THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
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EUROPE UPSET
The swift march of history which
has reduced to waste paper value
most of the existing works of refer
ence about European state affairs,
has been too rapid for the old
Almanach de Gotha, says an Asso
ciated Press correspondent, writing
from Paris. In peace times, this
compendium of statistical data con
cerning prices and potentates and
their dominions went to pres about
the end of October, when its in
formation was suppossed to hold
good for another year, and it gen
erally did, barring some coup d’
etat or other in South America.
Now, however, its issue for 1919,
which went to the printers in De
cember, is affected in several im
portant respects by sudden de
velopments involving many of the
former ruling houses of Europe.
Amusing to students of Ger
many’s eastern border policy is the
naive prefatory remark that “the
editors regret that after having
prepared three new articles on
Finland, Poland and the Ukraine,
they were obliged to cancel all
three owing to the change in the j
course of events."
In other words, Prince Frederick j
Charles of Hesse, brother-in-law of |
the former German emperor, will j
never seat himself upon the throne
of Finland, and there is to be no j
Prussian predominance in Poland
and the Ukraine.
The downfall of the houses of
Hohenzollern and Hapsburg has not j
caused the compilers of the Alman- ■
ach much racking of brains. The
prefix “ex” is apparently held to
be sufficient to define tl\,e present
status of William II and Charles
I, although the former is still
credited with his full 53 titles and
the latter is still styled among
other things "King of Jerusalem,
Prniee of the Trentino and Lord
of Trieste.”
Much the sam treatment is
given to the score oi German
prince* and princelings who abdi
cated They appear in the almanac
as they were—but for the “ex.”
Democratic infiltration in Ger
many has set in from the top, in
stead of from the bottom. For al
though the administrative branches
of the German government are
filled with the usual array of ex
cellencies, professors and council
lors, yet at the head of that gov
ernment stand the names of Ebert,
Scheidemann, Dittman, Landsberg
and Barth. Nobody is supposed to
care about their Christian names.
The German national colors are
still given as black, white and red,
and the war flag still blazons the
Prussian eagle.
This year, “provisional” govern
ments abound. There is Poland,
described in the almanac as “an
ancient kingdom,” whose “chief” is
General Pilsudski. Finland, “for
merly grand duchy", has no presi
dent, but General Mannerheim is
the present “regent."
The Ukraine is described as “a
constitutional monarchy on a re
publican basis”, with General Skor
opadski as Hetman. A footnote,
however, explains that “according
to news received Dec. 15, 1918,
the He/nan has abdicated and the
power is in the hands of a directo
rate -consisting of Winnitshenko, |
Petliura, Schwetz and Andreie- j
vaka.”
Russia, or, to give it its modern
name, the “Federative Socialistic
Republic of Russian Soviets”, at
whose head Lenine (Vladimir Oul
iancff) and Trotsky (Leon D. Bron
stein) figure, is in a chaotic state
as far as its internal administration
is concerned. The Almanach en
umerates the eleven “more or less
independent’ states into which the
empire has fallen, as follows:
Poland; Lithuania; Baltic states
(Courland, Livonia, Esthonia);
Finland: Ukraine; Bessarabia; (Oc
cupied by Rumania) Georgia; Nor
thern Caucasus; Territory of the
Don and territory of Astrakhan;
Turkestan; Siberia.
Vanished is the pomp and pan
oply of the sonorous sounding
names of the Russian aristocracy
that once filled the higher ad
ministrative posts in the old empire
The seven members of the “Council
of Commissaries of the People1
are immediately followed by the
dignitaries of the Greek Catholic
church. If there are any excel
lencies or other functionaries or
officials in present day Russia, the
Almanach does not give them.
As for the diplomatic corps at
Petrograd. all the ambassadors and
ministers, except one from Spain,
are significantly designated as
“absent.”
One curiosity is that Albania
shares with San Marino the dis
tinction of having a government
indicated only by blanks.
SEVERE TEXAS WINTER
HITS SHEEPMEN HARD
EL PASO.—Feeding sheep on the
range during the lambing season
has developed into one of the big
gest problems sheepmen of the
Southwest have experienced, ac
cording to local growers of sheep.
The severe winter weakened the
females so much that feeding must
be resorted to, especially during the
lambing season, to prevent mortality
during that period, the sheepmen
sa-v- Eeed is difficult to obtain
and expensive, they also declare.
The splendid showing made by
Valdez during the last Liberty
Loan drive has been recognized
by the government. Valdez has
been given the opportunity to name
a vessel under construction by the
Shipping Board.
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STAY IN ARMY;
FEED IS SURE
—
LONDON-—Thousands of the
British army who recently became
so war weary that they openly
threatened mutiny unless they were
soon discharged, have turned about
face and are volunteering for the
New army, according to the mili
tary authorities, who assert that
they are satisfied that there will
be little difficulty in securing 900,
000 men who will do Great Brit
ain’s share in safeguarding the
peace the Allies have won.
The causes said to have sent the
men flocking back to the colors
are the unexpectedly large wai
bonus offered to men who “take
on” and the acute industrial situa
tion. The first factor has been of
prime importance in the case of
boys from 18 to 21 who have no
trade to fall back upon in civilian
life. In the New army they will
be fed, clothed and sheltered and
draw a minimum of about five
dollars a week as pocket money.
They have quickly awakened to
the realization thaa there is no
such prospect awaiting them on a
return to “civies.”
