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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-12-26

- Swearing Off
n: That after January
d eoneuer eve,y eui1 habit,
NJ q one szows its ugly head,
DDecsly through the heart ~
dab 1t.
EEso7gsd:: T5at lying is a vice-
An sOrahsts alike decryat.
lMsBcs5ortB I svilJ not tell a lie
Unless can make something by IT.
RkmEDsd:: That gossiping's crime
10 be condemned NTH censatre icy.
Wmnajfsr I wsll tell no tales
Wnlsss they're singularly spicy
Iss5aSDd: That robbery Is sin,
An8 50 l tOill not rob my neighbor
ls szy rag that might involoe
a form IN prison at hard labor.
kEs6Ersd:: I'EGt I wilJ 90 TO church,
GBRless some other occupation
azsns more attractive at the time
An3 50 enhance nay reputation.
SaEned:: In short, that / vilI be
RmUrut man, as some men UieaD 1T,
vixen the path of virtue lures,
y = WilI zealously pursue it!
Somerpille MASS. AJournaz.
WEARING OFF" is said to
Awe originated In the
elfth century with Louis
of France, who decreed
on q certain New
Is day the soldiers of
49, army should take a
train from indulgence in
( for a whole year.
lice of beginning the new
good resolutions, however,
Try old. The custom goes
# beginnings of recorded his
as common to many peoples
- when the New Years
a solemn affair, marked
religious ceremonies. For
Japanese, 300 years be-
iade much of the day. All
accounts and debts were
/, an enmities were ended
ty OF the law. The dwell
was swept and garnished !;
Iture and old clothing were
v in exchange for new in the
at the assumption of a new
.e was complete only with the
bn of new covering for the
ntemporary peoples was the
Ar day regarded as time Of sol
unciation of all follies and an
ent for the future. In the days
pharaohs the Egyptians SYM
their publication with elabor-
ktlis and fasting; the Persians
PhOenicians greeted the New Year
b prayer to the heather images and
b ffngellations.
Nth the passing of the centuries old
Wew Years VOWS have lost their for
uuns character. Turning over new
ztu<~ Is now matter of individual
AMI not national concern. Swearing
~ IS even a favorite jest with the
aumwfst and cartoonist.
SMnxertheless, the modern man Is
~ sensitixe to the appeal of the
- he shows in public.
Year is the new
an nature brings
ear to everybody
dy tries to live
es forward and
and discourage
pie rely too much
make a year new.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-12-26

| NE SHOWS III pubic.
Year is the new
an nature brings
ear to everybody
dy tries to live
es forward and
and discourage
5ple rely too much
make a year new.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24
SEARCHED COLLARS
MUST co TO RAG-BAG,
SAY FORMER OFFICERS

LONDON.-Wearied of the starch
ed collar, the raw edge, the climb
ing tie, and big laundry bills, de
modified army officers are second
ing the efforts of fashion makers
to revive the Byronic bare throat
and open shirt "Our stiff-necked
linen is to be consigned to the rag
bag" writes one. The new fashion
has the unqualified support of the
medical specialists of Harley street.
They point to the brawny sailor
man as an example of what the
decollete shirt does for men.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24
MANY PLANNING
FAIRBANKS TRIP

There is reason TO believe that
considerable number of Nenanaites
will join the excursion TO Fair
banks tomorrow for the purpose Of
spending the Thanksgiving holiday
in the upper town and enjoying the
festivities which have been arranged
for the entertainment of the visitors.
The fun will start on Wednesday
night, with a railroad dance at
Eagle hall, given under the aus
pices of Fairbanks Aerie, No. 1887,
Fraternal Order Of Eagles. L will
be the annual Thanksgiving dance
of the Eagles, turned into railroad
blowout in honor Of the completion
of the Government railroad between
Nenana and Fairbanks.
On Thursday afternoon there viii
be continuous free show at
Thorne's movie theater, and on
Thursday night there will be big
free dance at the armory, music for
which will be furnished by a six
piece orchestra.
The Alaskan Engineering commits
sion has announced a one-fare rate
for the round trip, leaving Nenana
tomorrow noon and returning Fri
day morning.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24
AMERICA IS STILL
MEMBER OF ALLIES

