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 3, 1879. !
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 territory of Alaska, because
of differing commercial conditions
themselves, due to climatic, geo
graphical and vocational causes, each
having a direct bearing on the
character and quantity of licensed
commodities purchased and used,
and upon the time of purchase and
arrival at their Alaskan destination,
is hereby divided into three regions
in order that the rules and regula
tions of the United States Food Ad
ministration from time to time pro
mulgated by the President of the
United States under authority con
ferred upon him by the act of con
gress, approved August 10, 1917,
and known as the Food Control Act,
may be fairly and reasonably ap
plied as promulgated or as modified
in said territory, to dealing in
licensed commodities, which said
regions are hereby described as
follows: ^
Region A
The Pacific coastal region con
sists of all of Southeastern Alaska
or the First Judicial Division, and
all that part of Central Alaska or
the Third Judicial Division, lying
south of the coast range of moun
tains and east of the 153rd meridian
of west longitude, including therein,
however, all cities, towns and settle
ments directly on the several lines
of railroad extending from the coast
which penetrate or extend beyond
the coast range.
Region B
The Bristol Bay ap^ Alaskan Pen
insula region consists of the Alaska
Peninsula and adjacent islands in
either the Pacific ocean or the Ber
ing Sea side, and the mainland bor
dering on Bristol Bay and lying
west of said 153rd meridian of west
longitude and south of the 60th
parallel of north latitude.
L Region C
The Interior and Bering Sea
region consists of all the residue of
the territory not included in the
above described regions A and B.
Rules and regulations of the
United States Food Administration
as to licensed commodities are ap
plicable in their original terms or
as hereinafter modified in the above
described regions of Alaska, as fol
lows :
In region “C,” the Interior and
Bering Sea region, all rules and regu
lations of the United States Food
Administration are effective in all
respects except that by permission
of the United States Food Admini
strator.
(1) Wheat conservation, rules
244, 27 u*.id 28 are hereby modified
to the extent that the period there
in specified as the guide by which
the 70 per cent of the normal re
; quirements of purchases are arrived
at, as governering millers, whole
salers and jobbers’ sales and whole
salers, jobbers and dealers' pur
chases, is changed from two si par;|e
quarterly reports to one period of
six months to-wit: Februray 1, 19-8
to July 31, 1918.
(2) General rules and regula
tions 13 and 14 are modified to the
extent that dealers may sell and de
j liver, buy and receive and ship to
the buyer in said region during the
open season and then and thereafter
keep on hand and have in .possession
or under control within said region
at any one time, not more than
twelve months' supply of licensed
commodities, which quantity is deem
ed sufficient to meet the require
ments of business during the period
of twelve months next succeeding
the date of such sale or delivery.
(3) Wheat conservation rules 26
29 and 31 are modified to the ex
tent that hereafter wheat flour shall
not be sold to any licensee or dealer
engaged in business in said region
unless such licensee or dealer pur
chases at the same time three
pounds of approved wheat flour sub
stitute for each five pounds of
wheat flour purchased. This ratio
shall become effective as to sales
in such region by licensees or deal
ers to consumers or other persons
within said region from and after
the arrival of the first boat at each
port of said region in the 1918 sea
son of open navigation.
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In support of his charge that
Thos. Riggs, Jr. had mismanaged
the Alaskan Railway, John A. Bal
laine recently testified before the
senate committee on territories that
Riggs had been responsible for the
purchase of the Tanana Valley rail
road, at $300,000, which, in the
opinion of Ballaine, is “an ab
solute worthless property.” Mr.
: Riggs, appearing in his own behalf,
informed the committee that the
Tanana Valley railroad cost the gov
ernment $90,000 less than its ac
tual value, and declared that the
purchased line would be a valuable
i link in the railroad system of Alaska.
ISON THANKS
MOVIE THEATRES
FOR Till! AID
Preiident Says Show Houses Are
Rendering Country Very Sub
stantial Service.
As evidence of hi:, appreciation
of the service which is being rend
ered to the country by the owners
of the sixteen thousand moving pic
ture theaters throughout the United
i States. President Wilson has ad
dressed a letter to William McCor
mick Blair, director of the Four
Minute Men, expressing his grati
tude to the ‘'movies” and request
ing that they be apprised of the
fact that the government appre
ciates the good work they are do
ing. Messrs. Rosburg and Burns,
owners of the Coliseum, received a
jopy of the President's letter on
the last mail, forwarded to them by
Director Blair. The letter follows:
“The W'hite House, Washington,
“Februrary 20, 1918.
