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The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-14
OFFICIAL OF RIVERSIDE
 IS CITY FLY CATCHER

RIVERSIDE, Cal-Riverside has an official fly catcher. His title ap- pears on the pay roll as sanitary inspector but he is in reality the town fly catcher, and he is busy every year from early spring to late autumn.
 However, the official fly catcher does not operate with a swatter as his sole tool of the trade. He has a large number of big flytraps, owned by the city, which he places about the streets, baited with sweet liquids, cleans, and keeps in repair Last year, he says, he caught bil- lion flies, but he admits that this figure is estimated and not a count.
 The city fly catcher also aids other sanitary inspectors in prevent ing the accumulation of garbage, or other fly attractors, and in fact devotes himself exclusively to the pursuit and extermination of the little pests.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-14
YOUNG PEOPLE ENJOY
 JOLLY DANCE SATURDAY

A most enjoyable dance got up by and for the young people of Nenana, most of whom are em- ployes of the A. E. C., was held on Saturday night at the Bowen build ing in the room formerly occupied by the Nenana club.
 About twenty couples gathered there by arrangement and a thor oughly enjoyable time was spent by all present. i'he dance began about g o'clock and broke up, in the small hours of the morning
 The affair, which was got up at the spur of the moment, met with such a large measure of success, that the young folks have decided to give another dance next Satur- day, with the strong probability of it being a regular institution in this town.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-14
FRENCH RAILWAY LOSSES

4 balance sheet drawn up from official data by the Paris Informa- tion shows the state of accounts on February l as between France and Germany for destruction and damage to railway plant.
 On the debit side, destroyed by the Germas:
 French northern railway system, 2063 miles of track.
 French eastern railway system, l437 miles of track;
 Bridges, aqueducts and culverts destroyed, 1510;
 Tunnels destroyed, 12;
 Telegraph and telephone lines de- stroyed, 1887 miles;
 Railway buildings destroyed, 590;
 Food depots destroyed, 165;
 Metal tubing and pipelines de- stroyed, 10000 tons.
 Twenty-Five great machinery re- pairing centers have been entirely wrecked or seriously damaged, in- cluding those of Lille, Douai, Arras, Valenciennes, Cambrai Rheims and Verdun.
 On the credit side:
 1865 engines and 34,971 cars sur rendered by Germany to France out of the 2,60O engines and 10000 cars stipulated by the terms of the armistice.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-14
UTAH BOASTS HERD
 OF WILD BUFFALO

SALT LAKE CITY.-A herd of between 300 aI 400 buffalo, all of them said to be as wild as when they roved the Western plains, are rulers of Antelope Island, in Great Salt Lake. Antelope Island con- tains approximately 26,000 acres, and is the estate of the late John Dooly, western pioneer.
 According to officials of the Dooly estate, between 30 and 40 buffalo were placed on the island about forty years ego. ,asloLally. at the invitation cf 2ne of the Dooly legatees, frien.s have been per mitted to hunt" the buffalo. The sport is said to be exciting. Re ports that the animals on Antelope Island are tame are met with in vitation to journey to the island anu dLbSH4pl to SeL IiosS u Liie herd.
 Only the old bulls are allowed to be killed. and less than 10 of these annually, say the estate off, cials. The estate officials say they are willing that the government take over the buffalo and place them in some natural park. They said that thebuffalo eat much feed that could be more profitably de- voted to the use of cattle. AL though located in the middle of the Great Salt Lake, fresh water springs supply water the year round
The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-14
The German feels that. first and

The German feels that, first and foremost, his army was not only unbesten but had all the military prestige of the war Then he knew that there was increasing scarcity of victuals at home and, feeling that the Allies were in mortal dread of new drives by the German army and would be only too glad to con- promise, proposed an armistice.
 Germany expected all the world to supply her gladly with all her needs and, as mark of good faith and to encourage the Allies, of fered to allow them to advance to the Rhine. Now the Germans af- feet to wonder why Germany is not completely supplied by the AL lies and why the garrisons having been allowed to see the Rhine scenery do not withdraw.
 Of course, the more ignorant classes might be expected to take this attitude, but when these ideas appear in addresses by Count von Brockdorff-R -Rantzau. by Scheide. mann and by the crown prince. the result is more than puzzling. All the people consider, apparently, that the armistice was an agreement for mutual benefit and any idea that the war was anything but a draw with the prestige all on the German side has not yet penetrated he German mind"
The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-14
Nenana, Where Rails and Rivers Meet
INQUISITIVE BRITISHERS

