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The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-06-24
STAR VAGRANT INSISTS
ON HAVING OWN CELL

SAN RAFAEL, Cal.-Because he
found some other man occupying his
favorite cell in the county Jail here,
the feelings of John Mahoney were
lacerated and he made an appeal
to the judge. No one disputes the
title of Mahoney as the star vagrant
of Marin county, and he now IS
serving his thirty-second term. Or
ders were issued vacating cell No.
/, so Mahoney could occupy his IA
vorite apartment.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-06-24
JOHN KELLY TO
WE'D MISS SMITH
SATURDAY NIGHT

Johnny Kelly, of the Northern
Commercial company staff at Fair
banks, and Miss Florence Smith,
one Of the teachers in the Fairbanks
school, will be united in the bonds
of holy matrimony by Rev. II. II.
Lumpkin, at the Fairbanks Lpis-
copal church, at $50 o'clock IN
Saturday evening. Invitations have
been received by their many frier is
for the occasion.
A reception will be held, follow
ing the ceremony, at the ST. George
home on upper Cushman street,
from $50 to II p. m.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-06-24

something about farming. He will
be better equipped for all othe-
lines of business if he has training
on a farm"
The farmers are said to be well
pleased with the success of the plan
last year and are eager to employ
the schoolboys again this summer.
Parents, too, have been found will
ing, for spending the summer vaca-
ton in hard work on the farm
means better health when the boys
come home to school in the fall.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-06-24

The ketchikan postoffice has
shown a gain in practically every
branch this year over last. In April
this year the sale of money orders
increased $4,000 over last year, the
sale of stamps was s170 greater
and the number of mail sacks hand
led increased 10S.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-06-24

Pete Rettig, who arrived from
the Outside several days ago, has
accepted an offer to represent the
Farmers bank at Brooks during the
remainder of the season, and will
leave Fairbanks for the Tolovana
in a day or two.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-06-24
BOIL YOUR DRINKING WATER!
PHONE MESSAGES
ACROSS ATLANTIC
ARE NOW POSSIBLE

SAN FRANCISCO, GAIA mans
voice can be made as loud as the
cannon's roar; it can be heard two
or twenty miles. The ticking of
watch can be amplified until it
sounds like breakers on an ocean
cliff.
Its no trick at all to magnify
sound four or five million times, or
indefinitely" said Tom Lambert,
wireless telephone engineer. "All
that is needful is to connect num-
Der of vacuum valves in multiple
with a wireless receiving set, and
the thing is done. At the first re-
ceiving contact a voice will be nor
NAL. Cut in one vacuum valve and
it is raised seven times; thereafter
it squares itself seven times seven
to forty-nine for the next vacuum
valve, and 40 times 40 for the next,
and so on.
Il mean volume of sound, not
power of transmission" explained
Lambert. in a test recently, a
photograph was connected with an
amplifer at midnight, and We were
lifting II up gradually to supply all
San Francisco with song and amuse-
ment, when the police urged US to
desist.
In the stadium al Golden Gate
park tie ticking Of a watch was
made audible al over the grand
stand while an athletic meet was in
progress. Captain Robert ". A.
Brewer, an experimental, moved off
1000 feet and spoke quietly to his
dog, and the dog couldn't be held.
A wireless station which l am not
permitted to name recently received
Ia telephoned message from Europe.
and through its amplifer startled
duck hunters in the marshes eight
miles away"
Mr.. Lambert exhibited one of the
vacuum valves. lis exterior re-
sembled an ordinary 16-candle cleo
trio light bulb. Through the glass,
however, could be seen electric
winding that was dissimilar. Around
a filament was wound convolutions
OF wire called grid" Above the
grid was an encircling metallic plate.
The current, it was explained
passed through each in the order
described. The incoming wireless
signals travel down the aerial wire
to the tuning set and then to the
vacuum valve, which is a ode
tector," or receiver.
For practical purposes, the vacuum
valve has its use as in warships,
where the wireless telephone speaks
its message through a horn to sew
eral officers, instead of to one using
earpieces. 1t can be awaited of to
address audiences.
The wireless telephone is wonder
fully extending the field developed
by the wireless telegraph. Any
wireless telegraph receiving set is
equally good for receiving tele-
phoned messages. The transmitting
instruments, of course, are different.
Every airplane possessed by Uncle
Sam and all United States warships
are equipped with wireless telephone
apparatus. These sets on warships
,ra offioiap+ Of 1oaS4 +x--ao+v villas
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-06-24

