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”
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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
R. G. Southworth.Editor and Manager
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THE FACTS
A new and insidious form of Ger
man propaganda is at work—furtive
stories to the effect that more men
are being killed and injured in our
shipyards than are being killed and
injured in the trenches. This has
been brought to light through letters
received by the United States Ship
ping Board and Emergency Fleet
Corporation.
Through its industrial relations
group the Shipping Board has issued
the following statement:
In spite of structural additions to
most yards and the confusion at
tendant upon increasing capacity in
practically all yards, the rate of
accidents in connection with ship
building today is not as high as that
which obtains in the manufacture of
steel, and is practically the same
as the general industrial rate. The
Department of Labor statistics show
that the accident rate in shipyards
from 1912 to 1916 is approximately
21.8 for every 1,000 men. It will
be noted that these figures cover j
a period of previous to the enlarged ;
shipbuilding activities in this coun
try.
Anticipating that the necessity for
speed and the heavy enlargements
in many yards would have a tend
ency to raise the accident rate, the
Emergency Fleet Corporation organ
ized last January a department of
safety engineering, which operates
under the direction of the industrial
relations group. Today every dis
trict in the country has its com
petent safety engineer who is co
operating with the shipyards to keep
down the number of accidents and
prevent the hazards that are com
mon to any structural industry. Fur
thermore, the department of health
and sanitation, which is in the same
group, has been helping the yards
in inaugurating and maintaining
proper emergency methods an<f dis
pensaries in every yard in the coun
try. Today men are encouraged to
go to the dispesary with the slight
est scratch so that there may be no
danger of infection and so that
every injury may be recorded. The
men are asked to report back at
certain intervals to insure proper
treatment jpid care, and a careful
record is kept of the progress of
each case and its final outcome.
Hog Island, which has been built
and organized from nothing, seems
to be a fair example of the atten
tion which is being given accident
prevention. During May the average
force of men was 20,497. The num
ber of accidents which caused loss
of time was 107, which gives a
frequency rate of 6 as compared
to the rate of 21.8 for the period
from 1912 to 1916.
The camparison of these figures
with the average figures for 1912
to 1916 is not only interesting, but
it proves very conclusively that the
efforts of the employer and the
Fleet Corporation are bearing splen
did fruit.
Furthermore, the percentage of
accidents is constantly decreasing to
such an extent that it is confidently
predicted that within the next few
months the shipyards will be show
ing a lower rate than the most
favored private industrial institu
tions.
Several recent visitors to the
Mayo district, on the upper Thw
art, bring word of a rich silver
vein apparently having been located
on the Lookout Mountain property
owned by Jack Pickering and asso
ciates, says the Lawson \ ;ws Some
of the rock is reported to have
assayed as high as ?400 to the ton,
and, in this day of high prices of
' silver, the news is more than en
j couraging.
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The pro-German pessimist who
• says the American people will not
| save food for those who are fighting
I our battles for us in France doesn’t
know the American people nor in
| spirt belong to them. Food slack
| er is his proper name.
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ESPIONAGE LAW
Every loyal citizen should guard
against unconscious violation of
the new federal espionage act.
Violations on the part of others
should be reported.
Here are some of the things
which constitute violations of the
espionage act.
Making or conveying false re
ports with intent to interfere with
the operation or success of the
military forces.
Making or conveying false
statements in regard to doing
anything, except in the way of
bonafide and not disloyal advice,
tending to obstruct the sale of
United States bonds or securities.
Attempting to cause of incite
insubordination, disloyalty, etc.,
among the military forces.
Attempting to cause or incite
ments.
Publishing, printing, writing or
uttering disloyal, profane or scur
rilous language against the form
of government of the United
States, the constitution, the flag,
the military forces or the uniform
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of the. army or navy.
Using language intended to
bring the government, constitu
tion, flag, military forces or uni
form into contempt, scorn, con
tumely or disrepute.
Willful display of the flag of
an enemy of the United States.
