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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BRITISH LABOR
Labor's Tripple Alliance, whic!
just now is demanding much fron
the employers of England in th<
way of shorter hours, higher wages
and living conditions such as nevei
before were dreamed of by Britisi
workmen, numbers approximate!}
1,500,000 men with auxilhary forces
of some hundreds of thousand;
more. Its demands have been taker
very seriously by the government.
The Triple Alliance, which is re
garded as one of the most power
ful labor bodies in the world, is
made up of the Miners’ Federation
of Great Britain. with SOU.000
members, National Union of rail
way Men with 450,000 and the
Transport Workers’ Federation with
.150,000. Outisde it. but dependent
upon its action, because a strike
of the Triple Alliance means un
employment for them, are the Na
tional Council of Colliery Workers,
Locomotive Engineers and Firemen,
the Railway Clerks’ Association, and
a number of others.
The machinery of the alliance
is simple. There is a small con
sultative committe made up of the
chairman and secretary of each of
the three organizations, while the
three executives meet at least twice
a year. Each body retains com
plete freedom to take action on its
own behalf, joint action being con
fined to questions of national im
portance and questions of principle.
Before a matter can be considered
by joint action it must be fully
approved by the executive of the
body which raises it. The approval
of at least two of the organizations
must be obtained before any joint
action can be taken.
To the present the Alliance has
not been called upon to test its
power to the point of drastic ac
tion, but it has been far from idle
In 1916 it laid before Mr Asquith
then premier, a reconstructive pro
gram which included the demant
for full state maintenance, failing
work, of all workers during the pe
riod of reconstruction, a demant
which is now being pressed upoi
the government. It was active ii
pressing for better pay, pension;
and allowances for the soldiers.
The Alliance decided to postpom
action in the industrial field unti
after the war, but each of thi
three bodies drew up its plan fo
reconstruction and these nationa
programs were mutually discussei
and considered in common. It i
these which the government nov
i faces under a threat of action that
: may plunge the country into the
1 greatest industrial upheaval it has
i o"e: known.
OUR GUNS AT WAR
Th» big United States naval guns
some of which have a range of
.20 miles, dropped 789 shells on
seven objectives on t-*> Western
front during the last few weeks of
fighting with what a naval report
prepared at headquarters terms “re
markable accuracy’. The report
further says that they were among
the strongest guns on the Western
front.
In summarizing this navy activity
the report says the first shipment
of these guns arrived at St. Xaz
aire. France. July 25, 1918. The
first gun was mounted August 5,
it left St. Nazaire August 18, and
arrived at firing point August 2 4.
All guns were mounted by August
17 and all had been concentrated
at Haussimont by September 26.
The firing record shows the first shot
was fired on September 6 by a gun
stationed at Rethondes and firing
at Tergnier. The firing really got
under way September 14 and was
kept up continuously until 10.59
a. m.. November 11, one minute
before hostiliies ceased. The last
shot from Thierville dropped into
Longuyon.
The guns were taken from the sur
plus of 25 per cent ordnance al
lowed each battlship. Each gun
was mounted on a railway truck
and the complement for each con
| sisted of eight cars and a loco
: motive. The most effective work
; "as done by guns at Thierville fir
; ing at Mongiennes and Longuyon.
: by guns at Soissons firing at Laon
and those at Charny firing at Mont
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N'enana Igloo No. 17, Pioneers
of Alaska, will hold its regular
■ meeting at the Union Hall on Mon
1 day evening. April 7. commencing
■ at 8 oclock sharp.
After the regular business of the
1 igloo has been transacted, a social
1 * session will be held.
> Members of other igloos, visiting
r in Nenana, are always welcome.
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COMMERCE CLUB
! 10 ENLIST AID
1 OF LEGISLATURE
The regular weekly meeting of
the Nenana Commercial club was
held at the club chambers in the
Union Hall last night. The at
tendance was very much smaller
than customary, there being only
ten members present when the
meeting was called to order by
Chairman McDonald at 8 p. m.
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read and confirmed
and the usual routine work gone
through.
The elections committee made a
brief report of its operations dur
ing the school election and detailed
the part played by the committee
of ladies, and on motion duly made
and carried, a hearty vote of thanks
was extended the ladies who so
largely contributed to the success
of the election. The secretary was
instructed to inform the ladies of
the action taken by the club.
The secretary introduced some
coorrespondence with Messrs Christ
ensen and Edes, relative to the
appropriations for townsite pur
poses, representing fifty per cent
of town lot sales etc., available
for this purpose. He explained the
situation fully and read a tele
gram which, it was proposed, should
be sent to the delegate with a re
quest that appropriate action be
taken to make this money available.
The club endorsed the secretary's
action and authorized the sending
of the wire.
The cost of the long wire to the
delegate suggested the advisability
of securing, if possible, press rates
on all telegrams exchanged between
commercial bodies and those from
such bodies as the state legislatures
and Congress, which was on busi
ness which tended to the betterment
of conditions and the development
of the country. The club decided
to empower the secretary to take
the matter up with the delegate and
to inform the other commercial
bodies in Alaska as well as the
Alaska Bureau of the Seattle Cham
ber of Commerce of the action
taken.
