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.
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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GOLD IN LONDON
Writing from London, a corres
pondent of the Associated Press says
that the greed for gold in the world’s
largest city has reached such a stage
that Scotland Yard has organized a
special department to check illegal
trafficking in British sovereigns.
Gold coins of the United States are
also at a premium, a $5 gold piece
bringing about $5.50 if sold to a
jeweler. A sovereign in value and
usage corresponds to the American
$5 gold piece.
With gold at a premium, the sup
ply rationed and the demand for
jewelry abnormal, because of high
wages being paid munition and other
factory workers, the temptation of
jewelers to use gold coins in their
work has become greater than ever.
But little gold reaches the banks
of England in the ordinary course
of business. Because of the scarc
ity of gold in circulation an indi
vidual tendering sovereigns is likely
to be looked upon with suspicion
unless he has been indentified.
Scotland Yard officials say that
there was, and is still, a considerable
quantity of sovereigns hoarded by
people in various parts of the coun
try. War loans have brought much
of the former hidden treasure to
light- Seven hundred sovereigns
were found recently in the wreckage
of a house struck by a bomb during
a German air raid in London.
Jewelers who have been engaging
in the illicit buying of coins have
been using the gold for wedding
rings, the manufacture of pins, for
plating and various articles in their
trade. A sovereign makes a ring,
for which the jeweler may charge
anything from $7.50 to $10.
While there is no ban on the issue
of gold in England, bank customers
can only obtain it for certain speci
fied purposes.
The grand total of all food ex
ported from this country to the
Western Allies from the beginning
of the world war to March 1, 191 £
would furnish complete rations foi
80,572,810 persons for one year. Ir
other words, during the three years
and eight months we have exported
enough food to ration completelj
the combined population of Greai
Britain and France for one year
In addition to this, we have sen
sufficient protein to furnish the
element in the diet of 33,830,000 ad
ditional adults for one year ant
enough fat to supply the fat require
ment in the rations of 23,589,001
more persons.
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GOD FORGIVE THEM
This is no time to talk of money
or of profits, declared President
Wilbur, of Stanford University, in
an address delivered recently- The
world is using a new medium of ex
change today, he said, in order to
obtain that liberty, freedom and jus
tice which it demands.
‘•That medium of exchange,” said
the professor, “is the precious blood
of men and boys, the best that wTe
have, and we are sending them by
the hundreds, yes, by the hundreds
of thousands. They go forth sing
ing: ‘As He died to make men holy,
let us die to make men free.’
“The man who comes out of the
i war with one dollar more than he
• had when it began, has taken it from
the blood of the men who died for
him. May God forgive him. The
American people never will.”
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The steamer Alaska is billed to
sail for Dawson and way ports at
10 o’clock tonight. Her passenger
list is not available.
Miss Evilla McCandles was mar
ried on Wednesday evening to Mr.
Alexander Atworth. The bride
groom is station agent at Gilmore
and came into the country recently.
They will make their home at Gil
more.
The hot weather draws many Fair
banksans to the Natatorium, which
is crowded nearly all the time.
Frank Miller, proprietor of the
Miner’s Home, will be arrainged a1
2 o’clock this afternoon. His place
of business was raided recently and
a quantity of booze was seized.
A large quantiy of beer remaining
in the old Barthel Brewery was
dumped into the slough yesterday.
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NOTICE
All persons having bills against
the Fourth of July Committee an
, kindly requested to communicate
with Mr. M. J. Cooney at once.
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Assistant District Attorney Harrj
Pratt returned to Fairbanks thi:
morning.
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CONTAINING WHEAT
Dr. A. A. KENISON
The Fairbanks Optician
Will be in Nenana
Until Saturday
Office at Cooney Hotel
DELEGATE EXPLAINS
CUT IN RAILWAY BILL
In explanation of the action of
congress in limiting the funds for
railroad work in Alaska this year to
five and a quarter million dollars.
Delegate Sulzer has informed the
News that when the Department of
the Interior submitted its estimate
for the work, it' had cut, as it
thought, about every item except
those absolutely necessary for the
proper carrying on of operations.
Following the same policy as is be
ing followed by all departments, it
did not wish to ask for one dollar
except such as were absolutely nec
essary for the most economical and
efficient handling of the great proj
ect. It did not wish to take one
dollar from the treasury which coulq
be used for the immediate conduct
of the war except such money as was
necessary to make Alaska coal avail
able for the navy and to develop such
resources of the territory as might
be needed to help win the war.