Andy Harkeom, of the Commits
sion store department, isa patient
at the government hospital, having
been compelled to seek medica! re-
lief on Sunday.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-06-24

Miss Constance Peterson, who
came to Nenana several days ago
to accept a position with the Alas
kan Engineering commission, has
been assigned to a desk in the main
office of the general storekeeper.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-06-24

Trench No. l, Sons of Democ-
racy, composed of veterans of the
late war, has been organized 1t
Ketchikan.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-06-24
PERSONAL


Frank Cleary, for some time past
a member of the clerical staff of
the stores department of the A. E.
c., has severed his connection with
the Commission.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-06-24
Perk Up! Have Pep!

Bring in your suits and have
them pressed and cleaned; your hats
likewise. Be ready for the Fourth
and what comes after.
MRS. D'ORsAY'S is THE PLACE
Tailor Shop at Third and A
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-06-24

Mrs. Ole and Mrs. Clausen, who
went to Fairbanks recently to take
charge of the Gus Conradt mess,
returned to Nenana yesterday on
the Peerless.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-06-24

The members of the younger set
will be entertained tonight by Mrs.
Larry O'keefe, in honor of Miss
Beatrice Belling, of Fairbanks.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-06-24

Joe Fisher, local manager of the
Fairbanks Clothing company, came
home yesterday from a brief busi-
ness trip to the upper town.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-06-24

OLD PAPERS FOR SALE AT
THE NEWS OFFICE
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-06-24

Nenana-The Gateway to Mckinley
National Park.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-27
Jump from Bed
in Morning and
Drink Hot Water
Tells Why everyone should drink
hot water each morning
before breakfast.

WHY Ia man and Woman rarg me
time. FEELING rerrans aesrangart
worried. some dams headache dail ana
unstrane; some DAVIS rflIIv incao9ri'
tatod bv illness.
If Wa ali would nuactica inside. hatb.
lr-, what gratifying change woYi3
take placa. Instead Of thaHgande ~ ~
EaIEsicE, ar#gmse..5oNrg soa,s Vim
Tastv. muddy coHnlavfo-s va sf.,,,T-,
see crowds ot EaaBr healthy rosv.
checked people cveryWhara TIE rem.
son is that tie human system does nor
rid itself each dav of an tha vista
which it accommodates under onr nrae.
cut mode of LIVING For evarv olnre
of food ana drink taken into the system
nearly an ounce Of waste material
must be carried out. else il fermantq
and forms ut5maIne.Iika p9is0ns which
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-27

"Dodgin work. said Uncle Ebon.
SIS an occupation OATS liable to keep
you busy an fretted 20 hours day,
an no vacations whatsoever"
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-27

TRY the Free trlacrlmrnm Want Adj
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-24
Certified GRADES
HELPS HAY TRADE
Business Increases Nearly
500 Per Cent Since Plan
Inaugurated,

The plug system Of hay inspection on
the trucks of the Frisco and Rock Island
railroads at Memphis last May by the
Memphis Hay and Grain exchange has
resulted In an increase Of els per cent
In the number Of cars Of hay the two
roads have handled into Memphis from
Jan, / to Oct, /, and has proved so re-
markedly successful in building up the
Memphis hay market that the exchange
proposes to extend the system to the
other railroads entering the city as 500
as arrangements can be made Tor OBJ
tanning inspection tracks!
BY the plug system the cars Of hay
are opened and enough hay taken out
SO that the inspector and prospective
buyers may enter the car and examine
the bales In every tier, the fun length
Of the car, When inspected in this
manner the hay and grain exchange
guarantees the grades named. so that
the shippers and buyers are assured OF
fair and dependable grading, When
this system Ia not used only the bales
In front OF the door can be examined
aud II is impossible to detect inferior
bales In the interior of the ear.
Since dealers have learned that they
can rely implicitly on the grading Of
hay at Memphis, the shipments OF hay
to the local market have almost treb-
led. The shipments from May l. the
date plug grading was establishing, to
oct, ! amounted to 2,57i cars as COM
pared with 90f cars for the same period
OF 1918, an increase Of 2S3 per cent
The comparative carload receipts BY
months we're:
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-24
Total ..

