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The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-31
GREAT FILM IS
TREAT TO MANY;
CHANGE TONIGHT
Intolerance" Is Seen BY Ve~y
Large Number of Nenanaites
At Coliseum Last Night.

The Coliseum was packed to the
limit last night by a large number
of Nenanaites who witnessed one of
D. w. Griffith's masterpieces in
moving pictures, entitled "Intoler-
ance" and it would be perfectly safe
to say that everybody present at
the popular playhouse thoroughly
enjoyed each scene of the magnifi-
cent play.
Narrowness, bigotry and the lack
of sympathy among mankind through
the ages from the advent of the
Nazarene up to the present time
were exemplified to marked degree
in the pictures shown. The scenes
were of surprising magnificence, es-
pecially the Bachhanalian feasts of
the ancient Babylonians, and the
battle scenes proceeding the fall of
the city. The picture is well worth
seeing, and nobody should miss see
ing this wonderful masterpicture.
The magnificent feature entitled
"The Birth of a Nation. which was
shown Thursday night, will be re-
peated at the Coliseum tonight, and
those who had not the opportunity
to see it then should not fail to
see this wonderful drama, depicting
the reconstruction of the South, and
the events that lead up to it.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-31

The newest fighting corps-The
Potatriot. Join the ranks and spud
the kaiser.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-31
FORMER AGITATOR
EVADES THE DRAFT

According to advices received by
the local exemption board, Monrad
Mathison, who registered for the
draft in Nenana, and whose order
number is 1853, has withdrawn his
application for citizenship for the
purpose of escaping service under
the neutrality clause. Mathison,
who will be remembered as a local
dock foreman and an officer of the
Lester union, is at present in Seattle,
where he was apprehended by the
federal authorities, after he had
failed to comply with the draft regu-
lations. When taken into custody.
he promptly sough refuge behind
the neutrality exemption clause,
thereby forever FORGETTING his right
to become an American citizen.
He is the first Nenana registrant
to avoid service in this manner.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-31
AFTER THE WAR

There is a new land confronting
u.s. said Premier Lloyd George in
recent speech. What manner of
country it will be-" he continued,
twill depend on how the war goes
and how things go after the war.
Il am more confident today than
/ have ever been, and for reasons
it would not be relevant for me to
enter on at the moment; but one of
the latest reasons is the impression
made on me by the American troops
l saw in France. They are superb
in material and in training, and in
the way they have borne themselves
in the trying conditions of battles
they have fought. l found a great
spirit of confidence which strength
ems our conviction of victory.
1.-The war has upset everything
and when it is over the falling back
into normal conditions will be an
other disturbance There will be
a great social and econom;" disturb
ance.
"There are two alternatives. One
is that the war will have sobered
the millions who have passed thru
the fires, whether in France or in
the anxieties at home. Their vision
will have been broadened, their SYM
pathy deepened, their outlook and
purpose made clearer, firmer and
more exalted. There are millions
who have been in daily contact with
death, walking hourly over its trap
doors. They have come into contact
with very terrible realities. That IS
one view
THE other is that there are mil
lions who for these years have en-
dured privations, discomfort, wretch
edness, as we'll as pain and terror,
and who have made up their minds
to have a good time for the rest of
their lives when it is over That
is a very dangerous frame of mind
for a nation to be in"
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-31
SPECIAL AGENT
OF LAND OFFICE
VISITS Ignite
Mason B. Leming, of the General
Land Office Makes a Tour of
Inspection of Coalfields.

On the train leaving town this
morning Mason B. Leming, special
agent of the General Land Office,
stationed at Fairbanks, left for the
Ignite country. He expects to be
back in town in a few days.
Mr.. Leming will probably travel
along the old wagon road from the
ferry to Clear creek, and take a
saddlehorse at twenty-mile for the
rest of his journey.
He will visit the coal mine being
developed by w. J. Lynn. near Resi-
dency 8 (35-mile) after which he
will proceed to the Ignite country
Mr.. Jennings visit to the coal
fields is for the purpose of getting
a line on the coal mining activities
in the district and to pass on appli-
cations made for free mining per-
mits by miners and prospectors, un-
der section 10 of the Act of October
20, 1914.
The section referred to provides:
That in order to provide for the
supply of strictly local and domestic
needs for fuel the secretary of the
interior may, under such rules and
regulations as he may prescribe in
advance, issue to any applicant quail
fled under section three of this act
limited license or permit granting
the right to prospect for, mine, and
dispose of coal belonging to the
United States on specified tracts not
to exceed ten acres to any one per-
son or association of persons in any
one coal field for a period not ex-
ceeding ten years, on such conditions
not inconsistent with this act as in
his opinion will safeguard the public
interest without payment of royalty
for the coal mined or for the land
occupied: Provided, that the &C
QUESTION of holding of lease under
the preceding sections of this act
shall be no bar to the acquisition
holding, or operating under the limit
ed license in this section permitted.
And the holding of such license shall
be no bar to the acquisition or hold
ing of such lease or interest therein.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-31