The new House of Commons is proving itself one of the most in quisitive of recent years. says a re- port from London.
 Since the opening of the parlia- ment the number of questions to ministers has averaged well over 200 and some days has reached nearer 300. As only an hour is allowed each day for the asking and answering of questions. only about a hundred can be dealt with daily. the others being answered in writing. This does not satisfy the curiosity of the new members, who recently asked that the time should be extended by an hour and a quar- ter.
 In refusing the request, Mir. Bonor Law, the government leader in the House of Commons, said every ques- ton asked cost the country five dollars, chiefly in printing, not counting the time of the permanent staffs of the different departments, who have to collect the data.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-14
FRENCH PEASANT GIRLS
 ADOPTING CITY STYLE

PARIS.-Peasant girls of France are more than ever abandoning the close fitting native headgear, to wear which they had to have their tresses cut. In rural France there is widespread movement for the adoption of the ''towny" style, which, if less picturesque, makes for the preservation of woman's chief glory.
 This fact, coupled with the total disappearance from the market of Chinese hair, from which the cheap CT grades of switches" and tails" used to be made, renders false hair extremely expensive in France. There are no more so-called hair fairs held in France nowadays" says a prominent hair specialist, and natural blond plaits are worth at least SEQ an ounce"
The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-14
SOLID IVORY

Articles in the German press and speeches and interviews with Ger man public men since the armistice went into effect show that German point of view still is completely at varience with that of the rest 5f the world, asserts one of the politi- cal experts with the American Army of Occupation
 In recent article or the question of German phychology. published in the intelligence summary of the Third army, the political expert, who is an officer of high authority, says:
The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-14
JAP ELECTION REFORM
 IS DEEMED IMPORTANT

TOKIO.-Reform of the election law is the greatest domestic prob lem facing this country and second only in importance to the result of the Peace Conference, says the Orodzu. The property qualification for voting now limits thes suffrage in Japan to 1,422, ,000 voters. The home minister has announced that the suffrage system will be so re- vised as to promote constitutional government
The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-14
FARM INSTRUCTION

4 S60,000 farming exhibit has been shipped to France by the War Work Council of the Young Mems Christian Association to be used for the instruction of soldiers in the American Expeditionary Force, who want to return to the farms when their regiments are demobilized. The exhibit was assembled by the United States department of agriculture at the request of the war department.
 It includes samples Of soil from every county of the United States, dairy utensils, egg testers. cereal and corn samples. insecticides and fungicides. and other material suff- cient to fill five cars.
 With this material four govern mt experts were despatched to supervise the setting up of the ex- hibit and to prepare for the work of instruction in France. These experts will remain with the Ex- peditionary Force four months to teach men assigned from the army so that the work of instruction can continue as long as the American troops are held overseas. A. A. Ormsby, of the department of agri- culture, is in charge of the exhibit. The shipment of this material is said to be the result of 8 wide spread demand among the fighting men overseas for instruction in az riculture. IL Is estimated that one fourth of the men in the American Expeditionary Force came from the farms of America and that a similar proportion of them want to return 10 the farms when their military service is ended
 On it's arrival in France, the ex- hibit will be divided into four parts. loaded on trucks and moved from camp 10 camp for demonstration
 The government will pay the sal aries of its experts and the |. NJ. c. 4. will pay their expenses It is ex- pected that the military authorities will assign several hundred instruc- tors from the army to use this ex- hibit in agricultural education. It is announced that the Y. N, C. A. sent to France in January more than s700,000 worth of text books part of which bear upon courses of agriculture and that these courses are open to all fighting men of the United States as long as they re- main overseas.
 Shipment of samples of soil is intended 10 enable the soldier to discover how sbest to utilize the farm lands of his home town, whether he may come from Maine or Oregon. The Bureau of Plant Industry has contributed exhibits showing how to fight insect pests and fungous diseases of plant life, and the Bureau of Anima. Industry has contributed model farm build ings, dairy and poultry barns, and silos- By the use of these and other exhibits, the soldiers will be taught scientific farm management.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-14
TUESDAY BRIDGE CLUB
 AT THE FOSTER HOME

The Tuesday Bridge club will meet tomorrow night at the home of Mrs. E. l. Foster.
 Play will commence promptly at 8 o'clock, and all members are urged to be there on time.
 Members who may not be able to be present are required to ar range for a substitute to take their places.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-14
BO[GAR|ANS ARE MUCH IN DEBT ID
 FORMER ALLIES