Therefore, the funds asked were
considered a minimum by the depart
ment. But when the committee
started its extensive investigations
Jand hearings, to which it summoned
| W. C. Edes, chairman of the com
, mission. Governor Thomas Riggs.Ir,
j formerly a member of the commis
jsion, and a number of other officials
of the Department of the Interior,
i it came to the conclusion that the
best interests of the government
would be served by going ahead only
with that work of connecting the
Matanuska coal fields with tide
water, and the Xenana coal coal)
fields with Fairbanks, and that it
I should cut out the work from Su
| sitna to Hurricane gulch, and from
j Lignite creek to Riley creek. And
| when Delegate Sulzer attempted to
| go over the head of the committee
j on the floor of the house, Repre
sentative Mondell of Woyoming, a
i member of the appropriations com
i mittee, took the floor to make stren
uous objection to the attempt to
j raise he appropriation as originally
I estimated.
Approximately a million dollars
. was the estimate of the work from
i Susitna to Hurricane gulch and a
j similar amount from Lignite creek
; to Riley creek, and it was these
: items that were cut out by the .com
mittee, and in this they were sus
tained by the whole house,
j Impossibility of Restoration,
i That is was impossible for Dele
j gate Sulzer to have the stricker
| items restored on the floor of the
House is apparent, for in this fighl
for restoration, he bad the mora
|support of President Wilson; Acting
Secretary of the Interior Alexandei
i T. Vogelsang; Secretary of the
| Treasury W. G. McAdoo; Directoi
j of Bureau of Mines Dr. Van H. Man
ning; Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr.
I and others whose showing of friend
j ship to the project, under other cir
cumstances, would have been suffi
j cient to assure its favorable con
Isideration.
President's Letter
During the course of his remark:
i before the House, Mr. Sulzer saic
j in part:
“During the past few months then
j have been placed before member:
! of congress criticisms of the mannei
■ in which this enterprise has beer
j conducted- I am satisfied these pro
j tests were entirely of a persona
character and not made with anj
degree of good faith, but rather t<
serve personal ends. I am happj
to find that the appropriations com
i mittee Raid no attention to thi:
propaganda, and for the informatior
of congress and the country, I wisl
to read a letter I have received frorr
the President on the subject, a:
follows:
“ ‘Hon. Charles A. Sulzer, Hous<
of Representatives.
“ ‘My dear Mr. Sulzer: I an
sorry to learn from your letter o:
yesterday that serious misinforma
tion concerning the construction ol
the Government railway in Alaska i:
finding its way to members of con
gress. There is, of course no secre
about anything connected with th<
construction of the railway, and th<
reports of the secretary of the in
terior are full and frank. I havi
followed the matter myself as closely
as it was possible for me to do so
amidst so many matters that de
manded my attention, and have upon
each inquiry been satisfied that the
matters were going as well as could
have been expected. If there is any
particular way in which I can help
clear up misunderstandings, I will
be very much obliged if you would
suggest it.
‘Cordially and sincerely yours,
‘WOODROW WILSON.’
“I am grateful that the committee
have placed in this bill the amount
of $5,250,000; that they did i jt see
fit to let this work stop; and when
I offer this amendment to increase
this item I do not wish to be under
stood as criticizing the committee in
any manner. I feel that they have
done what they thought was wise,
and that they believed that in re
ducing the estimate to the extent
of $2,100,000 they would not seri
ously handicap the work which is
going on toward completion of the
Alaskan Railway.
“Mr. chairman. I regret that I
cannot agree with the committee in
that respect. I have devoted a great
deal of thought and study to this
work and this project. I have talked
the matter over very carefully with
members of the commission and with
officials of the Interior Department
who are responsible for the work
They all advise me that this reduc
tion will have a very serious effect
upon their organization. The
amount of the original estimate
which was prepared last fa’l by the
officials of the Interior Department
after very careful consideration was
a minimum figure, every possible
item being reduced or eliminated by
the secretary of the interior in seek
! ing to cut out every expense that
could be avoided under the circum
stances and conditions existing at
this time. If the departmental esti
mate is reduced we all feel that it
will handicap this work to a great
extent at this time, and that it will
be a serious detriment, financially
and otherwise, to the completion of
the railroad.
“Last year the Alaskan Engin
eering commission obtained $14,000,
. 000 for the work We all realizt
that we are in a great war, anti
that not a dollar should be spenl
byr the Government unless it is £
matter of absolute necessity; and the
secretary of the interior has reducec
the estimates 50 per cent—cut therr
in half— so that this year the
Alaskan Engineering commission re
quest $7,350,000. In reducing the
estimates to this amount it is be
lieved they have been cut elown te
the very limit consistent with econ
omical prosecution of the project
and that a less amount would noi
enable the Commission to hold to
' gether through the coming fisca
year its organization, which has beer
built up thruogh the course of sev
eral years, and is now at its per
fection. To break up and scattei
this splendiel organization will brin*
about irreparable injury and great!}
delay completion of the project.
