THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enrry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 18^9.
“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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HUN TREACHERY
An instance of cowardly treach
ery on the part of a captured Ger
man officer who had been wounded
and who had been offered help by
an American officer is told by
Lieutenant Edward Nichols, of
Jamaica, X. Y-, according to an
Associated Press correspondent with
the American army in the field.
After the last big drive of the
Allies in August, Lieutenant Nichols
was placed in charge of a company
of soldiers whose task it was to
clear the field of American dead
and wounded. Although his duties
did not require him to aid the Ger
man wounded on the field until the
Americans were disposed of, Lieu
tenant Nichols, who is only 23 years
old, went to the assistance of a Ger
man infantry officer who seemed
more than anv of his comrades tc
i
i be in need of succor.
The lieutenant was in the act oi
unfastening his canteen and giving
! the wounded man a drink of watei
I when the German drew a revolvei
: while the unsuspecting American’s
face was turned, and aimed it at the
head of his rescuer.
Before he could pull the trigger
however, a quick-witted sergeanl
plunged his bayonet through the
German’s heart. The German’s aci
was condemned even by his cap
tured comrades.
VOTERS TURN OOI
The poling booths arranged for
the convenience of the voters of Ne
nana at the city fire hall were
thrown open to the public today at
8 a. ni and from this time on the
voters began to drop in and cast
their votes. Among the voters were
many women who exercised their
rights.
Up to five o’clock this evening
276 votes were cast, and it is ex
pected that a large number of votes
will be cast after the closing of the
work in the offices and yards of the
A. E. C.
The vote cast is unprecedented.
Polls will close at 7 o'clock tonight
by which time it is expected that
the total number of votes will amount
to a subtantial figure.
The judges of election are J.
Russell Walle, J. C. Var.Orsdel am]
Martin Nash.
SOLI
HAVE THEIR FUN
WITH THE AMERICANS—The
laugh and tht? joke and the prank
are not absent from the American
military hospitals. There is suffer
ing, of course, in these great, splend
idly equipped institutions, but even
the shrapnel loaded American citizen
soldier has his fun. One surgeon
tells this story:
“When the lines of .stretcher cases
were being brought into his hospital
the surgeons stood in the reception
ward making quick examinations.
One stretcher was brought silently
in, the form of a soldier lying rigid
under blankets drawn over the head.
This is the sad sign of one who
needs no more help. -They motioned
the bearers to set it aside in a corner
and when the last wounded man had
been looked over the surgeons rever
ently lifted the blanket from the
face. The ‘dead’ man sat suddenly
up with a loud ‘Boo!’ Then the
‘case’ laughed, lay down and again
drew the blanket over his face. They
let him play his jokes on others for a
while, then sent him to a ward to
have some machine gun bullets
picked out.
“ ‘Do you suffer very much, lad
die,’ asked the nurse of a soldier
who lay in his cot with white face
ard tight lips in an American field
hospital.
“ ‘No Miss, Oh no’ was the reply,
‘We Marines don’t suffer you know.”
AMBULANCE UNIT
HAS HARD WE
HAVRE.—The headquarters of
the Friends. Ambulance Unit, an or
1 ganization of 350 workers from all
i sections of America sent to the
■ Western front by the American
' Society of Friends, has been almost
completely wiped out by bombs drop
ped from German airplanes.
Two of the staff were killed and
' four injured. The others were safe.
The story of the disaster is told
i in a report of Major John van
Schaick, deputy commissioner in
Belgium of the American Red Cross
of which the Friends’ Ambulance
is a unit, who says:
"A worker whom we had placed
with the unit was sleeping in the
room with one of those who was
killed. He was not injured. He de
scribed his experiences as follows:
"I was awake when the bomb
. fell. I don’t remember much
noise, only the motion. The whole
room seemed to lurch back toward
j where the bomb fell, and then went
! down. We fell fast and seemed to
j be falling through all eternity. My
| life was saved by my bed shooting
‘ across the room. The cupola of the
adjoining building fell where my
bed stood.
“The adjutant of the unit was
buried under the debris for three
hours. A large oak chest held a
beam off his neck. They had to
tunnel through the debris to get him
out. He was conscious part of the
time, and directed the rescuers in
their work. He was bruised but
not seriously hurt.”
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IRoll of Ibonor
The following boys inducted
into the service of the country
from the Nenana district have
given up their lives in their
country’s cause, being called
by death at Camp Dodge, Iowa,
and Overseas:
Harold Raymond Ande-son
Michael Saroff
Michael Edward Meagher
John Edward Nye
Nicholas Gustiff
Alex Zaboff
Joseph Gustafson
Royal Robert Douse
Killed in Action in France
Carter K. Koon
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PARIS Queen Marie, Rumania'
heroic “Soldier Queen”, wept whe
the gallant Rumanian army was de
mobilized by order of the Germans
but she declared that it would no
be for long, that Rumania woul
fight again.
The disbanding of the army o
300,000 soldiers was one of th
stern measures forced upon Rumani
by the terms of Germany’s hum
Hating and uncompromising peac
treaty. Emperor William of Gel
many gave King Ferdinand of Ri
mania just one month in which t
strip his army of all its power.
