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, 1879.
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LET THEM WORK
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During the early stages of the
war it was suggested in many quart
ers that dangerous alien enemies
within our borders be loaded on
to ships and deported from the
country, as a means both of safe
guarding Europe-bound vessels
against the submarine menace, and
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ridding the United States of un
desirables. Such a step might have
prevented U-boat attacks on the
vessels thus employed and it would
certainly have relieved Americans
of the responsibility of feeding per
sons of pro-German sympathies. But
such action also would have strength
ened the enemy forces to the extent
of the deportations.
Now it is suggested that some
of the prisoners which the Allies
are taking on the Western front be
transported to this country, where
they can be fed more easily than
in Europe, and where, possibly, they
can be employed to advantage dur
ing the absence of our fighting men.
If the vessels transporting them
should, hv chance, he tomedoed on
the way across the Atlantic, the
kaiser, and not the Allies, would
be responsible for any deaths that
might result.
up to a certain point, the pris
oners can be used to advantage in
France and England, but to feed
thousands of them, confined in idle
ness in prison camps, seems like a
needless tax upon our cargo space,
all of which is greatly needed for
the transportation of supplies for
our overseas forces and those of
our allies.
The Germans doubtless would wel
come the opportunity to travel far
from the scenes of strife rr the
European battlefields to engage in
peaceful labor on this side of the
Atlantic. Americans physically un
fit for military service could watch
over the prisoners and their earn
ings could be used by our govern
men for the prosecution of the war,
and by the Red Cross for relief
work. I
There may be objections to such
a plan, but it seems like a better
solution of the labor problem than
the importation of illiterate Mexi
cans, whose presence in this country ■
is at no time desirable and who may
be hard to get rid of after the war
is over and normal conditions have
been restored.
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TURN OUT.
It is sincerely to be hoped that
those entitled to vote will visit the
polls tomorrow for the purpose of 1
expressing their views in the matter '
of the creation of an advisory board, i
and giving support to the candidates 1
whom they wish to serve as Ne
nana’s first townsite “council”.
There is little if anything of more
! real benefit to a town than a rep
resentative turn-out on election day
and it is within the power of the
; voters of Nenana to give the town
a splendid boost tomorrow simply
I by visiting the polls, the civic duty
, of every man and woman entitled
to the franchise'.
The fact that the advisory board
to be elected will not be vested with
any real authority should not lessen
interest in the election. It is im
portant that our first board be com
1 posed of the wise men of the town,
for they will be called upon to ad
vocate reforms and to establish pre
cedents for the future guidance of
I the town; and their influence will
be the greater if they are elected
by a substantial vote.
The election of the advisory board
will mark an epoch in Nenana. It
is the opening wedge in the town’s
advance toward local self govern
ment, and the success or failure of
the innovation will depend to a great
extent, upon the number of ballots
cast. So turn out and make the
vote a Dig one. Our voting strength
is a valuable asset, but it must be
registered at the polls to be of use
to us.
OLD COURTHOUSE IS
IN USE AS A HOTEL
SEATTLE.—So great has been
the demand upon Seattle and cities
of Puget Sound engaged in govern
ment shipbuilding, for houses to
accommodate workers, visiting sol
diers and sailors, that Seattle has
obtained the use of the old King
county courthouse for a dormitorv.
It is planned to“put 1,500 cots in
the building with “trusties” f^om
the county jail assigned to the role
of chambermaids. The courthouse
was abandoned by the county ad- j
ministration three years ago when1
the new building was ready for use.1
TEXAS SOFT DRINKS
MAKE USE OF HONEY
\ INTON, Tex.—Alfafa honey is
being bought in quantities by the
manufacturers of soft drinks in El
Paso as a substitute for sugar. The'
soft drink makers are limited in the
amount of sugar they may use and.
have buyers in the Mesilla Valley1
purchasing all honey produced near1
here. The honey crop is unusually
large this year. It makes an ex
cellent sugar substitute, according
to the buyers.
“Doing all humanly possible”—^
but war calls for super-human e< rt.
Each individual is a military unit
in an unbroken chain, and a single
wreak link may cause disaster.