The industrial upheaval plays
the main part in the decision of
the older men. In the first rush
foi;, demoboilization no man was
permitted to go who had not a
definite offer of employment The
government did all in its power
to make certain that such offers
were bona-fide, but in spite of
every precaution thousands of men
got their release on bogus papers.
These men soon found themselves
in an unenviable position. They
could not get work and they faced
some very uncomfortable inquiries
if they applied for the out-of-work
pay provided for those who are
idle through no fault of their own.
The recruiting sergeant was an
easy road out of their troubles, and
that astute individual, who draws
a bonus for each recruit, was not
blind to his opportunities.
A third factor of minor but real
importance is the fact that num
bers of men who have been home
on liberal leave since the armistice
was signed have discovered that
they are not nearly so happy out
of khaki as they imagined they
uould be. They frankly admit that
they miss the companionship of the
army, the lack of responsibility and
the easy hours. Now that the war
“ °VCr the arm-v ^ resting on its
laurels and in the great camps
around England “work" is con
fined to one hour’s parade a day
with football games, paper chases
and other sports to fill j„ the re
mainder of the time. That is a
considerable contrast to eight or
nine hours of monotonous toil in
a shop or factory.
The army authorities
so far made public any
recruiting but some in
offered by the experier
battalions in one of
camps in the south c
In one unit, where all tl
seen service overseas,
200 re-enlisted in less
weeks. In the other,
battalion made up of
military age, more than
the oath in the same
large number for the
Period of twelve years.
CHILDREN’S PLA
IS VISA
VISALIA, Cal,
rial to her soldiei
is to be a play
children. Under
the Visalia Boarc
to this end are I
They contemplate
of a city-owned
in the heart of t
trict, formerly a
completion of th<
pected by the do
school year.
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JAPANESE TO PUT BAN
ON GERMAN DYE STUFFS
TOKIO.—The Japanese authori
ties are planning to take legal
steps to discourage the dumping
by Germany and Austria of dye j
stuffs on the Japanese market. The j
1 department of agriculture intends '
: to ask at the coming session of
the Diet for a revision of the tariff
so as to increase the duty on dye
stuffs from the present rate of ten
per cent to from 30 to 50 per
cent. This is intended to prevent i
the importation of dye stuffs and!
to encourage the dye industry at;
home.
Since the war began the Japan
ese dye industry has increased enor-.
mously and last year Japan ex
ported to China about §2,500,000 ;
worth of dye and imported about;
the same amount from China and ]
$3,000,000 from the United States.
LONDON POLICE SHORN
OF MILITARY VESTMENTS
LONDON.—The last vestige of
military equipment was taken from
the London police recently when an
order was issued by the commis- i
sioner of the Metropolitan force
for the return to the stores of all
swords and scabbards.
In the old days superintendents,
inspectors and all mounted men
carried swords and were instructed
in cutlass drill. The weapons were
occasionally used in the suppression
of riots. T ears ago the inspectors
were deprived of their swords,
which they hung in the police sta
tions. The order withdrawing the
swords will not lead to the with
drawal of the automatic pistois,
a supply of which is kept in every
police station for use in cases of
emergency. In ordinary times the
London “Bobby” goes out for duty
armed with no more effective
weapon than the law and the im
pressive dignity of his six foot
personality.
STATUE OF SAVIOR
TO ADORN SUMMIT
_
RI\ ERSIDE, Cal—To crown
the summit of Mount Rubidoux,
near here, called “the Sinai of
America,” a massive statue of
Christ in white marble will be
chiseled according to the plans of
Frederick Heath, artist and archi
tect, it became known recently. I
Mount Rubidoux is the scene of
annual Easter morning services
which thousands of people from all
over Southern California, and East
ern visitors attend. The services i
in the dawn are impressive, and it
is believed such a figure as pro
posed would add solemnity and
beauty to the occasion. i
Representatives Geo. W. Penning-'
ton and John W. Dunn, of Nenana
and Ruby respectively, have the
honor of having introduced the first
bill during the present session of
the territorial legislature. It was
an eight-hour bill.
Miss Edna Evans, for a number
of years linotype operator on the
Skagway Alaskan, has taken a simi-;
lar position on the Ketchikan Pro- \
gressive-Miner.
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WANT ADS
FOR SALE.—Three room log cabin,
furnished; good garden; well. In
quire at News office.
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Alik G. Hanaeff
John A. Ketooroky
Geo. Tuts
Andrew Smith
John Sablak
Alik Medoff
Paul Popovich
Alik Adoff
Gass Gussoff
Bill Timoff
Sam Batagoff
Geo. Malkievich
Geo. Zelik
Alik Kalisoff
Tom Saroff
Dan Hanoff
Alik Agoff
Alik Azoff
Paul Agusaroff
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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. VV
Campbell, N. J.
Coghill, VV. A.
Cooney, M. J.
Doner, Frank
Diven, R J.
Douse, Fred
Davis, Harry
Ekeland, Alf
Funk, A B.
Finlavson. K A.
Fisher, Joe
Flower. J. H.
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm.
Ghezzi, Alfred
Head, E. A.
Haslem, H. G.
Hagan, James
Hill, L. VV.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, Andy
Gray, E. B.
Gilcher, VV. 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. L.
Lund, E. E.
Lehr, Q. F.
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. VV
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. L.
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry \.
Stol, Nels
Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer, M. A.
j Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Stone, A. J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, Chas.
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.
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