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.
“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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THE 1919 CAMPAIGN
The National War Garden Com
mission is preparing to launch this
spring a campaign for "the biggest
producing year the country ever
saw.” To spur the home gardeners
to renewsd efforts the commission
reminds them that the clocks of
the nation will be set one hour
ahead on the last Saturday in March,
in compliance with the Daylight
Saving Law in effect for the dura
tion of the war.
“We must help feed the people
of Europe", declared Charles Lath
rop Pack, president of the National^
War Garden commission, in an ap
peal to the home gardeners for
larger results. “Will you have a
part in this great work at hand?
Next to the sun the extra hour of
daylight is the best value the vic
tory gardener has. Will you meet
the sun half way? Will you be up
to take advantage of the health
giving garden work in the cool of
the morning? Have the spade and
the hoe handy and turn the clock
ahead one hour on the last Satur
day night in March and be ready
for the biggest home food produc
ing year the country ever saw.”
According to the estimates by
the commission, the war garden
crop of 1918 was worth $525,000,
000. This was an increase of 51
per cent over that of 1917.
“Figures show that 5.285,000
home food producing plots were
planted,” says the commission.
“With 26 working days in each of
the 7 months there are 182 extra
hours of time. If only one garden
er worked this extra hour of time
in each plot it will been seen that
001,870,000 hours of extra time
would be added to the country’s
wealth. Since there are 8,760 hours
in a year there is a daggering
total of 109,803 years of 24 hour
days. In an 8-hour working day
the real advantage is found by
multiplying 109,803 by 3, giving
329,409 working or 8-hour day
years.”
HUNGARY MENACED
The menace of Bolshevism has
created a critical situation in Hun
gary, whose general outlook is con
sidered infinitely worse than in Ger
man-Austria. Under the present
government the condition of the
country is described as chaotic and
a serious Bolsheviki outbreak is ex
pected. With its army disbanded
the government is unable to offer
resistance even if it had the courage
and energy to do so.
Public moneys, says an Associated
Press correspondent, writing from
Vienna, are being “squandered” at
an “appalling rate” and leading
financiers express fear of bank
ruptcy of the state. The whole situ
ation of the country is reported to
he “inconceivably worse than at
any time during the four years
of wai.” »
The government is preparing to
hold general elections but u.ndei
the present conditions this appears
to be a physical impossibility. There
are no lsts of voters, and the fran
chise has been extended from 1,500.
00 to 7,000,000, including women
who have been granted suffrage.
With part of the country occupied
by enemies, elections in these dis
tricts will be impossible it is de
clared.
The fear of Bolshevism is growing
daily and everywhere the people
are urging that the Allies inter
vene. They express the fear that
the conditions now existing in Rus
sia will be repeated in Hungary.
Hungarian prisoners of war have |
returned from Russia imbued with
Bolshevik ideas and are spreading
the propaganda. It is the general
opinion of the people that the Karo- i
lyi cabinet made a mistake in dis-!
banding the army, leaving the coun
try at the mercy of the invaders.
While the greatest dissatisfaction
is expressed in political circles and ,
among the people generally, and :
ministerial crises are daily occur-!
rences. no political party seems will-1
ing to assume the reins of govern-!
ment. Count Karolyi appears to be;
the only leader available.
GERMAN PROFITEERS
In the midst of its bitter fight
with war profiteers and those who
sell food through forbidden chan
nels. the Bavarian government has
found itself seriously hampered by
imperial amnesties, particularly by
one issued in Berlin December 3.
This amnesty was so far-reaching
and comprehensive that it freed
virtually everyone who had been
locked up for anything short of a
capital crime. It was an amnesty
for all crimes against military law,
the punishment for which did not
exceed a certain number of years
of incarceration.
The ministry of justice is now
making every effort to have enacted
a new set of laws, particularly aim
ed at profiteering and the unjust
division and distribution of food
stuffs. which shall not be affected
by any amnesties that may be
issued in the future,
i As the situation now stands, says
Munich reports, it will take little
I short of the death penalty that was
proposed for profiteers recently to
put a stop to the practice as long
as the Berlin politicians, regularly
and systematically annul with their
amnesties the most conscientious
work of the courts.
GERMAN SHOPKEEPERS
SEEK AMERICAN COIN
TRIER, Prussia.—Several thous
and American troops are quartered
here and many of the shops have
been doing an excellent business.
“American spoken here” was the
wording of a sign which appeared
recently in a Trier post card store.
Another sign, in perfectly good
English read: “Shoes repaired here
while you wait—bring your own
leather.”
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COONEY STAGE LINE
Nenana -TalReetna
QUICK TRIP BEST ACCOMMODATIONS
Reservations at Cooney Hotel
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HUN GOVERNOR,
ONCE A POWER
NOW IN RANK
THE HAGUE.—Baron Von der
Lancken, formerly German civil gov
ernor of Belgium, sought refuge in
Holland when the Germans retreated
from Belgium. Von der Lancken
was the man to whom the American
Minister Brand Whitlock delivered
his vain appeal to spare the life
of Edith Cavell, the English nurse
who was executed by the Germans
in October, 1915, for aiding the
British, French and Belgium soldiers
to escape from Belgium. Von der
Lancken then told Hugh Gibson,
secretary of the American legation,
that the sentence imposed by the
military governor on Miss Cavell
was final and that the civil gover
nor could not overrule it.
