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The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12
MA YOR SEEKS FUNDS FOR TOWN IMPROVEMENTS
PEOPLE OF STATES WARNED TO WATCH FOR "FIU'
TOWN IMPROVEMENT
 MEASURES TAKEN

subject to annual floods of greater or less extent. The floods of 1917 did no very great damage; the floods of 1918 inundated the town site fully ninety per cent of the i'm proved section.
 Without inquiry as to whether a better situation might have been chosen, we believe we are justified in asking that the remaining fifty per cent of the Nenana Townsite Lot Sale Fund be included in the next annual estimates of appropria- tions "for the reimbursement of the Alaskan Engineering commis- sion for expenditures for the Ne mana Townsite for flood prevention and other improvements.
 Such an appropriation would leave this portion of the fund in the hands of the Alaskan Engineering Commission to cover direct expendi- lures for flood prevention, with any part not so used available for re imbursement for other improve ments; all of which latter class of improvements are subject to ex- eessiv~ -osts due to flood conditions We believe it possible to shut out even such a flood as that of 1918 The conditions here are peculiar to this townsite alone, in this respect and for which the lot purchasers are in nowise responsible.
 "Other circumstances have com. plicated matters here, but given this relief we believe that the Nenana Townsite will develop into benefit to all concerne
 Respectfully,
 ! Nenana Townsite Advisory Board ] By CARL SCHMIDT, , Secretary"
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12
WARD IN CHARGE OF A. [. [. WORK
 AT UPPER TOWN

Chief Clerk J. B. Bickford, who had also been acting as resident engineer on the Fairbanks end of the government railroad, has tend cred his resignation, effective Janu- ary first, and Supervising Engineer Herbert K. Ward, who had been recently in charge of the locating parties in the Lignite country and the Goldstream valley, will assume charge of the railroad work on the Fairbanks end.
 MT. Ward has already gone to Fairbanks, where he will establish headquarters as supervising engineer There will be no change, for the present, in the Fairbanks office staff.
 In addition to the work in con- nection with the extension of the road to Fairbanks from Nenana, MT. Ward will loook into the mat ter of the rehabilitation of the Panama Valley Railroad, for which purpose he will make a thorough inspection of the line later on.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12
MAIL FINALLY IS
 NEARING NENANA

Roy Lunds stage with the mail left Dunbar's roadhouse at 1 o'clock this morning and will arrive at the quarantoine camp about five o'clock this evening.
 The outgoing mail closed at the postoffice at three o'clock this after noon and was sent to the cuar- antine camp shortly thereafter.
 The mail brought by Roy Lund is all second class matter. Post master Mcdonald stated that it will be delivered to the boxes tonight.
 First class mail was received in Fairbanks today and that portion of it consigned to Nenana will prob ably be brought on the Thelin stage which will leave Fairbanks tomorrow morning.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12
PRUSS|AN GUARD BACK IN BERLIN
 WELCOME QUIET
Famous Troops Receive Solemn Reception At Capital; Had
 Suffered Terribly In Wa.
Associated Press)

COPENHAGEN. - According to despatches received here today, the city of Berlin last Tuesday wei comed the Prussian Guard, solemnly, not triumphantly.
 The Guard returned under the German flag, while the bands played Deutschland Uber Alles" instead of revolutionary airs. The famous Brandenburg gate was beautifully decorated, as also were the streets through which the Guard passed. All the soldiers of the guard wore iron crosses. The Prussian Guard participated in the last battle of the war, during which they suffered very severely. their losses being enormous. ...: Premier Ebert, in a speech of welcome to the Guard, said that
 the army is to be the strongest part of the new government. Referring to the closing days of the war and the part played in it by the Prussian
 Guard, Premier Ebert said Your sacrifices have been unexampled; We 1 were forced to abandon the struggle
 only when the preponderance of our , opponents grew ever heavier" 1 Replying to the speech of wei
 come delivered to the Prussian Guard by Premier Ebert, a ser geant said that the soldiers wanted national assembly called as soon as possible. He said that they did not want to be led from the path
 of quiet order by Liebknecht or any
 other dreamer.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12
HEALTH SERVICE ISSUES WARNING
 ABOUT EPIDEMIC
Associated Press Sergeant General Blue Advises the Closing of Schools On Signs of the Reappearance.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Surgeon General Blue, in charge of the Pub lie Health Service, warned the na- tion that the influenza epidemic was not over and that all precau- tions to prevent its spread should be taken.
 He advised the closing of schools on the first signs of the reappear- ance of the disease, and said that everybody should cover up their coughs and sneezes.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12
bREST IS READY
 TO GREET WILSON
French Port Beautifully Decorated Against President Wilson's
 Arrival Tomorrow.
Associated Press)

