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The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-14
AN AFRICAN EXPLOIT

An account of one of the smallest and one of the most successful Brit ish naval expeditions sent out during the present war-that which cleared the Germans from the district of the Lake Tanganyika, in Africa has just been published by the Col onial Institute at London, according to a correspondent of the Associated Press.
 The expedition included only 2S men, and it went through the cam paign without single casualty. Its two boats were transported 5000 miles by sea and then $500 miles by land before they reached the scene of their objective. They were dragged long distances through the bush and over a range of noun. tains, sometimes in a temperature of 100 degrees. The first encounter with the enemy was when the Ger man armed motor-boat Kingan sailed into the bay where the British ships lay, her commander unaware that the British navy was on tho spot. The Kingani was chased into the land, and after being heavil! shelled, surrendered. She then re sumed her Career under the British flag as the Eff.
 Some time afterward, another German boat appeared, the Hedwig avon Wissmann. The Eff and Mim chased her thirty miles, until a 5000 yards the Eff got the range with high-explosive shells. In a few minutes the Hedwig burst into flames, turned turtle and sank. He ensign was picked up, and wa the first enemy ensign captured i, any sea battle in the war.
 The remaining German boat, tn Graf von Gotzen, stayed in the har bor. A sea plane flew over her ant reused her with few bombs. Tn Germans then filled her with con crete and sank her.
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of July next, the flag of the United States be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; that the union have twenty stars, white in a blue field.
 "Sec. 2 Be it further enacted, that, on the admission of every new state into the union, one star is added to the union of the flag; and that such addition shall take effect on the fourth day of July succeeding such admission"
 So many styles and forms of the stars and stripes flag were in. exist ence in 1887 that certain foreign governments found it necessary to make inquiry of this government just what the official flag was, re- sulting in the publication in 1852, of a careful study of the subject by Gen. Schuyler Hamilton.
 However, it was not until 191? that very definite specifications were drawn up. Under President Taft's administration, representa- tives of the various government de- partments conferred on proportions and other details of the national flag, resulting in an executive order dated October 20, 1912, which tended to standardize the stars and stripes. Because of the fact that some 60 odd sizes and shapes of American flags were found in use in the various departments of the government, an executive order was issued on May 29, 1916, standard izing the form and size of all our | national flags, as follows:
 Take the hoist or width, as 1; the | fly, or length, as 1.9; the hoist ot the union 7-13; the fly of the union .76; and the width of each stripe as 1-13. There are 12 prescribed sizes, the hoists ranging from 1.31
 feet to 20 feet, but the 19 feet hois
 is to be the standard.
 Taking the normal hoist as 1!
 feet, the foregoing formula would
 give the standard American flag thu
 following other dimensions: fly, 3' feet, 1.2 inches; hoist of union, Il
 feet, 2.7 inches; fly of union, l.
 feet, 5.2 inches; width of each stripe ] foot, 5.5 inches. ...@.. .=
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-14
OPERATORS ARE
 PLANTING TREES ID HELP MINES
Reforestation of Portions of Penn sylvania Will Relieve Timber
 Shortage.

HAZELTON, Pa.-Because the operators of anthracite coal mines need timber, an impetus has been given to the reforestation of the mountains and hills in the mining region. The scarcity of lumber for mine pillars and other mine uses has led to the creation of a forestry department by several of the large mining companies, one of which has just reforested Bear creek watershed with 5000 white pine and 5,0O0 Nor way spruce trees. Thirty thousand more trees are in process of culti- vation at Hauto, Pa., in the Panther creek valley.
 If timber is ready to cut in the vicinity of the mines the trouble some waits and long hauls will be eliminated. More timberland in the anthracite region would stop floods, add to the water supply, reduce the drought periods and enable the an thracite industry to add to it's out. put. This would be done through better protection thus afforded to the stripping areas in mines which would add to the speeding-up ability Many thousands of acres are avail able about the mines for reforesta. tion.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-14
HAWAII ACTIVE