There were eli more cars Of hay re-
ceived here during the first nine months
Of the present year than during the en-
tire year OF 1918, To Sept. 30, 4,27S
cars arrived as compared with 1851 for
all Of 1913,
Had the plug inspections been in eff
feet for all the lines entering Memphis
1t is believed that the local hay market
would have made a much greater show
ing
J, L. Nessly, president OF the Mem
phis Hay and Grain exchange, and the
hay Inspection committee Of the ex
change, $. T. Pease, q, u. Patteson, ].
A, Fianiken, j, j, Wade and :. N,
Clark, accompanied by Mai. j. NJ.
Walsh. terminal superintendent of the
Illinois Central railroad, looked over
the l. {. tracks Thursday With the view
to locating a desirable inspection switch
on that line. The icommittee looked az
inspection tracks on the Missouri Pa
cific and Cotton Belt lines lasN week,
II suitable inspection switches are pro-
yided on these lines five OF the lnnpor-
tant hay carrying roads into Memphis
will be equipped for plug inspection
aud II is believed that every line into
lite aty can hase s1lan inspectNn es-
tabi9hed by The first OF next yeag.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-24
The Reason Why This Is Possible

Real estate prices are the highest in the history of Memphis Glen View has
selling at these low prices all the while in spite of advance elsewhere, The
OF th subdivision had o increase the price So per foot Of all lots, and even
hen they will b. cheaper than equally desirable lots in other parts of the city. We
persuaded them to give u an additional six days in which to sell at old prices The
PRICES. t.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-24

happened, for with hundreds of men
from every community off to war, the
cigar and tobocco business kept right on
getting better every day, according to
dealers. ever though one advance in
price followed another in rapid success
sion, until today the l0-cent cigar of
regular size In a popular brand has al
most disappeared from the cigar Il
ters. There are still a few wen known
brands made in a very d~iminutive size
for q dime,
The nickel cigar of today stands in
less repute than the old "three-fer" of
former days. The many popular brands
that used to sell for 8 cents have de-
cidedly lost caste, Dealers sell more
cigars Tor over 10 cents, II is said, than
they do Tor less than that amount. The
maa who formerly thought scent cigars
an extravaganza he could barely af-
ford. O pays Is cents straight with
out a murfnur, II Is said,
Widely advertised cigars of the ex-
pensiNe variety, made up in a small
size and sold in packages of 10, be-
came very popular Rfter cigars began
to advance la price, These packages
at first sold for Is cents a package,
then for Is cents, and as the demand
grew stronger. every Consignment
jumped \ few cents until Tie packages
were selling at 80 cents. Then the more
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-24

popular brands in this size were taken
off the market entirely. possibly because
it was thought that they were interior
ing with the sale of the larger sizes.
Makers and dealers nave learned one
thing-the smoker win have his cigar,
IL he has to do without lunch TO buy it.
The dealer is no longer alarmed when
smokers by the hundreds kick at the
most recent jump in price and threaten
10 quit IL the price goes any higher, for
II is an old story. He knows that the
cigar factories all over the country are
working at top speed with enlarged
forces, and still he often has to wait
for weeks. to get an order filled
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-24
E L is ACQUITTED.

oSCEOLA, Ark, Oct. "a. (Spl.)-
waddell Fields, Of Memphis, who was
charged with having killed Ernest Ba-
ker on July s last, was acquitted by a
jury in criminal court here Thursday
afternoon.
This was the second trial OF this case,
the jury at the other trial could not
agree.
Fields was charged with Killing Baker
at Order. a small ~towpeSonth OF Osce-
ola in Mississippi county.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-24
0SCE0LA MAN GOES TO
CHAIR FOR WIFE MURDER

oSCEoLA, Ark, Oct. ~. tSpl)-Jim
Morris, charged with killing his wife
on June | last, was convicted of muir.
der in the first degree here Friday and
sentenced to be %eleetrocutcd on Nov. %.
Criminal court viii be adjourned Sat
urday evening for the term and a
number of cases will be carried over
70 a special term to be held in Novem-
Der or December, There are several
murdr cases on the docket to b dis
posed Of and Judge r. Il. l.. Johnston
SAYS that he will return AZ soon as pos
slele and make an effort to clean up
the odcket, "
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-24
ADS AID BARGAIN SALES
OF SECONDHAND AUTOS