BREST, France.-The city has donned holiday attire and is throng- ed with visitors and high government officials who will welcome President Wilson when he arrives tomorrow.
 Selected troops of tue Allied na- tions, fresh from the battlefields, will form the guard of honor at the quay. The George Washington is expected to dock some time to- morrow, a wireless message from the vessel which will indicate the exact hour of arrival, is expected momen- tarily.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12
SLAV GENERALS SENT 10 DEATH
 BY B0[SH[V|K|
Associated Press

ASSOcldteQ ITeSS
 STOCKHOLM.-According to report received in this city today. the local Soviet at Prapagorsk shot Generals Russki and Dimitrieff
 At the outbreak of the war Gen eral Russki commanded the Russian forces in Poland and beat back the German forces in their first ad- vance against Warsaw. General Dimitrieff commanded the Russian forces operating against the Aus trians and directed the capture by the Russians of the fortified city of Presmysl.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12
GREY SAYS FREE SEAS |S POLICY
 OF IHE BRITISH
Former Foreign Secretary Fears Trouble Between England and
 United States Over Navy.
Associated P-ess)


 DESBURY, England. - Former Foreign Secretary Viscount Grey, in discussing the approaching inter- Allied peace conference and Presi- dent Wilson's attitude regarding militarism in any form, declared that he feared the question of the freedom of the seas may create difficulties between England and the United States.
 The statesman said: "We want freedom of the seas in time of peace. America has some rule for bidding foreign ships from carry ing goods between the United States and the Philippines; other countries have similar rules; we have no regu' lations like that; we stand more completely for the freedom of the seas in times of peace than any other nation"
 Under President Wilson's defini- tion of freedom of the seas, there would appear to be no need for an ticipating any difficulty about ar irving at an agreement regarding it
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12
LATIN NATIONS
 ARE URGED ID
 BURY RATCHET
Chile and Puru Receive Notes From
 United States Offering Help .-~ to Settle Differences
(Associat.,d Press)

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The state department has despatched notes to the governments of Chile and Peru, pointing out that they both owe it to the rest of the world to settle their differences amicably.
 The notes also state that the gov ernment of the United States alone or in conjunction with other Ameri- can countries, is ready and willing to render. all possible assistance to bring about quiet solution of the problem confronting the two nations.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12
COUPLE ARE MARRIED
 BY THE COMMISSIONER

Oliver Lee and Mrs. Gundrum were united in the bonds of matri- mony last night. Commissioner R. s. Mcdonald performing the cere- mony at his office.
 Oliver Lee is we'll known old timer in the North and a resident of Nenana, where his wife also has resided for many years. They are receiving the congratulations of their many friends today. Msnana-Ths Gateway to Mckinley
 National Park.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12
ARM|ST|CE MAY
 BE EXTENDED ID
 HELP OUI HUNS
Germans Request Allied Reinforce ments to Help German Troops
 Maintain Order.
Associated Press)

PARIS.-Negotiations have been commenced at Treves, in Rhenish Prussia for the purpose of prolong- ing the armistice, between Allied and German delegates.
 The German delegates have re- quested the Allies to reinforce their troops at certain points to help the Germans to maintain quiet.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12