Steps to insure maximum pro- duction of foodstuffs in Hawaii for the period of the war have been taken by the Chamber of Commerce of Honolulu, in cooperation with the territorial government and Dele gate Kuhio. The action may take the form of an appeal to congress for the removal from entry for homesteading of all public lands in the territory.
 The present laws, suspension of which is sought, under the organic act require public lands now used for cultivation of sugar cane to be. come a part of the homestead area. on expiration of the present leas es. Several such leases for large areas now cultivated by sugar com panies will expire within the next 12 months.
 It is likely the matter will bt presented to Washington in tn, form of a resolution from the terri torial legislature which will conven, in special session this summer. Another object in securing sus pension of the present laws is t. give the men who are called iron the territory for military service equal opportunity after the war t secure homsteads.
 It is suggested further that abro
 gation of the laws continue for fou
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-14
To the Creditors of Paul Lescure,
 Bankrupt:

To the Creditors of Paul Lescure,
 Bankrupt:
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That on the Sth day of June, A. D. 1918, the said Paul Lescure was duly adjudicated a bankrupt; and it be- ing made appear to the Referee that for the convenience and interest of creditors the first meeting therof should be held at the town of Ne mana, in the Fourth Division, Terri tory of Alaska, the first meeting of the creditors of the said Paul Lescure, Bankrupt, will be held at the office of the United States Com missioner in said town of Nenana on the 24th day of June, 1918, at the hour of 7:3O p. m, at which 1 time the said creditors may attend, prove their claims, appoint a trustee, examine the bankrupt and transact such other business as may properly come before said meeting. i Dated at Fairbanks, Alaska, June i II, 1918.
 1 L. R. GILLETTE, Referre in Bankruptcy. Dated: June IA, 1918.
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flag Dap
EMBARRASSMENT

The American flag is among the oldest of national flags, being older than the present British Union Jack, the French Tri-Color, and the flag of Spain, and many years older than the flags of Germany and Italy, some of which like those of other countries are personal flags, or those of reigning families.
 The flag of Great Britain was used bv the early colonists begin ming with the settlement of James town in 1920 and was the only off cial flag from that date until June II. 1777. It consisted of the red cross of St. George and the white cross of St. Andrew on blue field. During the intervening periods, how ever, and more especially, after the beginning of the controversey with the mother country, various colonies and sections of the Atlantic sea- board adopted a variety of flags, Some of the most historic are as follows:
 The "pine tree" flag, which was red with white canton in which was placed the red cross of St a,,I
 The English Colonial flag. which was red with the British flag as canton.
 The rattlesnake flag adopted by the southern colonies in 1775 con sisted of white field with rattle snake cut into thirteen pieces, placed upon it, each part bearing the inl- tial of a colony, and the whole carving the legend, "Join, or die. Later, in 1776, the flag bore a rattle snake coiled and the legend, Don't Tread on Me" and still later the thirteen stripes with the snake across them. In either case there were generally thirteen rattles.
 The first flag in the South was said to have been devised by Colone Moultrie in the fall of 1775. Il was a large blue flag with a cres cent in the upper right hand corner and with the word, "Liberty," II the center. This flag was used il the defense of Fort Moultrie.
 A committee, consisting of Frank lin, Thomas Lynch and Benjamin Harrison, recommended to the sec ond Continental Congress the adop tion of a national flag to consis of the thirteen stripes with tn British Union in the upper left hand corner. This flag was hoiste over Washington's headquarters i Cambridge, January 2, 1776, an was known among the colonies the Cambridge Flag" but in Grea Britain as the "Rebellious Stripes.
 But on June IA, 1777, now cele brated as Flag Day, congress passe an act requiring "That the flag o the United States be 13 stripes, a ternate red and white; that tn union be 13 stars, white in blu field, representing new constells tion." The first flag was made b Betsy Ross, of Philadelphia. Tn flag was made from pencil sketc which was drawn by General Georg Washington. The committee al pointed to design the flag was con posed of George Washington, Rol ert Morris, and Colonel Geore Ross.
 It was planned at first to add new stripe for each state admitte to the Union, but this was foun impracticable and on April IA, 181 Congress passed an act, as follow
 "An Act to Establish the Flag ( the United States.
 "Section 1. Be it enacted, ct That from and after the fourth da
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-14
MARINE NEWS