Mr. William McCormick Blair,
Director Four-Minute Men, Com
mittee on Public Information
“My dear Mr. Blair:
“The motion picture theaters of
the country are rendering so sub
stantial a service in aiding the Four
Minute Men as spokesmen of the
national cause that I would not
willingly fail to acknowledge the
debt the country owes to these
theater managers. Their response
to requests has been hearty, and
their cooperation is most helpful.
“Will you please convey to them
my appreciation of their aid in giv
ing this exclusive privilege to your
speakers?
“Cordially and sincerely yours,
“WOODROW WILSON.”
Under the direction of the Dis
trict Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler
for Alaska George F. Forest, the
Anchorage lodge of Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks were in
stituted recently in the Elks build
ing on Fourth avenue. Immediately
after the institution of the lodge,
a large number of candidates was
initiated. The membership totals
about 75.
KENAI'S BAD MAN
GETS BUMPED OFF
BY NERVY CITIZEN
Particulars regarding the murder
cf Alexander Ryan by C. L. McGill,
Kenai’s “official bad man," at the
school election April 8, and the
shooting and killing of the murderer
while he was resisting arrest, were
made public at Anchorage recently,
upon the return of C. H. Packard
from Seldovia, where he gathered
his information from United States
Commissioner Ralph V. Anderson
and Deputy United States Marshal
C. W. Harrington, who went to
Kenakby special boat to conduct an
investigation. The story of the
tragedy which was published in the
Anchorage Times, is as follows:
“The term ‘official bad man’ as
applied to McGill is very appropriate
as shown by the testimony of the
25 witnesses examined at the two i
inquests, for, besides being a brutal
j bully and notorious gunman. McGill
! was United States commissioner,
| deputy postmaster, superintendent of
j schools and ‘boss of the town,’ hav
I ing inaugurated a reign of .error
j soon after his arrival from ,rn' tz
| about thre years ago, when he was
| appointed commissioner.
“When Ryan called at the school
| house about 3:30 o'clock to vote, he
I was informed by McGill, self ap
pointed boss of the election, that
he could no do so ‘because the polls J
are closed,' although the official
notice stated that the polls would
remain open until 5:30; also that
Ryan was not a citizen, consequently
had no right to vote. During the
brief argument that followed, Ryan
called McGill a liar. Saying he
didn't care whether he voted or not,
Ryan started for the door, when
without further provocation, McGill
' drew a revolver, fired one shot into
the ceiling and one into the body of
Ryan, who died in a few minutes
“The seventeen persons present at
the polling place in the school house
’ started a stampede for the door, but
i were stopped by McGill’s threats to
'shoot them also if they didn't keep
quiet.
‘,The ballot box was removed to
: another part of the room, McGill
: covered the body of Ryan with a
sheet and the election proceeded.
.Although McGill had previously and
j ‘officially’ declared the polls < losed.
1 several more persons voted before
I the last ballot was cast about 5‘15.'
McGill on various pretexts denied
i several other legal voters the right
j to vote, yet insisted that the local
; priest be permitted to vote, notwith
| priest was not a citizen.
Citizens Arm Themselves
“By the time the polls closed
about every adult male in the place
had armed himself with the inten
tion of bombarding McGill from a
safe distance. Chas Coach, who
! it seems to have been about the
j only cool-headed man in town, ad
i vised against any hasty or mob ac
! tion, and volunteered to arrest
| McGill.
“Two hours after the murder of
| Ryan, while McGill was in the rear
■ room of the Dawson store threaten-1
| ing one of the proprietors and re
' peating the warning not to discuss
j the killing of Ryan with anyone,;
j Coach entered the storeroom. As'
Dawson and McGill returned from
! the rear room, Coach ordered McGill
j to throw up his hands. The town
! terror complied by raising his hands
! only to the height of his shoulders,
then suddenly reached for one of 1
guns which was .in a holster under
his left arm and coat. Before he
could get this gun into action,
Coach’s first shot struck him in the
shoulder.
“ ‘Don’t shoot any more, you’ve
| got me, Charley,’ McGill exclaimed.
! But as McGill didn’t put up his gun
i hand again, Coach concluded not to
| take any chances on failing to finish i
' the job he had undertaken, and he
! fired again, the second shot passing
[through Mc’Gills head.
Unable to Raise Hand.
As Coach’s first shot broke Me- j
[ Gill’s shoulder, the investigating offi-,
cers and jury concluded that Me’- ^
Gill’s arm had been paralyzed by i
the shock and that he was unable
to either draw his own gun or raise
his empty hand. McGill had an
other gun in a hip pocket and in his 1
room the jury found an arsenal, con
sisting of two rifles and three shot
guns.
