THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,)
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.!
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. South worth....Editor and Manager |
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EMPTYING THE JAILS
» That the enforcement of the pro
hibition law has had the effect of
lessening crime in Alaska, is the
opinion of United States Marshal
J. M. Tanner, of the First division,
with headquarters at Juneau. “We
have twenty fewer prisoners in the
Juneau jail now than we had at this
time last year,’ ’he said recently, in
discussing the operation and results
of the dry law, which the voters of
the territory expressed a desire to
have enacted. Continuing, he said
that he expected the number to fall
off fifty per cent or more, all owing
to the enforcement of the new law.
Prohibition not only is emptying j
the jails in the First division, as it j
is in all other sections of the terri-!
tory, but it also is putting the police
courts out of commission. The Ju- i
neau city magistrate, as an illustra
tion, recently reported that he had
been called upon to try only one
case since the first of the year, j
whereas the rate, before the terri- j
tory went dry, was at least one case !
a day.
Regarding the difficulty of appre
hending smugglers and other illegal
traffickers in booze, Mr. Tanner is
of the opinion that it will not be
nearly so difficult to prevent their
operation as it used to be in the '
early days, since now they have sev- :
eral times more officers, and the '
big fact that the public is decidedly I
against the use of liquor gives the
officers more aid than anything else.'
“It is difficult to enforce laws
which are against the public’s wish, ,
and easy when the public?takes suffi
cient interest to report any infrac- <
tions of the law to us,” said Mr.'
Tanner.
When asked if he thought there i
would be any attempt to distill;
liquor he said that he would not be i
surprised as the people used to dis- j
till considerable liquor when Alaska J ^
was dry before. He says that he j
had known of stills running back in j *
the early days of '98. but that if'
any persons thought they could get
away with it now they would have
another guess coming.
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Phonograph • needles — the loud i
ones— are needed to help win the j
war, acocrding to an announcement'
in a recent issue of a weekly bulletin i
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issued by the Northwestern division'
of the Red Cross.
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The needles are needed, the an- >
nour.cement explained ,to spread the ^
strains of American music, espe- j __
:ially the rag time and jazz tunes' ^
which are the delight of the poilus;
in the battlefield canteens of the!.
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American Red Cross. i
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A letter just received from a Red
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_ross canteener said, “needles for j
he phonographs are very scarce in
'’ranee and we have to use each
leedle a long time, so if any friend
vants to send anything I hope it will <
>e phonograph needles.”
AUSTRIANS CUT TIME
WITH MAIL AIRPLANE
AMSTERDAM, May 29.—A regu
lar aerial postal service between
Vienna and Lemberg established by
the military authorities, began on
March 31. The post carries mainly
official dispatches, but may be used
for private letters if the latter are
franked with a special stamp, for
which the price is abous four times
the ordinary rate.
The flight from Vienna to Lem
berg takes about seven hours, as
against about 17 hours by express
train.
On March 23, an aerial postman
left Vienna at 6:45 a. m. and ar
rived at Cracow at 10 a. m.
AVIATORS MISSING
American Headquarters, Mav 28.
Four American aviators are missing
on the British front. Two of the
missing men were brought down be
hind the German lines.
AERIAL PASSENGERS
WILL PAY BY WEIGH!
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WASHINGTON, D. C., May 29
Patrons of an airplane passenger anc
mail service to be established ir
the Carribbean Sea after the wai
will be required to pay fare on i
basis of weight.
The project, which is said to have
the sanction of the British govern
ment and the backing of London
capitalists, provides for the trans
portation of passengers, mail and
light freight between Key West, Fla.
and the Island of Trinadad, off the
northeast coast of South America.
Intermediate landing depots would
be established at Barbados, St. Kitts,
Porto Rico, Jamaica and Cuba. Hy
dro-airplanes would be used for the
trip which, it is estimated, would
take five days.
