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.
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AS OTHERS SEE THEM
—
"You have been a faithful ami i
industrious delegate from Alaska. |
—Champ Clark, Speaker of the I
House of Representatives.
“I feel that you have done air
that could have been done inj
Alaska’s interest while you have |
been here.”—Franklin K. Lane, Sec-,
retary of the Interior.
“I take this occasion to express’
my appreciation of your services j
on behalf of Alaska and the sense |
which I strongly hold, as n>y fellow j
officers do, of your courtesy and (
helpful activity iit matters lelating,
to the Territory which you repre
sent."—William C. Redfletd, Secre
tary of the Department of Com
merce.
"I cordialy hope the people of
Alaska will return you as their dele
gate- Your service has been of the
highest order. Your grasp of public
questions, your patriotism and your
ability equipping you in a marked
degree for the duties of the office
you hold.”—U. S. Senator Fletcher,
chairman Committee on Commerce.
"The people of the Territory are
to be congratulated upon having you
here.”—U. S. Senator Chamberlain,
chairman Military Affairs Com
mittee.
"The people of your Territory
will make no mistake in again in
vesting you with the authority to
represent them in Washington.
U. S. Senator Kendrick, chairman
Committee on Canadian Relations.
“I am indeed glad that you are
again a candidate for Congress for
we need men of your stamp through
this crisis.”—Congressman Welty,
member of the Elections Committee,
which has for decision the Sulzer
Wickersham contest.
"I am much gratified to learn
that you are again to be a candi
date. During the period of your
service you have shown a deep de
votion to the interests of the Terri
tory and a very keen and intelli
gent appreciation of the great i>".b
lems to be solved.”—-U. S S' iiator
V.’alsh, chairman of Committee on
Mines and Mining.
“He (Delegate Sulzer) js one of
the most faithful, trustworthy and
industrious members that has been
here in the last dozen years.” —
Congressman Scott Ferris, chairman
of Committee on Public Lands.
“It is generally hoped you may be
returned as Delegate from Alaska."
Congressman Romjue, Committee
on Claims.
“Do you know that man Sulzer
from Alaska, while very unassum
ing, is one of the most likable men
in this House from the West.”—
Representative Claud Kitchin, leader
of the Democratic party in the
House.
“I trust your majority at the1
coming election may be such as to
leave no room for contest, and from
my observation of your interest in
your territory I believe you merit
the whole-hearted support of your
constituents.”—Congressman Polk,
another member of Elections Com
mittee before whom contest is pend
ing.
“I know that you have been a
tireless wc ker in behalf of the
people ye • 1 ^d the honor to repre
sent.”-—Congressman Webb, chair
man of Judiciary committee.
The above are a few of the ex
pr ssions by cabinet ministers, sena
te. and representatives of their
corf lei.ee in and appreciation of
Delegate Sulzer Many others of
similar character have been ad
dressed to him. But Mr. Wicker
sham, in his speeches here and at
Fairbanks, tried to convey the im
pression that Delegate Sulzer was
in disrepute at Washington, and
had the favor of none of his con
stituents. Inadvertently, however,
he gave weight to the above indorse
ments, for, in his Fairbanks speech,
he said:
“Great God. If you knew what
the Democrats in Washington and
New York think of the name of
Sulzer you wouldn’t think they
would commit perjury to give him
any assistance.”
W’hen the senate of the United
States persistently refused to con
firm Wickersham's appointment as
United States District Judge, Sena
tor Knute Nelson, a member of
Wickersham’s own political party,
refused to withdraw his opposition,
for, he said, “He lied to me.”
Let the voters next Tuesday con
sider well the question as to which
of the two men comes seeking
their franchise with the cleanest
record.
Big
Doings
Tonight
at
Union
Hall
BAZAAR
and
DANCE
The Lid
Will
Be
OFF
STARTS EARLY
LASTS LATE
MID I ROOFS
ARE COMMENDED
GOOD A! FAEROE
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—
With the American Troops In
FranceAmerican negro troopers are
regarded by their officers as ex
ceptionally good at patrol work, as
raiders and scouts. They seem to:
have some quality lacking in the'
white man which enables them to1
slink and crawl across No Man’s'
I.and in a way that defies detection. \
But the negroes never lose their
latent superstition and fear of the
dark. Without white officers to
support them morally their value is
said to deteriorate quickly. They
“see things” with ease.
The negro trooper’s timidity at
night is best illustrated by the ex
perience of a captain, who found
one his men at work after dark.
The negro was talking violently to
himself:
“Niggah, pick up that wheel bar- i
row and push it over there!" Now j
put that barrow down!” “Tip it
over and empty it!" Now wheel
it back and fill it up again!”
To all of which the negro an
swered “Yes, sah!” and suited the
action to the word. He explained
to the astonished captain that he
felt less lonely and scared in the
dark if he pretended a white officer
was there to give him orders.
Let the average negro soldier halt
and be forced to lie down for a
time, and he goes to sleep almost
immediately, unless he is forcibly
kept awake. The leaders of at
least one regiment have had to
adopt a plan whereby all the mem
bers of a patrol, when they lie down,
join hands, with the white officer
at one end. He keeps the squad
awake then by pressing the hand
of the man next to him, who repeats
the pressure to his right or left
and receives an answering pressure
as evidence that his companions are
awaked.
