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The Nenana daily news., 1919-11-29
Department of the lnterio- Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE

Passengers are required 10 pur- chase tickets before entering train,.
 Tickets can be purchased iron. the station agent, whose office Is in the employment office. on the groun! floor of the General Office Building. Alaskan Engineering Commission. or at Camp 4l5 North Nenana).
 Tickets will be on sale at .n, time during office hours, and can be purchased in sufficient time before the departure of the trains.
 Regular trains for the south leave the foot of 4 street on "Wednesday, and Saturdays at a. m. and from Camp 415 North Nenanal. for FairbankA Tuesdays and Fridays. a, p. m
 The following is the schedule be tween North Nenana and Fairbanks, subject to change without notice
 Leave Fairbanks at TOO a. m: arrive North Nenana, ll:3O d. m.
 Leave North Nenana loo p. m arrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. n.
 No tickets will be sold crossing the river. Those intending to trav- el to Fairbanks must make tts. own arrangements for reachinz North Nenana.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-11-29
NOTICE.

The School Tax Roll is now at the Townsite office, where payment of school taxes will be accepted.
 The valuations of lots have been readjusted, with very few excep- tions, and cut fifty per cent. The rate for this year is four mills. cut of one mill over last year, nak- ing q considerable saving to the taxpayer.
 Notices of School taxes have been made to all taxpayers where known. If taxes are not paid on or before January l5, 1920, penalty of ten per cent will be added If not paid on or before July 15, 1920, interest will be charged al the rate of twelve per cent per annum.
 H. B. 35, Chapter }, Section i: All taxes levied and assessed by the board of school directors under this act shall be a lien upon the property assessed and such lien shall be prior and paramount to all other liens and encumbrances, and may be foreclosed by an appropri- ate action in any court of compe- tent jurisdiction.
 The owner of property assessed shall be personally liable for the amount of taxes assessed against such property and such taxes, to- gether with penalties and interest, may be collected after the same become due, in a personal action brought in the name of the school district against such owner in any court of competent jurisdiction.
 CARL SCHMIDT,
 Assessor, Nenana School Board.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-11-29

ROADHOUSE FOR SALE-Inquire News Office. 1l-29
The Nenana daily news., 1919-11-29
VOTING INDEPENDENTLY.

Those who had hoped to get some sort of insight into the drift of public opinion as between the two great parties in the result of the off-year elections early this month can find nothing but confusion in the results. At the best, or worst. remarks the Juneau Empire, the decision must be that 1t was draw. However. it is likely that partisans in each of the parties will attempt to figure great victories out of the returns. Republicans. doubt less. will point to the great ma iority in Massachusetts for Cover nor Coolidge the Republican nom inee. Democrats will retort that Governor Coolidgs was with Presi- dent Wilson rather than with Sen ator Lodge on the great issue that now confronts the country. Demo crats will point 10 the Democratic victory in New Jersey, the first since 1913, where the Democratic nom inee was the personal and political friend and associate Of President Wilson. Republicans will retort by pointing to the Republican victory in Kentucky. And everywhere par tisans will explain their defeat or the other party's victory by calling attention to the local issues which influenced the voters.
 The elections show. if they show any one particular thing, that the people are still voting very inde- pendently. That they would do 50 was foreshadowed by the circum- stance. the World. the Times, and other independent and Democratic papers of New York. and many of the Democratic and independent Massachusetts papers which are sup porting the Wilson administration, urged the voters 10 re-eiect Cover nor Coolidge That they based their reason for doing this more upon the fact of Governor Coosidge's de cisive stand, quickly taken, on the Boston police strike rather than upon national issues. IS an indica- tion that people were thinking more of good government than of par tisan politics
 In both New Jersey and Kentucky local issues and factional differ ences entered 50 largely into the decisions the voters were called upon 10 make that party lines were broken jn many places in both states.
 The reelection of Mayor Rolph over the unspeakabie former Mayor Schnitz 1T San Francisco was, of course. a foregone conclusion. it could not have been otherwise. How ever, the decision majority given the mayor cannot but be gratifying ,n nl o-ooa paA;Ea nnn-+ .i+;uanr
The Nenana daily news., 1919-11-29

