Celebrate The Fourth In Nenana
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THE NENANA
The BIG Show Of The Interior
DAILY NEWS
4 VOLUME ONE
member OF associated press NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1918.
NUMBER 78
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AMERICAN TROOPS ATTACK GERMANS
KAISER MAKES WAR ON ALLIED HOSPITAL SHIPS
, CABINET MEMBERS URGE _ CONTROL OF TELEGRAPH
ALLIES STILL WAITING
FOR GERMAN ATTACK
GERMANS REPULSED
LONDON.—Official reports re
ceived from the British field head
quarters are to the effect that the
{ Germans, after a severe bombard
ment, attacked in force northwest
of Albert in an attempt to recapture
the positions which they were corn
compelled to surrender to the Brit
ish last Sunday. They gained a
footing on one of the trenches held
by the British, who countered im
mediately and ejected the Germans
with heavy losses.
YANKEES CAPTURE VILLAGE
With the American Forces.—In a
successful attack made by the
American troops last night on the
Marne front, the enemy were forced
to retire from their positions with
much loss. The attack by the
Americans is described by the
French and British commanders as
having been very brilliantly con
ducted. Our troops penetrated the
enemy’s trenches, captured the vil
lage of Vaux and two pieces of
^ wooded land, together with a large
slice of the Paris highway, west of
Chateau Thierry. Seventy-five Ger
man prisoners, including five offi
cers and a large quantity of machine
guns and other war equipment was
taken by our men. The prisoners
were cornered in their own dugouts
and forced to surrender. The im
mediate neighborhood of the hand
t to-hand conflict was strewn with
German dead.
PARIS THREATENED
PARIS.—Reports sent to this city
from the battlefront indicate that
a large squadron of enemy air
planes had crossed the French lines
and appeared to be headed in the
direction of Paris. The movement
of the enemy planes was noticed
^ last night.
GERMAN PRISONERS
LONDON.—According to reports
sent in by Field Marshal Haig, the
British forces have taken one thous
and nine hundred and fitfy-seven
German prisoners of war during
the month of June.
C0111 YIELD IN
STATES WILL BL
BIG THIS M
Prediction* Are Made That Cotton
Crop This Year Will Be the
Largest Ever Grown.
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WASHINGTON, D. C.—That a
huge cotton crop is in prospect this
year is the forecast made by the
officials of the Department of Agri
culture, who estimate that there will
be at least 15,325,000 bales of five
hundred pounds each harvested,
This is the largest crop of cotton
ever grown in the history of the
nation.
Frank Rogers, who has been work
ing in Residency 4 (43-mile) for
some time past, came to town today.
BERLIN REPORT
BERLIN.—Official reports re
ceived from the German field head
quarters indicate that the Teuton
forces have captured since the open
ing of hostilities in the big offens
ive on March 21, one hundred and
ninety-one thousand, four hundred
and fifty-four Allied prisoners. Most
of these are said to be British sol
diers.
AIRPLANES DOWNED
LONDON.—British air forces on
Sunday shot down twenty-two Ger
man planes, put ten of these ma
chines out of control and destroyed
two large observation baloons.
BRITISH ADVANCE
LONDON.—Field Marshal Haig
reports that on almost all of the
different sectors of the battleline
quiet reigns, with desultory artillery
actions breaking the mototony. The
troops are all alert and in tense ex
pectation of the German offensive,
which is about to be launched. The
definite direction of the drive is
not nown. The British forces made
a raid northwest of Albert and suc
ceeded in driving the enemy from
their positions. Fifty-nine Germans
were made prisoners and nine ma
chine guns were captured.
SUMMARY
Associated Press Summary—After
three days of hard struggling, the
Italian forces are still hammering
away at the powerful Austrian posi
tions which are threatening the
Italian line. Some of these posi
tions have been captured by the
Italians and are being held against
the desperate counter attacks of
the enemy.
On the Wetsern front the French
have advanced their line north of
the Cligdon river again and have re
taken positions along the ridges east
of the forests near Villers Cotter
ets. The British and American
forces are inactive, but ever on the
alert and there is a tenseness felt
that the storm may break at any
moment.
BOLSHEVIKI HAVE
DISSOLVED THEIR
COUNCI IN EAST
Council of Soldiers and Workmen
Delegated at Vladivostock
Is Finished.
