The Nenana News
VOLUMET
XKXAXA. ALASKA. SATURDAY SEI'T. S. 1!U7
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AUSTRIANS CAPTURE
MUCH GROUNDj
WASHINGTON 1>. Official advices received in tins city |
late tliis afternoon state that tin* Austrians have recovered much
ground from the Italians during the past twenty-four hours.
The Italians are reported to have tied from Mont San Gabriel,,
to the northeast of Gorizia. and they are also in Might in the
Jlermauda sector, northeast of Triests, where the Austrians
claim to have taken more than six thousand prisoners and a
number of guns.
RUSSIAN FLEET
READY Id HELP
SAVEMGRAO
Petrograd—Tin* Russian Ral
tic fleet is preparing a des
perate defense of the capital,
in case the Germans send war
ships against the protecting
bases. This information was
contained in official assur
ances given to the provisional
government today by Russian
commanders.
SEA1TLE PIONEER
T
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Aaron Anderson, a pioneer
contractor of Seattle and an
uncle of Herman and Andrew
Anderson, of this city, died
at an early hour this morning,
at the advanced age of 5*0
years. For many years the
deceased was prominent in
Seattle business affairs and
played an important part in
the upbuilding of that city.
The nenhews were advised
of their uncle's death by wire
this afternoon.
PROMINENT HESSIANS
TO MAKE TRIP ABROAD
Petrograd— The provisional
government has decided to re
lease Grand Duke Michael and
other prominent Russians, in
cluding several women, and
place them in exile adroad.
Washington A bulletin is
sued by the department of ag
riculture today shows that the
corn crop of the United States
is tin* largest this year in the
history of the nation.
Chicago As a result of the
undesirable publicity he has re
ceived in the columns of the
local papers Mayor Thompson
has closed his office to report
ers, and refuses to see any of
them.
Berlin—Officials of the im
perial German government de
clare that events of the past
few months have demonstrated
that Germany is a real democ
racy and that President Wil
son is more of an autocrat
than the kaiser.
Juneau— Secretary David
son announces that tin* regis
tration returns are beginning
to arrive at the governor's
office from the various sections
of the territory.
G. F. Creamer went to Fair
banks on Thursday.
J. F. Schwendiman, of the
Tanana Sheet Metal Works,
spent Sunday and Monday in
Nenana. Mr. Schwendiman
came down from Fairbanks on
the Yukon with Mrs. Schwendi
man who is on her way to the
Outside.
k
IANE SAVS COST j
MAY DELAY WORK
Washington—In a statement
made before the house appro
priations committee, Secretary
of the Interior Franklin K.
Lane said that, owing to the
advanced cost of labor and
material, he questioned the ad
visability of completing the
government railroad immedi
ately through the Susitna valley
or merely connecting up the
Xenana coal fields with the
Tanana river, or the Matanus
ka valley with Seward and also
connecting up the Xenana end
so that the coal fields can be
made available for the Fair
banks district.
The secretary informed the
committee that the cost of con
struction has exceeded the esti
mates ‘22 per cent, owing to
the advanced cost of material.
He says that an investigation
is now being made by the de
partment and that a full re
port will be submitted to the
committee at an early date,
with thi> final recommendation
of the interior department.
Wm. (Dutch) Rodigkeit.
propietor of the Tavern cafe,
went to Fairbanks on business
during tin* week. He returned
on the Peerless last night
bringing a collection of now
records for the Tavern orche
stra.
WORK IS STARTED
ON CITY STREETS
In reponse to tlu* demand for street and sidewalk improve
ments, which have reached the towusite office from all quarters
of the town. Mayor Ilyas and his assistants are working out the
details of a building program which promises much activity in
that line before the frosts of winter put a stop to the work.
Some work already has been undertaken and on Monday a
contract will be let for grading Market street from the river
to Third avenue. Other contracts will be let in rapid order,
some for grading, some for building sidewalks and others for
digging the trenches for sewer ami water pipes, which are to
be laid this fall if the material reaches Xenana in time. There
is little doubt about that, however, inasmuch as the piping al
ready has left Seattle.
Following the Market street work, a contract will be let for
grading First street from A to F, a distance of six blocks. Thou,
in rapid succession will follow similar improvements on Second
street, from A to E; Third street, from A to Fourth street,
from A to 15; and A street from Fifth to Eighth. In nearly
all instances, the grading will be followed by the construction
of sidewalks, on one side of the street.
If improvements are desired in sec tions of the- town not in
cluded in the program outlined, the wishes of the property
owners should be made known at the* office of the* towusite man
ager, where they will receive immediate consideration.
When the work already planned has been completed, Xenana
will have a system of streets unecjualed in any other town in
the territory, and the work will have been done at an exceed
ingly low cost, the work already done having indicated to the
towusite management that the entire program can be finished
for a comparatively small sum, much under the cost of similar
work in northern municipalities.
