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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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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MIRACLE MEN
“Miracle Men”—that’s the term
applied to the soldiers of the United
States in France by Joseph Scott, of
Los Angeles, who is national commis
sioner of the Knights of Columbus
to the battlefronts in France and
who has just returned home after
passing ten weeks in Europe in his
official capacity.
“The bravery and fortitude of
the American soldiers at the front
have filled the entire Allied world
with admiration because they have
accomplished miracles,” said Mr.
Scott.
“But our soldiers over there can
not do it all. They must be given
every support at home. No sacrifice
which the civilian population may
make will compare in the least de
gree with what our soldiers are sac
rificing for us.”
“The ‘untrained’ men from Amer
ica, the butts of a thousand jokes
from the German army, have today
turned the tide of battle and the
kaiser and his minions are stumb
ling back to the Rhine in front
of American bayonets.
“How my heart thrills when I
think of those bronzed boys wound
ed, but ever smiling—who returned
from Chateau Thierry and other
glory-zones, where Americans routed
the haughty Prussians.
“Yes, although they were wound
ed nigh unto death, their eyfjs sent
messages to their comrades to finish
the work they had already begun.
It’s wonderful, marvelous! X'o one
knows the first thrill of patriotism
until he has seen what I have seen
in France!
“The American at home who
thinks he already has made his sac
rifice had better get a new grip
on himself. He has only begun to
suffer. English and French know—
and we must learn—that Germany
never can be starved into submis
sion. They know—and we must
learn—that the military power of
Germany, with its kaiser, must be
utterly crushed before there can be
any peace.
“Our boys in France know this.
Our civilians at home must be made
to know it.”
ARMY HOUSEWORK
Housewives who clean their pan
tries once a month and believe they
are wonderfullly clean, should read
the general order issued at Camp
Lewis recently on this subject for
| all kitchens in the camp, says an
I Associated Press correspondent.
Immediately after breakfast one
| man must be detailed by the mess
sergeant to clean the pantry. All
j articles must be taken from the
j shelves and the shelves scrubbed and
i dried. The articles which were on
I
I the shelf then must be wiped and
| replaced in orderly manner with all
labels to the front that they may
be checked rapidly.
The orders also included new
! regulations for the kitchens and din
j ing rooms. While breakfast is be
! ing served a boiler of w-ater is
| heated and after breakfast is served
; the kitchen and dining room floors
j are thoroughly scrubbed and dried.
‘ After dinner and supper the floors
j are mopped with clean mops and
| dried. A hint is given to house
' w-ives as the order forbids flushing
the floors with water as this causes
them to become water-soaked and
turn dark. Even the ranges are
not overlooked and after break
fast must be given a thorough clean
ing both inside and out. The ice
box also is cleaned with boiling
water each day.
MONTANA RESIDENTS
ARE ASKED FOR HOGS
ROBERTS, Mont.—Residents of
this section are being asked to do- j
: nate young hogs to the local aux
iliary of the American Red Cross,;
! and to feed them until next Febru
ary. It is planned to gather the
hogs at that time and ship a carload
| of them to market.
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U. 3 Food Administration.
Ttr’er Tater ain’t skeerin' up a
r'.i >s' wen he say we alia mils' eat j
less wheat en less meat en save all
de fat en sugar we kin. We has jist
C it ter feed dat big army er fightin’
s ijer boys, en we kin do hit by eatin’
right smart mo’ taters en garden sass
en eatin’ mo' fish en game 'stid er
pork and beef Ef we alls don’t
gin ter feed dem sojers right now
we’ll be feedln' somebody ’fo’ long
en it won't be us.
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SIMSON’S
YANKEE RIFLES
SHOCK GERMANS
ON WEST FRONT
PARIS.—The effect of American
rifle fire has been one of the great
surprise to the enemy during the re
cent engagements along the front.
As a result the rifle is fast coming
back to its own as the dependable
weapon for infantry fighting. For
a time its place was challenged by
the hand grenade and some of the
English and French experts took the
view that the grenade would grad
ually supersede the rifle. Trench
warfare had accustomed both sides
to the grenade so that the rifle
was seldom brought into use.
