THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
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Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, nnder the Act of March 8, 1879.
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THE VOLSTADT ACT.
The so-called ^ oistadt act, upon
which the supreme court of the
United States recently handed down
a ruling, five justices holding the
law to be constitutional and four
taking an opposite view, is known
on the statutes as tsne "National
Prohibition Act.” which provides for
the enforcement of war-Urae prohi
bition and which was passed over
the veto of President Wilson last
October. It prohibits the manufac
ture or salt* of any con
taining one-half of one percent ai
cohol “until the conclusion of the
present war and thereafter until the
Termination of demobilisation, the
date of which shall be determined
and proclaimed by the President of
the United States.
The Yolstadt act has nothing to
qo with the prohibition amendment
which becomes effective this mor.tr.
and upon which the liquor interests
of the United State* are preparing
to make their real fight.
THRIFT STAMPS.
Definite announcement that the
Government will continue the -aie
of Thrift and War Stamps and
Treasury Savings Certificates during
15*20 was received at San Fran
cisco recently by the treasury de
partment bv C. A. Farnsworth, as
sociate director of the War Le»an
Organisation of 2he Twelfth Fed
ora! Reserve district.
‘•I knew that -his wilt be ycas
ing. net only 'o hundreds of able
Americans, who, recognizing the
value of the Government’s thrift
work, have given of their time ar.J
ability in furthering it,” Farns
worth say- in his announcement to
the people of his district, "but it
will be equally as well received by
those who have taken advantage of
the exceptional opportunity of sav
ing offered by the Government
through the Thrift and War Savings
Stamps and Treasury Savings Cer
tificates. To the educators of the
West. too. who have adopted the
Government’s thrift program in the
schools as a valuable factor in habit
forming education, I am sure that
this guarantee of the permanency
of the War Savings movement will
be gratifying."
in making the announcement
William Mather Lewis, director of
the savings division of the treasury
department, said: "The sa tings
movement is to be continued thru
out 1920. The 1920 issue of Thrifl
and War Savings Stamp? and Trea
sury Savings Certificates wild be or
sale January 1. Monthiy sales foi
1919 have been showing a steady
and wholesome increase, while the
progress of the thrift movement it
the schools and industrial organize
lions and generally has been grati
fying. We are off to- a flying start
for 1920, which promises to be s
banner year for the savings move
ment.”
WHERE BOLSHEVISM
THREATENS.
Conservatives in Europe are star
tled by a prolamation issued by the
Bolshevik government "to the people
of China." In this the Trotzky
troops in Siberia promise 4o deliver
China “from foreign bayonets and
the yoke of foreign gold.”
It is noteworthy, points out the
editor of Ford's International Week
ly, that this appeal is not directed
to any "working class” in the em
pire: neither is there in it any cry
for "internationalism." The mani
festo is directed to the "great Chi
nese nation,” as if it sought to
rouse any and all classes of the
people against the powers of Eu
rope.
It is natural that European con
servatives. or Asiatic monarchists,
should fear such a proclamation in
China The danger is not a result
of radical doctrine in the Flowery
Kingdom. It is the result of the
long tyranny of the Manchu em
perors and the iong domination of
Confucian thought. The people
have been oppressed, repressed,
yoked to bondage, chained to the
past. If any voice proclaiming 'lib
erty” can once reach their ear.
they are almost sure to follow that
(voice, even if it lure- them to de
struction.
t nanes DicKens declares ol tne
French Revolution, that whenever
oppression distorted human nature
as human nature was distorted un
der the French sines, one must look
for a possibility of such dreadful
!consequences. The suffering’s of Rus
>ia today are largely the result of
the long oppression of bureaucrats.
The danger of Bolshevism in China
is the danger that the people who
need liberty may pur-ue false lib
erty.
Ar.d for this reason we are all
.satisfied that no doctrine of false
liberty, of destructive radicalism, of
Bolshevik tyranny, can have any
effect in America. There is nothing
to make it grow here. We have
need of greater and greater soeia’
justice, but we have the mean; of
bringing it about. We have need
of many improvements in our social
fabric, but we are putting those in
ourselves, and all classes are work
ing together.
The Bolsheviki would like to dom
inate the world. Some of them
have threatened to do so. Radicals
in America sometimes predict a
great wave of radicalism here. But
there is no need of radicalism ex
cept to uproot radical evils. And
the best method yet discovered for
such uprooting is our own Constitu
tional method, sane. sure, and blood
less.
PLAN OPPOSED.
America is warned by the Free
man's Journal (Dublin* not to be
deceived by proposals which may be
made by the British cabinet com
mitte<> on home rule. The Journal
criticizes the plan of the cabinet
committee so far as it has been re
vealed by the reports circulated in
Ireland. The newspaper's attitude
j is believed to represent that of the
jold Irish party. It says:
"The scheme proposes partition in
| its worst form, and it ensures the
.grip of the bankrupt wastrels oi
! Whitehall on the solvent Irish purse.
The authors know the fate that
awaits, the scheme. It has two pur
poses, to throw dust in the eyes of
America and to enable the Home
Rule Act to be scrapped. The
scrapping was decided on long be
fore the committee was constituted
or even contemplated. But in the
uncertainty of affairs at Washing
ton the scrapping has to be done ^
under careful cover and under pre- j
tence of offering a settlement on j
much more generous terms than t
have ever been proposed before, j
The generosity can be measured by1
the proposed trick to keep the con-!
trol of the Irish purse in British •
hands. America will not be de-'
ceived." I
BRITAIN’S LARGEST.