The regular monthly meeting of the Fairbanks Chapter of the Amer ican Mining Congress will be held tomorrow night at the bureau of mines.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12

 its issue of December 3, and Nov ember 30, regarding the work al ready done and works contemplated for the betterment of conditions during the prevalence of floods fol lowing the breakup, the Nenana advisory board met recently and with the townsite manager went thoroughly into the question of the measures to be taken by way of extending the work along these lines already partly completed by the Alaskan Engineering commis- sion.
 The raising of the grade through the Nenana yards to level of about Is inches above the highest known flood level will most effectually pro- tect the town from any floods from the direction of the Nenana river; and the contemplated extention of the line to the foot of A street, which means that the grade will take the same level as in the Ne mana yards, will constitute a very effective levee along the waterfront up to the foot of A street. Along the waterfront upstream from A street the ground is much higher and is not affected by floods, but the advisory board and the town site manager did not think any chances should be taken and every effort is to be made to secure the townsite against encroachments by the river in future.
 The Alaskan Engineering com mission recently undertook the work of driving piling along the water front to prevent bank erosion; this work has now been accomplished, and just as soon as the necessary teams and men become available the space between the piling and the bank will be filled in with sap lings and gravel to a height that will keep out flood waters, accord ing to the plans laid out by Mr. F. D. Browne, engineer in charge. MT. Browne stated that the neces- sary stock and labor force for com pleting the bank protection work on the waterfront will become available | just as soon as salvage operations on the abandoned line have been i finished; in any event the bank will be amply protected long before the breakup occurs, and Nenanaites will be afforded every protection from a reoccurrence of the floods. To strengthen the hands of the Alaskan Engineering commission in the protective measures taken and to obtain additional funds for con- tinuing the good work, the Nenana Townsite Advisory Board and Townsite Manager Joseph decided to make a request for the inclusion in the next estimates of appropria- tions of the remaining fifty per cent of the Nenana townsite lot sale funds, and accordingly, the follow ing letter was addressed to Secre- tary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane:
 Nenana, Alaska, Dec. 10, 1918 Honorable Franklin K. Lane,
 Secretary of the Interior,
 Through Alaskan Engineering Com
 mission,
 Washington, D. C.
 Dear MT. Secreary:
 "Since the establishment of the Nenana Townsite it has become generally known that the situation at the junction of the Panama and lNenana rivers renders the townsite
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12
MYSTERY WOMAN
 STAPLES POLICE
Spiritualist Vanishes Into Thin Air; Was Under Arrest At the
 Time She Went.
(Associated PresS)

CHICAGO.-Madeline Leslie, who was arrested in this city at a spiritualistic seance, mysteriously disappeared from the Pyschopathic hospital.
 At the time of her arrest she claimed that she had the power to vanish into thin air, and apparently did so.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12
MORE AMERICANS
 LEAVE FOR HOME
Stream of American Soldiers Sets Homewards and Transports
 Sail Daily For Home.
Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The war department has been advised of the sailing of four transports with nine thousand American troops. The transports left Europe today.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12
BASEBALL LEAGUE
 10 BAR SLACKERS
Draft Evaders of Last Year Will Be Barred From Playing for
 American League.
CAssociated Pressl

CHICAGO.-It is understood that the American league will bar play CTS who deserted the league clubs last year to join the shipyard clubs and thereby escape the draft.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12
GERMAN CABINET
 |S RADICAL NOW
Foreign Secretary Solf Resigns; Entire Cabinet Now Controlled
 By Radicals.
Associated PreSS)

BERLIN.-German Foreign Sec retaray Solf has tendered his resig- nation from the German cabinet The radical element now claims control of the entire cabinet.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12

Chief Timekeeper M. A. Schaeffer went out on the line today on busi- ness. He will be away for a few days.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12

Dr. A. A. Kennison, Einar Ton seth and Paul Borak, who are serv- ing with the troops at Fort Gibbon, have been promoted to the rank of corporal.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12

Gateway to Mckinley
 National Park.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12
DUTCH DIPLOMAT
 BELIEVES KAISER
 SAFE IN HOLLAND
Associated Press)

THE HAGUE-Jonkheer Beren- druck told. the lower chamber of the Netherlands parliament today that the former kaiser is entitled to the right of sanctuary in Holland; i; the Allies, he thought, cannot de- mand his return to Germany.
 Townsite Manager H. B. Joseph expects to leave for Fairbanks on Monday on a business visit.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12

