THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Kenana, Alaska,
for eiury as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
"WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET"
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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DANIELS AND HIS WORK
“One year ago today,” said Sec
retary of the Navy Daniels, in an
address delivered in New York on
the Fourth of July, “I had the
pleasure of officially announcing!
that all the units of the first con- j
voy of American transports had1
safely landed their precious cargoes I
in France, in spite of submarine at-!
tempts at sinking. That news cheer
ed the people of the whole country J
because the boasts of the Germans
at that period when the sinking of
ships by submarines was at is height
had alarmed many mothers and
fathers. When the vigilant and
valorous destroyers, however, as a
protecting mother over the ships
carrying our first soldiers of liberty '
to return the call of Lafayette had 1
landed these brave youths in safety,
there was a sigh of relief and a
prayer of thanksgiving, a patriotic
Fourth of July, rejoicing, and a shout
of praise for the men of the Ameri
can navy, whose protection gave
fresh confidence in the ability of
the navy of our day to live up to its '
best traditions. So impressed was
congress and the country by this j
initial success of naval convoys that1
soon thereafter congress voted the
money to build as many destroyers
as facilities could be provided for
their construction. And we are '
building them in large numbers more
rapidly than such craft were ever!
completed.
“The recent enemy submarine ac
tivities off our coast resulted in the
the loss of 25,411 gross tons of
American shipping During this
same time 130,000 deadweight tons
of shipping were built.
"To give some idea of the ton
nage situation with reference to
American shipping, it may be of in
terest to know that the total ton
nage of American vessels lost prior
to the entry of the United States
into the war was 67,815. The tojal
American tonnage sunk since the
entry of the United States into the
war is 284,408; or a total of 352,
223 tons sunk during the whole
period of the European war. As
against this loss, the gross tonnage
of merchant ships built in the United
States since the commencement of
the European war is 2,722,563 tons,
1,736-664 gross tons of which have
been built since the entry of the
United States into the war. In ad
dition to the tonnage thus built,
650,000 tons of German shipping
have been taken over. This does not
incjude the tonnage acquired of the
Dutch, Japanese, and ether vessels.
It will be of further interest to know
that today there will be launched
in the great shipyards of this coun
try over 400,000 deadweight tons.
These figures are in addition to those
previously given.
“Since last Independence Day a
million men have been transported
to Europe. Despite the constant
threat of enemy submarines, coming
almost to our very shores in their
murderous hate, not one American
transport bound for France has been
sunk, and not one soldier has been
lost by enemy action. Only two
vessels carrying American troops
abroad, the Tuscania and the Mol
davia, have been torpedoed. The
President Lincoln and the Antilles
were sunk while returning; the Fin
land was torpedoed but reaehed pori
under her own steam, and was re
paried and put back into service.’
SPY PROOF
To prevent the possibility of val
uable information getting into Ger
many, the American Red Cross, in
sending letters behind the enemy
lines at the request of persons in
this country, is following carefully
a plan worked out by the state de
partment to do away with code.
Americans, Germans, or others in
the United States wishing to com
municate with relatives in Germany
must now write out their messages
in Red Cross chapters throughout
the country. These are sent through
the division offices of the organi
zation to national headquarters
Here they are rewritten and the
wording absolutely changed to pre
vent the sending of any diagram
or secret code. The messages are
then given to the censorshiu board
and are passed or refused by them
as the case may be. When they
reach a neutral country they arc
translated on other paper and in
most cases delivered by the Red
Cross of the place to which they
go. The plan is considered as spy
proof as it is possible to devise.
Some folks might not like the
politics of Theodore Roosevelt; other;
might not like some of his persona
characteristisc, but every gooc
American, says the Douglas Islanc
News, likes his straight-from-the
shoulder stand on the matter of the
war and the way that his boys have
acquitted themselves. The sym
pathy of the whole country is hi:
in the loss of one son and the
wounding of another one.
BISHOP^DECUNES
AIRPLANE OFFEfi
LONDON.—A wealthy busines
man offered to contribute a sum o
money large enough to supply on*
of the missionary bishops of thi
Church of England with an air
plane. “I believe this would en
able the bishop to visit the outlyin;
parts of his diocese with much great
er ease than at present,” said th
writer.
The British Society for the Pro
gation of the Gospel in making ac
knowledgement of the offer, say
that while it cannot at present ac
cept the gift, it has no doubt tha
within a few years similar offer
will be accepted, “ and in this wa
some of our bishops who are i
charge of large and scattered die
! ceses, will be enabled to multipl
1 their activities.”