LONDON.—According to a des
patch from Shanghai received here
today, the council of soldiers and
workmen’s delegates, insituted some
time ago at Vladivostock by the Bol
sheviki government, has been dis
solved. It is presumed that the
business for which the delegates met
in conclave has been concluded- The
reports do not state the reason for
the dissolution.
Production and self-denial are the
guns that will get the Huns.
ENGLISH PLANT
BADLY WRECKED
BY EXPLOSION
Exploding Shell in English Munition
Factory Kills Many of the
Workers.
LONDON.—A telegram received
today Contains the news that a
serious explosion occurred yesterday
in a shell filling factory situated
in a town in one of the Midland
counties. A large portion of the
factory was damaged and there
were between sixty and seventy
workers killed. It is thought that
the explosion "/as due to an acci
dent.
germanTWty
OE BREAKING RED
CROSS PLEDGES
Hospital Ships Are Sank By Huns
In Direct Violation of Geneva
Conference Terms.
LONDON—Newspapers through
out the country, discussing the sink
ing of the British hospital ship
Landovery Castle, are unanimous in
their opinions that the Germans are
pursuing a deliberate policy in their
attacks on ships that fly the Red
Cross flag in direct violation of the
terms of the Geneva conference.
The commander of the German
submarine which sank the Land >very
Castle reported that he torpedied
her because she carried eight Ameri
can flight officers- This excuse, the
newspapers brand as a lie; and
point out that this action of the
Huns places beyond all doubt ific
fact that the Germans are pursuing
a deliberat policy in sinking hos
pital ships.
MANY PLAYERS
ATTEND lOlNEY
FOR RED CROSS
Quite a Number of Card Players
Respond to the Invitation of
Patriotic Ladies.
At the Adams building on A street
the second of the series of card
games given by the Red Cross ladies
in aid of the yarn fund, was held
yesterday evening.
Possibly owing to the inclement
weather, the attendance was not
quite as large as on the opening
day and a few tabled were vacant.
All of the games were fairly well
patronized and the party broke up
quite late.
The sum of 154.50 was derived
from the sale of tickets and about
$15 from the sale of refreshments.
Mrs. J. C. Kellum, who is in
charge of the series, wishes to an
nounce that the next games of the
series will be held at the same
place on Wednesday, July 10th.
OWNERSHIP OF
TELEGRAPH BY
PEOPLE URGED;
Cabinet Officer* Urge Houte Com- '
mittee Empower President to
Take Over System.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Before
the house committee today Secretary
of War Newton D. Baker, Secretary
of the Navy Josephus Daniels and
Postmaster General Burleson urged
the favorable recommendation of
the resolution empowering the Presi
dent to take over the telegraph, tele
phone, cable and radio systems
throughout the country.
Secretary Daniels and Postmaster
General Burleson were very strongly
in favor of permanent government
ownership, the postmaster general
being also of the opinion that the
systems would be so efficiently con
ducted by the postal service that
they will never again revert to pri
vate ownership.
Holland Government Between Devil
and the Deep Sea According
to Information.
WASHINGTON, D. C. — The
United States government has re
ceived information to the effei that
the government of the Netherlands
plans to allow the export of fifty
thousand tons of potatoes to Ger
many, in violation of her agreement
with England relative to the distrib
ution of her yearly potato '.iop.
If this report is founded on feet,
it is thought that the action of
the Holland government will im
peril the food agreement with j
America that it will be necessary
for the United States to take re
taliatory measures of a drastic
nature.
Officials of the United States ex
press great surprise at the report
in view of the recently reported
famine in the Netherlands.
rauriTraJcE
ARE NOTJWEAR
NEW YORK.—The Passauer Zei
tung of Passau, Bavaria, says that
the notorious Berlin political police
has established a branch in Munich
the operations of which has “fallen
on the nerves” of the Bavarian gov
ernment, and the Bavarian war in
dustry- The Berlin political police,
the papers say, persecuted not only
Red (Socialist) but Black pacifists,
which latter maintained in Rome
and Vienna various secret avenues
of communcation which were not
agreeable to the Berlin political
secret organization.
Knut Koland, who came into town
on business, left for his camp this
morning. He has a grading con
tract near Lignite on the main line.
