THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for eniry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. Southworth.Editor and Manager
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PRISONERS AND THE WAR
Prison labor as a factor in win- j
ning the war is being urged by i
Warden John Francies, of the West-1
ern penitentiary, who is a recog- i
nized authority on the management1
of penal institutions, and reclaiming |
recreant manhood. Mr. Francies has i
taken up the subject with the Cham- j
ber of Commerce of Pittsburg,
which body has called upon Con
gress to enact legislation which will
permit 50,000 inmates of prisons >
in the country to engage in war 1
work.
According to the views of Mr, 1
Francies, the criminal is a patriot ]
according to his lights. He will be i
glad to help to w’in the war if al- j
lowed to do so. State laws passed
to fit peace conditions prevent this.;
He holds that it should be possible;
to suspend these laws for war pur-j
poses during the continuance of the
war by act of Congress. That it has j
not been done, Mr. Francies thinks;
is due to an oversight rather than ;
to the determination of anybody to
make use of the resources of the
prisoners’ labor.
Mr. Franeies expressed a firm be-1
lief in the patriotism of labor and
does not think it will oppose the use
of prison labor in making supplies [
under present conditions.
“I am in possession of data which
shows that 5 per cent of the prison
labor of the country, engaged in'
the manufacture of socks, will turn
out 4.000,000 dozen pairs in a year's^
time.” Mr. Franeies recites: “We1
should have had twice that many
socks ready to send to our soldiers
in France to keep them from freez
ing during the coming winter. We
could have had them if this pro
position of our prisoners had been'
allowed to work on them.
“What is true of socks is true
of other supplies. There are build
ings and machinery available to turn
out immense quantities of supplies
and they are not being used. There
are 50,000 persons rotting in idle
ness in prison cells in this country
because they have no employment.
They are degenerating morally, men
tally and physically, while their coun
try and the people of Europe need
the work they would be glad to give.
Something should be done to change
this condition of things.”
DECLINING HEALTH
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The war has been responsible for
the development of numerous new
ailments in Germany, asserts Pro
fessor Albu, in an article in the
Berlin Lokalanzeiger. Its effect
have aggravated various human ills.
There can be no doubt, he says,:
that many people are ageing more
rapidly now owing to the worries
and difficulties of daily life. People
are going gray sooner. The action
_jj_ ; ... _: i
| of the heart and blood vessels suf
! fers. Exhaustive observations, he
; believes, point to the fact that both
: at* home and in the field, arteric
i sclerosis is a genuine war disease.
! “What part chronic underfeeding
i takes in this, we do not know,” he
adds. The increased blood pressure
j on the heart and the blood vessels
| entails many dangers. Only in the
i years after the war we shall be able
j to gauge the full extent of this ’un
i precedented tension which is us
ing up human strength. Individual
power of resistance of course, plays
' a great part in organic reaction.
"The number of those who have
: gone through this endless war so
far without any impairment of
health is not large, ami it is safe
^ to say that when we come to the
j end, there will be few indeed who
can claim perfect immunity. It
‘ seems to me therefore, that it is
the wrong policy for the authori
: ties to place so many difficulties
: in the way of people who need rest,
relaxation and a change of air and
I surroundings.
“The state,” Professor Albu con
cludes, “and this may well apply to
all belligerent nations—needs care
ful husbanding of human material.
Public and social hygiene are faced
with problems of stupendous magni
tude. This war has killed, maimed
or injured more sound stock in four
years’ time than in four peace de
cades.
' “Consistent underfeeding has
weakened the system to an extra
ordinary extent, especially in the
matter of infectious diseases. Noth
ing proves this more conclusively
than the increased mortality from
1 tuberculosis, dysentery, etc. Burn
ed down villages can be built up
again more easily than human gen
erations. The value of the indi
vidual has risen to a point which
demands the most careful consider
ation.”