Advertising is proving to be more
anu more 2 big factor in the success
u y business, not excluding the
chqrchss,F declared George w. Pryor,
Jr,, Chevrolet dealer, In discussing
plans for a bargain sale OF used cars.
PICK up our daily papers most n
TIME these days and you viii find the
ministers advertising their SUNDAY SER
mons and their Bible classes. Its adj
vertlstng and a dependable commodity
th.t makes for success"
Pryor holds that il the department
stores ian sc Successfully dispose Of
surplus stock through the mediam Of
advertised bargain sales automobile
dealers can do likewise. He got busy,
Now he is advertising one Of the great
eSf ."pt pebile bargain sales ever put
on-he intends to dispose Of IS cars,
mostly hodges end Eorcs, at sacrifice
prices, in order TO maize room for his
new Chevrolets, the agency for which
he has acquired. His used car sale is
now on.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-24
PAYS HIGHEST
PRICE FOR COTTON

SCOOBA, Miss, Oct. "A. (Spl)-Cot-
ton continues 70 bring the hest prices
on Scooha market Dealers have been
paying SOC for all that was brought In.
Some here who had shipped to Meri-
dian, thinking that they would have
their cotton ready ut the market there
when the pFfce scared are having II re-
shipped 90 Seooba.
Cotton seed Is bringing Si.2S a busbel.
One firm has paid over Sl00, 900. for
cotton this season,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-24
SMOKERS KICK,
BUT STILL BUY
-
More Cigars Now Sell for 10
Gents and Over Than
5 Cents.

What has become of the maj who a
year ago swore that he'd eve pay 3
cents for his favorite brand of nickel
cigar
He kept his word. dealers say, He
changed brands for a few weeks. then
paid ! cents for his old favorite. But
he didn't quit smoking, as he declared
he would DO IL he could not get bis
cigar at the old price. Instead, " Was
only q few months until he was buy.
ing le-cent cigars and sptoN.as more Of
fheNnthan he formerly did of the scent
kind.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-24

After running about six miles we
sighted a tank. but found that although
II was about half full, we could not get
the engine to the spout, as another en-
CINE with all wheels off the track had
been left there by the rebels. So we
formed 2 bucket brigade and by this
slow method got enough to run back
and get the train, including the on
struction car. We then returned and
put the disabled engine on the track,
coupled 1t TO our train and took II with
us to Leon, a distance of 30 miles from
Corlnto. The trip had kept us on the
road for IA hours. e
After 0 few days the entire road
was opened to the capital, and q regu-
lar schedule was run, carrying freight
and passengers.
'The whole road was operated by the
navy. Some of the ~bluejackets found
horses, and We had one complete com
pany OF cavalry TO patrol one part OF
the road.
After Leon had fallen in November,
the revolution failed. The navy then
turned the railroad over to the Mica
raguan government In better shape than
1t was before the uprising,
"A great many men were promoted
for this work, and every one was award
cd Q medal by congress"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-24
Men Were Versatile.

The word was passed for men with
~failfoading experience, and to the sur
prise OF everyone, there were engineers,
flremen, brakemen, bridge builders, and
al KINDS OF talent to operate the rail-
After getting together one train crew
we were sent ashore in Corinto to get
q Train to carry about 200 marines and
thelr supplies up the road as far as pos
slole, leaving marines every five miles
70 establish a camp in order to protect
that part of the road.
The train crew wal composed of
o.Hara, C,M.M as engineer, Blake oiler,
as fireman and three brakemen and my
self in charge. Our first move was 10
locate an engine, and after finding one
the next thing was to get up steam,
WE found an engine in good order, but
with no fuel or water. All water in
Corinto is hauled into the city, and as
the trains had been stopped for some
lays 1t was a hard proposition to get
a supply.
But this was finally accomplished by
giving q can of salmon for each huns
dred gallons OF water delivered in the
a OF the engine. Men, women and
children turned to and in a short time
we had what we thought was enough,
there being no more In Corinto. The
next thing was to get some wood for
fuel, and there was hon at hand. FL
many We found some coal slack, and
loading. this, we got, UP steam and cou-
pied up to the train which had been
loaded and made ready while we were
at work on The locomotive,
The train started up an unknown
track at 2 pm. We did not know
where we would get water or fuel. how
many bridges were down or how much
track was torn up, About 10 miles up
the road We found a small bridge torn
up. BY use Of a field wireless set we
got word to Corlnto to send up a gang.
This was the start OF the road con-
~structiop gang, which remained in force
during the time we operated the road.
II took about three hours TO put this
small bridge In shape to cross, and by,
this time the engineer reported that all
the water In the engine tank was gone
and only a small quantity was in the
boilers. AS there was no water at
hand and not knowing how far up the
road 1t could be found, | decided TO cut
off the engine and run light in search
of water,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-24
HORSE MARINES
MADE REALITY
Navy Maintained Mounted Po-
lice for Months on
Nicaraguan Railroad.

