THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana. Alaska,
for entry 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 anJ B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. Southworth.-.Editor and Manage.
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WOMAN IN THE RANKS
Within one month 1,000 members!
of the Women's Army Auxiliary
Corps will be enrolled in the United
States Army Service Corps. Three
hundred are already at work in the
offices, laundries and service of the
American Expeditionary Force in
France. ,
They will supplant an equal num
ber of able bodied youths who will
leave to take their places in fight
ing units. The valiant service that
- these “Waacs” have given in the
British army recommend their adop
tion by the United States staff and
as many as can be spared are be
ing transferred to the United States
service to relieve some man for
duty nearer the actual combat.
The British "Waacs” are thor
oughly military, being organized on
military lines. The corps is officer
ed with regular ranks of corres
ponding to the army and the same
insignia as army officers is worn.
The barracks of the “Waacs”,
says an Associated Press corres
pondent, present a model in military
precision
In awlition, 4,000 French girls
are being engaged in the salvage
depots to supplant the fighting men
ALLOTMENT AND ALLOWANCE
CHECKS
There has been a change in the
system of the Bureau of War Risk
Insurance of the Treasury in the
matter of allotment and allowance
checks. This results in some of the
checks sent out by the bureau being
for smaller sums than heretofore,
but the amounts omitted from the
checks sent out by the bureau will
be included in checks sent out from
other sources.
The new system will simplify the
work of the bureau and is expected
to accelerate the payments of allot
ments and allowances.
Prior to July last the War Risk
Insurance Bureau took the com
pulsory allotment of $15 a month
and whatever additional sum the
enlisted man chose to allot to his
family, and the whole amount, to
gether with the government allow
ance for dependents was includec
in one check and sent out by tht
bureau. Beginning with the Julc
pay the bureau will collect and sent
out only the compulsory allotmen
of $15 a month and the govern
ment family allowance.
The excess allotments over th<
compulsory $15 allotment and th<
allotments to persons not entitlet
by law to allowances will not bi
handled by the Bureau of War Risl
Insurance, but by the war or nav;
department, the marine corps, o
coast guard, according to the brand
of service to which the enlisted mai
belongs.
COLLECTING U. S. TAXES
In the execution of the polic;
of paying as large a proportion o
the expenses of the war by taxatioi
as possible, the treasury is makini
every effort to collect all federa
taxes due to the United States.
The department has evidenc
against many who have sought t
evade taxes. Some of these ta:
evaders are American citizens re
siding or sojourning in Canada.
corps of specially trained revenu
; agents will be sent to the Canadia
communities where many of thes
tax evaders reside to obtain ta
returns from them.
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! NATIONAL BANK RESOURCE
The total resources of the n<
tional banks of the country, a
shown by reports to the comptrolle
of the currency under the call c
June 29, were $17,839,502,000, a
i increase of $1,688,462,000 over th
; same date last year. Total deposit
in national banks on June 29 sho
an increase of $1,249,766,000 ov<
i
a year ago.
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Carl Heir, a Juneau Teuton, w<
arrested reecntly on authority of
presidential warrant for failure 1
I observe the alien enemy act. Whe
his cabin was searched a your
: arsenal was found, together wil
| dynamite, fuse and field glasses, a
j contrary to the reguations laid dov
• for the government of alien en
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j mies.
Watch It Prop
$1 a day!
NEW PRICE TODAY
Lot No. 1 - $571.52
Lot No. 2 - $244.52
These Lots are centrally located, being
only a few steps from the Postoffice and
office of U. S. Commissioner and across
the street from the Telegraph office and
Federal Reserve.
The Lots origionally sold for $1200.00
and $500.00 respectively. For further in
formation see Dr. J. R. Bowen, the dentist
Bowen Building, Nenana.
REGULATION OF
FOOD PIES IS
HARD PROBLEM
ANCHORAGE.—Brides’ biscuits
are in demand in Anchorage—those
; biscuits either so insufficiently
j cooked that they stick to the plaster
' when thrown at the ceiling or so
' overdone that they make a noise like
1 a logger's hobnailed boot when
j dropped on the floor. The culinary
1 efforts of newly married sweet young
things are wanted by merchants and
i consumers to hurl at a fair pricp
! committee that has essayed to fix
j quotations on flour and a number of
I other articles of food.
