CHICAGO.—In an address de
livered in this city last night, for
mer President W. H. Taft warned
the Amrican people not to expect
the soldiers back from Europe with
in two years There is a big policing
job to be done in the war-torn coun
tries, he said, and it will be up to
the Americans to take the work
in hand, following the re-establish
ment of peace.
The American forces, he ex
plained, are well equipped for the
work they will have to do and the
United States is better able to as
sume the policing burden than any
other nation at this time.
SPEED IN ATTACKS
DEVELOPED IN PAST YEAR
Behind the British Lines in France
—Increasing speed of fire and ever
swifter assaults and manoeuvre have
been the principal developments of
the art of war this year. A year
ago an attack was a lumbering pon
derous thing, moving along heavily
and deliberately behind a great
weight of artillery preparation. To
day speed is the thing. The rate
of advance in the British army has
been increased four-fold in the past
year.
Ex-Senator Martin Moran is au
thority for the statement that the
coal from the Kobuk section is likely
to become an important factor in
the markets of the Kotzebue section
in the near future. Mr. Moran
states that twenty tons of coal
mined in the Kobuk was transported
to Candle without difficulty and
sold in the Candle market for the
nominal price of $17 per ton. The
coal is of excellent quality.
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GERMANS URGE
AMERICAN AID;
EEAR FAMINE
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Defeated
on the battlefield, deserted by their
emperor and subjected to peace
terms tantamount to unconditional
surrender the German people have
appealed to President Wilson, thru
Secretary Lansing, for assistance.
In his message of appeal, the Ger
man foreign secretary informed Sec
retary Lansing that conditions in
Germany now are fearful and that
millions will soon face starvation un
less relief comes from America.
The laws governing the distribu
tion of scanty supplies in Germany
are no longer respected by the
populace. Following the collapse of
the government, there was a mad
rush upon the food stores and the
long hoarded supplies have dis
appeared as if by magic, with no
opportunity of replenishment until
next harvest time.
President Wilson has taken the
appeal under consideration and doubt
less will take the matter up with
the Allied governments.
The German armistice delegates
made known the food situation at
the time of the conference and re
quested at that time that the Allies
extend aid. Premier Clemenceau,
of France, has already expressed the
opinion that it is up to the Allies
I to give Germany all the food that
can be spared by the Allies.
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AUSTRIAN RULER
FOLLOWS KAISER
LONDON—According to dispatch
: es recived in this city this morning
from Vienna, Emperor Charles, of
! Austria, has abdicated. The dis
patches do not state whether a suc
| cessor has taken over the throne.
It is further reported from Vienna
that a general strike has been called
for tomorrow in that city and it is
expected that everything will be tied
up by the workers. Food conditions
in the Austrian capital are said
to be deplorable.
HOLLAND NOW HAS
LADY POLITICIAN
j AMSTERDAM. — Miss Susannah
j Groeneweg, Holland’s first and only
I lady member of parliament, was a
] school teacher and is a recognized
I authority on school questions. In
I 1903 Miss Groeneweg joined the
social democratic labor party, and
j soon became one if its militant
| members In 1914 she became a
! member of the party’s executive.
! Miss Groenewig is one of the depu
ties for the city of Rotterdam.
A 2600 foot tramway has been
completed and 300 feet of a pro
posed 800-foot tunnel at the lead
copper claim of the Green group
property at McCarty owned by John
Barret.
SEATTLE.—The federal commis- j
sion headed by E. C. McCormick, j
which was dispatched to Anchorage,
to conduct an investigation of Mat
anuska coal and other resources of
the Anchorage and Seward division,
has just arrived in this city from
the North, having completed the
work for which it was sent to Alaska.
Members of the commission are
enthusiastic over the progress made
by the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion and they predict a splendid
future for Alaska. They all express
themselves as having been much im
pressed with the possibilities of the
Northland and it is confidently be
lieved hpre that their report to the
Interior department will have a de
cidedly helpful influence.
The investigators decline to dis
cuss the result of the inquiries, ex
plaining that their findings will not
be available to the public until after
they have reported to Secretary
Lane.
BAN IS LIFTED
BY SPIRIT CITY; !
EPIDEMIC OVER
SEATTLE.—The influenza epi
demic, which has held this city in
its grip during the past several weeks,
is declared officially to have come
to an end. An order issued this
morning lifts the ban from moving
picture theaters, churches schools and
other public places which were
closed to prevent the spread of the
epidemic, and conditions which were
considerably upset by the rapid
spread of the disease, are rapidly
becoming normal.
Following the announcement thatj
the period of danger had passed-1
practically all the masks, which were
donned while the epidemic was rag
ing have disappeared. Only a few
of the protectors were in evidence
today.
