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. |
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CARRANZA MUST CO.
Now that our President is withj
us a train, may we venture to hope,
asks the editor of Leslie s, that the ^
unspeakable conditions in Mexico I
will receive some practical atten
tion in Washington? Every one
knows that Mexico is given over to :
anarchy, murder, robbery, arson,
and other crimes of violence, and j
that its so-called “government” has ;
neither the power nor the will to j
protect its own citizens nor for-;
eigners within its boundaries. Hen-1
ry P. Fletcher, American ambassa- j
dor to Mexico, testified before the!
rules committee of the house of:
representatives that fifty American j
citizens have been murdered in Mex- j
ico during the past three years, and ,
not one murderer has been punished.:
The recent killing of the American j
rancher Cornell and the outrage of:
his wife, and the still more recent J
capture and holding for ransom of
two American aviators, have stirred j
public opinion in the United States j
to a realization of the conditions
that have prvailed in Mexico for the
past seven years, and which are now
worse than at any previous time.
For seven years the United States
Government has been trying to deal
diplomatically with a succession of
rascally dictators, and at every
turn has been deceived, cheated and
outraged. American citizens at-j
tempting to carry or. legitimate en
terprises within the boundaries of
Mexico have been robbed, insulted
and murdered, and American cit
izens, engaged in peaceful pursuits
on their own side of the border,
have been subjected to similar in
dignities and outrages by Mexican
invaders of the soil of the United
States. We agree with Representa
tive La Guardia that the time has
come to demand a settlement.
If the reign of bloodshed and
violence ■were benefiting any worthy
part of the Mexican people, or if
by any stretch of the imagination
it could be predicated that these
conditions would ultimately benefit
the Mexican people, there might be
some excuse for a further exercise
of patience with Carranza, but ev
ery one who knows anything of
Mexico knows that the only class
of society profiting under his rule
is a small military oligarchy, num
bering less, perhaps, than one-tenth
of one percent of the population.
This infinitesimal minority keeps
under its control by force, or by an
appeal to the vilest mercenary pas
sions, some 50,000 or 75,000 so
called “soldiers,” recruited from the
very lowest strata of Mexican so
ciety, by means of which it terror
izes the gTeat majority of peaceful,
inoffensive Mexican people, and car
ries out its schemes of plunder and
spoliation against the persons and
property of foreigners.
The Carranza government must
go. It is vile, tyrannical, dishon
est, and it has not redeemed a sin
gle one of its promises, but on the
contrary has consistently, from the
beginning of its power to the pres
ent time, pursued a cynical, mer
cenary policy that is perhaps with
out equal in the whole sordid and
bloody record of Latin-American
politics. Venustiano Carranza is the
greatest calamity that has ever fall
en on Mexico, and he was inflicted j
on that country by the United State? !
of America, without whose support:
he could not by any chance have
come into power. It is preposterous :
for the administration at Washing
ton to continue to support his re- [
gime.
A frank confession that he backed j
the wrong man is the only honest
course open for President Wilson.
Following such a confession, there
are two possible methods of action:
First, the recognition of the bel-!
ligerency of the revolutionary forces '
under the command of General Diaz,)
with such support as we could give j
without departing from a policy of j
neutrality. When their arms tri -'
umph, as they surely would under j
such conditions, the financial back-;
ing necessary to the new govern
ment could be conditioned upon an j
honest and efficient policy for the j
restoration of peace and security In !
Mexico, and full guarantees for the i
protection of foreign citizens and j
foreign property. The second possi- j
bility is armed intervention, to kick
out the Carranza rascals and estab
lish an honest government under
an American protectorate, to be
continued so long as necessary. The
first is the easier method; the sec
ond the sure one.
Now is the time to act. If inter
vention is to be the program, we
shall never be in a better position
to carry it out than at present,
when we have the troops, the com
mand and the equipment which
would enable us to speedily estab
lish our authority throughout Mexi
co, and begin under the most aus
picious circumstances the rehabilita
tion of that country. There is no;
doubt that the better elements of1
Mexican society would co-operate i
with us in the re-establishment of
law and order. Mexico is abundant- ■
ly able to pay the bills. What she 1
is not able to supply is intelligent
and patriotic leadership. This has
been so fully demonstrated during
the past seven years that there re- j
mains no possible excuse for the ]
United States to further shirk its j
plain and inevitable duty, which is j
to clean up the moral and political j
pest-hole known as the United j
States of Mexico.
