THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second ciass mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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this paper and also all the local news published herein.
A most terrific bombardment of
the front line trenches was in prog
ress. German field artillery, heavy
guns and trench mortars were rain
ing shell after shell, shrapnel, high
explosives upon the French advance
posts preparatory to an infantry
attack. It was in the Montdidier
sector, and a French compan / kneel
ing, lying down in trenches that
were almost leveled were awaiting
the word to arise and go out to
meet the oncoming assailants and
repulse them with cold steel ""wo
thousand guns on a five kilometer
front were endeavoring to prevent
the French from leavi/i; their posi
tions. The din was terrible, n en
were dropping on all sides, wound
ed, dying.
Then the voice of a French cap
tain could be heard as he called to
his orderly:
“Malediction! here I am again
with this confounded hiccough. Do
something to frighten me, won’t
you?”
* s< * * *
That America’s economic help to
Europe is beginning to count, is
shown by the fact that coal has be
come relatively less scarce again in
Italy after a long period of string
ency and railway trains are again
able to run sharply on time on the
trunk lines across northern Italy.
This is a most favorable turn of
the scales on a product vital to
Italian transportation and industry.
Producing no coal at home, T+
stock in the past has been drawn
from England and France, but with
the French and Belgium coal fields
invaded by the enemy, and the diffi
culties of transportation coal has
been sparing steadily until it was
practically out of use for domestic
purposes, and all the wheels of in
dustry and transportation were slack
ened. Railways have felt the string
ency severely, with trains delayed
from lack of fuel. All this has
been materially improved of late.
British and French coal has been
the main source of relief, under
the general plan of mutual distribu
tion among the Allies, but the large
contribution of American coal to the
.general stock of Europe, has mate
rially helped to solve the coal prob
lem on this side and start the wheels
going regularly again.
* * * *
IIow a submarine which destroyed
a munition ship was itself wrecked
by the explosion is related in a Brit
ish admiralty statement.
The ship was torpedoed without
■warning by the U-boat, which then
rose to the surface and opened fire
with her guns. The German’s second
round exploded in the ammunition
hold.
So terrific was the explosion that
followed that the submarine was al
most demolished by the concussion.
Her gun was lifted and flung side
ways, her side was torn out and she
foundered almost as quickly as the
.steamer.
A rescued member of the muni
tion ship’s crew thus described his
experience:
“Almost immediately after the
submarine’s second round we were
all eneveloped in black clouds. We
heard rushing, roaring, gurgling
noises. Something gave our boat an
ugly twist and threw me overboard
When I came up I fouled a blanket
or tarpaulin with my head and right
hand, and it seemed a long time be
fore I could get clear. Even then
everything was still in darkness.
Then the air gradually became clear
and, seeing a boat, I struck out for
it and was hauled aboard."
* * * » *
A new world’s record for high div
ing was made at Sydney, Australia,
late in March during a water car
nival for the purpose of raising
war relief funds. A Solomon Is
lander named Alick Wickham dove
205 feet, which easily surpasses j
any existing figures for such a feat. •
r ♦ * * * *
Now is the hour of our testing. |
Let us make it the hour of our vie-1
tory—victory over ourselves; vie- ]
tory over the enemy of fruedom.
We’ve got a war to win. Food is
one of the important, if not the!
most important, factor in winning j
this world’s battle for freedom.
America expects every woman to
do her duty in the same spirit as
she expects each soldier when the!
command comes ‘to go over the top”
without turning to see if his neigh
bor has gone first.
Unless we come straight out and
declare ourselves on the side of
America, and the principles she is
fighting for, and do everything in
our power wholeheartedly and earn
estly that will bring victory, we are
just to that extent giving aid and'
comfort to the enemy
Co-operation in all local food con
servation programs and with all
food-saving organizations and com
mittees is absolutely necessary at
this time. We must co-operate and
do our part to the limit. No sacri
fice that can be made is too great.
If you have a food conseravtion
plan or recipe pass it on to your
neighbors ;^nd your freinds—be “in
the service ”
The woman who says “I can't
eat substitutes,” “I don’t know how
to cook them,” “They cost too
much,’ “I’m too busy to experiment
with substitute recipes,” and who
is indifferent in manifesting interest
in the efforts of others to conserve
^ food, and who refuses, without good
cause, to attend food-saving meet
ings, cannot escape classification
among those individuals properly
coming within the category of
Slackers.
America today, is divided into
two camps—Americans and alien
enemy.
i Those who are not for America
are against her—enemies all
Those who are idle, selfish or
even indifferent are aliens—aliens
to America, spirit and interest.
Only the workers “Comrades in
this great enterprise” bear the
. _*
It is not enough to take off your
hat to the flag—take off your coat
and roll up your sleeves and having
made those preparations, do some
thing useful for America and her
cause.
If this struggle is not won by our
country and her associates in the
war, the world will not be a fit
' place to live in.
* * * * *
The enemy is out-eating us in
i potatoes; out-potatoing us. Here
, are the figures, per capita weekly
| consumption:
I United States .2.3 quarts
j Austria-Hungary .8 quarts
j Germany .16 quarts
U. S. GOVERNMENT
TRANSPORT SERVICE
Secret of Uncle Sam’s Success in Moving Giant Army
By The Associated Press
LONDON.—No greater care and *
secrecy could attend the shipment i
of royal jewels than is observed in !
shipping American troops to France.