Fishing at Unalaklik has been
good this year and everybody is
working. The gardens gave forth
plenty of vegetables for the coming
winter, timber is plentiful, within
a couple of miles and drift wood
that the Yukon lands here at no
cost of transportation. It is a wond
er, says a correspondent, that some
corporation has not discovered a
way to charge for the Yukon’s
services. >
The citizens of Dime creek re
cently held a War Savings stamp
drive, resulting in pledges being
given which amounted to $3270 in
the first rush. Later two parties
agreed to take an additional one
thousand dollars wirth making a
total of $4,270.
5LAV COLLAPSE
EXPECTED SOON
WASHINGTON, D. C. All that
s remaining now of the world war
s in Russia, where the Allies and
;he CzecKu-Slavoks are operating in
Northern Russia against the German
sontrolled Bolsheviki. The Russian
situation, however, does not present
i grave aspect, since it is hoped
and believed in official circles that
the removal of German influence and
support will be followed speedily
by the collapse of the Bolsheviki
Fighting machine and the establish
ment of a stable government.
It is the intention of the Allies
to keep a considerable force in
Russia until the present conflict in
that country has been terminated
and probably until order ha? been
permanently restored. The work of
feeding the Russians presents a
serious problem and the responsi
bility of providing adequate supplies
immediately must be undertaken by
the United States and her Allies.
This work, even with the fighting
at an end, will require the presence
of a very considerable force of
troops.
AMERICA MUST
1ST NOT STOP
FOOD SUPPLIES
WASHINGTON, D. C.—In an ad
dress delivered in this city last night
during the progress of a peace cele
bration, National Food Administrator
Herbert Hoover declared tha»: con
dition* in Europe are such that
Americans must continue to supply
large quantities of provisions to the
war-stricken nations. American
help, he said, is needed now more
than at any time during the progress
of the war, not only for the Ameri
can and Allied troops under arms
and the civil populations of the
various Allied countries, but also
for millions of others previously
under the protection of the Central
governments
Failure to meet these demands,
the food administrator declared, will
result in the starvation perhaps
of millions of sufferers during the
next few months. And in order to
meet the new demands it will be
necessary, he pointed out, for the
American people to make additional
sacrifices. These conditions will
continue to exist until order can be
restored in Europe and needed at
tention given to crop raising.
R. E. Flynn, general storekeeper
at St. Michael, left for Seattle on
the Victoria. He has sold out his
holdings to the Northern Commer
cial company.
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE—At
New* Office.
BRITISH
ARMY
CAN’T REALIZE
LONDON.—Advices received from
the British front in Flanders and
France describe the great quiet that
has replaced the turmoil of the death
struggle in which the British forces
have been involved during the past
four years. ' Tommy Atkins, tattered
and mudcaked, seems unable to
realize that an end has come to the
shambles and horror which has
rocked the world to its very foun
dations. The soldiers are standing
about bewildered, eager to welcome
the good news', yet afraid to be
lieve it.
The liberated city of Mons. one
of the last big cities to be taken
from the Germans is still celebrat
ing the glorious victory. Other
cities along the front, on both sides
of the recent battle line, arc also
celebrating, including Verdun, the
scene of the most severe fighting
of the war.
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GERIG REPORTS
SEVERAL CASES
OF MILO FORM
In reply to a telegram of inquiry,
sent to Anchorage several days ago
by Engineer in Charge F. D. Browne,
with a view to ascertaining whether
or not any cases of influenza had
developed in Anchorage, a message
was received from Engineer Gerig
■ today explaining that a number of
; cases of "grip” have developed in
the coast town but that the situation
; is not regarded as serious. There
have been no fatalities and close
watch is being maintained of all
I incoming and outgoing passengers.
I The telegram is especially re
assuring, as it was feared that had
the epidemic of influenza reached
Anchorage, the work of preventing
the spread of the disease to Nenana
by way of the Broad Pass trail
would have been rendered extremely
difficult.
It will be remembered that Mr.
Browne asked for a statement of
conditions at Anchorage ‘frankly
and fully’ and the reply covers the
situation completely. Mr. Gerig re
ports, in his wire that "we have
some fifty or sixty cases of grip,
possibly a mild form of influenza.
There have been no fatalities. All
incoming and outgoing passengers
are examined and if any are found
sick they are put in quarantine and
taken care of.”
Max Poehlmann, a Seward young
man who worked for the A. E. C.,
has been killed in action in France.
He died the next day after reciving
severe wounds. He left Seward
about a year ago for the States,
where he enlisted
Supplying food is America’s prin
cipal part in the war right now;