The matter of preferential tariff
rates, on the government railroad,
on mining and agricultural machin
ery. appliances, tools etc., was next
discussed at some length, and al
though it was felt to be rather early
in view of the fact that the rail
road may not be finished for a few
year? to come, it was deemed good
policy to raise the question now and
see what could be done. Accord
ingly on motion duly made, the
[secretary ws empowered to take
'the matter up with the delegate
and send copies of his letter to the
, delegate, to the commercial bodies
'of Seward. Anchorage, Talkeetna
and Fairbanks; and to the Alaska
Bureau of the Seattle Chamber of
Commerce. The secretary sug
j gested that immigrant outfits be
added to the farming and mining
implements, machinery and tools on
, which a special rate is sought, and
it was so ordered.
The dog nuisance was then taken
up and discussed very fully; every
member present taking part and
offering suggestions for the solu
■ tion of what was felt to be a very
i vexing question.
[ As a result of the discussion, and
| the best way that suggested itself
I out of difficulty, the club decided
i that the secretary be empowered
to send a telegram to Representa
• Pennington, requesting that the
[ legislature be induced, if possible,
jtu take steps to confer on the Ad
’ visory Board of Nenana such legis
lative powers as will not conflict
j in any way with the supervisory
f powers of the Alaskan Engineering
| commission, over the Nenana town
i site; so that the board may be
enabled to abate the dog nuisance.
Some desultory discussion en
sued relative to the advisability of
holding the meetings less frequently
than once a wek, but no action
' was taken, and on motion being
| duly made and seconded, the club
adjourned at abcut 11 o’clock.
ROD 8 GUN CLUB
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The committee appointed by the
Nenana Commercial club to see
about fixing foot bridges across
Julius creek and other streams, to
permit of easy access to the hunting
and fishing grounds beyond, along
the old right of way, reported at
last night's meeting that the work
had been very satisfactorily per
formed by a party that went out
last Sunday morning.
A bridge across Fish creek, as
well as a culvert or two still re
main to be bridged, and some of
the sportmen of the town have con
sented to go out tomorrow morn
ing to complete the work.
It was also reported that Mr.
Lilledale's name had been inad
vertently omitted in the list of
n.ime> published of those who went
out last Sunday- Mr. Lilledale
rendered yeoman service in t hc
Duilding of the structures put up
last Sunday.
Arrangements have been com
pleted for a party to go out to
morrow morning; the hand car for ,
their conveyance will leave the foot '
of A street a: 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning. Arrangements have also
been made for providing luncheon
to the workers, and all lovers of
sport are invited to join the party
tomorrow.
Prospectors and Contractors!
Now is the time to have that tar
paulin, tent or bag made for the
seasons outfit... Bed and hat nets
a*e now readv. at small cost at
MRS. D’ORSAY’S TAILOR SHOP,
Third and A Streets.
NENANA TO TALKEETNA
DISTANCE TABLE
Talkeetna is the end of steel on
the coast division.
From Nenana to No. Miles
Xenana Crossing (by rail).43
Lignite . 52
Riley Creek .70
Jack River .90
Broad Pass Summit.110
Sullivan’s ...128
Indian River .162
Dead Horse .182
Talkeetna . 202
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The distances given are approxi
mate.
r.s. McDonald
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HIM SW SOCIETY
Of NENANA
Johseph Kern
Alik G. Hanaeff
John A. Ketooroky
Geo. Tuts
Andrew Smith
John Sablak
Alik Medoff
Paul Popovich
Alik Adoff
Gass Gussoff
Bill Timoff
Sam Batagoff
Geo. Malkievich
Geo. Zelik
Alik Kalisoff ^
Tom Saroff
Dan Hanoff
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Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman
Allred. Mrs. Clara
Bergman, Charles
Brown, Jess
Berggren, Ernst
Browne, F. D.
Bresnahan, E. D.
Blankfield, D.
Bowen, J. R.
Blair, Roy
Brooker, Ed
Bennett, J F.
Ball, I. B.
Brown. Erie
Burns, R. E.
Coutts, W. T.
Calderhead, R. Vi
Campbell. X. J.
Coghill, W. A.
Cooney, M. J.
Doner, Frank
Diven. R j.
Douse, Fred
Davis, Harry
Ekeland. Alf
Funk, A B.
Finlayson. K A.
Fisher. Joe
Flower. J, tf.
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm.
Ghezzi, Alfred
Head. E. A.
Haslem, H. G.
Hagan, James
Hill. L. Vi.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, Andy
Gray, E. B.
Gilcher, Vi. H.
Hyland, Mike
Isabel, L. C. n
Irvine, A. J. ‘ “ -
Johnson, A. G.
Jones, Frank
Julian, W. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter
Joseph, H. B
Koland, Knut
Ketooroky. John A
Laughlin, E. L.
Lund, E. E.
Lehr, Q, F.
Markus, George
Mortensen, Peter
Myers, R R,
Moore, Frank B
Miles, J. H.
McDonald, R. S.
Martin, G. S.
Morris, R. C.
Nash, Martin
Owen, Harry
O’Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington, G. W
Palfv, Paul
Packer, Vi. L.
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry X.
Stol, Xels
Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer, M. A.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Stone, A J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, Chas.
Smith, George A.
Southworth, R. G.
Spira, Frank
Taylor, Frank
Tunison, B.
Thompson, Theodore
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J.
Verhaeghe, Cyriele
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Woods, Geo. W.
Williams, E. A.
Waechter, R. I.
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