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ALASKA SET THE I
THE NENANA
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DAILY NEWS
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NENANA. ALASKA, TUESDAY. MAY 27, 1919.
Number 4S
HOUSE COMMITTEE HELPING RAILROAD
AMERICAN SEAPLANE LEFT FOR LISBON TODA Y
GERMAN ANSWER TO TERMS EXPECTED TOMORROW
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YANKEE PLANE
LEAVES AZORES
FOR PORTUGAL
PONTA DELGADA, Azores, May
27.—The American seaplane X C 4,
■which has been awaiting a favorable
opportunity to start for the Portu
guese coast, left this place this
morning, weather conditions being
ideal for the flight. The start was
made at six o’clock, New York time,
and Commander Read expects to
cover the eight hundred miles be
tween here and Lisbon before dark.
He figures on making about seventy
knots an hour.
The sun was shining brightly when
Read left here, and reports from
along the route indicate that fair
weather prevails the entire distance.
The aviator expects, however, to
encounter clouds about midway, and
to be compelled to trust entirely to
his compass for a time.
Read will remain in Lisbon over
night, and will resume the flight to
Plymouth tomorrow morning, weath
er permitting.
The course- is marked by war
ships, as was the case on the stretch
between Newfoundland and the
islands.
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COMMITTEE 15
, READY 10 ACT
' SEATTLE, May 27.—The mem
bers of the commission delegated
by the United States navy depart
ment to “ascertain what steps
should be taken in connection with
the development of the Matanuska
coal fields,” have returned from the
< North, where several weeks were
spent in looking over conditions, at
Seward, Anchorage, and the Mat
anuska coal fields.
In a statement appearing in the
Times this afternoon, the commis
sion is said to favor the selection
of Seward as a coaling station,
7 owing to the superior harbor facili
ties there.
The chairman of the commission
is Captain Samuel E. Killette, a
naval officer, who was in command
of the cruiser Maryland at the time
of the testing of Matanuska coal
on board that vessel. Other mem
^ bers of the commission are Captain
L. E. Gregory, a civil engineer in
the navy; Lieutenant R. Aikman,
medical officer, and two civilians,
Sumer S. Smith, mining engineer,
and Theodore Chapin, geologist, both
well known in Alaska and for some
time past stationed in the Anchor
age district. Smith has been in ac
^ tive charge of mining developments
in the Matanuska region for some
time.
J. H. Flower, of the N. C. store,
who had been under the weather
for the past week, is back at work
again, looking as good as ever.
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LOS ANGELES, May 26—(De-;
layed)—The yards of the Los An
geles Shipbuilding company, at San
Pedro, have been closed temporarily
as the result of a disagreement be
tween the employees of the company
and the management Upon the
refusal of the company to grant
certain demands of the men, six
thousand workers quit their places
today, practically tying up the plant.
The company is engaged on a
number of important contracts and
unless a settlement of the trouble
is reached speedily, heavy financial
loss will result.
HUNS 10 LOSE
VESSELS MEN
BY AMERICANS
WASHINGTON, D. C.,Ulay 27.— ^
According to official advices re
ceived from Paris late yesterday
afternoon, the Council of Four has
reached an understanding relative
to the disposition of German mer
chant vessels seized by the United
States at the time America entered
the world war. Under the terms
of the agreement, the vessels, which
include several of the best of the
former German merchant fleet, will
be retained by the United States
and become a part of the new
American merchant marine.
AM PACKERS
EXPECT RECORD
SALMON CATCH
SAN FRANCISCO.—Thirty-one
vessels of the Alaska Packers Com
pany are “mobilizing” at Bristol
Bay, Alaska, for what the company
expects to be a record catch. The
company’s salmon pack in 1913 was
1.200.000 pounds.
The “navy” of the Alaska Pack
ers calls for a total personnel of
5.000 fishermen and seamen. They
will sweep the Alaskan waters for
five months, and then will bring
the pack to San Francisco for mar
keting in all parts of the civilized
world.
The great fleet will be minus
one vessel which accompanied it
last year, the Star of Poland, which
was wrecked off the Japanese coast
while operating for the United
States Shipping board. Two other
] vessels of the fleet—the Star of
i Lapland and the Star of Zealand—
are said by officials of the company
to be the two biggest steel fishing
vessels afloat. All of the vessels
are sail propelled.
GREAT NUMBER OF
WAR CERTIFICATES
BOUGHT BY BRITISH
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LONDON, Eng.—In three years
the British public has bought 300,
000,000 war savings certificates at
$3.75 each. So successful has been
the work of the National War Sav
ings committee that it is planned
to continue its 40,000 savings asso
ciations on a permanent peace basis.
