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”
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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana. Alaska.
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this paper and also all the local news published herein.
AMERICAN WAR MEDALS
Every medal that the Llnited
States government confers is made
in the Philadelphia mint. For the
war department alone, the big fed
eral money factory is at present
turning out twenty-two types of
medals. The badges of honor award
ed to Marshals Foch, Haig and Joffre
and other distinguished Allied com
manders. were the product of the
mint.
Marshal Foch is reported to have
remarked that the American Dis
tinguished Service Medal is the
handsomest miltary decoration
awarded. About two hundred of
these medals of bronze and brilliant
blue enamel are made every week
and turned over to the war depart
ment for shipment to the camps
and army headquarters at home and
abroad.
Many more of the Military
Crosses, awarded for vaior, are be
ing made. More than five thousand
of these have already been shipped
from the mint. In manufacturing
these medals ten impessions are
made by a hydraulic press on a
small square of bronze, beginning
with one hundred tons pressure and
increasing to two hundred and fifty
tons. After the die has been
stamped in this fashion, the cross is
cut out by machine. The medal is
then passed to workmen who fashion
the little cross-bars from which it
is suspended, ribbons are attached
and the decoration is placed in a
box ready for delivery.
The United States navy Medal of
Honor is made at the mint. There
also are manufactured the various
kinds of medals awarded for sharp
shooting, markmanship and other
honors of the service.
An order now being filled calls
for ten thousand Mexican service
medals, attractive bronze discs for
the men who were in the Vera
Cruz expedition. Now that the
Peace Conference at Paris has ap
proved the award of a distinctive
service medal to every man who
served in any of the Allied armies,
the Philadelphia mint may be called
upon to manufacture medals by the
million.
OUR BRIDGE OF SHIPS
Fifteen cargo ships with a dead
weight tonnage of 103,692 were lost
during 1918 by the Naval Cferseas
Transportation Service, according to
a report made public recently by the
district supervisor of the Third
naval district. The removal of the
ban of secrecy, vital during the
war as a shield to these vessel;
and their crews, discloses that six
ships, aggregating 42,627 tons, were
destroyed by enemy activity; five
vessels with a combined tonnage of
44,701 tons, were sunk in collisions
and four vessels totalling 16,994
tons were destroyed fey fire and
explosion.
The report traces the growth of
the Naval Overseas Transportation
Service since the time of its organ
ization late in 1917 and describes
the part played by it in transporting
food, munitions and supplies for
troops and naval vessels abroad.
Seventy-two ships were originally
assigned to this service and when
the armistice was signed, November
11, 1918, the cargo fleet numbered
453 vessels, including 106 ships
ready to be taken over.
Crews of navy cargo ships are
said to have endured the greatest
'hardships of the war. Their lives
constantly endangered, they faced
the perils of the deep, the menace
of an unseen foe, the danger of col
lision and the liability to instant
death by accidents from inflam
mable cargoes.
‘ , ,
it is on record that a convoy of
fifty ships from New York was
disintegrated by a violent storm in
mid-Atlantic and that only two of
the entire number reached France
under con%-oy. “Every ship for her
self" the forty-eight others by luck,
pluck and constant vigil all finally
dropped their anchors in the pro
tected harbors of their destination.
"Not only were these crews con
fronted with the normal perils of
the sea,” says the report, “but they
faced destruction from torpedo, col
lision and other unforseen accidents
that might cause fire in inflam
mable cargoes. It takes brave men
to steam week in and week out thru
submarines and mine-infested waters
at eight knots an hour in a ship
loaded with several thousand tons
of depth charges, T. X T. or poison
gas. not knowing what minute the
whole works is going to be blo\vn
to “Kingdom Come."
The. value of a cargo ship is
realized when it is known that un
der existing war conditions each ship
cost to operate SI 00 every hour.
Good, bad and indifferent ships, old
or new, fast or slow, were trans
formed by the magic of naval
energy into serviceable craft. Un
romatic rusty tramps were created
into models of efficiency by the
halo of a dazzling camouflage.