Msnana-Ths Gateway to Mckinley
 National Park.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-12-12

nenana, Where Balls and Rivers Meet
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-11-13
DEPENDENCY

It was announced today that about
one-third of the four hundred thou
sand claiming dependency who now
are receiving checks will be dropped
from the rolls when it is shown that
they were not dependent on a soldier
before he entered the service. There
are hundreds of cases in which women
not the wives of soldiers or sailors, are
receiving allotment and allowance
checks, having been named up by the
men as their legal wives, while the
real wives 60 without government aid.
Scores of attorneys are understood to
be under investigation. All persons
who received and cash checks to which
they were not strictly entitled to by
law are to be cut off from their re-
mittances, forced to repay the sums
they received fraudulently and prose-
cuted if criminal intent is shown.
Information relating to improper
receipt or use Of government allot-
ment and allowance remittances are
welcomed, it was said and should b
addressed to General Counsel Gureau,
of var risk insurance, Washington.
Twenty-Five thousand cases in which
relatives less closely connected than
wives or children are receiving checks
on account Of soldiers in service o.
whom they were not dependent before
the war, are under inquiry and five
thousand Of thse are to be compelled
to make refunds to the government
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-11-13
LABRADOR FISHERY IS SHORT
Only $4,000 Qulntals Are Expected
This Season, AgaInst 100000
In 4 Good Year.

st. Johns, N. F.-The Labrador fish
cry, M Of the principal branches Of
the Newfoundland cod fishery indus
try, threatens to be very short this
year. The fish r shipped direct from
tho coast to European countries, main
" Portugal. Spain, Italy and Greece.
and very high prices are obtained now
adays, virtually double the figures rul-
ing before the war started. The Lab
rador fishery Of Newfoundland has not
IN late years attained the same pro-
portions as formerly when some 10000
fisher folk, men, women and children.
migrated there every summer for the
fishing season, and the catch In some
years reached 100000 quintals. A good
season at present would represent half
these figures, whereas the outlook just
now is that for the 10000 or 1900
people engaged, not more than $1,000
Quintals will be, obtained.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-11-13
WOMB SHERIFF MAKES GOOD
When 9hs Goes After On Offender
He Had Better Surrender
Peacefully.

Coleman, Tez-Mrs. John r. Ban.
mister is the new sheriff Of Coleman
county. AL who know her say thai
when she buckles on her six-shootel
and goes out to make IN arrest the Of
fender Tad better make peaceful u
render II he knows what Is good TO,
him. It is not meant by this that Mrs
BannistGr is q woman Of the rough
man type-on the contrary she is I'M
assuming, quiet and progressing il
looks. The sum and substance Of \
70 that she belongs to q stock Of west
erners that does not know what feaI
In whom 1t comes to fulfilling what sht
believes to be her official duty.
Mrt Bannister's husband. Captail
Bannlster, who died recently, was sher
if Of Coleman county for many years
His wife assisted him in his work IL
many ways and Is said to be thorough
" familiar with the details Of the of
fee. It was but natural ttlat shs
should he elevated to the vacant posi-
ton, her frleuds say.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-11-13

Tommy Wood Of Brainard, Mil =.
probably the largest man in the world
is devoting much Of his time and tai
ent to the Red Cross. He is % years
old and weighs 400 pounds. Because
Of his mirth and musical talent he is
exceptionally fitted for entertaining
men in the service. He has appeared
in most of the cantonments in this
country as well as in a large number
Of base hospitals, and entertained the
soldiers with his songs and ukele.
MI. Wood has tried several times to
enlist in the army but his enormous
weight has barred him. The National
Red Cross association recently pre-
scented him with a medal for services
which he voluntarily performed for
the organization.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-11-13

