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THE NENA NA
The Nenana Daily News First
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VOLUME ONE
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NENANA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1918
WHOLE NUMBER 175
AUSTRIANS ROUTED ALONG PIAVE
ALLIES SPEED PEACE ON BATTLEFIELDS
- RESCUE BOATS RECOVER TWO HUNDRED BODIES
AUSTRIAN FORCED
TO RETIRE HASTILY
* WITH THE AMERICANS.—The
German artillery commenced a fu
rious bombardment of the center of
the line held by the Americans in
the Verdun sector this morning. The >
American gunners are replying as j
vigorously and a terrific artillery j
duel is in progress. It is expected
that infantry action will follow and j
all preparations have been made by j
the Americans for meeting any kind ,
of an attack the Huns may launch
k following the bombardment.
FRENCH CONTINUE PROGRESS
PARIS.—According to despatches:
received from the battlefront today, i
the First French army, under the;
command of General Debeny, aroj
continuing to close in on the town!
of Guise, on the river Oise-. They
have captured the German first line
trenches, including the barracks and
hospital, south of Guise, and passed
the Louvry farm on their onward
f way. The French troops are now
progressing along the right bank of
the Peron river.
AUSTRIAN LINE BROKEN
WITH ALLIES ON PIAVE—The
central positions of the Austro-Hun
garian forces on their last lines of
resistance on the Piave river have
now been broken up, as a result if
the powerful attacks delivered by
the combined British, French and
Italian forces.
ITALIAN KING AT FRONT
Italian Headquarters—King Em
manuel of Italy and the general
staff of the army witnessed the
“Allied troops making the difficult
crossing of the Piave river under
a heavy fire and a stubborn enemy
resistance. The king was also under
the fire of the Austrian batteries.
Prisoner* Captured.
The British, French and Italian
troops who are fighting side by side
on the Piave front have succeeded
in taking fifteen thousand prisoners
in their advance across the Piave
river.
Tables Turned.
For the third time this year, the
Piave river is the scene of a terrific
struggle, but this time the tables
are turned and the Austrians are
being steadily pressed back from
the eastern bank of the river.
Five Day Battle.
The battle on the Piave front
has been in progress for the last
five days, and the Austrians have
put up a desperate resistance, which
the combined British, French and
Italian forces have been steadily
overcoming. The fighting has been
very heavy at all times, the Allies
making the crossing of the Piave
in the face of heavy cannonading
and strong machine gun fire.
Austrians Dealt Blow
By the crossing of the Piave river
and the advances made by the Allied
forces beyond, the Austro-Hungar
ians have been dealt a very heavy
blow. They were forced to abandon
strong positions and fall back for
a very considerable distance.
PIAVE LEFT BEHIND
ROME.—According: to despatches
received in this city today from the
battlefront, fair weather favored
the Allies, who have left the Piave
river several miles behind in their
onward march. To the southeast
of Montello, the roads to the Piave
battlefields are crowded with people,
soldiers and the different vehicles
used for transport purposes.
YANKS IN RESERVE
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS—In
the operations on the Italian front
along the Piave river, the American
forces are held in reserve. The
Italian forces supported by British
and FrenA troops are making steady
progress and are slowly forcing the
enemy back.
SUMMARY
Associated Press Summary—The
Allied forces are now threatening
two of the three great railway lines
supporting the Teutons on the Piave
front. The Teutons have been un
able to stop the advance of the
Allies, whose forces are steadily
converging on these railroad lines.
The Allies have crossed the Piave
river along a thirty-mile front and
are now within two miles of the
important towns of Conegliano and
Orderzo.
On the western front, the fight
ing is virtually at a tandstill north
from LeCateau to the Holland bor
der. On the battlefront from the
Oise to the east of the Meuse, the
Allies are continuing to make gains.
On the American front, to the
north west of Verdun, intense ar
tillerying is still in progress, but no
infantry action has been reported
so far.
MORE LOIS SOLD
TO LOCAL BUYERS
t*ursuant to a notice appearing
in the columns of the News, the
following townsite lots were sold
yesterday at the Xenana townsite
office at public auction.
Lot 18, block 14, fronting on A
street, between Second and Third,
John Katorroky, price $200.
Lot 3, Block 13, fronting on A
street, between Second and Third
streets, Alex McMillian, price $150
Lot 11, block 41, fronting on
Sevefith street, between D and E,
M. V. Tyler, price $25.
A few more lots were put up foi
sale this afternoon, the result of
which will be made public .through
the columns of the News tomorrow.