KAISER RESENTS LOSS
OF GERMAN ART WORK
] NEW’ YORK—Germany has take
steps to prevent the exportation t
, works of art, say German new
papers received here, and has aske
the German Federated States to c<
operate in the movement. In mal
ing this announcemnt the Saxo
Minister of Education said that nei
tral countries were using their w:
profits to purchase great numbe;
of German works of art.
Supplying food is America’s pri
cipal part in the war right no\
Food means first of all Wheat... T1
[next two months will tell.
SEWARD FAVORED
FOR COAL DEPOT
FOR 0. S. NAVY
Seward to Be Coal Depot for the
American Navy, Mining to Be
Undertaken Soon.
SEATTLE.—A special despatch
to the Seattle Post Intelligencer
says that Secretary of the Interior
Lane is now negotiating with Sec
retary of the Navy Daniels whereby
the department of the interior,
through the Bureau of Mines, may
superintend the expenditure of a
million dollar appropriation contain
ed in the naval appropriation bill,
j for the purpose of mining Alaska
j coal for the use of the United States
! navy.
It is expected that in the event
j of a rejection of the proposal by
J Secretary Daniels, the Naval Bureaa
! of Supplies and Accounts will create
j an organization to produce the coal
i for the use of the navy.
Both the department of the in
| terior and the navy department in
j dicated that the coal depot will be
at Seward.
Popular Chief Engineer of the River
Boats Is Now Working For
Uncle Sam.
Writing from San Francisco under
date of July 14, Tom Fitzgerald,
! well and favorably known in the
j North country and who for many
| years had been chief engineer on
! several of the river steamers plying
ion the waters of the mighty Yukon
and her tributaries, states that he is
now at the Bethlehem Shipbuilding
j Co , at San Francisco, doing his bit
toward helping to lick old Kaiser Bill.
Fitz says that the work in the
j Bethlehem plant is being speeded up
to the top notch and that things
i are humming all the time at the big
! shipbuilding yards. Additions are
! being made to the naval forces of
• the country almost every day and
i everybody is busy.
i Frisco is said to be booming with
| very good wages prevailing for the
, work done.
He speaks of having met Jim
Dethlefsen, who will be remembered
by many Nenanaites. Jim had the
misfortune to freeze his hands
|; while engaged in putting out a fire
* in one of the Commission cottages
1! and lost all the fingers of both
! hands as the result of the freezing
> He is now running a stationery store
: -but is not doing very well. Fits
; thinks that he would have done much
;! better in the cigar trade, which he
- intended going into first.
Jim is trying to get back North
t again in the employ of the A. E. C
-1 and has made application through
; Governor Riggs, who knows all th'
circumstances in connection with
- the accident which befell Jim.
Perhaps the first Alaska womar
3 to engage actively in the catchim
- of fish in Alaska is Dora Davis, o:
t Seward, who has purchased a hal:
s interest in the boat Dewey and wil
1 sail on her to the fishing banks.
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Baking powder biscuits, co’n
bread, muffins, brown bread, grid
dle cakes en waffles is wot dey
call "quick breads."
You all make3 ’em wid one cup
er wheat flour ter two cups er
substitute flour to save all do
wheat dat kin be saved fer de
sojcrs. Some folks kin git er'long
widout any wheat at all and are
glad to do it tor help win de war.
Dat ain’t bad med'eine to take,
fo’ who’s swine tu’n up his nose
at good co’n bread er biscuits er
flapjacks?
GOOD LUNGS IS
AERIAL SERVICE
LONDON.—Good lungs are the
most important requiremnt of an
airmen, declared Major Martin Flack,
head of the Air Ministry's Medical
department. ''Keen sight, good hear
ing, and good hands, are all import
ant to an air pilot,” he said, “but
the most important thing of all is
lungs. The successful pilot is gen
erally a deep breather, who can take
in more oxygen than the ordinary
man and is able to hold his breath
longer. He is thus able to with
stand the strain of an atmosphere
where oxygen is getting rare.”
Asked whether there was such a
thing as the “flying temperament”
Major Flack said: “Yes. 1 think
i there is, and it will to a certain ex
tent, overcome physical disability.
One of the most famous British air
men is a man of diminutive stature,
who had considerable difficulty in
passing the ordinary physcal tests.”
Constantly repeated medical ex
aminations of airmen are required
in the British serv ice, he said. “Our
medical officers,” he explained, “are
expected to look upon the pilots
under their charge as human ma
chines, to say whether they are fit
to take the air, and to take steps
constantly to keep them up to top
form and to remove the causes of
mental or physical distress.
“We keep insisting on hardening
exercises, for there is no doubt that
a man so hardened, sitting in light
clothing, uses much less oxygen than
one who has not undergone these
hardening exercises. Careful watch
ing is necessary over what the air
man eats, drinks and smokes, and we
attach the highest importance to
providing the men with mental dis
traction- One of the best forms of
mental distraction for airmen ap
pears to be gardening.”