Even with the two weapons avail
able, the troops had become accust
omed to use the grenade rather than
the rifle, and an enemy fugitive
would often be chased until his pur
suer was near enough to throw a
grenade, when a rifle ball would
have brought down the fugitive
from a distance.
All this has been changed, how
ever, by the open fighting of the
present offensive and the unusually
effective use the Americans have
made of the rifle. General Pershing!
has maintained from the first that
the rifle was the indispensable weap
on for infantry, and while the gren
ade has not been neglected, every
American unit has been thoroughly
trained in rifle practice.
Many of the National Guardsmen
as well as the regulars were crack
rifle shots, winners in tournaments
and veterans of the rifle-ranges
maintained at home- These ranges I
have become a notable feature of j
the training on this side, until the j
whole American organization has j
become specially proficient with the I
rifle.
German prisoners all recount the j
same story, that the greatest sur
prise came from the impetuosity of
the American troops, and after that
the sweeping fire of the American
rifle caused the greatest consterna
tion and loss. Accusiomed to wait
ing for a grenade attack at close
quarters, the mass formations of the j
enemy were suddenly exposed to J
concentrated rifle fire at a distance j
with every shot from a trained
marksman who was not blazing into
the air but was picking out his tar
get and sending his ball home.
This experience has fully sus
tained the American contention for
the rifle as against the grenade, and j
French and English military experts i
are urged in the enthusiastic ap
proval they give the Americans as
riflemen and in the view that the'
rifle has again demonstrated its |
right to be considered the paramount |
weapon for infantry fighting.
THRIFT STAMPS ARE
OFFERED AS PRIZES
SALT LAKE CITY.—Following a
plan adopted in other states where
expositions or fairs are being held
this fall, the Utah State Fair Asso
ciation will dispense more than $25,
000 in premiums and prizes in Thrift
Stamps and baby Liberty bonds.
Premiums aggregate $15,000, while,
prizes of $10,250 will be paid for
the horse racing program from Oc
tober 1 to 5, inclusive.
The matter of acceptance of
Thrift Stamps and bonds will be
optional with the winners of such
awards or prizes, but the directors
plan to urge all to accept such
awards and prizes. An attendance
of at least 150,000 is expected, es
pecially since the government has
permitted a reduced railroad rate.
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IAPAN ACCEPTS
TOKIO.—The United States’ sug
gestion to Japan for a joint mili
tary expedition to Vladivostock to
help the Czecho-Slavs precipitated
an internal political crisis in Japan.
The question of intervention in Si
beria had been an issue here so
long that it had become a delicate
question for the Japanse, and one,
also, on which the country was more
or less divided.
For many months, the Entente
nations had been urging Japan to
intervene or to join with them in
urging the United States to ad
here to a plan of intervention. On
the other hand, leading Japanese
statesmen counselled a steadfast
policy of co-operation with the
United States on all matters per
taining to Russia. In a military
sense, Japan got ready, and needed
but a word from her allies, including
the United States, to send an army
into Siberia.
Then, suddenly the United States
announced her intention of des
patching troops to Vladivostock, not
in the sense of intervention, but
to help the Czecho-Slovaks. and
simutaneously suggested that Japan
send a number of troops.
Many people in Japan felt that,
if military action came in Siberia.
Japan would receive the mandate
of the powers to act for them, and
that Japanese troops would chiefly
make up the expedition; other na
tions merely sending contingents to {
give the movement an inter-allied
tone. The American initative, there
fore, took Japan by surprise.
As a representative put it: “The
idea of Japan being placed on a
par with an occidental power in an
expedition intended for a spot lying
as it were, at our very door, was
certainly not pleasant to the Japan
ese who believe that of all powers
of the world, Japan is most vitally
interested in the fate of Eastern
Siberia.”
oucn was the lirst impression
created by the American note, but
further reflection is believed to
have convinced the Japanese that
the United States initiative was in
no sense a reflection on Japan.
