THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaaka,
for encry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 18 <9.
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AMERICA’S RESOURCES.
The United States is a nation
with a population of 110,000,000:
people, more than 35,000,000 of
whom are holders of Liberty Bonds
f<T other government securities.
It is a land with 18,000,000 dwell
ings occupied by about 21,000,000
families.
It is a land in which fully 6,000,
O00 families own their own homes
without incumbrance, while 3,000,
000 own their homes subject to
mortgage.
It is a land in which more Than
12.000. 000 persons are depositors in
mututal, stock or postal savings
banks, with total deposits amount- •
ing to more than $6,000,000,000.
It is a land in which there are i
nearly 6,500,000 farms having a j
vaiue. including their buildings and'
equipment, of more than $41,000,
000,000, and yielding an annua!
product of a value of more than ;
58.500.000. 000.
It is a land with more than 266.
000 miles of railway in operation,!
carrying in a year more than 1,000,-'
000,000 individual passengers and
more than 2,500,000,000 tons of
freight.
It is a land in which schools for
the people are maintained at a total
yearly expenditure of more than
$650,000,000. with an attendance of
more than 20,000,000 children, who
are taught by an -army of 600,000
teachers.
It ;s a land in wnicn tnere are
more than 3,000 public libraries,
having on their shelves more than
75,000,000 volumes for the instruc
tion and inspiration of the people.
It is a land whose total wealth
is now not less than $225,000,000,
000 and in which the distribution
of wealth is steadily becoming more
equitable and uniform as a result
of economic and social conditions
which the American form of govern
ment has brought about.
The United States possesses one
half of all the known coal in the
world and produces almost one-haif
of the world’s iron, three-fourths of
the world’s copper, two-thirds of th°
world's petroleum, two-thirds of the
world's cotton, one-third of the
world’s wheat, and one-half of the
world’s fnanufacrtured goods.
INTERNATIONAL POLICE.
Creation of an international po
lice force is suggested by Major
David Davies, a member of the
English parliament. He told the
Grotius society recently that each
nation should have a sufficient army
to maintain internal order and fur
nish its quota when the League of
Nations required it; that no nation
should employ a new weapon of
war; and that each nation should
provide the League of Nations with
an adequate force for immediate
use.
These units should be concentrat
ed in different parts of the world
and the naval portion similarly con
stituted. Poison gas, war planes,
submarines, heavy artillery and
tanks should be ceded to the league
to form the headquarters force,
and no state should be allowed to
own them or to make use of any
neve invention for warlike purposes,
he said.
Major Davies said the greatest
resistance to the suggestion prob
ably now would be found in Ameri
ca, “which was the more saddening
because the President of the great
republic was one of the earliest and
most powerful exponents of the
principles of the league.”
NEW EINSTEIN THEORY.
Dr. A. A. Michelson, of the Uni
versity of Chicago, says that any
one holding the new Einstein the
ory of “relativity” must also ac
cept the following conclusions:
“A yardstick is shorter when it
is pointing east and west than when
it is pointing north and south.
“A clock will run slower when it
is being moved than when it is
standing.
“A mass of matter is greater
when it is in motion than when it is
at rest.”
Dr. Michelson was winner of the
$40,000 Nobel prize for physics in
1917. His investigations in the ac
tion of light brought on the discus
sion leading up to the Einstein
tests and hypotheses which have
aroused so much comment in the
scientific world.
Dr. Michelson stated that the con
sequences of the Einstein theory
are radical and then he told the
effect it would have on the yard
stick. clock, and solid body. But
he added that we need not get ex
cited about it, even if Einstein is
right.
"The movement of the earth is
fmall when compared to the velocity
of light, and for all practical pur
poses might be disregarded," he
said. "The subject of relativity be
longs to the realm of higher physics,
but nevertheless is an important
matter and the Einstein theory is
to be seriously reckoned with."
Prof. Michelson. however, does
no: as yet accept the theory as it
is taught by the great Swiss mathe
matician. because it does away with
the idea of light traveling by mean?
of the vibrations in ether which i?
supposed to fill all space.
“Einstein thinks that there is no
such thing as ether,” declared the
Chicago professor. "He does nol
attempt to account for the trans
mission of light, but he holds thal
ether should be thrown overboard
Ether gives us some reference point
for motion, but, according to the
Einstein theory, all motion is rela
tive. However, I believe it is pos
sible, with certain modifications ol
this hypothesis, to square it witr
the ether theory and the necessitv
of some medium for the transmis
sion of light. Then my main ob
jection would be removed."
