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THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 18 <9.
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ALIEN VOLUNTEERS
The attitude of thousands of aliens
in the United States who have taken
out their first naturalisation papers
so as to volunteer in the American
army probably is defined in a letter
writen by an enlisted man in the
American Air Service to his rela
tive in a Swiss city where this
new American was born.
“Was it not my duty to aid in
this crisis?” he asked. “There can
be only one answer for me. The
world would not be worth living
in if the Germans should be con
querors.”
Friends in Switzerland of this vol
unteer, says The Associated PrSss
correspondent, had endeavored to
induce him to leave the American
army and had enlisted the influence
of the Swiss diplomatic service to
obtain his discharge. Learning of
this, the volunteer wrote to a Swiss
diplomat, saying:
“Since I have been in the service,
I have become firmly convinced that
I have done the best thing I could
and I have no intention of availing
myself of your offer” (to obtain a
discharge). Expressing to his Swiss
friend his convictions concerning
his resolution to fight for America
the volunteer wrote:
“I feel that the United States
is fighting for a good cause in op
posing the unscrupulous methods of
warfare of the Germans. Up to a
short time ago I felt, while sym
pathizing with the Americans, it
was not my war or my business to
take an active part.
“Ever since my arrival in this
country (America) I have been well
treated, I have had the benefit of
all the chances offered me and was
considered as the equal of every
body. W as it therefore, not my
duty to lend my aid n this crisis,
if it was my intention to remain
permanently in this country; having
thought that I was fighting for a
good cause.
“There must be something to be
said on each side, but one comes to
this question: Whom would you
like to have win? There can be
only one answer for me. And, to
judge by the manner in which the
Germans have conducted the war
up to the present time, one can say
and believe that the world is not
worth living in if they should be the
conquerors.
In the opinion of the people of
this country and in my opinion,
Germany is governed by a clan pos
sessed of an unconceivable desire to
conquer, or to put it better, to gov
ern the world, and, in order to at
tain this object its people will stop
at nothing. They violate the neu
trality of countries like Belgium,
they massacre the non combatants,
they conduct the most barbarous
submarine warfare, sink unarmed
merchant vessels and neutral vessels,
fight behind the lines of their army'
through espionage, lying and in-;
trigue.
“This is no way to fight and we
will show them what ‘Kultur’ means
when given the true meaning of this
word.”
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INTERNED GERMANS
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About 5,000 Germans are intern
ed in the United tSates, as against
216 American civilians, including
-sailors, who are held by the Ger
mans. This includes 1,310 pris-1
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oners of war at Fort McPherson,
Ga., most of whom were seamen
on German ships; 839 ailien ene
mies at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.; 432
alien enemies at Fort Douglas, Utah
and between 2,00 and 2,500 prison
ers taken from German merchant
men, at Hot Springs, N. C., at pres
ent under the Department of Labor.
Five hundred Germans interned
in this country are being sent to j
army camps to aid in cultivating j
gardens. One hundred of them go
to Camp Devens, 100 to Camp,
Grant, 100 to Camp Sevier, 100 to
Camp Wadsworth, and 100 to Camp
Sherman.
Because everything Teutonic is
more than obnoxious in New Or
leans, that city of French customs
and traditions by ordinance has
erased Berlin street from the map
and substituted the name of Persh-'
ing street.
Now the Orleanian who returns
to the city after an absence of sev
eral years is directed to Pershing
street something like this:
“Sonny,” he asks a newsboy, “can
you tell me where Pershing street
is?”
“Sure Mike,” is the grinning reply.
“Where d’ye think Gen’l Pershing is
headed for?”
“Why, Berlin, of course,” the
seeker of knowledge answers.
“Well, then, Mister, you go to
Berlin and that’s where you’ll find
Pershing.”
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LONDON.—The government is ‘
wrestling with the problem of what
to^do with dogs in view of the rap
idly diminishing stocks of food. It
sqems pretty settled that the number
of dogs is to be reduced. Thereare 1
hardly any dog biscuits left, and
no more will be manufactured, as
the low-grade flour from which they
are made is wanted for ttye textile
trades.
Bonar Law, chancellor of the Ex-'
chequer, refused to include a heavy'
tax on dogs in his budget which he
introduced in the last week of April.
His friends said that such a tax
would kill dog-breeding as an in
dustry, and would work unequally
between rich and poor. The poor
man’s dog would be sacrificed while
the pampered Pekinese would flour
ish.
Now the alternative proposal is
to prohibit the breeding of dogs
during the war except under license.
The effect of this would be to allow !
the perpetuation of pedigree breeds '
which have taken many years and
large sums of money to produce,
and also useful dogs like sheep dogs
and army dogs. The breeding of
mongrels and probably of purely
fancy dogs would be prohibited.
There will be no interference
with people who already have a dog,
they will in the future need all '
their ingenuity to keep their pets I
fed.
The mother of a family who does ij
not economize today is taking to- I
morrow’s bread out of the mouth I
»f her children. !