Dr. T. 0. Lake left for the end Of steel on special train last nigh, to attend Hughie Ross. who was in jured yesterday by a falling rock near the Kestly camp, in the canyon
The Nenana daily news., 1919-11-29

Dr. and Mrs. R. R. Myers. who went to Fairbanks d week ago, re- turned to Nenana on yesterdays train. They expected 10 return on Tuesday. but were unable to get away
The Nenana daily news., 1919-11-29

Dog Harness and Shoe Findings F owler & Morris.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-02-22

Of Frenchda Shar


cial service.
While the army orders credit Nc
COwan with having received the Dis
tinguished Service Cross for gallant
and valorous conduct under fire" Nc
Cowan himself declared yesterday that
the coffee can episode brought him
the decoration.
The Red Cross women were on the
French line pier to meet the Negro
soldiers of the two regiments and
served them with hot coffee, sand
wiches and cigarettes The First and
Second battalions of the 369th are ex-
pected to arrive here today on board
the steamship Stockholm of the Swed-
ish-American line, from Brest. The
Stockholm also has on board the Field
and Staff Headquarters Company
Medical Detachment and Companies
A, B, G and ID, the total number of
369th troops on the Stockholm being
twenty-nine officers and ,0l9 enlisted
Lien.
Negro troops from Maryland, Iowa
and Mississippi totaling nine officers
and $50 enlisted men also are on
board the Swedish steamship, besides
3T5 casual officers and twenty en-
listed men.-New York Herald.
The Colorado statesman., 1919-02-22

| (f rom llle OIllce oI lhe blrectoT "
Negro EconOmics.)
ITFFICIENT Negro labor, better
conditions for farm labor, the
work of the Boys Working Re
serve. We're topics discussed Mt length
at the semi-annual meeting of the
State Negro Workers Advisory Com
mittee held in the board of trade Of
fices at Jackson, Miss. The meeting
brought together Il number of promi-
nent white and colOred citizens of Mis-
sissippi, and II program designed to
lead to cordial cooperation of the two
races was considered.
I'VE have come to time for read
justment between men, races and ma
tions on Il common basis of under
standing, which is right and justice"
declared Federal Director Weir of the
United States Employment Service.
individual units of the country must
be changed from liabilities to assets.
The employment service is the open
door TO all the people of the nation,
the conserver of the man power of the
nation. We must work for the good of
the future generation
Il am delighted to be with this body
of earnest men working for the wei
Iafe Oh our country, Salu IfOI. Cal
houn, state director for the Boys
Working Reserve "As representa-
tive of education and labor, l can say
that we are for you. Our goal is
training for every child in the state"
be continued.
Field Examiner Negley of the EN-
ployment service, told of the work of
that organization and of the necessity
for cordial cooperation between
whites and Negroes.
The right of self-determination as
preached by our great President must
be practiced ut home if we would sup
port his noble stand for the hood of
humanity" he said. There must be
Il corresponding respect for rights and
duties, intercitizen, interstate, and in
ternational."
Lemuel l.. Foster, state supervisor
of Negro economics for the Depart
ment of Labor. and II. s. GroSsley.
state Negro organizer. urged the mem
berS to cooperate with the work of
the Department of Labor in MISSISSIPPI
pi to improve relations of employers
and Negro workers. Five cooperative
county committees have been com
pleted. fifteen other county commit
tees and three city committees are
partly organized
The Colorado statesman., 1919-02-22
WHITES AND NEGROES OF MIS-
SISSIPPI MAKE ARRANGEMENTS
THAT WILL LEAD TO BETTER
RACIAL RELATIONS.

(From the office of the Director of
Evening star., 1919-02-26
TO TAKE UP INVESTIGATION
Secretary of Interior Will Test De-
posits of Ignite and Peat.