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GERMAN PLANS
FOR POLANOERS
ARE GIVEN OUT
'entral Power* Hare Approved
German Condition* for Settle
ment of Poland.
LONDON.—The German news
Dapers which have published the
principal features of the German
solution to the Polish problem, say
that the conditions imposed by Ger
many on Poland has the entire ap
proval of the Central powers.
These conditions stipulate that
Germany will fix Poland’s frontiers
according to the military necessities I
of Germany. Poland must make j
favorable economic concessions to 1
the Teutons for the period of fifty
years on the principle of most fav
ored nation. German schools will
be established in Poland wherever
ten German children reside.
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GREAT AUSTRIAN !
1 MONSTERS
Three Huge Hydroplane* Added
Recently to the Collection of
Captured Plane*.
Headquarters Italian Army.—;
Three of the monster type of Aus- j
trian hydroplanes recently have been j
brought down almost intact, and
with their occupants are now behind
the Italian lines. They are called ;
the K 211, K383 and K388. All of;
these K-type of machines are enor
mous structures with three motors
of 400 horse power, carrying three
men and a thousand pounds of
bombs.
The K-388 was the last to be cap
tured after it had made an early
morning flight of observation near j
Venice. Crossing the Piave lines,
just back of Venice, the big car
scattered bombs on the camps and
sprayed its machine gun on the men
below. But the fortunate shot from
an anti-aircraft gun put a hole
through the motor of the big ma
chine. It immediately struck out to
sea, but in its wounded condition
it struck the water with a crash
and capsized.
In the obscurity the wreck floated
for some time without being located,
but the cries for help from the
drowning aviators at last brought ^
a rescue party from the Italian lines.,
All of the operators were wounded, j
two of them seriously. The big ma-1
chine was towed in to the naval!
base, where it joined the growing1
collection of trophies of war.
GOVERNMENT TO CONTROL
TRAVEL TO ISLAND
HONOLULU. — Travel between
Hawaii and the mainland is to be
regulated by the government. From
now on all travelers to the States,
whether citizens, neutral or friendly
aliens, must secure permits and iden
tification cards from the immigra
tion inspector. Each card must
bear the photograph of the holder.
FOURTH OF JULY
BY THE FRENCH
French Nation Making Preparations
to Celebrate Independence
Day.
PARIS.—Elaborate arrangements
and special efforts are being made
by the French civil and military
authorities to fittingly celebrate the
“Glorious Fourth’’ in the French
capital and a very pretentious pro
gram has been arranged to mark
the day.
Large bodies of troops of the
different arms of the service of the
Allied as well as the American forces
will take part in district reviews and
the various bands of the regiments
will supply music continuously to
enliven the proceedings.
One of the principal Parisian
avenues, formerly known as Avenue
Trocadero, is to be renamed Avenue
du President Wilson, and the plate
bearing his name is to be placed
with appropriate ceremonies, in
which the American troops will par
ticipate.
BELGIAfTVESSEL
SENT 10 BOTTOM
Steamer Crilier I* Sunk By Gunfire
of Enemy Submarine; Survivor* ,
Land on Atlantic Coast. ;
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A sailing
vessel, whose name has not yet been
given, which arrived at an Atlantic
port recently, had on board twenty
five survivors of the Belgian steamer
Chilie
According to an officer of the
Chilier, who was among those res
cued, the steamer was attacked
when she was about fourteen hund
red miles off the Atlantic coast by
a German submarine and sunk by
gun fire. The Chilier was unarmed.
Several of the crew were killed by
the exploding shells.
It is not known at the present time
whether the Chilier was loaded or
in ballast and whether she was out
ward or homeward bound.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—It is be
lieved here that the Belgium steam
er Chilier was sunk by a submarine
returning to Germany after raiding
off the Atlantic coast.
HONOLULU BOYS WILL
HELP THE RED CROSS
HONOLULU.—Hundreds of boys
of the Honolulu public schools have
volunteered to devote a portion of
their summer vacation to help the
Red Cross. The first week of vaca
tion they purpose to spend in build
ing packing boxes for the shipment
of Red Cross supplies to France.
There is a dearth of boxes and the
boys when appealed to by their
teachers gladly offered their ser
vices.