To safeguard his boys, Uncle Sam'
takes every possible precaution,
from the time they embark until
the transport has reached its destina
tion. He leaves no loophole for the
machinations of enemy agents.
Usually, as a result of this elabo-1
rate protective system, the trip from
“An Atlantic Port” to the French ;
or English port, as the case may |
be, is remarkably uneventful. All
elements of danger have been so
carefully anticipated that the risk j
is reduced to the lowest minimum. |
Until the troops and civilian pass- i
engers have reached the pier they
do not know the name of their ship. I
It is only a number to them. On
the regular troopships it is difficult
for a civilian, unless he is engaged j
in war work, to secure a passage, i
Those who manage to do so are sub- .
jected to close scrutiny, and their j
credentials and luggage are thor
oughly examined.
Embarkation often begins several
days before the transport sails. All
good-byes have been said before the;
troops start for the ship. No rela-1
tive or friend may accompany them
to the pier. This rule applies to
the officers as well as to the men.
Once aboard, there they remain,
no shore communication being per
mitted- This regulation imposes no
hardship other than inactivity. Un
til all troops have been assigned to1
quarters and organization has been
effected, the men are left pretty^
much to their own devices.
No restriction is placed on writ
ing, and bags are kept open for sol
diers’ mail up to almost the hour1
of sailing. This privilege gives
many a chance to get off neglectel
letters and postcards, although thes3.
as a matter of precaution, are not
put into the mails until the ship
has passed through the submarine
zone.
i The troops also take advantage
! of an arrangement devised by the
government for the sending of “safe
arrival” messages. Telegrams or
postcards advising family and friends
that the writer has made the trip
in safety may be prepared in ad
vance and left in charge of the
authorities at the port of cailing.
As soon as word is received by cable
of the ship's arrival on the other
side, the telegram and cards are re
leased to the wires and mails Not
only is much time saved by this j
plan, but the solders are spared the i
high cost of cabling from Europe. j
With the exception of the ship’s j
executives and the officers in mili
tarv command, no one aboard knows
the hour fixed for sailing, and this
becomes a favorite topic for specu
lation among the men. But finally
the last soldier has come up the
gangplank and the last piece of
freight has been stowed away. A
busy little tug appears alongside
and begins to nose the vessel like a
terrior investigating a greyhound.
Suddenly there is a blast from
the ship’s whistle, and then are en
acted a few details of the familiar
scenes which before the war was
witnessed whenever a trans-Atlantic
left its pier. The comparison, how
ever, is extremely limited. The call
of “All ashore that are going ashore”
[affects only a few stevedores and
I perhaps an official or two, who
move leisurely off.
What excitement there is is con
j fined to those on the ship. There
is none on the pier for the reason
that it is now empty and its great
doors are closed. Only a blank
wall looms there.
On deck the movement, instead
of being toward the transport’s
rails, is awray from them. Orders
have been given for the troops to
go to their quarters, so that when
i the ship is leaving harbor no uni
j form may be visible to any prying
' eyes on shore.
. Slowly the big vessel is coaxed
. by the tug into the stream, and
majestically she gets under way.
i A few civilian passengers, to the
[ envy of officers and men, hang over
the rails and watch the city’s sky
! line fade away.
Soon the port is only a blur in
a veil of mist. It is safe now for
| the troops to appear. They rush
out on deck, boyishly eager for the
I sight—strange to many— of the
; open sea. A glance is cast toward
the vague line on the horizon that
is home. Then they turn and peer
forward into the mystery of the un
known, toward the scene of the
great adventure—over there.
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WASHINGTON.—Present appli
cation of the Daylight Saving Law,
as it affects localities, will probably
be changed in detail by the inter-1
state commerce commission before
the 1919 spring advance touches
: American clocks, though in main,
investigations now preceeding find
■ the hour advance working satis
factorily.
I Examiners for the commission
have completed taking of evidence
on the subject in Eastern and Moun
tain cities, but still have to conclude 1
hearings in the Middle West. At
El Paso, Tex., Jun 17, the final
hearings were held, and since then
formal reports to the commission
are available.
While the duty of prescribing the
limits of the four time zones in
the United States fell to the com
mission, as a temporary expedient
it adopted the demarkations of
' Eastern, Central, Mountain and T
: cific time as made by railroads, an 1
fixed a fifth belt to govern Alaska.
The examiners were sent out to
see whether changes in the railroad
time limits would not convenience
business and social life if adopted.
They have found to date a number
of points, generally on the eastern
edges of time belts, which already
had systems of daylight saving by
running on the hours of the belt
adjacent to them.
A dual system of time has been
found in several places in the United
States, where “railroad time” and
“town time” have both been cus
tomarily recognized.
The latter being one hour faster
than the former. Some points have
continued the system, even under
the general time advance last spring,
while others have adopted a single
standard. Rulings will perhaps af
fect these.
The law is not compulsory, ex
cept for persons doing business with
the government and railroads, but
the examiners are finding that com
pliance with it is almost universal.
Specfically, the law defines the hour
zones across the United States as
centering respectively upon the 75th,
90th, 105th, and 120th meridians
west of Greenwich, with borders
equidistant between the meridians.
The commission exercised its power
to set aside these standards, and
adopted the exsting railroad zones,
which are only roughly sin* u to
the legan ones, in order not to con
fuse and disturb the course of life
In the main, it is expected that
the examiners will report the rail
road zones suitable, though changes
in them will be made where worka
bility of the law and ease of appli
cation can be secured.
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