SOFIA, Bulgaria.-Bulgaria is facing a financial crisis, 1t is assert ed. The war cost the country over s1,500, 100000, while its estimated wealth is only s2,200,0OO, 900. The national debt before the war was sI60,O00,00o.
 Of the national debt as it now stands Bulgaria owes Germany 660,000,000 which was advanced in instalments of ten millions, but last winter Germany discontinued this practice, and demanded pay ment for munitions in cash. Ger many, evidently was not in the business of helping its allies for nothing. as the prices charged Bull garia for gas masks clearly indi- cate. For each mask it charged SIG and a sheepskin, as compared with the cost of similar article for the United States army in England of s4.50.
 Financial experts agree that the solvency of the country can only be preserved by the presentation of counter claims against Germany Even if Bulgaria's total indebted ness to Germany is outweighed by Bulgaria's counter claims, oppres- sive taxes must be imposed for decade or two in order to meet the remaining debt, say BulgarianS. The state revenues before the last three wars averaged S50,000,O ,O00 per annum. Recent taxation added S20,000,000 to this sum. To fill the gap between what is possible to raise by taxation and the needs of the nation 1t is now proposed to confiscate wealth illegally obtained in addition to drastic taxation of war profits.
 Under Germany's tutelage the financial policy maintained by Bull garia sank the country deeper and deeper every year in debt. It was the only belligerent country which issued no internal loan, but con- tented itself with printing paper money to the total of almost s500,- 100000, at the normal rate of ex- change. As a result Bulgaria's cur rency has depreciated more than one-half, while the accumulation of private wealth ran parallel to the rapidly mounting state debt More than eighty banks were floated, having total capitalization of nearly one hundred millions.
 Bulgaria's sole negotiable article of export is tobacco, and this she must use in the worlds markets in exchange for food. clothing, cotton, oils, medicines, etc. At present there are in the country the crops of the past two years, valued at about $500, 100000.
The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-14
WANT ADS

FOR SALE AT 4 BARGAIN-Vic- trola No. 10 with fifty records; Singer sewing machine; all prac- tically new. Inquire News office
The Nenana daily news., 1919-04-14

OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT THE NEWS OFFICE
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
Another New Work Offered
Bv the Flonzalev Quartet

Another new work was brought for
ward by the Flonzaley Quartet last
night at Aeolian Hall, at the last con-
cert of its subscription season. This
was a group of FRAGMENTS" for string
quartet still in manuscript, written by
the Picdmontese composer, Rosario
Scalero, and dedicated by him to the
Flonzaley Quartet.
They proved to be unpretcntious
short numbers, fuently written and
melodious Mendelssohn in modern
rayment. Very ingenious was the one
designated "Adagio," with its skilful
weaving of harmonles around a per-
sistent figure continually repeated, with
varying shades of expression, in the
first violin.
They formed pleasant intermezzo,
followed by the Beethoven Opus SO.
o. 3, and preceded by Ravel's Quartet
in major, in which the players
achieved rare perfection of ensemble
and grasp of the beauties of its in
trcate musical architecture. E.lT.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
Opera

Caruso's gala performance for the
benefit of the emergency fund of the
Metropolitan Opera Company and in
celebration Of his silver jubilee. will
take place Saturday evening Of next
week. The programme Will consist Of
the third act of "L'Elisir d'Amore.' -
with Mms. Barrientos and Sparkes
and Caruso, Scott and Didur; the first
act Of "Pagliacci,7 with Miss Muzio
and Messrs. Caruso, De Luca and Wcr-
renrath, and the second scene Of the
third act of "Lc Prophete." with Nine.
Matzenauer and Messrs. Caruso, Mar
dones, Diaz and Schlegel
Montemezzi's "L'Amore del Ire Re"
viii be revived at next weeks Saturday
matinee. The opera will be sung by
Nine. Muzio and Messrs. Martinclh.
Chalmers and Didur.
"Le Coo dor" vii be given for the
last time this season next Monday
afternoon at popular prices
Other operas next week viii be
Monday, "Nireille"; Wednesday, Sam
son ct Dalila"; Thursday, The Temple
Dancer The Legend" "Shanewis"; ;
Friday, "Thais."
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
Roosevelt Birthplace
Acquired for Memorial
Women's Committee Takes
Title and Will Announce
Plans Within Few Days

