Food—-The Weapon that will Win the War—Help to Save It
The Nenana News
VOLUME NO. 2
NENANA, ALASKA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1918.
WHOLE NUMBER 74
SHIPYARD STRIKE
SOURCE OF WORRY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16.—
President Wilson is giving his per
sonal attention to the shipyard strike
at Baltimore and other Eastern
points, and the shipping board has
renewed its demand upon the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join
ers to send the striking shipyard
workers back to their jobs. There
is even talk of local exemption
boards drafting strikers within the
age limit, but this action is being
discouraged by the shipping board.
President Samuel Gompers, of the
American Federation of Labor, also
has protested against the conscrip
tion of workers, declaring that the
working men of the country have
given loyal service and will stand
faithful until victory has been won.
At Baltimore the strike of ship
carpenters working on government
contracts has spread to the caulkers
organization, over a thousand of the
caulkers having joined the strikers
yesterday, as well many mill and
steel workers. It is now feared that
the strike will be extended to all
shipyards and affiliated trades
throughout the country.
The employes of the Eastern ship
yards are now demanding the same
wages paid to Pacific coast workers.
DEFICIENCY BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16.—
The urgent deficiency appropriation
bill, which is now under considera
tion in the lower branch of congress,
carries an item of $75,000 for the
continuation of mineral investiga
tions by the Geological survey.
PROFESSOR FEARS
NATIONAL MENACE
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—In an ad
dress delivered in this city last
night, President Schurman, of Cor
nell university, declared that the
nation is confronted by a grave
danger, which will continue through
out the year unless the war is ended
before that time. He said that price
fixing paralyzed the energies of the
farmers throughout the country and
urged immediate action to stimulate
production.
COSSACK LEADER LOST;
BELIEVED HE IS DEAD
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16 —
The American consul at Tiflis has
transmitted to the state department
an unconfirmed report of the dis
appearance and probable death of
General Kalendines, Cossack leader
of the South Russia revolutionists,
who have been opposing the Bolshe
viki government.
JAP ASKS FOR RENT;
KILLED BY RUSSIAN
SEATTLE, Feb. 16.—Alex Tiboff,
a Russian, is under arrest in this
city on the charge of killing the
Japanese proprietor of the Indiana
cafe. The Jap asked the Russian
for his room rent, whereupon the
tenant drew a large knife and pro
ceeded to carve the Oriental. The
Jap died a few hours later.
HEARING POSTPONED
JUNEAU, Feb. 16.—The hearing
on the territorial eight-hour law,
which was set for yesterday, has
been postponed again, this time to
next Wednesday. The postponement
was made necessary by the failure
of the Anchorage delegation to put
in an appearance.
CALLS IT MISTAKE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16.—
President Furueth, of the Seamen’s
union, informed the house naval
committee today that the future of
Ameriean naval power will be jeo
pardized if the plan to man supply
ships with naval crews is carried
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out. He said that less than twenty
five per cent of the men in the
merchant marine are Americans, and
only these could be taken into the
naval resrve for the merchant ship
service. The remainder would be
forced to take land jobs and valu
able sailors would be lost to the |
service.
FRENCH AVIATORS
DROP EXPLOSIVES
PARIS, Feb. 16.—According to an
official announcement issued by the
French war office this morning, the
French aerial squadron made a suc
cessful raid on German railway sta
tions yesterday, dropping a total of
4500 kilograms of projectiles. The
stations at Metz, Thionville, Con
flans, Sablons and other towns were
attacked and the aviators reported
having observed fires and explosions
where the bombs fell.
WOMEN TELLS STORY
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 16.—
Marie Decakman, the woman who
was placed under arrest here yester
i day as a spy suspect because of her
j efforts to communicate with an in
i terned alien, explained to the au
thorities today that the need for
money caused her to try to talk
to Ernest Leybold. She said she
believed he could help her to obtain
money from Seattle, where she for
merly lived. She admitted that she
loved Leybold, but denied that she
was a spy. “Ask any r-irl in love,”
she said, *‘and see if she wouldn’t
follow her sweetheart, even to
prison.”
DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL
APPROVED BY WILSON
Washington.—The daylight saving
bill, which has been passed by the
senate and is now before the house
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce, has been approved by
President Wilson.