BICYCLES IN MEXICO.
—
Automobiles, motorcycles and oth
|er gasoline-driven vehicles have noi
| deposed the plebian bicycle as the
most popular means of locomotior
iin Mexico City, says a correspond
lent of the Associated Press. Busi
ness men use them to go to work,
government employes bowl along on
them by the score, school children
prefer them to streetcars and the
omnibuses. The oldtime bicycle club
of twenty years ago flourishes here
and it is no uncommon sight to see
a party of men and women in the
conventional riding garb taking a
spin over the well-paved streets of
the capital. *
Numerous laws have been passed
regulating the use of bicycles. They
must be equipped with front and
rear lights of a designated color,
brakes, horns, and whistles. Some
of the more fancy ones bear flags,
coats of arms, and a holder for the
inevitable walking-stick affected by
every real gentleman in the capital.
It is not uncommon to see a bicycle
carrying at least twice its original
cost in equipment.
But with bicycles, as with auto
mobiles, there is no spveed limit.
Bicycle riders and their daredevil
companions, the drivers of the auto
mobile 'buses, continue to be the
terror of pedestrians.
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LUDENDORFF DUB
SAYS WRITER FOR
GERMAN JOURNAL
BERLIN*.—Theodore Wolff, writ
ing in the Tageblatt, compares Gen
eral Ludendorff, formerly chief ni
the German general staff, with
Xerxes, “who. after the destruction
of his fleet, ordered the sea to be
whipped.”
“It does not indicate much
strength of soul,” he continues,
“when Ludendorff repeatedly seeks
to make the people responsible for
the revolution, which was occasion
ed only by military failures. He is
considerably more unjust than
Xerxes.
"The Americans whom he had
ridiculed came and the tanks that
he had made fun of arrived also.
On June 6 the announcement was
made :o the German people that
the- ‘proud maneuver army of the
Entente as such exists no longer.’
and five days later came the ‘disso
lution and complete destruction of
the Foeh maneuver army.’
“Yet, all of a sudden, as four
years before, the German army had
ventured too far; the maneuver
army was there. The German
troops had to give, and in the de
ception which followed so many
lying claims, in the bitterness at
the murderous mistakes, and in the
recognition that with the ridiculed
entry of America Germany's fate
was sealed, a four-year-old couraee
collapsed.”
LORD FRENCH UNVEILS
WAR CROSS IN ENGLAND
LONDON. — Field Marshal Lord
French, commander of the British
army in France in the early part
of the war, recently unveiled a
cross at Otham, Kent, to the mem
ory of men from the neighborhood
who fell in the war. He quoted
that fine sentence from Thackeray:
“If we still love those whom we
lose, can we altogether lose those
whom we love?”
; And thus he answered the ques
j tion:
"Thank God, we cannot. Of those
who went out in such high hopes to
; perish in the trenches, or lie buried
• far away in a nameless grave, it is
;a mistake to say they never return.
They never really left; their bright
; spirits still tenant the hearts of
i those who loved them. They lie
imperishably fair, crowned with the
garland of immortal youth.”
j WOMEN AUTO DRIVERS
ON INCREASE IN ENGLAND
LONDON.—Women, who during
the war found their most useful
field of service as drivers of auto
mobiles. continue to swell the ranks
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Passengers are required to par
• chase tickets before entering tram*
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is in
^the employment office, on the groau S
floor of the General Office Building
j Alaskan Engineering Commission, or
! at Camp 415 (North Nenana). /
Tickets will be on sale at _ny
| time during office hours, and can be
:purchased in sufficient time before
.the departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
• he foot of A street on Wednesdays
.and Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
;Camp 415 (Nona Nenana), for
• Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fndays, a*,
j 1 p. m.
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tween North Nenana and Fairbanks.
;subject *© change without notice:
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arrive North Nenana, 11:30 a. m
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:arrive Fairbanka, 5:38 p. m
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people in all sections of Alaska and the Yukon who will verify our
statements.
Our excellent Eastern connection#, and the tremendous amount
of mail order business we are receiving from all parts of the
States for furs made to order enables us to turn our stock quickly
at a reasonable profit, but we must have fur, for which we guar
antee top prices.
Make us a trial shipment. If our price does not suit you, the
goods will be returned charges prepaid.
WE MAKE FURS TO ORDER
at more reasonable rates than can be obtained Outside. At present
we are working three operators, and need others. If you are an
operator and finisher, and want a good year-around job, com
municate with us.
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