THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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THEY ARE LESS AGGRESSIVE.
Although he still maintains that
they need to be checked—it does
not do to drop so easily a policy
of several years’ standing—Attorney
General Palmer in his latest utter
ance on the subject seems inclined
to the opinion that “revolutionists
will never make such headway that
they may hope to destroy a govern
ment so firmly rooted in the hearts
of the people as the American Gov
ernment.
Senator France, Republican, of
Maryland, has introduced a joint
resolution expressing it as the opin
ion of Congress that prosecutions
under the espionage act should no
longer be conducted, and recom
mending that the President and the
attorney general give careful con
sideration to proposals to grant
amnesty to persons convicted under
it.
Now, while all persons may not i
be willing to go to the full limit
with Senator France on this ques
tion. says the Dearborn Independ
ent, Mr. Palmer’s attitude ought to
convince many that it is time we
tempered justice, if nort; with mercy,
at least with considerations which
till now have played little part in
our judgments. It was quite nor
mal that in the days which con
fronted us a year or two ago we
should apply the law with utmost
vigor, sinning on the side of over
reaching rather than on the side of
neglect of public safety.
But easily the best evidence that
we are less fieverish in our pusuit
of the radical may be gained from
the softened tone on this question
in the speeches of our presidential
campaigners. These worthy gentle
men are the very weather vanes of'
public opinion. And when from a
closer contact with tJhe plain and
common people everywhere than
most of them enjoyed before the
campaign, these framers of political
issues find that it is a less and less
paying investment to capitalize this
so-called Red terror, it is an al-1
most certain sign that the average
citizen is no longer as hysterical as
his political leaders want him to be.
THE SPIRITS AND THE
DOCTORS
"Education is the vaccination thati
confers immunity, but it does not
always take,’ says the Journal of
the American Medical Association
in expressing its amazement that a
mind like that of Sir Oliver Lodge
—“of superior training, especially
in scientific discipline”—-should be
lieve in spirits “on evidence that it
is difficult to conceive as convincing
to any but a prejudiced will to be
TYjOB
That authoritative journal, com
ments the New York World, {pels
it its duty to submit the present
day leaders of the spiritist cult to
a clinical diagnosis. Sb is not aston
ished that an imaginative mind like
that of Maeterlinck should “find in
the occult an additional outlet for
his fancies”; that he accepts “square
rooting horses” as genuine may in
dicate a lamentable lack of logic,
but nothing more serious clinically.
It is somewhat surprised that Conan j
Doyle, who was formerly a physi-1
cian, should be caught in the same!
web, but when it comes to Sir Oliver !
Lodge it is so staggered that only
by applying Freudian principles is
it able to explain the mystery'.
The stresses and strains to which
the minds of men have been put in
recent years, the real satisfactions
that have been denied to their de
sires, the longings they have had
to repress; find some compensation,
some perverted outlet, some mode
of relief, in spiritism, and Lodge’s 1
public addresses are “that explicit
act of confession which Freudians
recognize as helpful to ingrowing
ailments.”
Even great thinkers, deeply learn
ed in the lore of materialistic sci- ,
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ence, are evidently subject to psy
choses, and no disciple of Freud will
deem it strange that mere education
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has failed to confer immunity. If,
then, the inhibited longings of a
mind like Lodge’s need an outlet in
confession of faith in spirits, need
we wonder if a vast number of less
disciplined minds seize with avidity
upon ouija boards and table-rappings
and trance mediums as media thru
which to obtain satisfaction for the
desires they have been obliged to
repress?
A great alienist asserts that these
things are signs of an abnormal
mind, but we should not forget that
abnormality does not necessarily
mean weakness; it often means ex
traordinary strength. And, as every
specialist in mental diseases can tes
tify, it takes a strong mind to flirt
with spirits and not become ob
sessed.
LEAGUE OF INACTION.
The League of Nations exists. It
began to function some time ago.
It was announced when the first
meeting was held that the league
had become a reality, and would
continue to operate " regardless of
the attitude of the United States.
We were told that the league
would stop war, points out an ex
change. Why doesn’t it? Why is
fighting going on all over Europe,
even with members of the league
participating?
France has occupied German cities
not assigned to her control under
the Paris treaty. This has been
done, it is said, to ensure the car
rying out of the terms of the treaty,
and doubtless is a necessary mea
sure to that end. But why doesn’t
the league assume jurisdiction in
this matter, rather than merely the
French republic?
Clearly enough, because the
League of Nations is merely a col
lection of words and an eloquent
profession of ideals, with nothing
more substantial back of it.
j Yet the American people 'have
i been assured that in this league, ]
, which fails to function in the face
'of this problem for the solution of
which it was ostensibly created, the
world would find peace and this re
public a new security from the
menace of war!