A new "largest battleship in the
world" slipped down the ways re
cently at Glasgow, to establish new
records in the annals of naval con
struction.
The ship, a battle cruiser, is the
Hood. She was launched in Novem
ber. and her builders say she is not
only the largest in the British navy,
but the largest warship ever con
structed. Not even the four super
dreadnaughts being built for the
United States navy, ships of 42.000
tons, approach the enormous bulk
of the Hood, her norma! displace
ment being 44.000 tons, and at
full load, about 48,000.
Fitted with oil-fired boilers and
geared turbines, which develop 144.
000 shaft horsepower, the Hood is
expected to show a speed of 31
knots in her trials. Her armament
and anti-torpedo protection is so
elaborate she is said to be the
nearest approach to the "non-sink
able” ideal which constructors have
been endeavoring for years to at
tain.
Details of the Hood’s gun-power,
it is claimed, will cause a sensation
when made public.
MANY CLAIMS PRESENTED
FOR MEXICAN OUTRAGES
MEXICO CITY —Claims for dam
ages suffered by nationals and for
eigners during the period of revo
lution, as presented to the Com
mission on Indemnifications, amount
ed to 30,226.168 pesos on Novem
ber 18. Of This amount. claim*
by foreigner- totaled 20,205.610.
and those of Mexicans 10,020.5-58
pe-os. Foreign reclamations were
listed as follow^ <in pesos i: Span
ish. 14.768,453; Turkish. -3.530,467:
French. 282.481: English. 9,907
Chinese. 38.662: Italian. 227.497:
American. 133,918; Swiss, 40,540;
German. 1.095.400; Austrian, 3,225:
Guatemalan. 20.000; Dutch. 7,000.
Claims totaling a much greater
sum have been filed with the gov
ernment, but only those presented to
the commission are considered legal.
POLICE FIND FIREARMS
CONCEALED UNDER TOMB
DUBLIN.—The hiding places eho—
en for arms captared in raids in
Ireland are sometime* very unex
pected. It has been made a charge
against the police that in their
searches they do not spare even
the graveyards. The police say that
they are justified in this because
their searches in graveyards have
proved fruitful. In a graveyard at
Kilrush. County Clare, it is reported
that the police found in a crevice
under a tombstone three rifles and
a shotgun, all in good condition.
WORLD IS THREATENED
BY CANCER INCREASE
LONDON.—"If the present death
.rate from cancer is allowed to go
unchecked no fewer than 25,000,000
:people out of the present population
, of the world must die of this
; scourge.” says Dr. Robert Bell, vice
-president of the Internationa! Can
cer Research society. He makes a
iplea for the treatment of cancel
j without operation.
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See J. A- Slippers for new rates
oa subscriptions a ad roaowala of all
leading magazines aad period icsls.
Club rates ea application.
WANT ADS;
FOR RENT—Cascade laundry. Fully
equipped and with established in
come. No cash required. Inquire
at Arctic.
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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.
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LOST—Pair of glasses in black case.
Reward for return to News office.
FOR SALE—Six-horse barn. In-!
quire at Nenana House. tf
COOK wanted for railroad camp.
Inquire Alec Kalisoff. at Arctic. >
JAPS ARE WONDERING
WHAT LEAGUE MAY DO
TOKIO.—The Kokumin says that
officials of the foreign office and
the peace treaty committee of the
privy council are studying whether
the League of Nations will conflict
| in any way with the Anglo-Japanese
! alliance.
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At a recent meeting of the car
penter? of Ketchikan the existing
wage scale was renewed for a period
of six months, with slight altera
tions, the new scale being: carpen
ters. ¥fe a day; foremen, $9 a day;
: helpers with tools, $7; helpers with
<out tools, ¥6.50. Time and one
half for overtime and double time
for Sunday and holiday work. Eight
hours constitutes a Ketchikan work
ing day.
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Venana. Where Kails sad Steers Xeet
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Price* Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
FRESH STOCK
j Groceries, Clothing and Footwear j
SAVE TIME AND MONEY
All Necessities for Trail and Camp S
GO TO
FOWLER & MORRIS
[ We Strive to Please !
I EVERYTHING THE BEST I
Tavern Cafe and Bakery
WM. RODICKEIT
Proprietor
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
NENANA HOUSE !
Just Come in and Sit Down and Look Oof.
DR. R. R. MYERS
DENTIST
ARCTIC HOTEL
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
Fourth and B Streets
Second and Fourth Mondays
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,
Secretary Dictator.
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Com million
NOTICE
Passengers are required to pu
chase tickets before entering train*
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is in
the employment office, on the ground
floor of the Genera! Office Building.
Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
at Camp 415 (North Nenana).
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can be
purchased in sufficient time before
the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south iea^e
the foot of A street on Wednesday-,
and Saturdays at 8 a. m.. and from
Camp 415 (North Nenana), for
Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, at
1 p. m
The foliowing is the schedule be
tween North Nenana and Fairbanks,
subject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7:00 a. m :
arr:ve North Nenana, 11:30 a. m
Leave North Nenana 1:00 p. m
arrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m
So tickets will be sold crossing
the river. Those intending to trav
el to Fairbanks must make their
owr. 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.
Daring the last season we conducted an advertising campaign
throughout the North and are prepared to send you the names of
people in all s;ctions 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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