No attempt will be made this fall to put gravel on the streets.
If it is found that the dirt does not pack satisfac torily, it may
be advisable* to make further improvements next year, but it is
the opinion of Mr. Kyus that after the work is completed this
fall, the streets will reepiire little further attention for a number
of vears.
Advices received at the of
fice of the United States mar
shal at Fairbanks today told
of the arrest at Iditarod of j
two slackers, both of wlioni]
have been bound over to the'
"rand jury and placed under
bonds in the sum of $50M0.
The men are Oscar Hendrick
son and Sula Makela.
Latest designs in Wall paper
direct from the factories of
New York and New Jersey, at
'Anderson Hros. Nerland’s.:
I < ’all and see them.
Thus. Rijrirs, Jr. made a trip*
out to the end of the line to-j
day to have a look at the work
in progress beyond ISailey sta
tion.
The News-Miner Comfort
fund reached the $100 mark to
day.
Henry Rappolt is back in
Xenana after an absence of
several days in Fairbanks.
Mrs. ('has. Hanover left
Seattle on Sept. 3 on her way
back to Xenana.
SWEDEN HELPS
GERMAN DIVERS
WASHINGTON !>. <— The Swedish legation, in Argentina,
is said to liavo violated the neutrality of Sweden hy acting as
the see ret agent of the imperial German government, accord
intr to information received hy the state department today. The
legation is accused of acting as the means of communication
Ik.ween the German charge de affairs at Buenos Ayres and the
Berlin foreign office, transmitting information regarding the
movement of vessels in order that they might he intercepted by
< Jertnan submarines.
STEEL GIG BUSY
SOUTHOF NENANA
Tin- work of extending tli«* j
line south of Xenana is pro
gressing l-apidl^’, a gang of
more than fifty men now being
engaged in laying steel in the
direction of the coal fields. He
yond Hailey, where the track is
being laid narrow gauge, one
dinkey and two steel cars being
employed in hauling material
from the main line track, at
Hailey, to the steel gang a dis
tance of approximately three
miles. Two dinkeys, dump cars
and a big force of men are
close behind the steel gang,
surfacing and ballasting the
track.
Later on, tin* track will
he widend to broad gauge, as
was done between Xenana and
Hailey.
SIGHT EXDAXGEIIEI)
I’.V FLYING Sl'LlXTEW
Fred Major sustained a pain
ful and serious injury to one of
his eyes on Friday, the eye ball
having been penetrated by a
small "iece of steel. The in
jured man is under the care of
]>r. M. E. Smith, who states
that it is impossible at this
time to determine tin* serious
ness of the injure.
The Red Cross Society
EDITOIJ XKXAXA NEWS
Will yon in in«l and give
space to the following;
In last week's issue of your
newsy and excellent paper, I
read that the ladies of Xenana
under the leadership of Mrs.
Thomas Iliggs, Jr., are pre
paring a benefit for the Ameri
can lied Cross, to he given >n
Xenana Monday September 10.
1017. This is fine. This is patri
otic. This is humanity. The
prater from every loyal and
patriotic heart throbbing for
liberty and humanity, says,
God bless the good women of
Xenana.
I am reminded, that the lied
Cross Society is an American
Institution, chartered by the
United States Goverment, and
the President of the United
States, is its President. The or
ganization belongs to the Amer
ican people. It has a great and
glorious past. Today it is seek
ing to do, nothing more and
nothing less, than a co-ordina
tion of the generosities and
efforts of the American Xation
toward achieving a supreme
aim.
In tin* God like work of the
lied Gross every man woman
and child in our land, has an
interest. It’s work represents,
dividends in humanity.—an ex
penditure for humanity. It is
back of our army and navy.
Its charge and sacred duty is
to provide and guarantee, that
every one of our boys who
battles and is wounded, shall
have an American doctor an»l
an American nurse, ami care
for dependents, the soldier bov
may leave behind. In addition
hundreds of Red Cross l>i\i
sions, in cities, towns and ham
lets of our land, are raising
funds, whereby a soldier's bed
is provided in hospitals, to be
named for each comniunitv,
near the scenes of action. \\ hat
a holy thought and deed? It be
hooves each and every one of us
to get in line—get the right
step—give freely, often and gen
erously of our time and means.
These boys are offering up their
lives on the altar of humanity
and liberty. They give their all,
that you and I. and generations
yet to come may have liberty.
It is a fearful price to pay not
for themselves but for othei.
Shall we hesitate or begrudge
a doing of something in the
great cause? And may we not
take to ourselves the words
spoken 2.000 years ago, by the
Carpenter of Nazar ine:— “In
as much as you have done it
to one of these, you have done
it to me.”