With the approval by President Will
son of bill authorizing the Secretary
of the Interior to investigate domes-
tic deposits of Ignite and peat, in an
effort TO develop commercial uses for
them, the bureau Of mines is prepared
to proceed Immediately with the loca-
ton Of an experimental plant in either
the southern field in Texas or the
northern field. contained In Montana
and the Dakotas.
Because of the heavy moisture con-
tained in Ignite, its shipment and use
as fuel hitherto has been limited. and
industries in proximity to Ignite
lands have had to import fuel long
distances from other states. Experts
of the bureau of mines believe that
by a carbonizing process ignite can
be made practicable for Industrial use.
The process which is similar to cox
ing is expected to develop a good
quality Of commercial gas, leaving a
residue which can be burned in ordi-
nary CRATES in factories or made into
briquettes approXimating anthracite
coal
Evening star., 1919-02-26
Acts for Canadian Government.

son sailed from Victoria, B. c., June
II, 1913. with an expedition headed
by Vilhjalmur Stefansson. to study
barren arctic wastes for the Cana
ned to strike out from the Alaska
coast with sledges and dogs to reach
a point about 200 miles north of Kar-
LUX and there board an ice pack and
float westward. hoping to reach the
new Siberian islands which jut ont
from the Arctic ocean off the mouth
of the Lena river in Siberia. but he
was forced to leave the party be-
cause of illness early In 1918 and
Storkerson assumed command
Storkerson. with ten sledges and
early in March. 1918, and after travel
ing about 100 miles sent back his first
support party. On April 10 he report.
ed that he had reached a point 200
miles north of Alaska and indicated
miles farther before selecting an ice
cake to drift on.
Stefansson. who has made several
explorations in the arctic region,
stated upon his return here last No
vember that the ice in that region
was thirty to fifty feet thick. He add
ed that the party did not carry food
for the trip. but that they would not
have much difficulty in obtaining seals
and other sea food to provision them
for the journey landward.
Stefansson estimated that the ice
!! pack would drift 200 miles a month at
the start and little slower later on.
According to these calculations Stork-
erson was expected to reach a point
northeast of the new Siberian Islands
during the present month.
Storkerson's party included Gustav
Mastik. Russian, formerly a second
mate OF Stefansson's weasel, tho Polar
Bear: Lorn knight. an American.
twenty-five years old, whose parents
live near Portland. Greg; q. Oumar Of
Buffalo, N. T.. and Martin Killar,
k<Damfx neaauSuo1d. AZ Snn$tlnx Waaha
Evening star., 1919-02-26

wonderful river and certainly there
is no more attractive place for hu-
mans than the National Capital I can
see nothing but a wonderful volume
OF business for the city of Washington
Tor years to come. The reconstruction
Will bring its alarms, but they can be
dissipated by the resolute cooperation
of the membership of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association.
The organization has had a Won
dertul development during the past
Twelve months. Mr.. Ieese is indeed
to be ratulated. But let US take
up this standard and push it on. Let's
resolve tonight that in the next sixty
Gays we Will add not less than 200 to
our membership roll. I will do my
part. 1t is up to YOU, the representa-
tiVes of the various lines of trade
conopr5 sine this board of governors,
to do this"
The association adopted resolution
lndorsing Joseph D. Kaufman's efforts
TO advertise Washingtons appeal for
national representation through the
medium of letterheads
wee President IAansburgh was Sc
lected to present to Congress a petit
ton in favor of continuing the day-
light-saVing law. David Sanger re-
ported on the work of the credit
section.
Ten new firms were admitted to
membership.
Evening star., 1919-02-26

through power generated by the Po-
tomac Electric Power Company and
for those that want to make their own
power there are sites in the outlying
parts of the District of Columbia
that afford ideal situations not only
for the plants themselves but for
homes nearby for the workers. The
railroad sidings in the District OF
Columbia have never been utilized AS
they should be for the setting up of
factories. There is an abundance of
opportunity in this respect.
Many Sites Available.
ct am quite in accord with the
expression of our past president, NJ.
A. Leese, that the gap between Alex
andria and Washington could we'll
be filled with factories; likewise the
District and Maryland land on the
other side of the river could be utiI-
ICED for the setting up of factories.
The sites are too numerous to men
ton at this time.
'It shall be my immediate purpose
to have our secretary make a census
Of the manufacturers of Washington
and at the same time equip his Office
50 that it cannot only readily supply
information on sites but that we
shall proceed to acquaint the manu-
featuring interests of the country
and those interests about to start up
Of the advantages OF the National
Capital as a manufacturing point.
We have the railroads We haNa 4
Evening star., 1919-02-26