Julia B.-At Kotlik.
 Seattle No. 3-At Kotlik. Sibilla-Down Nulato, 18th. Davis-Up Rampant, 11th. Reliance-At Nulato. Casca-Up Ogilvie S:45 a. m. Yukon-Down Carmacks 6 a m. Whitehorse-Down Isaacs S:45 a. m. .H
 Dawson-Leaves Whitehorse to- night.
 Panama and Nasutlin-At White horse.
 Hazel B.-Up Stewart river 5 a. m.
 Washburn-Up Cinema 7:15 a. m. Carl White-Leaves for Log Jam Saturday morning.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-14

Henry Rappolt, who has been in the States during the past year, IS a home-bound passenger on the steamer Yukon. He spent the winter at Washington, D. c.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-06-14

years after the war in order to pro- mote intensive cultivation of the lands.
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In the District Court for the Terri tory of Alaska, Fourth Judicial Division.
 In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Paul Lescure, Bank rupt.
 No. FOB NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING OF
 CREDITORS.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-08-31
.W.S.S.-
NOTICE

The Ashdown schools will use the
new state books this year. All pre-
sons are requested not to get books
till given a list by the teacher.
You can exchange all old books that
have been in use for the new books.
All pupils and teachers will be re-
quired to hove certificates showing
successful vaccination. School opens
Monday, September g. All first and
second year high school pupils are re-
quested to register at Superintendent's
Office Friday, Sept. 6, at 9 a. m. Jun
ior and Seniors lat 2 p. m.
Mrs. o. T. Graves will have charge
of the expression class. BY mistake
this was omitted in the list Of teachers
as given previously. s
D. p Holmes. Supt
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-08-31
BOTH WON COMMISSIONS
EuireH keenan, and Floyd Gammill,
Commissioned End Lieutenants.


Burrell keenan, and Floyd Gammill
two AshdOwn boys, returned home this
week from Little Rock where they
have just finished the officers training
school, Both made good and were
commissioned as second lieu,enants.
Burrell enlisted with old Company /
and later passed the examination for
the officers school. Floyd went with
the Oklahoma draft to Camp Logan,
qualified as a sharpshootor and later
made the officers school, Burrell will
be stationed at Camp Pike and Floyd
at Camp Logan, both with infantry
regiments. Ashdown is glad that two
more of her boys have made good.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-08-31
HEARING ARE ORDERED
In the Matter OF Valuation OF the
Kansas City Southern.

Washington, Aug. 27.-Hearings
were ordered by the Interstate Com
merce Commission today in the mat
ter of the valuation of the Kansas
City Southern railroad and subsidiary
lines in the territory between Kansas
City and the Gulf, to be held by an
examiner in Kansas City, Mo-, begin
ming September 8. The roads re-
quest that questions raised in regard
to the Bureau of Valuations work
be referred back to the bureau for
further conference with the carriers,
was disapproved by the commission.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-08-31
W.S.S
Demand for Labor.

Little Rock, Aug. 28.-Maj. r. B.
Keating, in charge of the U. S. Govern
ment Employment Service here, re-
ports that he now has calls in Arkan-
sas alone for total of $3.50 unskilled
laborers, of whom $500 are FOR Picron
and Camp Pike alone. There is an un-
side the state for essential war indus
tries.
Maj Keating has been authorized
by the employment service to recruit
1000 men in Texas an1 1000 in Okla.
homa. One of his deputies, w. H.
Harper, is now in in Texas, with three
assistants recruiting men.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-08-31
HUNS VICTIMS OF
OWN MUSTARD GAS
Leave Guns and VapOr Shells Be-
hind and French Utilize
Them-NOt Even Graves
Sacred.