BOMBS FOR PLANES
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 16—
The billion dollar urgent defi
ciency appropriation bill, which has
been favorably reported to the
house, includes an item of $277,000
000 for bombs for the use of oil
men.
WHERE IT GOES
Washington.—The urgent defi
ciency bill, which is now under con
sideration in the house, totals, $1
107,220,000, the largest in the his
tory of the country. One hundred
million is for storage and shipping,
one hunderd twenty-five million for
ships, seventy-nine million for the
war department and forty-nine mil
lion for the navy.
SUSPECT ACQUITTED
NEW YORK, Feb. 16—Paul Hen
nig, charged with treason in con
nection with t ampering with tor
pedoes at the Bliss torpedo works,
has been acquitted in the federal
court here. It was charged that he
changed the mechanism of the tor
pedoes so that they would act like
submarines and destroy the vessels
shooting them.
TO FINISH MATTERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16
Colonel House is authority for the
statement that the government will
send a representative to Europe to
finish war policy matters which were
not concluded at the late war coun
cil. Colonel House also states that
the United States will continue war
preparations regardless of peace ne
gotiations.
DEATH FOR TRAITOR
PARIS, Feb. 16.—Bolo Pasha has
ben found guilty on the charge of
high treason and must pay the ex
treme death penalty.
The Malamute Kid arrived in Ne
nana from the upper town yester
day with a full load of freight and
express for local merchants.
SWISS ENGINEER
SAYS SOB CREWS
GENEVA, Feb. 16.—A Swiss en
gineer, who has just returned to
this city from Kiel, declares that the
Germans are having difficulty find
ing submarine crews to take the
places of the many who have lost
their lives during the past few
months. He reports that two more
serious mutinies have occurred at
Kiel during the past year resulting
from the refusal of German sailors
to enter the submarine service.
The engineer estimates that tby
Germans lost thirty per cent of their
submarines during the time that he
was at Kiel, the losses having in
creased steadily during the past sev
eral months, due chiefly, he says,
to the use of depth bombs by the
Allies. These bombs, he says, are
more effective than is generally sus
pected by outsiders.
OCCUPY IASI BIG
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 16.—By vir
tue of the treaty agreement between
Ukraine and the Central powers,
Austro-Hungarian troops have en
tered the city of Brody and taken
peaceful possession of the town,
thus restoring to the dual monarchy
the last big city in Eastern Galicia.
SOLDIERS COMING
FOR PATROL DUTY
Eleven members of Company B,
Fourteenth infantry, are enroute to
Xenana from Fort Gibbon to act as
I guards over the property of the
Alaskan Engineering commission.
The men left the Yukon post yester
day and should arrive here during
the coming week.
The men were ordered to Nenana
at the request of Division Engineer
F. H. Bailey, who has long realized
the importance of having regularly
detailed men stationed here. His
advocacy of such a step did not re
: ceive serious consideration, however,
until after the roundhouse had been
destroyed by fire.
A detachment of forty soldiers
were sent to Anchorage more than
a year ago to act as guards in the
coast division, and their work is said
: to have been most effective, prov
ing the wisdom of the move.
SHORT RATIONS KILL
POLES AND BELGIANS
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 16.—E.
F. Cullen, representative of the food
administration, is authority for the
statement that scarcely a child born
in Poland since the war, has sur
vived, owing to the lack of proper
: food. In Belgium, the death rate
among the aged and very young, has
tripled during the past year and
; suffering is now most acute among
; all classes.
BODY OF AVIATOR
TO BE SENT EAST
NEW YORP, Feb. 16—A detach
ment of the Royal Flying corps will
escort the body of Vernon Castle
to this city, where the funeral will
be held with full miltary honors.
Mrs. Castle, who is now a movie
star of prominence, has been pros
trated by the tragic death of her
husband, and is under the care of
physicians. The aviator was only
31 years old.
J. L. White, the Olnes merchant,
who has been a patient at the Gov
ernment hosoital for several weeks,
is gaining steadily and hopes soon
to be able to return to his home.
GERMANS TELL
OF RAID IN THE
STRAiTS_OF DOVER
BERLIN', Feb. 16.—The admiralty
made the following statement to
day, with regard to the sinking of
a number of British craft during
a surprise engaement in the Strait
of Dover on Thursday, this being
the first detailed account of the in
cident thus far published: “On the
night of February 14 our torpedo
boats made a surprise attack on a
strong fort guarding the English
channel, between Calias and Dover
on the north and Cape Grisnez and
Folkstone on the south. A large
British guard ship, numerous armed
fishing steamers and several motor
vessels were forced to give battle
and the larger part of them were
destroyed during the engagement.