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W. A. Coghill and his bride, who
are enroute to Nenana from Eng
j land, left Seattle for the North
j last Friday on the steamship Jeffer
! son, and should be here on the next
trip of the steamer Alaska.
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I Dave Fairbum returned to Ne
jnana yesterday afternoon from a
■ brief visit in Fairbanks. He made
. the trip up river with the baseball
excursionists and took part in the
I funeral festivities there on Monday
j afternoon.
The Douse launch Victory tame
! down from Fairbanks late yester
day afternoon, bringing two pass
, engers. The boat did not sail on
the return voyage up river today.
NENANA AT 43
The work of surfacing on the
main line, from the Nenana river
north, has been discontinued and
Foreman Louis Lee and a gang of
between thirty and forty men will
put in the remainder of the season .
getting the track in shape for heavy
traffic between the river and the
end of steel, near the Bums coal
mine. The steam shovel, which sup
plied the gravel for surfacing north 1
of the river, has been laid away j
and Surfacing Gang No. 2 abol- ;
ished. The new designation, for j
the work beyond the river, is Sec- |
tion 7.
Surfacing between the river and
the end of steel will be slow work,
owing to the fact that there is no
equipment on that section of the
road, and none can be provided un
til the river has been bridged. The
men will be compelled to use wheel
barrows, for the present, taking the
gravel from such places along the
grade as may be most convenient. !
But when the bridge is completed. ^
the steam shovel probably will be |
started up again and the work of
surfacing the eight-mile stretch be
yond the river will be rushed to the
utmost. The grade is said to be in
bad shape, and much gravel will be
required to put it in condition for
heavy traffic.
The dragline camp and Surfacing
Gang No. 1, operating nearer town,
will not be disturbed for the pres
ent. There is still considerable work
to be done in that locality, enough,
it is believed, to keep the men busy
until such time as they can be used
south of the Nenana river, after
the resumption of traffic beyond 43- :
mile. The entire surfacing force
probably then will be concentrated
on the southern section of road, so
I as to insure the completion of that
!work before the end of the season.
In addition to supplying gravel
;for the surfacing work south of
I town, the dragline also has fur
'nished much material for use in
jthe yards, in town, the track having
I been raised above flood level, both
for the protection of the town
against hight water and to prevent
interruptions in traffic. About 2,500
yards of gravel was used in this
work, which was completed yester
flay.
The waterfront fill, which was
undertaken early in the summer,
the gravel being supplied by the
Brown hoist, with dredge equip- 1
ment, also has been completed, !
from the commission warehouses to
the upper end of town.
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MARSHAL WAS SHOCKED
BY NEWS OF OUTBREAK
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The reported outbreak among the
excursionists who returned to Fair
banks on Monday was a great shock
to Marshal Erwin. With two trust
ed deputies on board the boat, one
as a member of the ball team, and
the other as an excursionist, the
marshal knew that the riot must be
a pretty serious affair to get be
yond the control of his assistants,
and he was prepared for almost
anything when the steamer reached
port.
He was there at the dock, to meet
the boat, backed by the other mem
bers of his staff and considerable
concealed artillery. It was a serious
crisis, and the marshal did not fall
down when the test came. He was
there with the goods, ready for any
thing that might develop, except
what really did develop.
But the marshal is a good sport.
He likes his little joke, and he is
not mean about it when others are
clever enough to have fun at his
expense. He enjoyed the funeral
as much as anyone else in Fair
banks, even if he wras one of the
goats.
Vsaaaa. When Kails and Xlvers Xset
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also hog weighing 400 pounds,'
and two shoats. Inquire Mrs. Car!
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BUNCH OF KEYS found. Owner
can recover by calling at News
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WANTED—Pair of 8-power field
glasses. Inquire Pete Jensen, at
Johnson’s Store.
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long. Practically new. Cheap, j
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
A Matter of Diatance.
Aesop was asked how far it was
to a certain place. ‘’Let me see !
you walk,” replied Aesop. The man '
protested that he wished a civil an
swer. “You foolish person!” said
Aesop. “How can I tell how far it
is to that town until I see at what
pace you travel?”
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MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second a*d Fourth Tuesdays
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
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Department of the Interior
Aluba Engineering Commission
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
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Regular trains leave the foot of
, A street on Wednesdays and Satur
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On and after july loth the freigh:
on the North side of the river at
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Tuesday and Friday of each tveek,
leaving at 8 a. m., until further
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