With the French Armies in France,
Aug. 28.-The German retreat north
of the Avre river has been far more
speedy since the fall of Chaulnes. Wig
orously pursued by French troops and
hsrassed by their own mustard gas
shells, which they left behind, and
which are being fired from German
guns by French gunners, the enemy
Ingon, in the region of Nesle and the
Canal du Nord.
General Debeny's men, /, without
great opposition, advanced four and
one-hall miles during the night, and
this morning their cavalry was upon
Nesle, close on the heels of the retir-
ing enemy The pursuit toward the
Canal du Nord slackened this morn
ing when the enemys artillery of all
calibers maintained heavy fire from
strong positions west of the canal.
After Chaulnes fell, Gommiecourt,
to the north, was taken by the French,
while later Cressy, Balatre, Champion
and j1oiglise, between Nesle and
Roye, were captured and more than
q score of other villages occupied
Not Even Graves Sacred.
The battlefield the Cer..aans have
abandoned presents a picture OF de-
ofo nd hof ho NJ
been surpassed during the war. Roye
End the villages round about have
been quite as thoroughly demolished
s Montidier in] Moreuil Even
cemeteries have been blown up, tomb
stones smashed ani graves opened.
The names of towns in this region no
longer have any significance, except
as reminiscenoe and geographical
des:yne tioa. They have ceased to ex-
ist Els towns. Their sites are hardly
recognizable, for the int ense shelling
,.ss not only obliteratei streets and
defaced boundary lines, put has rem
Idsred the topography uIrecognizable
in many places.
The ruins abandoned by the Ger
mans previously were carefully filled
with mustard gas. For this reason
Roye is still inaccessible for occupa-
ton.
The Germans were not able to use
all the gas projectiles they brought
to the present front and large dumps
of them fell into French hands. They
are now being fred against the enc
my from some of the hundreds Of
German guns the French First army
has taken since August 8.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-08-31
W.S.S..
REED HARRISON KILLED
Son Of Local Man Killed In Train
Wreck In Texas-Burled Here.

Reed Harrison, son of w. M. Harri-
son who lives near the Major Stave
Mill in this city, was killed Tuesday in
Haverland, Texas, in train wreck.
The body was brought here Wednesday
and buried in the local cemetery
Thursday afternoon.
Harrison was engineer on log train
which was wrecked. When the train
left the track he leaped from the cab
in an effort to save his life and landed
some 10 or IL feet from the track. The
tender, . coal car and hve cars Of logs
rolled entirely over him. SO
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-08-31
2-HOUR FIGHT ON BORDER:
MANY MEXICANS SLAIN
Three American Soldiers Killed and II
WOunded-Triyial Affair Starts
Bloody Struggle in Streets
Of NOgales.

Nogales, Ariz., Aug 27.-Lieuten-
ant Colonel Frederick J. Herman, COM
man5ing troops at Nogales, was among
tie American soldiers wounded in a
two-hour fight with Mexicans, which
started when United States sentries
were fired upon today by Mexicans.
Several hundred troops engaged the
Mexicans and drove them all we'll
back into their town
The American casualties are said
TO be three soldiers killed and 12
wounded, including Lieutenant Colo
mel Herman.
Casualties on the Mexican size. ac-
cording to late report, were over
100 killed and wounded
The Mexicans hoisted flag of
truce, but continued firing and snip
ing was going on at p. M Bullets
were dropping thick and fast in Nog-
ales, Ariz. One civilian was wounded.
A conference has been called be-
tween American and Mexican Off
cials.
Started by Trivial Affair.
The trouble was supposed to have
started as "a result OF an attempt on
the part of the Mexican immigration
the part of a Mexican immigration Of
ficial to pass a fellow countryman
across the border illegally. American
sentries drew guns and Mexicans
fired. Other Mexicans came from all
directions and aided the Mexicans on
the line until they were driven back
An infantry detachment in COM
mand of Lieutenant Colonel Herman
was rushed to the border and was fol-
lowed by negro cavalry troops, who
took up positions along the street
which forms the boundary line. The
firing continued until 5: 80 p. m, when
it died down slightly, but occasional
shots could be heard.
No one seemed to know exactly
what happened after the first shot
was fired. An American sentry was
seen to enter an office on Internation-
al avenue, with his arm dangling at
his side with bullet wound through
his shoulder Soon after the firing
became general and the crowd which
rushed to the custom house when the
first shots were fired sought shelter
behind buildings. Every one was or
dered off the streets by the military
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-08-31
MISS ARTHUR SPOKE
AT ASHDOWN THURSDAY
Committee Appointed for Girls
Industrial Home. and WOman's
RefOrmatOry
Move.

