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.
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WILSON’S STAND.
•'It is time for plain speaking,”
announced President Wilson, in his
proclamation of October 26th, in
which he made known his attitude
toward the coal strikers. ‘‘These
matters with which we now deal
though not only the welfare of a
class, but vitally concern the well
being. the comfort, and the very life
of all the people. 1 feel it my duty
in the public interest to declare that
any attempt to carry out the pur
poses of this strike and thus to par
alyze the industry of the country
with the consequent suffering and
distress of all our people, must be
considered a grave, moral, and legal
wrong against the Government and
the people of the United States. I
can do nothing less than to say that
the law will be enforced, and means
will be found to protect the inter
ests of the nation in any emergency
that may arise out of this ur.happy
business.”
ROOSEVELT THE GADFLY.
Theodore Roosevelt was the “gad
fly” who. in 1898. stung Washing
ton bureaucracy and pacificism into
preparation for the war with Spain,
says Joseph Bucklin Bishop, the
colonel's biographer, in fresh rev
elations of the former President’s
public service.
The article, the third of a series,
was compiled from public records
and some of the 190,000 letters
written by Colonel Roosevelt dur
ing the course of his active life. It
deals entirely with his part in the
Spanish-Ameriean war, a period of
about one year but a period “rich
in material of historical value.” says
Mr. Bishop. In it the biographer
of the former President tells of
Roosevelt’s work as assistant sec
retary of the navy, declaring that,
although the war was only twelve
months away when he entered of
fice. until he entered office, until he
began “an energetic and systematic
agitation for preparation not a step
had beer, taken to get the army
and navy ready for it.”
Action taker, by Assistant Secre
tary Roosevelt, he says, “in the
face of the persistent opposition of
Secretary Long, his superior of
ficer, and over that officer’s head
while he was absent from office,
made it possible for Dewey to fight
and win the battle of Manila.’
Roosevelt's gift of foresight is again
touched upon, the letters showinii
that nearly twenty years before the
revolution in Russia he predicted
that unless her rulers changed theii
conduct they would “sometime ex
perience a red terror that will make
the French Revolution pale.” Ai
the same time, in 189", he predict
ed: “Germany is the power wit!
which we may very possibly hav<
ultimately to come into hostile con
tact.”
Mr. Bishop also brings to light ar
address delivered by Roosevelt be
fore the Naval War College or
June 2, 1897, soon after he became
assistant secretary of the navy
showing that “he was saying at tha'
stage of his career precisely th<
things about national preparednes.
that he said with such courage, per
tinacity and force twenty years later
when war with Germany was upon
Senator Lodge's long and unbrok
en friendship for Roosevelt and the
part he took in establishing him in
Washington is interestingly shown
in the letters which passed between
them during this period, ^frliey con
tain intimate personal characteriza
tions of the big men of the time,
notably President McKinley, Secre
tary Long, John Hay, Speaker Reed,
Senator Hale, Secretaries Day and
Gage, Admirals Dewey and Crown
ins.hield, Generals Funston and Shaf
ter, and others.
When the battleship Maine was
blown up on February 15, 1898,
in the harbor of Havana, Roosevelt,
who had previously denounced the
Spanish regime in Cuba, emphatical
ly declared himself in favor of war
with Spain. Writing to Eiihu Root
on April 5, 1898, he said: “You
would be amazed and horrified at
the peace-at-any-price telegrams of
the most abject description which
come in multitudes from New York,
j Boston, and elsewhere to the Presi
jdent and senators.” Two days later,
1 after saying that McKinley had tak
'en “a position from which he can
|not back down," Roosevelt wrote:
i “We have our plans in the navy,
■ana beyond that there is absolutely
nothing. The President doesn't
know what message he will send in
or what he will do if we have war."
What Mr. Bishop regards as “the
most interesting and illuminating
letter in the collection” is one writ
ten to Roosevelt by Senator Lodge
on September 30, 1898, after the
i
: peace protocol had been signed with
Spain. In it he tells of preparing
articles on the war and of seeking
from Secrteary Long the facts re
garding Roosevelt’s order to Dewey
on the previous February 25, when
he cabled the admiral at Hongkong:
“Order the squadron except the
Monocaey to Hongkong. Keep full
of coal. In the event of declara
tion of war Spain, your duty will
' be to see that the Spanish squadron
does not leave the Asiatic coast,
and then offensive operations in
Philippines. Keep Olympia until
further orders. ROOSEVELT.”
Senator Lodge wrote that in seek
ing the tert of the cablegram ht
met with the opposition of Rear
Admiral A. S. Crowninshield, chiel
of the bureau of navigation, whc
told him Secretary Long was un
willing to give him the "exact lan
guage," because, to do so, “migh'
appear to put us in the light o1
being almost over-prepared; in othe:
words, it might seem that the de
partment had, as early as Febru
ary 25th, the date of the order
made up its mind that there wa:
i „
going to be a war anyway.
i In a letter to Dr. W. Sturgi;
; Bigelow, of Boston, an old friend
jon March 29, 1898, shortly befori
■ he resigned his post in Washingtoi
, | to organize the Rough Riders, Roose
: j velt wrote: “A man’s usefulness de
, j pends upon his living up to hi:
:! ideals as far as he can. I like lift
i very much. I have always led i
i joyous life. I like thought and
like action, and it will be very bitter
for me to leave my wife and chil
dren; and while I think I could face
death with dignity, I have no desire
before my time has come to go out
into everlasting” darkness. So 1
shall not go into a war with any
undue exhilaration of spirits or in
a frame of mind in any way ap
proaching recklessness or levity.
