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THE NENANA
The Nenana Daily News First
DAILY NEWS
VOLUME ONE member of associated press nenana, alaska, Wednesday, September is, i9is
WHOLE NUMBER 141
STEAMER YUKON
* TAKES MANY ON
The A. Y. N. company’s liner
Yukon sailed this afternoon for Daw
son with the mail, some little freight
and the passengers who will con
^ nect with one of the company’s
boats for Whitehorse and the States.
The Fairbanks passengers who
transferred to the Yukon from the
steamer Tanana were as follows:
For Seattle—Ella Frankhouser,
Mrs. J-H. Danford, Jess Myers, Syd
ney H. Moore, R. M. Swan, Mrs.
W. L. Spaulding, Mrs. A. J. John
son and child, Joe Leconte, Mrs. C.
/ W .Adams, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Jan
sen, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Barthel,
Mrs. A. Barthel, Mrs. H. A. Currier,
Richard Dillon, Mrs. C. J. O’Connor,
Jack O’Connor.
For Vancouver—Mrs. W. P. Cum
mings, May Cummings, Roger Cum
mings.
For Skagway—Mrs. M. A. Lau
meister, Mrs. George Black, W. J.
Lundquist.
For Dawson—Mrs. E. B. Pinker
ton.
f For Eagle—Adolf Bruning.
The passengers joining the steam
er at Nenana were:
For Seattle—Lewis Lee, T. H.
Tousley, Morley Berry, Mrs. G. C.
Noeller and two children, Clifford
Noeller, F. F. Hoerling, Ben Kozoff,
Eli Penovich, Andrew Cheroff, Max
Wolff.
For Skagway—Mr. and Mrs. W.J
E. Lawrence and child, Ed Smith,
Nick Popa, H. T. Currie, Daniel
Hayes, J. H. Deitrichs.
-» For Steven’s Village—Harriet M
Bedell.
LIBERTY BONDS
OF no ISSUE
Mr. C. H. Hall, special disbursing
agent, wishes to announce that he
has the bonds of the Third Liberty
Loan which had been fully paid for
on May 4th last; also those bonds
which were fully paid for on July
18 last, and requests that the owners
of them will call for the bonds,
bringing the cash receipts issued ty
Mr. Hall.
Bonds paid in full May 4, and
which, are not called for are as fol
lows: Chas. A. Anderson, J. A.
Brevig, Nell M. Brevig, N. J. Camp
bell, Frank Dicarli, Mat 'Eskola, Joe
Higgins, Geo. Johnson, J. C. Jacob
son, Fred Kling, Sam McPhee, Iver
Ore, Minnie Patterson, Fred B.
Stanley, Andrew Skattabo, J. A.
Wilson and Chas. Zielkie.
Bonds paid in full on July 18th
which are now on hand belonging
to the following persons: George
Hupprich, F. W. Frazier* P. C. Gal
lagher, Wm. Howie, Jack Lucich,
A. J. McPhee, Wm. McDougall, Joe
Malkrewicz, L. Winstead, Mrs. Dave
Patterson, Harry Phillips, J. H.
Steele, J. V. Swetz, John Wells.
Bonds paid in full on August 15
have not been received as yet.
Clifford Moores, former attorney
of Seward, now with the Aviation
Corps in Texas, recently had an
accident according, to letters re
ceived at Seward. While 5,000
feet in the air his engine stalled
and he was forced to volplane to
earth. He did so bottom side up,
the plane being badly damaged but
he escaped with a few minor in
juries.
Behind the British Lines in Franc'
—More than 244,000 pounds ol
bombs were dropped in a single daj
i recently by pilots of the British
air force on the objective bebinc
the German lines.
In a week, military establish
ments at twelve places were at
I tacked by air 23 times by the Brit
jish Air Force- Captured document
showed that the Germa i army com
| munieations had be=>n seriously in
ittrrup’ed at several points
! A report from Metz shows that
after r recent raid *hen the gas
works and a number of other im
portant military objectives were
heavily bombed, a part of the civil
population was sent to Luxemburg.