T
BRITISH AIRMEN
ATTACK TEUTONS;
SCORE SUCCESS
LONDON.—How a British flying
squadron turned the tables on Ger
man airmen who had been bombing
their aerodrome is related by Lieu
tenant W. A. Barnes of the Royai
Air Force.
“We had been giving the Hun a
lively time,” the officer says, “bomb
ing his dumps, billets, communica
tions and towns nightly. When,
therefore, he bombed our aerodrome
two evenings in succession and com
pletly upset all our arrangemnts, it
was generally agreed that he had
scored one over us. Much as his
enterprise was admired, however,
it was decided to try to check it.
“The plan evolved was simple.
The next day the British airplanes
were flown over to a neighboring
aerodrome, where it was believed
they should be safe from raids.
Then they started off just after
dusk to make a reprisal attack,
j “We arrived at the enemy’s lair,”
i Lieutenant Barnes narrates, “at a
| most opportune moment, for a sec
j ond relay of his machines were just
i ‘taxying’ across the ground to ‘take
I off’ in the flare path. Inourwild
! est dreams we had not hoped for
I such luck at this, and every possible
| advantage was taken of it.
“A few well-directed bombs, drop
i Pe^ r'?ht in among the machines
that were awaiting their turn to take
i off, set fire to two and badly dam
aged others. Another machine was
! seen to crash whilst actually taking
i off *n the flare path. Some equally
| well-directed incendiary bombs set
fire to a large shed, and then th
real fun of the night began.
“By this time the first relay c
enemy machines, sent as we aftei
wards learned to bomb our ow
aerodromp no-ain hpirax tr> rot nr.
As they were on their own side o
the line, and in blissful "gnoranc
of the fate of thiir aerodrome, the
were flying with navigation light
full on, thereby giving their positio
away in the darkness.
“Relieved of our bombs, we wer
able to give fight, and successful!
shot down one in flames, while an
: °ther was distinctly seen to eras
on top of a wood.
: “Having thus paid our debts i
full, we left the remainder to lan
on a bomb-riddled aerodrome—n
enviable task at night—while w
went off home to celebrate a gooi
night s work, with the comfortin'
assurance that the R. A. F. wen
at least ‘one up’ on their adver
saries’ game.”
HIGH SPEED PLANES
HAVE BAD HANDICAP
LONDON.—“It would very easy
for any English airplane manufac-i
turer to produce a machine which
could make better than 250 miles i
an hour,” declared Captain W. G.
Aston, one of the leading French ex- j
perts on air mechanics, here the
other day.
“This could be accomplished,” he
explained, “by merely altering the
curvature, or camber, of the planes.
But this would mean a minimum
landing speed of about 150 miles;
an hour, and there is the great'
difficulty. The machine would be’
unquestionably flyable, but its suc
cessful landing would require an
aerodrome five or six miles long,
to say nothing of extraordinary skill
on the part of the pilot.”
HORSETHIEVES PUT
GERMANS IN UPROAR
AMSTERDAM. — The German
newspapers are much agitated over
an epidemic of horsestealing in Ber
lin. In a single week recently,
horses valued at $25,000 were stolen
in Berlin, most of them while stand
ing in the streets in daylight. The
animals are sold in the provinces,
where they fetch fancy prices, or
^e used for clandestine butchering
n Berlin. A pair of fine race
horses recently disappeared during
a race meeting at the Grunewald
course.
FOCH BELIEVES |
HITTING BOGHES
WILL END WAR
General Ferdinand Foch, Allied
commander in chief, in a significant
article contributed to the Field, de
clares that battles can be won in!
the end only by decisive offensive;
action. The statement, one of the
very few made by General Foch
since taking his new post, is inter
preted as indicating the Allied gen
eralissimo’s view of the strategy
that will win the war for the Allies.
General Foch says:
“Modern warfare, to arrive at
its end and to impose its will on
the enemy, recognizes only one
means—-destruction of the enemy’s
organized forces. War undertakes
and prepares this destruction by
battle which brings about the over
throw of the adversary, disorganizes
his command, destroys his discipline
and nullifies his units as far as their
fighting power is concerned.