BRITISH MEDICAL MAN
TAKEN BY GERMANS
LONDON.—Captain M. Donaldson
of the British Army Medical Corps,
who rowed for Cambridge against
Harvard in 1906, is officially re
ported to be a prisoner in Germany.
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Pre«» Views the Austrian Reply to
Wilson’s Note As Surrender;
Caution Is Urged.
LONDON'.—The concensus of
opinion in this country regarding
| the Austrian reply to President
Wilson’s note, is that it cannot be
viewed in any other light than an
unconditional surrender.
Paris newspapers, commenting on
! the text of the Austrian reply to
the Wilson note state that the note
means that Austria intends to capi
tulate.
Editorials, however, urge extreme
| caution lest there be a hidden snare
j The Echo de Paris, one of the
| leading French newspapers, says that
the Allies must beware of the last
convulsions of the colossal enemy,
who has not yet been completely
crushed. The situation will not
clear, it says .until a military de
feat has been acknowledged or in
i flicted.
MILITARY FORCE
|
IS PLACED UNDER
i
: Ce-man Imperial Constitution I*
Amended and Civil Authorities
Control Military.
I COPENHAGEN* — According to
advices received in this city today,
the German Federal Council has ap
proved the bill amending the Imperial
constitution in the same form as
adopted by the Reichstag when they
approved the amendment to the con
stitution last Saturday.
The amendment confers on the
civil authorities powers of control
over the German military machine.
As a result of this shifting of au
' thority General Ludendorff resigned.
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MAIL EXPECTED
| TOMORROW A. M.
According to advices received by
Postmaster McDonald of Nenana,
from Postmaster T. H. Deal, of
| Fairbanks, Roy Lund left the upper
j town yesterday over the trail with
a shipment of mail and should ar
1 rive in Nenana sometime tomorrow
morning.
I He will probably turn back im
■ mediately and take back a shipment
' of mail for Fairbanks and the Out
! side.
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| BRITISH LIEUTENANT
ENDS DARING CAREER
LONDON.—The death is an
nounced of Lieutenant Drury, who
earned the Victoria Cross in Galli
poli for swimming from the warship
Clyde to the shore with a rope while
under heavy fire.
COM KAROLYIS
IS CHOSEN HEAD
BY HUNGARIANS
Hungary It Created An Independent
Anti-Dynastic State; Karolyis
Chosen Ruler.
COPENHAGEN’.—According to a
report from Vienna, Austria, re
ceived in this city today, Hungary
has been formed into an anti-dy
nastic independent state, under the
leadership of Count Karolyis, in
agreement with the Czechs and the
south Slovaks.
The report states that Count j
Karolyis presented a program to the'
Austrian emperor, who promtply re
jected it. Immediately following
the rejection, the plans which were
formulated soi£e time ago for an
t independent state were put into'
I effect.
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SEPARATE PEACE
Ottoman Government Is Reported
to Have Acted Independently
of Her Allies.
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LONDON.—A despatch from Con-!
| stantinople, received in this city to-1
day, states that the Turkish govern-1
! ment, acting independently of her:
allies, has presented peace proposals!
| to the Allies, who are giving the;
' matter due consideration.
!
■ It is expected that these peace [
! negotiations with the Ottoman gov
ernment will be brought to a speedy
! conclusion.
BODY OF LOVELACE
TAKEN TO EVERETT!
Advices received locally indicate |
I that the body of Russell Lovelace, j
I of Company B, 14th Infantry, who j
died recently of the effects of an
attack of influenza at Camp Dodge,
was shipped to his home at Everett.
Washington, for burial
The body, during transit, was in;
charge of Fred Weber, of the same,
company, a brother of Mrs Ethel [
! Rutherford, of Nenana
WAR PRISONERS USED
TO AID GERMAN CAUSE
VLADIVOSTOCK.— German and
i Austrian war prisoners in Russia
| were ordered in June last by the i
j German and Austrian emperors to
' work in Russia for their own re
spective countries. A Hungarian j
newspaper containing a copy of an
order to that effect signed by Em- j
peror William and Emperor Charles;
has been found on a prisoner cap- '
tured by the Czechs.
| In the order the war prisoners!
were threatened with punishment
after returning to Germany if they
failed to promote German interests
in Russia. Those who obeyed were
promised furloughs on returning
home. Announceme'nt was made
that 300 million marks had been set
aside in Germany to discover those
who betrayed their country.