Z. 8. Food Administration.
Br'er later amt skeerin' up a
c:lo.;' wen he say we alls mus eat
less wheat en- less. meat en- save all
de fat en- sugar we kin. We has jist
got ter feed dat big army er fightin'
soier boys, en- we kin do hit by eatin'
right smart mo- taters en- garden sass
en- eatin' mo- fish en- game Std er
pork and beef Eff we aliS don't
gin ter feed dem sojers right now
we'll be feedin' somebody TO long
en- it won't be us.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-31
GRENADES

Hand grenades of four types are
now being produced at the rate. of
100000 a month, it is announced
by the ordnance department.
Within the next four months, ac-
cording to program, this rate will
be more than doubled. ~."..:...' .
Rifle grenades are being produced
at the rate of about 100000 a
month. This rate will be multiplied
appreciably within the next six
months.
Orders have been placed for more
than 60,0O0,O0O grenades of both
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-31
Want ADS
FOR SALE-Enameled double bed,

FOR SALE-Enameled double bed,
cotton layer laid mattress, spring
Lang cook stove, wood or coal,
also heater and baker, wheel
barrow, shotgun, 16 bore, with
shells; axes, wedges, saws, sledge,
peavy, carpenter tools, etc; all
best quality and cheap. Inquire
at yellow tent, opposite Commits
sion sawmill
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-31

Women's Home Economic Club to
Discuss Food Conservation At
Meeting on Wednesday.

Mrs. M. j. Cooney, head of the
Womens Home Economic club, which
is a branch of the Women's Com
mittee of the Council of Defense,
announces that the first regular
meeting of the club will be held at
the Nenana Club rooms on Wednes-
day, September 4th, commencing at
half past two O'Clock in the after
noon.
The subjects for discussion at the
meeting will be:
l Quick bread and cookies.
2. Wheat, sugar and butter sub
stitutes in cakes and cookies.
3. Meat substitutes-milk, eggs,
cheese and nuts.
a. Food values of the substitutes
as compared with meat, with sug-
gestions as to what to serve in addiy
ton, to make a well balanced meal.
Several Hoover recipes along diff
erent lines of food conservation
which have been received recently
from Juneau, will be distributed at
the meeting. Hints and suggestions
on the conservation of food will be
welcomed.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-31

How much do 5000 miles weigh?
Answering this question we may say
that 5000 miles weigh 5000 tons,
10000 soldiers, or few hundred
graves in France.
One of the first things taught US
by the war is the meaning of i'm
ponderable values. Ships are like
men in that they can not be in two
places at once. If they are some
where in the South Atlantic bringing
wheat to US, they cannot be in the
northern sea lanes taking soldiers
to Europe. Moreover for every
ship on the long haul to Argentina,
two are taken out from the shorter
haul to France. 1t makes no differ
ence how you figure it, by time or
money, or wheat or soldiers. Every
ton Of wheat added to our store by
transport from South America means
double its life-giving valre to the
Allies in Europe.
Of course we must have our bread,
but before we eat that extra and I'M
necessary slice we should be careful
to figure out its cost.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-31

hand and rifle type, and more than
$4,000 persons are employed in va
rious plants throughout the country
engaged in making them.
Of the hand grenades under manu-
facture, there are two types of the
so-called augmentation grenades,
which depend on the effect of ex-
plosives and the scattering of frag-
ments; one type of PHOSPHORUS
grenade, which on bursting, throws
a shower of burning fragments of
PHOSPHORUS and a cloud of dense
white smoke, and a gas grenade,
which spreads a low-lying cloud of
dense white suffocating gas.
The soldier throws the hand gren-
ade much after the manner of an
athlete putting the shot. When
ready to throw the grenade, he
grasps it firmly in the right hand,
removes the safety pin, and keeps
the lever tight against the body of
the grenade. As it leaves the sol
dier's hand, the lever is released and
a firing mechanism is timed to ex-
plode the grenade in from four to
six seconds after it is thrown.
The rifle grenade holder is at
tached to the muzzle of the rifle
much as a bayonet is. The bullet
from the rifle passes through tube
in the center of the grenade, forcing
a striker against primer, which ig-
mites the fuse. The grenade is
thrown a distance of 200 yards by
the force of the gases generated by
firing the rifle. The grenade is
timed to explode about eight seconds
after it leaves the rifle muzzle.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-31

