THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April X, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for entry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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GENERAL WOOD'S DECORATlOh
A very large proportion of thi
American people watched the ad
ministration's treatment of Genera
Leonard Wood with bewildermenl
followed by indignation and dis
gust, declares the Chicago Tribune
We do not think that presenting
General Wood with the Distinguish
ed Sendee Medal will modify the
verdict which the public has quietly
found upon that sorry incident of
the war. Richly as General Wood
desenes the high honor, we can
remark upon this award, we be
lieve. for most of us who have ap
preciated his long and distinguished
service to the nation, ‘‘Thank you
for nothing."
No eleventh hour recognition can
whitewash the fact that petty re
sentment and personal jealousy con
spired to cheat the American army
and the cause of the nation of a
considerable part of the benefit of"
General Wood's exceptional gifts. I:
is true that like a good soldier he
put personal consideration by and
did valuable service up to the limit
of the opportunities permitted him.
Eut that is to the credit of Genera!
Wood and not of the President and
the secretary of war. The facts are
that upon our entry unprepared into
the war, when every man of out
standing ability should have beer,
at once utilized to the utmost, Mr.
Wilson ar.d Mr. Baker were willing
to put General Wood ir. a place of
secondary importance, although thev
knew, if they knew anything, that
he ranked among the first, if not
indeed first, of our military men its
varied experience and proved ability.
Personal considerations overruled
considerations of the public need,
and General Wood was first moved
to the South, later out West, later
deprived of the command he had
brought to a high state of effi
ciency just as it was about to sail
for France, and at one time was
threatened with virtual retirement
by apointment to the department of
the Pacific.
When public indignation was
roused by this shoddy and unpatri
otic course of action, it was partly
allayed by inspired hints that Gen
eral Wood was being held at home
for some important service. But
these were of a piece with the
pusillanimity of the administration
policy toward General Wood, and
the chapter is now closed ironically
with the award of the Distinguished
Sendee Medal.
The medal brings him nothing.
He brings distinction to the D. S.
M., which has been given to so
many chair warmers as to risa the
name Desk Sen-ice Medal.
FOOD, MARKS AND DOLLARS.
Now that the Germans are get
ting the American food • they clam
ored for, they are bowling about the
“exorbitant prices” charged for it.
The situation is instructive both as
an indication of the rate of "Gf
man exchange” and as a new re\e
lation of that ever-appealing sub
ject, German psychology.
It might seem reasonable enough
for the Germans to howl when they
have to pay 8 marks a pound for
bacon, 2 marks a pound for flour,
and in like proportion for other
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food staples. On the basis of those
figures alone it might be inferred
- that Uncle Sam or ->lr. Hoover (r
- somebody else is gouging toe (: er
mans. But. as a matter of fact, the
: Americans are getting only OJ cents
a pound for their bacon. 10 cents a
pound for their dour. That is pret
ty high, of course, but not much
higher than the Americans at home
have to pay, ana presumably no
more than is fair considering the
expenses of transportation and dis
tribution. points out an exchange.
The explanation lies in the fact *
that the German mark, which used
to be worth 24 cents in interna-'
; tional exchange, is now worth only j
7 cents. And there was no misrep- '
presentation about it. The Germans j
iwere notified some :ime ago that
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the prices for American food would j
.be on a basis of dollars, not marks, j
.and they begged for the food on ’
that basis. These facts should be re-I
imembered whenever any complaints j
on the subject come from Germany, i
CONGRESSIONAL VAPOR.
History should not overlook a lit
i tie speech made in the senate cham
i oer recently by Senator Thomas of
i Colorado. Holding up a hefty vol
ume. he said:
"This represents 1,972 pages of
. the Congressional Record, covering;
the concluding 15 days of the last
| session—131 pages a day. It is said
that when water is expanded into j
--team its volume has been increased 1
775 times. It might be said that
| congressional oratory is diminished
1775,000 times in publication.”
His arraignment of congressional, j
and particularly senatorial, waste of
.
precious time and opportunity was
amply deserved, remarks the Tacoma
Ledger, as anyone will testify who
remembers the delivery of those
1,972 pages of so-called oratory, I
or who will take the trouble to run j
through them in the Record. Most
of it - is, as Senator Thomas sug- ;
gests, about a thousand times thin- j
her than • steam, not to say more;
vaporous. And it was emitted at a
time when the biggest events with
which any American Congress has j
had to deal in half a century were
hanging over the heads of the law
makers.
The present Congress has started
cut better, accomplishing a surpris
ing amount of practical construc
tive work in the first few days. But
the senate already shows a disposi
tion to revert to its besetting sin,
and talk instead of working.
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THE FIGHTING REGULARS.
It is right for every city or state
to take a particular pride in the
battle record of its guardsmen and
draft troops, but it is always the
regulars who are in the thickest of:
the fighting. Receptions and local
enthusiasm are not for them, be
cause they belong only to the coun
try in general, but they can have :
the consolation of knowing that
they are to America what the Old
Guard was to Napoleon.
