THE NENANA DAILY HEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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WAR RELIEF
Indication of the world-wide
generosity awakened by the war is
given by preliminary reports of the
British and American Red Cross,
Young Men’s Christian AssociaCon,
the Order of St. John of Jerusalem
and similar organizations which, dur
ing the past four years, have done
service in alleviating distress an 1
which are now taking part in the
work of reconstruction.
A recent issue of London Truth,
in commenting on the record of
$75,000,000 war contributions to the
Red Cross by the British people
during the period from 1915 to
1918, inclusive, says “this must
easily be a record collection for
charitable purposes.’’ Admitting
that the amount does not equal that
raised for the American Red Cross,
the Truth observes that “the general
total of voluntary giving for war
purposes in England must have been
something without precedent in thatj
country's history.”
The British people, it is pointed
out*, were lavish in their private
benefactions, no record of which I
was kept. The first two years of j
the war. for instance, it is said, in- i
dividual Britons fed and clothed j
more than 390,000 Belgian refugees,
and Belgian relief was only one of I
a wide diversity of objects which j
included the rehabilitation of crip
pled soldiers, the Blue Cross for war]
horses and numerous other chari-;
ties. An interesting feature of the!
work of the British Red Cross,'
shown in the preliminary figures,
is the low cost of administration..
In 1915, this cost was less than:
three per cent and it fell progres
sively until, in 1918, it was about1
one and one-quarter per cent.
Contributions to the American
Red Cross from the date of the
entry of the United States into the
war, on April 6, 1917, to the present
are roughly estimated at about
§350,000,000. This amount was
raised mainly in two donation
“drives” which brought in $106,
000,000 and $180,000,000, respec
tively and two membership “drives”
in which 42.000,000 membership sig
nature? with a minimum of one dol
lar each (many were for much
larger sums) were obtained.
The cost of administration, it was
stated by an official of the Atlantic
division, was entirely defrayed by
the Red Cross membership subscrip
tions and for every dollar contrib
uted $1.02 was made available for
actual relief by reason of bank in
terest. L. L. Hunter, comptroller
of the American Red Cross in Wash
ington, is now at work on receipts
and expenditures, it is said, and
:s expected to make an official
report this month.
Many millions of dollars already
had been raised for the Young Men’s
Christian Association, Knights of
Columbus, Jewish Welfare Board,
War Camp Community Service.
American Library Association, Your.g
Women’s Christian Association and
the Salvation Army when 1 the
“United War Work Drive” was un
dertaken last winter. The subscrip
tions aggregated more than $200,
000.000.
Vast sums were raised in France,
Italy, Japan, Russia and other coun
tries, including neutral powers, for
the “amelioration of human want
and woe.” When all figures arc
compiled, a charities statistician
estimates, it will be shown that
the most devastating war of history
J loosened mankind's pursestrings in i
the most remarkable and prodigal i
APPEAL SEN!
OLD MING
AND
BUCHAREST—Twenty thousand !
Rumanian war orphans through the j
Rumanian War Orhpan society send j
out to the children of America an j
appeal for old clothes and shoes. A !
pair of shoes costs a fabulous j
amount in Bucharest and the price i
of a suit of clothing is prohibitive. \
Thread is two dollars a spool. Un-1
derclothing costs fifteen dollars a j
suit. The cheapest pair of shoes I
costs $100 and for a suit of shoddy !
material $150 is asked. Wool cloth!
is $24 a yard.
The American Red Cross com
mission to Rumania is totally un
able to meet the demand for cloth
ing. Colonel H. Gideon Wells, of
the American Red Cross, who :s
co-operating with the War Orphan j
society, has appealed to American i
school children to sort out their!
old clothes and old shoes for even
tual shipment to their needy little
allies in far-off Rumania.
Queen Marie and Prince Carol
of Rumania are intensely interested
in the work being done by the
American Red Cross for the war
orphans of Rumania. Prince Carol
is actively co-operating with the
Red Cross, which has distributed
tens of thousands of cans of con- j
densed milk to the babies.
American doctors are having a |
hard fight to overcome the epi- I
demic of smallpox which has broken !
out in all parts of Rumania and'
which is taking heavy toll of the j
children. The war orphans are be
ing vaccinated wholesale.
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VIGILANCE CORPS OF
HAWAII DECIDES TO
COMBAT GERMANISM
HONOLULU.—Feeling that then-!
is still important work to be done j'
despite the fact that the war is i1
ended, members of the Hawaiian!
Vigilance corps have decided to j ^
maintain the organization.
Federal Judge Horace Vaughan, i(
at a recent meeting, declared that .
the combatting of Germanism in I
America still was necessary, that j
the people must be on guard against
Bolshevism and that the cultivation ’
of pure Americanism was more im- j
portant than all else.
The Japanese problem in Hawaii,;
as it was called, was also discussed,
Norman Watkins, an active Vigil
ante, said.
