THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made 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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PROFITS IN SIBERIA.
Profiteering- has reached its apex
as a “fine art” throughout Central
and Western Siberia, where no spec
ulator is satisfied with less than 100
percent profit and often gouges as
much as 1,000 percent out of his j
hapless customers, according to sto- j
ries coming from Omsk.
These traders, many of them j
smugglers, who, taking advantage of !
the shortage of everything except |
the products of the country, the un-l
stable value of the ruble and the
difficulties of transportation, contrive
to get through with a few pairs of
shoes, particularly ladies’ shoes, a
few bolts of silk or dress goods, a
few cases of tinned fruits, or, in
fact, any foreign-made product what
soever. reap rich harvests.
Before a regular express service
was inaugurated, the many special j
trains from Vladivostok and Har
bin were the targets of the specu
lators. By connivance with the
porters, and unknown to the other
occupants, nearly every special car- j
ried its complement of merchandise j
stowed avsay under berths and in |
obscure corners, to be handed over j
upon arrival at some designated ]
point.
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The Red Cross has had its diffi- j
cujties sidestepping the designs of'
these gentry from time to time. On '
one occasion, it is related, a Red
Cross representative in Irkutsk was
approached with an offer of a hun- {
dred pairs of shoes as a gift for.
the good of the cause. In due,
time they arrived, from Dairen, but
in place of one hundred pairs there
were one thousand. They had pass
ed the customs free of charge, be-.
ir.g consigned to the Red Cross, and
it was the owner’s expectation that
the extra 900 would be delivered,
to him. They were all bundled off
to Dairen.
The speculators’ day will have
gone, however, it is said, as soon as
the traffic is readjusted under the
Interallied Committee management
and legitimate commerce is resumed.
Many of the abuses have already
been corrected through closer gov
ernment inspection at the frontiers,
but in spite of all efforts to check
it, the speculation evil still persists.
AMERICAN FIRST AID.
Rumanian and Hungarian wound
ed in the recent fighting around
Budapest have been treated in an
American mobile hospital of the
most modern type—the last word in
war hospitals for use in the field
with a rapidly moving army.
The type of mobile hospital being
used is thatx known as the “auto-j
chir.” It is a hospital on wheels—
eighteen huge auto tracks equipped
with everything needful for war
time medicine and surgery. There
arc automobile operating _rooms, au- ;
tc mobile sterilizing equipment, an
automobile laboratory, a pure-water
machine with ice-making attachment,'
an X-ray car, electric light plant,
steam heating plant, a blacksmith’s'
repair shop and a complete tent |
hospital which can be set up any- j
where in about two hours so as to
accommodate more than 400 men.
The hospital is a gift from the j
American Red Cross to Queen Marie]
| of Rumania. It was shipped to
' Bucharest and is now being used for
Jthe first time under the command
| of Major J. B. Bayne of Chicago, a
physician attached to the American
Red Cross Commission to the Bal
kans. It was built by the Red Cross
for use on the Western front, but
did not arrive in Europe until after
the signing of the armistice.
LONDON EXPANSION.
Millions of pounds are to be j
spent in the creation of a system of
industrial garden cities which ulti-1
mately will rim metropolitan Lon
don. The scheme, just outlined, is j
the most elaborate city-building pro-;
ject ever undertaken in England. !
and is an adaptation of the model j
industrial town idea originated some
years ago in the United States.
Building of the first of these j
‘■flower garden” suburb cities is to {
begin next year north of London, j
according to newspaper announce-1
ments. The town will be self-sup- j
porting and will cover several thou- '■
sand acres. Within its precincts j
will be an agricultural area. Its |
populace will be supported by sev- j
eral engineering industries to be
located there.
The project is an attempt not ‘
only to solve London's housing prob- i
lem, which has become a grievous j
one, but to prevent an overwhelm
ing congestion of the city’s indus
tries and other commercial activi
ties.
MORMONS SEEK TO
RECOVER FORMER
HOMES IN MEXICO
DOUGLAS, Ariz.—Some of the
several hundred Mormons who were
driven out of their colony at Col
onia Morelos, 65 miles southeast of
Douglas, by Villa’s army of invasion
in 1916 are endeavoring to recover
their homes from the Mexican squat
ters who have usurped them. About
ten Mormon families still live in the
colony, but are not permitted to
occupy their own brick houses. Mex
ican families are living in them and
refuse to quit, proclaiming the doc
trine of “Mexico for Mexicans.”