“Our first axiom must be that
completely to achieve its object, a
battle must not be purely defensive.
A purely defensive battle, even well
conducted, does not result in a vic
tor and a vanquished. It is simply
a game that must be begun over
again.
“From this it is an obvious corol
lary that an offensive, whether
started at the beginning of an ac
tion or whether it follows the de
fensive to fix the direction of at
in consequence must always be
adopted at the finish. To maintain
our position is not synonymous with
being victorious and even prepares
for a defeat. If we remain where
I we are and do not pass to the of
j fenusive to fix the direction of at
tack, to guard against the plans of
the enemy and prevent him from
carrying out the same maneuver, we
' must undertake to carry on and sus
j tain numerous combats, each with
j determined aim.
! “But since there remains no doubt
: that decisive attack is the very key
j stone of a battle, all other actions
I which make up a battle must be en- j
jvisaged, considered, organized, pro-j
i \ ided with forces in the measure in j
which they will prepare, facilitate j
and guarantee development of a de- j
jcisi\e attack characterized by its
mass, its surprise, its speed and for
which, in consequence, it is essential
that there shall be the maximum
reserve force possible of troops and
maneuver. The reserve-—that is to
say, the prepared bludgeon — is or
ganized, and kept carefully instruct-!
ed to execute the single act of bat-i
tie from which results are expected,
namely, the decisive attack.
“Resrves must be husbanded with ' i
the most extreme parsimony so that!:
the bludgeon may be strong enough ! i
to make the blow as violent as pos-j:
sible. Let loose at the finish, with-!
out any lurking idea of saving them. I
with a well-thought-out plan for win-1
ning the battle at a point chosen j
and determined, reserves are thrown
in all together in an action surpas- i
sing in violence and energy all other j
phases of battle, an action with j
proper characteristics, surprise, mass :
and speed. All our forces really j
participate, either by preparing it!
or by carrying it out.
“In this, our supreme aim, we j
must not be deceived by appear- !
ances. Although theory fails when j
applied by feeble hands and when |
accessories obscure the main prin-;
ciple, history and reason show us!
that in battle there is a single
argument which is worth while,
namely, decisive attack, which is
alone capable of assuring the de
sired result—the overthrow of the
adversary.”
AUSTRALIAN MINERS
MAKE GOOD CLEANUP
PERTH,Australia.—Three miners
in the Mount Magnet district of
Western Australia, in a single after
noon recently, obtained 651 ounces
of gold, valued at $13,000, from
75 pounds of rock.
NOTICE OR MARSHAL'S SALE
United States of America, 4th Div.,
District of Alaska, ss.
Public notice is hereby given, that
by virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias
(or execution), dated July 1st, A. L>.
1918, issued out of the District
Court, of the United States for the
4th Division. District of Alaska, on
a judgment rendered in said Courf.
on the 28th day of June, A. D.,
1918, in favor of Jerry Ford, and
against Frank Stevens, I have, on
this 30th day of July, A. D., 1918,
levied upon the following described
real estate, situated 'n the Hot
Springs Recording Precinct. Fourth
Division, Territory of Alaska, towit:
The “South End” association placer
mining claim, the “Stevens” associa
tion placer mining claim, the "Frank"
association placer mining claim, and
the “Buffalo” association placer min
ing claim, all situated on the bench
between Glen and Eureka creeks,
in the Hot Springs Recording Pre
cinct, Fourth Division, Territory of
Alaska; and that I will, accordingly
offer said real estate for sale, at
public vendue to the highest bidder
and best bidder, for cash, on the
10th day of September, A. D. 1918,
at ten o'clock A. M., at the front
door of the U. S. Commissioner’s
office, at Hot Springs, Alaska.
Dated, at Hot Springs Alaska,
this soth day of July, A. D. 1918.
L. T. ERWIN,
U. S. Marshal.
4th Div., District of Alaska.
By J. L. ANDERS,
Deputy.
Chas. E. Taylor,
Plaintiff’s Attorney.
Aug. 9, 16, 23, 30.
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