Uttering, writing or publishing
language intended to curtail pro
duction of things necessary to the
prosecution of the war.
Advocating, teaching, defend
ing or suggesting any of the
things enumerated.
Favoring by word or act the
cause of any country with which
the United States is at war.
This section also contains a
proviso to the effect that anyone
in the service of the United States
government who “commits any
disloyal act or utters any un
patriotic or disloyal language, or
who, in an abusive and violent
manner criticizes the army or
navy or flag of the United States
shall be at once dismissed from
the service.”
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The Yukon Gold company's big
dredge on Flat creek is right at
Flat City and is going right through
the town. They have dredged past
the former sites of many a cabin
long since abandoned.
A persistent rumor is in circula
tion in mining circles in Flat and
Iditarod that the Yukon Gold com
pany are making efforts to buy up
the Riley interests. They are said
to have bought up Harold Seddon’s
interests in that country.
The Yukon Gold company is work
ing about 65 men this season and
are reported to be doing very well.
Beaton & Donald have a dredge on
1 below discovery on Otter creek.
They are working about 25 men and
are said to be doing fine.
The Riley dredge was operating
on ^ above discovery on Otter creek
| and was also said to be doing well.
A1 Welsh, working on Flat, had a
j big $87,000 cleanup. He has a work
| ing force of about eighteen men
and is working on the hill at the
head of Flat. The cleanup is re
ported to have taken place on July
Tke outlook for the gold output
of this old camp would appear to
be pretty fair; the yield will not
be as great as that of last year,
and may perhaps be about one
third less.
There is is an air of quietness per
vading the various parts of the dig
gings and the camps, much the same
as it is elsewhere in Alaska. Men
are not as plentiful as heretofore
J and things are not humming as
usual.
Several men are talking about
j leaving before the close of naviga
tion, most of them are going to
enter some war industry in the
States and others to enlist.
Nothing is as usual, why eat ;>.s
usual. A good citizen is known by
the food he eats..
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According to reports brought back
to Nenana by Perry Warner, who
'with Tom McKinnon returned from
the Kuskokwim country via Iditarod
on the power scow Elmer G last
Saturday night, things are very
quiet in that country. - Very little
is being done in the mining line and
many people are leaving the coun
try over the old Seward trail.
A1 Thorn and Archie Higgins,
working on Gaines creek, in the old
Innoko diggings, havt a force of j
about fifteen men and are taking j
out fair money. Jack Keller and j
Frank Dawson are working about
nine men on an open-cut hydraulic
proposition and are getting fairly
good pay.
Tom Aitken’s dredge on Candle
creek had to be closed down, owing
to a breakdown and was idle some
time. It will remain idle until the
broken part, which weighs about 600 ^
pounds, c^n be replaced, and in this j
i country where transportation facili
! tis are of the very poorest, it is a
I very big undertaking. When Mc
! Kinnon and party left the district
j the fctoken part had not been re
placed.
In the neighborhood of the new
strike, on Ruby creek, a tributary
of Nixon Fork, Albert Lynu (Smil
ing Albert) and three men working
| one claim with a prospecting boiler,
have taken out about 1500 dollars
; from the time pay was struck on
' March 20th up till July 20th.
On Hidden creek, a tributory of
! Nixon Fork and across the divide
from Ruby creek, Ed Whalen, who
had been doing some prospecting
found very fair pay and thought he
! could make a little better than wages
I if he got the necessary water for
! sluicing.
What does the enemy care wheth
er food is sunk in the sea, or thrown
into the garbage can? It is all the
same to the kaiser.
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OUR SOURDOUGH GOVERNOR
By R. C. Morris.
Come, listen all, and you shall hear
A story strange but true.
Man of our class, that crossed the Pass,
The same as I and you.
He built his bed on a loaded sled,
Sung to sleep by the malamute’s growl;
His laundered sheet was snow and sleet,
Smoothed by the blizzard’s howl.