Our torpedo boats suffered no losses.
SCHOOL IS NAMED
AFTER SECRETARY
FRANKUN K. LANE
In recognition of the splendid
work in behalf of Alaska that has
been done by Secretary of the In
terior Franklin K. Lane, the mem
bers of the Nenana school board
have named the local public school
after the great statesman and are
forwarding to him a letter of ex
planation, with the resolution at
tached. The resolution adopted by
the board is as follows:
Whereas:
The United States government has
ordered the construction of a rail
road from the coast to the Interior
of Alaska for the development of its
resources, and
Whereas:
The Hon. Franklin K. Lane has
been a prominent worker for and
has the interests of Alaska at heart,
Therefore
Be it resolved, that in recognition
of the work that the Hon Franklin
K. Lane has done toward the build
ing of the railroad, and in the de
velopment of Alaska, that the Board
of School Directors, wishing to show
on behalf of the residents of the
Nenana School District, apprecia
tion of the work done on their be
half and of Alaska by the Hon.
Franklin K. Lane, do name our first
public school the “Franklin K. Lane
Public School.
And be it further resloved
That a copy of this resolution be
presented to the Hon. Franklin K.
Lane and a copy spread upon our
minutes.
Signed by Mrs. M. J. Sweeney,
president; J. A. Brevig, assessor;
j Geo. W. Pennington, treasurer; J.
! D. O’Neill, director; Carl Schmidt,
clerk.
MORE BELGIANS SENT
TO DIG IN TRENCHES
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16.—
The deportation of Belgians by the
Germans continues in a most revolt
, ing way, despite the protests of
j neutrals and the pope. An official
| cablegram from Havre to the Bel
i gian legation, in this city, states
that three thousand Belgians were
taken from one town during the
past two weeks, and sent to various
points along the Western front,
where they are being forced to labor
exposed to the fire of the Allied
batteries.
ALASKANS GIVEN
TIME EXTENSION
Deputy Collector of Internal Rev
enue, Geo. Hutchinson, of Fairbanks,
has been advised by Collector David
J. Williams, of Tacoma, that “Alaska
has been granted thirty days exten
sion for filing income tax returns.”
In requesting the News to make
this public, Mr. Hutchinson also de
sired it stated that all returns and
remittances must be forwarded to
the “Collector of Internal Revenue,
Tacoma, Wash.” Mr. Hutchinson
is authorized to issue u'anks and
give out such information as may ■
be desired, but the blanks should
not be returned to him.
Blanks may also be obtained from J
G. F. Cramer, at the disbursing of- j
fice of the Alaskan Engineering;
commission, a quantity of papers |
having been sent to Mr. Cramer for
distribution locally.
Under the new law, all single per-1
sons earning more than $1000 and’
all married persons with an income
of more than $2000, are subject to i
the tax and must make return.
GERMAN DESTROYERS
SINK SUB HUNTERS^
LONDON, Feb. 16—The admiralty;
has announced the loss of one traw- j
ler and several drifters, which were !
sunk by German submarines yester- !
day during a raiding expedition in
the Strait of Dover. The British
craft were seaching for enemy sub
marines.
WIRE CAUSED FIRE
MONTREAL, Feb. 16.—Investi
gation of the Grey Nunnery fire,
which resulted in the death of more
than fifty infants early yesterday
morning, has disclosed the fact that
the fire was caused by an electric
wire connecting the X-ray machine.
WOULD-BE CHAMPION
DEFEATS JIM FLYNN
CHICAGO, Feb. 16.—Jack Demp
sey, who has been trying to get a
match with Jess Willard, put Jim
Flynn to sleep easily in a bout staged
in this ctiy last night. Flynn lasted
just ten seconds more than a min
ute, having been knocked through
the ropes by a terrific left hook on
the jaw. A year ago Flynn knocked
Dempsey out in one round at Salt
Lake City. Willard announced that
he will take on the winner of the
! Dempsey-Fulton go.