The committee, which is composed
; of well-intentioned citizens equally
, representative of sellers and buyers,
has aroused the hostility of dealers
because it did not increase, and of
consumers because it did not de
• i crease the figure on every sort
of edible merchandise. The com
■ mittee raised sugar and oatmeal 1
i cent a pound, and canned milk about
[ 2 cents a can It lowered dried
! fruits a few cents a pound. It made
; no changes in other articles.
The matter of fixing food prices
' in Anchorage was first given con
1 sideration a few months ago when
1 negotiations were pending between
the Alaskan Engineering Commis
, sion and its employees relative tc
advances in wages. The employees
contended Anchorage merchants
were charging unreasonable prices or
^ foodstuffs and asked the Commis
1 sion to re-establish the commissary
: which was started three years age
* at the time of the beginning of rail
road construction but which was
i discontinued about a year ago. The
> commissary had sold goods to Com
’ mission employees for wholesali
prices plus ten percent.
1 To the request for the re-estab
lishment of the commissary, vigor
I ous objection was offered by An
B chorage merchants. They explainei
their prices were reasonable and de
dared if the commissary were re
established its policy of buying ii
large quantities and selling fo
wholesale prices, plus a percentag
a just sufficiently high to defray th
cost of operation, would put th
^ stores out of business.
n When the suggestion of a fai
e price list was made by the Com
s mission, merchants and employee
v alike endorsed the idea,
r The list will be revised weeklj
In this fact, lies the hope of dealer
for advances and of consumers fo
,s reductions in the immediate futurt
a The fair price committee, in th
o meantime, irritates dealers by ir
n sisting its list of quotations is base
g on wholesale cost, expense of dc
h ing business and an equitable reta
II profit; and annoys consumers by ir
n viting all the disgruntled amon
2- them to join the committee and hel]
without any remuneration, in th
task of determining quotations.
The cannery at Waterfall, Alask.
was destroyed by fire August i
It is located near Ketchikan an
belongs to the Alaska Fish compan;
A new herring curing plant ha
been established by Yakomoto <
. Co., on a large barge at Sagina'
, Bay. The product will be salted i
; tanks and boxed for the Chines
markets.
MAKE YOUR WANTS KNOWN
through the
ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU
Juneau A’aska.
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If you want to either hire or be
hired, let u* hear from you.
Employers will please state nature
of positions vacant and
wages paid.
Those desiring positions will give
qualifications and nature of
work wanted.
E. J. WHITE,
Chief of Bureau.
By order of the Governor.
ALLIED NATIONS
MAKE PLANS 10
CONTROL TRADE
WASHINGTON.—Allied control
of raw materials after the war is
perhaps receiving more serious at
tention from the British than any
other post-war policy, according to
advices received by the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Phillip B. Kennedy, American
attache at London, in a report to
Washington officials, says that after
the British government has per
fected with the dominion govern
ments a plan for obtaining control
of materials in the British Empire,
it is expected that representations
will be made to the United States
and other allied countries for some
common action.
Important meetings of the Im
perial War Conference and the Im
perial War Cabinet were held in
London during July, he says, at
which time prime ministers and
others representing the dominions
were present. The conference is a
deliberate body which reports its de
cisions to the cabinet, a more execu
tive organization. Questions of im
perial policy were discussed at the
meetings, which were regarded of
unusual authority because of the
prominence of the conferees.
A special committee of the coi
ference was appointed to considf
the best methods by which essentii
raw materials may be controlle
and Bonar Law, chancellor of tl
exchequer, has informed Parliamei
that arrangements being made wit
I the dominion government for tl
| control of materials are to be tl
' basis for beginning negotiatioi
j with other countries,
i Close imperial co-operation
i matters of economic policy is fa
i ored by the dominion represent
; tives, judging from their utterance
Mr. Kennedy reports. He adds th
Australia and New Zealand are i
terested in retaining the Germ;
colonies in the Pacific and in cor
tatting German trade after the wa
J The dominions were asked to pa
>' laws similar to the British no
ferrous metal industries act. whi<
makes it necessary to obtain licens
jto trade in metals. Such legisl
tion is designed to free the Briti
; Empire from dependence on Germ;
j controlled organization.
Another important resolutii
adopted by the conference unde
■ j stood to have asked the dominio
~J: to co-operate with the imperial go
r ernment in protecting the develo
• i ing British dye industry.