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Grub the Kaiser
MUST BE KEPT DOWN
So Get Your
MERCHANDISE
at
FOWLER & MORRIS
GROCERS
CASE WRITES OF
PERILOUS VOYAGE
ACROSSATLANTIC
The following letter, which will
be read with interest, was received
i on the last mail by Andy Hoey, of
the Terminal. Robert E. Case, the
writer of the letter, is a well known 1
| Nenanaite and was, some time ago,
1 in the empoly of the Alaskan En
1 gineering commission. He is now
1 serving on the U. S. S. Meranke,
i in the troop transport service.
“We left Philadelphia July J for
j New York and anchored just btinv
| the Statue of Liberty, and on the
; 13th we started for France, 38 ships
in the convoy, accompanied by de
stroyers and a few flying machines
' which stayed with us for over a 'ay
and then started back, but the U. S
; S. Galveston went along with us as
escort. Everything was going
■ smoothly until the evening of the
23rd, when we were attacked by a
sub, no damage done though. They
attacked us again on the 24th and
the morning of the 25th, and on
the evening of the 25th at 7:15, the
jsub got into the center of the con
voy and fired off a flock of tor
pedoes, one missed our bow about
•■>0 or < 5 yards, and one just missed
our stern about 15 feet, somewhat
close. The Tippecanoe, the next
ship to us, got hit and sank in 28 j
minutes, but the crew all got away;
we could see them put off, but one
dared not stop and pick them up,1
for every ship was then running j
full speed ahead and the sub war.
still fighting us. The fight lasted
for an hour. On the morning of
the 26th it was foggy and the sub
attacked us again, and just as the
fight was getting warmed up, a
U. S. destroyer came rushing thru
the fog about 35 or 40 miles an
hour and made right for the sub and
circled around it and dropped a
whole flock of depth bombs and
nearly blowed all the water out of
the ocean, but the chances are there
are a few blokes resting easy m
Davy Jones’ locker. On the 28th
we passed a big convoy headed for
the U. S., and at noon on the 29th
we anchored in Lappallis, France,
then went to Guiberon Bay and then
to St N'azaire.
“I spent a Sunday in La Barle.
the Atlantic City of France, and I
had a swell time.
“After unloading, we went to
Royon and then to Bordeaux, and
layed there a few days, until a con
voy of 42 ships started for the
States. The destroyers came out
with us, but never did we see any
subs on the whole home trip. When
the convoy split up, this ship, the
Eagle and the Yeendyke took the
lead and started out about 15 knots
homeward bound. We passed some
icebergs and saw the northern lights
one night, but when we saw the
shores of the good old U. S. A. on
the 5th of September, it sure did
look good to us.
“I am ship’s quartermaster and
had to stand 2 hours on and 4 off
for 22 days and the lights of the
compass at night put my eyes on
the blink and I have had a headache
for the last eight days.
“It sure did look tough to see
those poor devils out there in the
life boats that night and no chance
of picking them up, for it was a
little cold, and the black gang had
very few clothes and, and had no
time to get any, for they put the
life boats off in short order after
being hit.
| “This ship is a little different
from the Seattle No. 3; this one is
a 12,000 ton wagon and a real sea
| going affair.
I Give my regards to all the boys,
and tell them to drop a line to
“ROBERT E. CASE,
U. S. S. Meranke,
Philadelphia, Pa.,
c. o. Postmaster”
A NATION’S .STRENGTH
IS IN ITS FOOD SUPPLY
to leas —Waste nothing
Create a Reserve
AMERICA MUST FEED
IOO.OOO. 000AIDES
POM ACTRESS
TO PiriONIGHT
After an absence of many months,
popular little Mary Pickford will bo
seen at the Coliseum tonight in her
greatest movie triumph. “A Poor
Little Rich Girl," the newest Art-1
craft production and one which has J
| taken the States by storm.
‘‘Little Mary’s" latest effort on!
the screen in "A Poor Little Rich
Girl," shows her in the part of the j
l negletced daughter of a wealthy \
American family, the action of the1
play taking place in the United
States. The movie production is
adapted from the well known book
and play of the same name, by
Eleanor Gates, and is rated as one
of the very best screen attractions
of the day. The story affords the
popular movie star one of the best
subjects ever secured for her.