“Among McGill’s personal effects
and papers the officers found
'enough documentary evidence to!
send him to the penitentiary on four
counts and to jail on at least a
dozen more,' quoting the words of;
one of the officers.
Jury Vindicate* Coach.
“Seventeen persons witnessed the ,
shooting of Ryan and eight were j
present when McGill’s career as ‘a j
good Democrat but bad citizen' was j
ended. The official in/cbtigation j
and two 'neui sts we?1 in pi. cress
two days, the Juries returning ver
dicts \ indenting and commen ling
Coach
SHIPPING BOARD
IS USING BOATS
10 TRAIN BOYS
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Unique in war equipment is a |
national squadron of training ships j
now being formed by the United j
States Shipping Board, on which
young Americans between the ages
of 17 and 27, may learn the trade
of seagoing preparatory to service
in the new merchant marine.
Heading the squadron is the ex- •
transport Meade, well known to
American sailors as the former
Atlantic liner City of Berlin. Built!
in Scotland in 1874 for the avowed !
purpose of lowering the trans-At
lantic speed record, the City of Ber
lin was not only the finest but the
fastest ocean greyhound of her day. j
She captured the record both east j'
and west between New York and | j
Queenstown in 1875, her eastbound j \
time being 7 days, 15 hours, and \!
48 minutes.
Taken by the United States Gov- ! j
ernment in 1898 and renamed the ;
Meade, the former record holder j j
served as a transport in the Spanish :;
war and for a dozen years there- !
after. ;
In spite of her 44 years, the i;
Meade is still a sound and hand- , ■
some vessel. Her model is finely i j
i!
proportioned. Her bow, long and ‘
sharp, and adorned with an old- ! j
style figurehead in the form of a ,
woman, is a sort to delight the eye • j
of a sailor. j i
The Meade is 523 feet long and :'
44 feet wide, and registers 5,641 j
tons gross. She has capacity for j
1,000 apprentices. The ship is now j
being overhauled at Newport News,
Va., where she has been laid up for
several years.
She will be taken in the early
spring to Boston, the home port of
the Shipping Board’s training squad
ron. Here are stationed two other
vessels of the squadron, the Calvin
Austin and Governor Dingley, sister
ships, 300 feet long and 60 feet
wide, formerly in passenger service
on the New England coast. Each
of these vessels already has on
board a large complement of ap
prentices.
A fourth ship for the squadron
is now being fitted out t| New York
and will join the others in the early
snring.
When all four ships are in com- j
mission, the training squadron will!
have capacity for more than 2,700 j
apprentices, who will be drilled as j
seamen, firemen, oilers, water j
tenders, coal passers, cooks and j
stewards.
Intensive training, including life
boat and fire drill, from a month
to two months on the training ship,
is to be followed by actual service
on board new cargo vessels of the
merchant marine.
The training squadron is under
the direction of the Shipping Board’s
recruiting service, Henry Howard
director, national headquarters of
which are in the Boston custom
house.
KARSTENS BOAT ON WAY
The Karstens gas boat left Fair
banks for ’.'enana at ten this morn
ing and should rea n here sometime
this afternoon. Several passengers
are coming, including Volney Rich
mond and Howard Turner, of the
X. C. Company, and F. H. Hamilton,
the Ruby telephoneman. It is the
intention of the N. C. officials to
proceed down river after a brief
stay in N'enana.
COONEY MOTEL
Not Better Than the Best,
But Better than the Rest. ”
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CiOVEiKMENT
The habit that
makes men rich -
Saving is a habit—the habit that makes
men rich.
While the Government needs the money
that will be invested in the War Savings
Stamps, there are other, and simpler meth
ods that could be used to raise this two bil
lion dollars.
The greater purpose of War Savings Stamps
is to give every man, woman and child a
personal part in financing the war for free
dom and to teach the most beneficial habit
in life—the habit of thrift. So that when
the w'ar is over the people will have saved,
out of the high wages of these days, some
part of their income, as a provision for the
future.
Look out for your personal future. Make
certain of it by buying W'ar Savings Stamps
now, while you can. They pay 4 per cent
interest, compounded quarterly, and are
backed by the strongest treasury in the
world.
THEY EARN MONEY
THEY SAVE LIFE AT THE
FRONT, BY HELPING UNCLE
SAM WIN THE WAR.
BUV THEM AT THE
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