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 o. 18*9.
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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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Commencing with this issue, the
Xer.ana News will present regularly
to its readers hereafter, the daily
telegraphic report of The Associatd
Press, the world’s greatest news
gathering organization.
Such an arrangement er.ta'ls con
siderable additional expense to 'he
News, but it is felt that association
with such an organization as The
Associated Press will more tnan
compensate for the added cost.
Nearly all readers of newspapers are
more or less familiar with The Asso
ciated Press—familiar enough, at
least to know that an Associated
Press line at the top of a telegraphic
story stands for reliability. Ani in
addition to being reliable The Asso
ciated Press has the distinction of
being first, usually, among the world’s
news gathering organizations to
present the news.
Such have been the achievements
of this great organization since the
outbreak of the world war that the
increase in membership of The A so n
ciated Press in li'lT was more than
the combined increase during the;
nine preceding years At present!
there are 636 evening newspapers. '
3$>1 morning newspapers and 61 j
Sunday morning newspapers, or a
total of 1,088, receiving the service.
The increased service during the
past year required the addition of,
2.000 miles of wire for the Mors, i
leased wire system, making a total,
of over 53.000 miles, more than
twice the mileage of all other press
associations combind. Fifty-nir.e
Morse operators were added to the
staff of the association, making a
total of 660 operators, to copy the
report which costs more than 83,
500.000 to collect and distribute.
Besides having war correspondents
scattered over Europe in sufficient
number to cover the progress of the
great struggle in a most thorough
and reliable manner. The Associated
Press employes regular correspond
ents in every other part of the
world. There is one for every town
of consequence in the United States.
The Xenana News enjoys the dis
tinction of being the only afternoon
newspaper in Interior Alaska receiv
ing the Associated Press Service.
PROIECIN 10
SOLDIERS GIVEN
BY GOVEiMENI
Soldiers’ and Sailors' Civil Relie
Act Safeguard to Prope-ty
of Men.
The Soldiers’ and Sailors Civil Re
lief Act recently passed by congress
aims to protect soldiers and sailor
from undue hardship, due to thei
inability to bring or defend lawsuit
and to attend to their business obi:
cations or property rights, durir.j
their absence in military service.
A soldier or sailor may owe mone;
on a note. Or he may have bough
or leased land or tools or furnitur
on which ar. installment is yet due
Or he may have mortgaged his hom
and be liable to foreclosure for non
payment. Or he may have starte<
a homestead of mining claim ar.
be unable to continue the necessar
ocupation in the required period o
time Or he may have carried iif
insurance for several years and noi
be unable to keep up the premtur
payments, dr he may have a mone
claim against some one and durin
his absence the lapse of time ma
raise a legal bar against suing fo
it when he returns. Or he may b
sued on some claim in his absenc
and may be unable to defend th
suit effectively while absent.
In these and other ways he ma
suffer undue hardship. The obpet
of this Act is to give relief froi
such hardship.
The provisions of the act are to
numerous to set forth accuratel
here. Enough is given in a circula
just received by the Local Exemptio
Board to point out that its mai
principle is as follows:
(l’» Let some one, on behalf c
the soldier or sailor, notify the corn
that the party concerned is a soldi*
or sailor. Then the court will mai
fffomp inquiries into the merits c
the case; if the case merits it, tb
court has power to stay the oth<
party from further proceedings, <
to give other remedy that may b
appropriate. The court may al;
appoint an attorney to represent tb
soldier or sailor in the lawsuit.
j (21 If a lawsuit has Wen begun^
i already in some court against the
j soldier or sailor, go to that same'
{ court and give the notice above men
; tioned. If no lawsuit has yet beer.
• begun, but some landlord or other
■ person is preparing to sell out or
, to take possession of property in
which the soldier or sailor is ir.ter
i ested, go to the court in whose juris
,' diction the property is. notify the
court as above, and ask the court to
sumon the other party. All such
persons are forbidden by law to take
property in that way without first
applying to court for an order: but
some persons may attempt to take
f i possession without do so, in igr.or
■ j ance of the new law.
1 ■ (3 i If the soldier or sailor had an
- j insurance policy or a fraternal bene
:, fit membership before September 1.