The personnel of the Naval Over
seas Transportation Service at the
present time includes 5,000 officers
ami 45.000 enlisted men.
FRANCE AND WILSON
kings
gium
from
A Frenchman, a small merchant
of Paris, offers this as one ex
planation of the peculiarly popular
demonstration with which the Paris
ians received Prseident Wilson.
“We have had many rulers come
to visit us in these late weeks”, he
said, “ but crowned heads like the
of England, Italy and Bel
cannot dissociate themselves
their military rank. They
come in wonderful uniforms with
entourages glittering with braid and
decorations. Essentially their re
ceptions had to partake of the mili
tary aspect and in dominant man
ner To the salutes and cheers of
the crowds these rulers had to make
only the stiff military salute of
acknowledgment. Naturally this is
not very personal. Even a king’s
salute is like that of any other
officer.
“But,” he continued, “your Presi
dent came in civilian clothes, very
plain, wholly undecorated, not even'
a ribbon in his lapel. His hat was
constantly off. He was unhampered
by uniform. He smiled, even laugh
ed outright, in greeting to the
Parisians. People now and then
caught his direct glance. It was'
personal, very human and we Paris
ians like that. So the infection of
this personal touch went through
the crowds. There you have it. It
was different.
“He is a little reminiscent of our j
late President Faure,” he ended.
“His smile and the intimate bow
are much alike ”
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BULGAR TROOPS
XISH, Serbia.—Bulgaria, during
its occupation of Serbia, found the
country not only an abundant
source of food and material but
also of considerable revenue. Bui-'
garian officers exacted large sums
of money from the civilian popu
lation for what they considered
special privileges. For immunity,
from deportation, for example, some
Serbians were forced to pay the'
Bulgars as high as 25,000 francs, i
Other Serbian civilians paid large
sums that their daughters might
not be molested, say the Serbians.
Seven thousand francs was the:
price paid by Nake T. Pasitcl, wheat
merchant in the town of Bel Pal
anka. near here, to prevent the
seizure by Bulgarian soldiers of his
daughter, twenty years old. Pasitcl’s
son, seventeen years old had been
deported by Bulgars and died of
starvation in an internment camp.
Peter pashiteh. a banker of the
same town, paid six hundred franc
for the release of his daughter who
had been taken from her home by
Bulgars and held at Xish five days.
This young woman’s husband, who
was a priest, was killed by the Bul
garians a short time before, it is
charged.
From five hundred to twenty
thousand francs was the tax put
upon Serbians who desired freedom
to move about, and from th's source
the Bulgars reaped a rich harvest.
In almost every one of the dozen
towns visited by the Associated
Press correspondent the came story
was told. In the town of Pirot.Ivan
Slarkoticl, a rug dealer, gave twenty
thousand francs to the Bulgars for
permission to carry on is business
out persons not able to purchase
immunity from persecution were
punished.
In many places the Serbian people
were forbidden to speak the Serbian
language or sing Serbian songs. In
Pirot, part of the old Serbian pro
fecture building was used as a oris
on for civilians who revolted at the
Bulgars’ treatment. In a room
visited by the correspondent, the
floor was spattered h I’ood.
Local inhabitants testified :hat Bul
gars had slaughtered many Serbian
civilians there.
MYSTERY SHIP WILL
CROSS THE ATLANTIC
WINNEPEG, Canada.—Informa
tion from Ottawa officially confirms
reports that one of the much dis
cussed British “Mystery Ships” that
preyed on unsuspecting German
submarines will cross the Atlantic
in the spring and visit a number of
American and Canadian ports on
the Great Lakes. It would be the
first Allied warship to come to
the lake region.
Mystery Ships, a carefully guard
ed naval secret, were built with a
draft of 3 1-2 feet, making them
immune from torpedo attacks. They
resembled slow-going, helpless,
tramps, but carried guns of suffi- j
cient calibre to sink any submarine
afloat. Because o' their light
draught, the boats are able to navi
gate the St. Lawrence canals. Ten
tative plans, it is understood, pro
vide that the “mystery ship” to be
sent over will carry an interesting
exhibit of naval weapons and tro
phies.
