THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application marie April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for eniry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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AMERICA’S CONTRIBUTION.
The United States made the third j
largest contribution in fighting
forces during the war. namely, ap- '
proximately two million men, ac- j
cording to figures compiled by Brit- I
ish statisticians. France headed the .
list, while Great Britain came sec-1
ond with a grand total of 8,654,467. !
The ration strength of the Ameri- j
can army in France on Armistice
day, that is, the total number of:
men who were being fed from army]
stocks, is placed at 1,924,000, while
Great Birtain’s ration strength in 1
this theater on the same date was ■'
1.731,578. This does not take into,
account prisoners of war or the I
negro labor employed by England. j
America’s combatant strength in
France on Armistice day is set down
by the British statisticians as 1,160,- ;
000, and Great Britain’s at 1,164,
790. The combatant strength in
eludes all troops which functions
are, in the first place, fighting.
The captures of prisoners and
guns in France during the victori
ous offensive against the German j
army between July 18 and Novem-j
ber 11, 1918, are given as follows: j
British armies, 200,000 and 2,540.
respectively; French armies, 135,720 j
and 1,800; American armies, 43,300
and 1,421; Belgian armies, 14,500]
and -474. It is pointed out that m
addition to the above there were
80,000 British combatant troops in
Italy who co-operated in the final
defeat of the Austrian army at Vil
torio-Veneto, capturing SO,000 pris
oners, and that in the Eastern the
aters of war, Palestine and Meso
potamia, where about 400,000 Brit
ish troops on an average throughout
1918 were fighting, the complete
defeat and destruction of the Turk
ish army was effected by the British
alone, and a total of 85,000 prison
ers taken.
The following figures show the
number of troops contributed by
the various parrs of the British Em
pire during the war:
British Isles, 5,704,410; Canada,
640,886; Australia, 516,809; New
Zealand, 220,099; South Africa,
136,070; India, 1,401,350; other col
onies, 134,837. The grand total was
8,654,467.
The casualties of the troops of
the British Empire are stated as
follows: British Isles, killed, 662,
083 missing or prisoners, 140,312;
wounded, 1,644,786.
Losses of troops from India, Can
ada, Australia and other parts of
the empire brought the total to:
killed, 851,117 missing and prison
ers, 142,057; wounded, 2,067,442.
Prisoners repatriated are not in
cluded in the foregoing.
Major-General Peyton C. March,
chief of staff of the United States
army, announced on January 26,
1919, that America had the second
largest Allied army on the Western
front, in ration strength, when the
armistice was signed. The French,
he said, had 2,559,000 men, the
United States 1,950,000, and the
British, including the Portuguese who
were serving with them, 1,718,000.
General March did not give the
comparative figures of the national
armies showing their combatant
strength on Armistice day.
WORLD LANGUAGE.
English would undoubtedly be the
most suitable world language, in
die opinion of Professor Carnoy, of
Louvain , university, Belgium. He
made this statement in the form of
i reply to the question addressed
ay the Northern Peace society to
imminent linguists in various coun
ries as to which language would be
lest adapted to universal use. After
leclaring in favor of English. M.
farnoy wrote:
“The German and blench lan
guages have lost their p’ace through
he war. The English language is a
lospitable one. being a kind of com
iromise between the Latin and Ger
nanic tongues also it is simple and
s spoken by most progressive na
ions of the world, and has one of
he most beautiful literatures of
modern times.”
GMli'lS
MAKING LONG IK
BUENOS AIRES.—Carl Dericks,
a Dutch “globe-walker,” who is
traveling afoot from Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, to San Francisco, U. S. A.,
as representative of the Handels
blad, of Amsterdani, arrived here
recently from the Brazilian capita!
which he left or. October oO.
From here, Dericks crosses th«
continent over the Andes mountain
to Santiago, Chile, whence he wil
make his way north through thal
country and the other west eoasl
countries, Central America. Mexico
and thence into California. Ht
hopes to arrive in San Francisct
before June 1, completing on foo
a journey of about 12,400 miles.
For defense while traveling thn
wild sections he carries a hollov
cane containing a rapier. Whili
journeying thru Santa Catarim
province in Brazil, he was threat
ened by Botokude Indians, but thei
hostility was changed to curiosity
he said, by the sudden transforma
tion of his stick into a sword.
Gained Her Object.
There’s method in some people’
| seeming miserliness, although th
! reason for so much privation doe
mot strike ordinary folk as sufficient
| A Swiss village owes its fine pea
'of bells to this sort of self-sacri
ifice.
1 About ten years ago, a widoA
| who had lived in great misery fo
'no less than fifty years went to th
.commune and presented it wit
iover $4,000 for a peal of bells fo
jthe old church. She had saved th
I money penny by penny, dressin
I like a beggar and starving hersell
IShe said she had gained the objec
iof her life.—Exchange.
Jack Kinaley is a patient at th
Government hospital, having entere
the institution this morning. H
.expects to be under the care of Di
Smith for two or three weeks.
GERMANS GOING
10 ARGENTINA TO
MAKE NEW START
BUENOS AIRES.—Every steam
Iship arriving here from Ltin ports
of Europe and from Holland is
loaded with immigrants coming here
to settle. Most of those on the
Dutch ships are Germans. They
are attracted by the fact that Ar
gentina is prosperous, unscathed by
l war, and belief that it (jives prom
I ise to rapid development,
j A (Treat increase in the foreign
population of the Argentine is ex
pected owing to this immigration
Already nearly one-half of the pop
ulation of Buenos Aires is foreign
born, and a majority of these have
failed to become citizens, although
(only two years’ residence is re
quired. Many have long been resi
|dents of Argentina and are large
property owners.
