THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enzry 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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VICTORY FIRST
German peace demands shrink as
American armies grow. No sooner i
did Black Jack Pershing step in!
with the First American Field army
and reduce the St. Mihiel salient
than Germany found * it could do ,
without any portion of France, or
even of Belgium.
Simultaneously, it was decided j
in Potsdam that the indemnities to1
which Germany, ’‘compelled to de- j
fend itself from strong enemies”, j
was entitled, might also be dispensed
with as a condition to a peace nego- j
tiated immediately.
Wilhelm, creating the curious
spectacle of yelling vociferously for |
peace almost from the first day of \
the war of conquest he began, has i
deceived himself and his people with;
delightful German thoroughness. No
other highwayman has ever been [
more willing to make peace than j
Wilhelm, his pockets full of loot;
from France and Russia and his'
boots on the neck of Belgium. No j
one but a highwayman would have
expected to have his “peace offers” |
heard.
Allied refusals to consider his j
various offers to resume a peace j
status without emptying his pockets;
or punishing him for his mistreat-!
ment of Belgium must be spoiling;
Wilhelm’s faith in human nature. |
A few more refusals will perhaps
definitely destroy \\ ilhelm’s faith
in the gullibility of Entente human
nature.
When Wilhelm begins to talk
about refunding the enormous fore-;
ed payments he has wrested from
Belgium; renouncing the Brest
I.itovsk treaty and restoring the
Russian lands he has overrun; mak
ing recompense to Belgium and
France for the wanton destruction
wrought then will the find the Allies
beginning to take interest in his
conversation.
The kaiser will never announce
peace terms acceptable to the Allies
until he is “leading” his routed
armies back to Berlin.
Will any single factor so help to
crumple up German morale as a
rousing over-subscription to the
Fourth Liberty Loan?
AIRNATS
“Airnats” will take its place be
side “poilus” and “Yanks” if the
world will accept the result of the
appeal made by the Plane News, the
organ of the American Air Service,
for suggestions for the best nick
name for fighters in the air service.
About three hundred names were
proposed by readers from which a
committee selected tw'enty-five. A
vote was taken of the aviators at
the great American aviation school
where the Plane News is published
with the result that the name of
“Airnats” was chosen. It was sug
gested by Sergeant C. B. Swafford,
of the 655th Aero Squad, to whom
was awarded the first prize of $20.
Other names considered were “Sky
Larks”, “Joy Boys”, “Eagles”, “Star
shooters”, “Skyscrapers”, “Larks”,
“War Eagles”, “Sky Bo”, “Sky
Jackies”, and “Joy Stickers”.
MILITARY SUNDAY SCHOOL
A Sunday school run on a mili
tary basis, with classes called to
order with a bugle and all notices
and • rders issued in regulation army
form, is the plan of the First Pres
byterian church of Spokane, one of
:hat city’s large downtown con
gregations.
Under the plan, which is to be put
nto effect at once, the super
ntendent will be designated a col
>nel, and his assistants as majors,
department heads will be captains
ind teachers lieutenants. Each
:lass will be divided into squads,
with corporals in command, and
,vith a color bearer.
Raising and salute of the flag will
:onstitute a part of the opening
exercises each Sunday, and a patri
>tic song will be sung. A class
'or soldiers also is to be organized,
»nd the members will be entertained
it dinner once each month. 'The
Sunday school has a membership of
300.
nenanaiiTgets
NEWS FROM SON
On the last mail, J. C. Shultz, a
well known Nenanaite, received a
letter from his son John Shultz, who
was formerly employed by the Tan
ana Valley railroad, and who was
recently wounded “Over There" and
sent back to this country to rest
and recuperate.
Private J. A. Shultz, as John is
now known, belonged to the First
Regiment of Engineers, the same
company as the late Carter Koon,
of Xenana, who was killed in action
recently. Shultz was wounded in
the battle of Toul, on the Lorraine
sector. He was on trench duty,
when wounded in the side; he was
immediately taken to the field hos
pital at the rear of the lines, where
thirty-two stitches were found nec
essary to fix him up before he was
sent to the base hospital, from which
place he was invalided home to the
United States.
He is at present at Camp Merritt
X. J., which he says, is a sort ol
clearing camp for those about te
be sent across the pond, and he ii
awaiting the dictum of the medica
board who will soon decide whethei
or not he is fit for further activi
service.
John is very anxious to get t<
the firing line again, and has de
manded active service and, he re
marks: “There is a fascination abou
it which cannot be resisted.”