TANANA CHAPTER A. M. C.
MEETING AT FAIRBANKS
The Tanana Chapter of the Amjr
ican Mining Congress will meet to
night at the Fairbanks district court
room.
The committee's report, consisting
of several typewritten sheets, on
the power plant proposition, will be
submitted to the chapter for rati
fication at the meeting.
If the report is accepted by the
chapter, it will be sent to the parent
organization for presentation to the
congress of the United States.
District Attorney R. F. Roth was
i passenger on Karstens’ auto' this
morning, bound for Fairbanks.
TOURISTS VIEW RUINS
OF FAMOUS FRENCH CITY
VERDUN, France.—Scores of
America tourists have visited Ver
dun recently, most of them spend
ing part of a day looking over the
ruins of the “city that was," and
passing on to some other nearby
town for the night. Many of these
sight-seers have been individuals
and delegations who came over in
some connection with President
Wilson’s trip.
Several thousand French soldiers
and a handful of American troops
are cjuart^ed in the shell-shattered
city. No civilians have come back
as the tremendous task of rehabili
tation has not begun. Every Sun
day morning the bells of tile cath
edral are rung but no services have
yet been held within its bare walls.
The bell tower is one of the few
parts of the church which have
not been shot away • by German
shells.
MEXICO MAY REFORM
BAD RAILROAD LAWS
MEXICO CITY.—Reformation of
the railway law is among the tasks
which will be presented by Presi
dent Carranza to the national con
gress. It is said that one feature
will be the limiting of concessions
to 7o years.
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LOST.—Lady's Elgin Watch with
monogram on back M. C. Return
to News office. Reward.
FOR SALE—A new 7mm Mauser
rifle with 40 rounds of ammu
nition, $50; also a 12-gauge Rem
ington automatic shot gun, almost
new, $40. Inquire at News office.
Kissing is not the world’s lan
guage, since in China and Japan it
is never practiced. It is considered
unsanitary!
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
Duilding, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Saturdays.
A number of Cordovans who
bought stock in the Merchant Cal
culating Machine company are now
being informed that the capitaliza
t’on of the company has been in
creased. When bought they paid
$3 a share, and many of them now
realize that they paid too much
for it.
UPPERS, NOTICE!
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
SIMSON’S
Don’t Leave
ALASKIA
Men wanting employment can
obtain work at good wages at
Juneau, Kennecott and Latouche.
If you go out you will only
come back “Busted” in the spring
TAKE EMPLOYMENT FOR THE
WINTER.
Two hundred men wanted at
Juneau and vicinity; one hundred
and fifty at Latouche and
Kennecott.
ALASKA PUBLICITY
BUREAU
Juanu Atulu.
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
NICELY HOUSE
With Belmont In Connection
POOL CANDIES CIGARS
AND TOBACCOS
WARM COMFORTABLE ROOMS
PRICES REASONABLE
Rate* By the Week or Month
NICELY, Proprietress
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. T.
Calderhead, R. W
Campbell, N. J.
Coghill, W. A.
Cooney, M. J.
Doner, Frank
Diven. R J.
Douse, Fred
Davis, Harry
Ekeland, Alf
Funk, A B.
Finlayson. K. A.
Fisher, Joe
Flower. 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.
Gileher, W. H.
Hyland. Mike
Isabel, L. C.
Irvine, A. J. 4.
Johnson, A. G. „
Jones, Frank
Julian, W. .1.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter
Joseph, H. B.
Kolar.d, 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.
Mash, Martin
Owen, Harry
O’Keefe, Larry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington, G. W
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. I,.
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodigkeit, Wm.
Sborgia, William
Shaw, Harry N.
f Stol, N’els
Schmidt, Carl
Schaeffer, M. A.
Slippern, J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Stone, A- J.
Schmidt, Pete •
Smith, Chas.
Smith, George A.
Southworth, R. G.
Spira, Frank
Taylor, Frank
Tunison, B.
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.