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 &f< March 3, 1819.
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TO THE RESCUE!
We wonder at the audacity and j
ferocity of the dynamiters. There j
is a reason.
For four years, points out the j
editor of “Leslie’s,” the world has j
been applying all its resources of '
men, money and brains to devise j
methods of construction. The taste j
of blood has whetted the eager ap- j
petite for more.
The bomb, dynamite and the j
bludgeon have been popularized.
Every- ingenuity of the most highly
educated men in the scientific world
has had for its first purpose the
invention of the deadliest weapons
to kill and of deadliest instru
mentalities to disable and destroy
the enemy and all his possessions.
It was a war of frightfulness un- j
exampled in the annals of barbar
ism. Suddenly the armistice was
signed. At once all the processes
of war were reversed. The killing
and maiming were over. The de
struction of property ceased. The
maddened multitude was brought
face to face with the appalling re
sults of its madness.
The frenzied outburst of joy
over the cessation of strife was fol
lowed by a sad and sober period of
reflection: Cities must be rebuilt;
devastated lands reoccupied; the dis-I
abled and impoverished provided for. j
These are our problems: How can j
all this be done by nations bearing j
an unparalleled load of debt, by j
people taxed to the last extremity, j
with national treasuries empty or on J
the verge of bankruptcy?
Millions of the best and bravest!
have found a soldier’s grave. Mill
ions more are helpless human hulks.
Fertile farms are deserted, and vine
yards and orchards destroyed. Years
will be required for their restora
tion and replacement.
Millions of tons of shipping have
been sunk beneath the seas beyond
hope of recovery. Factories have
been swept away, mines deliberately
wrecked and made unworkable for
years.
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Enmities and hatreds have been
engendered among the nations that
will give the lie for decades to come
to the boast of “the brotherhood of
man.”
Four years of blood, rapine, slaugh
ter and destruction have left their
blasting mark on all the world. And
now the scum of the seething cauld
ron is rising to the top. The refuse
of Europe is threatening to break
down the barriers that give security
to life and property.
Even the Church is assailed.
Statesmen are in the discard. The
Bolshevistic ranters are not only on
the barrel heads and the soap boxes,
but in some pulpits, in the chairs of
some universities and near the seats
of the mighty. The darkening shad
ows of Socialistic ideals hide the
blazing sun of truth.
The proudest, most domineering
nation in the world was responsible
for the torch which set the world
afire. It is groveling at the feet of
the victors, learning too late the
truth of the Biblical adage, “All
they that take the sword shall perish
with the sword.”
The world faces the most serious
problems it has ever had to solve.
The urgent call is for the ablest
most experienced statesmen to coma
once more to the rescue. It is no
time for experiments in socialistic
vagaries nor in the crazy realm of
Bolshevism, nor to follow the per
suasive lead of those who, in the
iisguise of the people's champions,
idvocate revolutionary doctrines.
In the world’s distress, it is ready
:o listen to any who offer peace,
■epose and security. Under such
conditions, false teachers always
ind their opportunity and the dyna
niter seeks his revenge. Hence Bol
shevism, the I. W. W. and the Non
Partisan Leagues—all poor substi
.utes for the leadership of states
men which the emergency demands.
The world has passed through oth
;r crises and emerged from dark
less into light. It takes time. Bit
er lessons must be learned. Anx
ous days must be passed.
If we will not learn the whole
some truths of history, if we will
lot recall the fearful tale of the
'Tench revolution, if we see no men
ice in the bomb-throwers and dyna
niters at our doors, we must have
she lessons taught to us.
It will be a saddening and costly
experience. It will mean that we
must have the factories closed; eap
tal frightened from investment; pay
rolls cut; the shutters drawn on
:he shops: the bank doors closed
and the soup house opened.
We all live and die together. The
roncern of one is the concern of
all. If ever there was a time for
iober thought, it is now. If ever
here was need of experienced lead
ership, it is at this hour.
False leaders crowding the ros
trum will go down in the ruin their
false teachings will bring about.
Must we wait for this fearful out
come. or shall we awaken to the
gravity of the situation and turn
from false leaders to those who
plead for sanity and the established
order of things under a constitution
always venerated and obeyed?
HYDROAIRPLANE MAIL
AND PASSENGER SERVICE
PROMISED FOR HAWAII
HONOLULU, T. H.—Inauguration
next fall of a daily hydroairplane
passenger, mail and express service
between Honolulu and Hilo, on the
island of Hawaii, has been prom
ised by E. H. Lewis, former auto
mobile dealer of Honolulu. The dis
tance between the cities is approxi
mately 200 miles.
Mr. Lewis, who returned here
recently from a conference with of
ficials of an airplane concern, stated
the project had been amply financed
and all that remained to be done
was to obtain a common carrier
franchise from the territorial gov
ernment.
Arrangements have been made,
Mr. Lewis said, for the manufac
ture of a hydroplane that will carry
fifty passengers and their baggage,
flying about ten feet above the sur
face of the sea in calm weather.
The machine will cost $100,000.
A Question of Taste.
One morning Mr. Smith was heard
talking to himself while making his
morning toilet, in a manner that
denoted much perturbation.
‘‘I wonder.” said Mrs. Smith,
“what’s provoked father now?”
“Oh, it's nothing much, mother,”
answered little William. “I just put
a tube of sister’s oil-paints in place
of his tube of tooth-paste.”—Tit
Bits.
HEALTH SERVICE
PLANS 10 FIGHT
“WHITE PLAGUE"
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—Special
reconstruction towns may be estab
lished by the government in the near
future, where soldiers suffering from
tuberculosis can regain their health
and at the same time work at light
; tasks to fit themselves for a full
return to industrial life, said Col
onel Estes Nichols, commandant of
United States Army General Hos
pital No. 16. at New Haven, Conn.,
jin an address at the annual meet
, ing of the National Tuberculosis as
sociation, held in the city.