WAR IS GIVING
STATES CHANCE'
■ AS FUR MARKET
WASHINGTON. D. C.—Another
tentacle of German control in Amer
ican industry has been severed by A.
Mitchel Palmer the alien property
custodian.
Under arrangements now being
completed the custodian and the
Fur Merchants Credit Association
of New York City, the interests of
German fur barons of Leipzig will
be purchased by American mer
chants and the money paid turned
into the United States treasury to
be held until the end of the war
for the Germans involved.
In announcing the forced retire
ment of German interests in the in
dustry. Mr. Palmer said even rough
estimates of the enemy holdings can
not be made until all the fur deal
ers have reported balances due the
Germans.
“It may be stated, however,” said
the custodian, “that the negotia
tions just completed will root out
forever the last German dollar in
vested in the fur business in this
country, turn loose the American
furrier from the control of the Leip
zig cabal and establish a great in
dustry here in America.
“Some of the larger firms which
have already readjusted their hold
ings under the agreement of the
government are T,heoder, Thorer
Company, Gaudig & Blum and M.
S. Elias, Jr., Inc., among the best
known fur houses on this side of
the Atlantic. Many others are in
process of readjustment, including
Otto Erler Company, Fuchs & Com
pany, Inc., and Eisenbach brothers.
“Before the war the trade of
American furriers was practically
nothing but a collecting and ship
ping agency for the Germans. Al
most every pelt taken by American
trappers had to go to Leipzig before
it could be sold. Leipzig dressers
and dyers were the best in the
world. None could compete with
them. Although London was the
world's market, by reason of the
pioneer work of the old Hudson
Bay Company and far-sighted Eng
lish commission houses, three quar
ters of the fur shipped to London
from America, Russia and even
China went, after the auctions, di
recto to Leipzig for dressing and
dyeing.
“At Leipzig each year after the
fur was prepared and the German
merchants had fixed the' price for
that year, Americans were allowed
to purchase as much as three-fifths
of the entire fur produced for manu
facture into garments, although in
so doing they were forced to pay
a handsome profit for the Germans,
plus a thirty per cent duty before
they got them back home. They
were constantly either indebted to
the Germans or completely j finder
their domination ” i
Mr. Palmer said America* fur
dyeing houses now are operating
in New York and that in St. Louis
the attempt has been made spceesc^
fuly to dye seal skins, wtoch prej
riously had never been done* ^utsid§
if Leipzig and London. Fur'?uc-'
dons also have been undertaken suc
cessfully both in St. Louis and New
fork.
“When the war is over,” Mr.
^almer concluded, “Germany will
igain buy American furs, but these
roods will be bought in the Ameri
can market this time, from Ameri
can firms, and they will be Ameri
can dressed and dyed, and prepared
'or European consumption. The un
latural trade conditions which
orcod Americans to ship certain
urs abroad, to buy them back and
o re-ship them to America will
lave disappeared, and Germany will
>e the loser.”
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One of the unsung heroes of th'
war is the military surgeon No mai
has been harder worked in the tre
mendous fighting of the past fev
weeks, and his work has been ii
most cases far from pleasant.
There is not the same romatii
stimulus for- the medical man tha
there is for the infantry or artiller;
officer. It is one thing to dasl
about under fire intent on killing
or being killed; it is another thing
to dash about under fire and taki
the same risks while calmly attend
ing to those with wounds fron
which all other men as they pas
avert their heads. “Thank God,
am not a doctor,” said an officei
who had been detailed to inspect i
number of improvised casualty clear
ing stations along the £ront during
a recent attack.
The regimental surgeon in th<
British army has in his charge th<
well-being of more than a thousanc
men. When there is no fighting 01
he has plenty to do. He has t(
strike a happy medium in discour
aging the faint-hearted, who comt
to him as a means of obtaining i
fortnight’s rest, and in holding ou'
a helping hand to those who an
in real distress. If he is too lenient
the commanding officer begins tc
ask whether he intends to deplete
the whole regiment; if he is toe
harsh the junior officers and mer
lose patience.
The doctor is the only officei
in the regiment, however, who is the
fortunate possessor of a cart. bu1
this leads to numerous eomplica
tions. There are some thirty-odd
officers in the regiment, and each
one of them has some few trifles
which must go in that cart. If he
is weak enough to take them, the
car is overloaded and before long]
bteaks down and precious medica
stores have to be abandoned. If he
refuses to take them, his position ir
the officers’ mess becomes well nig?
unbearable. . >■ *3|j£
The doctor doesn’t ride, but “foot
slogs” it with his regiment througl
the same mud, the same wind anc
rain, and the same perils. His duties
are not confined to caring for thi
ill and injured. He must supervise
the sanitation of camps and billets
ensure the' purity of drinking water
keep a lookout for outbreaks of epi
demies, maintain a eontineous cam
paign of inoculations and vaccina
tions, and fill out a long series oi
records and army forms. He ha:
to do his utmost in the light of his
special knowledge to maintain th*
health of his unit, and any remiss
r.s. McDonald
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: PIANOS—For sale or rent. Inquire
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. ness on his part may lead to a se
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