THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enrrv 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. Sootbworth...—.-..Editor and Manager
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WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
The money raised from the Vic
tory Liberty Loan will be used to
pay for bringing the American
troops home from France, the cost
of their demobilization, part of the
war insurance claims of the sol
diers killed or injured in the fight
ing, and will furnish funds for the
care of the wounded and for the
vocational training of the maimed,
and other post-war expenses, ac
cording to a statement issued re
cently by a representative of the
Liberty Loan committee.
“One of the biggest items of
expense will be for the transporta
tion and demobilization of the
troops, the cost of which, from the
time the armistice was signed until
the army is returned to a peace
basis, will amount to approximate
ly 82,320,273.000," adds the state
ment. “There were about two mill- ^
ion men overseas when the fight-'
ing ended. According to the army
transportation experts, it will cost
S200 a man to bring them from the
fighting lines in France and Bel
gium to their homes in the United
States. This will make the tota1
transportation bill $400,000,000, of
which $128,000,000 represents the
fare of the soldiers in France, $124.-j
000,000 their fare across the At
lantic. and $148,000,000 their trans
portation from L'nited States ports
to their homes.
"It will take at least ten months,
the army authorities say. to com
plete the demobilization of the
troops from overseas. Their main
tenance in that period, including
housing, clothing, and food, will
amount to about SI,000,000,000, of
which $297,428,130 will be for food.
“The demobilization, transporta
tion and maintenance expenses of j
the 1.655,000 soldiers who did not
get to France will amount to about
5920.273.000, bringing the total for
the whole army to the amount al
ready stated, $2,320,273,000. which
will make quite a hole in the Vic
tory Liberty Loan receipts.
“There are about 200,000 sick j
end wounded soldiers still being
cared for in the government hos
pitals. The per capita cost of car
ing for these patients is figured
by the army medical department at
5145.000. 000. There are eighty
army hospitals in the United States, i
The cost of their operation ranges
from a few hundred thousand to a 1
million dollars a year each.
“The amount of war risk insur
ance the government has outstand
mg is 837.000,000,000. The claims
already filed amount to $5,000,000.
If all the soldiers, numbering ap
proximately 72,500, who were killed
in action, or died of wounds, ac
cident and disease, were insured for
the full amount of $10,000 each
permitted under the plan, tr.eir
claims would aggregate $725,00M,
C00. Payment on these claims will
be made at the rate of $50 a month
to the dependents of each sola.er,
which calls for the expenditure of
543,500,000 a year for about six
teen years. However, it is not
probable that many of these claims,
or of the thousands of others that
will be filed by soldiers disabled in
the war, will be acted upon in time
to make much of a drain upon the
proceeds of the Victoiy Loan.
“The Federal Board for Voca
tional Training, which the govern
ment has established t*> care for
disabled men after the'r discharge
from the army and navy and train
them to earn a livelihood, will cost
several millions of dollars a year
to maintain. Already 12.000 men
have applied for training in the in
stitution, and as they are to be pa:d ;
at least $65 a month each while
undergoing training, their pay alone
will amount to about 81,000,000 a
year. )
“Other expenses to be met out •
of the proceeds of the Victory Lib
| erty Loan will be the purchase of
' wheat at the guaranteed price of
S2.26 a bushel, and extension of
credit to the countries associated
with us in the war. to enable them
to purchase war material and other
property of the L'nited States in
such countries which is no longer
essentia! to this government. Funds
also will be needed for the upkeep
and ether expenses of the navy
since the signing of the armistice,
and for the operation of the rail
roads. In addition to these mili
tary costs, the civil expenses of
the government are running at
about $2,000,000,000 a year."
WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA?
Judge Wickersham’s announce
ment that he intends to introduce
a bill for the appropriation of four
million dollars for the continuation
of railroad'building in Alaska does
not iibe with his recent attack
on Secretary Lane and the Alaskan
Engineering Commission. In his,
letter, it will be recalled, he de-:
dared that funds had been wasted
by the railroad administration. Is:
it his desire now that more money 1
be expended on railroad work un
der the direction of the secretary. ■
or does the four million dollar j
bill, of which he speaks, provide for !
the completion of the railroad by
contract, the more economical way:
of doing the work, in his opinion7 .
And why does he limit his appro
priation to four million dollars,
when more than three times that1
amount will be needed to connect;
Tanana valley with the coast?
Alaskans would like to know. j
LAUNCH VICTORY !
IS DUE TONIGHI
—
The launch Victory, with Fred J
Douse at the wheel, left Nenana i
yesterday morning for Fairbanks j
with a few packages of freight and]
George Parks as passenger.
The launch is reported to have j
left Fairbanks with some mail and j
a few passengers and should arrive I
here this evening.
LAND OFFICE LAUNCH
ARRIVED ON SATURDAY
The launch Alaska, specially
buiit for the use of the field officers
of the general land office, arrived ;
in Nenana Saturday evening from j
Fairbanks.
Timber Cruiser H. K. Carlisle is |
making his annual tour of the diff
erent wood camps, homesteads, etc.
on the Yukon and its tributaries on
the boat and is accompanied by R.
Johnson as mechanician.
The Alaska will cruise the inland
waters all summer, returning to
Fairbanks shortly before the freeze
up. Mr. Carlisle expects to leave'
for Tanana tomorrow morning and
will first go up the Yukon as far
as the Canadian border. On the
way up river from Kotlik, he will ]
run up the Innoko and Iditarod:
rivers, and if he has time after this, j
may go up the Koyukuk river. 1
The Alaska is powerfully engined 1
and comfortably fitted for just such 1
a cruise. She was built at Fair- j
banks during the winter of 1917
and made her first cruise of the
rivers last summer with Mr. Car
lisle.