“Along with the combatting of
Bolshevism and Germanism and the
upbuilding of Americanism should
we not be on guard against Japan
ism? We have thousands of chil- j
dren in Hawaii attending foreign j
language schools which follow the|
German system very closely. The!
question today is whether Hawaii |
can have growing up in its midst
a future citizenry who are growing J
away from Americanism ..all the
time.” "
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Late arrivals from the coast are (s
authority for the statement that Max t
smith, formerly manager of the local t
N. C. store, is now a resident Gf s
Skagway, where he has a curio shoo, j r
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FRANCE 10 SPEND !
PARIS—“France will spend about
4,000,000,000 francs on new public'
work, besides about 3,000,000,000;
francs for the rebuilding of rail-1
roads in the devastated regions,”
The Associated Press was told re
cently by M. Claveille, minister of
public works.
“Our program,” said the minister,
“calls for the electrification of
5,200 miles of railroad, the build
ing of 3.500 miles of local railroad
lines and tramways, the rebuilding
of 6,000 miles of national roads
and about 60,000 miles of other j
highways' that were ruined by the J
intensive army traffic or destroyed
by mines and shell fire. We have
also,” he added, “more than 2,000
bridges to build, 12 tunnels that
must be practically rebored and a
great many culverts to be replaced.
I estimate the amount of materia!
required for this work at ten million
tons.”
M. Claveille explained that, al
though an army of roadworkers.
reaching 78.000 men in 1918, had
constantly been employed repairing;
roadways in the army zone, they
were worn almost as fast as they
were restored.
“The Germans tore up or blew
up 2,000 miles of track on the
Northern railroad system and about
1,500 miles of the lines of the
Eastern railroad, along with 2,000
miles of telegraph and telephone '
wires," he said. “These lines have
already Veen restored in part.
“What remains to be done con
stitutes a formidable task. Lack
of labor is all that is delaying
work on these enterprises. Much
of the required material was as
sembled during the last eighteen
months of the war.”
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SAN FRANCISCO.—In no city in
he country are Jess Willard, the
leavyweight champion boxer, and (
:hallenger Jack Dempsey better
mown among the followers of the
'ing than in this city. Both men ■
jradically made their start here—
hat is their serious ring careers,
ilthough both men had fought prac
ically as unknowns before coming
sere. For this reason an unusual
tmount of interest is being taken
lere in the championship contest
vhich is slated to be staged at
roledo on Independence Day.
Willard’s fight against “Gunboat"
Smith in which Willard lost the de
■ision, was the first real oppor
tunity followers of the ring here
lad of estimating the worth of
iVillard. It is recalled that Willard
lid not make much of a reputation
’or himself as a fighter, but his
meat bulk was the wonder of the
lay. It frequently was commented
>n at the time that if Willard ever
rained the championship it would
>e more through his enormous size
han for any particular ability he
lad as a fighter.
Willard engaged in several minor
>outs here after his meeting with
>mith, but failed to convince the
porting fraternity. He made a poor
howing against Charlie Miller in a |
our-round bout. Miller, who is a
notorman, had little to recommend
im aside from his size and rugged
less, but he succeeded in making
Villard practically run away from
im during the twelve minutes of
■oxing. This was called a draw by
he referee.
Dempsey, on the other hand, made '
decided hit from the start and
t was predicted that he was a
ighter who must be taken into con-'
ideration sooner or later. Under
be circumstances it is not difficult j
d account for the strong Dempsey
entiment which exists here among
Lug followers, the majority of
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whom, as far as can be determined,
believe Dempsey will be returned
the victor after his meeting with
the present champion. Those who
favor Willard continue to point to
his great bulk rather than to his
fighting ability, which latter, how
ever. they say undoubtedly has im
proved through experience since he
fought here.
FARMERS OF FAIRBANKS
LAUNCHING NEW SCHEME
Members of the Tanana Valley
Agricultural association will hold a
special meeting at the Hale ware
touse in Fairbanks on Saturday
tight for the purpose of approving
:he articles of incorporation of the
subsidiary warehouse holding com
iany, which recently acquired the
dale warehouse for use as a farm
ers’ grading depot and clearing house
for home grown products. The
irticles of incorporation have been
eompleted and are to be mailed to
runeau as soon as passed upon by
he stockholders.
The warehouse will be turned over
:o the company by Hale on the first
>f July.
AMERICAN SIDE-CARS
WILL COMPETE WITH
TAXICABS IN PARIS
PARIS.—Taxicabs are to have a
lew competitor in the streets of
^aris, thanks mostly to the American
irmv. Five 'hundred side-cars are
o be licensed to ply for hire at
ibout twenty cents a mile.
The American army has made
meat use of side-cars in Paris and
heir handiness has appealed to
very body. Of course there is the
Irawback that a side-car can only
arrv one passenger, but official
tatistics show that between 50 and
>0 per cent of taxicabs have only
>ne passenger.
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for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office ia
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
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time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
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