The site of the birthplace Of Theo-
dore Roosevelt, at 28 East Twentieth
Street. where stood four story brown
stone house in which the first fifteen
years of his life were spent, has been
acquired for permanent Roosevelt
memorial.
At the head of the project is the
Women's Roosevelt Memorial Commit
tee, which was incorporated in Janu-
ary.
After the Roosevelt family moved
away the house continued for a time
as residence. Then it was remod-
elied for a restaurant. A few years
ago an attempt was made to form a
Roosevelt Home Club, with headquar-
ters in the building. but this failed,
and the house finally was torn down
and replaced with two story modern
structure.
>, Mrs. William Curtiss Demorest, Is
East Nnety-fourth Street, chairman of
the Women's Roosevelt Memorial Com
mlttee, said last nigh. that full plans
Tor the memorial would be made pub
lie in a few days
Among the forty-eight directors of
the committee are Mrs. Payne Whit
ney, Mrs. Francis Key Pcndleton. Mrs.
Robert Bacon, Mrs. William Church
Osborn, Mrs. James A. Burden, Miss
Mary Garrett Hay, Mrs Jacob A. Riis
Miss Mabel Choatc Mrs. w. Bavard
Cutting, Mrs. Frank Gray Griswold
Mrs. w. Fcllowes Morgan and Mrs. A
Barton Hepburn.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
Miss Ettenson Married
To Harry Allen Mendelssohn

Miss Adelaide Gloria Ettcnson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Etten-
son, of 112 Cathedral Parkway, was
married to Harry Allen Mendclson, of
ID East Thirty-second Street, at noon
Yesterday in the Hotel st. Regis The
ceremony was performed the Rev. Ru-
dolph Grossman.
The bride wore a travelling suit of
dark blue, with Watteau hat to match
Miss Rubelle Ettenson was her sister S
maid Of honor Samuel Murray served
as Mr. Mcndclson's best man. The
bride is an alumnac Of Hunter College
Mr.. Mcndclson is graduate of the
law school of Columbia and the Col
lcgc of tn City Of Nv York.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
Dance for French Wounded
Club Gives First of Series in
Della ROhbia Room

The Evening Dance Club gave the
first of its series of eight dances for
the benefit of the hospital of the
American Fund for French Wounded
at Nancy, France, last night in the
Della Robbia room Of the Hotel Van
derbllt
Among those who had tables last
night and entertained guests were
Mrs. d. Hunter McAlpin, Mrs. John
D. Rockefeller, jr., Mrs. F. Augustus
Kountze, Mrs. John Claflin, Mrs. Will
lam Il. Vanderbilt, jr., Mrs. Robert
l.. Stevens, Mrs. Oliver Hartman, Mrs.
Herbert Shipman, Mrs Charles NJ.
MacNeill, Mrs. James Lowell Putnam,
Mrs. Lorillard Spencer, jr, Mrs. Irving
Brokaw, Mrs. Duncan Stuart. Mrs. J..
Philip Benkard, Mrs. Charles NJ.
Chaplin, Mrs. William G.. Rockefeller,
Mrs. Alexander d. B. Pratt, Mrs.
lounsbcry Perry, Mrs. James II. KID
der, Robert Tuttle Mckee, Lawrence
Butler, f. Costcr Willncrding and
Robert Alfred Shaw.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
City to Sell Ice in Case
OF Serious Shortage
Copeland viii Act if Necessary ;
ANY Price Rise ''Profiteer-
ing." Saws Dav

The city Will go into the ice bust
ness if the public health is endan-
gered by the ice famine threatened
next summer. Royal s. Copeland,
Health Commissioner, said yester-
day. ave have power 70 intervene
Il there is not enough ice TO keep
milk for the babies" he said. "We
shall take no action. however, If the
ice shortage causes nothing more
serious than lack Of cold drinks"
jonathan c. Day, Commissioner Of
Public Markets, suggested that the
retrlgerating plants of the breweries,
which will 90 ont OF business on July
!, be used to make up for the shortage
0. natural ice.
"lf the price of ice goes up it will
be clear case of profiteering, he
said. at IS foolish to talk of raising
could make artificial ice at refrig-
Grating plants already in existence
cheap enough TO sell at 50 50a ton.
Last year the ice interests said
the price would have to go up because
there was not enough ammonia. Now
they say it is because the winter
wasn't cold enough to suit them. As
matter Of fact, there is no reason
why prices should rise at all.
, Il have recommended to the Mayor
and the Board of Estimate that the
city sell ice in order to end the
nuddle"
Lotion Horton, president Of the
Sheffield Farms -Slawson- Decker Com
pany. who continued his testimony yes
terday a the John Doe inquiry into
ihe milk situation before Chief Mag
istratc McAdoo, complained that his
company could not get enough ice foi
It's milk receiving stations in upper
New York State. The ice houses OF
me milk company are empty, he said
and II is necessary to ship artificial
ICE from New York City, paying high
freight rates, in order to keep the
milk cool.
We DO not know what we shall dc
s.xt summer" he said.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
Movies Crowd Out Church