When Von de Lancken arrived
here he went to the German lega
tion, but in order to obtain food
cards, he had to apply to the police
station where he failed miserably
in his efforts to obtain preferential
treatment as a “ ’istinguished vis
itor.” A chance caller there found
him in line with a group of un
washed refugees, his well-groomed;
figure out of keeping with his sur-:
roundings. He was compelled to
stand in line for fwo hours before
his wants were attended to.
To one who remembers the time
when to get a word from Von der
Lancken in Brussels it was necessary
to give two days’ notice, after;
which one had to struggle through
a bodyguard of haughty suspicious j
underlings, the spectacle of this ex- j
quisite specimen of Prussian junk-1
erdom waiting his turn in the file I
amid the grimy proletriat afforded!
an excellent illustration of “times I
that are changed.”
ramTfmes
IN GERMANY ARE
MUNICH-—Railroad fares, al
ready soaring to unprecedented i
heights all over Germany despite
an equally unprecedented poverty of
serivce, are going up again, and |
this time with a jump to take away j
the traveler's breath. Prussia, at-!
tempting to make up a deficit of a i
billion and a quarter marks, is go-!
ing to put up fares for passengers
60 per cent, above the present high
rate. Bavaria and the rest of Ger
many are expected to do likewise
and to be affected by a general in
crease.
Coincident with this unwelcome
announcement comes word that all
passenger traffic is to be reduced
by at least 50 per cent, all military
and freight trains by the same pro
portion. The delivery of hundreds
and thousands of locomotives and
cars to the Entente powers under
the armistice terms is given as the
main reason.
Passenger traffic is to be even
more restricted than today, and no
individual is to be allowed to travel
by train unless he can prove to
the satisfaction of the authorit\-s
that the trip is urgently necessary.
Germany began on about Dec. 20
to deliver to the Entente armistice
l commissioners 110 locomotives and
j 2,400 cars a day for ten days, then
150 locomotives and 3200 cars a day
for twenty days so as not to be
liable to the penalty included in the
; armistice conditions of parting
with another 500 locomotives for
i failure to deliver on time.
The tallest men that ever lived
are supposed to have been Hindus,
W'ho bestrode elephants as we do
horses. The Greeks also had tall
men, the heroes at the siege of Troy
having easliy thrown stones which
their descendants could not move.
In Queen Elizabeth’s time, in Eng
land, men eight feet high were by
no means unusual.
Necen?., Alaska’s Interior Pnel Depot
JAZZ MELODIES
AND YANKS
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CARDIFF. Wales.—Testimony to
the qualities of some of the Ameri
can troops in France is given by
a girl member of the Woman’s
Auxiliary Army Corps in a letter
to her home folks here- She writes:
“We are stationed inside an Amer
ican camp in a huge old French
cavalry barracks. We are doing
clerical work with hundreds and
hundreds of Americans in the cen
tral records office. We deal with
the whole American army records,
and excepting the cooks, waitresses,
etc., all we odd 400 girls are really
the 'Waacs’ of the American Ex
peditionary Force.
“We love the work, we love the
camp and the boys look after us
well. They are splendid fellows.
We have comfortable rooms, a recre
ation room and hockey and are as
happy' as possible. And now we are
petting up a grand revue, called
the “Battle of Bourgas.” I am to
be a French girl. The chorus is
one of the best and the music truly
American. I’m afraid your music
over there when we came back wTon t
have enough “pep” in it. Honestly,
the boys can play. Even those wrho
are doing scavenger w'ork in the
camp can play' the violin and piano.
’WS.&
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ISSUED BY THE
UNITED'STATES
GOVERNMENT
YOU
CAN
BUY
WAR
SAVINGS
STAMPS
NOW
WANT ADS
ONE PASSENGER WANTED—Miko
Cooney will leave Nenana on the
train Saturday for Talkeetna, to
make connections with boat out
of Anchorage March '20th. Has
room for one passenger.
LOST.—Indy’s Elgin Watch with
monogram on back M. C. Return
to News office. Reward.
FOR SALE—A new 7mm Mauser
rifle with 40 rounds of ammu
nition, $50; also a 12-gauge Rem
ington automatic shot gun, almost
new, $40. Inquire at News office.
WANTED^TO BUV^A^three or
four-room house. Must be
reasonable. Inquire News office.
Department of the Interior
Alaikan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
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 com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Wednesdays and Sat
urdays.
Xtenaua—The Gateway to McXinloy
National Park.
TRAPPERS, NOTICE!
We are in the Fur Manu
facturing Business, therefore
CAN and WILL pay you more
for your furs than any other
fur buyer In town
SIMSON’S
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
come back “Busted” in the spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latouche and
Kennecott.
ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU
Juneau A>uka.
COLES AIR TIGHT
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
NICELY HOUSE
With Belmont In Connection
POOL CANDIES CIGARS
AND TOBACCOS
WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
Rates By the Week or Month
MRS. NICELY, Proprietress
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. W
Campbell. X. J.
Coghill, \Y. 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. H.
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm.
Ghezzi, Alfred
Head, E. A.
Haslem, H. G
Hagan, James
Hill, L. W.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, Andy
Gray, E. B.
Gilcher. W. H.
Hyland. Mike
Isabel, L. C. ' " ”
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. I..
Lund, E. E.
Lehr, y. k.
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
Palfy, Paul
Packer. W. L.
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry N.
Stol, Nels
Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer, M. A.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Stone, A. J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, C'has.
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.