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training at this school will result
1 in the graduation of a new t. I of
soldiers, who will be in great de
’ mand in the fighting zone,
i Plans are formulating to give the
men practical experience aloft. Ar
rangements are being made to hs\t
a detail of army flyers sent to
Rochester. If they come, hangars
: will be built for their use south of
the city, and the photographs wi’l j o
be taken with the necessary appar- j 6
'atus to photograph the country over'a
which fiight is made. a
The opportunity to benefit by the ' b
training at the school has been much j s
sought after. Little difficulty is ex-It
petced in obtaining enough recruits ! a
for the next ar.d several more •lass
, es to come.
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STOCKHOLM, May 29—Sweden’s e
most powerful radio station, situated : j,
at Karlsborg, has been put into v
operation. Regular communication f
is now being conducted with Deutch I Sl
Altengurg in Austria, and also with ; s,
Tsarsko-Selo. Wireless messages i w
have also been exchanged with Snan 1
ish stations and with Constantinople, j,
Word has also been received that
the Karlsborg station’s messages s1
have been read by a little station
in Damascus, Palestine, although the j e
Damascus station’s plant is too weak ,
to reach Karlsborg.
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AERIAL SCHOOL
OF PHOTOGRAi
ROCHESTER, N. Y., May 29.—
With more than 800 men enrolled,
■epresenting every state in the union
;he Army School of Aerial Photo
rraphy is nearing the end of its first
:erm of instruction, and the men
.vho have taken the course of inten
sified training are anticipating ar.
;arly assignment as members of the
Signal Corps, to one of the fighting
'lying divisions abroad.
More than 300 men for whom ao
:ommodations could not be fou id
lere, have been sent to Madison
Barracks, Sacket Harbor, N. Y., for
i period of military training before
he ybegin their photographic work
lere.
All of the facilities of a large
‘actory here have been placed at
he disposal of Captain C. F. Betz,
he school commandant and his as
sistants. Officers from the Allied
trmies, who have seen actual ser
vice in the fying zone, have been
letailed to the school to instruct
hose whose task it will be to operate
md maintain the photographic de
ices of the scouting airmen.
Details of the course of instruc
ion naturally have not been made
mblic. When the men first ar
ived in Rochester and were taken to
arracks the process of enrollment
nd classification was the same as
hat at any army post. The post
urgeon passed on their physical
ualifications, vaccinated them and
ave them the customary party
hoid inoculations.
Several days of military training,!
allowed so that the men now pre-!
snt the appearance of trained sol- j
iers. Then l-hey were taken into j
le laboratories where the latest and i '■
nproved methods of photographic j i
roeesses were taught them. They j i
ere shown not only how to operate ; ■
le cameras usd by the airmen, but 1
so how to repair them. The gradu- 1
:ed student will know how to de-1
?lop and print the negative he ;
ikes.
The assurance is given that the
Qininrr of fViio eoUn a1 h*!
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BOCHE NOVELTY
IN AIR BAITLE
1$ BOOMERANG
LONDON, May 29—The airplane
“circus”, which was inroduced by
Germany two years ago, has taken
a notable part in the fighting on
the Western front recenly. The use
of he word “circus” in this con
nection has now become recognized
among both British and French avi
ators. It indicates virtually a spe
cially organized troop of picked
pilots whose job is simply to destroy
enemy airplanes.
These circuses are complete units
equipped with their own transport
mechanical shops, and all necessary
accessories. Wherever there is fight
ing to be done, the circuses move
quickly to the danger point. If a
big attack is to be made by either
side, the rival circuses are moved
to aerodomes in that district, and
each endeavors to prevent the other's
reconnaissance machines from oper
ating. The circus performs, in fact,
precisely the functions of destroyer
flotillas in the navy.
The first circus was formed by
Captain Boelke, one of the early
German star pilots. He collected
a number of picked pilots, including
the Richthofens, Voss, and Schaefer,
of whom the two latter have been
killed within a year. Boelke himself
was killed in 1916, and the elder
Richthofen took over the circus.
On the British side, the reply came
in a squadron organized by Major
Hawkern, which the Germans called
die “Anti-Richthofen Circus." Ul
:imately, Hawker fell in a fight with
Richthofen.
