THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
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A TRIUMPHAL MARCH
General Gaida’s Czecho-Slovaks,
fighting: their way through 2,600
miles of hostile territory, furnishes
a tale no less thrilling than that
related of Cortez’ drive from Vera
Cruz to the ancient Aztec capital
in the sixteenth century. Like his
illustrious predecessor, he saw his
forces grow as his successes multi
plied, but his successes, also like
those of the adventurous Spaniard,
were due to his unflagging courage
and ingenious tactics and to the
loyalty of his men.
When the order came from Petro
grad countermanding the permission
given for the free movement of
the Czecho-Slovaks toward Vladi
vostock, writes a correspondent ot
the Associated Press, stationed at
Vladivostock, it found them strung
out in a thin line from the V'olga
t > Vladivostock. A 12-day truce
following the first serious clash a*
Irkutsk, when the Bolsheviki under
took to disarm a trainload of
Czechs, applied only to Eastern Si
beria and was utilized by Gaida’;
men to get a running start for the
plunge through the thickest of thi
struggle. Thereafter his policy ap
pears to have been to constantlj
preapare and execute Mjrnt new sur
prise until the enemy was in such j
state of nerves that the approaci
of a body of Czecho-SIovaks, nt
matter how small, was likely t;
throw him into a panic.
Assisted by Cossacks and bv th<
Czechs from Chiliabinsk, Colone
Kadlets, then commander of tin
Czech forces west of Irkutsk, fousrh
his way west to Omsk, taking town:
enroute. He improved the time dur
ing the armistice to clean up th<
line westward to the Urals.
Meantime, with resumption o
hostilities to the eastward the Czech*
Slovak forces between Krasnoyars!
and Irkutsk found themselves hare
pressed and near to the end o
their resources. Kadlets double*
back eastward and by a series o
flanking movements, falling upoi
the Bolsheviki in the night, stam
peded them time after time. Ii
this way he pushed through to th*
relief of his countrymen at Kras
ltoyarsk and Irkutsk.
Front Irkutsk to the southermos
point of Lake Kaikal there an
forty-one tunnels. It w'as the Czech’
aim to clear out the Bolshevik
without giving them time to hlov
up these tunnels and to that en*
they started a small contingent over
land to surprise the Bolsheviki be
yond the series tunnels. Thes
men marched four days under grea
difficulties. They became so press
ed for food supplies that they ha*
to eat their horses. But they ac
complished their object. They at
tacked the Bo | heviki in the middl
<>f the night, captured their machin
guns and started them northwar
in disorder. The Bolsheviki sue
ceeded in blowing up one tunnel
the last one in the series.
The Czechs and their Russia
allies now had a clear track to th
southern extremity of the lake, to
village named Slujianka, where th
blocked tunnel presented a seriou
obstacle to fur*her progress. The
dragge ‘ a few ight guns over th
ri p? and marched several contin
eat? of troops around the obstruc
thin, only t' find the Bolshevik
ma v.d in force some twenty mile
beyofl. The Czechs and Russian
suf area heavy losses in the fightin
' here and were forced back to with
in a few miles of the tunnel.
Meantime the Czechs had cleared
the tunnel sufficiently to pass the
troops through on foot. General
' Gaida, who had succeeded Colonel
j Kadlets in command, caused decoy
| messages to fall into the enemy’s
| hands, begging for help and de
| daring that the tunnel was hope
: lessly blocked and he in desperate
j straits, surrounded and at the end
1 of his resources. The Bolsheviki
| thereupon moved southward in high
j spirits, throwing aside all caution.
I Bands played and their progress
i was in the nature of a triumphal
! march.
; A few miles from the tunnel they
; ran into an ambush which completely
I demoralized them. Machine guns
' raked them from the hillsides and
| field guns shelled them front and
rear. A tattered remnant of the
j Bolsheviki army fled northward
| with the few trains they were able
! to save.
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US RESULT OF
SHAKY FUTURE
LOUISVILLE, Ky.—After eight
een months of extreme uncertainty
in the whisky market, the price of
homier! poods today in Kentucky,the
larpest straight whiskey producing
. state in America, 95 cents to $1.15
a gallon.