An account OF the navy's first and
only cavalry, which was organized and
maintained in Nicaragua during the re-
beliion Of 1912, has been related by
Lieut.. u. Holmes. U.s.N.. who was in
charge Of the naval occupation OF Mic
alagua. Lieut.. Holmes Is now on duty
az the navai air station, near Washing
!on, and his has been one Of the most
interesting naval experiences. The op-
GRAFTON and maintenance Of a railroad
also Is told by Lieut.. Holmes IN the fol-
lowing account Of the incident:
During the latter psf4 of August,
lgl2, the U.S-s. Glacier, TO which | was
attached. was anchored at San Diego,
Cal, n all hands were wondering
where W. would go from there, when
orders were received to proceed to Co.
rinto, Nicaragua.
On our arrival at CoFinto we found
mat q revolution was going on, and
that Managua, the capital, 30 miles
from Corinto, was under bombardment
hy the rebel forces, and the railroad
running fom Corinto to the capital was
cut off, and so miles OF it In the hands
or the rebels. The admirals orders
were to put this road in operation, and
70 do this he had to get the force from
the men of his fleet.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-24
Vote Relief Fund
or Many Starve,
Hoover Declares

PARIS. Jan 24.-The supreme
food council continued it's work here
today. outlining plans for feeding
needy European populations. though
no action will be taken until pas
sage of the 500. 10000 food bill by
the United States senate.
In addition TO the official state
ment issued by Herbert Hoover yes
terday. in response to Sen. Borah's
charges that the 500. 100000 ap-
preparation was decided upon before
Hoover came to Europe. Hoover
made a supplementary statement
to the United Press today.
Immediately on signing the arm
istice. II was evident that with evac-
uation by the Germans Of the devas-
tated areas, the starving populations
Of those territories would appeal TO
the United States for aid" said
Hoover.
Repeatedly. I stated in public
and in private that they would need
financial assistance to buy food from
the United States until the next har-
vest. AS a result OF the appeals 20
him. the president requested me 20
90 TO Europe for no other purpose
than 10 investigate the situation and
organize such help as we could give.
in cooperation with the allied gov
ernments. This organization has
been effected and Wherever II could
legally or charitably give help, il
has been given.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-24
FIX SIZE OF OCCUPYING ARMIE
r Up Conflict IN Suffrage Amendments for Indiana
Minor Incidents Cause Some
Grumbling by American Army
But No Serious Friction Arises

put into effect. For instance when
a French regiment marched through
Coblenz and was reviewed by Gen.
Dickman, several French officers
circulated through the crowds
knocking off the hats OF German
civilians as the colors passed and
when the American national an
them was played. The Americans
had promulgated no regulation re-
garding civilians removing their hats
when the cOlors passed and some OF
the third army officers disapproved
Of the procedure.
Recall Personal Incidents.
Then human-like. the American
soldiers recalled petty personal in
cidents la France, such as over
charging. which could occur any
where. an6 other small affairs. that
were inevita BILE. This added to the
feeling Of dissa tisfaction. other In
cidents cropped out, mostly the out
growth OF Observation-Disclosures But
within week or two this feeling
subsided and little of II can Nv -
discerned
on the whole, IL was what might
be expected in any army lying dor
mant Soldiers are notorious grum-
blers. and kicking about anything
and everything is one Of the Amer
lean doughboy's most priced prero-
gatives.
When not cussing the mess SER
geant, or the Y. NJ. G. A. or con-
sress. they are cussing something
else. For a week or so IL was the
French. So far as can be deter
mined, the above incidents are sole
ly responsible for the rumors afioat.