KNOX KNOCKING
ONE* PEACE
Former Secretary of State Protests
Against Peace Terms Dictated
By President Alone.
WASHINGTON, I). C.—Senator
Philander C. Knox (Republican) of
Pennsylvania and formerly secretary
of state in President Taft’s cabinet,
in an address delivered today, charg
ed President Wilson with political
partisanship in a protest against the
President’s appeal for a Democratic
Congress.
He strongly protested against any
peace terms that may be dictated
by the President alone and stated
that the peace terms should be dic
tated by representatives of Ameri
can opinion through the Senate of
the United States.
For the first time since the freeze
up, horses crossed the Tanana river
on the ice safely, when several head
of stock used by C. F. Griffith &
Co. on their grading contract on
the N’enana-Fairbanks line, were
brought across to Xenana yesterday.
The lighter animals were first
brought over the ice in the neigh
borhood of the mission, where the
river first froze over right across,
and yesterday morning^ the rest of
the stock, consisting of heavy draft
animals came over safely.
The ice is now said to be strong
enough for most any kind of traffic
and it is expected that freighters
will soon be taking loads for the
upper town and elsewhere.
The river ice along the new trail
leading across the river from the
foot of A street has been tested
thoroughly and found to be quite
strong enough for any kind of
freighting, and the first load of sup
plies to be sent across the river by
the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion will leave this afternoon for
camp 415.
The first loads will be composed
almost entirely of grading equip
ment, such as dump cars, light
rails, etc, and regular traffic be
tween Nenana and camp 415 will
be established along the new road
across the river The old road lead
ing across the Tanana from a point
a little way below the A. E. C.
sawmill will not be used this winter.
Slyvester Howell arrived recently
in Nenana on a brief visit. He will
probably leave for his station in
a few days.
, In England “His Majesty the
King” and the humblest subject have
a duplicate ration card.
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SOPHIA VICTIMS
ARE BEK SENT
10 KOOVER
Over Two Hundred Bodie* Have
Been Recovered and Will Be
Shipped On the Alice.
I JUNEAU-—About two hundred
| bodies of the victims of the Prin
'cess Sophia disaster have been re
j covered so far. The work is pro
ceeding without any letup. The
j steamer Alice sails tomorrow for
j Vancouver with most of the re
| covered bodies. The bodies of the
I Alaskans recovered and identified
i are H. P. Parkin, George Williams
'and Jim George, of Fairbanks; A.
D. Pinska, of Dawson; Charley
J Ohanquist of Tanana; F. C. Beyer,
of Circle; and Oscar A. Poppert,
| of Poorman, Ruby district.
! A wire received from Juneau
i this morning locally indicates that
the agents of the steamer Princess
'Sophia at Juneau desire that they
be notified by the relatives or those
j interested of the disposition they
wish made of the bodies recovered.
Judge James Wickersham has ar
rived in Juneau from Seattle and is
assisting in the work of identifying
the bodies of the victims. In a
message received in > enana, Judge
Wickersham states that he will be
glad to be of any assistance in the
final disposition of the recovered
bodies and wishes to be informed
as to this.
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DEATH LIST HEAVY
VICTORIA, B. C—The Canadian
Pacific Steamship company, owners
| of the wrecked liner Princess Sophia
announced today that 343 lives were
; lost when that vessel went down
•near the Vanderbilt reef in Lynn
' Canal.
COFFINS SHIPPED
SEATTLE.—The steamer City of
Seattle sailed today for Juneau with
! one hundred and fifty coffins for
| the bodies of the Sophia victims.
Alexander Gooch, father of Mrs.
George Markus, who went out from
, the Interior on the same boat with
his daughter, remained behind at
i Skagway when the Princess Sophia
sailed on her ill-fated trip, as he
■ had only planned on going to the
i Juneau Hot Springs. He is now
! assisting in the work of recovering
; the bodies, and in a wire to George
j Markus, has sought to obtain his
j desires regarding the disposition of
! the bodies when found. Mr. Markus
■ has wired him to ascertain the
j wishes of Mrs. Gooch, mother of
• Mrs. Markus, who is at present in
! Seattle, and act accordingly. Mrs.
Markus was a member of the Fair
banks chapter of the Order of the
Eastern Star.
i
Howard G. Haslem, who has been
in town on a brief business trip, left
for his station this morning.
Henry Schroeder, who was out on
the D line, is enjoying a brief holi
day in town. He expects to go to
’ residency 3 in a few days.