The imminence of complete pro
hibition, coupled with the belief that
higher taxes may cause a marked
, decrease in consumption, is expected
by large operators to keep prices at
I a low level. A few dealers, how
. ever, believe the approach of prohi
[ hition will stimulate demand and
. bring high prices,
i The sudden. sweeping market
. changes have kept the operators ir
i a turmoil. A year and a half age
. many of them would have beer
. bankrupt had they been forced t<
liquidate their holdings. Then prices
. rose and on paper some of the hold
, ers were millionaires,
i The order stopping production foi
; beverage purposes sent prices up
. ward until newest whiskies approach
j ed S3 a gallon in bond. Owner:
. counted gains in big figures, ani
many held on for higher prices. Th(
, cautious ones unloaded at the peak
t however.
Then came the certainty of pro
I hibition for the duration of the wat
. and that greatly increased taxe:
must be paid. Prices crashed an<
brought the low levels of today.
> There are between thirty am
I forty million gallons of whiskei
available for sale today on which th<
tax has been paid. The presen
tax on whiskey is $3.>’0 a proo:
, gallon. Dealers said they txpectei
,, the new $8,000,000,0.) revenue bil
j to provide a tax of at least doubb
s and probably treble the present rate
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^ A brass band and football am
„; cricket teams are found among stu
dents of the missionary college a
Lovedale, South Africa, the only in
. • stitution in the Dark Continent tha
offers Africans a standard collegi
education.
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‘ ' Nenaaa, Where Kail* and mivara Me#
NA1I0N FACING
BIG INDUSTRIAL I
PROBLEMS NOW
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WASHINGTON, D. C —In thej
great task of internal reconstruction ;
the War Industries Board seems cer-!
tain to continue in existence and!
play a large part in the transforma- j
tion of war manufacturing back to'
peace time production. This is one
feature of the government’s program
for easing the nation’s business from
the pitch of war to the pursuits of
peace without convulsing it in the
process. In a sense, the program
is tentative, because its formation',
has just begun. Nevertheless the,
planning for peace is giving all gov
ernment agencies in Washington
these days material for as systematic
thought as the prosecution of war
Industrial reconstruction, next to
demobilization of the army, is pro
bably the most important phase of
these plans. How to stop the manu
facture of shells, of guns, of army
and navy supplies, without stopping
the industrial wheels which made
them, and to furnish new work for
these wheels, is a problem which
agencies of the War Industrial Board
i will be called on to solve. This
means that the hundreds of indus
trial and commercial leaders who
have been called to Washington will
have to continue their services for
essential peace work, or substitutes
for them to be found.
Manufacturing plants which now
look to the War Industrial Board for
assistance in obtaining materials and
which in turn comply with the force
ful suggestions of the board, eventu
ally will call on some government
agency to guide them during the pro
cess of facing about toward peace
production. The War Industries
Board is the only agency equipped
with the machinery and supplied with
the information to give this guid
ance. For that reason, the officials
in closest touch with currents of
ideas within the government insist
that the War Industries Board will
continue in existence indefinitely
after the war. regardless of when
peace is finally settled.
Officials intimate that means will
be found of cointinuing the current.
l>lans for eliminating strikes, of giv
ing labor greater voice in the man
agement of industrial plants and of
extending both labor and trade fed
erations to promote collective bar
gaining. They suggest that the gov
ernment, through the War Finance
Corporation, may aid in the convul
sion of industries from war to peace
footing, reversing the existing prior
ity of war industries. Railroad
transportation, industrial production
and ocean shipping must be co-or
dinated and supervised for a few
years after peace comes as they have
been during the war, in the opinion
of government leaders. Employment
agencies, universities and schools,
churches and other social organiza
tions must co-operate to facilitate
the placing of returned soldiers in
the occupations where they are best
fitted and most needed.