COMMITTEEMEN GIVE
SUPPORT TO ALASKA
WASHINGTON', D. C., May 27.—
The request of Secretary Lane for
funds with which to continue work
on the government railroad in Alas
ka until such time as the regular
annual appropriation can be granted
by Congress, has received the en
dorsement of the house committee
on appropriations, and announce
ment is made today by members of
the committee that the genera! de
ficiency bill, which will be present
ed to Congress almost immediately,
will include an item of two million
dollars for Alaska railroad work.
This is more than was asked for by
the secretary, when the matter was
first taken up with the committee,
and will enable the Alaskan En
gineering commission to prosecute
railroad work vigorously during the
month of June, besides taking care
of obligations incurred during the
past several weeks.
The request of the Alaskan En
Igineering commission for sufficient
funds to complete the railroad will
be given consideration when the
appropriations committee begins
framing the sundry civil bill, for
presentation to Congress within the
next few weeks. It has been es
. timated by the commission that
somethig over thirteen million dol
lars will be required to connect
! Nenana w-ith the coast, complete the
Fairbanks line, and make needed
improvements along Turnagain arm,
but that amount is in excess of the
thirty-five million dollars originally
provided for in the railroad bill,
and special action of some sort
probably will be necessary to get
around the restriction.
By its action in making provision
for an emergency appropriation, the
committee indicates that it is kind
ly disposed toward the railroad pro
ject and desirous of giving Alaska
j an opportunity to develop.
ITALY HOPEFUL
LONDON TREATY
WILL NO! FAIL
PARIS, May 27.—Italy is still
hopeful of getting possession of
Austrian territory, under the terms
of the secret treaty with England,
according to reports in circulation
in diplomatic circles today. These
reports indicate that negotiations
for the settlement of the Italian
controversy have been resumed by
the Big Four and that England and
France are supporting the claims of
Italy.
WILSON STILL OPPOSED.
LONDON, May 27.—It is believed
in this city that President Wilson
has not altered his views on the
Italian question and will continue
to oppose the granting of conces
sions to Italy under the terms of
the London treaty.
MANDATE DECLINED.
PARIS, May 27.—President Wil
son has announced that the United
States probably will not accept a
mandate for Constantinople an 1
other parts of Turkey, as suggested
by his associates at the peace con
ference.
ANTI-BOLSHEVIK.
PARIS, May 27.—The Council of
Four has agreed to the conditional
recognition of certain anti-Bolshe
vik governments.
FIRST PAPER SLACKERS
GIVEN PROPER RATING
Eight subjects of Sweden, two
,pf Norway and one of Denmark,
resident of Valdez, Seward and An
chorage, were recently barred for
ever from becoming citizens of the
United States because of their re
fusal to serve in the army. Their
declarations of intention were can
celled by Judge Brown, of the
Third division.
The names of these first paper
slackers are: Nelson Hagerup, Carl
Alfred Larson and Peterus Albin
Bystrom of Valdez; Frederick Axel
Jensen and Olaf Nordeng, of Saw
ard; Arthur Matson, Carl Anton
Lundgren, John Love, Frank Emil
Hanson, Jens Olof Alofson and
Johan Arvid Nystrom of Anchorage.
SENATOR WARREN
GEES IMPORTANT
—
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 26.—
(Delayed)—Senator Francis E. War
ren, of Wyoming, will receive the
appointment as chairman of the
finance and appropriations commit
tees of the senate, in spite of the
■ opposition of Progressive members
of the senate, led by Senator Hiram
Johnson of California. The selee
: tion of Warren was approved by a
party conference, the Wyoming
senator being the choice of thirty
t five of those present, while only
: five voted against him. The Pro
gressives have announced that they
will not carry the fight to the floor
of the senate. Warren was a mem
ber of the appropriations committee
during the last session of Congress.
Senator Harry S. New, of In
diana, is the choice of the confer
ence for chairman of the commitee
on territories, Senator Reed Smoot,
chairman of the public lands com
mittee, Senator Miles Poindexter of
Washington, chairman of the mines
commitee, Senator Charles L. Mc
Nary of Oregon chairman of the
irrigation and reclamation or arid
lands committee, Senator Truman
H. Newberry of Michigan (a new
member, chairman of the fisheries
committee, Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge of Massachusetts chairman
of the foreign relations committee,
Senator Carrol S. Page of Vermont,
chairman of the naval affairs com
mittee, and Senator Wesley L. Jones
of Washington chairman of the com
merce committee.
POPULATION OF RHEIMS
IS NOW ONLY 8,458
RHEIMS, France.—Rheims, which
had a population of 115,178 before
the war, now has only 8,458 in
habitants; 3,987 men, 3,258 women
and 1,213 children.
The “martyr city” was shelled
by the Germans on 1,051 days, and
over 1,000 persons were killed, in
cluding some 300 women and 100
children. The cathedral was struck
by 287 shells up to March 21, 1918.
After that date, no record was kept.
April 24, 1917 was the worst
day of the war for Rheims. The
bombardment was so terrific that
no records could be made of the
casualties and damage on that day.
