THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1018, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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CARTHAGE AND ROME
The bishop of Durham has found
an historical precedent for tho sur
render of the German fleet in the
pages of I.ivy. That ancient chron
icler tells how, as the article of
the peace agreement which ended
the s’cond Funic war, Carthage had
to surrender to Rome the whole
of her battle fleet.
Rome, the article points out, was
the great military power and Car
thage was the great naval power
of antiquity, just as Germany and
England in modern times. Rome
beat Carthage the soldier beat the
sailor. In the conflict Rome re
vealed an extraordinary adapta
bility for naval warfare, and Car
thage grave internal weakness.
“The German writers,” the Man
chester (iuardian comments, “an
ticipated a similar course for a war
between England and Germany.
They were confident that the Ger
man military mind applied to naval
warfare would prove its superiority
to the English and that England,
put to the test, would lie proven
rotten -a great illusion.”
Explaining why the parallel of
antiquity was deceptive, the Guard
ian proceeds:
“It should not too hastily be
assumed that the British navy dis
played an intellectual superiority
derived from long tradition which
no young navy could hope to over
come. We are on safe ground if
we say that the German navy, un
like the navy of ancient Rome,
showed itself singularly wooden and
unadaptable. Sir David Beatty has
1 pronounced its strategy and its tac
• tics contemptible.
, “If the comparison of Germamy
with Rome was false, still falser
was the comparison of England with
Carthage; Carthage was a narrow
oligarchy resting upon a peculiarly
harsh slave system, and defended
by a mercenary army recruited
from all the Mediterranean peoples.
Carthage’s lack of freedom was her
weakness and England’s freedom
her strength. But gentlemen of
the school of Treitschke could not
he expected to se that, for they
despised political fredom.”
MORAL PROSPERITY
Baron Takahashi, Japan’s financi
minister recently warned the mem•
hers of the Japan Trade Association
that they should pay close attention
to the fact that while Japan had
gained national prosperity from the
war, the other Allies had gained
moral prosperity. It was not im
probable that the Allied peoples by
their sufferings and privations had
more than offset their material
losses by their moral progress.
Japan, said the minister had
placed her goods abroad largely be
cause foreign customers could not
get what they wanted from other
countries. There had been com- i
plaints of the quality of goods ex
ported from Japan, and everything
should be done to keep up thestand-1
ard. He suggested that individual
activity in trade and industries
should be systematically trained
and organized.
EXPRESS RATES !
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ANCHORAGE—Express rates be
tween Seward and Anchorage will
be studied with a view to lowering'
them by C. S. Crider, of Seattle,
route agent of the American Rail
way Express, as a result of repre
sentations made by William Gerig,;
engineer in charge of the Anchor-1
age division of the government rad
road.
Since the close of navigation this
season at Anchorage express pack
ages addressed to Anchorage have
been brought from Seward over the
government railroad. For this set v-1
ire the railfoad has charged the <.v-i
press company $2 40 per 100 pounds
or .021 per pound.
I he express company charges its
patrons 25 cents a pound, or .'25
per 100 pounds, for packages be
tween Seward and Anchorage. '1 hi.,
is the same charge the expiesi com
pany niaile for packages last w riter
when it had to transport them for
considerable distances by oog sled. .
.Mr. Gerig took up the matter of
the excessive charge with the
Seattle olfice of the express tom-:
pariy, ;.i d he was inf Irmcd by cable
ihai Mr. Crit-'r would come to
Seward arid Anchoring* to moke an
investigation.
Cordova’s ta- rate for the pres
ent year w ll bo 10 mills, as fixed
by the c ry co. icil. This rate it is
estimated by i te members of the
council will suffice to pay all the
current expenses of Ihe city for
the remainder of the council year
and leave a balance of approxi
mately ? 10,Of) in the treasury for.|
the incoming council.
PAYMENT OF PENSIONS '
MUST AWAIT FUNDS
Those who have been accustomed
to receiving their quarterly pensions
from the territory will he dis
appointed next pay day, as the fund
from which these pensions were
paid is at the present time ex- •
hausted, and no more payments will
be forthcoming until the territorial
legislature votes another appropria
tion. This information, cays the,
Alaska (Cordova) Times was re
ceived by Commissioner A. J. Adams
in the last mail in a ‘ommun ca
tion from the secretary of the hoard
of trustees handling the fund. The
letter follows:
“Will you please advise the terri
torial pensioners to whom yr> r have
been in the habit of distribv ling,
territorial warants sent out from
this' office, that the appropriation
on which these warrants have been
drawn has been exhausted, rod there
will not be any money available for
this purpose until after the next
session of the territorial le-jisl.iturc.*'
MANY BRITISH WOMEN
JOIN TRADE UNIONS
SAN FRANCISCO.—Seven hund
red thousand women are members
of British trade unions, the number
doubled during the war period. This
statement from Miss Gertrule Tuck
well, president of the National Fed
eration of Women Workers, was
quoted here by Lieutenant Colonel
J. C. Faunthorpe, of the British In
formation Bureau.
