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.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets. Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. Southworth---Editor and Manager
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KNOWING 9URSELVES
That peace will be large!
strengthened in the Western hem
sphere by an extensive interchang
of thought among the peoples o
the various countries was the bu.
den of a statement by Acting bet
retary of State Frank L. Polk, re
cently, in urging that the new:
papers of the United States levot
more attention to news of ;h
Latin-American countries. >L
Polk said he hoped the America
newspapers would take this mean
of educating the people of th
United States to better undev.-tan
and appreciate the importance an
greatness of our neighbors of Sout
and Central America and poinU
out that by lending their aid t
the furtherance of this educatio
the newspapers Would be fulfillin
a public duty to the governmem
“The more we know of the othe
countries of North and South Amer
ica,” said Mr. Polk, “the less likeli
hood there is of misunderstanding;
The nations of the world are be
coming more and more interde
pendent daily with the increase
efficiency of transportation am
communication facilities. Exchang
of news results inevitably in bette
relations and a^fuller comprehensio
of the efforts that are being mad
by the different countries to solv
the problems of civilization. Im
proved commercial relations are ac
companied by better cultural re
lations.
“One result of the European wa
has been to show the United State
how completely our interests lie i
this hemisphere. With peace re
stored, our interest^ in Europea
affairs will be more theoretical tha
real, but we have and must hav
closer relations with our neighboi
in Central and South Americ;
The people of Latin America ar
intensely interested in the Unite
States. The newspapers of Centr;
and South America print a gre;
deal of news about this countr;
It would be of incalculable bene'
if the newspapers of the Unite
States would pay more attention t
news regarding Latin America, an
in a very short time these new:
papers could educate the public t
seek further information and mot
news about our neighbors to th
South.”
FIRST WAR—THEN DISEASE
The typhus epidemic which h;
claimed tens of thousands of live
in Rumania in the last two ar
a half years is still smoulderini
but American Red Cross physiciat
who are watching the sporadic ou
breaks believe that the disease hi
“burned itself out.” Their grea
est worries now are the dar.geroi
outbreaks of smallpox and isolate
cases of cholera.
Th? Near East today, accordir
to American, British and Frenc
physicians who have completed the
surveys, is ripe for an outbrea
of cholera and the plague. Unde
nourishment, famine and the strai
of war upon the civilian and mil
tary populations has undermine
the health of the nations of tl
Balkans.
The past winter was a terrib
one. Refugees are returning 1
their homes to find them heaps (
ruins. They are without ever;
thing. If it were not for tl
American Food Mission and tl
shiploads of food being brougl
into Rumania under the auspice
cf the American Red Cross, Ru
mania today would be a nation of
? starving people.
-: Rumanian physicians are fighting
e hard in co-operation with American
f doctors to confine the smallpox
- and cholera cases to certain dis
- tricts. In one hospita' America!
- doctors found nine children dead
- from smallpox. The nurses, work
? ing day and night to attend to
s the living cases, had no time to
. remove the dead children from
i their beds.
? The Red Cross is fighting the
; smallpox epidemic particularly in
1 the Dcbruaja region. Medical sup-,
1 plies and units, one doctor and
: two nurses are sent by a special j
1 Red Cross food boat which plies
i
> up and down the Danube to the
i river towns, whence they travel
; inland to the centers where the j
. disease is making the greatest in-1
r roads. «
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HUNGER THE CURE
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‘‘The present conflagration in
Russia cannot last. Without fuel,
in the form of food and supplies
generally, Bolshevism must burn
itself out.”
Such is the opinion of an En
glishman who reached London re- j
eently from Moscow, the center of'
Bolshevik activity.
“I find in England,” he said,1
“a general impression that the Bol
shevik leaders are nothing buT
violent criminals and robbers. But
they have other qualifications as
well, such as organizing ability,!
ruthless decision and the power to
rule.
3 “Public opinion as to the ad
3 vantages of Bolshevism is widely
e divergent. Those who have secured
s through the revolution a comfort
able sinecure, with a monthly sal
? ary of perhaps 1500 rubles, in one
j of the innumerable governmental
j departments which exist in ever;,’
, town, are not anxious to upset the
. present order of things. On the
t other hand, speculators and peas
d ants who, through the misfortunes
0 of the aristocratic and bourgeois
d classes, have lined iheir pockets,
; are now rather inclined to clamor
0 for a more stable and constitutional
e form of government which would
e enable them to keep what they have
unjustly gained.
“As a whole, however, the people
are apathetie, and though many
of them will confide to you that
s they dislike Bolshevism and desire
:S its downfall, yet I doubt very much
d if they would be ready to give
;, personal assistance to any such
is movement.
:- “Lack of food is the greatest dan
,s ger the Bolsheviki have to face,
t- Bread and other commodities are
is becoming scarcer every day.
d: “Rabid socialism is the order, and
everything is commandeered and
g sold on a voucher system through
h a few shops managed by the Work
r ers and Red army committees.”
k The Britisher brought the first
■- news to London of the fact that
a about forty British naval and mili
i- tary prisoners of war, captured on
d the North Russian front, were now
e in captivity in Moscow. The offi
cers are confined in small cells,
e but the men, he said, are permitted
o to move freely about the city and
if may even visit British residents.
•- They are provided with better food
e , than other prisoners and with warm
e clothing. Evidently, the Bolsheviki,
it in the opinion of this Englishman.
