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.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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MIDDLE CLASS LABOR
Members of the great middle
.lass of England at last have taken
steps to organize to protect their
own interests against the aggres
sions of capital on the one hand
and increasing wages of workmen
on the other, says an Associated
Press correspondent, writing from
London. Leaders of the middle class
declare that only by organization
can they escape an unfair share of
the burdens of life.
English people of education and.
moderate incomes have felt for some
time that they were being ground
between the upper and nether mill
stones operating in the social mill.
Profits of capitalists from war con
tracts have increased and the wages
of workmen steadily advanced. But
nobody had to have the services of
the professional man. the small busi
ness man nor the schoolmaster.
They felt that they simply made
up a Jarge part of the population
whose public duty, it seemed, was
to meet constantly increasing costs
of living and tax rates without any.
corresponding increase in income.
It was not until recently that they
summoned sufficient courage to giv
their protests weight by forming the
nucleus of an organization with
which both capital and labor may
eventually have to reckon
A preliminary meeting was held
under the chairmanship of Major
•J. R. Pretyman Newman, member
of Parliament. It was decided to
call the organization the “Middle
Class Union.” Among the purposes
of the union were:
"To remove undue burdens upon
the middle class, including the cost
of living.
“To protect the middle class
against bureaucratic and industrial
tyranny.
“To combine for common pro
tection of those members of the
community who have no organiza
tion to safeguard their interests.”
Letters appearing in support of
the union show that many army
officers and other soldiers are deeply
interested in the movement. One
soldier wrote:
“Unless we of the middle classes
organize and combine to thwart and
destroy the anarchical aggressions
of certain communities in the in
dustrial world, we will sooner or
later be Bolsheviked out of exist
ence.”
How the Middle Class Union will
be received in the political field by
the capitalists and the trade unions
which now monopolize it, remains
to be seen.
BOLSHEVIK SCHOOLS
Pupils instead of teachets control
the schools of Russia under the Bol
shevik regime, according to two
Englishmen, one of them an ex
perienced schoolmaster, who has just
returned from Russia.
Boys and girls are herded indis
criminately and there is no disci
pline, says the Englishmen. Pupils
control the teachers. In a Kolma
school a youth of 18 was appointed
commissioner of the institution and
was in charge of all teachers. On
one occasion he closed the school
for a week as a protest against the
action of the master who had repri
manded a pupil.
Should a master prove unpopular,
he is promptly ejected by his class.
Often the master appears for class
only to find his pupils engaged in
a committee meeting which must
not be disturbed.
Each class has its own committee
and usually the most popular boy
represents the others at the masters'
council. These committees not only
direct the masters but control the
distribution of food which is pro
vided for the midday meal and
which is the chief cause for any
school attendance at all.
Pupils do exactly as they please,
walking into tne classroom and leav
it while a lesson is in progress
This is particularly true as regards
lunch time, for the ^-rst to reach
the dining room is the first to be
served and he usually gets the best.
Xo punishment of any kind is in
flicted on the pupil as each pupil
is his own mentor as to right and
wrong.
Xo homework is set. the pupil
doing all his school work during
the hours set apart for each session.
Attendance is not compulsory, or
even regulated by rule; each one
attending classes or staying away as
he sees fit. Xo marks for good
work are allowed, and consequently
none for the sluggard who makes
no attempt at scholastic attain
ment.
The same chaotic conditions were
observed by the Englishmen in the
universities and other seats of higher
education. Any boy of sixteen may
enter without qualificaton. Even
though he may be unable to read,
and ail Bolsheviki children have not
yet attained that dignity, he "Still
may become an undergraduate, en
titled to ail the food and other
advantages enjoyed by more ad
vanced persons in search of such
education as the demoralized system
has to offer.
CABOOSE TURNS'OVER;
PASSENGERS ARE UNHURT
tt hile a train, consisting: of a
locomotive engine, a box car and
two cabooses, was moving' at the
rate of only two miles an hour,
March 16, near Kern creek, reports
R. -J Weir, engineer in charge of
the Seward division, one of the
cabooses, containing 30 passengers,
overturned, but no one was in
jured. The accident was caused by
the derailment of the box car be
hind the caboose that overturned.
The box car left the track while
passing the switch at Kern creel;
and went on a siding. The caboose
remained on the main line. The
draw bar between the box car and
the caboose held, causing the
caboose to turn over.
SOCIALIST LEADER IS ’
NOT DEAD AS REPORTED
1 NDOX.—Prince Peter Kropot
kin, the Socialist leader, despite
various reports to the lontrar.-, is
alive and well at Dmitrov.ik, i < sr
Moscow, according to Alexander
Berkenheim, vice-president of a
Russian society here. He says he
saw the prince last December and
recently has received letters from
him.
“Now as always,” Berkenheim
said, “he remains far from the seat
of any political activity, and is oc
cupied with literary work. He en
joys the greatest esteem and con
sideration of all circles in Russia
without exception.”
OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
CHRISTENSEN IS
WORKING IN EASE;
QUITS A. E. C. 108
Andrew Christensen has resigned
as manager of the land and indus
trial department of the Alaskan
Engineering commission. His re
tirement. says a recent issue of the
A. E. C. official publication, the
Alaska Railroad Record, is due to
ill health, from which Mr. Christen
sen has been a sufferer for more
than a year and a half.
Mr. Christensen was appointed
manager of the land and industrial
department in March, 1916. Pre
viously, in fact since 1908, he had
been connected with the United
States Land office, and at the time
of his appointment he was chief of
the field division of the United
States Land office in charge of the
investigation of public land mat
ters in Juneau. As manager >f
the land and industrial department
he conducted the sale of town lots
in Anchorage. Wasilla, Matanuska
and Xenana. and directed the loca
tion of farm lands in the territory
penetrated by the government rail
road. He was also representative
of the government in the leasing
of coal lands, federal food adminis
trator for the Anchorage district,
and president of the Alaska Fair
association.