More than three women were said
to have joined the National Amal
gamated Union of Shop Assistants,
a British organization of workers
behind the counter, to every man
added to the union’s membership
during the past six months.
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I
EAGLE PROGRAM
Of FORD PLAN!
DETROIT.—A long, narrow
wedge, with a steel-encased nose of
solid concrete tapered to a knife
like edge, forming -i considerable
part of its total length ot 204 feet,
and declared to be capable .<f crush
ing any submarine- -such g. the
Eagle, built by Hejry Ford and de
signed originally t > help rid the
seas of the menace of the German
U-boats.
Contrary to popular belief, the
Eagle is \>t a motor boat, but an
oil-burning, steam turbine-driven
craft, with a cruising radious of
5,000 miles. The Eagle is not a
thing of beauty; beauty was not
contemplated in its construction. It
is a long, gaunt weapon of war, of
all-steel construction with the ex
ception of the concrete nose.
Another popular impression that
has been shattered is an idea that
the Eagle boat is equipped with
torpedo tubes. The submarine
chaser was not intended to combat
the major instrument of German
ruthlessness with its own weapons.
It was designed to depend rather
upon its manoeuvering qualities, its
powerful light guns, and I a new
American invention for directing its
fire at unseen objects.
Its crew including operating and
fighting complement numbers ap
proximately 80 men.
To the observer, the first impres
sion of the Eagle boat is one of
wonder that a craft so narrow can
possess buoyancy sufficient to keep
it upright in heavy seas. Despite
its length of more than an average
city block, the craft has a beam of
only 25 feet, and draws when fully
equipped less than ten feet of water.'
Its sea worthiness, has been
demonstrated in the official trials,
according to reports to the navy de
partment. i
While it is admitted that the
Eagle does not make the spped of
the average destroyer, it is claimed
that it can outdistance most sub- j
marines and the razor-like edge of
the bow, silently, but eloquently
tells what would have happened !
had it come in contact with the Ger-!
man undersea pirate.
Built with utility as its prime
purpose, seemingly not an inch of’
space wasted in the fitting of the
vessel, and not an ounce of super-1
llous weight enters its construction. I
When dropped into the water ready j
for the installation of its engines,!
etc., less than 200 tons of material |
have been riveted together to shape
the Eagle boat.
The plates that form the shell of!
the submarine-chasers vary in thick
ness from 1-4 to .‘1-8 inch, and not
a single forging or rolled beam en
ters their make-up. Everything is
pressed from sheet metal, cold, by
means of machinery that cuts every
piece to an exact pattern, punches
rivet holes, and bends the interior
part to required shape.
Amidships rises the deck-house
topped by the pilot house,:: with
radio quarters, and above all the
conning tower with the crow’s nest
at the highest point. Except for
this superstructure, the deck of the!
Eagle carries always the “stripped j
for action” appearance.
The first Eagle boat was launched
•July 11, 1918, and when the armis
tice ended hostilities, early in' No
vember, eight had been completed '
and twenty-one others were under:
construction in various stages of!
completion. Some of these have
arrived at Atlantic coast ports. !
Although the sudden cessation of.
hostilities deprived the Eagle boats
of an opportunity to test their
prowess against the German under
sea terror, they are nevertheless to
become a part of the American
navy, the government having an
nounced its intention to use them
as gun-boats in coast patrol work,
and possibly in insular waters. •
The contract for the construction
of the Eagle boats, which the gov
ernment has announced will be car
ried out, calls for 100 of the' ves
sels for the United States govern
ment, and twelve for the French
navy.
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FIRST TICKET ON THE
GOVERNMENT RAILROAD
The first fare paid on the Fair
banks end of the Alaskan Railroad
was paid by Mr. E. C. Willis, of
Ruby, Alaska, who recently passed
through here on his way to the
States.