He has nothing but praise for th
hospital service and the Red Cros
at the front and at home. He say
that he could not have been treatei
better if he had a million dollars
He also says that he could not hav>
believed , without seeing it, th
whole-hearted war spirit of every
one at home.
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SUGAR MUST BE
ii uaspoomum
nothing!, You say, Yet a.
heaping teaapocnM
saved. each meal for
HO days for each of de
100.000000 persona
in the United States
makes a pile as bjd at de
'bohorth. btnkfiadaenoodk
to suppkr tW cafie armed
forces as the nation.
CAUSE ADVISORS
TROUBLE GALORE
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shall be allowed to roam the streets
at will is an issue of transcendent
municipal importance in Anchorage.
It is under the grave consideration
of the Advisory Council recently;
elected to confer with the Alaskan
Enpineerinp commission repardinp
the administration of the city’s af
fairs. It perplexes the members
of the council to the exclusion of
every other civic matter
Any place in the States where
question is raised over the running
at large of cows, pigs and other
livestock is regarded as progressing
toward urban maturity and when
the issue is resolved against the
cows and pigs the community has
merged from a rural settlement to
a modern municpality.
Anchorage is young in years, but
she never possessed the physical
frame of juvenility, she came into
being a thing of maturity. The
townsite was surveyed, laid out and
the lots sold at auction by the gov
ernment. In an incredibly brief
time, the purchasers of the land
erected store buildings and dwell
ings. Her destiny and the adminis
tration of her affairs were directed
in accordance with modern muni
j cipal methods, by the Alaskan En
; gineering commission, which is con
structing the government railroad.
From the inception of the town,
there were cows and pigs, but neith
er their owners nor the townsite
manager, who was appointed by the
Commission, ever entertained for a
moment the idea that the animals
could run at large—such a thought
in view of the modern status of the
municipality, would have been pre
posterous.
The townsite manager, early in
the city’s history, established a dog
pound and employed a dog catcher
to give force and effect to a rule
prohibiting the running of dogs on
the streets. He was impelled to
make the rule on the representa
tions of mothers that vicious mala
mutes had bitten children. The
pound has proved a bone of con
tention. It is bitterly opposed by
dog owners. They have brought
about its discontinuance once or
twice, but these instances were of
brief duration and were always
ended by a dog biting a child.
The pound is still maintained, but
its discontinuance seems to be ad
vocated more vigorously than evei
by dog owners now. Immediatelj
on the organization of the Advisor}
Council, they petitioned for the dis
continuance of the pound and the
abolition of the position of dog
catcher. This proposal is stronglj
; opposed by the Women’s Club am
[ the Parent-Teachers Association
Until the disposal of the issue
. the council will not be able to givi
attention to anything else.
: traciT ballasting
HOLDS IIP Will
ANCHORAGE.—While the worl
of ballasting the newly laid tracl
of the government railroad betweei
j Seward and Anchorage will dela;
' for a few weeks the opening of tlv
| line to general traffic, the Alaska!
i Engineering commission is making
■ use of the route for transporting
coal and other supplies for itself
i Three cars of coal and one car o1
! railroad supplies have been seni
over the line from Artchorage des
tined for Seward.
Heavy rains recently damaged sev
I eral bridges on the Seward-Anchor
I age route, but this damage is ex
j pected to be repaired by the time
i the ballasting- of the track is com
pleted.
Commission officials expect the
line will experience some trouble or
account of snow next winter1, bul
nevertheless, they plan to keep il
free of any protracted blockade.
SOB CHASER IS
USED IN TEXAS
TO AID AIRMEN
FORT WORTH. Texas. —A sub
marine chaser, tuned and groomed,
has been transported into the heart
of Texas and put to work—not
hunting down lurking German U-!
boats, but in rescuing unfrotunate
American aviators who fall into the
water.
This is a new venture for the:
submarine chaser, or sea-sled, as
it is more commonly called. Or
dinarily this craft, which attains
a speed of sixty miles an hour under
the lashing of its powerful eight
cylinder motor, is employed along
the Atlantic coast as a guard against
the activities of the undersea boats.
They have been successful in .hunt
ing down foes and in guarding
coasts. Sixty-one of the lightning
sleds are in use—sixty along the
Atlantic coast and the sixty-first
on Lake Worth in Fort Worth.