In the great open stretch of lan
at the foot of the rugged Carpathia
mountains, not far from the Aus
trian frontier, the queen, accorr
panied by the king and the royi
family, reviewed the regiments o
officers and soldiers who had fougt
so bravely during the eightee
months that Rumania faced th
four formidable foes that surrounc
ed her.
As each division passed along th
line of march, there were repeate
demonstrations, shouts of acclain
and many marks of affection on th
part of the troops for their belove
queen, whom they revere with a d(
votior. almost as fervid as tht
shown by the French soldier for th
memorv of Joan of Arc.
On the way to the review every
inhabitant of the villages through
which the queen passed gave her a
demonstration so overwhelming and
spontaneous that she herself ac
knowledged later that it was the
greatest single tribute she had re
ceived at the hands of the people
since the beginning of the war.
There could be no doubt even in
the mind of the firmist pacifist that
Rumania's fighting queen had the
loyal and wholehearted support of
the entire population in her struggle
to stave off a humilating peace with
Germany.
As the men who had fought on
the sanguinary field of Marasesti,
which is the Gettysburg of Rumania,
marched by, each bearing on his
breast the coveted “Michael the
Brave,” medal for gallantry, the
queen broke into tears and, turning
to the king, who stood beside her,
said, in a voice that betrayed deep
emotion:
“What a tragedy that this mag
nificent army must lay down its
arms! But, please God, it shall not
be for long! I repeat it. it shall
not be for long! Germany by her
might and brutishness may subdue;
but she can never crush the spirit
and will of my soldiers. With God’s
help, we will fight again, and I
pray that the day is not far off.
My soul will never rest until the
honor of the country is vindicated
before the eyes of our Allies.”
--
Dr. R. R. MYERS
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ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU
Juneau Alaska. I
LIGNITE COAL 10 1
BE TESTED OUT
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With the completion of the gov-1
eminent railroad to W. J. Lynn's:
coal mine at Station No. 18078, near j
the engineering camp at 35-mile and ‘
the possibility of being able to secure
a practically unlimited quantity of
this new fuel for all purposes, the i
Alaskan Engineering commission ■
purpose to conduct exhaustive experi-1
ments, as outlined in these columns
some time ago, for the purpose of |
determining the true value of the
fuel and its adaptability for the
various uses in the service of the
B Commission.
Engineer in Charge Browne, told
a News representative some time
s ago that he was in favor of the use
of coal on the locomotives and for
* other purposes and thought that the
11 test contemplated will demonstrate
that it will be better and cheaper
than wood- The absence of sparks
* from the locomotive when a small
^ quantity was used some time ago
I and the consequent lessening of any
II risk of fire from passing locomotives
e in the yards and out along the line
was one of the features very much
: in favor of the fuel. It is also, of
e course, much easier to handle and
^ if the tests are successful and it is
adopted for general use will mean
e much for Xenana and save the woods
^ in the neighborhood of the railroad, i
which are now being rapidly depleted!
1 to supply the needs of the A. E. C. |
e It is expected that the tests willj
shipment arrives in own, which will
be about Saturday.
A measured quantity of wood and j
a weighed quantity of coal will be |
fed to the two boliers in the power {
plant for a period of about ten days
and the results thus obtained will be
carefully noted. It is also expected
that coal will be used on the loco
motives and a careful tab kept, for
a time at least, of the results ob
tained.
Mr. Browne said that the coal was
of a young variety of Lignite and
was a little better than peat. Suffi
cient pressure of the earth had not
been exerted and, in conseUence,
this coal possessesd a larger per
centage of moisture than is usually
found in lignite coal. It however
burned freely and satisfactory re
sults were obtained on the loco
motives, but the quantity used was
small and an exhaustive test was not
possible at the time and therefore
a definite statement regarding its
suitability for use on the locomotives
could not be made.
Mr. Browne, however, said that he
thought it would be cheaper than
wood and better in the long run;
and, as practically unlimited quan
tity of the fuel is readily obtainable
it is thought that it will come into
general use.
Regarding the coal from the Burns
mine near Lignite, Mr. Browe thought
that it was older and better grade
of coal than that obtainable from
Lynn, but none of this coal was ob
tainable at present. It is expected
that the railroad will reach the right
of way in the neighborhood of the
Burns mine some time in December,
when a spur to accommodate eoa'
tracks will be constructed for the
hauling of this fuel to town. Mr.
Burns has a contract for the supply
of 5000 tons of this fuel to the Alas
kan Engineering commission.
HELSINGFORS. Finland—Sabot
age by Russian Red Guards amount
ing to 29,340,000 marks, has already
been reported to the State indus
trial Commission by 99 firms in
various parts of the state. The In
dustrial Commission will recom
mend to the Senate that the state
assist the sufferers with ■ loans of
money, and by remission of tariffs
on imported machines and raw ma
terials.
Highest Cash
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LONDON.—A special meiial to be .
granted to masters, officers and sea
men of the mercantile marine, for
services performed in the danger
zone during the war has been ap
proved by the king. The medal will
!
be issued at the end of the war
and clasps awarded where conspicu
ous service has been rendered.
NOTICE
Arrangements have been made
with D. Blankfield to move all wood,
ties and other cut timbers from the,
Paul Lescure homestead for the
benefit of creditors. Anyone inter
fering will be prosecuted according
to law.
L. E. WARD.
Trustee.
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