During the fighting of the past
'ew weeks several circuses of picked
lilots have been in action on both
’ides. They have reduced fighting
n formation to a fine art, each pilot
nanoevring as one of a team and
■efusing to be drawn away from
he formation into single-handed
ights.
ECLIPSE OF SUN
IS COMING SOON!
EGR OUISIOERS
DENVER, May 29.—The total
clipse of the sun forecast to occur
n June 8 has ben postponed for
ne hour. This is not the result cf
ny error in the calculations of the
stronomers nor is it due to an order
y modern Joshua thattne sun stand
till, but is chargeable to the ojiera
ons of the daylight saving law as
result of which the clocks through
lit the United States were set for
ard an hour on March ;>1.
In consequence, the ellipse will
egin in Denver at 1:12 p. n., will
ecome total at 5 -22 ». m , vv.P pass
•om totality at 5:24 p. m. and will
id at 6:27. The same variations
i the hours of the eclipse will pre
lil throughout the length of the
fty-mile belt, extending from the
>utheastern corner of Washington
ate to the coast of Florida, in
hich the total ecliose will b’e visible.
This change in hours will not af
‘ct the astronomers, however, as
leir clocks still are adjusted to the
andard sun time.
Preparations for observing the
:!iose, the first total eclipse of the
:n visible in the United States since
300, and the last until 1922. are
Mag ahead rapidly at -he Li .iver
ty of Denver obsorvatoi y, where
stronomers from York?s c o.xerva
>ry will make their observations,
rofessor Edwin B. Frost, of the
erkes observatory at Green Bay,
ris., recently notifed Dean Herbert |
. Howe, head of the -J ■ >irtinerit cf j
stronomy of the University of j
enver, that several . hioments of
socially prepared instruments are
iroute. Professor Frost is expect
1 here in the latter part of May to
?gin installing th >. equipment.
One of the principal pieces of ap
iratus is a special spectroscope to
: attached to the 21-inch telescop?
the Denver observatory with which
photograph the corona is afforded
lly during a total eclipse and as
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tronomers are greatly interested ii
the result of this work as afford ins
opportunity to study the compositior
of this great outer belt of luminou:
gases which surround the sun.
Photographs also will be taken ol
the sky in the region of the sun it
search of any stray comet and als
of the mythical planet Vulcan, which
seme astronomers have asserted has
its orbit so close to the sun that il
can be seen only during an eclipse
The existence of such a planet i.
doubted by most astronomers, how
ever.
Besides the staff from Yerkes ob
servatory. other isrtonomers ars
planning <o work at the Denver ob
servatory. Among them are Pro
fessor A V. Turner of the College
of the City of New York. Prof
Schlessir.ger of Alleghany observa
tory, Professor Bealeld of Dennison
University and Profe.-so- Moore of
the United States Bureau of Mines.
Although astronomers consider
:hemselves fortunate in that the
>ath of the total eclipse includes the
Denver observatory, with its high
lower telescopes, they have ex
lerienced much difficulty in obtain
ing special apparatus because of
he war.
i As a precaution against unfavor
: able weather conditions at Denver
i on June 8, the Yerkes observatory
'^also will have men stationed at
Green river, Wyoming, and other ob
servatories will have observers at ^
j other vantage points throughout the
I Mountain states.
Points at which the total eclipse
; wb! be visible include South Beni,
j Wash.; Chehalis, Wash.; Hood River,
Ore; Baker City, Ore; Pocatello,
) Ira; Green River, Wyo; Denver.
iGol.; Garden City, Kan: Dodge City,
i Kan; Enid, Okla; Guthrie, Okla; Mc
i Alester. Okla; Arkade;; hit, Ark,
Yazoo City, Miss; Jackson, MDs; V
j Grove Hill, Ala; Leesburg. Fla. and
! Orlando, Fla.
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AMERICAN DIPLOMATS
OCCUPY NEW OFFICES
AMSTERDAM, May 29-—In order
j to accommodate its largely increased
staff the American legation offices
; at the Hague have moved into a
former palace of one of the Princes
of Orange. It has latterly been
occupied by the Russian legation,
| which vacated it as the result of the
I Bolsheviki regime.
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