A prisoner stated that while he
was in Valenciennes, most of the
important factories in that city were
damaged by bombs from the air
planes which were so high up that
they were invisible from the ground.
One large factory with four of five
chimneys was almost completely de
molished.
MORE COAST GIRLS
TAKE MEN’S I0SS
SAN FRANCISCO—Fifty over
all-clad girls were added to the
forces of stock clerks in business
establishments of Northern Cali
fornia and Nevada during August,
through the San Francisco office of
the United States Employment Bu
reau, division of girls and women,
according to Mrs. Virgina Spinks,
examiner in charge.
Positions were found for a score
of girls and women in an airplane
factory near, here and one girl was
employed as a private chaufeuse in
a Sacramento valley town. Through
the local office, which placed sev
eral girls and women in such un
usual pursuits as sheepherd'ess and
milkers on farms during the sum
mer, positions were obtained for
draughtswomen and blueprinters,
watch repairers and automobile pol
ishers.
The San Francisco office is main
taining a record of more than 900
girls and women placed each month.
It is working in close co-operation,
with the United States civil ser
vice commission and, Mrs. Spink
said, is finding attractive oppor
tunities for women in many differ
ent phases of commercial, industrial,
agricultural and domestic service.
NEW CONTRACTS ARE
LET FOR GRADING
Peter Howland has been awarded
a contract for the grading of a
section of the right of way from
Station No. D18692 to D18693.
George Johnson has been awarded
a contract for the grading of a sec
tion of the right of way 'rom Sta
tion No. D18058 to 18060.
Axel Nielson has been awarded
a contract for the grading of a
section of the right of way from
Station No. S19552 to S19554.
The two first mentioned grading
contracts are on the main line and
the last mentioned on the branch
line from Nenana to Fairbanks.
All of the men interested, with
their outfits have gone to their
campsites and will begin work on
the grade immediately.
Andrew Loken, who was operated
sn for appendicitis by Dr. More at
the Commission hospital two days
jgo, is reported to be mending
rapidly.
ELEPHANTS MAY
UP AFTER WAR
i TITTSBURG.—John Ringling, cir
cus owner, has determined to pro
pose to the Allied governments that
i African elephants be tamed and used
! in the reconstruction of France
I after the war.
j Because gun and shell fire at the
battle fronts are slaughtering mules
and horses by the tens of thousands,
Mr. Ringling and Edmond Laplea, of
the University of Louvain, Belgium,
met in conference here the other
day and discussed plans for using
the heretofore African elephant in
reconstrucion work in Europe.
The men agreed that the loss of
horses and mules could not be re
placed for many years, and, since
African elephants mpy be found in
vast numbers, and be tamed easily
both felt positive that the Allies
would assist in the shipment of the
big beasts.
“One elephant will do the work
of 26 horses,” said Mr. Laplea, who
has charge of the Belgian govern
ment’s business in the Congo. “Eu
rope must be reconstructed and there
will be no horses. We are using
the African elephant in carrying
imber from the forest, in plowing
and in all kinds of farm work. He
carries and lifts beams and girders
for the construction of buildings."
BLOOMINGTON. Ind.—Overalls
I for women workers have been offi
j cially approved by the city council
j which held a special session to pass
| unon the propriety of the use of
j these garments by women.
The. is the home of a large fur
niture factory. When the army
called many men workers to the
colors, women took their places.
The state factory law prohibits the
wearing of loose clothing near ma
chinery and overalls were adopted
by women workers. Their appear
ance on the street going to and
from their work caused a protest
to be filed with the city council
by the women leaders of a reform
organizaion- The protest was pub
lished.
It was answered by mothers of
working girls who held that the
overalls were more modest than
the prevailing styles in women’s
dress to be seen on the streets of
this college town. The male em
ployes of the factory rallied to the
cause of the “overall girls” and the
general superintendent issued an
open letter approving of overalls for
women.
Finally Mayor Weaver called the
special session of the council. It
was attended by women workers and
society women. After much dis
cussion the overalls were officially
approved.
JAPAN IS SEEKING
EDUCATIONAL DAI A
TOKIO.—The Tokio municipality
has decided to send the principals
of six industrial schools to the
United States on a tour of inspection.