Two hundred cases of confiscated
liquors good Old Grow
and Lacey-were recently destroyed
by Deputy U. S. Marshal Mossman
at Anchorage.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-08-31

Representative w. T. Burns and
Fred Jungst, of Little Eldorado who
have. been looking over some quartz
property at the head of Moose creek
and in the surrounding country, ar
rived in Nenana yesterday on their
way back to Fairbanks
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18
Many Comfort Bags Wanted.
(The Boston Globe.)


The call for 100000 comfort bags
for the wounded soldiers in the hos
pitfalls Of France will, of course, meet
with ready response. The bags
should be of strong. gay colored
material, such as cretonne, should
measure II by 10 inches and should
he drawn together with long, stout
tape. Each bag should contain a note
Of encouragement and the name and
address of the sender; also from six
to ten Of the following articles: Pipes,
chewing gum, puzzles games, knives,
shoe laccs, sewing kits, pocket mirrors
pocket combs, safety razors, writing
pads and envelopes, pencils, handker--
chiefs, vaseline, talcum powder, insect
powder, wash cloths, shaving soap.
tooth paste. tooth brushes, socks.
sigarettes and tobacco.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18
BUY THAT SECOND BOND TODAY.
AMEN!

On all sides discussions are to be
heard as to the punishment that
should be melted out to those who
caused the war-the greatest crime
ever committed. OF course in order
to punish them, they must Fl. st be
apprehended, but nevertheless many
people have already become deeply
interested in calculating how best to
intlict deserving punishment on the
instigators. Some are wild and sense
less, Others are too mild. But in the
New York World, we notice today a
suggestion from reader as to his
ideas on the subject. and to them we
say, heartily, "Ame4aE'' The COM
munication follows:
When the Germans are finally
driven to their lair and it be-
comes necessary to decide the
terms on which they are to be
permitted to exist the Allies
should insist on the following
being written into the peace
treaty:
/. For the benefit of the vic
TINS Of the war the entire private
fortunes of the Kaiser. the
Grown Prince and every other
safety-first scion of the House of
Hohenzollern should be confis-
Gated as well as that of every
high German officer who had any
real responsibility in connection
with the commencement and
bestial conduct of the war
2. The Kaiser, the Crown
Prince, Hindenburg, Tirpitz, Lu-
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18
A BILLION A DAY.

When one realizes the colossal tasl
which confronts the country on thu
last two days of the Fourth Libert,
Loan, one is almost staggered by it
In two days two bill
lions of dollars must be raised Car
It be done? Read what Secretar.
McAdoo says:
Subscriptions reported and es-
timated up to noon Thursday
amount to four billion dollars,
leaving at least two billion dol
lars to complete the Fourth Lib
erty Loan. Only two days are
left within which to raise this
vast sum.
No country on earth but Amer
lea could raise SO vast a sum in
so short a time. America can do
it and must do it.
The destinies of the world and
the hopes of civilization are CEN
tered upon America. We shall
fail in everything we have fought
for and hope to gain in this war
if the Fourth Liberty Loan is de-
feated.
Let every true American citi-
zen today examine himself under
the white light of patriotism and
say whether or not he has done
his utmost in this emergency.
The highest obligations of duty
and patriotism command every
true American to go Immediately
to his bank or his Liberty Loan
committee and subscribe to the
limit Of his ability to the Fourth
Liberty Loan.
Don't delay.
Don't wait to be urged.
Be as quick to do your part In
this Fourth Liberty Loan battle
as our soldiers in France are
quick to obey the orders to
charge the enemy.
Buy Liberty bonds on the in
Staimcnt plan if you cannot buy
them for cash. Every patriotic
bank will help you. If every pa
triotic citizen will do his duty to-
day, victory for the Fourth Lib
erty Loan is certain.
The continued victories of our
armies in Europe, the certain de
feat of our enemies and the glor-
ious triumph of the cause of lib
erty depend upon what the
American people do in the re-
naming two days of the Fourth
Loan campaign.
(Signed) w. G. McADOO.
Truly, in no other country bu
America would anyone think of at
tempting such a stupendous financ1a
undertaking. This land of ours ha
not faltered once since we entere'
the conflict It will not falter now
Watch the loan go over
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18
CANADIAN CASUALTY LIST.