The production is replete with
a continuous display of luxurious
settings and furnishings, many costly
scenes having been built especially
for the subject, in keeping with the
story, which tells of the extravagant
display of wealth. Among the lux
j rious limousines used in the picture
; are two of the big cars owned by
| Miss Pickford.
The popular little star takes the
1 part of Gwendolyn, a child of
i wealth, yet poor. She lives in a
! mansion, yet she has no one to i
play with, much like the daughters
| of many weathy families. How she
escapes from her unhappy surround
i ings and is reborn into a new life
makes an interesting story, with a i
! well balanced moral.
I The picture will be repeated to-!
morrow night, when the kiddies will
| be given the opportunity to see the
l show without cost. The show will
■ start at eight o’clock, and the price
| of admission will be . fifty cents,
i with a quarter extra for reserved
seats.
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NOTICE
The card party scheduled to be
; held at the Xenana Club rooms to
: morrow nijrht has been postponed
; for at least a week.
i Don’t Leave
ALASKA
—
Men wanting employment can
obtain work at good wages at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latouche.
If you go out you will only
l come back “Butsed” in the spring
j TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
| Two hundred men wanted at
j Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latouche and
Kennecott.
| ALASKA PUBLICITY.
BUREAU
Juneau Alaska.
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Skof House
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
Mrs Norman Campbell
Highest Cash
Prices Paid for
RAW
FURS
SIMSON’S
If you have saved a slice a day.
eat cornbread and save a loaf.
NOTICE
Nenana tovvnsite lots will bo
offered for sale at the townsite
office at 11 a. m., October 26th.
28th and 29th, 1918, at public auc
tion.
Anyone desiring a particular lot
put up for sale please notify the
Townsite Manager on or before the
dates named.
H. B. JOSEPH,
Townsite Manager.
FOR RENT—Four-room unfurnished
cabin, hot and cold water con
nections. Inquire Waechter Bros.
Market.
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V. S. Food Administration.
Jist ez de buckwheat cake pot
flop over on his face, Br’er Bacon
rin* dance *roun’ en say, sezee: —
"One pood tu'n desarves en nutti
er.’* sezee.—Meanin’ dat ef de
sojer boys go en do de fightin* fer
us, de leas’ we alls kin do is ter
sen’ ’em all de wheat—en eat
buckwheat instid. Co’n meal, rye
en barley flour fer us will he p a
lot too.
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WANT ADS
: CABIN FOR SALE^Cost "$300;
will sell for $50. Inquire News
office.
\\ ANTED—Two or Three con
genial fellows to occupy 4-room
residence with me. Kitchen fa
cilities if desired. See Slippern
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.
10R SALE, CHEAP—Large tank
heater and pipe drum; flush toilet,
good as new; also sink. Inquire
Simson’s.
WANTED—Woodchoppers to cut
four-foot wood at Vachon’s, Tolo
vana. 0-19
FOR RENT—Upstairs residence,
four rooms furnished. See Slippern
PIANOS—For Rent and Sale. Sim
son’s.
WANTED—Reliable party to rent
or manage Central Lodging House.
Inquire on premises. 0-21
FOR SALE—Small heater. Cheap.
Inquire News office.
A Thoroughly Modern Hotel
Tom Smith, Prop.
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Phone 84 Front Between C and D
Johnson’s Store
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
PRICES REASONABLE LOUIS JOHNSON, Prop.
COLES AIR TIGHT
HEATERS
RANG ES
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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WE HAVE A FULL CARGO OF WATCHES ABOARD—EACH
ONE HITS THE MARK, AS OUR PRICES ARE
SUBMERGED.
The Army Wrist Watch
That Light* In the Dark—Not a Novelty, But a Necessity
Our $3 Radium Treated Alarm ClocKs
JUST THE THING FOR DARK NIGHTS
WM. TAYLOR
WATCHMAKER JEWELER ENGRAVER
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