He scratched and clawed; his lumber sawed
With a whipsaw (a toothless sight)
He calked his boat with his Sunday coat,
And pitched it with pitch from the night..
He spoiled many a grove for his Yukon stove,
Spoiled flour with his sourdough,
But his flapjack cakes were relished like steakes
When fatigued by the gee-pole and snow.
The next time we met this sturdy man
Was on Dominion.
And like all roughnecks, with pack and pan,
Was chasing bullion.
He could buy no beans from his pocketless jeans,
As his golden tide was out.
He stood to the last, the wintry blasts,
But his prospects took to rout.
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He next was seen on the boundary line,
Planting our Nation’s pride.
Our Starry Flag and the Maple Leaf
Were waving side by side.
And now in France they are still entwined,
In advance and in retreat.
They may bite the dust, in the cause that’s just,
But they'll never spell defeat.
As time rolled by, new victories won,
For his heart knows no defeat.
Where brush and snows, now blooms the rose,
Where rail and river meet.
He linked Interior with the coast;
Unlocked vaults from our planet’s soul.
He paved the way for a brighter day,
Through mountains of gold and coal.
He is prayed for by priest and blessed by the pope,
Rich peddles him bull; the poor soft soap.
He can still be approached by the smalls and the bigs;
Inside a true governor; outside plain Tom Riggs.
May bright paths surround you, with knowledge be crammed.
Preserved by the gods, but for God’s sake not jammed.
A man of the people, wherever you’ll go,
Whether linked with diplomats or plain sourdoughs.
The next time you’ll travel the old Yukon shore,
The old pioneers will be gone by the score.
While us who are able to the army will go.
We’ll honor Lafayette and Rochambeau.
We’ll stick to our colors and never disgrace
The name of our Governor, our country, our race.
If spared after showing the kaiser new tricks,
We’ll return to Alaska, the home of Tom Riggs.
WAR 1$
CRIME
IN
Xf W \ORK.—War has caused
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an increase of crime and depravity
among the German people, accord
ing to an analysis published in the
Berlin Vorwaerts. The paper re
calls that at the beginning of the
war, prophets spokeof a ‘steel bath' in
the waters of which the morals of
the German people would recuper
ate.
“Since August 4, 1914,” says the
Vorwaerts, “we have allowed the
blessings of this bath to act on us
with steadily increasing vigor and
the result is a moral conditions of
health of the German people of
which the compilations of criminal:
statistics give convincing reports.!
These tell us of the steadily in- j
creasing number of crimes of bru-1
tality, and serious crimes against
property, and a glance at any news- ,
paper confirms the horribly increas
ing number of robberies and bur
glaries in the cities and as well in
the rural districts. Systematically
organized and methodically operat
ing bands of robbers menace con-!
tinually life and property of ‘re- j
spectable’ citizens.
“Also honesty of the latter has
suffered a preceptible “crack” and
here the influence of the steel bath
is directly proved. We do not fear
that we are disclosing any state
endangering secret when we an
nounce the fact that at present
there probably are few German sub
jects left who have not in some
more or less serious manner violated
the existing government decrees
and laws and made themselves liable
to punishment.”
The Vorwaerts, then cites the in
stances of the citizen, who on Sun
days goes to the country to buy
food for hoarding purposes, of the
proud wife of the owner of a large
estate, whose chickens “lay” eggs
for only a mark apiece, of the
wife of the first lieutenant who
j sells the food articles received from
her husband at the front at fancy
prices, and the army of usurers,
secret traders and forgers,
j The V'orwaerts then dwells on the
effects of the steel bath on the
growing generation and cites com
plaints by the clergy and teachers
to show that depravity is one of the
results.
The paper calls attention to what
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then no one has the right to claim
for one certain class, decency and
well-behavior.
“The steel bath exerts its effects
on everyone and splashes over the
home of the proletariat as well as
over the playroom in the family of
the count,” concludes the Berlin
publication.
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