interests outside of Washington the
undeveloped facilities of the District
In addressing the governors last
night. Mr.. Berberich made it clear
that the merchants have no desire or
intention of encouraging anything
that would mar the beauty of the
National Capital. He said:
There is just as great an oppor-
tunity for the development of the
manufacturing interests of the Dis
trict of Columbia and it's environ
ment. I have always been one of
those who felt that manufacturing
interests of the United States have
been overlooking a splendid oppor-
tunity to establish plants in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Manufacturing does not necessarily
imply the soiling of the city beauti-
full. Plants can be operated here
Evening star., 1919-02-26

Following his election last night to
the presidency of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, Joseph A.
Berberich launched movement in the
association to bring manufacturing
interests TO Washington.
The board of governors, which
elected Mr.. Berberich, adopted a reso-
luton authorizing him to appoint a
committee of five business men to con-
duct the manufacturing boom for the
city. Mr.. Berberich intends to pick
carefully the members of this COM
mittee in order TO get five men who
will devote their energies to the
work.
Other officers elected to serve with
Mr.. Berberich are Lester Lansburgh,
first vice president: Washington Top
ham, second vice president; Louis
Levy, treasurer; NJ. d. Rosenberg,
general counsel and Charles j. CO.
lumbuS secretary.
Evening star., 1919-02-26
Modest Under Honors.

| The young lieutenant Is modest about
| his achievement He blushingly knock
| ed wood when 1t was suggested tnat
| he probably would not die a violent
| death. He reluctantly replied:
After those leaps I suppose l Will
| fall off hassock, slip on banana peel
! or get crushed in a crowded washington
street car, II am to meet violent
DEATH
On July 5 Lieut.. Phelps entered the
service He attended the free balloon
| ing schools at st. Louis and Omaha
He vert overseas late in January
| and attended in France an artl-
| lery school and balloon school to
| finish his course as an artillery observer
| June ] he left the balloon school at
i Camp De SOURCE, which was maintained
fby the American expeditionary force,
going to the front. His unit was first
| brigaded with >the French and then was
with the 1st American Army Corps
Toul sector on the Lorraine front and
then at Chateau Thierry in the pig
drive The balloon section was with
| the 2sth (New England) and the 42d
| (Rainbow) Divisions, which comprised
| the 1st American Army Corps, after
leaving the French army corps.
Describes His Experiences.
1--WE were adjusting artillery fire for
tha American offensive" said Lieut.
| Phelps. '"The 1st American Army corps
| was not then organized, but whatever
| mart of il was in existence was pf1gaoeo
with the 6th French Army.
|, INV pal and / went UP in captive
balloon at Bouresche July Is. We
were both in the same balloon which
was connected by telephone with the
various artillery units behind the
lines All balloons are at height OF
5000 feet in the air We were busiiy
engaged in the work of adjusting
artillery fire, when there appeared, at
| 3 o'clock in the afternoon. three
boche fokker planes They played
about US and attacked US with
incendiary bullets, paying most atten-
ton to the balloon bag. Soon the
bag was afire, and we obtained the
parachutes that were handy and leap
ed from the balloon. Once the balloon
caught fire the planes turned their
attention to US, and until / was well
out of range I thought that every
second would be my last. However,
we were both lucky, and landed feet
| first and none the worse for the try
| ing experience.
II then had lunch. and went up
again in another balloon. At O'Clock
| in the evening a group OF five fokkcr
nianes appeared from the rear and let
| go with their incendiary bullets. So
! great was the stream of fire from the
| incendiary bullets underneath the
| balloon that my companion and |
| hesitated for a moment to decide
whether or not IL would be safe to
lump To jump was the only alterna-
tive, and we did so, landing again in
safety.
Later, at Chateau Thierry, was UP
|
Evening star., 1919-02-26
Orchestra Concert.