The conference also consider
' • questions relating to the develo
ment of inter-empire trade, such
; transport, news service, parcel p
statistics and emigration. Imprc
steamship connections between G
Britain and the dominions was
’ j ored, also a more comprehen
news service at cheaper cable 1
and coming from a strictly Bri
source. A statistical bureau
, proposed for London, which w<
j compile and transmit informa
. from different parts of the emi
j Although the dominion re
s sentatives desire immediate cor
>. eration of the important quest
relating to the close co-opera
„ different parts of the emp
Mr. Kennedy points out that h
not certain that the British gov
ment will be prepared to perfec
finally a program of future ecor
omic policy during the war. H
says Mr. Law regards this probler
one for solution after the war.
None of the meetings openly dis
cussed a perference tariff, accord
ing to Mr. Kennedy. Such a polic
is favored by many, but the tarif
question is yet an issue in th
United Kingdom on which there i
not unity of opinion. The old free
trade sentiment in the Liberal part;
is , evidently unchanged and th
Labor party is seemingly opposed t
any policy which would affect chea]
food and cheap raw materials. Th
latter also has committed itself ti
resolutions favoring an open doo;
economic policy after the war a:
the best way of guaranteeing futuri
peace. Before the United Kingdonr
can come to a definite decision or
the tarrif probably' the issue will I
have to be joined by the conflicting !
interests, according to reports re-1
ceived here, and this may be some- !
thing the government will not cart
to bring up during the war.
MAIMS FIGHT
FOR RICH [STATE
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HONOLULU—The latest develop-)
| ment in the legal battle for the,
' estate of the late former Queen j
i Liliuokalani is an attack on thej
| family tree of Jonah Kuhio Kalan
ianaole, for sixteen years delegate
j to congress from the territory of
Hawaii, an office he still holds.
The claimant to the queen’s $200,
1000 estate who questions the dele
j gate’s geneological chart is a woman
(whose Hawaiian name is Kahakaui j
j Lakeliimoewaiowaiaulia which means
! in English “Flash of the lightning
| of the chief who sleeps along the
| stream of Waiaulia”. To save her
j friends linguistic embarrassment she
j is known socially as Mrs. Nawahie.
In a document just filed in the
! First circuit court of Hawaii, Mrs
j Nawahie alleges that certain per
sons from whom Kalanianaole claims
descent never existed. As the Ha
waiians had no written records
prior to the coming of the ffrst
missionaries in 1820, the contest for
the queen's estate is very much;
| involved, all of the several claimants
j admitting remote relationship which
I they trace back for many genera
j tions.
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ISABEL TO RELIEVE THOMAS
I
j Lou Isabel was an arrival from
i the Tolovana country last evening,
i He comes here to relieve William
j Thomas, of Ball & Thomas’ barber
| shop, who left this morning on the
i transport Jacobs on the first leg of
his journey to Berlin, via the West
j ern front.
RUST HOUSE
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Mrs. Ed. Williams, Prop.
A and FIFTH STREETS
ROOMS AND BOARD
ROOMS 75c and $1.00
Coffee and Doughnuts 25c
DOG KENNELS
WANT ADS
LOST—Lady’s gold brooch pin,
made of native gold, with pick
and shovel design. Finder please
return to News office or owner,
Mrs. Victor Sogura.
FOR RENT—Cabin, furnished or
unfurnished. Apply at Carter
House. {^
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.
FOR SALE—Steamer trunks, trav
eling bags, suit cases A large
variety to choose from. Simson’s.
FOR SALE. CHEAP—Large tank
heater and pipe drum; flush toilet,
good as new; also sink. Inquire
Simson’s.
FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN—Sew
ing machine, phonograph, launch
Bunny, with 2*4 h. p. Ferro en
gine, shot gun, rifle, etc. Inquire
of J. A. Slippern.
FOR SALE—Beaver Board, in plain
and oak finish. Doors and win
dows, sash stock and mouldings.
Inquire Simson’s.
FOR RENT—Upstairs residence,
four rooms furnished. See Slippern
PIANOS For Rent and Sale. Sim
son’s.
FOR RENT—Upstairs residence,
four rooms furnished. See Slippern
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SUBMERGED.
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That Light* In the Dark—Not a Novelty, But a Necessity
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JUST THE THING FOR DARK NIGHTS
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