The joint expedition was therefore
accepted in principle, but a greac
controversey was raised over the
question whether Japan herself
should not intervene in Siberia for
the protection of her national in
terests.
The military party is believed to
have been distinctly in favor of in
tervention, this plan having the sup
port of the general staff of the
army, of Marshals Prince Yamagata
and. to some extent of the cabinet,
which is presided over by the Pre
mier, Marshal Count Toranchi.
Lengthy discussions ensued le
tween ministers of state, the mem
bers of the recently appointed dip
lomatic advisory council and also
the leaders of the politica1 parties
who were called in for consultation.
The rejection of general inter
vention at this time mav be as-;
scribed, first, to the growing in
fluence of the business interests,
who favor complete co-operation;
with the United States in Japan’s
own interest second, to the opposi- i
tion of the politcal parties whose j
backing was necessary in obtaining
necessary diet appropriations, and,
third, to the decision of leaders gen
erally that Japan should move slow-1
ly, and, above all things, work hand '
in hand with the Unired States.
Linked with these considerations j
was the hesitancy of the political:
groups to support a military pro-'
gram which would insure indefinite
life for the present cabinet. The
rerauchi ministry is officially wed-''
led to no party, and the political
oarties in Japan are striving tor j
i constitutional regime of party ;
cabinets, with a consequent increase j
>f power of the House of Repre
centatives, as the body representing
he voters. The defeat of the in
erventionists is regarded in come
[uarters, therefore, as a victory for
constitutional progress, and inci
lentally, as a blow to the influence
of the elder statesmen, long time
powerful in deciding the destinies
of the empire.
WYOMING BARBERS
BOOSTING PRICES
CHEYENNE. Wyo.—It costs fifty
cents for a hair cut and twenty
five cents for a shave in Cheyenne
now. The barbers of the city re
cently advanced the price but they
admit that patronage has fallen off i
and that they are not making as!
much as they did under the old
rates. Barbers wages have advanced
in recent times from $12 to $15
a week guarantee with 30 per cent
over a certain amount of work done
to $20 a week or more.
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
Price* Most Reasonable
THE BOWEN BUILDING
Highest Cash
Prices Paid for
RAW
FURS
SIMSON’S I
Union Hall Club Rooms
HALL FOR RENT
See Erick Nelson for Terms
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COILN
SAVE
WHEAT
WANT ADS
fr OR RENT—Cabin, furnished or
unfurnished. Apply at Carter
House.
LOST-—Larjre red baseball sweater
with prey stripes on arm Finder
please returri to News office.
FOR SALE — Panoramic views of
the town of Nenana in 1916 and
1917; taken by Johnson, of Fair
banks, from hill overlooking the
town. Apply at News office.
FOR SALE—Steamer trunks, trav
eling bags, suit cases. A large
variety to choose from. Simson's.
FOR SALE, CHEAP—Large tank
heater and pipe drum; flush toilet,
good as new; also sink. Inquire
Simson's.
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FOR SALE.—Mrs. W. F. Lyons is
leaving for the Outside soon and
offers shop, fixtures and business
in cleaning and pressing clothes,
for sale. No reasonable offer re
fused Shop is on A street, near
blacksmith shop.
FOR RENT—Upstairs residence,
four rooms furnished. See Slippern ^
FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN—Sew
ing machine, phonograph, launch
Bunny, with 2 Mi h. p. Ferro en
gine, shot gun, rifle, etc. Inquire
of J. A. Slippern.
FOR SALE—Beaver Board, in plain
and oak finish. Doors and win
dows, sash stock and mouldings.
Inquire Simson’s.
FOR RENT—Upstairs residence,
four rooms furnished. See Slippern <
PIANOS For Rent and Sale. Sim
son's.
FOR SALE CHEAP—Cook stove in
good condition. Inquire News
office.
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HEATERS
RANGES
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
Yukon Stoves and Drums
Air Tight Heaters
Any Thing in the Sheet Metal, Plumb
ing or Heating Line
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
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