By the L. S. Soldiers Home
Band Orchestra. John S. NJ. Zim-
mermann, director. in Stanley
Hall this evening at 6:15 o'clock.
March. Arms of America" Pryor
Overture, Tampa. .HeroId
String quartet, "Andante canta-
bile" .. Tschaikowski
Mr., Richard Lorleberg, viloncel-
10: Mr.. Anton Pointner, viola.
Mr.. Hirsch Perlnan. second
violin: Mr.. Henri Sokolov. first
violin.
Grand selection. Mime. But
terfiy" ........Pu .Puccini
Characteristic. The Turkish
Patrol ... Michaelis
Popular songs
(a) Loves Telegraph"
Vail Motter
tb) Till We Meet Again"
Egan
Finale. Tell That to the
Marines" Al. Jolson
THE Star Spangled Banner
Evening star., 1919-02-26

Thrilling experiences in the war
are told by Lieut.. Glenn Phelps of
the 1st American Army balloon sec
ton, who has arrived in Washington,
wearing both the croix de guerre
and the American distinguished service
cross.
Lieut. Phelps was decorated for
daring leaps for life with parachutes
when, on five different occasions, the
balloons in which he was observing
artillery fire were hit by incendiary
bullets or machine-gun bullets. Each
drop was 1000 feet to the ground.
while bullets passed dangerously
near.
Twice in one day he was COM
PEELED to escape by the parachute
route when the balloon bags were
hit by Hun incendiary bullets and
the bags caught fire. Two such
jumps from balloons in one day is
considered in Army balloon circles as
more than a days work
Evening star., 1919-02-26
How He Earned His Honors.

Lieut.. Phelps received the croix de
guerre for his successful work there
and the three successful drops from
tho balloons. The American distin-
guished service cross was obtained by
Lieut.. Phelps for work in the Argonne
forest. October 27 a fokker plane At
tackled him with machine guns and he
was compelled TO drop in the para
chute TO the ground below. Again, on
November 10, the day prior to the
signing of the armistice by Germany,
two fokker planes attacked his bal
loon and again he resorted to the
parachute for escape.
Lieut.. Phelps said American balloons
did not have the necessary protection.
due to lack of American planes. He
stated, however that there were
plenty of balloons with the American
army and a good supply of gas.
Evening star., 1919-02-26

craftsmanship was uncanny. In ad
dition, they kept the boChe on the
jump at all times. Captive balloons
had observers who aided in readjust-
ing the artillery fire. because after a
gun has fired q certain mum Der Of
shots it loses it's efficiency in finding
the mark. The balloon observers also
keep a sharp Watchout for signs of
the enemy. Particularly was this true
of movements of enemy troops he
hind the lines.
Every balloon observer submitted
his information by telephone to
rolling chart and telephone room. This
room was connected by telephone
with the various artillery units. From
the information received at the chart
room from the observers there was
prepared and given to each observer
a full report on the situation for the
preceding twenty-four hours
Lieut.. Phelps was particularly
enthusiastic over the work of the
Am merican artillery.
Evening star., 1919-02-26
Comments on Prohibition.

The young officer said that Ameri-
can troops abroad were not bashful
about expressing their opinion with
regard to the prohibition amendment.
He stated that the consensus of
opinion overseas among those who
had been non-drinkers at home and
those who drank while at home, was
that the states had taken advantage
of their absence.
Evening star., 1919-02-26
Real Work to Be Done.

Mr. Columbus stated today that the
association does not intend TO rest on
its oars and expect the resolutions it
adopted last night to bring factories
to the city. Real work will be done
this year, he said, to show business
Evening star., 1919-02-26
Work of Balloons and Artillery.

Commenting on the work of the
balloon service and the American ar
tillery, Lieut.. Phelps said:
These two services co-operated in
every way and each assisted the other
greatly. The artillery played an i'm
portant part in the war and it's
Evening star., 1919-02-26

in a captive balloon and a group of
eleven fokkes planes made an attack,
and good fortune for the third time
was with me. l landed safely III a
n "a