The Nenana News
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Nenana, Alaska, March 3, 1917.
The finding of new pay in the
Tolovana district is of importance
to Nenana. In fact, every claim
added to the producing list hence
forth, in that and other nearby
camps, means additional business
for local concerns, for another
winter will find Nenana prepared
to enter the outfitting field on a
large scale, and able to cope suc
cessfully with those towns which
heretofore have enjoyed a monop
oly.
The Tolovana is a large con
sumer of provisions, and annually
requires a considerable amount of
mining machinery and other sup
plies, a large part of which are
shipped into the district over a
wiqter trail which passes close to
the doors of local merchants. Ne
nana, in fact, is the natural sup
ply point, winter or summer, and
doubtless much of the Tolovana
business can be induced to come
this way when local stocks have
been replenished and prices ad
justed to a competing basis.
The Tolovana, however, is only
one of several adjacent districts
which should be supplied by local
business houses. The geograph
ical position of Nenana is such as
to insure a large volume of out-of
town trade providing serious effort
is made to attract new business.
It will require lots of effort, high
grade goods and a reasonable mar
gin of profit.
The war in Europe, we are told
by manufacturers, is responsible
for the present high prices which
prevail throughout the United
States. And the restoration of
peace, it is predicted, will cause a
further inflation because of the de
mand which will be created for
building materials and other sup
plies which will be necessary to
the Europeans during the period
of reconstruction. Of the many
articles which, it is said will rise
in value with the return of peace,
lumber will soar the highest, one
prominent lumberman predicting
that the price will be next to pro
hibitive within a month after hos
tilities have ceased. Prospective
builders in the United States, and
particularly throughout the North
west, are warned to do their buy
ing now, but prices have already
advanced to such an extent as the
result of large orders from the
Allied governments that home con
sumption has dwindled materially.
Only last month the British gov
ernment placed an order with one
Portland firm for twelve million
feet of spruce for knock-down hous
es and aeroplane stock.
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There is one thing about the
, Prohibition movement which is
just now sweeping the United
States. In their enthusiasm to
suppress the liquor traffic the re
formers have quite lost sight of
! the cigarette evil, which was the
big noise a decade or so ago.
Bryan must have had his ear to
the ground when he decided to
retire to the hill overlooking the
j national capital. The present is
: certainly not the time for expound
! ingthat grape-juice theory of ‘‘peace
at any cost."
It would be interesting to know
exactly how many of our Interior
Alaskan farmers have benefited
by the rise in the price of potatoes
this winter. The majority of them,
it is safe to say, did not receive
much more than enough to pay
them for harvesting their crops.
Those supporters of Delegate
Wickersham who, at the com-1
; mencement of the counting, were
disposed to look askance upon the
! work of the Territorial canvassing
board because of the political com
plexion of that body, must admit,
now that the decision is rendered,
that the delegate was treated with
utmost fairness. There was no
evidence of partisanship through
, out the proceedings, unless it was
on the side of Wickersham. In
fact, had the board been composed
entirely of Wickershamites, instead
of Democrats, they could not have
done more to insure the re-elec
tion of the present delegate.
There are two ways of viewing
the election irregularities which
were brought to light by the can
vassing board. Considering them
from a strictly legal standpoint,;
many of the votes admitted by the
board undoubtedly should be thrown
out. That is the opinion of many
of the coast attorneys. But there'
does not seem to be any evidence
of corruption. The votes, seem
ingly, were cast in good faith, but
without due regard for the require
ments of the election law, partly
the result of carelessness on the j
|
part of election officials and partly
the result of unfamiliarity with the|
regulations. These are the ques- j
tions which the court will be called |
upon to decide, and whichever way,
the decision goes there is much'
that can be said in support of the
ruling.
The Canadian Pacific Railway & Steam
ship company recently issued a folder
containing twelve pages relating to the
tourist trip along the British Columbia
coast to Alaska and return.
PROGRESS OF THE BIG STRUGGLE IN EUROPE
MONDAY
Berlin: Eight Allied aeroplanes were
brought down by anti aircraft guns and
aeroplanes on the Western front Sunday.
London: As the result of the sinking
of seven Dutch boats in the Mediterran
ean sea yesterday by German U-boats, i:
is almost certain that Holland will sever
diplomatic relations with Germany.
London: A report received here states
that the German war tax has lieen in
creased to twenty per cent. The total
cost of the war to all belligerents has
been approximately J72,000,000,000.
New York: Advices received in this
city this morning state that the French
liner Espagne, with munitions and sixty
Americans aboard, and the White Star
liner Lapland, with munitions, both of
which sailed from here last week, arrived
in Liverpool this morning after success
fully negotiating the barred zone.
Madrid: Because of advices received
froui private sources that he had best re
main in Spain tor a few months, Ambas
sador Gerard cabled Secretary Lansing
this morning to inquire whether the pass
ports issued him by the German govern
ment are valid on the high seas. lie in
sists upon assurances of safety or a naval
escort because of the women and child
ren who are in his party.