The Moore Packing company at
Cordova is’ making extensive im
provements to its cannery by build
ing a new boarding-house and add
ing an addition of 50x50 feet to
the warehouse.—Valdez Miner.
SCHOOL PUPILS
PLEASE CROWD
WITH PROGRAM
The closing exercises of the
Franklin K. Lane school were he!4
at the Union Hall Saturday night
and the varied program presented
by the pupils was thoroughly en
joyed by the large crowd which
attended the affair.
Dr. Diven announced the items
on the program, which was pub
lished last Friday, and the rendition
of the several items by the children,
both little and big. left nothing to
be desired and showed the care
that had been bestowed in the
preparation.
From the opening chorus “Voices
of the Woods”, by the little child
ren, to the closing pageant with
song "America For Me”, not a dull
moment was experienced by the |
large crowd, who were unstinted
in their applause as each item, j
faultlessly rendered by the clever
children, was concluded.
The closing pageant was taken
part in by nearly all the children,
who formed a pyramid. The base
of it was composed of the smaller
children, each bearing a paste
board flag on the reverse of which
was a letter, and each little one
repeated a little poem as the re
verse of the flag was presented 1
to the audience: and when all the
flags had been reversed, the initials |
spelled Haig. Pershing and Foch. |
the next row carried shields and the
same performance was repeated,
the initials on the reverse of the
shields reading Wilson. Behind the
boys, on a slightly raised platform,
the older girls also carried shields,
each speaking a little piece and pre- S
senting the reverse of their shields, i
which spelled Peace. The apex of j
the pyramid was formed by Miss;
Columbia, the whole presenting a!
very pleasing appearance. The com
ponent parts of the pyramid then
rendered the song “America Forj
Me”, accompanied on the piano by j
Miss Shaffer, and received hearty i
applause at its conclusion. ^
Ere the party broke up. Dr.!
Diven called for a vote of thanks
for Miss Shaffer and Mrs. Schaeffer,
who devoted a great dea: of their
time and attention in getting up
the most enjoyable program rend
ered by the children, and the audi
ence showed their appreciation by
hearty and sustained applause. The
performances given by the children
are always very good and perhaps
this last performance was excep
tionally so.
KINGS OUT OF WORK
ARE SHORT OF CASH:
PARIS.—Ridicule and humorous
remarks are always heard when
the name of Constantine of Greece
is mentioned. The news that “Tino'"
has no funds is received every
where with pitiless mirth. “Tino's” !
troubles with his servants are sub-1
jects of conversations on the boule-1
vards and fill the columns of hum- j
orous publications. “Tino” is now j
at the Dolder hotel in Zurich and '■
is said to be meeting his bills ]
regularly, but the size of his tips j
has shrunk. The flow of paper |
marks which came from Germany!
during the reign of Emperor Wil
liam has been stopped and although
it has been officially denied, the
rumor persists that the former
Queen Sophia, the sister of the for
mer emperor of Germany, has ha i
to call upon some friends to visit
the pawnshops with some of the
regal jewels.
King Nicholas of Montenegro di
vides his time about equally be
tween Nice and the Hotel Maurice
in Paris. When he is not busy
pinning decorations on unsuspect
ing visitors he is working hard to
regain his throne. There is strong
opposition among some of the five
big powers to Nicholas returning to
Cettinje either as king or as a
prominent citizen.
Of the smaller princes, Joachim,
youngest son of the former German
emperor, has been living in a hotel
on Rigi mountain, Switzerland, un
der the name of Count Mansfield.
Rupprecht, the former prince of j
Bavaria, of western front fame,;
was the guest of the bishop of j
Coire, Switzerland, for some weeks, i
but his present whereabouts is un
known. Rupprecht has never recog- i
nized the republic of Bavaria, and
his last works upon leaving Bel- *
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FOR SALE—Settee with cushions;
large round table top, 6 ft. in
diameter, and doors. Apply Casey’s
Warehouse.
Restaurant Tabs and Tablets at
the News Office.
SOCIAL DANCE
Sat. May 24
UNION MALL
Afrs. Belle Campbell - Director
gium were: "I abdicate nothing;
I renounce nothing.”
| Louis, the erstwhile king of
' Bavaria. succeeded in entering
j Swftzerland and the lieutenant in
charge of the frontier port of
entry was arrested for allowing him
to depart without proper passports.
Louis was traveling as a commercial
man.
Most of this galaxy of, kings
emperors, dukes, princes, etc., are
short of money.
Genuine Buhach at Fowler &
VERY ENJOYABLE
About thirty-five couples took the
floor at the conclusion of the school
exercises at Union Hall last Satur
day night and marrily tripped the
light fantastic to the strains of
the auto-piano.
The pupils of the Franklin K.
Lane school who desired to dance,
were the guests of the dancing acad
I emy, and many of them availed
themselves of this privilege.
The floor, as usual, was in first
rate condition, and dancing was
kept up vigorously until two o'clock
jin the morning.
; The next dance to be given by
! the Nenana Dancing academy, un
der the direction of Mrs. Belle
Campbell, will take place at the
hall on Saturday, May 30.
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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 Satur
days at 8 a. m.
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL
FOURTH AND B STREETS
On Second and Fourth Tuetday»
At 8 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER.
Secretary Dictator.
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