Officer of the Coast and Geodetic
Survey Takes Observations At
Nenana.
Mr. J. W. Green, of the Coast
and Geodetic Survey, who arrived
in Nenana on the steamer Tanana
yesterday morning, took a series of
observations on the Park reserve
yesterday and will repeat them to
day. The spot from which the ob
servations were taken will be marked
permanently, so that similar observa
tions can be taken later on and
the annual changes noted.
The observations were made foi
the purpose of determining the Azi
muth for compass corrections and
also to get the intensity of the
earth’s magnetism and the magnetic
dip. Solar observations are taker
between 8 and 10 a. m., and be
tween 2 and 4 p. m.
Mr. Green, who is attached to the
observatory of the Coast and Geo
detic Survey at Sitka, came in bj
. way of Skagway and took observa
, tions at Eagle, Circle, Fort Yukon
I Rampart and Tanana, from whicl
place he went down the Yukon a:
far as Holy Cross, taking observa
tions at Kokrines, Nulato and Hob
Cross. Coming up the Tanana rivei
observations were taken at Ho
Springs, and Mr. Green intends t<
take some at Fairbanks, for whicl
place he expects to leave on Satur
day.
Mr. Green visited the Interior tei
years ago, and thinks that the towi
and settlements are now muel
quieter than they used to be on hi:
previous visit. The coast towns ar<
booming, Mr. Green says, lately
owing to the fisheries.
There are now two canneries a
Sitka, both of them being estab
lished during the past two years
and they are said to be doing ver;
well.
Mr. Green is on his way to head
quarters, at Washington, D. C., an<
does not know when he will retun
to Alaska again.
WANT ADS
These little classified advertise
ments—For Sale, For Rent, Lost and
Found—Have performed a valuable
service for others. Perhaps they
will do as well for you. They are
inexpensive. Three insertions for a
dollar when the advertisement does
not exceed three lines. For each
additional line, add a quarter.
FOR SALE—Three cows, cabin and
barn and two lots. Also milk
route. Inquire Harry Wait or
W. A. Coghill.
FOUND—Two dogs, may be part
S Bernard and part malamute.
One is yellow color and the other
whitish yellow. Owner can have
them on paying for this add and
the board of the dogs on applying
to G. J. Melvin, on C street be
tween 3rd and 4th.
POSITIONS WANTED—There are
three women cooks in Fairbanks
looking for positions as camp
cooks; also one man cook. All1
highly recommended. Address
Nenana News office.
FOR SALE—Beaver Board, in plain j
and oak finish. Doors and win- j
dows, sash stock and mouldings. !
Inquire Simson's.
PIANOS—For sale or rent. Inquire
Simson’s.
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^FOR SALE—Two tents, 18x30 and
20x40. Inquire Simsons.
| Seven thousand five hundred dollars
! in cash left by Samuel Blum to Cora
; Blum, of Berlin, Germany, in the
'< former’s will before he is supposed
i to have ended his life by jumping
j out of a fourth story window early
J last fall, have been seized as enemy
j alien property in Seattle and Cor
\ dova, which was the property of
. the 'deceased.
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NOTICE OR MARSHAL’S SALE
United States of America, 4th Div.,
District of Alaska, ss. ,
Public notice is hereby given, that
by virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias
(or execution), dated July 1st, A. D.
1918, issued out of the District
Court, of the United States for the
4th Division. District of Alaska, on
a judgment rendered in said CourC
on the 28th day of June, A. D.,
1918, in favor of Jerry Ford, and
against Frank Stevens, I have, on
this JOth day of July, A. D., 1918,
levied upon the following described
real estate, situated 'n the Hot
Springs Recording Precinct. Fourth
Division, Territory of Alaska, to wit:
The “South End” association placer
mining claim, the “Stevens” associa
tion placer mining claim, the “Frank”
association placer mining claim, and
the “Buffalo” association placer min
ing claim, all situated on the bench
between Glen and Eureka creeks,
in the Hot Springs Recording Pre
cinct, Fourth Division, Territory of
Alaska; and that I will, accordingly
offer said real estate for sale, at
public vendue to the highest bidder
and best bidder, for cash, on the
10th day of September. A. D. 1918,
at ten o’clock A. M., at the front
door of the U. S. Commissioner’s
office, at Hot Springs, Alaska.
Dated, at Hot Springs Alaska,
this 30th day of July, A. D. 1918.
4th Div., District of Alaska.
By J. L. ANDERS,
Deputy.
I Chas. E. Taylor,
Plaintiff’s Attorney.
, Aug. 9, 1G, 23, 30.
Waste and want are twin sister;
and neither beautiful.
L. T. ERWIN,
U. S. Marshal.
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