HOMESTEADERS TO
In the last mail, an order was j
received at the land office in Fair
banks, from Clay Tallman, com
missioner of the general land office. 1
Washington, D. C., to the effect |
that in future homesteaders may be
granted leave of absence from their
homesteads, for one or two con
secutive periods, not to exceed five
months, during each year.
The length of time a homestead
er is required to reside on his land
under the old law has also been
changed, and, under the new regu
lations, he will not be required to
stay on the homestead longer than
five months of the year. This
change has been mide "'wing to
climatic conditions and the impossi
bility for the homesteader, in most
cases, to remain longer and find a
living.
This last requirement is particu
larly applicable to Alaska, as it is
only during the summer months that
anything can be done, and, as a
general rule, those who have home
steads seek work elsewhere during
the winter months, order that
they may be able to make a stake
to be used in improving their home
steads during the growing se-ison.
Under the provisions of the old
regulations, a homesteader was re
quired to prove residence on his
holdings for at least seven months
in each year.
ALL 10 PIECES
LONDON, May 27.—The giant
Tarrant triplane upon which the
British government depended for
new and startling developments in
aerial navigation, proved a failure
in its initial flight yesterday, the
great machine . crashing to earth
soon after it had left the hangar.
The wreck resulted in the death of
one person and the serious injury i
of a number of others.
The wrecked plane was the larg
est flying machine in the world. It
weighed twenty tons and was pro
pelled by six engines.
START CAMPAIGN FOR
STANDARD ROAD RULES
WINNEPEG, Man.— Canadian
automobilists have obtained co-op
eration of associations in America
and other countries in the campaign !
to internationalize road rules. They
believe peace and good road pro
jects will result in many traneon
tinental tours and that a standard
code of rules will be needed.
British motorists who brought
their machines to Canada have had
greatest difficulty in keeping on
the right hand side of the street,
and Canadian army officers who
attempted to pilot machines in Lon
don declare that the left side rule
kept them in a state bordering on
mental collapse.
Aviators also are agitating for
and international conference to
formulate air rules as well as high
way rules.
Harry Stacer, formerly of Fair
banks, and who had been recentlv
discharged from the army, now
holds the postion of pumpman with
the A. E. C., at Anchorage. Mrs.
Stacer arrived at Anchorage re-'
centlv on the steamship Alaska.
BOCHE ANSWER
DUE TOMORROW;
ALLIES READY
VERSAILLES, May 27. — It is
confidently expected that the Ger
man answer to the Allied peace
terms, which has been in course of
preparation for a considerable time,
will be completed and ready to hand
to representatives of the peace con
ference not later than tomorrow.
PREPARED FOR ACTION.
COBLENZ, May 27.—All is ac
tivity throughout the occupied area
east of the Rhine, where orders
have been issued to the American
and Allied troops to be in readiness
for instant action, should occasion
arise.
General Fayolle. commander of
the two French armies of occupa
tion, arrived here hurriedly today
and is in close consultation with
Genera! Liggett, regarding the
emergency plans of the Allies in
case the Germans refuse to sign
the treaty.
HASTE IN PEACE
TO SAVE NATION
BERNE, May 27.—Kar! Renner,
head of the Austrian peace delega
tion, is reported to have approached
Premier Clemenceau with an urgent
appeal to expedite peace negotia
tions. Renner declares that condi
tions in Austria are very unsettled
as the result of the delay, and it
is feared that further delay will be
the cause of serious disorders
throughout Austria.
The longer peace is delayed, Ren
ner points out, the longer it wiil
take Austria to recover from the
effects of the war, and it will ren
der more difficult compliance with
the terms of settlement imposed by
the Allies.
PREHISTORIC MOSQUITO
REPORTED FROM VALDEZ
VALDEZ.—The skeleton of what
is believed to have been either a
prehistoric bird or insect, was un
earthed recently in the frozen
gravel on Horseshoe creek, in the
Kobuk country, by prospectors. The
skeleton was about the size of the
modern eagle, but conformed in all
appearances to that of an insect.
It has been reconstructed and will
be sent to a museum.
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OUTLOOK FOR FORMER
GERMAN SAMOA BRIGHT
AUKLAND, New Zealand.—Col
onel Robert Logan, the New Zea
land administrator of former Ger
man Samoa, says the future of the
colony is very bright. Cattle rais
ing and coeoanut growing are two
important industries.
Colonel Logan said that former
German Somoa had been self-sup
porting since New Zealand military
occupation. In 1917 trade increased
over that of 1916 by over $1,000,
000; and the figures for 1918 would
have been a record but for the epi
demic of influenza. The increase
in trade is now nearly all with the
United States. Apia, said Colonel
Logan, neds a basin and wharf
where vessels may discharge cargu
in any weather instead of having
to discharge in the open readstead.