To do all this, it is the belief
in many off’eal circles in Washing
ton that most government agencies
which have sprung up during the
war must continue to function for
an indefinite time afterward. These
include the War Industries Board,
the Shipping Board, War Trade
Board, Food and Fuel Administra
tions, War Labor Board and the War
Labor Policies Board, numerous divi
sions of the Council of National De
fense, War Finance Corporation, and
many other connected agencies. The
Railroad Administration has 21
months to live after peace is signed,
unless future legislation should
change existing plans for restoration
1 of railroads to private control. The
' Red Cross, Young. Men’s Christian
Association, War Camp Community
Service and similar institutions will
have big work to perform in con
* junction with the government long
after the war is over.
In realization that the question of
how to accomplish all these com
plicated matters will be as big a
question as that of how to make
war has been, nearly all government
. agencies now are bestirring them
SMUGGLING OF
BOOZE IN UTAH
UNDER CONTROL;
SALT LAKE CITY The little
smuggler—the one who brings in a
pint or a quart of liquor—is the)
man who gives most trouble nowa
days. according to John S. Corless,
sheriff of Salt Lake county, which
borders on Wyoming, from which
state most of the prohibited liquor
has been smuggled into Utah. Sher
iff Corless has waged a relentless
war against smugglers since the pro
hibition law became effective in
Utah, and to his efforts the cap
ture of much of the illicit liquor is
said to be due.
Every road leading into Salt Lake
county is guarded by deputy sher
iffs and a careful watch is kept
on trains and even on pedestrians
whose actions are suspicious. Dur
ing early prohibition days a con
siderable quantity was brought into
the state, but in recent months the
amount has been exceedingly small.
Sheriff Corless has several thous
and gallons of liquor stored in the
basement of the county jail, await
ing destruction. Already many
hundreds of gallons have been pour
ed down the sewers. Destruction
of that on hand will take place
after the decisions of the court,
which in several instances has been
asked to determine the right of the
sheriff to destroy the liquor. The
biggest seizures made by the sheriff
were of stocks stored before the
state went “dry”. Several truck
loads brought across the Wyoming
border late at night have been in
tercepted and seized. A piano box,
, snippet! with a carload of house
hold goods was found to contain fif
teen cases. One of the difficulties
of the sheriff’s deptuies is search
ing every vehicle coming into the
city or county. In some cases it is
necessary to unload several tons of
fruit or vegetables without results,
but in many instances a supply of
the liquor has been found under
loads of produce. Some of the big
! gest seizures have been made at
Birgham, a mining camp near here.
But that camp is now said to be
nearer actually “dry” than ever in
its history.
Destruction of the liquor on ham'
may not take place, it is said, if
the government wishes it for fuel
or medical purposes. Recently the
police department sent several thous
and gallons to the motor transport
corps of the army, thus saving the
waste and providing a much needed
fuel.
Of the old-time vegetable dyes
Brazil possesses an almos* endless
variety.
selves quietly to taking stock. Ir
Congress the spirit is reflected in ai
least three pending resolutions look
ing to creation of boards or com
missions to study reconstruction
The Republicans advocate a survej
by a committee of members of Con
gress. Senator Overman’s resolutior
provides for appointment of a dis
interested body of students of va
rious problems. Senator Owen ha:
a similar suggestion. Most admini
stration leaders are inclined to en
dorse Senator Overman's proposal.
President Wilson has discussed tht
question of internal, as well as in
ternational reconstruction, with a
few advisors, and it is understood
that it was at his suggestion thal
the Council of National Defense wenl
to work months ago gathering in
formation from all departments am
bureaus concerning their capabilities
as peace-time bodies. An extensive
bibliography, several chests full ol
reports, and a number of charts
have been gathered together for the
use of any agency which may under
take to formulate the government’.
reconstruction program. No effori
has been made by the council’s offi
■ cers to suggest policies. This re
search work has been done largel?
by Walter S. Gifford and Grosvenoi
Clarkson, director and secretary re
spectively of the council. Mr. Gif
ford has recently returned from Eu
rope with information on tentativi
reconstruction plans of the Allies.
Venana, Alaska'! Interior met Depot
Announcement is made that a
meeting of the original quarantine
committee will be held at the town
site office at 7:30 p. m., on Thrus
day, December 12th, for the con
sideration of sundry important mat
ters, especially ways and means.
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