The pupils pupils of Miss Helen A.
drian's school, located in Trip
ty, South Dakota, recently gavessn;
entertainment and pie supper for The
benefit of the Junior Red Cross. The
proceeds of the evening amounted to
$44.5O, most of which will be used for
the support of a war orphan in France
The Junior Red Cross of South Da-
Kota is responsible for the support of
$500 Of these fatherless children. It
is believed that the amount can easily
be raised by the Juniors as it costs
but $3.50 per year to keep one child.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-11-13

that the Kaiser had abdicated, for in
reality the old tyrant was still on the
job. In the face of these misrepre-
sensations was there any aso that
the public questioned the Journals re-
port of the war being over?
Again. In Fridays Journal tho
whole front page was used to take
back and cover up the mistakes of the
evening before. On this same page
was a lengthy article headed" News OF
Signing of Armistice Suppressed"
Here again was another gross misre-
presentation to cover up the first err
ror, for in an Associated Press dis
patch the same evening Secretary
Lansing took a direct slap at this
camoulflage when he said:
IT am requested and authorized
by the president to state that no
information reaching this govern
ment concerning the armistice
negotiations in France has been
withheld; that any statement to
the contrary is utterly false and
that as soon as a definite decis-
ion in regard to the armistice is
reached it will be Immediately
made public by the government"
Sure , the Journal was not the only
paper in the state that carried this
report. The Fargo Courier-News did,
the Grand Forks American did-and
if there are any more Bolshevist
papers in the state we expect that
they carried it. It's publication no
doubt will have a great effect one way
or the other upon the results Of this
weeks campaign to raise money for
the Y. M. C. A. and the other charita-
BILE institutions which money will be
used to carry on their noble work with
our fighting forces in France. No
doubt the campaign managers over
the county will appreciate the help
(?) this report will give to their work.
IF there was a better news service
than the United Press the Journal
would have 1t And we ~reiterate
again and again, its the best afternoon
service in the entire world" This
appeared across the top Of the front
page Of Fridays edition wherein they
tried to justify the false report Of the
evening before. Yes, it is SOME
SERVICE. If this is the beside.
liver a long-suffering public from the
poorest.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-11-13

Please look at the label on your
paper and see whether you are in ar
rears or not, and If you are send us
your check, as according to instruc-
lions from our government we will not
be allowed to send you a copy Of the
paper if you are in arrears. Why not
give this matter your attention NOW?
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-11-13

The Danish knitting society. st.
Paul, MINI. recently VOL $40 at a Red
Cross knitting exhibition. Members
of the club invested their prize in
remnants of wooden goods which they
obtained at factory centers. From
this material Sc warm garments were
made for children of the fire stricken
district Of northern Minnesota
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-11-13
CEASED At 600
MONDAY MORNING OUR TINE
GREATEST WAR IN HISTORY COMES TO CLOSE

WASHINGTON, Nov. II, 2:45 A. M.-Announcemen was made YER
-bany by an official Of he State Department in this de form: The ar;
Institutes will cease at IL this morning, Paris timer
This statement would show that at six o'clock this morning our
time. that the final fighting in the war ceased. This will be wei
come news to thousands Of fathers, mothers, brothers and sis
tiers, who have relatives at the front.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-11-13
PRESENT CALL FOR army
MAY Be HALTED TODAY

While nothing definite is known, there is a possibility that the
call for men to go to the training camps may be suspended by the
War Department. While we may send more men across the water
in order that some Of the boys cover there" may return home, as it
is going to need men over there for some time IN order to do police
he needed for fighting, as it is evident that Germany is so tied up
that that she will not be able to wiggle again 50 far as fighting is
concerned.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-11-13
OF WAR CAUSES
REJOICING OVER COUNTRY
WHOLE NATION CELEBRATING

The news that the armishce had been signed and hostiities
ceased was flashed over the wires at about 2:45 this morning, and
in less than two hours nearly every city in the United States was
up and celebrating. The news reached Devils Lake at about $3.50
and the head Of the city officials was notified, but owing to the
.fue" and the further fact that we were about to- have q War
Drive on this forenoon it was thought best to wait until morning
before we begin to celebrate.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-11-13
THE KAISER HAS ABDCATED-
SOCIALIST LEADER TAKES PLACE

Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm has abdicated and is in Holland and is pro
ceeding to Middaachten castle in the town Of Destdeg, near Ut
recht. Frederick Ebert, a Socialist leader, has been appointed
Imperial chancellor.