Nevertheless, the negroes are al
ways ready to fight. One regiment
had begged its way into a portion
of the line where action was assured
in the last German offensive, and
that action suddenly began. Five of
the officers of that regiment alone
were in hospital, but heard a few
hours in advance of what was com
ing
The colonel left the hospital on
crutches, two other officers were
carried to the trenches on litters
and two more hobbled in—so as to
be with their men and be assured
they gave a good account of them
selves. They did.
In the main the negro troops are
deeply attached to their white offi
cers and will go through fire and
flood for them—or with them. In
the main also the officers are at
tached to the men, take pride in
them and father them. The negroes
are punctilious in such details as
saluting and deference to officers
and superiors, though lax in other
matters of discipline which they do
not understand.
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NEWS OFFICE!
BRUSH ON VERY
BEST OF TERMS
BEHIND THE BRITISH LINES
—Two striking instances of the
cohesion and fellowship existing be- j
tween the French and British forces j
occurred recently.
I
At a certain point of the front [
line, a Canadian regiment, thirty '
per cent of whom spoke French.!
were attacking side by side with !
French troops. The Canadians were j
hard pressed by the Germans in j
front, who were occupying a wood |
and holding it with strong machine i
gun defenses. They appealed to j
the French regiment on their right
for asistance, and the French troops
immediately advanced, completely
turning the position and enabling the
Canadians to advance in their turn.
Shortly afterwards the French
were similarly held up and appealed
to the Canadians, who immediately
attacked and saved the situation.
Throughout there was complete
harmony of command, and even ma
chine guns were more than once
interchanged between the two units.
When a halt for the night was
made, the two regiments messed and
bivouacked together.
I
10 ACCOUNT OF
RAPE OF BELGIAN
PARIS.—Nettled by the effect of
the Scandinavian translation of
Hugh Gibson’s book “The Rape of
Belgium’’, in Norway, Sweden and
Denmark, the German foreign office
through its official propaganda bu
reau, has accused the author of I
espionage during September and
October, 1914.
Mr. Gibson at that time was sec
secretary of the American 'egation at
Brussels. His recall from his post
at Brussels during the German oc
cupation was requested from Wash
ington by Baron von der Laneken,
German civil governor of Brussels.
He is now Paris representative of
the Committee on Public Informa
tion.
An article in the Politiken of
Copenhagen states that on numerous
occasions Gibson took advantage of
his “diplomatic immunity” and the
passsports given him by von Jarot
zky, von Luttwitz, and Baron von
der Goltz, allowing him to cross
German lines, to carry information
to the Belgian and Allied armies.
The Germans make the formal
charge that on one of Gibson’s trip ,
from Brussels to Antwerp during
the siege he brought a full, com
plete report of the number anil
location of German troops investing
the fortress, location of siege guns
and other valuable military informa
tion. • I
HOG ISLAND YARDS
MAKE GOOD SHOW1NC
PHILADELPHIA. — The forty
third keel, that of the 7,500-ton
steel cargo carrier Schepang, was
laid at the Hog Island shipyard re
cently. Others will follow promptly
Soon ships will slide down the
ways into the waters of the Dele
ware at regular intervals, provided
the shipment of steel is up to the
mark. . The yard now employs 35,
000 men, but more are needed, es
pecially riveters. There has been
an improvement in the speed with
which this class of workers perform
their duty. This is to be traced to
the fact that the gangs of riveters
are becoming more expert. Learn
ers are paid fifty cents an hour
while they are being schooled in the
work. After a few weeks training
they are given the opportunity to
earn as high as $26 a day if they
are sufficiently speedy.
1,185,000 tons of sugar will be
saved the first year if each of us
uses one ounce less each day. This
will keep sugar plentiful and cheap, i
GRAND FLEE! IS
STANDING GUARD
READY FOR FOE
LONDON.—There is an elbow of
road above the Firth of Forth,
where if one shoud come to it in
a fortunate hour, he would see tho
Grand Fleet, the hammer-head of
the British navy.
Mile after mile of great and little
fighting-ships, their bugles sound
faintly across the water to quiet
streets ashore.
It is four years since the battle
squadrons slipped away to their war
station and the British navy became
suddenly the decisive and fixed
factor in an unstable world.
The supreme task of the navy
has been to make secure on all the
seas of the world the transportation
of men, material and food. Be
tween the date of the declaration
of war and June 30, last, the needs
of the Allies have involved the car
riage by sea of some 20,000,000
men, 2,000,000 animals and about
1 10,000.000 tons of naval and mili
tary stores, cargoes whose vastness
and diversity have never been con
templated nor foreseen. The sub
marine war intensified and waxed
to its greatest violence, yet the
great work of supply and trans
portation went forward with never
an interruption.
The navy, which in August, 1014
had comprised warships and auxil
iary vessels to a total of two and
a half million displacement tons,
had swelled by June of this year
to a sum of six and a half millions;
its personnel had grown from 146,
000 to nearly 400,000. Of the
twenty millions of men embarked
and transported, the total losses due
to enemy action up to April 27,
1918, had only reached the relatively
trivial figure of 3,282—roughly
equal to one lost for each six
thousand carried.
BASEBALL POPULAR IN
MEXICAN CITIES NOW
MEXICO CITY.—Baseball is tak
ing a strong hold on the popular
fancy, especially in the capital, Vera
Cruz, Tampico and other of the
larger cities, of Mexico. The open
ing of the schedule arranged for a
league of eight clubs in Mexico
City was made a social event and
was attended by leaders of the capi
tal’s society. Basket-ball, especially
among students, also is generally
played.
War is an ugly thing, but a Ger
man peace is uglier—
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