: 1917. ar.d fears that he may not be
• j able to keep up his payments, he
:; should write to the War Risk Insur
i r.nce Bureau at Washington, and ask
; them for a form of application (or
r I ask his post adjutant at the camp.)
The Government, on certain con
ditions. will guarantee the payment
or membership will not be forfeited
of the premiums, so that the policj
during the soldier's or sailor's ab
sence; he will then have a year after
his return in which to pay up and
save his policy or membership. This
relief does not apply to all policies
or memberships, and details can not
be given here; but on filling out the
application and sending it to the
War Risk Insurance Bureau it will
be duly taken care of. if it is the
kind of insurance that is protected
by this Act.
(4) Copies of the act are being
sent to about 20,000 lawyers, to ail
superior courts, and to all Local
j Boards; and the Boards have beer,
asked to hand a copy to the nearest
magistrate. Thus the courts ought
to be already well informed as to
the provisions of the new Act. Xev
erthe less, the copies furnished to
the Red Cross officers and members
will doubless be needed for further
circulation to lawyers and magis
trates. Applicants for extra copies
should be directed to the division
offices of the Red Cross.
A PECULIAR CROSS
Russia’s Cross of St. Andrew has
a remarkable peculiarity attaching
to it. All who are decorated with
it have the right to demand once
a pardon for a Russian subject con
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DAYLIGHT 11
SETS NEW TIME
An act to save daylight and to
provide standard time for the United
States.
Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the
United States of America in con- j
gress assembled. That, for the pur- ]
pose of establishing the standard 1
time of the United States, the terri
tory of continental United States
shall be divided into five zones in
the manner hereinafter provided.
The standard time for the first zone
shal be based on the mean astrono- j
mical time of the seventy-fifth de-!
gree of longitude west from Green
wich: that of the second zone on the
ninetieth degree: that of the third
zone on the one hundred and fifth
degree: that of the four zone on the
one hundred and twentieth degree;
and that of the fifth zone, which
shall include only Alaska, on the
one hundred and fiftieth degree:
That the limits of each zone shall be
defined by ar. order of the Inter
state Commerce commission, having
regard for the convenience of com
merce and the existing junction
points and division points of com
mon carriers engaged in commerce
between the several states and with
foreign nations, and such order may
be modified from time to time.
See. 2 That within the respective
zones created under the authority
hereof the standard time of the zone
shall govern the movement of all
common carriers engaged in com
merce between the several states or
between a state and any of the ter
ritories of the United States, or be
tween a state or the territory of
Alaska and any of the insular pos
sessions of the United States or any
foreign country. In all statutes,
rules, and regulations relating to the
time of performance of any act by
any officer or department of the
United States, whether in the legis
lative. executive, or judicial branches
of the Government, or relating to
the time within which any rights
shall accrue or determine, or within
which any act shall or shal! not be
performed by any person subject to
the jurisdiction of the United States,
it shall be understood and intended
that the time shall be the United
States standard time of the zone
within which the act is to be per
formed.
Sec. 3. That at 2 o’clock ante
meridian of the last Sunday in March
of each year the standard time of
each zone shall be advanced one
hour, and at 2 o'clock antemeridian
S of the last Sunday in October in
j each year the standard time of each
I zone shall, by the retarding of one
hour, be returned to the mean as
tronomical time of the degree of
longitude governing said zone, so
1 that between the last Sunday in
March at 2 o’clock antemeridian and
the last Sunday in October at 2
o’clock antemeridian in each year
the standard time in each zone shall
be one hour in advance of the mean
astronomical time of the degree of
longitude governing each zone, re
spectively.
Sec. 4. That the standard time of
the first zone shall be known and
designated as United States stand
ard eastern time: that of the second
zone shall be known and designated
as United States standard central
time; that of the third zone shall be
known and designated as United
States standard mountain time; that
of the fourth zone shall be known
and designated as United States
standard Pacific time; and that 'of
the fifth zone shall be known and
designated as United States standard
Alaska time.
Sec. 5- That all aets and parts
of acts in conflict herewith are here
by repealed.
Approved March 19, 1918.
LUBRICATION SAVES WIRE
The constant motion of a wire
rope involves heavy strains and in
ternal friction and requires that the
wear should be equally distributed.
Intelligent lubricating will greatly
prolong the working life of a wire
rope.
Buy That Libery Boad Today.
