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THE NENA NA
The Nenana Daily News First
DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1913.
WHOLE NUMBER 209
DEPOSED HUN TYRANT SEEKS DEATH
GEDDES SA YS BRITAIN WILL HOLD FAS T TO NA V Y
WILSON RESENfS INVITATION TO VISIT IN GERMANY
NATIONS LEAGUE
NO! PREVENT WAR
GEDDES THINKS
WASHINGTON, D. C—British
First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Eric
Gcedes said today that he believes
that the establishment of a league
of nations as outlined by President
Wilson will not result in the de
velopment of a world in which no
wars would occur, although he agreed
that a world police force would be
required to preserve order.
England, he said, had in the past
performed the policing on the high
seas, and by means of her naval
power had prevented Germany from
crushing free nations, and he re
garded it as inconceivable that the
British navy’s supremacy would be
surrendered.
The following cablegram has just
been received from Sir Eric Geddes,
first lord of the British admiralty,
in reply to the resolution adopted
through the Four Minute Men of the
Committee on Public Information on
October 21, Trafalgar Day:
“On behalf of the Board of Ad
miralty and the British navy, I beg
to convey to you and your colleagues
our very warmest thanks for the
stirring message of appreciation and
gratitude which you have conveyed
to us in the form of a resolution,
passed by some thirty million people
of the United States of America
on Trafalgar Day. It is the tradi
tion, privilege and pride of the
British navy to have borne the brunt
of the sea warfare against the
enemy, and there is no part of
that duty which it carries out with
greater zeal and personal affection
than that of conveying and escort
ing your splendid soldiers across the
Atlantic. Ever since the first day
when the forces of the United
States joined the Allies, we have
been proud to share with your navy
our hourly perils and anxieties, and
on behalf of the Royal Navy, I wish
to assure the people of the United
States that we on our part admire
and appreciate more than we can
express the wonderful enthusiasm
of the great American people for
the common cause, an enthusiasm
which I have personally had the
pleasure of witnessing recently in;
your own country, and which can
not fail to insure the complete vic
tory of the Allies. Your most ap
preciative message has been com
municated to the British navy in all
parts of the world.
“ERIC GEDDES,
“First Lord of the Admiralty,
London.”
Ed Lund has recovered to suffi
ciently to be back on the job today,
after his accident Saturday, when
a big steel roller fell on his foot '
Venana—The Gateway to HcXialey
national Park.
TRIES SUICIDE
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LONDON.—Advices received in
this city his morning from Copen
hagen state that the former kaiser
in a despondent mood, attempted to
commit suicide, but was prevented
from committing the act by one
of his personal retinue.
In the scuffle that ensued the
kaiser is said to have wounded his
benefactor.
IS HALTED BY
COLD WEATHER
The thermometer reading this
morning hovered between 49 and 50
below zero, with no indications of
a change to warmer weather, and, j
in consequence, no outdoor work is j
possible.
There is practically no work be- ^
being done on the line today, and'
the steel and surfacing gangs have;
been laid off temporarily until the
weather moderates and makes work
on the road possible again.
The end of steel is now within
about half a mile of old camp 18,;
and within a mile and'a half of the
northern boundary of residency 4.
There remain about six miles of the
grade to be covered by steel ere
the Nenana river at the Crossing is
reached, and if the weather does
not very seriously hamper the work,
it is expected that Tom Blakey’s
men of the steel gang will reach
the Crossing by Christmas.
The train went out as usual to
day and wifi bring in as many cars
of ceal as are loaded up at the
mine. Billy Lynn’s gangs in the
coal mine are not affected by the
weather and are continuing to pro
duce right along.
PRESIDENT SEES
DESTROYER II
Aboard the George Washington.—
For the benefit of President Wilson
and party on board, one of the
escorting destroyers gave a thrilling
demonstaration of the work usually
done by these speedy and powerful
craft in repelling submarine attacks.
The destroyer went through all
the evolutions as if in actual com
bat, cutting loose with all her bat
teries at the imaginary submarine,
and returning to her station in the
escorting flotilla as soon as her work
was finished.
At a signal from the flagship of
the escorting squadron one of the
destroyers left her station and
darted off to the attack. Clear
weather favored the party and every
movement of the swift destroyer
which being plainly visible, was eag
erly watched by the President and
party on board.
Wallace Calderhead, who had been
in quarantine, was released this
morning and allowed to come to
town.
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WASHINGTON, D. C—The treas
ury department announced todaj
that the Fifth Liberty Loan will be
launched early next spring. The
amount of the loan is not stated.
It is expected that the Fifth
Liberty Loan will be called the
Victory Issue.
PARIS.—It is reported here to
day that President Wilson, answer
ing the suggestion made that he
visit Germany, said that only by
long years of repentance can Ger
many atone for the crimes she has
committed and thus show to the
world the sincerity of her purpose;
and that no true American could
think of visiting Germany unless
forced to do so by strictly official
obligations.
On the above grounds, the Presi
dent said, that he declined in ad
vance tc consider the suggestion of
a visit to Germany.
ROM! PARTY
IS PROCLAIMED
PARIS.—According to reports re
ceived in this city today, Prince
Henry of Prussia, brother of the
former German kaiser, has been
proclaimed head of the Royalist
party in Germany.
COBLENZ.—A section of the
American army of occupation enter
ed Coblenz and have established
headquarters in the city.
The entire city of Coblenz and
considerable territory in the im
mediate neighborhood is now under
complete military control of the
Americans.
MORE TRANSPORTS
HEADED THIS WAY
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Seven ad
ditional transports left Europe to
day carrying American troops, and
should arrive in about a week’s
time.
There are three thousand return
ing Americans aboard the transports.