Many other Mormons, disheart
ened by their reversals, have begun
life anew in the United States. Ap
peals have been made to the Mex
ican government by the Mormons,
hut without result. Recently the
American state department asked
the Mexican government to drive out
the usurpers and restore their prop
erty to them. The colonists hope
this effort will be successful.
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For a couple of days recently the
town of McCarthy presented a busy I
appearance. The cause of the ex
citement was the departure from
that place of a couple of parties of
big game hunters from the States, :
who went trophy hunting, starting
from that point. Both parties had
several guides and many horses with
them.
It is said that the American Can
company intends to establish its Al
askan headquarters at Cordova and
that the company will erect a large
supply warehouse at that point.
Henana. Where Sails and Bivers Meet
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FIRST DIVISION
JUSTLY PROUD OF
ITS WAR RECORD
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The Firsi
division, first units of which re
turned home recently from Germa
ny, is justly proud of its claim a:
I being “the first division in France
ifirst in a fighting sector; first tc
jfire a shot at the Germans; first tc
attack; first to conduct a raid; first
•to be raided; first to capture pris
oners; first to inflict casualties; first
to suffer casualties; first to be cited
I
; singly in general orders; first in
.’the number of divisions, corps and
I army commanders and general staff
officers produced from its person
nel.”
The official history of the division
shows it was organized in France,
the last units to arrive reaching that
country July 2, 1917. It was com
posed of troops of the regular army,
the 16th, 18th. 26th, and 28th in
fantry regiments; the 5th. 6th and
7th artillery regiments; the 1st en
gineer regiment and train; the 2nd
field signal battalion, and the 3rd.
4th, and 5th ambulance companies
and field hospital.
It occupied successively the Som
merville sector, near Nancy; the An
sauville sector, near Toul; the Can
tigny sector, near Montdidier; par
ticipated in the Soissons operations
southwest of Soissons: occupied the
Saizerais sector; participated in the
St. Mihie! operation; the Meuse-Ar
gonne operation in the Sheppy sec
tor, west of Varennes; the opera
tion against Mouzon, and the opera
tion south and southwest of Sedan,
attacking the heights on the morn
ing of November 7, 1918.
On November 17 it began the
memorable march through Lorraine
and Luxembourg, reaching the Cob
lenz bridgehead on the Rhine, De
cember 14, 1918, which position it
held until relieved recently by other
American troops.
Replacements in the division up
to the time of the armistice totaled
30,206, and the losses in killed and
died of wounds were 4,411; wound
ed and gassed, 17,201, and prisoners
lost, 152. It captured 6.467 Ger
mans, 119 pieces of artillery, 62
trench mortars, and 413 machine
guns. The total of Distinguished
Service Crosses awarded the men of
the division was 356.
The divisional insignia is a crim
son “1” on a khaki background,
chosen because the numeral “1”
represents .the number of the divi
sion and many of its subsidiary or
ganizations.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
INVESTIGATING LIQUOR
SMUGGLING ON BORDER
EL PASO, Tex.—Although many
arrests have been made by custom?
officials, liquor smuggling has be
come so general on this part of the
border that United States Govern
ment officials have announced an in
vestigation will be made to ascer
tain whether any American officers
have been implicated in the bringing
of intoxicants from Mexico.
Recently two Mexicans were shot
and killed while bringing to the
heart of the residential district two
barrels of whisky. Americans and
Mexicans who formerly smuggled
ammunition and opium are reported
to have turned their attention to the
contraband liquor traffic. Quanti
ties of whisky, exported to Mexico
when prohibition became effective,
are being brought back into El Paso,
it is said, and sold for as high as
$15 a quart.
The Billie R., a fishboat operat
ing for the Naket Inlet cannery, was
recently swamped near that place
while carrying a load of 5,00(^ fish
The three men that comprised the
crew were saved, but the salmon
were lost.
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M. V. TYLER,
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NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
building, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
'A street on Wednesdays and Satur
days at 8 a. m.
On and after july loth the freight
on the North side of the river at
Camp 415 dock will be shipped out
Tuesday and Friday of each week,
leaving at 8 a. m., until further
notice.
Dr. J. R. BOWEN
DENTIST
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