The table of our losses in the '
world war just issued by the gov- (
ernment is especially significant, and
it shows what a bulwark the regu
lars were. Three regular divisions,
the 1st, 2d, and 3d, including or:gi-|i
'nally 81,000 men, suffered 22 pe:
cent of our casualties, and from
first to last, according to Genera!
March, we had about 1,350,000 me~
,'in battle. The 2d, to which the
marines were attached, leads witn
more than 25,000 casualties. This
division was thrown in the path oi
. the triumphant Germans when they
came over the Chemin-des-Dames
and across the Aisne and the Yesle
to the Marne and Chateau-Thierrv.
and it undoubtedly stopped a march
i on Paris.
i j The 3d division met the shock of
the Germans on the morning of
July 15, 1918, when they crossed
the Marne on their last great drive,
and Ludendorff's men left more
than 5,000 dead in front of this
single division.
! The 1st division had 23,000 casu
alties. and in conjunction with the
j 2d had a leading part in the great
counter-stroke under Mangin in the
morning of July 18, which thrilled
the allied world and which turned
,the tide of the whole war. as Gen
ieral Haig himself states in his of
ficial report. This tremendous blow,
ione of the most effective in the
history of war. was made by two
American regular divisions of 27,
000 men each and three French
divisions of about 13.000 each.
The other regular divisions would
have done as well as the first three
j if the opportunity had come to
them, and while a grateful country
will have little chance to applaud
them, it can never forget them.
New York World.
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Tanana—At Tanana.
Davis, St. Joseph and Thompson
—At St. Michael.
Washburn — L'p Holy Cross for
Dikeman, 6 a. in., 29th.
Sibilla—At Gibbon.
Benchley—At Melozi.
Kelley—At Chena.
Kotlik—Down Kotlik. 6 a. m ,
29th.
Althea—Up Kotlik, 6 a. m., 29th.
Alaska—Down Ft, Yukon, 10:30
a. m., 30th.
Selkirk—Up Eagle. 5:30 a. m..
30th.
Jacobs—Arrived Eagle 8:30 a. m.
Senator—Sails for Nome July 2d.
VICTORY TAKES NINE
ON VOYAGE UP RIVER
The speedy launch Victory, with
Captain Fred Douse at the wheel,
sailed for Fairbanks this morning at
8 o'clock with a capacity load of
passengers, some mail, and all the
baggage that could be crowded into
the boat. The passengers were E. D.
Bresnahan. Abe Stein, R. L. Vin
ing. Rev. Marple, Oscar Weber, J.
A. Haney, and Joe Quigley.
The Victory arrived from the up
per town early yesterday afternoon
with R. L. Vining, Oscar Weber,
Thorm Kessler. Dave Dunbar, A.
McIntosh and Harley Rutherford.
ORIGINATOR OF “ANZAC”
SUCCUMBS TO INFLUENZA
SYDNEY, Australia. — Major Ol
iver Hogue of Sydney, the man who
is generally credited with haring
first given publicity to the name
“Anzac,” is dead. He was himself
an Anzac. After having come
through the Gallipoli campaign and
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. j
Notice is hereby given that the j
copartnership heretofore existing be- j
tween Mrs. M. Bishop and Andy j
Hoev, under the firm name of Bishop I
& Hoev, owners The Terminal Cigai j
Store, has this day been dissolved
by mutual consent.
All accounts owing the said firm
are payable to either Mrs. Bishop
or Andy Hoey, and all debts owed,
by the said copartnership are paya
ble by Andy Hoey and Harry Davis, *
successors to Bishop & Hoey, who i
will conduct the business after this
date.
Dated at Nenana, June 18, 1919. !
MRS. M. BISHOP.
ANDY HOEY.
Et HARRY DAVIS. i
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—CENTRAL LODGING
| HOUSE. Price S350. Inquire on
i premises. Second St. near B. k7-6
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FOR SALE—My entire holdings,
consisting 'of Lot 6, Block 10,
threb-room log house, finely fin
i 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
i go Outside on urgent business is
| reason for sacrifice. Mrs. Clara
Allred. Nenana. Alaska. k7-2d
FOR SALE — Showcase, 5 Vs fee*
long. Practically new. Cheap.
Inquire Mrs. Herman Rosburg.
the Palestine campaign without a
! scratch, he died of influenza in
; London. When the war began, Ma
jjor Hogue was a newspaper man,
being bn the staff of the Sydney
: Morning Herald.
During the Gallipoli campaign.
Major Hogue wrote for his paper
■ accounts of the ill-starred efforts to
(take Constantinople, in which he ap
j plied the code word “Anzac” (Aus
tralian and New Zealand Army
! Corps* to the soldier from the
j South Pacific.
Ben Madison, bridge foreman on
the T. V. R.. who was recently tak
en to the Fairbanks hospital for
treatment, has entirely recovered
and is again on the job.
Restaurant Tabs and Tablets at
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