In the un-Americanized covenant
of the League of Nations lurks the
perpetual danger of war to the
United States, through our perma
nent entanglement in the feuds and
hatreds and jealousies and rivalries
of Europe, deep rooted in history
and in human nature. The people
of this nation should thank God and
take courage because the senate has
stood between this republic and the
sacrifice not only of its ideals, rights
and interests, but in the nation's
very safety.
COAST MOONSHINERS
THINNED BY AGENTS
At the rate the interior depart
ment agents and the marshal’s office
has been gathering in the makers of
the “strong and white” the Anchor
age district promises to become so
dry that it will be necessary to run
bar towels through three clothes
wringers to get even a smell of the
cup that cheers.
Thirteen men now occupy suites
in the local jail, most of them hav
ing tried their inventive genius as
distillers.
Aside from a few liquor infrac
tions, which are becoming less each
week, crime in the Anchorage dis
trict is negligible.
Knut Koland, who left Nenana on
Saturday for the States, aboard the
steamer Tanana, is going to his old
home in Minnesota, and says that
it is possible he will decide to locate
there permanently. He will spend
i short time on the coast visiting
relatives before starting across the
ontinent. Before leaving Nenana, j
le disposed of his freighting outfit
:o Albert Lundborg.
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Little Grace Persson, who was j
jroug-ht to town among the first of j
:he flu patients from out the line, I
s now convalescent. She developed J
>neumonia while under treatment at j
he Southern and for a considerable i
ime her condition was very critical.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In Probate Court, Nenana Precinct.
Territory of Alaska.
!n the Matter of the Estate of Sam
Radovich, alias Sam Radi, de
ceased.
Notice is hereby, given that the
andersigned has been appointed by
:he above named Court Administra
tor of the esrtate of Sam Radovich,
alias Sam Radi, deceased. All per-1
sons having claims against said es
tate are hereby notified and re
quired to present them, with the
proper vouchers, within six months
from the date of this notice to said
administrator, in the town of Ne
nana, Alaska.
Dated at Nenana, Alaska, May 29,
1920.
DAN RADOVICH,
Alias DAN RADI,
Administrator.
Dates of publication, May 31, June
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Day of publication, Monday.
CENTRAL CAFE
WANT ADS
KEYS of all kinds, Children's Go
Carts, Bicycles and Bicycle Parts
at Simson's Department Store.
LOST—Electric hot plate, used dur
ing the epidemic. Anyone know
ing of the present whereabouts of
same will confer a favor by in
forming Miss Eunice Thrift.
FRAME HOUSE and lot for sale.
Best location in town. Good wa
ter. Inquire News office. sold
njRNISHED^cXBI>TToR^SALE^
Two rooms, best water in town.
Cheap. See J. H. Steele.
BARN FOR RENT—Cheap. Inquire
News office.
BARN FOR RENT—Second and E.
Three double stalls. Pump in
barn. Inquire at News.
BI?NcTr^OF^SEVEN KEYS^foumL
Owner can recover by calling at
News office and paying for adv.
the^dwter^omFToi^ale!
Terms reasonable. tf
FOR RENT—Suite of three room®,
suitable for light housekeeping,
with heat and light and hot and
cold water in connection. Also
office rooms, at The Arctic.
FOR SALE—Two-room house, part
ly furnished, with lot. Desirable
locality. Inquire News office. tf
FOR RENT—Cascade laundry. Fully
equipped and with established in
come. No cash required. Inquire
at Arctic.
BABY IS CHRISTENED
AT SUNDAY CEREMONY
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The little daughter of Mr- and
Mrs. William A. Coghill, who ar
rived at the Government hospital
while the flu epidemic was at its
height, was christened yesterday
afternoon at the Coghill home by
Rev. Frederick B. Drane of St.
Mark’s mission, the name bestowed <
upon the little one being Winifred j
Beatrice.
Mrs. C. M. Printz and Miss Jack- j
son officiated as godmothers and
Peter Grandison as godfather.
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NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
chase tickets before entering trains
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is in
the employment office, on the ground
floor of the General Office Buikling.
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at North Nenana.
Tickets will be on sale at \ny
time during office hours, and can be
purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
the foot of A street on Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 8 a. m.
The following change of schedule
between Norm Nenana and Fair
banks is effective June 1, subject to
change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 8:00 a. m.;
arrive North Nenana, 12:30 p. m.
Leave North Nenana, 2:00 p. m ;
arrive Fairbanks, 6:30 p. m.
A ferry will be run between Ne
nana and North Nenana io connect
with Fairbanks trains. Passengers
for Fairbanks should purchase tick
ets in Nenana before crossing the
ferry.
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Trappers and Traders of Alaska
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WE MAKE FURS TO ORDER
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we are working three operators, and need others. If you are an
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municate with us.
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