Queenstown: The Cnnard liner La
conia, which sailed from New York to
Liverpool on February 18, was sunk off
this port last night. It is reported that
100 passengers, including ten or more
Americans, were drowned, and survivors
to the number of 270 will be landed here
tonight. Consul Frost has been instruct
ed by his government to take the affidav
its of the survivors and forward them to
the state department at Washington.
British Headquarters in France: Under
cover of a dense fog last night, the Ger
man forces in the Somme sector execut
ed one of the largest retreats they have
as yet endeavored to negotiate. The dis
trict evacuated had been rendered unten
able by recent flanking operations and
artillery fire, and that the Teutons lost
heavily i* evidenced by the fact that the
first line of trenches taken by the British
was literally filled with human bones. A
depth of three miles along an 80 mile
front was the net gain of the British
forces.
Washington: President Wilson addres
sed congress this afternoon with an
appeal for authority to arm merchantmen
for defensive use, and for other means
of protecting American shipping against
submarines. The president also asked
for an appropriation to carry out other |
plans. He made the direct statement:
that the United States would not declare
war on Germany unless the latter forced
the issue by a specific overt act. He cit
ed many American precedents in support
of arme pneutrality.
TUESDAY
London: Kut el Amara was recaptured
by the British forces in a surprise attack
last night.
Washington: Reports from Madrid
this morning state that the Yarrowdale j
prisoners were released by Germany on j
February 16.
Seattle: Eight liners have been con
tracted for by the Cunard S. S. Co. with
Seattle shipbuilders. They are to weigh
8500 tons each and will cost a million dol
lars apiece.
Washington: Secretary Daniels an
nounced th's morning that the United
States navy is ready for the call from
congress. Fourteen hundred naval re
cruits were enlisted in January and sev
enteen hundred to date in February.
London: A heavy naval engagement
between British and German destroyers
in the North Sea was reported during
the night. Latest reports state that the
British vessels were undamaged, and the
damage to the enemy fleet unknown.
Berlin: An unofficial report received
li^re this morning states that an amuni
tion plant was destroyed by an explosion
n the vicinity of Paris last night. Two
| hundred were killed, seven hundred
! wounded, and 80,000 tons ot ammunition
| were destroyed.
| London: The entire nation is in a
i fever ot intense excitementand reioicing
| over the news ot the gains made by the
i British forces in the Somme sector and
! the recapture ot Kut el Amara on the
Mesopotamian front. The British forces’
advance continues unchecked in the
Somme sector in the direction of Bau
paunie,
London: The admiralty reported t' is
morning that there have t>een forty cas
| es reported since February first of fights
j between vessels aud U-boats in which
i the submarines were sank. No report is
! forthcoming as to the total number of
| U-boats sunk anil captured by the British
, since the war started, but it is claimed
i that Germany’s claims of superiority are
; not based on fact.
!
Washington: After a conference with
, President Wilson this morning Secretary
Lansing declared that .he sinking of the
i »< mi i is acleai tionof internation
al law, and needs no farther investiga
t lion. lie was ver\ careful not to refer
to tile case as an overt act, aitlio he did
■ not attempt to conceal the fact that it is
i
i looked upon as the most serious aflront
\ et committed in the submarine campaign,
j He would not state whether any drastic
| action is being contemplated.
i Queenstown: Consul Frost advised
• the state department at Washington this
, morning that his investigation of the
I sinking of the Laconia established the
; fact that ten Americans perished. Mrs.
i Mary Hov and daughter, Elizabeth, of
■ Chicago died of exposure in an open boat
after having been ordered of! the liner bv
: the commander of the German diver, and
: were buried at sea. Eight negroes, cit
! izens of the United States and members
1 of the crew, went down with the ship.
WEDNESDAY
New York: The Belgian relief com
mittee has arranged with the British and
German governments for the establish
*
I tnent of a sea lane between New York
and Rotterdam for shipping supplies to
Belgium, and sixteen boats are due to
; sail from New York in the next few days,
with seventeen more to follow as soon as
loaded.
London: National hatred of Germany
is gaining impetus hourly, and the sink
ing of the Laconia is being popularly refer
red to as the second Lusitania.
Berlin: It was officially admitted this
morning that the Teutonic forces suffered
severe reverses on the Ancre front during
j the recent British offensive.
Amsterdam: Dispatches from Germany
j indicate that the people of Germany do
« not think that the United States will en
I ter the war as the result of the Laconia
incident, but they do believe that war
with the States is not far distant.
Berlin: It was semi-officially announc
j ed this morning that the Laconia was
listed as a war cruiser by the British ad
' miraltv, and had been used as a warship,
I hospital ship and passenger ship, and as
| such Germany had a perfect righttosink
her.
| Washington: President Wilson this
| morning characterized the sinking of the
i Laconia as an overt act, and freely ad
I mitted that America is perilously near
j the verge of war. He also said that von
' Bethmann-Hollweg’s speech in the reicli
j stag yesterday carried a very thinly veiled
threat, when the Chancellor said that
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