PARIS, Nov. "a. - Members of
the peace conference are Of the
opinion that America is still one of
the Allied nations, Notwithstanding
the failure of the senate to ratify
the peace treaty. The treaty MAJ
yet be ratified. they argue, in which
event the United States will be
closely united with the powers of
Europe
The American troops now occu-
plying Coblenz need not necessarily
be withdrawn, the conference be
lieves, until it has been definitely
decided by American not to become
part Of the League of Nations.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24

NEW YORK, Nov. 4. = Former
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
has telegraphed Fuel Administrator
Garfield demonstrating against the
proposal of the coal operators that
the public be required to share with
them the cost of granting a wage
increase to the striking coal miners.
McAdoo declares, in his message,
that the soft coal operators made
shocking, indefensible profits during
1917, and he expresses grave doubts
if they are now entitled to permits
sion to increase coal prices 10 off
set the wage advance demanded by
their employees.
The income tax records of the
coal operators, McAdoo says, show
that they have made from FIVE hun
bred to two thousand percent profit
on their operations.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24
OPTIMISTIC.

SEATTLE, Nov. 4. Governor
Hart expresses the belief that all
coal mines in the state of Wash
ington will have resumed operations
by the end of the week. He will
meet with the operators tonight for
the purpose of discussing plans for
reopening the mines.
The governor declares that radi-
cal agitators, and not the real min
ers, are causing all the trouble. The
trouble makers, he says. are not en-
ployes Of the mines. He says fur
Their that the miners are not willing
to let the state suffer for coal.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24
KANT|SHNA OUTING
ENJOYED BY LADIES

Among the arrivals in town on
Saturdays train from the end of
steel south of Nenana were Mrs.
Ruth Wilson and Mrs. Robertson,
of Fairbanks, who have been vaca-
tioning in the Kantishna district
during the past three months They
went in by boat before the close
of navigation and came out by dog
team, by way of the winter trail,
escorted by Joe Dalton, well-known
oldtimer of the Kantishna country.
The ladies report a most enjoy
able outing and were loath TO re-
turn TO civilization, so enamored
were they of the free, exhilarating
life of the Kantishna hills.
The ladies will return to their
homes in Fairbanks on tomorrow's
train.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24
NEW MAIL SCHEDULE
IS STARTING TODAY

The thrice-a-week stage schedule
between Fairbanks and Chitina
started today with the departure Of
a Brewer mail stage from Fairbanks
Hereafter the stages will leave the
upper town on Mondays, Wednes-
days and Fridays, carrying mail and
passengers.
The stage leaving today carried
Jack Lodge, VINO is enroute to the
Mayo hospital at Rochester, Mimi,
and John Brewer, manager of the
stage line.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24
LEGION DRIVES
DEBS TO COVER:
CLASH AVERTEO

READING, Pa. Nov. 24.-The
Debs amnesty meeting, which was
scheduled to take place in this city
last night, under the auspices of a
local Socialist organization, was
hastily called off at the last minute
through fear that the meeting would
be interrupted by the American
Legion.
Two thousand American Legion
men paraded the streets during the
afternoon, at the conclusion of
which demonstration was staged
in front of the Socialist headquar-
tiers, fully five thousand ex-service
men and their supporters partici-
pating,
Mayor Gilbert later warned the
Socialists that bloodshed probably
would result if the radicals met. and
the meeting accordingly was called
off.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24
PUBLIC TO PAY.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. "a
Coal operators and representatives
of the striking coal miners are
marking time today, awaiting the
decision of Fuel Administrator Gar
field as to the proportion the public
will be required to pay of the pro-
posed advance in wages TO coal min
ers. The coal miners have accepted
the suggestion of Secretary of La
Dor Wilson for a wage advance of
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24
B[LGIANS BITTER
AGAINST INVADER

BRUSSELS.-Although it is now
many months since peace was signed.
there are indications each day in
Brussels and elsewhere that the Be-
gians are not yet ready to forgive
and forget" the German invasion
and occupation. There is demand
that the German words on the nu-
merous German passenger cars
which one sees on Belgian lines be
changed and replaced by French.
German traitors are still being
tried, while business men are up in
arms against Belgians who furnished
the enemy with goods during the
occupation. The government needs
revenues. and it is proposed to tax
these unpatriotic persons 80 to 40
percent Of the amounts involved in
the provisioning of the late enemy.
These business men, who have ad-
dressed a formal letter to the gov
eminent, also say that these persons
whom they characterize as ''trai-
tors" are also receiving government
contracts, and they want'a stop put
to it. Some of the Socialist min
listers also are being attacked in
the press for their unenergetic atti
tude toward the Germans. The cleo
toral campaign is on and some Of
these ministers are seeking re-elec
ton
A law is being urged to deprive
of civil rights all persons who
dealt with the enemy. These are
only a few instances Of many show
ing the state of mind of the Bel
gians.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24
MAN IS ARRESTED
FOR TAVERN RAID

PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. A
man giving his name as David Smith
has been placed under arrest in this
city in connection with the robbery
and murder committed at the Clare
mont Tavern on Friday. 1t is be-
lieved that Smith has been positive
ly identified as one of the three
bandits who staged the holdup which
resulted in the death of two of the
guests of the roadhouse.
a reward of s11, 900 has been
offered for the apprehension Of the
three highwaymen.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24
CARRANZA READY TO
BREAK WITH STATES


WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov, "a. 49,
The state department is in receipt
of advices from FL Paso indicating
that President Carranza is involved
in a deliberate attempt to cause an
open break between the United
States and Mexico
The latest trouble concerns Am
erican Consular Agent Jenkins, who
is now under arrest at Pueblo, held
a prisoner by the Mexican authori-
ties. Upon being informed of the
predicament of the diplomat, the
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24
PLANTS CLOSE.

CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-The list of
closed industrial plants throughout
the Middle West continues to grow
steadily, in consequence of the coal
shortage. The miners of Indiana,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois ap-
parently are determined to await
the outcome of the Washington con-
ference before returning to work.
The coal shortage here has ne
cessitated the shutting off of heat
in streetcars, and at Indianapolis
manufacturers are operating now
with plants closed three days a week.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24
MPEACH ANDERSON
IS LABOR REQUEST

CHICAGO, Nov. 24.-The new
National Labor party is planning to
petition Congress to impeach Fed
eral Judge Anderson, of Indianapo-
lis, who issued an injunction re-
straining the coal miners of the
country from striking. The matter
is under consideration today and it
is expected that formal action will
be taken by the convention before
adjournment.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24
SMALL MAIL IS DUE
ON TRAIN TOMORROW

A small shipment of first class
Outside mail will arrive in Nenana
on tomorrow's train from Fairbanks,
the shipment having reached the
upper town late Saturday afternoon,
by way of the Brewer stage line.
There were only four locked
pouches in the consignment, so that
Nenana's portion of it probably will
not amount to much.
Mail will be despatched from Ne
mana tomorrow also.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24
CONRAD WILL FREIGHT
SUPPLIES WITH TRUCK

Gus Conrad, well-known Fairbanks
mining man, has purchased the j.
H. Groves truck and will engage in
freighting. He already has con-
tract to move supplies and fuel oil
from Gilmore to Fairbanks creek,
for the dredge company, and will
also haul considerable wood for
Dorfner & Kinney, on Dome creek.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24

state department despatched a sharp
note to Mexico City, demanding the
immediate release of Jenkins. The
note was considered at special meet
ing of the Mexican cabinet on Fri
day, but the request thus far has
been ignored otherwise
Some time ago, jenkins was taken
captive by Mexican brigands and the
United States was required to sup
ply the Mexican government with
funds to secure his release, which
they later failed to repay.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24
JAIL IS Scene
Of NIGHT RAID;
MAN BREAKS IN