Ottawa, Oct. 1S.-Todays Canadian
casualty list includes the following
names of Americans
Killed in action: e. Hall, New Bed,
ford, Mass; w. Gardner, Phila.; E.
LaWnsby, Methuen, Mass
Died of wounds. A. Dow, Pawtuck-
ct, r. I.
Ill: w. PAUL, Fall River
Wounded: w. G. Davies, Union
Hill, N. j.; j. Gore. Jersey City; R.
M. Foster, Lawrence, Mass; G. France
Central Fails, r. l.; H. Marsden,
Manchester, Conn; G. f. Key, New
Bedford; J. Sullivan, Nanticoke, Pa.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18
aoist $40 OOo worth in 1914.

aSalSC S4U,UUU WOlCll III A0LT'
This search for new food suppHes'
or for additions to the supply former
~ received extends to every part of
the world. Reindeer steaks from the
herds of Alaska are sold i'll the
markets of the Pacific coast. Whale
meat introduced eXperimentally thus
far is available in the northern part
Of both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
and also at the far South and is now
much used as a food supply i'll Japan.
The cocOanut oil and the cOpra from
which IT is made come chiefly from
the Philippines and other Pacific
Australia and South America. The
tapioca produced from the cassava
plant grown in Latin America, Africa
and the Orient comes to us chiefly
from the Dutch East Indies, Straits
Settlements and a limited quantity
from England, VIII oh doubtless OBJ
tanned it from her tropical posses
sions, also in smaller quantities from
China, Japan, Hongkong and British
West Indies The beans imported
come chiefly from Brazil, Chile, Ar
gentina, Mexico Canada, Cuba, China,
Japan and India, those from China
and Japan being presumably in a
large part least the "soya" bean for
which the demand both in the United
States and elsewhere has greatly in
creased in recent years. The honey
imported comes chiefly from Cuba
the Dominican Republic, Haiti, MeXi-
co and Chile,
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18

What though the ravages Of war have
levelled the splendid hotels! What
have been raked by guntirc from land
and sea and damaged almost beyond
recognition! Sorrow over these mis-
fortunes is blotted out in the joy of
being back there once again, after the
long years of Punishment Anticipa-
ton of being soon established again
In their palace at Brussels overshad-
ows for the moment the feeling of
hatred for the ruthless oppressor
who brought upon them and their
subjects the most terrible calamity
that ever befell a nation But the Bel
gians will not, cannot forget. The
day of rctribution is about to dawn.
And we may be sure that the Allies,
at the final peace conference, will see
to it that the greatest satisfa ction is
rendered by the enemy to the Bel
gians and their noble king whose
saved Europe from the Hun in Aug
ust. 1914.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18
Speed at Washington.
prnSS
Il l NE's
(The Boston Post.)

The most impressive thing about
President Wilson'S reply to the shall
low and tricky Austrian bid for q.
dark-lantern peace conference was it's
speed the next was it's terse sufficient
ness. If these qualities do not get
through the tough hide of the Teu-
tonic militarists, then they are hope
lessly unpuncturable by anything but
bayOnets.
They will doubtless cry that the
President is not playing the game ac-
cordlng to the ancient diplomatic
Hoyle. 1t was almost unbelievable
that the Chief Executive of a colossal
republic would within half an hour
return reply to a long-winded, spe-
clously clever and purposely mislead-
leading document that had doubtless
taken many weary hours and days
to frame up. We can see Burian and
at this deadly accuracy of Mr.. Will
sons in getting at the true point of
the whole matter at once.
But that will affect the President
and tho American people and the al
lied nations very little. Mr.. Wilson s
keCn intelligence saw the value of i'm
mediate action in order to put a
quictus at once on any further Ger
man jockeying with the proposals. He
took the pole Immediately. He did not
wait to be advised as to his course
by even the most august Senators and
powerful newspapers, Like Jerry
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18