“This is being considered,” he
says, “as a part of Uncle Sam’s
plan for vocational re-education,
which, since the armistice, has for
its purpose the fitting of men disa
bled by the war for new occupa
tions in civil life."
The idea of special communities
for these men and their families has
been advanced by Captain F. A.
Waugh of the United States army
sanitary corps, and would be for the
purpose of bridging over the gap be
tween sanatorium treatment and
full return to industry.
“These towns," said Colonel Nich
ols, “might be located upon lands
in the national forests. This would
permit of the setting up of attractive
and healthful wood-working indus
tries for the patients and afford an
opportunity for them to retain per
manent control of land holdings aft
er they were cured.
“No matter where these towns
might be located, proper medical su
pervision would be necessary,” he
said, “but, whereas, medical treat
ment has first place in sanatorium
care of sufferers from tuberculosis,
productive industry would take pre
cedence in the proposed reconstruc
tion towns. These communities
would require financial assistance
at first, but might eventually be
come self-supporting.”
Surgeon B. J. Lloyd, of the Unit
ed States public health service, said
the building of the Panama canal
was but a day's work in comparison
to the task of eradicating tubercu
losis.
“The ‘tuberculosis problem,’ when
reduced to its lowest terms,” he
said, "means the germ of tubercu
losis on the one hand, and the new
born babe on the other. Inasmuch
as no baby is ever born with tuber
culosis, if the two could be kept
apart there would not be any tuber
culosis problem.”
Dr. Lloyd emphasized the need of
a division of tuberculosis in the
United States public health service.
This, he said, would permit of co
operative correlation of the activi
ties of all bodies and departments
^of the government engaged in tuber
culosis work.
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JAPANESE WANT TO BUY
DISTILLERY MACHINERY
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LOUISVILLE. — Japanese agents
are negotiating with American dis
tillers for the purchase of machinery
in their plants. The machinery
would be shipped to Japan for use
in distillation of whisky there, ac
cording to Y. Kawahara, agent for
a Japanese-American importing con
cern.
A bill before the Japanese Diet
would prohibit the use of rice in the
manufacture of sake, the Japanese
national drink. Japanese distillers
now want foreign-made machinery
in which corn and other cereals can
be substituted for rice, Kawahara
said. He added that 24,000,000
bushels of rice are used annually in
making 300,000,000 gallons of sake.
How Thoughtless.
“I suppose vour son broke him
self down at college football.”
“No; the doctor said what gave
him nervous prostration was trying
to get his lessons between the
games.”-—Boston Transcript.
WANT ADS
PETER DOLAN, please call at the
Simson Store.
FOR SALE—Complete pool hall out
fit, with some stock. Also house
hold furniture, typewriter and
supplies. Inquire at News office.
BEST BUY in town. Three-room
house, with or without furniture.
Inquire News office.
A SNAP—Upright piano, practically
new, for sale, with music and
rack. Inquire News office.
LOS^^^LATINoTbROOCH, on
July 4. somewhere downtown. Lib
eral reward for return to Dr. J.
R. Bowen, in Bowen Building. ,
FOR SALE^CENTRAL LODGING
HOUSE. Price $350. Inquire on
premises. Second St. near B. k7-6
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FOR SALE—My entire holdings,
consisting of Lot 6, Block 10,
three-room log house, finely fin
ished and partially furnished, to
gether with provisions and wood.
Also my half interest in Nenana
Steam Laundry. A bargain, if
taken before August first. Must
go Outside on urgent business is
reason for sacrifice. Mrs. Clara
Allred, Nenana. Alaska. k7-2d ;
FOR SALE — Showcase, o1^ feet
long. Practically new. Cheap.,
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
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STRANGE CASE
SHANGHAI.—One of the most
remarkable murder eases in the his- i
tory of China, an outgrowth of the
political conflict over the presidency
of China in 1913, has just been j
concluded with the execution at
Peking of Hung Chi-tsu for the
killing of Sung Chiao-jen.
The extraordinary phase of the
case was the fact that Hung was i
first sentenced to life imprisonment,
but appealed to the supreme court
of China, with the result that the
death sentence was imposed instead
of life imprisonment.
The new garrotting machine for
the execution of murderers was used
for the first time in Hung’s case.
Its work was effective, but done in
so ghastly a fashion that the exe
cutioners left the room without cere- |
mony.
The murder of Sung Chiao-jen
was considered a political crime.
Sung formerly was minister of agri
culture and commerce and, when he
was assassinated on the platform of
a railway station at Shanghai in
1913, was a candidate for the pre
miership. He was one of the lead
ers of the southern party opposed
to Yuan Shi-kai. who then was pro- ;
visional president of China and a :
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candidate for election as president
of the permanent government soon |
to be established. The party of
which Sung was a leader was headed
by Sun Yat-sen and was strong .11
the southern provinces. Leaders of
the southern party alleged there
was a political plot to keep them
out of office and that President Yuan
Shi-kai (since deceased) knew and
approved of the activities of some
of the plotters.
The premier of Yuan’s govern
ment, Chao Ping-chun, was alleged
to have been one of the instigators
of Sung’s murder, but he died with
tragic suddenness. Two others al
; leged to have actually killed Sung
•were arrested, but died mysterious
ly before being placed on trial.
I This left Hung alone to solve the
mystery. For several years he kept
jaway from Shanghai, but during the
:war he returned here disguised as
a monk, and even appeared in court
i in a dispute over some property.
| He was recognized by the son of
i Sung, was arrested and, six years
after the crime, has been executed
for* it.
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