1t frequently happens that pris-
oners confined in jails engage in
breaks for liberty, but it is not
often recorded that men on the out
side, in the full enjoyment of their
liberty, try to break into Jail. But
that, apparently, is what happened
in Nenana shortly after midnight
on Saturday, when Tony Jelick
forced the door of the local lookup,
during the absence of Deputy Maj
shall Hagan, and created such a
eommotion there that the two SOL
der inmates of the jail feared that
they were about to be assassinated.
They shouted for help, and finally,
after they had broken window on
the south side of the building, at
tracted the attention of Fire Chief
Martin Nash, who was in the fire
hall near by.
The chief and Volunteer Fireman
Fred Douse rushed to the jail and
were warned by the soldiers thai
there was someone inside the jail
who acted as though he wanted to
kill someone Word was then sent
up town in search of Deputy Hagan
and the two fremen stood guard
until the officer arrived, by which
time several others had arrived on
the scene.
Although warned to beware of
attack from the unknown intruder,
Hagan made several attempts to
force an entrance into the building
by way of the cellar and the front
door. but was unsuccessful. After
trying the front door, the officer
and the two firemen took up posi-
tons about the building and await
ed developments, Hagan being close
to the door, They were soon re-
warded by the appearance of Jelick;
who stepped quietly from the door
and then started to run, unheeding
the command to halt.
Unaware of the identity of the
man, and believing him to be armed,
Hagan fired three shots in the direc-
ton Of the fugitive. At the third
shot Jelick fell, and it was feared
that he had been hit, but he arose
quickly and was about TO make off
again, when he was overtaken and
overpowered and taken back TO the
jail for investigation. 1t was then
that his identity was discovered. and
it was also found that he had been
in some kind OF a mixup, presum-
ably fight, in which his face had
been bruised considerably. And
much talk of lemon extract during
the time he was in the jail indicated
that he had been imbibing freely of
wartime substitutes.
Jelick was taken to the hospital
for repairs and was still at the in
stitution today, where he is getting
back to normal rapidly
There is considerable mystery sur
rounding the movements of Jelick
prior to his appearance at the Jail,
but it is believed that he will be
able to explain matters soon. The
presumption is that he broke into
the Jail for protection.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24

Gus Brinkama and Jack Adams
left Fairbanks for Wood river this
morning with winter outfit. They
plan to spend the winter in that
district
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24

Mrs. Frank Miller of Fairbanks
gave birth to a nine-pound boy at
st. Joseph's hospital on Saturday.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24
AMERICAN LEGION STOPS RADICAL MEETING IN EAST
MADOO SAYS COAL BARONS
SHOULD PAY WAGE INCREASE

27 cents per ton for diggers and
S1.58 for day workers.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24

Eerana-TAe Gateway TO Mckinley
National Park.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24
TEMPERATURE

Monday, November "a.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-11-24

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New-York tribune., 1919-01-22

begun, for an emergency only, during the
Liberty loans. 1t should end at once.
The police are urgently needed on their
Jobs. They are not hired to solicit
funds. TO do it lowers their prestige
and weakens their authority.
For the second point the matter of the
fund should be cleared up at once. If
money is to be collected further, sub
scribers should be informed in black and
white what the purpose is SO long as
the present singular methods are pur-
sued every one must be suspicious. The
city does not want a permanent arch at
Madison Square or anywhere else until
the problem of soldiers memorial has
been thoroughly canvassed The plan of
the city's architects for a citizens COM
mission to hold contest Of ideas is ex-
actly the right one. Let us get beyond
the present dubious proceedings as
speedily as possible. We suggest that
the Fine Arts Federation act, and act
without DELAY
New-York tribune., 1919-01-22
How 1t Happened
(From The Kansas Cify cfo,

Pardon me- said the army cook. for
military chefs are prone to address their
underings courteously. but l prthec tell
me where you learned TO peel potatoes 50
artistically? observe that you do not cut
off the cuticle in great hunks. as, alas too
many do, but loosen bit of the skin Of
the tuber and then deftly strip ii all off.
You must have had much experience in
sklnmng e'er entering upon soldiers
life >"
Il did. thank you. sir" replied the ac-
complished member of the kitchen police.
Before | decided to make the world safe
for democracy WAS country banker"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-22
The Baking of Burleson

There are still states in the United
States. This fact Mr.. Burleson has chosen
to ignore, and it has been necessary
for some ten or twelve of these compo-
nent and somewhat Independent parts of
the Union to remind him of it. They
have refused to sanction the new tele-
phone rates fixed by Mr.. Burlesons de-
partment. 1t will be recalled that few
weeks ago a communique from that de-
partment advised the country that a
sweeping reduction in toll line charges
was to be made. The mathematics of the
order were too complicated for mme-
diate comprehension and great was the
astonishment of the telephone using pub
lie to find that the Burleson "adjust-
ment' in many cases actually advanced
toll rates. The public utilities commits
sions of New Jersey, Michigan and other
states have stepped in to postpone the
adjustment
The whole Burleson procedure has
worn a curious and elusive aspect The
seizure Of the telephones may have been
needful and wise, though the fact was
never clear. But no one has yet been
able to understand the mystery of the
cables, seized surreptitiousy when the
war was virtually at an end
Seeming defects of candor, added to
certain distrust of Mr.. Burleson's wavs,
have nurtured suspicion of the whole
performance. Here, as in the case of the
railways, the great economies hoped for
have seemed almost equally ilusory, and
the net result appears to be an increase
instead of a lowering of the cost to the
nuh1ic
New-York tribune., 1919-01-22
The Cost of Production? S4.O1
Or $3.50? This Is the Question