; “I have consistently preached
what our opponents are pleased 'o
call ‘jingo doctrines’ for a good
many years. One of the commonest
taunts directed at men like myself
is that we are armchair and parlor
Jingoes who wish to see others do
iwhat we only advocate doing. 1
care very little for such a taunt
except as it affects my usefulness,
but I cannot afford to disregard the
fact that my power for good, what
ever it may be, would be gone if I
didn’t try to live up to the doc
trines I have tried to preach. More
over, it seems to me that it would
i *
be a good deal more important,
from the standpoint of the nation
as a whole, that men like myself
should go to war than that we
should stay comfortably in offices st j
home and let others carry on the
war that we have urged.”
Fresh Groceries, Fancy and Sta- '
pie. Fowler ft Morris.
: KETCHIKAN. — Alaska’s panhan
dle stands on the threshold of its
“paper era,” according to state
ments made by Government officials
and newspapers of this section.
Forests of this North country, it•
I is predicted, will soon be supplying
| pulp to mills now being served by
Eastern forests, which are gradual
ly disappearing. According to rec
ords here, Alaska’s wood pulp tim
ber supply is greater than the sup
ply of any other section of the
United States.
“Alaska has enough timber to
furnish half the newsprint paper of
the United States for all time, and
with proper care the industry can
be made everlasting,” F. H. Flory,
supervisor of the forest service of
Alaska, declared here recently.
Capital has been looking over the
field and mills may be established
at Ketchikan and Juneau. The new
plants will try to equal the records i
of the mills south of here across the !
Canadian border.
Alaskans expect that several Gov
ernment restrictions which at pres
ent block the way of some mill
plans probably will be removed by
Congress.
Woodbury’* Facial Soap and other
standa-d toilet soaps. Fowler &
Morris.
FORESTRY ASSOCIATION
STARTS HALL OF FAME
I
WASHINGTON. D. C.—Starting
with the famous “Wye Mills Oak,”
near Easton, Maryland, the Ameri
can Forestry association announces
the first of a series of trees for its
“Hall of Fame.” This tree covers
a third of an acre of ground and
has a spread of 140 Vi feet. The
circumference one foot from the
ground is 0IV2 feet. The American
Forestry association is compiling a
“Who”s Who” of trees in Ameriga,
i
and asks that pictures and data to
support claims for recognition be
forwarded to it.
Additional entries received were
an acacia tree hy G. W. Weakley,
.of Dayton. Ohio; an elm at Car
1 bondale. Pa., by E. N. Peck; an elm
; by Dumont Kennedy, mayor of
jCrawfordsville, Indiana.
The acacia tree entered by Mr.
■ Weakley is 12 Vi feet in circumfer
' ence and is three feet in diameter
1 at the ground, and as in the case
■ of the Dayton tree, no one can be
found, no matter how old, who can
; remember a time when the tree was
' not as big as it is now. The elm
1 at Crawfordsville has a spread of
I 99 feet.
WANT ADS;
FOR SALE—-Two-room house, part
ly furnished, with lot. Desirable
locality. Inquire News office. tf
FOR SALE—Rug, Linoleum, Office
Desk and Chair. Rocker, Large
Mirror. Leather Couch, Electric
Burner and Kitchen Cupboard. In
quire of Mrs. R. R. Myers.
FOR RENT—Cascade laundry. Fully
equipped and with established in
come. No cash required. Inquire I
at Arctic.
WANTED—Position as cook, town
or camp, or hour work of any!
kind in private homes, cooking,
housework, or taking care of chil
dren. Inquire at the Arctic.
LOST—Pair of glasses in black case, j
Reward for return to News office.
FOR SALE—Six-horse barn. In
quire at Nenana House *f .
COOK wanted for railroad camp, i
Inquire Alec Kalisoff, at Arctic. !
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RUMANIAN CROPS WILL
HELP RESTORE NATION •
BL'CHAREST. — The crops last I
year in Rumania were among the ;
best in its history. The country no
longer is in need of out-ide assist
ance. The cereal yield was so great ;
that millions of bushels can be ex- ;
ported. There is still a scarcity of
clothing, shoes and fabrics, how
ever, which it will take some time ,
to overcome. The health and well-.
being of the population is exceed-!
ingly good.
Dr. J. R. 80WEN
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MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
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Second and Fourth Mondays
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
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Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
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 Building
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at Camp 415 (North Nenana).
I iekets will be on sale at uny
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 Wednesday
and Saturdays at 8 a. m.. and from
Camp 415 (North Nenana >, for
hairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
3 p. m.
The following is the schedule be
tween North Nenana and Fairbanks,
subject to change without notice:
I^eave Fairbanks at 7:00 a. m
arrive North Nenana, 11:30 a. m
Leave North Nenana 1:00 p. m
arrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m.
No tickets will be sold crossing
the river. Those intending to trav
el to Fairbanks must make the.r
own arrangements for reaching
North Nenana.
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Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
During the last season we conducted an advertising campaign
throughout the North and are prepared to send you the names of
people in all sections of Alaska and the Yukon who will verify our
statements.
Our excellent Eastern connections, and the tremendous amount
of mail order business we are receiving from all parts of the
States for furs made to order enables us to turn our stock quickly
at a reasonable profit, but we must have fur, for which we guar
antee top prices.
Make us a trial shipment. If our price does not suit you, the
goods will be returned charges prepaid.
WE MAKE FURS TO ORDER
at more reasonable rates than can be obtained Outside. At present
we are working three operators, and need others. If you are an
operator and finisher, and want a good year-around job, com
municate with us.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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