The dragline excavator, which left
N'enar.a yesterday for the site of ;ts,
summer work, arrived there or a
flat car about two o'clock yesterday |
afternoon
The trainmen threw a few ties up
against the side of the flat car and
"Dragline" Hollerbach steamed up
his boat and walked her off the flat ^
car down the ties and onto terra
firma. where she is ready to start i -
thawing operations immediately.
The crew of the dragline will
shortly comprise about 40 men. with
two foremen. The camp will be
known as Camp 17. and will be sta
tioned at Clear creek.
Two bunk cars, a diner and a
caboose were sent out to the camp
this morning, to accommodate the;
first crew of men.
GREEKS JUST KNEW
THAT SUGAR EXISTED .
This war is bringing to our at- |
tention the value and importance j
of many daily necessities heretofore j
regarded as a matter of course and j
some of them have been thrown i
almost overnight into the category 1
of luxuries. Such, for instance, is i
sugar. Who would have dreamed j
that this article of food, virtually |
inexhaustible, really would play such j
an important part. We feel we can- j
not do without it: it is a part of j
our lives and yet the world did not j
always have sugar and got along <
well without it just as it did with- <
out potatoes prior to the discovery j
of America.
Sugar, in chemistry, is the generic j
name for a certain series of car- '
bohydrates. a compound giving a '
sweet taste, but free from glueo
sides.
Sugar cane has been known for j
centuries. Milk sugar was obtained
by Frabizio Martoletti in 1615. and
in the middle of the eighteenth cen
tury Marggraf found that the
sugars yielded by the beet, carrot
and other 'roots were identical with
the sugar cane. The sugar obtained
from honey was investigated by
Lowitz and Praust. and the latter
decided on three species—can sugar, l
grape sugar and fruit sugar. ,
Sugar as only vaguely known to (
the Greeks and Romans. It was in
troduced into Europe during the
time of the Crusades. Its use grad
[ ually developed, so much so that it
has become a necessary part of daily j <
existence. Not until this war have ;.
the people awakened to the fact j j
what it "means to be deprived of it.” j,
EDITING A WEEKLY
LOOKS QUITE EASY
-_____ . j
‘‘Most any man can be an editor, ’
| says the town knocker.
| "All the editor has to do is to
! sit at a desk six days a week and
I'edit’ such stuff as this:
i Mrs Jones of Cactus creek let a
j can opener slip last week and cut
| herself in the pantry.
A mischievous lad of Piketown
threw a stone and cut Mr. Pike in j
f the alley last Tuesday.
Joe Doe climbed on the roof of
I his house last week looking for a
! ieak and fell, striking himself on
| the back porch.
While Harold Green was escort- j
J ing Miss Violet Wise from the church
, social last Saturday night, a savage
dog attacked him and bit Mr. Green
on the public square.
Isaiah Trimmer of Running creek j
was playing with a cat Friday when j
it scratched him on the veranda.
Mr. Frank, while harnessing a
broncho last Saturday, was kicked ■
just south of his corn crib.”
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Publicity is the sole means cm-'
•loved by the French government in
■nforcing decisions in the case cf
lisputes between seamen and em
•loyees in the merchant marine.
According to advices just received
>y the Bureau of Labor Statistics*
•f the department of labor, the port
vardens of the various ports are 1
equired to offer their services as
■oncilliators in all disputes involving
wenty or more men. In case of
'ailure of such arbitration the mat
er is referred to a superior com
nittee of 12, made up of equal num
)ers representing employers and em-1
aloyees. Two members must be
nagistrates when the board is ready.
:o decide a case: its decisions are :
innounced by means of posters dis
mayed at the entrances to the of- •
fices of the port. No penalties for
ion-compliance are provided for.
WHAT IS A NIGHT WELL?
In the desert of Western Aus
:railia there are wells which yield
■eater only at night. Before the
eater begins to flow, weird hissings
ind the sound of rushing air may
>e heard The phenomenon is be
ieved to be due to a change in
:he form of the rocky channel thru
ehich the water flows, and to the
jxtreme change in temperature be
tween day and night which occur
in this region. The hissing is due
:o the escape of air before the ad
vance of the water.
r. s. McDonald
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Norwich Union Fire Insurance Co.
Union Insurance Society, London
Law Union and Rock, London
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