AT an important meeting of the dairv
farmers OF the country in Washington, d.
g.. after an all day conference in which
men from all sections of the country had
given frank testimony TO the difficulties
OF the question, their doubts as to their
prohts or losses on their dairy herds. and
had recognized the value of the herd flo
the farm and the many other obscure points
involved, such as labor valuations Mr.
Cooper president of the Dairyman's League
arose and, as though he were opening IN
an entirely new issue proclaimed that "the
farmer must be assured the cost of produc-
ton and a profit" Mr.. Hoover with char
acterlstlc patience, smiled and said he
agreed with Nh Cooper; he thought every
one did, but he had not been able to get
any two people to agree on what the cost
OF production was, which introduced the
sllght complication under consideration,
Recently Il letter from Mr. Manning Sec
retary of the Dairyman's League. was re-
celved by the editor of The Tribune in
which he made this naive statement: "The
mix middlemcn of this city have publicly
New-York tribune., 1919-01-22
BernstorRs Lament
OUer Colonel House
"No More Honest Pocifsf Euer
Existed"-Opposed Blockade,
Ex-Ambassador Says.

BY Wireless to The New York Times.
Copyright 1919, by The New York Times Company.
BERLIN. Jan. 20 (via Copenhagen The
"Fagebatt." publishing appreciation OF
Colonel House by ex-Ambassador Won Bern
storff based apparently on the false report
of Colonel Houses death, who is personally
acquainted with the Colonel, says he was
the eyes and ears of President Wilson. and
Bernstorf knew through his own expert
ence how we'll Colonel House kept President
Wilson informed on the European situation
Even his first trip to Berlin was under
taken in the interest Of peace, as Bern
storf testify from a personal CONVEX
sation with Colonel House. In the winter
of 1916 and 1917, when President Wilson
proclaimed his programme of peace with
out victory. Colonel House was the Presi-
dents earnest collaboration "No more
honest pacifist ever existed" says Count
Won Bernstorff "He was just the man TO
fight for Wilson's peace programme. He
hated because he considered it con
trary to human ideals. He considered the
war profiteers most despicabe lot, and
never bought any muniton stocks
He told me repeatedly he had just as
energetically protested in London against
the British blockade as the U-boat war
and couldn't believe either method would
lead TO decision. The result would be
nameless hatred neutralzing all efforts
for peace. l. German, must admit that
House was quite correct in much he said
in this respect
"The war psychosis spoiled many homes,
people judgment. but | can't believe that
House looked at the peace problem from "a
different point of view previously. lie was
too matter of fact, too passionless Ne
may. therefore, assume that he stood TOR
peace. jastice and an international league
till the last moment.
"The supreme cause of Cancellation among
nations loses in House it's stanchest cham
pion. | deeply deplore that ] did not see
this dear friend once more, and that ne did
not live to see the perfection of his grand
IDEAS
New-York tribune., 1919-01-22
Strafe the &c rman'Z

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: When America is trying TO drop as
many of the symbols of Prussianism as pos
sible, why not begin with the alphabet
There is no better example of muddle than
the last letter, called in German Gee and
in English and French "Zed' Like "hve'
and mine" on the telephone, it leads to
constant confusion, not only over the wire,
bat when spelling out name in a store or
anywhere. Say Zee" and almost anybody
will repeat &C" or &c" or "'F or ID"
anything but "Z."
"Zed" is a clear-cut sound. unlike any
other. unmstakable. In England little chill
dren learn the alphabet by means of jinglcs
which Invariably end with rhyme with
head:
"P, @, R. once You get that in your head;
S. 7, L, Y, W, X. Y, Zed."
Now, if ever. is the time to make this
change, which may not have mattercd So
much in pre-telepLone days. / appeal for
support TO the thirteen columns of Man
haitian and Bronx names beginning with
"Z' and to the hundreds of other columns
where 81" is in the middle of the name
P. d. HUGON.
New York. Jan. 15, 1919