: are trying by means of preferential
treatment to win the British pris
oners over to their side.
PETTICOAT TaNE
COMES 10 LIFE
AFTERLONG REST;
LONDON.—Petticoat Lane has i
awakened from its long sleep, im- i
posed by the war and the rigors of
an unusually wet winter, and with
the coming of spring fairly hums j
with life, trade and dirt.
Petticoat Lane is more of a dis j
trict than a street, for there are 1
a number of streets, and each one j
carries the same curb markets and j
the same motley crowd of traders
and sightseers. It is within five
minutes walk of some of the most
important financial institutions in
tin? world, and on the edge of that
interesting section known as the
East End, where royalty and others
have recently discovered there are
slums which are a disgrace to Eng
land, in fact to all civilization.
Petticoat Lane is lined with
stalls, some of them covered, some
of them open to the elements, and
ail of them mounted on wheels.
Here may be found for sale almost ;
everything the purchasing public!
may desire, anything in fact which !
might be included in a list which |
stretched from second-hand under
wear to cheap jewelry.
The old clothes man occupies the
commanding position almost di
rectly opposite the great Liverpool
street passenger station, and some
of his prices would do justice to
some of the smart West End shops,
but price and sale are not the
same thing in Petticoat Lane. If
the seller cannot get his price he
is always willing to come down,
and if trade happens to be slow he
will mount a box and offer his
stock to the highest bidder. Then
comes out all the wit and humor
of the throng, with the auctioneer
usually leading in sarcastic sallies.
“Art china,” fearfully and won
derfully made; men’s and women's
neckwear in all colors of the rain
bow; fried fish fresh from the skil
let; pictures, frames and unframed
and prized because of their high
color; ice cream and shaving pow
der, with a liberal assortment of
hair brushes and suspenders; money
belts, Mons ribbons and the in
signia of every regiment in the
British army. These and a thou
sand and one other things line the
street on each side, their leather
lunged sellers pausing only in their
appeals for trade to make the
necessary change.
One section of the Lane is given
over to the man who is there to
heal the sick and afflicted. He
usually specializes in some par
ticular disease, his appeals sup
ported by an open bottle of his
particular medicine, and for a
penny one may sample the remedy
and know for himself whether he
wants a bottle. And it is surpris
ing how many bottles are sold from
the sample, on which the thrifty
“doctor” makes much more profit
than he does on the larger amount.
Not far from the Lane proper is
the “livestock” market, as they
call it, in Club Row. Here one j
can buy some of the best dogs that
have mysteriously disappeared from
the fashionable sections of the city
during the previous week.
Sunday morning is the great day
in Petticoat Lane and its environs,
for while all commodity stores in j
London are closed on that day, the i
Lane is alowed to operate freely ^
without interference from the |
police. It serves its purpose in j
that it affords a cheap, convenient
market for the teeming thousands
of the East End, and gives them I
a promenade, a little crowded to
be sure, but all the more popular
in consequence.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Sunday school will be held in
the old commissioner’s office build
ing, opposite the postoffice, Sunday
at 1 p. m.
The regular service will be held
at the same place at two o’clock.
The subject will be: “God the
Preserver of Man.” •
WANT ADS
100-EGG INCUBATOR, practically
new, with brooder, for sale cheap.
Inquire Tolovana Trading Co.
BRAND NEW FISH WHEEL for
sale cheap. Set up, ready to
catch salmon. In good working
order. For particulars incuir?" at
News office. k!4
FOR SALE—Rack for sheet music,
also phonograph and records. Ap
ply to Mrs. Emil Hartwick, First
street, near C, after 1:30 in the
afternoon.
FOR SALE—Corona typewriter with
case complete, almost new and
and in good working order, price,
$30. Apply at Nenana News office.
FOR SALE—Household furniture,
dining room set. White sewing
machine, bedstead, etc. Apply
Mrs. Leroy Moyer, Second and B.
WANTED — Camp cook, man or
woman, for grading camp on Lit
tle Goldstream, about ten miles
from Nenana. Apply to Jim
Dzukoff. Cooney Hotel.
FOR SALE—Team of young horses,
weight about thirty hundred.
Guaranteed to work single or
double, wheelers or leaders, and
perfectly gentle. Vaehon, Tolo
vana. k21
Restaurant Tabs and Tablets at
:he News Office.
IN IS HURT AT
DRAGLINE CAMP
This morning, while a string of
:ars were being loaded with gravel
for the use of surfacing camp No.
I, at the surfacing camp, a bucket
>f heavy gravel overshot the car,
and in dumping, part of its eon
:ents went over the side of the car,
practically burying C. V. Anthony,
echo happened to be on the farther
side of the car and couldn't get
away in time.
Jim Noble, the conductor of the
gravel train, was standing by An
:hony and was slightly injured
about the legs.
Anthony was brought to town
and his injuries were attended to
at the hospital. His wounds con
sisted of several scalp wounds and
bruises only, and he will be able to
resume his duties in a few days.
SHOTGUNS and Shotgun Ammu
nition—new stock just opened, at
Anderson Bros & Nerland.
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NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
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 is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
Building, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Wednesdays and Satur
days at 8 p. m.
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second and Fourth Tuesdays
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER
Secretary
M. V. TYLER,
Dictator.
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