the cocoanut groves of the tropics
and from the sOya bean plantations
OF ManChuria to the caSSaVa planta-
tons of South America.
A compilation by the National City
bank of New York shows remark
able increases in importation of many
food articles produced in other parts
of the world. Tapioca, for example,
produced from the root of the cas-
SaVa plant grown in Latin America,
Africa and the tropical Orient has
amounted in the imports of 1918 to
$5,5O0,000 as agaist $1,5OO,OOO in
1914; eggs dried, frozen, etc, i'm
ported chiefly from China amounted
in 1918 to 100000 pounds against
100000 in 1914; rice coming chiefly
from Japan amounted to 466, 900, 900
pounds in 1913 against 270 100000 in
1914; of cod fish, which we imported
chiefly from our neighbors at the
immediate north, the quantity brought
in in 1913 was 94,0OO,0OO pounds
against 100000 in 1914; of crab
meat brought chiefly from Japan,
nearly 100000 pounds against one
half that quantity four years ago.
Increase in Vegetable Oils.
is that of vegetable oils used for
food, or the vegetable growths from
which they are obtained. Cocoanut
oil, for example, which is largely
turned into butter on arriving in the
United States showed a total impor-
tation in 1918 of 259,O00,00O pounds
against 100000 in 1914 while of
copra, from which cocoanut oil is
n
was 487,0O0,O00 pounds against As
100000 in 1914. other vegetable oils
available for food also showed large
increases. Peanut oil imported in
1918 aggregated over 100000 gal
Ions against n little more than 1000
600 in 1914, and Of peanuts $780,
600 pounds in 1913 against IS OOO.-
600 in 1914. Soya bean OIL of which
certain grades are available for food
though largely used in the industries,
amounted to 337,OO0,0O0 pounds in
1913 imports against 10000 900 in
1914. OF cocoa or cocoa, the importa-
tons of 1918 were 4O0,OOO,00O pounds
against 100000 900 in 1914.
Nothing seems to have been neglect
ed in the search of the world for
available food material. Beans i'm
ported in 1913 aggregated over A.
600 900 bushels against a little over
half million in 1915 and dried peas
couple of million bushels against
100000 in 1915. OF pepper the
quantity imported in 1918 is ASSOC
n00 pounds against 100000 in 1914;
of cinnamon S.25O.0O0 pounds against
100000 in 1914. and of ginger root
unsround 100000 pounds against
2 500, 600 in 1914 OF honey the short
age in sugar caused the importation
Of nearly 100000 worth In 1918
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18
BUY THAT SECOND BOND TODAY.
IN OSTEND.

King Albert of Belgium and Queen
Elizabeth have returned to 0stend.
THE royal couple had not seen the
famous summer resort of their be
loved kingdom since the summer of
l1914. but yesterday they led their
lown troops into the town which has
been an enemy submarine base from
the time. IT was abandoned before the
rush of.-ttfe' invader over four years
ago. How happy they must have been
at seeing once more the familiar
|apots which mean SO much to them.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18
THE BATTLE FLEET.

AS stealthily as the tide recedes. the
battle fleet slips down,
With turret-masts unveiled in sleep.
where the sullen "l<ilIers' frown,
And every mothers son aboard from
shore leave in the town.
Inc portfolios hide in the purple
haze that overhangs the sea,
Ihe savage tunnels spit black smoke
across the weather-lee
The waves awash Groom soft and low
goodnight melody.
Goodnight! Goodnight" but no
man knows what this calm
might bring.
For swift as Fate is Death unleashed
when Mars mad tigers spring,
Lights QUIT" is flashed along the
fleet. War looms a living thing
oh, these are the floating monsters
that carry u pent-up hell
Where the powder-song of the maya
zine is wed to the shrieking
Yet these great ships of war on
watch protect the nation we'll
These prowling lions of the deep
strike terror with their roar,
Then ightnings fash and thunders
crash and wreckage strews the
But better far the deep-sea fight
than blood across our door.
j. Corson Miller in the Boston
Transcript.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18

earnestly request every patri-
ottc American TO leave TO the gov
ernments of the United States
and OF the Allies the momentous
discussions initiated by Germany
and to remember that for each
moan his duty is to strengthen
the hands of these governments
by subscribing to the ut
most of his ability for bonds of
the Fourth liberty Loan.-Pres-
fdcnS Wilson.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18

dendorff and every other really
responsible official, should be
tried for their lives as common
criminals for the unspeakable
crimes committed on land and
sea, and when condemned. as
they surely would be- they should
be executed just as any other
thugs would be for similar
crimes.
Then we will be assured that
the world has really been made
safe for democracy.