At a meeting of the Chicago Cen
sorship Committee Professor Ernest
W. Burgess, teacher of sociology, Uni
versity Of Chicago, said that in his
opinion the Church is backslding.
Instead Of the Church being sec
ondary influence in the welfare of the
youth of the country" he declared,
1T IS fourth. The three important in
fiuences are the home, the school and
the picture theatre"
The professors report was based on
observations made by 237 teachers.
Of 100000 children tested over so per
cent were yitally affected by picture
shows.
Dr. Fred Z. zapAec, neurologist, was
of the opinion that children should at
tend film performances only once q
week, and the show should not be
longer than an hour and a half
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
Aldermen Refuse
70 Ask Enright for
Light ON Costisan
Resolution Introduced by
Falconer Is Tabled by a
Vote OF 35 to IL; Other
information Also Sought

MT. .oss of Inspector Dan Costigan
rsonened By Alderman Falconer at
~. meeting Of the Board of Aldermen
as..rday. Wv but without result. A res
,.,.;op directing Police Commissioner
v.r;cbt to appear before the board and
.aswer questions relating to the de-
-o.;on of Costigan and other police
-.++ers was tabled by a vote of 35
TO II.
The resolution demanded to know
uhv ain view of the excellent record of
r,snector Costigan, and in view Of his
.a,ntatjon for honesty and courage,
mau known to tho public and the po-
,.. force" he was denoted to a cap
,sincy.
Alderman Falconer also demanded to
,,ow the complete record of arrests
made by Costigan, both as an inspec-
ny and as head of the vice squad, and
,he records Of all other inspectors.
Aside from the Costigan angle of the
resolution, the measure contained some
nointed questions on other happen
ings IN tDc OItNO DSpoA eiA'SHS' ~
asked:
;f anv. has the Police Department re
fused TO renew or issue licenses for
nistols for several weeks, in accord
snce with the existing ordinance,
vending the introduction in the Board
n Aldermen and the possible passage
of an ordinance increasing the license
fees. which was placed on file by the
board on March 3"
other information sought related to
what use had been made of a fund
Of $3.50 created from the proceeds
- last years police games; if one Leo
J. McDermott was removed as head Of
The departments purchasing depart
msnt; whether he was civil service
employe and also if it we're true that
when he went to Police Headquarters
on January l last his desk had been
removed and emptied of all his pa
pers and personal property.
Alderman Kenneally inquired of
Falconer whether it had been prompt
ed by the denoted inspector, Captain
Costigan Receiving a negative reply,
he said that if Costigan made appl-
cation personally to the board for an
Investigation of the Police Depart
ment, his case would be taken up.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
More Food in Storage

WASHINGTON, March II. More
foodstuffs were in storage March |
than a year ago. as shown to-day by
the monthly survey Of the Department
Of Agriculture. Holdings of meats
amounted to l,424, 1888 ,9o3 pounds, an
increase Of about 139 ,O00o pounds !;
lard, 123,0l7,366 pounds, about 5S0O0.-
600 pounds more, and butter, 25, ,637
pounds, an increase of about $500, 900
pounds.
The 18,S5s,58s pounds Of cheese re-
ported was decrease of about 30,250,-
600 pounds
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
Dinner for Cummings a,
National Democratic Club

A reception and dinner in honor of
Homer 5. Cummings, the ner chairman
OF the Democratic National Committee,
will be given at the National Demo
cratic Club tomorrow night Carter
Glass, Secretary of the Treasury; Gov
crnor Alfred L. Smith and Chairman
Cummings will speak. On account of
the prominence of the speakers, it is
expected the affair viii possess moro
or less of nationl-wide significance.
President John M. Richie of the Ma
tlonal Democratic Club is in charge Of
the affair
New-York tribune., 1919-03-12
VIII Become Officers Bride

Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore W. Stemmlcr,
of the Apthorp, have announced the
engagement of their daughter Miss
YVonne Randolph Stemmlor, to Maj jor
Bascom Franklyn Morris, u. S. A.
Miss Stemmlcr was educated in Paris
and for four years has been doing
various kinds of relief work Major
Morris served a year and half in
France with the 1st Division of the
American army. lie is a son of the
late j. f Morris, of Louisiana and
CaliforniA