“The reduction made by the com
mittee cut out two items which wer<
in the estimates; one extending fron
the Susitna river to Hurricar: gulch
or, inother words, the extension pro
posed on the north end or the An
[ chorage division; the other item the
has been cut out of the estimate;
is the extension from Lignite tc
Riley creek, or the south extensior
of the Interior division. In othei
words, the committee have seen fi
to allow the work to continue oi
both ends, but not to extend i
i toward completion from both end;
in order to close the gap and con
nect the great Interior mineral am
agricultural lands with the coast
as you see here on the map whicl
’ 11 have had placed before you. -
know the committee feel no harn
is being done byT delaying work or
i! these extensions, but I cannot se<
I the logic of cutting down the appro
; priation at this time and thus de
laying the connection of the coas
and Interior divisions, when it ;;
■ of much vital necessity that this con
■ nection be made at the earliest time
“If the increase asked for is not j |
allowed it is most probable that nextj,
fall the Commission will be out of !
funds, and while it has been sug
gested that they may then ask for^
a deficiency appropriation it would
be far wiser to grant the money i
now in order that they may perfect;
their plans and build their organiza-!
tion together throughout the year.” j ■
In arguing to the House the ne- J
cessity of building the road through ;
to the Interior of Alaska, to reduce i
the cost of mining operations, that!
the production of gold might be
stimulated, and to show that the pro-1
duction of the gold does have a J
direct bearing on the winning of
the war. Delegate Sulzer asked the
clerk to read a letter which he re
ceived from Mr. MaAdoo, the sec
retary of the treasury and the dele
gate read a strong letter of en- j
dorsement for the buildng of roads j
and railroads from Dr. Van H. Man- j
ning, the director of the Bureau of
Mines; he also read one from the |
Anchorage Chamber of Commerce,i
which set forth fully and clearly the i
situation as to the desirability of a:
hurried comletion of the railroad. |
Mondell’i Statement.
In opposing Mr. Sulzer’s amend- ;
ment, and showing the attitude of
the committee on the items cut from !
the original estimates, Mr. Mondell ,
said:
“The sums we granted are. with
funds now on hand, sufficient to
complete the railroad and put it in |
i good condition, including the har
bor at Anchorage, from Seward
clear through to the Susitna river:
enough to complete the railroad
from the lignite coal fields through
to Fairbanks, and to put into good
condition the narrow-gauge road in
the vicinity of Fairbanks.
J “The only items thought were of!
j doubtful propriety at this time were
| the items from the Susitna river to i
Huricane gulch and from Reilly creek j
to Lignite creek. As to those items,
the chairman of the Commission said
he had some doubt whether or not
he could secure the labor for the j
construction of those two sections of i
the road. He did say as to the |
Reilly-Lignite creek section, he did 1
desire to maintain some station men.1
keep them at work in the canyon in
order to have the work sufficiently
along so that it would not retard
the progress when they began on
those sections with the full force.
While the sum by which we have
reduced the estimate approximates
the sum estimated for these Interim
sections, the least needed, the most
difficult to construct at this time, we
believe that the estimates for the
other work are sufficienly liberal
j that from them sufficient sums can
be saved and utilized to keep a cer
tain reasonable force at work on '
certain sections as may be deemed
advisable between Lignite creek and
| the Susitna river. We believe it
would be wise to do that, and we
believe there are abundant funds
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with which that can be done. In
other words, we have given enough
for the entire program, except the
Interior section, with regard to
which the Commission itself was
somewhat doubtful as to the advisa
bility of presenting at this time.
We have granted a sum sufficient
to keep every man now in Alaska
and in the organization busy for the
next year.”
One of the most bitter attacks
on the railroad was made in the at
tempt to prevent the confirmaion of 9
Governor Riggs. This in outward
appearance, was aimed only at Mr.
Riggs, but, in reality, was directed
at the whole project and intended
to destroy the confidence of con
gress in the railway, in the good
it is bound to do the country and in
the desirability of an early com
pletion of construction. But the
confirmation of Governor Riggs, and
by the fact that congress appropri
ates more than five million dollars
for the railroad, these opponents to
a Greater Alaska were entirely dis
credited, while the delegate was sus
tained in his efforts in behalf of
the territory.
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