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Catered ae •econd-claee matter September 2, 1915. at the Poet Office at Seward.' Alaeka.
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ICELAND BECOMESAN INDEPENDENT
SOVEREIGN STATE DECEMBER FIRST.
STOCKHOLM. Sept.. IS— Iceland would become an
independent sovereign state on December 1. next, undo
an agreement between that country and Denmark made
public here. Heretofore Iceland has been a dependency oi
the Danish crown but the island had its own constitution
and legislature. The head of the Icelandic administration
has been .1 minister appointed by the King of Denmark.
Tin new agreement which is intended to become ef
foctive Dec iber 1, provides that Denmark shall acknow
ledge Iceland as a sovereign state but it stipulates also
that t ’e ’wo countries shall continue to he “bound togeth
or by common ties of kingship," indicating that King
Christian X, of Denmark, will continue to be King also of
Iceland.
The Icelandic parliament had demanded a sepera^e
flag but this is not include in the agreement. Denmarl
agrees to notify that powers that Iceland is neutral in th.
war.
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Djmnark is to establish a fund of about $.>00,000 l
develop intellectual relations between the two c aintrie;
and to encourage exploration and scietifie work in Iceland
The fund is to !-e divided between the Copenhagen an
Reykjavik I'nive*cities and is to be administered by th
King with the after consulation with the governments oi
the two count lies and with loth universities.
It is provided th; t the provisions of the new agret
mem may :!.e revised. at the request of either countn
after the year 10-10. Whether the agreement has been rat
ified Lv the Danish and Icelandic parliaments is not an
nounced here.
ENGLISH HELLO GIRLS GO SO FAST
THAT SERVICE IS IMPAIRED.
LONDON, Sept., IS— So many gin telephone opera;
»rs have been married lately that the officials in charge
of the telephone service in London have issued a statement
to clients apologizing for delays and explaning that all
the exchanges are very shorthanded. “The claims of love
have proved too strong for many of our girl employes,”
says the statement, "and we are now in urgent need of a
large number of operators.
MIDGET AIKFLAMES ARE NOW BEING
MANUFACTURED BY THE ENGLISH.
LONDON. Sept., 18— The smallest' British airplanes
now being manufactured are actually of less span than
the largest bmls. The great albatross has been known to
measure nearh 18 feet from wing-tip to wing-tip. A cer
tain type of “midget” airplane recently exhibed in Lon-1
don is only 15 feet in width.
“These are the machines which we may expect to see'
after the war carrying our mails,” declared Major Ordej
Lees, of the British aviation service, “and they will be al
most as universal as the smart automobile mail vans of
pre-war times. These small machines will be largely used
by the postal authorities on account of the existing limi
tations of storage and starting grounds in our great cities.
Postal aerodromes, like railway stations, must be near
the postoffices, at least in the inital stages of the develop
ment.
"Later the problem may be solved by the use of pneu
matic tube communication between the central postoffices
and the postal aerodromes. In delivering letters to dis
sances of 250 miles or more, the big types of airplane will,
be used, but for local work small machines are likely to be
much more serviceable.
"Dropping the mail bags by parachute will be given :
a good trial, and this if successful, will be of great assis- j
tance. Bags may be picked up while flying after the man- j
ner in which mailbags are now caught by express trains.”
EDUCATIONAL JAPAN HONORS MEMORY
OF AMERICAN WOMEN MISSIONARY.
YOKOHAMA. JAPAN, Sept., 18— The educational
world of Japan paid honor to the memory of Miss Julia
Xeilson Crosby, an American missionary, who died here
at the age of 84.
Miss Crosby, who was born in New York City, was
one of the first women missionaries to come to the coun
trv. Her first visit here was in 1871. Three years later she
assumed the management of the first missionary school
for girls established in Japan, the institution now known
as the Dnremus School. Miss Crosby’s entire life was ore
of devotion to the education of women in Japan. The Jap
anese government had recognized her achievements for
Japanese womenhood by conferring upon her the order of
the Blue Ribbon.
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GERMANY HAS A TIN SHORTAGE.
WASHINGTON, Sept., 18— Germany is suffering
rom a serious shortage of tin, and as yet has found n<
atisfactory substitute. The Hamburg Correspondent re
cently said that the Upper Silesian tin-plate industry i
working under exceptional pressure, being engaged al
most exclusively on army orders. The paper further sait
that a new plant had been erected for the purpose of re
naiiiifacturing old and scrap tin-plate, and that upper Sil
jsk'.n tin-ore mines, which were formerly regarded as i)t
ing too poor to work, are now being worked as far as pos
t * 4 ft* t\
affin paper containers are being used in place 01
•in cans for condensed milk, preserved fruit and vegetab
les a» m piace of tin drinking cups.
t’nited steel sheets are also being used extensively a*.
•. substitute. 1 .
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TO EXPLORE ARCTIC BY AEROPLANE.
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SEATTLE, Se])t., 18— Vilhajalmur Stefansson, the
Arctic expiorer, is convinced that airplanes, instead of
sleds, should be used to explore the Arctic Fort Yukon
where he talked with the explorer.
Although Stefansson hopes to go back to the Arctic,
some time, possibly with airplanes, he has made no plans
for future explorations, Mr. Murphy asserted. The explor
er plans to spend the coming winter in Canada and the
United States. j
. AMERICAN LAD FORGETS THE GIRL
HE LEFT BEHIND AND IS MARRYING
THE GIRL HE MEETS IN ENGLAND.
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WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN ENGLAND,
Sept., 18— When the American army returns to the Unit
ed States there will go with it, or at about that time, many i
women who, though British born, have become American
citizens. They have married American soldiers and the in
dications are that their example will be followed by many j
others.
Marriage of men while in the service is not regarded
with favor either by the war depaitment or by officers at
headquarters in England but consent to a wedding has
been given in more than one camp.
So far the marriages have been between the English
girls and the enlisted men. and in some cases the bride has
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worn the uniform ofone of the many women’s auxiliary!
corps of the British army. In such cases the girl has con-|
tinned in the serviceof her country and the goodbyes when ;
orders have come for moving have included the express-!
ion of the hope that they may “see each other in France."
SECURE LOAN FOR CHINESE It. R.
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PEKING, Sept., 18— An agreement for a loan of $50- i
000.000 for construction of the Kirin-Huining railway has:
been signed by Tsac Ju-lin, minister of communications,
and representatives of Japanese banks. The proposed rail- i
way will extend from Kirh, to Huining in Korea, a dis
tance of about 277miles. ,
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