S. B. Waite, storekeeper at Ne
sana Crossing, has been transferred
to headquarters, effective today. His
place at the Crossing has been filled
by the transfer of Harry Lowe.
! AT CONFERENCE
—
j WASHINGTON, D. C.—The in
dustrial members of Wilson’s war
cabinet, which met at the White
house Wednesday, have expressed
their desire to join the President
in Paris and, as a unit, act as ad
visors to the President at the peace
conference on economic and indus
trial reconstruction problems.
WASHINGTON, D. C—From the
date of the outbreak of the epi
demic of influenza and up to De
cember 1, there have been 338,257
cases of the disease in the home
army camps.
Approximately seventeen thousand
deaths havei occurred during this
period from the epidemic in the
army camps in the United States, j
DRAGLINE SHUIS
DOWN FOR HER
The big Bucyrus dragline exca-'
vator, which is at present stationed 1
at the gravel bed on the D line, j
near camp 15, has been shut down!
for the winter. She will be divested ‘
of her bucket and all of the worn:
parts and these will be brought to!
the machine shop as soon as possible |
and be renewed and fixed up ready [
, foh use when operations commence !
j in the spring.
The crew of the dragline exca- ;
vator will commence stripping the
big machine as soon as the weather
moderates sufficiently to permit of
the work being undertaken.
PEACE MEETO !
DECEMBER 17TH
PARIS.—The inter-Allied peace
conference will begin on Tuesday,,
December 17, at which President
Wilson is expected to preside. The
President is due to arrive at Brest
on Friday, December 13, and will
be escorted to Paris by the cabinet
ministers and other notable officials
who have already arrived at Brest
to personally welcome the distin
guished American.
It is expected that President Wil
son will utilize the few days inter
vening between the time of his ar
rival and the date set for the com
mencement of the peace conference,:
to visit the devastated districts and ’
judge for himself the extent of war’s ’.
desolation.
An English inventor’s automobile 1
tool box contains a trap that is
fitted to hold the tools most wanted
in separate compartments. 1
SHIP ARRIVES
New YORK.—The Canadian Pa
cific liner Empress of Britain ar
rived in port today from a French
port.
She had twenty-four hundred
American soldiers on board, return
ing: home from the battle fields of
Europe. The men were disem
barked shortly after the ship docked.
KAISER 0B1AINS
LEU OPINION
OF HIS STATUS
LONDON. — According; to des
patches received from Amsterdam
today, the former kaiser interviewed
two German international law ex
perts regarding his personal position
as regards the charge to be brought
against him by the Allies and his
possible trial before an international
tribunal.
It is understood, that he is writing
his autobiography and a history of
his reign for publication.
It is thought that if the kaiser
is brought to trial before an inter
national tribunal, his autobiography
and history of his reign will be read
and admited as part of the evidence.
PLAN FOB PEACE
NEW YORK.—According to Mon
signor Fay, a dignitary of the Roman
Catholic church, who recently re
turned to New York from a trip
to Europe, the pope, in discussing
the war and the coming peace con
ference, declared that he is in favor
of the creation of a court of inter
national appeals with sufficient
power behind it to enforce its 'de
cisions, with a general disarmament
of the nations to such an extent
that none of them would dare to
start war.
His holiness also advocated a
common language among all the
nations of the earth, which he
thought, would promote a better
understanding and prevent wars.
Announcement is made that *he
Nenana Knitting club will meet on
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. M. V. Tyler, on First sreet,
and all members are urged to be in
ittendance.
This will be the last meeting until
ifter the holidays. Announcement
vill be made later of the date of
he meeting to be held following
he present meeting.
Resident Engineer Haslem from
15-mile is a recent arrival in town.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Copies of
a telegram signed by William Ran
dolph Hearst, which were in poses
sion of the government, reagrding
the policy of tfte papers controolled
| by Hearst during the war, was read
! into the records today at the hear
ing before the Senate committee.
This committee was appointed to
investigate the existence of German
propaganda in the United States a
| year ago last February.
The evidence gathered so far.
j from the telegrams sent o Hearst in
ether ways, showed that Hearst said
; that he believed the majority of
| Americans were opposed to the en
try of America into the war.
I The telegrams read also outlined
the instructions which were to be
sent to William Bayard Hale,
Hearst’s Berlin correspondent.
William Bayard Hale was also in
the pay of the German government,
but of this fact Hearst had no know
ledge.
I During the course of the hearing
a note signed “Doctor” was read
into the records.
! The writer of the note said that
the Zimmerman note which was in
the form of a proposal that Ger
many enter into an alliance with
Mexico against the United States,
was a forgery by the attorney gen
eral.
Because of his known antipathy
to the British and the strong sus
picion that he was a pro-German,
the Canadian government blacklisted
the Hearst papers.
35 HE STORE
IS MOVED ON 10
43 HE CAMP
The Alaskan Engineering cum
mision’s store established at 33-mile
to serve the needs of the camp and
the many contractors who were en
gaged in building the government
railroad, having served its purpose,
has now been discontinued, and the
stock of goods there has been ship
ped to camp 379 (old camp 18)
and to the store at the Xenana
Crossing.
Most of the goods shipped from
the 35-mile store to camp 379 con
sisted of mess house supplies, all
the rest of the goods being added
to the stock carried at the Xenana
Crossing store.
Harry Lowe, who acted as time
keeper and storekeeper at 35-mile,
has been transferred to the store
at the Crossing and wifi also be the
timekeeper there.
The store building at 35-mile is
a large log structure and it is ex
pected that it will be used later on
to house the men of Section Xo. 5.
Motorcycles will replace horses
for the use of the United States
border guards in patrolling the lone
ly places along the Rio Grande. A
number of motorcycles have been
ordered.