YANKEES PREPARE
FOB POISON GAS
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16.—
Information given before the house
appropriations committee discloses
the fa'ct that a poison gas campaign
of great magnitude is being planned
as part of the American offensive
against the Germans. A large part
of the money asked for in the ur
gent efficiency bill will be used for
manufacturing poison gas and tanks
for use on the French front.
HEALTH IS BETTER
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 16.—
The weekly report of the war de
partment shows continued improve
ment in health conditions at all the
army camps and cantonments in the
United States.
BELGIAN JUDGES
OFFEND GERMANS
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 16.---Because
their official acts did not meet with
the approval of the German military
authorities in Belgium, three promin
ent Belgian judges have been de
ported into Germany, where they will
be held as prisoners.
JOSEPH IS APPOINTED
TO HELP REGISTRANTS
H. B. Joseph has been appointed
a lay member of the legal advisory
board, to assist registrants in filling
out the questionnaire blanks.
COMMISSION CLOCKS
TO BE TURNED BACK
The arrival of spring will be given
formal recognition by the Alaskan
Engineering commission tomorrow,
morning. Throughout the1 remainder
of the season, commission time and
telergaph time will be the same.
The time of the commission was
advanced an hour during the winter,
in order th§t the employees might
take advantage of all the daylight
available. As the dayd-- lengthened,
the clocks were turned back again,
and the change tomorrow will re
store the timepieces to their original
and the correct time.
SLACKERS KILLED
PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 16.—Ad
vices received from Bisbee this morn
ing state that John and Tom Powers,
the two draft evaders who shot and
killed Sheriff McBride and two of
his deputies last week, have been
killed by a cowboy. The cowboy
also shot another slacker, whose
name is Thomas Sision. Details
of the shooting have not reached
this city, but the report stated that
the ranger tackled the three outlaws
single handed.
LONDON, Feb. 16.—The city of
Dover was bombarded by an enemy
submarine at an early hour this
morning, thirty shots being fired be
fore the raiding craft was forced
to retire by the shore batteries. Full
' publicity regarding the incident is
! contained in a statement issued by
| the admiralty this afternoon, but it
■ is not known whether or not the
| submarine was injured by the shells
| from the defense guns. The only
death resulting was that of a child,
who was struck by one of the shells
i fired by the submarine. Three other
I children and three adults were in
| jured. The damage to property was
, slight,
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CLUB ADVOCATES
PLANTING TREES
—
As a means of adding to the at
j tractiveness of N'enana in the years
| to come, the residents and property
: owners of the town will be urged
to plant trees in front of their
1 premises this spring. The matter
• was discussed at length at the* meet
ing of the Commercial club last Sun
day and Townsite Manager F. S.
Ryus was requested to announce an
Arbor Day for May, the members
of the club suggesting that the date
be May 12. It was pointed out by
i Commissioner McDonald and others
that most satisfactory results had
been obtained at Fairbanks and other
Northern towns through similar ac
' tion and the planting of trees in
Nenana at this time would insure
a plentiful supply of ornamental
trees at a comparatively early dtae
in the history of the town.
In order that those desiring to
plant gardens this year may have
a variety of the right kind of seeds
! for this climate, the club will en
| deavor to secure a supply from Dele
gate Sulzer and the experiment
farm. Secretary Joseph was in
i structed to write to the delegate
and other likely sources, requesting
i seeds for this spring’s planting, and
| when they are received, Nenanaites
I will be given the benefit,
j Messrs. Carl Schmidt, R. S. Mc
Donald and H. B. Joseph were ap
I pointed by the chair to obtain data
regarding tree planting and the re
sults of this committee’s work will
be made known to the public at an
early date.
The club adopted a new set of
| by-laws which had been prepared by
1 a committee appointed at a previous
i meeting.
j The name of Dr. M. E. Smith was
| presented for enrollment in the club
and received favorable considera
- tion.
There will be another meeting of
i the club tomorrow afternoon, at
the office of Mr. Burns.
—
GERIG IS ENROUTE
TO COAST STATION
SEATTLE, Feb. 16.—Acting Com
missioner Gerig, who is serving as
a member of the Alaskan Engineer
ing commission, in place of Major
Mears, left for the North this morn
ing to assume his duties in the An
chorage division. He was accom
panied by A. F. Hansen, mainten
ance engineer.
Mrs. Henry Baatz has nearly re
coverd from a severe illness, which
kept her confined to her room for
several weeks.