Mr. Christensen's health became
so bad last April that he was com
pelled to go to the States He re
turned to Anchorage late in July
in the belief that he had improved
sufficiently to resume his duties.
After ten days in the office, how
ever, he was ordered by his physician
to quit work entirely and go back
to the States for medical treatment.
He became better last fall, and early
<n the winter went to Washington
City, where he assisted William C.
Edes, chairman of the Alaskan En
gineering commission, in work per
taining to the Commission before
Congress. Mr. Christensen's resig
nation was given to Mr. Edes at
Washington.
Mr. Christensen is now asso
ciated with the Finance and Trading
Corporation, 43 Exchange Place,
New York City. His duties with the
firm are not so arduous as to en
danger his recovery to good health.
DISTANCE TABLES ON GOVERN
MENT RAILROAD
Seward to
Kern creek .
Anchorage
Chickaloon .
Broad Pass
Lignite
X'enar.a
Fairbanks
Anchorage to
Seward to .
Matanuska .
Chickaloon .
Montana creek
Talkeetna
Broad Pass
X'enana
Fairbanks
Broad Pass to
Lignite .
Xenana .
Lignite to
X'enana
Fairbanks _ *
Xenana to .
Tanana Valley
Fairbanks to
Chena Junction .
Chena ..
Happy Junction .
Chatanika .
Matanuska is the
No. Mil
. 71.(
- 114.1
188.1
314.:
. 364.(
413.S
470 :
No. Mil
.. 36.1
. 74.(
94.!
112.1
.200.:
.299.
49.
.99.
.49.
.106.
56.
Railroad
juction for
branch line to the coal fields, and
Chickaloon is the terminus of that
line.
Talkeetna is at present the end
of steel on the coast division.
Grade has been completed for a dis
tance of twenty miles beyond Tal
keetna to Deadhorse. Grading is
under way to the Susitna crossing
at Indian river, approximately 20
miles from Deadhorse.
The distance between rail heads
at the end of this summer’s work
will be a trifle less than 100 miles.
Approximately ten miles of rails
have been laid from Happy Junction
toward Xenana.
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TO GIVE DANCE
SATURDAY NIGHT
Announcement is made that the
N'enana Dancing Academy, under
the direction of Mrs. Belle Campbell,
will give a social dance at the Xe
nana Labor Hall on Saturday night,
April 19. Dancing will commence
immediately after the picture show
and will last until midnight. The
dance may be continued indefin
itely if the dancers have a mind
to do so.
The Xenana Dancing Academy
has filled a long felt want, during
the past winter season and helped
a great many Xenanaites, in a large
measure, to dispel care and ca=t
aside all worries by indulging in
the dances held twice a week
hitherto.
With the coming of spring and
warmer weather, the bi-weekly
dances were dropped and Saturday
nights, by special arrangement with
the Board of the Union, were ar
ranged for. for the benefit of the
votaries of the dance.
Every arrangement for the com
fort and pleasure of the dancers
will be made at the dances which
will be "given regularly every Satur
day night. The price of admission
will be one dollar for gentlemen,
the ladies being admitted free.
ZAPATHA GENERAL HAS
SURRENDERED HIMSELF
MEXICO CITY—Rafael del Cas
tillo. one of the late Zapata's "gen
erals", has surrendered uncondition
ally and, with his followers, has
promised to return to peaceful pur
suits, according to announcement by
the military authorities. Castillo,
when Zapata’s followers controlled
the capita! at various times during
1914-15, served as military com
mander of the city. He was con
sidered to be one of Emiliano Zap
ata’s most able lieutenants.
Genovevo de la O, long regarded
as Zapata’s right hand man, is said
to have opened negotiations for his
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—A Singer sewing ma
chine. Inquire at Coghill's.
own surrender to the governmenl
troops engaged in the pacificatior
of the state of Morelos. With th<
surrender of de la O. the last dan
serous Zapata adherent will hav<
been accounted for.
YOU
CAN
BUY
WAR
SAVINGS
STAMPS
NOW
Nenana House
Under New Management
Q—Why U the NENANA HOUSE like a dog sitting on
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Tanana Sheet Metal Works
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POOL CANDIES CIGARS
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WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
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Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman
Allred, Mrs. Clara
Bergman, Charles
Brown, Jess
Berggren, Ernst
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, It. w
Campbell, X. j.
Coghill, W. A.
Cooney, M. j.
Doner, Frank
Diven. R j.
Douse, Fred
Davis, Harry
Ekeland, Alf
Dunk, A B.
Finlayson, K A.
Fisher. Joe
Fiower. J. H.
Foster. Steve
Gagnon, Wm.
Ghezzi, Alfred
Head, E. A.
Haslem, H. G
Hagan, James
Hill. L. W.
Hagen, Hans
Hoey, Andy
Gray, E. B.
Gilcher, W. H.
Hyland. Mike
Isabel, L. C. r
Irvine, A. J. . f *
Johnson, A. G.
Jones, Frank
Julian, W. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter
Joseph, H. B.
Roland, Knut
I Ketooroky, John A.
Laughlin, E. L.
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
Owen, Harry
O’Keefe, Larrv
Parks, S. E.
Pennington. G. W
Pally, Paul
Packer, W. L.
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry X.
Stol, Xels
Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer, M. A.
j Slippern, /. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Stone, A. J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, Chas.
Smith, George A.
South'vorth, R. G.
Spira, Frank
Taylor, Prank
Tunison, B.
Thompson, Theodore
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J.
Verhaegbe, Cyriele
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Woods, Geo. W.
Williams, E. A.
Waechter, R. I.
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