The party, headed by Mr. Moriya,
chief of the educational section of
the Tokio Municipal Board, will
visit various parts of the United
States, returning to Japan after
ten months. The group is the first
of its kind to be sent abroad by
the city of Tokio.
Misses Jane Anderson and Betty
Foster, who are visiting with Mrs.
Herb Wilson, expect to return to
town at the end of the week.
SOUTH PUTS BAN
ON STUDIO MOBS
LOS ANGELES.—Few, if any,
motion picture plays containing
“mob or crowd” scenes will be pro
duced in Los Angeles studios, ac
cording to producers, if a policy re
cently inaugurated by the police de
i partment of Los Angeles is carried
i out.
The police department recently
announced its decision that appear
ing in Roman mobs, modern riots or
wheat pit panics was not work es
sential to the winning of the war
and that participation in a sham
j battle for the films was not fighting
I in the sense intended by Provost
Marshal General Crowder in his
“work or fight” order.
The police order was directed at
;what the profession termed “extras”
who were hired by the day, first by
one company and then by another
to provide “atmosphere”. Most of
the men thus employed were of the
age and class included in the police
order.
When the first warning was not
generally observed it was repeated
and by way of emphasis about a
j hundred men waiting for employ
ment at several studios within the
city were arrested- Some of these
were taken before their draft boards,
others allowed to look for more
useful employment, while a number
were held on vagrancy charges.
STEAMER TAM
LEFT THIS MORN
i
The steamer Tanana which ar-|
rived in Nenana last night from
Fairbanks, left this morning for!
Tanana and the lower Yukon river, j
until she meets the steamer Seattle;
No. 3, and will then assist her up
stream with her heavy tow of barges
containing freight for the A. E. C.
She transferred all of her freight
passengers and mail consigned to
the upper river points, Dawson and !
beyond to the steamer Yukon.
The only passengers leaving on
the steamer Tanana was Captain
Spaulding, commanding the post at
Fort Gibbon, who is returning to
his command, and Steve Foster, the
game warden, who is bound for the
Hot Springs country on business
connected with his office.
PARKINleURNS
TO HOME TOWN
H. B. Parkin, manager of the:
Waechter Brothers company, was a!
passenger on board the steamer!
Yukon, which arrived in Nenana
yesterday. He is on his way to'
Fairbanks from an extended tour ofj
inspection of the company’s plants
and property on the Yukon and its!
tributaries. He transferred to the
steamer Reliance, which sailed for
Fairbanks early this morning.
After spending a short time at
Fairbanks, Mr. Parkin will go on j
to Dawson on the last boat and from I
thence over the trail to the States.1
He expects to come North again;
early in the spring to rejume the
management of the company’s af-j'
fairs at their head office in Fair- JI
banks.
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Messrs Harry DeYoung, McCord j
and Stewart, of Fairbanks, who had !
been on a hunting trip to the Minto s
Lake country, arrived in Nenana 1
last night on their homeward jour- J
ney. j'
COAL IS TESTED
ON LOCOMOTIVE
Approximately five tons of lignite
coal from Billy Lynn’s mine near
the camp at Residency 3 (35-mile)
was loaded onto Locomotive No. 272
| and she worked all of yesterday on
| this fuel, which is said to have given
j very satisfactory results. The
| amonut of fuel consumed for the
| day’s work is not known, but the
I statement is made that about half
of the quantity put on remained in
the bunkers at the end of the day's
run.
She is again using this fuel today
and it is believed that a comparative
statement showing the relative
merits of the two classes of fuel,
wood and coal, will be avilable for
publication in a short time.
This is the first time this coal
has been used on the locomotives
and so far as known, with satis
factory results. It was previously
used on the piledrivers working at
the bridges across the Nenana river
at 43-mile and on the bank erosion
works near the 35-mile camp, and is
said to have been very satisfactory
in every way.
APPEAL MADE
FOR OLD CLOUS
The Nenana News in its issue
of Septmber 14th, published an ap
peal for east-off clothing of all
kinds for the use of the Belgians.