The ticket collector had not yet
been furnished with a supply of
printed cash fare slips and accord
ingly gave Mr. Willies the receipt
quoted b'dow, in lieu of the printed
form, the necessary regulation slip
being executed later.
The receipt is quoted:
Receipt No. 1
“Received of E. C. Willis two
dollars and 60-100—$2.60 cash fare
from Nenana to Mile .‘174.
“Alaskan Engineering Commission,
G. L. HALL,
“Collector.”
Tanuary 20, 1919.
More lots were sold last ye;,,- :n
Venana than in any other town on
he government railroad, according
to the report of the Land and In
lustrial department of the Alaskan
Engineering commission.
In Xenana twenty-seven lots were
'old during the year.
In Anchorage, but two sales have
ieen eonsumated. On August 1,1
Block 41, containing 8.30 acres in
Bouth Addition to Anchorage, was
>old to Fred Ruhl, the sale price
jeing $25.
On October 19, Lot 1, Block 14, j
•ontaining 5 acres in Third Addi
ion to Anchorage, was sold to Peter |
Boudreau, the sale price being $25. j
At Wasilla, there was only one:
iale consummated. On June 26, j
1918, Lot 4 in Block 1 was sold to j
Oliver Cromwell Miller, the sale |
)rice being $25.
Fix Up a Bit!
Have that Suit pressed, cleaned and
titered, or that fu<- coat or robe
-enovated at little cost at
MRS. D’ORSAY'S TAILOR SHOP
Third and A Street. (Upper) 1
We are in the Fur Manu
facturing Business, therefore
CAN and WILL pay you more
for your furs than any other
fur buyer In town
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REAL ESTATE RENTALS
LOANS
LIFE INSURANCE
(New York Life)
FIRE INSURANCE
Only the most reliable companies
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
FOR RENT
Don’t Leave
ALASKA
Men wanting employment can
obtain work at good wage* at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latouche.
If you go out you will only
come back “Buated’’ in the apring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latouche and
Kennecott.
ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU
Juneau Aluka.
i4 Thoroughly Modern Hotel
The Southern
Tom Smith, Prop.
COLES AIR TIGHT
HEATERS
RANGES
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
Yukon Stoves and Drums
Air Tight Heaters
Any Thing in the Sheet Metal, Plumb
ing or Heating Line
Tanana Sheet Metal Works
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Sled and 13 dogs with
harness complete. Sled 12 feet
long, in good shape. Malamutes
and huskies form the team. Ar
rived in Nenana recently from
St. Michael. $160 for the outfit
Apply George Hanoff, Cooney
Hotel.
fOR RENT—Furnished cabin, suit
able for two. Phone 93 Red.
The Admiral Steamship company
has placed a doctor aboard their
boats running to Alaska. Dr. G. S.
Loop is the physician on the Ad
miral Watson.
Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman .
Allred, Mrs. Clara
Berggren, Ernst
Budow, A1
Browne, F. D.
Bresnahan, E. D.
Blankfield, D.
Bowen, J. R.
Blair, Roy
Brooker, Ed
Bennett, J. F.
Ball, I. B.
Brown, Erie
Burns, R. E.
Coutts, w. r.
Calderhead, R. YV.
Campbell, NT. J.
Coghill, W. A.
Cooney, M. J.
Doner, Frank
Diven, R. J.
Douse, Fred
Davis, Harry
Ekeland, Alf
Funk, A. B. J
Fisher, Joe
Flower, J. H.
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm.
Haslem, H. G.
Hagan, James
Hill, L. W.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, Andy
Gray, E. B.
Gilcher, W. H.
Hyland, Mike
Isabel, L. C. "!
Irvine, A. J. . ^ •
Johnson, A. G. I*!*
fljSP. .
Jones, Frank
Julian, W. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter
Joseph, H. B.
Koland, Knut
Ketooroky, John A.
Laughlin, E. I,.
Lund, E. E.
Lehr, Q. F.
Markus, George
Mortensen, Peter
Myers, R. R.
Moore, Frank B.
Miles, J. H.
McDonald, R. S.
Martin, G. S.
Morris, R. C.
Nash, Martin
O'Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington, G. W.
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. L.
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Shaw, Harry N.
Stol, Nels
Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer, M. A.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Stone, A. J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, Chas.
Southworth, R. G.
Spira, Frank
Thompson, Theodore
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J.
Verhaeghe, Cyriele
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Woods, Geo. W.
Williams, E. A.
Waechter, R. I.