I cannot refrain from adding,
that the great humanitarian
work of the American Red
Cross, really had its beginning
during the Crimean war, when
there appeared on the scene a
ministering angel, an English
lady of culture, refinement and
bravery, Florence Nighting
gale. In your readings, you
will remember the loving ad
Washington Hospital at Xeu
illy, France, at a cost of only
sill Ml a year,—■equipped—cared
liv doctor and nurse and mark
ed Xenana, Alaska,—War re
lief.
Oh, think what this will
mean, to the poor striken sol
dier, who is buttling for you
and me.—for humanity and
(iod! Remember these soldier
lads, are sons or brothers or
perhaps fathers. They went in |
response to our country's call, j
I bidding good bye, may be for
jever, to father, mother, sister,
wife and child. This call has
not as yet reached your home,
and fervently pray Heaven, it
will not. Hut should the hour,
I strike, and your son, brother,
j husband or father be called,
how relieved your heart would
be to feel, if your loved one be
sick or wounded, he will receive
j the best of care, lying on an
j American bed,—in an American
i hospital, tended and nursed
by American then and women, j
And all this must be provided
by the great, loving and gen- j
erous hearts of men, women |
and children at home.
Xenana can, if she will, en-;
dow such a bed. Let each one,;
man, woman and child contri-.
bute, until the bed is assured.:
We must not fail. And think>
what this generosity and pos-1
sible sacrifice will mean to tliej
soldier lads,—far from loved!
ones and home.
John C. Murphy J
ministrations of this angelic
bravo a n <1 ltoroio woman
on tin* field of battle.her watch
ful rare of the wounded and
their nursing hack to health
and life. 1 can see her now,
passing from bed to bed, from
sick room to sick room, giving
aid and comfort and consola
tion to sick and wounded sold
ier boy. far from home and
loved ones. I see tin* sick and
hear them calling her, “Lady of
the Lamp." Then I remember,
the beautiful words of tribute,
by the great Ameriuan poet,
Longfellow,
“A Lady with a Lamp will
stand
In the great history of the
land
A noble type of good
Herorie Womanhood."
May the coming days
bring us no regrets, of not hav
ing done our patriotic, manly
and womanly part in this righte
ous cause for humanity. In the
days of triumph, what a sweet
recollection it will be, that we
gave and made loving sacrifice.
That we aided as best we could,
in bringing, many a soldier boy,
from out the valley and shadow
death, back to health to loved
ones, comfort, peace anti happi
ness.
And so, what more fitting,
than that Nenana, though
youn.g hut rich in generosity
and civic pride, should be in-;
vited to endow one bed in the
KORNILOFF FAKES
PERSONAE CHARGE
AT SLAV^CAPITAL
Washington—Advices which
have reached this city from the
Kussian caidtal state that <!en
eral Kornilotf has taken per
sonal charge ot tlie lVtrograd
garrison and that the civil an
ithorities of the city are now
j subject to the mandates of tin*
|special defense committee.
NEW FIRE HALL
WILL BE BUILT
_
I
Pending the installation of
tin* permanent water system,
| property ow ners will l>e provid
ed with tire proteetion in the
form of a ehemiral engine,
which arrived from the (Mitside
on a recent boat. An excavation
is now being made, next to the
townsite office, pretaliatory to
startin'/a fire house, and w hen
the work has been completed,
the new (i''"'ne will he installed
there, where it will lie looked
after by the townsite force. It
is the intention of Mr. Kyiis
to organize a regular depart
ment among the employees of
the town, after all of the tire
lighting apparatus has been in
stalled.
The chemical engine has a
capacity of 4.1 gallons and is
a Hist class machine in every
res|iect. purchased, especially
to serve the needs of Xenana.
The tire hall will adjoin tin*
townsite office, and both build
ings will lit* heated during the
coming winter by the same
plant, an arrangement which
insures low maintenance cost
and prompt repouse to tire
calls.
WAGES GOING IP
Washington—The wages of
navy yard workers and employ
ees of the various arsenals
through the country are to he
increased within a short time,
accordin'' to information made
public this afternoon.
John Diston, veteran of the
Fairbanks fire department and
at present in the employ of the
Alaskan Engineering commis
sion.. is spending a brief vaca
tion in town.
WOMEN AGITATORS
JAILED IN SEATTLE
Seattle—Kate Sadler was ad
judged guilty today on the
charge of disorderly conduct.
She referred to President Wil
son as traitor. Louise Ol
, ivereau, a stenographer and a
member of the I. \V. W., con
; fessed to the police that she
had mailed 2000 circulars, urg
1 ing resistance to the draft.
Both women have been sent
j to jail.
Mrs. I. A. Alderman return
led from Fairbanks during the
week.