Those who intend donating to this
cause are requested to have the
things ready to be picked up by the
team that will be sent around for
them in a day or two.
Place the articles in a bag or
package of some sort and leave it
in a handy place where the teams
can pick it up. Donors are also
requested to mend rips and stitch
on buttons where needed. These,
cast off clothes are for the use of!
men, women and children of Bel-!
gium, and all sorts of articles of
wear will be thankfully received.
NEWSlEffiVED
OF NENAHA BOYS
P. B. Parkin, of the Waechter
Brothers company, who had recently
been at St. Michael, told a News rep
representative that according to au
thentic reports he had received and
which were later eonfismed at St.
Michael, the boys of Company B,
14th infantry left St. Michael on
or about the 25th, for Nome, to
await the arrival of the transport
Buford, when they were to be ship
ped with the Nome contingent to
an unknown place, possibly on e of
the training camps in the States.
Mr. Parkin heard of this while
at Holy Cross on his way down
river. On arrival at St. Michael it
was ascertained that the military
authorities had made an effort to
send the boys to Nome on the
steamer Thomson, but failed to get
aer, owing to the fact that she was
aot fitted to accommodate the num- j
>er of men which they wished to
send. The Thomson is a freight 1
>oat which brings the Waechter 1
brothers company’s meat North
svery season.
Mrs. Ike P. Taylor is expected to i
irrive in town on the evening train ; *
'rom the Wilson ranch near 35-: <
nile, where she had been visiting |f
vith Mrs. Herb Wilson. ji
TRAIL BLAZERS
LEAVE TOWN TO
E
1 On the train leaving town this
morning, M J. Cooney, T. Brakke
and Neil McCall left for the end
of steel on the D Line enroute to
the Lignite country and beyond.
I
They will take the wagon trail
from Camp 400 and go on to the
engineering camp at 43-mile. Here
they will be outfitted and supplied
with three animals from the pack
train for the journey to the Broad
Pass country.
Mr. Cooney, who is in charge of
the party, states that he intends to
cut a trail beyond the Lignite road
house up to the end of steel on the
coast end of the railroad, which will
be ready for double ender traffic
with the first snows of the coming
winter.
On reaching the point from which
he will commence to cut the new
trail, he expects to engage the ser
vices of several more men and push
on with the work as rapidly as cir
cumstances will permit and in order
that it may be ready to haul on as
soon as there is sufficient snow to
make good sledding.
Mr. Cooney could not say de
finitely as to when the trail will
be finished, but thinks that it will
be ready for traffic in about six
weeks from date.
SILVER SE! GOES
10 TICKET 338
The set of silver donated by Mrs.
Henry Baatz, of the Montana Room
ing House, for the benefit of the
Red Cross yarn fund, was raffled
off last night at the Arctic Pool
Rooms.
The raffle was conducted by
Messrs Davis, Slippern, Lindstrom
and Mitchell; the actual drawing of
the numbers being done by Gerald
ine Patterson. Numbers 338, 29,
102, 406 and 299 were drawn.
The first mentioned wins the
prize, but if the holder of it does
not call for the prize in five days
it will go to the holder of the second
number and so on down the line
until the winner shows up or all
the numbers drawn are exhausted.
Four hundred and twenty-three
tickets were sold and the Red Cross
yarn fund was enriched in the sum
of $105-75.
DRAFT ilfflll
13 RACE MIXTURE
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HONOLULU, T .H.—Statistics just
made public by officials in charge
of selective draft work in Hawaii
show what materials are being pour
ed into the American melting pot
it the “Crossroads of the Pacific.”
More than half of the territory's
Trafted soldiers are Filipinos, 525
>f each 1,000 to be exact. Rank
ng next numerically are, respect
vely Japanese, Hawaiians, Portu
guese, whites other than Portu
guese, part Hawaiians, Chinese,
Koreans, Porto Ricans and negroes.
Despite the cosmopolitan character
>f Hawaii’s military units, the com
nanding officers say that the men
how a remarkable aptitude for war,
Irill well together and will give a
;ood account of themselves if they
-re ever pitted against the Huns.