Miss Marcella Arthur spoke here
Thursday in the interest of the CAM
paign to be put on in the state Sept.
1st to raise 100000 for Girls In
dustrial home and Womans Reforma
tory President Wilson feels that it,
is a necessary war measure in the
cantonment states both for the pro-
lection OF the women and the soldiers ]
The president will donate out of
contingent fund an equal amount rails.
ed by the state. The two institutions
are to be separate. The industrial
school will provide for young delin-
luent girls who will be kept seperate
from those older in crime This is
,ne of the greatest movements of the
war and one of the most needed The
campaign will be put on all over the
state
The following local committee was
appointed at the meeting here Thurs
day morning:
Rev. C. S. Wales, chairman; Rev
S. K. Burnett, Rev. w. T. Sullivan,
Mrs. A. D. DuLaney, Judge Lon T.
Jones, Mrs. Lon T. Jones, Mrs. Jean
Curran, Mrs. ]. T. Cowling, Mrs. E. B.
Mobley, Miss Gladys Norwood, Clifford
Locke, T. B. Cook
The committee is called to meet at
the home of A. D. DuLaney Saturday
night at o'clock.
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-08-31
l,IAN-POWER BILL
PASSED THURSDAY
eCOnferees Reach Agreement on All
Important Differences
"WOrk or Fight
Killed.

J0ulHStUn, Au6. 90. I"SeAA.SAA1
NxJ0ngress and transmission to Pres
hlent Wilson tomorrow or cne man
power bill broadening the army draft
age limits to incldue men OF IS to As
years OF age, appeared assured late to-
day. when the Senate and House con-
ferees unexpectedly reached COM
plete agreement on all important dis
putes striking out the Senate's
work or fight" amendment.
Adoption OF the conTerees' agree
ment by both Senate and House i'm
mediately after they reconyene at
Ioon tomorrow is regarded as certain.
Only disposal of two minor amend
ments and drafting of tnc formal
agreement remain to be done tomor-
row before the assembling Of the two
houses.
tsWork Or Fight, Clause Out.
Elimination of the work or fight"
. amendment, on which the Senate con-
ferees yielded paved the way for the
IA 0OeAOGA G6A OOA1OAt OAA SAAC AAO0ONA ..
Some complaint is expected from the
Senate majority favoring the work
Cor fight clause, which organized la
Dor representatives have vigorously
opposed, and the house voted down.
In disposing or other differences
between the Senate and House bills,
the conferees adopted the House plan
for government education or soldiers,
which authorizes their detail for inn
mediate technical and special train
ing under plans already made. The
Senate managers yielded on this diff
ference and agreed to elimination of
the Senate amendment guaranteeing
free education for soldiers and sailors
after the war UP to maximum pc
riod Of two years.
The conferees struck from the bill
the House amendment authorizing re-
! classification Of deferred classes by
special examiners Of the provost mar
shal general, and also eliminated the
Senate legislation requested by Gen.
efal Crowder authorizing transfer
within states of draft board members.
Alien Stacker Section Out.
Another amendment struck out was
the so-called "co-belligerent" or
'ialien Stacker" amendment, which
proposed that citizens of the allies in
this country should not be exempted
or given deferred classification solely
because Of their alien citizenship un-
less so provided by treaty.
The House managers accepted the
Senate amendment providing that
wives Of sailors and soldiers shall not
be disqualified for government posi-
tions because Of marriage.
Disposition of the work or fight
amendment adopted yesterday by the
Senate, 40 to 20, consumed most of
today's conference, the Senate mana
gers holding out strongly and long for
the provision, but finally yielding.