The influx of new immigrants has
prompted a proposal by Dr. Juan
Carlos Garay, professor of law in
jthe University of Buenos Aires, to
i propose enactment of a law making
; naturalizatio^j obligatory without re
' nunciation of citizenship in the
!country of birth. Professor Garay
| hopes in that way to solve the
| problem presented by failure of so
.many foreign-born persons to be
leome citizens and take part in the
| affairs and politics of the country.
; He admits that this is a revolution
|ary doctrine, but contends that for
j Argentina its advantages would out
,weigh the disadvantages.
REPORTS A FAILURE
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LOS ANGELES, Cal.—Joseph F.
Bernard, explorer and former resi
dent of Los Angeles, is returning
ifrom the North American channel
jaccording to word just received here
1 after an unsuccessful effort foi
I three years to force his way fronr
j the Pacific to the Atlantic ocean
I north of the American continent.
Bernard has twice defied the icc
! fields in a ten-ton schooner, th<
!
Teddy Bear, accompanied by only
lone man. On his first trip in 1901;
he went to the Siberian coast an-,
•was absent for nearly five years
• II is assistant died on this vovag(
land the explorer sailed his boat t<
|the ice fields alone,
j In 191G he again sailed north ir
ithe Teddy Bear, this time in thi
!hope of drifting from the Pacific t<
the Atlantic. Recently David H
Hurley, a friend of Bernard here
received work that the Teddy Bea
had been sighted by natives nea
' Banksland and that Bernard wa
Jonce again headed south, apparentl;
j unable to negotiate the passage be
tween the two oceans.
0U1V0TE ENEMIEJ
s WITH THE AMERICAN FORCE
. IN GERMANY.—The former Gei
1 man emperor is not without hi
. friends in the American occupie
area in the Rhineland. A motio
l recently' proposed by a Social Demc
! crat in the city council of Coblen
• to oust from the council chambe
i a bust of Wilhelm II which ha
r stood in the hall for years was d<
e feated overwhelmingly.
r The Social Democrat who intr<
'. duced the motion said: “It is ou
t firm conviction that a man who ha
so trampled upon the honor an
duty of his people and of his ow
e code can no longer have a plac
1 among us.”
s Opposition was immediate froi
•, spokesmen of several parties. Vie
ranged from a declaration of a
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Pioneers of Alaska
Nenana Igloo No. 17
MEETS AT UNION HALL
FIRST AND THIRD MONDAYS
OF MONTH, AT 8:00 P. M.
Visiting Members Always
Welcome.
Frank Rourke, Martin Nash,
Secretary. President.
legiance by a Nationalist speaker to
the opinion of the Greber party
leader that at least the bust was '
worth while historically. And so
the former emperor's bust, as in the
past, continues to watch over coun
cil sessions of the city fathers of
Coblenz from its pedestal in the
most prominent part of the great
room beneath which is the billeting
office of the American forces in
Germany.
In Nieuwied, also in the American
occupied area, the city council re
cently rejected, by a vote of 17 to
15, a proposal to remove from the
council chamber a picture of the
former emperor which hangs over
the burgomaster’s high seat in the
front of the hall.
CLEARING HOUSE PAYS
LARGE AMOUNT IN 1919
LONDON. — Bills, checks, etc.,
paid at the Bankers’ Clearing House
during 1919 aggregated £3,386,768,
000, or £650,000,000 more than in
1918.
r P. W. Matthews, of the Bankers’
. Clearing House, in sending: out these
figures, attributes these enormous'
figures largely to the high cost of
raw material, the increased price of
production, and the consequent larg
er demand for banking accommoda
tion. Activity on the stock ex
change was a factor.
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THE BOWEN BUILDING
NENANA LODGE No. 1193
L. 0. 0. M.
MEETS AT MOOSE HALL |
Fourth and B Streets
Second and Fourth Mondays,
At 8:00 P. M.
ALEX FOWLER M. V. TYLER,!
| Secretary Dictator. I
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Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers are required to pur
•hase tickets before entering trains.
Tickets can be purchased from
he station agent, whose office is in
he employment office, on the groun i
ioor of the General Office Building.
\laskan Engineering Commission, or
vt Camp 415 (North Nenana).
Tickets will be on sale at any
dme during office hours, and can be
mrchased in sufficient lime before
ihe departure of the trains.
Regular trains for the south leave
:he foot of A street on Wednesdays
»nd Saturdays at 8 a. m., and from
Camp 415 (North Nenana), for
Fairbanks, Tuesdays and Fridays, a!
1 p. m.
The following is the schedule be
tween North Nenana and Fairbanks,
subject to change without notice:
Leave Fairbanks at 7:00 a. m ;
arrive North Nenana, 11:30 a. m
Leave North Nenana 1:00 p. m ;
arrive Fairbanks, 5:30 p. m.
No tickets will be sold crossing
the river. Those intending to trav- %
el to Fairbanks must make their
own arrangements for reaching
North Nenana.
Trappers and Traders of Alaska
SELL YOUR FURS TO A HOME INDUSTRY. WE GUARANTEE
YOU HIGHER PRICES THAN OUTSIDE
CONCERNS WILL PAY.
During the last season we conducted an advertising campaign
throughout the North and are prepared to send you the names of
people in all sections of Alaska and the Yukon who will verify our
statements.
Our excellent Eastern connections, 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.
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & CO.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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