Several months ago, when the
; fatal falls among the aviation stud
I ents around this city grew alarm
| ing in number. United States army
j officers concluded that stunt-flying
i and advanced training would be
■ less deadly over the waters of Lake
! Worth than over the dry land. The
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problem of how to rescue the avi
! ator, should he tumble, was solved
j by the sea-sled.
The cost of constructing the boat
; and getting it to Forth Worth was
j $17,012. It draws eighteen inches
! of water. Its length is twenty-four
, feet and its width eight feet, eight
inches It has eighteen air pockets
; and the walls are about eight inches
thick The sled has a V shaped
I bottom. Credit for suggesting this
shape to the manufacturers is given
to Captain S. V Schermerhorn, who
i was formerly stationed at the Fort
j Worth air fields.
, A crew of three men is required
to operate the sled, which is kept
in readiness for action all the time
like a fire engine. Quarters have
been erected for the men on the
: lake shore.
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i Seattle No. 3—Up Rampart 3 a.
m., 7th.
Washburn—Up Rampart 8 a. m.,
yesterday.
I Alaska—Up Rampart 3 a. m., 7th
Tanana—Working to pet into the
j the Tanana river.
Reliance—Up N'enana for Fair
i banks.
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Yukon—Down Nenana, midnight,
l yesterday.
Wheat is still short and sugar is
| shorter, but nobody is worried—
i these hammer blows onlv harden
American mettle.
t U. 8. 1‘uod Administration.
Jizt ez de buckwheat cake got
1 fl ip over on his face, Br’er Eacon
j rin’ dance ’roun’ en say, sezee:—
"One good tu’n desarves en nuth
■ er.” sezee.—Meanin’ dat ef de
snjer boys go en do de fisrhtin’ fer
1 us, de leas’ we alls kin do is ter
• sen’ 'em all de wheat—en eat
buckwheat instid. Co'n meal, rye
en barley flour fer us will he’p a
lot too.
Highest Cash
Prices Paid for
RAW
PURS
SIMSON’S
If you have saved a slice a day.
eat cornbread and save a loaf.
COAST EMPLOYES
SILL BED FUND
ANCHORAGE.—Employes on the
Anchorage division of the govern
ment railroad will again subscribe
for the maintenance of beds for
wounded soldiers in the American
hospital at Neuilly, France. The,
railroad employes, at the request
of Mrs. Franklin K. Lane, president
of the Interior Department War
Work Association, an auxiliary of
the Red Cross, donated enough
funds last year for a twelve-month
endowment for five beds, three of
which were named for Anchorage,
one for Matanuska and one for
Turnagain Arm.
Mrs. Lane, in a letter to Mrs.
William C. Edes, president of the
Anchorage division of the Interior
Department War Work Association,
has asked the railroad employes to
renew their pledges for the main
tenance of those beds for another
year at least. Subscription lists
will be circulated at once to raise
the necessary money.
A NATION'S STRENGTH
IS IN ITS FOOD SUPPLY
Eat Less —nothing
Craatg a Reserve
AMERICA MUST FEED
lOO OOO. OOO ALLIES
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WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Ten tons of hay and
oats. See R. L. Vining, at the
Terminal Hotel.
CABIN FOR SALE—Cost'"*300;
will sell for $50. Inquire News
office.
FOR SALE—$150 Phonograph with
100 Records, $t»5. See J. A.
Slippern.
WANTED—Two or Three con
genial fellows to occupy 4-room
residence with me. Kitchen fa
cilities if desired. See Slippern
FOR SALE—Panoramic views of
the town of Nenana in 1916 and
1917; taken by Johnson, of Fair
banks, from hill overlooking the
town. Apply at News office.
FOR SALE, CHEAP—Large tank
heater and pipe drum; flush toilet,
good as new; also sink. Inquire
Simson’s.
FOR SALE—Beaver Board, in plain
and oak finish. Doors and win
dows, sash stock and mouldings.
Inquire Simson's.
FOR RENT—Upstairs residence,
four rooms furnished. See Slippern
We’ll substitute corn
and victory for defeat.
for wheat
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
Tom Smith, Prop.
Phone 84 Front Between C and D
Johnson’s Store
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
PRICES REASONABLE
LOUIS JOHNSON, Prop.
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COLES AIR TIGHT
HEATERS
RANGES
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
Yukon Stoves and Drums
Air Tight Heaters
Any Thing in the Sheet Metal, Plumb
ing or Heating Line
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
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That Lights In the Dark—Not a Novelty, But a Necessity
Our $3 Radium Treated Alarm Clocks
JUST THE THING FOR DARK NIGHTS
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